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James Robinson

Surely they'll only show Murray's match! It's not like he's playing anyone good anyway!

James Robinson

Is there any filming on the 5th of October? I might be in town with time to kill. A few weeks ago I was offered tickets for that day so it may well be worth phoning and seeing if there are any left. I don't think there'll be any left. I was booked to go in that day, but I got called up last week sa...

James Robinson

DAEMONS in round 13.

Alternative to 2nd numbers:

75 x 7 = 525

3 + 3 - 4 = 2

2 x 8 = 16

525 + 16 = 541

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Charlie Reams wrote:Good luck Make sure to enjoy every second. Is that the last filming day of the series? If so I might be around, which would be cool.

No, Charlie, I've been told by Saralee, the audience co-ordiantor, that the finals are being filmed November 17th & 18th.

James Robinson

Going for a final consonant instead of a vowel in round 1 would have given a second T for GARROTTE. As it was, GARRET was there as a DC-equaller. Isn't GARROTTE there with only 1 T. I'm only asking because when I go to the recordings, i bring the Countdown Dictionary with me, not the OED, before an...

James Robinson

And of course the Pete Cashmore special ;) Yeah, we should have the 2 unshown specials as choices, since obviously no-one really knows much about them. Well I actually saw one of them, since that was on the day I did my special. We should also have the Richard v Carol special, since that keeps bein...

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And of course the Pete Cashmore special ;) Yeah, we should have the 2 unshown specials as choices, since obviously no-one really knows much about them. Well I actually saw one of them, since that was on the day I did my special. We should also have the Richard v Carol special, since that keeps bein...

James Robinson

In terms of other games this series, I found Chris Davies' game against Ross Mackenzie's much more interesting, and there are probably plenty of others I could find if I could be bothered to trawl the wiki. YMMV, of course. I've got nothing against that game, although that game was between Chris, w...

James Robinson

Darren Carter wrote:Will Rachel be accidentally called Carol?

Somehow, Darren, I don't think that bit is going to be broadcast.

James Robinson

This was one of, if not the best, game of the series and probably the best since Kirk & Neil's semi-final. This surprises me a bit, care to elaborate on why? Well, as we all know, Kirk & Neil's semi was tight, nail biting stuff, you couldn't tell who was going to win until right at the very...

James Robinson

Yeah, I agree with just about everyone. This was one of, if not the best, game of the series and probably the best since Kirk & Neil's semi-final. It was such a joy to be in the audience that day. I was hoping that Bob would become an octochamp, because really we have only seen his full potentia...

James Robinson

Why is it not possible, Damian? Is there some ruling that prevents this or something?

James Robinson

Derek Hazell wrote:
James Robinson wrote:I don't know who it is. And I was in the audience
Wow, the fountain of all knowledge springs a leak!

That was clearly a joke, in case you didn't know.

James Robinson

I don't know who it is.

And I was in the audience

James Robinson

I wish I hadn't kept picking six small! I thought it would give me an edge in a tight game as I'd practised a lot, but I didn't exactly maximise my points potential on them. Don't fret about the 6 small, Bob. At least your opponents never took advantage of 6 small either. If only I had that luck wh...

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Well, good old (not too literal, there) Bob has become a half-octochamp. Can he carry his winning streak all the way till the end of the week :?: Interestingly, all his scores have been in the 80's so far, can he break the 90's or even get a century :?: :?: Is it becoming increasingly annoying that ...

James Robinson

Happy 20th birthday to the current Champion of Champions, Steven Briers!

James Robinson

I can tell you why James! For some reason I felt even more nervous at the start of the second day than I did the first. I remember spending the whole of the show thinking "please don't throw up"! Oh dear, Bob. Thank goodness you didn't. It might have given you a claim to fame that you don...

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ANCIENT in round 1. Alternative to 3rd numbers: 7 x 100 = 700 6 x 25 = 150 700 + 150 = 850 Good to see Bob win again. I knew he would, mainly because I was in the audience again. Bob didn't seem in the zone at the beginning of the game. I'm not sure why, but he gradually regained his composure and g...

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Marc Meakin wrote:
James Robinson wrote:I wonder what his favourite song his?

Maybe he like listening to Kylie "do the Lo-Caux-motion".
Maybe CauxCauxCabanna

Maybe he had a CauxCauxnut while at the CaucCauxCabana

James Robinson

No, wait I remember he said he loved art.

Particularly art decaux.

James Robinson

I wonder what his favourite song his?

Maybe he like listening to Kylie "do the Lo-Caux-motion".

James Robinson

I've been to the US four times. Well, to be exact, I've been to DisneyWorld and all the other parks four times. The last time I went, in 2006, I even managed to get on "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" at MGM Studios. It was quite exciting. I lost out on the 32,000 question, so I left with ...

James Robinson

A new week. A new Countdown. Same champ, but for how long we'll have to wait and see. If Bob wins all week, he'll be octochamp no.4 in this series. Not bad considering we're only at the halfway mark in the series! Bob is a very nice guy though, so I hope he does it. Jo Brand and her made-up dictiona...

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Derek Hazell wrote:2nd Note to Clive: commiserations for falling out of the seedings for the finals.

You say that, but he was No.10, so he'd have still needed 2 more people to somehow not be there anyway.

Still, commiserations Clive.

James Robinson

I got 30, yet it says people who have Asperger's like myself get around 35, so my score seems below average for people like me.

James Robinson

From Monday 14th at 3 PM, Challenge will be showing this series, presented by Dave Spikey. I appeared on this series, and they are showing 2 episodes a day, so keep watching ! :shock: I think you'll find Mike, that they have already started showing these episodes. I had a day off around 3 weeks ago...

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Kirk Bevins wrote:
Derek Hazell wrote: I've just watched it, and yes I spotted them! Messrs Syfris, Somerset and Priest!
Without their hands up! Terrible.

We did all get it! We all got within the first 5 seconds. That was about the millionth retake of that shot.

James Robinson

Have these journalists got better to do! It was even shown 2 days ago!

James Robinson

Andrew Hulme wrote:
Douglas Wilson wrote:13.06 and still no spoilers thread, has anyone checked if James is still alive.
He must be, just saw him on telly

If you saw me Andrew, than you may have noticed the other 3 people sitting on my right as well.

James Robinson

Oh, I'm more than alive, Douglas.

James Robinson

Right, since the desperation-o-meter has hit 2 and a half, I'll reveal all. 2 things first: 1. Don't worry, it has nothing to do with a future episode. 2. If you're excepting something mind-blowingly impressive, I think you'll be comfortably disappointed. During the first numbers game, as we saw, it...

James Robinson

I'm surprised no-one mentioned ESCORTED in that round, since it's the obvious anagram of CORSETED. Who says ESCORTED is more obvious? I seem to think that ESCORTED is more obvious than CORSETED. Maybe I'm the only one. After all, some people might think that CORSETED had 2 T's. I remember being in ...

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ESOTERIC in the CORSETED round I'm surprised no-one mentioned ESCORTED in that round, since it's the obvious anagram of CORSETED. I remember being in the audience that day. After witnessing Chris completing his octochampdom, it was nice to see some "normal" people in some very tight match...

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Bob De Caux wrote:Hello everyone. Quite amused to discover this forum. My god, that was an appalling first four letters rounds from me

Hi, Bob.

Yeah, I can remember seeing the shows. There were some dreadful combinations and I think nearly all the audience were finding them hard going too.

James Robinson

It's not started yet, James. Maybe more postings will arrive when the show starts. There's really no need to start the thread at 9:18am! People have started threads earlier, Kirk. On most occasions, there are a few posts before it begins. On some occasions, there have even been more before than dur...

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Is it me or does no seem to be interested in today's show

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Right, after a couple of days at the studios, I'm back in the chair here. Bob De Caux is now the champ and Christopher Harris is the challenger. He can do something very well that Bob can't do very well. (All will be explained in the introduction.) I personally thought it was a good opening by Bob y...

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And secondly, Damian and the backroom staff sorted the problem out today, so we don't need to worry about it too much. Phew! So am I right in saying that the problem that they've sorted out is that they accidentally printed an extra card with a 5 on and not only that but they also accidentally prin...

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Dinos Sfyris wrote:Round 2: M D H U O U R C I

C1: RHODIUM (7)
C2: mooch
OT: HUMIDOR (7)
Score: 15–8 (max 15)

While DC fail to pick up on John’s phantom letter, Chris scores a chemistry win

Dinos, maybe John thought that MOOCH was spelt MOUCH? Maybe still wrong, but plausible.

James Robinson

Do you mean the size of the number 5 printed on the tile? If so, surely you can see it is a 5 from the fact that it is a 5 rather than how big the number is printed? OR do you mean the size of the 5 tile is physically smaller than the other small numbers tiles? In which case that doesn't exactly bo...

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Clive Brooker wrote:James, doesn't that mean that sooner or late there will be 3 5's in one selection?

Perhaps there will be an upside down 9 as well, giving 6 6 6 5 5 5.

Well, we'll see Clive. I'll have to ask about this interesting topic when I go back tomorrow.

James Robinson

I know it's an extra 5 because the 5 is smaller than all the other numbers. Some explanation will be needed pronto. What about 4, 3, 2, and 1? That's what they taught me in school. Some explanation is indeed needed, and pronto to be sure. I meant the size of the 5. Normal 5's are like this: 5 This ...

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UPDATE on numbers trolley. I've just come back from today's recordings in Manchester (to be broadcast w/c September 28th) and I noticed that there are now 21 small numbers on the tray. For some reason an extra 5 has been put on the trolley. I know it's an extra 5 because the 5 is smaller than all th...

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Not that anyone really noticed, but did anyone notice something about the gentleman sitting to the right of the man who got the conundrum :?: EDIT: I thought I'd point out it was me, but there you go, who gives a toss? So you didn't get the conundrum? Pah. No, I stupidly thought it could've been SW...

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The tray (or trolley as I like to refer to it as), is kept near the numbers board. On the opening shot of the show, it would be just to the left of the board (out of shot of course), near to where all the letters are kept after they've been used for that show. Whenever a numbers round is being calle...

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Not that anyone really noticed, but did anyone notice something about the gentleman sitting to the right of the man who got the conundrum

EDIT: I thought I'd point out it was me, but there you go, who gives a toss?

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The date says JULY 7th, not SEPTEMBER 7th, Jimmy. In 5 years' time it will still be SEPTEMBER 7th, would it not, James? Well, you're going to have to wait for another 5 years for Monday 7th July's game. Yes, in the original quote, the word "around" was somehow misplaced. Well, you're goin...

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You're not the only one who's confused, Jimmy.

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Jimmy Gough wrote:
James Robinson wrote:
Ben Hunter wrote:Can't wait for today's game.
Well, you're going to have to wait for another 5 years for Monday 7th July's game.
Why?

The date says JULY 7th, not SEPTEMBER 7th, Jimmy.

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Matthew Green wrote:I wanted to see it. Makes a refreshing change from these god awful predictably chronological Spoiler Threads. Speak for yourself in future.

I think normality should take its course.

THIS is today's spoiler thread, not that piece of tosh that's under a future date.

James Robinson

Ben Hunter wrote:Can't wait for today's game.

Well, you're going to have to wait for another 5 years for Monday 7th July's game.

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Michael Wallace wrote:
James Robinson wrote:Hamish's record was the highest ever DEBUT score in the show's history, when he beat Julie Russell in the last series.
s/debut/challenger/, it wasn't his debut.

Yeah, I think we all know that, but it didn't stop them saying it though, did it?

James Robinson

I thought I'd better add this to make sure that no-one adds to the slightly erroneous one created by Ben. I'm pretty sure Ben's says Monday 7th July. Where's the error, is that not a valid date any more? You're simply calling it an error because it isn't what you wanted to hear. No, I'm simply call...

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As someone who has been to a few recordings, Tracey, I'll help you out. There are 4 big numbers as you say: 100, 75, 50 and 25. The remaining 20 small numbers are the numbers 1-10 twice. After each numbers game, after the guys move the numbers trolley off the set, one person moves the numbers around...

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I thought I'd better add this to make sure that no-one adds to the slightly erroneous one created by Ben. Well, it's the beginning of another week, and at least we're going to be guaranteed 2 champions this week, since Chris has to go by Tuesday, if he hasn't already gone that is. (No offence, Chris...

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That picture of Jeff with the guitar makes him look really menacing.

If that guitar was replaced with either an axe or a truncheon, he could easily look like a serial killer. Maybe, after he ditches the goalie gloves too.

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Certainly congratulations to Chris for having the second highest score ever (was Hamish's the highest?). No, Julie. You've got your records slightly in a muddle. Chris has the second highest score EVER , as you said, beaten only by Julian Fell's 146 in the Series 48 Finals. Hamish's record was the ...

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Ian Fitzpatrick wrote:A clip was on It'll be Alright on the Night last night, where DesO made an inappropriate remark to a young lady contestant.

I saw it too. And the original showing of the original showing of the programme around 12 months ago

James Robinson

Innis Carson wrote:A 14-max game, excellent. Congrats once again!

It's 13 actually. Phil has forgotten to update the max of the second numbers game with the super hard solution, so it's 13 maxes and the max score is 131, not 128.

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