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00:00Thank you
00:31Good afternoon and welcome to Monday's edition of Countdown
00:35and I apologize if I sound rather odd but I've got a frog in my throat
00:40in fact I've got lots of frogs in my throat today
00:43and I'm told that a collective noun for frogs is a knot of frogs
00:50which is why I sound strangulated
00:52but in a sense of course it's very appropriate
00:54that I should have some sort of animal about me
00:56because today is indeed Chinese New Year
00:59it's the Year of the Dragon
01:00and people, and I'm reading from here
01:03born in the Year of the Dragon will be popular
01:05and full of life and enthusiasm
01:07they'll make good priests, artists and politicians
01:12Rachel?
01:12Yes?
01:13What sort of animal are you?
01:14I didn't know until just now actually
01:16but I'm 1986, Year of the Tiger
01:18so I'm romantic, lovable, magnetic and independent
01:21brave, kind and full of feeling
01:23you might be a racing driver, animal trainer, reporter or soap opera star
01:27and anyone that's watched the Levinson Inquiry might disagree
01:30that you can be kind, full of feeling and lovable and a reporter
01:34Exactly
01:36Quite interesting
01:37I've done a bit of homework
01:38I'm a monkey
01:39I'm a monkey apparently
01:40That doesn't surprise
01:41I am very smart
01:43This is open to doubt
01:45This is open to doubt isn't it
01:47Have a lot of wonderful ideas
01:49full of mischief
01:51Like a baby
01:52the monkey will clap into light
01:54at learning a new skill
01:55He'll perform it over and over again
01:57until the skill is mastered
01:58I've never mastered any skill
02:00You could be anything
02:01from a magician
02:02to a head of state
02:04Who wrote all this stuff?
02:06It's extraordinary isn't it
02:07But who have we got here?
02:09We've got Mark Murphy
02:10back again
02:12Doing well
02:13How many times is this?
02:14This is number four
02:15A Scrabble expert
02:16loves pub quizzes
02:19Rugby league supports Wigan
02:21and has got a girlfriend called Rachel
02:22from Nashville, Tennessee
02:24Is that right?
02:25Indeed
02:25How did you manage to run into her then?
02:27I was over there last year
02:28and met her on a road trip
02:31Went to the same party
02:32and she joined me on the rest of it
02:33Good for you
02:34And where is she now?
02:36She's in the audience
02:36Oh
02:38You've brought her back with you
02:39I have
02:40Brilliant
02:41Well done
02:41I like the look of that
02:42And also we've got
02:44Captain McClurg with us
02:45from Kilmores in Kilmarnock
02:47in Ayrshire
02:48Welcome
02:49Thank you
02:50He's quite a tough competitor
02:51you know
02:51Yes
02:52And he's got a girlfriend
02:53from Nashville
02:53Something that we all want
02:55Hobbies football refereeing
02:57Tennis and poker
02:58And you're also wondering
03:00whether to start your own business
03:02or become a professional poker player
03:04Yeah
03:05Which way is it going at the moment?
03:07Well, as I teach business management
03:08I think I'm thinking more
03:10that the business one
03:11is more likely to happen
03:12Yeah
03:14You're in a risky seat here
03:15This is more difficult than poker
03:17You've got to beat Mark Murphy
03:18Let's welcome them both
03:24And who have we got over there
03:26with Susie
03:26We've got the great Michael Vaughan
03:28Welcome
03:34Now Michael
03:35This isn't the first time
03:36you've been sitting over there
03:37so you're more experienced
03:38than I am
03:39So you're going to have to hold my hand
03:40You're going to have to
03:41hold the monkey's hand
03:43today
03:45And Manchester born
03:47That's right
03:47And went off and played cricket for Yorkshire
03:49That's right
03:50How did that go down?
03:51My father's job took me to Sheffield
03:53when I was eight
03:54Eight
03:54So I hate to say it to all Mancunians
03:57but I kind of adopted Yorkshireman now
03:59Alright
04:00And of course one of your
04:02outstanding achievements
04:03one of your greatest triumphs really
04:04was staunching that series of defeats by Australia
04:08by leading England
04:09to a great win in the ashes
04:10Is that right?
04:11That's right, 2005
04:13But there's no leader
04:14or manager in football
04:16or captain in cricket
04:16that can do anything like that
04:18without good players
04:19so I was fortunate to have
04:20a very, very strong set of players
04:21Yeah
04:22But that's exactly the sort of
04:23comment I would expect
04:25from a great leader
04:25generous to the team
04:27Very important, I think
04:28So, marvellous
04:29Anyway
04:30Mark
04:31the incumbent
04:32you're off
04:33Go on
04:33Letters
04:34Hi, Rachel
04:35Hi, Mark
04:36Can I start with a consonant, please?
04:37You can, thank you
04:38Start the week with N
04:39And another
04:40R
04:43And another
04:44N
04:46And a vowel
04:48E
04:49And another
04:51A
05:00And a final consonant, please
05:06And a final
05:07D
05:08OK, here's the clock
05:11We'll see you next time
05:12We'll see you next time
05:41OK, Mark
05:42What have you got for us?
05:43A seven
05:44A seven
05:45And Cameron
05:45Seven
05:46All right
05:47Mark, what's yours?
05:48A drainer
05:48Drainer
05:49Cameron
05:50Redrain
05:51Redrain
05:53You happy with that, Susie?
05:54I'm just going to check
05:55Redrain
05:58It's not there
05:59Drain
05:59Obviously fine
06:00But not redrain
06:01I'm afraid
06:02All right
06:03Bad luck
06:03And Michael
06:05I've got Randia
06:06Well, you would have
06:08Well done
06:09We're counting on you
06:10Anything else?
06:12Nerdia
06:12I've got Nerdia
06:13Nerdia and Randia
06:15Well, there we are
06:15So where does that leave us?
06:17Mark
06:17Our incoming champ
06:18He's off to a flying start
06:19With seven
06:20And Cameron
06:21Off you go
06:22It's a letters game
06:24Coincident, please, Rachel
06:25Thank you, Cameron
06:27V
06:28And another
06:30P
06:31And another
06:34N
06:35A vowel, please
06:37A
06:39And another
06:40U
06:42And another
06:44E
06:44Consonant, please
06:46C
06:49And another
06:51Q
06:54And another
06:55Consonant, please
06:56And lastly
06:57G
06:57And we're off
07:29Cameron, just a four
07:31Four
07:34Mark
07:34Four as well
07:35Four?
07:36Come along, Mark
07:38I can't
07:38I can't
07:38I can't
07:38I can't
07:39I can't
07:39I can't do fours
07:39Yeah
07:41So, Cameron
07:42What's yours?
07:43Tip
07:44Tape?
07:45Tip
07:45Alright
07:45Pete
07:46Pete
07:48Right, Michael and Susie
07:50What's happening over there?
07:51We've got a couple of sixes
07:52Yes
07:53We've got a teacup
07:53And a peanut
07:55A peanut
07:56Yeah
07:57Susie, are you happy?
07:58I'm very happy
07:59If you wanted to use the Q
08:00You could have quant
08:01Which is a pole
08:02For propelling a barge
08:03Or a punt
08:04But yeah, it was a tough one
08:05Okay
08:06Alright, well that sees us
08:08With Cameron off the starting blocks
08:11With four
08:11And Mark at eleven
08:12And Mark
08:14You're away for a letters game
08:15Okay
08:16Consonant, please, Rachel
08:17Thank you, Mark
08:19M
08:19And another
08:22V
08:23And a vowel
08:24I
08:26Another
08:28O
08:30And another
08:31U
08:33A consonant
08:35N
08:37Another consonant
08:39T
08:40A vowel
08:42A
08:44And a consonant, please
08:46And the last one
08:47S
08:48Stand by
08:50And you're
08:51And a consonant
09:20Sometimes
09:21Off you go mark a seven a seven good. That's better and Cameron seven also all right good
09:29Mark amounts amounts and Cameron symbol same indeed
09:34Well, we've seen a surge in the number of letters. Well, I've got seven tsunami perfect. Yeah, that's great
09:41That's an extra Japanese for harbour wave that
09:44Yeah, and there's an eight that Manitou's man it a u.s. Which among certain North American Indians are good
09:52or evil spirits as an
09:54Oh, man. Oh, right
09:59Well done, so that's marks in the lead at 18 to Cameron's 11 well in touch and Cameron
10:07It's your letters game off you go constant please Rachel. Thank you Cameron and and another
10:14ah and another
10:18s a vowel please
10:21e and another oh
10:25and another I
10:29Consonant please n and another
10:35s
10:37Yeah, and the final vowel please and a final e
10:41clock
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13:00one hundred plus nine hundred nine times five five hundred and forty five at the
13:07fifty five nine five and take the three five nine two brilliant well done
13:14so we now turn to Michael Michael what have you been up to what have you got
13:19to tell us well talking of the Chinese New Year I was in China last year walking
13:23the Great Wall for my charity Sheffield Children's Hospital so 23 of us
13:28set out a lot of mums from school and the challenge was to raise two hundred and
13:32fifty thousand pounds to buy a new neurosurgery sat nav equipment for the
13:38surgeons in the hospital and we achieved that so China's very fond in my heart
13:42brilliant and how long did that take well we didn't walk the whole wall it's it's a
13:46ridiculous amount of miles long but we walked for a week so we did about 120
13:51miles over four or five days and the legs were tired we ate a lot of food that I
13:56honestly don't know what was going in my mouth but it tasted okay and we survived
14:00and we raised all the money so it was a great achievement and how many of you
14:0323 20 are you led them and I wasn't at the front all the time if I'm certainly
14:08honest but it was my idea and we managed to drag along 23 people to to China to
14:15achieve the target and we had a lot of fun along the way as well and we sampled a
14:19little bit of the the red wine variety on the wall it was called the Great Wall Red I
14:25don't think it's going to win any awards how wide is the wall I mean the
14:31renovated sections is pretty wide it you feel very secure on there but and the
14:36roof around the edges sections that haven't been renovated are quite quite
14:39scary there's a lot of rough edges you've got a decent balance and the old knees
14:43held up and the knee was okay yeah it was more the head well I mean after the
14:48Great Wall Red to be honest well I think that's brilliant such a quarter of a
14:52million brilliant I worth a big round of applause
14:59and our tea time teaser is free bits and the clue the cheese celebration didn't
15:05last very long
15:22welcome back and the clue the cheese celebration didn't last very long and
15:26the answer as you all know at home briefest briefest now Cameron yep let us
15:34game off you go a constant please Rachel thank you Cameron T and develop please a
15:42another vowel a constant please a and another T and another ah vowel please oh and
16:02another vowel a and a constant please and lastly L and rough
16:10fees
16:12yeah
16:24yeah
16:26yeah
16:26yeah
16:33yeah
16:41So, Cameron, seven. Seven. And Mark? Also seven. All right. Cameron? Flutter. Right. And flatter. Flatter. Michael, Susie? You happy?
16:54Very good, yes. Yep, good sevens. Can't take it any further than that. Yeah, refloat we had. Reflat. Reflat. Okay,
17:00good.
17:00Well, you're well in touch there, Cameron. 25. Mark's still ahead slightly at 39. And Mark, off you go. Consonant,
17:09please, Rachel. Thank you, Mark. W. And another. P. And one more. C. And a vowel. E. Another vowel. I.
17:25And again. E. A consonant.
17:30L. A vowel. U. And a final consonant, please. And a final Y. Here we go.
18:12Mark? A seven. A seven. And Cameron? Just a five. A five. Let's hear your five. Peace. Peace. Mark?
18:21Weepily. Weepily. I was just checking that. Yes, it is there as an adverb under weepy. So you can talk
18:28about something weepily.
18:29All right. Very good. Well done. Michael. Michael, have you two got anything special over there? No, I can't add
18:37to that.
18:38Because you're a big tweeter. You're a big tweeter, Michael, aren't you? I am a tweeter, yeah.
18:42That's fun in terms of getting, you know, language, isn't it? Condensing language into the 140 characters.
18:48There's some language on there. It's not quite what you'd use on this show.
18:51No, I'm sure not. But nonetheless, I think you've got 200,000 followers, isn't it?
18:55It's the first time I've ever got to a double century.
18:59Well, I'm going to do a bit more research. I'll come back to you on that.
19:02In the meantime, what have we got here? Mark at 46. And Cameron at 25.
19:07And Cameron, it's letters game. Away you go. Consonant, please.
19:11Thank you, Cameron. H. And another.
19:16D. And another, please.
19:19R. A vote.
19:23I. And another.
19:26E. And another.
19:31I. Consonant, please.
19:34P. And another.
19:37F.
19:39And a final vote, please.
19:41And a final.
19:43A.
19:43Stand by.
19:45Stand by.
20:15Cameroon.
20:16Cameroon.
20:16A. Risky seven.
20:17A risky seven.
20:19Mark?
20:19Yes, a six.
20:21Six.
20:22All right.
20:23What's your six mark?
20:24A pad.
20:25All right.
20:26And Cameron?
20:27Fraped.
20:29What was that?
20:30Fraped.
20:30How are you spelling that?
20:33Fraped.
20:34Fraped.
20:35Okay.
20:35That was a strange Scottish word, is it, Cameron?
20:37I think it's using a social networking site, I'm sure I've came across it.
20:40Oh, not there, I'm afraid.
20:44It is, it's a great word.
20:45It does sound like a dialect word, but not in.
20:48Sorry.
20:48Okay.
20:49So, anything else?
20:49Michael, Susie?
20:51Go on, Susie.
20:52There is a seven there, a botanical one.
20:55Rayphide, R-A-P-H-I-D-E, a needle-shaped crystal of calcium oxalate, which you'll find in clusters
21:02in the tissues of certain plants.
21:08Well, I'll talk to my wife about that.
21:11She's the gardener.
21:12But, Mark, it's a letters game.
21:14You're away.
21:16Constance, please, Rachel.
21:17Thank you, Mark.
21:19X.
21:19And another.
21:22R.
21:23And another.
21:25W.
21:27Powell, please.
21:29I.
21:30And another.
21:32O.
21:32And one more.
21:35U.
21:36A consonant.
21:38G.
21:40A consonant.
21:43D.
21:44And a vowel, please.
21:47And a final O.
21:49Here we go.
22:22So, Mark.
22:22A five.
22:24Five.
22:25And Cameron.
22:26Just four.
22:27A four.
22:28And your four would be?
22:29Good.
22:30Good.
22:31All right, Mark.
22:31A good.
22:33Good.
22:34Right.
22:34Michael and Susie, what have you got over there?
22:36We've got that.
22:37Yeah?
22:38We just had to stick with that.
22:39It was a nasty selection.
22:40Good.
22:42All right.
22:42Now, Susie, over to you for our origins of words section.
22:46Well, I was going to talk about money, because it's a fairly pedestrian word, but it's something
22:51we talk and think about every day, so it's no surprising that English is just packed full
22:55of expressions that deal with it, and particularly slang terms, which we've taken from right
22:59across the world.
23:00From Spanish, we have De Niro's.
23:02We talk about Baksheesh, which is Persian.
23:04Gelt, which is German.
23:06We talk about having some Wonga, which is a Romany word.
23:09Shekels is Hebrew.
23:10And Mizuma, which is Yiddish.
23:12But money is also important if you don't have any.
23:16Skint comes from skinned.
23:18It's simply a variation on skinned.
23:20And brassic, as in I'm brassic, comes from rhyming slang, brassic lint, which is a type
23:25of medical dressing and is rhyming slang for skint.
23:27And to be broke comes simply from being financially ruined and broken.
23:31Perhaps going back to the cellar's wooden tables, which in medieval times were broken
23:35as a sign of bankruptcy.
23:37And can I throw one in?
23:38Yes.
23:38If you're in Queer Street, you're in Cary Street, which is where the bankruptcy court
23:44was.
23:44Absolutely right.
23:45You'll find that.
23:45Samuel Johnson.
23:46Good.
23:47So, Mark, you're running ahead of 57 to Cameron's 25, but Cameron, your chance now to do a
23:52numbers game and over to Rachel.
23:54One large and five small, please.
23:56One large and five small.
23:57And this should be a piece of cake with all your mathematical poker skills, I'm sure.
24:01Thank you, Cameron.
24:02So, for this round, the five small are two, three, six, and four, and eight.
24:09And the large one, 25.
24:11And the target, 370.
24:14370.
24:14270.
24:44270.
24:44170.
24:46So, Cameron.
24:47370.
24:48Well done, and Mark?
24:50370, but not written down.
24:52Right, shall we have yours first, then?
24:53Indeed.
24:5525 minus 4 is 21.
24:57Yep.
24:592 times 8 is 16.
25:012 times 8 is 16.
25:03Multiply those.
25:05Multiply them for 336.
25:08And I've gone completely wrong.
25:11Not easy.
25:12Cameron, the poker player.
25:148 plus 6 is 14.
25:168 plus 6 is 14.
25:18Multiply by 25 is 350.
25:20It is indeed.
25:212 plus 3 is 5.
25:23Yep.
25:24Times 4 is 20, and add it on.
25:26Didn't even need to bluff.
25:27Well done, 370.
25:28Excellent, well done.
25:30Well done.
25:32And that brings you up to 35 against Mark's still 57.
25:37And it's time for the Tea Time Teaser, which is Vice Call.
25:40And the clue, you'll know it's there if you've had your collar felt.
26:01Welcome back, and the clue, you'll remember, you'll know it's there if you've had your collar felt.
26:07And the answer, clavicle.
26:10Clavicle.
26:11So, Mark, you're off for a letters game.
26:15Okay.
26:15A consonant, please, Rachel.
26:17Thank you, Mark.
26:18L.
26:19And another.
26:21R.
26:22Another.
26:24D.
26:26A vowel.
26:28U.
26:29And another.
26:30A.
26:32One more.
26:34O.
26:35A consonant.
26:37L.
26:38A vowel.
26:41Another A.
26:43And a final consonant, please.
26:45And a final S.
26:47Countdown clock.
26:49A vowel.
27:17A vowel.
27:20so mark a seven seven and Cameron just a five all right let's have the five Cameron
27:26loads loads mark dollars dollars you know all about dollars with your trips to Nashville
27:33Susie well we've got a six but just a rather unusual one which is radula r-a-d-u-l
27:40-a can't
27:40put the s on unfortunately but it's a zoological term and it's a ras-black structure of tiny teeth
27:46in a mollusk used for scraping food particles brilliant so mark 64 Cameron's 35 and Cameron
27:55it's your shout on a letters game yeah constant please thank you Cameron G and another B and
28:04another please D a vowel O and another A and another another O a consonant please S and
28:21another T and a vowel please and lastly E and we're away
28:32so
28:59so
29:01so Cameron a seven seven mark just six six off you go then mark a goost goost
29:09mmm
29:12Cameron boosted boosted yeah good well done well done Michael and Susie what's happening
29:18over there we have a seven as well yes the day got wine shops in Spain sure yeah I know
29:26all about them
29:28so do I also stooged is also there for a nice seven stooged stooged yeah I like goost I like
29:35the sound of that so that sees Mark at 64 and Cameron at 42 and Mark you're away for a
29:43letters
29:43game a consonant please Rachel thank you Mark N and another T and another K a vowel I and
30:08a vowel E and a final consonant please and a final T there we go
30:18and a vowel E and a vowel E and a vowel E and a vowel E and a vowel E
30:37and a vowel E and a vowel E and a vowel E and a vowel E and a vowel E
30:37and a vowel E and a vowel E and a vowel E and a vowel E and a vowel E
30:37and a vowel E and a vowel E and a vowel E and a vowel E and a vowel E
30:37and a vowel E and a vowel E and a vowel E and a vowel E and a vowel E
30:37and a vowel E and a vowel E and a vowel E and a vowel E and a vowel E
30:37and a vowel E and a vowel E and a vowel E and a vowel E and a vowel E
30:37and a vowel E and a vowel E and a vowel E and a vowel E and a vowel E
30:37and a vowel E and a vowel E and a vowel E and a vowel E and a vowel E
30:38and a vowel E and a vowel E and a vowel E and a vowel E and a vowel E
30:39and a vowel E and a vowel E and a vowel E and a vowel E and a vowel E
30:39and
30:49So Mark. Just a five. A five. Cameron. Just a four. Four. Right. Tell us about it. Time. Time. Mark.
31:02Taken. Taken. No arguments over there. None. None. Michael. What have we got? Susie has an eight. I'll let her
31:10describe it. Which is what?
31:12Tomatine. T-O-M-A-T-I-N-E. It's a compound found in the stems and leaves of the
31:18tomato and other related plants.
31:21Very good. As though we didn't know that already. So Cameron, you did well in the last numbers game and
31:31you're off again on a numbers game. So discuss things with Rachel.
31:35One large and five small please again. One large and five small. Thank you Cameron.
31:41And for the last numbers game, the selection is two. Another two. Ten. Six. Nine. And the large one, 75.
31:51And your target, 983.
31:54983.
32:27So Cameron, how did we do? Nine. Eight. Five. Nine. Eight. Five. Mark. And nine. Eight. Four.
32:33Four. Right. So I think that we turn to Mark first. Six divided by two is three. Yep.
32:41Plus ten. Plus ten. Thirteen. Times by 75. Times 75. Nine. Seven. Five. And plus nine.
32:49And plus nine. Nine. Eight. Four. One away. And Rachel, could you take us to the proper answer?
32:54Yep. If you say 75 plus six is 81. Ten plus one of the twos is twelve. Times them together
33:02for 972. And add the nine and the remaining two. For 983.
33:09Well done. Well done. So, with the scores standing at 76 to Mark and 42 to Cameron, it's conundrum time
33:20and it's fingers on buzzers, please. And please reveal today's countdown conundrum.
33:57nope well it's Fox Cameron and the champ so let's see whether that
34:01particularly bright looking audience has got the answer anybody there I see a
34:06hand up yes sir what is it deludedly deludedly let's have a little look and
34:11see whether that's anywhere near it deludedly well done well done that's
34:19excellent Cameron it's back to Kilmarnock with our blessing and a goodie bag well
34:26done well done fourth win see you tomorrow in brilliant and Michael thank
34:32you so much for being with us today and we're going to dig deeper into your
34:36cricketing career tomorrow Susie thank you so much and over to Tiger yeah because
34:44it's Chinese New Year I've actually got your fortune cookie over here so I
34:47thought I'd have a look and see what your what lies ahead in the air this is your
34:53one so it says he who is nice to frogs and buys round in bar will be cured of
35:00all ills
35:02brilliant amazing isn't that extraordinary you see the Chinese I've got one right
35:09let's see what this says I can break open this see what we've got here
35:20yeah hello Tiger don't give up the day job anyway there we are we hope you've
35:28enjoyed today's countdown we have and we're going to see you again tomorrow same
35:32time good afternoon
35:45better than a macaroni necklace Channel 4 is doing it all on a tight budget
35:49tonight a new series of super scrimpers begins at 8 but going for the big win
35:54next this afternoon deal or no deal on the way
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