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00:32Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:35My, how things have changed.
00:37Child discipline.
00:38Nowadays, of course, a flick behind the ear
00:42and the police are at the door within seconds.
00:45So we've got to pick the right words nowadays
00:48as little Charlie, Dorb's, uh...
00:51marker pen all over the living room carpet
00:53and doors and walls and paintings and everything else.
00:57No flick behind the ear for little Charlie.
01:00But when I was a boy, at home, things were quiet.
01:03No physical violence that I can remember.
01:05But away at school, we had ritualised terror.
01:10Uh...
01:10It was a Jesuit school.
01:12And whilst Jesuits are Europe's greatest educators
01:15and have been since the 16th century,
01:17they also used to wield a heavy hand.
01:20And they would secrete about their persons in their suttans
01:23a special pocket which contained something called a pandy bag,
01:26which was made of whalebone covered in leather.
01:28And this would be drawn out
01:31as one submitted what was called a check.
01:34And if you were bad in school or bad in the classroom,
01:38the teacher would write a check, all in Latin,
01:41poena, that was the punishment, number of strokes,
01:44no men poor, the name of the boy,
01:47and you would present this to the chap with the pandy bag
01:49who would then administer it.
01:51What horrors that were.
01:53Did it do him any harm?
01:55That's still an open question.
01:57But, Rachel, I can't imagine
01:59that a harsh word was ever directed at you.
02:03Can't you?
02:04I thought you knew me best in that by now.
02:07No, because I think that, A, scholastically, academically,
02:11you were a bright star,
02:13so no smacks for failing exams.
02:16No, I was all right there.
02:17And were you a goody-goody or were you a tearaway?
02:21I just kind of kept quiet and got on with it,
02:24and especially in A-levels, I wasn't there very much
02:26because I didn't have any lessons,
02:27and because I was getting the grades,
02:28they let me get away with that.
02:29Well done.
02:30It was quite nice.
02:31And at home?
02:32And at home?
02:33I was, I don't know, you have to ask my mum.
02:35Do you know something?
02:35We're not going to get anything out of Rachel.
02:38We're not going to get anything out of Rachel.
02:39I did get in trouble once,
02:40because I took a science experiment home,
02:42which was, I think it was dyeing some salt crystals
02:45with red food dye,
02:46and of course I dropped it all over the carpet.
02:49Ah.
02:50That didn't go down very well.
02:51I bet not.
02:51It wasn't intentional.
02:53But who would have ever have admonished
02:55a blue-eyed child with such blonde hair?
02:59Beautiful stuff.
02:59Now, who have we got here?
03:00We've got Amy back again,
03:02scored how many?
03:03111.
03:04Yep.
03:05That's pretty impressive.
03:06One of the highest scores that we've had
03:07for a long time.
03:09Maths graduate from Mansfield,
03:11whose favourite place on earth,
03:13and those who watched yesterday will remember,
03:15is Mexico,
03:16where you love to swim with dolphins.
03:18Yeah, it's amazing.
03:19The beaches and just...
03:21I bet.
03:22I'd like to try that one day.
03:23And you are joined by Lucy Grange
03:25from Darlington in County Durham,
03:27a full-time carer for your mum.
03:29Yeah, that's right.
03:30Good for you.
03:31Big Darlington football fan.
03:34And your elbow, I read here,
03:37was once on Songs of Praise.
03:39Which one was it?
03:40I can't remember, to be honest.
03:41We were...
03:42I think, from memory,
03:43it was your left elbow.
03:45It took a tight bottom.
03:45I remember it, yes.
03:47Made a very stunning appearance.
03:49So, and you've seen
03:50Uri Geller bending cutlery.
03:52Yeah.
03:53He was chairman for one of the teams
03:55that Darlington played.
03:56Oh, was he?
03:57And they ran out of cutlery upstairs
03:58because all of the players
03:59kept bringing the cutlery for him to bend.
04:01He used to sort of stroke it, didn't he?
04:03Yeah, and it just sort of bent.
04:04It was very weak.
04:06Was it extraordinary?
04:06Yeah, it was.
04:06Then somebody had to unbend it all again.
04:08Shall we have a big round of applause
04:10for Amy and Lucy?
04:12APPLAUSE
04:17And welcome back, Susie,
04:19and welcome back,
04:21the lovely Jo Brand.
04:22And Jo,
04:23I understand that you've sharpened the pencil,
04:25you've started scribbling.
04:26What's been going on here?
04:28Well, I've been commissioned
04:29to write another book,
04:31and it's about getting middle-aged
04:35as a woman.
04:37Yes?
04:38Mm.
04:39Is it a large book?
04:41Er, no.
04:42I hope not,
04:44because that's a lot more work, isn't it?
04:46And when will we see this?
04:47Well, er, next year sometime,
04:50erm,
04:51depending on how much other work
04:53I've got to do, really.
04:54And have you,
04:55have you come up with a title?
04:57Well, the working title is
04:58Fade to Grey,
05:00because I think as a middle-aged woman,
05:02unless you go and
05:04surgery your face off,
05:06you, you kind of do fade a bit,
05:08because people just don't,
05:09aren't interested in you anymore.
05:11Oh, but it does mean
05:13you can do a bit more shoplifting.
05:16Fade to Grey.
05:17Did you,
05:19is that a sort of a
05:20slight, er,
05:21bow towards
05:22Fifty Shades of Grey?
05:24No, it certainly is not.
05:27I have that filth in my house.
05:31Clearly, er,
05:32clearly you haven't read it.
05:33I haven't.
05:34No, quite right to.
05:36Now then, let's get on with the business of the day.
05:38Countdown time.
05:39Amy, letters game.
05:41Afternoon, Rachel.
05:41Afternoon, Amy.
05:42Can I have a consonant, please?
05:43Start today with R.
05:45And another.
05:47P.
05:48And another.
05:51D.
05:52A vowel.
05:54E.
05:55Another vowel.
05:56O.
05:58Another vowel.
05:59A.
06:01Consonant.
06:02T.
06:03Another consonant.
06:05B.
06:07And a final vowel, please.
06:09And a final.
06:10E.
06:11And here's the countdown clock.
06:14MUSIC PLAYS
06:43Now then, Amy?
06:44A seven.
06:45A seven, very good. Lucy?
06:47Seven.
06:48Amy's seven?
06:49Predate.
06:50Lucy?
06:51Berated.
06:52Berated.
06:53Happy there?
06:54Predate?
06:55Yep, absolutely fine.
06:55Very happy?
06:56Yep.
06:56Jo, what have you been doing?
06:58I've got a seven.
06:59Yes?
06:59I think I alluded in a previous show to how sophisticated bears are these days.
07:06Yes.
07:06Because they have bear shafts that they slide down into bear pods.
07:11Bear pods.
07:13Very good. And Susie?
07:15Well, I should say, by the way, predate is hyphenated.
07:18I should say predate, because it's all to do with predators.
07:21That's one that doesn't have the hyphen that you can have.
07:22But it doesn't matter, because the spelling's the same.
07:25Operated, I've got for eight.
07:27Operated.
07:27Very good.
07:28Operated.
07:29Excellent. Seven all. Well done. And Lucy, let us go.
07:32Can I start with a consonant, please?
07:34Thank you, Lucy. Start with N.
07:37Another one.
07:39G.
07:40A third one, please.
07:42R.
07:44Vowel.
07:44I.
07:46Another one.
07:48A.
07:49Another.
07:51E.
07:52Consonant.
07:55N.
07:56Consonant.
07:58T.
07:59And a vowel, please.
08:00And the last one.
08:02U.
08:03And here's the clock.
08:05And here's the clock.
08:07And here's the clock.
08:36Lucy.
08:37Seven.
08:38Seven.
08:38Amy.
08:39Seven.
08:40Now then, Lucy.
08:41Taring.
08:42Taring.
08:42And Amy.
08:43Renting.
08:45Now then, Joe.
08:46I've got a seven.
08:48Yes.
08:49And I'm a Londoner through and through.
08:52And on Friday nights, I like to do what Londoners do.
08:56And I like to get drunk and sing.
09:00And what I sing is a gin tune.
09:03A gin tune.
09:04Very good.
09:05Very good.
09:06And Susie?
09:08Yes, lots of sevens there.
09:09A nice one is gentian, the flower or the plant with purple, beautiful trumpet-shaped flowers.
09:15But there is an eight there.
09:16Retuning.
09:17Retuning your piano.
09:18Yes.
09:18Yeah.
09:19Very good.
09:2214.
09:23Oh, well done.
09:24Now then, Amy.
09:25Let us go.
09:27Consonant, please.
09:28Thank you, Amy.
09:29R.
09:30And another.
09:32T.
09:33And another.
09:36S.
09:36A vowel.
09:38A.
09:39Another vowel.
09:41O.
09:42A consonant.
09:44L.
09:45A vowel.
09:47I.
09:49A consonant.
09:51Z.
09:52And a final vowel, please.
09:54And a final.
09:55U.
09:56Stand by.
09:57C.
10:25Bye-bye.
10:27Amy five five and Lucy six Amy rest roast and Lucy trails pretty good yeah
10:38happy mm-hmm Joe a six yes so if you know this but cats can suffer terrible
10:45sunburn and mine like to put on rat oil very good Susie just Evans tailors and
10:55rituals rituals yes all right very good very good so Lucy sped into the lead
11:02there 22 Amy's 14 letters game I saw the continent please thank you Lucy P
11:08another H another one s foul please oh foul a another one
11:22e a consonant please a consonant ah and a vowel please and the last one you clock
12:05time
12:07Lucy. Six. Amy. Six. And Lucy. Posher. Posher. Amy. Same word. Very good. Jo. I've always been slightly frightened of
12:22very wealthy people. And I put that down to my posh fear.
12:31All right. And Susie. Profuse is there for seven. Profuse. We don't get a lot of profuse applause here. 26
12:41to 20. Lucy leads. And we go into a numbers game. Amy. Hi, Rachel. Can I have one large and
12:47five small, please? You can. Thank you, Amy. One from the top row and five small ones.
12:53And the first numbers game today is five, nine, seven, one, two, and a large one, 100. And the target,
13:03529.
13:05529.
13:05Good night.
13:06Good night.
13:37Amy.
13:38530.
13:39Lucy.
13:40529.
13:41529. We've got a fight on here. Come on then, Lucy.
13:45100 plus 7.
13:47100 plus 7, 107.
13:49Times by 5.
13:50535.
13:529 minus 2 minus 1.
13:55Is 6.
13:55Take it away.
13:56Well done. 529.
13:57Well done.
14:01That prepares you to 36 to where Amy's 20.
14:07But now we turn to Jo.
14:09Alan Jo.
14:10Well, I'm talking about words that I find annoying, that I think are either overused or just not very kind
14:21of British, I suppose.
14:22And the word I'm going to talk about today is empowerment, which is a kind of slung together American word,
14:31it feels to me.
14:32Because what they do in America sometimes is they put a little bit on the beginning and a little bit
14:39on the end to sort of stretch out a noun.
14:42You might think this is a bit far-fetched, but actually George Bush was, well, he came up with some
14:47crackers of new words.
14:49My favourite being, misunderstood.
14:54Not quite sure what that means.
14:55And the word empowerment is used very much by feminists to talk about how we push forward our cause.
15:07And as far as feminism goes, our biggest enemy is really the caricature of feminists created by the tabloid newspapers,
15:17in which most people seem to assume that feminists are shaven-headed, dungaree-wearing, Doc Martin-wearing, strange people.
15:28And that's actually not a feminist, that is a plumber, everybody.
15:33APPLAUSE
15:38Great stuff. Thank you, Jo. Lovely.
15:42T-Tam teaser time, and the teaser is croc-moo.
15:47And the clue, is this type of bird on the lookout for Roger?
15:51Is this type of bird on the lookout for Roger?
16:10Welcome back. I left you with a clue.
16:12Is this type of bird on the lookout for Roger?
16:15And the answer is moorcock.
16:18Moorcock, Susie?
16:19It's a male red grouse.
16:22Now then, Lucy, 36.
16:25Amy, 20.
16:27Lucy, let us go.
16:28Can I have a consonant, please?
16:30Thank you, Lucy.
16:31L.
16:32Another one.
16:34D.
16:35Third.
16:37C.
16:38Foul, please.
16:41I.
16:42Foul.
16:44E.
16:45Foul.
16:47A.
16:49Consonant.
16:51R.
16:52Another.
16:53And a...
16:54M.
16:56And a final vowel, please.
16:58And a final.
16:59I.
17:01Stand by.
17:02Bye-bye.
17:03Bye-bye.
17:05Bye-bye.
17:15Bye-bye.
17:18Bye-bye.
17:22Bye-bye.
17:23Bye-bye.
17:24Bye-bye.
17:25Bye-bye.
17:27Bye-bye.
17:28Bye-bye.
17:30Bye-bye.
17:31Bye-bye.
17:32Bye-bye.
17:33Yes, Lucy seven a seven Amy just a six and you're six milder
17:38Milder Lucy medical medical now then Joe. What have you been up to?
17:44I have got a seven good. It's a nighttime train service called dim rail
17:53And Susie what have you got lurking on your pad?
17:56Well just sevens as well looks if there might be more but it's miracle decimal reclaim
18:01There might be an eight there, but I haven't found it yet. All right. Thank you very much. And
18:06Lucy 43 playing
18:08Amy's 20
18:10Neither name it's letters game never consonant, please. Thank you, Amy G and another
18:18S and another
18:21J a vowel
18:23E another vowel a
18:27another vowel
18:28you
18:30a consonant
18:32Y
18:32a consonant
18:36V
18:36and a final
18:39E
18:40Tick-tock time
18:42Jenn
19:11Tick-tock time
19:13Amy five five and Lucy five
19:18Amy's five suave suave Lucy vague vague
19:24Miss Brown, I
19:26Have a seven. Yes. I don't really like
19:30piggy banks I
19:33Prefer to put my coins in
19:37kitchen crockery
19:39Which is why I have a jug save?
19:42Very good
19:45Susie no nothing more. I was just looking at the origin for vague and it's related to vagabond because it
19:51means wandering
19:51Your mind is wandering when you're a bit vague very good
19:5448 to 25 things are looking difficult here for Amy Lucy
19:59Letters game
20:01Thank you, Lucy B another
20:06N another one
20:09S another one
20:10D
20:12Vowel
20:14U
20:15Vowel
20:16E
20:18Vowel
20:20A
20:23Consonant
20:24N
20:26And a continent please
20:28And the last one s
20:30Stand by
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26:53Welcome back. I left you with the clue, forget rat, this sort of person prefers rabbit.
26:58And the answer is a natterer. A natterer.
27:0368, place 38, Lucy in charge. Amy, your letter's game.
27:09Can I have a consonant, please?
27:11Thank you, Amy.
27:12S.
27:13And another?
27:14Another? G.
27:16And a vowel? E.
27:19And a vowel? A.
27:22A consonant? T.
27:25Another consonant? N.
27:28A vowel? O.
27:32Another vowel? I.
27:35The final consonant, please. And the last one.
27:38P. And here's the clock.
27:43A vowel?
27:44A vowel?
27:49A vowel?
28:12I.
28:13Or may.
28:13A vowel?
28:13Seven.
28:14A seven.
28:14Lucy?
28:15Eight.
28:16An eight.
28:17Amy?
28:18Pasting.
28:20Lucy?
28:21Ponguist.
28:23Ponguist.
28:23Absolutely brilliant.
28:24Well spotted.
28:25Ponguist.
28:29What else have you got, Susie?
28:31Well, it was Ponguist.
28:32There was panties for seven and opiates for seven.
28:36Opiates?
28:36Yes.
28:36Joe's got a mischievous glint in her eye.
28:38I've got a seven.
28:40Yes.
28:40If I was a farmer taking some of my animals to market, I'd like a pig seat in my Land
28:48Rover.
28:49Very good.
28:49Brilliant stuff.
28:5176 says Lucy, and it's your letters game, Lucy.
28:56Start with the continent, please.
28:58Thank you, Lucy.
28:59H.
29:00Another one.
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29:02Another one.
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29:05Vol.
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29:08Another.
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29:10Another.
29:12O.
29:14Consonant.
29:15W.
29:16Consonant.
29:18M.
29:20And a final vowel, please.
29:21And a final...
29:23I.
29:24And it's Countdown.
29:26before...
29:26A.
29:27Weet one.
29:38Weet one of the released ages.
29:54Okay.
29:56Now Lucy six and Amy a six both six Lucy washed washed Amy showed happy about that
30:05Yes, absolutely fine. Very good Joe. Of course Nate. Yes. Do you like cheese? Go on?
30:11Yes, I do. There's nothing I like better than going to Holland and seeing an EDAM show
30:19Now then Susie what have you got you can go one further and Meadows is there for seven very good
30:26Thank you 82 plays 44 here and Amy, it's a letters game
30:31Can I have a consonant please? Thank you Amy T and another
30:37D and a vowel E and another vowel a
30:45Consonant
30:47F another consonant D a vowel
30:52E
30:54Consonant
30:56W
30:59And a final consonant please and a final X and they're off
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