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00:30Hello, everybody. Countdown is back with a roar this Monday as we go wild with 15 rounds of letters and numbers.
00:38Thank you very much for migrating to Channel 4 at this time every afternoon, because without you, we'll be lost in the wilderness.
00:46Right, let's introduce our team today with Rachel still off for two weeks.
00:50The doctor is back in the house. Tom Crawford, as is, of course, our guardian of the dictionary, Susie Dent.
00:56And she's brought along with her a new friend for Dictionary Corner, the TV and radio presenter, Jenny Paul.
01:02Hello. Thank you. Thank you.
01:05And what a flying start to the week. Today is World Wildlife Day.
01:10And this morning I sent you all a little online quiz. You answer these questions, it tells you what animal you are.
01:17And we've kept them all a secret. Jenny, you're our guest. We're going to start with you.
01:21I'm going to guess lioness. What was the actual test?
01:26I get where you're coming from with the mane and everything, argh, but actually it was, I'm an eagle.
01:32That's, I get that. Yes. Do you?
01:34It's similar, I think. I see very, quite predatory and strong.
01:38Get my claws in. Yes.
01:39What's her in? Don't let go. I love it. Susie, chinchilla.
01:43Chinchilla? Are you kidding me?
01:45I am, and you're going to love this, a penguin. A penguin? Yes. Yes. My waddle.
01:52Oh, brilliant. Dr. Tom? I was a sea lion. I liked it.
01:57That's brilliant. That's beautiful. I spent a lot of time alone and I have a beard. I was a mountain goat.
02:04Sorry, but that's perfect. Bang on.
02:08Our champions are proper beasts, isn't they? Let's introduce Tim James going for his fourth win today.
02:13And we're talking families, not animals, because Tim, we've had your brother here. How did he do?
02:18Yeah, he was on a couple of years back now and he won one episode and then...
02:23Just the one? Yeah.
02:27Oh, that's going to be an awkward dinner, isn't it? Next Sunday around the table.
02:31Yeah, I think so, yeah. Oh, dear.
02:32Well, listen, I only bring that up because look at the second name of today's challenger, Diane Brattese.
02:39Now, this is a countdown dynasty. When you go back over four decades, we've got husband, we've got daughters.
02:46You've been here before, Diane.
02:48But you're Jessica Brattese's mum.
02:51Yes.
02:52Yes. And for regular viewers will know, but for those who aren't, Jessica in Series 89 last year was one countdown conundrum away from beating Arthur Page, one of the best contestants ever.
03:04Jessica was awesome. That must have been such a thrill for you to watch.
03:08Yes. Watching it on the telly was like...
03:11I still got nervous for her.
03:14Oh, I love it. Listen, best of luck to both of you today. We're all family here.
03:17So, Diane and Tim, best of luck.
03:21Listen, if it's mother like daughter, you're in a bit of trouble today. Let me tell you, Tim, let's get underway.
03:27Thanks. Could I have a consonant, please, Tom?
03:28Sure thing. Tim, we'll kick off today with an M.
03:31And another one.
03:34R.
03:36And a third.
03:38N.
03:40And a vowel, please.
03:43O.
03:44And another one.
03:47I.
03:48And a third.
03:51U.
03:53And a consonant.
03:55T.
03:57And a vowel.
04:00E.
04:01And a final consonant, please.
04:05And a D.
04:07At home and in the studio, let's play Kainta.
04:22MUSIC
04:26MUSIC
04:28MUSIC
04:30MUSIC
04:32MUSIC
04:34MUSIC
04:36MUSIC
04:38TIM
04:407. And for you, Diane?
04:428.
04:43TIM, the 7, please.
04:45Mounted.
04:46Don't say you weren't warned.
04:48What have you got, Diane?
04:49Routined.
04:50Organised into a routine. That's excellent. Well done.
04:53APPLAUSE
04:55Jenny, it might be a case of keeping up with Tim and Diane today.
04:59Was there anything else you spotted?
05:01I got turned.
05:02Same here. Anything bigger?
05:03Nothing bigger than routine. That was our best.
05:05Excellent. And I'm glad that Rachel wasn't here when United came out.
05:08They'd never heard the end of it.
05:10Let's get more letters, Diane.
05:12OK, good afternoon, Tom.
05:13Hi, Diane.
05:14Vowel, please.
05:16We'll start with an A.
05:18And another.
05:19E.
05:22And another.
05:23A again.
05:24A consonant.
05:25N.
05:26And another.
05:28L.
05:29A consonant.
05:30P.
05:31And another.
05:32M.
05:33And another, please.
05:34G.
05:35And a vowel.
05:36Your last one is an E.
05:37And 30 seconds.
05:52Is it?
05:53Yes, I can say.
05:54I'm sorry.
05:55I need to relentlessly ל-
06:01Dianne?
06:23Six.
06:24And ten.
06:25Er, I'll risk a seven.
06:27OK, look, pressure early on, Dianne?
06:29Mango.
06:30What are you going to risk?
06:32Uh, parmage.
06:33Parmage.
06:34Ooh.
06:35It's not there, I'm afraid.
06:37You have to be so careful with the j words.
06:39Yeah.
06:40How do we get on, Susie and Jenny?
06:41A couple of sevens from us.
06:43Yes.
06:44Melange.
06:45I quite understand.
06:46That's a different kind of jj.
06:47Yeah.
06:48Melange.
06:49Judge.
06:50Yes.
06:51Yes, melange of vegetables, for example.
06:53And for another seven, mpanel, which is to enrol a jury in law.
06:58Excellent.
06:59Excellent.
07:00Great start for our challenger.
07:01Great chance for a champion to get some points back now with our first numbers, though.
07:05Is it too early to risk six small?
07:07I thought you were going to do it, Tim.
07:10I thought you were and you didn't disappoint.
07:12Six small.
07:14We've got a three, a two, a four, six, five, eight.
07:23And your target is 514.
07:26What a start of the week on the numbers.
07:28514 numbers up.
07:29Go.
07:32I don't know.
07:33Good luck.
07:34We'll see you next time.
07:36We'll see you next time.
07:37All right, 5-1-4.
08:02Was it worth the risk, Tim?
08:03I think I've got 5-1-4.
08:05And Diane?
08:05No, 5-10.
08:07It was worth the risk.
08:09We think, Tim.
08:12So 8 times 6 is 48.
08:158 times 6 will give you 48, yep.
08:17Add 3 for 51.
08:19Plus the 3 equals 51, yes.
08:225 times 2 is 10.
08:245 times 2 is going to give you 10.
08:28Multiply them together.
08:29That's giving you 510.
08:31And then add on the 4.
08:32And add on that final 4, yeah.
08:33Lovely.
08:34What a day it is already.
08:38And we're only at the first Tea Time teaser, which is Alien Pod.
08:42Alien Pod.
08:43It sounds like his friend features in a poem.
08:46It sounds like his friend features in a poem.
08:48was the clue for Alien Pod, which became either Palinode or Palinode.
09:12Let's find out from Susie.
09:14Yeah, Palinode, absolutely a poem in which the poet essentially takes back something that
09:21they said earlier.
09:22So they are retracting a view that they expressed in an earlier poem.
09:25Quite useful.
09:25Let's get back to our circus here.
09:27We're just four points in it.
09:29What a great numbers round from Tim after a shaky start.
09:33Dianic, your letters.
09:35Vowel, please.
09:36All right.
09:37We'll start with an I.
09:39And another.
09:41E.
09:42And another one, please.
09:43And a C.
10:09Thanks, DT.
10:41Diane.
10:43Eight.
10:44An eight.
10:44Fantastic, Tim.
10:46I think an eight as well.
10:47OK.
10:49Pretizzi Senior, what have we got?
10:51Sidecars.
10:52Sidecars.
10:53And I think that might be Tim's.
10:55Er, no, I've got radicals.
10:57Sidecars and radicals.
10:59Yes.
11:00So I assumed radicals as in radical people, but this is radicals, C-L-E-S, and they're the
11:04part of the plant embryo that develops into the root.
11:06Yes.
11:07I'm guessing there's no nines.
11:08Well, you're guessing wrong.
11:09Oh, yeah, there is one.
11:11There's a nine.
11:12And it is Laserdisc.
11:14Is that one word?
11:15One word.
11:16I know.
11:16Since when?
11:18Since now.
11:20Since this morning.
11:21It changed this morning in the OED.
11:23Yeah, it's a long word, and it does look slightly strange, I have to say, on the screen, but yeah, it is all one word now.
11:29I will never doubt you again.
11:30APPLAUSE
11:31No way you'd have risked that.
11:35No chance.
11:36Right, more letters, please.
11:37And Tim.
11:38A consonant, please, Tom.
11:40S.
11:41And another one.
11:44G.
11:45And a third.
11:48T.
11:50And a vowel, please.
11:52O.
11:54And another one.
11:56U.
11:58And a third.
12:00O.
12:01And a consonant.
12:10S.
12:12And a final vowel, please.
12:16O.
12:17O.
12:18O.
12:18O.
12:48Tim, just a four. Diane? Five. And a five. Well, very tricky indeed, Tim. Soot. And for you, Diane? Outgo. To outgo. Outgo is absolutely fine, yes. Well done for not putting the S on. Excellent. And your nine is? Hmm. We can only match with a five, can't we? Just about. Gusto. I quite like it, though, to do something with gusto.
13:16Yeah? Yeah. All right. Diane has been sensational at the letters, was thwarted with her first numbers round, but you're in control this time, Diane.
13:25Can I three large, please? Ooh, you can, Diane. I think it might be the first three large I've had. Yeah.
13:30Two. Three. Okay. Eight. Eight. Two. One hundred. Fifty. Twenty-five. And your target is five hundred and three.
13:45Five hundred and three numbers up.
13:46Yes.
13:50Yes.
13:51Yes.
13:52Yes.
13:56Yes.
13:56It.
13:58Yes.
14:02Yes.
14:05Yes.
14:08Yes.
14:10That should have been much easier.
14:185-0-3, Diane?
14:215-0-2.
14:22Yeah, one away, Tim.
14:245-0-4.
14:26Diane, one way, let's hear it.
14:2850 times 8.
14:3050 times 8 will give you 400.
14:34Plus 100, plus a 2.
14:36100, plus 2.
14:38Yeah, that will give you 502.
14:40And Tim won the other way.
14:42So I did 8 plus 2 is 10.
14:458 plus 2 is 10.
14:46Multiply by 50.
14:48Times 50 will give you 500.
14:50And then 100 over 25 for 4.
14:52And then 100 over 25 gives you that last 4.
14:56Yeah.
14:56We're all frustrated by this one, Dr Tom.
15:00Yeah, tricky one.
15:01I think I'm going to need a bit longer for this one as well.
15:03This was...
15:03It's all those even numbers.
15:05Yeah.
15:05It's all those even numbers getting that 3.
15:07All right, excellent stuff.
15:08OK, 25, 34.
15:09The gap remains the same because you managed to score seven-point seats.
15:13We have our first chat of the week with Jenny Powell.
15:16Now, the genster.
15:18You were, you know, a superstar in my childhood.
15:21You were there all the time.
15:22I watched you all the time in my teenage years.
15:24Where did it all begin for you?
15:26I don't know your origin story if this was a Marvel comic.
15:30Well, it was back in the mid-'80s.
15:34And it was the very first kind of reality show ever on TV where people all auditioned who were just like people who were out on the street.
15:42Well, I wasn't out on the street, but you know what I mean.
15:44Yeah.
15:45So I was 16 years old and I got auditioned for a show called No Limits.
15:49Wow.
15:49So I got on a coach.
15:51I'd never been on a coach before.
15:53And my parents sent me off to the BBC in Manchester.
15:56And I said, right, I'm just going to go for this audition to be on the telly.
16:00And I got it.
16:01Yeah, my goodness.
16:02It's such a young age to be doing it.
16:04And I think children's TV, that was where a lot of people started.
16:07You'd start there and then you'd move on to grown-up telly, as it were.
16:10Yeah.
16:10And here we are.
16:11It was so grown-up for me.
16:12I wanted your origin story.
16:14I definitely got it.
16:17APPLAUSE
16:17Wonderful.
16:19Wonderful.
16:20Right.
16:20Tim and Diane are locked in heated battle.
16:23Nine points in it.
16:24Slightly shading the challenger.
16:26And Tim, you're in charge of these letters.
16:28Consonant, please.
16:29Absolutely.
16:29Tim, we'll start with a G.
16:32And another one.
16:34H.
16:36And a third.
16:38N.
16:40And a vowel.
16:43U.
16:44And another one.
16:47I.
16:50And a third.
16:52B.
16:54And a consonant.
16:57T.
17:00And another one.
17:02V.
17:06And a final consonant, please.
17:10R.
17:11And here we go again.
17:12No.
17:13Coyote,
17:13No.
17:31MUSIC PLAYS
17:42Tim, a seven. Diane?
17:45Seven. OK, matching this time.
17:48Tim? Hurting.
17:50And for you, Diane? The same. Pass it on over there.
17:53Seven points each. Jenny Pyle?
17:57Ooh, a seven.
17:59Writing. Writing, yeah.
18:01Writing your wrongs, if you're a wrong-un.
18:04A writing? Writing, yeah, it's a verb.
18:06And I have to say, it's quite old-fashioned,
18:08but, you know, if you're really stubborn,
18:10you will not be writing on something, you won't be corrected.
18:12OK, brilliant. Thank you.
18:14More letters, please. We're going to have Diane choosing this time.
18:18A vowel, please.
18:19First up, we've got an A.
18:20And another.
18:23An E.
18:24And one more, please.
18:27And another A.
18:28A consonant.
18:30F.
18:31And another.
18:33And another.
18:33And another.
18:33And another.
18:37B.
18:38And another.
18:40N.
18:42Consonant, please.
18:44W.
18:46And a final consonant.
18:51And a T.
18:53And start the clock.
18:54And start the clock.
18:54D энерг.
18:56And a Herbert.
18:56And a secondguntbin.
18:57And the start of the clock.
18:58And another.
18:59And a fourth
19:11and a half a half.
19:12And another.
19:12And then.
19:14And another tomorrow.
19:14And the final consonant.
19:14And another.
19:16And another.
19:17And a half a half a half the clock.
19:18줘 they're not you guys.
19:19And there.
19:20And a lot of naught.
19:21And then.
19:22And another.
19:22And another.
19:23All right, Diane.
19:27Six.
19:28And for you, Tim?
19:29Six as well.
19:30Six as well.
19:31Right, OK, Diane.
19:33Banter.
19:33Yeah, and Tim?
19:35Yeah, same word, banter.
19:37There you go.
19:37That really was about the only one I could see as well.
19:40Let's see if we can add to it at all, Susie and Jenny.
19:43Well, from the banter, you could swap it round and have Barnet.
19:46Why is a Cockney rhyming slang?
19:48I never really made that connection.
19:50Barnet fair.
19:51Really?
19:52Barnet fair hair.
19:53Yeah.
19:54Barnet fair.
19:55Fantastic.
19:56Right, let's get back to the numbers.
19:59Things aren't going peatong for you here, Tim, at all.
20:02There's just nine points in it.
20:03It's so close still.
20:04And it's your numbers.
20:07Another go at six more, please.
20:08All right, Tim.
20:10Let's have some more luck with this one.
20:13OK.
20:14Four.
20:16Six.
20:17Ten.
20:18Two.
20:20Five.
20:21Three.
20:21And your target is 133.
20:25A bit lower.
20:26133.
20:26Numbers up.
20:57All right, one, three, three, six small again from Tim.
21:01Do you get it?
21:02Yeah.
21:02And Diane?
21:03Yes, one, three, three.
21:04This time, the six small, you've managed to get it.
21:07Tim, off you go.
21:08So, six plus five plus two.
21:11Six plus five plus two gives you the 13.
21:14Multiply by ten.
21:16Times the ten.
21:17Yeah.
21:18One, thirty, and then add on the three.
21:19And then add on that three.
21:21Yeah, lovely.
21:21Yes, and for you, Diane?
21:23Exactly the same.
21:24We believe you.
21:25Yeah, and so does Tim.
21:30Right, what a battle today.
21:32The numbers could be pivotal come the end of this show.
21:35Let's see what happens.
21:36Six rounds to go.
21:37Nine points in it.
21:38And here's your second Tea Time teaser this Monday.
21:41It's Medic Oil.
21:43Medic Oil.
21:44It may not be in Alabama, but it's your sweet home.
21:47It may not be in Alabama, but it's your sweet home.
21:50It may not be in Alabama, but it's your sweet home because it's your domicile, your domicile.
22:12Well, who are we sending home today?
22:14We will know in about 15, 20 minutes from now.
22:17Tim, our champion on 48 points.
22:19Diane, our challenger on 57.
22:22Can't wait to see what happens.
22:24Diane, your letters.
22:25Val, please, Tom.
22:27O.
22:28And another.
22:31I.
22:33And one more, please.
22:35E.
22:37Consonant.
22:39N.
22:39And another.
22:43F.
22:44And another.
22:46M.
22:48And another.
22:50S.
22:52Consonant, please.
22:55L.
22:57And a final consonant.
23:01And another S.
23:02And good luck.
23:09Dianne Bertese.
23:35Seven.
23:36Tim James.
23:36Seven as well.
23:37Here we go.
23:37We're locked, aren't we now?
23:39We are locked.
23:40Diane.
23:42Moline's.
23:42And for you, Tim?
23:44Uh, lioness.
23:45And molines.
23:47Yes, how are you spelling that one down?
23:49M-O-L-I-N-E-S.
23:51Um, it is in the dictionary, but unfortunately it's an adjective, not a noun.
23:57It's a term from heraldry, um, which is all about a particular shape with a curved back, but not there is a noun.
24:03So the gap reduced to two points.
24:05Jenny, did you spy anything else?
24:07Yeah, I've got a lioness as well.
24:09Yeah.
24:09Pow was on the prowl.
24:12That's all I could do for you.
24:14And we're done, yeah?
24:15We're done, yeah.
24:16You can have a mossy, which is a type of sparrow, or it can be mozzy, like a mosquito, but that's just a six.
24:21One side floss, I was done.
24:23So let's get more letters, Tim.
24:25Consonant, please, Tom.
24:26Sure thing, Tim.
24:27R.
24:28And another one.
24:31H.
24:33And a third.
24:35L.
24:36And a vowel.
24:37And a final consonant, please.
25:04And kind down.
25:07So let's get it.
25:10S.
25:11I'm sorry.
25:12Speak to me, Tim.
25:40Six, not written down.
25:41OK.
25:42Diane?
25:43Eight.
25:43Oh, my goodness me.
25:44It doesn't matter what you wrote down or not.
25:46What is it?
25:47I'm not sure if it's a word.
25:48Horsa.
25:49A horser.
25:51And Diane?
25:54Horsely.
25:55Horsely.
25:55OK, excellent.
25:56Let's gallop on over the dexterity corner.
25:58So you're spelling horser...
25:59H-O-R-S-E-R.
26:00Yes.
26:01I don't think you can be a horser, sadly.
26:05Horsely, absolutely fine.
26:07Yeah, very good.
26:07You spoke very horsely.
26:09That's really good.
26:10We cannot do better than that.
26:11Right.
26:12Four rounds to go.
26:14Origins of words.
26:15Susie Dent.
26:17Well, a very high-caliber question today from Peter Thompson in Merseyside, who's been reading
26:22Anthony Trollope's Orley Farm, and he says a character uses the word ins and outs, but
26:29with two Ns.
26:30Ooh.
26:30And Peter says, that calls me to wonder if this is the correct form of today's expression.
26:35Um, I've always thought it contained a single N, but perhaps Mr. Trollope has committed an
26:4018th century version of a typo.
26:41Um, please could you explain?
26:44So, we all know about ins and outs, and that's been recorded since the 17th century, usually
26:50to mean sort of windings, turnings in and out, either literally, geographically or metaphorically,
26:56courses of actions that go to and fro and sort of quite tortuously.
26:59Um, so the inspelling with the two Ns that Peter notices is a little bit misleading, but
27:05when Anthony Trollope was, uh, writing, ins and outs could absolutely be spelled with
27:11the two Ns, which seems quite strange for us today, because an inn today is definitely
27:15a pub, uh, usually one that offers, um, lodgings.
27:18But actually, they were interchangeable for a very long time, and that is because an inn
27:24was somewhere you stayed in, literally.
27:28The two, the two meanings are absolutely linked, uh, and an inn was different from a public
27:33house or a tavern, because it did absolutely offer, um, lodgings.
27:37So, Anthony Trollope, as you might expect for such a brilliant writer, definitely did not
27:41get it wrong.
27:43And, um, you can see many similar changes all the way through, where you think, well, things
27:47can't possibly be related.
27:49Surely someone got that wrong at some point.
27:51But, no, it's just the way that English has evolved.
27:53Excellent.
27:54Excellent.
27:57And thank you to Peter for that email.
27:59That was a sensational.
28:00Let's get back to the ins and outs, the twos and froes, the ups and downs of this rollercoaster
28:05battle today.
28:06Ten points in it.
28:07Our challenger, Diane, ahead of our three-time champion, Tim.
28:12Titanic battle.
28:13Diane, your letters.
28:15Um, Val, please.
28:16One more, please.
28:18U.
28:18And another.
28:20I.
28:22And one more, please.
28:24A.
28:26Consonant.
28:27D.
28:29And another.
28:32C.
28:33And another.
28:35R.
28:37And another.
28:39G.
28:41Consonant, please.
28:42T.
28:45T.
28:48And A.
28:50Val, please.
28:52And your last one is an O.
28:54Kind time.
28:55I.
29:06T.
29:11T.
29:11T.
29:12T.
29:21THEY CONFER
29:26Goodness me. Diane? A six.
29:28And for you, Tim? I think I've got a seven. Diane?
29:31Agouti.
29:32And for you, Tim? A carotid.
29:35Oh, the carotid artery. That is absolutely brilliant.
29:38Yes, well done. Haven't seen that much.
29:40APPLAUSE
29:42Anything we can add to that?
29:43Or just there, but that was seven.
29:45Right, Tim, last letters you're choosing.
29:48A consonant, please, Tom. OK. Pressure's on. D.
29:52And another one.
29:54X.
29:56And a third.
29:58K.
30:00And a vowel, please.
30:02A.
30:04And another one.
30:06E.
30:08And a consonant.
30:11W.
30:14And a vowel, please.
30:17A.
30:19And a consonant.
30:21D.
30:23And a final consonant, please.
30:28And an M.
30:30Last letters.
30:31Last letters.
30:32czyć.
30:42As they stand on.
30:44That was the word, the one that was pressed.
30:47A to the powerorian.
30:48As for three, soit pied at the top.
30:51Even if he had to почke, he was wrong.
30:53Looks like a black one.
30:54A hahah.
30:55For two is a car.
30:57Think that one to find a movable code.
30:58Time's up.
31:03Tim, just a five there.
31:05And for you, Diane?
31:06Five.
31:07A five, two.
31:07Right, here we go.
31:08Tim, awake.
31:10And Diane...
31:10The same.
31:11Pass it on over.
31:13Yeah.
31:14How did my two fine brains in Dexterity Corner get on?
31:18Just fives.
31:19Just fives, yeah.
31:20Well, I was awake as well.
31:21Oh, I was awake.
31:22Obviously, I'm awake now.
31:23But, yeah, awake.
31:24That's it, yeah.
31:25Yeah, waxed, maxed.
31:26Yeah.
31:26Right, here we go.
31:28So, so close.
31:29Two more rounds to go.
31:31Buckle up, everybody.
31:32Last numbers.
31:34Diane's choosing.
31:36Let's have them.
31:36We're going to try four large, please.
31:39OK, Diane.
31:40Getting them all today.
31:41I think that's my full set.
31:42Yes.
31:43What a day.
31:44What a day for you.
31:46Four, three, 50, 75, 25, 100.
31:52And your target is 214.
31:56Two, one, four.
31:56Numbers up.
31:57Two, three, 50, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25
32:27All right, 2-1-4, Diane.
32:302-1-2.
32:31Missed it by two, Tim.
32:332-1-4.
32:35Neil, let's hear it.
32:37100 plus 4 plus 3.
32:39100 plus 4 plus 3 gives you the 107.
32:44And then 50 over 25 for 2.
32:4650 over 25 for 2.
32:48Yeah, brilliant.
32:49Multiply those together, 240.
32:51Wow!
32:52Well, listen, we know a Bortese was never going to go for a duck.
32:58There was no need to ever take the Michael.
33:00But who's going to go into the night as champion of Countdown?
33:04Tim and Diane, fingers on the buzzers.
33:07Let's reveal this crucial Countdown conundrum.
33:15Tim, the state champion.
33:18Parentage.
33:18Let's have a look.
33:20And it is!
33:22So are you saying that Jessica's mum just lost out, Diane,
33:29and the word parentage?
33:31And we don't have a script, but it's like we almost wrote that.
33:35Wow.
33:36Wow, what a ride that was today.
33:38One of the shows of the series so far.
33:40Diane wasn't the bee, though.
33:42That's fine.
33:43I still enjoyed it, thank you.
33:44It was brilliant to have you.
33:45Who's next from the Bortese family?
33:47Come on.
33:48Jessica in about nine years' time.
33:50Oh, my goodness me.
33:52I hope I'm here to greet her back.
33:53That would be brilliant.
33:54Hello to Jess and the entire Bortese family.
33:56And Diane, thank you for being here.
33:58Really good.
33:59Over the weekend, Susie and I were talking.
34:01We said, hey, Tim is very special.
34:04Really, really good Countdowner.
34:05I thought that was your goose was cooked today, my friend.
34:08Yeah, I thought so as well at the start.
34:10Two letters round down and I thought, back's against the wall.
34:14Brilliant.
34:15Halfway there.
34:16Yeah.
34:16Halfway there.
34:17Great.
34:18And just one show in to five for you, Jenny.
34:19We'll see you tomorrow.
34:20Yeah, I'm looking forward to it.
34:22See you tomorrow, Sus.
34:23Yeah, see you then.
34:23No, you're right today.
34:24You've had everything now.
34:25The four large, three large, two large.
34:27Keep me on my toes.
34:28Yes, brilliant.
34:29We will do every single day.
34:30Same time, same place.
34:32You can count on us.
34:34You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:39You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
34:43APPLAUSE