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00:00Thank you very much.
00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio on Valentine's Day.
00:36Oh, yes.
00:38The day of romance.
00:39I'm sure there'll be romantic events taking place all over the country.
00:43Restaurants will be packed out, roses on tables everywhere.
00:46But if music's your thing, then perhaps head down to London because at the Royal Festival Hall,
00:52the orchestra will be playing love-inspired classical pieces from Verdi, Debussy, Tchaikovsky,
00:59including, of course, the great Romeo and Juliet fantasy opera.
01:03But also in London tonight, Rachel, the Royal Philharmonic.
01:07We'll be playing at Cadogan Hall down there in Sloan Street.
01:10And they'll be dealing with opera.
01:12And they'll be playing the romantic pieces from Madame Butterfly, Carmen, La Boheme.
01:18And I don't know whether they can do my most favourite thing.
01:22Achingly beautiful, as they say, which, of course, is the prelude to Tristan and Isolde from Fagnes.
01:27It's just so glorious.
01:30How does that go, then?
01:30Fantastic.
01:31I'm not going to admit it.
01:32As all of these things, of course, it ends in tragedy.
01:35But there we are.
01:36What is your favourite?
01:37It doesn't have to be classical or opera.
01:39What is your most romantic or passionate piece of music, do you reckon?
01:43Well, if you were picking classical, I think Claire de Lune, I love that by Debussy.
01:47Yes.
01:47That was the, if anyone has watched Ocean's Eleven, as they're looking at the fountains,
01:51they played that.
01:52And it's just a beautiful tune.
01:53But otherwise, you can have a bit of Boys to Men, a bit of Barry White.
01:56Or if you're going to have, you know, push the boat out, candlelit dinner, glass of wine,
02:00shove Countdown on in the background.
02:02It's like a beating heart as the clock goes round.
02:04It is.
02:05That's it.
02:05Nothing to get you in the mood, like a bit of Countdown clocking.
02:08Lovely.
02:08All 30 seconds of it.
02:10Brilliant.
02:10All right.
02:11Who's with us, Rachel?
02:12Mizba's back.
02:13Mizba Sheik, our solicitor from London with four winds tucked neatly under her belt.
02:18Fantastic.
02:18Good to see you back.
02:20Good to see you back.
02:21And you're joined today by Dorcas Brown.
02:23Welcome, Dorcas.
02:25Welcome.
02:26And you're from Southampton, I think.
02:28Yes.
02:28And interestingly, I think, but you're going to tell us a little bit about it,
02:31you're a manager of a DNA synthesis facility down in Southampton.
02:36What does this facility do?
02:37Tell us what it does.
02:38I make synthetic DNA and it has, it uses a research tool and has various applications
02:46in genetic analysis, forensic science, diagnostics, therapeutics.
02:53Wonderful.
02:54Well, listen, good luck, Dorcas.
02:55Have a lot of fun today.
02:57Big round of applause for Mizba and Dorcas.
03:01And on this Valentine's Day, Susie.
03:04Who isn't in love with Susie?
03:06Joined once again by Dave Myers.
03:08Welcome to you both.
03:11Well, round Dave and Mizba.
03:12Off we go.
03:14Letters game.
03:14Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:15Good afternoon, Mizba.
03:16Could I start with a consonant, please?
03:19Start today with S.
03:22And another.
03:24N.
03:26And a vowel.
03:28U.
03:29Another vowel.
03:30O.
03:30A consonant.
03:31O.
03:32A consonant.
03:34P.
03:36A consonant.
03:38L.
03:39Another consonant.
03:41C.
03:43A vowel.
03:46I.
03:47And a final consonant, please.
03:49And a final L.
03:51And here's the countdown clock.
03:53And here's the countdown clock.
04:05MUSIC CONTINUES
04:35Consul, absolutely fine. C-O-N-S-U-L. Yep, very good.
04:38And Dave and Susie?
04:39We've got an eight.
04:41Oh.
04:41And that's Scullion.
04:43A Scullion.
04:43Scullion.
04:44Yes, a servant who once upon a time was assigned to the most menial kitchen tasks.
04:49Mmm.
04:55It says Greasy Kate Duffkeel the Pot.
04:57She was a Scullion.
04:58Uh-huh.
04:59What do you mean, uh-huh?
05:00Is that Tammy the Shrew?
05:01Ah.
05:02No.
05:03It's certainly Shakespeare.
05:04OK.
05:05Six.
05:07Dorcas on six.
05:09And Dorcas's letters game.
05:11Good afternoon, Rachel.
05:12Afternoon, Dorcas.
05:13Can I have a consonant, please?
05:15Start with S.
05:17Another.
05:19Z.
05:20Another.
05:22G.
05:23A vowel.
05:25E.
05:26Another.
05:28O.
05:29Consonant.
05:31D.
05:31A vowel.
05:33A.
05:35And a vowel, please.
05:39O.
05:42Continent.
05:43And lastly, G.
05:44Stand by.
05:45I'm Jaime为 dragons.
05:53I don't know.
05:57I don't know work myself.
05:59EitherÉs.
06:00I don't heard of angiै performing maw.
06:01But I'm afraid I'll leave championsani both of you guys as well.
06:01Be iphone was just me, I do this around the world.
06:03I don't know each other.
06:05I mean, if any of you have any of my babies that went on, I daarom was a little bad kid in the world.
06:06I'm afraid of being a hungry man.
06:07I'm afraid of 빨 Вс Lei, I don't know each other and I know each other.
06:07And this is a still in my life anyway.
06:08The Reap斯ее.
06:09It's a veryasant guard, and this is not too late.
06:09It's a little bit real you have.
06:10And this is a really nice thing for you guys I see.
06:10Dorkas.
06:17Six.
06:18A six and?
06:19Six.
06:20Dorkas.
06:21Dorsage.
06:22And?
06:22Same word.
06:24There we are.
06:25Happy enough, Susie?
06:26Very happy.
06:27And Dave?
06:28We've got another six.
06:29That's Goosed.
06:31Goosed.
06:33I think to be tired, really.
06:36And Susie, anything else?
06:39There's Doggo for five.
06:41Lying Doggo?
06:42Lying Doggo.
06:42Remaining motionless and quiet.
06:44Yeah.
06:45Pretending you're dead, I think, isn't it?
06:46Pretty much, yes.
06:47Six plays 12.
06:49Misbah, your numbers game.
06:51Could I have one large and five small, please?
06:54You can, indeed.
06:54Thank you, Misbah.
06:55One large, five, little.
06:56And these romantic numbers are four, nine, seven, two.
07:03Another two.
07:03And the large one, 75.
07:05And the target, 740.
07:08Seven, four, zero.
07:09.
07:39Yes, Misbah.
07:427-4-4.
07:437-4-4.
07:45Door cash.
07:46I own blank.
07:48So, Misbah.
07:49I did 2 divided by 2 is 1.
07:52Yep.
07:53Plus 9 is 10.
07:54It is.
07:55Times 75, 750.
07:57Take away the 6.
07:58Oh, sorry.
07:59Yeah, take away 6, which is 4 plus 2.
08:01You've already used both 2.
08:03I've already used the other 2.
08:04Oh, yeah.
08:05Sorry about that.
08:07They're out.
08:07You're in 7-40.
08:10Yes.
08:10If you say 75 times 2 is 150, minus the other 2 for 148, and then 9 minus 4 is 5, and times
08:21those together.
08:23Perfect.
08:24Thank you, Rachel.
08:27Perfect.
08:27So, 12 pays 6.
08:31Door cash on 12, and it's time for our first Tea Time Teaser, which is I Hope Noel.
08:37And the clue, I hope Noel loves this fruity number.
08:39He should.
08:39He's an expert.
08:41I hope Noel loves this fruity number.
08:43He should.
08:45He's an expert.
08:45Welcome back.
09:01I hope Noel loves this fruity number.
09:04He should.
09:05He's an expert.
09:05He's an oenophile.
09:08A lover of wine?
09:09A lover of wine or connoisseur of wine.
09:11It all goes back to the Greek.
09:14Most lovers go back to Greek, and it's oinos simply meaning wine.
09:17Okay.
09:18And phile meaning?
09:19Love.
09:19Loving it.
09:20Yeah.
09:20All right.
09:2112 plays 6.
09:22Door cash on 12, and it's Door cash's letters game.
09:26Can I have a continent, please?
09:27You can indeed.
09:29R.
09:30Another.
09:30T.
09:33Another.
09:35J.
09:37R.
09:38E.
09:39Another.
09:40I.
09:42Another.
09:44E.
09:45Continent.
09:47N.
09:48Continent.
09:50B.
09:52And the ral, please.
09:53And the last one.
09:55A.
09:56Stand by.
10:00Torkas.
10:29Seven.
10:30A seven, Misbah?
10:31Seven as well.
10:32Thank you, Dorkas.
10:33Painter.
10:34And?
10:35Same words.
10:36Two painters?
10:37Now, what news, Dave?
10:39We've got an eight.
10:40A periant.
10:42A periant, yes.
10:43Probably not something you want to hear about on Valentine's Day, but it's a drug used to
10:46relieve constipation.
10:47A periote.
10:48A periote.
10:49A periote.
10:54Make a note of that.
10:5919 plays 13.
11:01Dorkas still in the lead.
11:02Misbah, your letters game.
11:04Could I have a consonant, please?
11:05Thank you, Misbah.
11:06R.
11:08And another.
11:10T.
11:11And a third.
11:14N.
11:14A vowel.
11:17O.
11:18Another vowel.
11:21U.
11:23A third vowel.
11:24A.
11:26A consonant.
11:28K.
11:30A vowel.
11:32O.
11:33And a final consonant, please.
11:35And a final X.
11:37Stand by.
11:38Stand by.
12:09Misbah?
12:10Just a five.
12:11A five.
12:12Dorcas?
12:13I'll try a seven.
12:15Misbah?
12:15Trunk.
12:17Trunk and?
12:18I'll trank.
12:19Very, very good.
12:20Yeah.
12:21You can outrank somebody.
12:22Well done.
12:27Yeah.
12:28Well done indeed.
12:29Dave?
12:29We've just got another six, which is ratoon.
12:33Yes?
12:33Yes, a new shoot or sprout springing from the base of a crop or plant.
12:38Thanks for that.
12:3826 to Misbah's 13.
12:41And it's a numbers game now for Dorcas.
12:43Can I have one from the top and the other small, please?
12:48You can indeed.
12:49One large five little.
12:50Thank you, Dorcas.
12:51And this time around, the numbers are three, one, five, two, six.
12:57And the large one, 50.
12:59And your target, 747.
13:02747.
13:03747.
13:33DoorCast. 747.
13:37Mitzpa. 747.
13:38Now then, DoorCast.
13:392 plus 1 is 3. Yep.
13:42Times 5. 15.
13:44Times 50.
13:46750 minus the 3.
13:48And now you're flying. 747.
13:50Mitzpa.
13:51Slightly different, so I've got my 15,
13:54but I'm doing 3 times 5.
13:553 times 5, 15.
13:57Multiply that by 50. Again for 750.
13:59And then took off the 2 and the 1.
14:01Just swapped them over. Yep, lovely. Well done.
14:03Very well done.
14:06So, 36 plays
14:0823 as we turn to
14:11Dave. You've travelled
14:12the globe. You have been
14:14everywhere. Cooking shows.
14:17Can you tell us about some of the least
14:18attractive meals that you've encountered?
14:21Well, it's funny. We've got
14:22the best job in the world if you love food.
14:25And in the very early days, in
14:262005,
14:27it was in Vietnam, we had
14:30the best food I've ever tasted, and the worst
14:33food I've ever tasted. We were in Hanoi.
14:35And that morning, we woke up
14:37and we heard a bell on a cart come down the
14:39street, and it was a lady who was selling.
14:41The French bread's amazing in Hanoi, from the
14:43French influence. And basically,
14:45it had ram herb, which I could cross between,
14:46coriander and mint, on the French bread,
14:49with char siu pork,
14:50and then it had some fish sauce,
14:52and two fried eggs. So, essentially,
14:54it was a fried egg and bacon sandwich.
14:56Oh, it was so good.
14:58And that night, we
14:59went to the
15:00Metropole Hotel in Hanoi, a very grand old
15:03hotel. And the chef there,
15:05Didier Korlu, who's not there now,
15:07has a Michelin star. It was the first
15:09Michelin star food that I'd really
15:11had the opportunity to eat.
15:13We were talking to him in the kitchen,
15:15and we saw there was 80 people in the staff.
15:17And they'd taken that essence of
15:19Vietnamese street food, and made it into
15:21this wonderful, fine dining.
15:23It was just the most amazing experience,
15:25and that's when I thought, I'd had both
15:27that day, both in their own way,
15:28with some of the finest things I'd ever
15:30had to eat. But, meanwhile,
15:33back in Ho Chi Minh City,
15:35we got taken to this restaurant,
15:37and it specialised in frugal food,
15:40from the bad old days, really,
15:42that still was there.
15:44And we get asked a lot, what's the
15:46worst thing we've ever eaten,
15:47and this truly was.
15:49It was a hot pot.
15:50Mm-hm.
15:51And I don't quite have to put this on
15:52countdown, really,
15:54but it was made from a goat's manhood.
15:58And it came complete with,
16:00I don't know, a polite phrase for it,
16:02Susie.
16:03It needs to be called twiddle diddles.
16:05Right.
16:06So there's a manhood and a twiddle diddles.
16:08But what's worse afterwards,
16:10people say,
16:11what did it taste like?
16:14And all I can say is,
16:15it tasted like a goat's twiddle diddles.
16:18I really wouldn't recommend it to anybody.
16:21Another way of expressing it is,
16:22is, is meat and two veg, isn't it?
16:26You can say that, really.
16:27Well, thank you very much.
16:32There you go.
16:34So,
16:34Dorkas on 36.
16:36Misbah,
16:3623.
16:38And now, Misbah,
16:38your,
16:39your letters came.
16:40Could I have a consonant,
16:42please?
16:42Thank you, Misbah.
16:43M.
16:45And another.
16:47L.
16:49And a third.
16:51R.
16:51A vowel.
16:54E.
16:56Another vowel.
16:58O.
16:59A consonant.
17:01T.
17:03A consonant.
17:05T.
17:07A consonant.
17:09R.
17:10And a final vowel, please.
17:12And a final.
17:14E.
17:15Stand by.
17:21A consonant.
17:46Misbah.
17:47Seven.
17:48A seven, Dorkas?
17:49Seven.
17:51Misbah.
17:51Omelette.
17:53Dorkas.
17:54Three mortar.
17:56And in the corner,
17:56Dave and Susie.
17:58Yeah, I have to say,
17:58omelette needs three E's.
18:01If you need the E at the end.
18:02Dave and Susie.
18:04Susie's got an interesting word.
18:05It's mottler.
18:07Yes.
18:07A mottler is,
18:09or was,
18:11a brush for applying mottling.
18:13So,
18:14used by house painters and decorators
18:15when they want to have a mottler effect.
18:17Oh, OK.
18:18And the other, Susie?
18:18That was it.
18:19Seven was best for us.
18:20Mottler.
18:20Oh, well.
18:21Forty-three plays twenty-three.
18:23Dorkas.
18:24Doing well, Dorkas.
18:25Letters, Ken.
18:26Can I have a consonant, please?
18:27You can, indeed.
18:28Thank you, Dorkas.
18:29M.
18:30Another.
18:31P.
18:33Another.
18:33L.
18:35L.
18:35A vowel.
18:36A.
18:38Another.
18:39I.
18:40Another.
18:41E.
18:43Consonant.
18:44N.
18:46Vial.
18:49A.
18:50Consonant.
18:52And lastly, R.
18:54Countdown.
18:55C.
19:06C.
19:06C.
19:07C.
19:07C.
19:09C.
19:11C.
19:12C.
19:12C.
19:13C.
19:15Dorkas.
19:26Seven.
19:28Misbah.
19:28Seven as well.
19:30Dorkas.
19:30Praline.
19:31Misbah.
19:32Same word.
19:33There we are.
19:35Any more sevens?
19:37We've got an eight.
19:38That's airplane.
19:40Oh, well done.
19:42Very good.
19:45Excellent.
19:47All right.
19:48So 50 to 30, 20 points in it, and it's Misbah we turn to.
19:52Numbers game, Misbah.
19:53Well, I'll try six more, Rachel.
19:55Six.
19:55We're trying to halve that gap.
19:56Thank you, Misbah.
19:57See if it's a good gamble.
19:58The six little ones are eight, five, two, three, four, and six, and the target, 644.
20:11644.
20:15We'll see you later.
20:44Too far off.
20:45Far out door cast?
20:46Six, four, two.
20:47Two away.
20:49Let's go.
20:50Five plus three is eight.
20:51Yep.
20:52Times eight.
20:53Times eight, 64.
20:55Six plus four is ten.
20:56Yep.
20:57Multiply.
20:58Six plus four, rather, is ten.
21:00Six hundred and forty.
21:01Plus two.
21:02And you haven't used the two.
21:03Yep.
21:04Well done.
21:04Two away.
21:05Well done indeed.
21:06But can you unscramble it for us?
21:09I can.
21:09If you say six times three is 18, minus two for 16, times by five for 80, times by eight
21:19for 640, with the four left over, 644.
21:22Fabulous.
21:23I've got a lot.
21:29Thanks, Rachel, as ever.
21:30Time for our second T-time teaser, which is steel yarn.
21:35And the clue, everything Mr Hemingway said, was said with total sincerity.
21:39Everything Mr Hemingway said, was said with total sincerity.
22:00Welcome back.
22:01I left with the clue, everything Mr Hemingway said, was said with total sincerity.
22:07It was said, earnestly, earnestly.
22:1157 plays 30.
22:12Dorcas on 57.
22:14Dorcas, your letters game.
22:15Can I have a consonant, please?
22:16Thank you, Dorcas.
22:18V.
22:19Another.
22:21L.
22:22Another.
22:24P.
22:25Vial.
22:27O.
22:28Another.
22:29I.
22:31Another.
22:31A.
22:34Consonant.
22:35S.
22:37Vial.
22:39E.
22:41And a consonant, please.
22:43And a final V.
22:45Stand by.
22:46And a consonant, please.
22:47And a consonant, please.
22:47And a consonant, please.
22:48And a consonant, please.
22:48And a consonant, please.
22:49And a consonant, please.
22:50And a consonant, please.
22:51And a consonant, please.
22:52And a consonant, please.
22:53And a consonant, please.
22:54And a consonant, please.
22:55And a consonant, please.
22:56And a consonant, please.
22:57And a consonant, please.
22:58And a consonant, please.
22:59And a consonant, please.
23:00And a consonant, please.
23:01And a consonant, please.
23:02And a consonant, please.
23:03And a consonant, please.
23:04And a consonant, please.
23:05And a consonant, please.
23:06And a consonant, please.
23:07And a consonant, please.
23:08And a consonant, please.
23:09And a consonant, please.
23:10And a consonant, please.
23:11Dorkas.
23:18Six.
23:19Misbah.
23:20Six.
23:21Dorkas.
23:22Violas.
23:23Violas, Misbah.
23:25We've got a valise.
23:26A valise, a suitcase, yeah.
23:28Very good.
23:29And Dave?
23:30We have a seven, and it's plosive.
23:34Plosive is what?
23:35Implosive.
23:36Sort of linked.
23:37We have plosive speech sounds, so in linguistics,
23:40like a b or a p.
23:41It's a plosive sound.
23:43That's a plosive, isn't it?
23:45It's a plosive, yes.
23:46Interesting.
23:47Thank you for that.
23:4763 to 36.
23:49Misbah, let us go.
23:50Could I have a consonant, please?
23:52Thank you, Misbah.
23:53R.
23:54And another.
23:56B.
23:56And a third.
23:59F.
24:01A vowel.
24:03O.
24:04Another vowel.
24:06U.
24:07A consonant.
24:09N.
24:10A consonant.
24:13W.
24:14A vowel.
24:16I.
24:18And a final vowel, please.
24:19And a final E.
24:22Stand by.
24:23A vowel.
24:33I.
24:34A vowel.
24:37A vowel.
24:37A vowel.
24:37Mispah?
24:55Seven.
24:56Dorcas?
24:56Seven.
24:57Mispah?
24:58Bonfire.
24:59And?
25:00Brownie.
25:01Very nice.
25:02What else have we got in the corner?
25:04That was another seven, which is unibrow.
25:07Oh, without the gap?
25:11Yes.
25:11Is that a unibrow?
25:13Yes.
25:14Any else, Susie?
25:14No, seven's for us.
25:1617th place, 43.
25:18And now, Susie, it's your origins of words time.
25:21I have something that doesn't sound very romantic, but bear with me,
25:25because love does come in into it in a sort of slightly sideways way.
25:30And it's really a question from Terry Shaw, who emailed to ask,
25:33where the term or the expression, I'll get your guts for garters,
25:37comes from.
25:39If you want some of these guts for garters,
25:40it means you're really, really cross with them, obviously.
25:43So I'm going to talk about the origin of guts and the history of guts.
25:47It goes back to Anglo-Saxon, Old English,
25:49where guttas were the bowels or the entrails of the body.
25:54If you go back even further, it means literally a channel,
25:57and it's related to, the guts are related to gutter,
26:00and also to gout, believe it or not,
26:02the sort of idea of a channel,
26:03because gout was thought to be caused by the dropping of diseased matter
26:07that was in the blood, then into the joints.
26:09That was all about the dropping and the sort of flowing.
26:12Guts for gout is the notion of the intestines, believe it or not,
26:14as a seat of emotions, is really, really ancient.
26:17And we, in some ways, still continue to see the guts in that way today.
26:21So we talk about having a gut reaction or a gut feeling about something.
26:26And we can see that same development in the use of the word bowel, believe it or not.
26:31Bowel is a word that comes from an unlikely Latin ancestor,
26:34and that's botellus, which meant little sausage, because of its shape.
26:38But the word bowel was once used to mean the seat of emotion.
26:42So around the sort of late 14th century,
26:44if you wanted to talk about your bowels in an anatomical way,
26:47you would refer to them as arse ropes rather than bowels.
26:52Which I think is much more transparent, really.
26:54And Greek poets wrote about the bowels.
26:56They regarded them as the seat of really violent passions, such as anger.
27:00And we still talk about hating someone's guts today.
27:03But by the Hebrews, they were seen as the seat of tender affection.
27:07So the bowels and the guts were actually seen as the seat of kindness,
27:11compassion, benevolence and love as well.
27:15Today, we see them as no more than parts of our anatomy again.
27:18We don't tend to talk about our bowels or our guts that much.
27:21Back to having someone's guts for garters, that goes back to around 1601.
27:27You'll find a record that says,
27:29I will garter my hose with your guts as a bit of a threat.
27:33It may have originated in the Middle Ages, really,
27:36when disembowelment was quite commonplace as a form of torture or execution.
27:41Today, of course, in the more enlightened times, luckily,
27:44we tend to use guts for garters in a much more figurative way.
27:47But it's quite possible, just as we used guts or used to use guts for guitar strings,
27:52that they were in some way used for clothing as well.
27:55But yes, unlikely that the guts and the bowels were once seen as the seat of love.
27:59A little trip round the lower abdomen now.
28:1070 plays 43.
28:12Dorcas on 70.
28:13Dorcas, you're back for your letters game.
28:16Can I have a consonant, please?
28:18Thank you, Dorcas.
28:19And lastly, T.
28:44Stand by.
28:49Well, Dorcas?
29:17Six.
29:17A six.
29:19Misbah?
29:20Six as well.
29:21Thank you, Dorcas.
29:22Aromas?
29:24And Misbah?
29:24Grooms.
29:25Very nice.
29:26Any advance on six, Dave?
29:28No, we've got two sixes.
29:30For Valentine's, we've got orgasm.
29:32Well done.
29:33And we've got groats.
29:35Good indeed.
29:36And the SSUG?
29:37No, just sixes for us.
29:39So, 76 plays 49.
29:42Misbah, final letters game for you.
29:44Could I start with a consonant, please?
29:46Thank you, Misbah.
29:47D.
29:48And another.
29:50S.
29:52And a third.
29:53D.
29:55A vowel.
29:57I.
29:59Another vowel.
30:01B.
30:02A third vowel.
30:04A.
30:06A consonant.
30:08T.
30:09A consonant.
30:10A consonant.
30:12R.
30:14And a final consonant, please.
30:16And a final W.
30:18Stand by.
30:18A consonant.
30:19A consonant.
30:20A consonant.
30:20A consonant.
30:20A consonant.
30:21A consonant.
30:21A consonant.
30:22A consonant.
30:22A consonant.
30:22A consonant.
30:22A consonant.
30:23A consonant.
30:23A consonant.
30:24A consonant.
30:24A consonant.
30:24A consonant.
30:24A consonant.
30:25A consonant.
30:25A consonant.
30:25A consonant.
30:25A consonant.
30:25A consonant.
30:26A consonant.
30:26A consonant.
30:26A consonant.
30:27A consonant.
30:27A consonant.
30:28A consonant.
30:28A consonant.
30:29A consonant.
30:29A consonant.
30:29A consonant.
30:30A consonant.
30:31A consonant.
30:31A consonant.
30:32A consonant.
30:32A consonant.
30:32A consonant.
30:33A consonant.
30:33A consonant.
30:34A consonant.
30:35A consonant.
30:35A consonant.
30:36A consonant.
30:37Misbah?
30:50Seven.
30:51And Dorcas?
30:52Six.
30:53And your six?
30:54Triads.
30:56Triads.
30:56Now, Misbah?
30:57Wasted.
30:59Wasted with the I.
31:00Absolutely fine.
31:01Well done.
31:01Yes.
31:02Dave and Susie?
31:02We've got an eight, and that's disrated.
31:05Which is?
31:07Yes, it's to reduce a sailor to a lower rank.
31:11So it's to demote a sailor, very specifically.
31:18So here we go.
31:19Dorcas on 76, and Misbah 56.
31:22Not over here.
31:23Dorcas, numbers for you.
31:26One from the top, and five small ones.
31:29Thank you, Dorcas.
31:30One from the top, and still a glimmer of light for Misbah.
31:33The final numbers are nine.
31:35Five, two, three, seven, and 50.
31:40And the final target, 433.
31:43433.
32:04Well, Dorcas?
32:164-3-1.
32:17And, Misbah?
32:194-2-5.
32:204-2-5.
32:21All right, so we'll go with Dorcas.
32:22Dorcas?
32:2350 times 9.
32:2550 times 9, 450.
32:287 times 3.
32:297 times 3, 21.
32:31Take away?
32:32Take it away for 429.
32:34Plus 2.
32:35And 4-3-1, 2 away.
32:37Well done.
32:38But it's over to you, Rachel.
32:404-3-3?
32:40A couple of ways.
32:42You could have said 50 minus 2 is 48.
32:46Times 9 is 432.
32:49And then you can do...
32:51What have you got left?
32:533 plus 5 minus 7 for your 1.
32:57Well done.
32:59Thank you, Rachel.
33:01Superb, as ever.
33:04Now it's time for our final round with Dorcas 83 to Misbah's 56.
33:10It's fingers on buzzers.
33:12Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:14DoorCast.
33:28Destitute?
33:29Let's see whether you're right.
33:31Here we go.
33:32Oh, well done.
33:33Well done there, Dorcas.
33:40Well done.
33:41An excellent player arrives in our studio as we say farewell to a very, very, very good player with four great wins.
33:48Yeah, thanks a lot.
33:49It's been great fun.
33:50So thanks for having me.
33:50I've enjoyed having you and you've played superbly.
33:53You take this goodie bag and your teapot back to London.
33:56We shall see you tomorrow.
33:57Well done.
33:58Terrific.
33:59What a debut, as they say.
34:01Now you come back tomorrow, I hope.
34:03I do hope so.
34:04You are, because there's a contract that dictates it.
34:07And Susie, too.
34:08We'll see you both tomorrow.
34:09Yeah, see you then.
34:10Well done, and Rachel.
34:12We've had everything from bowels and constipation relief to orgasms today.
34:15It's been quite a Valentine's Day.
34:17In what order I want?
34:18I don't know.
34:19We'll see you tomorrow, Rachel.
34:21See you then.
34:21Thanks for that.
34:23We'll think about that as the evening draws in.
34:25Now, George is tomorrow.
34:27Same time, same place.
34:28You be sure of it.
34:28A very good afternoon.
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