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Ryan Lam

Can confirm this episode aired in the early hours of this morning (8 December). I have made few changes on the Apterous Wiki after viewing the recording. At least Channel 4 made up for this eventually which I'm sure most of us are happy, even if it meant not watching it live

Ryan Lam

Philip A wrote: ↑Tue Dec 07, 2021 5:13 pm This delayed episode will be shown on 8 December at the very early time slot of 6:10 am. The Twitter account @4Viewers contacted me.

Can confirm it aired this morning

Ryan Lam

The 5am Repeat (which is actually on at 6:10am today) was unfortunately not this episode, but that of Episode 098 which aired on 11 November

Ryan Lam

This episode reminded me of when Elliott Mellor made his debut 2.5 years ago. Great game by Stu who definitely came back a lot stronger after 14 years! Man if he faces Ahmed Mohamed in the Finals (should he make it) it looks like it's going to be a fun game....

Ryan Lam

Great game! Pity that Rajiv had to lose, had he faced an average player he probably would have won

Ryan Lam

The rerun of this episode aired on 04 November 2021. I can confirm Adam's solution was 6 × 8 × 3

Ryan Lam

The morning rerun of this episode aired this morning, and Channel 4 aired the part which we did not see due to the technical failures! That's great!

Ryan Lam

The rerun of this episode aired this morning, and the glitch which happened in the original run was still present

Ryan Lam

When Chris said "CLOSING", I thought to myself "Oh crap, he just gave away the answer to Jasamrit"...

Ryan Lam

That was a very, very painful loss for Andrew there. Unbelievable and you can't help but feel anything else than being sorry for losing out by just that much

Ryan Lam

Is it me, or did the challenger get points for LOANED when there was no D in the selection. Would check on subtitles, but, ya know. I also heard that quite clearly too. The score should have been 100-42 instead if that was the case. Also, I'm pretty sure "troup" was said in R7 but DC didn...

Ryan Lam

Channel 4's woes just continue with the screen freezing in the middle of the declarations in Round 9. When oh when will things get back to normal?

Ryan Lam

Makes me wonder is Daaniyal the guy who runs the countdowngoofs channel on YouTube and Dailymotion after hearing the ending today? It's a shame the draw meant that he couldn't face Ahmed, but if there's one good thing about him, it's his memory of dates, even I can't do that! Ahmed was very strong, ...

Ryan Lam

I see. But in any case what Channel 4 did was excessive and I have to agree with what Peter said

Ryan Lam

2) Twice C2 not asked for their words (R1 for the challenger and a later round for Mike) Thought I was the only one that had this problem. I assume for the later round, the only reason I could think of why it was not shown was because Mike had "MORONS". For Round 1, I have no idea what ha...

Ryan Lam

When I saw the news, I was in shock and was numb. Never would we have known his appearance on the show in early-February this year would be his very last to be broadcast in his life. He no doubt gave us a lot of funny moments over the last nine years of Catsdown, perhaps the funniest one of recent t...

Ryan Lam

Here we are, the final episode with Nick Hewer as the host of Countdown, this is going to be an episode no one will forget no matter the outcome. It's also the last time the OED will be given as a prize, I guess we got to move with the times too. Let's see what the replacement prize is (if any) at t...

Ryan Lam

There you have it, the majority lost and Adam Latchford won! To whoever that one person that predicted he would win, congratulations!

Ryan Lam

Indeed, my review will come slightly later than usual as today is Nick Hewer's last episode so I'm going to include some things about him too!

Ryan Lam

The penultimate episode before Nick Hewer retires, in less than 24 hours from now it'll all be over. Nine years has gone by in a flash and the time has nearly come for him to leave, but before that, of course there's still the second Semi-Finals today before the all important occasion tomorrow! Also...

Ryan Lam

Three more episodes to go before Nick Hewer retires, and I was waiting to see if someone was going to post this topic before I post this. :lol: Time really flies and it'll all be over in less than 48 hours from now... Letters: Both get off to an excellent start with MOPANIS in R1 and while Luke take...

Ryan Lam

Four more episodes to go before Nick Hewer retires, and as I was mentioning yesterday about Channel 4 promoting his successor Anne Robinson, we got a promo featuring her from most likely the first episode of Series 84 although of course, that will be confirmed next week! Also, this post is later tha...

Ryan Lam

Five more episodes to go before Nick Hewer retires, and as the tributes have started pouring in to mark his tenure on the show, Channel 4 seems to be quite keen on promoting his successor Anne Robinson who will be making her debut next Monday! It's certainly an exciting time to be here and it truly ...

Ryan Lam

What a nice poem by Rufus to all father's out there in time for Father's Day this coming Sunday, and I hope this time next week on Nick's last ever episode he'll end off with a bang! Let's see if I'm right then! ;) Letters: James opens up the gap wide from the beginning with REUSABLE in R1 and ANERO...

Ryan Lam

So here we are, the last ever Finals to be hosted by Nick Hewer before his retirement. Hopefully the issues on the forum have been resolved as I had trouble logging on and posting this multiple times! It's a shame we won't have an audience permanently on this version of the show from now on and to b...

Ryan Lam

With three more Preliminaries of Series 83 yet to air as of the time of writing and after going back to our regular average of six months per Series length, we now know who are the final eight and here they are! Quarter-Finals #1 (17 June): Luke Boynton (#1 Seed) vs Dave Lomax (#8 Seed) Quarter-Fina...

Ryan Lam

I wonder if Countdown Team could enlighten us as to why we had that bizarre jump cut at the end? Join me earlier for the recap. Just watched the rerun of the episode which aired this morning, the cut was also present. I hope it's not something to do with shaking hands or anything which would be an ...

Ryan Lam

Sam Cappleman-Lynes wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 3:54 pm
I took a punt at steedpost, which has the right letters

Alright, I've made the correction, thanks for clarifying!

Ryan Lam

Here we are, at the very end of the longest running Series of Countdown, six months late, and exactly a week before Christmas. So many things have happened in 2020 and I really appreciate Rhys writing down most of what I had wanted to say here so thank you once again! Letters: Both players were exce...

Ryan Lam

So there we have it, Luke's won, and the majority wins once more like the last Series!

Ryan Lam

I must thank Rhys for putting that post up, because I was going to do something like this after the show ends later on haha! Thanks for all your work especially after Countdown resumed back in August!

Ryan Lam

It's nice when you have Sam in the daily chat talking to all of us earlier on, and even more so when there was no in-person audience around to tell us what happened behind-the-scenes (talk about having an exclusive point of view!). Finally, the penultimate episode of Series 82, it's even more fittin...

Ryan Lam

180th Episode of the Series, and we've got Levi Roots here again, never knew how he derived the word "Reggae" up until today; I guess it's nice and fitting when people pay tribute to moments in history. Letters: Ian goes once again with POUTINE as like yesterday and Luke with a good spot o...

Ryan Lam

If you thought that I have forgotten to write this post, no I did not. I had something that popped up at the very last-minute when the show was airing yesterday afternoon which is why this is coming so late now that I've watched the full episode. By the way, nice Top Christmas presents for the last ...

Ryan Lam

Finally, here we are, after 50 weeks of the year, we're now in the final week of Series 82 in 2020! We've made it this far and we're now on the home stretch! Only five more episodes to top the 182 episodes we're going to have by the end of this week! Let's get on with things swiftly... Letters: Both...

Ryan Lam

One year ago, where were we? We were dealing with the aftermath of a Snap General Election on a Friday in mid-December, wow how time flies, except no one of course would have predicted we would end up in such a situation where we have to deal with the pandemic...alright let's not think too much abou...

Ryan Lam

Well, this year, 2020 has dealt blow after blow to all of us, but let's just end of the year and hope for more optimism in 2021 shall we? But before we do so, if you were here last year, yeah, you guessed it, the Christmas decorations are the same, but that shouldn't come as a surprise given that it...

Ryan Lam

Ian Volante wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 4:55 pm We did all turn up

Thanks for clarifying! All the best to you and the other seven finalists!!

Ryan Lam

Nicola was so good I thought this could well have been a Finals match!

Ryan Lam

So, with just five Preliminaries of Series 82 yet to air as of the time of writing and after a long and excruciating 2020 for all of us, we now know who are the final eight and here they are! (Obviously I was waiting to see how Leo Smith would perform today so that I could arrange the poll in the co...

Ryan Lam

Please welcome our second ever member to the 1000 Club now, Luke Johnson-Davies!!

Ryan Lam

One final regular show of 2019, one final regular show of the 2010s, it's the Final many had been anticipating and predicting and it's finally here! Kudos to Tim Vine and Susie Dent for being inclusive in the Christmas spirit despite this show being recorded in mid-September (Everyone knows now than...

Ryan Lam

There you have it, congratulations to James Haughton and to the eight of you who voted for him! This time it is indeed the Majority that wins!

Ryan Lam

Thanks for your brilliant write-ups throughout the finals Ryan - really good and entertaining! I agree with everything you say here - a great game which probably could have gone either way, both these players were very good (and both with octotals which would have made them no 1 seed in many series...

Ryan Lam

The penultimate episode of Series 81, 2019 and the 2010s of Normal Countdown! And we've got a hilarious Dictionary Corner Guest Tim Vine to wrap things up soon! (Oh gosh all the puns in his anecdote today, makes you wonder how Jamie and Paul survived listening to that, it would certainly throw me of...

Ryan Lam

(I had some technical difficulties getting this up yesterday so here goes!!) Before we get on with the review, I must of course congratulate Countdown's own Rachel Riley as she has given birth! What a joyous occasion indeed and I wish her all the best as her new role as a mother and of course, sendi...

Ryan Lam

Final Quarter-Finals of the 2010s with two University students battling out today as mentioned yesterday! (Perhaps I'm running out of things to comment apart from Jon Culshaw's brilliant anecdote about Christmas cards today... :lol: ) Letters: Great start before the first commercial break but after ...

Ryan Lam

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Dec 12, 2019 3:39 pm It would make more sense for it to close before the first quarter final.

Maybe from the 2020s onwards I might do that who knows, but to compensate I've forbidden people to change their vote once it's casted.

Ryan Lam

One last week of Countdown not only for this year, but also of the 2010s. Can you imagine how time has flown by? My goodness, alright let's get on with things! I know Wiki might be slow so I MIGHT try and help Johnny out during this period but no promises! ;) Letters: Plenty of nines here available,...

Ryan Lam

So there we have it, a Conservative Majority of 80 in the End with the last result (St. Ives) coming in at the time of the Original Broadcast. Alright, now that we know we have more Tory rule ahead, let's get on with the Review! (Brexit, well that's another matter :P ) Letters: Jamie gets off to a g...

Ryan Lam

Wowee! I guess Countdown's budget is more compared to the last two years as evident by the fact that they can afford more fancy Christmas Decorations and of course, adding a snow effect to the Opening Titles. :lol: (Anyways, today is also Polling day so a friendly reminder from me that if you're eli...

Ryan Lam

I'm sorry to hear you won't be doing them mate. I really enjoy them. I will be doing the Reviews, BUT the issue is that my Internet has decided to play with me for this entire week, so I'm a full three episodes behind :( I will most likely get them up over the weekend once I watch the first two qua...

Ryan Lam

So, with just six Preliminaries of Series 81 yet to air as of the time of writing, we now know who are the final eight and here they are (I know I should have written this yesterday but I was busy having Exams, and don't you worry, photos of the contestants I've missed out will be up on the Wiki lat...

Ryan Lam

Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Tue Aug 06, 2019 2:08 pm That's 1843.

Whoops! I've corrected it now. Yikes!

Ryan Lam

Solution to R6: (50 + 1) × 8 × 9 ÷ 6 + 7 <- I thought there must have been a solution using 51 × 12 somehow but I got it during the Anecdote section.

Ryan Lam

Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Tue Jul 16, 2019 10:47 pm
Dave Ashton and Tony manwani right?

Sorry for the VERY late reply but yes

Ryan Lam

Same here, so glad seven years of learning Chemistry hasn't gone to waste!

James sure has the potential to be an Octochamp, and if he does make it to that status we will see the first back-to-back Octochamps since last year!

Ryan Lam

Ian Fitzpatrick wrote: ↑Sat Jun 29, 2019 7:44 am No, it was me. I always thought he could do it, and as it turned out his tactical nous won through. Well done Dinos.

Ah I see, well congratulations to you! I thought it was Chris because he was the only one openly rooting for Dinos to win in the Daily Chat last Friday when the Grand Final aired!

Ryan Lam

So here we are, the last weekday of June and the Grand Final has arrived upon us. Both contestants are titans and both of them have the potential to lift the Richard Whiteley Memorial Trophy. Fingers crossed and let's go! Letters: Very, very unlucky for Elliott as he didn't risk FILATURES in R1 whic...

Ryan Lam

I'll save my comments in my Review which should be up in the next few hours but just for those wondering if Elliott could have won had he gone for the nine in R1, I did the calculations and unfortunately, it turns out he would have still lost with the score 93 - 95 at the end if everything remained ...

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