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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34It seems to me, Rachel, quite rightly, that everybody's becoming more and more conscientious about environmental issues.
00:41We've got to speed it up so that everybody's absolutely tuned in to reducing their carbon footprint.
00:47Guess what's happened? There's now a credit card.
00:51I'm just going to give you this little line.
00:53It has a carbon emission spending limit on it.
00:57OK, so every purchase you make, if you buy an apple, very, very small carbon footprint with an apple.
01:05If, however, you are determined to commute from here to Honolulu on a weekly basis, you have a very, very
01:12big carbon footprint.
01:14And when you've actually reached a limit predetermined by the credit card people, it's a Swedish company.
01:21You can't use it anymore.
01:23I think it's a lovely idea, don't you think?
01:25Look, I'm a little bit sceptical for how it's going to work, though, because when you buy all your shopping,
01:30you don't specify, you know, individual apples, do you?
01:33Or where they come from or things like that.
01:35I guess it's an overall.
01:37Maybe the idea of it is interesting.
01:39Yeah, yeah.
01:39But, I mean, I think it's more, some of this stuff is more on the companies that sell these products.
01:44So if I go to the supermarket and I've got a cucumber wrapped in a load of plastic or a
01:47normal cucumber, I'll buy the normal cucumber.
01:49But there are a lot of items you can't buy unless they're in plastic.
01:53So unless it's, I think the owners should be on the companies a lot more.
01:56If they have to pay for the plastic that they're putting into the world, then maybe they might change their
02:00minds and get a better solution.
02:01It's a good idea.
02:03It's a good line.
02:03I mean, some of the big supermarkets are beginning to move in that sort of direction.
02:06You bring your own box and fill it up with cereal and all the rest of it.
02:09But a mate of mine, God bless him, and, you know, it's cruel, and I take the blame for this.
02:14We used to have come off it, Rob.
02:17He hasn't flown since the 80s and takes trains everywhere.
02:22Wow.
02:23And good for him.
02:23Yeah, good for him.
02:24We used to have a bit of a crank.
02:26No, it's not a crank.
02:28I'm going to start taking the train instead of flying.
02:31Lovely.
02:31Yeah.
02:32Hold me to it, won't you?
02:34Yeah.
02:34Spending on where you're going.
02:36Training to America might be a bit tricky.
02:37That might be more difficult, I accept.
02:40Let's see who's here, Rachel.
02:41Andy's back.
02:42Andy Evans, politics student at Leeds.
02:46Five wins.
02:47Excellent.
02:47You're joined by a buddy of yours at Leeds, except you've never met him.
02:51Is that right?
02:51No.
02:52Meet Daniel Smith, international relations student at Leeds from Mexborough.
02:57And an athlete, a long-distance runner.
03:00Is that right?
03:00Hmm.
03:01Not quite, but...
03:02Well, I think you are.
03:03I wouldn't call myself an athlete.
03:05Completed the marathon.
03:07Three hours, 30.
03:07That's not bad, is it?
03:09Is that right?
03:10You're going to have another go at it?
03:11Yeah, definitely.
03:12Definitely.
03:12Excellent.
03:13All right.
03:13Well, let's have a lot of fun today, Daniel.
03:16And keep an eye out for that, Andy.
03:18He's sort of got a bit of a sort of a season ticket at the moment.
03:21Anyway, good luck to you both.
03:22Let's have a big round of applause for Andy and Daniel.
03:29And over, gracing the Dictionary Corner, of course, Susie, with newsreader and journalist, the wonderful Nina Hussain.
03:36Welcome back, Nina.
03:43Now, Andy.
03:44Off we go.
03:46Afternoon, Rachel.
03:46Afternoon, Andy.
03:47Constance, please.
03:48We start today with H.
03:51And another.
03:52S.
03:54And another.
03:55L.
03:56And a vowel.
03:58U.
03:59And another.
04:00E.
04:01And another.
04:02O.
04:03And a fourth.
04:05A.
04:06A consonant.
04:08D.
04:09And a final consonant, please.
04:11And a final F.
04:13Stand by.
04:44Andy.
04:46Sudden.
04:47Daniel.
04:48Six.
04:49And your six is?
04:51Loafed.
04:53Flushed.
04:54And flashed.
04:56Yes.
04:57Nina?
04:58A flushed for seven.
04:59Flushed, yep.
05:02And headfuls are there as well, as in they all had headfuls of tight curls.
05:08You're not talking about Janet Smith, are you?
05:10Yes.
05:12Thank you very much.
05:13Seven points to Andy.
05:15And it's Daniel, indeed.
05:16Daniel, it's your letters game.
05:18Hi, Rachel.
05:19Hi, Daniel.
05:19Could I have a consonant, please?
05:21Start with R.
05:24And another.
05:25G.
05:26And another.
05:29N.
05:30And a vowel, please.
05:32I.
05:34And another.
05:36E.
05:37And another.
05:39O.
05:41And a consonant, please.
05:43S.
05:45And a vowel.
05:47I.
05:49And a consonant, please.
05:51And the last one, D.
05:54Stand by.
05:56And a consonant, please.
05:59And a vowel, please.
06:00And a 콘서 hand, please.
06:00And a vowel.
06:23If you hear that.
06:24And a consonant, please.
06:26Daniel.
06:28Six.
06:29Andy?
06:30Eight.
06:32Yes, Daniel.
06:33Ringed.
06:34Ringed and?
06:35Residing.
06:36Very nice.
06:37And residing.
06:42Nina.
06:45Picking it from Daniel there, we've got an eight ringside.
06:49Yeah.
06:49Ringside seat and derision.
06:51Another eight.
06:53That's it, Susie?
06:54Yes.
06:5515 points.
06:56Andy?
06:57It's your numbers again.
06:59Can I have four large, please?
07:01You can, indeed.
07:02Four from the top and two little ones.
07:04See what challenge we have.
07:06First numbers of the day are three and five.
07:09And the big four.
07:1050, 100, 75 and 25.
07:14And the target, 719.
07:17719.
07:50Andy?
07:50Just 723, not written down.
07:52723.
07:53723.
07:54720.
07:56And 720?
07:57Daniel?
07:5850 divided by 5.
08:0150 divided by 5, 10.
08:0375 minus 3.
08:0672.
08:07Times them together.
08:08720.
08:09One away.
08:11Pretty good.
08:13Nudging it.
08:14Rachel, is it possible to get to 719?
08:17Leave it with me, Nick.
08:18Certainly will.
08:19Certainly will.
08:1915 points to Daniel.
08:217.
08:21As we turn to our first tea time teaser, which is Trolls T.
08:26And the clue.
08:26He trawls the sea, catching this type of fish for his tea.
08:29He trawls the sea, catching this type of fish for his tea.
08:50welcome back welcome back i left you with a clue he trawls the sea catching this type of fish for
08:54his tea what sort of fish is that it's a saltwater fish saltwater now if you'd like to become a
09:01countdown contestant you can email countdown at channel4.com to request an application form or
09:07write to us at contestants applications countdown leads ls3 one j s
09:16racial 719 i found it well done if you say 100 times 5 is 500 50 divided by 25 is
09:282 75 minus 2
09:31is 73 times that by 3 for 219 and add them together for 719 oh wow
09:46terrific so 15 plays 7 andy in the lead and it's daniel's letters game now
09:51good luck daniel a continent please thank you daniel n another j another p and a vowel please e
10:04and another a and another u and a continent please r and a continent please c and a vowel and
10:22and finally i stand by
10:28so
10:42so
10:57daniel
10:58six
11:00andy six
11:02daniel
11:03prance
11:05same for andy yeah sixes
11:09nina
11:10couple of sevens over here um nick the other day mentioned a gin clear day seven uh juniper
11:17ah beautiful juniper yeah very and another seven uh yeah caprine is there as well goat like
11:24caprine indeed
11:25thank you 21 place 13 andy your letters game constant please thank you andy t and another
11:35n and another s and a vowel a and another e and another i and a constant m a constant
11:49w
11:50and a final consonant please and a final s
11:55stand by
11:56the
11:57of
12:00and
12:10and
12:11and
12:11and
12:13and
12:27Andy.
12:28Er, just, er, I'll try seven.
12:31Daniel.
12:32Six.
12:33You're six.
12:34Saints.
12:35Andy.
12:36Wainiest.
12:38Er, don't think we're going to find it, Andy.
12:41No, it's not.
12:42Sorry.
12:46There wasn't a lot of confidence in your voice, to be quite honest, Andy.
12:50No.
12:51Nina.
12:51Nina and Susie.
12:52Er, a seven and an eight.
12:54We've got inmates.
12:56Yep.
12:57And mateyness.
12:58And mateyness.
12:59Good.
13:0021 to 19, nothing in it.
13:02Daniel, it's your numbers, Ken.
13:04One large five small, please.
13:06Thank you, Daniel.
13:07One from the top and five little coming up.
13:09And this time around, your selection is nine, five, two, three, four.
13:18And the large one, one hundred.
13:19And the target, five hundred and ninety-nine.
13:23Five, nine, nine.
13:59MUSIC CONTINUES
14:01Daniel?
14:02Three times two.
14:04Six.
14:05Times a hundred.
14:06Six hundred.
14:07Five minus four.
14:08Is your one.
14:09Straightforward one, this one.
14:11Thank you, Andy.
14:12Same.
14:13Yeah.
14:15APPLAUSE
14:20A slim lead.
14:22A slim lead for Andy there.
14:2431 to Daniel.
14:2529 as we turn to Nina.
14:28Nina, we know you as lead presenter
14:30on ITV Lunchtime News,
14:32but you started in regional television.
14:34Tell us how that happened.
14:36Yeah, much like this programme,
14:38I'm sure the loyal countdown addicts
14:41will remember that it started
14:43before it launched Channel 4
14:45back in the early 80s.
14:47It was a programme on...
14:49It was a calendar spin-off
14:50as a part of the Yorkshire region,
14:53and it's the nickname given
14:57to the late, great original host,
14:59twice, nightly, whitey,
15:01was all to do with the fact
15:02that he did calendar news
15:03and countdown on the same evening.
15:06I've been doing regional news
15:07for nearly 25 years.
15:09I did two decades of that,
15:11presenting the news in the capital,
15:13first at the BBC
15:14and then moved over to ITV.
15:16And in that time,
15:18I've covered, as I mentioned the other day,
15:19some of the major sad stories
15:22of the time,
15:23so 7-7
15:24and then the terror attacks
15:25of 2017 as well.
15:27Some of the ongoing stories,
15:29I'm sure you've all heard of Crossrail,
15:31this east-to-west train line,
15:33train service
15:34that's going to link
15:35the two sides of London.
15:36I remember doing that story
15:37when I first joined the BBC,
15:40talking about how it would be built soon,
15:42and, you know,
15:43all those years on,
15:44it's still not up and running yet,
15:46so I didn't quite make it
15:48to see that first train
15:50run along the tracks.
15:51And then some of the most joyous stories,
15:54two royal weddings,
15:56the Queen's Diamond Jubilee,
15:57and my absolute favourite,
15:59the Olympics and Paralympics of 2012,
16:02just the most glorious summer
16:04in the capital,
16:05just an incredible time,
16:07a time really to be proud
16:08of being British,
16:09just a fantastic time.
16:11I think regional news
16:12is really, really important,
16:14local news journalism as well,
16:16when we're talking about stories
16:18that need kind of ongoing coverage,
16:21so fights for justice,
16:22say it's the Grenfell fire
16:24or the Hillsborough disaster,
16:26where, you know,
16:27sometimes the national
16:28and international news operations
16:30move away slightly,
16:32and it's down to those
16:33local journos digging.
16:35So I've had a fantastic time
16:37in regional news.
16:38I'm now concentrating
16:40on the lunchtime news,
16:41on the national news.
16:43so I've left regional news
16:45with a heavy heart.
16:47As they say on Game of Thrones,
16:49now my watch has ended.
16:51So, yeah,
16:51that's it for regional news.
16:53But what a privilege
16:53to spend so much time there.
16:55Indeed.
16:56For sure.
17:03We love you delivering
17:05on the ITV national news,
17:08that's for sure,
17:09every day.
17:10Now,
17:1131 to 29.
17:13Andy,
17:13your letters go.
17:15Constant, please.
17:16Thank you, Andy.
17:17N.
17:18And another.
17:34A final O.
17:41Stand by.
18:13Andy.
18:14Six.
18:15And Daniel.
18:16Try a six.
18:18Andy.
18:19Unveil.
18:20Yes, Daniel.
18:21Unfoil.
18:23Unfoil.
18:24Hmm.
18:25Erm.
18:27Not there,
18:28I'm afraid.
18:29Bad luck.
18:30Sorry.
18:30Bad luck.
18:31Nina.
18:31No,
18:32I came and stuck
18:33with my Fs and my Vs,
18:34so nothing for me.
18:36Erm.
18:37There is an alley form
18:37of a double bass,
18:39especially a large bass viol,
18:41and it's a violone,
18:43erm,
18:44or violone.
18:44V-I-O-L-O-N-E.
18:48Violone.
18:49Violone.
18:4937 to 29.
18:52Daniel.
18:53Good luck with this one.
18:54Your letters game.
18:56Constant, please.
18:57Thank you, Daniel.
18:58G.
18:59And another.
19:01R.
19:03And a vowel, please.
19:04A.
19:06Er,
19:06consonant, please.
19:08L.
19:09Er,
19:09consonant.
19:11G.
19:12Vowel.
19:14E.
19:15Er,
19:16another.
19:18I.
19:20Er,
19:21consonant, please.
19:22S.
19:23And a vowel.
19:25And the last one.
19:26O.
19:28Stand by.
20:00Daniel.
20:01Seven.
20:03Andy.
20:03Seven.
20:05You're seven, Daniel.
20:06Goalies.
20:08Goalies.
20:08Andy.
20:09Sagia.
20:11Sagia.
20:12Yeah, absolutely fine.
20:14What else have you got in the corner?
20:16Nothing from me, but you've got an eight.
20:19Yes, historical eight.
20:21It's Seraglio, S-E-R-A-G-L-I-O.
20:23The women inhabiting a harem in an Ottoman palace.
20:28That's right.
20:34I think there's a Mozart opera based on that, isn't there?
20:38I seem to recall.
20:3944 plays 36.
20:40Andy on 44.
20:42Andy, your numbers game.
20:44Just one large, please.
20:45Just one large.
20:46Delico's contest.
20:47Tack is coming into play now.
20:49Thank you, Andy.
20:50The five little ones are four, six, nine, five, and two.
20:57And the large one, 75.
20:59And the target, 935.
21:02935.
21:33Andy. 935. Daniel. No, I didn't get it. Shall we leave it with Andy then? Andy. 9 times 2 is
21:4118. 92 is 18. Plus the 75. Plus 75 for 93. 6 plus 4 is 10. Yep. Times it by
21:5093. 930. I had the 5. And good decision with the one large. Mmm. Well done.
21:58So there we are. 54 plays 36. And it's time for our second tea time teaser, which is Tiring Day.
22:06And the clue, the local one had a tiring day visiting hospitals and schools. The local one had a tiring
22:13day visiting hospitals and schools.
22:32Welcome back. I left with the clue. The local one had a tiring day visiting hospitals and schools. And the
22:37answer to that is it was the local dignitary.
22:41Dignitary. Dignitary. Daniel. A little bit behind, but you can catch him up. Your letters came.
22:49Consonant, please. Thank you, Daniel. M. And another. C. And a vowel, please. E.
22:58And a vowel. U. And a vowel. O. And a consonant. W. And a consonant. S. And a vowel. A.
23:16And a consonant, please.
23:18And lastly, D. Stand by.
23:53Daniel. Just a 5. Andy. 7.
23:57So, Daniel. So, Daniel. Mode. Your 7, Andy. Meadows. Very nice. Meadows. Beautiful Meadows.
24:04Mmm. Nina and Susie. A match with Meadows, but nothing higher than that. Nothing higher than 7.
24:11That's it. Yeah. Meadows. 36 plays 61. Andy. Here we go. Letters game.
24:19Consonant, please. Thank you, Andy. B. And another.
24:24C. And a third. R. And a vowel. E. And another. U. And another. A. And a consonant, please.
24:35T. And a vowel. I. And a final vowel, please. A final E. Stand by.
24:46T. And a vowel.
24:46T. And a vowel.
25:05T. And a vowel.
25:05T. And a vowel.
25:05T. And a vowel.
25:06T. And a vowel.
25:07T. And a vowel.
25:16Andy?
25:16Six.
25:18Six.
25:19Andy, six?
25:20Create.
25:21Same one.
25:24And same from Daniel.
25:25What about the corner?
25:27No, I struggled.
25:29I kept seeing two yous, one of which wasn't there at all,
25:33so nothing from me.
25:34Couldn't get beyond six, I reckon.
25:36That's it?
25:3767 to 42.
25:40Susie, what have you got for us today?
25:42This is for Rachel, really,
25:43because I'm going to talk a little bit about the vocabulary of babies for you.
25:49And I hope I'm not going to put you off, actually,
25:51because it's a bit of a focus on one subject.
25:53But I'll start with the essentials, and that's a midwife.
25:58And wife, originally in Anglo-Saxon times, with it was then, meant a woman.
26:04And the mid is simply from the Germanic mit, meaning with.
26:07So a midwife is the woman who is with you at your child's birth.
26:11So very simple.
26:12And they can also be men sometimes as well.
26:16Caesarean, so-called, just in case.
26:18So-called because Julius Caesar was said to be being born that way.
26:22Lanugo, you're only likely to hear if you're a parent-to-be.
26:25That's the really fine, soft hair that some babies are born with
26:28and that they're sort of covered with in the womb as well.
26:31Lanugo.
26:31That comes from the Latin for wool or for down.
26:35Nappies.
26:36I have to concentrate on nappies a bit.
26:39Nappies were originally square pieces of cloth folded into the right shapes.
26:44They're nothing like the disposables that you can get today.
26:47The name is an abbreviation of napkin and that itself is a short form of the French nap, meaning a
26:53tablecloth.
26:54If that's not strange enough, nappies ultimately look back to the Latin mapper, a map,
27:00because the earliest maps were drawn on cloth or parchment.
27:04So the U.S. nappie, the diaper, that gets its name from the fabric from which it was made
27:09and it originates in Greek, daia, meaning a cross, and aspiroth, white.
27:14That gave us aspirin as well.
27:16So at least a clean diaper kind of may fit the build there.
27:19And I won't even mention the much more recent term, punari.
27:22Hopefully that won't come anywhere near you.
27:24But again, another word that you, I think, newborn parents hear this and then forget it immediately,
27:30but the term for a newborn baby's first bowel movement, the poo, is called meconium.
27:37And it originates in the Greek word meconium, the name for a poppy, because, sorry about this,
27:42but the greenish-brown colour, this is why it's quite strange, is thought to resemble the juice of the poppy.
27:48And that same word, incidentally, also gave us the name of the pain-relieving drug codeine as well,
27:54because it's from the Greek for a poppy head and it contains opium.
27:58If you're brave enough to consider leaving the house, you will need a buggy or a stroller or an old
28:03-fashioned pram.
28:04Prams, of course, were called perambulators because you walked around with them.
28:09And a lullaby, that's a nice one perhaps to finish with.
28:13That's because you lull your child into sleep.
28:16And the bye-bye is there because it's a kind of refrain in lullabies and in those kind of songs.
28:22Do you remember tubby bye-bys, the telly tubbies?
28:25A similar sort of thing.
28:26And then there's baby language as well.
28:29Mum and Dad both come from baby language.
28:32Babble, itsy-bitsy, iggle-piggle, poo again, sorry.
28:37All of these come from baby language, and Rachel, I know you don't believe it,
28:40but you will be talking this way at least for a little while,
28:43and I'm very much looking forward to that, hearing that.
28:46I'll get a little bit of baby language for you.
28:48Very good.
28:49APPLAUSE
28:54Excellent.
28:56Done.
28:57Well done indeed.
28:5967 to 42.
29:01Daniel, your letters game.
29:03Continent, please.
29:04P.
29:05And another.
29:08D.
29:09And another.
29:10T.
29:13Vowel, please.
29:15O.
29:16Vowel, please.
29:18A.
29:20And another.
29:22I.
29:26Consonant.
29:27P.
29:28And another.
29:31R.
29:33And a vowel.
29:35And the last one, O.
29:37Stand by.
30:09Well, Daniel? Just a four. A four. Andy? I still have five of them. A five, did you say? Yeah.
30:16Daniel? Part. Now, Andy? Adopt. Adopt. Yeah. Nina and Susie? A seven. Yeah, six and a seven. A droid is
30:27there for six. And parotid is there for seven. The parotid gland is the salivary gland. Indeed.
30:33Thank you, Susie. 72 plays 42. Final letters game for Andy Evans. Andy? A consonant, please. Thank you, Andy. L.
30:44Another. N. Another.
30:48S. A vowel. A. Another. O. Another. E. A consonant. C. A vowel. A. And the final vowel, please. A
31:06final I. Stand by.
31:08A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel.
31:26A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel.
31:26A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel.
31:26A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel.
31:26A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel.
31:26A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel.
31:26A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel.
31:31A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A
31:39Andy.
31:40Just a six.
31:42Daniel.
31:42Six as well.
31:44Andy.
31:44Cleans.
31:45And Daniel.
31:46Same word.
31:50And in the corner.
31:52Nothing from me.
31:53A couple of sevens.
31:54Yes, there's coalise, which means to enter into a coalition.
31:58And there is a plant of the parsley family, a sanical.
32:03Sanical, small prickly fruits.
32:0678-48.
32:07Daniel, it's your numbers game.
32:09Last one of the day.
32:10Good luck.
32:11Two large, four small, please.
32:13Thank you, Daniel.
32:13Two big, four little coming up.
32:16And to finish the day off, we have 10, 7, 2, 6, 100 and 50.
32:24And the target, 116.
32:28One, one, six.
33:00Yes, Daniel.
33:02116.
33:03Yes, Andy.
33:04116.
33:05Let's get this over with very quickly.
33:07Daniel Smith.
33:08100 plus 10 plus 6.
33:10Andy.
33:10There we go.
33:13So, 88 plays 58.
33:16Things on buzzers.
33:18Last round.
33:19Let's roll today's countdown conundrum.
33:25Daniel.
33:27Chickened.
33:28Chickened.
33:32Yes, sir.
33:34That's good.
33:38Well done, Daniel.
33:40Well done, Daniel.
33:41Andy, I'll come to you in a second, all right?
33:43But, Daniel, well done.
33:44Thank you very much for coming.
33:46Good luck back in Leeds.
33:47Good luck with your international relations.
33:50And good luck with dragging your goodie bag back to Mexborough, or wherever it is you're heading.
33:55Thank you very much for coming.
33:57Thanks.
33:57Excellent.
33:58Well done on that conundrum.
33:59What was holding you up, Andy?
34:02Just a bit behind.
34:03There we are.
34:04Listen, you've got six wins.
34:05Fantastic.
34:06We'll see you tomorrow.
34:07Well done.
34:08And we'll see Nina tomorrow, too.
34:09See you tomorrow.
34:10For the last time, until you can come back.
34:12But hold on.
34:13See you tomorrow.
34:13And then we'll have a chat.
34:15Susie, see you tomorrow?
34:16Yeah, definitely.
34:17See you then.
34:18And Rachel, too, of course.
34:19Yes, and I'll go and read up on Poonamies after that.
34:22Thank you very much, Susie.
34:23Sorry about that.
34:23And lovely.
34:25See you tomorrow.
34:25See you then.
34:26Join us then.
34:27Same time, same place.
34:28You'll be sure of it.
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