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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:05APPLAUSE
00:31Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown.
00:34It's Wednesday, August the 23rd,
00:36and we're ready for another 15 championship rounds of Countdown.
00:41And guaranteed to go the distance, as always, is our Rachel Riley.
00:44Hi, Rach. Hi, Colin.
00:46It's a weird anniversary today.
00:48Exactly 90 years ago today was the first ever televised boxing match.
00:53It was on the BBC.
00:54The fight itself was in BBC Broadcasting House,
00:57and it was six rounds.
00:59Honestly, I don't know this. I had to look it up.
01:01Archie Sexton against Laurie Racheri.
01:04Don't know who won. Don't ask me. I didn't see it. I'm not that old.
01:07It's a huge thing these days, boxing, in terms of pay-per-view,
01:10and it's filling Wembley Stadium and the London Stadium and what have you.
01:14But I understand it's an acquired taste.
01:16I like boxing, but I have friends who just won't watch it.
01:19They find it brutal, which it is.
01:21What about yourself?
01:22I haven't watched it, but I had some good friends at uni that used to box.
01:25And there were some girls that started boxing as well.
01:27One of my friends, John Dennon, if you think of a boxer,
01:30you might think of really beefy, muscle, built.
01:33He's like a beanpole.
01:35He's probably, I don't know, 6'4", and just built like a pencil.
01:38But he's made a career out of it.
01:40He was working for Boxing News for a while. I think he's at Sky now.
01:43There's a great quote from Joel Fraser,
01:45one of the most famous boxing quotes, when he said,
01:47it's the only sport you can get your brain shook, your money took,
01:51and your name in the Undertaker's book.
01:53But hey, nobody's forcing anybody to do it.
01:55A brutal, beautiful sport.
01:57Well, listen, let's head to Dictionary Corner.
02:00She's the Mickey Goldmill of Countdown.
02:03Pound for pound, the best lexicographer I know, Susie Dent.
02:08And alongside her, coming out of retirement,
02:10some people think that's a dangerous thing to do,
02:12but fighting fit and on Countdown again, it's Jess Delly.
02:15APPLAUSE
02:18I feel you, Colin.
02:20When Rachel was talking about beefy, muscled, built,
02:24I thought she was going to throw to me, but...
02:27Funny, that.
02:29Well, listen, George, you're about to be crowned champion of the Countdown world.
02:32Seven wins, crucial Countdown conundrum yesterday.
02:35How did that feel?
02:36Yeah, very good. I didn't really expect to win one episode,
02:39so to have the chance now to become an Oxo champ is a little bit surreal.
02:43It's funny, isn't it? You had a crucial in your first show and your seventh show.
02:46You nearly didn't make it beyond one, but here you are.
02:48I was two seconds away from being out in that first round.
02:50I'd be delighted for you, I really would.
02:52I've loved having you here, but equally, I wish the same luck to Dean Tolick.
02:57He's 18 years old.
02:59Any time a teenager comes on Countdown, beware, by the way.
03:02They ain't just coming on accidentally.
03:05And, Dean, you've been...
03:07This is strange, you're 18 years old,
03:09but it says here you've been playing Countdown for 16 years.
03:12Mm-hm.
03:13Tell me about that.
03:14So, at age two, I was watching, like, game shows with my gran and stuff,
03:18and she always was watching Countdown, like, poor deal or no deal.
03:21And I used to get the whiteboard out, and...
03:24The rest is history.
03:25That taught me how to read, taught me how to write.
03:27Oh, wow.
03:28How old were you before you could win against family members?
03:31So you started at two.
03:33I'm going to say 12, 13?
03:35I started getting really good around then.
03:37This is quite a pre-fight press conference.
03:39Let's get on with the action. Let's start throwing punches.
03:42George, Dean, best of luck.
03:44APPLAUSE
03:47Off you go, George.
03:49Hi, Rachel. Hi, George.
03:50Start with a consonant, please.
03:51Thank you. Start today with T.
03:54And another.
03:56B.
03:57And another.
03:59L.
04:00And a vowel, please.
04:02U.
04:03And another.
04:04A.
04:05And another.
04:06O.
04:07And another.
04:09E.
04:10And a consonant, please.
04:12D.
04:13And a final consonant.
04:15A final S.
04:17Let's play Countdown.
04:48George?
04:50Seven.
04:51A seven. And Dean?
04:52Seven.
04:53And a seven. Here we go.
04:54Bloated. Bloated.
04:55Blasted.
04:56And blasted.
04:57OK, over to Dictionary Corner.
04:59I noticed the out was there.
05:01I don't know whether that helped, but Susie and Geoff?
05:03Not really. No.
05:05A gut stale was another seven, but Susie has an eight.
05:09Yes, there are doublets.
05:11You know, the sort of close-fitting velvet jackets
05:14that you used to find centuries ago.
05:16No, very well.
05:17You'd look good in a doublet.
05:19Oh, then maybe I'll wear one for you then,
05:21since you're being so nice.
05:22Seven points each.
05:23Dean, your first time picking the letters.
05:2516 years of watching and now you get to pick the letters.
05:28Hi, Rachel.
05:29Hi, Dean.
05:30Consonant, please.
05:31Thank you. Start with M.
05:34And another.
05:36L.
05:37And another.
05:39N.
05:41And a vowel, please.
05:43I.
05:44And another.
05:45A.
05:47And another.
05:48U.
05:49And a consonant.
05:51S.
05:53And another.
05:55G.
05:56And another.
05:57And the last one.
05:59N.
06:0030 seconds.
06:15MUSIC PLAYS
06:31Give me a number, Dean.
06:33Risky, eight.
06:34And George?
06:35Seven.
06:36OK, the seven is?
06:37Amusing.
06:38Risky George plays it safe. Dean doesn't.
06:40Maulings.
06:41Maulings. Can you pluralise it?
06:43You can. Well done.
06:45APPLAUSE
06:47After a boxing shot is a fitting word to take the lead, Dean,
06:51to Dictionary Corner.
06:52That was our best, actually.
06:54We had maligns, otherwise, for seven.
06:56But maulings for it could be another one of those shows, George.
07:00Let's get the numbers.
07:02Usual, please, Rachel.
07:03Usual, six more, which would often be a gamble,
07:06but not for you, just your favourite.
07:08Right, first numbers of the day.
07:10Three, six, one, seven.
07:12One, six, nine and ten.
07:16And the target to reach, 621.
07:18621, numbers up.
07:43MUSIC
07:51621, George.
07:52621.
07:53Yeah, and Dean?
07:54618.
07:55Just missed it.
07:56George, to get back in the lead.
07:58Ten times nine.
07:59Ten times nine is 90.
08:00And then six plus one is seven.
08:02Six plus one, seven.
08:03Times those together.
08:04630.
08:05Minus six, minus three.
08:06And a second six.
08:08Lovely 621.
08:09APPLAUSE
08:12We often say, don't we, Rach?
08:14Never seen an octo-champ that wasn't good at the numbers.
08:16No, you've got to be. Yeah, 40 points.
08:18Yeah, if you want to go all the way, you have to be good.
08:20Those 40 points, as you say.
08:22OK, let's get our first tea time teaser.
08:24It's Spoil Hat.
08:25Spoil Hat.
08:26Here you'll see a cast and a theatre, but no play.
08:30Here you'll see a cast and a theatre, but no play.
08:33MUSIC
08:35APPLAUSE
08:48Spoil Hat was the tea time teaser.
08:50It became Hospital.
08:51You'll see a cast and a theatre, but no play.
08:54George, a champion, trying to become an octo-champ today,
08:57up against young Dean from Coatbridge in North Lanarkshire.
09:01It has the feel of a seesaw battle that could go all the way.
09:05Let's see. Dean, off you go.
09:07Can I get a consonant, please?
09:09Thank you, Dean. M.
09:10And another.
09:12H.
09:13And another.
09:15D.
09:16And a vowel.
09:18E.
09:19And another.
09:21O.
09:22And another.
09:23E.
09:24And a consonant, please.
09:26N.
09:27And another.
09:29T.
09:30T.
09:31And another.
09:33And lastly, L.
09:35Thanks, Riley.
10:01MUSIC
10:07Dean?
10:08S.
10:09Six.
10:10Yeah, and George?
10:11Six as well.
10:12Yeah. Go off you go, Dean.
10:13Mented.
10:14Mented. M-E-N-T-E-D.
10:16And George?
10:17Method.
10:18And method.
10:19Yeah, no mented, unfortunately.
10:21Minted would be there, but, yeah, no mented.
10:24Sorry about that.
10:25One of those rounds, the letters looked much friendlier
10:28than they actually were.
10:29How did you get on, Geoff?
10:31We've got one-seven, I think, haven't we, with menthol?
10:33Menthol, yes. Can't be mentholed, unfortunately.
10:37Lemoned, I was looking up as well.
10:39Lots of dead ends, but menthol.
10:4123-15, more letters, please, George.
10:44Consonant, please.
10:45Thank you, George. S.
10:46And another.
10:48R.
10:49And another.
10:50T.
10:51Vowel, please.
10:53A.
10:54And another.
10:55I.
10:56And another.
10:57E.
10:58And a consonant, please.
11:00M.
11:01And another.
11:02P.
11:03And a final consonant, please.
11:05And a final T.
11:07Ooh, let's see, half a minute.
11:27That's it, George.
11:40Risky eight.
11:41It's got to be risky.
11:42Dean?
11:43Safe seven.
11:44Let's go with a safe seven.
11:45Matters.
11:46Come on, risky George.
11:47Part-time.
11:48Oh, part-time, with no hyphen.
11:50I think it is hyphened,
11:52because you've got those tricky two Ts there.
11:54Yes, it is hyphenated, I'm afraid.
11:56Wow.
11:57Sorry, George.
11:58An eight-point lead, and you take a risk on an eight.
12:01That's why we love you.
12:02But Dean gets the points.
12:04Back to within a point.
12:05Well done, young man.
12:06Ending in Dictionary Corner?
12:08There's an unlikely nine, isn't there, Susie?
12:11If you are more of a tramp than other tramps...
12:14Yes, if you're extremely scruffy,
12:16you are the trampiest person in town.
12:22All right, second numbers round.
12:24It doesn't have to be six small if you don't want it to be.
12:26Can I get two large, please?
12:28Two large.
12:29And four little, of course you can, thank you, Dean.
12:31And for the second time today,
12:33the number selection is six, five, ten, two,
12:38and the large ones, 25 and 50.
12:41And the target, 342.
12:44342, numbers up.
12:53MUSIC PLAYS
13:16342, Dean?
13:17341.
13:18One away, George?
13:20342, not fully written down.
13:22Off you go.
13:2350 plus five?
13:2455.
13:25Times six?
13:2655 times six, 330.
13:28Plus ten, plus two?
13:30Yep, another good numbers round.
13:32342.
13:35George, if this was exclusively about letters,
13:39you'd be 22, 13 down, but it's not,
13:42and the numbers are keeping you in that lead at the moment
13:45by 11 points as we talk to DeGeoff Stellan again,
13:48over in Dictionary Corner.
13:49Dictionary Corner, already a triumphant return.
13:52And on that subject, of course, maybe not as much now,
13:55we're sitting in Manchester, my other job at Five Live,
13:58is 123 steps from this seat.
14:01There's a lot going on up north when it comes to the media,
14:03but in our day, you had to move to London.
14:05You do the same?
14:06Yeah, absolutely, because that was where the work was, you know,
14:10and I had no real desire to move to London,
14:14because I'd made it in the North East,
14:16and I'd just bought a house which had a toilet upstairs
14:19and a toilet downstairs, so I thought this was success.
14:22Yeah, I saw it in MTV Cribs.
14:25What more could a man want?
14:27But I got offered a job in London, we went down there,
14:30it was 1981, it was a summer of riots,
14:33so I'd gone to London and somebody had written in and said,
14:36for goodness sake, get that new reporter off the radio,
14:40we can't understand a word he says with that Geordie accent.
14:45My boss wrote back and said, you know, thank you for your letter,
14:49I'm sure you would agree that in this day and age,
14:52regional accents should be encouraged.
14:54And this guy wrote back again and said,
14:56I agree, regional accents should be encouraged,
14:59but speech defects should not.
15:02Welcome to London, you know?
15:04Yeah.
15:05And that was sort of what it was like for a little while.
15:08Lovely, Geoff, thank you very much.
15:14OK, a lovely diversion from a great game.
15:17Let's get on with it. George, letters.
15:20Start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
15:22Thank you, George. P.
15:24And another.
15:26T.
15:27And another.
15:28R.
15:29And a vowel, please.
15:31I.
15:32And another.
15:33E.
15:34And another.
15:35I.
15:36And a consonant, please.
15:38L.
15:39And another.
15:40D.
15:41And a final consonant, please.
15:43And a final B.
15:45Start the clock.
16:14How did you get on, George?
16:16A six.
16:17A six there. And Dean?
16:18Just a five.
16:19And just a five. What have we got?
16:21Tripe.
16:22Tripe and?
16:23Pityed.
16:24And pityed.
16:25Pityed will get you a priceless six points there.
16:29Geoff and Susie?
16:30Well, we'd get tripled, can't we?
16:32Get tripled?
16:33Can we have tripled as well?
16:34Er, tripled?
16:35Yeah, with a D on, yeah?
16:36With a D, absolutely, yeah, that will give you a seven.
16:38He tripled his score.
16:39And also a driblet, which is a triplet.
16:42Which is a driblet. It's a little drop of liquid.
16:45Right, well done, champ.
16:46Dean, long way to go. More letters from you.
16:49A consonant, please.
16:50Thank you, Dean.
16:51P.
16:52And another.
16:53Q.
16:55And another.
16:57W.
16:58And a vowel.
17:00O.
17:01And another.
17:03E.
17:04And a consonant.
17:06N.
17:08And another.
17:10S.
17:11A vowel.
17:13A.
17:14And the final consonant.
17:16And a final N.
17:18Here we go.
17:41MUSIC
17:51Goodness me. Dean?
17:52Just a four.
17:53Yeah, George?
17:54Seven.
17:55Well, there you go. Dean?
17:56Just a pain.
17:57Right.
17:58Listen, come on, then.
17:59Weapons.
18:00Oh, my goodness. Well done. Weapons.
18:02APPLAUSE
18:05Felt like you needed to just find the one word in there.
18:07Was that the case?
18:08I think that was it, yeah.
18:10We've got nothing more of any length at all.
18:12A little bit of breathing space for you, George, as we get more numbers.
18:16Usual, please, Rachel.
18:17Absolutely.
18:18Six little ones coming up for you.
18:20Again, the numbers have been your friends today.
18:22Let's see what these bring.
18:24We have ten.
18:25Six.
18:26Another six.
18:28Seven.
18:29Two.
18:30And four.
18:32And the target.
18:33350.
18:34350. Numbers up.
18:36MUSIC
18:41MUSIC
19:06350, the target, George.
19:08Yeah, 350.
19:09And Dean?
19:10No, I didn't get it.
19:11Missed it. Don't worry about that at all, George.
19:13Seven times ten is 70.
19:15Seven tens are 70.
19:17And then six divided by six for one.
19:19Yep.
19:20Add that to the four.
19:21One plus four, five.
19:22And then times those together.
19:23350. Well done.
19:24Well done.
19:25APPLAUSE
19:28Absolutely sensational on the numbers, as always, George Baker.
19:32As we get our second tea time teaser, intriguing this.
19:36Next seed. Next seed.
19:38Susie's Old Flames.
19:40There's something fishy going on.
19:42Susie's Old Flames.
19:44There's something fishy going on.
19:46MUSIC
19:54APPLAUSE
20:01Welcome back.
20:02Susie's Old Flames.
20:04There's something fishy going on.
20:06Dent Xs. Dent Xs.
20:08Let's go over to the heartbreaker in Dictionary Corner.
20:11Don't worry, I would never pry.
20:13But what is Dent Xs?
20:15Yeah, I would just like to say I've never been out with a sea bream,
20:19a fish of the Mediterranean and North African Atlantic coast.
20:22Six more rounds to go today.
20:25Dean, you're up.
20:26Consonant, please, Rachel.
20:28Thank you, Dean.
20:30K.
20:31And another.
20:33T.
20:35And another.
20:36D.
20:37And a vowel.
20:40O.
20:41And another.
20:43A.
20:45And another.
20:47E.
20:48And a consonant, please.
20:50N.
20:52And another.
20:53C.
20:55And one more.
20:56And lastly, R.
20:59Let's play.
21:00MUSIC
21:05MUSIC CONTINUES
21:31How did you get on, Dean?
21:32Six.
21:33And George?
21:34Seven.
21:35Oh, he's on fire here, Dean.
21:36Unstoppable.
21:37What have you got?
21:38Racked.
21:39Racked.
21:40And let's have that seven.
21:41Tracked.
21:42Oh!
21:43Oh, don't worry.
21:44It happens to the best of us.
21:45There you go.
21:46Track gets seven points.
21:47How did you get on in Dictionary Corner?
21:49Well, I got as far as six with darken,
21:52but I think darknet, has that become part of the dictionary these days?
21:57It definitely has.
21:58Somewhere none of us have been, obviously.
22:00But darknet, yes.
22:02Chiefly for illegal stuff.
22:04Yeah, and the old internet.
22:06Right.
22:07George, let's get more letters.
22:08Start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
22:10Thank you, George.
22:11N.
22:12And another.
22:14R.
22:15And another.
22:17T.
22:18And a vowel, please.
22:20A.
22:21And another.
22:22O.
22:23And another.
22:25E.
22:26Consonant, please.
22:28G.
22:29And a vowel, please.
22:32A.
22:33And a final consonant.
22:35And a final V.
22:37Good luck, everybody.
23:02MUSIC PLAYS
23:08That'll do us, George.
23:09Six.
23:10And Dean?
23:11Six.
23:12Yeah, what have you got, George?
23:13Orange.
23:14And Dean?
23:15Ganter.
23:16And ganter.
23:17G-A-N-T-E-R.
23:19Gantry...
23:20But no ganter, unfortunately.
23:22Or sorry, Dean.
23:23Sorry, Dean, sorry, Dean.
23:25Right, Dictionary Corner, please, talk to me.
23:27A couple of sevens around, aren't they, Susie?
23:29Yes.
23:30Yeah, vagrant.
23:31Yes.
23:32And vantage, as in vantage point.
23:34Nice, nice, very good.
23:35Right, let's stay in Dictionary Corner.
23:37Origins of words, Susie.
23:39Our midweek journey, where are you taking us?
23:41Well, if there's one theme that you like, Colin,
23:44apart from penguins, it is sauntering.
23:47Because whenever there's a word to do with wandering aimlessly,
23:51if it ever comes up in one of the rounds,
23:53you will always get it and comment on it.
23:55So you're a flanner, I think, to give it a bit of a French touch.
23:58Being called worse.
23:59Yes, somebody who loves to stroll the boulevards
24:02and wander around the French cities.
24:05And there's a whole lexicon devoted to this very act.
24:08And not just sort of meandering,
24:10but also just basically pottering about,
24:12because the two are very similar.
24:14So you can moodle, you can pick a salad,
24:16if you go back to the 17th century,
24:18as if you're just sort of dotting about.
24:20You can piddle, puddle, pingle.
24:23You can tootle, pootle, poodle.
24:26And poodle's lovely, actually,
24:28because I think if you look at the dog, the poodle,
24:31that's named after the German Pudelhund,
24:33which is a dog that loves to splash about in water.
24:36So I love the idea of poodling as just sort of, you know,
24:39it's related to puddles.
24:40So you might just go around poodling in puddles,
24:42which is lovely.
24:43But there is a new addition to the lexicon.
24:46It's not gone into the dictionary yet,
24:48but I'm often asked, is this a real word?
24:50And it is a real word, because someone has invented it
24:53and it is being used, usually with a definition.
24:56So it's not quite flown the nest yet, it has to be explained.
24:59But that's to coddywomple.
25:01And coddywompling is essentially travelling purposefully,
25:06but you don't really know where you're going.
25:08So you're sort of striding out,
25:10but you have no fixed destination in mind.
25:13In other words, it's all about the journey,
25:16which I think is lovely.
25:17What's really difficult with modern slang
25:20is you can very rarely get right back
25:23to the very first mention of it.
25:25You will find it in numerous places as suggestions
25:27in addition to the dictionary.
25:29But it's like dawdling, it's like sauntering,
25:32it's like poodling, but it's got more determination about it.
25:35So you set off, you're energetic, a bit like Geoff on his walks,
25:39but you're not quite sure where you're going to end up.
25:42And I think a lot of us maybe did that during lockdown.
25:44We just sort of thought,
25:46I'm just going to go on one of those daily walks.
25:49And who knows, it might enter a dictionary quite soon.
25:52Coddywompling.
25:53Coddywompling.
25:54Is it Coddywompling?
25:55Coddy.
25:56Coddywompling.
25:57So it's C-O-D-D-I-W-O-M-P-L-E.
26:00It's got a bit of wombling about it too, hasn't it?
26:02I like that connection to it. That's brilliant.
26:04And just clarifying, pick a salad.
26:06Yes.
26:07So how do I use that?
26:08So to pick a salad is just to sort of mooch about, really.
26:11As if you're just, you know...
26:12But it's a strange one, but it's centuries old.
26:14So if you and I were spending a Sunday afternoon together,
26:17what should we do?
26:18Should we go for a meal?
26:19You just say, let's just pick a salad.
26:21Let's just pick a salad.
26:22I don't know how literal it is
26:23whether you go out to your vegetable garden and pick your salad,
26:26but it's just that idea of sort of slight aimlessness.
26:29I don't have a vegetable garden, so it definitely doesn't mean that.
26:32Nor me.
26:33Nor yourself. I love that. Thank you.
26:38From picking salads to picking letters, Dean.
26:40A consonant, please, Rachel.
26:42Thank you, Dean.
26:44L.
26:45And another?
26:47P.
26:48And another?
26:50Y.
26:52And a vowel?
26:53U.
26:54And another?
26:55E.
26:56And another?
26:57A.
26:58A consonant, please.
27:00S.
27:01And another?
27:02W.
27:03And another?
27:05And lastly, T.
27:06Time's up.
27:22MUSIC PLAYS
27:38How many, Dean?
27:39A six.
27:40A six and George?
27:41Seven.
27:42And a seven. Dean, what is the six?
27:44Staple.
27:45It is staple.
27:46If this seven-letter word is in the dictionary,
27:49George, you cannot be caught, you will be in OctoChamp.
27:52What is it?
27:53Pulsate.
27:54Pulsate is exactly what you've been doing
27:56for eight afternoons on Countdown.
28:01Well done.
28:02Tell you what, don't take this the wrong way,
28:04but I wouldn't have backed you after that first performance.
28:07You snuck through. You've been brilliant.
28:09Just got better and better.
28:10I've enjoyed every second.
28:11Oh, my goodness me. Thrilled for you.
28:13Anything else in that round?
28:14No, we cannot beat that. Well done.
28:16There you go. You cannot beat that one.
28:19Right, last letters round of the day, and it's on you, Champ.
28:22Start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
28:24Thank you, George.
28:25F.
28:26And another.
28:28R.
28:29And another.
28:31C.
28:32And a vowel, please.
28:33I.
28:34And another.
28:35A.
28:36And another.
28:37I.
28:38And another.
28:41E.
28:42And a consonant, please.
28:43T.
28:44And a final consonant.
28:45Final, S.
28:46And last letters.
28:48E.
28:49E.
28:50E.
28:51E.
28:52E.
28:53E.
28:54E.
28:55E.
28:56E.
28:57E.
28:58E.
28:59E.
29:00E.
29:01E.
29:02E.
29:03E.
29:04E.
29:05E.
29:06E.
29:07E.
29:08E.
29:09E.
29:10E.
29:11E.
29:12E.
29:13E.
29:14E.
29:15E.
29:16E.
29:17E.
29:18E.
29:19E.
29:20E.
29:21E.
29:22E.
29:23E.
29:24E.
29:25E.
29:26E.
29:27I hope it's in.
29:28Fairiest.
29:29Fairiest.
29:30Oh, I love the idea of something being the fairiest.
29:33Come on.
29:34No!
29:35Oh, come on, just say yes, it doesn't matter.
29:37My reputation is set.
29:39Fairiest, obviously, but not fairiest, I'm sorry.
29:41It seems harsh when you could have had trampiest.
29:43I agree, I absolutely agree.
29:45What's wrong with us, Dixon?
29:47Yeah, I agree with you.
29:49Right, anything else?
29:50There is a beautiful nine, isn't there?
29:52Yes.
29:53Yes.
29:54Artifices.
29:55Oh, fantastic.
29:56APPLAUSE
30:00Let's switch back to the numbers then.
30:02Off you go, Dean.
30:03Just two large, please.
30:05Thank you, Dean.
30:06Two from the top and four small ones.
30:08And the final numbers of the day are one, eight, ten, seven,
30:15and the big ones, 25 and 75.
30:18With the target, 389.
30:21389.
30:22Last numbers.
30:23ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
30:54319.
30:56No, nowhere near.
30:57Don't worry, George.
30:58390.
30:59390.
31:00That's lazy by your standards, let me tell you.
31:03One away, off we go.
31:0425 plus eight plus seven.
31:0625 plus eight plus seven, 40.
31:08Minus one.
31:09Minus one, 39.
31:10Times ten.
31:11390, one away.
31:13Show Risky George how it's done, please.
31:15Couple of ways.
31:17Do you hear that, George? A couple of ways.
31:19We'll both start with 75 minus 25 for 50
31:21and then it kind of becomes a lot easier.
31:23You could have just said times eight is 400
31:25and take the ten and the one.
31:27Yes.
31:28APPLAUSE
31:31Well, there's always something.
31:33It doesn't have to be a crucial countdown conundrum
31:35to mean something.
31:36George, I think you've just had the one century so far
31:38and win six, right?
31:39Mm-hm.
31:40So this is your chance to get a second.
31:42You're on 90.
31:43Dean, this is your chance to stop them
31:45and who wouldn't want to do that?
31:46So fingers on the buzzers as we reveal
31:48this Wednesday afternoon's countdown conundrum.
32:04BUZZER
32:05Go on, George.
32:06Guilty-est.
32:07Guilty-est.
32:08As charged, the century is there.
32:11APPLAUSE
32:13Well done.
32:14Listen, Dean, no euphoria for you today,
32:17but listen, you could go one step further in ten years,
32:20so make sure you apply again, all right?
32:23Thank you, mate.
32:24You get the goodie bag.
32:25It's been good, eh?
32:26It's been a great experience.
32:27Yeah, it's lovely.
32:28It's a lovely afternoon,
32:29a lovely way of spending an afternoon.
32:31And, George, you will have to spend
32:33at least one more afternoon with us
32:35because you're absolutely certain to be back
32:37for the end of series finale,
32:39our best eight of this series.
32:42I don't think you or I backed you to win eight.
32:44No, not at all.
32:45I wasn't expected to win one, so here we are.
32:47I don't really know how it's happened.
32:49You're not, like, an online player,
32:51you're not, like, a fanatical countdowner.
32:53I've got the app on my phone, that's about it.
32:55Yeah, same here, that's it.
32:56Yeah.
32:57I love that.
32:58I love how you're like a People's Champion.
33:00Sensational.
33:01Well, listen, the only thing I'm interested in
33:04is when you come back for the series final,
33:06will he have a countdown tattoo?
33:08Will he have a countdown tattoo?
33:10I'm more intrigued, where will he put it?
33:13Maybe you need to win the series final to get a tattoo.
33:15I don't think we can go that far.
33:17I'll take a tattoo of being an OctoChamp.
33:19Definitely.
33:20I want to see what it is and be really interested.
33:22It's been really nice to have you, George.
33:24Thank you so much.
33:28Good week to pop back and say hello, eh, Geoff?
33:30Yeah, fantastic.
33:31He's just been brilliant.
33:32Yeah.
33:33He's got better and better as well as we've gone along.
33:35We get to meet, Susie, two new contestants tomorrow.
33:38Looking forward to that.
33:39Always love that.
33:40You know, we have had a contestant come back as an OctoChamp
33:42and came back with a teapot on his arm.
33:44He got the teapot?
33:45He got a really big, colourful teapot,
33:47was really proud of his OctoChamp status.
33:49Of all the things to get tattooed,
33:51you could have the clock, you could have the logo,
33:54you could have Rachel and Susie's face.
33:57Teapot's timeless.
33:59It kind of is, but no offence, I would not get that tattooed on me.
34:03It's a wonderful thing and it's quaint and it's priceless.
34:07What if Susie and I paid for it?
34:09We'd double, you know, chipped in, sent you off, just tattoo of us.
34:13OK, I'll make you a deal.
34:14If you chip in and pick my tattoo,
34:16let me pay for whatever I choose for you.
34:18There's a programme in that.
34:20Yeah, let me tell you, it is a programme that nobody would watch.
34:23But this one, thankfully you do, and we never take that for granted.
34:26Hopefully we'll see you tomorrow.
34:28Rachel, Susie and I will be here, tattooed or not, you can count on us.
34:33You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:37You can also find our web page at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
34:47Battling Artex and an abundance of wallpaper later,
34:50George Clark's old house, new home.
34:52Streaming the series so far, watch live on Channel 4 tonight at 8.
34:56Next, a holiday pad that one day may be the home they retire to,
35:00replacing the sun that came up.