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00:00Thank you very much.
00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:33It was 150 years ago that Stanley Baldwin was born.
00:37Of course, he was the only Prime Minister, because indeed he went on to become a Prime Minister,
00:41during the 1926 general strike, to have been a Prime Minister three times, under three monarchs too.
00:48But it was in 1926, the most testing time, when 1.7 million people, workers mainly from the heavy industries,
00:55went on strike in support of the miners who were suffering really appalling working conditions.
01:02And it was a very divisive time, very divisive time.
01:05But Stanley Baldwin, I think it was he, actually, who drafted the speech for the abdication speech for Edward VII, actually.
01:14So he was right in it all the time. And of course, there was the Ethiopian crisis in 1935.
01:21So he was in it quite a lot. But thinking about strikes, were I ever caught in a strike?
01:25Well, I was not that long ago.
01:27In the spring, I made my way to Euston to catch a train home, to be met by a heaving mass of about 13 million people,
01:36all of whom were crammed on the concourse at Euston Station.
01:40And all the trains had been cancelled, and everybody wanted to know what was going on.
01:46Anyway, I turned around and got an Uber.
01:50Have you ever got yourself in a jam? I mean, in a strike?
01:53I've never been affected by strikes, but I am being affected by maternity leaves.
01:59It's a bit different. They're refusing to come back with their babies in tow.
02:03I've lost my agent, and then the person who looked after me while my agent was away,
02:07she was off when my agent was having her second baby.
02:09And now Lauren, who comes in and paints me and does my hair and colours the bruises in,
02:14she's about to have a little one as well.
02:16Everybody's having babies.
02:17So I think you're my new make-up artist.
02:19Oh, I thought you were going to say, I was going to...
02:21No.
02:23All right.
02:27Now then, let me get away from this.
02:29Michael, welcome back.
02:30Rachel, we've got Michael Feffer back with three wins under his belt.
02:35How are you feeling? Good?
02:36Yeah, you're very sort of up for it, aren't you?
02:39The family's back again.
02:40OK, they're loving it.
02:41Let them go.
02:43They've had enough. I think I'm reaching the end soon.
02:45All right. Well, let's see how you get on.
02:47I'm sure you get on very well.
02:48But you've got to clamber past Jack Anscombe first, retail assistant and classical music shop from Balsall Common in the West Midlands.
02:56Where's your shop?
02:57It's in Leamington Spa in Warwickshire.
02:59Oh, nice town, yeah.
03:00Yeah.
03:00And you sell all sorts of stuff at the classical music scene?
03:03Yeah.
03:03We specialise in classical CDs and sheet music, which is quite a niche market nowadays, but we sell instruments and everything else as well.
03:10More relevant to today's proceedings is that you're a Scrabble player, a tournament Scrabble player, and you've met some countdown greats.
03:17That's right, yeah.
03:18Faced many of them across the board, yeah.
03:20And yet this is your first time here?
03:22It is, yeah.
03:22How do you get on with those greats?
03:24Win some, you lose some.
03:25Yeah?
03:26Yeah.
03:27I've watched the show for a long time and, yeah.
03:29And here you are.
03:30Yeah, it's quite surreal.
03:31Well, good luck to you.
03:31Good luck to you both.
03:34Big round of applause for Jack and Michael.
03:39And over in the corner, Susie, of course, and when she's not on her farm in the Y Valley, she's broadcasting or writing about animals.
03:48It's the wonderful Kate Humble.
03:50Welcome back.
03:51Welcome, Kate.
03:56All right, Michael.
03:57All right.
03:57You know the score.
03:59I know it.
03:59Take it away.
04:00Afternoon, Rachel.
04:01Afternoon, Michael.
04:01Can I have a consonant, please?
04:03Start today with J.
04:05And another.
04:07L.
04:09And another.
04:11T.
04:12And a vowel.
04:14O.
04:16And another, please.
04:17I.
04:19And a consonant.
04:21Q.
04:22And a vowel.
04:25E.
04:25And the consonant.
04:27And the consonant.
04:27And the consonant.
04:28C.
04:30And, God, consonant, please.
04:33And lastly, P.
04:36And here's the countdown clock.
04:38I.
04:41Good.
04:48I.
04:58I.
04:59I.
05:00I.
05:01And there.
05:01I.
05:02Yeah.
05:02I.
05:03And a Meredith.
05:04Michael?
05:10Six.
05:11Yes, Jack?
05:12Six as well.
05:13Michael?
05:14Police.
05:15And?
05:16Same words.
05:17Two coppers.
05:19And Kate?
05:21Susie?
05:22Er, nothing else other than that, yeah.
05:25Polite and police, we got.
05:26And police.
05:28Six apiece.
05:29Now, Jack, let's have a letters game from you.
05:32Start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
05:34Thank you, Jack.
05:35N.
05:36And another.
05:38M.
05:39And another.
05:41P.
05:43And a vowel.
05:45I.
05:46And another.
05:47O.
05:48And another.
05:50E.
05:52A consonant.
05:54G.
05:55A consonant.
05:57W.
05:58And a final consonant, please.
06:00And a final G.
06:03Stand by.
06:04O.
06:35Yes, Jack? Six.
06:38A six, Michael. A six.
06:40Jack? Pigeon.
06:41And mowing.
06:43Pigeon and mowing.
06:45Now, if you had added one more letter to your mowing, you could have had meow.
06:50Oh, good.
06:52Meow.
06:52Well done.
06:54Meowing. I'm very prettily done, if you don't mind me saying this.
06:57And what about Susie?
06:59Well, to go with the meowing, you've got a moggy as well.
07:01What else? Perfect. Well done.
07:03All right, 12 apiece.
07:05Now then, Michael, let's test your numbers skill.
07:08Off we go.
07:09Love one for the tough game, Rachel.
07:11Thank you, Michael. One large five, little.
07:13And the first numbers game of the day is nine, two, eight, six, five, and 25.
07:23And the target, 248.
07:27Two, four, eight.
07:28One large five, little зарпляgation for you, Alice.
07:32Thank you, Richard.
07:33Well, Michael, two, four, eight.
08:01And Jag, two, four, eight.
08:03Michael, it's six minus five.
08:06Is one.
08:07Plus nine.
08:08Ten.
08:09Times 25.
08:10250.
08:11And minus two.
08:12Two, four, eight.
08:13Yes, Jag.
08:14Eight plus two is ten.
08:16Yep.
08:16Times 25, 250.
08:19And six plus five minus nine is the two to take away.
08:22I haven't used any of those.
08:23Perfect.
08:24Well done.
08:25Well done.
08:2822 apiece, Michael.
08:31Got a game on?
08:32I have a game on.
08:32All right.
08:33Let's have a, let's have a tea time teaser, shall we?
08:36It's stole item.
08:37And the clue, he stole an item from the garden centre and used it to steal a kiss.
08:43He stole an item from the garden centre and used it to steal a kiss.
08:48And the answer to that is mistletoe.
09:13Susie, mistletoe.
09:15What is this kissing in mistletoe?
09:16What's the connection?
09:17Well, it's been a tradition for many centuries.
09:21I don't think anyone knows quite why it started.
09:23But if you go back to the very beginning, it's very unromantic because the literal meaning
09:27of mistletoe is poo on a twig.
09:30Or a dunk on a twig.
09:31Because it's, it grows, it's propagated where the mistletrush does its business.
09:36Is that a fact?
09:37Yes.
09:38That's caused a load of harm to everybody's wishes at Christmas.
09:43I know.
09:44I apologise.
09:45Not really.
09:45Oh, interesting.
09:46That's the last time I...
09:47Anyway, there we are.
09:48So, 22 apiece.
09:50And Jack, let's have a letters game.
09:52I'll have a consonant, please.
09:54Thank you, Jack.
09:54T.
09:55And another.
09:57C.
09:58And another.
10:00T.
10:01A vowel.
10:03A.
10:04And another.
10:06E.
10:06And another.
10:08U.
10:09A consonant.
10:11D.
10:12And another.
10:14L.
10:16And a final vowel, please.
10:19And a final A.
10:22Countdown.
10:23A consonant.
10:24A consonant.
10:25A consonant.
10:25A consonant.
10:25A consonant.
10:26A consonant.
10:26A consonant.
10:26A consonant.
10:26A consonant.
10:27A consonant.
10:27A consonant.
10:28A consonant.
10:28A consonant.
10:28A consonant.
10:28A consonant.
10:29A consonant.
10:29A consonant.
10:29A consonant.
10:29A consonant.
10:30A consonant.
10:30A consonant.
10:30A consonant.
10:31A consonant.
10:31A consonant.
10:31A consonant.
10:32A consonant.
10:32A consonant.
10:33A consonant.
10:33A consonant.
10:34A consonant.
10:34A consonant.
10:35A consonant.
10:36A consonant.
10:36A consonant.
10:37A consonant.
10:38A consonant.
10:38A consonant.
10:39A consonant.
10:40A consonant.
10:41A consonant.
10:42A consonant.
10:42A consonant.
10:43A consonant.
10:44A consonant.
10:45Yes, Jack?
10:55Eight.
10:56An eight, Michael?
10:57Eight.
10:58Jack?
10:59Lactated.
11:01Same one.
11:02We've got two countdown players here, that's for sure.
11:05Any more eights?
11:07I didn't get an eight.
11:08I got a seven, adulate.
11:10And?
11:10Very good, though.
11:11No, otherwise down two sixes with things like dulcet.
11:14Dulcet tones.
11:16Yes, nice word, isn't it?
11:17Dulcet.
11:18Lactated, however, is the one that we go for.
11:21Thirty points apiece.
11:22Michael?
11:23Continent, please, Rachel.
11:24Thank you, Michael.
11:25N.
11:26And another, please.
11:28F.
11:29And a vowel.
11:31U.
11:33And another.
11:34U.
11:35And another.
11:38E.
11:39And a consonant.
11:41Y.
11:42And another consonant, please.
11:44T.
11:45And a vowel.
11:48O.
11:50And a consonant, please.
11:53And the last one.
11:54B.
11:56Stand by.
11:56Tell them what I do.
12:08And another.
12:09And a consonant, please.
12:10toward the 모 vedic geometr erfahren.
12:11And a consonant.
12:11And a consonant.
12:14And a consonant.
12:14And a consonant.
12:15And an consonant.
12:17And a consonant.
12:22And a consonant.
12:23Yes, Michael?
12:29Six.
12:30A six, Jack?
12:31Six.
12:32Michael?
12:32Bounty.
12:34Both of you?
12:35Same word.
12:36They're in cahoots, these two.
12:38Any advance on six?
12:40No, we got the same word as well.
12:42We can show you on our bits of paper, too.
12:46Bounty.
12:47All right, well done.
12:4836 apiece.
12:49Now then, Jack, how about a numbers game for you?
12:51I'll have one larger than five small, please.
12:54Thank you, Jack.
12:54One big one, five little one.
12:56Possibly playing it safe.
12:57See if this will break the deadlock.
12:59Five littles are nine, five, eight, one, and four.
13:05And the big one, 25.
13:08And the target, 357.
13:10Three, five, seven.
13:21Yes, Jack?
13:44Three, five, seven.
13:45Michael?
13:46Three, five, seven.
13:48Hmm, Jack?
13:49Nine plus five is 14.
13:52Yep.
13:53Times 25 is 350.
13:55And eight minus one gives you the seven to add on.
13:59Perfect.
13:59Michael?
14:00Same way.
14:00Same way?
14:02Yep.
14:04Cut together, these two.
14:0746 apiece.
14:09Yeah, this is a contest and a half.
14:12Now, Kate.
14:14Kate, you're busy.
14:16You're always busy.
14:16You're writing, you're filming, you're farming.
14:19Is there anything that you do to sort of, you know, just relax?
14:24There is.
14:26I'm not sure, though.
14:27Do you think your heart can take it, Nick?
14:29If I admit what it is.
14:30Try me.
14:32Nudy dancing.
14:34Nudy dancing?
14:35Nudy dancing.
14:36What does that mean?
14:37There is something really rather lovely about just stripping off.
14:41You see, he's, you know, I spotted you.
14:44I thought, you're a man who might well let off steam by doing a bit of moody dancing.
14:49I like running up and down the stairs.
14:51Do you?
14:52Rachel, Rachel, it turns out, likes doing a little dance in the mornings.
14:56Oh.
14:57Yeah.
14:57What do you know?
14:58Susie doesn't dance, but will get naked.
15:01But the makeup department, a series of beautiful girls, all looked at me like I was some sort
15:05of pervert.
15:07But I will tell you, Jack, what do you think?
15:11No.
15:11Are you a piano player?
15:12Not me, no.
15:13Is that how, is that how, I was thinking you'd probably tickle the ivories rather than tickling
15:18anything else.
15:19I think the first time the idea struck me was I was on a very, very beautiful island
15:26in the Outer Hebrides called Pabe.
15:28It's a tiny island and the inhabitants are basically sheep and deer and a few gulls.
15:34And it was a very wild, very windy, very beautiful day.
15:39And I had gone for a walk on my own.
15:41We were staying there with friends.
15:42And I'd gone for a walk on my own in this kind of fantastically sort of stormy weather.
15:48And Pabe's fairly flat, but it's got a little hill that's only about sort of 200 metres
15:53high.
15:53And I climbed to the top of the hill and you have this staggering view over the sea and
15:58you can see the other islands and the waves were whipping up and the clouds were scudding
16:04across the sky.
16:05And it just struck me that to really appreciate it, you had to be kind of, you had to feel
16:10part of it.
16:10You had to feel part of the element.
16:12And there was no one around.
16:13So I just took all my clothes off and had a little dance.
16:15And it was wonderful.
16:18I thought I was the only person who did this, the only sort of slightly deranged person who
16:23did this.
16:24But it turns out, you know, I've got a few cohorts.
16:27The most famous person I know who indulges in a bit of nudie dancing, and it was his phrase
16:32that I stole, was the wonderful Billy Connolly.
16:35He likes a nudie dance.
16:36So if he likes it, then what can possibly be wrong with it?
16:40You've made a strong argument.
16:42Well done.
16:43Well done.
16:47No, you've made a good argument.
16:49Michael, if I were you, I'd keep that quiet about the stairs.
16:52Let's go.
16:53Let's all hang out.
16:54Well, we shall remember that.
16:57Bouncing up and down the stairs.
16:5946 apiece.
17:00And what should we do?
17:01Should we go to Michael?
17:03I'll have a consonant, please, Rachel.
17:05Thank you, Michael.
17:06M.
17:07And another, please.
17:08D.
17:10And the vowel.
17:12E.
17:13And another.
17:15U.
17:16And another.
17:19I.
17:20And the consonant.
17:22S.
17:23And another.
17:25R.
17:26And another.
17:29N.
17:30And one more consonant, please.
17:33And the last one, T.
17:36Stand by.
17:38H.
17:38H.
17:39H.
17:40H.
17:40H.
17:40Well, Michael?
18:08I'll try nine.
18:10Jack?
18:11Eight.
18:12Jack?
18:14Terminus.
18:15Now, Michael?
18:17Ludimus?
18:18Fabulous.
18:19Yeah.
18:20Whoa!
18:22Well done.
18:27So, have we got a breakthrough?
18:2964 to 46.
18:30Suddenly, Michael has sprung ahead, but how long was that before?
18:35Jack, what are you going to do?
18:36Start with a consonant, please.
18:38Thank you, Jack.
18:39L.
18:40And another.
18:41Z.
18:42And another.
18:44W.
18:45And a vowel.
18:46A.
18:47And another.
18:48E.
18:49A.
18:50And another.
18:52E.
18:53And another.
18:54I.
18:55A consonant.
18:57R.
18:59And another.
19:01G.
19:02And a final consonant.
19:05And a final N.
19:07And it's clock time.
19:09C.
19:10This is an anthony.
19:12We hope he lives.
19:14Jack.
19:42Seven.
19:42A seven and Michael.
19:44I'll stick with a seven.
19:46Jack.
19:47Wearing.
19:47And?
19:48What?
19:49Both wearing.
19:50What else have we got?
19:51Kate and Susie?
19:52Nothing to beat that.
19:54I just got lazing on a sunny afternoon.
19:56Very nice.
19:57What could be better?
19:58And realign is also the opposite.
20:00To realign.
20:01Thank you very much.
20:0271 to 53.
20:04Now, Michael, numbers.
20:06And one for the top, Rachel.
20:08Thank you, Michael.
20:09One large five little again.
20:11And this time around...
20:13How many have I got?
20:13Five little.
20:14Right.
20:14They are seven, ten, eight, seven, two, and the large one, 100.
20:23And this target, 475.
20:26Four, seven, five.
20:30And we'll be right back.
20:31Have a great night.
20:36I'll be right back.
20:38Bye-bye.
20:42Yes, Michael.
21:00475.
21:01And Jack?
21:03474.
21:04474.
21:05Michael.
21:06I did 8 plus 7.
21:0915.
21:10Minus 10.
21:11Is 5.
21:12And then I did 100 minus 7 plus 2.
21:16Yeah, for the 95.
21:17And times them together.
21:18Perfect.
21:18475.
21:19Well done.
21:20Well done.
21:23Clearly the score there, Michael.
21:2481 now to Jack's 53 as we turn to our second tea time teaser,
21:30which is record ban.
21:32And the clue, you can earn your money twice within the answer
21:35to this food item.
21:37You can earn your money twice within the answer to this
21:41food item.
21:57Welcome back.
21:58I left you the clue.
21:58You can earn your money twice within the answer to this food item.
22:02Which food item?
22:04Why?
22:05It's cornbread.
22:07Cornbread.
22:08Clever.
22:10So 81 for Michael.
22:11Jack on 53.
22:13And it's Jack's letters game.
22:15Yes, Jack?
22:16Start with a consonant, please.
22:18Thank you, Jack.
22:18D.
22:20And another.
22:22F.
22:24And another.
22:26H.
22:27A vowel.
22:29O.
22:30And another.
22:31A.
22:32And another.
22:34O.
22:36A consonant.
22:37T.
22:39And another.
22:41P.
22:41P.
22:41And another consonant, please.
22:45And lastly, N.
22:48Stand by.
22:49A consonant.
22:50A consonant.
22:51A consonant.
22:52A consonant.
22:52A consonant.
22:52A consonant.
22:52A consonant.
22:53A consonant.
22:54A consonant.
22:54A consonant.
22:54A consonant.
22:55A consonant.
22:55A consonant.
22:55A consonant.
22:55A consonant.
22:56A consonant.
22:56A consonant.
22:56A consonant.
22:57A consonant.
22:57A consonant.
22:57A consonant.
22:58A consonant.
22:58A consonant.
22:59A consonant.
22:59A consonant.
23:00A consonant.
23:00A consonant.
23:01A consonant.
23:02A consonant.
23:02A consonant.
23:03A consonant.
23:03A consonant.
23:04A consonant.
23:04A consonant.
23:05A consonant.
23:06A consonant.
23:06A consonant.
23:07A consonant.
23:08A consonant.
23:08A consonant.
23:09A consonant.
23:10A consonant.
23:11A consonant.
23:12A consonant.
23:13Yes, Jack?
23:22Six.
23:23A six, Michael?
23:24I'll try a six.
23:25Jack?
23:26Photon.
23:28And both photons.
23:30Well done.
23:31And Susie and Kate?
23:34Photon, very good, yes.
23:36Anything else?
23:36Physics, it's a particle.
23:38There is a seven foot pad.
23:40Oh, she's a highwayman.
23:42Oh, yeah.
23:42A mugger.
23:43Yeah.
23:44A hugger mugger.
23:44A hugger mugger.
23:45A foot pad, yeah.
23:47Very good.
23:49Age seven to 59.
23:51Michael?
23:52Letters.
23:53Continent, please, Rachel.
23:54Thank you, Michael.
23:55S.
23:56And another one, please.
23:58S.
23:59And another one.
24:01N.
24:03And a vowel.
24:05E.
24:06And another.
24:07A.
24:08And a consonant.
24:10R.
24:11And another consonant.
24:14D.
24:16And a vowel.
24:18I.
24:20And a consonant, please.
24:24And the last one, R.
24:26Stand by.
24:27For a while.
24:44I.
24:45And another one.
24:47Okay.
24:48And another one.
24:49I don't know.
24:51I don't know.
24:51Yes, Michael.
24:59An eight.
25:01An eight, Jack.
25:02Eight.
25:03Michael.
25:03Drainers.
25:04And?
25:05Sardines.
25:06Sardines.
25:07Very good.
25:08Very good.
25:11Well done.
25:13Now, Kate and Susie.
25:14I got sardines as well.
25:17Very good.
25:19And?
25:19There is a type of fish named after its spiny fin, I think, because it comes from the
25:25Latin for saw, the tool that's a saw, and it's a serenid, and you can put the S on that
25:30for nine serenids.
25:32Fish for the sea bass family.
25:34How about that?
25:39Serenids.
25:40Unexpected.
25:4095, look, to 67.
25:43Very well done, Michael, as we turn to Susie and her wonderful origins of words.
25:47Now then, Susie.
25:48Well, I had a tweet from John H., as much as I know, and he tweeted to ask about the
25:55curious choice of the name pineapple for the exotic fruit that you can find in pretty much
26:00every supermarket these days.
26:02And he was a bit puzzled because he points out that in every other language bar English
26:06is ananas.
26:07So he doesn't quite know where pineapple came in.
26:10First of all, it's indigenous to South America.
26:13So it came from somewhere between southern Brazil and Paraguay.
26:17And then it was cultivated by the Mayans and the Aztecs.
26:21And when Columbus, Christopher Columbus, traveled to Guadalupe in 1493, he came across it, loved
26:28it, and called it Piña de Indes, meaning the pineapple of the Indians, or even the pine of
26:34the Indians. So he brought the pineapple back to our shores. But the word pineapple actually
26:40had already existed. You can trace it right back to some 1390s, so some hundred years before.
26:47Pineapple was applied to something very, very different, and that was simply the fruit of
26:53the pine tree, the woody fruit of a pine tree. In other words, a pine cone.
26:56And it makes sense. It dropped its pine cones just as a fruit tree might drop its fruit.
27:03So when European explorers brought the fruit back to Britain, everyone figured it looked
27:08pretty much like a pine cone. So they transferred pineapple over to that fruit, which makes
27:14absolute sense.
27:15But the rest of the world, as John says, says ananas.
27:17And that, I think, is almost a much nicer word, because that goes back to a Tupi word, a word
27:23from the language of Tupi. Now, that was spoken by American Indian peoples living throughout
27:27the Amazon Valley. And their word was nanas. And that simply meant excellent fruit, which
27:34I love, and I just think is slightly more exotic sounding.
27:38Ananas.
27:38I like to call it from here on in.
27:40I agree with you. Well done. Thank you.
27:46Thank you. 95 to 67. Michael on 95. Jack, not too much time to go now. Your letters,
27:53Ken.
27:54Start with a consonant, please.
27:55Thank you, Jack.
27:56L.
27:57And another.
27:59T.
28:00And another.
28:02R.
28:03A vowel.
28:05E.
28:06And another.
28:07A.
28:07And another.
28:09O.
28:10A consonant.
28:12X.
28:13And another.
28:16S.
28:18And a final vowel, please.
28:20And a final I.
28:23Go down.
28:24Go down.
28:37And a final vowel, please.
28:55Hmm.
28:55Jack?
28:57A dodgy eight.
28:59Michael?
29:01I'll stick with a seven.
29:02And that seven?
29:03Isolate.
29:05Isolate.
29:05How much of a risk, Jack?
29:07Soterial.
29:09Oh, not one, I thought.
29:10Could you spell that out for me?
29:12S.
29:12O.
29:12T.
29:13E.
29:13R.
29:14I.
29:14A.
29:14L.
29:15It's not there.
29:16We have sartorial, which is about the closest as I can find.
29:19But not back, I'm afraid.
29:20I'm sorry.
29:21Bad luck.
29:22Bad luck.
29:23No.
29:23That was it.
29:25It was a tricky one.
29:26Seven was the best.
29:27102, Michael.
29:29102 to 67.
29:30And it's Michael's shot at the last letters game.
29:34Let's go.
29:34Consonant, please.
29:36Thank you, Michael.
29:37T.
29:38And another, please.
29:40D.
29:41And another.
29:43S.
29:44And a vowel.
29:46O.
29:46And another vowel.
29:48U.
29:49And another vowel.
29:50O.
29:51And a consonant.
29:53L.
29:54And a vowel.
29:56A.
29:57And a final vowel, please.
30:01And a final U.
30:04Stand by.
30:05Stand by.
30:16Michael.
30:36Five.
30:37A five.
30:38And Jack.
30:39Seven.
30:40And a seven.
30:41Michael.
30:42Lout.
30:44And Jack.
30:45Outsold.
30:46Very good.
30:47Well done.
30:48Well done.
30:49Outsold.
30:50Any other sevens?
30:51I can get a seven.
30:53There's a nice word, though.
30:55Doulas.
30:56D-O-U-L-A-S.
30:58Yes.
30:59Plural of doula.
31:00People who, or women, who give support, help and advice to another woman during pregnancy
31:04and during birth.
31:05A doula.
31:05Yes, I've heard of that.
31:07Yeah.
31:07But it actually goes back to the Greek I've just seen.
31:09For female slaves, they're definitely not that much.
31:12Not at all.
31:13102 to 74.
31:14Michael on 102.
31:16Jack, it's a numbers game.
31:18Let's try six more, shall we?
31:19Thank you, Jack.
31:20Why not?
31:20Six little ones coming up for you.
31:23And the final numbers game of the day is six, nine, five, seven, eight, and six.
31:31And the target, 282.
31:35Two, eight, two.
31:36One, two, nine, seven, seven, seven, six, seven, seven.
31:39One, two, seven, eight.
31:48Six, seven, seven, seven, eight.
31:51One, three, seven.
32:02One, the eighth.
32:04Well, Jack?
32:08I think I've got 281 not written down.
32:11281, Michael?
32:12281.
32:13281, Jack?
32:158 times 5 is 40.
32:17Yep.
32:18Times 7.
32:19280.
32:20And 6 over 6 is 1.
32:22Yep.
32:23We're one away.
32:24Michael?
32:25Same way.
32:28Yep.
32:29Very good.
32:30But, Rachel, we turn to you.
32:32282?
32:32Um, yes, you could have said 5 times 9 is 45.
32:388 minus 7 is 1.
32:40Add that for 46.
32:42Times that by 6 for 276.
32:45And add the other 6 for 282.
32:47Smashing.
32:50Very well wasted.
32:52Very good.
32:53So, 109 plays 81.
32:55Well done, Michael.
32:56Fingers on the buzzers.
32:57Let's roll today's countdown conundrum.
33:02Michael.
33:06Disparage.
33:07Disparage.
33:08Let's see whether you're right.
33:09Here we go.
33:11Disparage.
33:12Well done.
33:13Well done, Michael.
33:21Another breezy win, if you don't mind me saying so.
33:25It's your highest score, I think.
33:26It didn't.
33:261-1-9.
33:27Well done.
33:28Jack, well done.
33:29You played well.
33:3081.
33:31Good score.
33:31Good score.
33:32So, thank you so much for coming.
33:34Good luck with your Scrabble.
33:37And take this goodie bag back to Balsall Common in the West Midlands.
33:42And good luck with your shop in Leamington Spa.
33:44What a lovely town that is.
33:45Yes, it is.
33:46Fabulous.
33:47Thank you very much.
33:48No, thank you.
33:49And we shall see you tomorrow, Michael.
33:50See you then.
33:51Well done.
33:52Well done.
33:52So, we'll see Kate and Susie tomorrow.
33:54Of course we will.
33:55All right.
33:56See you then.
33:57And Rachel, what a chap he is.
33:58Four wins.
33:59I know.
33:59So relaxed.
34:00We broke away with that nine.
34:02It's a shame.
34:02There's only seven tiles in Scrabble, aren't there?
34:04So, just pipped for the countdown.
34:06Brilliant.
34:07Nuances.
34:08So, let's see how he gets on tomorrow.
34:10He'll be after five.
34:11Mm-hmm.
34:11Greedy boy.
34:13Join us then.
34:13Same time, same place.
34:14Do you be sure of it?
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