Steve Redfern on Countdown w/c 19.5.15 (Channel 4 @ 2.10pm).

[Matt D]

Did you get on with Steve Bagshall? He seems like a bloke you could have a drink with, who probably has a lot of interesting tales.

He was absolutely brilliant. I came home and Katharine accused me of man love!!. His stories were amazing during the show, but that continued off set too - probably the most interesting and down to earth "celeb" I"ve ever had the pleasure of meeting.

haha, awesome Great to hear he"s as personable away from the cameras as he is on screen.

[Matt D]

omg @ at your opponent not getting 348 with the following numbers:
100, 2, 3, 3, 10, 5.

I noticed you didn"t go for (what looked to me) to be the most obvious/easiest solution there, and also earlier in the show (488 with 2,8,1,10,4,100).

Is that because you tried to make a more interesting solution to please the crowd (and Rachel Riley)? Or were they genuinely the solutions you arrived at first?

[Matt D]

Another question before I forget Is it allowable to pick 9 consonants (or 9 vowels) in your letters round? Or do the rules specifically forbid this? (could be a good tactic if you"re in the lead, and not great at the letters rounds).

[duke3016]

Another question before I forget Is it allowable to pick 9 consonants (or 9 vowels) in your letters round? Or do the rules specifically forbid this? (could be a good tactic if you"re in the lead, and not great at the letters rounds).

Maximum of 5 of each I understand

[AMRN]

omg @ at your opponent not getting 348 with the following numbers:
100, 2, 3, 3, 10, 5.

I noticed you didn"t go for (what looked to me) to be the most obvious/easiest solution there, and also earlier in the show (488 with 2,8,1,10,4,100).

Is that because you tried to make a more interesting solution to please the crowd (and Rachel Riley)? Or were they genuinely the solutions you arrived at first?

When the number solutions were so obvious, I was just trying to be a bit clever and find a different solution for the hell of it.

Another question before I forget Is it allowable to pick 9 consonants (or 9 vowels) in your letters round? Or do the rules specifically forbid this? (could be a good tactic if you"re in the lead, and not great at the letters rounds).

Each selection has to have a minimum of 4 consonants and 3 vowels

[ian.ski309]

I watched all eight shows, some very impressive performances Steve, looking forward to the finals. I"ve no idea how you managed to concentrate in such close proximity to Rachel Riley though...  

[Matt D]

I watched all 8 too. Thought you did great, especially in the final 2 games - where you were definitely up against more skilled opponents.

Can"t believe Nick Hewer didn"t mention the fact that you are a poker player, when you"re playing against another poker player? What"s that all about?

Also, a couple of episodes before he did a lengthy spiel about swimming with no mention of your involvement in that sport?

I guess he"s fairly new to the presenting lark, so missing obvious links and being not very good are to be expected? Quite tilting to watch though because of that.