Thursday 2nd November 2000 (18th Birthday Special)

[James Robinson]

This was a special episode to commemorate the 18th birthday of Countdown. For the first time, there were 2 teams, rather than 2 players playing on the show.

Countdown recap for Thursday 2 November 2000.

C1: Mark Nyman & Gyles Brandreth.
C2: Jo Brand & Damian Eadie.
DC: Susie Dent.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: M I D U N O P E S
R02: F A V I E W T R A
R03: E B N I G U R O M
R04: 50, 25, 100, 75, 9, 3. Target: 758.
R05: L E A I K T Z S N
R06: L E U N T I L O T
R07: A E D F I A C G E
R08: 50, 100, 25, 75, 10, 1. Target: 278.
R09: E N T R I M M E R (conundrum)


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Round 1: M I D U N O P E S

C1: IMPOUNDS (8)
C2: IMPOUNDS (8)
Score: 8–8 (max 8)

Round 2: F A V I E W T R A

C1: airwave
C2: airwave
DC: VARIATE (7)
Score: 8–8 (max 15)

Round 3: E B N I G U R O M

C1: BROMINE (7)
C2: BROMINE (7)
OT: BURGEON (7)
Score: 15–15 (max 22)

In this numbers round, the target was originally 197, but Richard made an "executive decision" and ordered Carol to select a different target, which you can see below.

Round 4: 50, 25, 100, 75, 9, 3. Target: 758.

C1: 753. (100 x 9) - 75 - 25 - 50 + 3 (7)
C2: 756. Mistake in working.
OT: 758. ((75 + (100 / 25)) x 9) + 50 - 3 (10)
Score: 22–15 (max 32)

Round 5: L E A I K T Z S N

C1: LANKIEST (8)
C2: LANKIEST (8)
Score: 30–23 (max 40)

Round 6: L E U N T I L O T

C1: OUTLINE (7)
C2: OUTLINE (7)
DC: TOILET (6)
OT: ELUTION (7)
Score: 37–30 (max 47)

Round 7: A E D F I A C G E

C1: DEFACE (6)
C2: DEFACE (6)
OT: ACEDIA (6) FACADE (6)
Score: 43–36 (max 53)

Interestingly, in every letters round, both teams have declared the same word every time.

Round 8: 50, 100, 25, 75, 10, 1. Target: 278.

C1: 277. ((10 + 1) x 25) + (100 / 50) (7)
C2: 276.
CV: 277. (7)
OT: 278. ((100 x 75) - (50 x (10 + 1))) / 25 (10)
Score: 50–36 (max 63)

Round 9: E N T R I M M E R

C2 buzzes on 1 second to say MERRIMENT which is correct.
Score: 50–46 (max 73)

Statistics Corner

Mark & Gyles:
Total score - 50
Raw score - 50
Total % of max - 68
Raw % of max - 68
Total average score per round - 5.6
Raw average score per round - 5.6
Number of maxes - 5

Jo & Damian:
Total score - 46
Raw score - 53
Total % of max - 63
Raw % of max - 73
Total average score per round - 5.1
Raw average score per round - 5.9
Number of maxes - 6