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Countdown recap for Friday 22 December 2000.

When Graham Nash met Miss Wright..........

C1: Champion Graham Nash (9 wins, 525 points.)
C2: Champion Claire Wright (4 wins, 352 points.)
DC: Susie Dent and Barry Cryer.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: T V P E O A C S Y
R02: L T Z I E O R S D
R03: M G S U A E T R L
R04: 2, 9, 6, 9, 3, 50. Target: 235.
R05: W N T O A E L N T
R06: X B V I O E N H U
R07: A E T P L O R F M
R08: 9, 3, 5, 5, 10, 100. Target: 755.
R09: E V E R I D R I S (conundrum)


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Round 1: T V P E O A C S Y

C1: OCTAVES (7)
C2: OCTAVES (7)
OT: AVOCETS (7) CAPOTES (7) TOECAPS (7) TEAPOYS (7)
Score: 7–7 (max 7)

Round 2: L T Z I E O R S D

C1: LOITERS (7)
C2: LOITERS (7)
OT: DOZIEST (7) EDITORS (7) SORTIED (7) STEROID (7) STORIED (7) TRIODES (7) TOILERS (7) OLDSTER (7) RODLETS (7) SOLDIER (7) SOLIDER (7) ZLOTIES (7)
Score: 14–14 (max 14)

Round 3: M G S U A E T R L

C1: LARGEST (7)
C2: GRATES (6)
OT: GESTURAL (8)
Score: 21–14 (max 22)

Round 4: 2, 9, 6, 9, 3, 50. Target: 235.

C1: 235. (9 - 6) + 2) x (50 - 3) (10)
C2: 235. (3 + 2) x 50) - (9 + 6) (10)
Score: 31–24 (max 32)

Round 5: W N T O A E L N T

C1: TALENT (6)
C2: TALENT (6)
OT: TOWNLET (7)
Score: 37–30 (max 39)

Round 6: X B V I O E N H U

C1: BOVINE (6)
C2: BOVINE (6)
OT: BONXIE (6)
Score: 43–36 (max 45)

Round 7: A E T P L O R F M

C1: FLOATER (7)
C2: FLOATER (7)
OT: PLATFORM (8) TEMPORAL (8) TERAFLOP (8)
Score: 50–43 (max 53)

Round 8: 9, 3, 5, 5, 10, 100. Target: 755.

C1: 755. (5 + 3) x 100) - (9 x 5) (10)
C2: -
Score: 60–43 (max 63)

Round 9: E V E R I D R I S

C1 buzzes on 3 seconds to say RIVERSIDE which is correct.
Score: 70–43 (max 73).

A tight game all the way - but Graham (of loud shirts fame) just squeaks through to reach the final where he would face Matthew Turner.


Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=43

This will be of no interest to anyone other than me, but ho humm...

I've gone through stints of not seeing Countdown when I've been working and didn't bother to record it , and this would have been the last episode aired (and didn't see) before I went on maternity leave. I worked until the 22nd, and gave birth on the 26th. Given that the days in between were a weekend and public holidays, I could have been back at work on the 27th and not missed a day!

Are you sure Claire didn't get the second numbers game? Mike Brown's site gives her score as 53 and my recollection is that every game in those finals went to a crucial conundrum except for Turner v Williams.

David Williams wrote:Are you sure Claire didn't get the second numbers game? Mike Brown's site gives her score as 53 and my recollection is that every game in those finals went to a crucial conundrum except for Turner v Williams.

You are right, I'm sorry, my mistake .Claire got the second numbers game the same way as Graham and ended up on 53 points.