Friday 27th February 2009 (Series 60 Prelim 20)

[Joseph Bolas]

Countdown recap for Friday 27 February 2009.

C1: Champion Ann Abel.
C2: Challenger Catherine Gillespie.
DC: Susie Dent and Graham Cole.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: E O E L D G J I N
R02: D S E E S I G C A
R03: O E O B T T S A R
R04: N T I N O A H I A
R05: 100, 25, 2, 5, 5, 9. Target: 979.
TTT: EMMATATE - "He can be offside on your side"
R06: D T U E B O H L E
R07: I E A F S S R E L
R08: P M I A N E N U Q
R09: O E A T R D K O L
R10: 50, 9, 3, 2, 1, 1. Target: 281.
TTT: ELMBEACH - "It's white and creamy according to my sauces"
R11: E O E D W T F I L
R12: V E P N I O R R A
R13: E E I C S M T A R
R14: 25, 7, 2, 4, 5, 5. Target: 396.
R15: U N G R O C E R S (conundrum)


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Round 1: E O E L D G J I N

C1: JINGLED (7)
C2: DINGLE (6)
DC: LEGIONED (8)
Score: 7–0 (max 8)

Round 2: D S E E S I G C A

C1: GASSED (6)
C2: CEASED (6)
DC: DISEASE (7) SEASIDE (7)
OT: DEGASES (7)
Score: 13–6 (max 15)

Round 3: O E O B T T S A R

C1: BOASTER (7)
C2: BOOSTER (7)
OT: ABETTORS (8)
Score: 20–13 (max 23)

Round 4: N T I N O A H I A

C1: NATION (6)
C2: NATION (6)
DC: ANOINT (6)
OT: NAIANT (6) TANNIA (6) TAHINA (6) TAHINI (6)
Score: 26–19 (max 29)

Round 5: 100, 25, 2, 5, 5, 9. Target: 979.

C1: 975. (100 x 5 x 2) - 25 (7)
C2: -
RR: 979. (100 x 5 x 2) - 25 + (9 - 5) (10)
Score: 33–19 (max 39)

Teatime teaser: EMMATATE -> TEAMMATE

Round 6: D T U E B O H L E

C1: DOUBLET (7)
C2: HOTBED (6)
OT: BOULTED (7)
Score: 40–19 (max 46)

Round 7: I E A F S S R E L

C1: failers
C2: FEARLESS (8)
DC: FIRELESS (8)
OT: FREESIAS (8) REALISES (8)
Score: 40–27 (max 54)

Round 8: P M I A N E N U Q

C1: PENMAN (6)
C2: impure
DC: PIEMAN (6)
OT: MANNIE (6) MANQUE (6) NUMINA (6) PENNIA (6) PINNAE (6) PNEUMA (6) PUNANI (6)
Score: 46–27 (max 60)

Round 9: O E A T R D K O L

C1: TOOLED (6)
C2: LEOTARD (7)
DC: LOOKED (6)
OT: DELATOR (7) ROOTLED (7)
Score: 46–34 (max 67)

Round 10: 50, 9, 3, 2, 1, 1. Target: 281.

C1: -
C2: 281. ((50 - 2 - 1) x (9 - 3)) - 1 (10)
Score: 46–44 (max 77)

Teatime teaser: ELMBEACH -> BECHAMEL

Round 11: E O E D W T F I L

C1: FLOWED (6)
C2: FOETID (6)
OT: FEEDLOT (7)
Score: 52–50 (max 84)

Round 12: V E P N I O R R A

C1: PROVEN (6)
C2: RAPIER (6)
DC: OVERRAN (7)
Score: 58–56 (max 91)

Round 13: E E I C S M T A R

C1: CREAMIEST (18)
C2: CREATES (7)
Score: 76–56 (max 109)

Round 14: 25, 7, 2, 4, 5, 5. Target: 396.

C1: 396. Mistake in working.
C2: 396. Mistake in working.
RR: 396. ((7 + (5 / 5)) x 2 x 25) - 4 (10)
Score: 76–56 (max 119)

Round 15: U N G R O C E R S

C1 buzzes on 10 seconds to say SCROUNGER which is correct.
Score: 86–56 (max 129)


Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=60

[Kai Laddiman]

I loved the way Catherine took 2 seconds to find the buzzer.

[Joseph Bolas]

I loved the way Catherine took 2 seconds to find the buzzer.

Before I read this post, I thought that you had found a fault with my recap

[Jon Corby]

Before I read this post, I thought that you had found a fault with my recap

I found one:

C2: 281. ((50 - 2 - 1) x (9 - 3)) +1 (10)

[Kirk Bevins]

Countdown recap for Friday 27 February 2009.

C1: Challenger Ann Abel.
C2: Challenger Catherine Gillespie.

I've found another, Ann was actually the champion.

Thanks for the recap, Joseph.

[Phil Reynolds]

Has anyone managed to watch this episode on Channel 4 Catch-up? I've tried but all I get is the initial adverts/ident - then it says "Sorry - An error has occurred while trying to access this programme". I can watch other episodes with no problem. Anyone else experienced the same thing?

[Kirk Bevins]

Has anyone managed to watch this episode on Channel 4 Catch-up? I've tried but all I get is the initial adverts/ident - then it says "Sorry - An error has occurred while trying to access this programme". I can watch other episodes with no problem. Anyone else experienced the same thing?

Yes. With 4oD I couldn't stream either, I could only download, which usually takes about 3 hours. So I left it downloading when I went to play darts and I returned in the evening and watched it fine.

[Joseph Bolas]

Countdown recap for Friday 27 February 2009.

C1: Challenger Ann Abel.
C2: Challenger Catherine Gillespie.

I've found another, Ann was actually the champion.

Thanks for the recap, Joseph.

I can't work out how that happened, because on the recapper it says Champion and then has a space to put in the name, likewise with Challenger.

[Howard Somerset]

Has anyone managed to watch this episode on Channel 4 Catch-up? I've tried but all I get is the initial adverts/ident - then it says "Sorry - An error has occurred while trying to access this programme". I can watch other episodes with no problem. Anyone else experienced the same thing?

4oD doesn't even have a streaming link now for this episode - only the download.

However, if you don't want to take the time to download it, you can still pick it up on Channel 4 in the early hours of tomorrow morning (5 a.m.) and of course an hour later on C4+1

[Kirk Bevins]

4oD doesn't even have a streaming link now for this episode - only the download.

Just what I said 2 posts previous, Howard!!

[Jon Corby]

Countdown recap for Friday 27 February 2009.

C1: Challenger Ann Abel.
C2: Challenger Catherine Gillespie.

I've found another, Ann was actually the champion.

Thanks for the recap, Joseph.

I can't work out how that happened, because on the recapper it says Champion and then has a space to put in the name, likewise with Challenger.

I noticed that it said 'challenger' for both on my last game, which was cool because that was true (I went back to change it myself after making the text recap). I think I noticed during CoC that it automatically said 'champion' against each. At the time, I decided this was an effect of selecting 'CoC' as the Series, but in light of this new evidence I conclude that it calls you a champion if you fill in the number of wins, and a challenger if you don't.

[Howard Somerset]

4oD doesn't even have a streaming link now for this episode - only the download.

Just what I said 2 posts previous, Howard!!

I blame age, Kirk

[Joseph Bolas]

I've found another, Ann was actually the champion.

Thanks for the recap, Joseph.

I can't work out how that happened, because on the recapper it says Champion and then has a space to put in the name, likewise with Challenger.

I noticed that it said 'challenger' for both on my last game, which was cool because that was true (I went back to change it myself after making the text recap). I think I noticed during CoC that it automatically said 'champion' against each. At the time, I decided this was an effect of selecting 'CoC' as the Series, but in light of this new evidence I conclude that it calls you a champion if you fill in the number of wins, and a challenger if you don't.

Oh right. I'll have to remember this for next time, so I can hopefully do a perfect recap without any mistakes.