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00:31Well, good afternoon and welcome to Countdown's studio.
00:34First of February, we got rid of January, and now we've just got the rest of the year to look forward to.
00:40That is, as long as an asteroid doesn't come and spoil the fun.
00:44Now, apparently, way back in 2002, it was predicted that on this very day, and who knows, it's only halfway through the day,
00:52an asteroid would come in and take us all to the brink of extinction.
00:56Look at that.
00:57Astronomers, however, have argued that the chances of that happening are one in 40 million,
01:02and then others have said it is impossible, can never happen, can never happen.
01:07So let's hold our breath for the rest of the afternoon.
01:09Conspiracy theorists, I know that you're a very, very practical, sensible, logical person.
01:18Do you have any conspiracy theories at all?
01:21I've heard many conspiracy theories.
01:23Go on, give me your favourite.
01:24No, it's not my favourite, Nick.
01:26It's the one that makes me most annoyed, because I've met people who believe this stuff,
01:30and it's so hard trying to counter it, but the worst one is that the world is flat.
01:35That's back, that's back in fashion.
01:37There's a lot of Americans, and obviously, you know, certain politicians over there are kind of feeding the conspiracy theory stuff.
01:43You don't need facts anymore, and people are genuinely convinced that it's some kind of conspiracy amongst governments,
01:49and the world is shaped like a donut, and the moon might not exist, and they're all lying to us for some reason.
01:55I've no idea why, but it's a rabbit hole, and none of it makes any sense.
01:59Stick to science.
02:01It'll see us through.
02:02Stick to thinking for yourself.
02:03Exactly.
02:04Now, who's with us?
02:05Jimmy Page is back, Rachel.
02:06Fleet Sales Advisor from Manchester, and you fulfilled a lifetime dream yesterday by winning a countdown teapot.
02:14How about that?
02:14Certainly did, yeah.
02:15Ah, it's brilliant.
02:16Well done.
02:17Well, let's see how you get on with Kerry Copland, full-time mum from Camberley in Surrey.
02:22That's right, Nick.
02:22Stuck down there in Surrey, when actually your heart is up in Liverpool with your beloved Everton football team.
02:30That's right.
02:32Do you ever get up to see them?
02:33Everton fan.
02:33Yes, actually, we were there a couple of weeks ago, watched them play.
02:37It was brilliant.
02:37Scored a goal that we could cheer, because normally we see them when they're playing away, and we have to sit on our hands.
02:42So, yeah, it's great fun.
02:43All right, well done.
02:45Well, have a lot of fun today.
02:46Big round of applause now for Jimmy and Kerry.
02:53And you're in the corner with Susie, food critic and journalist, presenter and jazz pianist, the wonderful Jay Rayner.
03:00Welcome back.
03:01Great to be here.
03:03I put on a very bright shirt so you could spot me today.
03:07I didn't want you to not be able to see me in the room.
03:10Oh, no, I can see you all.
03:11Can you see me?
03:12Of course I can.
03:12Marvellous.
03:13I wouldn't want you not to be able to see me.
03:15No, it's not just a shirt.
03:16It's the sort of size, actually.
03:19Fine.
03:20Thanks very much, Nick.
03:21I'm not going to say anything about an elephant.
03:23I've been working on it very hard, but I'm fine.
03:25I'm getting the message.
03:25I'm not going to say anything about an elephant in the corner.
03:28Now, moving on to Jimmy Page.
03:31Welcome, Jimmy.
03:32And off we go.
03:34A letter's game.
03:36Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:37Afternoon, Jimmy.
03:38Can I have a vowel, please?
03:39Starts the day with U.
03:40Stand by.
04:04Stand by.
04:10You well, Jimmy?
04:37A six.
04:37A six.
04:38Kerry.
04:39A six, Nick.
04:39Thank you, Jimmy.
04:41Potter.
04:42And Kerry.
04:43Potter.
04:45There we go.
04:46Just show that to Jimmy.
04:47And over in the corner there, Jay.
04:49Well, apart from a few short, rude ones, which I won't utter at this time of the afternoon.
04:54Right.
04:54Potter.
04:55That's all we got.
04:57Nothing else, Susie?
04:58Nothing.
04:58Nothing.
04:59OK.
05:00Six apiece.
05:01And it's Kerry Copland's letters game.
05:04Kerry.
05:04Good afternoon, Rachel.
05:05Afternoon, Kerry.
05:06Could I have a consonant, please?
05:09Let's start with Q.
05:11And another, please.
05:13T.
05:15And another.
05:17S.
05:18A vowel.
05:20I.
05:22Another vowel.
05:23E.
05:24A consonant.
05:27N.
05:27And another consonant, please.
05:39And the last one, R.
05:42Stand by.
05:43A consonant.
06:02Fuck.
06:03Kerry.
06:15Seven.
06:16And seven.
06:18Kerry.
06:19Retains.
06:20And Stainer.
06:21Stainer.
06:23Yes.
06:24Happy enough?
06:25Yes, very happy.
06:26Now then, Jay.
06:29So we've got keratin.
06:32Yes.
06:32That's a nice word.
06:33Yep.
06:34Rankest.
06:35Mm-hmm.
06:36Of all the people who are rank.
06:39Narciest.
06:40Narciest, even.
06:41Narci.
06:41Very narci.
06:42Narci and snarky.
06:44Anything else, Susie?
06:45No, that was our best for eight.
06:47Someone who's the most bad, tempered or irritable.
06:49Well done.
06:51Now, 13 apiece.
06:52Jimmy, how about a numbers game?
06:54I can have two large and four small, please.
06:56You can indeed.
06:57Thank you, Jimmy.
06:57Two from the top.
06:59And the four little ones to start the day are nine,
07:02eight, four, and five.
07:05And the large one's 50 and 100.
07:08And the target?
07:09Four hundred and seventy-eight.
07:10Four, seven, eight.
07:11One, two, three, four, and five.
07:12One, two, three, four, and five.
07:13One, two, three, four, and five.
07:14One, two, three, four, and five.
07:15One, two, three, four, and five.
07:16One, two, three, four, and five.
07:17One, two, three, four, and five.
07:18One, two, three, four, and five.
07:19One, two, three, four, and five.
07:20One, two, three, four, and five.
07:21One, two, three, four, and five.
07:22One, two, three, four, and five.
07:23One, two, three, four, and five.
07:24One, two, three, four, and five.
07:25One, two, three, four, and five.
07:26One, two, three, four, and five.
07:27Well, Jimmy, 4-7-5.
07:444-7-5. Kerry?
07:464-7-9.
07:48I'm 4-7-9.
07:49Kerry?
07:51Excuse me, 100 minus 4.
07:5496 multiplied by 5.
07:56Multiplied by 5 is 480.
07:58And 9 minus 8 is 1.
08:00Take it away.
08:011 away.
08:024-7-9.
08:04Very good.
08:05But 4-7-8, Rachel, can you help?
08:08Yes, Nick.
08:09If you say 100 plus 5, 105,
08:13times that by 4 for 420,
08:16and add the 50 and add the 8.
08:194-7-8.
08:19Perfect.
08:20Well done.
08:21So, Kerry on 20.
08:27Jimmy on 13 as we turn to our first Tea Time teaser,
08:29which is Bribe Tack.
08:31And the clue.
08:32He won't say much to your face,
08:33but he'll say plenty in your absence.
08:35He won't say much to your face,
08:37but he'll say plenty in your absence.
08:39Welcome back.
08:55I'll throw the clue.
08:56He won't say much to your face,
08:57but he'll say plenty in your absence.
08:59That's because he's a...
09:02backbiter.
09:03Shame on him.
09:04Backbiter.
09:05So, 13 plays 20.
09:06Kerry on 20.
09:07It's Kerry's letters game.
09:09Kerry.
09:10Could I have a consonant, please?
09:11Thank you, Kerry.
09:12M.
09:13And another.
09:15S.
09:16And another.
09:18D.
09:19And a vowel.
09:21I.
09:22And another, please.
09:24E.
09:26A consonant.
09:27R.
09:28A vowel.
09:31O.
09:33Consonant.
09:35N.
09:37And another consonant, please.
09:39And the last one, S.
09:42Stand by.
09:42This morning, the word A consonant, please.
09:53And another.
09:59You can find him.
10:08And another, we'll see you next time.
10:10Well, Kerry?
10:15Six.
10:16That's six.
10:17Jimmy?
10:17Six.
10:18Kerry?
10:19Modern.
10:20And?
10:21Onside.
10:22And onside.
10:23Can we beat six there, Jerry?
10:25We can.
10:25We can give you seven.
10:27Reminds.
10:28Yep.
10:28And minders.
10:30And minders.
10:31Well done.
10:31There's also endorses.
10:33Yes, with the I, which is just a variant spelling.
10:36Okay.
10:37So that will give you an eight.
10:38Well done.
10:39Thank you, Susie.
10:4026 to 19.
10:42Jimmy, your letters came.
10:45Can I have a consonant, please?
10:46Thank you, Jimmy.
10:47S.
10:48And a vowel.
10:50I.
10:51A consonant.
10:53M.
10:54And another.
10:55N.
10:56And another, please.
10:58R.
10:59And a vowel.
11:01A.
11:02Another vowel, please.
11:04O.
11:05A consonant.
11:07N.
11:08And a final consonant.
11:10And a final S.
11:12Stand by.
11:13R.
11:14R.
11:15Neon.
11:15A detonator.
11:23If you're a speaker on it, then we're ahead.
11:27I.
11:27We've been happy.
11:28We have been happy with that.
11:29We've been happy.
11:29And before we end it, it's done.
11:31We're going back.
11:31We'll see you later.
11:36And a way to win.
11:37And a second tangent.
11:38Hopefully we'll be happy with that.
11:38Well, Jimmy, six.
11:45Kerry?
11:46I'll stick with a six.
11:47Thank you, Jimmy.
11:49Miners.
11:50And?
11:50Manners.
11:54Jane, Susie?
11:55I've got mansions for eight.
11:58Ah, nice.
11:59Which I'm sure you live in all the time.
12:00I wish.
12:01Many of them.
12:02Anything else?
12:04No, I don't think so.
12:05No, no, I don't think so.
12:06We'll leave it at that, shall we?
12:08Match.
12:08All right, thank you.
12:0932 to 25, and it's a numbers game for Kerry Copland.
12:15Kerry?
12:15Can I have one large and five small, please?
12:18You can indeed.
12:19Thank you, Kerry.
12:19One large firebattle coming up.
12:22And for the second time today, the numbers are 8, 8, 5, 7, 7, and a large one, 50.
12:30And the target, 286.
12:33286.
12:38Kerry?
12:392, 8, 6.
12:472, 8, 6.
12:491-2, 3, 4, 3.
12:512, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3.
12:522, 4, 4, 3, 5, 6.
12:572, 4, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 10, 9, 9, 10, 9, 10.
13:04Kerry.
13:07286.
13:08286 and...
13:10I think I got 286, yeah.
13:11Yeah, Kerry.
13:1350 plus 7 is 57.
13:15Yep.
13:16Multiplied by 5.
13:17285.
13:198 divided by 8 is 1.
13:20Perfect.
13:21Lovely, 286.
13:23And Jimmy.
13:23Same way.
13:25There we go.
13:27There we go.
13:27So, 42 to 35 sees Kerry in the lead as we turn to Jay.
13:38Now, Jay, you're a great pianist.
13:40I know that because we've listened to you,
13:42but you recently played with somebody very special.
13:46Yeah, I mean, one of the advantages of being a journalist,
13:48one of the reasons, that's what I am, a print journalist,
13:50one of the reasons I got into it is because you get to meet interesting people.
13:53You know, I've interviewed Rob Lowe and Sammy Davis Jr. in my time,
13:56and I was sent to interview the brilliant Jeff Goldblum,
14:01brilliant actor, who is also a sometime jazz pianist on the side,
14:04and he was about to release his new album.
14:07I said, why don't we do the interview side-by-side at a piano
14:10and talk piano?
14:12And that's what we did.
14:13And at the end of it, we weren't playing a very good piano.
14:16It was in a digital, in a bar.
14:18But we went out into the foyer of the hotel where we were,
14:21and there was that beautiful Steinway.
14:23Other brands are not available.
14:25And the two of us sat down and played a brilliant Herbie Hancock tune
14:28called Cantaloupe Island.
14:31And you're not meant to boast about what you do in your career,
14:34but, nah, I got to play a duet with Jeff Goldblum.
14:37It was brilliant.
14:38That's wonderful.
14:39It really was.
14:39It was a lot of fun.
14:40He's a very, very fine pianist.
14:42And, you know, you should have a listen to his recordings.
14:44Very, very good indeed, as well as being a great actor.
14:47I saw him recently on one of the sort of evening chat shows, actually,
14:51and he played on that.
14:52Well, that was actually how he ended up with the record deal.
14:55The funny thing is he's been playing with jazz ensembles in Los Angeles
14:58for about 25 years, 30 years.
15:01But he comes and he appears on the chat show here
15:03and he accompanied the great Gregory Porter.
15:05And a British A&R man at a record company was watching and went,
15:09I never knew he played.
15:11So they, you know, signed him up and have released the album.
15:14And I'm delighted they did because it meant I got to go and interview him
15:17and then I got to sit and play with him.
15:18Oh, brilliant.
15:19He's got a very attractive personality.
15:22He is one of those rare Hollywood stars who is exactly what you want them to be.
15:27He's very aware of who he is and how, frankly, cool he is.
15:31You know, he's brilliantly cool.
15:33But he manages not to be at all smug and overbearing with it.
15:36He's just him.
15:37Likeable guy.
15:38And he's got very big hands.
15:40Bigger than mine.
15:41Makes it difficult with the piano?
15:43No, that makes it very...
15:44Easier.
15:45It's one of those peculiar things that it can...
15:48A simple accident of your physique can make it easier.
15:52Extraordinary.
15:53Great story, though.
15:54He played with Jeff Goldblum.
16:00Thanks, Jay.
16:01Now, 42 to 35.
16:04Kerry in the lead and it's Jimmy's letters game.
16:06Yes, Jimmy.
16:07A consonant, please.
16:08Thank you, Jimmy.
16:09V.
16:10And a vowel, please.
16:11E.
16:12A consonant.
16:14R.
16:15Another consonant.
16:16G.
16:18And a vowel.
16:19A.
16:20Consonant.
16:21W.
16:23Another consonant, please.
16:24R.
16:25And a consonant.
16:27L.
16:28And finally, a vowel, please.
16:29And a final E.
16:32Stand by.
16:33Stand by.
16:33A consonant.
16:35.
16:41Yes, Jimmy. Just the six.
17:06A six. And Kerry?
17:08Six.
17:09Jimmy?
17:10Reveal.
17:11Yes.
17:12And grapple.
17:13Thank you. Any advance on six? So another six is lever.
17:18Mm-hmm.
17:19But there's also regaler.
17:21Yeah.
17:21Somebody regales you with stories.
17:24A regaler.
17:25Yeah.
17:25All right.
17:25Susie, anything else?
17:26No, it's really good.
17:27Perfect. Thanks, Jay. 48 to 41.
17:29Kerry, your letters game.
17:31Could I have a consonant, please?
17:33Thank you, Kerry.
17:34C.
17:35And another.
17:37H.
17:38And another.
17:39F.
17:40A vowel.
17:42U.
17:43Another vowel.
17:45O.
17:46Consonant.
17:48X.
17:50Vowel.
17:52E.
17:54Consonant.
17:55S.
17:56S.
17:56And another consonant, please.
17:58And lastly, L.
18:01Stand by.
18:02I don't know who it is.
18:21All right.
18:22Kerry.
18:33Six.
18:34And six.
18:36Jimmy, six as well.
18:38Kerry.
18:39Fluxes.
18:39Now then, Jimmy.
18:40Slouch.
18:43Susie and Jay.
18:46In keeping with our style, we have a six which is louche.
18:50Louche.
18:51Where does louche bring from?
18:53It comes from Latin via French and it went one-eyed, blind in one eye or squinting and squinting slightly seedily or leerily, I think.
19:03Winking way.
19:05Yeah.
19:0554 to 47, carry on 54.
19:08Jimmy, your numbers game.
19:10Can I have one large and five small, please?
19:12You can indeed.
19:13Thank you, Jimmy.
19:13Tight contest.
19:14Let's see if this will make a difference.
19:16The five little ones are two, six, nine, five and nine.
19:22And the large one, 100.
19:24And the target, 127.
19:27One to seven.
19:28And the target, you're going to be a four-year-old.
19:35And the target, you're going to be a four-year-old.
19:36And the target, you're going to be a four-year-old.
19:38And the target, you're going to be a four-year-old.
19:41And the target, you're going to be a five-year-old.
19:42And the target, you're going to be a five-year-old.
19:45And the target, you're going to be a four-year-old.
19:45And the target, you're going to be a four-year-old.
19:47And the target, you're going to be a four-year-old.
19:49And the target, you're going to be a four-year-old.
19:51And the target, you're going to be a four-year-old.
19:52And the target, you're going to be a five-year-old.
19:53Jimmy.
20:001, 2, 7.
20:01And Kerry.
20:021, 2, 7.
20:03Thank you, Jimmy.
20:056 over 2 is 3.
20:06Yep.
20:06Times by the 9.
20:07Yep.
20:08Add 100.
20:08One of the easiest.
20:09And Kerry.
20:10I said 5 minus 2 is 3 times by the 9 and then add the 100.
20:13Lovely.
20:14Indeedy.
20:15All right, that's 64 to 57.
20:18Kerry's still in the lead as we turn to our second tea time teaser,
20:21which is cash broke.
20:22And the clue, the cowboy takes this seat and the Satan wraps his bacon around it.
20:29The cowboy takes this seat and Satan wraps his bacon around it.
20:50Welcome back.
20:51I left with the clue, the cowboy takes this seat and Satan wraps his bacon around it.
20:57And the answer to that one is horseback.
20:59Isn't it, Susie?
21:00Horseback.
21:01Because?
21:02Because, Nick.
21:03Devils on horseback.
21:04Definition here.
21:05Savoury snack.
21:06Prunes individually wrapped in slices of bacon.
21:10Indeed.
21:10There's also angels on horseback, which is oysters wrapped in bacon, which is actually quite hard to cook,
21:18because the oysters can suffer under the heat.
21:20Yeah, sure.
21:21Now, I've never even heard of that.
21:22Are they good to eat?
21:23Oh, they're gorgeous, if you like oysters.
21:25I do.
21:25As all good people should.
21:27Indeed.
21:27I love oysters.
21:28Thank you, Jay.
21:2964 to 57.
21:32And it's Kerry's letters game now.
21:33Kerry.
21:34Could I have a consonant, please?
21:35Thank you, Kerry.
21:37N.
21:38And another.
21:39D.
21:40And another.
21:42P.
21:43And a vowel.
21:45A.
21:45And another.
21:47E.
21:49A consonant.
21:51T.
21:52And another consonant.
21:54S.
21:55A vowel.
21:57I.
22:00And another consonant, please.
22:02And lastly, C.
22:04And here's the countdown clock.
22:37Yes, Kerry.
22:38Eight.
22:39And eight, Jimmy?
22:40Seven.
22:41And your seven is?
22:42Pantsies.
22:43Thank you, Kerry.
22:45Distance.
22:47Yes.
22:47Excellent.
22:48Very, very good.
22:49Well done, you.
22:52Thank you, Kerry.
22:55Jay.
22:56One more for eight.
22:58Yes.
22:58Again, around words.
23:00Pedantic.
23:01Good one.
23:02Pedantic.
23:03Nobody likes a pedant.
23:05Pedantic, though.
23:06A good word.
23:0672 to 57.
23:08Jimmy.
23:09Jimmy.
23:10Letters game.
23:11I can have a consonant, please.
23:12Thank you, Jimmy.
23:13T.
23:14And a vowel.
23:16A.
23:17Consonant.
23:18D.
23:20A consonant.
23:20F.
23:22And another consonant, please.
23:24G.
23:25A vowel.
23:27O.
23:28And a vowel.
23:29A.
23:31Consonant.
23:33W.
23:34And the consonant, please.
23:35And the last one.
23:36D.
23:38Stand by.
23:39B.
24:10Jimmy.
24:11Just a four.
24:13Just a four.
24:14And your four, Jimmy?
24:15Goat.
24:17Kerry?
24:17Daft.
24:19I wonder whether the corner can...
24:21We are rich in fours.
24:23Absolutely overflowing with goad and toad and daft and waft.
24:30That's it, though?
24:31Yes.
24:32No stretching it to five?
24:33No.
24:33Your last chance?
24:34No.
24:35All right.
24:35So 76 to 61, and we turn to Susie for her wonderful origins of words.
24:40Susie?
24:41Well, we had in our audience yesterday someone called Luke, who is in his 20s and wondered
24:50where soap opera...
24:51Why we talk about soaps on TV.
24:53And I mentioned the fact he was in his 20s, because I think the story has eventually got
24:56lost over time, even though some of our older viewers probably will be familiar with it.
24:59They have to go back to sort of late 1920s, when evening primetime radio was pretty well
25:05established.
25:06But what the radio controllers weren't sure about is whether anyone actually would listen
25:10during the day.
25:11They did have one really popular evening show, which was called Amos and Andy.
25:17And that featured the misadventures of two southern black men who had been transplanted
25:21to the south side of Chicago, and inevitably, I suppose, given the times, they were played
25:27by two white men, so everything wrong there.
25:29But it was incredibly popular, and it did show that it could hold a daily dramatic sort
25:34of entertainment, really.
25:36The first daytime serial was something called Painted Dreams, which was around sort of 1929.
25:45And then lots and lots of similar things followed, and then, of course, eventually came
25:49on to TV.
25:50And there was a wonderful review of the sort of early ones written by James Thurber, and
25:55I thought Jay would like this, because it sounds quite similar to the output of a food
26:00critic.
26:01He says, a soap opera is a kind of sandwich whose recipe is simple enough, although it
26:06took years to compound.
26:08Between thick slices of advertising, spread 12 minutes of dialogue, add predicament villainy
26:13and female suffering in equal measure, throw in a dash of nobility, sprinkle with tears,
26:17season with organ music, cover with a rich announcer sauce, and serve five times a week.
26:22So you can see that people were already sort of fairly scathing of these kind of things.
26:27But those early soap operas were, the very first one that I mentioned, actually, was sponsored
26:33by Pepsodent, no relation.
26:36And that pretty much set the trend.
26:38Procter & Gamble, the makers of the soap famously, really came on board.
26:42And that advertising budget for radio in 1931 was nearly half a million dollars, so they
26:48had a lot of money to put behind it.
26:50And, you know, to the cynics who saw nothing good in these things, the kind of equation
26:56with soap was a pretty good put-down all on its own.
27:01Hence the soap opera.
27:02And just to say, the second half of the term, a little bit less obvious, possibly, but it
27:05was all to do with the melodrama.
27:07The tears, you know, if you go back to that review, Season with Organ Music, Sprinkle
27:12with Tears, it was just that idea of being completely over the top that gave us the opera.
27:16But, yeah, it was all thanks to Procter & Gamble, Pepsodent, and various soap manufacturers
27:21that gave us the soap opera we know today.
27:23Brilliant.
27:24Oh, thank you.
27:26Very good.
27:27The soap opera.
27:27The soaps.
27:29They have their own awards these days.
27:32Yeah.
27:32The soaps awards, yeah.
27:3476 to 61.
27:35Kerry on 76.
27:36Kerry, you're back.
27:38Off we go.
27:38Letters game.
27:40Consonant, please, Rachel.
27:41Thank you, Kerry.
27:42B.
27:43And another.
27:45H.
27:46And another.
27:48T.
27:49And a vowel.
27:51E.
27:52Another vowel.
27:53I.
27:54Consonant.
27:56G.
27:58Vowel.
28:00A.
28:02Consonant.
28:04L.
28:06And another consonant, please.
28:08And lastly, M.
28:10Stand by.
28:16C.
28:32C.
28:33Kerry.
28:42Six.
28:44Jimmy.
28:44Just a five.
28:45And your five is?
28:46Bathe.
28:47Now, Kerry.
28:48Albeit.
28:50Indeed.
28:51Yeah, very good.
28:51Albeit.
28:53Jay, Susie?
28:54So, from the modern age, we have megabit for seven.
28:58And going back a bit, imagine they created a monument to you, Nick, back in the olden days.
29:05You might call it a megalith.
29:07I don't know what they'd call it.
29:09Thank you for that, those authorities.
29:10Back a while, we're talking here, Nick.
29:12Quite a while.
29:13Long way back.
29:14Yeah, prehistoric.
29:15Nothing else, Susie?
29:17No, we quite like that one.
29:18A megalith.
29:19All right.
29:1982 to 61.
29:21Good score there, Kerry.
29:22And it's Jimmy's final letters game now.
29:24Jimmy.
29:25Consonant, please.
29:26Thank you, Jimmy.
29:27B.
29:29Another consonant, please.
29:31R.
29:32And a vowel.
29:33O.
29:34A consonant, please.
29:36T.
29:37Another consonant.
29:39S.
29:40A vowel.
29:42I.
29:43Another vowel.
29:45E.
29:46A consonant.
29:48L.
29:49And a final consonant, please.
29:51And a final P.
29:53And by.
29:57Jimmy.
30:25Seven.
30:26A seven.
30:27Kerry?
30:27Seven.
30:28Jimmy?
30:29Leuters.
30:30And?
30:30Blister.
30:32Blister, thank you.
30:34Susie, Jay?
30:35Mostly sixes, I have to say, but they're foodie.
30:39Bistro.
30:40Yep.
30:40That's a great word.
30:42Tripes, as in tripe in the plural.
30:46Can you have it plural?
30:47Well, if you ordered more than one at a restaurant.
30:49True.
30:50That old one, yep.
30:51Thank you, Jay.
30:52Anything else?
30:53No, lobster and politer, fast for seven.
30:5689, place 68.
30:57Into the final numbers game.
30:59Kerry?
31:00One large and five small, please, Rachel.
31:02Thank you, Kerry.
31:03Last one of the week.
31:05And the five little ones this time are one, nine, eight, nine and five.
31:11And the big one, 25.
31:14And the target, 330.
31:16Three, three, zero.
31:25Yes, Kerry?
31:50Three, three, zero.
31:52And Jimmy?
31:52Three, three, zero.
31:53Oh, not written down, sorry, Nick.
31:55Not written down?
31:55Yes.
31:56Off we go.
31:5725 plus eight is 33.
31:59Nine plus one is ten.
32:00Multiply together.
32:01Straightforward end to the week.
32:03And Jimmy?
32:04Yep.
32:04Same way.
32:04There we go.
32:04Same way.
32:06That's it.
32:07All right.
32:08So, 99.
32:09Kerry, great way to start out.
32:12Jamie's 78 as we go into the final round.
32:15Fingers on buzzers.
32:16Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:31Kerry?
32:32Is it starboard?
32:33Let's see.
32:34Starboard.
32:36Here we go.
32:37Starboard.
32:38Starboard.
32:39Well done, Kerry.
32:46Well done.
32:47I'll come back to you in a minute.
32:48But my word.
32:48You got to the tea part.
32:49Yeah, that's all I came for, to be honest.
32:51You got two good scores as well.
32:53You got two good scores.
32:54But Kerry swept in with 109.
32:56That's amazing.
32:56So, you take this goodie bag back home to Manchester.
33:00It's awesome.
33:00Without big smashes.
33:01Cheers.
33:02Fantastic.
33:03Wow.
33:04We spoke before.
33:05You said you were nervous.
33:06Look at you.
33:08109.
33:08That's a fantastic score.
33:09We'll see you on Monday.
33:11Have a quiet weekend.
33:12Well done.
33:13Thanks.
33:13Well done.
33:15Now, Jay, you're a man of many parts, one of which is hosting The Kitchen Cabinet.
33:22It's a great Radio 4 show.
33:24Tell us a little bit about it.
33:25You travel around and...
33:26Yeah, it's a panel show recorded live in front of an audience who supply us with questions
33:32on food and cooking.
33:33And we have themes depending on where we are.
33:35So, we travel all over the country from the very, you know, the Northern Isles all the
33:40way down to the tip of Cornwall, where we've done it in the past six or so years.
33:44We're into our sort of 130th, 40th episode now.
33:47And we get questions on the day that we record from the audience.
33:51It could be, I've got a glut of rhubarb.
33:53What do I do with it?
33:54Or, I love fish, my other half hates it, how can I turn them on to fish?
33:58And we have a panel of very knowledgeable cooks.
34:02They're an unusual bunch of people.
34:04Not your classic celebrity chefs, but they know their food.
34:08And they're very quick on, you know, on their feet and thinking up ideas and recipes.
34:12It's a great show.
34:13It's a great show.
34:13It's a work of shimmering genius.
34:15It is.
34:16And we'll see you on Monday as well.
34:18If you'll have me.
34:20You're coming back.
34:21Don't you worry.
34:22Susie, have a good weekend.
34:23Yes, and you.
34:24And Rachel too, of course.
34:24And you too, Nick.
34:25See you Monday.
34:26Join us then.
34:27Same time, same place.
34:28You'll be sure of it.
34:29A very good afternoon.
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