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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:05APPLAUSE
00:31Hello, everybody, and welcome to Countdown,
00:33wherever in the UK you are watching or beyond.
00:36But a special hello to all those in Scotland,
00:39from Stranraer to Anstruther, from Inverness to Dumfries,
00:42because, Rachel, it is, of course, St Andrew's Day today.
00:45Happy St Andrew's Day, Colin.
00:47Right, going to do a test on you.
00:49Scotland, who pops into your head straightaway?
00:51You, of course.
00:53What do you mean?
00:54If I had a penny for the amount of people that say,
00:56who's hosting Countdown?
00:58And I say, Colin Murray.
00:59They say, oh, the Scottish guy.
01:02No, Sir Alex, Sir Alex, King of the Scots.
01:04Anne Hanson, Graham Sooness, all the people you wouldn't mess with.
01:08You'd go sports straightaway, I understand.
01:10I'd say the big yin, Billy Connolly pops into my head.
01:13Rabbie Burns, the poet, would be in there as well.
01:16Braveheart too.
01:17But you mentioned that, I am obviously from Northern Ireland,
01:20but a lot of the words crossover are slang crossover.
01:24So I've got a few for you that are very obvious to me.
01:26I've used them all.
01:27Your napper, do you know what your napper is?
01:29Is it on your head?
01:30Yes, well done, there you go.
01:32Do you know what jaggies are?
01:35Give me a sentence.
01:38I tell you what, that's really itching.
01:40I walked into some jaggies.
01:42Some what? I don't know.
01:44Nettles, stinging nettles, jaggies.
01:46So there you go.
01:48Happy St Andrew's Day to everybody who's watching.
01:50And if we look at Dictionary Corner,
01:52we have a tartan army waiting to greet us.
01:55Steven K Amos.
01:56APPLAUSE
01:59Nice to see you, Colin.
02:01Yes, it's as though we had exchanged emails, but no.
02:05But when I think about Scotland,
02:07I think about the Edinburgh Fringe Festival,
02:09the largest arts festival in the world, bar none.
02:12I also think about haggis and deep-fried Mars bar.
02:16You know, all the great things, all the great things.
02:19Right.
02:20Well, let's go south of the border, very south of the border.
02:23Our Essex girl, our teacher, three wins in a row so far.
02:27The teapot collector that is Claire Watkins.
02:30You're just a mine of things to talk about.
02:33You forage for mushrooms.
02:35There's no other way I can say that.
02:37This is one of your hobbies.
02:38It is, yes. It's quite a new hobby.
02:40But, yes, going into ancient woodlands
02:42and looking for different funguses
02:45and hopefully finding some nice ones to go home and make soup with.
02:48Right, there you go.
02:49Well, good luck with your mushroom foraging.
02:53It's a very strange conversation, but there you go.
02:56That's the glory of having Claire on the show.
02:58You're up against Rick Singh today.
03:00I'm not sure he forages for mushrooms,
03:02but he's certainly travelled the world, haven't you?
03:05Yeah, my dad was a diplomat,
03:09so born in Argentina, went to Indonesia, Mexico,
03:14and then I came here and then I stayed here
03:17and kept on travelling.
03:18Wow, so well-travelled.
03:19Where, then, is the greatest place on Earth?
03:22I would say Beirut and Lebanon.
03:25I went once during the war, during the civil war in 1989,
03:29then once after the war in 1990,
03:31and the difference was amazing, the people are amazing.
03:35There's so many stories to tell,
03:36but Lebanon itself is an extremely beautiful place.
03:39Yeah, and then, of course, that was your favourite place.
03:42Now it'll be Salford on a Wednesday afternoon, right?
03:46No, it was beautiful, though.
03:47The view from the hotel was really nice.
03:49Right, well, listen, very good luck to you today.
03:51Rick and Claire!
03:52APPLAUSE
03:54Great job.
03:55You managed to get your first 100 last time out.
03:57See how you do today.
03:58Let's get some letters.
03:59May I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
04:01You may. Thank you, Claire.
04:02Start today with T.
04:04And another?
04:06G.
04:07And another?
04:09T.
04:10And another?
04:12N.
04:13And another?
04:15P.
04:16And a vowel?
04:18E.
04:19And another?
04:20A.
04:21And another?
04:23E.
04:25And another?
04:26And, lastly, I.
04:30At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:45MUSIC PLAYS
05:02Claire?
05:03Seven.
05:04And Rick?
05:05Seven.
05:06Very good. Claire, what have you got?
05:07Patting.
05:08Yeah. And Rick?
05:09Patting.
05:10Same again.
05:11Whether we're padding or petting, there was quite good sevens in there.
05:14Stephen, anything else?
05:16We've found patient.
05:18Yeah. Oh, very nice. Yes, lovely.
05:20Nice one for seven.
05:21Yeah, that took us away from the ings.
05:23But seven was our best.
05:24Wonderful stuff. Right, first letters for you, Rick, off you go.
05:27Consonant, please.
05:28Thank you, Rick.
05:29S.
05:30Vowel.
05:32O.
05:33Consonant.
05:35L.
05:37Vowel.
05:38U.
05:40And a consonant, please.
05:42S.
05:43Consonant.
05:45H.
05:46Vowel.
05:48I.
05:49Consonant.
05:51C.
05:53And another consonant, please.
05:56And the last one, G.
05:5830 seconds.
06:13MUSIC PLAYS
06:29Right, Rick, how do you get on?
06:31Um, a safe six.
06:33OK, and Clare?
06:34I'll try a seven.
06:35Right, one of these has taken the risk, the other one hasn't.
06:38Right, safe six, Rick?
06:39Goals, that's in ghosts.
06:40Cool. And Clare?
06:42Sloughs.
06:43Sloughs.
06:44Yes, so you can have...
06:46Sloughs of Despond was the famous one with John Bunyan.
06:49I think Clare knows Sir John Bunyan.
06:51Yes, swamps, essentially.
06:52Or if you pronounce it sloughs, it's to take off a layer of dead skin.
06:55Either way.
06:56Very good.
06:57Good gamble.
06:58APPLAUSE
07:00Right, Stephen, anything?
07:01That's the one we came up with as well, so well done.
07:04Great minds think alike.
07:05All right, let's switch from the words to the numbers now.
07:08And, Clare Watkins, as always, you get to choose first.
07:11May I have two large and the rest small, please, Rachel?
07:14You may indeed. Thank you, Clare. Two from the top and four little ones.
07:17And the first numbers of the day are...
07:208, 10, 8, 7,
07:24and the big ones, 100 and 75.
07:27And your target, 203.
07:29203, numbers up.
07:41MUSIC PLAYS
08:01203.
08:03Clare? 200.
08:05Yeah, Rick? 201.
08:07Well, that'll do it for seven points. Let's see if you've got it.
08:10100 plus 75.
08:12100 plus 75, 175.
08:15And 8 plus 8 plus 10.
08:178 plus 8 plus 10 is 26.
08:20And that gets you to two away, 201.
08:22Well done. Seven points for you, which makes it even.
08:24Stephen's now 14 points each.
08:26203, Rachel, should never be this difficult.
08:30A couple of ways. I mean, it is divisible by seven, so that's one way.
08:33You could have said seven times eight is 56.
08:3710 minus the second eight is two.
08:40Divide that for 28 and add on the others.
08:4275 and 100.
08:44203.
08:45Nice.
08:49Right, let's take a break as we're perfectly poised here
08:52in Countdown so far.
08:54And music is your tea time teaser.
08:56And music.
08:58No heavy rock here. Try soft metal.
09:00No heavy rock here. Try soft metal.
09:03MUSIC PLAYS
09:07APPLAUSE
09:20Welcome back, and music becomes scandium.
09:23No heavy rock here. Try soft metal.
09:27Now, if you would like to become a Countdown contestant,
09:30you can email countdown at channel4.com
09:32to request an application form,
09:34or email us at contestantapplicationscountdownleadsls31js.
09:40Let's get back to the game.
09:42And our challenger, Rick Singh, has settled in very nicely indeed.
09:45Let's get more letters.
09:46Consonant, please.
09:48Thank you, Rick. D.
09:50Vowel.
09:52O.
09:53Consonant.
09:55S.
09:56Vowel.
09:58E.
09:59Consonant.
10:01T.
10:02Consonant.
10:03R.
10:04Vowel.
10:06O.
10:08Vowel.
10:10E.
10:12And a consonant, please.
10:14Lastly, L.
10:16Thank you, Rachel.
10:34MUSIC CONTINUES
10:47Right, how do you do, Mr Singh?
10:49I will take a safe one.
10:51A seven.
10:52OK, and Claire?
10:53A seven.
10:54A seven. Right, a seven for you, Rick.
10:57Roosted.
10:58And Claire?
10:59Same word.
11:00There you go.
11:01Right, roosted. No worries there. Anything else?
11:04Yes, I think there's quite a few lovely words there.
11:07We've got another seven.
11:09Toodles.
11:10Oh, nice.
11:11As in...
11:12Toodle-oo.
11:13Toodle-oo, toodle-oo.
11:14But...
11:15One for eight, we've discovered.
11:18Retooled.
11:19Very good indeed.
11:20Retooled, just to reload, to restock.
11:23Yeah, re-equip, exactly, restock with tools.
11:25There you go. Very good indeed.
11:2721 points each.
11:28More letters now.
11:30And it's UCW, off you go.
11:32A consonant, please, Rachel.
11:34Thank you, Claire.
11:35P.
11:36And another?
11:37H.
11:38And another?
11:41M.
11:42And another?
11:43G.
11:44And another?
11:47L.
11:48And a vowel, please.
11:50O.
11:51And another?
11:53A.
11:54And another?
11:56I.
11:57And a final vowel, please.
11:59And a final...
12:01A.
12:02Here we go.
12:30MUSIC STOPS
12:34See if we can separate them. Claire?
12:36Five.
12:37And Rick?
12:38A very risky five.
12:39OK, what's the risky one, Rick?
12:41Amigo.
12:42Amigo!
12:43And Claire?
12:44Can I have glamp?
12:46You can have glamp.
12:47Yes, it's in the dictionary, if you go glamping.
12:50Glamorous camping.
12:51All right, amigo, fine?
12:52Amigo's absolutely fine.
12:54Beautiful. Anything else in Dictionary Corner?
12:56Well, I had to look to Susie because there was a word
12:59but I have no idea what it means.
13:01No, and you're forgiven because it's mostly used in the 19th century.
13:05Magilp, M-A-G-I-L-P.
13:08We have no idea where this comes from
13:10but it describes a mixture of resin and linseed oil
13:13that was commonly added to oil paints.
13:15Right, if you did get that at home, please apply to be on Countdown.
13:18You might be here for quite some time.
13:2026 points each.
13:22And, Rick, it's your first chance to pick some numbers.
13:25One from the top and five small ones. Thanks.
13:29Thank you, Rick. One large, five little coming up for you.
13:32And your five little ones for this round are...
13:351, 3, 3, 2 and 7.
13:39And the big one, 50.
13:41And your target, 747.
13:44747, as plain as that. Numbers up.
13:55ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
14:18747. Rick, did you manage to land it?
14:21747. Yeah. And Claire?
14:24747 not written down. Off you go then, Claire.
14:27So I did 50 take away the 1.
14:3049. It's 49.
14:32And 2 plus 3 is 5.
14:35Yep.
14:37Multiplied by 3 is 15.
14:39Yep.
14:41Multiply them together.
14:43735.
14:45Oh, and add the 7, sorry.
14:47Oh, sorry, no, that's 742, five away.
14:50Sorry, didn't get off the runway there.
14:53747 for you, Rick. Big ten points.
14:567 times 2 is 14.
14:587 times 2, 14.
15:00Plus the 1. 15.
15:02Times 50. 750.
15:04Minus the 3. Yep, 747.
15:06Very good.
15:08APPLAUSE
15:10We have a game on our hands today,
15:12but time to take a little break and talk to Stephen K Amos,
15:16who very, very quickly has become part of the Countdown family this week.
15:19And, as I say, it's cos you love the show.
15:21You know, you haven't stopped talking about it.
15:23When did you first watch Countdown then?
15:26Well, I have to say, I'm a massive fan of the show.
15:29I remember watching...
15:31Was it not the first show that launched the channel back in the day?
15:34Absolutely.
15:36And I think I was a young whipper-stepper then,
15:39and I was allowed to watch it even though it was in the middle of the day.
15:43Yes, so I was a young lad,
15:45and I'm just in awe of the speed in which all the contestants come
15:49and you guys, honestly, in awe.
15:51Because what normally happens with me is I sit here
15:54and I look at the numbers,
15:56but then as the theme tune starts going, I'm in a trance.
16:00And in my head, I'm just going...
16:03And then, oh, and I've written nothing down.
16:05But, yeah, ever since being a child, I've been enjoying the programme,
16:10and I think I always told myself I was going to be a champion.
16:14Yeah.
16:15Because when I was a child, I'm sure,
16:17I don't know if anyone has this experience,
16:19I used to tell little white lies just to find myself to be popular.
16:23I think it's very common.
16:25I mean, there was a kid in my class at school, at primary school.
16:28Do you remember the show Knight Rider?
16:30Oh, yes.
16:31Yeah.
16:32A kid in my class told us his dad owned the car kit from Knight Rider.
16:37We never saw it, yet we believed him.
16:40I also, back in the day, told all my school friends
16:44that I was a distant cousin to the 80s pop sensation Five Star.
16:50And the biggest one I told, which became the title of my book
16:56that I've recently recorded for Audible,
17:00was I used to tell my friends that my mum was Shirley Bassey.
17:05Yes.
17:06And as you can see from the title, I used to say my mother was Shirley Bassey.
17:09Brilliant.
17:10It could have backfired, obviously, when the teachers asked me
17:14to ask my mum to open the school fate.
17:17But you have to remember, this was in the 70s,
17:19when a very popular hairstyle amongst black women was the Afro.
17:23As Shirley Bassey had one, so did my mum.
17:26So, my mum opened the school fate.
17:31It did become a cropper because the feather bow could not detract
17:35from the fact that my mum does not have a Welsh accent
17:38and has a very strong Nigerian accent,
17:41and her rendition of Goldfinger was not the same.
17:47Brilliant. Love it.
17:48Right, back to the game.
17:50And, Clare, for the first time, a bit of catching up to do,
17:53so let's get some letters.
17:54May I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
17:56Thank you, Clare. N.
17:57And another?
17:59T.
18:00And another?
18:01N.
18:02And another?
18:04Y.
18:05And another?
18:07And a vowel, please.
18:09U.
18:10And another?
18:11I.
18:12And another?
18:13E.
18:15And a consonant, please.
18:16Lastly?
18:17T.
18:18Start the clock.
18:38CLOCK TICKS
18:50A little tricky, maybe, Clare?
18:52Eight.
18:53Not that tricky then!
18:55Rick?
18:56I'll try an eight.
18:57OK, what are you trying?
18:59Unbitten.
19:00Unbitten.
19:01And, Clare?
19:02It's the same word.
19:03Unbitten.
19:04We would hope most of us remain in a state of being unbitten,
19:08but I'm assuming it's in if they both got it.
19:11It's not, I'm afraid.
19:14Unbeaten, unbidden, unbuttoned, but no, unbitten.
19:17But it's such a barmy word for both of you to think was in the dictionary.
19:21You've both lost your minds.
19:23I mean, Stephen, what's going on here?
19:25I know, I mean, that was really freaky.
19:27I thought maybe we'd missed something, but you know what?
19:30It was maybe the intent.
19:33Yes.
19:34Right, Rick, more letters.
19:36Consonant, please.
19:37Thank you, Rick.
19:38G.
19:39Vowel.
19:40U.
19:41Consonant.
19:43S.
19:44Vowel.
19:45I.
19:46Consonant.
19:47Z.
19:48Consonant.
19:50M.
19:51Vowel.
19:53E.
19:55Consonant.
19:57S.
19:58And another consonant, please.
20:00And the last one, P.
20:02Half a minute.
20:33All right, Claire?
20:35Six.
20:36And Rick?
20:37Only a five.
20:38What's the five, Rick?
20:39Muses.
20:40Muses, yes, no worries with that.
20:42And Claire?
20:43Misuse.
20:44And misuse for six, so there you go with the champion bite
20:48back within four points now.
20:51You can upscale and all of that, but can you upsize?
20:54Yes, you can get upsizes for seven.
20:56Brilliant.
20:57Yeah, yeah.
20:58Very good.
20:59But great round for Claire, wasn't it?
21:01As we get more numbers now, and you're picking them.
21:04I may have two large ones and four small, please, Rachel.
21:07You're not deviating from your...
21:09Two from the top selection, here we go for another one.
21:12This time it's seven, eight, three, ten,
21:16and the big E's, 75 and 50.
21:19And the target to reach, 719.
21:22719, numbers up.
21:31MUSIC PLAYS
21:54719, Claire.
21:55719.
21:56Yeah, and Rick?
21:57719.
21:58Off you go then, Claire.
21:59I did 75 minus three is 72.
22:02Multiplied by ten is 720.
22:05720.
22:06And then eight minus seven is one, and take that away.
22:09That's all there is to it.
22:10At last, Claire, goes the simple option.
22:13The way your brain works is so fast,
22:15you usually look for the trickiest way to do it.
22:17Rick, did you go the same way?
22:18No, slightly different.
22:20So, 75 times ten?
22:2275 by ten, 750.
22:25Eight times three?
22:26Eight times three is 24.
22:28Plus the seven.
22:2931.
22:30Take that away.
22:31Perfect, 719 again.
22:32APPLAUSE
22:34They've been great so far.
22:36Let's take our last break.
22:37And this tea time teaser, Mary Note, is in the name.
22:40Mary Note.
22:41Mary passed me a note that wasn't handwritten.
22:44Mary passed me a note that wasn't handwritten.
22:48MUSIC PLAYS
22:50APPLAUSE
23:03Yeah, Mary Note becomes monetary.
23:05Mary passed me a note that wasn't handwritten.
23:08A clever tea time teaser.
23:09Four points in it at the moment.
23:11Our three-time champion has a little bit of work to do,
23:14but Rick's in charge with more letters.
23:17Constance, please.
23:19Thank you, Rick.
23:20N.
23:21Vowel.
23:22A.
23:23Consonant.
23:25R.
23:26Vowel.
23:27O.
23:28Consonant.
23:30M.
23:31Consonant.
23:33G.
23:34Vowel.
23:36E.
23:38Vowel.
23:40I.
23:41And a consonant, please.
23:43And lastly, S.
23:45Kindone.
23:49MUSIC PLAYS
23:52MUSIC CONTINUES
24:17All right, give me a number, Rick.
24:19Eight.
24:20Claire, give me a number.
24:21I'm going to try an eight.
24:23What are you trying?
24:24Roamings.
24:25Roamings, as in roaming around,
24:27as Rick has done his whole life, lived all over the planet.
24:30What have you got?
24:31Smearing.
24:32Smearing. And Roamings.
24:33Listen, we'll just confirm it, because when someone says try,
24:36I'll always check with Susie, but surely, fine.
24:39Smearing, very good.
24:40Roaming is there as a noun, but it's as a maths noun.
24:44As in, you know, you might have roaming charges, for example.
24:48Roaming when you're abroad on a mobile phone,
24:50but you can't put the S on it, I'm so sorry.
24:52Surprised at that.
24:54I thought that would have felt fairly safe.
24:56Dictionary corner, I'm guessing you can't beat it.
24:59Can't beat it, can match it with eight.
25:01We have Organism.
25:03Very good indeed, but no Roamings as we move on
25:06and get some more letters.
25:08Claire.
25:09I'll have a consonant, please, Rachel.
25:11Thank you, Claire.
25:12N.
25:13And another?
25:15R.
25:16And another?
25:17T.
25:18And another?
25:19V.
25:20And another?
25:21R.
25:22And a vowel, please?
25:24E.
25:25And another?
25:26A.
25:27And another?
25:29E.
25:30And a consonant, please?
25:32And lastly, M.
25:34Good luck.
25:47MUSIC PLAYS
26:06How did you get on, Claire?
26:08I'm going to try seven.
26:09And Rick?
26:10Only five.
26:11OK, what's the five?
26:12Mint.
26:13And the seven?
26:14Can I have an averter?
26:16Yes.
26:17Let's find out.
26:18Big moment, this, Susie.
26:20I know.
26:21And all the pressure on the dictionary,
26:23and it's not in, Claire.
26:25Oh!
26:26So the five counts.
26:28The five counts.
26:29How did we get on, Stephen?
26:31I think we got a six with Tavern.
26:35Beautiful.
26:36Lovely.
26:37OK, big moment that for the five points.
26:3959 plays 42.
26:41Still close enough to sit slightly forward on your sofa right now,
26:45but we're going to take a little break
26:47and we're going to get our origins of words.
26:49You've been doing... It's been emotional this week.
26:51Yes.
26:52Totes emosh.
26:53Totes emosh.
26:54I'm going to say totes emosh.
26:56But talk about some of the wonderful names of emotions from Scots.
27:00And online you can find the Dictionaries of the Scots Language,
27:04the equivalent, in some ways, of the Oxford English Dictionary,
27:07take you way back,
27:08and offers hundreds of words that seem so applicable to modern life,
27:11I can't really imagine why they ever fell out of use.
27:14But amongst the most evocative of entries,
27:16I was talking about melancholy yesterday,
27:18there are so many for low spirits,
27:21from druf to dramulich, glumpch to wof.
27:24I don't know if I pronounced those correctly,
27:26but they're all the kind of lingering melancholy
27:28or sort of failing energy.
27:30And there's one...
27:31It's another kind of rhyming, almost, compound,
27:34which I think is brilliant, from the 19th century.
27:36Hingham-Tringham.
27:38And Hingham-Tringham has got several definitions,
27:40which I think could always come in handy.
27:42Firstly, it means being in a weak state of health,
27:45if you're feeling a bit Hingham-Tringham.
27:47Then there is barely presentable.
27:50And the two come together in a further description
27:52that I think most of us could very readily relate to,
27:55just about hanging together.
27:57Yeah.
27:58So Hingham-Tringham, it's really fitting for those days
28:00where we can just about get moving,
28:02and, you know, we just about manage it,
28:05but everything seems difficult.
28:06Or in English dialect, we would say we are noggling it,
28:09as I really didn't want to get out of bed,
28:11but I noggled it somehow.
28:12So Hingham-Tringham, I leave that one with you.
28:15APPLAUSE
28:18Rick, let's get some more letters.
28:20Consonant, please.
28:21Thank you, Rick.
28:22T
28:23Vowel.
28:25I
28:26Consonant.
28:27B
28:28Vowel.
28:30A
28:31Consonant.
28:33S
28:34Consonant.
28:35T
28:36Vowel.
28:38E
28:39Consonant.
28:41J
28:43And another consonant, please.
28:45And the last one, N.
28:47Let's play Kind Time.
29:11MUSIC STOPS
29:19And that's our time up.
29:21Rick?
29:22Seven.
29:23And Claire?
29:24Seven.
29:25OK, the seven, Rick?
29:26Batty's.
29:27Yes, and Claire?
29:28Baton's.
29:30Baton's and batty's.
29:32Susie?
29:33Yes, baton's down the hatches,
29:35and batty's are your backsides in West Indian slang.
29:38There you go.
29:39OK, let's get our last set of letters today from Claire.
29:43May I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
29:45Thank you, Claire.
29:46W
29:47And another.
29:48R
29:49And another.
29:51L
29:52And another.
29:53D
29:54And a vowel.
29:55A
29:56And another.
29:57E
29:58And another.
29:59I
30:00And another.
30:02E
30:03And a consonant, please.
30:05Lastly, Q.
30:07Big round, this, last letters.
30:09MUSIC PLAYS
30:38Claire?
30:39Seven.
30:40And Rick?
30:41Only a six, I'm afraid.
30:43This could be a big moment. Rick?
30:45Leader.
30:46Leader. No worries with that.
30:48But can Claire pick up seven?
30:50Leeward.
30:51Well spotted.
30:52Wow!
30:53APPLAUSE
30:57Look what that does to the scores.
30:59We're within ten.
31:00One more numbers round left,
31:03and, Rick, I mean, give it a bit of thought,
31:06but six numbers of your choosing with a ten-point lead.
31:09Stick to the safe one.
31:11One big one and five small ones.
31:13Well, we'll see how safe.
31:14It's either a teapot or a crucial conundrum coming your way.
31:17Final numbers of the day.
31:19Nine.
31:21Eight.
31:22Seven.
31:23Ten.
31:24Seven. Could be tricky.
31:26And 100, the target.
31:28871.
31:30871.
31:31Numbers up.
31:32MUSIC PLAYS
31:37MUSIC CONTINUES
32:02Wow. 871, Rick.
32:04871.
32:05Bang on, Claire.
32:07No, I've got 869.
32:09Didn't get it.
32:10Rick, this is to take over the champion's chair, if you're right.
32:13Let's have it.
32:14100 plus nine?
32:15You're going to be right, 109.
32:17Times the eight?
32:19872.
32:20And then seven divided by seven.
32:22And that is your teapot right there, 871.
32:24APPLAUSE
32:28It's going to take something special to beat Claire.
32:30It has happened, though.
32:31Rick is our new champion.
32:33But let's dot the i's and cross the t's.
32:35Fingers on the buzzers, please, you two beautiful people,
32:38as we reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:41MUSIC PLAYS
32:53Rick's buzzed.
32:55Deterrent?
32:56Let's have a look at your right.
32:58Very good.
33:01Well, Claire, beaten.
33:03Big hat trick of Windsor under your belt,
33:05and you're a teapot collector.
33:07I mean, this is the greatest day of your life.
33:09It is, it is.
33:10You get to take it home,
33:12but our mushroom collector is no longer champignon.
33:15That's where we're at.
33:16Sorry about that.
33:17Fun guy Rick is, though.
33:19Happy days.
33:20Yeah, yeah.
33:21Yeah, quite nerve-wracking.
33:23It's really interesting you should say that,
33:25because during the first break,
33:28we both commented on how relaxed you felt, but inside...
33:31Yeah, inside, all the butterflies are going in.
33:33All right, you'll settle down.
33:35Claire's proof of that.
33:36You settle down as you go.
33:37You become harder to beat with every win,
33:39and that's why it's a very special day.
33:41We'll see you tomorrow.
33:42Thank you very much.
33:43Happy days.
33:44Stephen, Susie, great show today.
33:45Best of the week so far.
33:46So let's do it all again tomorrow.
33:48Lovely.
33:49Rachel, something hit me earlier.
33:51Stephen said, well, I watched the first ever Countdown.
33:56You can never say that with things that you love.
33:58Like, there's no-one in the world can say,
34:00oh, it was at Manchester United's first ever game.
34:02You always remember your first ever game, though, don't you?
34:04You remember your first ever game.
34:06But this is literally something.
34:07You don't have to be that old to say,
34:09I was there from the very beginning.
34:11You're just trying to make me feel young.
34:13You can't.
34:14Yeah, exactly.
34:15Me and Stephen and Susie can't.
34:17There you go.
34:18Right, well, listen, we will be back tomorrow.
34:20Susie, Rachel and I will try not to look hingham-tringham.
34:24You can count on us.
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