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00:32Good afternoon. Welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34On the very day that way back in 1620, the Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, heading for Virginia.
00:42Unfortunately, the weather was rotten, and they pitched up at Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts.
00:48I began to wonder whether I've ever encountered adverse weather conditions or anything else, actually, that made me change my
00:54route.
00:54And I cast my mind back a few years ago when I was involved in a program called Round the
00:59World in 80 Days.
01:00And the producers in their wisdom thought it would be rather smart to send Syrah Khan and I to Iraq
01:07during the war.
01:08And when we got to the border with Iran, fortunately, the Iranians said, go away, BBC.
01:16What we had to do was then go north to Georgia and then to Azerbaijan and then cross the Caspian
01:22into Kazakhstan.
01:23And we had to cheat. We hired a huge Russian helicopter and every rivet in this thing danced, pleading to
01:32be free.
01:33Tell us what misfortune has befallen you that made you change your route or indeed pitch up in the wrong
01:40place.
01:40Well, you know, very similar story, Nick. I once went all the way around the M60.
01:47Very good. Well, I think we probably we probably reached the end of this little part of the program.
01:53And so I swivel around to meet Alex Fish, an accountant from London, who, after beating Natalie Corriette, 106-57,
02:04very good score, finds himself competing with Michael Douglas.
02:09How about that, Michael? From Limerick. And Michael is currently working in Dublin, helping his friends band Crow Black Chicken
02:19tour Ireland and abroad.
02:21Brilliant stuff. Are they any good? Yeah, very good. They're in Texas. They just finished a tour in Texas.
02:26How do they go down? The Irish have got some great bands. Let me tell you.
02:31This is another one. This is another one, yeah? And what does your pal do in this band? He's the
02:38lead singer or something?
02:39I know there are three of them. It's a blues rock band. They just tour around. They played Glastonbury this
02:43year.
02:44Did they? These are serious people. Yeah, they did a multitude of festivals in Ireland and they did a tour
02:49of Texas at the start of August.
02:51Brilliant. Good for them. Let's have a big round of applause then for Michael, Michael Douglas and Alex Fish.
03:02And over to the corner, of course, Susie. Hi, Susie. How are you?
03:05Hi, Nick.
03:06And back with you, of course, again is Jodie Kidd, who was discovered on a beach, not like a piece
03:11of flocks, but as a young girl.
03:14And then a wonderful career as one of the world's most famous models.
03:19And then from there you've branched out in all sorts of other things.
03:22I certainly have. And here I am.
03:24Here you are. Yes. The apogee. Or is it the pinnacle? I can't remember.
03:29Anyway, brilliant stuff. But now is the time to get down to work, chaps.
03:34Now then, Alex, off you go.
03:36A vowel, please.
03:38Thank you, Alex. Start the week with E.
03:40And a consonant.
03:43N.
03:44And another.
03:47S.
03:48Another.
03:51H.
03:52Another one, please.
03:54D.
03:56And a vowel.
03:58A.
03:59And another.
04:01E.
04:03A consonant, please.
04:06R.
04:08And a final consonant, please.
04:11And a final S.
04:13And here's the countdown plot.
04:16R.
04:16I am.
04:20And a thing you do.
04:20At alahoma.
04:20And another.
04:38And a person I've ever met.
04:38And then, has a conversation a little bit about them.
04:38And a thought is right around them.
04:38Obviously, what?
04:39And part of this, is a call.
04:39And a�o.
04:39And a Vai.
04:44And a half.
04:44You know what?
04:45And then nitpلي.
04:45And a half.
04:46alex eight and eight what about michael just a sudden and your seven hardened yes alex hardness
04:53hardness yes happy enough about that very very good yeah what is the corner got to offer us
05:00jody um we've got hardness as well and yes and dearness we were just double checking dearness
05:08um well i suppose it could relate either to something it's very expensive so the dearness
05:13of potatoes this week um or just yeah the affection i held him in great dearness oh yes really i'll
05:23try
05:23that rachel harnessed oh that's more likely well done brilliant harnessed in harness now then that's
05:37alex off to a flying start and michael your letters game constant please rachel thank you michael
05:43t and the vowel o and the consonants m and the consonant s consonant r vowel please e vowel o
06:05consonant m and the final vowel please and the final i countdown
06:15we'll see you then we'll see you then come down
06:15so
06:46Yes, Michael.
06:48Yes.
06:49An eight.
06:50Alex?
06:50Eight as well.
06:50Two eights.
06:51Michael's eight?
06:52Roomiest.
06:54Both of you?
06:55Yeah.
06:57Pretty good.
06:58Fantastic.
06:58Can we match eight?
07:00Just.
07:01Just.
07:02Motorize.
07:03Yeah.
07:04Why not?
07:05A motorized camera, for instance.
07:06Motorized.
07:06Yep.
07:07Absolutely.
07:07Very good.
07:08Anything else?
07:09That's eight.
07:10All right.
07:10Good enough.
07:1016 plays Michael's eight as we go into Alex's first numbers game.
07:16Alex.
07:17Can I have one large, please?
07:18You can indeed.
07:19Thank you, Alex.
07:19One from the top.
07:21Five little ones.
07:22Coming up, and for the first time this week, the numbers are five, three, two, one, four,
07:30and the large one, 25.
07:32And the target, one hundred and ninety-nine.
07:35One nine nine.
07:36One eight nine.
07:38One nine.
08:05One nine.
08:05One, two, three, four, and five.
08:06The Oprahulu, is going to work as a tragedy of the anda.
08:06Looks like desensile, Carp Esixas, and The Fifth.
08:07Now then, Alex.
08:08One nine nine.
08:09Thank you, Michael.
08:10One nine nine.
08:11Alex.
08:1225 times four times two.
08:15Times four times two, 200.
08:17Take away the one.
08:18One nine nine.
08:18Thank you very much, Michael.
08:20Exactly the same.
08:21Well done.
08:22All right.
08:23So, 26 plays Michael's 18.
08:25As we turn to a tea time teaser, which is I ask chef.
08:29And the clue, I ask the chef to make me one of these.
08:33I ask the chef to make me one of these.
08:51Welcome back.
08:52Welcome back.
08:53I left with the clue.
08:54I ask the chef to make me one of these.
08:57And one of these being a fish cake, fish cake, fish cake.
09:01Very good.
09:02Alex, 26.
09:03Michael on 18.
09:04And it's Michael's letters game.
09:06Council please, Rachel.
09:08Thank you, Michael.
09:09C.
09:10And another.
09:13X.
09:14And another.
09:16T.
09:17And another.
09:19D.
09:21One more, please.
09:23R.
09:24I'll get a vowel, please.
09:27E.
09:28E.
09:28And another.
09:30I.
09:32And a consonant.
09:34C.
09:35And the vowel, please.
09:36And the last one.
09:38U.
09:39Stand by.
09:39One more, please.
09:41One more, please.
09:44One more, please.
09:48One more, please.
09:51One more, please.
09:51One more, please.
09:54One more, please.
09:55One more, please.
09:55One more, please.
09:56One more, please.
09:56One more, please.
09:56One more, please.
09:56One more, please.
09:57One more, please.
09:59One more, please.
10:00One more, please.
10:01One more, please.
10:03One more, please.
10:11yes Michael just a six Alex six two six is Michael six direct same for me both of you sticking
10:20together here very good now what improvement on six got there Jody well not much of improvement
10:26six as well credit yes and no better that's it lean pickings yeah the boys are good lean
10:35pickings indeed now then 32 plays 24 and Alex your shout your letters have a vowel please thank you
10:43Alex I and a consonant M another ah and another s and a vowel a and a consonant N and
11:02a vowel
11:04O and another one E and a final consonant please and the last one T stand by
11:16so
11:43Alex
11:44uh an eight an eight Michael an eight two eight Alex moniest moniest what about Michael Roman eyes
11:54Roman eyes Roman eyes is fantastic it's to put something in the Roman alphabet and that's very
12:01very good um we talk about people being moany I'm just not sure if it's in um it's not she's
12:09really
12:09really bad luck Alex I'm sorry about that um you would expect that one to be in but it's not
12:15the book rules the book does the book does rule definitely the book rules now then what else have
12:21we got over there Jody we've got uh an eight moraines yes and store man store must go what's this
12:29moraines
12:29there a moraine is a massive rocks um or sediment carried down by a glacier
12:33all right very good very good excellent 32 all level pegging here as we go into a numbers game
12:42Michael's numbers game can I get two large and four small please you can indeed thank you Michael two
12:47from the top and four little ones and for this round they are two nine ten and one and a
12:55two large
12:55ones fifty and twenty-five and the target eight hundred and eighty eight eight zero
13:05so
13:15so
13:17so
13:17so
13:34Yes, Michael.
13:35Um, 877, not written down.
13:38877.
13:41What about, what about you?
13:42I've got 877 written.
13:432-8, all right.
13:44All right, let's hear from Michael.
13:48Um, 10 plus 9 minus 1.
13:5110 plus 9 minus 1 is 18.
13:54Multiply by 50.
13:55900.
13:56Minus 25 plus 2.
13:59875, 877, three away.
14:02Very good.
14:03Yes, Alex?
14:04Same way.
14:04Same route?
14:05Happy Michael?
14:06Yep.
14:07All right, now let's see how it's done properly.
14:09880.
14:10Um, you could have said 50 times 9 is 450.
14:14Minus 10 for 440.
14:17And times that by 2 for 880.
14:20Very good.
14:27Excellent stuff.
14:28So, the score's standing, 39 old, dead heat here.
14:32But now it's time to have a little chat with Jodie.
14:34And Jodie, at the beginning of the show we talked about the Mayflower earlier on and heading for Virginia.
14:38Because on this Who Do You Think You Are?
14:40It transpired that back in 1705, a relative, Edward Knott, was governor of Virginia.
14:46Yes, well, um, I did Who Do You Think You Are?
14:49Which was, um, I was very excited to do.
14:52So, uh, started my journey.
14:54And the first half of the show, which was, um, dreadful, actually.
15:00Because they all turned out to be cash for honours, food hoarders, murderers.
15:06It was kind of, like, completely dreadful.
15:08But then, um, we followed, uh, Lord Beaverbrook's side.
15:11And, uh, found out that we were one of the first settling families that went over in about 1630, round
15:18then.
15:19And that one of my great, great, great, great, great, great uncles was, um, a chap called Moses Hazen that
15:26was Brigadier General for Washington.
15:28And, and so it was a great, um, experience to learn so much about the American history.
15:35And, and it was, it was fantastic, actually.
15:37I really, really enjoyed it.
15:39So, um, so, yes, we were shortly after the Mayflower and the St. John.
15:44So, yes.
15:45It's a great little honour.
15:47I did it recently, and I thought, well, what can we find out about us?
15:51We were just boring Wiltshire farmers.
15:53Yeah.
15:53Excuse me.
15:54Right.
15:55And one of them turned out in 1705 to be the governor of Virginia, which is where the Mayflower was
16:02headed.
16:03Yeah.
16:03So we're all, we're all, we're all American.
16:06It was the most wonderful, flattering little excursion, that.
16:11Who do you think?
16:12Well, I was terribly flattered.
16:13Well, mine didn't start very good when they're all murderers.
16:16And what not.
16:17Um, but then ended up on a high.
16:19So I was, I was pleased that that happened.
16:21Yeah.
16:22Wonderful, wonderful thing.
16:23Anyway, there we are.
16:2439 all.
16:26And Alex, will you take us away on a letters game?
16:30Uh, vowel, please.
16:32Thank you, Alex.
16:33I.
16:34And another.
16:37O.
16:37And a consonant, please.
16:38One, please.
16:40S.
16:41And another.
16:43P.
16:44And another.
16:46T.
16:47And another.
16:50V.
16:51And another.
16:53G.
16:54And a vowel.
16:57I.
16:58And a final vowel, please.
16:59And a final A.
17:01Stand by.
17:03I.
17:04I.
17:21I.
17:26I.
17:28I.
17:34so alex six a six michael six alex pivots pivots yes look at this
17:44pivoting there together and over in the corner now then jody yes we also got pivots yeah but
17:50we also got spigot a spigot it's a tap isn't it it's a plug in a cask or barrel yeah
17:57it could
17:57be a tap as well it's a little peg all right would you knock it with a hammer uh yes
18:02or with a hand
18:03i think yeah right i go for the hammer i haven't drunk enough beer tonight 45 points each well
18:10done alex and michael as we turn to michael for a letters game consonant thank you michael n and
18:18another j and another l and another d and one more r a vowel piece o and another e and
18:39another
18:42u and the final consonant please and a final g time down
18:50so
19:19Yes, Michael.
19:20Just a six.
19:22A six, Alex?
19:23Seven.
19:24Michael?
19:25Longer.
19:26Longer and?
19:27Undergo.
19:29Undergo.
19:29Very nice.
19:30Undergo, well done, yeah.
19:31Excellent.
19:32And in the corner, what news?
19:34Can't beat a seven, but we do have two sevens.
19:37We've got lounged.
19:38Yes.
19:39And roundel.
19:40A roundel.
19:41A roundel.
19:42On a fuselage of a aircraft, for instance.
19:45Yep, it can be a medallion, it can be a poem as well.
19:47Lots of different things.
19:48A poem?
19:49Yes.
19:50Really?
19:50Yes.
19:51A short poem with three standards of three lines each, rhyming alternately.
19:56Well done, that's a roundel, is it?
19:57Alright.
19:5952 plays Michael's 45 as we go into a numbers game.
20:02Alex?
20:02One large, please.
20:04Thank you, Alex.
20:05One large one.
20:06Five small ones coming up for you.
20:09And for this round, the five little numbers are two, seven, nine, six, four, and the large
20:16one, seventy-five.
20:18And your target?
20:19Nine hundred and seventy-seven.
20:21Nine hundred and seventy-seven.
20:21Nine seven seven.
20:22It feels like a beautiful baby.
20:32Yeah.
20:38Yeah.
20:41Yeah.
20:43Yeah.
20:45No big, yeah.
20:47Yeah.
20:48Yeah.
20:50Yeah.
20:51Yeah.
20:52Alex 977 thank you Michael 977 Alex 9 plus 4 is 13 9 plus 4 13 times 75 975 and
21:04add on the two
21:04977 thank you very much yes Michael exactly the same very good well done
21:14so Alex still slightly ahead 62 to Michael's 55 as we're going to a tea time teaser which is
21:20going far and the clue going far into the forest to search for food going far into the forest to
21:28search for food
21:45welcome back I left you with the clue going far into the forest to search for food
21:51foraging foraging for food foraging 62 to Michael's 55 and Michael put on the gas Michael letters game
22:01continent please thank you Michael T and another B and another N and another T and another V and the
22:20vowel please O and another E and another O
22:28O and one more please and the last one another E and they're off
22:35thank you
22:57so
23:05Michael just the four of four to Alex's five six six so Michael tone and Alex net bot net spots
23:19and
23:20oh net bots not in but bot net is
23:25oh
23:27sounds
23:27bad luck Alex
23:30bad luck indeed so
23:34what in the corner
23:35well for us mummies over here we've got booty like a little child's booty
23:41booty
23:41oh booties booties
23:43booties
23:43okay very good where are we 62 to Michael's 59 he's creeping up on you Alex and it's your letters
23:49game now
23:50have a vowel please
23:51thank you Alex
23:52I
23:53another
23:55E
23:56and a consonant please
23:58R
23:59and another
24:01S
24:02and another
24:03P
24:05and another
24:05P
24:07and another
24:07and another
24:10S
24:10and a vowel please
24:13A
24:14a final consonant please
24:16and a final
24:17P
24:18countdown
24:19two
24:20two
24:21three
24:21three
24:25three
24:48and
24:51alex seven michael seven as well okay alex spiders the two of you i don't know what to
25:00make of you both yes all right very good and the corner jody we have an eight yes advised
25:08very good very good indeed
25:15no surprises to inform or tell somebody so i apprise you of the situation yes yes right
25:21now then 69 to 66 but now it's time for susie to feed us with your learning spoon well some
25:3013 years
25:30before the mayflower set sail after many failed attempts the adventurous spirit of the first
25:36english colonists took them finally to jamestown um and there's some wonderful writings by um
25:42william wood who was one of those early colonists and he documented all the different plants
25:46animals and the different things that he encountered and most of them were named in an
25:52algonquian language and algonquian was a vast number of native american indian languages such as cheyenne
25:58um for example or um uh blackfoot so wonderful wonderful american indian languages
26:05that um that already had names for these things but of course the colonists didn't
26:09so they took on these um these names and made them their own so skunk for example
26:14um was arrived at it comes from a um a term that meant um urinating small animals so that was
26:21what
26:21the american indians noticed this animal's habits um and we took on skunk or the the colonists did
26:27um and powwow is another one that they encountered there it meant he who dreams and it was um applied
26:33to any priest or healer um and one of the american pilgrim leaders on the mayflower and one of the
26:39first um to set short on the new land at that time described the role of the powwow as to
26:45be
26:45exercised principally in calling upon the devil and curing diseases of the sick or wounded um but
26:51their magic was associated with wizardry um exorcisms and all types all sorts of um mysterious charms
26:58but 200 years on the first mention of the powwow as a meeting of powerful people such as the power
27:03of
27:03these original powwows and that idea emerged as the development of the idea of this magical ceremony
27:09so all those words were first encountered back in 1607 from the native american indian languages
27:14brilliant stuff so alex 69 to michael 66 well done alex and michael your letters game
27:25i got a constant please thank you michael n and the vowel i and the consonant
27:34h and the consonant g and the consonant k and the vowel e and another vowel a and a consonant
27:51m and the final consonant please and final l lock time
27:58thanks and final l lock time
28:31Alex? Seven.
28:33Nathan and Michael? Leaking.
28:36And Alex? Leaning.
28:37Leaning. Well, you've broken away from each other.
28:41Let's see. What else have we got over there?
28:43Jodie?
28:44We're all sevens over here as well.
28:46We've got healing as well.
28:48Yes.
28:49And that was it.
28:51Yes, lots of A words.
28:52All right.
28:53Good enough. 76 plays 73.
28:56Close run thing here as we turn to the last letters game, Alex.
28:59And that one has got your name written all over it.
29:03Have I a vowel, please?
29:04Thank you, Alex.
29:05E.
29:06And a consonant, please.
29:08Q.
29:09Another.
29:11N.
29:12And another.
29:15Y.
29:16And another.
29:18L.
29:19And a vowel.
29:20U.
29:22And another one.
29:24O.
29:25And a consonant.
29:28T.
29:29And a final consonant, please.
29:34And a final B.
29:37Turn down.
29:39It's for you.
29:40It's for you.
30:08Yes, Alex.
30:10Just a five.
30:11What about Michael?
30:14Uh, just a four.
30:16And that four would be?
30:18Uh, tone, again.
30:19What about you, Alex?
30:21Quote.
30:22Quote.
30:23Using the QU.
30:24Yes, it's easy.
30:25Yeah.
30:25And in the corner, what have we got there?
30:27Susie and Jodie.
30:28We got a six.
30:30Yes.
30:30Bounty.
30:31Pretty good.
30:32Bounty.
30:34Very good indeed.
30:3581 plays 73.
30:36Michael slipped there slightly.
30:38And we've got to that stage now.
30:41Near the end, chaps.
30:42Michael, your numbers game.
30:44Two large and four small pieces, Rachel.
30:46Thank you, Michael.
30:47Two from the top row.
30:48And four little ones for the last all-important numbers game.
30:51And for this round, the selection is three, ten, two, nine.
30:57And the last number, 75 and 25.
31:00And your target?
31:01Three hundred and ninety-nine.
31:03Three-nine-nine.
31:05Three-nine-nine.
31:35Michael?
31:37Just 400.
31:38Not written down.
31:40One away.
31:40What about Alex?
31:41400.
31:42400.
31:43So, Michael?
31:46What did I do?
31:4775 plus 25.
31:4975 plus 25 is 100.
31:5210 divided by 2 is 5.
31:53Yeah.
31:549 minus 5 is 4.
31:56It is.
31:57Multiply that.
31:58One away.
31:58400.
32:00Yes, Alex?
32:01For the 4, I did 10 minus 9 is 1.
32:05Another 3.
32:05Yeah, great.
32:07Okay.
32:08Nonetheless, they're short.
32:10399.
32:11Is that a tricky one?
32:12You could have got there.
32:13If you said 2 plus 3 is 5.
32:16Times by 75 is 375.
32:20Add the 25 for your 400.
32:22And then 10 minus 9 is the one to take away.
32:25That's the way it's done.
32:26Brilliant.
32:28Very good, Rachel.
32:31Very good.
32:32So, 88 plays Michael's 80 as we go into the final round.
32:37Alex and Michael, fingers on buzzers, please, because now we're revealing today's countdown conundrum.
32:48Michael?
32:51No.
32:53Oh, wait.
32:54Back to you, Alex.
32:58Alex?
32:59Recognize.
33:01Recognize.
33:01Let's see whether you're right.
33:04Well done.
33:07Well done.
33:09Well done, Alex.
33:10Just short of your 100.
33:12Nevertheless, 98 is a cracking score.
33:14And well done, Michael, because so is 80.
33:17But we're propelling you back to Dublin.
33:20Yeah?
33:20Yeah.
33:20Back to helping out with your mate and his crow black chicken band.
33:25When you say helping out, what are you doing?
33:28Sell their merchandise.
33:30Try and get them gigs.
33:31Go to all their events and pretty much help them.
33:34Well, good luck to them anyway.
33:35Take your goodie bag.
33:37And you can, you know, before the gigs, you can run through some dictionary questions with them or whatever they
33:43like.
33:44Will do.
33:44Brilliant stuff.
33:45My love to Limerick.
33:46Now then, young man, we shall see tomorrow another good win.
33:50And tomorrow we shall see the wonderful dictionary corner pair, Jody and Susie.
33:55Look forward to it.
33:56Look forward to it.
33:57More stories from Jody.
33:58Excellent stuff.
33:59And Rachel, I think our accountant from London, young Alex Fish, has got potential on the sums, hasn't he?
34:06Yes, doing really well.
34:07Very good indeed.
34:08Potential in all areas.
34:09Yeah.
34:09I think we've got a contender here.
34:11Mind you, we said that the other day.
34:13And Natalie was winning, winning, winning.
34:16And suddenly, Alex came in and sank her.
34:19How could you?
34:20Anyway, there we are.
34:21See you tomorrow.
34:22I look forward to seeing you tomorrow.
34:23Same time, same place.
34:25Hold on tight.
34:26You'll be sure of it.
34:27Good afternoon.
34:39A roast side of salmon and a great use of the leftovers.
34:43Jamie's money-saving meals is tonight on 4 at 8 o'clock.
34:47Next, money-making boxes.
34:49Hopefully, in deal or no deal.