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So, we now march into March, finally with an octochamp in the bag in the form of Andy Naylor, even though our own Martin Thompson, was literally a second (or a possible Hansford) away from stopping that

So, today we have 2 new contestants in the chairs. Will either of them emulate Andy

Gloria Hunniford is back in DC for her 10th stint this week.

Join Andy for his recap later on.

Nice introduction for the new contestants by Nick.

LODESTAR, DELATORS, SOLANDER r1. ELUSIONS r2.

(50+7)x(5x3)-8-1 = 846

NOMADISM/MONADISM r5.

final A for PARAKEETS on the MEERKATS round

LUCIFER in round... 8, I think.

CAPROATES for nine in round 10.

equallers:

DOGBANE and BOINGED r4
GODWITS and BODGIES r11

Callum Todd wrote:final A for PARAKEETS on the MEERKATS round

Yeah, would've been well nice, and we'd have had a 9 the letters round before if Sean went for the vowel to bring out the E for RANDOMISE/ROMANISED........

1st Numbers Alt.: (((8 x 3) - 7) x 50) - (5 - 1) = 846
2nd Numbers Alt.: (100 x 8) - ((10 - 1) x (3 + 2)) = 755
3rd Numbers Alt.: ((100 - (50 / 25)) x 4) - 7 = 385

1st numbers alt: (50-3)x(8+1)x(7-5)

1st numbers as Peter
2nd numbers: (100 - ((10/2) +1) x 8) + 3 = 755
3rd numbers as James

Might have been easier for the contestants to answer the number of spoonfuls they have of sugar a day if they'd known what size spoon, Dr. Hunniford! And just as I thought I was being healthy with eating so many grapes. Oh well - that should save some money then!

Philip Wilson wrote:Might have been easier for the contestants to answer the number of spoonfuls they have of sugar a day if they'd known what size spoon, Dr. Hunniford!

Yeah, that whole segment irked me. I hate those kind of "go on, have a guess" interactions where you don't actually care what the guesses are and, as you say, you weren't given enough information anyway. Plus I was only really half listening but what I did hear sounded like fad-of-the-moment type advice anyway which several medical professionals would probably disagree with, if not now, then next week when some other study is done.

Jon Corby wrote:

Philip Wilson wrote:Might have been easier for the contestants to answer the number of spoonfuls they have of sugar a day if they'd known what size spoon, Dr. Hunniford!

Yeah, that whole segment irked me. I hate those kind of "go on, have a guess" interactions where you don't actually care what the guesses are and, as you say, you weren't given enough information anyway. Plus I was only really half listening but what I did hear sounded like fad-of-the-moment type advice anyway which several medical professionals would probably disagree with, if not now, then next week when some other study is done.

There was a Horizon on fat v sugar recently, and one thing it definitely didn't conclude is that sugar is the new evil.