Countdown Series 88 Finale - QF 1 (14 December 2023)

Colin Murray and Rachel Riley host as contestants race against the clock to pit their wits against vowels, consonants and numbers. Richard Coles 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.
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[@adeoyeemmanuel132]

I love this show

[@Monaayy29]

I’m from the states and I wish we had this show here

[@beemz8841]

They tried it, it was a bad Americanised version

[@bjoern.gumboldt]

Well, there was a pilot once... going by Woody Harrelson's hairline, I'd say early to mid 90s... kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGjWZYOEi8-Vjcksi=PByfqzGqwTB5rBrU

[@davidfearis7335]

Have a shot everytime you see Rachel Riley react like that target is far too easy for me

[@TheSpotify95]

The two 1-large solutions were indeed rather easy... I spotted them as soon as Rachel's "too easy" voice made it obvious.

[@user-sz6lo8kt2x]

100 times 9 is 900. 😊😊

[@user-sz6lo8kt2x]

3.5 Times 6 is 21.

[@user-sz6lo8kt2x]

7 times 2 is 14. 7 times 6 is 42. 10 minus 2 is 8 then add that on.

[@MJKFanatic]

I like my 808 more: 7 x 100 = 700, 6 x 6 = 12 x 9 = 108, 700 + 108

[@vekyxeivo5595]

0:19 immadiately: 6:6=1, 1+7=8, 100+1=101, 101*8=808

[@mazmellem2773]

100 x 9 = 900 (7-2) x 10 = 50

[@dcnole]

808=(9-1)x100+7+(6/6) or (7+1)x100+9-(6/6) 816=(10x(9+6-5)+2)x8 950=100x9+(10x(7-2)) 754=2x6x9x7-(5-3)

[@peterkwan1448]

For the first round, the contestants' solutions are obvious, and I got another alternative: 6 + 6 = 12 12 x 9 = 108 7 x 100 = 700 108 + 700 = 808 For the second round, another way to make 102 is to factor it nicely: 9 + 8 = 17 17 x 6 = 102 10 - 2 = 8 8 x 102 = 816 Actually, the target can also be achieved with David's beginning: 9 x 10 = 90 8 / 2 = 4 4 + 5 = 9 9 x 90 = 810 810 + 6 = 816 For the third round, I got the alternate solution in my head in one second: 7 - 2 = 5 5 x 10 = 50 9 x 100 = 900 900 + 50 = 950

[@CETVPhilippines]

There's another way to get to 950 in Numbers Game 3: 7-2 = 5 100-5 = 95 95*10 = 950

[@TheSpotify95]

Or there's another way, I did (7-2)*10 for 50 and then 100*9 for 900.

[@CETVPhilippines]

@@TheSpotify95 lots of ways, actually in numbers game 3.

[@jonpinyan]

Was David's 816 the same? I did (9x10 + 2x6) x8 950 = (100+2-7) x 10

[@user-sz6lo8kt2x]

9/6=1.5

[@medusa_404]

808: 6 / 6 = 1 100 + 1 = 101 7 + 1 = 8 (or 9 - 1 = 8 ) 101 * 8 = 808 100 * 7 = 700 6 + 6 = 12 12 * 9 = 108 700 + 108 = 808 100 + 1 - 6 - 6 = 89 89 * 9 = 801 801+ 7 = 808

[@davegold]

950: (100+2) x 9 = 918. 7x6 = 42. 918 +42 - 10 = 950

[@jamese4336]

Nothing too difficult. The ones I did differently to the show solutions were (10*9+6*2)*8=816, (100-7+2)*10=950

[@user-sz6lo8kt2x]

100 times 7 plus 1 is 8=800.

[@joanneaugust6611]

I got there way differently. 100+10=110 *9=990 990-7*6+2=950

[@user-sz6lo8kt2x]

Turboprop

[@medusa_404]

950: 100 * 9 = 900 7 - 2 = 5 10 * 5 = 50 900 + 50 = 950 100 + 2 - 7 = 95 95 * 10 = 950 100 - 9 = 91 91 * 10 = 910 7 * 6 = 42 910 + 42 - 2 = 950

[@user-sz6lo8kt2x]

52 away.

[@user-sz6lo8kt2x]

8 times 12 is 96

[@cwn89015]

754, with help: 9x6=54, 54x7=378, 378x2=756, 5-3=2, 756-2=754.

[@einSteppenwolf]

754=(100-9)/7×(6×10-2)

[@medusa_404]

816: 10 * 6 = 60 60 - 9 = 51 51 * 8 * 2 = 816 10 + 5 + 2 = 17 17 * 8 * 6 = 816 9 + 6 - 5 = 10 10 * 10 = 100 100 + 2 = 102 102 * 8 = 816

[@user-sz6lo8kt2x]

5-3=2. Then minus that off

[@einSteppenwolf]

808=(7+1)×(100+6/6)

[@adeoyeemmanuel132]

Have they started or it is showing count down

[@tomkandy]

eyyyyy

[@user-sz6lo8kt2x]

804

[@user-sz6lo8kt2x]

7 times 6 times 2 times 9

[@user-sz6lo8kt2x]

9+6=815.

[@einSteppenwolf]

816=9×(8×10+2×5)+6=2×8×(5×9+6)

[@user-sz6lo8kt2x]

100 times 9=900.

[@catw461]

((8/2)+5)×9×10+6=816

[@user-sz6lo8kt2x]

5 times 10 times 8 times 2=800.

[@user-sz6lo8kt2x]

63 times 12 is 630+126=756.

[@einSteppenwolf]

950=9×100+(7-2)×10=10×(100-7+2)=(10+9)×100/2

[@user-sz6lo8kt2x]

54 times 7 is 378.

[@boneistt]

950 = (100 - 7 + 2) * 10

[@user-sz6lo8kt2x]

63 times 6 is 378 double the is 756.

[@crystalaustralia]

816 = (10+8) x 9 x 5 + 6

[@anthonyvincel7266]

816 ... ... 9+6-5=10 10×10+2=102 102×8=816

[@davidfearis7335]

TARGET 950 100 X 9 = 900 7 - 2 = 5 5 X 10 = 50 900 + 50 = 950

[@TheSpotify95]

Exactly the way I did it.

[@MJKFanatic]

Take the 10 and square it. Actually can you cube it, sorry. Then I'd like you to square the 5 for me please, then multiply by the other 2 and take it away and you've got your 950. *pen drop*

[@user-sz6lo8kt2x]

Askpayees.

[@user-wx9lo4kl7q]

100*(7) + (6+6)*9

[@cwn89015]

950: 100+10=110, 110x9=990, 6x7=42, 990-42=948, 948+2=950.

[@user-sz6lo8kt2x]

Speakeasy

[@user-wm3bf7pi3u]

This is weird... I swear she's worn that dress before...

[@mclarenguy22]

They’ve always reused dresses.

[@user-wm3bf7pi3u]

@@mclarenguy22 It's finally hit critical mass, after this one I saw another that Jimmy commented about on catsdown she wore on the Celebrity version.

[@TophTheMelonLord]

816 = (10+9-2) x 6 x 8

[@cynewulf1]

816 = ((10+2)x9)-6)x8