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00:00Thank you very much.
00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34Now, this summer over in California, they're celebrating the 50th anniversary of that great, great music festival, the Monterey International Pop Festival.
00:43Wow, that really sort of kicked something off.
00:45Janis Joplin was there, Ravi Shankar, The Who, and Jimi Hendrix.
00:49It was the summer of love and it was the absolute peak of that great era, really.
00:54And on Wednesday, of course, we have our own wonderful Glastonbury Festival kicking off.
01:00And that's really turned into a huge success.
01:02I've never been, but apparently tickets just go like wildfire.
01:07And this year, the headline acts are Foo Fighters, Radiohead and Ed Sheeran.
01:12It's a massive success and people, you know, get their wellies out and off they go and they absolutely love it.
01:19In my day, in the late 50s, early 60s, it was the Bewley Jazz Festival, which is totally sort of serene and quite fair.
01:28But that's what happened.
01:29I think it was sort of one of the first sort of big open air festivals.
01:34I've never been to one, really.
01:36Have you?
01:37I've been to a couple.
01:38But when I was 17, I went to Robbie Williams' did Nedworth.
01:42Ah.
01:42And that was record-breaking.
01:44I'm not sure if it still holds a record, but it was 375,000 people over three shows.
01:49Good guy.
01:50Extraordinary.
01:50Now, John Truman's back, Rachel, the retired IT project manager, originally from Swindon, now from Minehead in Somerset,
01:57who had his first big win, beat Len, who had a teapot, and now you've got a teapot too.
02:02Yeah, yeah, that's the main reason for coming.
02:05You're joined by Tom Chaffer-Cook, a software developer from Horsehay in Shropshire,
02:09who's involved in rapper sword dancing.
02:13Now, let's unravel this.
02:16It's a traditional English dance from the north-east of England, around the pit villages of Newcastle.
02:23Yeah.
02:23And how does it work?
02:24Tell us a little bit about it.
02:25There's five dancers, five swords, and they're connected in a circle, and they just run around in circles,
02:30tying the swords in knots and doing various acrobatic things, jumps over them, somersaults, backflips, things like that.
02:37Very good.
02:37Well, good luck to you, Tom and John, too.
02:39Let's have a big round of applause for our contestants today.
02:42And over in the corner, we have two Susies.
02:45We've got Susie Dent, and making a pit stop from her hectic motor store, presenting it's the wonderful Susie Perry.
02:51Welcome back, Susie.
02:51Thank you very much.
02:52Welcome back.
02:54Now, let's get down to business.
02:56John, let us go.
02:58Good afternoon, Rachel.
02:59Good afternoon, John.
03:00Could I have a consonant, please?
03:02Start the week with Z.
03:04And a vowel.
03:07I.
03:08And a consonant, please?
03:10R.
03:11And a vowel.
03:13O.
03:14And a consonant.
03:16M.
03:17And a vowel.
03:19U.
03:21And a consonant.
03:23L.
03:25And a vowel.
03:27E.
03:28And a final consonant, please.
03:30And a final T.
03:31And here's the countdown clock.
03:34MUSIC PLAYS
03:35Well, John?
04:04Five.
04:06Sorry, I've just...
04:07Yeah, five.
04:08Five.
04:08And Tom?
04:09Seven.
04:10And seven, right.
04:11John?
04:11Malt.
04:12And Tom?
04:14Mottlier.
04:15Mottlier.
04:16Very nice.
04:17Yes.
04:18Well done.
04:18Well done.
04:19Good start.
04:20And over in the corner, the two Susies.
04:22Susie Perry?
04:24Could have added an ER and gone malter.
04:28M-O-U-L-T-E-R.
04:29Very good.
04:30Yes, an animal that malts.
04:32Yeah.
04:32And another seven, Turmoil.
04:34Turmoil.
04:35Well done.
04:35All right.
04:36So, Tom, quickly away to a seven-point lead.
04:39It's Tom's letters game now.
04:40Tom.
04:41Good afternoon, Rachel.
04:42Good afternoon, Tom.
04:43Can I start with a consonant, please?
04:44Start with N.
04:46And another.
04:47And another.
04:49S.
04:50And another.
04:53T.
04:54And a vowel, please.
04:56A.
04:58And another.
04:59E.
05:01And another.
05:03O.
05:04And a consonant.
05:07D.
05:07And a vowel.
05:11U.
05:12And a final consonant, please.
05:15And a final S.
05:17Stand by.
05:17to be there.
05:38Bye.
05:39Bye.
05:40Bye.
05:42Bye.
05:46Bye.
05:46Bye.
05:47Yes, Tom?
05:49An eight.
05:49An eight.
05:50And John?
05:51A six.
05:51A six.
05:52Your six?
05:52Stoned.
05:53Stoned.
05:54And Tom?
05:56Onsteads.
05:57Very good, yes.
05:59In Scottish and English regional dialects,
06:02an onstead is a farmhouse and other buildings belonging to a farm,
06:05so it's like a farmstead.
06:06Indeed.
06:07Onstead, very good.
06:11Excellent.
06:12And in the corner, Susie's?
06:14An eight, a stounds.
06:17Yes, thank you.
06:18Well done.
06:18Fifteen points to Tom, my word.
06:20John, numbers, let's see how you get on here.
06:23OK, Rachel, could I have my usual, please, Rachel?
06:26Two large?
06:27One large.
06:28No, I just wanted to say that, really.
06:30You need to establish yourself.
06:31I'll have one large, please, and four small.
06:33The aim is to be here long enough to have a usual.
06:35Thank you, John.
06:36One large, five little.
06:37This time they are three, six, seven, one, eight,
06:43and the large one, 25.
06:44And the target, 304.
06:48304.
06:52Tracy.
07:14Bye-bye.
07:14Yes, John?
07:20Yes, 3.03, I'm afraid.
07:213.03. Tom?
07:233.05.
07:24And 3.05. So, John?
07:277 plus 6 minus 1 is 12.
07:32Mm-hm.
07:32Times 25?
07:34300.
07:35Plus 3?
07:36One away.
07:37And Tom?
07:39I did 8 plus 7 minus 3 is 12.
07:44Yep.
07:44Times 25?
07:46Again, 300.
07:47And then 6 minus 1 is 5 to add on.
07:49And you haven't used any of those.
07:51Yeah, I am.
07:51On the other way.
07:53And in the middle stands 3.04.
07:55Rachel?
07:56Yes.
07:57If you say 7 plus 6, stop there, is 13,
08:01times 25 is 325,
08:04and then 8 minus 1 is another 7,
08:07times 3, 21 to take away from 3.04.
08:10Fabulous. Well done.
08:11Excellent.
08:13So, 22 plays John 7
08:15as we turn to our first Tea Time teaser,
08:18which is Into Beast.
08:20And the clue, he won't turn into a beast
08:22because he's not going to change at all.
08:24He won't turn into a beast
08:26because he's not going to change at all.
08:28Welcome back.
08:45I left you with the clue.
08:46He won't turn into a beast
08:47because he's not going to change at all
08:50because he's obstinate.
08:53That's the word.
08:54So, 22 plays John 7,
08:58and it's Tom's letters again.
09:00Tom.
09:01Start with a consonant, please.
09:03Thank you, Tom.
09:04R.
09:06And another.
09:08N.
09:10And another.
09:10S.
09:14And a vowel, please.
09:16E.
09:18And another.
09:21U.
09:22And another.
09:24A.
09:26A consonant.
09:29F.
09:31A vowel.
09:33E.
09:34And a final consonant, please.
09:37And a final C.
09:40Stand by.
09:40And a vowel.
09:41And a vowel.
09:42And a vowel.
09:42And a vowel.
09:43And a vowel.
09:43And a vowel.
09:44And a vowel.
09:44And a vowel.
09:45And a vowel.
09:45And a vowel.
09:46And a vowel.
09:46And a vowel.
09:46And a vowel.
09:47And a vowel.
09:47And a vowel.
09:47And a vowel.
09:47And a vowel.
09:48And a vowel.
09:48And a vowel.
09:48And a vowel.
09:49And a vowel.
09:49And a vowel.
09:50And a vowel.
09:50And a vowel.
09:50And a vowel.
09:51And a vowel.
09:51And a vowel.
09:52And a vowel.
09:52And a vowel.
09:53And a vowel.
09:53And a vowel.
09:54And a vowel.
09:54And a vowel.
09:55And a vowel.
09:55And a vowel.
09:56And a vowel.
09:57And a vowel.
10:10Yes, Tom?
10:12Eight.
10:13And eight, John?
10:14Six.
10:15And that's six.
10:16I have faeces.
10:17And Tom?
10:18Furnaces.
10:20And furnaces, yes, indeed.
10:21Well spotted.
10:25Well done.
10:26All right.
10:27And in the corner, Susie and Susie?
10:29Uncrease, to remove the creases from the garment.
10:32Uncrease.
10:3430 plays seven.
10:36Now then, John, another letters game for you.
10:39Consonant, please.
10:41Thank you, John.
10:42V.
10:43And a vowel?
10:45I.
10:47And a consonant?
10:49D.
10:50And a vowel?
10:52E.
10:54And a consonant?
10:56S.
10:57And a vowel?
11:00A.
11:01And a consonant?
11:03N.
11:05And how many have we got left?
11:08Two.
11:08Sorry.
11:10A vowel, please.
11:12O.
11:13And a phonel consonant, please.
11:15And lastly, D.
11:17And it's countdown.
11:30Yes, John. A dodgy seven. And...
11:52Eight.
11:53An eight. John. Noddies. Noddies. Tom.
11:57Anodised.
11:59Anodised.
12:00Anodised. Absolutely excellent. Noddies also good. Oldish term or old-fashioned term for foolish people. Noddies.
12:07A noddy.
12:08Yeah.
12:08And in the corner?
12:09A word that might sum up how I might sound at the moment. I might need mine taking out. Adenoids.
12:15Adenoids. Indeed, Susie. Very good. 38 now, playing John seven. My word, Tom's roaring away at the minute.
12:23And now, Tom, it's a numbers game for you.
12:26Could I have an inverted T, please, which?
12:28You can indeed. One from the top and five little. Thank you, Tom. And these five small ones are four, ten, nine, five and two. And the big one, 75.
12:40And the target, nine hundred and sixty-six.
12:43Nine, six, six.
12:44One, six, six, six, six.
12:48One, six, six, five and five.
12:55Three, three, four.
12:57Two, four.
12:58Two, four.
13:00One, six, seven, five and six.
13:05Two, four.
13:06Two, five, six!
13:08Two, five, six.
13:09Two, five.
13:09One, six, six.
13:10being alláeoss.
13:11Two, five, six, five.
13:12Eight, six.
13:13Yes, John?
13:16966.
13:18And John?
13:18965.
13:20John?
13:21OK, 10 plus 5 minus 2.
13:2413.
13:25Times 75.
13:26975.
13:28And take away the 9.
13:30966, perfect.
13:31Well done indeed.
13:32Well done.
13:3448 points, a strong lead there.
13:38Let's turn to Susie.
13:40And Susie, we talked at the top of the show about the Monterey and about Glastonbury kicking off.
13:46But you're no stranger to the world of music.
13:49There's nothing quite like live music.
13:51And I think music is something, when you hear it, it takes you back to a moment or a place.
13:56And you can visualise everything so clearly.
13:59It's so splendid for doing that.
14:02But yeah, my dad promoted.
14:03Well, anyone who was anyone really in the 60s and 70s had a big agency.
14:07And he managed a rock band in America called Trapeze.
14:11And he looked after Abba and Tina Turner and David Bowie.
14:16And I got to go and see Abba live, which I don't think many people can say they've seen them.
14:21And I've been a fan, really, all my life of Abba.
14:24But he didn't always have it easy.
14:27You know, when you're promoting a band, it's usually that last little bit of percentage that gives you your income.
14:32And David Bowie just got his first hit and it sold out completely.
14:37And he turned up and his band was stuck.
14:40Their band had broken down.
14:42And my dad's got a sellout audience.
14:45And David's very shy.
14:47And, you know, and my dad said, well, you know, you need to go out there because they'll feel like you're letting them down.
14:52And, you know, you'll feel bad about it.
14:54And, of course, he was thinking, and I'll feel bad about it because I'll have to give everybody's money back.
14:58So he convinced David, because he'd got his guitar with him, to go out and sit and do an acoustic set for 20 minutes or so.
15:06And he duly went out.
15:08And, of course, he completely brought the house down.
15:10They loved it, the fact that he'd gone out and sung anyway.
15:14And afterwards in the dressing room, my dad said, you know, thanks, David, for doing that.
15:19You were terrific.
15:20You were fantastic.
15:21But you don't really seem to know, you know, what's going on next.
15:27And he said, well, I don't know where my next gig is.
15:29Do you fancy looking after my business affairs?
15:33To which my dad was so busy at the time, he said that he couldn't.
15:37But he did manage to save a bit of money.
15:39Instead of the £100 fee that David Bowie and his band were meant to have, he gave David £60.
15:47There we are.
15:48Great stories.
15:49Well done.
15:52Very good.
15:52So, 48 for Tom and John on seven.
15:57Now then, John, what are we going to do about this?
15:59Just said, I think I'll get me coat.
16:00No, you won't.
16:01You're going to fight, fight and fight and fight.
16:03Off you go.
16:04Consonant, please, Rachel.
16:06Thank you, John.
16:08N.
16:09And a vowel.
16:09And a consonant, please.
16:14V.
16:15And a vowel.
16:17E.
16:18And a consonant.
16:20G.
16:22And a vowel.
16:24E.
16:26And a consonant.
16:28L.
16:30And a vowel.
16:32A.
16:33And a consonant.
16:35And lastly, H.
16:37Stand by.
16:38MUSIC PLAYS
16:40Well, John, seven.
17:10A seven.
17:11Tom.
17:11Seven.
17:12John.
17:13Healing.
17:14And Tom.
17:16Healing as well.
17:16There we go.
17:17Now then.
17:19Susie.
17:20Susie Perry.
17:21Susie Dent.
17:21I couldn't get past seven.
17:23Halving.
17:24Halving.
17:25Similarly, for seven, there's Evangel.
17:27Any of the four Gospels or the Christian Gospel.
17:32All right.
17:33So, 55 plays 14.
17:34Tom, you're back for a letters game.
17:37I'll start with a consonant, please.
17:39Thank you, Tom.
17:40D.
17:41And another.
17:44N.
17:45And another.
17:48Q.
17:49And a vowel.
17:51U.
17:53And another.
17:55E.
17:57And another.
17:59I.
18:01A consonant, please.
18:02G.
18:04G.
18:06Um, another vowel.
18:08U.
18:11U.
18:11And a final consonant, please.
18:13And a final T.
18:15And here's the countdown clock.
18:17Why you just went to beHHH?
18:31Thank you very much.
18:33Sure.
18:36I don't think forward.
18:37I don't know.
18:38I don't know.
18:39I think you've been able to help them.
18:40How is that?
18:41But I don't know how big this game.
18:41Yeah, I guess I would.
18:43I don't know.
18:43I wish.
18:43I think I was huge.
18:44Yes, Tom.
18:48I'm going to try a seven.
18:49A seven. And John?
18:51Just a five. And your five?
18:53Quiet. Quiet, Tom.
18:56Queuing?
18:57Queuing.
18:57How are you spelling it?
18:59Q-U-E-U-I-N-G.
19:02Perfect. Very, very good. Well done.
19:04Well done, yeah.
19:06And Susie?
19:07Just a six. Unique.
19:09And Susie Dent, anything there?
19:11Untied, United, for six.
19:13Queuing, really excellent for seven.
19:14Very good. Sixty-two, please. Fourteen.
19:17And it's numbers for you, John.
19:19One large and four small, please, Rachel.
19:21As usual.
19:23Thank you, John.
19:24Right, this time around, they are
19:26one, nine, eight.
19:30Another eight.
19:31Ten, and the big one, one hundred.
19:34And the target, nine hundred and twenty-seven.
19:36Nine to seven.
19:37OneO-eight.
19:48The target, nine hundred and twenty-seven.
19:49The target, nine hundred and twenty-seven.
19:50Two, one of, three hundred and twenty-seven.
19:52One, two, one, two.
19:55One, one, three.
19:56One, three.
19:56One, three, two.
19:57Yes, John?
20:09927.
20:10And Tom?
20:11927.
20:12John?
20:1410 minus 8 is 2.
20:16Yep.
20:16Plus 1 is 3.
20:18It is.
20:18Added to the 100.
20:20103.
20:20And times 9.
20:21Perfect.
20:22927.
20:23Well done.
20:23And Tom?
20:24I did it the same way.
20:25Just to which right now.
20:27There you go.
20:27Well done.
20:30So 72 to 24 as we go into our second Tea Time teaser, which is Sinner Ice.
20:35And the clue?
20:36The sinner had a heart of ice.
20:38His apologies meant nothing.
20:40The sinner had a heart of ice.
20:42His apologies meant nothing.
20:45He was indeed insincere.
21:10In sincere.
21:11So 72 plays 24.
21:15Good lead there, Tom.
21:17And now it's your letters game.
21:18I'll start with a consonant, please.
21:21Thank you, Tom.
21:22K.
21:24And another, please.
21:27R.
21:28And another.
21:30D.
21:32And a vowel, please.
21:34E.
21:35And a final consonant, please.
21:47Stand by.
21:48And a vowel.
21:49And a final consonant, please.
21:55And a final R.
21:57Stand by.
21:57And a vowel.
22:11Umm.
22:12Bye.
22:12Bye.
22:14Bye.
22:14Bye.
22:21Bye.
22:22Bye.
22:22Bye.
22:22Bye.
22:23Yes, Tom?
22:29A seven.
22:30A seven.
22:30And John?
22:31And a seven.
22:32Tom?
22:33Hedier.
22:34John?
22:35The same.
22:36Same.
22:37There we go.
22:38And over in the corner, we had Hedier, I guess.
22:41We didn't have that.
22:42We had rehired, hardier.
22:45Yes.
22:46And rehired.
22:47So quite a few sevens.
22:48And rehired.
22:49Well done.
22:5079 plays, 31.
22:52And now, John, it's your letters again.
22:55Consonant, please, Rachel.
22:56Thank you, John.
22:57M.
22:59And a vowel, please.
23:01I.
23:02And a consonant, please.
23:04T.
23:06And a vowel.
23:08E.
23:09And a consonant.
23:11R.
23:13And a vowel.
23:15E.
23:16And a consonant.
23:19P.
23:19And a vowel.
23:23U.
23:24And a final consonant, please.
23:26And a final X.
23:28Stand by.
23:29And a vowel.
23:30And a vowel.
23:30And a vowel.
23:30And a vowel.
23:31And a vowel.
23:31And a vowel.
23:32And a vowel.
23:32And a vowel.
23:32And a vowel.
23:32And a vowel.
23:32And a vowel.
23:33And a vowel.
23:34And a vowel.
23:34And a vowel.
23:34And a vowel.
23:34And a vowel.
23:34And a vowel.
23:34And a vowel.
23:35And a vowel.
23:35And a vowel.
23:35And a vowel.
23:35And a vowel.
23:36And a vowel.
23:36And a vowel.
23:36And a vowel.
23:36And a vowel.
23:38And a vowel.
23:38And a vowel.
23:38And a vowel.
23:38And a vowel.
23:39And a vowel.
23:39And a vowel.
23:40And a vowel.
23:40and a vowel.
23:40Yes, John.
24:01Pathetic five.
24:03And Tom?
24:04Seven.
24:05Seven.
24:06John?
24:06Mitre.
24:07Mitre.
24:08Now, Tom.
24:09Mixture.
24:09Yeah.
24:10And mixture.
24:11Very nice.
24:12Can we match it, I wonder?
24:14Susie?
24:14Permute.
24:15To permute, yeah.
24:17Yes.
24:18And Miss Dent?
24:19Submit something to process of alteration.
24:22Yeah.
24:22That was our best with mixture, otherwise permit for six.
24:25All right.
24:26So 86 plays 31 as we turn to Susie Dent for her wonderful origins of words.
24:33What have you got for us, Susie?
24:34Well, regular viewers, Nick, will know that I love those mishearings of English
24:39that trip up the ear.
24:41Things like being internally grateful for a cup of coffee, for example, or nipping something
24:47in the butt, which always makes me laugh.
24:50But another favourite is the warning that chickens always come home to roast.
24:54And believe it or not, that is making some headway in Oxford's databases.
24:59Who knows whether it will ever replace the original coming home to roost.
25:04That one has been around for over 500 years.
25:08And it seems a little curious at first, chickens will come home to roost, but that's because
25:12we've lost the longer version of the proverb, which was that curses are like chickens, they
25:18always come home to roost.
25:20With the idea that your offensive words or your actions will always come back, rebound
25:25on you in some way, and have some sort of adverse consequences.
25:29As I say, that's been around since the days of Chaucer.
25:31But this loss of the full or the proper version of a proverb happens surprisingly often in
25:37English and explains why, in many cases, the current version, if you think about it, doesn't
25:41quite make sense.
25:43So head over heels, that's kind of natural, really, if you fall over head over heels.
25:48But much more logical would be the other way around, to heels over head, if you like, referring
25:54literally to a somersault or a fall.
25:56And having one's cake and eating it, that always seems to me a slightly strange one.
26:02Again, that was the other way around originally and made much more sense.
26:05So back in the 16th century, people talked of not being able to eat their cake and then
26:09have it, which makes much more sense.
26:12And finally, a matter of life and death started as a matter of life or death, which, again,
26:19is totally logical.
26:21But we've lost those original versions.
26:23We tend not to think about them and we bandy them around.
26:25But when you do analyse them, you have a little sort of puzzling expression.
26:29But those are the original ones.
26:30It's always worth looking back in history and seeing how things started.
26:34Oh, well done.
26:36Lovely.
26:38Well done, Susie, as ever.
26:4186 to 31.
26:43Tom in the lead.
26:44And it's Tom's letters game now.
26:45Tom.
26:47A consonant, please.
26:48Thank you, Tom.
26:49C.
26:49And another.
26:53S.
26:55And another.
26:57N.
26:59And a vowel, please.
27:01O.
27:03And another.
27:05I.
27:06And another.
27:09O.
27:10And a consonant, please.
27:13M.
27:15And a vowel, please.
27:18I.
27:18And a final consonant, please.
27:23And a final T.
27:25Stand by.
27:29And a little.
27:37I.
27:37I.
27:39I.
27:41I.
27:42I.
27:46I.
27:49I.
27:50Yes, Tom?
27:58Seven.
27:59Seven.
28:00And John?
28:01Six.
28:02And your six?
28:03Scoots.
28:04Scoots.
28:05And Tom?
28:06Motions.
28:07Motions?
28:09Motions, very, very good.
28:11You'd need two S's for scoots there, John, so it's just one, unfortunately.
28:16I'm sorry.
28:16Getting a bit picky, really.
28:18Well done, John.
28:21Now, the Susies.
28:22We had, for eight, monistic.
28:26Monistic, Susie?
28:27Yes, related to monism, which is the doctrine that only one supreme being exists, as opposed to pluralism.
28:33Well done.
28:34Monistic.
28:36Thanks, Susie.
28:38Now, final letters game for you, John.
28:41OK, Rachel, for the last time, then, one.
28:43A consonant, please.
28:44Thank you, John.
28:46L.
28:46And a vowel.
28:49A.
28:50And a consonant.
28:53T.
28:54And a vowel.
28:56E.
28:57And a consonant.
29:00P.
29:01And a vowel.
29:02A.
29:04And a consonant.
29:06R.
29:07And a vowel.
29:12O.
29:12And a final consonant, please.
29:15And a final J.
29:17Countdown.
29:17And a vowel.
29:19And a vowel.
29:19And a vowel.
29:19And a vowel.
29:20And a vowel.
29:20And a vowel.
29:21And a vowel.
29:21And a vowel.
29:21And a vowel.
29:22And a vowel.
29:22And a vowel.
29:23And a vowel.
29:23And a vowel.
29:23And a vowel.
29:23And a vowel.
29:24And a vowel.
29:24And a vowel.
29:24And a vowel.
29:24And a vowel.
29:25And a vowel.
29:25And a vowel.
29:25And a vowel.
29:26And a vowel.
29:26And a vowel.
29:27And a vowel.
29:27And a vowel.
29:27And a vowel.
29:28And a vowel.
29:28And a vowel.
29:29And a vowel.
29:29And a vowel.
29:29And a vowel.
29:30And a vowel.
29:31And a vowel.
29:31And a vowel.
29:32and a vowel.
29:32and a vowel.
29:47Yes, John?
29:50A dodgy seven.
29:52And Tom?
29:53A dodgy seven as well.
29:55John?
29:57No, I've got two Es in it.
29:59There's not two Es, is there?
30:00No, I'm sorry.
30:01Bad luck.
30:01How about Tom?
30:03Prolate?
30:05Yes.
30:06We often have pronate on Countdown.
30:07This is a prolate.
30:08It's a term from geometry of a spheroid.
30:12It means lengthened in the direction of a polar diameter,
30:15often contrasted with oblate.
30:17That will mean everything to mathematicians, I think.
30:20Absolutely.
30:21Now then, what else have we got?
30:23Susie?
30:23We had prolate as well.
30:25Yes.
30:26That was our best.
30:27That's it?
30:28Yes.
30:28It'll do.
30:29It'll do.
30:29100 for Tom.
30:30Great first outing there.
30:32John on 31, but he's got his teapot
30:34as we go into the final numbers game.
30:37Tom?
30:39An inverted T again, please.
30:41Thank you, Tom.
30:42One from the top five, little to finish the day.
30:44And this selection is two.
30:47Eight, three, another three, five, and 100.
30:53And the target, 428.
30:56Four, two, eight.
30:57One from the top five, little to those are three.
30:59One from the top five, little to finish the door.
30:59One from the top five, little to finish the door.
31:01To the top five, little to finish.
31:03The target, 428.
31:04Oh, keep on paths with respect.
31:05That's how we go down.
31:06Thank you, Tom.
31:06One from the top five, little to finish the camera.
31:07From the top five.
31:07ante Network.
31:07One from the top five, little to finish .
31:08For the roadmap.
31:09One from closing, state as well.
31:10I'm going to do the job.
31:10One from the top five, little to finish the room.
31:11I'm going to leave it for a moment.
31:12First, always with Mr.
31:13và o the chemical effect.
31:13Andavin E apprendre.
31:14In packing, our thou Hai.
31:15Yes, Tom?
31:29429, not written down.
31:32One away. How about John?
31:33429.
31:34429. So, Tom?
31:388 divided by 2 is 4.
31:40Yep.
31:42100 plus 5.
31:44105.
31:46Times the 2 together.
31:47Is 420.
31:49And then 3 times 3 is 9 to add on.
31:52Yep, one away.
31:54And John?
31:55Slightly differently.
31:57I had 8 divided by 2 is 4.
32:00Yep.
32:02Put that to one side for a minute.
32:045 plus 3 is 8.
32:05Yep.
32:07Add the 8 to 100 times the 4.
32:09Is 432.
32:11Minus the 3.
32:13And the other 3.
32:13Yep, same result.
32:15There we go.
32:16429.
32:17But 428.
32:18Rachel, help us.
32:20Yes, it was there.
32:21If you say 100 times 5, 500.
32:25And then 3 times 3, 9 times 8, 72.
32:29And take it away.
32:30Well done.
32:32Very good.
32:34Spot on as ever.
32:36Tom on 107.
32:38John on 38.
32:39As we go into the final round.
32:40Gentlemen, fingers on buzzers.
32:42Let's reveal today's countdown conundrum.
32:45Good morning.
32:46Good morning, our time.
33:13Good morning.
33:14Good morning.
33:14Wow, Tom.
33:17Is it kidnapper?
33:19Kidnapper. Let's see whether you're right.
33:23Kidnapper. Oh, well done.
33:25Brilliant.
33:30Oh, very well. Thank you.
33:31You left that right to the end, didn't you?
33:33But fantastic score, 117.
33:35I'll come to you in a second.
33:36I turn now to he who has a teapot,
33:39none other than John Truman.
33:41Well done, John.
33:42Have a safe journey back to Minehead with your teapot,
33:45don't drop it, and your goodie bag.
33:47Thank you very much, indeed.
33:48And we shall see young Tom Chafer-Cook tomorrow,
33:53117, first time match. Brilliant. Well done.
33:56Let's see how tomorrow goes.
33:58See you both tomorrow, the Susies. Susie Dent, yes?
34:01See you then.
34:01Look forward to it.
34:02All right. See you then.
34:04Great opening shot. What do you think?
34:06And it's back tomorrow, and as Susie suggested,
34:08he should go to the car, bring his sword back.
34:10Why not?
34:11And it's five people,
34:12so we'll have to see who gets the short straw
34:14and can't take part.
34:16I know who that's going to be.
34:18I'll see you here quietly.
34:19See you tomorrow.
34:20Join us then, same time, same place.
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