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00:00Thank you very much.
00:30Good afternoon, it's Friday and welcome to Countdown, the end of my second week.
00:37And every day that passes I learn something different, like where does Susie keep that extraordinary little camera of hers?
00:44And, uh, Rachel, are those letters magnetic?
00:48Yeah, yeah, they are. I'll set at home, just take them on my fridge.
00:52So how many, you know, words can you get out of that? What's the longest word you can get out
00:56of Countdown?
00:57I think apart from Countdown, it's probably Woodcut.
01:00Woodcut. All right, here's a test. Put it up and I'm timing you from now.
01:04Right, okay. Here we go.
01:10There we go.
01:11Not bad. Four seconds. Well done.
01:16Well done.
01:17I didn't drop any.
01:18That's because they're magnetic, Rachel.
01:21So, um, who have we got? He's back again.
01:24Yes?
01:25Uh-huh.
01:25Third time.
01:27Yep.
01:27Five to go if you come away here with a victory.
01:30Indeed.
01:30Very good. Excellent.
01:32Last time you told us about your website and the fact that you cook 80,000 chickens.
01:39This was where again, Mark?
01:41It was on Wigan Market quite a long time ago when I was a student.
01:46I used to work there every Saturday and cook about 500.
01:49Really? What? Grill 500 in a day?
01:51Yep.
01:51Do you still have chicken occasionally to eat?
01:54Yeah, actually, when I worked there, every time I got home, my mum would make me chicken.
01:58It was, it was, it was fantastic.
02:00Good. All right.
02:01We never get bored of the old bird, do we?
02:03Uh, and who have we got here with us today?
02:05We've got Terry Moore.
02:07Welcome.
02:08A retired wages clerk, is that right?
02:10From Bristol.
02:11Semi-retired.
02:12Semi-retired.
02:13Are you a Bristolian?
02:15No.
02:16Where are you from then?
02:17Um, I'm a mongrel.
02:18I was born in London, brought up in Lancashire.
02:21All right, and now you've picked up in Bristol.
02:23Actually, I love the West Country, and Bristol's a good town.
02:27It is.
02:28Apparently, according to my notes here, that you were selected for flying training with the Royal Navy.
02:34But you rather carelessly crashed the aircraft.
02:39Sir, it was a joint effort, really.
02:41My instructor told me that I was too high.
02:44I insisted that I was too low, and we ended up both trying to land the thing, and it just
02:49went boom, like that.
02:51Spun round, broke off the undercarriage.
02:53Oh.
02:53And we just walked away.
02:55Well, I'm glad to...
02:56Sout on the glass, lit a fag, as though nothing had happened.
02:58Yeah, I bet your boss didn't think nothing had happened, by the way, when he got the bill.
03:02What, uh, what sort of aircraft was it?
03:04A personal promised.
03:05A trainer.
03:06Trainer.
03:07So they said, I'm sorry, Terry.
03:09Thank you. Goodbye.
03:09Cheerio.
03:10Yep.
03:10Never mind.
03:11Anyway, listen, one crash is enough.
03:13At least you'll never crash another one.
03:15I hope you won't.
03:16Anyway, here we are.
03:17Welcome to our contestants, our incumbent, Champ, and Terry.
03:27In talking about, um, Rachel's magnetic, uh, letters, we have two magnetic figures.
03:33We've got, um, Susie Dent, of course, and the award-winning, uh, journalist and broadcaster, John Suchet.
03:39Welcome back.
03:46It's been a great week having you here, John.
03:48It really has been an absolute pleasure, and it won't be long, I hope, before we see you sitting there
03:53next to Susie again.
03:55So, it's time for the game, and we're going to kick off, Mark, with you.
04:00It's a letters game.
04:01Away you go.
04:03Hi, Rachel.
04:04Afternoon, Mark.
04:04Consonant, please.
04:06Start today with W.
04:08And another.
04:10G.
04:11And another.
04:13T.
04:15A vowel.
04:17U.
04:18And another.
04:20E.
04:21And one more.
04:23A.
04:25A consonant.
04:27L.
04:29And another.
04:31C.
04:33And a vowel, please.
04:35And to finish, O.
04:37Clock time.
04:38And a vowel-
04:40And a vowel.
04:43And a vowel.
05:07And an vowel.
05:09Mark a six a six and Terry five of five so what would your five be towel towel
05:19mark locate locate nothing too confusing there Susie not at all no they're fine what about our
05:26magnetic duo over there well here's a word I know I know but I don't know what it means
05:32kagool oh a kagool yes it's a little bit like an anorak it's a waterproof jacket that you
05:38can put some and comes from a French word yeah very good well done and that's six up for mark
05:46our incumbent champ as we move on to the second that is game with Terry consonant please Rachel
05:52thank you Terry S and another N and another S vowel please O another vowel U another vowel E
06:13G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant
06:27G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant
06:29G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant
06:29G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant
06:29G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant
06:29G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant
06:32G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant
06:36G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant
06:38G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant
06:39G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant
06:39G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant G consonant
06:39G consonant G
07:00So, Terry.
07:01Six.
07:02And Mark?
07:03Six as well.
07:04Six.
07:05And Terry?
07:06Moses.
07:07Right.
07:08And Moses as well.
07:10Right.
07:11Do you want to have a little look at that?
07:13Good.
07:14Susie?
07:15Yes, absolutely.
07:16You find plural of the mouse that you use for your computer.
07:18Yes.
07:19Oh, right.
07:19Okay.
07:20I was worried about that.
07:22And John.
07:24We couldn't get a seven, but Susie's come up with an amazing word.
07:27Mongos.
07:28Mongos are the military unit of Mongolia.
07:32So, yeah.
07:33Mongo.
07:34Really?
07:34Do you use any mongos?
07:35I took dollars.
07:37The police in Mongolia who stopped you.
07:40And asked for a bribe.
07:41They prefer dollars.
07:42I'm sure.
07:43Good.
07:44Well done.
07:45So, where is that?
07:46Mark, you're 12 and Terry's six.
07:49And Mark, away you go.
07:51Letters game.
07:52A consonant, please.
07:53Thank you, Mark.
07:54F.
07:55And another.
07:57L.
07:59Another one.
08:01D.
08:02And a vowel.
08:04I.
08:05And another.
08:07O.
08:08And one more.
08:10I.
08:12A consonant.
08:13T.
08:15A vowel.
08:17A.
08:19And a consonant, please.
08:21And lastly, R.
08:23And they're off.
08:25And they're off.
08:54And they're off.
08:54And they're off.
08:54right mark and possible six a possible six a hesitant possible six and Terry six a firm six
09:05well done all right hesitator Altoid Altoid Terry Florid Florid yeah why not florid is fine I think
09:17Altoid you might find other peppermint tin but not in the dictionary not there where can you take
09:23us John and we've got a seven letter one airlift is that one yes it is a one word an
09:29airlift good
09:30all right so even Steven 12 all Terry it's a letters game away you go consonant please thank
09:38you Terry T and another one H and another one why a vowel please oh and another
09:53a consonant n vowel e consonant v and another vowel please and lastly a here's the clock
10:21so
10:48Terry.
10:48Five.
10:49Five from Terry and Mark.
10:51Five as well.
10:52Go on, Terry.
10:53Honey.
10:54Honey.
10:55And honey.
10:58We can't argue with that, either.
11:00No, we can't argue with that at all.
11:01Can you take us further down the track?
11:03We've got a...
11:04Is no VETA word?
11:05Yes.
11:06It's a legal term, and it means to replace an old contract with a new one.
11:10Excellent.
11:11That's six letters.
11:12Very good.
11:12Well done.
11:14So, 17 all, level pegging.
11:18So, our first numbers game, pencils out at home, if you wouldn't mind.
11:21And Mark, off you go.
11:24Hi, Rachel.
11:25I'll take two large and four small, please.
11:28Thank you, Mark.
11:29Your usual now.
11:30Two from the top and four little ones.
11:31And for the first time today, the numbers are ten, eight, nine, and two.
11:38And the large two, one hundred and twenty-five.
11:41And your target, five hundred and fourteen.
11:44Five, one, four.
11:45Five, one, twelve, two, one.
12:14We got one more.
12:16Mark, what news?
12:17I heard nothing at all there.
12:19Nothing?
12:19No.
12:21Terry, wages clerk.
12:23516.
12:25516, that's suit and shoot at that.
12:28Tell Rachel all about it.
12:3010 times 25 is 250.
12:3310 times 25, yep, 250.
12:36250 times 2 is 500.
12:39Yep.
12:40Ah, no, sorry.
12:42Messed it up.
12:43I've used 2 twice.
12:45I think if you'd have added 8 there, you'd have got to 516.
12:48OK, Rachel, come on, show us how it's done properly.
12:51It was quite a tricky one, but if you say 25 minus 2 is 23,
12:5710 plus 8 is 18,
13:00multiply them together for 414,
13:02and then add on the 100 for 514.
13:05Well done, well done.
13:10We always count on Rachel to crack the most difficult nut.
13:16And talking about difficult nuts, we're going across to John Suchet,
13:20who's not a difficult nut, he's a charming chap.
13:23Right, John, over to you.
13:24Well, actually, you mentioned my great hero earlier in the week, Nick, Beethoven,
13:28and I thought I'd tell you a little story about, as an answer to people who say,
13:32what is the relevance today of this man and what have you,
13:35I give a little talk about the man,
13:37and I tell the story in it about how he fell in love with a young lady,
13:40and he wrote a piece of music that he dedicated to her,
13:43which happens to be the Moonlight Sonata,
13:45but she turned him down and so on.
13:47And after one talk, an elderly, very elegant lady came up to me and said,
13:52I was fascinated by your story about that young woman, Julieta,
13:56that Beethoven dedicated the Moonlight to and proposed marriage to.
14:01She turned him down.
14:02Did you know that she went on to marry a musician by the name of Count Gallenberg?
14:07And I said, yes, I did.
14:08She said, did you know that they went to live in Italy?
14:10I said, yes, I did.
14:11She said, did you know that Gallenberg was impotent?
14:15I said, no, tell me more.
14:17She said, well, Gallenberg was impotent,
14:19so she allowed Julieta to take a lover by the name of Count von Schulenburg.
14:25With Count von Schulenburg, Julieta had one illegitimate son
14:29and three illegitimate daughters,
14:31and I, she said, am the great-great-granddaughter of the illegitimate son
14:37of the woman with whom Beethoven fell in love,
14:40to whom he dedicated the Moonlight Sonata
14:42and who turned down his hand in marriage.
14:45And she's living today in East Sussex.
14:47What a wonderful story.
14:52Who would have believed it?
14:53Brilliant.
14:54Brilliant.
14:55But now it's time for a tea-time teaser,
14:57which is, is around,
15:00and the clue is not around any longer apart from in museums.
15:20And welcome back.
15:22The clue is not around any longer apart from in museums,
15:25and the answer, dinosaur.
15:29Dinosaur.
15:30And so we move swiftly on.
15:32Terry, it's letters, you're on, away you go.
15:36A consonant, please.
15:37Thank you, Terry.
15:39Z.
15:40A better one, please.
15:42Guaranteed.
15:43R.
15:44And another, please.
15:46N.
15:47And another.
15:50T.
15:51Vowel.
15:53I.
15:54Another vowel.
15:55Vowel.
15:56E.
15:58Another vowel.
16:00O.
16:04Consonance.
16:05R.
16:07Another consonant.
16:09And finish.
16:10D.
16:11Good.
16:12Here's the clock.
16:13Good.
16:14Good.
16:27Good.
16:28Good.
16:31Good.
16:32Good.
16:33Good.
16:33Good.
16:34Good.
16:35Good.
16:36Good.
16:36Good.
16:37Good.
16:38Good.
16:39Good.
16:40Good.
16:41Good.
16:42Good.
16:43Good.
16:43Good.
16:44Terry?
16:45Five.
16:46Five.
16:47And Mark?
16:47Six.
16:48Okay.
16:49So, Terry?
16:50Inter.
16:51Inter.
16:52And Mark?
16:53Orient.
16:55Orient.
16:56Yes.
16:57Are you happy, Susie?
16:57I am.
16:58Yes, you can have Orient with a small o.
17:00Okay.
17:01John.
17:02John and Susie, what have you got there?
17:04Torrid.
17:05Yes.
17:05Torrid for six.
17:07Couldn't do any better than six, Nick.
17:08It was a horrible one.
17:09Yeah, not easy.
17:10Twenty-three plays, Terry on seventeen.
17:13And Mark?
17:14It's Celestis game.
17:16Away you go.
17:17A consonant, please, Rachel.
17:18Thank you, Mark.
17:20R.
17:21And another.
17:23P.
17:24And another.
17:26G.
17:27And a vowel.
17:29E.
17:31And another.
17:32I.
17:34A consonant.
17:36W.
17:37And another.
17:40H.
17:41And a vowel.
17:43U.
17:45And another vowel, please.
17:47And a final.
17:48A.
17:49Clock time.
17:51And a vowel.
18:26Terry?
18:27Five also.
18:28All right.
18:28Mark?
18:29Wager.
18:30Wager.
18:32Terry?
18:33Argue.
18:33Okay.
18:35So, anything else over there in the corner?
18:37Earwig.
18:38Yes, earwig.
18:39Lovely.
18:39So cool because they really were thought to crawl into the human ear.
18:44That's where it comes from.
18:45Yes.
18:45I didn't know that.
18:46And Gawper is another six.
18:48All right.
18:49Well, Mark at 28.
18:51And Terry well in touch on 22.
18:54Terry, you're away.
18:56Consonant, please, Rachel.
18:57Thank you, Terry.
18:59M.
18:59And another one.
19:02P.
19:02And a vowel.
19:03I.
19:05And another vowel.
19:08A.
19:08And a consonant.
19:11N.
19:13Consonant.
19:15K.
19:17Vowel.
19:19U.
19:22Consonant.
19:26And lastly, J.
19:31The 30 seconds starts now.
20:02We'll see you next time.
20:04What news, Terry?
20:06Five.
20:07Five.
20:08And Mark?
20:08Yep, five.
20:10All right.
20:10And what is Terry's five?
20:12Spank.
20:14Spank.
20:15Mark.
20:16I'm sorry, spank.
20:17You're both spanks.
20:19Spanking.
20:20Matron.
20:23Spanking as well.
20:24And mains.
20:25That's better.
20:27Good.
20:27Brilliant.
20:28And 33 to 27, it stands.
20:31And Mark?
20:32Off you go.
20:33Letters.
20:34Okay.
20:34A consonant, please, Rachel.
20:36Thank you, Mark.
20:37D.
20:38And another.
20:40N.
20:42And one more.
20:44B.
20:45And a vowel.
20:47O.
20:48Another.
20:50E.
20:51Another vowel.
20:53A.
20:55A consonant.
20:57S.
20:58A vowel.
21:00E.
21:02And a final consonant, please.
21:04And a final R.
21:07Here we go.
21:08And a vowel.
21:12E.
21:13A mentale.
21:29And a vowel.
21:39So, Mark, what news from the Rialto over there?
21:43A seven.
21:44A seven, that's an advance.
21:46Terry?
21:47Six.
21:48A six, all right.
21:49Terry, what's your six?
21:51Boards.
21:52Mark?
21:53De-bones.
21:54All right.
21:55Yes, you can de-bones.
21:56Susie, are you happy with those?
21:57I am, yes.
21:58Okay, and can you advance the cause at all?
22:01You've got an H here.
22:03Seaborne, so S-E-A-B-O-R-N-E, which means transported by sea, simply.
22:09Right, right, right, right.
22:14So, 40 to 27.
22:16Terry, don't lose heart on that.
22:18You're well within touch.
22:20And Susie, the nation turns to you.
22:24I hope not.
22:25Well, we had Paul Zenon on last week, if you remember, and he had decided to go on the wagon
22:32for a little while.
22:33So, with lots of time on his hands, he texted me a whole lot of idioms related to being drunk
22:39and drunkenness and asked me where they came from.
22:40Well, the first is one over the eight, and there's a great book called Soldier and Sailor Words, which dates
22:48back to 1925, which gives the first reference to it in print.
22:51And it defines it as one over the eight, one drink too many, slightly intoxicated, the presumption being that an
22:57average moderate man can safely drink eight glasses of beer.
23:02And slightly intoxicated seems a little bit of an understatement after a gallon of beer, until you remember that beer
23:07was much weaker in the 1920s than it is now.
23:10And small beer was originally beer meant for children, and it was considered to be a very important food source,
23:16particularly when poor hygiene meant that water, in fact, could be far more lethal.
23:20How interesting.
23:21Very interesting.
23:23Very interesting.
23:26But the thought of eight pints fills me with terror.
23:30John, you couldn't sink eight pints, couldn't you?
23:31Absolutely not.
23:32Not even on a good day.
23:34Not even on an extended and long and hot day.
23:38So, Terry, it's a numbers game.
23:41Off you go.
23:42One large and five small, please, Rachel.
23:45Thank you, Terry.
23:46Much more standard for countdown.
23:48One large and five small.
23:49And this round, the five small are ten, seven, another seven, one and four.
23:56And the large one this time, seventy-five.
23:59And your target, nine hundred and ninety-four.
24:02Nine, nine, four.
24:04Nine, nine, four.
24:34Nine, nine, eight, eight.
24:35I think I've got my mind for.
24:39All right.
24:40Just a nine, eight, eight.
24:42Nine, eight, eight.
24:44So, Terry.
24:46Seven plus seven is fourteen.
24:48Seven plus seven is fourteen.
24:49Time is seventy-five.
24:51Time is seventy-five is one thousand and fifty.
24:54Yes.
24:58No, I've messed it up again.
25:00Oh, I'm lucky, Terry.
25:03All right.
25:03Nine, eight, eight, Mark.
25:05Yeah, I think.
25:06Ten plus seven minus four.
25:09Ten plus seven minus four, thirteen.
25:11And seventy-five plus one is seventy-six.
25:16Yep.
25:16And multiply.
25:17And yes, you get nine, eight, eight.
25:20Well done.
25:21And now we're going to see how it should be done.
25:23Rachel.
25:24If you say seventy-five minus four is seventy-one, and then seven plus seven is fourteen, and times them
25:33together.
25:34Nine, nine, four.
25:35Well done.
25:36Well done.
25:36Well done.
25:37Bad luck.
25:38Bad luck, Terry.
25:39Anyway, there we are.
25:40It's time for a tea time teaser, and the teaser is sit space.
25:46And the clue, he won't sit in the same space for too long.
25:50He needs to get away from it all.
26:08And welcome back.
26:09The clue, you'll remember, was he won't sit in the same space for too long.
26:14He needs to get away from it all.
26:16And the answer, as you all know at home, and indeed in our audience, is escapist.
26:22Escapist.
26:23And so we go on to round eleven.
26:25Mark, take it away.
26:27Start with the constant, please.
26:29Thank you, Mark.
26:30Q.
26:31And another.
26:34B.
26:35And another.
26:37P.
26:39A vowel.
26:41I.
26:42And another.
26:43O.
26:45And one more.
26:47E.
26:48A consonant.
26:50S.
26:52Another consonant.
26:54M.
26:56And a vowel, please.
26:58And lastly.
26:59U.
27:01Toc time.
27:02Toc time.
27:12Toc time.
27:32so mark a six a six and terry six all right come on mark let's have it uh equips equips
27:42terry and equips equips okay very good any advance on that there are only six letters here mosque
27:52bisque is this bisque yes yes uh super thick soup imbues quite a few sixes but couldn't get beyond
28:00okay it's uh game 12 and terry you to choose consonant please rachel thank you terry c and
28:08another s and another c vowel e vowel o consonant t another vowel
28:28e another vowel a consonant and the last one d
28:40lock time
28:45so
29:15so
29:16that's just seven seven all right so mark your seven is what accosted coasted and terry accosted accosted
29:26excellent very good well done terry and i hope your ten grandchildren and one great grandchild
29:38are watching to see that triumphant to eight scores at 51 to 41 keep pushing on there terry and mark
29:46off you go it's a letters game okay a constant please rachel thank you mark s and another l a
29:56vowel e
29:58and another i a consonant m and another l a vowel o and another a and a final consonant these
30:18and final n
30:21next time
30:22next time
30:22next time
30:23next time
30:52so mark a six a six and terry six all right mark come on monies monies terry melons melons
31:06Susie yes both fine yeah John how about semolina is that a real is that a name or is it
31:14no it's
31:15it's a generic term for a type of pudding that we all used to hate yes hold on a minute
31:20chaps what's
31:21wrong with semolina no I quite liked it with jam but the school variety is not so good Nick as
31:27you
31:27and I will remember maybe but you know I don't know frog's eggs we used to call them say again
31:34frog's eggs remember frog spawn frog spawn that's right I like some that a rotten lunch um so there
31:41we are fifty seven to forty seven ten adrift and we go into terry with the numbers game go on
31:48terry
31:48give it hell um one large and five small again please rachel thank you terry one big one five small
31:55ones and the last numbers game this week is three eight nine another three and ten and the large one
32:05one seventy five and the last target of the week hundred and fourteen one fourteen
32:36don't miss you
32:39do
32:42So, Terry, how did we do?
32:44One, one, four.
32:45Mark?
32:46One, one, four.
32:47So, off you go, Terry.
32:49Discuss.
32:50Three times ten.
32:52Three tens of thirty.
32:54Plus nine.
32:54Plus nine.
32:55Plus seventy-five.
32:57And there you are.
32:57It is one, one, four.
32:58It is one, one, four.
32:59Well done.
33:00Well done.
33:00Mark?
33:01Same.
33:03That's very, very good.
33:09Excellent.
33:10So, this ten-point gap is being maintained as we go into the final round.
33:16It's the conundrum round, so it's fingers on buzzers, please.
33:20And please reveal today's crucial countdown conundrum.
33:56It's Fox The Professionals.
33:58I turn to you in the audience.
34:01Nothing?
34:02People are bouncing up and down on their sofas at home because they've got the answer and
34:07nobody here has got it.
34:09So, let's have a look at it.
34:10What is it?
34:12Threesome.
34:18So, Mark, you're staying on.
34:20We're letting you stay on.
34:21Why, thank you.
34:22And Terry, we're letting you go.
34:24But we're letting you go proudly and not empty-handed because you're taking them a goodie bag with
34:28you.
34:29All right?
34:30Yeah.
34:31Well done.
34:31Back to Bristol.
34:32No more flying for you.
34:34No.
34:34But say hello to the grandchildren and the great-grandchild.
34:38And so we say farewell to John.
34:40It's been a great week, a great pleasure, and I want to come and listen to one of your lectures.
34:44It's about time I started growing up and taking things seriously.
34:47So, I want to know about Beethoven.
34:50Yes?
34:50Will you tell me when you're next doing it?
34:52Yes, I will, actually, Nick.
34:54I will.
34:54You'd love it.
34:55You'd love it.
34:55I know I will if you're doing it.
34:57Now, Susie, see you on Monday.
34:59See you on Monday.
34:59Have a great weekend.
35:00And you.
35:01And what does the weekend hold for Rachel?
35:05Um, sleeping, football, probably drinking, as same as I do every weekend.
35:11In that order.
35:13I will see.
35:14I can do some of them more than once.
35:16Yeah.
35:16It's the end of my second week.
35:18I'm going home to do a bit of worrying.
35:21And I want you to be back on Monday, same time, back here in the Countdown studio.
35:27Have a nice weekend.
35:38The million pound drop tonight.
35:40A bit of live excitement.
35:42Stay in with Davina for Friday night.
35:44The action gets going at 9 o'clock.
35:46But next up, deal it, Noel.
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