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00:17Thank you very much.
00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:35Tomorrow, June kicks off and indeed so does the London Festival of Architecture.
00:41It's a wonderful event, lasts for a month and I love London where you live and I spend a lot
00:48of time and lived there for something like 50 years.
00:50To stand at night on Westminster Bridge and look left, that's the best view, down to the city.
00:57It's glorious. It's a great, great town.
01:00You share my amazement and pride.
01:02Yeah, I love London, especially that you can have, you know, one of the oldest buildings in the country next
01:06to a brand new skyscraper.
01:09Yeah, it's lovely. But I like Barcelona as well. Have you been to Barcelona?
01:12I have.
01:13The architecture there is amazing, especially some of the Gaudi buildings that are like Flintstones homes and all the colours
01:19and the tiles and the Sagrada Familia that's still not finished.
01:24I don't know, but I know the Gaudi stuff, yeah. I love it.
01:27Now, clear night is back, Rachel, music therapist from Bristol. How are you feeling?
01:34Yeah, pretty good. You're very calm, I must say. You won your second game yesterday, seeing off a good challenge
01:40from Waish Hussain.
01:42And today, you've got to deal with David Cowan, who's an A-level student from Keith.
01:48If he attends an Ermersted Grammar School, brought along half of your class, I understand, who no doubt will be
01:54very well behaved.
01:55I hope so.
01:56I'm sure they will be.
01:57And you're starting for your A-levels, and after that, what are your ambitions? Have you settled on any...
02:04I'm not too sure yet. I think I'll probably go to university, but whether I do maths, chemistry or something
02:11with German, those are what I'm doing for A-levels.
02:15So I think I'll pick one of them. Excellent. Well, look, have a lot of fun here. Have fun with
02:19the maths.
02:20Thanks.
02:20All right, well done. Big round of applause now for David and Clea.
02:26And over in the corner, Susie, of course, joined by that tigress, Janet Streetport, that brilliant broadcaster and journalist.
02:34Welcome back, Janet.
02:40Now, Clea, off we go. Letters go.
02:42Hi, Rachel.
02:43Hi, Clea.
02:44Vowel, please.
02:45Thank you. Start today with E.
02:47And a consonant.
02:49C.
02:50And another.
02:52S.
02:53And another.
02:56F.
02:57And a vowel.
02:59U.
03:00And another.
03:01E.
03:02And a consonant.
03:04G.
03:05And another.
03:07T.
03:07And a final consonant, please.
03:12And a final consonant, please.
03:12A final S.
03:14Stand by.
03:16And a consonant, please.
03:19And a consonant, please.
03:22And a consonant, please.
03:27And a consonant, please.
03:28And a consonant, please.
03:28And a consonant, please.
03:29And a consonant, please.
03:31And a consonant, please.
03:32And a consonant, please.
03:33And a consonant, please.
03:33And a consonant, please.
03:34And a consonant, please.
03:35And a consonant, please.
03:35And a consonant, please.
03:36And a consonant, please.
03:38And a consonant, please.
03:39And a consonant, please.
03:40And a consonant, please.
03:46well clear ethics and David six as well yes got it David same word no Janet and
04:01Susie guests yes that's only six and you can spell fetus without the O you can
04:09just spell it with the E so F E T U S and if you put ES on the end
04:12of that
04:12fetuses it will give you a seven very good thank you six apiece now David your
04:18first letters game off you go a consonant please Rachel thank you David ah and
04:27another H and a vowel please oh and another e and a consonant S and consonant
04:40n vowel I
04:46vowel U and consonant and lastly R stand by
05:00so
05:31clear just a seven and your seven hornier yes David re-nourish what does Susie say
05:41um oh David I think yes that's not there but something very close for is um which is nourisher
05:51that would be a nine but not really nourish I'm really sorry it's a great shot yeah it's a great
05:58shot and the corner Janet no I only had shine up Susie that was ours yeah nourisher all right well
06:07done
06:08well done bad luck 13 place six clear on 13 clear your numbers game one large and five small please
06:16thank you clear one from the top row five not and the first one of the day is five nine
06:23ten four
06:25two and the large one 25 and the target 294 294
06:35so
06:47so
06:48so
07:02Well, Cleo?
07:03I think I've got it, but not written down.
07:06How about David?
07:07Yeah, 2, 9, 4.
07:09So, Cleo, off we go.
07:11So, 9 minus 5 is 4.
07:14Yep.
07:15Plus 10 for 14.
07:1714.
07:18Times 25.
07:20Is 350.
07:22Oh, yeah, no, I've gone wrong.
07:23Aw, sorry, Cleo.
07:25Good luck.
07:25David?
07:2725 plus 4.
07:2829.
07:30Times 10.
07:31290.
07:32And 9 minus 5 is 4.
07:34Yep, 2, 9, 4.
07:35Lovely.
07:36Good man.
07:37Well done.
07:43Valuable.
07:44Pops you three points into the lead.
07:4516.
07:46Particularly as 13 as we turn to our first tea-tum teaser, which is Opal Truce.
07:50And the clue?
07:51I'll give you a kiss afterwards, he said, before stealing public money.
07:56I'll give you a kiss afterwards, he said, before stealing public money.
08:16And the answer to that is that he's a peculator, Susie.
08:27Yes, he's an embezzler or a fraud.
08:29He peculates, in other words.
08:32And goes back to a route that also gave us peculiar, because the first meaning of peculiar
08:37was of private property.
08:38And then just sort of distinct from anything else is so strange.
08:42Peculator.
08:43Yeah.
08:44Well, well.
08:4413 plays 16.
08:46David on 16.
08:47And it's David's letters game.
08:50Consonant, please, Rachel.
08:51Thank you, David.
08:52T.
08:53And a vowel.
08:55E.
08:56Consonant.
08:58R.
09:15And the last one, R.
09:19Stand by.
09:20Have a great day.
09:32Bye-bye.
09:33Bye-bye.
09:33Bye-bye.
09:36Bye-bye.
09:40Bye-bye.
09:43Bye-bye.
09:46Bye-bye.
09:52Yes, David seven a seven clear seven David riveted
09:59Yes, clear and tardier
10:02I'm told you yes, and she was very good happy very happy. Can we beat it? Can we match it?
10:07Janet Susie?
10:08There isn't eight
10:10Which is a term you normally find in chemistry, and that's a derivate something derived especially product obtained from a
10:17raw material
10:17The derivate derivate. Thank you
10:26So just three in it David three points ahead clear and catch him up now with this letters game
10:32A vowel please Rachel. Thank you clear. I and a consonant
10:39N and another
10:42W and a vowel a
10:44a and a consonant the T and another
10:50W and a vowel I
10:54and a consonant T and
10:59a final vowel please a final oh
11:04standby
11:04hey
11:05k
11:06okay
11:08and
11:31no
11:32so
11:35Clear five David just a fall and you're for a want now clear taint very nice yeah good one good
11:47to
11:48get five out of this hmm did you manage yes just about our taint and we had twain twain yes
11:59never
12:00the twain shall meet never the two yeah interesting twain 25 23 now clear's leapt ahead by two points
12:10David here we are young mathematician it's your numbers game one large and five small please
12:16Rachel thank you David one from the top again and five not from the top again and for this round
12:22your five little ones are seven six nine ten and two and the big one 100 and the target 225
12:32225
12:36so
13:03yes David 225 yes
13:06clear 225 so David 225 100 plus nine 109 times two 218 and plus seven 225 lovely and clear
13:19so I did two times 100 200 and then plus the six the nine and the ten lovely same result
13:28well done
13:31so still just two points in it clear two points in the lead as we turned with trepidation
13:38to janet street porter what have you got for us today janet well my eye was caught the other day
13:44by
13:44um a report from uh something that happened in barcelona where it was called a congress which was
13:51actually a big technology selling fair for gadgets that you didn't know you ever needed till they told
13:59you and they all revolve around your phone but the big growth area for gadgets is not cooking it's not
14:07sat navs or anything like that it's pet technology and all the new gadgets involve your relationship with
14:16your pet so just as we once had those gadgets that we put on our wrist that told us how
14:22many
14:22steps we've done and how many calories we've burnt now you can put that on your cat or dog
14:28obviously all the top tech brains in the world are focusing on on you know flogging us these gadgets
14:35i'm sure astronomically huge market yeah because people want their dogs and their cats do you know
14:43they're in the family so they think they the dogs should be treated like we know we're neurotic
14:49about our calories and our steps and everything don't tell me dogs care about all that well hold on
14:57i had this big conversation the other day because i want a new dog another one the other one died
15:02of
15:02old age very healthy but she said you can't have a dog in this house until you retire because i
15:11don't
15:11like dogs and who's going to exercise it i still just open the door it'll go into the dog i
15:17agree
15:17with you i had that route so my partner lives in the country with the dog and i only see
15:23him at
15:23weekends so it works perfectly i only have to have the dog three nights a week on the weekends and
15:30then i kiss goodbye to both the man and the dog which in my book is the way forward in
15:35the 21st century
15:38separate but together i think we have the similar sort of lifestyle here except you've got a dog and i
15:42am
15:44there we are now clear it's your letters game a vowel please thank you clear a and a consonant
15:53s and another l and a vowel o and a consonant s and another l and a vowel e and
16:13a consonant n and a final
16:16consonant please a final cue stand by
16:21so
16:30so
16:33so
16:37so
16:41so
16:42so
16:42so
16:52clear just five david six yes clear alone and lesson and lesson yes very good to fight about
17:04there no janet and susie nothing really uh no salons is another six nick but nothing more than that
17:13thank you
17:14look who's left ahead david
17:16by four points 39 plays 35 and it's david's letters game good luck
17:20consonant please thank you david
17:23r
17:24and a vowel
17:26a
17:27consonant
17:29s
17:30a vowel
17:32i
17:33consonant
17:34m
17:36consonant
17:36c
17:38c
17:38vowel
17:40a
17:43vowel
17:45o
17:46and a consonant please
17:48and the last one s
17:50canter
17:54can't
17:55i
18:01can't
18:02i
18:07i
18:11am i
18:19i
18:20it
18:23David five and clear six David a mass yes macros macros macros is absolutely fine yes from
18:41computing all about an instruction that turns into a set of instructions to perform a particular task
18:48yeah there's something that grows essentially thank you and the corner oh I had a mess but
18:56nothing more than that there is an eight there a medical one Nick which is sarcomas and sarcomas
19:04are malignant tumors of connective tissue yes best avoided well this is changing all the time 41
19:17place 39 now clears advantage and it clears numbers game uh one large and five small please thank you
19:24clear one from the top again and five more little ones close contest see if this separates you the
19:29five smalls are two five eight three and nine and the big one 100 and your target 604 604
19:43so
19:46so
20:11well clear 604 thank you David 604 off we go clear
20:169 minus 3 is 6 times 100 600 and then the 8 divided by 2 is 4 604 and David
20:29yep same way same way
20:30all right
20:37still only two points separating them clear 51 David 49 to return to our second tea time teaser which is
20:44a
20:45latte mug and a latte mug and the clue you stick by your friend who uses this Chinese cooking additive
20:51you stick by your friend who uses this Chinese cooking additive
20:58and the answer to that is wait for it glutamate glutamate indeed 51
21:27one place 49 it's David's letters game good luck David consonant please Rachel thank you David
21:33L and a vowel E consonant please J consonant please P a vowel I consonant T vowel E vowel
21:55oh
21:58consonant and the last one G Maya
22:04Stand by.
22:35David.
22:36A six.
22:37A six, thank you.
22:39And?
22:39A six.
22:40Two sixes.
22:41David.
22:42Polite.
22:43Clear.
22:44Piglet.
22:45Piglet.
22:46Nice.
22:47Lovely.
22:48Janet, Susie.
22:51Just one further with a seven is petiole.
22:55And petiole is either the stalk that joins a leaf to a stem
22:58or the stalk that joins the abdomen and the thorax of a wasp or ant.
23:02Oh, come on.
23:03It's the petiole.
23:05A petiole.
23:05Yeah.
23:06I'll try and use that tomorrow in conversation.
23:0957 to 55.
23:11Clear.
23:11Your letters go.
23:13Consonant, please.
23:14Thank you, clear.
23:15R.
23:16And a vowel.
23:17I.
23:18And a consonant.
23:20X.
23:21And another.
23:23T.
23:25And a vowel.
23:27A.
23:28And another.
23:30E.
23:31And a consonant.
23:32B.
23:34And another.
23:36D.
23:37And a final vowel, please.
23:41A final A.
23:43Stand by.
23:44We.
23:45C.
23:47The.
23:56We.
23:59We.
24:00We.
24:00We do.
24:14We.
24:16clear a six and a six and a six from david clear abated yes same same word yeah there you
24:25go
24:27abated they say and the corner well we've got one seven radiate yeah anything else susie that's it
24:35no we couldn't get further radiate well done janet 63 place 61 susie it's your origins of words
24:43what have you for us today uh well i talked yesterday about mesmerism and um i mentioned
24:49how it was a sort of precursor if you like will be a sensationalized one of hypnotisms i thought
24:54i'd talk a little bit about hypnosis um today because that's quite nice um the origin of that
24:58it has its root in classical mythology and it's a sibling of morphine um because they both come
25:04not linguistically but they both come from the same story um hypnos it's probably known was the god of
25:10sleep so he was the brother of thanatos who was death and the son of nyx knight um and according
25:17to a legend hypnos lived in a land of perpetual darkness and mist and his home was a cavern
25:23essentially through which the river lathe um flowed now that was the river of forgetfulness and that
25:29gave us the word lethargy um because it said that those who um dipped their feet or came even in
25:36contact
25:37at all with the waters of the river would somehow forget all their sorrows and it would just sort
25:41of induce this kind of tranquility we've changed it slightly in modern times but that's where it comes
25:46from that same myth um and surrounding hypnos in this cavern and reclining on a on a stone or even
25:53a
25:53couch in some versions were various sons and they were called the dreams and prominent amongst those
25:58dreams was morpheus and when the gods wanted to intervene in human affairs hypnos would be called on
26:04called upon to induce sleep and morpheus had the power to make human forms appear to those who
26:11dreamt so they would morph literally into human forms back to reality and in 1843 a scottish surgeon
26:18called james braid used the name of the greek god of sleep um to create the term hypnotism um the
26:25science
26:25of basically artificially inducing a sleep like trance that we know today meanwhile morpheus the god of
26:31dreams um had already inspired the name of the opium derivative which was morphium for the deep sleep
26:37it induces of course that became morphine so deep sleep as well as pain relief wonderful
26:48excellent
26:50mmm 63 to 61 david your letters go constant please virtual thank you david n and a vowel e consonant
27:03c and another f
27:08and a vowel you and another o consonant n consonant k and a vowel please and a final b stand
27:28by
27:28you
27:32do
27:56yeah
28:00Yes, David, just a far a four and clear and a four not written down
28:05Whoa, we're gonna hear from you funk funk and David a cone
28:14Cone a
28:16Funkin a cone what's the corner thing you can have nonce
28:20Nasty word yeah
28:22Susie ounce which is a bit safer and a funk is it to be a funk is somebody to be
28:27afraid if you funk it
28:29That's fun. If you if you're in a funk you're in kind of low spirits
28:32It used to mean bad smelling tobacco, so you were kind of enveloped in this horrible smoke
28:36The idea of it when I was a kid if you funked it it meant that you you avoided it
28:46My primary school
28:49Sixty-seven to sixty-five. Thank you, Janet C is clear. Just two points clear clear your letters game a
28:58Vowel, please. Thank you clear a
29:00And a consonant
29:03P and another consonant
29:06V and a vowel oh
29:08Oh and another I I and a consonant
29:14N and another
29:17M and a vowel
29:22E and a final consonant, please a final deep stand by
29:34You
29:58clear a six a six david a six well done clear pained and domain and domain any
30:10more sixes and we have dopamine for eight the neurotransmitter thank you
30:15okay still with wretched two points 73 to 71 two good players here david your numbers
30:25gay now we expect great things six small police ritual six or gambling on the last numbers the
30:31math student let's see how that goes the last one of the week is nine three five eight nine
30:39and seven and the target 861 861
31:15david um of too far away now too far clear 860
31:23whoa not bad clear so nine times nine 81 nine times nine 81 plus five 86 and then the seven
31:33plus three
31:33for ten and times them 860 yep all done that's a great shot clear but rachel can you get there
31:43of course you can yes nick with this if you say eight times five is forty nine divided by nine
31:51is one add them together for 41 seven times three is 21 and times them together
31:59fabulous fabulous so here we are 71 plays 80 well done clear that was a great shot so it's the
32:13final
32:13round and uh we have ourselves a crucial countdown conundrum fingers on buzzers let's roll today's
32:22crucial countdown conundrum
32:38clear is it corrected let's see whether it is corrected playing strongly oh there we are
32:52well done 90 points well done david too listen you were there all the way all the way and taking
33:00on a you know somebody's already won two games she sort of bedded in in a way and uh you
33:06came in and
33:07gave her a terrific run for her money so well done thank you very much you take this goodie bag
33:12back to ermistead uh grammar and they'll give you a big uh big round of applause when you get back
33:17back to school and good luck with your a levels as well thank you nick thank you very much well
33:23done
33:23madam you have a quiet weekend and we'll see you on there on monday thank you three wins looking for
33:29your fourth well done well done janet will you come back when you've been to see your boyfriend and
33:37your dog yes i will be back what's his dog called badger badger don't go there what sort of dog
33:44is it
33:44border terrier not trained smell trained border terrier yeah good luck at the weekend still got all his
33:51bits as well well i i i you know i think we're with him on that front
34:00we'll we'll see you on monday absolutely and susie too yes lovely you will and rachel too and good
34:07luck with buttering katherine up over the weekend for your dog no i'm not taking any more nonsense on
34:12that front i'm laying down the law we'll see you on monday see you then join us then same time
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