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00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:34Now, I wonder whether you've heard about the lady who goes on virtual travels using Street View.
00:41Her name is Jackie, Jackie Kenney, and she suffers, sadly, from agoraphobia.
00:45So she stays at home, switches on a computer if she can't sleep, and goes, travels all around the world.
00:51She thinks, I think I'll go to Chile, I'll go to Santiago now.
00:54And using Street View, she's able to potter about the streets of Santiago, looking at people.
00:59Perhaps she's got a book there, reading about it too.
01:02And she's probably one of the best-travelled people in the world, never having left the comfort of her living room.
01:08It's extraordinary, isn't it?
01:09I've never actually done it, because I actually can get out and about.
01:12So I'm sorry for Jackie, but I'm sure she's probably better educated on these things than I am.
01:18It's amazing what you can do with a computer.
01:20Incredible.
01:21Extraordinary.
01:22Yeah, I've been to Siberia on Street View, yeah.
01:25I had a nosy round Komsomolsk-on-Amur, yeah.
01:28Yeah, it's really, it's interesting.
01:29Well, you're heading that way in a couple of years' time.
01:31Well, that's, I mean, that's where Pasha's family lives, so it's kind of two days' travelling to get all the way over there.
01:36It's kind of north of, well, north of Korea, so it's a really, really long way.
01:40But it's interesting, because you just never would see that kind of thing.
01:43And you can, you know, pretty much look into people's bedrooms from Street View.
01:47I mean, it is extraordinary.
01:48I wonder how many of those little vans with the cameras there are all over the world.
01:52There's been some funny things that they've captured along the way.
01:56I'm sure, I'm sure.
01:58Talking about looking in people's bedrooms,
02:00I think she's called the Martianess of Bathurst or something.
02:04She lives in some grand pile at Sarncester Park.
02:07Anyway, she got out of the bath, according to some newspapers anyway,
02:10and threw open the curtain to discover there was a hot air balloon hovering about six feet away,
02:16with lots of tourists leaning out of the basket, peering into her bathroom.
02:20She did the same thing every, the same time every morning?
02:22No, she said that she turned to push off.
02:25That's why I live in a basement flat.
02:28All right. Now, Rachel, who's back?
02:31Chris Thorne is back, Rachel, sports events administrator from Chelmsford.
02:35Two good wins, tucked neatly under his belt.
02:38Broke the century barrier yesterday with an impressive 108.
02:43Coolly done, if you don't mind me saying so.
02:45How are you feeling?
02:46Still a bit nervous. I never feel quite in.
02:48Relaxed, yeah. Relaxed. It's good.
02:51And you're joined by Todd Goodman,
02:54who's come all the way from Beaumont Lees, great name, in Leicestershire,
02:58where you're a chef, is that right?
03:00Yeah.
03:01Where are you a chef, in a pub or restaurant?
03:02Yeah, in a pub on the shopping complex that I work at.
03:06And what's that pub called?
03:07It's a Keeper's Lodge.
03:08All right. And is that where you play your darts and pool?
03:11It is.
03:12While you're not cooking?
03:13While I'm not cooking, obviously.
03:15All right. Are you any good at it?
03:17Pool, I'm better at than darts, but I'm not bad at either.
03:21All right. Let's see how you are with Countdown.
03:23Good luck to you both. Good luck to Todd and to Chris.
03:26Big round of applause.
03:27APPLAUSE
03:31And over in the corner, Susie, of course,
03:33and a big welcome to sports broadcaster and TV presenter,
03:36the great Jon Inverdale. Welcome back, Jon.
03:38APPLAUSE
03:43Welcome back, indeed.
03:45Now, Chris, off we go.
03:48Afternoon, Rachel. Afternoon, Chris.
03:49Start with a consonant, please.
03:50Thank you. Start today with W.
03:53And another.
03:55B.
03:56And another.
03:58B.
03:59A vowel.
04:02A.
04:03And another.
04:04U.
04:06And a consonant.
04:08M.
04:10And another.
04:11T.
04:13A vowel.
04:16I.
04:17And another vowel, please.
04:19And lastly, E.
04:23Stand by.
04:54Yes, Chris.
04:55It's four. Todd?
04:57Six.
04:58And a six.
04:59Chris?
05:00Bite.
05:01No, Todd.
05:02Tabby.
05:03I think it's going to be with a Y.
05:05It is, I'm afraid. Not the I-E.
05:07Sorry about that. Tabby cat.
05:09We've got a six word, which I say we, Susie's got it.
05:13I've never heard of it. A wabbit.
05:15A wabbit. Wabbit. Yes.
05:17This isn't the rabbit with a list, is it?
05:19No, it's not. It's a great Scottish word
05:21meaning exhausted or slightly unwell.
05:24So they say you're either feeling a bit flobbly-mobbly or a bit wabbit.
05:28Yeah, they always say that.
05:30Flobbly-wobbly.
05:31Flobbly-mobbly.
05:32Really?
05:33That's a good one.
05:34Yeah, well, they should stop it.
05:35Four points to Chris and it's Todd's letters game. Yes, Todd?
05:39Hi, Rachel.
05:40Hi, Todd.
05:41A consonant, please.
05:42Thank you. Start with G.
05:44And another.
05:46L.
05:47And another.
05:49T.
05:50And a vowel, please.
05:52I.
05:53And another.
05:54E.
05:55And another.
05:57U.
05:58And a consonant, please.
06:00G.
06:02And another.
06:04S.
06:05And another, please.
06:07And lastly, L.
06:09Don't buy it.
06:20CLOCK TICKS
06:41Yes, Todd?
06:42Seven.
06:43Chris?
06:44Seven.
06:45Todd?
06:46Dilutes.
06:47Ugliest.
06:48Very good.
06:50And in the corner?
06:51We've got gullies, but we can't improve on seven.
06:54Thank you.
06:55Suji, that's it.
06:56Gullets, an alternative seven.
06:57Thank you.
06:58All right.
06:59So, 11 plays seven.
07:00Chris in the lead.
07:01And it's numbers for you, Chris.
07:03Numbers game.
07:04Have one large and five small, please, Rachel.
07:06You can indeed. Thank you, Chris.
07:07One from the top, five little to kick us off.
07:09And the first numbers game of the day is
07:1110, 10,
07:135, 9,
07:154, and 25.
07:18And the target, 834.
07:208-3-4.
07:22TENSE MUSIC
07:49Chris?
07:50Only 840.
07:51840, Todd?
07:52830, not written down.
07:54Right. Let's have a go.
07:5610 plus 10 plus 9.
07:5810.
07:5929.
08:00Plus 10 plus 9, 29.
08:02Plus the 4 again, it's 33.
08:04Yep.
08:05Times that by 25 is 825.
08:07Here it is.
08:08And plus the 5.
08:09And plus the 5, which you haven't used, 830.
08:12Good man, good man.
08:14However, we see 834 on the board.
08:17Rachel, how tricky is that?
08:19Leave it with me, Nick.
08:20Certainly will.
08:21So, you're in the lead there, Todd.
08:2314 to Chris's.
08:2411 as we turn to our first Tea Time teaser,
08:27which is Lilac Dory.
08:29And the clue,
08:30you're warmly invited to attend a soft drinks reception.
08:33You're warmly invited to attend a soft drinks reception.
08:37TENSE MUSIC
08:39Welcome back.
08:40I left with the clue,
08:41you're warmly invited to attend a soft drinks reception.
08:44In fact, you're cordially invited.
08:46Cordially is what we're after.
08:48Now, 834, Rachel.
08:50I found it.
08:51If you say 10 plus 10 plus 9.
08:54Plus the 4.
08:55Plus the 4.
08:56Plus the 4.
08:57Plus the 4.
08:58Plus the 4.
08:59Plus the 4.
09:00Plus the 4.
09:01Plus the 4.
09:02Plus the 4.
09:03Plus the 4.
09:04Plus the 4.
09:05Plus the 4.
09:06Plus the 4.
09:07Plus the 4.
09:08If you say 10 plus 4 is 14.
09:11Times by the 10.
09:13The other 10, 140.
09:15Add the 25 for 165.
09:18Times that by 5 for 825.
09:21And add the remaining 9.
09:22834.
09:23Perfect.
09:24APPLAUSE
09:26Thank you, Rachel.
09:27So, 14 plays 11.
09:28Chris on 11.
09:29Todd's letters game.
09:30Can I have a consonant, please?
09:32Thank you, Todd.
09:33F
09:34And another?
09:36R
09:37And another?
09:39M
09:40And another?
09:42K
09:43And a vowel, please?
09:45A
09:46And another?
09:47E
09:49And another?
09:51A
09:52And a consonant, please?
09:54N
09:55And a final consonant, please?
09:58And a final M.
10:00Stand by.
10:08CLOCK TICKS
10:32Yes, Todd?
10:33Five, not written down.
10:35Chris?
10:36Five.
10:37Todd?
10:38Karma.
10:39And?
10:40Frame.
10:41Any more fives, sixes, sevens?
10:43We've got freak and things like that, but we've got a seven,
10:46which is markman, which I didn't think existed,
10:48but I'm assured by my friend here does.
10:50Yes.
10:51And it's nothing to do with marksmen.
10:53No, it's from Freemasonry,
10:55and a markmason is a mason who carves quite elaborate designs,
11:00I think, into stone.
11:02So that's there.
11:03There's another one, which is quite a curious one.
11:06Manfare.
11:08And manfare is a certain quantity of fishing net.
11:11That's a historical term as well.
11:13Pretty remote.
11:1419 plays 16.
11:15And, Chris, your letters game.
11:17Consonant, please?
11:18Thank you, Chris.
11:19T
11:20And another?
11:22R
11:23And another?
11:25D
11:27Vowel?
11:28E
11:29Another?
11:31O
11:32Another?
11:34U
11:36Consonant?
11:38S
11:40Consonant?
11:42Q
11:44And a vowel, please?
11:46And, lastly, E.
11:48Tone, tone.
12:02TONE
12:22Yes, Chris?
12:23Seven.
12:24Todd?
12:25Seven.
12:26No, Chris. Request.
12:28Todd?
12:29Questa.
12:30Seeker?
12:31Yes, you can. Very good.
12:33And, John?
12:34Yeah, we had quoted and then we realised, luckily,
12:37that you could add the R and the E and have re-quoted,
12:39so there's an eight there.
12:41It's always best to look for a re-quote, isn't it?
12:43So often, the price drops.
12:45Now then, Todd, it's numbers for you.
12:47Can I have an inverted T, please?
12:49You can indeed, thank you, Todd.
12:51One from the top and five little coming up.
12:53And for this round, they are six.
12:56Another six.
12:57Four.
12:58Two.
12:59Six.
13:00And 75.
13:02And the target, 953.
13:04953.
13:30TONE
13:36Yes, Todd?
13:37Er, I've gone wrong.
13:39Chris?
13:40I think I've got 954.
13:41It'll do.
13:42Eight plus four is 12.
13:44Eight plus four, 12.
13:45Six minus two is four.
13:48Add on 75.
13:5079.
13:51Times by 12.
13:52Times by 12, 948.
13:54Plus the remaining six.
13:55And the other six. Lovely. One away. Well done.
13:57Well done, Chris.
13:58Now, where is that missing one, I wonder?
14:00Well, with all these even numbers, that's actually impossible.
14:03So that's the best you could have done. Well done.
14:05Well done. OK.
14:06So, 30 plays 26.
14:07Just four points in it in Chris's favour
14:10as we link to John Inverdale.
14:12John, the World Cup and Russia.
14:15Yes, well, you know, here we are at the start of a new year
14:18and the sporting calendar, the sort of centrepiece,
14:20is the Football World Cup in Russia in the summer.
14:23And we've actually sort of...
14:25Rachel's kind of alluded to Siberia already,
14:27so we've kind of gone down that path.
14:29But I thought over the next five days
14:30we'd talk about the language and the geography
14:32and what is an unbelievable place.
14:34I thought just today, just start off with some facts and figures.
14:36Because the scale of Russia, you know, you look at it on the map
14:39and you think, that's a big place.
14:40But it's not until you actually look at the stats
14:42that you realise quite how big it is.
14:44You know, 17 million square kilometres.
14:47It's a ninth of the world's Earth's surface in that one country.
14:54And 144 million people.
14:57An army that's a million.
14:5820 million reservists.
15:00Nine time zones.
15:01So that just gives you an indication of the scale of it.
15:04But the more you look into it...
15:05I mean, have you ever been on the Trans-Siberian Railway?
15:07No.
15:08When I read about this, I thought, I really would love to do that.
15:10Because from the east to Vladivostok in the west,
15:12it's 9,200 kilometres.
15:15So it's a non-stop train ride of 152 hours.
15:20So, you know, A, you've got to hope that the buffet car has stopped
15:23and B, that the toilets aren't blocked.
15:24But doesn't that make you want to go there?
15:26And then you realise, actually, that it's the only country in the world
15:29that borders 14 other countries.
15:3214 other countries.
15:34And my colleague here will tell you all 14, starting from now.
15:38Poland.
15:39Yeah.
15:40Ukraine.
15:41Yeah.
15:42Latvia.
15:43Yeah.
15:44Georgia.
15:45Yeah.
15:46Mongolia.
15:47Yeah.
15:48North Korea.
15:50North Korea, yes.
15:52Belarus.
15:53Belarus.
15:54Lithuania.
15:55Lithuania.
15:56I think I'm running out now.
15:57Are you?
15:58Finland.
15:59China.
16:00Yeah, Ukraine.
16:01Georgia.
16:02Azerbaijan.
16:03Kazakhstan.
16:04Mongolia.
16:05I mean, it is amazing.
16:06And when you realise that Russia goes from Poland to North Korea,
16:08that kind of, in a nutshell, just tells you what a staggering place it
16:10must be.
16:11So anyway, over the next four days, the language is bizarre, obviously.
16:14I mean, that's your sort of forte.
16:16But we'll talk about the geography and a bit of football as well
16:19between now and the end of the week.
16:21Well done.
16:22Thank you.
16:27Amazing.
16:28Amazing.
16:29Now, 30 plays 26, Chris on 30.
16:31Your letters game, Chris.
16:33Colson, please.
16:34Thank you, Chris.
16:35D.
16:36And another.
16:38S.
16:39One more.
16:41C.
16:42Vowel.
16:43O.
16:45Another.
16:46E.
16:48Another.
16:50I.
16:51Consonant.
16:53T.
16:55Another.
16:57S.
16:59And a final consonant, please.
17:01And a final D.
17:03Goodbye.
17:21Yes, Chris?
17:35I think I've got seven.
17:36And Todd?
17:37Seven.
17:38Chris?
17:39Toddies.
17:41And Todd?
17:42Funny enough, Toddies.
17:44Any more Toddies?
17:45Keeping the Scottish theme going, aren't we, today?
17:47We've got dissect.
17:48Yes.
17:50Susie was instantly drawn to D-I-S-C-O,
17:52and then discode at the end of that.
17:54Discode.
17:55So, discode.
17:56And actually, on the subject of seven-letter words,
17:58I should say that we forgot Estonia as one of the countries
18:00that borders Russia.
18:01Thank you.
18:02Very good.
18:03Well done.
18:04So, 33 to 37, Chris on 37.
18:06Todd, it's your letters game.
18:08Can I have a consonant, please?
18:10Thank you, Todd.
18:11H.
18:12And another.
18:14T.
18:15And another.
18:17G.
18:18And a vowel, please.
18:19E.
18:20And another.
18:21I.
18:22And another.
18:24A.
18:25And a consonant, please.
18:27D.
18:28And another.
18:30R.
18:31And a final one, please.
18:33And a final T.
18:35Countdown.
18:48CLOCK TICKS
19:06Todd, seven.
19:08And Chris?
19:09Seven.
19:10Todd?
19:11Righted.
19:12Mm-hm.
19:13Righted.
19:14Same again.
19:15And in the corner, John?
19:17Yeah, we actually had six.
19:18We had tirade to start off with, but you're right,
19:20there's a tighter righted.
19:22So, seven is the best we could do.
19:24Very good.
19:25Susie, that's it?
19:26That's it.
19:27Draw a line.
19:2844 plays 40.
19:29Still four points in it.
19:30Chris, numbers game for you.
19:31Six more, please, Rachel.
19:32Thank you, Chris.
19:33Six little ones this time coming up for you.
19:35And they are...
19:37one, seven, eight,
19:40another seven, six,
19:42and another one.
19:45And the target, 247.
19:48247.
20:15CLOCK TICKS
20:20Chris?
20:21246.
20:23Todd?
20:24246.
20:25No, Chris.
20:27OK, so I did seven times six is 42.
20:30Yeah.
20:31Minus eight is 34.
20:33Plus one.
20:3535.
20:36Times by seven.
20:37Times by seven is 245.
20:40And then another one to add on.
20:42246.
20:43One away.
20:44Thank you.
20:45And Todd?
20:46I've done seven times seven is 49.
20:48Yeah.
20:49Six minus one is five.
20:51It is.
20:52Times them together is 245.
20:54Yeah.
20:55And then plus the one.
20:56Lovely.
20:57One away again.
20:58One away, one away.
20:59The missing one.
21:00Rachel, can you help?
21:01I can.
21:02I found it.
21:03If you say seven minus the two ones is five.
21:05Times eight is 40.
21:07Times six is 240.
21:09And you have a spare seven.
21:11There we are.
21:12247 indeed.
21:16Well done.
21:17So, the score standing 51 to 47.
21:19Chris in the lead.
21:20And it's time for our second Tea Time teaser,
21:23which is Social Rut.
21:25And the clue.
21:26There's one I in the answer, but she deals with hundreds of them.
21:29There's one I in the answer, but she deals with hundreds of them.
21:42APPLAUSE
21:49Welcome back.
21:50I left with the clue.
21:51There's one I in the answer, but she sees hundreds of them.
21:55She's an ocularist, Susie.
21:58She's an ocularist.
21:59Yeah.
22:00What does she do exactly?
22:01She's a person who makes artificial eyes.
22:04Ocular was once a noun meaning an eyepiece.
22:07But, yes, definitely the artificial version.
22:10247.
22:11Chris on 51.
22:12Todd, it's your letters game.
22:14Can I have a consonant, please?
22:15Thank you, Todd.
22:16S
22:17And another?
22:19R
22:20And another?
22:22L
22:23And a vowel, please?
22:25I
22:26And another?
22:27A
22:28And another?
22:30I
22:31And a...
22:32Another one, please?
22:34B
22:35And a consonant?
22:36N
22:37And a final consonant?
22:39Stand by.
23:10Yes, Todd?
23:12Nine.
23:14Chris?
23:16Yeah, I don't see it.
23:18Your eight?
23:19Pray lines.
23:21Todd?
23:22Pray lines, but with an I after the A.
23:25P-R-A-I.
23:26Yeah, I think I misspelt it.
23:27I think you have, I'm afraid.
23:29Yeah, there isn't that spelling in there, sorry.
23:32Well, Chris is looking very happy about that.
23:35There we are, 59 now to 47.
23:3759 now to 47, but what of the corner?
23:40What about John and Susie?
23:41We had airlines as well.
23:43Airlines.
23:44But, no, we were sitting here saying,
23:46there's going to be a nine there,
23:48and we thought you'd done us.
23:49Yeah.
23:50But you hadn't.
23:51Exactly.
23:5259, as I say, to 47.
23:54And Chris?
23:56Let us go.
23:57Consonant, please?
23:58Thank you, Chris.
23:59M
24:00And another?
24:01R
24:03One more?
24:05W
24:06I
24:08Another?
24:09U
24:11Another?
24:12E
24:14Consonant?
24:15J
24:17Consonant?
24:19No nine here, F.
24:22And consonant, please?
24:24And the last one, M.
24:27Countdown.
24:36CLOCK TICKS
25:00Well, Chris?
25:01Six.
25:02Todd?
25:03Six.
25:04Chris?
25:05And Todd?
25:06Fumia.
25:07Fumia.
25:10It's absolutely fine.
25:11Yeah, it's the best five in the dictionary.
25:13No, John?
25:15Well, there's lots of words here that I don't know the meaning of,
25:18but we've sort of concocted, like murine.
25:20Yes.
25:21M-U-R-I-N-E.
25:22Adjective relating to mice or rodents.
25:24Really?
25:25Yes.
25:26That's very murine.
25:27You could say there were some murine droppings around here.
25:30Would you?
25:31Yes, possibly.
25:32OK.
25:34And unfirm, as in not very firm.
25:36Unfirm. Thank you very much.
25:38Murine.
25:39Mm.
25:40Mice and things.
25:41Yeah.
25:4265-53, Susie.
25:44As we swerve back to you in keen anticipation
25:47of your origins of words, what have you today?
25:50I'm going to swerve to Jonathan Wilbur,
25:52who emailed in to say,
25:54I seem to remember that the country name Wales
25:56is somehow linked to a nut.
25:58Am I dreaming?
26:00And the answer is no, Jonathan, you're not dreaming.
26:02There's a very strange link between the two.
26:05The nut in question is the walnut, and I'll start with that,
26:08because the wal, W-A-L, part of the nut
26:11is from an Old English word that meant foreign.
26:14In other words, the walnut was the foreign nut,
26:16and it was called that in order to distinguish it
26:18from the native hazelnut.
26:21It was introduced from Gaul and Italy,
26:24and so it was seen as being slightly exotic.
26:27In fact, the Roman name for it was nux gallica,
26:29the Gaulish nut.
26:31When you think how variety of foodstuffs in Anglo-Saxon times
26:34was a lot narrower than it is today,
26:36it makes sense that it was probably
26:38just one foreign nut at the time.
26:40And you can see the same process going on in the word meat,
26:43because meat once meant all food,
26:46not just the flesh of an animal.
26:48Vegetables in those days, for example,
26:50were sometimes known as green meat.
26:52And it makes sense, once you know that it meant all food,
26:55of a lot of expressions in English, like,
26:57it's meat and drink to me.
26:59One man's meat is another man's poison.
27:01And the morning was called before meat,
27:04and the afternoon was sometimes called after meat.
27:06So it was used in that general sense.
27:08And similarly, a deer was any wild animal at all
27:11before it became more restricted in meaning.
27:14And deer actually comes back to an ancient word
27:16meaning a creature that breathes,
27:18which is obviously behind animal as well, anima.
27:21It has a spirit and breath.
27:23But back to walnuts.
27:25The first element, as I say, meaning foreign,
27:27was also behind the country name Wales.
27:29And it was known as such because it was an Anglo-Saxon,
27:32and so the Welsh were seen as foreigners.
27:35And you'll also find that same root in Cornwall.
27:38The Cornish were literally the foreigners
27:40who lived on the Longhorn, or the Corn of Headlands,
27:43and in the surnames Walsh and Wallace,
27:46all originally seen as foreign to the Anglo-Saxons.
27:50Wow!
27:53APPLAUSE
27:55I thought I was sitting next to Ronnie Corbett there,
27:58the way she was going off in a tangent but always coming back.
28:01Fantastic.
28:02She takes your breath away.
28:04Thank you, Susan. It was brilliant.
28:0653 plays 65.
28:08Todd, it's your letters game.
28:10Can I have a consonant, please?
28:12Thank you, Todd. R.
28:14And a vowel?
28:16O.
28:17And a consonant?
28:19N.
28:21And a consonant?
28:23Y.
28:24And a vowel?
28:26A.
28:28And another one?
28:30I.
28:31And a consonant?
28:33L.
28:35And another one?
28:37N.
28:38And another one, please?
28:39And the last one...
28:41D.
28:42Stand by.
28:51WHISTLE BLOWS
29:14Todd.
29:15Nothing.
29:17And Chris?
29:18A six.
29:19Your six?
29:20A six. Can we beat six?
29:22By one, we've got ordinal, which is seven.
29:25Yes.
29:26And actually, Iron Lady is there, but obviously you can't have that.
29:29No, I'm glad we can't have it.
29:31All right. 71 to 53.
29:33Chris, final letters game.
29:35Consonant, please.
29:36Thank you, Chris.
29:37L.
29:38And another?
29:40R.
29:41One more?
29:43P.
29:44A vowel?
29:45A.
29:46And another?
29:48E.
29:49One more?
29:51I.
29:52A consonant?
29:54R.
29:56And consonant?
29:58S.
30:00And another consonant, please?
30:02And the last one, L.
30:04Countdown.
30:19WHISTLE BLOWS
30:36Yes, Chris?
30:37A seven.
30:38Todd?
30:39Seven.
30:40Chris?
30:41Rallies.
30:42And Todd?
30:43Repairs.
30:44Two good sevens, John and Susie.
30:46Yeah, I've got a couple of sevens sort of like fencing-related.
30:49We've got parries and rapiers.
30:51Yes.
30:52But we've got an eight, which is reprisal.
30:54Reprisal.
30:56Very good.
30:57APPLAUSE
30:59Reprisal.
31:01So, 78 to 60.
31:02Into the final numbers game, Todd.
31:04Can I have an inverted T, please?
31:06One large, five little.
31:08And this can still be done, thank you, Todd.
31:10Final numbers game of the day is...
31:12Four, four, ten, two, three.
31:17And the large one, 75.
31:19And the target, 856.
31:21856.
31:42MUSIC PLAYS
31:54Todd?
31:56Eight...
31:58Seven, sir, so far.
32:00Mmm, Chris?
32:01856.
32:02Well done. Let's go.
32:04Ten plus two is 12.
32:06Yep.
32:0775 minus four, 71.
32:09Multiply them.
32:10852.
32:11852 indeed.
32:12And then another four to add on.
32:13Lovely. Well done, 856.
32:15APPLAUSE
32:19Well done, Chris.
32:20And here we go.
32:21Into the final round.
32:22The score standing 88 to 60.
32:24Fingers on buzzers, gentlemen.
32:26Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:29MUSIC PLAYS
32:42MUSIC CONTINUES
33:00Well, we're stumped up here,
33:02but somebody surely in the audience will have a crack at it.
33:05Yes, madam?
33:07Is it universal?
33:08Universal. Let's see.
33:10Universal.
33:12Well done.
33:14Well done.
33:16Very good. There we go.
33:18So, 88 to 60.
33:20Chris carries the day after a sustained assault by Todd,
33:25but in the end, Chris takes it.
33:27So, well done, Todd. Good score.
33:2960 down at the Keepers Lodge.
33:31They'll buy you a few drinks.
33:32Hopefully.
33:33I'm sure they will. Thank you very much for coming.
33:35We're going to take this goodie bag back to Beaumont Leasing in Leicester,
33:39with our blessing. Travel safely.
33:41And we shall see you tomorrow, Chris Thorne.
33:43Excellent. Well done indeed.
33:45And we'll see, of course, John and Susie back tomorrow.
33:48Absolutely. See you then.
33:50And Rachel too, of course.
33:52More stories about Russia. I'm looking forward to this.
33:54It'll be interesting, won't it? Fascinating.
33:56I'll be taking notes. See you tomorrow.
33:58See you then. Join us then. Same time, same place.
34:00You'll be sure of it. A very good afternoon.
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