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00:30Well, good afternoon. Welcome to the Countdown Studio. Now, which of us, I wonder, has not made an online purchase, perhaps late at night, and then woken up to remember it and regret it? It's possible. It's possible. There's a chap, apparently, Rachel, in Newcastle. He was off on a business trip in the States while he ordered and had delivered a giant six-foot cuddly bear to his hotel room just the day before he was there.
01:00He asked you to fly home. He was quoted $1,000 to ship it home, so he thought, oh, no, I'll take it with me on the planes. I imagine he sort of scraunched it up into a smaller sort of package.
01:14Didn't think that one through.
01:15Not really. Mind you, impulse purchases. I'm forbidden to go to auctions now because I absolutely get drawn into it.
01:27What have you bought?
01:28Well, actually, I did buy something the other day. It was a charity auction for Street Child. It's a charity which I'm a patron. I'm very proud of it, and I like it very much.
01:36And the first lot was one of those wonderful ceramic poppies. Do you remember? It started off at the Tower. There were 800,000 of them, one for each person. Brit killed in the first war.
01:52And it was donated by General Lord Dannet, who happened to be constable of the Tower. So it was sort of special. Anyway, I've got it at home now.
02:01Yep. It's all right. That's money for charity. Absolutely. It's a bit of a little heirloom, perhaps. Who have we got with us?
02:08We've got Geoff Markham, Rachel, part-time receptionist from Huddersfield, who won with 75 points yesterday. Well done.
02:15You're joined by Helen Power, the postgraduate student from Dole Keith, originally from Basingstoke, now studying at Edinburgh?
02:23Yes, that's her.
02:24Doing a postgraduate staff?
02:25Mm-hmm.
02:25And you bought yourself an e-bike?
02:27I have.
02:28Can you cycle? Well, no, it takes you 300 miles around the country.
02:32There's a little bit of that involved as well, but yes.
02:34Great idea.
02:35Really good. Best purchase.
02:37Well, good luck to Helen. Good luck to Anne to Geoff as well. Big round of applause now for our two brave contestants.
02:47And over in the corner there, Susie, of course, joined once again. And he knows about smart purchases. It's Antique's dealer, Raj Bisram. Welcome back, Raj.
02:58OK, Geoff. Off we go. Afternoon, Rachel.
03:01Afternoon, Geoff.
03:02May I have a consonant, please?
03:04You may. Thank you. Start today with G.
03:07And another.
03:10S.
03:11And another.
03:13Q.
03:16Vowel.
03:18E.
03:19Vowel.
03:19I.
03:21I.
03:22Consonant.
03:24N.
03:26Consonant.
03:28P.
03:32Consonant.
03:35Y.
03:36And a vowel.
03:38And lastly, E.
03:40Stand by.
03:40The.
03:55M.
03:59Bye.
04:01T.
04:03Later.
04:04See.
04:05Bye.
04:06Bye.
04:06Bye.
04:07Bye.
04:08Bye.
04:09Bye.
04:09Yes, Jeff.
04:12Six.
04:14A six.
04:14Helen?
04:15Just a five.
04:16And your five?
04:17A spine.
04:19Jeff, peeing?
04:23I'm pretty fine.
04:24You were up to that mischief yesterday as well.
04:27I'm sorry.
04:29Now then, Raj.
04:30Well, this will go with the peeing.
04:32Seeping.
04:34And Susie, anything else?
04:36We'll raise the tone with espying.
04:38Espying, yes, sir.
04:40Yeah.
04:40Six points to Jeff.
04:42Helen, your letters again.
04:43Could I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
04:45Thank you, Helen.
04:46D.
04:47And a vowel.
04:49O.
04:50Another vowel.
04:52B.
04:53And a consonant.
04:56R.
04:57And another consonant.
04:59G.
05:00A vowel.
05:02A.
05:04Another vowel.
05:06B.
05:07Another consonant.
05:09Two.
05:10Two.
05:10And a final consonant, please.
05:12And a final L.
05:14Don't worry.
05:15A vowel.
05:16A vowel.
05:17A vowel.
05:17A vowel.
05:18A vowel.
05:18A vowel.
05:18A vowel.
05:19A vowel.
05:19A vowel.
05:19A vowel.
05:20A vowel.
05:20A vowel.
05:20A vowel.
05:20A vowel.
05:21A vowel.
05:21A vowel.
05:21A vowel.
05:21A vowel.
05:21A vowel.
05:22A vowel.
05:22A vowel.
05:22A vowel.
05:22A vowel.
05:23A vowel.
05:23A vowel.
05:24A vowel.
05:24A vowel.
05:25A vowel.
05:25A vowel.
05:26A vowel.
05:26A vowel.
05:27A vowel.
05:28A vowel.
05:28A vowel.
05:29A vowel.
05:29A vowel.
05:30A vowel.
05:30A vowel.
05:31A vowel.
05:32A vowel.
05:32A vowel.
05:33A vowel.
05:34A vowel.
05:34A vowel.
05:34Helen?
05:47Six.
05:48Six.
05:48Geoff?
05:49Seven.
05:50And your six?
05:50Reload.
05:52Now, Geoff.
05:53Related.
05:54Related.
05:55Well done.
05:56Well done.
05:56Strong start there.
05:58Now, Raj and Susie?
06:00Well, there is a nine there.
06:02Yes, delegator.
06:04A delegator.
06:05Well done.
06:06Very good.
06:09Well done.
06:10And now it's a numbers game for you, Geoff.
06:12One large and five small, please.
06:14Thank you, Geoff.
06:15One from the top row.
06:16And five little ones.
06:18And the little ones are nine, five, six, three, and eight.
06:24And the big one, 100.
06:26And your target, 463.
06:29463.
06:34Okay.
06:44Bye, Geoff.
06:48Four, six, three, Nick.
06:56Well, Geoff, 4, 6, 3, Nick.
07:04Yes, Helen?
07:04Just 4, 6, 1.
07:05And 4, 6, 1.
07:07Geoff, let's rely on you for the moment.
07:09100 minus 8.
07:11100 minus 8, 92.
07:13Times 5.
07:13Times 5, 460.
07:1523.
07:174, 6, 3, perfect.
07:17Well done.
07:18Well done.
07:23Now it's time for our first tea time teaser.
07:26And the teaser is Since Noel.
07:27And the clue, ever since Noel made the wrong sort of friends,
07:30he's become very rude and disrespectful.
07:33Ever since Noel made the wrong sort of friends,
07:36he's become very rude and disrespectful.
07:38Welcome back.
07:55Ever since Noel made the wrong sort of friends,
07:58he's become very rude and disrespectful.
08:02It's a question of insolence.
08:05Insolence.
08:0723 points to Geoff.
08:08Helen yet to score, but lots of time for that.
08:11Helen, letters came.
08:14Could I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
08:15Thank you, Helen.
08:17T.
08:17And a vowel.
08:20O.
08:21And another vowel.
08:23U.
08:24A consonant.
08:26S.
08:28Another consonant.
08:30T.
08:31A vowel.
08:32E.
08:34And a consonant.
08:36N.
08:38A vowel.
08:41I.
08:42And another consonant, please.
08:44And the last one, V.
08:46Stand by.
08:47And another consonant, please.
08:49A vowel.
08:50A vowel.
09:06So.
09:06Helen. A six. A six. Null and Jeff. Just a five. And your five is stout. Right. Thank
09:26you for that. Jeff Markham. Helen. Vomits. Peeing one minute. Vomits the next. What have
09:35we got over there? I've got a seven. Motives. Very good. Motives. Susie, anything else?
09:42Timeouts are there for eight. Timeouts. Is that a sort of American football thing? Yes,
09:48but you can also use it if you are a parent and your child has been very naughty. You
09:53have timeout. Oh, do you? I'm not speaking personally, but yeah. In my day, you've got
09:57a thick ear. 23 place six. Now, Jeff, your letters game. Consonant. Thank you, Jeff. D.
10:05And another one, please. W. And another. X. Vowel. E. Vowel. I. Vowel. E. Consonant. B. Consonant. M.
10:31And a consonant. And lastly, S. Stand by.
10:38Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly. Tilly
11:08Well, Geoff, sleeps.
11:12And Helen?
11:13Just a five.
11:15And your five is?
11:16Mixed.
11:18Geoff, excides?
11:20Sorry, what was that, Geoff?
11:21Excides.
11:22Excides?
11:22D-X-I-D-E-S.
11:24I don't think we're going to be lucky with that, Geoff.
11:30No, it's not there, I'm afraid.
11:32Sorry.
11:33Now, what can we have?
11:35Raj, Susie?
11:36We just have a six.
11:37Demise?
11:38Oh, yeah.
11:40Sadly.
11:41Anything else?
11:41We have dweebs as well.
11:43Dweebs.
11:45Dweebs?
11:45Yes.
11:45What's that?
11:46Dweebs are boring or socially awkward people.
11:50A dweeb.
11:5223 plays 11.
11:54Helen, your numbers game now.
11:55Can I have one from the top and any other five, please, Rachel?
11:58You can indeed.
11:58Thank you, Helen.
11:59One large five little coming up again.
12:02And this time around, they are two, five, two, eight,
12:07five, five, and 25.
12:11And the target, 717.
12:13717.
12:14717.
12:14717.
12:14We'll see you next time.
12:15We'll see you next time.
12:16We'll see you next time.
12:16We'll see you next time.
12:17We'll see you next time.
12:17We'll see you next time.
12:17We'll see you next time.
12:18We'll see you next time.
12:18We'll see you next time.
12:19We'll see you next time.
12:19Helen?
12:46No, lost it.
12:47No, how about Jeff?
12:497 to 5.
12:517 to 5.
12:53I think I've made a mistake.
12:55Do you want to have a shot at it?
12:57Yeah, 2 plus 5.
12:592 plus 5 is 7.
13:02No.
13:02No, done.
13:04We've got so far.
13:05No, sorry.
13:07Right.
13:08I found a way, Nick.
13:09Well done.
13:09If you say 5 times 5 is 25, 2 plus 2 is 4, add them together for 29,
13:17times it by 25 for 725, and conveniently, you have an 8 left over.
13:24Well done.
13:24Well done.
13:25Thank you very much.
13:26Thank you very much.
13:27Thank you very much.
13:28Thank you very much.
13:29How lovely.
13:3023 place at 11.
13:32As we turn to Raj Raj.
13:34Jewelry.
13:36All sorts of items you deal in, but jewelry.
13:39You want to talk to us about one particular jewelry maker.
13:41Well, of course, one of the most famous names in jewelry is Fabergé.
13:46And the most precious pieces they made were the Fabergé eggs.
13:51And this is a story about one of those eggs.
13:54In 2014, a guy in the Midwest in America, he actually dealt in bullion, what we call bullion dealers.
14:02So he would go around to antiques fairs, and he saw on one of the stands this egg, this golden egg.
14:09And the guy who was selling it just basically wanted, he was selling it as scrap, but it had jewels on it as well.
14:15Anyway, he decided that, you know, the guy wanted $14,000 for it, and it was worth that in scrap value alone.
14:22Anyway, he offered him $13,000, and he took it.
14:26And he went home, it was at the weekend, and the next week or two weeks he tried to sell it.
14:32But what happened was that gold plummeted slightly, so he couldn't make a profit.
14:36But all he did was put it on his dresser in his kitchen, and just left it there.
14:41And one day, he just decided to go on the internet and just tap in golden egg.
14:46And he tapped in golden egg, and what came up?
14:50A picture of this egg that he had on his dresser, which was one of the imperial eggs that had gone missing.
14:56Now, there were lots of copies made that weren't real, but it just looked quality.
15:01So he took lots and lots of photographs of it, and he sent it to London.
15:06The biggest Fabergé dealers are called Wortski in London.
15:09So they contacted him and said, look, we're going to come straight over.
15:12We're going to send somebody over to have a look at this egg.
15:14Anyway, flew straight over, walked into the house, had a look at this egg, and remembering that he paid $13,000,
15:22and he and his wife were sitting down, he said, I think it's worth $20,000.
15:27And his wife said, oh, $20,000? You only paid $13,000 for it? That's a profit of $7,000.
15:32And the guy went, no, no, not $20,000, $20 million.
15:38$20 million pounds.
15:40Anyway, they took it back to London, examined it, turned out that it was,
15:46and Wortski were commissioned to sell it for him, and they ended up selling it for $33 million.
15:53$33 million.
15:54And that was only four years ago.
15:57$33 million pounds.
15:59I mean, there are still seven eggs that are missing.
16:01Amazing story.
16:02Yeah, yeah.
16:04Amazing.
16:07So they're out there.
16:08Let's look in our cupboards.
16:09I'm still looking.
16:10I'm still looking in our cupboards.
16:1123, please, 11.
16:12Geoff on 23, and it's Geoff's letters game.
16:16Yes, sir.
16:16Consonant, please.
16:18Thank you, Geoff.
16:18B.
16:21Consonant.
16:22F.
16:24Consonant.
16:25F.
16:26Vowel.
16:29I.
16:30Vowel.
16:32U.
16:34Vowel.
16:35O.
16:37Vowel.
16:40I.
16:42Consonant.
16:44Z.
16:46Consonant.
16:48And lastly, J.
16:51Countdown.
17:23What luck, Geoff?
17:25Nothing at all, I'm sorry.
17:26Helen?
17:27Just a four.
17:28And your four is?
17:29A job.
17:30It's a winning score for you, then.
17:33Now then, Raj.
17:34Only a five.
17:35Bijou.
17:36Not bad.
17:37French for a little jewel.
17:39Yeah, very appropriate.
17:40Susie, anything about?
17:41No.
17:42I was hoping for Bijou, which is French for a kiss, but that's not there.
17:45So just Bijou for five.
17:46Bijou.
17:46Well done, Raj.
17:4823 plays 15.
17:49Helen, your letters game.
17:51Consonant, please, Rachel.
17:52Thank you, Helen.
17:53H.
17:54And a vowel.
17:56E.
17:58Consonant.
17:59N.
18:01Another consonant.
18:03T.
18:04A vowel.
18:06A.
18:07Another vowel.
18:09U.
18:11A consonant.
18:13N.
18:14Another consonant.
18:16T.
18:17And a final consonant, please.
18:21Final S.
18:23Stand by.
18:23A vowel.
18:24A vowel.
18:24A vowel.
18:25A vowel.
18:25A vowel.
18:25A vowel.
18:25A vowel.
18:26A vowel.
18:26A vowel.
18:26A vowel.
18:27A vowel.
18:27A vowel.
18:27A vowel.
18:27A vowel.
18:28A vowel.
18:28A vowel.
18:29A vowel.
18:29A vowel.
18:29A vowel.
18:29A vowel.
18:29A vowel.
18:29A vowel.
18:30A vowel.
18:30A vowel.
18:30A vowel.
18:30A vowel.
18:31A vowel.
18:31A vowel.
18:31A vowel.
18:31A vowel.
18:32A vowel.
18:32A vowel.
18:33A vowel.
18:33A vowel.
18:34A vowel.
18:34A vowel.
18:35A vowel.
18:35A vowel.
18:36A vowel.
18:37A vowel.
18:37A vowel.
18:37A vowel.
18:38A vowel.
18:38A vowel.
18:39Ellen.
18:55A six.
18:57A six. And Geoff?
18:58Six.
18:59Ellen.
19:00I'm haunt.
19:01Thank you, Geoff.
19:03Stuck you.
19:04Any advance?
19:06Yeah, we've got a seven here.
19:07Tetanus.
19:08Ah, that's good.
19:09Tetanus, yeah.
19:10Well, not good.
19:11Not good.
19:13Susie?
19:14Tenants as well.
19:15And tenants.
19:17Good little clutch there.
19:19Eight in it.
19:19Twenty-nine plays.
19:20Twenty-one.
19:21Geoff in the lead.
19:22And it's Geoff's numbers game.
19:24Yes, sir.
19:25Two large and four small, please.
19:27Thank you, Geoff.
19:27Two from the top.
19:28Four knots.
19:30And this time, your small numbers are four, five, ten, and nine.
19:36And the big ones, twenty-five and seventy-five.
19:38And this target, one hundred and seventy-eight.
19:41One seven eight.
19:42One seven eight.
19:43Here we go.
19:43Victory.
19:44One eight.
19:44Good little VR.
19:45One seven.
19:45One six.
19:46One mehr.
19:46Twoia.
19:46One ten.
19:47One seven.
19:47And this is the
19:55train.
19:56And this.
19:56One-
19:57One six.
20:00One ten.
20:01One seven.
20:01And this is the Ooh.
20:01Game.
20:02One ten.
20:03One ten.
20:04One.
20:04One ten.
20:05One ten.
20:06One ten.
20:07One ten.
20:08One ten.
20:08One ten ten.
20:08One ten.
20:08One ten.
20:09Two ten.
20:10Aw.
20:10Yes, Geoff?
20:15One seven nine.
20:16One seven nine.
20:17Helen?
20:18Oh, one seven nine.
20:19Not written down.
20:21Let's hear from Helen, shall we?
20:22Let's hear from you.
20:23I think 25 times four is 100.
20:2625 times four, 100.
20:29Plus 75.
20:31175.
20:34Um, no, sorry.
20:37Geoff, down to you.
20:39Ten divided by five is two.
20:41Ten divided by five is two.
20:45Times 75.
20:46Times 75 is 150.
20:49Plus 25.
20:51Plus 25, 175.
20:54Plus four.
20:55Plus four, yes.
20:56One above four, Tom.
20:57Well done.
20:57Well done.
20:58Where's the missing one got to, I wonder?
21:00Rachel?
21:01Um, don't know.
21:04Leave it with me, Nick.
21:06All right, we'll leave it with you.
21:08Of course we will.
21:09Let's have a tea time teaser.
21:10It's rub in talc.
21:11And the clue, you can rub talc into your skin, but for moving parts, you need to rub in this.
21:18You can rub talc into your skin, but for moving parts, you need to rub in this.
21:24You need to rub in a lubricant.
21:49A lubricant.
21:50Rachel, you've got that smile.
21:53Yes.
21:53What have you got?
21:54Well, there may well be an easier way, and if you're shouting at the TV at home, well done.
21:58Um, but you can say 75 plus 25 is 100.
22:02Times 9 is 900.
22:05Minus 10 for 890, and divide it by 5.
22:10Oh, wonderful.
22:11There we are.
22:12Well done, Rachel.
22:12Well done, Rachel.
22:15Well done.
22:16So 36 to 21 sees Geoff still in the lead as we turn to Helen.
22:21Helen's letters game.
22:22Yes, ma'am.
22:23Consonant, please.
22:24Thank you, Helen.
22:25P.
22:26And another.
22:28N.
22:30A vowel.
22:31B.
22:33Another vowel.
22:35O.
22:36Consonant.
22:38P.
22:40A vowel.
22:42I.
22:44Another vowel.
22:46O.
22:47Consonant.
22:49K.
22:50And a final consonant, please.
22:52A final F.
22:53Standby.
22:54Standby.
22:54Standby.
22:54Standby.
22:55Standby.
22:55Standby.
22:55Standby.
22:56Standby.
22:56Standby.
22:57Standby.
22:57Standby.
22:58Standby.
22:58Standby.
22:59Standby.
23:00Standby.
23:01Standby.
23:02Standby.
23:02Standby.
23:03Standby.
23:04Standby.
23:05Standby.
23:06Standby.
23:06Standby.
23:07Standby.
23:07Standby.
23:07Standby.
23:08Standby.
23:09Standby.
23:10Standby.
23:11Standby.
23:11Standby.
23:12Standby.
23:12Standby.
23:13Standby.
23:14Standby.
23:15Standby.
23:16Standby.
23:17Standby.
23:18Standby.
23:19Standby.
23:20Standby.
23:21Standby.
23:22Standby.
23:23Helen.
23:26Just a four.
23:28A four for Helen, Jeff?
23:29Four.
23:31Helen.
23:31Pink.
23:32Now then, Jeff.
23:34Open.
23:35Can we beat the fours?
23:36I can't, I'm afraid, Nick.
23:38Susie?
23:39Opine is there for five to deliver an opinion.
23:42And there's a South African word for six, which is a copy.
23:45K-O-P-P-I-E.
23:47And it's a small hill in a generally flat area.
23:50A copy.
23:51Yeah.
23:52Thanks for that.
23:53Four, he plays 25.
23:55Jeff, your letters go.
23:57Consonant, please.
23:58Thank you, Jeff.
23:59C.
24:01Consonant, please.
24:02T.
24:03And another.
24:05R.
24:07Vowel.
24:09U.
24:10Vowel.
24:12E.
24:14Vowel.
24:16A.
24:18Consonant.
24:19W.
24:21Consonant.
24:22R.
24:23R.
24:24R.
24:24And the vowel.
24:29And lastly, O.
24:31And it's counter.
24:32lı.
24:33B.
24:35And.
24:36The.
24:36The.
24:37The.
24:37The.
24:38The.
24:38The.
24:39You.
24:39The.
24:40The.
24:41The.
24:41The.
24:55The.
24:56Well, Geoff?
25:05Just a five.
25:06A five.
25:07Helen?
25:07And seven.
25:09Geoff?
25:10Walter?
25:11Helen?
25:12A curator.
25:13Curator.
25:14Yeah, really good.
25:17Right on.
25:19Fighting back there.
25:21Raj, Raj and Susie, her curator is outwraith.
25:25Outwraith, yes, to exceeding speed and amount or extent.
25:29That's in the dictionary, well done.
25:30Well done, Raj.
25:3232 page 40.
25:34Now, Susie, we turn to you for your origins of words.
25:38What have you for us today?
25:40I have a question for Mary Cook in St. Albans, who says,
25:44the word lot has many different meanings, but are they related?
25:48And the short answer is yes, and I'll explain why.
25:52So, we go back to an Anglo-Saxon word, chlot, which was H-L-O-T.
25:58The H was pronounced.
26:00That, in turn, is from an ancient Germanic language,
26:03and you'll also find it in the Viking language of Old Norse that they brought over.
26:06So, it's really, really old.
26:07And a chlot was an object that was used to determine someone's share of something.
26:14And this object would be perhaps a dice, because they had a die in those days.
26:20It could be a piece of straw.
26:22It could be a chip of wood.
26:23So, anything, really, that came to hand.
26:25And it would be placed alongside others of the same kind in a receptacle,
26:29such as a hat or a helmet was particularly popular.
26:32That would be shaken, and then the winner was the one whose name, or Mark,
26:37was pulled out first or came out first.
26:39So, we're very familiar with this tradition.
26:41In some cases, the lots were drawn by hand, as I say,
26:44and that's why we have to draw lots.
26:46And then the word was adopted into many, many different romance languages.
26:50And people who play the lottery regularly will know that it's called lotto in many different languages.
26:58You'll find in many European languages it's called lotto.
27:00That comes from the word lot, as indeed, of course, it is the word lottery.
27:04And we have the meaning of a share or a portion in life, one's lot in life.
27:10Again, that was the idea of something that was given by fate or by God or by destiny.
27:15Then we have a plot of land.
27:17Now, the reason the plot of land was called a lot is that because in America,
27:21which is where it first appeared, this sense of the word,
27:23the distribution of the most desirable properties in any particular neighbourhood
27:27was often determined by casting lots,
27:30particularly when you talk about the new settlers that went over.
27:33The people who wanted the best bit of land, the most fertile bit of land,
27:37would get it by winning a lot that was drawn out of the hat or however they did it then.
27:43Finally, we have a group or collection of things.
27:45This is from the notion of auction lots,
27:48which, again, is the idea of an auction lot is something that is apportioned, if you like.
27:53And from there, we get the final sense, at least for today,
27:57lots in the sense of a lot, you know, many, a great deal.
28:00That, again, is from the idea of things that were collected together of a single kind.
28:05So quite a complicated story, but hopefully you've got the thread all the way through.
28:09But as I say, really ancient, and the Vikings were using it in exactly the same way.
28:13Amazing. Very good.
28:20Excellent. Excellent.
28:2240 to 32, Geoff's still in the lead.
28:24Helen, now then.
28:25Helen, you've been chasing him for a while.
28:28Off you go again. Letters go.
28:29Consonant, please, Rachel.
28:30Thank you, Helen.
28:32N.
28:32And another.
28:33D.
28:36And a vowel.
28:38A.
28:39Another vowel.
28:41E.
28:42Consonant.
28:44M.
28:45And another.
28:47R.
28:49A vowel, please.
28:50A.
28:52Another vowel.
28:55O.
28:56And a final consonant.
28:58A final D.
29:00Stand by.
29:00And a vowel.
29:02And a vowel.
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29:03And a vowel.
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29:06And a vowel.
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29:07And a vowel.
29:07And a vowel.
29:07And a vowel.
29:08And a vowel.
29:08And a vowel.
29:08And a vowel.
29:08And a vowel.
29:10And a vowel.
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29:12And a vowel.
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29:13And a vowel.
29:14And a vowel.
29:14And a vowel.
29:15And a vowel.
29:15And a vowel.
29:16And a vowel.
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29:17And a vowel.
29:18And a vowel.
29:30Helen a six Jeff just a five and your five is three Helen demand yeah well done yes well done
29:43only two points behind now 38 to 40 but before we proceed Raj what have you got there adored
29:50adored Susie um you can put the N in there for seven and have adorned and that'll take you one
29:56further and road men are also there for seven well done thank you Jeff it's your letters game
30:02consonant please thank you Jeff S and another L and another R vowel E vowel O
30:18vowel A consonant C consonant N and a consonant and the last one T stand by
30:36and I'll see you next time
31:06Jeff?
31:08Seven.
31:09Helen?
31:10After six.
31:11And you're six?
31:12Clones.
31:13Now, Jeff?
31:14Scarlet.
31:15Nice.
31:16Scarlet.
31:16Good word.
31:17Good word.
31:18Good word.
31:19Now, Raj and Susie?
31:20This one is all Susie's ancestor.
31:23Ancestor.
31:24Another good word.
31:25Well done.
31:28So, 47 plays 38.
31:32You're still in touch.
31:33Helen, your numbers game?
31:34That one from the top and any other five, please?
31:37One from the top and potentially banking on the crucial conundrum.
31:40You're getting a good luck.
31:41Thank you, Helen.
31:42Final numbers are four, five, one, four, three, and 100.
31:50And the target, 717.
31:52717.
32:04Helen?
32:12716.
32:13One away.
32:28How about Jeff?
32:28719.
32:30And 719.
32:32Helen?
32:34No, I made a mistake, sorry.
32:36Oh.
32:38Ouch.
32:39Ouch.
32:40Jeff.
32:41Off we go.
32:42Four plus three is seven.
32:44Four plus three is seven.
32:45Times 100.
32:47700.
32:49Four times five is 20.
32:50The other four, yep.
32:53Add that on and take away the one.
32:55719, two away.
32:57And, Rachel, 717.
32:59They're making you work hard today.
33:00What's happening over there?
33:02Well, if you add the one here and the four and five here, you get to 716.
33:07But 716 was the best.
33:11So, where are we?
33:1254 plays 38 as we go into the final round.
33:15Yes.
33:17Helen, fingers on buzzers?
33:19Let's roll today's countdown conundrum.
33:21Yes, Helen?
33:33Is it inherited?
33:36Inherited.
33:36Let's see whether you're right.
33:38Well done.
33:38Well, well done.
33:43That one little slip?
33:45Yeah.
33:46Good for you.
33:46Oh, well, I'm sorry.
33:48Take this goodie bag, pop it in the basket on your bike, and cycle happily up there in Edinburgh.
33:54Well done.
33:55Well done.
33:55We shall see you.
33:56We'll see you tomorrow.
33:58Well done.
33:58Thank you very much.
33:59And we'll see Raj and Susie, of course.
34:01See you tomorrow.
34:02See you tomorrow.
34:02More good stories.
34:03That Faberge Eggstall is amazing.
34:06I'm going to turn the house upside down when I get home.
34:09You've probably got all of them, Nick.
34:10I don't think so.
34:12I don't think so.
34:13But there we are.
34:14See you tomorrow.
34:16And Rachel, too, of course.
34:17I can't have dairy, so for my Easter egg, I'd like to request that as well.
34:20If you do find it, you can pass it along.
34:22Yeah.
34:22A different sort of egg.
34:24Lovely.
34:25We'll see you tomorrow.
34:25See you then.
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