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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown this Wednesday afternoon.
00:34Absolutely delighted that you've chosen Channel 4 and Countdown today.
00:38Thank you so much.
00:39And, Rachel Riley, here you are again in the afternoon,
00:42but every night in my dreams.
00:45I see you, I feel you.
00:47That is how I know you go on.
00:50Name that tune.
00:51I mean, it's creepy coming from you.
00:54It's better when Celine does it.
00:55Yes, well done, Celine Dion.
00:57My heart will go on.
00:58Which on this day went to number one in the U.S. Billboard charts back in 1998.
01:05It sold 18 million.
01:06Second best-selling single by a female solo artist ever.
01:10Your challenge today, should you choose to accept it,
01:13what's number one, what's number three?
01:15Mariah.
01:16Mariah's, yes, number three with?
01:19All I Want for Christmas.
01:20Brilliant.
01:20The Christmas songs are the ones for the money, aren't they?
01:23Right, so the top one isn't a Christmas song, but I'm going to give you a clue, right?
01:27Okay.
01:27Because, like Celine Dion didn't write, my heart will go on.
01:31Is it Whitney?
01:32It is Whitney, and it is.
01:34And the Dolly Parton one.
01:36Come on.
01:37Come on, help me, girls.
01:39I will always love you.
01:40Yes, well done.
01:42Very good.
01:42Great work.
01:43Yes.
01:4418 million copies for My Heart Will Go On.
01:47Wow.
01:4718 million copies of a single.
01:50A little bit more for Whitney.
01:52I will always love you.
01:53Yeah, Whitney.
01:54What a voice.
01:56All right, let's head over to Dictionary Corner.
01:58No bodyguards needed today.
02:00It is our Susie Dent, our day of the day, and alongside her, the presenter and writer,
02:06maybe we'll talk a bit about that today, it is Vic Hope.
02:09Hi.
02:09Yes.
02:11Well, our solo artist today is Isabel Heard.
02:15She's won her first countdown.
02:17She's already a mastermind champion, but that takes second place now.
02:20And you're a good egg, Isabel.
02:22Good egg, Isabel.
02:23We're talking about some of the volunteer work that you've done.
02:25Tell me a bit about it, because it got you an award from the palace.
02:28Yes, I was a volunteer with Victim Support in Scunnethorpe for actually 24 years.
02:35And I was extremely privileged to be invited to Buckingham Palace,
02:40because Princess Anne is the patron of Victim Support.
02:44And the first year of the Victim Support Volunteer Awards,
02:48it was held in the grand space of Buckingham Palace,
02:52and I spoke to Princess Anne.
02:53It's not a bad day out, eh?
02:55It was very nice, yes.
02:56Well done, and much deserved.
02:58Good luck today.
02:59Thank you very much.
03:00You're up against Paul Davey, who's from Woking in Surrey.
03:03Hiya, Paul.
03:04Hiya.
03:04Yeah.
03:05Listen, you've got three boys, three sons.
03:07And I just ran to me, it's like,
03:09I can't get the connection between the names.
03:11Yeah.
03:12So it's obviously been a bit of a journey.
03:13So take me through the three names.
03:15We wanted to try and pick something that was a little bit different.
03:18We set the tone with Ruben, and then really struggled for the final two.
03:22But, yeah, we settled on Grayson and Arlo.
03:25There's no link, unfortunately.
03:26Just try to be quirky.
03:27All watching today, hopefully one of them.
03:28Yeah, they'll be pleased.
03:29They've got a name drop.
03:30Yeah.
03:30But will I be saying to him,
03:32Oh, your dad was on with me a few years ago.
03:34He was a champion.
03:35Or your dad was on me.
03:36He got absolutely wiped out by Isabel Heard.
03:39Let's find out.
03:40Good luck to both of you.
03:43OK, Isabel.
03:44First letters.
03:45Hello.
03:45Can I have a consonant, please?
03:46You can indeed start today with N.
03:49And another, please.
03:51T.
03:52And a third.
03:54G.
03:55A vowel, please.
03:57U.
03:57And another, A.
04:00And another, O.
04:02And a consonant, N.
04:06And a consonant, W.
04:10And another consonant, please.
04:12And lastly, L.
04:15At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:48Isabel.
04:48Only five.
04:49Five for you.
04:50And Paul.
04:50Just five.
04:51Five.
04:52Slow start, Isabel.
04:53Gaunt.
04:54Yes.
04:55And Paul.
04:55Tango.
04:56Tango and gaunt.
04:58Very nice.
04:58Which sounds like the worst 1980s cop show I've ever watched in my life.
05:02It's tango and gaunt.
05:05Right.
05:06Denton Hope.
05:06That sounds better.
05:07Yeah.
05:08I like that.
05:09A couple of food-based sixes today.
05:12We've got nougat and walnut.
05:14And walnut was there.
05:15Fantastic.
05:16Whipping up a six as we get more letters from Paul.
05:19Can I start with a consonant, please, Rachel?
05:21Thank you, Paul.
05:21Start with B.
05:23And another.
05:25Z.
05:26And another.
05:28D.
05:30And a vowel, please.
05:32I.
05:33And another vowel.
05:34E.
05:35And a consonant.
05:38S.
05:40And another consonant.
05:42L.
05:43And a vowel, please.
05:46A.
05:47And finally a consonant.
05:49And finally T.
05:5230 seconds.
05:52And a consonant.
05:54And a consonant.
05:54And a consonant.
05:55And a consonant.
05:55And a consonant.
05:55And a consonant.
05:56And a consonant.
05:56And a consonant.
05:57And a consonant.
05:57And a consonant.
05:58And a consonant.
05:58And a consonant.
05:58And a consonant.
05:58And a consonant.
05:58And a consonant.
05:59And a consonant.
05:59And a consonant.
05:59And a consonant.
05:59And a consonant.
05:59And a consonant.
06:00And a consonant.
06:00And a consonant.
06:01And a consonant.
06:01And a consonant.
06:02And a consonant.
06:02And a consonant.
06:02And a consonant.
06:03And a consonant.
06:04And a consonant.
06:04And a consonant.
06:05And a consonant.
06:06And a consonant.
06:07And a consonant.
06:08And a consonant.
06:09And a consonant.
06:10And a consonant.
06:11And a consonant.
06:22Paul? I've got six.
06:26Six from you and Isabel?
06:27Six.
06:28OK, what have you got, Paul?
06:30Uh, tabled.
06:31Tabled. And Isabel?
06:33Blazes.
06:34And blazes. Tabled and blazes.
06:36Absolutely fine.
06:37Nice, steady sixes.
06:3911 points each.
06:41Over to Susie and Vic.
06:43I've got a couple of sevens over here in disable,
06:48laziest, details.
06:49Yeah. You've got baldies and baldest, but can't be baldiest.
06:53No, you definitely can't be.
06:55Keep your hair on, Susie. Keep your hair on.
06:57Isabel, let's get our first numbers.
06:59One large, please.
07:01Thank you, Isabel. One from the top.
07:02And five little ones and the first numbers of the day
07:05are four, four, six, ten, seven, and the large one, 25.
07:14And you need to reach 637.
07:18637. Numbers up.
07:19777....
07:21737. Numbers up.
07:22944.
07:22677.
07:236.
07:26888.
07:27888.
07:29788.
07:31988.
07:32888.
07:34980.
07:37988.
07:376.37, how did you get on, Isabel?
07:526.40, not written down.
07:546.40, not written down.
07:56Paul was chewing the end of his pen a lot.
07:586.40 as well, yeah.
07:59OK, Isabel, off you go.
08:0025 times 4 times 6.
08:05600.
08:05And 4 times 10 is 40.
08:09And the second 4, yep, gets you to 3 above, 6.40.
08:13And there you go, Paul.
08:16Yes.
08:17Excellent, well done.
08:187 points each.
08:19This is divisible by 7, Isabel and Paul.
08:23Sorry, John.
08:24Colin, the tutor, no.
08:26OK, yes, good start.
08:284 divided by 4 is 1.
08:30Add it to 10 for 11.
08:3211 times 6 is 66.
08:3466 plus 25 is 91.
08:38And 91 times 7 is 637.
08:42Yes.
08:43APPLAUSE
08:44Right, octopeds.
08:47Octopeds is the tea time teaser.
08:49Forget eight legs, this covers about 15 properties.
08:53Forget eight legs, this covers about 15 properties.
08:57And then we had quite a dull conversation during that commercial break about how many properties a postcode covers.
09:25It's on average 15, so it probably covers more a set space rather than anything else.
09:32I told you it was boring before I said it.
09:34Right, Paul, get me out of this hole, will you?
09:36OK.
09:36Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
09:39Thank you, Paul.
09:40G
09:41And another
09:42S
09:45And another
09:46C
09:47And a vowel, please
09:49I
09:50Another vowel
09:52A
09:52And a consonant
09:54P
09:56And a vowel, please
10:05Lastly, O
10:07Here we go again
10:09S
10:09You
10:10More
10:12téléphone
10:12A
10:13Tot
10:27W
10:28What
10:28Are
10:28Pe
10:33What
10:34You
10:35MUSIC
10:39That's it. Paul? A four letter.
10:42A four from you. And Isabel? Four.
10:45Paul? Soap. Soap, yes.
10:47Pigs. And pigs.
10:50Were you thinking of risking something there?
10:52Um, copia. C-O-P-I-A.
10:55Copia. Like, as in a cornucopia, the copia bit.
10:59Not there. Not there. Goodness.
11:00You made the right decision there. Well done, you.
11:02Well done, well done, you.
11:04Vic, it doesn't matter. You can risk anything you want.
11:05How did you get on? That was tricky.
11:08Um, capos. Capos, yes.
11:09Very good. For five. On a guitar,
11:12fretted instrument, et cetera.
11:13Yeah, that will take you to a five.
11:15Wow, that was the best word. Crazy.
11:1822 points each here, as we get more letters from Isabel.
11:21Consonant, please. Thank you, Isabel.
11:23M. And another.
11:26S. And a third.
11:29N. And the fourth, please.
11:32Y.
11:32I. Vowel.
11:35E.
11:35And another.
11:37I.
11:38Another, please.
11:40O.
11:41Consonant.
11:43T.
11:44And a consonant, please.
11:45And a final D.
11:47Nice. Let's do it.
11:58I.
11:59I.
12:01I.
12:01I.
12:02Isabel?
12:19Seven.
12:20Paul?
12:21It's a six.
12:23OK.
12:24I believe you.
12:25What is it?
12:26Monies.
12:26Monies.
12:27And Isabel?
12:28Moisson.
12:30Moisson.
12:30Let's spend a lot of time in that word.
12:32It's one of Susie's favourites.
12:34I've moved on, so I keep telling you.
12:36Moved on from the M word.
12:38We had a seven and an eight.
12:40Yeah?
12:40Yeah.
12:41Yeah, destiny for seven, mindset as well.
12:44And for eight, demonist.
12:47Demonist.
12:48Yeah, someone who believes in or even worships demons.
12:51There you go.
12:51Yeah.
12:52Each to their own.
12:53Each to their own.
12:54Second numbers round of the day.
12:57And, Paul, it's your first time getting to choose.
12:59Thanks.
13:00Can I have two large ones and the rest small, please?
13:02You can indeed.
13:03Thank you, Paul.
13:04Two from the top and four others.
13:06And for the second time today, the numbers are ten, seven, nine, one, one hundred and twenty-five.
13:17And the target, four hundred and forty-nine.
13:19Four, four, nine.
13:20Numbers up.
13:20Three, four, nine.
13:21Three, four, nine.
13:23Three, four, nine.
13:23Two, five.
13:24Three, four, nine.
13:25449, Paul.
13:53Nowhere close.
13:54500.
13:55500.
13:56My goodness me, Isabel.
13:58Erm, I think I've got 450.
14:01Well, have a go.
14:02Erm, 10 plus 9 minus 1 times 25.
14:09Yep.
14:10That gets you to 450, one away.
14:12Yeah, same here, 449.
14:14Yeah, it was trickier than it looked, wasn't it?
14:15Yeah.
14:16Lots of dead ends.
14:17Erm, you could have done 100 minus 25, or 75, and then 7 minus 1 is 6,
14:24times those together for 450, with a 10 minus 9 remaining for another one to take off.
14:30Well spotted.
14:31APPLAUSE
14:3336 plus 22 as we get another little chat with Vic Hope today.
14:37Now, I was thinking, because I was mentioning you do the big drive time show on BBC Radio
14:431, but when I was at Radio 1, we had a thing called the Sunday Surgery, which had a doctor
14:48on.
14:49It was very physical more than it was mental.
14:50We were probably still in that place.
14:52Whereas what you do, the Life Hacks on a Sunday, is very much more rounded, isn't it?
14:57And takes into account mental health as well.
14:59Yeah.
15:00I mean, it's all connected, isn't it?
15:02But it's issues affecting young people.
15:04And we'll cover everything from money, education, your exams, career advice, to mental health,
15:11which so often comes off.
15:12And we'll often have a psychologist or a doctor on the show.
15:16And we talk a lot about the little things that we can be doing to make a big difference.
15:20One of the things that I've learnt from the listeners that I now do every day is journaling.
15:24Oh.
15:25I absolutely love it.
15:26It's so great for just discombobulating, getting everything out of your head onto the page.
15:32And sometimes things feel a little more insurmountable and putting it on the page, unscrambling
15:36your thoughts.
15:37And I just find that every day, writing down whether it's things that you're grateful for,
15:41things that you're proud of, it puts things in perspective.
15:43And sometimes when you're looking for things to be grateful for each day, it makes you enjoy
15:48the day more.
15:49How much are you writing per day?
15:50Is it just like a paragraph?
15:52Sometimes it's a paragraph.
15:53Sometimes it's pages and pages.
15:55And it's funny because I've written a couple of children's books and would love to write
15:59a work of fiction for adults.
16:02But I've always said, I don't feel like I've lived enough.
16:04I don't feel like I'm old enough just yet.
16:06I'm going to wait until I've lived a little bit more.
16:07But sometimes I read back through the pages of my journal.
16:09I'm like, actually, there's something in this.
16:12So maybe in future they'll, you know, they'll be out in the world.
16:15Lovely.
16:16Lovely.
16:17Thanks for taking time off the radio for us.
16:21Right.
16:2236.
16:2322.
16:24Back to the game.
16:25And Isabelle Heward, you're choosing some letters.
16:29Consonant, please.
16:30Thank you, Isabelle.
16:31S.
16:32And a vowel.
16:34E.
16:35And a consonant.
16:37W.
16:38And another, please.
16:40S.
16:41And a vowel.
16:43U.
16:44And a consonant.
16:46T.
16:48And a consonant.
16:50F.
16:51And a consonant.
16:53R.
16:54And a vowel, please.
16:55And lastly, A.
16:57Let's dip.
16:58T.
16:59T.
17:00T.
17:01T.
17:03T.
17:04Isabel.
17:30Only six.
17:31Just the six here.
17:32Paul.
17:33Seven.
17:33Chance to close the gap, Isabel.
17:35Sweats.
17:36Sweats.
17:37And Paul?
17:38Strafes.
17:39And strafes.
17:40Susie?
17:41Yep.
17:42To strafe is to attack repeatedly with machine gun fire from low-flying aircraft.
17:47My goodness me.
17:48What a word.
17:49Vic, what did you find?
17:50Well, for seven, we could have wasters.
17:52Yeah.
17:52And for eight, you could have fret saws.
17:56Yes.
17:56A saw with a really narrow blade, and it's used for casting thin wood.
18:00Yeah.
18:01OK.
18:01Fret saws, it is.
18:0230, 6, 29.
18:05Paul.
18:06Can I start with a consonant, please?
18:07Thank you, Paul.
18:08D.
18:09And another.
18:11K.
18:12And another one.
18:14S.
18:15One more.
18:17N.
18:18And then a vowel, please.
18:19U.
18:20Another vowel.
18:21I.
18:22I.
18:22And another vowel.
18:24E.
18:25And a consonant.
18:27C.
18:29And another consonant, please.
18:31And a final T.
18:33Half a minute.
18:33And a vowel.
18:34And a vowel.
18:35And a vowel.
18:35And a vowel.
18:36And a vowel.
18:36And a vowel.
18:37And a vowel.
18:37And a vowel.
18:37And a vowel.
18:38And a vowel.
18:38And a vowel.
18:39And a vowel.
18:39And a vowel.
18:39And a vowel.
18:39And a vowel.
18:40And a vowel.
18:40And a vowel.
18:40And a vowel.
18:40And a vowel.
18:41And a vowel.
18:41And a vowel.
18:41And a vowel.
18:42And a vowel.
18:42And a vowel.
18:43And a vowel.
18:43And a vowel.
18:44And a vowel.
18:45And a vowel.
18:45And a vowel.
18:46And a vowel.
18:47And a vowel.
18:47And a vowel.
18:48And a vowel.
18:48And a vowel.
18:49And a vowel.
18:49That is time, Paul.
19:06Seven.
19:07Seven for you, Isabel.
19:08Seven.
19:09Very good indeed.
19:10Paul, what have you got?
19:11Snicked.
19:12Snicked.
19:13I think we could be getting into cricket territory, maybe.
19:15Isabel?
19:16Kindest.
19:17Snicked.
19:18Yes, you're right.
19:18Used in cricket for deflecting the ball slightly with the edge of the bat,
19:22but also it's just a little, cut a tiny notch in something,
19:25it's just snicked yourself.
19:26Snicked my finger.
19:26Right, kindness and snicked.
19:28Can we go above that, Susie and Vic?
19:30Well, we could have snicked.
19:31As in lemony.
19:32Yeah.
19:33Lemony, snicked, yeah.
19:34It's one of many terms up and down the country for an alleyway.
19:37Yeah.
19:38And that's still a seven, but a beautiful word.
19:40Beautiful word.
19:4043, 36.
19:42So tight today.
19:44Back to the numbers, Isabel.
19:45One large, please.
19:46Thank you, Isabel.
19:47I'll choose it carefully.
19:48One large and five more little ones.
19:52And these little ones are one.
19:54Oh, no.
19:55One, six, two, eight.
19:59And the large one, 100.
20:01And the target, 868.
20:04868.
20:04Numbers up.
20:05Okay.
20:05Numbers up.
20:05And the large one, 100.
20:06And the large one, 100.
20:07And the large one, 100.
20:08And the large one, 100.
20:08And the large one, 100.
20:09And the large one, 100.
20:10And the large one, 100.
20:10And the large one, 100.
20:11And the large one, 100.
20:12And the large one, 100.
20:13And the large one, 100.
20:14And the large one, 100.
20:14And the large one, 100.
20:15And the large one, 100.
20:16And the large one, 100.
20:17And the large one, 100.
20:18And the large one, 100.
20:19And the large one, 100.
20:20And the large one, 100.
20:21And the large one, 100.
20:22And the large one, 100.
20:23And the large one, 100.
20:24And the large one, 100.
20:25And the large one, 100.
20:26MUSIC PLAYS
20:358, 6, 8, Isabel.
20:378, 7, 1.
20:38Three away, Paul.
20:40No, not that close.
20:41I'll get you a big seven points, Isabel, off you go.
20:44100 plus 6 plus 2 plus 1...
20:49109.
20:51Times 8.
20:52Times 8, 872.
20:55Minus 1.
20:568, 7, 1.
20:57Three away.
20:58Yeah, adding on the 8 or adding on the 9,
21:00and then multiplying it up.
21:01Isabel, do you think this is possible?
21:04I've no idea.
21:05I don't think it is.
21:06I'm going to say no.
21:07Should we go no?
21:08We don't think it's possible.
21:09Well, I'm going to take the points for myself.
21:11Yes, go on.
21:12If you say 2 plus 1 is 3,
21:153 times 8 is 24,
21:1824 plus 100 is 124,
21:21and what's your favourite number, Colin?
21:23Yes, 7.
21:246 plus 1 is 7.
21:25Oh, no!
21:26Times them together, 8, 6, 8.
21:27Oh, no!
21:28APPLAUSE
21:29Right, let's try and recover from that.
21:31Here's a Tea Time teaser.
21:32This is lovely, this one.
21:33Download, download.
21:35It's not a rock festival, but it's a place for a green day.
21:38It's not a rock festival, but it's a place for a green day.
21:41Hello again.
21:42Hopefully that Tea Time teaser didn't turn you into a basket case.
21:56It's not a rock festival, but it's a place for a green day.
21:58It's a woodland.
21:59It's a woodland.
22:00Fantastic.
22:01Right, 14 points in a close affair.
22:02Six rounds to go.
22:03We're loving this, Paul Davey.
22:04You're making a right fist to this.
22:05Let's go.
22:06Can I go for a consonant, please?
22:07Thank you, Paul.
22:08And a vowel.
22:09O.
22:10Another vowel.
22:11E.
22:12And another vowel.
22:13A.
22:14A consonant.
22:15S.
22:16Another consonant.
22:17G.
22:18And another.
22:19M.
22:20And another.
22:21R.
22:22vowel. E. And another vowel. A. A consonant. S. Another consonant. G. And another. M. And
22:35another. R. And one more consonant, please. And lastly, S. Let's play.
22:52MUSIC PLAYS
23:14Paul, a risky eight. And Isabelle?
23:17A seven. A seven from you. What's a seven?
23:19Mungers. M-O-N-G-E-R-S. I like fishmongers. Very good.
23:25Paul? Masoners. He's going to try masoners.
23:29Um, masoner is not in. And I'm really sorry, because munger, I think, used to be in as one word,
23:35but it's now only there with a hyphen. It has to be as cheesemonger, costum munger, etc.
23:39So I have to disallow both. Wow, I wasn't expecting that. I wasn't expecting that at all.
23:43OK, so zero, zero. You both have drawn blanks there. Over the dictionary corner.
23:48So for eight, you could have megarons. Yeah. What is that?
23:53Yes, kind of a learning date. It is the central hall of a large Mycenaean house,
23:56Mycenaean being one of the Bronze Age civilisations in Greece.
24:00All right, thank you. Isabelle, more letters, please.
24:03Consonant, please. Thank you, Isabelle.
24:05G. And another.
24:08L. And a vowel, please.
24:10E. And a consonant, please.
24:14N. And a vowel, please.
24:17I. And a consonant.
24:20P.
24:21And a consonant.
24:23G.
24:24And a consonant.
24:25R. And a vowel, please.
24:27And to finish, A.
24:30Kind of done.
24:30R. And a consonant.
24:56Isabel?
25:02Seven.
25:03And Paul?
25:04Got to go another risky eight.
25:06Another risky eight here, OK.
25:08Isabel?
25:09Peeling.
25:10And Paul?
25:11Pagering.
25:12Ah, paging you can certainly do, but not pagering.
25:17OK, there you go.
25:18So peeling with the E-A, fine.
25:20What did you find in Dictionary Corner?
25:22I think this is such a lovely word for eights.
25:24Pearling.
25:26If you go fishing for pearls.
25:27Nice.
25:27But also, maybe a slightly less beautiful word,
25:30but a good one nonetheless, ganglia.
25:31Ganglia.
25:32Yeah.
25:33A bit gangly.
25:34A bit awkward.
25:35Yeah, fantastic eights, though.
25:36Fantastic.
25:37OK, you finally have got a little bit of breathing space here, Isabel,
25:42with four rounds left.
25:43You're 21 points ahead in favour for a second win
25:46as we get our origins of words.
25:49Susie?
25:49Mm, yeah, one from the post bag again.
25:52From Di Feltel, who says,
25:55we're either looking for one, we're doing one,
25:57we're resigning from one.
25:59Job.
26:00Where does the word job come from?
26:01To which I can add, it's used in so many different ways.
26:04Something might do the job, it might be a good job,
26:07that something happens, you might be doing something,
26:10you shouldn't be on the job.
26:11You have a tough job, you have jobbers in the stock exchange, etc.
26:17Such a multitasker of a word.
26:20And do you know what?
26:20It's a little bit of a mystery,
26:21but our best guess is that it comes from a bit of a riff on gob.
26:26Now, gob, we know nowadays as mouth.
26:29It's a pretty...
26:29Not a very nice term for your mouth.
26:31But actually, its original sense in dialect was as a mass
26:34or a lump or a distinct unit of something.
26:37And it's that distinct unit that we think gave us the idea of,
26:41you know, a matter in hand,
26:44which explains a lot of those uses,
26:46or work done for pay,
26:47which began to emerge around the 1650s.
26:50Then it broadened out even further,
26:52and when we talk about the Italian job, the great film,
26:55it was used in thieves, a slang, as early as 1722.
26:58That's when it was first recorded
27:00as a sort of criminal activity, if you like.
27:04And it just reminded me, actually, of the word thing,
27:06cos that's another multitasker, isn't it?
27:08We just throw thing in.
27:09And it's a word that's become really devalued over time
27:13because originally it was something very important.
27:15A thing, in Old English, was a meeting.
27:18It was an assembly where really important matters
27:21would be decided.
27:22It could even be a court.
27:24And eventually it was transferred to a case
27:26or a matter that was brought to the meeting
27:28or brought before the court,
27:29which is where we got the idea, again,
27:31of something distinct, the thing.
27:33But it's really sort of become diluted in a sense
27:36over the centuries.
27:37But if you go to Iceland,
27:38you can see it preserved in its original Scandinavian sense
27:41because the Alting, the Alting, is the assembly.
27:46It's where all really important matters are decided
27:49in national interest for Iceland.
27:50So you can see it fossilised, in a way, over there.
27:54But for us, it's just become any old thing,
27:57similar to any old job.
27:58But, boy, do they do a lot of work.
28:00It does indeed. Thank you.
28:04For a job not done yet for our champion,
28:06Isabel Heard, it's the 21-point lead,
28:08but still four rounds left.
28:10Time for heroes, Paul.
28:11A consonant, please.
28:12Thank you, Paul.
28:14M.
28:14And a vowel.
28:17I.
28:18A consonant.
28:19H.
28:20Another consonant.
28:22T.
28:23And another.
28:25N.
28:26And one more.
28:27L.
28:28And a vowel, please.
28:30E.
28:31Another vowel.
28:33I.
28:34And a consonant.
28:35And lastly, D.
28:37Tone time.
29:09Paul. Six. And Isabel? Six. Six as well. Paul? Hilted. And yourself, Isabel? Hinted. Hinted, fine. Hilted? Hilted, fine. It is used in combination, a bit like manga, but it doesn't have the hyphen, so we can allow it. A cross-hilted sword, for example. So, hilt is the handle of a weapon, essentially.
29:29Thank you very much. And what have we got? A couple of sevens. Limiteds. You could have had a midline. A midline? Yes, you could have a midline in your body.
29:38It's the sort of bilateral line of symmetry. All right. Thank you very much. At 63.42, let's get on with it. Exciting stuff. Your letters, Isabel.
29:48Consonant, please. C. And a vowel. O. Consonant. R. Consonant. D. Consonant. R. Vowel. I. And another, please. E. Consonant. D. Consonant, please. And lastly, S.
30:16Good luck.
30:17Good luck.
30:46Talk to me, Isabel.
30:50Seven. Seven for you. Paul Davey? Oh, I've lost it. Don't worry about it at all. So, Isabel, free reign?
30:56Discord. Discord. And with that, we can record another win for you. Well done.
31:02And to Dixon Recorder? Well, we can make it a nine and make it Discord-er.
31:06Disc-order. Yeah, it's pretty rare, I have to say. So, you're totally forgiven for not knowing this one.
31:11It is simply somebody who creates discord, somebody who quarrels all the time.
31:15Straight away. Simple as that. All right, it's all over as a competition, but not as a fun afternoon.
31:19So, Paul, let's get those last numbers.
31:21OK, can I have one large and the rest small, please?
31:25You can, indeed. One from the top.
31:27And the rest are little ones.
31:29And for the final time today, the numbers are one, eight, five, three, nine, and the large one, 75.
31:39And the target, 202.
31:40Oh, my goodness me. 202. Numbers up.
31:42Oh, my goodness me. 202.
32:00Oh, my goodness.
32:04So, we'll be right back.
32:062-0-2, Paul.
32:142-0-1.
32:15One away.
32:16Isabel?
32:17I think I've got 2-0-2.
32:18Off you go for ten points.
32:20Three times 75 is 2-2-5.
32:23Yep.
32:24And then nine plus eight plus five plus one is 23.
32:30It is.
32:30Take it away.
32:31Good spot, 2-0-2.
32:32Yeah.
32:33Nice, straightforward one there.
32:36We've got to use all the numbers to get there.
32:382-0-2 for ten points.
32:3980 plays 42 this Wednesday afternoon.
32:43And ten points left to go.
32:45So, Isabel and Paul, fingers on the buzzers.
32:48Let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:20Time is up.
33:22No luck for Isabel and Paul.
33:25Vic was scribbling away.
33:26Did you spot it?
33:27Was it embarrassed?
33:28Was it embarrassed?
33:30Let's have a look.
33:31Well done.
33:33Well done.
33:33Well done.
33:35Well, listen, you didn't embarrass yourself today, Paul, at all.
33:38You just ran out of steam a little bit, didn't you?
33:40Yeah, yeah.
33:40Took a couple of risks late on, yeah.
33:42Yeah.
33:42Yeah, that's it.
33:43That's the fun of it, though, you know?
33:44It's good fun.
33:45Well done, dear.
33:46I know you've got a bit of a long trip home today, so thank you very much for being here.
33:49Really appreciate it.
33:49Cheers.
33:50Thanks.
33:51Second win for you, Isabel.
33:52Should we talk old films tomorrow?
33:54That would be nice.
33:54Oh, that would be very nice, yes.
33:55You'll know more than me.
33:56You'll be a mastermind about it, but I'd love that.
33:58All right.
33:59Vic and Susie, we'll see you tomorrow.
34:01Yes, I'll call it, Vic.
34:02Little quiz question before we go, then.
34:03What's special about tomorrow?
34:05I've been here for over a year, but we've never presented this show together.
34:08Is it February the 29th?
34:09It is indeed, yes.
34:11Once every four years, and you know what that means you can do tomorrow at the top of the show.
34:15Just put that into your mind.
34:17And we will be back tomorrow, Susie, Rachel and I.
34:19You can count on us.
34:22You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:26You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
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