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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:20APPLAUSE
00:31Hello, everybody.
00:32Welcome to Countdown this afternoon
00:34with two official players in the studio,
00:37but hundreds of thousands of you sitting there,
00:41ready to make this a three-way battle.
00:44Rachel, I should probably tell everybody,
00:47if you did play along, you would win most days.
00:50Flattery will get you everywhere.
00:52But you are a Countdown conundrum fiend.
00:56I think you're better than Susie and I at it by a mile.
00:58I think we should have a proper competition.
01:00We should settle this once and for all.
01:02My goodness. What, like Fight Club?
01:04We come back when everyone's not here,
01:06flick one light up and just do it.
01:09No, we need to do it live so everyone can see.
01:11Really? Really on, yeah.
01:13We beat Susie, cos Susie's not good under pressure.
01:16She's all right there.
01:17But I think you might win out of the three of us.
01:19I think you'd win. I think we'd have to play.
01:21Yeah, I think you'd be favourite.
01:23Well, listen, no cheating if you're playing along at home.
01:25And keeping you right, over in Dictionary Corner, as always,
01:28is the wonderful Susie Dent,
01:30and alongside her, not as nimble as he used to be,
01:33but keeping up with the words this week,
01:35it's a British middle-distance legend, Steve Cromb.
01:38APPLAUSE
01:41Are you a player-alonger?
01:43Yeah, I do, I do.
01:46This is a bit like when you come in, though,
01:48and it's the clock thing, isn't it?
01:50I think someone should do a bit of a study on that,
01:52just the noise of a ticking clock.
01:54You've got to handle the pressure when the pressure's there.
01:57Rachel likes the pressure, I can tell.
01:59She's like, yeah, let's do it live with the cameras on.
02:01I think so, I think you're right.
02:02That's probably the difference, actually,
02:04is she probably handles the moment better than Susie and I would.
02:07Handling it very well, though, is our champion, Alex Knock.
02:10Back again, hoping to rack up his hat-trick of wins
02:13from Bromsgrove.
02:14We know you're a quizzer, we know you're a rugby union referee.
02:17Tell us about the family, we haven't talked about that.
02:20So, I've got my wife, Jane,
02:22and I've got one daughter, Libby, who's nine years old.
02:25So, she's nine going on 15 now,
02:27and really starting to develop that personality
02:30and start to rebel a little bit, but she's golden.
02:33So, when you're playing along at home,
02:35does Libby have a column, or does she go,
02:38Daddy, I want to watch the other side?
02:41No, Libby loves it since I found out it was coming on.
02:43She's been playing along with us,
02:45and she's getting quite good at it as well for her age.
02:48It's legacies, it's like succession.
02:50We do get the grandparent, then we get the daughter,
02:54then we get the grandson or granddaughter.
02:56That's what I love about it.
02:57Listen, Barbara Dawns, did you see the first-ever episode?
03:01Yes.
03:02Yeah, do you remember? We were talking about it just before we came on air.
03:05The first-ever episode was,
03:07they didn't have the mathematician putting up the letters,
03:10they had somebody else.
03:11Yeah, it was better back then.
03:15And then, yeah, the second series was Carol putting up the letters
03:20and doing the numbers.
03:21Barbara, the accent may be greater Manchester,
03:24but you live in the beautiful Port of Ferry in Northern Ireland.
03:27I do, yes.
03:28I can't show it on set because the brand name is very famous,
03:31I'm not allowed to do that,
03:32but Barbara brought me soda files from back home.
03:35I literally had to get my make-up fixed from the tears
03:38because you can't get them over here properly.
03:40Thank you so much.
03:41You're welcome.
03:42I cannot wait till tomorrow morning.
03:44The fried eggs, I like the grill with soda files, sacrilegious.
03:47Then I get my fried eggs on them, I'm going to get my bacon on it.
03:51Thank you so much.
03:52You're very welcome.
03:53Brilliant.
03:54And if you need to know any of the letters and numbers in advance...
03:57That's the only reason I give it to you, that's it.
03:59Sorry, Flattery will get you in for you.
04:01Absolutely.
04:02Barbara and Alex, good luck.
04:06All right, Alex, let's start the letters.
04:08Hiya, Rachel. Hi, Alex.
04:09Can I start with a consonant, please?
04:11Thank you. Start today with N.
04:13And another one.
04:15R
04:16And a vowel, please.
04:18A
04:19A consonant.
04:21J
04:22A vowel.
04:24O
04:25Another consonant.
04:27S
04:29A vowel.
04:31E
04:32A consonant.
04:34F
04:36And a final consonant, please.
04:38And a final T.
04:40Let's do it at home and in the studio.
04:42Let's play Code Dive.
05:04MUSIC PLAYS
05:14Round one. Under the belt, Alex?
05:16Six.
05:17And Barbara?
05:18Seven.
05:19And a seven. What's the six, Alex?
05:21Faster.
05:22There you go. And Barbara?
05:23Treason.
05:24Treason.
05:25Excellent. Good word.
05:26Great spot. Absolutely fantastic spot.
05:28Well done.
05:29APPLAUSE
05:31Anything else at Dictionary Corner?
05:33The faster, yeah.
05:35I'm trying to stick with the running things,
05:37but sadly it doesn't apply any more, but, yeah.
05:39But, no, the only other seven words...
05:41You could have had Senator.
05:42Senator. Fantastic.
05:44Senator.
05:45And, Barbara, you're picking nine letters for me for the first time.
05:48Hi, Rachel.
05:49Hi, Barbara.
05:50A consonant, please.
05:52N
05:53Could I have a consonant, please?
05:55T
05:57A consonant, please.
05:58R
06:00A vowel, please.
06:02A
06:04Vowel, please.
06:05I
06:07Vowel, please.
06:08A
06:10A consonant, please.
06:12L
06:15A consonant, please.
06:17M
06:20And a vowel, please.
06:21And, lastly, E.
06:2330 seconds.
06:32MUSIC
06:55That's time.
06:56Barbara, how many?
06:57Nine.
06:58Alex?
06:59Seven.
07:00The seven is...
07:02Barbara, what's the word?
07:04Laminator.
07:05Laminator. Can you have it?
07:08It is... Oh, aw.
07:10Marinate, as well.
07:11Yeah, I'm so sorry, Barbara.
07:13I just should also say,
07:15entrail does not work in the singular E.
07:17That has to be entrails.
07:19Really?
07:20Yeah.
07:21Such a shame.
07:22I know.
07:23Do you know what?
07:24Cos it's a great...
07:25Laminator.
07:26Yeah.
07:27Can I get the laminator?
07:28Yeah. Anyway.
07:30Eight.
07:31Tramline?
07:32Tramline.
07:33Material?
07:34So, there you go.
07:35Very good.
07:36The upshot of it all is nil-poi for Alex and Barbara.
07:39So, just that seven-point lead from the first game.
07:42And, Alex, you know the score by now.
07:44It's first numbers.
07:45Can I have two large, please?
07:47You could.
07:48Two large, four not.
07:50The first numbers of the day.
07:52Your little ones are four, six, seven and eight.
07:56And the large ones, 100 and 50.
07:59And the target to reach, 528.
08:02528. Numbers up.
08:26MUSIC PLAYS
08:34Pens need to go down. Alex?
08:36No, haven't got it.
08:37Barbara?
08:38I've gone. Sorry.
08:40I got that.
08:41I got to 28.
08:42Yeah. That's not going to be close enough, Barbara.
08:44Here, I'll bring it to you.
08:46Tickets to 528, Rach.
08:48There were quite a few ways for this.
08:50Shake off the nerves, you'll get there.
08:52Seven plus four is 11.
08:54And you can just times it by the eight and by the six.
08:57That's one way to get 528.
08:58There you go. Brilliant.
09:01Let's get the first two-time teaser.
09:03It's Glenn's car. Glenn's car.
09:06Was this kid's programme full of errors?
09:09Was this kid's programme full of errors?
09:20APPLAUSE
09:25What a lovely tea-time teaser.
09:28Glenn's car, kid's programme full of errors.
09:31Clangers. There you go.
09:33Seven points ahead, Barbara. Pick some letters for me.
09:36Can I have a consonant, please? Thank you, Barbara.
09:38H
09:39A consonant, please.
09:41T
09:43A consonant, please.
09:45R
09:47A vowel, please.
09:49O
09:51A vowel, please.
09:52E
09:53A vowel, please.
09:55U
09:58A consonant, please.
10:00N
10:02A consonant, please.
10:04S
10:07And...
10:09A consonant, please.
10:10Lastly, T.
10:12Thank you, Rachel.
10:23MUSIC PLAYS
10:44Give me a number, Barbara. Seven.
10:46And, Alex? Seven.
10:47There you go. Barbara, the word?
10:49Hornets.
10:51H
10:53H
10:55H
10:57H
10:59H
11:01H
11:03H
11:05H
11:07H
11:09H
11:11H
11:13H
11:15H
11:17H
11:19Let's get another letters round. Alex, you're going to pick.
11:21Can I have a consonant, please?
11:23Thank you, Alex. S
11:25And another one.
11:27W
11:28And a vowel.
11:29I
11:30A consonant.
11:32R
11:33A vowel.
11:35O
11:36A consonant.
11:38T
11:39A vowel.
11:41I
11:42A consonant.
11:44N
11:46And a final vowel, please.
11:48A final A.
11:50And there's your half a minute.
12:18MUSIC PLAYS
12:22Difficult to negotiate, Alex?
12:24Er, seven.
12:25And, Barbara? Seven.
12:27What a standard. What have you got? Rations.
12:29And, Barbara? Rations.
12:31There you go. Enough to go around.
12:33Seven more points each. Anything else?
12:35Erm, waitrons?
12:37Yes. This is a word that only belongs in the dictionary
12:40and I just don't think it's ever used in real life.
12:43A waitron is the gender-neutral term
12:46for a waiter or a waitress or somebody who serves you.
12:49But it's been in the dictionary for a long time
12:51but I've never ever seen it anywhere, I have to say.
12:54Absolutely. Right, second numbers round.
12:57Barbara, you went through the mill last time.
12:59Let's do it again.
13:01I'll read through from the top.
13:03Thank you, Barbara. Two large four little ones coming up for you.
13:07For this round, they are...
13:09..eight, three, nine, 75, 50.
13:14Could be a challenge. Let's see what pops up.
13:16936.
13:18936. Numbers up.
13:39DRAMATIC MUSIC
13:50936, Barbara.
13:52No. You all right?
13:54No. Alex?
13:56I think I have 936.
13:58Let's hear it.
14:0050 plus 75 is 125.
14:02It's a good start.
14:04Take away the eight is 117.
14:08Don't need to say it with such doubt.
14:10That's perfect. 936. Brilliant.
14:14Very good indeed. The upshot of it is it's going to be close, isn't it?
14:17Just three points in it as we head to Dictionary Corner.
14:20We cajoled you yesterday in the chariots of fire story
14:24so I know my place.
14:26I'm just going to sit back, Steve, and listen to what you want to talk about.
14:29Well, I stopped running, obviously, and ended up commentating
14:33and people ask about that transition
14:35and I said it's a little bit like running.
14:37I almost fell into it by accident and I was really bad
14:40and I thought it would last one commentary
14:43because my very first one was in Paris
14:47and I was very new to it all
14:49and I didn't even know the equipment.
14:51I was very much relying on the guy who was...
14:54I thought he was really just more of a pundit.
14:56Anyway, he left to go to the bathroom.
14:58We were all set, ready to go
15:00and we were actually working for Eurosport, a pan-European channel
15:04and it came to us early because the tennis at Roland Garros
15:07had finished early because of the rain
15:09and it came to us early but I didn't know
15:11and I had somebody come put cans on
15:13and all I heard was, OK, we will be live in five, four, three...
15:16And I'm like, oh!
15:18And I didn't even know the race that was on because we'd come early
15:21and someone had said to me, I'd asked for a bit of advice
15:24and said, just think that you're talking to your mum at home.
15:27Yeah.
15:28So my commentating career began with,
15:30Hi, I'm Steve Cram.
15:32Tim Hutchings, my colleague, should be here
15:34but he's gone to the toilet.
15:36Genuinely.
15:38And welcome to Paris and the...
15:40I'm sorry, the Women's 5000 Race, which is on,
15:43I really don't know who's in.
15:45I mumbled and bumbled my way along.
15:47But the worst bit was that it culminated in...
15:51We had the headsets with the mics and I didn't know how to turn it off.
15:55So when my colleague did come back, I am genuinely mumbling away.
15:59I didn't know how to turn it off, so I wrote on a piece of paper,
16:02We are on air, to which he thought I was joking,
16:07and an expletive went out on air through my microphone,
16:12which was a pretty strong expletive as well
16:14because he thought I was joking with him.
16:16And I thought that was the end of my career.
16:18I hadn't had a very long career, it was about ten minutes long at that point.
16:22And I was terrible. I was really, really awful.
16:25And I thought I'd never go back.
16:27Maybe tomorrow or Friday you could tell us about now,
16:30all those years later, how you approach those commentaries.
16:34Because I've worked with commentators that write everything down.
16:37What's the last line going to be?
16:39And others that just go in and feel it.
16:41And I think that's like not having the safety net.
16:43So maybe we could talk about that another day.
16:45Love it. Thank you, Crammy.
16:49Let's get the next letters round now. Alex, knock.
16:52I'll start with a consonant again, please.
16:54Thank you, Alex. Y.
16:56Another one, please.
16:58T.
17:00A vowel. O.
17:02And a consonant.
17:04G.
17:06And another vowel.
17:08E.
17:10A consonant. F.
17:13A vowel.
17:15A.
17:17A consonant.
17:19G.
17:21And a final consonant, please.
17:23Final P.
17:25OK, come back.
17:56Aldous, Alex. Six.
17:58And Barbara. Six. Barbara, the word?
18:00Potage. Let's have it, Alex.
18:02OK, let's have a look.
18:04Anything else? No, we were with potage as well.
18:06Yeah, it was a foodie round.
18:08Yeah, it was indeed. Three points in it still.
18:10Barbara, let's have nine of your best, please.
18:13Consonant, please. Thank you, Barbara.
18:15N.
18:17Consonant, please.
18:19H.
18:21Consonant, please.
18:23Vowel, please.
18:25E. Vowel, please.
18:27A. Vowel, please.
18:30E.
18:32Consonant, please.
18:34G.
18:36Consonant, please.
18:38N.
18:42And a vowel, please. And the last one.
18:44A.
18:46Here we go.
18:54MUSIC CONTINUES
19:17That's it. Barbara?
19:19A very risky seven.
19:21Not just risky, but very risky.
19:23Alex? Also a risky seven.
19:25OK, I wonder, is it the same? Barbara?
19:27Handage. It is the same, yeah.
19:29OK, let's have a look.
19:31So, is handage handy?
19:34It's not, I'm afraid.
19:36At least both of you tried that one.
19:38Yeah, not in the dictionary.
19:40Steve, what was in there? Hennerd, hennerd?
19:42Hennerd, yeah, it looks really strange.
19:44H-E-double-N-A-E-D, but it's the past tense of to henner,
19:47as in I hennered my hair.
19:49You hennered your hair? Yes, yes.
19:51Wow. I thought it was a Welsh word
19:53when I went up on the board. OK.
19:55It looked like it, but it wasn't.
19:57You don't have to know the meaning of the word.
19:59There's a rule of countdown for anybody who's...
20:01But it's better if you do.
20:03It's good to learn the meanings, that's part of the game, now we know.
20:06But you don't have to to get the points.
20:08Let's get back to the numbers,
20:10and that means you, Alex, cos it's our third time around.
20:13I'll have one large and five small this time, please.
20:15Thank you, Alex. One from the top and five not.
20:18See if this can put any more daylight between you or not.
20:21Right, the selection.
20:233, 9, 6, 1, 6 and 50.
20:28And the target...
20:30543.
20:32543, numbers up.
20:48DRAMATIC MUSIC
21:04Pens down. Alex?
21:06542, not written down, I think.
21:08One away, not written down, he thinks. Barbara?
21:11I'm one the other way, 544.
21:13OK, we'll go Alex first.
21:1550 plus 3 is 53.
21:1753.
21:189 plus 1 is 10.
21:20Multiply them together.
21:22530.
21:23And then add the two sixes.
21:25And that's one below, yep. That'll do.
21:27Barbara, you're one the other way for seven points as well.
21:309 plus 3 minus 1.
21:3211.
21:34Times 50.
21:35550.
21:36And deduct the six.
21:38Yep, one the other way.
21:40Seven points each for 10, 543.
21:43Yes, you get 11 a different way,
21:45so 6 divided by 3 is 2.
21:47And then it falls out.
21:49You can add the 9 for 11.
21:51Again, times by 50 for 550,
21:53but you have a 6 and a 1 left over for 543.
21:56APPLAUSE
21:58Let's kick the tea time teaser.
22:00It's Drab Rose.
22:02Drab Rose, if there's such a thing.
22:04They don't go home after school, they go surfing.
22:07They don't go home after school, they go surfing.
22:10DRAMATIC MUSIC
22:16APPLAUSE
22:24Welcome back.
22:25Drab Rose.
22:26Quite an easy tea time teaser, that one, if you saw it.
22:29They don't go home after school, they go surfing.
22:31They would be boarders.
22:33Boarders.
22:34Just the three points in it today.
22:36I'm really enjoying this show.
22:37One of those you don't want anyone to lose.
22:39Someone must, though.
22:40So let's get back to it. Barbara, letters.
22:42Can I have a consulate, please, Rachel?
22:44You can indeed. Thank you, Barbara.
22:46M
22:47And a consonant, please.
22:49S
22:51And a consonant, please.
22:53B
22:55And a vowel, please.
22:57I
22:59And a vowel, please.
23:00E
23:01And a vowel, please.
23:03A
23:04A consonant, please.
23:06N
23:08And a vowel, please.
23:10E
23:12And a consonant, please.
23:13Lastly, R.
23:15Start the clock.
23:44MUSIC STOPS
23:47How many barbs?
23:48Seven.
23:49Alex?
23:50Just the six.
23:51Yeah, the sixes.
23:52Brains.
23:53And the seven to take the lead?
23:54Meanies.
23:55Meanies!
23:56Yes.
23:57It is in the dictionary, as are beanies.
23:59Beanies, as in, do you mean as in the hat?
24:01The beanie hats, yeah, because your head is your bean.
24:03There you go.
24:04Yep.
24:05And seminar we had as well, so a few sevens.
24:07Lovely. The upshot of it is that Barbara takes a lead here.
24:11The pressure shifts. Alex, off we go again.
24:14Can I have a consonant, please?
24:16Thank you, Alex.
24:17D
24:18And another one.
24:20P
24:21And a vowel.
24:22O
24:23And a consonant.
24:25C
24:27And a vowel.
24:28E
24:30A consonant.
24:32L
24:33A vowel.
24:35O
24:37A consonant.
24:39R
24:40And a final vowel, please.
24:42And a final A.
24:44Kindine.
25:11Time's up. Alex?
25:13Just the six again.
25:15Barbara?
25:16A seven not written down.
25:18The six, Alex?
25:19Placed.
25:20The seven not written down.
25:22Leopard.
25:23Leopard.
25:24Very well spotted, yes.
25:25Leopard, nice.
25:26Well spotted. How late did you spot that?
25:28Very, very late.
25:30Yeah, I know.
25:31Do-do-do-do.
25:32Ooh, leopard.
25:33Anything else spotted in Dictionary Corner?
25:35There is a nine.
25:36Yeah.
25:37No.
25:38Carpooled.
25:39Oh, my goodness me.
25:41Very good.
25:42APPLAUSE
25:4411 points in it now, Barbara.
25:47The leopard was a huge round.
25:49There's four left.
25:50We will... This is Alex, you've been here before,
25:52so we know it's always going to be a rollercoaster with you.
25:55Four rounds left as we take a break for Origins of Words.
25:59Suze, back to those emails.
26:01Yeah, well, sort of, actually.
26:03I'm taking a slight break because I thought I'd have a break.
26:07I thought I would do something in honour of Steve here today.
26:10Because it's unbelievable how much running
26:13just sort of threads through our language.
26:16And I was thinking the other day,
26:18because I did address a viewer's email about slang terms for money,
26:21you know, quid, joey, et cetera.
26:23And, of course, that is currency.
26:25And currency looks back to a Latin word, carere, meaning to run,
26:28because money runs or is exchanged between people.
26:32But the list does not stop there, not by a long chalk.
26:36So, nowadays, we call the sort of moveable indicator
26:39on our computer screen the cursor.
26:41Go back to medieval times, though,
26:43and a cursor was a running messenger.
26:45It was someone who took letters
26:47or important messages from one place to another.
26:51It goes back to that same Latin word, carere, meaning to run.
26:54And then, in the 16th century, cursor became the term
26:57for the sliding part of a slide rule
26:59or another instrument that was used for measuring.
27:02And that was the forerunner, of course,
27:04of the computing sense that we use today.
27:06But that carere, wait for this, it has given us so many different words.
27:10And I'll just give you just a very brief snapshot.
27:12Course, which is something you run along, obviously.
27:15A concourse, which was originally a crowd that had run together.
27:18A current, which runs or flows.
27:21Something is discursive if it runs on a bit
27:24and is not particularly pithy.
27:26An excursion is when we run out to see things.
27:30Intercourse, an exchange that runs between people.
27:34A precursor, something that runs before another.
27:38And if we incur costs, we run up charges.
27:41If something recurs, it runs again.
27:44If we conquer with somebody, we run with their idea.
27:47Honestly, it goes on and on and on. Language is full of runners.
27:50That's brilliant.
27:51Well, listen, what do we call this, the home straight?
27:54I'd say so. Time to do it, Barbara.
27:56Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
27:58Thank you, Barbara.
27:59T.
28:00A consonant, please.
28:02T.
28:03A consonant, please.
28:05C.
28:06And a vowel, please.
28:08E.
28:09A vowel, please.
28:11U.
28:12And a vowel, please.
28:14O.
28:15And a consonant, please.
28:17K.
28:18And a vowel, please.
28:20K.
28:22And a consonant, please.
28:24Q.
28:28And a vowel, please.
28:30Lastly, I.
28:32Good luck.
28:50MUSIC PLAYS
29:04Barbara?
29:05Just a six, please.
29:06Alex?
29:08Just a five.
29:09Yeah, I'm looking forward to the six myself, Alex.
29:11What's the five?
29:12Quiet.
29:13Yeah, that was there. What's the six?
29:14Ticket.
29:15Just the ticket.
29:16Six points at this crucial stage.
29:18Anything else?
29:19No.
29:20Actually, there's a river, the Corquette...
29:22Corquette.
29:23..and the river...
29:24Corquette is a river.
29:25Oh, OK.
29:26..up in the borders between North East and Scotland.
29:29But, yes, nothing better than six.
29:31No.
29:32In the dictionary, a corquette is, without the two Ts, E,
29:35it's a man who flirts, as opposed to a corquette,
29:38which was used for a woman who flirts.
29:40OK. Yeah.
29:41Well, Barbara's flirting with her first win here.
29:44She is now 17 points in the lead
29:48as we get to her last letters.
29:50And Alex?
29:52A consonant, please.
29:53Thank you, Alex.
29:54B.
29:55And another one.
29:57P.
29:58And a vowel.
30:00A.
30:02A consonant.
30:04S.
30:06Another vowel.
30:07I.
30:08A consonant.
30:10R.
30:11A vowel.
30:14E.
30:16A consonant.
30:17W.
30:19And a final vowel, please.
30:21And a final I.
30:23Big one, last letters.
30:44MUSIC
30:56And that'll be it.
30:57So, Alex?
30:58Just the six.
30:59And Barbara?
31:00Seven.
31:01This would be for the win.
31:02Alex?
31:03Praise.
31:04Barbara?
31:05Whispier.
31:06Whispier, is that in?
31:08It is in.
31:09That is absolutely brilliant.
31:11Did not see that at all.
31:12Whispier.
31:13Anything else at Dixtry Corner?
31:15No, nothing else.
31:16That was brilliant.
31:17There was praise, braise, aspires.
31:19There's plenty of sixes, but, no, excellent, well done.
31:22Well done.
31:23Really good.
31:24Barbara Dodds, from Greater Manchester,
31:26now living in Northern Ireland.
31:28This is the easy street.
31:29You can relax now and we can enjoy the last two rounds.
31:32Last numbers.
31:33Just one from the top, please.
31:35Make it a stop.
31:36You've got your teapot, you need practice for tomorrow now.
31:39One large, five little.
31:41You have a lie down in the middle, don't worry.
31:43Final numbers today.
31:44Three, eight, six, seven, ten, and the big one, 25.
31:50And the target should reach, oh, 958.
31:53958, last numbers.
32:11MUSIC PLAYS
32:26The target, 958.
32:29Barbara?
32:30957, not fully written down.
32:33That's one away.
32:35And Alex?
32:36957.
32:37957.
32:38We'll have to have Barbara go first here.
32:40Eight times six minus ten.
32:43Eight times six is 48, minus the ten for 38.
32:48Multiply the 25.
32:50Is 950.
32:51Add the seven.
32:52Yep, 957, one away, well done.
32:54For seven points.
32:55And Alex?
32:56Slightly different.
32:57I did three times ten plus eight for the 38,
32:59and then everything else was the same.
33:01Love it.
33:02Could you get to 958, or is that as good as it gets?
33:05No, it gets better, but you'll have to leave it with me.
33:07All right, brilliant.
33:08It's all over, bar the shouting,
33:10but let's see if Alex can have the last word, literally.
33:13Fingers on the buzzer as we reveal today's Countdown conundrum.
33:16MUSIC PLAYS
33:39MUSIC STOPS
33:47Time is up.
33:49Let's have a look.
33:51Unstirred.
33:52Unstirred.
33:53Unstirred.
33:54There you go, like James Bond's cocktail.
33:57Alex, all good, though, happy, no regrets?
33:59Yeah, I'm happy.
34:00I held on by the skin of my teeth for a couple of rounds
34:03and I've been beaten by an absolute fantastic champion here,
34:06so well done.
34:07Listen, I know you're a big Meat Loaf fan,
34:09so bad out of hell time for you.
34:11Thank you very much, Alex, well done to you.
34:13Barbara will be back tomorrow.
34:15Steve, Susie, see you tomorrow?
34:17Yes.
34:18Rachel, you're going to get that, but we've got to wrap up.
34:21I did curse you, I did apologise.
34:23You did? Oh, it's your fault.
34:25The run is over, the run is over.
34:27It begins again tomorrow, we will do it all again.
34:30The nerves will be jangling, no doubt.
34:32Rachel, Susie and I, see you tomorrow.
34:34You can count on us.
34:37You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:41You can also find our web page at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
35:06APPLAUSE