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00:30Hello, everybody. It's Wednesday, the 7th of February.
00:34A very warm welcome to you. Countdown today, 15 rounds of numbers and letters.
00:40And on the money, as always, is our Rachel Riley. Hi, Rich.
00:43Hello, Colin.
00:44You love it when I talk about baseball. I know you do.
00:46Yeah, you know me so well.
00:48In 1949, a name that you will know from baseball, Joe DiMaggio.
00:52He caused a lot of kerfuffle because he became the first baseball player
00:56to earn a massive $100,000 a year as the superstar.
01:03Fast forward to 2023, of course, and astronomical sums of money.
01:07And there's the top list every year.
01:10Now, putting them together, the endorsements and the wages,
01:12not surprising to see the footballers, the basketball players go a lot higher on the list.
01:17Do you know what Ronaldo earned last year?
01:19I know over $100 million, right?
01:21Yeah, $136 million, I think.
01:23It's amazing. It's an amazing amount of money, eh?
01:25All right, let's get the Dixon Recorder.
01:27Worth every single penny, every time she joins Susie Dent,
01:31is the brilliant Joe Brandt!
01:32APPLAUSE
01:33Right, our champion at the moment is Jack Harvey.
01:37It's the four wins now.
01:39Yep.
01:40Three crucial countdown conundrums to get you here.
01:44It's always fun.
01:45There's always one round a day that you seem to lose your head, Jack.
01:48Yeah, I've certainly not made it easy for myself.
01:50I've made a few silly mistakes, but thankfully just about done enough to win so far.
01:54Jack, good luck to you today.
01:56You beat a priest yesterday.
01:58It's a lay clerk today at Chelmsford Cathedral.
02:01Matthew Butt from Essex.
02:03How are you, mate?
02:04Very well, thank you.
02:05What's a lay clerk?
02:06Well, I sing in the choir.
02:07Yes.
02:08And they pay me to do it.
02:09Oh, nice!
02:10Yeah.
02:10So singing is your thing.
02:11Now, you're a translator, French and Italian into English.
02:15That's right.
02:15That earns, that pays the rent.
02:16But you're passionate singing.
02:18Tell me about that.
02:19Yeah.
02:19Well, I've always enjoyed singing.
02:21Ever since I was about seven or eight, I sang in church choirs.
02:24And then about 20 years ago, I suppose it was, someone from the cathedral said,
02:29we need an extra singer.
02:30Would you like to come along and sing?
02:32And so I'm there.
02:34And there you go.
02:34And they pay me to do it.
02:35So I'm being paid to do my hobby.
02:36You cannot beat that.
02:37That is the dream, isn't it?
02:39That is the dream.
02:40All right.
02:40Good luck to you.
02:41To Matthew and to Jack.
02:42Let's do it.
02:4315 rounds.
02:43You always start strong.
02:47Champ, let's go.
02:48Hi, Rachel.
02:49Hi, Jack.
02:49Start with the consonant, please.
02:51Start today with T.
02:53And another.
02:55W.
02:56One more.
02:58N.
02:59Vowel.
03:00A.
03:02Another vowel.
03:04E.
03:05Consonant.
03:07D.
03:09Another consonant.
03:11P.
03:13Vowel.
03:15A.
03:17And a final consonant, please.
03:20And a final R.
03:22At home and in the studio.
03:23Let's play kind of.
03:55Jack.
03:56Couldn't get past the six.
03:58That's not a problem.
03:59Matthew.
04:00Seven.
04:00Seven.
04:01Okay.
04:01Jack.
04:02Depart.
04:03Depart.
04:03And for an early lead, Matthew.
04:05No, because I've used a D twice.
04:07Adapted.
04:08That's the early nerves.
04:09That's the early nerves.
04:10So, Jack, you'll pick up the six points as we head to dictionary corner.
04:13Oh, well, if only Matthew had taken that second D and made it into the R, you could have had adapter.
04:19That would give you a seven.
04:20Come on, Joe.
04:21I got an eight.
04:22Yes.
04:23Pantswear.
04:24That could actually be in, Joe.
04:26I think you're joking.
04:27A word somewhere.
04:28Sadly not.
04:29No.
04:29No.
04:30I'm sorry.
04:31You've got underwear, haven't you?
04:32It's just to take it into pant wear.
04:33Very specific.
04:34I did look up prawn as well.
04:36It can't be prawned.
04:37You can't be.
04:37No.
04:38In case that's what you were going to ask that one.
04:40But, yeah, just sevens.
04:42OK.
04:43You know me so well.
04:44I do.
04:45I do.
04:46That's going to ask you if I'm prompt.
04:49OK.
04:50Off you go, Matthew.
04:51Let's have some letters.
04:52Consonant, please, Rachel.
04:54Thank you, Matthew.
04:55N.
04:56And a vowel.
04:58U.
04:59And another consonant.
05:02S.
05:03And another consonant, please.
05:06C.
05:07And a vowel.
05:09O.
05:10And a consonant.
05:13Q.
05:14And another vowel, please.
05:17I.
05:19A consonant.
05:22D.
05:24And I'll end with a vowel, please.
05:26And a final A.
05:29All right, 30 seconds.
05:30I'll end with a vowel, please.
05:31I'll end with a vowel, please.
05:31I'll end with a vowel, please.
05:32I'll end with a vowel, please.
05:33I'll end with a vowel, please.
05:33I'll end with a vowel, please.
05:34I'll end with a vowel, please.
05:34I'll end with a vowel, please.
05:35I'll end with a vowel, please.
05:35I'll end with a vowel, please.
05:36I'll end with a vowel, please.
05:36I'll end with a vowel, please.
05:36I'll end with a vowel, please.
05:37I'll end with a vowel, please.
05:38I'll end with a vowel, please.
05:38I'll end with a vowel, please.
05:38I'll end with a vowel, please.
05:39I'll end with a vowel, please.
05:40I'll end with a vowel, please.
05:40I'll end with a vowel, please.
05:41MUSIC PLAYS
06:00Matthew.
06:01A six. A six from you and Jack.
06:03Seven.
06:04The six, Matthew. Coding.
06:06And the seven to peg those points back.
06:09Causing.
06:10Causing.
06:12Causing.
06:13Absolutely fine, but you could add the S to coding.
06:15I got a seven as well.
06:17Yeah.
06:18Not quite as good as yours.
06:19Mine was cod guns.
06:20Cod guns.
06:21Let's hope they get them sometime and then they can have fun in the sea.
06:24Fight back against industrial fishing.
06:26Exactly.
06:27Yes. I'd love that.
06:28What else do we have?
06:29Nothing more than causing.
06:30There you go.
06:31No-one can beat Jack, our champion, as we get our first numbers from you.
06:35One large and five small, please.
06:37One large, five little, coming up.
06:40And the first numbers of the day are two, six, five, five, ten and twenty-five.
06:49And the target?
06:50Eight hundred and fifteen.
06:51Eight one five.
06:52Number's up.
06:53One small, three, five.
06:54We are public.
06:55One big job.
06:56One big job.
06:57Two big job.
06:58Two big job.
07:00Five minutes yet.
07:00You may take a look.
07:01Two big job.
07:02Two big job.
07:03One big job.
07:04Two big job.
07:05Two big job.
07:07Two big job.
07:09One big job.
07:10One big job.
07:118-1-5 is the target. Jack?
07:268-0-5.
07:2810 away. Matthew?
07:30No one here.
07:30You've lost it. OK.
07:32So, don't apologise at all. It's your first numbers round.
07:35Always tricky. Jack, off you go.
07:376 over 2 is 3.
07:393.
07:40Times 25 is 75.
07:42Yep.
07:43Add the 5 for 80.
07:46Times by 10.
07:48800.
07:49And then I'm hoping there's another 5 left over.
07:50There is, the one you haven't used for 10 away.
07:53All right. 8-1-5.
07:56Rich?
07:57We'll keep these aside and find 33 out of the rest of them.
08:00There are a few ways to get there.
08:02One of them, 5 plus 6 is 11.
08:05The other 5 minus 2 is 3.
08:07Times them together, 33.
08:0833 times 25, 825.
08:12And take away the 10.
08:138-1-5.
08:14Nice.
08:18Right, first Tea Time teaser of the day is
08:21Iron Vase.
08:22Vase, Vase, Vase.
08:24Iron Vase.
08:25His side of events filled with dislike.
08:28His side of events filled with dislike.
08:31Aversion was the tea time teaser.
08:34Aversion.
08:34And Matthew, you can't avert these letters.
08:36Let's have them.
08:36Consonant, please.
08:58Thank you, Matthew.
08:58Another vowel, please.
09:04Another vowel, please.
09:17And let's have another consonant to finish, please.
09:35Lastly, L.
09:36Thank you, Rachel.
09:37Thank you, Rachel.
10:08Matthew?
10:10Six. Jack? Yep, six as well. Six as well.
10:12Told you you'd get off the mark here, Matthew. What have you got?
10:14Uptake. Yes, there you go. And Jack?
10:16Same word. Same word. Well done. 24-6. Joe?
10:20Erm, well, this is rubbish, but I've got Capulet spelt with a K,
10:25just to bring a bit of Shakespeare into the proceedings.
10:28But not really.
10:30Susie?
10:32Yeah, just more sixes.
10:34Tupate, applet, a little lapet, which is a bit of loose-hanging flesh
10:39in some animals, also called the dulap.
10:42But, yeah, lots of sixes for us.
10:44Loads of sixes. And off the mark, Matthew, well done to you.
10:47Jack, let's have nine more.
10:49Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Jack.
10:52C. And another.
10:55S. And another.
10:58N. A vowel.
11:01O. Another vowel.
11:04E. Another vowel.
11:06U. A consonant.
11:09J. Another consonant.
11:13D. And a final consonant, please.
11:18A final G.
11:20Half a minute.
11:21commodity.
11:22I.
11:24Two.
11:25Two.
11:26Two.
11:27Two.
11:28A consonant.
11:30Two.
11:31Five.
11:32Three.
11:33Three.
11:34Two.
11:35One.
11:36Two.
11:37One.
11:38Three.
11:39Two.
11:40Two.
11:41Plus.
11:42One.
11:43Two.
11:44Two.
11:45One.
11:46Three.
11:47Two.
11:48Two.
11:49Two.
11:50Jack, six.
11:54And Matthew, six.
11:55What have we got, Jack?
11:56Second.
11:57Mm-hm.
11:57Judges.
11:58Judges, second, 30 seconds,
12:01and the judges are sitting over there in Dictionary Corner.
12:03How'd we get on?
12:04Well, I've decided to join the Cod in the war,
12:07so I've got a Joe gun.
12:09The Cod guns and the Jewel guns.
12:12Nice.
12:13Anything else?
12:14Yes, a seven there.
12:16Jounced.
12:16It was in the car, jounced about.
12:18It jostled and jolted and bounced.
12:20There you go.
12:20Yeah.
12:2130 plus 12.
12:23Matthew, numbers?
12:25Two from the top and four from anywhere else.
12:28Thank you, Matthew.
12:28Two large, four nittle and chance to grab some more points
12:32with nine, two, six, five, 175.
12:39And the target, 655.
12:43655.
12:43Numbers up.
12:44There you go.
12:45There you go.
12:45There you go.
12:46MUSIC
13:156-5-5. Matthew?
13:18I've got...
13:20Need an answer?
13:216-63.
13:236-63 in the nick of time.
13:25Jack?
13:266-5-4.
13:276-5-4.
13:29One away, off you go.
13:30100 add 9 times 6.
13:32100 add 9, yeah, times 6.
13:35One away.
13:36You said that like you didn't even want to be here.
13:38So miserable the way you said that.
13:40Right, 6-5-5, please.
13:42Yeah, a few ways.
13:43We could have said 75 times 9 is 675.
13:486-2 is 4, times 5 is 20.
13:52And knock it off.
13:53There's the one.
13:56Well knocked off, Rachel.
13:5837 players, 12.
14:01Now, I tell you what, I mean, she keeps going on about it being Super Bowl week,
14:04but Jo Brand, I think you've got an American theme even
14:07in our little chat that we're going to have today.
14:09I have, Colin.
14:11And I'm possibly about to be disappointed because I just find American language for things that we sort of originally came up with wrong.
14:24But I've checked with Susie on a couple of things, right?
14:28So, for example, let's just start with food, right?
14:33So, muffins, OK.
14:35Like, lots of things over here are called muffins now, but I think it's...
14:40In America, a muffin's like a big, sort of a big cupcake, right?
14:45Yeah.
14:46But over here, it's actually a thing you can have for breakfast.
14:52Yes.
14:52Isn't it?
14:53Yeah.
14:54So, why...
14:56I'm not going to ask you why they're doing that, Susie, but I don't...
14:59Honestly, I don't think it's fair and someone should take them to court.
15:04So, muffin was originally North American.
15:07I will have you know.
15:09So, we stole muffin is what you're saying.
15:10We stole muffin.
15:11We stole muffin.
15:11And we call the ones...
15:12We didn't.
15:14The ones that we have for breakfast we call English muffins,
15:17but originally the muffin was American.
15:19And it's morphed, but food does move.
15:22And then we were talking about spelling, weren't we?
15:25That really annoys me.
15:26OK, as well.
15:27Like, they've taken the U out of words.
15:30Right.
15:31Like, colour.
15:32They do that.
15:33So...
15:34I think we can blame them for that, can't we?
15:36No.
15:36Oh, come on, Susie.
15:37Apparently, we can't blame them for it.
15:39Let us blame them for something.
15:40Because they colour, I think you told me, it's closer to the original Latin.
15:46It is.
15:47Yes, we just decided that French was cooler, so we put the U in.
15:50Wow.
15:50And I'm going to finish finally with a question,
15:52because I looked on a website, which is English foods,
15:56as described by the Americans, right?
15:58Yeah.
15:59And the one I found the weirdest, have you heard of this?
16:02Crap it heeds.
16:04No, exactly.
16:05Like, we eat that all the time.
16:07What have we got for tea tonight?
16:08Oh, crap it heeds with baked potatoes, dear.
16:13That is a stuffed haddock head.
16:15Oh, no.
16:16I know, absolutely.
16:18So I'm going to lump all the blame onto them just because of that.
16:22Thank you, Jill.
16:23APPLAUSE
16:24Right, love that.
16:2737 players at 12.
16:29But Matthew, back on the board, which is good.
16:31And Jack, you're picking these letters.
16:32I'll start with the consonant, please.
16:34Thank you, Jack.
16:35F.
16:36And another.
16:38C.
16:39One more.
16:41S.
16:42And a vowel.
16:43E.
16:44Another vowel.
16:45U.
16:46Another vowel.
16:48I.
16:50A consonant.
16:51H.
16:53Consonant.
16:54D.
16:56And a final consonant, please.
16:58And a final S.
17:00Here we go.
17:00Here we go.
17:01E.
17:01Here we go.
17:02E.
17:03Here we go.
17:04E.
17:06Here we go.
17:21E.
17:24E.
17:25THEY CONFER
17:31It's time up. Jack. Six. Matthew. Six.
17:34Yeah, off we go. Chiefs. Chiefs.
17:37Cust. Cust and chiefs.
17:40Yes. Let's just try this.
17:43Cushies. Yes, I was wondering about that one.
17:46I don't think it's...
17:50No. It's not. What's the goal?
17:53You can have duchies and duchess.
17:57That will give you a couple of sevens. Nice. Very nice.
18:00Very nice indeed. All right, six points each here.
18:03Let's get more letters from you, Matthew Bott.
18:05Consonant, please, to start. Thank you, Matthew.
18:08R. And a vowel.
18:10A. And a consonant.
18:13S. And another consonant.
18:17G. And a vowel.
18:20E. And another vowel, please.
18:24I. And a consonant.
18:27L. Another consonant.
18:31N. And another consonant, please.
18:37And lastly, T. Start the clock.
18:40The most reciprocal.
18:47See you next week.
18:50Matthew.
19:12Eight.
19:13Jack.
19:13Nine.
19:14Matthew.
19:15Stealing.
19:16What are you going for, Jack?
19:17Triangles.
19:18Triangles!
19:19Yay!
19:20APPLAUSE
19:21Anything else?
19:24Yeah, there were a couple of other nines there.
19:26Gnarliest, the gnarliest problem.
19:28Very good.
19:29Yeah, I like that one.
19:30And also integrals.
19:32Yes.
19:33Functions, satisfying equations.
19:35Yeah.
19:35That was a really good round.
19:3761 plays 18.
19:38Third numbers round of the day.
19:41Jack, you're choosing?
19:42I'll try six more, please, Rachel.
19:44Thank you, Jack.
19:45Six little ones coming up and a bit of a mental workout, potentially.
19:48Let's have a look.
19:49This selection is one, seven, five, nine, five and six.
19:57And the target to reach with them, 823.
20:01Wow.
20:01Eight, two, three.
20:02Numbers up.
20:03wee.
20:04One, seven, five.
20:04One, seven.
20:05Yes, sometimes.
20:06Two.
20:07Two, three.
20:09Two, three.
20:10Two, three.
20:11Two, three.
20:11One, eight, quatre.
20:13And, uh, eleven.
20:15Two.
20:15By the end.
20:16deOS
20:17two, three.
20:19Yeah.
20:20My goodness, 8, 2, 3.
20:35Quite a challenge, Jack.
20:36Did you get close?
20:37Absolutely nowhere near.
20:39Nowhere near it, good.
20:41What about you, Matthew?
20:43820.
20:43That's a really good stab.
20:45Well done.
20:46This would be for seven points.
20:48820, off you go.
20:49So, 6 plus 5.
20:516 plus 5 is 11.
20:54Times 7.
20:55Times 7, 77.
20:56Plus 5.
20:57Plus 5 is 82.
20:59And then 9 plus 1.
21:019 plus 1, 10.
21:0310 and multiply them.
21:05820.
21:068, 2, 3.
21:08Rachel?
21:09I mean, I don't have to tell you, this was impossible.
21:11You could have got to 8, 2, 4, but that's a very good effort.
21:14That was, wasn't it?
21:14Well done.
21:15All right, second Tea Time teaser this Wednesday afternoon, it's Agent Rod.
21:24Agent Rod.
21:25The mythical beast consumed a fish for dinner.
21:27The mythical beast consumed a fish for dinner.
21:30Welcome back.
21:47Joe Brand handing out the sweets during that commercial break.
21:51I was not.
21:51I was handing out pieces of lettuce.
21:53The mythical beast consumed a fish for dinner.
21:57It was dragonet.
21:59Dragonet, Susie?
22:00Yes.
22:00It's a marine fish, which often lies partly buried in the seabed.
22:04And the male is very brightly coloured.
22:07It's well done for swallowing that sweet just before it came to you.
22:10Very professionally done.
22:12My goodness me.
22:13Matthew, save us.
22:14Let's have some letters.
22:14Right, Rachel, let's have a consonant, please.
22:18Thank you, Matthew.
22:19N.
22:20And a vowel.
22:22O.
22:23And a consonant.
22:25R.
22:26And another consonant, please.
22:29V.
22:30And a vowel.
22:32E.
22:33And a consonant.
22:35R.
22:37And another consonant.
22:39S.
22:40And a vowel.
22:42A.
22:43And another consonant, please.
22:48And a final Y.
22:50Let's play.
22:50And a vowel.
22:57MUSIC PLAYS
23:22Time is up, Matthew.
23:23Six.
23:24And Jack?
23:25Six.
23:26OK, the six, Matthew.
23:27Rovers.
23:27And Jack?
23:28Reason.
23:29Yes.
23:30A couple of sevens for you.
23:32Overran.
23:33Yeah.
23:33And oversay, to exaggerate.
23:35To oversay, to exaggerate.
23:37Something Joe Brown's never done.
23:38I've got an eight.
23:40Yeah.
23:41And I think, like, these days, people are much more kind of bad-tempered
23:44than they used to be, and they find it much harder to apologise.
23:48So I suggest, if you don't want to directly apologise to someone,
23:51hire this, and it can drive past their house and do it for you.
23:55It's a sorry van.
23:57Like those mans that have the advertisements on them.
24:00Yeah.
24:00You know, the billboards.
24:01Big story.
24:04Right, point split, six points each, and you're choosing the next letters, Jack.
24:08A consonant, please, Rachel.
24:10Thank you, Jack.
24:11T.
24:12And another.
24:14G.
24:15And another.
24:17D.
24:18A vowel.
24:20E.
24:21Another vowel.
24:22O.
24:23One more.
24:24A.
24:27A consonant.
24:29R.
24:31Another consonant.
24:32F.
24:33And a final consonant, please.
24:37And a final B.
24:39And off we go.
24:39Other vowel.
24:47R.
24:50You've got it.
24:53All right.
24:54You've got it.
24:57Come with the Cel mal.
24:58Bye.
24:59Bye.
24:59Bye.
25:00Bye.
25:00Bye.
25:02Bye.
25:05Bye.
25:06Bye.
25:07Bye.
25:08Time's up, Jack.
25:12I think a seven.
25:13Just thanks, Matthew.
25:14And a six.
25:15The six is?
25:16Forged.
25:17Is this one of Jack's moments?
25:19Let's find out.
25:19Essentially.
25:20Foraged.
25:21Oh, yes, we love that.
25:22Yeah, forage is good.
25:23No worries at all with that.
25:24Well done, well done.
25:25Another seven points for you.
25:27Jo.
25:27I've got an eight.
25:30Yeah.
25:30And this is actually a real thing for me,
25:32because if I eat wheat, I feel rubbish.
25:35I feel, like, really, really tired and a bit weird.
25:39And I call that bread fog.
25:40That'll definitely be a word one day, I reckon.
25:43Is there anything in the dictionary now that can beat seven?
25:45Yeah, and it's a strange one.
25:47Bread fog is almost more plausible than bogarted.
25:51And that means to selfishly hold something
25:54or keep something to yourself,
25:56especially a joint or cannabis cigarette.
25:58Yes.
25:59And it's named after Humphrey Bogart,
26:01who smoked a lot in films.
26:02Right, let's stay with you for Origins of Words.
26:04Susie?
26:05So, I was going to talk about the history of a word
26:07that I wasn't too familiar with.
26:09I was familiar with the object it described,
26:12but not its name.
26:13And that is an anti-macassar,
26:16which Jo has said she...
26:17Did you have them in your house?
26:19No, because we weren't posh.
26:20But my best friend's dad was our local vicar,
26:23and they had loads.
26:23They had loads.
26:25So, these are chair covers.
26:27So, you know, sometimes you will see,
26:29particularly on trains,
26:29you will see this sort of almost this long napkin
26:32that is folded over the back of the chair,
26:34where your head rests, essentially.
26:38And I will explain its history.
26:39So, go back to the 19th century,
26:41and any fashionable or genteel gentleman
26:45would slick back his hair
26:47with a dollop of Roland's Macassar oil,
26:50and it was imported from Macassar,
26:52which is in Indonesia.
26:54But suspicions began to creep in
26:56that the product had been adulterated
26:58and that it contained none of the very natural ingredients
27:01that were boasted on, you know,
27:03for the original oil.
27:05And, most of all,
27:06they noticed that this hair oil
27:07was rubbing off on the back of their upholstery.
27:10And that was no good,
27:11this expensive upholstery in Victorian households.
27:14It was getting greasy and stained.
27:15It wouldn't come off.
27:16And so, Victorian households started to drape
27:19these pieces of lace or embroidered fabric
27:21over the backs of their chairs,
27:23and they called it anti, meaning against,
27:25and then Macassar, this oil.
27:27That's a wonderful story.
27:29Four rounds left to play.
27:33Matthew, it's your choice.
27:35I'll have a consonant, please.
27:37Thank you, Matthew.
27:38T.
27:38And a vowel.
27:41U.
27:42And another consonant.
27:44R.
27:46A consonant.
27:48L.
27:49Another consonant.
27:51H.
27:52And a vowel.
27:54E.
27:55And another vowel.
27:56And a consonant to finish, please.
28:05And lastly, M.
28:08And kind of...
28:09A consonant.
28:26And a vowel.
28:27And that's your time up. Matthew?
28:42Six. Well done. And Jack?
28:44I'll stick with a six as well. Stick with a six. OK.
28:46What have you got, Mr Bot? Mother. Mr Harvey?
28:48Yeah, Mother as well. Nice. Well done, both of you.
28:51Mother will get you six points each. Can we go beyond that, Susie?
28:55Yes, just by one. A theorem.
28:57A theorem. A theorem will give you a seven.
28:59OK, and what about you, Joe?
29:00Well, certain little creatures are very easily offended.
29:04And especially those that have mole hurt.
29:10Sorry. 80 points to 37. Jack, last letters.
29:14A consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Jack.
29:16T. And another.
29:20S. And another.
29:22W. A vowel.
29:25O. Another vowel.
29:27I. A consonant.
29:30S.
29:32A vowel.
29:34E.
29:36A consonant.
29:38T.
29:40And a final consonant, please.
29:42And a final G.
29:44Last letters.
29:45A consonant, please.
29:46A consonant, please.
29:46A consonant, please.
29:46A consonant, please.
29:46A consonant, please.
29:46A consonant, please.
29:47A consonant, please.
29:48A consonant, please.
29:48A consonant, please.
29:48A consonant, please.
29:48A consonant, please.
29:49A consonant, please.
29:50A consonant, please.
29:50A consonant, please.
29:50A consonant, please.
29:50A consonant, please.
29:50A consonant, please.
29:51A consonant, please.
29:51A consonant, please.
29:51A consonant, please.
29:52A consonant, please.
29:52A consonant, please.
29:53A consonant, please.
29:53A consonant, please.
29:54A consonant, please.
29:54A consonant, please.
29:55A consonant, please.
29:55A consonant, please.
29:56A consonant, please.
29:57A consonant, please.
29:58A consonant, please.
29:58How many did you get, Jack?
30:17I'll try a seven.
30:18I'm going to try the seven.
30:19And Matthew?
30:19Six.
30:20And six for you.
30:21What's the six?
30:21Twice.
30:22No worries, my friend.
30:23And Jack?
30:24What's it?
30:25I got that as well.
30:27I don't think it's fine.
30:28If Joe got it, I'm pretty sure you're not getting the points, Jack.
30:31Sorry, Jack.
30:33Susie?
30:34Well, very sadly, I know why we're thinking what's it's spelt that way,
30:39but actually it's W-H-A-T-S-I-T in the dictionary.
30:42And just to clarify on twites, because this is new to me,
30:45a Eurasian moorland finch related to the linnet is a twite.
30:49Beautiful work.
30:49Anything else from Joe Brand?
30:51Is stogie the word?
30:53Yes, cigars.
30:54Cheap cigars.
30:55Very good.
30:56Nice.
30:56How many is that?
30:57Seven.
30:58Seven.
30:58And there's also Egotists, or eight.
31:02Egotists for you.
31:03Thank you very much, Susie.
31:04Edie plays 43.
31:05Two rounds left of her midweek countdown.
31:08And Matthew, you're picking the numbers.
31:10Just for change, let's have three large, three small, please.
31:12Yeah, mix it up a little bit.
31:14Finish us off with three big, three little, and can often be tricky.
31:18Let's see.
31:18Little ones are four, eight, and five.
31:21And the big ones, 25, 75, and 50.
31:25And the target to reach 694.
31:28694.
31:29Four numbers up.
31:30Number four, numbers up.
31:30.
31:31Those are four, numbers up.
31:32Four numbers up.
31:39Number four, numbers up.
31:406-9 for the target.
32:02How did you get on, Matthew?
32:036-9-5.
32:05Just the one away in, Jack.
32:07Yeah, same.
32:07Same, all right.
32:08It might be seven points each if you are one away.
32:11Matthew?
32:1275 times 8.
32:13600.
32:1425 times 4.
32:16100.
32:17Add them together.
32:18700.
32:19And take away the 5.
32:20Yep, 6-9-5.
32:21Well done.
32:22And Jack?
32:23Slightly differently.
32:24So I started with the same 8 times 75,
32:26then I added the 50 and the 25,
32:29and then did 4 times 5 is 20.
32:31OK, yep, 6-9-5 again.
32:33Done.
32:33OK, 6-9-4.
32:35Yes, with this one,
32:37if you say 75 plus 5 is 80.
32:4080 times 8, 640.
32:43Add the 4, 6-4-4.
32:44And add the 50, 6-9-4.
32:46Nice one, Rich.
32:49Give yourself a big 10 points at home
32:51if you manage to get the 6-9-4.
32:53Well, hey, it's not a crucial conundrum today,
32:55but Matthew, you got hit with a maximum from Jack.
32:58He's been really, really strong today,
32:59so you should be really proud of your performance.
33:01And 10 more points still
33:03be a bit of an icing on the cake for you.
33:05So let's find out
33:06as we reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:39Time is up.
33:40Jack and Matthew have drawn a blank.
33:42Susie has a smile on her face
33:44that she only ever has
33:46when she gets the conundrum.
33:48Rachel got it as well.
33:49Impactful.
33:50Let's have a look.
33:51Well done.
33:5487 to 50 today.
33:56Matthew, what's it to be?
33:57Jack was in good form.
33:59But I hope you enjoyed your day
34:00and thank you so much for being here.
34:02Jack, you know,
34:03there's no big 120s
34:05or any of that,
34:06but you're a scrapper, aren't you?
34:07People's Champion.
34:08Five wins.
34:09Yeah, I'll take that as a compliment.
34:10Thank you, Jack.
34:11Well done to you today, Nick.
34:12Nice one.
34:14Really enjoyed today's show.
34:15Pleasure as always, Joe.
34:16Thank you so much.
34:17You too.
34:18Well done in the conundrum, Suze.
34:19Oh, thank you.
34:20Yay.
34:20All done?
34:21Yeah, by the time we went on air,
34:23Ronaldo's earned another
34:24nearly 15 grand, potentially.
34:26How does he survive?
34:27How does he survive?
34:29Right, we'll kick off again
34:31ten past two tomorrow
34:32on Channel 4.
34:33Rachel, Suze and I
34:34will be waiting for you.
34:35You can count on us.
34:37You can contact the programme
34:39by email at
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34:42You can also find our webpage
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