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Mike Brown

Brilliant recap, Ryan. So much so, I'm going to have to 'like' it.

Mike Brown

Rosemary Roberts wrote:We spent half the show failing to read Gino's T-shirt. Can anybody tell me what it said?

Not sure about the rest of it, but the main words were 'Divine Mantra'. Whether it was a reference to Buddhism or not, I cannot say.

Mike Brown

Countdown recap for Friday 9 July 2010 (Series 63, Prelim 15) C1: Champion Doug Elkins (1 win, 64 points.) C2: Challenger Chris Barrow. DC: Susie Dent and Gino D'Acampo. RR: Rachel Riley. OT: Other words or solutions. It may be Series 47 over in the Historical Recap forum, but we’re moving relentles...

Mike Brown

James Robinson wrote:In fact, while in northern Spain in his 20's, Doug and 3 of his friends went to a local beach bar and played their guitar, and by the end of the 2nd night, they were referred to as Los Beatles.

I misheard this as "Lost Beatles"; must get that hearing aid fixed...

Mike Brown

Charlie Reams wrote:Only 132 recaps until we have a complete record of the 15-round era, which has (tragically enough) been one of my life goals for years.

Get that champagne on hold, Mr Reams, the day may not be too far away...

Mike Brown

Howard Somerset wrote:Or maybe the next batch will have been scanned by then.

Series 45 and 46 scanned and hopefully uploaded within the next 48 hours.

Mike Brown

Nice additional commentary on your historical recaps, Chris. Good stuff.

Mike Brown

Andrew Feist wrote:Note: Mike's notes say that Damien saw SUNCREAM, and it has a checkmark next to it (instead of an X), but he listed the max as 7. The recap writer seems to think SUNCREAM is valid, so that was the tiebreaker.

Good decision, Andrew. SUNCREAM is NODE-compatible; I just can't add up...

Mike Brown

Innis Carson wrote: C2: Challenger Franki Ayerst, from Mucklaw (?) in Perth.

My fault... it's spelt Meikleour, although I didn't know it at the time. Other spelling mistakes will follow in due course! If only I'd known people would be scrutinising my notes eight years later, I'd have done more checking.

Mike Brown

Charlie Reams wrote:
Lesley Hines wrote:I'm a recap n00bie but a pretty quick typist - give me a shout if I can help
Will do. Everything is allocated for now but hopefully Mike will be back with a bunch of new scans soon.

Tuesday or Wednesday, hopefully...

Mike Brown

There are a few differences between the calculated max and the max in Mike's notes. In most cases, this is explained by very difficult numbers rounds, which went unsolved, but were possible to solve exactly. Also, in one case, Mike appears to have made a 1 point error in his addition of his running...

Mike Brown

Charlie Reams wrote:The password is dolomite.

Think that pretty much eliminates the point of there being one...

Mike Brown

Howard Somerset wrote:And a few others.

I'm sure you can be called a Countdown great, Howard, with all of your sterling work on the wiki.

Mike Brown

Excellent initial response, dudes!

And wonderful to see some Countdown greats in there...

Just wanted to point out there are actually only 110 episodes in the series, not 128: I think that stat is down to duplicate entries in the CDB, caused by historical recap additions.

Mike

Mike Brown

Countdown recap for Friday 2 July 2010 (Series 63, Prelim 10). C1: Champion Ryan Loughborough (2 wins, 161 points.) C2: Challenger Ali Kelly. DC: Susie Dent and Tim Vine. RR: Rachel Riley. OT: Other words or solutions. Apologies that this recap is a week late, hopefully things will get back on track...

Mike Brown

James Robinson wrote:
Round 4: R T M I E U S C E

C1: MUSTIER (7)
C2: MUSTIER (7)
DC: EMERITUS (8)
OT: CUTESIER (8)

FTR, EUCRITES should also be listed under OT; I guess it's missing from the word list used by the recap writer, but it's in my version of JimDic.

Mike Brown

Countdown recap for Friday 25 June 2010 (Series 63, Prelim 5). C1: Champion Chris Longden (1 win, 78 points.) C2: Challenger Annie Hawes (from London; studying at Trinity College, Cambridge.) DC: Susie Dent and Aled Jones. RR: Rachel Riley. OT: Other words or solutions. First of all, my apologies fo...

Mike Brown

Round 12: R G T A E O J R N C1: GROANER (7) C2: oranger OT: GRANTER (7) GRANTOR (7) NEGATOR (7) Score: 69–57 (max 102) I'm certain Susie said "the astronomical term" in response to Scott's word; I assume she misheard his declaration as 'corona', unless anyone else has any better suggestio...

Mike Brown

Awesum series summation recap as always Mike. Can't wait for Series 63 :) I jizzed in my pants in the studio when I saw RAZORLIKE^ in round 11 but it's not in :( Thanks, although I think 'awesome' might be a bit over the top! As for 'razorlike', surely 54,000 Google hits can't be wrong, even if mos...

Mike Brown

Countdown recap for Friday 18 June 2010 (Series 62 Grand Final). C1: No. 7 Seed Nicki Sellars (8 wins, 745 points.) C2: No. 1 Seed Oliver Garner (10 wins, 1030 points.) DC: Susie Dent and Paul Zenon. RR: Rachel Riley. OT: Other words or solutions. Another six months have passed, so it must be time f...

Mike Brown

Countdown recap for Friday 11 June 2010 (Series 62, QF2) C1: No. 2 Seed Danny Pledger (8 wins, 635 points.) C2: No. 7 Seed Nicki Sellars (6 wins, 556 points.) DC: Susie Dent and John Inverdale. RR: Rachel Riley. OT: Other words or solutions. It’s Quarter-Final Friday on Countdown (as well as being t...

Mike Brown

James Robinson wrote: Welcome to the last preliminary Robinson Recap of Series 62. Don't worry, that'll be all of the Dutch you'll see in this recap!

Liar! Nice recap, tho', as usual...

Mike Brown

Countdown recap for Friday 4 June 2010 (Series 62, Prelim 100). C1: Champion Scott Gillies (1 win, 108 points.) C2: Challenger John Carr. DC: Susie Dent and Jon Gaunt. RR: Rachel Riley. OT: Other words or solutions. It’s the last ‘normal’ Friday of the series and it’s time for newly-crowned apterite...

Mike Brown

Countdown recap for Friday 28 May 2010 (Series 62, Prelim 95). C1: Champion Dominic Travers (1 win, 82 points.) C2: Challenger Robert Johnson. DC: Susie Dent and Phil Hammond. RR: Rachel Riley. OT: Other words or solutions. It’s Freyja’s Day once more and consequently time for the last recap of the ...

Mike Brown

A slightly belated thanks to Michael for a brilliant event. As usual, it was great to meet everyone again as well as some new faces. I was pleased to end up 10th among such esteemed competition and the grand final at the end was well worth watching too. Surely there has to be another CO:LON next yea...

Mike Brown

Round 7: T N S I O A E H C C1: CASINO (6) C2: CHAINS (6) OT: ACHIOTES (8) ACONITES (8) CANOEIST (8) SONICATE (8) ASTHENIC (8) CHANTIES (8) ESCHATON (8) INCHOATE (8) Score: 41–24 (max 64) An amazing number of eights (although most are fairly obscure), but those that matter most struggle to six. INCH...

Mike Brown

Michael Wallace wrote: Honourable mentions go to Mike Brown (I think - I've lost the piece of paper) who guessed 420.

Actually, I guessed 390, but thanks anyway.

Brilliant day, by the way, but that's probably another thread...

Mike Brown

Countdown recap for Friday 21 May 2010. C1: Champion Danny Pledger (5 wins, 423 points.) C2: Challenger Elaine Baig . DC: Susie Dent and Colin Jackson. RR: Rachel Riley. OT: Other words or solutions. It’s Friday once again and last week’s winner is still in the champion’s chair. Today, Danny takes o...

Mike Brown

Countdown recap for Friday 14 May 2010. C1: Champion Steve Wilson (1 win, 84 points.) C2: Challenger Danny Pledger. DC: Susie Dent and Hilary Jones. RR: Rachel Riley. OT: Other words or solutions. It’s Friday again (OK, so actually it’s Sunday) and monochamp Steve Wilson from Romford takes on Southe...

Mike Brown

James Robinson wrote:Darren, Mike

Oh b****r. Duly fixed, James.

Mike Brown

Countdown recap for Friday 7 May 2010. C1: Champion Lee Graham (5 wins, 432 points.) C2: Challenger John Williams. DC: Susie Dent and Kate Humble. RR: Rachel Riley. OT: Other words or solutions. In this week’s Friday ‘cap, it’s time for five-time winner and all-round nice guy Lee to take on the chal...

Mike Brown

Great idea! I'd love to help out as a host, a DC guest or 'Susie' (perhaps I'd better say 'Richard Samson' instead?) in any games going. Failing that, I'm happy to just come along, watch and quaff champagne to celebrate Jeff's lifetime event. As Jack et al said, I'm sure there are plenty of worthier...

Mike Brown

Sadly, I might have to forego this - only my second CO-miss ever

- as I will be otherwise engaged (treading the boards in our local am-dram production).

Mike Brown

Yes, nice first recap, Ryan. Hope it's not your last.

Mike Brown

Countdown recap for Friday 30 April 2010. C1: Champion Nicki Sellars (6 wins, 483 points.) C2: Challenger Lee Graham. DC: Susie Dent and John Parrott. RR: Rachel Riley. OT: Other words or solutions. Nicki Sellars has now won six games; can she make it seven against the Ace of Base-loving Lee Graham ...

Mike Brown

Cheers Mike; a thoroughly entertaining recap and a very enjoyable experience to relive! You're welcome. As I mentioned over in the spoilers thread, it was the latter. Yes, I read that afterwards. I must admit I make it a habit these days to write the recap before reading the spoilers thread, as I l...

Mike Brown

James Robinson wrote:Hmmm, Strawberry Cornetto.

Sorry, James, it's got to be mint choc chip. And I wish they'd being back the cappuccino one...

Mike Brown

Countdown recap for Friday 5 February 2010 (Series 62, Prelim 20). The aforementioned controversy arises when Jay declares first and seemingly says he has ‘outsteer’ (which isn’t in the ODE). The prosecution says ‘cheat!’; the defence says he showed his paper to Phill, who seemed quite happy with i...

Mike Brown

Countdown recap for Friday 23 April 2010. C1: Champion Nicki Sellars (1 win, 81 points.) C2: Challenger Phil Reynolds. DC: Susie Dent and Ken Bruce. RR: Rachel Riley. OT: Other words or solutions. It’s that time already and this week’s Friday recap pits one-time winner Nicki Sellars from Swindon aga...

Mike Brown

Dinos Sfyris wrote:Would that be from the Greek? My Greek is ashamedly lacking but testicle is one of the few words I know.

Indeed it would, it's from ORKHIS, as opposed to SFYRIS, which is Greek for mug collector.

Mike Brown

Mike has a long list of the lowest ever losing scores on his website, and nobody seems too upset about that. Yes, I've always been a bit uncomfortable with it, but it does cover one of the questions that people ask from time to time, so I think it's valid. I agree, however, that we probably shouldn...

Mike Brown

Countdown recap for Friday 16 April 2010. C1: Champion Claudia Tyson (3 wins, 250 points.) C2: Challenger Bill Langton. DC: Susie Dent and Dave Spikey. RR: Rachel Riley. OT: Other words or solutions. Yes, it’s that time of the week again already, and this week’s Friday recap features three-time cham...

Mike Brown

Yeah, it was like in your recap for my third game when you wrote 'these 2 blank conundrums maybe of some concern' - not really, I didn't care a great deal about whether I got the conundrums. I was there to enjoy it and hopefully win a few games. I totally agree that recaps in particular shouldn't l...

Mike Brown

Yes, I'm sorry to see you retiring as well, Kai, as you've often added plenty of extra stuff into your recaps and they're always worth reading (despite your 'this recap is crap' comments in several of them!). Hope to see you return to Recap Central before too long. I don't suppose we can tempt Monda...

Mike Brown

James Robinson wrote:C2: Challenger Cecelia Pipe.

'Twas Cecilia, James. Sorry.

James Robinson wrote:Find out tomorrow (let's see if he can do it tomorrow) with Mike.

And it's likely to be Saturday, I'm afraid.

Mike Brown

Fascinating read. I've read all the experiences so far, and wish there were a lot more of them! I've never even been to watch a recording, let alone be a contestant, so it's great to read something like this and get a real insight into the programme (particularly things like the last few rounds of ...

Mike Brown

Hi all Just thought I'd let you all know that Kirk's Countdown Experience is now available on the Countdown Page (as well as an update to all the usual stuff, for anyone who's interested). To read the Bevatron Experience, point your browser to http://www.thecountdownpage.com/exp-kirk-bevins.htm Chee...

Mike Brown

Don't think Kate did any, though she might have come up with the odd one or two. I believe COILSPIT ("No crosses for Sukey's pal, but lots of parties.") was one of hers. My most memorable has to be NUDELUMP, which was "it's not a nude lump, but it hangs down and swings both ways"...

Mike Brown

7 incorrect words? You have to wonder how he managed to get through the audition.... It crossed my mind that, coming from near Wakefield, he was a standby contestant, so may not have had to acheive such a high standard, but nerves almost certainly played a part, I would have thought - although his ...

Mike Brown

James Robinson wrote:Join Mike tomorrow (and it might actually be tomorrow!) for the next exciting installment of Series 62.

Well, almost.

Mike Brown

Countdown recap for Friday 9 April 2010. C1: Champion Peter Zyss (5 wins, 410 points.) C2: Challenger Andrew Pullan. DC: Susie Dent and John Suchet. RR: Rachel Riley. OT: Other words or solutions. Sheffield’s extreme camper Peter Zyss won his first game on Good Friday and, despite his own low expect...

Mike Brown

Charlie Reams wrote:None of you can displace me from my lofty position as the second most prolific Tea-time Teaser author (with a grand total of 1).

Third most, surely? Hasn't Kate Horton set some? I'm still envious, though.

Mike Brown

Awesome! Nice one Ryan and well kept quiet. I also thought the woman at the end said "E" and not "A" and I saw you give her a funny look. I thought that too. Maybe it was her accent, but if your accent means that you pronounce all vowels the same, they should at least ask for cl...

Mike Brown

Well done Ryan, and a very entertaining watch. I particularly liked the way you raised your eyebrows whenever Anne called you "little Ryan". And I assume you were looking at the clock when you kept glancing to the left towards the end of several of the rounds?

Mike Brown

Charlie Reams wrote:
Kirk Bevins wrote:Surely a newspaper that describes a person watching you and taking an interest is a Guardian as well as an Observer?
Yeah, what Raccoon said.

Pretty sure they specified a Sunday newspaper.

Mike Brown

Interesting that during Round 6 (watching on 4oD anyway) the letters stopped being displayed on the screen as the camera showed the entire studio working. Not seen this happen before. It was on the TV broadcast as well (as you'd expect), and surely an editing mistake. The eagle-eyed could still see...

Mike Brown

Bumped... don't forget to watch/record this tomorrow if you want to see Ryan in action against the formidable Ms Robinson!

Mike Brown

Michael Wallace wrote:Neither am I, just as well the site says 9-rounders

I never was very good at the numbers game...

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Mike Brown

To satisfy my curiosity, how are the episode numbers allocated? Mike Brown has obviously been using a numbering system for years and the Wiki system seems to follow the same one - did Mike invent it? Sorry to come into this late, but I've been catching up over the Easter weekend and I thought it wa...

Mike Brown

Looks like this is going to be brilliant. Still not sure how you're going to fit a 15-round game into 25 minutes, but i'm willing to learn!

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