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

[AMRN]

Picking the 4 large numbers each time is a great tactic . I expect you practiced a fair bit before the show using: 100,75,50,25 and 2 numbers 10 or below? Your opponents clearly didn"t! (thus far anyway)...

Yep, although over my run it did bite back a bit as it cost me a fair few points and I would probably have scored higher with a 1L selection overall.  Love 4L though - and so many people seem to panic over it.

[Swinebag]

Picking the 4 large numbers each time is a great tactic . I expect you practiced a fair bit before the show using: 100,75,50,25 and 2 numbers 10 or below? Your opponents clearly didn"t! (thus far anyway)...

Yep, although over my run it did bite back a bit as it cost me a fair few points and I would probably have scored higher with a 1L selection overall.  Love 4L though - and so many people seem to panic over it.

Really sorry I haven"t watched it but well done anyway.

When I play this I am a 4L or 6S man on the numbers. If you are good at numbers you give up so much edge when you pick 1L

[Chipaccrual]

How good do you run ?   You come up against the only mathematics student in the country that can"t do the numbers game  

Very impressive stuff so far though Steve.  Well done.

[AMRN]

How good do you run ?   You come up against the only mathematics student in the country that can"t do the numbers game  

Very impressive stuff so far though Steve.  Well done.

Thanks. 

I figured I was done when he won the first two letters rounds, and would surely crush me in the numbers rounds. Clearly maths students don"t need to be able to do arithmetic.  

[Swinebag]

How good do you run ?   You come up against the only mathematics student in the country that can"t do the numbers game  

Very impressive stuff so far though Steve.  Well done.

Thanks. 

I figured I was done when he won the first two letters rounds, and would surely crush me in the numbers rounds. Clearly maths students don"t need to be able to do arithmetic.  

I knew a fellow Maths teacher who went on this years ago and he completely bombed the numbers games too.

WP steve

[KarmaDope]

Just watching today"s now - how did you manage to play and not be distracted by Rachel"s dress? Best one so far since you started

[AMRN]

Just watching today"s now - how did you manage to play and not be distracted by Rachel"s dress? Best one so far since you started

Keep watching - she wears an incredible white outfit soon, and the game went out the window.

[MintTrav]

How can UNTILED not be a word? Surely you were robbed there.

You"ve been quite serious so far - could you smile a bit more on Monday please?

Anyway, most importantly - that dress:  That Dress!

[Sugar_Free]

Is it just me or is NH a bit "off" with you? He"s barely let you say a word since game one.

[AMRN]

How can UNTILED not be a word? Surely you were robbed there.

You"ve been quite serious so far - could you smile a bit more on Monday please?

Anyway, most importantly - that dress:  That Dress!

tbh i found smiling and joviality difficult - I was scared witless ffs!

and yeah, I thought UNTILED was a safe 7.

[AMRN]

Is it just me or is NH a bit "off" with you? He"s barely let you say a word since game one.

If you watch countdown regularly, you"ll see that this is generally how it is with the reigning champion. The intro at the start of the challenger"s game, and the point when someone exits are pretty much the only time they get to speak.

That said, didn"t really get on with Nick - seemed a pretty stuffy bloke who liked to moan a lot off camera.

[KarmaDope]

That said, didn"t really get on with Nick - seemed a pretty stuffy bloke who liked to moan a lot off camera.

Pretty sure I read something recently which said that he is a bit of an arse, and that he and Rachel do not get on at all. It does seem a bit forced between those two (and she does seem to get the odd sly dig in at times!)

[Chipaccrual]

Haven"t watched countdown for years.  I find NH really uncomfortable to watch and listen to.  Just feels as if he"s going through the motions each episode, much as if he was chairing a business meeting.

[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.

[AMRN]

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.