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01:00Maybe I'll make one today. I've got to lose a bit of weight. And apparently there's more calories, I heard it on the television this morning, in wine than there is in fat. What a horrible statistic.
01:12Per what? Per?
01:13Per something.
01:17Anyway, it's very bad for you. And don't be analytical.
01:20If we see you with a glass of wine, do we have permission to quirk you?
01:23Yeah, you can say, come on, fatty. Put that down. So I want you to be my sort of, you know, guardian angel.
01:29I think Mark's actually pretty good at that. You should have a word with him later.
01:32I will. I will. Let's just introduce our contestants and then we'll talk to Mark Foster.
01:37Yes, indeed. Graham Cole, you're back. Series winner in 2011. Software engineer from Reading.
01:43And there's something on my notes here. Our research department's been pouring over your life and they've come up with something about driving in Norway.
01:50Ah, yeah, the most dangerous thing I've done, yes, was we were on holiday in Norway about two years ago in a hire car.
01:57Ice everywhere. It was the time of year when they just had, you know, the road just made of ice.
02:01So I'm sliding around. We make it to the cabin we're staying. Most of the sideways.
02:04And we, the next morning, we want to get back up a hill, you see.
02:09So, um, and one of the Norwegian guys who was, um, who owned the cabin said, yep, I'm Norwegian, I know how to drive in these conditions.
02:18Got in the car, drove it straight into a ditch.
02:20And, um, yeah, we needed two tractors to get it, to get it out.
02:24Yeah, after that we bought some grit.
02:26Yeah, but didn't you have winter tires on?
02:28They had little, tiny little studs about that big.
02:32Not good enough.
02:32Yeah, the professor in the cabin looked at our studs when we were going downhill the night before and said, yeah, you can try it.
02:39And we did.
02:40And it didn't work.
02:41Backwards, but, yeah.
02:42Never mind.
02:43It was all right.
02:43Longer studs, that's the, um, that's the thing.
02:46Now, you are joined by the great Jack Worsley, who was a senior winner here in my first year, in 2012.
02:52Yes.
02:52Yes, last year.
02:53Well done, Jack.
02:54You're now studying maths at Bolton. Is that right?
02:57That's correct, yes.
02:58See the number of contestants that you drive into the maths.
03:01Yes. It's true, we had one last week.
03:04I don't think I drive them in. I think it's an amazing subject that draws people in.
03:07You would be amazed at the influence you have and don't know.
03:10And your most memorable experience, Jack, apparently, is to see your beloved Blackpool being promoted.
03:17Yes, that was a great day out a couple of years ago.
03:19It was. And now, where are they?
03:22They're in about mid-table in the championship.
03:24Yes. So they were relegated.
03:26Sad day.
03:27Come on, they'll be back. They'll be back.
03:29Hopefully, yes.
03:29Well done.
03:30Why don't we welcome our two wonderful contestants, Graham and Jack.
03:39Both series winners, both young, serious contenders, fighting for a place in the last 16.
03:45Brilliant stuff.
03:46Susie, welcome back.
03:47Welcome back. And Mark, Mark, Rachel said that you're an expert on keeping New Year resolutions.
03:54What was she talking about?
03:55I'm not sure about keeping resolutions.
03:56I know about calories in drink, etc.
04:00Yes.
04:00I wouldn't say no calories in every drink, but, yeah, no, in wine and alcohol, etc., etc., they call them sort of hidden calories because you just think you're drinking fluid, but there's actually calories in those drinks.
04:09What am I allowed to have in an evening?
04:13I mean, you're a pretty slim guy.
04:15I generally, as long as being a sportsman for so many years, I don't drink very often.
04:20So it's not, and that is, a lot of people sort of say to me, I have three or four coffees in a day, but they have lattes.
04:27The lattes is full of milk, which is full of calories.
04:29So I kind of say, well, if you, and I know it's kind of boring, but if you have black coffee or Americano with milk, it's not got so many calories in it.
04:36So you can still have the coffee, but you won't get so, you won't put on so many calories in a sense.
04:40So it's just being careful in the evening, you have a glass rather than a bottle, a bottle in it, yeah.
04:46Spit.
04:47Never mind.
04:48There we are.
04:49Let's get on with the business here today.
04:50Graham, would you be good enough?
04:52Afternoon, Rachel.
04:53Hi, Graham.
04:54Can I start with a consonant, please?
04:55Of course, thank you.
04:56Start this afternoon with D.
04:58And another consonant.
05:01N.
05:02And a third.
05:04G.
05:05The vowel, please.
05:07E.
05:08Another vowel.
05:10A.
05:11And another vowel.
05:13O.
05:14Consonant.
05:16S.
05:18Consonant.
05:20W.
05:21And a consonant, please.
05:23And lastly, R.
05:25And here's the calendar clock.
05:57Yes, Graham?
05:59Eight.
06:00Very good.
06:00Jack?
06:01Eight.
06:01Good, Graham.
06:03Waggoners.
06:04Waggoners.
06:04Yes, Jack?
06:05Waggoners as well.
06:06Two waggoners, wagon wheels.
06:08You happy about waggoners?
06:10Very happy.
06:11Excellent.
06:11Very good.
06:12What else have we got?
06:13Mark, anything new?
06:15I'm trying to read Susie's writing.
06:17I'm sorry.
06:18Dowages?
06:19Dowages.
06:20Dowages.
06:21Lady Dowager.
06:22Exactly.
06:23A widow with a title or property derived from her late husband.
06:26Very good.
06:26Thank you very much.
06:27There we are.
06:28Eight all.
06:29And Jack, we turn to you.
06:30Come on, Jack.
06:32Hi again, Rachel.
06:33Hi again, Jack.
06:33Consonant, please.
06:34Thank you, Jack.
06:35Start with Y.
06:37Consonant.
06:39D.
06:40Consonant.
06:42V.
06:43Consonant.
06:45S.
06:46Val.
06:48A.
06:49Val.
06:50E.
06:50E.
06:51E.
06:52Val.
06:54O.
06:55Consonant.
06:58T.
06:59And a vowel, please.
07:01And lastly, I.
07:03And here's the clock.
07:04derive.
07:05I.
07:05I.
07:06judging.
07:07I.
07:12And I.
07:14M.
07:14karşıass.
07:15C.
07:16C.
07:17C.
07:17C.
07:17S.
07:18C.
07:18C.
07:19C.
07:20C.
07:20C.
07:20Yes, Jack?
07:36I'm a seven.
07:37A seven, yep, Bram.
07:38A seven.
07:39Okay, Jack?
07:40Iodates.
07:41Graham?
07:42Datives.
07:43Happy with that?
07:43I am, yes.
07:45The dative is a particular grammatical case that you'll find in German.
07:49German, for example.
07:51And iodate, I will just look up for you, obviously a chemical term.
07:56It is a salt or ester of iodic acid.
07:59Of course it is.
08:00Fifteen or, very good indeed.
08:02Graham, take us away on our letters game.
08:04A consonant, please.
08:05Thank you, Graham.
08:07Z.
08:08Another one.
08:10N.
08:11Another consonant.
08:13Q.
08:15Vowel.
08:17O.
08:18Another vowel.
08:20E.
08:20And a third vowel.
08:22I.
08:23Consonant.
08:25T.
08:27Consonant.
08:29R.
08:30And a vowel, please.
08:32And to finish.
08:33E.
08:35Stand by.
08:35One Vang –
08:39One Vang –
08:48One Vang –
08:49Mmm. Yes. Six. Well done. And Jack? Six. All right. Graham? Orient. Orient. Jack?
09:16Yeah, same word. Two orients. Two orients. Happy enough? Yes. Do you orientelle as well? We are. We are orienting ourselves towards orient. Again, we are slightly. Anything else? Nothing else at all. That's it? Yeah, that was it. Right. 21 all. Jack, take us on a flight of fancy here. Go on, let us go. Consonant place. Thank you, Jack. G. Consonants. N. Consonants.
09:46C. Consonants. N. Val. U. Val. A. Val. E. Consonants. L. And a vowel, please. And a final. U. Countdown.
10:10C. Consonants. N. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U. Val. U
10:40Yes, Jack.
10:43I'm just a six.
10:44A six, Graham?
10:45Seven.
10:46Jack?
10:47Erm, lank.
10:48Thank you, Graham.
10:50Unclean.
10:51Unclean.
10:52Very, very good.
10:53Yeah, well spotted.
10:53Difficult choice.
10:55Unclean.
10:56What else have we got?
10:58We had a Shakespearean term.
10:59Yeah.
11:00Nuncle.
11:01A nuncle.
11:02A nuncle, which was a person's uncle, short for mine uncle.
11:06And used, not just for uncles, actually, often it was used.
11:09A fool would use it to his king or his master, for example.
11:14Call him a nuncle.
11:15Oh, interesting.
11:17So, it's a numbers game, Graham.
11:19First of the day, 28 to 21.
11:21Off you go.
11:22Can I have one large and five small, please?
11:24One large and five small.
11:25Nothing tricky, hopefully, this round.
11:27Is that what you're after?
11:28Well.
11:29We shall see you're both very good at the numbers.
11:31Thank you, Graham.
11:32And for the first time in this contest, they are six, one, another six, seven,
11:38another seven, and 75, could be interesting.
11:42The target, 643.
11:44643.
11:44The target, 643.
11:46The target, 643.
11:47The target, 643.
11:48The target, 643.
11:49The target, 643.
11:50The target, 643.
11:51The target, 643.
11:52The target, 643.
11:53The target, 643.
11:54The target, 643.
11:55The target, 643.
11:56The target, 643.
11:57The target, 643.
11:58The target, 643.
11:59The target, 643.
12:00The target, 643.
12:01The target, 643.
12:02The target, 643.
12:03The target, 643.
12:04The target, 643.
12:05The target, 643.
12:06The target, 643.
12:07The target, 643.
12:08The target, 643.
12:09The target, 643.
12:10The target, 643.
12:11The target, 643.
12:12Yes, Graham?
12:17Yes, 643.
12:18Yep, Jack?
12:19643, not written down.
12:21Right, Jack.
12:22That's not the sort of thing we expect from Bolton University.
12:25We'll better hear from you first.
12:26OK, 7 plus 1.
12:28I think it demonstrates more mental agility, because you have to remember, 7 plus 1 is 8.
12:32Times 75.
12:33Times 75, 600.
12:356 times 6.
12:366 times 6, 36.
12:38Another 7.
12:39Yeah, well done.
12:40643.
12:41Very good, well done.
12:42Graham, who had to write it all down?
12:45Yeah.
12:46Are you happy?
12:47Yeah, very good.
12:47All right, well done.
12:51Very good.
12:5338 to 31, sees Graham in the lead at the moment.
12:56Plenty of time.
12:57But now it's time to have a chat with Mark Foster.
13:00Mark, end of January, resolutions, what have you got?
13:04One of my resolutions was trying to spend more time with people.
13:07Well, I haven't really got any, inverted commas, fitness targets, if you like,
13:11because I spend my life, well, I did spend my life in the swimming pool and in the gym.
13:15And I still do go to a gym, because I sort of believe in practice, what you preach.
13:18So, but no, I did this thing called Getting Fit in 28 Days, which started at the beginning
13:22of the new year and gave people a 28-day programme.
13:25It was trying to give people an idea of how to set themselves a goal.
13:28And to me, I think the easiest way of setting yourself a goal is, well, set yourself a goal
13:32with a friend or family and make it social.
13:34And don't make the targets too high.
13:36Make them attainable.
13:37But then don't make them too easy, because then you'll have no sort of motivation to go
13:40out and do them.
13:41So this 28-day plan was different ideas for exercises, different ideas for different ways
13:48to put it into your lifestyle and make it a daily routine, if you like.
13:51And there were lots of stuff around nutrition, which ties in with what you said about drink
13:54and calories, and I talk about sort of hidden calories in a sense, but it's knowing the
13:59right things to eat, and at the right time of day to eat them.
14:02It's not very complicated, but it's like with most things, like with maths or like with
14:05English, until you know these things, you don't know them.
14:08It's a very appropriate time, because there's another 28 days coming up.
14:12That's very, very true.
14:12Can I have your plan?
14:13You can have a plan, yes.
14:14And I'm going to have a chum.
14:15My buddy on this will be my dog.
14:18Okay.
14:18She is also elderly and portly, as I am becoming.
14:23And maybe the dog and I can work to your 28-day plan.
14:27How's that?
14:27Oh, absolutely.
14:28I think people's biggest problems with a lot of this stuff is they kind of say,
14:31I haven't got the time.
14:32Let me tell you, my dog's got all the time in the world.
14:34Does nothing but sleep.
14:36She can do my bit.
14:38Anyway, thank you very much, Mark.
14:39But now it's time for a Tea Time teaser, which is that case.
14:42And the clue, those cases belong to the ambassador's staff.
14:46Those cases belong to the ambassador's staff.
14:53Welcome back.
15:05I left you with the clue, those cases belong to the ambassador's staff.
15:09And the answer, of course, is attaches.
15:12Attaché case.
15:13The attaché case.
15:14The attaché case.
15:1638 to 31.
15:17She's Graham in the lead.
15:18Jack, come along.
15:20Series winner 2012.
15:22Don't get left behind.
15:23Consonant place.
15:25Thank you, Jack.
15:26R.
15:27Consonant.
15:30M.
15:31Consonant.
15:33V.
15:34Consonant.
15:36L.
15:37Val.
15:40I.
15:41Val.
15:43A.
15:44Val.
15:44E.
15:48Consonant.
15:51S.
15:52And vowel, please.
15:54And the last one.
15:56O.
15:57And here's the countdown clock.
16:10Yes, Jack?
16:31I'm eight.
16:32Very good.
16:32Graham?
16:33Eight.
16:34Jack's eight.
16:34Valor eyes.
16:35Thank you, Graham.
16:36Moral eyes.
16:37Moral eyes.
16:38Thank you very much.
16:39Are you happy there?
16:40Very happy, yeah.
16:41Valor eyes is to give or ascribe validity to something.
16:44Yeah.
16:44Both of them excellent.
16:46Very good.
16:46What else have we got?
16:47Anything interesting there, Mark and Susie?
16:49You could also head for eight removals.
16:51Yes.
16:52That's an eight.
16:53Anything else?
16:53Also oversail.
16:55What's that?
16:55Yes, not what you might think.
16:57It is of a part of a building to project beyond a lower part,
17:01so a sloping stone that oversails a gutter, for example.
17:04Oh, I see.
17:04Nothing like a flying bucket or something like that.
17:06And oversail.
17:10All right.
17:1146 plays 39.
17:13Jack's still lagging slightly.
17:14Graham, let us go.
17:16Continent, please.
17:17Thank you, Graham.
17:17And another.
17:19And another.
17:21P.
17:22And another.
17:25F.
17:26Vowel.
17:27A.
17:28Another vowel.
17:30E.
17:31And another vowel.
17:32E.
17:33Consonant.
17:35L.
17:37Consonant.
17:38D.
17:39And a vowel, please.
17:42And the last one.
17:44I.
17:45Tick tock.
17:46Tock.
17:58Tock.
18:05Tock.
18:06Tock.
18:09Tock.
18:15Mmm, Graham.
18:18Eight.
18:19Very good.
18:19Jack?
18:20I think I've got an eight.
18:21Good.
18:21Graham's eight?
18:22Enfilade.
18:24And yes?
18:24Enfilade.
18:26Both of them.
18:27Look at this.
18:27These bright sparks here.
18:29How are you spelling this?
18:31Oh, that was a school mastery tone.
18:33No, no, I'm sure it's fine.
18:34E-N-F-I-L-A-D-E.
18:37Good grief.
18:38Well, you can tell that it is a new one on me.
18:40It's absolutely brilliant.
18:41It's a volley of gunfire directed along a line from end to end.
18:45Very, very good.
18:50Brilliant stuff.
18:5154 to 47.
18:52Graham's still in the lead.
18:53Jack, let us go.
18:55Consonant, please.
18:56Thank you, Jack.
18:58M.
18:59Consonant.
19:01P.
19:02Consonant.
19:04J.
19:05Consonant.
19:07F.
19:08Foul.
19:10O.
19:11Foul.
19:12E.
19:13Foul.
19:15O.
19:16Um, consonants.
19:19T.
19:20Um, and the vowel, please.
19:22And the last one.
19:24A.
19:25Countdown.
19:26Foul.
19:27Foul.
19:27Foul.
19:28Foul.
19:28Foul.
19:28Foul.
19:29Foul.
19:29Foul.
19:29Foul.
19:30Foul.
19:30Foul.
19:30Foul.
19:31Foul.
19:31Foul.
19:32Foul.
19:32Foul.
19:32Foul.
19:32Foul.
19:32Foul.
19:33Foul.
19:33Foul.
19:33Foul.
19:34Foul.
19:34Foul.
19:35Foul.
19:35Foul.
19:36Foul.
19:36Foul.
19:37Foul.
19:37Foul.
19:38Foul.
19:38Foul.
19:39Foul.
19:39Foul.
19:40Foul.
19:40Foul.
19:41Foul.
19:41Foul.
19:42Foul.
19:42Foul.
19:43Foul.
19:44Foul.
19:45Foul.
19:46Foul.
19:47Yes, Jack?
19:58Just a five.
19:59A five.
20:00Graham?
20:00A five for me, too.
20:01OK, Jack?
20:02Pooja.
20:03Pooja.
20:04Yes, Graham?
20:05A foot.
20:06A foot.
20:07Why not?
20:08Pooja.
20:09What is this, Pooja?
20:09Yeah, well, you can spell it with a double O, or you can spell it P-U-J-A, and it's a term
20:15from Hinduism and Buddhism, and it means the act of worship.
20:18Very, very good.
20:18Well, thank you.
20:20Very good indeed.
20:2159 plays.
20:2252.
20:23And now it's Graham's letters game.
20:27Continent, please.
20:28Thank you, Graham.
20:30G.
20:30Another one.
20:33S.
20:34And a third.
20:36D.
20:37Vowel.
20:39I.
20:39Another vowel.
20:41A.
20:42And another vowel.
20:44O.
20:45Consonant.
20:47M.
20:49Vowel.
20:51I.
20:52And, uh, vowel, please.
20:56And to finish, O.
20:58Stand by.
20:59Vowel.
21:00Vowel.
21:00Vowel.
21:01Vowel.
21:01Vowel.
21:02Vowel.
21:02Vowel.
21:03Vowel.
21:03Vowel.
21:04Vowel.
21:04Vowel.
21:05Vowel.
21:05Vowel.
21:05Vowel.
21:05Vowel.
21:05Vowel.
21:05Vowel.
21:06Vowel.
21:06Vowel.
21:06Vowel.
21:07Vowel.
21:07Vowel.
21:07Vowel.
21:07Vowel.
21:08Vowel.
21:08Vowel.
21:08Vowel.
21:09Vowel.
21:09Vowel.
21:09Vowel.
21:10Vowel.
21:10Vowel.
21:10Vowel.
21:11Vowel.
21:11Vowel.
21:12Well, what did you find in there, Graham?
21:33Seven, I think.
21:34Very good.
21:35Jack?
21:35I'm seven.
21:37Graham?
21:37Dineos.
21:38I'm the same.
21:39Same again?
21:40What is this word in which you speak?
21:44Well, this is amazing, isn't it?
21:45You can pronounce it daimyos or daimyos, and you'll see there, it's the one with the two
21:50I's.
21:51They are in feudal Japan, the great lords, who were vassals of the shogun.
21:56Absolutely brilliant.
21:57Amazing.
21:58What a couple of young characters we've got here.
22:01Two series winners for the second of years.
22:03Brilliant stuff.
22:05Now, the score's standing at 66 to 59.
22:08And Jack's still dragging there a little bit.
22:11We turn to you, Suzy, for your origins of words.
22:14Well, this is something I might be if I don't come up with some better words, and it's on
22:17the bread line.
22:18Yes.
22:19And the origin of on the bread line.
22:20And it's, like so many of our expressions, it's just steeped in social history.
22:24And you probably will have an idea of what it means, but it's got a nice story behind
22:28it.
22:28It's an Americanism, and it goes back to the 19th century, when it quite literally describes
22:34a queue of poor people who were waiting for handouts of free or cheap bread.
22:40And line, as we know, is the American for queue.
22:42And the original bread line was one which would gather every night outside Fleischmann's Vienna
22:48Bakery in the late 1870s.
22:51Any bread left over from the bakery would be handed out to the poor and the destitute.
22:55And each person in the queue would receive half a loaf of bread and a cup of steaming
22:59black coffee.
23:01And that was, you know, that was what they were given.
23:04And we talk also about being on the dole these days, which has got slightly pejorative connotations,
23:10but actually it goes back to a very old English word, meaning to deal.
23:13So it was all about sharing arms with the poor people, very much like being on the bread
23:18line.
23:18They would be given bread or something to drink.
23:21So being on the dole had very, very pure, a very pure history to it, and I think we should
23:25remember that.
23:26Absolutely, yeah.
23:32We've got a sort of a wooden, very old wooden, wall-mounted cabinet.
23:40With bars, which you would find at a church, and bread would be put there for the poor
23:45people, and then they'd come and open and take the bread out and place it again.
23:48How lovely.
23:49We should do that still.
23:50Hmm.
23:51Be a nice thing to do.
23:53Yes, indeed.
23:5466 to 59.
23:55Now then, Jack, what are you going to do about all this?
23:58Numbers game.
23:59There's Rachel.
24:00Can I have four large, please?
24:02You can.
24:02Thank you, Jack.
24:03Slightly more adventurous choice.
24:04Try and overtake the Rayam.
24:05Two small, which are eight and nine, and your four large, 50, 100, 75, and 25, and your
24:17target, 136.
24:19One, three, six.
24:19One, two, three, six.
24:19One, two, three, six.
24:49Yes, Jack?
24:51One, three, six.
24:52Well done.
24:53Yes?
24:54One, three, six.
24:54Two, one, three, sixes.
24:55Jack?
24:56Okay, 50 over 25.
24:5850 over 25 is two.
25:01Eight over two.
25:02Is four.
25:03Times by nine.
25:04That's the hard.
25:0536.
25:06And about 100.
25:07Yep.
25:07Not the hardest four large ones.
25:09One, three, six.
25:10Very good.
25:11And, Graham?
25:11Yeah, exactly the same.
25:12Same way?
25:13Yeah.
25:14Welded together, these two.
25:15Very good indeed.
25:2076, base 69, as we go into a teatime teaser, and the teaser is War Bribe.
25:25And the clue, you really don't want to get caught up in this.
25:30You really don't want to get caught up in this.
25:32Welcome back.
25:47I left you with the clue, you really don't want to get caught up in this.
25:51And the answer is barbed wire.
25:53Barbed wire, horrible stuff.
25:54Now, 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, Countdown Leads, LS 3, 1, J, S.
26:1076 to 69, Graham in the lead.
26:13Graham, letters game.
26:15Take it away.
26:15Consonant, please.
26:16Thank you, Graham.
26:17R.
26:18Another consonant.
26:21M.
26:22And another one.
26:22P.
26:25Vowel.
26:26E.
26:27Another vowel.
26:29A.
26:30And another vowel.
26:31U.
26:32A consonant.
26:34B.
26:35A consonant.
26:37S.
26:38And a vowel, please.
26:39And the last one.
26:41I.
26:42Stand by.
26:42OK.
26:52Yes, Graham.
27:15Eight.
27:15Eight.
27:16Jack.
27:16Eight.
27:17Graham.
27:18Urbanize.
27:19Urbanize.
27:19Urbanize.
27:21Yeah.
27:22You could have guessed it.
27:24Yes.
27:24Urbanize, both of them.
27:25And in the corner.
27:27Mark and Susie.
27:28Same.
27:28Same again.
27:29Yes.
27:29Yes.
27:30Four urbanizers here.
27:32Very good.
27:3384, play 77.
27:34As we turn to you, Jack.
27:36Let us go.
27:36Consonant, please.
27:38Thank you, Jack.
27:39K.
27:40Consonants.
27:41S.
27:43Consonants.
27:46X.
27:47Consonants.
27:49P.
27:50Val.
27:51U.
27:53Val.
27:54A.
27:56Val.
27:57I.
27:59Val.
28:02E.
28:03And my consonant, please.
28:06And lastly, T.
28:08Clock time.
28:11Yeah.
28:12Yeah, meager selection.
28:41What have you got, Jack?
28:42Seven, six.
28:43A six?
28:44Graham?
28:45I'll try seven.
28:46Okay, Jack.
28:47Uptake.
28:48Uptake.
28:49Graham?
28:50Pukiest.
28:51Pukiest?
28:52Graham.
28:53You're going to allow pukiest?
28:54I'm not sure this one's going to be unique.
28:56I think you may have taken too big a risk there.
28:59Um, oh my goodness, it is.
29:02It's there?
29:03How can it be?
29:04It is.
29:05What does it mean?
29:08What does it mean?
29:10Put it in the context.
29:11Put it in the sentence for me.
29:12The most sickening.
29:13Uh, it had the pukiest scene in any film I've ever seen.
29:17Pukiest?
29:18It's not, it's not very nice.
29:19But, it does actually.
29:21Um, the verb goes back to Shakespeare.
29:23It was first used in As You Like It.
29:25At first the infant mewling and puking in the nurse's arm.
29:28Yes, yes, yes.
29:29So it has good heritage.
29:30Well, well done, Graham.
29:31Mr Cracker.
29:32Brilliant.
29:33I thought you'd overreached yourself.
29:3491 to 77.
29:35Well done.
29:36You've put Jack in serious trouble here.
29:38And it's your letters game, Graham.
29:40Consonant, please.
29:41Thank you, Graham.
29:42B.
29:43Consonant.
29:44Consonant.
29:45S.
29:46Consonant.
29:47R.
29:48Vowel.
29:49O.
29:50Another vowel.
29:51A.
29:52Another vowel.
29:53E.
29:54Consonant.
29:55N.
29:56Consonant.
29:57R.
29:58And a vowel, please.
29:59And the last one.
30:00O.
30:01Stand by.
30:02B.
30:03B.
30:04Vowel.
30:05B.
30:06B.
30:07Don't start.
30:08G.
30:09B.
30:10T.
30:11C.
30:12B.
30:13D.
30:14B.
30:15B.
30:16B.
30:17W.
30:18A.
30:20D.
30:21A.
30:22C.
30:23B.
30:24C.
30:25B.
30:26B.
30:27C.
30:28B.
30:29C.
30:31now amazes graham uh well i think i've got a seven all right jack i'm seven okay graham
30:48boranes thank you look at them boranes
30:51it's almost never had a discussion outside earlier what have what have we got in the corner
30:58uh they're fine it's from chemical uh from chemistry rather any of a series of unstable binary compounds
31:04of boron and hydrogen very good but what have you got for us you two uh we have um barons which in
31:11america are barren tracts of land the barons yep very good indeed all right 98 plays 84 as we go into
31:19the final uh numbers game of the day and it's uh belongs to jack our maths student at bolton go on
31:27jack i think i'll have to try four large again try four large and hope something slightly more tricky
31:31this time i'll see what i can do sorry graham so four large and two small ones for the last time
31:37today and the small two i want all this will be tricky i hope it's possible and the four large
31:42150 75 and 25 hmm let's see so i'll get 322 322
31:50so
31:58so
32:00so
32:02What do you make of that, Jack?
32:223-2-2.
32:233-2-2, Graham?
32:253-2-5.
32:26Right then, Jack.
32:27Let's see what you've got.
32:28Okay, 75 minus 1.
32:3075 minus 1, 74.
32:3250 over 25.
32:3450 over 25 is 2.
32:37Plus 1.
32:38Plus 1 is 3.
32:39And multiply them together.
32:40For 2-2-2.
32:41And add 100.
32:42Absolutely fantastic.
32:43Well done.
32:45Bravo.
32:49Well done, Jack.
32:51We did it.
32:51Look at this.
32:53Where are we?
32:54Well done.
32:55Blistering performance there.
32:57And we're into a crucial conundrum now then.
33:00Come on, chaps.
33:00Fighting for a place in the last 16th.
33:03Fingers on buzzers, please.
33:04Let's reveal today's crucial conundrum.
33:09Jack.
33:10Guidepost.
33:12Let's have a look.
33:14Let's have a look and see.
33:15Oh, well done.
33:17Well done.
33:17Well done.
33:18Well done.
33:19Well done.
33:19Look at that.
33:25140-98.
33:27Graham, that was terrific.
33:29You did so well.
33:30And the little hooligan came and stole it at the end.
33:33He's a great player, yeah.
33:34Well, you're both great players.
33:36You're both great players.
33:37But on the day, he snatched it from under your grasp.
33:42Or from your grasp, in fact.
33:43But you're grasping.
33:45Gryps night.
33:45Lovely piece of Gryps night here.
33:47Immensely valuable.
33:49And a teapot.
33:50And a safe journey home with our blessing.
33:51Thanks very much.
33:52Brilliant.
33:52Well done.
33:53I really mean it.
33:54Really mean it.
33:55You, young man.
33:56See you in February.
33:57You see you then.
33:58Hmm?
33:59Yeah, see you then.
34:00It was a very tough game today.
34:01Graham was very lucky.
34:02Yes.
34:03He was a fantastic player.
34:03Yeah.
34:04Well, you're both terrific.
34:05Both terrific.
34:06Left it late there, didn't you, Jack?
34:07Yes.
34:08Anyway, there we are.
34:09See you in February.
34:10Well, that was wonderful stuff, wasn't it?
34:12And the sense of competition there was all on the edge of our seats, weren't we?
34:16Is that something that you miss him?
34:19Uh, yeah, no, I do.
34:20I do.
34:20I think any contestant.
34:22The reason why they, for me, the reason why I trained is because I love standing on the
34:26block and challenging myself against other people.
34:28And I know these guys like challenging themselves against other people, against them, you know.
34:32The competition today was really, really tight.
34:34And I think it's, from my point of view, I always like seeing it tight until the end.
34:38Because when someone, hey, listen, we like seeing the best in the world doing what they
34:41do and making a demonstration of it.
34:43But there's nothing more exciting when you see a tight contest.
34:45So, I just, unfortunately for you, Jack, that Blackpool couldn't do the same thing a couple
34:49of years ago.
34:50Indeed.
34:51Indeed.
34:51But it was wonderful.
34:52And you talked the other day about somebody failing to get a medal by reaching the end
34:57like that.
34:57And somebody got it by doing that.
34:59Yeah.
34:59And that's exactly what happened here.
35:00It's all down to tiny fractions and tiny margins.
35:02Brilliant stuff.
35:03And sometimes, on the day, it happens, and other times it doesn't.
35:05Excellent.
35:06Well done to both of you.
35:06Brilliant.
35:07Well done.
35:08How about Bolton for maths, then?
35:10It's fantastic.
35:10That was smashing, wasn't it?
35:12Smashing.
35:13See you tomorrow.
35:14And we'll see you tomorrow for another blistering performance here in the Countdown Studio.
35:17You be sure of it.
35:18Same time, same place.
35:20Good afternoon.
35:20Our new series continues this afternoon at four, spending time with the endangered animals
35:36in South Africa, and meeting the people who work on the wild side.
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