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Countdown recap for Friday 22 December 2000. When Graham Nash met Miss Wright.......... C1: Champion Graham Nash (9 wins, 525 points.) C2: Champion Claire Wright (4 wins, 352 points.) DC: Susie Dent and Barry Cryer. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: T V P E O A C S Y R02: L T Z...

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 21 December 1999. The strength in depth in this series was reflected in the fact that Margaret Foster was an octochamp but seeded only 6th. In this quarter-final she took on third seed Simon Cooper, a member of this very forum. Only 34 points separated the two of them in ...

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It's really very interesting to see all these old games- thanks Rich. Agreed thanks for these Rich No probs, glad to be of assistance.There are quite a few more where these came from, a lot of them prelims, but I get the impression that the finals attract more interest. Unless anyone wants to see t...

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Countdown recap for Monday 20 December 1999. Lucy Roberts had looked mightily impressive in the heats, racking up 504 points to become an octochamp and take the no.2 seeding position, only just behind the legendary Scott Mearns. Could she continue her winning ways against no.7 seed Gary Woodward? C1...

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Countdown recap for Friday 18 June 1999. No.2 seed Glynn Leaney takes on no.7 Nancy Roberts in the second quarter-final of series 40. C1: Champion Glynn Leaney (8 wins, 405 points.) C2: Champion Nancy Roberts (6 wins, 308 points.) DC: Susie Dent and Richard Digance. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other wo...

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These recaps are taken from bits of paper I found in some drawers at home, all I've done is put the letters/numbers selections and conundrums and the contestants' offerings in and Countmax did the rest.I'm far too bone idle to bother with things like working out the max scores or checking the validi...

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Thanks! She had 16 people up from London with her, so a lot of crowd support. I was getting really tired by this point! I wondered why there was such a laugh in the audience when Jeff said she was a Celine Dion fan. Welll done Lisa, didn't know until just that you were on the forum.You beat me with...

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Countdown recap for Thursday 24 June 1999. C1: Champion Glynn Leaney (9 wins, 465 points.) C2: Champion Pamela Roud (7 wins, 483 points.) DC: Susie Dent and Martin Jarvis. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: T S A D I N E W P R02: R Q F V T A O E U R03: R N A S E C A G I R04: 3, ...

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Countdown recap for Wednesday 26 May 1999. C1: Champion Susan Shilton (3 wins, 202 points.) C2: Challenger Malcolm Seddons. DC: Hannah Robertson and Magnus Magnusson. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: V T Y G E E U N A R02: R P T I O R N X E R03: M D R A E I B D C R04: 2, 8, 1,...

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Countdown recap for Wednesday 29 December 1999. C1: Champion Kate Ogilvie (11 wins.) C2: Champion Terence English (10 wins.) DC: Mark Nyman and Nigel Rees. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: W S R O E B H I N R02: L T D S E A O E Q R03: F C R I E V T I A R04: 5, 7, 6, 9, 10, 100...

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I was expecting Jeff to point out that SOCCER was in round 13.

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I think Jeff's U2 jokes are lost on today's audience, clearly not many of them are fans.

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Well done Steve, thoroughly well deserved victory having seen off some phenomenal opposition along the way. I won't commiserate Charlie as he says it's not necessary :) Very good run to the final though Charlie, and you can look back on some tremendous performances to get there.Lovely touch with GAN...

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Commiserations Jon, hope CoLin helped make up for it. Oh yeah, I said to Charlie at the time that it was much more important to me to beat him at CoLin than in that tinpot competition. Ooh, it's televised, big deal. I'm not saying that a Countdown event carries more kudos than a televised show (or ...

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Well done guys, fantastic game, very touching moment at the end

. Awesome performance by Charlie.

Commiserations Jon, hope CoLin helped make up for it.

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Is it me or are conundrums selected for the final stages of a series intentionally more difficult to get? Being relatively thick I generally get about 1-in-4 conundrums in normal games, but during finals rounds I can barely be bothered trying. Yes Vikash, Damian does pick more difficult conundrums ...

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I had RADIATE in round 12 but missed OARFISH and GARFISH despite having a list prior to CoC of words ending in FISH.

Well done Steve, commiserations Nick.Must have been a tough one to lose.

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it's a bit harsh to lose based on BIONICS but I think Nick might have gone for six small numbers at the end of the game, in that case. True, and also had the conundrum been crucial Nick may have focused that bit harder on it and got it quickly.He's pretty hot on them, as he proved in the series 56 ...

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Well done Nick, fantastic 9 spot.I realise what you meant at CoLin now when you told me not to believe everything in the Guardian!

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Welcome to the forum George, good to have you - and you are in very good company being born on March 7th

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I wasn't sure beforehand if they had target of how many they would take from each audition group, but from the 7 or 8 of us in the room when I auditioned I think three of us ended up on the show, including Mr Corby who did quite well ........ When I auditioned (for the 2nd time) Lara told us that t...

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Thank you for the advice! I can see where you're coming from about going on it a second time. Rich: I looked up tickets to Leeds in February, as when I phoned the ticket line they offered some dates roughly in the middle of it. Unfortunately it would have cost over £80! If, hypothetically, I ended ...

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ENTERIC, round 12, BANAL round 13.

Well done Jon, great performance, commiserations Jonathan.

Just as a totally pointless aside - I thought Jon's hair had grown back quite quickly since the game with Richard.

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I don't know a lot about this since I'm from Leeds myself, but you can get money back for travel expenses. Surely that's only for contestants? Hannah was talking about going to watch a recording (i.e. as an audience member). Yes, people attending a recording have to fund their own travel and (where...

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You can apply online by visiting http://www.channel4.com/takepart and clicking on Countdown in the drop-down box, then just fill in an online application form and attach a photo. The time span between applying and being offered an audition varies because auditions are held at various locations aroun...

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Great day, good to see so many new faces. Apologies to anyone who I may have accidentally infected with bird flu. Or something. I wondered why I was feeling a bit off colour this morning...... Joking apart, great day, good to see everyone.And thanks to Ben and his mum who work so hard to keep the o...

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Well done Charlie, commiserations Junaid. Really enjoyed watching, not only a high standard but played in a great spirit as well.

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I remember it vaguely. I recall finding it somewhat irritating the way Richard kept referring to '831' for several shows afterwards, and felt like writing in and suggesting he try doing Carol's job himself, and I dare say some viewers probably did just that. Like you Peter, I also wondered why it wa...

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What can I say, amazing game.I pretty much matched them on the letters (had PESTICIDE and CHANSON but missed EQUATE

) but was sadly wanting on the first 2 numbers and nowhere near the conundrum.

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Bad luck Debbi, unlucky running into him.Can't wait for tomorrow's game, should be a real humdinger.

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Mark Kudlowski wrote:Letters round with C A N N O N S H I

CANNONS for 7; also maybe CHANSON if it has been assimilated

(I've also noticed that some letters rounds, such as that one,
miss out the Dictionary Corner response.)

CHANSON is fine, I had that too.

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I had FOAMING and then FLAMING but for some reason never thought to add the O...

Well done Charlie, great performance, looking forward to seeing you play Junaid.

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Really great, friendly game, congrats to Jonathon. This must be the only non-forum members match in this year's CoC. Actually Jonathan is a member of the forum, but I heard him say at CoC that due to some problem with his pc he's unable to post. Good game today, I didn't get DEMAGOGY or TOWNEES and...

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Is it just me, or was the conundrum a bit unfair? In a CoC crucial conundrum you have to press immediately you see something, and I would expect nearly every player of CoC standard to "see" CAFETERIA and buzz immediately. If Tony had been just a little slower, I expect Kai would have buzz...

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Is it worth a mention that Richard showed his TREACLE to Jeff instead of Kai? Just force of habit, nothing more. Yup, just thought it was worth pointing out as some other threads had been talking about the new 'showing' format - I wondered how much of a point they make to contestants about that cha...

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Is it worth a mention that Richard showed his TREACLE to Jeff instead of Kai? No, probably not. Just force of habit, nothing more. I'll sum it up in 2 words - Living Nightmare. Though I have to say Kai was very nice about it at the end. You'd expect most 12-year-olds to be jumping for joy rather th...

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I noticed that the contestants now check each other's duplicate answers - very minor change but I think it is one for the better. They do that now because the way the new set is designed, Jeff is too far away from the contestants to be able to see what they've written. Quality game played in a very...

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There's a car park just a little bit along from the studios Julie, couldn't advise you as to cost of parking as I've only ever parked on the hotel car park before. Not sure about taking your own food, but there is a restaurant just down the corridor from the Countdown studio where you can get hot or...

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I'll bring my ODE2, also got a pile of conundrums that I devised in preparation for CoC if they could be of any use. I'll have lunch, as to going to the pub I'll need to check with Howard as we will probably be car-sharing.

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Anyone know if you get offered tickets for the audience, and if so how many? Looks like I may have a few supporters want to come watch, including my parents... Usually one guest is automatically allocated a seat in the audience, for anyone over and above that you will need to phone or email the aud...

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Richard Pay and Claire Whittaker - respectively Jimmy Connors and Mikael Pernfors.

Connors beat Pernfors at Wimbledon in 1987 after trailing 1-6,1-6,1-4.

Pay beat Whittaker in series 51 after trailing 22-62 with only 6 rounds remaining.

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"I should think they'd be happy to put you up from the night before your recording date until whenever you finish your run." Oh right, that's cool ...although I might have to decline the night-before bed cos I have to minimise time away from (currently) 6-month-old baby and can travel to ...

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"There is a separate thread for people to post in" Is there? Bother! I specifically looked for one, as well. Is it well-hidden, or was I just being dim? I presume they only put people like me (who live within commutable distance of Leeds (ie in Manchester)) up if your filming spans two da...

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Welcome Clare, saw your name on apterous and wondered who you were, now you've solved the mystery. Good luck with getting a place on the show.

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Kai Laddiman wrote:Just out of curiosity, has anyone else got the pics from te CofC? I haven't.

I haven't, but it took about 6 weeks the first time I was on so I wouldn't worry just yet.

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My friends don't watch Countdown, but after they'd watched my first 3 heat games they said "if you're in the finals can we get tickets?".

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Very sad. Only just found out. Tony was a very good player who really deserved to be in the quarter finals that series.He was unlucky that I was on form that day.He took his defeat sportingly. I would like to extend my condolences to his family and may he rest in peace.

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When we were filming the series 58 finals Kate told those present that a new set was in the offing. She said it would be horseshoe shaped with the aim of making interaction between the celebrities a bit easier.

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Jon Corby

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Oliver Garner wrote:Is stooper a DC beater?

No, not specified.

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I think Anita Freeland and Jean Webby both deserved their places, after all Anita was a runner-up and Jean won 9 games before losing in the semi which is as good a record as a lot of the other original invitees. In Debbi's case without knowing how she fared in the finals it's hard to make a judgment...

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Didn't Carol split time with someone else during the first series? I thought Cathy Huytner did the letters board, and Carol and A.N.Other the numbers, alternate weeks? Cathy Hytner used to put the letters and numbers on the board and Carol would do the solutions, then when Cathy left Carol combined...

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NOTARIZE as a DC beater, round 11.

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OUTRANK, round 6.

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Thought today's challenger was going to do great things when she spotted CULPRIT in round one (I had PICTURE but thought hers was more impressive). Unfortunately however she couldn't keep it up.

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FARTLEK as an equaller, round 13.

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Sorry to see you go, Julian. Glad I had the chance to play you before you retired.But who knows, perhaps one day you'll feel differently about things and come back?

Good luck in everything you do.

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Matt Coates wrote:Isn't my birthday listed on here then

Belated happy birthday Matt. Hope it was a good one.

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Julian Fell wrote:There must be an official announcement very imminent, if they're going to be recording with the new hosts at the end of November... is Corby going to be the new Carol?

If he's been invited back for CoC probably not.

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Jason Larsen wrote:Hi, Giles! Welcome!

I believe a child prodigy on Countdown beat your mom, but it's still nice to have you here!

As I recall Nik von Uexkull was quite young when he appeared on the show but he wasn't a child.

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