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00:27Hello and a very warm welcome
00:28to the very first of our brand new series of countdown I hope you'll all join in and play
00:33along with us at home now when we last saw you what so way before Christmas we had our grand
00:39final
00:40for 1982 we had Joyce Cantfield against Michael Wiley they were the two highest scorers in the
00:46last series well of course Joyce won that championship but the very last game before that
00:51we had our reigning challenger and she was Jane McClellan and she came from Chester well here
00:56she is again waiting to take on all cameras how you feeling Jane fine thank you okay well Jane of
01:01course was a teacher and now she's a housewife but she's pretty hot shot with the words and the
01:07numbers so good luck to you Jane and her first challenger this evening in this brand new series
01:12is Hugh Fraser Hugh comes from Edinburgh he's a retired civil servant whose hobbies include films
01:18rugby and reading crime thrillers although as far as countdown goes he's hoping to be the man
01:25who won it well the jokes have got a little bit better anyway look if you haven't joined us
01:32before you'll soon pick up the rules because they're pretty simple but the first the most
01:36important thing is to introduce you to a man who's well loved well educated and well read
01:42well almost Kenneth Williams yes yes you see a quite different one from last year I'm afraid the
01:53belly has become rather protuberant with all that plum pudding but I'm accompanied for my finder I have
02:01the distinguished Joyce Hawkins who's responsible incidentally for compiling for the Oxford University
02:06press four dictionaries oh I may not be right about were they all for the OUP five and yes all
02:13for
02:13OUP and that's pending a recount right another one so you will understand therefore that she is a
02:17dictionary as far as dictionaries are concerned and the words which our contestants will be submitting
02:23will have to be legitimate words words which we approve but words which are not only in the dictionary
02:27but are in current usage so there we are that's explained our position those of you familiar with
02:34it anyway we already know but I thought I'd put that as a natural preamble lovely preamble so that's
02:39Kenneth there with his new finder so a real dynamic dictionary duo there now as I say I hope you
02:43all do
02:44know the rules what it basically is is about choosing uh letters and making uh long words out of them
02:49we
02:49also have a similar spot when it comes to numbers but you'll see what happens as we go along we've
02:53had a
02:53toss up and Hugh has won the toss so Hugh will you kick off this brand new series by choosing
02:58nine
02:59letters please consonant and you start with an N vowel U consonant L consonant G vowel I consonant T
03:19E vowel U vowel U vowel U consonant E consonant right so there's our Kathy there looking as fresh as
03:35ever putting up the uh the letters what we have to do is to jumble those up into into a
03:40word and the
03:41longer the word is correct the more points they'll score all that to be done in of course 30 seconds
03:46starting now.
04:17And that's it.
04:17That's the first countdown.
04:19So let's see how we got on.
04:20And let's ask Hugh,
04:21how many letters have you got in his word?
04:22Seven.
04:23Seven.
04:24And you, Jane?
04:24Only six.
04:25Only six.
04:26So let's just hear what yours are.
04:28Unguent.
04:28Well, can I just ask Jane first,
04:30in case yours isn't accepted.
04:32Tuning.
04:33T-U-N-I-N-G.
04:35Okay, now we'll go to yours, Hugh.
04:37Unguent.
04:37U-N-G-U-E-N-T.
04:39Yes, a rare word.
04:41That's a lovely word.
04:43The unguents, or ointments, or liniments,
04:46all those things, you know.
04:47I always think, when I think of unguents,
04:49I always think of when Mary Magdalene did that.
04:51You remember, we dressed our Lord's feet
04:53with the ointments,
04:54and Judas said, you know,
04:55that money was spent on such rare unguents
04:58could have gone to feed the poor.
05:00And our Lord said,
05:01the poor ye have always with you,
05:03me for only a short time.
05:05Oh, that's marvellous about unguents.
05:07It always reminds me of that.
05:08Very good word.
05:09It is.
05:09It's an excellent word.
05:10I had a little tingle there.
05:11Did you have tingle?
05:12Oh, I had tingle.
05:13I had loads.
05:14I had guilt.
05:14I had inlet.
05:15I had unguents.
05:16I had tunnel.
05:17Tunnel.
05:18Very good.
05:18I would have liked tunneling,
05:20but unfortunately,
05:21there were only two ends.
05:22You said I couldn't.
05:23OK, well, that was unguents that won that round,
05:25so well done to you, Hugh.
05:26And Jane, it's your turn to start round two.
05:28Start with a consonant, please.
05:30And Jane has an F.
05:31Another, please.
05:33R.
05:35Vowel.
05:36I.
05:37Consonant.
05:38T.
05:40Vowel.
05:42Vowel.
05:43Consonant.
05:45R.
05:47Consonant.
05:49C.
05:50Vowel.
05:53E.
05:54Consonant.
05:57M.
05:58And there we go.
05:59Thirty seconds to get a long, long, long word.
06:02Starting now.
06:33And that's it.
06:34Hugh, how many letters in your word?
06:35Six.
06:36Six.
06:36Jane?
06:37Seven.
06:38Seven.
06:38Ah, the table's reversed this time.
06:40Perhaps, Hugh, just let's hear what yours is.
06:42Cement.
06:42C-E-M-E-N-T.
06:44Mm.
06:44Well, yes, you got stuck in there, certainly.
06:47Jane?
06:48There's no N in it.
06:49There's no N in it.
06:51No, there isn't, is there?
06:51I'm sorry.
06:52This is, yes.
06:53Yes, you came.
06:54You came.
06:54Wait for it.
06:55A little unstuck there.
06:56Ah, that's a good one.
06:58Yeah, that's a good one.
07:00That was good.
07:01All right.
07:03Jane?
07:04Fiercer.
07:06F-I-E-R-C-E-R.
07:09Fiercer.
07:09Yeah, very good.
07:10Yes.
07:11Yes.
07:11Fiercer.
07:12Yes, OK.
07:12Well, we accept that straight away.
07:13So that's seven.
07:14So that's both of you on seven.
07:17So off we go.
07:18Round three and Hugh's turn.
07:19Consonant.
07:21And you have a K.
07:23Vowel.
07:24And an A.
07:26Consonant.
07:28N.
07:29Consonant.
07:30P.
07:31Vowel.
07:34O.
07:35Vowel.
07:37E.
07:39Consonant.
07:41R.
07:42Consonant.
07:43Y.
07:45Vowel.
07:47And a U.
07:48OK, and off you go.
07:51Starting now.
07:53OK, and off you go, starting now.
08:22All right.
08:23Now then, Hugh.
08:24Five.
08:25Five.
08:26And Jane.
08:26Five, also.
08:27Both five.
08:27We'll hear them both.
08:28Let's hear yours, Hugh.
08:29Poker.
08:30P-O-K-E-R.
08:32Poker.
08:33Poker.
08:48Poker.
08:48And Jane.
08:48We move on to round four.
08:50This is where we move over to Beverly Isherwood.
08:52She now selects various numbers, which will be chosen at random.
08:57And the idea then is to, well, I'll tell you what the idea is when they pick up the numbers.
09:01So, Jane, will you choose your numbers, please, from Beverly?
09:04One from the top row, please.
09:06One from the next.
09:07And two each from the other two rows.
09:09So, she's chosen six, you see.
09:11And on the top row, there was 25, 50, 75, and 100, all at random.
09:14On the other row, some of them are the right way up, we have numbers 1 to 10.
09:18And Beverly puts them up there, you see.
09:20So, we have a 2, a 9, a 10, a 6, and a 1, and a 50.
09:25And in this age of the microchip, we have our own little microchip, which we call Cecil, sort of micro
09:30-Cecil.
09:31Five, six, six.
09:32You've got to get that figure there by using addition, subtraction, multiplication, division,
09:37using any or all of the letters, but not the same, letter twice.
09:40Okay, 30 seconds, off we go.
10:11And that's it.
10:12Five, six, six is what we had to get.
10:14I saw Hugh put his pen down after about 20 seconds.
10:17Let's see how Jane got on, though.
10:18What did you get, Jane?
10:19Five, six, six.
10:20You think you've got five, six, six, right?
10:21We'll check it in a minute.
10:22And Hugh?
10:23No, five, five, seven.
10:24Five, five, seven.
10:25Okay, well, let's see if you're right, Jane.
10:26We need to check it through with our vital statistician, who is Carol Vorderman.
10:31Nine plus two is 11.
10:33Nine plus two is 11.
10:35Times 50.
10:36Times 50.
10:38550.
10:40Plus 10.
10:41Plus 10.
10:43And plus six.
10:44Five, six, six.
10:46Excellent.
10:47Excellent.
10:53So there, as we come to the halfway mark, you see Hugh Fraser on 12, the challenger,
10:58and the reigning champ, Jane McClemon, there on 22.
11:02Just 10 points ahead.
11:03Anything could happen.
11:04What's going to happen now?
11:05We always like to take you into the break feeling a little happy and relaxed.
11:08The company of Mr. Kenneth Williams.
11:09Well, you know, I forgot to say in the opening, Richard, we had a lovely letter.
11:13We had lots of very nice letters about the show.
11:15This one's very intriguing because it comes from Mr. Mahoney, South Auckland and Essex.
11:20And it says,
11:20If you will rearrange Richard Whiteley, Kenneth Williams, Carol Vorderman and Dr. Linda Barrett,
11:28you could make the following words.
11:30Kind, brilliant, merry word tracers, view a hard match here and all learn.
11:40What more delightful.
11:41That's a smashing letter, isn't it?
11:43So, like I say, keep on writing, keep on sending them.
11:47That's really, that is a brilliant, that's brilliant, actually.
11:49So, thank you very much for that.
11:50And if you have any similar ones, as Kenneth says, do let us know.
11:53In the meantime, we'll take a break.
11:54We'll see you in about two minutes' time.
12:05Hello, welcome back to part two,
12:06where you find that our reigning champion, Jane McClelland,
12:08is in the lead on 22 points,
12:12and 10 points behind her is challenger from Edinburgh,
12:15former civil servant Hugh Fraser.
12:17He's there on 12.
12:18So, it's quite easy to get 10 points in this game,
12:21if you're just right with the maths.
12:23So, all is not lost, Hugh.
12:24You've a lot to play for.
12:26So, Jane, anyway, it's your turn to kick off this half.
12:29Consonant, please.
12:31You have a D.
12:32Another, please.
12:34G.
12:35Vowel.
12:37A.
12:37Consonant.
12:40T.
12:41Vowel.
12:43E.
12:44Consonant.
12:46P.
12:48Vowel.
12:50Another E.
12:52Consonant.
12:54N.
12:55Vowel.
12:58I.
12:59All right, off we go with the old TikToks, starting now.
13:03All right, off we go with the old TikToks, starting now.
13:04All right, off we go with the old TikToks, starting now.
13:11All right, off we go with the old TikToks, starting now.
13:12All right, off we go with the old TikToks, starting now.
13:20All right, off we go with the old TikToks, starting now.
13:21All right, off we go with the old TikToks, starting now.
13:21All right, off we go with the old TikToks, starting now.
13:22All right, off we go with the old TikToks, starting now.
13:22All right, off we go with the old TikToks, starting now.
13:24All right, off we go with the old TikToks, starting now.
13:26All right, off we go with the old TikToks, starting now.
13:30All right, off we go with the old TikToks, starting now.
13:34and that's time so we asked jane how many letters in her word seven seven and hugh seven both seven
13:39let's hear them both jane painted p-a-i-n-t-e-d and hugh also painted also painted yes
13:48we all got
13:49painted kenneth yes i did that i got panted pain pained and pained okay so well done to you both
13:55that's uh seven points uh to you there that's 19 for hugh and 29 there for jane as we move
14:01into our
14:01next round and hugh it's your turn vowel a vowel e consonant h consonant q
14:19vowel hoping for you i consonant c consonant g
14:32vowel got the u consonant and you have an r okay that's the first q of the new series so
14:40this is
14:40uh your turn your cue to begin the clock which i will now do now right
14:47so
15:15and that's time you could almost get hugh but it wasn't an h wasn't it it was h u g
15:19not the other
15:20h how did you get on hugh six you got six and jane six both six goodness gracious hugh charge
15:26c-h-h-a-r-g-e c-h-a-r-g-e yes that's uh not bad jane quiche
15:36q-u-i-c-h-e oh yeah that is good
15:41very clever that is really good can i just ask can i ask if that is in the english dictionary
15:47as it is
15:47i think i mean of course joyce will verify that for you but i think you'll find it is it's
15:53a dish
15:54isn't it it's a pastry as well a quiche i mean the famous one is lorraine isn't it i would
15:59say
15:59lorraine chase quiche lorraine there was that lovely one where the man said what's this should quiche
16:06lorraine and he said i'll give us a quiche lorraine he's enchanting i thought now joyce what is your
16:12verdict it's an open tart with a sweet or usually an open tart yes but it's not the kind of
16:18tart you're
16:19thinking i see with a what it's not the kind of a tart no i said with a what you
16:25said it's an open
16:26tart with a savory filling a savory filling you said that jane jane is remarkably accurate every
16:32time isn't she well i'll tell you what i don't know about that it's giving me an appetite for my
16:35tea
16:36so i think we better let's get on with the game quick uh 25 and 35 so our two contestants
16:40and now jane
16:41your turn consonant please why another t vowel a consonant g vowel o consonant m vowel e consonant g
17:10vowel and o and that's it and the countdown starts right now
17:16so
17:27so
17:46and now let's see who's got the longer word let's ask jane first jane how many letters five five
17:52hugh seven seven seven aha well jane what's your five meaty m e a t y can yes well we
18:00can't beef about
18:01that can we
18:05hugh maggoty m-a-double-g-o-t-y
18:15can we check that is the spelling right yes yes joyce joyce will give her authority for that it's a
18:22very good word maggoty you could say you know the this great basket of flour is all full of
18:26maggoty the whole thing i mean your cheese it would be full of maggots couldn't it she was oh that
18:31was
18:31peggotty that was in uh david copperfield wasn't it oh quite another character not maggots at all no
18:36anyone with a wooden leg full of maggots would have been a terrible strength wouldn't they
18:40well well done well done hugh because you pulled up there you're now only three points behind on 32
18:44to james 35 and it's uh your turn to go one from the top please
18:52two from the second row two from the third and one from the bottom row
19:00there the numbers game now and we have a one and a nine and a ten an eight and a
19:08nine and a 50
19:10and let's give cecil a twirl
19:14six eight seven six eight seven thirty seconds to get that starting now
19:22so
19:30so
19:32so
19:32so
19:49OK, team, pen's down.
19:51Now then, Hugh, how'd you get on?
19:52Very badly, I'm afraid. 6-4-9.
19:556-4-9. That's quite a lot out. Let's ask you, Jane.
19:58Even worse, 6-3-9.
20:006-3-9. So you are the nearer of the two, if that's right.
20:03You might get some points here. You might actually...
20:05In fact, you will go ahead, but let's just check it off now with Carol.
20:0810 plus 1, 11.
20:1011.
20:12Times 50 is 5-50.
20:1411 by 50 is 5-50.
20:18Oh, I'm sorry. I've taken 10 nines. It should have been 9 nines.
20:24So we've made a boo-boo, so we go on to Jane.
20:26Just remind us what your total was, Jane.
20:286-3-9.
20:296-3-9 as opposed to 6-8-7. It's a long way off, but still, you've got some chance
20:33of getting a point.
20:34Well, 10 and 1 is 11, times the 50 is 5-50.
20:38Right.
20:39And then I went 9 nines, 81.
20:429 nines are 81.
20:44Added to the 5-50, 6-3-1.
20:46Yep.
20:47And then plus the remaining 8, 6-3-9.
20:52That's right. That's about 48 out.
20:57I actually got 6-8-7, Richard.
20:59I don't believe it.
21:00Oh, yes.
21:00Well, I do believe it.
21:01Let's see how you did it.
21:03OK.
21:0550 plus 9 plus 9 is 68.
21:11Multiplied by 10 is 680.
21:158 minus 1 is 7.
21:19And guess what?
21:25There you go.
21:27That's how it should be done.
21:28Hugh knew halfway through.
21:29That's the way he should do it.
21:30But, Hugh, we know you're in the last round, and you can still win,
21:32because the score now is 32 to you, Hugh.
21:35It's difficult to say.
21:36And 40 to Jane.
21:38Now, of course, there are 10 points here at what we call the countdown conundrum.
21:42And here, very simple.
21:42We take a nine-letter word.
21:44We jumble up all the nine letters.
21:47And it's the first person who does it against the clock by ringing their bell
21:51or pressing their buzzer who gets the original word.
21:53And there's 10 points at stake.
21:55So it's a sort of sudden death situation, all or nothing.
21:58So if everyone's ready, fingers poised, eyes down, the countdown will start now.
22:11And that is a buzz.
22:13That's a buzz from Hugh.
22:15Occupying.
22:16You think it's occupying.
22:18Let's now ask Cathy to reveal it.
22:21Yes, it's occupying.
22:29Well done.
22:30Well done to you, Hugh.
22:33It's more and more.
22:34Well done to you, Hugh, because you have won.
22:36You are the winner.
22:37You have dislodged our champion, James.
22:38So congratulations to Hugh Fraser, the new countdown champion of the day.
22:45Good luck to you, Jane.
22:46You did well, though.
22:47You've been here three or four days now, including the last series.
22:50So this is your present to take home.
22:52I hope you enjoy that.
22:53Thank you very much.
22:53So well done to you.
22:54And Ken?
22:54Well, occupying made me think immediately of occupying a cell for some particular reason.
23:00I always think of occupants of a cell.
23:02And that reminded me, in turn, of the fact that the vehicle they take away the criminals in,
23:06we always call it Black Mariah, and I've always called it a Black Mariah without ever knowing why.
23:10And I found out recently that the name came from Maria Lee,
23:15who was apparently a very buxom black lady, an American negress,
23:20who kept a lodging house in Boston in the 19th century,
23:23and it said she often assisted the police in removing drunks and disorderly customers from the premises.
23:30So, so sure, you're carrying right out of here.
23:34I thought we were smashing for a side of our vehicle, didn't you?
23:36Yes, I hope we don't need any hair, Kenneth.
23:39But we have a nice class of contestants.
23:41Now, very quickly, before we go, what we'd like to do is leave you with a little poser.
23:44There's no prizes for this, and we don't want you to ring up or write to us.
23:48Just something to think about until we see you again tomorrow.
23:51Now, do you know that clichés, of course, are very common,
23:54but a lot of people get them wrong.
23:56For example, a lot of people say,
23:58Pride cometh before a fall.
23:59But as Kenneth Williams pointed out in the last series, that's wrong.
24:02It actually was.
24:03Pride goeth before destruction.
24:06So, bearing that in mind,
24:07what is the correct way of saying
24:10blank is the root of all evil?
24:12What is the blank?
24:14All right?
24:14It's quite a tricky one, that.
24:15We'll tell you what that is tomorrow.
24:17That's our poser,
24:18and we'll tell you the answer tomorrow
24:20when we meet again our new champion,
24:21Mr. Hugh Fraser.
24:22To learn from all of us here, bye-bye.
24:24We'll tell you what time.
24:24Bye-bye.
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