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Tom S

Very good first QF. Bob was not at all thrashed in my opinion. Big woulda lost had he got the 9 which I hope is some consolation in him not spotting it. Well done though Martin. Can't wait for your semi. Welcome to the site mike. Good luck for tomorrow. Course you've known for about 2 months. R1: V...

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Before I get on with the review, I do have to mention this: Not crediting Robin Johnson for qualifying and being unable to make it plus claiming that Bob is naturally the #8 seed irked me. :? (P.S. To those on the Daily Chat, sorry for asking the spoiler above during the Anecdote as I crashed in la...

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Enfilades was a word noted down in my History booklet about the Crimean War.....

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Martin was on very fine form today, did think that was his best showing so far. Commiserations to Bob, who did do a very good job today, and was unfortunate to come across as #8 seed, as he is better than a few players above him. In honesty, I think Bob deserves a spot in the talented "Non-Apte...

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Hope we will see Robin in the next series, as I warmed to him and his Countdown journey, can anyone confirm? Let's see how "Once vacated due to circumstances beyond control" Martin May battles on with "Thanks to someone not being able to make it I'm in" Bob Lunt! :) (Let's just ...

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Brendan doing a good job so far..........

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-b ... s-46508430

Ryan Taylor craving the Reality TV life it seems.............

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Hope we will see Robin in the next series, as I warmed to him and his Countdown journey, can anyone confirm?

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Very good game today. I liked Mark- one of my favourite personalities this series- but Brendan was definitely better today and played really well on virtually every round, so well done to him, and look forward to what is to come!

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Was in a cutlery store over summer which sold "anodised pans".

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Think I did 1. Malteser 2. Twix 3. Milky Bar 4. Galaxy Caramel 5. Galaxy 6. Mars 7. Snickers 8. Bounty (excuse my prejudice) 6,7 and 8 under the would not eat category. I'd go with that. Maybe swap Milky Way and Galaxy. Definitely agree with Snickers and Bounty down the end. Don't know what it is a...

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Think I did
1. Malteser
2. Twix
3. Milky Bar
4. Galaxy Caramel
5. Galaxy
6. Mars
7. Snickers
8. Bounty (excuse my prejudice)

6,7 and 8 under the would not eat category.

Tom S

Ooh a Tie Breaker- not happened in a while- last time it happened the scores were only 1 point higher than the 2 players today- 68 apiece. Always feel for the loser in that situation no matter what their play.

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Andrew Jackson: Wins: 8 Points: 764 (95.5) Seed: 3 Total Maximums: 50 /120 (42%) Letters Maximums: 23/80 (28.75%) Badged Words: 2 Medalled Words: 3 B: Piranha, Stooling M: Suffrage, Bleeping, Flowiest Numbers: 22/32 (68.75%) 6S: 1/5 (20%) 1L: 16/20 (80%) 2L: 1/3 (33.3%) 3L: 2/2 (100%) 4L: 1/2 (50%) ...

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Hi Ryan

Will do Andrew's profile tomorrow, apologies for the delay folks. Shame about the news in Bradley's spoiler, hope something positive comes out of it, and can second what he says.

Tom S

Was a shame that Pete's 3L were not up to scratch unlike Julie's but I must commend him on his spot-on 6 small skills, including the impressive last spot. Made for good viewing. I'm actually astonished how he could do those 6 smalls without being able to do the 3 larges at all. Maybe it wasn't a re...

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Was a shame that Pete's 3L were not up to scratch unlike Julie's but I must commend him on his spot-on 6 small skills, including the impressive last spot. Made for good viewing. Julie's letters are pretty solid so can see her winning another game or two despite the crucial (which I would have loved ...

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Hi everyone, my name's Rachel, I'm a new-ish countdown enthusiast from Australia :) I need some help understanding the format of each series- how many heats are there? How do they decide who gets into the finals? etc. Hi Rachel, welcome :) On average there about 100 heats in a series before the fin...

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Hi everyone, my name's Rachel, I'm a new-ish countdown enthusiast from Australia :) I need some help understanding the format of each series- how many heats are there? How do they decide who gets into the finals? etc. Hi Rachel, welcome :) On average there about 100 heats in a series before the fin...

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Plus, additionally, I thought the manner John departed in was far exemplary from most I have seen. Although this game was not Zarte-Philip standard game-wise, it probably was the best conduct I have seen in a prelim since Amy Benfield and Jan Pask, and therefore, put this game in my good books :) Y...

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Plus, additionally, I thought the manner John departed in was far exemplary from most I have seen. Although this game was not Zarte-Philip standard game-wise, it probably was the best conduct I have seen in a prelim since Amy Benfield and Jan Pask, and therefore, put this game in my good books

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Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Fri Nov 30, 2018 3:20 pm Jukie or tomorrow's player are the only people who can still become an octochamp before the finals.

Do not think it is on tomorrow again, is it?

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Will do Andrew's profile this weekend or around then.

Tom S

Bob!!!!!! :( On another note, well done to Andrew, he scored well in the majority of his games and has proved himself to be a consistent player of the strong variety! On another note, have to feel for Archie who proved himself to be highly capable himself and was the victim of an unlucky draw. But t...

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According to some personal comments made by Andrew towards some which I have seen, Jacob was quite an unnerving character- maybe it was something that had been said backstage. Seemed very harsh on first glance but would not go as far to saying it was a callous act knowing the context. Jacob? You me...

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Chastise in R2

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Something that I'm surprised that no-one has picked up on is that the champion Andrew Jackson picked 6 small in round 9 when he was 60-0 up. As the resident forum psychopath , I can recognise a psychopathic act when I see one. It's not even as if he normally does this. He's always gone for 1-large ...

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PHEW! Thank goodness for the last numbers- you could tell Rachel's relief at the end too...

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Now that I have a full-time job I'd have to say that a Saturday slot would be quite convenient! They managed six-day-a-week broadcasts for several months in Series 54 (early 2006) -- does anyone know why the Saturday show was put there? According to the wiki, it was down to the fact that 54 was hav...

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I know that us forumites cannot do much about the scheduling of Channel 4, but, personally, I rather enjoyed watching live today on a grim Saturday afternoon. I should imagine more folks would be able to watch the show, too, had they been aware of it. So, the question I would like to pose, is, "...

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Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Sat Nov 24, 2018 4:55 pm It's so annoying only getting idiots when there's an a in the selection.

Additionally CHANTEUR, like a French male crooner, was available in the round before, but Susie can be forgiven given that it was the 6th show in a day!

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I don't mean this in a bad way at all against Andrew or Paul but sitting cosily at home I thought those two 6S's were the easiest ever 6S's! I still don't trust it though, lol. Think pressure played a part, the sums were both factorisable, but given the nature of the game, I think Andrew was very n...

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Good performance by Andrew- stepped it up from his somewhat nervy showing yesterday. Bisector was a great spot and with that included, resulted in a great show in the maths department

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Stats for Bob Lunt (who desperately needs to be in the final!) Wins:7 Current Seed:8 Points: 726 (90.8 per game) Total Maximums: 49 /120 (40.8%) Letters Maximums: 27 /80 (33.8%) Badged Words: 4 Medalled Words: 1 B: Underarm, Salaries, Dewiest, Homeland M: Scrounge Numbers Maximums: 18/32 (56.3%) 6S:...

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Cathy Summerside wrote: ↑Fri Nov 16, 2018 6:49 pm
Thomas Carey wrote: ↑Fri Nov 16, 2018 2:13 pm And Alan makes it six octos! Can one of the TWO NEW CONTESTANTS be our 7th?
There are 7 octos already, aren't there?

Cathy is correct, although I think Rachel incorrectly stated Alan's seed as 5th I think.

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Adam Rolston Wins: 8 Current Seed: 7 Points: 650 (81.3 per game) Total Maximums: 36/120 (30%) Letters Maximums: 20 /80 (25%) Badged Words: 1 Medalled Words: 3 B: Mailshot M: Marrier, Greatest, Handrail Numbers Maximums: 13/32 (40.6%) 6S: 0/3 1L: 8/16 (50%) 2L: 5/9 (55.6%) 3L: 0/2 4L: 0/1 Conundrums:...

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Anything less than a PJ shirt and bottoms and I'll get cold

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Not getting that feeling from either- but maybe one will turn out to be a Robin Johnson character....

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Time for the stats on Kiwi Alan Duval..... Wins: 8 Current Seed: 6 Points: 674 (84.3 per game) Total Maximums: 48/120 (40%) Letters Maximums: 30/80 (37.5%) Badged Words: 3 Medalled Words: 5 B: Misfire, Unoaked, Rottenly M: Fabulist, Perverts, Binkies, Grousest, Beaching, Spouses Numbers Maximums: 10...

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Tony Manwani Wins: 8 Current Seed: 5 Points: 715 Overall Maximums: 40 /120 (33.3%) Letters Maximums: 18 /80 (22.5%) Badged Words: N/A Medalled Words: 3 B: N/A M: Dwarfing, Hobbies, Additive Numbers Maximum: 17/32 (53.1%) 6S: 5/15 (33.3%) 1L: 8/9 (88.9%) 2L: 3/6 (50 %) 3L: 0/1 4L: 1/1 (100%) Conundr...

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Tony Manwani Wins: 8 Current Seed: 5 Points: 715 (89.4 per game) Overall Maximums: 40 /120 (33.3%) Letters Maximums: 18 /80 (22.5%) Badged Words: N/A Medalled Words: 3 B: N/A M: Dwarfing, Hobbies, Additive Numbers Maximum: 17/32 (53.1%) 6S: 5/15 (33.3%) 1L: 8/9 (88.9%) 2L: 3/6 (50 %) 3L: 0/1 4L: 1/1...

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Dave Ashton Wins: 8 Current Seed:4 Points: 739 (92.4 per game) Total Maxes: 41/120 (34.2 %) Letters Maxes: 23 /80 (28.8%) Badged Words: 1 Medalled Words: 2 B: Lemonades M: Requests, Filterer. Numbers Maxes: 16 /32 (50%) 6S: N/A 1L: 10/23 (43.7 %) 2L: 4/6 (75%) 3L: 1/1 (100%) 4L: 1/2 (50%) Conundrums...

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Stats for Robin Johnson. Wins: 8 Current Seed: 3 Points: 745 (93.1 per game) Maxes: 48/120 (40%) Letters Maximums: 26/80 (32.5 %) Badged Words: 2 Medalled Words: 4 B: Sultrier, Profaned M: Biffing, Trooping, Redacted, Terminate Numbers Maximums: 21/32 (65.6 %) 6S: 0/2 1L: 17/24 (70.8%) 2L: 3/5 (75%)...

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Ah thought Lewis would be on for a cracker of a comeback, hut was not to be. Well done to him for the very good spot, though. Well done to Alan though for adding to the influx of octochamps, and maybe Chris can take comfort knowing the fact he lost to an octochamp. This series is shaping up to be ve...

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Now for Mike Daysley.... Wins: 8 Current Seed: 2 Points: 786 (98.3 per game) Maxes: 61 /120 (51%) Letters Maximums: 30 /80 (37.5%) Badged Words:1 Medalled Words: 4 B: Overamp M: Panderer, Foodery, Against, Beamish Numbers Statistics: 28/32 (87.5%) 6S: N/a 1L: 19/23 (82.6%) 2L: 8/8 (100%) 3L: 1/1 (10...

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Hi all, After some prompting, think it may be good to start looking at some of the player who are in contention with becoming a finalist/already are. Shall be interesting. Starting off with Martin May: Wins: 8 Current Seed: 1 Points: 839 (104.9 per game) Maxes: 61/120 (51%) Letters Maximums: 34 /80 ...

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With some high profile names resigning, what is our P.O.V on what happens next? Do you think we should stick it out, have a GE or a People's Vote. Or maybe something else?.....
Do say your thoughts....

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As well as Ashwin Abinashi, John Clarke from the 80s is on 15 to 1 right now. Edit - And I saw Andrew "Quichehead"* Sullivan. *Or whatever that middle name he uses on Facebook is. The latter being a winner on today's show but with 41 has probably not got enough to be in the final. Just ab...

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2 good players, Jane ran Alan close and was a decent player herself, and was one of the best he faced in his time in the champs chair, but the great R14 solution saved him. If he gets the 8th tomorrow, then we will be saying goodbye to a 7 time winner!

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Westie in one of the rounds (with a small w). Did Susie once disallow it because the dog is a capital W but I meant it as someone who lives in the west, like me, lol. Anyway now that sense seems to be ok, but in the west of Australian/NZ cities. Anyone confirm it's now OK? It is valid now :), well ...

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Anyone else feel a bit for Lisa there, I thought her letters were quite competent with some decent spots like Neurons, yet had bad luck on Firelog. Her numbers did not appear to be poor, and think studio pressure affected her. On another day against a different player, she would not have scored that...

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Tom Cappleman on Mastermind now.

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Do feel quite bad for Rich, I reckon he would've gone on to do decently well. But another win under Alan's belt... just hope he doesn't have to go through anymore crucials! Otherwise, OREIDES in R13 I agree with you Fred, thought he was pretty decent. Had 7 maxes too, which is quite unlucky to lose...

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Ah good run Chris, have enjoyed seeing you over your games, and unlucky to lose in such tight circumstances, but it did make for good viewing :). Look forward to a reappearance in 10 years time when you can achieve octochampdom :) You can come back after 5 years. Zarte did. I think that is dependan...

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Ah good run Chris, have enjoyed seeing you over your games, and unlucky to lose in such tight circumstances, but it did make for good viewing

. Look forward to a reappearance in 10 years time when you can achieve octochampdom

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On Susie's 25 anniversary, Colin showed a clip of Susie's first episode. I hoped that today they'd show when Richard Whiteley said "As the countdown to a brand new channel ends, a brand new countdown begins" Well possibly, but I think what RR said at the end was adequate enough given that...

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On Susie's 25 anniversary, Colin showed a clip of Susie's first episode. I hoped that today they'd show when Richard Whiteley said "As the countdown to a brand new channel ends, a brand new countdown begins" Well possibly, but I think what RR said at the end was adequate enough given that...

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Toby McDonald wrote: ↑Thu Nov 01, 2018 6:03 pm
Tom S wrote: ↑Thu Nov 01, 2018 5:59 pm A bit confused because the wiki says that PZ still has another game left....
Today's game hasn't been put on there yet.

Ah that would make sense

, thanks.

Tom S

A bit confused because the wiki says that PZ still has another game left....

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How come the episode ain't on the wiki yet? Sorry dude -- couldn't get access to the subtitles file today, which is usually how I've been transcribing them. Are there subtitles for this episode on 4oD for you? I can't tell if they're down for everyone or just me... Sorry mate but what's 4oD? All 4 ...

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