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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:19APPLAUSE
00:31Hello, everybody, it's Wednesday afternoon,
00:33and another chance to just block out whatever the day has for you
00:37and just enjoy the escapism of the letters and numbers
00:40and some really good company.
00:42And I mean good company because this is the early throes
00:45of our Champion of Champions,
00:47the best players from over five years battling it out
00:50to win the big one.
00:52Cannot wait.
00:53Big day today in the world of mathematics.
00:55Is it?
00:56Rachel, yes, it is, because it's Isaac Newton's 380th birthday.
01:00People think about the law of gravitation,
01:02but calculus, optics, the laws of motions,
01:06so many things connected to mathematics.
01:08Yeah, well, it wasn't my favourite.
01:11The thing I liked about uni was you start off,
01:13like your first year, you do all the old, old, old stuff,
01:16and then the longer you stay there, the more modern you get with the maths.
01:19So I was more into the quantum.
01:21There was Heisenberg and Bohr and Schrodinger,
01:24and they've got some kind of interesting backstories as well.
01:27I think Schrodinger was a bit of a lad, especially with the ladies.
01:30Got some, yeah, fruity tales to tell, I think.
01:32Do you really have a list of favourite mathematicians?
01:35There's some good ones and some boring ones, yeah.
01:38You've got to have a bit of personality with your maths.
01:40I've got one of those lists, and you know where you are in mine.
01:43What's the third?
01:44Waldemar again pips me.
01:46No, she's fourth.
01:48Let's go to Dictionary Corner.
01:50Relatively speaking, I think our finest coupling,
01:53certainly in my time sitting on this chair,
01:55a natural philosopher in Susie Dent
01:58and one of the most down-to-earth stars you're ever likely to meet,
02:01Richard Osman.
02:02APPLAUSE
02:04Right, another battle of the best right now in Countdown.
02:07Let's welcome back Ahmed Mohammed,
02:09who, at one series 84 of Countdown...
02:12Nice to have you, my friend.
02:14It's good to be back. Thank you for having me.
02:16Good. Now, you are... It's a strange thing.
02:18It made me think of a story, actually.
02:20So you're, like, a devout Arsenal fan, right?
02:22Yeah, yeah, you could say that.
02:24But because of a company you work for, you worked at Spurs.
02:26What was that like?
02:27Yeah, no, I was working undercover a bit.
02:29Yeah, I was.
02:30But, honestly, half a Tottenham actually supports Arsenal.
02:34There's going to be a lot of angry tweets right now, I feel,
02:38but, yeah, no, it's true.
02:40Well, you can ignore them cos it's only football.
02:42No, I will. I will.
02:43As a lifelong Liverpool fan, I was covering the UEFA Cup,
02:47that's how long ago it was, for Channel 5,
02:49and it was Everton.
02:51I was really nervous and I turned up so early
02:54before any fan was near the ground
02:56and I walked up to the gate and the two security guards said,
03:01and they lifted me by the elbows, walked me out of Goodison
03:04and said,
03:07And I have to say, it was one of the best experiences I've ever had.
03:10That's real football, isn't it?
03:11Yep.
03:12Leave the rivalry on the pitch.
03:13Right, well, listen, Ahmed, there's rivalry here today.
03:15We'll be respectful, of course.
03:17And look who's back from booters time,
03:20our beaten finalists in our last series.
03:22Ed Byrne! You all right?
03:24I'm great. It's great to be back, Colin.
03:26Lovely. What's been happening since the devastation
03:28of losing to Tom Stevenson?
03:30I suppose just sleepless nights, insomnia, therapy?
03:34Ah, just get back up on the horse and start all over again.
03:38You know, great company with you.
03:40Ten past two every afternoon.
03:42Yeah. Well, listen, good luck to you both today.
03:44Let's find out who's on song.
03:45Ahmed and Edward!
03:50Here we go again.
03:51Ahmed, my friend, let's get some letters.
03:54Hello, Rachel. Hi again, Ahmed.
03:56Can I start with a consonant, please?
03:58You can indeed. Start with T.
04:00And another?
04:02S.
04:03Vowel?
04:05A.
04:06Another vowel?
04:08E.
04:09Consonant?
04:11V.
04:12Vowel?
04:14A.
04:15Consonant?
04:17S.
04:19Consonant?
04:21N.
04:22And a final vowel, please?
04:24A final I.
04:25At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:56Right, let's do this. Ahmed?
04:58Er, nine.
04:59Oh, what a bad start.
05:01Edward?
05:02Nine.
05:03Come on.
05:04Ahmed?
05:05Er, vanitases?
05:06And Ed, same?
05:08Ooh, sanatives.
05:11Susie?
05:12So, Ahmed, yours is vanitas.
05:15We know it's a noun, which is a still-life painting,
05:18a 17th-century Dutch genre.
05:21It's a noun, it doesn't say it's uncountable.
05:24So you can put the ES on, it's absolutely fine.
05:27And Ed, how are you spelling that?
05:29S-A-N-A-T-I-V-E-S.
05:31Oh, Ed, I'm so sorry.
05:33Sanative is there as an adjective,
05:35meaning conducive to physical or spiritual health,
05:38but it's not there as a noun, I'm afraid. Sorry.
05:40So, Richard, you got a ten?
05:42Er, yeah, I wish we did.
05:43I mean, the standard keeps getting better and better.
05:45Last summer, I went to Wimbledon,
05:47and you're so up close to, like, Djokovic and Nadal and people,
05:50and it's exactly the same thing, seeing these guys.
05:52No, we got savants, and we were very happy about it for eight,
05:55but amazing playing.
05:57All right, well, to change the serve, Ed, you're picking the letters.
06:00OK. Good afternoon, Rachel. Good afternoon. Have a consonant, please.
06:03Thank you. Starts with D.
06:05And another.
06:07Z.
06:08And another.
06:10S.
06:11And a vowel.
06:12E.
06:13And a vowel.
06:14O.
06:15And a vowel.
06:16E.
06:17And a vowel.
06:18O.
06:19And a consonant.
06:21R.
06:23And final vowel.
06:26Final.
06:2730.
06:2830 seconds.
06:51MUSIC PLAYS
06:59Mr Ed's.
07:00Seven.
07:01Ahmed.
07:02Just a six.
07:03A six, Ahmed.
07:04Zeroed.
07:05And a seven.
07:06Rodeos.
07:07I'm afraid the plural is simply E-O-S.
07:09R-O-D-E-O-S.
07:11Sorry, Ed.
07:12Unlucky, Ed. Let's go to Dictionary Corner.
07:14Richard Osmond.
07:15Yeah, something no-one at home is doing, dozers.
07:17We had as well for six, but nothing better than that.
07:20Unless zooseed is a word.
07:22It's what they feed the tigers.
07:24All right, first numbers round of the day.
07:26What a start from Ahmed, our Series 84 champion.
07:29Let's get those digits.
07:31I think you know who I'm going to ask for.
07:33One large.
07:34I think you might be playing it safe now that you've got a 24-point lead.
07:37One large, five little. Not what Ed wants.
07:39Let's see. An effort for note. Sometimes we get a challenge.
07:42First numbers.
07:432, 4, 6, 6, 8.
07:47And an odd one, finally, 75.
07:49With the target.
07:51399.
07:52399, numbers up.
08:20MUSIC STOPS
08:25399. Ahmed?
08:26399.
08:27Very good. And Ed?
08:28399.
08:29There you go. Ahmed, off you go.
08:3175 minus 8.
08:3367.
08:34Times 6.
08:35402.
08:376 over 2 for the 3 and take it off.
08:39And the second 6. Perfect. 399.
08:41And how did you get on, Ed? The same way, yeah.
08:43APPLAUSE
08:46Five points on the board for Mr Byrne,
08:48but what a start for Mr Mohammed.
08:50Right, first Tea Time teaser is Ski Bales.
08:53Ski Bales.
08:54Mythological creature.
08:56In need of mousewash.
08:58Mythological creature in need of mousewash.
09:01MUSIC
09:09APPLAUSE
09:16Welcome back.
09:17Mythological creature in need of mousewash.
09:20Ski Bales, Susie, becomes Basilisk.
09:22Yeah.
09:23Well, in mythology, it was a reptile with either a lethal gaze
09:27or breath, or perhaps both.
09:29And today, it's a long, slender and mainly bright green lizard
09:33that you'll find in Central America.
09:35There you go. Fantastic. 34 plays 10.
09:37Let's get back to the game.
09:39And, Ed, comeback is on. You're in charge of the letters.
09:42A consonant, please, Rachel.
09:44Thank you, Ed.
09:45J.
09:46And another.
09:47G.
09:48And another.
09:50S.
09:51And a vowel.
09:52A.
09:53And another vowel.
09:54E.
09:55Another.
09:56U.
09:57And another.
09:59E.
10:00And a consonant.
10:02G.
10:03And...
10:06..a consonant, please.
10:07It's like getting a nine out of this lot.
10:09W.
10:10Thanks, Rach.
10:11MUSIC
10:15MUSIC
10:42Talk to me, Ed.
10:43Six.
10:44Ahmed?
10:45I'll try a seven.
10:46OK, what's a six, Ed?
10:47A surge.
10:48Trying a seven. Ahmed?
10:50G-gores.
10:51G-gores. G-gores.
10:53I can tell by your expression it's in.
10:55It is in, yeah.
10:56It's another word for a bit of trumpet refinery, really,
10:59so something that's really showy but pretty useless.
11:02Richard, did you have it?
11:04I didn't have it, Susie did have it, so she's been very humble.
11:07Weirdly, it was in a book I read recently, a Agatha Christie book,
11:10and I wondered how it was pronounced.
11:12Julia, little bits of paraphernalia around the house,
11:14a little ornamental piece.
11:16Yeah, little trinkets and that sort of stuff.
11:18G-gores.
11:19Any more sevens?
11:20No.
11:21No, gauges for six.
11:22Nothing else.
11:23The best word in the dictionary gets Ahmed another precious seven points.
11:27And you're picking these letters.
11:29Can I have a consonant, please?
11:31You can indeed.
11:32P.
11:33And another.
11:35M.
11:36Vowel.
11:38O.
11:39Vowel.
11:40A.
11:41Consonant.
11:43T.
11:44Vowel.
11:46E.
11:47Consonant.
11:48L.
11:50Consonant.
11:52C.
11:55And a final vowel, please.
11:58Final I.
12:00Half a minute.
12:11MUSIC PLAYS
12:32Ahmed.
12:33A.
12:34And Edward.
12:35An ace.
12:36Both with eights. Ahmed.
12:37Poematic.
12:38Ed, same word?
12:39Poetical.
12:40Music diarrheas.
12:41What have we got there, Suze? Huppie?
12:43They just know the dictionary so well.
12:45They actually both mean the same thing.
12:47Yep, brilliant.
12:48Anything you say now, Richard, is going to sound like a limerick.
12:51Yes, isn't it, Jess?
12:52I was wondering about complete as in the complete angle of the book.
12:55Angle with the spelling E-A-T. Brilliant.
12:57That's another eight. Well done.
12:59Very, very good indeed, Richard. Wonderful stuff.
13:01Right, 49 plays 18.
13:02We'll get to the numbers again, Edward.
13:04That's the first points you've scored in the letters
13:06and it needed an eight,
13:07and another big ten on the numbers is the order of the day.
13:10So off you go.
13:11Well, you know what's coming, Rachel. Four large ones, please.
13:14Four large, and you definitely need a bit of a challenge here.
13:17Let's see if we can find something interesting.
13:19Right, come on, numbers.
13:21We've got four and another four.
13:24Large ones, 150, 25, 75.
13:27Can't do anything without a target, which is 765.
13:31765, numbers up.
13:38BUZZER
14:03765, Ed.
14:05766.
14:06One away, Ahmed.
14:08766.
14:09One away, too.
14:10So it'll be seven points each if you're correct.
14:12Ed, off you go.
14:13OK, so what I did was 100 plus 75 plus four.
14:16175, four.
14:18I times that by four.
14:20Times it by four for 716.
14:22And it added 50.
14:23Yeah, that gets you to one away.
14:25Ahmed.
14:26Same effort.
14:29Brilliant. Yeah.
14:30Lovely.
14:31Listen, we'll reserve a round of applause
14:33because you don't get it if it's possible.
14:35Rachel.
14:36It is, but you're going to have to come back to me.
14:38I did the same as the boys.
14:39A good time, Rachel, to give you a problem
14:41because we're going to have a chat with Richard Osman
14:43in Dictionary Corner.
14:44Don't take this the wrong way.
14:45I'm still getting used to it.
14:47It's weird you being a guest and not controlling the programme,
14:51especially because, you know, I've been on both of your quiz shows.
14:55Yeah? Yeah.
14:56I mean, I love being a guest.
14:58I mean, hosting is hard work, is the truth, as you three know.
15:01But all three of you, funnily enough, have been on House Of Games.
15:04Rachel.
15:05And, listen, I don't want to put the cat among the pigeons at all,
15:08either Schrödinger's cat or anything else,
15:10because I've come along, and this is such a wonderful show,
15:12I love this show, and everybody from the top up,
15:14from Damian, the producer, the runners, everybody loves this show.
15:17It's beautifully run and there's a lovely atmosphere between everyone.
15:20But I am going to compare how you all did.
15:22Oh, no.
15:23Now, the first thing I'm going to do
15:25is we've got to take Colin completely out of this equation
15:27because Colin played five, won four and had a second place.
15:31Oh.
15:32Winning five is the only thing you can do better than that,
15:34and only Angela Barnes has ever done that.
15:36Yeah.
15:37So I looked into the stats for Susie and Rachel,
15:40and quite similar, I would have to say.
15:43So I had to dive down right into individual points they scored...
15:46Yeah.
15:47..to try and tell them apart, see who's best out of Susie and Rachel.
15:50I know the answer.
15:51First show, Rachel goes four points clear, OK?
15:55Second show, Rachel does another four points clear.
15:58She's eight points clear as we come into Wednesday.
16:00Susie pulls back four points... Yes.
16:02..on Wednesday, so Susie's four behind.
16:04Get into Thursday's show.
16:06They scored exactly the same, the two of them.
16:09Final show, Rachel scores seven points.
16:12Oh. OK?
16:13If Susie scores 12, Susie is the champ.
16:16If Susie scores 10, Rachel is the champ.
16:20Susie, on the Friday, scored 11 points.
16:24They were absolutely identical, the two of them.
16:28Across a whole week, across every single round,
16:30exactly the same amount of points. Isn't that lovely?
16:32That's brilliant. So nobody loses.
16:34And the one thing people always say on the show,
16:36especially if you have lots of celebrities on,
16:38who's your favourite ever contestant?
16:40And, as you know, it's an impossible question to answer.
16:42You can't, even if you have... Neil Dalamere.
16:44Neil Dalamere. Sorry, go ahead.
16:46But I met my wife on House Of Games, Ingrid,
16:49so I can, anyone who ever asks me,
16:51who's your favourite contestant on House Of Games,
16:53I have an answer, which was Ingrid Oliver, so that's nice.
16:55Whether it's true or not, you have the answer.
16:58I love it. Brilliant to have you here. Brilliant ambience.
17:01APPLAUSE
17:03Love, love House Of Games.
17:05Let's get back to Countdown now,
17:07and it's time for more letters from Ahmed.
17:09Cheers, Colin. Could I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
17:12Thank you, Ahmed. B.
17:14And another.
17:16M. Vowel.
17:19A. Vowel.
17:21I. Consonant.
17:24H. Vowel.
17:26A.
17:28Consonant.
17:30T.
17:32Consonant.
17:34H.
17:36And final consonant, please.
17:39Final, W.
17:41Here we go.
17:54MUSIC PLAYS
18:12As quickly as that. Time's up.
18:14Ahmed. Six.
18:16Ed. Five.
18:18The five is? Ambush.
18:20And the six?
18:22Yes. East African word for corrugated iron sheeting.
18:25Well done. APPLAUSE
18:29Do you have a gut message for me, Colin?
18:31We had habits, and if you're an 80s music fan,
18:33perhaps you have a wham habit for nine.
18:36Fantastic. Let's get some more letters.
18:38Thank you, Colin. A consonant, please, Rachel.
18:41Thank you, Ed. R.
18:43And another. N.
18:45And another. C.
18:47Vowel.
18:49E. Another vowel.
18:51A. And another.
18:53E. And another.
18:55O. Consonant.
18:57R.
18:59And final consonant, please.
19:01Final, S.
19:03Start the clock.
19:05MUSIC PLAYS
19:22MUSIC STOPS
19:34Talk to me, Ed. Nine.
19:36Ahmed. Just an eight.
19:38What a moment. If it's in, if it's in.
19:40Everyone, hold your breath, do not breathe.
19:42What's the eight? Reasoner.
19:44What's the nine? No, it's a big if.
19:46Corsoner.
19:48Oh, it's not your friend today. I'm sorry, Ed.
19:52So sorry.
19:54You have to take the risk. You have to take the gamble at this stage.
19:57You've got to go for it. Some people, if you're not a champion,
20:00sometimes, you know, you chicken out.
20:02But a champion, that's how champions play.
20:04They give it everything. Yeah, we had just sevens here.
20:06We had Careens, Careers, Corneas. Yeah.
20:08But nothing more than that.
20:10You're absolutely bang right.
20:12All 16 of our Champions of Champions contenders are Octo Champs.
20:16Absolutely stuff of legend.
20:18As we get more numbers now, and Ahmed, you're picking them.
20:21One large, one large, one large.
20:23Poor old Ed. One large. Do you mean three large?
20:26No.
20:28I thought he meant three large.
20:31Do we need a serious enquiry on that?
20:33He wants as easy as possible. Did not mean it that way.
20:36I know what he means. Right, five little.
20:38Final answer. Two, one, seven, five, six.
20:42And the big one, 25.
20:44And the target, 498.
20:46498, numbers up.
21:14MUSIC PLAYS
21:19498. Ahmed?
21:21498, not written down.
21:23Edward? 497, not written down.
21:25OK, let's do the 498, please.
21:276 minus 2.
21:29Yep, 4.
21:31Times 25. Yep, 100.
21:33Adds 1. 101.
21:35Times 5. Times 5, 505.
21:38Takes 7. Well done, 498.
21:40Yes. APPLAUSE
21:43Right, let's get a two-time teaser, then.
21:45Angry ten. Angry ten.
21:48Angry birds, there's at least ten of them.
21:50Angry birds, there's at least ten of them.
22:00APPLAUSE
22:07Welcome back. Angry ten becomes gannetry,
22:10which is a breeding colony for gannets, as if we didn't know.
22:13Let's get back to today's Countdown Champion of Champions.
22:16Ed Byrne with it all to do as he picks more letters.
22:19Thanks, Colin. Consonant, please, Rachel.
22:22You're enjoying this, aren't you, Ed?
22:24Having a whale of a time.
22:26N. And another one.
22:29R. And another.
22:31F. And a vowel.
22:34U. And another.
22:36I. And another.
22:38O. Consonant.
22:41K. Vowel.
22:44A.
22:46And a consonant.
22:48Lastly, N. Start the clock.
23:09CLOCK TICKS
23:21Concerned looks on faces, Ed?
23:24Six. And, Ahmed?
23:26Six. OK, what have you got, Ed?
23:28What this really is, unfair.
23:30And, Ahmed? A funkier.
23:33So, is it I-A? I-A.
23:35OK. So, come on, Suze.
23:37Yeah, it's a plant. It's another name for the hosta.
23:40It's made of white flowers.
23:42I tell you what, I had no idea there was a plant called funkier.
23:45What are we doing? There's a plant called funkier.
23:47How is this not something we all knew about?
23:49I bet it was probably... It's an eponym, I reckon.
23:51It was, yeah, named after Heinrich Funk.
23:54Was it? OK, so funkier.
23:56Unfair is good. Yeah, we've got no... Unrank.
23:59Can you unrank something?
24:01Can you demote someone by unranking them?
24:03Yes, very good.
24:05Let's get more letters. Ahmed?
24:07Could I get a consonant, please? Thank you, Ahmed.
24:09T. And another?
24:12S. A vowel?
24:14E. Vowel?
24:16I. Consonant?
24:18R.
24:21Vowel?
24:23U. Consonant?
24:25T. Consonant?
24:28N.
24:30And a final vowel, please?
24:32This looks promising. All-important final.
24:35E. Here we go.
25:02MUSIC CONTINUES
25:08Time is up. Ahmed?
25:10I'll go with a nine.
25:12And Ed? I'll go with a nine as well.
25:14You got an I. Ahmed?
25:16Notaries. Notaries.
25:18Same.
25:20It's a beautiful word. Pray tell, Susie.
25:23Well, he's had gannetries, hasn't he?
25:25So, notaries, yes, a place in which notaries grow or are raised.
25:28Very good.
25:31They're getting these wonderful words.
25:33Indeed. On the subject of beautiful words,
25:35we're missing origins of words this week because of Susie's laryngitis.
25:39It's very convenient.
25:41Yeah, exactly.
25:43I just want to touch back on the fact that, in the modern era,
25:46House of Games and Countdown have these strange prizes.
25:49Yeah. You know, the teapot.
25:51You know, the wheelie.
25:53Because these days it's usually a million pounds, some big prize.
25:56But in the old days, Rich,
25:58quiz shows gave away, you know, quite strange things.
26:01Yeah, of course they did.
26:03Blankety-blank, checkbook and pen.
26:05Dusty bin. Oh, my goodness.
26:07The bully tankard from Bullseye.
26:10I like that sort of thing.
26:12Funny enough, on House of Games,
26:14most celebrity quiz shows, they play for charity,
26:16so everything has to be very above board.
26:18On House of Games, no-one's playing for anything,
26:20so we can muck about a lot.
26:22In fact, when I was talking about meeting my wife on House of Games,
26:25because she won, she got to come back on Champion of Champions,
26:28but because we were married, we had to pass a BBC board,
26:31say, is it all right that she can come on the show?
26:34And, honestly, their memo back said,
26:36the prizes on the show are so insignificant, of course it's OK.
26:41And it reminds me, actually, when I met her,
26:43Ed Byrne was one of the other contestants.
26:45Oh, fantastic. So there you go.
26:47No, but I love that, and, you know, it's sort of harking back
26:49to, say, the century and, you know, canteens and cutlery.
26:51We have a lot of fun thinking up our prizes.
26:53Listen, they always use the phrase,
26:55the unique way the BBC is funded,
26:57and it's used as a compliment and an insult,
26:59but I love the idea that you would be plotting at home with Ingrid
27:02to fix House of Games.
27:04That's your moral level.
27:06We're going to get ourselves a dartboard with my face on it.
27:09She does now, at home, she has a golden baseball cap
27:13with my face on that she won.
27:15You know, the first time I ever saw the golden baseball cap
27:17with my face on, I thought, I can't think of anyone in the world
27:19who would choose that as a prize.
27:21And as soon as Ingrid came on the show, I thought,
27:23of course I know someone, of course I know someone
27:25who'd choose that as a prize.
27:27She very much had a wham habit in the 80s.
27:29Fantastic. Right, Ed, let's get back to the game and get your letters.
27:33A consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Ed.
27:35R
27:37And another.
27:39T And another.
27:41D
27:43A vowel. A
27:45Another vowel. O
27:47And another vowel. O
27:49And a consonant.
27:51R
27:53And a vowel.
27:55E And a consonant.
27:57Lastly, G.
27:59Kind of.
28:19E
28:21E
28:23E
28:25E
28:27E
28:29E
28:31That's time, Ed. Nine.
28:33Ahmed. Yeah, I'll have to go with a nine as well now.
28:35OK, Ed. Derogator.
28:37Derogator. And Ahmed?
28:39Same words. There you go. Is it in, Susie?
28:41I'm afraid it is not.
28:43No. Derogatory is in, but not a derogator.
28:45They're just firing all over the place here.
28:47That's unlucky. I have to say, in the history of television,
28:49I've never heard someone say the word consonant, please,
28:52in a more depressed voice than I heard Ed do there.
28:55Toreador, which we had the other day, didn't we?
28:57Yeah, we did. What's the difference between a toreador and a matador?
29:00I think a toreador is normally on horseback,
29:03whereas a matador is usually just standing.
29:05There you go. Didn't even have to look it up.
29:07Right, more letters now for Ahmed.
29:09He's been a red rag double in every round. Let's go.
29:12Can I have a consonant, please?
29:14You can indeed. N
29:16And another.
29:18X Vowel.
29:20I Another.
29:23E Consonant.
29:25M Vowel.
29:28I Consonant.
29:31D Vowel.
29:36A And a final consonant, please.
29:40Final, N.
29:42Last letters.
29:46BUZZER
29:48BUZZER
30:14OK, Ahmed.
30:16Seven. Ed.
30:18Seven. OK, what's the seven, Ahmed?
30:20Diamine. And Ed?
30:22Diamine.
30:24Two diamines. What have we got in the next three corners?
30:26A definition, at least.
30:28It's a compound whose molecule contains two amino groups.
30:31Diamines are a girl's best friend.
30:33Susie had a diamine. I was happy with median,
30:35but Susie beat me with a diamine.
30:37Fantastic. Right, one more numbers round to get Ed.
30:40It's all over as a competition, so do whatever you want.
30:43Well, we'll go with a bang. Four large, please.
30:46Four large. Let's see if we can get your tricks on display.
30:49Thank you, Ed. And two little ones, final numbers of the day.
30:53One, six, and then the big ones.
30:5675, 50, 25, 100.
31:00And the target, 906.
31:03906 last numbers.
31:13BUZZER
31:36Ed Byrne. 906.
31:38Yeah. Ahmed Mohamed. 906.
31:40Yes, go ahead, Ed.
31:42Well, he asked for a trick, so I'll give you one.
31:4425, take one, that's 24.
31:46Yeah, I thought you might say this.
31:48100 over 50 is two.
31:50It is. Divided by two for 12.
31:54Times by 75 and add to six.
31:56Well, thank you for not going up to 90,000 anyway.
31:59906. Well done.
32:01Very good. And, Ahmed, did you go more traditional route?
32:04Definitely. 100 plus 50 plus one.
32:07151.
32:09Times six. Perfect. 906.
32:12APPLAUSE
32:14Well done. 10.6.
32:16121 plays 66.
32:19Ahmed, I know it's over, but a 131, even at this highest level,
32:23throws down such a marker to everybody else
32:26in Champion of Champions, if you haven't already.
32:28So, fingers on buzzers.
32:30Every point counts on this show.
32:32Let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:35MUSIC
32:42BUZZER
32:44Ed?
32:45Rescension.
32:46Rescension. Let's have a look.
32:48Yes!
32:49APPLAUSE
32:54It feels good.
32:55It looks so much better now.
32:57It looks so much better.
32:59The 76 is now very respectable at any level.
33:03I'm the first person to get a conundrum so far
33:06in the Champion of Champions, so there you go.
33:09All of that is just us trying to make you feel better
33:12about the trouncing you took today,
33:14and I know you're well enough to say that.
33:16Talk to me about Ahmed's performance,
33:18because he just came out of the blocks and he was out of sight.
33:21No, I've had enough of him. It's just something else.
33:24Speechless. Speechless. He trounced me.
33:27The good news is, all is not lost,
33:29because we obviously paid to get you here
33:32and you're going on a stag weekend in Liverpool.
33:34That's it, yeah.
33:35It just turns into a massive drinking holiday now.
33:38Watch the rest of the tournament and just relax.
33:40Brilliant.
33:41Ahmed, I mean, you've been there and done it,
33:44but it's worth saying you've got your role, you know,
33:47and there's not many people in the Champion of Champions
33:49who can say that. You're still unbeaten.
33:51Well, I mean, it's Champion of Champions.
33:53Whoever you lose to, you can't really complain
33:55because everyone's so good.
33:56But, no, I love it.
33:58He's such a great guy and I enjoyed playing him.
34:01Brilliant. Well, well done.
34:02We'll see you back in the quarter-finals.
34:04Well done, everyone.
34:05APPLAUSE
34:07Very little else we can say.
34:08Richard, Susie, it's just good to hang on to the coattails.
34:11I mean, listen, amazing all week,
34:13but Ahmed is going to be very, very tough to beat
34:15in this competition, I think.
34:16And, Rachel, you're being made to work as well.
34:18Well, I think I'm keeping up with our contestants this week,
34:20that's all I can say.
34:21Absolutely. We'll do it all again tomorrow,
34:23same time, same place.
34:25Rachel, Susie and I will be here. You can count on us.
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