Here is an episode of Countdown but with a twist since its a Christmas Special. We have Richard Whiteley and Carol Vorderman battling it out and see who comes out on top. Also William G Stewart from Fifteen To One is presenting the show.
My grandparents watched this while I was playing my new Nintendo 64 playing Super Mario 64 on Xmas Day 97. I wish I could turn the clock back as it's last the one were most of my family were healthy and alive. Thanks for uploading this.
Cracking show that. First of all, William G Stewart was so different from how he did 15-1, far more relaxed and fully into the spirit of it, you can tell he had an absolute ball filming this. Secondly, Suzie did a great job on the letters and numbers, very dry and subtle humour especially on that first numbers round. I only wish Countdown stayed with the 30m shows, still a good show to watch but this was at its absolute peak for me when it was thirty minutes at 4.30pm during the week.
In the first round, I don't think there are any other eights, but there is another seven in FETLOCK. In the second round, another six is PETREL. Again, Dictionary Corner seems to have found the only longest word. In the first numbers round, I had this alternative solution: 25 - 10 - 4 = 11 11 x 8 x 7 = 616 616 - 2 = 614 In the fourth round, there was an eight: DYSTOPIA. In the fifth round, there was another six: AGNATE. It's a term from Roman law for a person related to a certain male relative. It's one of the odd words for which I have no use, but is still stuck in my head because I spent a few years at university studying classics before switching to biology. In the second numbers round, I saw Rene Kande's solution for 953, and I think Carol really _ought_ to have spotted it. However, there was also this alternative, though much less elegant: 100 x 10 = 1000 9 x 4 = 36 36 + 10 + 1 = 47 1000 - 47 = 953
The strange thing for me is not only did I get 953 I also got the conundrum before Richard had pressed his button. Also I don't think that Richard has ever been equalled as a host on Countdown. The same with Angus Deayton on HIGNFY.
At the time, Carol was married to Paddy King. So it's possible that she took his name in private life, and used the name on this recording to make things easier.
words have to be in oxford dictionary, numbers have to be made using only addition subtraction, multiplication or division. division must be whole numbers only
