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00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34It's technology time again and something's come sweeping in from America.
00:38It's a machine that gives you a six-pack while you sleep, apparently.
00:43It's amazing, this thing.
00:45It's an American, as I said, and it works, this little machine,
00:49by sending high-intensity electromagnetic waves into the body,
00:54causing muscle contraction while you sleep.
00:57I don't know. Try sleeping through that.
01:00Clinical studies have shown that after four sessions,
01:02the average user experienced a 20% reduction in body fat
01:07and a 15% increase in muscle in their tummies.
01:12And for those four sessions, can we please have $3,000?
01:17Sounds like a load of rubbish to me.
01:19Half the time you hear it's from America and you think,
01:21oh, it's new and innovative, and half the time you think it's from America
01:24and the Americans are buying it and it's a complete load of...
01:28Well done, Nick.
01:30I don't much care for this one.
01:32Yeah, quite right.
01:34Don't get taken for the three grand.
01:36No.
01:37I'll tell you what, Rachel, let's ask our Dictionary Corner guest.
01:41He knows a thing or two about fitness.
01:43Raj Bishram.
01:44There was a time when you were in the army and you were a fitness instructor.
01:47Does this particular machine ring true to you?
01:50I have to say, I agree with Rachel.
01:53What a load of rubbish.
01:54I think so.
01:55Absolute load of rubbish.
01:56Well, we seem to have dissed that fairly comprehensively.
01:59I'll come back to you in a minute,
02:00because now I want to introduce our contestants today.
02:03Mark Dacuto, social worker from Richmond.
02:06Good man.
02:07You got left for dead, didn't you?
02:10And then you came back and you got it.
02:12Well done.
02:13Well done.
02:14That's a fair warning to Tim Jenkins.
02:16Welcome, Tim, from Worcester.
02:18Yep.
02:18A firefighter controller.
02:19You call out the engines when you need to and distribute this and the other thing.
02:23We take the phone calls initially, then send the pumps and then take all the radio messages.
02:28Now, you're a big shoe collector.
02:30Yeah, I am.
02:30Not only that, but you love your trainers.
02:33You love slip-on trainers.
02:34They're all the same brand.
02:36Don't mention it.
02:37I won't.
02:37But you never wear the same pair, as it were.
02:40You have odd pairs.
02:42Yeah.
02:42Show us what you've got on today.
02:44Today I've got a brand new one I've just bought.
02:47I can see that.
02:48You've got the label on myself.
02:49And this one's slightly different.
02:54Well, listen, have a lot of fun today.
02:55Keep your feet on the ground.
02:57And good luck to you both, Mark and Tim.
03:00Big round of applause.
03:04And over in the corner, there's Susie.
03:06Of course she is.
03:06And sorry to rush you into that intro.
03:10It sounds like a lot of nonsense.
03:12But we've got to be careful.
03:13You never know.
03:14We'll all be proved wrong.
03:15And the designer will get a Nobel Prize.
03:18But anyway, you're here because you're a TV antiques expert.
03:22You've been here for the last few days.
03:23It's been great to have you.
03:25It's great to be here.
03:26Come back to you shortly.
03:27Mark, here we go again.
03:30Letters came.
03:32Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:33Afternoon, Mark.
03:33Could I have a consonant, please?
03:36Start with C.
03:38And a vowel.
03:38A
03:40And a consonant.
03:42T
03:43And a vowel.
03:46I
03:47And a consonant.
03:49T
03:50And a consonant.
03:54L
03:54A vowel.
03:57E
03:58A consonant.
04:02N
04:02And another consonant, please.
04:05And the last one, C.
04:06And here's the Countdown Clock.
04:39Yes, Mark?
04:40Seven.
04:41Seven.
04:42Tim?
04:42Seven.
04:43Mark?
04:44Neglect.
04:45And Tim?
04:46Letting.
04:47Now then.
04:48We need two E's for neglect and two T's for letting, I'm afraid.
04:52Sorry.
04:54Well, that brings us through a grinding halt.
04:56What can we have, Raj and Susie?
04:58I've got angelic for seven.
05:01Yeah.
05:02Yes, I thought we had cleating for eight, but we don't, not in the dictionary, so we'll stick with angelic.
05:06All right.
05:07Well, let's start again then.
05:08Tim, let's see if you can get us off the ground here.
05:10Let us go.
05:11Good afternoon, Rachel.
05:12Good afternoon, Tim.
05:13Start off with a consonant, please.
05:15Start with V.
05:17And another one, please.
05:19M.
05:20And another.
05:22D.
05:24And onto a vowel.
05:26A.
05:28And another vowel, please.
05:29E.
05:31And another.
05:33O.
05:34And a consonant.
05:37N.
05:38And another.
05:40S.
05:42And a vowel, please.
05:46And lastly, E.
05:48Stand by.
05:49So,
05:50h.
05:50I see you next week.
05:53The V.
05:57Bye-bye.
06:01See you next week.
06:02Bye-bye.
06:06Bye-bye.
06:10Well, Tim?
06:22Seven.
06:23And Mark?
06:24Seven.
06:25And?
06:26Demons?
06:27Yes, Mark.
06:28I've got the same.
06:29Two demons there.
06:30Yeah.
06:31Any more demons over there?
06:32Yeah, two over here.
06:33Anything other than demons?
06:35But with the 80...
06:35No, that was the furthest we could get, Miss Seven.
06:38All right.
06:38And the old-fashioned spelling, of course.
06:40Seven apiece.
06:41Mark, your numbers game.
06:43I'm going to try six small again and hope I do a bit better this time.
06:46You've done all right so far, thank you, Mark.
06:48Six little ones coming up.
06:49And this time they are six, ten, one, five, ten, and eight.
06:58And the target, 349.
07:01Three, four, nine.
07:02One, two, three, four, five, ten, and eight.
07:02One, two, three, four, five, ten, and eight.
07:03One, two, three, four, five, ten, and eight.
07:03One, two, three, four, five, ten, and eight.
07:04One, two, three, four, five, ten, and eight.
07:05One, two, three, four, five, ten, and eight.
07:05One, two, three, four, five, ten, and eight.
07:06One, two, three, four, five, ten, and eight.
07:07One, two, three, four, five, ten, and eight.
07:08Well, Mark?
07:34£3.50.
07:35£3.50 and Tim?
07:36Yeah, £3.50. Off we go. Mark?
07:39OK, 8 times 5 is 40.
07:428 fives are 40.
07:43Minus a 6 is 34.
07:45Yep.
07:46Plus 1 is 35.
07:47Yep.
07:48Times 10.
07:49Times the 10th. 350.
07:52And Tim?
07:53Yeah, the same way.
07:55There we go.
07:57So there we are.
07:583, 4, 9, Rachel. What do you think?
08:01A few ways for this one, Nick.
08:02You could have said 8 times 10 is 80.
08:06Minus the other 10 for 70.
08:08Times that by 5 for 350.
08:11And take away the 1.
08:13There we go.
08:14Perfect.
08:16That's the way.
08:18There we are.
08:20Time for our first tea time teaser.
08:22Which is reads reds.
08:25And the clue.
08:26It sounds like she rectified the issue with the crabs.
08:28It sounds like she rectified the issue with the crabs.
08:32The answer to that is redressed.
08:57Redressed.
08:58Now, 14 apiece.
09:00Tim, your letters game.
09:02Well, Rachel, I have a consonant, please.
09:05Thank you, Tim.
09:06R.
09:07And another, please.
09:09N.
09:10And another.
09:13Y.
09:14And one more.
09:16R.
09:16And a vowel.
09:19O.
09:21And another.
09:23A.
09:24And another.
09:26O.
09:28And a consonant.
09:31S.
09:32And a last vowel, please.
09:35And lastly, E.
09:37Stand by.
09:49Tim, six. Mark?
10:11Got a six as well.
10:12Thank you, Tim. Rosary.
10:14And? Reason.
10:16Six is all round. Raj?
10:18I've got Serrano.
10:21Yeah?
10:22Yes. Small green chilli pepper. Very hot.
10:25Thank you. Anything else?
10:26That was our best.
10:27Thank you. It'll do. 20 apiece.
10:29And Mark, your letters game.
10:32OK. Could I have a consonant, please?
10:34Thank you, Mark. G?
10:37A vowel.
10:38I?
10:40Consonant.
10:42R?
10:43A vowel.
10:45A?
10:46Consonants.
10:48S?
10:49A vowel.
10:50I?
10:52A consonant.
10:53P?
10:55Another consonant.
10:57B?
11:00And a final vowel, please.
11:03A final O.
11:05Stand by.
11:06A vowel.
11:07A vowel.
11:08A vowel.
11:08A vowel.
11:08A vowel.
11:09A vowel.
11:09A vowel.
11:09A vowel.
11:10A vowel.
11:10A vowel.
11:10A vowel.
11:11A vowel.
11:11A vowel.
11:12A vowel.
11:12A vowel.
11:12A vowel.
11:12A vowel.
11:12A vowel.
11:12A vowel.
11:13A vowel.
11:13A vowel.
11:13A vowel.
11:13A vowel.
11:13A vowel.
11:14A vowel.
11:14A vowel.
11:14A vowel.
11:15A vowel.
11:16A vowel.
11:16A vowel.
11:16A vowel.
11:16A vowel.
11:17A vowel.
11:17A vowel.
11:17A vowel.
11:18A vowel.
11:18A vowel.
11:19A vowel.
11:19A vowel.
11:20A vowel.
11:21A vowel.
11:21A vowel.
11:21A vowel.
11:22A vowel.
11:23Yes, Mark.
11:38Six.
11:39And Tim?
11:40Just a five.
11:41Your five?
11:42Grasp.
11:43No, Mark.
11:44Isobar.
11:45Very good.
11:46Isobar.
11:47Very good.
11:48Raj and Susie?
11:49Can't beat a six.
11:50I've got an Isobar as well.
11:52Yep.
11:53Another six is biogas, which is fuel, especially methane,
11:58produced by the fermentation of organic matter.
12:00Yeah.
12:01Thank you for that.
12:05So Mark has popped ahead, 26 to 20, and it's Tim's numbers game.
12:11Yes, Tim?
12:12Could I have two large, please, and four small?
12:15You can indeed.
12:16Thank you, Tim.
12:16Two big ones for Littland's.
12:18And this time around, they are four, five, three,
12:23ten, 75, and 100.
12:28And the target, 454.
12:31Four, five, four.
12:32Let's go.
12:33One, two, three, two.
12:33One, two, three.
12:34One, two, three.
12:34One, two, three, two.
12:35Yes, Tim.
13:05Four, five, five.
13:07And Mark?
13:08I've got the same, but not written down.
13:10Mm-hmm.
13:10And that would be, Mark?
13:12Ten minus four, six.
13:14Ten minus four is six.
13:15Times 75 is 450.
13:18450.
13:18And add the five.
13:19And add the five.
13:20Yep, 108.
13:21And Tim?
13:23100 plus 10.
13:26110.
13:27Times by four.
13:29440.
13:30And three fives?
13:31Yep, three fives are 15.
13:33Same result.
13:34Well done.
13:35Well done.
13:36But perfection lies in four, five, four.
13:38Where is it, Rachel?
13:39It is, if you say.
13:42Ten divided by five is two.
13:44Times three is your six.
13:46Times 75 is your 450.
13:49And you have spared the four.
13:52Smashing.
13:52Oh, lovely.
13:55Well done.
13:56So, Mark on 33, Tim on 27, as we sweep around to Raj.
14:02Raj, you're going to finish with a tale about a violin.
14:06In the world of violins, I think everybody knows Stradivarius.
14:11Antonio Stradivarius came from an Italian family.
14:13And they made the world's, still to this day, the world's leading violins.
14:17Well, in 1936, there was a guy who was a very talented young violinist.
14:24And he played in different orchestras and he played in bars, anywhere where he could earn money.
14:30But he was a bit of a drunk.
14:32So, you know, he didn't really keep a job for very, very long.
14:36But he got this particular job next to Carnegie Hall.
14:40And because he played the violin every day and he was right next to Carnegie Hall, he got to know everybody who worked there.
14:46So they let him in, they let him use the rehearsal halls, the showers, et cetera.
14:51And he had kind of free range to go in and out.
14:54Anyway, one evening in 1936, there was a very famous violinist called Huberman, who was booked to do a concert there.
15:01And Huberman had a Stradivarius.
15:04And this particular evening, the weather, I know it's going to sound strange, but the weather wasn't quite right.
15:11And it was a bit humid.
15:12So he decided he didn't want to use his Stradivarius, he'd use his other violin.
15:15So he left his Stradivarius, in its case, in his changing room.
15:20Anyway, he went out on stage and while he was playing, Julian Altman, this musician, young musician, comes in, goes into his dressing room, sees the Stradivarius and thinks,
15:31I'll do a swap.
15:33So he just swaps the violin and walks out.
15:36And the next day, it's all over the newspapers.
15:39It's worldwide news that this Stradivarius has been stolen.
15:42The insurance company, Lloyd's of London, paid out £30,000 to Huberman.
15:49So it was now the property, if it was ever found, it was the property of Lloyd's.
15:53Anyway, on his deathbed, he said to his wife, I think when I go, you should have a look in the back of the violin case, there's a flap, have a look in the flap.
16:03Anyway, she went home and he died that evening.
16:06And she opened it up and there was all these newspaper cuttings about the stolen Stradivarius.
16:11And she put two and two together and thought, this is it.
16:14But she didn't know what to do.
16:16So she took it to a valuer.
16:18And she said, well, what do I do?
16:20And he said, well, you know, you didn't steal it.
16:23I'll contact Lloyd's for you and see if we can get you a finder's fee.
16:27So he contacted Lloyd's.
16:30And Lloyd said, yep, we'll happily give you quarter of a million dollars.
16:35And they did.
16:35And they gave her a quarter of a million dollars.
16:38They now own the violin.
16:40And they put it on the market and they sold it for 1.8 million.
16:44What a great story.
16:46What a great story.
16:47That was awesome.
16:52And she got a quarter of a million.
16:55Yeah.
16:55Brilliant story.
16:56Thank you, Rose.
16:57Now, 33 plays 27.
16:59Mark on 33.
17:01And it's Mark we turn to now.
17:03Let us go, Mark.
17:04Consonant, please.
17:05Thank you, Mark.
17:07S.
17:08Consonant.
17:10J.
17:11Consonant.
17:12P.
17:14Vowel.
17:16E.
17:17Vowel.
17:18O.
17:20Another vowel, please.
17:22I.
17:24Consonant.
17:25T.
17:27Consonant.
17:29M.
17:31And a final consonant, please.
17:33And a final F.
17:35Tong-tong.
17:36Tong-tong.
17:36Tong-tong.
17:36Tong-tong.
17:36Tong-tong.
17:36Tong-tong.
17:36Tong-tong.
17:36Tong-tong.
17:36Tong-tong.
17:37Tong-tong.
17:37Tong-tong.
17:37Tong-tong.
17:38Tong-tong.
17:38Tong-tong.
17:38Tong-tong.
17:39Tong-tong.
17:39Tong-tong.
17:39Tong-tong.
17:39Tong-tong.
17:40Tong-tong.
17:40Tong-tong.
17:40Tong-tong.
17:40Tong-tong.
17:40Tong-tong.
17:40Tong-tong.
17:41Tong-tong.
17:41Tong-tong.
17:41Tong-tong.
17:42Tong-tong.
17:42Tong-tong.
17:42Tong-tong.
17:43Mark?
18:07Six.
18:08Jim?
18:09I'll try a seven, not sure.
18:11Mark?
18:11Impose.
18:12And, Tim?
18:14Mopiest.
18:15Yes, in the dictionary.
18:16Well done.
18:17Well done.
18:18Well done.
18:20APPLAUSE
18:20Pops, you're just one point ahead of Mark, too.
18:28Now, Raj and Susie?
18:29I can't do better than Mopiest.
18:31Not me.
18:31That was our best.
18:32That's it?
18:32Well done.
18:33Well done, Tim.
18:34And it's Tim's letters game now.
18:37Off we go.
18:38Can I start with a consonant, please?
18:40Thank you, Tim.
18:41R.
18:42And another.
18:44W.
18:45And another.
18:47P.
18:49And one more.
18:51L.
18:52And a vowel.
18:54A.
18:55And another vowel.
18:57U.
18:58And another vowel, please.
19:01E.
19:02And consonant.
19:04R.
19:05And a last vowel, please.
19:08And a last vowel, please.
19:09A last A.
19:10Stand by.
19:11And then.
19:18Who.
19:21And a vowel, please.
19:22And a vowel, please.
19:24And a vowel.
19:27Isn't it wrong?
19:27Can I.
19:28And another vowel, please.
19:31Can I.
19:35Amu.
19:36Well, Tim.
19:44Five.
19:45Mark?
19:46Five as well.
19:47So, Tim.
19:48Pearl.
19:49And your five mark?
19:51Rural.
19:52Can we get beyond five?
19:54Raj and Susie?
19:54Just with one letter, pleura, which is the root of pleurisy, etc.,
19:59all to do with the lungs.
20:00It's each of a pair of membranes that line the thorax and envelop the lungs.
20:05Oh, heavens.
20:07Pleura.
20:08There you have it.
20:0939 to 38.
20:10And now, Mark, it's your numbers game.
20:12Off we go.
20:13One from the top and five from anywhere else, please.
20:15Sticking with something safer.
20:17Potentially.
20:18Thank you, Mark.
20:19One big five little.
20:21And these five little ones are five, one, one.
20:25Not so safe, possibly.
20:27Six and seven.
20:28And the big one, 75 at sea.
20:31Target, 739.
20:33Seven, three, nine.
20:35Thanks, sir.
21:05I think I've got 7, 4, 2.
21:077, 4, 2.
21:08Tim?
21:09Yeah, 7, 4, 2.
21:10Both of you.
21:12Mark?
21:13OK, 6 plus 5 is 11, minus 1 is 10.
21:17Yep.
21:18Times 75 is 750.
21:21750.
21:22And then 7 plus 1 is 8.
21:25Yep.
21:25And subtract it.
21:27Yep, 7, 4, 2.
21:29How about Tim?
21:30Yeah, exactly the same.
21:31There we go.
21:33But what magic?
21:35Can Rachel work here?
21:377, 3, 9?
21:38If you take the one off here, you can get to 7, 40.
21:41But this one's impossible.
21:42By the way, either side is the best.
21:45Thanks for that.
21:4646 plays 45.
21:48And it's time for our second tea time teaser,
21:51which is son cannot.
21:52And the clue.
21:53No, son, you cannot get one.
21:55But if you ask nicely, you may have one.
21:58No, son, you cannot get one.
22:00But if you ask nicely, you may have one.
22:03Welcome back.
22:20I left you with the clue.
22:21No, son, you cannot get one.
22:23But if you ask nicely, you may have one.
22:25You may have a consonant.
22:28Consonant.
22:28Tim, let us go.
22:30Can I start with a consonant, please?
22:32Thank you, Tim.
22:33D.
22:34And another.
22:36W.
22:37And another.
22:39T.
22:40And one more.
22:43D.
22:44And a vowel.
22:46E.
22:47And another vowel, please.
22:49U.
22:50And one more.
22:51E.
22:53And a consonant.
22:55C.
22:57And a vowel, please.
23:00And lastly, I.
23:03Stand by.
23:03And let's hear.
23:15And let's hear.
23:16Jim, six. Mark? Six or so.
23:38Jim, de-iced. And...
23:41De-duct. And de-duct.
23:43Really bad luck with de-ice. It's got a hyphen in it, Tim, I'm afraid. Sorry.
23:50And what else have we got there? Raj and Susie?
23:53There's a similar-sounding verb or word there, educted.
23:58And that comes from the verb educt, which in turn is a synonym for educe.
24:02And to educe is to bring out something. So if you bring out the potential, you educe it.
24:06Very good. 51 plays 46. Mark on 51. Mark, your letters came now.
24:12Consonant, please.
24:12Thank you, Mark. N.
24:15Vowel.
24:17U.
24:18Consonants.
24:20F.
24:21Vowel.
24:23E.
24:24Consonant.
24:26T.
24:28Vowel.
24:30I.
24:31Consonants.
24:33S.
24:34Vowel.
24:36O.
24:38And final consonant, please.
24:39Final K.
24:40Stand by.
24:42Vowel.
24:43Vowel.
24:44Vowel.
24:44Vowel.
24:44Vowel.
24:44Vowel.
24:45Vowel.
24:45Vowel.
24:45Vowel.
24:45Vowel.
24:46Vowel.
24:46Vowel.
24:46Vowel.
24:47Vowel.
24:47Vowel.
24:48Vowel.
24:48Vowel.
24:48Vowel.
24:48Vowel.
24:48Vowel.
24:49Vowel.
24:49Vowel.
24:49Vowel.
24:49Vowel.
24:49Vowel.
24:50Vowel.
24:50Vowel.
24:50Vowel.
24:51Vowel.
24:51Vowel.
24:52Vowel.
24:52Vowel.
24:52Vowel.
24:53Vowel.
24:53Vowel.
24:54Vowel.
24:54Vowel.
25:12Well, Mark, I think I've got an eight.
25:15Jim?
25:16Only a six there.
25:17And your six is?
25:18Fusion.
25:19Yes, Mark.
25:21Funkiest?
25:22Excellent.
25:22Well done.
25:23Well done.
25:26Well done, Mark.
25:29Susie and Raj were poised for that one.
25:32Anything else there?
25:33I can't beat Funkiest.
25:34No.
25:35Excellent.
25:35Well done.
25:36Well done.
25:3759 to 46.
25:39Susie, it's your origins of words.
25:42What have you for us today?
25:43I have an email, Nick, from Martin.
25:45It's either Dimond or Diamond, who asks a slightly strange question.
25:50At least he asks a very good question, but he gives a slightly odd suggestion.
25:54I'll explain.
25:55He says, I once heard that the phrase Stark raving mad had its origins in a British physician,
26:00Dr. Stark, from the 16th or 17th century.
26:03He became interested in the human diet.
26:05He conducted such extreme experimental diets on himself that he eventually went mad.
26:12Is there any truth in this?
26:14I say slightly strange, no insult to Martin, because I've never, ever heard this story.
26:18So I got slightly excited when I read it because I thought, wow, maybe this is a new, wonderful
26:23adventure that lies behind an expression that, you know, we hear quite a lot.
26:27Sadly, the only example of Dr. Stark that I could find was from an American TV programme
26:33called Grey's Anatomy, in which there is a Dr. Stark.
26:36I can find no evidence of a nutritionist by that name.
26:39But it's quite possible that Martin has heard it, because we love to give stories, and particularly
26:46eponyms, as what he was suggesting it was, so things that are named after a person.
26:51We love to invent these stories, and it's quite possible that Dr. Stark has somewhere crept
26:55in.
26:55But as I say, there's no evidence at all to back that up.
26:59But I will tell you where Stark comes from.
27:00It's much less exciting.
27:02It's from Anglo-Saxon and, in turn, from Viking, where it meant stiff, strong, rigid, obstinate,
27:09stern, severe, all those sort of qualities that, you know, are not particularly great.
27:14And Stark has kind of kept that negative quality all the way through.
27:18It means also utter, sheer, or complete.
27:21That kind of crept in a little bit later.
27:23But the other Stark that we know is to be stark naked.
27:27And that is slightly different.
27:28Nothing to do with that adjective, in fact, at least not in the beginning.
27:32Because the literal sense is naked to the tail, probably with reference to the buttocks,
27:38in fact, because Stark was another name for the buttocks, believe it or not.
27:42Obsolete term, particularly the birds are an animal.
27:45So the red start has red underparts, as it says in the dictionary, or a red rump.
27:50And the red start is so named after that.
27:52So rumps, buttocks, and possibly a Dr. Stark, all in one single word.
27:57What more could you want?
27:59Very good.
28:02Very good.
28:06Red underparts.
28:09Tim.
28:10Tim, get us away from this.
28:12Let us go.
28:13A consonant, please.
28:15Thank you, Tim.
28:16N.
28:17And another.
28:19R.
28:19And a last consonant, please.
28:40A last M.
28:42Stand by.
28:56Yes, Tim?
29:16Er, six there.
29:17Mark?
29:18I've got six as well.
29:19Thank you, Tim.
29:20Hoaxer.
29:21And?
29:21Mona.
29:22And Mona.
29:23Now, Raj and Susie?
29:25I can't do better than Hoaxer.
29:27I hope so.
29:28Susie?
29:29Yeah, there is a seven there.
29:31Menorah.
29:32M-E-N-O-R-A-H.
29:33Sacred candelabra amused in Jewish worship with eight branches to it.
29:38OK.
29:39Menorah.
29:43In we go.
29:44Final letters game.
29:46Consonant, please.
29:47Thank you, Mark.
29:48S.
29:50And a vowel, please.
29:51A.
29:52Consonant.
29:54T.
29:55Vowel.
29:58O.
29:59Consonant.
30:00Z.
30:02Vowel.
30:04U.
30:05Consonant.
30:06R.
30:08Vowel.
30:10E.
30:12And a consonant, please.
30:14And lastly, S.
30:15Stand by.
30:16I'm testing you.
30:27I'm testing you.
30:32Are you on?
30:35I'm trading you.
30:37And I'm testing you.
30:38Are you?
30:38We're testing you.
30:40Are you going to do this now?
30:40We'll see you next time.
30:42Mark?
30:48Six.
30:48Jim?
30:49Six as well.
30:50Mark's six.
30:51Tosser.
30:52And Tim?
30:53Stores.
30:54And stores.
30:56Are we happy?
30:57Yes.
30:58Yep.
30:59On both counts?
31:00Yes.
31:02What has Raj got?
31:03I've got arouses.
31:05Arouses.
31:06And Susie?
31:07Yeah, that's our best for seven.
31:08Sautés, otherwise for six.
31:11All right.
31:1271 to 58.
31:14In we lumber into the final numbers game.
31:16Tim?
31:17I can have two large and four small, please.
31:19Is that your gamble?
31:2013 behind, 20 remaining.
31:23Stick him with two large.
31:24Four little.
31:26I hope we don't get something straightforward.
31:28Let's see how it goes.
31:29Thank you, Tim.
31:29Final numbers are one, three, six, two.
31:34And the big one's 50 and 100.
31:37And the target, 788.
31:40788.
32:11Well Tim no nothing mark. I think I've got seven nine six
32:18Let's shoot for that shall we
32:20Six plus two is eight. Yep
32:24Times a hundred is eight hundred eight hundred three and one is four
32:29Yeah subtract it
32:32four seven nine six
32:35Lovely there we go you squeezed in there though, but seven eight eight Rachel
32:41Couple the ways you could have said one hundred
32:44Minus two is ninety eight times by six is
32:48Five hundred and eighty eight and then three plus one is four times the fifty gives you two hundred to add all the seven eight eight
33:0376 to 58 the final round now chaps fingers on buzzers let's roll today's countdown conundrum
33:11I
33:13Mark forgiving let's see whether you're right you're pretty quick on these things pretty quick on the conundrum well
33:29Yeah, very fast indeed a couple of seconds there so 86 to Tim's creditable 58 so well played
33:37Thank you well played thank you very much for coming you take this back to Worcester
33:41Thank you very much for coming. Thank you very much. Keep collecting the shoes. Um, I'll try
33:47I'm running out of space though. Well, there's no answers to that
33:51Thank you very much for coming
33:53Mark congratulations. We'll see you tomorrow. Well done indeed. We will not be seeing you until you come back and sit again
33:59I'd love when you finish traveling around. I'd love to thanks a lot. All right
34:03And Susie see you tomorrow. She'll see you then wonderful stuff. Who've we got sitting over there?
34:08We've got the pun slinger the joke machine gun Tim vine
34:13He takes your breath away the race yourself
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