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00:31Well, good afternoon. Welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:34And today, what happens? Why, down in London's Piccadilly,
00:37the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition opens its great doors
00:41and runs right through until the end of August.
00:44In fact, the middle of August, to be absolutely specific.
00:47And, of course, it's the biggest submission arts exhibition, I think.
00:52It's been running for 250 years.
00:54And, of course, it draws crowds by the thousand right throughout the summer.
00:59It's wonderful because artists, who are not well known, can submit.
01:04And there's a panel and they say, yes, no, no, yes, and all the rest of it.
01:08Now, if you found yourself feeling in a particularly artistic mood,
01:15how would you express yourself? In what medium do you think?
01:18Well, I did one last year, actually.
01:20I made my own picture of a lion in the form of collage.
01:23And that was for charity. It was raising money for explorers against extinction.
01:28So you had to pick an endangered animal.
01:30Unfortunately, there were loads to choose from.
01:32And I did a lion's mane and all of it was made out of jewels
01:36and tiny little pictures of tigers and all sorts of stuff hidden in there.
01:39And I think it raised about 260 quid, my effort.
01:41Good for you.
01:42They had a lot of proper artists, as well as a few me folk,
01:46doing their little bits and pieces and raised a bit of money.
01:50All right.
01:51Now, who's with us?
01:51Somebody who's certainly not in danger of extinction,
01:55not if he carries on the way he's been doing recently.
01:57That's Adrian McDermott, a data scientist from Ainsworth in Bolton.
02:01Two good wins.
02:03And you're joined by Tony Lister.
02:05Hi, Nick.
02:06Security officer in Middlesbrough.
02:09Loves January as long as he's not in Britain.
02:12You try to get to go whenever you can in January.
02:14Yeah, yeah.
02:15It's my birthday in the middle of January.
02:17And it tends to be a miserable month.
02:19No one's got no money.
02:20The weather's shocking.
02:21Yeah.
02:21So we like to get away.
02:23Sit in the sun.
02:24Then I come back and face the snow in February.
02:26Indeed.
02:27In Middlesbrough?
02:28Yes.
02:29It can be a bit chilly out there sometimes.
02:30It can be, yeah.
02:31But we've still got no T-shirts.
02:32Yes, exactly.
02:34Of course you do.
02:34Big round of applause now for Tony and Adrian.
02:39Good luck to you both.
02:40Good luck to you both.
02:41And over there for the final time until we get him back,
02:44it's that wonderful radio presenter, TV star Gethin Jones.
02:47Welcome back, Gethin.
02:48Thank you, Nick.
02:53Excellent.
02:54What shall we do?
02:55Adrian, how about a letters game?
02:57Afternoon, Rachel.
02:58Afternoon, Adrian.
02:59Could we have a consonant start with, please?
03:01Start the week with W.
03:03And a vowel?
03:05O.
03:06And another vowel?
03:08E.
03:11And a consonant?
03:13N.
03:14And a consonant?
03:17S.
03:18And another one?
03:19L.
03:21A vowel, please.
03:23A.
03:24A consonant?
03:26L.
03:29And another consonant, please.
03:30And the last one, T.
03:32And here's the countdown clock.
03:34A consonant than a consonant, let's try.
03:37And a consonant, let's try.
03:39And note here, is the last one.
03:55And for a ضacon before me,
04:05Yes, Adrian?
04:06Seven.
04:07A seven.
04:08Tony?
04:08No, just five.
04:10And your five is?
04:12Slunt.
04:12Adrian?
04:13Swallow.
04:15And swallow?
04:16You need two Ws for swallow.
04:18So you do?
04:18Yeah, sorry.
04:19Now, what have you been up to in the corner there?
04:21Get in, Susie?
04:22Well, I got a five with stone,
04:26and as happened to me last week as well,
04:28I looked to my right and something's been added to it,
04:30and stupidly I didn't see it.
04:32Yeah, you can get a nine out of this.
04:34With stonewall...
04:36Excellent.
04:37..to be obstructive.
04:38It started off as cricket slang to block balls...
04:41Yeah.
04:41..to play on the defensive, but, yeah,
04:43now it means to obstruct anything, really.
04:46That's brilliant.
04:49Stonewall, yeah.
04:50Slotens right, right down.
04:51Well done.
04:52Well done, Tony.
04:53Look at you.
04:54And now it's your letters game.
04:56Afternoon, Rachel.
04:56Afternoon, Tony.
04:57Could I start with the continent, please?
05:00You can, indeed.
05:00G.
05:01And a vowel.
05:03O.
05:05And a consonant.
05:06Oh, I thought you were going to go for Goa.
05:08N.
05:10A vowel, please.
05:12I.
05:14A consonant.
05:16H.
05:17Another one, please.
05:19D.
05:20A vowel.
05:22E.
05:23A consonant.
05:25R.
05:26Finish with a vowel.
05:29Finish with O.
05:32Standby.
05:33R.
05:34The end.
05:34O.
05:58And a vowel.
06:03well Tony a seven and Adrian a seven Tony herding and redoing and redoing yes
06:16so the corner get in so excited at the end I got a hinder for six and right at the
06:22very end I saw
06:23ignored for seven very good nice one ignored now 12 plays seven Tony in the lead Adrian's numbers
06:32game Adrian could I have one large one and five little ones again please you can indeed thank
06:36you Adrian one from the top five little to start the week and the first selection is two eight nine
06:43one five and a large one 25 and the target seven hundred and eighty two seven eight two
07:21Adrian no one here sorry Tony seven seven five seven seven five eight times five forty minus nine
07:34thirty-one times a twenty-five is seven seven five near-ish but it's over to Rachel for seven
07:43eight two possible Rachel lots of dead ends but you could have said five minus one is four times
07:50twenty-five is one hundred times eight is eight hundred and that leaves you with two times nine
07:5618 to take away for seven eight two yeah well done lovely that's wonderful Rachel thank you and now the
08:06score standing 17 to 7 Tony on 17 it's time for our first tea time teaser which is loopy crag
08:13and the
08:13clue you're not studying a type of fish it's all about fruits and seeds you're not studying a type of
08:21fish
08:39well welcome back I left with clue you're not studying a type of fish it's all about fruits and
08:44seeds it's all about carpology Susie carpology yes pretty rare one this but it is the study of fruits and
08:52seeds and seeds simple as that that's it carpology yeah I'm off to do a sport of carpology
08:57all right 17 plays seven Tony in the lead Tony your letters game Rachel could I start with a vowel
09:04please thank you Tony I and a consonant T a vowel E a consonant S another N another M
09:21vowel a vowel you consonant and and vowel please and the last one oh stand by
09:38so
10:05Tony?
10:06A seven.
10:07A seven.
10:07And Adrian?
10:08I think I've got an eight.
10:10Tony?
10:12Minutes.
10:13Over to Adrian.
10:14Minutist.
10:16I need to tease.
10:17Oh, you think double S is sorry, Adrian.
10:20Bad luck.
10:21And easily done.
10:22Gethin and Susie?
10:24Minutes for me as well.
10:25A seven like Tony.
10:27Mm-hmm.
10:28There's an eight there, Nick.
10:29Mentions.
10:30Mentions.
10:35Twenty-four to seven.
10:37Adrian.
10:38Adrian, you're slipping away a bit.
10:41I am, sorry.
10:41Now, your letters came up.
10:44Get after him.
10:44Could I start with a vowel, please?
10:47Thank you, Adrian.
10:48I.
10:48And another one?
10:50A.
10:51And another one?
10:53O.
10:54And a consonant?
10:56R.
10:57And another one?
10:58P.
10:59And another one?
11:01S.
11:03And another one?
11:04M.
11:08And another vowel, please?
11:11E.
11:13And a final consonant, please?
11:15A final H.
11:17Stand by.
11:18Go ahead.
11:47I'll see you next time.
11:49Adrian
11:50Seven Tony just six and that six would be shimmer. No Adrian herpes
11:59Harpies absolutely fine. Yes the
12:02Goddesses from Greek mythology. Well, they're monsters really woman's head and body in a bird's wings
12:08And claws not very nice and Kevin. I've got a seven. I promise
12:13Go on
12:14Promise promise. I'm sorry. Yes, is it?
12:18There is an eight there and the agents just spotted it actually and aphorism pithy observation with a general truth
12:25attached
12:26very sweet
12:3224 please 14 and now Tony is your numbers game
12:35Could I have one large Rachel and five not so large you can indeed one from the top and five
12:43not and
12:44for this round your five small ones are two one
12:48four
12:49Seven and eight and a larger one 100 and the target
12:55121 it'll be one two one
13:27Now then Tony yeah, one two one no surprise Adrian and one two one. Thanks a lot Tony
13:34100 plus eight
13:37plus seven
13:38plus four
13:41Plus two
13:42There we go straight for what if they come?
13:45And Adrian
13:46You can do the same thing all right
13:48Well done 34 plays 24
13:51Gethin the last time what little pure gold have you got first well Nick remember the last time was on
13:57the show and I was telling you about some
14:00TV nightmares yes, and you seem to really enjoy them. Yes, this is true
14:04This is live television now when you do live television. Just keep going they always say the show's got to
14:09go on no matter what
14:11But this piece was about a snake and I had this Python around my shoulders. I was fine with it
14:18Um, it was about 20 foot for the sake of this story about 40 foot and
14:24It's around my neck and it's tightening its grip as I'm doing it to the point where you can hear
14:30it on the microphone
14:31You know when it sort of bangs against your microphone. I'm thinking this is definitely getting tighter
14:35I can feel it constricting around my neck
14:40Yeah, and it's live and all I can think about is just keep going. It's fine. Nothing's gonna happen. It's
14:45live TV and then I'm saying to myself
14:48This is a snake and it's gonna kill you if you don't do something about it
14:52And I took it up until the point where my voice started going a bit screechy
14:57At which point I decided that I should call the snake handler in and maybe save my life
15:01But it was if you watch it
15:03It's quite funny TV because I'm going to know chatting away going and this snake is 40
15:07But no, can someone help me with the snake now please and that was it
15:12You're kidding me. Can you imagine? I was trying to be a complete professional
15:15But I could have died from the cause. On a big snake like that. I mean the coils are big
15:20thick coils
15:21Yeah, yeah, but when you feel it getting tighter, that's a very very scary feeling
15:27I the clay should keep those big pythons well fed
15:30We're putting them onto a step absolutely. I don't think he fancied the Welshman
15:34I don't think he was hungry that day. Anyway, you keep well away from snakes when they're hungry
15:38Well done
15:44So 34 plays 24 Tony on 34 adrian your letters game could we start with the vowel again, please? Thank
15:52you adrian. Oh, and another one
15:55a
15:56and a consonant
15:58G
16:00and another
16:03J and another
16:05S
16:07and another
16:09P
16:10and another vowel
16:12I
16:14and a vowel
16:16I
16:19and a consonant please
16:20and lastly C
16:22Standby
16:35F
16:53Adrian
16:54Adrian. Just the five. Yes, Tony. Same five. Adrian's five. Aspic. Tony. Aspic.
17:04Both Aspic. How appropriate when Gethin's been talking about snakes. Now, what's
17:10happening in the corner? Susie, Gethin? Yeah, same. That's it? Exactly the same. Yeah,
17:15longest we could get. Well, I'm dashed. 39 plays 29. Tony, your letters game now. Could
17:21I have a consonant to start with Rachel, please? Thank you, Tony. M. And a vowel. A. Consonant.
17:31T. Vowel. E. Consonant. C. Another, please. T. A vowel. E. A consonant. B. And finish
17:51with a vowel, please. Finish with U. And here comes the countdown clock.
17:57T. Vowel. E. Consonant. C. Another, please.
18:28Tony. Just five. A five and? I've only got a four. Which is? Team. Thank you, Tony. And I've just
18:36realised I've used an A twice. Oh, dear. No. We're down with the four then. What's the
18:43corner got? I had this last week, actually. I was telling you it was one of my favourite
18:46words because it reminded me of what friend calls everyone. Yes. He says beaut. Not bad.
18:52That's there for five. That's for five, yeah. And there is a six. Another tough one,
18:56this, but there is a six with mutate. Well done. Thank you. 39 to 33. Adrian, it's your
19:03numbers game. Rachel, can I surprise myself with one big one and five little ones again,
19:08please? You can. Go for the usual. One large, five little. And this time they are one, six,
19:16four, nine, ten. And the large one, 75. And the target? 113. One, one, three.
19:25One, two, three.
19:56Adrian, 1-1-2. 1-1-2. Tony? I think I've got it, yeah, 1-1-3. Let's go. 75
20:04plus 10 times 4. 75 plus 10 times 4 for 1-1-5. And then 6 minus 4 is 2.
20:14You've used your 4, Tony.
20:16What am I doing? That's a bad call. Adrian, off again. I think I miscalculated again, but we'll try. 75
20:23plus 10. 75 plus 10. Plus 9. So 85 plus 9, 94. And plus 6 plus 4. 6 plus 4.
20:35I got the wrong one, yeah, so my fault.
20:39Now, there's chaos over here. Rachel, straighten us all out. 1-1-3. There were a few ways. Tony's shaking
20:45his head because he had
20:469, a 6, and a 1 left to give you 2 to take away there. Oh, Tony. Tony. Thank you,
20:54Rachel.
20:56OK. Well done. So, it's 39 playing 33. Adrian's still on 33 as we turn to our second teetime teaser,
21:05which is one's coped. And the clue, one's coped very well with having this inserted into them.
21:12One's coped very well with having this inserted into them.
21:31Welcome back. One's coped very well with having this inserted into them. And the answer to that is
21:36endoscope. Endoscope. Yes, endoscope. And it has a cousin called the...
21:42That's for endoscopy. And, of course, that's a cousin for the colonoscopy.
21:47Now then, 39 playing 33. Tony in the lead. And it's Tony's letters game.
21:53Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Tony.
21:55L. A vowel.
21:58I.
21:59A consonant.
22:00Y.
22:03A vowel.
22:06O.
22:07Another one.
22:09E.
22:11Consonant.
22:13C.
22:14A vowel.
22:16A.
22:18And finish with a consonant.
22:20Finish with L.
22:22Stand by.
22:23A vowel.
22:36A vowel.
22:40A vowel.
22:40A vowel.
22:40A vowel.
22:40A vowel.
22:53Well, Tony, dodgy seven.
22:57Adrian?
22:58An even dodgy seven.
22:59Well, we'll see.
23:01Tony, forkily.
23:03And Adrian?
23:04Lethally.
23:05Can you start with...
23:07Can I start with your one?
23:08It was...
23:09Forkily.
23:09Forkily, yeah.
23:11I heard that, too, and it is in the dictionary, I'm pleased to say.
23:14It's simply relating to the focus of a lens, so that's very good.
23:18And lethally is not there, I'm afraid, Adrian, sorry.
23:22Well done, Tony.
23:23Well done.
23:2446 to 33, but before we move on, let's see what the corner's been up to.
23:29No, I literally just made words up for 30 seconds then.
23:32Like, I was seeing things.
23:34Yeah, tough on that.
23:35It was.
23:36One more seven, otherwise, which is colify.
23:39Coalify.
23:40Yes.
23:40From geology to transform plant remains into coal, essentially.
23:44Oh, right.
23:45After a long time.
23:46Yes.
23:48So, 46 to 33.
23:50Adrian, your letters came.
23:51Can I start with a vowel, please, Rachel?
23:53Thank you, Adrian.
23:54E.
23:54And another one.
23:55O.
23:56And another one.
23:57O.
23:59And a consonant.
24:00V.
24:01And another one.
24:03S.
24:04And another one.
24:06R.
24:09And another one.
24:11D.
24:12And a vowel, please.
24:15E.
24:16And another consonant, please.
24:18And lastly, P.
24:20Stand by.
24:51Adrian.
24:53Just a six.
24:54Tony.
24:56Just a five.
24:58And your five is?
24:59Strove.
25:01Adrian.
25:01Proves.
25:02Yes.
25:03Yep, absolutely.
25:04And Gethan and Susie?
25:06Sometimes, Nick, I get so annoyed myself.
25:09I thought, I've only got two four-letter words here.
25:12Yes.
25:13And then I put them together for overused.
25:16Eight.
25:17That's perfect.
25:18Wonderful.
25:20Wonderful.
25:2346 plays, 39.
25:25Now, Susie, what have you prepared for us today?
25:29What wonderful dish?
25:30I have to apologise, actually, because I think when Gethan arrived, I began with quite a gruesome
25:35tale that might explain the origin of pulling one's leg that involved a hangman.
25:38And I'm going to return to the hangman today with the potential origin of having a brass
25:44neck.
25:45So, someone who's got a brass neck, who's got a lot of bottle, will take on things that
25:49others might just not dare to do.
25:51The origin might be in the legend of a highwayman who was sentenced to hang for his crimes.
25:57And the hanging method was to bring on a slow death by chaining him up to a tree and just
26:04literally leaving him to choke.
26:06But this highwayman, it's said, came up with a cunning plan.
26:10His idea, so the story goes, was to swallow a piece of brass tube with a wire attached
26:14to it, hold it inside his mouth in the hope that it would prevent his throat from being
26:19crushed.
26:20Long enough, anyway, that he would be left to die and then his compass would take out
26:25this tube and he would be alive and then freed.
26:28Such a colourful story, as I say, very, very grisly.
26:31In the way of these things, it's probably not true.
26:35A brass neck probably simply goes down to, comes back to an image of someone being brazen.
26:39Brazen is bold as brass.
26:41But the story lingers, so there may be some truth in it.
26:44The digging goes on.
26:45But I thought I'd mention another idiom involving brass, and that's brass monkey weather.
26:49It's a bit brass monkey, it's a bit cold.
26:51What does seem likely is that the brass monkeys were real brass monkeys, really.
26:56They were figures or sculptures of three wise monkeys, hear no evil, see no evil, speak
27:01no evil.
27:02And these were really popular sort of little artefacts, if you like, that people would have
27:06in their houses.
27:06So the image probably goes back to that, that it's cold enough even to freeze brass.
27:12And interestingly, of course, these monkeys have come back in emojis.
27:15So you will see the three monkeys with their hands over their eyes, over their ears and their
27:21mouth, etc.
27:22So they've kind of come back.
27:23But we think that's where brass wonky weather came from initially.
27:26Oh, brilliant.
27:3239 plays 46.
27:34Tony on 46.
27:36And it's Tony's letters game.
27:38Off we go.
27:38Start with the consonant, please, Rachel.
27:41Thank you, Tony.
27:42D.
27:42And a vowel.
27:44O.
27:45Consonant.
27:47V.
27:48A vowel.
27:49A.
27:51Consonant.
27:53Z.
27:54Better one, please.
27:57K.
27:59Vowel.
28:02U.
28:03It's getting worse.
28:05Consonant.
28:06Can only get better.
28:07R.
28:09And finish with a vowel.
28:11Finish with I.
28:14Stand by.
28:14Kill.
28:28Good.
28:32Goodbye.
28:33Advertising.
28:35I'd like.
28:38Goodbye.
28:39about a vowel.
28:40Dooo.
28:43Bye.
28:43Bye.
28:43Bye.
28:43Bye.
28:43Bye.
28:45Tony just the five and another five five from Adrian Tony radio and vodka please
28:54well done any more vodkas over in the corner radio yeah the second time since I've been on
29:01the show radio for five radio Susie and there's also the adzuki bean that will give you six adz
29:08UK I the small round dark red edible beans Asian bean I think Asian cooking adzuki all right 51
29:15plays 44 Adrian now come on it's your letters game you're within touch can we set with a vowel
29:22please thank you Adrian e and another one oh and a consonant n and another one w and another one
29:35ah
29:38and another one she can have a vowel please a and another one I and a consonant please and lastly
29:51ah
29:51stand by
29:52so
30:23Adrian.
30:25Seven.
30:25A seven.
30:26Tony.
30:27Yes, seven.
30:28Adrian.
30:29Waring.
30:30Tony.
30:31Warren.
30:32Yes.
30:33Yes.
30:34So you're fine.
30:34I was hoping I could have wronger for seven.
30:38Mmm.
30:39Yeah.
30:39I can.
30:39He's a wronger.
30:41It didn't sound right in my head, but I can.
30:43Yes, it can.
30:43OK, so that's a seven.
30:45Yeah.
30:45Erm, and you can push it to an eight with arrowing.
30:49Arrowing.
30:50Yes, that's right.
30:51Very good.
30:5558 to 51.
30:56Tony in the lead.
30:57And now, Tony, it's the final numbers game for you.
31:00Off we go.
31:00One large, five small, Rachel, sorry.
31:03One large.
31:04Your last chance to avoid a crucial conundrum.
31:06Let's see if you can do it.
31:07Final numbers of the day are nine, eight, nine, four, one, and 25.
31:16And the target, eight hundred and ninety-four.
31:19Eight, nine, four.
31:20Okay.
31:35Take care.
31:36All right, guys.
31:37All right.
31:51Tony 895 Adrian no any Tony 9 times 4 9 times 4 36 times 25 times 25 and 900
32:04minus the 4 and the 1 and I've done it again over to you Rachel 894 I got to 1
32:13away so leave it with me Nick
32:14certainly will and what we've got now of course is a crucial countdown conundrum chaps
32:19things on buzzers let's roll
32:24so
32:52Oh, no.
32:54I'll come back to you guys in a second, but who in the audience will take this on?
32:59Who will crack this for us?
33:00Do you want to see a hand?
33:02No?
33:03It's got to be hard.
33:05Let's roll it and see.
33:06Killer Hertz.
33:07There we go.
33:08Killer Hertz.
33:10Well, that's tough.
33:11Mind you, that Zed was sort of lurking in there looking for a home.
33:15So there we are, guys.
33:17Well done, Tony.
33:19And bad luck, Adrian.
33:20Bad luck.
33:21But still, you had two good wins.
33:23You've got your teapot and you're back to Ainsworth with pride.
33:28Thank you very much indeed for coming.
33:30No, you did well.
33:31So, Tony, well done.
33:33And we'll see you tomorrow.
33:34You will, Nick.
33:35Well done.
33:36We won't be seeing you tomorrow.
33:38You're back.
33:38Nick, you know, mind you, you must be exhausted getting up at half past four this morning, doing your radio
33:43show and then careering over here.
33:46Nick, you know I don't like to mention what time I get up in the morning, but half past four
33:49is what time I get up in the morning and all I do is talk about sleep and the lack
33:53of it.
33:53So, yeah, I look forward to it.
33:55And you come and see us again soon, do you hear?
33:56We'd love to.
33:57We'd love to.
33:57Thanks very much.
33:58Brilliant stuff.
33:59Susie, we'll see you tomorrow.
34:00Yes, you will.
34:00See you then.
34:01Well done.
34:01And Rachel, too, of course.
34:03I've got my homework for the night, Nick.
34:04All right.
34:05See you tomorrow.
34:06See you tomorrow.
34:06We've got Adrian with us.
34:07Adrian Childs.
34:08Lovely.
34:08Join us then, same time, same place.
34:10You'll be sure of it.
34:10A very good afternoon.
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