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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:05APPLAUSE
00:31Hello, everybody. It's Tuesday afternoon.
00:33That means it's Countdown time again.
00:35Thank you so much for tuning in. We never take it for granted.
00:38And I know loads of you sit down now.
00:40It's your time just to take a break from the worries of the day.
00:43A cup of tea, maybe a wee digestive or a sneaky eclair,
00:46a slice of cake.
00:48Rachel, baking is, I mean, all the rage now, the bake-off and all that.
00:52I mean, don't take this the wrong way,
00:55you don't strike me as a Mary Berry type.
00:58Why would you say that, Colin?
01:00I just don't see you on a Sunday, you know, knocking up 36 cupcakes.
01:04Maybe one day.
01:06No, you would be right. Fine, you're right again, yeah.
01:09No, I like eating cake, baking it.
01:12I think it's dangerous if you learn how to bake well.
01:14Then you're going to eat more. Right.
01:16And I don't want to bake well.
01:18I'm with you. Absolutely hopeless at it.
01:20And the problem is, if I make a cake because of my addictive personality,
01:24it's gone. It's gone by the end of the day.
01:27Well, the good thing about being vegan is that if people decide
01:30to make you vegan cake or vegan bread or vegan anything,
01:33at the end of the day, they say,
01:35oh, we probably won't eat it, so you better take it home with you.
01:37Take it away with you. So you just get extra cake, it's great.
01:39There you go. Well, listen, let's introduce again
01:41the icing on the Countdown cake.
01:43Each and every day, of course, there's our J of the Day,
01:46Susie Dent, and alongside her,
01:48a huge slice of funny, comedian and Countdown superfan,
01:52Stephen K Amos!
01:55Let's welcome back our champion,
01:57our teacher from Braintree in Essex, Claire Watkins.
02:00We'll get to the cake in a second with our challenger,
02:02but you're all about the teapot.
02:04We had a bit of banter about it yesterday.
02:06You've secured the teapot.
02:07But it won't be the only one you own, I believe.
02:09No, I collect teapots.
02:11What's the most you've ever had at one time?
02:13At the height of my collection, I had about 50.
02:15Wow, that's insane.
02:17Well, listen, we've got the tea, we're going to get the cake now
02:20with Christine Mohan, who we'll welcome to Countdown
02:23for the first time, from Hartlepool.
02:25Come on, give me your cake credentials.
02:28Well, I'm a cake maker and I make wedding cakes,
02:31celebration cakes, birthday cakes.
02:33I like cake competitions and I've got some awards
02:36for the cakes that I've made as well.
02:38Don't be bashful, come on.
02:39Are we talking, like, regional, national, international?
02:42Well, there's one particular competition
02:44called Cake International that's an international competition
02:47and I've got a silver award for that.
02:49And I've got a regional award for large celebration cake,
02:53for a cake I made a few years ago.
02:55Well, let's hope you can rise to champion today.
02:57Really nice to have you here.
02:59Christine and Clare!
03:00APPLAUSE
03:03You're about to say what,
03:04can you bring a lovely atmospheres champion to this studio?
03:07You're making it just a lovely afternoon and let's get some letters.
03:10May I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
03:12You may indeed, thank you, Clare.
03:14Start today with F.
03:15And another?
03:17K.
03:18And another?
03:20C.
03:21And another?
03:23N.
03:24And a vowel?
03:26A.
03:27And another?
03:28U.
03:29And another?
03:31E.
03:32And a consonant?
03:34T.
03:35And a consonant?
03:36And lastly, G.
03:38At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
03:48MUSIC PLAYS
04:12Clare?
04:13Six.
04:14Ah, very good. And Christine?
04:16Questionable seven.
04:17Questionable seven, the six?
04:19Force it.
04:20And Christine, the questionable seven?
04:22Tankage.
04:23Ooh, a tankage.
04:25There's only one A in there, unfortunately.
04:28Sorry, Christine. That's OK.
04:30Steve and Kate Amos, what have you got there?
04:32Well, rather fortuitously,
04:34bearing in mind what we've been discussing at the top of the programme,
04:37we do have a seven.
04:39Nutcake.
04:40Oh, no!
04:42And not only a nutcake, but, Rachel, a gluten-free one.
04:46One for the celiacs.
04:48She left, Christine.
04:51The cake was there from the very beginning.
04:54It was. I spotted that, but it was only four.
04:57Right, let's move on, get some more letters.
05:00Your first time-up.
05:01Please may I have a consonant?
05:03Thank you, Christine.
05:04T.
05:05And another?
05:07S.
05:09And another?
05:11G.
05:12And a fourth?
05:14N.
05:16And a vowel, please?
05:18U.
05:20And another?
05:21I.
05:23And another?
05:25O.
05:27And a consonant?
05:29W.
05:31And a final consonant, please?
05:34A final T.
05:3630 seconds.
05:46MUSIC
06:07Christine?
06:08Seven.
06:09Seven, you've got a seven there.
06:11There's only one N, just so you know. Claire?
06:13Seven.
06:14Untwist.
06:15Untwist.
06:16And, Claire?
06:17Stowing.
06:18And stowing.
06:19Very, very good for sevens.
06:21I think we might be able to go a little bit better.
06:24Let's find out, Dictionary Corner.
06:26I think we have, but well played, guys.
06:29A well-known cricketing term we've got there, outswing.
06:33Yes, brilliant.
06:3513 plays seven, good start.
06:37Claire, let's get some numbers.
06:39May I have one large one and the rest small, please?
06:42You may indeed. Thank you, Claire. One large, five little.
06:45And for the first time today,
06:47the selection is five, six, two, seven, eight and 50.
06:54And the target to reach, 395.
06:58395 numbers up.
07:12CLOCK TICKS
07:30Love the smile on Christine's face.
07:32First numbers round was easy.
07:34Yes! A grin for 20 seconds just staring at the camera.
07:38Let's get it out of the way. Christine, 395.
07:40395.
07:41Claire, 395. 395.
07:43Claire, off you go.
07:44Did 50 x 8 is 400 and subtracted the 5.
07:47Hopefully all of your students got that as well.
07:50Have a look.
07:51There you go. Ten points each.
07:53First tea time teaser is so rare.
07:57Is so rare.
07:58Were these commonly said by St Bede?
08:01Were these commonly said by St Bede?
08:11APPLAUSE
08:18Welcome back.
08:19Yes, commonly said by St Bede.
08:21Rosaries was the answer to the first tea time teaser.
08:2423 plays 17.
08:27A closely fought affair so far.
08:29Settling in nicely is Christine at Mohan's.
08:32Let's pick us up some more letters.
08:34Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Christine.
08:37R.
08:38And another?
08:40L.
08:41And a third?
08:43D.
08:45And another?
08:47S.
08:48And a vowel, please?
08:50A.
08:52And another?
08:53E.
08:54And another?
08:56O.
08:59And another, please?
09:02A.
09:03And a final consonant?
09:04A final W.
09:06Thanks, Rach.
09:10MUSIC PLAYS
09:37All right, Christine.
09:38Six.
09:39And Clare?
09:40Seven.
09:41Yeah, the sixes?
09:43Awards.
09:44Awards, which you've won many of.
09:46And Clare?
09:47Loaders.
09:48Loaders.
09:49People would add reloads at home the other way round.
09:52But either way, that's the one you wanted to find.
09:55Anything better, Mr Amos?
09:57I think we found one.
09:59Seven.
10:00Seaward?
10:02Yes, facing towards the sea.
10:03Seaward or travelling seaward.
10:05Seaward, there you go.
10:06Another seven.
10:07Nothing better than that.
10:08Let's look towards our champion, Clare.
10:10More letters.
10:11May I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
10:13Thank you, Clare.
10:14V.
10:15And another?
10:16S.
10:17And another?
10:19T.
10:20And another?
10:21R.
10:22And another?
10:24D.
10:25And a vowel, please?
10:26O.
10:27And another?
10:29I.
10:30And another?
10:32A.
10:33And another?
10:34And the last one?
10:35E.
10:36Here we go.
10:37Here we go.
10:38Here we go.
10:39Here we go.
10:40Here we go.
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11:00Here we go.
11:01Here we go.
11:02Here we go.
11:03Here we go.
11:04Here we go.
11:05Here we go.
11:07Claire.
11:08Seven.
11:09Christine.
11:10Seven, not written down.
11:11What have you not written down?
11:13Raviest.
11:14Raviest.
11:15Claire?
11:16Can I have Stader?
11:17Wow.
11:18You both have asked questions of Susie Dent.
11:21Let's cross over.
11:22I love the idea of something being the raviest, but it's not in.
11:26I don't even think ravy is there, unfortunately.
11:29I'm sorry, Christine.
11:30That's ridiculous. I was the raviest in 1989.
11:33I know. I know you were.
11:34We just want enough of you.
11:36But Stader is fine under the countdown rule
11:39that if an adjective's got a single syllable,
11:42we don't need to have the comparative or superlative specified.
11:46Long-winded way of saying it's absolutely fine.
11:48Yeah.
11:49OK.
11:50Dictionary corner.
11:51Anything better than seven?
11:53I think we did, didn't we?
11:54Yes.
11:55We got a nine.
11:56We did.
11:57First of the week.
11:59Deviate...
12:00Deviators.
12:01Deviators.
12:04Deviators.
12:05People who deviate from the plan.
12:07From the norm, yes.
12:08From the norm.
12:09Brilliant.
12:10Just for the sake of people at home, because it jumped out,
12:13you just lost the first letter.
12:14Asteroid.
12:15Asteroid.
12:16Excellent.
12:17Well done.
12:18Is there for eight?
12:19Eight stuff.
12:20Back on Earth.
12:21Another numbers round to play.
12:22Christine, it's you.
12:23One large and the rest small, please.
12:25Thank you, Christine.
12:26One from the top, five little ones coming up.
12:28And for this round, your small numbers are...
12:34And the target to reach...
12:38354 numbers up.
13:04Christine.
13:05355.
13:06One away.
13:07Claire.
13:08355.
13:09Right, OK, off you go, Christine.
13:1125 plus ten is 35.
13:14Yep.
13:15Times ten is 350.
13:17Where did you get your second ten?
13:19It was two times five.
13:22Two times five for the second ten, and that's 350.
13:25And then add the five.
13:27And the second five.
13:28Lovely.
13:29Yep.
13:30355.
13:31As Bon Jovi said, you were halfway there.
13:33You're going to kick yourself.
13:34Claire.
13:35I did it a different way.
13:36I did six minus two is four.
13:38Yep.
13:39Add the ten.
13:40Multiply it by 25.
13:42350.
13:43And add on the other five.
13:45Yep.
13:46Again, one away.
13:47Well, to use a Northern Irish phrase for you,
13:50this is wee bonds.
13:52Well, there were a couple of ways.
13:54The original way I said was 25 times two.
13:58Is 50.
13:59Add ten for 60.
14:00Five over five gives you one to take away.
14:0359 times six.
14:04I imagine you're alluding to...
14:06You're showboating.
14:07That was my way.
14:08But I imagine you said five plus five is ten,
14:11leaving you the six and the two for the four in Christine's way.
14:14Yeah, get the 35, multiply it by ten,
14:16you have the six and the two left.
14:18So if you had used a different method there,
14:20you would have got there.
14:21So close.
14:22So close indeed.
14:23But either way, it was honours even,
14:26in that round, as we once again just put our feet up
14:29and chat to Stephen K Amos.
14:31Now, yesterday, you were just all about being in this studio.
14:35I'm sorry to interrupt, Colin.
14:37I just have to...
14:38Rach, I mean, what is in your brain?
14:40Can I have a bit of it?
14:41Because maths and the way...
14:43I can't do it.
14:45There's a whole part of her brain you don't want, though.
14:47Do you know what I mean?
14:49I'll give it a go.
14:50But what I want to talk about, though,
14:52is actually the fact that being here actually reminds me
14:55of being at school.
14:56And it's great that we've got a teacher who's a current champion
14:59and a wordsmith, a mathematician.
15:03It really does remind me of the two teachers at school
15:06that really encouraged me.
15:08And I think we all have a teacher that we can think back and go,
15:11without that person, maybe I wouldn't have done this.
15:14So teachers who do a great job, I really do salute you.
15:17In my primary school, it was Miss Ruby Dueck.
15:21Just brilliant.
15:22And I met her recently at a big outdoor comedy festival
15:26and she was about 4'2".
15:28And I didn't even recognise that she could be that small,
15:31because obviously when I was at primary school, she was a giant.
15:34And I mentioned her in the educational Time Supplement
15:38and she came to the show.
15:40And it was quite emotional.
15:41And then moving forward to secondary school,
15:44I had my English teacher, Mr Matthews,
15:46and he taught me some interesting words.
15:50You're a fastidious poltroon.
15:52And that gave me my love of words,
15:56and hence the job I do, you know, comedy and stand-up.
15:59Because when I think back to being a child at school,
16:02not particularly academic, you know, I was that kid who wouldn't revise.
16:06If anything, when exams came along,
16:08I would build a shrine in my bedroom, light candles
16:11and pray to the gods of education to help me pass.
16:15And, of course, nothing happened because I didn't revise.
16:18And I failed my O-levels,
16:20and it was in the days before computers
16:22where you had to take your results on a piece of paper
16:25back to your parents.
16:26And I didn't for one moment think it would disappoint my mum,
16:30who had sacrificed so much for her kids.
16:33And I can see her clearly now as I brought the results back.
16:36She was like, oh, my goodness, how can we look our friends in the eyes
16:41when we tell them our son Stephen is not just a simpleton,
16:45but he has a certificate to prove it?
16:49And that's why when I ever meet teachers now,
16:52and I hear, like, my nephew, for example,
16:54he's just gone off to university for the first time
16:56and he's doing applied maths, and I'm like, I couldn't even do...
17:00I can't believe it's not maths, let alone further maths, whatever.
17:04And so his maths teacher at secondary school
17:07was the one that really gave him the love for that subject.
17:11And so props to teachers like you.
17:14Yeah, 100%.
17:15I think so many of us bring the story of that one teacher
17:18that gave him the confidence, ignited that passion.
17:20Brilliant to point that out.
17:25Right, let's get more letters now, Clare.
17:27May I have a consonant, please, Rachel? Thank you, Clare.
17:29M. And another?
17:32L. And another?
17:34M. And another?
17:37Q. And another?
17:40H. And a vowel, please?
17:43O. And another?
17:46E. And another?
17:49A. And a consonant, please?
17:52A final R.
17:54Thanks, Rach.
18:14MUSIC CONTINUES
18:25Time's up. Clare?
18:27Six. Good. And Christine?
18:29Six. Yeah, the six, Clare?
18:31Mona. And the six?
18:33Six. Mona as well.
18:35Six, good. Anything better?
18:37Yes, we've got a couple of sevens.
18:39One you could have had is manhole.
18:42There you go. Yeah, well covered. Let's get back to it.
18:44And your letters now, Christine.
18:46Can I start with a vowel, please? Thank you, Christine.
18:48I. And another?
18:50U. And a third?
18:53O. And a consonant, please?
18:56N. And another?
18:59T. And another?
19:02G. And another, please?
19:05J.
19:08And another consonant, please?
19:11S.
19:13And a final vowel, please?
19:15A. Final A.
19:17Here we go.
19:19MUSIC PLAYS
19:42MUSIC STOPS
19:48What have you settled on, Christine? How many?
19:50Seven. Yes. And Clare?
19:52Eight. Wow, there you go.
19:54Said with confidence as well. What's the seven, Christine?
19:57Outings. Which is fantastic, by the way.
19:59But get a load of this.
20:01Jousting. Ah, there you go.
20:03APPLAUSE
20:06She's got medieval on her, Stephen.
20:09Yes, we found jousting too, so very well spotted there.
20:12I think maybe you and I should have a joust-off.
20:15No chance.
20:18Well, Christine, doing very well so far,
20:20but Clare is playing in absolute blinders.
20:22We get more numbers in at you.
20:24May I have two large ones and the rest small, please?
20:27You may indeed. Thank you, Clare.
20:29Two large, four little coming up.
20:31And for the third time today, the number selection is four,
20:34three, two, ten.
20:36And the big ones, 25 and 50.
20:39And your target, 703.
20:41703, numbers up.
21:05MUSIC CONTINUES
21:14Clare was using the pen for slightly longer.
21:16Did you get there? 703.
21:18And Christine? 703.
21:20Yeah, you definitely did. Right, Clare, off you go.
21:22I did ten plus four is 14. Yep.
21:24Multiplied by 50 is 700 and add on the three.
21:27Straightforward enough, 703.
21:29I'll go out on a limb and say Christine did exactly the same.
21:33APPLAUSE
21:36Happy days, ten points each.
21:38See how you get on with our second tea time teaser.
21:41I'm dulcet. I'm dulcet.
21:44My voice is soft and soothing and now so is my skin.
21:48My voice is soft and soothing, no-one's ever said that,
21:51and now so is my skin.
22:02APPLAUSE
22:09Welcome back. Nice tea time teaser, that.
22:11My voice is soft and soothing and now so is my skin.
22:14Talcummed was the answer.
22:16OK, final part of today's countdown.
22:18At the moment, 28 points in it.
22:20That is not unassailable,
22:22as our challenger, Christine, gives us more letters.
22:25Start with a consonant, please.
22:27Thank you, Christine. R.
22:29And another.
22:31D.
22:33And another.
22:35C.
22:37And another, please.
22:39S.
22:41And a vowel.
22:43I.
22:45And another.
22:47E.
22:49And another, please.
22:51O.
22:53And another.
22:55A.
22:57And a final consonant, please.
22:59BELL
23:01MUSIC CONTINUES
23:28Christy.
23:29An eight.
23:30Look at that. Bringing out the big guns.
23:33Clare? A seven.
23:34Oh, the tables have turned. A seven.
23:36Braised.
23:37Braised. No worries. And Christine?
23:39Ascribed.
23:41Absolutely brilliant. Well done. Yes.
23:43Really good.
23:46I did tell you, 28 sounds like a lot,
23:48but with a countdown conundrum, ten points at the end,
23:51you claw back a bit like that, changes the whole picture.
23:54Right, Clare, let's get nine more letters.
23:56May I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
23:58Thank you, Clare. P.
24:00And another?
24:02R. And another?
24:05F. And another?
24:07N. And a vowel?
24:09I. And another?
24:12E. And another?
24:14O. And a consonant?
24:17X. And another consonant?
24:20Lastly, R.
24:22Good luck.
24:30ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
24:53How do you get on, champ?
24:55I've only got a five. Yeah. And Christine?
24:58A risk of seven.
25:00Clare, the five?
25:01Ripen.
25:02Now, here's a risk that could really change the game.
25:05Christine?
25:06Profine?
25:07Ah, instead of profane, profine.
25:10No, it's not there, I'm afraid, Christine.
25:13I'm just waiting at the risk, I'm sorry.
25:15Well, I admire your chutzpah.
25:16Six would have taken the points, but look at the five.
25:18It actually scores, and that's really important.
25:20Dictionary corner?
25:21Yes, we've got a couple.
25:24Pornia?
25:26Yes.
25:27And then poxia.
25:29Poxia, that will give you a six.
25:30Yeah, there you go, but the Pornia is a seven,
25:33so it's well worth a point tonight.
25:34Clean this show up a little bit for us, Susie,
25:36with more origins of words.
25:38Oh, thank you.
25:39Well, I mentioned in the last few days
25:41that I've been talking about emotions and some strange...
25:45Well, not strange emotions, but emotions that I think
25:47most of us would recognise if only we knew there was a name for it.
25:50But today I'm going to talk about a very familiar,
25:52for some of us, emotion and its history, and that's melancholy.
25:56So, one of the things I discovered is that the dictionary
25:58has so many words for articulating low spirits.
26:03Some of them are quite cuddly, like the Mubble Fubbles,
26:06or the Mully Grubs, that go about 400 years,
26:08and others are just sort of a bit more heartfelt, if you like.
26:12But melancholy itself is quite interesting,
26:14and there was one really, really famous work
26:18that studied what he called the anatomy of melancholy,
26:21and that was exactly that, the anatomy of melancholy,
26:25written by Robert Burton in 1621.
26:29Now, some of what he discovered and explored about melancholy
26:33was actually quite ahead of its time.
26:35So, he believed it was connected to the imagination,
26:38he believed it could bring about delusions.
26:40He mentions the story of a melancholic baker in Italy.
26:43He became so convinced he was made of butter
26:45that he wouldn't sit near his ovens in case he melted.
26:49So, that was at the extreme end, really.
26:51But his proposed cures were bloodletting,
26:53which was very traditional at the time,
26:55but also exercise, which, of course,
26:56is something we still talk about today.
26:58And he himself found a lot of solace watching the bargeman
27:01at Folly Bridge in Oxford,
27:03and just sort of seeing, you know,
27:04taking him out of himself, if you like.
27:07But it was really thought by many ancient medics
27:10to be the result of a sort of bad balance
27:13of your bodily humours, as they were called,
27:15and to be particularly caused by black bile,
27:18and at the root of melancholy are two Greek words
27:21meaning that, black bile.
27:22And it was thought if you had a huge amount of that
27:24in your body or if it was kind of in the wrong place,
27:27then that would bring about a bit of gloom.
27:28And just to say, for a while,
27:30it was actually viewed as a positive emotion.
27:32And so anyone who's creative, poets and authors,
27:35thought that this would bring about true genius.
27:38So, it was almost advocated for a little while.
27:41So, it's interesting that today's scientists
27:43still haven't agreed quite what melancholy is made up of,
27:46but maybe slightly reassuring
27:48that we have been trying to discover that fact for 400 years.
27:52APPLAUSE
27:55Well, if you're feeling the mubble-fubbles at home today,
27:57as many will be, hopefully we're lifting your spirits a little bit
28:00with our afternoon escapism every weekday on Channel 4.
28:04Let's get back to the game.
28:05And, Christine, your letters.
28:07Consonant, please, Rachel.
28:08Thank you, Christine. T.
28:10And another.
28:12S.
28:14And another.
28:15L.
28:17And another.
28:18R.
28:19And a vowel, please.
28:21I.
28:22And another.
28:24E.
28:26And another.
28:28O.
28:30And another one, please.
28:33U.
28:34And a final consonant, please.
28:36And a final P.
28:39Good luck.
28:51ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
29:10OK, possibilities. Christine?
29:12Seven. And Clare?
29:15Seven.
29:16Go ahead, Clare, as you paused.
29:18Lustier. Lustier.
29:20Well, listen what you started over there, Amos.
29:23And, Christine?
29:24Outliers.
29:26Yes, thank you so much for that.
29:28Can we go any better?
29:29I think we can, yes, to get away from the lusty talk.
29:35Cos it might be for an eight.
29:36Perilous.
29:37Perilous. Wonderful.
29:38APPLAUSE
29:42Could Christine have used the R?
29:43She could. I would have got her to an eight.
29:45Outliers. Outliers.
29:47Yeah. Those little moments.
29:49But seven points each.
29:51We've got one more letters round to do.
29:53And, Clare, you get to pick them.
29:55May I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
29:56Thank you, Clare.
29:57T. And another.
30:01S. And another.
30:03L. And another.
30:05T. And a vowel, please.
30:08E. And another.
30:10O. And another.
30:12E. And a consonant.
30:15R. And a consonant.
30:17And a final S.
30:19Last letters.
30:48MUSIC STOPS
30:51Clare?
30:52Eight.
30:53Going for it. Christine?
30:54Eight.
30:55OK. What have you got, Clare?
30:56Trestles.
30:58Oh, what a beautiful word. Christine?
30:59Settlers.
31:00And settlers and trestles.
31:02What a standard. Wow.
31:03APPLAUSE
31:06Felt like there were a few big E's in there.
31:08Anything we can add in there, Susie and Stephen?
31:11Not really, no.
31:12Not beyond settlers. That was ours.
31:14But, Beth, well done.
31:15What a high standard. What a high standard today.
31:17We know at this stage that Clare has her third win.
31:19But look at Christine, already on 63.
31:22It's been one of those programmes.
31:24And we've got one more numbers round to go.
31:26So off you go, Christine.
31:27Can I have one from the top and any other, please?
31:30You can indeed, thank you, Christine.
31:31One large, five little to finish their day off, number-wise.
31:35And the last selection is...
31:37..10, 8, 3, 7, 5 and the big one, 100.
31:43And your final target, 272.
31:45272, numbers up.
32:16272. Christine?
32:18I've lost it. I'm sorry. No worries.
32:20Clare?
32:21272.
32:22Off you go.
32:23I did 100 x 3 is 300.
32:25Yep.
32:26And I did 7 take away 5 is 2.
32:29Multiply it by 10 is 20 and add the 8 is 28
32:33and then subtract that from the 300.
32:35Nice. Perfect. 272.
32:36Nice. APPLAUSE
32:40That's 98 plays 63.
32:42Really good scores from Clare and her three wins.
32:45But never the century, so, hey, there's no time to relax.
32:48Put your finger on the buzzer.
32:50Christine, your cake is baked,
32:51but let's see if we can put the cherry on the top of it.
32:54Here we go.
32:55As we reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:57BELL RINGS
33:05Clare for the century.
33:07Presuming.
33:08Let's not presume she's right until we reveal it.
33:11Yes!
33:12APPLAUSE
33:16108.
33:17You were like a kid on the first day of school
33:20in your first performance
33:21and you're moving to the front of the class.
33:23Big performance. Well done. Thank you.
33:25Brilliant. We'll see you tomorrow.
33:26Christine?
33:27Yeah, I don't have any favourites.
33:29Got it that you've lost,
33:30because if you had been an Octal Champ,
33:33you would have brought cake every day to the studio, right?
33:36I would have done.
33:37Well, there you go.
33:38Clare, what have you brought?
33:39Absolutely nothing so far, that's all I'm saying.
33:41I have to say, there was a moment
33:43when you were at your furthest behind
33:45and there was a camera shot of you and the clock was running,
33:48you had the biggest smile on your face.
33:50You're everything the show's about, so thank you so much.
33:53Clare, we'll see you again tomorrow.
33:55Stephen and Susie, same time, same place.
33:57Yep.
33:58Stephen was talking about being inspired by two teachers, actually.
34:02What about you, Rach? Did you have one?
34:04I did, I had a few, but I think the one that springs to mind
34:07is one of your lot, actually.
34:09The Liverpool fan, Mr Betts, my physics teacher,
34:11when I was about 15, 16, and thought I could go places.
34:15Waterdino.
34:16Yeah, exactly.
34:17Right, listen, another lesson tomorrow, same time, same place.
34:20Don't be late for class.
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34:45as Grayson's Art Club, the exhibition, opens in the Midlands at 8.
34:48And just like the Swallows, today's family are hoping to go south for the winter
34:52and their search for a place in the sun begins next.