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00:30Hello, everybody. It's Tuesday afternoon and only good times ahead on another episode of Countdown.
00:37Hello, Rachel Riley.
00:38Hello, Colin Murray.
00:39I want to say happy birthday to one of the most underrated musicians of all time
00:44and somebody who everybody here and probably everybody at home has in their record collection,
00:49whether they know it or not, is the great Niall Rogers.
00:52He was born in 1952 on this day.
00:56You ready for the whirlwind that is Niall Rogers?
00:58Hit me.
00:59OK, so he was the co-founder of Chic, so that's Dance, Dance, Dance, Everybody Dance,
01:04Le Freak, Ah, Freak Out, and Good Times.
01:07So that's not a bad start, is it? One of the kings of disco.
01:10Yeah, I'm listening.
01:11But that last track, Good Times, was the inspiration for the Sugarhill Gang, Rapper's Delight,
01:17the first globally recognised track in the history of hip-hop.
01:20So that's not a bad start, one of the kings of the disco movement and the birth of hip-hop.
01:24But he wrote and or produced records that have sold over 500 million.
01:30And this is where you have them in your record collection.
01:32So, We Are Family, Sister Sledge, involved in that.
01:36I'm Coming Out and Upside Down by Diana Ross.
01:39Yeah.
01:39Not bad.
01:40And he produced, are you ready?
01:41Because you definitely have one of these in your record collection.
01:43Let's Dance by David Bowie.
01:45Brilliant.
01:46The Reflex by Duran Duran.
01:47And Like a Virgin by Madonna.
01:52He truly should go down in the history of music, one of the true greats.
01:55I hope he's having a day off from writing classics today.
01:59And you've interviewed everyone in the music business.
02:01Have you ever interviewed him?
02:01I have never interviewed Nile Rodgers.
02:04So he's on your list, presumably.
02:04Let's get him in Dictionary Corner.
02:06Why not?
02:07He's a really nice guy who does loads of stuff.
02:10I think we could probably get him.
02:11Let's put him on the list.
02:12You put the word out.
02:13Lovely.
02:13Let's head over to Dictionary Corner to the person who's always chic.
02:16Each and every day we introduce her, Susie Dent.
02:19And alongside her all this week is the actor, the presenter,
02:22the comedian first, of course, Chris McCausland.
02:26All right.
02:27Paul O'Brien has won four shows now.
02:29He's rocked up today in a lovely shirt, but below the desk, a pair of shorts.
02:34Are you getting a bit comfortable over there, O'Brien?
02:35No, I just...
02:37I spend most of July and August in shorts, and though I were not September as well.
02:42Settling in, and rightfully so, four wins so far, halfway to becoming an octochamp.
02:48And you're going up against Niall Cusack, who's from the wonderful Waterford in Ireland,
02:54the calibre of Irish guests on this show last season, and this has been special.
02:58So high expectations for Niall Cusack.
03:00How are you?
03:01I'm nervous now, thanks, Colin.
03:03Listen, no need to be.
03:04You've got a family of performers.
03:06The sporting links in your family.
03:07I actually have to read it.
03:08There's that many.
03:09Now, you, you don't really count.
03:10You've done a wee bit of tennis and football coaching.
03:13Yeah, whatever.
03:14Your dad played a bit of League Ireland football, which is fantastic.
03:18Your wife is a former rugby international.
03:22But your great-uncle won the Cheltenham Gold Cup.
03:25Yeah.
03:25Tommy Cusack.
03:26He won on a horse called Fortown.
03:29But yeah, he left Ireland, went to the UK, took on jockeying, and ended up Gold Cup champion.
03:35Wow.
03:35Yeah.
03:36Right, brilliant.
03:36Good luck to Niall and the Paul.
03:41OK, Mr Shorts, let's get some letters.
03:44I'll start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
03:46Thank you, Paul.
03:47Start today with S.
03:49And another consonant.
03:51T.
03:52And a third.
03:54P.
03:55A vowel, please.
03:57U.
03:58Another one.
03:59A.
04:00Another one.
04:02E.
04:03A consonant.
04:05T.
04:07A consonant.
04:09B.
04:11And a final vowel, please.
04:14A final O.
04:15At home, man in the studio.
04:17Let's play Kainter.
04:43I'll stick with a six.
04:52Yeah, OK, and Niall?
04:53I'll stick with a six.
04:54A six, let's hear what you've got, Paul.
04:56Outset.
04:57Outset and Niall?
04:58Upbeat.
04:59An upbeat, which you should be always good to get on the board in your first round.
05:04Happy enough, Susie?
05:05Very happy.
05:06I don't know if Niall was even considering putting the S on upbeat,
05:09but you can do, because it's there as a noun.
05:12Upbeat.
05:13Up.
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05:14He makes a very good point.
05:19He does.
05:20At the end.
05:22It's an unaccented beat preceding an accented beat in music.
05:26Anything else, Chris?
05:29Teapots, we think we had.
05:31Oh.
05:32Outstep.
05:33We can't out-baste your chicken better than anyone else.
05:36In case anyone was wondering, but you have seven for us.
05:38Right, Niall, off you go, your letters.
05:40Hi, Rachel.
05:41Hi, Niall.
05:41Can I get a consonant, please?
05:42You can indeed start with S.
05:45Vowel.
05:47A.
05:48Vowel.
05:50E.
05:51Consonant.
05:53W.
05:54Consonant.
05:55G.
05:57Consonant.
05:58D.
06:00Another, please.
06:01C.
06:02Vowel.
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06:05And consonant, please.
06:08And the last one.
06:09T.
06:10And 30 seconds.
06:11We'll see you next time.
06:12We'll see you next time.
06:12We'll see you next time.
06:12We'll see you next time.
06:13We'll see you next time.
06:13We'll see you next time.
06:14We'll see you next time.
06:14We'll see you next time.
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06:15We'll see you next time.
06:15We'll see you next time.
06:16We'll see you next time.
06:16We'll see you next time.
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06:18We'll see you next time.
06:18We'll see you next time.
06:19We'll see you next time.
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06:21We'll see you next time.
06:22We'll see you next time.
06:22We'll see you next time.
06:23We'll see you next time.
06:23So the time we have, Niall?
06:43Seven.
06:44Seven and Paul?
06:45Yep, seven.
06:45There you go.
06:46Matched again, Niall, the word?
06:47Widgets.
06:48Widgets.
06:50And Paul?
06:51Cage-est.
06:51Cage-est, as he's both worded in the first round.
06:55And widgets.
06:56Yes, we like widgets.
06:58Yeah, both sevens, those are exactly the same ones that we had.
07:01Good.
07:01Can we get an eight out of those?
07:03Not so far.
07:04No?
07:04No.
07:05That's your luck?
07:06Yeah.
07:06All right, 13 points each.
07:08That's it.
07:08We can separate you on the first numbers round.
07:10Paul O'Brien.
07:11Go for one large, please, Rachel.
07:13I break the habit of a lifetime.
07:15One from the top and five little numbers.
07:17The first one of the day is five.
07:20One, seven, ten, eight.
07:25And the large one, 75.
07:28And the target, 377.
07:303-7-7, numbers up.
07:32And the target, 378.
07:43A lot of inactivity from Paul and Niall, so we know where this is going.
08:06Paul?
08:07Yeah, 3-7-7.
08:07Yeah, and Niall?
08:08Yep, 3-7-7.
08:09Well done, let's have it, O'Brien.
08:1175 times 5.
08:133-7-5.
08:1510 minus 7.
08:173.
08:18Plus 1.
08:194.
08:208 divided by 4 is 2.
08:21And you get your bonus point from your son.
08:243-7-7.
08:25There you go.
08:26And how do you go Niall?
08:27Much the same, it's 10 minus 8 for the 2.
08:29Yeah.
08:30Yeah.
08:33Eve and Stephen's 23 points each, first teatime teaser of the day is Sam's lose.
08:39Sam's lose.
08:40Sam's trying to lose weight, so has stopped eating this.
08:44Sam's trying to lose weight, so has stopped eating this.
08:48Sam's trying to lose weight, so has stopped eating this.
09:08Sam's lose becomes molasses.
09:11Molasses.
09:11A sweet start for our challenger, Niall Cusack, who's matching our champion, Paul O'Brien.
09:16All the way, 23 points all.
09:17Let's get back to it, Niall.
09:20Could I have a consonant, please?
09:21Thank you, Niall.
09:22G.
09:23Vowel.
09:23E.
09:26Consonant.
09:28L.
09:29And another, please.
09:31M.
09:32One more, please.
09:34F.
09:35Vowel.
09:37O.
09:39Vowel.
09:41I.
09:42Consonant.
09:44T.
09:45And a final consonant, please.
09:49And a final P.
09:51Cheers, Rich.
09:51Vowel.
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10:21that's it testing nine letters Niall six very good Paul yeah six yeah I think
10:28that might be top let's find out what we got police polite piglet and piglet
10:34polite and piglet Susie and Chris can we go better six no six points each in
10:41that row really difficult so Paul off you go start with a consonant please
10:45Rachel thank you D and a vowel a a vowel a consonant ah consonant H vowel a
11:02consonant ah a consonant N and a final consonant phase final V and half a
11:20minute
11:32all seven yep and Niall seven words please reheard a Niall Haverd Haverd yeah
12:00absolutely brilliant both of them to Haver is to be indecisive that's how I
12:05would know it but in scots it means to talk foolishly or to babble yes so that
12:10is good and you can rehear something for sure so reheard very good beautiful yeah
12:14beautiful words well done still can't split the both of them anything else for
12:17me Susie and Chris I've got an eight nice and hardener obviously something that is
12:23used to harden something glue there's some yeah I think used in trade certainly
12:29you might have a resin hardness of it if you can have a hardener can you can you
12:33re-harden something can you re-harden yes you can there you go well done Chris
12:41keep it up and it's the second numbers right and it's our new challenger a chance
12:46six more please why not six more let's see if this will separate you to find a fun
12:50one the little numbers are seven eight nine nine two and three and the target 539
13:02nine five three nine numbers up
13:32can I have another 30 seconds no we're not allowed now 540 a one away Paul 540 540 off you go now
13:43seven times nine seven times nine 63 minus nine minus nine is 54 two plus eight two plus eight is 10 and 10 times the 54 yep that gets you to one away 540
13:58same way Paul are different slightly different eight times seven eight times
14:05seven 56 plus three plus three 59 times by nine times by nine is 531 and then at the
14:14second nine yep one above yep 540 again well the studio drew a blank on that me
14:19included Chris McCausland got one the other way five three eight how do we get to five
14:25three nine um well this one's divisible by seven oh you love a seven so if you say
14:31nine times eight is 72 and then you can add the two and the three for 77 and times it by seven by three
14:42nine all the sevens
14:46well you'd know that unless it was your job would you exactly 43 points eight and Chris
14:53yesterday we chatted about your wonders of the world program which people can binge on all four
14:58now I went on there and your stand-up is there as well is that your last tour
15:03so yeah that's the last tour which ended in May we did 143 dates across the country
15:11and Channel 4 filmed it for broadcast earlier in the year which is very nice of them
15:16and they've been very good to me and the tour was called Speaky Blinder yeah which obviously taking
15:25the s off Peaky Blinders put it on the beginning there's a bit of a pun there but there's a there's
15:29a story behind the title Colin in that Justin Justin Moros lovely Justin our mate who was on last week
15:37yeah yeah you know I've known Justin for 20 years unlucky and then he knows what I'm like you know
15:44I'm obviously blind I I I he knows that although I'll talk about it a little bit of me stand-up I
15:50don't go on about it and he knows what I like in me comedy and he phones me up he goes hey Chris
15:55as about he said I've got a name for your show I said I said what is it you went you're not gonna like
16:00it and he told me and I was like I do know yeah I don't like it it's a bit on the nose it's a bit
16:08of a pun not not me favorite title I made the mistake of telling me tour promoter of me age they
16:13loved it right absolutely loved it he said if you can come up with something better you can have that
16:18I mean you've got a nice thing about is that gonna become a theme you know it's like the next tour
16:23gotta be like blind ambition is it always gonna be a play because sometimes you end up seeming the
16:28whole way through well the next the next show is called yonks and it's on sale already starting
16:34in January it's called yonks mainly because they wanted a title before I'd written any of it and it
16:40felt like a good word but it's one of them words isn't it that I mean I we're not I mean you don't
16:45really know where it do you know where it comes from yeah donkeys years was a pun on donkeys ears
16:51because they're very long and donkeys years was then short or kind of messed around with create yonks
16:57so it's donkeys donkeys years I wouldn't I wouldn't have known that I because yeah it's one of them
17:02words that we use it all the time but like you can't have just one can you you kind of oh I
17:06haven't seen you really in a yonk we haven't really got a clue what we're talking about
17:09talking about donkeys but it's the title of the next tour because it's vague thank you very much
17:1543 points all what a game we have today uh and champ you're up I'll start with a consonant please
17:24rachel thank you paul p and a second d another one s a vowel u a vowel i a consonant t a consonant
17:42x a consonant n and a vowel and a final e and here we go
17:52so
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18:06that's time paul seven and nine seven seven as well what are the words dispute dispute same and
18:30dispute nice no dispute in that you've both got the half century up 50 points each other sevens
18:35anything better chris pundits pundits yes very good pundits would have been there for seven as well
18:42more letters from a challenger now uh could i get a vowel please thank you now a and a consonant
18:49s
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18:55m
18:57uh one more please
18:59a
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19:03another a
19:05a consonant
19:07b
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19:13and one more consonant please lastly t
19:15a t all right uh start the clock
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20:15beautiful word a breast would be there absolutely a breast would be there for seven that was the best we could do
20:17good good uh
20:19seven
20:21seven points eight let's see if you can add ten points each with the third numbers round paul
20:23oh
20:25stick to one large please rachel
20:27yeah tactics coming into play one large five little wonder if this will make any difference at all to the scoreline let's see
20:33your numbers are two
20:35seven five five five
20:37ten
20:39seventy five and the target
20:41eight hundred and fifty four
20:43big one eight five four numbers up
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23:38Nile.
24:06Six.
24:06Yep.
24:07And Paul.
24:08A six.
24:09Yay.
24:10Now, horned.
24:12Horned.
24:13Same for me.
24:14Same word.
24:15Horned, what can we add?
24:17Just more sixes, really.
24:19Hander, hardened, but no more than that.
24:2270 points each.
24:24Loving it.
24:25Let's do it again, Paul.
24:26Why wouldn't we?
24:27Let's start with a consonant, Rachel.
24:29Thank you, Paul.
24:29M.
24:30And another.
24:33R.
24:34A vowel.
24:36O.
24:37Vowel.
24:38E.
24:39Consonant.
24:41T.
24:43Consonant.
24:44N.
24:45Vowel.
24:47U.
24:49A consonant.
24:53F.
24:55And a final consonant, please.
24:57A final C.
25:00Let's play.
25:00Let's play.
25:30Time up, pens down. Paul.
25:33Seven. Yeah, and Niall. Seven.
25:36Not so. Paul. Remount.
25:38Yes. Fortune.
25:39Susie and Chris, can we go better?
25:41Oh, I wish we could.
25:42No? We have one more seven.
25:45Confute to prove someone wrong.
25:4777 points each.
25:49Four rounds to go. Susie, Origins Awards.
25:52Well, the emails keep coming in from our wonderful viewers.
25:55This one is from Richard Lewis, who says...
25:58Having a French wife, I quite often come across British sayings that are hard to explain.
26:02The most recent one we came across is,
26:04I'm just going to see a man about a dog.
26:07I explained that this was to allow a person to discreetly go to the toilet,
26:10but have no idea where the phrase comes from.
26:14And there are certain subjects, aren't there,
26:16which obviously attract a lot of euphemism,
26:18and they've changed over time.
26:20Death is a big one for us today.
26:22It wasn't at all in the Middle Ages,
26:23when they were much more matter-of-fact about things.
26:26And we are also quite coy, still, about going to the toilet.
26:30Now, toilet itself is actually a euphemism,
26:32because a toile was actually a kind of dressing table cloth.
26:38So it was where usually a woman would go and retreat
26:43and sort of do her, you know, do her toiletries and her cosmetics, etc.
26:47So toilet itself was, you know, was then attached to the lavatory,
26:52but that's not really what happened originally.
26:54So to see a man about a dog,
26:56it's been used in several different ways since it first came about.
27:00So one of the earliest recorded instances we have
27:02is from an Irish play called The Flying Scud,
27:07or A Four-Legged Fortune.
27:09And it's clear that the speaker here is just using it
27:12to escape from a pretty awkward predicament.
27:15So nothing to do with going to the loo at all.
27:18So in this play, someone is accused of a forgery,
27:21and he says,
27:22Oh, excuse me, I can't stop.
27:24I've got to see a man about a dog.
27:25I forgot all about it till just now.
27:28And if you think that it was originally all about a certain man
27:32going to see a dog,
27:32he'd probably be wrong,
27:33because there are so many variations of it.
27:35We have to see a man about a horse,
27:37to see a dog about a man,
27:39a man about a rose,
27:41and simply got to see a man.
27:44So quite what the first recorded instance of,
27:47you know, all of those was,
27:49we haven't discovered it yet,
27:50but it was clearly just a formula
27:52that was used for several different excuses
27:54and ended up with the loo.
27:58And thank you to Richard Lewis
28:00for sending that email right now.
28:02It's hard to curb our enthusiasm
28:04as it's 77 points each
28:06between our champion Paul
28:08and our challenger Niall.
28:09And Niall, it's your letters.
28:11Could I have a vowel please, Rachel?
28:12Thank you, Niall.
28:14A.
28:14And another.
28:16U.
28:17Another.
28:18E.
28:19One more.
28:20A.
28:21A consonant, please.
28:22T.
28:23Consonant.
28:24S.
28:25A consonant.
28:26L.
28:27A consonant.
28:28P.
28:29And a consonant, please.
28:33And a final D.
28:34Good luck.
28:34Thank you, church.
29:01Niall?
29:06An eight.
29:07Yes, and Paul?
29:08Eight.
29:09You've both seen it.
29:10Niall?
29:11Plateaus.
29:12Plateaus.
29:13Pulsated.
29:14Two of them, plateaus and pulsated.
29:16Absolutely brilliant, both of them.
29:18Nothing else?
29:19Nothing else.
29:20In case anyone's wondering about plateaus,
29:21you can spell it with an X in the plural, but also with an S.
29:24OK, excellent stuff.
29:25Three rounds to go.
29:27One more regular letters round,
29:29and Paul, you're going to choose the nine.
29:30I'll start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
29:33Thank you, Paul.
29:34S.
29:35And another.
29:37R.
29:38And another.
29:39D.
29:41Another.
29:42N.
29:44A vowel.
29:45U.
29:46Another vowel.
29:47I.
29:48A consonant.
29:50C.
29:52A vowel.
29:54U.
29:57And...
29:57another vowel.
29:59And the last one.
30:01Another I.
30:02Goodness me, last letters.
30:04And the words.
30:29Whoa.
30:30That one.
30:31That one.
30:32We vodka.
30:32That one.
30:33.
30:35Paul.
30:36Five.
30:37Niall.
30:38Five.
30:39Yeah, what's his five, Paul?
30:40Rinds.
30:41Rinds.
30:42And Niall?
30:44Ruins.
30:45And ruins. Ruins and rinds.
30:47Chris, are you looking excited?
30:50Oh, no, they're just... Susie's got...
30:52What was it you had? I've forgotten it already.
30:54Oh, incurs.
30:56So it's incur a fine, she incurs a fine.
30:58That will take you to a six.
31:00Six, there you go.
31:01Not an uncommon word.
31:02Could have been spotted by Paul and Niall.
31:05But it wasn't.
31:06So we remain on 90.8.
31:08So we all know what that means.
31:10It depends what way Niall's going to go.
31:13One large, please.
31:15Yes.
31:18You're not gambling, the nerves are too much.
31:20One large, five little.
31:22And a certain crucial conundrum coming up.
31:24Let's see if anyone can take the advantage.
31:26Final numbers.
31:27Six, two, nine, ten.
31:31Ten and fifty.
31:33One hundred.
31:34And the target...
31:35One hundred and forty-two.
31:37Not far off it.
31:39Last numbers.
31:40Never mind.
31:41Let them fill lots of fun,
31:41Sirners looking at a little road of Cell rope
31:47theater...
31:50One hundred and fifty!
31:51is dot com.
31:53Let them...
31:54can wait for this.
31:55The layout is slightly dominated by...
31:57so many ways to get there now 142 Paul 142 yes go now 10 by 10 by 10 100 plus 50 150 minus 6
32:24minus 2 yeah glad no one's nerves got them oh Paul 10 times 9 90 plus 50 140 and then 10 minus 6 minus 2
32:3610 minus 6 minus 2 is 2 and you've used all the numbers once more could be the last time
32:43Paul O'Brien a four-time champion has 100 points Niall Cusack our challenger has
32:52100 points something has to give fingers on buzzers as we reveal today's crucial countdown conundrum
33:03it's Niall the challenger oh sweltering it's not sweltering it is not the whole time goes to Paul
33:12Paul with a couple of seconds
33:40it's wrestling let's have a look yes
33:44you win by submission the natural thing here is to say Niall how unlucky you've been and that's true
33:55100 to lose is unbelievable and we can only give you a goodie back but let's not underestimate Paul
34:00another crucial countdown conundrum another win he may not have trousers but he's got a bottle
34:06Chris we'll see you tomorrow you're through I'm exhausted after that but I'll be here tomorrow
34:10what a battle what a battle Suze yeah amazing see you tomorrow nothing else we can add countdown
34:15at its best Rich just absolutely brutal to go out that way though not what you want to do
34:20brutal is the perfect word to finish on beautiful as well we will do it tomorrow Rachel Susie and I
34:27will be here you can count on us you can contact the program by email at countdown at channel 4.com
34:34you can also find our webpage at channel 4.com forward slash countdown
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34:48you
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