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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown this Monday afternoon.
00:34Hopefully every day this week we can bring a little bit of joy to what is inevitably, for most of us at this time of year, a dark and gloomy day.
00:43But I can promise you five shows that will be frightfully fun.
00:47How are you doing, Rachel?
00:48I'm good. How are you, Carl?
00:50Halloween week!
00:51Halloween week! You've been looking forward to this for about nine months?
00:54Well, we're going to ease into it. We're going to have three days. We're going to talk a bit of scary stuff.
00:58And then on Thursday, we're doing that thing that usually only posh shows do, which is we're completely transformed.
01:05I believe, you know one of me, I've heard that the studio's being changed, not just our fancy dress. Have you heard that?
01:12Oh, they've spent at least £10.99.
01:15And we're going to get a complete makeover on here.
01:17Yeah.
01:17Three pumpkins.
01:18Now, your outfit, I know there's been an issue, because there was all the talk in make-up today, that your gorilla costume has not arrived.
01:25Well, the problem is you can't fit the hands into those boxes to get the letters, so I'm going to have to rethink that.
01:31You look funny in that seat, though.
01:33Cancel the 17 crates of bananas.
01:36Well, I'm having a bit of a problem, because the top half of my dress is just nicking here, and it's leaving a rash.
01:42I wore it all weekend, just to see, you know, because I want to be comfortable, but I think I might have to change.
01:48You just wanted any excuse to get a full body wax, didn't you?
01:50Always, always.
01:52Right, let's get over to Dictionary Corner, looking forward to the Haar Fest.
01:55I'm not looking forward to St. Haar all week, no-one knows what that is.
01:59It's our Susie Dent, and we've asked him here.
02:01Look, we've trusted him.
02:03He's one of our most valued Dictionary Corner guests, of course.
02:06The comedian, the presenter, and so much else.
02:09Getting dressed up for us this Thursday, Neil Delamere.
02:15It's Thursday you're meant to dress up, not today.
02:18You've messed that up.
02:18Oh, thank you.
02:19Thank you for my father's joke from a 1950s wedding.
02:22Thank you, Colin.
02:23I've got the other six here as well.
02:26Always the dad jokes.
02:28Nigel Hutchinson, our retired university lecturer, has won three so far.
02:33242 points.
02:34How are you, sir?
02:35I'm very good, thank you, Colin.
02:36You're up against David Rowe from Lancashire.
02:39How are you doing, sir?
02:40I'm fine, thank you.
02:41And for those who really go back in time and count down, you reached the quarterfinals,
02:44what, 2001?
02:46Yes.
02:46Summer 2001.
02:47And have you been, has it been in your mind ever since?
02:50Have you been like Rocky Balboa getting ready for today?
02:53Yes, ever since.
02:55Well, listen, here we do.
02:57We got you back.
02:57We're very, very happy to have you.
02:58And you're a fellow baseball fan, not part-time either.
03:02Who's your team?
03:02Milwaukee Brewers.
03:03Now, how did Milwaukee end up your team?
03:05Do you like a beer?
03:07Nope.
03:08I started off being American footballers, the Green Bay Packers.
03:11Then when I got into baseball, Milwaukee Brewers is the local team.
03:14Good.
03:14Well, a baseball fan and a cheese head.
03:17So let's see how it goes today.
03:18David and Nigel, best of luck.
03:20APPLAUSE
03:21Bottom of the first, Nigel.
03:23Good afternoon, Nigel.
03:25Afternoon, Nigel.
03:26Could I have a consonant, please?
03:28Start the week with M.
03:30And another one, please.
03:32G.
03:33And a vowel.
03:34I.
03:35And another.
03:37U.
03:38And a consonant.
03:40C.
03:41And another.
03:43M.
03:44And a vowel.
03:46E.
03:48And a consonant.
03:51V.
03:51And a final vowel, please.
03:54And a final U.
03:57At home and in the studio, let's play Canto.
04:09That's time, first round of the week, Nigel.
04:32Four.
04:33Four, and David.
04:34Four.
04:34Hey!
04:35That's it, the only way's up, gents.
04:37Nigel.
04:38Mice.
04:39Mice, and David.
04:40And I have mice as well.
04:42Let's carry on over the dexterity corner for hopefully something better.
04:46There's a five there, you know.
04:48Your putt is just maybe two feet, and you get a gimme.
04:54Yes.
04:55G-I-M-M-E.
04:56Yep.
04:57Well, I had a man after midnight in my head rather than a putt.
05:02It can be that.
05:03It can be.
05:04Both a putt or a man after midnight.
05:06Exactly.
05:07Anything in sport that is easy to obtain.
05:09But I think, yeah, give me that pencil.
05:11Do you find it easy to obtain a man after a midnight?
05:13I think they're both equally as pleasurable.
05:15More letters, David.
05:16A consonant, please.
05:18Thank you, David.
05:19N.
05:20And a vowel.
05:21N.
05:22And a vowel.
05:23O.
05:24Consonant.
05:25L.
05:26Consonant.
05:27N.
05:28And a vowel, please.
05:29A.
05:30Another vowel.
05:31I.
05:32A.
05:33Another vowel.
05:34I.
05:35A consonant.
05:36T.
05:38Another vowel.
05:39E.
05:40And a consonant, please.
05:42And...
05:43Lastly, G.
05:44And 30 seconds.
05:45E.
05:46E.
05:47And a consonant, please.
05:48And...
05:49Lastly, G.
05:50And 30 seconds.
05:51E.
05:52E.
05:53E.
05:54G.
05:54E.
05:55E.
06:04And that's time, David.
06:23Seven. Much better, Nigel.
06:25Seven. Yes, let's see if it's the same word, David.
06:27Elation. Yes. Elation.
06:29Elation, passing over.
06:30Lovely. Seven-point seats, 11 points all.
06:35There you go. It's been feast or famine so far in the letters.
06:38Susie and Neil?
06:40Yeah, we could get to an eight with this one.
06:41We had negation. Negation, yes.
06:43And one more. Legation.
06:45And legation. A diplomatic minister.
06:47Absolutely. Let's get to the numbers.
06:51David, chartered accountant, so should be in good stead.
06:54But Nigel's picking them.
06:56Could I have one large, please?
06:58Thank you, Nigel. One large.
06:59Five little first numbers of this week.
07:02And they are two, five, two, one, nine and the large one, 50.
07:09And the target to reach, 833.
07:12It's 3-3. Numbers up.
07:14Guess how bad.
07:15I think we had so many detections in the beginning of the season."
07:17The research professor says,
07:20no, no, no.
07:21Mattanti says, no, no.
07:22You would think we took a heart Зės when they looked from me,
07:23but there's nothing more.
07:23You had room for about five dollars in the body of the day
07:25from England and personally.
07:26Today, it is dangerous to meet them.
07:28Without an undiscyossa,
07:29you've worn the animals as like,
07:29You can imagine the animals have properly filled with all the,
07:31you have a sano 30.
07:31And you have to try and find it,
07:33you've replicated to be set to pay,
07:34And you have to believe it if the assumption is
07:34that you must be,
07:36And this is encouraging for you to live,
07:37If that it absc violations that you promised,
07:388-3-3, the target.
07:46Nigel.
07:47Um, no, I've messed up.
07:49Messed up. And David?
07:518-3-3.
07:52For ten points.
07:5350 minus 1 is 49.
07:55There's the trick, 49.
07:575 times 2 is 10.
07:59Yep.
08:00Plus 9 minus 2 is 17.
08:02And multiply them.
08:0417 times 49, 8-3-3. Good spot.
08:06APPLAUSE
08:08Well, I've got a challenger in an early lead this Monday afternoon.
08:11Good to have you here to start the week.
08:13Let's get our first tea-time teaser.
08:15In stages. In stages.
08:17She's a superwoman.
08:18It's on the front of her top.
08:20She's a superwoman.
08:21It's on the front of her top.
08:23MUSIC PLAYS
08:25Welcome back.
08:39She's a superwoman.
08:40It's on the front of her top.
08:42Giantess. Giantess.
08:44A word I've never used, Susie.
08:46And usually when we get these lesser used words, I move on.
08:49Let's bring this one back. I like it.
08:51Oh, no, I like it too, a female giant.
08:53And judging by the examples here,
08:54there are quite a few stories involving giantesses.
08:57So I'm with you.
08:58Apparently the mother of Aphrodite, Diane, was a giantess.
09:01Yes. In stature.
09:02Brilliant. Yeah.
09:03An early lead for the challenger, David Rowe.
09:06And you're picking these letters.
09:08Start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
09:10Thank you, David.
09:11R.
09:12And a vowel.
09:14U.
09:15A consonant.
09:17T.
09:18A vowel.
09:20E.
09:22Consonant.
09:23F.
09:24Another consonant.
09:26C.
09:27Another consonant.
09:29S.
09:31A vowel, please.
09:33U.
09:36And a consonant to finish.
09:39And a final R.
09:40Thank you, John and Tess.
10:10And that's time, David.
10:14Six.
10:14And for you, Nigel?
10:15Seven.
10:16A seven.
10:16He needed to fight back and he's about to do it.
10:19David?
10:20Cruitz.
10:20And champion?
10:21Futures.
10:22Yes, over the dictionary corner.
10:24Seven points for you.
10:25Yeah, we had seven, we had futures,
10:27but we can't do any better than seven, can we?
10:28No, we definitely can't.
10:30Cursor is there, which is quite apt for Halloween and for today,
10:32as you'll see, related to my origins.
10:34But Cruitz, great, small containers for salt, pepper, oil, etc.
10:38Just not quite long enough.
10:39Right, more letters, please, Nigel.
10:40Could I have a consonant, please?
10:42Thank you, Nigel.
10:43S.
10:44And another.
10:46B.
10:47And a vowel.
10:49E.
10:50And another.
10:51I.
10:52And a consonant.
10:54L.
10:56And another.
10:57N.
10:59And a vowel.
11:01A.
11:02And a consonant.
11:04W.
11:06And a final vowel, please.
11:08And a final O.
11:10Start the clock.
11:11And a vowel, please.
11:12And a vowel, please.
11:13And a vowel, please.
11:14And a vowel, please.
11:15And a vowel, please.
11:16And a vowel, please.
11:17And a vowel, please.
11:18And a vowel, please.
11:19And a vowel, please.
11:20And a vowel, please.
11:21And a vowel, please.
11:22And a vowel, please.
11:23And a vowel, please.
11:24And a vowel, please.
11:25And a vowel, please.
11:26And a vowel, please.
11:27And a vowel, please.
11:28And a vowel, please.
11:29And a vowel, please.
11:30And a vowel, please.
11:31And a vowel, please.
11:32And a vowel, please.
11:33And a vowel, please.
11:34And a vowel, please.
11:35And a vowel, please.
11:36And a vowel, please.
11:37And a vowel, please.
11:38Sivian, keep it going. Nigel, how many?
11:44Six. And for you, David? Seven.
11:46Could swing back again, Nigel.
11:48Nobles. And to go back to your ten-point lead?
11:51Bewails. Bewails.
11:53Bewails. Haven't seen that. Very nice indeed.
11:54Is that as in, there bewails?
11:56Oh, no, as in lament.
11:58She bewails her fate, for example.
12:01Beautiful word. Yeah.
12:02For you then, Neil?
12:03There is, I say, you say for me,
12:06let's say for a dictionary quarter, shall we?
12:08There's an eight. Bow lines.
12:11Or bow lines.
12:12Bow. Bow, yeah.
12:14It's about rope attaching a mast to a ship's bow, yeah.
12:18And there'll be whales when you're there. Excellent.
12:20Ten points in it again. We're back to the numbers.
12:23That's why you have your lead, David.
12:25Let's see if you can double it.
12:26Could I have four from the top and two from the bottom, please?
12:29You can indeed. Four large, two little.
12:32You're obviously a man who means business.
12:34We've seen that already. This time, a potentially trickier one.
12:37Six, ten, seventy-five, twenty-five,
12:41one hundred and fifty.
12:43And the target to reach, five hundred and fifty-seven.
12:45Five, five, seven. Numbers up.
12:47You're the target to reach, five, five, three.
12:48And the target to reach, five hundred and fifty-seven.
12:52So it's his risk for five-minute's.
12:53And the target to reach, five hundred and twenty-five,
12:55ten, three, four.
12:56It's the target to reach, five hundred and fifty.
13:00But you lose pace in some sense.
13:03Information olho, one-oh, one-oh.
13:04He's the target to reach, five- 막 you,
13:05in some good.
13:06But you can over it.
13:08It's the target to reach, five-year.
13:09You can also reach, five hundred and thirty-nine.
13:10So, you know what I see?
13:11So it's the target to get in here.
13:13So yeah, that's that's the target to give you guys.
13:145, 5, 7, the target. David?
13:225, 5, 7, not written down.
13:24Nigel? 5, 5, 7.
13:26OK, well, that works out well, David, because it's your honour.
13:2850 plus 6, 56. Yep.
13:31Times by 10. 560.
13:3375 over 25 is 3.
13:36Subtract. Well done. 10 points.
13:38Was that your way in, Nigel? Yep, same way.
13:40Well done.
13:41All right, maxed out both of you as we head to Dictionary Corner
13:48and we grit our teeth for Neil Delamere's first chatter this week.
13:52I have a teeth update.
13:53The last time I was on the show, I told you,
13:55I went into a dental hygienist that got there late,
13:57she got there late, I told you about this.
13:59She goes, I can only clean half your teeth today.
14:01And I said, yes.
14:02She goes, I'll clean half the next day.
14:04And I said, yes, because I assumed she'd have a logical way
14:06of cleaning half the teeth.
14:07She cleaned all the top teeth or she cleaned all the bottom teeth
14:09and she cleaned all the teeth on the left-hand side of my face, right?
14:13So they were bright and they were...
14:15I look like the countdown clock when someone doesn't get the conundrum.
14:17That's brilliant, right?
14:19So I now know why she did it.
14:21So I went, I've got a brace now.
14:23You had a brace before, didn't you?
14:24Have you got the invisible one?
14:26Well, let me ask.
14:28I went into the orthodontist.
14:29I thought my teeth were slightly crooked.
14:31And I'm not going to tell you how mean he was to me,
14:34but the phrase shanty town of calcium was mentioned.
14:39And I said, can we try the little Invisalign dainty one?
14:42And he said, well, yes, we could try that in the same way
14:45that you could try to tie up the Titanic with a scrunchie.
14:48It's not going to work.
14:49So I went in and I got the full-on children's climbing frame in my mouth.
14:53And what I enjoyed about that place is that if your teeth are a little bit crooked,
14:58in the orthodontist, there are people who have worse teeth than you.
15:00So, like, a guy walked in with the biggest teeth I've ever seen
15:04on something without fur.
15:05They were just...
15:07He didn't even have a toothbrush.
15:10He just walked into a car wash smiling, right?
15:12But his teeth were perfect after the whole thing.
15:15This was on his phone beforehand.
15:17Into the orthodontist.
15:18The orthodontist, the weirdest bit was the orthodontist
15:20had all his diplomas framed hanging on his wall.
15:23And all of them were crooked.
15:25All of them.
15:27But then he sent me to the dental hygienist and she goes,
15:30I saw you on countdown.
15:31Oh, yes.
15:32And I said, yeah.
15:33And she goes, you were wondering why I cleaned half your teeth that way
15:36and you were kind of slagging me off.
15:37And I said, yeah.
15:37And she goes, when you clean someone's teeth,
15:39they can be quite tender.
15:40And she goes, could you still eat?
15:43And I said, yeah, because I just moved the food
15:44to the other side of the mouth.
15:45She goes, that's why I did it.
15:47So if you're watching, that lady is kind and considerate and professional
15:50and no one's ever been able to figure out why she did it.
15:52But that's why she did it.
15:54So thank you if you're watching.
15:55Great.
15:58Ten points on it.
16:00Back to the letters.
16:00Nigel.
16:01A consonant, please.
16:02Thank you, Nigel.
16:03T.
16:04And another.
16:06Y.
16:08And a vowel.
16:09A.
16:10And another.
16:12E.
16:13And a consonant.
16:15W.
16:16And another.
16:18S.
16:20And a vowel.
16:22E.
16:23And a consonant.
16:26L.
16:26And another consonant, please.
16:30A final S.
16:32Here we go again.
16:33And a vowel.
17:03Nigel? Six. And David? Seven.
17:06And a seven. Every round's telling the story.
17:09Nigel? Sleety. Sleety.
17:12It's a little sleety today. And David? Sweetly.
17:15There you go. Never rains it pours. Another seven points for you.
17:18Real heavyweight battle today.
17:20Susie and Neil, how did you get on? Keeping up?
17:22Yeah, there's a seven there. Weasels.
17:24Weasels. Which is lovely.
17:2645-28. Extending that lead.
17:29Still very much game on, David. Your letters.
17:31Could I have a consonant, please, Rachel? Thank you, David.
17:33K. And another consonant.
17:36N. A vowel.
17:39U. A vowel.
17:41E. Another consonant.
17:45S. Consonant.
17:49G. A vowel.
17:52A. Consonant.
17:57P.
17:59E.
18:01And another consonant.
18:03And lastly, M.
18:06And half a minute.
18:08TheCKR
18:20Moving on out all next.
18:21.
18:21.
18:24.
18:26.
18:27.
18:29.
18:31MUSIC
18:38David.
18:39Seven.
18:40Yeah, Nigel.
18:41Try a seven as well.
18:42David.
18:43Un-makes.
18:44Un-makes.
18:45Nigel.
18:46Un-speak.
18:48Un-speak.
18:50Well, unspeakable is in, but not unspeak.
18:55I wish we could unspeak our word sometimes.
18:58Un-make is, as in to obviously reverse the making of something by annulling it.
19:02Yeah.
19:03Yeah.
19:04So it can be unspoken.
19:05Yes, absolutely.
19:06You can't unspeak.
19:07Like our love.
19:08Well, because it transcends language.
19:11Yeah.
19:12It's deeper, wider.
19:13Um, why did you get on?
19:15Can't beat that.
19:16No, it can't beat us.
19:17Let's get back to the numbers, then.
19:18Third round today, and this one's on you, Nigel.
19:21Better try six small.
19:23Six small.
19:24We know we like four large, so the other end.
19:26Six little ones and potentially another tough challenge.
19:29Let's see.
19:30They are nine, two, five, six, two, five.
19:35No Dolly Parton.
19:36Colin?
19:37The target, 156.
19:39156.
19:40Let's do it.
19:41That's it.
19:42That's it.
19:43That's it.
19:44That's it.
19:53All right, 1-5-6, the low target, but with six small.
20:16Nigel? 1-5-6. And for you, David? 1-5-6.
20:19Yeah, ten points each. Go ahead, Nigel.
20:21Five times five. 25.
20:25Plus two over two. Two over two for one and 26.
20:28Times six. Perfect, 1-5-6, well done.
20:30Same way. Just the same way. Yeah, well done.
20:33APPLAUSE
20:35So, look at that, 62-38, 24 points in it.
20:39Six rounds to go this Monday when we come back after this Tea Town teaser.
20:43Dairy out, dairy out.
20:45Like, something you'd write on a sign at a vegan protest.
20:48The clue is, on paper, the car and the Conservative get together.
20:53Hear, hear.
20:54On paper, the car and the Conservative get together.
20:57Hear, hear.
20:58Hello again. The answer to the Tea Town teaser was auditory, auditory.
21:03There you go. You divide that up for the car and the Conservative.
21:07Right, it is not over yet.
21:09Not all votes have been cast today.
21:10But a lot of work for our champion, Nigel, to do.
21:12You're playing catch-up.
21:13And David, in pole position, let's get some letters.
21:14Can I start with a consonant, please?
21:15Thank you, David.
21:16D.
21:17A vowel.
21:18E.
21:19A consonant.
21:21A consonant.
21:22R.
21:23A vowel.
21:24A consonant.
21:25R.
21:26A vowel.
21:27I.
21:28A consonant.
21:29J.
21:37A consonant.
21:38T.
21:39A vowel.
21:40O.
21:41A consonant.
21:42A vowel.
21:44I.
21:46A consonant.
21:48J.
21:49A consonant.
21:51T.
21:52A vowel.
21:54O.
21:56A consonant.
21:58N.
22:00And a vowel, please.
22:02Lastly, A.
22:04Good luck, everybody.
22:06I.
22:16I.
22:18I.
22:20I.
22:22I.
22:26I.
22:28I.
22:30I.
22:32I.
22:34All right, time's up. David?
22:39Eight.
22:40And Nigel?
22:41Seven.
22:42The seven, Nigel?
22:43Toadier.
22:44David?
22:45Rationed.
22:46Rationed?
22:47Rationed. It was all there.
22:49Well done. There's no toadier, just to add to the pain.
22:52Sorry, Nigel.
22:53Well, you'd lost the points. The eight points go to David.
22:56Well spotted. How did you get on there, Neil Delamere?
22:58There is another eight there. We can't beat eight.
23:01Ordinate.
23:02Ordinate.
23:02Yes. Is that part of coordinate?
23:05Yeah, it's a term from maths.
23:08An ordinate is a straight line from any point drawn parallel to one coordinate axis and meeting the other.
23:12Let me get my burdens and get back to the game. Nigel.
23:16Could I have a consonant, please?
23:18Thank you, Nigel.
23:19H.
23:20And another?
23:22N.
23:23The vowel?
23:25O.
23:25Another?
23:26A.
23:27The consonant?
23:29L.
23:30And another?
23:31P.
23:33And a vowel?
23:35O.
23:38And a vowel?
23:40Another A.
23:43And another vowel.
23:45And lastly, E.
23:48Kind time.
23:49A.
23:51And lastly, E.
24:12THEY CONFER
24:19Nigel?
24:20Five.
24:21And for you, David?
24:22Five.
24:23Five as well.
24:24Sharing the spoils, Nigel?
24:25Plain.
24:26Yep, and David?
24:27Same word.
24:28There you go.
24:29Plain and simple.
24:30Can you add anything?
24:31Yeah, it's a great six.
24:32Hoopla.
24:33Oh, the hoopla.
24:35Every time I see you, I just, you know, have to create some degree of hoopla.
24:39Can any of the two of you name the only song surely in history that ever had the word hoopla in the lyrics?
24:47Starship.
24:48Correct.
24:49We built this city.
24:50Well done.
24:51Well done.
24:52Right.
24:53Let's take a break and stay in Dictionary Corner.
24:54First origins of words of this week from Susie Dent.
24:58Well, we had Cursor earlier in the show, and I'm going to return to that because we received an email from Kanye Micalia who says,
25:06Why do we say curse when we swear?
25:09And then why do we say curses in a witch's curse?
25:12Then we have cursor, cursive, et cetera.
25:14Are they all linked?
25:15And curses have been with us since antiquity, from the evil eye.
25:21Menstruation, obviously, often referred to as the curse, or it used to be.
25:27We had the Hope Diamond.
25:28We had the Mark of Cain.
25:29Lots and lots of different contexts.
25:31And we have been pondering curses and fearing them for a very long time.
25:35And the idea is of vengeful spirits, isn't it?
25:38Of malevolent gods that have sort of inspired us to try and protect ourselves.
25:43Or, in turn, who then might utter a kind of malevolent wish against us.
25:48Curses were found and carved upon the tombs of the pharaohs, Tutankhamen's tomb.
25:54We hear about mummy's curse, et cetera.
25:56And then if you go back to the Roman baths at Bath,
25:59130 ancient curse tablets were found there a little while ago, actually.
26:04They're called defixiones.
26:06And here were messages inscribed by citizens who wished ill upon other people.
26:12They were called defixiones, meaning fastened,
26:14because the idea is that this curse would stay with you.
26:17It would bind itself to the victim, if you like.
26:20So, one tablet was inscribed by a citizen called Docimedes,
26:24and his gloves had been stolen.
26:26And he requested that the gods ensure not just the return of the gloves,
26:30but also the loss of the perpetrator's mind and eyes.
26:34And they get worse and worse.
26:36There's one, may he who carried off Volibia, obviously a loved one,
26:41from me become liquid as the water and have all intestines eaten away.
26:45I mean, they're pretty fierce things.
26:47So, I suppose, not surprisingly,
26:50curse has been in English for over a thousand years.
26:53But where it comes from, very fittingly, is a bit of a mystery.
26:56So, it's first recorded in a charter that was issued
26:59by Lady Godiva's husband, the Earl of Mercia.
27:03And around this time, curse could mean lots of different things,
27:06which is what Kanye was asking at the beginning.
27:08It could mean to swear, to utter profanity, profanity from the Latin,
27:14outside the temple, so very not sacred.
27:17It could mean excommunication by the church and the vengeance of a deity,
27:21all of these things.
27:22And so, you might think, given a lot of religious context,
27:24that it's linked to cross, but there's been no evidence of that found.
27:28Much more convincing, and again, Kanye, we're spot on here,
27:31is that it comes from a Latin verb that gives us a huge family in English.
27:36The verb is curere, meaning to run.
27:38And it gave us the cursor and the cursive that Kanye mentions.
27:43It gave us concur, excursion, current, incur, occur, and so on, and so on.
27:48But it also gave us course, along which something runs.
27:51And the reference, if this is the case,
27:53is that a curse originally was a course or a series of prayers
27:57sung by a priest in those early religious uses,
28:00when it hadn't yet taken on the malevolence, perhaps,
28:03that we know it today.
28:04So, quite a history for something, I guess,
28:07which still terrifies us today.
28:09Fantastic. Well done.
28:10APPLAUSE
28:12Four rounds left.
28:15Mathematically, it isn't over yet, David, so don't rest on your laurels.
28:19Let's go.
28:20Could I start with a consonant, please?
28:22Thank you, David.
28:23L.
28:25A vowel, please.
28:26O.
28:27A consonant.
28:29R.
28:30Consonant.
28:32N.
28:33A vowel.
28:34A.
28:36Another vowel.
28:38E.
28:40A consonant.
28:42Q.
28:43Another consonant.
28:45D.
28:47And another consonant.
28:49Lastly,
28:50S.
28:51Let's play.
28:52A vowel.
28:54Music.
28:55тер
29:22And that's time. David? Seven. And for you, Nigel? Seven.
29:27And what have you got there, David? Slander. And for you, Nigel?
29:30Loaders. Slander and loaders, as we head to dictionary corner.
29:34They both count, but anything else, Neil? There is an eight there.
29:38It's ladrones. And what does that mean?
29:42It's the French for an unmanned vehicle. An aerial vehicle.
29:46I've no idea. I just saw Susie write it down, to be honest.
29:50Brilliant. Thank you for your honesty. Thank you.
29:53Come on, ladrones. Yeah, they are highwaymen or pirates
29:56in Spain or Spanish America. Fantastic. What a great word.
30:00Last letters, right? Nigel? Could I have a consonant, please?
30:03Thank you, Nigel. T. And another?
30:07R. And another? H. And another?
30:13F. And a vowel? A. And another?
30:19I. And a consonant, please. And lastly, T. And last letters.
30:31?
30:32?
30:33?
30:44?
30:45?
30:46?
30:48MUSIC PLAYS
31:02Nigel? Six.
31:04And David? Six.
31:06With us we have a new champion, Nigel, what have you got?
31:09Fourth. Fourth. And for you, David?
31:12Outfit. Outfit. Very good.
31:15Very good indeed. Excellent. Well done, David, well done.
31:17APPLAUSE
31:20Twenty-two years in the making, that win.
31:22How do you get on, Neil?
31:24Yeah, no better than six.
31:25Arthur is there for six, but nothing better than that, I'm afraid.
31:28Frustrating round.
31:30All right, let's get our last numbers in.
31:32And you're choosing them, our new champion.
31:34Could I have four large and two small, please?
31:36You can indeed. Not taking your foot off the pedal at all.
31:39Final numbers of the day.
31:41Nine and five, and we know the four.
31:44Twenty-five, one hundred, fifty and seventy-five.
31:48And the target you need to reach, one hundred and ninety-eight.
31:51One ninety-eight. Last numbers.
31:53Get out of the ground.
31:54뉴욕
32:10One, nine, eight. Another low total. How did you get on, David?
32:27One, nine, eight. Well done. And Nigel?
32:29One, nine, eight. One, nine, eight. Off you go, Mr Rowe.
32:3225 minus 5 is 20.
32:35Yep.
32:36100 over 50 is 2.
32:38It is indeed.
32:39Add it on.
32:3922.
32:40Times by nine.
32:41Well done.
32:42And for you, Nigel?
32:43100 plus 75, plus 5.
32:4950 over 25 is 2, times 9.
32:52Add it on.
32:53Yep, not as easy as it looked. Two great mathematicians here.
32:56Well done.
32:57APPLAUSE
32:59Absolutely. It's already an impressive losing score
33:02and it could be the tonne for David on his return.
33:05His first victory of how many? We shall see.
33:08So, still an important ten points for Nigel and David as we reveal Monday Afternoon's Countdown Conundrum.
33:14BELL RINGS
33:15Nigel?
33:16Shivering.
33:17Let's reveal it.
33:18There you go.
33:19APPLAUSE
33:20Nice way to go out, but the hutch is gone. Devastated. Decent run, no way.
33:30Yeah.
33:31Yeah, good stuff. Good to have you here, mate. Safe home. Thank you very much.
33:35Thank you very much.
33:36Thank you very much. It's been a pleasure.
33:38Now, he's got his teapot. Did you get one in 2001?
33:41Yes.
33:42So, we had the teapots back then, did we?
33:44Yes.
33:45So, it's literally been 23 years at least since we had another idea. Right.
33:50Is it exactly the same design in everything? As far as I know, yes.
33:53LAUGHTER
33:54I've never made tea in it.
33:55Iconic.
33:56Not even the handles, no design.
33:59I don't think any design changes.
34:01So, have you still got it? Yes.
34:02So, will this one be a working teapot then?
34:04No.
34:05A tooth beside it. Do not touch him.
34:08But I know you cherish it. I know you love Countdown.
34:10And you're switching chairs again, David. So, well done.
34:12See you tomorrow.
34:13And all done, Neil and Susie, in this great week.
34:16So, see you tomorrow.
34:17See you tomorrow.
34:18Halloween week.
34:19And tying in with that, just to finish, we should say happy birthday to Joaquin Phoenix.
34:23Because he's 50 today and you've seen that playing the Joker.
34:26He's fantastic, right?
34:27One from the top.
34:28Yes, absolutely.
34:29Right, we're back tomorrow.
34:31More things going bump in the afternoon.
34:33Rachel, Susie and I will be waiting for you.
34:35You can count on us.
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