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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34Now, making mistakes at work.
00:36We've all done it. Of course we've all done it.
00:38And in fact, sometimes we fess up, I think is the word.
00:42We confess our terrible errors, sending emails to the wrong recipient.
00:47That can be a disaster. A disaster.
00:50Complaining about someone whilst they're within earshot is also a very, very embarrassing thing.
00:55But what about you? I can't believe you ever made a mistake.
00:58I think we both know that's a massive lie.
01:00Go on.
01:00Oh, there's plenty. Anyone that's watched any five seconds of me knows I make mistakes all the time.
01:05I've had my heels caught in this so many times I can't even count.
01:07I remember when I was working in a jewellery when I was about 16,
01:10this man came in and he said, do I do porn?
01:16And I kind of looked at him like that.
01:18I was like, what? Do you do porn?
01:20And I said, well, we've got some Playboy jewellery in the window.
01:23And he was like, no, do you porn jewellery?
01:27I thought for a terrible moment, you were considering it.
01:32Now that we've got, we've got Becky back, Rachel, Becky Tavener, who stormed in on Friday.
01:40And wow, you beat up Simon quite badly, actually.
01:44You did extremely well.
01:46Big win.
01:47And now you've got your teapot.
01:49Yeah.
01:50Don't relax.
01:50That's not good enough.
01:52Now you've got to take on Robert Zara, a deputy district judge from Leamington Spa,
01:57who loves his allotment.
01:59Is it a growing thing?
02:01Because, I mean, the people I know have got allotments.
02:04They are devoted to them.
02:06But it was a wartime thing.
02:09And then it went all quiet.
02:10Does it come back with a...
02:11It goes in phases.
02:12At the moment, on my allotment, we have got empty plots available, if you're interested.
02:18It's a bit far from me.
02:20Listen, good luck to you both.
02:22Have a lot of fun today.
02:23And may the best countdown a win.
02:26Big round of applause for Robert and Becky.
02:33Well done.
02:34And over in the corner, of course, Susie, having had a peaceful weekend.
02:39And the brilliant Alistair McGowan used to be just an...
02:43Well, when I say just an impressionist, one of the best in the country, surely.
02:47But now also a great musician, a pianist.
02:51Yes, a pianist.
02:52Well, I play what I play quite well.
02:54But there's so much I can't play.
02:55You're always learning.
02:56Good man.
02:57Thank you, Alistair.
02:58More from you later.
02:59And now, Becky.
03:00Off we go.
03:01Take us away.
03:02Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:03Afternoon, Becky.
03:04Can I start with a consonant, please?
03:05Start the week with C.
03:07And another.
03:09S.
03:10A vowel.
03:12O.
03:13Another vowel.
03:14E.
03:16Consonant.
03:18N.
03:19Another.
03:21M.
03:22A vowel.
03:24A.
03:26A consonant.
03:28S.
03:29And a consonant, please.
03:31And lastly, R.
03:34And here's the countdown clock.
03:36And here's the countdown clock.
04:06Becky.
04:07A seven.
04:08A seven.
04:09And Robert.
04:10Six.
04:11And that's six.
04:13Scorns.
04:14Scorns.
04:15And Becky.
04:15Monas.
04:17Very good.
04:18And Monas.
04:19Yes.
04:20Now.
04:21Alistair and Susie.
04:23There was another seven there, which is corneas.
04:26And an eight for romances.
04:30Romance.
04:30And I wonder...
04:35Is there another eight for score man?
04:37Somebody who tell us the score is a score man.
04:41No.
04:42No.
04:43But it's a nice guess.
04:44It's a word that you expect to exist somewhere.
04:46Score man, but not score man.
04:47It's a vacancy waiting to be filled.
04:49All right.
04:50So, Robert, your first letters game.
04:53Good afternoon, Rachel.
04:54Afternoon, Robert.
04:55Can I start with the vowel, please?
04:56You can, thank you.
04:57Start with E.
04:58And another.
05:00E.
05:01And another.
05:02I.
05:04And a consonant.
05:06N.
05:07And another.
05:08J.
05:10And another.
05:11D.
05:13And another.
05:15G.
05:17And one more consonant.
05:20S.
05:21And a final vowel, please.
05:22And a final O.
05:25Stand by.
05:57Yes, Robert?
05:58Seven.
05:59A seven, Becky?
06:00Seven.
06:01Robert?
06:02Seeding.
06:03And?
06:04Same word.
06:05There we go.
06:07Yes.
06:07Any more sevens?
06:09Alistair?
06:11I wondered if you could have a jingoed.
06:13I think it's jingoistic.
06:15Jingo's a verb.
06:17No.
06:18Jingoes, but not jingoed.
06:20I could have jingoes, which is also there.
06:21Yeah.
06:22Yeah.
06:22Very good.
06:22That will give you a seven.
06:23Yeah.
06:2514 plays seven.
06:26Becky on 14.
06:27It's Becky's numbers game.
06:28Yes, ma'am?
06:30Can I have two large and four small, please, Rachel?
06:32You can indeed.
06:33Thank you, Becky.
06:34Two from the top row.
06:35And the first numbers game of the week is one, three, two, five, 25 and 75.
06:44And the target, 660.
06:47Six, six, zero.
07:19Well, Becky?
07:20I think I've got six, five, seven, not fully written down.
07:23Six, five, seven.
07:24Robert?
07:25660.
07:26Right.
07:28Robert?
07:29Five plus three.
07:31Is eight.
07:33Times 75.
07:35Is 600.
07:37Two plus one.
07:40Two plus one is three.
07:42Ah, I've gone wrong.
07:44Times 25 gets me 675, not 660.
07:47Yeah.
07:48Bad luck.
07:49Becky?
07:49Six, five, seven.
07:51So I've done five plus three plus one is nine.
07:54Yep.
07:55And then 75 take two, 73.
07:5875 minus two, 73.
08:00And times that by nine.
08:02Yep.
08:02Six, five, seven.
08:04Well done.
08:05Well done indeed.
08:06Bad luck, Robert.
08:07So, Rachel, where have they gone, those three numbers?
08:12Well, if you say two plus one is three, times 75 is 225.
08:20Minus the five for 220.
08:23You can then times it by three, 660.
08:30So, Becky's built up a little bit of a lead there, 21 to seven, as we turn to our first
08:35Tea Time teaser, which is new turned and the clue.
08:38It's not a body of water in the Lake District, but he still put himself through it.
08:44It's not a body of water in the Lake District, but he still put himself through it.
09:05Welcome back.
09:06I left you with the clue.
09:07It's not a body of water in the Lake District, but he still put himself through it.
09:12And the answer to that is underwent.
09:19Glover.
09:21Underwent.
09:22Undowent.
09:2321, please.
09:24Seven.
09:25Now, Robert, letters game.
09:27Hello again, Rachel.
09:28Can I have a vowel, please?
09:30Thank you, Robert.
09:31U.
09:32And another one, please.
09:34E.
09:35And a third.
09:36A.
09:37And a consonant.
09:39T.
09:41And another.
09:42G.
09:43And another.
09:45S.
09:46And another.
09:47R.
09:48And one more.
09:50V.
09:51And a final vowel, please.
09:53And a final E.
09:55Stand by.
09:57T.
10:18And a second vowel.
10:19I inch.
10:23I inch.
10:23And a dozen.
10:23And a percent autonomously.
10:23And a croissant.
10:25All right.
10:26I inch.
10:27Robert.
10:28Seven.
10:30Seven.
10:31Becky.
10:32Seven.
10:33Yes, Robert.
10:34Gravest.
10:35Gravest.
10:36Same word.
10:36Here's another one coming over.
10:38Gravest.
10:40Alistair.
10:41I was stuck on sixes, starved, greats, verges.
10:44There were lots of sixes, but there was another seven.
10:46Gesture was there.
10:48There was also restage, austere, a few sevens.
10:5328 to 14, and it's Becky.
10:56We turn to...
10:57Yes, Becky.
10:57Consonant, please.
10:59Thank you, Becky.
10:59T.
11:00And another.
11:02N.
11:03Vowel.
11:05O.
11:06Another.
11:07A.
11:08Consonant.
11:10T.
11:12Another.
11:14R.
11:16A vowel.
11:17O.
11:19Another vowel.
11:21E.
11:22And a consonant, please.
11:24And lastly, H.
11:26Stand by.
11:28Stand by.
11:59A six.
12:00A six, Robert?
12:02Six.
12:04Becky?
12:04Rotten.
12:05And Robert?
12:06Throon.
12:08No.
12:09Can we beat six, chaps?
12:11Yes.
12:12Well, Hornet was there for another six.
12:13I'm sure people got that at home.
12:15And another for seven was there.
12:18Excellent.
12:19Suzie, anything else?
12:20That was our top one.
12:21It'll do.
12:2334 to 20.
12:24Robert, now then.
12:27Numbers.
12:27Can I have two large and four small, please?
12:30You can indeed.
12:31Same again.
12:31Thank you, Robert.
12:32Two from the top.
12:33Four not from the top.
12:33And these four small ones are seven, two, nine, and one.
12:40And the two large on 75 and 25.
12:43And this target, 323.
12:46Three to three.
12:47Two.
12:49Three to three.
12:50Three to three.
13:16yes Robert I hope I've got 323 Becky I think I've gone wrong down to you Robert
13:297 times 25 7 25 175 I have gone wrong oh bad luck and Becky's withdrawn Rachel in your hands
13:44okie-dokie if you say 75 minus 25 is 50 times that by 7 is 350 and then 2 plus
13:531 is 3 times it by 9
13:55for 27 to take away 323 oh well done
14:02smashing thanks Rachel thank you 34 to 20 as Becky in the lead as we turn to Alistair
14:10Eric Sarty one of your favorites could he be called eccentric do you think he was very eccentric I
14:16mean his most famous piece which a lot of people don't know they know is the gymnopathy the one
14:21that goes da da da da da da da da da da beautiful piece he composed a gymnopathy according to
14:27accounts while lying on the wet grass with his shirt off in an attempt to catch pneumonia he
14:33was doing his military service I think it was at Arras and he was desperate to get out of military
14:37service and he thought the best way to do it would be to catch a mild dose of pneumonia so
14:41he lay on
14:41the wet grass out of shirt and this music I read came to him while he was lying on the
14:45grass he
14:46successfully also caught pneumonia got out of military service and then almost died from the
14:49pneumonia he was obsessed with simplicity in life and in music so a lot of his music he described
14:54as white music it was so pure and there was very little to it and Debussy when he first heard
14:58it
14:58couldn't believe how his music was so thin and to engender this sense of purity in himself
15:05Satie at one point in his life only ate white food so he thought the whiteness that he was taking
15:10into his body would then translate into white pure music so he just you know fish chicken eggs and
15:17bones and cotton salad he talks about eating but I think by that time he was joking about it he
15:21was a
15:21great one for practical jokes as well but he did do that for a little while but he was an
15:25absolutely
15:25extraordinary man very eccentric and of course like most artists Eric Satie grew to detest as he grew
15:31older the music that had made him famous it was too familiar it was overplayed he was sick of it
15:35and in a way all artists I like that great composers and I must admit even myself you know
15:40the chances now of me doing a dog cotton impression I mean I'm never going to do dog cotton don't
15:44think
15:44I'd even certainly on a program like this I would never think of doing Richard Madeley I know Richard
15:47sat in his very chair but I would never do Richard Madeley again I tell him too much you know
15:51I wouldn't
15:51do it and um similarly David Beckham um I would never do David Beckham uh although having said that I
15:57read
15:58recently with Beckham quite interestingly that he said he regretted having his tattoos done
16:02and the reason why I had him done uh was because I thought it made me look like an artist
16:07but
16:07I've realized that having a tattoo doesn't make you an artist it just makes you an easel
16:20I've got to look up this satie fellow he sounds just extraordinary there are various writings
16:25about him nothing perhaps as major as there should be because he was a minor figure really in classical
16:29music he didn't write symphonies he didn't write concertos but he wrote these beautiful short pieces
16:34some ugly ones too but some very beautiful you brought him to life thank you so much Alistair 34 to
16:3920 and
16:40Becky our leader off we go let us go start with a consonant please thank you Becky l and another
16:49r and a vowel a another a consonant k another x a vowel e consonant m
17:10and a consonant please and the last one q and a consonant please and the last one q stand by
17:46well Becky what do you make of that a five a five a five robert a risky five right
17:52becky alarm now then robert crawl how are you spelling it k r double a l
18:02um absolutely fine traditional african village of huts typically enclosed by fence but also an
18:09enclosure for cattle or sheep very good became a coral i guess it did absolutely right excellent
18:15and over in the corner nothing bigger than five relax was there maker was there yeah sure there were
18:21plenty others but that's what we saw that'll do thank you very much and robert your letters game
18:27thank you rachel a vowel please thank you robert a and another a and one more i a consonant c
18:38and another d
18:41another l l one more r one more consonant s and a final vowel please and a final e
18:54turn by
18:56so
19:27Robert. Just a five.
19:29And Becky. Seven.
19:31And a seven. Robert.
19:33Acids.
19:35Becky. Radical.
19:37Radical. Yes.
19:39Good pick.
19:43A good pick. Alistair.
19:45I was priding myself on my sixes.
19:47Scared, scaled, clears.
19:49But there were also several eights.
19:51Yes, radical there is a noun, so you can have
19:53radicals for eight.
19:55Salaried, it's there for eight.
19:57And also calderas, volcanic craters.
19:59It's another eight.
20:00Thank you very much.
20:02Wow. Bit of a windfall there.
20:0346 to 25.
20:05And it's Becky's numbers game now.
20:08Becky.
20:09Two large and four small, please, Rachel.
20:11Thank you, Becky. Same again.
20:12The third time today, this selection is
20:15three, two, two, nine, one hundred and fifty.
20:23And your target, 738.
20:26Seven, three, eight.
20:36the third time today,
20:44Thanks again.
20:44Thank you all.
20:44Bye.
20:56Bye.
20:59Becky?
21:007, 4, 1, not fully written down.
21:027, 4, 1. Robert?
21:047, 2, 7, not fully written down.
21:08Mm-hm.
21:09Now then, Becky?
21:11Erm, 3 plus 2 plus 2 is 7.
21:15Yep.
21:15Times the 100.
21:17700.
21:17Add the 50 and take the 9.
21:20Er, 50, yeah, 3 away, well done.
21:25Rachel, get us out of this model.
21:277, 3, 8?
21:28Yes, if you say 50 plus the two 2s for 54,
21:33divided by 3 is 18,
21:36and then 100 minus 18 is 82,
21:39and times it by 9.
21:41Superb, well done.
21:44Well done indeed.
21:46So scores Becky on 53, Robert 25,
21:48as we turn to our second tea time teaser,
21:51which is God's Earth.
21:53And the clue, they roam God's Earth
21:56looking after groups of animals.
21:57They roam God's Earth
21:59looking after groups of animals.
22:17Welcome back.
22:18I left with a clue.
22:19They roam God's Earth
22:21looking after groups of animals.
22:23They are indeed goat herds.
22:25Goat herds.
22:27Now then, Robert,
22:30your letters game.
22:32Vowel, please, Rachel.
22:33Thank you, Robert.
22:34I.
22:35And another.
22:37U.
22:38And a third.
22:40E.
22:41Consonant.
22:43L.
22:43And another.
22:45And another.
22:46And another.
22:47W.
22:49And another.
22:50P.
22:51One more, please.
22:53R.
22:55And a final vowel.
22:56And a final I.
22:58Stand by.
22:59.
23:30Robert. Five.
23:32And Becky? Five.
23:34Robert. Lurid.
23:36Lurid and... Pride.
23:42Alistair.
23:42There was a six there, which is Wilder.
23:45Ah-ha. Wilder.
23:47Susie?
23:48That's as good as we got.
23:49Slim pickings there, Nick. Not great, that one.
23:52Wilder it was.
23:53Wilder.
23:54Yeah.
23:54We'll leave it there. 58 to 30.
23:56And Becky.
23:57Becky, your letters game.
23:59Consonant, please.
24:00Thank you, Becky.
24:02M.
24:03And another.
24:05B.
24:06A vowel.
24:08E.
24:09Another.
24:10I.
24:12Consonant.
24:13T.
24:15Another.
24:16Y.
24:18A vowel.
24:20U.
24:21Another vowel.
24:24E.
24:25A consonant, please.
24:27And lastly, G.
24:29Done by.
24:29And by.
24:31E.'s a phroderme bin.
24:34E.'s a phonetic.
24:50Y.
24:51A vowel.
24:58ÃE.
24:59E.
24:59E.
24:59E.
25:00Becky.
25:01I'll try a five.
25:03And Robert?
25:04Four.
25:05And that four?
25:07Bite.
25:07Now then, Becky.
25:09Bitey.
25:11OK, can a dog be bitey?
25:14It can.
25:15It can be inclined to bite.
25:17It's in the dictionary.
25:18Very good.
25:18Now then, Susie, what else have we got?
25:20There is a literary term there, ubiety.
25:23U-B-I-E-T-Y, which just simply means being in a definite place.
25:31Thank you very much.
25:32So, 63 plays 30, and we turn back to Susie for her wonderful origins of words.
25:40Happy day, Susie.
25:42Can I talk about the proms today?
25:46Not just the proms in the Royal Albert Hall, but also prom culture seems to have come to British schools.
25:52So very much at the end of exams now, schools will hold formal dances for pupils.
25:58If it's a single-sex school, they invite another school along.
26:02And it's a big deal.
26:04And definitely an import from North America, you would think.
26:06And it is in some ways.
26:08But actually, prom, if you go back over its history, has crossed the Atlantic and also other seas quite a
26:13few times.
26:14It's a short name of promenade, which is a word of French origin.
26:17And that was used as early as the 1500s to mean a leisurely walk.
26:22And later, in later years, it was a public space in which such leisurely walks took place.
26:28About three centuries later, so it took a little while, promenade had begun to be used as a shortening of
26:33its own,
26:33standing in for things like a promenade deck on board a ship, where people who were taking a cruise, for
26:40example,
26:40could go up and take a leisurely stroll and take in some sea air.
26:44And indeed, there was a promenade concert, which was a concert space without seating.
26:49And that is where the proms at the Royal Albert Hall come in, probably the most famous of all promenade
26:54concerts.
26:54But promenade also had quite a strong link with dance.
26:58And in ballet, it's a slow turn made on one leg.
27:00It's got a different meaning in country dance.
27:02It's like a formation, really, of couples moving forward.
27:06And in ballroom dancing, it's called an open position for promenading,
27:11in which the partners face in the same direction, again, as if they're about to take a walk.
27:15But the proms we know today that are creeping into schools, that goes back to Ivy League universities in the
27:20USA.
27:20But it's gone all the way around the world.
27:22And, as I say, it's settled in the Royal Albert Hall, and long may it continue.
27:26Well done.
27:31And I think, Alastair, you performed at the proms a couple of years ago, I think, did you?
27:35I did, yes.
27:36Not in the Royal Albert Hall, but at the sister venue, Cadogan Hall.
27:39OK.
27:40And a lunchtime prom there, about, you can guess who.
27:43Our friend Satie.
27:44About Satie.
27:44I didn't play the piano in that one, I was just reciting,
27:46but I was alongside a wonderful pianist called Alexandre Tarrou.
27:49And it was wonderful to be so close to him, playing that.
27:53Now, 63 to 30.
27:55Robert, your letters game.
27:59And a vowel, please, Rachel.
28:00Thank you, Robert.
28:01I.
28:02And another.
28:04O.
28:05And a third.
28:06E.
28:07And a consonant.
28:09P.
28:10And another.
28:11N.
28:12And another.
28:14Z.
28:15And another.
28:17R.
28:18And one more.
28:21M.
28:22And a final vowel, please.
28:23And a final I.
28:26Stand by.
28:27I.
28:28I.
28:44I.
28:47I.
28:48I.
28:51I.
28:55I.
28:57I.
28:58Well, Robert?
28:59Seven.
29:00A seven.
29:00And Becky?
29:01Six.
29:02Your six?
29:03Mopia.
29:05Robert?
29:06Ioniser.
29:07An ioniser.
29:09Very good.
29:11Now, can we match that, I wonder?
29:13Alistair, Susie?
29:14I had ioniser as well.
29:16Well done.
29:17Interestingly, prom was there for four.
29:18Yes.
29:19But, Susie, do you have anything bigger?
29:21This mathematical term, I'm not sure if Rachel will know this one,
29:24which will give you an eight minorise.
29:26Which is to describe a functional assessor element as being inferior
29:31to another mathematical sum of the same type.
29:35Very good.
29:36Thank you, Becky.
29:43Final letters game.
29:44Consonant, please.
29:46Thank you, Becky.
29:47N.
29:47And another.
29:49P.
29:50A vowel.
29:51O.
29:53Another.
29:54A.
29:55Consonant.
29:57T.
29:58Another consonant.
30:00L.
30:01A vowel.
30:03E.
30:05Consonant.
30:06B.
30:09And a consonant, please.
30:11And lastly, W.
30:14Stand by.
30:14Imagine saying it.
30:18I'm not wrong.
30:19And this is a very good question.
30:30And this is one of the best most
30:45Yes, Becky?
30:46A seven.
30:47A seven, Robert?
30:48Seven.
30:49Becky?
30:50Notable.
30:51And?
30:52Potable.
30:53Or potable.
30:53Potable.
30:54Drinkable.
30:55Drinkable, yes.
30:55Very good.
30:58Alistair?
30:58Yes, also had potable.
31:00I wonder if ownable is there.
31:02Probably.
31:03Collectibles and ownables.
31:05I think that might be there.
31:06It is.
31:07Very good.
31:08And a seven.
31:08And polenta is also there.
31:11Polenta, thank you.
31:1270 to 44 into the final numbers game.
31:16So, Robert Zara.
31:17Robert?
31:17Two large and four small, please, Rachel.
31:19Thank you, Robert.
31:20Two from the top.
31:21Four small for the final one of the day.
31:23And this last selection is one, two, three, nine.
31:2975 and 25.
31:32And the target, 673.
31:35Six, seven, three.
31:36Two.
32:07Robert, 673.
32:09Becky, 673.
32:11Robert, 75 times 9.
32:14675.
32:16Take away the two.
32:17Nice and simple.
32:18And Becky, the same.
32:20There we go.
32:25And in we go to the final round.
32:28So fingers on buzzers, let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:40Robert.
32:42Professor.
32:43Professor.
32:44Let's see whether you're right.
32:46Well done.
32:48Very good.
32:51Well done, Robert.
32:53So we end up Becky on 80, Robert on 64.
32:58Well played, both of you, but it's Becky's day.
33:03Her second win.
33:04Well done indeed.
33:05So, Robert, thank you very much for coming.
33:09Good game, but she's a tremendous player.
33:11Building her good scores there.
33:13So back to Leamington with your goodie bag and your allotment.
33:19It's been a pleasure.
33:20And we shall see you tomorrow.
33:22Well done, Becky Tabernar.
33:24Good win.
33:24See you tomorrow.
33:26Sadly, we will not be seeing the wonderful Alistair tomorrow, but you come back and see us soon.
33:30It's been a real pleasure.
33:31Thank you very much.
33:32Lovely stories, and congratulations about your foray into the world of the pianist.
33:39Yes, everything except foray on that disc, in fact.
33:43His requiem is something to be adored.
33:46Oh, yes, yes.
33:46The piano pieces, foray's piano pieces, shouldn't be underestimated.
33:48There's some beauties there.
33:50Come see you soon again, will you?
33:52I will.
33:52Lovely.
33:53We'll see you tomorrow.
33:54See you then.
33:55Well done.
33:56And Rachel, too, of course.
33:58Yes, we're switching this, Alistair, for Alistair Stewart.
34:00Indeed.
34:00Oh, stories from the newsroom.
34:03Exactly.
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34:04See you then.
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