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Ladies and gentlemen, January 2010 will be a very historic time for Countdown. Why? Read on. Countdown will have its very first Canadian contestant. He went on a trip to Europe and somehow got access to a computer and filled out an application. The application website said that only UK residents ar...

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dinos was first to solve, so he gets the special prize, which is a rare countdown goody.

congrats to all others who cracked it.

series 61 mystery on the way soon.

damian

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The last 2 rounds beat me also. But the previous 13 were altogether pretty shit. Great improvement when needed most.

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Jeffrey Burgin wrote:
Mark Kudlowski wrote:IMHO, the series is better without Jo Brand - I can't stand her
self-righteous attitude, and her 'made-up' words !
Well she was at my recordings yesterday, so give the week of 14-18th a miss!

Self-righteous..............hmm.......not sure i agree. In fact, aren't you talking bollocks?

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Round 8: R O J T E R A M S C1: TREMORS (7) C2: ROTAMERS (8) OT: REARMOST (8) Score: 20–41 (max 60) An excellent spot from Neil. ROTAMERS in chemistry are isomers that differ from each other only by rotation about a single bond (if Dinos hadn't wimped out of doing today's recap, he could have given ...

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I can't see anything wrong with the way things are done now. If you say 'The Producer got that one' people are still going to think 'Yeah, but he's using a computer.' The important thing is to make sure the average viewer realises that no anagram solvers are used, not (necessarily) just that Susie ...

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Would like to take part, but its Fathers Day on Sunday so can't make 12 noon games - can only play in the evening after 7pm really. Not bothered what group, maybe the retard section?

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That will happen, David, from September onwards.

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Clive Brooker wrote:With several weeks' recordings having already been made in Manchester, I can't help wondering how much Jeff/Rachel banter will need to be thrown away after today's news.

In a word.................none.

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Am happy to cut and paste the chat dialogue in here, so those who are curious can see the full sequence of events. I readily offered an outstretched hand to Mo, but she obviously has no sense of humour at all. Next time maybe better to leave them waffling away to themselves in chat without paying th...

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Quick update, we had to cancel a block of recordings last week, so our schedules are all pretty much up in the air at the moment, so as a result its unlikely we'll do these specials in the coming weeks, but we do know who's put their name in the frame and will act on it accordingly if need be. Cheer...

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News to me.

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No 2..........is it rate, as in second rate, third rate, with both really mean inadequate?

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DC do 11 games a show, whereas Rachel does 3 games a show, so its inevitable that the chance to outdo the experts on the programme is greater when its a word round. Having said that, Rachel is shit-hot and barely misses a trick, but when she does, its easy to forget that 3 long days in studio can so...

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20 second blind game.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=72792

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Oh i see. Sorry didnt realise that. Don't think about it

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DEMOUNT

http://www.apterous.org/statland.php?se ... en_spotted

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ga ... 70#r151670

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And my special item is..............

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Scoop of the year then.

What next, the Berlin wall toppled?

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Gev, you know everything.....so you think, so why bother asking questions?

In fact you know more than i do, which is pretty good considering i've helped make about 3,000 editions of the show. Anything else you'd care to put me right on?

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Well there you go. Some like, some don't, same for everyone who appears really.
I suppose its all down to matter of opinion. I actually think his poems are extremely clever and underrated.
John Stapleton next week.

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Gavin Chipper wrote:
D Eadie wrote:They are shuffled, not sorted. Duplicate letters are always going to happen.
Is this actually true though?

No its not true at all, i just lied for the sake of it.

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He actually does a poem later in the week which is pure class. Very clever bloke, writes everything himself and has achieved more in his lifetime than most will in 1000 years.

Sure, i understand he's not everybodies cup of tea, but i've yet to work with a DC guest who is.

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I agree that it was amazing that Julian knew the definitions. To know the words without Apterous and to just use the handheld machine is amazing too. To be the true King of Countdown you need to define what that means. Some might say Conor is as it was amazing to see someone so young come up with w...

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I thought it was dogshit. Your game is crap.

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First time in about 12 months. Can't stand him, so what. Probably thinks you're a bit of a knob himself. Get over it darling.

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http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ga ... 6#r1012056

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http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=68883

Been chasing Ben Wilsons record for a day or two now.

Kicked ass all the way through this one, then MISTYPED the bloody conundrum.

Elusive yet not impossible. I'll try again.

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Nothing serious or sinister Sue.

Cancelled for genuine reasons, but beyond our control. Not really my place to start giving explanations, but we simply couldn't record on Monday as planned.

Cheers.

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They are shuffled, not sorted. Duplicate letters are always going to happen. Just the same as getting a pair of Kings at poker really. It doesn't make the game any harder. There's an optimum word to be found in every selection, no matter what the letters are. Have a look at some of the rounds played...

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Thanks for your interest ladies and gents.

Will keep you posted on any possible developments.

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http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=67692

Skin of the teeth time Nebagram !!

An easy conundrum and it would have been curtains.

I'll not give up easily.

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Thanks Charlie, appreciated.

Link shows game as just 11 maxes, when in fact its 12. Lets not underestimate this momentous accolade. lol

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Jon O'Neill wrote:Travesty.

Is that a Brazilian he-she?

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Did i mention how great u look without the beard.

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Who is the most senior person who bothers to post in here regularly (in terms of longest time ago on the show not age)? Is it Ben Wilson? I think he should be appointed decision-maker I think a certain Damian Eadie appeared on the show before Ben. Which is just as well, as it might surprise you to ...

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Been trying to beat Jono's 135 at Hyper 15.

Got 128, but seem to have had a 10-letter word disallowed unfairly.

Charlie.........do you consider requests for retrospective corrections?

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=67208

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Do you mean like this, Charlie..............??

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=67120

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No hard and fast rules re previous appearances, but i do think it's prob likely that debutants wouldn't feature much, it's not an ideal situation for making your first ever Countdown appearance. Impossible to call any shots though until we know what possibilities we've got to play with. Again, this ...

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We're looking into the possibility of making some special stand-alone 30-min editions of Countdown in a few weeks time, possibly June 17th - the idea being these are aired at a later time of day during the back end of August. Toying with the possibility of Goat Conundrums, putting different numbers ...

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Several over the years, but on the whole its very scarce.

Lucy Guile was prob one of the last, i think she was about 14 at the time, maybe 6 yrs ago?

I imagine its because most young girls have different interests and aren't as geeky as the chaps.

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I think if its obvious what was intended, then its naughty to steal an answer. But in the case of tablewear / ware, then that's not obvious at all and could be an error of knowledge in how to spell. Funny how if it were the show, you just shout out the word and spelling doesn't come into it, but its...

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Each to their own here........but my thoughts. Most are very decent indeed, but one slight thing i have to question in terms of sportsmanship.... Its a crucial conundrum, player 1 buzzes in after 1.1 second, unravels PECKBRAPA as PAPERBACK, but types in PAPERBAKC in error. There is no ambiguity over...

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Ah never saw that, sorry.

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http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=56264

Rd 10 - EXFOLIANTS - disallowed by Apterous but looks fine to me.

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http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=56065

Martin was unlucky. Nice tournament, thanks to those who organised.

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I like CENTESIMO. Firstly, its a form of currency in several countries, or at least was and several words found within the 9-letters relate to money and figures....monetise, centimos, centimes, seicento (600), semitone etc. Not only that, at first glance when shuffled, it looks like loads of possibl...

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Definitely broken at my end. Lexplorer is there, but when searching any given word, all i get is a list of the last 100 games, even though the word is was searching for isnt featured in any of them. I searched for a word starting with B and got a game that had SERJEANT higlighted in it etc. Have cle...

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Let me know when you're around to play the Final, Martin.
Cheers

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I understand Charlie.
Try satisfying the British public !!!
Thankless and hopeless are the words that spring to mind.
Easy to criticise what is there, but bloody awful to contemplate being without it.
Welcome to my world.

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http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=51180

Scraped through against James.

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Phil Reynolds wrote:I will long cherish the memory of Damian's words on meeting me face-to-face for the first time: "Oh hi Phil - didn't recognise you without the beard. Nice one. Makes you look less of a twat."

Top-drawer ice breaker Phil, you must admit.

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So apart from when someone wants to comb their hair in a novelty shaped mirror and being used as an occasional prop it doesn't seem to be put to much use. That's a shame really. The idea was, it was going to be displayed at ITV Yorkshire in the reception area, along with numeruos Bafta awards and o...

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The trophy has been in our office - haven't ever misplaced it. Not sure what you mean. Well everyone asked about the trophy didn't have a clue where it was. Anyway I presume it'll be on display in Manchester? Ah, you must have been asking the wrong people then. Won't be on display in Manchester, it...

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The trophy has been in our office - haven't ever misplaced it. Not sure what you mean.

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Rachel doesn't know the answer is impossible until i tell her during the commercial break, so until that time she keeps on trying to find the answer, hence not always ideal to show a 'one away' solution and fill the white board up, when there is still time to try and solve it exactly.

Simple really.

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Not seen James around for a while now. Will keep looking.

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So the contestants can't find the numbers solution, and Mr. Stelling hands the floor to Rachel. She hasn't got it either. Fine, but I feel that she doesn't so much explain why she's missed, suggest her thought processes, provide stimulating airtime etc as suddenly discover a terrible itch on the ba...

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If watching Countdown in Leeds, while getting pissed and eating Box Pizza is a break, then good luck to you. Some of us call it work

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Has this site been renamed Frenulum Reunited?

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