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00:00Thank you very much.
00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown.
00:33It is Friday, April the 19th,
00:35and another five-day stint of Countdown reaches its climax.
00:39Thank you so, so much for being here.
00:41And good afternoon to Rachel A. Riley. How are you?
00:44Good afternoon, Mr Colin Sparkle Murray.
00:47Oh, what a great middle name that would be.
00:50I want to talk to you about Mae West,
00:53because on this day in 1927,
00:56she was jailed for ten days for obscenity
00:59and corrupting the morals of youth.
01:03Now, why?
01:04She wrote, she produced, she directed, and she starred in the 20s
01:08in a Broadway show,
01:10which was about working women.
01:13So she was given this sentence of ten days in jail,
01:17and they said, but just pay the fine, Mae West.
01:21We'll let you off.
01:22Just that's it.
01:23And she said, no, no, no, no, no.
01:25She had the were-with-all and the intelligence
01:27to realise it would be the making of her.
01:29So she went to jail, came out the other side,
01:31and she was right.
01:32You could not get a ticket for love nor money to that play,
01:35and the rest is history.
01:37She described herself as, she said,
01:38I was the first liberated woman, you know.
01:40No guy was going to get the best of me.
01:43That's what I wrote all my scripts about.
01:44She sounds a bit ahead of her time, really, doesn't she?
01:47And there's something phenomenal.
01:49She had special shoes that was a high heel,
01:53a stiletto, whatever you'd call it, right?
01:55But then they put another one on top of it.
01:58She wore 9.5-inch heels.
02:03Bring them back.
02:05Well, let's glide on over the dictionary corner
02:07and introduce our wizard of the words,
02:09our G of the D, Susie Dent,
02:11and stepping in for a marathon shift.
02:15We wouldn't expect anything less of a TV legend like this.
02:19Not only is he here today,
02:20he's here for five shows next week.
02:22So an even louder round of applause for Les Dennis.
02:28I've got my Mae West shoes on.
02:30Come on, Les, you're five foot two.
02:33Don't sell yourself short.
02:36Well, hoping to get the measure of countdown for a second time
02:39is our new champion, George McAleer,
02:42originally from Glasgow,
02:43living down in Essex now.
02:45How are you doing, sir?
02:46OK.
02:46Good.
02:47Listen, you write short stories.
02:49You've got a few books self-published.
02:51Tell me about the subject matter,
02:52why we're on the subject of writing.
02:54Well, the short stories are anything and everything.
02:57Yeah.
02:58I did write in classes and there was prompts
03:01and I wrote short stories.
03:03Beautiful.
03:04And it's just a world you can get lost in, right?
03:06Oh, yeah.
03:07Well, George, hoping that you go home this weekend
03:09with a teapot and nothing else,
03:10is Andrea Maycock.
03:12How are you doing, Andrea?
03:13Fine, thank you, yes.
03:14We've been on the good shot
03:15because you were born in Cornwall,
03:17still live in Cornwall,
03:19you've never left it.
03:20It has like a unique wildness to it.
03:22It does, that's right.
03:23Great walks.
03:23The walks from the North Cornwall coast
03:26are just fabulous.
03:27Stunning, stunning.
03:29Now, as you're both retirees,
03:30so he's going to get back into writing.
03:32I notice you love your jigsaws.
03:33What do you go for?
03:35Because, you know, there's so...
03:36I did a traditional one recently of a barge
03:38and it nearly drove me to insanity.
03:40It was just all green.
03:41You know, what level are you at?
03:43What's your favourite types?
03:44Well, I like doing ones with lots of different colouring.
03:48I couldn't do the baked bean one.
03:50Oh, no.
03:50But there'd be no fun in it, either.
03:52Oh, no.
03:52I like words, if you could get words on there.
03:55Yeah, it makes it quite easy.
03:56Oh, my goodness me.
03:56Yeah, to start joining up.
03:57But no, they're quite engrossing.
03:59I love it, absolutely.
04:00Well, let's see if you can work out this puzzle today.
04:02Fifteen pieces to try and get your head around.
04:04Good luck to Andrea and George.
04:09Off you go, George.
04:10Hello, Rachel.
04:11Hi, George.
04:12Consonant, please.
04:13Start today with D.
04:16And a vowel.
04:18I.
04:18And a consonant.
04:19N.
04:21And a vowel.
04:23A.
04:24And a consonant.
04:26L.
04:28Veral.
04:29E.
04:31Consonant.
04:32R.
04:34Consonant.
04:36N.
04:37And a vowel.
04:38And lastly, A.
04:41At home and in the studio, let's play kind of.
04:43Bye bye.
04:43Bye bye.
04:44Bye bye.
04:45Bye bye.
04:45Bye bye bye.
04:47Bye bye bye.
04:51Bye bye.
05:01Bye bye bye.
05:03Bye bye.
05:04Bye bye bye.
05:06Bye bye bye.
05:06Bye bye bye.
05:07Bye bye bye bye.
05:07Bye bye bye bye bye.
05:10There it is, George.
05:15Six.
05:15Andrea?
05:16Six.
05:17Yeah, George.
05:18Reined.
05:19And Andrea?
05:19Denial.
05:20And denial.
05:21No problem there.
05:22We've got adrenal for seven.
05:24Yeah, very nice, straight in.
05:26Yeah, and something that Andrea is definitely not is an inlander.
05:31Somebody who lives inland.
05:33And that's for an eight.
05:34Yes, that would give you an eight.
05:35Wow, word that is.
05:36What a start, that would have been.
05:38Inlander.
05:39More letters, please.
05:40Andrea, what are you going to do?
05:41Consonant, please, Rachel.
05:44Thank you, Andrea.
05:45B.
05:46Consonant, please.
05:48S.
05:49Consonant.
05:52T.
05:53Vowel.
05:55O.
05:56Consonant.
05:58C.
06:00Vowel.
06:01I.
06:02Consonant.
06:05G.
06:07Consonant.
06:07S.
06:10Fowel.
06:11And a final U.
06:14Start the clock.
06:14S.
06:15Fowel.
06:16And a final U.
06:17Start the clock.
06:18Andrea, give me a number.
06:47Six.
06:47And George.
06:48Yeah, no, try a six.
06:50Andrea.
06:51Bigots.
06:52Bigots.
06:52And George.
06:53Cubist.
06:54Cubist.
06:55Cubist.
06:56Yeah, absolutely right.
06:57So that is somebody who subscribes to Cubism, the 20th century movement in art, like Picasso.
07:04Yeah, absolutely.
07:05There's Dennis.
07:06I managed to scout out for six.
07:08Scouts.
07:09Nice.
07:09Done.
07:10Sixes.
07:10Well, except, sorry, George, you can't let me second S on Cubist and have Cubists.
07:16Oh, my goodness.
07:16That would have given you a seven.
07:17Oh, my goodness.
07:18There you go.
07:20Either way, it's 12 points each.
07:22Great start to this Friday afternoon.
07:24And, George, let's do the numbers.
07:25I have one from the top.
07:27And any other five, please?
07:29Thank you, George.
07:29One large, five little to start us off today.
07:33And these numbers are one, six, three, seven, eight.
07:38And a large one, 50.
07:40And you need to reach 826.
07:43Eight, two, six.
07:44Numbers up.
07:44And you need to reach 826.
08:14826, the target, George.
08:19818.
08:20818.
08:21Put your 8 away.
08:22And Andrea?
08:24824.
08:25824 is two away, Andrea.
08:27So a chance to get seven points.
08:28Off you go.
08:29Seven plus one, plus eight.
08:3316.
08:3450 plus three.
08:3650 plus three, 53.
08:39And time them.
08:40And I've gone wrong.
08:41Yes.
08:42That's 848.
08:43Yeah.
08:44818 for five points then, George.
08:47Yeah.
08:488 plus 7 plus 1 is 16.
08:51Times 50 is 800.
08:52And then 6 times 3 is 18.
08:55Add together.
08:56Yep.
08:56That'll do.
08:57Five points.
08:59Nice.
08:59Can we get to 10?
09:00826, Rachel.
09:02Yep.
09:02What's your favourite number, Colin?
09:03Seven.
09:04Let's do it.
09:04If you say 8 plus 1 is 9, plus 50 is 59, 6 divided by 3 is 2.
09:13Times them together for 118.
09:15And can you finish me off?
09:16Multiply by 7.
09:17Consider yourself finished off.
09:19826.
09:23Fantastic.
09:24What a start to the day's show.
09:26Let's get our first Tea Time teaser.
09:27It's Puma Trek.
09:29Puma Trek.
09:30The goods for sale were targeted at the wealthy.
09:33The goods for sale were targeted at the wealthy.
09:35Welcome back, everybody.
09:52The goods for sale were targeted at the wealthy because they were up market.
09:56They were up market.
09:58Well, listen, a champion, George, in a helter-skelter numbers game has taken a slight lead.
10:03But this is going to be close all the way, I predict.
10:04Let's do it again, Andrea.
10:06Letters.
10:07Consonant, please.
10:08Thank you, Andrea.
10:09V.
10:11Consonant.
10:13T.
10:14Vowel.
10:16E.
10:17Consonant.
10:18R.
10:20Consonant.
10:22N.
10:24Vowel.
10:25I.
10:27Consonant.
10:29T.
10:30Vowel.
10:32E.
10:34And consonant, please.
10:36And lastly, M.
10:38And half a minute.
10:39And half a minute.
10:43MUSIC PLAYS
11:10Andrea.
11:11Seven.
11:12Seven declared.
11:13And George?
11:14Seven.
11:15Seven as well.
11:16Andrea.
11:17Inventor.
11:18Inventor.
11:19And for you, George?
11:20Termite.
11:21Inventor and termite.
11:23I can spot at least one problem with one of those words, Susie.
11:26Yes, it's inventor, but you'd need two Ns as well for that one,
11:29so no can do.
11:30Sorry.
11:31George takes the points then.
11:33Anything you can offer up there, Liz?
11:35Vet for three.
11:36Oh, very good.
11:37Well, can we give them veterinarian then?
11:38Yeah, I was going lots of places, didn't quite get there.
11:40Termite was ours too.
11:41There you go.
11:42There you go.
11:43George, you're up.
11:45Consonant, please.
11:46Thank you, George.
11:47F.
11:48And a vowel.
11:50O.
11:51Consonant.
11:52T.
11:53Feral.
11:54A.
11:55And a consonant.
11:56And lastly, S.
12:09On 30 seconds.
12:10And lastly, S.
12:11And 30 seconds.
12:43George?
12:45Seven.
12:46Seven from you.
12:47And Andrea?
12:48Six.
12:49The six is?
12:50Famous.
12:50And George?
12:52Mutates.
12:53Yes.
12:54Mutates.
12:54Very nice indeed.
12:56What have you got there, Les Dennis?
12:58I just got totem for five.
12:59There you go.
13:00So, mutates is the one.
13:02Yeah, there is a nice art technique.
13:03We had cubist and now we have sfumato.
13:07S-F-U-M-A-T-O.
13:09That's there for seven.
13:10And it's technique in art where colours shade into each other.
13:13So, it creates very hazy outlines.
13:15I think Leonardo, some of his paintings will have done.
13:18Not what Andrea or I want in her jigsaws, basically.
13:21That would be very difficult indeed.
13:23All right.
13:24Your number's up, Andrea.
13:25Your choosing.
13:26Five small and one big, please.
13:27Thank you, Andrea.
13:28We'll go one from the top and five, a little.
13:32And this time the five small numbers are eight, one, five, ten and six.
13:39And the large one, 50.
13:40And the target to reach 215.
13:43Two, one, five.
13:44Numbers up.
13:45Two, one, five.
14:022-1-5, the target. Andrea, how do you fare?
14:182-1-6. 2-1-6, just that one away, George.
14:222-1-2. 2-1-2, three away. Come on, Andrea, big seven points, this.
14:265-1.
14:295-1, 4.
14:30Times 50. 200.
14:32Plus the ten and the six. One above. 2-1-6.
14:36There you go. 2-1-5. Take us there, Rachel.
14:39You need to attack from above. If you say 50, take six, take one is 43.
14:45And times it by five. 2-1-5.
14:51Very nice. Very nice numbers game. 31 plays 19.
14:56Andrea needed those points and managed to pick them up.
14:59As we pause for our first chat of six, with Les Dennis.
15:02Les could be on 600 shows in a row and wouldn't run out of anecdotes and stories, which is perfect.
15:07But I want to go right to up-to-date.
15:10Yes.
15:10Because you're fairly fresh from Strictly.
15:12So, on the first week, I thought, well, you know, I'll get a nice, easy waltz to gently get me into the show.
15:20And Nancy said, we're doing the tango, which is one of the hardest dances.
15:24So, I went out and did the...
15:25I thought, Les, go for the comedy, go to entertain.
15:28So, that's what I did.
15:29I went out and entertained.
15:31The audience seemed to enjoy it.
15:33We got to the judges.
15:34Craig said, two.
15:35But then he said, you had to go, darling, and that's what this show's all about.
15:40That was a great lesson.
15:42It was.
15:42And I'm doing my first Shakespeare North this year, playing Malvolio in Twelfth Night, which will be so exciting.
15:49Oh, I love that.
15:50Some men are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
15:54And some should not enter national dance competitions on television.
15:59Thank you, Les.
16:05Back to the letters.
16:07George.
16:08Consonant, please, Rachel.
16:09Thank you, George.
16:10Q.
16:12And a vowel.
16:14I.
16:15Consonant.
16:17S.
16:19Vero.
16:20U.
16:22And a consonant.
16:24D.
16:26Vero.
16:28E.
16:29Consonant.
16:31G.
16:33Consonant.
16:34T.
16:35And a vowel.
16:37And lastly, O.
16:40Start the clock.
16:41MUSIC PLAYS
16:59That's time up, George.
17:13Seven.
17:14Seven from you, very strong.
17:15Andrea.
17:16Six.
17:16Six is?
17:17Quoted.
17:18Seven is, George.
17:19Outside.
17:20Outside.
17:21There you go.
17:22Well done for your points.
17:23Using the out to great effect.
17:25Seven points for you, Les.
17:26Yeah, well, at home, my wife, I call the remote the clicker.
17:32She calls it the squidge.
17:34So for seven, we've got a squidge.
17:36I have never heard that in my life.
17:38She calls it the squidge.
17:39What's the dictionary definition of a squidge?
17:42Is it a real word?
17:43When you talk about something being squidgy, it's kind of to squash or crush.
17:46But I have to say, when it comes to the TV remote, it's a word that's attracted almost more words than anything else.
17:52Because every family has a word for it, don't they?
17:54Great.
17:55Great stuff.
17:56Andrea, let's move on with this round.
17:58You're in control of the remote.
18:00Consonant, please.
18:01Thank you, Andrea.
18:02D.
18:03Consonant.
18:04A final D.
18:28And here we go.
18:59Andrea, five.
19:01Five from you.
19:02And George?
19:03Just the four.
19:04Just the four.
19:05My goodness me.
19:06George, what's the four?
19:07Plod.
19:08Plod.
19:09And Andrea, the five.
19:11Played and played.
19:13Yes.
19:13As in, is that...
19:14Well, am I...
19:15Played or plaid.
19:16Yeah.
19:17Excellent stuff.
19:18Five was our top.
19:19We had bipod as well for a two-legged stand, but it was a really tricky one.
19:24At 38 plays 24, we will switch to the numbers for the third time today, George.
19:29I could have one big one and five wee ones, please.
19:31Thank you, Kennedy.
19:32One big five wee coming up.
19:34And the wee ones are three, ten, two, three, and seven.
19:40And the big one, 100.
19:43And you need to reach 498.
19:45A not-so-wee target 498.
19:47Numbers up.
20:18498, George.
20:20No, I've gone wrong.
20:21I've used two twice.
20:23Andrea, big chance.
20:25498.
20:25498 for ten points.
20:28Ten divided by two is a five.
20:30Ten divided by two, five.
20:33Five times 100, minus the other two.
20:36There's only one two.
20:38I think you might have done the same thing as George.
20:39Yeah.
20:41How can 498 with those numbers be so frustrating?
20:46Rachel, take it away.
20:46Well, Andrea was on the right path.
20:49But if you say 100 times 10 is 1,000,
20:54seven minus three is four.
20:56Take that away here for 996.
20:58And then when you divide it by two, you get 498.
21:00Yes.
21:04Let's get the second Tea Time teaser.
21:06It's Rich Wants.
21:07Rich Wants.
21:09Might you drive along this with a savoury snack?
21:13Might you drive along this with a savoury snack?
21:15Cornish was the answer.
21:20It's funny because I always say Cornish.
21:25I'm sure, Andrea, you'd agree with me.
21:27It's a Cornish pasty, not a Cornish pasty.
21:30Well, what's the road connection?
21:31Yeah.
21:32So nothing to do with either of those and everything to do with a cornish, actually.
21:35So a cornish is a road cut into the edge of a cliff.
21:37So it's one that tends to run along a coast.
21:40All right.
21:42It's 3824 as we get to our next letters.
21:44Andrea.
21:45Consonant, please.
21:46Thank you, Andrea.
21:47W.
21:48Consonant, please.
21:49Thank you, Andrea.
21:50W.
21:51Consonant.
21:52W.
21:53Consonant.
21:54W.
21:55W.
21:56W.
21:57W.
21:58W.
21:59W.
22:00W.
22:01W.
22:02W.
22:03W.
22:04W.
22:05W.
22:06W.
22:07A consonant.
22:08W.
22:09Consonant.
22:10H.
22:10Consonant.
22:11R.
22:12Vowel, please.
22:13E.
22:15Consonant.
22:16Y.
22:17Consonant.
22:19S.
22:21Vowel.
22:23A.
22:25Vowel.
22:27O.
22:28And a consonant, please.
22:31And a final, F.
22:33Let's play.
23:04Andrea? Six. Six. And George? Seven. Seven. OK, the six, Andrea. Washer. What are we going for? Foresaw. Foresaw. Foresaw, yes. Past tense of foresee something. Well done, yeah. It's in the dictionary.
23:21It's like flying on the letters, struggling a bit on the numbers as our champions. Kind of all coming together, isn't it? How do you get on this, Dennis? We're in April, so it's very showery.
23:32Showery. That's another seven, yeah. Fantastic work. Fantastic. All right. More letters, please, and that'll be on you, George.
23:40Consonant, please. Thank you, George. T. Vowel. E. Consonant. R. Vowel. O. Consonant. W. Consonant. C. Vowel. E.
24:00And a consonant. S. And a vowel. And the last one. I.
24:09K Urs. Kazon.
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