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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to The Countdown Studio.
00:34Well, summer's over, apparently, because tomorrow is considered to be the first day of the autumn equinox,
00:41when day equals night.
00:43And as we look into the future, of course, the nights get longer and longer.
00:49Personally, I love the summer, but early autumn.
00:52Rachel, what is better than a warm autumn day?
00:55A hot summer day.
00:57Also, because you are indeed a child of summer.
01:01Just to look at you, you're a summer girl.
01:03But I do love the autumn, if it's not raining.
01:07Summer's better, but what are the good things? Let's be positive.
01:09About the autumn, what about blackberry picking in the hedgerows?
01:14Oh, you know me too well, Nick.
01:15Yes, I'm always up blackberry picking as soon as autumn hits.
01:19Maybe there's the new autumn winter collection in the shops, maybe that's more.
01:23Football seasons went underway.
01:25There we go, there's an upside.
01:26All right.
01:27It's the season of mellow fruitfulness, isn't that right?
01:30Or is it melancholy fruitfulness?
01:32I shall ask Susie, she'll know.
01:33But before we get to Susie, let's have a look at Paul Worsley.
01:38Paul achieved a very good four wins last week and returns today to play fifth.
01:43You're doing very well.
01:44Following in the footsteps, of course, of son Jack, our champion back in 2012.
01:49It's good to see you here.
01:50And you're joined today by Paul Barton, another Paul, a management consultant from Hackney.
01:56Previously worked as a Butlins red coat.
01:58And now you're a chorister, a singer.
02:00Paul, tell us a little bit about this.
02:01I'm a member of the London Gaming's Chorus.
02:04There's about 200 of us at the moment.
02:06Right.
02:06And we've just started rehearsal for our Christmas show.
02:09And where's this being held?
02:10At Cadogan Hall in Sloane Square.
02:12That's right.
02:13I know the Cadogan.
02:14Good stuff.
02:14And strangely, because we've got two Pauls, we've got Paul Worsley and Paul Barton,
02:20and so that people don't get confused, I'm going to call you Dolly.
02:23Now, why would I do that?
02:26Well, quite a long time ago, I was in a production of Hello Dolly at Women of Theatre.
02:30Yes.
02:30And colleagues of mine came to see it, and I went into work the next day to a big chorus
02:35of Hello Dolly as soon as I walked through the door.
02:37And then somebody clicked.
02:38Of course, Dolly Barton.
02:40Dolly Barton.
02:40So Dolly just stuck.
02:42Well, it's sticking today.
02:43And it's been with me for about 25 years now, Dolly Barton.
02:45All right.
02:45Can we use it today then?
02:47Go ahead.
02:47Perfect.
02:49Dolly Barton and Paul Worsley.
02:51Great stuff.
02:52And over in the corner, of course, Susie Dent, having had a lovely weekend.
02:55Tell me about a season of mellow fruitfulness.
02:58Am I right?
02:59Where does it come from?
02:59Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness.
03:01It comes from John Keats to Autumn.
03:05Beautiful poem.
03:06Lovely.
03:07I'll look it up.
03:07And of course, you're joined again by Deborah Meaden.
03:10Dragon's Den, you know, right pretty much from the start.
03:14Ten years.
03:14Yeah, but it's actually our ten-year anniversary this year.
03:18Yeah, this year.
03:18It's a great show.
03:19And it's not just, in fact, it's far from being entertaining.
03:23It is actually inspirational.
03:25So many people are starting their own businesses because of things like Dragon's Den.
03:29So you're doing a great job.
03:31Great job indeed.
03:32But now, Paul Worsley.
03:34Let's get the countdown underway with the letters again.
03:37Okay.
03:38Good afternoon again, Rachel.
03:39Afternoon, Paul.
03:40Can I start with a consonant, please?
03:43Start the week with L.
03:45Another consonant.
03:47D.
03:48And another.
03:51H.
03:52A vowel.
03:54U.
03:55A vowel.
03:57O.
03:58Another vowel.
04:00I.
04:02A consonant.
04:04V.
04:06A consonant.
04:09T.
04:10And can I finish with a vowel, please?
04:13And finish with A.
04:15And here's the countdown clock.
04:20And here's the countdown.
04:45And here's the countdown clock.
04:46The way to talk.
04:48Yes Paul? Just a five there Nick. A five Dolly? Just a five. Two fives Paul? A void. And Dolly?
04:56Volt. Volt. Very good. Yes. And in the corner what have we got there? We have a five divot. Divot?
05:05Divot. Which you've got to replace if you hack it up. Are you a golfer? I'm not a golfer. No.
05:10Are you a golfer? Not at all. I took one lesson and was told I had stagnant hips. Never went
05:15back.
05:16It's a true story. Never went back. Five apiece. Now then Dolly. Letters game. Hello Rachel. Hi Dolly. I'll start
05:24with a consonant please. Thank you. Start with F. And another consonant. N. And a third. R. And a vowel
05:35please. O. And another. E. And a consonant please. K. And a consonant.
05:46S. Another vowel. A. And a final consonant please. And a final V. Stand by.
05:57You can play.
05:57Get it.
06:12You can play.
06:28Yes, Dolly.
06:30Just five again.
06:31Five, Paul.
06:32Six.
06:33So, Dolly.
06:34Raven.
06:35Raven and...
06:37Franks.
06:39Franks, very good.
06:40Yes, the stamping.
06:42This is a stamp with a franking machine.
06:44That is very good indeed.
06:46And Deborah and Susie, what else have we got?
06:49Forsaken.
06:50Ah.
06:51Yes.
06:51Forsaken.
06:52A bit of a last-minute spot, but yes, it's there for eight.
06:55Very good. Forsaken.
07:00Very good.
07:01So, Paul, first numbers game.
07:04Can I have one from the top and five small ones, please?
07:07Of course you can.
07:07Thank you, Paul.
07:08One large one, five small ones for the first numbers game this week.
07:11And these ones are four, another four, three, one, nine, and a large one, 25.
07:19And the target, four hundred and seventy-seven.
07:22Four, seven, seven.
07:47Four, seven, seven.
07:53Four, seven, seven.
07:54Well, Paul.
07:55I'm too far away, though, Nick.
07:56Too far.
07:57How about Dolly?
07:58Four, seven, six.
08:00Pretty good.
08:01Take it away.
08:02Four, fours, sixteen.
08:04Four, fours, sixteen.
08:05Add three.
08:06Nineteen.
08:07Times twenty-five.
08:09Four hundred and seventy-five.
08:10Add the one.
08:11Four, seven, six.
08:12One away.
08:13Lovely.
08:13Very good.
08:14Well done.
08:14But four, seven, seven.
08:16Rachel, tricky or straightforward?
08:18It is in, then.
08:19Not the easiest.
08:19If you say three plus four is seven.
08:22Times by the other four is twenty-eight.
08:25Add to the twenty-five for fifty-three and times it by nine.
08:29Four, seven, seven.
08:29Well done.
08:30Thank you, Rachel.
08:33And now, Dolly, one point ahead, twelve points to Paul's eleven as we surge into a tea-time
08:39teaser, which is gassy one.
08:42And the clue, might these help counter the smell of the gassy one?
08:46Might these help counter the smell of the gassy one?
09:07And the answer is nosegays.
09:14Nosegays.
09:15And, actually, the Queen always seems to be clutching a nosegay.
09:19I suppose it's just traditional, really.
09:20But there we are.
09:21Twelve points to Dolly.
09:22Paul on eleven.
09:24Dolly, your letters game.
09:25Can I start with the consonant, please?
09:27Thank you, Dolly.
09:28M.
09:30And another.
09:31T.
09:33And a vowel.
09:35O.
09:36And another vowel.
09:38A.
09:39And a consonant, please.
09:42W.
09:43And another.
09:45C.
09:47And another.
09:50T.
09:51And a vowel.
09:53I.
09:56And a consonant, please.
09:58And a final, M.
10:00And here's the countdown clock.
10:02And here's the countdown clock.
10:32Yes, Dolly.
10:34Yes, Dolly.
10:34Just four.
10:35A four.
10:36How about Paul?
10:37Six.
10:38Right, Dolly.
10:39Terrible.
10:39Matt.
10:41And Paul.
10:42Atomic.
10:44Atomic.
10:45Yes, good spot, Paul.
10:46Very good.
10:47Atomic.
10:47And the corner?
10:48Well, so we have a six.
10:50Commit.
10:51Very good.
10:52Commit.
10:52Commit.
10:53Do commit.
10:5512 points to Paul's 17 now.
10:58So, Paul, take away another letters game.
11:02Can I start with a consonant, please?
11:04Thank you, Paul.
11:06S.
11:06And another.
11:09Y.
11:10And another.
11:12D.
11:13A vowel.
11:16A.
11:17A vowel.
11:19O.
11:21Another vowel.
11:23E.
11:25A consonant.
11:27Z.
11:29A consonant.
11:32C.
11:33Can I finish with a consonant, please?
11:36And finish with G.
11:38Stand by.
11:39A consonant.
11:41Pacific, Acerine.
11:42A consonant.
11:42And a consonant.monstriche.
11:43And a consonant.
11:58Then and a consonant.
12:02A consonant. A consonant.
12:08yes Paul six six dolly and a six so Paul dosage dosage pull and keep taking the tablets and in
12:20the corner Deborah Susie oh I have to end up to Susie doing this Zydeco oh yes but using a
12:29Z
12:29that's good yeah it's an issue one I'm good to scrub it's a kind of black American dance music
12:34originally from southern Louisiana featuring accordion and guitar Zydeco yeah it probably
12:41comes from French Creole I guess pronunciation of les haricots the green beans which was a dance
12:48song oh okay 23 points to Dolly's 18 dolly numbers game two from the top and any other four please
12:57thank you Dolly two large four little coming up and this time the four little ones are two
13:03one six and two and the large one's 50 and 25 and the target 825 8 to 5
13:16so
13:43yes Dolly
13:458 to 5 8 to 5 and Paul 8 to 5 so Dolly 2 times 6 2 times 6 is
13:5412
13:54takeaway 1 takeaway 1 is 11 50 plus 25 is 75 yep times 11 perfect very good and Paul exactly
14:04the same
14:04same way okay well done
14:12so do you much neck and neck 33 to at all these 28 as we turn to Deborah Deborah strictly
14:20come
14:20dancing uh last year back with Dragons Den by here there's been a little bit of a a meeting of
14:25uh of
14:26shows in a way well there has i mean i thought i'd hung my shoes of course i did strictly
14:31i met the wonderful
14:31rachel at strictly so i had a fantastic time but got back to my real life um sitting in my
14:37chair
14:37in dragons and looking my usual stern dragon and the first pitch that comes in is a dance pitch
14:44yeah and uh and i thought oh i you know this is going to be a jokey one but actually
14:48they were
14:48fantastic um called swing patrol and they just sort of lindy hop and swing dancing these big
14:54balls that they do around the country um and i ended up investing in them you know and it was
14:58like i thought i'd left my dancing behind but you know it was amazing i stood up and and between
15:05pitches yeah we sort of go off and have a cup of tea so i take my shoes off and
15:09i put my flatter
15:10shoes on and in the bottom of my little black flat shoe was a strictly secret and i thought there
15:17you
15:17are i absolutely the right investment it's an omen it's an in you went plowed some money in i did
15:23and
15:23where is this swing patrol base now well at the moment it's in london but we're actually going
15:27nationwide so there's going to be a big swing ball in manchester birmingham glasgow belfast um this
15:34autumn so we're that's the plan we're going to roll it out it started by whom wonderful guy called
15:39scott who used to be scott cupid who used to be an investment banker is that got very disillusioned with
15:45the whole thing and said you know what i want to live my life doing the thing that i love
15:49doing i
15:49understand we understand that having done strictly i mean it's amazing um and he decided to give it all up
15:55and start this swing patrol and it's he's got 1600 people going to his classes in london a week
16:02is he really fantastic and it's fun and exercise i love exercise i love that's the thing that's that's
16:08the um you know the fitness levels it's great i hope it'll be a great investment for you great stuff
16:1333
16:14points to paul dolly on 28 paul letters now can i start with a consonant please thank you paul p
16:21and again
16:23ah and a vowel i a consonant p a vowel e a vowel a consonant s a consonant t and
16:49can i finish with a vowel
16:50please you can finish with e stand by
16:55okay
17:10so
17:11so
17:12so
17:25yes ball seven a seven dolly I risk an eight and eight so Paul sappia sappia
17:36and Dolly pre-paste okay that's what sappia is absolutely fine sappies to be
17:45mawkishly over sentimental pre-paste might be high cemented it's not actually
17:53in at all Paul Dolly but Larry we were within a whisker of striptease I think
18:00but sadly we're missing a yes what else have we got in the corner there now we
18:05got a nine yes appetizer ah perfect well 40 plays 28 and Dolly let us get start
18:19with the constant please thank you Dolly n and another j and another ah and a vowel
18:31please I and another e and a third you and a constant please see and another
18:43consonant G and a consonant please and the last one yes and down
18:55so
19:23Yes, Tony.
19:26Six.
19:27And Paul?
19:29An eight.
19:30Right, Dolly.
19:31Curing.
19:32Curing and?
19:33Rescuing.
19:35Very nice.
19:36Rescuing, yeah.
19:36Neatly done.
19:39Neatly done.
19:40And what news from the corner?
19:43Well, Susie assures me, this is an Australian word, scungia.
19:50Scungia.
19:51Scungia.
19:51To be scungy is to be dirty and disagreeable.
19:56Example, back then it was a scungy, beer sticky pub frequented by persons with muddy boots,
20:01dodgy connections and dubious personal hygiene.
20:04Scungia.
20:04I didn't think it was a compliment somehow.
20:07Scungia.
20:08Very good.
20:0948 plays at 28 and we turn now to a numbers game.
20:12Paul?
20:13Can I do the inverted T again please Rachel?
20:15You can indeed, thank you Paul.
20:16Another one large one and another five little ones.
20:19And this time they are 4, 5, 8, 6, 7 and 25.
20:30And the target, 442.
20:32.
20:32.
20:33.
20:33.
20:33.
21:04Yes, Paul.
21:06442.
21:07442, Dolly.
21:08442.
21:09Very good.
21:09Paul.
21:10At 5 plus 6.
21:125 plus 6, 11.
21:13Plus 7.
21:14Plus 7, 18.
21:15Multiply by 25.
21:17450.
21:18And subtract the 8.
21:19442.
21:19Lovely.
21:21And Dolly.
21:22Yes, same way.
21:23That's very good.
21:24Thanks.
21:27Good result, both of you.
21:2858 now, please.
21:3038.
21:30Still in touch there, Dolly.
21:32And we turn to a T-time teaser,
21:34which is Sir Racer.
21:36And the clue,
21:36Do these people have a bag full of diseases?
21:39Do these people have a bag full of diseases?
21:59Do these people have a bag full of diseases?
22:10Do these people have a bag full of diseases?
22:11Consonant, please.
22:13Thank you, Dolly.
22:14L.
22:15And another?
22:17D.
22:18And a vowel?
22:20I.
22:21And another vowel?
22:22E.
22:23And a consonant?
22:26F.
22:27And another?
22:29L.
22:31And a third?
22:33X.
22:35And a vowel, please.
22:38O.
22:39And a final consonant?
22:41And a final S.
22:44And down.
22:45Ch ì•Šì•„.
22:46Mm.
22:51All right.
22:52Be right.
22:52And then.
23:08What's going on?
23:09Or no problem.
23:09All right.
23:09Bye.
23:09Bye.
23:09Bye.
23:10Bye.
23:11Bye.
23:13Bye.
23:16Yes, Dolly. Six. A six, and Paul. Seven. Dolly. Filled. Filled and? Dolly's. How could
23:27you, Dolly Barton? I don't know. How could you? That's a bad myth. Now then, what have
23:33we got in the corner? Well, we were very excited about getting Dolly's, but obviously, so six
23:38fold. Good, very good. Any else, Susie? Nothing else, no. Well done, well done, Paul Worsley.
23:43Now, 65, please. 38, and Paul, we're back with you. Paul, letters game. Can I have a
23:50consonant, please? Thank you, Paul. L. And a consonant. T. And a consonant. S. A vowel. E. A vowel.
24:04I. A vowel. E. A consonant. N. A consonant. S. And finish with a vowel, please. And finish
24:23with A. Countdown.
24:25Countdown.
24:26Countdown.
24:57Yes, Paul?
24:58Eight.
24:58And eight, Dolly?
24:59Seven.
25:00And that seven?
25:01Listens.
25:02Listens.
25:03Yes, Paul?
25:04Lateness.
25:05Yes.
25:06Very good.
25:07Very good spot.
25:08Very good.
25:08And the corner?
25:10Can't beat that.
25:10We dropped back to six silent.
25:13All right.
25:13Susie?
25:14A few sixes.
25:15Listens is nice as well.
25:16So well done, Paul.
25:17Well done, Paul.
25:17Now then, Susie, what have you got for us today in your origins of word spot?
25:24Well, Nick, as you know, I have been rummaging around in some of the older dictionaries, finding
25:28words that I find sweet or funny or just downright absurd.
25:33And today it's the turn of words, which it's not about the words themselves that are bizarre,
25:38but the concept that they describe.
25:40So you're sort of surprised that they haven't existed in the first place.
25:42The first one is buttock mail, and that's the fine that was formally demanded by the
25:48church instead of sitting on the stool of repentance.
25:51It was called buttock mail.
25:53You could pay that, and then you could get off the punishment.
25:56A dandy horse was an early bike without pedals, and you would ride it by kicking the ground
26:01as you went along, a little bit like a kid's early bike.
26:04This one's funny, emeralds.
26:07In the Bible, they were representations of hemorrhoids in gold, which were used as charms.
26:14Gardi Lu used to be the old warning cry in Edinburgh before throwing slops out of the
26:20window.
26:20A lot of people think that's the origin of Lu, but it probably isn't.
26:23That's for another day.
26:24A jelly graph was a former device for copying that used a plate of jelly.
26:28Go figure.
26:30A lager phone is a percussion instrument using the tops of beer bottles.
26:36Pantophobia is a fear of everything.
26:40And, let me see, a shot clog was a simpleton.
26:42This is a good one for modern times.
26:44A shot clog.
26:45A simpleton who is only tolerated for his willingness to pay the bill.
26:50We all know one of those.
26:51Indeed.
26:52Indeed.
26:57Very good, Susan.
27:00We'll try and drop some of those into our conversation tomorrow.
27:0373 to 38.
27:05Paul in the lead.
27:05Dolly, penultimate letters game.
27:09Consonant, please.
27:10Thank you, Dolly.
27:11D.
27:12And another.
27:15G.
27:16And a third.
27:18N.
27:19And a vowel, please.
27:21I.
27:23And another.
27:24A.
27:26And another.
27:28E.
27:30And a consonant, please.
27:33H.
27:35And another.
27:37N.
27:39And a final vowel, please.
27:42And a final O.
27:44Countdown.
27:45H.
27:47H.
27:47H.
27:47H.
27:48H.
27:48H.
27:49H.
28:17Yes, Jolly?
28:18Seven.
28:19Seven.
28:20Two sevens, Jolly?
28:21Heading.
28:22Heading?
28:23I went for heading as well.
28:24Both heading.
28:26Heading.
28:26And in the corner?
28:27Handing.
28:28Yes.
28:30Susie?
28:31No, it's just sevens for us.
28:32All right, very good.
28:33Heading for both of them, 80 to 45.
28:36And, Paul, final letters game.
28:39Can I start with a consonant, please?
28:41Thank you, Paul.
28:43Q.
28:44And another?
28:46R.
28:47And another?
28:48B.
28:50A consonant?
28:53P.
28:54A vowel?
28:56E.
28:57A vowel?
28:59O.
29:00A vowel?
29:03I.
29:04A consonant?
29:07M.
29:09Can I finish with a vowel, please?
29:11And finish with E.
29:13And the clock starts from now.
29:39And the clock starts from now.
29:45Yes, Paul?
29:46Six.
29:47A six.
29:48Tolly?
29:48Just five.
29:50And that five?
29:51Prime.
29:51Prime.
29:52And, Paul?
29:53Empire.
29:54Empire.
29:55Yes.
29:55Very nice.
29:57Very good.
29:57And in the corner, Deborah, Susie?
30:00And another six, Mopia.
30:02Mopia.
30:02Mopia.
30:03Mopia than yesterday.
30:04Yes, more sulky.
30:06Sulky.
30:0786 to 45.
30:09Now, numbers.
30:10Dolly?
30:11Two from the top.
30:12And any other four, please?
30:13Thank you, Dolly.
30:14Two large ones and four little ones to finish off the day.
30:18And this time, the selection is one, three, five, three.
30:23And the large ones, 50 and 25.
30:26And the target, 955.
30:299, 5, 5.
31:019, 5, 5, Dolly?
31:03No, too far away.
31:04Too far.
31:05How about, Paul?
31:069, 16.
31:079, 65 away.
31:09Come on, then.
31:111 plus 3.
31:121 plus 3 is 4.
31:14Multiply by 3.
31:15The other 3 is 12.
31:1850 plus 25.
31:2050 plus 25 is 75.
31:22Add on the 5.
31:23Or 80.
31:24And multiply the two together.
31:25Yep, 960.
31:28960, but 9, 5, 5.
31:295 away.
31:31Can you get there?
31:32Yep, a few ways.
31:34One way, you could have said 25 minus the two 3s is 19.
31:38Times that by 50 for 950.
31:41And add on the 5 for 9, 5, 5.
31:44Oh, perfect.
31:45Thank you, Rich.
31:48Very good.
31:49Sweetly done.
31:50So, 93, place 45 as we go into the final round.
31:53So, Paul and Paul Barton, things on buzzers, please.
31:58Let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:01Bye.
32:01Bye.
32:10Bye.
32:16Bye.
32:18Bye.
32:20Bye.
32:28Bye.
32:31Well, well, well. The two Pauls up here, Paul Worsley and Dolly Barton, foxed. Let me see a forest of
32:39hands. Yes, sir?
32:40Jargonised.
32:42Jargonised. Let's see whether you're right. Jargonised. Very good.
32:53Not often used, but very well done indeed.
32:55So, here we are. Paul Worsley, we shall see you tomorrow. And Paul Barton, Dolly, we won't see you tomorrow,
33:02sadly.
33:03But take this back to London with you.
33:06Thank you very much.
33:06And have a great, great concert at the Cadogan Hall.
33:11Thank you very much.
33:11With your choir. I hope it goes tremendously well. Nice to have you here. Very good.
33:15See you tomorrow then.
33:16Okay.
33:17And see you tomorrow, Susie, and also Deborah. Deborah, I think, Butlins. You were once involved with Butlins, as Paul
33:24was.
33:24Well, I was. We have something in common. I used to be a bingo caller at Butlins, so I should
33:29be better at numbers, shouldn't I?
33:30I should be better with, yeah. But no, we, there we are. Minehead, where were you?
33:35Brighton, Saltding.
33:36Ah.
33:37Excellent stuff. But you remember all the legs 11 and all those?
33:40Well, I didn't do that. I was talking to Susie about it. We were trying to turn the games over
33:44really, really fast.
33:45Of course, if you say legs 11, it takes longer than just saying 11.
33:49Oh, I see.
33:50So we dropped all of the...
33:52I don't know though. Don't test me.
33:54Ever efficient. Ever efficient, Deborah. Brilliant stuff. See you tomorrow.
33:57See you tomorrow, Rachel.
33:59See you then.
33:59See you tomorrow.
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