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00:00Satsang with Mooji
00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34Now, here in the Countdown Studio, of course,
00:36we're very good at dictionary definitions of words.
00:39But what about current youth slang, Rachel?
00:42I'm going to have a little test, give you a little test
00:45about some of the words currently floating around in your age group.
00:51For instance...
00:51My age group.
00:52If I described you as extra, what do you think that means?
00:57Oh, no, I don't know.
00:58Extra.
00:58Someone who is over the top or unnecessarily dramatic.
01:02Ah, very good.
01:03That's extra, they're extra, they're a bit extra.
01:06Now, what do I say that I really fancy a cotch?
01:10I'd probably let HR know.
01:15To relax or rest up.
01:16And finally, do you know what chirpsing is?
01:21Chirpsing.
01:22He's chirpsing again.
01:23I don't know if he's chirpsing.
01:24It sounds like that kind of thing, doesn't it?
01:25Go on.
01:27Flirting.
01:27Oh.
01:28Yeah, there we go.
01:29Actually, that's quite sweet, isn't it?
01:30Chirpsing.
01:31Yeah, fair enough.
01:32You scored zero on that.
01:33I think you were very kind saying it's my age bracket.
01:37Well, you are youthful.
01:38I think it's maybe half my age again or below.
01:40Maybe they use it.
01:41I don't know.
01:41I'm not down with the kids anymore.
01:43I'll tell you who's cool.
01:44Graham Staples is pretty cool.
01:46Housing executive from Ballymena.
01:48Four wins.
01:49Yep.
01:50Four good wins, actually.
01:51Four good wins.
01:52How are you feeling?
01:54Relaxed?
01:54Yeah.
01:55Feeling good, thanks.
01:56Well done.
01:56You're halfway there.
01:57But now you've got to clamber all over Colm Kelly, an insurance claims handler from Dublin,
02:03a Dubliner, and a big fan of Gaelic football.
02:07Plays for an over-40s team called the Legends.
02:10It's great to watch these games, actually.
02:12Fantastic, yeah.
02:13Fast and furious.
02:15Good luck to you both.
02:16Big round of applause now for Colm and Graham.
02:23And Susie's back, and our most prolific guest is back, too.
02:29It's great fun to have you back, Giles Brandreth.
02:31Such a pleasure.
02:32I'm excited to be back.
02:33I do feel I'm back, because this is November 2017, and I first came to the Countdown studio
02:42in November 1982, 35 years ago.
02:47You were there just after the opening of the show.
02:49I was there right at the beginning, and I'm feeling extra now.
02:53Excellent.
02:53Extra.
02:54You are.
02:54Well, I'm ready to be.
02:55Excellent.
02:56Good to see you.
02:57Good to see you later.
02:58And now, Graham, take us off.
03:00Launchpad for today's Countdown.
03:03Hi, Rachel.
03:04Hi, Graham.
03:05Start with a consonant, please.
03:06Start today with N.
03:09And a vial.
03:10E.
03:12A consonant.
03:14D.
03:15Another consonant.
03:18S.
03:19A vial.
03:21A.
03:23Another vial.
03:25B.
03:27A consonant, please.
03:29R.
03:31Another consonant.
03:33M.
03:34M.
03:35And a vial, please.
03:36And lastly, O.
03:38And here comes the Countdown clock.
04:07Yes, Graham?
04:12Seven.
04:13A seven.
04:14Colin?
04:15I think I have an eight.
04:18Now then, Graham?
04:19Smeared.
04:21Colin Kelly?
04:22I think I have meanders.
04:23Lovely.
04:24Lovely.
04:24Well done.
04:26Good man.
04:28Good man.
04:29Can we match?
04:30Any more eights, I wonder?
04:31Well, there was...
04:32I've got snared on a six-letter word, which was the word snared.
04:36Then I came up with roamed, another six-letter one.
04:39And then the seven-letter one I came up with, I decided I couldn't use,
04:41which was demons, daemons, D-A-E-M-O-N-S,
04:44because I thought maybe it's an archaic spelling.
04:46It's in the dictionary.
04:47It's in the dictionary.
04:48That would have been allowed.
04:49And then neanders.
04:51Can we equal that?
04:53We can if we allow ransomed.
04:55Very good.
04:56Oh, not bad at all.
04:58That's very good.
04:59Any more, Susie?
05:00No.
05:00I think that's quite enough.
05:02Well done.
05:03That's brilliant.
05:03So, Colm on eight.
05:05Graham, yes, to score.
05:07Colm, let's just game.
05:08Hi, Rachel.
05:09Hi, Colm.
05:09Can I have a consonant, please?
05:12You can, thank you.
05:12Start with Q.
05:14Can I have another consonant, please?
05:17M.
05:19Can I have another consonant?
05:21V.
05:24Can I have another consonant, please?
05:26P.
05:28Can I have a vowel?
05:30V.
05:31I.
05:33Another vowel?
05:35A.
05:37Another vowel?
05:40O.
05:44Another vowel, please?
05:46E.
05:47And I'll finish with a consonant, please.
05:49And finish with H.
05:51Stand by.
05:52The V
05:57And
06:01When
06:02One
06:02One
06:12One
06:12Two
06:13One
06:14One
06:15Two
06:17Two
06:17One
06:18Two
06:19One
06:19One
06:20Two
06:20One
06:21Yes, Colm?
06:24Five.
06:25A five, Graham?
06:26And five.
06:28Colm?
06:28Movie.
06:29Movie and?
06:31Same word.
06:31Two movies.
06:33Any more movies in the corner?
06:35Yes.
06:36I got stuck with a two-letter word.
06:38Yeah.
06:39Pie.
06:40But what a two-letter word.
06:41That's a good one.
06:42Pie.
06:42Anything else, Susie?
06:43Can we improve on movie?
06:45Can you?
06:45We certainly can't.
06:45Can't get bigger than five.
06:47Nope.
06:47Five plays 13.
06:49Now, Graham.
06:51Numbers.
06:52One large and any five small, please, Rachel.
06:54Thank you, Graham.
06:55One large five little for the first one of the day.
06:57And we will start with six, ten, two, seven, four.
07:04And the large one, 100.
07:07And the target, 681.
07:09Six, eight, one.
07:10Thanks for joining us.
07:16See you if you行.
07:18Here we are.
07:19Here we are.
07:19Greece.
07:20No, Graham.
07:436, 8, 4, not written down.
07:446, 8, 4. Colin?
07:46I think I've got 680.
07:48680, did you say?
07:49Mm-hm.
07:50Take it away.
07:51OK. So, 100 times 7?
07:54100 times 7, 700.
07:56OK. And if you add 4, 10 and 6,
07:59should it give you 20 and take it away from the 700?
08:01Yep, for one away. 680.
08:04Well done. Well done.
08:05But not quite perfect.
08:06Rachel, 681?
08:08Yes. If you say 100 minus 2 is 98,
08:13multiply that by 7 for 686,
08:16and then 6 minus 4 is another 2,
08:1910 divided by 2 is 5,
08:21and take it away for 681.
08:23Fabulous.
08:24Perfect.
08:25Thank you, Rachel.
08:28So, there we are.
08:2920 for Colin,
08:30and Graham on 5,
08:32but lots of time.
08:33Let's do a tea-time teaser.
08:35Give them a rest.
08:36And the teaser is,
08:37dense year.
08:39And the clue,
08:40Susie spends most of the year enjoying this position.
08:43Susie spends most of the year enjoying this position.
08:46Welcome back.
09:03I left with the clue,
09:04Susie spends most of the year enjoying this position.
09:07It's the sedentary position.
09:11Sedentary is the answer to that one.
09:12So, 20 for Colin,
09:14Graham on 5,
09:15and it's Colin's letters again.
09:17Yes, sir.
09:18Hi, Rach.
09:18Can I start with a consonant, please?
09:20Thank you, Colin.
09:21S.
09:23Can I get another one, please?
09:25P.
09:26And another?
09:28T.
09:30Can I get a vowel?
09:32U.
09:35Another vowel, please.
09:36E.
09:39Another vowel?
09:40A.
09:44Consonant.
09:46D.
09:48Consonant.
09:50S.
09:52And a vowel, please.
09:55And lastly, U.
09:58Stand by.
09:58OK.
10:10Column.
10:30And six.
10:32A six.
10:33Graham?
10:33Seven.
10:34And a seven.
10:35Nothing, Colin.
10:36Paused.
10:37Graham?
10:38Updates.
10:39Yeah.
10:40Updates.
10:41Well done.
10:42And Giles?
10:43Well, it's very exciting when you see that combination of the U and the P,
10:46because you can put that in front of so many different words.
10:49And I got as far as upsets,
10:52but I didn't get as far as updates,
10:54which is the seven-letter word.
10:55I paused.
10:56So pauses was there for six.
10:58It was.
10:59And Susie?
10:59No, updates.
11:00The only seven we could find.
11:01That'll do.
11:0320 plays 12.
11:05And Graham.
11:07Upward curve here.
11:08What have you got for us?
11:10A consonant, please, Rachel.
11:11Thank you, Graham.
11:13N.
11:14Vial.
11:15E.
11:17Consonant.
11:19M.
11:20Another one, please.
11:22T.
11:24Vial.
11:26I.
11:27Consonant.
11:28Consonant.
11:29Z.
11:31Vial.
11:31A.
11:35Consonant.
11:37T.
11:39And another consonant, please.
11:42And lastly, S.
11:45Stand by.
11:46Vial.
11:47Vial.
11:47Vial.
11:48Vial.
11:48Vial.
11:48Vial.
11:49Vial.
11:49Vial.
11:49Vial.
11:49Vial.
11:49Vial.
11:50Vial.
11:50Vial.
11:50Vial.
11:50Vial.
11:50Vial.
11:51Vial.
11:51Vial.
11:51Vial.
11:51Vial.
11:52Vial.
11:52Vial.
11:52Vial.
11:52Vial.
11:52Vial.
11:52Vial.
11:52Vial.
11:53Vial.
11:53Vial.
11:53Vial.
11:54Vial.
11:54Vial.
11:54Vial.
11:55Vial.
11:55Vial.
11:56Vial.
11:56Vial.
11:57Vial.
11:58Vial.
11:58Vial.
11:59Vial.
12:00Vial.
12:00Vial.
12:01Vial.
12:02Well, Graham?
12:17Seven.
12:19Colm?
12:20I'll try a risky seven.
12:22Graham?
12:23Macyest.
12:24Colm?
12:25Macyest.
12:27Macyest.
12:28Macyest.
12:29Yeah, both absolutely fine.
12:30Two interesting words.
12:31I'd like to know, because I only got zaniest, which I think is there.
12:36The most zany person is the zaniest.
12:38The mateiest person is the person who's most matey.
12:41What on earth is maziest?
12:44Somebody who's locked in the maze at King?
12:46Well, mazy can mean labyrinthine in some way, but it also means confused or dizzy.
12:52So if you're the maziest person, you're just a little bit discombobulated.
12:57Maziest.
12:5827 plays 19.
13:00And now, Colm, it's your numbers game.
13:03Can I have one large and five small, please?
13:05You can indeed.
13:06Thank you, Colm.
13:06One from the top and five little.
13:09And for the second time today, the five smalls are 10, 1, 6, 8 and 4.
13:16And the large on 75.
13:17And the target, 871.
13:218, 7, 1.
13:22The five smalls are 10, 1, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9, 6, 9,
13:52Yes, Colin?
13:54Nowhere near, I'm afraid.
13:55No?
13:56What about Graham?
13:588, 7, 8 not written down, I think.
14:01Well, it'll do, if you're right.
14:0510 plus 1 is 11.
14:07Yep.
14:1075 plus 8.
14:1375 plus 8, 83.
14:17Multiply those two together.
14:19Multiply them together for 900...
14:22Oh, no, sorry, I've gone wrong.
14:23That's too far.
14:24Sorry, sorry, I went wrong.
14:26Down to Rachel.
14:27Rachel, can you do it?
14:298, 7, 1?
14:31Yes, a couple of ways.
14:31You could have just said 8 plus 4 plus 75 is 87.
14:37Times it by 10 for 870.
14:40Another one.
14:42Well done.
14:43Well done.
14:46Perfect.
14:478, 7, 1.
14:48As we turn now, with the score standing 27 to 90,
14:51it's a bit of a standstill there,
14:53to Giles.
14:54Giles, what have you got for us today?
14:57Well, if you're finding me a little bit extra,
14:59that's because I'm a little bit hyper and a bit overexcited
15:01because I've just had the most wonderful experience this year.
15:05I come to you having been in a production of Hamlet,
15:09Shakespeare's great play.
15:10I wanted to play Hamlet myself.
15:12My wife told me,
15:14darling, you are too old.
15:15I said, I can't be too old.
15:17Sir Frank Benson, a great Shakespearean actor,
15:19was still playing Hamlet to acclaim at the age of 72.
15:23She said, you are not Sir Frank Benson.
15:25So I played Hamlet by being the ghost of Hamlet.
15:29Hamlet's father is also called Hamlet.
15:32I played the ghost.
15:33I played Claudius.
15:34I played Polonius in a production of Hamlet in London
15:37at the Park Theatre with my son playing the part of Hamlet.
15:41And my daughter-in-law, who's a wonderful actress,
15:43you may recently have seen her in Victoria on television,
15:47she played the girls' parts, Ophelia and Gertrude.
15:51And we had the most extraordinary experience,
15:53a 90-minute version of Hamlet, just the three of us,
15:56and it sort of worked.
15:58But what was amazing about it is Shakespeare...
16:00I mean, Shakespeare is just amazing.
16:03And if you love words, as I do,
16:05Shakespeare, until Shakespeare wrote Hamlet,
16:08the English language lacked excitement.
16:10That's a word first coined in Shakespeare's play, Hamlet.
16:14And all those things, from my mind's eye to woe is me,
16:17all those expressions, they come from Hamlet.
16:19So I've had the treat of my life this year.
16:21And I began to explore all the words that he gave us.
16:24And amongst my favourites, he introduced us to 1,035 words
16:29not apparently used before Shakespeare used them,
16:32their first recorded usage in his plays,
16:35including Assassination, Cold-Hearted, Delighted, Hunchbacked,
16:39Laughable, Leapfrog, Puppy Dog, School Days, Tempest Tossed and Yelping.
16:45What a man!
16:46And to have the privilege of spending a couple of months
16:48in his imagination with my grown-up son
16:51was one of the best things that has ever happened to me.
16:54When I was a boy, I did have a go at playing Hamlet
16:58when I was very young.
16:59Started out as an actor, not very successfully, I must say.
17:02The audience didn't like it.
17:03They threw eggs at me, went on as Hamlet,
17:06came off as Omelette.
17:07APPLAUSE
17:08Amazing, amazing family.
17:16Now, 27 to 19, Graham on 19.
17:18And now, Graham, your letters game.
17:21Continent, please, Rachel.
17:22Thank you, Graham.
17:23S.
17:24Vial.
17:26I.
17:27Consonant.
17:29D.
17:29Another one.
17:32B.
17:33A vial.
17:35E.
17:36Another vial, please.
17:38A.
17:40I.
17:40Consonant.
17:42T.
17:43Another consonant.
17:45L.
17:48And a consonant, please.
17:50And lastly, G.
17:53Stand by.
17:54We'll see you next time.
17:55We'll see you next time.
17:55We'll see you next time.
17:56We'll see you next time.
17:56We'll see you next time.
17:56We'll see you next time.
17:57We'll see you next time.
17:57We'll see you next time.
17:57We'll see you next time.
17:57We'll see you next time.
17:58We'll see you next time.
17:58We'll see you next time.
17:59We'll see you next time.
17:59We'll see you next time.
17:59We'll see you next time.
18:00We'll see you next time.
18:00We'll see you next time.
18:01We'll see you next time.
18:01We'll see you next time.
18:02We'll see you next time.
18:02We'll see you next time.
18:03We'll see you next time.
18:04We'll see you next time.
18:05We'll see you next time.
18:06Well, Graham?
18:25A seven, not Retton Doe.
18:27A seven and con?
18:28I'll have a six.
18:29Your six?
18:30Silage.
18:32Silage.
18:33Blasted.
18:34And blasted.
18:35Yep, very good.
18:37Any more sevens?
18:39Well, I got a bit stuck on Gables,
18:42because Anne of Green Gables was a favourite child of a book of mine.
18:45And then I looked in the mirror of my mind,
18:47and baldies suddenly appeared, B-A-L-D-I-E-S.
18:51Is that allowed?
18:52Yeah.
18:52A sort of term for somebody who's bald?
18:54And at that, my eyes began to dilate.
18:57And I thought, ooh, dilates is there.
18:59And then I thought, I'm turning this into...
19:00I'm making a mess of this, turning it into giblets.
19:04Giblets there, too.
19:05Very good.
19:06Anything else possible?
19:09No, I'm going to stick with Giles's three, I think.
19:11Stick with my giblets.
19:13I will.
19:13Giblets.
19:15Look, only one in it now.
19:1627 to Grahams, 26.
19:18Colin, be careful.
19:19He's creeping up.
19:21Your letter's game.
19:22Can I have a consonant, please?
19:23Thank you, Colin.
19:25L.
19:26Another one, please.
19:28S.
19:29Another.
19:30K.
19:32K.
19:33Vell.
19:34E.
19:37Vell.
19:38O.
19:40Consonant.
19:42L.
19:44Vell.
19:46I.
19:50Consonant.
19:52R.
19:52And a Vell, please.
19:56And the last one, you.
19:59Gun.
19:59Gun.
20:15Colm?
20:31Seven.
20:32Seven, Graeme? Seven.
20:34Colm?
20:36Milkers?
20:37And Graeme?
20:38Sulkier.
20:39Yes, you can be sulkier than the next person.
20:42Colm, there's no M for Milkers.
20:44Something you misheard.
20:45Sorry.
20:46OK.
20:47They were killer words, and I saw killers there.
20:51Very good.
20:52Anything extra?
20:53Nothing extra.
20:54So, Graeme has leapfrogged Colm 33 to 27,
20:58and it's Graeme's numbers game now.
21:00Yes, Graeme?
21:01Two large and four small, please, Rachel.
21:03Thank you, Graeme.
21:04Two this time from the top row, and four little ones.
21:07And for your pleasure, they are five, four, two, seven,
21:12and the big ones, 25 and 100.
21:15And the target, 317.
21:17Three, one, seven.
21:18We will be 방ple.
21:21Two, one, six.
21:22One, six.
21:23One, six.
21:24One, six.
21:26One, five.
21:28One, six.
21:30Two, one, six.
21:30One, six.
21:31Two, seven.
21:33Seven.
21:34Nine, six.
21:3510, ten.
21:37Five, nine.
21:38Yeah, and uhh.
21:40Half-こんにちは.
21:41One, six.
21:42Yeah, I'm sorry.
21:43One, six.
21:44One, nine.
21:45One, eight.
21:46One.
21:46One, five.
21:47One, eight.
21:47Now, Graham.
21:503-1-7.
21:513-1-7, Colin.
21:533-1-8.
21:543-1-8.
21:55Now, Graham.
21:575 minus 2 is 3.
21:59Yep.
22:00100 plus 7, 107.
22:021-0-7.
22:03Times together is 3-2-1 and take away the 4.
22:07Perfect.
22:073-1-7.
22:08Lovely.
22:09Well done indeed.
22:09Well done.
22:13So, 43 plays 27.
22:15As we turn to our second tea time teaser,
22:17which is Run's Patio.
22:19And the clue.
22:20The spider runs across the patio
22:21and climbs up here to escape attention.
22:24The spider runs across the patio
22:26and climbs up here to escape attention.
22:44Welcome back.
22:45I left you with the clue.
22:47The spider runs across the patio
22:48and climbs up here to escape attention.
22:51Climbs up where?
22:51Why?
22:52Right up the rain spout.
22:54Rain spout.
22:56So, 43 to 27.
22:58Colin.
23:00Letters game.
23:02Consonant, please.
23:03Thank you, Colin.
23:04L.
23:06Vell.
23:07O.
23:08Consonant.
23:08Consonant.
23:09Consonant.
23:11G.
23:13Vell.
23:15E.
23:18Consonant.
23:19R.
23:22Consonant.
23:23N.
23:26Vell.
23:27A.
23:30Consonant.
23:32T.
23:32And Vell, please.
23:37And the last one.
23:38You.
23:40Stand by.
23:40Vell.
24:08Colm.
24:13A risky seven.
24:15Seven, Graham.
24:15Seven.
24:17Now, Colm.
24:18Lounger.
24:20And, Graham.
24:21Outrage.
24:22Outrage.
24:23Yeah.
24:23Yeah, absolutely fine.
24:24Very good.
24:24Yes, when it comes to words, I'm outrange, because she's got a bigger vocabulary than me.
24:28And if you add an N to outrage, you can get outrange, and you're saying that is within range.
24:36That's of a gun, for example, to have a bigger range, a further range than another one.
24:41I've outranged.
24:42My gun has outranged yours.
24:43Unfortunately, yes.
24:44Very good.
24:4550 plays 34.
24:46Graham won 50.
24:48And it's Graham's latest game.
24:50Consonant, please, Rachel.
24:51Thank you, Graham.
24:52C.
24:54F.
24:55A.
24:57Consonant.
24:59N.
25:01Another consonant, please.
25:03X.
25:05File.
25:06I.
25:07Another vial.
25:09E.
25:11A consonant.
25:13P.
25:15Another consonant.
25:17G.
25:19And a final consonant, please.
25:21And a final S.
25:23And the clock starts now.
25:24You are running out.
25:38This is how we can move on.
25:39Graham?
25:56Seven.
25:57A seven and column?
25:59Eight.
26:00And an eight.
26:01Graham?
26:02Spacing.
26:03Now a column.
26:04Escaping?
26:05Very good.
26:06Well spotted.
26:07Well done.
26:07That's brilliant.
26:08Well done.
26:09Only eight in it now, but first of all, let's hear what the corn has been up to.
26:16Escaping was there.
26:17Brilliant.
26:18Ceasing was there too, and spacing, but they were seven-letter words, so we couldn't bear
26:22to the best.
26:23That'll do.
26:23Thank you very much.
26:25Fifty, as I say, to columns 42.
26:27You're within range, column.
26:29Fight back.
26:30And now, Susie, what have you got for us today in your wonderful origins of words?
26:36Perhaps a slightly disturbing origin of words today.
26:38Because I'm going to talk about the terrifying images that lie behind both nightmare and fury.
26:45It's just after lunch, so we should be okay for a while, hopefully.
26:48But nightmare, people often think it refers to a female horse, that kind of mare.
26:52But in fact, it comes from a Germanic folklore in which a mare was an evil female spirit or a goblin or even an incubus.
27:02Incubus meant to lie upon.
27:04And that's exactly what they did, because they would sit, so the legend went, upon a sleeper's chest, constricting it so much that they felt like they were suffocating, and in the process, giving them incredibly bad dreams.
27:16Some nightmares were thought to be fatal because of this suffocation process.
27:21So all sorts of things, natural phenomena, illnesses, et cetera, were blamed on these horrible female spirits.
27:27Onto more horrible female spirits, in fact, because the furies were probably the scariest thing in the nightscape of Greek mythology.
27:35They were called the arenies, and they were born of the blood drops from Uranus, and had snakes famously coiled in their hair, and they roamed the land, avenging, it was said, perjury, murder, all sorts of crimes that had been committed for people.
27:50They were thought to be so sort of wrathful and full of rage that rage eventually came over to us as well, by a very complicated route.
27:57But the French rage, which gave us rage, goes back to the Latin rabies, meaning frenzy or ferocity, which is, of course, where we get our medical term today.
28:05Wow.
28:06Wow.
28:06Wow.
28:11Keep well away from them.
28:13Where were the furies?
28:15I was taking notes.
28:16It's amazing how much she knows.
28:18Oh, she's extraordinary.
28:1950 plays 42, and, um, Colm, your letters game.
28:24Um, can I have a consonant?
28:25Thank you, Colm.
28:27T.
28:29Um, another consonant?
28:31N.
28:33Another consonant?
28:35B.
28:35B.
28:37Uh, vowel?
28:39A.
28:40Another vowel?
28:42E.
28:44Another vowel?
28:46I.
28:48A consonant?
28:51T.
28:53A consonant?
28:55P.
28:56And a final vowel, please.
29:00And a final A.
29:03Countdown.
29:04A consonant?
29:05A consonant.
29:06A consonant?
29:06An forcé?
29:06A consonant?
29:09A lymph Is.
29:10A consonant?
29:11A consonant?
29:12A consonant?
29:14A Sens cough?
29:15A consonant?
29:16A consonant?
29:17Aetos.
29:18A Platz?
29:20A tone?
29:20A rivalry?
29:22A synth?
29:22A sphere?
29:23A mental 마음?
29:24A sense?
29:25A結 mattress?
29:26Aricane?
29:27A slang?
29:28A train?
29:28A NFオ?
29:29A Alexa?
29:29Aör?
29:30A maneuver?
29:30A違?
29:31I have a seven a seven and and seven seven from Graham column painted painted and same word
29:44nothing to argue about any more sevens would any page being derivative of a dybic acid which is an
29:54acid used in the manufacture of nylon there you are you see you you live and learn then you die
29:58and forget it all but in the meanwhile you enjoy knowing adipate add that to your vocabulary thank
30:03you so much well done Susie 57 to 49 Graham final letters game consonant please Richard thank you
30:12Graham D a vial I a consonant J another consonant please D a vial O another vial
30:27I a consonant please M another consonant F and a vial please and lastly O standby
30:42bye
31:12Yes, Graham?
31:15Is this a four, I don't know?
31:16A four and...
31:17I've got a five.
31:19Right.
31:20Graham?
31:20Food.
31:22I think I've idiom.
31:23Very nice.
31:24Well done.
31:24Idiom, well done.
31:26Very nice.
31:27And over in the corner...
31:28Can we do better than that?
31:29I got stuck on Joe, which is one of my favourite short words,
31:33because it was introduced to the language by Robert Burns.
31:35It's a Scottish sweetheart, first recorded by Burns.
31:39You could put M-O on front of that and have Mojo.
31:42Oh, Mojo.
31:43You've lost your Mojo.
31:43I've lost my Mojo.
31:46But we didn't even get idiom, did we?
31:49You got it, did you?
31:49Oh, you got it, you got it.
31:51He got it, I didn't get it.
31:51It was very tough, that one, really tough.
31:53Well done.
31:54But what we have got, actually,
31:55is just a narrow three-point difference between you both.
31:58So have a care there, Graham.
32:00You're 57, Colm's on 54, all to play for,
32:03and it's Colm's numbers game.
32:05Can I have one large and five small, please?
32:07You can, indeed.
32:08Thank you, Colm.
32:09Final chance to get your lead back before the conundrum.
32:11See how you're doing.
32:12The last numbers are one, nine, six, ten.
32:18Another six, and a large one, 100.
32:21And the target, 666.
32:23666.
32:24666.
32:24666.
32:53Yes, Colm?
32:57Bit of a meltdown, 669, not written down.
33:01669.
33:01Graham?
33:02666.
33:03Graham?
33:05100 plus 10 plus 1.
33:07100 plus 10 plus 1.
33:091, 1, 1.
33:10Times 6.
33:10Times 6, 6, 6, 6.
33:12Ah, there it is.
33:13There it is.
33:14Well, Colin.
33:16Now, well done.
33:18Graham.
33:19So, it's 67 to 54, just missed a crucial conundrum.
33:25Much to Graham's relief, I guess.
33:27So, let's go into the final round.
33:29Fingers on buzzers, gentlemen.
33:31Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:37Graham, that was quick.
33:39Extending?
33:40Extending.
33:41Let's see whether you're right.
33:43It's one of your specialties.
33:44There it is, extending.
33:45Well done.
33:46APPLAUSE
33:47So, well done there.
33:5077.
33:50Good score.
33:51But, Colin, you had him on the ropes for a long, long time.
33:54You were ahead and then he crept up and overtook you.
33:57Yeah, no, he's a very good champion.
33:58Yeah, well, you're a good player too.
33:59So, good luck.
34:00Back to Dublin with your goodie bag and our very best wishes.
34:02Excellent.
34:03We had a great time.
34:03Thank you very much.
34:04And your fellow Irishman will be here tomorrow.
34:06Yep.
34:07Graham Staples.
34:08Well done.
34:09Fantastic.
34:09Five wins.
34:11So, you'll be with us again tomorrow, Giles and Susie, of course.
34:14Looking forward to it.
34:15Likewise.
34:15Well done.
34:17And Rachel True, of course.
34:18He's a great player, isn't he?
34:19Very good indeed, yes.
34:21See you then.
34:21See you.
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