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Jon Stitcher wrote:Brett,

My little sister Jenny is filming on the 14th so you might get to play her!

I'm on the last show on the 15th. Apparently if I win I won't return for another match until the 27th, which seems a little strange.

They do filming in fortnightlyish blocks, and you're clearly near the end of one block.

Sam Hodkin wrote:Auditioning November 22nd in Manchester, fingers crossed!

Very best of luck Sam

Sam Hodkin, apterite and a buddy of mine from outside apterous, is recording on the last taping of Monday.

Yea!

Martin Thompson wrote:I'm on the last show on the 15th. Apparently if I win I won't return for another match until the 27th, which seems a little strange.

They normally film for Monday-Wednesday, every other week. You have the same schedule as I did, your first day is on a Wednesday so if you have a second (which hopefully you will), it will be on the Monday two weeks later. This gap can be useful as it gives you more time to prepare

Jordan F wrote:Sam Hodkin, apterite and a buddy of mine from outside apterous, is recording on the last taping of Monday.

Nerves are steady for the time being, but fingers crossed eh?

Good for you Sam

Good luck Sam!

So are there any more familiar faces from c4countdown and/or apterous that we can expect to see in Series 70? Personally I'm looking forward to seeing Ciaran on screen, I'm sure he's capable of doing well.

I could be totally in the wrong, but I thought I had heard that Mark Murray is recording in series 70. I also thought Zubair Patel's name came up, but I can't clarify either 100%.

Jordan F wrote:I could be totally in the wrong, but I thought I had heard that Mark Murray is recording in series 70. I also thought Zubair Patel's name came up, but I can't clarify either 100%.

Mark will be in Series 70, yes. Zubair passed his audition but I believe he won't be on until Series 71 or later.

Episode[s] from the 24th of January for me, you'll just have to watch to see how I do!

I spoke to Zubair about 3 months ago and he did passed the audition but he pulled out cos he don't think he is ready so i presume he will be on series 71 or something like that.

in case if everyone ask me when i will be on filming..im yet to heard but hey! plenty of practise for me

I am not sure if and when I'm ever going on.
In the meantime I'm really enjoying watching the shows and looking forward to watching you guys go on and hopefully do well !

EDIT: Based on me realizing my overeagerness and a stupid moment on my end, I'll redact the information that was here. I can put it back if it is revealed by other means.

He might have chosen to keep that information within Facebook, though...

That's a very good point Heather, one I feel like I genuinely overlooked in making that post. I think overeagerness took over (sadly even though I'm 23 I have a big inner kid with me). My apologies, and just to be safe I will attempt to redact the information, if it does want to go public I'll...re-unredact it, I suppose.

Okay Jordan

I sent my application form in just before Christmas, so should hear in the new year.

Paul Worsley wrote:I sent my application form in just before Christmas, so should hear in the new year.

This is very exciting! Could there be another Worsley on the famous trophy?

Paul Worsley wrote:I sent my application form in just before Christmas, so should hear in the new year.

That's fantastic! Best of luck Paul, I'm sure you'll do well.

Paul Worsley wrote:I sent my application form in just before Christmas, so should hear in the new year.

Well excited about this #TeamPaul

Adam Gillard wrote: Could there be another Worsley on the famous trophy?

If we can get the mic and earpiece working, there's a good chance, Adam.

Ah, Paul! So glad to see you'll be on at some point soon-ish! Definitely think you could put a cat amongst some pigeons whenever you end up on

Will look forward to seeing you, Paul.

Paul Worsley wrote:I sent my application form in just before Christmas, so should hear in the new year.

OOOOHHHHH that should be very exciting and i wish you all the best and sure you'll do well

Oh Paul. It's a wonder I missed it!

Congratulations, and good luck to you too.

My show is airing on the 8th of this month

Who are you, Dan?

Danny Davey, think it's the third show of the new series or something like that

Feel free to introduce yourself! We have a welcome thread here.

I dont know if Mark Murray is a member of this c4countdown but he mentioned to me yesterday that he will be filming in CD on 24th February apparently

Are they any Apterites/forumites scheduled to appear in the current series?

The only ones I know of for sure are Sam Hodkin in a couple of weeks, and apparently now Mark Murray. Possibly Paul Worsley, but not sure if he has a taping date yet.

I will be filming on 24th February I might likely to facing Mark Murray!

That'll be an interesting week then. Do you know how many episodes apart you are?

I will be filming last episode, if i won the game on 24th then i will filming 25th for 5 episode (if i won all) then will return 10th march to complete 3 episode to make an octochamp!

Cool. How many would Mark need to face off against you?

he said he will be in 3rd episode so....

Marcus Hares told me Pete Steg will be filming a day after possibly me vs mark!

That's a week loaded with quality. All the best of luck to all of you!

As I mentioned earlier in the thread, I'm filming Monday. I'm glad to have it all out of the way before the Apterite onslaught begins again!

good luck brett1 im sure you will doing well!

Good luck to Mark, Pete and Brett

Paul Worsley wrote:I sent my application form in just before Christmas, so should hear in the new year.

Just wondering if you've heard anything yet Paul? I sent an application off just before Christmas and also got an email saying it'd be looked at in the new year.

Understand they've got plenty to sort out and it's not even 2 weeks into said new year, just wanted to check they've not forgotten me!

Dave Nicholson wrote:

Paul Worsley wrote:I sent my application form in just before Christmas, so should hear in the new year.

Just wondering if you've heard anything yet Paul? I sent an application off just before Christmas and also got an email saying it'd be looked at in the new year.

Understand they've got plenty to sort out and it's not even 2 weeks into said new year, just wanted to check they've not forgotten me!

Hi Dave, we haven't heard anything yet. They won't have forgotten about you, I remember thinking the same when I applied but you should hear within the next few weeks. Good luck with your application, too!

Cheers Jack, appreciate that! Might get to meet Paul at an audition, hope I'd at least get one game before facing him if we both made the show though or I'd have to stick with my generic teapot...!

I didn't imagine they would have misplaced me, even sending the quick email acknowledging they'd got it was more than they had to do, but its good to be sure.

It's a pity that Ciaran, Mark and Pete are likely to run into each other, specially so as this series seems unlikely to be as Apto heavy as last.

So, any early predictions for the winner of series 70? Looks wide open this time.

Anthony Endsor wrote:So, any early predictions for the winner of series 70? Looks wide open this time.

Obviously it's early days, but I'd say that whoever sits in the champion's chair for the game immediately after Pete' first game has to be a hot favourite, given what we know so far. Problem is, that could easily be on of three apterites, and and who knows what other surprises could be lined up? If we were to have had this conversation about what apterites had applied this time 6 months ago, we'd have been completely oblivious to Bradley Cates and Jonathan Liew, and wouldn't have marked them down as potential finalists.

But it looks almost certain that at least one of Ciaran, Mark, and Pete will make the finals. Possibly two of them, and maybe even all three. Plus we don't know if Paul Worsley will be on this series or not, he would have to be considered a strong contender if he films in time to be part of series 70.

Callum Todd wrote:

Anthony Endsor wrote:So, any early predictions for the winner of series 70? Looks wide open this time.

Obviously it's early days, but I'd say that whoever sits in the champion's chair for the game immediately after Pete' first game has to be a hot favourite, given what we know so far. Problem is, that could easily be on of three apterites, and and who knows what other surprises could be lined up? If we were to have had this conversation about what apterites had applied this time 6 months ago, we'd have been completely oblivious to Bradley Cates and Jonathan Liew, and wouldn't have marked them down as potential finalists.

But it looks almost certain that at least one of Ciaran, Mark, and Pete will make the finals. Possibly two of them, and maybe even all three. Plus we don't know if Paul Worsley will be on this series or not, he would have to be considered a strong contender if he films in time to be part of series 70.

I still maintain that Tom Pettinger will kick ass if he ever gets a filming date...

Callum Todd wrote:

Anthony Endsor wrote:So, any early predictions for the winner of series 70? Looks wide open this time.

Obviously it's early days, but I'd say that whoever sits in the champion's chair for the game immediately after Pete' first game has to be a hot favourite, given what we know so far. Problem is, that could easily be on of three apterites, and and who knows what other surprises could be lined up? If we were to have had this conversation about what apterites had applied this time 6 months ago, we'd have been completely oblivious to Bradley Cates and Jonathan Liew, and wouldn't have marked them down as potential finalists.

But it looks almost certain that at least one of Ciaran, Mark, and Pete will make the finals. Possibly two of them, and maybe even all three. Plus we don't know if Paul Worsley will be on this series or not, he would have to be considered a strong contender if he films in time to be part of series 70.

I think Ciaran will win

Paul Worsley winning would be a good story.

If I'm let on I intend on being on this series.

worsley

James S Roper wrote:If I'm let on I intend on being on this series.

Good luck James!

Jason Larsen wrote:

Callum Todd wrote:

Anthony Endsor wrote:So, any early predictions for the winner of series 70? Looks wide open this time.

Obviously it's early days, but I'd say that whoever sits in the champion's chair for the game immediately after Pete' first game has to be a hot favourite, given what we know so far. Problem is, that could easily be on of three apterites, and and who knows what other surprises could be lined up? If we were to have had this conversation about what apterites had applied this time 6 months ago, we'd have been completely oblivious to Bradley Cates and Jonathan Liew, and wouldn't have marked them down as potential finalists.

But it looks almost certain that at least one of Ciaran, Mark, and Pete will make the finals. Possibly two of them, and maybe even all three. Plus we don't know if Paul Worsley will be on this series or not, he would have to be considered a strong contender if he films in time to be part of series 70.

I think Ciaran will win

Thanks Jason but I'm not commenting about this series until my filming completely

My Scrabble sources say Priscilla Munday will be appearing on the show on Tuesday 21 January.

Having played her several times over the years she's a very quick sharp minded person who can finish a Scrabble game in five minutes. Hopefully she'll stay clear of the usual Scrabble player's 'wordtraps' and use the full 30 seconds to topple the champion

Mauro

Why hasn't this lady been on Apterous?

On the British rankings she's number 454 with a rating of 118 (average rating is around 140).

Presumably the higher you're ranked in Scrabble the better your chances in Countdown? Unless I'm completely wrong.