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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown this Thursday afternoon.
00:34Gather your thoughts, form your opinions and reflect on what lies ahead over the next 45 minutes or so.
00:41And as I look across the studio, one is reminded of the words of Plato, who once mused,
00:48you can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.
00:54Hiya, Rachel.
00:55Yeah, I mean, don't know about that.
00:57But you can discover quite a lot in an hour, I agree.
01:00Yeah, it's World Philosophy Day today.
01:03The theme is the human of the future.
01:06But rather than get into that, I was wondering, did you study philosophy at university?
01:10No.
01:11No, not either. Have you got any philosophical quotes that jump into your mind?
01:15Oh, I like this one quote I really like. It was by Margaret Mead.
01:19And she said, never doubt that the efforts of one person can change the world.
01:23Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
01:25Yes.
01:25Sounds really nice.
01:26Love it.
01:27It's good today, World Philosophy Day.
01:29We can talk through this.
01:30Socrates said, there is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
01:36That's the thing about great philosophy.
01:38It's true hundreds of years later.
01:39It sort of stays no matter how times change.
01:41Montesquieu said, to become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
01:49Which I like that as well.
01:50And a funny one from Einstein.
01:52Two things are infinite.
01:53The universe and human stupidity.
01:55And I'm not so sure about the universe.
01:57I'm not sure about the universe.
01:58Brilliant.
01:59Look at us going on Radio 4.
02:01Love it.
02:01And all of those are understandable.
02:03I think sometimes philosophers, or some people, use language that nobody understands.
02:08And I think as soon as you've done that, you've lost the room and it means nothing.
02:11It's the great communicator thing, isn't it, that works so well.
02:14Well, listen, our thoughts will turn now to Dictionary Corner.
02:18And there, once again, we come upon the two fine minds of Susie Dent.
02:22And this week's special guest is Clare Richards.
02:27And we have been enjoying the ascent of a truly great countdowner.
02:32Viraj Selim.
02:33How many wins now?
02:34Six?
02:35Yep, six.
02:36We've had five centuries, 192 to your eternal shame.
02:41And you're looking to put up, you know, one of the truly great totals if you can manage two more wins.
02:48I haven't asked you, who was your boy band or girl band when you were growing up?
02:52I'm just trying to think, even.
02:53You're that young.
02:55I wasn't really into, like, just, like, Western music at that point.
03:00Never really have been.
03:01Mostly Indian stuff.
03:02A friend of mine, she's a Bollywood encyclopedia, so she's always telling me all about it.
03:07She teaches me dances.
03:09You don't want to see them.
03:09It's embarrassing.
03:10We'll leave it there, Viraj.
03:11Good luck to you today, mate.
03:13You're up against Anne-Marie Gale.
03:15Two Londoners taking each other on today.
03:17How are you?
03:18Fine, thank you.
03:18I'm nervous.
03:19Well, no need to be nervous at all.
03:22You've got a steady hand, right?
03:24You're a dental nurse at King's College.
03:26I am.
03:26There you go.
03:27No worries at all.
03:27No.
03:28All good.
03:28Just got to hold the pen.
03:30Listen, you have a boy band fascination, right?
03:34Tell me about it.
03:34Backstreet Boys.
03:35How big is it?
03:38It's quietened down over the years.
03:40Yeah.
03:42I used to kind of go mad over them.
03:45Yeah?
03:45Would you travel to see them?
03:47Oh, I went to Dublin.
03:48The first time I ever saw them live, it was in Dublin.
03:50Yes.
03:51And it was, yeah, it was really good.
03:53Happy days.
03:54Good luck, Anne-Marie and Viraj.
03:55APPLAUSE
03:56Off you go, V.
04:00Hi, Rachel.
04:00I'll start with a consonant, please.
04:02We'll start today with F.
04:05A vowel.
04:06O.
04:08A consonant.
04:09S.
04:11A vowel.
04:12I.
04:14Another vowel.
04:15E.
04:16A consonant.
04:18C.
04:19Another consonant.
04:21M.
04:22Another consonant.
04:24N.
04:25And a vowel, please.
04:26And lastly, A.
04:28At home and in this studio, let's play Countdown.
04:31The vowel.
04:45.
04:54.
04:54Right, Veeraj?
05:03Seven.
05:04And Anne-Marie?
05:05Seven.
05:06Two sevens, what's the word?
05:07Fancies.
05:08Fancies, yes.
05:09Famines.
05:10And famines.
05:11Yeah, very good.
05:12Good.
05:13Two sevens each.
05:14What else do you have for me to kick off today's show there, Richards?
05:18Incomes.
05:19Yeah?
05:20Yeah.
05:20Very good.
05:20Very important.
05:21Right, Anne-Marie, your letters.
05:23Hi, can we start with a vowel, please?
05:25Thanks, Anne-Marie.
05:26Start with E.
05:28And another one.
05:30O.
05:31And a consonant.
05:34S.
05:35And another one.
05:37T.
05:38And another one.
05:40L.
05:42And a vowel, please.
05:45U.
05:47And a consonant.
05:49X.
05:50And another consonant, please.
05:55P.
05:57And a vowel, please.
05:58And a final E.
06:01And 30 seconds.
06:02And a vowel, please.
06:03And a vowel, please.
06:03And a vowel, please.
06:03And a vowel, please.
06:04And a vowel, please.
06:05And a vowel, please.
06:05And a vowel, please.
06:05And a vowel, please.
06:06And a vowel, please.
06:07And a vowel, please.
06:07And a vowel, please.
06:07And a vowel, please.
06:08And a vowel, please.
06:08And a vowel, please.
06:08And a vowel, please.
06:09And a vowel, please.
06:09And a vowel, please.
06:09And a vowel, please.
06:10And a vowel, please.
06:11And a vowel, please.
06:11And a vowel, please.
06:12And a vowel, please.
06:13And a vowel, please.
06:14And a vowel, please.
06:15And a vowel, please.
06:16And a vowel, please.
06:17And a vowel, please.
06:18Anne-Marie.
06:33I think I've got six.
06:35Virage.
06:36Eight.
06:37Not written down.
06:38OK.
06:38What do you think you have there, Anne-Marie?
06:40Exalts.
06:41E-X-U-L-T-S.
06:43And the not written down eight?
06:45Sextopple.
06:46Yes.
06:47Sextuple is in six children.
06:48Very good indeed.
06:50Yep, six parts or things, six times as many, et cetera.
06:53Well done.
06:54Anything else, Clare?
06:56Another eight, out sleep.
06:58Oh, you'd like to be the champion at that, wouldn't you?
07:00I would.
07:01Oh.
07:02All right, 15-7, first numbers round.
07:04Virage?
07:05You know what it is.
07:06Six little ones.
07:08Shouldn't have to ask.
07:09I didn't have to ask.
07:10There we go.
07:11Let's start the day numbers-wise with five, three, two,
07:16six, one, and two, all rather small.
07:21And the target, 250.
07:24250.
07:24Numbers up.
07:252,000, 1,000, 1,000, 1,000, 1,000, 1,000, 1,000, 1,000, 1,000, 1,000, 1,000, 1,000, 1,000, 1,000, 1,000, 1,000, 1,000, 1,000, 1,000, 1,000, 1,000, 1,000, 1,000, 1,000, 1,000, 1,000, 1,000, 1,000.
07:322-5-0.
07:57Verash?
07:58£2.50.
07:59And what about yourself, Anne-Marie?
08:00No.
08:01Just missed it.
08:02OK.
08:02Verash, take us to £2.50.
08:041 plus 3 is 4.
08:061 plus 3, 4.
08:07Times 2 times 6.
08:09Times 2 is 8.
08:10Times 6, 48.
08:12Plus the other two.
08:13Plus the second two, 50.
08:15Times 5.
08:15Yep.
08:16One way to get there.
08:17£2.50.
08:17Nice one.
08:18Nice one.
08:20Let's get our first Tea Time teaser of this Thursday afternoon.
08:24Rosie Dyer.
08:25Rosie Dyer, as in D-I-R-E.
08:28The offer they made Rosie was Dyer.
08:30The offer they made Rosie was Dyer.
08:40Welcome back.
08:48The offer they made Rosie was Dyer because it was derisory.
08:52Derisory.
08:53OK, Anne-Marie off the mark in that first part, which is a good start against an amazing champion.
08:5725 plays 7, and it's your letters.
09:00Can I have a consonant, please?
09:01Thanks, Anne-Marie.
09:02R.
09:02And another one?
09:04D.
09:07And another one?
09:09T.
09:10And another one?
09:12M.
09:13And a vowel?
09:15A.
09:16And another vowel?
09:18E.
09:20And another vowel?
09:22O.
09:23And a consonant?
09:26R.
09:28And finish with a vowel, please.
09:32Finish with I.
09:34Thanks, Rich.
09:35And another vowel?
09:52Amen.
09:52Bye-bye.
09:53Thank you so much.
09:54Bye-bye.
09:54Bye-bye.
09:55Bye-bye.
09:58Bye-bye.
10:00Bye-bye.
10:01Bye-bye.
10:03Bye-bye.
10:04Bye-bye.
10:04That's time, Anne-Marie. How did you get on?
10:07Seven, and I've not write it down.
10:09That's OK. Seven, and Viraj?
10:11Eight. And then eight. What's the seven not written down?
10:14Married. Married, and this is going to break your heart.
10:17What's the eight? Mediator.
10:19Mediator. Well done, well spotted.
10:21APPLAUSE
10:23Anything else for us, Clare?
10:25No, we had mediator as well.
10:27He makes life a bit easy, doesn't he? Right, more letters.
10:30Viraj, off you go. I'll start with the vowel, please.
10:32Thank you, Raj.
10:33O. One more.
10:35A. And another.
10:37U. OK, a consonant.
10:40C. A consonant.
10:43S. Another vowel.
10:46I. A consonant.
10:49T. Another one.
10:51P. And another consonant, please.
10:53And lastly, N. Half a minute.
10:57S. Another one.
10:59We will use the six letter in the Euchre.
11:01An accent.
11:02OK.
11:03You will give us a word.
11:04It's a vowel.
11:05What's a consonant.
11:06We use an accent to the vowel.
11:07Your history.
11:08This one is a vowel in the胆.
11:09O.k.
11:10That is a vowel.
11:11And the vowel.
11:12A consonant.
11:13And the vowel in the same vowel.
11:14From the vowel.
11:15The vowel in the vowel.
11:16The vowel in the vowel.
11:17The vowel in the vowel.
11:18All right, Farage?
11:29Eight.
11:30Anne-Marie?
11:31Just a six.
11:31The six is?
11:32Points.
11:33Wonderful, let's begin with out.
11:35He's got this little trick up his sleeve.
11:36What is the word?
11:37It's captions.
11:37Oh, captions.
11:39There you go.
11:40Well done.
11:41Thought he was going to go with the out again, Susie.
11:43How did you get on there?
11:44Only find one word with out, and that was a seven.
11:46Out span.
11:47Yeah.
11:47Yeah.
11:48But we did have another eight.
11:50Yes, auctions.
11:52Auctions and cautions.
11:54There you go.
11:55Auctions, cautions and captions.
11:57Three eights in there.
11:5941 plays seven.
12:00Anne-Marie, it doesn't have to be six small ones now,
12:03because you're in charge of the numbers.
12:04It might be.
12:05Can we have one large and five small?
12:08We can indeed.
12:09One from the top row, and five not.
12:12And for this round, the five not are four, four, nine.
12:17Two and eight.
12:19And the big one, 100.
12:20And the target, 836.
12:23Eight, three, six.
12:25Numbers up.
12:25Two and a half.
12:26One of them.
12:27MUSIC PLAYS
12:57AMARIE GAIL
12:57836
12:58Excellent, well done.
13:00Vera's ceiling.
13:01836
13:018362.
13:03Right, AMARIE, off you go.
13:058 times 100.
13:07800.
13:08And then 9 times 4.
13:1036.
13:12I want it that way.
13:15Vera's.
13:15Yeah, the same way.
13:16Well done.
13:2051 plays 17 as we take a little break and have another chat with Claire Richards.
13:25I've been loving this.
13:25I feel like it's a mini interview every day.
13:28Yeah, it's like a series.
13:29Very rarely is there such a thing as an overnight success, I feel, in the music industry at all.
13:35Take me back to before stardom with Steps.
13:40Well, I came straight out of school and straight into a pop group, which wasn't Steps.
13:44That lasted about a year.
13:45And then we got dropped, which was fun.
13:49And I got a temping job because, I mean, I got my A-levels, but not in anything useful at all.
13:58And I, as part of my temp work, I used to do the reception at Burger King head office quite a lot.
14:07Oh.
14:07So that was kind of my, I probably spent more time, I was a temp temp, I wasn't even a permanent temp, I was a temp temp.
14:14So I used to go in there when the other receptionist was sick.
14:17And on one occasion, I, because it was quite a big office, and at this point, my mum had kind of encouraged me to try and get back into the music industry.
14:29Because she said, you're miserable, you don't want to do this for a living, let's try and get you back in.
14:34So I used, I'm probably going to, I shouldn't say this on TV, because I'll probably get sent a bill, but I used the Burger King's franking machine to send off all my audition tapes.
14:45I came into work with loads of jiffy envelopes with my tape and my photo inside and just kind of slipped them into the post room.
14:54And out of all of those tapes and CDs and pictures, Steps was the only one that called me back.
14:59So how does that even work? I mean, so you record a depth, you record your vocals, how are you even doing that?
15:06Because that would cost a few quid.
15:07Well, I, the reason I had a demo tape is because I won a karaoke competition.
15:13Yes.
15:14And the prize was to go to a studio and record a demo.
15:18Yeah.
15:18I mean, the studio was some bloke's shed in the bottom of his garden, but I got a demo tape.
15:23I think it was Evergreen by Barbra Streisand was on it, and I can't, I think it might have been I Will Always Love You.
15:28Oh, it's a biggie to take on.
15:31Yeah, that was my karaoke song at the time.
15:35And that's how I got my demo tape, which is kind of weird, but I didn't pay for it, is the moral of that story.
15:42And the thing you're saying is like only steps got back.
15:45But there's a great quote by Inrush, the great Liverpool striker.
15:50Someone said to him, how come you're always in the right place at the right time?
15:53And he said, well, no, 99 times out of 100, you don't see on camera when I make the run and there's nothing there.
15:59Yeah.
15:59And that's a similar situation.
16:01Yeah.
16:01I feel getting into steps, I do think, was fate.
16:04There was another line-up before myself, Lee and Faye.
16:07H and Lisa were always in the band.
16:09But there were three other people that decided it wasn't for them.
16:12So it was kind of the second wave of auditions and they had been to all the record companies and they were turned down by all of them.
16:19And then our first showcase that it was the line-up you know now, we went and we did a showcase for Pete Waterman and he signed us on the spot.
16:26On the spot?
16:27I do believe everything happens for a reason.
16:30Love it.
16:30Thank you, Claire.
16:34Right, here we go.
16:35Back to the game.
16:36And, Veras, you're picking these letters.
16:38I'll start with a consonant, please.
16:39Thank you, Veras.
16:40R.
16:40A vowel.
16:43E.
16:44A consonant.
16:46G.
16:47A vowel.
16:48A.
16:49Another vowel.
16:51U.
16:52Another one.
16:54E.
16:55A consonant.
16:56L.
16:58A consonant.
16:59S.
17:00And another consonant.
17:01And the last one, N.
17:03Good luck.
17:10Dosan.
17:13T.
17:13T.
17:14T.
17:14T.
17:15T.
17:15T.
17:17T.
17:18Veeraj.
17:35Eight.
17:36Well done.
17:37Anne-Marie.
17:37Eight.
17:38Well done.
17:38What have we got?
17:39Generals.
17:40Generals.
17:40And granules.
17:42Granules and generals, Susie.
17:43Absolutely brilliant, both.
17:44Good.
17:45Well done.
17:46Eight points each.
17:47Is that our lot?
17:49We've got leaguers.
17:51Yeah, leaguers, members of a particular league, particularly in sports.
17:54Thanks very much.
17:55OK, 59, 25.
17:58Anne-Marie, let's go round again.
18:00A consonant, please.
18:02Thank you, Anne-Marie.
18:03R.
18:04And another one, please.
18:07W.
18:08And another one.
18:10D.
18:12And another one.
18:14G.
18:15And a vowel.
18:17O.
18:19Another vowel.
18:21I.
18:22And another vowel.
18:24E.
18:27A consonant.
18:30H.
18:31And a final vowel, please.
18:33And a final A.
18:35Start the clock.
18:36Tabii.
18:40See you.
18:54Bye.
18:59Bye.
19:00Bye.
19:01Bye.
19:02Bye.
19:03Bye.
19:04Anne-Marie?
19:08I've only got a four.
19:09Virage?
19:10Seven.
19:11What's a four?
19:11Head.
19:12Head.
19:13And seven?
19:14Rawhide.
19:15Oh, rolling, rolling, rolling.
19:17How do you know this word, Virage?
19:19Keep those wagons rolling.
19:21That's brilliant.
19:23Yeah, all one word in the dictionary.
19:24Stiff, unturned leather.
19:26Is that as good as we can get?
19:28Full gallon?
19:29Another seven is wordage.
19:31Wordage.
19:31Wordage.
19:32Yes.
19:32Sixty-six, twenty-five numbers, and Virage, you're choosing.
19:36Six more, please.
19:37Six more, shouldn't have to ask.
19:39Your favourite, and you're not even a one-trick pony.
19:42Right, this time, six little ones.
19:44Nine, seven, two, six, ten, and one.
19:50And the target to reach, 842.
19:53Another biggie, 842, numbers up.
20:02Eight, four, two, Virage.
20:27Eight, four, two.
20:28Anne-Marie.
20:29Nope.
20:30Yeah, he's easy to love, but at the same time, kind of easy to hear as well.
20:33Sorry, yeah.
20:34Just depends on the ride.
20:35Yeah, just a bit.
20:37Virage, off you go.
20:38One plus ten plus nine, so 20.
20:40One plus ten plus nine, 20.
20:43Times six.
20:44Times six, 120.
20:45Times seven.
20:46840.
20:47Plus two.
20:48842.
20:49Well done.
20:49Wow.
20:52Let's get our second tea time teaser.
20:55It's sail dock.
20:56Sail dock, as in the sails of a boat, rather than down your local shop.
21:02All will be revealed if you do this.
21:04All will be revealed if you do this.
21:06Sail dock became dis-cloak.
21:27Is that just a less common way of saying, to un-cloak, to dis-robe?
21:30Yeah, to take your cloak off, but then, by extension, it means to reveal something.
21:36Right, OK.
21:37What's underneath.
21:38Thank you very much.
21:39Right, six rounds to go.
21:41Anne-Marie, let's uncover another nine letters.
21:44Consonant, please.
21:46Thank you, Anne-Marie.
21:47R.
21:48And a vowel, please.
21:51U.
21:52And a consonant, please.
21:54T.
21:55And another consonant.
21:57S.
21:58And a vowel, please.
22:03I.
22:04Consonant.
22:06B.
22:07And another consonant.
22:10L.
22:12And a vowel.
22:14O.
22:16And a final vowel, please.
22:19A final E.
22:21Right, here we go.
22:22Okay.
22:24Do-
22:26Let's do it.
22:28Bye.
22:28So,
22:30if you'reチャンネル味,
22:31please.
22:32I'll be right back.
22:33Bye.
22:34Stand up.
22:34Well,
22:35I'm sorry,
22:35go-to.
22:35Moving on.
22:38Right, Anne-Marie.
22:54Eight.
22:55An eight for you, and Veeraj.
22:56Eight.
22:57And an eight also.
22:58Anne-Marie, what have you got?
22:59Bolster.
23:00To bolster and Veeraj.
23:02Outliers.
23:02And outliers, Susie Dent.
23:04Can you spell bolster for me, Anne-Marie?
23:07B-O-U-L-S-T-E-R.
23:09Unfortunately, it doesn't have the U in it.
23:10So bolster is there for the seven, but not for the eight.
23:13I'm sorry.
23:13And outliers, absolutely fine.
23:15Absolutely fine.
23:16There you go.
23:17Another eight points for you.
23:18Mammoth score you're building today.
23:2084 at the moment.
23:22Interesting letters.
23:24Claire, do you want to add anything to outliers?
23:26We've got burliest.
23:29Oh, nice.
23:29And troubles.
23:30It's all right.
23:32Well done.
23:32Well done.
23:33If you can match Veeraj, you're having one heck of a day,
23:36let me tell you, and it is your letter.
23:37So off you go.
23:38I'll have a consonant, please.
23:40N.
23:42A vowel.
23:44A.
23:45Another vowel.
23:46I.
23:47Another one.
23:49O.
23:50A consonant.
23:52T.
23:52Another consonant.
23:54G.
23:55A vowel.
23:57E.
23:58A consonant.
23:59D.
24:01And a consonant, please.
24:02And the last one.
24:03B.
24:04Let's play.
24:05I.
24:06A consonant.
24:08Here you go.
24:08Fair rush.
24:36An eight.
24:37An eight for you.
24:37And Anne-Marie?
24:38Seven.
24:39The seven is?
24:40Beading.
24:41Beading.
24:41He won't be far off that.
24:43Debating.
24:44Debating was there.
24:45So close.
24:46Anne-Marie debating for another massive eight points for Veeraj.
24:51And I'm guessing that top scores, unless you can pull a maximum out.
24:55No.
24:55We've still got eight.
24:57Obtained.
24:58And Bioagent.
25:00Bioagent.
25:01Yes.
25:01Not what you want to see.
25:02Used in war quite often.
25:04Absolutely.
25:04Right.
25:05Well, listen.
25:0592 plays, 25.
25:07Amore, it's 25 points more than many would have got today against this performance from Veeraj.
25:1292 is sensational.
25:13Four rounds still to play as we head over for Origins of Words.
25:18Well, I was going to talk a little bit about how just the most unexpected couplings can be discovered in English.
25:30And it's one of my absolute favourites.
25:32It's words that you think have absolutely no relationship with each other somehow come together.
25:36And so I'm going to talk a bit about the word verse.
25:40And there was a poem written by Seamus Heaney in 1966 called Digging.
25:46And in this, he resolves to carry on his family tradition of digging the soil by digging himself, but not with a spade like his father and his grandfather and generations before, but with a pen.
26:01So he's going to go digging with a pen.
26:03And there's a wonderful link between agriculture and poetry.
26:07And agriculture actually finds its way in lots and lots of different ways, and I'll come back to that.
26:12But if you look at the word verse, it goes back to the Latin versus.
26:17So we know, you know, you versus Rachel, for example.
26:21It's all about sort of being opposite or sort of turning in some way.
26:25And versus could also mean a turn of the plough.
26:28So it was like a furrow, if you like.
26:30And it also came to mean a line of writing, because you write to the end of the page and then you go back to the beginning again.
26:37So it's this lovely idea of kind of following this pattern across the soil and then across the paper.
26:43And that versus gave us so many different words in English.
26:45It gave us versatile and version and vertebra and vertigo.
26:49Again, all about turning and convert, advert, because it makes us turn towards it.
26:56Pervert, because you turn the wrong way, and so on and so forth.
26:59But I mentioned how this sort of idea of farming and agriculture finds its way into English.
27:04So an aftermath, originally, and I think still in agricultural circles, it means the after mowing.
27:10So it's once a field has been mowed, it's kind of what's left afterwards.
27:15Delirious, too, is one of my favourites.
27:17So that's from the Latin, de, meaning away, and lere, meaning a furrow.
27:21So when you're delirious, you have gone off the furrow.
27:24You've gone away from the sort of track.
27:26And you are almost quite literally beside yourself.
27:29So I love those connections.
27:30I would never put verse and a furrow and ploughing together,
27:34but they belong absolutely in the same family.
27:36Never. Wonderful journey. Thank you.
27:39Anne-Marie, let's move on and get some letters.
27:42Consonant, please.
27:43Thank you, Anne-Marie.
27:45H.
27:45And another one, please.
27:48V.
27:50And another one, please.
27:52N.
27:53And a vowel.
27:55A.
27:56Add another vowel.
27:58E.
28:00And another vowel.
28:02U.
28:03And a consonant.
28:05R.
28:07Another consonant.
28:09K.
28:09And we'll finish with a vowel, please.
28:13Finish with O.
28:14Good luck.
28:15And the телефон.
28:18What part of the one?
28:20I'm Ứ sine peu.
28:21And let's do that إذ começed.
28:24And another vowel.
28:26Now I'll do that إذا.
28:26Use the Ezio clones, on the ذلك.
28:27Next template number type thing.
28:31And then we'll mix in plot time,
28:32and then we'll do that in order to get it.
28:32The Aunque Is next time,
28:33please to take it.
28:34Then let's go.
28:36And now we'll be right on and desAristen.
28:37Thanks for having a deal.
28:38Thank you nên.
28:38If I have any political 솔,
28:39then tell them I'm going to do that.
28:40I'm going to do that in order.
28:42One of that in order form oflines.
28:43Well, it's not going to do that.
28:44ANNE-MARIE
28:46Anne-Marie? Six.
28:48Six for you, Veeraj? Six.
28:50And a six as well, Anne-Marie?
28:52Hanker. Veeraj? Hunker.
28:54Hanker and Hanker and Dictionary Corner.
28:57Yeah, that was probably about it.
28:59Yeah. There you go. A rare difficult round today.
29:02There have been a lot of very favourable letters,
29:04so we were due one of those.
29:06Right, last letters round, Veeraj, your choice.
29:08Er, I'll start with the consonant, please.
29:10Thank you, Veeraj. N.
29:12A vowel.
29:14I. Another vowel.
29:16A. A consonant.
29:18G. Another consonant.
29:21W. Another consonant.
29:24D. A vowel.
29:26U. One more vowel.
29:30E. And a consonant, please.
29:32And lastly, F.
29:34Alright, last letters.
29:36Thanks for listening.
29:38I'll be back.
29:39Watch out.
29:42Yeah, last letter.
29:44I can never do that.
29:45I can never do it.
29:46I can never do it.
29:47You can never do it.
29:49No.
29:50Not everything else.
29:51I can never do it.
29:52I can never do it.
29:53I can never do it.
29:54I can never do it.
29:55I don't care.
29:56I can never do it.
29:57I can do it.
29:59I'll stick to a seven.
30:09Yeah, and Anne-Marie?
30:10Seven.
30:10Yep, the seven?
30:11Feuding.
30:12Yeah, feuding, Anne-Marie?
30:14The same, feuding.
30:15Yeah, I thought so.
30:16It means you've brought up your century already
30:18with two rounds still left, but the dictionary corner...
30:21Clare, what are you seeing?
30:22We had feuding as well, and unwaged.
30:26Yes, not earning any money, essentially.
30:28Right.
30:28So, unwaged and feuding, 105 plays 38.
30:31Listen, Anne-Marie, against, you know,
30:33absolutely a fantastic champion,
30:36you can still get over 50.
30:37Monumental.
30:38So, let's do this.
30:39Last numbers.
30:40Can I have one small...
30:41One large and five small?
30:44You can, indeed.
30:45Almost become a different game entirely.
30:47A lot harder.
30:49Right, the five little ones.
30:50Two, five, nine, two, four,
30:54and the large one, 100 again,
30:56and the target to reach 878.
30:59878.
31:00Numbers up.
31:00Good game.
31:02All right.
31:04Good game.
31:10Hmm.
31:11Good game.
31:12It's a Awful 녘.
31:12Good game.
31:13We have a wrong game.
31:14Love you.
31:15Have a wrong game.
31:15Good game.
31:16Cool game.
31:17weighs two.
31:17All right.
31:17Feels like two.
31:18Good game.
31:18One little one.
31:20We have a happy job.
31:21You can see me trying to find one thing,
31:21Both sides.
31:22Year's forget.
31:22Good game.
31:234对s.
31:23We have a terrible game.
31:23Only five nights at this time.
31:24I think that, too.
31:24You can only try to find one single apparently.
31:25You can't do と the crime.
31:26Our example.
31:27And that's our 30 seconds.
31:33Go on, Anne-Marie.
31:348, 7, 8.
31:358, 7, 8.
31:36Viraj.
31:37Yep, 8, 7, 8.
31:38Off you go, Anne-Marie.
31:409 times 100.
31:41900.
31:425 times 4.
31:4420.
31:45Plus the 2.
31:4622.
31:46And take it away.
31:47Perfect.
31:48Well done, 8, 7, 8.
31:49Well done.
31:50And Viraj.
31:51100 minus 2.
31:52100 minus 2, 98.
31:54Times 9.
31:54Times 9, 882.
31:57Minus 4.
31:57Perfect.
31:58Same result.
31:59Yeah.
32:02Well, we know that Viraj will be back here tomorrow,
32:05bidding to become our latest octo-champ.
32:07And what an octo-champ.
32:08We'll get into the stats tomorrow and his placing in this series.
32:12But wouldn't it be nice, Anne-Marie, to steal this countdown conundrum?
32:16That would take it from 48 to 58.
32:18For me, that's glory right there.
32:20So let's get your finger on the buzzer.
32:22A reminder to Viraj that he didn't get the countdown conundrum
32:25day before yesterday.
32:27Let's reveal this Thursday afternoon's countdown conundrum.
32:35Viraj.
32:36Childhood.
32:37You were going to get that.
32:38Let's have a look.
32:39Well done.
32:41Well done, son.
32:42Well done.
32:43I'm feeling fatherly towards you at 125, your highest score yet.
32:50Listen, you're going to smash 800, win or lose tomorrow.
32:54Chance of even breaking 900, which is rarefied air over the eight wins.
32:58So you sleep well tonight.
33:00Can't wait to tomorrow.
33:01Big, big day.
33:02Yep.
33:03And Anne-Marie?
33:05Never going to beat him.
33:06Something else, isn't he?
33:07Yeah.
33:07Good day, though?
33:08Good crack?
33:09Yep.
33:09Enjoyed it.
33:10You live near each other.
33:11I would say you could share a cab back, but that's insult the injury.
33:14Well, I'm going home tomorrow.
33:15He's going home the day after.
33:17That's true.
33:17He's staying.
33:18He's not going anywhere.
33:19Thank you for being here.
33:20Really appreciate it.
33:22Clare, last day for you tomorrow.
33:23I know.
33:24Can't wait.
33:25More fun and frolics.
33:26Thank you very much.
33:27See you more.
33:28World Philosophy Day.
33:29And funny enough, I had a few other philosophy quotes.
33:32And Clare mentioned, I will always love you, being in her demo tape, which is Dolly Parton.
33:37And philosophy comes from many different people.
33:38Oh, yeah.
33:39So let me give you, I love this from Dolly Parton, who is so shrewd and so, so clever.
33:45Yep.
33:45And she said, as an answer once when asked about it in an interview, she said,
33:48I'm not offended by blonde jokes, because I know I'm not dumb.
33:52I also know I'm not blonde.
33:54I think someone once asked her how long it took her to do her hair, and she said,
33:57I don't know, I'm not there when they do it.
34:00Oh, she's wonderful.
34:01Wonderful.
34:02Right, there you go.
34:03We will do it all again tomorrow.
34:05Today is but a bittersweet memory.
34:07Rachel, Susie, and I will be here.
34:09We'll see you then, and you can count on us.
34:12You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:16You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
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