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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to our midweek countdown, the third show of five. Count them. Five countdowns, Monday to Friday. Thank you so much for tuning in. Well, Dulles all said three was the magic number, but every number is magic when Rachel Riley is with you. How are you today? I'm very well. It's a day for me. You've not mentioned it yet. Yes, it is. It's National Numeracy Day. What's it all about?
00:54It's all about talking about numbers and numeracy in a positive light or just getting it out there, having the conversation. And we try and get people doing the National Numeracy Challenge where you can go online and you can test your math skills.
01:04Yes. Because 50% of adults are at the level you'd expect of an 11-year-old. And it's about going and realising that you can improve your numeracy if you want to. And there's got loads of helpful tips and it's all free and there's loads of benefits to it. Just for you and your kids and the economy and everybody really.
01:20I absolutely will. Fantastic day. And of course, every day we celebrate the numbers here. So always a chance to get better. Ten past two Monday to Friday on Channel 4. Let's head to Dictionary Corner. Forget numbers. She deals strictly in words. It's our Susie Dent. And alongside her all this week, it's FA Cup final week, but we have a former footballer in Dictionary Corner who's just as happy in the front row of a gig than he is in the front row of a football stand. Pat Nevin.
01:46I never really hear anything out of your mouth during the numbers round. So are you a little afraid of them or do you okay at them?
01:56No, I'm quite the reverse. And when I was younger, I had quite a talent. You know, I could really just rhyme off any numbers and multiplications of high numbers and things like that. But I didn't practice. Practice may not be perfect, but it will certainly make you much, much better. So I come on this show and I practice when I'm on here.
02:15Please, can I show you something? Is this all right? Is this okay?
02:19Pat comes in with his times tables. Oh, wow. I don't think this is allowed for contestants necessarily, but this is how much he plays the numbers.
02:26I don't think it's allowed for a Dictionary Corner.
02:28Oh, sorry. No, but the point being, when you've got someone who is fabulous at numbers and someone else who's fabulous at numbers, we never get a look in.
02:38Yeah. So I just do it for my own fun. You're right. And listen, let's get to Arthur Page, our five-time champion, 602 points. Count them already on the board. But yeah, every day we're on our phones.
02:49We get practice all the time with words. We even get them predicted for us. So we're sharp on that front. Do you practice the maths and count down?
02:56I do, yeah. So there's like an app for it online where it basically simulates lots of numbers games and you just bang them out every evening.
03:06Yeah. It does help.
03:07And it sticks there. And it sticks. Oh, you're some pup. Listen, I love you. We get to know, we always start with, you know, job or school or whatever.
03:15And then if you win five and then you're on for six times, we get to the really small things. Tell us about your budgies.
03:21Yeah. So at home, we have two very lovely budgies, a male and a female. The male one, blue, absolutely beautiful. He's called Peter.
03:31And we've also got a yellow bird, also beautiful, called Leila.
03:35Leila. Yeah.
03:36Now, I'm guessing named after the Eric Clapton song, but that's maybe a bit before your time.
03:42No, weirdly enough, my mother's friend named them. I mean, just kind of, the name just kind of stuck.
03:48Stuck there. That's it. Excellent. Well, listen, you are the cream of the crop so far, but Beck Kennedy Escott is hoping to foil you today.
03:57Now, you're originally from Liverpool. You took to the high seas and escaped to the Wirral.
04:02And you work for a homeless charity, so tell me all about that.
04:05Yeah. I work for Save the Family in Chester, who house and support homeless families.
04:10Yeah.
04:11Give them the support to get back, kind of, out on their own, really.
04:15That's not nine to five, is it? That's just, that's a job you take home with, yeah?
04:20Yeah. Yeah.
04:20Oh, wonderful. Well, keep up the good work. Today, you can just concentrate on yourself.
04:25Beck, Arthur, best of luck.
04:27APPLAUSE
04:28Here we go, Arthur.
04:32Hi again, Rachel.
04:33Hi again, Arthur.
04:33May I start with a consonant, please?
04:35You may indeed start with B.
04:37And another.
04:39Y.
04:40One more.
04:42R.
04:44Vowel, please.
04:45O.
04:46Another.
04:48U.
04:50Another.
04:51I.
04:52A consonant.
04:54S.
04:56One more.
04:58G.
05:00And another vowel, please.
05:02And lastly, E.
05:05At home and in the studio.
05:07Let's play Countdown.
05:08It's open.
05:09It's open.
05:14Missed to the floor.
05:16It's open.
05:17Yeah.
05:17It's open, it's open.
05:19It's open, it's open.
05:20Anyway, that's out.
05:23I know.
05:24ми materials Accom comptable.
05:25It's open.
05:25It's open.
05:26It's open.
05:27It's open, it's open.
05:27It's open.
05:28Here, T's open.
05:29It's open.
05:30And this way, it's open.
05:31It's open, you know.
05:32It's open.
05:33It's open.
05:34Ruby.
05:34One more.
05:35It's open.
05:36It's open.
05:36Arta? Seven. Seven from you. Bec? I have a six.
05:41The six is? Busier. The seven?
05:44Er, broiges. Oof. How are you spelling that?
05:47B-R-O-I-G-E-S. OK.
05:52These are bitter disputes or feuds. I had not heard of that one before.
05:56Very good. So, B-R-O-I-G-E-S. Beautiful.
05:59And I don't want to call it a broiges, but have you got anything else?
06:03I was trying to get your gobier. You've tried to get gobier in so many times
06:08but there's only one D in this one. But that buries that one.
06:13Buries as well. Buries. Great. Bec?
06:16Hi, Rachel. Hi, Bec. Can I have a consonant, please?
06:19You can indeed. Start with R. And another.
06:23N. And a vowel.
06:26A. And another vowel.
06:30I. And a consonant.
06:34W. Another.
06:37S. Another vowel.
06:41U. Another vowel.
06:45A. And a final consonant, please.
06:48And a final M.
06:50A. And a vowel.
06:5130 seconds.
06:52A.
06:57A. Snd ì¶œans.
07:02236-RPM O doable.
07:04Anot Malaysia.
07:07A. Doors.
07:08A. Doors.
07:09A. Doors.
07:10A. Doors.
07:12A. Doors.
07:14A. Doors.
07:15A. Doors.
07:16A. Doors.
07:17A. Doors.
07:19Bec.
07:22Just a five.
07:24Arthur.
07:25Seven.
07:25And a seven.
07:26The five, Bec.
07:27Swarm.
07:28Swarm.
07:29And what are we getting for seven here?
07:31Er, wayruas.
07:33This is another word.
07:35Could you spell it for me?
07:36Er, W-A-I-R-U-A-S.
07:39Yep.
07:40Er, they are in, as you probably knew.
07:42Er, so, er, wayruas, exactly right.
07:45From New Zealand English, the spirit or the soul of something.
07:48It's beautiful.
07:50APPLAUSE
07:50Well done.
07:52Anything else?
07:53We had a much simpler seven over here, marinas.
07:56Love it.
07:57Er, on we go.
07:58Let's get numbers on National Numeracy Day.
08:02Arthur, you're choosing.
08:03Er, two from the top, please.
08:05Two from the top and four not.
08:07Thank you, Arthur.
08:08And the first numbers of the day are three, three, six, six.
08:14And the big one, 75 and 50.
08:16That could be tricky.
08:16Let's see.
08:18The target, 438.
08:19Four, three, eight.
08:20Numbers up.
08:20above the top.
08:22One, 25 and 50.
08:22Yeah.
08:23John Far
08:41above the other toà.
08:42There's a lot of time.
08:43THEY CONFER
08:504-3-8 is the target. Arthur?
08:53Yeah, 4-3-8. And Bec?
08:554-3-8. Well done. Arthur?
08:5775 times 6. 450.
09:00Minus a sixth, three, and the other three.
09:02Thankfully it was divisible by six, which saved our skin. Yep.
09:05And Bec? I did 3 times 3 is 9.
09:09Times 50 is 450. 6 plus 6 is 12. Take it away.
09:14Perfect. Same result. Well done.
09:16APPLAUSE
09:18Well done. You're on the board, Bec. That's where it's at. Well done.
09:21Let's get our first tea-time teaser of the day.
09:23It's Roman Cott. Roman Cott.
09:26No discussions to be had. It's all down to one person.
09:29No discussions to be had. It's all down to one person.
09:33APPLAUSE
09:43Welcome back. No discussions to be had. It's all down to one person.
09:52And that one person is a monocrat. A monocrat.
09:55OK, Bec got on the board just before the break. Brilliant.
09:59And you're choosing these letters? Can I have another consonant?
10:02Thank you, Bec. G. A vowel? E.
10:08Another vowel? A. A consonant? R.
10:14Another consonant? T. A vowel? E.
10:21Another vowel? O. A consonant? D.
10:27E. And a final consonant?
10:29And a final G.
10:31Thank you, Rachel.
10:32.
11:02That's time. Bec.
11:04I have a six.
11:05Arthur. Eight.
11:06Bec.
11:07Geared.
11:08Geared. Gear yourself up for this.
11:10Derogate.
11:11Derogate.
11:12Yes, this is extremely good.
11:15It's to detract from, if something derogates from an argument,
11:18it detracts from it, so very good indeed.
11:20APPLAUSE
11:23So I had tagged?
11:25Yes. But you can add...
11:27Retagged. Retagged. Retagged for eight.
11:29Tagged will give you an eight, yeah.
11:3032.10 as we get more letters from Arthur.
11:34Consonant, please.
11:35Thank you, Arthur.
11:36S.
11:37And another.
11:40D.
11:41Vowel.
11:43A.
11:44One more.
11:45E.
11:46Consonant.
11:47M.
11:48Another.
11:50D.
11:51Vowel.
11:52U.
11:55Er...
11:56Another vowel.
11:58A.
12:00And another vowel, please.
12:01And lastly...
12:03O.
12:04And half a minute.
12:05serving the water.
12:08All right.
12:09Chair.
12:22All right.
12:22C.
12:23All right.
12:23THEY CONFER
12:35Arthur. Er, six.
12:37And Bec. Er, six.
12:39Arthur. Moused. Moused. Bec.
12:41Same word.
12:43Moused. In the dictionary, if you're moused...
12:47A cat mouses, so a cat is...
12:51Yeah, we'll chase mice. So it's there as a verb. OK, excellent.
12:55I can give you another kind of almost an animal.
12:57Medusa. Mmm, jellyfish.
13:00Exactly. I didn't know that until I was stung by about 100 of them
13:04off the coast of... I think it was Menorca.
13:07Good round, Bec. Points on the board in the letters.
13:11That's brilliant. But we're back at the numbers. You're picking.
13:15Can I have one large, please? You can indeed.
13:17Back to the numbers on National Numeracy Day.
13:19And these five little ones are nine, two, eight, ten and four.
13:26And the large one, 100.
13:28And the target to reach 277.
13:30277. Numbers up.
13:32So for now...
13:33Locations of the Problems of the Representative
13:34Hon Emirates, like B around the world has 217,
13:35back to the stage 245 and 217 or 390
13:37Let's get the numbers up.
13:39And we're at the number's up.
13:39So for now this is moving into the number.
13:41And the number's up...
13:44So ask all the solid lines...
13:45This is moving.
13:46A store of uniform.
13:47two.
13:50The number's up.
13:52A store oficken ignoils on...
13:53277 is the target, Bec.
14:05276.
14:06One away, Arster?
14:08278.
14:09One the other way, love when that happens.
14:11Bec?
14:12So we've got 100 times 2.
14:14200.
14:158 times 9.
14:1672.
14:18Add the 4.
14:20And then...
14:21276, one below.
14:23And Arster?
14:244 times 8 times 9.
14:274 times 8, 32 times 9 is 288.
14:32Minus the 10.
14:33And 278.
14:35One the other way.
14:36Where should we start with this one, Rich?
14:38Well, it's going to be one of those, the first thing will give you the clue.
14:41100 divided by 4 is 25.
14:44And then 10 minus 8 is 2, plus 9 is 11.
14:4910 times those two for 275, with a handy two left over, 277.
14:5645-23.
14:58Seven more points for Arthur and Bec.
15:00As we chat with Pat Nevin on this FA Cup week, and the weekend's growing close.
15:05You know, no matter who you support, we all remember the underdog, don't we?
15:09So, you know, in recent times, Leicester, of course, winning the FA Cup was so emotional and fantastic.
15:14But it's actually Coventry's run in this FA Cup that brought back memories of 87 for me.
15:20And then beating Spurs 3-2 in injury time.
15:22What's the point?
15:24Gary Mabadoji, you remember even the goal scorers.
15:27And it's something got to do with your era as well.
15:30The age you are when they're happening.
15:32So, that's what I kind of wanted to look at today.
15:34You know, my sort of era.
15:36So, 1872.
15:40The very first winners of the FA Cup.
15:42Anyone know the name?
15:44Oh, do you know what?
15:45I can't remember the such, but I know they won for a long time.
15:47It's not the Wanderers, it's Wanderers won the first one.
15:52Now, the great thing about that one, I studied it a little bit.
15:55The team that played against them, you didn't have substitutes in those days,
15:57but the team that played against them had two captains in the team.
16:01Which is very unusual.
16:02Why?
16:03Well, they were the Royal Engineers.
16:05They had two captains and nine lieutenants in their team.
16:08So, it was like an unusual thing to do with that.
16:10But one of the great people of that time was Lord Kinnaird.
16:15Yeah.
16:15And Lord Kinnaird played, he actually played in nine FA Cup finals from the first one onwards.
16:21And he has a great story.
16:23He won five.
16:25And until 2010, no one else had equaled his record.
16:31And I can see you thinking there, do you know?
16:33Is it Ashley Cole?
16:35It is Ashley Cole.
16:36Well done.
16:37You deserve a round of applause for that one.
16:39So, but Lord Kinnaird did more than that.
16:42And he did some fantastic things.
16:43Not only scoring the goals, et cetera, but he actually changed the way you thought about the game.
16:48So, he played centre forward and scored in the final.
16:50But he also scored in OG when he was playing in goal in another cup final.
16:56So, an incredible man who became a banker, who set up a little company, who then became another little company called Barclays.
17:04And they done okay.
17:05Oh, wow.
17:05So, what an incredible story this man has got.
17:08Love it.
17:09Thank you, Pat.
17:12Arthur and Beck, then.
17:13That's the only cup final we care about right now.
17:16And we'll get back to it with letters and Arthur.
17:18Consonant, please.
17:19Thank you, Arthur.
17:20N.
17:21And a vowel.
17:22And here we go again.
18:18Arthur.
18:19Seven.
18:20Beck.
18:20Six.
18:21Yeah.
18:21I think six is great.
18:23With those letters, what's the six?
18:24Tenet.
18:25What's the seven?
18:26Tontine.
18:28Tontine, Susie.
18:29Pray tell.
18:29Yes.
18:30I do know this one and annoyingly didn't find it, but it's a financial term for an annuity
18:35shared by subscribers to a common fund.
18:38So, very good.
18:39And just to say, Tenet is five, sadly.
18:41So, just one in.
18:43Pat.
18:43I was actually on the board of the pension scheme when I was PFH admin with the union.
18:48So, on the board of the pension scheme.
18:51And I've never heard the word Tontine.
18:53And I was on the board.
18:55So, it's incredible.
18:56These words are coming from a different land.
18:58Yeah, absolutely.
18:59Beck, you're doing very well, considering.
19:02And we get more letters now.
19:04Can I have a consonant, please?
19:06Thank you, Beck.
19:07Z.
19:08And another.
19:10R.
19:12Vowel.
19:13E.
19:14And another.
19:16I.
19:17Consonant.
19:18S.
19:19And another.
19:21P.
19:22And another.
19:24H.
19:24Vowel.
19:27E.
19:28And another.
19:29And lastly, A.
19:32Kind time.
19:32MUSIC PLAYS
19:34Bec.
20:04Six.
20:04Six and Arthur?
20:06Seven.
20:06Seven, OK.
20:07Bec?
20:08Sphere.
20:09Arthur?
20:10Reshape.
20:11Reshape.
20:12Wonderful for seven.
20:13Absolutely, yep, in the dictionary.
20:15That's a really good one.
20:16Let's start from scratch.
20:17What have you got, Pat?
20:18I don't know if I'm going to get away with this one.
20:20You're going to have to look it up.
20:21Harpies?
20:22Yeah, absolutely fine.
20:23In Greek mythology, so they are monsters with a woman's head and body
20:28and a bird's wing.
20:29Medusas, harpies.
20:31Exactly.
20:31Lovely.
20:32At 59.
20:33At 23.
20:34Third numbers round of the day.
20:36What are you going to do, Arthur, because you don't stick to the one thing?
20:39I think I'll take too large this time.
20:41Too large.
20:42You never know what you're going to say.
20:43You definitely don't have your usual.
20:44This time you can have four little, which are five, six, two and two,
20:51and the large one's 25 and 50.
20:54And the target to reach 972.
20:57Oh, big one.
20:57Nine, seven, two.
20:58Numbers up.
20:59This time you know what to do, Arthur.
20:59Now, let's get in.
21:00Now, let's see.
21:09MUSIC PLAYS
21:289.72 is the big target, Arthur.
21:319.73. One away. Bec?
21:33No. I haven't got it.
21:35There we go. Seven points for you, Mr Page.
21:3850 minus 6 minus 5.
21:4050 minus 6 and minus 5, 39.
21:43Times 25.
21:44Times by 25, 9.75.
21:46And take the two.
21:47And take the two, 9.73, one above.
21:50Well, on National Numeracy Day,
21:52I employed every trick you've taught me
21:54and I was still one away.
21:56Well, it's divisible by 6 and by 12,
21:58and you can get there either way.
22:00If you say 50 plus 25 is 75,
22:04add 6 is 81,
22:06and then 2 times 5 is 10,
22:08add the second two is 12,
22:09and times them together, 9.72.
22:12APPLAUSE
22:15Thank you, Rich.
22:16Second tea time teaser of today is Bold Leaf.
22:19Bold Leaf.
22:20You can fit the bad poker hand into the car boot.
22:23You can fit the bad poker hand into the car boot.
22:26You can fit the bad poker hand into the car boot.
22:30It was foldable.
22:31Foldable.
22:32Well, the ace in our pack has been Arthur Page,
22:33going for a sixth win today.
22:3466 points, 23 to Beck,
22:35which is a sensational effort so far.
22:36And you're on the letters.
22:37Consonant, please.
22:38Thank you, Bert.
22:48And one more.
22:49I.
22:51And one more.
22:52I.
22:53And the ace in our pack has been Arthur Page,
22:54going for a sixth win today.
22:5566 points, 23 to Beck,
22:57which is a sensational effort so far.
22:58And you're on the letters.
22:59Consonant, please.
23:00Thank you, Beck.
23:01N.
23:02And another.
23:03T.
23:04And another.
23:05C.
23:07And a vowel.
23:09E.
23:10And another.
23:11A.
23:12And another.
23:13E.
23:14And one more.
23:16I.
23:17A consonant.
23:18F.
23:19And another consonant.
23:20And lastly, B.
23:21Let's play.
23:22And another consonant.
23:23And lastly, B.
23:24Let's play.
23:25B.
23:26Let's play.
23:27I.
23:28I.
23:29I.
23:30Did I.
23:31Come.
23:32You.
23:34T.
23:35You.
23:40I.
23:42I.
23:44hit.
23:46All right, Bec.
23:59Just a five.
24:00Horser.
24:01I'll stick with a six, then.
24:02Bec.
24:04Oh, no, I've put it that one.
24:05Don't worry.
24:06Six.
24:07Entice.
24:08Entice.
24:08Pat, little chance, maybe a rare glimmer.
24:11Well, I'm going for fiancée.
24:13That's there for seven.
24:14And also betaine.
24:16Which is a compound that you'll find in many plant juices,
24:20such as beet.
24:21Nice.
24:22Lovely, lovely.
24:23Let's keep it going.
24:24Arthur, your letters.
24:25Thanks.
24:26Vowel, please.
24:27Thank you, Arthur.
24:28E.
24:29And another.
24:31I.
24:32One more.
24:33A.
24:33Consonant.
24:35R.
24:36And again.
24:38S.
24:39Another.
24:41P.
24:43One more.
24:45S.
24:45Vowel, please.
24:49O.
24:50And consonant.
24:52And lastly, L.
24:54And kind dine.
24:55We'll see you next time.
24:55We'll see you next time.
24:56We'll see you next time.
24:56We'll see you next time.
24:56We'll see you next time.
24:57We'll see you next time.
24:57We'll see you next time.
24:57We'll see you next time.
24:58We'll see you next time.
24:58We'll see you next time.
24:59We'll see you next time.
24:59We'll see you next time.
25:00We'll see you next time.
25:00We'll see you next time.
25:01We'll see you next time.
25:01We'll see you next time.
25:01We'll see you next time.
25:02We'll see you next time.
25:03We'll see you next time.
25:03We'll see you next time.
25:04We'll see you next time.
25:05We'll see you next time.
25:06We'll see you next time.
25:07We'll see you next time.
25:08MUSIC PLAYS
25:25Arthur. Nine.
25:27A nine out of those. And, Bec.
25:29An eight. What's the eight? Spoilers.
25:32Spoilers. Spoiler alert.
25:34Polarisers. Polarisers.
25:36Well done. APPLAUSE
25:40Great work, Arthur. Polaris spotted for that.
25:43Spoilers is brilliant as well, Bec.
25:44What a round it is. Can we add anything in?
25:46That's exactly what we had.
25:48All done as we stay in Dictionary Corner for our origins of words.
25:53Well, I got slightly carried away because I was talking about
25:56the big ship sails on the Ali Ali O yesterday,
25:59and I thought I'd just do one more nursery round
26:02because they are always fascinating.
26:04And one I hadn't really looked into before was Rockabye Baby,
26:08which was such an old traditional lullaby, really.
26:12And it was first appeared in print in around 1765.
26:16But as with all nursery rhymes, it was probably around for much,
26:19much longer before then.
26:21But the footnote to the verse where it was first included
26:25in Mother Goose's melody, it's just, it reads,
26:28This may serve as a warning to the proud and ambitious who climb so high
26:33that they generally fall at last.
26:35Because, of course, it is rather strange.
26:38And we know that nursery rhymes can be very, very dark,
26:40you know, the ones that we sing to our children.
26:42So it tells of a baby rocking in the branches of a tree
26:46and then falling to the ground when a branch snaps.
26:49So not particularly happy on the face of it.
26:52So it might indeed have been some sort of parable, if you like,
26:57of what may happen if you reach too high.
27:00As always, there's a kind of political interpretation of this,
27:04and many seem to be political allegories.
27:06And one idea is that the baby in question
27:09is the son of King James II of England.
27:12And there was a rumour that he was another man's child
27:16and that he was smuggled into the birthing room
27:19just to ensure a Roman Catholic heir.
27:22This was one of the rumours, supposedly, at the time.
27:25And so the rhyme might mean that the wind was the Protestant forces
27:28blowing in from the Netherlands
27:30and the doomed cradle was the House of Stuart.
27:32You will always find many, many interpretations like these.
27:35And, hey, you make such a great point of how dark they are.
27:38I was just making a note during that, you know.
27:40There's rarely a nursery rhyme from our generation
27:43that doesn't end in someone getting hurt or dying.
27:45Yes.
27:45I mean, Little Miss Muffet, Humpty Dumpty.
27:48Jack and Jill.
27:48Jack and Jill.
27:49What about There Was an Old Woman?
27:51That's like a horror movie.
27:52Yes.
27:53Maybe Baby Shark isn't that bad after all.
27:55Excellent.
27:55APPLAUSE
27:58Four rounds, dig, go.
28:00Are you ready?
28:01Bec, for another?
28:01Yep.
28:02OK.
28:03Have a consonant, please.
28:04Thank you, Bec.
28:05V.
28:06And another.
28:08T.
28:09And a vowel.
28:11E.
28:12And another.
28:13I.
28:15And another.
28:16A.
28:17And a consonant.
28:19G.
28:20And another.
28:22C.
28:23And one more.
28:24L.
28:25L.
28:26Under another vowel.
28:28And finish.
28:29U.
28:30And good luck.
28:31Here we go.
28:33Let's go.
29:00Bec?
29:03Just a five.
29:04And Arthur?
29:05Seven.
29:06A seven there, the five, Bec?
29:07Ballet.
29:08And the seven?
29:09Vulgate.
29:10Vulgate, V-U-L-gate.
29:12Yes, used primarily when we talk about the Bible,
29:14if it was written in the vernacular, so in sort of common speech,
29:18and it is there with a small v, common or colloquial speech.
29:21Anything else?
29:22No, we were...
29:23We had victual, or vittle as it's pronounced,
29:26food nourishment, but no better than seven.
29:29We'll get back to it with more letters from Arthur.
29:32A consonant, please.
29:33Thank you, Arthur.
29:34R.
29:35And a vowel.
29:37E.
29:38Consonant.
29:40D.
29:41Consonant.
29:43S.
29:44A vowel.
29:46O.
29:47And another.
29:48I.
29:49One more.
29:51E.
29:52A consonant.
29:55K.
29:56And another consonant, please.
29:58P.
29:59And lastly, P.
30:00And last letters.
30:01To Lately,
30:02have a letter actually?
30:03No!
30:04We remember two letters...
30:05Times If it wasn't sortir,
30:06what I mean it was
30:28Fon letters these, Arthur?
30:33Seven.
30:34And Bec?
30:35Six.
30:36The six is?
30:37Spiker.
30:38Yeah, seven.
30:39O-rides.
30:40How are you spelling that, Arthur?
30:42Um, O-R-E-I-D-E-S.
30:45Yes, absolutely brilliant.
30:47They are decorative, or they were, decorative golden yellow alloys of copper with zinc and
30:51other constituents.
30:52Goodness me.
30:52Well done to you.
30:53Well done.
30:54Anything else?
30:55Do you normally get a really sophisticated word like that?
30:58That we've never heard of again, and then you come up with porkies.
31:03Two more rounds to go today.
31:05Bec, let's enjoy them and get more numbers.
31:07Can I have one large, please?
31:08You can indeed.
31:09Final numbers today.
31:10One large, five not.
31:12And the little numbers are ten, four, ten, two, and five.
31:18And the large one's 75.
31:20And you need to reach 127.
31:23One, two, seven.
31:23Numbers up.
31:28One, two, seven, Bec.
31:55One, two, five.
31:56One, two, five.
31:57Just two away, Arthur.
31:59Yeah, one, two, seven.
32:00Off you go.
32:0175 minus four.
32:0275 minus four, 71.
32:04Times by two.
32:05Times two, 142.
32:08And take the ten and the five.
32:09Ten and the five, that will do.
32:11One, two, seven.
32:12That much.
32:12So, 1.14 on the board for Arthur.
32:17And after missing his first three conundrums, you're now on a hat-trick, aren't you?
32:22So, there you go.
32:22It'll be three all if you manage to get this.
32:24Bec, you can stop him.
32:26No doubt about it.
32:27Get the finger on the buzzer.
32:29Let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:31The rest of the time to Bec.
32:42That's incorrect.
32:43Oh, Bec.
33:11Because there was all sorts of words that were nearly there.
33:13But I think all three of you managed to get it, so.
33:17I think Dixie Conundrum, I'm very happy with, desperate.
33:21Desperate, which is what we are, praying against Arthur.
33:23Let's have a look.
33:25Yes.
33:26Well done, everyone.
33:29Well done, you three, but not us three.
33:30We don't get any of those applause at all.
33:32Right, Bec, have you enjoyed the day?
33:34I have, thank you.
33:35You kind of know, because you've been watching along, so you know what's going to happen with Arthur.
33:39So it makes it, in a way, perversely quite enjoyable, doesn't it?
33:44Arthur, well done to you.
33:45That's six in the bag.
33:47You know, we said on Monday about this week would be really, really special.
33:50Another century, so you get your sleep, you build up your energy.
33:53We'll see you back here tomorrow.
33:54Yeah, see you tomorrow.
33:54Excellent.
33:55Pat, Susie, see you tomorrow?
33:56Yeah, see you then.
33:57National Numeracy Day, and you've got the whole afternoon and evening to enjoy it.
34:01Yeah, and you go off and you do the challenge and report back to me tomorrow.
34:04I wouldn't dare turn up tomorrow having not done that challenge and never hear the end of it.
34:08You should have a look at it.
34:09Nothing to be afraid of at all.
34:11We'll be back tomorrow with the words and the numbers.
34:13You can count on us.
34:15You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:19You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.

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