Then pair him with Lock so that the team has a slight chance of winning.

It's not the best show in the world. I've watched two episodes but really had them on in the background.

On this one they had them staying in themed hotel rooms. A sauna theme and a pole dancing theme.
Guess which of them got the pole dancing room and a lesson? Yep, Wilkinson.

Not sure what the rating are but I think they would have been boosted if they advertised Rachel doing a pole dance

Anyway, they seemed to get on well together.

So ... did Rachel end up in the sauna then?

You got a glimpse of her shoulders when she was having a massage

I loved the remixed dance version of the countdown clock when jimmy did his pom pom dance!

I like the show but absolutely hate the bearded guy that comes on mid way through the show with rachel. I do not find him funny at all and I end up turning off when he appears, prior to that its good after he appears its bad.

I thought the letters board was next to dictionary corner, with the numbers board opposite the contestants.

I assumed they were two seperate boards.

It's on a spinner, so when it's numbers time, they pause for about 30 seconds to spin the letters board around the the numbers board, and lift the number selection table into the platform. If you look at the letters board you can see the back of the numbers board behind it.

In the old days, they used to be besides one another.

If she doesn't get on with him then she's quite a good actor, she seemed to be very at ease with him in that episode, in fact just a bit too giggly overall.

The first episode of this current series wasn't very good at all. Jon and Sean couldn't be arsed and the "programme associates" didn't come up with any decent jokes.

Tonight

Quote:

Jimmy Carr hosts as team captains Sean Lock and Jon Richardson are joined by Freddie Flintoff and Rhod Gilbert. Henning Wehn and Joe Wilkinson assist Susie Dent and Rachel Riley.

They could do a permanent swap of Henning Wehn for Wilkinson any time, for me. Henning did the funniest story I've ever heard on WILTY.

Henning is rather droll isnt he?

I don't think he can out do Kevin Bridge's horse story

I did think he had the funniest rant on the last series of Room 101 though.

To be fair KBs story was amazing . Like the way suzy is pretending to look through the di tionary

Yeah, the horse story is a cracker, although it's boosted by the input from Mitchel and Brydon.

Jon beging stupid again trying to get 9 letter words.

If they're not bothered playing the game then why keep making the programmes?

I must say I wince with embarrassment as the fragrant Suzi has her ears attacked by the resident potty mouths on this show.

I thought it was a one off when I first saw it, quite funny, then realised it went on week after week, now I cant stand it.

I thought it was really good again

Miserable people ITT

I find it entertaining...

If the nay sayers had their way TV would be just a test card...

Its like with Top Gear, it pulls in loads of dosh to the BBC allowing other unwatched dross to be funded,yet loads of tools wanted axed because it upsets them and they watch it every week to make sure it does

I'm a fan of it. I'm a fan of Carr and Lock and to a lesser extent, Richardson.

I just think there has been a drop in quality since the first specials.

Looks like the ordinary Countdown includes jokes as well: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-...tdown-bloopers

jon can do that as he's usually way out in front anyway. there's always the normal countdown if you want to see them playing it properly.

She's fragrant all right. I have it on good authority* that she likes a vindaloo and farts like a horse afterwards with fumes that would strip paint.

* no I don't

Tonight's lineup

Did I hear it right at the end, did Josie Long say "you can have it" to Sean... what a little sweetie.