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00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34The surveys are up and we've picked one for you.
00:37All about the best service, cities and indeed countries.
00:41Service is so important.
00:43And this actually contains some surprises really.
00:46It was conducted by one of those travel review websites and it's all about Iceland.
00:53That apparently is where you get the best service.
00:55I've never been to Iceland. Have you been to Iceland?
00:57I've been twice, yeah.
00:59And?
00:59And the food and the restaurant scene is incredible.
01:02And the service was great?
01:03Top end. I don't particularly remember it, but everyone was nice.
01:06Everyone speaks great English.
01:08All right, that's helpful.
01:09Anyway, apparently, according to this survey, they came absolutely out tops,
01:13followed by Ireland, then the UK.
01:16Service is so important.
01:17So don't you think, I mean, it can turn you an experience, you know,
01:23sending it crashing down or sending it sky high, depending on the service.
01:26Yeah, we had good service and funny service in St. Petersburg in Russia.
01:31And I found because I was English and speaking some Russian, I think you get a lot more credit than you would the other way around,
01:36because we're used to people speaking English.
01:37I'm sure.
01:38And we went to one place, and normally the menus have, you know, an English translation underneath the Russian translation.
01:44We went to one place where it was either a Russian menu or an English menu.
01:48And I speak average Russian and the waiter spoke average English.
01:52So I would kind of say a few words on the menu that I knew, but instead of, you know,
01:56a specific fish, I'd just say fish and mushroom, and we just got a completely random selection of food.
02:01It was all delicious.
02:03Lost in translation somewhere along the line.
02:05You enjoyed yourself, though.
02:06It's a great, great city.
02:07We had a great time, yeah, yeah.
02:09Lovely.
02:09You know, people say about Russians not being warm and friendly,
02:12but as soon as you start talking to them, it's just the smiling.
02:14They don't smile.
02:15They say if you smile for no reason, you're a fool.
02:18I think you're right.
02:18They can be very tough, but once you...
02:21The old Russian bear will hug you to death, or it's the warmest hug you'll ever get.
02:27That's the experience I've had.
02:29Your experiences are probably more intimate than mine.
02:32Now then, who's with us?
02:34Mike Daisley's back.
02:36Welcome.
02:36Welcome back.
02:37Three great wins.
02:39Class games, yeah.
02:40Fantastic.
02:41I'd be very proud of you in Hull now.
02:42But now you're confronted with Debbie Berwick from Stafford.
02:47In the catering business, I think.
02:48I am.
02:49And a big rock fan, too.
02:51ACDC, Led Zeppelin, Thin Lizzy.
02:54You've seen them all.
02:55Yes, I've seen them all.
02:56Who are your favourites?
02:57Probably ACDC.
02:59It's my favourite.
03:00I saw them at the Milton Keynes Bowl many years ago,
03:04and it was probably one of the best concerts I've ever been to.
03:06Excellent.
03:06Amazing.
03:07Wonderful.
03:08Well, have a good time today.
03:09I will do.
03:10Good luck to you both.
03:11Big round of applause for Mike and Debbie.
03:13APPLAUSE
03:14And over in the corner, Susie's there.
03:19Of course she is.
03:20Joined once again, presenter and journalist,
03:23king of the red carpet, Richard Arnold.
03:26Welcome back, Richard.
03:28APPLAUSE
03:29Now then, Mike Daisley, what have you got?
03:34Afternoon, Rachel.
03:35Afternoon, Mike.
03:35A consonant, please.
03:37Start today with W.
03:39And a vowel.
03:41E.
03:43A consonant.
03:45T.
03:46And another one.
03:49S.
03:50A vowel.
03:51O.
03:53And another one.
03:55A.
03:57A consonant.
03:59G.
04:01Another one.
04:03L.
04:06And a vowel, please.
04:08And lastly, I.
04:10And here's the countdown clock.
04:24Yes, Mike?
04:44Seven.
04:45Debbie?
04:45Seven.
04:46Mike, goalies.
04:48Now then.
04:49Towages.
04:51Susie?
04:51Yeah, you can have it in the plural, because a charge for towing a boat, and given it
04:56can have different charges, the plural is fine.
04:58OK.
04:59Yeah.
04:59Well done.
05:00Now, Richard and Susie, what have you coughed up?
05:03Glowiest.
05:05Really?
05:06Yes, the most glowing.
05:08The glowiest.
05:09I know, it's a bit awkward, but you might have the glowiest complexion, or you might have
05:12the warmest, glowiest feeling inside.
05:14It's specified in the dictionary.
05:16Generally a good pick.
05:18Thanks very much.
05:19All right.
05:20Debbie, your letters came.
05:23Hi, Rachel.
05:23Hi, Debbie.
05:24Could I have a consonant, please?
05:26Start with V.
05:28And a vowel.
05:30A.
05:31And a consonant.
05:34S.
05:35And another consonant, please.
05:37B.
05:40And a vowel.
05:42E.
05:43And another consonant, please.
05:48S.
05:49A vowel.
05:52U.
05:53And a consonant.
05:56R.
05:59And another consonant, please.
06:02And lastly, P.
06:04Standby.
06:04And a vowel.
06:28And maybe a consonant.
06:31And a vowel.
06:34Well, Debbie?
06:37Six.
06:38Mike?
06:39Seven.
06:40Seven.
06:41Now, Debbie.
06:43Ashur.
06:44And Mike?
06:45Suppers?
06:47Yeah, very good.
06:48Thank you very much.
06:49What's the corner got to offer?
06:51Sapped enough, I suppose.
06:53You'd be drained of your resources.
06:54You'd be a pauper, so pauper's for seven.
06:56Very good.
06:56Susie?
06:57Yes, and sappers.
06:58Sappers as well as suppers.
07:00Soldiers responsible for tasks such as building and repairing roads.
07:02It's obviously the private soldiers in the Corps of Royal Engineers.
07:06Exactly.
07:07Thank you very much, sappers.
07:08Yeah.
07:09Now, Mike, your numbers game.
07:12I have one large and five small, please.
07:15You can indeed.
07:15Thank you, Mike.
07:16One from the top row, five little.
07:17And the first one of the week is two, three, four, eight, five, and a large one, 25.
07:27And the target, 493.
07:30Four, nine, three.
07:32One from the top row, five, and a large one, 25.
08:03Mike, 493.
08:05Now then, Debbie?
08:06496.
08:08496.
08:09Let's stick with Mike for the moment.
08:10Yes, Mike.
08:11And five times four.
08:1220.
08:13Times 25.
08:15500.
08:16Then three minus two is one.
08:18Yep.
08:19Eight take where the one is seven.
08:21It is indeed.
08:22Set off.
08:23493.
08:23Lovely.
08:23Well done.
08:24Well done.
08:27Well done indeed.
08:29As we turn to our first tea time teaser, which is Lee Proves and the clue.
08:33Lee Proves to have difficulty in getting up sometimes.
08:36He'll often do this.
08:38Lee Proves to have difficulty in getting up sometimes.
08:41He'll often do this.
08:43Welcome back.
09:01I left you with the clue.
09:02Lee Proves to have difficulty in getting up sometimes.
09:06He'll often do this.
09:08He'll often oversleep.
09:11Don't we all?
09:12Oversleep.
09:12Now, if you'd like to become a Countdown contestant, you can email Countdown at Channel4.com to request an application form or write to us at Contestants Applications, Countdown Leads, LS3, 1J, S.
09:2924 plays, 7, Mike on 24.
09:31Debbie, your letters came.
09:33Consonant, please.
09:35Thank you, Debbie.
09:36D.
09:37And a vowel.
09:39E.
09:40Consonant.
09:42R.
09:43Another consonant, please.
09:46D.
09:47Vowel.
09:49A.
09:50Consonant.
09:53S.
09:54Another consonant.
09:56G.
09:57Vowel.
09:59I.
10:00And another consonant, please.
10:04And the last one, T.
10:06Countdown.
10:12Debbie.
10:24A risky seven.
10:40Mike, seven.
10:41Now, Debbie.
10:44Gaddy-er.
10:45What does Mike say?
10:47Stagy-er.
10:50Um, stagy-er is definitely in.
10:53Unfortunately, um, gaddy is not there as an adjective.
10:57Um, to be like a gadfly.
10:59Giddy, but not gaddy.
11:00I'm sorry.
11:02Bad luck.
11:03Yeah.
11:03Bad luck.
11:04Richard, a stride for seven.
11:06Susie.
11:07Yeah, we were on the sevens as well.
11:09Our end.
11:10A stride.
11:1131 plays seven.
11:13And Mike, it's your letters game.
11:15Could I have a consonant, please?
11:17Thank you, Mike.
11:17S.
11:19And a vowel.
11:21O.
11:22And another one.
11:24E.
11:25A consonant.
11:26D.
11:28And another one.
11:29F.
11:31A vowel.
11:33U.
11:35Another vowel.
11:38O.
11:39A consonant.
11:41Y.
11:43And another consonant, please.
11:44And the last one, R.
11:46And here comes the countdown clock.
11:48A consonant.
11:49A consonant.
11:49A consonant.
11:49A consonant.
11:50A consonant.
11:50A consonant.
11:51A consonant.
11:51A consonant.
11:51A consonant.
11:51A consonant.
11:52A consonant.
11:52A consonant.
11:52A consonant.
11:53A consonant.
11:53A consonant.
11:53A consonant.
11:54A consonant.
11:54A consonant.
11:54A consonant.
11:54A consonant.
11:55A consonant.
11:55A consonant.
11:56A consonant.
11:56A consonant.
11:57A consonant.
11:57A consonant.
11:58A consonant.
11:58A consonant.
11:59A consonant.
11:59A consonant.
12:00A consonant.
12:01A consonant.
12:01A consonant.
12:02A consonant.
12:02A consonant.
12:03A consonant.
12:03A consonant.
12:04A consonant.
12:05A consonant.
12:06A consonant.
12:07A consonant.
12:07A consonant.
12:08A consonant.
12:09A consonant.
12:10Well, Mike, I'll try seven.
12:20Debbie?
12:21Six.
12:22And your six?
12:23Dowser.
12:24No, Mike.
12:25Foodery?
12:27Foodery?
12:28Erm, yes.
12:31It's a bit like an eatery.
12:33A restaurant selling prepared food.
12:35That's very good.
12:35And, unfortunately, the only dowser in the dictionary has got a W rather than a U.
12:44So bad luck with that one.
12:46And in the corner, Susie, Richard.
12:49Doofers?
12:50Yes.
12:50As in your doofa, you know, when you're trying to switch channels.
12:53Never, of course, from this year.
12:54I have left home with my doofa, thinking it was my mobile, but mobiles were a lot bigger then.
12:58The remote?
13:00The doofa.
13:00The remote.
13:01Now, nothing else, Susie.
13:0338 plays seven, and it's Debbie we turn to.
13:06Debbie, it's your numbers game.
13:08Hi, Rachel.
13:08Can I have one from the top, please, and five small ones, please?
13:12You can indeed, thank you, Debbie.
13:14One large five little coming up.
13:16And this time around, they are seven, four, three, ten, five, and 50.
13:25And the target, 347.
13:28347.
13:59Debbie.
14:003, 4, 7.
14:02And Mike.
14:033, 4, 7.
14:04Debbie.
14:0550 times 7 is 3, 50.
14:083, 50.
14:08Take away the 3.
14:09Straight forward, this one, yes.
14:11Mike.
14:11Same way.
14:14Thank you very much.
14:16So, 48 plays 17 as we take a little break and we turn and swivel and focus on Richard Arnold.
14:24Richard, Dallas, you love it.
14:27I do.
14:27I do indeed.
14:28It's quite a year, 2018.
14:30Can you believe that it's 40 years since Dallas, the TV show, graced our screens?
14:36And to continue with the travels that I've been talking about on the show in recent days,
14:41I was invited out to Dallas.
14:43Did you know that Dallas is actually the home of the frozen margarita machine?
14:46I didn't.
14:47So, what better reason to actually revisit?
14:49And I do like a margarita.
14:51And I was in very good company as well because they assembled some of the original cast members
14:55of Dallas who I have met over the years in a professional capacity but never actually
14:59at their fictional home of South Fork, which of course is still a big tourist attraction
15:05for fans from around the world.
15:07So, it was quite a moment.
15:08It was sort of like a comic-con, if you like, for Dallas fans.
15:13And I was astonished at how many people had actually turned up.
15:16I mean, to give you an idea of how big a Dallas fan I am, I used to cut my driving lessons short
15:21so that I could get home in time to watch the show.
15:25And when I was much younger, I would sit in a quilted dressing gown with a glass full of cola
15:31and pretend it was bourbon because J.R. used to always drink bourbon and branch,
15:35you know, sort of scotch and water, if you like.
15:37And the popularity of the show, I was discussing this with Linda Gray and Patrick Duffy,
15:41who I finally met on the patio at South Fork in situ with the other star of the show,
15:46of course, the ranch itself in the background.
15:48And they attributed it all to the late, great Sir Terry Wogan,
15:52who would review the show in the U.K. on a Monday after it had aired on the Saturday,
15:57poking fun at these billionaires who lived in a tiny house, all under one roof,
16:01with wire coat hangers.
16:03And as Linda said to me, if you picked it apart, you know, it did look very, very cheap.
16:07But, of course, it was down to Sir Terry that it was so popular in the U.K.
16:11But its popularity, of course, around the world, I think it's very difficult to explain
16:14to a generation of people now with all the various social media platforms
16:18how one particular show that we all had to stay in and watch would have such a great impact.
16:23But just to be out there on the ranch, as I say, with the cast, was an incredible treat.
16:29I mean, I did have a cheeky little tear on my eye, but Patrick, again, who plays Bobby,
16:33said they get that all the time because it was a family show
16:36and everybody used to sit down and watch it together.
16:37So all the generations would sit down and watch it together.
16:41And I shall never forget taking a little filly out on the range,
16:45straddling her, all 16 hands, and finally riding out into the sunset at South Fork.
16:53With the big hat.
16:53With the big hat.
16:54The Stetson was there, every gallon of it, Nick.
16:57A tear in my eye.
16:58It was probably dust blowing in off the range,
17:00or it could have been the fact that I haven't straddled a filly since the mid-'80s.
17:03Well done.
17:09There's no other switches out.
17:1248 plays 17.
17:13Mike on 48.
17:15And it's letters game.
17:16Yes, sir.
17:16Can I have a consonant, please?
17:17Thank you, Mike.
17:19M.
17:19And a vowel.
17:22I.
17:23Another vowel.
17:24U.
17:26And a consonant.
17:28B.
17:29And another one.
17:31S.
17:32And another one, please.
17:35H.
17:36A vowel.
17:38A.
17:40Another vowel.
17:42E.
17:44And a consonant.
17:45And lastly, Q.
17:47Stand by.
17:48and a broader vowel.
17:54Two.
18:06Two.
18:07Two.
18:07Two.
18:07Two.
18:07Two.
18:08One.
18:09Two.
18:15Two.
18:16Two.
18:17Mike. A six. A six. And Debbie. Six. Mike. Ambush. Now, Debbie. Ambush. Well done. Well played there. Any more ambushes over there, Richard?
18:32Uh, Beamish. For seven. Beamish. Name of an Irish stout, I think. I wasn't aware of Beamish. My Beamish boy. Is that in a poem somewhere?
18:42Yeah. Possibly. Beamish boy. Especially if he was smiling, because it means beaming with happiness, optimism or anticipation. Thank you very much. 54 plays 23. Mike on 54. Debbie, your letters game.
18:56Can I have a consonant, please? Thank you, Debbie. N. And a vowel? A. And a consonant? R. And another consonant, please? M. And a vowel?
19:12I. And another vowel, please? E. And a consonant? D. And another consonant, please? S. And a final vowel, please?
19:33And final A.
19:35Stand by.
20:06Well, Debbie? Seven. Mike? Seven. And Debbie, seven? Marines. Mike? Sandia. Very good. Any more sevens there, Susie? Didn't think you could get better than a Sandia Marine. Richard? But we have. What have you got? Sandia Marine in marinade, perhaps? Marinades for nine. Excellent. Oh, well done.
20:32Thank you. Marinades. Susie? Marinades, yep. Excellent. Otherwise, back to seven. Seminar. Sardine.
20:42Now, we'll stick with that. Richard Arnold and his marinades. Third, he plays 61. Mike on 61. And it's a numbers game for you, Mike.
20:50Two from the top this time, please.
20:53You can indeed. Mixing it up. We've got two large and four little. Thank you, Mike.
20:57And these four little ones are four, four, five, nine, and the large two, one hundred and seventy-five.
21:06And the target, seven hundred and twenty-four.
21:08Seven, two, four.
21:09Seven, four, five, seven, one hundred and thirty-four.
21:22Five, seven, thirty-four.
21:30Five, seven, thirty-four.
21:33Five, seven, ten.
21:35Five, three, six.
21:35Six, six, link.
21:36Six, seven, five, six.
21:37Five, six, seven, seven, one hundred and ninety-five.
21:38Four, one, ten.
21:39Yes, Mike. 724. And Debbie. 725. 725. Mike, let's try you. 75 plus 5 is 80 times 9. 720. 724. Well done.
21:56Well done. Well done, Mike. Well done. Let's have a tea time teaser, shall we?
22:01It's spent cube. And the clue. He spent all his time with his Rubik's cube when he was 13. He spent all his time with his Rubik's cube when he was 13.
22:13Welcome back. I left you with the clue. He spent all his time with his Rubik's cube when he was 13.
22:35That's when he was pubescent. Pubescent is the answer to that.
22:3971 plays 30. Mike on 71. Debbie, your letters came.
22:44Can I have a consonant, please? Thank you, Debbie. C. And a vowel.
22:51O. Consonant. L. Consonant. H. Vowel. E. Another consonant, please. N. Vowel.
23:06I. I. Consonant. T. And a vowel, please. And a final E.
23:18Stand by.
23:18Stand by.
23:19Stand by.
23:20Stand by.
23:21Stand by.
23:22Stand by.
23:23Stand by.
23:24Stand by.
23:25Stand by.
23:26Stand by.
23:27Stand by.
23:28Stand by.
23:29Stand by.
23:30Stand by.
23:31Stand by.
23:32Stand by.
23:33Stand by.
23:34Stand by.
23:35Stand by.
23:36Stand by.
23:37Stand by.
23:38Stand by.
23:39Stand by.
23:40Stand by.
23:41Stand by.
23:42Stand by.
23:43Stand by.
23:44Stand by.
23:45Stand by.
23:46Stand by.
23:47Yes, Debbie?
23:51Er, six.
23:52Mike?
23:53Eight.
23:54Eight?
23:54Debbie?
23:55Client.
23:57Now, Mike, election.
23:59Yep, well spotted.
24:00Election, well done.
24:03Well played, well played.
24:05Richard?
24:06Echelon.
24:06Echelon, indeed.
24:08Yes, you're stagously wrong on the ladder.
24:10The higher echelons, yes, Susie?
24:13And there's helicon as well, a large spiral-based tuber that rests on the player's shoulder.
24:20OK.
24:20Where does echelon come from?
24:22It's French for ladder.
24:24Echelle is the ladder and echelon is related to that.
24:28Interesting.
24:29Thank you for that.
24:2979 to 30.
24:31Mike, your letters game.
24:33Can I have a consonant, please?
24:34Thank you, Mike.
24:35K?
24:35And a vowel.
24:37U?
24:38A consonant.
24:40C?
24:42And another, please.
24:44L?
24:45A vowel.
24:47E?
24:48A consonant.
24:50T?
24:52Another one.
24:55N?
24:56A vowel.
24:59I?
25:01And another vowel, please.
25:04And lastly, O.
25:06Countdown.
25:06agarbide.%
25:15I?
25:15Anymore Shakespeare?
25:17I?
25:17I?
25:18Bye.
25:18I?
25:19I?
25:20Bye.
25:20Bye.
25:20This is yourited.
25:21Bye.
25:25Coastline.%
25:26Everything. 보시면 birdie.
25:26Bye.
25:27Bye.
25:28Bye.
25:33Bye.
25:33Bye.
25:33Bye.
25:33Bye.
25:34Bye.
25:35Bye.
25:35Bye.
25:35Well, Mike?
25:38Seven.
25:39Debbie?
25:40Six.
25:41And your six is?
25:43Tickle.
25:44Tickle.
25:45That's nice.
25:46Now then, Mike, outline.
25:48Susie?
25:49Outline, very good.
25:51Yes.
25:52Now, Richard and Susie, what have you dredged up there?
25:55Election for seven?
25:58Election, yes, without the very old word for the reading of a text found in a particular edition of a book.
26:04Election.
26:04Thanks for that.
26:05Anything else, Susie?
26:06No, that was our best for seven.
26:07Okay.
26:08Now, Susie, without pausing, it's your origins of words.
26:14What have you for us today?
26:15I have an idiom that is perhaps very obvious, but the story behind it I find is quite interesting,
26:21and that's pecking order, talking about echelons, where you are in the rung of an organisation or where you are in status,
26:29and it's very similar to the idea of a pecking order.
26:32So it's your social hierarchy, if you like.
26:34And it actually goes back to a real test that was done by a Norwegian zoologist.
26:41He was called Thorleaf Selderup Eber.
26:44And in the 1920s, he decided to make scientific observations of flocks of hens, and he observed very closely this sort of ranking organisation, really, within the flock,
26:55and it was all expressed through pecking relationships.
26:59So one hen might peck another of lower status and then allow himself or itself to be pecked in turn by somebody who was seen as higher up.
27:08The whole motivation behind this literal pecking order in the flock of hens was who had first feeding rights.
27:16So fairly simple, you might think.
27:17Now, Sherlock Eber took a German word, actually, for the explanation of this phenomenon.
27:23He called it a hucklister, which was literally a pecking list.
27:27But we took that over into English as pecking order.
27:30And then, of course, we transferred it far beyond hens to human interactions, and it's stayed there ever since.
27:36But speaking of hens, there's another idiom that is really baffling for us these days,
27:39but made a lot of sense in the 18th century when it came about.
27:42And that's don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
27:45It seems very odd.
27:45Don't offer advice to those who are older and more experienced.
27:50And it simply goes back, 1707 is the first record, to when people genuinely did.
27:55In order to eat their eggs, they would pierce a hole either end and suck out the contents through each side.
28:00We'd never do that these days.
28:02But grandmothers certainly needed no instruction on how to do that.
28:05There were lots and lots of different expressions in a similar mould,
28:08one of which, very puzzlingly, and I won't go too much into this,
28:11is don't teach your granny how to grope her goose.
28:1518th century, that one.
28:17So I'll leave that one with you.
28:18I think it's all about handling your geese, et cetera.
28:20I'm sure.
28:21Rather than groping.
28:22But teaching your grandmother to suck eggs made every sense in the olden days.
28:27Not so much to us these days.
28:28Thank you so much.
28:29Well done.
28:3586 to 30.
28:36Mike on 86.
28:37Well done.
28:37Debbie, it's your letters game.
28:40Can I have a consonant, please?
28:41Thank you, Debbie.
28:42T.
28:43And a vowel, please.
28:46A.
28:46And a consonant.
28:49M.
28:50And a vowel.
28:52E.
28:53And a consonant.
28:55B.
28:55And another consonant.
28:58T.
28:58And a vowel.
29:01A.
29:02And another consonant, please.
29:06D.
29:08And a vowel.
29:09And lastly, I.
29:12Stand by.
29:13T.
29:23T.
29:25T.
29:25And a vowel.
29:26T.
29:27Hot.
29:27And a vowel.
29:29And a vowel.
29:29And a vowel.
29:34And like these.
29:34T.
29:35And a vowel.
29:36Well, Debbie?
29:46Six.
29:47A six for Debbie.
29:48Mike?
29:49Six.
29:50Debbie?
29:50Matted.
29:54And matted as well.
29:56No.
29:57Richard and Susie?
29:59Baited for six.
30:01Yeah?
30:02A batted, yes.
30:03Could get beyond the six.
30:05Sorry about that.
30:06It'll do.
30:06Thank you very much.
30:07Ninety-two.
30:08Well done, Mike.
30:09That's a terrific score.
30:10And it's your letters game now.
30:12Final one.
30:13Mike.
30:13Can I have a consonant, please?
30:15Thank you, Mike.
30:16J.
30:17And another one.
30:19G.
30:21A vowel, please.
30:22U.
30:23And another.
30:25A.
30:27A consonant.
30:29W.
30:29And another one.
30:33R.
30:33A vowel.
30:37I.
30:37A consonant.
30:41L.
30:43And a vowel, please.
30:45And finally, E.
30:48Countdown.
30:48A vowel.
30:50A vowel.
30:50A vowel.
30:51A vowel.
30:51A vowel.
30:51A vowel.
30:52A vowel.
30:52A vowel.
30:52A vowel.
30:53A vowel.
30:53A vowel.
30:54A vowel.
30:54A vowel.
30:54A vowel.
30:54A vowel.
30:54A vowel.
30:54A vowel.
30:55A vowel.
30:55A vowel.
30:55A vowel.
30:55A vowel.
30:56A vowel.
30:56A vowel.
30:56A vowel.
30:56A vowel.
30:57A vowel.
30:57A vowel.
30:58A vowel.
30:58A vowel.
30:58A vowel.
30:59A vowel.
31:00A vowel.
31:00A vowel.
31:02A vowel.
31:02A vowel.
31:02A vowel.
31:03A vowel.
31:03A vowel.
31:04A vowel.
31:04A vowel.
31:05A vowel.
31:06A vowel.
31:06A vowel.
31:06A vowel.
31:07Well, Mike?
31:19Six.
31:20Debbie?
31:21Six.
31:22Mike?
31:23Uglier.
31:24Uglier.
31:24Debbie?
31:25Jailor.
31:26And Jailor?
31:28Yes, absolutely fine, baby.
31:29That's good enough, isn't it?
31:30Any more sixes there, Richard?
31:31Uglier.
31:32That was awesome.
31:32That's it.
31:33Susie?
31:33Yeah, then down to rejig for five.
31:3798-42 into the final numbers game.
31:41Yes, Debbie?
31:41Could I have one large one, please, and five small?
31:45Thank you, Debbie.
31:46Finish the day with the one from the top, and these five small.
31:50Seven, eight, five, ten, and four.
31:54And a large, 100.
31:57And the target, 991.
31:59Nine, nine, one.
32:06Nine, nine, one.
32:33Thanks, Mike.
32:34Nine, nine, one.
32:35Now, Debbie.
32:37100 times 10.
32:381,000.
32:40And four plus five is nine.
32:41It is.
32:42Simple as that.
32:43Thanks, Mike.
32:45Same way.
32:46Why not?
32:48All right.
32:48So, 108 plays 52.
32:51Strong performance from Mike there as we go into the final round.
32:56Fingers on buzzers.
32:57Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:59Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:10Debbie.
33:11Is it Travelled?
33:12Let's have a look.
33:13Travelled.
33:15Well done.
33:17Yeah, well done.
33:19It's always for Cherry Conundrum, so well done for that.
33:23Thank you very much.
33:23Excellent stuff.
33:24We shall see our four times winner tomorrow, Mike, so well done on that.
33:30But Debbie, you played very well.
33:31And you got the conundrum, which is the important thing, I think.
33:35So, well done.
33:36Take this goodie bag back to Stafford with our very best wishes.
33:40Thank you very much.
33:40And thank you so much for coming.
33:42Thank you very much.
33:42Had a great day.
33:44I'm pleased you did.
33:45I'm pleased you did.
33:46And Mike?
33:46He's played really well.
33:47He's a good player, isn't he?
33:48Yeah, very good.
33:49We'll see you tomorrow?
33:50Yes.
33:51Well done.
33:52And Richard, join us tomorrow, please.
33:55Just send a car, Nick.
33:56I'll be there.
33:57Well done.
33:58And Susie, too, of course.
33:59We'll see you tomorrow.
34:00Rachel?
34:01See you tomorrow, Nick.
34:01We've got a player here, you know.
34:03Yeah.
34:03He's good.
34:04He's very good.
34:04I've had nothing to do for ages now.
34:07No.
34:08Absolutely nothing.
34:09Have a word with that spinning number thing and get some difficult ones.
34:13Yeah, I know.
34:13Tell me about it.
34:14See you tomorrow.
34:15See you then.
34:16Join us then.
34:16Same time, same place.
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