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00:30Hello, everybody. It's Monday afternoon. We're all set for another week of Countdown.
00:36Five shows, 75 rounds of letters and numbers, and most importantly, you.
00:41Thank you so much for tuning in. Hello, Rach.
00:43Happy Monday.
00:44Yeah, another week and another Dictionary Corner debutante.
00:48We've got the brilliant Mark Watson, comedian and author.
00:51And his new book, I've loved it.
00:53It's not an autobiography.
00:55It's kind of more like a memoir in which he looks at moments in his life where he's been mortified.
01:00It's personal. It's serious. It's stupid. It's funny.
01:04So we can have fun with it today.
01:06We'll each get a story, but you start.
01:08When have you been mortified?
01:10I think at the moment that makes my stomach still going to, you know, sink when you think about it.
01:15I told you about the time that I headbutted Pasha in front of Stephen Hawking.
01:18No.
01:18Do you know why I know you haven't told me that?
01:22I would remember.
01:23Jimmy Carr message saying, do you want to come round for a curry?
01:26Stephen Hawking's coming round.
01:27I was on Strictly at the time and he and his family love Strictly.
01:30And they forced the music on.
01:32They made a stand in the middle, do the dance, and I had to go down, down, down and spring back up.
01:37And as I sprung back up, I headbutted him in the face.
01:39And it's all on video.
01:40Let's give him his official introduction.
01:43It's going to be great to have him this week.
01:45And I know our J the D, Susie Dent, is so excited to have Mark Watson alongside her.
01:50She's a big fan.
01:50Mark, welcome to the Countdown family.
01:52Thank you very much.
01:54Not as excited as me.
01:56This has been, well, 30-plus years.
01:59I suppose I was never going to be asked when I was still at school, but still.
02:03Right, well, listen, you welcome someone who's been here before.
02:06Barry Wood, our sales director from Scotland,
02:09who's got two wins in the bank.
02:11Tell us about the terrible teens.
02:13You have two kids watching.
02:14Oh, terrible teens.
02:16Yeah, I've got two teenage sons,
02:17Fergus, who's 16, and Freddie, who's 14.
02:21So, yeah, I've got my hands full.
02:23Do you think they're watching,
02:24or have they just got their heads in the iPads
02:26and all those other things that it seems to be teenagers do all day?
02:30We'll find out.
02:31Yeah.
02:31We'll find out.
02:32Well, Barry, hoping this is your last time on national TV for now
02:36is John Finnan from Dublin.
02:37How are you, sir?
02:38I'm good.
02:39I'm good.
02:39Nice to have you.
02:40A clerical officer for Dublin City Council,
02:43but a sci-fi freak.
02:46I mean, tell me all about that.
02:49Started in college, big into the Star Trek clubs and all of that,
02:51and then from that went on to just becoming a fan of the written word.
02:56Yeah.
02:56So, yeah.
02:57I love it.
02:58Well, listen, best of luck to you today.
02:59John and Barry.
03:03Right, Barry, let's do it for Fergus and Freddie.
03:05Thanks, Colin.
03:07Hi, Rachel.
03:08Hi, Barry.
03:08Can I start with a consonant, please?
03:09You can indeed.
03:10Start the week with N.
03:12And a vowel.
03:13A consonant.
03:14A consonant.
03:15A consonant.
03:16A consonant.
03:17F.
03:18A vowel.
03:20O.
03:22A consonant.
03:24M.
03:25Another consonant.
03:27B.
03:29A vowel.
03:30A vowel.
03:31A.
03:33A consonant.
03:35N.
03:37And another consonant, please.
03:40A vowel G.
03:41At home and in the studio, let's play Kine Town.
04:14The week officially underway, Barry. How many?
04:17Five.
04:17And how do you get on, John?
04:18Six.
04:19There you go. What a start this will be for the challenger.
04:22Barry, what's the five?
04:23Mango.
04:23John, give me the six.
04:25Bemoan.
04:25No problem with bemoan. Anything else?
04:28Nonage.
04:29Oh, nonage.
04:30That comes out from time to time.
04:31So it's the opposite of dotage.
04:33If you're in your dotage, you're in the sort of older years.
04:35If you're in your nonage, you're in your adolescence, really.
04:38Excellent. Well, John, you're rolling back the years.
04:39What a start for you, and you're picking your first letters round.
04:43Hi, Rachel.
04:43Can I get a consonant, please?
04:45You can indeed.
04:46L
04:47And a vowel?
04:49E
04:50And a consonant?
04:53P
04:53And a vowel?
04:57U
04:57And a consonant?
05:00S
05:00And a consonant?
05:03R
05:04And a vowel?
05:07E
05:08And a vowel, please.
05:15And lastly?
05:17I
05:17And 30 seconds.
05:19Good morning.
05:20E
05:33And a vowel.
05:40And a vowel.
05:44All right, John, how many did you get?
05:52Seven.
05:52Yeah, and Parry?
05:53Seven.
05:54Parry's throwing a seven out there.
05:55All right, John?
05:57Perused.
05:58Perused.
05:58And Parry?
05:59Leisure.
06:00And leisure.
06:01All right, two sevens.
06:02I've got high hopes, though, Mark Watson and Susie Dent.
06:05You could stick a D on leisure for leisured.
06:07Yeah.
06:09Yep, that would give you an eight.
06:11We have one other eight.
06:13Repulsed.
06:14Yes.
06:15Parry not putting a D in the end is, for a champion,
06:18going to have to pull you up on that as we get our first numbers, Parry.
06:22Can I have one from the top, please, Rachel?
06:23You can indeed.
06:24Thank you, Parry.
06:24One large, five little first numbers of the week.
06:28Ah, three, four, ten, six, five, and the large one, 100.
06:36And the target, 837.
06:38Eight, three, seven.
06:40Numbers up.
06:40All right.
06:43All right.
06:44All right.
06:478-3-7 the target, Barry.
07:148-3-6.
07:15One away, John.
07:168-3-8.
07:17And one the other way.
07:19Love it.
07:19Off you go, Barry.
07:20I'm sorry, I've made a mess of it.
07:22Oh, John, a big chance here to extend your lead.
07:26100 plus 4.
07:27104.
07:28Times 8.
07:29How did you make your 8?
07:335 plus 3, I had it at the start here.
07:35Yeah, 5 plus 3, 8.
07:365 plus 3 is 8.
07:378-3-2.
07:38And then add the 6.
07:408-3-8, one away.
07:41Well done to you.
07:42I can tell you, Barry and John,
07:45Rachel did not even use the clipboard here.
07:48So you saw this in a millisecond.
07:49Yeah.
07:50Well, if you look at the target, you know it's divisible by 9.
07:53Divisible by 9.
07:54So if you say 10 minus 3 is 7, 100 minus 7 is 93,
08:00and then 4 plus 5 is your 9, and times them together.
08:038-3-7.
08:04Nice.
08:04Great start to the week, and what a competition we have.
08:10Our challenger, John, racing out to an early lead.
08:1220 plays 7, as we get our first tee-time teaser.
08:16It's Spill Ace.
08:18Spill Ace.
08:19The girls get together to season the chicken.
08:22The girls get together to season the chicken.
08:24The girls were the Spice Girls, and the answer was all spice.
08:53Our champion, Barry, already under pressure.
08:56He spent the ad break wiping sweat off his brow.
09:00So, John, let's see if you can keep that pressure on.
09:02Off you go.
09:03Can I start with a vowel, please?
09:05Thank you, John.
09:06A.
09:07And a consonant.
09:10H.
09:11And a vowel.
09:12E.
09:14And a consonant.
09:16V.
09:17And a consonant.
09:19T.
09:20And a vowel.
09:24U.
09:25And a consonant.
09:27M.
09:29And a consonant.
09:32N.
09:33And a vowel, please.
09:35And lastly, O.
09:38Thank you, Rich.
10:04MUSIC
10:10John? Only a five.
10:12And Barry? A six.
10:14A five from John. What's the word, John?
10:16Month. Month, no worries with that.
10:19Barry? Amount.
10:21Amount. And that amounts to six precious points for you.
10:25How did you get on? There's also anthem for six.
10:28Anthem for six. That's nothing above.
10:30Nothing above it. That V and U sort of get in the way, don't they?
10:33Seven points in it. Well done, Barry. Back in the game. More letters.
10:37Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Barry.
10:40D. And a vowel.
10:44I. Consonant.
10:47R. A consonant.
10:50B. A vowel.
10:53A. A consonant.
10:56L. A vowel.
11:00E. A consonant.
11:04G.
11:05And a vowel, please.
11:07And a final U.
11:09And half a minute.
11:10D. A vowel.
11:11A vowel.
11:22P. A consonant.
11:27A vowel.
11:28Talk to me, Barry.
11:42Try a seven.
11:43Can I try it, John?
11:44Just a six.
11:45Stick with a six.
11:46He's taken a risk, so all is not lost, John.
11:48What's the six?
11:49A redial.
11:50Yes, redial.
11:51And, Barry, what are you going out in the limb for?
11:54Garbled.
11:55Garbled?
11:56Absolutely fine, yeah.
11:57Good word.
11:57Nice, well done.
12:01Said very thinly indeed.
12:02And you've drawn level.
12:04There you go.
12:04Fantastic.
12:0520 points each.
12:06Can we be garbled?
12:07You can get to an eight.
12:09It's not particularly obvious word, but guideable.
12:12Guideable?
12:12Yes.
12:13Guideable.
12:13Nice.
12:14Very good indeed.
12:15Right, we're even, Stephen's here, John, and let's move back to the numbers.
12:18Can I get an inverted T, please?
12:20You can indeed.
12:21One from the top.
12:22And five little ones.
12:24Thank you, John.
12:24This time, the selection is three, nine, seven, three, two, and 100.
12:31And the target, 911.
12:34911.
12:34911 numbers up.
12:35I'm out.
12:36I'm out of control.
12:37We'll see you soon.
12:40Although we're all in하다.
12:41We'll see you soon.
12:43Stay back for next.
12:45MD.
12:46Thank you for joining us.
12:51Ready?
12:52Do it.
12:53Thank you for being here.
12:54Bye.
12:54Bye.
12:55Bye.
12:56Bye.
12:56Bye.
12:57Bye.
12:58Bye.
12:58Bye.
12:59Bye.
12:59Bye.
12:59Bye.
13:00Bye.
13:00Bye.
13:01Bye.
13:01Bye.
13:02Bye.
13:02Bye.
13:03And that's time, John. 9-11? 9-11.
13:08And Barry? 9-11. Yes, off you go, John.
13:12100 plus 2. 102.
13:16Times 9. Times 9, 918.
13:19Minus 7. 9-1-1. Well done. Loads of ways then, Barry. How did you go?
13:23100 times 9. 900.
13:277 plus 3 plus 3, take away 2.
13:31Yep. Didn't get anyone's body shaky in this one. Nice and easy.
13:34Nice.
13:36What if you can start the week? 60 points handed out already, 30 points each.
13:41And it's a first chance to have a proper chat with Mark Watson.
13:43As we said at the top of the show, magically produce it from my lap.
13:47Your book, Mortification. There's so many of these stories,
13:50you could recount them all week, to be honest,
13:52but pick one out for me and give us a taster.
13:54One that's mentioned quite early on, since we're talking about the book,
13:57is I did a book launch very early in my career,
13:59when I'd just written a novel, and it was in Ayr in Scotland.
14:03Perhaps not too far, you'll be familiar with it, Barry.
14:05About a 12-hour round trip, and all the way there I thought,
14:08this is a long way to go for someone with no reputation.
14:10There must be a hunger for it.
14:12And I got there, and I was fairly naive at the time.
14:15I was about 24.
14:16It was in a pub, and there were about 40, 50 people there,
14:18and I thought, that's a terrific turnout.
14:21But the guy running it says, so those are just the people in the pub.
14:24You're through here.
14:25And there were four people waiting for the book event.
14:28But also, three of them weren't there for the book event,
14:31they just thought it was another part of the pub.
14:33And the other one was not really there because of the book either,
14:37she was just someone I'd been at school with.
14:38So I had to make the other three people stay,
14:41and they were very polite.
14:42I remember at one point saying, are you big readers?
14:44And they said, not really, no.
14:47Bit odd to read a passage from a book to four.
14:49In the end, we just...
14:50I had a microphone on the stage and stuff,
14:51but we just sat around a table, I bought them all a pint,
14:53I read about a page of the book,
14:55and I said, anyone got any questions,
14:57because I felt like I at least had to.
14:58And the girl from my school said,
15:00are you still in touch with any of our teachers?
15:01And the other guys, the local family, said,
15:05what brought you all the way up here?
15:06Thank you, Mark.
15:07APPLAUSE
15:07All right, Barry, let's get back to the game.
15:13Your letters.
15:14A consonant, please, Rachel.
15:15Thank you, Barry.
15:17T.
15:18And a vowel.
15:20I.
15:20A consonant.
15:22M.
15:24A vowel.
15:25E.
15:27A consonant.
15:29S.
15:30A consonant.
15:32P.
15:33A consonant.
15:35T.
15:36A vowel.
15:39A.
15:40And another vowel, please.
15:41And lastly, I.
15:44And the time he needs, 30 seconds.
15:46A/.
15:51A consonant.
15:53A whose!
15:53A prolonged vowel.
15:54A vowel.
15:55A vowel.
15:56A vowel.
15:57A throat.
15:57A�가.
15:58A Yeshua.
15:58A range.
16:00A.
16:01A laurel.
16:02Aieve.
16:03A heart.
16:03A거�
16:04A beer.
16:04A sang.
16:05A hing.
16:05A OG.
16:05A hearing.
16:07A South.
16:07A mijn.
16:09A statist.
16:09A lifetime.
16:11A rising어도.
16:11A Griffin.
16:12Ahor.
16:12A mundial.
16:13Aended A life.
16:13A eel.
16:14Barry?
16:17Seven.
16:18John?
16:19Six.
16:20A six.
16:21What's the six?
16:22Pastie.
16:23You're going to kick yourself.
16:25Barry?
16:26Pastime.
16:27Pastime.
16:28And pastie over the dictionary corner?
16:30Imitates is the F8.
16:32Yeah.
16:33Right, Barry, you're in the lead.
16:35You've fought back well.
16:36It's going to go to the wire, I think.
16:38This one, John, your letters.
16:39Can I get a consonant, please?
16:41Thank you, John.
16:42F.
16:43And a vowel, please.
16:46O.
16:47And a consonant.
16:49C.
16:51And a consonant.
16:53L.
16:54And a vowel.
16:56I.
16:58And a consonant.
17:00W.
17:02And a consonant.
17:04S.
17:05And a vowel.
17:07U.
17:09R.
17:10And a consonant, please.
17:11And lastly, R.
17:12And half a minute.
17:15And a consonant.
17:16And half a minute.
17:17It's going to be soft, I guess.
17:19Let's go.
17:20Oh.
17:21Yeah.
17:22And half a minute.
17:23Till then to increase their خ皆さん,
17:29part of this naturally's card's turn.
17:32What would have been happening?
17:34Oh, John, how did you get on?
17:49Seven, but not written down.
17:51I wasn't expecting that with those letters.
17:54He just kept going, didn't he?
17:56Barry?
17:57Six.
17:57Yeah, the six is?
17:59Curios.
18:00And to draw a level, what's the seven?
18:02Frolics.
18:03Frolics.
18:03Brilliant word.
18:04Lovely word.
18:07Love it.
18:08I'm guessing nothing better than seven.
18:10Not at all.
18:11Such a good word, that one.
18:12Such a good one.
18:1337 points each, as we head to our third numbers round.
18:18Loving this.
18:19You're picking them, Barry.
18:20One from the top, please, Rachel.
18:22Thank you, Barry.
18:22One large and five little coming up for you.
18:26But this time they are...
18:28Seven, six, eight, nine, one, and 50.
18:34And the target?
18:37271.
18:37271.
18:38Number's up.
18:38Three, four.
18:41One large and five.
18:42Three, four.
18:43Three, four.
18:44Two, three.
18:46marcaste.
18:47l
18:48When you're hungry.
18:49One, four.
18:50Four.
18:52Nine.
18:52One, four.
18:53A low and possibly tricky target, 2-7-1, Barry.
19:132-7-0.
19:15John?
19:15Nothing.
19:16Sorry.
19:16Nothing.
19:17Look at this, Barry, for seven points.
19:20I'm not sure that you're 100% sure.
19:22Off you go.
19:2250 take away one is 49.
19:2550 take one, 49.
19:27Times six.
19:28Times six is 294.
19:31And then the seven, the eight and the nine added together make 24.
19:35Yep.
19:36Subtract.
19:37270.
19:38Yes.
19:39One away.
19:40Rachel, 2-7-1.
19:42Well, if you say six minus one is five, times that by eight for 40,
19:47times it by seven for 280, and you have a nine left over.
19:51But I did only just realise that standing here.
19:53So no points for me.
19:54Well done.
19:57You've got no reason to be mortified.
20:00And on that subject, doing our mortification story.
20:04Susie, you're up.
20:05Give me a moment in your life where you went, oh, I'm mortified.
20:08When I was a student and it was a really formal dinner at college and I was sitting next to a high court judge and I had on these Velcro shoulder pads.
20:16And all of a sudden, I bent over and mum fell into my soup.
20:20So, yes.
20:21Brilliant.
20:22Right, let's get her second tea time teaser of this Monday.
20:25Role time.
20:26And for those who are visually impaired, it's R-O-L-E.
20:30Role time.
20:31Playing this role made Anthony very famous over time.
20:35Playing this role made Anthony very famous over time.
20:38Welcome back.
20:55I wouldn't have got this one before Friday, but our challenger, John Finnan, helped me out.
21:00So, playing this role made Anthony very famous over time.
21:03The answer is Motelier, like Hotelier.
21:07And it's Anthony Perkins, who, of course, in Psycho, played Norman Bates.
21:12So, thank you very much for that, John.
21:14Well done if you got that at home.
21:15What a game we have here.
21:17Just seven points in it.
21:18Six rounds to go.
21:20And Mr Finnan, you're picking the letters.
21:22Can I start with a consonant, please?
21:24Thank you, John.
21:25S.
21:26And a vowel.
21:27E.
21:29And a consonant.
21:31K.
21:32And a vowel.
21:33A.
21:35And a consonant.
21:37P.
21:38And a consonant.
21:40D.
21:42And a vowel.
21:44I.
21:46And a consonant.
21:49N.
21:50And a vowel, please.
21:52And a final E.
21:54Good luck.
21:55And a vowel.
21:56And a vowel.
21:57And a vowel.
21:57And a vowel.
21:57And a vowel.
21:58And a vowel.
21:58And a vowel.
21:58And a vowel.
21:59And a vowel.
21:59And a vowel.
22:00And a vowel.
22:00And a vowel.
22:00And a vowel.
22:01And a vowel.
22:01And a vowel.
22:01And a vowel.
22:01And a vowel.
22:02And a vowel.
22:02And a vowel.
22:02And a vowel.
22:02And a vowel.
22:03And a vowel.
22:04And a vowel.
22:04And a vowel.
22:05And a vowel.
22:05And a vowel.
22:06And a vowel.
22:06And a vowel.
22:07And a vowel.
22:08And a vowel.
22:08And a vowel.
22:09And a vowel.
22:09And a vowel.
22:10And a vowel.
22:10And a vowel.
22:10and a vowel.
22:11And a vowel.
22:26John?
22:27A risky seven.
22:28And Barry?
22:29Seven.
22:30John, what's this risky seven?
22:32Sepiad.
22:33Can you spell that for us?
22:34S-E-P-I-A-E-D.
22:36OK, Susie will check it. And Barry?
22:39Spanked.
22:39OK, we're OK with that, but let's whip John's under shit.
22:42Yeah, so, sepia, you know, we get those beautiful sepia photographs,
22:47reddish-brown monochrome, but it's just there as a noun or an adjective
22:50in itself, not as a verb or sort of extended adjective, I'm afraid.
22:54Sorry, John.
22:55What else can you offer me?
22:57You could have sneaked as a sort of PG alternative to spanked.
23:00Yes.
23:01And also aniseed.
23:03Right, so all the sevens, but unfortunately not yours, John.
23:0614 still, a very close gap as we get another letters round.
23:11Barry?
23:12A consonant, please, Rachel.
23:13Thanks, Barry.
23:14W.
23:15And a vowel.
23:17A.
23:18Consonant.
23:19N.
23:20A vowel.
23:21O.
23:23And a vowel.
23:24E.
23:25Consonant.
23:26Y.
23:27Consonant.
23:28R.
23:29And another consonant.
23:30G.
23:31And a vowel, please.
23:32And a vowel, please.
23:33And a final, I.
23:34Let's play.
23:35Let's play.
23:36G.
23:37G.
23:38And a vowel, please.
23:39Of questa vowel, please.
23:40And a vowel, yes, we could move there.
23:41Mmmmm.
23:42So, that's right, please.
23:43We could have a vowel, please.
23:44A vowel, please.
23:45And a final, I.
23:46How many, Bari?
24:14Eight.
24:16Yes, and John?
24:17Just six.
24:18Just the six.
24:19The six is?
24:20Ownage.
24:21Ownage and Bari?
24:22Wearying.
24:24Wearying.
24:25OK.
24:26Ownage is in, and so is wearying.
24:30Wow.
24:31That's absolutely brilliant.
24:34Fantastic.
24:34Anything else you want to throw at me?
24:36We quite like orangey for seven.
24:38Yes, I quite like it too.
24:4059-37.
24:42Don't give up, John.
24:43Four rounds still to go, and what a challenger.
24:45You are.
24:47Time to gather yourself as we get our first origins of words of this week.
24:52Well, I thought I'd talk a little bit about misnomers, so things that are sort of slightly
24:57falsely named in English.
24:58And do you remember I talked a little bit about the lap wing the other day that was actually
25:02originally a leap wink, and it was all to do with the way that it sort of wheels through
25:07the air.
25:08And there are many more, so I'll just give you a few.
25:11I think most people know that koala bears are not actually bears.
25:15They are not even closely related to the bear family.
25:19In Australia, I think they are simply called koalas.
25:21But because of their appearance, and because they seem to be quite cuddly, we like koala
25:26bear over here.
25:27Similarly, there is no such thing as a seagull.
25:29Now, this is a hill that a lot of birders have chosen to die on.
25:32The correct term is simply gull.
25:35But because we see them by the sea, we call them seagulls.
25:37But strictly speaking, that is a bit of a misnomer.
25:41Jellyfish, starfish, not even related remotely to fish.
25:45Although you can see the sort of jelly...
25:49You can understand why we chose that way.
25:51Obviously, they are marine animals.
25:53You can get the sort of gelatinous bit.
25:55But no, not even related to fish.
25:57Peanut is not a nut in the botanical sense.
26:00It's a legume.
26:01Hold on.
26:02A peanut is not a nut.
26:03No, it's a legume.
26:04I'm worried you're recovering from there is no such thing as a seagull.
26:06What's going on here?
26:07Sweet breads, famously, not sweet and not bready either.
26:12They are, rather disgustingly for anyone who's a vegetarian,
26:16the thymus or the pancreas, this is the sort of intestines of an animal.
26:21I could go on, but as you say, I'm kind of, you know, knocking down...
26:25There's only so much we're going to go to take, yeah.
26:28Exactly.
26:28So I'll return to this subject once you've recovered from these ones.
26:35Four rounds left to play, John.
26:37A little bit of ketchup to do, but you've got it, then, yeah.
26:39Let's do it.
26:40Can I get a consonant, please?
26:42Thank you, John.
26:42Lastly, G.
26:47Cone down.
26:47And a consonant.
26:49M.
26:50And a vowel.
26:52O.
26:53And a consonant.
26:55T.
26:56And a consonant.
26:58S.
27:00And a vowel.
27:02E.
27:03And a consonant.
27:05R.
27:07And a consonant, please.
27:09Lastly, G.
27:11Cone down.
27:17How many, John?
27:44Seven.
27:45And Barry?
27:46OK, what have you got, John?
27:47Monster.
27:48Monster.
27:49And Barry?
27:50Moaners.
27:51Moaners.
27:52Monster would have been good for next week, Halloween next week.
27:55Anything else?
27:56I had monster myself, but Susie points out you can go monstera with the A on the end,
28:01which is apparently a cheese plant.
28:04Well, yes, it's a plant that includes the Swiss cheese plant, you know,
28:07the ones with the holes, the perforated leaves.
28:09Lovely stuff.
28:11Last letters round.
28:12Barry.
28:13A consonant, please, Rachel.
28:14Thank you, Barry.
28:15S.
28:16Another one, please.
28:17L.
28:18A vowel.
28:19O.
28:20A consonant.
28:21S.
28:22A vowel.
28:23I.
28:24A consonant.
28:25T.
28:26A vowel, please.
28:27E.
28:28Another consonant, please.
28:30H.
28:31And a consonant.
28:32Lastly, S.
28:33S.
28:34Last letters.
28:35Last letters.
28:36T.
28:37T.
28:38T.
28:39T.
28:40T.
28:41T.
28:42T.
28:43T.
28:44T.
28:45T.
28:46T.
28:47T.
28:48T.
28:57T.
28:58T.
28:59T.
29:00T.
29:01T.
29:02T.
29:03That's it, Barry.
29:15Seven.
29:16Seven.
29:17And John?
29:18Eight.
29:18Oh, look, it's never over until it's over.
29:20The seven, Barry?
29:22Hostiles.
29:23Hostiles.
29:24And this eight?
29:26Hostiles.
29:27Hostiles.
29:28Oh, it's not.
29:29No.
29:30Oh, John.
29:31I thought it would be in the sense of weaponry or even people,
29:37but it's only there as an adjective.
29:38I'm really sorry.
29:40So unfair on John.
29:42We hear that all the time.
29:44Hostiles.
29:44It's used in a lot of sort of action movies.
29:47Oh, what a shame.
29:48What a shame.
29:49Can you rub salt into the wounds?
29:51Well, we can, because we've got a nine.
29:54Slightly unlikely one, but a lovely one.
29:57Slushiest.
29:57Yes.
29:58APPLAUSE
29:59You clap it, but it feels an injustice that you can get that,
30:03but you can't have hostiles.
30:04I mean, what sort of a world do we live in?
30:06So, I mean, I don't know whether it's an Irish thing.
30:08Sometimes you think the words are ours and they're not,
30:11but sloshed would be drunk.
30:13Is being sloshiest just being the most drunk?
30:16I think it's...
30:16Here, it's a bit of a synonym for sloshiest.
30:21So, wet and sticky, all very sloppy.
30:24So, film if it's really sentimental.
30:26Let's try and draw a line under that, John,
30:29and get our final numbers.
30:30Another inverted T, please.
30:32Another inverted T.
30:33Last one of the day.
30:34One from the top, five knots.
30:36Thank you, John.
30:36And the final numbers, 9, 2, 4, 6, 1 and 100.
30:44And the target, 231.
30:46231.
30:47Numbers up.
31:18A low target.
31:19I know you've got it, John,
31:20because you've been just sitting there for the last 20 seconds.
31:23Just confirm it with me.
31:25231.
31:25Well done, and Barry?
31:27231.
31:27Well done.
31:28Off you go, John.
31:299 plus 6 is 15.
31:31Yep, 15.
31:32100 plus 15.
31:34115.
31:34Multiply by 2.
31:36230.
31:37Add 1.
31:37231, lovely.
31:39Barry?
31:40100 times 2 is 200.
31:43200.
31:449 times 4 is 36.
31:46Yep.
31:46And then 6 take away 1 is 5.
31:50Take that off the 36 to make the 31.
31:53231, lovely.
31:53Good.
31:5710 points each.
31:58And Barry, yet again,
32:00for his third win,
32:01is going to be in and around that 90 mark.
32:03So very, very hard to beat.
32:05No disgrace at all, John,
32:07in your performance today.
32:08Let's get your finger on that buzzer.
32:10You too, Barry.
32:11Final round of this Monday's Countdown.
32:13It is our Countdown Conundrum.
32:33Right at the desk, Barry.
32:46Furriness?
32:47Furriness!
32:49Yes!
32:53Very good.
32:54Very, very good indeed.
32:5593 for you and a third.
32:57When, John, I feel like I missed opportunity.
32:59Today, it was just tiny little moments and one rounded.
33:03I mean, Mark Watson called an injustice.
33:05And I agree with him.
33:06You've got to call it when you see it.
33:07You've got to call it when you see it.
33:08Have you still enjoyed your day, all right?
33:10It was fantastic.
33:11Yeah, highly recommend it.
33:12Good crack, innit?
33:13Absolutely.
33:13Thank you for being here, mate.
33:14We'll give you the goodie bag.
33:16Real tough test for you, Barry.
33:17Well done coming through.
33:18That will see you tomorrow.
33:20And, Mark, brilliant to have you in Dictionary Corner this week
33:22for the first time.
33:23Susie, you're happy you're a big fan.
33:24I am a very big fan, yeah.
33:26And it's very nice to be reunited because we worked together ages ago.
33:30So, mortification.
33:31You know my worst moment, and I think I've mentioned it before,
33:34but it was when I was in my 20s and so-called cooler.
33:38And it was the, you know, we went around, we fist-bumped everybody.
33:41How you doing, dude?
33:42And all of that.
33:42And I met one of my all-time heroes, Will Smith.
33:46I got to spend a lot of the day with him.
33:47He was already a mega star.
33:49And at the end of the day, it was just him and I.
33:51He was coming down the stairs, I was going up the stairs.
33:53And he said, Colin, lovely to meet you.
33:56Now, this is just what happened.
33:58He went like that.
34:00I went fist-bump.
34:01So, this was about three seconds, but it seemed like about three years.
34:04He then turned a fist-bump.
34:06I turned a handshake, grabbed his fist and shook Will Smith's fist.
34:12And he just looked at me and went, I'm walked away.
34:15Mortifying.
34:16Like a game of scissors, paper, stone, but all-in-one movement.
34:18From that point of view, I did win.
34:20I did win the paper, scissors, stone.
34:22We'll try not to embarrass ourselves tomorrow, Rach.
34:24We'll try.
34:24Happy days.
34:25Hopefully we'll have you here.
34:26That's what it's all about.
34:27Rachel, Susie and I will be waiting.
34:29You can count on us.
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