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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:04APPLAUSE
00:31Hello, everybody. Welcome to another episode of Countdown.
00:34Really looking forward to spending this 45 or so minutes
00:37in your company.
00:39Rachel Riley, afternoon, madam. Afternoon, Mr Murray.
00:42Talk to me about stand-up comedy. Do you love it or hate it?
00:45Well, stand-up comedy's my music scene,
00:47because I was never mad on any particular band,
00:50especially, but I do love comedy.
00:52I've seen Bill Bailey maybe seven or eight times
00:54when I've actually paid.
00:56And then Susie and I, you know, ten years of eight
00:58since Countdown, we've had some amazing front-row seats
01:01to some, you know, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant comedy.
01:04But Bailey's your favourite? Bailey's my favourite.
01:06He thinks of a laugh and he works backwards.
01:08I've only seen him three times. I'm not as fanatical as you.
01:11Oh, I love him. I do love him.
01:13I think probably Stuart Lee or maybe Ross Noble for me.
01:16Great minds, you know, just another planet, aren't they?
01:18Yeah, and if we're talking about another planet,
01:20we have to mention Sean Lock. Yeah, absolutely.
01:22Nobody like him. 100%.
01:24APPLAUSE
01:27Well, in Dictionary Corner, two people that know their way
01:30around the stage are theatre queen Susie Tent
01:33and comedian John Thompson.
01:38You're on a warning today about the biscuit chat after yesterday.
01:41OK. OK. I'll keep it to a minimum.
01:44Ian Payne is the new champion. How you doing, mate?
01:46I'm very good, thanks, Colin, yeah. Good.
01:48Now, I've been talking to Freya before every show,
01:50because you brought your lovely daughter with you.
01:53Now, she tells me she's very proud of your singing.
01:56Tell me about that.
01:57Well, I like to sing and play my guitar now and then.
02:00You know, if you think of sort of Ed Sheeran,
02:02but a bit older, a bit less talented, a bit less cool.
02:05OK. That's me.
02:07It kind of sounds like the opposite of Ed Sheeran to me,
02:09I have to be honest.
02:10Do you play just in the house or do you play out?
02:12I play at pubs and places like that, around Bournemouth occasionally.
02:16Good. Excellent. Yeah.
02:17Do they know that you're playing or do you just...?
02:19Sometimes.
02:21Well, listen, Freya's very proud of you
02:23and I'm sure she was proud of your performance yesterday.
02:25Good luck today.
02:26Cheers.
02:27You're up against Christy Cooper.
02:28Young Christy, just 19 from Manchester,
02:31and you're the reason why we've been talking about stand-up comedy.
02:34I know you're a big fan. Tell me a little bit about it.
02:36Yeah, so since turning 18 last year,
02:39I've been to see quite a few comedy gigs,
02:43different types of comedians.
02:45So there's one-liner comedians like Gary Delaney, Milton Jones,
02:50but then there's comedians with dark humour, like Jimmy Carr.
02:56Ah. Yeah.
02:57Yeah, so you like the whole array. Yeah.
02:59Right, Christy and Ian, good luck.
03:03Right, time to hit your marks.
03:05Ian, some letters.
03:07Hi, Rachel. Hi, Ian.
03:08I'll start with a vowel, please.
03:10Thank you. Start today with A.
03:12And a consonant, please.
03:14W.
03:15Another vowel, please.
03:17E.
03:18And a consonant, please.
03:20N.
03:21And a vowel, please.
03:23O.
03:24And a consonant, please.
03:26S.
03:27Another vowel.
03:28I.
03:30And a consonant, please.
03:33D.
03:34And a final consonant, please.
03:36A final S.
03:38That's the whole man in the studio. Let's play Countdown.
03:49CLOCK TICKS
04:11How did you get on, Christy?
04:12Er, seven. Very good. And Ian?
04:14I'm stuck on a six. OK, what's the six?
04:16Noises. And the seven, Christy?
04:18Downies.
04:20Downies. Is that a feather-related word?
04:23It is, absolutely, yes.
04:25A downie is a quilt filled with down,
04:28so a continental quilt, particularly. Well done.
04:30Love it. Very good.
04:32John, do you have a summer-winter quilt?
04:34I have a winter six. Snowed.
04:38Snowed. Very good. Yes. Love it.
04:40Right, Christy, first chance to say hello to Rachel and pick some letters.
04:43Hi, Rachel. Hi, Christy.
04:45Can I start with a consonant, please?
04:46You can indeed. Start with M.
04:48And a vowel.
04:50O.
04:51Another...
04:53A.
04:54A consonant.
04:56P.
04:58Another vowel.
05:00O.
05:02A consonant.
05:04R.
05:06Consonant.
05:08W.
05:10Vowel.
05:12E.
05:14And a consonant, please.
05:17And the last one, N.
05:1930 seconds.
05:45MUSIC STOPS
05:50Time's up. Christy?
05:52I'll try a six.
05:54OK, and Ian? Just a five.
05:56The five is? Apron.
05:58OK, when someone says they'll try, they're not entirely sure,
06:00so let's find out.
06:02Pawner. P-A-W-N-E-R.
06:04Absolutely fine. Somebody who goes to a pawn shop.
06:07Susie, any better? Yes. Eight and a seven there.
06:10The eight is manpower.
06:12And staying with the man theme, man ropes there for a seven.
06:15A rope on the side of a ship's gangway.
06:17OK, that's 13-0 there, Challenger Christy.
06:19So stiff competition for Ian.
06:21And let's get some numbers from you.
06:23I'll just have one from the top and five from the bottom, please.
06:26You're keeping your cool.
06:28One large, five little, no gambles.
06:30Early doors.
06:32First numbers of this contest are eight, two...
06:35No, ten, rather.
06:37..six, eight and ten and 25.
06:41And the target, 615.
06:43615, numbers up.
07:12MUSIC STOPS
07:15615, Ian.
07:17I've got 618.
07:19Three away, Christy.
07:21There's 620 not written down.
07:23OK, you're five away. They'll sort of be in for the seven points.
07:27So I did, if you go ten, add the eight and six for 24.
07:32Yep. Times that by 25.
07:35600.
07:37And then add the other ten and the other eight.
07:40Yep, three away.
07:42Very good. Rachel, which way did you go?
07:44With all the evens and one odds,
07:46you want to take away or add that odd at the end.
07:48So you could say eight times eight, 64.
07:51Times ten, 640.
07:54Take 25. 615.
07:56APPLAUSE
07:59It's so easy, doesn't it, when Rachel does it?
08:01Let's get a tea time teaser.
08:03Oven, roll. Oven, roll.
08:05You clearly adore the grass, but sadly you don't adore me.
08:08You clearly adore the grass, but sadly you don't adore me.
08:26Welcome back. Oven, roll.
08:28You clearly adore the grass, but sadly you don't adore me.
08:32A word we can all relate to, especially in our young teenage years.
08:35Leanne, if you're watching, love lorn. Love lorn.
08:38Where's the lorn bit come from, Susie?
08:40Oh, it's from an old English word meaning lost.
08:42So lorn, as in forlorn, means lonely and abandoned.
08:45Beautiful. Right, let's get back to the game.
08:47And, Christy, an early lead for our challenge here. It's your letters.
08:50I'll start with a consonant, please.
08:53Thank you, Christy. D.
08:55And a vowel. A.
08:57And another. O.
09:00A consonant. T.
09:03A consonant. S.
09:06Vowel. E.
09:10Consonant. T.
09:13A consonant. D.
09:16And a final vowel, please.
09:19A final U.
09:21Thanks, Rich.
09:33MUSIC PLAYS
09:53How did you get on, young Christy?
09:55A seven. Very good indeed, Ian.
09:57Also a seven. What's your seven, Ian?
09:59Toasted. Toasted. And Christy?
10:01Stouted. Stouted?
10:03No stouted, I'm afraid. It's not there as an adjective or a verb. Sorry.
10:07Unlucky, Christy. Anything else in Dictionary Corner?
10:10We have an eight there with outdates.
10:13Outdates? Yes. Very nice.
10:19Let's get some more letters. And Ian Payne looking to bring it right now.
10:23Start with a vowel, please, Rachel.
10:25Thank you, Ian. I.
10:27And a consonant, please.
10:29T.
10:31And a vowel, please.
10:33O. And a consonant, please.
10:35H.
10:37Another consonant, please.
10:39N. And a vowel, please.
10:41I.
10:43And another vowel, please.
10:45E.
10:47And a consonant, please.
10:49N.
10:51And our final consonant, please.
10:54And a final S.
10:56Half a minute.
10:59INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
11:01INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
11:27In.
11:30He's not sure, is he? Christy?
11:32Seven. What's the seven that made you screw your face up?
11:35Moisten. Moisten. And Christy?
11:38Homiest. Homiest. And moisten?
11:41Yeah, both absolutely fine.
11:43Homie, as in homiest, is a synonym for homeliest.
11:46So, in the dictionary. Beautiful.
11:48John, do you want to add anything?
11:50Well, from yesterday, I'm moist.
11:52And I'm potential twice moist.
11:54And three times moist with an N on the end. Moisten.
11:57Let's get some numbers now, Christy.
11:59It's your first time choosing.
12:01Can I have two large and four small, please?
12:03You can indeed, thank you, Christy.
12:05Tight game. Two large, four little.
12:07See if this makes a difference.
12:09The numbers are eight, seven, five, four, 75 and 50.
12:16And the target, 540.
12:19540, numbers up.
12:21INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
12:27INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
12:52The target was 540. Christy?
12:55Yeah, 540.
12:57Yeah, you were sitting nice and quiet early on. And Ian?
12:59I'm two away, 542.
13:01Big ten points, Christy.
13:0350 plus four is 54.
13:0554.
13:06And then seven plus eight minus five is ten.
13:09He is indeed, and Ian's busy kicking himself. 540.
13:13APPLAUSE
13:17And a chance to talk with John Thompson again.
13:19And, John, one thing I'm going to look through your lustrous career.
13:22You've worked with so many greats.
13:24Maureen Lipman, Caroline Ahern, Steve Coogan,
13:28and then some not-so-great like Jimmy Nesbitt.
13:30But you've worked with some greats.
13:32I want to ask you about Steve Coogan,
13:34because we were talking about him on Friday, it was his birthday.
13:36I'm a huge Partridge fan.
13:38I think he's a unique character, he's quite introspective,
13:41I think, I've interviewed him.
13:43So tell me about those early days, because you were both young.
13:47Well, we could both do impressions.
13:49We were at drama school, he was a third year, I was a first year.
13:51And I heard about a guy that did impressions in the third year,
13:55and he heard about me, and he was a bit kind of like,
13:57oh, really? Someone does impressions, does he?
14:00And I saw him do, he did Sean Connery old,
14:03and then he did Sean Connery young, so he did like James Bond young.
14:07And he did him kind of like, you know, with a bit of gravel in the bush.
14:11And I was like, oh, my God, to be able to do, like,
14:13two people at different times in their careers, that's quite clever.
14:16Anyway, it turned out we had a lot in common.
14:18We were obsessed with Roger Moore and The Persuaders,
14:20and kind of, we had a lot of common ground, a lot of interests.
14:23And we started to write together, and it took us to Edinburgh.
14:27We took the show to Edinburgh, that we took on the road in an old...
14:31It had to be a hatchback that fit a lectern in it.
14:34LAUGHTER
14:35And we did a slideshow, but we were brilliant.
14:37There was a brilliant thing we did with Ernest Moss,
14:39but we worked organically.
14:41We went out in costume and went, stop, stand there, took photos,
14:45and then we did a slide, and we wrote around the picture.
14:49Wow.
14:50And that was what we did.
14:51So we used to work backwards organically, and it worked a treat.
14:55That was a brilliant way of working.
14:57And Partridge, it came from the day-to-day,
15:00and that's his kind of...
15:02I went to see his last live show,
15:03and I thought it was absolutely excellent, very, very funny.
15:06Brilliant. You know, it's funny,
15:08when you get that one character that sticks.
15:10I think he's sick of doing him, though.
15:12Yeah. Yeah.
15:13Yeah, but you come back to it because...
15:15The fans want to do it.
15:17It's like, you know, bands want to play a new set list,
15:20but the fans don't want to wear the new stuff.
15:22Right. So it's the same thing.
15:24It's a curse and a blessing, and it's a shame,
15:26because actually, when it comes to Steve Coogan,
15:28I'm sure your face will light up.
15:29Saxondale, both series, sensational.
15:33You love that? Love that.
15:34Do you know what? I've never seen it.
15:36Oh, you see!
15:38Call yourself a friend!
15:41It's not... I just... It wasn't for me.
15:44I don't, you know... I don't know if you'll be watching.
15:46I'm sorry, Steve, I've not watched it.
15:48Watch us every day.
15:49You'll be absolutely gutted, but I love the story.
15:51Thank you. Thank you.
15:54Never know who's watching. Never know who's watching.
15:57Right, let's get some more letters in.
15:59We need nine. The spotlight is on you.
16:01Thanks. I'll start with a consonant this time, please.
16:04Thank you, Ian. B
16:06And a vowel, please.
16:08I
16:09And another consonant, please.
16:12R
16:13And a vowel, please.
16:14E
16:15And a consonant, please.
16:17T
16:18Another consonant, please.
16:20N
16:21And a vowel, please.
16:23O
16:25And another vowel, please.
16:28I
16:29And a final consonant, please.
16:32A final S.
16:34Start the clock.
16:45CLOCK TICKS
17:05How do you get on, champ?
17:07I'll go the seven. And Christy?
17:09Seven. Yeah, what's the seven, Christy?
17:11Er, boniest. Yeah, Ian?
17:13Boniest. Yeah.
17:15Just nine points in it. Let's get back to it.
17:18Christy, you've got the slight edges challenge
17:20and you're picking letters.
17:22OK, I'll start with a vowel, please.
17:24Thank you, Christy.
17:25A
17:26And another.
17:28U
17:29A consonant.
17:31K
17:32A consonant.
17:34N
17:35Vowel.
17:37E
17:38Another vowel.
17:40A
17:42Consonant.
17:44L
17:46Consonant.
17:47R
17:48And a final vowel, please.
17:51A final U.
17:53Here we go.
18:11CLOCK TICKS
18:25That's time.
18:26Christy?
18:27I'll try a six.
18:29Yeah, there's a few of those in there.
18:31Ian? I've got a six.
18:32OK, what are you trying?
18:34Um, alkane.
18:36Alkane. And Ian?
18:38Uh, well, being on this show, unreal.
18:41Ah, that's very nice.
18:43Unreal. But what about Christy?
18:45Alkane, absolutely fine.
18:47A saturated hydrocarbon including methane, ethane, propane
18:50and other members.
18:51Good work. Good six points for both of you.
18:54John, what are you saying?
18:55I had unreal, too.
18:56Good.
18:57And unruly, but unrule.
19:00Would that be allowed just for people at home?
19:02Because there may be a lot of people trying to risk that one.
19:05Yeah, that is in.
19:06OK.
19:07Unrule and also rankle.
19:08That really rankles them.
19:10Fantastic. Good round.
19:11And what about this?
19:12Really high quality today.
19:14Our challenger, Christy, is on 43.
19:16Ian, within that magic ten points, on 34.
19:19As we get more numbers now.
19:21And, Ian, you're choosing.
19:23Can I have six small ones, please?
19:24Oh, you can, you gambling.
19:26I do like your style, Ian.
19:28Six little ones for your last choice of the numbers,
19:30so good time to do it.
19:32And they are three, three, one.
19:36One, uh-oh.
19:3886 and the target.
19:41Will this be possible?
19:42Oh, 863.
19:45863, numbers up.
20:06MUSIC STOPS
20:19Right, Ian?
20:20Couldn't get above about 700.
20:23Christy?
20:24Nowhere near.
20:25Right.
20:26Can the three of us just agree that this is impossible?
20:29Yeah, pretty sure it's impossible.
20:31Got to be.
20:32Well, if you add the two ones up...
20:34No.
20:35..and times them all together, you get to 864,
20:37but this one was impossible, but one away.
20:39That's amazing.
20:40So, sorry, I want you to take me through it again,
20:42cos I was the same.
20:43720-odd is where I start.
20:45All right.
20:462 x 9 is 18 x 6 is 108 x 8, 864.
20:51Listen, you're only meant to get a round of applause
20:53when you get it bang on, but that's sensational.
20:55APPLAUSE
20:59Right, a horrid tea time teaser.
21:01Acrid Thai shows the irritable part of his character
21:05when using poison.
21:07Shows the irritable part of his character when using poison.
21:19APPLAUSE
21:26Welcome back.
21:27Sorry to inflict that word on you.
21:29Acrid Thai becomes raticide.
21:32Shows the irritable part of his character when using poison.
21:36Straightforward, isn't it? That's the old rat poison there.
21:39Rat poison or raticide is also the killing of a rat.
21:42Right, let's get back to it.
21:43Christy, you've got the Slight Edges challenger
21:46and you're picking letters.
21:47I'll start with a consonant, please.
21:49Thank you, Christy.
21:51S
21:53Vowel.
21:54E
21:55Consonant.
21:57T
21:58Consonant.
22:00C
22:01Vowel.
22:03O
22:04And another.
22:06U
22:08Consonant.
22:09G
22:11Vowel.
22:14E
22:15And a final consonant, please.
22:18And a final S.
22:20Good luck.
22:28MUSIC PLAYS
22:50Pens down, please, Christy.
22:52A six.
22:53And Ian?
22:54Also a six.
22:55OK, it's tied, isn't it? Christy?
22:57Guests.
22:58Yes, and Ian?
23:00Scouse.
23:01Scouse.
23:02No can do on Scouse, I'm afraid.
23:04It's a capital S.
23:05Of course it's a capital S.
23:07I'm sorry, Ian.
23:09Come on, a bit of respect there, Ian.
23:12Right, Dictionary Corner,
23:13a man who wouldn't put a capital S on Scouse.
23:15What have you got, John?
23:16I've got the same as Christy, Guests.
23:18Beautiful. Anything better?
23:19Another six is Cosset.
23:22But if you see further than someone else,
23:24you out-see them, and out-seas is there for seven.
23:27Brilliant, so a very good seven if he managed to get that.
23:30The Difference Knife, 15 points.
23:32Ian, let's see what your strategy is for these letters.
23:35I'll start with a vowel, please, Rachel.
23:37Thank you, Ian. U.
23:39And a consonant, please.
23:41V.
23:42And a vowel, please.
23:45O.
23:46And a consonant, please.
23:48T.
23:50And another vowel, please.
23:52A.
23:53And another consonant, please.
23:55F.
23:57And another consonant, please.
24:00L.
24:01And a vowel, please.
24:04I.
24:06And a final consonant, please.
24:08Final Q.
24:10OK, Countdown.
24:23MUSIC PLAYS
24:42Ian?
24:43Just a five.
24:44And Christy?
24:45Yeah, a five.
24:46OK, Ian, your word?
24:48Flout.
24:49Yes, and Christy?
24:50Float.
24:51Yeah, float and flout,
24:53and then you're struggling with the V and the Q,
24:56but I have faith in Susie and John.
24:58Let's find out.
24:59Yes, there is a seven there.
25:01It sounds like an exotic fruit,
25:03but actually it is used in chemistry.
25:05Aliquot.
25:06A-L-I-Q-U-O-T.
25:08And it is a portion of something
25:10that is taken as a sample for chemical analysis.
25:13Whenever in doubt, science usually saves the day, doesn't it?
25:16It's true.
25:17There you go.
25:18Wonderful, right?
25:19The score's at the moment 54-39, just the 15 in,
25:22and as Countdown regulars know, that's absolutely nothing.
25:26So let's take a little pause before we get the finale
25:29and get some origins of words.
25:31You haven't been harassed by biscuits today,
25:33so we'll see where you go.
25:35Well, I'm going to talk about abbreviations,
25:37which is not something that will get the heart racing, I appreciate,
25:40but sometimes we love them and sometimes we hate them.
25:43So when TextSpeak came in,
25:44there was a lot of worry that English was going to the dogs
25:47and proper English would, you know, would discontinue
25:51and there were apocryphal stories of Scottish schoolchildren
25:54writing school essays in abbreviated form.
25:58And, in fact, that hasn't happened.
26:00Usually the sort of prophecies of doom when it comes to English
26:03happily aren't realised.
26:04But we've never really minded the abbreviations
26:07that we take for granted every day.
26:09And abbreviation itself goes back to the Latin abbreviare,
26:13meaning to cut,
26:14and abbreviations really increased in the 19th century
26:17when, you know, printed text were absolutely everywhere
26:21and people needed to save time,
26:23much as we do when we have to be quite sort of quick and short
26:27on our phone screens today.
26:29So I'm going to take you through some of the ones that we use
26:32and possibly don't know where they came from,
26:34which is usually Latin.
26:36So CA, if you use CA 1700, it means circa.
26:41I think most of us know that.
26:43And circa in Latin means about or around.
26:45It's behind the circus.
26:47A circus tent is round, circle, etc.
26:51Oxford Circus, because it was a set of round buildings, etc.
26:56So that one's fairly simple.
26:57EG, do you know where that one comes from, Colin?
27:00No, it's just for example.
27:02Exactly. You know what it means for example?
27:04It actually goes back to the Latin exempli gracia,
27:06which means simply by way of example.
27:09So that's very simple too.
27:10And finally, I'm not sure how much we use this really, et al.
27:14You might be used to hearing that in conversation, et al.
27:17Everybody. Exactly.
27:18It means exactly that, and the others.
27:21So we tend to kind of throw it in in conversation,
27:24but it has a very specific use in footnotes, etc,
27:27and it denotes a publication from three or more authors.
27:30Very good.
27:34Right, here we go.
27:36It's past the joke today's show because there's 15 points in it
27:39and the champion is behind.
27:41Challenger, Christy's flying, and it's your letters.
27:44Consonant, please, Rachel.
27:46Thank you, Christy. N.
27:48And another.
27:50X.
27:52Vowel.
27:53A.
27:55Another vowel.
27:56U.
27:57And a third.
27:58I.
28:00Consonant.
28:01R.
28:03Consonant.
28:04D.
28:06Vowel.
28:09A.
28:10And a final consonant.
28:13A final G.
28:15Tying time.
28:39MUSIC PLAYS
28:46Christy.
28:47Just a five.
28:48N.
28:49Six.
28:50Christy.
28:51Grand.
28:52And N.
28:53During.
28:54During is fine.
28:56My favourite part of that round, though, was after about six seconds
29:00when I could actually hear you go, yes!
29:04And I think we know what you've found.
29:06I've got an eight. Yes.
29:08I've got a guardian. Yes!
29:14Lots of big difference now.
29:15We're within that ten-point margin again.
29:17Just nine points in it.
29:19It's the final letters round, and you're picking them in.
29:22I'll start with a consonant, please.
29:24Thank you, Ian. J.
29:26And another consonant, please.
29:28G.
29:29And another one, please.
29:31P.
29:32And another, please.
29:34Z. Oh, no.
29:36Better go for a vowel, please.
29:38E.
29:39Another vowel.
29:40A.
29:41And another vowel, please.
29:43E.
29:44And a consonant, please.
29:46S.
29:47And a final consonant, please.
29:52Final T.
29:54Good luck.
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30:07MUSIC CONTINUES
30:26OK, Ian.
30:27Just a five. And Christy?
30:29Yeah, just a five. What's your five, Christy?
30:31Tapes. Yes, and Ian?
30:33Japes.
30:34Yeah, you know, the fives were there,
30:36but I'm not sure where we go from there, John Thompson.
30:39Well, I've took a risk here with P's, as in Pease Pudding.
30:43Yes, you can have P's.
30:44P-E-A-S-E.
30:46Yes, P-E-A-S-E is absolutely fine,
30:49and we thought that was a plural,
30:51so we took the S-E off and made it a P.
30:54OK. But it was always singular.
30:56And peseta is there as well, for six.
30:58Peseta for six, the old Spanish currency back in the day.
31:02Wow, with just nine points in it,
31:04what's Christy going to do in the last numbers round?
31:07All yours.
31:08Can I have three large and three small, please?
31:11You can. Gasp from Colin, you're gambling.
31:13You're taking your fate into your hands.
31:15I like it. Let's see how this plays out.
31:17The final numbers are...
31:28Two last numbers.
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31:35MUSIC CONTINUES
31:37MUSIC CONTINUES
32:012-8-2. Huge moment. Christy?
32:042-8-3.
32:051 away, Ian?
32:07I've got 2-7-9.
32:092-7-9-3 away.
32:11So, Christy, this is to become the new Countdown champion.
32:14100 x 2, 200.
32:17100 x 2, 200.
32:19Plus 75, plus 8.
32:21Yeah, gets you to 1 away. Well done.
32:23Well done. Congratulations.
32:272-2, how you doing?
32:29Yes, one way to get there, you could have said 8 divided by 2 is 4.
32:3375 less 4, 71.
32:36Times by the actual 4, 284.
32:39And then 100 over the remaining 50 gives you 2 to take away for 2-8-2.
32:44Yes.
32:47There you go. It's interesting.
32:49Essentially a low-scoring game, but it doesn't feel like that.
32:52It's felt really good quality today.
32:5466 plays 50.
32:56Not a crucial Countdown conundrum, but fingers on the buzzers.
32:5910 points up for grabs as we reveal today's Countdown conundrum.
33:06Straight in, Ian.
33:08Levelling. Yeah, let's confirm it.
33:11Very good.
33:16Christy, congratulations to you. How do you feel?
33:18I was quite nervous before coming on,
33:20but happy to get the first win out of the way.
33:23Listen, show me someone who isn't nervous in their first Countdown appearance
33:27and I'll show you a robot. You did very, very well indeed.
33:30Fantastic stuff. Can't wait to have you back tomorrow.
33:32Ian, one and done.
33:33Yeah, it's been an absolute pleasure.
33:35Thank you very much for having me.
33:37Our singer's a one-hit wonder.
33:39Very true.
33:40Jon, Susie, we'll see you tomorrow.
33:42Yeah, see you then.
33:43Wonderful.
33:44We're talking about stand-up at the top.
33:46I mean, I just think it's such an art form.
33:49You can be funny, but then there's being a stand-up comedian.
33:52Would you try it?
33:53I think it would be my worst nightmare.
33:55But you know what, I've got a friend, Luciana Berger,
33:58who used to be a Labour MP.
34:00She's now doing stand-up.
34:01She's similar age to me.
34:02She's got two little kids and she's just taken herself off
34:04and she's actually performing in front of an audience.
34:07So hats off to her.
34:08Anyone that does that, very, very brave.
34:10Well, I think there'll be a lot of politicians, past and present,
34:13who would say are jokers.
34:14So that's going to work quite well.
34:16Not in as good a way as Luciana.
34:18Absolutely not. Right, there you go.
34:20We will be back tomorrow in the house.
34:22We'll see you then.
34:23Susie, Rachel and I, you can count on us.
34:42Tents all decked out for Halloween on the Bake Off tonight at eight.
34:45Will Noel and Matt be dressed up for it?
34:47What do you think?
34:48A place in the sun's next with a couple who met at Manchester Airport
34:52wanting a home in Spain.