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00:31Well, good afternoon. Welcome to the Countdown Studio. I don't know about you, but I'm hopeless on directions. Hopeless. Hopeless.
00:38But I'm not as bad as the chap that set out to see the Pope in Rome.
00:43He thought, this is not very difficult. Pop in the car, cross the channel, set my sat-nav, and I'll
00:50be there in no time at all.
00:51Well, he got there all right, but unfortunately, when he was typing in Rome, he forgot to put the E
00:58on Rachel.
01:00And he wasn't the slightest bit perplexed as he entered Germany. Right.
01:05And he ended up in North Rhine-Westphalia. That's something like 860 miles from the Italian.
01:13I know. Brilliant. He thought it would have sort of, he would have twigged at some stage that actually he
01:18was going in the wrong direction.
01:20But there he was in Rom, R-O-M. And I guess he had to turn around and track back
01:27on the right road.
01:28So all roads don't necessarily lead to Rom.
01:32Isn't that amazing? But I'm shocking.
01:35Catherine, my Catherine, she's brilliant.
01:37She's got some sort of strange sense of direction. What about you?
01:41I'm not too bad. My dad, though, he was in Japan where Manchester United were playing the World Club Championships.
01:46And he got in and he managed to, you know, try and say, I want to go to the football
01:50stadium.
01:51So the taxi driver took him to the football stadium. I think there were two.
01:55And they went to the one with no people and no football on that day.
01:58So he got a nice little tour of Tokyo before he went to the right football stadium.
02:02Lovely. Now, I'll tell you somebody who's heading exactly in the right direction.
02:07Striving to be our fifth Octo Champ.
02:10That's young Andy Evans, 20-year-old politics student at the University of Leeds from Newbury in Berkshire.
02:16Seven wins. Fantastic performance. Cool as a cucumber.
02:20Well, good luck today. Thank you.
02:22Never relax. No, never.
02:24Never relax.
02:25You're up against Geoff Pinney, retired NHS manager from Isleworth, who loves classical music.
02:31Good man.
02:32And you play the flute, the viola and the percussion and percussion in orchestras and chamber musics, as you wryly
02:40remarked.
02:41Not all at the same time.
02:43I'm not right.
02:44You're a countdown player.
02:45I do play countdown.
02:47At home.
02:47You good at home?
02:48I try to be.
02:49Listen, good luck to you both.
02:51Good luck to you both.
02:51Have some fun.
02:52Big round of applause for Andy and Geoff.
02:59And Susie's over in the corner, and she has the great pleasure of sitting next to broadcaster, comedian, sensational, poet,
03:08publisher of books.
03:10New book out, Pam.
03:12Today.
03:13Yes, today.
03:14It's Pam Ayers.
03:14We're so pleased to have you back.
03:23That was lovely.
03:24Up in the attic, you see your latest poetry book.
03:26It's my latest offering, Nick.
03:28Yes, it's my latest book of poems, which is published today, which is very exciting.
03:33I've got my copy.
03:34You have.
03:35Here it is.
03:36OK, let's get down to business.
03:38Andy.
03:39Let us go.
03:40Afternoon, Rachel.
03:41Afternoon again, Andy.
03:42Consonant, please.
03:43Start today with M.
03:45And another.
03:47L.
03:48And another.
03:50N.
03:51And the vowel.
03:52I.
03:53And another.
03:54E.
03:55And another.
03:56A.
03:57And a consonant.
03:58G.
03:59And another.
04:01T.
04:02And the final consonant, please.
04:05A final C.
04:07And here's the countdown clock.
04:41Yes, Andy.
04:42Just a six.
04:43Jeff.
04:44I think I have an eight.
04:46Mm-hmm.
04:47Andy.
04:48Tingle.
04:49Tingle and?
04:50Magnetic.
04:51Well done.
04:52Well done.
04:57Not a bad way to start, Jeff.
05:00Now, Pam and D'Aussuzy.
05:02Pam?
05:02Well, I came up with tagine, which is a bit pitiful.
05:05Um, we also came up with calming, which is much nicer.
05:10It's better, yeah.
05:10Calming.
05:12Okay, Jeff.
05:13After that, uh, heady start, your letters game.
05:17Good afternoon, Rachel.
05:18Afternoon, Jeff.
05:18Can I start with a consonant, please?
05:20You can indeed.
05:20Start with D.
05:22And a second one.
05:25W.
05:26And a third.
05:28R.
05:30Vowel.
05:32U.
05:33And another.
05:35E.
05:37Consonant.
05:38T.
05:41Consonant.
05:42S.
05:44A vowel.
05:47O.
05:50And a final consonant, please.
05:52And a final P.
05:55Stand by.
05:57A vowel.
05:59A vowel.
06:00A vowel.
06:08A vowel.
06:12A vowel.
06:12A vowel.
06:13A vowel.
06:13A vowel.
06:13A vowel.
06:14A vowel.
06:27well Jeff only six this time a six Andy eight and today right getting his own
06:34back Jeff stowed Andy proudest proudest excellent yes very good and over in the corner Pam we've got
06:48the statuesque postured oh yes which we quite like thank you eight apiece now then Andy your numbers
06:57game just take one large please playing it potentially safe change of tactics thank you
07:03Andy one large to kick us off and these numbers are 2 5 10 6 2 and 100 and the
07:14target 685 685
07:49Andy 685 not written down and not near enough I'm afraid thank you so let's talk to Andy Andy
07:56uh 2 divided by 2 is 1 it is 6 plus 1 is 7 times 100 700 and take the
08:0410 of the 5 well done 685
08:11thank you Andy thank you 18 plays 8 Andy's uh sprung a quick lead there as we turn to our
08:18first tea time
08:18teaser which is endive gas and the clue he formed a mental picture of a lovely plate of salad leaves
08:25he formed a mental picture of a lovely plate of salad leaves
08:44welcome back I left you I left you with the clue he formed a mental picture of a lovely plate
08:49of salad
08:50leaves indeed he envisaged indeed he envisaged them envisaged is the answer to that 18 plays 8 Andy in the
08:57lead Jeff
08:57your letters go thank you um consonant please thank you Jeff V
09:02and another T and another T and another consonant M
09:10vowel a a second vowel E a consonant C consonant T a vowel I and a final consonant T
09:32please a final B stand by
09:36music
09:39music
09:40music
09:40music
09:40music
09:43music
10:08Geoff.
10:08Only six.
10:10A six. Andy.
10:11Just a five.
10:12And your five is?
10:14Attic.
10:15Yes, Geoff. Active.
10:17Very good. Well done.
10:19Pam? Susie?
10:20We've got Matty, but you'll have to explain that, Susie.
10:24I don't quite know what that means.
10:26It's a young herring, especially one that's been salted or pickled at a very young age.
10:32Poor fish.
10:33But, yeah, just another six.
10:3718 plays 14.
10:39Andy, off we go. Letters game.
10:41Constance, please.
10:42Thank you, Andy.
10:43D.
10:43And another.
10:45Q.
10:46And another.
10:48R.
10:49And a vowel.
10:50A.
10:51And another.
10:52E.
10:53And another.
10:55I.
10:56And a consonant.
10:57T.
10:58And another.
10:59P.
11:00And a final consonant, please.
11:03A final L.
11:05Countdown.
11:06D Например.
11:37so Andy seven Jeff seven Andy platted Jeff same word there we go and over in
11:48the corner there and yeah there is an eight there it's dip to roll and not
11:52dipped around which is all to do with insects but dip to roll and this is about
11:56architecture and it describes a building with a double peristyle peristyle being
12:01a row of columns surrounding it all right 25 things 21 Andy just in the lead Jeff
12:13your numbers game can I have two large and four small please Rachel you can
12:16indeed thank you Jeff two from the top and we will go these four little ones which
12:20are ten eight one five and the large ones 50 and 25 and the target eight hundred
12:30and twelve eight one two
12:35so
12:47so
12:48so
13:02Yes, Geoff. 809.
13:05Andy? 812.
13:08Andy? 50 plus 25.
13:1175. 10 plus 1 is 11.
13:13It is? Times them together. 825.
13:16Take away the 8 and the 5. Well done.
13:18Very good. 812.
13:24Thank you, Andy.
13:2635 to 21 as we turn to Pam.
13:29Oh, Pam. What have you got for us today?
13:32Well, I've got for you today a poem I wrote,
13:35not to be nasty about my hometown of Sirencester,
13:39because it's a very beautiful Roman town, etc.,
13:41but it's the devil's own job to park.
13:43And you have to allow so long.
13:45So, one day after toiling round the car park,
13:49I wrote this, and you have to read it in a really bored voice.
13:53Right.
13:53It's called Round and Round the Car Park.
13:56Round and round the car park, virgin on despair.
14:01Round and round the car park, tearing out me hair.
14:05Round and round, up and down, anguish on the face.
14:10Round and round the car park, trying to find a space.
14:14I'm ever so late.
14:16I'm ever so late.
14:17The whole day's gone to pot.
14:19I'm whimpering round the car park, trying to find a spot.
14:23Why didn't I get here earlier?
14:26I'm thinking more and more.
14:28To park your car successfully, start the night before.
14:34I see a shopping couple.
14:37They are laden down and hot.
14:39Excuse me, are you leaving now?
14:41No, we're bloody not.
14:44A builder in a transit van.
14:45He might be moving soon.
14:48Oh, no, he's eating a burger.
14:49He'll be there all afternoon.
14:52There's four behind and four before and four more join the chain.
14:57Round we go and down we go and up we go again.
15:01A man we see, he dangles a key.
15:04We're off in hot pursuit.
15:06Our hopes are dashed.
15:07He's only stashed a parcel in the boot.
15:11And that's not fair.
15:12See that man there, reclining, having a nap.
15:15Look at him snoring his four by four down over his eyes a cap.
15:20It makes me blind with anger.
15:22I feel fury.
15:23I can't stop.
15:24I feel like driving into him, but seems a bit over the top.
15:29Now tempers flare.
15:31Don't you go there.
15:32I'm waiting for that space.
15:35A man barks from the window with a snarl upon his face.
15:39It's feeling like a war zone.
15:41It is violent and sour, round and round the car park for three quarters of an hour.
15:48Well, I'm going home.
15:49I'm going home.
15:51I know when I'm defeated.
15:52I've heard enough abusive stuff you wouldn't want repeated.
15:56I'm going home abandoning my circuit gyratory.
16:01Perhaps I'll try again when they have built a multi-story.
16:16You've absolutely nailed it.
16:17We've all been there.
16:18I know.
16:19And I know Siren Sester very well, actually.
16:22It's a lovely town, apart from that.
16:24Known as Siren when I was a boy.
16:26Yeah.
16:26Siren, yeah.
16:27Brilliant.
16:27Thanks, Pam.
16:2835 to 21, and now it's Andy we turn to.
16:31Andy.
16:32Constance, please.
16:33Thank you, Andy.
16:34A, S.
16:35And another.
16:37Y.
16:38And another.
16:39N.
16:40And a vowel.
16:41U.
16:42And another.
16:43E.
16:44And another.
16:46E.
16:47And a consonant, please.
16:49W.
16:50And another.
16:51S.
16:53And the final vowel, please.
16:55A final A.
16:58Countdown.
16:58C.
16:59And another.
17:27Last car.
17:28Now is not going.
17:30Andy?
17:30Six.
17:32Jeff?
17:33Six.
17:34Andy?
17:35Unsees.
17:36So, Jeff?
17:37Ensues.
17:39Ensues.
17:40It's absolutely fine.
17:42And unsee something, yeah, very good too.
17:44Yes.
17:45And the corner, Susie and Pam?
17:48Susie's got sunways.
17:51I don't understand that, really.
17:53Yes, it's an adverb.
17:53Sounds a bit strange.
17:54But sunways is simply in the direction of the daily movement of the sun.
17:58So, towards the sun.
17:59Sunways.
18:0241 to 27.
18:04Jeff, your letters game.
18:07Consonant, please, Rachel.
18:08Thank you, Jeff.
18:09R.
18:10And another.
18:12C.
18:13And another.
18:14H.
18:15A vowel.
18:17I.
18:18And a second vowel.
18:20E.
18:21Consonant.
18:23S.
18:25Consonant.
18:26F.
18:29Vowel.
18:31O.
18:33And a final consonant.
18:35And a final H.
18:39Stand by.
18:40You.
18:40I.
19:09Am一個.
19:09I.
19:10Well, Geoff, six again, I'm afraid. Andy? Seven. Geoff, hosier. Wealth? Cherish. Cherish, lovely.
19:23Yes, it's nice. Good word. Pam and Susie? Yeah, we've got a seven. We've got heroics,
19:31which is quite nice. Heroics, yep. Yes. Very good. So it's a numbers game for you, Andy?
19:38Andy. Just one large, please. Just one large. Last selection from you for a while. Thank
19:44you, Andy. And they are eight, nine, seven, three, two, and the large one, 100. And your
19:53target, 478. 478.
20:28Andy? 480. Two away. And Geoff? 476. And 476. Let's start with Andy.
20:37Seven minus two is five. Seven minus two is five. Times 100. Times 100, 500. And take
20:47the three, nine, and the eight. And then the three, the nine, and the eight. Yeah. And
20:53Geoff? Different direction. Two and three. Two and three is five. Five times 100. Times
21:00100, 500. Seven plus nine plus eight is 24. Yeah. Take it away. 476. Yep. 476. So somewhere
21:12in the middle, we've got 478. Rachel? Possible? Leave it with me, Nick. Certainly I will. Certainly
21:18I will. Let's turn to a tea time teaser. Our segment of the day. It's hot rivers and the
21:23clue. She was hot down by the river. So she took this off. She was hot down by the river.
21:29So she took
21:30this off. Welcome back. I left with the clue. She was hot down by the river. So she took this
21:51off. She took off
21:53her over shirt. Her over shirt. Rachel? You've done it, haven't you? I've done it, Nick. If you say 100
22:00divided by two is 50. Add three for 53. Times it by nine for 477. And then eight minus seven
22:10gives
22:10you one to add on four seven eight. Perfect. Thank you, Rachel. Thank you. 55 plays 34. And you're on
22:2255. It's Jeff.
22:23Let's just go. Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Jeff. P. And a second one? R. And a third? M. A
22:35vowel? I. And another?
22:39A. A consonant? A consonant? G. Consonant? L. Vowel? O. And a vowel? And the last one? U. And its
23:00countdown.
23:31Well, Geoff? Seven. And Andy? Five. And your five, Andy? Creep. Geoff? Glamour. Ah. Very
23:43nice. Yes, well done. Yes. How did we do, Pam? Yes, we got glamour and one which I can't
23:48pronounce, which Susie is going to expound upon. Gourami, which is just a small Asian fish.
23:55Thank you. Andy, off we go. Letters go. Consonant, please. Thank you, Andy. N. And another? R. And
24:04another? L. And a vowel? E. And another? I. And another? A. And a consonant? D. And a vowel? O.
24:19And the final
24:21consonant, please. And the last one? G. Stand by.
24:24A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel?
24:42A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel?
24:42A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel?
24:42A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel?
24:42A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel?
24:42A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel?
24:43A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel?
24:47A vowel? A vowel? A vowel? A vowel
24:56Andy nine Jeff seven and that's seven of yours leading and the nine relating
25:13yeah a nine that really counts well done well done indeed and the corner the corners nine I
25:21should say yes we have a girandol is that how to pronounce it which is curious to me because my
25:29mother-in-law always used to say put it on the girandol dear and I never quite knew what she
25:34meant but um it's a kind of candelabra a support for candles very ornate and guilt usually right
25:41yes excellent thank you a girandol and it's a nine to 73 to 41 Susie what have you today by
25:51way of your
25:51origins of words are wonders to behold well most of us love a curry and the names of some of
25:59our
25:59favourite curries are as English really today as the French words that came in after 1066 we don't
26:06really notice the fact that they're foreign anymore so it might be nice to look at what's on our plates
26:12when we visit our local curry house linguistically speaking so perhaps the easiest curry name to
26:18explain is the madras the hot sauce that's simply named after the eastern seaport of madras known
26:25today as chinai in fact and there are lots of course of words that come straight over from their native
26:30languages so we have papadam writer sarg they all came over from hindi tamil etc um now less exotic
26:39origins is the balti because the balti was actually invented in birmingham in the 1980s and we're still not
26:45quite sure where its name comes from and some people think because it's served in a round bottom
26:51round bottomed metal pan it comes from the hindi word balti meaning a bucket so that's a possibility
26:57but the detective work goes on for that tandoori we do know that's used with meat cooked in a clay
27:02oven
27:03that comes from the udu meaning tandoor oven same thing while the biryani is from a hindi word meaning
27:10fried or roasted and the rogan josh comes from udu again for oil and stews that means oily stew
27:17think i prefer rogan josh for that one um ingredients are really important when it comes to curry name so
27:22you have the dopiazza and that means two onions and because onions are added twice in the cooking of the
27:28recipe uh the spicy sauce known as the vindaloo that's in the portuguese words uh for its two main ingredients
27:35wine and garlic and believe it or not um jalfrezi jalfrezi sorry simply means spicy food and the korma is
27:43equally vague that comes from the termish meaning cooked meat uh pilares means a ball of rice and naan
27:50if you talk about naan bread that's a tautology because naan is simply the udu word for bread
27:56excellent
28:05sorry susie i couldn't speak i was sort of salivating actually
28:09the thing yes i love naan bread with a kind of naan bread and a beer it's just the best
28:15love it okay thank you very much susie 73 to 41 jeff your letters game thank you consonant please
28:24rachel thank you jeff n and a second one r and a third t vowel e another vowel u consonant
28:40v
28:42consonant k vowel o and a consonant and the last one t stand by
28:56are you
29:08you
29:27Geoff.
29:29Six.
29:30Andy?
29:31Six.
29:32Geoff, six.
29:33Rotten.
29:34Andy, same.
29:37Now, Pam.
29:40We have a seven, which is notter, a person gainfully employed in the making of knots.
29:49I don't believe that.
29:51No, it's true.
29:51In the textile industry, yes, you would have the notter.
29:54Spent all day notting.
29:56Yes.
29:56Absolutely.
29:5879 to 47.
29:59Andy, final letters game.
30:01Constance, please.
30:02Thank you, Andy.
30:04F.
30:04And another.
30:06N.
30:07And another.
30:09B.
30:10And a vowel.
30:11E.
30:12And another.
30:13I.
30:14And another.
30:15A.
30:16And a consonant.
30:17R.
30:18And a consonant.
30:20S.
30:21And the final consonant, please.
30:24And a final R.
30:27Countdown.
30:28And a consonant.
30:46And a consonant.
30:47And a consonant.
30:48And a consonant.
30:48And a consonant.
30:48and a consonant.
30:50And a consonant.
30:58Andy. Try an eight. Jeff? Seven. You're seven, Jeff? Brassy. Good word. Andy? Brainers? It's not there, Andy. It's the
31:09first thing I looked at. It's there, Andy. No-brainer, but not just a brainer. Sorry about that.
31:15But what can we have? What does the corner think? We've got brassier. I am brassier than you are, which
31:23is eight. Eight. Excellent.
31:30Thank you. Nobody's going to call you Brassy. Susie, anything else? No, because Jeff's Brassy was the, or Brassy's, the
31:36golf club, but you could just put the R on it. Brassy. Thank you. And brassier. 79 to 54. Jeff,
31:42final numbers again? One large and five small, please.
31:45Thank you, Jeff. Well, from the top row. And five, no. And the final numbers of the day are three,
31:52eight, one, seven, three, and a large on 100. And your target, 105.
32:04105.
32:35Well, Jeff? I think I've got 105, Nick.
32:40Andy, have you managed it? 105, yep.
32:42Yeah. Okay, let's deal with this fairly quickly.
32:44Eight plus three. Eight minus three, you're talking. It's five.
32:48Yeah, I'll give you the points, whatever you say. 105.
32:50Plus 100.
32:51Thank you. Well done, Andy.
32:54Thank you. So, final round, gentlemen. Fingers on buzzers. Leaning forward. Let's roll today's countdown conundrum.
33:13Yes, Jeff?
33:15Obtaining.
33:16Obtaining. Let's see whether you're right.
33:18Here it comes.
33:20Obtaining. Well done.
33:29Well done. It's great to get the conundrum.
33:32Certainly.
33:33But you put up a really strong fight there, 74 to Andy's 89. So, that's, I think, the strongest competitor
33:41he's had.
33:42But this goodie bag is for you to take back to Isleworth. Thank you very much for coming. Excellent.
33:48My pleasure.
33:48Thank you. Thank you. Yes, sir. You're in. Brilliant. Our fifth Octo Champ and our number two seed.
33:57Well played. Right through those eight games. It's been a pleasure having you.
34:01Coming back before Christmas for the finals. So, rest up. Keep practising. Watching it at home.
34:06And we'll see you in the finals.
34:08Thank you. See you then.
34:09That's brilliant. Well done.
34:11So, Pam, we'll see you tomorrow. And Susie, too, of course.
34:14Yes, you will see them.
34:16Lovely. And Rachel, too.
34:17Yes. And you did very well. I think possibly even better at the numbers than the letters.
34:20I think so.
34:21One to watch for the finals.
34:23Absolutely. We'll see you tomorrow.
34:24See you tomorrow.
34:25Join us tomorrow. Two new contestants. Same time, same place. You'll be sure of it. A very good afternoon.
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