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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to the last Countdown of the week as we lay another brick on the long, proud history that is Countdown and on the day that the National Trust was founded back in 1895. I know we both have a real short passion for this. Every building tells a story. It's so much more than bricks and mortar.
00:49Oh, and I love the gardens. Especially love the gardens. The last one I went to was probably Nebworth House. Yeah. And they have 72 life-sized dinosaurs in part of this country house gardens. It's brilliant for the kids. There's so many fun days out.
01:01Yeah, I agree. I want to mention a different type of trust. It's being called the National Trust for Music Venues. It's the Music Venue Trust. And they've just taken over the snug in Atherton.
01:14I say they've taken it over. It becomes publicly owned and you can buy shares in it locals because a lot of these music venues, yeah, they don't turn around a huge amount of money.
01:22But that, you mentioned Nebworth. Well, where did Oasis first play in these venues?
01:28Well, that's where I saw Robbie Williams and I think at the time it was the biggest open-air concert of all time.
01:32Thank you, Rachel. Well, if it's trust you want, we've got plenty of it over in, well, one half of Dick Street Corner we can trust at least.
01:39That's our G of the D, Susie Dent. We're working on it. We're working on it with the actor and comedian, John Thompson.
01:45And all this week, John has been in the company of Nathan Mulligan. He's halfway to becoming an octo-champ.
01:55We talk about you being a junior doctor and the work you're putting in, but I haven't talked to you about it off-air in more detail.
02:01You've got a real passion for children's health. Tell me about that.
02:04Yeah, so I've really enjoyed working with children. I've done a couple of jobs, so I've worked with children.
02:09It all kind of started when I was back in America. I studied over there and worked with some disabled children.
02:16And it's just great. It's just so rewarding and really lovely to spend time with children. Probably why I've got four.
02:23Well, you're up against Jan Scowcroft today and you join us originally from Lancashire but down in Somerset.
02:29So we'll test that accent out today.
02:31OK.
02:32And there's loads that you like to do, but you are a retired French and Spanish teacher, so that's good. Words always be in your business.
02:40These days you love to sing. The Choral Society, tell me about that.
02:43We practice every week. We have two concerts a year and we sing a variety of music.
02:49Last year we did some songs from the shows and some classical stuff, so it's a big mixture, but a great pleasure.
02:55Suppose you've got to try and think in that situation of bringing in the different age groups, so you're maybe thinking,
03:01oh, let's do something from Frozen or what have you, but I'll let it go, brings the kids in.
03:05Yes, that's true. Yeah, a bit of variety, get everybody into bums on seats.
03:10Yeah, that's all it's about, bums on seats.
03:12Yeah.
03:12Well, good luck to both of you.
03:17Nathan, letters, please.
03:18Hi, Rachel.
03:19Hi, Nathan.
03:20I'll start with the consonant, please.
03:21I think he starts with K.
03:23And another.
03:25L.
03:27And a third.
03:29T.
03:30A vowel, please.
03:32I.
03:33And another.
03:34E.
03:35One more.
03:36A.
03:38A consonant.
03:39S.
03:41Another consonant.
03:43R.
03:45And a vowel, please.
03:47And a final O.
03:49At home and in the studio, let's play Kanto.
03:51At that time.
04:21Time's up, Nathan.
04:23Seven.
04:24A seven from you. Strong start.
04:26Jan.
04:26Seven.
04:27Well done. What have you got, Nathan?
04:29Stalker.
04:29And Jan?
04:30Slatier.
04:32Slatier, Susie?
04:33There is no Slatier, Jan, I'm afraid.
04:35Slaty is in the colour of slate, for example,
04:38but it has to be specified.
04:39That's the countdown rule.
04:41So, no Slatier.
04:42All right, don't worry.
04:43Early doors on that.
04:44What did you have, John?
04:45Got a nice seven.
04:46Roasty.
04:47Singular.
04:49Like in one roast potato.
04:50Yeah, we got that, yeah.
04:53I like talkies.
04:55You know the old films were called talkies?
04:57They're good.
04:58And Nathan had Stalker.
05:00You can have stalkier.
05:02A plant might be stalkier.
05:03Your asparagus might be stalkier than your neighbours.
05:06That kind of thing.
05:07We'll be there for eight.
05:07Thank you, Susie.
05:09More letters now, Jan.
05:11A consonant, please.
05:12Thank you, Jan.
05:14G.
05:15And a second.
05:17D.
05:18And a third, please.
05:20T.
05:21A vowel.
05:22I.
05:24And another.
05:26U.
05:27And another.
05:29E.
05:30A consonant.
05:32P.
05:34And another.
05:36R.
05:38And a final consonant, please.
05:41And a final W.
05:4330 seconds for everyone.
06:11MUSIC
06:15Jan? Just a four. Just a four there. Nathan?
06:18A six. And a six. Jan, what's a four?
06:21Grew. Grew. And Nathan?
06:24Griped. And griped. Yeah.
06:2730 difficult letters. Let's head over the dictionary corner.
06:30There is a seven. And it's pudgier.
06:33Oh, a little bit pudgier. Yeah.
06:35It's my sweet name, isn't it? Pudgy.
06:37Long way to go, Jan. Don't panic. Nathan, numbers?
06:40I will try a six small, please. Six small, your favourite first choice.
06:45No letting up with a 13-point lead. First numbers today.
06:49Four, four, three, six, seven.
06:54And another three, fairly small. And the target, 600.
06:58600. Bang on. Numbers up.
07:0115, sticker, 400.
07:06Ian.
07:10Antenasmus from Billy Trip.
07:12Another one, of the biggest Тогдаock Maa Hogan was that
07:1525,000 pyristic and Schwarzenpcient F head.
07:17Thanks.
07:20And we have onellä, of the biggest rollercoaster.
07:22Today's book could Não Ag doc.
07:24And we haven any dyed it out,
07:25and it's a kind of color.
07:28That's time up. 600, Nathan.
07:33600. And Jan? No, sorry, didn't get it.
07:36Nathan, off you go.
07:387 times 3. 21.
07:41Plus 4. And you're back to business as usual.
07:4325 times 4.
07:45100. 600. Well done. Well done.
07:48APPLAUSE
07:50All right, good start. The 12 rounds still to play on today's Countdown
07:54as we get our first tea-time teaser, Oil Feast.
07:57Oil Feast. Pumped up and ready to go by the poolside.
08:01Pumped up and ready to go by the poolside.
08:04BELL RINGS
08:20Welcome back. This feels so far away, doesn't it?
08:23Pumped up and ready to go by the poolside.
08:25It's floaties. Floaties. Is that lilos and the like?
08:29Yes, they can be inflatables, but also specifically in the plural there,
08:32inflatable armbands for children.
08:34All right. 23. Zip at the moment.
08:36But, Jan, that's not uncommon for a challenger to have to settle in.
08:40And it's your letters. Thank you.
08:42Can I start with a consonant, please?
08:44Thank you, Jan.
08:45L
08:46And another.
08:48D
08:49And a vowel.
08:51A
08:53And another.
08:55I
08:56Consonant.
08:57R
08:59Vowel.
09:01U
09:03Consonant.
09:05C
09:06Consonant.
09:07S
09:08Vowel, please.
09:10And lastly...
09:11O
09:12Thanks, Rachel.
09:14Thanks, Rachel.
09:45Jan. A six, not written down. Six not written down. And Nathan? A six. You're going first anyway, Jan. Social. Social. And Nathan? Clouds. And clouds. Well done on the board. Right, what have we got in the dictionary corner? Start with a six. Lairds. Yes. Very nice. Carious for seven, which describes rotten teeth, so not so nice. March three to eight with cordials. And cordials. Nice. Right, here we go. You're on the charge, Jan.
10:15Nathan, your letters. Start with a consonant, please. Thank you, Nathan. T. And another. M. And a vowel. U. And another. E. And a consonant. S.
10:45D. Half a minute.
10:461. Theió.
10:481. Theió.
10:493. Theió.
10:525. Theió.
11:005. Theió.
11:046. theió.
11:05MUSIC CONTINUES
11:17Nathan? Just a five. Just the five. Jan?
11:20Six. And the six, Nathan? Fiennes. And Jan?
11:24United. United. Dexterity corner.
11:28A seven, Infused. Yeah. Yes.
11:31Very good. Minuet's also there. And then for eight, unmisted,
11:36which means pretty much the same as demisted.
11:38Thank you. Jan, there you go.
11:40Nerves are settled and it's your numbers.
11:42Can I have two from the top and four small, please?
11:45Can indeed. Thank you, Jan. Two large.
11:47Let's go for the ends. Four little ones.
11:50And the four small ones are four. Two, five and one.
11:55And the large ones, 75 and 25.
11:59And the target, 554.
12:02Five-fifty-four. Numbers up.
12:03And the target, 57 mic.
12:08Until journée.
12:10And the
12:23,,
12:25,,
12:26,,
12:27Five, five, four.
12:36We're too big. Jan?
12:37Five, five, four.
12:38Nice. And Nathan?
12:39Five, fifty.
12:41Could be another ten points. Epic. Off you go.
12:44Seven times seventy-five.
12:46How did you make the seven?
12:47Oh, sorry. Five plus two.
12:50Sounds good to me.
12:52Seventy-five times seven, five, two, five.
12:55Plus twenty-five.
12:57Five-hundred and fifty.
12:59Plus four.
12:59Five, five, four. Ten points.
13:0429-22, and that means just seven in it.
13:07Well done to you.
13:09Right, dictionary corner, little chat with John Thompson.
13:11I've loved this week, because what a career you've had.
13:14And I don't know, I hope I've got this right.
13:17Maureen Lipman.
13:18Mm, yes.
13:20I've worked with Maureen many moons ago.
13:22So my...
13:23When I was at drama school,
13:25at the Manchester Poly School of Theatre,
13:28we did The Rivals by Sheridan,
13:30which is a restoration comedy.
13:31None of us enjoyed it.
13:33And sadly, it's been knocked down now, the building.
13:36It was the Capitol building in Didsbury.
13:38It was a beautiful theatre, the Horniman Theatre.
13:41On the crossover, underneath the stage,
13:44written on bricks was the names of the shows that you'd done.
13:47And the date, and I remember ours said,
13:49The Rivals, 1990, brackets, never again.
13:54Cut to the Royal Exchange,
13:56where I got cast as Bob Akers,
13:59in The Rivals,
14:01where I played Lucius O'Trigger in the school one.
14:05And Maureen was Mrs Malaprop.
14:06And it was great fun.
14:10I was a bit wild at the time, I seem to remember.
14:12I had quite a nasty fall at a party and cut my chin open,
14:15but she was very good to me,
14:16and she got me some arnica for the bruising.
14:18LAUGHTER
14:19And also, I saw a ghost in the theatre
14:22while I was doing that show with Maureen.
14:25And everyone was very excited to say,
14:26Oh, you've seen a spook.
14:28So what happened was,
14:29Robin Weaver, who played Julia,
14:31she was in a big blue floaty hoop dress.
14:34And he went upstairs, before the bomb went off,
14:37the Royal Exchange was a very different set-up.
14:41So there were swing doors, fire doors,
14:43that would close and open.
14:45And I saw someone turn a corner with a long glove
14:47and a blue dress, and I went,
14:48Robin, nothing.
14:50Robin, nothing.
14:52Then I heard the tannoy, and she was on stage.
14:55And I said to Wigs, that's weird.
14:57I saw someone, and they went,
14:59and they went dead quiet, and went,
15:01Oh, you've seen her then.
15:03So it was a regular apparition at the Royal Exchange.
15:07I thought it was just Lippmann winding you up.
15:09It might well have been.
15:11It might well have been.
15:11What I loved about Maureen Lippmann's Mrs Malaprop
15:15was she had a utility belt like Batman.
15:18Yeah.
15:19And it had a snuff box, opera glasses, handkerchief,
15:22and they were all at the ready.
15:23And it was all, like, you know, utilised.
15:25Yeah, yeah.
15:26That's lovely.
15:26She was like a DC Mrs Malaprop.
15:28It's great.
15:29We're really digging in the crates.
15:30Just the name to pull out a story like that.
15:32And again, the importance of buildings,
15:34and how there's so much more than just bricks and mortar.
15:36Brilliant.
15:36John Thompson.
15:41Brilliant, John.
15:42Nathan, our champion.
15:43What is going on here?
15:45You had a 20-plus point lead.
15:46Now it's 29-22.
15:48Jan's going great guns.
15:49Bit of pressure.
15:50You letters.
15:51I'll start with the consonant, please.
15:53Thank you, Nathan.
15:53Here we go again.
16:23Time's up, Nathan.
16:52A six.
16:54A six from you.
16:55And Jan?
16:55Six.
16:56A six.
16:57OK.
16:58Nathan?
16:59Remain.
17:00Yeah.
17:00Remain.
17:01Mentor.
17:02And mentor.
17:03So we head over to the dictionary corner.
17:05There is a nine.
17:07Susie?
17:08There is.
17:09And it's a bit of a cheeky riff on patronise,
17:12because to patronise originally was of a man
17:14to be condescending towards a woman,
17:16but you can also matronise.
17:17Oh, I love that.
17:18And that's of a woman to be condescending towards the back.
17:20Yes.
17:21Wonderful word.
17:21APPLAUSE
17:22Matronise and matronise.
17:26All right.
17:27Well, you've got six points each,
17:28so that's good news.
17:29Jan, off you go.
17:30A consonant, please.
17:32Thank you, Jan.
17:33G.
17:33And a second.
17:35A vowel.
17:40And another vowel.
17:42A consonant.
17:46And a vowel.
17:47E.
17:48A consonant.
17:51B.
17:52Consonant.
17:54R.
17:55And a vowel.
17:56And a final A.
17:59Start the clock.
18:00A consonant.
18:01Let'song.
18:02B estoy.
18:03A consonant.
18:03A consonant.
18:04A consonant.
18:04A consonant.
18:06A consonant.
18:09A vowel.
18:09A vowel.
18:10A consonant.
18:12A vowel.
18:13Aonom.
18:14Awealth.
18:15A colon.
18:17A وه Suffer.
18:18AENN Tahoe.
18:19A goat.
18:19A MacBook.
18:19Bend好و rechts
18:20A 있으면 VOC.
18:21Asuper.
18:21A hurtah.
18:22A thumbs.
18:22A szy rok.
18:22A bob.
18:23A clergy연.
18:23B ho 제일.
18:24Bop.
18:25A소리.
18:26Aysł P...
18:26A Sloan.
18:27A creatah.
18:27MUSIC
18:31Jan Scowcroft. A seven.
18:34And Nathan Mulligan. A seven. A seven. Nice. Jan.
18:37Gilder. Gilder.
18:40And Nathan. Rebuild.
18:42And rebuild. Is Gilder the old money of somewhere before the euro?
18:45Yes, it is. It's now superseded by the euro,
18:48but it's the Netherlands, equal to 100 cents.
18:50That's it. Lovely. Anything else, John Thompson?
18:54No, well, I thought I could have Gild, but I can't.
18:57No? No, I'm not allowed it.
18:59Good. No, it'd have to be Beguiled, sadly,
19:02but Guidable will give you an eight.
19:05Nice. Good spot. Guidable.
19:07Well, let me guide you to the scores.
19:0842-35. It's levelled out a bit after it's been sort of feast or famine,
19:13hasn't it? Right, let's get back to the numbers.
19:15Third time today, Nathan Mulligan.
19:17Got a stick with six more then, I guess.
19:19Yes, only the seven points between you two.
19:22Very close one. Let's see if this changes things.
19:24The little ones are two, two, three, six, five, and eight.
19:32And the target to reach, 451.
19:344, 5, 1. Numbers up.
19:361, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9
20:06451 at the target, Nathan?
20:10450. One away, yeah.
20:12450. Yeah, the nation echoes that, I think. Off you go, Nathan.
20:17Six plus three. Six plus three is...
20:20Times five. Nine times five, 45.
20:23And then times by, eight plus two.
20:25And then eight plus two for ten times and together, 450.
20:28Jan? Same way. Let's have a little look.
20:31Yeah, seven points.
20:34You can see some people might have added the two on to be one the other way,
20:37so 451.
20:38I found a way. If you say five times six is 30,
20:43take away two for 28,
20:46and then eight times two is 16,
20:49times those together for 448,
20:52and you have a remaining three for 451.
20:54Yes, that's brilliant.
20:58And I needed 30 minutes.
21:00Second tea time teaser of the day is need a run.
21:03Need a run.
21:04Need a run.
21:05The income was there, but he wasn't working for it.
21:08The income was there, but he wasn't working for it.
21:10The income was there, but he wasn't working for it because it was unearned.
21:15It was unearned.
21:16Well, Nathan's going to earn his fifth win today if he gets there.
21:19He's just seven points ahead, six rounds to go.
21:21Jan, here we go, wind in your seals.
21:22Can I start with a consonant, please?
21:23You can indeed.
21:24Start with T.
21:25And a vowel.
21:26O.
21:27And a consonant.
21:28S.
21:29And a consonant.
21:30And another consonant.
21:31P.
21:32And a vowel.
21:33A.
21:34And another vowel.
21:35E.
21:36A consonant.
21:37N.
21:38Another consonant.
21:39S.
21:40And another consonant.
21:41S.
21:42And another consonant.
21:43And a final consonant, please.
21:44And a final consonant, please.
21:45And a final C.
21:46Let's play.
21:47And a consonant.
21:49S.
21:50And another consonant.
21:52P.
21:54And a vowel.
21:56A.
21:57And another vowel.
21:59E.
22:01A consonant.
22:03N.
22:04Another consonant.
22:06S.
22:08And a final consonant, please.
22:11And a final C.
22:13Let's play.
22:17MUSIC PLAYS
22:47Six.
22:48What have you got, Jan?
22:49Pantos.
22:50Oh, no, you haven't.
22:53Amazing.
22:54Scapes.
22:55Scapes.
22:55Scapes as in a vista.
22:58OK.
22:59Seascape, landscape.
23:01Of course.
23:01Right.
23:02And pandos.
23:02Nice.
23:03Bit late for that, Jan.
23:04But we'll accept it.
23:05Anything else, sir, John?
23:06I too had pantos.
23:07Yeah.
23:08From experience.
23:09But there is a nine.
23:11Huh?
23:11Susie.
23:13Yes.
23:13A capstone is a stone fixed on top of something like a wall or in archaeology.
23:19It's a large stone that forms a roof over the chamber of a megalithic tomb.
23:23We'll put the S on for nine capstones.
23:25That's brilliant.
23:26APPLAUSE
23:26If you got that at home, give yourself a big 18 points.
23:31Right.
23:31Another letters round.
23:33Nathan.
23:34I'll start with a consonant, please.
23:35Start with G.
23:36And another.
23:39R.
23:40And another.
23:42N.
23:43And a vowel.
23:45O.
23:46Another vowel.
23:47I.
23:48A third vowel.
23:50U.
23:51And a consonant.
23:53H.
23:55Another consonant.
23:56T.
23:59And another consonant, please.
24:01And lastly, C.
24:03Heimdine.
24:04Heimdine.
24:05Let's go.
24:35A seven.
24:36A seven for you and Jan.
24:38Eight.
24:39And an eight for you, the seven.
24:41Hurting.
24:42To take the lead, Jan.
24:44Courting.
24:45Oh, courting!
24:47Very nice.
24:48Beautiful old-fashioned word.
24:51It is, isn't it?
24:52Yeah.
24:53Yeah, lovely, lovely eight.
24:54Ticket, you can't beat that.
24:55Well, you had a nine last time, you never know.
24:57There is an eight touching.
24:59Touching, yeah.
25:00Torching, yeah, a few eights there.
25:02Torching, touching there as well.
25:04But courting's beautiful.
25:06One point in the lead now, Jan.
25:07So we remain in that crucial countdown territory.
25:10But your nose is just in front.
25:12Four rounds to go after origins of words.
25:15Susie, who's been emailing you?
25:17Dennis.
25:18Dennis Wilburn.
25:19When I was growing up in Yorkshire, someone or something could be a bobby dazzler.
25:24I've always loved the expression, please can you shed any light on its origin.
25:29And I think a lot of our viewers will recognise that word, a bobby dazzler.
25:32It's been around for a while, actually, used to mean anything or anyone seen as exceptional or wonderful.
25:39And we think it's an intensification of the word bobby, meaning smartly dressed.
25:44And if you were bobbish, you were in really high spirits as though you were bobbing up and down with kind of vigor and energy, which is lovely.
25:51So we think that's the bobby part, full of pep, full of vigor.
25:55And the dazzler is probably self-explanatory.
25:57It dazzles with brilliance.
25:59But the reason I love it is that the dictionary has so few terms of approval or compliments.
26:04I always say you can find far more insults than you will find compliments in the dictionary.
26:08But when it comes to slang, fastest moving area of language we have, terms of approval are right up there.
26:15So that's the thing that quite often revolves and rotates very quickly in slang.
26:20And so I looked over the centuries in a historical thesaurus to see what other adjectives meaning.
26:27It's a bobby dazzler.
26:28It's a brilliant thing that I can find or a noun.
26:31So we've got a whoop-and-zocker, a rip-snorter, tip-topper, firecracker, screamer, butte, corker, stem-winder, top-notcher,
26:40Jim Dandy, barnstormer, peecherino, a hum digger, bees' knees, cats' whiskers, we know about those, killadilla,
26:47and honestly dozens more could go on and on.
26:50Hum digger is a really lovely one because it's so good it hums.
26:54And then it's got that kind of almost resounding noise of approval that you get with ding.
27:00So it's beautiful.
27:01But Bobby Dazzler, actually first recorded in the 1860s, as I say, and a lot of these are a few centuries old.
27:06But I'm really glad they're still with us.
27:07Well, Susie, you dancer, thank you very much.
27:11APPLAUSE
27:13OK, our champion Nathan, four wins already, is on 55.
27:18He may not get to five.
27:19Jan's on 56.
27:21And there's just four rounds left.
27:23Jan, your letters.
27:25Start with a consonant, please.
27:27Thank you, Jan.
27:28P.
27:29And a second.
27:31L.
27:32A vowel.
27:33E.
27:34And another.
27:35O.
27:36A consonant.
27:37Y.
27:38And another consonant.
27:39M.
27:40A vowel.
27:41A.
27:42Another vowel.
27:43E.
27:44And a consonant.
27:45And a final S.
27:46Good luck.
27:47MUSIC PLAYS
28:00MUSIC PLAYS
28:13John.
28:14Eight.
28:15Nathan.
28:16Just a six.
28:17Just the six.
28:18What have you got?
28:19Please.
28:20Please, John.
28:21Please, John.
28:22What's the eight?
28:23Maples.
28:24Maples.
28:25Maples!
28:26Superb.
28:27Sensational!
28:28APPLAUSE
28:29That's it.
28:30There's one other eight.
28:31Yeah?
28:32Play-some.
28:33Play-some.
28:34As in playful.
28:35Play-ful, yeah.
28:36Nice.
28:37Right, so...
28:38Right, so...
28:39Right, so...
28:40That's it.
28:41There's one other eight.
28:42Play-some.
28:43Play-some.
28:44As in playful.
28:45Play-ful, yeah.
28:46Nice.
28:47Right, so...
28:48That's it.
28:49That's it.
28:50That's it.
28:51Yeah.
28:52Nice.
28:53Right, still...
28:54Still within crucial Countdown Conundrum territory.
28:57Still nine points, you know?
28:59So, here we go.
29:00Last letters round.
29:01Nathan.
29:02Start with the consonant, please.
29:03Thank you, Nathan.
29:04G.
29:05And another.
29:07S.
29:08And a vowel.
29:10A.
29:11And another.
29:13O.
29:14And another.
29:15E.
29:16And a consonant.
29:18W.
29:20W.
29:21Another consonant.
29:22P.
29:23Another consonant.
29:24R.
29:25And a vowel, please.
29:26And...
29:27Lastly, O.
29:28Last letters.
29:29And a vowel, please.
29:30And lastly, O.
29:32Last letters.
29:34Depois.
29:35teor bulun, rob.
29:36W.
29:39Two hör.
29:41And a vowel.
29:42Take the beep.
29:45Take the beep.
29:46Take the beep.
29:47Folge Aí.
29:48Take the beep.
29:51The jam, gel dai.
29:53Take the beep.
29:54Take kahve fort.
29:55The jam, gel, yourРИ, is conclusившую.
29:57Nathan?
30:06That's six again.
30:07Six.
30:08Jan?
30:08Six.
30:09You were happy to hear that, Nathan.
30:11What's your word?
30:12Wages.
30:13Wagers.
30:14And Jan?
30:15Grapes.
30:16Grapes and wagers.
30:18Sweaty palms over here.
30:19Six points each.
30:20What have we got in the dictionary corner?
30:21We just got sixes.
30:22Powers.
30:23Powers.
30:24Powers.
30:24All sixes.
30:25All right.
30:25Still nine points in it.
30:27Let's not hang around, Jan.
30:28I know the nerves are jangling, so let's get the last numbers.
30:31Can I have two large and four small, please?
30:33You can indeed.
30:34This could be for the teapot or it could be for a crucial conundrum.
30:37Let's see which way it's going to go.
30:39Final numbers of the week.
30:40One, eight, eight, three, 75 and 50.
30:45And the target to reach 385.
30:48Three, eight, five.
30:50Last numbers.
31:033-8-5 is the target.
31:24Jan?
31:253-8-3.
31:27Two away. Nathan?
31:293-8-4. Not finished writing down.
31:31Oh, my goodness me, for seven points. Off you go.
31:35So, 8 times 50.
31:378 times 50, 400.
31:39And then 3-1 for 2.
31:42Yes.
31:43Times by the 8.
31:44The second 8.
31:44And minus them for Magana.
31:45And you've got yourself a crucial conundrum.
31:47Oh, my goodness me.
31:493-8-5, Rich.
31:51Yes, one way.
31:53Start the same way as Nathan.
31:5550 times 8 is 400.
31:57And then the second 8 minus 3 is 5.
31:5975 divided by 5 is 15 to take away.
32:033-8-5.
32:04Nice.
32:05APPLAUSE
32:06OK.
32:09Nathan Mulligan, our junior doctor,
32:11has found the perfect prescription
32:13to fight off four countdown challengers.
32:16But has Jan Scowcroft found the antidote?
32:20Fingers on the buzzers,
32:21as we reveal today's crucial countdown conundrum.
32:26MUSIC PLAYS
32:30The time is up.
32:57Let's deal with the most important thing first of all.
33:00Jan Scowcroft's got a teapot.
33:02APPLAUSE
33:05Or should we say, Jan Scowcroft has a second teapot?
33:10Tell us everything.
33:12I won a teapot 14 years ago.
33:16Oh, brilliant.
33:18You'll be glad to know it's the same damn teapot that you got back then.
33:21The design hasn't changed.
33:23Well done to you.
33:24Now, Nathan, second thing, well done.
33:26Four wins. You should be so proud.
33:28Yes.
33:29And I don't want what's about to happen,
33:30what Rachel's about to tell you to be the only thing you remember.
33:33OK?
33:34Let's...
33:35Rachel, tell them.
33:36Dr Mulligan has missed...
33:38patiently.
33:39LAUGHTER
33:41Oh!
33:42There it is.
33:43Oh, my goodness me!
33:44That's all right.
33:45I'm sure everyone would remind me about that for a long time.
33:47LAUGHTER
33:48Well, I'll tell you what I'm going to do,
33:49because we'll remember you forever.
33:51I'm going to name my Countdown Penguin after you.
33:53You've got Nate the Penguin.
33:54Amazing.
33:55So every time I wear them, I'll thank you.
33:56That sounds great.
33:57Really good to have you here this week.
33:59Lovely guy.
34:00Lovely family man.
34:01Great guy.
34:03APPLAUSE
34:05And, John, JT, I don't know why I'm calling you that.
34:08Many people do, and I'm quite happy with it.
34:09Yeah, you really do feel like one of family nice.
34:12So we'll see you again soon.
34:13Susie, have a great weekend.
34:14Yeah, you too.
34:15We'll see you on Monday.
34:16Thank you, Rich.
34:17Seeing you and Nate next week.
34:18Yeah, happy days.
34:19Happy days.
34:20Enjoy your weekend, everyone.
34:21Can't wait to see you back on Monday.
34:22Prue Leith is in Dictionary Corner.
34:24Looking forward to that.
34:25We'll see you then.
34:26Ten past two Monday.
34:27In kind on us.
34:29You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:33You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
34:55Have a great day.
35:05There's no contest on otherwise.
35:07What I am atteint and when semble log.
35:08It's formidable.
35:09There's no doubt in the comments below.
35:10Doing something quite well.
35:12Done.
35:14Yeah, but MARK management is clean.
35:15My implementing is critical.
35:16It's critical to the team.
35:17Good luck.
35:18And the end of our home.
35:19So, you know that thanks for any implications on time.
35:22And I've to do some disable things about I give.
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