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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34I was listening to a discussion not so long ago about the lies that we tell children.
00:40We lie to little children.
00:42There's the lies that you tell to protect them.
00:45To protect them.
00:46I, you know, their sensitivity or whatever it is.
00:49For instance, I'm afraid Rover, the dog, is not with us anymore because he's gone to live on a farm.
00:57You heard these, Rachel.
00:57Another one is lies for convenience.
01:00The play area, you should know, Johnny, is never open on a Tuesday.
01:04It being Tuesday.
01:05What about you?
01:06Do you lie to children?
01:07I haven't got any children to lie to.
01:09But my favourite one, a little girl, I think in America, she was ten years old called Belle.
01:13And she thought her parents were telling her some tall stories about Father Christmas.
01:17So she wrote a letter and said that they've broken her heart.
01:21And if she can't believe them about that, then how can she believe them about the tooth fairy or the
01:25Easter bunny?
01:26And she signed off the letter, hashtag middle finger emoji, and drew her a nice little picture of one.
01:32How funny.
01:34We do.
01:34I remember losing my specs when I was a baby or child.
01:38Maybe I started wearing them when I was about seven or eight.
01:41And my mother said, well, you must pray to St. Jude, the patron saint of lost causes.
01:49I think it was that.
01:50Anyway, I did.
01:52And they were on my pillow.
01:54So there we are.
01:55Nothing to do with my mother, of course, but there we are.
01:57St. Jude, the patron saint of lost causes.
02:00Now, I tell you who's not a lost cause.
02:02It's our Lewis Carson over there, trade union official from Bristol, who saw off Jadine, a great player.
02:11Close game.
02:11It was a very close game, but you did very well indeed.
02:14And how are you feeling now?
02:15A bit better, a bit less nervous.
02:17Yeah, you played very well indeed.
02:18You're joined by Tom MacDonald, a company director from Airdrie in Scotland.
02:23Yes, good afternoon.
02:23Who had lunch, claimed that not many people can have, with George Clooney.
02:28Now, what was all that about?
02:29Yes, that's right.
02:30I was working within the business, and we got nominated for an award, and George Clooney was the guest of
02:37honour at the Scottish Business Awards a couple of years ago.
02:40And I was lucky enough to have lunch with George Clooney and a few other special guests at that time.
02:45I envy you that.
02:46That would have been a lot of fun, and an interesting time.
02:49Big round of applause, then, for Tom and Lewis.
02:56And Susie's there, of course, joined once again by John Culshaw, comedian and impressionist, sans paris, we say, without parallel.
03:05Welcome back, John.
03:07Lovely to be with you.
03:11Now, Lewis, take us away.
03:14Hi again, Rachel.
03:15Hi, Lewis.
03:16Start with a consonant, please.
03:18Start today with N.
03:20And another.
03:22L.
03:24And a third.
03:25R.
03:26And one more.
03:30M.
03:31And a vowel, please.
03:33E.
03:34And another.
03:36U.
03:37And one more.
03:39E.
03:41And a consonant.
03:42S.
03:44And a final vowel.
03:46And a final A.
03:48And here's the countdown clock.
03:50Bye.
04:02Bye.
04:04Bye.
04:10Bye.
04:14Bye.
04:15Bye.
04:21Yes, Lewis?
04:22Seven.
04:23Seven.
04:24And Tom?
04:25Yeah, I'll try seven.
04:27Lewis?
04:28Manure's.
04:29And?
04:30Leaner's.
04:31Hmm.
04:35It's not there as a derivative of lean, I'm afraid.
04:39You can have leaner, obviously, than more lean, but not somebody who is a leaner.
04:43Now, what can we have, Owen?
04:44You're looking very puzzled there, John.
04:47Always worth a good shot on goal, isn't it?
04:49I do admire those words.
04:52Maulers was there for seven.
04:54Yes.
04:55But a couple of lovely eights in that mix.
04:59Numerals for eight.
05:01And username.
05:03Susie, anything else?
05:04No.
05:05Good for eight.
05:06Seven points to Lewis.
05:07And it's Tom's letters game.
05:09Yes, Tom?
05:09Hi, Rachel.
05:10Hi, Tom.
05:11Can I have a continent, please?
05:12Start with T.
05:14And another.
05:17M.
05:18And a vowel.
05:20I.
05:22And another vowel.
05:24O.
05:25And a consonant.
05:28K.
05:29And a vowel.
05:32I.
05:33And another vowel.
05:36U.
05:37And a consonant.
05:40And a consonant.
05:42And a final consonant, please.
05:45And a final T.
05:47Stand by.
05:47And a consonant.
06:17well tom try a five and lewis risky six yes tom tumik t-u-m-i-k and lewis out
06:30tip
06:31um there is a two pick uh there but not tumik um unfortunately and out tip tip you can over
06:40but you can't out tip i'm afraid so no can do on either sorry so what can we have i
06:46want checks
06:47opium was there for uh for five yeah yeah anything else there suji no just five's for us moving on
06:54it's seven uh to lewis and it's lewis's numbers game yes there is uh four lines and two small
07:01please rachel thank you lewis your favorite four from the top two little ones and these two small
07:06ones are four and seven and then we have 150 75 and 25 and the target 768 768
07:20so
07:47yes lewis uh 767
07:51but not written down one away how about tom oh sorry i've lost it so we turn to lewis yes
07:58lewis
07:58i did a hundred times by seven seven hundred plus seventy five seven seven five and fifty over
08:07twenty five is two yeah minus the four and the two yeah one away seven six nine well done but
08:14seven six eight rachel can it be done it can indeed if you say 100 plus 75 175 times that
08:23by four four
08:24700 and then you can add the 50 and the 25 and you have a seven left over to take
08:30away for seven six
08:30eight oh well done excellent excellent work 14 points to lewis and it's uh our tea time teaser
08:38the first one of the day that we turn to now which is goat snail and the clue you can
08:43say
08:43what you like this certainly isn't what it used to be you can say what you like but this certainly
08:49isn't what it used to be
09:07welcome back after the clue you can say what you like this certainly isn't what it used to be
09:12that'll be nostalgia isn't what it used to be 14 points to lewis tom yet to score try this letters
09:20again tom can i start with a consonant please thank you tom w and another s and a vowel e
09:32and another
09:34vowel please a consonant h and another consonant t a vowel e a consonant d and we'll go for a
09:55final
09:56consonant please and a final f stand by
10:04so
10:16so
10:32tom
10:33tom
10:33uh seven seven seven and seven tom feasted and headset thank you
10:42i don't know it's anyone sorry are we happy over there yeah um shafted and defeats there for some
10:50sevens well thank you
10:5321 plays seven lewis on 21 lewis your letters game uh constant please thank you lewis s
11:00and another and another l and another p and one more s and a vowel please a and another
11:16o and another e and a consonant t and a final vowel
11:28o and a final e stand by
11:32and a final e stand by
12:02well lewis i think an eight tom
12:08i'll stick with a seven and that's seven tom staples staples and epilates
12:16how are you spelling that i've got an eye here e-p-o-l-a-t-e-s
12:22epilates with an i yes or epaulette which is but that's slightly differently i'm sorry about that
12:28problem now john and suzy suzy quite a nice elusive eight in the in there wasn't there poetless
12:36poetless for an eight
12:38poetless oh dear
12:3921 plays 14 and it's tom's numbers game yes tom thank you i'll just have one from the top and
12:45another five please rachel thank you tom potentially keeping it simpler one large five little and this
12:50time around the small ones are seven four one another four five and seventy five and the target
12:59one four nine
13:00one four nine
13:02one four nine
13:34Yes, Tom.
13:351, 4, 9.
13:36Indeed, Lewis.
13:371, 4, 9.
13:38And Tom.
13:40Just the 7 minus the 5 is 2 times the 75 and then the 1.
13:45Nothing to check there yet.
13:46Thanks, Lewis.
13:47Almost the same.
13:487 minus 4 is 3.
13:505 minus 3 makes the 2 times 75 minus 1.
13:53Yeah.
13:53And there we are.
13:54There we are.
13:5531 to 24.
13:56Lewis in the lead as we turn to John Culshaw.
14:00John, we lost a hero of yours earlier this year, Professor Stephen Hawking.
14:06And you got to meet him.
14:08I think this was the, to be truly starstruck, I remember this was at Canada House in London
14:17and the astronaut, Commander Chris Hadfield, was making a speech and Professor Stephen Hawking arrived.
14:25And so much of the description of him since he passed was about his sense of humour, that wonderful sense
14:33of humour,
14:34quite mischievous in a way.
14:36And two wonderful examples that spring to my mind.
14:38He was being interviewed by John Oliver, John Oliver the comedian.
14:43And John Oliver asked him, so if we have parallel universes, does that mean that there is a parallel universe
14:49where I am smarter than you?
14:51And Stephen Hawking's reply in that wonderful, that wonderful synthesised tone that we became so familiar with.
14:59His reply was, yes, there is a universe where you are smarter than me.
15:04There is also a parallel universe where you are funny.
15:10A very good sense of humour.
15:12And he will always be remembered.
15:15And scientists will always be discussing his ideas, I think.
15:20Indeed.
15:20And Einstein for our times.
15:22Wonderful.
15:28Thank you, John.
15:30So, 31 plays 24.
15:33Lewis in the lead.
15:33And it's Lewis's letters game.
15:36May I have a consonant, please?
15:37You may.
15:38Thank you, Lewis.
15:38X.
15:40And another.
15:41L.
15:43And a third.
15:46N.
15:47And a vowel.
15:49O.
15:50And another.
15:52I.
15:54And one more.
15:56A.
15:57And a consonant.
15:59R.
16:01And another consonant.
16:03J.
16:04And a final vowel.
16:07And a final U.
16:09Stand by.
16:11And a vowel.
16:28And a vowel.
16:29And a vowel.
16:30And a vowel.
16:30And a vowel.
16:31And a vowel.
16:32And a vowel.
16:33And a vowel.
16:38And a vowel.
16:41Yes, Lewis?
16:43A five.
16:43A five, Tom?
16:44A seven.
16:46Lewis?
16:47Luna.
16:48And Tom?
16:50John Noam.
16:51Very good.
16:52Well done, Tom.
16:54And in the corner, Susie and John.
16:57Another six to offer.
16:59Junior was also there for another six, but nothing above journal for seven.
17:06So, 31 to 31.
17:08You've drawn level there, Tom.
17:09And it's your letters game.
17:11Yes, Tom?
17:12Can I have a consonant, please?
17:13Thank you, Tom.
17:14F.
17:15And another.
17:17P.
17:19And a vowel, please.
17:21E.
17:22And another.
17:24O.
17:26And a consonant.
17:28T.
17:30And a vowel.
17:32E.
17:34And a consonant.
17:35W.
17:38And another consonant.
17:40D.
17:41And we'll go for a final consonant, please.
17:46And lastly, G.
17:48And it's countdown.
17:50And Mannie.
17:57Yeah.
17:57The.
17:57In.
18:03Then.
18:19Hold.
18:19Hold.
18:19Hold.
18:19Hold.
18:19Come.
18:20well Tom just a five and Lewis five Tom toward and same word two toes John Susie any more toes
18:33yeah no wedge we had for yes for a five really really hard um that was it actually watch being
18:43a large piece for amount of something thank you cheese all right 36 a piece and we move to the
18:49numbers and it's to Lewis return Lewis I'll stick with four large and two small please thought you
18:55might say that see if this can break your deadlock thank you Lewis these little ones are six and five
19:00and as we know 25 175 and 50 and now the target 109 109
19:23so
19:42well Lewis yeah 109 I think so and Tom yes 108 let's do it Lewis 75 over 20 I think
19:49it's a huge
19:4985 makes 3.
19:50Yep.
19:50Plus 6 and 100.
19:51That's not going to break any deadlock.
19:53And on.
19:54Yes, that's the end of it.
19:55There we go.
19:57Rushing on with the score at 46 apiece, we turn to our second T-Time teaser, which is
20:02Snail Plop.
20:04And the clue.
20:05Did these dogs belong to a former Devil's Island inmate?
20:09Did these dogs belong to a former Devil's Island inmate?
20:29Welcome back.
20:30I left you with a clue.
20:30Did these dogs belong to a former Devil's Island inmate?
20:34And the answer to that one is Papillons.
20:38Papillons.
20:39Explain that.
20:40Unravel that for us.
20:41I think the Papillons are about reference to a book and TV series, I think.
20:46But they are dogs of a toy breed with ears that suggest the form of a butterfly, hence
20:51the name French for a butterfly.
20:52Yeah.
20:53Of course, it takes our mind back to the Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman film.
20:56They were inmates in that terrible French penal colony of French Guyana.
21:01And they escaped.
21:02And he was known as Papillons, wasn't he?
21:04Great movie.
21:0646 apiece.
21:07And what shall we do?
21:08Tom, let us game.
21:10Can I start with a continent again, please?
21:12Thank you, Tom.
21:12N.
21:13And another.
21:15R.
21:17And a vowel.
21:19A.
21:20And another vowel.
21:22E.
21:24And a consonant.
21:25L.
21:27And another consonant.
21:29D.
21:31And a vowel.
21:34O.
21:35And another consonant.
21:38C.
21:39And we'll finish on a consonant, please.
21:43And finish with V.
21:46Stand by.
21:56Bye.
21:58Bye.
22:01View el cosmos.
22:01Good morning.
22:02And another one.
22:02Bye.
22:02Bye.
22:11Bye.
22:18Yes, Tom?
22:20I'll try a seven.
22:21A seven, and Lewis?
22:22You have to six.
22:23You're six.
22:24Lound.
22:25Lound and?
22:26I'll try vocaled.
22:29What do you think?
22:30V-O-C-A-L-E-D.
22:35Erm, no.
22:37It's not there, I'm afraid.
22:38I'm sorry.
22:39Sorry, Tom.
22:40Worth a shot?
22:41As we say, John and Susie?
22:43No, there's a couple of eights in there.
22:48Overland and colander, which was a school nickname I had to put up with years ago.
22:53Yeah, colander and overland for eights.
22:56Why were you called a colander?
22:58Derived from coleslaw.
23:00They just took the coal sound and extrapolated it from there.
23:03That wasn't very imaginative.
23:04No, cauliflower and coleslaw were others, but the more imaginative.
23:09Coleslaw?
23:10I can understand that.
23:12Susie, what else have we got?
23:14Anything else, Susie?
23:15No.
23:16Colander comes from a verb meaning to strain.
23:18Perhaps you were very straining.
23:20I'm sure I was.
23:21Thank you, John.
23:22That was it.
23:22All right.
23:23So, it's 52 to 46.
23:25Lewis has taken the lead.
23:27And what shall we do?
23:28Lewis, letters game.
23:30Consonant, please, Rachel.
23:31Thank you, Lewis.
23:32T.
23:32And another.
23:36And another.
23:37And another.
23:39T.
23:41And a fourth.
23:44C.
23:45And a vowel, please.
23:47I.
23:48And another.
23:50A.
23:52And another.
23:54U.
23:56And a consonant.
23:59T.
24:00And a final vowel, please.
24:02And a final E.
24:05Stand by.
24:37Lewis?
24:38Hopefully a five.
24:40And Tom?
24:41A six.
24:43Now then, Lewis?
24:44Cutie?
24:46Yes, Tom?
24:47Sorry, I've just realised I've used the C twice.
24:50Tactic.
24:51So we stick with Lewis then?
24:53Yep, cutie.
24:54And John and Susie?
24:56Sometimes the most unexpected words just materialise.
25:00That's a cat gut for a six.
25:05And the other, Susie?
25:06No, just acute for five, otherwise.
25:08Thanks very much.
25:0957 to 46.
25:10And Susie, we're back with you.
25:12What have you for us today?
25:15I have an email and a tweet, Nick.
25:17The first email is from Jack Manning,
25:19who's wondering if I can explain the origins of the word cocktail
25:22because he's a part-time bartender.
25:24And the answer to Jack is, I wish we knew.
25:27There have been so many theories about this word.
25:31We all love to drink a cocktail, but no one quite knows where it comes from.
25:34I can run through various theories.
25:36One is that it goes back to your West African word,
25:39cacatal, which meant a scorpion,
25:41perhaps because of the sting of a heavily alcoholic cocktail.
25:44Or it might involve an Aztec princess.
25:47There's one called Xoctil.
25:49Perhaps she was partial to a cocktail or two.
25:52There are many stories about cocktails that were stirred with rooster tails,
25:56either real ones or artificial feathers that might have given us the name.
26:01But perhaps the most plausible one, and we still have no firm evidence about this,
26:06is all about a cocktailed horse.
26:09Now, we know that a cocktailed horse, it was a term for one whose tail had been bobbed.
26:13So it's thought to give the poor horse a bit of a jaunty look or a flamboyant one,
26:18and was quite favoured, that sort of look, by the well-to-do.
26:23And perhaps it seems reasonable that cocktail took its name from the drinks.
26:28Again, alcoholic strength.
26:29It's wallop that was sufficient to cock the tail or knock your socks off
26:33if you were particularly unwary and knocked it back.
26:36So that's our best guess.
26:38But I'm sorry, Jack, that I didn't have a very firm answer for you.
26:40And the tweet came in from Jen Lucas, who asked a very different question.
26:45She's been trying to figure out what they're saying.
26:46I was beside myself.
26:48What that means and where it comes from.
26:51We use it, obviously, for extreme excitement.
26:54In the New Testament, you'll find Festus saying to St. Paul,
26:58Thou art beside thyself, much learning doth make thee mad.
27:02And the phrase, again, implies that it will make you crazed or carried away.
27:07And there's probably a link here, apart from the sort of obvious figurative idea of it,
27:11with the word ecstasy, because that actually goes back to Greek,
27:14and it means to cause, to stand outside of yourself.
27:18So you were so taken away with emotion and pleasure that you are literally sort of outside.
27:23It's an out-of-body experience.
27:25And so all of that wrapped together probably gave us this idea of some kind of extreme emotion.
27:29Fantastic.
27:30Thank you so much.
27:32Very good.
27:35My word.
27:36The things we learn here.
27:3857 to 46.
27:39Lewis still in the lead.
27:40Tom.
27:41Tom, here's your chance.
27:42Let us get him.
27:44May I have a coincident, please, Rachel?
27:45Thank you, Tom.
27:46S.
27:47And another.
27:50N.
27:52And a vowel.
27:54A.
27:56And a consonant.
27:58R.
27:59And a consonant.
28:01B.
28:04And a vowel.
28:06U.
28:07And another vowel.
28:10O.
28:11And a consonant.
28:13L.
28:15And we'll finish with a final vowel, please.
28:19And finish with A.
28:21Stand by.
28:23And a consonant.
28:40And a consonant.
28:41And a consonant.
28:41And a consonant.
28:41And a consonant.
28:41And a consonant.
28:42And a consonant.
28:42And a consonant.
28:45And a consonant.
28:52Well Tom? A seven. A seven and Lewis? Seven. Two sevens. Tom? Labours. Now Lewis? Arousal. And arousal. Very good.
29:04Yep. And the corners contribution? Yes sir. Just arousal over here for the seven. That was the one that we
29:13found. I think that'll keep us happy. 64 plays 53. Tom on 53. Lewis your letters game.
29:20Consonant please Rachel. Thank you Lewis. R. And another. S. And another. R. And the vowel please. E. And another.
29:36I. And another. E. And a consonant. H. And another. G.
29:49And a final. Vowel. And a final. O. Stand by.
29:56G.
29:57G.
29:57G.
29:58G.
29:59G.
30:00G.
30:00G.
30:01G.
30:03G.
30:03G.
30:32MUSIC CONTINUES
30:35MUSIC CONTINUES
31:04Hero-wise.
31:05Very good.
31:07Hero-wise indeed.
31:0871 to 53.
31:09Lewis in the lead.
31:10And it's Tom's numbers game.
31:13Final one of the day.
31:14Good luck, Tom.
31:15Thanks.
31:15Can I have two large and four small, please, Rachel?
31:19You can two large, four small.
31:21And you can still do this.
31:2218 behind, 20 remaining.
31:24Good luck.
31:24Final numbers are seven, nine, five, eight.
31:29And then the large one's 25 and 50.
31:31And your target, 296.
31:35296.
31:35306.
31:36356.
32:07Yes, Tom?
32:09299, not properly written down.
32:11299, Lewis?
32:13295.
32:14Off we go.
32:16I did 25 times by 8 to make 200.
32:1925 by 8, 200.
32:22And 9 minus 7 is 2.
32:249 minus 7 is 2.
32:26Times by 50.
32:28100.
32:29And on, then minus the 5.
32:31And you haven't used any of those for one away.
32:34Well done.
32:35But 296, Rachel, can you take us there?
32:39Yes, it was possible.
32:41If you say 25 times 9 is 225, plus 54, 275.
32:49And then 8 minus 5 is 3.
32:52Times by 7 is 21.
32:54And add them together, 296.
32:55Well done.
32:57Wonderful.
33:00Thank you, Rachel, as ever.
33:0378 plays 53.
33:04Lewis on 78.
33:06As we go into the final round, gentlemen, you know how it works.
33:09Fingers on buzzers.
33:10Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:18Wow, Lewis.
33:19Grounding.
33:20Let's see whether you're right.
33:22Here it comes, Grounding.
33:24Well done.
33:29Lewis Corners, 88.
33:31Tom put up a brave fight there.
33:3353, not bad at all.
33:35And you take a goodie bag back to Airdrie with our very best wishes.
33:40Thank you very much.
33:41Thank you very much indeed for coming.
33:42Well done, Lewis.
33:43Thank you very much.
33:44Good win.
33:44Good win.
33:45We shall look forward to seeing you tomorrow.
33:47Have a quiet night.
33:49John, you coming back tomorrow?
33:50Oh, I shall be here.
33:51Well, I'll be sure of it.
33:53Even Susie too, of course.
33:55Rachel?
33:56I think you should be praying to St Jude again tonight for all the lying you've done.
34:00I know.
34:01It's so black.
34:03Good luck with that.
34:04See you tomorrow.
34:05See you then.
34:05Join us then.
34:06Same time, same place.
34:07You be sure of it.
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34:29Well, tonight at nine on Moor 4,
34:31we're visiting a functioning slate mine
34:33and a farm preparing for an upcoming winter
34:36in the Yorkshire Dales and the lakes.
34:38But next year on Channel 4, we're off to Menorca.
34:40That's more like it.