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Philip Jarvis

Another superb game Giles against a very good opponent in Alan. Well done. Looking forward to seeing your run finish next week.

Philip Jarvis

Alt 8 in rd 11 - MOONRISE

Philip Jarvis

Spooky that Nick started talking about Jimi Hendrix. I'd just been watching Jimi on a SKY Arts prog I taped from last week. Brilliant guitarist.

Philip Jarvis

I've edited mine

Philip Jarvis

Andy Platt wrote:Giles would also like to do it.

Presumably Giles will be doing the recap today then. Otherwise, you have just spoiled the result of todays game.

Philip Jarvis

Just got to watch the game. Brilliant play Giles. Looking forward to watching your run continue next week.

Philip Jarvis

Quote from 6 March spoiler: Absolutely right about the numbers - my brain just can't handle the simplest solutions in the studio environment. Even when I had a chance of scoring in the 3rd numbers game, I inexplicably said 5 when I meant to say 7 as a multiplier. My theory is that the part of the br...

Philip Jarvis

Congratulations on becoming an Octochamp Andy.

I'm looking forward to meeting up with you again at the recording of the finals in May. Is it your round next?

Philip Jarvis

Tremendous standard to achieve the highest score of the series so far. You massacred me in that game.

Looked like you were searching for ANOTHERIE in one of the rounds?

Philip Jarvis

Well played Andy ... another very good win to maintain the run of centuries.

Liked the George Michaelesque designer stubble that you have developed over the "weekend". What did the Continuity Dept think of that?

Philip Jarvis

The truth was actually that Carl had actually failed his audition, but due to a contestant from Ireland having pulled out due to bad weather, they had to get someone local and available to fill in at the last minute. What is it about contestants from Ireland pulling out? Sam McElhinney was called i...

Philip Jarvis

Great 4th win Andy. Shame you didn't get DEVIANTS to nil him out.

Philip Jarvis

APTEROUS + R = PTEROSAUR gets a good mention on todays BBC website:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-21850080

Philip Jarvis

I haven't seen it on TV yet Andy, but congratulations on getting a win and teapot under your belt.

From the recording, I remember you had the audience gasping at your sexy solution to one of your 4 large selections

Looking forward to more of the same

Philip Jarvis

Todays challenger, Ricky Roberts, was sat behind me (top right of photo) in the audience when I got the conundrum on 19 Nov 2012, the episode Heather Styles became an Octochamp. http://i47.tinypic.com/2nbgeiv.jpg He was apparently due to be recording that day but it was cancelled at the last minute.

Philip Jarvis

Jack Worsley wrote:I got the conundrum fairly quickly thanks to remembering the scramble from Julian Fell's 146 game. Did anyone else?
http://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_3387

Andy Platt spotted it was the same scramble whilst sat in the Green room at the recording.

Philip Jarvis

Thank you for all the kind comments. I’ve just got home from work and haven’t had chance to see today’s screening – I’ll save that for tomorrow when I’ve got a day off. Most of you have got it spot on – I’m absolutely delighted to win the teapot. That’s what I went for and that’s what I got. The ext...

Philip Jarvis

Absolutely right about the numbers - my brain just can't handle the simplest solutions in the studio environment. Even when I had a chance of scoring in the 3rd numbers game, I inexplicably said 5 when I meant to say 7 as a multiplier. In contrast, I'm feeling fairly relaxed on the letters rounds. I...

Philip Jarvis

Many thanks for the comments. Every year counts – it’s actually over 11 years since I was last on Countdown and lost. Hopefully, it won’t be as long before Dan McColm gets another chance. I had hoped that I wouldn’t be up against another Apterite in my first game and was sorry that it had to be eith...

Philip Jarvis

I reckon she might well have beaten me with that performance had I been in the challenger's chair, due to the fact I missed the 9. Ditto. An excellent game there Rachael. After seeing you clock up your 4th win with a fantastic score of 117 and a brilliant 9 letter word, I am now officially shitting...

Philip Jarvis

I wonder if Chris Davies has tried doing this?

http://uk.games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged ... 51627.html

Philip Jarvis

I haven't yet offered my congratulations yet, have I? Well, I will now. Many, many congratulations, Conor. To win this championship with a hat-trick of perfect games and the joint-highest 15-round score in the final - I think that's a darn good reason to play some Carly Simon... :D :D :mrgreen: :mr...

Philip Jarvis

It's been an absolutely amazing series to watch. The standard has been incredible. Congratulations to both Jack and Conor for making it a great final to watch. Well done to Conor for finishing with a terrific score and the winner's title that you truly deserved. Don't know about anyone else, but eve...

Philip Jarvis

Wow. Another great game. Well done Conor.Was that another max game?

Philip Jarvis

Commiserations to Tom, that was a great conundrum solve Unusually for me, I also got the conundrum straight away. SLAPHEAD + T became imprinted in my mind from my audition in July 2001. From a mix of those letters at that time, I got Asphalt (but missed the "ed") whilst someone else got S...

Philip Jarvis

James - I'm intending to come along but can I just ask about the choice of venue. Last year, I gave you contact details for the Grosvenor Casino in Huddersfield where my wife Julie works. They regularly hold events in the non gambling area such as darts and chess tournaments. I believe they were wil...

Philip Jarvis

Oh yes ... the Bradford lads did the job. Wembley here we come!
What a fantastic achievement ... something our neighbours at Leeds and Huddersfield can only dream of.

Philip Jarvis

szodiac wrote:So how does a Countdown contestant/apterite boost his/her word knowledge Word by word or by certain combinations that lead to a) allowable words and b) longer words

Mauro

By learning/quoting words from ODE3 rather than some other dictionary which is not valid to the game.

Philip Jarvis

Also I don't know how to say this in a more polite way, but I think the majority of players here are not all that interested in what scrabble words are valid or invalid Agreed. What a great game. Congratulations to Heather on winning. I hope you do well in the final (I'll have to wait until the wee...

Philip Jarvis

Congratulations on your win David. I bet your nerves were eased with a dream start of a 9. I had my hand up again for the conundrum at the end but the floor manager quite rightly wouldn't let me go for it 2 days running. It was funny to hear someone else in the audience offer WISDOMTOOTH before Chri...

Philip Jarvis

Looks like we will we have to guess Heather's challengers' surname as the director/cameraman failed to get a shot of his name card? :-( Yeah, the closest view I can try and get is when they do the close up in round 8, but it's definitely not how the Sky+ subtitles suggest, which was "Winnerer&...

Philip Jarvis

I'd be surprised if Gyles Brandreth doesn't make an appearance. He always gets wheeled out for landmark shows. Gyles will actually make his next appearance on the show due to be screened Mon 19 November 2012. IMO, this is definitely a landmark show. ;) http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=4...

Philip Jarvis

Congratulations to Heather on her "landmark" performance of achieving Octchamp status.

Great spot for the conundrum by the old, bald guy at the end.

I was also pleased to spot ANATOMISE / ANATOMIES in the AMNIOTES round whilst sat in the audience.

Philip Jarvis

I've just placed an order for this beauty. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uHLqvT0yPE&feature=related I've gone for the 210 bhp TSI petrol engine with deep black metallic bodywork, full black leather seats, 19" alloys, panoramic glass sunroof and satnav. Oh - plus bi xenon and LED lights et...

Philip Jarvis

Martin Bishop wrote:I'd be surprised if Gyles Brandreth doesn't make an appearance. He always gets wheeled out for landmark shows.

Gyles will actually make his next appearance on the show due to be screened Mon 19 November 2012. IMO, this is definitely a landmark show.

Philip Jarvis

Excellent play Peter, especially with the two 9's. Well done.

Philip Jarvis

GODLIEST in rd 3

Philip Jarvis

The 2nd TTT was also apt as Nick had had some dodgy crab cakes the night before - hence him seeing a lot of dunnies and not having as good a "weekend" as Susie. It seems Nick has a delicate stomach. I was in the audience a couple of months ago and he was complaining about a dodgy chinese ...

Philip Jarvis

Well played Paul. A good solid performance.

Philip Jarvis

Well done Jonathan on a very good first win.

R 11 - DOORWAY for a DC beater.

Philip Jarvis

I will still be at the finals anyway. Will James be going to the finals too? That would be nice, but for a couple of reasons, I can't. The main one being that the tickets sold out lightning quick I'm told. That's a shame James. I'm not sure when the tickets became available but I received an email ...

Philip Jarvis

Matt Morrison wrote:I think James likes Kerry.

Kerry did say she likes to take those with Asperger syndrome out on trips.

http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic. ... AAT#p45308

kerryalcock wrote:I will still be at the finals anyway.

Will James be going to the finals too?

Philip Jarvis

Congratulations and well done Kerry on your win.

Loved the Flintstones outfit with the bone in your hair. I was just waiting for Bambam and Pebbles to pop out at the end

Philip Jarvis

Me, my wife Julie and my 2 youngest daughters Georgina and Gabriella can be seen at the back of the restaurant just after the Torquay restaurant reviewers come in (46 mins on Sky + or 37 mins on 4OD). Will you be writing a poem about this? In a word - No. Why, after 2 months, did you feel it necess...

Philip Jarvis

2012-03-27 16:08:02 Your new teaser is NDEPLIP. You have 60 seconds to answer! 2012-03-27 16:08:17 Andy Platt got it first. You have 45.3 seconds left. 2012-03-27 16:08:17 Matthew Tassier got it too, you have 44.9 seconds left. 2012-03-27 16:08:29 Chris Hare got it too, you have 33.4 seconds left. 2...

Philip Jarvis

Michael was clearly trying to do a "Carl Williams" in the last numbers round. Good to see Nick stop him as he was blatantly trying to wing it.

Poetic justice that the challenger managed to win on the condundrum. Well done.

GOSPEL as a DC beater in rd 11.

Philip Jarvis

When replying to a post, one of the options is "img" to insert an image. There are several times in the past when I have wanted to do this but I haven't been able to work out how to do it. Can someone please explain the "step by step" method of inserting a jpg? Come on Phil, the...

Philip Jarvis

Philip Jarvis wrote:I made another appearance on tonight's episode of The Hotel on Channel 4.

Me, my wife Julie and my 2 youngest daughters Georgina and Gabriella can be seen at the back of the restaurant

Thank you Matt on your instructions for posting photos.

Philip Jarvis

I echo the congratulations re your Octochamp status. You've played excellently throughout the 8 games.

Good luck for the finals. Does anyone know when they are being recorded?

Philip Jarvis

When replying to a post, one of the options is "img" to insert an image. There are several times in the past when I have wanted to do this but I haven't been able to work out how to do it.

Can someone please explain the "step by step" method of inserting a jpg?

Philip Jarvis

Ryan was very unlucky with the conundrum there - it's also pretty likely that he'd have noticed he was wrong before declaring, so kudos for resisting the urge to cheat if so. I bet Jon Corby's mate, Carl Williams wouldn't have thought twice about changing his answer. A really good game to watch, sw...

Philip Jarvis

I should be able to pop down the road for this one. Please add my name to the list James.

Philip Jarvis

Phil no idea what you mean by my 'subtle reference to Peter's experience', but I wholeheartedly agree with you that I undoubtedly learnt the hard way about trying to be funny on Countdown! Apologies - I thought you said "I think he's been around for a while". You actually said "I thi...

Philip Jarvis

I said elsewhere on the site that his apterous pic reminds me of Teddy Sherringham but yeah, he has a Dalglish look about him. Also, even though I'm from Dublin and hear it all the time, I love Peter's accent. It probably stands out that much more on an English tv show. Talking about Messrs Shering...

Philip Jarvis

Congrats on another win Peter - this time it got a bit close. Very quick on the conundrum for an old un. Hard lines in getting pipped at the end Niall. Liked the subtle reference to Peter's experience. However, what the f*** were you doing asking for a whisky? "That didn't work" has got to...

Philip Jarvis

Congratulations Peter - very well played indeed.

Well played also to Chris - some very capable performances, particularly on the numbers.

Are the Countdown team now intentionally pitching Apterous players against each other to reduce the number of potential Octochamps?

Philip Jarvis

The answer is the identity of today's challenger, another Apterite (and part-time forumite) Peter Lee. Yes, that is the same Peter Lee who was on the show just over 10 years ago, making a RETURN to the show, which must be music to Philip Jarvis' and other past contestants ears. How well will he do ...

Philip Jarvis

Was that another Apterite in the audience who got the conundrum? Who were you thinking of? Have to admit, I would have buzzed in with SESECTOMY*, probs cos I've done that before on apterous. I didn't recognise her. I just thought that an Apterite would have been more likely to spot ECOSYSTEM than a...

Philip Jarvis

Yes - really good game today between 2 good players.

Was that another Apterite in the audience who got the conundrum?

Philip Jarvis

Please form an orderly queue for autographs ............ but I made another appearance on tonight's episode of The Hotel on Channel 4. Me, my wife Julie and my 2 youngest daughters Georgina and Gabriella can be seen at the back of the restaurant just after the Torquay restaurant reviewers come in (4...

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