Countdown - Thursday 1st December 2022
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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:05APPLAUSE
00:31Hello, everybody. It is that time of the day again.
00:34A chance to take a load off and spend it in the company
00:37of the greatest TV quiz show there's ever been.
00:40And, Rachel Riley, serious conversation. Right.
00:43To start today's show. Right.
00:45It's December 1st. It is.
00:47By this time every year, I'm sick of the Christmas music already.
00:51I can't stand the fact that...
00:53Like, could you imagine if you started Halloween on October 1st?
00:56It drives me crazy.
00:58Call me a Grinch, call me Scrooge, whatever you want,
01:01but I need you to back me in this. I'm starting a campaign today.
01:04No Countdown Christmas tree until the week before Christmas.
01:08Well, that is what happens in the studio.
01:11But outside of the studio, get the tinsel up, get the lights out,
01:15get your baubles ready. No. Yeah!
01:17It's so over-commercialised. No.
01:19It should be a week before and a week after, and that's it.
01:22No, not at all.
01:23When I was growing up, it was always the 1st of December,
01:26and a few years ago I was ready to drop.
01:28My due date was the 1st of December. Yeah.
01:30And my main priority at that stage was making sure
01:32that the Christmas stuff was up before I went into labour. Yes.
01:35So I snuck into November, and November it is to stay.
01:37And my husband is obsessed with our Christmas lights.
01:39We've got Christmas lights that you can programme now,
01:41and you can get them to dance to music,
01:43and you can get all different colours,
01:45and you can change it at the drop of a hat, and you'd love it.
01:48You should have to come round our house. Bah, humbugger.
01:50That's all I'm going to say to you.
01:52Let's cross over to the gift that just keeps giving
01:54to Dave the D, Susie Denton, lighting up Dictionary Corner,
01:57Stephen K Amos.
02:00Right, let's welcome our new champion back, Rick Singh,
02:03born in Argentina, living in Surbiton, Surrey.
02:07Nice to have you. Great win yesterday.
02:09And you've got this calm assurance about you, I think we all agree.
02:12Not surprised to find out you're a poker player,
02:15and I believe you have a bit of a dream you hope to fulfil soon.
02:19Yeah, I mean, you only live once,
02:21and I was going to treat myself on my 60th in 2026
02:25to play in the World Series of poker.
02:28Oh. Yeah, in Las Vegas.
02:30You'd better start saving now, my friend.
02:32Yeah, I am saving.
02:33Colin, if you want to stake me, you're welcome as well.
02:36Absolutely not!
02:37But you certainly cast in yesterday.
02:39One win so far.
02:41Let's see if you can make it two
02:43against Richard Stevens from Wakefield.
02:46Now, Richard, if it was a Christmas show,
02:49you could have brought your brass band along.
02:51It would have been brilliant.
02:53I can't remember having a contestant who played in a brass band.
02:56Tell me all about it.
02:57It's been going some time. I joined the band in 1987.
03:00It's the Wakefield Metropolitan Brass Band.
03:02But I guess like any other organisations,
03:05during lockdown we've lost players
03:07and we're busily trying to recruit and get back to full numbers again.
03:10But we will be out playing girls from today.
03:12You should, you should.
03:13It would be more special if you just held on
03:15and didn't hark any Herald Angels for a few more weeks.
03:18Listen, what instrument do you play?
03:20Cornet.
03:21Cornet.
03:22Well, let's see if you're blowing your own trumpet
03:24to the end of today's show.
03:25Good luck to Richard, good luck to Rick.
03:27Let's not confuse them.
03:31Right, it is Rick who's picking the first letters.
03:34Consonant, please.
03:36Thank you, Rick. Start today with S.
03:39Well.
03:41E.
03:43Consonant.
03:45M.
03:47Vowel.
03:49I.
03:50Consonant.
03:52S.
03:54Consonant.
03:56T.
03:57Vowel.
03:59O.
04:01Consonant.
04:03R.
04:05And another consonant.
04:06And a final P.
04:09At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:17MUSIC PLAYS
04:42OK, Rick?
04:43Eight.
04:44Richard?
04:45Seven.
04:46The seven is?
04:47Moisture.
04:48Never say just a seven, that's fantastic.
04:50Rick, the eight?
04:51Promises.
04:52Promises, there you go.
04:53Fair and easy round, not too hard on anybody.
04:55What did Dictionary Corner get?
04:56We do actually have a nine.
04:58With impostors.
04:59Yes!
05:02There you go, Stephen K Amos,
05:04the real deal in Dictionary Corner.
05:06And, Richard, first time picking the letters for you.
05:08Consonant, please, Rachel.
05:10Thank you, Richard.
05:11N.
05:12And a vowel.
05:14E.
05:15Consonant.
05:16R.
05:18Vowel.
05:20A.
05:21Consonant.
05:22C.
05:24Vowel.
05:26E.
05:28Consonant.
05:29L.
05:32And another consonant.
05:35M.
05:37And a final vowel, please.
05:39A final I.
05:4130 seconds.
05:45MUSIC PLAYS
06:12Right, Richard.
06:13Seven.
06:14And, Rick?
06:15Seven.
06:16OK, even Stevens on this one, Richard?
06:18Cleaner.
06:19Cleaner.
06:20Yeah, it was lovely.
06:21It came out first seven letters, Rick.
06:23Reclaim.
06:24And reclaim, yeah.
06:25No worries at all.
06:26Well, we've just had a great start from Dictionary Corner.
06:29Let's see if they can follow it up.
06:31Lots of sevens.
06:32Lots of sevens.
06:34We do have an eight, thanks to my learned colleague to my right.
06:38Oh.
06:39Oh.
06:40Just a whisper coming across the studio to me.
06:44Would that be as in, like, a phone number you'd ring for help,
06:47a care line?
06:48Well, it's more on any product now.
06:50It says, if you've got any questions, you can call this number.
06:53So it's for consumers about the product that they bought, mostly.
06:56There you go.
06:5715 plays seven.
06:58Very early doors.
06:59So much so we haven't even had any numbers yet.
07:01So, Rick, if you can remedy that.
07:03Yes, one from the top and five small ones, please.
07:07I'm going to go with this one.
07:09I've chosen very carefully for you.
07:11Five little coming up and the five small ones for the first time today.
07:15A four, one, ten, eight and three,
07:19and the big one, 50.
07:22And the target, 699.
07:25699, numbers up.
07:41MUSIC PLAYS
07:57A lot of inaction from Rick and Richard, so you know what's coming now.
08:00Richard?
08:01699.
08:02Yeah, Rick?
08:03699.
08:04Off you go, Rick.
08:05Ten plus four?
08:0614.
08:07Times the 50?
08:08700.
08:09Minus the one?
08:10Easy-peasy, 699.
08:12Same way, Richard?
08:13Yeah, same way.
08:14Yeah.
08:15APPLAUSE
08:17Right, scores this week when it comes to the standard.
08:2025 plays 17.
08:22Our first tea time teaser, a bit of a smelly one.
08:25Turn feet.
08:26Turn feet.
08:27It sounds like you set the cheese free.
08:29It sounds like you set the cheese free.
08:32MUSIC PLAYS
08:41APPLAUSE
08:48Welcome back.
08:49Turn feet.
08:50It sounds like you set the cheese free.
08:52It is unfetter.
08:54Now, if you would like to become a Countdown contestant,
08:57you can email countdown at channel4.com to request an application form,
09:01or you can write to us at contestantapplications,
09:04Countdown, Leeds, LS3, 1JS.
09:08Right, next round is Richard.
09:11Nine more letters.
09:12Consonant, please, Rachel.
09:14Thank you, Richard. N.
09:16And a vowel.
09:18A.
09:19Consonant.
09:20V.
09:22Vowel.
09:23E.
09:25Consonant.
09:26S.
09:27A vowel.
09:29I.
09:31Consonant.
09:32N.
09:34And another consonant, please.
09:36R.
09:38And a final vowel.
09:41A final O.
09:43Thank you, Rachel.
10:08MUSIC STOPS
10:14All right, Richard, how did you get on?
10:16Risky, eight.
10:17Wow. And Rick?
10:18Seven.
10:19Seven.
10:20Ravines.
10:21Richard?
10:22Virginia.
10:23Let's go straight to Susie Dent.
10:25There's only one I in there, unfortunately.
10:28It's not in, I don't know if that makes you feel better, but...
10:31LAUGHTER
10:32Sorry.
10:33So there you go, the seven sticks.
10:35Was there an eight in there, Susie and Stephen?
10:38Yes, and it's an aversion.
10:40An aversion.
10:41There you go.
10:42Rick, it's your letters.
10:44Consonant, please.
10:45Thank you, Rick.
10:46L.
10:47Vowel.
10:49A.
10:50Consonant.
10:51R.
10:53Vowel.
10:54E.
10:56Consonant.
10:57K.
10:58Consonant.
11:00N.
11:01Vowel.
11:03O.
11:04Consonant.
11:06C.
11:07And another consonant.
11:09And lastly, D.
11:11Here we go.
11:34MUSIC PLAYS
11:43OK, Rick.
11:45Seven.
11:46Yes, and Richard?
11:47Just a six.
11:48The six is...?
11:49Locker.
11:50Locker, no worries.
11:51Rick?
11:52Rankled.
11:53Rankled.
11:54Very nice.
11:55Yeah, very good indeed.
11:56APPLAUSE
11:57Anything else in the dictionary corner?
11:59Quite a few words in there.
12:01I've spotted some five-letter words.
12:03Naked, like that word.
12:05But also spotted an eight-letter word.
12:07Yeah.
12:08Colander.
12:09Oh, very good.
12:10Colander for eight.
12:1239 plays 17 now, but big ten points up for grabs.
12:16And, Richard, good news is you're in control of those numbers.
12:19One large and five small, please, Rachel.
12:22Not gambling just yet.
12:23One big five little coming up, Richard.
12:25And for the second time today, the five small ones are...
12:29..eight, seven, nine and ten.
12:32And the big one, 50.
12:34And this time, the target...
12:36Oh, 160.
12:38160 numbers up.
12:59MUSIC PLAYS
13:10There will be no ink wasted, I predict.
13:12Rick?
13:13160.
13:14Richard?
13:15160.
13:16Off you go, Richard.
13:1750 multiplied by three plus ten.
13:19Yeah.
13:20Samples.
13:21Same way.
13:22All right, there you go.
13:23Ten points each on Countdown as we sit back for a few minutes.
13:28And yet again, enjoy the immense company of Stephen K Amos.
13:33And I'm just going to push you a little bit,
13:35because all this week, every time we want to talk about you,
13:38you've talked about Countdown.
13:39So, yes, back to my heritage.
13:42I was born and raised in London.
13:44My parents are from Nigeria.
13:46And anyone who's got any dual heritage, whatever that may be,
13:49you'll understand my dilemma.
13:51Who do you identify with? Who are you?
13:53And when I was a child, I used to say to my parents,
13:55what am I, am I British or am I Nigerian?
13:58My proud father would go, Stephen, never, ever,
14:00ever forget your roots.
14:02First and foremost, you are Nigerian,
14:05unless you're passing through immigration at any international airport.
14:10So, in terms of the culture, I am one of these kids who,
14:16along with my siblings, six siblings,
14:19we were never taught our parents' native tongue,
14:23which was always really saddened me,
14:25because I've got friends who are Chinese, German,
14:29from the Indian continent,
14:31and basically their parents taught them in their formative years.
14:35So, as a weird result, and maybe you could help me with this,
14:38Susie, it's about when you're a kid, you just soak everything up.
14:41So I can understand.
14:42I mean, in Nigeria, there are very many dialects,
14:45and my parents are from the south, and their native language is Yoruba.
14:49So, from years of hearing them speak it, I can understand it,
14:53but I can't speak it, which I find extraordinary.
14:56And, obviously, I've picked up all the colourful words,
15:00and the beauty of being able to understand it but not speak it
15:04is that if I go to Nigeria or I am around people who speak Yoruba,
15:09I know exactly if they're talking about me.
15:12So it's like having a special superpower that nobody is aware of.
15:16And one of the most beautiful ways that they abuse each other
15:20is to be very pragmatic about it.
15:23So if you do something silly, they'll just look at you and just go,
15:27your head is not correct.
15:29And that comes from a mythical story
15:32when the great god Orlon was making people.
15:36He made the bodies first and allowed the bodies to pick their own heads.
15:41And, obviously, as a result,
15:42some people put their heads on the wrong way round.
15:45So that's where the phrase, your head is not correct, comes from.
15:48So there are so many of these.
15:50Like my name, for example, Stephen K. Amos.
15:52People ask, what does K stand for?
15:54And in my culture, the K is the second born of twins.
15:59Wow.
16:00And it means kind day.
16:01So if you're born first, you're always called taie,
16:04or if you're born second, you're called kind.
16:07It doesn't matter if you're a boy or a girl.
16:09My twin sisters would always say, she's older than you by six minutes.
16:12But in true Yoruba tradition, basically, I'm the elder one
16:16because I sent her out into the world to check it out
16:19to see if it was OK for me to come.
16:21Brilliant.
16:22It's beautiful.
16:26Love it. Back to the game.
16:27Rick, you've got a sizeable lead.
16:29You're certainly not out of the woods yet, so let's get more letters.
16:32Consonant, please, Rachel.
16:33Thank you, Rick.
16:34R.
16:35Vowel.
16:37E.
16:38Consonant.
16:39S.
16:41Vowel.
16:43I.
16:44Consonant.
16:45T.
16:46Vowel.
16:48U.
16:49Consonant.
16:51F.
16:52Consonant.
16:54T.
16:55And vowel, please.
16:57Lastly, O.
16:59Start the clock.
17:11CLOCK TICKS
17:31All right, Rick?
17:33Only six.
17:34OK, and Richard?
17:35Seven.
17:36OK, a little chance here. Rick?
17:38Trouts.
17:39Yes, and Richard?
17:40Tuft ear.
17:41Tuft ear.
17:43Interesting.
17:44People of my age are thinking of the Tufty Club
17:46when they were growing up, their old safety cartoons.
17:48My first dog was called Tufty.
17:50I love it. But is Tuft ear in?
17:52It is, I'm very pleased to say.
17:53Yes, there you go.
17:54APPLAUSE
17:56Anything else, though, Steve and Katie Moss?
17:58Yes, we got a seven.
18:00Tourist.
18:01Wonderful.
18:02Right, next round is Richard, our challenger.
18:05Bit of wind in his sails. Nine more letters.
18:08Consonant, please.
18:09Thank you, Richard.
18:10Y.
18:12And another.
18:14R.
18:15A vowel.
18:16E.
18:17Consonant.
18:19S.
18:20Vowel.
18:22A.
18:23Consonant.
18:25W.
18:27Vowel.
18:29O.
18:31Consonant.
18:33N.
18:35And a final consonant, please.
18:37And a final F.
18:38Half a minute.
19:09That's your lot, Richard.
19:11Six.
19:12And Rick.
19:13Six.
19:14OK, Richard.
19:15Frowns.
19:16Yeah, and Rick.
19:17Frowns.
19:18Yes.
19:19Anything else in Dictionary Corner?
19:21Yes, we have got a couple of sevens.
19:25For those of you who are tired, yawners.
19:28Yes.
19:29And maybe some of you who should have been able to, foresaw.
19:35Very good.
19:36Love yawners.
19:37It's actually, not so much someone who does yawn,
19:40that's a yawn-a-gawp.
19:41But it's something that's really boring and makes you yawn.
19:44Yawners.
19:45Yeah, that programme was a real yawner.
19:47No reason to yawn watching this show today.
19:49Really good contest.
19:50More numbers now.
19:51Ten more points.
19:52Rick, are you going to surprise us?
19:54No.
19:55One large and five small, please.
19:57I thought you might say that.
19:59We've had a few yawners in these numbers games lately.
20:01Let's see if we can get a more interesting one.
20:03Come on, numbers gods.
20:04Right, we have three, eight, nine,
20:07ten, another nine and a large one, 50,
20:10and this target, 678.
20:13678, numbers up.
20:36MUSIC PLAYS
20:46Rachel got what she asked for.
20:48678, Rick.
20:50676.
20:52Two away, Richard.
20:53676.
20:55Two away.
20:56So, Rick, I'll go for you first.
20:58Yeah, so ten plus three.
21:00Ten plus three, 13.
21:02Times the 50.
21:03Times the 50, 650.
21:05And nine plus nine plus eight.
21:07Nine plus nine, 18, plus eight, 26.
21:10Two away.
21:11I'm going to say Richard might be the same.
21:13I'm right.
21:14It is.
21:15OK, you asked for it, so you can't complain.
21:19I'm not complaining.
21:21I'm happy, Colin.
21:22Good, off you go.
21:23Something to do.
21:24If you say nine times nine is 81,
21:28times that by eight for 648,
21:32and then three times ten is 30,
21:35and add it on, 678.
21:37APPLAUSE
21:40Right, close contest.
21:4162 plays 47.
21:42Let's take a second break.
21:44Our tea time teaser is EcoStoop.
21:46E-C-O, EcoStoop.
21:48It's not debt-related, it's more in our ears.
21:51It's not debt-related, it's more in our ears.
22:02APPLAUSE
22:09Right, good luck if you got that.
22:11Welcome back.
22:12Otoscope.
22:13It's not debt-related, it's more in our ears.
22:15Just from the clue.
22:16Is that the fancy name for the thing
22:18when you go and see the ear doctor
22:20and they shine the light in and look at all your wax?
22:22Yes, or if you've got an ear infection,
22:24which is the worst thing ever, so very, very useful.
22:26Yeah, right, OK.
22:27Thank you, Susie.
22:28Six rounds left of today's Countdown.
22:31We'll be back in a second when Richard, hoping to stop that,
22:34and you're picking these letters.
22:35Consonant, please, Rachel.
22:37Thank you, Richard. R.
22:39And a vowel.
22:41E.
22:42Consonant.
22:44S.
22:45Vowel.
22:47A.
22:48Consonant.
22:50P.
22:51Vowel.
22:53I.
22:54Consonant.
22:56G.
22:57Another consonant.
22:59R.
23:02And the final consonant, please.
23:05Final, N.
23:07Let's play Countdown.
23:29MUSIC PLAYS
23:39Richard?
23:40Just six.
23:41Rick?
23:42Eight.
23:43Right, the six is...?
23:45Sparing.
23:46That would be a seven.
23:48Sparing.
23:49You're way better than you think you even are.
23:51Oh, dear.
23:52And Rick?
23:53Spearing.
23:54Yes, S-P-E-A-R-I-N-G.
23:57That is a spear through the heart of Richard.
23:59That's a huge eight point.
24:01But Stephen K, Amos, with those fantastic letters,
24:04there's got to be a nine.
24:06Unfortunately, there isn't.
24:07I don't believe you.
24:08Earrings for eight.
24:09No, I didn't ask for an eight now, did I?
24:11I already had an eight.
24:12Already had an eight.
24:13All right, you would have thought there would be there, Susie.
24:15I'm sure you had the same thought.
24:16Yeah, they look very promising.
24:18Had everything, but alas, it did not have a nine,
24:21to the best of our knowledge.
24:23Right, Rick, let's get some more letters.
24:25Consonant, please, Rachel.
24:27Thank you, Rick.
24:28M.
24:29And another one.
24:31Q.
24:33A vowel.
24:35E.
24:36And another vowel.
24:38U.
24:39A consonant.
24:40G.
24:42Consonant.
24:43D.
24:44A vowel.
24:46I.
24:48Consonant.
24:50L.
24:51And another consonant.
24:53And lastly, S.
24:55Good luck.
25:24MUSIC STOPS
25:26Rick?
25:27Only six.
25:28And Richard?
25:29Six.
25:30Yeah, sixes all round, Rick?
25:31Smiled.
25:32Yeah, Richard?
25:33Glides.
25:34Glides and smiled.
25:36Loads of nice sixes, but can you take me a little bit further,
25:39Susie and Stephen?
25:41Couple of sevens, perhaps.
25:43Um, squidge being one of them.
25:46And deals.
25:48Guilds.
25:49Guilds is there, but it hasn't got an E at the end.
25:51So just guilds would be there for a nice six.
25:53OK, so squidge.
25:55Squidge is great, isn't it?
25:56As in squidgey.
25:57Squidge your cheeks, you might squidge food into little shapes.
26:00Yeah, beautiful word.
26:01Beautiful, beautiful word.
26:03OK, so four rounds still to play in today's countdown.
26:0623 points the difference, so not over yet.
26:09But we are going to press the pause button as we head to Susie Dent
26:13for more origins of words.
26:15It's been all, as I say, very emotional this week.
26:17It's almost as if you might have a book coming out
26:20based on emotions.
26:21Yes, I do. I do.
26:24And it's just lovely because I was able to look through
26:28the dictionary for months on end,
26:30trying to find words to describe certain emotions.
26:32And obviously sometimes I couldn't find them in English.
26:35And normally when there isn't a word in English,
26:37everyone will say, oh, there will be one in German.
26:39And German does often cab up Trump.
26:42So I'm going to start with a German one today.
26:44It's quite odd that it is German, actually.
26:46You wouldn't expect it to be, given its meaning.
26:48But it's Eilkrankheit.
26:50OK, Eilkrankheit, which translates literally as hurry sickness.
26:54And this is the anxiety that many of us feel
26:57because we are always rushing around.
27:00And you remember T.S. Eliot spoke of measuring out his life
27:03with coffee spoons.
27:05I think the rest of us measure out our lives with school runs
27:08and Zoom calls and dentist appointments and just work, work, work.
27:12And so we are measuring our lives with anxious glances at the clock.
27:16There's one antidote to that that I found in both German and Japanese,
27:20actually, and they're beautiful words.
27:22In German it's Wald-Einsamkeit,
27:24which is essentially wood or forest loneliness.
27:28But it's aloneness rather than loneliness, actually.
27:31And in Japanese it's Shinrin-yoku, which is forest bathing.
27:35And essentially it is that spiritual feeling of being alone in the forest
27:39at one with nature beneath a beautiful canopy of trees
27:43and just being able to breathe.
27:45And that is the place that I reckon you can get rid of
27:48all your eilkrankheit for good.
27:50That is a beautiful finish. Thank you.
27:55Right, next round is Richard. Nine more letters.
27:59Consonant, please. Thank you, Richard.
28:01H
28:03And a vowel.
28:05A
28:06And a consonant.
28:08T
28:09Vowel.
28:11I
28:12Consonant.
28:15And another consonant.
28:17T
28:18Vowel.
28:20U
28:22And another vowel.
28:24O
28:26Final consonant, please.
28:28Final, G.
28:29Keintan.
28:44O
29:00Richard, how do you get on?
29:02It's five.
29:03And Rick? Five.
29:04Yeah, Richard?
29:05Tough.
29:06Rick?
29:07Tough.
29:08There you go.
29:09Ah, tough round.
29:11In more ways than one, anything else?
29:13Out hit, which is to strike further than anyone else.
29:17And taught, as in she taught me French.
29:19There you go.
29:20Taught and out hit for sixes if you've got them at home.
29:23But here it was 5.8.
29:25So, getting to a very serious stage.
29:27Big round, this.
29:28And, Rick, you're picking the letters.
29:30Consonant, please, Rachel.
29:32Thank you, Rick.
29:33N
29:34Vowel.
29:36A
29:37Consonant.
29:39R
29:40Vowel.
29:42E
29:43And consonant.
29:45T
29:46Consonant.
29:48S
29:49And another consonant.
29:51T
29:53And a vowel.
29:55A
29:57And a consonant, please.
29:59Lastly, S.
30:01Last letters.
30:12MUSIC PLAYS
30:34Rick?
30:36Six.
30:37OK, and Richard?
30:39Try a seven.
30:40You're at this stage, right? What's the six?
30:42Retans.
30:43Retans.
30:44OK.
30:45It won't matter if it's seven sticks.
30:47Richard?
30:48Ratans.
30:49Ratans.
30:50Yeah, I did literally just look that up,
30:52because ratan is obviously that fibre that you get
30:54from the ratan palm.
30:55But it is there as a count noun,
30:57so you can put the S on if it's a length of ratan
30:59used as a walking stick.
31:01So it's a yes?
31:02So it is a yes.
31:03Yes, wow!
31:04APPLAUSE
31:05She dragged that out a bit, Richard.
31:07I'm sorry.
31:08When you need those points to stay alive.
31:10But let's see if there was any more.
31:12We do have an eight.
31:14Tartness.
31:15Tartness.
31:16Just a cake.
31:17The tartness of a pie.
31:19Or a lemon.
31:20Yeah, OK, good stuff.
31:21Right, well, listen, here's the situation.
31:2316 points in it, 20 points left up for grabs.
31:25Richard, you're in control.
31:28We'll try a four large.
31:29Oh!
31:30And a two small, please.
31:31Good man.
31:32Four large, two little.
31:34You're in control of your own fate.
31:36The two little ones are five and three.
31:39And the big ones, 100, 25, 50, 75.
31:44The all-important target, 377.
31:48377, last numbers.
32:07MUSIC
32:20Time is up.
32:21Richard, did you get there?
32:22377.
32:23Big question is, did Rick get there?
32:25Um, no.
32:27You didn't.
32:28Wow, the gasp that went up.
32:31Richard, let's confirm it.
32:33100 multiplied by three?
32:35I thought this was going to be too easy, but 300.
32:38Plus 75.
32:3975.
32:40Then 50 divided by 25 is two.
32:42And add that on.
32:43Held your nerve for a crucial conundrum.
32:45Well done.
32:50It's the first time I've seen the poker player grimace a little bit, Rick.
32:54But that means we get to the stage.
32:56We are going to a crucial countdown conundrum.
33:01Is Rick going to hit the right note for this second day running,
33:05or is Richard about to become top brass?
33:08Let's reveal today's crucial countdown conundrum.
33:22Rick, for a second win.
33:24Adversely?
33:25Let's have a look.
33:27Yes!
33:32The handshake well deserved.
33:36What tenacity, Richard.
33:38So, Rick, you're back tomorrow going for the hat-trick.
33:41Well done to you.
33:4291.
33:43Richard, you don't get many performances like that that lose,
33:46so how was your day?
33:48Thoroughly enjoyed it.
33:49Right.
33:50It's been a long time looking forward to it,
33:52having watched the first episode all those years ago,
33:54so it's just great to be here.
33:56Brilliant.
33:57Well, listen, vintage stuff from you today.
33:59Shame to lose you.
34:00I'm going to have to hand over this.
34:02Begrudgingly, I'll set the Christmas period.
34:04All right, thank you so much.
34:06Stephen, last day for you tomorrow with Susie?
34:08Quite emotional now.
34:10Might have a wee birthday present for you tomorrow.
34:13We shall see.
34:14We shall see.
34:15Yes!
34:16All right, Rachel,
34:17are you off home to bake gingerbread men and wrap presents?
34:20Play Christmas music?
34:22No, I'm going to have a look at the sound department,
34:24see if they can put some jingle bells into our clock.
34:26You can hear it 15-odd times a day.
34:28Yeah.
34:29Susie and I are meant to be back tomorrow,
34:31but if that happens, you can't count on me.
34:51Amazing creativity on show in Birmingham tomorrow night
34:54as Grayson's Art Club prepares the nation's third exhibition.
34:58That's at eight o'clock.
35:00Next this afternoon, 80 grand to splash on a place in sunny Gran Canaria.
35:04The search for a dream holiday home gets under way shortly.