Just getting into Countdown here in the states - unfortunately, we only get Cats Countdown on BritBox, not this version. But you did really, really well!
This is episode 4414 as of Monday 13th August 2007 in Series 57 & the original episode 4269 was as of the 4th quarter-final in the Champions of Champions XII.
Sad to think you don't have any shows like that at all over there!? I'm guessing you don't have anything like Only Connect or University Challenge either?
Two thoughts (Spoilers) I'm a little surprised they didn't accept "matted". Motorcycle helmets can be matted or glossed. Also, for the last numbers game, just for fun I would have done: 6-1=5 25/5=5 100+5=105 Or: ((6*6)-1)*3=105 Or to use all the numbers: 100/25=4 4-1=3 3*6=18 18*6=108 108-3=105
@@marcopl5562 Whoops! Somehow my brain "saw" another T. Sorry about that. Incidentally, I just looked it up: the longest valid word is "damaged". (This is regarding the letters at 30:02.)
It looks like he went off to uni and graduated! He now seems to work as a Test Analyst for Yodel, but also blogs about mental health via The Huffington Post. So I think he channeled being bullied into something wonderful and is doing well atm.
I wish we could go back to these days when they had proper hosts. Des O'Connor may not have lived up to Richard Whiteley, but he was a very decent host with bags of charm and a friendly spirit. Frankly I thought getting Nick Hewer was an insane move and I stopped watching when he came along. But now it's got even more ridiculous, with Ann Robinson, and women hosts! It's like they're just vandalising the show, now.