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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:04APPLAUSE
00:31Hello, everybody, and welcome to the last Countdown of the Week.
00:34Friday is here, and I know for so many people,
00:37watching live or watching on all four,
00:40it marks the end of the working week.
00:42It's a celebratory mood because you're getting to that weekend break.
00:46But, of course, for especially, Rachel, a lot of our younger viewers,
00:51their first job might be coming up tomorrow,
00:53the infamous Saturday job.
00:56Now, did you have any Saturday jobs?
00:58I worked in a sandwich shop, and then I worked at a High Street Jewellers,
01:02and then I was at a call centre ringing up people
01:04who didn't pay their credit cards.
01:06Oh, dear, that's a thankless task.
01:08Yeah, it was.
01:10I had, maybe, you know, for an Irish person,
01:12if you were to guess the most clichéd first job,
01:15which was a Saturday job, I was a potato packer.
01:18A potato packer? Aw!
01:21I'd stand by at Cumber...
01:22Did they replace you with machinery?
01:24No, it was just for the local shop.
01:26It used to go down to 66p an hour.
01:2866p an hour? How old are you?
01:31I was a kid. It was child labour.
01:33It was child labour.
01:34But best spuds in the world, Cumber spuds.
01:36So, you know, stand by it.
01:38Best job I've ever had.
01:4066p an hour?
01:41Yeah, but at that age, that was more than my pocket money every hour.
01:45So I felt very, very rich indeed.
01:48Well, listen, let's cross over to Dictionary Corner.
01:50The hardest-working lexicographer on the planet is back, Susie Denton.
01:54A man whose Saturday job is making millions laugh.
01:57Stephen K Amos.
01:58APPLAUSE
02:01It's been great. Thanks for having me. I do appreciate it.
02:04But it does remind me of my first Saturday job.
02:07I was 17 and I was a security guard.
02:10Yes!
02:12But my job, get this, was guarding the Orient Express
02:16while it remained stationary in a railway siding in south-west London.
02:21Yes! That is beautiful.
02:23I love it. Let's reintroduce our champion, Rick Singh.
02:26Not quite a Saturday job, but you were telling me about a summer job that you had.
02:30Yeah, I did do a summer job in Ohio, USA.
02:34A small town there. It was in a hardware store.
02:37And in the paint department.
02:39And even though I'm colour-blind... Wow.
02:42So, yeah, that was quite an experience.
02:45People used to come with bits of carpet and say,
02:47what colour do you think I should paint my walls?
02:49And I had no idea.
02:52But you got paid. It was a Saturday job. That's the good thing.
02:55Now, while I'm talking about Saturday jobs,
02:57you know there's always method or madness at the start of the show.
03:00Let me introduce to you, not just our challenger today
03:03from Camberley and Surrey, Brian Theobald,
03:07but the 1983 Paperboy of the Year!
03:11APPLAUSE
03:13Yes! Come on!
03:15Tell us all about it.
03:17I was just nominated by my local paper shop
03:19and there was a few Paperboys of the Year.
03:21But we got to go up to London, saw the sites,
03:24saw the Thames Barrier and delivered the local paper
03:28to 10 Downing Street.
03:30Wow. Brian, good luck today. Thank you.
03:33APPLAUSE
03:35Let me tee up first, though. Let's get some letters.
03:38Consonant, please, Rachel.
03:40Thank you, Rick. Starts today with N.
03:43A vowel.
03:45O.
03:46And a consonant.
03:48F.
03:49And a vowel.
03:52I.
03:53And a consonant.
03:55H.
03:56Vowel.
03:58E.
03:59Consonant.
04:01S.
04:02And a consonant.
04:04N.
04:06And another consonant.
04:08Lastly, C.
04:10At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:18MUSIC PLAYS
04:43Rick?
04:44Six.
04:45Brian?
04:46Just five.
04:47Sean?
04:48It was a difficult round. Rick, what's the six?
04:50Chiefs.
04:51Chiefs. Very good indeed. That's why he's the chief right now.
04:54Early lead for the champion.
04:56Anything to match that or better, Stephen?
04:58We've got a seven.
04:59Finches.
05:00Finches, as in the bird.
05:02Yes.
05:03And we also have an eight.
05:05With confines.
05:07Confines. Fantastic stuff.
05:09What a start there. Our champion's got the lead, Brian.
05:12Don't even give it a second thought after one round.
05:1514 to go in your first letters.
05:17Hi, Rachel. Hello, Brian.
05:19Could I have a consonant, please?
05:21You can indeed. L.
05:23Another.
05:25C.
05:26A third.
05:28S.
05:29And another.
05:31F.
05:32Vowel, please.
05:34A.
05:35Another.
05:36E.
05:37Another.
05:39A.
05:41Consonant.
05:43T.
05:44And a final vowel, please.
05:46And a final U.
05:4830 seconds.
06:14Time's up, Brian.
06:16Seven, I think.
06:17Very good. And, Rick?
06:19Only six.
06:20What's the six?
06:21Faults.
06:22Yes, faults. And, Brian?
06:24Faucets.
06:25Faucets.
06:26Absolutely. Caps, if you're in North America.
06:28Very good indeed.
06:29Yeah, there you go.
06:30A man who worked in a hardware store for the summer in Ohio
06:33should have got that, but I'm saying nothing.
06:35That's true.
06:36Stephen?
06:37Yes, we saw a few sevens.
06:41Yes, we saw a few sevens as well, did we not?
06:44Yes, faucets and also factual.
06:46And factual in there.
06:48All right, first numbers, Rick?
06:50One from the top and five small ones. Thanks, Rachel.
06:53Your usual now, I think, Rick.
06:55One large, five little.
06:56First numbers of this contest are...
07:05Six in the big one, 50.
07:07And the target to reach...
07:10328. Numbers up.
07:41Trickiest round for a challenger is the first numbers round.
07:45I'm absolutely sure of it, I say it all the time.
07:47How did you get on, Brian?
07:48328.
07:49Yeah, good. Rick?
07:50328.
07:51Yeah, off you go, Rick.
07:52Four plus two is six.
07:54Six.
07:55Times the 50, 300.
07:57300.
07:58And then seven times four is 28.
08:00Seven times the second four, yeah.
08:02Good to get an easy one to start, Brian.
08:04Did you go the same way?
08:05I did 50 times six, 300.
08:07Seven times four, 28.
08:09You saved yourself this bit of effort there.
08:11LAUGHTER
08:1210 points each.
08:15Right, there you go.
08:16Just the point in it as we head to our first tea time teaser.
08:19Scour bin.
08:20S-C-O-U-R.
08:22Scour bin.
08:23They're not scams with jewels, but there are tricks involved.
08:27They're not scams with jewels, but there are tricks involved.
08:39APPLAUSE
08:46Welcome back.
08:47Rubicons was the answer to the first tea time teaser.
08:50They're not scams with jewels, but there are tricks involved,
08:53which brings us to a card game.
08:55That's the reference.
08:56Yes, two-player card game, aka PK.
08:59And a Rubicon is when you win a game against an opponent
09:02and their total score is less than 100.
09:04Yeah.
09:05So if it's less than 100,
09:06then that score is added to the winner's total
09:08rather than taken off it.
09:09There you go.
09:10So it's the point of no return, hence crossing the Rubicon.
09:12OK, well, our champion isn't in that place right now.
09:14He's only a point behind.
09:15But, Brian, it's your letters.
09:16Vowel, please, Rachel.
09:17Thank you, Brian.
09:18I.
09:19Consonant.
09:20N.
09:21Another.
09:23R.
09:24Another.
09:26G.
09:27Another.
09:29S.
09:31Consonant, please.
09:34L.
09:35Vowel.
09:37E.
09:38Vowel.
09:40A.
09:41And consonant, please.
09:42This is a promising lot.
09:43A final...
09:45B.
09:46Thanks, Rach.
10:05MUSIC
10:18Brian?
10:19Seven.
10:20Yeah, and Rick?
10:21Eight.
10:22OK, Brian, what's the seven?
10:23Ceiling.
10:24And Rick?
10:25Lasering.
10:26Lasering with an S.
10:28Well done.
10:29Yes, brilliant.
10:31Right, as Rachel so correctly pointed out,
10:34really promising set of letters.
10:36She cursed it, though, cos the B came out last.
10:38Did that keep us away from a nine?
10:40Yes, we didn't get a nine.
10:42We had a couple of votes, though.
10:44Yeah, we did.
10:45Bearings and...
10:46Yes, and real lines.
10:48Real lines.
10:49Yeah.
10:50Right, but no nine in there.
10:52Rick retakes the lead, and it's your letters.
10:54Consonant, please, Rachel.
10:56Thank you, Rick.
10:57T.
10:58And a vowel.
11:00E.
11:01Consonant.
11:03Y.
11:04A vowel.
11:06O.
11:07Consonant.
11:09D.
11:10Vowel.
11:12E.
11:13Consonant.
11:14L.
11:15Consonant.
11:18S.
11:19And a vowel, please.
11:22And a final I.
11:24Here we go.
11:25MUSIC
11:31MUSIC CONTINUES
11:55Right, Rick.
11:56Six.
11:57And Brian.
11:58Six.
11:59Yeah, what's the six, Rick?
12:01Listed.
12:02OK, and Brian?
12:03Yodels.
12:04Listen, take it when it's there.
12:06Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
12:08Brian, there you go.
12:09Six-point seats.
12:10Let's see what we can do in Dictionary Corner.
12:12Toiled, we had as well, but we may have been trumped.
12:16Yeah.
12:17Go ahead there, Rich.
12:18Seedily.
12:19Seedily.
12:20Buy someone seedily.
12:21Oh, so like a creepy, like...
12:23Seedily.
12:24Yeah, you nailed it.
12:25Creepy.
12:26Yeah, funny enough, got it right first time.
12:29Right, let's swiftly move on and get more numbers.
12:31And I know you may recognise him, of course,
12:34as the 1983 Paperboy of the Year,
12:36but it's a good time to point out
12:38that Brian is a semi-retired accountant,
12:40so the numbers will not hold any fear for him.
12:42Let's get six.
12:43One large, please, Rachel.
12:45One large and five little.
12:46I'm not sure how much skill we're going to see in this one.
12:49Let's try and produce one that requires it.
12:51Right, the five little ones are four, five, seven, two, ten,
12:56ten and the big one, 25.
12:59And the target, 220.
13:02220, numbers up.
13:26MUSIC PLAYS
13:34220, Brian.
13:36225.
13:37And Rick.
13:38220.
13:39220. Off you go, Rick.
13:41Seven minus four is three.
13:43Yep.
13:4425 minus three.
13:4622.
13:47And times a ten.
13:48That's one way to get there. 220.
13:50There you go.
13:53Only easy when you see it, Brian,
13:55especially when you're the challenger.
13:57Right, let's take a little break,
13:58head over to Dictionary Corner,
13:59where Stephen K Amos can just chill for a bit,
14:02because it's Friday, we get to ask you the questions.
14:06So I'll go first to start.
14:07We'll work our way round our Countdown team.
14:10I was going to ask what's the worst,
14:12but I'm going to be kind with that type of show.
14:14What's the best town or village or city
14:17that you've ever played in Great Britain?
14:19Wow, that's a good question, Colin.
14:24It's hard to say.
14:25My hometown, I love, obviously, being a London boy.
14:28But it has to be said that the north of England
14:31does have such a strong tradition of comedy.
14:34Yeah.
14:35From Music Hall, etc.
14:38I'm talking Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds.
14:41And there is a kind of expectation,
14:45all right, go on, make us laugh.
14:47And when you get them, you've got them.
14:49So it can be a bit challenging,
14:51but if you're ready to show your wares,
14:53you should win them over.
14:54I feel like Susie has got a politician's answer there,
14:57if I'm being honest.
14:58Let's see if he gives you a direct one.
15:00He might not get his birthday present at this rate, we'll see.
15:03Well, Stephen, I happen to notice that your next tour
15:06in the new year is called Oxymoron.
15:09Why?
15:10Why?
15:11Susie, thank you.
15:12Very good question.
15:13We can delve into that, Mr Murray.
15:16Picking a title for a show is always difficult,
15:19and over the years I've had many different types,
15:21and usually the title is the first thing that we pick,
15:24because we haven't written the show yet,
15:26because stuff may happen in the world.
15:28And I was thinking about writing this show,
15:30and all I kept thinking about was the turmoil in the last two years
15:34that we've all experienced, the ups and downs,
15:37the highs and the lows, the comedy and the tragedy.
15:41And I just thought, it's Oxymoron.
15:43Bang! That's what it is.
15:45I love it.
15:46Rachel?
15:47Well, you're a triple threat as well, aren't you?
15:49Because you're a comedian, but you've just been singing and acting.
15:52So tell me about being in My Fair Lady.
15:54Wow.
15:55Thank you, Rachel.
15:56Again, I can answer you directly.
15:58Look and learn, Mr Murray.
16:00Yes, I just spent the last four months of the summer
16:03in London's West End,
16:05performing in a revival from Broadway
16:08of the iconic musical My Fair Lady,
16:10and playing the iconic role of Alfred P Doolittle.
16:14Now, we all know the classic musical,
16:17we all know the classic songs,
16:19Get Me To The Church On Time, I'm Getting Married,
16:22all of them, we all know the songs.
16:24And so it was quite interesting that they asked me,
16:26because first and foremost, singing,
16:29I never thought in a million years I'd be asked to sing
16:31on a West End stage.
16:33Plus, at the London Coliseum,
16:35add to that a 38-piece English National Orchestra every night.
16:41It was so... Wonderful.
16:43APPLAUSE
16:46Right, the curtain far from coming down
16:48in this last Countdown of the Week,
16:50so let's get back to it.
16:51Rick, you've got a 17-point lead,
16:53but we saw the drama of yesterday,
16:55we've been here before.
16:56Rick, it's your letters.
16:58Consonant, please.
16:59M
17:00Vowel.
17:02U
17:03Consonant.
17:05T
17:06Vowel.
17:08E
17:09Consonant.
17:11G
17:12Consonant.
17:13H
17:15Vowel.
17:16A
17:18Consonant.
17:20P
17:21And another consonant.
17:23Lastly, Q.
17:25Countdown.
17:42MUSIC PLAYS
17:56How did you get on, Rick?
17:58Erm, I've only got four.
18:00Right, and Brian?
18:01Five.
18:02OK, the four, Rick?
18:03Hemp.
18:04Yes, and Brian for five points.
18:06Thump.
18:07Yeah, there they go.
18:08This might just be five.
18:10Really important at this stage of the competition.
18:13Right, more letters now, Brian.
18:15Let's see if they're more agreeable.
18:17Consonant, please, Rachel.
18:18Thank you, Brian.
18:19G
18:20Another.
18:22N
18:23Another.
18:25T
18:26Vowel.
18:28E
18:29Another.
18:31O
18:32Another.
18:33A
18:35Consonant.
18:36B
18:38Consonant.
18:40W
18:43And consonant.
18:44And the last one, R.
18:46Half a minute.
18:47MUSIC PLAYS
19:08MUSIC STOPS
19:19Pens down.
19:20Brian?
19:21Six.
19:22And Rick?
19:23Six.
19:24OK, Brian, what have you got?
19:25Boater.
19:26Yes.
19:27As in the hat.
19:28And Rick?
19:29Boater as well.
19:30A couple of boaters.
19:31OK, the dictionary corner.
19:32Anything better?
19:33We've got a seven.
19:34Borgate.
19:35Yes.
19:36I think it might be.
19:37Well, you would know.
19:39It's from Italian and it's the plural of borgata
19:42and it's an organised branch of the mafia.
19:45Right.
19:46It's 46 plays 34
19:49as we get another numbers round.
19:51And, Rick, you're picking.
19:52One large and five small, Rachel.
19:54Not changing from the plan.
19:56One big, five little, one small.
19:59And these five small ones are
20:015
20:022
20:038
20:047
20:063
20:07And the big one, 25.
20:08And your target, 460.
20:10460, numbers up.
20:35MUSIC PLAYS
20:43That is time.
20:44Rick?
20:45460.
20:46And Brian?
20:47459.
20:49Just missed it.
20:50Rick?
20:51Three times seven is 21.
20:54Plus the 25.
20:5546.
20:56Eight plus two is ten.
20:58And multiply them.
21:00Another maths ten points for you.
21:02APPLAUSE
21:04So strong on the letters.
21:06It's just the numbers so far.
21:07That's the huge difference.
21:09Plenty of road ahead of you still, Brian,
21:11as we take our second tea time teaser of the day.
21:14Cafe Cola.
21:16Cafe Cola.
21:17You actually won't get Cola here, but you will get Coke.
21:20You actually won't get Cola here, but you will get Coke.
21:24MUSIC PLAYS
21:32APPLAUSE
21:39Welcome back.
21:40You actually won't get Cola here, but you will get Coke.
21:43Coalface is the answer to our tea time teaser
21:45as we head into the last part of this Countdown week.
21:48Pretty sad.
21:49It's been a really, really good week.
21:51Shame it has to end.
21:52But end it well in six rounds from now.
21:54And the first of those is Brian picking the letters.
21:57Consonant, please, Rachel.
21:58Thank you, Brian.
21:59T.
22:00And another.
22:02S.
22:03And a third.
22:05M.
22:06One more.
22:08K.
22:09Vowel, please.
22:10O.
22:12Another.
22:13A.
22:14And a third.
22:15O.
22:16Consonant.
22:18Z.
22:20And a final vowel, please.
22:23Final A.
22:25Start the clock.
22:26MUSIC PLAYS
22:33MUSIC CONTINUES
22:56Right.
22:57Brian?
22:58Six.
22:59And Rick?
23:00Only five.
23:01Six is fantastic for those letters.
23:03Rick, what's the five?
23:04Moats.
23:05And Brian?
23:06Kazoos.
23:07Yes, it's a beautiful word.
23:09APPLAUSE
23:12I was hoping that would come out.
23:14Kazoos!
23:15Yeah.
23:16Brilliant instruments, well done.
23:17Anything better?
23:18We had one of Rachel's favourite foods, matzos.
23:22M-A-T-Z-O-S.
23:25You can spell it in various different ways.
23:27Crisp biscuits, unleavened bread,
23:28typically eaten by Jewish people during Passover.
23:30Absolutely.
23:31Matzos and kazoos, what a party that is.
23:33Absolutely loving it.
23:35Right, more letters now.
23:36Rick, you're up.
23:38Consonant, please, Rachel.
23:39Thank you, Rick.
23:40N.
23:41Vowel.
23:43O.
23:44Consonant.
23:46W.
23:47Vowel.
23:49I.
23:50Consonant.
23:52N.
23:53Consonant.
23:55G.
23:56Vowel.
23:58A.
23:59Consonant.
24:01S.
24:02And a consonant.
24:04And lastly, N.
24:06Good luck.
24:29MUSIC PLAYS
24:37Right, time is up.
24:38Rick.
24:39Seven.
24:40And Brian.
24:41Oh, risk a dodgy eight.
24:43Oh, yes, 26 points behind.
24:46Going for it.
24:47The seven that might score.
24:48Moaning.
24:49Yeah, no worries with that.
24:50Will Brian be moaning?
24:51Let's find out.
24:52Can you have masoning?
24:54Oh, I thought you were going to go for moanings,
24:57which is not in.
24:58Masoning...
25:00Yes, to mason is there is a verb.
25:02APPLAUSE
25:07Solid as a rock, it was.
25:09Anything else?
25:10No, wingman for seven, so we were beaten.
25:13That blew me away.
25:14Awesome.
25:15We can all regroup now because it's time for Origins of Word.
25:18Oh, and Susie.
25:19So it is.
25:20Well, I thought I'd end the week with some positive emotions.
25:23I've been talking about some of the sad ones,
25:25I mentioned melancholy and all the different words we have
25:28for sadness and unhappiness and greed and jealousy and envy.
25:32So some positive ones, as I say,
25:34including some of my absolute favourites.
25:37Now, you have talked about not being a particular fan
25:41of Christmas preparations if they're done too early.
25:44I think what you need, Colin, is some confelicity.
25:47Confelicity.
25:48Confelicity, an old word.
25:49It's near opposite of schadenfreude,
25:51and confelicity is joy and someone else's happiness.
25:54Not pleasure in their misfortune, joy in their happiness.
25:56So think of little children opening their presents
25:59and just the joy that you feel in giving something
26:01rather than receiving.
26:03I'm not sure I've really convinced you there.
26:05I think it's interest in theory, yeah.
26:07Then you've got goodwillie, which I like.
26:10Which follows on very well from your last statement.
26:13Goodwillie is to be full of goodwill, as you would expect.
26:17And I'm going to end with one of my absolute favourites
26:20that I bring out every Christmastime and New Year
26:22in the hope that we might feel it, and that is respair.
26:25As I always say, there's one record of it
26:27in the Oxford English Dictionary from the 16th century.
26:30Nobody ever used it.
26:31Maybe there's this thing called emotional granularity
26:34that means if you have the words to describe your feelings,
26:37you actually have control over your emotions.
26:40So you're healthier, you go to the doctor less,
26:43you're less likely to drink.
26:45A lot of evidence for having the vocabulary.
26:48This is for respair, a recovery from despair and fresh hope.
26:52APPLAUSE
26:55And a good time to do it, because after the last two rounds,
26:58there is fresh hope for our challenger, Brian Theobald,
27:02who's pulled it back to within, a crucial countdown conundrum.
27:05So let's find out what happens.
27:07Four rounds left, Brian, you're picking the letters.
27:09Consonant, please, Rachel.
27:10Thank you, Brian. R
27:12And another?
27:14T
27:15And a third?
27:16G
27:17And a fourth?
27:19T
27:20Vowel, please.
27:22E
27:23Another?
27:24I
27:26A third?
27:27E
27:29And another?
27:31O
27:32And a consonant, please.
27:34And lastly, R.
27:36Let's play Countdown.
27:47MUSIC PLAYS
28:08Brian?
28:09Seven.
28:10And Rick?
28:11I'll try an eight.
28:12Brian, the seven?
28:13Gritter.
28:14Gritter. And Rick?
28:16Gritter is there for eight. Well done.
28:18Fantastic.
28:22OK, the dictionary corner, anything better?
28:25There's a couple of sevens and sixes.
28:27Yeah, not much else.
28:28OK, one round towards Brian.
28:30We'd swing it back the other way,
28:32and there's only one letters round to go,
28:34and that's coming from Rick.
28:36Consonant, please, Rachel.
28:37Thank you, Rick.
28:38L
28:39And a vowel?
28:41U
28:42Consonant?
28:43M
28:44Vowel?
28:46I
28:47Consonant?
28:49R
28:50Consonant?
28:52S
28:53Consonant?
28:55T
28:56Um, a vowel?
28:58E
29:00And a consonant?
29:01And the last one, V.
29:04Last letters.
29:05MUSIC PLAYS
29:15MUSIC CONTINUES
29:36OK, Rick?
29:37I'll try a seven.
29:38OK, and Brian?
29:39Just a six.
29:40OK, what's the six, Brian?
29:42Result.
29:43OK, this seven will give Rick his third countdown win,
29:47if it's in the Oxford English Dictionary.
29:49Lustier?
29:50Lustier is in. Very well done.
29:52You didn't even have to look it up, Susie.
29:57All right, seven's in there. Stephen, anything else?
29:59Virtues, misrule.
30:01Yeah, mustier.
30:02Mustier is another one, yes.
30:04Quite a few in there, and that's enough to get Rick over the line
30:07for his third win, which means he'll be back on Monday.
30:09Two rounds to go.
30:10There's been a good competition, Brian.
30:12You've got the final numbers, and that's been your downfall today,
30:15so let's change that.
30:16Six and all, please, Rachel.
30:18Thank you, Brian.
30:19Six little ones for hopefully something fun for the end of the week.
30:23And this selection is seven, eight, ten, nine, four and seven.
30:31And the target to reach, 661.
30:34661, last numbers.
30:36MUSIC PLAYS
30:43MUSIC CONTINUES
31:06OK, 661, Brian.
31:08662.
31:09Yeah, very difficult. Rick?
31:11662.
31:12One away as well.
31:13Brian, definitely giving you the glory here.
31:15Ten times nine is 90.
31:17Ten times nine is 90.
31:19Times seven.
31:20Times seven, 630.
31:22And then eight times four is 32.
31:24Add it on.
31:25Yeah, gets you to one above.
31:27Well done.
31:28Yeah, Rick?
31:29Nine times seven is 63.
31:3163.
31:32Plus the four.
31:3367.
31:34Times the ten minus the eight.
31:36670, and again, one away.
31:39There you go.
31:40Same here.
31:41One away.
31:42Rachel, 661?
31:43Of course I do.
31:45I'll do it this time.
31:46If you say eight times seven is 56.
31:49Seven plus four is 11.
31:52Now you've got it.
31:53Add them for 67, and again, same method,
31:55but it leaves you with nine to take away for 661.
31:58Yes.
32:02Very good.
32:03Seven points apiece over here.
32:05Rick and Brian, not quite a crucial countdown conundrum,
32:08but wouldn't it be good if our 1983 Paperboy of the Year
32:12could deliver in this final round?
32:15Fingers on the buzzers.
32:16Let's reveal today's Friday Countdown Conundrum.
32:38MUSIC PLAYS
32:49Time is up.
32:50Rick, Brian, if you hadn't got it, I would have called you Superman.
32:54Anything over there?
32:55That's a clue for you.
32:56Superman, Stephen Kamos?
32:59No.
33:00I always go to Rachel after our Dictionary Corner guest.
33:04I don't get your clue, but is it comically?
33:06Comic Superman, yes!
33:11Very, very good.
33:12That means, Rick, you're back on Monday,
33:14and there's only a clatter of shows left before we get to the finals.
33:18And, you know, you there, you could sneak in
33:20if you could just keep piling up the wins.
33:22So Monday, all right?
33:23Yeah, sure.
33:24Happy days.
33:25You may have travelled the world, but you're going nowhere but here.
33:27Brian, what a thrill to have you. Did you enjoy your day?
33:29I had a great day, thanks, Colin.
33:31Good stuff. We'll give you the goodie bag to take away.
33:33You get the mug and everything. Thank you.
33:36Stephen, fantastic to have you in Dictionary Corner.
33:39Not because you're famous and funny and all that,
33:41but because you're a Countdown fan.
33:43Thank you so much.
33:44I'm so upset that I didn't get comically at the end,
33:46because, I mean, that would have been the right way to end my week here.
33:50And, of course, your birthday tomorrow,
33:52so happy birthday on behalf of everybody here.
33:54And we just wanted to get you a present.
33:56As a big Countdown fan, so here you go.
33:59A, M, O, S.
34:02Take them home, stick them in your fridge.
34:04Thanks for being here. Have a good weekend, Susie.
34:08Right, weekend for you. Enjoy it. Great to see you back Monday.
34:10Enjoy your Saturday job. You got any potatoes in your horizon?
34:13Absolutely. First thing tomorrow morning,
34:15God make ends meet. Every penny counts.
34:17Right, that's all from us. Enjoy your weekend, whatever you're doing.
34:20Susie, Rachel and I will be back here on Monday.
34:22You can count on us.
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34:56Next, let's turn up the heat and head off to a place in the sun.