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01:00But, don't miss face, because today, I am told, is Global Belly Laugh Day.
01:07Global belly...
01:08That sounds like fun.
01:09It's ridiculous, isn't it?
01:10Well, it's...
01:11If you were in Somalia, you wouldn't be having too many belly laughs.
01:13Calling it global, I think, is pushing it a bit.
01:15When was the last time you had a good old belly laugh?
01:19Um, probably something very crude, if you know me, which you do.
01:22Have you seen them autocorrect? Have you ever seen that website? No autocorrect. I'll make a note
01:29Some of them are quite rude, but there was a list of the best ones from 2012
01:33Yes, and it's you know when you're using your phone and it's got the predictive
01:35Yes, and it comes up with stuff that you don't mean to type. Oh, right and good stuff on there
01:41Autocorrect. I'll look it up. Autocorrect, yeah. Yeah, Google that. I mean what creates a belly laugh?
01:46It's just humor, isn't it? Oh, cats and babies. They do funny stuff, don't they?
01:50Little Pip actually, my nephew. Yes. He won in a couple of weeks. Yes. And he danced at the countdown theme tune
01:56Very good indeed, but who's with us here today?
01:59David Williams, a retired actuary from Formby in Merseyside and went all the way to the semis in 2000
02:05Welcome back. You've grown up sons and you're a massive Liverpool fan supporter and somebody suggests
02:12That you may well live near Brendan Rodgers. Is that true? It is indeed. Next door?
02:17He lives at the back of me. Really?
02:20Any good chap?
02:22Well, there's an eight foot high garden fence and he's got a long garden, so
02:26I need a step ladder and binoculars. Is that a protective sort of fence?
02:32We don't really want him coming into our garden all the time, do we?
02:37I'll be sure that somebody tells him all about that.
02:39And you're joined by Chris Davies, a student at John Moores University in Liverpool
02:43So, is this a battle of the Scousers? Are you a Liverpool-born chap?
02:48I'm from the Whirl, but that's pretty close. I don't mind being associated with Liverpool
02:53Are you allowed to be a Scouser?
02:54Yeah
02:54OK, they can be a bit precious about this
02:56And you won the final of your series back in 2009
02:59So that's a big challenge you've got on here, David. You've got a winner. You play in a band at Weddings and Functions
03:06What sort of instrument do you play?
03:08I play keyboards
03:09Yeah
03:10My friend plays guitar
03:11What's the band called?
03:13Called Chasing Amy
03:13Chasing Amy?
03:15Not caught it yet?
03:16Not yet, no. Working on it
03:18Give it time. Great to see you both here, Chris and David. Big round of applause
03:23David and Chris
03:24Very good. And in Dictionary Corner, of course, we've got two of the most humorous women that I know
03:33That's Susie Dent, of course, and the Joker herself
03:38Oh, she's going to give me a stern talking to
03:43It's Margaret Manfred
03:44Thank you, Nick
03:45Very good. Now, I'll move swiftly on, actually, because I didn't like the look on her face for that
03:49So, David, would you be good enough to kick off proceedings?
03:54Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
03:56Thank you, David. Start today with F
03:58And another
03:59T
04:01And another
04:03L
04:05And another
04:07V
04:09A vowel, please
04:10A
04:12Another
04:13I
04:15And another
04:16E
04:19A consonant, please
04:22G
04:23And another consonant
04:26And the last one
04:28F
04:29And here's the countdown clock
04:31W
04:45And another
04:58now then david uh eight eight well done chris eight as well very good david festival thank you
05:08two of them my word you happy with that very good
05:13very good but what else have we got in the corner anything we have a literary seven yes
05:22uh glaives g-l-a-i-v-e-s-s swords very good all right eight all well done and chris
05:29off you go afternoon rachel hi again chris uh could i have a consonant please thank you start with
05:35l and another one t and a vowel u another vowel a consonant
05:48zed another one v a vowel e a consonant s
06:04and a consonant please and lastly h clock time
06:18yes chris six a six and david six all right
06:36yes chris six a six and david six all right so chris valets valets yep values values
06:53happy about that two sixes what else have we got in the corner any improvements
06:59but it's not an improvement go on vaults yep thank you um you can have 12 i think anagram of valets
07:07is vessel uh relating to the roman goddess vesta very good 14 all and we now look to you david
07:14consonant please thank you david g and another j another
07:23x x and another r a vowel please a another vowel u and the third e
07:39consonant please w and another consonant and lastly r turn by
07:51so
07:56so
08:02so
08:04so
08:10so
08:14David
08:22Only five
08:24Chris
08:25Five as well
08:26All right
08:26So then David
08:28Wager
08:28A wager
08:29Chris
08:30Wager as well
08:30Two of them
08:32Betting against each other here
08:33And in the corner
08:35There is a six
08:37That we can find
08:38An arguer
08:39An arguer
08:41Yes
08:42He who argues
08:43Yes
08:44She's a terrible arguer
08:46Even she
08:46Argumentative
08:47You'd say
08:48Wouldn't you
08:48Nineteen all
08:49Very good
08:50Chris
08:50Letters game
08:51Could I have a consonant
08:52Thank you Chris
08:53B
08:55One's another one
08:57N
08:59One's another one
09:01P
09:02Oh dear
09:04Quick quick
09:06A vowel please
09:08Maybe it's the bank
09:09E
09:10Another one
09:11A
09:13A
09:14And a consonant
09:15T
09:17A vowel
09:19This could be an interesting message
09:21E
09:23Consonant please
09:26S
09:28And one more please
09:31And the last one
09:32D
09:33Lock time
09:35What?
09:382
09:521
09:532
09:552
09:551
09:562
09:562
09:563
09:562
09:572
09:573
09:573
09:584
09:594
09:594
09:595
10:006
10:016
10:017
10:018
10:018
10:028
10:0210
10:0210
10:03mmm Chris I'm gonna go with ace and David only seven and your seven pedants
10:14pedants yes Chris I'm not sure about this one but absented yes he sent it
10:20himself yeah why not very good indeed well done well done springs into the
10:27lead 27 to 19 but what news from the realtor all right absented very good
10:41indeed well done Chris 27 to 19 so David first numbers game of the day speak to
10:46Rachel she's straining like a greyhound at the leash six small please that is a
10:54description of me I have never heard before thank you Nick you never cease to
10:58astound six small ones and here we go they are four nine one seven ten and
11:07another one and the target 684 684
11:13and
11:20and
11:22and
11:26and
11:28and
11:32now then david uh just six eight eight six eight eight four away chris i've got six eight four
11:51let's hear from you then chris okay um hundreds plus one no sorry ten plus one
11:56ten plus one eleven eleven times seven seventy seven take a one off seventy six one times nine
12:03perfect six eight four yeah bravo very good
12:0637 to 19 so you sprung into an early lead there but now it's time to uh look to margaret margaret
12:17what have you got for us well well yesterday we talked about um opera and things that went on
12:25on stage and and as you know i'm very keen on opera and i'm also very keen on animals particularly
12:30little furry ones like pussycats um but i've seen some operas where the animals have actually been
12:38quite distracting and they always say you shouldn't act with children and animals well i don't think
12:41you should be in the audience while there are certainly animals on the stage i'll express
12:46views about children but if you've ever seen a performance of carmen when the toreador comes on
12:52and he's supposed to be singing on horseback and you don't pay any attention to him at all you're
12:56looking at the horse's head the bloke who's hanging on to the horse's head tightly thinking is it going
13:01to bite him is it going to buck and knock the toreador off and you're completely distracted you don't pay
13:07any attention to what's going on and there was one which i found even more distracting recently at
13:12covent garden that was a soprano sitting on a white shiny leather sofa very elegant evening dress
13:19and she had this beautiful black cat the jeweled collar sitting next to her and you see is it alive
13:27is it real cat it was moved its head everything it must be real it couldn't be mechanical it looked
13:32too lifelike well how they got her to sit there i know cats like to spend most of their time sitting
13:37or lying but it's not normally where you want them to sit or lie and certainly not for it on a stage
13:42with a whole lot of things going on this cat was just there thinking how they kept it there what's it
13:47you know what's it doing not paying any attention to the singer at all and when she'd finished the
13:52aria she undid the collar and the cat shot off into the wings presumably somebody was holding a fish
13:58up or something got it off the stage so it was a live cat it was a live cat but it it completely took
14:05certainly my attention uh my mind off whatever was was uh was going on well yeah but you're a big cat
14:11lover you and rachel yeah i thought you were going to say that somebody was wiggling its head and it
14:16was a dummy sort of thing no no no it was real beautiful sleek animal excellent stuff but now
14:22it's time for a tea time teaser which is link pang and the clue it's about lying down in the strangest
14:29of places it's about lying down in the strangest of places
14:35welcome back i left with a clue it's about lying down in the strangest of places and the answer
14:54according to my card is planking planking now if you'd like to become a countdown contestant you
15:01could email countdown at channel 4.com to request an application form or write to us at contestant's
15:08applications countdown leads ls 3 1 j s 37 to 19 sees chris in the lead and chris it's your letters game
15:19uh could i have a consonant please thank you chris n and another one f and another one h a vowel
15:32another one i a consonant i a consonant n a vowel e a consonant p and a consonant please and the last
15:56one l what time
15:59so
16:02so
16:06so
16:11so
16:18Chris?
16:31Seven.
16:31A seven, David?
16:33Six, I'm afraid.
16:34And your six?
16:35Lupine.
16:36Lupine, yes indeed.
16:38Chris?
16:39Pineal.
16:39Pineal.
16:40Pineal, Susie?
16:42Yes, it's a botanical term and it's a small leaf or branch on the stem of a fern.
16:47Of course.
16:48It's absolutely excellent, well done.
16:49Of course it is, very good.
16:55Very good.
16:56Lupine, however, we're aware of that.
16:59Yes, wolf-like, very good.
17:00Very good, 44 to 19.
17:02Well done, Chris.
17:03And David, it's your game.
17:06Consonant, please, Rachel.
17:07Thank you, David.
17:09M.
17:10And another.
17:13S.
17:14And another.
17:16G.
17:17And another.
17:20S.
17:21A vowel, please.
17:23O.
17:24Another vowel.
17:26A.
17:27And another vowel.
17:30U.
17:33Have a fourth vowel, please.
17:36I.
17:39And a consonant.
17:40And lastly, why.
17:43And they're off.
17:44While they're.
18:01I.
18:05I.
18:08I.
18:09I.
18:10David?
18:16Six.
18:16Six, Chris?
18:17I think seven.
18:19Okay, David?
18:20Imagos.
18:22And Chris?
18:23Isogamy.
18:25Is this another one of your...
18:26I'm not even sure if I'm pronouncing it right.
18:28Well, let's have a look.
18:30Can we help Chris on this one?
18:32We can.
18:32Well, I'm sorry for all these very complicated technical definitions.
18:35This is a term from biology, not botany.
18:37Isogamy is sexual reproduction by the fusion of similar gametes.
18:44All to do with cell reproduction.
18:46Very clever of you, Chris.
18:48I did know that.
18:49You did?
18:50Well done.
18:51I'll spot it.
18:52Very good.
18:53Now, any improvements?
18:55Imagos are the sort of first stage of a butterfly, for example.
19:01Right.
19:01Anyway, that's very good.
19:02No, we had fives otherwise.
19:04Imagos and Mossy.
19:08Very good.
19:09So we failed slightly.
19:09They were too rather curious, weren't they?
19:11Let's see.
19:1251 to 19.
19:13Chris, off you go.
19:16A consonant, please.
19:17Thank you, Chris.
19:18R.
19:20There's another one.
19:23C.
19:24And a vowel.
19:24O.
19:26Another one.
19:29A.
19:31A consonant.
19:33N.
19:35Another one.
19:37D.
19:39A vowel.
19:41O.
19:43A vowel.
19:46A.
19:49And a consonant.
19:50And a final L.
19:52Here we go.
19:55Here we go.
19:55Here we go.
19:56Here we go.
20:26Yes, Chris?
20:27Seven.
20:28A seven.
20:28David?
20:29Seven.
20:29All right.
20:30Chris?
20:31Cardoon.
20:33Good word.
20:33Both of them?
20:34Very good.
20:36Now then, Margaret.
20:37Just to explain what a cardoon is, it's a tall, thistle-like plant, which is related
20:42to the globe artichoke.
20:45Anything else?
20:46You'd have lardoon instead, which is another spelling of the lardon, the small cube of
20:50bacon.
20:51Yeah.
20:52That's there for another seven.
20:53And we had one more, I think, Margaret, didn't we?
20:56We had carload.
20:58Yes.
20:58Carload.
20:59A carload of people.
21:00Yeah.
21:01Yeah.
21:02That's what it seems.
21:02Very good.
21:03All right.
21:0358 to 26.
21:05And David, it's your letters game.
21:08Consonant, please, Rachel.
21:10Thank you, David.
21:11M.
21:12And another.
21:14N.
21:15And another.
21:17R.
21:18And another.
21:20N.
21:21Vowel, please.
21:25O.
21:26Another vowel.
21:28E.
21:30And another vowel.
21:32U.
21:34Consonant.
21:36D.
21:39And another consonant, please.
21:41And the last one.
21:42P.
21:44Clock time.
21:44And another.
22:10Yes, David seven Chris seven all right David pounder a pounder Chris Monde Monde
22:25happy about that pounder yes quarter pounder for example yeah nine pounder very good anything else
22:32we have unroped to unrope is there is a verb to detach oneself from a rope and that's a slightly
22:40ugly but ropes of course get knots in them and the French were not his n-o-e-u-d which I cleverly
22:48spotted are very good and it's also of course speed in French of a boat traveling along okay
22:55very nice for what it's worth 65 to 33 and now I think Susie we turn to you all our attention
23:05if they're focused on what you've got to tell us origins words well I had a lovely letter from
23:10Richard and Elizabeth Posford who live in Essex and they asked me for the origin of a busman's holiday
23:17why do we talk about busman's holiday which is one which is spent doing exactly the same thing that
23:21you would be doing at work and the earliest record that we can find is from an edition of the English
23:27Illustrated magazine and that was 1893 and at that time buses were horse drawn which gives rise to
23:35the most popular suggestion for the origin of this phrase which is that any bus driver who became really
23:40attached to his horses would spend his days riding on his own vehicle to make sure that the horses were
23:45looked after properly but there is another suggestion and I think it's a much more plausible one and that
23:50goes back to the word busman not busman but busman which is b-u-z-m-a-n and that was a piece of
23:5619th century thieves slang that meant a pickpocket it probably comes from the sense of buzz as in to
24:03talk rapidly so one of these pickpockets would entertain or somehow get the victim in conversation
24:13while the other one would pick his pocket and since pickpockets never take a break I think that's a
24:17much more likely origin for a busman's holiday. A busman will end up. Yeah a busman's holiday. Very good thank you
24:22wonderful stuff as ever but now 65 to 33 sees Chris in the lead and Chris it's your numbers game so there's
24:34Rachel. Okay I'll have one large please. Thank you Chris. One from the top and five little ones coming up for you
24:40and this next round the numbers are 1, 6, 5, another 6, 10 and the large one 100 and your target 381.
24:52All right we have one of them He's going to be my target Значит
24:533, 8, 1.
24:555, 4, 3, 3, 4, 5, 3, 4, 5, 3, 4, 5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 9, 10, 10 and 10.
25:077, 9, 10, 10, 10 percent.
25:187, 10, 11, 10, 11, 10, 11, 11, 11, 13 today.
25:21Yes, Chris.
25:25I've got 380, but I haven't managed to write it down.
25:27380. David?
25:28381.
25:29Well done. Let's hear from you, David.
25:3110 minus 6 is 4.
25:3410, sorry. 10 minus 6 is 4.
25:37100 minus 5 is 95.
25:39100 minus 5, 95.
25:41Multiply is 380.
25:43Plus 1.
25:43Very well done. 381.
25:45Very crisp. Well done.
25:49Very good.
25:49We're catching up there.
25:5165 to 43. Time to go.
25:53But now it's time for a Tea Time Teaser.
25:55And the teaser is Jan Booth.
25:57And the clue, Jan Booth sails around to get this.
26:00Jan Booth sails around to get this.
26:18Welcome back.
26:19I left you with a clue.
26:20Jan Booth sails around to get this.
26:23And the answer is a John Boat.
26:25What's a John Boat?
26:27Susie?
26:27Well, it's an American term for a small, flat-bottomed boat
26:31with square ends, which is used on inland waterways.
26:35Sounds like a punt.
26:35Bigger than that, possibly, do you think?
26:38Well, no, it's a small, flat-bottomed boat.
26:40Flat at both ends, yeah.
26:42It could well be.
26:44I have never seen one, and they're obviously only in America.
26:47OK.
26:48All right.
26:48I think that'll do us.
26:50Thank you very much, indeed.
26:5165 to 43.
26:52As we turn to you, David, for a letters game.
26:56Consonant, please, Rachel.
26:57Thank you, David.
26:59C.
27:00And another.
27:02Q.
27:04Third.
27:06T.
27:07And fourth.
27:08S.
27:11Vowel, please.
27:14A.
27:14Another vowel.
27:17E.
27:17And another vowel.
27:20I.
27:22Consonant.
27:25C.
27:27And another consonant, please.
27:29And finally, T.
27:32And here's the countdown clock.
27:38Yes.
28:05Now then, David.
28:06Eight, not written down.
28:07All right.
28:08And Chris?
28:09Eight as well.
28:11David?
28:12Ecstatic.
28:12Yes.
28:13Too ecstatic?
28:14You're both ecstatic?
28:16Everybody ecstatic?
28:17Do you get ecstatic over in the corner?
28:18We're ecstatic too, yes.
28:21Well done.
28:22Now, you can't get much better than that, I would have thought.
28:24Well done.
28:2573 to 51.
28:26Now, Chris, are you going to extend your lead with this letters game?
28:30Fair consonant, please.
28:31Thank you, Chris.
28:33D.
28:34And another one.
28:37R.
28:37And another one.
28:40D.
28:41And a vowel.
28:43O.
28:45Another vowel.
28:46E.
28:49A consonant.
28:51M.
28:53A vowel.
28:54A.
28:55Another vowel.
29:01I.
29:03And a consonant, please.
29:05And the last one.
29:06B.
29:07Stand by.
29:08ость.
29:09Yeah.
29:09That's it.
29:22That's it.
29:23Chris?
29:39Seven.
29:40Seven.
29:41David?
29:41Seven.
29:42OK, Chris?
29:43Admired.
29:44Admired.
29:45David?
29:45Bromide.
29:46Bromide, our old friend.
29:48Now then, in the corner, Margaret, Susie, anything of interest?
29:53There's nothing longer, but there's boarded.
29:56That'll do.
29:56I think.
29:57And radioed.
29:59Yes.
30:00Yeah.
30:01Two more sevens.
30:02Very good.
30:03All right.
30:0382.
30:0458, as we turn to you, David, for the last letters game of the day.
30:09A consonant, please.
30:10Thank you, David.
30:12G.
30:12Another consonant.
30:15T.
30:16And another.
30:18R.
30:19And a fourth.
30:22D.
30:23A vowel, please.
30:25E.
30:26Another vowel.
30:28O.
30:29And another vowel.
30:32A.
30:34Fourth vowel, please.
30:37U.
30:39And a consonant.
30:41And the last one, F.
30:43And they're off.
30:44A consonant.
30:49A consonant.
30:50A consonant.
30:51A consonant.
30:52A consonant.
30:54A consonant.
30:55A vowel, please.
30:56A consonant.
30:57Easy.
31:02A consonant.
31:02A consonant.
31:02A consonant.
31:03A68apse.
31:03A consonant.
31:03A alphabet.
31:04A продолж秋.
31:04A één.
31:04A LILY.
31:04ABR.
31:04Aührée.
31:05A Broth.
31:05Aование.
31:06Aockey.
31:06Aότε.
31:06A conversation.
31:06Yeah, David.
31:18It's my last chance. I'll go for a nine.
31:21Very good. Brave man. And, Chris?
31:24I'll go for an eight.
31:25Shall we hear your eight?
31:27Outrageous.
31:28Outrageous. Now, how about your outrageous nine?
31:31Outgrades.
31:33Outgrades.
31:33Hmm. Well, it's certainly not a ridiculous word at all.
31:39Um...
31:41Oh, it's not there.
31:43It's not there.
31:44Which is really, really bad luck.
31:45That's bad luck. Worth a try.
31:47Worth a shot, though. Worth a shot. Well done.
31:4988. 58.
31:51What else have we got in the corner?
31:53Oh, God. Read what I've written.
31:55We had outrage.
31:57We had outrage, yes, as well.
31:58Very good. All right.
32:00But now it's the last numbers game of the day.
32:02It's Chris's.
32:0488 to 58.
32:05He stands streaming towards the line.
32:08Rachel awaits you.
32:10Since it went so well last time,
32:11I'll have one from the top again, please.
32:12One from the top. Thank you, Chris.
32:14And five small ones.
32:16Four. The last numbers game today.
32:18And for this round, they are...
32:20Ten.
32:21One.
32:22Two.
32:23Eight.
32:25Nine.
32:25And the large one, 75.
32:28And your target, 396.
32:30Three-nine-six.
32:31Five-eight.
32:35Four.
32:36Five- agrading.
32:36Big.
32:37Three.
32:37Five.
32:38Five.
32:38Five again.
32:39Five.
32:40Three.
32:40Nine.
32:41Seven.
32:48Two.
32:49Up your.
32:49Five.
32:50Four.
32:50Eight.
32:51Sweet.
32:52Three.
32:53Two.
32:53Two.
32:54açık naive.
32:54Three.
32:55Nine.
32:57Eight.
32:57One.
32:58Two.
32:59Well, Chris a few hundred ninety-six three nine six and David
33:06Hi, you out of it at the wrong figure. Oh bad luck. All right. Come on Chris. Let's hear from you
33:13Seventy-five take the nine is sixty-six. Yeah, sixty-six eight minus two is six. It is multiply them. Yeah, that's it
33:20Three nine six well done. Oh strong stuff. Well done there well done
33:23Ninety-eight just a shade sort of a hundred as we go into the final round it's countdown
33:30Conundrum time so fingers on buzzers, please. Let's reveal today's countdown conundrum
33:38Pretty quick. Yes, so says on let's see whether you're right
33:44Very good
33:48Very good well done and so fast I reckon you're under a second there
33:53That's brilliant stuff. So one-oh-eight. That's very strong stuff Chris. No wonder you came through one your series in
34:002009 brilliant stuff. David not bad score, but
34:04He's on fire this young man. So we say cheerio to you David back to form me with
34:11Your teapot and a piece of priceless script tonight. Keep it safe. There aren't many of those knocking about and
34:18Travel with our best wishes and we'll see you Chris next month
34:23Well done. Well done indeed
34:25Brilliant stuff see you tomorrow when margaret will appear
34:29That's a revelation of a large time at the current series. We shall see you tomorrow and we shall see you tomorrow
34:35Ademain ademain saucisson
34:37Thank you very much, and we look forward to seeing you same time same place tomorrow
34:43You'll be sure of it good afternoon
34:56Tonight the celebration of a life lived to the full johnny kennedy is the boy whose skin fell off
35:01Hear his incredible story in his own words at 10 coming next though. It's a place in the sun
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