00:25Good evening and welcome to the penultimate programme
00:29of the present series because tomorrow we'll have the final
00:32and so far the two who will be contesting it are
00:35Michael Wiley of Edinburgh who has scored the highest number of points with 66
00:40and Joyce Cansfield of Otley who has got 65
00:44but our two contestants tonight can still do it if they beat those figures
00:48so will you please welcome back our contestants
00:57and I did say welcome back to both our contestants
00:59because if you were watching yesterday you'll know there was a tie
01:03it was a very exciting match all along the line
01:05and our incumbent champion Morris was only let down a little bit by the maths
01:10so let's see how he gets on today
01:11Morris Daniels, he is the reigning champion at the moment
01:15there he's the tax man from Manchester
01:18enough said, he's a jolly nice chap
01:19we were getting to know him and I quite like him
01:21I like you too Richard
01:23he likes me, you better not like me too much
01:25otherwise you'll be investigating things that perhaps you shouldn't
01:28and Jane McClemon, our charming challenger
01:32she is from Frondsham in Cheshire
01:35and she's a former teacher of course
01:36and she's got a five year old child
01:38so it is quite exciting today
01:41because this is the penultimate
01:43so you've got to get over 65 or 66
01:45and you could in fact get 90
01:4790 points are possible
01:48and as ever over my left
01:50the man who will always give you a definite maybe
01:53will you welcome Mr Kenneth Williams
01:55thank you very much
01:57yes well Richard's right
01:59Richard's right
02:01the atmosphere here now
02:03with these two battling it out
02:05is heavy with excitement
02:06and the studio is full of this marvellous aroma
02:10of pre-shave, during-shave and after-shave
02:13some people just can't leave it alone
02:14including me
02:16and I'm going to be aided by Mary as you know
02:18she's my finder
02:19and we should look up for words
02:20if we doubt their authenticity
02:22they've got to be, don't forget
02:23current usage and in the dictionary
02:25that's my position to say quite clearly
02:27thank you very much indeed Kenneth Williams
02:29Kenneth you are indefatigable
02:30but don't worry they can't touch you for it these days
02:32thank you for that
02:33Jane will you begin
02:35start with a consonant please
02:37and you start with an L
02:39another consonant
02:40X
02:41another consonant
02:43N
02:45vowel
02:46O
02:48vowel
02:49A
02:52vowel
02:53I
02:55consonant
02:56V
02:58consonant
03:02P
03:03vowel
03:05and lastly you have an E
03:08okay off we go
03:09let's start the clock right now
03:10the fav
03:12o
03:12and
03:13the
03:14let's go
03:14the
03:14o
03:14and
03:17o
03:18o
03:24o
03:40that's it jane how many letters only five only five and maurice only five only five well
03:46i can't bet this happening all over again uh jane plane p-l-a-i-n as in the rain
03:55in spain falls
03:56mainly on plane panel p-a-n-e-l oh p-a-n-e-l good kenneth what did you
04:06get i didn't do better now i
04:07didn't do any better i just got alive which isn't bad it does prove i'm still here you could have
04:13had
04:13vixen yes vixen would have been a good one but it still wouldn't have beat them would it
04:17that wouldn't have foxed them though right come on round two let's get on with this game this is a
04:22serious game maurice begin please consonant n consonant r vowel i consonant c vowel
04:40e consonant d vowel i consonant b consonant l kathy heitner there with the letters and me with a clock
05:01week starts now
05:04so
05:07music
05:32time's up while our audience is playing away here
05:34in the studio, I hope you're playing at home with your
05:36pencils and paper
05:38Maurice, how many letters? Six
05:40And Jane? A hazardous
05:42seven. A hazardous seven
05:44Right, we'll just hear what yours is, Maurice, first
05:46Bridal. Bridal, okay
05:48We'll come back to that if yours
05:50doesn't work. Jane, what's yours?
05:52Blinder
05:53B-L-I-N-D-E-R
05:57Yes
05:58Well, of course, this comes from
06:00I would have thought a slang source
06:02you know, a blinder, go on a blinder
06:05I mean, it's a drink thing, isn't it?
06:06Is that the one you're thinking of? What scent you're thinking of?
06:09That
06:10Flash, or a blinding
06:12a flash, it's a blinder
06:13I see
06:14You can play a blinder, can't you, Kenneth?
06:16Yes, it is
06:17Play a good game
06:18Blinding, but
06:20a horse's blinker, a blinder, yeah
06:21absolutely right, a blinder's here, but it's a horse's blinker
06:24Very good, very good indeed
06:30Well done, well done to you
06:31That's, what, seven, wasn't it?
06:33So that's you on twelve there
06:34and Maurice on five
06:37Badaluck, Maurice
06:37Jane, well done, off you go
06:39Your turn
06:40Consonant, please
06:42And you have a T
06:43Another consonant
06:46G
06:47Vowel
06:49O
06:50Consonant
06:51Q
06:54Consonant
06:55S
06:56Consonant
06:58W
06:59Vowel
07:02E
07:04Vowel
07:06I
07:09Consonant
07:11N, and that's a blinder
07:14Thank you very much, Kathy
07:16Here we go
07:17Thank you very much
07:48Right, that's it
07:49Jane, you always have an interesting habit of
07:51About halfway through
07:52You seem to put your pen down as though you've finished
07:53And then start all over again
07:55I wonder how you've got on
07:57Seven
07:58Seven?
07:59Well, goodness gracious
08:00Maurice
08:00Seven
08:01Seven
08:02Gosh
08:03Well, Jane, what's yours?
08:04Stewing
08:05S
08:05T
08:06E
08:06W
08:07I
08:08N
08:08G
08:09Stewing
08:10S
08:10T
08:10E
08:10W
08:10Well, that's food
08:12That's
08:12Super
08:14And Maurice
08:15Stowing
08:17Oh, stowing
08:19S
08:19T
08:19O
08:19W
08:20I
08:20N
08:20G
08:21Mmm
08:29Did you do better?
08:30Oh, smiling
08:30No, I'm afraid I didn't
08:32No, I only got stowing
08:33That's all I got
08:34Didn't you get swine?
08:36Well, I mean, yes
08:37You make, you make, you make, you make that sound very personal, didn't you?
08:41Yeah, I thought it's swine
08:42No, I didn't guess it
08:44No, I got wine
08:45Or ingots
08:46Ingot
08:47You got that, did you?
08:48No, I got that
08:48You're doing very, very well
08:51Better than I am
08:52Off we go on round four, which is the numbers
08:55There's Beverly with the numbers
08:57And Maurice, your choice
08:58Two from the top line, please
09:01One from the second line
09:04One from the third line
09:06And two from the fourth line
09:09Thank you
09:10So Maurice's numbers go up on the frame
09:12And there's a ten
09:13And a nine
09:14Another nine
09:16A three
09:17A twenty-five
09:19And a hundred
09:20And let's have a look at Cecil
09:24Eight
09:25Two
09:25Four
09:26Eight
09:26Two
09:26Four
09:27Three
09:27Oh
09:28Second
09:30Thanks
09:31Two
09:32Two
09:32Three
09:32All
09:32Two
09:36One
09:38Two
09:38Three
09:40Two
09:49One
09:51Three
09:51Two
09:58right well that was uh 824 was the target maurice how near did you get
10:03825 825 one the other side of and uh jane 824 824
10:10well clap ye not yet it might not be right so let's uh check it off please
10:18nine times a hundred
10:21nine times 100 is 900 equals 900
10:28three times 25 is 75 three times 25 equals 75 take the 75 away from the 900
10:40subtract to give which gives 825 825
10:47add the 9 which gives 834 and plus the remaining 9 834 and take away the last 10 824
11:06that's uh absolutely spot on that's 10 points maurice you sort of groaned initially when she
11:11went through it so you should have realized how you should have done it yes yes okay well bad luck
11:15and well done that's uh that's excellent because that gives you 29 to you jane and 12 still to you
11:21morris wasn't that good kenneth no we're coming to the break now you normally like to say a little
11:26thing well you know i was gonna say that when she got blinder i'd got down in fact cinder and
11:32that made
11:32me think of cinderella and it made me remember the child saying how could she possibly wear a glass
11:37slipper and that all came about because of a wrong translation it was pantouf le ver b-a-i-r
11:46and it was
11:46translated as v-e-double-r-e which of course is glass the laver v-a-i-r means sable
11:54or fur so you can see what the
11:56slipper was supposed to be made of can't you if you really wore one of glass you'd end up with
12:00terrible
12:00calloused feet wouldn't you i was gonna say you need a chiropodist only i didn't want to be corny
12:11i was uh i was just thinking the advantage of having a glass slipper so you could see where you
12:15were going oh brilliant brilliant well we can't top that so why don't we have the break see you again
12:23in part two
12:31and uh welcome back to a letter we've received from mr chris henderson of wigan who says that he's
12:37so bad at maths that he only got the numbers game right once in this series and he doesn't expect
12:42to
12:43succeed again for at least another 12 months so you might say that for chris maths comes but once a
12:50year
12:55and now on with the games on with the games very good game this our challenger helen mcclennan
13:00there on 29 maurice daniel's there on 12 and maurice your turn consonant and you start with a k
13:11consonant the kb vowel u consonant g vowel
13:22i consonant s vowel e consonant y consonant g g that's what we're all saying when we see
13:40kathy today looking jolly jolly attractive there in a little black and gold number off we go
13:47so
13:53you
14:15Right, thank you.
14:16Maurice, you seem to be doing it without your pen there, doing it all in your head.
14:19How many have you got? Seven. Seven, seven, seven. Well done.
14:22Jane? Seven.
14:24Curse, says Maurice. Go on, how many do you get?
14:28Buggies. B-U-G-G-I-E-S.
14:32Buggies. Buggies.
14:33You know, a little baggie you ride in, you know, the buggies.
14:35Yes. What do you mean, those? Is that in?
14:37Oh, yes, that'd be in or a buggy. Have you heard of a buggy?
14:40A buggy. As a sand buggy, it's an open-type car.
14:44Yes. Okay, well done. Buggies. And what did you get, Jane?
14:47I got that also. You also got buggies?
14:50Well, that's excellent. I got nowhere near that, did you, Ken?
14:53No, I didn't. I mean, I got guise, which isn't bad, is it? From disguise to wear a mask.
14:59I got that. It's not bad, is it?
15:00No, that's excellent.
15:01It's only five, right?
15:01It's excellent. Well done. Seven each. On we go, Jane.
15:04Consonant, please. Another consonant.
15:11L. Vowel.
15:14A. Vowel.
15:17I. Vowel.
15:20O. Consonant.
15:23S. Another consonant.
15:26G. Vowel.
15:28A.
15:32Consonant.
15:34H.
15:36Right, off we go, starting now.
15:59We go, starting now.
16:08you Jane only five only five and Morris six six for Morris you can get some
16:14points in Morris what were your five Jane ghost ghost and what was yours
16:18Morris latish say again latish l-a-t-i-s-h oh I don't know yes you see
16:29they're all looking pretty disapproving I think you're sailing very close to the
16:33wind on that raffish I could take I would accept raffish but late ish oh I don't
16:40think we could call that good English I'm we're talking about current usage in
16:43the sense of putting oh I'm sure I'm all wrong
16:48yeah yeah
16:51it's in the dictionary yeah Brady's right latish gosh terrific well done
17:00Morris that's now goodness gracious that's 25 for you and 36 so you're in
17:06striking distance now and it's your turn
17:10consonant n consonant v vowel i consonant d vowel a consonant j vowel e consonant
17:38d vowel and you there well that's the lineup for the last of our letters games tonight
17:46and here we go with the clock
17:48and here we go with the dial
18:19And that's time. So, Maurice, how do you get on?
18:21Five. Five. Five.
18:24Both five. Well, Maurice?
18:26Jived.
18:28Yes, I remember that.
18:29J-I-V-I-D. J-I-V-E-D.
18:32I slightly remember that as well, yes.
18:35Yes, it's a dance, a dance, isn't it? Jived.
18:37Jived, jived. Yes, I jived with it.
18:39Yes, I've kind of a reason.
18:40Right, jived, no problem. Jane?
18:42Jaded. Jaded.
18:43Yes, I've been going like that myself.
18:46Yes, I got invaded, actually.
18:49Well, Mary did, but she tipped me the wink.
18:53Good-o. There we go.
18:54With two rounds to go, Maurice now on 30
18:56and Jane on 41.
18:59Your turn for the sums.
19:00Jane.
19:01One from the top row, please.
19:04One from the next.
19:05And two each from nether two rows.
19:13Beverly putting the numbers up now.
19:14Oh, three, nine, eight, nine, three, and a 50.
19:22And what's Cecil's final word tonight?
19:25Oh, it's a low one.
19:26It's one, one, four.
19:28Off we go, starting now.
19:29One, two, three, and one, four, and three.
19:58One, two, three, and four.
19:59When that's 30 seconds gone, then we had to get 1, 1, 4.
20:03Let's see how we get on. Jane?
20:051, 1, 6.
20:061, 1, 6, 2 out. And, Maurice?
20:091, 1, 2.
20:102 out. The other way.
20:12Check them both off, please. You first, Jane.
20:159 and 3 is 12.
20:199 plus 3 equals 12.
20:23Multiply the other 9.
20:26Multiply by the 9.
20:27Give 108.
20:31Plus 8. 1, 1, 6.
20:351, 1, 6.
20:38Yeah. 2 out.
20:39OK. You're right. Maurice?
20:419 minus 8 is 1.
20:449 minus 8 equals 1.
20:471 from 3 is 2.
20:513 minus 1 is 2.
20:53Multiply by 50 is 100.
20:57Times the 50.
20:59Is 1, 100.
21:01Plus 9 plus 3.
21:04Plus the remaining 9 and the remaining 3.
21:071, 1, 2.
21:09Yes, that's also 2 out.
21:12Well, Dr. Linda Barrett, did you get it right?
21:15Yes, I got it.
21:16I got 1, 1, 4 today.
21:2050 times 3 equals 150.
21:269 times the remaining 3 equals 27.
21:32And the 27 plus, if you plus the remaining 9 to this, you have 36, which you subtract from the
21:38150 and give them 1, 1, 4.
21:43That's a cunning way, isn't it?
21:44That's a very cunning way.
21:45Well done, Linda.
21:48So, yes, go on.
21:49Come on.
21:54You are both within 2, so you both get to 7 points.
21:57But that does mean that you are on 48, Jane, and you are on 37, Morris, as we come to
22:02the conundrum.
22:03This is the final round where there are 10 points at stake.
22:06This is where we have to find the hidden word, hidden among those 9 letters all jumbled up.
22:11So, eyes down, everybody.
22:12It's against the clock.
22:13And the countdown starts now.
22:15And the countdown starts now.
22:45Oh, there's a buzz.
22:46There's a buzz.
22:4629 seconds.
22:47It's imperfect.
22:48You say imperfect.
22:49So, Cathy, will you reveal all?
22:52Yes, it's imperfect.
23:01Morris, you've got 10 points there.
23:03Terrific.
23:03Marvellous performance.
23:04But you were just pipped by one point, would you believe?
23:0647.
23:07And Jane McClemon, 48 points.
23:10I win it tonight.
23:19Well, that's very, very bad luck, Morris.
23:20You fought very keenly, the both of you, over the two rounds.
23:23Morris, we'd like you to go home with our dictionary present, because you were, of course, a champion, even though
23:28you are now defeated.
23:29Go home with that.
23:30What we'd like you to do, Jane, if you'd be so good, as to go away tonight, but can you
23:35come back at the very beginning of our next series and be our first challenge at the next series?
23:39Yes, I'd love to.
23:40Super, because tomorrow is the final, but our final will be between Michael Wiley and Joyce Cansfield, because they, among
23:46our contestants, have got the two highest scores at 65 and 66.
23:50So they'll be battling it out for the grand final tomorrow, of which the prize is the whole 13 sets
23:55of the encyclopedic Oxford English Dictionary worth approximately 800 pounds.
24:00So that's tomorrow's final.
24:01So that's something to look forward to, is it not, Mr. Williams?
24:03Oh, yes, indeed.
24:04How much time have we got?
24:06Pardon?
24:06How much time have we got?
24:07How much time have we got?
24:08You can have as much as you want.
24:10Honestly?
24:10Only when that perfect came up, I thought of our game, which is the words, and imperfect words, and that
24:15reminded me of Bunk, a Bunk, you see, being in perfect usage, and it reminded me, too, of its origin,
24:21because it comes from this senator.
24:23He was called Senator Walker, and he represented Buncombe County in the House of Congress and talked so long-windedly
24:29that people left the chamber during his speech, and he called to them.
24:32You're not insulting me.
24:34My speech is not for your ears.
24:35It's for Buncombe.
24:37I am talking.
24:38I'm talking for Buncombe.
24:40And that became corrupted over the years to talking bunk.
24:43Buncombe, you see.
24:44It was a shortening of that.
24:46And so today you say it, you see, bunk, and you actually have the word debunk, meaning to take away,
24:53to demythologize, so to speak, all from that source, you see.
24:57It's nothing at all to do with what you might think, you know, a ship's bunk and falling out of
25:01bed or anything like that at all.
25:02Thank you very much, Dean.
25:09We would like to end with a little bit of knowledge imparted up to the free form of the student.
25:13Just because it's Christmas, actually, for all the generous news, you can both have a Countdown game as well.
25:18That's terrific, isn't it?
25:19It was really worth coming.
25:21Thanks very much, indeed.
25:22Just a reminder that Jane McClemon will be seeing us again at the beginning of the next series of Countdown,
25:26but tomorrow is our grand final.
25:28We look forward to seeing you all then.
25:29So until then, bye for now.
25:33APPLAUSE
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