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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to the last countdown of the week.
00:35In this evening, of course, the opening ceremony of Paris 2024 Olympics.
00:40Loads of firsts. The first time it's outside of the stadium, which is quite exciting indeed.
00:44The first one to happen on a river and all sorts of the magic will begin.
00:49And as I said, Rachel Riley, it's the first one in our time zone since London 2012.
00:54So we get to enjoy the proper times. What are your memories then of London 2012?
00:59Well, one of my best friends was part of that opening ceremony.
01:02Oh, wow.
01:02So she was having all the rehearsals and I think she was like twirling umbrellas around.
01:06And now she's just had a little baby. So she'll be watching with baby Dorken, I'm sure, this year.
01:10Goes to show, doesn't it? As we judge a lot of sort of where we were.
01:14Yeah.
01:14Olympics and World Cups and stuff, the four-year cycles, isn't it?
01:18Here we are, 12 years later, in Paris. Looking forward to tonight.
01:22And that's why all this week in Dictionary Corner, our guardian of the dictionary, Susie Dent.
01:27Joined by, of course, former fastest woman in the world, over 400 metres.
01:31An Olympian for life and a bronze medalist from Sydney 2000.
01:35Kat Mary.
01:36Oh, thank you again.
01:38Well, listen, we will have a new champion today, no matter what.
01:41Because yesterday, of course, Fiona Wood became her first Octo-Champ of Series 90.
01:47And then randomly, in her chair, is Steve Woods.
01:51Which is a bit confusing, because Fiona Wood, we give her the nickname The Driver.
01:55So maybe you'll have to be, I don't know, Sandwedge or something.
01:58If you win, we'll see.
01:59But listen, we're saying hello to your cat, Maggie, about 50 fish, your two sons, Finn and Ted.
02:04I know you're a United, a Manchester United fanatic.
02:07Did you get to the cup final?
02:09I did.
02:09What a day. That must have been.
02:10The expectation's so low when you turned up and great win.
02:14Every United fan said we'd lose.
02:16But to be there with my son was phenomenal.
02:19Put that memory in the bank.
02:20Never take them for granted.
02:21Well, you're up against Zoe Roberts, who's hoping to take that teapot away from you.
02:26You're from Nuneaton, and we're saying hello to two daughters instead of two sons.
02:30Two dogs, a cockatiel and a rat called Reginald.
02:35Reginald, yes.
02:36Now, we've talked about rats on the show before.
02:39They get a bit of a bad rap to the rats.
02:41Oh, no.
02:42You know, you can tickle their stomachs and all.
02:44Tell me about your pet rat.
02:45Oh, he's my best friend.
02:47He waits for me at the cage at night, because he's nocturnal.
02:51And I'll get him out, and he goes straight down into the top.
02:55I can walk around the house with him.
02:58And my daughter's laughed because he gets fed better than they do.
03:01He gets what I call a smorgasbord of tiny food.
03:05And he's adorable.
03:07We watch telly together, and he's really nice.
03:09So you do, like, rat tapas.
03:11Yeah, I do.
03:12Yeah, I was tapas night tonight.
03:13I do, yeah.
03:14Bless him.
03:15I love it.
03:15Why not?
03:16I mean, we get these sort of images built up about animals,
03:18and then when you look into it, often a lot of it's nonsense.
03:21Yeah.
03:21So I love that.
03:22That's great.
03:23Well, love to Reginald.
03:25Zoe and Stephen, best of luck to both of you today.
03:29All right, there you go, Stephen.
03:30Let's get our first letters.
03:32Hi, Rachel.
03:33Hi, Stephen.
03:33Could I have a consonant, please?
03:35You can indeed start today with G.
03:38Another consonant.
03:39T.
03:40Vowel.
03:42E.
03:43Consonant.
03:45Vowel, please.
03:48I.
03:48Consonant.
03:50R.
03:51One more consonant.
03:53M.
03:54Vowel.
03:56E.
03:57And a final consonant, please.
03:59And a final T.
04:01At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:15MUSIC
04:34Stephen.
04:35Seven.
04:35And for Zoe?
04:37Just a five.
04:37The five is?
04:38Right.
04:39And the seven?
04:40Termite.
04:41A termite's a good start.
04:42Excellent.
04:43Very good start.
04:43Well done.
04:44There you go.
04:44Seven points in the bag.
04:45Cass, Mary?
04:46Termite, seven.
04:47I'll do's.
04:47There you go.
04:50Sometimes there's no need for anything else to be said.
04:53Let's get more letters.
04:54Hi, Rachel.
04:54Hi, Zoe.
04:55Can I have a consonant, please?
04:56You can indeed.
04:58S.
04:58S.
04:59Another consonant.
05:01G.
05:02A vowel.
05:04A.
05:05Another vowel, please.
05:06I.
05:07I.
05:08A consonant.
05:09N.
05:11A vowel, please.
05:13O.
05:14A consonant.
05:16D.
05:18Another consonant.
05:20R.
05:22And a vowel, please.
05:24And lastly, I.
05:27I'm 30 seconds.
05:28R serving.
05:29You.
05:40You.
05:43You.
05:43You.
05:47You.
05:49You.
05:53You.
05:55You.
05:57You.
05:58Zoe?
05:59A seven.
06:00And for you, Stephen?
06:02Seven.
06:02Seven again.
06:03OK, Zoe.
06:04Ordains.
06:05Ordains.
06:05And for you, Stephen?
06:06Raiding.
06:08Raiding and ordains.
06:09Susie, we're great there.
06:10Very good indeed.
06:11Excellent.
06:12Anything else to add there, Kath?
06:14Just another seven.
06:15A rising.
06:15Yeah.
06:16Well, this word surely doesn't exist, but it should, Kath and I, do it.
06:20Kath, you're about to do it for BBC Five Live at the Olympics.
06:22Radio-in.
06:24Oh, that is absolutely brilliant.
06:27You say, we radioed for help, for example, radio-in.
06:30Of course.
06:30Well done.
06:31I'm just stupid thinking about it the wrong way.
06:33Yeah, that's excellent.
06:34Can't put the S in the end.
06:35No.
06:36Oh, guck, really.
06:36Stop by the head.
06:37Guck, really, that's always the case.
06:39Move on to the numbers then, Stephen.
06:41Could I have two large and four small, please?
06:43Two large, four small coming up, Stephen.
06:46First numbers of the day.
06:47Nine.
06:49Eight.
06:50Six.
06:51Eight.
06:51And the large two, 150.
06:54And the target, 654.
06:57Six.
06:58Five.
06:58Four.
06:58Numbers up.
07:01Six.
07:01Six.
07:02Five.
07:296-5-4, Stephen.
07:326-5-4, not written down.
07:34And Zoe?
07:356-5-1.
07:36So the 6-5-4, Stephen, for 10 points.
07:38So 100 times by 6, 600.
07:42600.
07:439 times 6 is 54.
07:46You're going to kick yourself, Stephen, because you've already used your 6.
07:49Ah, sorry.
07:50Yeah.
07:50So, Zoe, you declared 3 away.
07:536-5-1, off you go.
07:54100 times 6.
07:56600.
07:58Plus 50.
07:59650.
08:00And then 9 minus 8 is the 1.
08:02Yeah.
08:02And add it on.
08:023 away.
08:04And as you said, Rach, a lot of kicking going to go on.
08:06Yeah.
08:07Before you times your 100 by 6, if you add your 9 there, you can times that by 6 and
08:12get to 6-5-4.
08:13There you go.
08:16But in terms of the competition here, it's worked out quite well, because we've got two challengers today, and they're
08:21both on 14 points, as we get our first tea-time teaser.
08:24Had a mend.
08:26Had a mend.
08:27No machines involved.
08:28It was all our own work.
08:29No machines involved.
08:31It was all our own work.
08:50Handmade.
08:51It was all our own work.
08:52It was all our own work.
08:52Handmade.
08:53Handmade.
08:54Handmade was the first tea-time teaser of the day.
08:56We've got Stephen and Zoe going head-to-head.
08:59It's a bit of a rat race so far.
09:0114 points each.
09:03And Zoe, here we go.
09:04Do it for Reginald.
09:06Vowel, please, Rachel.
09:08Thank you, Zoe.
09:09E.
09:11Vowel, please.
09:13I.
09:13And another.
09:16O.
09:17A consonant.
09:20T.
09:21Another consonant.
09:23S.
09:25And another consonant, please.
09:27R.
09:29And another consonant.
09:31N.
09:33And another consonant.
09:35T.
09:37And a vowel, please.
09:39And finish.
09:41U.
09:43Thank you, Rachel.
09:44Thank you, Rachel.
09:46Thank you, Rachel.
10:15Zoe.
10:16Seven.
10:16And for Stephen.
10:18Seven.
10:18Seven as well.
10:19Zoe.
10:19Nutters.
10:20And Stephen.
10:22Nuttier.
10:23Yeah, Nuttier, Nutters.
10:24Both apply to Dictionary Corner.
10:27Susie and Kath.
10:29We had a couple of eights.
10:31Kath got one very quickly.
10:33Routines.
10:34Routines, yes.
10:35Well spotted.
10:36And Snuttier.
10:38And Snuttier.
10:38Ah.
10:3921 points each.
10:40Stephen, back to the letters.
10:43Could I have a consonant, please?
10:44Thank you, Stephen.
10:45B.
10:45Vowel.
10:47I.
10:48Consonant.
10:50R.
10:51Consonant.
10:52C.
10:53Vowel, please.
10:55E.
10:56Consonant.
10:58D.
10:59Vowel.
11:01I.
11:02Consonant.
11:04N.
11:05And a final consonant, please.
11:07Final C.
11:09And half a minute.
11:09Romance.
11:11And half a minute.
11:12Oh.
11:13That's right.
11:14emerging.
11:19And.
11:22And.
11:24And.
11:25And.
11:38We.
11:40That's time. Stephen?
11:42Six. And for Zoe? Six. Six as well.
11:45Stephen? Binder. Zoe? Brined.
11:49Oh, brined. Yes.
11:51Brined fish, that kind of thing, absolutely fine.
11:54Yep. Castemary? No. That's it.
11:56All done. Yes, that is it for us.
11:58No, that's it. What a terrible round.
12:01No, I'm joking. Six points each, that's all that matters.
12:0327 points each. Back to those numbers, Zoe Roberts.
12:06Can I have four small and two large, please?
12:09You can indeed, thank you, Zoe.
12:10Two from the top row, four from the bottom lot.
12:12And this round is...
12:14Nine, one, five, four.
12:18And the large, 250 and 75.
12:21And the target, 806.
12:25806. Numbers up.
12:58806, the target.
12:59Zoe Roberts.
13:01805.
13:02One away. Stephen Woods.
13:03805.
13:04One away as well. Right, Zoe, off you go.
13:06I've done nine plus one.
13:07Nine plus one is ten.
13:10Times 75.
13:11Times 75, 750.
13:13Plus 50.
13:15800.
13:15Plus five.
13:16And plus the five.
13:17805 and one away.
13:19The same, something similar, different?
13:20Exactly the same.
13:21There you go.
13:25806.
13:25Double R.
13:26Leave it with me.
13:27Stay at it for a while.
13:29Right, 34 points each.
13:31A good time to leave it
13:33because we're going to have our final chat of the week
13:35with Cass Merri.
13:36And, of course, we've been talking a lot
13:38about the Olympics gone by.
13:40But on the day of Paris 2024,
13:43you're now very much in the broadcast world.
13:45And for BBC Radio,
13:47you'll be there doing all the track and field commentary.
13:49I hope you don't mind me saying this
13:51because we are friends.
13:51But an absolute trailblazer
13:53because you set a lot of firsts.
13:54Take me.
13:55I mean, well, you tell me.
13:56I'm going to make you tell me the story.
13:58Oh, gosh.
13:58You're very kind.
14:00I had a transition when I retired.
14:02I got injured.
14:03I didn't choose when to give up my athletic career.
14:06You're very blessed as an athlete
14:08if you actually get to choose when you retire
14:10because most of us get pushed into retirement
14:12through injury.
14:13So when I got injured after 2001,
14:16from, as you've kindly said several times this week,
14:18being the fastest woman in the world,
14:19I was just getting going at 400m running,
14:21but I got injured.
14:22But once you've won a medal at the Olympics,
14:24especially in a sprint event,
14:26it means you can sit on couches and talk about it
14:29and give some insight into it.
14:30So I started doing kind of punditry-type stuff,
14:33talking about track and field when I was still injured.
14:35And then eventually I never got back from the injuries.
14:37I retired and carried on my broadcasting career,
14:41infield at stadiums, television, radio.
14:43Now I do it in lots of different sports.
14:46But, yeah, there's been a few glass ceilings
14:48that I've happily broken and proudly broken.
14:51I think that what I'm most proud of is the Olympics,
14:53the delayed Olympics in Tokyo.
14:55They asked me to be the voice of the stadium.
14:57You know, the person that will say next on the track,
15:00it's the final.
15:01The men's 100m, and you'll introduce them all.
15:03And there's never been a woman or a female
15:05that had done that since 1896.
15:08Wow.
15:08So in one respect I was like, you are kidding me.
15:11But in another respect I was like, of course, I'd love to do it.
15:14Because you have to see it to believe it, right?
15:16You have to inspire people to do jobs
15:18that don't normally come your way.
15:20And I've just done lots of things since.
15:22I work in lots of different sports.
15:23My beloved Aston Villa, I'm on the AV150 board.
15:26I'm an ambassador for their foundation.
15:28I work in netball.
15:29But track and field, of course, is my heart.
15:31Of all the races you'll be commentating on
15:34in Paris 2024 for BBC Five Live,
15:37what's the one you're most excited about?
15:39Ooh, men's 1500m.
15:42We have the reigning world champion, Scotland's Josh Kerr.
15:46The world champion before him was Britain's Jake Whiteman.
15:50And then the Norwegian, Jakob Ingebrigtsen,
15:51who is trying to do the double at the men's 1500 in the Olympics,
15:56which has only ever been done once by Seb Coe.
15:58So, yeah, that's the one race I'm really looking forward to.
16:00It's absolutely circled.
16:02In weeks and weeks of top action,
16:04that may just be the one when it comes to track and field.
16:08Brilliant. Thank you, Kath.
16:09Oh, yeah.
16:13Rachel, was that enough time for 8.06?
16:15It was. It's the obvious one.
16:17It's 26 times 31.
16:19So, once you've found that,
16:21you can say 75 minus 50 plus 1 is your 26.
16:254 times 9, 36 minus 5 is your 31.
16:29And just times them together.
16:308.06.
16:32APPLAUSE
16:3326, 31 always.
16:35Let's get back to it.
16:36Stephen.
16:37A consonant, please, Rachel.
16:38Thank you, Stephen.
16:39L.
16:40Vowel.
16:41O.
16:43Consonant.
16:44T.
16:45Consonant.
16:47K.
16:48Another vowel, please.
16:50E.
16:51Consonant.
16:52G.
16:53Vowel.
16:55E.
16:56Consonant.
16:58B.
16:59And a final consonant, please.
17:01And a final S.
17:03And here we go again.
17:34Stephen.
17:35Seven.
17:36And Zoe.
17:36Just a six.
17:37Yeah, what's a six?
17:38Globes.
17:39And a big seven here, Stephen.
17:40Goblets.
17:42Goblets.
17:42Well done.
17:43Excellent.
17:43There you go.
17:44A lovely seven.
17:45Anything else?
17:46No other sevens.
17:47We just have blokes for six as well.
17:48Blokes for six.
17:49Goblets.
17:5141, 34 is Zoe looks to strike back immediately.
17:55Can I have a consonant, please?
17:57Thank you, Zoe.
17:58R.
17:59Another one, please.
18:00T.
18:02Vowel.
18:03I.
18:05Another vowel.
18:06A.
18:08Consonant, please.
18:10N.
18:11A vowel.
18:13E.
18:15Consonant, please.
18:17L.
18:18Another consonant, please.
18:20P.
18:23And another consonant, please.
18:25And the last one, M.
18:27And start the clock.
18:59Zoe.
18:59A seven.
19:00And Stephen.
19:02Seven.
19:03You sure?
19:04Yeah.
19:05Zoe, what's your word?
19:06A planter.
19:07A planter, yes.
19:08And for you, Stephen?
19:09An implant.
19:11OK.
19:11Very good.
19:12Yes.
19:12Very good.
19:13You weren't sure?
19:14You had a wee bit of a wobble there, Stephen.
19:15I had two nines wrote down, so I had implanter and re-implant.
19:19OK.
19:20And you stuck with implant, which is, you know, that keeps you your seven-point lead.
19:24But take a deep breath here, Stephen.
19:26Would any of the two count it?
19:27No implanter.
19:28I did check that one, but re-implant is in.
19:31Yeah.
19:32Nine.
19:32So we know there was a nine, then.
19:35Yeah, and that was it.
19:36All right.
19:37Numbers, then.
19:38Let's do numbers.
19:39Can I have one large and five small this time, please?
19:42You can indeed.
19:42Thank you, Stephen.
19:43One large, five small coming up for you.
19:45And this time they are five, four, two, one, three.
19:51And the large one, 100.
19:53And the target to reach, 377.
19:56Three, seven, seven, numbers up.
19:58And the.
20:13To the target, so you are uh, seven, nine, nine.
20:21Bye-bye.
20:23Bye-bye.
20:23Bye-bye.
20:24Bye-bye.
20:25Bye.
20:26Bye-bye.
20:27Bye-bye.
20:293-7-7, Stephen.
20:30Yep, 3-7-7.
20:31Well done. Back on that horse straight away.
20:33And Zoe? No, I lost it on that one.
20:35You lost it. There you go.
20:36That's those ten points you missed out on the last round.
20:38Here you go, Stephen.
20:39Er, 100 minus 5.
20:41100 minus 5, 95.
20:43Times that by 4 for 380.
20:45Yep. And minus the 3.
20:47Yep, 3-7-7. Nicely done.
20:49APPLAUSE
20:51There you go.
20:52A little bit of daylight for Stephen Woods against Zoe Roberts,
20:55but certainly not enough to relax this Friday afternoon.
20:59Six rounds to go when we come back.
21:00Here's your tea time teaser.
21:02Last of the week.
21:03Unpinned dog. Unpinned dog.
21:05The Chancellor's got a terrible headache.
21:08The Chancellor's got a terrible headache.
21:11MUSIC
21:25Hello again. The Chancellor's got a terrible headache.
21:28Chancellor of the Exchequer deals in our money.
21:31Pounding. Pounding.
21:32OK, 58.41.
21:35Zoe, still a headache for Stephen here.
21:37Just 17 points, isn't it?
21:38And Zoe, you're picking these letters.
21:40Can I have a vowel, please, Rachel?
21:42Thank you, Zoe.
21:43E.
21:44Another vowel, please.
21:46U.
21:47And a consonant.
21:49T.
21:50And another, please.
21:52V.
21:56And a vowel.
21:58E.
22:01And a consonant.
22:03N.
22:05And a vowel.
22:07A.
22:08And a consonant, please.
22:10And lastly, H.
22:11And good luck.
22:13MUSIC
22:40MUSIC
22:44I'm going to try a five.
22:46And for Stephen?
22:48Five.
22:49Zoe?
22:50Well, I'm not sure if this is a word.
22:53Tave, T-H-A-V-E.
22:55Stephen?
22:56Haunt.
22:57And haunt, well, haunt is fine, but will thave haunt Zoe?
23:02It's unlucky because thave-less is in the dictionary,
23:07meaning ineffectual or feeble, but not thave itself.
23:10I'm so sorry.
23:11Yes, you have to try it.
23:13I mean, do you?
23:14Stephen had a five, so may as well.
23:16What else do we have there?
23:17Cass, Mary, Susie Dent.
23:18Lovely six.
23:19Yeah?
23:19Yes, heaven.
23:21Heaven is there, yes.
23:22Very differently, I had heathen written down.
23:24Very pleased with myself, only one H.
23:26Yes.
23:26You know, so you've got the heaven, I'm a heathen.
23:3063, 41.
23:31More letters, please, Stephen Woods.
23:33A consonant, please, Rachel.
23:35Thank you, Stephen.
23:36N.
23:36Bowel.
23:38E.
23:39Consonant.
23:40R.
23:41Consonant.
23:43F.
23:44Another vowel, please.
23:45O.
23:46Consonant.
23:47D.
23:48Vowel.
23:50I.
23:52Consonant.
23:53W.
23:55And a final consonant, please.
23:57A final L.
23:57Let's play.
23:59Let's play.
24:00First of ab, of all.
24:01I.
24:01None.
24:23I.
24:24About two.
24:28All right.
24:29I.
24:29I.
24:30Stephen, how many?
24:31Six.
24:32And for you, Zoe?
24:33Six.
24:33Six as well.
24:34What have you got, Stephen?
24:34Folder.
24:36Folder.
24:36And for you, Zoe?
24:37Wilder.
24:38And Wilder.
24:39Well done to both of you.
24:41We had heaven in the last round just for you, Stephen,
24:43as a Man United fan.
24:44I found God after heaven.
24:45Fowler was up there.
24:47Dictionary Corner, what have you got?
24:50Sevens for us.
24:51Yeah, one was frowned.
24:53Yeah.
24:54Yeah.
24:54Fondler.
24:55A fondler.
24:56And downier.
24:57Downier.
24:58There you go.
24:59Quilts, right, downier?
25:01Yeah, absolutely, dukes.
25:0369.47.
25:04Four rounds to go.
25:05Final countdown of the week.
25:07So final origins of words of the week.
25:10Yes.
25:10Well, this one was half-requested by Colin Murray,
25:16who wrote in, or at least asked me...
25:19He's a big fan.
25:21Asked me in-studio where maudlin comes from.
25:24Do you remember?
25:24Because it's one of your favourite words.
25:26And it's a beautiful word.
25:27It kind of evokes just real feelings of melancholy,
25:31but without perhaps going too deep, hopefully, anyway.
25:36And it...
25:37Well, first of all, melancholy itself is always interested.
25:38It's always interested me, anyway,
25:40because it's from the Greek for black bile,
25:41because it was thought to be caused by a build-up of bile in your body,
25:46one of the four bodily humours.
25:48Magdalen, very different, though,
25:50and inspired by religion this time,
25:53and the character of Mary Magdalene,
25:55who was the repentant sinner in the Bible,
25:59who was said to have been at Christ's crucifixion,
26:03or Jesus' crucifixion,
26:04and also there at his resurrection.
26:07And it's often pictured, particularly centuries ago, as weeping.
26:13So lots and lots of beautiful works of art
26:15in which Mary Magdalene is weeping
26:17because of the death of Jesus.
26:20And because of that association with crying,
26:23her name, incidentally, would have been pronounced Mary Magdalene
26:27at the time, which kind of accounts for
26:29Magdalene College in Oxford and Cambridge,
26:32which was spelt Magdalene.
26:34And because of that association with crying,
26:36then she lent her name to an emotion of sort of real sadness
26:41and lingering melancholy, really.
26:43It's weird that we say Magdalene and spell it that way
26:47for the melancholy, but we still say Magdalene.
26:51Yeah.
26:52And that's strange.
26:53Yes, it is.
26:53And it was kind of interchangeable for quite a while.
26:57So hopefully Colin will be happy with that one.
27:01I would just say that some of the first references in English
27:03were to being Magdalene drunk.
27:05And I think we would all recognise the person
27:07who gets really emotional when drunk
27:10and sort of quite emotionally silly sometimes,
27:12but certainly very teary.
27:14So then I had another question,
27:16and this genuinely was asked of me in the Countdown Lift
27:20or in the lift in our studios
27:21by somebody who works up on the top floor.
27:24Didn't want their name mentioned.
27:25And that's where bailiwick comes from,
27:28as in this is my bailiwick, this is my area.
27:31And that was simply, and I have no idea if he's listening,
27:36but that was simply the wick,
27:37which was the town or hamlet of a bailie,
27:40and that was a magistrate in Scotland.
27:42So it was essentially the jurisdiction of a magistrate
27:47or an undersheriff or indeed a bailiff,
27:49because the bailie comes from bailiff.
27:51And from that idea of being one's jurisdiction
27:53came the idea of being your rightful place in the world.
27:57Thank you so much.
27:58APPLAUSE
28:00Yes, do not approach Susie Dent and lifts,
28:03just for the record.
28:04I don't mind.
28:04I certainly don't approach her and say,
28:06don't mention my name.
28:07It's 69.47, four rounds to go today.
28:10Zoe Roberts, we are back with nine letters.
28:14Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
28:16Thank you, Zoe.
28:18And another one?
28:19T.
28:21And another one, please.
28:23S.
28:24And a vowel?
28:25A.
28:27And another vowel?
28:29A.
28:30And a consonant?
28:32N.
28:34And a vowel, please.
28:36U.
28:37And another vowel?
28:40Another A.
28:41And a consonant, please.
28:43And a final not A, Y.
28:46All right, countdown.
28:49MUSIC PLAYS
29:17All right.
29:20Zoe?
29:21Just a six.
29:22OK, and for you, Stephen?
29:24Just a six as well.
29:25A six as well.
29:25What have you got there, Zoe?
29:27Aunties.
29:28Aunties?
29:29Saunas.
29:30And saunas.
29:31Let's just check them with Susie.
29:34Yeah, so auntie is there as in the singular,
29:37A-U-N-T-Y,
29:39but the plural would be I-E-S, unfortunately.
29:41Yeah, I'm sorry.
29:42Saunas, yeah.
29:43A santae, I even thought of.
29:45I couldn't get all A's in, did you manage?
29:46By pure fluke, because I have the dictionary, yes.
29:50There is a seven there, ansatas, A-N-S-A-T-A-S.
29:55They are designs resembling a cross,
29:57but they have a loop instead,
29:58and rather wonderfully used in ancient Egypt
30:01as a symbol of life.
30:02That's nice.
30:02Yeah.
30:03Fantastic.
30:03Yeah.
30:04Fantastic.
30:04Right, final letters of the week from Stephen.
30:08Can I have a consonant, please?
30:10You can indeed, Stephen.
30:12H.
30:13Vowel.
30:14O.
30:15Consonant.
30:17G.
30:18Another consonant.
30:20R.
30:21Vowel, please.
30:22E.
30:23Consonant.
30:24D.
30:25Vowel.
30:27A.
30:28Consonant.
30:29P.
30:30And a final consonant, please.
30:32A final V.
30:34And last letters.
30:35E.
30:40E.
30:47E.
30:50E.
31:05There you go. Time's up, Stephen.
31:07Six.
31:07Six from you and Zoe.
31:08Seven.
31:09Yeah, there you go. Stephen?
31:11Groped.
31:12And for you, Zoe?
31:13Hoarder.
31:14And a hoarder. Well, you're going to hoard the points if that's there.
31:17It's near two hours.
31:19I know.
31:19Oh, that had groped as well.
31:22Unlucky, Zoe.
31:23Was there anything above a six?
31:25We had one nice six, especially for Zoe.
31:28Yes.
31:29Gopher.
31:31Which is a burrowing rodent.
31:33Yes.
31:33But we did get to a seven at the end.
31:36A graft.
31:37A gopher for Zoe and a graft for Rachel.
31:39Worked out great.
31:40All right, two more rounds to go.
31:42We know our new champion, but we're going to enjoy every one of these.
31:45And Zoe, it's you.
31:45Can I have two small and four large, please, Rachel?
31:50You can indeed.
31:50The whole of the top row and two little ones.
31:53Better wake the brains up before the weekend.
31:55Final numbers of the week.
31:56One.
31:57Six.
31:58And the big one, 75.
31:5950.
32:02And the target, 525.
32:06525.
32:06Numbers up.
32:07And the planet, 625.
32:25And the other amigos.
32:26We're going to go.
32:26Bye.
32:26Bye.
32:26Bye.
32:32Bye.
32:33Bye.
32:34Bye.
32:34Bye.
32:35Bye.
32:36Bye.
32:36Bye.
32:37Fairly straightforward, Zoe.
32:39Yeah, 525.
32:41And for you, Stephen?
32:41Yes, 525.
32:42Let's take the ten points and not look back, Zoe.
32:466 minus 1 to get the 5.
32:48Times 100.
32:49500.
32:49Just the 25.
32:50So many ways for this one.
32:52Well done. And Stephen?
32:53100 times by 6.
32:54600.
32:55Minus 75.
32:56Yeah, well done.
32:59We can warm applause, all right.
33:02At 91.57.
33:05Let's dish out our last ten points of the week.
33:07And for you, Stephen Woods, let's start as you mean to continue here.
33:10Let's see if we can get your century up.
33:12Finger on the buzzer, Zoe.
33:14Try and stop him.
33:15Here's Friday's Countdown Conundrum.
33:25Stephen?
33:26Is it steadfast?
33:27Let's have a look.
33:29It's not Zoe.
33:33Have a go.
33:34Is it satisfied?
33:36Let's have a look.
33:37Yes!
33:38APPLAUSE
33:41Well, you might have lost, but you should be satisfied with that.
33:44Now, I don't want you to be upset, I'm telling you.
33:46Reginald's so proud of you.
33:47He is, yeah.
33:48Hi, Reggie.
33:49He's just sitting there in a little cushion.
33:51Mummy's done so well today.
33:53LAUGHTER
33:5467 for you, Zoe.
33:56Stephen's a dirty rat, isn't he, beating you?
33:59But, yeah, well done.
34:00Thanks for being here.
34:01Really good.
34:02And, Stephen, we'll see you back here on Monday, mate.
34:05Yeah.
34:05We don't need to give you directions because you're a season ticket holder at Manchester United
34:09and this show is literally filmed in the shadow of Old Trafford.
34:12So you'll find your way to your seat again.
34:14Well done, mate.
34:15Well done.
34:16And, Kath, enjoy the Olympics.
34:18Can't wait to hear you on BBC Five Live.
34:20Merci beaucoup.
34:21Good.
34:21You're going to have to brush up on your friends.
34:23Susie can help you out.
34:25Thank you, Dendicles.
34:27Enjoy your weekend, Rach.
34:28Arbianto.
34:29It's a bit better.
34:31We'll be back on Monday, same time, same place.
34:34You can count on us.
34:36APPLAUSE
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