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00:15Thank you very much.
00:30Thank you. Back again with you for another game of Countdown,
00:33and back again for the sixth game.
00:35He's played our champion, David Whiting.
00:44Yes, the Whiting was certainly on the wall for our challenger, Brenda Widger, yesterday,
00:49as David beat her in a very exciting game by 59 points to 51.
00:54Just to remind you, of course, although he's a very familiar face now,
00:56David is our multilingual local government officer from Trimley, St Martin, in Ipswich.
01:02Five wins under his belt, sixth appearance, so good luck to you, David,
01:05and a special good luck to your challenger tonight, Harvey Freeman.
01:17Yes, welcome to Harvey Freeman. We'll tell you all about Harvey, 21 years of age.
01:21You could say he's a Freeman of London, actually, because he comes from Winchmore Hill in London,
01:25but at the moment he's in his third year at Cambridge University,
01:28studying classics at Trinity College.
01:31He's a big fan of words and number games, as we hope will become obvious.
01:35He enjoys translating all manner of things into Latin verse, apparently,
01:40although this evening, no doubt, he'd settle just to be able to translate
01:43the famous quote of Julius Caesar, which, of course, was
01:46Vene, Vede, Vici, I came, I saw, I conquered.
01:50So we'll give you another round of applause.
01:51Just wish you a special good luck. Harvey Freeman.
01:53APPLAUSE
02:00And it's a great pleasure for me to be able to welcome a brand-new face
02:04into Dictionary Corner. I'm delighted to say it's a fellow Yorkshireman,
02:07a man who's playing this game for a laugh,
02:10Lee Peck.
02:12APPLAUSE
02:16Well, Richard, it seems that we have been invited together again.
02:21Richard actually gave me my first interview
02:23for a job in television about 11 years ago.
02:25I can't remember why you didn't guess it, why, was it?
02:28Far too good-looking, I expect.
02:29Probably because you were doing the interview still, you can't win them all.
02:32We hope to at least sort of adjudicate properly today in Dictionary Dell.
02:36With me, we have Frida Thornt.
02:38Now, Frida is a Scots lady doing an English sort of course.
02:42How did that come about?
02:44Oh, well, we all speak English in Scots, don't you know?
02:46LAUGHTER
02:47Oh, that shook me up. OK, now then.
02:50How long have you been sort of lexiographing, as they say?
02:54I've been with the Oxford Dictionaries for about 18 months.
02:56And is it as exciting as you thought it would be?
02:58Oh, more so, more so.
03:00OK, well, Frida and I will do our best to keep these two under control.
03:04I'm sure you will.
03:05And just to remind you, of course, that as far as we are concerned,
03:07the contestants all agree that Frida's word is the final word.
03:10She is from the Oxford English Dictionary,
03:12and that is the end dictionary we use, as you well know by now.
03:15OK, Harvey Freeman challenges David Whiting.
03:18Round one, Harvey to go.
03:20Consonant, please, Cathy.
03:22S.
03:23Another consonant.
03:25R.
03:26Another consonant.
03:28H.
03:29Vowel, please.
03:32And an E.
03:33Vowel.
03:35A.
03:36Vowel.
03:38O.
03:40Consonant.
03:42T.
03:43Vowel.
03:46I.
03:47And consonant.
03:50And an N.
03:52That's it.
03:53Here we go on round one.
03:55R.
03:55R.
03:56R.
03:57R.
03:58R.
03:58R.
03:59R.
03:59R.
04:00R.
04:01R.
04:01R.
04:01R.
04:04R.
04:04R.
04:11R.
04:12R.
04:13R.
04:14R.
04:14R.
04:14R.
04:15R.
04:15R.
04:25Well, then, Harvey.
04:26Eight.
04:27Eight.
04:28Eight.
04:28Gasps all round, the new boy gets eight.
04:30David?
04:31I'll try eight.
04:32You're trying eight, OK.
04:33Are you sort of risking eight?
04:35Well, I'm not 100% certain.
04:37OK, well, we always like a bit of a risk,
04:40so let's start with your risky eight.
04:42David Whiting.
04:43Horniest.
04:44H-O-R-N-I-E-S.
04:46Horniest.
04:48Horniest rhinoceros.
04:49OK, all right.
04:51And Harvey?
04:52Notaries.
04:53Notaries.
04:54Yes, notaries and horniest.
04:56OK, well, obviously we don't accept notaries.
04:57I wouldn't have thought of any question about that,
04:59but horniest, let's look at horniest.
05:01How's he spelling that again?
05:02H-O-R-N-I-E-S-T.
05:04H-O-R-N.
05:05H-O-R-N.
05:06That's all right.
05:07Yes, I think that's acceptable.
05:09We've cracked it.
05:10We've cracked it.
05:11Horniest, we accept.
05:13Yeah.
05:13Horniest, we accept.
05:14And notaries, of course, we accept.
05:16So, well done.
05:17They're both of eight.
05:17Very good work.
05:24You look as though you might have another at the end of your belt.
05:25Well, I'm a little bit excited because I've got horiest,
05:28which is an eight-letter word, and it means, what does it mean?
05:34It just sort of came to me in a blinding flash.
05:36Yeah, well, what we have is hori here, which means of hair and grey or white.
05:40I knew it reminded me of Richard.
05:42Yeah.
05:42And if we had several hori people and one was more hori than all the rest,
05:46they would be the horiest.
05:47As an expert.
05:48Richard, okay.
05:49And Richard, with his birth being northern men, I've come up with REIT, which is R-H-E-A-T.
05:55And, of course, you would say it in the north if something was REIT good, wouldn't you?
06:00Well, yes.
06:01A little bit tenuous, but...
06:03Well, yes, you would.
06:03We'd only get about five points for it on this programme, I'm afraid.
06:07Well, we've started with eight.
06:08Harvey and David.
06:09Eight each.
06:09Now it's David's turn.
06:10A vowel, please, Cathy.
06:13U.
06:15And a vowel.
06:16And an E.
06:18And a vowel.
06:20I.
06:22Consonant.
06:24R.
06:25Consonant.
06:27T.
06:28Consonant.
06:30M.
06:31Consonant.
06:33W.
06:35And a consonant.
06:37S.
06:43And an L.
06:44Right, here's the clock on round two.
06:47S.
07:17David.
07:18Seven.
07:19Seven.
07:19And Harvey?
07:20Seven.
07:21Right, here, Harvey's seven.
07:22Mustier.
07:23Mustier.
07:24Mustier.
07:25And David?
07:26I have mustier.
07:28Right.
07:29Well, we'll throw it to Dictionary Dale.
07:31Mustier.
07:32Frida?
07:32Okay, Frida's thumbing through.
07:34Well, again, we've got an entry here for musty.
07:38And I think mustier would be the logical comparative form meaning more musty.
07:43Yeah.
07:44Pretty stuffy.
07:45Right.
07:45So, seven points for both of those.
07:47Good.
07:49Yes, any advance on those?
07:50Well, we can equal seven, Richard.
07:53We have got, and this is Frida's word, nothing to do with me.
07:57She's got lustier and misrule.
08:03Perhaps Countdown's little word in its own right, I don't know.
08:07But lustier and misrule.
08:10Okay, so well done to Miss Thornton for allowing those.
08:14And now we come to round three, and it is you, Harvey.
08:18Consonant, please.
08:19T.
08:20Consonant.
08:22S.
08:24Consonant.
08:25G.
08:27Vowel.
08:28U.
08:30Vowel.
08:31O.
08:32Vowel.
08:34And an A.
08:36Consonant, yes.
08:37R.
08:40Vowel.
08:42E.
08:43And consonant, please.
08:46And that's a P.
08:48Certainly is, and P means round three.
08:52B.
09:22Harvey. Eight. Eight. David? Eight. Well, well, well, okay. Who's eight shall we have? Let's have Harvey's eight. Outrages. Outrages.
09:32And David? Would you believe outrages? Well, I would believe it, yes. Brilliant men here, these two. Outrages for eight.
09:38What about that? Well done.
09:47Well, that's pretty good. I'm looking at you, but I don't suppose you're going to do better.
09:51No, outrageous. That's what Frieda and I had as well. It takes some beating, Richard.
09:54Certainly does. Certainly does. Look at that then. 23 apiece after three rounds. So now we go to the numbers
10:01game to see if this will sort them out, see if this will open up a gap between them.
10:05And as we now ask David to choose from the Cathy Heitner, six numbers. One from the top row, please.
10:12And five from the bottom.
10:13One, two, three, four, five. And that gives you nine, two, four, five, nine again. And a hundred.
10:26And the outrageous Cecil will say...
10:29Your target's four, four, four, one.
10:32Four hundred and forty-one. Here we go.
10:34One, two, three, four, five.
11:05OK, four, four, one, chaps. David.
11:07Four, four, one.
11:08Right, Harvey.
11:09Four, four, one.
11:11OK, we haven't heard much of you, Harvey, so why don't you tell us how you got four, four, one
11:15with Carol.
11:17One hundred plus nine equals one hundred and nine.
11:19Yes, one hundred plus the nine gives us one hundred and nine.
11:23Times four.
11:24Multiplied by the four gives us four hundred and thirty-six.
11:27And add the five.
11:28And add the five, and that gives exactly the right answer, four, four, one.
11:31And that's ten points.
11:39Yes, David?
11:40I've heard I've made a mistake.
11:41Oh.
11:42I'm sorry.
11:43Oh.
11:44Well, you've made a mistake.
11:46But I have to say, I have to say, very honest of you, actually, because you could have said, yes,
11:50they did it the same way as Harvey.
11:52So, you've made a mistake.
11:54Round of applause for it.
11:55Great honesty.
11:58I feel like giving you ten points for honesty, but I can't, obviously.
12:01You've got twenty-three there.
12:03Harvey, you're on the lead now with thirty-three as we go into the halfway point.
12:06We just have a, we don't know Lee very well yet on countdown, so let's have a quick word with
12:09you, Lee.
12:10Well, I must say that I'm enjoying my first time.
12:13I, I, I'm not a wordsmith by nature, but looking at these two guys, you know, reminds me of the
12:17time when I interviewed Bob Hope a couple of years ago.
12:19And I said, Bob, you're eighty-four now, and you've been going all this time.
12:23And we had a little audience.
12:25I said, what do you put it down to?
12:26And he just rolled those eyes, and he went, talent.
12:30Which I thought was perfect, and I think these two guys are extremely talented.
12:34They certainly are.
12:34Yes, we're going to have a very exciting second half.
12:36See you in part two, Cam.
12:52Well, just joined Countdown.
12:56You've missed a very good first half.
12:57A very exciting match in progress here.
12:59Harvey Freeman, Cambridge University undergraduate there, opened up a ten-point lead just in the last round.
13:03He's now on thirty-three.
13:04Reigning champion, five times the victor, David Whiting on twenty-three.
13:08Five rounds to go.
13:09Over to David for his choice.
13:13Vowel, please, Cathy.
13:16And that's an A.
13:17And a vowel.
13:20And an O.
13:21And a vowel.
13:23I.
13:24A consonant.
13:26And S.
13:28And a consonant.
13:30P.
13:31And a consonant.
13:33T.
13:35Consonant.
13:37F.
13:39Consonant.
13:40G.
13:43And a vowel, please.
13:47And an E.
13:48That's it.
13:49Here we go.
13:49Round number five.
13:52Round number five.
14:21There you go, David.
14:22Seven.
14:22Seven says David, Harvey.
14:24I only saw six.
14:25I only saw six, right.
14:26Here are the six.
14:27A spigot.
14:28A spigot.
14:30A spigot.
14:31And David?
14:32Postage.
14:33Postage.
14:34P-O-S-T-A-G-E.
14:37Postage.
14:38Good.
14:38That is four, seven.
14:40Yes.
14:41Can you lick that?
14:42Lee?
14:43Well, as they're both first-class males, I think I'd have a lot of difficulty licking that,
14:46don't you, Richard?
14:47We have got postage, and we are looking up spigot.
14:50Does it spigot?
14:52Yes, it does.
14:52It's a small peg of plug, especially one for insertion into a vent hole or a cask.
14:58So there you go.
14:59It's bigger.
15:00Well, yes, it's an interesting good word, but not quite good enough, because it was only
15:03six.
15:03So the score now 33 and 30, as we now go to round six.
15:07In fact, half is choice.
15:09Consonant, please.
15:12S.
15:13Consonant.
15:15T.
15:16Consonant.
15:17R.
15:19Vowel.
15:21A.
15:22Vowel.
15:25I.
15:26And another vowel.
15:28And that's a U.
15:29Consonant.
15:31P.
15:33Vowel.
15:35E.
15:36And consonant, please.
15:38And an X.
15:42Countdown starts now.
15:44Vowel.
15:45Vowel.
15:46Vowel.
15:57Vowel.
16:00Vowel.
16:01Vowel.
16:02Vowel.
16:03Vowel.
16:04Vowel.
16:05Vowel.
16:06Vowel.
16:06Vowel.
16:07Vowel.
16:07Vowel.
16:08Vowel.
16:09Vowel.
16:10Vowel.
16:12Vowel.
16:12Vowel.
16:13Vowel.
16:13Vowel.
16:14Vowel.
16:14OK, Harvey. Seven. Seven, good. David? Seven. Both on seven again. Here, David, seven. Pasture. Pasture. Harvey? Yeah, pasture as
16:24well. Pasture, OK. Pasture. Tomorrow to fresh fields and pastures new. And that has got you seven points, yes. Lee?
16:34We can only equal that, I'm afraid, here in Dictionary Dell. We've got parties, which we'll probably be attending later,
16:41eh? And pirates. And, of course, Frieda will think that I'm a real pest. I managed to squeeze pest out
16:47of it as well.
16:5040 and 37 here with three rounds to go. We have our last letters game and we have David's choice.
16:57A vowel, please, Cathy.
16:58A. A. And a vowel. And an E. A consonant. N. A consonant. S. Consonant. F. Consonant. M. Consonant. L.
17:19Consonant. T. And a vowel.
17:27And an E. A consonant. Thank you. Here we go on the last letters game.
18:00Yep, David? Eight. Eight, Harvey? Eight. Really?
18:05Really a battle of giants, isn't it? Eight. Let's hear Harvey's eight.
18:08Inflates. Inflates. Yes, inflates. David?
18:13Inflates. Great minds think alike here. Inflates, Lee?
18:16Well, you won't think so as well when you come to me, but blow me, I've got inflates as well.
18:20Ah, ha, ha. Good. Well, I wanted a round of applause for all the brilliant brains.
18:31I don't have to swell their egos, but these points are getting massive now.
18:3548 and 45, just three weenie points separating these two with two rounds to go.
18:41So, of course, 20 points still available, so we could get very high here.
18:45The highest score of the series so far has been 63, so that is easily attainable by one of these
18:50chaps here.
18:50Let's see if we get on now with the numbers. It's Harvey's choice of numbers, please.
18:54One from the top row. Thank you.
18:56Two from the second. Two from the third. And one from the fourth, please.
19:00Right.
19:02And you have nine, three, four, four, eight, and 25.
19:10Well, now, Cecil will reduce the figure of.
19:13Eight hundred and eighty-seven.
19:15It's quite a high one. Eight hundred and eighty-seven.
19:17Eight, eight, seven, thirty seconds to get that one.
19:19One plus.
19:20One, two, three, four, six, seven.
19:22One, three, four, eight, and twenty nine.
19:42Now, come to the bottom.
19:42So, first watch yourfold we see.
19:508, 8, 7.
19:51Harvey?
19:528, 8, 8.
19:538, 8, 8.
19:54One away, right?
19:55David?
19:558, 8, 5.
19:58Oh, that's two away the other side.
20:00Yes.
20:00OK, so Harvey now has the chance of the points, of seven points at least.
20:048, 8, 8 we're looking at, are we?
20:06Yeah.
20:07OK, 8, 8, 8 with Carol.
20:08Here we go.
20:09Right.
20:099 times 4 is 36.
20:119 multiplied by the 4 gives us 36.
20:14Times the 25.
20:16Multiplied by the 25 gives us the big 900.
20:19And then minus 8 and minus 4 gives...
20:21So the 8 plus the 4 gives us 12.
20:23And you subtract that to get all the 8s.
20:258, 8, 8.
20:26Well done, Harvey.
20:34Well, that has got him seven points.
20:36Could he have got eight points, Carol?
20:38He's a Cambridge undergraduate.
20:40You indeed are a Cambridge graduate.
20:42So will you show him how to do it?
20:448, 8, 7.
20:458 plus the 4 gives us 12.
20:48Now, if you multiply that by the 3, you get 36.
20:52Again, you multiply the 36 by the 25 to get 900.
20:57And then you subtract the 9 plus the 4, which gives us 13.
21:01Subtract that, and you get 887.
21:11Well, that's it, you see.
21:12Cambridge graduates rule OK.
21:14When you see her name at the end of the programme, and it says Carol Mather, that M.A. means
21:17Master of Arts.
21:18You see, Carol Mather, Master of Arts.
21:20Well done.
21:2155 and 45.
21:24Well, you don't need to be an M.A. or anything to know that, David, you need to get your
21:2810 points here to tie.
21:29And if you did tie, goodness me, that would be a well-deserved result, because it would be a very
21:33exciting game.
21:34Anyway, let's see what does happen as we move on to the conundrum.
21:37Round 9, 10 points or nothing here.
21:39Fingers on the buzzer, eyes on the screen.
21:42Please now reveal tonight's countdown conundrum.
21:48Oh, well, on two seconds, Harvey says...
21:50Ingenuity.
21:51Ingenuity.
21:51Well, you've used a bit of that, lad, tonight.
22:04I just don't know how you did that.
22:05I mean, it was hardly on the screen for more than...
22:07Well, I've said to see that the clock's ticked two seconds, but really, it was the very fastest two seconds.
22:10How did you get that so quickly?
22:12I saw it just happened sometimes.
22:13You just saw it.
22:14OK, well, listen, that's a marvellous score.
22:1765, the highest in the series so far, the new champion, Harvey Freeman.
22:30David, we have to say, bad luck to you.
22:32Honest David, I'm going to call you now.
22:34Great gesture of honesty in part one.
22:36Very good.
22:3745 points for you.
22:39Very good score indeed.
22:40But five very good wins.
22:42You're almost certain to be back in the quarterfinals, and we should very much look forward to you returning then.
22:47We have, of course, your dictionaries, your Oxford dictionaries to give to you as a departing champion, but we shall
22:52see you soon.
22:52Air long.
22:53Well done to David Whiting.
23:03Well, Lee, your first game with us has really been memorable, hasn't it?
23:05Oh, unbelievable.
23:06I mean, all this talent and ingenuity is staggering.
23:09And, of course, thanks to Frieda as well.
23:11Thank you for your time tonight.
23:12And, Richard, did I get the job this time?
23:14Well, if it was to do with me, of course you would, but I'm only just a puppet of the
23:20people on high, as you well know.
23:22Thanks for having me.
23:24If I get the job next time, I shall be back again.
23:26On Monday, we shall welcome a lady by the name of Rita Meston, who comes from Reading.
23:32She comes from Reading, so we look forward to seeing her.
23:34And, of course, new champ Harvey Freeman.
23:36Until then, have a good weekend.
23:36Goodbye.
23:38Goodbye.
24:06Goodbye.
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