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Countdown - so much better these days!

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    SaturnSaturn Posts: 18,973
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    Rumoured!
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    timebugtimebug Posts: 18,320
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    I still have great difficulties with Old Nick Hewer,he is
    way too sour and schoolteacher-ish for my tastes! But
    when did Allistair McGowan turn into Mike Yarwood?
    By which I mean,when did he become an 'impressionist'
    whose every impersonation sounds exactly alike,and
    some of the people he 'does' I would not know anyway!!!
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    Paul_CullotyPaul_Culloty Posts: 564
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    See also Jon Culshaw!
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    Old BlokeOld Bloke Posts: 1,001
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    timebug wrote: »
    I still have great difficulties with Old Nick Hewer,he is
    way too sour and schoolteacher-ish for my tastes! But
    when did Allistair McGowan turn into Mike Yarwood?
    By which I mean,when did he become an 'impressionist'
    whose every impersonation sounds exactly alike,and
    some of the people he 'does' I would not know anyway!!!

    McGowan's impressions today were poor, agreed, although I think not enough people are familiar with Rafael Nadal to judge. Yesterdays were much better.
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    stewartuustewartuu Posts: 334
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    I wonder why they decided to interrupt the quarter finals and go with a special today.

    Also, I note that they cut Arlene Phillips' DC segment (not that I'm complaining) and awarded the loser with a prize, with the winner getting nothing at all. I know it's just a fun game, but :confused:

    Hmm, looks like there are two more specials on 22nd and 23rd.
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    steviexsteviex Posts: 133,090
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    stewartuu wrote: »
    I wonder why they decided to interrupt the quarter finals and go with a special today.

    Also, I note that they cut Arlene Phillips' DC segment (not that I'm complaining) and awarded the loser with a prize, with the winner getting nothing at all. I know it's just a fun game, but :confused:

    Hmm, looks like there are two more specials on 22nd and 23rd.

    They had to stick in a "filler" episode before the final which ensures that the final will be next Friday.

    The two remaining quarter finals will be shown next Monday and Tuesday, with the two semis on Wednesday and Thursday, leaving the final to be shown on Friday.
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    Paul_CullotyPaul_Culloty Posts: 564
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    Think Dan must have taken the comments from here on board, still wouldn't say he'll be popular, but definitely seems more natural compared to his regular run.
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    JamieHTJamieHT Posts: 12,207
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    Did anyone see the editing mistake with the letters just when Nick started the first round?
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    Torch81Torch81 Posts: 15,730
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    JamieHT wrote: »
    Did anyone see the editing mistake with the letters just when Nick started the first round?

    Yes, very bizarre. Don't know what that was all about.

    Don't think she's going to win but c'mon Antoinette!!!
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    AA2009AA2009 Posts: 8,378
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    Antoinette's given up.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 234
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    I got ORGANISER !
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    SurrenderBillSurrenderBill Posts: 19,084
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    He might be good at this, but Dan sure is an almighty expletive.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 234
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    7 x 10 = 70 + 3 +4 = 77 x 10 = 770-2 = 768.
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    Torch81Torch81 Posts: 15,730
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    I got ORGANISER !

    Me too, I was very pleased with myself! It did jump out a bit though.
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    valkayvalkay Posts: 15,731
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    pork.pie wrote: »
    He might be good at this, but Dan sure is an almighty expletive.

    I missed it today, I wanted the Irish Girl to beat him, did he win?:o
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    Torch81Torch81 Posts: 15,730
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    valkay wrote: »
    I missed it today, I wanted the Irish Girl to beat him, did he win?:o


    Yes. Unfortunately. >:( To his credit he was a very good player though
    and knew an admirable amount of obscure words to more or less guarantee the end result.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 9
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    Hahaha, get it right up you!!!
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    Old BlokeOld Bloke Posts: 1,001
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    Dan_McColm wrote: »
    Hahaha, get it right up you!!!

    And there you have it.
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    MudboxMudbox Posts: 10,110
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    well he was called an "expletive". Is he supposed to just take it?
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    stewartuustewartuu Posts: 334
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    Well I had nothing against Dan but I was still rooting for Antoinette as she was my favourite contestant of the series by quite a way, and it would be nice to see a woman win it (the last female champion was in 1998!). She gave him a good game, too, though sadly it wasn't to be. Got rather excited when she took the lead :)

    A really pleasant and enjoyable set of finals - any of the eight finalists would have made a fine champion.
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    MudboxMudbox Posts: 10,110
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    Cheltenham Festival next week...Countdown is only on Monday.

    What is the point of horse racing?
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    kempshottkempshott Posts: 1,883
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    Mudbox wrote: »
    Cheltenham Festival next week...Countdown is only on Monday.

    What is the point of horse racing?

    What's the point of watching a race that finished an hour ago? They could put Countdown on the 4+1 channel.

    Though perhaps they deserve a break occasionally.
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    Paul1511Paul1511 Posts: 11,590
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    Mudbox wrote: »
    Cheltenham Festival next week...Countdown is only on Monday.

    What is the point of horse racing?

    Entertainment.
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    bart4858bart4858 Posts: 11,461
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    Mudbox wrote: »
    Cheltenham Festival next week...Countdown is only on Monday.

    Thanks for the warning. I haven't watched Countdown for a couple of months and was thinking of starting again (because there's nothing much else on). It would be just my luck to start when they'd put the racing on!
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 96
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    The Greatest Show on Turf is no need to cancel countdown - dont mind it at least not as bad a Wimbledon where BBC blanket cover it on both channels, now that is infuriating
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