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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:19APPLAUSE
00:31Hello, everybody, welcome to Countdown.
00:33We've reached the midpoint of the week, Wednesday's show.
00:36Rachel Riley, I always say this is the top of the mountain,
00:39plain sailing up.
00:41The hump, yes, over the hump, almost.
00:43I'm guessing that you've done those, you know,
00:46Kilimanjaro backwards or been up Ben Nevis or whatever.
00:50The closest I got was...
00:52Well, Susie and I did it together, actually.
00:54We did 100k on our bikes, ride the night.
00:57It wasn't anything steep or treacherous,
00:59it was night-time with, I don't know,
01:011,000 other ladies or something.
01:03100k through central London and everyone coming out of the clubs,
01:07cheering and drunk and wearing neon and in our Lycra and going.
01:10Nice. That pub crawl you did in Dublin for the weekend,
01:13that was good.
01:15That was a one-nighter which culminated in Susie
01:17buying a hot water bottle from a kid.
01:19That was as wild as it got.
01:21You're ruining her image here, people say it's rock and roll.
01:24So what about in general, would you run a marathon?
01:27Is that...? You know, you're fit and active.
01:30You know what, I'd rather spend two days on a bike than run one mile.
01:34I love cycling and I can't stand running.
01:37What would be your worst fear?
01:39You know those people say, I'm doing something sponsored.
01:41What would be the worst thing?
01:43Jumping out of a plane, bungee jumping, running anywhere, you name it.
01:47I'll pay someone else to do it.
01:49That's why I pretty much say yes to sponsoring anybody,
01:51so I don't have to do it myself.
01:53That's a good idea. Parachute jump for me with the vertigo.
01:56You know, a tandem one, I'd just be a dead weight, I'd be passed out.
02:00So I genuinely don't think I could get out of the plane.
02:03Yeah, not my idea of fun at all.
02:05Yeah, that's why, there's two reasons why I wouldn't do
02:08I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here.
02:10One is the parachute jump and the second is I'm not a celebrity.
02:14All right, well, listen, a challenge is but a nine-letter word
02:17to Dictionary Corner.
02:19Susie Dempach, of course, our J of the Day,
02:21and our very special guest, John Thompson.
02:23APPLAUSE
02:25Lovely to have you. Never know where the conversation's going to go with you.
02:28Never know. Could meander anywhere today, Colin.
02:31Well, let's meander to our new champion, Christy Cooper.
02:34Just a teenager, really good first win as well
02:37and it's a nerve-wracking experience,
02:39so I'm looking forward to seeing what you can do today.
02:41And it's good to know I'm early, talking of celebrities,
02:44because we could be looking at the new Tom Cruise here,
02:47because what a CV he has for acting.
02:50Just run me through it there.
02:51Yeah, in primary school, in the Nativity,
02:54I think what happened, there was more kids in my year
02:58than there was roles, so I ended up playing a door.
03:01A door. There you go.
03:03But you played it brilliantly.
03:05The review said nobody had ever played a door like you, Christy.
03:09So there you go. Someone had to say it.
03:11Right, well, listen, knocking on the door today is our challenger, David Reeves,
03:15and we like to make our challenger feel welcome.
03:17That's why we were talking about fitness challenges.
03:20You've done loads. Talk me through the walking,
03:23because I walk marathons quite a bit.
03:25Yeah, well, I've not actually done the walk yet,
03:27so the plan is to do it at the beginning of next year,
03:29so it's a lands end to John O'Groats.
03:31So what have you done to get ready for it?
03:33Lots of hiking. I'm into hiking anyway,
03:35and as Rachel was saying, I'm actually a runner as well,
03:37so quite a few marathons under my belt, so I'm used to the miles.
03:40There you go. What's the worst part of a marathon for you?
03:42Because is it, you know, three, four miles in,
03:45or three, four miles from the end? Where's the bit where you think?
03:47Definitely the walls towards the end. It's about mile 21 for me.
03:50Countdown is a marathon, not a sprint, so pace yourselves.
03:54Thank you to David, thank you to Christy.
03:56APPLAUSE
03:59Can we get the letters, Mr Cooper?
04:01Hi again, Rachel. Hi, Christy.
04:03Can I start with a consonant, please?
04:05Thank you. Start today with T.
04:07And a vowel.
04:09A.
04:11Consonant.
04:13R.
04:15Vowel.
04:17I.
04:19Consonant.
04:21Y.
04:23Vowel.
04:25E.
04:27Another vowel.
04:29Consonant.
04:31N.
04:33And a final consonant.
04:35Final B.
04:37At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:59MUSIC PLAYS
05:09David, out of the blocks, with what?
05:11Just a five. Five. And Christy?
05:13Six. OK, the five, David?
05:15I bought. Yes. And Christy?
05:17Boater. Boater.
05:19Over to Dictionary Corner, Susie and John.
05:22Bromate, is there a chemical term?
05:24That would give you a seven.
05:26But there is an eight there with biometry.
05:28It's a combination of statistical analysis to biological data.
05:31Very good. Very good.
05:35Right, good start, David. Your first chance to say hello to Rich.
05:38Hi, Rachel.
05:40Hi, David. Take a consonant, please.
05:42Thank you. Start with N.
05:44And a vowel.
05:46A.
05:48And a consonant.
05:50S.
05:52And another consonant.
05:54R.
05:56O.
05:58And another vowel.
06:00I.
06:02And take a consonant.
06:04D.
06:06Another consonant, please.
06:08M.
06:10And lastly, I'll take a vowel, please.
06:12And lastly, A.
06:1430 seconds.
06:16MUSIC PLAYS
06:26MUSIC CONTINUES
06:46That's the time.
06:48Christy? Just five.
06:50Just the five? David, the door's open a bit.
06:52Six. Six, here we go. What's the five, Christy?
06:54Maids. OK, Mr Reeves?
06:56Drains. And drains.
06:58So, six points all, as it stands at the moment.
07:00Anything else in Dictionary Corner?
07:02The six, radios.
07:04Radios. There you go. Perfect word for me.
07:06Love it. Love it. Nothing like the radio.
07:08Anything else?
07:10Well, you are a radio man, pretty much.
07:12That's all there for one word.
07:14You're kidding me. One of the weaker superheroes.
07:18All right, six points each.
07:20Let's get our first numbers round.
07:22That's always the honour of the champ.
07:24Can I have two large and four small, please?
07:26You can indeed. Thank you, Christy.
07:28Two from the top and four little numbers.
07:30And the first ones of the day are...
07:36And the big ones...
07:40And the target to reach, 815.
07:42815, numbers up.
07:44MUSIC PLAYS
07:52MUSIC CONTINUES
08:14All right, David. 815.
08:16Yes, and Christy? 815.
08:18Always good, your first numbers round as the challenger.
08:20They just get eased in.
08:22There's something that's a little bit easier.
08:24So off you go.
08:26100 x 8. 800.
08:287-2 is 5. It is.
08:30Add the 10, gives you 15,
08:32and add those together.
08:34Lovely. 815.
08:36You might be showing David your bit of paper here.
08:38There you are. Wonderful.
08:40APPLAUSE
08:42You never know with Countdown.
08:44One of the beauties of Countdown is you never know.
08:46You can get a washout, you can get a close game.
08:48But we're going to start today after just one part.
08:50Let's get your tea time teaser.
08:52Nigel Ray.
08:54Nigel Ray.
08:56One should help you get the answer to this.
08:58One should help you get the answer to this.
09:00MUSIC PLAYS
09:08APPLAUSE
09:14Nigel Ray becomes yearling.
09:16One should help you get the answer to this.
09:18And I just want to get on with the game.
09:2016 points each.
09:22David Rees from York, you'll kick off part two with some letters.
09:24I'll take a consonant, please, Rachel.
09:26Thank you, David.
09:28T. And another.
09:30V.
09:32And a vowel, please.
09:34E. And a consonant.
09:36C.
09:38And a vowel.
09:40O.
09:42And another consonant, please.
09:44R.
09:46Another consonant.
09:48P.
09:50And a vowel.
09:52A.
09:54And another consonant, please.
09:56And the last one, X.
09:58Thanks, Rich.
10:00MUSIC PLAYS
10:14MUSIC CONTINUES
10:30Time's up. Christy, how did you get on?
10:32Six. Good stuff. And David?
10:34Just a five. A five is...?
10:36Expat. And for the points?
10:38Recoat. Recoat.
10:40All good, Suze? Yep, all good.
10:42Is that a lost hyphen? It is, I'm afraid.
10:44We could make a documentary on that.
10:46It'd be a six-parter.
10:48The disappearance of the hyphen.
10:50Right, John, what have you got?
10:52I've got a carpet.
10:54Nice. Six. There you go. Carpet for six.
10:56Anything better?
10:58There is a seven there, which might sound a bit painful.
11:00Overtax.
11:02Well, you get it back, hopefully, if you spot it.
11:04True. Right, 22, please.
11:0616.
11:08And, Christy, you've got to choose your next letters.
11:10I'll start with the vowel, please, Rachel.
11:12Thank you, Christy.
11:14O. And another?
11:16E.
11:18A consonant?
11:20C.
11:22A consonant?
11:24G. A vowel?
11:26I.
11:28Another vowel?
11:30O.
11:32A consonant?
11:34F.
11:36Consonant?
11:38R.
11:40And a final consonant?
11:42A final L.
11:44Good luck.
12:08MUSIC CONTINUES
12:14Christy's got a big word,
12:16cos he's been sitting like this for 20 seconds, just staring.
12:18Right, what have you got, Christy?
12:20A seven. A seven. Very good. And David?
12:22A six. Very good. What's the six?
12:24Golfer. And the seven is?
12:26Goofier. Goofier is a beautiful word.
12:28Goofier is, and we definitely can't improve on that.
12:30Yeah.
12:3229 plus 16. Big ten points, David,
12:34cos you're in control of the numbers for the first time.
12:36I'll take one from the top
12:38and any five others, please.
12:40Thank you, David. One large, five little coming your way.
12:42And these five little ones
12:44are seven, ten,
12:46one, five
12:48and three.
12:50And the big one, 25.
12:52And the target, 506.
12:54506 numbers up.
12:56MUSIC PLAYS
13:06MUSIC CONTINUES
13:26Right, how do you get on, David?
13:28Just 507. OK, you're one away.
13:30And Christy? 507.
13:32Both one away.
13:34Let's go with Mr Cooper.
13:3625 times ten is 250.
13:38Three.
13:40Take away one is two.
13:42Times them together and add the seven.
13:44That gets you to one away.
13:46507. Same way, David?
13:48Yeah, same way.
13:50Not that we don't trust you.
13:52Take me to the river, Rich.
13:54Yeah, a few ways for this one.
13:56You could have said 25 times by five.
13:58One, two, five.
14:00Take away one. One, two, four.
14:02Seven minus three is four.
14:04Times those together for 496
14:06and add on the remaining ten for 506.
14:08APPLAUSE
14:1236 plays 23
14:14as we go on a magical mystery tour again
14:16with John Thompson,
14:18because I'll let you into a little trade secret.
14:20Before the show starts, you might say,
14:22John, what shall we talk about today?
14:24Maybe, you know, cold feet.
14:26He ends up talking about biscuits, so you never know.
14:28I love a biscuit. But here's something he said to me.
14:30It's a terrible chat you have sometimes when you first meet someone.
14:32Did you see the match last night?
14:34Are you looking for anything?
14:36John said, I'm not a fan of any sport.
14:38That'll surprise a lot of people, no offence.
14:40Do you know what upset me, Colin?
14:42I'll tell you. Someone said,
14:44well, you must have liked something at school.
14:46And I said, yeah, rounders.
14:48And they went, no, you don't like sport.
14:50LAUGHTER
14:52I tried, you know. I don't know what it is.
14:54I don't have an affinity. I'm only competitive
14:56on an intellectual level.
14:58So I love a game show,
15:00and you were talking to Rachel earlier about doing marathons.
15:02Well, I don't need to,
15:04because I've raised thousands of pounds
15:06for charity over the years
15:08doing game shows.
15:10I'm trying to think of a sport for you that would be safe,
15:12because obviously you're bad luck.
15:14Do you know what I used to like? World of Sport,
15:16Acapulco cliff diving.
15:18Remember that?
15:20Do you remember logging as well?
15:22They used to cut grooves and you had to cut a groove and climb to the top.
15:24British wrestling I did like.
15:26There you go.
15:28Yes, because I'll never forget the unmasking of Kendo Nagasaki,
15:30and he had red eyes.
15:32It stayed with me to this very day.
15:34Huge moment, but I'm not buying it.
15:36There you go. I take it all back.
15:38I like British wrestling.
15:40But it's theatre, isn't it, really?
15:42Do you know what I mean?
15:44It's sports entertainment.
15:46I'm not giving you that one at all.
15:48I'll find one one day.
15:50If you get stuck on a lift with John Thompson,
15:52don't ask him about sport.
15:54Steve, that for your taxi driver.
15:56Thank you very much, Kit.
15:58Only one competition matters now.
16:00Let's get back to Countdown.
16:02Christy, it's your letters.
16:04Can I start with a consonant, please?
16:06Thank you, Christy. S
16:08And another.
16:10D
16:12Vowel.
16:14E
16:16Consonant.
16:18N
16:20Vowel.
16:22Consonant.
16:24H
16:26Vowel.
16:28U
16:30And a final consonant.
16:32Final. S
16:34Start the clock.
16:52CLOCK TICKS
17:06And that's your time, David.
17:08Seven. Very good. And Christy?
17:10Seven. Seven is Christy.
17:12Haunted. And David?
17:14Shunted. John Thompson, Susie Dent.
17:16Can you take me higher? John, what have you got?
17:18We've got a nice eight. Sunshade.
17:20Wonderful. And there's another eight there with handsets.
17:22Not so nice. No.
17:24It's all right. Thank you very much.
17:26But seven points each were it matters.
17:28And David will need nine more letters.
17:30I'll start with a vowel, please, Rachel.
17:32Thank you, David. A
17:34And a consonant.
17:36F
17:38And another.
17:40S
17:42And another. N
17:44Take a vowel, please.
17:46E
17:48And another consonant.
17:50L
17:52And another consonant.
17:54N
17:56And a vowel.
17:58I
18:00I'll take a final consonant, please.
18:02Final. T
18:04Half a minute.
18:18E
18:20E
18:22E
18:24E
18:26E
18:28E
18:30E
18:32E
18:34Time's up. Christy?
18:36Seven. And David?
18:38Just a five. OK, the five?
18:40Slant.
18:42Slant and Christy? Infants.
18:44Infants for seven.
18:46I've got a six. Yes?
18:48In a Christmas theme. Why?
18:50Tinsel. Oh, no.
18:52You haven't started Christmas in October, have you?
18:54Gee, about Santa's elf, he got very poorly.
18:56He got tinselitis.
19:00I'm not having it this time of year.
19:02Did he go to the National Elf Service?
19:04Oh, come on.
19:06Oh.
19:08There is an eight there. Inflates.
19:10Oh. Inflates, yeah.
19:12Let me tell you, as long as I'm here,
19:14I don't want a Christmas tree going up here
19:16until a week before Christmas.
19:1850-30, more numbers now.
19:20Christy Cooper?
19:22Two large and four small.
19:24You can indeed, thank you, Christy.
19:26Two large and four little ones coming up.
19:28And this time, the little ones
19:30are five,
19:32four, nine,
19:34and seven, and your big two,
19:3625 and 100.
19:38And the target for you to reach,
19:40783.
19:42Keep your numbers up.
20:13Tricky one. 783.
20:15How did you get on, David?
20:17786.
20:19786, three away. And for you, Christy?
20:21786, not written down.
20:23Well, you'll have to go first then, Christy.
20:25100 x 7 is 700.
20:28700.
20:3025 x 4 is 100.
20:32Yep.
20:34Add them together and then 9 plus 5 is 14.
20:36Take it away.
20:38Haven't used any of those. And three away, well done.
20:40And David? Same way.
20:42OK, wonderful.
20:44Well, I got one away and then lost the will to live,
20:46so off you go, Rachel.
20:48It's not that bad.
20:50This one was divisible by nine.
20:52So if you start with that, you can say
20:544 x 5 is 20.
20:56100 x 20 is 80.
20:58Add 7 for 87
21:00and simply times that by 9.
21:02783. There you go.
21:04APPLAUSE
21:06So very much a competition today.
21:08Here's a tea-time teaser to get through the break.
21:10Different words, same clue.
21:12Rainslug. Rainslug.
21:14And yet again, one should help you get the answer to this.
21:16One should help you get the answer to this.
21:18MUSIC
21:26APPLAUSE
21:32Welcome back. Rainslug.
21:34One should help you get the answer to this.
21:36Singular.
21:38That was our second tea-time teaser of the day.
21:4020 points in it.
21:42So a champion sitting comfortably enough
21:44but certainly not home and dry as it stands.
21:46So, David Reeves, let's get some more letters.
21:48I'll take a consonant, please, Rachel.
21:50Thank you, David. D.
21:52And another.
21:54R. And a vowel.
21:56A. And a consonant.
21:58P.
22:00And another consonant, please.
22:02L. And a vowel.
22:04E. And a consonant.
22:06R.
22:08And another vowel, please.
22:10O.
22:12And a final vowel.
22:14And a final I.
22:16Good luck.
22:18MUSIC
22:34MUSIC
22:48OK, David, big round, that's what we've got.
22:50Risky seven.
22:52OK, probably a good time if you're going to take a risk.
22:54Christy? Just six.
22:56The six is? Paired.
22:58Paired. Is the seven going to pay off? Let's find out.
23:00Drapier.
23:02Oh, really bad luck here
23:04because the Countdown rule is that it has to be specified
23:06in the comparative and superlative
23:08in the dictionary to be allowed.
23:10Drapier is in, but it doesn't give us drapier.
23:12I'm so sorry.
23:14No problem. It was a really good try.
23:16OK, dictionary corner,
23:18I think we'll get a seven or two here.
23:20I started with a peddler,
23:22but then I looked closely
23:24and I found a leopard.
23:26Seven. Nice.
23:28Seven for leopard. Yes.
23:30John got that within about two seconds.
23:32Nice. Preload is also...
23:34Preload and paroled?
23:36Yes. Oh, yeah.
23:38There's a bit of that, but there you go.
23:4063 plays.
23:4237 more letters now.
23:44Christy, you're picking them. Consonant, please, Rachel.
23:46Thank you, Christy.
23:48D. And another?
23:50W.
23:52Vowel?
23:54E.
23:56Another vowel?
23:58Consonant?
24:00S.
24:02Another consonant?
24:04Q.
24:06Vowel?
24:08E.
24:10Another vowel?
24:12I.
24:14And a final consonant, please?
24:16Final G.
24:18And here we go.
24:28MUSIC PLAYS
24:48Christy?
24:50Six. And David?
24:52Five. OK, the five is?
24:54Weeds. Weeds. And Christy?
24:56Wedges. Wedges.
24:58Can't you have wedgies?
25:00Oh, my goodness me, do you mean as in that horrible, horrible thing
25:02that people would do at school?
25:04I started with wedgie and I thought, hang on, there's an S.
25:06Wedgies, plural.
25:08It's surely not an addiction.
25:10Oh, yeah, yeah. So, first meaning a shoe with a wedge heel.
25:12Second is pulling up material of someone's underwear
25:14tightly between their buttocks
25:16is a practical joke.
25:18Sackable offence, that, in the Countdown studio,
25:20just so Rachel knows.
25:22After we go off air,
25:24don't even try it.
25:26Why do you think there's so much distance between us?
25:2869 plays 37
25:30as we head over for our
25:32Daily Origins of Words.
25:34Cannot wait. Where are we going today?
25:36Well, I often say that my
25:38job, Colin, comes with really
25:40horrible vocabulary, or at least quite alienating
25:42vocabulary. It's the best gig in the world,
25:44but we have terms that I've mentioned before
25:46like ablout reduplication, which
25:48simply means that we say flip-flop
25:50and ping-pong rather than pong-ping and flop-flip
25:52and it's a rule that we don't know
25:54we know. Well, another one is
25:56reduplicative compounds, which
25:58is not going to get your pulse
26:00racing at any time, but it means
26:02words like higgledy-piggledy or
26:04helter-skelter, dilly-dally, shilly-shally,
26:06all of those, which are also governed
26:08by the rule of ablout reduplication.
26:10But I'm going to stick with some of the best,
26:12I think, in English,
26:14and some will go back centuries. So,
26:16hocus-pocus goes back to
26:18the early 17th century, and
26:20it was actually originally a term for a
26:22juggler. It was somebody who used to juggle
26:24as a performance.
26:26And the etymology is thought to be the
26:28attempt of these jugglers to imitate
26:30a Latin spell,
26:32if you like. So, it went something like hax-pax,
26:34hax-pax, max-deus,
26:36adi-max, which doesn't
26:38really mean very much at all, but it sounds
26:40impressive, a bit like abracadabra.
26:42And from there, we think it sort of
26:44morphed into not just hocus-pocus,
26:46but also hanky-panky. So,
26:48both of those, we think, came from there.
26:50Higgledy-piggledy, I think, is just a lovely one.
26:52Very often, one part of
26:54these compounds doesn't mean anything at all,
26:56and that's the case with higgledy.
26:58I think it probably simply goes back to the
27:00disorderly herding of
27:02pigs, who can be unruly at the best
27:04of times. But there are so many of them
27:06in English, and as I say, quite often, they don't
27:08really mean very much at all, but they
27:10have endured for centuries, because
27:12they sound so good. Thank you.
27:14APPLAUSE
27:16David, you're going to need some hocus-pocus
27:18to get yourself out of this hole. All is not
27:20lost. Let's get some more letters.
27:22A consonant, please. Thank you, David.
27:24S. And another.
27:26G.
27:28And another.
27:30H. Take a vowel,
27:32please. O.
27:34And another vowel.
27:36E. And a consonant.
27:38T.
27:40And another consonant.
27:42L. And a vowel.
27:44U.
27:46And I'll take a final
27:48consonant, please. And a final M.
27:50Kind time.
28:14MUSIC
28:22Here we go, David.
28:24Just a 6. And Christie?
28:26A 6. OK, what's the 6, Christie?
28:28Er, metals. Cool. And David?
28:30Hostel. And hostel.
28:32We're going to go to Susie? Yeah, we don't have an A
28:34for metals, I'm afraid, Christie, I'm sorry.
28:36Little moments like that
28:38can change a game, just like football
28:40genres, no, actually, you don't know anything
28:42Don't go there.
28:44What else did you have for me, my wrestling-loving friend?
28:47I've got mugshot.
28:51Mugshot, paroled.
28:53Don't like where this show is going.
28:55Christy, last letters round. Let's get on with it.
28:58I'll start with a vowel, please, Rachel.
29:00Thank you, Christy. A
29:02A consonant.
29:04G
29:05A vowel.
29:07I
29:08Another vowel.
29:10A
29:11A consonant.
29:13C
29:15Another consonant.
29:17N
29:18A vowel.
29:20E
29:21A consonant.
29:23M
29:25And a final consonant.
29:29A final P.
29:31Last letters.
29:41MUSIC PLAYS
30:02Let's see what David's managed. How did you get on?
30:05Eight.
30:06And Christy?
30:07Eight as well.
30:08There you go, the false dawn, but let's see if the words count.
30:11Christy?
30:12Campaign.
30:13And David?
30:14Same.
30:15Same.
30:16Fantastic.
30:17Fantastic. Eight points each.
30:19APPLAUSE
30:2020 points up for grabs still.
30:22David, your campaign's over with that,
30:24but what a way to go with an eight.
30:26John?
30:27Well, I was quite pleased with a six at cinema.
30:29I know, but you can't sit back after seven seconds.
30:31No, you can't.
30:32I'm watching you.
30:33Two eights, I mean.
30:34Yes, what else?
30:35Paceman was a seven.
30:36It's the best you can do in all of the Oxford English Dictionary,
30:39so well done if you managed to get that.
30:4177 plays 51.
30:43David, let's go out with a bang. Any numbers you want.
30:46I'll take two from the top, please, Rachel.
30:48What a bang. Two from the top.
30:50Four little ones.
30:52And the final one of the day.
30:54Four, six, seven, six.
30:58And the big ones, 50 and 100.
31:01And the target, 821.
31:04Come on, last numbers.
31:35Too big, the target was 821.
31:38Christy, anywhere close?
31:39824, not written down.
31:41OK, three away, David.
31:43Out with a whimper, I've got nothing.
31:45No, not at all, the conundrum's where you go out with a bang.
31:48Christy, not written down, off you go, mate.
31:50Six plus seven is 13.
31:52Six plus seven, 13.
31:55Times 50.
31:56650.
31:58Er, no, I've gone wrong.
32:00Don't cost you anything, of course,
32:02and you're away with your second win.
32:04But, Rachel, ten points, please, for everyone at home.
32:06Oh, I've got loads of ways for one away,
32:08so you have to leave it with me.
32:09Right, yeah, another annoying one.
32:11Well, let's see if we can get there before the end of the show.
32:13But right now, it's fingers on buzzers.
32:1577-51 as we reveal today's Countdown conundrum.
32:33BUZZER
32:36Christy, 14 seconds.
32:3815th.
32:3915th, let's have a look.
32:42Yes, brilliant.
32:43APPLAUSE
32:46Really not easy to see that one.
32:48No obvious endings to put out,
32:50our little selections of words, so absolutely fantastic.
32:53Mark of a champion, Christy, your second win.
32:56So that CV can now say Double Countdown champion,
33:00move the door down a little bit, right?
33:03TV star for us.
33:04Christy, see you tomorrow? Yep.
33:06Happy days, but I'm afraid I've got to send you walking.
33:09Hello.
33:10Don, did you enjoy it, though?
33:11I did, it's been fantastic, thank you.
33:13I must ask you, we kind of brushed over the fact
33:15you will be walking Land's End to John O'Groats.
33:18How do you divide it up?
33:19Like, how many miles are you willing to do a day?
33:21Well, the plan is to walk with my dog,
33:23so the miles will be limited to around 18 to 20 a day,
33:25so it's going to take about two months.
33:27But well over half a marathon every day for over two months.
33:30Yes.
33:31Have you got all the blister plasters ready?
33:33Plenty of stocks of blister plasters.
33:35Well, listen, I have to send you walking, but well done today.
33:41Time to jog on.
33:42John and Susie, see you tomorrow?
33:44See you tomorrow.
33:46And just enough time, 8-2-1.
33:48You're going to like this one, Colin.
33:49Come on.
33:50If you say 100 and times it by 50 for 5,000...
33:55Oh, come on!
33:56..add on the 4 for 5,004,
33:59divide that by 6 for 834
34:03and take away the 7 and the second 6.
34:058-2-1.
34:10All-time highlight, that one. Brilliant.
34:12But we mustn't dilly-dally or the Channel 4 schedule
34:15will be all higgledy-piggledy.
34:17So we'll be back tomorrow, Susie, Rachel and I.
34:19You can count on us.
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34:36Tonight, with a skills challenge
34:38that hopefully won't get them all in a spin,
34:40turning tops on traditional pole lathes.
34:43Handmade, Britain's best woodworker continues at 8.
34:47A place in the sun coming up next this afternoon here on Channel 4
34:51with £90,000 to spend on a padding plant.