The Richard Whiteley Gotcha (Series 39)

[Rhys Benjamin]

Gotcha recap for Wednesday 25 November 1998.

C1: Challenger Amanda Richards.
C2: Challenger Richard Max.
DC: Susie Dent and Richard Stilgoe.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.
ON: Other Notes

R01: G D L I A N P A I
R02: S R R B A A S M E
R03: G R T E A F I H R
R04: 25, 7, 3, 9, 2, 8. Target: 299.
R05: R H D A A R O I E
R06: O M E T H I N G S
R07: N C S A E K R P K
R08: 7, 7, 8, 3, 6, 100. Target: 291.
R09: H O G C A T (conundrum)


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Round 1: G D L I A N P A I

C1: PILING (6)
C2: PILING (6)
DC: PALADIN (7)
OT: PAGINAL (7)
Score: 6–6 (max 7)

Round 2: S R R B A A S M E

C1: BEARS (5)
C2: SABRES (6)
DC: EMBARRASS (18)
ON: DC jokingly suggested MARSBARS.
ON: After DC declared EMBARRASS, Richard Max's phone went off and it turned out to be his mother. Richard Whiteley then carried out a joke conversation with her.
Score: 6–12 (max 25)

Round 3: G R T E A F I H R

C1: GATHER (6)
C2: FREIGHT (7)
DC: FIGHTER (7) FRIGATE (7) GRAFTER (7)
OT: FARTHER (7) GRIFTER (7) RIGHTER (7)
ON: During this round, Amanda had to go to the loo.
Score: 6–19 (max 32)

Round 4: 25, 7, 3, 9, 2, 8. Target: 299.

C1: 298.
C2: 299. (9 + 3) x 25 - (8 - 7) (10)
ON: Richard asked for an inverted T - as in Terrific Time.
ON: The clock music did not stop and was edited.
Score: 6–29 (max 42)

ON: Richard Stilgoe read the following limerick by Amanda during the Dictionary Corner break: "There was a young woman called Richards,
Whose hobby was going to the pictures,
She liked Dumb and Dumber,
And Gone with the Wind,
But best of all she liked Saving Private Ryan."

Round 5: R H D A A R O I E

C1: DIARRHOEA (18)
C2: DIARRHOEA (18)
ON: In this round everybody joked, "I've got DIARRHOEA." Richard Stilgoe responded, "Well, it's a collection of bowels incontinence."
Score: 24–47 (max 60)

Round 6: O M E T H I N G S

C1: SHINE (5)
C2: HOMING (6)
DC: MOISTEN (7)
RW: SOMETHING (18)
ON: Both contestants missed the obvious niner in this round. Dictionary Corner played along with the joke, offering HINGES, MOISTEN, GNOMES and an illegal nine beginning with GNOMES (GNOMESHIT).
Score: 24–53 (max 78)

ON: The original letters for round 7 were MRKELICIT. Despite it not being the conundrum, Richard Max pressed his buzzer and offered the word LIMERICK. For this reason, it was decided that round 7 be replaced with another letters game.
After declaring LIMERICK in the original round 7, Richard Max read another limerick:
"There was an old man called Whiteley,
Whose puns were always said frightfully,
He took some Viagra,
And now like Niagra,
He rushes and gushes twice nightly."

Round 7: N C S A E K R P K

C1: CRANK (5)
C2: KNACK (5)
DC: KNACKERS (8)
ON: Following the second round 7, Amanda very audibly passed wind.
Score: 29–58 (max 86)

ON: Round 8 was also replaced with another numbers game. The original round had 75, 2, 6, 3, 8, 7 and a target of 623. Richard Max declared "6 2 3" (combining the small numbers 6, 2 and 3). When this was disallowed he (and his parents) complained to Richard Whiteley that he didn't know this was against the rules. Whiteley replied that he was talking about "a load of bollocks". Due to this controversy the numbers game was deleted.

Round 8: 7, 7, 8, 3, 6, 100. Target: 291.

C1: 293. (100 x 3) - 7 (7)
C2: -
CV: 291. (100 x 3) - 7 - (8 - 6) (10)
Score: 36–58 (max 96)

Round 9: H O G C A T

No one buzzes. The answer was GOTCHA.
Score: 36–58 (max 106)

ON: After the conundrum answer GOTCHA was revealed, the audience burst into cheers and Noel Edmonds of Noel's House Party walked out on stage and gave Richard Whiteley a "Gotcha Oscar."

[Rhys Benjamin]

I added this to CDB. Can get rid of it if you want.