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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour
00:31Hello, everybody.
00:32Tuesday afternoon in Countdown's Champion of Champions.
00:35The first in five years is ready to have us on the edge of our seats again.
00:39And after all that excitement, Rachel and I, back to the dressing rooms.
00:43Bit of a nap.
00:44Separate dressing rooms, I will add. Of course.
00:47It's Festival of Sleep Day today.
00:49The idea being that after all the New Year merriment,
00:52this is the day we all catch up.
00:54And sleeping's very important to the health.
00:57I would say, as someone who's now 45,
00:59sleeping is in my top five favourite things to do.
01:02What about you?
01:03Oh, as someone with two little children, I remember those days.
01:06I keep accidentally putting myself down for a nap
01:08when I put the toddler down. Yeah.
01:10Which cuts the day in half, sure.
01:12I've got loads of sleep stats for you.
01:14I think this one is possibly my favourite.
01:1712% of people dream in black and white.
01:21But it used to be that only 15% of people dreamed in colour.
01:27Any idea why that changed?
01:29What was the moment that it completely reversed?
01:33Was it TV, colour TV?
01:35It was. It was the invention of colour TV,
01:38was the exact moment where that changed.
01:40And then another thing, the quality of your sleep
01:42is based on the colour of your bedroom.
01:45So if it's more muted pastel shades, you'll get a better sleep.
01:48So that's interesting too.
01:50So you'll be all right with your pale green.
01:52Yeah, and you've got that one lilac wall, so that'll be easy for you.
01:55Susie with her black and red dungeon, though.
01:57Yeah, the mirrors.
01:58Sorry, how does everyone here know what each other's bedroom looks like?
02:01I'm so sorry if I miss something.
02:02I have sleepovers all the time.
02:04Countdown sleepovers.
02:05Right, well, listen, catch up on your sleep,
02:07but not until at least three o'clock.
02:09And over in Dictionary Corner,
02:10they definitely will not be napping on the job.
02:12It's our J of the D, Susie Dent,
02:14and a man whose books makes you sleep with one eye open,
02:16Richard Osman.
02:17APPLAUSE
02:20I can't wait for today,
02:21cos this is my favourite of all the round of 16 match-ups
02:24in our Champion of Champions,
02:26and that's because it's a rematch of Series 80, the final.
02:30We'll tell the story of that in a second,
02:32but Dean Osferis is our champion.
02:34How you doing, mate?
02:35I'm brilliant, Colin. I'm very happy to be here.
02:37I don't want to get ahead of ourselves,
02:39but I already know the 2034 Countdown champion,
02:42which is your son, because he won't remember when you won.
02:46He was too young, but now I hear he's quite good.
02:48Yeah, so he's four years old now,
02:50and we're just sort of getting into...
02:52Well, we're practising phonics at the minute,
02:54which he really enjoys and just loves doing his numbers and letters.
02:57Yes.
02:58We've not quite got to solving our first conundrum yet,
03:01but there'll be champagne corks popping whenever he does, I'm sure.
03:05I'm sure he'll...
03:06Old enough now at four to recognise Daddy's on the TV.
03:09Hello to you. Thank you for watching.
03:11Well, listen, for Elliot Mellor,
03:13it really is about a form of friendly revenge today.
03:17So much to talk to you about.
03:19Elliot, first of all, when the draw came out,
03:22as the person who lost that final,
03:24did you think, oh, yes, or, oh, no?
03:26Oh, yes.
03:27I love the honesty of it.
03:29There's a reason for that, in a way.
03:31Elliot's our all-time top OctoChamp points scorer.
03:351,061.
03:36So you did go in as favourite. Tell me a little bit about it.
03:39Yeah, so I suppose I did go into that final
03:42as a little bit of an overdog there,
03:44because once you've actually had so many nines available in your run
03:48and you've been managing to get them,
03:50it was kind of ironic that one of the things that cost me in the final
03:54was I wrote down a nine-letter word and then didn't go for it
03:57because I second-guessed myself.
03:59But, yeah, it was a pretty tense final,
04:04but the better player did win on the day, actually.
04:07Good on you.
04:08But I am looking forward to this rematch.
04:10Brilliant.
04:11Brilliant.
04:12Dinos and Elliot, everyone.
04:17It's a little edgy in the studio today.
04:19Let's get cracking.
04:20Dinos, you're up first.
04:21Hi, Rachel.
04:22Hi again, Dinos.
04:23I'll start with a consonant, please.
04:25Thank you. Start today with K.
04:27And a vowel.
04:29O.
04:30And a consonant.
04:32M.
04:33A vowel.
04:34E.
04:35A consonant.
04:37L.
04:38A vowel.
04:40A.
04:41A consonant.
04:43M.
04:45A consonant.
04:47P.
04:50And a final vowel, please.
04:52And a final E.
04:54At home and in the studio, let's play Kite Dive.
05:10MUSIC PLAYS
05:27Dinos?
05:28I think, yeah, six.
05:29And Elliot?
05:30Six.
05:31OK, early nerves.
05:32What have you got, Dinos?
05:33Pommel.
05:34Yes, and Elliot?
05:36Wonderful.
05:37It was Slim Pickens, Dictionary Corner.
05:39Yeah, pommel as well, three pommels.
05:41Is a pommel a fruit?
05:43It is, yeah. You need two O's for that.
05:45I was looking for the pommel.
05:46Oh, do you?
05:47Yeah.
05:48Of course you do.
05:49That was just to settle everybody down a little bit.
05:51Just to show them who the alpha males in the room are.
05:54Definitely these two.
05:56There you go.
05:57As good as you can get with the six all,
05:59and it's your first time picking the letters.
06:01Elliot?
06:02Afternoon, Rachel.
06:03Afternoon, Elliot.
06:04I'll start with a vowel, please.
06:05Thank you. Start with O.
06:06And another.
06:08And another.
06:10And a consonant.
06:12And another.
06:14And another.
06:17And another consonant.
06:20And a vowel.
06:23And a final vowel, please.
06:25And a final U.
06:2730 seconds.
06:38MUSIC PLAYS
06:58How did you get on, Elliot?
06:59Seven.
07:00Dean Oz?
07:01Seven as well.
07:02Can't split them. Elliot?
07:03Poutier.
07:04Poutier.
07:05Fire pot.
07:06Lovely words.
07:07Seven.
07:08They both count the same, though. Richard?
07:10Outfire.
07:11Sadly, not in.
07:12You can have a toupee.
07:13Thank you, I will.
07:15And just for people who weren't watching yesterday,
07:17Susie has lost her voice,
07:19but I can hear little shoots of recovery there.
07:22I hope so.
07:23Good stuff.
07:24Back to the game.
07:25Nothing needs to be said.
07:2613 points each, and we get our first numbers round now.
07:29Dean Oz, you're up, mate.
07:30Could I just have one large today, please, Rachel?
07:33That's going to be important tactics today.
07:35One large, a gentle start, or will it be?
07:38Let's see.
07:39Little ones are five, seven, two, one, six,
07:43and the large one, 50.
07:45The first target for you two, 847.
07:48847, numbers up.
07:50MUSIC PLAYS
08:05MUSIC CONTINUES
08:20847, Dean Oz.
08:22I've got it not written down.
08:23OK, and Elliot?
08:24Yep, 847.
08:25Not written down, Dean Oz, go.
08:27OK, so I did 50 plus six plus five.
08:30Yep.
08:31Multiply that by two is 122.
08:33It is.
08:34Subtract the one.
08:35121.
08:36And multiply by seven.
08:37Perfect, 847.
08:38Elliot, same way?
08:39Yep, exactly the same.
08:41Yep.
08:42APPLAUSE
08:45These little moments, eh?
08:4623 points each.
08:48Our first tea time teaser, then.
08:50A little hairy today.
08:51Paul, Bert.
08:52Paul, Bert.
08:53Paul and Bert were at the peak of adolescence.
08:55Paul and Bert were at the peak of adolescence.
08:58MUSIC PLAYS
09:05APPLAUSE
09:13Welcome back.
09:14Paul, Bert becomes pubertal.
09:16Paul and Bert were at the peak of adolescence.
09:19Well, they say sequels are never as good as the original.
09:22Maybe The Godfather 2 would be an exception
09:24and this just might be as well.
09:26A rematch of our Series 80 final back in 2019.
09:29Dean Oz and Elliot cannot be separated at the moment.
09:32Let's do something about that, maybe.
09:34Elliot, your letters.
09:35Vowel, please, Rachel.
09:36Thank you, Elliot.
09:37A.
09:38And another.
09:39E.
09:40And another.
09:41U.
09:42And a consonant.
09:43G.
09:44And a second.
09:46W.
09:47And a third.
09:48N.
09:49And a fourth.
09:50R.
09:51And a vowel.
09:53A.
09:54And a final vowel, please.
09:56And a final I.
09:58Thank you, Rachel.
09:59MUSIC PLAYS
10:03MUSIC CONTINUES
10:29Ed Stein, Elliot.
10:30Seven.
10:31Seven.
10:32OK, Elliot, what have you got?
10:33Wearing.
10:34And Dean Oz.
10:35Urinage.
10:37Urinage.
10:38It is there, yes.
10:40It's totally new to me.
10:42This is a judo move in which one rolls backwards to the floor
10:46while pulling your opponent over your head or shoulder.
10:48I presume, is it not like urinage?
10:51Yeah, exactly right, urinage.
10:54And it's usually hyphenated, but you can have it without.
10:56Well done. Very good.
10:57All kinds the same, whether it's a judo move or simply wearing,
11:00it doesn't matter, so same point.
11:02We've got winger and wanger, if that helps you.
11:04Doesn't help me at all.
11:06Let's get more letters.
11:08Dean Oz, you're up.
11:09Consonant, please, Rachel.
11:10Thank you, Dean Oz.
11:11N.
11:12And a vowel.
11:13E.
11:14And a consonant.
11:16M.
11:17A vowel.
11:18I.
11:19A consonant.
11:21G.
11:22A vowel.
11:23E.
11:25A consonant, please.
11:28R.
11:30And a consonant, please.
11:32S.
11:34And a final consonant, please.
11:38And a final X.
11:40Here we go.
11:59MUSIC PLAYS
12:12Can't wait to find out.
12:13Dean Oz.
12:14Eight.
12:15And Elliot.
12:16Eight.
12:17Dean Oz.
12:18Resexing.
12:19Resexing.
12:20And Elliot.
12:22Regimens.
12:23Yes, thank you, Elliot, for keeping the standard of the show up.
12:27Resexing.
12:28The mind boggles, Susie.
12:30It's not in the dictionary.
12:31No.
12:32Boggle no more.
12:33And regimens are in.
12:34That's absolutely brilliant.
12:35Right, let's get some more numbers now.
12:37Elliot, you probably know this.
12:39You never led in the Series 80 finals,
12:42so it's your first time being in a lead against them.
12:44It is.
12:45I must cherish it while it lasts.
12:46Yeah, it could go now.
12:47Ten points up for grabs, Elliot.
12:48It's your numbers.
12:49One large, please, Rachel.
12:50One large.
12:51Very cautious number selections for the first one each.
12:54And five little coming up.
12:56This time, the numbers are 2, 5, 4, 6, 1, and the large on 100.
13:02And your target...
13:04984.
13:05984, numbers up.
13:27Well, I know they've both got 984,
13:29cos they had a game of rock-paper-scissors during that,
13:32which Elliot won.
13:33Scissors over paper.
13:35But just to confirm it, Elliot?
13:37Yeah, 984.
13:38And Dinos?
13:39984, yeah.
13:40Great spirit.
13:41Elliot, off you go.
13:42100 minus 1.
13:4399.
13:44Multiply by the 5 and multiply by the 4.
13:4699.
13:4799.
13:4899.
13:4999.
13:5099.
13:5199.
13:5299.
13:5399.
13:5499.
13:55Multiply by the 5 and multiply by the 2.
13:57990.
13:58And subtract the 6.
13:59Perfect.
14:00984.
14:01There you go, Dinos.
14:02Exactly the same.
14:03APPLAUSE
14:06So the eight-point lead remains
14:08as we have a little chat with Richard Osman,
14:10who was delighted to have in Dictionary Corner in this special week.
14:15I've got to talk to you about quiz shows at some stage this week.
14:18Of course we will.
14:19You know, a pointless part of the furniture now,
14:21a house of games,
14:23which is still the centre point of Countdown.
14:26We talk a lot about quiz shows like they've never failed,
14:29but for every one that succeeds,
14:31there's probably ten on TV that go like one series.
14:34Well, there's more than that.
14:35I think when Pointless started,
14:37I think we've done about 2,000 episodes of it,
14:39and it started at roughly the same time as The Chase,
14:42which still remains, also, on 2,000-odd.
14:44And we counted up at one point that in the ten years following,
14:48there have been 47 new quiz shows in daytime,
14:51and only Tipping Point has survived.
14:53So, yeah, it's very, very hard to launch a quiz show.
14:55But if you get it right, as you three know very well,
14:59you know, it lasts forever.
15:01There's slight controversy over which is the longest-running UK quiz show.
15:05If you want to go for radio, it's very easy,
15:07because Round Britain Quiz started in 1947.
15:10Wow.
15:11So it's on its 76th anniversary at the moment.
15:13But there's competition between Question Of Sport and University Challenge.
15:19University Challenge started eight years earlier,
15:21but it had seven years off.
15:24And if you count various regional variations,
15:26there's arguments about which one of those has lasted longer.
15:29But I think they're both blown out of the water
15:31by the fact that Countdown is a daily show.
15:34So the University Challenge has only done about 2,000 episodes,
15:37which, you know, I've done more than that.
15:40And 7,000 over 40 years for Countdown, 41st year now.
15:44So that surely is the longest-running.
15:48But host...
15:49Now, the longest-running quiz show host,
15:51that's genuinely perceived to be Jeremy Paxman,
15:54who I still think of as the new host of University Challenge.
15:57But he did 28 years.
16:00Richard Whiteley, 23 years, as did Sue Barker.
16:04But again, Richard Whiteley was doing these every single day.
16:07So he did over 4,000 episodes, which is more than Paxman, of course.
16:11Now, I was thinking, where do I sit on this list?
16:14I've done 2,000-odd.
16:15And I was thinking, well, I'm a co-host, really.
16:19But do I count as a host?
16:21And if I count as a host,
16:22then anybody who does every single show and sits behind a computer
16:26also counts as a host.
16:28So forget Paxman, because over 30 years, 5,000 episodes,
16:33the longest-running host in British quiz show history,
16:36I am honoured to be sitting next to him.
16:38Susie Dent.
16:39APPLAUSE
16:41The longest-serving host on British television.
16:43Isn't that unbelievable?
16:44It's got to be the case.
16:45And my other TV wife must be really close too, then.
16:50Well, she is, but she really needs Susie to quit.
16:52LAUGHTER
16:53I do, I do. I'm never going to catch up.
16:55Which explains it.
16:56But you know what, that's the beauty of Countdown.
16:58It's been on for so long and so few shows can have a...
17:00You know, you'll have a champion show.
17:02To have a champion of champion show with such brilliant people,
17:05to have all these stories, like sport, which is essentially what it is,
17:08you know, it's a competition.
17:10You get the same people come back and back and be brilliant at it.
17:12I used to, in the 80s, my grandad would sit down with his bit of paper
17:16and, you know, write down the things and play along.
17:18And we're still doing it now.
17:20And what a joy, what a lovely way to commune with him.
17:22And I know plenty of people at home played with elderly relatives,
17:24older relatives who are no longer with us.
17:26But Countdown goes on and on and on, because it's a brilliant show.
17:29But, you know, Susie has been at the heart of it for such a long time.
17:33Wonderful, wonderful.
17:34APPLAUSE
17:36I probably shouldn't say, because we weren't meant to mention it yet,
17:40but next month we're doing our champion of champion of champions series.
17:44Wow.
17:45One of the contestants is 104 years old.
17:47I can't wait to do that.
17:48Right, let's get back to the game.
17:50And, Dinos, you're up.
17:51A consonant, please, Rachel.
17:53Thank you, Dinos.
17:54G.
17:55And a vowel.
17:56U.
17:57A consonant.
17:59T.
18:00And a vowel.
18:01E.
18:02Consonant.
18:04M.
18:05A vowel.
18:07O.
18:08A consonant.
18:10T.
18:11Another consonant.
18:13R.
18:15And a final...
18:17Let's have a consonant, please.
18:20Final B.
18:21Here we go.
18:39MUSIC PLAYS
18:52Give me a number, Dinos.
18:54Just six this time.
18:55And Elliot?
18:56Seven.
18:57Big moment.
18:58Dinos?
18:59Butter.
19:00Butter.
19:01And Elliot?
19:02Gourmet.
19:03Oh, gourmet butter.
19:04Over we go.
19:05Yes, gourmet.
19:06Gutter and butter as well, but that was our best.
19:08That's seven points.
19:09Richard, did you manage to seven?
19:11I did not.
19:12I got grout.
19:13That's the difference between me and Susie.
19:15I get grout, she gets gourmet.
19:16There you go.
19:17Speaks a thousand words, that.
19:18Right, 40 plays 55.
19:20So, work to be done for Dinos, but, Elliot, it's your letters.
19:24Oh, please, Rachel.
19:25Thank you, Elliot.
19:26A.
19:27And another.
19:28I.
19:29And another.
19:30A.
19:31Consonant.
19:32S.
19:33And a second.
19:35N.
19:36And a third.
19:37T.
19:38And a fourth.
19:40F.
19:41And a vowel.
19:43E.
19:44And a final vowel, please.
19:46And a final O.
19:48Half a minute.
20:08BUZZER
20:19Elliot?
20:20Seven.
20:21Dinos?
20:22Let's try an eight.
20:23Big moment, big gamble.
20:24Elliot, what's the seven?
20:25Atonis?
20:26Dinos, what are you going to try?
20:28Pheasant.
20:29F-A-I-S-A-N-T-E.
20:32Sounds like it means pheasant in French.
20:34It is not in the dictionary.
20:36I'm afraid there's pheasant with a D, meaning affected,
20:40but not with a T.
20:42I got mixed up.
20:43I'm so sorry.
20:44And Elliot, yours was?
20:46A-E-T-O-N-I-E-S.
20:48Yes, atonies in the dictionary.
20:51Atony is lacking muscular tone,
20:54also used, I think, to do with the contraction of the uterus after birth.
20:58And atonies is the plural.
21:00Very well done.
21:02Well, a huge gamble from Dinos.
21:04Huge that it wasn't in.
21:05Huge that that was in.
21:07Another seven points for Elliot.
21:08How did you get on, Richard?
21:09Well, not as well, it would shock you to hear,
21:11but it goes to show what you have to do to win this.
21:13That's the point, isn't it?
21:14Two brilliant players, you've got to take a risk.
21:16And some of those risks, when we were happy, they'd get Sonata.
21:19So, you know, that's very, very well played.
21:22So, 62, plays 40.
21:2422 points in it.
21:26So, Dinos, another big decision to make with your numbers.
21:29Could be my last choice in my countdown career.
21:32I would be really disappointed if I didn't get to play six small.
21:35So, let's go with six small, please.
21:37Yeah, you can't pick one large at this stage.
21:39You're a gambling man.
21:40You know the score.
21:41Thank you, Dinos.
21:42Six little ones, I hope it's an interesting one.
21:44Right, we have 1, 5, 10, 2, 10 and 6.
21:50I don't like those numbers, but let's see the target.
21:53771.
21:55771, numbers up.
22:02MUSIC PLAYS
22:26Did the gamble pay off, Dinos?
22:28771.
22:29And, Elliot?
22:30771.
22:32Dinos?
22:33So, I did 10 plus 2.
22:3410 plus 2, 12.
22:36Multiply by 6.
22:3772.
22:38Add the 5.
22:3977.
22:40Multiply by the other 10.
22:41770.
22:42And add on the 1.
22:43Well done, 771.
22:45And, Elliot?
22:46Exactly the same.
22:47Bravo.
22:52The gap remains 22.6.
22:55Huge round still to come when we return from our final break
22:58and our tea time teaser.
22:59It's a lovely one.
23:00Icy Carts.
23:01Icy Carts.
23:02Terrify the large town, there's a shortage.
23:05Terrify the large town, there's a shortage.
23:08MUSIC PLAYS
23:16APPLAUSE
23:23Welcome back.
23:24Icy Carts.
23:25Terrify the large town, there's a shortage.
23:27It becomes scarcity.
23:29Well, Dinos is a few rounds from getting out of town,
23:32so let's see if you can turn it around.
23:34But it's Elliot, who is runner-up in Series 80 against Dinos,
23:37who has a 22-point lead and is picking the letters.
23:40Vowel, please, Rachel.
23:41Thank you, Elliot.
23:42A.
23:43And another.
23:44O.
23:45And a third.
23:46I.
23:47And a consonant.
23:48N.
23:49A second.
23:50B.
23:51Third.
23:52P.
23:53Fourth.
23:54J.
23:55A vowel.
23:57A.
23:58And a final vowel, please.
24:00And a final E.
24:02Kite time.
24:26MUSIC PLAYS
24:33OK, Elliot.
24:34Six.
24:35Dinos.
24:36Six as well.
24:37OK, Elliot, what have you got?
24:38Apnea.
24:39And Dinos.
24:40Yeah, it's a snore-fest over here.
24:43Apnea, very good.
24:45Anything else, Dictionary Corner?
24:46Honestly, every time we think, there's no way they're beating this,
24:49I thought, there's nothing more than a five.
24:51We can cure your apnea with a piano and a banjo,
24:53but that's all we've got.
24:55Six-point seats.
24:56Elliot hasn't yet put Dinos to sleep.
24:58Let's get some more letters.
24:59A consonant, please, Rachel.
25:00Thank you, Dinos.
25:01L.
25:02And a vowel.
25:04U.
25:05A consonant.
25:06N.
25:07And a vowel.
25:09I.
25:10A consonant.
25:11T.
25:12And a vowel.
25:14E.
25:15A consonant.
25:16S.
25:18And a vowel.
25:20I.
25:22And let's have a final...
25:26..consonant, please.
25:27Final D.
25:28Start the clock.
25:52BUZZER
26:00Dinos?
26:01I've got an eight.
26:02And Elliot?
26:03Eight.
26:04What have you got?
26:05Utilised.
26:06Utilised, and Elliot?
26:07Insulted.
26:08Insulted and utilised.
26:10Two fantastic eights.
26:11We do have another eight, which is Disunite.
26:14Disunite.
26:15Disunite.
26:16Yeah.
26:17Very good indeed.
26:18Right, Elliot, your letters.
26:19Vowel, please, Rachel.
26:20Thank you, Elliot.
26:21U.
26:23And another.
26:25A.
26:26And a third.
26:29O.
26:30And a consonant.
26:32T.
26:33And another.
26:34S.
26:35And a third.
26:36C.
26:37And a fourth.
26:38S.
26:39And a vowel.
26:40E.
26:41And a final vowel, please.
26:43And a final A.
26:45Let's go.
26:50MUSIC
27:16Four consonants and five vowels.
27:18Elliot, how did you do?
27:19Seven.
27:20And Dinos?
27:21Go on, I'll try a seven.
27:23Elliot, what's your seven?
27:24Acetus.
27:25And what are you trying, Dinos?
27:26Cassius.
27:27Cassius.
27:28C-A-S-E-O-U-S.
27:30Yeah.
27:31So, acetus is like acetic.
27:33It means containing vinegar.
27:35Cassius is also in...
27:37It's a medical term.
27:38Cassiation is a little bit like tuberculosis, actually.
27:41So, again, all to do with physiology.
27:44Very good.
27:45Great seven-point seats.
27:46I feel like there's loads of made-up words
27:48that should be in but should be all connected with the C.
27:51Outseas, when you're a bit further out.
27:53I've got Sea Scout.
27:54Yeah, I love that.
27:55That's brilliant.
27:56I wonder if that's a word.
27:57It's two words and they're both capitalised.
27:59I'm sorry.
28:00Right, let's get some more letters.
28:02Last letters round, actually, Dinos.
28:04So, this really is down to the wire.
28:06Big moment.
28:07Off we go.
28:08A consonant, please, Rachel.
28:09And your last chance.
28:10Thank you, Dinos.
28:11You need this one.
28:12L.
28:13And a vowel.
28:14O.
28:15A consonant.
28:16C.
28:17E.
28:18A consonant.
28:19Y.
28:20A vowel.
28:22U.
28:23A consonant.
28:25T.
28:27A consonant.
28:29S.
28:31And a final consonant, please.
28:34Final L.
28:36Last letters.
28:47MUSIC PLAYS
29:08Big moment.
29:09Dinos?
29:10Seven.
29:11Elliot?
29:12Seven.
29:13OK, if these match, that means Elliot has his revenge.
29:15Dinos, what's a seven?
29:16Closely.
29:17Closely.
29:18No worries there.
29:19Elliot's going to show it.
29:20Bravo.
29:21And it's not close anymore.
29:22APPLAUSE
29:25Dictionary Corner.
29:26What a game it's been as well.
29:27It's been so terrific watching it,
29:29and watching everyone have to go for every single round as well.
29:32Outsell, we had...
29:33I've got an eight,
29:34which is how this show is presented these days,
29:36which is Cole style.
29:38LAUGHTER
29:39Well, I thought you were going to go for one I think might be in,
29:42which is...
29:43Cos we're a bit raucous at times.
29:45Out-yell somebody.
29:46Out-yells.
29:47Let's hope you can.
29:48I can't at the moment, but someone can.
29:50That's brilliant.
29:51Yes, out-yell.
29:52APPLAUSE
29:53That's what they call Cole style.
29:57Right, here we go.
29:58Two rounds left.
29:59And, Elliot, we can all relax.
30:01We can have a lot of fun, which is what Countdown's all about.
30:04So off you go with your numbers.
30:06You choose, Rachel.
30:07Oh!
30:08What shall we have?
30:09Colin, you choose.
30:10You never get to choose.
30:11Right, pressure's on.
30:12I'm not doing it, Richard.
30:13You choose.
30:15No, well, let's go Cole style, shall we?
30:18Let's have three big ones.
30:20Three big.
30:21No-one ever goes three big, do they?
30:23Little. No-one ever does, no.
30:24No.
30:25You're ahead of the curve.
30:26No, you're something.
30:27Behind it?
30:28I don't know.
30:29You're just you, Richard.
30:30Right, three little.
30:31Six, one, three, 75, 25 and 50.
30:37And the target, 725.
30:40You're never picking again.
30:41Start the clock.
31:13Well, I always have to go to the person who picked.
31:16So, Richard?
31:17Er, 725.
31:19And more importantly, Elliot.
31:21Yes, 725.
31:22Dinos.
31:23725 as well.
31:24Off you go, Elliot.
31:2575 x 25?
31:2675 x 25 is 1875.
31:3050 x 6?
31:32300.
31:33Add them together?
31:34Add them together, 2175.
31:37And divide by three?
31:38Just showboating, aren't you?
31:40APPLAUSE
31:42Believe it or not, I didn't go that way.
31:446 plus 1 is 7.
31:466 plus 1, 7.
31:48Multiply by three?
31:49Multiply by three, 21.
31:51Subtract that from the 50 to get 29?
31:5429.
31:55And multiply that by 25?
31:57Yep.
31:58That'll do, 75.
32:00APPLAUSE
32:02Great stuff.
32:03110, Clare's idiot.
32:05What a battle it has been.
32:07We know our winner, but who's going to have the last laugh
32:10between these two fierce competitors?
32:12Fingers on buzzers as we reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:41Dinos.
32:42They're all made up, these words. I'm going to say Tanadino.
32:45To quote another quiz show host, if it's up there,
32:47I'll give you the money myself.
32:49Let's have a look.
32:50No, rest of the time to Elliot.
32:58Have a go.
32:59Anadienant.
33:00Anadienant.
33:01Again, let's have a look.
33:03And funny enough, that is incorrect.
33:06Let's give the last remaining two seconds to the rest of the nation.
33:11And that's time up.
33:12We've got to make it more difficult.
33:14It's the Champion of Champions.
33:16We haven't had a conundrum solved in our first two games.
33:20Richard?
33:21We still haven't.
33:22Anti-something?
33:24What about the longest-serving host in the history of quiz shows?
33:27These are all so difficult, these ones.
33:29It's all set up.
33:30Rachel, for you to take the glory.
33:32Put us out of our misery, Colin, come on.
33:34I've got it, but I don't want to say. Let's have a look.
33:37LAUGHTER
33:40Susie, come on.
33:42It's a musical direction, a manner that is lighter than Andante
33:45and quicker as well.
33:47Of course it is, of course it is.
33:49If you've got that at home, please apply to be on Countdown.
33:52Elliot wins, 110-88.
33:55Dinos, thank you for being back.
33:56My pleasure.
33:57Loved it.
33:58Elliot, we'll see you in the quarterfinals.
34:00We will.
34:01Wonderful.
34:02Susie, Richard, thank you so much.
34:03What a day it's been again, Richard.
34:05Oh, it's been an absolute treat. Thank you, gents.
34:07We're off our nap now, Rachel.
34:08You know, one in four couples, another nap fact for you,
34:11one in four married couples sleep in separate beds.
34:15What do you think about that?
34:16I think 100% of TV couples do as well.
34:19Keep it that way, Colin.
34:20Love it.
34:21Right, we'll be back tomorrow, same time, same place.
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