c4countdown

Countdown recap for Monday 21 January 1985 (Series 6, Prelim 11).

C1: Challenger Darryl Francis.
C2: Champion Steven Tew (1 win, 38 points.)
DC: Yvonne Warburton and Gyles Brandreth.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: W N T U O N A R E
R02: O I T Q C A N G F
R03: G L S U O U A L O
R04: 25, 100, 4, 10, 8, 6. Target: 732.
R05: E S B I P H P E H
R06: G D S A O J N A A
R07: I L G N E A S T N
R08: 100, 25, 4, 7, 3, 3. Target: 649.
R09: G A E I P C H N R (conundrum)


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Enjoy the show.

Round 1: W N T U O N A R E

C1: unwrote
C2: TANNER (6)
DC: NEUTRON (7)
OT: OUTWEAR (7) TONNEAU (7)
Score: 0–6 (max 7)

Round 2: O I T Q C A N G F

C1: COATING (7)
C2: COATING (7)
OT: FACTION (7)
Score: 7–13 (max 14)

Round 3: G L S U O U A L O

C1: GOALS (5)
C2: GOALS (5)
DC: GALS SLUG SLOG GULLS (5)
Score: 12–18 (max 19)

Round 4: 25, 100, 4, 10, 8, 6. Target: 732.

C1: 736. (8x100)-(10x6)-4 (7)
C2: -
CV: 732. ((100-25)x10)-4-6-8 (10)
Score: 19–18 (max 29)

Round 5: E S B I P H P E H

C1: PIPES (5)
C2: BEEPS (5)
DC: SHEEP (5) PEEPS (5)
Score: 24–23 (max 34)

Round 6: G D S A O J N A A

C1: GANJA (5)
C2: GOADS (5)
DC: GONADS (6)
Score: 29–28 (max 40)

Round 7: I L G N E A S T N

C1: STEALING (8)
C2: SLANTING (8)
OT: ANTIGENS (8) GENTIANS (8) GENITALS (8) LEANINGS (8) NESTLING (8)
Score: 37–36 (max 48)

Round 8: 100, 25, 4, 7, 3, 3. Target: 649.

C1: 653.
C2: 649. ((100+4)x(3+3))+25 (10)
Score: 37–46 (max 58)

Round 9: G A E I P C H N R

C1 buzzes on 2.25 seconds to say PREACHING which is correct.
Score: 47–46 (max 68)

All words not in the COD7 have been excluded from this recap.

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=6

The final conundrum was BISHOPRIC, not PREACHING.

Having communicated with Mike over this, he stands by PREACHING as being the conundrum for this show. He has notes, and my own (which I've kept to this day in my Shorter Oxford Dictionary) doesn't include a note of the conundrum, so I suppose I have no proof other than my presence there on the day with a crucial conundrum as aid to my memory. I stand by BISHOPRIC, so if anyone else was there who had as much reason to remember it as me, please chip in.

I know it's hardly life or death, but if my memory has been playing tricks with me for the last 25 years, I'd really like to know.