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00:31Well, good afternoon and welcome to Countdown Studio on Emergency Services Day.
00:37Rachel, it started at nine o'clock this morning, 9 a.m. on the ninth day of the ninth month,
00:43the Emergency Services Day.
00:45It's only started last year and what it's all about, really, is to encourage people to become volunteers in the
00:51emergency services.
00:52Things like, I know, retained firefighters, an NHS community responder, very important, Coast Guard volunteer.
01:00All playing a core role in keeping us all safe.
01:03It's a brilliant thing.
01:05And, of course, you know, without the emergency services, you know, we don't give them enough praise.
01:11They do great, great work.
01:13Have you ever had to throw yourself at the mercy of the emergency services?
01:18Well, yeah, we've had to call an ambulance before and, yeah, you can't value the paramedics enough.
01:23Absolutely.
01:24I mean, when you think about the lifeboat people, which is all voluntary anyway, throwing themselves onto these quite small
01:30boats and hurtling out in raging storms to, you know, rescue people who are perhaps swimming or in capsized boats.
01:37It's pretty tough stuff.
01:39Yeah, dangerous jobs.
01:40I'm all for it.
01:41They're great people.
01:41Three cheers to them.
01:42What shall I become?
01:43I'm not going to become a Coast Guard volunteer because I can't swim.
01:48I'll become a firefighter.
01:49How's that?
01:51No, you wouldn't trust me?
01:53I'm not sure I fancy you going up a ladder or coming down a pole, actually.
01:58Maybe just a cheerleader on the sidelines.
02:00I'll do that, then.
02:01All right.
02:02Now, who's with us?
02:02Rachel Sarah Dillap is back.
02:04Do you remember, she had such a day, such a win.
02:08It was amazing.
02:09You meet Liam, who is, in fact, a four-times winner, and it was quite a scary thing, but you
02:15came through on a crucial conundrum.
02:16It was very close.
02:18Excellent.
02:18Well, it's good to see you back.
02:20And you're joined by Dave Beresford, now retired from Kimberley in Nottinghamshire, and you're a volunteer, good man, a volunteer
02:28lockkeeper with the Canal and River Trust.
02:31Yes.
02:31It's a lovely thing to do.
02:32And in the summer, of course, you've got a lot of traffic going through, I guess.
02:35And the lock side is, whatever the weather, it's just a brilliant place to be.
02:41And which canal is that?
02:42It's the Trent and Mersey.
02:44Lovely.
02:45Well, have a lot of fun here today.
02:47Both of you.
02:48Let's have a big round of applause for Sarah and Dave.
02:57And Susie's over there.
02:59Susie then, looking after one of the best-known voices and faces in British broadcasting.
03:04It's the wonderful Annika Rice.
03:06Welcome back.
03:13Now, Sarah.
03:15Off we go, Sarah.
03:16Hi, Rachel.
03:17Hi, Sarah.
03:18A consonant, please.
03:19Start the week with W.
03:21And another.
03:21D.
03:23And another.
03:25S.
03:26And a vowel.
03:28U.
03:29And another.
03:30E.
03:31A consonant, please.
03:33T.
03:34And another.
03:35N.
03:36A vowel.
03:39O.
03:40And a vowel, please.
03:42And lastly, I.
03:44And here's the countdown clock.
03:46MUSIC PLAYS
04:16Sarah.
04:18Sarah.
04:18Six.
04:19And Dave?
04:20Five for me.
04:21And your five is?
04:22Tones.
04:23Yes, Sarah.
04:24Wisted?
04:26Wisted?
04:26Yeah.
04:27We can be wistful.
04:30It's not there, sir, I'm afraid.
04:32Sorry.
04:32What can we have, I want?
04:34Annika?
04:34We got downiest, as in the softest.
04:38That's a lovely word.
04:39Downiest, yeah.
04:40Anything else, Susie?
04:41Nothing else.
04:43Five points to Dave, and it's Dave's letters game.
04:45Yes, sir.
04:46Continent, please.
04:47Thank you, Dave.
04:48M.
04:49And another one, please.
04:52S.
04:52And a vowel.
04:54A.
04:56And a consonant.
04:58F.
04:59Vowel.
05:01E.
05:04Consonant, please.
05:06S.
05:07And a vowel.
05:10I.
05:12Consonant.
05:14V.
05:16And another consonant, please.
05:18And the last one, D.
05:20Stand by.
05:20And another consonant, please.
05:40And another consonant, please.
05:40And another consonant, please.
05:40And another consonant, please.
05:40And another consonant, please.
05:41And another consonant, please.
05:42And another consonant, please.
05:42And another consonant, please.
05:43And another consonant, please.
05:46And another consonant, please.
05:51Well, Dave, seven.
05:53Sarah?
05:54Just a six.
05:55Your six is?
05:57Missed.
05:57Dave?
05:58Massive.
05:59Yes, most of us are Dave excellent.
06:01Very good.
06:02Annika?
06:03That's it, massive.
06:04It was just so massive, we gave up, didn't we?
06:06Collapsed after that one.
06:07Big enough.
06:08All right.
06:0912 points to Dave.
06:10Wow.
06:11Sarah, it's your numbers game.
06:13Two large and four small, please.
06:15Thank you, Sarah.
06:16First one of the week, and this selection is?
06:20Ten, seven, eight, three, and the big two, one hundred and twenty-five, and the target,
06:27two hundred and eighty-five.
06:28Two, eight, five.
06:47Two, eight, five.
07:00Well, Sarah?
07:01Two, eight, five.
07:02Two, eight, five, Dave.
07:04Two, eight, five.
07:05Thank you, Sarah.
07:06One hundred times three.
07:08Three hundred.
07:08Minus twenty-five.
07:10Two, seven, five.
07:11Plus ten.
07:12Two, eight, five.
07:12Perfect.
07:13And Dave?
07:13One hundred times three.
07:15One hundred times three.
07:17Three hundred.
07:17Seven plus eight.
07:18Seven and the eight for fifteen.
07:20Minus that.
07:20Perfect.
07:21Well done.
07:27So, 22 plays ten.
07:29Dave in the lead as we turn to our first tea-time teaser, which is Fanny Help from The Clue.
07:34You may be able to buy 50% of Jill's thoughts with this.
07:39You may be able to buy 50% of Jill's thoughts with this.
08:03With this half-penny.
08:07Even half-penny.
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08:16form or write to us at Contestants Applications, Countdown Leads, LS3, 1J, S.
08:25So, 22 to ten.
08:28Dave, your letters go.
08:30Vowel, please.
08:31Thank you, Dave.
08:32O.
08:33And consonant.
08:34P.
08:35Vowel.
08:37A.
08:37Consonant.
08:39T.
08:42Vowel, please.
08:44U.
08:45Consonant.
08:46R.
08:47Consonant.
08:48K.
08:51Vowel, please.
08:53I.
08:54And the consonant.
08:56And the last one.
08:58L.
08:58Stand by.
09:00And theього.
09:02I.
09:18I.
09:18I.
09:19I.
09:23I.
09:23I.
09:29I.
09:29I.
09:29Well, Dave, just a four.
09:32Sarah?
09:32Five.
09:34Dave?
09:34Opal.
09:35And Sarah?
09:37Platt.
09:38And Platt.
09:39Yes.
09:39Annika, anything there?
09:40Oh, I've collapsed.
09:42What have you got?
09:44There's a bird there, a gregarious songbird of the American Oriole family.
09:50So that's the blackbird family with orange and black plumage.
09:52And it's called a troupial.
09:54T-R-O-U-P-I-A-L.
09:56Troupial.
10:00All right.
10:02So 15 plays 22.
10:04Sarah closed up a bit there.
10:05Now, Sarah, your letters came.
10:07A consonant, please.
10:08Thank you, Sarah.
10:09R.
10:10And another.
10:12N.
10:13And another.
10:14W.
10:15And a vowel.
10:16O.
10:17And another.
10:19E.
10:19And another.
10:20I.
10:21A consonant.
10:23N.
10:25And another.
10:27S.
10:27And a vowel, please.
10:30And lastly, A.
10:32Kanpai.
10:33S.
10:34And a vowel.
10:35I.
10:35And a vowel.
11:02A vowel.
11:03And a vowel.
11:03Sarah.
11:04Seven.
11:05Dave.
11:06Six.
11:07And your sixth?
11:08Winers.
11:09Sarah.
11:10Winners.
11:12Yes, winners.
11:14Excellent.
11:14Unfortunately, no whiner on its own, Dave.
11:17You can be a port whiner if you drink a lot of ports,
11:20but not whiner without the H.
11:21Sorry.
11:22Not bad luck.
11:23Annika and Susie.
11:24Snowier.
11:25Ah, lovely.
11:27Susie.
11:27Yeah, no, that was the best for us, seven.
11:29Staying with Snowier.
11:3022 apiece.
11:32And now, Dave, it's your numbers game.
11:34Off we go.
11:35Two large and four small, please, Rachel.
11:37Thank you, Dave.
11:38Two from the top, four not.
11:40And this time the little ones are four, one, ten, and three.
11:46And the large two, one hundred and twenty-five.
11:50And the target, eight hundred and fifty-eight.
11:52Eight, five, eight.
12:24Well, Dave?
12:25Not close enough.
12:26Sarah.
12:27Uh, I've gone wrong and miles off.
12:29We rely on Rachel.
12:31How tricky is this, Rachel?
12:33Test of your eleven times table, because if you say,
12:36one hundred minus twenty-five plus three is seventy-eight,
12:41ten plus one is eleven, and times them together.
12:44Eight, five, eight.
12:45There it is.
12:49Eight, five, eight.
12:50So, still 22 apiece.
12:52Still 22 apiece.
12:53As we look to, uh, to Annika.
12:57Annika, you mentioned, uh, that you went to Hong Kong.
13:01Tell us a little bit about that.
13:02Yes, well, last week, when we started off this thread,
13:05I was talking about the joy of jeopardy and putting some fear into your life,
13:09because I think it makes you think outside the box and try things.
13:13You know, you sort of give in to fate, almost make your own fate.
13:16And, um, as a teenager, as I explained last week,
13:19I did a training course at the BBC for two years, um,
13:22from the ages of 17 to 19.
13:24Had amazing experiences there.
13:27And at 19, I don't know what got into me,
13:29but I just booked a one-way ticket to Hong Kong.
13:32I didn't know anyone out there.
13:33I had one person I could stay with for one week.
13:36And I just wanted to, because, again, I'm the heroine
13:39and the film of my life in my head.
13:41I just thought, this is the ultimate adventure, just to go anywhere.
13:44And I knew I'd be okay there, because it's English-speaking.
13:47I didn't need a visa or anything.
13:49So I just thought I'd live off my wits for, um, probably six months.
13:53Well, I ended up staying three years
13:55and had the most amazing experiences, um,
13:58purely through doing this thing, again,
14:00we touched on last week about embellishing your career.
14:03There's nothing wrong with that,
14:05because you're only just slightly, you know,
14:06making you on a good day.
14:09Um, so the first job, I had to get some money,
14:12because I, I bought this one-way ticket,
14:14and I didn't have savings.
14:15So I, I went and got a job, um,
14:18I heard about it, a PR company.
14:20I didn't know what PR stood for.
14:22And they gave me a job in reception.
14:24Now, I'd come from the BBC,
14:26and I'd learnt, um, as part of my BBC training,
14:29studio training, to type on a manual typewriter.
14:33Most people won't even know what that means,
14:35but it's quite extraordinary.
14:37And I was confronted in Hong Kong by the word processor.
14:42Well, I didn't have a clue how it worked.
14:43I caused chaos in reception.
14:45I mean, real chaos.
14:47And in fact, the managing director walked past and went,
14:50God, what's going on here?
14:51You know, there was just paper flying everywhere,
14:53and people waiting to be put through,
14:55which I couldn't put through.
14:56And he called me into his office,
14:58and I said, yeah, sorry, it's not really my thing.
15:00I'm actually quite an eminent BBC producer.
15:02Well, it was only a tiny lie,
15:04because I'd sat in studios with producers,
15:06so it was really close to that job.
15:09And he went, oh, that's interesting.
15:11We're actually looking for an account executive.
15:13And I said, oh, yes, I've done a bit of that.
15:14Not knowing what's an account executive.
15:16I had no idea what he said.
15:17Didn't even know what PR stood for at that stage.
15:19By the afternoon, I was an account executive.
15:21I had my own secretary of my own office.
15:24I hadn't a clue what to do.
15:26Anyway, I learnt, and I, you know,
15:28learning on the spot with that fear,
15:30you learn very quickly.
15:30And by the time I finished that particular job,
15:32I could toss out a press release.
15:34I could write an annual report for the Hong Kong Bus Association,
15:38whatever was thrown at me.
15:40So buoyed with that, I then got a job in the newsroom of the TV station
15:44as a sub-editor, writing the scripts for the newsreader.
15:48And then, lo and behold, the newsreader was ill.
15:51And I said, I could do that.
15:54How difficult could it be, I decided, because it's all on auto-queue.
15:57You have, it was so old school,
16:00you controlled your auto-queue with a foot pedal,
16:03so you could control the speed of the story.
16:06The cameraman was Chinese,
16:07so there's no-one around for support or help.
16:11Absolute chaos that first time, I can't tell you.
16:14But no-one seemed to care or notice,
16:17because the thing about Hong Kong is everyone's so busy
16:19trying to make money and do stuff,
16:21they're not interested in telly or anything like that.
16:23So over the next few days, I honed the skill of being a newsreader.
16:28And then it became a permanent job.
16:31So I got amazing breaks in Hong Kong
16:34just through this fearlessness thing.
16:37And I don't know how I was so fearless,
16:40but what the hell?
16:42What could, you know, how bad could it be,
16:45is my adage in life.
16:47Lovely.
16:49APPLAUSE
16:54Thank you, Anna, Sarah.
16:56Brilliant.
16:5622 apiece.
16:58And now, Sarah, it's your letters game.
16:59Yeah.
17:00A consonant, please.
17:01Thank you, Sarah.
17:02T.
17:03And a vowel.
17:04A.
17:05Another.
17:07U.
17:08And another.
17:10I.
17:10A consonant.
17:12Z.
17:13Another.
17:14C.
17:15Another.
17:17D.
17:18And another.
17:20S.
17:21And another one, please.
17:24And the last one.
17:26N.
17:27Turn by.
17:28S.
17:30All right.
17:48Do you have any help?
17:58Well, Sarah.
17:59Just a five.
18:00Dave?
18:01A risky sadden.
18:02Sarah?
18:03Scant.
18:04Now then, Dave.
18:05Nautics.
18:06Um, hmm.
18:10Yes.
18:11Um, excellent.
18:12I was not sure about this one, Dave, but it's in The Art or Science of Sailing or Navigation.
18:17It's Nautics.
18:18Well done.
18:23Excellent, Dave.
18:25Annika?
18:25Nudist.
18:26Yes.
18:28Induct.
18:28Oh, right.
18:29Yeah.
18:29And you put the S on for that.
18:31Oh, inducts.
18:32Oh, yeah, the seven.
18:33Inducts.
18:33Excellent.
18:34Susie, anything else?
18:35No, seven was the best we could see.
18:37Thanks.
18:37Annika, 29 to 22.
18:40Dave back in the lead.
18:41And it's Dave's letters game.
18:43Vowel, please.
18:44Thank you, Dave.
18:45E.
18:46Consonant.
18:48L.
18:49Vowel.
18:50O.
18:52Vowel.
18:54A.
18:55Consonant.
18:56B.
18:56C.
18:58Consonant.
18:59C.
19:02Vowel, please.
19:04I.
19:05Consonant.
19:07R.
19:08And consonant, please.
19:10And the last one, N.
19:12Stand by.
19:12I.
19:13I.
19:27I.
19:30I.
19:41I.
19:43Well, Dave, six.
19:45A six, Sarah.
19:46Six as well.
19:47Dave, Lona.
19:48And?
19:49Same word.
19:50The same.
19:51Can we match six, Amicus and Susie?
19:55We've got an eight, which is cabriol.
19:57And what's that?
19:59Don't see the letters.
20:01Sorry.
20:02I thought, God, that's amazing.
20:04She's got a lower brookan.
20:06What does that mean?
20:07Sorry.
20:08Sorry.
20:10Cabriol.
20:10Cabriol.
20:1235 days, 28.
20:14Sarah on 28.
20:15Sarah, your numbers game.
20:17Off we go.
20:17Two large and four small, please.
20:19Thank you, Sarah.
20:20Two from the top row.
20:21Four a little coming up for you.
20:22And this third numbers game of the day is nine, five, four, three, 175.
20:31And the target, 117.
20:34One, one, seven.
20:36One, two, three, five, four, five, four, five, five, six, five, six, five, six, six, six, six, seven, seven, seven,
20:39seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, eight,
20:47seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
20:47seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
20:47seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, eight, seven,
20:47seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven
21:05Sarah.
21:06117.
21:07Yes, Dave.
21:08117.
21:09Off we go.
21:105 plus 3 plus 9 plus 100.
21:13Yeah, very, very straightforward.
21:16And Dave.
21:16Same, mate.
21:18Just for good form.
21:20Well done.
21:21So 45 plays 38, Dave, on 45 as we turn to our second tea time teaser,
21:26which is not in vine.
21:28And the clue, is it fabricated that this word has a mother called necessity?
21:34Is it fabricated that this word has a mother called necessity?
21:55Welcome back.
21:56I left you with the clue.
21:57Is it fabricated that this word has a mother called necessity?
22:01The answer to that, of course, is invention.
22:05Invention.
22:0645 to 38.
22:07Dave in the lead.
22:08And it's Dave's letters game.
22:10Consonant, please, Raider.
22:11Thank you, Dave.
22:12L.
22:14And a vowel, please.
22:16E.
22:17Consonant.
22:18V.
22:20Vowel, please.
22:22A.
22:24Consonant.
22:26P.
22:27Consonant.
22:28D.
22:30Vowel.
22:31O.
22:33Vowel.
22:35I.
22:36And consonant, please.
22:37And the last one, M.
22:40Stand by.
22:40Vowel.
22:42Vowel.
22:43Vowel.
22:46Vowel.
22:54Vowel.
22:56Vowel.
22:58Vowel.
23:00Vowel.
23:00Vowel.
23:02Vowel.
23:03Vowel.
23:04Vowel.
23:04Vowel.
23:05Vowel.
23:06Vowel.
23:08Vowel.
23:08Vowel.
23:08Vowel.
23:10Vowel.
23:11Yes, Dave?
23:12Just four.
23:13Sarah?
23:14Six.
23:15Dave?
23:16Poem.
23:17And Sarah?
23:18Mailed.
23:19Yes, very good.
23:20Mailed, yeah.
23:22Puts you only just a point behind Dave now, Sarah,
23:25but let's pause in the corner.
23:28Annika and Susie?
23:29There's implode.
23:30Yes.
23:31Susie?
23:32Yes, implode and impaled, another seven.
23:3645 to 44, Dave just in the lead.
23:38Sarah, your letters game.
23:40A vowel, please.
23:42Thank you, Sarah.
23:43E.
23:43And another.
23:45A.
23:46A consonant.
23:47G.
23:48And another.
23:50S.
23:52And another.
23:53T.
23:54A vowel.
23:56O.
23:58Another vowel.
24:00I.
24:01Consonant.
24:03R.
24:04And a consonant, please.
24:06And the last one.
24:07M.
24:08Counter.
24:25And a consonant, please.
24:27And a consonant, please.
24:27And a consonant, please.
24:27And a consonant, please.
24:27And a consonant, please.
24:28And a consonant, please.
24:28And a consonant, please.
24:28And a consonant, please.
24:29And a consonant, please.
24:29And a consonant, please.
24:29And a consonant, please.
24:30And a consonant, please.
24:31And a consonant, please.
24:35And a consonant, please.
24:37And a consonant, please.
24:40Sarah.
24:41Just a six.
24:42Dave.
24:43Seven.
24:44Sarah.
24:44Master.
24:45And Dave.
24:46Meteors.
24:47What's the story, Dave?
24:49Meteors.
24:49M-E-T-I-O-R-S.
24:51Oh, you need two E's for Meteors.
24:53That's M-E-T-E-O-R, I'm afraid.
24:56I'd like that.
24:56Annika.
24:57A couple of sevens.
24:59Triages.
25:00Yes.
25:00And Mirages.
25:02And Susie.
25:03Yeah, and a few eights there.
25:04Atomiser, Amortise, and also Magister.
25:07A Magister is a title or form of address given to scholars in medieval universities like Oxford.
25:13Okay.
25:1345 page 50.
25:15Sarah has regained the lead there as we turn to Susie and her wonderful origins of words.
25:21Now, what have you for us today, Susie?
25:23We spoke earlier, Nick, about 999 day, so the Emergency Services Day, and it reminded me
25:29Norman, our resident vicar, was once a volunteer firefighter, and the word buff, if you're an
25:34expert in something, you're a buff.
25:36That goes back to the buffalo hides, once worn by volunteer firefighters in New York City,
25:41who would wear them to protect them really against not just fires, but also the sort of
25:46fierce cold of a New York winter.
25:48And because they were experts in the field, and also the people who looked on became experts
25:53as well, we've got our modern meaning of a buff.
25:56But also, I have a question which kind of slightly links into the police service, and that's from
26:01Simon Pavey, who asks, if I can tell the origin of the word cop, as in not much cop, why
26:07don't
26:08we say something is cop when it's good?
26:10Which is a good question.
26:11So the verb cop, it goes back to around 1700, and it means to catch, really.
26:17And that's the key to unlocking all of the terms that cop lies behind.
26:22It in turn goes back to the Latin capere, meaning to seize, which is behind capture and captivate,
26:28et cetera.
26:29So a copper was a catcher, a policeman was a catcher, so that's why the kind of informal
26:35term for a police officer came about.
26:37And it's also why apprehended villains have been saying it's a fair cop pretty much ever
26:42since.
26:43If you don't cop onto something, you don't catch on.
26:46To cop someone one is to hit them.
26:48If you cop it as a result, you've been caught out.
26:51If you cop out of doing something, you've not been caught and escaped, but that's a cop
26:55out because you haven't faced the music.
26:59And once you've been caught by a copper, you might cop a plea.
27:02In other words, seize the opportunity to make a bargain for a lighter sentence.
27:06And we're going back to Simon's question.
27:07Why do we say not much cop?
27:08That simply means it's not much for catch.
27:10You haven't really achieved very much.
27:12As to why we don't say that's a good cop in that sense, that's probably just down to
27:18the normal, what I call orphaned negative syndrome, where we always hang on to the negative
27:22side of things and we don't really express the positive.
27:25But it all goes back to that Latin capere, meaning to catch or take.
27:29Terrific.
27:30Whoa.
27:37Another exquisite origins of words.
27:38Thanks, Susie.
27:4050 to 45.
27:42Dave, we've got a bit of catching up to do.
27:44It's your letters game.
27:46Vowel, please, writer.
27:48Thank you, Dave.
27:49E.
27:49And a consonant.
27:52R.
27:53Consonant.
27:55T.
27:56Vowel.
27:57O.
27:59Consonant.
28:01R.
28:03Consonant.
28:04D.
28:06Vowel.
28:07E.
28:08Vowel.
28:10A.
28:11And consonant, please.
28:13And lastly, M.
28:14Stand by.
28:16Vowel.
28:17Vowel.
28:18Vowel.
28:26Vowel.
28:29Vowel.
28:31Vowel.
28:33Vowel.
28:35Vowel.
28:36Vowel.
28:36Vowel.
28:38Vowel.
28:39Vowel.
28:39Vowel.
28:41Vowel.
28:42Vowel.
28:42Vowel.
28:43Vowel.
28:43Vowel.
28:44Vowel.
28:44Vowel.
28:45Vowel.
28:46Yes, Dave? Six. Sarah?
28:49Six as well.
28:50Dave? Meteor.
28:52And?
28:53Darter.
28:54And over in the corner there, Annika?
28:57Moderate.
28:58Yes.
28:59Would do, I think.
28:59It certainly would.
29:00And mortared is there for eight.
29:04And a darter, in fact, is a long-necked fish-eating bird,
29:08like a cormorant.
29:09That's a darter.
29:10I see.
29:11Mortared.
29:12Can you have a mortared wall?
29:15Should be able to.
29:16Yes.
29:16Yeah, you absolutely can.
29:18OK.
29:18I'd prefer that than to be mortared.
29:20Yeah.
29:21Yeah, quite right.
29:2156 to 51.
29:23Sarah, final letters came for you.
29:25Vowel, please.
29:27Thank you, Sarah.
29:28I.
29:29Consonant.
29:31L.
29:32And another.
29:33S.
29:34And another.
29:35G.
29:37And another.
29:39F.
29:40Vowel, please.
29:42U.
29:43Another.
29:44O.
29:45And another.
29:47A.
29:49And a consonant, please.
29:50And lastly, S.
29:52Stand by.
29:52M.
29:54M.
29:54I.
29:55I.
30:04I.
30:23Yes, Dave?
30:25Five.
30:26Sarah?
30:27Six.
30:27Dave?
30:29Loafers.
30:30And?
30:30Fossil.
30:32Very good.
30:33Very nice.
30:33Yeah, I haven't seen that one.
30:34And the corner?
30:35Ah, fossil's good.
30:37Yeah, we've got fusils.
30:39Yes, like muskets.
30:41It's French for rifle, isn't it?
30:42Exactly, yes.
30:44And, Dave, you were saying loofers.
30:47L-O-F-A-H-S.
30:48OK, it's L-O-O-F-A-H-S, a loofer.
30:51Yeah, I'm sorry about that.
30:53So, 62-51.
30:55Final numbers game for you, Dave.
30:58Two large and four small, please.
31:00Thank you, Dave.
31:01Two large, four small, and you need this one for the crucial possibility.
31:05Final numbers of the day are three, five, seven, ten, one hundred and fifty, and a target,
31:14one hundred and ninety-eight.
31:16One nine eight.
31:18And then, two little bit.
31:25Good night, Matthew.
31:26Good night, Matthew.
31:47yes Dave 197 197 Sarah 197 as well Dave 100 times 2 which is 5 minus 3 5
31:58minus 3 200 and then I've used the 3 twice oh dear Dave oh bad luck Sarah I
32:08did 10 divided by 5 to get the 2 times 100 200 take the 3 off yeah one away
32:16very good but 198 is really what we uh we asked for can you deliver it for us yes a
32:23couple of ways
32:23um you could have said 7 times 5 is 35 add the 10 and the 3 for 48 and then
32:30add the 100 and the 50
32:32for 198 and there it is
32:39thank you Richard 69 to 51 Sarah in the lead no crucial conundrum but a conundrum
32:47nonetheless fingers on buzzers let's roll today's countdown conundrum
33:01Dave Derringer Derringer Derringer
33:06nope take your time Sarah
33:30Sarah rendering let's see whether you're right here we go rendering
33:43rendering
33:43rendering excellent okay you come through again only just it was a close run thing let me talk to
33:51you for a second Dave because you played really well thank you but uh in the end she came through
33:54so
33:55thank you so much for coming thank you it's a goodie bag for you to take back to your duties
34:02on that lock and between opening and closing the lock you can study it yeah yeah you played really
34:07well to it thank you very much thank you wow so we'll see you tomorrow yes well done thank you
34:13very
34:13much and we'll see Annika and Susie also tomorrow yes you will absolutely and uh racially too of course
34:21and have a nice and safe 999 day indeed yeah join us tomorrow same time same place you be sure
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