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00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34Welcome indeed.
00:36It's a year since I joined the Good Ship Countdown.
00:39And I must say that I've been terribly humbled, I suppose,
00:43by the many messages of support and flattery.
00:46But it's also very flattering to be asked for one's autograph.
00:52So many people write in and I've got to send them autographs.
00:55But less thanks to the chap who's actually offered my autograph on eBay, Rachel.
01:02Ah.
01:03So that's off a sale now, is it?
01:05It is, yes.
01:06The reserve has not yet been reached.
01:10What's the reserve?
01:11£2.50, but don't tell me.
01:13There we are.
01:14Well, they can get them for free if they just write in.
01:17So why would you pay £2.50?
01:18Of course they can.
01:19Now then, what have we got for us today, Rachel?
01:23I tell you, we've got rather good contestants.
01:25We've got Wayne Kelly, a finance advisor from Warrington.
01:29He's a member of the Warrington Scrabble Club.
01:31And in 2011, he was the UK national Scrabble champion.
01:36Well done.
01:37Thank you very much.
01:37But there's a more interesting story about you, Wayne, I think, because way back in 1994,
01:44you lost to a very strange-looking young man from Blackpool.
01:51Do you remember that contest?
01:53Yes, I think he's gone on to do better things since then.
01:56Well, you know, of course.
01:58You were beaten by Damien, I think, in the final conundrum.
02:01And Damien, now, he's our producer.
02:04How different things could have been.
02:09Oh, cruel fate.
02:12Anyway, welcome to you, Wayne.
02:14Now, who are you up against today?
02:15You're up against Nick Wainwright, an operational researcher from Reading,
02:19now living in London, who enjoys travelling, certainly, to Pacific Asia,
02:25and who really wants to be a strategist in Formula One.
02:29Do you think that would be a fascinating thing?
02:30Yeah, I think it would.
02:31I don't think it's an achievable aim, no.
02:33Well, you're not in that business, so that's a bit of a handicap, I would have thought.
02:38But they're all working out how many ounces of fuel they've got left
02:40and how many pit stops and all that carry on.
02:42Very good.
02:44Anyway, you're a former series champion from 2007.
02:48Have you kept up your countdown?
02:51Not enough, I fear.
02:52No?
02:53Let's see.
02:53We've got a fascinating competition coming up.
02:55Big round of applause for Wayne and Nick Wainwright.
02:59Yeah, we look forward to this.
03:05We do indeed.
03:06We do indeed.
03:07Welcome back, Susie.
03:08And you have a hairy bike next to you.
03:10Very close.
03:12How are you, Dave?
03:13I'm very fine, and it's lovely for me to see these contestants that I've only seen on the telly before, too.
03:19I know.
03:19Yeah?
03:19I know.
03:20So, we're all on our mettle here to try and keep up with these characters, but let's get our little show underway.
03:26Wayne, would you kick off?
03:29Hi, Rachel.
03:30Hi, Wayne.
03:31Can I start with a consonant, please?
03:34Start today with P.
03:36And another consonant?
03:38S.
03:39And a vowel.
03:42E.
03:44A consonant, please.
03:47C.
03:49A vowel.
03:51U.
03:54And a consonant.
03:56N.
03:59A vowel, please.
04:01O.
04:04A consonant.
04:07S.
04:08S.
04:09And a final consonant, please.
04:12And a final R.
04:14And here's the countdown clock.
04:15S.
04:39Yes, Wayne?
04:47Seven.
04:48A seven.
04:49Nick?
04:49Yeah, I'll stick with a seven as well.
04:51Okay, Wayne?
04:52Pounces.
04:53Pounces, yep.
04:53Nick?
04:53Yep, same word.
04:54Two pounces here.
04:55Okay.
04:56Any more pounces over there, Dave?
04:58Yeah, we've got pounces and seven and process.
05:02Process.
05:02Very good.
05:03And you were probably wondering about putting the R in.
05:05Pounces not there, so well left.
05:07All right.
05:08What else have we got?
05:09Anything else?
05:09No, those are our seven.
05:10Good enough.
05:10Seven all.
05:11Seven all.
05:11Nick, take us away.
05:13Hello, Rachel.
05:13Hi, Nick.
05:14Can I start with a consonant, please?
05:15You can, thank you.
05:16Starts with T.
05:18And a second.
05:20N.
05:21And a third.
05:24R.
05:25And a fourth.
05:27G.
05:29A vowel.
05:31E.
05:32Another vowel.
05:34I.
05:35Another vowel.
05:38E.
05:40Another vowel.
05:43A.
05:44And a last consonant, please.
05:49And lastly, Q.
05:51Stand by.
05:57Yes, Nick?
06:24Try an eight.
06:26Wayne?
06:26I'll try an eight as well then.
06:27Okay, Nick?
06:28Gratiné.
06:29Gratiné, yep.
06:31Look at this.
06:31The same for me as well.
06:33They'll weld it together, these two.
06:36Now then, Dave?
06:38We got gratiné as well and tangier.
06:41Tangier?
06:42Yes.
06:42What, that orange is tangier than the last one?
06:44Yes.
06:45Why not?
06:46We're going to talk about tastes later, I think.
06:48Anything else?
06:49No, gratiné is absolutely excellent.
06:51You can spell it with two E's or with one,
06:53and it just means au gratin,
06:54and they're all about that.
06:55Very good.
06:56Very good indeed.
06:56Well done.
07:0015 all.
07:01Wayne, would you do us the honour?
07:04A consonant, please.
07:05Thank you, Wayne.
07:06N.
07:08And a vowel.
07:08O.
07:10And a consonant.
07:13V.
07:15And a vowel.
07:17E.
07:19A consonant.
07:21C.
07:23A vowel, please.
07:26I.
07:27A consonant.
07:30F.
07:31Another consonant.
07:36T.
07:39And a vowel, please.
07:41And a last one.
07:43O.
07:44And it's talk time.
07:45A vowel, please.
07:46A vowel, please.
07:47A vowel, please.
07:47A vowel, please.
07:47A vowel, please.
07:48A vowel, please.
07:48A vowel, please.
07:49A vowel, please.
07:49A vowel, please.
07:50A vowel, please.
07:50A vowel, please.
07:51A vowel, please.
07:51A vowel, please.
07:51A vowel, please.
07:52A vowel, please.
07:52A vowel, please.
07:53A vowel, please.
07:53A vowel, please.
07:54A vowel, please.
07:54A vowel, please.
07:55A vowel, please.
07:56A vowel, please.
07:56A vowel, please.
07:57A vowel, please.
07:58A vowel, please.
07:58A vowel, please.
07:59A vowel, please.
08:00A vowel, please.
08:00A vowel, please.
08:01A vowel, please.
08:02A vowel, please.
08:03Yes, no Wayne six and Nick six as well Wayne novice novice
08:24Nick notice notice what else we got Dave comfy?
08:28Yeah, I'm footy footy game of footy good. I'll game a footy but comfy
08:34Yes
08:36Confy can't be yet. That's all other meat cut very slowly in its own fact. That's right
08:41Duck comfy fabulous dish. I love it falls off the bone keeps forever. That's right
08:48Congress yeah, very good indeed 21 all now then Nick
08:52What do you do for us? Let us game consult the constant please. Thank you Nick
08:56Yes, and another are and a third and and a fourth
09:07S a vow
09:11E second vow a another vow I
09:20Consonant
09:22W and finisher of our place and finish with e and it's tick-tock time
09:52Nick nine and nine very good
10:04Yes, well two nines. I small like it. Yes, Nick weariness weariness
10:12Yes, and I've got weariness
10:14Yes, weariness
10:16Yes, Nick how are you spelling?
10:17Oh, you'll be e a r i and as you're spelling it weariness as well. Yes
10:22All right very good
10:23Very good well done
10:26And we can now
10:29Ask for uh the corners nines
10:32David would you like to start um
10:34weariness weariness
10:37Very good anything else no
10:39We just have that eighth and nine anyway 39 all well done and we now turn to uh wayne for a numbers game
10:46Right well the only
10:48Selection I never had when I was on before was three from the top right three small
10:53That's what you're going for right so that's the full house. Thank you wayne three large and three small and for the first time
10:59Today the numbers are two three and another three and the large three
11:05fifty one hundred and seventy five and the target
11:10488 488
11:29um
11:43Wayne 485
11:45485 less than perfect nick um 485 as well not written down right let's hear from let's hear from you nick
11:53uh three plus two is five three plus two five um a hundred minus the
12:00Three is 97 minus the other three 97 and multiply those 485 three away
12:06Very good yep wait wait same route
12:11Now then you've got to best them uh rachel uh yes if you say 75 minus two is 73
12:19three plus the other three is six times those two together for 438 and add on the 50
12:26488 perfect perfect
12:32When you want the right answer we turn to rachel
12:35But now we turn to you dave dave what if uh what have you got for us
12:40When cyanide cooked over the years we've often talked about things having yum factor
12:44And the japanese have a wonderful thing called umami which we've decided is their version of our yum factor
12:53But the history of umami because we're going to film in japan hopefully this summer if everything works out right
12:58And that's one of the things we're looking forward to is getting to the heart of umami
13:02And umami is this fifth taste
13:05You know you you have sweet sour bitter and salty
13:09Well, there's this separate flavor that's a bit of everything and it was proven to be to exist
13:14There are taste receptors in the tongue that respond to umami and this is the fifth taste
13:19And it was a japanese professor who discovered it in 1908 things like it's it's like a pleasant savory taste
13:26It's unique
13:27It's like you know ripe tomatoes that are just yummy or smoked fish that's yummy
13:32Strangely how but it is a specific thing that the receptors on your tongue respond to this
13:36It's interesting now you know you can buy tubes of umami in our supermarkets
13:41And i'm sure people don't know what to do with it you probably think it's like marmite on your toast you know but um
13:47It's the addition of that
13:50Those elements combined together in foods
13:52say like parmesan cheese is rich in umami
13:55And you could combine that with with seaweed to produce unique taste
13:59And that's what i'm really looking forward to sampling in japan
14:02Shall i tell you what umami is because i know because i i know where to find it
14:08You find it in the cinema when you buy a tub of vanilla ice cream
14:12Yes
14:12And you pour salted peanuts on it
14:15Absolutely
14:16Fantastic it is and if you're feeling rich you could actually
14:20Forget the the peanuts and use cashew nuts it's even better
14:24But now it's time for a tea time teaser what have we got for you ever
14:28Reds and the clue rather quiet and private about a pre-booked table rather quiet and private about a pre-booked table
14:37warm welcome back i left with a clue rather quiet and private about a pre-booked table
14:57and the answer is reserved
14:59that one's reserved
15:01Now if you'd like to become a countdown contestant you can email countdown at channel4.com to request an application form or write to us at contestants applications
15:13countdown leads ls 3 1 j s
15:18Now then 46 all nick can start the consonant please thank you nick
15:23k and a second
15:26m and a third
15:28k and one more
15:33l
15:34a vowel please
15:36a
15:37another vowel
15:39i
15:40another vowel
15:42u
15:44a consonant
15:47h
15:49and finish with a
15:54countdown
15:58h
16:21is
16:23so Nick six six Wayne six as well okay Nick Muriel yeah and Wayne alarm alarm
16:36Shakespearean word yeah used to be the old term for alarm and whether or not it'll be in because
16:43it is okay I'm not sure but let me check on that that is in and Nick Muriel is mural rather than
16:51with the I I'm afraid yeah alarm and bells with alarm yeah yeah very good now then Wayne you've
16:58stolen a lead 52 to 46 but anything else in the corner yes it's a curry which is k-a-r-a-h-i which
17:07is the two-handle pan you cook a curry in a special pan yep especially for balti which has got the
17:13walks and and now we've got a garage a bit of a balti thing very good and the else Susie no that's
17:20the top six that's it yeah that's a cracker 52 to 46 now then Wayne it's a letters game thank you
17:26great consonant please Rachel thank you Wayne Zed and a vowel a constant m another continent please
17:40and the last one ah stand by
18:07okay
18:10so
18:13MUSIC PLAYS
18:38Yes, Wayne? Seven. And Nick?
18:40Just six. Your six? Meteor. Meteor. Wayne?
18:44Cremate. Cremate. Yes, indeed. Yes, well found.
18:48No issues there. Dave?
18:50Remote on six and recoat on six. Recoat, OK.
18:55We had uncoat the other day. Now we've got a recoat.
18:57They can't make up their minds here.
18:5959 to 46 says Wayne's leapt slightly ahead.
19:04As we look to you, Nick, for a letters game.
19:06Can I start with a consonant, please? Thank you, Nick.
19:09G. And another. D. And a third. S. And a fourth.
19:19P. A vowel. I. Another vowel. A. A third vowel. E.
19:30And another vowel, please. Another E.
19:35And finish with a consonant, please. And finish with L.
19:40Clock time.
19:42Nick.
19:52T.
19:57O.
19:59A vowel.
20:00Nick eight good way just a seven and your seven pleased pleased Nick epigeals epigeals okay
20:24whatever they might be unfortunately it's an adjective botanical adjective meaning growing
20:29on or close to the ground but not there is a noun I'm afraid that's really bad luck luck indeed well
20:34I've got this I've got pledges on seven all right very good 66 pays 46 and weigh in your letters game
20:43a continent please thank you Wayne T and a vowel oh and the consonant n another consonant please
20:57X vowel you another vowel a a constant M constant please D and a vowel and lastly a tick tock
21:24so
21:29Yes, Wayne?
21:56Eight.
21:57Eight. Nick?
21:57Eight as well.
21:58All right. Wayne's eight.
22:00Amounted.
22:01Amounted.
22:02And the same.
22:02Yep. Amounted.
22:05Both amounted.
22:11Very good. What else have we got over there? Dave?
22:14Amounted was the absolute best that we could find, too.
22:16Well done.
22:1674 plays a 54, but now it's time for us to sharpen our pencils and concentrate,
22:26because Susie's going to tell us about some origins of words.
22:29Oh, well, I'm staying with the food theme this week.
22:31And yesterday I talked about food named after body parts,
22:34and today I thought I'd look at the curious inspirations behind some food names.
22:40Like tailoring, for example.
22:41The Italian filled pizzas, calzone, mean literally trouser leg, because they look like one, sort of stuffed, if you like.
22:49While tagliatelle and fettuccine both mean little ribbons.
22:53Some foods are named after weapons, believe it or not.
22:56I mentioned recently on the programme that pomegranate is the source of our modern grenades, because of the shape.
23:03Well, garlic comes from two old English words meaning spear leak, because of the shape of their leaves.
23:08And incidentally, the gar element of garlic is behind all sorts of names that have slaying and slaughtering at their heart.
23:15The innocent name Gerald means spear ruler, and Gary Baldy means spear bold.
23:21Looking far back, Greek and Roman gods ensured their own immortality by dining on ambrosia, and that word meant immortal.
23:29And to quench their thirst, of course, they drank nectar.
23:32And that's, again, Greek, and it means overcoming death.
23:36And its legendary sweetness inspired the name of the fruit that's a nectarine.
23:40And the scientific name of the cocoa plant that produces chocolate is theobroma,
23:45and that literally means food of the gods, and all chocolate lovers will know about that.
23:49And finally, staying with gods and food, the legendary king Tantalus infuriated the immortals by stealing their nexa and their ambrosia.
23:57And as punishment, he was sentenced to spend all eternity in a pool of water that receded every time he wanted to drink,
24:04and beneath a tree bearing such luscious fruit, but every time he reached for it, it again receded from his reach.
24:09And the result of Tantalus' punishment, of course, in English at least, was the verb to tantalise.
24:14Absolutely.
24:15Very good.
24:17Very good.
24:20Remember at home, we had something called a Tantalus, where you had decanters of things,
24:26and a bar that came over and locked, so you could be tantalised, but you couldn't actually...
24:30Oh, but you could drink it.
24:31Yeah, you couldn't get out of it.
24:32Excellent.
24:33Same thing.
24:33A Tantalus.
24:3574 plays 54.
24:37Now then, Nick, it's a numbers game.
24:41Okay, can I have six from the bottom row, please?
24:43You can, Nick.
24:45Six small ones.
24:46I was expecting this kind of thing from you champions.
24:49So for this round, the six small ones are one, six, five.
24:54Another one.
24:54Oh, dear.
24:55This could be tricky.
24:56Three and another five.
24:58Let's hope it's low.
24:58The target, 684.
25:01684.
25:02Have a great day.
25:22All right.
25:26Yes, Nick?
25:34No, I've not got to.
25:36Adrift?
25:37Wayne?
25:37Absolutely nowhere.
25:38Neither of you?
25:40Well, we're both well away.
25:41Is this a particularly difficult one, Rachel?
25:44Yes.
25:45And yes, we'll go.
25:47It's impossible.
25:49Yeah, the closest you can get is 700, I think.
25:51All right.
25:51You're forgiven.
25:52Of course you're forgiven.
25:53And now it's time for a tea time teaser.
25:55And the teaser is Hinge Set.
25:58And the clue, Angry About a Marine Creature, perhaps?
26:01Angry About a Marine Creature, perhaps?
26:18Welcome back.
26:19And the clue, Angry About a Marine Creature, perhaps?
26:23And the answer is seething.
26:26He was seething.
26:28Now then, 74 to 54 sees Wayne in the lead.
26:32And Wayne, it's your shout again.
26:35A consonant, please, Rachel.
26:37Thank you, Wayne.
26:38S.
26:39And another.
26:40T.
26:42And a vowel.
26:43And another vowel.
26:43E.
26:46And another vowel.
26:48U.
26:50A consonant, please.
26:52D.
26:54And another.
26:56N.
26:58A vowel, please.
27:00I.
27:02And a consonant.
27:03J.
27:07And another consonant, please.
27:09And the last one.
27:11D.
27:11Is Countdown.
27:12All right.
27:21Wayne.
27:44Seven.
27:45A seven, Nick?
27:46No, just six for me.
27:48Actual six?
27:48United.
27:49United.
27:50Wayne.
27:51Studied.
27:52Studied.
27:53Excellent.
27:54Well done.
27:54Both perfectly good.
27:56But what has Dave got?
27:58We've got distend on seven.
28:01Yeah.
28:01Just 12.
28:02And undies for six.
28:04Undies.
28:05Yes.
28:05Distend the undies.
28:08Very good.
28:10Anything else?
28:11That's it?
28:11We stopped there, yeah.
28:12I think we stopped there quite right.
28:1381 plays 54.
28:14And we looked to you, Nick.
28:16Letters game.
28:18Consonant players?
28:19Thank you, Nick.
28:20W.
28:21And a second.
28:24V.
28:25And a third.
28:27T.
28:29A vowel.
28:31O.
28:32A second vowel.
28:33A.
28:35A.
28:36Consonant, please.
28:38L.
28:39Vowel.
28:42E.
28:43Another vowel, please.
28:46I.
28:47And finish with a consonant, please.
28:49And finish with...
28:50M.
28:51And it's clock time.
28:52And it's clock time.
28:52E.
28:53And it's simplifies.
28:55Good.
28:56And it's law.
28:56Good.
29:03Good.
29:09Good.
29:10å£é¡Œ.
29:11I'm telling you, Nick, the name is Cliff.
29:12Nick.
29:24A seven.
29:25A seven.
29:25Wayne?
29:26A seven.
29:27OK.
29:27Nick?
29:28A violate.
29:29A violate.
29:30Wayne?
29:30A violate as well.
29:31They're both violating here.
29:34And in the corner.
29:34Three violates.
29:35Three violates.
29:3688 plays 61.
29:38And it's now the last letters game of today's countdown.
29:44And Wayne obliges.
29:46A consonant, please.
29:48Thank you, Wayne.
29:49G.
29:50And another.
29:53Y.
29:54And another.
29:56R.
29:57And a vowel.
30:00E.
30:01Another vowel, please.
30:03A.
30:05A consonant.
30:07S.
30:08Another consonant.
30:11T.
30:13Another consonant.
30:15D.
30:17And I think I need to have a vowel.
30:20You do.
30:21Thank you, Wayne.
30:22I.
30:23And here's the countdown clock.
30:24And here's the countdown clock.
30:37I.
30:40I.
30:41I.
30:41I.
30:43I.
30:43I.
30:43I.
30:44I.
30:44I.
30:44wait seven seven Nick seven as well all right Wayne gyrated gyrated yes triaged triaged
31:04excellent three are two good words very good indeed well done Dave stage here for a seven
31:12yeah tragedy yeah for seven and adjusted yeah very old word from well long long time ago medieval times
31:22it needs to take in livestock in return for payment very good a good series there 95 to 68 now then Nick
31:30it's your numbers game as it went so well last time can we have six from the bottom row again we can
31:35thank you Nick we'll try for a possible one this time so it's six from the bottom row again and for
31:41the last time today the numbers are ten six seven two another seven and one and the target this time
31:51seven hundred and ninety seven ninety
31:53so
32:01so
32:03yes Nick um I think I've got it thank you Wayne no I haven't so yeah all right then Nick and if I've just realized I've got my own
32:21sorry oh oh bad luck both of you Rachel what you make of it 790 yes it is possible um if you say seven times six is 42 um and then add one for 43 times that by two
32:39times that by two for 86 take away the other seven for 79 and times that by ten oh terrific well done well done Rachel very good so 95 still plays 68 it's become the final round it's conundrum time so fingers on buzzers let's reveal to you all right so
32:41If you say 7 times 6 is 42,
32:46and then add 1 for 43, times that by 2 for 86,
32:52take away the other 7 for 79, and times that by 10.
32:56Oh, terrific.
32:57Well done.
32:58Well done, Rachel.
33:01Very good.
33:02So 95 still plays 68.
33:04It's become the final round.
33:05It's conundrum time, so fingers on buzzers.
33:08Let's reveal today's countdown conundrum.
33:11BUZZER
33:12BUZZER
33:13BUZZER
33:14BUZZER
33:15BUZZER
33:15Wayne.
33:17Olfactory.
33:19Olfactory.
33:20Let's see whether that's...
33:21whether you've got a nose for it.
33:23Well done.
33:24APPLAUSE
33:25Very well done, Wayne, actually.
33:31A couple of clips, but you came through with 105 to Nick 68.
33:36Bad luck, Nick, but we're sending you home with a goodie bag
33:38and your trophy.
33:41And, of course, a farewell glance to Rachel,
33:43whom you first met, I think, on Rachel's very first day on Countdown
33:47of blessed memory.
33:49Hopefully a lot's changed since then.
33:51I'll have to get Nick's reviews afterwards.
33:53All right.
33:54Very good luck.
33:54We shall see you soon.
33:56See you soon again.
33:58Thanks, Susie.
33:59Thanks, Susie.
33:59And young man, Dave.
34:00Now, tell me this.
34:01You've got, apparently, both of you, both you and Simon, have got tattoos of Che Guevara
34:07on your arms?
34:08Yes.
34:09Where?
34:09Just on her arms there.
34:11It was in Puerto Madryn in Argentina in a moment of madness.
34:15Had you seen the Motorcycle Diaries or something?
34:18Oh, yes.
34:18Yeah, both great fans of the book.
34:20But, really, it was Cy's midlife crisis.
34:23And, you know, when you get that thing, you've both had a drink and there's no show without
34:26punch.
34:27But I did get back.
34:29When I'm back home, my wife said, at least I get to sleep with a good-looking fellow on
34:33the pillar beside me.
34:33I know.
34:34Now, then, when will we see Nick again, I wonder?
34:38Well, it's been four years since I last saw him, so maybe another four years.
34:41Another four years.
34:42We're keeping our eyes wide-peeled.
34:44Now, then, we look forward to seeing you tomorrow.
34:46Same time, same place.
34:47Please join us.
34:49We're counting on it.
34:50Good afternoon.
34:50With a little help from viewers and celeb guests, Richard and Judy are on Channel 4 at
35:08half five, encouraging us to keep reading and carry on.
35:11Book recommendations for everyone.
35:14Up next, celebrating his 60th birthday by relocating to the Greek island of Skopoulos.
35:19Not bad at all.