Countdown | Thursday 8th December 2011 | Episode 5392 - video Dailymotion

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00:30Good afternoon and welcome to Countdown where it's all getting rather exciting.

00:34Today is the first of our series quarterfinals, so over the next week or so you can expect some nail

00:39-biting, jaw-dropping performances.

00:42We've had some absolutely amazing contestants throughout this 65th series of Countdown and now we're down to the cream of

00:48the crop.

00:49Since June, contestants from all walks of life and all corners of Britain and Ireland have been here competing for

00:55the ultimate prize.

00:57And this series, a total of 29 iconic winner's teapots have gone to very good and deserving humps.

01:0629, that's amazing, Rachel.

01:07It is amazing, especially we've had six Octo Champs. It's been a ridiculously good season.

01:12It has been absolutely fantastic. What's more amazing, by the way, is, you know, the teapots that we hand out.

01:18I mean, they are collector's items. Not one, not one has turned up on eBay, which is absolutely great.

01:24Are you an eBay user, by the way? Have you ever bought anything on eBay?

01:26Oh, I buy loads of stuff.

01:27You say, I've never bought anything on eBay before, but I was browsing through it at the weekend.

01:31The one that really caught my eye was a Cessna plane and it was £2,300.

01:35I thought, that's a bit of a bargain. I mean, if I bought it, I mean, how do they get

01:38it to you? Do they post it?

01:40That's going to have to come by airmail, wouldn't it?

01:41Pick up only, I think.

01:45Don't you groan at that. That was like, my 12-year-old son, Matthew, he told me that line.

01:51And he's a heck of a lot better than most of mine.

01:55It's true. Cessna for £2,300. Amazing.

01:58Anyway, let's press on, shall we, and meet our first quarter finalists.

02:01First of all, David Butcher, who's back with us from Epsom in Surrey.

02:04He made his debut in the programme in October, and after beating his opponent by just six points in his

02:10first game,

02:10he went on to notch up a further six wins.

02:12And I think it's fair to say, David, you surprised yourself.

02:16Absolutely. Yeah.

02:17I, well, it's been documented. I was going home after 15 minutes.

02:21Yeah. You didn't have the best start, did you?

02:23Yeah. Yeah. But it got, well, gradually got better.

02:27Yeah, you showed a lot of resilience. You did brilliantly.

02:29David Butcher is up against Mark Deeks. Mark's a law student from Braffing in Hertfordshire.

02:35First joined us in July when he racked up eight straight victories, an average point score of 103.

02:41Family and friends impressed, were they, Mark?

02:44I hope so.

02:47So they weren't too fulsome with their praise then?

02:51No, they're quite acerbic.

02:53Are they? Oh, right. Your biggest critics?

02:55Other than myself.

02:56Other than yourself. Well, you could silence.

02:59You can't silence them by winning this series, can't you?

03:00Whoa.

03:01Whoa, mate.

03:05Mark says that since appearing on the show, he's been practising and practising.

03:08He's forgotten what life outside Countdown is like.

03:10Me too, Mark.

03:14But with 824 points, he's our number one seed.

03:17And whatever he says, the man to beat.

03:20Please welcome Mark Deeks and David Butcher.

03:28And in Dictionary Corner once again for this first quarterfinal, Susie Denton, David Lloyd.

03:37You've got anything on eBay, David?

03:39I can't think that I have. I'm sure that the household has from time to time.

03:43You can get anything on there.

03:45I wonder how much one of these Countdown teapots would bring.

03:48A lot.

03:49A lot.

03:50Yeah, three figures at least, I would think.

03:52Yeah.

03:53£1.80.

03:56But Lloyd, you've been £1.80 for everything, regardless of it, aren't you?

03:59I know you.

04:01Let's press on, shall we, then?

04:02And our first round of this first quarterfinal.

04:06And David's won the toss, so David, it's your first pick.

04:09A consonant, please, Rachel.

04:11Thank you, David.

04:12Start with P.

04:14And another.

04:16R.

04:17And another.

04:19D.

04:20And a vowel.

04:22O.

04:23And another.

04:25I.

04:25And another.

04:27A.

04:28And a consonant.

04:30S.

04:31And another.

04:34C.

04:35And lastly, O.

04:40And for the first time today, here's the Countdown Clock.

04:42Of course.

05:11Let's go.

05:14mark how many um i think an eight and david just a six okay david what's the six droops

05:22and the eight mark pick a doors pick a doors that is absolutely fantastic um as you can tell

05:30i haven't spotted that one at all uh yes in bullfighting there are people on horseback who

05:34goad the ball with a lance so not very nice act but a brilliant word

05:43that sets the standards straight away doesn't it um you've got anything to rival that over there

05:47david susie sporadic yes excellent that's there for eight as well okay very good sporadic was

05:53available but pick a doors is a superb start for mark who's often running with eight points straight

05:57away and mark it's your selection this time constant please thank you mark s and a vowel

06:05e constant m vowel i consonant t consonant l vowel o consonant z and a final consonant please

06:30and a final m and your 30 seconds starts now

06:34is

06:57now

07:06David what have you got just five and mark seven okay David what's the five emits and the seven

07:14mark mestizo yes I'll be scurrying around in the dictionary um it's absolutely brilliant I was

07:25stuck on Tommies looking at Tommies though which weren't in because they were capitalised um mestizo

07:30is brilliant in Latin America it's a person of mixed race especially one having Spanish and

07:34American Indian parentage well David Susie what have you got nothing it's absolutely brilliant

07:47word so marks race on the 15 David yet to get off the mark a long way to go David

07:52it's your pick

07:53a consonant please Rachel thank you David and another p and another k and the valve e and another e

08:10and

08:11another a and a consonant t and another b and vowel and the last one e time starts now

08:33so

08:37so

08:39so

08:57mark what did you make of that um i want to say seven but i won't i'll say six okay

09:02david just

09:04four oh dimmy what's the four no that's the same um uh bait it should be beaten yeah okay

09:11uh the yeah the six there mark nepeta n-e-p-e-t-a okay okay what was the seven

09:20be taken

09:22uh i don't think that is there although actually it may be let me let me check

09:27and the peter is when the peter is a plant of a genus that includes cat mint and several kinds

09:32cultivated for their spikes of violet flowers uh which is very nice i think the taken actually

09:38might be there uh and it is yes but never mind that yours was very good the six was excellent

09:45anyway

09:46um we've got a seven and it's for fishermen a keep net yeah that's nice and straightforward yeah

09:52so david's yet to get off the mark mark is on 21. mark it's your selection

09:58consonant please thank you mark s and a vowel u constant q another one please t wow o consonant d

10:17vowel e e consonant s final vowel please and a final i and here's the countdown clock

10:36so

10:48so

11:04David, how many?

11:05Six.

11:06And Mark?

11:07Seven.

11:09OK, David, what's the six?

11:10Quotes.

11:11And the seven, Mark?

11:13Tedious.

11:14Tedious.

11:15Excellent.

11:16Yep.

11:17Very good indeed.

11:17Yes, it certainly is.

11:19Tedious, superb for seven.

11:22David, Susie?

11:23Susie's got an eight, haven't you?

11:24There is an eight there.

11:25Outsides.

11:31Very good.

11:33Here's our first numbers round.

11:35David, it's you to pick those numbers, please.

11:38I've two large and four small, please.

11:40Thank you, David.

11:41Two from the top and four little ones.

11:44And the first game of this quarterfinal, the numbers are one.

11:47Eight, one, and three.

11:51And the two large ones, one hundred and seventy-five.

11:55And the target, 956.

11:58Thirty seconds for each, nine, five, six.

12:00And one, and four living.

12:07I'd like to hear the lyrics.

12:09What do you think?

12:12You know, what you mean, everyone for that is.

12:14I love you, a cheapy window.

12:16See you then.

12:20Bye.

12:25Bye.

12:31nine five six uh big target looks pretty difficult as well let's find out and mark how close

12:37nine five seven but i forgot to write it down okay david no i'm not that close okay let's say

12:43that nine five seven then please mark eight plus one eight plus one is nine and then a hundred

12:50take away three plus one yeah 98 times the two together for eight eight two add the 75 yeah

12:59brilliant one away hmm well nine five six looks tough rachel can it be done um that was the best

13:06i could do i'm not sure it looks ridiculously hard uh could i just have a try no oh yeah

13:14okay one and one is two one and one is two 75 plus three is 78 75 plus three 78

13:25278 is one five six one five six eight times a hundred is eight hundred and i had the one

13:32five

13:41let's get back to the contest shall we uh david's yet to get off the mark but he was a

13:45very slow

13:46starter as well in his first match when he came here during his successful run mark is on

13:5035 they can both have a little breather for a moment or two because we're off to dictionary

13:54corner david lloyd has been with us all this week david what are you going to tell us about today

13:58well i just want to take you back to the last time i was on you might recall if you

14:03if you remember i

14:04was talking to you about a pal of mine the the brigadier who lives in the village he's our postmaster

14:11and how he escapes into how he escaped into the committee room at old trafford with his falkland

14:18island sweater on i don't really remember this but it's a golf sweater and the club that they thought

14:23he was a war veteran and they took him into the committee and wined and dined him forever and

14:28he had nothing to do with war veteran he's just a golf sweater well he's a mate of mine and

14:34really this is a government health warning that i'm about to issue he's moving out of the village

14:41he's moving i believe there's a beautiful little village in somerset called milverton

14:47if you live in milverton he's coming to live near you

14:53and i'm going to give you the best advice you've ever had move

15:01he's already been down and he's sussed out that the pub the globe is approximately 111 yards

15:08from his house and that is going to be his new headquarters he's also giving himself a member

15:17of somerset county cricket club and if he wears his falkland island sweater to there he'll be in

15:22the team in no time if you're from milverton move

15:29brilliant david thank you very much indeed uh so david yet to score mark has 35 rachel doesn't

15:36believe i did the math so she's going to come over during the interval and check my workings which

15:40i've got the first teaser of the day for you the words are moral ban moral ban and the clue

15:46to ban

15:46all morals just wouldn't be right to ban all morals just wouldn't be right

16:04to ban all morals just wouldn't be right abnormal is the answer to our first teaser

16:10of the day now mark deeks is showing why he's the number one seed he's on 35 at the moment

16:14david

16:14butcher yet to score there's a long way to go let's get you off that zero shall we david

16:18uh mark it's your selection constant please thank you mark g and a vowel e and a consonant

16:28r and a vowel u consonant l vowel e consonants t a vowel

16:46o and another vowel please and the last one another u and here's the countdown clock

16:54the last one is the number one is the number one is the number one is the number one is

17:09the number one is the number one is the number one is the number one is the number one is

17:23the

17:24David, how many? I'll just try seven. And Mark? Six. Okay, Mark, what's the six? Regulo.

17:32And the seven, David? Yeah. Outrule. Outrule. Okay. You can overrule somebody,

17:41but can you outrule? No, you can't, I'm afraid. Oh, that's very bad luck. Sorry. Regulo's fine,

17:49yes. It's all to do with gas oven temperatures used before a numeral. It was a tough one. Nothing

17:54better than that. Okay. Yeah, very tough indeed. Mark moves on to 41. Unlucky with that one,

18:00David. Outrule. Ruled out, I suppose. David, it's your selection this time.

18:05A consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, David. G. And another.

18:11N. And another. D. And a vowel. A. Another vowel.

18:19I. And another. E. And a consonant. R. And another consonant. S.

18:31And a vowel. And the last one. A. And your 30 seconds starts now.

18:37A vowel.

19:09So, Mark, how many this time?

19:10I'll try a nine.

19:12Try a nine.

19:13OK.

19:14David?

19:15An eight.

19:16Right.

19:18What's your eight, David?

19:20Readings.

19:21And the nine, Mark?

19:23I'm not sure if it's already a plural, but let's find out.

19:26Gardenias.

19:27Gardenias.

19:27Yes, you can pluralise them, and that's brilliant.

19:29Well done.

19:37Fantastic.

19:38Gardenias for nine.

19:41Mark, it's your selection, please.

19:43Consonant, please.

19:44Thank you, Mark.

19:45T.

19:46And a vowel.

19:48A.

19:49And a consonant.

19:51V.

19:52And a vowel.

19:54O.

19:55And you can probably see where this is going.

19:56Consonant, please.

19:57I can spot a pattern.

19:59X.

20:00Another consonant, please.

20:02M.

20:02A vowel.

20:04I.

20:06Consonants.

20:08R.

20:10Finish with a vowel, please.

20:11And finish with I.

20:14And time starts now.

20:15A acknowledgement.

20:18I.

20:28I.

20:31I.

20:32I.

20:41I.

20:42I.

20:47David, just a four.

20:50And Mark?

20:51Five.

20:52OK, David, what's the four?

20:53Riot.

20:54And the five, Mark?

20:57Ratio.

20:58Ratio.

20:59Yeah.

21:00It's a tough, tough selection of letters, that's for sure.

21:03Any alternatives to ratio?

21:05Anything to improve on that?

21:06Any sixes?

21:07Five?

21:07We'll cover more fives with Vomit and Axiom,

21:10but there is a six there, Trivia.

21:11It's the best.

21:13Very good.

21:14Mark is on 64 at the moment.

21:18Let's see if we can get David off the mark this time.

21:20David, it's your selection.

21:22Consummate, please, Rachel.

21:23Thank you, David.

21:24S.

21:25And another.

21:27T.

21:28And another.

21:30P.

21:31And another.

21:34F.

21:35And a vowel.

21:37A.

21:38Another.

21:40E.

21:41Another.

21:43E.

21:44Consonant.

21:47W.

21:48And a vowel.

21:50And the last one.

21:51U.

21:53And here's the countdown clock.

22:25mark what have you got six and david five david what's the five paste and the six mark

22:33persewa p-e-s-e-w-a okay um i'm on the right place page even uh yes it's the

22:41monetary unit

22:42of ghana excellent we're on a slightly more traditional monetary unit peseta is also there

22:49but it's always excellent so mark moves on to 70 with the help of persewa uh david yet to get

22:55off

22:56the mark a little break for them right now because we're back off to dictionary corner

22:59it's origins of words time with suzy suzy place names a few more place names and i hope you'll

23:04forgive me for being london centric but london is packed full uh with history uh in its place names

23:10i thought i would give you a few uh chalk farm is a nice one uh the chalk was originally

23:15an old english

23:16word which meant cold and the full word was cold cottage farm perhaps referring to a drafty dwelling

23:23or one in a very exposed location over time it became corrupted to chalk charing cross the charing

23:29goes back to an old english word for bend probably for a bend in the old roman road from london

23:35at

23:35that point and the cross came from the eleanor cross that was erected here by edward i to commemorate

23:40his first wife elena of castile chelsea probably simply meant a landing place for chalk or limestone

23:47swiss cottage very simply again from the name of a tavern in the locality that resembled a swiss

23:52chalet and finally made of ale was from the local hero of maida inn which itself was inspired by the

23:58battle of maida in southern italy

24:06thank you on to our next numbers round now this time mark is you to pick those numbers

24:11six more please six more ones well not to show any favoritism to david but i have got him in

24:16the

24:16sweepstake so maybe you should just use the first five or something thank you what is this come on

24:21well there's six more for david and the five for mark uh ten four three one seven and i'm special

24:31for

24:31david six and the target oh dear 130 and your 30 seconds starts now

24:47so

24:53so

25:10Just looking for 130, and I think we've got some good news for lovers of David.

25:15130, David?

25:16Yeah, 130.

25:17And Mark?

25:18Yeah.

25:19David, let's hear yours, please.

25:20Six past seven.

25:21Six past seven, 13.

25:2213 times 10.

25:23Yeah.

25:33Yeah, very good.

25:34Well done, both of you.

25:34David off and running.

25:35He's got 10.

25:36Mark has 80.

25:38Time to bring you the second teaser of the day.

25:40Now the words are tuna lamb.

25:43Tuna lamb.

25:44And the clue, unlike the tuna, the lamb can go for a walk.

25:47Unlike the tuna, the lamb can go for a walk.

26:03And like the tuna, the lamb can go for a walk.

26:05Ambulent is the word we were looking for.

26:08It's the first of our quarterfinals in the series.

26:11David's on 10, but our number one seed mark has hurled along to 80.

26:15David, it's your selection.

26:17Consonant, please, Rachel.

26:18Thank you, David.

26:20G.

26:21Another.

26:23D.

26:24And another.

26:26F.

26:27And another.

26:27J.

26:30And a vowel.

26:32O.

26:34E.

26:37And another.

26:38A.

26:40And a consonant.

26:42N.

26:46And another consonant.

26:49And the last one.

26:50Another N.

26:52And here's the countdown clock.

26:54And here's the countdown clock.

27:25Mark, how many?

27:27Six.

27:28And David?

27:29And a six.

27:30What's your six, David?

27:31Fand.

27:33And yours, Mark?

27:34D.

27:35Fang.

27:36Fand and D.

27:37Fang.

27:38D.

27:39Fang, to remove the fangs, is fine, yes.

27:42But here's to both.

27:43OK.

27:44Good sixes, yes.

27:45Now, then, can we beat six?

27:47This is a big moment for Dictionary Corner.

27:48Desperate, are you?

27:50Desperate, and the answer is no, sadly.

27:52And we have nonage for six, which is a person's immaturity or youth.

27:56OK.

27:57David on 16 now.

27:59Mark has 86.

28:00Mark, your pick.

28:02Consonant, please.

28:03Thank you, Mark.

28:04R.

28:06And a vowel.

28:08E.

28:09Consonant.

28:11L.

28:12A vowel.

28:14I.

28:15Consonant.

28:17C.

28:18Nothing about Jeff, of course.

28:25Another consonant, please.

28:28R.

28:29A vowel.

28:31E.

28:33Consonant.

28:35L.

28:37And a final consonant, please.

28:39And a final W.

28:42956, Rachel.

28:43956.

28:45Here's your 30 seconds.

29:18David?

29:19Just a five.

29:20And Mark?

29:21Yeah, five.

29:23OK.

29:23What's yours, Mark?

29:24That one.

29:26LAUGHTER

29:28And David?

29:29A relic.

29:30Yeah.

29:31Right.

29:33Two relics over here, then.

29:35Just two.

29:36OK.

29:37What have you got, Dixie Recorder?

29:38We've got a six, haven't we?

29:41Sparkies, electricians, re-weigh-er.

29:43All right, very good.

29:45David moves on to 21.

29:46Mark has 91.

29:48Time for the final letters round of this contest.

29:51And David, it's you to pick them, please.

29:53Consonant, please.

29:54Thank you, David.

29:55N.

29:56And another.

29:58V.

29:59And another.

30:00D.

30:01And another.

30:04S.

30:05And a vowel.

30:06A.

30:07And another.

30:09I.

30:10And another.

30:12U.

30:14And a consonant.

30:16H.

30:17And a vowel.

30:18And the last one.

30:20E.

30:22And your 30 seconds starts now.

30:23And a vowel.

30:41And a vowel.

30:43And a vowel.

30:45And a vowel.

30:54Mark, what do you think of that?

30:56Eight.

30:56Eight. David?

30:57Seven.

30:58OK, what's the seven, David?

31:00Invade.

31:01And the eight, Mark?

31:02Vanished.

31:04Very good.

31:04Vanished. Brilliant.

31:07Vanished. Fantastic.

31:13For eight, a bit of a virtuoso performance, hasn't it?

31:16So far. David, Susie? No, nine.

31:20No, nine. Unshaved, same as unshaven, is an alternative eight.

31:24OK, very good.

31:26David on 21, Mark on 99.

31:30Time for the final numbers round of the contest, then.

31:32Now, Mark, it's you to choose those numbers, please.

31:35Let's have six more again, please.

31:36Let's have six more. Maybe just four for you this time.

31:40You don't like me much, do you?

31:42Come on, David. I'm still rooting for my sweet sake.

31:45It's going to be a boobie prize.

31:46The last numbers game of this contest.

31:49We have seven, eight, two, one, eight, and five.

31:56And for the last time, the numbers target 771.

31:59She doesn't like me much either.

32:0230 seconds starts now.

32:04five, four, six, three, four, two, five.

32:35Another tough one, I want you for 771 this time. David, how close?

32:41No, not very close.

32:42OK. And Mark?

32:43I think it's 773.

32:45OK, let's say that's 773 then, please.

32:48OK, 7 minus 1.

32:507 minus 1 is 6.

32:52Times 2 times 8 times 8.

32:5596 times 8 is 778.

33:007, 7, no, 7, 6, 8.

33:03Good, I was hoping you were going to say that.

33:05Plus 5.

33:06Plus 5, yeah, for 773.

33:09Very good, 773.

33:12Rachel, 771?

33:13Believe it or not, I did the same thing.

33:15So you didn't get 771.

33:18OK, it was a mighty tough one.

33:20Now, it's a bit too tough even for me, this one.

33:26David has 21, Mark has 106,

33:29and it's that stage of the show where I ask you both

33:30to put your fingers on your buzzers, please.

33:33As we reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.

33:42Mark.

33:44I'm hoping it's Launderer.

33:47Let's see if you are right.

33:52APPLAUSE

34:01So, Mark, as our first semi-finalist,

34:03he has excelled himself with a score of 116.

34:06Our congratulations to him.

34:08And our commiserations to David, who's finished on 21.

34:10It's a bit like a visit to the dentist, really, wasn't it, David?

34:13No, it's all right.

34:14No, Mark was really good.

34:16I mean, he deserves all the way.

34:19Well, you did brilliantly to get here in the first place

34:21with seven great wins.

34:22But, Mark, I think,

34:23understand the bookmakers are busily

34:25slashing their prices on you,

34:26winning the title right now after that performance.

34:28It's Mestizo, Nepeta, Regulo, Persewa, Defang.

34:33Sensational words.

34:34Thank you very much,

34:35but Rachel doesn't want me to win,

34:36so it's all for naught.

34:38LAUGHTER

34:40I can change, but I'm out of the sleep state, I'm afraid,

34:44so back to neutral.

34:45That's fine, I'm not mad.

34:47And, Mark, Rachel's just an employee.

34:50She's got no sway here whatsoever.

34:53LAUGHTER

34:55Mark, we'll see you back for your semi-final next Wednesday.

34:59Very well played indeed.

35:02David, enjoy that?

35:03Yeah, it's very good.

35:04They are very good, aren't they?

35:05I think David, he's a thirsty lad.

35:07I reckon he's off down the pub now, aren't he?

35:09I thought so.

35:10Definitely, yeah.

35:11I love it to see you, David.

35:12We've got another quarterfinal tomorrow.

35:14See you then.

35:15Likewise, Susie.

35:16Rachel, I know we're off out for dinner this evening.

35:18Could you just do me a favour?

35:20Just before we go,

35:21just give me a knock on my hotel room door, please,

35:23before we go.

35:24It's room number 956.

35:27LAUGHTER

35:28See you tomorrow at 10, perhaps.

35:30Three, bye-bye now.

35:32APPLAUSE

35:42The boot's on the other foot

35:44as Kevin MacLeod sets out to design affordable eco-homes

35:47in Kevin's Grand Design tonight at eight.

35:50Next, though, the Grand Design

35:52is to squeeze as much money out of the banker as possible.

35:56APPLAUSE

36:01Yeah, it's time to you for start to turn up.

36:03And then you've made a round of applause.

36:03The Grand Design

36:03is a good one.

36:0396 AM

Countdown | Thursday 8th December 2011 | Episode 5392

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