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00:32Well, good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:35I hope your hands are all right, those dog lovers amongst you, because apparently, Rachel,
00:41so many people carrying injuries to their hands when they take their dog for a walk
00:47because they wrap the leads around their hands improperly.
00:51And the medical profession has found it necessary to issue a health warning,
00:56health and safety warning, that you must actually take your dog for a walk with holding the lead loosely.
01:04What sort of dogs are these that are actually pulling so violently that they're snapping people's fingers?
01:10Apparently, one of the most injuries, wait for it, is a spiral fracture of the finger that requires a surgical
01:17operation.
01:19Oh, dear.
01:20It's amazing.
01:20But what about you?
01:21You're a sort of an animal lover.
01:24Yes.
01:25What's your biggest dog that you've ever had in the family?
01:27Well, I went to Crufts, not in the family, but in Crufts the year before last.
01:33And I was doing the programme with Claire Balding and Alan Carr, and I was about to enter,
01:38and they gave me a dog to enter with, and they gave the man, the strapping man next to me,
01:42some tiny little dog, and they gave me a golden retriever.
01:46And golden retrievers are a lot stronger than they look.
01:49Yes.
01:49So we were ready to go on, and it's live, so standing behind this kind of platform,
01:53you have to step through it and, you know, ready for the 10, 9, 8, this dog was having none
01:58of it.
01:58With a few seconds to spare, it marched on.
02:01I thought we were going to take the whole set out, and it crossed the whole set.
02:04I was just being dragged along with it.
02:06It took me right to the other side of the room, to its owner.
02:09How was your hand?
02:10Oh, my...
02:11I mean, my whole body, my arm was almost pulled out of its socket.
02:14So you've actually, you know, you've validated the medical profession.
02:18Yes.
02:18A big dog can pull you over.
02:21Definitely.
02:21Brilliant.
02:22All right.
02:22Who's with us, Rachel?
02:24Matt Sykes is back.
02:25Giant killer.
02:26Yeah, yeah.
02:27You did very well.
02:28You did very well.
02:29Two crucial conundrums, and you won.
02:32Yeah, thankfully.
02:33Well done.
02:34All right.
02:35Financial advisor from Wakefield, and a footballer with Worksop Town.
02:40Is that right?
02:41That's right, yes.
02:42Recently promoted.
02:43We were, yes, last season.
02:45We got promoted to step four of non-league football.
02:48Excellent.
02:49Well, you keep going.
02:50And you keep going here as well, Matt.
02:51Well done.
02:52But you first of all got to get over Andy Evans, a politics student at the University
02:56of Leeds from Newbury in Berkshire, who's actually very lucky.
03:00You met one of the great American presidents, one of the most decent American presidents of
03:05recent times.
03:06None other than the peanut farmer, Jimmy Carter.
03:09What a good bloke he is.
03:10Oh, yeah, definitely.
03:10When did you meet him, and where?
03:12Well, I was on a holiday with my family ten plus years ago now in Georgia, and he runs
03:16this Sunday school every Sunday, and he does pictures and stuff and meet people afterwards.
03:22So, yeah, we got a picture of him, and it was a really good day, yeah.
03:25Excellent.
03:25I don't know how much of it now, because I was seven, but...
03:28Nonetheless, it's something to treasure, really, because he was a very decent man.
03:31Yeah.
03:32Now, good luck to you both.
03:34Big round of applause for Matt and Andy.
03:41And Susie's over in the corner, joined once again by the legendary dancing judge and presenter,
03:47Len Goodman.
03:52Welcome back, Len.
03:54Welcome back.
03:55Now, Matt, it's your letters game.
03:58Hi, Rachel.
03:59Hi, Matt.
03:59Can I start with a consonant, please?
04:02Start today with W.
04:04Another.
04:06H.
04:07Another.
04:09T.
04:10Another.
04:13R.
04:14And a vowel, please.
04:16O.
04:17Another.
04:19I.
04:20Another.
04:22E.
04:24One more.
04:26A.
04:27And a final consonant, please.
04:29A final S.
04:30And here's the countdown clock.
04:33One more.
04:33One more.
04:46One more.
04:50One more.
04:51One more.
04:52One more.
04:52One more.
04:52One more.
04:52One more.
04:52One more.
04:52One more.
04:53One more.
05:03Well, Matt?
05:04A six.
05:05A six. Andy?
05:06A seven.
05:07And a seven. Matt?
05:09Whiter. Andy?
05:10Wariest. Very good. Yeah, very nice.
05:13Wariest. Very good.
05:15Yes.
05:15Len and Susie? What have we got, Susie?
05:19Worthies. As in dignitaries or...
05:21Oh, yes. Worthies.
05:23People who are important in a particular sphere.
05:29You're a worthy.
05:30No, no.
05:30Yes, you are.
05:31I don't count myself as a worthy. Maybe you.
05:34No.
05:34No. No?
05:35No. You're a worthy. I'm not having it.
05:38We'll fight about that later.
05:40OK.
05:40We'll have a dance-off. Andy on seven. Matt? Yeah, score. Andy, your letters game.
05:46Afternoon, Rachel.
05:47Afternoon, Andy.
05:47Can I start with a consonant, please?
05:49Thank you. Start with G.
05:51And another.
05:53L.
05:53And the third.
05:55S.
05:56And a vowel, please.
05:58U.
05:59And another.
06:00E.
06:01And the third.
06:02I.
06:03And another consonant, please.
06:05C.
06:07A consonant, please.
06:09B.
06:10And the final consonant.
06:14The final N.
06:16Standby.
06:16C.
06:18C.
06:45C AWS.
06:46And the final consonant.
06:47Andy?
06:48Seven.
06:49A seven.
06:50Matt?
06:50Seven also.
06:51Andy?
06:52Pulsing.
06:53And?
06:54Cusping.
06:55Both very nice.
06:57Yeah, great sevens.
06:58Can we match it, Len?
06:59Yes, we can match it.
07:00Plunges.
07:01And Susie?
07:02That was it.
07:03A few sevens.
07:04Plunges.
07:0414 plays seven.
07:06Matt, it's your numbers game.
07:07Off we go.
07:08Can I have one large and five small, please?
07:10You can indeed.
07:11Potentially keeping it simple.
07:12Let's see.
07:13Thank you, Matt.
07:13First one of the day is four.
07:17Five.
07:18Seven.
07:19Four.
07:20One.
07:20And the large one, 75.
07:22And the target, 349.
07:25Three, four, nine.
07:26Two, three, four, nine.
07:27Two, three, four, seven.
07:57Matt?
07:58Just 3 for 3.
07:59Andy?
08:00I'll say 350.
08:03So, Andy?
08:0475 minus 4 minus 1.
08:0775 minus 4 minus 1, 70.
08:09Times 5.
08:10Times 5, one away, 350.
08:12Close, very close.
08:14Not quite there, though.
08:15For that, we turn to you, Rachel.
08:17You could have said 7 plus 5 is 12.
08:21Add that to 75 for 87.
08:23Times that by 4 for 348.
08:27And add on the 1349.
08:29Terrific.
08:34Wonderful.
08:35So, 21 plays 7.
08:36Matt on 7 as we turn to our first tea time teaser,
08:39which is Tamp Swoon.
08:43And the clue, only nine letters?
08:45Looks like she's in for an easy day.
08:47Only nine letters?
08:49Looks like she's in for an easy day.
09:07Welcome back.
09:09I left you with the clue.
09:10Only nine letters.
09:11Looks like she's in for an easy day.
09:13Who is?
09:14The Postwoman is.
09:16That's who.
09:17Postwoman.
09:18So, 21 plays 7.
09:20Andy in the lead.
09:21Andy, your letters go.
09:21Consonant, please.
09:23Thank you, Andy.
09:24R.
09:25And another.
09:27V.
09:28And another.
09:29R.
09:30A vowel, please.
09:32O.
09:32And another.
09:33A.
09:34And a third.
09:36I.
09:37And a fourth.
09:39U.
09:40A consonant.
09:41M.
09:42And a final consonant, please.
09:45And a final T.
09:46Stand by.
09:49I'll see you again.
09:51I'll see you then.
09:52Bye.
09:58Bye.
10:00Bye.
10:03Bye.
10:04And a meditation.
10:10Bye.
10:10Bye.
10:12Bye.
10:13Bye.
10:15Bye.
10:18Andy?
10:18It's a five.
10:19And Matt?
10:20Only a four.
10:21So, Matt?
10:22Raw.
10:23Raw and?
10:24Ratio.
10:25And ratio.
10:26Yes.
10:27No.
10:28What about the corner?
10:29Come on.
10:30Well, it was really tricky, this one.
10:31So, we could just about get to a six with atrium.
10:35Yeah.
10:35And mortar as well for another six.
10:39All right.
10:3926 plays seven.
10:41Matt, it's your letters game.
10:43Consonant, please.
10:44Thank you, Matt.
10:45P?
10:47Another.
10:49F?
10:50Another.
10:52S?
10:53Another.
10:55B?
10:57And a vowel, please.
10:59E?
11:00Another.
11:01O?
11:02Another.
11:04A?
11:06Another.
11:08I?
11:09And a final consonant, please.
11:11And a final D.
11:12Stand by.
11:14Another.
11:27Why?
11:39I love one more.
11:41I love one more.
11:41Here, I love you.
11:42I love you.
11:44Matt. A six.
11:46And... Six as well.
11:47Yes, Matt. Poised. Andy.
11:50Bodies. Those are sixes.
11:52Len and Susie. Well, you know,
11:54I watch strictly quite a lot,
11:57even though I'm not on it.
11:58And back in the day when I was dancing,
12:01the Paso Doble,
12:03you can get
12:04Paso, but if you
12:06dare said that to some of the old
12:08fuddy-duddy judges, well,
12:10they'd do something
12:12to you. So there is Paso
12:14there, but it's not much of a word, I know.
12:16But you've got a word that I've never heard of.
12:19Yes, it's a technical
12:20term and it's adipose
12:22and it describes tissue in the
12:24body that's used for storing fat.
12:27Adipose. Very good.
12:2832 to 13. Now,
12:30Andy, it's your numbers game.
12:32Can I try the bottom row, please? You can,
12:34indeed. Six little ones coming up. Do you like
12:36the numbers game? Hopefully.
12:38Good. We'll see if you do it in 30 seconds time.
12:40These six little ones are three.
12:42Eight, five,
12:44one. Another eight and six.
12:47And the target,
12:49969.
12:51969.
13:20969.
13:22Now then, Andy.
13:24960.
13:25Matt?
13:26I think 967, not written down.
13:29Heavy stuff.
13:30Matt.
13:31So I've got 8 times 8 equals 64.
13:34Yep.
13:35Times the 5 to get 320.
13:38Times by the 3.
13:40960.
13:41And then plus the 6 and plus the 1.
13:45You haven't used either of those.
13:46Yeah, well done.
13:47967.
13:48Oh, excellent.
13:49Excellent.
13:50Rachel, can you find the missing 2?
13:53Yes, a couple of ways.
13:55You could have said 6 plus 5 is 11.
13:588 plus 3 is another 11.
14:01Times them together for 121.
14:03Times that by 8 for 968.
14:07Another 1.
14:08965.
14:08That's wonderful.
14:14Amazing.
14:15So there we have it.
14:1632 plays 20.
14:17Close enough as we turn to Len.
14:20Len.
14:21Yeah.
14:21You've got a story about your dad.
14:23Yeah, because he was a great bloke, my dad.
14:26And, of course, I loved him very much.
14:28But when he passed away,
14:31we had the cremation and stuff.
14:35And my mum said to me,
14:38I want you to look after the ashes until we get his name on the stone.
14:45So I put them in the boot of my car for safety.
14:50It was a box.
14:53Well, it was in the time when there was a bit of trouble going on in London,
14:57and there was patrols of soldiers going about.
15:02Me and a mate had been to the theatre,
15:04and then we'd gone and had something to eat.
15:06So it was getting on.
15:07We were going over Westminster Bridge,
15:10and there was a row of soldiers.
15:13So we pulled over.
15:15Where have you been?
15:16We've been there.
15:17We've been there.
15:18We've been there.
15:18We've been there.
15:18We've been there.
15:20So he said,
15:21what have you got in the boot?
15:23So I said,
15:25well, nothing really.
15:26He said,
15:27open the boot.
15:28So I opened the boot,
15:29and there, of course,
15:31was this box with my dad's ashes in it.
15:35What's that?
15:36I said,
15:36it's my dad's ashes.
15:39We're waiting,
15:40you know,
15:41for the right time.
15:43He said,
15:44open it.
15:44Oh.
15:46I said,
15:46I'm not going to open it.
15:48I said,
15:48I don't know what's in the box.
15:49They could blow all over Westminster Bridge.
15:52I'm not open.
15:52Open that box.
15:55I said,
15:55I'm not going to open the box.
15:57Look,
15:58it's got it written on it.
15:59Last remains.
16:01Anyway,
16:01just then,
16:02fortunately,
16:03because it could have been a catastrophic thing,
16:07along came a brigadier or whatever.
16:11What's going on here,
16:12soldier?
16:13He said,
16:13we've seen this box in the boot of this guy's car.
16:17He won't open it.
16:18I said,
16:19look,
16:19please understand.
16:21It's not anything other than what it says.
16:25The last remains of Len Goodman.
16:28Lenon,
16:28you know,
16:28which is the same name as me.
16:31Anyway,
16:32fortunately,
16:32after a bit of umming and ahhing and this,
16:35he said,
16:36OK,
16:36well,
16:37go on,
16:37let them go.
16:38So we got away.
16:39However,
16:39what a terrible moment it was,
16:42and it could have been.
16:43And my mum,
16:44well,
16:45I'd have been buried with my dad,
16:46because she would have gone berserk if something had happened.
16:50But anyway,
16:51it didn't happen.
16:51It all ended up as it should do,
16:54and everything was great.
16:56But worrying,
16:58worrying moment for me.
16:59I should say so.
17:00Poor little Lenny.
17:01We're still going to applaud your resistance to these soldiers who are going to spit open that box.
17:06Well,
17:06I'm like that,
17:07you know,
17:07I'm oblivious to pain,
17:08SAS trained,
17:09as you might know.
17:12Let's have a big round.
17:17Well done,
17:18Len.
17:19Well done.
17:2032 to 20.
17:22Andy in the lead.
17:23Matt,
17:23it's your letters again.
17:25A consonant,
17:25please,
17:26Rachel.
17:26Thank you,
17:26Matt.
17:27M.
17:28Another.
17:31S.
17:32Another.
17:33D.
17:36A vowel,
17:36please.
17:37O.
17:38Another.
17:40A.
17:41Another.
17:42U.
17:44Another.
17:46I.
17:48Consonants,
17:49please.
17:50S.
17:52And a final vowel,
17:54please.
17:55And a final E.
17:56Stand by.
17:58S.
17:58S.
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23:38A consonant, please.
23:39H.
23:41And a final consonant, please.
23:44A final C.
23:46Stand by.
24:17Andy.
24:18Six.
24:19Matt.
24:20Just a five.
24:20Your five is?
24:22Latch.
24:23Now then, Andy.
24:24Out, hit.
24:25You can.
24:26Out, hit.
24:28Yeah, for six you can.
24:30To surpass someone in hitting or simply hit a higher score than someone else.
24:33Very, very good.
24:34Thank you for that.
24:35Len, Susie?
24:36I've got talc.
24:38I never get, I can never understand talcum powder.
24:41Why?
24:42I don't know.
24:43I'll tell you a story about my dad.
24:45You talked about your dad.
24:46My dad was a very good horseman, as it happens, back in the, before the war.
24:51And he said, the thing is, you've got to wear very, very tight riding boots.
24:56Okay?
24:56So what he used to do, he roast me for telling you this, he said, I used to wear women's
25:02stockings
25:03and talcum powder so you could slip your boots on.
25:06Yes.
25:07Next time.
25:08Next time I'm out, I'm going to give it a go.
25:11Yeah.
25:13Go down a storm, then.
25:14Yeah.
25:15I think we'll move on, then.
25:16Yeah, go on.
25:16Anything else, Susie?
25:17No, out, hit.
25:18Excellent.
25:19Thank you very much.
25:2061 plays.
25:2136.
25:22Matt, it's your letters game.
25:24Consonants, please.
25:25Thank you, Matt.
25:26V.
25:26Another.
25:28M.
25:30Another.
25:32D.
25:34Another.
25:36K.
25:38A vowel, please.
25:40I.
25:41Another.
25:42E.
25:43A consonant.
25:46T.
25:47Another consonant.
25:50D.
25:52And a vowel, please.
25:55And lastly, A.
25:57Stand by.
25:57A vowel, please.
26:00A vowel, please.
26:02A vowel, please.
26:08A vowel, please.
26:09A vowel, please.
26:09A vowel, please.
26:09A vowel, please.
26:09A vowel, please.
26:11A vowel, please.
26:12A vowel, please.
26:20A vowel, please.
26:25A vowel, please.
26:27mad six and a 16 nothing tanked Andy dative yes data case in a language very
26:38good Lenin Susie deviant area Susie invaded another seven intake otherwise
26:45for six well done there 67 place 42 now Susie time for a rest we'll put our feet
26:52up whilst you regalus with your origin of words well the question from Greg is a who
26:59asks who the violet is or was in the expression a shrinking violet and why was
27:05she shrinking and it's a good question because you might well think that violet
27:10in this expression is a person and like a bit like Alice in Wonderland suddenly
27:14sort of found herself being telescopes down to the size of a mouse but in fact
27:19it's one of those phrases that seems to involve a name but doesn't and as I
27:24say you'd be forgiven for thinking this because there are so many expressions
27:26with names in them but this as I say isn't one of them sometimes people in
27:31these expressions are real and I will come back to sweet Fanny Adams and Hobson's
27:35choice but there was no violet in this case at all and you might guess it's
27:39actually got to do with the flower the violet and not a woman now did Viola
27:45family of flowers which includes violets and pansies doesn't seem necessarily
27:50like an obvious choice for someone who's kind of shrinking or shy or
27:54different in some way particularly when you think about those sort of vibrant
27:58colors they're quite extrovert flowers but in fact the phrase shrinking violet was
28:02coined and before breeding turned the plants into these kind of incredibly
28:07blousy wonderful colors because the native English violet is a really
28:12understated flower and we know that Keats and Shelley and Wordsworth loved
28:17wandering through the woodlands and musing on the sort of beautiful flora and
28:21fauna that they found and this is exactly what happened with the violet and because
28:26a friend of three those three poets called Lee Hunt was walking through the
28:32woodlands one day and decided to draw attention to the modest wood violet and he
28:37wrote there was the buttercup struggling from a white to a dirty yellow and a
28:40faint-colored poppy and here and there by the thorny underwood a shrinking violet and
28:46so it was he who gave us that expression today so it originated as the lyrical name of a
28:51flower but then soon slipped into English in a figurative way to describe
28:55somebody who's really modest and introverted like Len
28:58cool
29:03now where shall we go 67 plays 42 Andy it's your letters game
29:07constant please Rachel thank you Andy T and another ah and a third M a vowel please I and another
29:19e and a third a consonant
29:24are and another w and the final constant please and the final s standby
30:01I'll see you next time
30:04Andy.
30:05Seven.
30:06Matt.
30:07Seven also.
30:08Off we go.
30:08Andy.
30:09Wariest.
30:10And Matt.
30:12Married.
30:13Can we better it?
30:14Lots of sevens.
30:15Lots of sevens.
30:16Warmers.
30:17Smarter.
30:19Yeah, lots of sevens.
30:21Couldn't get to an eight, though.
30:22There might well be one there.
30:24Thanks, Len.
30:2474 to 49.
30:26Matt, final letters came for you.
30:27Good luck.
30:28Consonant, please.
30:29Thank you, Matt.
30:31N.
30:31Another.
30:33R.
30:35Another.
30:37N.
30:38A vowel.
30:40O.
30:41Another vowel.
30:43I.
30:44Another.
30:46I.
30:47Another.
30:49O.
30:51Consonant.
30:53S.
30:55And a final vowel, please.
30:58And a final.
31:00A.
31:02Stand by.
31:03BELL RINGS
31:29MUSIC CONTINUES
31:33Well, Matt? A six. Andy? A six-two. Matt? Raisin? Andy? Onions. Onions. Yes. Very good. What have you got
31:43there, Susie? Onions. Onions. Is that it? Onions. Thanks, then. 80, please. 55. Andy, into the final numbers game. Just
31:52the one large, please. Just the one large. Keeping it potentially simple. Not the six little again. Thank you.
31:59The final ones of the day are nine, six, five, two, three. And the big one, 100. And your target,
32:09473.
32:10473.
32:12MUSIC CONTINUES
32:43Andy? 473. Matt? And 473. Off we go. Andy? 100 times five is 500. It is indeed.
32:50Nine times three is 27. Yep. And take it away. It's that simple. Thank you, Matt. Exactly the same way.
32:57Off we go.
33:01So, into the final round. Fingers on buzzers. Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:07Fingers on buzzers.
33:08Fingers on buzzers.
33:12Fingers on buzzers.
33:12Fingers on buzzers.
33:14Detonated?
33:15Detonated? Detonated?
33:15Detonated. Let's see whether you're right. You are.
33:25Andy Evans. 100. First time out. Yeah. I'll come back to you in a minute. Wow, that's something. But Matt's
33:31a good player. A double crucial conundrum winner. A teapot owner. That's the one I came for. And he's got
33:37a goodie bag. And we're delighted to have had you here. Thank you.
33:40You travel safely home. Thanks. All right. And Andy. Brilliant. What a star. 100. Yep. All right. Yep. Very good
33:47indeed. And a very rapid conundrum. We'll see you tomorrow. See you tomorrow. Thank you. Well done indeed. Gosh, he's
33:54a good young player, isn't he? 20 years old. There we are. Do you remember when you were 20 then?
34:01No, you can't. We'll see you tomorrow. I'll see you tomorrow. And Susie as well. See you tomorrow. See you
34:08then. And Rachel. See you then. See how Andy does tomorrow. Same time, same place. You be sure of it.
34:13A very good afternoon to you.
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