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00:21Thank you very much
00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio. We're heading into the weekend. It's Friday, Sunday. What's happening? Why? It's
00:38Father's Day, Rachel. They've done a survey. Of course they have.
00:42Now, thousands of dads were polled to find out what they expected to get on Father's Day on Sunday. Here
00:49we go.
00:51Ideally, dads would like breakfast in bed, a day out with the kids, and a bottle of bourbon, and a
00:59new watch. Those were sort of the key findings. Pretty odd collection. Bourbon? Why bourbon?
01:05But three quarters of those polled, they expected to receive nothing more than a pair of socks. A pair of
01:13socks. What about you? When you were a young girl, well, maybe you still give your father. Have you got
01:20a big surprise for him on Sunday?
01:22Well, my dad still watches and records every single episode of Countdown and puts them onto DVDs. So I couldn't
01:29possibly tell you, Nick, because he could very well be watching right now and that would spoil everything.
01:34If he watches every single Countdown, oh, this is dangerous. I can say he deserves a pair of socks. He
01:39deserves a big prize.
01:41Well, all of the socks I'd buy him would have a Man United crest on, because anything I buy him
01:45generally has a Man United crest on it somewhere.
01:48Listen, Rachel, we've got Ian back. Ian back. Bit of a surprise win, actually, wasn't it? Do you remember?
01:54It was very close.
01:55It was very close indeed. Ian Cadogan, police constable from Livingstone, who's off for the weekend.
02:02He's off to do the staircase of Switzerland. I've probably got all that wrong, but in a nutshell, what are
02:08you doing?
02:09Basically run up a hillside, just under 12,000 steps, and then you get the train back down and then
02:15a few beers, I would think.
02:16OK, so this is really very high exertion.
02:20It should take two and a half hours or so.
02:23Yeah, of running upstairs. I can think of better things to do in Switzerland.
02:27Anyway, and you're joined, Ian, by Dan Dawson. He's another nutter, because he's a planning manager from Basingstoke.
02:35We'll put that to one side. Last year, you completed the Man Versus Lakes race in eight hours, starting in
02:42Morecambe Bay.
02:43What's all this about?
02:44Yeah, it's basically a marathon, but it's also a cross between a marathon and the races like Tough Mudder.
02:51Yeah. So I started off in Morecambe Bay, out into the bay, then up through the Lake District, swimming through
02:57some of the lakes, doing obstacles up and down the mountains.
02:59Fantastic. Well, listen, this doesn't last very long, but it's far more exhausting.
03:05Good luck to you both. Have fun. Big round of applause for Ian and Dan.
03:11And over in the corner, Susie, of course, and next to her, lovely guy, TV and radio presenter, Adrian Childs.
03:20Adrian, welcome back.
03:23Thank you very much.
03:25A very good guy.
03:26Now, Ian, off we go. Letters go.
03:30Afternoon, Rachel. Can I have a consonant, please?
03:32Thank you. Start today with T.
03:34And a second one, please.
03:37L. And a third.
03:39L.
03:40One more.
03:42N.
03:43And a vowel, please.
03:44E.
03:45And a second vowel.
03:46I.
03:47And a third.
03:48A.
03:50Can I have a consonant, please?
03:52W.
03:53And one last consonant, please.
03:55And the last one, R.
03:58And here's the countdown clock.
04:31Ian.
04:32A seven.
04:33Not written down.
04:34And Dan?
04:35A six.
04:36And your six is?
04:37Renail.
04:39Ian.
04:40Entrail.
04:43Well, you can't have a single entrail, unfortunately. It has to be entrails. Sorry about that, Ian. And you can
04:49be a nailer, but you can't re-nail.
04:51Sorry, Dan.
04:52That's a draw.
04:54That's a draw.
04:55That's a draw. Now, what can't we have?
04:57What you can have is reliant.
04:59Yes.
05:00And also latrine.
05:04And you can put the T, just to add salt to the wound, you can put the T in front
05:08of re-nail and have tree-nail, which is a nail used for fastening timber.
05:13Okay. Thank you.
05:15And now, Dan, it's your lessons game.
05:18Hi, Rachel.
05:19Hi, Dan.
05:19Can I have a vowel, please?
05:20Thank you. Start with E.
05:23And another.
05:25I.
05:26A consonant.
05:28B.
05:30And another.
05:31C.
05:32A vowel.
05:34E.
05:35A consonant.
05:37N.
05:39And another.
05:40Z.
05:42One more, please.
05:44N.
05:45And a vowel.
05:46And the last one.
05:47O.
05:49Stand by.
05:51WSLU.
06:05MUSIC recounts.
06:06diss мед Ret 350.
06:06WSLU.
06:06WSLU.
06:06WSLU.
06:18WSLU.
06:21Dan a risky seven in only six and your six Bonnie yeah how much of a risk is this Dan
06:33I think I might misspelt it looking at it but Ben Benzine or benzene benzene yeah that's
06:39absolutely fine it does look a bit old on the page I was having that to vote with myself but
06:43Benzine is a mixture of liquid hydrocarbons that you get from petrol interesting anything else no
06:56all right and now Ian it's the first numbers game for you can I have two large numbers and four
07:02from
07:03the bottom room please you can indeed thank you in two large four little coming up and for the
07:08first time today your numbers of five eight four six twenty five and seventy five and the target 352 352
07:23so
07:26so
07:50in now I've mocked up Dan
07:54um yeah me too what Rachel quick you're the only one we've got no I'm not the only one I
08:04can see a
08:04hand it's right distance come on then you're betting so it's one of the greatest moments of all okay I
08:11better check whether it's right first 75 plus 25 75 plus that's 100 that is Rachel it is by four
08:18that's 400 yes and then six times eight is 48 and take 48 from the 400
08:32that's talent I retire in fact I'm going now I'm giving up broadcasting oh it's brilliant and you did it
08:39with your mum in the audience oh I did that's heaven that's brilliant let's have a tea time tease up
08:45it's ill period and the clue it's nothing to do with cooking or finance but stocks are involved it's nothing
08:52to do with cooking or finance but stocks are involved
09:13it's nothing to do with cooking or finance but stocks are involved
09:18involved and the answer for that is pilloried pilloried there we go now over to Dan Dan let's escape a
09:27consonant please Rachel thank you Dan T and another S and another T vowel please E and another A and
09:42another I one more U
09:47A consonant S and one more consonant please and lastly R
09:53Standby
10:25Yes Dan
10:26Yes Dan
10:27Ian
10:28Likewise seven
10:29Thank you
10:30Tastier
10:31Ian
10:32I'm tastier as well
10:35No
10:36In the corner Susie
10:38Adrian
10:39We've got something tastier than tastier coming in at eight letters
10:43Yes
10:43Situates
10:45Situates
10:45Well done
10:49Well done
10:50Very good
10:52Okay Ian
10:53Your letters game now
10:55Can I have a consonant please Rachel
10:57Thank you Ian
10:58V
10:59And a second one
11:01T
11:02And a third please
11:04S
11:05A fourth one
11:08N
11:08A vowel please
11:11E
11:11A second vowel
11:12O
11:14O
11:14And a third one
11:15I
11:17Another consonant
11:19C
11:20And one more consonant please
11:22And the last one S
11:24Stand by
11:41The last one
11:41It's because a third one
11:42It is because a third one
11:42They get it
11:42They get it
11:43A full one
11:44And it is
11:44They get it
11:45And it is
11:45They get it
11:45They get it
11:57Ian?
11:58Just six.
11:59Six, Dan?
11:59Six.
12:00Thank you, Ian.
12:01A cent.
12:02Now then, Dan.
12:04Sonics?
12:05Sonics.
12:09Absolutely fine.
12:10Yeah.
12:11Artificially produced sand.
12:12Good.
12:12Good, good.
12:1320 plays 13.
12:15Dan in the lead.
12:15Adrian?
12:17Sections.
12:19Sections, yeah.
12:20Very good.
12:21Susie?
12:22Yeah, otherwise down to sevens.
12:23Costive, which means unforthcoming, and notices as well.
12:28Thanks, Adrian.
12:2913 plays Dan's 20, and it's Dan's numbers game now.
12:33Dan?
12:34Two large and four small, please.
12:36Thank you, Dan.
12:37Two from the top four.
12:38Little coming up again.
12:39And this time they are six, eight, nine, seven, 75 and 100.
12:48And the target, 171.
12:51171.
12:52The form.
12:55Far from the top four.
12:55And this time they are done.
12:59Yeah.
13:06Yeah.
13:22Dan.
13:24One, seven, one.
13:25And Ian?
13:26No, I've lost it, sorry.
13:27Oh, dear.
13:28Dan.
13:29100 plus 75.
13:31One, seven, five.
13:33Nine minus seven is two.
13:35Yeah.
13:35Eight minus six is two.
13:37And then take them both away.
13:40Yeah, take the two twos.
13:42Well done.
13:43There we go.
13:43Well done.
13:47Well done, Dan.
13:4930 to Ian's 13.
13:51Good score.
13:53As we turn to Adrian.
13:54Adrian, what's up?
13:57Well, I've spent the last year of my life talking about alcohol
14:02because I stumbled inadvertently into making a programme
14:07which sort of resonated with a lot of people called Drinkers Like Me
14:10where I just thought that the majority of programmes about drinking,
14:19about sort of extreme drinking, were about just that.
14:22It was about alcoholism in terms of drinking sherry first thing in the morning
14:29and then, you know, getting in in the middle of the night,
14:32waking up in hospital, instant liver failure.
14:35But in fact, that's only the extreme.
14:38Most people, like me, were just drinking every day
14:42and not really noticing how much we were drinking
14:46and yet were still dependent.
14:48We were thinking, well, we're not that.
14:49We're not drinking Pernod in the morning, therefore we're fine.
14:53And it turned out that a lot of people seemed to be in the same boat as me.
14:57So, you know, I found I was drinking 30, 40, 50 units of alcohol or more a week.
15:02And then I realised I had a liver scan
15:04and I'd done some damage to my liver
15:06so it was a real kind of, it was a real wake-up call.
15:10To put it into context, though, 50 units,
15:13can you put that into pints and glasses of wine and all the rest of it?
15:16Well, 50 units is about 25 pints.
15:19OK, so that's three pints a night.
15:21Yeah, so, for example, with me,
15:23say I went to the footballer on a Saturday.
15:25I might have three or four pints before the game,
15:27a couple of pints after,
15:28and then I might go out in the evening to a friend's birthday or something.
15:32I'll have a pint and then I'll have three or four glasses of wine
15:35and then another pint and then go to bed.
15:37Right, now that would be about 30 units in one night.
15:40Yes, quite.
15:41You know, so it just creeps up on you.
15:44The answer is to count your units on an app.
15:46I don't know, just trying to drink less than it is possible.
15:49Well, I think this has been very educational.
15:52On the other hand, I went out the other day
15:53to see a friend of mine in a punk band.
15:56Oh, dear.
15:56I was in...
15:57I started at 1 o'clock at lunchtime
15:59and I left at midnight.
16:00But we can all let ourselves down every now and then.
16:03Once a year, maybe.
16:04Well done.
16:10Well done.
16:11Thanks, Adrian.
16:13Now, 30 plays 13.
16:15And what shall we do?
16:17Ian, letters game.
16:19Can I have a consonant, please?
16:21Thank you, Ian.
16:21P.
16:22And a second one.
16:25W.
16:25And a third one, please.
16:28P.
16:28Vowel.
16:30E.
16:30A second vowel.
16:32I.
16:32And a third one, please.
16:34E.
16:35A consonant.
16:36S.
16:37A second consonant.
16:39M.
16:40And a vowel, please.
16:42And the last one.
16:43O.
16:46Stand by.
16:46And the last one.
17:18Ian?
17:19Just five.
17:20Five down.
17:21Five.
17:22Ian?
17:23Sweep.
17:24Yes, Dan?
17:25Weeps.
17:26What's over in the corner there, I wonder?
17:28Can't do much better than that, but we've got a seven.
17:30Which is?
17:31Which is mopies, and this is a South African word.
17:35A street song of the Cape Malay people, usually the teasing nature,
17:40so affectionately teasing, a moppy.
17:43OK, thank you for that.
17:4435 to 18.
17:46Dan, you're back.
17:47Letters game.
17:49A consonant, please.
17:51Thank you, Dan.
17:51Q.
17:53And another.
17:54S.
17:56And another.
17:57X.
17:59And another.
18:01B.
18:02Vowel.
18:04I.
18:05And another.
18:06U.
18:07And another.
18:08I.
18:10A consonant.
18:12H.
18:14And a vowel, please.
18:16And the last one.
18:17O.
18:18Stand by.
18:19TAR.
18:20I.
18:21I.
18:32I.
18:35I.
18:35I.
18:47I.
18:50Well, Dan?
18:51Four.
18:53Likewise, four.
18:54What's going on here? Dan?
18:56Bush.
18:57And Hobbs.
18:59Wow.
19:00We've got one, if I say, Damp.
19:03Squee-ass.
19:04Anything else, Susie?
19:05Squibs are five quibs.
19:07Otherwise, quibs, jives or taunts, but five is the best.
19:11Five's good.
19:12All right, thank you.
19:1239 plays 22.
19:14Let's concentrate on numbers now, shall we?
19:17How about Ian's numbers game?
19:20Can I have two large numbers and four from the bottom rule, please?
19:23You can indeed.
19:24A chance to make up some ground.
19:26Thank you, Ian.
19:26The four little ones are nine, two, three, six,
19:32and the big ones, 125.
19:35The target, 910.
19:379-1-0.
20:11Just 9-0-9.
20:139-0-9 down.
20:169-0-9.
20:17Ian, off we go.
20:183 plus 6 is 9.
20:20Yep.
20:21Times 100 is 900.
20:23900.
20:24Plus 9.
20:25One away.
20:26And down.
20:27The same, yeah.
20:28Same way.
20:29OK.
20:30Not quite there, is it, though, Rachel?
20:32Is it possible to get 9-10 elegantly?
20:35That probably suits Adrian's radio career,
20:37but if you say 3 minus 2 is 1,
20:42100 minus 1 is 99,
20:45times that by 9 for 891,
20:48minus the 6,
20:49and add on the 25.
20:52Wonderful.
20:58Lovely stuff.
20:59Well done, Rachel.
21:01Now, time for a tea-time teaser,
21:04which is trash bile,
21:06and the clue.
21:07If there's a potion to be made,
21:08she'll find the plants and make it.
21:10If there's a potion to be made,
21:13she'll find the plants and make it.
21:31Welcome back.
21:31I left with the clue.
21:32If there's a potion to be made,
21:34she'll find the plants and make it,
21:37because she's our herbalist.
21:40Herbalist.
21:4146 to 29.
21:43Dan in the lead.
21:44Your letters came now.
21:46A vowel, please.
21:48Thank you, Dan.
21:50I.
21:50And another.
21:52O.
21:53And another.
21:54E.
21:55A consonant.
21:57R.
21:58And another.
21:59J.
22:00And another.
22:00D.
22:01And another.
22:03R.
22:04A vowel.
22:06O.
22:08And another consonant, please.
22:11And the last one, F.
22:12Stand by.
22:14Stand by.
22:28MUSIC CONTINUES
22:45Dan? Five.
22:46A five. Ian? I'll try a six, then.
22:49Dan? Order.
22:51Yes, Ian?
22:52A foodie?
22:54Foodie should be fine.
22:57It is. Yeah, very good.
22:59Jolly well done.
23:00Excellent.
23:00We can only match that. We've got roofer.
23:03A roofer.
23:04Yes.
23:04That's it?
23:05That's it.
23:06Ian up to 35 to Dan's 46.
23:09Nothing much in it, really.
23:11Ian, your letters game.
23:13Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
23:15Thank you, Ian.
23:16D.
23:17And a second one?
23:19T.
23:20And a third one, please.
23:22R.
23:23A fourth consonant?
23:25Y.
23:25Vowel.
23:27Vowel.
23:28Another one.
23:29O.
23:30A third one.
23:31A.
23:32A fourth one.
23:34E.
23:36And a consonant, please.
23:38And lastly, M.
23:40Stand by.
23:41A fifth one.
23:42A third one.
23:47One way.
23:48A second one.
24:12Ian.
24:13Just six.
24:14A six down?
24:14Another five.
24:16Your five?
24:18Meaty.
24:19Meaty and Ian.
24:20Roomed.
24:21Yes, very nice.
24:24Mmm.
24:25And I've got a nicer six.
24:27Go on.
24:27Three, mate.
24:29Susie?
24:30I like that, dreamy.
24:31Yeah, otherwise matured for seven.
24:33It's about the best that we could do.
24:34Well done.
24:35Well, the story is that Ian's now up to 41 to Dan's 46.
24:39So, things are closing up.
24:42Susie, what have you for us today by way of your origins of words?
24:46I'm going to talk about a strange link, Nick, between homelessness and extravagance.
24:51So, very unlikely pairing, you would think.
24:54And I'm only speaking linguistically, of course.
24:57We hear about the homeless and the growing homeless problem every single day.
25:02And too often, obviously, homelessness and the homeless people are associated with things
25:08that are sort of negative as well as sadness.
25:12And that's not new.
25:13Because if you look at language throughout history, you will see that that kind of coupling,
25:16that negative coupling, has been there almost since the outset.
25:21Before we talked about the homeless, that goes back to the early 19th century, we talked
25:26about vagabonds and vagrants.
25:29Now, those started off as entirely neutral terms.
25:32So, they come from a Latin verb, vagare, which meant to wander or to roam.
25:37So, there were people who roamed from place to place without having a settled address.
25:42They were usually impoverished.
25:44They were usually poor.
25:46But not necessarily.
25:47They may just have been people who didn't want to settle anywhere and who roamed, much
25:51like the Romans, the gypsies, who were thought to come from Egypt.
25:56So, vagabonds and vagrants, as I say, were entirely neutral.
25:59And then, over time, the sort of additional sense of people who were unprincipled or dishonest
26:04or perhaps who stole for a living came into play.
26:08And that one pretty much stuck and became something quite negative.
26:13Going back to that vagare, that Latin root, it gave us vague because of the idea of a
26:18wandering mind.
26:19So, if you're a bit vague, you can't really settle on anything.
26:22And vagaries of the mind as well, so impulsive changes of the mind or whims.
26:26And it gave us extravagant.
26:28And that's where we end up.
26:29Because extravagant, that vagare again, meant to wander outside the norm.
26:34So, to do something that not many people will do, to sort of step beyond the norm.
26:38And extravagants are, of course, the same idea, something that was sort of sensational
26:42because it was different to anything else.
26:44And that's why homelessness, vagabonds and vagrants are linked, weirdly, to extravagance.
26:50Oh, brilliant.
26:51Very good.
26:56Perfect.
26:57Thank you, Susie.
26:58That's wonderful.
26:5946 to 41.
27:01Dan in the lead.
27:02Dan, you're back.
27:03Letters game.
27:05A consonant, please.
27:08Thank you, Dan.
27:09S.
27:10And another.
27:12R.
27:13And another.
27:15C.
27:17A vowel.
27:18A.
27:20And another.
27:21I.
27:22And another.
27:23E.
27:24And another.
27:26U.
27:27A consonant.
27:29T.
27:31And a vowel, please.
27:35And lastly, A.
27:37Stand by.
27:38A vowel.
27:40A vowel.
27:42A vowel.
27:47A vowel.
27:53A vowel.
27:54A vowel.
27:55A vowel.
27:55A vowel.
27:55A vowel.
27:55A vowel.
27:55A vowel.
28:09dan six ian uh seven interesting dan causer now then ian uh racist racist is absolutely fine
28:21um very good in fact and causes also in the dictionary yeah but racist is excellent
28:26adrian what we've got a full house susie uh we do yeah there is a nine there um actuaries actuaries
28:34actuaries very good well done well done susie
28:41actuaries but 48 plays 46 in in the lead and it's ian's final letters game yes sir
28:49uh can i have a consonant please thank you ian g and a second one please n and a third
28:59s and a fourth one please t a vowel i uh another vowel e a third one
29:11a consonant r and one last vowel please and lastly a
29:18stand by
29:23so
29:50ian
29:52uh eight and eight dan eight yes ian i've got steering
30:01dan angriest um and can you spell that for me yeah i'll put it down as s-t-e-a
30:06-r-i-n-g
30:09um it's not them for it has to be the double e sorry oh sure it should be shouldn't it
30:14yeah bad
30:15luck bad luck expensive luck now adrian uh what else did we have we got angriest was about as good
30:25as we could do yeah it can be rangiest the rangiest person in the room as well that's good thanks
30:29susie
30:29thank you so 54 to 48 dan's back and it's dan's numbers game good luck to you both can i
30:38have one
30:39large and five small please you can indeed in a possible crucial conundrum coming our way let's see
30:45final one of the week is six one eight ten another six and the large one 25 and the target
30:55257
30:56two five seven
31:01so
31:13so
31:14so
31:30Yes, Dan?
31:312, 5, 7.
31:32And Ian?
31:33Likewise, 2, 5, 7.
31:34Dan?
31:3525 times 10.
31:372, 50.
31:38Plus 6 plus 1.
31:40Nothing troubling about that.
31:42And Ian?
31:43A seam as well.
31:44There we go.
31:45So what have we got?
31:49What have we got?
31:51We've got a crucial conundrum.
31:5464 plays 58.
31:56Gentlemen, fingers on buzzers.
32:02Let's roll today's crucial countdown conundrum.
32:10Ian?
32:12Is it beginnings?
32:13Let's see whether you're right.
32:14Beginnings?
32:16No.
32:17Take your time, Dan.
32:46No.
32:48No.
32:48No.
32:50They're foxed up here, but who in the audience
32:52could be brave enough to raise a hand?
32:56Madam.
32:58Besieging.
32:59Besieging. Let's see whether you're right.
33:02I hope you are. There it is, besieging.
33:09Very good.
33:11Well, you were besieging each other pretty much throughout the game
33:14and the lead was changing.
33:16At the end, the last knockings, as they say, Dan.
33:2064 takes the day.
33:22Well done, Ian.
33:23But we'll be seeing Dan on Monday.
33:27Well done.
33:29And you, young man, have a lot of fun in Switzerland, OK?
33:34Take this goodie bag with you and your teapot as well.
33:37They show it to the Swiss.
33:38Thank you very much.
33:38Great performance.
33:39Not bad competition, was it?
33:41No, very good.
33:42What do I have to do here, assisting, inverted commas, Susie,
33:47to get myself a teapot?
33:51You're going to have to dynamite and blow the doors off
33:53because they're in a vault upstairs
33:55and nobody gets one unless they win it.
33:57What?
33:58Please, come on.
33:59No.
34:01Well, we'll have a word with you later, but the answer will still be no.
34:05We'll see you on Monday.
34:06Have a quiet weekend.
34:07And you?
34:08All right.
34:09Susie, see you on Monday.
34:10Yeah, see you then.
34:10And Rachel, too.
34:11We are getting through our teapots lately.
34:14That champions chair's a bit doomed at the moment.
34:16Good luck to Dan next week.
34:17It's true.
34:18It's true.
34:19They win one and lose one.
34:21All right.
34:21Yeah.
34:22We'll see you on Monday.
34:22Have a good weekend.
34:24Have a good weekend.
34:25See you Monday, same time, same place.
34:27You'll be sure of it.
34:28A very good afternoon.
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