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00:30Well, welcome to the Countdown Studios.
00:32Last week we talked, Rachel, about emerging musical talent,
00:35when today we're talking about emerging talent in the world of films.
00:41Because down in Cannes, the start of the 72nd Cannes Film Festival kicks off.
00:46And, of course, lots of little independent films are shown there.
00:50And people promenade along the Quasette and lie around on the beach outside the Carlton.
00:55But that's where the great talents are found.
00:57And, in fact, that's when Tarantino and the Coen brothers, you know, first showed their film.
01:02And look at them now.
01:03So it's a great window.
01:05Talk about windows of films.
01:07I don't know whether you watched a great little film, Roma.
01:11It's about a young domestic servant down there in Mexico.
01:15And it's the most beautiful, charming film in black and white.
01:18Or actually about a thousand shades of grey, actually.
01:21It's beautiful.
01:22Have you ever noticed a filmmaker's name, when he was little known, blossom into a world star?
01:28Well, there's one I want to see.
01:31Because I love it.
01:31You know when you're watching movies and you spot somewhere that you know in the movies?
01:35And there's a guy that I used to knock around in groups with back in Southend when I was a
01:39teenager.
01:39And he's actually made his own film called Versus, which is set in Southend.
01:44Excellent.
01:44And the footage, I mean, I've seen the trailer.
01:46I really want to see the film.
01:47It's about a rap battle and a guy who's had a hard upbringing.
01:50And it looks really interesting.
01:51But there's just amazing views of Peter Pan's playground and the arcades down on the front on the seafront.
01:58It's just really cool to see a hometown in the movies.
02:00You're right.
02:00It sort of puts you into the context of where you came from and who you are and all the
02:06rest of it.
02:06It's true.
02:07A few more Southend accents in the movie.
02:09That's what we need.
02:10Excellent.
02:11All right.
02:12Well done.
02:13Now she's back.
02:14Rachel, she's back.
02:15And she's travelling at speed, is Sandra Pilsen.
02:18Six great wins.
02:19Looking for sevens today.
02:20You're on the edge.
02:22Well, good luck.
02:23And you're joined by Aaron Cleminson, a data scientist from Liverpool and a rugby player.
02:29Yeah.
02:30Playing for Liverpool Tritons.
02:32Tell us a little bit about that.
02:33So we consider ourselves to be an inclusive team.
02:36And we're part of an international rugby league called International Gay Rugby.
02:40And the idea is that anybody can play regardless of sexuality, for example.
02:45And it's all open and anti-homophobia, etc.
02:48Well, quite right, yeah.
02:49Where do you, which position do you play in?
02:52I've played a few of the back positions, but mostly outside centre.
02:54Yeah.
02:55Not built like a forward.
02:56Excellent stuff.
02:57Well, have fun today.
02:58Big round of applause for Aaron and Sandra.
03:06And as soon as she's over in the corner, oh, he's back.
03:09Blessed be.
03:10Hey.
03:11Dr Phil Hammond is back in that chair.
03:13Welcome back.
03:16I used to, uh, I played rugby when I was at, uh, university.
03:22And we were all quite swatty, obviously, at medical school.
03:24And we were all blind.
03:25We all were sort of myopic with minus eight prescriptions.
03:27And it was the days before contact lenses.
03:29So 15 of us, blind as anything.
03:31We were really brave, but absolutely hopeless.
03:33But we loved it.
03:35Now, Sandra's going to start it.
03:36Off you go.
03:37Hi, Rachel.
03:38Hi, Sandra.
03:39Could I have a consonant, please?
03:41Start today with D.
03:42And another, please.
03:43S.
03:45And another one.
03:47N.
03:49And another.
03:51M.
03:52And a vowel.
03:54I.
03:56And another.
03:57A.
03:59And another.
04:00E.
04:03And a consonant.
04:06T.
04:08And a vowel, please.
04:12Lastly.
04:12O.
04:14And here's the countdown clock.
04:16O.
04:17And here's the countdown clock.
04:17O.
04:40And here's the countdown clock.
04:47Sandra.
04:47Eight, Nick.
04:48An eight, Aaron.
04:50Eight as well.
04:50Eight.
04:51Sandra.
04:52Sedation.
04:52Aaron.
04:53Misnamed.
04:54None.
04:55Susie, over in the corner.
04:56Well, excellent word, misnamed, but you need two Ms, which we haven't got.
04:59Sorry, Aaron.
05:00Bad luck.
05:01What can we have?
05:02Now, Susie is straight in with a nine.
05:04I'm very impressed with that, Susie.
05:05What you got?
05:05We have dominates.
05:08Dominates for nine.
05:09They're for nine.
05:10Very good.
05:11Is that it?
05:13Oh, you've got another one.
05:15What's that one?
05:16Well, there's an anagram of dominates, which is staminode.
05:19And that is a botanical term, and it means a sterile stamen.
05:25So, it looks like a stamen without the anther, which is the bit holding the pollen.
05:28Well, well.
05:30So, eight for Sandra.
05:32Aaron, your letters came.
05:33Good afternoon, Rachel.
05:34Afternoon, Aaron.
05:35May I start with a consonant, please?
05:37May, thank you.
05:37Start with L.
05:39Consonant.
05:41R.
05:43Consonant.
05:45S.
05:47Consonant.
05:48D.
05:50Vowel.
05:52U.
05:53Vowel.
05:55E.
05:58Vowel.
06:00A.
06:03Consonant.
06:04R.
06:08And a final consonant, please.
06:10A final P.
06:12Stand by.
06:44Aaron, I'll try a seven.
06:47And Sandra.
06:48And a seven.
06:49Aaron.
06:49Claust.
06:50And?
06:51Larders.
06:54Um, larders is excellent.
06:55Um, there's no applause, I'm afraid.
06:57Aaron, plausible, but not applause.
06:59Sorry.
06:59OK.
07:00And in the corner there, Dr. Phil.
07:01Yeah, we have a sneaky little larraps.
07:04Larraps.
07:05Yes.
07:05I think that means to be thrashed, doesn't it?
07:07Larraps.
07:08Yeah, that's absolutely right.
07:09It comes from 19th century dialect.
07:10Probably related to leather in some way.
07:13Oh, there you go.
07:15Nothing but the best.
07:17I'll go to larraping.
07:1815 points to Sandra.
07:20Now, Sandra, your numbers game.
07:22Hi, Rachel.
07:23Could I have, um, two from the top and four from anywhere else?
07:26Your usual.
07:27Thank you, Sandra.
07:28Two large, four little.
07:29And the first numbers of the day are five, six, eight, two, 25 and 75.
07:38And the target, 652.
07:40Six, five, two.
07:55Six, five, two.
08:12Well, Sandra.
08:13Uh, six, five, one.
08:15One away.
08:15Aaron?
08:16652, but not properly written down.
08:18Don't worry about that.
08:19Tell us how you got there.
08:20So, 25 add six, take away five.
08:2325 add six, take away five, 26.
08:26Multiply by two.
08:27Is 52.
08:28And then 75 multiplied by eight is 600 to add on.
08:31Very well done.
08:32652.
08:34Well done.
08:37Well done, Aaron.
08:38Ten points to Sandra's 15 as we turn to our first two-time teaser,
08:43which is Unclip Hen.
08:45And the clue, you hit everyone in the queue to get the vital part of the joke.
08:49You hit everyone in the queue to get the vital part of the joke.
09:16The answer to that one, of course, is punchline.
09:19Punchline.
09:21So, 15 plays 10.
09:22Aaron on 10, and it's Aaron's letters game.
09:25May I have a consonant, please?
09:27Thank you, Aaron.
09:28C.
09:29And another.
09:31B.
09:33And another.
09:35V.
09:38And another.
09:39G.
09:42Thou.
09:42Vowel.
09:45Vowel.
09:47I.
09:50Vowel.
09:51E.
09:54Consonant.
09:56T.
09:58And a final consonant, please.
10:00And a final K.
10:02Stand by.
10:03And a final consonant.
10:34Aaron survive Sandra. Oh, yeah, just a five two fives Aaron bigot. Yes, Sandra a voice
10:41Thank you. No, I can't beat five. You've got two good ones there bigot and civet as well
10:47But just five for us. Thank you five between 20 and 15
10:52Sandra in the lead Sandra off you go
10:55Consonant Rachel. Thank you Sandra tea and another ah
10:59ah and another
11:03F and another
11:07L and a vowel
11:10a and another
11:12you and another I
11:17And a consonant
11:20ah
11:22And a vowel
11:24And lastly a
11:27standby
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24:25Sandra.
24:26I'm going to go nine.
24:27What does Aaron say?
24:28Nine as well.
24:29Hello.
24:30Sandra.
24:31Patronise.
24:32And?
24:33Isopteran.
24:35Wow.
24:35Ooh, isopteran.
24:37Is that a drug?
24:40No, what it is is brilliant.
24:42It's related to the order of insects that includes termites,
24:45so it's an entomological term.
24:47I think that's incredible.
24:49Well done.
24:56That was extraordinary.
24:5772 to 69.
24:59Now, Susie, amazes, what have you got for us
25:02by way of your origins of words?
25:04I have been asked about the origin of the phrase
25:07on my Todd.
25:08This was a question which was sent in by N Boyle.
25:11I don't have their first name, but they live in Glasgow,
25:13so thank you for writing in.
25:15Do they live on their own?
25:15They probably live on their own, yeah.
25:18Exactly what it means, on my Todd.
25:20It's been long-standing, really.
25:22You might think it's rhyming slang,
25:24and in fact, you would be right.
25:26It dates all the way back to the 19th century,
25:28and it features the name of someone who's long forgotten, really,
25:31a famous American jockey, famous in his time.
25:34And he was called James Foreman Todd Hunter Sloan.
25:38Now, he was a really successful rider
25:40on the thoroughbred racing circuit on the U.S. East Coast
25:43in the late 19th century.
25:45He won many prestigious races in the U.S.
25:48He came over to England for a time
25:50because he was invited to join the stable of the Prince of Wales.
25:54In his heyday, he was not just a successful rider.
25:57He was a bit of a celebrity.
25:58He was really flamboyant, loved fast cars,
26:02loved women, et cetera, et cetera.
26:04So he was always hitting the sort of, if not the headlines of the day,
26:08hitting the sort of popular imagination
26:09as someone who was successful and a bit of a racer.
26:13But in 1901, his career was curtailed quite abruptly
26:18because he was accused of insider betting,
26:21which was not a good thing, remains not a good thing.
26:23And he was banned very, very quickly from racing in Britain and America.
26:27And he died in exile, a very sad death, cirrhosis of the liver.
26:31But the story of his rise and fall, as you say,
26:34because he was so popular in his time and such a celebrity,
26:37kept him in the public imagination.
26:39And that's why On One's Todd Sloan became rhyming slang for alone.
26:45And it's something that we still use today.
26:47Very good. Very good.
26:53Very good.
26:5572 to 69.
26:56Aaron, now then.
26:58Consonant, please.
26:59Thank you, Aaron.
27:00N.
27:00Consonant.
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27:07W.
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27:28Consonant.
27:29T.
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27:33And a final consonant, please.
27:36A final C.
27:38Stand by.
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28:10Aaron seven seven Sandra I know just a six and your six I canter appropriately Aaron facture
28:23actually factors the quality of the execution of a painting so it's the artist's handling of
28:28the paint very very good thank you dr. Phil we only had other sevens the centaur is in there
28:34c-e-n-t-a-u-r and furnace is in there for seven as well but we couldn't beat
28:38that thank you all
28:40right 76 to 72 Sandra your letters game final one of the day consonant please thank you Sandra ah
28:47and another please V and another s and another B and a vowel a and another oh and another
29:04I and a consonant C and another vowel lastly a counter
29:48word Sandra a five and Aaron six and a six Sandra basic basic Aaron scarab yes very good oh well
30:02done
30:03moving into a very exciting final here now then in the corner yes in between the dung beetles there
30:08are some vickers and some caribs yes or carob but they could be carob trees or carob beans small
30:15evergreen Arabian tree with the edible pods thank you what do we got here 10 points 72 to 82 Aaron
30:23numbers game off we go may I have four large and two small please you may indeed thank you for
30:29large
30:29too small let's see if Sandra can hang on for a crucial conundrum the final numbers are nine
30:34and eight and then the four large 175 50 and 25 and the target 290
30:43two nine zero
30:48so
31:16MUSIC CONTINUES
31:18219, not written down properly.
31:21Sandra?
31:22So, 9 times 25.
31:259 and 25s are 225.
31:28Add the 75.
31:30300.
31:31Your 100 divided by 50 is 2.
31:36Add it to the 8 and take away.
31:38Well done, 290.
31:40Aaron?
31:40Quite different.
31:41So, 75 times 100.
31:4375 times 100, 7,500.
31:47Subtract 50.
31:48Minus 50.
31:487,450.
31:51Divide by 25.
31:52Divide by 25 is 298.
31:57And subtract the 8.
31:58Perfect, 290.
32:00Two good players.
32:06Two such good players.
32:09Still that 10 points in the 82 to 92.
32:12Final round means only one thing.
32:15It's a crucial conundrum.
32:16Good luck to you both.
32:17Fingers on buzzers.
32:19Let's roll today's crucial countdown conundrum.
32:23We're going to subscribe to organizations and call this Spreysact
32:23Thank you!
32:23Bye!
32:23Bye!
32:23Bye!
32:24Bye!
32:24Bye!
32:24Bye!
32:25Bye!
32:25Bye!
32:26Bye!
32:26Bye!
32:52Aaron, a pro-sing.
32:56Take your time now, Sandra. The rest of time is all for you. Sandra.
33:03Reposing.
33:07Let's have a look.
33:11Reposing.
33:12You got it?
33:14Super feather.
33:18Well, you're both two great players. It's wonderful.
33:21But today, Aaron comes through at 92.
33:23Well done. Well done, Aaron.
33:26I was sorry to see you go.
33:28You really played so well.
33:31Fantastic.
33:32Six great wins.
33:32You were there or thereabouts until Mr Cleminson pops up from Liverpool.
33:38Thank you very much for coming.
33:39You got a teapot?
33:41Not quite enough, is it?
33:42No.
33:42No.
33:44Well, you take this goodie bag with our best wishes and get back to Wisdom to the roaring
33:50crowd there.
33:51You deserve it.
33:52You deserve it.
33:53Well done.
33:54See you tomorrow, Aaron.
33:55See you tomorrow.
33:56Well done.
33:57We shall see you tomorrow, both of you.
33:58Yeah.
33:59Brilliant stuff.
34:00Marvellous, huh?
34:01Yeah, fantastic.
34:02And Sandra might be in the finals.
34:05Oh, good.
34:05So she's in the list at the moment if she's in the top eight.
34:09Fantastic.
34:09We'll see you tomorrow.
34:10Definitely.
34:10See you tomorrow.
34:11All right.
34:12Join us then.
34:12Same time, same place.
34:13You be sure of it.
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