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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown. It's Tuesday, April the 22nd.
00:35It's 15 rounds of letters and numbers between champion and challenger.
00:40At the end, for one of them, it'll be sweet.
00:42For the other one, they'll be left with a bad taste in their mouth.
00:46And it's time to introduce our team.
00:48Joining our J of the D, Susie Dent, all this week,
00:51just the six London marathons for Tani Grey-Thompson
00:55and, of course, our Rachel Riley.
00:57And on National Jelly Bean Day, I'm afraid to report,
01:02I'd been hoisted on my own batard.
01:04I hatched an evil plan.
01:06You know, I think it might be because of Harry Potter back in the day,
01:09but the kids do this thing now where they get jelly beans
01:12and they look the same, but one flavour's great and one flavour's bad.
01:15So my evil plan was that you three would have to do it and you would all...
01:20But then I found out these particular jelly beans, they aren't vegans.
01:24Ha, ha, ha, ha!
01:26So, take it away, Rich.
01:28I've never been so glad to be vegan.
01:29I can't partake in this.
01:31So Colin's obviously, you know, gallantly stepped in.
01:33But in your cups, there are two flavoured jelly beans.
01:37Like Colin says, they look identical.
01:39One of them is disgusting and the other one is a standard fruity flavour.
01:42And it's basically, it's roulette, what you get.
01:46So all three of you have got different flavours.
01:47Tani, you're our guest.
01:48Would you like to go first?
01:50One of them is the very pleasant pear and the other one is bogey flavoured.
01:54Oh!
01:55And you get to eat one and tell us what it tastes like.
01:58So I don't like pear anyway.
02:00I mean, pear's over bogey, surely.
02:02This is where I'm having a moment of regret of being very rude about the Toronto Blue Jays.
02:07What do you get?
02:08Which one, which one?
02:10I think it's pear, actually.
02:11Oh, no!
02:15OK, all right.
02:15Well, Susie is definitely going to know the difference between popcorn or rotten egg.
02:21Oh, no!
02:23OK.
02:29Quite innocent.
02:30I think with Colin, we're just going to keep going until you find the nest.
02:33Oh, God, no.
02:37That's definitely not popcorn.
02:39Is it awful?
02:40It's grim.
02:41Oh, no!
02:43OK, have some more and get rid of the flu.
02:45So that's 50-50 so far, even though you don't like pear.
02:49I think you got off lightly.
02:50I think you must have chosen this way for yourself.
02:51Either tutti-frutti or smelly socks.
02:54Oh, can you see my eyes?
03:03Yes.
03:04Oh, that is absolutely...
03:05Oh, that is absolutely...
03:06That is the worst idea I've ever had in my life.
03:11Oh, my goodness.
03:12Yeah, that's not what our kids today do.
03:16Yeah.
03:16That is terrible.
03:17Come to the dockside.
03:19Come vegan.
03:19You won't have to do anything like that.
03:20That is my last non-vegan idea ever.
03:22Thank you, Rich.
03:23Oh, my goodness me.
03:25Oh, well, it's nice to welcome back our champion.
03:27Rhys Kerfer is sweet.
03:28Absolutely not.
03:30Before that, Madness, because we're getting no old bits about you,
03:33of course, you're returning every day.
03:35We were talking about if you and I had a night in.
03:38We'd both be glued.
03:39We're binge watchers.
03:41What's your big series?
03:43I mean, there have been two at the moment.
03:45I've gone through Squid Game and Arcane.
03:48Both of them have been fantastic.
03:50Let me ask you about Squid Game, because the second series came out.
03:52The first series was a phenomenon.
03:54The second series, I read quite a lot on social media,
03:57people being disappointed.
03:58I loved the second series.
04:00What about you?
04:00No, I really liked it, yeah.
04:02The way it was set up and everything about it, yeah, yeah.
04:03Good.
04:04It can't just be the same thing.
04:06I'm having that come out.
04:07I can't tell you what the taste is.
04:09I've got to move on to Tim Fuller,
04:11who joins us from Southend on Sea.
04:13How are you doing, mate?
04:14I'm good, thanks.
04:15Good stuff.
04:15Now, you're a civil servant, but used to be a radio DJ.
04:18Back in my university days, yeah, that's right,
04:21on University Radio Falmer.
04:23I love that.
04:24You see, that's my greatest love.
04:26It's wonderful, isn't it?
04:26It's just that playing a record
04:28and knowing they sort of lift people's spirits or whatever.
04:30What was your experience of it?
04:32Well, yeah, definitely that.
04:34Also did kind of an A to Z of U2 at one stage,
04:38just playing absolutely everything they'd ever done
04:40in alphabetical order, nice and geeky.
04:42Well, if you think about it,
04:43there's not many bands you could do an A to Z on
04:45for every letter, but because of Zuropa,
04:47you can get the Z on them.
04:50Very good, very good indeed.
04:52All right, well, listen, best of luck to both of you.
04:53Tim and Rhys, let's do count-down.
04:57All right, Rhys, first round, first letters.
05:00Hi, Rachel.
05:00Hi, Rhys.
05:01Can we start with a vowel, please?
05:02We can indeed start today with E.
05:05And a vowel.
05:07U.
05:08Vowel.
05:09O.
05:10Consonant.
05:12L.
05:13Consonant.
05:14N.
05:15Consonant.
05:17P.
05:18Consonant.
05:19C.
05:21Consonant.
05:22D.
05:23And a vowel, please.
05:24And lastly, E.
05:27At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
05:29C.
05:46P.
05:47P.
05:47And that's time, Rhys.
06:01Eight.
06:02And for you, Tim?
06:03Eight.
06:03What a start. Off you go, Rhys.
06:05Decouple.
06:06Sign.
06:07Pass it over.
06:09Just give them the whole page, why not?
06:12Not going to use it again.
06:13You may as well, Tim.
06:14What a start.
06:15Eight points each.
06:16Dictionary Corner.
06:17That's absolutely brilliant.
06:18Yep.
06:18And we can't beat that.
06:19That's always such a good countdown trick,
06:21is to see if you could put the D, E at the front,
06:22because you save the E at the end.
06:24You get one extra left.
06:25Absolutely. Very good indeed.
06:27Let's go again, Tim.
06:28Failure Boots.
06:29Consonant, please.
06:31Thank you, Tim.
06:32G.
06:33And another.
06:35P.
06:36And another.
06:38G.
06:40And a vowel, please.
06:41A.
06:43And again.
06:44E.
06:45And another.
06:47O.
06:50And a consonant, please.
06:52B.
06:54And another.
06:56L.
06:58And another.
07:00Lastly, T.
07:02Unstuck the clock.
07:03O.
07:03And that's what the Adventure is.
07:05And another.
07:06And another.
07:07To have��,
07:07we'll keep you interested in that.
07:08Do you have to do this theme?
07:08And another.
07:09And they'll run away.
07:10If you've found a question,
07:10to try out and vem with the Тут.
07:13How to play and pull?
07:14And another.
07:15And another.
07:16And another.
07:17And another.
07:18To have the salvage of our Pixar network.
07:19And another.
07:19And another.
07:20And another.
07:21And one.
07:22And another.
07:23On theext.
07:23And another.
07:25And another.
07:26To have the談.
07:26And another.
07:27And another.
07:28And another.
07:29And another.
07:30And another.
07:31To have theesper.
07:31Tim? Just a six.
07:35And for you, Rhys? Seven.
07:36Seven. What's a six? Goblet.
07:38Goblet. And for you, Rhys? Potable.
07:41Over to Susie. Yeah, it means drinkable. Potable water.
07:44What else do we have? I got goblet. That was it.
07:48Toggle, otherwise potable for seven is the best.
07:50The mind boggles. Let's get numbers, Rhys.
07:53Six more, please. Six little ones coming up.
07:57Yeah, we know your favourite by now, Rhys.
07:59For the first time today, the numbers are nine, six, ten,
08:03one, ten, and eight.
08:06Could be tricky. Let's see.
08:08The target, 912.
08:109-1-2. Numbers up.
08:299-1-2, Rhys. 9-1-2. Yeah.
08:44Tim? Yeah, 9-1-2. Well done, Bolsy. Off you go, Rhys.
08:47Nine times ten is 90.
08:4990. Plus one. 91.
08:51Times ten. Times the second ten, 910.
08:55And then eight minus six for the two.
08:56Well done, 912.
08:58Exactly the same.
09:01Yep. Excellent. Ten points.
09:03APPLAUSE
09:05Right, just seven points in it as we get our first Tea Time teaser.
09:08Hail, disc. Hail, disc.
09:11Commercials for Scotch Bonnet. Thousands of them.
09:14Commercials for Scotch Bonnet. Thousands of them.
09:17APPLAUSE
09:33Welcome back. Commercials for Scotch Bonnet.
09:36Thousands of them. The word, Susie, which needs explained.
09:40Chiliads. Yes, very clever.
09:42So, chiliads, a group of a thousand things.
09:44It comes from the Greek for a thousand.
09:46Myriad is 10,000 originally, if you go back to classical history.
09:50Yeah.
09:51I use Myriad quite a lot.
09:52I didn't realise it was related to a particular number.
09:55I just thought it was a lot.
09:56Yeah, lots of numbers hidden away.
09:58Famously in Decimate, one in ten.
10:00Yeah.
10:01But, yes, the key with Myriad is not...
10:03It's a Myriad of, because that of is already in there.
10:05So it's a Myriad things.
10:07That's right, yes.
10:08But sounds weird, so we put the of in.
10:09Exactly, yeah.
10:11What sounds right is wrong, what sounds wrong is right.
10:13The only numbers that matter are 25, 18, and back to it with Tim.
10:17Consonant, please.
10:20Thank you, Tim.
10:21R.
10:22And another.
10:23M.
10:24And another.
10:26F.
10:28And a vowel, please.
10:30U.
10:31And again.
10:32E.
10:34And another.
10:35A.
10:36And a consonant.
10:38G.
10:39G.
10:40And a consonant.
10:42D.
10:43And a consonant.
10:44Lastly, S.
10:45And here we go again.
10:46And a consonant.
10:47Lastly, S.
10:48And here we go again.
10:50E.
10:52?
10:53And ambition.-
10:54He-
10:55gK.
10:56This,
10:58and be Stafford,
11:00and he-
11:01And the and vivir-
11:02the us-
11:02Matthew.
11:03Ease his question jour.
11:04He-
11:05Can he-
11:06This is him.
11:08альном?
11:09I-
11:11Got it?
11:13I-
11:14Are you lobbying.
11:15He-
11:16No resonated.
11:16On behalf of the host,
11:17there quitso Thorwyn,
11:18Hamad Tubma.
11:18It,
11:19Miller disable it.
11:20Thick you either…
11:21Tim. Risky seven. And Rhys.
11:24Safe six. The six is? Farmed.
11:27And taking that risk to try and draw a level.
11:29Smudger. Smudger. Not there, I'm afraid.
11:33Smudger, I like it, though. It's like being old, dandy,
11:36it feels like an old character, but not in the dictionary.
11:39So the safe six counts. Well done, Rhys.
11:41Was there a seven for us, Tani?
11:43Yeah, there was sugared.
11:45Sugared jelly beans.
11:46Don't go... Honestly, I can't... I'm still tasting mine.
11:50Oh, me too. Terrible idea. Terrible.
11:54Ruined the afternoon.
11:56Back to it, then. And you're picking these letters, Rhys.
11:59Vowel, please. Thank you, Rhys.
12:01O. Vowel.
12:03I. Vowel.
12:05A. Consonant.
12:07W. Consonant.
12:09R. Consonant.
12:11N. Consonant.
12:13H. Consonant.
12:14T.
12:15And a final consonant, please.
12:19A final N.
12:2030 seconds.
12:21You.
12:52Rhys? Seven. Tim, how many? Just six.
12:54OK, there's six, Tim? Russian.
12:57Well, the shoe's on the other foot here, isn't it? Let's find out.
13:00Waitron. A waitron?
13:02We haven't had this for a while, but yes, a waitron in US English,
13:06a waiter or waitress, but it's a neutral alternative.
13:08Yeah, a waitron. Thank you very much.
13:10Right, 38-18s, we're back to the numbers.
13:14Tim, big ten points, sis, what are you going to do?
13:16One large, please, Rachel.
13:18Thank you, Tim. One from the top this time.
13:20All-important, big one. And five little ones,
13:23which are nine, one, two, six, five.
13:28And the large, 100.
13:30Your target, 398.
13:33398, numbers up.
13:34All-important, big one, two, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
14:04Three, nine, eight. Tim? Yeah, three, nine, eight.
14:07And what about you, Rhys? Three, nine, eight.
14:09Excellent. Off you go, Tim.
14:10Five minus one is four. Yeah.
14:12Times 100, take two. Simple.
14:15Excellent. Rhys? Exactly the same way.
14:17Yeah, I'm sure.
14:19Excellent. Well done.
14:20APPLAUSE
14:22Well, yesterday with Tani Grey-Thompson,
14:24she was full of praise for the organisation
14:27and the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics,
14:31but we didn't talk about any of the action.
14:33We didn't talk about any of the veteran heroes
14:36and the newborn heroes.
14:38And, of course, you were there, a ringside seat.
14:41We heard your voice and so much of it.
14:44What stood out for you?
14:46So I spent most of my time at the athletics,
14:48which was incredible.
14:50And so, Sammy Kinghorn, a Scottish wheelchair racer,
14:55she was absolutely incredible on the track.
14:59Gold, four silvers, just amazing.
15:02And it's just lovely. I mean, I love watching wheelchair racing.
15:05Quite often, I get, you know, do you miss it?
15:06No, there is not a bit of me that misses it anymore.
15:11But, yeah, just the whole of the athletics was incredible.
15:16Two questions. One, because I've had a conversation with you
15:18about your wheelchair and it's quite a competitive conversation.
15:21You were telling me how many miles you get,
15:22what your maximum speed is and stuff.
15:24Rebecca Adlington told me when she was on holiday,
15:27swimming in the pool, if someone tried to swim past her,
15:29she'd go...
15:30You can't stop doing it because you're a competitor.
15:33If you're going down the street and there's another wheelchair
15:35that goes to overtake you, do you speed up?
15:37Not in my day chair.
15:39So I've still got a bike and my husband's got a bike
15:44and we're both really competitive on that.
15:46It's just significantly slower than we used to be.
15:49But the other bit is my head still thinks I can do what I used to be.
15:53So we always used to sprint from lampposts
15:55and you go, right, I'm going to kick from that lamppost.
15:57And you go, oh, right, I'm not going to kick from that one.
15:59I'll kick from the... I'm still not kicking from that one.
16:02So, in my head, I still go incredibly quickly.
16:06Yeah.
16:07But it's great, like, in our sport,
16:09because you've got so much tech on the chairs
16:11in terms of, like, your speed and your heart rate and everything,
16:14you know, you get loads of information
16:15that you can use when you're competing.
16:17And especially, again, Stade de France, two big screens,
16:20so you can use the screens to see where you are in a race as well.
16:24Am I not right in saying, though,
16:26that they wired you up in commentary for David Weir, the werewolf?
16:31Oh!
16:32Yeah, it was fairly stressful.
16:34I mean, to be fair, he was quite stressed.
16:36Yeah.
16:37But my heart rate...
16:38So I measured it from the minute we started...
16:41Well, before we started talking about the race to the build-up
16:43and watching his race, my heart rate went up to 200.
16:46Wow!
16:47Yeah, watching him, yeah.
16:48And it was kind of fascinating to see all the spikes in terms of...
16:52Because I've known him since he was seven.
16:54Yeah.
16:54So I've seen, you know...
16:56You know, I'm growing as an athlete,
16:57and London was incredible for him.
16:58Then he's had a tough couple of years.
17:01So, yeah, I was quite nervous watching him.
17:05Yeah.
17:05I burnt shed a load of calories.
17:07It's a good news.
17:08I should just...
17:09I burnt more watching him race that day
17:11than I did when I went to the gym.
17:12Wow.
17:13Yeah.
17:13So are you saying when we get, like,
17:14a really exciting, crucial countdown conundrum,
17:17it's actually weight loss?
17:18Yes, definitely.
17:19Brilliant. Bring it on.
17:20I'm sure there's a study for that somewhere.
17:22We should do that.
17:23Strap us all up and see what it's like.
17:25Brilliant. Thank you so much.
17:26APPLAUSE
17:29Well, let's see what the heart rate's like
17:30when we get to the 15th round today.
17:32One round at a time.
17:33Reece, it's your letters.
17:35Vowel, please, Rachel.
17:36Thank you, Reece.
17:37I.
17:38Vowel.
17:39A.
17:40Vowel.
17:41E.
17:42Consonant.
17:44P.
17:45Consonant.
17:46R.
17:47Consonant.
17:48N.
17:49Consonant.
17:50J.
17:52Consonant.
17:53D.
17:55And a final vowel, please.
17:58Final I.
18:00Kind of.
18:01Workout.
18:0222.
18:0335.
18:0346.
18:0346.
18:0446.
18:0547.
18:0647.
18:0748.
18:0948.
18:1051.
18:1088.
18:1149.
18:1155.
18:1159.
18:12160.
18:1348.
18:13enforce.
18:1475.
18:1560.
18:1651.
18:1689.
18:17quotidcap.
18:1855.
18:1862.
18:20Any
18:2170.
18:2172.
18:2350.
18:2370.
18:2471.
18:2769.
18:2770
18:2999.
18:2971.
18:3071.
18:3141.
18:3171.
18:31Rhys, how many? Six. And for you, Tim? Six.
18:34Six as well. Let's do it, Rhys. Panda.
18:36Tim? Also Panda.
18:39Excellent stuff. Six points seats over to Dictionary Corner,
18:43the competitive Tani Grey-Thompson.
18:45Oh, I got Drain. Five. That's it. Loser.
18:50What about you? No, it was really hard.
18:52Diaper for six, but there is a seven there.
18:55The parole of Denari is the Roman silver coin.
18:58Denarii with a double I. Nice.
19:00Fantastic. Double I there. Well done, Suze.
19:03Brilliant stuff on the money as we get back to the letters.
19:05And it's you, Tim. Consonant, please.
19:07Thank you, Tim. R.
19:10And again, please.
19:12L. And another.
19:15S. And another.
19:19D. And a vowel.
19:22A. And another.
19:25O. And another.
19:29E.
19:32And a consonant.
19:34T.
19:36And a vowel, please.
19:37And lastly, I.
19:40Half a minute.
19:41The sound of a человек and a third.
19:44The sound of a fighter.
19:45Nice.
19:46You.
19:46You.
19:46Over.
19:51Two.
19:52Just watch.
19:52Lots of people else.
19:55cuatro.
19:55Two.
19:56Three.
19:56Three.
19:56One.
19:56Two.
19:57Two.
19:58Three.
19:58Three.
19:59Three.
19:59Two.
20:00Two.
20:00Two.
20:00Three.
20:00Two.
20:01Two.
20:01Three.
20:02Five.
20:04Two.
20:06Together.
20:07Two.
20:07One.
20:07Two.
20:07Three.
20:09Two.
20:09Two.
20:10That's time, Tim. Nine.
20:13It's going for the big nine, Rhys. Nine.
20:16Tim. Idolaters. And for you, Rhys. Idolaters.
20:19And 18 points each.
20:22APPLAUSE
20:25Sensational standard. Really good. Just the one nine?
20:29There was another. Steroidal.
20:32You would have got 18 points for it. Well done to both of you.
20:35Tim wishes that Rhys hadn't have seen that,
20:38and Rhys would have been right back in this.
20:40Still are. 20 points in it. And Rhys, your numbers.
20:42Six more, please. Six little ones. Your favourite.
20:45Here we go. Let's see what we can find.
20:47Something fun, hopefully. Your little numbers are one.
20:50Four. One. Uh-oh. Five. Nine. And eight.
20:55And the target? 886.
20:58886. Numbers up.
21:08Nothing. No. No. 10? No. 900. No.
21:09No.
21:10I'm perversely quite enjoying it, though.
21:11No.
21:12No.
21:13The challenge is, you know, twice a day with Rhys.
21:16And I know you are. 886.
21:17No.
21:18No.
21:19No.
21:20No.
21:21No.
21:22No. 900.
21:23No.
21:24No.
21:25No.
21:26No.
21:27No.
21:28No.
21:29OK.
21:30No.
21:31886.
21:32Rhys?
21:33Nothing.
21:34No.
21:35No.
21:36No.
21:37No.
21:38No.
21:39No.
21:40No.
21:41No.
21:42No.
21:43No.
21:44No.
21:45If you say 1 plus 1 is 2, times it by 9 for 18, add 4 for 22, 8 times 5 is 40, times those together for 880, that's the maximum you could have got because that was impossible.
22:00I followed the 1 plus 1 bit, I got that then, got lost.
22:04Mourn cud is your tea time teaser, mourn cud.
22:08This is very hard, it's almost the end of the show.
22:11This is very hard, it's almost the end of the show.
22:15Hello again, everybody. It's a lovely clue, isn't it?
22:33This is very hard, it's almost the end of the show.
22:35We have a conundrum, this is a corundum, Susie.
22:38Yes, not a conundrum, but a corundum, extremely hard, crystallised alumina.
22:44So, it's a type of stone, ruby and sapphire are varieties of this.
22:48Excellent. Let me nod and pretend I understood that and get back to the game with six rounds to go.
22:53Tim, you're on his heels, our great champion, Rhys, just 20 points behind.
22:57Off you go, Mr Fuller.
22:58A consonant, please.
23:00Thank you, Tim.
23:01R.
23:02And another.
23:03M.
23:05And another.
23:06B.
23:06And a consonant.
23:18And another.
23:23And a vowel, please.
23:25And lastly, A.
23:27And count on.
23:55TEM
24:006.
24:01Reece?
24:026.
24:03I think you've done well with a 6.
24:04Tim?
24:05Barium.
24:06And for you, Reece?
24:07Lumbar.
24:08Lumbar and barium.
24:09Very good indeed.
24:10Lumbar support for the lower part of your back,
24:12and barium is obviously a chemical element, atomic number 56.
24:17Good stuff.
24:18Excellent. Well done. You needed words like that.
24:20It looks like there's some form of mystery part of the body in there
24:24somewhere, like your umbula or your cluria.
24:26I know you're going to tell me something like that.
24:28Let's find out.
24:29No, we're not.
24:30No, I made those up. They don't exist.
24:31I like the umbula.
24:33But no, we did not even get a 6 out of that one.
24:36No.
24:37Crumb.
24:38Well, it's a really good standard. Fantastic.
24:40Let's keep it going now and get more letters and champ, you're up.
24:44Vowel, please.
24:45Thank you, Reece.
24:46E.
24:47Vowel.
24:48U.
24:49Vowel.
24:50E.
24:51Consonant.
24:52N.
24:53N.
24:54Consonant.
24:55R.
24:56Consonant.
24:57S.
24:58Consonant.
24:59Q.
25:01Consonant.
25:02L.
25:04And a final consonant, please.
25:08Final H.
25:09And half a minute.
25:11Half a minute.
25:12.
25:24Rees.
25:25Six.
25:26And for you, Tim.
25:27Six.
25:28Rees.
25:29Queens.
25:30And what did you get, Tim?
25:31Also Queens.
25:32Pass it on over.
25:33Tanny, what else?
25:34Tanny, what else?
25:35I'm feeling really proud because I got Queens.
25:36So, you know, that's, I'm kind of getting better.
25:38Good stuff, that's it.
25:39Yeah, sequel, another six if you'd like one.
25:40Excellent.
25:41Nice follow-up.
25:42And listen, we'll get a sequel to yesterday's Origins Awards, our second of the week.
25:45Yes, this is from Sue Tucker.
25:46Thank you, Sue.
25:47She's written in to say that, my husband Jeff and I visited the brilliant Museum of Brands
25:50in the World of War.
25:51And then, we'll get a sequel to yesterday's Origins Awards, our second of the week.
25:54Yes, this is from Sue Tucker.
25:56Thank you, Sue.
25:57She's written in to say that, my husband Jeff and I visited the brilliant Museum of Brands
26:02in London recently.
26:03We saw a display of various mustard brands from the Victorian period and one was Keen's
26:07Mustard.
26:08We wondered if this gave rise to the saying, Keen as Mustard.
26:11And so I did a little bit of delving into food history, which was a joy.
26:16And then, we'll get a sequel to yesterday's Origins Awards, our second of the week.
26:19Yes, this is from Sue Tucker.
26:21Thank you, Sue.
26:22She's written in to say that, my husband Jeff and I visited the brilliant Museum of Brands
26:25in London recently.
26:26We saw a display of various mustard brands from the Victorian period and one was Keen's mustard.
26:31The joy.
26:32And found out the mustard has been relished since ancient times.
26:36Unintended there, yes?
26:37What did I say?
26:38Mustard has been relished.
26:39Has been relished.
26:40Completely subliminal there.
26:43And it said that the Romans, for example, would crunch mustard seeds between their teeth
26:48during meals.
26:49It was used as a food preservative and it was applied in medicine to various illnesses and
26:54cures, for snake bites, etc.
26:57But later, it was its use as a brain stimulant that really ensured its popularity.
27:02And up until the 18th century, it was brought to the table unprepared, so guests would have
27:06the mustard seeds, they'd have to add their own vinegar and things.
27:09Wow.
27:10But in 1742, on the appropriately named Garlic Hill in London, a factory for the manufacture
27:17of mustard was established by Messrs Keens.
27:20And they were, indeed, to become the most famous name in mustard until they were bought
27:24by Colmans in the 20th century.
27:26And so it is really tempting, just as Sue and Geoff have done, to equate the name of Keens
27:31with the expression, keen as mustard.
27:32But actually, before the Keens came along, that expression was already quite entrenched
27:37in the language.
27:38It was first recorded as early 1672.
27:41And it's really all about the zest and the energy and the piquancy of mustard.
27:46So if you're as keen as mustard, you are as sort of full of vigour, if you like, and strength
27:52as that.
27:53And that association with vigour, et cetera, remained.
27:57So we have cut the mustard, for example.
27:59Nothing to do with cutting real mustard, but everything to do with cutting a fine vigour.
28:04And mustard itself, on its own, meant, excuse the pun again, really hot stuff.
28:09So I could say, Colin was mustard today.
28:12A few decades ago.
28:13So, keen as mustard doesn't come from the Keens, but who knows?
28:16Maybe they did popularise, you know, the term in our vocabulary, but it did predate them
28:21by quite some time.
28:22Brilliant.
28:23Sue Tucker, thank you very much.
28:24Brilliant.
28:25APPLAUSE
28:26OK, it seems like we've been in this position for a while.
28:30Just 20 points in it, four rounds to go.
28:33Let's see if something gives.
28:34Tim, it's your letters.
28:35Consonant, please.
28:36Thank you, Tim.
28:37K.
28:38And again, please.
28:40T.
28:41And another.
28:42G.
28:43And another.
28:44G.
28:45And another.
28:46D.
28:47And a vowel.
28:48O.
28:49And another.
28:50I.
28:51And another.
28:52E.
28:53And a consonant.
28:54S.
28:55And a vowel, please.
28:56Lastly, O.
28:57And good luck, everybody.
28:58And a consonant.
28:59S.
29:00And a vowel, please.
29:01Lastly, O.
29:02And good luck, everybody.
29:03S.
29:04S.
29:05S.
29:06S.
29:07S.
29:08S.
29:09S.
29:10S.
29:11S.
29:12S.
29:13S.
29:14S.
29:15S.
29:16S.
29:17S.
29:18S.
29:19S.
29:20S.
29:21S.
29:22S.
29:23S.
29:24S.
29:26S.
29:27S.
29:28S.
29:29S.
29:30S.
29:35S.
29:36S.
29:37S.
29:38S.
29:39S.
29:40And for you, Rhys?
29:41Seven.
29:42The seven, Tim?
29:43Stooged.
29:44Stooged, with the D and the end of Stooge.
29:46It's a D and the end of stooge. OK, Rhys?
29:48Goodies.
29:49Goodies. He's thinking goodie bag, not the goodies. He's too young.
29:53Let's just check stooged.
29:55Stooge, yeah, there is a verb to move about aimlessly.
29:58So another one of those.
29:59What else can we add?
30:01Goodies and gooiest.
30:05Gooiest.
30:05Yes, like our jelly babies. So G-O-O-I-E-S-T.
30:09OK, so just a seven.
30:10Yeah.
30:11Let's move on and get our last letters round with Rhys Jones.
30:15Vowel, please.
30:15Thank you, Rhys.
30:17I.
30:18Vowel.
30:19E.
30:20Vowel.
30:21O.
30:22Vowel.
30:23A.
30:25Consonant.
30:26N.
30:27Consonant.
30:28R.
30:30Consonant.
30:31M.
30:33Consonant.
30:34F.
30:36And a final consonant, please.
30:39Final R.
30:40And let's play.
30:41T-
30:45In.
30:45Sh ours.
30:48Bye.
30:49Bye bye.
30:50New Zealand.
30:51There.
30:53MUSIC PLAYS
31:12Reece? Try an eight. And Tim?
31:14Save seven. Save seven. What's the seven?
31:16Fireman. OK, it's a big moment, eh?
31:19Reece? Informer.
31:21Informer. Well done indeed.
31:23Eight points for you. Well pulled out.
31:25Little bit of pressure is there. What can we add?
31:28That was it. Informer was the best one. That's a good one.
31:30All right, Tim. You put off such a good fight.
31:32Let's enjoy these last numbers.
31:33One large again, please.
31:35Thank you, Tim. One from the top and five not.
31:38Final numbers of the day.
31:40Six, nine, two, seven, one, and 50.
31:45And you need to reach 182.
31:48One, eight, two. Numbers up.
31:50Zero.
31:50Two, seven, one, and 25.
31:58One, seven, two, seven, natuurlijk.
32:03And it's just a good idea.
32:07Exactly.
32:07I need to move on.
32:09We'll see you next time on History 오늘도.
32:11One, eight, two.
32:22Ten.
32:22One, eight, three.
32:23One away.
32:24And for Rhys?
32:25One, eight, two not written down.
32:26Off you go.
32:27Six minus two is four.
32:28Six minus two, four.
32:30Fifty minus seven is 43.
32:32Yep.
32:33Times those together.
32:34Times them together for 172.
32:37And then you can add the nine and the one.
32:38You can indeed.
32:39One way together.
32:40Lovely.
32:41Brilliant.
32:41Wow, look at this.
32:45Tim, if you were to get this conundrum,
32:46you'd have a losing score of 81,
32:49which usually gets you deep.
32:51But my heart goes out to you.
32:52And just to put that into perspective,
32:54Rhys, if you get this conundrum right,
32:56it'll be the top score of the series so far.
32:58That's held at the moment by Joe Davies,
33:00who you'll remember, who was great.
33:02He got 1-1-6.
33:03You can hit 1-1-9.
33:05So a lot still to play for.
33:06Let's get the fingers on the buzzers
33:08and reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:11Rhys to do it.
33:18Reputedly.
33:18Take a look.
33:19Yes.
33:22Nice.
33:23I'll tell you what, we talk a lot off-air, Rhys,
33:25and as we walked out of the studio from your first win,
33:28we all said,
33:28oh, here we go.
33:30This is special.
33:31He's surpassing that expectation, isn't he?
33:331-1-9.
33:34Top score of the series.
33:35Rhys, you happy with that, yeah?
33:36I mean, yeah.
33:37Yeah, it's great, isn't it?
33:38Great.
33:39Well done to you.
33:40And Tim,
33:41your head should be held high the whole way home.
33:44Are you happy enough?
33:45Well, lost to a good champion, yes.
33:47You lost to a great champion.
33:49Well done to you.
33:50Thanks for being on the show.
33:51Thanks.
33:51Appreciate it.
33:52Lovely.
33:53All done, Tani.
33:54Susie, see you tomorrow.
33:55See you, Ben.
33:56Tomorrow.
33:57Sure can't tempt you just to break veganism for one jelly bean.
34:00Oh, I mean, if it was going to be that,
34:01I think it'd be cheese rather than smelly socks jelly beans.
34:04Absolutely.
34:04But thanks anyway.
34:05Still got this taste in my mouth.
34:07Hopefully you'll have another taste of Countdown tomorrow,
34:09same time, same place.
34:10We'll be waiting for you.
34:11You can count on us.
34:13You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:18You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
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