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00:30Hello everybody, Monday is here again and no matter what your weekend was like or if you're dreading the week ahead, it doesn't matter because we get to spend the whole week in our company. Monday to Friday, same time, same place. Hello Rach. Hello Cole.
00:45We got a couple of Irish contestants today so it gives me a chance to pick up the Emerald Isle. Have you got a favourite place in Ireland?
00:54Well my first boyfriend, his dad was Northern Irish and they moved to County Wicklow when we were together so I used to go over to County Wicklow quite a lot, Wicklow town.
01:01And then they moved down to Waxford so I know that neck of the woods a little bit and it was, from memory, it was pub house, pub house.
01:08Yes.
01:08It was a very good ratio.
01:09So basically the height of your love life was your very first boyfriend and everything's been downhill since then.
01:15But listen, if we ever go to Spur Weekend, I'll take you over and take Susie over. How you doing, Denticles?
01:19Yeah, shout out for Connemara, that's my favourite place.
01:21Is that your favourite place?
01:22Lovely.
01:23Love it.
01:23You're any Irish senior, John Culshaw?
01:25Yes, my great-grandparents came from Mayo, Castle Bar in County Mayo and I love to fly across to Cork and drive the Wild Atlantic Way down to Crookhaven through Skull and Goliath and Skibbereen and Clonacilty.
01:40Is that getting you towards the Dingle Peninsula down there?
01:43Mizen Head.
01:44Mizen Head with a view of the Fastnet Lighthouse.
01:46Look at that.
01:47It's gorgeous round there.
01:48Stunning, lovely.
01:48Well, listen, John, you do a better Irish accent than Rachel, I know that much.
01:52Thank you for being here this week.
01:53Looking forward to your company again.
01:57So let's introduce him.
01:58We're champion halfway to becoming an octo-champ from Murrean County down, Mark Finnerty.
02:03Welcome back, mate.
02:04Thank you very much, Colin.
02:05Good to be back.
02:06Big score, that 128, your highest score so far, which I love.
02:09And we found out about your work, we found out about your family, but actually a bit about you.
02:14You're big into your musicals.
02:16You'd go to New York as well, the Broadway to watch.
02:18Yeah, yeah.
02:19So I've been to New York three or four times.
02:21Just went in the last year for my 50th.
02:24So we went for four days and managed to pack in five musicals.
02:28Do you prefer the old ones or do you prefer the kind of newer musicals?
02:32Yeah, I prefer the newer ones, but still, like Les Miserables.
02:37Can't beat that for a bit of a more classical one.
02:40Well, let's see if you're miserable in about 45 minutes from now.
02:43You might be.
02:43You're up against Mike Courtney, originally from County Kerry, now he lives in County Cork.
02:48How are you doing, Mike?
02:49Not too bad, Colin.
02:50Very good, thank you.
02:50You went to see, there's a lot we could talk to him about, but I love this.
02:54You love the Killers.
02:55I do.
02:56And you love the Water Boys.
02:57That's his two.
02:58Love them both.
02:59Went to see the Killers.
02:59What happened?
03:00Well, I went to see the Killers, Colin, at Electric Picnic, which was a festival in Leash,
03:04at the September last year, and during the course of their performance, they brought
03:08Mike Scott out on stage, and they did the Hole of the Moons.
03:12That's unbelievable.
03:13It was fantastic, yeah.
03:14It was a great experience to see the two bands, as you say, that I would like to see,
03:18yeah, the Killers and the Water Boys.
03:21That's unbelievable.
03:23Dreams are made of that type of thing.
03:25Well, listen, good luck to you today, Mike.
03:26Thank you very much.
03:26Let's do it.
03:27Let's tread the boards with Mike and Mark.
03:32All right, Mark, you know the score.
03:34Let's go.
03:34Afternoon, Rachel.
03:35Afternoon, Mark.
03:36Could I start with a consonant, please?
03:38You can indeed.
03:39Start the week with D.
03:40And another.
03:43S.
03:44And a third.
03:46R.
03:47And a vowel.
03:49E.
03:50And another vowel.
03:52I.
03:53And another.
03:55E.
03:56And a consonant.
03:58G.
03:59And a consonant.
04:02M.
04:02And a final vowel, please.
04:07A final U.
04:08At home and in the studio, let's play Kind Kind.
04:11Good.
04:23In a appendicitis.
04:23Of course.
04:24E aussie.
04:25And a vowel, please.
04:26Tatsächlich a vowel.
04:27And a vowel.
04:27And c medo.
04:28Make a vowel.
04:29Especially a vowel.
04:30I'll see.
04:31And a vowel.
04:31And a vowel.
04:32If you could.
04:32This way would be so old.
04:33And eagles.
04:34Should a vowel, please.
04:36have you long?
04:36I'll see you longlia Nereds.
04:38Maybe.
04:38I see you long with that.
04:39Mark?
04:42Eh, seven.
04:43Good start to the week. Mike?
04:44I have a seven as well, I think.
04:45Well, Don, here we go, Mark.
04:47Guiders? Mike?
04:48I have degrees.
04:49Degrees and guiders, happy?
04:51I need three Es for degrees, unfortunately.
04:54Oh, I've really written down.
04:55Oh, sorry, Mike.
04:56Anything else?
04:57Well, I've just sat here in utter amazement at Susie, as I always do,
05:00and the words that have emerged, it's rather like the pop charts.
05:03Yes.
05:04At number seven, we have regimes, and then smudgier for eight.
05:09But topping the lot, it's demiurges for a nine.
05:13Nice.
05:13So, bravo.
05:16Can I just say it, let alone spell it?
05:18Demiurges?
05:19I know.
05:19It's not like half urges.
05:20It sounds like half an urge, but it's not.
05:21I kind of want that chocolate bar, but, yeah, I could pass on it.
05:24A demiurge.
05:25No, much grander than that.
05:26A demiurge is a being responsible for the creation of the entire universe.
05:30Wow!
05:31Like a demigod.
05:32Exactly the same.
05:33Fantastic.
05:34That's a very different definition.
05:36Seven, now.
05:37Mike, write the letters down well this time.
05:39Come on, here we go.
05:40I'll wear the glasses this time.
05:43Could I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
05:44Thank you, Mike.
05:46And another one.
05:47N.
05:48H.
05:49And a third.
05:51F.
05:53Can we get a vowel, please?
05:55A.
05:56And another vowel.
05:57O.
05:57And the third one.
06:00I.
06:01And a consonant.
06:03S.
06:04And another consonant.
06:06W.
06:08And I'll finish with a vowel.
06:11Finish with E.
06:13And 30 seconds.
06:14FHAMI WOOD
06:17Orange 5th.
06:18relic.
06:19The third one.
06:20And the second one.
06:22Well, I don't know.
06:23I don't know.
06:24For the last one.
06:26OK.
06:27The third one.
06:27The third one.
06:28F sides.
06:29And the second one.
06:33Very.
06:33And the second one.
06:35What do I have a vowel.
06:37And I'll fill.
06:41You know.
06:43We do the cukinovast.
06:44Mike? Just a six.
06:46Mark? Seven.
06:48Spotted a seven. Spotted a seven. Mike?
06:50I wished.
06:52Wished. You wished you had this seven.
06:55Fashion. Yeah, kind of jumped out at you or it didn't very quickly.
07:00Fashion. Hard to get beyond that, though, eh?
07:02Have to be the rubber of salt into the wind, cos there's no D for wished.
07:06Sorry about that. But moving on, we only had one other seven, didn't we?
07:09Yes, I'm trying to find out what this word means.
07:12Is it Wahinis? Yes, Wahinis.
07:15A Hawaiian word, and actually it means a Hawaiian woman,
07:18but in surfing, if you're a young female surfer, you're also a Wahini.
07:22Wahinis. Right, 14 now.
07:25Early doors, first numbers of the week.
07:27Mark, going to need six from you.
07:29Could I just have one from the top, please, Rachel?
07:32You can indeed. One large five little.
07:34Coming up for you, first numbers of the week are two, six,
07:39four, nine, ten, and a large one, 50.
07:46And the target, 773.
07:48773, numbers up.
07:50Què's up?
07:51So this time you look for us,
07:59you don't fucking out one, 50.
08:02All right.
08:04773 is the target. Mark?
08:25773, I think.
08:26Yeah, I think. Just thanks, Mike.
08:28No, I lost the Collins.
08:30You've lost it. Don't worry.
08:31Mark, you think. Let's hear it.
08:33Yeah, hopefully. 50 minus 2 is 48.
08:36Yep, 48.
08:3810 plus 6 is 16.
08:41Multiply the two together. Hopefully you get 7, 6, 8.
08:44You do indeed.
08:45And 9 minus 4 is the 5 to add on.
08:47Well done. 773.
08:48Well done.
08:52Right, a very good start for a champion.
08:54Long way to go.
08:5624 points in the bank.
08:57Well done, Mr Finnerty.
08:58Here's your first tea time teaser of the week.
09:00It's Cable Hem, as in the hem of a skirt.
09:03Cable Hem.
09:05You'll need to have saucy thoughts to get this.
09:07You'll need to have saucy thoughts to get this.
09:10Welcome back.
09:26You'll need to have saucy thoughts to get this.
09:29The sauce is bechamel, Susie.
09:31We use this word all the time, but never think of where it comes from.
09:34French is about all I've got for you.
09:36Yes, and it's an eponym, because it was named after the Marquis Louis de Bechamel,
09:41who was steward to Louis XIV.
09:44And he's said to have made a sauce exactly like this.
09:47Nice one.
09:47There you go.
09:48Right.
09:49Listen, Mike, time to get your act together.
09:51Let's get more letters.
09:52Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
09:53Thank you, Mike.
09:54And the second one.
09:57And the third.
09:59R.
10:00I have a vowel.
10:02I.
10:03And another one.
10:04U.
10:06And the third.
10:08A.
10:11And a consonant.
10:13N.
10:14And then the vowel.
10:17E.
10:18And I'll finish with a consonant.
10:22Finish with M.
10:24Excellent.
10:24Thank you, Rachel.
10:55There you go. Mike, how did you get on?
10:58Hopefully a seven this time.
11:00OK, and Mark? A seven.
11:02A seven as well. What are we hoping for, Mike?
11:04Remains. Yes, no missing.
11:06You've written it down, and I'll give you the points now.
11:09I'm giving you the points now. Mark?
11:12Marines. Whatever, you've got points already.
11:14Nobody cares. Dixie recorder.
11:16Yes, another seven to offer over here.
11:18Seminar. Niels.
11:19A seven. However, we do have an eight aneurysm.
11:23Aneurysm. Oh, my goodness, yes.
11:25Is there for an eight? Well spotted.
11:27Aneurysm. More letters now, then.
11:29And it's you, Mark? A consonant, please, Rachel.
11:32Thank you, Mark. D.
11:33And another.
11:35P. And another.
11:39S.
11:39And a vowel, please.
11:41A. And another vowel.
11:44U.
11:45And another.
11:46I.
11:48And a consonant.
11:50T.
11:51A vowel.
11:53E.
11:56And a consonant, please.
11:59And a final D.
12:00Half a minute.
12:01Tā.
12:04Tā.
12:05Tā.
12:22Tā.
12:24Tā.
12:24Tā.
12:25THEY CONFER
12:32Mark.
12:33Eight.
12:34Ooh, an eight.
12:35And, Mike?
12:36Eight.
12:37Eight's all round.
12:38Mark?
12:39Disputed.
12:40Disputed.
12:41Disputed as well.
12:42You're not going to dispute that.
12:43No.
12:44APPLAUSE
12:46No disputing at all.
12:47Well spotted.
12:48Once that was picked out, it was easy from there on in.
12:50Could there have been a maximum?
12:52Just another disputed over here as well, which makes disputed undisputed.
12:57Yes, got it.
12:58Brilliant.
12:59Let's get ready to rumble again.
13:00Second numbers, Mike.
13:01Could I get one from the top and five-minute rest?
13:04That would make it a bit easier.
13:06We can't do that on this show.
13:08We need a challenge.
13:09Five little ones coming up.
13:10They are six, six, three, ten, four.
13:16And the large one, 50 again.
13:17And your target, 291.
13:20291.
13:21Numbers up.
13:22Wait!
13:24Yes, what's not coming up?
13:25You're a lot coming up.
13:27Wait!
13:28Horam.
13:29It's a big one.
13:30I should've seen a few even!
13:31Yes!
13:32Let's get that one.
13:33Third with Mardi Paras example.
13:35Let's go in the unlikely McDonald's Women.
13:36If, here, take soccer on over a monthly review and a ticket賣 fly away.
13:37Always, trust me, watch you, and see you have a job I got!
13:39It's too big one.
13:40Yeah, y'all right.
13:41How great did you a little bit Sport?
13:42No, no, no, absolutely dude.
13:43By the way, keep yourself aiming for your child.
13:47I chose a dog.
13:48Chestnut.
13:492-9-1. Mr Courtney?
13:55Yeah, 2-9-1. And Mr Finnerty?
13:57Yes, 2-9-1. Yeah, thought so. Go ahead, Mike.
13:5950 times 6.
14:0150 times 6, 300.
14:036 plus 3 is 9.
14:05And subtract. Perfect.
14:07There you go. Mark? Yep.
14:09Done.
14:10APPLAUSE
14:12Very nice. See, Mike, always happens.
14:14Settle down, points on the board.
14:1649 plus 25 as we enjoy our first chat this week with John Coulshaw.
14:20I don't even bother looking because with you,
14:22we just chat whatever comes out.
14:24But I love it when you take me back into, you know,
14:26you've had such a long and storied career.
14:28The people you've met, you've rumped shoulders with.
14:31Take us back to maybe one of your favourites.
14:33Well, I think, you know, when people ever ask
14:35what are some of the things that you're most proud of being involved with,
14:38I can honestly say that appearing on the Parkinson show.
14:42Oh, I thought I was going to say, kind of.
14:44OK, fine, whatever.
14:47That goes without saying, sir, that goes without saying.
14:50But I was lucky enough to be on the Parkinson show
14:53on a couple of occasions.
14:55And one of the things you remember is just...
14:57I've never been more nervous than on the Parkinson show
15:02because Muhammad Ali was on there, Lauren Bacall,
15:05Jimmy Cagney, Richard Burton, all of these amazing souls.
15:09And you think to yourself, what is a chancer from Ormskirk doing here?
15:13And the first reassurance you get is that all the other guests
15:17are just as nervous.
15:19And one episode, I was alongside Bill Nye and George Michael.
15:24Wow.
15:25And they were just so...
15:27You know, George had, you know, not just a wonderful singing voice,
15:30but a very considered beautiful speaking voice as well.
15:33And he said, you know, it's just so surreal to be here, you know?
15:36You're on with this, you know,
15:37this legend of Saturday night television.
15:39I'm really nervous, you know?
15:41And Bill Nye, a very considered actor, felt the same.
15:45But this is the great skill of Michael Parkinson
15:49and the reason why...
15:51He was the finest chat show host of them all.
15:54The moment that he would just start asking those questions
15:57and the conversation would begin and he'd be wobbling around
16:00in chairs very much like this one and the conversation just begins.
16:02And he'd just have that way of instantly putting you straight
16:05at your ease and then you can just sit back and enjoy it.
16:09For just being able to turn off that nervousness,
16:12just with his own charm and that wonderful style.
16:15But that's how he gets the right interview,
16:19because I've always said this,
16:21we live in an era of people shouting at people
16:23in big political interviews and I always say,
16:26you're not going to get anything doing that.
16:28The Trojan horse way of interviewing,
16:31the likes of Parkinson,
16:33the true grits make you relax so much
16:35that the answers start to flow,
16:37especially when it's these big movie stars who are so trained.
16:40It's like Graham Norton at times will get an answer out of somebody
16:44that you go, oh, where did that come from?
16:46And it's always at the latter end of the interview.
16:49Maybe the more set questions,
16:50maybe the more expected ones might have come through first,
16:52but then just those that you just happen to throw in at the end
16:56reveal all the greatest gems.
16:58And, yeah, he was the finest for that.
17:00I'll always remember...
17:02You've heard of the Barnsley War cry, have you?
17:06No, it's the Barnsley War...
17:08Oh, butch!
17:10Oh, brilliant.
17:12What a great story.
17:13Thank you so much.
17:15APPLAUSE
17:17Wonderful, wonderful.
17:19OK, Mark and Mike, let's get back to business here.
17:21No time for you two to have any fun at all.
17:23Off we go, Mark.
17:24OK, could I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
17:26Thank you, Mark.
17:27V.
17:28And another.
17:29R.
17:30And another.
17:31S.
17:32And a vowel.
17:33I.
17:34And a vowel.
17:35U.
17:36And another.
17:37A.
17:38And a consonant.
17:39G.
17:40And a consonant.
17:41L.
17:42And a final consonant.
17:43A final N.
17:44And here we go again.
17:45And here we go again.
17:58Add to the
18:03OK, time's up, Mark.
18:31Eight.
18:32Eight from you, Mike?
18:33Seven, eight, but not written down.
18:34What's yours, Mike?
18:36Singular.
18:36Singular.
18:37And Mark did write it down.
18:38Yep.
18:39Same.
18:40Two singulars.
18:41Brilliant.
18:44What have we got in the next corner?
18:45Eight at best.
18:45Nothing to a top singular.
18:47We had that over here as well.
18:48Interesting seven.
18:49Solving.
18:50Yes.
18:51Solving.
18:51Solving your conscience, for example.
18:53Nice.
18:54Right, more letters.
18:55Let's truck on, Mike.
18:56Consonant, please, Rich.
18:58Thank you, Mike.
18:59T.
19:00And a second one.
19:01R.
19:02And a third.
19:04P.
19:06A vowel.
19:08E.
19:09And another vowel.
19:11A.
19:12And a third vowel.
19:14O.
19:16Consonant.
19:18D.
19:19And another consonant.
19:23L.
19:25And we finish with consonant.
19:29Finish with B.
19:31Big decision.
19:32Start the clock.
19:32Big Matt Brown.
19:35Tall Call.
19:38Tall Call.
19:43木qu Command.
19:44Big Listen.
19:44Tall Call.
19:45201お.
19:46Big glass.
19:48Get ready.
19:48Season breaks.
19:49Well,
19:50we need to watch.
19:50Let's break.
19:50Bye.
19:51Bye.
19:51Coming super ocup human.
19:52Bye.
19:52Tpanel.
19:53Bye.
19:53Bye.
19:54Bye.
19:55Bye.
19:55Bye.
19:56Bye.
19:56Bye.
19:56Bye.
19:57Bye.
19:57Bye.
19:58Bye.
19:58Bye.
19:58Bye.
20:01Bye.
20:01How do you get on, Mike?
20:04Just a seven.
20:05There's a seven, and Mark?
20:06Yeah, I'll stick with seven.
20:08Cool. What have you got, Mike?
20:09I'll go with leotard.
20:11Leotard, countdown favourite.
20:13Yes, same.
20:14Same there.
20:15Anything else for us, John Culshaw?
20:16An interesting little clutch here.
20:18Some sevens, some very opposing members of the animal kingdom.
20:22Leopard was there for seven, also alongside Tadpole.
20:27Yes.
20:28But a rather wonderful eight.
20:30It's prolated.
20:32Prolated, yes.
20:34It means the same as prolate in geometry,
20:36and it describes a spheroid that is lengthened
20:38in the direction of a polar diameter.
20:41Excellent from Dictionary Corner.
20:42I was just a plodder throughout all of that.
20:44Mark, let's get our third numbers round of the day.
20:47I'll just stick with one from the top, please, Rachel.
20:49One from the top and five not.
20:52And for the third time today,
20:54the one large selection is eight, four, five, six, eight.
21:00And the large one, 25.
21:02And the target to reach 250.
21:06Take them when you can get them, people.
21:08Take them when you can get them.
21:09Take them when you can get them.
21:40Right, if you've missed this, Mark, you're not even getting a teapot.
21:44Yeah, all good?
21:45Yeah, 250.
21:46Yes, Mike?
21:46Yeah, 250.
21:47Nice one. Off you go, Mark.
21:48Six plus four is ten, times 25.
21:51Same way, Mike?
21:52Exactly the same way.
21:53Yeah.
21:54Nice one.
21:55APPLAUSE
21:56And look at that.
21:58No points at all in the first part of today's countdown.
22:02In the second part, half a century, Mike has managed to put up.
22:05So, 74 plays 50.
22:07What a game.
22:08Our second teatime teaser.
22:10And it's football-themed.
22:11Ungared.
22:12Ungared.
22:13Is this the Brazilian football legend's favourite fabric?
22:17Is this the Brazilian football legend's favourite fabric?
22:20Well, the answer was Dungaree, but a Dunga, of course, is the first five letters.
22:32Susie, I know your knowledge of Brazilian football players is excellent, but I'll handle this one, even though you know.
22:451994, World Cup winning captain, Dunga, and I know, because I'm quite interested in these nicknames that players get, like, you know, Garincha, Dunga.
23:03Dunga is dopey.
23:05Not because he was thick, but because he was small, so he got the nickname growing up after one of the seven divorce from Snow White.
23:13So I don't know whether that's true, but I think Portuguese, Dunga is dopey.
23:16Right, that's brilliant.
23:17And Dungaree, it's out of the Dungarees that we wear, that's from Hindi.
23:21So our language just travels around the world.
23:23Love it.
23:24Love it.
23:24Right, back to the game.
23:25Close enough still, Mike.
23:26Close enough.
23:27You're going great guns now.
23:28Let's get more letters.
23:29Consonant, please.
23:31Thank you, Mike.
23:32S.
23:32And the second.
23:34T.
23:35And a vowel.
23:37E.
23:37And a second vowel.
23:39A.
23:40And a third vowel.
23:42I.
23:44And a consonant.
23:46F.
23:47Another consonant.
23:49T.
23:51And another consonant.
23:54G.
23:56And we'll finish with a vowel.
24:02Finish with O.
24:03All right, let's play.
24:07Mike Courtney.
24:36Eh, yes, with a secret of seven.
24:40OK, Mark Finnerty.
24:42Yit.
24:42Mike, what's a seven?
24:43Fatties.
24:44Fatties.
24:45And for you, Mark?
24:46Goatiest.
24:48Goatiest.
24:49Yes, this is the goatiest cheese I've ever tasted in the dictionary.
24:54Anything else?
24:55Yeah, nothing to top eight.
24:56A nice seven.
24:57Egotist was there for another seven.
24:59Right, there you go.
25:0082 plays 50 as we get more letters in.
25:04Mark.
25:04Could I start with a consonant, please, Rachel?
25:06Thank you, Mark.
25:07C.
25:08And a second.
25:10R.
25:11And another.
25:13Z.
25:14And a vowel.
25:17I.
25:18And a vowel.
25:20E.
25:21And another.
25:24A.
25:25And a consonant.
25:28C.
25:29And another consonant.
25:31G.
25:32And a final consonant.
25:36And a final L.
25:38And kind down.
25:38A.
25:53Angeline.
25:56Station.
25:56In fact,
25:57you know,
25:59you know,
25:59and you know,
26:00we should know from here.
26:03And a�.
26:04Oh.
26:05Don't.
26:06Oh.
26:06That's time, Mark.
26:11Seven.
26:11Seven from you, Mike.
26:13Yeah, seven.
26:14Really high standard today, Mark.
26:16Glazier.
26:17Glazier, yes, and Mike.
26:19Glacier.
26:20Glacier and glazier, Susie Dent.
26:23Glazier, somebody who fits glass.
26:25Glacier, absolutely fine.
26:26Both good sevens.
26:28Magic.
26:28Mr Colshaw.
26:29Yes, another seven, gracile.
26:32A gracile.
26:33Gracile.
26:33It means slender, willowy.
26:36Lovely.
26:36Right, we'll stay with you then.
26:37First origins of words of the week, Susie.
26:40We're all aboard.
26:41What have we got?
26:42Yes, very well done because I might have given you a sneak preview.
26:46Yeah, I'm going to talk about modes of transport
26:48and where we get our transport names from.
26:52And I'll start with the bus.
26:54I love taking the bus.
26:55And most of us know it comes from omnibus.
26:58And that, of course, comes from the Latin meaning for all
27:01because when the omnibuses were first launched,
27:05they charged fares that were low enough for everybody to be able to go on board.
27:09Eventually shortened to bus, just as van.
27:12Comes from caravan.
27:14Very illustrious beginnings, the ones that went across the desert with camels originally.
27:18Cab is from cabriolet.
27:20Car is a relation of carriage and chariot, which I love.
27:24And truck is from truckle.
27:25So, you know, good line of abbreviations there.
27:31Then we have the rickshaw.
27:32You can take a rickshaw anywhere you like in London these days.
27:35Two-wheeled passenger vehicles that are drawn by a driver.
27:39And it's a shortened form of the Japanese gin rickshaw,
27:43which means man, strength, vehicle.
27:45Because they do have to be pretty strong, I think, to tug people along.
27:48Coaches get their name from a small town in Hungary,
27:52which is where they were first built.
27:55So, a wagon from Koch.
27:57K-O-C-S is where we get Koch from.
28:00And finally, one that you wouldn't necessarily associate with transport these days,
28:04vis-à-vis.
28:05So, you would say in relation to.
28:07But actually, it means in French face-to-face.
28:10And it was first applied to people facing each other in a railway carriage.
28:14And so, it was one of those carriages that enabled its occupants to look at each other,
28:19which is pretty much the norm these days.
28:20But that's where we get vis-à-vis from.
28:22Thank you, Susie.
28:26AB9 quiz 57.
28:27Four rounds to go.
28:28And, Mike, you're picking the letters.
28:29Consonant, please, Rachel.
28:31Thank you, Mike.
28:32T.
28:33And the second one.
28:35R.
28:35And a vowel.
28:38O.
28:39And another vowel.
28:40E.
28:41And a third.
28:42I.
28:43And a consonant.
28:46L.
28:47A consonant.
28:49W.
28:51A vowel.
28:53O.
28:55And finish with a consonant.
28:57And finish with S.
28:59Good luck.
28:59Good luck.
29:00Good luck.
29:30Time's up, Mike.
29:32Just a seven, Connors.
29:33Just how dare you. Seven's great.
29:36Mark. And seven as well.
29:37Seven from you. Brilliant work. Mike.
29:39Loiters. Loiters. Looters.
29:42Looters and loiters. They loiter to loot.
29:45Anything else, John?
29:46A few more emerging sevens over here.
29:48They keep on coming. Trowels.
29:50Yeah. And Suttia.
29:53That was there for a couple more sevens.
29:55Right. 96 plus 64.
29:57Approaching another century.
29:59Champ, off you go.
30:01Consonant, please, Rachel.
30:02Thank you, Mark.
30:03R. And another.
30:06N. And another.
30:10B. And the vowel.
30:13E. And another vowel.
30:16A.
30:17And the third.
30:19O.
30:19And a consonant.
30:21And a consonant.
30:22G.
30:24And a consonant.
30:26C.
30:27And a final vowel, please.
30:30Final I.
30:32And last letters.
30:33Eufrman.
30:35And a consonant.
30:43ONG
30:45And a consonant.
30:46I mean, that's aat.
30:47D.
30:48And a consonant.
30:49I mean, that's a
30:58so.
31:00THEY CONFER
31:05Mark? Seven. Seven from sevens again.
31:08Mike? Yeah, seven as well, Conor. Yeah, brilliant work.
31:10Mark? Bearing. Mike?
31:12Bearing as well. Yeah, bearing and bearing.
31:15Brilliant. Seven points each. Anything else?
31:17Another seven. Carbine was there. Yeah.
31:20And also, a little story to take you to this word.
31:23The lady at the BBC who was given the task of knitting Doctor Who's scarf
31:27and she just knitted all the wool she was given,
31:30so it ended up so long. Her name was Begonia Pope.
31:34And Begonia is there for another seven.
31:37Which Doctor Who was that at the big scarf?
31:39That was Tom Baker. Nice. Yes.
31:41Love it. Right. Century up for you, Mark.
31:44We know who is going to win this particular countdown,
31:46but let's enjoy the last two rounds. Final numbers, Mike.
31:49We'll mix it up, Rachel. We'll go for three from the top
31:52and three from anywhere else. Why not? Thank you, Mike.
31:54Three large, three little coming up. Possibly more of a challenge.
31:57Let's see. Final numbers today.
31:59Six, nine, eight, 100, 25 and 50 with the target to reach 472.
32:07And that's our last numbers of the day.
32:09of the day.
32:10of the day.
32:224-7-2, Mike.
32:43No, there's one away.
32:44One away, Mark.
32:45Yes, 4-7-2.
32:46Off you go for 10 points.
32:4850 plus 9.
32:4959.
32:50Times 8.
32:51Times 8.
32:51That's all there was to it, 4-7-2.
32:55The last round of Countdown today.
32:57We know what it is.
32:58It's the conundrum.
32:59It's not crucial, but a big 10 points up for grabs here.
33:02Mark and Mike, fingers on the buzzers.
33:04Let's reveal Monday afternoon's Countdown Conundrum.
33:10Go ahead, Mike.
33:12It's what I am, the crankiest.
33:15Fantastic.
33:19Well spotted now.
33:20I want to talk about your score of 81 today.
33:23That was the first round you actually beat Mark.
33:26Yeah.
33:26You scored 71 points just keeping up with a brilliant champion.
33:31And then the 10 points at the end.
33:33You know, I'm not being patronising.
33:35He didn't score in the first three rounds.
33:37And he's ended up in 81.
33:38Well done.
33:39Brilliant.
33:39Still, though you brought shame in your family and you lost the Battle of Ireland.
33:45That's what happened there.
33:46You have a good day, mate?
33:47I had a great day, yeah.
33:48Thanks a million, Colin.
33:48It's been something I always wanted to do for years.
33:51Yeah.
33:51I'm glad I came along and did it, you know.
33:53It's been great, Craig.
33:53And this guy's unbelievable.
33:55Look, you're almost disappointed with 113, the way you've been playing.
33:59Yeah, I'm going to go away and study.
34:01Come back tomorrow, work on my conundrums.
34:03Not going to let that happen again.
34:04Could be our second octal champ of the season already if he keeps going like this.
34:08John, you'll be here to see it.
34:09Lovely to have you back.
34:10See you then, Colin.
34:11Thank you, Susie.
34:11Thank you, see you tomorrow.
34:12Tomorrow it is, Rach.
34:13Yeah, and time for some seaweed and a black velvet in the mean one.
34:17Anything, Iris, we've got you covered.
34:19Right, wherever you're watching today, thank you so much for tuning in.
34:21We will be back tomorrow with bells on.
34:23You can count on us.
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