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00:00Thank you very much.
00:57Thank you very much.
01:00Thank you very much.
01:30It's a true story apparently according to this.
01:32He was a pet of a Brit and was only returned home to the Brit when a vet managed to
01:37track down one of those little, you know, little transistors or whatever they are.
01:42The chips.
01:42The chip.
01:43The chip, exactly.
01:44So there we are.
01:45So he'd been off somewhere for four years learning Spanish and apparently when he returned to his owner, the Brit,
01:51he said, I'm quoting from this article, he said, what happened in Spanish?
01:56Wow.
01:57Did he have a South American accent?
01:59No, well, he had a perfect Spanish accent, of course.
02:02Oh, okay.
02:03So he wasn't travelled a long way.
02:05Brilliant, isn't it?
02:05I love African greys.
02:07They're so clever, aren't they?
02:08My godmother, when I was little, they used to have an African grey.
02:11Yeah.
02:12Tanya and Cyril.
02:13When Tanya died, the parrot was called Billy.
02:16It was a boy called Billy.
02:17And when she died, it was so upset it laid an egg.
02:19And it turned out that Billy was a girl.
02:21That's the only way they knew.
02:23How extraordinary.
02:24Yeah, lovely parrot, though.
02:25They live a long time, right?
02:27Yeah, I think at least 40 years, I think.
02:29How old was Billy?
02:30I'm not sure.
02:31Billy only went in the last couple of years, I think.
02:33Oh, right.
02:34But, yeah, he, she was around for a long time.
02:37They can give you a bit of a nip.
02:39Anyway, that was our friend Nigel, the African grey.
02:43Now then, Duncan McGregor, back with us again.
02:46Well done.
02:47From Stirling, train station assistant, scored 98 points in your first and only countdown game.
02:55But it wasn't enough to beat the 71 finalist, Tricia Paye.
02:59So, you're here again.
03:00Good luck.
03:01I'd love to give you a teapot.
03:03And you're joined by Michael McDowell, computer programmer from Westcliffe-on-Sea.
03:09Won four games in series, 71.
03:11Beginning with a triumph of a series finalist, Paul Worsley.
03:14And went on to amass 397 points.
03:18Pleased to be back?
03:19Very pleased.
03:21You signed it.
03:22Excellent.
03:23Let's have a big round of applause for Michael McDowell and Duncan McGregor.
03:31And in the studio, of course, our beloved Susie Dent, joined by Arlene Phillips.
03:39Choreographer, director, TV presenter, judge, and all-round good sport.
03:43Welcome back.
03:45Welcome back.
03:46Now, let's get down to business, Duncan.
03:47Good luck.
03:49Letters.
03:50Yeah, Rachel.
03:51Hi, Duncan.
03:52Consonant, please.
03:53Start today with S.
03:56And another one.
03:58N.
03:59And another.
04:01B.
04:02A vowel, please.
04:04E.
04:06Another vowel.
04:07O.
04:09A vowel.
04:11E.
04:12A consonant, please.
04:14R.
04:16Another consonant.
04:18P.
04:20And a final vowel, please.
04:22And a final A.
04:24And here's the gantan plug.
04:26And a final vowel, please.
04:57Yes, Duncan.
04:58Seven.
04:59A seven.
05:00How about Michael?
05:01Six.
05:01A six.
05:02Yes.
05:03P.
05:03P.
05:05And Duncan.
05:06Persona.
05:07Persona.
05:08Very good.
05:09Happy enough?
05:10Very happy.
05:10What else has the corner got?
05:12Arlene, Susie.
05:14I've got openers.
05:15Yes.
05:16Seven.
05:17And Susie?
05:17Well, you can put the E at the end of persona and have persona.
05:21Oh, more than one.
05:22Yes, so that would take you up to eight.
05:23Mmm.
05:24All right.
05:26Nonetheless, Duncan makes an early lead and we turn now to Michael for a letters game.
05:31I'll start with the consonant, please, Rachel.
05:33Thank you, Michael.
05:34G.
05:35And another.
05:36Y.
05:38A vial.
05:40U.
05:41Another vial.
05:43A.
05:45Consonant.
05:47G.
05:49Consonant.
05:50R.
05:51And another.
05:55H.
05:58Consonant.
05:59N.
06:01And a vial.
06:03And the last one.
06:04O.
06:06Countdown.
06:07Hi.
06:34Oh, no.
06:37I'm out.
06:38yes Michael just a five a five Duncan I'll try a six so Michael raggy yep Duncan grungy
06:52let's have a look it's just raggy's absolutely fine excellent yeah it's spelt either with the
06:58ey at the end or just the y it can be grungy dirty grimy or perhaps a supporter of grunge
07:05music either way it's in the dictionary very grungy well done well done good start there
07:09Duncan now in the corner Susie and Arlene six for hungry yes and otherwise just guano which is
07:19um stuff left by birds but used as a fertilizer dropping yes okay stuff left is really bad
07:26definition but yes something guano full of nutrients apparently full of nutrients so Duncan your first
07:32numbers game yep one from the top please Rachel and Daniella five thank you Duncan one large one
07:37five little ones coming up and for the first time today the little ones are four one nine eight and
07:46seven and the big one fifty and the target two hundred and nine two oh nine
07:54so
08:07so
08:23Duncan.
08:24209.
08:25Yes, Michael.
08:27209, no surprises.
08:28Yes, Duncan.
08:2950 times 4 plus 9.
08:31200, yep, nice and easy.
08:32And Michael.
08:33Amazingly, it's the seal.
08:34There we go.
08:35All right, let's pass swiftly on from that one then.
08:38To a teatime teaser, which is free bids.
08:41And the clue, the cheese celebration certainly wasn't the longest.
08:46The cheese celebration certainly wasn't the longest.
09:04Welcome back.
09:05I left with the clue, the cheese celebration certainly wasn't the longest.
09:08In fact, it was the briefest.
09:10The briefest.
09:13Woo.
09:1423 plays Michael's 10.
09:16Michael, you're back on with the letters game.
09:18A consonant, please.
09:19Thank you, Michael.
09:21L.
09:21And another.
09:24N.
09:25And a third.
09:27G.
09:28And a vial.
09:31I.
09:31Consonant.
09:34C.
09:36Consonant.
09:37Another consonant.
09:39S.
09:40Vial.
09:42U.
09:44And a consonant.
09:47T.
09:48And a final vial.
09:50And a final E.
09:53Stand by.
09:54I.
10:09I.
10:10I.
10:11I.
10:19I.
10:25Michael. Seven. Duncan. I'll try a seven. Michael. Singlet. A singlet and Duncan.
10:35Selting. S-E-L-T-I-N-G. S-E-L-T-I-N-G. Not there. Selting, salting, lots
10:44of things,
10:44Duncan, but not that one, sorry. And in the corner, Susie, Arlene. I got singlet and
10:50sweet, but it's only five. And Susie? A couple more sevens. Utensil and ugliest.
10:58Utensil. It's a good word, isn't it? All right. 23 plays Michael, 17. Duncan, you're
11:03back with a letters game. Coincident, please, Rachel. Thank you, Duncan. S. And another
11:09one. P. And another. V. A vowel. I. Another vowel. E. The third one, please. A. Consonant. G. Consonant.
11:35R. And a vowel, please. And the last one. E. Countdown.
11:41I. Countdown.
12:12Duncan
12:13Sex a six
12:15Yes, Michael seven
12:18Duncan give us
12:20give us and
12:21gravies
12:23Gravies
12:24excellent
12:26Yeah, leapt into a one-point lead there Michael well done now then
12:30Arlene and Susie no not for me this one. No, I couldn't know what about Susie?
12:37Um few six escapers vipers gasper Greaves is there for another seven
12:44Thank you Greaves all right
12:47so
12:48Michael
12:50One point ahead and it's numbers for you
12:53I'll have one large and five small please Rachel you can thank you Michael one from the top row and
12:58Five more little ones and this time the little ones are one eight
13:03two
13:05another eight
13:07Five and the big one 50 again and the target 372
13:12372
14:04Well, Michael
14:06Thank you Michael
14:0750 minus 2
14:0850 minus 2 48 times it times by 8 is
14:13384
14:15Subtract five and it and then five and the other eight for 13 and yet one away again
14:20Well done
14:21Well done but 372 was the requirement Rachel how tricky is that yeah a few ways
14:27Um, you could have said you could have said 50 minus 1 is 49 times by 8 is 392 and
14:34then five times the other eight is 40 divided by 2 is 20 to take off for 372
14:39Yes, thank you madam
14:42Well done
14:46Always on the money there always on the money now
14:48Now let's turn to
14:50Now let's turn to Arlene
14:50Arlene
14:51You've been friends for a long time with a chap that turned up here sat in your seat and charmed
14:57It was none of us all it was none other than david emmanuel you've known him a long time a
15:01long long time
15:03He was absolutely the most charming man you could meet and I think him and his then wife elizabeth emmanuel
15:10as you know
15:11They did throw a wedding dress every thought david was very fluffy his public persona was very fluffy, but at
15:17home
15:18where
15:20David and elizabeth held wonderful parties with the jaggers there and just glorious parties
15:26He was the most wonderful father to the two children oliver and eloise his daughter
15:33warm
15:34Loving gentle kind but outside his public persona was somewhat different
15:40So when I saw him on i'm a celebrity get me out of here which he was runner-up for
15:47You saw you saw the man that I knew from his home this warm
15:54spreading warmth fatherly
15:57Loving and I just thought it was the loveliest thing because often a
16:01Public persona is not what people really are and for everyone to see david and his true warmth
16:09I just thought was really
16:12Really touching
16:12No, nice man. I hope comes back soon and your point is well made
16:17Don't just listen to other people judge for yourself when you meet them excellent stuff now then michael one point
16:24ahead skinny lead on
16:26Duncan at 30 wish we go let's go to what Duncan one or letters
16:32Consonant please Rachel. Thank you Duncan see and another one
16:37M and another
16:41F
16:42And the vowel please
16:45O and the vowel
16:48A
16:50And the vowel
16:51E
16:53Consonant
16:55S
16:58Consonant
17:00D
17:03And a consonant
17:05And the last one
17:06S
17:08And the clock starts now
17:11Saying
17:12In a bel
17:12You
17:12To be箹
17:13You You
17:40You
17:40yes Duncan five a five Michael six and a six Duncan feces thank you Michael
17:50formed yes thank you foamed yes why not good anything else
17:57Arlene mine was foamed yeah and Susie one more six would be masked but it was a
18:02very tricky one this one Nick yes all right 32 Michaels 37 Michaels back with
18:08a letters game Michael a consonant please Rachel thank you Michael P and
18:14another s a vial I another vial oh consonant L consonant V vial e
18:38consonant S and final vial and final I stand by
18:52so
19:24Michael spoils yes Duncan the same one there we go spoils now then Arlene Susie
19:34solves yes and there is a sort of linguistic eight then it which is um
19:39plosives P L O S I V E S and the plosive is a consonant that uses the lips the
19:46teeth
19:46or the palate and that makes it sort of almost explosive sound so you've got
19:50T K P B D G those are all plosive sounds
20:0036 to Michael 43 let's have a numbers game Duncan I'll try two big ones this time Rachel and then
20:07four small
20:08thank you Duncan two from the top this time four little ones and for this round the small ones are
20:13four eight two and three and the large ones one hundred and seventy five and the target
20:21nine hundred and seventy nine nine seven nine
20:27so
20:39so
20:40so
20:53Duncan
20:55nine seven four
20:57five away
20:59Michael nine seven nine nine seven nine
21:03nine
21:03come on then
21:05it
21:05plus three minus two
21:07is nine
21:08times a hundred
21:09nine hundred
21:10the seventy five and the four
21:12nine seven nine well done
21:14very nicely done Michael
21:16yeah
21:17excellent
21:19very good
21:20fifty three to thirty six now
21:22very sweetly done now let's have a tea time teaser which is Enid Glen
21:26and the clue Enid and Glen were always bugging each other Enid and Glen were always
21:33bugging each other
21:49welcome back
21:50I left with the clue Enid and Glen were always bugging each other
21:54and the answer is they were always needling needling each other needling 53 for Michael
22:02Duncan on 36 Michael
22:04letters
22:06I'll start with a vowel this time please
22:08thank you Michael
22:08U
22:09and another
22:10A
22:12consonant
22:14M
22:16another consonant
22:18H
22:18and a third
22:20T
22:22a vowel
22:23I
22:26consonant
22:27I
22:29consonant
22:31R
22:33and a vowel
22:36and the last one U
22:39hello
23:08thank you
23:12My word. Michael? Five. A five. Yes, Duncan? Five. Two fives. Michael? Truths. And? It's the same one. That's the
23:22only one. Any more truths? I don't have that one. Atrium. Atrium? No, that's a good one. Yeah, very good.
23:31Six. 58 to 41. Michael in the lead. Duncan's back. Letters game. Duncan?
23:36Consonant, please. Thank you, Duncan. L. And another. N. And another. R. A vowel, please. A. Another vowel. E. A
23:53third one. O. Consonant. T. Consonant. B.
24:06And the vowel, please. And the last one. E. Stand by.
24:42Duncan? Seven. Seven. Michael? Seven. Duncan? Bloater. And Michael, seven? Bloater. Same again. Look at this. Players, these two. Now,
24:55what has the corner got to offer?
24:58Baronet. A baronet? Really good. Racker? Very good. Susie? Notable is another seven, but there is an eight there, which
25:05is rentable. A rentable accommodation.
25:08Yeah. Yeah. A baronet. That's terrific. Now then, 65 to Duncan's 48. Now, Susie, what will you talk to us
25:24about today in your origins of words?
25:27I had an email from a very loyal countdown viewer who didn't want to be named. She was rather shy.
25:33But she, considering she was a she, asked where the word CD comes from. Usually comes with motel, doesn't it?
25:39We normally talk about a CD motel.
25:41And you get the picture of stained carpet, sort of worn curtains and sort of reception desks, perhaps full of
25:50bulletproof glass, if you read detective novels.
25:53But the very last thing you think of is a vegetable. But that is, in fact, where it comes from.
25:57And I suppose that's quite obvious when you think about it.
25:59Vegetables run to seed if a farmer doesn't get to them in time or harvest them in time. And so
26:06they're too full of seeds to be edible.
26:08In other words, they're useless. They're left to rot and decay. And that's where the sort of image of a
26:13dilapidated old motel came from.
26:16And CD is, of course, worse than corny. And I think I've mentioned before that comes also from vegetables.
26:21It actually comes a corny joke. It's the type of joke that was told in seed catalogues to farmers in
26:29sort of mid 19th century America.
26:31They sort of pepper the pages of these catalogues with them with really bad jokes to try and keep the
26:36farmers entertained.
26:37But going back to motel, that's a blend of hotel and motor for motor car.
26:43But hotel itself is related to hostel and also hospital. And you have to look back to the 1300s when
26:51a hotel or hostel was a house really intended for the reception of travellers.
26:58Took on the name of hospital run by religious orders. And of course, because they were so benevolent, they would
27:04take in the sick and the needy and they wouldn't always charge for accommodation.
27:08And so that's how hospital came to mean, sort of serving the needs of others, whether they were sick or
27:14not.
27:15But this sense of offering hospitality survives in names like the Greenwich Hospital, which was intended for retired mariners, and
27:23also the Royal Hospital in Chelsea, because that was intended, I think it was built in the time of Charles
27:27II, and it was intended for the care of war veterans.
27:30So that neutral sense of hospital survives there. But, yeah, I don't know whether you choose a hospital over a
27:36motel, but whichever, just don't choose a seedy one.
27:39Indeed. Thank you very much. Well done, Susie.
27:46Brilliant as ever. 65 to Duncan's, 48. Michael, you're back.
27:52Penultimate letters game.
27:54I'll start with a continent this time.
27:56Thank you, Michael. J.
27:58And another.
28:00S.
28:01A third.
28:03C.
28:04A vial.
28:05A.
28:07Another vial.
28:08E.
28:10Consonant.
28:12M.
28:14Another consonant.
28:16T.
28:19A vial.
28:21I.
28:24And a consonant.
28:26And the last one.
28:28X.
28:28And the clock starts now.
28:30Abig.
28:32I.
28:34A.
28:37A.
28:37A.
28:37A.
28:41A-
28:42A.
28:42A.
29:00A.
29:00Michael? Just five. And Duncan? Five. Michael? Times. Duncan? Steam. Steam. Nothing to squabble about? There is quite a long
29:14eight there, if you're lucky enough to find it, and it's majestic. Oh, very good. Majestic.
29:19Thank you. A long eight, eh? Majestic. Very good. Now, 70 plays 53. Duncan on 53. Duncan, it's your letters
29:34game. Last one for today.
29:37Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Duncan. L. And a vowel. E. Consonant. D. And a vowel. O.
29:49Consonant. W. Consonant. T. Vowel. E. Consonant. R. A final consonant, please. And a final D. Stand by.
30:38And a vowel. E. Consonant. R. A final consonant, please. And a vowel. E. Consonant. R. A final consonant, please.
30:49And a vowel.
30:50And Duncan?
30:51So all.
30:53Michael?
30:54Toddler.
30:55A toddler.
30:56A toddler.
30:58Great.
30:59Now then, Arlene?
31:00I was toddler as well.
31:03Yep.
31:03That was it.
31:04All right, and Susie?
31:05One more seven, lowered.
31:07Lowered, yeah, good.
31:09Toddler.
31:11A toddler.
31:12Michael on 77, Duncan 53.
31:14As we go into the final numbers, final numbers round from Michael.
31:19The old favourite, please, Rachel.
31:21One large, five small.
31:22Thank you, Michael.
31:23One large one.
31:24Five little ones for the final time today.
31:27And these ones are three, five, six.
31:32Another three and eight.
31:34And the large one, 100.
31:36And the target, 680.
31:38680.
31:400.
32:10Michael?
32:11I'll declare 680.
32:14680.
32:15Duncan?
32:15No, I'm not close enough.
32:16Nope.
32:17All right, Michael.
32:19Five times three.
32:21Yep.
32:22Five times three, 15.
32:23Subtract it from the 100.
32:24100 minus 15 is 85.
32:26Multiply by it.
32:28Perfect.
32:29Was that fingers crossed?
32:31680.
32:32Very good.
32:37That was very elegant.
32:39Very elegant indeed.
32:4087 plays 53, as we're in the final round.
32:44So, fingers on buzzers, let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:15Michael?
33:17Psychotic.
33:19Let's see whether you're right.
33:21Psychotic.
33:23Well done.
33:24Well done, Michael.
33:25Well done indeed.
33:27My word, that's tremendous.
33:2997 plays 53, just short of 100.
33:31Terrific stuff.
33:32No people.
33:34Oh, no, I'm gutted.
33:35But Duncan, bad luck.
33:37But you get a goodie bag.
33:38You both get goodie bags.
33:39And you leave here with our blessing and goodwill.
33:42Great to see you both again.
33:44Excellent stuff.
33:44Good to see you, Susie and Arlene, of course, as ever.
33:48Thank you so much for that lovely story about Mr. Emanuel.
33:53Yes.
33:53Lovely stuff.
33:54Thank you, Rachel.
33:56You're very welcome.
33:57And thank you for joining us here in the Countdown studio.
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