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00:00Thank you
00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio on finals day. This is it. This is the big one. It's
00:39been a tremendous week. Great contestants. Word crunching and number crunching like you've never seen it before. And guess what's
00:47happened here.
00:48The number one and the number two seeds have come through true to form. It's brilliant. So here we are
00:55ready for the final of the 66th series of Countdown. Is this exciting? It's exciting for me. My prediction for
01:06you is that a 19-year-old male brunette is going to win.
01:11Well, this is my first final. How many have you seen through? This is my seventh. Yes? Hasn't time flown?
01:17These are two cracking young men. Very, very good. Yeah, they've definitely, in my opinion, been the most consistent this
01:23series. So it's going to be a very, very tough final for them. I think it's brilliant. They're both very
01:27nervous.
01:28But you know something? At the end of today, somebody is going to waltz off with a wonderful series of
01:34prizes. And just to remind you what they're going to walk away with, or even waltz away with, a top
01:40-of-the-range laptop computer, the complete 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary, a lifetime, and they've got a long life
01:48in front of them, subscription to the Oxford Dictionaries online, and most importantly, perhaps, their name on the Richard Whiteley
01:56Memorial Trophy.
01:57As Countdown Series 66 winner. Brilliant stuff. Really worth fighting for, guys. Yes? Jack? Yes, definitely. You've had a great
02:07run to get here. Yeah? Number two seed, gap year student, edging towards accountancy, leaving criminology behind. Well, you've done
02:17really well, and you deserve to be here.
02:19As indeed does your co-competitor, Jonathan, the kid, Rawlinson. Mind you, you're both kids, really. A gap year student
02:27from Sheffield, you know, just packing to go off to Cambridge in the autumn. Yeah?
02:33Yep. Yeah.
02:34On a pure and applied maths degree. You've done very well, too. Thank you. And you are number one seed.
02:41So, psychologically, are you feeling a little bit stronger than Jack, do you think?
02:44I can't quite believe I ended up number one seed. I think... Well, you did. I'm happy with how I've
02:49done.
02:50You did, because you've been unbeaten in all your ten games with an average score of 107. Brilliant stuff.
02:58I think we all should give them a big round of applause.
03:08Good luck to, uh, Jack and Jonathan. And so say all of us, Susie?
03:13Ah, yes. They both just gave out a huge breath of air, and I'm feeling the same. It's...
03:18Yeah. Yeah, nerds are here.
03:19No, they're... they're... they're great. What do you reckon, Dr. Phil?
03:22It is... this is quite interesting. It's the first time two members of the same band, One Direction, have been
03:26in the final panel.
03:28This is an extraordinary achievement. So, well done, One Direction, for producing such talented countdown players.
03:33Absolutely. Absolutely. Well, Jack, this is it. You're off. Letters game.
03:38Hi, Rachel. Hi, again, Jack. May I start with a consonant, please?
03:41You may, thank you. Good luck to you both. Start the final with S.
03:45And another.
03:47Y.
03:48And another.
03:51T.
03:51And another.
03:54F.
03:55Yeah, one more.
03:57Vowel.
03:57N.
03:58Vowel, please.
04:00O.
04:01And another.
04:03E.
04:04And another.
04:07A.
04:08And consonant, please.
04:09And the last one.
04:11R.
04:12And here's the countdown clock.
04:14R.
04:15And another.
04:15And another.
04:34And another.
04:35And another.
04:35And another.
04:35And another.
04:35And another.
04:35And another.
04:35And another.
04:37And another.
04:44Jack, I'll stick with a seven.
04:46Seven, Jonathan.
04:48Just a six.
04:49And your six?
04:50Frosty.
04:52Right.
04:53Jack.
04:54Santero.
04:55Santero.
04:56Bit of promise there.
04:57Wow.
04:59What a way to start.
05:02Santero in Mexican and Spanish-speaking areas of the southwestern US is a person who makes religious images.
05:08Well done.
05:13Great stuff.
05:14Now then, what has the corner got for us?
05:16I got some interesting sevens.
05:18I got senator and treason, but Susie has trumped me once again with an eight.
05:22What have you got, Susie?
05:23Well, you might not expect this to be one word, but it is.
05:25It's seafront.
05:27Seafront, eh?
05:28Seafront.
05:30Seafront.
05:31Seafront.
05:32Seafront.
05:33Seafront.
05:33Very good.
05:34Jack, early start, seven-nil, but bags of time.
05:38It's time to go.
05:38Jonathan, off you go.
05:40Afternoon again, Rachel.
05:41Afternoon again, Jonathan.
05:42Can I start with the vowel, please?
05:43You can.
05:43Start with O.
05:45And a consonant.
05:48N.
05:49Vowel.
05:51E.
06:11And the last one.
06:14A.
06:16Stand by.
06:43And the last one.
06:46I'll see you next time.
06:46I'll see you next time.
06:47Now then, Jonathan.
06:48I just a seven.
06:50A seven, Jack?
06:51Seven.
06:51All right.
06:52Jonathan.
06:53Nunez.
06:54Nunez.
06:55Jack.
06:55Ensnare.
06:57Ensnare.
06:57Yes, very nice.
06:59That's a nice word.
06:59Very, very nice.
07:00Very good.
07:01Very good.
07:02Dr. Phil.
07:03Yes, well, we got Nunez too.
07:04It's an interesting word.
07:05It means pleasuring yourself or doing something to noon.
07:08It's a lovely word.
07:08Nunez.
07:09Right, very good.
07:10Fourteen to seven.
07:11And Jack, take it away.
07:13Constant place.
07:14Thank you, Jack.
07:15Tea.
07:16And another.
07:19C.
07:20And another.
07:22P.
07:23And another.
07:25H.
07:27And another.
07:29V.
07:30Vowel.
07:32I.
07:33And another.
07:35O.
07:36And another.
07:39I.
07:40And another vowel, please.
07:41And the last one.
07:43Another O.
07:45Stand by.
07:58Okay.
08:01I.
08:03Bye.
08:04Bye.
08:04Bye.
08:09Bye.
08:11Bye.
08:12Bye.
08:14Bye.
08:16Now then, Jack, one, two, a five. Jonathan? I'll have to risk a six. All right. Jack? Pitch. Pitch. Jonathan?
08:26I'm not confident. Pithoi. P-I-T-H-O-I. Oh, dear. Pithoi. Poker player here. It's a large storage
08:36jar, isn't it, a pithoi? How are you spelling that? P-I-T-H-O-I. It's a storage jar.
08:40It's actually hidden under pithos, P-I-T-H-O-S, but that is the plural of it. It's an
08:46archaeological term and it's a large urban storage jar. Ah, I see. Wow. And you knew that all along, Jonathan.
08:57Fourteen to thirteen, only one point behind now. And it's your letters game, Jonathan. Can I have a vowel, please,
09:03Rachel? Thank you, Jonathan. E. And a consonant. P. Vowel.
09:12I. I. Consonants. S. Vowel. E. Consonants. N. Vowel. I. Consonants. M. And a final consonant, please. And a final
09:34Z. And here's the clock.
09:37I. Consonants. N. Vowel. E. Consonants. N. Vowel. E. Consonants. N. Vowel. E. Consonants. N. Vowel. E. Consonants. N. Vowel.
09:54E. Consonants. N. Vowel. E. Consonants. N. Vowel. E. Consonants. N. Vowel. E. Consonants. N. Vowel. E. Consonants. N. Vowel.
09:54E. Consonants. N. Vowel. E. Consonants. N. Vowel.
10:08Jonathan just a six a six Jack six right okay Jonathan pieman pieman pieman two pie men
10:18not simple Simon that's for sure and over there three pie men I'm afraid three pie men that's it
10:27I'm in full time in full time full house full house all right I'm in all around right Jack first
10:34numbers
10:34game off you go try six more again please your favorite six small thank you Jack we'll go for
10:40these six and the first numbers game of this final is six one seven another one who did eight and
10:49ten
10:50and the target 673 673
11:27Jack 672 672 Jonathan 680 680 right so let's hear from from Jack and 10 plus 1 plus 1 10
11:37plus 1 plus 1
11:39is 12 times 8 times 7 yeah and then 8 and 7 56 and times 2 together 672 very good
11:48but is it possible
11:49Rachel Rachel um I would doubt it but I'll have another look all right all right well well done
11:55Jack well done 27 to 19 wow tense but he's opened up a bit of a lead there Jonathan so
12:03watch out but
12:04let me you can think about that whilst Dr. Phil tells us what's wrong with the world well I'm going
12:11to
12:11continue my top tips on how to stay healthy you should make a list when you go to the doctor
12:15and
12:15people say oh we hate patients who come in with lists absolutely crucial you should take a list
12:19to the doctor you should actually make a list while you're there and you should leave with
12:23the list and give the doctor a list of the things you want him to do okay so make a
12:27list take a list
12:28leave a list make a list take a list leave it's quite simple to remember but really important
12:32because you remember probably about 15% of what your doctor tells you you might remember the diagnosis
12:36you don't remember anything else and at home do you at home do you make lists at home yes I'm
12:41quite
12:41good it's really important I had a couple and I told them they were very forgetful I said make a
12:44list and
12:45they said oh no we don't need to do that and they're sitting at home one day and the wife
12:48says
12:48to the husband should I feel a bit hungry I fancy a bowl of ice cream and the husband goes
12:52well I'm
12:52going to the kitchen I'll get that because I fancy some cereals and the nurse says well you sure you'll
12:55remember the bowl of ice cream you don't want to write it down he said don't be ridiculous she
12:58said because I want as well as my ice cream I want some whipped cream on the top he's okay
13:02ice
13:02cream whipped cream I can remember that and she's also I want some crushed nuts sprinkled on the top
13:07okay ice cream whipped cream crushed nuts do you need to write that down he said no don't be ridiculous
13:11he goes to the kitchen he comes back 20 minutes later with bacon and eggs my wife looks at him
13:17goes where's my toast that's basically what happens to your memory so it's really important
13:25and the last thing I would say I think this is really important is feedback to change the health
13:28service to make it better you need to feed back I think there's a lot to be said for Twitter
13:32Twitter
13:33is a fantastic tool we haven't got much IT in the NHS we spent a 14 it doesn't work but
13:37Twitter is
13:37fantastic if you had a hashtag for your hospital like Great Ormond Street would be gosh and you
13:42put a hashtag gosh then you could feed back in real time about the treatment you were getting and
13:46you put positive things in absolutely fantastic nurses were wonderful really good care or you
13:50could say you know nurses weren't so good or they didn't wash their hands or whatever and then
13:54someone just have to monitor that and we'll have a much better health service
14:03sound advice thank you very much Dr. Phil while Dr. Phil's been talking Rachel has been busy
14:11what do you mean up to Rachel I was very wrong and I'm sure my five followers on Twitter have
14:15all told
14:15me about that this is possible you could have said 8 plus 1 is 9 times 10 is 90 add
14:23the 6 for 96 times
14:25that by 7 for 672 again and you add the one on brilliant well done
14:36and now it's tea time teaser time and the teaser Ken tried clue Ken tried to repair something but to
14:44no
14:45avail Ken tried to repair something but to no avail
15:05welcome back I left you with the clue Ken tried to repair something but to no avail and the answer
15:11we tinkered with it tinkered tinkered no tinkering here gentlemen Jonathan let's
15:19get this game off you go can I have a vowel please Rachel thank you Jonathan e and the consonant
15:26t
15:30vowel o consonant k vowel the message going home there you consonants g vowel a consonants
15:50vowel a vowel and last one e tick tock time
15:56and the next one tinkering here means
16:26Now, Jonathan.
16:28Just a six.
16:29A six, Jack?
16:30Seven.
16:31Right, Jonathan.
16:33Outage.
16:34Outage.
16:35Jack?
16:36Outrage.
16:36Outrage.
16:37Right.
16:39Well done.
16:40I don't think we can dispute anything there, can we?
16:42No, we certainly can't dispute that.
16:44There was about the one seven to be found, I think.
16:46Very good.
16:4634 to 19, Jack.
16:48This is a formidable sort of performance, but plenty of time.
16:52Come on.
16:53Jack, off you go.
16:54I'm a consonant place.
16:55Thank you, Jack.
16:56T.
16:57And another.
17:00S.
17:01And another.
17:03D.
17:04And another.
17:07W.
17:08And another.
17:10C.
17:11Yeah, a vowel.
17:13O.
17:14And another.
17:16E.
17:18And another.
17:20A.
17:22And consonant place.
17:24And lastly, S.
17:26Turn by.
17:27C.
17:28D.
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17:28All right.
17:29I.
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17:57Now then Jack seven seven Jonathan seven two right Jack. I'm coasted coasted
18:04Both coasted and see yeah, neither of you are coasting that's for sure now. What else we got dr. Phil
18:11now?
18:11We coasted to that we've got sweats
18:13Yeah, it was the biggest we had I think yeah, so seven a modest seven. I'm afraid all right very
18:19good
18:19So 41 to 26 Jack leads Jonathan
18:23Come on now. Letters game about please Rachel. Thank you, Jonathan. E
18:30consonants
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18:40D vowel I
18:44consonants L
18:48Val
18:48Oh
18:52consonants
18:54ah
18:55And a final
18:58Val please and final I
19:02Standby
19:33Jonathan just a seven seven jack seven all right Jonathan outlier
19:38Outlier
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19:40Outlier outlier yep. All right sticking together there dr. Phil can't be seven. We've got diluter
19:46Yes, but we had out loud, but can't beat seven. I'm afraid all right
19:50Jack it's letters game and constant place. Thank you, Jack
19:55B
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19:58one more
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20:23And the last one
20:24O
20:25Stand by
20:59Yes, Jack
21:00And seven
21:00A seven, Jonathan
21:01Seven
21:02All right
21:03Jack
21:03Borghati
21:05Jonathan
21:05You're like
21:06Yep
21:07Glued together, you two
21:09Mm-hmm
21:09Glued together
21:11What else have we got?
21:13Borghati, of course, was a top ten hit
21:14For the Gypsy Kings
21:15But it's also an organized group of the Mafia
21:18You don't want to mess with your Borghati
21:19Is what we're saying
21:20Very unpleasant
21:21Yeah, clear off
21:22Now then, Susie
21:24Oh, me or me
21:25Teachers
21:27Well, I am sticking to
21:29Seeking light relief in pub names
21:31Right
21:31To try and relieve some of the tension
21:34I'm going to talk about
21:35The Two Chairman
21:36Which is a pub in London
21:38There's one in St. James
21:39And also Whitehall and Westminster
21:41And it fascinated me
21:43Because it's not really what you think
21:44It's not because lots of business people gathered there particularly
21:48It's because it goes back to time when rather like a taxi or a bus stop
21:52People would be picked up from the pub in a sedan chair
21:55And carried by two men to their destination
21:58I can see you in one of those, I think, Nick
22:00I know that pub
22:01Do you?
22:02Yeah, little side street just off Trafalgar Square
22:05Absolutely
22:05Yeah
22:06Yeah
22:06Well, now you know
22:07I don't know if there are still sedan chairs waiting there
22:09But
22:09And the Iron Devil
22:11There are a few Iron Devils across the country
22:12That's a corruption of Hirondelle
22:14Which means the swallow in French
22:17And there are numerous pub signs to do with birds
22:20There's the blackbird, the thrush
22:21The peacock, the bird in hand
22:23And finally the green man
22:25Lots of those across the country
22:26The gamekeeper of the lord of the manor
22:29Would often turn publican
22:30He'd often become a publican slightly older in age
22:33And at one time
22:34All the servants, including the gamekeeper
22:37Were dressed in green
22:38Well, I'm very good
22:41Very good
22:43And there's a poppin' jay in Fleet Street
22:45Oh, poppin' jay
22:46And talking about the two chairmen
22:47And whether they still pick people up in sedan chairs
22:50Funnily enough
22:51It's just in front of a huge car park now
22:54Oh, no, that's very smart
22:54So they don't need sedan chairs anymore
22:55Do you have two small boys to carry you back from the pub?
22:57Please do it?
22:58No
22:59Okay, just checking
23:00Might be worth trying
23:01Good idea
23:02Now then
23:0355 to 40
23:05Jack's in the lead
23:06So, Jonathan
23:07It's a numbers game
23:08But it's down to you now
23:09I'll stick with one large, please
23:11Stick with one large
23:12Not gambling with the four large
23:13I think Jack's too strong at numbers
23:15Fair enough
23:16Thank you, Jonathan
23:17One large one this time
23:19And five little ones coming up
23:21And this time they are
23:22Six
23:23Two
23:24Ten
23:26Eight
23:26And one
23:28And the large one's 75
23:30And the target
23:31654
23:32Six
23:33Five
23:33Four
23:33Six
23:35Six
23:35Four
23:35Seven
23:35Six
23:36Six
23:36Can
23:36Seven
23:39Seven
23:57Seven
23:58Nine
24:04How was it, Jonathan?
24:06654.
24:07Well done, Jack.
24:08654.
24:09OK, Jonathan, off you go.
24:1175, add 6.
24:13Add 6 is 81.
24:15Add 1.
24:16Add 1, 82.
24:18Times by 8.
24:19Times by 8 is 656.
24:22And take the 2.
24:23And take the 3, well done.
24:24Well done.
24:25Jack.
24:2675 plus 6 plus 2.
24:2975 plus 6 plus 2 is 83.
24:33Times by 8.
24:35Times by 8 is this time 664.
24:40And take away the 10.
24:41And take away the 10.
24:42654.
24:43Well done.
24:44Well done.
24:46Good stuff, both of you.
24:4865 to 50, Jack Leeds, but now it's time for a tea time teaser.
24:52And the teaser, North Sue.
24:54Clue.
24:55Sue's not from the North, in fact, quite the opposite.
24:58Sue's not from the North, in fact, quite the opposite.
25:17Welcome back.
25:18I left you with the clue.
25:19Sue's not from the North, in fact, quite the opposite.
25:21Why?
25:22Because she's Southern.
25:24Sue's a Southern girl.
25:2665 to 50, Jack Leeds.
25:29And Jack, it's your letters game.
25:30Consonant, please.
25:32Thank you, Jack.
25:33S.
25:34And another.
25:37M.
25:38And another.
25:40N.
25:41And another.
25:44R.
25:45And again.
26:04Tick tock.
26:05A.
26:06B.
26:06A.
26:07A.
26:09B.
26:33And another.
26:34And a piece of art.
26:35Yes, Jack eight and Jonathan just a seven and your seven mouse here
26:41Yes, mouse here and Jack resuming resuming
26:46well-spotted
26:53Wacking contest here resuming 73 to 50 and Jonathan we're in the final furlong come on
27:00About P's Rachel. Thank you, Jonathan you consonants
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27:15Val
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27:26Consonants
27:27W and a final constant these and final C here we go
27:57Oh
28:06Jonathan seven seven jack to sex a six jack now. What is it now wheels?
28:13Yes, and Jonathan sluiced sluiced a good one
28:18Absolutely, very smooth. Well done loose down the deck of your ship with some water very good. Yeah, very good
28:24Seventy-three to fifty-seven Jack let us game a constant place. Thank you, Jack
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28:59Here we go
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