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00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34I hear there are claims pouring out of America that young American children are adopting English accents and it's all
00:41down to Peppa Pig.
00:43And that little animated programme was kicked off in 2004.
00:48Big seller to preschoolers worldwide and in America it's a huge hit and apparently the parents of these little toddlers
00:55are stunned that their little children are coming back with English accents.
01:00They have accents from school and all the rest of it and they love it and they love it.
01:04How extraordinary.
01:04I think it's a good thing.
01:07Well I love it when you hear the footballers, especially the Scandinavians up in Liverpool or Manchester.
01:13Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is the best example of a Norwegian who's got a proper mank accent.
01:18I fully approve of that.
01:20Do you remember years ago I remember going to Gothenburg in a restaurant sitting there on my own listening to
01:25a family speaking the most impeccable English, accentless English, the Swedish family.
01:31I guess because not many people speak Swedish, so English.
01:35But they were so good.
01:38Who else is so good, Rachel?
01:40Dan Dawson's not bad.
01:42You came through that conundrum on Friday and here you are, a winner.
01:47You've got a teapot.
01:48How are you feeling?
01:49Good.
01:50All good?
01:51Yeah.
01:51You're up against Imogen.
01:53Imogen Gordon, how are you?
01:55I'm good, thanks.
01:55A-level student from Hale Barnes in Cheshire and you volunteer at a care home for people with Alzheimer's and
02:02you go in.
02:03Isn't this a wonderful thing to do?
02:05You take your clarinet in and you play and sing popular songs and everybody knows the words.
02:12What a lovely thing to do.
02:14It's really fascinating because they can't remember what they had for breakfast but yet they know every single word to
02:19all these all-time war songs and it's actually quite moving to see it happen.
02:23I think you're talking about me.
02:27Maybe.
02:28I can't remember what I did for breakfast either or had.
02:31Listen, good luck to you both.
02:32Have a lot of fun, Imogen.
02:33Dan, good luck to you both.
02:34Big round of applause, Dan and Imogen.
02:42And there's Susie, who had a peaceful weekend, I trust.
02:46I did, thank you.
02:47You've managed to get that Adrian Childs back here, as he promised, for the last time.
02:52We'll have a great final show and then we'll book you in for the next one because we love having
02:57you here.
02:58Now, Dan, off we go.
03:00Letters game.
03:01Hi, Rachel.
03:02Hi, Dan.
03:03Can I get a consonant, please?
03:05Start the week with V.
03:07And another.
03:08C.
03:10And another.
03:11N.
03:13A vowel.
03:14O.
03:15And another.
03:16I.
03:17And another.
03:19E.
03:20And another.
03:22A.
03:23A consonant, please.
03:26R.
03:26And one more consonant, please.
03:30Promising start.
03:31A final chi.
03:32Stand by.
03:34Ready
03:34One more consonant, please.
03:34One more consonant, please.
03:38One more contaminant, please.
04:04well done seven a seven Imogen seven likewise thank you and um coinage Imogen craving craving
04:15yes very good both very good okay we on the other hand have we've got eight and we we have
04:22and we
04:23have covering and we have Veronica and which is herbaceous plants and narrow pointed leaves and
04:29spikes of blue flowers or a cloth supposedly impressed with an image of Christ yeah seven
04:39apiece Imogen welcome your letters game hi Rachel hi Imogen and please may I have a vowel to start you
04:47may start with e and another you and another e and a consonant please d another consonant
04:59d another l and a vowel o a another one please e and a final consonant a final m
05:18stand by
05:23so
05:50Imogen a measly six done risky seven now then you're measly and muddle and
06:03de-mould oh no could have re-mould but not de-mould yes but you could have
06:13molded I wrote that down I don't know I didn't say it yeah I'm sorry that would
06:19have given you to seven helpful for Imogen though 13 plays down seven and
06:25over in the corner muddle was very good cheeky little muddle and module we could
06:31have had for six module thanks Adrian so 13 plays seven Imogen on 13 and it's Dan
06:37we turn to Dan numbers game can I get four large no sorry two large I thought you
06:44were gambling you had Imogen's number there two from the top and
06:50four little I won't take your first answer final one says four six eight three
06:57and the large two one hundred and fifty and the target nine hundred and forty-one nine
07:31four one
07:35down nine four four three away Imogen um nine forty you have first shout off we go Imogen um a
07:45hundred
07:45times eight one hundred times eight eight hundred and then fifty times three fifty times three one
07:51fifty add the two together for nine hundred and fifty and then add the four and the six and take
07:57that away
07:59and that gets you to one away very good well done well done not quite there though Rachel nine four
08:05one
08:05um yes if you say one hundred plus fifty plus eight for one hundred and fifty-eight
08:13times that by six for nine hundred and forty-eight and then take away the four and the three for
08:18nine four one
08:25that's wonderful so Imogen early lead 20 points to down seven as we turn to our first tea time teaser
08:32which is magic pint and the clue his wisdom teeth were starting to have an effect on him
08:57welcome back I left with the clue his wisdom teeth were starting to have an effect on him they were
09:02in fact
09:03sort of impacting on him impacting poor chap 20 plays seven Imogen on 20
09:10let us game Imogen
09:12um please could I start with a vowel
09:14thank you Imogen
09:15I
09:16and another
09:18O
09:19and another one
09:20E
09:21um please could I have a consonant
09:24R
09:25another one
09:27K
09:27and another
09:29D
09:31um another one sorry
09:33S
09:34S
09:34and a vowel
09:37A
09:39and a final consonant please
09:42a final N
09:44stand by
09:46A
09:46A
09:46a
10:16Imogen a seven and seven images roadies yes then Sandia yes yes Adrian what have you cooked up
10:31we've got an eight and a word I'm not familiar with it's without something it's aneroids and
10:41it describes aneroid barometers and it is without water very good good one 27 to 14 Dan your letters game
11:02good luck
11:02um can I have a consonant please thank you Dan G and another P and another
11:11H and another F a vowel oh and another E and another a consonant M and one more vowel please
11:29I'm the last one oh
11:31stand by
11:36so
11:40so
12:03well Dan five and Imogen terrible four and your four
12:10hope now Dan phage yes phage short for bacteriophage which is a virus that infects a bacterium and
12:21reproduces inside it and much used in genetic research seems and anything else in the corner
12:28there Adrian umpah umpah umpah umpah umpah umpah band and uh and that word can you say homage or homage
12:39or is it just pretentious to say homage I think it's a little bit pretentious but um you'll probably
12:44find both pronunciations in there but yeah I like homage for six not bad umpah indeed 27 plays 19
12:53Imogen maintains the lead and it's Imogen's numbers game now yes ma'am um please could I have one big
13:00one and five little ones you can indeed thank you Imogen one large five little coming up and for the
13:06second time today they are six eight three one ten and your large one 100 and the target 216
13:15two one six
13:20so
13:32so
13:34so
13:47yes Imogen
13:48um two one six thank you I think so Dan two one six off we go let's romp through this
13:54Imogen um three minus one is two times a hundred two hundred at the ten yeah and the six yes
14:02we all got that one well done
14:04done done same same way all right we believe you we believe you
14:14so here we go 37 to 29 Imogen maintains her lead as we turn purposefully towards Adrian Adrian what's cooking
14:23what have you got for us
14:24well I always think about words when uh whenever I come on here obviously and sit next to Susie and
14:30I was just looking at my teenage children
14:32in action
14:33in action
14:34on their phones about twice a week they look up from their smartphones now
14:39never during mealtimes or anything but
14:42I'm really skeptical about sort of some aspects of social media and Facebook and so on and consistent use of
14:49the phone
14:49but the one merit it does have I think as someone who's into words and writing is that never has
14:55the written word been more important
14:58than it is now
14:59because when I was a kid if you think about it
15:02I'm sure the same for you as well and you Susie is that you you rarely communicated with your friends
15:09with your peer group with the written word
15:11you just phone them up or you go and see them and talk to them which you know has its
15:16merits too
15:16but unless you had a pen friend or you might write a postcard if you went abroad or you were
15:21you bullied into sending your aunt a Christmas card or something
15:25then you wouldn't actually communicate with words
15:28so I think it's I don't know I think it's quite a positive thing don't you think so
15:33people must think more about words and the language is evolving even with some of those ghastly abbreviations
15:38which you know which old fogies like us will will despair of
15:42but there's a real craft going on there with the way they they talk to each other
15:47I mean it can be abuse or it can be loving or whatever
15:50and it's interesting just having kind of WhatsApp conversations with my kids
15:54the the economy and the concision
15:57exactly which they communicate is a really kind of valuable skill don't you think Susie?
16:01yeah yeah definitely do it's um it's been proven that those who can text well
16:06are far more proficient at language than those who don't
16:08in other words who kind of play around with you know text abbreviations and things
16:12yeah yeah
16:13being concise that's the key
16:15yeah because you're limited and that's it and therefore you've got to get that message across
16:18in the right number of words
16:20and that can be a you know you've got to roll those words around until you've got it absolutely spot
16:26on I think
16:26yeah fascinating
16:27thank you Adrian
16:31thank you
16:33now
16:35Dan off we go let us go
16:37a vowel please
16:39thank you Dan
16:39I
16:40and another
16:42A
16:43and a consonant please
16:45L
16:46and another
16:47T
16:48and another
16:49C
16:51and another
16:54W
16:54W
16:55a vowel
16:56E
16:57and another
17:00E
17:01and a
17:03consonant
17:04please
17:05final T
17:07stand by
17:08call
17:09And a
17:09go
17:09in
17:09I
17:10Oh
17:10okay
17:23go
17:37try
17:37again
17:37Well, Dan. Five. Imogen. Six. Dan. Tweet. Now, then, Imogen Gordon. Cattle. Cattle. Very nice, yeah. Good six. Cattle. Adrian,
17:51Susie. A couple of sevens. Lattice being one. Yep. And tactile. Good word. Nice. Yeah.
18:01Ah. The touch. 29 to 43. Imogen, 43. Imogen, you're off again.
18:08Please, could I start with a vowel? Thank you, Imogen. I. And another. A. The consonant, please. R. Another consonant.
18:22X. And another. M. And a vowel. E.
18:31Consonant. N. A vowel. A. And finish it off with a vowel. Finish it with E.
18:44Stand by.
19:15Imogen a six and
19:18Dan
19:20an eight and an eight or six and
19:23Axeman yes great minds love it now then down
19:29Examiner
19:36Adrian you suggest you have both of those
19:40Well, only the shorter one, but certainly wouldn't have got examiner, but yeah axe man
19:45It was there for us wasn't it there's not that many words with X in them. So you
19:5043 plays 37 and Dan is your numbers game
19:55One large and five small please one from the top row and five little
20:00Coming up and for this round. They are ten six eight seven seven and a large one fifty
20:09And the target seven hundred and forty one seven four one
20:45Yes, Dan
20:45No, I've lost it. Sorry Imogen and I think I've I have 740 so off you go and
20:54Seven plus eight is fifteen seven plus eight fifteen and times fifty is
21:01750 take away the ten take away the ten seven forty one away well done
21:05Not quite there though rachel she could have said the other seven minus six is one and added it on
21:11And there it is
21:1837 down on 37 as we turn to our second tea time teaser which is axe rob bett and the
21:26clue
21:26He was victorious in the ring then made drum noises with his mouth
21:31He was victorious in the ring then made drum noises with his mouth
21:40Susie
21:50He was a beatbox apparently whatever that is when it's at home. What's a beatbox that's exactly you just said
22:04it to imitate the sounds of a
22:05Drum machine with the voice and it's kind of verbal gymnastics. It's really really clever if you can do it
22:11I can't do it. I love this stuff 50 plays 37 Imogen we're back with you let us go
22:18And please could I start with a vowel? Thank you Imogen a and another
22:23A
22:25Another
22:26A
22:27And a consonant
22:29R
22:31Another one
22:32D
22:34And a vowel
22:36I
22:37Another one
22:39O
22:41Back to consonants
22:43S
22:45And a final consonant
22:47A final J
22:48Standby
22:51B
22:51A
22:52A
22:52A
22:53A
23:27Off we go, Imogen.
23:29Um, dossier.
23:31And?
23:31Radios.
23:33And radios.
23:34Um, there's no dossier, unfortunately.
23:37There's a dossier or dossier, but no dossier, I'm afraid, Imogen.
23:40With the S, he was...
23:42Oh, yes.
23:43Yeah.
23:44Bad luck.
23:45Adrian, Susie, anything else?
23:47Well, Imogen may kick herself, because there's roadies there, which I think you had earlier, possibly.
23:52That would give you a seven.
23:55All right.
23:56So, 50 to 43.
23:57Look.
23:58Careful, Imogen.
23:59He's closing up.
24:00It's Dan we turn to.
24:02Yes, Dan.
24:03Um, can I have a consonant, please?
24:05Thank you, Dan.
24:06B.
24:07And another?
24:09S.
24:10And another?
24:12Q.
24:13And a vowel, please.
24:16E.
24:17And another?
24:18A.
24:19And another?
24:21O.
24:22And another?
24:24I.
24:25A consonant, please.
24:28M.
24:29And another consonant, please.
24:33Last one.
24:34R.
24:36Stand by.
25:06A consonant, please.
25:07Well, Dan?
25:08Six.
25:10Imogen?
25:11Six.
25:12Dan?
25:13Biomes.
25:14And Imogen?
25:15Sombra.
25:17Um, yes.
25:18Excellent.
25:19Um, a biome is a large, naturally occurring community of flora and fauna.
25:24Very good.
25:25And, uh, airsome.
25:28Yep.
25:29Like, full of air.
25:30Um, yeah.
25:30Windy stuff.
25:32Cold bracing.
25:33It's a word from Canada.
25:34Yeah.
25:35Suzy?
25:36That's it.
25:37That's it?
25:37Yes.
25:3856 to 49.
25:40Suzy?
25:42Now, you've prepared a dish for us.
25:45Um, well, I have to thank Nick Coote, who lives in Avignon, lucky him, um, in France.
25:50And he wrote quite a long email, um, which I'll try and, um, sum up.
25:53It's all about the word hive.
25:55He says, okay, we all know what it means, um, but why do we, why do we find it as
25:59beehive?
26:00I've never heard of a wasp hive or a hornet hive.
26:02Uh, so why do we bother with the bee bit?
26:05Uh, and also, um, he says, my guess is it's like quagmire, which means boggy place, boggy place, um, and
26:12is largely redundant.
26:13And then he says, well, has it got to do with hiving off something?
26:16And, uh, does it have anything to do with the disease hives, or at least the sort of skin complaint
26:21hives?
26:22So, lots of different questions there, all to do with the word hive, um, which I will try to answer.
26:26And actually, it's quite simple.
26:27I hope it's not too disappointing.
26:28Um, but Nick's right, first of all, that the bee bit is largely, um, redundant.
26:33It's just to be specific, I guess, but we don't really need it, because bees, I think, are the only
26:37things that have hives.
26:39The word comes from a Viking, um, legacy, in fact.
26:42In Old Norse, a hoof was the hull of a ship.
26:46And early man-made hives were kind of conical in shape.
26:49They were made of straw, so maybe that was the sort of reference there, the shape.
26:52Um, to hive something off is simply to separate one component, just as bees gather in a hive.
26:59Hives to skin complaint is a bit of a mystery.
27:02Um, some linguists think it's linked to heave, because blisters erupt from the skin.
27:08Um, and acne actually is related to acne, the highest point of something, so it's not too preposterous an idea.
27:13But there's no real evidence for that, nor is there evidence for the fact that hives might make you look
27:18as if you've been stung by multiple bees at the same time.
27:22We may never know where that comes from, but it's not linked to the beehive.
27:25Well, well, yeah, very good.
27:32Thanks, Susie.
27:34Lovely stuff.
27:3556 to 49.
27:37Oh, could go any way.
27:39Imogen on 56.
27:40It's Imogen's chance to, uh, hang on or build her lead.
27:45Yes, Imogen.
27:46Um, a foul, please.
27:49Thank you, Imogen.
27:50E.
27:51And another?
27:52E.
27:53Another one?
27:55I.
27:56And a consonant?
27:57Y.
27:59Another one?
28:00V.
28:02Another?
28:04T.
28:05And a vowel?
28:07U.
28:09And another one?
28:11A.
28:13And a consonant to finish.
28:15And lastly, R.
28:17Stand by.
28:19Hear, out.
28:19Pillow.
28:20Three million.
28:28No one now,
28:28Can us see that.
28:28Do you?
28:40Do you?
28:41Are you?
28:42There you go.
28:43Air.
28:43Do you?
28:46Bye.
28:47Are you?
28:48Do you?
28:48Have you ever been there?
28:49Imogen?
28:50Just a five.
28:52A five and?
28:53Six.
28:54And a six.
28:55Imogen?
28:56Eater.
28:58Virtue.
28:59Yes.
29:00Yeah.
29:01Yeah.
29:02Now, the corner.
29:04Adrian?
29:04Well, there's a five and a six, and we've got a seven.
29:08Variety.
29:09Variety.
29:10Susie?
29:10Yep, that was the best we could do.
29:11Well done, well done.
29:12There's only a point in it now.
29:15Dan's had a bit of a run.
29:1656 plays Dan's 55 as we go into the final letters game for you, Dan.
29:22Consonant, please.
29:24Thank you, Dan.
29:24S.
29:26And another?
29:27H.
29:28And a vowel, please.
29:31E.
29:32And another?
29:34I.
29:35And another?
29:37O.
29:38And a consonant?
29:40T.
29:41And another?
29:43F.
29:45Vowel.
29:47E.
29:48And a consonant, please.
29:50And the last one, S.
29:53Stand by.
29:53I.
29:54I.
30:24Dan. A six.
30:26Imogen. A six.
30:28Thank you, Dan.
30:30Hoists. Now, Imogen.
30:32Sheets. Yes.
30:35Yeah, we've got a seven.
30:37Yes. In the shape of softies.
30:39And an eight in fetishes.
30:43Fetishes.
30:44All right. Well done.
30:50Still a point in it. 62 to 61.
30:53Dan on 61.
30:54Now, it's the final numbers game for you, Imogen.
30:59Please say I have one big one and five little ones.
31:02You can indeed.
31:03Your last chance to avoid a crucial conundrum.
31:05Let's see. Don't miss the last one this time.
31:07Final numbers are one, ten, seven, six, four.
31:14And the large on 100.
31:15And the target, 343.
31:183-4-3.
31:19All right.
31:48The next one is single.
31:51Imogen three four three and down three four two
31:58Imogen and a hundred times four one hundred times four four hundred and then six minus one six minus one
32:06is five times ten
32:08Is fifty and take that away from the four hundred three fifty and then take these seven and you've avoided
32:15the crucial conundrum well done
32:23well done Imogen look at you 72 to dance
32:2861 as we go into the final round fingers on buzzers let's roll today's countdown conundrum
32:43Imogen
32:44Is it read double
32:47let's see whether you're right let's roll it and see oh what's coming up
32:52redoubled
32:57well done
33:00well done Imogen well done i'll come to you in a second dan
33:04got your teapot and you you were on her tail you really were
33:09biting her ankles but then she pulled away but thank you so much for coming
33:13down you've been a good player great player thank you you've got teapot take this uh back to basing
33:18stoke with our very best wishes very best wishes thank you Imogen wonderful look at that a good score
33:2582 he gave you a bit of a fright at the end i think and then you came through and
33:29got the conundrum
33:30fantastic we shall see you tomorrow young lady thank you well done well done we won't be seeing
33:37you for a while unfortunately well not unfortunately we're we've got the contracts people outside to
33:43book you in soon again i'm not coming again unless i get a teapot i just want a teapot we'll
33:50have to
33:51deal with the uh okay with the compliance department all right all right thank you but thanks for coming
33:56great susie see you tomorrow yes you will see you then and rachel too of course i'll nick you
34:01one adrian i've got loads of stash yeah i've got tiles numbers letters mugs all sorts i'll sort you
34:06out we'll see you tomorrow be careful they'll be on their twitter wanting teapots and all sorts
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