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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to The Countdown Studio.
00:34I don't know how many of you watching today saw the picture that was on social media of the taxi
00:38driver's sort of ride-type menu.
00:42He had a menu.
00:44And Reggie will love this.
00:45It's great.
00:46He obviously wants to make the ride enjoyable.
00:48Why he should be bothered, I don't know.
00:50But there was the stand-up ride where the driver tells you jokes and funny stories.
00:55Couldn't do without that.
00:56There's the therapy ride where he says nothing.
00:59But he gives you a big sympathetic ear.
01:02And then there's the silent ride.
01:04Yes, please.
01:05Which is self-explanatory.
01:06The ride that wasn't on the list of rides that were on offer was the shortest possible route ride.
01:14Right.
01:15Which I think is also silent and short is good for me.
01:19Have you noticed black cabs just seem to be more and more expensive?
01:23Would you share this with me or would you prefer to duck it?
01:26I think I'll duck it.
01:27Yeah, I'm in London a lot.
01:28I don't want to be run over.
01:31No, I tell you the thing.
01:32For Londoners all over town, if you're in a cab, avoid the strand.
01:37And every black cab I seem to get into heads straight for the strand where you can be locked in
01:43there for 20 minutes.
01:44You're obviously too interesting.
01:45They just want to chat to you for longer.
01:46No, I go for the silent ride.
01:48I get busy reading papers on the phone.
01:51I'm in trouble with black cabs now.
01:53What have I done?
01:55Harry's back.
01:56Look at this.
01:57Sports journalism student at SGS College from Old Land Common in Gloucestershire.
02:02You're a teapot plus one now, aren't you?
02:05Yes.
02:05It's fantastic.
02:06Well, good luck today.
02:07You're joined by Kevin Sewell, a maths tutor from Carrick-McCross County, Monaghan, living in Dublin.
02:14Yes.
02:14Tutoring at UCD?
02:15UCD University.
02:16University College of Dublin, yeah.
02:18Interesting.
02:18You play Irish traditional music in pubs and hotels and you have three instruments.
02:24You've got the whistle, the flute and the bowrun.
02:28Now, I always thought it was a bodron, but the bowrun is that very simple side drum almost.
02:34Yeah, you hold it sideways and it's made out of a goat's skin and you play it with a thin
02:38wooden stick.
02:39Okay.
02:40Yeah.
02:41And it's a bit like a sort of a tambourine in a sense.
02:45It's empty on one side.
02:47Yes, exactly.
02:47But you can tune it in some way, slightly.
02:50Yeah, you can tune it using screwdrivers at the back.
02:52Okay.
02:53And it tightens or loosens the skin depending on how you like it.
02:55Excellent.
02:56Yeah.
02:56There's nothing like a good old shindig in an Irish pub when there's a singer and a little band.
03:02It's brilliant.
03:03Yeah, I love it.
03:03Well, good luck to you both.
03:05Good luck to you both.
03:05Big round of applause for Harry and Kevin.
03:12And Susie's over in the corner joined once again by TV and radio presenter Gethin Jones.
03:17Welcome back, Gethin.
03:18Great to be in here.
03:22Okay, Harry.
03:23Letters go.
03:23Hello, Rachel.
03:24Hi, Harry.
03:25Can I start with a consonant, please?
03:27And you start today with M.
03:29And another.
03:41And a last one, S.
03:58Stand by.
04:14And a last one.
04:30Harry.
04:31Seven.
04:32Kevin.
04:32Seven as well.
04:33Thank you, Harry.
04:34Russians.
04:35And?
04:36Yeah, same word.
04:37There we go.
04:38So we've kicked off with a seven.
04:41What does the corner think?
04:42Seven's good.
04:43I've got a six, miners or minor key, which you could probably play on the Irish drum, but
04:47yeah, boys have beaten me there.
04:49Um, there are a few eights in there.
04:52They're the rainouts that come out from time to time.
04:54Um, there are manitoos, which among some North American Indian peoples are good or evil spirits, um, that are worshipped.
05:02And there's also tinamoos, the, um, ground-dwelling tropical American bird.
05:06Looks a bit like a grouse.
05:08Thank you for that.
05:12Very good.
05:13Thanks, Gethin.
05:13Now, Kevin, it's your letters game.
05:16Hi, Rachel.
05:16Hi, Kevin.
05:17Can I have a consonant, please?
05:19Start with F.
05:20And another one?
05:23S.
05:24And another?
05:26L.
05:28And another?
05:29X.
05:31And a vowel, please?
05:33E.
05:34And another?
05:36A.
05:37And another?
05:39E.
05:40And a consonant?
05:43C.
05:45And a final consonant, please?
05:47A final V.
05:49Stand by.
05:53And a consonant, please?
05:55And a consonant, please?
05:56And a consonant, please?
05:59And a consonant, please?
06:01And a consonant, please?
06:04And a consonant, please?
06:05And a consonant, please?
06:07And a consonant, please?
06:08And a consonant, please?
06:08And a consonant, please?
06:09And a consonant, please?
06:09And a consonant, please?
06:10And a consonant, please?
06:10And a consonant, please?
06:11And a consonant, please?
06:12And a consonant, please?
06:13And a consonant, please?
06:15And a consonant, please?
06:20Yes, Kevin? Six. A six and? Six. Harry's six. Kevin? Calves. Yes, Harry? Flexes. Yes. Happy
06:30enough? Very happy. No. Gethin and Susie. That's it, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah, leave us in there.
06:37It's quite a tricky one. We've got cleaves, though, for seven. Cleaves. Yeah, to cleave
06:42something. Split it in half sort of thing. Yes. And the girl, Susie? No, excels otherwise
06:48for six. Cleave. Thirteen apiece. Harry, your numbers game. One large and five
06:55small. Thank you, Harry. One from the top row. And five little ones. And the first
07:01numbers of the day. Ah. Six. Ten. Three. Five. Six. And the big one, 75. And your target,
07:11nine hundred and thirty-nine. Nine-three-nine.
07:14Good night.
07:16Good night.
07:30Good night.
07:45Harry. 940. One away. Kevin. I think I have 939. Let's try for it. So 10 plus 3 is 13.
07:54Yep.
07:55Times 75 is 975. It is. 66 is a 36. Yep, you have it. And subtract. Well done. 939. Well
08:04done.
08:07So it's 23 to 13. Harry's a little bit behind. Surprisingly, on 13s, we turn to our first
08:14tea-time teaser, which is Revel, Sect, and the clue. She knows the answer to everything.
08:19She's a mountain of intelligence. She knows the answer to everything.
08:24She's a mountain of intelligence.
08:42Welcome back. Welcome back. I left you with the clue. She knows the answer to everything.
08:45She's a mountain of intelligence. She is the cleverest. Cleverest.
08:51Now, if you'd like to become a Countdown contestant, you can email countdown at channel4.com
08:57to request an application form or write to us at contestant's applications, Countdown leads,
09:04LS 3, 1, J, S.
09:0823 plays 13. Kevin in the lead. Kevin, your letters go.
09:12Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
09:13Thank you, Kevin.
09:25And a final consonant.
09:39And a final consonant.
09:39And a final Y. Standby.
09:42b
09:43b
09:43b
09:55MUSIC PLAYS
10:13Kevin. Just a six. A six. And Harry. Six as well. Kevin. Afraid. Yes, Harry. Raised. And raised. Six is
10:23over here.
10:23Yeah, Kevin says just a six. I'm absolutely ecstatic with my afraid. So, yeah, six over here as well.
10:30Susie?
10:32Afraid is in there as well with the Y. And you can also have farside, which is one word when
10:41it refers to the side of the moon that's not visible from Earth.
10:44Oh, yeah. Far side of the moon, indeed. 29 to 19. Ten points in it. Harry, your letters game.
10:51Can I have a vowel, please, Rachel? Thank you, Harry. E.
10:55And another.
10:57E.
10:58And a third.
11:00I.
11:01A consonant.
11:03T.
11:04And another.
11:06S.
11:08And a vowel.
11:10O.
11:12Consonant.
11:13L.
11:15And another.
11:17S.
11:18And another consonant.
11:21And the last one, W.
11:23Stand by.
11:24C.
11:25C.
11:25C.
11:26C.
11:26C.
11:27C.
11:28C.
11:28C.
11:29MUSIC PLAYS
11:55Harry? Seven.
11:57Seven and...? Seven.
11:59And a seven. Now, Harry.
12:01Slowest. Kevin.
12:02Same word.
12:05Can we match or beat seven?
12:07I got slowest, but probably not as fast as those two.
12:11Quite. And Susie?
12:14Wickless is another good one.
12:16Wickless? Yeah.
12:17Thank you. 36, 26, ten points still.
12:21Numbers for Kevin, our maths tutor.
12:23Kevin.
12:23Can I have two from the top, please, Rachel?
12:25You can indeed, and it's going well for the maths tutor so far.
12:28It's always bad when it's referenced just before the maths tutor.
12:31These four little ones are ten, two, one, another two,
12:36and then the large one's 50 and 25.
12:39And the target? 140.
12:42One, four, zero.
13:10One, four, zero.
13:14Kevin let's get this over with quickly 140 thank you and 140 Kevin
13:2010 times 2 is 20 10 2 is a 20 add to the 50 70 and multiplied by the other
13:27two lovely 140 and
13:29Harry 2 plus 1 is 3 yep times 50 150 and minus the 10 140 nice and straightforward there we
13:37go
13:40so Kevin still 10 points ahead 46 to 36 as we turn to Gethin now Gethin what are you going
13:47to talk to us about today
13:48do you know I thought I'd take this opportunity to tell you about a charity that I started about 18
13:53months ago
13:53so I have two nephews Albie and Lenny and Albie is autistic so anyone who has autism in their lives
14:03know that the challenges they face with autistic children you know when you start a business or a
14:08charity that the name is always the hardest thing but I walked into my best friend's house Sean and
14:13he looked at me and he said nai I went I love it and that was the name so nai
14:17nai is the Welsh word
14:19for nephew so both Sean and I have autistic nephews and that's how it was born and I would do
14:25a lot
14:25of physical challenges to raise money but I have a lot of fun with my nephews Albie and Lenny when
14:30I see them down in Cardiff but sometimes with autism it can get not awkward but you have some
14:36very sort of strange social moments but um I take them to um this sort of gym um because Albie
14:43and
14:43Lenny love their swimming and for them it's all about routine so Albie's all about routine so you go
14:47swimming then we go in the jacuzzi then we come out and I get them changed whilst that's happening they
14:52have their raisins and then after the raisins we go and watch the automatic doors 10 times only
14:57and then we go for some food and it's always a chocolate muffin and Albie refers to um the hotel
15:05gym that we go to as Uncle Geth's hotel that's how he knows it but unfortunately as he was asking
15:11me
15:12the question uh this one time he said shall we come back to Uncle Geth's hotel soon and a gentleman
15:18was
15:18walking past with his son and he looked at me as if to say you tell your boy this is
15:23your hotel
15:25like you're bragging went no no no no and then you have to make that decision of do you explain
15:30it
15:31to him or just let it go and I decided to let it go funny how old are these young
15:36lads so Albie's 11
15:37I think and Lenny's eight but um what's really interesting is the relationship between the two
15:43they're best friends and Lenny even at the age of eight really looks out for his older brother
15:48and that's just wonderful to watch excellent well done
15:56thanks geth and that's great and now Harry that's game for you consonant please thank you Harry s and
16:04another T and a vowel U a consonant J vowel E another vowel A consonant B another consonant C
16:28And another consonant and the last one M standbyombЯdishombяombiaombiaombiaombiaombiaombiaombiaombaombiaombiaombie
17:03Harry.
17:04Six.
17:05Kevin.
17:06Five.
17:07And your five?
17:08Beast.
17:09Now then, Harry.
17:10Acutes.
17:12Acutes, as in acute angles.
17:15Yes, excellent.
17:16Short for acute accents in languages like French.
17:18Very good.
17:19Well done.
17:20And over in the corner.
17:21A word I actually love, because a mate of mine uses it all the time.
17:24He says bute.
17:25Bute.
17:26Yes, particularly fine examples of something.
17:29That's good for six.
17:31And we got to one seven with subject.
17:33Well done.
17:35Thanks for that.
17:36Harry's crapped up now.
17:3742 to Kevin's 46.
17:39Kevin, your letters game.
17:40Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
17:42Thank you, Kevin.
17:43H.
17:44And another.
17:46P.
17:47And another.
17:49D.
17:50And another.
17:52N.
17:54And another, please.
17:55W.
17:57And a vowel.
17:59E.
18:00And another.
18:01I.
18:03And another.
18:05E.
18:07And a final consonant, please.
18:09A final B.
18:11Stand by.
18:12And another.
18:14Into every. And another.
18:34A. And
18:42another. And
18:42yes Kevin six six and six yes Kevin behind Harry same words get in yeah
18:51behind behind behind yes behind this end I don't know I'm saying it so many times
18:56I think it's because I'm quite excited that I saw it well done Susie and there
19:01is an inconspicuous looking flower with such a weed really called pin weed which
19:08has small linear leaves grows in North America thank you all right we'll take
19:13it 52 plays 48 and now Harry is your numbers game two large and four small
19:19please Rachel thank you Harry two from the top and four little and and the third
19:23one of the day is three nine three four 75 and 25 and the target 810 8 1 0
19:41so
20:02MUSIC PLAYS
20:06Harry. 810, I think. 810. Kevin. 804.
20:13804. Harry. Four times three. Four threes are 12. Plus the other three. 15. Plus 75. 490. Times nine. Perfect.
20:25810. Well done. Oh, well done. Well done. Harry.
20:31Well done. Well done, Harry. You've bounced into the lead. 58-2. Kevin's 52.
20:37As we turn to our second Tea Time teaser, which is Lost a Mind and the Clue.
20:41It sounds like something the actor Timothy might say when complaining about his eyes.
20:48It sounds like something the actor Timothy might say when complaining about his eyes.
21:10And the answer to that is Daltonism. Susie, Daltonism?
21:22Yeah, it's a form of colour blindness. The most common kind of colour blindness that's hereditary. Results from insensitivity to
21:30red light.
21:31Really? Named after somebody called Dalton?
21:33Yeah, exactly. Another word for it is Protonopia, but it was named after John Dalton in the mid-19th century.
21:39Very good. Thank you for that. 58-52. Harry has sprung into the lead. Kevin. Now, don't let him get
21:46away. Your letters game, Kevin.
21:49Consonant, please. Thank you, Kevin. T. And another. R. And another. D. And another. M. And a vowel. I. And
22:05a vowel, please. E. And another.
22:09O. And another. A. And a final consonant, please. And a final S. Standby.
22:50Kevin?
22:50I might have a nine.
22:52How about Harry?
22:53I'll also risk a nine.
22:55Yes, Kevin?
22:56Mediators.
22:57And?
22:58Amortised?
22:59Both are excellent, yes.
23:01Isn't that great?
23:02They're both in the dictionary.
23:03Very, very good.
23:03That's very, very good.
23:09Two different nines.
23:10That's not bad, is it?
23:11No, it's brilliant.
23:12To amortise is to write off a deck.
23:14Yeah.
23:14Yeah.
23:15And mediators.
23:16Very good.
23:16And your nines in the corner?
23:18Yeah, loads of nines.
23:19Carry on, Nick.
23:22Nothing else?
23:23We had mardiest for eight.
23:25Mardiest, thanks very much.
23:2676 plays 70.
23:28Harry maintains his lead, and it's Harry's letters game.
23:31Consonant, please.
23:32Thank you, Harry.
23:33R.
23:34And another.
23:36Z.
23:37And another.
23:39D.
23:41A vowel.
23:42E.
23:43And another.
23:44A.
23:46A consonant.
23:48R.
23:50A vowel.
23:51E.
23:53Consonant.
23:55T.
23:56And another consonant.
23:58And the last one, P.
24:00Stand by.
24:01A dialog.
24:03And O.
24:04A vowel.
24:31And another consonant.
24:33Harry seven yes Kevin I'll try a seven Harry predate and petered
24:44you need three E's for petered sorry Kevin pre date is absolutely fine it can mean either to
24:53act as a predator when it's predate or simply to predate something to exist or occur before
24:59either way it's absolutely fine well done hurry 83 to 70 let's pause for Susie's wonderful origins
25:06of words now yes Susie well I thought I was talk a little bit about an expression again that we
25:12just might bandy about I know get them might use it when talking about the six nations rugby and
25:17that's to give someone the wooden spoon so if you get the wooden spoon essentially you've usually come
25:22last or failed in some way so being a wasp when I know that too well unfortunately it's a little
25:30bit of history to the wooden spoon and it goes back to Cambridge University and to a custom that began
25:36in 1811 where each year three classes of honours are basically awarded in mathematics and our first
25:43class winners are called wranglers and they are given golden spoons as is quite a big deal so the top
25:50wranglers usually go on to become quite leading figures in government to be highly successful
25:55business people etc apparently the exams are so tough that they can lead to all sorts of kind of
26:01stress you know sometimes breakdowns etc so it's a really really big deal to come out on top and think
26:07that sort of remains the case today and it was noted a while ago that virtually every high wrangler
26:13for whom records exist participated in some form of regular physical exercise to preserve his strength
26:19and stamina expected quote from the 19th century so it's a really big deal did everything you could
26:24in order to get up there then came the senior optimist as they were called you've got a silver
26:29spoon and then the juniors who got lead spoons but the last of the juniors so the one who came
26:35absolutely at the bottom the lowest exam result of all of them was given the wooden spoon and was
26:40presented with a literal one not the kind that you might imagine today that you might find in your
26:45kitchen drawer this spoon was over one meter long it was huge and on degree day it was suspended on
26:51strings but it's held by friends of the person who'd been awarded this in the gallery of the senate house
26:58where the ceremony took place and the spoon sort of hung above this poor winner or loser and when the
27:05graduate rose from the knees the spoon was lowered and the strings were cut and then it was presented
27:10so if you look at pictures you can you can find pictures still of some of these spoons that have
27:15been preserved and they are absolutely enormous it was bound in 1875 perhaps unsurprisingly so the
27:22custom doesn't exist but we still talk about silver spoons and gold spoons to be born with a silver
27:27spoon in one's mouth which goes back to baptism and the present by um a godparent to um you know
27:33to
27:33the child that they're they are god parenting but um it yeah it's just fascinating ceremony and that's why
27:38six nations rugby we'll still talk about giving someone the wooden spoon getting the wooden spoon
27:47very good 83 to 70 harry's in the lead kevin your letters came down can i have a consonant please
27:56thank you kevin ah and another c and another t and another n and a vowel please e and another
28:11i and
28:13another o and another a and a final consonant please a final t stand by
28:29so
28:42so
28:42so
28:42so
28:42so
28:56Yes, Kevin?
28:57Eight.
28:58An eight and?
28:59Eight.
29:00Kevin?
29:00Creation.
29:01Harry?
29:02Reaction.
29:03And reaction.
29:04Very good.
29:06APPLAUSE
29:10Two good players here.
29:11Now, Gethin and Susie.
29:13Got an eight for traction.
29:15Yes?
29:16Same lines as Harry.
29:17Yeah.
29:18Excellent.
29:18And there is a nine there, actually, Nick.
29:20It's a botanical one.
29:22Sometimes we talk about the Cortina,
29:23which in some toadstalls is that veil
29:25that goes from the cap to the stalk.
29:27And if a toadstall has one of those,
29:29it's Cortinate.
29:31Cortinate.
29:32Very good.
29:34Cortinate.
29:36Cortinate.
29:37Very good.
29:38OK, Harry, final letters game.
29:41Take it away.
29:42Consonant, please.
29:43Angie Harry.
29:45G.
29:46And another.
29:47Q.
29:49And a vowel.
29:51E.
29:52Another vowel.
29:54A.
29:56Consonant.
29:58L.
29:59Another consonant.
30:01N.
30:03Vow.
30:03U.
30:07Consonant.
30:09S.
30:10And another consonant.
30:12And lastly, P.
30:15Stand by.
30:15Vow.
30:16Vow.
30:17Vow.
30:20Vow.
30:25Vow.
30:29Vow.
30:30Vow.
30:30Vow.
30:31Vow.
30:32Vow.
30:46Harry?
30:47Seven.
30:48Seven as well.
30:49And seven for Kevin.
30:50Harry?
30:51Plunges.
30:52Kevin?
30:52Same word.
30:56And what in the corner?
30:58Yeah, we've got plunges and a manager's spangle for seven as well.
31:02Spangle.
31:03Spangle.
31:04All right.
31:0598 to 85.
31:07Kevin, final numbers game for you.
31:09Good luck.
31:10Can I have two from the top, please, Rachel?
31:12Two from the...
31:12You're 13 behind, 20 remaining.
31:14You can go for two for the top?
31:15Yeah.
31:15OK.
31:16All eggs on two large and four little.
31:18Let's see if we get a challenging one.
31:20Final numbers are four, five, nine, one and the large, two, 50 and 100.
31:28And the target, 627.
31:30Six to seven.
31:33Two.
31:52We'll see you later.
31:54Bye bye.
32:03Kevin.
32:036-2-8.
32:056-2-8, Harry.
32:076-2-4.
32:09Kevin.
32:10So, 100 plus 50.
32:12150.
32:13Plus 5.
32:14Plus 5.
32:151-5-5.
32:16Times the 4.
32:17Times the 4 for 620.
32:19Add the 9 and subtract the 1.
32:22Good gamble.
32:22Well done.
32:23Still in the game.
32:24Yeah.
32:25Well done.
32:2698 plays 92.
32:28Smart move.
32:29Rachel.
32:306-2-7.
32:31Well, if you start off as Kevin did with 100 plus 50.
32:36150.
32:379 minus 1 is 8.
32:39Add that on for 1-5-8 before you times by the 4 for 632.
32:44And you have a 5 left over for 6-2-7.
32:46Fabulous.
32:47Very good.
32:51Thank you, Rachel.
32:52That's the way.
32:53But 98 plays 92 means only one thing.
32:56We're in the final round, guys.
32:57Fingers on buzzers.
32:58We've got a crucial countdown conundrum to deal with.
33:02Let's roll that crucial countdown conundrum.
33:11Kevin.
33:12Kevin.
33:13Carbonara.
33:14Carbonara.
33:15Carbonara.
33:17Carbonara.
33:19Oh.
33:24102 plays Harry.
33:27Brave, clever Harry's 98.
33:29You did very well.
33:31And you got your teapot.
33:32So you're going to go back to old land common with your twin brother and your dad with pride.
33:37Thank you so much for coming and congratulations on being a great young player.
33:41Thanks for having me.
33:42Fantastic.
33:43Kevin.
33:44Wow, that was a bit of an old rollercoaster ride, wasn't it?
33:46It was.
33:47It was brilliant.
33:47And you slipped up on a maths thing.
33:49I know.
33:50Maths, dude.
33:50Inevitable.
33:51But you got it.
33:52I'm usually better at the two from the top than anything else.
33:55Well, you proved it today.
33:56Well done.
33:57We'll see you tomorrow.
33:59Brilliant stuff.
33:59What a lovely competition.
34:01We'll see you guys tomorrow.
34:02Great game, that.
34:03Wasn't it, though?
34:04Yeah.
34:04And Rachel, too.
34:05And I like to push the gamble, but this play paid off.
34:08Wasn't it good?
34:09Exciting finish.
34:10Great game.
34:11Join us tomorrow, same time, same place.
34:13You'll be sure of it.
34:14A very good afternoon.
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34:34Off to Alicante for our daily dose of vitamin D.
34:37Channel 4's heading to a place in the sun at 4 o'clock.
34:42Next, though, Sandy certainly knows how to put them through their paces.
34:45It's 15 to 1.