Countdown | Monday 4th July 2016 | Episode 6390
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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:05APPLAUSE
00:31Good afternoon and welcome to Countdown Studio.
00:33Now, we all want to be healthy,
00:35but the big thing is how do we keep our brain healthy?
00:38Something that's been exercising what's left of my brain, Rachel,
00:41for quite a long time.
00:42Apparently, according to recent research,
00:44there are a number of things that we can do.
00:46Any exercise, even regular walking, it says in this report,
00:49can help grow more brain cells.
00:53They're responsible, of course, for memory.
00:55Eating purple foods, apparently.
00:57Terribly good because apparently they induce more oxygen into the brain.
01:00So perhaps the best way is to learn new skills.
01:04And I've only done it once in my life.
01:06It was back in March and I was very proud of myself.
01:09I cut a hedge.
01:11So that was physical exercise and also mental exercise
01:13because I had to have very, very straight lines.
01:16And the beloved said,
01:18that's absolutely marvellous, what a beautiful job you've done.
01:22I said, well, thank you.
01:23So you're a good bush trimmer?
01:26And then she said, but you're a fool.
01:29Everybody knows you should never cut box before Derby Day.
01:33So there we are.
01:35So there we are.
01:37Got me to thinking that was my new skill.
01:39What about you? Have you learnt anything?
01:41How's your Russian coming on? Can you get your tongue around it yet?
01:48Да, спасибо.
01:50What does that mean?
01:51Yeah, no, it's good, it's good. I'm really enjoying it.
01:53It's coming on.
01:54I learnt a new word and I kind of,
01:56I have to have techniques to remember things
01:58before they're kind of ingrained.
02:00So there's a word, художник.
02:02And I think of who dodges Nick.
02:04And it's artists, so I've got this mental image of artists
02:07running all the way past you and all various things.
02:09But you can converse now, not obviously with Pasha,
02:12but with his friends and so forth. You can hold a conversation.
02:14Yeah, yeah, we had a conversation.
02:15It was interesting, the first year I met them, I didn't know a word.
02:18The second year I could say things, but it's no box trimming.
02:24I look forward to doing it next year again.
02:27Now, who have we got with us?
02:28We've got Andrew Fenton, our reigning champion,
02:30won all his games last week, well done, enjoys playing golf.
02:33What's your handicap there, Andrew?
02:35My clubs, pretty much.
02:37Do you have a number that you might be able to put together?
02:3920.
02:4020?
02:41Yes.
02:42OK, all right.
02:43I don't play as often as I'd like to, but I get by.
02:45Well done, all right.
02:46You're joined today by Matt Whelan,
02:48a retail assistant from Taunton in Somerset,
02:50loves his football, plays for three football teams.
02:52The research department has dug deep,
02:54and they tell me that you can name every country in the world
02:57and identify its nation or, indeed, its national flag.
03:01Very good.
03:03Tell us about the Uzbekistan national flag, for instance.
03:07I think that's green and blue, and it's got a white star,
03:11and it's got a triangle on the end of it, it joins in the middle.
03:14Pretty sure that's Uzbekistan.
03:16I've no idea.
03:17LAUGHTER
03:20Let's have a big round of applause for Matt and Andrew.
03:23APPLAUSE
03:25Matt and Andrew.
03:27And over in the corner, Susie, of course.
03:30And in all the years that Countdown's been running,
03:33this indeed is a special day, a blessed day,
03:36because today we are joined by the wonderful Alison Stedman.
03:40And all we need is actress.
03:42APPLAUSE
03:45It's a real pleasure to have you here.
03:47Pleasure to be here.
03:48We'll talk to you a little bit later,
03:50but now we're going to ask Andrew to take us away on a merry jig.
03:54Or even a letters game, if you want.
03:56All right, then.
03:57OK. Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:59Afternoon, Andrew.
04:00Can I start with a consonant, please?
04:02Thank you. Start the week with S.
04:04And another, please.
04:06D
04:07And another.
04:09W
04:11And a vowel.
04:13A
04:14And a vowel.
04:16E
04:17And a vowel.
04:19I
04:20And a consonant.
04:22L
04:23Consonant.
04:25R
04:27And a consonant, please.
04:29And the last one.
04:30H
04:31And here's the Countdown clock.
04:33CLOCK TICKS
04:48CLOCK TICKS
05:05Andrew?
05:06Seven.
05:07A seven. Matt?
05:08Seven also.
05:09Andrew?
05:10Swirled.
05:11Swirled.
05:12Matt?
05:13Derails.
05:14Thank you.
05:15Very good start.
05:16Very good.
05:17And what has the corner got for us?
05:19Alison and Susie?
05:20Well, we've got whalers.
05:23Yes.
05:24And we've got heralds.
05:26Both seven letters.
05:28Very good.
05:29Heralds.
05:30Yeah.
05:31Lovely.
05:32Thank you. Seven apiece.
05:33And Matt. Letters game, Matt.
05:35Good afternoon, Rachel.
05:36Afternoon, Matt.
05:37Can I have a consonant, please?
05:38Thank you. Start with...
05:40N
05:41And another.
05:43F
05:44And another.
05:46M
05:47And a vowel.
05:49A
05:50And a consonant.
05:53T
05:54And a vowel.
05:56E
05:57And a consonant.
05:59B
06:00And a vowel.
06:02A
06:03And another vowel, please.
06:05And the last one.
06:06I
06:07Stand by.
06:14MUSIC PLAYS
06:40Matt.
06:41Five.
06:42A five.
06:43Andrew.
06:44A seven.
06:45Matt.
06:46A bait.
06:47A bait.
06:48And?
06:49Ambient.
06:50Yes.
06:51Ambient.
06:52Very good.
06:53Ambient.
06:54Can we match it, I wonder?
06:56Well, yes, we had ambient and we've also got animate.
07:00Very good.
07:01Animate.
07:02Susie, anything else?
07:03No, that was it. We're stuck on the sevens.
07:05Good enough. Good enough.
07:0614 plays, Matt, seven.
07:08And we move now to the numbers.
07:10Andrew.
07:11Two from the base, two from the top and four from anywhere else.
07:14Thank you, Andrew.
07:15Thank you very much.
07:16Two large, four little.
07:17And the first one of the week is ten, seven, six, one,
07:22and the large one, 75 and 25.
07:25And the target, 871.
07:28871.
07:41THEY CONFER
08:00Andrew.
08:01870.
08:02Yes, Matt.
08:03No, nowhere near.
08:05No? Let's hear from Andrew then, one away.
08:0775 plus seven.
08:10Minus six.
08:1188.
08:12Minus one.
08:1387.
08:14Times ten.
08:15Times ten, one away.
08:17Very good, but not quite there, was it?
08:19Where's that missing one, Rachel?
08:21Well, if you say 25 plus 75 minus seven minus six is 87,
08:28and then you can times it by ten, 870, and add the one.
08:32So neat. Well done, Rachel.
08:34Well done.
08:3621 plays seven, Matt on seven,
08:39as we turn to our first Tea Time teaser, which is Beth Girl.
08:42And the clue...
08:43Beth is a lovely girl, but her husband definitely wasn't.
08:47Beth was a lovely girl, but her husband definitely wasn't.
09:01APPLAUSE
09:07A warm welcome back. I left you with the clue.
09:10Beth was a lovely girl, but her husband definitely wasn't,
09:13because he was a blighter.
09:15Blighter.
09:16Where did that come from? Because he blighted their love.
09:19Where did blighter come from?
09:20Yeah, well, blight, we don't know the exact origin of it,
09:23but it originally meant an inflammation of the skin,
09:25so never anything particularly nice.
09:27And a blighter was somebody who originally was really irritating
09:30in the same way, so somebody who really rubbed you up the wrong way.
09:33Scratch, scratch.
09:34Yeah.
09:35There we go. We're going to spend too much time on it.
09:3721 plays seven, Andrew on 21, and it's Matt's letters game.
09:41Matt.
09:42Grab a consonant, please.
09:43Thank you, Matt.
09:45G.
09:46And another.
09:49D.
09:50And another.
09:52M.
09:53And a vowel, please.
09:55I.
09:56And a consonant.
09:58T.
09:59And a vowel.
10:01E.
10:02And a consonant.
10:03T.
10:04And a vowel.
10:07A.
10:08And a consonant, please.
10:09And the last one.
10:11F.
10:12Stand by.
10:33MUSIC PLAYS
10:45Matt.
10:46A six.
10:47A six. Andrew.
10:49I'll stick with a safe six.
10:51Matt.
10:52Imaged.
10:53Another, Mr Fenton.
10:54Fidget.
10:55Fidget.
10:56Fidget.
10:57What did you sort of toy with?
10:58Fattied.
11:00I don't think we will find that there.
11:02Right decision, Andrew, not there.
11:04Good.
11:05What is there, Alison?
11:07Well, we got fidget, six, and we also got matted.
11:11M-A-T-T-E-D, matted.
11:13Thank you.
11:1427 plays 13, Andrew.
11:17Start with a consonant, please.
11:19Thank you, Andrew.
11:20G.
11:21And a vowel.
11:23U.
11:24Consonant.
11:26S.
11:28Vowel.
11:29O.
11:30Consonant, please.
11:32Z.
11:33And a better one.
11:35B.
11:36Vowel.
11:39I.
11:40Consonant.
11:42M.
11:43And a final consonant, please.
11:45And a final T.
11:48Countdown.
11:49MUSIC PLAYS
11:59MUSIC CONTINUES
12:22Andrew, slightly risky six.
12:25Matt.
12:26Erm, safe five.
12:28And what would that be?
12:29O-bits.
12:30O-bits.
12:32Yes, Andrew?
12:33Er, gizmos.
12:34G-I-Z-M-O-S.
12:36Yes, they're in the dictionary. Gadgets.
12:38So when you can't recall the name of a gadget,
12:40bit like thingamabob, you call them a gizmo.
12:42A gizmo.
12:43Yes.
12:44All right.
12:45What could we, er...
12:46What did we discover, Alison and Susie?
12:48Alison?
12:49Er, submit.
12:50Yes.
12:51And what's this, gum?
12:52Gumbos.
12:53Gumbos.
12:54Yes, gumbo is, er, in Cajun cooking,
12:56really delicious, er, thick soups,
12:58often with okra or seafood, er, chicken,
13:01that kind of stuff, erm, with rice.
13:03Very delicious.
13:04Ooh, jumbo gumbo. Lovely.
13:0633 plays 13.
13:08And, Matt, it's your numbers game.
13:10OK, one from the top, please, Rachel.
13:12Thank you, Matt.
13:13One large and five little ones.
13:15And this time around,
13:16your little ones are six,
13:18three,
13:20nine,
13:21two,
13:22and five,
13:23and the big one, 50.
13:25And the target, 610.
13:27610.
13:56Yeah.
13:58Thank you, Matt.
13:59Er, 610.
14:00610 indeed, Andrew.
14:02610.
14:03All right, Matt.
14:04Erm, nine plus three is 12.
14:06Yep.
14:07Times 50 for 600.
14:08600.
14:09Two times five is 10.
14:10It is indeed.
14:11And add on to 600.
14:12Lovely.
14:13Andrew?
14:14Exactly the same way.
14:15There we go.
14:16Yep.
14:17OK.
14:18Right, well done.
14:19APPLAUSE
14:20So, 43 plays Matt's 23.
14:24As we turn to Alison Stedman.
14:27Alison, a Liverpool girl.
14:30And, er, when a certain Fab Four began to be noticed,
14:34what happened?
14:35Well, I was growing up in Liverpool in the 60s.
14:39I mean, it was an amazing time, you can imagine.
14:42It was exciting, new things were happening,
14:45and suddenly we heard about this place called The Cavern.
14:48And my mother heard about The Cavern,
14:52this underground club which was dark
14:55and nobody knew anything about it.
14:58And she said to me,
14:59if I hear you've been down to that cavern,
15:02there will be trouble.
15:04And I used to say, Mum, we're not going to the cavern,
15:07we're going shopping.
15:08And we used to go into town.
15:10We used to go to lunchtime sessions,
15:12never in the evening, cos I wasn't allowed out.
15:14And I was only just 16.
15:16But it was so exciting, so we went down to The Cavern,
15:19lunchtime sessions, and the Beatles were playing.
15:23And I'm not just saying this, but they were amazing.
15:26Even then, they weren't famous, nobody knew,
15:28they were a Liverpool band.
15:30It was so exciting, we were thrilled to bits.
15:33We followed them down the street after the session.
15:36We wanted their autograph.
15:38We followed them into the post office in town,
15:42and they were filling in some forms, I suspect,
15:45to get their passports to go to Germany,
15:47because it was just before they became very famous.
15:51And I went up to Paul and I said,
15:53please, please, can I have your autograph?
15:55And he said, oh, sure, love, yeah.
15:57What's your name?
15:58So I said, Alison.
16:00And he just put, to Alison, love from Paul,
16:02and handed it back.
16:04And then he said, hang on a minute, give us that back.
16:07So he took it back, and he put Beatles in brackets underneath.
16:11He didn't put McCartney, he was so unused to signing autographs.
16:14Handed it me back.
16:16And I said, I thought I'd better put the Beatles,
16:18because in the future, somebody's going to look at that and say,
16:21who the hell's Paul?
16:25What a good story.
16:27What a good story.
16:29Brilliant.
16:31But just very quickly, John Lennon was sitting writing,
16:34and I said, oh, can I have his autograph too?
16:37And he said, hey, sign this for the girl.
16:39And John didn't even look up, he just took his pen
16:42and went John Lennon, and handed it like that.
16:44And Paul said to me, I'll take no notice, he's always like that.
16:49Very good.
16:51Because I've seen the photographs,
16:53there's a queue outside the Cabinet at lunchtime,
16:55and Cilla Black was probably in the check-in.
16:58Yes, yes, yes.
17:00Fantastic.
17:02And it was all kind of, you know, there was no alcohol,
17:04it was just coffee, and it was just the most amazing time in my life.
17:08Absolutely.
17:10It's a great place. Great stuff.
17:12Now, let's get back to the tough old business of Countdown here.
17:16Andrew, it's a letters game.
17:18A consonant, please. Thank you, Andrew.
17:20R
17:22And a vowel.
17:24A
17:26Consonant.
17:28S
17:30And a vowel.
17:32E
17:34Consonant.
17:36N
17:38Consonant.
17:40R
17:42A vowel.
17:44A
17:46And a consonant to finish, please.
17:48And lastly, Y.
17:50Stand by.
18:10MUSIC PLAYS
18:20Well, Andrew?
18:22Six.
18:24And Matt? Risky seven.
18:26Andrew?
18:28Aries.
18:30A-R-R-A-Y-S.
18:32Thank you, Matt. Snarers?
18:34Well, Risks is in, yes. Excellent.
18:36Very, very good.
18:38Let's turn to the corner and see what we've got over there.
18:40Alison and Susie?
18:42Well, we've got a raise. Yes.
18:44But also yearns.
18:46It's a good word, isn't it? It is a good word.
18:48It sounds like it, too. It does.
18:50Such a yearning. Yeah.
18:52I was just looking at snare as well,
18:54because we were well beaten there.
18:56But snare is from a Viking word,
18:58but it related to a harp string,
19:00so the first snare was a harp string.
19:02That idea of a wire, for example, came later.
19:04Thank you very much, Susie.
19:06Now, then, Matt, it's your letters game.
19:08Can I have a consonant, please?
19:10Thank you, Matt.
19:12T. And another?
19:14R.
19:16And another?
19:18T. And a vowel?
19:20U.
19:22And a consonant?
19:24X.
19:26And a vowel?
19:28I. And a consonant?
19:30P.
19:32And a vowel?
19:34E.
19:36And a consonant, please?
19:38And lastly, C.
19:40Stand by.
20:04CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS
20:10Well, Matt?
20:12A six. A six. Andrew?
20:14Eight. Right.
20:16Matt?
20:18Priced. And Andrew?
20:20Pictured. Pictured.
20:22Well done. Well done.
20:24APPLAUSE
20:26A good age.
20:28Can the corner match, I wonder?
20:30Well, we got pictured. Yes.
20:32So, depict.
20:34To depict something.
20:36All right. 51 plays 30.
20:38And it's numbers for Andrew.
20:40Andrew Fenton. Old faithful, please.
20:42Thank you.
20:44Thank you, Andrew. Two large, four little.
20:46And this time the four little ones are
20:48ten, nine,
20:50eight and five.
20:52And a large one's 75 and 50.
20:54And the target?
20:56571.
20:58571.
21:00CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS
21:02CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS
21:28Yes, Andrew?
21:30571.
21:32And Matt? 571.
21:34Thank you, Andrew.
21:36Ten times 50 is 500.
21:38Yep. Plus 75.
21:40575.
21:42Nine minus five is four.
21:44It is indeed. Take it away. Well done. 571.
21:46Matt?
21:4850 times ten is 500. Yep.
21:5075 take five is 70.
21:52So, yeah, 75 minus...
21:54And then nine take eight is one.
21:56For the 71.
21:58Lovely. Well done. OK.
22:00APPLAUSE
22:04So, 61 plays 40.
22:06Andrew in the lead as we turn to our second tea time teaser,
22:08which is RTH.
22:10And the clue,
22:12very talkative about noisy teeth, perhaps.
22:14Very talkative about noisy teeth, perhaps.
22:18CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS
22:20APPLAUSE
22:34Welcome back. I left with the clue,
22:36very talkative about noisy teeth, perhaps.
22:38And the answer is...
22:40Chattery. Chattery.
22:42Now, 61 to Matt's 40.
22:44Andrew in the lead. Matt, what are we going to do about this?
22:47Thank you, Matt.
22:49N. And another.
22:51G.
22:53And a third.
22:55N. And a consonant.
22:57S.
22:59And a vowel.
23:01A. And another.
23:03O. And a consonant.
23:05T.
23:07And a vowel.
23:09O.
23:11And another vowel, please.
23:13And lastly, I.
23:15Tongue tongue.
23:17CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS
23:46Matt? Seven.
23:48A seven, Andrew? And seven for me.
23:50Matt? Stoning.
23:52Thank you.
23:54Stoning also. There we go.
23:56Yeah.
23:58Can we match or beat it, I wonder? What does the corner say?
24:01Um, anoints. Yes.
24:03Seven. And nations.
24:05Nations. Very good.
24:07Susie, anything else?
24:09One more seven. Agonist.
24:11Which meant, in old Greek and classical plays, a protagonist.
24:15It was the same thing.
24:17Um, all related to agony,
24:19which was the display of mental anguish and suffering.
24:22Right. Thank you for that.
24:24You're welcome.
24:26Thank you. 68 plays 47.
24:28And, Andrew, let us go.
24:30Consonant, please. Thank you, Andrew.
24:32L. And another one, please.
24:35R.
24:37And another.
24:39N.
24:41And a vowel.
24:43O.
24:45A vowel.
24:47A. Vowel.
24:49I.
24:51Consonant.
24:53S.
24:55Consonant.
24:57P.
24:59And a vowel.
25:01And, lastly, E.
25:03Stand by.
25:05ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
25:31Andrew? Eight.
25:33An eight. Matt? Eight as well.
25:35Yes, Andrew? Ailerons.
25:37Ailerons, our old friend. Matt?
25:39Personal.
25:41Thank you. Very good, yes, excellent.
25:43Very good.
25:49Anything else?
25:51Well, we got personal and also polarised.
25:53Very good. Yes, polarised opinions.
25:55Thank you. 76 to 55.
25:58And now, now, Alison, we're in for a treat.
26:01Because it's time for Susie's origins of words.
26:04It's a delight. Right.
26:06Enjoy. I will.
26:08Well, I had a nice email from Mrs Audrey Jones,
26:12who's a regular viewer,
26:14who asked about the origin of three sheets to the wind.
26:18Why, when we're drunk, do we say we're three sheets to the wind?
26:21No surprises. It's born on the high seas.
26:24It was born on the high seas, so it has a nautical origin.
26:27And it's really suggesting that the drinker is top-heavy
26:31from having imbibed a little too much.
26:33It harks back to the days of sailing ships
26:35when it was the rope or the chain attached to the lower corners of a sail
26:39and it was used to alter its direction.
26:41So, as I say, the idea is that there was just too many sails at the top
26:45and hence you'd been drinking too much.
26:47But it's interesting because almost from its earliest use,
26:51the number three was often cited
26:54as the sort of level of drunkenness, if you like.
26:57It was used in lots of expressions about just how drunk you were.
27:01So a three-martini lunch, which sounds absolutely wonderful,
27:04was an incredibly rich and lavish lunch.
27:06It was one that you would probably toss away from rather than stride off.
27:10So it's a bit surprising when you think about one over the eight,
27:13because eight was a bit of an anomaly
27:15when it comes to numbers in drunkenness.
27:17But the idea was that there was a presumption, really,
27:21that the average moderate man could safely drink eight glasses of beer,
27:26which suggests, of course,
27:28that people could actually drink a lot in the olden days without getting drunk.
27:33But, in fact, it goes back to beer that was very, very much watered down,
27:37small beer, as it was called.
27:39It was even offered to children, much safer than drinking water in those days,
27:43and ale was the drink of choice.
27:45So if you had more than eight glasses of beer,
27:48you would definitely be one over the eight
27:50and you would have had a little bit too much.
27:52But that's probably my favourite one,
27:54the idea that drinking eight glasses would actually leave you in perfect condition.
27:58But, yes, go back to three sheets to the wind,
28:00born on the high seas and has remained there ever since.
28:03Excellent stuff. Well done.
28:05Thank you.
28:07Thanks, Susie.
28:09Well done.
28:11Now, what shall we do? Matt, how about a letters game?
28:13Yeah. Consonant, please, Rachel.
28:15Thank you, Matt.
28:17N
28:18Another.
28:20N
28:21And a third.
28:23D
28:24And a vowel.
28:26U
28:27And a consonant.
28:29S
28:30And a vowel.
28:32O
28:33A consonant.
28:35V
28:37A vowel.
28:39A
28:41And a consonant, please.
28:43And, lastly, D.
28:45Stand by.
28:48MUSIC
28:50MUSIC CONTINUES
29:17Matt. Seven.
29:19Andrew. Just five on that one.
29:21A five. Yep.
29:23And that five? Sound.
29:25Yes, Matt. Astound.
29:27Well done. Excellent. Astound. Well done.
29:29Very good. Well done.
29:31And in the corner, Alison.
29:33Well, that was it. Astound. Astound.
29:35We're all astounded. Yeah.
29:37I think Andrew's kicking himself slightly.
29:39Yep. Never mind. 76 x 62.
29:42You've got a bit of a cushion there
29:44as we turn back to you for the final letters game. Andrew.
29:47Consonant, please. Thank you, Andrew.
29:49R
29:51Consonant.
29:53W
29:54Consonant.
29:55S
29:56And vowel.
29:58U
29:59Vowel.
30:00I
30:01And vowel.
30:03U
30:05Consonant.
30:07H
30:08Consonant.
30:11G
30:12And consonant.
30:14And, lastly, R.
30:16And here's the Countdown Clock.
30:47Andrew.
30:49Five not written down.
30:51Mm-hm. Matt.
30:52Five as well.
30:54Andrew.
30:55Gurus.
30:56Gurus. Gurus.
30:58Matt.
30:59Wheres.
31:00W-H-I-R-S.
31:02Yes. It's absolutely fine.
31:04You might kick yourself cos you can actually have two Rs in there.
31:06Well, I had it written down, but I wasn't sure if that was all right.
31:08No, you can. It can be either, which will give you a six.
31:11But both absolutely fine. Well done. All right.
31:13And in the corner, Alison.
31:15Yep, wheres. Yes, with two Rs.
31:18Well done. Sorry to say.
31:20Well done. And, Susie, anything else?
31:22That was our best. It was a really tough one.
31:24Wherring around. Well done.
31:2681 plays 67. Final Numbers Game. Matt.
31:29Thank you. Can I have one from the top again, please?
31:31Just the one, not going to gamble?
31:33Just the one, please. One large, five little, always after ours.
31:36Thank you, Matt.
31:37The final one of the day is...
31:40..five, seven, one, four, ten,
31:45and the large one, 50.
31:47And the target, 365.
31:50365.
32:09MUSIC PLAYS
32:23Yes, Matt? 365.
32:25And Andrew, too. 365.
32:27Thank you, Matt.
32:2850 x 7.
32:3050 x 7, 350.
32:32And add the ten, the four and the one. Yep.
32:34365. Nice and straightforward. Andrew.
32:36The same, just added the five at the end instead of the four and the one.
32:39Lovely. There we go. All right.
32:44So, the score's down to 91-77.
32:46Andrew on 91. We turn to the final round.
32:49Gentlemen, you know the way it's done.
32:51Fingers on buzzers. Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:00Andrew. Unpopular.
33:03Unpopular. Let's see whether you're right.
33:05You're so good at this. Well done.
33:07101.
33:11Well done, Andrew Fenton. 101.
33:13And that's...
33:15..six under your belt, then.
33:17Good performance. I'll come back to you in a second.
33:19Matt, bad luck.
33:21You came up against a tremendous player, actually.
33:23You did very well. 77's a good score.
33:25Respectable. Very respectable.
33:27Back to taunting with you. What a lovely part of the world, too.
33:29Very peaceful, yeah. Fantastic.
33:31Fantastic. And good luck with all the football.
33:33Thank you very much.
33:35And your flag-collecting, too. Can't wait for that.
33:37Take this goodie bag with you. Brilliant.
33:39Have a good journey home. Thank you very much.
33:41Thank you for coming. And we shall see Andrew tomorrow when he's...
33:44..after number seven. Wow.
33:46Nice to break through your figures. Nearly there.
33:48Be careful, Andrew. I'll do my best.
33:50Be careful. See you tomorrow.
33:52We shall see the corner tomorrow, too, of course.
33:54Alison, will you join us again tomorrow, please?
33:56I will. All right. And Susie, too, of course.
33:58See you then. See you both then.
34:00So, Andrew's doing strongly, isn't he? Doing well?
34:02Doing very well. Nerves of steel and good maths as well.
34:04I'm not having much to do. He's been...
34:06Go home. I'm getting bored. I want some maths to do.
34:08LAUGHTER
34:10Throughout his reign, he's...
34:12That's his strong suit, isn't it?
34:14Very solid. He's got a good poker face on him as well.
34:16Good, yeah. And good at conundrums. He's a player.
34:19See you tomorrow. See how Andrew does then.
34:21Same time, same place, you'll be sure of it.
34:23A very good afternoon.
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