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00:18Thank you very much.
00:42Thank you very much.
01:00Reports have shown that since the introduction of this five-penny charge, the use of single plastic bags has plummeted
01:06by 85% good.
01:08Do you take shopping bags with you when you go, when you nip out for a pint of milk?
01:11When I remember.
01:12When you're nipping out for the pint of milk, you can take it.
01:14But when you're out and about and then you just suddenly remember you need a pint of milk.
01:18I think it's a good thing, actually.
01:19I'm all for it.
01:21That's all I've got to say on the matter.
01:22Agreed.
01:23Jamie Smith, welcome back.
01:25From Ipswich, running your own outside catering business.
01:28And you had a good win yesterday.
01:30No, 101, wasn't it?
01:31101.
01:31Good one.
01:32And here you are, and you're very welcome.
01:34You're joined by Tim McElroy, a trainee accountant from Guildford, big golfer, playing off five.
01:40Yeah.
01:40Yeah, I love golf.
01:41It's a great sport.
01:42And you're just back from the Galapagos?
01:44Yeah, I had a wonderful time out there.
01:45Went to four of the islands.
01:47Yeah.
01:47And yeah, it's just like the paradise that you hear about.
01:49It's really stunning.
01:50And which particular creatures did you see that you're so...
01:53Yeah, a lot of turtles and a blue-footed boobie is the most, like, famous bird that they have over
02:00there.
02:01All right.
02:01I should love to go.
02:03Apparently, it's an absolute paradise.
02:04It is.
02:04Yeah, you should.
02:05And now you're back, and you're off to join one of the big accountancy firms.
02:11Yeah, in a couple of weeks.
02:12So, yeah.
02:12Well, good luck to you.
02:14Well done, Tim.
02:14And well done, Jamie.
02:16Big round of applause for today's contestants.
02:22In the northern corner, Susie Dent, of course, joins for the last time until we can persuade her to come
02:27back.
02:27And I know that you've got a busy autumn in front of you, touring its wonderful Pam Ayers, poet, writer,
02:33broadcaster, comedian, and jolly good stick.
02:38Now then, Jamie, take it away.
02:40It's a letters game.
02:42Hello again, Rachel.
02:43Hi again, Jamie.
02:43Could I have a consonant, please?
02:45Start today with L.
02:49And a vowel?
02:51A.
02:51And a consonant.
02:54And a consonant.
02:59And another?
03:02And another?
03:04And a consonant.
03:06G.
03:07And another?
03:10S.
03:11And a vowel?
03:14E.
03:16And a consonant.
03:18And lastly, G.
03:21And here comes the countdown clock.
03:23So
03:24and again, let's re hablar.
03:54Jamie, I'm going to go with a seven.
03:57Jim?
03:58Six.
03:59Your six?
04:00Bagels.
04:01Now then, Jamie, baggies.
04:04Seriously, baggies?
04:05Yes, I thought, first of all, no, because in terms of plastic bag sense, it's a trademark.
04:10But actually, they can be loose, wide-legged trousers or shorts with a lowercase b, so that's absolutely fine.
04:16What else have we got? Anything else?
04:17Yes, we've got the rather posh Logias, L-O-W-G-I-A-S.
04:21I'm not sure if that's the right pronunciation.
04:23Or Logias, yes.
04:24Galleries or rooms with one or more open sides.
04:27Particularly open to the garden, aren't they? Which is nice.
04:29There we go.
04:30So, seven points to Jamie, and it's Tim's letters game.
04:35Hi, Rachel.
04:36Hi, Tim.
04:36Can I start with a consonant, please?
04:38Thank you. Start with N.
04:40And another one.
04:42C.
04:43And a vowel.
04:45A.
04:46And a consonant.
04:49N.
04:50Another consonant, please.
04:51S.
04:53And a vowel.
04:55U.
04:56And a vowel.
04:59A.
05:00And a consonant.
05:03T.
05:04And a final consonant, please.
05:09And a final M.
05:11And the clock starts now.
05:14There.
05:42And aонец.
05:42And a vowel.
05:43And a vowel.
05:43And a vowel.
05:43So maybe I'll Catherine.
05:45Yes, Tim.
05:46Five.
05:47Five.
05:48Jamie?
05:49I'll go for a six.
05:51Tim?
05:52A scant.
05:53Scant and?
05:55Uncast.
06:00Not there.
06:01Sorry.
06:02Not there?
06:03What can we have, I wonder?
06:05Pam or Susie?
06:06It's a really tricky one, this.
06:08Actually, there is a seven.
06:09It is their sanctum, a sacred place, especially a shrine within a temple or church.
06:13That will get you to seven.
06:14Well done.
06:15Well done.
06:16All right, so five for Tim.
06:19Jamie on seven, and it's Jamie's numbers game now.
06:22One large, please, Rachel.
06:23Thank you, Jamie.
06:24One large and five little ones.
06:28And for the first time today, the little ones are nine, four, five, five, two, and the big one, 25.
06:37And the target, 718.
06:40Seven, one, eight.
07:12Yes, Jamie.
07:13I've got seven, one, five.
07:16Three away.
07:17How about Jim?
07:18I didn't get within ten.
07:19No?
07:20No.
07:20All right.
07:20We're with you, Jamie.
07:22So I've done four plus five.
07:24Sorry, four times five.
07:25I apologise.
07:26Four times five, 20.
07:27Plus the nine.
07:2829.
07:29If you times that by 25, it should be.
07:31Four, seven, two, five.
07:33And then five times two, the ten, take it away.
07:34And the other five.
07:36Yep.
07:37Seven, 15.
07:40Well done.
07:40Fourteen plays at five.
07:43As we look to Rachel, really, to bring us up to seven, one, eight.
07:47Rachel.
07:47Well, you might kick yourself.
07:49There's any other way to get the 29.
07:51You could have said five times five, 25.
07:54Add four for 29.
07:56And then times that by 25.
07:58Again, seven, two, five.
08:00And you have nine minus two for the seven.
08:03Well done.
08:04Very good.
08:07Thank you, Rachel.
08:08So Jamie, 14.
08:09Tim on five.
08:11As we turn to our first tea time teaser, which is kiln sign.
08:14And the clue.
08:14He had strong suspicions about the dodgy fountain pen.
08:18He had strong suspicions about the dodgy fountain pen.
08:37And the answer he had is that he had inklings.
08:47Inklings.
08:49There we are.
08:49Fourteen plays five.
08:52And it's Tim's letters game.
08:53Tim.
08:53A consonant, please, Rachel.
08:55Thank you, Tim.
08:56T.
08:57And another one.
08:59N.
09:00And another one.
09:02V.
09:03And the vowel, please.
09:05I.
09:06And another vowel.
09:08E.
09:09And a consonant.
09:11L.
09:12And a vowel.
09:15O.
09:16And a consonant.
09:20R.
09:21And a vowel, please.
09:23And lastly, U.
09:26Stand by.
09:27And a vowel.
09:46And a vowel, please.
09:47And a vowel, please.
09:47And a vowel, please.
09:48And a vowel, please.
09:51And a vowel, please.
09:57Yes, Tim?
09:59Try a seven.
10:01And Jamie?
10:02I'll try an eight.
10:05Tim?
10:06Lautier.
10:07Now then, Jamie.
10:09An outliner?
10:12The adjective, Tim, is lautish rather than lauti.
10:17So there's no lautier, I'm afraid.
10:19An outliner is there.
10:21It's a computer programme that allows the user to create an outline of the proposed document, simply that.
10:28There we go.
10:32Well done.
10:33Anything else in the corner?
10:35I've got velour, which is only six, but it's a nice soft fabric in direct contrast with violent, which is
10:42seven.
10:44Seven for violent.
10:4522 to five, and it's Jamie's letters game.
10:48Jamie?
10:49Could I have a consonant, please?
10:50Thank you, Jamie.
10:52S.
10:52And another?
10:55R.
10:56And another?
10:58T.
10:59And a vowel?
11:01I.
11:02And another?
11:04A.
11:05And another?
11:06I.
11:08And another?
11:10E.
11:11And a consonant?
11:13S.
11:14And another.
11:16And finish.
11:17P.
11:18And the clock starts now.
11:20This tickle.
11:23This tickle.
11:25A identificated.
11:36This tickle.ieran.
11:37Excuse me?
11:37Good. And
11:42another?
11:43Yes. No.
11:43Yeah.
11:49I.
11:49And another?
11:50Another?
11:51Jamie? I have an eight. An eight. Tim? Seven. And that's seven? Parties. Now, Jamie, pastries.
12:00Very nice. Pastries. Excellent. Yeah, well done. Pastries. Very nice. Pam and Susie,
12:07what do you combine to produce? We have traipses, which is a lovely word. Great, great. And Susie,
12:14on the go? There is a nine. It went slightly following red herring because the parasite looked
12:20as if it was there, but actually parasite is there. And they are brownish, or it is a brownish
12:26yellow mineral of a crystal system. You can pluralise it, so you can have parasites for nine.
12:32Thank you. Well done. All right. 30 plays five. Jamie on 30. And it's Tim's numbers game now.
12:42Jim? Can I have one large and the rest small, please? You can indeed. Thank you, Tim. One big one.
12:47Five small ones. And this time around, the small numbers are four, eight, six, seven, and two.
12:55And the large one, 50. And the target, 809. 809.
13:31Yes, Tim? 809. 809. And Jamie? 810. 810. Jim?
13:39Eight times two is 16. 82 is the 16. Times by the 50. 800. And then, so, six minus four
13:48is two.
13:48Yep. Add that to the seven. Lovely. 809. Well done. Good, ma'am. All right.
13:57There we go. So, we now turn to Pam in the corner. Now then, what have you got for us
14:02today?
14:03I'm going to tell you a tragic story of unrequited love. Oh.
14:08It goes like this. It's called Not You, Basil.
14:12Basil, he loved Ethel. In his heart, there burned a flame.
14:17Every night, he gripped the sheets and whispered Ethel's name.
14:20Ethel. He saw her every morning, and the breath caught in his throat.
14:25He loved her in her summer dress and in her winter coat.
14:29Each night, the lovely Ethel, she came to him in a dream,
14:33And lay reclining in the boat he rowed them in upstream.
14:38Her hands trailed in the water, and she was a wondrous sight,
14:42Saying, Basil, I can wait no more. Take me tonight.
14:47But his love was unrequited.
14:49When he saw her every day, she only said,
14:52Hello, and hurried past him on her way to catch the bus to work,
14:57Where every day, from morn to eve,
14:59She gazed out of the window, thinking of her true love, Steve.
15:04Now, Steve, he ran a scrapyard.
15:07Once a week, he'd knock the door.
15:09And Ethel, she would open it, saying,
15:12I know what you've come for.
15:13You're rag and bones, she'd say.
15:16And here they are in this here sack.
15:18And she'd watch with heart aflutter,
15:20As he heaved them on his back.
15:23She never thought of Basil, never knew that he was there.
15:27From morn to eve, she thought of Steve, her fingers in his hair.
15:32For Steve was rugged like an oak, while Basil like a skittle.
15:37Had no physique of which to speak.
15:40His biceps, they was little.
15:42But his ardour never cooled, and to himself he sadly said,
15:47If Ethel cannot love me, I would just as soon be dead.
15:51I'll knock upon her door and say,
15:53I love you, and forsooth,
15:55She can either take or leave me,
15:57But at least I know the truth.
15:59So he knocked upon her door,
16:01And when she answered, he began,
16:03I know someone who you could make,
16:05A very happy man.
16:07Ethel gripped the doorpost.
16:09Is it Steve?
16:10Oh, can it be?
16:12And Basil, looking at her, he said,
16:14No, you fool, it's me.
16:15She said,
16:17Oh, not you, Basil.
16:19I thought you'd come on Steve's behalf,
16:21As though he'd see a girl like me.
16:24She laughed a tragic laugh.
16:26Ha!
16:27She said,
16:28I interrupted you, what were you going to say?
16:31And Basil said,
16:33Don't matter.
16:34And he coldly walked away.
16:37Back in his house, he primed his gun and placed it to his head.
16:41I die for Ethel, though my death will grieve her not, he said.
16:45You don't get rhymes like that in anybody else's poetry.
16:48He strained to press the trigger,
16:50But his courage upped and fled.
16:53So he rushed her in the garden,
16:54And he shot the cat instead.
17:07It's very sad.
17:09Very funny.
17:11And the poor old cat as well.
17:12Poor.
17:13There we go.
17:15That was brilliant.
17:16That's all right.
17:17Jamie on 30,
17:17Tim on 15,
17:18And we look to you,
17:19Jamie,
17:20For a letters game now.
17:21Could I have a vowel, please?
17:22Thank you, Jamie.
17:24O.
17:24And another?
17:26I.
17:27And a consonant?
17:29T.
17:30And another?
17:32D.
17:33And another?
17:36H.
17:37And a vowel?
17:39E.
17:41And a consonant?
17:42B.
17:44And a consonant?
17:46L.
17:48And the last one?
17:51W.
17:52Stand by.
17:53M.
17:54I.
18:06I.
18:08I.
18:10I.
18:12I.
18:13I.
18:21I.
18:23Jamie just a six a six Tim five and a five Tim width now then Jamie bold bold
18:34absolutely fine what can we do with the selection Pam and Susie I've got a nice
18:41one it's a it's a type of mushroom it's called a blue it the L E W I T thank
18:47you yeah I really like that one um you can also um litho if you produce
18:53something by lithography you like this a lithode l-i-t-h-o-e-d is there for seven
18:59yeah thank you 36 place 15 and Tim your letters game consonant please thank you
19:06Tim ah and another one s and another one
19:12m and the vowel a another vowel please e and consonant t another consonant are a
19:28vowel oh and the final vowel please and final I stand by
19:41so
19:54so
19:55so
19:55so
20:09Yes, Tim.
20:10Seven.
20:10Seven.
20:11Jamie?
20:12Seven also.
20:13Tim?
20:14Romers.
20:15Romers and?
20:16Maestro.
20:18Maestro.
20:18Maestro, very good.
20:19Yes.
20:21Can we match seven?
20:22Well, I thought we had nine for a minute,
20:24because Amortise is there for eight,
20:25which comes up off an account down to write off a debt.
20:28Amortiser, I thought, might be there, but it's not, sadly.
20:30So we stick with the eight.
20:31But you can change that round to atomiser.
20:33That's another eight.
20:34All right.
20:35Well done.
20:3643 to 22, and it's Jamie's numbers game now.
20:40Jamie?
20:40One large, please.
20:41Thank you, Jamie.
20:42One large, five.
20:44Default little ones.
20:45And this time the little ones are two.
20:48Seven.
20:49Ten.
20:51Another ten.
20:52Four and the large one, 75.
20:53And the target, 401.
20:57Four and the one.
20:58One large, two.
20:59One large there.
21:01Two large ones.
21:10Four and the large one.
21:11fellow one big.
21:14One large, three.
21:16Twelve.
21:26Nine.
21:29Jamie 402 402 Tim 400 400 let's have a little chat with Jamie first shall we Jamie so I've done
21:3975 times 4 75 times 4 300 10 times 10 is 100 added on yep 402 402 one above and
21:51Tim uh 7 minus 2 is
21:535 yep um 75 plus 4 is 79 75 plus 4 79 times 79 by 5 you get uh 395
22:08uh oh yeah all right don't worry
22:13sorry let's leave it there then shall we know but how about 401 Rachel for uh for test yes it
22:22was
22:22there if you say 10 times 10 100 adds 2 102 times it by 4 408 and take away the
22:327 yeah well done well
22:34done so Jamie leads 50 to Tim's 22 as we turn to our final tea time teaser which is pork
22:44seas and
22:44the clue makes it moist before giving it the full treatment makes it moist before giving it the full
23:04treatment
23:06welcome back I left with the clue makes it moist before giving it the full treatment and the answer
23:11is pre-soaks of course pre-soaks so 50 to 22 Jamie in the lead and Tim it's your letters
23:19game
23:19um consonant please thank you Tim F and another one R and another one T and the vowel A and
23:33another vowel E and a consonant
23:44I and a final uh consonant please and a final K stand by
23:53okay
24:07so
24:09so
24:24Yes, Tim?
24:25Er, just a four there, actually.
24:27A four.
24:29Jamie?
24:29Not much better.
24:30I have a five.
24:31All right.
24:31Tim?
24:32Tram.
24:33Tram and frame.
24:35Can you go beyond five?
24:38One more.
24:39One more.
24:40I was absolutely hopeless.
24:42I just got Mark, so that was no good.
24:44But Susie's got...
24:47Mateer.
24:47Mateer.
24:48He was mateer with me than he was with you.
24:51Mateer.
24:52Yes.
24:52All right.
24:53Well done.
24:5455 to 22.
24:56Jamie, letters time.
24:57Could I start with a consonant, please?
24:59Thank you, Jamie.
25:00M.
25:01And another?
25:03N.
25:04And another?
25:06F.
25:08And a vowel?
25:10O.
25:11And another?
25:13A.
25:14And another?
25:16I.
25:17And a vowel?
25:20U.
25:21And a consonant?
25:22R.
25:24And another?
25:25And lastly, Q.
25:27Stand by.
25:29And a vowel?
25:47And a vowel?
25:48And a vowel?
25:50And a vowel?
25:51And a vowel?
25:51And a vowel?
25:52And a vowel?
25:52And a vowel?
25:54And a vowel?
25:55And a vowel?
25:55And a vowel?
25:56And a vowel?
25:58And a vowel?
25:58And a vowel?
25:58yes Jamie I have a six a six and six as well two sixes yeah Jamie Manoir Tim
26:07unfair and unfair yeah very good very good I've no idea where you're allowed
26:14Manoir you are yes large country household man house in France simply oh
26:19I see yes all right Pam but we have uniform which we're quite pleased with
26:24indeed and so you should be 61 to 28 as we come back to you Susie for your origins
26:32of words now then well I don't know if you remember Nick but I talked a little
26:36bit about order of the other day and what that meant which was in architecture
26:40outside the main works it once referred to an outbuilding just as a starter is
26:45outside the main bit of the meal and so I was asked subsequently about entree you
26:50have entrees on posh menus and most of us wouldn't regard the main course of a
26:55meal unless you're really keen on dessert as being the entrance or the opening to
26:59anything and yet that's exactly what entree means in French it looks back to
27:04Britain in the 18th century when entree developed its culinary sense that we
27:09know it of today and in those days the dining experience could be really
27:14extravagant multiple multiple courses and a typical formal dinner would certainly
27:19include soup fish or meat and plus pudding but after the fish and before the
27:23main event you would normally have something that was meant to wet the
27:26appetite so not to fill the diner up but as an app as another appetizer if you like
27:31and it was often something covered in fancy sauces with lots and lots of
27:36garnishes and it preceded the main event which was usually a roast a very big
27:41roast so the fish or the meat that preceded the race became known as the entree the
27:45entrance to the grand affair and of course this tastes change diets changed etc we
27:50stuck with that first bit and then we tended to get rid of the roast so we stuck
27:54with one main meal but certainly it was an opener in the days when meals were very
27:59extravagant thank you very good
28:0561 to 28 Jamie is um in charge and it's Tim's letters game now Tim
28:11uh consonant please thank you Tim N and another one S and a third D vowel please A another vowel
28:25U
28:26consonant W vowel E consonant S and a final vowel please and a final I stand by
28:59so
29:15Jim.
29:17Just a five.
29:18A five, and Jamie, I have a seven.
29:22Jim.
29:22Sword.
29:23Sword and sundaes.
29:25Sundaes.
29:26Ice cream variety, yes.
29:28That's what you find.
29:29All right.
29:30And in the corner, Pam, what's your description there?
29:32Yes, I've got a glorious carnivorous plant called sundew.
29:36Very good.
29:37How many was that?
29:38Seven.
29:38Oh, seven.
29:38I got carried away there.
29:40It's seven.
29:42Susie?
29:42No, it sounds such a romantic thing for a thing with sticky glandular hairs and eats insects.
29:47Doesn't sound very nice.
29:48Anything else?
29:49Nothing else.
29:49That'll do.
29:50All right.
29:50Six, two, eight, please.
29:51Twenty-eight.
29:52And Jamie, final letters game for you.
29:54Can I start with the consonant, please?
29:56Thank you, Jamie.
29:57D.
29:57And another.
29:59R.
30:00And another.
30:02D.
30:04And a vowel.
30:05O.
30:06And another.
30:08E.
30:09And another.
30:11O.
30:12And a consonant.
30:15S.
30:17A vowel.
30:19E.
30:22And a consonant, please.
30:24And the last one.
30:25H.
30:27Countdown.
30:28A vowel.
30:30What?
30:44A vowel.
30:52I.
30:53Do.
30:57I.
30:57I.
31:00Jamie?
31:01Six.
31:02A six, Tim?
31:03Six, I think, as well.
31:04Yep.
31:05Jamie?
31:06Hooded.
31:07Tim?
31:07Shored.
31:08Yep.
31:09And in the corner?
31:10We have rodeos, or rodeos, whichever you prefer, which is a six.
31:16Very good.
31:17Susie?
31:17And reshoed.
31:19A horse could be reshoed, for example.
31:22Reshod?
31:23Or reshoed, either.
31:24Really?
31:25Yes.
31:25All right, certainly.
31:2674 plays, 34, and here we are, Tim.
31:28Final numbers game for you.
31:30One large game, please.
31:32Thanks.
31:32Thank you, Tim.
31:33One large on five little ones for the final game of the day, and these numbers are two,
31:39ten, eight, seven, three, and the big one, fifty.
31:45And your target, 256.
31:47Two, five, six.
31:48Two, five, six.
32:19Tim?
32:20Um, two, five, seven.
32:22Two, five, seven.
32:23Jamie?
32:23I believe, two, five, six.
32:25Let's try it.
32:28Seven minus the two is the five.
32:30Yep.
32:31Times by 50.
32:32Two, 50.
32:33It's two, 50.
32:34Ten minus the eight equals the two.
32:36Two.
32:37Times that by the three.
32:38Four, you're six.
32:38Which is your six.
32:39And add it on.
32:39You haven't used any of those.
32:40Lovely.
32:41Well done.
32:42Well done, Jamie.
32:44So here we go.
32:45Final round.
32:46Fingers on buzzers.
32:47Jamie and Tim, let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:54Trapesing.
32:57Jamie.
32:58Traipsing.
33:00Traipsing.
33:02Let's see whether you're right.
33:03One of Pam's words.
33:05There we go.
33:14Well, you didn't traipse over that one.
33:16You were pretty rapid on that.
33:17Well done.
33:1894 to James 34.
33:19Good score.
33:20Well done.
33:21And Tim, you came up on the wrong day, as we say.
33:23Thank you very much for coming, Tim.
33:25Back to Guildford.
33:27Back to the city, I guess.
33:28Yeah.
33:28And the beginning of your account and some studies.
33:31And good luck to you.
33:31Thank you very much.
33:32Take this goodie bag with you as well, by the way.
33:34Great.
33:34See you, young man.
33:36Tomorrow.
33:37Well done, Jamie.
33:38No one's a good one, young man.
33:39Thank you very much, sir.
33:39All right.
33:40Well done.
33:41Oh, dear.
33:43Parting is such a sweet sorrow, but I'm afraid we've got to.
33:46Good luck next month on your tour.
33:49And you come and see us when it's over and when you've...
33:51Whenever you feel like it, just give us a ring.
33:53Thank you very much.
33:54If we don't ring you first, all right?
33:56I would like to very much.
33:58Great stuff.
33:59We'll see you tomorrow, Susie.
34:01See you tomorrow, yes.
34:01When tomorrow we have Kate Williams with us.
34:03Lovely.
34:03Kate Williams.
34:04First time.
34:05She's a...
34:05Yep.
34:06A newbie, as we say.
34:07She's like the Susie Dent of history.
34:09I think you're going to like her, Nick.
34:10No flirting.
34:12Would I?
34:12See you tomorrow.
34:13See you tomorrow.
34:14Same time, same place.
34:15You be sure of it.
34:16A very good afternoon.
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34:35If you've got no idea what a Viking sword dances, you should check out Penelope Keith's Hidden Villages at 8.
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34:43Over on Film4, Michael Fassbender stars as the man that shall be king.
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34:50The network premiere of Macbeth is at 9.
34:57The network premiere of Macbeth is at 9.
34:59The network premiere of Macbeth is at 9.