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00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio and a particular welcome in our audience, a group of wonderful students from the Blue Coat School in Oldham.
00:43And a welcome to all you at home and I trust you had a lovely weekend, a quiet weekend, perhaps you were taking some exercise.
00:49Now, apparently, a recent report has told us that one in four adults, that's 25% of the adult population in England, do less than 30 minutes exercise a week.
00:59And that includes walking, gardening and even heavy housework.
01:03I'm not altogether sure what that means.
01:05But exercise is a problem.
01:07I don't do any other than walking.
01:09And I actually do rather enjoy walking as long as it's on the level.
01:12What about you?
01:13I know that you're always hopping up on your bike and tearing off into the traffic.
01:18How many hours do you reckon you do on that bike of yours?
01:22Enough.
01:22Well, I like cycling because you can fit it into your life.
01:25So whenever I've got a job somewhere across London, I can just use that as an excuse instead of sitting on the tube and being miserable and surrounded by people who are also miserable.
01:33Get a bit of exercise.
01:34And what about the gym?
01:35You're still doing gym work?
01:36I hate the gym.
01:37I can't stand the gym.
01:38I can't remember the last time I went there.
01:39I'll leave that and I'll stick to the outdoors.
01:41So you're in love with your bike and why not?
01:43I'm still loving my bike.
01:45It's a nice romance.
01:46Indeed.
01:47Now we've got two new contestants, Rachel.
01:49We've got Michael Pfeffer, a sports data analyst from Manchester.
01:55What's this sports data analysing you're doing?
01:58It's basically a very euphemistic way of saying I'm a professional gambler.
02:02You're a gambler?
02:03Yeah.
02:04I see.
02:05On your own account or are you with a company?
02:06No, I work for a company.
02:07We deal in all sports, whether it's football, golf, cricket, tennis, darts, whatever.
02:12I know you're a big football fan.
02:14Big football fan.
02:15Big Manchester United fan, yeah.
02:16You went to Moscow.
02:17You were there.
02:17I went to Moscow in 2008.
02:18One of the best days of my life.
02:19Indeed.
02:20And just in a nutshell, what happened for those people who carelessly have forgotten?
02:24I could go very much into detail, but it went to penalties.
02:27John Terry slipped.
02:29Van der Sar saved.
02:30United won the cup.
02:31Well done.
02:31All right.
02:32Well, good to have you with us.
02:33Good to have you with us, Michael.
02:34And you're joined by Paul Ellis, another man from the new industry, is digital account
02:39director from Chester, who spent four years in Dubai.
02:43What were you doing there?
02:44I was originally moved to a company as a digital marketing manager in the financial services
02:49industry.
02:50Moved to another company as head of digital marketing.
02:52Okay.
02:52And my son was born, so when my wife and I went, we went alone, and we came back with
02:58a little boy and a dog.
03:01How old is your boy now?
03:03He'll be four now.
03:04And what's he called?
03:05He's Isaac.
03:06Isaac.
03:06He'll be watching.
03:07He will be.
03:08I hope so.
03:08Give him a wave.
03:08Go on.
03:09There we are, Isaac.
03:10Let's have a big round of applause for Paul and Michael.
03:17And over in the corner, after I trust to rest for the weekend, both Susie and for the
03:22last day, but she's always great fun.
03:23Great to have you with us, Jenny Eclair.
03:26How was your weekend?
03:27Quiet, I trust.
03:27I rested all weekend so that I'd be as fresh as a daisy for this.
03:31All right.
03:32Let's move on now to Michael.
03:33Michael Pfeffer.
03:34Let's have some letters for a letters game, shall we?
03:37Thank you, Nick.
03:38Hi, Rachel.
03:39Hi, Michael.
03:39Can I have a consonant, please?
03:41Start the week with R.
03:43And a vowel.
03:45O.
03:46And a consonant.
03:48M.
03:49And another.
03:51B.
03:52And a vowel.
03:54E.
03:55And a consonant.
03:58L.
03:59And a vowel.
04:02I.
04:03And a consonant.
04:05F.
04:07And a final consonant, please.
04:09And a final W.
04:12And here's the countdown clock.
04:13Greg.
04:14And a vowel.
04:15nh.
04:16Michael.
04:45A seven.
04:45A seven, Paul.
04:47Seven.
04:48Two sevens, Michael.
04:49Embroil.
04:50And Paul.
04:51Embroil.
04:52Good start.
04:53And in the corner, what have we got?
04:55I've got as far as elbow.
04:57It's not bad.
04:58Just another seven, otherwise blowier.
05:00It's a bit blowier today.
05:02Mm, blowier.
05:03All right.
05:03Seven apiece.
05:04Paul, your letter's getting.
05:07A consonant, please.
05:08Thank you, Paul.
05:10R.
05:11A consonant.
05:13T.
05:13A vowel.
05:16E.
05:18Consonant.
05:20D.
05:22A consonant.
05:24N.
05:26A vowel.
05:27U.
05:29A consonant.
05:31L.
05:33A vowel.
05:35E.
05:36And a consonant.
05:38And lastly, D.
05:41Stand by.
05:41A vowel.
05:43A vowel.
05:43A vowel.
05:43A vowel.
05:44A vowel.
05:44A vowel.
05:44A vowel.
05:45A vowel.
05:45A vowel.
05:45A vowel.
05:45A vowel.
05:46A vowel.
05:46A vowel.
05:46A vowel.
05:47A vowel.
05:47A vowel.
05:47A vowel.
05:47A vowel.
05:47A vowel.
05:47A vowel.
05:48A vowel.
05:48A vowel.
05:48A vowel.
05:48A vowel.
05:49A vowel.
05:49A vowel.
05:49A vowel.
05:49A vowel.
05:49A vowel.
05:50A vowel.
05:51A vowel.
05:51A vowel.
05:51A vowel.
05:52A vowel.
05:53A vowel.
05:53A vowel.
05:54A vowel.
05:55A vowel.
05:55A vowel.
05:56A vowel.
05:56A vowel.
05:57A vowel.
05:57A vowel.
05:57A vowel.
05:58Yes, Paul?
06:13I think a seven.
06:15A seven, eight.
06:16And an eight.
06:17So, Paul?
06:18Retuned.
06:19And?
06:20Trundled.
06:21Trundled.
06:22Very good.
06:22Excellent, yeah.
06:23Very good.
06:24Excellent, actually.
06:29Trundled, yep.
06:30Susie and Jenny.
06:32I have nothing that's in the English language at all.
06:36Susie, anything there?
06:37Apart from Trundled, which is very, very good, there's denture.
06:40You can have a single denture.
06:42Just about.
06:42For seven.
06:43It's usually in the plural, but we'll give you seven.
06:46All right, denture.
06:47Fifteen plays seven.
06:49Michael, your numbers game.
06:51I'll have one large, please, Rachel.
06:52Thank you, Michael.
06:53One from the top.
06:54And five little ones.
06:56And the first one of the week is...
06:58Two.
06:59Eight.
07:00Five.
07:02Six.
07:03Nine.
07:03And the big one, 25.
07:06And the target, 231.
07:08Two, three, one.
07:09One, two, three, two, three, four, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five
07:39Michael.
07:422, 3, 1.
07:43Yes, Paul.
07:442, 3, 1.
07:45Michael.
07:46I did 25 times 9.
07:482, 2, 5.
07:49And then add the 6.
07:50Straight forward, 2, 3, 1.
07:51There we go.
07:52And Paul.
07:52Yeah.
07:53That's it.
07:54All right.
07:54Yeah.
07:56So, 25 plays by 17.
08:00Michael on 25.
08:01It's time for our first tea time teaser, which is a bundle.
08:07And the clue.
08:07He makes a bundle of errors.
08:08It's one after the next.
08:11He makes a bundle of errors.
08:13It's one after the next.
08:31Welcome back.
08:32I left with the clue.
08:33He makes a bundle of errors.
08:34It's one after the next.
08:36How's that?
08:37Because he's a blunderer.
08:40Blunderer.
08:41Now, if you'd like to become a Countdown contestant, you can email countdown at channel4.com to request an application form.
08:49Or write to us at contestantsapplications, countdown leads, LS3, 1, J, S.
08:5725 days, 17, Michael on 25, and it's Paul's letters go.
09:02All right, Rachel.
09:03Consonant, please.
09:04Thank you, Paul.
09:05R.
09:06Consonant.
09:08G.
09:10Vowel.
09:11A.
09:12A.
09:12A.
09:13A consonant.
09:14T.
09:17A consonant.
09:18W.
09:20A consonant.
09:22T.
09:24A vowel.
09:26O.
09:29Consonant.
09:31B.
09:34And a vowel.
09:36And the last one.
09:37E.
09:39Stand by.
09:39Stand by.
09:39Stand by.
09:59Stand by.
10:01Stand by.
10:05Yes, Paul.
10:12Save six.
10:13Michael.
10:14Six as well.
10:15Paul.
10:16And batter.
10:17And Michael.
10:18Boater.
10:19Yes, that's fine.
10:20Why not?
10:21On your head, it's a boater.
10:24Jenny, Susie.
10:26Miss me out on this round, please, would you?
10:28Would you mind?
10:29And what about Susie, then?
10:31There is an abettor, as in an aider and abettor.
10:35Yeah.
10:35That will give you seven.
10:36And also, Borgate, or Borgate, B-O-R-G-A-T-E,
10:41they are organised branches of the Mafia.
10:43Really?
10:44I haven't come across those.
10:45Borgate.
10:46Well, I'm glad to say.
10:47And there's borage.
10:48Borage.
10:49Yes, there is borage.
10:50It's got borage.
10:50What is borage, then?
10:51It's like a herb.
10:53Yeah.
10:54Borage.
10:55Yes.
10:55Plants, yep.
10:5831 plays 23.
10:59Michael, have a crack at this letters game.
11:01I'll have a consonant, please, Rachel.
11:03Thank you, Michael.
11:04Tea.
11:05And another.
11:07P.
11:09And another.
11:11Y.
11:12And a vowel.
11:14O.
11:15And another.
11:16I.
11:17And another.
11:20I.
11:21And a consonant.
11:23N.
11:24And a vowel, please.
11:31And the last one.
11:32A.
11:34Countdown.
11:35I.
11:54I.
11:54I.
11:55I.
11:55I.
11:56Yes, Michael?
12:06Seven.
12:07Seven, Paul?
12:08Seven.
12:09Michael?
12:10Caption.
12:11And?
12:11Yeah, caption.
12:12There we go.
12:14So, 38 plays 30, just eight in it as I turn to the corner and plead.
12:19Caption in the corner here.
12:20Yes?
12:21Yes.
12:21Nothing else?
12:22Nothing else, that was our single seven.
12:24So, Paul, we're with numbers now for you.
12:29All right, can I have one large and five smalls, please?
12:33You can indeed.
12:34Thank you, Paul.
12:34One big five little again.
12:36And this time, the five little ones are four.
12:39One.
12:40Five.
12:42Another one and ten.
12:43And the big one, 100.
12:46And this target, 804.
12:49804.
12:54Paul?
13:22805.
13:23Michael?
13:23804.
13:24804.
13:25Michael?
13:26Did 10 minus one minus one.
13:29Eight.
13:30Times 100.
13:31800.
13:32And that's the four.
13:33Yeah, lovely.
13:35804.
13:35Sorry, four.
13:36Very good.
13:36Well done.
13:3748 plays 30.
13:39Good strike there.
13:40Now, Jenny Eclair.
13:42We talked at the top of the show about exercise.
13:44Do you do much?
13:45No, Nick, I don't.
13:46I don't like exercise.
13:47I don't mind cheating exercise, which looks like you're doing exercise, but actually you're
13:50not.
13:51For example, right.
13:53I don't know whether you've ever been to the Ile d'Orée.
13:56Yeah, on the west of France.
13:58Atlantic coast.
13:58Oh, it's lovely.
14:00But it's very flat.
14:01Very flat, the Ile d'Orée.
14:03So what people do on the Ile d'Orée is they hire bicycles.
14:07But what you can do, rather than hire a bog standard, you know, purple in the face, you
14:13know, the ones you like, get an electric bike.
14:15Now, the wonderful thing about the electric bike on the Ile d'Orée is you can't tell they're
14:20electric bikes.
14:21They look like normal sit-up and bed bikes.
14:23They're just a little bit heftier around the chain, but nobody looks down there.
14:27So what happens is that somebody like me and my partner, who's older and fatter than
14:32I am, we were whizzing.
14:34We're passing all these sort of 16 and 17 and 18-year-old European boys who were sort
14:39of on proper racing bikes.
14:41And they couldn't believe it when two old fatties were just...
14:45Shot past.
14:46Yeah.
14:46Do you not have to sort of pedal a bit?
14:49Yeah, you can pedal a bit if you want to show willing.
14:52Yeah.
14:52But, you know, once you get to a hill, you can just go, oh, I'm not showing willing
14:55anymore.
14:56I think I'm right in saying that actually when you go downhill, the batteries charge up.
15:00Is that it?
15:01That's it, yeah.
15:02Just leave it to the bike.
15:04You're hardly necessary.
15:06In fact, I think the bike is capable of going off without you.
15:08I like the idea of these things.
15:10Anyway, Ile de la Re, Ile de la Re, it's also an oyster sort of area.
15:15Ile, Oleron is down there.
15:17And it's a rather cool place, isn't it?
15:19Yes, it's quite a cool place, yeah.
15:21Lucky you.
15:22Lucky you.
15:23Oh, anyway.
15:24Well done.
15:28Take me next time.
15:30No.
15:3248 place, 30.
15:33Michael on 48.
15:34Michael, let us go.
15:35I'll have a consonant, please, Rachel.
15:37Thank you, Michael.
15:38P.
15:38And a vowel.
15:42O.
15:43And another.
15:45E.
15:47And a consonant.
15:49N.
15:50And another.
15:51M.
15:52And another.
15:54G.
15:56And a vowel.
15:58U.
15:58And a consonant.
16:02T.
16:03And a consonant, please.
16:06And lastly, J.
16:08Stand by.
16:09� Um,
16:10m.
16:16And a consonant.
16:19T.
16:21And a consonant.
16:22Yes, Michael?
16:41Six.
16:42A six.
16:43Paul?
16:44Six.
16:45Michael?
16:46Nutmeg.
16:47And Paul?
16:48Tongue.
16:49And tongue.
16:50Any advances?
16:51Jenny?
16:52Susie?
16:52I've got pot men.
16:54Pot men.
16:55Very good.
16:55For six.
16:56But otherwise, it was nutmeg and tongue all the way.
16:59Not bad.
17:0054 to 36.
17:02Paul, it's your letters game.
17:04Rachel, I'll start with the vowel, please.
17:06Thank you, Paul.
17:07O.
17:08Consonant.
17:10G.
17:12A vowel.
17:14A.
17:15Vowel.
17:17E.
17:18A consonant.
17:21M.
17:21A consonant.
17:24F.
17:26Vowel.
17:28O.
17:30A consonant.
17:32D.
17:33And a consonant, please.
17:36And lastly, N.
17:38Stand by.
17:39A consonant.
17:41A consonant.
17:41A consonant.
17:42A consonant.
17:42A consonant.
17:42A consonant.
17:42A consonant.
17:43A consonant.
17:43A consonant.
17:44A consonant.
17:44A consonant.
17:45A consonant.
17:45A consonant.
17:45A consonant.
17:45A consonant.
17:46A consonant.
17:46A consonant.
17:46A consonant.
17:46A consonant.
17:46A consonant.
17:47A consonant.
17:47A consonant.
17:47A consonant.
17:48A consonant.
17:48A consonant.
17:49A consonant.
17:49A consonant.
17:49A consonant.
17:50A consonant.
17:50A consonant.
17:50A consonant.
17:51A consonant.
17:52A consonant.
17:53A consonant.
17:53A consonant.
17:53A consonant.
17:54A consonant.
17:54A consonant.
17:55A consonant.
17:56A consonant.
17:56A consonant.
17:57A consonant.
17:57A consonant.
17:58A consonant.
17:58Well, Paul.
18:11A seven, I think.
18:12A seven, yes, Michael.
18:14A risky six.
18:16And that risky six?
18:17Fanged.
18:18Fanged.
18:19Paul?
18:20Mangoed.
18:22Fanged is fine, but unfortunately there's no mangoed.
18:25Tangoed, but not mangoed, I'm afraid.
18:28Jenny, Susie.
18:30We had mooned for six.
18:32And demon.
18:33And demon, the old-fashioned way.
18:35Yeah.
18:38Sixty plays thirty-six.
18:40Michael, numbers game.
18:42Whatever you fancy, Rachel.
18:44Oh, seeing as you're a nightie fan, let's go for a treble.
18:46Three from the top and three a little.
18:48Back to the old days.
18:49And they are two, seven, another two.
18:53And the large one, seventy-five.
18:56One hundred and twenty-five.
18:59And the target, six hundred and nineteen.
19:01Six, one, nine.
19:02We have one.
19:04We have one.
19:23We have two.
19:24Michael.
19:34Um, just 6-2-1.
19:376-2-1. Paul?
19:38Yeah, 6-2-1 as well.
19:40So, Michael?
19:41I did 100 times 7.
19:43700. Minus 75.
19:456-2-5.
19:46Minus both twos.
19:48Yeah. And Paul?
19:49Yeah, it's there.
19:51Thank you, gentlemen.
19:5367 plays 43.
19:55But, Rachel, 6-1-9.
19:57Can you crack that for us?
19:59Yes, you could have said 100 minus 75 is 25.
20:04Times the 25 is 625.
20:08Less the 7 is 618.
20:10And then you have 2 over 2 for 1 to add on for 619.
20:14Well done.
20:15Well done, Rachel.
20:18So, 67-43.
20:20Michael in the lead as we turn to our second tea time teaser.
20:23Which is, enema must.
20:26And the clue.
20:27An enema must rank as the last thing you'd do in search of this.
20:32An enema must rank as the last thing you'd do in search of this.
20:36An enema must rank as the last thing you'd do in search of this.
20:58In search of amusement.
21:01Amusement.
21:01I think they're probably right.
21:04So, 67-43.
21:07Paul?
21:08Let's have a letter scan.
21:10A consonant, please, Rachel.
21:11Thank you, Paul.
21:12S.
21:13A consonant.
21:15N.
21:17A vowel.
21:19I.
21:20A consonant.
21:22L.
21:24A vowel.
21:24U.
21:26U.
21:27A consonant.
21:29H.
21:30A vowel.
21:32I.
21:34A consonant, please.
21:36D.
21:38And a final vowel.
21:41And a final A.
21:42Stand by.
21:44Stand by.
21:44Stand by.
21:46Yes, Paul?
21:48A consonant, please.
21:49A consonant, please.
21:49A consonant, please.
21:50A consonant, please.
21:50A consonant, please.
21:51A consonant, please.
21:51A consonant, please.
21:52A consonant, please.
21:52A consonant, please.
21:53A consonant, please.
21:53A consonant, please.
21:54A consonant, please.
21:55A consonant, please.
21:56A consonant, please.
21:57A consonant, please.
21:58A consonant, please.
21:59A consonant, please.
22:00A consonant, please.
22:01A consonant, please.
22:02A consonant, please.
22:03A consonant, please.
22:04A consonant, please.
22:05A consonant, please.
22:06A consonant, please.
22:07A consonant, please.
22:08A consonant, please.
22:09A consonant, please.
22:10A consonant, please.
22:11A consonant, please.
22:12A consonant, please.
22:13Yes, Paul?
22:16Er, say five.
22:18Michael?
22:18I'll try six.
22:19Paul?
22:20Er, snail.
22:21And?
22:22Unsaid?
22:24Unsaid?
22:24Absolutely fine, yes, no problem with that.
22:27And Jenny?
22:28Well, Jenny and Susie together.
22:30Yes.
22:31Sundial.
22:32Sundial?
22:33Yeah.
22:34It's clever how they work, isn't it?
22:36Yeah, I was at a very old church the other day,
22:39and there was just a sort of a prong coming out of the tower,
22:44and there it was, there's a sundial.
22:45It was nothing else, just a prong.
22:48It was brilliant.
22:49We don't need all this technology, do we, Nick?
22:51Well, it's handy, to be quite honest with you.
22:53You can't land a spaceship with the strength of a sundial.
22:5773 to 43, Michael in the lead.
22:59Michael, let us go now.
23:01Have a consonant, please, Rachel.
23:02Thank you, Michael.
23:04T.
23:06And the vowel.
23:08O.
23:09Continent.
23:13P.
23:14And another.
23:17S.
23:18And another.
23:20H.
23:21And the vowel.
23:23E.
23:24And the consonant.
23:26R.
23:27And the vowel.
23:30I.
23:31And a consonant, please.
23:32And the last one.
23:34S.
23:35And the clock starts now.
23:36And the vowel.
23:37And the vowel.
23:38And the vowel.
23:38And the vowel.
23:39And the vowel.
23:39And the vowel.
23:39And the vowel.
23:40And the vowel.
23:40And the vowel.
23:40And the vowel.
23:41And the vowel.
23:41And the vowel.
23:42And the vowel.
23:42And the vowel.
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24:06Michael, eight. Paul? Eight. Yes, Michael? Ripostes. Ripostes. And Mr Ellis? Hipsters. Yeah, hipsters are absolutely fine.
24:17Very good. So, 81 and 51, what about the corner? We've got hipsters. Did you get anything else?
24:27Trophies are also there. And there is a nine, actually. Prothesis. It's not the same as prosthesis. It's very hard to say.
24:37But prothesis is, in the Christian church, the action of placing the Eucharistic elements on the credence table. So, very specific ritual.
24:47Absolutely. Well done. Prothesis. Right. 81 to 51, as I say. Susie?
24:57Your origins of words delights us on a daily basis. What have you got for us today?
25:02Thank you. Well, I was going to say, we all have spelling blind spots. At least most of us have spelling blind spots.
25:08Even people who work with dictionaries every day. And I have quite a few. But one of them is weird. Literally, it's the word weird.
25:15I have to do a double take every time I write it down, just to check I'm spelling it the right way.
25:20So, I thought I'd talk about the story behind the word. Because it is itself a little bit weird.
25:26And it only came to have the meaning we know today, meaning strange or bizarre, relatively recently, when you take account of the whole history of the English language.
25:36But you have to go all the way back to a very ancient, lost language that was actually quite an exotic language, but is known by a very unexotic name.
25:44And that's Proto-Indo-European.
25:46And in that language, a word, W-E-R-T, meant to turn or bend. It's related to the Latin verses.
25:54And after a very long journey through many, many languages, it entered Old English, so Anglo-Saxon, as a word.
26:01So, that was W-Y-R-D.
26:03W-E-R-T, but by that time, it no longer meant to turn, strictly speaking, but it meant to be destiny, if you like.
26:10So, it was more to do with fate, with the idea of the direction that our lives would take.
26:16So, turning in that sense, turning in a sense of a journey.
26:19And if you leap forward quite a long way now, by the 1400s, W-E-R-T still had that sense of fate or destiny, the power to control fate.
26:29And it even became the personification of fate, as in the three fates of Roman and Greek mythology.
26:35So, Chaucer used it in that way.
26:37For example, he mentioned in one of his stories, the weirds that we call destiny have determined that she must necessarily be solemn.
26:43And it didn't stop there.
26:46From fate, weirds came to mean another legendary controller of human destiny, and that's the witch.
26:52And perhaps the most famous use of weird in this way is found in Shakespeare's Macbeth, in the character of the weird sisters, who were, of course, witches.
27:01They were able to foresee the future.
27:03They brought about Macbeth's demise, and they bear a striking resemblance to the three fates, as I say, of mythology, who sat around a spindle and controlled the threads of human destiny.
27:13So, it's travelled all that way, as I say, from an ancient lost language, and kind of settled with Shakespeare, and he gave us the meaning we have today.
27:20But as for the spelling, I just, the only way to remember it is, I just think we all can be a little bit strange sometimes, so I put the we in weird, and that's how I remember it.
27:30Excellent.
27:34Well done. Thank you.
27:3681, please. 51.
27:37Now then, Paul, we turn to you for a letters game.
27:41Consonant, please.
27:41Thank you, Paul.
27:42C
27:43A consonant
27:44R
27:46A consonant
27:48L
27:50Vowel, please
27:52A
27:53Vowel, please
27:55E
27:56A consonant
27:58D
27:59A consonant
28:01R
28:03A vowel
28:05A
28:07And a consonant, please
28:10And lastly, N
28:11Stand by
28:28A consonant
28:29Adollar
28:29Paul. Eight.
28:46I'm eight, Michael.
28:47Just a six.
28:49And your six?
28:50Camdo.
28:51Now.
28:52Calender.
28:53Calender.
28:54Well done.
28:55Very good indeed.
28:58And in the corner.
29:00Can we match?
29:01Any more eights?
29:02No, nowhere near an eight.
29:04I got trapped with Dancer.
29:07Anything else?
29:08Well, there is one eight.
29:09I think you'll like this one, Nick.
29:10Because I think you're quite fond of pigs,
29:11if I remember rightly.
29:12Landrace is a pig of a white, lop-eared breed.
29:15They're very common.
29:15They're white piggies.
29:17Yeah.
29:18They're good for bacon.
29:19Landrace.
29:19Comes from the Danish.
29:20I like the Gloucester Old Spot.
29:24Ah.
29:24For a particularly fine rasha.
29:27All right.
29:2881 plays 59.
29:30Michael, how about the last letters game?
29:33I'll have a consonant, please, Rachel.
29:35Thank you, Michael.
29:36S.
29:37And another.
29:39R.
29:40And another.
29:42N.
29:43And about.
29:44E.
29:46And another.
29:47A.
29:48And another.
29:50O.
29:51Consonant, please.
29:53R.
29:54And another.
29:55Z.
29:57And a consonant, please.
30:00And lastly, S.
30:02Stand by.
30:02Don't besie.
30:04Do not get it.
30:04Yes.
30:05Do not get it.
30:16But.
30:19Amos.
30:21Michael?
30:34Seven.
30:35A seven, Paul?
30:36Seven.
30:37Michael?
30:38Reasons.
30:39And snorers.
30:42Snorers.
30:43Yeah, very good.
30:45Yeah.
30:45I've got reasons.
30:46You've got reasons and snorers.
30:48Anything else?
30:49No.
30:49We'll stick with that, then.
30:5188 playing 66.
30:53Paul, the last numbers game for you.
30:57Try six small ones, please.
30:59Why not?
31:01Thank you very much, Paul.
31:02Six little ones to finish the day.
31:04And for this round, they are three, seven, nine, two.
31:10Another two.
31:11And a one.
31:13Could be tricky.
31:14Target 579.
31:16Five, seven, nine.
31:17Go.
31:18Go.
31:19Quentin15.
31:19Go.
31:20Do you?
31:29Go.
31:29Go.
31:30Go.
31:30Well, Paul?
31:49I think I've got five, six, nine.
31:52Five, six, nine.
31:53Michael?
31:53I think I've got five, six, nine as well, not properly written down.
31:57Let's hear from you, then.
31:59Yes, Michael?
31:59So, I did nine times seven.
32:0363.
32:04And then I did two at one is three, times the other three.
32:09Times three for nine.
32:11Yep, 63 times nine.
32:1363 times nine is 567.
32:21And then I've got the other two.
32:22And then you haven't used that.
32:24Five, six, nine.
32:25Well done.
32:26Well done, Michael.
32:26Well done.
32:27You did that very well in difficulties.
32:29Paul?
32:29Yeah.
32:31Same way?
32:32Yeah, it looks good.
32:33OK.
32:34Now, Rachel, help us here.
32:36We're way out.
32:38Well, I can get you to 581.
32:40But I think that's the closest.
32:42This is impossible.
32:42Well done.
32:43So, 93 to 71 as we go into the final round.
32:47Gentlemen, fingers on buzzers.
32:50Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:00Yes, Paul?
33:01Is it saturated?
33:03Saturated.
33:03Let's see whether you're right.
33:05Saturated.
33:06Well done.
33:06Wow.
33:07Well done, Paul.
33:12A late surge, but a little bit too late.
33:15You played well, though.
33:16Well done.
33:17You're going to take this goodie bag back to Chester.
33:20Yes.
33:20And your little Isaac.
33:21He'll be very proud of you, too.
33:22Hope so.
33:24Thanks for coming.
33:25Well done, Michael.
33:26Well done, Michael.
33:27We should look forward to seeing you tomorrow.
33:29Take it easy.
33:30We will not be seeing you tomorrow.
33:32You're off to write your book.
33:33Yes, I am.
33:33You haven't got one of these shepherd's caravans or whatever they're called.
33:37A shepherd's hut.
33:38Shepherd's hut.
33:39That's it.
33:39No, I haven't got one of those.
33:41I've just got a hole in the garden.
33:44Well, have a good writing season.
33:47You come back and see us very, very soon.
33:49I hope so.
33:49Thank you very much.
33:49And good luck with the current book as well.
33:51Well done.
33:52Well done.
33:53Susie?
33:54Yeah.
33:55See you tomorrow.
33:56Kate Humble will be there.
33:58Another favourite guest.
34:00See you tomorrow.
34:01Yep.
34:01You can have a good chat about your favourite brand of pig.
34:04They brand?
34:05Breed of pig.
34:05Breed.
34:06Breed.
34:06So you need Kate.
34:07We need Kate here.
34:08She's the expert.
34:08We've got the Landrace.
34:09We've got the old spot.
34:11And the Wiltshire Saddleback.
34:13Save it for tomorrow, Nick.
34:14No, the favourite of mine.
34:15Have you ever held a baby pig?
34:17I have never held a baby pig.
34:18They are fabulous.
34:20And they keep you warm.
34:22Well done.
34:23I'll take that into consideration.
34:25See you tomorrow.
34:27See you then.
34:27Join us then.
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