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00:30Hello, everybody. It is Tuesday afternoon as we all grapple with a deep, dark November, but guaranteed a little bit of warmth just after two o'clock Monday to Friday with Countdown. How are you doing, Rachel?
00:43Very well. I'm bringing the colour, clearly.
00:45Yes, a nice jumper. Excellent. On this day in 1975, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was released, a movie based on the novel. What's your take on that movie?
00:56I haven't seen it. This is something else I need to see. It's one of those classics that everybody knows about, but I haven't seen.
01:03An absolutely sensational movie. And of course, it's all about Jack Nicholson, and he's known for getting into his roles, whether it was in The Shining, whether it was in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
01:14This is really interesting. The key cast, of course, it was set in a psychiatric hospital, actually lived in Oregon State Hospital and stayed overnight to see what it would feel like to not be able to get out, to feel like what it's like to be in a hospital day in, day out.
01:32Imagine that. Wow. And then going and filming properly in that state of mind. 49 years old, as we speak today, so it does get on the classic list.
01:42Yep. Well, let's head over to Dictionary Corner. The always level-headed and calm, Susie Dent is there with her dictionary.
01:49And alongside her all this week, it's Levi Root.
01:54Looking fantastic, as always. Thank you, Carl.
01:57As always. You don't find many doctors look that good, let me tell you.
02:01Right, our champion is Helen McGivern, 33 years old, living in Wigan. How are you today?
02:07I'm very well, thank you.
02:08You're up against Keith Sanders, who immediately, we hope, beats you because he brought us a present.
02:14And you haven't brought us anything yet. Shameful.
02:17Keith, you're from Kendall.
02:19Yep.
02:19That's a clue. Come on, hand it over. I love it. You brought us some Kendall mint cake.
02:23There you go. Lovely. Do you like this, Rach?
02:26I was going to say neutral.
02:28Susie, Kendall mint cake.
02:29I love Kendall mint cake. It keeps you going on a long walk.
02:32What about you, Levi?
02:33I love Kendall mint cake.
02:34You love it.
02:35It's a shame.
02:36Nice cuppa.
02:37You just brought enough for me.
02:38But, you know, I'll see if I can spare you a little square later.
02:41Well, listen, we are easily bribed. Thank you very much for the Kendall mint cake.
02:45During the second commercial break, I'll slip you the answer to the conundrum.
02:48Brilliant stuff.
02:49Keith and Helen, best of luck.
02:52If you win today, the pressure's on tomorrow, Helen, for a present, I think.
02:56Off you go.
02:57Hi, Rachel.
02:58Hi, Helen.
02:58Another consonant, please.
02:59You can indeed start today with C.
03:02And another.
03:04S.
03:05And a third.
03:08M.
03:09And a vowel, please.
03:11A.
03:12And another.
03:13U.
03:15And another.
03:18E.
03:18I'll finish with a vowel, please.
03:29Finish with I.
03:31At home and in the studio.
03:33That's by Countdown.
03:34It's actually running out.
03:34It's very hard.
03:37If you had to be a vowel, please.
03:51If you would love to hear it, please.
03:53If you have a vowel, please.
03:56Now let's do it.
03:57Here we go.
03:58And a vowel.
04:00Time's up, Helen.
04:06Seven.
04:06And for you, Keith?
04:07Six.
04:08The six is, Keith?
04:09Minors.
04:10Minors.
04:11And for you, Helen?
04:12Marines.
04:13Yes.
04:13Very good.
04:14Brilliant start.
04:15Levi?
04:15Yeah, we're on a roll here.
04:17We started with amazing nine.
04:19Yeah, manicures.
04:21Oh, nice.
04:23Your nails.
04:24Your nails.
04:26Love it.
04:27Manicures will get you 18 points.
04:31So both Helen and Keith kicking themselves a little bit.
04:34Let's get more letters, Keith.
04:35Good afternoon, Rachel.
04:36Afternoon, Keith.
04:37Could I start with a consonant, please?
04:40Start with C.
04:41And a vowel.
04:43A.
04:45Consonant.
04:47H.
04:48Consonant.
04:50L.
04:51Vowel.
04:53O.
04:55Consonant.
04:56N.
04:57Vowel.
05:00U.
05:02Consonant.
05:04D.
05:07And another vowel, please.
05:09And lastly, E.
05:12Ah, let's play.
05:12Vowel.
05:14Vowel.
05:16T versuchen.
05:24In.
05:24MUSIC PLAYS
05:43Keith Sanders?
05:45Six.
05:46A six solid.
05:47And Ellen?
05:48And a six.
05:49There you go.
05:50Keith, let's get you on the board here.
05:51Cloned.
05:52Cloned.
05:53And for you, Helen?
05:54Handle.
05:54Handle and cloned.
05:56Yes.
05:57Nice and straightforward, but after a maximum,
05:59I've got high hopes, Levi.
06:01Not quite a maximum, Colin, but an eight,
06:04I think, will rocket us towards launched.
06:08Launched.
06:09There you go.
06:09Permission to launch.
06:11Right.
06:1113 players, six.
06:12Then first numbers round of the day.
06:14Helen, talk to Rach.
06:15I'll have one large and five small, please.
06:18Thank you, Helen.
06:18One from the top and five not.
06:22And for the first time today,
06:23the numbers are 9, 8, 5, 7, 3, and the large one, 25.
06:31And the target, 798.
06:33798.
06:34Numbers up.
06:351, 2, 2, 1, 4, 2, 3, for the hairstyle.
06:43What?
06:46Now.
06:47798. How did you get on, Helen?
07:09I think I've got 800.
07:10And for you, Keith?
07:12800.
07:13800 and 800. Off you go, Helen.
07:14So I did. 7 minus 3 is far.
07:17Yep.
07:19And then 8 times 4 is 32.
07:2132.
07:22And then times 25.
07:24800. Two above.
07:25There you go. Two above. What about you, Keith?
07:27Slightly different. 9 times 3 is 27.
07:31Plus 5, 32.
07:32And multiply by 25.
07:34Same result.
07:35So 798, which is a multiple of 7!
07:39Did you get it?
07:40No!
07:42You've done the hard work, Colin.
07:44You're looking for 7 times 114.
07:47So you can say 25 times 5 is 125.
07:528 plus 3 is 11.
07:54Take that away for the magic number.
07:56And times it by 7, 798.
07:57Yeah, well done.
07:58By the time I worked out what it's a multiple of, there's only two seconds left.
08:04That's the problem.
08:04Increase the clock time.
08:06I'm starting to come in now.
08:07Lash Greg is the tea time teaser.
08:10Lash Greg.
08:11They tried bartering for Marvin's gloves.
08:14They tried bartering for Marvin's gloves.
08:17It's a reference to the great Marvin Heigler.
08:40Heigler's was the answer.
08:41As part 2 of Countdown begins.
08:44And let's get your letters.
08:45Keith.
08:45A consonant, please.
08:47Thank you, Keith.
08:48G.
08:49A vowel.
08:51A.
08:52Consonant.
08:55S.
08:56Consonant.
08:56W.
08:59Vowel.
09:00E.
09:02Consonant.
09:04K.
09:05A vowel, please.
09:07I.
09:09A consonant, please.
09:11B.
09:12And another consonant, please.
09:15Lastly, P.
09:16Ooh.
09:1730 seconds.
09:17A consonant.
09:37A consonant próprio.
09:39A consonant poi.
09:40S.
09:41A consonant.
09:43A consonant.
09:44A consonant buila.
09:45D multiplicand.
09:45A consortium.
09:46S.
09:47All right, Keith, how did you get on?
09:50Five.
09:51And for Helen?
09:52I'll try a six.
09:53Going to try a six.
09:54So, Keith, to say five...
09:56Speak.
09:56And going out on a limb, Helen, speak.
09:59Wakeies.
10:01Wakeies.
10:02Wakey, as in wakey-wakey.
10:04It's not in, I'm afraid.
10:06Sorry, Helen.
10:06It's OK.
10:07Not surprised by that, Helen.
10:09Really not.
10:11Levi?
10:12We've got waspy for six.
10:14Waspy.
10:15Yes, very tight corset.
10:17Right.
10:17Two points in it, so very tight as we get more letters from Helen.
10:22I'll start with a consonant, please.
10:24Thank you, Helen.
10:25N.
10:26And another.
10:28D.
10:29And another.
10:31T.
10:32And a vowel.
10:34O.
10:36And a vowel.
10:37A.
10:39And another.
10:41E.
10:43And a consonant.
10:45S.
10:45And a consonant.
10:50R.
10:52And a final vowel, please.
10:55Final I.
10:57And start that clock.
10:58T tôm.
10:59E Gobierno.
10:59EY.
11:00And a consonant.
11:04And aicus.
11:05T.
11:06The vowel.
11:20But.
11:21EY.
11:21And a consonant.
11:21And a consonant.
11:21And a港.
11:22And a how to teach it, we'll try to take a look look.
11:23And a roman.
11:24And a consonant.
11:25And a freshman answer.
11:25C.
11:26Helen?
11:30Nine.
11:31Keith?
11:31Seven.
11:33What's a seven?
11:34Estonia.
11:35And for you, Helen?
11:36Doubt myself no.
11:37Notarised.
11:38Well done.
11:39You haven't messed up.
11:42Wow, look at that back-to-back nines yesterday and today.
11:46Brilliant from Helen.
11:47Levi, what did you see?
11:49Yeah, I saw another nine.
11:50The rations.
11:51The rations.
11:52As it sounds, what it means?
11:54As it sounds, yeah, you lift the rationing from something,
11:56particular food.
11:57Well, it's a feast of nines here.
11:59Well done.
12:01And just like that, from two points in at the 20,
12:04so let's get back on the rollercoaster, Keith,
12:06in your numbers.
12:07Could I have two large, please, Rachel?
12:09And the rest small.
12:11Thank you, Keith.
12:11Two from the top, four not.
12:14And the second numbers game of the day is two, five, nine,
12:19nine, 50 and 100.
12:22And the target, 614.
12:25Six, one, four.
12:26Numbers up.
12:26Two from the top, five, nine, 50 and 100.
12:31And the other one is two, five, nine, 50 and 100.
12:31And the other one is two, five, nine, 50 and 100.
12:33And the other one is two, five, nine, 50 and 100.
12:35And the other one is two, five, nine, 50 and 100.
12:36And the other one is two, five, nine, 50 and 100.
12:37And the other one is two, five, nine, 50 and 100.
12:38And the other one is two, five, nine, 50 and 100.
12:39And the other one is two, five, nine, 50 and 100.
12:40And the other one is two, five, nine, 50 and 100.
12:41And the other one is two, five, nine, 50 and 100.
12:42And the other one is two, five, nine, 50 and 100.
12:43And the other one is two, five, nine, 50 and 100.
12:456-1-4. Keith?
13:006-1-7.
13:01Helen?
13:02Only 6-0-9.
13:04A really difficult one, Keith. This for a big seven points.
13:079-5 equals 4.
13:109-5, 4.
13:11100 plus 50 plus 2.
13:15152.
13:17The four times the 152.
13:21608.
13:22And then add the nine.
13:23And 6-1-7, three above.
13:25Well done. And just how close to that was to the best you can do?
13:29I don't know. Possible?
13:30Possible. Leave it with me.
13:32OK, yeah. Really, really difficult, Keith.
13:34Well done. Seven points back after Helen's maximum
13:37as we break bread yet again with Levi Roots.
13:40You know, you're on Dictionary Corner quite a lot
13:42and you sometimes think, well,
13:44when is somebody going to run out of stories?
13:46But Levi has the greatest life, right?
13:47So since last time, two doctorates.
13:49We talked about that yesterday.
13:51And just for a bit of good measure,
13:52you're learning to fly.
13:54I am learning to fly.
13:55And it was absolutely fantastic.
13:58And again, it's something that perhaps...
14:00Because if you remember, I've talked to you about skydiving.
14:02I did that to conquer my fears in Dubai some years ago.
14:06But I really wanted to challenge myself again to see this time
14:10whether or not I could actually fly a plane.
14:13It's like...
14:14It's another bucket list type of thing that, you know,
14:16you just don't want to do.
14:18And this week, I had the opportunity to do that.
14:22And it was a fantastic, brilliant pilot
14:25that was going to give me my first lesson.
14:28And we got in the plane and he taxied down the runway
14:31and I still felt like telling him to stop and let me out.
14:35Hitchhike back.
14:36Hitchhike back.
14:37Especially when we took off
14:38and that feeling in the stomach started.
14:41I thought that maybe I shouldn't have had that lovely breakfast
14:43that I did this morning.
14:46And we got up there and it was amazing.
14:48It was absolutely...
14:49Once you get up and you sort of get beyond the thermals
14:53and you're in a nice trajectory,
14:56it's a lovely feeling.
14:59But the thing is that don't look down
15:01if you're not used to it up there.
15:03And I was looking down, unfortunately.
15:05So it wasn't...
15:06The first 10 minutes wasn't a nice one
15:08until I actually got used to it
15:11and I'm in the plane and I'm thinking that this is fine.
15:14You know, I say to everybody,
15:15try something daring
15:17because you might be surprised
15:18and see how you're actually taking to it, you know.
15:21I took to it and now I want to get my flying badge
15:24by actually going back and taking more lessons.
15:27But it was amazing to actually get up there
15:29and actually look up.
15:30We went to...
15:32Is it near Milton Keynes?
15:33We actually did our flying.
15:35And it was just so brilliant to look down
15:37and see, you know, see the...
15:39We flew over Marlow,
15:40which my friend Peter Jones actually lives in Marlow.
15:43So I was up there like flying and looking at his house
15:45and looking down and saying,
15:47Peter, if you could see me now, you know,
15:50as we zoomed along.
15:52So it was beautiful.
15:53Absolutely beautiful.
15:54Thank you very much.
15:54Levi Root.
15:57There you go.
15:58Taking flying lessons,
15:59but always down to earth.
16:01Now, have you came down to earth with a bumper?
16:03Did you manage to work out 614?
16:05Literally a couple of seconds.
16:06So I got to listen to Levi,
16:07which was nice.
16:08If you say 9 plus 2 is 11,
16:11add it to the 100 for 111,
16:14times that by 5 for 555,
16:17and then add the 50 and the second 9.
16:20614.
16:20Brilliant.
16:21We are flying.
16:24And back to the letters.
16:25Helen.
16:25Can I have a consonant, please?
16:27Thank you, Helen.
16:27V.
16:28And another.
16:30T.
16:31And a third.
16:34R.
16:34And a vowel.
16:36And a vowel.
16:36A.
16:38And another.
16:39E.
16:40And a consonant.
16:42G.
16:43And another.
16:46H.
16:46And a vowel.
16:50I.
16:52And a final consonant, please.
16:54A final.
16:55D.
16:56Here we go.
16:57D.
17:05D.
17:06D.
17:06MUSIC PLAYS
17:27Time's up, Helen.
17:29Seven.
17:30And for you, Keith?
17:31Six.
17:31The six is?
17:33Grated.
17:34Grated.
17:35And what have you added?
17:36Righted?
17:37Yes, righted the wrongs.
17:38Well done.
17:39I'm going to bet you can't do better than that.
17:41Yeah, you're absolutely right.
17:44Triage is the best we can do for seven.
17:45There you go.
17:45So, two of those, right?
17:47All right.
17:48Excellent.
17:48There you go.
17:49No time to lick our wounds.
17:51Back to it, Keith.
17:53A consonant, please, Rachel.
17:55Thank you, Keith.
17:56L.
17:57A vowel.
17:58E.
18:00Consonant.
18:01B.
18:02Consonant.
18:04S.
18:05A vowel.
18:06I.
18:07A consonant.
18:08A consonant.
18:10P.
18:12A vowel.
18:15I.
18:17A consonant.
18:18R.
18:21And a final consonant.
18:24Final C.
18:25And half a minute.
18:25A consonant.
18:26A consonant.
18:27A consonant.
18:27A consonant.
18:28A consonant.
18:28A consonant.
18:28A consonant.
18:29A consonant.
18:29A consonant.
18:29A consonant.
18:30A consonant.
18:30A consonant.
18:31A consonant.
18:31A consonant.
18:31A consonant.
18:31A consonant.
18:31A consonant.
18:32A consonant.
18:32A consonant.
18:32A consonant.
18:32A consonant.
18:33A consonant.
18:33A consonant.
18:33A consonant.
18:34A consonant.
18:34A consonant.
18:34A consonant.
18:35A consonant.
18:35A consonant.
18:35A consonant.
18:36A consonant.
18:36A consonant.
18:37A consonant.
18:37A consonant.
18:38A consonant.
18:39A consonant.
18:39A consonant.
18:40A consonant.
18:40A consonant.
18:41A consonant.
18:41A consonant.
18:42A consonant.
18:42A consonant.
18:43A consonant.
18:43Keith?
18:57Five. Five for you.
18:59Helen? I'll try a seven.
19:01Going to try a seven.
19:03Keith, the five. Blues.
19:05Now, last time you played it safe and Helen
19:07wasn't sure, you actually got the points. So let's find out
19:09what happens. Helen? Curlies?
19:11Um, curlies.
19:15Must have been. Yes, it's not there
19:17on its own. Only in the expression
19:19have someone by the short and curlies, but not
19:21on its own. I'm so sorry.
19:23Goodness me. Alright, so the five kinds.
19:25Well done, Keith.
19:27What about you, Levi? Yeah, drumroll
19:29for Dictionary Corner here. Another nine
19:31republics. Fantastic.
19:34Yes, that's right.
19:36And every time
19:37we think Helen's just pulling away,
19:38we get a little twist of the teal.
19:41Well, it's happened again.
19:42And Helen, ten points. Big points in the numbers.
19:45I'll go for one large and five small, please.
19:47Keeping it simple.
19:49We shall see
19:50if those tactics work.
19:52The five little ones.
19:53Four, eight, seven,
19:55nine, and four.
19:57And the large one, 75 this time.
19:59And you need to reach 561.
20:02561.
20:03Numbers up.
20:03And the music.
20:12.
20:12MUSIC PLAYS
20:335, 6, 1, Helen.
20:365, 60.
20:37One away. Keith?
20:38No, I've multiplied it wrong.
20:40Oh, no, Keith!
20:42Helen, off you go for seven points.
20:45So I did 75 times 8.
20:4775 times 8, 600.
20:49And then 9 times 4 is 36.
20:52Yep.
20:52Plus 4.
20:54And take it away.
20:56Yep, one away.
20:57And bring it on home, Rich.
20:58Well, quite a few ways for this one.
21:00One of them, 75 times 7, 525.
21:04And then you can take your 9 times 4 and add it on for 5, 6, 1.
21:08Nice.
21:09APPLAUSE
21:10Give yourself 10 points if you manage to get that at home.
21:15As just for fun, we get our second tea time teaser of this Tuesday afternoon.
21:19Sea teeth.
21:20Sea teeth.
21:21And it's as in the ocean is how we're spelling that.
21:23She knows what she likes and likes what she sees.
21:25She knows what she likes and she likes what she sees.
21:28Hello again.
21:45She knows what she likes and likes what she sees.
21:48I know how to pronounce this because I asked Susie during the break.
21:51Aesthete.
21:52Aesthete.
21:52But it's spelt like aesthetic.
21:54Yes.
21:54But the pronunciation changes.
21:56A little bit, yes.
21:57So, actually, in America, they miss out the beginning A, the opening A altogether.
22:02And it is simply, it's a lovely one, a person who's appreciative of art and beauty.
22:06There you go.
22:07Yeah.
22:07Very nice.
22:09At 52, 30, as we get more letters now from our challenger, Keith Sanders.
22:14Off you go, Keith.
22:15A consonant, please.
22:17Thank you, Keith.
22:18A vowel, please.
22:22A.
22:23Consonant.
22:25N.
22:26A vowel.
22:28U.
22:30Consonant.
22:32T.
22:34A vowel.
22:36O.
22:38A vowel.
22:41U.
22:43Consonant.
22:45P.
22:46And a final consonant, please.
22:50Final T.
22:52And half a minute.
22:52A vowel.
22:53A vowel.
22:53A vowel.
22:54A vowel.
22:54A vowel.
22:54A vowel.
22:55A vowel.
22:55A vowel.
22:55A vowel.
22:56A vowel.
22:56A vowel.
22:56A vowel.
22:56A vowel.
22:57A vowel.
22:57A vowel.
22:58A vowel.
22:58A vowel.
22:58A vowel.
22:58A vowel.
22:59A vowel.
22:59A vowel.
22:59A vowel.
22:59A vowel.
22:59A vowel.
23:00A vowel.
23:00A vowel.
23:00A vowel.
23:00A vowel.
23:00A vowel.
23:01A vowel.
23:01A vowel.
23:02A vowel.
23:02A vowel.
23:03A vowel.
23:04A vowel.
23:04A vowel.
23:05A vowel.
23:06A vowel.
23:06A vowel.
23:07A vowel.
23:07A vowel.
23:08A vowel.
23:08a vowel.
23:09A vowel.
23:10Keith?
23:25I had five.
23:26And for you, Helen?
23:27A six.
23:28Yeah, a really difficult round, this, Keith.
23:30What have you got?
23:31Unpot.
23:33Unpot.
23:34And Helen?
23:35Output.
23:36Yes, output.
23:37Very good indeed.
23:37There is no unpot, unfortunately.
23:40Unlucky.
23:41Dictionary corner.
23:42Yeah, I can't beat L's with output.
23:45That's it.
23:46That's all we have, all right.
23:4758.30, let's get on with it.
23:49More letters from Helen.
23:50I'll have a consonant, please.
23:51Thank you, Helen.
23:52L.
23:53And another.
23:55T.
23:57And a third.
23:59N.
24:01And a vowel.
24:03E.
24:04And another.
24:05A.
24:07And a consonant.
24:09S.
24:10Another consonant.
24:13D.
24:14And a vowel.
24:16I.
24:18And final consonant, please.
24:20Final F.
24:21And kite down.
24:22T.
24:22.
24:31And a vowel.
24:36That's it, Helen.
24:54Eight, not written down.
24:55OK, and Keith?
24:56No, just five.
24:57What's the five, Keith?
24:58Flans.
24:59And Helen?
25:00Inflated.
25:01Very nice.
25:01Yes.
25:04That's what's going to happen to your score.
25:05Another eight on top of it.
25:07Levi, interesting letters, these.
25:08Yeah, I can't beat eight.
25:10There's quite a few eights, but best one here is lanties.
25:14Lanties, yeah.
25:14They are beams that support a wall or other structures.
25:17They're not as you would expect.
25:19She's a whirlwind, Keith.
25:20There's no easy rounds up against our current champion.
25:23The eights, the sevens, really is quite special.
25:26Let's get our origins of words, though, for today, with four rounds left.
25:29So, thank you to Jan Freeman, who wrote in to ask why,
25:34if a necklace goes around your neck and an anklet goes on your ankle,
25:38a bracelet is not called a wristlet.
25:40True.
25:40Yeah.
25:41And it's a very good question.
25:43If you go back to the 19th century,
25:44you will find that a bracelet was, in fact, called a wristlet for a little while.
25:48But a bracelet itself is much, much older.
25:50And the left ending there is just what we would call the diminutive.
25:53So, a booklet is a little book and a bracelet was a little brace.
25:57And brace itself comes from a French word or an Anglo-Norman word
26:02that was in use after the Norman conquest.
26:06Bras, meaning arm.
26:07In modern French, it simply means one arm.
26:09But at the time, it actually could mean both in a sort of embrace, if you like,
26:13which is exactly from the same family.
26:16And the idea was of something held.
26:18So, we talk about a brace of pheasants, which you sort of, you know, I suppose would hold.
26:23Also, the brace on teeth, because it clasps your teeth and supports them.
26:28Embrace, as I say, to clasp with both arms.
26:31And another surprising member of the family, which is brassiere,
26:34which was shortened to bra, of course.
26:37And that was originally used for a piece of armour that supported the arm.
26:41So, it was an arm guard.
26:43And only later did it move to one that protected the chest
26:46or, of course, the breast as we know it today.
26:48So, a bracelet was simply something that clasped your wrist.
26:53It wasn't particularly specific, but it goes back to that very old family
26:57that we have the Normans to thank for.
27:01More letters now. Keith, it's on you.
27:04A consonant, please, Rachel.
27:06Thank you, Keith.
27:07S.
27:08A vowel.
27:10E.
27:11A consonant.
27:13G.
27:14Another consonant.
27:16M.
27:17A vowel, please.
27:19O.
27:19O.
27:20A consonant.
27:22T.
27:24Another consonant.
27:26G.
27:28A vowel.
27:30E.
27:31And a final consonant, please.
27:34Final N.
27:35And let's play.
27:36I.
27:36Talk to you in the US.
27:37I'm sorry.
27:39I'm sorry.
27:39T
28:02KEITH
28:06Keith?
28:07Seven.
28:08Seven.
28:09And for Helen?
28:10Seven, not written down.
28:11OK, Helen, you go first, then.
28:13Genomes.
28:14Genomes.
28:15And for Keith?
28:16Segment.
28:17Segment.
28:18Both excellent.
28:19APPLAUSE
28:21Nice, seven points each on the board.
28:23Levi, how many points am I giving you?
28:25Yeah, we've got an eight here.
28:27Gemstone.
28:28Gemstone.
28:29Nice, well done, well done.
28:3173.
28:3237.
28:33Last letters round.
28:34Helen, we need nine.
28:35Consonant, please.
28:36Thank you, Helen.
28:37S.
28:38And another.
28:40N.
28:42And a third.
28:44T.
28:46And a vowel, please.
28:47O.
28:48And another.
28:50E.
28:51And a consonant.
28:53J.
28:55Another consonant.
28:57S.
28:58And a vowel.
29:00I.
29:01Final consonant, please.
29:03Final.
29:04R.
29:05Last letters.
29:06And a vowel, please.
29:07And a vowel.
29:08It's the perfect range.
29:09That's the perfect range, right?
29:10We'll see you in the mix.
29:11Helen, how many?
29:39Seven.
29:39And for you, Keith?
29:41Eight.
29:42Helen, what's yours?
29:43Stories.
29:43Stories.
29:44And tell me a story, Keith, what's the eight?
29:46Jointers.
29:47Very nice indeed.
29:48Well done.
29:51No problems at all from Dictionary Corner.
29:53They give you the green flag immediately.
29:56Eight for jointers.
29:58I flashed up a green flag, an imaginary one.
30:02Jointress for nine.
30:04Jointress for nine.
30:05Yes.
30:06Nothing to do with jointing, actually, and all to do with old law.
30:10And a jointress was a woman who held a jointer, and that was an estate that was settled on her for the period during which she survived her husband, the period that she was alive, essentially.
30:21It's raining nines this week, isn't it?
30:23Yeah.
30:24We've been spoilt so far.
30:25Well done, Keith.
30:26Taking those points off, our great champion.
30:29So it's 73-45.
30:31It's a bridge too far, but half a century looms now for you, Keith.
30:35Last numbers.
30:36One large, please, and the rest small.
30:38Thank you, Keith.
30:39One from the top.
30:40Five not.
30:40Final numbers of the day.
30:43And they are seven, three, six, ten, four, and a large one, 50.
30:49And you need to reach 214.
30:52214.
30:53Numbers up.
30:53Two, three, six, ten, four, and a large one.
31:24214.
31:25Keith?
31:26214.
31:27Helen?
31:27214.
31:28Come on, let's get you ten points, please.
31:29Go on, Keith.
31:30Seven minus three is four.
31:32Yes.
31:33Times 50.
31:34200.
31:35Add 10, four.
31:36Nicely done.
31:37Magic.
31:38Helen?
31:39I did four times 50.
31:42200.
31:43And then ten minus six is four.
31:46Yep.
31:46Plus seven, plus three.
31:48Add it on.
31:50So another 14.
31:51Lovely.
31:52APPLAUSE
31:53That is ten points each.
31:56Well, look, Keith, you haven't been able to have your cake and eat it,
32:00but you have been mint.
32:01So thank you for being here.
32:02Let's get you another ten points.
32:03Unless, Helen, you can step in and get today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:08We'll see you next time.
32:09We'll see you next time.
32:09We'll see you next time.
32:40The blanks on today's countdown conundrum.
32:44I'm convinced that Rachel has some sort of pocket conundrum solver
32:49and she's cheating.
32:51Unbelievable.
32:51You got it straight away.
32:52I didn't see it either.
32:53What is it?
32:54I think it's residency.
32:55Let's have a little look.
32:57Look at that.
32:59It wasn't a beat for you, Keith,
33:01but you go back to Kendall with all our love
33:03and thank you for the present.
33:06I'm beaten by someone who really excites me.
33:08By the way, I've loved the three wins so far
33:10and, Helen, I was thinking
33:13if you were to bring us something from Wigan,
33:15I don't think it would travel well
33:17because it's the pie barm, isn't it?
33:19Yeah, pie barm.
33:20Yeah.
33:20So, for those who don't not know,
33:22a meat pie inside a buttered roll.
33:25Yeah, also known as a wig and kebab.
33:29I love that.
33:30I'll make you a deal.
33:31If you become an octo-champ,
33:33we'll work out some way of getting a wig and kebab in here,
33:36all right?
33:36See what I can do.
33:37I promise you, we'll work on it together.
33:39I'll see you tomorrow and you, Levi, and you, Susie.
33:42Yeah, see you then.
33:42Excellent.
33:43And your face there.
33:45Well, I'm not sure if you know,
33:46but obviously 49 years ago today,
33:47we mentioned one flew over the cuckoo's nest came out.
33:5011 years before that,
33:51a baby lexicographer was born.
33:53No.
33:54Well, because Susie keeps her birthdays
33:56very, very, very quiet indeed,
33:59but today's the big day.
34:01I've got some Kendall mint cake.
34:02Exactly.
34:03It's my need.
34:03I'm so thoughtful.
34:05That's my present to you, not Keith.
34:07Thanks for this, Keith.
34:07Don't thank Keith.
34:08You gave it to me, I re-gifted it.
34:10I re-gifted that.
34:11It was even worse.
34:13Are we going to go out on the tour after the show?
34:15Oh, we're definitely going to go and have some wig and kebabs.
34:17Yeah.
34:18Nothing's going to stop us now.
34:20What a night out that would be.
34:21Susie Dent, a wig and kebab.
34:23We'll try and make it in the studio in time for tomorrow.
34:26We'll be here.
34:26You can count on us.
34:29You can contact the programme by email
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