Countdown Series 87 Finale, QF 3 (23 June 2023)

Colin Murray and Rachel Riley host as contestants race against the clock to pit their wits against vowels, consonants and numbers. Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock joins Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner. Each day two contestants compete in 15 rounds of words and numbers to become the Countdown Champion.
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BACKGROUND
Countdown is the channel’s longest running show and the first show ever broadcast on Channel 4 when it launched 40 years ago, in November 1982. The original version of Channel 4's Countdown is the French television programme « Des chiffres et des lettres » (literally "numbers and letters"), where the Numbers Round is referred to as « Le compte est bon » ("the total is right"). The show debuted in 1965 as « Le mot le plus long » using letters only, and reached its present format in 1972. This year marks the shows 51st anniversary.
Playlist: • The Original Countdown...
SPIN-OFF
"8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown" is hosted by Jimmy Carr, with Rachel Riley and Susie Dent assuming their Countdown roles. The formation of the crossover with "8 Out if 10 Cats" began as a series of specials, the first of which was broadcast on 2 January 2012, when Channel 4 orchestrated a special "mash-up night", merging two shows to form a special edition of the pair, as part of its 30th-anniversary celebrations eleven years ago.
Playlist: • Series 23 - 8oo10cdc (...

[@KiLLJoYYouTube]

386: Start off by understanding that 387 is a multiple of 9, leaving you with 3, 10, 9 and 8 to find 43. You can get 24 with 3 and 8, and luckily it sums with 19 to get 43. 😎 (Took me way longer than 30 seconds though)

[@ArmadilloAl]

Surprised no one went for 111 * 9 on the 999. Turns out it was a fairly elegant solution of multiplying two sums (100 + 7 + 4 and 6 + 3).

[@easternbrown]

Three years later ... 386=(3*8)+10+9 for 43, *9 -1

[@giudice87]

Yh took me longer than 30 but got there in the end

[@ingodwetrust9501]

(10+1)×3=33 33+9=42 42×9=378 378+8=386

[@Joffrerap]

3:50 "greg found the only way that lead to a dead end" haha that's a roast

[@alos1978]

1. (3x8+9+10)x9-1=386 2. 100x(4+6)-8+7=999 3.. (100+2-(4x5))x7=574 4. (75x4-5x9)x2=510 or (75+1+9)x(2+4)=510

[@ntvstudios2393]

Highest number target ever

[@easternbrown]

Also 574=(100+2*7)*5 +4

[@medusa_404]

510: 9 - 2 = 7 75 * 7 = 525 4 - 1 = 3 5 * 3 = 15 525 - 15 = 510 75 + 9 + 1 = 85 4 + 2 = 6 85 * 6 = 510 4 - 1 = 3 9 * 3 = 27 75 + 27 = 102 102 * 5 = 510

[@chriscotterill1989]

386 solution (8 x 3 + 10 + 9) x 9 - 1

[@johnkynaston3907]

8-3 = 5 5×9= 45 45-1=44 44×9=396 396-10=386

[@catw461]

386. In time I got 384 (9-3)×8×(9-1)=384 Had to go to the comments for 386😢

[@interestedbystander196]

999: 100 + 8 + 3 = 111. 7 + 6 - 4 = 9. 9 x 111 = 999.

[@catw461]

574 (100+7+2)×5+25+4=574

[@einSteppenwolf]

386=9×(3×8+10+9)-1

[@emeraldfir9]

574 7*2=14 100+ 14 114*5= 570 570+4= 574

[@medusa_404]

386: 8 - 3 = 5 9 * 5 = 45 45 - 1 = 44 44 * 9 = 396 396 - 10 = 386 3 + 1 = 4 9 * 4 = 36 36 + 8 = 44 44 * 9 = 396 396 - 10 = 386 10 + 1 = 11 11 * 3 = 33 33 + 9 = 42 42 * 9 = 378 378 + 8 = 386

[@einSteppenwolf]

574=7×(100+2-4×5)

[@AkshayDhargave]

(75 + 9 + 1) × (4 + 2) = 85 × 6 = 510

[@einSteppenwolf]

510=(75+9+1)×(4+2)

[@johnkynaston3907]

I got admiralty before Peter buzzed.

[@boybawang1981]

10+1 = 11X3 = 33+9 = 42X9 = 378+8 = 386 8X3 = 24+10+9 = 43X9 = 387-1 = 386 100÷4 = 25 7+6 = 13X25 = 325+3 = 333X3 = 999 8-7 = 1 4+6 = 10X100 = 1,000-1 = 999 100-25 = 75+5+2 = 82X7 = 574 100÷5 = 20-4 = 16+25 = 41 7X2 = 14X41 = 574 25+5 = 30 100-30 = 70X4 = 280+7 = 287X2 = 574 75+9+1 = 85 4+2X= 6X85 = 510 9X4 = 36-2 = 34 75÷5 = 15X34 = 510

[@AkshayDhargave]

[(100 + 7 + 2) × 5] + 25 + 4 = 545 + 29 = 574 OR {[100 + (7 × 2)] × 5} + 4 = {114 × 5} + 4 = 574

[@AkshayDhargave]

(100 + 8 + 3) × (7 + 6 - 4) = 111 × 9 = 999 OR (100 + 7 + 4) × (6 + 3) = 111 × 9 = 999

[@AkshayDhargave]

{[(8 × 3) + 10 + 9] × 9} - 1 = {43 × 9} - 1 = 386