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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown as the month of May heads towards its conclusion.
00:36And for everyone heading into an extended weekend with the bank holiday looming, we hope it's a good one.
00:41And thank you so much for still finding time for us this Friday afternoon.
00:45Hello, Rachel Riley. Hello, Colin Murray.
00:47Birthday today of Queen Victoria. She was born in 1819.
00:53And, of course, wasn't born Queen. She was just born Victoria.
00:56But was Queen from the age of 18 and actually was the longest reigning monarch.
01:00I googled all of this. My royal history is terrible.
01:03But it was Elizabeth II that took that record, longest reigning monarch.
01:08But it's you, actually, because I mentioned this to you earlier, and you were the one regaled me with loads of facts, including how many children she had.
01:15Nine children.
01:16That's some going.
01:16I don't know how you have nine children and get anything done, never mind be the Queen.
01:21See, how do you remember their names?
01:23I mean, you've two, and you can manage that.
01:26Anyone who's got two kids knows that you'll switch the names up more often than you won't.
01:31Do you think by the time you get to, like, the sixth or seventh, you know, when you come up with names, the novelty's worn off.
01:36You're just like, yeah, whatever, write whatever you want.
01:37You just go, Blondie, Brownie, just you over there. Come over.
01:42Brilliant. Thank you, Rachel.
01:43Well, let's head over to Dixonry Corner.
01:45It's not just the bank holiday weekend.
01:47It's FA Cup weekend and up for the cup today.
01:49It's our G of the D, Susie Dent, and the one and only Pat Nevin.
01:56Now, Pat, unless my memory is playing tricks on me,
02:00you were in Dixonry Corner when the history maker Tom Stevenson became an octo-champ
02:05and he scored around 1,000 points.
02:08So each time I come on, I think, I'm going to really do well.
02:11And then I come against a genius every single time.
02:15But it's actually brilliant to be there.
02:17They're very different styles, actually.
02:19Yeah, they really are.
02:19The intriguing thing about it, tapes of words and things like that.
02:23So, no, it's been a joy for me to watch it.
02:26Not so much of a joy for the contestants, though.
02:29Exactly.
02:29Well, you're talking about 16-year-old Arthur Page.
02:32Arthur, seven wins, 833 at points.
02:37Now, given how good you are, I'm not ruling out you getting 1,000.
02:42You would smash the all-time single show record,
02:44but you probably do have four maximums in you today.
02:47But just any type of win today will make you an octo-champ.
02:50It will make you the number one seed.
02:53And it will put you in the 900 club,
02:55which since, you know, over two decades ago,
02:57the show switched to the 15-round format.
02:59There's just a little over 30 people in that.
03:01So, that's a great club to be in.
03:03Only 5,000 and above.
03:06How are you feeling today?
03:06Because you are as cool as a cucumber.
03:09Yeah, it's been a long week, but...
03:11But I'm, yeah, looking forward to it.
03:14People don't realise that, you know, with Countdown,
03:16because it's just the mental energy.
03:18When you say to someone like Arthur,
03:19so, how are you feeling?
03:20He's just like, I just don't want...
03:21I just want to go to bed.
03:22It's crazy.
03:24Well, Arthur, you're up against Ben Furness today.
03:26How are you doing, mate?
03:27Yeah, I'm good, Colin, thanks.
03:28In Furness?
03:29You wish you were here on Monday, but it's the way it goes.
03:31I don't care about you.
03:33I don't want to be rude, but I don't care about you.
03:35All I care about is young Martha, your daughter.
03:38So, you have two daughters.
03:40You've got to mention Poppy as well.
03:41Yeah, I'd be in trouble if we didn't mention her as well.
03:42But your wife, Jen, was telling me all about Martha,
03:45who's nine and Countdown crazy, right?
03:47She is.
03:47She watches every night, and she's pretty good at it as well.
03:50I hear she's sort of getting better at the letters,
03:53but is a whiz at the numbers.
03:54She's a whiz at the numbers, yeah.
03:56She even gets the numbers before me at times.
03:58Amazing.
03:58And I believe you're not a very popular daddy at the moment,
04:02because you've been practising and watching Countdown every day.
04:06Taking the fun out of it, apparently.
04:10Well, you are, because you're making her be quiet during it.
04:13I love it.
04:13Well, listen, let's see what happens today, Martha.
04:16But, listen, we want you to plan Countdown as soon as you can.
04:19But best of luck today, Ben, and big day for Arthur.
04:22So, here we go.
04:27Hi again, Rachel.
04:28Can I have a consonant, please?
04:29You can indeed.
04:30Good luck today, Arthur.
04:32Start with L.
04:33And another.
04:35C.
04:37Another.
04:38R.
04:39One more.
04:41N.
04:43Vowel, please.
04:44A.
04:45And another.
04:46U.
04:47And another.
04:48E.
04:50One more.
04:51I.
04:54And a consonant, please.
04:57And a final.
04:58K.
04:59At home and in the studio last time this week, let's play Countdown.
05:09Time's up, Arthur.
05:34Eight.
05:35An eight from Arthur, not a surprise.
05:37Ben?
05:37We'll try an eight.
05:38You have to.
05:39You have to try and stay in early.
05:41Arthur?
05:42Clunkier.
05:43Clunkier.
05:44Yeah, same word.
05:46I love that word as well.
05:47APPLAUSE
05:48Pat Nevin, Susie Dent.
05:53Well, that's excellent.
05:54Yeah, a word that I'd never been used about me, lankier,
05:57but it's only seven.
05:58We're quite happy with that.
05:59Nuclear?
06:00Nuclear's another good one.
06:01And I like crinkle.
06:03Crinkle.
06:03It's a nice-sounding word, but clunky was our only eight.
06:05All done.
06:06All done.
06:07Ben, what a start.
06:08It's like, you know, when you're an underdog, say, for example,
06:11in an FA Cup game, you've got to sort of hang in there
06:14and hope they crack.
06:15You know, the pressure shows.
06:17And no-one's really stayed the pace,
06:19so let's see if you can do that.
06:20Ben, your letters.
06:21Hi, Rachel.
06:22Hi, Ben.
06:22Can I have a consonant, please?
06:23You can, indeed.
06:25D.
06:26And another.
06:28W.
06:29And a third.
06:31B.
06:32Have a vowel, please.
06:32E.
06:34And another one.
06:35O.
06:36And another.
06:38A.
06:39Another consonant, please.
06:41S.
06:42And another consonant.
06:44R.
06:46And a final consonant, please.
06:48And a final T.
06:50And 30 seconds.
06:51S.
06:53MUSIC
06:54So much going on, Ben.
07:22Seven.
07:23Seven for you and Arthur.
07:24Eight.
07:25He's found an eight.
07:26Ben.
07:27Boasted.
07:29Broadest.
07:30Broadest.
07:31Very nice indeed.
07:32Yeah.
07:33APPLAUSE
07:35What I don't like about you, Arthur, you hurt my hands.
07:37You hurt my hands.
07:39Anything else?
07:40You can stick the R in boasted and have broasted.
07:44OK, so is that a bit like boiled and broiled?
07:46Yeah.
07:47Boasted and broasted?
07:48It's a weird one.
07:49I'm not sure I ever really completely understand broiling.
07:52Direct heat is an explosion to direct heat, but yeah, it's a mixture of roasting and
07:55broiling.
07:56There you go.
07:5716 players, eight.
07:58Look at Ben Furness.
07:59He started with an eight and a seven and he's eight points behind.
08:02Let's get at the first numbers of the day.
08:05Arthur.
08:06I'll go for one from the top this time.
08:08Thank you, Arthur.
08:09One from the top and five others.
08:11We shall go for these five.
08:13First numbers of the day.
08:14Two, eight, three, eight, ten and one hundred.
08:21And the target, 248.
08:23248.
08:24Numbers up.
08:25Numbers up.
08:28Bye.
08:36Bye.
08:40Bye.
08:44Bye.
08:46Bye.
08:53And.
08:532, 4, 8.
08:58Arthur? Yeah, 2, 4, 8. And Ben?
09:002, 4, 7. Oh, just missed it by one, so, Arthur, ten points.
09:04Eight times three times ten.
09:06Eight times three, 24 times ten, 240.
09:10Add the eight. And the second eight, 2, 4, 8. Well done.
09:12APPLAUSE
09:16OK, Arthur, well on his way to Countdown Immortality
09:19as you get your first Tea Time teaser this Friday afternoon.
09:23It's another belt of this one.
09:24This week's been great.
09:25Fern Army, Fern Army, F-E-R-N.
09:29Chris gave you clear instructions not to pay Brian.
09:34Chris gave you clear instructions not to pay Brian.
09:38MUSIC
09:42APPLAUSE
09:47Welcome back. Chris gave you clear instructions, that Chris is Chris DeBerg,
09:57not to pay Brian. The Brian's Brian Ferry and the answer is the Ferryman.
10:02Don't even fix a price till he gets you to the other side.
10:05Right, Ben, more letters, please.
10:08Another consonant, please. Thank you, Ben.
10:09Q.
10:10And another one.
10:11N.
10:13And a third.
10:14S.
10:16And a vowel, please.
10:17I.
10:18And another.
10:19E.
10:20And another one.
10:21A.
10:22And another consonant, please.
10:23N.
10:24Another consonant.
10:25H.
10:26And a final consonant, please.
10:28And a final D.
10:29Thanks, Rich.
10:30And a final consonant, please.
10:33And a final D.
10:35Thanks, Rich.
10:36MUSIC
10:37MUSIC
10:41MUSIC
10:43ING
11:07Time's up, Ben.
11:08Six.
11:09Six from you and Arthur.
11:11Seven.
11:12The sixth, Ben.
11:13Shined.
11:14The seven...
11:15Handies.
11:16Handies.
11:17They're not these things, actually.
11:18They're mobile phones, particularly in Europe.
11:20Your handies.
11:2133 players, A.
11:23Let's get on to more letters from you, Arthur.
11:26Thanks.
11:27Consonant.
11:28Thank you, Arthur.
11:29T.
11:30Vowel.
11:31E.
11:32Consonant.
11:34D.
11:35And another.
11:36M.
11:37One more.
11:38B.
11:39Vowel.
11:40I.
11:41And another.
11:42A.
11:43One more.
11:44E.
11:45And a consonant, please.
11:46And lastly, T.
11:47Half a minute.
11:49And a consonant, please.
11:50And lastly, T.
11:51Half a minute.
11:52And lastly, T.
11:53Half a minute.
11:54Half a minute.
11:55T.
11:56T.
11:57T.
11:58T.
11:59T.
12:00T.
12:01T.
12:02T.
12:03T.
12:04T.
12:05T.
12:06T.
12:07T.
12:08T.
12:09T.
12:10T.
12:11How many, Arthur?
12:26Eight.
12:26Yes, and Ben?
12:27Just a six.
12:28Just a six, what's a six?
12:30Debate.
12:31And Arthur, the eight?
12:32Meditate.
12:32Yes, for once I got an eight that he managed to get.
12:35I'm elated at that.
12:37Just got to stay focused, got to stay calm.
12:39How did you get on Dictionary Corner,
12:40apart from the old downward duck?
12:42Very good, no downward duck, we had bedtime.
12:45Nice.
12:46Yeah.
12:46Second numbers round then, Ben, you're in charge.
12:49You're going to risk anything?
12:51I have three large, please, Rachel.
12:52You can indeed.
12:53I like a run who takes a risk, especially at this stage.
12:56Three large, three little, let's get some points.
12:59And the little ones, one, ten, four.
13:01And the big ones, 100, 25, 75.
13:05And the target, 356.
13:08Three, five, six, numbers up.
13:10Three, five, six.
13:40the target, Ben. No, I've lost it. And Arthur? Yeah, 3-5-6. Off you go, mate. 25 plus 1. 26.
13:47Times 10. 260. Add the 100 and minus the 4. Well done. 3-5-6. Excellent.
13:55Now, mathematically, you're not an octo-champ yet, but I will tell you, with those 10 points,
14:00you are the top scorer of the series already. You've just passed Mark Finnerty, who had 8-7-6 total,
14:05and, of course, as an octo-champ, he got a nickname, which was Buzz Lightyear. Arthur,
14:10if you can just see this, Ben, your nickname's fantastic. I will reveal all later. Let's just
14:15say it doesn't work in my accent, but it's absolutely brilliant. 51 plays 8 as we head over
14:20the dictionary corner. And Pat, our last chat of the week before the FA Cup final. Of course,
14:26you've experience of it. You know, it's unbelievable to think what it must be like to wake up in
14:31the morning and think, I'm playing in an FA Cup final. Yes, you always bring this up.
14:35Don't you? It's a special one, though. This is a very special one. I did play 1989
14:40for Everton against, yes, Liverpool. And, you know, it's a very, very special day. It
14:47doesn't matter who you are, when you play it. Cup final's a day you will never forget
14:51for the rest of your life. So, I mean, the build-up's incredible, but every friend,
14:57every member of your family, everyone you have ever known will be aware of it.
15:01Yeah. And it's an extraordinary thing to think that. And also, many, many millions of
15:05people that you will never, ever meet will be seeing it as well. And you can, and almost
15:10certainly will, if you do something special, go down in history for good and for ill. So,
15:16there's an incredible pressure around it. These guys know what the pressure's like in this sort
15:20of day. But it's different from just about anything else. The 1989 one was a special
15:26one. It was poignant as much as anything else. It was the year of Hillsborough. It could only
15:29ever be Everton and Liverpool playing in that final on that one. And it was an incredible
15:34game. 3-2. Yeah. After extra time. And I think I've said to you this before, Liverpool
15:41did cheat that day. And I will hold on to that for my entire life. They did cheat that day
15:45because they brought on Ian Rush as a sub. I know. And that's cheating. I know.
15:50That's just too good to bring on as a substitute. But one of the extraordinary things about it,
15:55even though it's such a big day in every single player's life, and many fans' life as well,
16:03I've never watched it again. No. I've never watched a moment of it again. Because if you lose,
16:08you lose. It's second. And it's bred into you as a footballer. So every one of those players,
16:14and of course all the fans looking at it, it's only the winners. And you know what happened
16:19to my medal, don't you? I walked out and I dropped it in a bin. Yeah. Because... And what I'm happy
16:26about now, many years later, somebody spotted me doing it and sent it back to me. And I'm happy
16:31I've got it now. But that's the big thing about this competition. And you're building to it
16:36for such a long time. And it will be an extra special day. And I hope everyone just enjoys it.
16:40Absolutely. Thank you, Pat. APPLAUSE
16:43Excellent. Right. Back to the game, then. Here we go. More letters, Arthur. Stay strong.
16:51Here we go. Consonant, please. Thank you, Arthur. S.
16:54And a vowel. A. Consonant. G. And another. T. Vowel. E. Consonant. R. Vowel. U. And another. E. And consonant, please.
17:17A final G. And here we go again.
17:20Thank you, Zach.
17:22Bye bye.
17:23Bye bye.
17:23Bye bye.
17:35Bye bye-bye.
17:38Bye bye.
17:42R, sir?
17:51Seven.
17:52Seven from you.
17:53And Ben?
17:54Seven.
17:54Seven too.
17:55What have you got?
17:55Gester.
17:57And for you?
17:59Stagger.
17:59Yep.
18:00Stagger.
18:01Gesture.
18:02Yep.
18:03Absolutely fine, both.
18:04Yeah.
18:04We had this, didn't we, the other week?
18:06Just we had Stagger and Tigers and all of that.
18:08Anything else we can add?
18:09Something a bit new?
18:11Austere.
18:12It's not one of my favourite things, but it's a lovely word.
18:14There you go.
18:15More letters, please.
18:17Ben, can you do the honours?
18:18I'll start with a consonant, please.
18:20Thank you, Ben.
18:21L.
18:22And another one.
18:24T.
18:25And a third.
18:27M.
18:28And have a vowel, please.
18:30O.
18:31Another vowel.
18:32U.
18:33And another one.
18:34E.
18:36Consonant, please.
18:37T.
18:39Another consonant.
18:41N.
18:41And a final consonant, please.
18:44And a final J.
18:46And start the clock.
18:47T.
19:00T.
19:02T.
19:02T.
19:02T.
19:03T.
19:04T.
19:04T.
19:06T.
19:06Ben, six. Six for you. Well done, and Arthur?
19:21Yeah, six. Six for you. Excellent, Ben, let's get some points on the board.
19:25Mottle. Yes, here we go.
19:27Mutton. Mutton and mottle.
19:29Yep, both very good. Two sixes in the bag, anything else?
19:32One more six for us.
19:34Yeah, I'd go for a molten.
19:36We're all done on that. Yeah, we are.
19:38Six, six and six.
19:40OK, let's just chuck straight on to the numbers, and Arthur.
19:42Yeah, I think I'll go with my usual six more.
19:45Your usual, I like that idea.
19:47Six little ones, one of your many usuals.
19:50Here we go, let's see if we have a challenge out of this lot.
19:53Numbers are three.
19:54One, eight, nine, two, and ten.
19:59And the target, oh, 671.
20:01Six, seven, one, numbers up.
20:06Six, seven, one, numbers up.
20:37And Ben?
20:38Yeah, six, seven, one.
20:38Oh, you're lucky, because I just got a wee text from Martha.
20:42She's had all three numbers so far.
20:43Yeah, she's at 30 points.
20:45Off you go, Arthur.
20:46Ten times nine.
20:48Ten times nine, 90.
20:50Three times two.
20:51Three times two, six.
20:53Take them away.
20:54Take it away for 84.
20:56Times about eight.
20:57Times it by eight for 672.
21:00And take the one.
21:01Yeah, that'll do it.
21:02Six, seven, one.
21:04Ben?
21:05Nine, eight, so 72.
21:06Yep, this is the way I do it.
21:0872.
21:09Take away the two and the three.
21:1167.
21:12Times it by ten.
21:13670.
21:14And add the one.
21:15And I reckon that's 99% of the way the people who did it did it.
21:18Yeah.
21:20Fell nicely.
21:21Ten points each as we get our last tea time teaser of the week.
21:25Heading into the bank holiday weekend.
21:27Chip Lard.
21:28Chip Lard.
21:29Bob's cat might fancy this for dinner.
21:31Bob's cat might fancy this for dinner.
21:49Hello again.
21:50Every day's a school day.
21:51Bob's cat might fancy this for dinner.
21:53Apparently, according to everybody else in the studio,
21:56Bob the Builder's cat was called Pilchard.
21:58Pilchard, right.
21:59Can Ben fix this?
22:01Don't think you can, mate, but we get six rounds left.
22:05And it's your letters.
22:07Consonant, please.
22:08Thank you, Ben.
22:09M.
22:10And another.
22:12N.
22:13And a third.
22:14C.
22:15Vowel, please.
22:17U.
22:18Another one.
22:19E.
22:20And another one.
22:22O.
22:23Another consonant, please.
22:25L.
22:27Another consonant.
22:28P.
22:29And a final vowel, please.
22:33And a final I.
22:34And let's play.
22:35T.
22:36T.
22:37T.
22:38T.
22:38T.
22:38T.
22:39T.
22:40T.
22:40T.
22:41T.
22:41Another 30 seconds passes by Ben.
23:09Six.
23:09Six from you.
23:10Well done, and Arthur.
23:11Seven.
23:11And a seven there.
23:12Ben.
23:13Police.
23:14Yes, and let's find out the seven.
23:16Compile.
23:17Let's check it's legal.
23:18Of course it is.
23:19It totally is legal, yes.
23:20Of course.
23:21And that's done.
23:21And that's done and dusted.
23:22Another seven points in the bag.
23:25Susie.
23:26Yes.
23:27More sixes from us.
23:28We have pumice, column, that kind of thing.
23:30That's it.
23:31Yes.
23:32As you are.
23:33OK, we will get on with it.
23:34Get more letters from you now, Arthur.
23:36Vowel, please.
23:37Thank you, Arthur.
23:38E.
23:39And another.
23:39A.
23:41One more.
23:43E.
23:44Consonant.
23:45T.
23:46And again.
23:47R.
23:49One more.
23:50D.
23:51Another.
23:53S.
23:55Vowel.
23:57O.
23:58And consonant.
24:01Final.
24:02L.
24:03Konec.
24:03Konec.
24:04S.
24:04Konec.
24:04Konec.
24:05Konec.
24:05Konec.
24:35Eight. Eight from Arthur. Ben?
24:38I think an eight. Arthur?
24:40Leotards. Leotards. Countdown classic. Ben?
24:43Desolate. Desolate.
24:45Desolate is all there. Well done, indeed.
24:48APPLAUSE
24:51I wasn't sure the way you said that. It's your proper showbiz sometimes.
24:55I know, I was thinking about the R at the end. I was thinking,
24:57can we put that on as I was speaking? But you can't. It has to be OR.
25:01Was there a nine in there? There were good letters.
25:04They were good letters, but we could only find a couple more eights, actually.
25:07Mm-hm. Leotards was when I jumped it as well.
25:10Yeah. Lodestar always goes with leotards. And treadles as well.
25:13Yeah. What's a treadle?
25:15A little lever that you have on a sewing machine, for example.
25:18Foot pedal. OK. Yeah. Thank you.
25:20OK, four more rounds to go. I asked you that just to get you warmed up, Susie,
25:24for Origins and Words. All good. Thank you.
25:27Well, I am... I'm not answering a viewer's query today.
25:31I'm just marvelling, really, at the changes that can happen to the words that we use
25:37and the changes over time and how, you know, some of the words just had
25:41dramatically different meanings in the past.
25:44Some you might be able to guess at, so awful, you know, we were full of awe,
25:48full of wonder. Computer, you would probably guess, in the 17th century,
25:52was a person, you know, working out sums.
25:55But you might not guess that a tiddlywink was once an unlicensed pub.
25:59There's a story there. A fireman was a man who was full of passion.
26:05And a urinator was an underwater diver.
26:08Oh. We'll just leave that one with you.
26:10But tabloid, believe it or not, is another one that has changed dramatically.
26:14So, obviously, when we speak of tabloids these days,
26:17we're referring to popular newspapers, what we would call the red tops
26:20because their titles are traditionally printed in red background.
26:25But over a century ago, a tabloid meant something very different,
26:29namely medicine.
26:31Because in 1884, a manufacturer of medical supplies
26:35applied for a trademark for the drugs that it produced
26:38that came in a rather unique form.
26:40They had been compressed into tiny little tablets.
26:43It was pretty new at the time.
26:45And the name that the company created was tabloid,
26:48and the oid bit means simply resembling in form.
26:51So we had trendoid, the other day we had android, that kind of thing.
26:54The company in question were Mrs Burrows or Wellcome and Company.
26:59And they did, in fact, successfully claim exclusive use of this word.
27:03But then they couldn't control, because you cannot control language,
27:06its wider use.
27:07So in that particular area of medicine, it stayed bespoken to them.
27:12But elsewhere, a tiny version of anything, they couldn't, you know,
27:17they had absolutely no authority over that at all.
27:19And that mainstream use accelerated until the 1890s, pocket encyclopedias
27:24came to me called tabloids.
27:26And in 1901, the tabloid newspaper became the tablet's most famous imitator.
27:32But, of course, the story doesn't stop there,
27:34because nowadays we have our portable computers that are called tablets.
27:38Maybe at some point, if they come in really tiny form,
27:40they will be called tabloids as well.
27:42We may not be there to see its evolution, but it will definitely keep going.
27:46OK.
27:47Nice morbid end to the Origins Awards, Susie.
27:50No, but it will go for hundreds of years.
27:52Friday afternoon. Nothing like cheering us up.
27:53Just remind us all of our mortality.
27:56APPLAUSE
27:59That was sick.
28:00Thanks.
28:01Four more rounds to go.
28:03Ben, let's do it. Let's get some points up.
28:05Listen, if you can get a half century against Arthur Page,
28:08that's a reason to celebrate this weekend. Off you go.
28:11A consonant, please.
28:12Thank you, Ben.
28:13S.
28:14And a second.
28:15V.
28:16And another one.
28:18R.
28:19And a vowel.
28:20A.
28:21Another.
28:22I.
28:23And a third.
28:24E.
28:25Another consonant, please.
28:26Y.
28:27A consonant.
28:28P.
28:29And a final consonant, please.
28:30And a final D.
28:31Good luck.
28:34And a final consonant, please.
28:36And a final D.
28:37Good luck.
28:39At breakfast.
28:40Ticket's a evening.
28:41A.
28:42To 되고 map.
28:43And a final consonant music.
28:44Cr防.
28:45All done, Ben?
29:11Yeah, seven.
29:12Seven, nice.
29:13Arthur?
29:13Seven as well.
29:14Yeah, I'm thinking that's fantastic.
29:16Go ahead, Ben.
29:16Sprayed.
29:17Sprayed.
29:17And Arthur?
29:18Despair.
29:19Despair and sprayed.
29:21Two fantastic sevens.
29:23Pat and Susie, anything else do you add?
29:25More sevens for me.
29:26Aspired.
29:27Lovely.
29:28Praised.
29:29Yes, more on the same thing, but just sevens.
29:31Wonderful.
29:31Arthur, here we go then.
29:32Let's get the final letters round.
29:34Thanks.
29:35Vowel, please.
29:36Thank you, Arthur.
29:38O.
29:39And another.
29:40U.
29:42Consonant.
29:43R.
29:43Uh, another.
29:46W.
29:47Vowel.
29:49O.
29:50Consonant.
29:52G.
29:53Uh, and again.
29:55S.
29:57Vowel.
29:59E.
30:00And one more vowel, please.
30:04Lastly, A.
30:06And last letters.
30:07Agree.
30:19I.
30:22I.
30:23I.
30:23I.
30:24I.
30:25I.
30:25I.
30:26I.
30:27I.
30:28I.
30:29I.
30:30R-A-G-E-O-U-S
30:38Arthur.
30:39Seven.
30:40Ben.
30:41Just a six.
30:41Yeah, the six.
30:43Grouse.
30:43Seven.
30:44Rageous.
30:45Can you spell that for me?
30:47R-A-G-E-O-U-S.
30:50Ah, rageous, absolutely brilliant.
30:52Yes, it describes, as you might imagine, or it did once,
30:56people, actions, etc., that are full of rage or passion.
30:59I mean, obviously outrageous, but rageous.
31:04It's brilliant, isn't it?
31:05That's sensational.
31:06Well done.
31:09Another century in the bag for Arthur Page,
31:12and still 20 more points maximum for you to get.
31:14So, last numbers of your choosing, Ben.
31:16Try three large again, please.
31:17Three large and three little, not making it easy to get those ten points.
31:21You've got to work for them.
31:23Final numbers of the week.
31:24Nine, six, ten, 75, 125.
31:30And the target, 868.
31:32868.
31:33Last numbers.
31:34One, two, three, four, five, five, five, six, ten, 75,
31:38All done, Ben?
32:068-6-9.
32:078-6-9, one away, Arthur.
32:098-6-9 as well.
32:108-6-9 as well, off you go, Ben.
32:129 times 100.
32:139 times 100, 900.
32:16Take away the 25.
32:178-7-5.
32:18Take away the 6.
32:19And the 6.
32:21Well done, 8-6-9.
32:22Arthur?
32:23100 plus 25 plus 9.
32:25100 and 25 and 9.
32:28Times it by 6.
32:30Times it by 6 for 804.
32:34And then plus the 75 and minus the 10.
32:39Yes, well done.
32:408-6-9 again.
32:41Lovely, well done.
32:42You can steal all the glory.
32:43Last numbers round of the week, 8-6-8.
32:45Well, I can't because this one was impossible.
32:48One away is the best you could have done.
32:49So, well done to both of you.
32:50Yeah, even better from both of you.
32:51Brilliant.
32:52Right, 1-10 for Arthur.
32:53Ben, you did it.
32:5453 against our top seed of the series.
32:58So, well done, Martha.
32:59You should be very proud of your dad, let me tell you.
33:02Countdown conundrum time.
33:03You can add on 10 more points.
33:04Arthur, it'll be your last round until late June.
33:07And Ben, your finger on the buzzer.
33:09Here we go.
33:10Today's Countdown conundrum.
33:15Arthur?
33:16Pepperoni.
33:17What a way to go out.
33:19He tops it off with pepperoni.
33:21Unbelievable.
33:22First of all, Ben Furness, the next time we'll be seeing you is when Martha's in the studio.
33:28Absolutely, yeah.
33:29Won't it be?
33:30I look forward to that.
33:31Can't wait.
33:32Well done to you.
33:33That's a really good performance.
33:34Thank you, mate.
33:36Well done, Arthur.
33:38Yes, total score.
33:39I know you'll want to know all this straight away.
33:409.53.
33:41So, you are the number one seed.
33:43And we have to give you a nickname.
33:45Now, it needs like a southern English accent.
33:47The closest we're going to get is you, Rach.
33:49Can you just say...
33:51This is so good.
33:52Can you just say Arthur's full name in a bit of a London-y type accent?
33:55Well, Arthur Page.
33:56Yes.
33:57That's why your nickname is A5.
33:59So, give it up, everybody, for A5!
34:06Isn't that just a sensational nickname?
34:08Yeah, it's wonderful.
34:09Half a page, by the way, for all the Celts watching.
34:12Arthur Page.
34:14Listen, we will see you again.
34:16Pat, we will see you again.
34:18Enjoy your bank holiday weekend.
34:19I will do.
34:20And guess what I'll be doing?
34:21Watching the football.
34:22Watching the FA Cup final.
34:24Happy days.
34:25And no bank holiday for us, Susie.
34:26Back in a Monday.
34:27We will be here.
34:28And we'll all be glued to the football rich.
34:29Well, we will.
34:30Because United are in it.
34:31Go on, you Reds.
34:32Actually, I've just realised I'm gardening to do.
34:34But we'll see you here on Monday.
34:35Same time, same place.
34:36You can count on us.
34:37You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:43You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
34:48I'm going.
34:50Bye.
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