Spoilers For Bank Holiday Monday May 7th 2012

[James Robinson]

MAYDAY!! MAYDAY!! Oh, wait wrong one.

May Day, May Day, today is May Day, but luckily Countdown stops for no-one, and with the end of the series just under 8 weeks away, as is COHUD per chance, this series might still bring us an interesting finish.

We might've been denied a chance to crown our 3rd of the series, thanks to Nick's capitulation on Friday, but maybe his successor, Catherine Johnson, can carry on where Nick left off.............

Back in DC for the first time since Series 43, is the newsreader and TV presenter, Angela Rippon.

Join Graeme for the recap later today.

[James Robinson]

Awwwwwww, who's cuter, Rachel the mathematician, or Rachel the hedgehog

AMORETTI in round 3, ILVAITE in round 4 (which I was proud of, until I saw VITALIZED from DC!!!), WEAPON in round 6 and TREADER in round 7.

1st Numbers Alt.: (((50 x 7) - 25) x 2) - (6 - 5) = 649
2nd Numbers Alt.: ((7 - 3) x 100) + 8 + 5 + 1 = 414

Quite liked seeing Angela Rippon in DC again too, can't believe it's been 12 years since her last appearance

[Tony Atkins]

Was very pleased to get both 9s. Don't let anyone ever complain about the letter selections when a V and a Z give a 9.
However it went wrong when I worked very hard to make 866 in the last numbers. Only 100 out!