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Mike Brown

Rhys Benjamin wrote:
Mike Brown wrote: TTT: OSCARVET - "Cloudy, with too many actors, perhaps."
Not only they're running out of Conundrums, they're running out of teasers too - Second teaser here. - RW's last.

Now, if only there was an online database of all of the previous teasers...

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Countdown recap for Friday 15 July 2011 (Series 65, Prelim 30). C1: Champion Mark Deeks (3 wins, 312 points.) C2: Challenger Taymar Pitman. DC: Susie Dent and John Stapleton. RR: Rachel Riley. OT: Other words or solutions. The very popular Mark Deeks is still in the champion’s chair (or should that ...

Mike Brown

Joseph Krol wrote:♫♪♫ And now the end is near
And so we face the final curtain
My friends, we'll say it clear
We'll state our case of which we're certain

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As I still cannot make new threads, I have hijacked this one. I am finally going to see countdown on August 30th (DC Paul Zenon), 4 tickets. So I wanted some feedback as to cheap places to stay etc. Also I have four tickets, i might only be using 2 of them though so rather than tell Saralee I only ...

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Just thought I'd comment that it's now a year to the day since we started the mass recapping of Series 48 and I'm stunned by the progress we've made in that time. Only a handful of the episodes we have available to us are still outstanding to do, plus some Countdown Masters. I know a lot of this is ...

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Finals of SERIES 2 DONE.

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Countdown recap for Saturday 2 July 1983 (Series 2 Grand Final). C1: #7 Seed Ash Haji (5 wins, 261 points.) C2: #1 Seed Russell Byers (7 wins, 375 points.) DC: Lesley Burnett and Gyles Brandreth & Kenneth Williams. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. I can still remember sitting i...

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Countdown recap for Friday 1 July 1983 (Series 2, SF2). C1: #7 Seed Ash Haji (4 wins, 220 points.) C2: #5 Seed Maurice Packman (4 wins, 222 points.) DC: Lesley Burnett and Gyles Brandreth. CV: Carol Vorderman or Dr Linda Barrett. OT: Other words or solutions. N.B. The contestants’ offered words in R...

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Countdown recap for Thursday 30 June 1983 (Series 2, SF1). C1: #1 Seed Russell Byers (6 wins, 308 points.) C2: #13 Seed Norma Nicholson (3 wins, 170 points.) DC: Lesley Burnett and Kenneth Williams. CV: Carol Vorderman or Dr Linda Barrett. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: R I E N D E Y R E R02: C ...

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Countdown recap for Wednesday 29 June 1983 (Series 2, QF4). C1: #7 Seed Ash Haji (3 wins, 152 points.) C2: #2 Seed Philip Nelkon (3 wins, 1 draw, 207 points.) DC: Lesley Burnett and Gyles Brandreth. CV: Carol Vorderman or Dr Linda Barrett. OT: Other words or solutions. N.B. The contestants’ offered ...

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 28 June 1983 (Series 2, QF3). C1: #3 Seed Dixie Baird (4 wins, 238 points.) C2: #5 Seed Maurice Packman (3 wins, 165 points.) DC: Lesley Burnett and Kenneth Williams. CV: Carol Vorderman or Dr Linda Barrett. OT: Other words or solutions. N.B. The contestants’ offered word...

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Countdown recap for Monday 27 June 1983 (Series 2, QF2). C1: #6 Seed Peter Finley (3 wins, 167 points.) C2: #13 Seed Norma Nicholson (2 wins, 121 points.) DC: Lesley Burnett and Gyles Brandreth. CV: Carol Vorderman or Dr Linda Barrett. OT: Other words or solutions. This is the first edition to featu...

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Friday has arrived and we have a new Jon as the champion, Jon Elmer, that is. A very tight encounter with John Symonds yesterday saw him prevail, and he'll now accomadate the champions' chair today. But for how long........ :?: Join Mike for his recap later, where all will be revealed. 8-) Surely a...

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I'm a few dictionaries out of date, but a word that came up once as a possibility was NAILERIES. Is NAILERY a mass noun like CARPENTRY, a count noun like WINERY, or both, like POTTERY? NAILERY isn't in the ODE3. Now we'll never know what it meant. You're probably being rhetorical, but according to ...

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Countdown recap for Friday 24 June 1983 (Series 2, QF1). C1: #8 Seed Gary Roussak (3 wins, 141 points.) C2: #1 Seed Russell Byers (5 wins, 261 points.) DC: Lesley Burnett and Gyles Brandreth. CV: Carol Vorderman or Dr Linda Barrett. OT: Other words or solutions. We really are going way back now, wit...

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Countdown recap for Friday 8 July 2011 (Series 65, Prelim 25). C1: Champion Jon Elmer (1 win, 85 points.) C2: Challenger Greg Scott. DC: Susie Dent and Robin Cousins. RR: Rachel Riley. OT: Other words or solutions. A bit of a landmark edition of Countdown today, as former warm-up man (and Scarboroug...

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SERIES 3 DONE (well, as much of it as I could!)

Into the even murkier waters of Series 2 next for me, and I'll be starting with the quarter-finals. Should be fun!

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Countdown recap for Thursday 15 December 1983 (Series 3 Grand Final). C1: #6 Seed Andrew Guy (4 wins, 247 points.) C2: #1 Seed Mark Nyman (10 wins, 562 points.) DC: Julia Swannell and Ned Sherrin & Gyles Brandreth. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: S B O E P G U L N R02: J ...

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Countdown recap for Wednesday 14 December 1983 (Series 3, SF2). C1: #2 Seed William Bradford (9 wins, 450 points.) C2: #6 Seed Andrew Guy (3 wins, 180 points.) DC: Julia Swannell and Ned Sherrin. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: R P I E U Y F N G R02: N E T O G O W O T R03: O ...

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 13 December 1983 (Series 3, SF1). C1: #1 Seed Mark Nyman (9 wins, 506 points.) C2: #5 Seed Esther Byers (5 wins, 266 points.) DC: Julia Swannell and Ned Sherrin. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: P O N M E C I D J R02: Z S G E O U S T F R03: I D Y N ...

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Countdown recap for Monday 12 December 1983 (Series 3, QF4). C1: #4 Seed Harry Venet (6 wins, 303 points.) C2: #5 Seed Esther Byers (4 wins, 216 points.) DC: Julia Swannell and Ned Sherrin. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: A E O C A D M N P R02: D E T A B G I J S R03: E O I V ...

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Countdown recap for Thursday 8 December 1983 (Series 3, QF3). C1: #5 Seed Andrew Guy (2 wins, 118 points.) C2: #3 Seed Allan Simmons (7 wins, 1 draw, 385 points.) DC: Julia Swannell and Ned Sherrin. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: L I R B A O H K G R02: R A E D N E A P Z R03:...

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Countdown recap for Wednesday 7 December 1983 (Series 3, QF2). C1: #7 Seed David Brook (2 wins, 104 points.) C2: #2 Seed William Bradford (8 wins, 399 points.) DC: Julia Swannell and Ned Sherrin. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: Y M R O G E B A M R02: E I E D Z F D U N R03: W ...

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 6 December 1983 (Series 3, QF1). C1: #1 Seed Mark Nyman (8 wins, 427 points.) C2: #8 Seed Ted Wiles (1 win, 55 points.) DC: Julia Swannell and Ned Sherrin. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. The classic game where the legendary Mark Nyman scores 79 points....

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Countdown recap for Monday 5 December 1983 (Series 3, Prelim 45). C1: Challenger Pamela Barrie. C2: Champion Esther Byers (3 wins, 162 points.) DC: Julia Swannell and Ned Sherrin. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: P A D E H W R O V R02: S L A S E R O X T R03: L E Y S R O I G G ...

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James Robinson wrote:But to get all the regular ones done will be quite something.

There's also the last few weeks of Series 7 outstanding if you get bored...

Mike Brown

My first guess would be that -AGES and -NESSES are valid when it's possible to have different varieties of the -AGE or -NESS in question, or the -AGE or -NESS is a physical thing, rather than a concept. Still a bit woolly, though, I think you'll agree, which is why only clearer definitions from Oxf...

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So, because of Mike's less-than-legible earlier series recaps, there's just Series 8 left to go for me. All 58 of them, presumably...... So, beginning with the first 20, that's January 6 - 31 1986. Some of those are pretty hard to read too, James, so have fun! I would say I might pick some of them ...

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Countdown recap for Thursday 1 December 1983 (Series 3, Prelim 44). C1: Challenger Susan Hands. C2: Champion Esther Byers (2 wins, 106 points.) DC: Julia Swannell and Ned Sherrin. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: G W R E I E M B S R02: G U S A R X E N B R03: S I L T U E L S Y ...

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Countdown recap for Wednesday 30 November 1983 (Series 3, Prelim 43). C1: Challenger George McGee. C2: Champion Esther Byers (1 win, 57 points.) DC: Julia Swannell and Ned Sherrin. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: B T E T V I B P U R02: L I R E G D H E G R03: T N S A L I S N E...

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 29 November 1983 (Series 3, Prelim 42). C1: Champion Leonard Moore (1 win, 53 points.) C2: Challenger Esther Byers. DC: Julia Swannell and Ned Sherrin. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. The challenger in this game is the sister of Series 2 finalist Russel...

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Countdown recap for Monday 28 November 1983 (Series 3, Prelim 41). C1: Challenger Leonard Moore. C2: Challenger Susan Boulter. DC: Julia Swannell and Ned Sherrin. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: H E R A I F W I Q R02: G T E I N P O E C R03: A X U H O F D A G R04: 100, 75, 7, ...

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It's almost tempting to suggest there should be a Countdown rule stating derivative words ending in -AGE, -NESS (et al?) should be treated as mass nouns, but I suspect there are some exceptions that would spoil that idea as well, although I can't think of any off the top of my head. SPILLAGES? Sorr...

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PILOTAGES IN r3? Nope, thought I had it myself and checked it on apterous, turns out it's only valid in the singular. ODE3 just says "noun" and not mass noun or plural noun, so why not? Is this another one for the list of ODE3 errors? Technically correct, Tony, and DC might well have to a...

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Countdown recap for Friday 1 July 2011 (Series 65, Prelim 20). C1: Champion Gareth Lee (1 win, 73 points.) C2: Challenger Christopher Moriarty. DC: Susie Dent and Michael Vaughan. RR: Rachel Riley. OT: Other words or solutions. After a week away, I return refreshed and ready to recap another Friday ...

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While we're being sexist, how about Lisa Thomson v Gayle Smith?

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Countdown recap for Thursday 24 November 1983 (Series 3, Prelim 40). C1: Challenger Peter Richardson. C2: Champion Mark Nyman (7 wins, 372 points.) DC: Julia Swannell and Ned Sherrin. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. Mark’s final heat game and challenger Peter Richardson has a tact...

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Countdown recap for Wednesday 23 November 1983 (Series 3, Prelim 39). C1: Champion Mark Nyman (6 wins, 332 points.) C2: Challenger Myra Mayor. DC: Julia Swannell and Ned Sherrin. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. A narrow escape! R01: V E O G L S E V U R02: N N A Y Z E A N E R03: C ...

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 22 November 1983 (Series 3, Prelim 38). C1: Challenger Heather Twidle. C2: Champion Mark Nyman (5 wins, 270 points.) DC: Julia Swannell and Ned Sherrin. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. The first show where Cathy picks the number cards and presses the bu...

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Countdown recap for Monday 21 November 1983 (Series 3, Prelim 37). C1: Challenger Roy Davenport. C2: Champion Mark Nyman (4 wins, 227 points.) DC: Yvonne Warburton and William Rushton. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. The last game to feature Beverley Isherwood picking the numbers ...

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Countdown recap for Thursday 17 November 1983 (Series 3, Prelim 36). C1: Challenger David Hughes. C2: Champion Mark Nyman (3 wins, 170 points.) DC: Yvonne Warburton and William Rushton. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: P L U F H V I D T R02: B S N G E I E T C R03: D T O E H D ...

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Countdown recap for Wednesday 16 November 1983 (Series 3, Prelim 35). C1: Champion Mark Nyman (2 wins, 113 points.) C2: Challenger Fred Jean. DC: Yvonne Warburton and William Rushton. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. A legendary game in Countdown history, although perhaps not for t...

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 15 November 1983 (Series 3, Prelim 34). C1: Champion Mark Nyman (1 win, 59 points.) C2: Challenger Alan Morris. DC: Yvonne Warburton and William Rushton. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: G C T I N E A F L R02: P M I T B E O D E R03: H U V N Z I A K ...

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Countdown recap for Monday 14 November 1983 (Series 3, Prelim 33). C1: Champion David Lawton (1 win, 39 points.) C2: Challenger Mark Nyman. DC: Yvonne Warburton and Gyles Brandreth. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: G T E D A T O C E R02: S N M I B I E J S R03: T L O G U O R D ...

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Countdown recap for Thursday 10 November 1983 (Series 3, Prelim 32). C1: Champion Matthew Wright (2 wins, 100 points.) C2: Challenger David Lawton. DC: Yvonne Warburton and Gyles Brandreth. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: B L A E S N A I L R02: S T A B E G I S T R03: X J E O ...

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Countdown recap for Wednesday 9 November 1983 (Series 3, Prelim 31). C1: Champion Matthew Wright (1 win, 42 points.) C2: Challenger Alan Cross. DC: Yvonne Warburton and Gyles Brandreth. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: S G O U L H E O V R02: C D L I O E R P V R03: Q G I U P I ...

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 8 November 1983 (Series 3, Prelim 30). C1: Challenger Matthew Wright. C2: Champion David Brook (2 wins, 104 points.) DC: Yvonne Warburton and Gyles Brandreth. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: B G U A M S O E L R02: A X I A T N S M G R03: Y R E A S B...

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Countdown recap for Monday 7 November 1983 (Series 3, Prelim 29). C1: Challenger Bernard Oakes. C2: Champion David Brook (1 win, 53 points.) DC: Yvonne Warburton and Gyles Brandreth. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: N O G E B I M A S R02: Y N O T E G X A F R03: S U A L M O S E...

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Countdown recap for Thursday 3 November 1983 (Series 3, Prelim 28). C1: Challenger David Brook. C2: Champion Syd Spilsbury (1 win, 51 points.) DC: Yvonne Warburton and Gyles Brandreth. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: G P A E S V A P Q R02: S L A R N O D E L R03: D E U H J E N...

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Countdown recap for Wednesday 2 November 1983 (Series 3, Prelim 27). C1: Champion Andrew Guy (2 wins, 118 points.) C2: Challenger Syd Spilsbury. DC: Yvonne Warburton and Gyles Brandreth. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. The first anniversary of Countdown (and Channel 4), but it doe...

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 1 November 1983 (Series 3, Prelim 26). C1: Champion Andrew Guy (1 win, 57 points.) C2: Challenger Phil Slade. DC: Yvonne Warburton and Gyles Brandreth. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: V E I Y B Z U T R R02: N D I T E S O B F R03: L I A H G E X S C ...

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Countdown recap for Monday 31 October 1983 (Series 3, Prelim 25). C1: Challenger Andrew Guy. C2: Challenger Christopher Tunnah. DC: Yvonne Warburton and Gyles Brandreth. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. Only the fourth game ever to feature two brand new contestants: the others bein...

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Countdown recap for Thursday 27 October 1983 (Series 3, Prelim 24). C1: Challenger Jane Guestin. C2: Champion William Bradford (7 wins, 330 points.) DC: Yvonne Warburton and Gyles Brandreth. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. Here it is, then – the moment that Countdown’s first ever ...

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Rhys Benjamin wrote:With all respect and dignity.

Haha. Look forward to reading it.

Mike Brown

Speaking of Gillard/Gilinsky, for some reason I used to think Adam Gillard was American. This probably because I read this and got them mixed up. I used to think it was because maybe I'd confused him with Andrew Feist (he's American isn't he?) but I think this is a better explanation. I hope this c...

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James Robinson wrote:
Mike Brown wrote:You might want to add Matt's method, even thought we know it is the same as Barrie's.....
Just a bit of brain-fade. Typed Matt's in first and then forgot to cut and paste upwards.

And now I've gone and edited your post instead of quoting it. I need to get some fresh air...

Mike Brown

Rhys Benjamin wrote:Moi, Mike, s'il vous plait!

Consider it yours for the week. Treat it gently.

Mike Brown

Gavin Chipper wrote:
Mike Brown wrote:
Adam Gillard wrote:CLOVER CAN BE PLURALISED!
The question is: would Susie allow it?
I might have to start up my own version of thecountdownpage if this talk continues.

Are you going to resurrect the OCD Errata Page?

Mike Brown

Countdown recap for Wednesday 26 October 1983 (Series 3, Prelim 23). C1: Challenger Pat Flowers. C2: Champion William Bradford (6 wins, 277 points.) DC: Yvonne Warburton and Gyles Brandreth. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: D E O T R I E L G R02: S U K E G W A H I R03: S A O G...

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 25 October 1983 (Series 3, Prelim 22). C1: Challenger Adrian Yonace. C2: Champion William Bradford (5 wins, 227 points.) DC: Yvonne Warburton and Gyles Brandreth. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. A cracking game. Also, following the 100th programme, wher...

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