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00:30Well, good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio down in Olympia in London.
00:35Today's big day because it's the opening day of the Great British Beer Festival.
00:39Fantastic. What a joyous place it is for beer lovers.
00:42Something like a thousand British and international beers are there to sample.
00:47Of course, all these independent breweries now, it's a time of great satisfaction actually for beer drinkers.
00:53There was a time when there were a couple of big breweries and that was it.
00:55Now it's amazing and I love it.
00:58Do you know there's a guy called Nick West?
01:00He loved it so much he collected cans of beer.
01:04Collected.
01:04He spent £25,000 buying 9,300 cans of beer.
01:09Full.
01:10Wow.
01:11Yeah, didn't drink it.
01:12He didn't.
01:12He was collecting them all.
01:14And then he moved houses.
01:15He moved to a smaller house.
01:17So he had to get rid of some of them.
01:19You a beer drinker?
01:20I like the fruit beers.
01:22Yes.
01:22Have you tried that?
01:23The Framboise and I'm not sure if it's Creek or Crack, however you say the cherry beer that they make,
01:27the monks make in Belgium.
01:28I like all that stuff and you can get all sorts now, like coconut beer and pineapple beer and peach
01:33and mango and chocolate and you name it.
01:36But I prefer just the straightforward old sort of hoppy beers.
01:39I love them.
01:40I think it's great.
01:41I used to drink wine in the evening but until it, you know, became a bit of a habit.
01:46So now a glass of beer is fabulous.
01:48Do you still have your cheese, your nightly cheese with your beer?
01:50My cheese and my apple.
01:53Lovely.
01:53I don't get fed very well at home.
01:56Who's with us, Rachel?
01:58We've got Corinna Atwood back, full-time mum.
02:01Little Oscar, your little son.
02:03It's back there in Roundgate clawing at the television.
02:06Six wins.
02:07Fantastic.
02:08Yeah, better than I expected.
02:10Well, you're doing very, very well.
02:12And also, you're coming in over the 100 mark these days.
02:15Yes.
02:15Which is something, isn't it?
02:16Well, good luck today after win number seven.
02:19I'm trying.
02:20To get there, you've got to clamber all over Paul Robinson.
02:23Paul, don't worry about her success so far.
02:26There's always somebody waiting to steal their crown.
02:28And it could well be you, actor and author.
02:32What's this acting business you're telling me about?
02:35Well, after I retired from teaching, Nick, I became a professional actor.
02:40Last year was a very good year.
02:43Nollywood came to call.
02:44Nigerian Hollywood.
02:46Oh, right.
02:46You know, like Bollywood and Hollywood.
02:48Sure.
02:48And I've done two feature films and a television series in the last year.
02:55So I've been very lucky.
02:56That's brilliant.
02:57And added to all of this, you've run 30 marathons, 11 in London, and you're a member of the Orion
03:03Harriers.
03:04You're a busy guy.
03:06Yes.
03:06Listen, relax here and have a lot of fun.
03:09Both of you.
03:09A big round of applause now for Paul and Karina.
03:16And Susie's over there looking after our guest today, TV and radio sports broadcaster, the
03:22wonderful John Inverdale.
03:23Welcome back, John.
03:28Now, Karina, off you go.
03:30Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:31Good afternoon, Karina.
03:32Start with a consonant, please.
03:33Start today with D.
03:35And another.
03:37L.
03:38And another.
03:40S.
03:41And another.
03:43R.
03:44And a vowel.
03:45I.
03:46And another.
03:47E.
03:48And another.
03:50O.
03:51And a consonant.
03:53T.
03:54And a final consonant, please.
03:56And a final S.
03:58And here's the countdown clock.
04:30Well, Karina.
04:31An eight.
04:33And Paul.
04:34Seven.
04:35And you're seven, Paul.
04:36Steroid.
04:37Thank you, Karina.
04:39Solidest.
04:40OK, solid.
04:42Yeah, it's actually specified.
04:43It sounds very odd, so I'm glad it is.
04:45But it's there.
04:47Yeah, very well done.
04:47Well done indeed.
04:53Yes.
04:54We had strides and soldiers.
04:56So there was an eight in there, but that was a pretty handy one.
04:59Very good.
05:00Susie, anything else?
05:00No, just to rub it in with Paul, you could put the second S on the end of steroid and
05:05have steroids.
05:06Sorry.
05:08I don't know why I did that.
05:09Sorry.
05:10Because you're kind of you, that's why.
05:12Yeah.
05:12Now, eight points for Karina.
05:14Paul, your letters came now.
05:16Good afternoon, Rachel.
05:17Good afternoon, Paul.
05:18I'll start with a consonant, please.
05:20Start with B.
05:22And another one.
05:24T.
05:24And a third.
05:26R.
05:28And a vowel, please.
05:29A.
05:30And another one.
05:32U.
05:33And a third.
05:35O.
05:36And a consonant.
05:37P.
05:39And another consonant, please.
05:42N.
05:43And a vowel.
05:44And lastly, I.
05:46Stand by.
05:48And a vowel.
06:09And a vowel.
06:10And a vowel.
06:10And a vowel.
06:10And a vowel.
06:10And a vowel.
06:18Yes, Paul?
06:20Five.
06:21Five. What does Corinna say?
06:22Also five.
06:24That's a relief, Paul.
06:25And your five?
06:26Input.
06:27Yes.
06:28And point.
06:29And point.
06:32Can we stretch beyond five, John, Susie?
06:34Well, I had a six, which was abrupt.
06:37And then there was an I and an O and an N spare.
06:41So we had abruption.
06:42So we had a nine.
06:43Very good.
06:44Very good.
06:49And what's an abruption when it's at home, Susie?
06:52Well, it's a sudden breaking away of something.
06:54And in pregnancy, if you have a placental abruption, that's not good.
06:59It's a separation of the placenta from the wall of the uterus.
07:01So that's its most common use.
07:03OK.
07:04Yeah.
07:06And now, Corinna, it's your numbers game.
07:08Good luck.
07:09Can I have one large and five small, please, Rachel?
07:11They're usual now, Corinna.
07:13One from the top and five little.
07:14And the first one of the day is one, three, six, nine, five.
07:21And the large one, 50.
07:23And your target, 644.
07:26Six, four, four.
07:54Six, four, four.
07:58Karina?
07:596-4-4.
08:01Yes, Paul?
08:026-4-4.
08:03Off we go, Karina.
08:049 plus 1 plus 3.
08:0613.
08:07Times 50.
08:08650.
08:09And take away the 6.
08:10Good start, 6-4-4.
08:12And Paul?
08:13Exactly the same way.
08:15There we go, Karina.
08:16Good start, well done.
08:20So 23.
08:2223 plays Paul's 15 as we start our first.
08:25Tea Time Teaser, which is micro loot.
08:28And the clue, he ate several apples and then lifted the thick electrical cable.
08:33He ate several apples and then lifted the thick electrical cable.
08:53Welcome back.
08:55I left with the clue, he ate several apples and then lifted the thick electrical cable.
09:00And the answer to that one is multi-core.
09:03Multi-core.
09:04Thank you very much.
09:0523 plays 15.
09:08Karina in the lead.
09:09Paul, your letters game.
09:11Could I have a consonant please, Rachel?
09:13Thank you, Paul.
09:14S.
09:15And another one, please.
09:17C.
09:18And a third.
09:20S.
09:21And a vowel.
09:23E.
09:24And another one.
09:26A.
09:27And a consonant.
09:30G.
09:31And another one.
09:34M.
09:35A vowel, please.
09:37U.
09:39And a final consonant.
09:40Final R.
09:43Stand by.
09:43And a vowel.
10:02And a vowel.
10:03And a vowel, please.
10:03And a vowel, please.
10:04And a vowel, please.
10:04And a vowel, please.
10:04And a vowel, please.
10:14Well, Paul?
10:16Six.
10:17A six, Carina?
10:18A seven.
10:19And a seven.
10:20Paul?
10:21Caress.
10:23Yes, Carina?
10:24Screams.
10:26It's the opposite ends of the pole there.
10:29Caress and screams.
10:31Yes, absolutely fine.
10:32Yeah.
10:32John and Susie?
10:33Yeah, we didn't get that one.
10:34Well done.
10:35We had saucers as a seven.
10:38But didn't see that at all.
10:40Susie?
10:41That's it for us.
10:42Sources.
10:4330 plays 15.
10:45Carina, off we go.
10:48Start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
10:49Thank you, Carina.
10:51N.
10:51And another.
10:54D.
10:54And another.
10:56V.
10:57And another.
10:59D.
11:00And another.
11:02N.
11:03And a vowel.
11:05I.
11:06And another.
11:07O.
11:08And another.
11:10U.
11:11And a final consonant, please.
11:13And a final R.
11:15Stand by him.
11:16ventilation.
11:17Help.
11:29Bye.
11:32Bye.
11:37Bye.
11:46just a five and paul risky six right carina round round and unvoid
11:57um it's a good guess um actually but it's not in i'm afraid paul um but definitely must
12:06a try as far as onwards goes sorry bad luck on that john that was a good punt wasn't it
12:12um
12:12we've got union druid yes druid's capitalized so we can't have that unfortunately sorry delete druid
12:19yeah we've got we've got union thank you and that's about it that's it that's it yeah that's it
12:26thank you no druids here 35 plays 15 ball your numbers game we'll start with one from the top
12:34and five others please rachel thank you for one from the top and five others coming up and this
12:40time around they are one seven nine six eight and the large one 50 again and your target 619.
12:49six one nine
12:54so
13:02so
13:07so
13:08so
13:22Yes, Paul?
13:24Um, 619, I think.
13:27Corinna?
13:28617.
13:30617, Paul.
13:32I've just realised I've made a mistake.
13:34Sorry, I've misdeclared.
13:35Oh, bad luck.
13:37Now we're handing it to Corinna at 617.
13:406 minus 1.
13:426 minus 1 is 5.
13:43Plus the 7.
13:44Plus the 7 is 12.
13:46Times the 50.
13:47Times 50 for 600.
13:49And add the 9 and the 8.
13:51And the 9 and the 8, 617.
13:53Two away.
13:54Close, but not quite perfect.
13:56For that, we turn to Rachel.
13:57Is it possible, Rachel?
13:58Um, I got to 1 away, so leave it with me, Nick.
14:01Certainly will.
14:01Certainly will.
14:02Well, 42 plays 15.
14:06Corinna's favour as we turn to John.
14:08John, what's cooking?
14:11Uh, well, we, uh, sort of had, as a premise for talking about Japanese sport, the fact
14:15that the Rugby World Cup is in Japan in just a few weeks' time now, and so we've been talking
14:19about, uh, judo and about karate, but I couldn't talk about Japanese sport without mentioning
14:24sumo, obviously, which means mutual bruising, which is probably a pretty fair assessment of
14:31what it is, and even though it does go back to very ancient times, it only actually became
14:35a professional sport in the 17th century.
14:37Now, I know you've been to see this, Nick, actually, because we were talking about this
14:41a little bit earlier on, but the, uh, the thing that does amaze me is that some of the
14:44traditions that still exist, like they sip sacred water and throw purifying salt into
14:50the ring before a match.
14:52The referee dresses like a priest, the wrestlers clap their hands to summon the gods before the
14:58contest begins, but what's interesting about some of the sumo guys that you and I were
15:01talking about, were you saying a guy was 52 stone that you saw?
15:04He was 235 kilos, which is three times my weight, pretty much.
15:09Yeah, well, that's, that's, that's pretty big.
15:11But what's interesting, I hadn't realised as well, is actually how they get to have that
15:16kind of bulk, is what they do is they actually exercise on an empty stomach, and then they
15:23eat just before they go to bed at night, which then creates that bulk, and their daily intake
15:29is in excess of 10,000 calories a day, so no wonder they actually end up being that kind
15:35of big, but the rate, the regime and the regimen, as the Americans would say, that they operate
15:39within, is really extraordinary in terms of how brutal it can be, and some of the young
15:43up and coming sumo practitioners get, get given a pretty hard time, but there's one
15:48really bizarre thing about being a top sumo wrestler, that if you, if you are under the
15:53jurisdiction of the Japanese Sumo Wrestling Association, is you are not allowed to drive
15:59a car.
16:00Do not ask me why, not because I don't think they're not big enough, and I've been trying
16:04to find out why that is, but you're not allowed to drive a car.
16:07So that's basically all you need to know about sumo wrestling, but if you think sumo's odd,
16:10I've got a few things for you tomorrow that are truly extraordinary, and you might say
16:15only in Japan, so there's plenty more to tell you about tomorrow.
16:18Thank you, John, until tomorrow.
16:2442 plays 15, Carina on 42, and it's Carina's letters game.
16:30I'll start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
16:32Thank you, Carina.
16:33Z.
16:34And a better one, please.
16:37T.
16:38And another.
16:51And a final consonant, please.
16:58And a final G.
17:00Stand by.
17:32Carina.
17:33Six.
17:34Yes, Paul.
17:35Seven.
17:37Carina.
17:38Taping.
17:39And pasting.
17:41Well done, yes.
17:42Very good.
17:44Excellent.
17:45Well done.
17:47Now, John and Susie.
17:48Is zaniest in there?
17:50It is.
17:50And you've got one other one, which is...
17:52Sapient.
17:53Sapient, as in wise.
17:54Is zesting in there?
17:56Zesting is in there as well.
17:58Yep.
17:58Nice.
18:00So, 42 plays 22.
18:02Paul, over to you for a letters game.
18:05Consonant, please, Rachel.
18:06Thank you, Paul.
18:07D.
18:08And another one.
18:10C.
18:11And a third.
18:13W.
18:14Vowel.
18:15E.
18:17And another vowel.
18:19O.
18:20And a third one.
18:22I.
18:23And a consonant.
18:25G.
18:26And another consonant.
18:28S.
18:29And another consonant, please.
18:32And the last one, T.
18:33Stand by.
18:34H.
18:50¶¶
19:04Yes, Paul.
19:06Six.
19:07A six for Paul and?
19:08Also six.
19:10Two sixes, Paul.
19:11Stodge.
19:13Karina.
19:14Egoist.
19:16An egoist.
19:18Yes.
19:19Egoist.
19:19And in the corner, Susie, John?
19:22We've got another six.
19:24Stogie, as in...
19:26The cigar.
19:27The cigar, as in Roger Miller's King of the Road.
19:29And widgets for seven.
19:32And a widget or two.
19:35Widgets.
19:3648 plays 28.
19:38Karina, it's your numbers game.
19:41I'll stick with the one larger than five small, please, Rachel.
19:44Stick with what you know it's working so far.
19:46Thank you, Karina.
19:47And the third time today, your selection.
19:49Is two, ten, seven, one, nine.
19:53And the large one, 100.
19:55And this target, 342.
19:58Three, four, two.
19:59Two, nine, ten, nine.
20:01Two, three, four, two, one.
20:30Karina?
20:313-3-9.
20:333-3-9. Paul?
20:343-4-6.
20:36Mm-hm.
20:38So, Karina?
20:40It's 100 plus 10.
20:42100 plus 10.
20:44110.
20:452 plus 1.
20:462 plus 1, 3.
20:48Put them together.
20:493-3-3.
20:50And then add on the 9.
20:51And add on the 9.
20:533-3-9.
20:56Rachel, can you help us?
20:573-4-2?
20:58Um, one where you could have said 100 minus 10 is 90.
21:04Divide that by 2 for 45.
21:0645 minus 7 is 38.
21:09And 38 times 9 is 342.
21:12That's wonderful.
21:17Thanks, Rachel.
21:18And now it's time for our second Tea Time teaser, which is Nuts Ideas.
21:23And the clue, his attack on one of the piano pedals seemed to go on forever.
21:28His attack on one of the piano pedals seemed to go on forever.
21:49Welcome back.
21:49I left with the clue.
21:50His attack on one of the piano pedals seemed to go on forever.
21:54It was, in fact, sustained.
21:57Sustained.
21:58That's the answer to that.
22:00Now, Paul.
22:01Let's have a letters game.
22:04Consonant, please, Rachel.
22:05Thank you, Paul.
22:06R.
22:06And another.
22:09T.
22:10And another.
22:12T.
22:13And a vowel.
22:15U.
22:16And a better vowel.
22:19Very picky.
22:20A.
22:21And a consonant.
22:23D.
22:24And another consonant.
22:27R.
22:27And a vowel.
22:29And a vowel.
22:31And another vowel.
22:34E.
22:36Stand by.
22:38And a vowel.
23:00And a vowel.
23:00And a vowel.
23:01And a vowel.
23:02And a vowel.
23:04And a vowel.
23:07And a vowel.
23:07And a vowel.
23:07well Paul six a six and six a six for Karina yes Paul
23:14Carter's with a K and trader trader
23:22trades is fine cart is there as a noun and carting is there as a noun as well
23:30but there's no verb to cart right it's really bad luck what about John and
23:34Susie we had darker and trader six was the best that we could come up with thank
23:37you thanks John 28 plays 61 and Karina your letters game start with consonant
23:45please Rachel thank you Karina F and another R and another C and another M and
23:57another B and a vowel O and another A and another I and another vowel please and
24:10and lastly E canter
24:14ok
24:15ok
24:18ok
24:19ok
24:22ok
24:24ok
24:24ok
24:33ok
24:43Karina
24:45I'll try a six
24:46Paul
24:47six
24:48yes Karina
24:50formic
24:51yes
24:52Paul
24:53camber
24:55and camber
24:59camber is absolutely fine formic is only there as formic acid it's not there on its own and
25:05so sorry about that Karina
25:08we've got amoebic for seven we've got comfier also for seven very good
25:14amoebic
25:16amoebic being well relating to amoeba obviously the single cells animals but we think of amoebic dysentery don't we
25:23we don't
25:24well we try not to
25:25yeah we try to avoid that
25:28sixty one plays thirty four
25:30Susie
25:32it's time for your wonderful origins of words
25:36now what little dish have you prepared for us
25:38erm well it's a bit of a dish but it's an alcoholic one Nick
25:41because we've been talking about the beer festival today and in the next few days I'm going to do a
25:45bit of a whirlwind tour of pub names
25:48and pub names are really really useful signposts so it's sort of the role I guess that the alcohol and
25:54specifically beer and ale had in British life
25:58I mean brewing goes back a long long long way back to the Middle East as far back as the
26:028th century BC I think it's been traced back
26:04but it was the Romans who really sort of kicked things off in the British Isles so they had tabernae
26:11which were huts or shops that's the route of our modern tavern where alcohol was dispensed
26:17and when they were fully stocked with wine some grapes would be hung outside to show the villagers that they
26:23could come here to drink
26:24the bunch of grapes
26:25the bunch of grapes might well look back to that Roman history very good
26:28erm and sometimes there'd be ornate carvings just outside again erm to to illustrate this
26:33or sometimes if the village wasn't particularly rich they would just hang a thick piece of firewood outside again to
26:40erm to symbolise the fact that there was drink inside
26:44erm after the Romans the Anglo-Saxons then took charge erm now their drink of choice was ale definitely rather
26:50than beer
26:50now the Saxon brewer would fix a green bush apparently which is a source of berries to flavour the beer
26:57so like fruit beers in those days as well
26:59outside the house to show that the ale was ready for drinking so lots of pubs would be called the
27:03bush these days
27:05erm and finally just for today erm a network of monasteries also took up the idea so monasteries became key
27:11er key er locations really for brewing beer and ale and they became renowned for it they became quite competitive
27:19so the dove this is sort of symbol of peace if you like became a common sign of a monastic
27:24ale house
27:25and they sort of took on really recognisable religious images to show that this was indeed where ale was er
27:32was brewed
27:32so the lamb the ark you will find quite often right across the country and some of these were a
27:37real step up they were quite posh really
27:39so quite important people went to drink there and the angel in Islington is one of those er hence the
27:45London place name
27:46but that was a really key monastic pub and it's time
27:52so you talk about the lamb and the lamb and flag I guess it's the same thing it's wonderful
27:58okay Carina 61 to Paul's 34
28:02Paul off we go it's your letters game
28:05could I have a consonant please Rachel thank you Paul S
28:09and another one
28:12R
28:13and another one
28:14N
28:15and a vowel
28:17O
28:19and another one
28:20A
28:21and a consonant
28:23S
28:24and a vowel
28:26O
28:27O
28:28and a consonant
28:29M
28:31and a final vowel please
28:34and a final I
28:35and a final I
28:37Stand by
28:37You
28:38a
29:08Well, Paul?
29:10Six.
29:11And, Carina?
29:12A seven.
29:13And a seven.
29:14Paul?
29:16Minors.
29:17Now then, madam.
29:19Maroons.
29:20Maroons.
29:21Very good.
29:23Excellent.
29:24Can we match that, John, Susie?
29:27We've got ransoms for seven.
29:31We thought we'd got a nine, but we didn't.
29:33It's a false alarm.
29:34So I think seven's the best we can do.
29:35That's it?
29:36Yeah.
29:3768 to 34.
29:39Final letters game.
29:40Carina?
29:41I'll start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
29:43Thank you, Carina.
29:44H.
29:44And another.
29:46L.
29:47And another.
29:49F.
29:50And another.
29:52H.
29:53And another.
29:55L.
29:56And a vowel.
29:58E.
29:59And another.
30:01A.
30:02And another.
30:05I.
30:06And a final consonant, please.
30:08And a final.
30:09L.
30:11And here's the countdown clock.
30:43Well, Carina?
30:45Just a five.
30:46A five, Paul?
30:47Five.
30:49And Carina's five?
30:51Flail.
30:52Flail.
30:53Paul?
30:53Same word.
30:55Flailing about over here.
30:57How about John and Susie?
30:59We're struggling big time.
31:01Yes, we had that too.
31:02And fella otherwise as well.
31:05That's it?
31:06Just fives.
31:0773 to 39.
31:09Paul, in for the last numbers game.
31:12Off we go.
31:12Six more ones, please, Rachel.
31:14Six little ones.
31:15Why not?
31:16Thank you, Paul, just for a little bit of fun at the end of the day.
31:19And the six little ones challenge are seven, eight, two, seven, one, and ten.
31:28And the target, 854.
31:30Eight, five, four.
31:32Four, four, five, four.
32:01all eight five six two awake arena no not class no all right one plus seven
32:12plus two one plus seven plus two is ten times eight and eight is 80 times ten
32:21plus seven so sorry ten plus seven and then multiply ten plus the other seven
32:26for 17 yeah times 80 times and what do you make I got 856 no one thousand three hundred and
32:38sixty
32:38let's do it Rachel's way is it possible Rachel even I'll try something if you say ten times seven
32:46is 70 minus the eight and the one for 61 times that by two for 122 and times it by
32:54the other seven
32:55eight five four yeah brilliant
33:04perfect 73 place 39 karina heading towards her seventh win as we go into the final round
33:12fingers or buzzers let's roll today's countdown conundrum
33:23Paul patenting let's see whether that's right patenting patenting
33:36well isn't it satisfying to get the conundrum yes brilliant well done you take this uh goodie bag
33:44great luck with your film career I think it's brilliant let us know thank you please do and we
33:51shall see you madam tomorrow big day tomorrow one last time yeah so early to bed and um we'll see
33:59you
34:00tomorrow afternoon brilliant stuff we'll see John tomorrow as well John and Susie yeah we'll see you
34:09there isn't she could have a female locked a champ again go on Karina see you tomorrow see you tomorrow
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