Countdown | Friday 24th March 2023 | Episode 7981
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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:05APPLAUSE
00:31Hello, everybody. The last countdown of the week is here.
00:34Before the weekend officially begins,
00:36and what a week it has been, Rachel Wright.
00:39It's flatmates day today.
00:41Have you ever had any interesting flatmates?
00:43Yeah, this guy used to be on Strictly Come Dancing.
00:47They've been for a while, yeah.
00:49When I first moved to London, for two or three years,
00:52over two different flats,
00:54I actually was the flatmate of a Dictionary Corner guest.
00:59Do you want to try and work out who it was?
01:01Was it Ann Widdecombe?
01:03It was indeed, and we had a great time.
01:05Many nights setting up, discussing politics,
01:07but too many parties for me, so I had to move out.
01:10No, it was actually the science and wildlife
01:13and natural history presenter, Liz Bonnan.
01:16Oh, wow.
01:17So the Irish, you move over together,
01:19then you group together.
01:21And she kind of put up with me, you know.
01:23We were in our early 20s, but emotionally,
01:25she was sort of 15 years older than I was.
01:27But I always give her the bigger bedroom,
01:29and she tolerated me.
01:31But, yeah, I'm delighted to see how well she's doing now.
01:33Yeah, she's brilliant.
01:34She's got my dream job if I didn't have this one.
01:36Yes, right enough, yeah.
01:38I think she'd be all right at yours as well.
01:40Super clever.
01:41Yeah.
01:42Well, listen, we'll get her in to Dictionary Corner again soon,
01:45as long as there's no flatmate stories.
01:47Well, no, I think that needs to be written into her contract.
01:51We need all the gossip.
01:53Well, listen, renting out the Dictionary Corner chair this week,
01:57he's been full value for money.
01:59We'll give him a rebate.
02:00Susie Dent, alongside the punk poet John Cooper Clarke.
02:06Brilliant.
02:07Well, listen, one more day of John,
02:09but we're already trying to rebook him, that's for sure.
02:12Dave Kapelman, if you want to see another Dictionary Corner guest,
02:15you'll need your third win today.
02:18I mean, if you talk about history,
02:20John was a series winner back in 2015.
02:23Surely you must now be fancying it.
02:26Yeah, I don't know.
02:27It's a challenge.
02:28I'm getting tired.
02:29Yeah?
02:30You need a few more wins, though,
02:31before you're properly ahead of the table again, don't you?
02:33Yeah.
02:34Yeah?
02:35Target is Ruth first, who got four wins.
02:37Right, OK, so you've taken the family members down one by one.
02:41I love that.
02:42Right, you got the teapot, that was one.
02:44Ruth now, she had four wins.
02:46We'll worry after that about Thomas.
02:48Well, you're up against a Thomas.
02:50Andrew Thomas from Newport.
02:52And so often people arrive here, they have Countdown history.
02:55I know you're a super fan, my friend.
02:57And actually, your ambition is weirdly Countdown-related.
03:01I love this. Tell everyone.
03:03Oh, yes, I'd like to be sitting over there.
03:05I'd like to be a published author so that I can be famous
03:08and be a special guest on Countdown.
03:10So you want to be a published famous author,
03:14or getting invited to the red carpet
03:17or having your book serialised on Netflix.
03:20You just want to sit over there for five days.
03:22I guess that's a major motivation, yes.
03:24I think that's sensational.
03:26Dave and Andrew, good luck to both of you.
03:3115 rounds, starting with letters, Dave.
03:33Consonant, please.
03:34Thank you, Dave. Start today with N.
03:37And another consonant, please.
03:39T.
03:41And a vowel.
03:42E.
03:43And a vowel.
03:44O.
03:46Consonant.
03:47F.
03:49Vowel.
03:52A.
03:54Consonant.
03:55R.
03:57Consonant.
03:59N.
04:02And a vowel, please.
04:04A final I.
04:06And in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:09MUSIC PLAYS
04:14MUSIC CONTINUES
04:40Dave.
04:41Seven.
04:42And Andrew?
04:43Just six.
04:44The sixes?
04:45Ration.
04:46Ration.
04:47And we're at seven points for Dave.
04:48Fainter.
04:49Fainter, yes.
04:50There you go.
04:51F-A-I-N-T-E-R for seven.
04:54John, what have you got?
04:56We've got one eight.
04:57Anointer.
04:58Oh, an anointer.
04:59Mm.
05:00An anointer.
05:01You only need one eight.
05:02You only need one eight on Countdown.
05:04That would have got you the points.
05:06Anointer, wonderful.
05:07OK.
05:08Andrew, picking the letters.
05:10Hi, Rachel.
05:11A consonant, please.
05:12You can indeed.
05:13Start with D.
05:15And another.
05:17G.
05:18And a vowel.
05:20E.
05:21And another vowel.
05:23O.
05:24And another.
05:25A.
05:27And a consonant.
05:29S.
05:30And another.
05:32T.
05:33And another.
05:35B.
05:37And a final vowel, please.
05:39A final E.
05:4130 seconds.
06:10That's time, Andrew.
06:12That's seven.
06:13And Dave.
06:14Seven.
06:15Yeah.
06:16Let's do it.
06:17Andrew.
06:18Boasted.
06:19And I think the same one.
06:20Yeah, boasted.
06:21Good.
06:22The thing was, with it coming out so clearly,
06:24it gave us sort of 28 seconds to try and find something better.
06:27The three of us tried and failed.
06:29How did Dictionary Corner get on?
06:31Yes, we had boasted as well.
06:33We also had bodegas for seven.
06:35Wine shops, essentially, in Spanish-speaking countries.
06:38OK.
06:39So all sevens, though.
06:40Yes.
06:41Right.
06:42Dave, shall we have some numbers for the first time today?
06:44Two large, please, Rachel.
06:46Thank you, Dave.
06:47Two from the top row.
06:48And four not.
06:49And the first numbers of this contest are...
06:53nine, five, eight, six,
06:56and the big two, 50 and 100.
06:59And the target to reach, 445.
07:02445. Numbers up.
07:08ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
07:35445, Dave.
07:37445.
07:38Yeah, and Andrew?
07:39445.
07:40Fantastic.
07:41Right, Dave, let's have it.
07:42Nine times 50 minus five.
07:44Nothing to argue about at all.
07:46Straightforward enough.
07:47And Andrew?
07:48Yes, same here.
07:49Yeah.
07:50Well done.
07:51APPLAUSE
07:53First two-time teaser, then, is Nerd Like.
07:57Nerd Like.
07:58He was hoping to revive an old romance.
08:01He was hoping to revive an old romance.
08:04APPLAUSE
08:20Welcome back. That tea-time teaser, nice one.
08:22He was hoping to revive an old romance.
08:24Nerd Like turns to rekindle.
08:26Let's get back to the game. Andrew, letters.
08:29Can I have a vowel, please?
08:31Thank you, Andrew. A.
08:33And another?
08:35E.
08:36And a consonant?
08:38L.
08:40And another?
08:41S.
08:42And another?
08:44K.
08:45And another?
08:47T.
08:48And a vowel, please?
08:50A.
08:51And another vowel?
08:54E.
08:55And finally, a consonant, please?
08:57Finally, P.
08:59Thank you, Rachel.
09:00ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
09:04ELECTRONIC MUSIC CONTINUES
09:07ELECTRONIC MUSIC CONTINUES
09:31How many, Andrew?
09:33Just six.
09:34And Dave?
09:35Six, too.
09:36Andrew, what's your word?
09:37Plates.
09:38And your six?
09:39Plates.
09:40Plates, as well.
09:41Served it up on a plate.
09:42Dictionary corner.
09:43I know you're going to take me higher here.
09:45It's one.
09:46We've got pallets.
09:47Pallets.
09:48Good work, John Cooper, Clark and Susie Dent.
09:50Another round for us now.
09:52Dave, will you serve it up for us?
09:54Consonant, please.
09:55Thank you, Dave.
09:56H.
09:57Consonant.
09:59T.
10:00Vowel.
10:02I.
10:03Vowel, please.
10:05A.
10:06Consonant.
10:07M.
10:09Vowel.
10:11O.
10:13Consonant.
10:15S.
10:17Consonant.
10:19R.
10:20And a vowel.
10:22Lastly, A.
10:24There it is, half a minute.
10:26ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
10:35How do you get on with that, Dave?
10:57Seven.
10:58And Andrew?
10:59I think seven.
11:00You think seven.
11:01What do you think?
11:03I'm thinking amorist.
11:05Amorist. And what are you thinking, Dave?
11:07Same word.
11:08OK, let's have a look.
11:09LAUGHTER
11:10Brilliant.
11:11A meeting in the middle.
11:13Amorist.
11:14Yes, it is a person who is in love or who writes about love.
11:17John's had a few.
11:18It'd be an amorist.
11:19Do we get a little love poem to finish the day?
11:21Is that going to happen?
11:22I do, yeah.
11:23Oh, there you go.
11:24That's how these things come together.
11:26The amorist will strike.
11:27Just not yet.
11:28We've got a numbers round to get through first.
11:30Andrew?
11:31Can I have just one large and five small, please?
11:33You can indeed.
11:34Close contest today.
11:35Let's see if the numbers can make you a bit further apart.
11:39This selection is ten, eight, six, seven.
11:45Another six and a large one's 75.
11:48And your target, 287.
11:51287 numbers.
11:52MUSIC
12:23287 for Andrew Thomas.
12:26I think I've got 287.
12:28Good stuff. And Dave Kuppelman?
12:30287.
12:31OK. Andrew, shoot.
12:33So, six times six is 36.
12:35Six times six, 36.
12:37Subtract eight for 28.
12:39Yep.
12:40Times ten.
12:4128 times ten is 280.
12:43And add the seven.
12:44Nicely done. 287.
12:46Nice indeed. What a way to go. Dave?
12:49A different way.
12:50Ten minus six is four.
12:52Yep.
12:53Four times 75 is 300.
12:55It is indeed.
12:56Take off the seven and the other six.
12:58Lovely. Same result.
12:59Great.
13:00APPLAUSE
13:03So, John Cooper's prize for the last time this week.
13:06I go to bed at night thinking about what he's going to do
13:09in the next dictionary corner.
13:10So, Mr Loverman, off you go.
13:12Loverman.
13:14This poem has been very good for me.
13:16In fact, so far, it's the wedding favourite of the 21st century.
13:21Wow.
13:22It is to 21st-century weddings
13:24what Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life by Eric Idle
13:28is to humanist fury.
13:30HE LAUGHS
13:32De rigueur.
13:33And it goes like this.
13:36It's called I Want To Be Yours.
13:38Let me be your vacuum cleaner, breathing in your dust.
13:42Let me be your Morris Marina, I will never rust.
13:45If you like your coffee hot, let me be your coffee pot.
13:48You call the shots, I want to be yours.
13:51Let me be your raincoat for those frequent rainy days.
13:55Let me be that dream boat when you want to sail away.
13:59Let me be your teddy bear, take me with you anywhere.
14:02I don't care, I want to be yours.
14:05Let me be your electric meter, I will never run out.
14:09Let me be the electric heater you get pneumonia without.
14:13Let me be that setting lotion that grips your skull
14:16with deep devotion, deep as the deep Atlantic Ocean.
14:20That's how deep is my devotion.
14:22Deep, deep, deep, deep, dee, dee, dee.
14:25I don't want to be hers, I want to be yours.
14:28APPLAUSE
14:32Love, love, love.
14:33I love that.
14:34I feel like we kind of cajoled you into that one,
14:37knowing it was in the locker, thinking,
14:39we'd love to hear that today.
14:41It's important to say that, you know, you're a performance poet.
14:46Do you know what I mean?
14:47It's all about the performance for you, isn't it?
14:49It's not about, there's the book,
14:51but it's about the voice as well, isn't it?
14:53You said it right the other day, yeah.
14:55It's a phonetic thing, you know.
14:57Yeah, it's all about what it sounds like.
14:59Yeah.
15:00What a Dictionary Corner debut it has been this week.
15:02And what a game we have in our hands.
15:04Seven points the difference at the moment.
15:06So, Dave, let's get on with it. Back to the letters.
15:09Consonant, please.
15:10Thank you, Dave.
15:12S
15:13Consonant.
15:15N
15:16Vowel.
15:18O
15:19Vowel.
15:21E
15:22Consonant.
15:24R
15:25Vowel.
15:27U
15:29A consonant.
15:30H
15:32Consonant.
15:34M
15:37And a vowel.
15:38And, lastly, another O.
15:41Countdown.
16:09That's it. Dave?
16:11Six.
16:12And, Andrew?
16:13Six for me as well.
16:14Six as well. Here we go again. Dave?
16:16Houser.
16:17A houser on flatmates' day.
16:19And, Andrew?
16:20Mourns.
16:21Mourns.
16:22And houser.
16:23A house, yes, a personal thing which builds a house or houses.
16:26Good stuff. Good stuff.
16:28They avoided a pitfall, because we've had those letters,
16:31Mosher, a few times, which isn't in.
16:33We have no idea why, but it isn't.
16:35So, they avoided a pitfall.
16:37Right, but it isn't. So, they avoided that.
16:39Yeah.
16:40What could have got them a seven or an eight?
16:42We got an eight. Hormones.
16:44Oh, God, very well spotted.
16:46Yes, and where hormones go, so do moorhens.
16:49Very good. Hormones and moorhens.
16:52Let's race into the next letters round.
16:55And, Andrew?
16:56I can have a vowel, please.
16:58Thank you, Andrew.
16:59A
17:00And a consonant.
17:02L
17:03And another.
17:05Y
17:07And another.
17:09L
17:10And another.
17:12B
17:13And a vowel.
17:15I
17:16Another vowel.
17:17U
17:19And another vowel.
17:22E
17:23And, finally, a consonant, please.
17:25Finally, D.
17:26Start the clock.
17:37CLOCK TICKS
17:58Andrew?
17:59I've only got five.
18:00A five. And Dave?
18:01A seven.
18:02Yeah. Andrew, the five?
18:04Build.
18:05OK, great. And the seven?
18:06Bullied.
18:07And bullied. A horrible word, but it jumped out, didn't it?
18:10It used to be a term of affection, bully.
18:12Pray tell. I like the word, because it's a horrible word.
18:15If you've ever watched someone like stream Bully Bottom,
18:17it was this kind of term of affection,
18:19because it comes from a Dutch term, bol, meaning a lover.
18:22But because people would become sort of strutting
18:25and sort of have a lot of swagger if they were a bully,
18:27it turned into the Hectoran kind.
18:29More like the bully boy type stuff.
18:31Yeah, exactly.
18:32OK, very good.
18:3360 plays of 46.
18:35It's a really, really tight contest.
18:37And, Andrew, you're glad you applied now, right?
18:40Oh, yes, I'm really enjoying it, yeah.
18:42What's it like, just sort of going,
18:44OK, I'm going to send the email off?
18:46Quite nerve-wracking, sort of thinking,
18:48oh, shall I, shan't I?
18:49But then I never thought I would get on the programme anyway,
18:52so I thought, what's the harm?
18:53Yeah, and once you're here, nobody bites, right?
18:56That's right, everyone's been great.
18:58Nobody bites.
18:59And listen, this is first-hand testimony
19:01that you should apply to come on Countdown.
19:03The more the merrier.
19:04We want a list so long that it takes us another 40 years
19:07to work through it.
19:08So let me give you that email address.
19:10It's countdown at channel4.com.
19:12Countdown at channel4.com.
19:14Use the number 4, not the letters.
19:17There are no rules apart from just come here, have fun,
19:20and don't talk to Rachel directly.
19:22Apart from that, nothing else at all.
19:24Right, let's move on to the numbers.
19:26Rachel's ready for you with open arms
19:29as we get more now from Dave.
19:31Let's ring the changes. Let's have three large.
19:34Why not? A little bit of a gamble.
19:36Let's see if it pays off. Three large, three little.
19:38Not traditionally the easiest selection.
19:41But this time we have ten, seven, seven, 75, 100 and 50.
19:49And the target, 950.
19:53950. Numbers up.
20:00CLOCK TICKS
20:25All right, Dave, many?
20:27950.
20:28Yeah, Andrew?
20:29950.
20:30I'm guessing it'll be the same way, but let's confirm it, Dave.
20:33Ten times 100 minus 50.
20:35You know, in the comedy version,
20:36Jimmy lets me press this button again when it's like this.
20:39First of all, take exception to you calling that the comedy version.
20:44Like, it's never funny here,
20:46John Cooper Clark in Dictionary Corner.
20:48Secondly, I don't watch it. It's too painful.
20:51I'm a traditionalist. I'm a traditionalist.
20:53You with me, Dave? Absolutely.
20:55I'm totally joking. I love it. I absolutely love it.
20:58Did you do it the same way, Andrew?
21:00Yes, I did it the same way.
21:01OK, absolutely fantastic.
21:03And there is the proof, as if we needed it.
21:05We trusted you already, Andrew.
21:07A Stranger No Longer.
21:08Right, second tea time teaser of the day is How Toast.
21:13There's another word that's not easy for me to pronounce.
21:15H-O-W. How Toast.
21:18The carpenter can get this seen to, but not by a dentist.
21:21The carpenter can get this seen to, but not by a dentist.
21:25APPLAUSE
21:39Welcome back.
21:40How Toast.
21:41The carpenter can get this seen to, but not by a dentist.
21:44Of course, it's a sawtooth, a sawtooth.
21:46Let's sink our teeth back into this great battle so far.
21:49Dave's going for his third win.
21:52Andrew's looking to stop and doing very well so far.
21:5414 points the difference.
21:56So, Mr Thomas, let's get it going again.
21:58Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
22:00Thank you, Andrew.
22:01T.
22:02And another.
22:04N.
22:05And another.
22:07S.
22:08And a vowel.
22:10A.
22:11And a consonant.
22:13W.
22:14A vowel.
22:16E.
22:17And another vowel.
22:19I.
22:21And a consonant.
22:23F.
22:24And a final consonant, please.
22:26A final T.
22:28Here we go.
22:51MUSIC
22:59That's your 30 seconds up, Andrew.
23:01That's six.
23:02And Dave?
23:03Seven.
23:04There's six, Andrew.
23:05Faints.
23:06Faints.
23:07And Dave?
23:08Fatties.
23:09Fatties.
23:11Over to two of the slimmest people I know.
23:13Susie Dent and John Cooper-Clark.
23:16Can you put any meat on that bone?
23:18We've got a...
23:20Faintest.
23:21Oh, no!
23:22Yeah, faintest foods are faint.
23:24Little opportunity missed there for Andrew.
23:26And the seven points go to Dave.
23:29And, Dave, you're picking these letters.
23:31Consonant, please.
23:32Thank you, Dave.
23:33N.
23:35Consonant.
23:37L.
23:38Vowel.
23:40E.
23:41Vowel.
23:42U.
23:44Consonant.
23:45Z.
23:48Consonant.
23:50T.
23:52Vowel.
23:54I.
23:56Vowel.
23:58A.
24:00And a consonant.
24:02And, lastly, C.
24:04Good luck.
24:06MUSIC
24:17MUSIC CONTINUES
24:36Dave.
24:37Just a five.
24:38And, Andrew?
24:39Five.
24:40A five, Dave.
24:41Clean.
24:42And five points for you, Andrew.
24:43Until.
24:44Until.
24:45And clean.
24:46Five points.
24:47C.
24:48Keeps an interest and still.
24:49Susie, John?
24:50We've got a six and a seven.
24:52The six being entail
24:54and the seven being lunatic.
24:57Lunatic.
24:58Lunatic.
24:59I dare not apply that to anyone in this team.
25:01But I do know someone who knows the origins of lunatic.
25:04Yes, all through the moon, isn't it?
25:06The moon was thought to cause all sorts of mad behaviours.
25:09People still think that the full moon actually affects you.
25:12And, yeah, a lunatic was to be so affected by the moon.
25:15And, of course, to be moonstruck
25:17is also to behave in a sort of slightly crazy way,
25:19but through love at that time.
25:21I have an ongoing love affair with a waxing Arwenian gibbon,
25:24let me tell you.
25:25The moon is a sensational thing to learn about,
25:28know all about, the control it has on our planet and everything.
25:31Magical as it gets.
25:32Yes.
25:33You're not doing the moon today for your Origins Awards.
25:36No.
25:37Unless under a full moon you eat lots of puddings,
25:39which is quite possible, because I was going to...
25:41I was talking about junket the other day.
25:43I was going to do a few more puddings for you.
25:45Do you remember asking me about Knickerbocker Glory?
25:47Yes.
25:48Which I think was one of your favourites.
25:50And that goes back to the Knickerbocker Hotel in New York,
25:53so named after Washington Irving's...
25:56It's the history of New York, his 19th-century novel,
25:59in which Diedrich Knickerbocker was illustrated
26:02as wearing these very colourful breeches.
26:04Anyway, it's a very colourful pudding.
26:06Tiramisu.
26:07I think a lot of people know the origin of this one.
26:10It's made with ladyfingers, as they call them in the US,
26:13so sort of finger-like sponges, mascarpone,
26:16and very importantly, espresso.
26:19Important because the word's Italian ancestor
26:21comes from a phrase, tiramisu,
26:24which means literally, pull me up,
26:26which is exactly what that espresso does.
26:28It gives you a jolt.
26:30And finally, an ice cream sundae, which is beautiful.
26:33It's kind of ice cream, but with lots of added extras,
26:36fruit and syrup and nuts and things.
26:38Go back to April 3rd, 1892,
26:41and you'll find John Scott, who was a pastor
26:44at a church in Ithaca in New York,
26:46and he'd determined that his sermon
26:48should be followed up by a treat,
26:50which was a visit to Platt and Colt's pharmacy.
26:53And that's not so strange,
26:55because pharmacies would often sell their medicines
26:57enrobed in chocolate, for example,
26:59to sort of help them go down.
27:01And the pharmacist there, who was called Chester C. Platt,
27:07decided to serve this slightly different ice cream pudding.
27:10Everybody loved it. He knew he was on to a good thing,
27:13and he sought trademark protection
27:15for the way that he had spelled sundae,
27:17which was served on a sundae after a sermon,
27:19but he twisted the end of it into A-E instead of Y.
27:22Quite why we're not sure.
27:24Maybe because sundae usually requires abstinence in the church,
27:27so maybe it was a way of stepping aside from that.
27:30Or it may have simply been a gimmick to catch people's attentions.
27:33But that was the day, in 1892, that the ice cream sundae was born.
27:36APPLAUSE
27:39Well, Andrew's got a theology degree.
27:41He's a member of the Newport Meal Choir.
27:43What do you fancy? A little bit of ice cream and a sundae?
27:45Would that work for you? Oh, definitely, yes.
27:47And any other day of the week.
27:49Put it in there. Yes, indeed.
27:51Right, let's stay with you, Andrew, and get some letters.
27:53Can I have a vowel, please, Rachel?
27:55Thank you, Andrew. I.
27:57And another vowel?
27:59O.
28:01And a consonant, please?
28:04R.
28:06And another consonant?
28:08G.
28:10And another? P.
28:12And another consonant?
28:15D.
28:17And another?
28:19P.
28:21And a vowel?
28:23E.
28:25And a final consonant, please?
28:28A final T.
28:30Let's play Kanto.
28:34KANTO MUSIC PLAYS
29:00Andrew? Six.
29:02And Dave? Seven.
29:04Six, Andrew? Goiter.
29:06And for Dave? Gripped.
29:08And gripped, with a double P in the middle.
29:11Fantastic. Anything above it?
29:13Gripped is the best I could do.
29:15Yeah, tripped, and promise this programme is not being as fattest as it seems.
29:19Podia is in there.
29:21It's the way the letters come out.
29:23All right, Dave, let's get more letters.
29:25Consonant, please? Thank you, Dave.
29:27M.
29:29Consonant?
29:31G.
29:33Vowel?
29:35A.
29:37Vowel?
29:39E.
29:41Consonant?
29:43M.
29:45Vowel, sorry.
29:47O.
29:49Consonant?
29:51R.
29:53Vowel?
29:57E.
29:59Lastly, S.
30:01Yeah, last letters.
30:30MUSIC STOPS
30:32How many, Dave? Six.
30:34And Andrew? Six.
30:36Dave? Gamers.
30:38Gamers, and Andrew? Merges.
30:40Very good. Let's head over to Dictionary Corner.
30:42What have we got, Mia Morley?
30:44We've got gammers.
30:46G-A-M-M-E-R.
30:48Yes, elderly country women.
30:50It's a slightly dated term now.
30:52In fact, it says archaic, so we're talking centuries ago.
30:56A much more modern anagram of that is grams.
30:59Gammers.
31:01There you go.
31:0395 plays 67.
31:05One more numbers round of the week to go,
31:07and we're going to get that now.
31:09Andrew, you get the honour of choosing those digits.
31:12Can I have one large and five small, please?
31:14You can indeed, thank you, Andrew.
31:16To send us into the weekend,
31:18one big one and five little ones.
31:20And they are...
31:25..five and 50.
31:27And the target, 733.
31:30733, last numbers.
31:55MUSIC PLAYS
32:03733. How did you get on, Andrew?
32:05738.
32:07Five away, Dave?
32:09733.
32:11Bang on the button, let's have it.
32:133 x 5 x 50.
32:1515 x 50, 750.
32:1810 plus 8 minus 1 is 17.
32:21Take it off.
32:23And the one.
32:25733.
32:29And the century up 105 with the conundrum still to come.
32:33Dave Kappelman with his fourth win for sure.
32:36But, Andrew, a really respectable effort today on 67.
32:39Let's see if we can add ten on to that.
32:41Fingers on the buzzers as we reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:46MUSIC PLAYS
32:54BUZZER RINGS
33:01Dave?
33:03Aquaplane.
33:05Aquaplane it is indeed, yes.
33:07APPLAUSE
33:11A real perplexing one, I'm glad you saw it.
33:13Put everyone out of their misery looking at it.
33:16What a score that is.
33:18Well, Andrew, usually we say goodbye,
33:20we can't see you for another ten years cos that's the rules,
33:23but you'll probably be back in a couple of years in Dictionary Corner, right?
33:26In my dreams.
33:28You keep dreaming, mate, you keep writing, you keep dreaming.
33:31As for Dave, I have a bone to pick with you.
33:33You were playing possum.
33:35He sat you in the first show, he said,
33:37I'm not as good as my son who was a series champion
33:40and had just won a teapot, and you've just scored 115.
33:43Didn't expect to get that, but...
33:46So in terms of the family hit list,
33:48Monday, if you can win, you'll equal Ruth.
33:50Yeah.
33:51There you go, that's the target we're looking for.
33:53We'll see you then.
33:54And we'll be someone else in Dictionary Corner,
33:56we'll pretend to be as happy as we were to have John Cooper Clarke.
33:59Thank you, it's been a great experience.
34:01Thank you for being here.
34:02Thank you.
34:04APPLAUSE
34:06See you Monday? Yeah, see you then, for sure.
34:08You too, Rich?
34:09I just love that my dad and John
34:11have both done that well-trodden route, Salford to Essex.
34:14Yeah.
34:15My dad has lost his accent almost entirely,
34:17apart from Bath and Glass, and I don't think John has.
34:20My brother lives in America now and he's picked up the old American...
34:24Oh, no, you've got to do that.
34:26That's what America's there for, reinvention.
34:29Let's take the weekend off, shall we?
34:31We'll do it all again next week.
34:33We'll see you Monday.
34:34Rachel, Susie and I will be here. You can count on us.
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35:12Thank you.