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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:04APPLAUSE
00:31Hello, everybody. Welcome to the worst day of the week,
00:34but hopefully the best part of your afternoon.
00:3615 rounds of Countdown.
00:38I hope you're playing along at home.
00:40I actually secretly do, even though I'm presenting at the moment.
00:43I just can't help it, Rachel.
00:45And we all admire that about you as well, Colin.
00:47And you do as well, I know you do.
00:49You love nothing better than stealing a word that Susie hasn't seen.
00:52Especially the rude ones. Yeah, exactly.
00:54We have a few of those.
00:56Listen to that.
00:58That might be my favourite sound.
01:01Silence.
01:03That's a good one.
01:05It's World Listening Day today, which is about so many things,
01:08but one of the little recommendations is talk less and listen more.
01:12It's like they've created a day just for me.
01:15Is that possible with you?
01:17What's your favourite and least favourite sound?
01:20I think the obvious ones, you know, bird song and the sound of running water
01:24are just lovely, aren't they?
01:26I love nature, it sounds beautiful.
01:28The worst one, I remember when I was about 11, we went on safari,
01:31and I was in this camp bed overnight and I could hear the sound of a lion.
01:35And it wasn't a roar like you would hear, it was more like a...
01:39And it sounded really, really close.
01:41And I didn't roll over in bed all night,
01:43and in the morning we saw footprints right by the tent.
01:46And you know what, when the newborn baby comes out
01:49and that baby cries in the middle of the night,
01:51it cuts through you in exactly the same way.
01:53And I think, still, it's the only time when you're lying there and thinking,
01:56don't move, she won't hear me, she'll go back to sleep.
01:59A baby's first ever cry has got to be
02:01one of the most beautiful sounds on earth.
02:03A baby crying five minutes into a nine-hour flight
02:07is one of the worst sounds in the world.
02:09Especially when it's your baby, because you're just...
02:11Her head in her hands, thinking, please be quiet.
02:13Well, listen, we're all ears, as always.
02:15Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner, and alongside Susie,
02:18and great to have back, well, if rhythm is a dancer,
02:21we're already in time.
02:23Brendan Cole here again.
02:27Let's welcome back our champion here on Friday,
02:30Silence Joe, to take that seat.
02:32We know you're a musical maestro,
02:34but you and I have a similar fascination with board games.
02:38Yes, yes, we do.
02:40I have, I think, at last count, definitely over 80.
02:45Wow.
02:47Yeah.
02:48That's a weekend we need.
02:50We're all coming round your house.
02:52If you can make it to Friday, how many wins would that be?
02:55Rachel, help me out, one plus five, six.
02:57If you add six wins, we're all round your house
02:59for a weekend of games.
03:01Yep, we're there, great.
03:02Wonderful.
03:03Right, well, listen, you'll play the game for a second time
03:05here today, but hoping to bring the noise,
03:07we welcome to the show, for the first time, Thomas McGonagall.
03:10Thomas, really nice to have you here.
03:12I think it is.
03:13Now, he's got more than 80 board games.
03:16Your fascination is something entirely different.
03:18Tell us about it.
03:20Right, nobody was expecting that.
03:22So you love movies full stop.
03:24You've got one of those year passes, you go almost every day.
03:26But this film, how many times have you seen it, 10, 15?
03:29Probably more than 100.
03:31More than 100.
03:32Why that film, of all films?
03:34Because it came out just before or just after I was born
03:37and I grew up watching it, so I've always loved it.
03:39Beautiful, beautiful.
03:41Well, listen, to paraphrase Monsters, Inc.,
03:43what can I say, the camera loves you.
03:45It does.
03:46Good luck to you today.
03:47Thank you, Mike.
03:48Thomas, let's have a really good afternoon.
03:53Fuller, no sequels, no rewind buttons, no retakes here,
03:56just one shot at glory.
03:58Let's go, Champ Letters.
04:00Hi, Rachel.
04:01Hi, Mike.
04:02Let's start with a consonant, please.
04:03Thank you.
04:04Start the week with T.
04:05And another.
04:07R.
04:08And another.
04:10S.
04:11And one more.
04:13M.
04:15And a vowel, please.
04:16E.
04:18And another.
04:19O.
04:20And another.
04:22E.
04:24And one more.
04:26A.
04:28And a final consonant.
04:29And a final F.
04:31So, for the first time today at Home and In The Studio,
04:34let's play Countdown.
04:46CLOCK TICKS
05:06Mike?
05:07A six.
05:08Thomas, your first round.
05:09Six.
05:10Six as well, well done to you.
05:11Thomas, what have you got?
05:12Frames.
05:13Frames.
05:14And Mike?
05:15There's no N, unfortunately.
05:17You might have misheard it.
05:18Sorry about that, Mike.
05:19Yes, I did.
05:20Sorry.
05:21Good start for the challenger.
05:22Brendan, how are you getting on over there?
05:24It's a lovely little eight.
05:25Foremast.
05:26What's a foremast?
05:28A foremast on board a ship is the mast that you will find
05:31towards the front of the ship.
05:33And the one at the back is the backmast?
05:35Actually, I should know.
05:36All right, well, don't act too clever if you don't know.
05:38No, I'm not sure.
05:39Good.
05:40You've been tripped up, as has our champion...
05:42Yes.
05:43..in the first round today.
05:45So, our work is done, Brendan, we can move on.
05:47And Thomas, say hello to Rachel.
05:49Hi, Rachel.
05:50Hi, Thomas.
05:51Can I start with a vowel, please?
05:52You can, indeed.
05:53Start with I.
05:54And a consonant, please.
05:56N.
05:57Another consonant.
05:59V.
06:00And a vowel.
06:02A.
06:03And another vowel.
06:05A.
06:07Consonant, please.
06:09G.
06:10Consonant.
06:12K.
06:14Another consonant, please.
06:16S.
06:17And our last vowel.
06:18And the last one.
06:20U.
06:2130 seconds.
06:42Thomas, my friend?
06:54Six.
06:55And Mike?
06:56Seven.
06:57Oh, champion bouncing back.
06:58What's the six, Thomas?
06:59Vagina.
07:00Vagina.
07:01And Mike?
07:02Vaginas.
07:03Vaginas.
07:04There you go.
07:05Yeah.
07:06What a difference, putting an S on.
07:08I mean, that's the thing.
07:09Always pluralise.
07:10Always pluralise.
07:11Absolutely.
07:12Susie?
07:13Yeah, I can offer you iguanas.
07:15OK.
07:16Excellent.
07:17There you go.
07:18Slimy round, that one.
07:19The scores at the moment, Mike on seven and Thomas on six.
07:22As we get our first numbers, Mike, you're up.
07:25Can I have one from top and five others, please?
07:28You can, indeed.
07:29Thank you, Mike.
07:30One large, five little ones coming up.
07:32First numbers of the week are ten, six, ten, two, two,
07:39and 50.
07:40Loads of evens and the target, 924.
07:43Numbers up.
08:09924 the target.
08:10Mike?
08:11No, too far away.
08:12Too far away.
08:13Thomas, big chance.
08:14I didn't get it, sorry.
08:15Rachel?
08:16I just about found one way.
08:17Loads of dead ends for this one.
08:19I'm sure there were many ways, but you could have said ten times ten is 100.
08:23Add the 50 for 150.
08:26Add the two twos for 154 and times it by six, 924.
08:31Wonderful.
08:33Very well done if you've got that at home.
08:35And we've got a teatime teaser just for Mike over here.
08:38Cannon Raid.
08:39Only one N, though.
08:40Cannon Raid.
08:41Measure for measure, it's really very harsh indeed.
08:44Measure for measure, it's really very harsh indeed.
08:48MUSIC
08:52Welcome back.
08:53Cannon Raid.
08:54Measure for measure, it's really very harsh indeed.
08:57Draconian, the answer to today's first teatime teaser.
09:01Nothing to choose from.
09:02We're going to start with the one we've got.
09:04The answer is...
09:05DRACONIAN
09:06The answer is...
09:07DRACONIAN
09:08The answer is...
09:09DRACONIAN
09:10The answer is...
09:11DRACONIAN
09:12The answer is...
09:13DRACONIAN
09:14The answer is...
09:15DRACONIAN
09:16The answer is...
09:17DRACONIAN
09:18The answer is...
09:19DRACONIAN
09:20Nothing to choose, really, between Mike and Thomas today.
09:23A point in it, and Thomas, it's your letters.
09:25Can I have a consonant, please?
09:27Thank you, Thomas.
09:28T
09:29And another consonant.
09:31L
09:32And a vowel, please.
09:34I
09:36Another consonant.
09:38M
09:40Another consonant.
09:42R
09:43A vowel, please.
09:45E
09:46Another vowel.
09:48I
09:49Another consonant.
09:50N
09:51And our last consonant, please.
09:53And the last one, J.
09:55Thank you, Rachel.
10:20OK, time is up, Thomas.
10:22Just a five.
10:23A five, Mike Chance?
10:25Seven.
10:26OK, the five is...
10:27Tamer.
10:28And the seven, Mike?
10:29Mintier.
10:30Brendan, Mintier, we know that counts.
10:32Anything else?
10:33Two other sevens, limiter and interim.
10:36Wonderful.
10:37Good as it gets, seven?
10:39Definitely was, yes.
10:40There you go.
10:41That's why he's the champ.
10:43Let's get some more letters, Mike.
10:46Thank you, Mike.
10:47T
10:48And another.
10:49B
10:50And another.
10:51R
10:52And another.
10:53M
10:54And a vowel, please.
10:56U
10:57And another.
10:58O
10:59And another.
11:00U
11:01And another.
11:03A
11:05And a final consonant, please.
11:07F
11:08F
11:09F
11:10F
11:11F
11:12F
11:14And a final consonant, please.
11:16Our final D.
11:18Here we go.
11:19T
11:20T
11:21T
11:22T
11:23T
11:24T
11:25T
11:26T
11:27T
11:28T
11:29T
11:30T
11:31T
11:32T
11:33T
11:34T
11:35T
11:36T
11:37T
11:38T
11:39T
11:40T
11:41T
11:42T
11:43T
11:44T
11:45T
11:46T
11:47T
11:48T
11:49T
11:50T
11:51T
11:52T
11:53T
11:54T
11:55T
11:56T
11:57T
11:58T
11:59T
12:00T
12:01T
12:02T
12:03T
12:04T
12:05T
12:06T
12:07T
12:08T
12:09to Susie and Brendan predicting.
12:11That might be the only seven you could have found in that.
12:14It's the only one there, right?
12:15It was almost the only word that we could find,
12:17so it was a really tough one.
12:19So in the entire English language, in 30 seconds,
12:21we might have got to just about any word we can find
12:23via human or computer.
12:25Yeah. That's what you're up against.
12:26Well done. Very, very good indeed.
12:2821-6 is where it stands at the moment.
12:31And, Thomas, it's your numbers.
12:33Can I have two large and four small, please?
12:35You can indeed, two from the top this time, and four not.
12:38And the four little ones are 3, 10, 1, and 5.
12:44And your big ones, 125.
12:47And the target to reach, 340.
12:50Numbers up.
13:08MUSIC PLAYS
13:22Mike?
13:23340.
13:24Right, and Thomas?
13:25340.
13:26Good stuff. Off you go, Thomas.
13:28I did three times 100 is 300.
13:31300.
13:32Then five take away one is four.
13:34Yeah. Times the 10, and then add them together.
13:36Lovely. 340.
13:38What's the ways for this one?
13:39Mike, if you didn't do it the same way,
13:41you were making work for yourself.
13:43I did three times 100,
13:45and then I added on the 25, the 10, and the 5.
13:49Oh, there you go.
13:50Yeah.
13:51Another valid way. Another 10 points.
13:53Lovely.
13:54Well done. 120.
13:55APPLAUSE
13:56Right, there you go.
13:57It's a level over.
13:58It's a level over.
13:59Early doors at this stage.
14:00So, let's take a break.
14:01And, Brendan Cole, you're going to razzle dazzle us
14:03with another story.
14:04Well, I'm a dancer, obviously.
14:05Most people will know that by now.
14:08One of the beautiful things I get to do
14:09is I get to perform on stages,
14:11and I've created my own theatre productions
14:13over the last 15-odd years.
14:15My first one was called Live and Unjudged.
14:18And this one particular day,
14:20some of you may remember a dancer from Strictly
14:22called Nicole Cutler.
14:23Well, she was my leading lady.
14:25We were on stage.
14:26Myself and another young lady were doing this beautiful
14:29foxtrot, very slow, very romantic.
14:32All the musicians on stage, 14 musicians on stage,
14:34the horn section.
14:36What Nicole had done, she'd found some,
14:38shall we say, top-shelf magazines on the coach,
14:42and she'd ripped out a bunch of pages.
14:44And in the musicians' sheet music,
14:46she'd placed various pages
14:49from the particular top-shelf magazines in the pages.
14:52So, during this beautiful, romantic foxtrot,
14:54one by one, the musicians turn the pages,
14:56and they start to go, the shoulders start to go.
15:00Even my MD, Barry Robinson, very professional, very clean,
15:03sitting there playing his piano,
15:04chuckling away whilst we're going,
15:05what the hell is going on?
15:07It was a beautiful moment in theatre.
15:10We knew what was going on.
15:12Nobody else did in the audience.
15:13And they're the kind of moments that I live for on stage,
15:15those crazy little things that happen
15:18in the middle of a beautiful ballroom dancing show.
15:20So, you say, keep turning the pages over on your script.
15:23Yeah, I'm just going to check, yeah.
15:25Brilliant, Brendan, thank you so much.
15:27APPLAUSE
15:3131 players is 16.
15:33Back to you, Mike, and some more letters.
15:35Great, I'll start with a consonant, please.
15:36Thank you, Mike. S.
15:38And another.
15:40G. And another.
15:42D. And another.
15:45T. And a vowel, please.
15:48I. And another.
15:50A.
15:52And another.
15:54I.
15:56And one more.
15:58E.
16:00And a final consonant, please.
16:01A final P.
16:04OK, good luck.
16:32MUSIC STOPS
16:35Mike? Just a six.
16:37A six there. OK, let's see what Thomas can do.
16:39Just a five. A five. What is it, Thomas?
16:41Speed. Speed, good stuff.
16:43And Mike?
16:44Pasted. Pasted.
16:46Brendan, what have we got in Dictionary Corner?
16:48A little seven.
16:50Adjusted. I mean, I'm not sure of the pronunciation.
16:52What's the pronunciation? No, and you're very forgiven
16:53for not knowing this one. It was another really tough one, that.
16:56To adjust is a bit of a countdown favourite.
16:58It's to take in and feed livestock for payment.
17:00Right, there you go. More points for our champion, Mike.
17:03Loads of time left, though, so let's get some more letters from Thomas.
17:07Can I start with a consonant, please, Rachel? Thank you, Thomas.
17:09G.
17:11And another consonant.
17:12R.
17:14And a vowel.
17:15A.
17:17Another vowel.
17:19U.
17:20A consonant.
17:22D.
17:24Another consonant.
17:26W.
17:28A vowel.
17:30O.
17:31Another consonant.
17:33T.
17:34And a last vowel.
17:37A last I.
17:38Start the clock.
18:00CLOCK TICKS
18:09Mr McGonagall.
18:10I don't get anything. Don't worry about that. Mike?
18:13Just a five. Just a five.
18:14Ilkite, what have you got?
18:16A guard. Guard, OK.
18:18Difficult round, not really getting beyond five myself.
18:21I'm going to go straight to Susie here, Brendan.
18:23This needs gravitas.
18:25Some outward thinking, maybe. Sorry, Susie, I stole it.
18:27I stole it. No, that's excellent.
18:30We haven't been blessed with the letters today,
18:32but outward was there for seven and also auditor.
18:35OK. And auditor was there as well.
18:38OK, beautiful. More numbers from Mike.
18:40Can I get one from the top and five other ones, please?
18:43You can indeed. One from the top and five others.
18:45Coming up for you, Mike.
18:46And these five little ones are six, two, four, nine and five.
18:52And the large one, 50, and your target to reach 202.
18:56Numbers up.
19:00ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
19:02ELECTRONIC MUSIC CONTINUES
19:28OK, time is up, Thomas.
19:29200. Mike?
19:31Yeah, 202. You've nailed it.
19:32It'll be a big ten points. Off you go.
19:3450 x 4 is 200.
19:3550 x 4, 200.
19:37Add on the two. Well done. 202.
19:40APPLAUSE
19:42It's only easy when you can see it.
19:43Right, the teatime teaser is City Sense.
19:47City Sense.
19:49It's most definitely required, said the bear.
19:52Let me say that in an English accent, it'll help you.
19:54It's most definitely required, said the bear.
19:57BELL RINGS
19:59APPLAUSE
20:13Welcome back. The teatime teaser was City Sense.
20:15It's most definitely required, said the bear.
20:18And the answer, necessity, and trying to forget about his worries
20:21and his strife, is Thomas McGonagall.
20:25Trailing badly at the moment, but a lot of points up for grabs.
20:28Let's just take a second, settle you down, settle you in.
20:30You're a big fan of drag.
20:32You go and watch a lot of drag.
20:34Yeah, I'm really into every Polish drag race and going to drag shows.
20:37One of my best friends is actually a drag queen.
20:39I love a burlesque evening.
20:42There's a few where you go, you have beautiful males in the cabaret
20:46and the performances and the art.
20:48What is it about drag that you love?
20:51I just... I don't know.
20:53It's just, like, how people express themselves and stuff.
20:56I just really like that.
20:57Brendan, very old profession, goes all the way back.
21:00Doesn't he? Pantomime. Yes.
21:01The dame coming out, all dressed up, nobody to go.
21:04Thomas, it's your letters.
21:06Can I have a consonant, please? Thank you, Thomas.
21:09H.
21:10And a vowel.
21:12E.
21:14Another consonant.
21:16S.
21:17A consonant.
21:19P.
21:21And a vowel.
21:22A.
21:24And another vowel.
21:25I.
21:26A consonant, please.
21:28V.
21:30Consonant.
21:32C.
21:33And a last consonant.
21:35And lastly, D.
21:37Let's start the clock.
21:56ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
22:08OK, 30 seconds are up.
22:10Thomas, how did you get on?
22:11Six. A six. Good stuff.
22:13Mike? Also a six.
22:14Also a six. What have you got, Thomas?
22:16Scaped.
22:17And what have you got, Mike?
22:19Shaved. Scaped.
22:20And shaved.
22:22Susie?
22:23Oh, I was quite positive about scaped
22:26because I know you will find it in older dictionaries,
22:29but sadly, not in this one.
22:31I'm so sorry, Thomas.
22:32It's not there. No.
22:34So, six points for Mike.
22:35Anything better than six, Brendan?
22:36There is a seven. Aphidies.
22:39Let's have an explanation of that, please.
22:40Yeah, so that is the plural of aphis,
22:43and an aphis is a type of an order of insects
22:46that include green fly, black fly, etc.
22:48All right, Mike, you're back in control of the letters.
22:51Let's go. A consonant, please, Rachel.
22:53Thank you, Mike.
22:54N. And another.
22:57H. And another.
23:00S. And another.
23:03N. And a vowel, please.
23:06E. And another.
23:09A. And another.
23:13A.
23:15And another.
23:17E.
23:20And a final consonant, please.
23:23A final D.
23:2530 seconds.
23:54BELL RINGS
23:56Mike, how do you get on?
23:57Just a five. Just a five. OK, Thomas?
24:00Five, also. Five. What have you got, Thomas?
24:02Shade. Shade. Throw in shade at Mike. What have you got?
24:05Sheen. Brendan, big chance for you to steal all the glory.
24:08What have you got? Stealing it, baby.
24:10Seven. Yeah. A little something with the hair.
24:12Hennaed. Hennaed. Yes.
24:14H-E-N-N-A-E-D.
24:16Is it henna, as in the stuff you would also use to do the tattoos?
24:21Yeah, it's a henna dye and you can henna your hair.
24:24It looks odd as a verb, N-A-E-D, but it's there.
24:27Yeah. Nice word. Nice story.
24:29And we'll continue with those now cos, Susie, we'll stay with you.
24:33Mike stares up. Origins of words.
24:36Do you remember on Friday I was talking about strange units of measurement,
24:39like a beard second, for example?
24:41The smoot. And the smoot. The smoot.
24:43Yes, that's the smoot who measured the bridge in America with his own body.
24:48Both terms in physics.
24:50And so I'm going to carry on with this theme today and talk about inner jiffy.
24:54Now, inner jiffy is a little bit elusive.
24:58We're not completely sure where it comes from, but there are theories.
25:02So one is that it comes from a criminal underworld in the 1800s
25:06and that's for lightning, so that actually jiffy was lightning,
25:10so it meant inner flash.
25:12And you'll find it in, actually, 1780, so before the 1800s,
25:15an edition of Town and Country magazine.
25:17Most of the limbs of the law do everything in a jiffy.
25:21But then it did become an official unit of measurement in the early 19th century
25:25because the scientist Gilbert Newton Lewis defined a jiffy
25:29as the amount of time it takes light to travel one centimetre in a vacuum,
25:34which is 33.4 picoseconds, if you want to know.
25:37So that's about one trillionth of a second, in other words.
25:39So that's the official thing,
25:41but we don't quite know where he got that from, if you see what I mean.
25:45Now, another term in nuclear physics this time is a shake,
25:49which is ten nanoseconds, and that's the approximate time
25:53for a generation within a nuclear chain reaction.
25:56But that is based on a much, much older expression, which is why I like it,
25:59which is two shakes of a lamb's tail, which is just lovely.
26:03And Yorkshire ridings, did you know that the Yorkshire ridings
26:07actually began as the Viking word for a third part,
26:12which came into English as a tri-thing, so the third part,
26:15because there were three administrative districts, essentially, within Yorkshire.
26:20In fact, there's still electoral districts within Canada, I think, the ridings.
26:24But anyway, that too is a unit of measurement, the third thing.
26:27And finally, I love this one.
26:28So we all know that Andy Warhol said that everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.
26:33And you can actually measure fame in Warhols now.
26:37So it can be used in multiples, apparently.
26:39So one kilo Warhol is famous for 15,000 minutes or just over 10 days.
26:44And then one mega Warhol, which is famous for 15 million minutes or 28 1⁄2 years.
26:50Wow.
26:51So, at the moment, Thomas, you're famous for three Warhols.
26:56There you go. It's good to know. It's nice to think of it like that.
26:58Yeah. Brilliant. Thank you so much.
27:00APPLAUSE
27:03Let's get a shake on, then, shall we, Thomas, to get some more letters?
27:06Can I have a consonant, please? Thank you, Thomas.
27:08L.
27:09And another consonant?
27:11S.
27:12And a vowel?
27:15I.
27:16Another vowel?
27:17E.
27:19And a consonant?
27:20R.
27:22Another consonant?
27:23B.
27:25A vowel?
27:27A.
27:29A consonant?
27:32G.
27:33And a last consonant?
27:35Last one, D.
27:37OK, I's die.
27:44ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
28:09Mike, how do you fare?
28:11Just a six. A six there.
28:12And Thomas? Five.
28:13A five. What's the five, Thomas, my friend?
28:15Laser. Fantastic.
28:16And Mike?
28:17Grails.
28:18Laser and grails.
28:21Yep. Brendan, what do you manage?
28:23Two.
28:24Not two, but eight. Two eights.
28:27Disabler and brigades.
28:30Disabler, that would be Susie's and your car would have a disabler on it.
28:34Possibly, yes. Engine disablers, for example.
28:37So, yep, goes back to the 17th century, that one.
28:40And, yes, brigades is a nice one, too.
28:42Brigades, there you go. Wonderful stuff.
28:44Right, 69 plays 21 as we get more letters from the champion.
28:48Yep, start with a consonant, please. Thank you, Mike.
28:50R.
28:51And another?
28:53N. And another?
28:56L. And another?
28:59T. And a vowel?
29:02I. And another vowel?
29:04O. And another?
29:08E.
29:10And another?
29:12E. And a final consonant, please.
29:16A final N. Here we go.
29:41MUSIC CONTINUES
29:49Thomas? Five.
29:51A five for Thomas and Mike? Seven.
29:53And a seven. The five is?
29:55Liner. Liner.
29:56Mike? Lenient. Lenient.
29:58Can we beat that or even match it, Brendan?
30:00We can only match it, Mikey, and it was retinal.
30:03Retinal, OK. Well, let's look at the scores as they stand at the moment.
30:0776 plays 21.
30:09Thomas, last numbers.
30:11Can I have one large and five small, please?
30:12You can indeed. Thank you, Thomas.
30:14One big E and five little Ns.
30:16And the final numbers of the day are...
30:183, 6, 9, 1, 5,
30:23and the big one, 50, and your target...
30:26991.
30:27OK, last numbers.
30:29MUSIC PLAYS
30:39MUSIC CONTINUES
30:59Ah, my goodness, mate.
31:01991, Mike.
31:03995. OK, four away.
31:05Thomas? I didn't get it.
31:06Yeah, I'm exactly the same as you.
31:08Mike, off you go.
31:093 x 6 is 18.
31:113 x 6, 18.
31:13Add on 1. Add on 1 for 19.
31:1519 x 50 is 950.
31:18Yes.
31:21And then 9 x 5...
31:239 x 5, yeah. ..is 45.
31:26Add it on. Yeah, 995.
31:28Four away. Four away gets points.
31:30APPLAUSE
31:32I didn't really get a hearty round of applause, Rachel.
31:35That's reserved for you.
31:36There were a couple of ways for this one.
31:38One of them, you could have said 9 plus 6 plus 3 is 18.
31:4450 plus 5, 55.
31:46Times those two together for 990.
31:49And add on the 1, 991.
31:51APPLAUSE
31:55OK, all over a bar of this shouting today.
31:5883 players, 21.
31:59Not a crucial Countdown conundrum,
32:02but it's how you finish, Thomas, not how you start.
32:04It'll really annoy Mike if you get this.
32:06All right, fingers on buzzers. Best of luck to both of you.
32:09Let's reveal today's Countdown conundrum.
32:35MUSIC CONTINUES
32:43No luck today at all.
32:44Anyone in the studio, is this back-to-back conundrums from the Riley?
32:49I think it might be.
32:50I think this is a lovely word if it's fairy-like.
32:54Let's see.
32:56Yes!
32:57APPLAUSE
32:59You're on a conundrum hat-trick in the next show.
33:02I'll be nervous tomorrow, Colin.
33:03I can't wait to see whether it comes off.
33:05Listen, Thomas, you won't be with us tomorrow.
33:08A few nightmare rounds there,
33:09but everyone watching is going to see what a lovely person you are.
33:12You promise you'll watch it back and don't watch Monsters, Inc.?
33:14Aye.
33:15OK, good. Lovely to have you here. Well done. Thank you.
33:18APPLAUSE
33:19A night two in a row for no conundrums as yet?
33:22No. Right, there you go.
33:24Work to be done still.
33:26I know. I need to speak to Rachel afterwards.
33:27Make sure you do that. Thank you.
33:29We'll see you back here tomorrow, and Susie and Brendan.
33:31Thank you so much for being here.
33:33I'm coming back tomorrow, whether you like it or not.
33:35Yeah, well, I will like it, let me tell you.
33:37Rachel, what movie have you seen the most in your life?
33:40I was just thinking back to the favourite sounds.
33:43I mean, there's a life lesson in there with Monsters, Inc.
33:45We can sit with Monsters, Inc.
33:46A laugh is more powerful than a scream.
33:48Beautiful. I love it.
33:50What movie have you seen more than any other?
33:52Probably The Sound of Music.
33:54Well, mine would be Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
33:56Love it. Although I always hate the ending,
33:58because they give the factory to Charlie Bucket.
34:02Well, they should have given it to the Oompa Loompas, Rachel.
34:03They were working for decades, probably not even getting paid.
34:07And then they got overlooked for that little scamp.
34:10It's a capitalist world out there, Colin.
34:11It is indeed.
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