- 2 hours ago
Category
📺
TVTranscript
00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34It's the thorny question of house sharing.
00:36How do you find a suitable housemate, flatmate, whatever you like to call it?
00:40Well, one woman was very, very specific.
00:42She posted an ad.
00:43She was looking for somebody to share her house, but there were certain rules that had to be obeyed.
00:49Here we go.
00:51Must keep noise levels down.
00:53That's not bad.
00:53I can understand that.
00:54She says, no long, loud phone conversations.
00:57Use door handles, no slamming of doors, reasonable.
01:02No laughter after 11 p.m.
01:05No cooking before 8.30 in the morning or after 11.
01:09Yep.
01:09That's reasonable.
01:10And you've got to be out of the house during working hours because she wants it all to herself.
01:14No laughter after 11.
01:19That must cut things down if you're bringing the boyfriend home.
01:23I've got rules at home.
01:25I've got a lot of rules at home.
01:26About bringing the boyfriend home?
01:28No.
01:28It's about tea at 8 o'clock and coffee at 9 o'clock.
01:33Both in bed.
01:34Both in bed.
01:35No cat on bed.
01:36Um, central heating on when I'm at home.
01:40Right.
01:40Uh, ensure oil is, uh, topped up.
01:43Do you know, last Christmas, she forgot to top the oil up.
01:47We had no heating over Christmas.
01:49I was furious.
01:50And what was stopping you topping the oil up?
01:53She knows how to do it.
01:55She knows how to do it.
01:57Anyway, there we are.
01:58But, um...
01:58Do you have rules at home?
02:00Uh, we don't have rules, but I did, um...
02:02I did, um, I spent a large part of my time when I was at uni in a certain house with some boys who were less than desirable flatmates.
02:09Yeah.
02:09We could have done with those rules at uni.
02:12Absolutely.
02:12Well, we've got him back again, Rachel.
02:14We've got Mark Dacuto back, social worker from Richmond.
02:17Three good wins.
02:18A conundrum specialist.
02:20They say that because you blew one, didn't you?
02:22I did.
02:23But the other two were terrific.
02:24Got pretty quickly, yeah.
02:25Very good.
02:26Now, you're joined today by Lee Knight, a personal trainer from Orpington in Kent.
02:31And you've run three marathons, I think, since you turned 40.
02:35That's correct, yeah, yeah.
02:36And reasonable times?
02:38Yeah, 3.49 was my quickest.
02:40I did the London Marathon last year, which was, like, the hottest marathon, so that was my slowest time, but probably my best achievement, so...
02:45Well done, well done.
02:46And you've got clients, you go and see them.
02:48Yep.
02:4840 minutes an hour.
02:50Yeah, 45 minutes an hour.
02:51I travel to them, or they come to me.
02:53I run a boot camp on a Saturday as well, so...
02:55Excellent.
02:55I'd love it.
02:56Excellent.
02:57Well, good luck to you today.
02:58Good luck to both of you.
02:59Good luck.
03:00Big round of applause for Mark and Lee.
03:07And over in the corner, sitting next to Susie.
03:09Welcome back, Susie.
03:10We have the great comedian, Tim Vine.
03:14Welcome back.
03:19It's a pleasure to be here, Nick.
03:21It really is.
03:21And it's great to...
03:22I was just hearing Lee there about the keep fit thing.
03:24I've just joined a gym.
03:25I've started doing that resistance training.
03:27Yes.
03:27Yeah, he says, do you want to lift that weight?
03:28I go, no, you're all right.
03:33Thank you, Tim.
03:34I expect there are more of those to come.
03:36No, that's the only one I'm going to do.
03:38I'm going to do it several times.
03:40I'm going to do it several times.
03:41Actually, can I just say, because I'm not very good at this game, generally.
03:43I go to Susie for the big words.
03:46But I think I've got a theory about what the problem is.
03:49And that is that I've been looking at the letters, trying to find a nine-letter word.
03:52And I'm going to do it the other way around.
03:54I'm going to start with a nine-letter word and try and find it in the letters.
03:57So, in the first round, I'm looking for corduroys.
04:03You give it a shot.
04:05All right.
04:06We'll come back to you.
04:06But now, Mark, off we go.
04:08Letters go.
04:09Good afternoon, Rachel.
04:09Afternoon, Mark.
04:10Please, can I start with a consonant?
04:12Raise yourself.
04:13Start with P.
04:15Vowel.
04:17E.
04:18Consonant.
04:20R.
04:21Vowel.
04:23O.
04:25Consonant.
04:25S.
04:27Vowel.
04:28A.
04:31Consonant.
04:32M.
04:34Vowel.
04:36A.
04:37And a consonant, please.
04:39And the last one.
04:39Chi.
04:41And here's the countdown clock.
04:42BELL RINGS
04:44Mark.
04:45BELL RINGS
04:47I think I've got an eight.
05:15An eight.
05:16Lee.
05:17Six.
05:18And your six is?
05:19Grams.
05:20Now then.
05:21Rampages.
05:22Rampages.
05:23Rampages.
05:23Rampages.
05:24No.
05:28On the rampage.
05:30Very good.
05:30And over in the corner there, Tim and Susie.
05:32Rampages, of course, is a description of the contents of my sheep weekly newsletter.
05:38Well, you make that funny.
05:39But anyway, corduroys wasn't there.
05:41No, corduroys wasn't there.
05:42Not there?
05:43No, but I did get hospital.
05:45Well, A and E. I got A and E.
05:51Susie?
05:52No, we were with Rampages as well.
05:53Rampages too.
05:55All right, well done.
05:55Lee, your first letters go.
05:57Good afternoon, Rachel.
05:58Afternoon, Lee.
05:58I'll start with a consonant, please.
06:01Start with T.
06:03And another consonant.
06:05L.
06:06And a vowel.
06:08I.
06:10And another vowel, please.
06:11E.
06:13And a consonant.
06:15D.
06:16And another consonant.
06:18J.
06:20And a vowel.
06:22E.
06:23And another vowel.
06:26O.
06:26And a final consonant, please.
06:28A final N.
06:30Stand by.
06:31O.
06:58Lee.
07:03Eight.
07:03An eight, Mark.
07:05A risky seven.
07:07Yes, Mark.
07:08Um, Eidolent.
07:10Lee?
07:10Deletion.
07:11What does Susie think?
07:12Deletion is absolutely excellent.
07:15Um, very, very well done.
07:16I had deletion, but I crossed it out.
07:27You're outrageous.
07:29What else have you got?
07:30To just say, there's no Eidolent.
07:31It's Indolent, maybe, Mark, you were thinking of.
07:33Um, but deletion is really good.
07:35Very good, yes.
07:37Thank you, Tim.
07:38Eight apiece.
07:39And now mark your numbers game.
07:41I'm going to try to six small again, please.
07:43Why not?
07:44Six little ones.
07:45Let's have some fun.
07:46And they are.
07:48Eight.
07:49One.
07:50Five.
07:51Another one.
07:52Oh, dear.
07:52Another eight.
07:53And seven.
07:54Let's have a look.
07:56Target.
07:56Five hundred and seventy-three.
07:58Five, seven, three.
07:59Five, seven, three.
08:26Mark.
08:31Five, six, eight.
08:32And Lee.
08:33Five, six, eight.
08:35Off we go.
08:35Mark.
08:36Seven, eights are fifty-six.
08:37Seven, eights, fifty-six.
08:39One plus one is two.
08:41Yep.
08:41Times five is ten.
08:43Ten.
08:44Times them together is five, sixty.
08:46Five hundred and sixty.
08:47And add the eight.
08:48And add the other eight.
08:49And Lee.
08:50Exactly the same.
08:51There we go.
08:53We're happy-ish.
08:55Five, seven, three.
08:56Can you help us, Rachel?
08:57I can get you to five, seven, four.
09:00But this one's impossible.
09:01All right.
09:02Fifteen apiece as we turn to our first Tea Time teaser,
09:05which is Anne World.
09:07And the clue?
09:08Anne inherited a few acres in a different part of the world,
09:11thus becoming this.
09:13Anne inherited a few acres in a different part of the world,
09:17thus becoming this.
09:18Thus becoming a landowner.
09:44Landowner.
09:45Fifteen points apiece.
09:46Lee, your letters game.
09:49I'll start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
09:51Thank you, Lee.
09:51P.
09:53And a vowel.
09:55A.
09:56And another vowel.
09:58I.
09:58And a consonant, please.
10:01N.
10:03And another consonant.
10:05C.
10:06And another consonant.
10:09S.
10:11And a vowel.
10:13U.
10:15And another vowel.
10:18A.
10:19And a consonant, please.
10:20And lastly, G.
10:22Stand by.
10:53Lee.
10:55Seven.
10:56Seven, Mark.
10:57Seven as well.
10:59Lee.
10:59Spacing.
11:01And.
11:01Causing.
11:02Causing.
11:03Yeah.
11:04Nothing to dispute there?
11:05Well, no, I genuinely wrote down spacing.
11:08I wrote that down.
11:10Amazing.
11:10And Susie, for seven, iguana, which is very good.
11:15Iguana?
11:15Lizard, lizard, lizard.
11:17Is there a gecko in here?
11:18LAUGHTER
11:19There you go.
11:25There was an eight there as well, Nick.
11:27After iguanas, you can have upcasing, which is to put a letter into an uppercase.
11:32That's going to give you an eight.
11:32Thank you very much.
11:33Thank you, Tim.
11:34All right.
11:35APPLAUSE
11:35Mark, letters game.
11:41Consonant, please.
11:42Thank you, Mark.
11:42M.
11:45Consonant.
11:46B.
11:47Consonant.
11:49R.
11:50Consonant.
11:52T.
11:54Vowel.
11:55E.
11:57Vowel.
11:58A.
12:00Vowel.
12:02O.
12:04Consonant.
12:05D.
12:08And a vowel, please.
12:11And lastly, E.
12:13Standby.
12:14BELL RINGS
12:16THE END
12:46Thank you Lee
12:48A 7
12:48And your 7 is
12:49Berated
12:50Mark
12:51Moderate
12:52And moderate
12:53Excellent well done
12:54Now Tim and Susie
13:02Tim
13:02Aborted
13:03Is that what that says there?
13:05Aborted
13:05That was when Susie came up with aborted
13:07Thank you
13:07And then I thought about doing that one but then I discarded it
13:09It's just similar to the deletion joke really but they're all quite similar
13:14Shocker
13:16Thank you both
13:16Alright
13:17And now we've got a numbers game
13:19You're a currency trader I think
13:20I used to be yes
13:21You'd be good at this then
13:22Off we go
13:23I'll have 2 large and 4 small please Rachel
13:26No pressure there Lee
13:272 large 4 little
13:29You'll be fine
13:30These numbers are 2
13:329
13:339
13:346
13:3550
13:3675
13:37And the target
13:38693
13:40693
13:41693
13:425
13:433
13:445
13:455
13:466
13:466
13:466
13:47Lear, 693, Nick.
14:14Thank you, Mark.
14:15Yes, 693 also.
14:17Off we go, Lee.
14:18Nine times 75, Rachel.
14:20Nine, 75, 675.
14:22Two times the other nine is 18.
14:23Two times the other nine.
14:25And add them together.
14:25Lovely.
14:26Well done.
14:26Got it the same way.
14:27Same way, Mark.
14:28Fine.
14:29Yes.
14:29Well done.
14:33Well done.
14:34Nothing in it, really.
14:34Eight points, 32 to Mark's 40.
14:37As, with trepidation, I turn to Tim Vine.
14:42What have you got for it?
14:43Well, I can tell you, Nick.
14:44We all know who was born on this day in 1915, don't we?
14:47That's right.
14:48Harry Morgan, the actor.
14:50Now, many people have not heard of Harry Morgan, but Harry Morgan was in the film High Noon.
14:54Of course, we all love High Noon.
14:55One of the best cowboy films ever made.
14:57Well, probably the best.
14:58And there haven't been many, have there?
14:59No, it's all quiet on the Western Front.
15:03But I do love acting.
15:04I said to my mum, I said, I'm going to buy a theatre.
15:06She said, are you having me on?
15:07I said, I'll give you an audition, but I can't promise.
15:10But the thing is, I'm currently making a film about when Spider-Man traps me in my house.
15:15It's just a homespun thing.
15:17But I said to my girlfriend, I said, you know, I don't think I'm going to live a very long life.
15:23She said, don't talk like that.
15:24I said, all right, then.
15:25Oh, you don't think I'm going to live a very long life?
15:26And at the time I was wearing riding trousers, and she said, are those jodhpurs?
15:31I said, no, they're mine.
15:32And you can tell jodhpur from me to get his own trousers.
15:36Anyway, well, put the laughs on later there.
15:38But the other person, of course, who was born on this day was William Booth.
15:44He was the founder of the Salvation Army, unlike the army where you dribble a lot, which,
15:47of course, is the Salvation Army.
15:49And William Booth had a brother called Telephone.
15:52But when I was young, my mother used to beat me with a telephone.
15:57Yeah, I was always on the receiving end.
15:59So I rang up Alexander Graham Bell.
16:01He said, where the hell are you calling from?
16:04As I was saying, Harry Morgan, Harry Morgan was in High Noon, but he had a very small part
16:10in High Noon.
16:10And, of course, we know Gary Cooper from High Noon, the star of High Noon.
16:15Remember when the judge said to him, why must you be so stupid, Will?
16:17Have you forgotten what he is?
16:18Have you forgotten what he's done to people?
16:19Have you forgotten that he's crazy?
16:20Don't you remember when he sat in that chair?
16:21You'll never hang me.
16:23We all remember that, don't we?
16:24And it was my favourite film, I'm telling you.
16:29But Harry Morgan played the coward, Sam Fuller.
16:32And in it, he said these lines.
16:34He said, well, what do you want?
16:35He was talking to his wife at the time, and he just said to Gary Cooper that he wasn't
16:39going to help him.
16:39He said, well, what do you want?
16:40Do you want me to get killed?
16:42Do you want to be a widow?
16:42Is that what you want?
16:43No!
16:43No!
16:46That's what happened in that film.
16:47And Harry Morgan played a smart...
16:49And here comes the important bit I want to say to you viewers.
16:51Write this down now.
16:52Here it comes.
16:53Today's takeaway phrase.
16:57Play a small part in something great.
17:01That's what...
17:01That's today's takeaway phrase.
17:03Play a small part in something great.
17:05You don't have to play the main part in it.
17:07And by the way, I forgot to tell you, I'm actually on the front of today's paper.
17:09Happy birthday, Harry Morgan!
17:18More from you later.
17:21Well, maybe.
17:22Fun.
17:23Such fun.
17:2440 plays 32.
17:25Mark on 40.
17:27It's Mark's letters game.
17:28Consonant, please.
17:29Thank you, Mark.
17:31W.
17:32Vowel.
17:33I.
17:35Consonant.
17:37N.
17:38Consonant.
17:40C.
17:42Consonant.
17:43T.
17:45Vowel.
17:46A.
17:48Vowel.
17:50E.
17:52Consonant.
17:53R.
17:56And a consonant, please.
17:58Lastly, N.
18:00Standby.
18:30Mark?
18:32Seven.
18:33A seven, Lee?
18:34Six.
18:35And your six?
18:36Canter.
18:37Canter and?
18:38Certain.
18:39Very good, yes.
18:40A round of applause there is very good, yes.
18:42Brilliant.
18:43I'm asking for that today.
18:45Reminds me, actually, when I went on holiday with my horse
18:48and we were actually self-cantering, so that was nice.
18:52But I couldn't find anything there at all.
18:54But what did you find, Susie?
18:55A couple more sevens.
18:57Tornier.
18:58Tornier.
18:58And ancient.
18:59Ancient?
19:00Well, the old ones are the best.
19:0547 to 32.
19:06Lee, your letters, Ken.
19:08I'll have a consonant, please, right?
19:09Thank you, Lee.
19:10F.
19:11And a vowel?
19:13I.
19:14And a consonant.
19:17S.
19:18And another consonant.
19:20L.
19:22And a vowel.
19:23A.
19:25And another vowel.
19:26E.
19:28And a consonant.
19:30X.
19:31And another consonant.
19:33W.
19:34And a final vowel, please.
19:37And a final O.
19:38Stand by.
19:40And a vowel.
19:40And a vowel.
19:41And a vowel.
19:42And a vowel.
19:42And a vowel.
19:43And a vowel.
19:44And a vowel.
19:44And a vowel.
19:45And a vowel.
19:46And a vowel.
19:46And a vowel.
19:47And a vowel.
19:47And a vowel.
19:48And a vowel.
19:48And a vowel.
19:49And a vowel.
19:49And a vowel.
19:49And a vowel.
19:50And a vowel.
19:50And a vowel.
19:50And a vowel.
19:51And a vowel.
19:52And a vowel.
19:52And a vowel.
19:52And a vowel.
19:53And a vowel.
19:53And a vowel.
19:54And a vowel.
19:54And a vowel.
19:54And a vowel.
19:54And a vowel.
19:55And a vowel.
19:55And a vowel.
19:55And a vowel.
19:55And a vowel.
19:56Well, Lee?
20:11I've only got a five, Nick.
20:13A five, Mark?
20:14Yeah, I've got a five as well.
20:15Two fives. Lee?
20:16Flows.
20:17And?
20:17Fixes.
20:18Flows and fixes, Tim.
20:19Good Lord, what have you written there?
20:21I have sex foil.
20:23I'm terribly sorry, viewers.
20:26Not what you think.
20:28It's a term from Marcus Etcher for an ornamental design
20:30with six leaves or petals coming from the centre.
20:33Sex foil.
20:34I thought something had passed me by.
20:42What else have we got?
20:42Nothing else?
20:45No.
20:4652 plays 37.
20:48Mark, your numbers game.
20:50I'm going to try six small again.
20:52Good decision.
20:53Thank you, Mark.
20:53Six little ones coming up.
20:55And this time, let's hope for a possible one,
20:57they are five, ten, eight, seven, one, and nine.
21:04And the target, 942.
21:07942.
21:07942.
21:13942.
21:171042.
21:191044.
21:191044.
21:201144.
21:211145.
21:231044.
21:251144.
21:251150.
21:281143.
21:29119.
21:31i5 life.
21:311190.
21:321144.
21:321131.
21:341255.
21:35We will do.
21:35Mark?
21:40Nothing, I'm afraid.
21:42Lee?
21:42Nothing at all, I'm afraid.
21:44No, we've drawn a blank over here.
21:45Rachel, help us.
21:46942?
21:47I've just about got there, Nick.
21:49If you say 9 plus 8 is 17, times 5 is 85, 10 plus 1 is 11,
21:59times those together for 935 and add on the 7, just out of time.
22:04Fabulous.
22:05Well done.
22:06Well done.
22:08Well done.
22:09Now, time for our second Tea Time teaser, which is Ilium knows,
22:13and the clue, he could afford a posh new car.
22:16In fact, he could even stretch to this.
22:19He could afford a posh new car.
22:20In fact, he could even stretch to this.
22:22Welcome back.
22:40I'm left with the clue, he could afford a posh new car.
22:42In fact, he could even stretch to this.
22:45He could stretch to a limousine.
22:48A limousine.
22:4952 plays 37.
22:50Mark on 52.
22:52Lee?
22:53Consonant, please.
22:54Thank you, Lee.
22:55R.
22:56And another consonant.
22:58D.
23:00And a vowel.
23:02E.
23:03And another vowel.
23:05U.
23:06And a consonant.
23:09S.
23:10And another consonant.
23:12R.
23:14And another consonant.
23:16B.
23:18And another vowel.
23:20E.
23:20And a final consonant.
23:23A final L.
23:25Stand by.
23:25BELL RINGS
23:50Lee?
23:57Seven.
23:58Seven, Mark?
23:59I'll try an eight.
24:00Lee?
24:01Perused.
24:02Now then, Mark.
24:03Preludes?
24:04Preludes.
24:05Excellent.
24:05Really good eight.
24:06Well done.
24:06Really good.
24:06Really good.
24:07APPLAUSE
24:08Well done.
24:12Over here, I was looking for the word birthdays,
24:14and it wasn't there.
24:17But, oh, that's disgusting.
24:19Repulsed.
24:20Repulsed indeed.
24:22Susie, anything else?
24:23No.
24:25Hard luck on the birthdays.
24:2760 to 37.
24:29Mark, think strongly there.
24:30Mark, it's your letters game.
24:31Consonant, please.
24:33C.
24:35Vowel.
24:36I.
24:38Consonants.
24:40Y.
24:41Vowel.
24:43O.
24:45Consonants.
24:47S.
24:49Vowel.
24:50A.
24:53Consonants.
24:54K.
24:56Consonants.
24:58H.
25:00And a consonant, please.
25:02And the last one, R.
25:03Stand by.
25:16Mark? Six.
25:37Lee? Risky six.
25:39OK, Mark?
25:40Choirs.
25:41And Sharky.
25:44Sharky?
25:44As in, the sea's looking a bit sharky.
25:48It's not. Shaky, but not sharky, I'm afraid.
25:50Bad luck.
25:50Sorry, Lee.
25:51Bad luck.
25:52Tim?
25:52But shaky was there.
25:54Susie's shown me that.
25:55Shaky and hickory.
25:56Ah.
25:57What is hickory?
25:58Hickory is a tree that you'll find in North America,
26:02and it has edible nuts, like pecans.
26:04Do you know, the other day I lost my tree,
26:06so I nailed a picture of it to a dog.
26:07LAUGHTER
26:0866 to 37.
26:16Susie, it's your origins of words.
26:19Oh, I like this.
26:20This is special.
26:21Yeah.
26:21Well, I'm going to talk a little bit about the internet
26:26and how our language has obviously changed since its advent.
26:30And we talked today about things going viral a lot,
26:34without possibly thinking about the sort of, you know,
26:37the analogy, something is viral, it spreads like an infection,
26:40and depending on your point of view,
26:41that can be a good thing or a bad thing.
26:43But I wanted to concentrate on the word meme,
26:46because that's another thing that we talk about a lot,
26:48an internet meme, which is an image or a video
26:50or a piece of text that is copied and spread rapidly,
26:55often with slight variations.
26:57And when I used to work at OUP,
26:59the word meme was quite famous,
27:01because it comes from a book that was published by OUP,
27:04commissioned by a friend, actually, Michael Rogers.
27:07And that book is The Selfish Gene,
27:09written by the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins.
27:12And he coined the word meme.
27:16And in his book, he plays with the concept of ideas
27:19and how they are a little bit like organisms,
27:22because they evolve and they mutate over time.
27:25And so he thought ideas and organisms are, in fact, very similar,
27:28because they rely on reproduction.
27:30They're passed from brain to brain and sort of replicated that way.
27:35He needed a name for this concept,
27:37and so he borrowed it from the Greek mimem.
27:40But he cut off the M-I, and he liked...
27:44It was probably Mimim, actually,
27:45and he liked the rhyme of meme and gene.
27:48So he took meme, and also there was a slight riff on the French meme,
27:51meaning the same, again, the idea of something being imitated.
27:54So it seemed the perfect name, really, for ideas that spread.
27:59And when the Internet evolved, and we see all these things going viral
28:03and all these ideas, as they say, and pictures, et cetera,
28:06being copied and replicated,
28:08meme was adopted as the sort of perfect thing,
28:10because much as ideas go from brain to brain,
28:13like organisms, replicated and mutating,
28:16so they passed from computer screen to computer screen and on and on.
28:20So it was the perfect name, and, yeah, who knows?
28:23It will probably go on and on and on.
28:25But coined back in 1976, I think, the book was first published,
28:29by Richard Dawkins.
28:30Well, well, well.
28:32And, yeah.
28:37All right.
28:3866 to 37.
28:40Lee, letters game, penultimate letters game for you.
28:42I'll start with a consonant, please.
28:44Thank you, Lee.
28:45T.
28:47And another consonant.
28:47M.
28:50And a vowel.
28:52I.
28:53And another vowel.
28:55E.
28:57And a consonant.
28:58S.
29:00And another consonant.
29:02R.
29:03And a vowel.
29:05O.
29:07And a consonant.
29:09Z.
29:10And another consonant.
29:12And the last one.
29:13T.
29:14Stand by.
29:17And a vowel.
29:18And a vowel.
29:19And a vowel.
29:20And a vowel.
29:20And a vowel.
29:20And a vowel.
29:21And a vowel.
29:21And a vowel.
29:21And a vowel.
29:22And a vowel.
29:22And a vowel.
29:23And a vowel.
29:23And a vowel.
29:23And a vowel.
29:23And a vowel.
29:23And a vowel.
29:23And a vowel.
29:24And a vowel.
29:24And a vowel.
29:24And a vowel.
29:25And a vowel.
29:25And a vowel.
29:25And a vowel.
29:26And a vowel.
29:26And a vowel.
29:27And a vowel.
29:27And a vowel.
29:28And a vowel.
29:28And a vowel.
29:29And a vowel.
29:29And a vowel.
29:30And a vowel.
29:31And a vowel.
29:31And a vowel.
29:32And a vowel.
29:32Lee. Just a six. A six, Mark? I think a seven. Lee. Mr. And Mark. Moister? Mm-hm. Oh, very good.
29:55Yep. Mr. and Moister. And what have you got there? What's that one there you've got there, Susie?
29:59Um... Motties? Motties. What's Motties? Yes. Motties are... It comes from Scottish dialects. They are marks at which a player aims in coits, marbles, etc.
30:09Oh, right. And I'll tell you something else. I nearly... Because it went M-I-T... I thought Tim, and then there was an E. I thought I was going to get my whole name for a minute.
30:16In fact, if my name was Tim Storres, I would have shouted bingo. I mean, I'm...
30:19Thank you. Thank you, Tim. 73 to 37. How neat. Now, Mark, your letters again.
30:29Could I have a consonant, please? Thank you, Mark. R. And a vowel. U. Consonant. V.
30:38V. Vowel. E. Consonant. R. Vowel. E. Vowel. I. Consonant. T. Consonant, please.
30:58And lastly, C. Stand by.
31:10Mark?
31:34Six.
31:35Lee?
31:36Just a five.
31:36And your five is?
31:38River.
31:38River, Mark.
31:39Virtue.
31:40And virtue.
31:41Happy enough, Tim?
31:42I think I'm getting slightly better at this, because I got virtue as well.
31:46So, yeah, I was quite pleased about that.
31:48But even so, that was six, and of course Susie's beaten me,
31:52and she's got curvier, which is a nice word for seven.
31:55Curvier.
31:56Curvier.
31:57Well done, Susie.
31:58Curvier.
31:5979 to 37 into the final numbers game.
32:03Lee?
32:03Two from the top and any other four, please, Rachel.
32:06Thank you, Lee.
32:06Two large, four little coming up, and the final numbers of the day.
32:10Are six, nine, eight, two, 25, and 100.
32:17And your target, 576.
32:19Five, seven, six.
32:20And, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and.
32:38Yes, Lee, 5, 7, 6.
32:53Yes, Mark.
32:54Yes, 5, 7, 6.
32:55Here we go.
32:56Lee.
32:566 times 100.
32:586 times 100.
32:59600.
33:00Minus 25.
33:015, 7, 5.
33:02And then 9 minus 1.
33:049 minus 8 is your 1.
33:05It is indeed.
33:06Lovely.
33:06And there we go, Mark.
33:08Same way?
33:09Second, same way.
33:10Yes.
33:11All right.
33:16So, 89 plays 47 as we go into the final round.
33:20Gentlemen, things on buzzers?
33:22Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:31Mark?
33:32Equipment.
33:34Let's see whether you're right.
33:37Well done.
33:38Well done, Mark.
33:4499.
33:46You're really proving yourself to be a great player day by day.
33:50That's tremendous.
33:5199.
33:52Lee, not a bad score at all, but he's been gaining strength as we go along.
33:56Of course, the thing is, you come on for the first time.
33:58He's apparently got a season ticket here.
34:00You know, so thank you very much for coming.
34:03You take this goodie bag back to Orpington and, you know, keep banging away on those marathons.
34:07Well done.
34:08Thanks, Nick.
34:08Thank you very much.
34:09We shall see you tomorrow.
34:11Very good performance.
34:12Tim, you coming back tomorrow?
34:13Yes, why not?
34:14It's such fun.
34:15And I've got other words I haven't looked for yet.
34:17Conversed.
34:18Yeah.
34:18And Bumblebee.
34:21We'll see you tomorrow.
34:22And Susie, too.
34:24Susie, we'll see you tomorrow.
34:25Yes.
34:25And Rachel, of course.
34:27See you tomorrow.
34:27See you tomorrow.
34:28Join us then, same time, same place.
34:29You be sure of it.
34:30A very good afternoon.
34:31Contact us by email at countdown at channel4.com, by Twitter at C4Countdown, or write to us at
34:40Countdown Leeds LS3 1JS.
34:43You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.