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00:17Thank you very much.
00:31Well, good afternoon. Welcome to the Countdown Studio. You decide, is this a loving gesture or a nightmare scenario?
00:39I don't know. Rachel, what do you think? Two brothers in the States, they thought they'd have fun.
00:45It was their dad's 62nd birthday coming up, and they thought, how can we sort of celebrate that?
00:49So what they did was that they hired a billboard, a big, big advertising billboard in Atlantic City, okay?
00:57And they plastered onto it their dad's face and a mobile number, their dad's mobile number, with a message that
01:05said, wish my dad a happy birthday.
01:09Well, from that moment on, the phone started ringing, the text went ping, ping, to the extent that 15,000
01:18calls and texts from around the world came pouring in.
01:22He said he wanted to kill his kids. They were coming in the middle of the night, three in the
01:26morning, all day, 15,000 off the wall from complete strangers.
01:30And then suddenly, he relaxed. He said, hold on, this is rather nice. Complete strangers are wishing me a happy
01:38birthday. And he relaxed. And I think that was rather sweet.
01:41Well, I know what I'm getting you for your next birthday, then.
01:45Dear Twitter, Nick Hewitt's phone number is wishing happy birthday.
01:49Don't you dare. What do you think? Would you be thrilled?
01:52No. No.
01:53No. You wouldn't be able to find the actual messages from your friends and family if that happened.
01:57No, that's true.
01:58You're 15,000.
01:59That's true.
01:59I mean, yeah, I think you'd have to change your phone number after that.
02:02I think you would. And that's not that easy these days.
02:05But anyway, good for them. Good for them.
02:07Rachel, he's back. The cyclist, your friend, Tom Silverlock, electrical engineer from Camden.
02:13How are you feeling? You relaxed?
02:15I'm very relaxed.
02:16Good for you.
02:16I'm very chilled, yeah.
02:17You're joined by Sam Digby. Young Sam, who's a chemistry undergraduate at Oxford.
02:23Second year.
02:24Yeah, that's right.
02:24From Malden in Essex. Plays pool for your college and for the university.
02:29Yeah.
02:30How about that?
02:30Yeah, not as much prestige as with the rugby or the rowing, which you'd generally associate with people from Oxford.
02:35But when you're out on the boat, you can't have a beer, can you, Nick?
02:39Exactly. And also, if you're really very good at it, you can make a very good living playing pool.
02:44I think I should stick to the degree, though, for now.
02:46Well, get that tucked away, first of all.
02:48And then you can tour the world and be a hustler, as they were.
02:52Anyway, listen, have a lot of fun here.
02:54Have fun, both of you.
02:56Big round of applause for Tom and Sam.
03:03And over in the corner, why Susie?
03:06One Susie Dent and one TV presenter and broadcaster, Queen of Speed.
03:11That'll be Susie Perry.
03:13Welcome back, Susie.
03:14Thank you very much.
03:14I've been hustling my way round the wealthy years now.
03:17Good luck with that.
03:18All right.
03:20Thank you, Susie.
03:21Tom, off we go.
03:23Tom, let us go.
03:26Hi, again, Rachel.
03:27Hi, Tom.
03:27Hi.
03:27Can I have a consonant, please?
03:30Start today with T.
03:32And another.
03:34M.
03:35And another.
03:36L.
03:37And another.
03:39G.
03:40And a vowel, please.
03:42O.
03:43And another vowel.
03:46I.
03:47And another vowel.
03:49A.
03:50And a consonant.
03:52D.
03:52And another consonant.
03:54And the last one.
03:55P.
03:57Stand by.
03:58BELL RINGS
04:28Yes, Tom?
04:29Seven.
04:30A seven.
04:31And Sam?
04:32Also seven.
04:33Tom?
04:34Loading.
04:35Now then, Sam.
04:36Exactly the same word.
04:38Loading, loading.
04:39Yep.
04:40And Susie.
04:42Susie Perry.
04:43There was an eight in adopting.
04:46Yes.
04:46Adopting.
04:47That was, that's about it, yeah.
04:48Yes, we did, wasn't it?
04:49Yes.
04:49Anything else?
04:50No.
04:51Adopting.
04:52Susie's.
04:53Seven apiece.
04:54And Sam, your letters game.
04:56Afternoon, Rachel.
04:57Afternoon, Sam.
04:58Can we start with a consonant, please?
05:00Start with B.
05:02And another.
05:04W.
05:05And a third.
05:07R.
05:09And another.
05:11N.
05:12And a vowel.
05:14U.
05:15And another.
05:16E.
05:17And a third.
05:19A.
05:21And a consonant.
05:23Another W.
05:25And a final vowel, please, Rachel.
05:28A final O.
05:30Stand by.
05:31And a whistle.
05:49Bye.
05:50Bye.
05:52Bye.
05:56Bye.
06:00Bye.
06:01Yes, Sam? Five of five. Tom? I'd do a risky six. Okay. Sam? Brown. Now then, Tom. Unwear? Unwear. No,
06:17I'm afraid not. Be unweary, but you can't unwear something. Sorry.
06:21Mm-hm. Bad luck. Susie Perry? Um, something you do when you get back to your dressing room, Nick. Unrobe.
06:30Or even disrobe. Yeah. Anything else, Susie? No, it's tricky, that one. You just push it to that six. Thank
06:35you. Unrobe. I shall remember to do that. Twelve pays seven. Sam in the lead. Tom, your numbers game. Can
06:42I have two large and four small, please? You can indeed. Thank you, Tom. Two from the top. Four not
06:48from the top. And for the first time today, your numbers are eight.
06:51Five, six, one, and the big ones. Twenty-five and one hundred. And the target, three hundred and fifty-eight.
06:59Three, five, eight.
07:32Yes, Tom? I've got three, five, six. Two away. How about Sam? Also three, five, six. So, Tom?
07:41I've got eight plus six times twenty-five. Fourteen times twenty-five, three fifty. Plus five, plus one. Yep, two
07:48away. And Sam? Um, exactly the same, but I made the first six with the five and one, then used
07:54the other six second.
07:56Happy enough? Okay, if you want. Oh, yeah. That's fine, yeah. All right. So, nineteen plays fourteen. Sam in the
08:03lead, but Rachel, where's it got to then, this, uh, this three, five, eight?
08:10One is ten. Times twenty-five is two hundred and fifty, and then add on the last one hundred and
08:17the eight.
08:17Yeah. Well done. Well done.
08:21As ever.
08:23And now, it's time for our first Tea Time Teaser, which is Griff, Enid, and the clue.
08:30Griff and Enid couldn't get on. Their opinions were never the same.
08:34Griff and Enid couldn't get on. Their opinions were never the same.
08:53Welcome back. I left with the clue. Griff and Enid couldn't get on. Their opinions were never the same.
08:59And the answer to that is differing. Their opinions were differing.
09:05Now, if you'd like to become a Countdown contestant, you can email Countdown at Channel4.com to request an application
09:13form,
09:13or write to us at Contestants Applications, Countdown Leads, LS, three, one, J, S.
09:22Nineteen plays fourteen. Sam, your letters go.
09:25A consonant, please, Rachel.
09:27Thank you, Sam.
09:28S.
09:28S. And another.
09:31R.
09:32And a third.
09:34Q.
09:35A vowel.
09:37U.
09:39And another.
09:40E.
09:42Consonant.
09:44H.
09:46A vowel.
09:48I.
09:50Another vowel.
09:52A.
09:55And a final consonant, please.
09:58A final T.
09:59Stand by.
10:01BELL RINGS
10:03Sam.
10:03I.
10:03I One.
10:10The Mining.
10:10I.
10:10I.
10:10I
10:30I.
10:31Sam six yes Tom I've got six Sam haters and Tom six quiet yes now then Susie square would
10:46have been another six our hirsute for seven yes hirsute Harry hirsute yeah indeed long may be the
10:54case 25 plays 20 Sam on 25 Tom here we go your letters again okay can I have from a
11:01constant
11:02please thank you Rachel n and another s and another consonant n and another one s and a vowel e
11:16another
11:18vowel I and another vowel e and another I'm sorry a consonant y and another consonant lastly d
11:31stand by
12:04Well, Tom?
12:06Er, six.
12:07Sam?
12:08Just a five.
12:09And your five is?
12:10Sends.
12:12Now, Tom.
12:13Sends.
12:15Yes.
12:16Sends.
12:17Very good.
12:18Miss Perry?
12:19Um, sixes, I think.
12:23Sensed?
12:24Yes.
12:25Denies is there.
12:26And you can also be a bit snidey.
12:29Not that anyone would want you to be, but snidey is another six.
12:33I hope not.
12:33It's a horrible thing to be snide.
12:36Snidey.
12:3826 to 25.
12:40Tom's nicked a one-point lead.
12:43And now, Sam, it's your numbers game.
12:45Can I have an inverted T, please, Rachel?
12:47You can, indeed.
12:48One from the top and five little.
12:50Thank you, Sam.
12:51And this time around, they are four, two, five, six, ten, and 100.
13:00And the target, 544.
13:02Five, four, four.
13:04Five, four, four.
13:35Yes, Sam?
13:36544.
13:37Tom?
13:38I've got 542.
13:39542.
13:40So, Sam.
13:41OK, five multiplied by 100.
13:44Five by 100.
13:45500.
13:46Uh, ten by four is 40.
13:49Yep.
13:49Uh, six minus two is four.
13:51It is indeed.
13:52And then just add them all up.
13:53544.
13:54Lovely.
13:54Well done.
13:55Well done, Sam.
13:58Well done, Sam.
14:0135 plays, 26.
14:03Sam in the lead now as we turn to Susie.
14:06Susie Perry.
14:07Ah.
14:08What have you got for us today?
14:11Well, over the years, I've done many different TV shows.
14:14And one of the questions that I get asked a lot is,
14:17what's the worst thing that you've done on television?
14:21And I always revert back to my days on The Gadget Show,
14:25whereupon we were tasked with challenging each other
14:28to test technology in the most extraordinary ways.
14:32And one weekend, I received a phone call from the executive producer
14:35saying, would you jump off a bridge for us?
14:41And I said, well, attached presumably to something.
14:45And he said, yeah, like it's like a bungee jump,
14:47but they call it a bridge jump.
14:49And it's going to be in Barcelona.
14:52And Jason Bradbury, your co-presenter, is going to also do it.
14:56He said yes.
14:57So that, you know, that meant I was in the corner
14:59and I had to say yes.
15:01Now, the test, this is how long ago it was,
15:03it was to test the new iPhone, the touchscreen iPhone,
15:07which was all the rage and it was very new at the time,
15:11against the phone which I had, which had physical buttons.
15:14So we were challenged to send a message, make a phone call,
15:18and I can't remember something else now, while we were swinging.
15:22So it was a challenge to see if it was easier to use physical buttons
15:27or touchscreen under duress.
15:29I mean, the answer's obvious anyway, isn't it, really?
15:32Didn't have to jump off a bridge to prove it.
15:34So off we go, three, two, one.
15:37Somehow I jump off the bridge.
15:38I'm swinging away.
15:40I'm trying to write my text and make the phone call and everything else.
15:43And I do it and I win the challenge and they take me off the rope
15:46and I think, right, done, done, done, done.
15:49And then I heard the executive producer,
15:51the same one that called me over the weekend, say,
15:54yeah, we're going to have to do that again.
15:56And I thought, here we go, because they're all boys, you know,
15:59still all testosterone, all lunatics.
16:02And I said, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, we've done it now.
16:05I won, we've nailed it.
16:06And I start walking off and he said, no, we really have to do it again
16:09because your cameraman didn't get your shot.
16:13And I had to go and do the thing again.
16:15And it wasn't any better the second time.
16:17Make him do it next time.
16:19Oh, my word.
16:20Yeah, so we both had to do it again.
16:22It was, yeah, it was bad.
16:24I have not done a bungee jump since then.
16:26Well done.
16:32Very good.
16:3435 to 26, Sam in the lead.
16:36Now, Tom.
16:38Tom, your letters go.
16:39Yeah, can I have a consonant, please?
16:41Thank you, Tom.
16:42C.
16:43And another?
16:45S.
16:46And another one?
16:48N.
16:49And another one?
16:51S.
16:52And a vowel?
16:54A.
16:55And another vowel?
16:57U.
16:59And another vowel?
17:01O.
17:02And a consonant?
17:04R.
17:06And another vowel?
17:08And lastly, I.
17:10Sean Bayan?
17:12What?
17:15I.
17:38And aquest emptiness.
17:38I.
17:38I.
17:38I.
17:41yeah Tom I've got a six Sam just a five and that five is scans Tom acorns yes
17:54acorns can we match acorns in the corner um we had a six in sonics yeah and we did have
18:02a seven
18:03yeah carious carious decaying of teeth okay 35 to 32 Sam still in the lead Sam your letters game
18:12consonant please Rachel thank you Sam F and a vowel E and a consonant G and a vowel A and
18:26another O
18:28consonant L consonant T consonant S and a vowel please and lastly a standby
19:14Sam six Tom um I'll go for six Sam floats now then Tom floats same word right fair enough
19:27any more sixes there Ms Perry we've got a very tasty seven yes yeah um gelatos as in ice cream
19:36Italian ice cream gelatos very good good seven 41 to 38 rubbing along nicely here Tom your numbers game
19:46can I have two large and four small please Rachel of course you can thank you Tom two from the
19:52top
19:52four little ones and this time the little ones are eight seven six and eight and the large two 50
20:01and 100
20:02and the target eight hundred and twenty nine eight to nine
20:12so
20:38so Tom
20:40I've got 829 not written down.
20:43All right.
20:43And Sam?
20:44And I've also got 829.
20:46OK, written down, yeah.
20:47Yes.
20:48Off we go, Tom.
20:50Right, so it's 8 times 100.
20:53800.
20:55And 50 minus 7 minus 6 minus 8.
20:5850 minus...
20:59Yep.
21:00Well done.
21:01And Sam?
21:02Exactly the same.
21:03There we go.
21:05Happy enough?
21:06Yep.
21:06Well done.
21:08So still left.
21:09Three points in it.
21:10Only three points, 48 to Sam's 51.
21:14As we lurch into our second Tea Time teaser,
21:16which is lent me oil.
21:18And the clue, my friend lent me some oil
21:21that would help soften the skin.
21:23My friend lent me some oil
21:24that would help soften the skin.
21:42Welcome back.
21:43I left with the clue.
21:44My friend lent me some oil
21:46that would help soften the skin.
21:48He lent me some...
21:50emollient.
21:51Emollient.
21:54Now then, Sam, your letters came.
21:56Off we go.
21:57Can I start with a vowel, please, Rachel?
21:58Thank you, Sam.
21:59I.
22:00And another.
22:01E.
22:02Consonant.
22:04L.
22:04And another.
22:06And another.
22:07And another.
22:09R.
22:10And a vowel.
22:13U.
22:15Consonant.
22:16T.
22:17And another.
22:19V.
22:20And a final vowel, please.
22:24A final O.
22:27Countdown.
22:28T.
22:29T.
22:30T.
22:31T.
22:32T.
22:32T.
22:33T.
22:34T.
22:35T.
22:35T.
22:36T.
22:37T.
22:37T.
22:38T.
22:40T.
22:41T.
22:42T.
22:42T.
22:43T.
22:44T.
22:45T.
22:47T.
22:56T.
22:59Well, Sam, just a five.
23:01Tom?
23:02I've got a seven.
23:04Sam?
23:04Voter.
23:05No, Tom.
23:07Violent.
23:09Yes.
23:10Absolutely fine.
23:11Very good.
23:12Yeah.
23:13Very good.
23:14Any other sevens there?
23:16Miss Perry?
23:17We've got an eight.
23:20Outliver.
23:21Outliver.
23:22Something who outlives the other?
23:23Yes, a survivor.
23:25Well done.
23:29And outliver indeed.
23:31And Tom snatched the lead 55 to Sam's 51, and it's Tom's Letters game.
23:37Consonant, please.
23:38Thank you, Tom.
23:39R.
23:40And a vowel.
23:42E.
23:42And a consonant.
23:44M.
23:45And a vowel.
23:46O.
23:48And a consonant.
23:49D.
23:50And a vowel.
23:52A.
23:53And a consonant.
23:55M.
23:55And a consonant.
23:56K.
23:59And, er, a consonant.
24:03Lastly, T.
24:05Stand by.
24:06And a consonant.
24:15No way.
24:22All right.
24:25Oh, come on.
24:28Just wait.
24:36Well, Tom?
24:37I've got a seven.
24:39And Sam?
24:40Six.
24:41Your six is?
24:42Market.
24:43Market.
24:44Now then, Tom?
24:45Trammed.
24:47It's not there, I'm afraid, Tom.
24:49I look for that myself.
24:50And trimmed is there, and rammed is there too, but not trammed.
24:54Sorry.
24:54How about that?
24:56Now, Susie?
24:57Well, that was the best we came up with.
24:59Rammed.
25:00Yes.
25:00Six was a tough one, wasn't it?
25:02All right.
25:0357 to 55.
25:06Sam's back.
25:06Two points ahead.
25:07Interesting.
25:09Interesting game.
25:10Susie, your origins of words has popped up at just the right time.
25:16Well, just a little bit about the names of religions today,
25:19because they're things I don't think we really pay much attention to.
25:23We use these labels, and we don't always think about where they came from.
25:27And this was a bit of a journey of discovery for me, too, I have to say.
25:31First of all, Catholic.
25:33I'll start with Catholic.
25:34That goes back to the Greek, katholikos.
25:37And that meant universal, because it was intended as an all-embracing faith,
25:41before, obviously, the schisms kind of stopped it being universally accepted.
25:46So, universal is where that one comes from.
25:50Protestantism.
25:51You might get that protest is in there somewhere.
25:54It's considered to have started in Germany in 1517,
25:58when Martin Luther published his thesis as a sort of reaction against
26:03the abuses of the sales of indulgences by the Roman Catholic Church.
26:07He was called a heretic, and his followers protested against an edict
26:11which condemned him.
26:12So, they were the protesters, and that's how Protestants got their name.
26:17Judaism is quite a symbol.
26:19One, Judah was Jacob's fourth son, and it describes the tribe that descended from him.
26:26Sikhism is a nice one.
26:27It comes from Hindi.
26:28Sikh, meaning a disciple.
26:30But one that's always been slightly curious is the Quaker movement.
26:34It's a really odd term, you might think.
26:36It's a society of friends.
26:38They played a strong role in the abolition of slavery.
26:42They were philanthropists very much.
26:44And their name probably comes from their founder, George Fox,
26:49who, in the 17th century, wanted an alternative to the Church of England.
26:52And he was said to have directed his followers to tremble at the name of the Lord.
26:58And they would be so moved by the spirit that they would quake in his presence.
27:01That was the idea.
27:02So, they became the Quakers.
27:04And that, in turn, reminded me of the American religious sect, the Shakers.
27:08And we talk about Shaker furniture more these days.
27:10But the Shakers, again, are religious movement.
27:13And that's apparently referred to the wild, ecstatic movements of the worshippers
27:18that was observed by witnesses.
27:20That's where that one comes from.
27:21And finally, Islam is a nice one as well.
27:23That comes from Aslama, to submit to God.
27:27Thank you very much.
27:31Thanks, Susie.
27:34So, 57 to 55.
27:37Sam, two points in the lead, and it's Sam's letters game.
27:40Yes, Sam.
27:41Consonant, please, Rachel.
27:42Thank you, Sam.
27:43P.
27:43And another.
27:45S.
27:46And another.
27:48S.
27:49And a fourth.
27:51T.
27:52And a vowel.
27:55E.
27:56And another.
27:58I.
27:59And a third.
28:01A.
28:03Consonant.
28:05G.
28:05And finish with a vowel.
28:09Finish with E.
28:12Stand by.
28:13or.
28:15celui-in.
28:41And a third.
28:43And a third.
28:43Kissing.
28:44Sam?
28:45Six.
28:46A six.
28:48Tom?
28:49I've got a seven.
28:51Sam?
28:52Stages.
28:53And Tom?
28:54Pasties.
28:55Very nice.
28:56Yes, very good.
28:58Excellent.
28:59The league keeps swapping around.
29:01What about Miss Perry?
29:02Well, pasties.
29:03That was the best we came up to.
29:05And now it's got me thinking about eating pasties.
29:08So thanks for that.
29:09Why not?
29:10Susie, anything else?
29:11No, otherwise we had pieced, as in ski pieced, with yes at the end for six.
29:15But that was our only seven.
29:17Well done.
29:17OK, so 57, please.
29:19Tom, 62.
29:20Tom, final letters game.
29:22Off we go.
29:23I have a consonant, please, Rachel.
29:26Thank you, Tom.
29:26B.
29:27And a vowel?
29:29E.
29:30And a consonant?
29:33C.
29:34And a vowel?
29:35O.
29:36And a consonant?
29:38S.
29:39And a vowel?
29:39I.
29:41And a consonant?
29:43N.
29:44And a vowel?
29:46O.
29:47And a consonant?
29:49And lastly, P.
29:51Done by.
29:53And a consonant?
30:14And a consonant?
30:23Tom?
30:24I've got a six.
30:25Sam?
30:26Also a six.
30:28Now then, Tom?
30:29Poison.
30:30How about Sam?
30:31Cosine.
30:32Very nice.
30:34Yes.
30:34And Susie?
30:35There is an eight there too, Nick, which is a bioscope.
30:39And a bioscope in South African English is a cinema or film.
30:43A bioscope?
30:43Interesting.
30:47Old-fashioned word for it.
30:50Oh, well.
30:5063 to 68.
30:52Five points.
30:52Tom in the lead.
30:53And it's Sam's numbers game.
30:55Good luck, Sam.
30:56Can I have one from the top and five small from anywhere else, please, Rachel?
31:00You can indeed.
31:00Let's see if you can switch the lead one more time before the conundrum.
31:04Final numbers of the day are three, four, nine, six, five.
31:10I'm a large one.
31:11Fifty.
31:12And this target, 971.
31:149-7-1.
31:179-7-1.
31:421-8-7-1.
31:48Sam, 965.
31:51965. Tom?
31:53I've got 973.
31:56Off you go, Tom.
31:58Um, 5 times 4 is 20.
32:015 times 4, 20.
32:03Times 50 is 1,000.
32:051,000.
32:06Minus 9 times 3.
32:07And then 9 times 3, 27.
32:10And that gets you 2 above.
32:13Well done.
32:16Rachel, 971.
32:17Tricky?
32:18I've got one away lots of ways, so leave it with me for a second.
32:21Certainly will. I certainly will.
32:22So 63 to 75.
32:26Fingers on buzzers, gentlemen.
32:28Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
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33:01No, two good players are quite foxed.
33:06Who in the audience will take this on?
33:08Come along, madam.
33:09Yes, madam.
33:11Astrology.
33:12Astrology.
33:13Let's see whether you're right.
33:15And there we are.
33:17Astrology.
33:18Well done.
33:22He's all nervous.
33:24So there we are.
33:26I don't think Tom Silverlock's nervous at all.
33:29He came through in the end.
33:31Sam, bad luck.
33:33You could have won, but it was a close run thing.
33:36Thank you very much for coming.
33:37Thanks a lot for having me.
33:38You take this back to Oxford.
33:41You're coming tomorrow.
33:42Yeah, I'm looking forward to it.
33:43Well, you got your teapot.
33:44Another win.
33:45Do I get two teapots?
33:46No.
33:47No.
33:47No.
33:48Just get one and you're very pleased to get it.
33:51We'll see you tomorrow.
33:52All right?
33:53Okay.
33:53Look forward to it.
33:54Look forward to it.
33:54We'll see Miss Perry tomorrow as well.
33:56See you tomorrow.
33:56And Susie too, of course.
33:57Yeah, me too.
33:58See you both.
33:59And Rachel?
34:00Mm-hmm.
34:01What have you done?
34:01I have an answer for you.
34:03Well done.
34:03If you say 9 plus 6 is 15, 3 times 5 is another 15, add one of the 15s to
34:1250 for 65, times those
34:14put us together for 975 and take away the 4 for 971.
34:18Oh, you're terrific.
34:19Look at this.
34:20Amazing.
34:24Amazing.
34:26See you tomorrow.
34:27See you tomorrow.
34:28We'll see you tomorrow.
34:28Join us there in the same time, same place.
34:30You be sure of it.
34:31A very good afternoon.
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