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00:31Well, good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34It must be terrible to lose one's parent when one is very, very young indeed.
00:38It happened to a Chinese child, and the Chinese child, the boy, grew up, became really quite a well-known
00:45artist.
00:47And I think it was because he had never really got close to his father that he dug him up
00:53and arranged all the skeleton bones in the form of a skeleton,
00:57and then lay down beside it and had photographs taken.
01:01And he said, well, I was never close to my dad, but I am now.
01:05It's just a strange sort of thing.
01:07But anyway, listen, it was a sort of piece of installation.
01:10Oh, Rachel.
01:11There we are, then.
01:13He said it was necessary for him to lie naked beside the naked bones of his father
01:20because, you know, it then shows how we both enter and leave the world.
01:24What do you think?
01:25Are there some lines, perhaps, that one should never cross in the field of artistic endeavour?
01:30I think digging up your dead parents is probably one of them.
01:34Yeah.
01:35Call me old-fashioned.
01:37What happened to the old, you know, bowl of fruit or a vase?
01:40Exactly.
01:42I wonder what the authorities had to say about it.
01:45It's a bit right.
01:45It's like exhuming your parents.
01:47I don't know.
01:47I think sometimes people get caught doing things they shouldn't be doing and make stuff up,
01:51like that guy that got caught cheating on his wife
01:53and just made up polygamy and a new religion off the back of it.
01:56I think, you know, this guy, he's done something weird.
01:58He's got caught and he's called it art.
02:00Quick thinking.
02:01Yeah.
02:01Let's leave it there.
02:02Now, who's back?
02:03David Law, retired bank official from Morton in the Wirral,
02:07who beat Stephen five times champ.
02:10So that was a terrific display, David.
02:12The Traveller.
02:12David the Traveller.
02:13Ninety countries you've been to.
02:15It's extraordinary.
02:17I envy you enormously on that, you know.
02:19I really do.
02:20You're joined by Nina.
02:21Nina Gunton, languages student, Newcastle University,
02:25from Warwickshire, loves healthy eating, loves yoga,
02:30and indeed likes making vegan food, although you're not a vegan.
02:36No, well, it's not just that the food's vegan.
02:39I do what I call, like, free from food.
02:42And it's, like, quite a common term used nowadays anyway.
02:45So it's free from a lot of things that make it vegan.
02:48So free from dairy, free from, obviously, meat and fish and all that stuff.
02:52But also free from things like refined sugars and gluten-free as well.
02:59I do think that vegan food has more flavour and it just flavours anything else.
03:03I can see Rachel has pricked her ears up and loves this conversation.
03:08Anyway, there we are.
03:09Good luck to you both.
03:09Big round of applause for our contestants.
03:18And over in the corner, Susie, joined once again by the wonderful Dr. Linda Papadopoulos,
03:24psychologist and good player too, good countdown player as well.
03:28Welcome back.
03:30Welcome back.
03:34He's been giving us some great advice during the week.
03:37Now, David, it's your letters game.
03:39Let's get this underway.
03:41Afternoon, Rachel.
03:42I'll do it, David.
03:43You can start with a consonant, please.
03:44Start today with T.
03:47And a vowel, please.
03:49I.
03:50And a consonant.
03:52S.
03:53And another.
03:55S.
03:56And another.
03:58N.
04:00Then a vowel, please.
04:01E.
04:02And another.
04:04A.
04:06And a consonant, please.
04:08W.
04:09And a vowel, please.
04:10And the last one.
04:11O.
04:13And here's the countdown clock.
04:46Yes, David.
04:48Seven.
04:48A seven and?
04:50And also a seven.
04:51Thank you, David.
04:52Townies.
04:53And two townies?
04:54Exactly the same, yeah.
04:56Well done.
04:58That's townies dealt with.
05:00Dr. Linda Susie?
05:02We got an eight as well.
05:04Snowiest.
05:05Yes.
05:07Snowiest.
05:08Very good.
05:09Seven apiece.
05:10And now, Nina, it's your letters game.
05:12Hi, Rachel.
05:13Hi, Nina.
05:14Can I start with a consonant?
05:15Please.
05:15You can indeed start with D.
05:18And another, please.
05:20J.
05:21And another.
05:23N.
05:24And one more.
05:26B.
05:27And a vowel, please.
05:29I.
05:29And another.
05:31E.
05:32Consonant, please.
05:34M.
05:36A vowel.
05:38I.
05:39And a final consonant, please.
05:41And a final T.
05:43Stand by.
06:12And a vowel.
06:13And a vowel.
06:16Nina?
06:17Just a six.
06:19A six. David? Six.
06:21Nina? Minted.
06:23Minted.
06:24Both of you. Well done.
06:26Are you minted in the corner?
06:28We've got minted as well, yeah.
06:30Anything else, Susie?
06:31Just a nice five. A bindi,
06:33the decorative mark worn in the middle of the forehead
06:35by Indian women.
06:37That's a bindi.
06:38Oh, yes, a bindi.
06:4113 apiece. David, your numbers game.
06:44Yeah, Rachel, just one large
06:45and five small, please.
06:47Thank you, David. One from the top and five little ones
06:50and the first one of the day
06:52is nine, six,
06:55six, seven,
06:56four and the large one,
06:58fifty. And the target,
07:00three hundred and forty-eight.
07:01Three, four, eight.
07:33David?
07:34Yeah, 3, 4, 8.
07:36And Nina?
07:37Also 3, 4, 8.
07:39David?
07:39Yeah, 7 times 50 is 3, 50.
07:42It is.
07:43And 6 minus 4 is 2 to take off.
07:45Straight forward, this one.
07:46And Nina?
07:47Exactly the same.
07:48Same way.
07:49Well done.
07:50Yeah.
07:55It's neck and neck.
07:5723 apiece as we turn to our first tea time teaser,
08:00which is Cruise It and The Clue.
08:03It sounds like something Nick might say,
08:06but it's all about learning for yourself.
08:08It sounds like something Nick might say,
08:10but it's all about learning for yourself.
08:28And the answer to that is heuristic.
08:36Heuristic.
08:37That would have been inquiry.
08:39Yeah.
08:40Heuristic.
08:40It is all about self-discovery, really.
08:42So you learn something through trial and error
08:44rather than by following the rules.
08:46That's a heuristic approach.
08:47OK.
08:49Yeah.
08:49Sounds good.
08:5223 apiece.
08:53Nina, how are you doing?
08:54I'm all right.
08:56Letters game.
08:57OK.
08:58Can I start with a vowel this time, please, Rachel?
09:00Thank you, Nina.
09:01A.
09:02And another, please.
09:03A.
09:04And another.
09:05I.
09:07One more.
09:09E.
09:10A consonant.
09:12F.
09:13A consonant.
09:15R.
09:16Consonant again.
09:17T.
09:18Another consonant.
09:20Z.
09:22And a final consonant, please.
09:24And a final D.
09:27Turn by.
09:28Bye.
09:39Bye.
09:58Nina?
10:00Erm, I'll go with a risky eight.
10:02Sorry, risky seven.
10:04David?
10:05I've got seven, which I haven't written down.
10:08What would that be, David?
10:09A stride.
10:11A stride, and...?
10:12I was going to say dare-iest.
10:14Dare-iest.
10:15I'm not sure about...
10:18You can be dairy, you can be daring.
10:20It's not there, Nina, I'm afraid.
10:22OK, sorry, I thought it might not be.
10:24Bad luck.
10:25Sorry.
10:25But a stride is?
10:26A stride is absolutely fine.
10:27Yes.
10:28What else can we have there, I wonder?
10:29Dr Linda, Susie?
10:31Well, we got radiates, which is an eight, actually, so...
10:34Oh, well done.
10:36Very good.
10:37Anything else?
10:37We had a stride as well, so covered the bases.
10:4030 to 23, David.
10:42So, we've leapt ahead a little bit.
10:44Plenty of time, though, for Nina to catch up.
10:47David, try this letters game.
10:51Consonant, please, Rachel.
10:52Thank you, David.
10:53R.
10:54And the vowel, please.
10:56O.
10:56And another.
10:58I.
10:59And another.
11:01O.
11:02And another.
11:04U.
11:05Consonant, please.
11:07P.
11:08And another.
11:09D.
11:10And another.
11:12S.
11:14And a vowel, please.
11:16And the last one.
11:17A.
11:19Stand by.
11:50Well, David, six.
11:52Nina?
11:53Six as well, I think.
11:55Thank you, David.
11:56Droops.
11:57And?
11:58I'm hoping I spelt it correctly.
12:00Porous.
12:00No, you spelt it right.
12:01Well done.
12:02Very good.
12:04And Dr Linda?
12:06I think it is Rapids another six, I think.
12:10Yes, the six is all round.
12:12Porous for us, too.
12:13But no further than that.
12:15All right.
12:17So, 36 plays 29.
12:19Nina, now, it's numbers time.
12:22Good luck.
12:23Can I have two large and four small again, please?
12:26You can indeed, thank you, Nina.
12:27Two from the top, four little.
12:29And this time, the numbers are two, ten, ten, five, one hundred and seventy-five.
12:37And the target to reach, seven hundred and forty-two.
12:40Seven, four, two.
13:12Nina?
13:13Yes, seven, four, two.
13:14And David?
13:16Seven, four, two.
13:18Nina?
13:18Um, seventy-five times ten, seven, fifty.
13:21Seven, fifty.
13:22Uh, and then ten minus, the other ten minus two is eight to take off.
13:26Lovely.
13:27Another straightforward one.
13:28And?
13:29The same.
13:29Same way.
13:30Yeah.
13:36So, we'll pause now.
13:40The score's standing, 46 to 39 in David's favour.
13:43We turn to Dr. Linda.
13:45What have you for us today?
13:47What advice?
13:48Well, today I thought I'd speak about exam stress.
13:51So, we're kind of at that stage in August where everyone's waiting to get their results
13:54back, whether they're GCSEs or A-levels or university exams sometimes.
13:59And it's interesting, because I started doing some reading on this, and lo and behold, we've
14:04seen both from the National College of Health and from Childline a report of young people
14:11saying exams are, you know, something that's causing them a lot of stress, and there's been
14:15an increase in this.
14:16So, what I thought I'd do is kind of speak about some top tips for when you need to kind
14:20of go into an exam, whether it's sort of, you know, for adults going into work exams
14:24or for kids, some things that could help.
14:26I think the first thing is to focus on action rather than outcome.
14:31One of the problems that holds people back is the anxiety around what if.
14:36So, we catastrophize.
14:37But what if on the day I sit there and I forget how to write my name?
14:41Now, that's a possibility, but you need to kind of react to probabilities.
14:45It's actually quite unlikely, and actually worrying about it isn't really going to help.
14:49What can you do in the here and now that will help?
14:51So, kind of focusing on the actions that you have every day is really important.
14:55And, you know, drawing from that, it's also really important to know how you study best.
15:01So, in recent years, we've actually learned a lot more of how the brain responds to learning.
15:06For example, we know one of the best ways to retain information is through recall.
15:11So, one of the things I always tell my daughter when she's studying is when you come home
15:14from school, just write down everything you remember.
15:17Not with your books open, with your...
15:18Just write it all down.
15:19And that is one of the best ways to kind of really embed memories.
15:23Now, again, different people learn different ways.
15:25Some of us are visual learners.
15:27Some of us, it's all about hearing what's going on.
15:29So, figure out what kind of learner you are.
15:32Make sure that you do that.
15:34We also know that one of the best ways to not consolidate memory is through interruptions.
15:39And there's a lot of literature on the problems of having your tech next to you when you're
15:43trying to learn something.
15:44So, if you are studying and trying to learn, turn those phones off.
15:49And then there's also lots of really fun things that you can do.
15:52For example, there's a really great hack, which is about state-dependent learning.
15:57So, we know that if we always study in a certain room and hold a certain pen, that those kind
16:04of visual cues will help us recall.
16:06So, kind of use that.
16:08You know, wear a certain perfume while you're studying or use a certain pen or even wear
16:12a certain sweatshirt you feel comfortable with and take that into the exam.
16:16And that should help.
16:17That's very...
16:24That's very good advice.
16:26Excellent.
16:2846 to 39.
16:30David, your letters came now.
16:34A consonant, please, Sir Rachel.
16:36Thank you, David.
16:37R.
16:38And a vowel.
16:39O.
16:40And a consonant.
16:42M.
16:43And a vowel.
16:45E.
16:46And a consonant.
16:48C.
16:50And another.
16:52T.
16:53And another.
16:55L.
16:56And a vowel, please.
16:58A.
16:59And a consonant, please.
17:01And a final.
17:02N.
17:04Turn by.
17:05This is the M.
17:06Duh.
17:06Yeah.
17:27Thanks, sir.
17:28Bye.
17:29Bye.
17:30Bye.
17:31Bye.
17:36David, six.
17:38A six. Nina?
17:40Also just a six.
17:42David? Claret.
17:44And? Mantle.
17:46Mantle.
17:47Yeah.
17:48Any advance on six in the corner?
17:50I think we've got a seven with romance.
17:53Couldn't be better.
17:54Anything else, Susie?
17:55There was an eight there as well. Cornmeal is their fate.
17:58Cornmeal. Thank you.
18:01Very good.
18:03And now it's Nina's letters game. Nina?
18:08Start with a vowel again, please, Rachel.
18:11Thank you, Nina.
18:12U?
18:13And a consonant.
18:14R?
18:16Another consonant.
18:17F?
18:19Another consonant.
18:21D?
18:22A vowel.
18:24E?
18:26A consonant.
18:28M?
18:29Another consonant.
18:31S?
18:32A vowel.
18:34O?
18:35And a final...
18:38consonant, please.
18:40A final T.
18:42And it's the countdown clock.
18:44INFORMATION
19:01Thanks you.
19:02Hear us, 1900.
19:02In the first sight of the Newman Effect,
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19:03In the
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19:05stream with all things. And that's
19:06what I can see through here. This is the**per
19:07work. It's theHuh and
19:13the riesce of the cutting. Kinds have time and
19:13security. Now let's see what
19:17Nina?
19:18I think an eight.
19:19David?
19:20Only a seven.
19:21Your seven is?
19:23Stormed.
19:24Stormed and?
19:26Outdress.
19:27Ooh, love that.
19:29Erm, I hope it's in for you, Nina.
19:32It is, yes.
19:34You dress more elegantly, expensively or innately than someone else.
19:37Well done.
19:37It's really good.
19:39APPLAUSE
19:42Whoa!
19:44Just takes you one point ahead of David.
19:47Close thing.
19:48David, your numbers game.
19:50Yeah, one large and five small again, please.
19:53Thank you, David.
19:53One from the top row and five not.
19:56And this time the five little ones are seven, four, two, nine, and three.
20:03And the large one, 50.
20:05And this target, 819.
20:08819.
20:39David.
20:41818.
20:42818.
20:42eight one eight Nina sorry I've lost it I haven't got it oh David nine plus seven
20:49equals sixteen nine plus seven sixteen times fifty eight hundred eight hundred
20:55four plus two is six yep times three for eighteen yep and it gets you to one
21:01away lovely well done well done but eight one nine there were some ways if
21:07you say 50 divided by two is 25 three times four is 12 12 from 25 is 13 times
21:16that by 7491 and times that by nine eight hundred and nine super thank you
21:27time for tea time teaser second of the day it's nail Nigel and the clue Nigel went on a
21:33trip to Africa and took a local currency with him Nigel went on a trip to Africa
21:38and took a local currency with him
21:56welcome back I left with the clue Nigel went on a trip to Africa and took a local
22:01currency with him he took some Lilangani Susie that's what he took hmm where was he off to
22:08it's the basic monetary unit of Swaziland and it comes from the Bantu meaning a member of a royal
22:14family perhaps because they're you know depicted on the coins he knows but um that's a new one on me
22:19so I've learned that one Lilangani I don't know how many there are to the pound maybe pounds to the
22:24Lilangani who knows 59 to 53 Nina your letters game um start with a consonant please Rachel thank you Nina
22:33yeah W and another H and another R and a vowel A and another U and a consonant V and
22:49another L and a vowel E and a final consonant
22:58final F stand by
23:05so
23:17so
23:33Nina. Just a six. David. Another six. Nina. A whaler. A whaler and? A valuer. And a valuer.
23:44Yes. Can you stretch it at all? We can't. Those are exactly our two, in fact.
23:48That's it? Yes. OK. 65 to 59. David just pipping Nina at the moment. David, letters game for you. Off
23:57we go.
23:58A consonant start, please. Thank you, David. N. And another. S. And a vowel, please. E. And another. I. And
24:11a third. A.
24:13And a consonant. L. And another. T. And another consonant, please. R. And a vowel, please.
24:24And the last one. E. Stand by.
24:27I. I. I. I. I. I. I.
24:59David?
25:00Eight.
25:01An eight.
25:02And Nina?
25:02I'm also an eight.
25:04Thank you, David.
25:05Latrines.
25:06And?
25:07Entrails.
25:09Entrails.
25:10Yes, they're anagrams.
25:11Very good.
25:12What else have we got?
25:14Any more eights in the corner?
25:15Susie found a nine.
25:17Tree nails?
25:18Tree nails, yeah.
25:19Pins used for fastening timber together,
25:21perhaps by lumberjacks on skid row
25:23that used to slide the timber down
25:26to the bottom of the valley.
25:27So tree nails, yeah, that will give you a nine.
25:29Are they special nails?
25:36They're hard and they're wooden as well,
25:38so I guess they have to be really sturdy.
25:40OK.
25:41Yeah.
25:41I get it.
25:43Thanks, Susie.
25:4373 to 67.
25:46And now it's Susie's wonderful origins of words.
25:49Susie, what have you for us today?
25:53I have a word that might sound a little bit old-fashioned.
25:57I don't know if you're into potpourri at all.
26:00I like potpourri.
26:01Oh, there you go.
26:02It's all that stuff.
26:03OK.
26:04Well, the scent of a bowl of potpourri
26:06is something that's quite special to some people,
26:08a mixture of dried petals and herbs, etc.,
26:11which fragrance a room.
26:13And yet when it first appeared in English,
26:15it was something really, really different
26:16because you'd find it on stoves, not on tables.
26:21And one recipe book from the 16th century
26:23describes potpourri as a Spanish dish
26:26of many several meats boiled or stewed together.
26:30So making a room smell like a pan of boiling meat
26:34might not be the best way to fragrance it.
26:37But at that time, it was a spiced stew
26:39into which all sorts of ingredients
26:40were thrown, meats and vegetables, etc.
26:43But the name potpourri literally means
26:46rotten pot in French.
26:48So that potpourri is a distant sibling,
26:52if you like, of putrid.
26:53So in fact, potpourri means putrid pot.
26:56And so it seems a very, very long way
26:58to get from these kind of meaty fumes
27:00to the kind of pleasant ones that we know today.
27:03But it was simply because
27:04there was this random assortment of ingredients
27:06that were thrown in
27:07that led it to become any kind of medley mixture, really.
27:12And eventually it landed on something
27:13that was much more pleasant and fragrant.
27:16Just to go back to this idea of fragrance and perfume,
27:19perfume translates literally as through smoke.
27:22And it was first applied to the vapour or the fumes
27:25that came off burning substances
27:27such as incense that you love.
27:29And just to finish that kind of fume-y grouplet,
27:32if you like,
27:33camouflage is probably from the French
27:35camouflage, a puff of smoke.
27:37And the idea is that camouflage
27:38is like blowing smoke into someone's eyes
27:41so that they can't really see what you're up to.
27:43Very good.
27:44Very good.
27:51Thank you, Susie.
27:53So David, 73.
27:54Nina, 67.
27:55It's Nina's chance to catch up.
27:57Letters came, Nina.
27:58Start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
28:00Thank you, Nina.
28:00G.
28:01And a vowel, O.
28:04And a consonant, C.
28:07And another, S.
28:10And one more, R.
28:13And a vowel, A.
28:16And another, E.
28:19And a consonant, B.
28:23And a final consonant, please.
28:28A final C.
28:31Stand by.
28:31A vowel, A.
28:34A vowel.
29:07Seven.
29:08And a seven.
29:09Nina?
29:10Bracers.
29:11David?
29:12Corsage.
29:13And corsage.
29:14Well done.
29:16Very good.
29:17They're working hard in the corner.
29:18Linda, what do you think?
29:20Yeah, we've got corsage as well.
29:22Nothing more than a seven, though.
29:23No.
29:25Cargoes, and with ES, are in there.
29:27And also, boskage, which is a massive tree or shrub.
29:32So, the example here is the view from the house is obscured by boskage.
29:37OK, David, final letters game for you.
29:40Off we go.
29:41Start with a consonant, please.
29:43Thank you, David.
29:44G.
29:45And a vowel, please.
29:47A.
29:48And another.
29:49I.
29:51And a third.
29:52E.
29:54Consonant.
29:55X.
29:56And another.
29:58H.
30:00And a third.
30:02K.
30:04And another, please.
30:07M.
30:10And another.
30:12And the last one, D.
30:14Stand by.
30:15I.
30:16I.
30:31I.
30:33I.
30:44I.
30:45I.
30:47David?
30:48Just five.
30:49A five. Nina?
30:51I think I've got a seven.
30:54David?
30:55Hiked.
30:56Now then.
30:57Imaged as a verb to image something.
31:00Excellent.
31:01It's a six, though, rather than a seven.
31:04Or Nina.
31:05Oh, yeah. Oh, gosh, I'm sorry.
31:06It's a really good word.
31:08Yeah, sorry.
31:09Dr Linda, what have we got?
31:11Another five gained and...
31:14Maxed?
31:14Yeah, midge.
31:16But, yeah, sorry, Nina.
31:17Oh, Nina, that's heartbreaking.
31:19OK.
31:2085 to 67 into the final numbers game now.
31:24Nina?
31:25I'll go two large and four small, please.
31:28OK, and it can still be done, Nina.
31:30Two from the top and four little good luck with the final numbers,
31:32which are four, nine, one, ten, and the large two, 25 and 100.
31:40And the target, 900...
31:42Oh, not with that.
31:43Nine, two, five.
31:45Nine, two, five.
31:46Nine, two, five, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six,
32:06six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six,
32:06six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six,
32:07six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six,
32:07six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six,
32:07six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six
32:17Nina?
32:18Yeah, 95.
32:19I think so. David?
32:21Same again.
32:21Off we go. Nina?
32:22Nine times 100 plus 25.
32:24Thank you. Same way?
32:26Yeah, I believe you, it's fine.
32:29OK, so into the final round, 95 plays 77.
32:35Fingers on buzzers?
32:37Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:48Fingers on buzzers?
32:57Fingers on buzzers?
33:09Yeah.
33:12Nope, we're foxed up here.
33:14Foxed and stymied.
33:15I see hands everywhere.
33:17Do I see a lady towards the back?
33:21Yes, madam?
33:22Is it inclusion?
33:23Inclusion. Let's see whether you're right.
33:27Inclusion. Well done.
33:30Well done.
33:33Well done.
33:34And well done, David, too.
33:36So, Nina, bad luck.
33:38Yeah, it's a matter.
33:38It's a heartbreaker when, you know, you just kind of miscount the letters.
33:42Yeah, never mind. It's fine.
33:43Never mind.
33:43Listen, you take this goodie bag home to Warwickshire.
33:47And thanks for coming.
33:50Well done, David.
33:51You've got a teapot and another win.
33:53We'll see you tomorrow.
33:53Thanks, David.
33:54We'll see you tomorrow.
33:55Well done.
33:56And Dr. Linda, tomorrow, and Susie, too.
33:59In fact, tomorrow's your last day, and you've been giving us such great advice.
34:03Well, it's been lovely being here, but it flies by, doesn't it?
34:05It's so quick.
34:06It does.
34:07Oh, it's la blau.
34:08See you tomorrow.
34:09And Rachel, see you tomorrow.
34:11Join us tomorrow, same time, same place.
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