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00:00Thank you very much.
00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34And it was 30 years ago that something really rather important happened in the music world.
00:39Yes, it was on this very day 30 years ago that MTV launched in Europe.
00:45And I think it was on the very first day of MTV Europe that Sting actually had the line,
00:51I want my MTV, and he was, I think, playing with Dire Straits as a sort of a guest on one of their records.
00:58And there we are.
00:59U2 was always, I was very keen on them.
01:02They were very good.
01:03And they're back with another tour, apparently.
01:05It's Joshua Tree, based on the Joshua Tree, which has some great, great songs.
01:10So With or Without You and Where the Streets Have No Name is fantastic.
01:13And off they go.
01:13So that's my favourite video, With or Without You.
01:17How about you?
01:18There was a Michael Jackson one, Remember the Time.
01:20They go back in time and there's Cleopatra and Eddie Murphy's in it,
01:23and then they're all dancing, and it's like a Hollywood movie in its own right.
01:26All right, well done.
01:27Who have we got with us, Rachel?
01:28None other than Michael Fifa, a sports analyst, data analyst from Manchester,
01:34basically in the gambling business.
01:36Yep.
01:36Not only that, but you've now brought your whole family along.
01:41Yep.
01:41One win and they're all there.
01:43Fantastic.
01:44They're glory supporters.
01:45Give them a little wave then, go on.
01:48Just to embarrass you.
01:50No, Michael, you had a good win.
01:52Yeah.
01:53Confident.
01:53Debut and you're joined by Gordon, Gordon Burgess.
01:57Welcome, Gordon.
01:58And Gordon's a retired decorator from Helensburg, and during a 60-year stint in the family decorating business,
02:05you once upon a time had the job, a great job, a great commission, of working on Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Hill House in Helensburg.
02:14Tell us a little bit about that great, great architect and designer.
02:19Absolutely brilliant.
02:20A man of genius.
02:22And it wasn't just an architect.
02:26It was a complete interior decor from rugs to clocks.
02:31And the Hill House is now in the trust of the Scottish National Trust and is open to the public.
02:38Well done.
02:39All right.
02:39Let's have a big round of applause then, shall we, for Michael and Gordon.
02:47And over in the corner of the street, she's there.
02:48Of course she is.
02:49And she's a TV presenter with a huge love of animals.
02:52And I am shocked to learn that it's been five years since you were here last.
02:57I know.
02:58I know.
02:59I don't know what I did last time I was here, but obviously it was unforgivable.
03:02You did nothing wrong.
03:04And we're going to make sure this never happens again.
03:05Terrible lapse.
03:06It's Kate Humble.
03:07Welcome, Kate.
03:11Terrible omission.
03:13Now then, Michael, take us away.
03:15Let us go.
03:16Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:16Afternoon, Michael.
03:17Can I have a consonant, please?
03:18Start today with S.
03:21And another, please.
03:23R.
03:24And the vowel.
03:26A.
03:26And another.
03:28E.
03:30And consonant.
03:31J.
03:33And another.
03:34N.
03:36And another.
03:37L.
03:37And a vowel.
03:39And a vowel.
03:41I.
03:42And a vowel, please.
03:44And the last one.
03:45E.
03:47And here comes the countdown clock.
04:01Yes, Michael?
04:20Seven, I think.
04:21A seven. Gordon?
04:23I'm only going to claim a six.
04:25And that six would be Gordon?
04:28Learns.
04:29Thank you, Michael.
04:30Chayla's?
04:31Yep.
04:32Absolutely fine.
04:34Perfect.
04:34Yes.
04:35Can we match that, I wonder?
04:36Kate and Susie?
04:40Realises there.
04:41Yes.
04:41It's a seven.
04:42I can't do anything more than that there.
04:44Relines for seven.
04:46Quite a few sevens, but we were looking for the eight.
04:48I haven't found it yet.
04:49All right.
04:51So, quick score for Michael there, and we turn now to you, Gordon, for a letters game.
04:56Consonant.
04:57Thank you, Gordon.
04:58Q.
04:59And another consonant, please.
05:03T.
05:04And yet another consonant.
05:07R.
05:09Perhaps a vowel.
05:11A.
05:14And another vowel, please.
05:16U.
05:19A consonant.
05:21N.
05:21And another consonant.
05:27T.
05:30And a vowel to finish up with.
05:33O.
05:34I'm going to move out the way of the last one.
05:35Oh, you want another one.
05:36OK.
05:37Yes, please.
05:38I'll just get a nine with just eight letters.
05:40Another consonant.
05:42A freebie.
05:43T.
05:44Stand by.
05:44I'll see you next time.
05:46I'll see you next time.
05:46It's a vowel.
05:47It's a vowel.
05:47It's a vowel.
05:48It's a vowel.
05:48It's a vowel.
05:48It's a vowel.
05:48It's a vowel.
05:49It's a vowel.
05:49It's a vowel.
05:51It's a vowel.
05:51It's a vowel.
05:52It's a vowel.
05:53It's a vowel.
05:53It's a vowel.
05:54It's a vowel.
05:54It's a vowel.
05:55It's a vowel.
05:55It's a vowel.
05:55It's a vowel.
05:56It's a vowel.
05:56It's a vowel.
05:57It's a vowel.
05:57It's a vowel.
05:58It's a vowel.
05:58It's a vowel.
05:59It's a vowel.
05:59It's a vowel.
05:59It's a vowel.
06:00It's a vowel.
06:01It's a vowel.
06:02Yes, Gordon?
06:17A six.
06:18A six, Michael?
06:19A six.
06:20Gordon?
06:21Truant.
06:22Truant.
06:22You're both truant?
06:23Same one, yeah.
06:25There we go.
06:26I believe you.
06:28Truant.
06:29Anybody else missing?
06:32I couldn't get more than a six.
06:35Outran was the other.
06:37Outran.
06:37Very good.
06:38Susie, anything else?
06:39Yeah, likewise.
06:39Quarto is another one there for six.
06:41Page size in a book.
06:43Quarto, yeah.
06:43Put it into eight pages.
06:45Thirteen plays six.
06:48Michael on 13.
06:49Michael, numbers game.
06:50I'll have one large, please, Rachel.
06:51Thank you, Michael.
06:52One from the top row, five little ones.
06:54And the first numbers game of the day is four, six, four, eight, five.
07:02And the large one, 25.
07:04And the target, 539.
07:06Five, three, nine.
07:08One from the top row, five, six, four, eight, five, six, five, six, five, six, five, six, five, six, six, six, six, six, six, seven, six, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven
07:38Michael.
07:40Five, three, eight.
07:42One away. How about Gordon?
07:43I'm farther away than that.
07:45So let's hear from Michael.
07:49So I did five times four.
07:52Five times four is 20.
07:55Times 25.
07:57500.
07:58Eight times four is 32.
08:00Eight times the other four, 32.
08:02And then add the six.
08:03And add the six. Yep, one away.
08:05Well done, Michael.
08:06But five, three, nine.
08:08Rachel, can you crack that for us?
08:11Leave it with me.
08:12Certainly will. Certainly will.
08:1420 plays six.
08:15Michael in the lead as we go to our first tea time teaser,
08:19which is poached tail.
08:20And the clue?
08:22It's not just the tail that's been poached to make this.
08:24It's other bits too.
08:26It's not just the tail that's been poached to make this.
08:29It's other bits too.
08:36Welcome back.
08:46I left with the clue.
08:47It's not just the tail that's been poached to make this.
08:50It's other bits too.
08:52And the answer to that one is chipolata.
08:55Chipolata.
08:56539, Rachel, what have you been up to?
08:58Um, yes, I found a couple of ways.
09:00You could have said four times four is 16.
09:03Plus eight is 24.
09:06Plus 25 is 49.
09:08And then six plus five is 11.
09:11And times them together.
09:12Oh, well done.
09:15Thanks, Rachel.
09:16Now we turn to you, Gordon, for your letters game.
09:18Yes.
09:19May I have a consonant, please?
09:21Thank you, Gordon.
09:22R.
09:23And another one?
09:26N.
09:27And another one?
09:29R.
09:31And a vowel?
09:33A.
09:35And another vowel?
09:37E.
09:40And another vowel?
09:42I.
09:44A consonant?
09:46G.
09:46And I'll finish with a vowel.
09:57And finish with U.
09:59Stand by.
10:00O'er?
10:01Yeah.
10:02No.
10:02Okay.
10:10And another vowel?
10:17Yeah.
10:17I'll finish with a vowel.
10:18I.
10:19And a vowel?
10:19I.
10:20I.
10:21I.
10:21I.
10:21I.
10:22I.
10:22I.
10:22I.
10:23I.
10:23I.
10:24I.
10:25I.
10:26I.
10:26I.
10:28I.
10:29I.
10:29I.
10:29I.
10:29I.
10:29I.
10:29I.
10:30I.
10:30I.
10:30I.
10:30Gordon?
10:33I think I have an eight.
10:35All right.
10:37No, I know I haven't.
10:40Let's see what Michael's got.
10:41Michael, just a seven.
10:42A seven, your seven?
10:44Nearing.
10:46And, Gordon, you...
10:47I'm minus a G.
10:50Oh, bad luck.
10:51I've got a seven, but I'm an eight.
10:53Never mind.
10:54What has the corner got for us, I wonder?
10:57Kate and Susie?
10:58I've got a seven.
11:00Yes.
11:01Rearing.
11:02Mm-hmm.
11:03Susie?
11:04Lots of sevens, yeah.
11:05Nearing, rearing, ranger, earring, angrier.
11:07One eight that we can find unerring.
11:10Unwavering.
11:11Well done.
11:11Yeah.
11:12Thank you, Michael.
11:14Off we go.
11:15Letters game.
11:16We'll have a consonant, please, Rachel.
11:17Thank you, Michael.
11:18R.
11:20And another one.
11:22V.
11:23And the vowel.
11:25E.
11:27And another one.
11:29I.
11:30And a consonant.
11:32D.
11:34And another.
11:36R.
11:37And another.
11:39Y.
11:40And a vowel.
11:43U.
11:44And a final consonant, please.
11:46And a final G.
11:47And here's the countdown clock.
11:50And a vowel.
11:52MUSIC PLAYS
12:22A six. Gordon. Six. Michael. Driver. Driver and... Driver. Driver. There we are. Two drivers here. Yeah, you got it. Well done. All right. Now, in the corner, what have we got? Alternative six would be rudery. Rudery? Yes. Enough of this rudery. Rudeness or lack of sophistication as well. All right. Thank you. 33 to 12. And Gordon. Here we go, Gordon. It's numbers time for you.
12:49Rachel, could I have two large ones and four small ones, please? Of course. Thank you, Gordon. Two biggies and four little ones. And these numbers are six, eight, six, seven, 75 and 25. And the target, 469. 469.
13:41Gordon. 469. 469. Michael. 469 as well. Gordon. Six times 75. 675 is 450. Plus 25. 475. Minus six. Yeah. Well done.
13:56And Michael. Same way. I believe you.
14:03Yeah. Well done. So, Michael on 43. Gordon on 22. As we turn our attention to Kate over there. And Kate, dogs. How much do you love them? So much that your new book, Friends for Life, is all about the various dogs in Kate Temple's life, I guess.
14:21Well, it is a little bit about that. It's actually, it's about the kind of extraordinary partnership between humans and dogs.
14:31And how did that relationship start and get to a point where we are now? This book was really about exploring how dogs have become so intrinsic to human life.
14:43I would argue, I think, I would argue, I think quite convincingly, but it's almost become a symbiotic relationship. And it came from, I have a little farm in Wales, in Monmouthshire, where I live.
14:55And I have a few sheep. So four years ago, I got a little Welsh sheepdog puppy, a little bundle of ginger and white fluff. And she's got amazing David Bowie eyes. And I started on a journey of learning how to work with a dog.
15:12In that process, we did develop this partnership. And that's when I started to kind of explore other working partnerships with people with dogs. And there are some amazing stories out there, you know, search and rescue, you know, people who've been rescued.
15:29The last survivor, living survivor of the 9-11 attack was found 40 feet under concrete by an Alsatian.
15:41And now there is incredible pioneering work being done with dogs that can support humans with chronic diseases.
15:50So brittle type 1 diabetes, for example, when you have a hypoglycemic attack and you've got brittle type 1 diabetes, your body doesn't tell you it's going to happen.
16:01But dogs can pick it up and get you into a position where you're going to be safe.
16:07I met an extraordinary woman called Dr. Claire Guest, who started a brilliant scientific charity called Medical Detection Dogs.
16:16She's trained the very first dog that can air scent for peanuts for somebody who has a peanut allergy so severe.
16:24If she goes into a room and someone had eaten peanuts the day before, she would have anaphylactic shock.
16:28This dog can spot it and get her out of the room.
16:32Brilliant. I know the Medical Detection Dogs. They're based in Great Horwood in Buckinghamshire.
16:36They are. Yeah, they are.
16:37And I know some people who support them very well.
16:39They are extraordinary.
16:40Perfect. Thank you so much. Well done.
16:46Yeah.
16:4843 plays 22. Michael on 43. Michael, your letters again.
16:52Thank you. I'll have a consonant, Rachel, please.
16:55Thank you, Michael. L.
16:56Annabelle.
16:58A.
16:59Continent.
17:02S.
17:03And another.
17:05L.
17:06And another.
17:08N.
17:10Annabelle.
17:12I.
17:13Another vowel.
17:14E.
17:16E.
17:17Consonant.
17:19D.
17:20And A.
17:22Consonant, please.
17:23And lastly, F.
17:25Stand by.
17:26And a.
17:26M.
17:30D.
17:32...
17:35E.
17:35V.
17:38E.
17:39D.
17:39Yang.
17:40E.
17:41E.
17:42E.
17:43E.
17:43E.
17:44E.
17:46E.
17:47E.
17:48E.
17:48E.
17:49E.
17:49Michael.
17:58I'll try a seven.
17:59A seven and Gordon?
18:01Six.
18:02And that six?
18:03Is fields.
18:05Fields and?
18:06Denials.
18:07And denials.
18:08Very good.
18:09Yeah.
18:10Now, what else have we got?
18:12Kate?
18:12I got a seven, which I had to check with Susie, which is Sallied.
18:17Sallied fourth?
18:17Yes, Sallied fourth.
18:19OK.
18:20Anything else?
18:20Dallies and lots of other sevens there, Nick.
18:22Sallied fourth.
18:23That's rather a sort of careless way of...
18:25Yeah.
18:25Is it?
18:26Yeah, it actually comes from making a military sortie,
18:28so they sallied out to harass the enemy.
18:31Oh, I see.
18:31So it's not just a casual trot.
18:33No, it can be a specific excursion with a mission in mind.
18:37That's a crisp, isn't it?
18:3950 plays 22.
18:41Gordon, let us go.
18:44Consonant, please.
18:46Thank you, Gordon.
18:47Tea.
18:47And another consonant.
18:51S.
18:52And another consonant.
18:55D.
18:57And a vowel.
19:00O.
19:02And another vowel.
19:04E.
19:06And a consonant.
19:09N.
19:09And another consonant.
19:13L.
19:15And a vowel.
19:18I.
19:20And a consonant.
19:22And the last one.
19:23W.
19:25Stand by.
19:25And a consonant.
19:27And a consonant.
19:27And a consonant.
19:28And a consonant.
19:28And a consonant.
19:28And a consonant.
19:29And a consonant.
19:29And a consonant.
19:29And a consonant.
19:30And a consonant.
19:30And a consonant.
19:31And a consonant.
19:31And a consonant.
19:31And a consonant.
19:31And a consonant.
19:31And a consonant.
19:32And a consonant.
19:32And a consonant.
19:32And a consonant.
19:33And a consonant.
19:33And a consonant.
19:33And a consonant.
19:34And a consonant.
19:34And a consonant.
19:35And a consonant.
19:35And a consonant.
19:35And a consonant.
19:36And a consonant.
19:36And a consonant.
19:37And a consonant.
19:38And a consonant.
19:38And a consonant.
19:39And a consonant.
19:39And a consonant.
19:40And a consonant.
19:40And a consonant.
19:40And a consonant.
19:55Well, Gordon. Seven. A seven, Michael? A six. A six? Which is? Widens. Now, Gordon. Swindle. Very nice. Swindle. Any other sevens there? We've done a run well in the corner. We've got eights. Oh, yes? Toe lines. Yeah. Is that all right? It is all one word. Excellent. And also downiest. Downiest. Lovely. Well done.
20:2550 plays now. 29. Gordon creeping up there. And it's Michael's numbers game. Yes, Michael? Thank you, Nick. I'll have one from the top, please, Rachel. Thank you, Michael. One large five a little coming up. And this time, they are seven, five, four, nine, six. And the big one, 100. And the target, 367.
20:52367.
20:55367.
21:25367. And Gordon?
21:28365.
21:29So we turn to you, Michael.
21:31I did 100 minus five.
21:3395.
21:35Multiply by four.
21:36380.
21:37And subtract the seven and the six.
21:39Yeah. Lovely. Well done.
21:41Well done, indeed.
21:42Three, three, three, six, seven.
21:43Three, six, seven.
21:43So 60 now, please, sir.
21:4529 as we turn to our second tea time teaser, which is unboasted.
21:50And the clue.
21:51She didn't boast that she was about to have a holiday in China.
21:55She didn't boast that she was about to have a holiday in China.
21:59Welcome back.
22:16Warm welcome back.
22:17I left with the clue.
22:17She didn't boast that she was about to have a holiday in China.
22:21The answer to that is eastbound.
22:23Eastbound.
22:25Now, 60 plays 29.
22:27Michael on 60.
22:29Gordon, have a crack at this letters game.
22:31Hello again, Rachel.
22:33Could I have a consonant?
22:34Thank you, Gordon.
22:36W.
22:36And another one?
22:39B.
22:40And a third one?
22:43H.
22:43Oh, and let's go for a fourth.
22:47T.
22:49And a vowel?
22:51E.
22:53And another vowel?
22:56U.
22:57And another vowel?
23:00E.
23:01And a consonant?
23:04S.
23:06And another vowel to finish up with.
23:10And lastly, A.
23:13Countdown.
23:14And another vowel is with a noun.
23:18Yes, Gordon?
23:47A six.
23:47A six. Michael?
23:49Six.
23:50Now, Gordon, bees.
23:54And?
23:54Wheats.
23:56Did you have an S on the end?
23:57Yeah.
23:58Oof.
23:59It's not light.
24:02Well, let's see what the guru says.
24:04Yeah, there are several species.
24:06Bread wheat, Durham wheat, etc.
24:08So I'm going to allow the countdown exception to amass now.
24:12But it's fine.
24:13You let wheats through, will you?
24:14Yes, I will.
24:15I see.
24:15And in the corner, what else have we got there, Kate?
24:20I am not sure.
24:22There's beauts.
24:23Are you allowed to have that?
24:25You are.
24:25You beaut?
24:25In the Australian sense, yes.
24:27You can definitely have that.
24:29Bathes as well.
24:31And one seven that we could find wash tub.
24:34Wash tub?
24:34Yes.
24:34That's a good way to wash tub.
24:36All right.
24:3766 to 35.
24:38Michael, your letters game of a consonant, Rachel.
24:42Thank you, Michael.
24:43D.
24:44And the consonant?
24:46R.
24:47And another?
24:50G.
24:51And a vowel?
24:53E.
24:53Another vowel?
24:55A.
24:56Consonant?
24:59M.
25:00Consonant?
25:02S.
25:03Vowel?
25:05O.
25:07And a vowel, please.
25:10And the last one, E.
25:12And here comes the countdown clock.
25:14BELL RINGS
25:16BELL RINGS
25:46A seven, yes.
25:48Gordon?
25:49Only six.
25:51And that's six of yours?
25:52Dreams.
25:53Dreams and Michael?
25:55Smeared.
25:56Smeared.
25:57There we go.
25:58Anything else?
25:59I also got dreams, but Susie went one better.
26:02Yes, Susie?
26:03I did, yes.
26:04Orgasmed is there for eight.
26:06Excellent.
26:08Very satisfactory as it is, too.
26:10Thank you very much.
26:1173 plays 35 as we turn back to Susie for her origin of words.
26:16We're going to talk about one of those words which have changed their meaning over time,
26:21so they're almost unrecognisable today,
26:22but they still leave little footprints of their history behind,
26:26particularly in expressions in the language.
26:29And we're going to talk about quick today,
26:31because nowadays quick, of course, means fast.
26:34But that wasn't always the case.
26:35So you can trace it back to a word of Germanic origin came into Anglo-Saxon,
26:40and it was quicku, and it meant simply alive or to be really animated.
26:44And if you trace it all the way back to the lost, extinct language of Indo-European,
26:50you'll find a route that actually gave us bios in Greek and also vivos in Latin,
26:54which, of course, have given us so many other words in English today.
26:57But that original sense of the word quick does still exist,
27:02and you'll find it in quicksilver and quicklime, too.
27:05So quicksilver, another term for mercury, a beautiful name, I think,
27:08is supposedly alive because of the way the drops of liquid mercury move.
27:14Quicklime is so-called, again, because of its vigorousness and its liveliness, really.
27:19You cut me to the quick, meanwhile, is another expression that survives.
27:23And that refers to the really sensitive area of the toe or finger,
27:28just by the nail or underneath the nails, incredibly sensitive.
27:32And quick, because of that, came to mean the seat of emotion,
27:36the seat of animation, if you like, as I say, the core of someone's being.
27:39So to cut someone to the quick is to hurt them in the extreme,
27:43again, that idea of life and animation.
27:46But it was around the 14th century that quick, meaning alive in that sense,
27:50moved to mean shifting or moving around.
27:55And that, of course, led to our modern meaning of fast,
27:57but it also gave us the idea of quicksand.
28:00It's just that sense of animation, as I say,
28:02and moving around that was there in quick.
28:05And it was a slightly lost trace of today.
28:08Very good.
28:1273, page 35.
28:13Michael on 73.
28:15Gordon.
28:16How about a letter scale?
28:18Er, consonant, please.
28:20Thank you, Gordon.
28:21L.
28:23And another one.
28:26M.
28:27And another one.
28:30T.
28:32Let's have a fourth one.
28:35M.
28:38And better have a vowel or two.
28:41We'll have a vowel.
28:42O.
28:44And another one.
28:45O.
28:46And a consonant.
28:49T.
28:49And a vowel to finish up with.
28:51And lastly, I.
28:52Stand by.
28:52And a consonant.
28:54And a vowel to finish up with.
29:02And lastly, I.
29:03Stand by.
29:05And a vowel to finish up with.
29:07And a vowel to finish up with.
29:07And a vowel to finish up with.
29:07And a vowel to finish up with.
29:08And a vowel to finish up with.
29:08And a vowel to finish up with.
29:09And a vowel to finish up with.
29:10And a vowel to finish up with.
29:10And a vowel to finish up with.
29:10And a vowel to finish up with.
29:11And a vowel to finish up with.
29:11And a vowel to finish up with.
29:12And a vowel to finish up with.
29:13And a vowel to finish up with.
29:13And a vowel to finish up with.
29:14And a vowel to finish up with.
29:15And a vowel to finish up with.
29:15And a vowel to finish up with.
29:16And a vowel to finish up with.
29:17And a vowel to finish up with.
29:18And a vowel to finish up with.
29:18And a vowel to finish up with.
29:19Yes, Gordon? Only five.
29:39Five? How about Michael?
29:41Yep, just five.
29:42Gordon?
29:43Title.
29:44And?
29:45Motel.
29:46Not as easy as it looks.
29:48Um, I've got a six.
29:52Well done.
29:53Toilet.
29:54Toilet.
29:55Toilet.
29:56Toilet.
29:57Oh, lovely.
29:58And, Susie?
29:59We're moving on from quick.
30:01Motile is there, meaning capable of motion.
30:04Yes.
30:04And that'll give you another six.
30:05And mottle as well.
30:06Mottle.
30:07Yes.
30:0878 to 40.
30:09Now, Michael, final letters game.
30:12Make the most of it.
30:12Have a compliment, please, Rachel.
30:14Thank you, Michael.
30:15D.
30:16And another one, please.
30:18P.
30:20And a vowel, please.
30:22A.
30:23And another one.
30:26O.
30:27And the consonant.
30:29R.
30:31And a vowel.
30:33A.
30:34The consonant.
30:36M.
30:38Consonant.
30:40T.
30:41And the vowel, please.
30:42And the last one.
30:43O.
30:44Countdown.
30:45Countdown.
30:46Countdown.
31:16Michael.
31:17I've got a seven.
31:19Gordon.
31:20And a seven.
31:21Yes, Michael.
31:22Dormat.
31:23Dormat.
31:24Gordon.
31:25Matador.
31:26Matador.
31:27Brilliant.
31:27Well done.
31:28Much more fun.
31:30Matador.
31:31And Kate?
31:32I got Matador as well.
31:34Yep.
31:34We were all on the same seven.
31:36That's it?
31:36Yeah.
31:37All right.
31:3885 to 47.
31:40Well done.
31:40Gordon, final numbers game for you.
31:42I could have one large number, please, Rachel,
31:45and five smaller ones.
31:47Thank you, Gordon.
31:48Of course you can.
31:49One large five little for the final one of the day.
31:52And this selection is 10, 5, 2, 1, 8,
31:59and a large one, 25.
32:00And the target, 267.
32:05267.
32:36Yes, Gordon.
32:39267.
32:41267, Michael.
32:42267.
32:43Thank you, Gordon.
32:4410 plus 1, 11, times 25, is 275, minus 8.
32:51Well done.
32:52Absolutely perfect.
32:52267.
32:53Michael.
32:54I did 25 plus 1.
32:5626.
32:57Times 10.
32:59260.
32:59Add the 5 and 2.
33:01Lovely.
33:01Same result.
33:02Well done.
33:02So, with the score standing, 95, just shy of 100 there, Michael.
33:0995 to Gordon.
33:11So, 57.
33:12We go into the final round.
33:13Now, we know the drill.
33:14Fingers on buzzers.
33:16Fingers on buzzers.
33:17Let's roll today's countdown conundrum.
33:20Gordon.
33:26Severance.
33:28Severance.
33:29Here we go.
33:31There it is.
33:32Severance.
33:33Well done.
33:34Very good.
33:39I'm very pleased for you.
33:41That's a great score.
33:4267.
33:42Michael held at 95.
33:46So, it's Michael who takes the day.
33:47But well done, Gordon.
33:48That's a great score.
33:4967.
33:51And you take this goodie bag back to Helensborough with you.
33:54And thanks for coming.
33:56Thank you very much indeed.
33:57Travel safely.
33:58All right.
33:59And we shall see you tomorrow.
34:00Well done again.
34:01Well done.
34:02And you thought it would be pretty fast.
34:03So, Gordon had you on the ropes there.
34:06Far too quick for me.
34:07Well done.
34:07All right.
34:08See you tomorrow.
34:09Good week tomorrow.
34:09Cheers.
34:11And we'll see Kate and Susie, of course, tomorrow again.
34:13That'd be lovely.
34:13See you then.
34:14All right.
34:15That was tremendous, wasn't it?
34:17Oh, it's good fun, Gordon.
34:18Absolutely.
34:19I very much enjoyed having me in the studio.
34:21Indeed.
34:22Indeed we did.
34:23See you tomorrow.
34:23See you tomorrow.
34:24Join us then.
34:25Michael will be back.
34:26Same time, same place.
34:27You'll be very sure of it.
34:28A very good afternoon to you.
34:29You can contact the program by email at countdown at channel4.com, by Twitter at C4Countdown, or
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34:41You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
34:44Well, later tonight at nine, an intergenerational experiment.
34:52Old people home for four-year-olds.
34:55But next this afternoon, one person is about to let their frustrations show.
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