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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34Now, Susie's forever banging on about local dialect words, Rachel.
00:38But did you hear about the story about the couple who ordered corn on the cob in Nottingham?
00:45They asked for corn on the cob. It was a side order from a takeaway restaurant and they were handed
00:50this thing all wrapped up.
00:51And when they got home, they found it was a bread roll which was split and somebody had sprinkled corn
00:59into it, closed it again, wrapped it up.
01:02And that, they thought, was corn on the cob.
01:03Well, in Nottingham, it was because the cob, of course, is a roll.
01:07So there we are.
01:08Yeah, that's a pedant sandwich, that is.
01:10Is that what it is?
01:11Well, it fits pedantically, doesn't it? But it's not what the person wanted.
01:14My dad once, when we were little, he made, um, my mum made the mistake of leaving us with him
01:19to babysit for a weekend once.
01:21And I asked for egg on toast and he gave me a dry piece of toast with a boiled egg
01:25still in the shell on top.
01:27I don't know how old I was, maybe seven, and I was looking at him and thinking, how did you
01:31get to adulthood and this is what you think egg on toast is?
01:33I'm funny.
01:34Terrible.
01:34God bless him.
01:35It was a ruse to ensure that she would never go away for the weekend again.
01:42It's an old trick.
01:43I did the same when I was asked to look after my son when he was a toddler.
01:49And I think I've told you before, but he was sick.
01:51I got the vacuum cleaner out.
01:53What a mess that made.
01:54But I was never asked to do it again.
01:56It's a dodge that we chaps do.
01:58You vacuumed up the sick?
02:00Absolutely.
02:01Perfect.
02:02Did a good job, but that was the last time I was ever asked to do it.
02:06Oh, Nick.
02:08No, it's good.
02:09It was fine.
02:10She cleaned out the vacuum cleaner and that was the last I heard of it.
02:14And then you got divorced?
02:15Yeah, I was just waiting for you.
02:17Now, who's with us?
02:19Elliot's back.
02:20Elliot with five good wins.
02:22How are you?
02:23Fine.
02:24I think you should be fine.
02:25You've played like an absolute champ.
02:27Well done.
02:28Now, you're joined today by Monica.
02:30Monica Quadri.
02:31Am I right?
02:32Yes, that's right.
02:33An executive personal assistant from Motherwell working for a finance company.
02:37But you and Tanzania seem, you know, destined to become even closer.
02:43You've been there six times.
02:44Six times, yes.
02:44What's going on?
02:45I was there to teach fertility awareness to couples, teaching natural family planning.
02:50And I managed to do the presentations in Swahili.
02:53Someone, my friend, translated for me.
02:55So I managed to do that.
02:56Oh, that's brilliant.
02:57Where did you learn Swahili then?
02:59It was basically through books.
03:01I bought phrase books and my friend conversed when I was there and was kind of left among
03:06devices.
03:07That's brilliant.
03:08And this was a sort of a...
03:10It's like a hobby.
03:11I teach, in Scotland, I teach fertility at a clinic with my twin sister.
03:15We teach couples fertility awareness.
03:18This is natural fertility, so no pharmaceuticals involved?
03:21Nothing at all.
03:21All natural and it's very successful helping couples to achieve well-wanted pregnancies.
03:26So it's a very successful method.
03:29Oh, good for you.
03:30Excellent.
03:31Well, you're very welcome here.
03:32Big round of applause now for Monica and young Elliot.
03:39And over in the corner, Susie Den.
03:41Welcome back, Susie.
03:41And also, welcome back, John Coulson, Needs No Introduction, the most brilliant impressionist
03:48and comedian.
03:49And good bloke.
03:49Welcome back.
03:50Welcome back.
03:54A great, great friend of the programme.
03:57Now, Elliot, off we go.
03:59Good afternoon, Rachel.
04:00Afternoon, Elliot.
04:01I'll start with a vowel, please.
04:02Start with O.
04:04And another.
04:05I.
04:06And a third.
04:07E.
04:08A consonant.
04:09S.
04:10And a second.
04:11T.
04:12And a third.
04:14B.
04:14A fourth.
04:16R.
04:17A vowel.
04:19A.
04:20A final consonant, please.
04:21A final S.
04:23And here's the countdown clock.
04:25A third.
04:26A fourth.
04:32A third, we can hold.
04:48A fourth, I can hold.
04:48A fourth.
04:48A fourth, I can hold.
04:50A fourth赤, I can hold.
04:56Elliot? Eight.
04:58Eight. Monica? Seven.
05:00And your seven? Not sure if I can see this one here.
05:02Breasts? You can say it. Of course you can.
05:05Breasts? No problem.
05:07Elliot? Boasters.
05:09Well done, Elliot. Yes.
05:10Very good.
05:16Now, John and Susie.
05:18Another eight. Roasties?
05:20Yes. Was there for eight.
05:21No Sunday lunch is complete without your roasties.
05:24That was there for a nice eight.
05:26Lovely. Anything else, Susie?
05:27No. Roasties it is, then, John.
05:29Now, Monica.
05:31Your letters go, Monica.
05:33Hi, Rachel. Hi, Monica.
05:35Could I start with a consonant, please?
05:37Thank you. Start with V.
05:39And another.
05:41C. And another.
05:44F.
05:45And a vowel, please.
05:47U. And another.
05:49I. And another.
05:51O.
05:53Consonant, please.
05:54N.
05:55And another.
05:57D.
05:58And a final vowel.
06:00A final E.
06:02Stand by.
06:03Bummer.
06:04I.
06:07I.
06:16I.
06:17I.
06:18I.
06:20I.
06:21I.
06:28I.
06:31I.
06:34Monica.
06:35Just a four.
06:36A four.
06:37And Elliot?
06:38Try an eight.
06:39OK, Monica.
06:40Fine.
06:42Yes, Elliot.
06:42One voiced.
06:44Yes, something can go unvoiced.
06:46Very good.
06:46There for eight.
06:48Well done.
06:49Now, John and Susie.
06:51Susie, confide for a rather nice seven, was one of them.
06:55That is a nice seven, yes.
06:56And one for you, Monica, fecond, which means fertile.
06:59That's there for six.
07:00Very good.
07:01Thanks, John.
07:0216 points to Elliot.
07:03And it's Elliot's numbers game.
07:05Yes, young man?
07:07One large and five small, please, Rachel.
07:09Fabulous.
07:10Thank you, Elliot.
07:11One large, five little.
07:12And the first one of the day is ten.
07:15Three.
07:16Eight.
07:17Two.
07:18Three.
07:19And the large one, 50.
07:20And the target, 338.
07:23Three, three, eight.
07:24Two.
07:25Three.
07:26Two.
07:30Two.
07:34Yeah.
07:36Three.
07:45One.
07:45Two.
07:45Three.
07:47One.
07:50Two.
07:56Elliot.
07:573, 3, 8.
07:58Thank you. Monica.
07:59Oh, 3, 3, 3.
08:01So, Elliot.
08:0350 plus 8.
08:0458.
08:063 add 3.
08:073 plus 3 is 6.
08:09Multiply them together.
08:10For 348.
08:12And then subtract 10.
08:13Lovely. Well done again, 3, 3, 8.
08:15Very good.
08:19A blistering start there for Elliot as we turn to our first Tea Time teaser,
08:23which is Nicest Day.
08:25And the clue, it sounds like the two ladies sell their stories to several media outlets.
08:30It sounds like the two ladies sell their stories to several media outlets.
08:52Welcome back. I left you with the clue.
08:53It sounds like the two ladies sell their stories to several media outlets.
08:58And the answer to that is syndicate or syndicate.
09:02Syndicate.
09:04Now, if you'd like to become a Countdown contestant,
09:07you can email Countdown at Channel4.com to request an application form
09:11or write to us at Contestants Applications, Countdown Leads, LS 3, 1, J, S.
09:2026 points to Elliot.
09:23Monica, you have to score a lot of time yet, Monica.
09:25Plenty of time.
09:26Try this, um, try this letters game.
09:29Could I have a consonant, please?
09:30Thank you, Monica.
09:31R.
09:32And another.
09:34P.
09:35And another.
09:37Q.
09:38And a vowel.
09:40I.
09:41And another.
09:42A.
09:43And another.
09:45O.
09:46Consonant.
09:47D.
09:48And another.
09:50D.
09:51And a final vowel.
09:53A final.
09:54U.
09:55Stand by.
10:26Monica.
10:27Just a five.
10:29A five and?
10:30Seven.
10:31And a seven.
10:32And a seven.
10:33Prode.
10:34Yes.
10:36Parotid.
10:37Yes.
10:38The parotid gland.
10:39It's just, um, each of the salivary glands in front of the ear.
10:43Yeah, yeah.
10:43Parotid glands.
10:44Very good.
10:45And over in the corner, John?
10:47Uh, you could have had an auditor for another seven.
10:51Yes.
10:52In that collection.
10:53Well done.
10:53Susie, anything else?
10:54That was the best.
10:55Auditor.
10:56All right.
10:5633 points to Elliot.
10:58And it's Elliot's letters game.
11:01Vowel, please, Rachel.
11:02Thank you, Elliot.
11:03I.
11:04Another.
11:05E.
11:06And another.
11:07I.
11:08A consonant.
11:10R.
11:10And a second.
11:12N.
11:12And another.
11:14S.
11:14And another.
11:16N.
11:17A vowel.
11:20E.
11:21Final vowel, please.
11:25Final U.
11:26And it's Countdown.
11:29MUSIC PLAYS
11:58Elliot.
12:00Seven.
12:01A seven.
12:02Monica.
12:03I think I've got an eight.
12:04I'll try an eight.
12:06Elliot.
12:07Sonia.
12:08Now, Monica.
12:09Are you unsure?
12:12I think that would be in the dictionary, but you need two hours for it, Monica.
12:16Oh, sorry.
12:17Oh, that's a shame.
12:18Really bad luck.
12:20And over in the corner, John and Susie?
12:23Yes, a seven there.
12:25Another seven.
12:26Unrisen.
12:28Unrisen.
12:29Unrisen.
12:29Bread, for example.
12:30Yeah, indeed.
12:32Thanks for that.
12:33Forty points, my word.
12:34Monica, try this numbers game.
12:37Could I please have one large one and five small ones?
12:39You can indeed.
12:40Thank you, Monica.
12:41One large.
12:42And five little ones.
12:43This one's yours.
12:44And these five little ones are five, eight, four, six, and five, and a large one, 100.
12:52And the target, 994.
12:54Nine, nine, nine, four.
13:20Nine, nine, four.
13:27Monica 995 and Elliot 994 Elliot 5 at 5 5 plus 5 for 10 multiply by a hundred 1,000
13:39then take the
13:40six yeah very good up to 50 already as we link now to John now John what's up well as
13:51impersonators
13:52one of the areas that we always love to look at is the talent shows and their judges they give
13:59us
13:59great great characters because the judges have got to be memorable they've got to give us the
14:03you know they need their own catchphrases and to be memorable and so on and there's such a great
14:08great crop over the years some keep it simple like Tom Jones that was a great song I like the
14:13way you sang it I'd like to have you on my team or maybe a bit more unpredictable you know
14:18you might
14:19have will I am who might say you know the way you sung that song it wasn't your song but
14:22you made
14:22that your own song and I thought the way you did that was dope he's very unpredictable but I suppose
14:30talk of the x-factor being completely revamped this year and it brings you to Mr. Cowell and a lot
14:36of
14:36people forget many of the music careers that he started off in the early days so this is a little
14:43verse I put together sort of summarizing Simon Cowell's career in the music industry okay I'm
14:50going to be honest with you I brought you zig and zag way back telly tubbies dipsy rap power rangers
14:55heaven savers robson and jerome fast food rockers other shockers unsold records hidden lockers I've
15:02concluded you're deluded time to send you home you can be a big star and gone the next minute enter
15:08this
15:08competition I think you could win it I'll serve you a surefire number one hit then work you like
15:14a pit pony trying to follow it you through to the live shows yeah you got it made okay rant
15:20over
15:20repeat to fade
15:29Gary Barlow quite a lot you know he was very much more steady in those days of his x-factor
15:35judging time
15:36that audition's gonna change your life I thought it was great your vocal control
15:41was absolutely fantastic you made that song your own but I've took so long saying
15:47the show's over and we'll see you next week ta-ra
15:52wonderful John lovely lovely now Elliot your letters game vowel please Rachel thank you Elliot
16:01a and the second oh and the third you consonant D second C and another ah and four J a
16:16vowel I a final
16:20vowel please Rachel final E stand by
16:25you
16:25paid
16:28you
16:28you
16:28you
16:28you
16:56MUSIC CONTINUES
17:12MUSIC CONTINUES
17:47MUSIC CONTINUES
17:52MUSIC CONTINUES
17:54MUSIC CONTINUES
17:56MUSIC CONTINUES
17:59MUSIC CONTINUES
18:27Monica.
18:28Just a five.
18:29Thank you. A five and...
18:31Seven.
18:32And a seven. Monica.
18:34Helps.
18:35Helps and...
18:36Opalise.
18:38Yes. To opalise is to make iridescent, like an opal.
18:43OK.
18:44Good enough.
18:46John and Susie, what have you conjured out of that?
18:49Another seven around in the...
18:51Pallies.
18:52Yes.
18:53P-O-L-L-I-E-S was there for seven.
18:55Scottish. Not what you might think.
18:57They're undersized or sickly lambs.
18:59So farming term.
19:00Well, well. Thank you.
19:01Now, Elliot, your numbers go.
19:04One large and five small, please, Rachel.
19:06Thank you, Elliot. One from the top.
19:08And five little coming up again.
19:11Ten points in this for sure.
19:12They are five, four, three, ten, nine and 75.
19:19And the target, 918.
19:22Nine, one, eight.
19:25One, nine, four, three, ten, nine and 51.
19:26And one, seven, nine and 53, ten, nine and 52.
19:35One, six,
19:41ten, 11. Five, three,
19:42ten, 11. One, five,
19:43fouling systems. And one, seven,
19:44zehn, ten, 114. Of course. Six положselling,
19:44월위
19:44design. And the target, 9ITY.
19:44And the target, 925.
19:45If you don't think you need
19:45three, ten, 11. One, five, three, ten,
19:4511. Two, nine and 56. Three,
19:46seven, 100. Went to
19:47one, seven million. Two,
19:52six, seven, seven, seven,
19:55Elliot.
19:559-1-8.
19:579-1-8.
19:58Monica.
19:589-1-9.
19:59And one away.
20:01Oh, let's see what Elliot's got.
20:03Nine times three.
20:04Nine.
20:05Threes are 27.
20:06Add 75.
20:07Add 75, 102.
20:09Five add four.
20:10Is another nine.
20:12And multiply them.
20:13Perfect.
20:13918.
20:14Well done.
20:18Well done.
20:1975.
20:20Good, strong score.
20:21As we turn to our second teatime teaser.
20:23Which is hover.
20:25Wirt.
20:27And the clue.
20:28The cricket ball went too far.
20:30So you remove the leader from power.
20:33The cricket ball went too far.
20:35So you remove the leader from power.
20:54Welcome back.
20:55I left you with the clue.
20:56The cricket ball went too far.
20:57So you remove the leader from power.
21:00What would you do?
21:00Why?
21:01You'd overthrow them.
21:03Overthrow is the answer to that.
21:04And it's Monica.
21:06Good luck, Monica.
21:07Letters game.
21:08Consonant, please, Rachel.
21:10Thank you, Monica.
21:11R.
21:12And another.
21:14N.
21:15And another.
21:18S.
21:19Vowel, please.
21:21E.
21:21And another.
21:23O.
21:24And another.
21:24A.
21:26Consonant.
21:27W.
21:29And another.
21:30M.
21:31And a final vial, please.
21:33A final E.
21:35Stand by.
22:07Monica.
22:08Five.
22:10A five and?
22:11Eight.
22:12And an eight.
22:13Monica.
22:14Er, women.
22:17Now, Elliot.
22:18Menswear.
22:19Yes.
22:20Well done.
22:20It's in the dictionary.
22:26Terrific performance there.
22:28In the corner.
22:29There we have menswear.
22:31Third floor.
22:33No more than eight, sir.
22:35Answer was there for a rather good six.
22:38Yep.
22:39Nothing more than eight.
22:40Menswear.
22:40All right.
22:4283 points.
22:43Very good.
22:44Elliot.
22:44Off you go again.
22:45Letters game.
22:46Vowel, please, Rachel.
22:48Thank you, Elliot.
22:48O.
22:49And a second.
22:50U.
22:51A third.
22:52I.
22:54Consonant.
22:55N.
22:56And another.
22:57L.
22:58And a third.
22:59T.
23:00And another.
23:02S.
23:03A vowel.
23:04A.
23:05A final vowel.
23:07And a final.
23:08O.
23:10And here's the countdown clock.
23:12TOO
23:13B Joey.
23:25Hello.
23:27Bye.
23:30Bye.
23:30Bye.
23:31Bye.
23:33Bye.
23:36Bye.
23:39Bye.
23:41Bye.
23:42Bye.
23:44Elliot eight and eight Monica just a five and that five is faint thank you Elliot solution
23:55yes now then Susie and John yes nothing beyond the eights that lotions was there for a seven
24:08yes but a solution for eight superb well done well done Susie who's been writing to you this week
24:17I have myself actually because today I am thought I would just cover some wagons wagons in English
24:26in a couple of idioms specifically and I'm going to start with jumping on the bandwagon which we
24:33yeah we use fairly often these days I would I would say um goes back to the mid 19th century
24:38though so it's been around for a while and it was coined in the USA simply as the name for
24:43the wagon
24:43that carried a circus band and it became really popular during the days of P.T. Barnum the greatest
24:52showman of course and circus owner and he himself used it in his autobiography the life of P.T. Barnum
24:58he says at Vicksburg we sold all our land conveyances excepting four horses and the bandwagon
25:04it was essentially the razzmatazz that accompanied a circus wherever they went they were really skilled
25:10at the circus owners at attracting people you know who would flock to come and see them by parading
25:17through the town highly decorated bandwagons and in the late 19th century and politicians kind of saw
25:23this I guess and picked up on the form of attracting a crowd and began using bandwagons when campaigning
25:29for office as for the idiom it might have been Roosevelt who actually um coined it or at least
25:35sort of started it into real motion because he used it in a reference in his letters and they tumbled
25:40over each other to get aboard the bandwagon um back to Barnum very quickly um and Gary Martin
25:46linguists has written brilliantly about this but um he gave us both Siamese twins
25:50and Jumbo of course Jumbo um the elephants so it was thanks to him that those crept into the
25:55language um second one is to be on the wagon which um essentially means that you've gone
26:01too total at least you're not drinking for a while lots of theories about this one including the idea
26:06that um prisoners who are on their way to be hanged at Tyburn in London would um be let off
26:11at a local
26:11tavern for one last drink and then would get back on the wagon um it's actually not to do with
26:16that
26:16this one came again from North America um it's really people who the idea was that people would
26:23jump on a wagon to show that they had conquered their demons that they had given up alcohol and
26:28it was all about the big temperance movement in North America and the wagon in question was the
26:33water wagon that would um go through the streets the dry unpaved streets um of American towns which
26:39during the summer would get incredibly dusty so the water wagons would sprinkle uh the pavements with
26:43and the roads with water to make them easier to travel along so the image of the water wagon and
26:48jumping on that to show that you'd become teetotal and abstained from alcohol crept into the language
26:53that way very good very good
27:02but people who jump on the bandwagon once you're looking down on these people they're just sort of
27:07climbing aboard at the last minute sort of thing isn't there that feeling about it it has become
27:11really uh derogatory it's just it's just like just following suit without really thinking about
27:15what you're doing so it's kind of flipped but um in the early political days it meant simply joining
27:19a political allegiance yeah thank you all right now Monica here we go your letters came consonant please
27:29thank you Monica c and another s and another n a vowel please e and another i and another a
27:44consonant g and another
27:48p and a final vowel please a final o stand by
27:55two o stand by
28:00so
28:00it
28:00it
28:00it
28:01it
28:14it
28:15it
28:26Monica six a six and eight and an eight Monica kissing thank you Elliot escaping
28:35yes escaping well done well done and the corner can we match that another eight in
28:43their cape on eyes yes yes that's the best one for afternoon viewing thank you very much to
28:54emasculate really all right now Elliot final letters game for you off we go vowel please
29:00Rachel thank you Elliot hey in the second I and another a a constant ah and another she
29:10and a third L and a fourth ah and a vowel oh vowel constant please final T stand by
29:25so
29:53Elliot seven a seven
29:56Monica a six and your six is larger thank you Elliot Glowter yep yes Glowter's in the dictionary
30:07sure can we match that a couple of alternatives for seven go to ya yeah one of those lovely words
30:16that
30:17appears on this program go to ya you know uh legator or seven yes thank you go to ya all
30:26right and into
30:26the final numbers game for Monica Quadri Monica can I have one large and five small please you can and
30:33I will pick carefully Monica we're all with you one large five little final numbers of the day five eight
30:41six ten seven one hundred and the target four hundred and eighty nine four eight nine
30:55so
31:07so
31:08so
31:08so
31:08so
31:23Monica.
31:24Did I see it?
31:25489.
31:27And Elliot.
31:28489.
31:29All right.
31:30Monica.
31:32100 times 5.
31:34100 times 5.
31:35500.
31:36700.
31:377 minus 6 is 1.
31:38Yep.
31:4010 plus 1 minus...
31:41500 minus 10 plus 1.
31:43Yes!
31:52Well done, Monica.
31:54Now, Elliot, how did you get there?
31:55I got the 1 by doing 8 minus 7.
31:57All right.
31:59All right.
31:59So, 116 to a very welcome and worthwhile town.
32:04Well done.
32:05Fingers on buzzers.
32:06We're in the last round.
32:08You ready?
32:08Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:20Elliot?
32:21Wondering.
32:22Wondering.
32:23Wondering.
32:23Wondering.
32:24Let's have a look at whether you're right.
32:26Here we go.
32:27It's Wondering.
32:28Well done.
32:34Well done, Elliot.
32:35It's slow that time, actually.
32:38Now, 126.
32:39Is that right to 10?
32:41So, Monica, you were overpowered a bit.
32:44Yes, I got 10.
32:45But listen, he's overpowered everybody.
32:48Yes, that's true.
32:48It's the sixth time he's overpowered somebody, so you're in good company.
32:51It was good fun.
32:52I'm glad you enjoyed it.
32:54It's goody bags for you.
32:55You can take it back to Motherwell.
32:56You can drag it all the way to Tanzania, if you like, on your next trip.
33:00But thank you so much for coming.
33:02Thank you for having me.
33:02All right.
33:03Well done.
33:04Very, very good.
33:05A little bit slow on the conundrum this time, but nonetheless, 126 points is pretty remarkable.
33:10And we'll see you tomorrow.
33:12Well done.
33:13He's amazing.
33:15Utterly extraordinary.
33:16Oh.
33:17It's, uh, this speed of cognitive thought is quite, quite amazing.
33:22Exactly.
33:23Talking about astronomy.
33:25What's, uh, what's cooking up in the skies these days?
33:28Well, it's been a very, very interesting year.
33:32There was a beautiful lunar eclipse in January, of course, which clouded over just as it went
33:36total, so I missed it.
33:38There was a beautiful conjunction of the crescent moon with Venus and Jupiter early in the mornings,
33:44that similar time of year.
33:47The next thing will be the total solar eclipse on the 2nd of July, visible from China.
33:54Chile.
33:55It's on the same day as a dead ringer's recording, so I can't go, unfortunately.
33:59Well, you actually have gone for that.
34:00Is it that special?
34:01Oh, absolutely, yes.
34:02Yeah?
34:02They are the most incredible sights.
34:04The clockwork of the solar system made visible.
34:07We're all off to Chile.
34:08You can't come.
34:09We'll see you tomorrow.
34:10See you tomorrow.
34:11And Susie, too, of course.
34:13All right.
34:13See you then.
34:13And Rachel, he's been slow on the conundrum.
34:16He's normally there in a second.
34:17I hope he's not slipping.
34:19Seven seconds.
34:20I think we can cut him some slack there.
34:22Seven seconds for a sixth win.
34:23Not bad.
34:24Oh, all right, then.
34:25Let's see how he does tomorrow.
34:27See you then.
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