Spoilers for Monday 25th June 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 1)

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Spoilers for Monday 25th June 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 1)

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Let's kick off a new series, shall we?

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Diane played a lot better than her debut, and though it was not an amazing display, her 7 max display was consistent. She is probably different in real life, but when playing the game she comes across as a little cold, though it could be attributed to the whole studio setting nerves.
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Ray Wilding wrote: Mon Jun 25, 2018 1:12 pm Let's kick off a new series, shall we?
Indeed we should! :) One can tell Diane must have polished her skills during the day she had a break which was on 13 March. Her last Prelim in S78 was filmed on 12th and this was filmed on 14th straight after the Grand Final! :)

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Do they normally finish a series at the end of a filming day? Presumably not this time, as Paul Zenon carried on through from one series to the next.
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Gavin Chipper wrote: Mon Jun 25, 2018 2:07 pm Do they normally finish a series at the end of a filming day? Presumably not this time, as Paul Zenon carried on through from one series to the next.
Same as what I was thinking- don't recall it happening with the previous series'.
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Glad to see Diane playing to a somewhat higher standard today -- I think she can win a few more. Toby's spot of NOTATION was also quite fine.

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R6 Alt.: (((7+3)*9)+1)*6
RACEMULE as a R10 beater.
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Toby McDonald wrote: Mon Jun 25, 2018 3:42 pm RACEMULE as a R10 beater.
Disappointingly, not some sort of racing horse.
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FEARING as the easy seven in round 1.
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Well done to Diane! And bad luck to Toby. Can't wait for tomorrow's one! Cannot get enough countdown!
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I got SUPINES in one of the rounds and TOWARDS in another neither of which got a mention but I think they would have worked
Nice to have series 79 up and running
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Stephen Holford wrote: Mon Jun 25, 2018 8:35 pm I got SUPINES in one of the rounds and TOWARDS in another neither of which got a mention but I think they would have worked
Nice to have series 79 up and running
Both would have been fine :)
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Saw 'rathole' but not 'loather'. Surprisingly it's valid (I think).
Oh and 'finesse' in the 'penises' round (as well as, not instead of).
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Gavin Chipper wrote: Mon Jun 25, 2018 2:07 pm Do they normally finish a series at the end of a filming day? Presumably not this time, as Paul Zenon carried on through from one series to the next.
So this game was played straight after Philip V Zarte I guess
If I was playing after that game I'd just think yeah pack the bags I'll probably just go for Pointless instead
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Tom S wrote: Mon Jun 25, 2018 2:27 pm
Gavin Chipper wrote: Mon Jun 25, 2018 2:07 pm Do they normally finish a series at the end of a filming day? Presumably not this time, as Paul Zenon carried on through from one series to the next.
Same as what I was thinking- don't recall it happening with the previous series'.
Yes, this has never happened last year or the year before, and back in mid-March when I was capturing the schedules for recapping purposes I genuinely thought back then they would be filming three Special Episodes but as you can tell, that's not the case anymore! This episode was filmed about two or three hours after the GF filming wrapped up.
Stephen Holford wrote: Mon Jun 25, 2018 11:46 pm
So this game was played straight after Philip V Zarte I guess
If I was playing after that game I'd just think yeah pack the bags I'll probably just go for Pointless instead
I would have also agreed here, but since they film according to when the guest is available, plus Countdown must've thought having Paul Zenon appear twice only is so wasteful, why not carry him on to here instead. This also means S79 will tentatively have (and most likely) 126 episodes, 9 more than the Previous Series! :)
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Notation was nice from Toby.

But guessing shaving for the conundrum!?! Probably one he'd like back...
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How does someone declare "PENISES" without cracking a joke, or even changing emotion? I ain't playing poker against her.
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Martin Hurst wrote: Wed Jun 27, 2018 12:00 pm How does someone declare "PENISES" without cracking a joke, or even changing emotion? I ain't playing poker against her.
Unlike how Mack declared it in the last series then? (not like I remember of course).....
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