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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:05APPLAUSE
00:31Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown.
00:33Welcome back this Monday. Hope your weekend was OK.
00:36Really nice to talk to you again.
00:38And let's straightaway introduce the only standing member
00:41of the Countdown team, Rachel Riley.
00:43I know, it is hard, but at least I get to buy shoes on the Clothes Budget.
00:46We have a challenger today who collects a certain thing.
00:49There's a fine line between collecting and hoarding, of course.
00:52If you actually have a thing,
00:54what do you have the most of, of anything in the world?
00:58Yeah, right. You collect.
01:00Clothes, toys, you get another toy.
01:02You don't chuck a toy out, so it's just a big toy shop.
01:04I was looking into weird collections or interesting collections.
01:07There's a dermatologist in North Carolina that collects back scratchers.
01:11He has 675 of them.
01:14He had only one back.
01:16However, I own a back scratcher.
01:18It's a telescopic one. It cost about £10.
01:20It's one of the best things I have. I thoroughly recommend it.
01:23I don't know why.
01:25Seriously, don't laugh at me.
01:27I don't know why back scratchers aren't like cutlery or umbrellas.
01:31It's exactly the same thing I said to you when you first brought this up.
01:34You don't carry it around with you. You said, yes, you do.
01:37Today, you wanted to bring it in and show everyone on screen
01:40and you've forgotten it. You've left it back at home.
01:42OK, just going to make a note here.
01:44Rachel's birthday.
01:46Back scratcher.
01:48I like to get ahead of time.
01:50At least you know it's something I haven't got already.
01:52Listen, there's one thing we never scratch in this show
01:54when it comes to the words, and that's our heads.
01:56I thought you were going to say Susie.
01:58We never scratch Susie.
02:00She doesn't like being scratched or tickled or anything.
02:03But you'll have that all sorted for us.
02:05Our day of the day, Susie Dent.
02:07And what company that you have.
02:09A long time since Gabby Logan sat in Dictionary Corner.
02:12We try to book her, but we have to save up money so we can afford her.
02:16But finally, after scrimping and saving for years,
02:19she's here again. Gabby, great to have you.
02:21Thank you very much.
02:23It's been so long, Colin, that my name has changed.
02:26I was Gabby Yorath the last time I was here.
02:28Got married, had two children who were ready to leave home.
02:31I mean, where was the call? I kept the same number.
02:34Who was in this seat?
02:36It was Richard. Richard Wiley.
02:38Oh, wow, you got to work with the best and worst
02:40count judges ever of all time.
02:42Well, listen, you're here on a historic day,
02:44because on Friday, our tallest ever contestant,
02:46Gerry Ferris, got the win.
02:48And he is a mountain of a man.
02:50It was a joy to talk to you.
02:52I love your bright colours, by the way.
02:54Thank you, Colin.
02:56Like myself, it was your 30s before you learned to swim.
02:59We're in a weird club that way. Tell me about that.
03:01It was.
03:03I was lucky enough to get a job in Australia.
03:06It just seemed the right thing to finally do,
03:08having been a non-swimmer.
03:10Missed out on loads of fun.
03:12Went for a three-day intensive course in a nice warm pool,
03:15on a one-to-one basis.
03:17He was a swimmer.
03:19He was a swimmer.
03:21He was a swimmer.
03:23He was a swimmer.
03:25He was a swimmer.
03:27He was a swimmer.
03:29He was a swimmer.
03:31He was a swimmer.
03:33He was a swimmer.
03:35He was a swimmer.
03:37He was a swimmer.
03:39He was a swimmer.
03:41He was a swimmer.
03:43He was a swimmer.
03:45There's a petition that we can go along to.
03:47So, me, my pal, who was 40 at the time,
03:50and then a bunch of eight-year-olds...
03:52LAUGHTER
03:54..then I got paired up against this eight-year-old kid
03:56and then I just hammered him.
03:58I think you've taught that kind of perfect life lesson,
04:01hard to say.
04:02You need to show that same level of no mercy today.
04:05We'll see.
04:07Good luck to you both.
04:08APPLAUSE
04:10Right, Mr Farris, let's get some letters.
04:12We'll start with a vowel, please, Rachel.
04:14Thank you, Gerry.
04:15Start the week with E.
04:17And a consonant.
04:19N.
04:20And a vowel.
04:21O.
04:22Consonant.
04:24S.
04:25Vowel.
04:27I.
04:28Consonant.
04:29P.
04:30And a consonant.
04:32R.
04:33And another consonant.
04:36S.
04:37And a vowel.
04:38And, lastly, E.
04:41I'm in the studio. Let's play Kite Dive.
05:12Gerry?
05:14Six.
05:15And Alan?
05:16Six.
05:17What have we got?
05:18Prison.
05:19Prison.
05:20And Alan?
05:21Posers.
05:22Prison and posers.
05:24Yep, absolutely fine.
05:25I don't want to state the obvious, Gerry,
05:27but there was two S's there, my friend.
05:29There was two S's.
05:31I'm just warming up, all right?
05:33Get off my back.
05:34You know, I'd expect that of Alan,
05:36cos it's his first ever round in national TV,
05:38but no, I'm a champion.
05:40Anything else in Dictionary Corner?
05:42We've got an eight.
05:43Yes.
05:44We've got a couple of eights.
05:45Yeah.
05:46Actually, three eights.
05:47Response.
05:48Yeah.
05:49Pioneers.
05:50Like pioneers.
05:51Yeah.
05:52And...
05:53Ropiness.
05:54Ropiness, yeah.
05:55I'm not so keen on ropiness.
05:57Ropiness is a good word to describe Gerry's performance
05:59in the first round.
06:01I like that. Thank you.
06:02It's like you've never been away, Gabby.
06:04Straight back in.
06:05OK, Alan, good luck to you, mate.
06:07Let's choose some more letters.
06:08Could I start with a vowel, please?
06:10Thank you, Alan.
06:11O.
06:12And a consonant, please.
06:14H.
06:15And another.
06:17G.
06:18And a vowel, please.
06:20A.
06:21And another vowel.
06:23E.
06:24And a consonant.
06:26R.
06:27Another consonant.
06:29C.
06:30Another consonant.
06:32K.
06:34And a vowel, please.
06:36Lastly, A.
06:3830 seconds.
07:07BUZZER
07:10Alan?
07:11Five.
07:12And Gerry?
07:13Manager, six.
07:14The five, Alan?
07:15Reach.
07:16And that's six.
07:17Charge.
07:18And charge. Let's charge over to Dixon Reet Corner.
07:20What else have we got?
07:21A good seven.
07:22Oh, a good one. Not just a normal one.
07:24Corkage.
07:25Oh, nice.
07:26LAUGHTER
07:28So, that's when you bring your own...
07:30Your own, yes.
07:31..and they charge you money to open the door.
07:33Yes, yes.
07:34All right, Gerry, you've found your sea legs.
07:3612, six up. Let's get the first numbers.
07:38One large and five small, I think, please, Rachel.
07:40Okey-dokey.
07:41I think you've got a few more choices left, actually,
07:43to work your way through,
07:45but we'll start with one large, five small.
07:47And they are two, six, one, nine, three,
07:53and the big one, 100.
07:55And the target, 780.
07:57780, numbers up.
08:04MUSIC PLAYS
08:297-8-0. Gerry?
08:317-8-0.
08:32And Alan?
08:337-8-0, but I've not fully written it down.
08:35OK, off you go then, Alan.
08:37So, 9 minus 1 is 8.
08:39Yep.
08:40Times 100 is 800.
08:42Here it is.
08:436 times 3 is 18.
08:45Minus that and minus the 2.
08:47Perfect, 780.
08:48APPLAUSE
08:5310 points each as we get our first tea time teaser of the week.
08:57I'm saying it at the same time you are.
08:59Our beach. Our beach.
09:02We felt like royalty when taken to our beach in this.
09:05We felt like royalty when taken to our beach in this.
09:17APPLAUSE
09:24Welcome back. Tea time teaser was Our Beach.
09:27We felt like royalty when taken to our beach in this.
09:31Susie, you're going to have to help me out with this one.
09:34Baruch?
09:35Yes, I had to help myself with this one as well.
09:37Four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with a collapsible hood
09:40over the rear half and seats facing each other for the passengers.
09:43Right, and I would never, ever question producer Damien,
09:46who's brilliant when he writes these.
09:48We felt like royalty when taken to our beach in this.
09:51When have you ever seen anyone go to the beach in that?
09:54Yeah, that is true.
09:55Let's get more letters now. Alan, it's on you.
09:58Could I have a consonant, please?
10:00Thank you, Alan.
10:02And another.
10:06And another.
10:09And a vowel, please.
10:12Another vowel.
10:15A consonant.
10:19Another vowel.
10:23Consonant.
10:26And I'll end with a vowel, please.
10:30End with O.
10:31Thank you, Rachel.
11:01So many words, so many words!
11:05Alan, how many?
11:06A risky seven.
11:08It's really one of those rounds.
11:10Gerry? Seven.
11:11OK, what have we got?
11:12Souring.
11:13Yeah, souring.
11:14Rousing.
11:15Rousing, souring, anagrams of each other.
11:18Absolutely fine.
11:19My goodness me, it was raining possibilities here.
11:22What do we have?
11:23Well, a nine.
11:24Oh, hello!
11:25I didn't see the nine.
11:26I've seen eights, but I haven't seen a nine.
11:28What is it?
11:29Gingerous.
11:30Gingerous.
11:31Gerry, you're the champion.
11:33Pray tell, what do you think it means?
11:35It's got to be something to do with hair.
11:37You reckon hair?
11:38Yeah.
11:39Hair, Gabby?
11:40Maybe somebody who's a little bit lazy, slow, gingerly?
11:42No.
11:43No, I have to say, Gerry is right in this.
11:45It's rare, but it's of hair, complexion, et cetera,
11:48sandy-coloured, ginger-coloured.
11:49Nice.
11:50There you go.
11:53Well, it's great to have the blonderous Gabby Logan.
11:58Blonderous, obviously.
12:00Blonderous, we'll have that instead.
12:02Right, Gerry, off you go.
12:05A vowel, please, Rachel.
12:07Thank you, Gerry.
12:08U.
12:09Consonant.
12:10N.
12:11And a vowel.
12:12A.
12:13Consonant.
12:14L.
12:15Vowel.
12:16E.
12:18Consonant.
12:19M.
12:20Vowel.
12:22I.
12:23Consonant.
12:25L.
12:27And a consonant, please.
12:30A final R.
12:32Half a minute.
12:58How many, Gerry?
12:59Six.
13:00And Alan?
13:01Six.
13:02Let's see the words.
13:03Marine.
13:04Mailer.
13:05Mailer and marine.
13:07Six points each.
13:09What have we got in Dictionary Corner?
13:11Eight.
13:12He's flying today, you're absolutely flying.
13:15It's not mine, though.
13:17Well done for admitting it.
13:19It's all the historical dictionary, I have to say.
13:21Yes, alumine or alimine,
13:23is to light up, enlighten or illuminate.
13:25To alimine.
13:26APPLAUSE
13:29Right, shall we fire on?
13:30Get some numbers.
13:31Alan, what way are you going to go?
13:33I could have one large and five small, please.
13:36You can indeed.
13:37Thank you, Alan.
13:38One large, five little.
13:40Coming up, and these little ones are five, nine, six, six and seven.
13:46And the big one, 75 this time round.
13:49Six and seven, and the big one, 75 this time.
13:53With the target, 214.
13:55214, numbers up.
14:19MUSIC PLAYS
14:27214, low target. Alan?
14:29216.
14:30Two away. And Gerry?
14:32214.
14:33Off you go.
14:3475 times nine minus six, which is three, sorry.
14:39So it's 225.
14:41Yep.
14:42Six plus five is 11.
14:45Take that away.
14:46Perfect, 214.
14:47APPLAUSE
14:50And a big ten points as we break bread with Gabby
14:53for the first time in ages on Countdown.
14:56So apart from being married since the last time you were here,
14:59there's so much to talk about with you this week.
15:01I don't want to do sport all week, there's so much more to talk about.
15:04But shall we talk sport today?
15:06OK, yeah.
15:07Let me ask you this, if I said 2012,
15:09because I know you were a big part of that coverage,
15:11what memories do you have of what I think is still
15:13probably the greatest period of any time I've worked in sport?
15:16Oh, absolutely, it's very hard to kind of match
15:19the national fervour and excitement
15:22and just how proud everybody became of this nation.
15:26I loved it.
15:27I was in my absolute kind of professional, you know, utopia
15:31and I did this show called Olympics Tonight
15:33and I had amazing guests.
15:35The booker used to get people like Carl Lewis and Olga Korba
15:38and the lumeries of Olympic history.
15:40And on the final day of this show,
15:42which had been running for about 18 days,
15:44David Beckham...
15:45Do you remember he was kind of an unofficial mascot
15:47of the Olympic Games?
15:48He was there because we were offered him, so we said,
15:50fine, come and sit next to me.
15:51And there was a boxing VT and I whispered to David
15:54that this incredible young man who'd won gold
15:57had tragically lost his mum and sister
15:59during the year in a car accident.
16:01And we were going to move on because we didn't have a boxing guest,
16:04but David took it upon himself to deliver this story to the nation.
16:07And in my ear, the producer, a guy you would know well,
16:10a guy called Ali McIntyre...
16:11I'm sure there was no bad language used at all.
16:13No, he said, Gabs, go back in the studio.
16:16And somebody else, one of the head honchos of BBC Sport,
16:20was now in the gallery and said,
16:22Luke Campbell's mum and sister are not dead.
16:25Oh, no!
16:27So I panicked, obviously,
16:29and didn't know what I was supposed to say next.
16:31And they kept me out of vision.
16:32Then somebody else came into my earpiece shouting various boxers' names.
16:36It's Anthony Ogogo, it's Anthony Joshua,
16:38just boxers' names, basically.
16:40Nobody knew the truth behind the story.
16:42So I decided to just ignore all of them,
16:45and my final words of the Olympic Games were set to be,
16:48I'm afraid some erroneous information made it to air tonight
16:51and Luke Campbell's mum and sister are alive and well.
16:54Do you know what I've taken away from this, Gabby Logan?
16:57I will never trust David Beckham.
16:59In my life.
17:00He's the one that brought the news to the nation.
17:02He's to blame for all of this.
17:04I did ring Luke Campbell's mum the following morning and apologised.
17:07And listen, I don't know Luke personally,
17:10but I know him to be a cracking lad.
17:12And he's forgiven me?
17:14Yeah, absolutely.
17:15It's a story with a happy ending.
17:17He doesn't have to forgive...
17:19It's great news for him.
17:21Listen, he doesn't have to forgive you, he needs to forgive Becks.
17:24Thank you so much.
17:29Wonderful.
17:30Gerry, you've got a 16-point lead.
17:32That's not enough to sit easy. Let's get more letters.
17:35A vowel, please, Rachel.
17:36Thank you, Gerry.
17:37E
17:38Consonant.
17:40P
17:41Vowel.
17:42O
17:43Consonant.
17:44W
17:45Vowel.
17:46I
17:47Consonant.
17:48T
17:49Vowel.
17:51U
17:54Another vowel.
17:56E
17:57And a final consonant, please.
17:59Final F.
18:00Start the clock.
18:10MUSIC PLAYS
18:31Another tricky round, Gerry.
18:35No?
18:36No.
18:37I love it.
18:38Alan, four?
18:39That'll do. That's going to score four points.
18:41Listen, if he loses today...
18:43..by a point, this will be the round.
18:45The four.
18:46Wipe.
18:47Yeah, very good. Really difficult.
18:49You could have had wife as well. Wipe and wife.
18:52But you could also have had wipe out.
18:54Oh, that's brilliant.
18:58Lovely stuff.
18:59Alan, let's see if we can do better. Here we go.
19:02We'll start with a vowel, please, Rachel.
19:04Thank you, Alan.
19:05O
19:06And another.
19:07E
19:08And another.
19:10U
19:11And a consonant.
19:13T
19:14And another.
19:16L
19:17And another.
19:19T
19:20And a vowel.
19:22A
19:24A consonant.
19:26S
19:27And a final consonant, please.
19:30Final W.
19:31OK, here we go.
19:33MUSIC PLAYS
19:38MUSIC CONTINUES
20:04Ha! That is time.
20:06Alan?
20:07Seven.
20:08And Gerry?
20:09Seven.
20:10Alan?
20:11Outlast.
20:12Outlast.
20:13Outlet.
20:14Outlet.
20:15I don't think you're going to outlaw any of those.
20:17Very good.
20:18Yes, outlaws for seven.
20:20We had a slightly strange eight, though, didn't we?
20:23Well, is wattles...
20:24Wattles.
20:25..first?
20:26I think you should say wattles, cos I just like the word wattles.
20:29I'm so glad you did.
20:30Yeah.
20:31And out-sweat.
20:32Yes.
20:33You can out-sweat someone.
20:34You can, through working harder.
20:37You need to get that into one of your sporting broadcasts.
20:40Easy.
20:41Absolutely.
20:42Brilliant.
20:43Let's get more numbers now.
20:44Gerry?
20:45Right, then.
20:47Four big ones of your choice.
20:49Four big ones of my choice.
20:51And two little ones, one from each bottom corner.
20:53Lovely.
20:54Two little, four big.
20:56Could have a challenge on our hands.
20:58Small numbers.
20:59Ten and eight.
21:00And we know...
21:0125, 100, 75 and 50.
21:06And the target to reach, 271.
21:09271, numbers up.
21:35MUSIC
21:41271, the target.
21:42Gerry?
21:43268.
21:44Three away.
21:45Alan?
21:46280.
21:47289 away.
21:48So, seven points for Gerry for being three away.
21:51If you are right...
21:52Add them all together.
21:54Add them all together, 268.
21:56Yeah, three away.
21:57APPLAUSE
21:58I was going to say, sometimes it's that simple.
22:01I was one away.
22:02Are you going to do that thing?
22:04I hope she's going to do that thing.
22:05I wish it goes right up and then comes all the way right down.
22:08I mean, I could, but it would just be times it by two,
22:11so that would be a bit of a cheat.
22:12OK.
22:13What you could say, 10 minus 8 is 2.
22:16Yeah.
22:17100 minus 2 is 98.
22:19If you wanted to be annoying and times it by 50 at that point,
22:22you could.
22:23Or you could say 50 over 25 is 2.
22:25Times those together for 196 and add on the 75, 271.
22:29Good, good, lovely.
22:30APPLAUSE
22:32And, hey, you must be loving Gerry,
22:34cos he's doing every single combination.
22:36Yeah, absolutely.
22:37Not just the boring one, large all the time.
22:39I've got something to do.
22:40Perfect for you.
22:41A Boulder.
22:42A Boulder is your second tea time teaser.
22:44Moved a boulder and made very hard work of it.
22:47Moved a boulder and made very hard work of it.
22:50MUSIC
22:58APPLAUSE
23:01MUSIC
23:05Welcome back to Countdown.
23:07We're at the business end of Monday's episode.
23:09Our champion, Gerry, has a 19-point lead.
23:12Long way to go, though, Mr Shepherd, so let's have it.
23:15I'll have a start with a vowel, please.
23:17Thank you, Alan.
23:18O
23:19And a consonant.
23:21S
23:22And another vowel.
23:24A
23:26Vowel.
23:28I
23:29A consonant.
23:31B
23:32Another consonant.
23:34N
23:35Another consonant, please.
23:38R
23:39A vowel.
23:42U
23:43And a consonant, please.
23:46A final B.
23:47Start the clock.
23:48MUSIC
24:01MUSIC
24:19That's time up.
24:20Alan, six.
24:21And Gerry?
24:22Five.
24:23The five.
24:24What have you got?
24:25Bison.
24:26And the six?
24:27Brains.
24:28Brains.
24:29What else do we have?
24:30There's Bruins as well, which is nice.
24:32That's in children's tales.
24:33It's a bear.
24:34A Bruin.
24:35Rabbis.
24:36Quite a few sixes.
24:37Lovely.
24:38He said robins.
24:39We've got little robins up there.
24:40Yes.
24:41A little wildlife round for us.
24:42The most important thing is the beast that is Alan Shepherd
24:44just closed the gap.
24:46Gerry, your letters.
24:47Vowel, please, Rachel.
24:48Thank you, Gerry.
24:49E
24:50A consonant.
24:52N
24:53Vowel.
24:54O
24:55Consonant.
24:56T
24:57Vowel.
24:58E
24:59E
25:00Consonant.
25:01S
25:02Vowel.
25:03A
25:04Consonant.
25:06M
25:07And a final consonant, please.
25:09A final L.
25:11Kite Dive.
25:29MUSIC PLAYS
25:42OK, time's up, Gerry.
25:43Seven.
25:44And Alan?
25:45Six.
25:46The sixes?
25:47Metals.
25:48Ooh, you could be getting those points back.
25:50Laments.
25:51Laments.
25:52Very well spotted, Gerry.
25:53Yes.
25:54Seven points at perfect time as well.
25:56Dictionary Corner?
25:57Sevens.
25:58Yes.
25:59Yes.
26:00Laments and...?
26:01Maltose.
26:02Sugar produced by starch.
26:04There are lots, lots of...
26:05Mantles.
26:06Mantles.
26:07All right, 66 plays 46.
26:09Four rounds left of today's countdown.
26:11And time for our first origins of words of this week.
26:15I'm actually going to talk about pub names
26:17because I get asked so often by people, you know,
26:20where does my local pub name come from?
26:22So I thought I would delve into some this week.
26:26And obviously the pub has been such a vital part
26:29of British communities since the 11th century, really.
26:32So in Anglo-Saxon times, there was sort of home brewing,
26:35then there were kind of Norman monasteries
26:37that became prototype pubs quite often.
26:40And then, of course, we've got today's wonderful locals,
26:43which are suffering a bit at the moment,
26:45so we need to do all we can to support them.
26:47But going back to those Anglo-Saxon times,
26:50long before pubs had any official status in a village,
26:54ale and the drinking of it and the making of it
26:56was still really central to a sense of community.
26:59After the Norman conquest, it was monasteries, as I say,
27:02that became renowned for their brewing
27:04and they would give this wonderful ale to pilgrims
27:06that came their way.
27:08So you will often find Christian emblems in pub names.
27:11So the dove, Christian sign of peace, obviously,
27:14was often a medieval sign for a monastic guesthouse.
27:18And then you have other ones like the lamb, the ark,
27:22the angel and the anchor, all taken up by secular brewing houses.
27:26But again, looking back to that kind of religious history.
27:29And I'll just finish with one for today.
27:31The nags' head. There are lots of nags' heads around.
27:34And lots of theories about this,
27:36but some think it goes back to the age of piracy.
27:39So we're looking back to half a millennium
27:41and smugglers out at sea would get the all-clear to come on shore
27:45from an accomplice who was leading a horse
27:47with a lantern hung around its neck.
27:49And we think that's where the nags' head comes from.
27:51Nice. Thank you. You're welcome.
27:56Great origins of words. Only fools and horses would miss it.
28:00Right, more letters now. Alan.
28:02I'll start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
28:04Thank you, Alan. C
28:07And a vowel, please.
28:09I
28:10And another vowel.
28:12E
28:13And a consonant, please.
28:15D
28:16And a vowel.
28:19I
28:20A consonant, please.
28:22J
28:23And another consonant.
28:25X
28:27And another.
28:29R
28:30And I'll end with a vowel, please.
28:32And end with E.
28:35Let's play.
28:50MUSIC PLAYS
29:08Alan.
29:09A six.
29:10Gerry. Six.
29:11What's a six? Dicier.
29:13Dicier. Credit.
29:15Credit and dicier, Susie.
29:17Yes, credit is a bit dicey cos we don't have a T.
29:20I'm sorry, Gerry.
29:22Just can't quite see the deal today, Gerry.
29:25Every time we think you're too far ahead, Alan creeps back
29:28and he's done it again there with dicier.
29:31Gerry, last letters round.
29:33Consonant, please, Rachel.
29:35Thank you, Gerry. D
29:37And a vowel.
29:38O
29:39And a consonant.
29:40N
29:41Vowel.
29:42E
29:44Consonant.
29:46S
29:47Vowel.
29:49A
29:50Consonant.
29:51T
29:52Consonant.
29:54R
29:55And a consonant, please.
29:59A final T.
30:01Last letters.
30:02MUSIC PLAYS
30:19MUSIC CONTINUES
30:32Need a number, Gerry.
30:34Seven.
30:35And Alan?
30:36Seven.
30:37What have you got?
30:38Started.
30:39Yes, and Alan?
30:40Started as well, yes.
30:41Two starteds, points in the bag,
30:43so we're still very much alive today to Dictionary Corner.
30:46Last letters.
30:47Mm-hm.
30:48We've got some sevens.
30:49Yeah.
30:50Yeah.
30:51Natters.
30:52Yes.
30:53Yeah, like that one.
30:54Nice and formal.
30:55And one that's not as nice.
30:56No, rodents.
30:57Well, we like rodents, actually.
30:58Oh, no, don't you dare now.
30:59Don't give rodents a bad name.
31:00Alan's a rat lover.
31:01I'm not a rat lover.
31:02I just recently on a show talked about
31:04there's a lot of myths about them,
31:06how they sing after, you know, a little bit of canoodling
31:09and stuff like that.
31:10Lovely little stats about them.
31:11Anyway, there you go.
31:12Let's get our final numbers round.
31:14Alan?
31:15Six small, please.
31:16Six small!
31:17Oh, yes, I don't have to make you gamble.
31:19Six little ones and an attempt for the teapot.
31:22Right, final numbers.
31:2410, 3, 2, 8, 5 and 7.
31:30And the target to reach, 854.
31:33854, last numbers.
31:45MUSIC PLAYS
32:06854. Alan?
32:08867.
32:10Miles out.
32:11Gerry?
32:12Million.
32:13Million, there you go.
32:14Off you go.
32:15No, I'm joking.
32:16Right, 854.
32:18I tickled it but didn't get it.
32:20I've got a couple of ways.
32:21Oh, OK.
32:22You don't need to rub it in.
32:24It's divisible by seven, so that's a good starting point.
32:27If you say 5 x 10 is 50,
32:308 x 3 is 11,
32:33add those together for 61,
32:35times 61 x 2 for 122
32:38and 122 x 7, 854.
32:40Love it.
32:41APPLAUSE
32:44Well done, Gerry.
32:45Second win in the bag, but Alan's pushed you all the way,
32:49so let's see if you can get this conundrum.
32:51Finger on buzzers, both of you,
32:53as we reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:55MUSIC PLAYS
33:15MUSIC STOPS
33:26Timers up, timers up.
33:28Gerry and Alan drawing a blank.
33:31Me too.
33:32These three have been looking at me from six seconds in,
33:35all going like this.
33:36No, going, Nino, Nino, Nino.
33:38Oh, it's Ambulance.
33:40Oh, no.
33:42Well done.
33:44Right, Alan, what a day with you.
33:46Thank you so much for being here, OK?
33:48Yeah, yeah, no, thanks for having me.
33:50Good, really nice to have you, mate.
33:52Best of luck to you.
33:53You came up against Gerry Ferris, our tallest ever contestant.
33:56Ger-Bear, that's my nickname for you.
33:58I'll call you Ger-Bear, is that all right?
34:00That's OK.
34:01Good, we'll see you tomorrow.
34:02My wife calls me Bear.
34:03Really?
34:04Yeah.
34:05Now, listen, just before we go today,
34:08we believe, Gabby, is today your 50th?
34:11It might well be my 50th birthday.
34:13Oh, happy birthday to you.
34:15APPLAUSE
34:17And we haven't got a present.
34:18We haven't got a cake.
34:19It's another show where at the end of the show
34:21you should have one and you don't, but we do have...
34:23CHEERING
34:25..a cake for you.
34:27Happy birthday.
34:28We'll all be a day older tomorrow.
34:30Hopefully you can join us.
34:31Rachel, Susie and I will be here.
34:33You can count on us.
34:34APPLAUSE
34:36You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:40You can also find our web page at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
34:45APPLAUSE