Category
📺
TVTranscript
00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:05APPLAUSE
00:31Hello, everybody. Welcome to another afternoon instalment of Countdown.
00:35Whether you're eight years old or 80 years old,
00:38you're all equally as welcome.
00:40Thanks for being part of our Countdown afternoon.
00:42Rachel Riley, how are you? Colin Murray, very well. How are you?
00:45I'm good. On this day in 1968,
00:48Simon & Garfunkel released Mrs Robinson.
00:51Great tune, of course, but they wrote it specifically,
00:54which was rare for them to do such a thing,
00:57for the film The Graduate, which is about, of course,
01:00an older woman's relationship with a younger man,
01:03which brings us into the subject of age gaps in relationships.
01:07You're just six between you and Pash,
01:09not that I'm stalking yous online, but I know it's six.
01:12Did you ever have any rules? We all have these silly rules, don't we,
01:15about height or age? Did you have a rule?
01:17I didn't have a rule.
01:19I think it depends what age you are at the time, doesn't it?
01:22Because when you're a lot younger, those age gaps make more of a difference,
01:25depending on what stage you are in your life. That's true.
01:28So, you know, I wouldn't have any rules,
01:30but sometimes you just look and you think.
01:32I just have a simple rule.
01:34I just would never and have never been with anybody
01:37who couldn't name at least three members of the A team.
01:40LAUGHTER
01:42That's just... That's certainly a good step.
01:44That's very xenophobic. What?!
01:46Well, at my age, he's only got six years,
01:48but because Pash is not from the UK,
01:50because he was brought up in Soviet Russia,
01:52all this context has just gone for everything,
01:55so I can introduce him to the most basic, mundane things
01:58that anyone over here would be like...
02:00And he's like, wow!
02:02Taken by the bell. God, I miss this.
02:04It doesn't work, then. It doesn't work in that kind.
02:07Sensational. Well, let's introduce Dictionary Corner.
02:10She is always our bridge over troubled water.
02:13It is Susie Dent, our J of the Day,
02:15and the sound of silence will not suffice.
02:17For Gabby Logan.
02:20APPLAUSE
02:22I don't want to put the kiss of death on Ian Laird
02:25by saying he's unstoppable, but what a start you've made
02:28with back-to-back centuries on your return to Countdown.
02:31Two wins in the bank. Doing great.
02:34And we're roughly the same age,
02:36and you've discovered sport in midlife, haven't you?
02:40Yeah, in terms of playing it,
02:42I've never really done any sports, to be honest,
02:45but the last year or so,
02:47playing football, badminton, squash three or four times a week.
02:50You cannot become a professional in any of those now, you're too old.
02:54But what could you? Let's have a think.
02:56Let's brainstorm what we could still be world champions in.
02:59Snooker?
03:01Darts. Darts, that's the one.
03:03Bowls. Bowls, very good, Gabby.
03:06Archery. Archery, bit of a young-person sport, I'd say.
03:10But in bowls, we would be the young ones, right?
03:15They'd be saying, who's this fresh-faced, handsome man
03:18in lard playing bowls?
03:20We'll go bowls. There you go, that's your target.
03:23You're taking on Cat Hollis today from Gateshead.
03:26Cat, I'm so excited about this, because all this week,
03:28the origins of words have been about pubs and pub names.
03:32And you're a publican. Yay! Yes.
03:34So let's set Susie a challenge.
03:36What's the name of your pub?
03:38The Week Chief. Ah, OK.
03:40The clock is ticking on Susie Dent.
03:43I want to know about the First Week Chief pub
03:45and what it connects to. So we'll do that a little later.
03:47Tell me a little bit about your pub, Cathy.
03:49Are you a good landlady? We are.
03:51I run it with my daughter, Clare.
03:53So this is me and young Clare.
03:55I'm really proud of Clare, because she...
03:58I'm more back...
04:00..back-roaming, cleaner.
04:02And she does the front.
04:04Well, listen, let's see how you're getting on
04:06when it comes to last orders.
04:08Good luck to Cath and Aidan.
04:11Ian, let's do it.
04:13Afternoon, Rachel. Afternoon, Ian.
04:15I'll start with a consonant, please. Thank you.
04:17Start today with W. And another one.
04:20G. And a third.
04:23T. And a fourth.
04:26R. A vowel.
04:29A. Second one.
04:31O. Another one.
04:34E.
04:36A consonant.
04:38T.
04:40And a final consonant, please.
04:42And a final L.
04:44At home and in the studio, let's all play Countdown.
05:08MUSIC PLAYS
05:17How many, Ian? Seven.
05:19And Cath? Seven.
05:21Great start. Ian? Gloater.
05:23And Cath? Gloater.
05:25There it is. Don't mean to boast, but what a start.
05:28Sevens from Ian and Cath.
05:30Dictionary Corner.
05:32Well, I don't mean to gloat, but we have an eight.
05:35Yes, we do.
05:37Oh, yes. There you go. You had to see that all those days.
05:40Following your dad around, games postponed.
05:43THEY LAUGH
05:45The old waterlog. Love it.
05:47More letters from Cath Hollis.
05:49Hello, Rachel. Hi, Cath.
05:51Consonant. Thank you.
05:53Start with T.
05:55Vowel.
05:57A. Consonant.
06:00L.
06:02Consonant.
06:04S. Vowel.
06:06E.
06:09Consonant.
06:11L.
06:13Consonant.
06:15N.
06:17Vowel.
06:19I. And consonant.
06:21And lastly, D.
06:2330 seconds.
06:25MUSIC PLAYS
06:36MUSIC CONTINUES
06:54Cath. Seven.
06:56And Ian? Nine.
06:58Oh! Listen to that noise from Cath.
07:01Oh, my goodness. Don't worry, we've all missed it.
07:04What's yours, Cath?
07:06Ian Laird, speak to me.
07:08Installed.
07:10APPLAUSE
07:15Fantastic. 18 points, that is, as well.
07:19There you go. Nine, dictionary corner.
07:21Yeah, we had installed.
07:23Yeah, that's it. Very good.
07:25OK, 25 plays seven. What a start.
07:28Cath, long way to go. Ian, let's get some numbers.
07:31Two from the top and any other four, please, Rachel.
07:33Thank you, Ian. Two and four coming up.
07:36And the first numbers of today's contest are...
07:45And the target, 698.
07:48698, numbers up.
07:50MUSIC PLAYS
08:03MUSIC CONTINUES
08:19The target, 698. Ian?
08:21698. Yeah, and Cath?
08:23698. Good. Fairly straightforward. Ian, off you go.
08:26Seven times 100, 700. Yep.
08:2910 minus nine plus one is two.
08:33And subtract it. Perfect. 698, gentle start.
08:36It'll be the same way. Yeah, it has to be.
08:39APPLAUSE
08:41Good stuff. Really impressive, Cath.
08:43There's not much you can do about that nine, so well done.
08:46Let's get our first tea time teaser.
08:48Eat green, eat green.
08:50He won't eat his greens, he prefers junk food.
08:52He won't eat his greens, he prefers junk food.
09:03APPLAUSE
09:10Welcome back. Not sure about this tea time teaser.
09:13Eat green, he won't eat his greens, he prefers junk food.
09:16Teenager, what a terrible indictment of all teenagers
09:20who are watching Countdown.
09:22I can only apologise. Let's get back to the game.
09:24Cath, your letters.
09:26Consonant. Thank you, Cath.
09:28S
09:30Consonant.
09:31T
09:32Vowel.
09:34E
09:36Vowel.
09:38A
09:39Consonant.
09:41R
09:43Consonant.
09:45N
09:47Vowel.
09:49U
09:51Consonant.
09:53D
09:57Um...
09:59And a consonant, please.
10:01Final M. Thank you, Rachel.
10:32Interesting.
10:33Cath?
10:34Seven.
10:35And Ian?
10:36Yeah, I'll stick with a seven.
10:38OK.
10:39Cath, what's a seven?
10:40A sunder.
10:41A sunder.
10:42And Ian?
10:43Saunter.
10:44And saunter.
10:45A saunter is lovely.
10:47You really wanted saunter, didn't you?
10:49Yeah.
10:50You were looking for that final E, but, yes, both those, very good.
10:53Ian, what was the word you were considering?
10:55Unmastered.
10:56Let's just check anyway.
10:58Yes, having no mast, it would have been in.
11:01It would have been there.
11:02It would have been there.
11:03What else was there?
11:04Undreamt.
11:05Yes, that would have taken you to an eight.
11:07Undreamt.
11:08Undreamt.
11:09Don't use it very often.
11:10I've never heard it used.
11:11Undreamt of lands.
11:12Oh.
11:13Right.
11:14Exceeded all your expectations.
11:15OK.
11:16Right, seven points each in that round.
11:18Let's go again.
11:19Ian?
11:20A consonant, please, Rachel.
11:21Thank you, Ian.
11:22R
11:23And another?
11:25T
11:26And a vowel?
11:28I
11:29Another vowel?
11:30U
11:31Consonant?
11:33R
11:34Consonant?
11:36M
11:37Vowel?
11:39A
11:40Vowel?
11:42E
11:43And a final consonant, please.
11:45And a final T.
11:47It's going to be half a minute.
11:59MUSIC PLAYS
12:20All right, Ian?
12:21Seven.
12:22Yeah, Kath?
12:23Six.
12:24The six, Kath?
12:25Mutter.
12:26Very good. And Ian?
12:27Rattier.
12:28Very good. Anything else?
12:30We had some sevens.
12:31Rattier?
12:32Yes.
12:33Maturer?
12:3549 plays 24.
12:37Second numbers round, Kath, you're choosing.
12:39Six small, please, Rachel.
12:41Six little ones.
12:42I like it.
12:43Gambling early, I think that's a good decision.
12:45Let's see how it plays out.
12:47Small numbers for this round.
12:48Six.
12:49Six.
12:50Ten.
12:51Eight.
12:52One.
12:53And three.
12:54Mm.
12:55And the target?
12:56569.
12:57569.
12:58MUSIC PLAYS
13:28569 the target, Kath?
13:31Five, four, nine.
13:33Five. Don't worry about that at all.
13:35Difficult one, this. And Ian?
13:37569, I think.
13:38Off you go.
13:39Six plus one is seven.
13:41Six plus one is seven.
13:43Times by eight is 56.
13:45Yep.
13:46Times by ten, 560.
13:47560.
13:48And add the three and the other six.
13:50The other six, very nicely done.
13:52APPLAUSE
13:57Great stuff.
13:5859 points already,
13:59and we're only going over to Dictionary Corner
14:01to have a gab-a-gab.
14:03A bit of sport we've had.
14:05We talked yesterday about your podcast,
14:07so I'm going to rule out sport.
14:09Yeah.
14:10Any other story?
14:11LAUGHTER
14:12Well, I did enjoy...
14:14Last year, I wrote my memoir, the first half,
14:17and a story in there that seems to have really tickled people
14:21is that the wonderful late Queen I met in...
14:25It must have been 2005. I'd just had my children.
14:28And I was six weeks after giving birth to twins,
14:31first time out at a big event,
14:33and it was a massive gala for ITV's 50th birthday,
14:36the time I worked for ITV.
14:38And we were being introduced to the Queen in groups of three.
14:41And her lovely lady-in-waiting must have told her
14:43that I'd just given birth to twins.
14:45So her opening gambit was, how does one breastfeed twins?
14:49This is the Queen of England asking me this question.
14:51So I proceeded to explain to her this thing called
14:53the rugby ball hold, where you have one child on each breast.
14:56And she was fascinated by this,
14:58and so much so that she missed out asking questions
15:01to the other people in the group who were most aggrieved
15:03that they'd missed their moment with the Queen.
15:05Five years later, I was at Clarence House, as you do,
15:08as a Prince's Trust ambassador, and it was a much more casual affair,
15:11and we'd just been shown the gardens by the then Prince Charles,
15:14now King, and his wife, Camilla Parker Bowles,
15:16came over to chat, very relaxed, no lady-in-waiting.
15:19And her daughter was about to have twins
15:21with the same obstetrician at the same hospital I'd given birth to,
15:24and she said, how does one breastfeed twins?
15:28I was like saying, ask your mother-in-law,
15:31I've done this story.
15:33And I proceeded to carry on telling her the story.
15:35She was more fascinated then about twin buggies and everything else,
15:38all the paraphernalia that goes along with it.
15:40So they are very well-versed when it comes to twin breastfeeding,
15:43that royal family.
15:45APPLAUSE
15:49Triplets is another story.
15:52Ian, let's get more letters.
15:54Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Ian.
15:56P
15:58And a second.
16:00H
16:01And a third.
16:03S
16:05A vowel.
16:06A
16:07Another vowel.
16:09E
16:10Consonant.
16:12C
16:14Vowel.
16:16O
16:17Consonant.
16:19P
16:20And a final consonant, please.
16:22A final R.
16:24Starting the clock.
16:45MUSIC
16:56Ian?
16:57Eight.
16:58And Cass?
16:59Eight.
17:00Well done.
17:01Ian?
17:02Choppers.
17:03Choppers, there you go.
17:05It's the best we could do?
17:07Yes, it is.
17:09There you go.
17:11Let's get back to the game.
17:14Another consonant, please, Rachel.
17:16L
17:18Vowel.
17:20A
17:21Consonant.
17:23N
17:24Consonant.
17:26R
17:27Vowel.
17:28O
17:30Consonant.
17:32S
17:33Vowel.
17:35I
17:37Consonant.
17:39G
17:41A vowel, please.
17:43And lastly, E.
17:45And here we go.
17:46MUSIC
18:12MUSIC
18:17Cass?
18:18Seven.
18:19And Ian?
18:20Seven.
18:21The sevens, OK.
18:22Let's see the words.
18:23Lingers.
18:24Lingers.
18:25Searing.
18:26Both perfectly acceptable sevens,
18:28but with the I-N-G and the I-E-R with the S there,
18:31I'm expecting big things from Dictionary Corner.
18:33I demand them.
18:34Well, we certainly have some eights.
18:36We have geraniol and gasoline.
18:38And?
18:40Not good enough.
18:41Get to the nines.
18:42Regionals, as in newspapers.
18:44APPLAUSE
18:46I was in the heaps of the regionals as well.
18:49It's a good way to use it, right?
18:51Missed a nine, Ian. Standards are slipping.
18:54The crown slips.
18:55Cat, there's still a chance.
18:57Let's get more numbers, Ian. It's on you.
18:59One from the top and any other five, please, Rachel.
19:01Yes, you're going round the houses, though, to be fair,
19:03so I won't complain.
19:04We've had a lot of varied selections.
19:06This time, five little ones.
19:08Eight, eight, six, one and nine.
19:13And the big one, 50.
19:15Your target to reach.
19:17Oh, 969.
19:18969. Numbers up.
19:36MUSIC PLAYS
19:50The target, 969. Ian?
19:53I think I might have it, but I've not written it down.
19:55OK, and Cat?
19:56I know, I've just lost it.
19:58No worries, Ian might have lost it, we'll find out.
20:00Off you go.
20:01Eight minus six is two.
20:03I think you do have it, yep.
20:05Plus eight, plus nine.
20:0719.
20:0850 plus one.
20:0951.
20:10Multiply them.
20:11Perfect, 969, good start.
20:16Fantastic, great work.
20:17Let's get our second tea time teaser of the day.
20:20It's Ray Mines.
20:23Ray Mines, DS.
20:25Ray Mines very much if he's a victim of this.
20:28Ray Mines very much if he's a victim of this.
20:31MUSIC PLAYS
20:36APPLAUSE
20:46Ray Mines.
20:47Ray Mines very much if he's a victim of this.
20:49Misandry was the second tea time teaser.
20:52Let's have a quick look at the scores, Ian.
20:54Our unbelievable champion is already on 84,
20:57as it stands at the moment.
20:59Catholic Republican way back on 39,
21:02but you have to have a glass-half-full mentality here.
21:05You're taking on a great champion.
21:07Let's get some more letters from you, Kath.
21:09Consonant.
21:11Thank you, Kath.
21:12F.
21:13And a consonant.
21:15T.
21:16And a vowel.
21:18I.
21:19Consonant.
21:21R.
21:22Vowel.
21:24E.
21:25Consonant.
21:26F.
21:29Consonant.
21:30G.
21:31Vowel.
21:34I.
21:35And a consonant.
21:38Lastly, S.
21:40Let's play.
21:41MUSIC PLAYS
22:02MUSIC STOPS
22:12Kath?
22:13Six.
22:14Nice. Ian?
22:15A seven.
22:16And the seven. What's the six, Kath?
22:18Briefs.
22:19Yeah, let's have a listen to the seven.
22:21Stiffer.
22:22Stiffer. There you go.
22:23There it is.
22:24Seven points in the bag for Ian.
22:26And, Gabby?
22:27Another seven, which I've entered this week.
22:30It's the 50s.
22:31Yeah, you had to spot that.
22:33You had to spot that.
22:34Listen, what a score it is.
22:3691 plays 39.
22:38Kath, we always say it's not just about winning or losing.
22:41The experience at Countdown is worth coming on.
22:43So even though you're in this situation now,
22:45are you still having a good afternoon?
22:47I'm loving it.
22:48See?
22:49Really loving it.
22:50Listen to Kath.
22:51Listen to Kath.
22:52There's nothing to fear.
22:53The water's warm in Countdown and we'd love you to apply.
22:55More than ever, we want to make sure we get loads of different people
22:59from all over the country, all over the nation,
23:01applying to come on Countdown, from all ages, all walks of life.
23:05So this is my little appeal to you.
23:07If you've watched at home quietly for many years
23:09and haven't sent the email, trust us.
23:11Well, trust me, trust Rachel a bit less,
23:13but trust me at least to send your email in.
23:16It is Countdown at Channel4.com, using the number 4.
23:20Countdown at Channel4.com.
23:23We'd love to have you.
23:24We would love to have you.
23:25Right, more letters now, and it comes from Ian.
23:28Consonant, please, Rachel.
23:29Thank you, Ian.
23:30N.
23:31Another one.
23:33G.
23:34Another one.
23:36K.
23:37A vowel.
23:39E.
23:40Another vowel.
23:41U.
23:42Another vowel.
23:43A.
23:44Another vowel.
23:46U.
23:47Consonant.
23:49N.
23:51And a final vowel, please.
23:53A final shot at an I.
23:55A.
23:56Good luck.
24:27That's your time up, Ian.
24:29I'll risk a five.
24:31Kath?
24:32So will I. I think I've just made it up.
24:34Let's find out. Ian, what are you risking?
24:36Kanga.
24:37And what may you have made up?
24:38Guana.
24:39Guana.
24:40G-U-A-N-A.
24:41Yeah, cos if you had had the I, a guana could have happened.
24:45So let's check them with Susie.
24:47Yeah, it's not there. Guana would be there,
24:50as in bird poo particularly, but not guana, I'm afraid.
24:54I'm sorry about that, Kath.
24:56Kanga.
24:57Kanga is absolutely excellent, yeah.
24:59It's either short for kangaroo
25:00or it's a sort of fabric used for women's clothing.
25:02All right.
25:03I made up a word as well, Kath. I made up ganky.
25:05It just feels like a word that should be there.
25:07I feel a bit ganky today, I have to say.
25:10We'll get that going.
25:11A bit ganky today.
25:13Was there anything else, no?
25:14No.
25:15Absolutely nothing more than five.
25:16Rachel got a bang right.
25:18We were all hoping for an I to come out right at the end.
25:21Well, Kath, listen, this is the moment.
25:23She's had half an hour.
25:24I mean, I'll think less of her if she hasn't worked out.
25:27Wheat sheaf, for her origins of words.
25:30We've had the pub theme all week.
25:31Amazing to have a public in here.
25:33Susie.
25:34Yeah, I grew up near a wheat sheaf, actually,
25:36and it certainly would have begun in a rural community, obviously,
25:40because it is all about a handful or a bundle of wheat.
25:43And wheat sheaf itself,
25:45if you look up in the Oxford English Dictionary,
25:471530 is the first reference, not as a pub but as a word.
25:51It says never more than two or three handfuls of wheat
25:54in every wheat sheaf.
25:56But I love the fact that yours has got a full stop after it
25:59because punctuation in pub signs is very rare,
26:01apart from the apostrophe, so that's brilliant.
26:03So, yes, I am staying with pub names today.
26:06My final whistle-stop tour,
26:09and can we talk about ones with very specific history?
26:12John Snow, my local,
26:14when I lived in Broadwick Street in Soho in London,
26:17and that one famously commemorates the name of the doctor
26:20who saved thousands of lives
26:22because he identified the source of a cholera outbreak.
26:25He found that it was particularly prevalent, cholera,
26:29around the water pump, which was in Broad Street,
26:32as it was called then, and then realised
26:34that actually it was being carried through the water system
26:37and through sewage and things,
26:39so quite wonderful that he was commemorated there.
26:42And then there's Moon Under the Water, which is a lovely one.
26:45This looks back to an essay by George Orwell in 1946,
26:50and it appeared in the Evening Standard,
26:53and in it he describes his ideal pub.
26:55So, Kath, I don't know if you can provide all of these,
26:58but he wanted largely Victorian architecture,
27:01that's what he wanted in his pub, a really good lunch.
27:05He wanted the bartender to know everybody's name
27:08and to be sort of, you know, friendly with them throughout
27:11and to care about their, you know, their business, really.
27:14Then he wanted there to be a creamy stout.
27:18Does that work?
27:20He wanted games like darts only to be played in the public bar
27:23because he did not want to be bothered by flying darts,
27:26which makes sense.
27:27Quiet enough for talking.
27:29No jukebox, I'm assuming.
27:31And to...
27:33So the bartender to be obliging about letting you use the phone.
27:36Not sure that would work these days.
27:38And finally, that you would go through the narrow passageway
27:41of the pub and come out into a beautiful garden.
27:43So he wasn't asking for much and he said,
27:45even if it went by the very prosaic name of the railway's arms
27:48or the red line, he would still like it,
27:50but he would actually like it to be called Moon Under The Water.
27:53APPLAUSE
27:56Right, let's get some more letters from you, Kath.
27:59Consonant, please, Rachel.
28:01Thank you, Kath. H.
28:03And another?
28:05N.
28:06And another?
28:08B.
28:09Vowel?
28:10O.
28:12Another?
28:13E.
28:15And another?
28:17I.
28:18Consonant?
28:20S.
28:22Consonant?
28:24M.
28:25And a vowel, please?
28:28And the last one?
28:29E.
28:30Play it down.
28:42MUSIC PLAYS
29:02Kath?
29:03Six.
29:04Six, and Ian?
29:05Six.
29:06OK, what have we got?
29:07Monies.
29:08Monies, and Ian?
29:09Homies.
29:10Homies, and monies, and all those lovely I-E-S's,
29:13but can we go any further?
29:15We've got one, six, biomes.
29:17Oh, nice. Yeah.
29:18Yeah, very nice.
29:19We have a seven, though.
29:20Yes, ebonise.
29:22To sort of apply an ebony look, if you like, to furniture,
29:26et cetera, to ebonise it.
29:27To ebonise.
29:28Very good.
29:29And with that, Ian has completed a hat-trick of centuries.
29:32Well done to you.
29:33At 102 right now.
29:35But let's...
29:36Don't clap him, you're against him, Kath.
29:38He doesn't get a clap yet.
29:39He gets enough claps in this show.
29:41Don't worry about that.
29:42But listen, there's a little target here, Kath.
29:44When you're going against a phenomenal champion,
29:46a little half-century knock would be absolutely lovely.
29:49So let's see if we can do that.
29:51Plenty of time, too, as well.
29:53Ian, let's get the last letters.
29:55A constant, please, Rachel.
29:56Thank you, Ian.
29:57T.
29:58And another.
30:00C.
30:01And a third.
30:03T.
30:04And a fourth.
30:06J.
30:08Vowel, please.
30:09O.
30:10And another.
30:11E.
30:13Another.
30:15O.
30:17Consonant.
30:19D.
30:20And a final consonant, please.
30:22And a final G.
30:24And last letters.
30:37MUSIC PLAYS
30:56Ian?
30:57Six.
30:58And Kath?
30:59Six.
31:00Sixes. Lovely.
31:01Ian?
31:02Jotted.
31:03Jotted. And Kath?
31:04Jotted.
31:05Jotted, as well.
31:06A half-century for the challenger, yes.
31:08APPLAUSE
31:11Lovely stuff. 108 plays 51.
31:13What have we got in Dictionary Corner?
31:15We jotted, as well. Jotted.
31:17We all jotted.
31:19And we'll move on. Simple as that.
31:21Numbers. And, Kath, you get to choose the last numbers game.
31:24One large and five small, please.
31:26One large, five little, and hopefully another couple of...
31:29Ten points coming up.
31:30Final numbers today.
31:32Six, five, seven,
31:35one, four, and a large one, 25.
31:38And this target, 849.
31:41849. Last numbers.
31:43MUSIC PLAYS
32:06MUSIC STOPS
32:13849.
32:15Kath?
32:16849. Not written down.
32:18Ian?
32:19849.
32:20Off you go, Kath.
32:21Right, seven plus...
32:23No, I've lost it. Sorry.
32:25No worries, Kath. No worries. Ian, off you go.
32:28Four sevens are 28.
32:30Four sevens, 28.
32:32Plus six.
32:3334.
32:34Times 25.
32:35850.
32:36And subtract the one.
32:37Another ten points. Nicely done.
32:39APPLAUSE
32:42Well, that brings us to a lovely moment.
32:45Ian scored 118 and 110 in his first two appearances.
32:48Ian, you're on 118 now.
32:51So, if you get this Countdown conundrum,
32:53you'll smash your personal best.
32:55So, on behalf of everybody here, we really hope Kath gets it.
32:58Fingers on the buzzers.
33:00Kath, let's do it. Ian, let's do it.
33:02Best of luck as we reveal today's Countdown conundrum.
33:08Kath?
33:10Relocate.
33:13The rest of the time to Ian.
33:16And he's straight in.
33:17Recollect.
33:18Let's have a look.
33:20Yes!
33:21APPLAUSE
33:24Phenomenal. Absolutely phenomenal player.
33:26Way, way back.
33:27You've got to cast your mind back at the start of this series.
33:30Killian, young Killian,
33:32looked like he was going to be the absolute player to beat in Series 87.
33:36I think we might have to have a think when it comes to Ian Laird
33:39if you keep this up.
33:40Well done to you, mate. We'll see you tomorrow.
33:42Back to the podcast.
33:44Now you've lost, do we not get a free drink?
33:46Yes, if you come along.
33:47Love it. It's been great to have you here.
33:49Thank you, Kath. Thank you so much.
33:51Right, Gabby, Susie, we'll see you tomorrow?
33:53Looking forward to it.
33:54It's been a lovely week, hasn't it?
33:56I'm just thinking, you think of the typical TV landlady,
33:59you think of Barbara Windsor, and Kath couldn't be further from,
34:02you know, get out of my pub.
34:03Well, whether you're going to the pub or staying in tonight,
34:06try and come back here tomorrow.
34:07Susie, Rachel and I will be here. You can count on us.
34:10APPLAUSE
34:11You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:16You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
34:20APPLAUSE
34:29CHEERING AND APPLAUSE