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01:00I want you to half close your eyes and envisage the scene when the curry brigade ring up the chocolate
01:05brigade and said, how dare you? This is our week. And the chocolate brigade said, well, we want it too.
01:11And then there's a row. It's always been our week. Can't you see it? Chocolate and the curry people.
01:18They're separate stomachs, aren't they? They might well be, but they're all vying for the same pair of eyes.
01:23Well, I have seen curry flavoured chocolate before.
01:27Curry flavoured chocolate? Curry flavoured chocolate.
01:29Okay. And also, if you ever find yourself in Buckingham Gate, there's a wonderful Indian restaurant there called Quillan. And
01:38with each dish, you have a different beer. And one of those beers is chocolate flavoured. So that's where the
01:45curry brigade and the choc brigade meet as well as in your curry flavoured chocolate.
01:50I think you can keep both of those, actually.
01:52Yeah?
01:52Yeah, I'll stick to them separately.
01:54All right. Now then, who's back down's back after a restful weekend, I hope? From Kyneton in Warwickshire, who had
02:01three wins last week, breaking the 100-point barrier on two occasions. Well done, and it's very good to see
02:06you.
02:07Thank you, Nick.
02:07Have a peaceful weekend, I trust.
02:08Um, no.
02:09No? Well, let's see. I'm sure you'll make the best of it. And you're joined by John Vivian from Sheffield,
02:15a researcher for the Church Army. Welcome, John.
02:18And you've got a Cocker Spaniel called Oscar. Nice little chaps, Cocker Spaniels, aren't they?
02:23Yeah. Yeah, he's nice. Yeah, he's 11 months old and...
02:26Lively.
02:26Yeah. Yeah, he gained a bit of fame during the World Cup because he predicted the outcome of quite a
02:31few matches. And, yeah, he predicted six out of nine results correctly.
02:36How did you manage that, then?
02:37Well, I gave him his dinner in two bowls and just sort of laid them down and saw which one
02:41he went to first.
02:42Really? Did you then rush off to the bookie?
02:45No, but some people did.
02:46Yeah, I was, yeah, asked for...
02:48That's a very valuable dog.
02:50Yeah.
02:50I'd like a word with your dog.
02:52Yeah.
02:52All right, let's have a big round of applause for John Vivian, his Cocker Spaniel Oscar, and Dan McColm.
03:04And over in the corner, are you a chocolate lover or a curry lover?
03:08Both. Both.
03:10Someone, I tried, I was doing a radio thing the other day and someone hid a whole chilli inside of
03:14truffle.
03:15I haven't cried so much in a very long time.
03:17It was nice to begin with.
03:19All right, well done.
03:21And you're joined by the wonderful Richard Arnold, journalist, TV and radio presenter.
03:25Good morning, Britain.
03:26We all love to wake up to Richard Arnold, turn him on in the morning and there he is.
03:31It's been said many times, Nick.
03:34I'll snatch a compliment for that.
03:34Thank you very much indeed.
03:36I did change my number, but I'm thrilled to be back.
03:38Susie is relentless.
03:38She'll track you down anywhere.
03:40Indeed.
03:41All right, good to see you.
03:42But now let's get down to business.
03:44Dan McColm, take us away.
03:45Hi again, Rachel.
03:46Hi, Dan.
03:47Can I have a consonant, please?
03:48Start the week with R.
03:51Another one.
03:53T.
03:54One more.
03:55Vowel.
03:57P.
03:57Vowel.
03:58A.
04:00Another vowel.
04:01U.
04:02Vowel.
04:04E.
04:05Consonant.
04:06R.
04:08A vowel.
04:10O.
04:12And a final vowel, please.
04:15And a final E.
04:18And here's the countdown clock.
04:20Vowel.
04:21Vowel.
04:48739.
04:50well done eight and eight and John just seven and that seven rapture or rapture
04:57yes perorate perorate absolutely brilliant I can tell you that that is
05:05there and it means to speak at length a peroration yes well done damn and the
05:14corner now then Richard Susie it was rapture wasn't it it was right off the
05:18mark well they didn't I did that was yours within seconds thank you and that was
05:22brilliant and there's one more eight aperture aperture yeah very good eight
05:27points to Dan well done John let us go hi Rachel hi John can I have a constant
05:33please thank you start with J and another one and and another and one more W
05:47and a vowel a and another you and one more e and a constant s and final constant
06:05please and a final H countdown
06:09time
06:09so
06:41John? Six. Yes, Dan? Six. John? Unsafe? Both unsafe? Are you unsafe, Richard? Never, Nick. Jeans? We've got jeans? Weans?
06:56Yes. That was a tough one, wasn't it, Sue? It was very tough. Lots and lots of fires. Very good
06:59to get six. There we go. Fourteen points to John. Six. So, Dan, how about a numbers game? Can I
07:05have four big, please, Rachel? You can, Dan. Thank you. Four from the top, bro.
07:09And two little ones to start us off this week. And these small numbers are ten and eight. And the
07:16large four, as we know, seventy-five, fifty, one hundred and twenty-five.
07:21And the target, six hundred and seventy-nine.
07:24Six, seven, nine.
07:53One, two, three.
07:56Yes, Dan?
07:57Just 6.80.
08:006.80.
08:01John?
08:01Yes, 6.80.
08:02Both of you.
08:03Dan?
08:0575 plus 10 times 8.
08:0775 plus 10, 85 times 8.
08:106.80, one away.
08:12Yes, John?
08:12Yes, same way.
08:14Just slide it across to Dan.
08:17So we must turn to Rachel.
08:20Rachel?
08:21I think that's the best possible.
08:22Is that it?
08:23Yep.
08:23Oh, so they did well?
08:24They did very well.
08:25All right.
08:2621 plays John's 13.
08:28Now let's go into a tea time teaser, which is Soft Poet.
08:31And the clue, A Thousand Mile Journey, starts with this.
08:35A Thousand Mile Journey starts with this.
08:54Welcome back.
08:56A Thousand Mile Journey starts with this.
08:59It starts with a footstep.
09:01A footstep.
09:03Now then, 21 to John's 13.
09:05John, letters again.
09:07Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
09:09Thank you, John.
09:10B.
09:11And another, please.
09:14D.
09:15And another.
09:17D.
09:19And one more.
09:21M.
09:23And a vowel.
09:25A.
09:26And another.
09:28E.
09:29And one more.
09:31I.
09:33And a consonant.
09:35L.
09:38And a final vowel, please.
09:43And a final O.
09:46Stand by.
09:49And a vowel, please.
10:02And a vowel, please.
10:02And a vowel, please.
10:05And a vowel, please.
10:05And a vowel, please.
10:06And a vowel, please.
10:06And a vowel, please.
10:06And a vowel, please.
10:08And a vowel, please.
10:08And a vowel, please.
10:08And a vowel, please.
10:18Yes, John?
10:19Er, just a six.
10:20Ten?
10:21Seven.
10:22So, John?
10:23Motile.
10:25Dan?
10:25Appropriate for how I'm feeling, vomited.
10:28Poor Dan.
10:29Vomited?
10:31Well, give us a little bit of warning.
10:33What about the corner?
10:36As I'm feeling, violated, generally, when I come here.
10:39Um, and, um, the kind of exit I always make, a dovetail.
10:45What sort of exit is that, then?
10:46Well, you dovetail out of a room, don't you?
10:48Do you?
10:49Trying to avoid everyone, Nick.
10:50Not when you're in your company, of course.
10:51That goes without saying.
10:52A dovetail.
10:52It's also a joint, isn't it?
10:54I mean, not the sort of joint with which you may once have been familiar.
10:57But it's a sort of a carpentry joint.
10:59Isn't it?
11:00It could explain why I was dovetailing.
11:02It is.
11:03Very good, yeah.
11:0428 plays 13.
11:06Dan?
11:07Letters game.
11:08Um, consonant, please.
11:09Thank you, Dan.
11:11B.
11:12Conson...
11:14P.
11:14Consonant.
11:17N.
11:19Vowel.
11:21I.
11:22Another vowel.
11:23A.
11:24Another vowel.
11:26U.
11:27Consonant, please.
11:28X.
11:30Um, vowel.
11:33E.
11:36And a...
11:37Final consonant, please.
11:40And a final S.
11:41And the clock charge now.
11:43One vowel.
11:44But the longest vowel.
11:46Uh...
12:11Even above, you'll never forget.
12:14yes just a six I'm afraid Nick don't worry and John Vivian and a dodgy seven
12:20dodgy seven so Dan unisex unisex John expiens expiens not fair I'm afraid
12:33sorry John bad luck but good shot and Richard Susie supine see fine how we
12:41often find ourselves prone after five days in dictionary corner together
12:45horizontal and face upwards Nick exhausted spent I'm prone his face down
12:49prone his face down yes okay Nick at our age indeed 34 to 13 John on 13 and John's
12:59numbers game can I get too large and four small please Rachel you can indeed thank
13:04you John two large ones four little ones this time and these small numbers are
13:08seven five one and eight and the large to 125 and the target 143 143
13:22so
13:34so
13:49yes John 143 Dan also 143 yes John 100 plus 25 100 plus 25 125 8 plus 1 is 9
14:02yep and 7 minus 5 is 2 it is
14:05multiply them for 18 and add it on lovely 143 and Dan 7 times 5 7 times 5 35 plus
14:158 plus 100
14:17thank you very much well done 44 plays 23 John on 23 but now we turn to the
14:27wonderful lap Richard Arnold great to see you again what have you been up to
14:31treading the old Tappy Rouge again get down the old tinsel mines yeah the red carpet capers
14:36Nick it's been quite a few months actually um and a memorable one for anyone who's tuned in to
14:41countdown um monuments men uh the film was directed by uh George Clooney I was on the red carpet for
14:47that so got to meet the man himself and I asked George Clooney what it's like to keep a firm
14:51hand on
14:51his own tiller which was an interesting response Matt Damon was also on the red carpet too and uh going
14:58in grey ill-fitting suit and I thought if I let myself go and it's not often you can say
15:02this I
15:03will eventually end up looking like Matt Damon he's my age uh but it was Bill Murray who's also in
15:08the film who I interviewed very briefly and then he went down the red carpet and out of the corner
15:12of
15:12my eye I could see him coming back which doesn't happen at all in my case um they usually like
15:16to
15:17make a sharp exit and he said you're the guy from countdown and I went yeah and obviously my shows
15:23have been going out uh that week and he said I love that show and genuinely he missed out on
15:28a
15:29couple of interviews that he was supposed to have that day to lay in his hotel room and watch the
15:32show um so I'm there thinking this is Bill Murray comedy legend and you know he thinks I'm great he
15:38said um usually guys in your profession aren't that intelligent that's why that's a compliment from
15:45that and he moved on but yeah he's a massive fan apparently excellent stuff well that's some
15:50compliment isn't it because he's a lovely bloke isn't he oh smashing bloke indeed and you know
15:54I've been a fan of his ever since you know Saturday Night Live and all those American shows and stuff
15:58I could have learned so much at his knee Susie had he lingered on the red carpet yeah great I
16:03loved him
16:03in that lost in translation with um what's her name that beautiful young woman what was her name
16:08Scarlett Johansson fantastic good film I'd like to have been Bill Murray in that film actually
16:13I think I'll leave it there Nick let's move on she was adorable now then 44 to 23 Dan on
16:2144
16:22Dan letters came thanks Nick can I have a consonant please Rachel thank you Dan
16:28C consonant
16:29R another consonant B vowel A vowel U another vowel E consonant D a vowel U and I'll finish with
16:54a vowel
16:54then I'll please and finish with a countdown
16:58so
17:32John?
17:33Six.
17:33Dan?
17:34Aperçu.
17:36And?
17:37Parade.
17:38Parade.
17:40Aperçu.
17:40I love that.
17:41Aperçu.
17:42Yeah, that's a comment or brief reference, so a tiny little insight into something.
18:01Aperçu.
18:02John's 29.
18:04John's still well in touch and it's John's letters game.
18:07Thanks, Nick.
18:08Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
18:09Thank you, John.
18:10S.
18:11And another.
18:12Another.
18:13K.
18:15And another.
18:16S.
18:18And one more.
18:19T.
18:21And a vowel.
18:24E.
18:25And another.
18:26A.
18:28And another.
18:30I.
18:32And a consonant, please.
18:35R.
18:35R.
18:36And a final consonant.
18:40And a final Q.
18:42Stand by.
18:44Don't be privy.
18:59Alexander S.
19:00R.라고.
19:00Hello everybody.
19:11next time, dear. Bye. Bye.
19:11I'll
19:11see you
19:11soon. Bye. Bye.
19:12Bye.
19:14John I'll try Nate yes dad eight John Sarkiest Sarkiest yes asterisk asterisk well done
19:24excellent very very good very good and what of the corner um streaks possibly has something to
19:35do with the fact that you've got a dating website up Susie rather than the actual dictionary yeah
19:39yes there's a time and a place for it love time and a place for it and what else have
19:44we got
19:44no we were streaking all the way yeah 58 to 37 now we're back with the numbers Dan what would
19:51you
19:51like uh can you just have one last please Rachel thank you Dan one from the top row and five
19:56of
19:57my finest little ones and for this round the small numbers are five six one ten and three and the
20:06large 125 and the target 942 942
20:18so
20:42Yes, Dan?
20:43I think I have 942.
20:45How about John?
20:46No, just 944.
20:47944. So, Dan?
20:4925 times 5.
20:5125 times 5.
20:531, 2, 5.
20:54Plus 10.
20:55Plus 10, 1, 3, 5.
20:576 plus 1 is 7.
20:596 plus 1 is 7.
21:01Multiplying together is hopefully 945.
21:03945, you're right.
21:05And then take away the 3.
21:06And you haven't used the 3 yet.
21:07Well done.
21:09Well done.
21:10Well done, Dan.
21:13It propels you to 68 points now against John's 37.
21:17So, let's have a tea time teaser.
21:20More of us.
21:21And the clue, there's definitely more than 3 of us playing golf.
21:25There's definitely more than 3 of us playing golf.
21:44Welcome back.
21:45I left you with the clue, there's definitely more than 3 of us playing golf.
21:49And the answer is foursome.
21:52Foursome.
21:53There's a foursome.
21:5468 plays John's 37.
21:56John, letters game.
21:58Thanks, Nick.
21:59Can I have a constant, please, Rachel?
22:00Thank you, John.
22:01R.
22:01And another.
22:04D.
22:06And another.
22:08S.
22:09And one more.
22:11C.
22:12And a vowel.
22:14A.
22:15And another.
22:17I.
22:19And another.
22:20A.
22:22And another vowel, please.
22:25I.
22:29And a final vowel.
22:32And a final E.
22:35Clock starts now.
22:36I.
22:37I.
22:52I.
23:00I.
23:08hmm yes John just six a six ten seven yes John raised and Dan sidecar sidecar yes
23:19very good bad not bad and not hyphenated neither it's not high
23:23what else have you got Richard diarize arcades and um you've got one haven't you
23:32I have you definitely don't want to come near one of these it's an ascarid A-S-C-A-R
23:39-I-D and
23:39it's a parasitic worm these members typically live in the intestines of
23:44vertebrates really yes no we'll keep away from that but arcades very good good
23:50selection from Richard excellent well done all right 75 plays 37 we're back
23:56with Dan for a letters game Dan I'm constant please thank you Dan and another
24:02one B one more T vowel oh vowel I another vowel please a consonant C
24:20um vowel E and I'll finish with a vowel please and finish with O goodbye
24:34bye
24:34so
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