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00:30Well, good afternoon. Welcome to the Countdown Studio. How time flies. Just a year ago, it was all kicking off
00:37in Russia. What a World Cup that was. In England, they did better than many thought. But anyway, it's all
00:42starting again because tonight, the Nations League kicks off. And in this weekend, the Women's World Cup kicks off in
00:51France with England playing Scotland in their first match on Sunday. But last summer, wow, what a scorcher that was.
01:00It was a great summer for sport. It was a great summer for lying around and just taking in the
01:05old rays. Do you have any distinct memories of that World Cup? You didn't go, I know.
01:11Well, I went to Russia just before, the week before it started. And so at the end of May, it's
01:16a bit unusual, really. I got burnt in St. Petersburg, which is unheard of.
01:20Yeah.
01:21Because it was so warm around the whole of Europe at that time. But we spent the summer doing a
01:25bit of travelling and chasing the clouds all around continental Europe as Britain had the best summer on record.
01:31It was the joint hottest ever, apparently.
01:34We were in Athens and it was pouring down. And I googled what to do in Athens when it's raining.
01:40And it says, buy an umbrella and wait 10 minutes because that's all it ever rains for. And we had
01:45rain for days.
01:47Everyone at home was out in the garden and, you know, had the cocktails and we were we were rained
01:52on.
01:53It was just a blissful summer. Let's hope that this summer carries on into another fabulous scorcher. Who's with us?
02:01Rachel, we've got Kevin Thrillback, maths tutor from County Macross in County Monaghan, tutor at UCD in Dublin.
02:08And he won his teapot. You won your teapot in dramatic style. Crucial conundrum. How are you feeling?
02:15Relieved to have won one match.
02:17Well, you've got it and you've got your teapot, but don't let up.
02:20Well, and of course, you're a musician. You play the the bar and that that that interesting and particularly Irish
02:27drum, I think.
02:28Yeah, the whistle and the flute. You're almost got the entire Irish sort of band together.
02:33And you're joined by Adrian McDermott. How are you, Adrian?
02:36Fine, thank you.
02:37From Ainsworth in Bolton, data scientist. But more interestingly, I think, bearing in mind Kevin's musical skills, you'll learn to
02:45play the saxophone and the clarinet again.
02:47So why don't? And you're looking for an orchestra. He's got an orchestra. There we go. I'll manage you both.
02:52How's that?
02:53Sounds like a plump.
02:54Have a lot of fun today.
02:56It's here, sir. Thank you.
02:56Both of you. Big round of applause for Kevin and Adrian.
03:04And over in the corner, Susie, of course, once again joined by TV and radio presenter and much more, too,
03:10Gethin Jones. Welcome back, Gethin.
03:12Thank you, mate.
03:16You were telling me earlier that you carried the Olympic torch through Wales or part of Wales back in for
03:25the 2012 Olympics. What a great thing to do. You got to keep the torch.
03:29Yeah, that's one of the best things about it, actually. It's only 250 metres long, but it's a great moment
03:34because there's a massive crowd there and you pass the baton on and the torch on.
03:38And then you get to keep the torch that's been burning in your hands. So, yeah, it's still there in
03:42the lounge, prior to place, because you never forget something like that, do you? It's a real honour.
03:46Absolutely. What a treasure. What an heirloom.
03:50Indeed.
03:50Extraordinary. Anyway, more from you later, but now over to Kevin for the first letters game. Kevin.
03:56Good afternoon, Rachel. Afternoon, Kevin.
03:58Can I start with a consonant, please?
03:59Can I start today with V?
04:01And another.
04:03R.
04:05And another.
04:06D.
04:07And another.
04:09L.
04:10And a vowel, please.
04:12O.
04:13And another.
04:15I.
04:16And another.
04:18O.
04:19And another.
04:21A.
04:22And a final consonant, please.
04:24And a final M.
04:25And here's the countdown clock.
04:28O.
04:57Yes, Kevin.
04:58Five.
04:59Five.
05:00Adrian.
05:00I got to five as well.
05:02Off we go.
05:03Radio.
05:04And?
05:04Molar.
05:07Fives.
05:08Easy enough start.
05:09What's the corner got to say?
05:10Yeah, radio.
05:11Radio's always on my mind, so if I didn't get that, I'd have been in trouble.
05:14Sure.
05:15And Susie?
05:17Vroom is there.
05:18Vroom, good.
05:19I like Vroom.
05:20And Mooli, the radish, is there again for five.
05:23Well done.
05:23Good Vroom.
05:24Thanks for that.
05:25All right.
05:25Five apiece, and it's Adrian we turn to now.
05:27Adrian McDermott, let us go.
05:29Hi, Rachel.
05:29Hi, Adrian.
05:30Could I start with a consonant, please?
05:33Start with C.
05:34And a vowel.
05:36E.
05:37And another one.
05:39I.
05:40And a consonant.
05:42G.
05:44A vowel, please.
05:46A.
05:46A consonant.
05:48T.
05:50A consonant.
05:52G.
05:54A vowel.
05:57I.
06:00And another consonant, please.
06:01And the last one.
06:03N.
06:03Stand by.
06:04A vowel.
06:05I.vereux.
06:18A heterogeneous
06:20be可能. You
06:20have. There.
06:25All right.個
06:28rest.
06:29G. Can.
06:31To be HERE.
06:34Overnight.
06:36Adrian six yes six as well six from Kevin Adrian getting and acting thank you so we started with
06:45a five now we're with a six Kevin and Susie just five I sing for me not on my cake
06:53because the
06:54boys have done better now then Susie really last minute eight gigantic very good
07:0711 apiece and it's Kevin's numbers game could I have two large and four small please Rachel you can indeed
07:13thank you Kevin two from the top and four not from the top and the first one of the day
07:17is one seven
07:19nine another one and a large to 150 and the target 713 713
07:59Kevin seven one four one away and Adrian seven one four as well
08:03so 100 plus one plus one 100 plus one plus one 102 and times the seven 714 Adrian exactly the
08:12same way
08:13all right perfect so I have to leave it to Rachel 713 so tricky and there was one way I
08:20saw if you say
08:20100 plus nine 109 times that by seven or 763 and take away the 50
08:28well done perfect perfect as always 18 apiece as we turn to our first tea time teaser which is
08:39corset pin and the clue does this man call for a look at your ticket does this man call for
08:46a look at
09:01your ticket
09:02welcome back I left with the clue does this man call for a look at your ticket the answer that
09:08one is if he
09:09does he's probably an inspector inspectors the answer to that 18 apiece and Adrian it's your letters game
09:16could I step with the bell please thank you Adrian a and the consonant and and another one s and
09:26a vowel a and a consonant h and another consonant are another vowel I a consonant and and another
09:43consonant and the last one okay stand by
09:47stand by
09:53so
10:17Adrian?
10:19Seven.
10:19Seven. And Kevin?
10:21I'll try a seven.
10:22Thank you. Adrian?
10:23Hankies.
10:24And?
10:25Hankers.
10:26Yes.
10:27Yes. Hankers after something. Yeah. Very good.
10:30And over in the corner, Geffen?
10:31Shrink for six.
10:33Yes.
10:33Susie?
10:34Snakeier. Is there? Shakier. And hernias also for seven.
10:39All right. Thank you. 25 apiece. Kevin, your letters game.
10:43Could I have a consonant, please?
10:44You can indeed. Thank you, Kevin.
10:46R.
10:46And another.
10:49S.
10:50And another.
10:52G.
10:52And another.
10:54P.
10:56And another.
10:58S.
10:59And a vowel.
11:01O.
11:02And another.
11:04A.
11:05And another.
11:07I.
11:08And a final vowel, please.
11:10A final E.
11:13Stand by.
11:14Monday.
11:16I.
11:17And another.
11:27And another.
11:37I.
11:37And another.
11:37And a once.
11:37In another.
11:38I.
11:44Yes, Kevin.
11:45I'll try a seven.
11:47Adrian.
11:48I'll try a very dodgy eight.
11:50Right.
11:50Oh, Kevin.
11:51Possier.
11:53And, Adrian.
11:54Graspier.
11:55Oh.
11:56OK, so Graspier needs two R's.
11:59And Kevin, what's yours?
12:00Possier.
12:01P-O-S-S-I-E-R.
12:02Oh.
12:03Um, not there either.
12:05Possier, but not Possier, I'm afraid.
12:07That's a blank, then.
12:08What about the corner?
12:10Gethin.
12:10Gethin and Susie?
12:11Gossiper for eight.
12:13Excellent.
12:15I'd say Gethin got that within five seconds.
12:20Excellent.
12:20Anything else, Susie?
12:21I can't beat Gethin on that one, no.
12:22Very, very good.
12:23No, cracker.
12:2425 apiece.
12:26Adrian, your numbers game.
12:28Can I have one big one and the rest little, please?
12:30You can indeed.
12:31Thank you, Adrian.
12:31One from the top.
12:32And five little-uns.
12:34And this time, your numbers are two, six, four, one, nine, and 50.
12:42And the target, 233.
12:45Two, three, three.
12:46Two, three, three.
13:18Andrew sorry I thought I'd 240 but I'm not down to you Kevin I think I have 233 off we
13:24go so 50
13:25plus 4 50 plus 4 54 times this oh I haven't got it at all oh no all right Rachel
13:33233 yep there
13:35were a couple of ways you could have said 50 plus 2 52 6 minus 4 is to divide that
13:44for 26 times it
13:45by 9 for 234 and take away one lovely all right so it's 25 apiece as we turn to death
14:00in get him
14:01what have you got for us today Nick you know I mentioned start the week that I'd started on a
14:06new breakfast show yeah which means the alarm goes at half past four did I mention that you did yeah
14:10maybe once or twice yes do you know the hardest thing about getting at that time is actually
14:15keeping up with some exercise we all know that's important I've always enjoyed my exercise
14:19but you start flagging towards the middle of the day so I started to try to invent a few ways
14:25of
14:25staying fit without going to the gym or other ways of exercising so if I was filming for example
14:31I would carry the tripod or the sandbags that keep the the lighting stands down and when I go home
14:37sometimes I carry the nephews even if they don't want me to carry them because they are 11 and 8
14:42you
14:42know it's quite good get them on the back and carry them for a few miles that's quite good exercise
14:45too
14:46but um speaking of filming recently I'm I did a bit of a project in in the US in America
14:52and it turns
14:54out there as the host as a presenter you're not allowed to do anything so um we had this big
15:00sort
15:00of production shoot and there were a lot of clothes on the set and I always like to help out
15:05you know
15:05like carry the tripod or as I mentioned or I don't know whatever's if there's a suitcase I grab it
15:11off this clothes or anything but you're not allowed to do it there so we're filming in Las Vegas and
15:16we're walking down the strip and this poor little lady who can't be more than five foot with bundles
15:23of clothes and bags on her on the shoulders she's and she's pulling one of those racks you know the
15:28clothes racks down down the street as well and I have to for 20 minutes I just have to watch
15:34this
15:34poor lady she's sweating by the minute she's dying for some help but I'm not allowed to help her
15:39because that's the laws out there and I felt I like to class myself as a gentleman Nick but I
15:44didn't look like when that day in Las Vegas what is it an insurance problem I think so yeah like
15:50equity rules or something like you know some of the filming projects I do here they can't wait to
15:56give me the camera tripod and all the bags to go with it but yeah it's very different what an
16:00extraordinary thing yeah and what about running to jog and yeah all cycle and all that stuff yeah well
16:05I like doing some triathlons too so lots of swimming lots of running and lots of biking yeah there's
16:10no time for it see especially as I get up at half past four in the morning did I mention
16:14I get up at
16:14half past four you did you did you had us all in the terrible tears listen thanks very much well
16:19done
16:23well done Kevin thank you for that and now Kevin your letters game could I have a consonant please thank
16:31you Kevin
16:31X and another R and another N and another T and a vowel please U and another O and another
16:53O and a final consonant a final W stand by
17:29I'll see you then
17:31Kevin size five Adrian I try a sudden thank you Kevin how's her Adrian out
17:40worn very very good yeah excellent well done that'll do that'll do
17:45Jeff in and Susie what have you just a five for me I just saw tower in there
17:50yeah boys are very good well done Adrian on that well done so 32 to 25
17:56Adrian's sprinting ahead a bit and it's Adrian's letters came now can I start
18:00with a vowel again please thank you Adrian a and a consonant D and another
18:07one P was open for an hour then and a vowel a and a consonant J and a vowel I
18:21and a consonant R and a consonant P and a vowel and the last one U stand by
18:38so
19:04Adrian.
19:05Six.
19:07Kevin.
19:08I'll stick with a six.
19:08Thank you, Adrian.
19:10Jepia.
19:11Kevin.
19:12Parent.
19:15There's no jepia, unfortunately.
19:17You can jpe about, but you can't be jpey.
19:20Sorry, Adrian.
19:21Bad luck.
19:22No.
19:23Kevin.
19:23Nothing better for me, but I know a lady who might have something for you.
19:27Susie.
19:28Dapper was there, but actually you can put the I in that and have dappier,
19:32because to be dappy is to be silly, disorganised or lacking concentration.
19:37He's dappy.
19:38Well done.
19:44Are you claiming to be dappy?
19:45Yes, it was all that hand up.
19:48All right.
19:49One point in it.
19:5032 to 31.
19:51And now, Kevin, it's your numbers game.
19:53Could I have one large and five small, please, Rachel?
19:56You can indeed.
19:57Thank you, Kevin.
19:57One from the top.
19:58Five little.
20:00And this round, your numbers are three, eight, nine, another nine, four,
20:07and a large 125.
20:07And the target, 595.
20:11Five nine five.
20:12Five nine five.
20:43Kevin? 595. Adrian? 595. Not quite written down. Not written down? Not quite. Adrian, tell us.
20:52Three times eight. Three, eights are 24. Times 25. 600. And nine minus four is your five. It's five.
21:00Here's your ten points. Kevin? Yeah, same way. Same way, very well. That's good. Cheers.
21:10A point between them. A point between them as we turn to our second Tea Time teaser, which is Free
21:15Hills and the clue.
21:17Our village was destroyed by this back in the days of the Blitz. Our village was destroyed by this back
21:24in the days of the Blitz.
21:41Welcome back. I left with a clue. Our village was destroyed by this back in the days of the Blitz.
21:47It was destroyed by Shellfire. Shellfire. So 41 to 42. Adrian, a point ahead. And it's Adrian's letters game.
21:57Can I stick with a consonant this time, please, Rachel? You can indeed.
21:59T. T. And a vowel? E. And a consonant? H. And a vowel? O. And a consonant? D. And a
22:12vowel? I. And a consonant? R. And a consonant? L.
22:22And another vowel, please. And the last one. E. And the clock starts now.
22:29E. And a consonant?
22:30E. And a consonant? E. And a consonant?
22:59Adrian?
22:59Six.
23:00And Kevin?
23:01Just a five.
23:02And your five is?
23:03There.
23:05Adrian?
23:06Retold?
23:07Yes.
23:08Retold, retold.
23:10Well done.
23:10Can we match six?
23:12Same as Kevin there, yeah.
23:14Yeah.
23:14Susie?
23:15Dither is there for six.
23:16There is an eight in it with loitered.
23:18Loitered.
23:20Very good.
23:20Very good.
23:23Well, seven in it, 48 plays 41.
23:27Kevin, it's your letters game.
23:29Can I have a consonant, please?
23:30Thank you, Kevin.
23:31N.
23:33And another.
23:35Y.
23:36And another.
23:38S.
23:39And another.
23:41V.
23:43And another, please.
23:45T.
23:46And a vowel.
23:48O.
23:49And another.
23:50E.
23:52And another.
23:54I.
23:54And a final consonant, please.
23:57A final F.
23:59Stand by.
24:00B.
24:01And a vowel.
24:02I.
24:03And a vowel.
24:28And a vowel.
24:29And a vowel.
24:31Kevin five again Adrian six now the fonts Adrian Soviet yes you can spell it with a small s in
24:42the
24:43sense of an elected local district or national council in the former so yeah yeah well done
24:48Adrian 54 to 41 over in the corner get it and Susie I got a feisty six Nick mm-hmm
24:57nice
24:58feisty scoot invest infest but we couldn't get beyond six thank you all right Susie what have you
25:06for us today by way of your origins of words that delightful interlude um pub crawls is what I'm on
25:14today because we all know what a pub crawl is most of us have been on one at some point
25:18um but thanks
25:20to um the linguist Pascal Craig is a French linguist who does quite a lot of um word detective work
25:27um and he's discovered that the first pub crawls were really different to the ones that we go on
25:32today um so they weren't happy journeys from one watering hole to another they were journeys that
25:38were undertaken with a very specific purpose and that purpose was a political one um you have to go
25:42back to the early 1900s when pub crawling involved supporters of the conservative party going from pub
25:50to pub and turning friendly conversation with the locals into a conversation about politics so they
25:57would very deftly sort of turn um the discussion to politics and they would hope to get the patrons of
26:03the pub the customers there to um imbibe if you like political principles uh along with their beer
26:09um others weren't happy with the activity itself um particularly those who were members of the
26:16budget league now this was a committee set up by churchill winston churchill to support david lloyd
26:21george's welfare reform and his welfare reform was to redistribute uh money so basically to um tax the
26:29wealthy and to try and redistribute a little bit of wealth um along the nation so a very laudable idea
26:34uh which churchill supported um but staunch conservatives were against this often they were quite wealthy and
26:40they didn't want to be taxed and they published a leaflet which you can still see today entitled
26:45beware of pub crawlers um which carried the warning that hired men are being sent out to haunt street
26:50corners and public houses and catch you in your homes they pretend to be independent non-political
26:56gentlemen sometimes they pretend that there are unfortunate victims out of work through free trade
27:01they seem proud of the term missionaries others more truly call them pub crawlers so it's a term that
27:08was just bandied about whether or not you liked it um and uh i had no idea that that that
27:13was where
27:14pub crawling initiated so it was literally tories who would crawl from pub to pub in order to convert
27:20the uneducated or educated whichever way you look at it well news to me well done
27:31fascinating fascinating fascinating fascinating thanks suzy now adrian your letters came pronounce them
27:36the letters came off we go continent please rachel thank you adrian m and a vowel e and another one
27:44o and a consonant w i think i've got caps on today and a vowel u and another one o
27:57and a consonant
28:01s and a consonant l and a consonant please and the last one t stand by
28:11l and a consonant l Have a side
28:42adrian seven a seven five uh kevin women thank you adrian outsole um there's no n for women i'm
28:52afraid kevin um but outsole is there yes outer sole of issue now emiguel's kevin i had a five
28:58with with the loose but uh that was it for me suzy um yeah there's malts for six and twosome
29:04is there for seven yeah thank you all right so 20 points in it 61 plays 41 kevin final letters
29:11game
29:11good luck can i have a consonant please thank you kevin s and another m and another t and another
29:23d and a vowel e and another a and another o and a consonant n and a final consonant please
29:42a final
29:43c standby
30:17kevin seven a seven adrian seven as well thank you kevin coasted and deacons um yeah that's
30:27absolutely fine and in the corner i went for metcon and i checked with suzy and she said it no
30:33way but
30:34metcon is a kind of exercise so it's quite a new thing with like crossfit you know but um she
30:39says
30:39no so i gave a mascot and she accepted that for six oh well done but your first choice will
30:44no doubt
30:45find its way there in due course particularly if we all keep talking about it is that the way it
30:50works that is the way it works yeah democracy at work thank you all right so 68 plays 48 adrian
30:57final numbers game i'll try one big one and five little ones again please playing it safe you're not
31:01over the line yet let's see if you can be after this thank you adrian final numbers are nine one
31:07two
31:09three five and the large one fifty and the target six hundred and seventy five six seven five
31:19so
31:28so
31:30so
31:30so
31:30so
31:31so
31:48Yes, Adrian?
31:49No, NSR.
31:51Kevin?
31:516, 7, 5.
31:53Off we go.
31:54Nine threes are 27.
31:56Nine threes, 27.
31:5850 over 2.
31:59Is 25.
32:00Multiply them.
32:00And you're keeping the dream alive.
32:026, 7, 5.
32:03Well done.
32:04Well done.
32:10Now ten points in it, and it's the final round.
32:16Fingers on buzzers.
32:17Let's roll today's crucial countdown conundrum.
32:34Adrian?
32:35Colorist?
32:36Let's see whether you're right.
32:38No.
32:39Down to you, Kevin.
33:00Oh, bad luck.
33:01Bad luck.
33:02Two good players.
33:04Foxed.
33:05But who in the audience will pick up this challenge?
33:09Let me see a hand.
33:11Madam.
33:12Solicitor.
33:13Let's see whether you're right.
33:15Let's roll it and see.
33:17Solicitor.
33:19Well done.
33:23Well done.
33:23Ah, well done.
33:25A brave surge at the end there.
33:27Yeah.
33:28But, um, bad luck.
33:29You got your teapot?
33:31Yes.
33:31Have a safe journey back to Dublin with our very, very best wishes.
33:34Thank you very much.
33:35Well done, Adrian.
33:36Thank you very much.
33:37Well done.
33:37Played very strongly.
33:39Came through with a good score.
33:40We shall see you tomorrow.
33:41Well done.
33:42Certainly will.
33:42Well done.
33:43Travel safely.
33:44Thank you, Nick.
33:44See you tomorrow, Geffen.
33:45Nick, Kevin got that literally a second after the time, which I know happens a lot.
33:49Is that right?
33:50Yeah.
33:50Ah.
33:51I liked a close game, for sure.
33:52That's right.
33:53Well done.
33:53Well played.
33:54Wow.
33:54Oh, it's always a shame to lose an Irish accent.
33:57It is.
33:57Takes me back to mine and Susie's pub crawl, speaking of pub crawls around Dublin in the
34:01last year.
34:02Indeed.
34:03Memories.
34:04All right.
34:04We'll see you tomorrow.
34:05See you then.
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