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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:04APPLAUSE
00:31Hello and welcome to Countdown, where I can guarantee no cheating,
00:35no spitting, no diving and no swearing,
00:38apart from in the ad breaks when Susie and Rachel are having a conversation.
00:42You all right today? I'm good, how are you?
00:44Yeah, good. What's the worst thing about modern-day footballers for you?
00:49Well, I'm from, you know, an era from the 90s
00:52when there was no such thing as social media,
00:54so I preferred it when you just knew them from the pitch
00:57and you could just judge them by their playing
00:59and you don't get any of the antics.
01:01I know some footballers have been brilliant
01:03and do amazing things on social media,
01:05but some of them, I think, take the shine off.
01:07There's not that sort of mystique, because I agree 100% with you.
01:10I love some of the work that footballers do on social media
01:13and find their voice, which is brilliant, and they are role models.
01:17But in terms of that thing, if you bumped into a footballer
01:20at the supermarket in the 80s, 90s, it was the greatest thing ever.
01:24It was like bumping into God himself.
01:26There's a certain distance and a certain reverence that you have,
01:29and you kind of lose that when you see them acting like any other lad
01:33that's, you know, 18, 19.
01:35Mine absolutely drives me insane, and it's a weird one.
01:39I get why Dennis Law didn't celebrate
01:41when he scored that goal against Manchester United.
01:43I get that, right? He is one of the Holy Trinity.
01:46I was covering a game the other season,
01:48and a player who was on loan at a club, he played, like, 12 games,
01:53and he scored against them, and he went,
01:55I'm not celebrating. Mate, who pays your wages?
01:58Celebrate the goal.
02:00It's so disrespectful for the team that you play for, you know?
02:04I have to say, I love sitting here,
02:06but if I was transferred to a different quiz show,
02:10I'd block you all on social media.
02:12I'd never talk to you again.
02:14Right, let's get over to Dictionary Corner.
02:16Spinning out the words for us, diving into that dictionary,
02:19is Susie Denham, back with us again.
02:21A former footballer who was ahead of his time.
02:24Pat Nevin.
02:28We say hello again to our six-time champion, Tom Stevenson,
02:32who hasn't lost a round yet.
02:35A round.
02:37I'm getting nervous for you.
02:39I've been nervous since I woke up this morning.
02:41When I was in the shower, I was thinking about this.
02:44How are you with this kind of amazing record
02:47that you're two games away from completing?
02:51Yeah, I mean, I can't quite believe it, to be quite honest.
02:54But I'm fairly chilled out about it all,
02:56which, like I said in the last show, is quite unusual for me.
02:59But, yeah, just loving the experience and grateful to be here.
03:02Let's see how that happens.
03:03David is hoping to change this story and rewrite history.
03:06How are you, sir? I'm very well, thank you.
03:08Now, listen, you coach your son's Under-10 team.
03:11That's got to be sticky.
03:13It is a bit sticky.
03:14I wasn't hired for my leadership or motivational skills.
03:17I was hired because of my ability to stand in as a referee at short notice.
03:20So when I referee, I do see a lot of the kids,
03:24as you say, they're only Under-10,
03:26but they're very good at picking up habits,
03:28both good and bad, from TV and their idols and so on.
03:31So that became an issue for me when I was refereeing one of the games
03:34and I was sauntering into the penalty area,
03:38following the play in quite a leisurely fashion.
03:41And then I saw my son clobber one of his opponents.
03:45And before I processed what was happening,
03:47I had instinctively blown my whistle and given a penalty.
03:50So my son looked at me with a mixture of,
03:53how can I put this, betrayal and contempt.
03:57I'm used to seeing the looks of contempt,
03:59but the betrayal was a new one on me.
04:01So I gave the penalty anyway, said to myself,
04:04look, this is going to be OK because the kid he fouled
04:06hasn't been playing particularly well so far,
04:08so he's going to miss it.
04:09But unfortunately he slotted it away,
04:11so we had a very quiet journey home.
04:13At least the story had a happy ending,
04:15because Toby went on to score three goals in the game.
04:17Yes. So that was all right.
04:18Go on, Toby. Brilliant. Well done.
04:21Give it up for Tom and David. Let's get this show on the road.
04:24Tom, let's get nine letters.
04:25Hi, Rachel. Hi, Tom.
04:27Can I go for a consonant, please? Thank you.
04:29Start today with B.
04:31And a second.
04:33N.
04:34And a third.
04:36L.
04:37And a fourth.
04:39R.
04:40A vowel.
04:42I.
04:43And another.
04:44E.
04:45And a third.
04:47A.
04:48A consonant.
04:50F.
04:51And a final consonant, please.
04:53A final S.
04:54That old man in the studio. Let's play Kite Dive.
05:12MUSIC PLAYS
05:27How many, Tom? Seven.
05:29And David? I have seven too.
05:31The seven As.
05:32Bailers.
05:33Bailers.
05:34And Tom?
05:35Finales.
05:36And finales.
05:37Over to Dictionary Corner. Pat and Susie, sort us out.
05:39Yeah.
05:40I've got a question that actually describes you and I
05:43when we used to hang about a long time ago.
05:45Studs is not up there.
05:47No, barflies.
05:48Barflies!
05:50Very good. Eight. Eight, that's brilliant.
05:52There you go.
05:53Not often the challenger gets off to a decent start
05:56against their champion.
05:57And, David, your first time. Say hello to Rachel.
05:59Hi, Rachel. Hi, David.
06:00May I choose a vowel to start, please?
06:02You may indeed choose. O.
06:04And another.
06:06E.
06:07A consonant.
06:09D.
06:10Another.
06:12C.
06:13And another.
06:14T.
06:16A vowel, please.
06:18A.
06:19And a consonant.
06:21R.
06:23A consonant, please.
06:26N.
06:28And a vowel, please.
06:29And lastly, E.
06:3230 seconds.
06:39ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
07:04Mr Clerken.
07:05I have an E.
07:06Eight and champ.
07:07Also an eight.
07:08There you go.
07:09What have you got, David?
07:10Decanter.
07:11Decanter.
07:12And Tom?
07:13Similar, canted.
07:14Excellent.
07:15Very good.
07:19Unless you have a nine, Pat and Evan,
07:21I'm not interested in speaking to you.
07:23No, we had a couple of eights.
07:25Nectar, so really sweet and fragrant,
07:27and anecdote.
07:28Excellent.
07:29Beautiful round.
07:30Let's get the first numbers, and it's Tom.
07:32Let's go for four from the top, Rachel.
07:34Four from the top.
07:35You've put him under pressure, David.
07:37I'm going to put you as a challenger.
07:39Let's see if this can separate you.
07:41Two little ones, ten, four,
07:43and the big ones, 25, 50, 75, and 100.
07:49And the target, 919.
07:51919.
07:53Numbers up.
07:54ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
08:07ELECTRONIC MUSIC CONTINUES
08:23919, Tom.
08:26919.
08:27And David?
08:28919.
08:29David, I'll go for you, mate.
08:31Ten 100s are 1,000.
08:32Yeah.
08:34Subtract the 75, the 2 and the 4.
08:38Oh, how did you get your 2?
08:40Oh, sorry, excuse me.
08:4175, yeah, 1,000 minus 75 is 925.
08:44Yeah.
08:4550 divided by 25 is 2.
08:4650 over the 25 for your 2, lovely.
08:48And 4, and subtract 75, 2 and 4 from the 1,000.
08:51Well done.
08:52Tom?
08:53Exact same.
08:54There you go.
08:55APPLAUSE
08:57What a competition we have so far.
08:5925 points each, just three rounds in.
09:01And get ready for one of the greatest teatime teasers
09:04in the history of Countdown.
09:06Crab lids.
09:07Crab lids.
09:08These belts don't belong to Blackadder.
09:11These belts don't belong to Blackadder.
09:22APPLAUSE
09:24APPLAUSE
09:30It's great, isn't it?
09:31Welcome back, everyone.
09:32Crab lids.
09:33These belts don't belong to Blackadder.
09:35Baldricks.
09:36Baldricks, which must be a type of belt.
09:38Yes, I think you might see one or two on Blackadder, actually.
09:41Yeah, it's a belt for a sword,
09:42and they're sort of worn across the chest from the shoulder.
09:45Brilliant, love that teatime teaser.
09:47Let's go forth with another round.
09:48David, it's your letters.
09:50May I start with the vowel again, please, Rachel?
09:52Thank you, David.
09:53A
09:54And another.
09:56O
09:57A consonant, please.
09:59Z
10:00Another.
10:02J
10:03Another.
10:05G
10:06And another, please.
10:07V
10:09A vowel.
10:11E
10:14A consonant.
10:16T
10:18And another consonant, please.
10:20And the last one, K.
10:22Thanks, Rich.
10:53Interesting.
10:54David?
10:55I'll try a six.
10:56And Tom?
10:57A six.
10:58David?
10:59Ovated.
11:00Ovated.
11:01And Tom?
11:02Douted.
11:03Douted, unovated.
11:04Susie Downt?
11:05Douted, obviously, in the dictionary, very good indeed.
11:09But ovate just there as an adjective in one sense
11:12and a noun in another.
11:14So we can't put the D on.
11:15No worries.
11:16Pat Nevin?
11:17No, the douted got me to stop thinking after that for some reason.
11:21We finally have a crack of light between Tom and David
11:24and Tom, it's your letters.
11:25Vowel, please, Rachel.
11:26Thank you, Tom.
11:27A
11:28And a second.
11:29U
11:30And a third.
11:32A
11:33Consonant.
11:35G
11:36And another.
11:37T
11:38And another.
11:40D
11:41Vowel.
11:43E
11:44Consonant.
11:46W
11:47And a final consonant, please.
11:50And a final L.
11:51Here we go.
12:21Pen's down.
12:22Tom?
12:23Just a five.
12:24And David?
12:25A five as well.
12:26I thought that was the moment.
12:28Tom, what have you got?
12:29Waged.
12:30I love the way you don't care and I'm a nervous wreck sitting over here.
12:34David?
12:35I have gated.
12:36Gated and waged and what have you got, Susie and Pat?
12:40There is walled.
12:41You know where we have cat-a-wall to wail like a cat?
12:44Yeah.
12:45So W-A-U-L-E-D is pretty much the same thing,
12:48to give a really loud plaintive cry.
12:50Wow.
12:51So absolutely top of the heap if you manage to get that at home.
12:54You should be letting out a scream as we get more numbers now.
12:57And it's your first time picking them, David.
13:00May I have one large number and five small ones, please?
13:03Not gambling with the numbers just yet.
13:05One large, five little.
13:07And for this round they are...
13:13And the big one, 50.
13:15And the target to reach...
13:18Five, seven, one, numbers up.
13:49How did you get on, David?
13:51Five, seven, one.
13:52Bang on the button, and Tom?
13:54Also five, seven, one.
13:55Five, seven, one.
13:56Go ahead, Tom.
13:5750 add seven is 57.
13:5857.
13:59Multiply it by the ten for 570.
14:01Yeah.
14:02And then I said four minus three for one, and add on.
14:04Lovely. Five, seven, one.
14:06And David?
14:07I did it almost the same way,
14:08but I used the three minus two to get the one at the end.
14:11Well done.
14:12Good job. Ten points each.
14:14Pat, these days footballers fly over the world.
14:17Pre-season is usually at the other side of the world,
14:20but what about trips away for you when you were a player?
14:23What one jumps into your mind?
14:25You've told me about a few over the years.
14:27There's been so many, and one of my real dear passions of life
14:30is actually travelling, and the fortunate thing
14:32about the jobs I've had over the years
14:34is I've allowed that to happen.
14:36And certainly one of my favourites when I was at Chelsea,
14:39we went to the Middle East.
14:42And we were in the Middle East, and it was during the season,
14:45because in those days, bad, bad weather,
14:47they would just stop the game.
14:48So we went to the Middle East and played in a game there.
14:51And the game ended 1-1,
14:53but the real interest in the game was actually before it,
14:57because before the game, we were ready to start.
15:00And everyone was there, and it was 100 degrees heat,
15:03and we didn't start.
15:05And all the players are there,
15:06and all the fans are all around there,
15:08and we couldn't start.
15:10Eventually, after 45 minutes, we were allowed to start the game.
15:14We found out that it was the...
15:16It was a guest of honour that turned up late.
15:18So you had 20,000, 30,000 people waiting for a guest of honour.
15:21Now, if it had been Nelson Mandela,
15:23I'd have been all right with that, but it wasn't.
15:26We were in Iraq. It was Saddam Hussein.
15:28Wow!
15:29So we ended up... I ended up meeting him.
15:31You know, we didn't know who Saddam was in those days.
15:34We ended up meeting him afterwards,
15:36and he gave us a trophy, you know, with our team.
15:39It was like that size.
15:40You know, we got a wee trophy. It was 1-1.
15:42They went up for their trophy. It was bigger than me.
15:45LAUGHTER
15:47The next day's newspapers in Baghdad said they won 2-1.
15:50So they say fake news is a new thing.
15:52It absolutely isn't.
15:53But one of the extraordinary things
15:55is you go around the world when you play football,
15:58if you're willing to look around
16:00and go and get out and have a look at the place,
16:02it can be fantastic.
16:04And that was one of the real joys of football.
16:06And afterwards, when I've been doing, you know,
16:08interviews with various TV and radio stations,
16:10that's been absolutely fantastic as well,
16:12as long as you keep your eyes open.
16:14Yeah, brilliant. Thank you.
16:19Right, back to the game. 46 plays 40.
16:22Our champ with a slight lead.
16:24Still won every round, but this is as hard as he's had it so far.
16:28And it's your letters.
16:30Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Tom.
16:32H. And a vowel.
16:34I. Consonant.
16:36G. And another.
16:39G. And a vowel.
16:42O. Consonant.
16:44T. And a vowel.
16:47E. Consonant, please.
16:50R. And a final consonant, please.
16:53A final P.
16:55Start the clock.
17:06ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
17:26Intriguing letters. Tom?
17:28A safe six. And David?
17:30I'll try a risky seven.
17:32He's trying a risky seven.
17:34The six.
17:36Hogger. The risky seven.
17:38You know what I'm going with. Hoggier.
17:40Hoggier. Well, listen, Tom has not lost a round yet.
17:43Is this the moment?
17:45Oh, I don't think so.
17:47I don't think we're going to find hoggy as an adjective in the dictionary.
17:51No, hog-like. I'm sorry, David.
17:54Tom keeps the record up. My palms are sweating.
17:57Pat, how did you get on?
17:59I was on there.
18:02Hoggy.
18:04Yeah, this is one more animal for you.
18:06A gopher. The burrowing rodent.
18:08Gopher. Fantastic.
18:10Right, let's get some more letters. David, you're up.
18:12Could I start with a vowel, please?
18:14Thank you, David. A.
18:16And another. E.
18:18A consonant.
18:20S. And another.
18:22R.
18:24Another.
18:26L. A vowel.
18:28U.
18:30A consonant.
18:32P.
18:34Another.
18:36Another P.
18:38And another, please.
18:40And lastly, Y.
18:43Can I try?
19:00MUSIC PLAYS
19:15David.
19:17Seven. Tom.
19:19Seven as well. The seven for David.
19:21Slapper. And the seven for Tom.
19:23Players.
19:25No doubt they count loads of words in there, though.
19:27What have you got, Susie and Pat?
19:29I'm disappointed that you stole players off me.
19:31I mean, I'm fitted so well.
19:33You inspired me, though. That's anything.
19:35Susie, anything better?
19:37Well, I was stuck on sevens. Parsley.
19:39But to my right, I think there might be something
19:41a little bit stronger.
19:43Well, I'm doubting myself if Tom didn't say it,
19:45but is resupply a word? It definitely is.
19:47Well done.
19:49APPLAUSE
19:51It takes a whole studio to get one over Tom.
19:53There's so many great words in there that I don't know exist.
19:55Yappers.
19:57Well, let's hope you can be a yapper. You can.
19:59And you know the slurpee drink?
20:01Yes. S-L-U-R-P-Y.
20:03Oh, that slurpee.
20:05Yes, that slurpee's in. Yeah.
20:07It is. So many beautiful words in there.
20:0959 plays at 47.
20:11More numbers, Tom Stevenson.
20:13Three from the top, please.
20:15Three big and three little.
20:17Not always the easiest selection.
20:19Still on the run.
20:21The three little ones are eight, three, nine.
20:23And the big ones,
20:2550 and 25.
20:27And this target?
20:29695. 695.
20:31Numbers up.
20:55MUSIC PLAYS
21:03695. David?
21:05698. OK.
21:07Three away. Tom, any closer? 695.
21:09Let's see if you're right.
21:1150 over 25 is 2.
21:1350 over 25, 2.
21:159 take 2 is 7. Yep.
21:17Times by 100 for 700.
21:19And then 8 minus 3 is 5 and take it away.
21:21Nicely done. 695.
21:23APPLAUSE
21:25Phenomenal. Right, tea time teaser.
21:27Easy dash.
21:29Easy dash.
21:31Walked in a lively manner with a pouch of ketchup.
21:33Walked in a lively manner with a pouch of ketchup.
21:37MUSIC PLAYS
21:45APPLAUSE
21:53Welcome back. Easy dash.
21:55Walked in a lively manner with a pouch of ketchup.
21:57Very clever. Saturated.
21:59And let's do exactly that as I move back over
22:01to our challenger, David,
22:03who's been tremendous so far against the sensational champion.
22:05Let's get some more letters.
22:07May I start with a vowel, please?
22:09Thank you, David. E.
22:11And another? U.
22:13A consonant, please?
22:15L. A consonant?
22:17S.
22:19Another?
22:21Z.
22:23A vowel?
22:25I.
22:27A consonant?
22:29D. Another?
22:31C.
22:33And a vowel, please?
22:35And lastly, A.
22:37Good luck.
22:39MUSIC PLAYS
22:51MUSIC CONTINUES
23:07Time's up. Tom?
23:09Eight. And David?
23:11Only seven. What's the seven?
23:13Sluiced. When did seven become an only, by the way,
23:15for those people who've been watching Countdown
23:17for decades like me? Tom?
23:19Dualises with the Z?
23:21Yes, with the Z.
23:23Oh, the S is absolutely fine.
23:25Z here to regard something as being in two parts.
23:27Very good.
23:29APPLAUSE
23:31I got sluiced.
23:33And I was so pleased with myself.
23:35And then you think, no...
23:37And you did as well, didn't you?
23:39I was very pleased with myself, too.
23:41Yeah, don't look at me. I can't beat that.
23:43There you go. Tom, we're loving it.
23:45Let's get nine more letters.
23:47Thank you, Tom.
23:49S. And another.
23:51N. And a vowel.
23:53E.
23:55A consonant.
23:57M. And a vowel.
23:59A. Consonant.
24:01S. And another.
24:03M.
24:05A vowel.
24:07E.
24:09And a final consonant, please.
24:11And a final R.
24:13Here we go.
24:15CLOCK TICKS
24:17CLOCK TICKS
24:43Tom, we'll stick with a seven.
24:45David.
24:47Six. The sixes?
24:49Merman. Merman.
24:51And Tom? Renames.
24:53Renames. To Dictionary Corner.
24:55I've got one that probably won't be for you.
24:57En masse. En masse.
24:59Right, but people who en masse,
25:01are they en masseurs? Oh, no.
25:03En masse isn't in, actually.
25:05But I like your style, Pat, with that one.
25:07I would call that a risky one.
25:09Yes. Is en masse not in?
25:11En masse is in,
25:13but it's two words.
25:15I thought I'd have made that for a second.
25:17Oh, I'm sorry.
25:1984 plays 47,
25:21as we just relax and head to Dictionary Corner.
25:23And, Susie Dent,
25:25some more origins of words.
25:27Where are you taking everyone?
25:29I'm not going to play football today,
25:31but I'm going to play the pronunciation game.
25:33Because I get so many
25:35lovely emails from Countdown viewers
25:37who are so frustrated with the inconsistencies
25:39of English spelling, and they always say,
25:41why is it bow and bought
25:43and tough and though and through?
25:45And why do we have, you know, just that
25:47sort of sequence of letters, why do we have
25:49so many different pronunciations?
25:51And the answer is, the boring answer
25:53I always give is that we are a mongrel tongue,
25:55famously, and we mix up Old English,
25:57which came from the Anglo-Saxons,
25:59with the Old Norse of the Vikings,
26:01the Latin of the Romans, the French of the
26:03Norman conquerors, and all of these have come to bear
26:05on the spelling of our language.
26:07I just thought I would talk
26:09about the way that some of them have moved,
26:11either are moving now, or moved in
26:13the past. So,
26:15for example, today
26:17I will often talk about how nuclear
26:19is becoming nuclear, and that's
26:21because the "-ler-" ending is really
26:23unusual for us. You might talk about cochlear
26:25implants, but that's probably as close
26:27as you'll get, but otherwise we have molecular,
26:29secular, so nuclear
26:31makes sort of sense.
26:33You don't like this one.
26:35Bart Simpson likes nuclear, I have to say.
26:37But this has
26:39always happened, and that's the reassuring
26:41thing. So, a cup board, because
26:43if you say it very, very quickly, a board
26:45is a table, it was a table, and
26:47a cup board was a table which you would put your
26:49cups on. Cup board, cup board, cup board
26:51eventually becomes cupboard.
26:53I know it sounds strange, but that is how it works.
26:55Likewise, et cetera
26:57has become ex cetera,
26:59because et cetera is incredibly
27:01hard. You're not liking any of these,
27:03Colin. It's incredibly hard
27:05for us to say et cetera
27:07Latin for and the rest.
27:09But X, like the X in espresso,
27:11it should be espresso
27:13pressed out, but we say espresso because
27:15it's easier for us. And one I
27:17get asked about quite a lot is why
27:19bosun and coxun,
27:21if you are in a boat,
27:23why they are spelt boat
27:25swain and coxswain.
27:27And the swain here is an
27:29archaic word meaning a boy or a servant.
27:31And a
27:33cock boat was a small boat
27:35and then a boat swain
27:37was the officer on a ship who
27:39took charge of the sort of main body.
27:41So they each had their specific roles.
27:43But again, say it quickly, coxswain, coxswain,
27:45coxswain, coxswain, and eventually
27:47it will morph into
27:49the way that we pronounce it today,
27:51but of course the spelling has never changed.
27:53Brilliant. Fascinating.
27:55APPLAUSE
27:57The score is 84,
27:59the play is 47, the business end
28:01is today. And David, it's your letters.
28:03A vowel please, Rachel.
28:05Thank you, David. I.
28:07Another. E.
28:09A consonant
28:11please. C.
28:13Another.
28:15T. Another.
28:17B.
28:19A vowel. I.
28:21Another.
28:23E.
28:25A consonant.
28:27G.
28:29And a consonant, please.
28:31Lastly, N.
28:33Half a minute.
28:59CLOCK TICKS
29:03Clock's stopped. David?
29:05I'll try a seven. And Tom?
29:07Seven as well. The seven you're trying?
29:09Beating with two E's.
29:11Beating with two E's.
29:13And Tom? Genetic.
29:15Genetic. There you go.
29:17Genetic and beating with two E's.
29:19No, even if you're digging up beets in your garden,
29:21there's no beating, I'm afraid. Sorry, David.
29:23No beating. Fine, of course, with
29:25genetic. What about yourself, Pat?
29:27And I don't think this one will get in either,
29:29but it's a word I use regularly,
29:31at least once a week.
29:33Teeing.
29:35Teeing off. Oh, yes, that's it.
29:37But it's only six. I love the way
29:39we're all grasping at words that might exist,
29:41just to keep up with Tom.
29:43Susie, what have you got? I have something
29:45that once made me very sick on a school
29:47trip before going on a hovercraft.
29:49Spider? No.
29:51Beignet, which was... We had a trip to France
29:53and it's a sort of doughnut, but it was full of cream
29:55and it was not a good idea before
29:57a hovercraft, but anyway, that's there for seven.
29:59Beignet.
30:01Beautiful word, beautiful word.
30:03Right, one more letters round
30:05and, Tom, you're picking them.
30:07Vowel, please, Rachel. Thank you, Tom.
30:09A. And another.
30:11E. Consonant.
30:13R.
30:15And another.
30:17M. And another.
30:19O. Consonant,
30:21please. S.
30:23Consonant.
30:25N. A vowel.
30:27U.
30:29And a final consonant,
30:31please. And a final T.
30:33Last letters.
30:53MUSIC
31:05David. Eight. And Tom?
31:07Nine. Wow, OK.
31:09I thought you were going to have the same eight.
31:11Let's just have the eight, David.
31:13Remounts. Let's see if it's in.
31:15What's the nine? Neuromast.
31:17It is in, of course it's in, yes.
31:19APPLAUSE
31:23Neuromast.
31:25Enlighten, everybody.
31:27Yes, so it is a sensory organ
31:29that you'll find in fish
31:31and it means that you can detect movement
31:33in the water, vibration, that kind of thing.
31:35OK. Pat?
31:37Moners, possibly, and monster.
31:39But, you know, things that I was comfortable with
31:41with seven, which is absolutely
31:43rubbish these days.
31:45Neuromast is really quite special.
31:47It's 109 plus 47.
31:49We have one
31:51numbers round to go.
31:53David, I'm telling you, you've done so well.
31:55Let's get more numbers.
31:57May I have one large number
31:59and five small ones, please?
32:01You may indeed. One big, five little
32:03final one of the day.
32:05This last selection is eight,
32:07ten, three, seven,
32:09two, and 25.
32:11And the target to reach...
32:13211.
32:15211, last numbers.
32:17MUSIC
32:21MUSIC
32:23MUSIC
32:25MUSIC
32:27MUSIC
32:29MUSIC
32:31MUSIC
32:33MUSIC
32:35MUSIC
32:37MUSIC
32:39MUSIC
32:41MUSIC
32:43MUSIC
32:45David?
32:47211. Yeah, and Tom?
32:49The same. Yeah, go ahead, David.
32:51825s are 200.
32:53They are.
32:553 minus 2 is 1.
32:57And add the 10s.
32:59200 plus 1 plus 10.
33:01Straightforward. Same way, Tom?
33:03Yeah, the exact same. There it is.
33:05APPLAUSE
33:07All over,
33:09in terms of the victor, Tom will pick up
33:11a seventh win, but hasn't lost
33:13a round yet. And I feel
33:15like the conundrum is the most vulnerable
33:17place. So, fingers on buzzers.
33:19Tom and David,
33:21let's reveal today's
33:23Countdown Conundrum.
33:25MUSIC
33:27MUSIC
33:29Tom? Irksomely.
33:31Irksomely. Let's have a look.
33:33Yes.
33:35APPLAUSE
33:37Staggering.
33:39Centuries every time.
33:41129 this time around.
33:43Almost disappointed. That's how high the standard is.
33:45David, I think you did so well
33:47against just a machine.
33:49Give my love to Dublin.
33:51Take your goodie bag back.
33:53Your son will be watching saying,
33:55Sergeant Wright for giving that penalty, right?
33:57Simple as that. You enjoy yourself?
33:59I had a lovely time, thank you, and you may be very welcome.
34:01Brilliant. Pat and Susie, thank you.
34:03Wonderful. Hey, Rach,
34:05parental interference
34:07in sports, did you ever have any of that?
34:09I had to ban my dad from watching me
34:11play football. He was shouting on the
34:13sidelines, too, my head in.
34:15LAUGHTER
34:17So, like, shouting at you, not at the referee or anything?
34:19No, shouting at me.
34:21It didn't come back. Get out.
34:23Go home. Season long.
34:25Thanks for the support.
34:27Our team will be back here tomorrow suited up
34:29and ready to go once again.
34:31Susie, Rachel and I, you can count on us.
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