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00:30Hello, everybody. It's Wednesday afternoon. It's Channel 4.
00:34And as luck would have it, it's time for another episode of Countdown.
00:37Thank you so, so much for tuning in. Hello, Rachel.
00:40Hello, Colin.
00:41Now, today, it's a strange one. It's Defy Superstition Day, which I quite like.
00:46It's urging us to rid ourselves of these little quirks,
00:50these little habits and superstitions that we have.
00:52Do you have any?
00:54I mean, I don't believe any, but there's some things that you do just out of habit.
00:58I've got the top five British superstitions.
01:02Number one is an obvious one. Touching wood. Do you ever touch wood?
01:06I mean, figuratively.
01:10Next, we've got the four-leaf clover. I get that.
01:13There's only one in every thousand, isn't it? It's four leaves.
01:15So, kind of quite lucky to get that.
01:17They're trying to make us stop believing in four-leaf clover.
01:19What's the idea of the cake again?
01:21Well, the idea is that it doesn't change anything.
01:23It's about trying to take some control of something that you can't control,
01:26so it's counterproductive, not very healthy to do.
01:30Find a penny, pick it up all day long.
01:31All day long, you'll have good luck.
01:33There you go. That's number three.
01:35Number four, making a wish when you blow out birthday candles.
01:39There's an actual day dedicated to this,
01:41and there's people putting money and trying to make us stop making wishes
01:43when we blow out birthday candles.
01:45Yeah, killjoys.
01:45I'm out.
01:47You're out of this?
01:47I'm out. I'm not investing.
01:49National Killjoy Day.
01:51The other one is seeing a shooting star.
01:54Believe it or not, outside of our top five now is just crossing your fingers,
01:58but I associate that with when you say things like,
02:01yes, Susie, I'll definitely come to your birthday party.
02:03Do you know what I mean?
02:04I mean, there's a whole group of people there trying to petition for us
02:07to stop doing these things.
02:08It's all a little bit of fun.
02:09Wow. This was meant to be a light-hearted chat,
02:10but Rachel's taken real exception to it.
02:12I mean, all the days, they're normally trying to raise awareness
02:15for something or help people.
02:16This one's what?
02:17It's those, have you had an accident lawyer firms?
02:21Yeah, they want to ban good luck.
02:23Okay, you know what?
02:24I'm with you, actually.
02:25I'm with you, actually.
02:26It's not worth the time.
02:28If you want to touch wood, if you want to rub a rabbit's foot,
02:31you know, if you want to cross your fingers, go for your life.
02:34Exactly. I'm with you on that one.
02:35Yeah. No luck needed here.
02:37Rachel will take care of the digits.
02:38Our Susie Dent will take care of the words.
02:42And alongside her, one of the nicest men in showbiz,
02:44is Justin Muirais.
02:45Hi.
02:46You know that you can't, in the bad old days,
02:49when people used to smoke,
02:50you would never take the third light, would you,
02:52off somebody?
02:53And that comes from the trenches, apparently.
02:55Oh, I've not heard that.
02:56The sniper would see the first light,
02:58he'd see it, he'd aim with the second,
03:00and shoot on the third.
03:01Wow.
03:02Cheerio as always, Justin.
03:03Thank you very much.
03:04Happy Wednesday, everybody.
03:05We have a new champion who rode his luck a little bit,
03:08beat Lorraine, who was fantastic.
03:10Sonal Palmer is back with us,
03:12our housing officer from Bedford.
03:14How are you, sir?
03:15Good, thank you.
03:16Well, you're up against Paul O'Brien today,
03:18our new challenger,
03:19originally from Leeds,
03:20secondary school teacher with Stansham and Goodstead.
03:23How are you, sir?
03:24I'm very well, thank you.
03:25Good.
03:25The wife will be watching at home.
03:26Tell me about how you met her.
03:28We met like most people do
03:31at ancient Greek summer school in Dorset.
03:35I love that.
03:36But it stayed weird, because...
03:38Sorry, no offence intended.
03:40But you know what I mean by this.
03:41The proposal was weird as well.
03:43Yes, yeah.
03:44It wasn't really a proposal,
03:46it was more of an instruction, actually.
03:48And it was from her to me.
03:50Right.
03:50And, yeah, I was busy playing snooker.
03:54Yeah.
03:54And Kieran, my wife, phoned me up
03:56and told me that we were getting married.
04:00And you said, that's a good break?
04:03Yeah.
04:03Yeah, that's it, yeah.
04:04Can I just finish this frame and we'll talk it through?
04:08It's a very costly game of snooker, that one.
04:11Well, listen, good luck to you today, Paul.
04:12And good luck, Sonal.
04:13Let's do it.
04:16Champion, letters.
04:18Have a consonant, please, Rachel.
04:19Thank you, Sonal.
04:20We'll start today with S.
04:21And a vowel.
04:23E.
04:24And a consonant.
04:26V.
04:27And a vowel.
04:29O.
04:30And another.
04:32A.
04:33And another.
04:36U.
04:37And a consonant.
04:38P.
04:40And another.
04:41R.
04:43And another consonant, please.
04:45And a final M.
04:47At the home man in the studio, let's play Countdown.
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05:01MUSIC PLAYS
05:18Give me a number, Sunnell. Seven. And Paul?
05:22Yeah, I'll go seven. Sunnell? Revamps.
05:25Revamps and Paul? Vapours. Yeah, vapours and revamps.
05:29Excellent, yes. Well done, Paul. First round's always the most nerve-wragging,
05:34so well done to you. Seven points each. Anything else, Justin?
05:37No improvement. No improvement for seven.
05:40I want to check a little six with, Susie, mopers.
05:43People who mope about. Teenagers. Moping.
05:48Mopers and movers. Loads of sixes. Paul, your first time choosing the letters.
05:52Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Paul. N.
05:56Vowel. E.
05:58Another vowel. U. One more vowel, please.
06:02I. Consonant. L. Consonant. C. Consonant. R. Consonant.
06:12D. And finish with a vowel, please.
06:17Finish with A.
06:19Thirty seconds.
06:20Thirty seconds.
06:20D. And finish with a vowel, please.
06:21D. And finish with a vowel, please.
06:22D. And finish with a vowel, please.
06:23D. And finish with a vowel, please.
06:24D. And finish with a vowel, please.
06:25D. And finish with a vowel, please.
06:26D. And finish with a vowel, please.
06:27D. And finish with a vowel, please.
06:28D. And finish with a vowel, please.
06:29D. And finish with a vowel, please.
06:30D. And finish with a vowel, please.
06:31D. And finish with a vowel, please.
06:32D. And finish with a vowel, please.
06:33D. And finish with a vowel, please.
06:34D. And finish with a vowel, please.
06:35D. And finish with a vowel, please.
06:36D. And finish with a vowel, please.
06:37D. And finish with a vowel, please.
06:38MUSIC PLAYS
06:51Paul?
06:53I will stick with seven.
06:55And Sonal?
06:56Seven as well.
06:57And a seven as well.
06:57What have you got, Mr O'Brien?
06:59Er, unclear.
07:00Mr Parmer?
07:00Nuclear.
07:01Nuclear and unclear.
07:03Yep, both holograms of each other, very good.
07:05Could they have gone any better?
07:07Beautifully, for eight.
07:08You know in your front door you have one of those things
07:10that stops the draft coming in?
07:11That's the...
07:12A snake.
07:13Or an excluder.
07:14Oh, excluder.
07:14You could have an includer.
07:16Ah, very good.
07:17Literally just somebody who includes somebody else.
07:19Exactly.
07:20All right.
07:21Well, we're only going to include Sonal in the choosing
07:23of our first numbers.
07:25Can I have two large, please?
07:26You can indeed.
07:27Two from the top, four not coming up.
07:29And the first number selection of this contest is five,
07:34eight, six,
07:36nine,
07:3775
07:38and 100.
07:40And your target,
07:41211.
07:42211.
07:43Numbers up.
07:43Here we go.
07:50Here we go.
07:54I'll see you in the next one.
07:55Bye.
07:55That's time. 2-1-1 the target. Sunnell?
08:16Just 2-1-4.
08:17Missed it by three, Paul?
08:192-11.
08:20Off you go.
08:219-3. Sorry, 8-5 is 3.
08:278-5 is 3.
08:299-3 is 6.
08:31Yep.
08:326 times 6 is 36.
08:34It is.
08:35And add it to the 75 and the 100.
08:37Perfect. 211. Well done.
08:39Way to go.
08:42Yet again, we go to our first break with a challenger in the lead.
08:45It's been one of those weeks.
08:46Let's get our first tea time teaser.
08:48It's outscorn.
08:49Outscorn.
08:50When it comes to the crunch, these are perfect.
08:52When it comes to the crunch, these are perfect.
09:09Welcome back.
09:10When it comes to the crunch, these are perfect.
09:12Outscorn becomes croutons.
09:15Croutons.
09:15Right.
09:1714 players, 24.
09:19Paul, you've got an early lead.
09:21Let's see if you can keep it up.
09:22Consonant, please, Rachel.
09:23Thank you, Paul.
09:24R.
09:25Another consonant.
09:28L.
09:29Another one.
09:31J.
09:32Vowel.
09:33O.
09:35Vowel.
09:36E.
09:37Vowel.
09:38Vowel.
09:39A.
09:40A.
09:41Consonant.
09:42G.
09:43Vowel.
09:44I.
09:45And a consonant, please.
09:47Lastly, C.
09:48Thanks, Rich.
09:50And a consonant, please.
09:52Lastly, C.
09:53Thanks, Rich.
09:54Thanks, Rich.
09:55.
10:07.
10:11How do you get on, Paul?
10:27Seven.
10:27How do you get on, Sunil?
10:28Seven.
10:29Very good indeed.
10:29Paul, the word?
10:30Calorie.
10:31Calorie.
10:32And Sunil?
10:33Same.
10:34There you go.
10:35Your score's fattened by seven points each.
10:37Every single letters round, sevens all the way so far.
10:40Great standard.
10:41Dictionary corner?
10:42No better than us for a magical seven, but you can have a different one.
10:45You can have Glacier.
10:46Glacier.
10:47Calorie.
10:48Both sevens in that round.
10:49Ten points.
10:50Remains the difference.
10:51And Sunil, let's do the letters again, see if we can separate you.
10:54Have a consonant, please.
10:56Thank you, Sunil.
10:57T.
10:58And another.
11:00L.
11:01And another.
11:03R.
11:04And a vowel.
11:05E.
11:06And another.
11:08O.
11:09A consonant.
11:10And a final consonant, please.
11:21And a final S.
11:23And half a minute.
11:23And a vowel.
11:24And a vowel.
11:25And a vowel.
11:25And a vowel.
11:26And a vowel.
11:26And a vowel.
11:26And a vowel.
11:26And a vowel.
11:27And a vowel.
11:27And a vowel.
11:28And a vowel.
11:28And a vowel.
11:29And a vowel.
11:29And a vowel.
11:30And a vowel.
11:30And a vowel.
11:31And a vowel.
11:31And a vowel.
11:32And a vowel.
11:32And a vowel.
11:33And a vowel.
11:33And a vowel.
11:34And a vowel.
11:34And a vowel.
11:35And a vowel.
11:35And a vowel.
11:36And a vowel.
11:36And a vowel.
11:37And a vowel.
11:37And a vowel.
11:38And a vowel.
11:38And a vowel.
11:39And a vowel.
11:39And a vowel.
11:40And a vowel.
11:41And a vowel.
11:41And a vowel.
11:53Sonal? Seven.
11:56And Paul? Eight. Sonal?
11:59Reports. Reports. And report to me this eight.
12:02Sportier. Sportier.
12:04It's all there. Very good.
12:06APPLAUSE
12:07Didn't see that. Didn't see that. Right, what did we get?
12:10Nothing better than an eight at all. No.
12:12We thought we had one. Yes, let's not go there.
12:15But, yes, Sportier is excellent.
12:17OK. Even the best make mistakes.
12:20You've increased your lead, Paul. Well done to you.
12:23And you're picking the numbers.
12:24I'll try six small, please, Rachel.
12:27Why not? That means you like the numbers.
12:29Confident, but we'll see in the next 30 seconds, I'm imagining.
12:33Right, here we go.
12:35They are two, three, one, seven, five and four.
12:40All fairly small. And the target, 664.
12:44664. Numbers up.
12:50Wow. 664, Paul.
12:53Nowhere.
12:54Yeah, I'm sure.
12:55Yeah.
13:00Wow.
13:01664, Paul.
13:05Nowhere.
13:06Yeah, it was your fault. Remember that, Sonal.
13:08Nowhere near.
13:09Nowhere near. OK, yeah. Nowhere near.
13:10Wow.
13:176, 6, 4. Paul?
13:19Nowhere.
13:20Yeah, it was your fault. Remember that, Sonal?
13:22Nowhere near.
13:23Nowhere near. OK, yeah. Nowhere near.
13:26Um, well, if you say 4 plus 2 is 6.
13:31I'm clapping already, cos you've got it.
13:33No, no, no, don't clap, don't clap.
13:34Times 3, 18.
13:37Add 1, 19.
13:3819 times 7 is 1, 3, 3.
13:421, 3, 3 times 5 is 6, 6, 5.
13:45But 6, 6, 4 was impossible, so 1 away was the best you could have done.
13:48That's brilliant.
13:51Right, let's take a break.
13:52Next in re-corner, Justin Murhouse has been doling out sage advice all week.
13:58Well, I think I've been giving out sage advice.
14:00What I've been trying to do is getting some anecdotes
14:02and forcing them down a funnel of formula.
14:06Here's one for her.
14:07Always make sure you ask for what you want.
14:10Mm.
14:11Yeah?
14:11Never be in doubt.
14:12And I'll tell you why.
14:13This story starts off a little bit sad, but it's a great story.
14:16My father passed away three or four years ago.
14:18And obviously it was a sad occasion and everything else.
14:21And when he passed away,
14:23we'd, um,
14:24informed that he'd already chosen the kind of songs he wanted at his funeral.
14:28My dad loved music.
14:30He absolutely adored music.
14:31Told us that he had a Japanese import of Sergeant Pepper by the Beatles.
14:35That would have been worth a fortune when he died.
14:37It wasn't.
14:38Um...
14:39LAUGHTER
14:39We had to, uh, have a cheaper funeral than we thought.
14:42Anyway, my dad picked his own songs for his own funeral.
14:46We carried my dad down the aisle to his favourite song,
14:49Astrid Gilberto's The Girl From Ipanema.
14:51Nice.
14:51Which sounds quite weird, but it was beautiful, like...
14:54Bum, ba-da-bum, bum, bum, bum, ba...
14:57At one point we took three steps back, you know,
14:59it's like a cha-cha-cha, chapel of rest.
15:02But my dad had often said he wasn't a religious man.
15:05He didn't want any ceremony, he had a kind of, like,
15:07very humanist thing, a couple of prayers in there for my mum.
15:10And we'd said to my dad, what do you want, you know, when you die?
15:13You know, everyone has these chats.
15:15Do you want to be buried?
15:16Do you want to be cremated?
15:16Do you want to be at sea?
15:17I mean, I want a bit of me at Old Trafford.
15:19I don't want a bit of me at the comedy store.
15:21I want...
15:21Do you know, this is what I want.
15:22I mean, cremated, obviously.
15:23That would be weird if you weren't cremated, but...
15:25LAUGHTER
15:26My dad had always said,
15:29put me in a rocket and fire me to the moon.
15:32And do you know what?
15:34You couldn't do it.
15:35No.
15:36The funeral parlour offers a service,
15:39and we've got four large rockets,
15:42one for each of the kids,
15:44and we split my dad's ashes between them,
15:46and we let them off in different places
15:47on the anniversary of his death.
15:48So my dad,
15:51up in the air on a hill called Werneth Lowe,
15:53which overlooks Manchester,
15:55and up in the air,
15:56it's amazing.
15:58It's beautiful.
15:59And that's what he wanted.
16:01And you know when people go,
16:01is that what he would have wanted?
16:03That is exactly what he would have wanted.
16:06Wow.
16:06You can do that?
16:08You can do that.
16:08It's a service.
16:09And not expect less than £100
16:10for the four big rockets.
16:13Wow.
16:13That's beautiful.
16:16APPLAUSE
16:16Right.
16:19Back to the game.
16:20It is letters,
16:21and it is our champion,
16:22Sonal,
16:23under a bit of pressure.
16:24Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
16:25Thank you, Sonal.
16:26G.
16:27And another.
16:29S.
16:30A vowel.
16:31And a vowel, please.
16:49And lastly, U.
16:51Half a minute.
17:05Horrible letters.
17:24Sunil.
17:24Just a five.
17:25And Paul.
17:26Five.
17:26Yeah, well to get there.
17:27What have you got?
17:28Usage.
17:29Usage, yes.
17:29Sweat.
17:30Sweat.
17:31And usage for five each.
17:33Can you both whine me with anything?
17:35There's a couple of nice sixes in there.
17:37Yeah.
17:38August.
17:39Oh, August.
17:40No, not August the month, but August as in Venerable.
17:44Like you are the August host of Countdown.
17:46Oh, you said it, not me.
17:48Yeah.
17:48By September we should have somebody else.
17:51And Gausses.
17:53And Gausses.
17:53More than one Gauss.
17:54Gausses.
17:55There you go.
17:55Very good.
17:56Very good.
17:57But five's all we could manage here.
17:59Paul, let's have a better round.
18:01Consonant, please.
18:02Thank you, Paul.
18:03B.
18:03Another one.
18:06R.
18:07One more.
18:10S.
18:11Vowel.
18:12A.
18:14Vowel.
18:14E.
18:15Vowel.
18:17I.
18:18Consonant.
18:19N.
18:22Consonant.
18:23P.
18:25And another consonant, please.
18:28Lastly, C.
18:30Start the clock.
18:31BELL RINGS
18:32Paul.
18:44MUSIC PLAYS
19:01Paul? Seven. And Sonnel?
19:04A risky seven, I think. A risky seven. OK, Paul, what have you got?
19:07Prancers. Prancers and Sonnel?
19:10Spatia. Spatia.
19:13You can indeed be spacier than the next person. Very good.
19:17Anything above a seven?
19:19There's a lovely word for eight, a countdown classic, carbines.
19:24Carbines. Yeah, firearms.
19:26APPLAUSE
19:30Pincers in there as well for seven. Let's move on.
19:34More numbers this time. Sonnel? One large, please.
19:37One large. You're not gambling. Steady, Eddie. Let's see if that pays off.
19:41Five little ones for this round are six, four, one, three, and nine.
19:47And a large one, 25. And the target to reach, 322.
19:52Number's up.
19:54MUSIC PLAYS
19:57Sonnel?
19:58322.
20:11I know, Paul's got it.
20:15Sonal?
20:253-2-2.
20:26I know Paul's got it.
20:28Yeah, 3-2-2.
20:29I think you got it before the clock started.
20:30That was unbelievable.
20:31You just gave Rachel the death stare for 30 seconds there.
20:34Sonal, it's on you first.
20:379 plus 4 is 13.
20:3913.
20:40Times 25, 3-2-5.
20:41Yeah.
20:42And take off the 3.
20:42Yeah, that's not going to change the score.
20:45And Paul?
20:46I have to do this for my son, Ravi.
20:499 plus 4 is 13.
20:52Yeah.
20:53Times 25.
20:543-2-5.
20:55And then 6 divided by 3 is 2.
20:58Yeah.
20:58Add for 1.
21:00He likes you to use all the numbers.
21:02He does.
21:02He says it's worth 11 points.
21:04There you go.
21:05One more at home for you then.
21:07There's an idea.
21:08Well done.
21:10Our second Tea Time teaser today is absolutely fantastic.
21:14Well done, producer Damien, for this.
21:16It's Aroma Con.
21:18Aroma Con.
21:20The two famous Scousers make something sweet together.
21:23The two famous Scousers make something sweet together.
21:26Welcome back.
21:43It was good, wasn't it?
21:44Aroma Con becomes Maca Roon.
21:46Two famous Scousers make something sweet together.
21:49Maca and Roon.
21:50Paul McCartney and Wayne Rooney.
21:52Very clever indeed.
21:53We'll let it be, we'll get back to the game.
21:56Our champions still with work to do and our challenger picking these letters.
21:59A consonant, please.
22:01Thank you, Paul.
22:02M.
22:03Vowel.
22:04A.
22:05Consonant.
22:07R.
22:08Consonant.
22:09N.
22:10Vowel.
22:12E.
22:14Vowel.
22:15Vowel.
22:17I.
22:18A consonant.
22:21R.
22:22A consonant.
22:25T.
22:27And a consonant, please.
22:30And lastly, L.
22:32Good letters.
22:33Let's start the clock.
22:34Vowel.
22:35Vowel.
22:36Vowel.
22:36Vowel.
22:37Vowel.
22:37Vowel.
22:38Vowel.
22:38Vowel.
22:39Vowel.
22:39Vowel.
22:40Vowel.
22:40Vowel.
22:41Vowel.
22:41Vowel.
22:42Vowel.
22:42Vowel.
22:43Vowel.
22:43Vowel.
22:44Vowel.
22:44Vowel.
22:45Vowel.
22:45Vowel.
22:46Vowel.
22:46Vowel.
22:47Vowel.
22:47Vowel.
22:48Vowel.
22:48Vowel.
22:49Vowel.
22:49Vowel.
22:50Vowel.
22:51Vowel.
22:52Vowel.
22:53Vowel.
22:54Vowel.
22:55Vowel.
22:56Vowel.
23:05Paul?
23:06Seven.
23:07And Sunil?
23:08Seven.
23:09OK, what are the words?
23:10Mariner.
23:11Mariner.
23:12Mineral.
23:13And mineral, no problems there.
23:15Yet again, seven points each.
23:16To dictionary corner.
23:17There's a couple of lovely eights there, connected.
23:20There's tramline...
23:21Very good.
23:22..and terminal.
23:23That's a lot?
23:24That's a lot.
23:25OK, let's move on then.
23:26Sunil, nine letters.
23:28Can I have a consonant, please?
23:30Thank you, Sunil.
23:31D.
23:32And another.
23:34T.
23:35And another.
23:36N.
23:37And a vowel.
23:38A.
23:39And another.
23:40U.
23:41And another.
23:42E.
23:43A consonant.
23:44T.
23:45And another.
23:46S.
23:47And a vowel, please.
23:49And a final A.
23:50Countdown.
23:51And a vowel, please.
23:52And a vowel, please.
23:53And a final A.
23:54Countdown.
23:55.
23:56Half of mine
23:57To be In English.
23:58And a vowel.
23:59沸, as it is.
24:01Clip-soft, capital.
24:02And a vowel, you know?
24:03And a vowel and a vowel, we can't wait until you rocket, but at the thesis, you win it.
24:05If you're in missing, it's a vowel here.
24:06Like, a vowel's , the vowel and a vowel.
24:08Time's up, Sunnell.
24:26I'll try an eight.
24:28Yes, and Paul.
24:29Eight.
24:30Sunnell.
24:31Untasted.
24:32Untasted.
24:33And Paul.
24:34Unstated.
24:35Yes.
24:36The unstated thing.
24:37Can you untaste?
24:38Untasted?
24:39Something can be untasted.
24:40So if food has not been tested for flavour, for example,
24:43it's untasted.
24:44Very good indeed.
24:45Both absolutely excellent.
24:46Eight points each.
24:47Dictionary corner.
24:48You need a nine to impress me.
24:49Nothing different.
24:50Although that selection of letters does scream nine, doesn't it?
24:53You're staring at it, but no.
24:55Very well done.
24:56Yeah.
24:56Unstated was as far as I got.
24:59Untasted.
24:59Brilliant.
25:00We'll take a break.
25:01Four rounds left.
25:02Still in the balance.
25:03Origins of words.
25:04Now, you were saying yesterday you were going to do another place name.
25:06I was, and actually I have to thank the viewer who I mentioned yesterday,
25:10because this was in the second half of his email.
25:12Do you remember him?
25:13Mr Baker.
25:13Bernie Baker.
25:14Bernie Baker.
25:14From Reading.
25:15And I thought he should be from Bredding.
25:17Yeah.
25:18So he asked me about Pity Me, which I discussed yesterday,
25:22and he also now talks about another very notorious name from York,
25:26Whitmer Watmergate, which is brilliant.
25:29And actually I saw Dan Snow on his history hits,
25:32which are brilliant, talking about just this and standing there.
25:34It's one of the shortest streets that you can find.
25:37It's in the historic city of York in England.
25:40Really strange.
25:41And as you can imagine, just like with Pity Me,
25:43there's a lot of debate about this.
25:45So according to the plaque that is there at the end of the street,
25:48in the year 1505, the street was known as Whitmer Watmergate,
25:52which translates, according to them, to what a street.
25:56You know, look at this.
25:56But most people think it actually...
26:00Whitmer Watmergate actually goes back to a very old phrase,
26:04meaning neither one thing nor another, because it's so short.
26:07It's not really a street, but it's, you know, what is it?
26:11But one thing that we do know is that the gate bit is not actually a gate,
26:14because it goes back to a Viking word, gata, in Old Norse,
26:18meaning a street rather than a gate.
26:20And in fact, you will find that in many places,
26:22in York Colliergate, Fosgate, those are all streets.
26:25But maybe also think about Shambles, of course, in York.
26:29Beautiful, some say it was the inspiration for Diagon Alley in Harry Potter.
26:35Lovely street.
26:36Shambles gave us, well, the idea of something being a shambles,
26:40a state of absolute disorder,
26:42because this is where butchers would sell their meat,
26:44their bloody carcasses, et cetera,
26:46through the open windows of their shops.
26:49And the mess that you might find on their benches
26:51gave us the modern word of shambles,
26:54because these were sort of slaughterhouses as well.
26:56And it also made me think of banks.
26:59The banks that we visit every day
27:00goes back to this very similar situation in medieval England,
27:04where moneylenders would set up a bench on the street,
27:07and that is where they would do their financial dealings.
27:09And bench in Italian is banker,
27:12and that gave us the modern bank.
27:14And when they went bankrupt, famously,
27:15they would break their bench in two
27:18to signify that they were out of business.
27:21And bancarotta in Italian gave us bankrupt.
27:24From one place name. Very good.
27:25Yes.
27:29Well, we cannot hold on to a champion this week on Countdown.
27:33Our challenger has a lead again.
27:35So, Sonnel, our champion, in 58.
27:37Paul, you're on 76.
27:38Nowhere are you out of the woods yet.
27:40Let's get more letters.
27:42Consonant, please.
27:43Thank you, Paul.
27:44And go for another consonant, please.
28:13Lastly, another D.
28:15Good luck.
28:15vie build up.
28:16We'll wait to see you in the middle.
28:17We'll look for another pronunciation, please.
28:19Let's get back.
28:19Let's get back.
28:21We'll be back.
28:22Bye-bye.
28:23Bye-bye.
28:26Bye-bye.
28:29Bye-bye.
28:30Bye-bye.
28:34Bye-bye.
28:34Bye-bye.
28:43Bye-bye.
28:43How many, Paul?
28:48Six.
28:49And how many, Sunil?
28:49Six.
28:50Six as well.
28:51Yeah, it was hard to get beyond that, Paul.
28:52What was the word?
28:54Hooded.
28:54Hooded.
28:55There's a lot of EDs in there.
28:56Hoofed.
28:57Hoofed.
28:58Hooded.
28:58And the list goes on and on, but does it go above it?
29:01Woofed, footed, hooted, hooted, hotdog.
29:04Yeah, everyone's stuck in the sixes.
29:06Right, that means the gap remains 18 points.
29:09But champ, you're in charge of these letters.
29:10Good luck.
29:11Can I have a consonant, please?
29:12Thank you, Sunil.
29:13M.
29:14And a vowel.
29:16I.
29:17And another.
29:18U.
29:19A consonant.
29:21D.
29:23And another.
29:24M.
29:25And a vowel.
29:27E.
29:28And another.
29:30I.
29:31A consonant.
29:33N.
29:34And a final consonant, please.
29:36And a final L.
29:38Last letters.
29:38And a vowel.
29:40And a vowel.
29:40And a vowel.
29:41And a vowel.
29:41And a vowel.
29:42And a vowel.
29:42And a vowel.
29:42And a vowel.
29:43And a vowel.
29:43And a vowel.
29:44And a vowel.
29:44And a vowel.
29:44And a vowel.
29:44And a vowel.
29:44And a vowel.
29:44And a vowel.
29:45And a vowel.
29:45And a vowel.
29:45And a vowel.
29:46And a vowel.
29:46And a vowel.
29:46And a vowel.
29:46And a vowel.
29:47And a vowel.
29:48And a vowel.
29:48And a vowel.
29:48And a vowel.
29:48And a vowel.
29:49And a vowel.
29:49And a vowel.
29:50And a vowel.
29:50And a vowel.
29:51And a vowel.
29:52And a vowel.
29:52And a vowel.
29:52Sonal, give me number. Six. And Paul? Dodgy six. Sonal, what's not dodgy? Medium. And
30:18what is? Dummy, with an I-E. It's not, they're dummied, or dummies, but not dummy on its own,
30:25just the Y. Sorry about that, Paul. Yeah, that goal gets smaller as you get towards the end,
30:30Paul. That means, Sonal, you pick up the six points. Was there any more points up for grabs
30:34there? There is, from anatomy, is that the correct area? The midline. Oh, right. Your
30:41midline. Yeah. Right on your body. Or that way, is it? Well, if you make a midline incision,
30:45I think you're probably going that way. All right. That's why I would never be a surgeon.
30:49I was supposed to go there, and he went down there. I never trusted you the whole way through
30:53that. I'm glad Susie's there. We wanted a flap, not a zip. I might be wrong. I'm going to look
30:56this up for you. I can look up the midline. I didn't hear that, did you? Susie didn't mind
31:00me. You're never wrong, Susie. Oh, yeah, no, I'm frequently wrong. Well, one way or the
31:04other. Leave it with me. That word is a cut above what we managed here. That means 12 points
31:08in it as it stands at the moment. Not quite a crucial countdown conundrum, so a huge last numbers
31:14round. And, Paul, you're in control. I'll go for one large, please. You want something
31:19nice and easy to seal the deal. Yes, please. What are the numbers throw up? Final one of
31:24the day. Five, three, three, four, one, and 100. And the target, 331. 331. Last numbers.
31:36Five, three, four, one, and 100. And the target, 331. And the target, 331. And the target,
31:43And to seal that deal, Mr O'Brien?
32:10330.
32:10He's missed it by one, Sonnell.
32:12I think I've got 3-3-1 not written down.
32:14Go.
32:16Five... No, I haven't got it, actually.
32:17Oh, no!
32:19Oh, no!
32:20I thought I did.
32:21Paul can breathe.
32:22Wow.
32:23It's not the hardest numbers round.
32:25Real pressure on both of you.
32:27Paul, for seven points, then.
32:29100 plus five plus four plus one.
32:33Ah, plus one, yeah.
32:36110.
32:37Times three.
32:38Times three, 330.
32:40Wow.
32:40Oh, was not expecting that.
32:42Well, not lots of ways to get there, but if Paul had stopped at 100 plus five plus 409,
32:50you could times that by three for 327, with a three and a one remaining.
32:543-3-1.
32:55Nice.
32:55Another really strong countdowner is one and done, but let's dot the I's and cross the T's.
33:05Fingers on buzzers, please.
33:06Our new champion, Paul, our outgoing champion, Sonnell.
33:08Let's reveal today's countdown conundrum.
33:40Well, time's up.
33:41Paul and Sonnell drew blanks.
33:43Justin Murhouse got it in about three seconds.
33:46Yeah, I think about it.
33:47Is it democracy?
33:48Are you asking me or telling me?
33:50I'm telling you.
33:50Let's have a look.
33:51Yes.
33:52APPLAUSE
33:53Very good.
33:56We'll see you tomorrow.
33:58And Sonnell can't believe again saying goodbye to such a good champion after just one win.
34:03What's the balance between happy and gutted?
34:06Happy to win one game, but gutted not to carry on.
34:08I'm gutted not to have you here tomorrow.
34:10But looking forward to see what Paul can do.
34:12Exceptional standard this week.
34:13Thank you, Sonnell.
34:14Thank you, Paul.
34:16Justin, Susie, we will see you tomorrow.
34:18We will.
34:19See you then.
34:19And I don't want to say it could have been superstitions, but I did see Sonnell going like this with both fingers and chopping up four-leaf clovers before the game, so...
34:27Right.
34:28Susie, Rachel and I are back tomorrow.
34:30Another new champ in place and another countdown.
34:33You can count on us.
34:35You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:41You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
34:45APPLAUSE
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