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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to Countdown on a very important day north of the border, as people right across Scotland
00:38of course are voting to determine their political future. It's the Scottish independence referendum and voters are being asked, should
00:46Scotland be an independent country, yes or no.
00:50And of course the union between England and Scotland goes way back, three centuries, I think 1707, and the future
00:58now may well change when the votes are cast.
01:01Very important day for people in Scotland and indeed for people in this country and Northern Ireland and Wales too,
01:08because Scotland, a wonderful country, I love it.
01:12I love to drive through the Trossacks for instance, in the highlands of Scotland are so special.
01:17We think about crowded England, go to Scotland, the vast spaces, the beautiful countryside, the locks, the cities, Edinburgh, what
01:23a great city that is.
01:25Are you familiar with Scotland, do you travel up there ever?
01:27I've only been there once actually, I've been to Glasgow, but I've got lots of Scottish friends and I've got
01:31some family that live up there that moved up from England and they absolutely love it.
01:35It's a different lifestyle, different weather. I think that the area that the school covers is like two hours wide.
01:43Yes.
01:43It's absolutely huge, yeah, but they've got a great lifestyle with all the cycling and mountains and walking and, yeah.
01:50Anyway, good luck Scotland, whichever way you turn. Now then, who have you got with us? Paul Worsley's back, going
01:56for a hat trick today, Paul, having already got two good wins under your belt.
01:59And you met your wife apparently, I'm not sure that I should be asking this, in an unusual place.
02:05That's right, yes.
02:06Can you talk about it?
02:07We actually met in a blind home.
02:09Oh really?
02:10Yes.
02:10How was that?
02:11Well, we both see perfectly well, but we were actually raising money for the home at the time, so we
02:17just happened to meet.
02:18Excellent stuff. And why are you particularly supporting that home or the...
02:23Not now, but at the time, yeah. I have been involved with various charities over the years, but at the
02:28time it was a particular home.
02:30Anyway, you saw something in each other, that's for sure, and there you are.
02:34And you've got your son Jack in the audience too.
02:36He's back again yesterday.
02:37Welcome back, Jack. You're joined today by David Morgans, and David's from Pattingham in Staffordshire, and your favourite place is
02:44Venice.
02:45Yes, it's wonderful, been there a couple of times, just like stepping back in time. No cars, no vehicles, old
02:53decaying vehicles, absolutely wonderful.
02:56They call it the Queen of Cities, I think. Glorious, glorious place. Wonderful stuff.
03:00Susie, welcome back.
03:02Thanks, Nick.
03:02And for the last time, until she reappears in our studio, the wonderful Jenny Eclare.
03:08Thank you. You'll be begging for me to come back.
03:11We're always begging. We're pestering your agent, and you turn us down time and again.
03:16Well, we've got you this time, and it won't be long before we get you back again either, young lady.
03:21Now then, Paul Worsley, take us away on the letters game, would you?
03:25Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:26Afternoon, Paul.
03:26Can I start with a consonant, please?
03:29Thank you. Start today with M.
03:31And another?
03:33G.
03:35And a vowel?
03:37A.
03:38A vowel?
03:40U.
03:41A consonant?
03:45R.
03:47A vowel?
03:49A.
03:51A consonant?
03:54F.
03:56A consonant?
03:58P.
04:00And can I finish with a vowel, please?
04:03And finish with O.
04:05And here's the countdown clock.
04:08A consonant.
04:10Solax.
04:12A consonant.
04:23A consonant.
04:24A consonant.
04:24A consonant.
04:38Yes Paul? A seven. A seven, how about David? Just a six. And at six? Pogrom. How are you
04:45spelling that David? P-O-G-R-A-M. Oh, you need two O's. It's P-O-G-R-O
04:50-M I'm afraid
04:51for that one. And Paul? Gopuram. Gopuram is the plural of Gopura which in southern
04:58India is a large pyramid shaped tower over the entrance gate to a temple
05:02precinct. Good heavens. Paul Worsley, where did that come from? Amazing. Paul's on seven
05:12and David we turn to you now for a letters game. David. Hi there Rachel. Hi David. Can
05:18I have a consonant please? Thank you. You can have a V. And a vowel. I. And a consonant. S.
05:29And
05:29another consonant. P. And a vowel. O. And a consonant. D. And another consonant. P. And a vowel.
05:47M. Countdown. I. And another consonant. P. And the last one. M. Countdown.
05:55M. Countdown.
06:25Yes, David.
06:26No, just a five.
06:27A five, Paul?
06:28A five.
06:30Yes, David.
06:31Dooms.
06:32Thank you, Paul.
06:33For voids.
06:35Voids.
06:36Erm, did you say dooms?
06:39Dooms.
06:39D-O-O-M-S.
06:41Yeah.
06:41Yeah, you've only got one O there, David, unfortunately.
06:43Oh, right, sorry.
06:44Yeah.
06:45Erm, bad luck.
06:47OK.
06:47And Susie?
06:48There's a six there, idioms.
06:50Idioms.
06:51Yes.
06:51Thank you very much.
06:52Twelve points to Paul.
06:53Well done.
06:54And, Paul, your numbers game?
06:56Can I have one large and five small, please?
06:58You can, indeed.
06:59Thank you, Paul.
07:00One large number and five little ones.
07:02And for the first time today, the numbers are nine, seven, five, three, two, and the large
07:11one, 50.
07:13And the target, six hundred and eleven.
07:15Six, one, one.
07:16Six, one, one.
07:47Yes, Paul?
07:48610.
07:50610, and David?
07:52611.
07:53611.
07:54Go ahead, David.
07:557 plus 5.
07:577 plus 5 is 12.
07:59Times 50.
08:00Times 50, 600.
08:01Plus 9, plus 2.
08:02Yeah, 611, well done.
08:04Very good.
08:06Very good indeed.
08:07All right, so 12 plays David's 10 as we turn to a tea-time teaser,
08:11which is the space.
08:13And the clue, this can be said about the second space on a Monopoly board.
08:18This can be said about the second space on a Monopoly board.
08:39Welcome back, welcome back.
08:41I left you with a clue.
08:41This can be said about the second space on a Monopoly board,
08:45and the answer is cheapest, cheapest,
08:48which I think is the old Kent Road, the old Kent Road.
08:52It still is.
08:52So, 12 plays David's 10,
08:55and we go to David again.
08:56Letters game.
08:58Consonant, please.
08:59Thank you, David.
09:00T.
09:01And another consonant.
09:03N.
09:04And a vowel.
09:06E.
09:12And a final consonant, please.
09:29And a final L.
09:32Countdown.
09:32anzo.
09:34Battle.
09:35T.
09:36T.
09:45T.
10:03Yes, David.
10:04Just a six.
10:06A six, Paul.
10:06Six.
10:07David.
10:09Little.
10:10And Paul.
10:11Tunnel.
10:12Tunnel.
10:13Little tunnel.
10:15Yes.
10:16Now then.
10:16Five sixes.
10:17Jenny.
10:19Just tunnel.
10:20There, you can look check.
10:21I've got a tunnel.
10:22Believe that.
10:25You don't have to prove anything.
10:27I do.
10:27I feel I do.
10:29Susie.
10:30I had a nutlet, which is a small mat.
10:32Did you?
10:32A small mat.
10:34And a linnet, which is a finch with a red press.
10:37Oh, a lovely linnet stunner.
10:39They sing beautifully, don't they?
10:40They do.
10:40They do, indeed.
10:41Yeah.
10:4118 points to David's 16, and we're with Paul again for Letters Game.
10:45Can I start with a consonant, please?
10:48Thank you, Paul.
10:49T.
10:50And a consonant.
10:52X.
10:53A consonant.
10:55S.
10:56A vowel.
10:58E.
11:00A vowel.
11:02I.
11:04A vowel.
11:06A.
11:08A consonant.
11:10L.
11:12A consonant.
11:14C.
11:16And can I finish with a vowel, please?
11:19And finish with O.
11:22Countdown.
11:22One.
11:23One.
11:50One.
11:53Yes, Paul?
11:54Eight.
11:55An eight.
11:56And David?
11:57A five.
11:58And your five?
11:59Coast.
12:00Now then, Paul.
12:02Societal.
12:03Societal.
12:04It's an absolutely brilliant spot.
12:06You can talk about societal pressures, et cetera.
12:08Absolutely fantastic eight.
12:09Very good.
12:10Very good.
12:13And what else has the corner got to offer?
12:17Jenny.
12:17Well, I know it's flower-based, and I'm not quite sure how to spell it,
12:20but I'm going for calyxes.
12:23Calyxes, Susie?
12:24Yeah, they're usually spelled with a Y, but you can spell it with an I as well.
12:28The sepals of a flower, which form a protective layer around a flower in bud.
12:33Very nice.
12:33That's a triumph.
12:34Yeah.
12:35A triumph.
12:40Excellent.
12:4126 plays 16, and David, how about a numbers game?
12:47Two large, please.
12:48Thank you, David.
12:49Two from the top this time.
12:50And four little ones.
12:51And these ones are one, nine, eight, six, and the large two, 25 and 100.
13:01And the target, 854.
13:04Eight, five, four.
13:05One, five, five, five.
13:09And the target, 854.
13:33Don't catch up.
13:34And the target, 964.
13:36Yes, David?
13:378, 5, 4.
13:38Paul?
13:38I'm afraid I've gone wrong, isn't it?
13:40Gone wrong?
13:40I've gone wrong.
13:41All right, David, now's your chance.
13:43Um, 8 times 100.
13:458 times 100 for 800.
13:48And 9 times 6.
13:509 times 6 for the 54.
13:52Lovely.
13:54Yes.
13:56Paul?
13:57I'm having honest, but it's wrong the way I've gone, so.
14:00Paul, you surprised me.
14:01I think, uh, I think Sun might be a little bit cross with you.
14:07Never mind.
14:0726 All makes it more exciting.
14:10And now then, Jenny Eclair, our time has come.
14:16Anacdonc time.
14:17Please.
14:17All right, what have you got for us today?
14:19Well, now, earlier this year, I don't know whether any of your audience will have seen this programme,
14:24but I did a show called Splash.
14:26And this is a television show where they encourage minor celebrities to kill themselves.
14:31By diving headfirst off a diving board into water.
14:36And, um, I went off a five-metre board, which isn't extreme,
14:40but for someone who'd never dived before, it was quite a lot.
14:43And because of my weight and everything, I actually went in with the speed and velocity of a small car
14:47off a cliff.
14:48And that's how the dive was described.
14:52But more than that, I realised that at my age, by the time you get to my age, there are
14:56seven stages of swimwear.
14:59One, the bikini.
15:01Two, the tankini.
15:04Three, the one-piece.
15:06Four, the one-piece with a little skirt to hide the cellulite.
15:11Five, the one-piece with a sarong.
15:14And number six is going down to the beach and burying yourself up to the neck in sand.
15:19There is the elusive stage seven, of course, is when you get to the age where you couldn't care less.
15:26And that's where I am now.
15:27You don't care anymore.
15:29I couldn't care less.
15:30But tell me this.
15:33You just sort of shrug off these five metres.
15:36Yeah.
15:37That's actually quite a long way up.
15:39It's a scary way up.
15:41Yes, it is.
15:42Had you ever dived before?
15:43No.
15:44The last thing I'd want is an opportunity to dive off a five-metre board.
15:48Well, if they hear that, they will so beg you to do the programme.
15:51If it comes back for a third series, you will be right at the top of their list.
15:55I prefer 14 months in root canal treatment.
15:58Well, that's another reality TV show which I'm now going to pitch.
16:02It is.
16:03All right.
16:04Thank you very much indeed.
16:06Thank you very much, Jenny.
16:07Now then, Paul, 26 apiece, and let's have a letters game.
16:13Can I have a consonant, please?
16:14Thank you, Paul.
16:16S.
16:17And another.
16:20C.
16:20And a vowel.
16:23I.
16:23And a consonant.
16:26R.
16:27A vowel.
16:30E.
16:31A vowel.
16:33I.
16:35A consonant.
16:38N.
16:40A consonant.
16:42S.
16:44And finish with a vowel, please.
16:47And finish with U.
16:51Kantan.
16:52I.
16:52I.
17:21I.
17:21I.
17:22Yes, Paul?
17:23A seven.
17:24Seven, David?
17:26Dodgy eight.
17:27Paul?
17:28In shores.
17:30And David?
17:31In curses.
17:33In curses, okay.
17:36Yeah, we do talk about an incursion, but in curse itself is not there as a verb, I'm afraid.
17:41Sorry.
17:41Bad luck.
17:42Bad luck.
17:43What have we got there?
17:44Jenny, the high diver?
17:46Cuisine.
17:47Yeah.
17:47Cuisine.
17:48Yeah, I think, I'm just wondering if you can put an S on it.
17:52Oh, cuisines from round the world.
17:55I think you probably can, actually.
17:58Food cooked in a certain way is a subsense, if you forgive the technical terms.
18:02I think you probably can have an eight with cuisine.
18:05Very good.
18:05And that's it?
18:06That's it, yes.
18:07Perfectly good.
18:07Good enough.
18:0833 plays, David's 26.
18:10And David, you're back on now for a letters game.
18:12David?
18:13A vowel, please.
18:14Thank you, David.
18:15E.
18:17And a consonant.
18:19B.
18:20And another consonant.
18:22D.
18:24And a vowel, please.
18:26O.
18:27And a consonant.
18:29S.
18:31A vowel.
18:33E.
18:34A consonant.
18:36F.
18:37Another consonant.
18:40T.
18:41And a final consonant, please.
18:43And a final Q.
18:45And here's the countdown clock.
18:48And here's the countdown clock.
19:18Yes, David?
19:19A six.
19:20A six.
19:21Paul?
19:21Six also.
19:22David?
19:23Bested.
19:24Bested.
19:25Both of you.
19:25I've got to fix that the same best.
19:26Nobody's bested.
19:27Same.
19:28Were you bested?
19:29I got bested, yes.
19:31And Susie?
19:31Likewise.
19:33Four halves.
19:33Oh, I'm dashed.
19:34Everybody's bested.
19:3539 plays.
19:36David's 32.
19:37Close run thing here.
19:39Numbers game for Paul.
19:41Can I do the inverted T, please, Rachel?
19:43You can, indeed.
19:44Thank you, Paul.
19:44Inverted T, one from the top.
19:46And five little ones coming up again.
19:48And this time, your little ones are two, ten, three, five, and one.
19:56And the large one, 100.
19:58And your target, 766.
20:01Seven, six, six.
20:03Seven, six, six.
20:34Yes, Paul?
20:35Seven, six, six.
20:36And David?
20:37Nope.
20:39Too far away?
20:40Yeah.
20:40All right.
20:41Paul?
20:42Five plus two is seven.
20:43Five plus two is seven.
20:45100 plus 10 is 110.
20:47Yep.
20:48You multiply the two together.
20:50770.
20:51Three out of one is four.
20:52It is.
20:53And subtract that.
20:54And you haven't used any of those.
20:55Well done.
20:56Excellent.
20:57Well done.
20:59Well done, Paul.
21:02Stretches your lead a little bit.
21:0349 to where David's 32.
21:05But now, let's have a tea time teaser, which is doorbell.
21:09And the clue, no need for a doorbell at this establishment.
21:12It's got lots of knockers.
21:15No need for a doorbell at this establishment.
21:17It's got lots of knockers.
21:38And the answer, they made me say it.
21:45And we've got a vicar in the audience, so it's nothing to do with me.
21:48The answer is bordello.
21:51Bordello.
21:52From the Italian?
21:53Er, yes, from the Italian, but they took it from the French.
21:57Ah, typical French.
21:58There we go.
21:59Bordello.
22:0049 to where David's 32.
22:03Let's go to David.
22:04David, letters game.
22:05A consonant, please.
22:06Thank you, David.
22:07M.
22:08And a vowel.
22:10I.
22:12And a consonant.
22:14S.
22:15Another consonant.
22:17D.
22:19A vowel.
22:21E.
22:22Another vowel.
22:24A.
22:26Consonant.
22:28T.
22:29A consonant.
22:31H.
22:32And a final consonant, please.
22:35And a final D.
22:36Standby.
22:39Standby.
23:09Yes, David.
23:10A seven.
23:11A seven. Paul?
23:12A seven.
23:14David?
23:15Misdate.
23:16Misdate, yes.
23:18The maddest.
23:21Maddest person in town, yes.
23:23Absolutely fine.
23:24What offering from the corner?
23:26Well, there's atheism for seven, but David, you might kick yourself,
23:29because you could have added a D to misdate and have misdated for eight.
23:32It would have given you one more.
23:33Misdated.
23:34Well done, thank you.
23:3556 plays, David's 39.
23:37Paul, back on.
23:38Letters game.
23:39Can I have a consonant, please?
23:41Thank you, Paul.
23:42R.
23:43And another?
23:45S.
23:46And another?
23:49D.
23:51A vowel?
23:52O.
23:54A vowel?
23:55E.
24:08And here's the countdown clock.
24:17And here's the countdown clock.
24:47Well, Paul?
24:48Eight.
24:49And eight and David?
24:50A seven.
24:50And you're seven?
24:52Endorse.
24:53Endorse, Paul?
24:55Endorse-er.
24:56An endorser?
24:57Yes, very good.
24:58There we go.
24:58The correct agent now, I'm very good.
25:00Very good.
25:01Yeah.
25:01And in the corner, what news, Jenny?
25:03I just got, I went for a simple word, with just six letters, rodeos.
25:10Nice.
25:10A nice word.
25:11Yeah.
25:12The rodeo.
25:13Not a winning word, just a nice word.
25:15And Susie?
25:16I had endorser as well, Nick.
25:18Endorse.
25:18Very good.
25:19And thank you very much for rodeos.
25:2064 plays, 39.
25:22But now we're back in the corner again, where better to be, when it's Susie's origins of
25:28words time.
25:30Well, Nick, I'm often asked, who decides collective nouns?
25:35Because a lot of us like to make them up.
25:37You know, when does it become official?
25:38And the answer is with all English words, is when something is used often enough and is
25:42obviously quite plausible, then it stands a chance of becoming, you know, part of the
25:48English language in an official way, in the dictionary.
25:50But I've got some, some new, some old ones for you, which you may not have heard before.
25:56Buffalo, any idea for buffalo, what you might call?
25:59A hide of buffalo.
26:01It's an obstinacy of buffalo.
26:03Oh, you like that.
26:04A glaring of cats.
26:05Rachel, I like that one.
26:07A peep of chickens.
26:08Yes.
26:09Indeed, there are alternatives to these, so I'm not saying these are absolutely definitive.
26:12A bask of crocodiles, which I really like, a smack of jellyfish, a leap of leopards,
26:19a mute of peacocks, a knot of toads, a zeal of zebras, a blush of boys, a bevy of ladies,
26:27and a pity of prisoners.
26:29Very good, isn't it?
26:30Nice ones, aren't they?
26:31Lovely.
26:35Very good.
26:36But a mute of peacocks?
26:38Because they're noisy.
26:40They are.
26:40Eee!
26:41Eee!
26:41They absolutely are.
26:43That's a fantastic impression of a peacock.
26:45I defy anybody around this table to do a better peacock impression than that.
26:50Let me just close my eyes and do it again.
26:52Eee!
26:53Eee!
26:55Very good.
26:56There we are then.
26:5864.
26:58Thank you very much, Janet.
26:59Very impressive, actually.
27:0064 to David's.
27:0239.
27:02And where shall we go?
27:03David, back for a letters game.
27:06Consonant, please.
27:07Thank you, David.
27:09V.
27:10And another consonant.
27:12R.
27:13And another.
27:15N.
27:16A vowel.
27:17U.
27:18A consonant.
27:20L.
27:21A vowel.
27:22E.
27:24Another vowel.
27:26A.
27:28Consonant.
27:30P.
27:31And another consonant, please.
27:33And the last one, S.
27:35John Bayer.
27:35A vowel.
27:37A vowel.
27:41A vowel.
27:45A vowel.
27:51A vowel.
27:52A vowel.
27:53A vowel.
27:53A vowel.
27:53A vowel.
27:53A vowel.
27:53A vowel.
28:05yes David just six a six six two six is David vernal and Paul unreal unreal
28:16vernal that's a good word that lovely word isn't it very poetic and Jenny I'm not joining in this
28:24round thank you you stick with your peacocks yes Susie I was just looking at a lovely example of
28:30vernal at the vernal freshness of the land so the land in springtime very nice and there is an eight
28:34there unravels unravel yes vernal Vera spring yep that's in your primavera yeah 72 45 Paul's in the
28:45lead and he's back again with another letters game last one can I stop the consonant please thank you
28:51people be and a consonant ah a consonant J foul oh a vowel e the vowel a consonant s a
29:17consonant W can I finish
29:21with a consonant please and finish with teeth and here's the countdown clock
29:57Paul seven and David seven as well so Paul seven Jerboas thank you David boaters yes very nice
30:09Jerboas are desert dwelling rodents with very long hind legs that enable it to walk upright and perform
30:15long jumps how important is that acrobatic rodents and Jenny be able to do an impression of one of
30:21those and it goes like this ah what have you got there Jenny I just got boaster a boaster all
30:30right
30:30Susie yeah they're just sevens all right very good 77 plays 52 final numbers game David I'll have a Ted
30:38Rogers place and what would that be three two one three two one oh it's before my time okay right
30:44I'm with you free from the top two and one thank you David right we have four five five and
30:54then 25 75
30:55and 100 and the target eight hundred and seventy eight seven zero
31:05so
31:15so
31:15so
31:15so
31:15so
31:15so
31:31well David I think okay 17 a 74 a 70 all right David five plus four five plus four is
31:42nine times
31:43100 times 100 for 900 and 25 plus the other five is 30 perfect and Paul slightly different I said
31:53100
31:53plus 75 100 plus 75 175 multiplied by five multiplied by five eight seven five you've
32:01still got another five to take away indeed lots of waste this one a little bit too far away 87
32:12to
32:12David 62 as we enter the final round conundrum round Paul David fingers on buzzers please let
32:18reveal today's countdown conundrum
32:38David bread rack bread rack let's have a look nope straight on to
33:02no nothing stumped up here but in the amongst that forest one yes madam is it barracked barracks young
33:11lady let's see whether you're right all right so Paul carries the day 87 points to David 62 well
33:29done David you held him back well done but nonetheless it's it's back to Staffordshire with your goodie bag
33:36and our very best wishes thank you thank you for coming thank you indeed and we shall see you
33:41tomorrow young Paul yes very good indeed good performance again Susie see you tomorrow yes next
33:47see you tomorrow the tragedy of course and this happens all too regularly we have to say goodbye to
33:51our dictionary guest and Jenny eclair you have once again been a brilliant brilliant guest and good luck
33:57with your eclairious tour that's coming up next month thank you very much good luck you're all over the
34:03place new Milton barking Cambly made some Croydon who knows where else well and then I'm coming back
34:09here indeed you are before too long as well and and until then I shall be playing at home excellent
34:14thank you so much for coming see you tomorrow Rachel it's mine thanks lots of fun see you tomorrow same
34:20time same place who will be with us none other than the wonderful Deborah Meaden of dragons dance you
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