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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio on International Mountain Day.
00:37A day to celebrate the stunning landforms that are part of our planet and to protect them.
00:42I mean, it's not as though they're sort of running away.
00:44We've just got to be very careful about our mountains.
00:46After all, they provide most of the planets rainwater and apparently one in ten people live on a mountain.
00:53Surprising fact. Surprising fact.
00:55When it comes to mountains, have I visited any mountains?
00:58It's quite difficult to visit a mountain, but the mountain range that I know quite well and love is the
01:05Pyrenean mountain range,
01:06stretching right across from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean.
01:10It's wonderful to drive from France over those wonderful Pyrenees, stopping in Andorra momentarily to buy lots of duty-free
01:18goods
01:19and then plunging down the other side into the Spanish Plain.
01:23I love it. The Pyrenees are glorious, although not very high, mountain range.
01:27Do you have a favourite mountain range or indeed a favourite mountain that you've clambered up?
01:31Well, the only one I've been up is Table Mountain, because you haven't got to clamber it.
01:35You can just get the egg, whatever, like a cable car.
01:38Well, when we went up, the tablecloth was on, so it's just a whole cloud that looks like a tablecloth.
01:42Very extraordinary.
01:43And we couldn't see anything. And then the wind kind of came in and shifted it, and then you can
01:48see all around.
01:48Lovely.
01:49It's a very unique place.
01:51Something for me to look forward to. Thank you, Rachel.
01:53Yeah, not long.
01:53Brilliant.
01:54Now then, Rod Chatfield back again.
01:57Now on four wins, Rod, and I'm going to call you the conundrum master, because you haven't missed one yet.
02:03You've been extraordinary.
02:04And you told me in the break that whenever you watch Canada on television, you get one in ten.
02:09So this is the magic of the studio.
02:11You've certainly turned it on.
02:12Brilliant stuff.
02:13And you're joined by Kevin Westlake, a pensions analyst from Birmingham, member of the Harbourn Cricket Club.
02:19And I believe that one of your most memorable experiences was attending the 78th FA Cup final, Ipswich versus Arsenal.
02:27Why?
02:29As a young lad, I'd been taken to my local team, Ipswich.
02:34I think we managed to get to the final that year in the days when small teams did have a
02:40better chance of doing so.
02:42And we were expected to get absolutely tranced by the Arsenal, but with apologies to all Arsenal fans watching, we
02:50played them off the park, in all honesty, and won 1-0.
02:54Brilliant stuff.
02:55Big round of applause then for Rod and Kevin Westlake.
02:59APPLAUSE
03:03And in the corner, of course, the great Dr Susie Dent, joined once again by Dan Walker, the TV sports
03:09presenter and journalist, somebody who talks.
03:12And I know that I'm going to do this all week, Dan.
03:14Yes.
03:14To 358 million homes a week.
03:18It gets bigger every day, doesn't it, Alan?
03:19I know.
03:20I love it.
03:20I love it.
03:21Well, more and more homes are tuning in to listen to Dan Walker.
03:25But anyway, more of that later, Dan, because right now it's down to work.
03:29Rod, take it away.
03:31Letters game.
03:31Have a consonant, please, Rachel.
03:33You can.
03:33Thank you, Rod.
03:34Start with R.
03:36And another one, please.
03:37T.
03:39And a third.
03:40D.
03:41A vowel, please.
03:43O.
03:44Another.
03:45E.
03:47A consonant.
03:49G.
03:50A consonant.
03:52S.
03:54A vowel.
03:56O.
03:58And another vowel.
04:00And the last one.
04:02A.
04:03And here's the countdown clock.
04:05A vowel.
04:18A vowel.
04:21A vowel.
04:22A vowel.
04:22A vowel.
04:22A vowel.
04:22A vowel.
04:22A vowel.
04:22A vowel.
04:33A vowel.
04:35Now then, yes, Rod?
04:38I'm going to try a seven.
04:39A seven, and Kevin?
04:41I'll also try a seven.
04:43All right, Rod?
04:45Dogstar.
04:46Dogstar, yes, Kevin.
04:48Goagers.
04:49OK, there is no dog star.
04:52Well, there is a dog star, but it's two words.
04:54It's a serious, a star, and they're capitalised, I'm afraid.
04:57I like.
04:58Can you be a goager?
05:00It would make sense that you could be, but you never know.
05:03So, that's not there either, so I have to disallow both of them, I'm afraid.
05:08Oh.
05:08No goager.
05:09It's not a good start.
05:10Not a good start.
05:11Now then, down to you then, Dan.
05:14Well, there are some sevens in there.
05:15Those two have been disallowed, but you could have had storage for seven,
05:19and also roasted is in there for another seven as well.
05:22Roasted.
05:23All right.
05:24Anyway, zero plays zero as we turn to Kevin.
05:28Come on, Kevin.
05:29Start the ball rolling.
05:30Your letters game.
05:31Hello, Rachel.
05:32Could I have a consonant, please?
05:33Start with W.
05:36And another.
05:38T.
05:40And a third, please.
05:42S.
05:44And a vowel.
05:47E.
05:49And another vowel.
05:51I.
05:53Consonant.
05:56R.
05:58Another consonant.
06:01P.
06:03A vowel.
06:06I.
06:08And a final vowel, please.
06:13And a final U.
06:15Countdown.
06:16I.
06:17We'll have.
06:18I.
06:42And a one.
06:45I.
06:46I.
06:46I.
06:47Kevin.
06:49Six.
06:49A six.
06:50And Rod?
06:51Six.
06:51Two sixes.
06:52Kevin, six.
06:53Purist.
06:54Purist.
06:55Rod?
06:55Stripe.
06:57Stripe.
06:58Happy enough?
06:59Very happy.
07:00And Dan?
07:02Lady Debra was just correcting my spelling.
07:04I thought I had an eight, but it's actually a seven.
07:06Whispier is in there.
07:07Whispier, as in a beard, perhaps?
07:10Yes.
07:11Yes.
07:11A bit whispier than the other one.
07:12Very not to be whispy.
07:13Six all.
07:13Well done.
07:14And now we launch into our first numbers game, Rod.
07:18Rachel, can I have my usual one, two, one, two, please?
07:21You can indeed.
07:21Thank you, Rod.
07:22One, two, one, two.
07:23Five little, one big.
07:25And for the first time today, they are seven, ten, two, nine, eight.
07:32And the large one, 50.
07:34And the target to reach 809.
07:37809.
08:09So, 809, Rod.
08:11809.
08:12Well done.
08:13Thank you, Kevin.
08:14809.
08:15So, Rod.
08:17Eight times two times 50.
08:19Eight times two.
08:2016.
08:20Times 50.
08:21800.
08:22Added to nine.
08:22Nice and straightforward, 809.
08:24And Kevin.
08:25Exactly the same.
08:26Same route.
08:27Yes.
08:28All right.
08:28So, there we are.
08:3016 all.
08:3316 apiece as we turn to a Tea Time teaser, which is He Rub Lip.
08:39And the clue, he rubs his lips after eating a mouthful of this.
08:44He rubs his lips after eating a mouthful of this.
09:03Welcome back.
09:04I left you with the clue.
09:04He rubs his lips after eating a mouthful of this.
09:08What was he eating?
09:09He was eating belpuri.
09:11Belpuri.
09:12Yeah.
09:13It sounds really tasty.
09:14Susie.
09:15It's an Indian dish.
09:16It's puffed rice, onion, spices and hot chutney.
09:20Sounds really good.
09:20Hence, you rub your lips after that lot.
09:22Belpuri.
09:23It's pretty spicy.
09:24Very good.
09:25Thank you very much, Susie.
09:26Now then, where shall we go?
09:2816 all.
09:29All the way turn to Kevin for a letters game.
09:31Kevin.
09:32Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
09:34Thank you, Kevin.
09:35Q.
09:37A vowel, please.
09:40I.
09:42Another vowel.
09:44O.
09:46A consonant.
09:48D.
09:50Another consonant.
09:53S.
09:56Another consonant.
09:57R.
10:00Another consonant.
10:02N.
10:04A vowel.
10:07A.
10:09And a final consonant, please.
10:13And lastly, R.
10:16Countdown.
10:16A vowel.
10:17B.
10:35A vowel.
10:37A vowel.
10:37Oneоном.
10:37One aluminum.
10:37B.
10:42T.
10:43Never.
10:43One nước.
10:45One mata.
10:47Yes, Kevin?
10:49Seven.
10:49A seven, Rod?
10:50Seven.
10:51So, Kevin?
10:53Ordains.
10:54Ordains.
10:55And Rod?
10:55Inroads.
10:56Inroads.
10:57Very good.
10:58Fantastic couple of sevens.
11:00Anything to add?
11:01They are the two that we had down, so we've scrubbed them out.
11:04They've outdone us.
11:05That's it.
11:06Nothing else?
11:07Nothing else.
11:07All right.
11:0823 all, and we're back with Rod for his letters game.
11:13Rod?
11:13Have a consonant, please, Rachel.
11:15Thank you, Rod.
11:17S.
11:17And another.
11:19F.
11:21And a third.
11:23N.
11:24A vowel.
11:26E.
11:27Another.
11:29I.
11:30A consonant.
11:32R.
11:33Consonant.
11:35D.
11:36A vowel.
11:39E.
11:41And a consonant.
11:44And the last one.
11:46End.
11:47Stand by.
12:19Rod?
12:20Seven.
12:20A seven.
12:22And Kevin?
12:23Seven.
12:24Rod?
12:25Friends.
12:26Yes.
12:27Both friends?
12:28Both friends.
12:28Yes.
12:29There we go.
12:30Any more friends?
12:31Dan?
12:31Yeah, there were a couple more in there.
12:33Finders also for a seven.
12:34You could have had refined for a seven.
12:36But the big dog, the eight, definers, was in there as well.
12:41Definers.
12:41Very good.
12:45Definers.
12:46Very good.
12:46But right here, it's 30 points apiece as we come now to another numbers game.
12:52Our second numbers game of the day.
12:53Kevin?
12:55Could I have one from the top row and five small, please, Rachel?
12:58Thank you, Kevin.
12:58One large, five small, and another close contest.
13:00Let's see if this numbers game will separate you two.
13:03Right.
13:04For this round, they are four, six, two, nine, seven, and 100.
13:10And the target to reach, 281.
13:14281.
13:15We'll be right behind you.
13:17The next round.
13:23Take care.
13:25And the other source.
13:27And the target to reach, 242.
13:45now then Kevin 281 281 and Rod 279 279 so first shot to Kevin 100 times 2 is 200
13:56yep 100 times 2 200 7 plus 6 and then minus 4 is 9 7 plus 6 minus 4 9
14:05times
14:07the 9 80 81 and add that to the 200 well done that gives you your 10 point lead 40
14:17points to 30 but now we turn to Dan and Dan still a young man but you've got a
14:26lot of broadcasting experience under your belt in the audience we've got 60 or
14:3070 young media students they're from Sheffield as well aren't they yeah from
14:34Sheffield my hometown very good well there we are now come on what tips were you
14:38given that you can now pass on to these young people from your town right well
14:42I'll let you into a little secret of the trade and I used to now work in sport but
14:46I used to work in news as well and one of my jobs used to be to read the sport
14:50as
14:50part of the 10 o'clock news bulletin on the BBC on a Saturday night normally you
14:54know the one where you say match of the day follows this program so if you don't
14:56want to know the scores look away now that one and one of the questions which
15:00I often get asked is when you used to do those bulletins which I don't do anymore
15:04is what do you say or what do you and the newsreader say at the end when you
15:07shuffle your papers and have a little chat to each other and we can never
15:09listen so I remember the first time I ever did this bulletin late night I was
15:14doing it with Hugh Edwards you know the chief the news don if you like so I said
15:18to Hugh before we went on I said mr. Edwards you have to address him like that
15:22mr. Edwards at the end what do I do do I look at you do I what do we say
15:26he said
15:26don't worry I'll take care of you now here is the voice of authority so when he
15:30speaks you listen so I did my sport as part of the news and I turned to Hugh and
15:35said that's all your sport for tonight and as Hugh said Dan thank you very much
15:39thank you to everybody for watching and from everyone at BBC news good night and
15:44then he picked up his papers and I picked up my papers and he looked at me and I
15:47looked at him and he said shall we just sit here and shuffle our papers and pretend
15:51we're talking to each other and that's genuinely what he says at the end of the
15:54news so no no chip chat or anything but all fakery so I thought do you think we could have
15:59a little
15:59go yeah right so get your papers at the ready okay where's our camera there's our
16:02camera okay so and you stay classy countdown thank you for watching and from both of us
16:07good night good night so 10 points in it now then Kevin sprung into a 10 point lead 40 to
16:2630 as we go to
16:28Rod for a letters game Rod have a consonant please Rachel thank you Rod X and another
16:35T and a third L vowel O and another E consonant G and another D vowel O and another vowel
17:02and the last one
17:05e Countdown
17:38Well, Rod, what luck.
17:40I'm going to try a seven.
17:41Try a seven.
17:42How about Kevin?
17:42Just a six.
17:43And that would be?
17:45Looted.
17:46Looted, Rod.
17:48Extold.
17:48It's just a one L.
17:49I think that's probably the American spelling.
17:54Normally, we would have the double L.
17:59I mean, yeah, the British English has to be double L, Rod.
18:01No, that's what I thought.
18:02Bad luck.
18:02Bad luck.
18:03Good shot.
18:04Good try, anyway.
18:05Dan?
18:06We couldn't bet a six with Looted.
18:08We've got Tooled, which is also six.
18:10And Detox is in there as well.
18:11Detox is five.
18:12All right.
18:12Well done, Kevin.
18:13Well done.
18:1446 now to 30 points.
18:16And we go back to you, Kevin, actually, for a letters game.
18:21Could I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
18:23Thank you, Kevin.
18:24D.
18:25And another.
18:28P.
18:29And a third.
18:32T.
18:32Vowel, please.
18:36E.
18:37And another vowel.
18:39O.
18:41And a third vowel.
18:44E.
18:45A consonant.
18:48N.
18:50Another consonant.
18:52R.
18:52And a consonant, please.
18:57And lastly, D.
18:58Stand by.
18:59A consonant.
19:29I am a consonant.
19:30Yes, Kevin.
19:31Eight.
19:32And eight.
19:33Rod.
19:34Nine.
19:35Yippee.
19:36Now we're getting serious.
19:37Kevin.
19:38Kevin.
19:40Deported.
19:41Deported.
19:41Now then, Rod.
19:42Portended.
19:44Wow.
19:45We haven't seen that one coming at all.
19:46Absolutely brilliant.
19:47Well done.
19:48Well done.
19:53Very good.
19:5448 to 46.
19:56Rod's back in the lead.
19:57And now then, Rod.
19:59Numbers.
20:00Numbers, Rod.
20:01I'll have my usual, please, Rachel.
20:03One, two, one, two.
20:04Thank you, Rod.
20:04You are specialising in these close contests, aren't you?
20:07Living life on the edge.
20:08Right.
20:08This numbers game is two, ten, three, seven, nine.
20:15And the large one, 100.
20:16And the target for this round, 742.
20:20742.
20:21742.
20:52742.
20:53742.
20:54742.
20:55No, I'm nowhere near.
20:56So it's down to Rod.
20:58Three times two is six.
21:00Three times two, six.
21:01Add it to the hundred.
21:02106.
21:03Multiply by seven.
21:04742.
21:05Nicely done.
21:05Well done.
21:06Well done, Rod.
21:11Very good.
21:12Well done.
21:12So 58 to 46.
21:14My word.
21:14That's a turnaround.
21:16As we go into another Tea Time teaser, which is Dig Simon.
21:19And the clue.
21:20Have a dig at Simon for his illegal act.
21:22Have a dig at Simon for his illegal act.
21:40And the answer is his misdoing.
21:48Misdoing.
21:49Now then, Rod.
21:5158 to Kevin's 46.
21:53You've sprung into a respectable lead there, Rod.
21:56So, Kevin, now it's your letters game.
21:59Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
22:00Thank you, Kevin.
22:02S.
22:02And another.
22:05S.
22:07And another.
22:10N.
22:11A vowel.
22:14I.
22:15Another vowel.
22:17U.
22:18A consonant.
22:21L.
22:23Another consonant.
22:25H.
22:27A vowel.
22:30O.
22:33And another vowel.
22:35And the last one.
22:37A.
22:38Countdown.
22:39A vowel.
22:40A vowel.
22:55A vowel.
22:56A vowel.
22:57A vowel.
22:57A vowel.
22:57A vowel.
22:57A vowel.
22:57A vowel.
22:57A vowel. A vowel.
23:10now then kevin six a six rod just a five and that would be loans yes uh kevin snails snail
23:22snails yes what else have we got over there more animal based fun we had shoals
23:3658 to 52 rod still in charge and we're back into a letters game rod off you go have a
23:43consonant
23:43please rachel thank you rod b and another m and a third h and a fourth
23:54b a vowel e another o and a third a a consonant s and another consonant and the last one
24:12g here's the
24:46yes rod seven a seven kevin i'll try seven thank you rod homages
24:54and kevin same word both of you
24:59we happy that
25:03okay no there is a countdown sense that helps me out um
25:08countdown on countdown means that you can pluralize it and the example it gives is daniel's films were
25:13a homage to her which doesn't give a plural really but it does say countdown in the dictionary so i
25:18have to allow the plural thank you i'm sure they'll both be very grateful to you 65 to 59 rod
25:23still
25:24uh in charge but now it's that time of day when uh television set volumes are turned up all over
25:30the
25:30nation because here's a prick for susie's wonderful origins of words susie oh well i had a funny email
25:38from ian hall um he said greetings i recently had a plumber round to discuss the new bathroom
25:43he asked what sort of fittings i wanted and being fiscally challenged i said a basic unit
25:48i.e i wanted a bog standard loo and despite the awful pun where does bog standard come from
25:55and it's a really puzzling phrase and there's been lots and lots of suggestions and theories put forward
26:00over time and the most obvious one is that it's got a link with bog in some sense being the
26:05loo and it's
26:06been a british slang term for the loo for a very long time and it's a shortened form of bog
26:11house which
26:12was a latrine or privy um and in the 17th century it was called a bog guard but nobody actually
26:18knows
26:18where um that comes from it's probably not linked to bog in the sort of marshy sense although you can
26:24see the associations i won't really go into that um but uh you can sort of see how negativity might
26:30um fit in and if you call something bog standard it does seem to be slightly sort of basic and
26:34not that
26:35great um that's one theory there's another one that says that bog is an acronym for british or german
26:41on the grounds that british and german manufacturing in victorian times or engineering were absolutely
26:46top dollar um but again there aren't really records to substantiate this and best theory the best one
26:53of all is that it comes from box standard and sir clive sinclair the great entrepreneur who invented the
26:59pocket calculator and almost the personal computer um back in the 1980s said an interview luckily we
27:07cannot foresee the day when a computer becomes just a standard box there will be box standard machines
27:12along the road but we do not simply have to make those so it's very likely that he could have
27:17made it
27:17up on the spur at the moment or he already knew it from the electronics business um as a term
27:21and then
27:21gradually it crept out into wider use so nothing to do with lose despite the fact that ian was ordering
27:27a bog standard well i think i think we can be grateful for that very good clive sinclair very good
27:36good old supply of 65 to 59 rods in charge and kevin you're on let us go could have a
27:43constant
27:43please rachel kevin p and another v and a third r and a fourth
27:57n a vowel e another vowel u a third vowel o a consonant y
28:14and another consonant please and the last one l can't down
28:23so
28:35so
28:37so
28:51Kevin?
28:52Just a six.
28:53A six. Yes, Rod?
28:54Six.
28:55Kevin?
28:56Proven.
28:58Proven or proven.
28:59Same word.
29:00Happy?
29:01All right.
29:02Proven and proven over here.
29:04And Dan?
29:05Yeah, very good.
29:05We've got a Len Goodman 7 in there as well.
29:07We believe that pluron.
29:10A pluron?
29:10A pluron, yes.
29:11Qu'est-ce que c'est un pluron?
29:13Yeah, avec la Lady Dent.
29:17Hamzelle Dent.
29:18What have you got?
29:19It's a term for zoology,
29:20and it's the sidewall of each segment of the body of an arthropod,
29:25which is an insect of some kind.
29:28Oh, thank you.
29:29There you go.
29:3071 to 65.
29:32Coming near the end now.
29:33Last letters game.
29:34Last letters game.
29:35And it's Rod's.
29:37Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
29:38Thank you, Rod.
29:40T.
29:41And another.
29:43F.
29:44And a third.
29:46G.
29:48And a fourth.
29:50M.
29:51A vowel.
29:53U.
29:54Another.
29:55A.
29:56And a third.
29:59O.
30:00A consonant.
30:01A consonant.
30:02R.
30:03And another consonant.
30:08And the last one.
30:09T.
30:10Stand by.
30:12So,
30:12A consonant.
30:13T.
30:13A consonant.
30:32After bits from,
30:32And a consonant.
30:32A consonant.
30:32A mantener.
30:32A related kasih.
30:33Aweet.
30:33A consonant.
30:33A staircase.
30:34A напifier piece.
30:34Aortex amor.
30:42ROD
30:43ROD
30:43Six.
30:44A six.
30:45How about Kevin?
30:47Five.
30:48And your five?
30:50Grote.
30:51A grote.
30:52ROD
30:52RAGOO
30:53Yes.
30:54RAGOO
30:55Very nice.
30:56Stew, some kind.
30:57What else have we got that's edible over there?
30:59We have another edible one, actually.
31:01For seven, you could have tartufo.
31:03Is that right?
31:04Am I pronouncing it correctly?
31:06Yeah.
31:06That's a pudding, isn't it?
31:07Yeah, it is a really nice pudding, which is chocolate and mousse-like.
31:11It's really nice.
31:12But it's primarily an edible fungus, especially the white truffle.
31:16Oh, really?
31:16But that's not in the pudding.
31:17That's expensive.
31:18Truffle, my word.
31:19Truffle's really expensive.
31:2077 to 65, as we come to the final numbers game.
31:25My word.
31:26It's not out of reach.
31:27Kevin.
31:28Could I try two large and four small, please, Rachel?
31:31Is that the gambling time?
31:33Yes.
31:33Two instead of one.
31:34Two large and four small.
31:35Thank you, Kevin.
31:36We'll see what we have for the last time today.
31:38Right.
31:39This round is seven, nine, six, eight.
31:43Oh, and the large two.
31:4550 and 100.
31:46And the target, 410.
31:49410.
31:52410.
32:22There's two large ajud dimensions.
32:23four one two four one two yes rod four one zero four one zero come on then eight times
32:3250 is 400. 850 is 400. and then seven minus six is one yeah add it to the nine measure
32:38ten
32:39410 well done strong finish strong finish from a very good contender very good competitor 87 points
32:50to 65 as we lurch into the final round conundrum time gentlemen fingers on buzzers let's reveal
32:55today's countdown conundrum
33:16at last well done rod now then what have you got for us anguished anguished
33:23i'd almost put money on it let's have a look anguish of course very good
33:32well done 97 you're getting better and better you're getting stronger here rod extraordinary
33:37you really are 97 points kevin 65 is pretty good but this young chap here is uh is uh really
33:44uh
33:45in fifth gear or even sixth gear so kevin we're sending you back to birmingham back to your
33:49a beloved harbour cricket club perhaps uh although you're not playing at the moment
33:53with a goodie bag and our best wishes very best wishes you look after my pension will you i'll
33:58try anyway i need it i need it i need it rod we shall see you in the new year
34:04with uh five uh wins
34:06under your belt so don't go crazy in the uh in the next few weeks all right rest rest we
34:13shall see you
34:14tomorrow and dan we'll see you tomorrow as well looking for a little bit of a uh contest tomorrow
34:19a contest and a half rachel see you tomorrow first quarter final of the series absolutely we're in
34:25quarter final time see you tomorrow look in on our first quarter final same time same place we'll be
34:31uh waiting for you good afternoon
34:43tis the season to be thrifty well according to mrs money penny anyway super scrimpers christmas cracker
34:50is on tonight at eight on four deal or no deal is next