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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio. I read recently that the American thriller writer James Patterson, of course
00:39his hero is the psychologist, the fictional psychologist Alex Cross, has decided to pour money, Rachel, into English or indeed
00:50British and Irish bookshops with dedicated children's sections.
00:55Because he's very concerned that youngsters these days, with so many ways to get information, are not reading as much
01:02perhaps as they should have done.
01:03So, I know that my grandchildren are big readers actually.
01:09I bought one of them a tablet recently and I loaded it with 50 books.
01:13Brilliant.
01:14Which is the way that they like to read it and they're powering through it.
01:17I'm totally with them. I think, yeah, I mean, I've got Kindle and a tablet and you've just got all
01:22those books at your fingertips and then you like one and you can go and buy everything from that author
01:26at the touch of a button.
01:27You don't understand a word, you just double click and it gives you the definition. I think it's brilliant.
01:31You haven't got to worry about which book to pack when you go on holiday. You can just take a
01:34few hundred on your Kindle or other e-book reader.
01:38Yeah. Well done. Neatly sidestepped there, Rachel. Neatly sidestepped. Perfectly good.
01:44Now, who have we got? Rachel, we've got Paul Worsley back and he's on six now and he's vying for
01:51his seventh victory today.
01:53A fan of gangster movies. What are your favourite gangster movies there, Paul?
01:57Oh, I think my favourite of all time has to be The Godfather.
02:00Yeah, the series of The Godfather.
02:01Just the first two. I'm not too keen on the third one, but part one and two were brilliant.
02:06Now, Paul, you're joined today by Michael McDowell from Westcliff-on-Sea in Essex.
02:14Originally, I think, from Northern Ireland, is that right?
02:16From Newton Arts in County Down.
02:18County Down, yes, indeed. Beautiful County Down, actually.
02:22It certainly is.
02:23Is that where the Morns mountains sweep down to the sea?
02:26Yes, from South Down.
02:26Lovely. And you're a three-times winner of the British Chess Solving Championships.
02:32Now, what is that all about, Michael?
02:34Well, it's a different aspect of chess to the game.
02:37I mean, chess problems are basically specially created positions with stipulations
02:41and they have to be solved against the clock, usually in groups of three.
02:45Lovely stuff. All right.
02:47Let's have a big round of applause then for Paul and Michael McDowell.
02:53And over in the corner, of course, Susie Dent, joined once again by Deborah Meaden,
02:58entrepreneur extraordinaire, Dragon's Den.
03:01Somebody who's invested, I think, did you say £3 million in a spread of businesses?
03:07In Dragon's Den, of course, I have investments out of Dragon's.
03:10Yeah.
03:10And then you've got all your other businesses.
03:13Yeah.
03:13I'm glad you could come.
03:15Glad you could come.
03:16Now then, Paul Worsley, let's take it away. Letters game.
03:20Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:22Afternoon, Paul.
03:22Can I start today with a consonant, please?
03:24Of course, thank you. Start today with S.
03:26And another?
03:29Q.
03:30And another?
03:32S.
03:33A vowel?
03:36I.
03:37Another vowel?
03:38O.
03:40Another vowel?
03:41I.
03:43A consonant?
03:45D.
03:47A consonant?
03:49R.
03:51And can I finish with a vowel, please?
03:52And finish with O.
03:55And here's the countdown clock.
03:57Speaker, you've got your time.
03:59English?
04:00A consonant?
04:10A consonant?
04:12A consonant?
04:16A consonant?
04:17A consonant?
04:19A consonant?
04:25A session?
04:28Yes, Paul?
04:29A five.
04:30A five, and Michael?
04:31And five.
04:32Two fives, Paul?
04:34Daws.
04:35Thank you, Michael.
04:36It sums up the selection, dross.
04:39Dross.
04:41What do you think about this dross-ful selection?
04:44We had dross as well.
04:45Dross too, yep.
04:46And the else?
04:47No, five.
04:48Ridiculous.
04:48Five apiece.
04:49Michael, try your luck with the letters game.
04:52OK, I'll start with the consonant, please, Rachel.
04:55Thank you, Michael.
04:56H.
04:57And a second?
04:59N.
05:00And a vial?
05:03E.
05:04Another vial?
05:06O.
05:08A consonant?
05:11T.
05:13Another consonant?
05:16D.
05:17A vial?
05:19E.
05:22And the final consonant?
05:25F.
05:26Oh, sorry, it's not a final one.
05:30And another consonant.
05:32And the last one.
05:33N.
05:35And here's the countdown clock.
05:37Oh, sorry.
05:38hacker.
05:42Okay.
05:58The اللberg.
05:59And the last one.
06:05Bye.
06:07Michael 26 a six six Michael fonted and I'm risking the same fonted fonted not yeah
06:21font will be there obviously but I'm not haunted I think you talk about something
06:25in a particular font if you're talking about typeface and no font it is an
06:30adjective sorry bad luck so what has the corner got for us so we've got a six and
06:37denote yeah denote and that was it again not particularly productive one tough
06:43picking limb pickings five all and numbers now numbers for Paul can I have
06:49one from the top and five small ones please you can indeed same as usual thank
06:53you pull one large one five little ones to start us off today and this round is
06:58five four four one nine and seventy-five and the target one hundred and sixty-two
07:08one sixty-two
07:39well Paul now I've lost that Michael one five eight one five eight well let's have it nine plus one
07:49nine
07:51plus one is ten divided by five to give two yeah multiply by seventy-five by seventy-five one
07:57and the two fours and the two fours yeah one five eight one five eight but quite a long way
08:03away what about one six two a couple of ways
08:07you could have said seventy-five divided by five is fifteen add four and take away one for eighteen and
08:14times that by nine for one six two
08:16perfect well done Rachel thank you thank you for that always spot on but now it's time for a tea
08:26time teaser which is soho nick and the clue you might be forgiven for thinking these are flying fish you
08:33might be
08:33forgiven for thinking these are flying fish
08:52welcome back I left with the clue you might be forgiven for thinking these are flying fish and the answer
08:58is chinooks chinooks was a helicopter what else is a chinook
09:02uh lots of different things it's a warm dry wind which blows down the east side of the rocky mountains
09:08uh it sounds quite beautiful but it also hence the clue is a chinook salmon it's a large north pacific
09:13salmon
09:13um important as food well I'm dashed as well as being a um a twin rotor helicopter named after the
09:22wind
09:22presumably not the fish yeah all right so Michael you're back on with a letters game I'll start this
09:29time with a vial please thank you Michael a and another a consonant a another consonant a another consonant n
09:42and a third t and a fourth s a vial i consonant n
10:00and a final consonant and a final d stand by
10:11okay
10:20so
10:21so
10:21so
10:21so
10:35yes Michael yet eight and Paul eight two eights Michael strained strained both
10:43strain the same strength strained here and in the corner any strain we have
10:48strained yes we had a couple more eight we had D trains yes and trannies as in
10:58transparencies yes all transistor radios or transvestites a tranny yep 13 to Paul
11:12Michael on 20 back with Paul let us Paul can I start with a consonant please thank
11:17you Paul P and another V and another N consonant H the file a another vowel a another vowel oh
11:44consonant G and can I finish with a vowel please and finish with I clock time
11:57so
12:10so
12:25Paul.
12:26Seven.
12:27Seven, and Michael?
12:29Just a five.
12:30And that five?
12:31Opine.
12:32Opine, Paul.
12:34Heaping.
12:35Heaping.
12:37Heaping insult upon insult.
12:39Um, yes.
12:41Very good.
12:42What else have we got there?
12:44Deborah?
12:45Susie?
12:45Well, we had heaving.
12:47Well, we did, but we don't have a V.
12:48Don't we have a V?
12:49That's a bit of a problem.
12:51We have a V?
12:52Oh, we do have a V.
12:53We do have a V.
12:54Heaving is fine.
12:55Heaving.
12:58Heaving it all up.
13:00So, are you happy now?
13:01We have got a V.
13:01It's settled.
13:03All right, very good.
13:04Twenty points apiece over here,
13:07and Michael's numbers gave.
13:08Michael?
13:09One large, five small, please, Rachel.
13:11Thank you, Michael.
13:12One from the top.
13:13And again, five from the bottom rows.
13:17And this time, the bottom ones,
13:19the little ones, rather,
13:20are three, nine, seven,
13:23eight, and four,
13:24and the large one, 75.
13:26And the target, 844.
13:29844.
13:30944.
13:59944.
14:02Michael, 844, 844, yes Paul, 845, so Michael, 9 plus 3, 9 plus 3 is 12, times 75, 900,
14:14then 7 times 8, 56, and subtract, lovely, well done.
14:19Very good.
14:21And does your score the world of good too, propels you 10 points into the lead, 30 points,
14:27Paul's 20, but now we turn to Debra, and Debra, I mean obviously on Strictly you were turned out just
14:35looking at a million dollars,
14:36but you're always so beautifully, if you don't mind me saying so, dressed.
14:41Was this always the way?
14:43Oh goodness, no.
14:46No, I spent quite a bit of time backpacking around India, and it's important I think when you travel,
14:52if you don't want to attract attention, you just kind of dress down,
14:55and I remember one particular trip, it makes me laugh, people kind of see me now,
14:59and they think I lead this glamorous life, and all of the stuff that I do, and the lovely holidays
15:04I take,
15:05but I remember a time when I was travelling from Agra to Jodhpur,
15:12and the train that we were supposed to get on didn't exist, so we ended up on this third class,
15:17you've seen them, you know, the three stacked high, and no glass, and they're absolutely crammed,
15:21and there's cows, there's everything on these trains, and we got on this train,
15:24because it was the only one going where we wanted to go,
15:27realised there were no seats, so my husband unceremoniously hoicked me up into the luggage rack,
15:33this was a seven hour journey, I could have walked faster,
15:37and I set up in the luggage rack, meanwhile, news went out that there was an Englishman on board,
15:44and there was a queue of men taking my husband off, we weren't married at the time actually,
15:49my boyfriend at the time, and introducing him to their daughters, and saying,
15:53do you, do you, we have friends in England, do you, you know, are you married, you know,
15:58and Paul kept saying, yes, yes, I'm married, you know, at the time,
16:02so I, maybe that's why he proposed to me, maybe it was just protection against, against it,
16:06but no, it does make me laugh, it just, it's a very levelling thing, you know,
16:10when you've done something like that, it's a very good thing to remember.
16:12And you'll never forget it actually.
16:14Never forget it.
16:15Fabulous.
16:15As it got darker, and darker, and darker, and, and, frankly, smellier, and smellier,
16:22and smellier, but I can still feel it.
16:25Something you'll never forget, that's for sure.
16:27Wonderful stuff.
16:28Now then, Paul.
16:30Okay.
16:31Looking a little bit difficult now, ten points behind, now's your chance, it's a letters game.
16:35Can I start with a consonant please?
16:37Thank you Paul.
16:38M.
16:39And another?
16:42C.
16:43And another?
16:45T.
16:47A vowel?
16:49E.
16:50A vowel?
16:52I.
16:53A vowel?
16:56E.
16:57A consonant?
16:59N.
17:01A consonant?
17:03S.
17:04And finish with a vowel please?
17:07And finish with I.
17:10And it's count time.
17:12A vowel please.
17:13I.
17:15And a vessel.
17:37What's a vowel?
17:39Yeah!
17:40Aoshima!
17:42Yes, Paul?
17:43Seven.
17:44Seven, Michael.
17:46I'll try on it.
17:48Paul?
17:49Emetics.
17:50Now then, Michael.
17:52Minciest?
17:54Minciest.
17:55Erm, no.
17:59Erm, not there.
18:00You can mince, obviously, but I don't even think minciest there is an adjective.
18:05Erm, Michael, no, it's not, I'm afraid.
18:07Sorry.
18:08Bad luck.
18:09So you've narrowed it down to three points.
18:12Your lead, Michael, three points.
18:13And over in the corner, what have we got there?
18:15Deborah?
18:16Oh, we did get an eight with centimes.
18:18Centimes.
18:19Centimes.
18:20In the old French money, a hundredth of a franc, I guess.
18:24Centimes.
18:24They've still got cents, of course.
18:2632, 27.
18:27Now, Michael, letters again.
18:30No consonant to start with.
18:32Thank you, Michael.
18:33L.
18:34And a second.
18:37G.
18:37And another one.
18:40J.
18:42Vial.
18:44O.
18:46Another vial.
18:47A.
18:49Third vial.
18:51E.
18:54Consonant.
18:56L.
18:59Another consonant.
19:01R.
19:04And a final vial.
19:07And a final U.
19:09Dunk down.
19:11BELL RINGS
19:12Verse 3.
19:13H.
19:13A.
19:13A.
19:25A.
19:26A.
19:26A.
19:40A.
19:41Michael. Six. A six. And Paul. A six. Michael. Jailer. G-A-O. L-E-R. Jailer. Jailer. Jailer. And
19:52in the corner. Well, Susie got a seven. Allegro. Allegro. Allegro. Yep. At a brisk speed. Lovely. 36 to 33.
20:03Michael still in the lead. Paul. Numbers. Can I have one large and five small please, Rachel?
20:09Thank you, Paul. Same as usual. One large and five small ones. And for this round, your selection is seven,
20:17ten, three, six, one. And the large one, fifty. And the target, two hundred and four.
20:27Two, zero, four.
21:01Two, zero, four.
21:03Four, Michael. Two, zero, four. Thank you, Paul. I said, uh, fifty plus one. Fifty plus one. Fifty one. Uh,
21:11then ten minus six for four. Uh-huh. Multiply the two together. Two hundred and four. Thank you, Michael.
21:16I also had fifty plus one. I also had fifty plus one. I just had seven minus three. Lovely. Well
21:21done.
21:22Same to ordeal. Two or four. Well done. Forty-sixth place. Forty-three. As we turn to a tea-time
21:27teaser, which is Lady Prep.
21:29And the clue, he was preparing to meet the lady for the first time, so dressed this way.
21:34He was preparing to meet the lady for the first time, so dressed this way.
21:55Welcome back. I left you with the clue. He was preparing to meet the lady for the first time, so
21:59dressed this way.
22:00How did he dress? He dressed dappily. He was a dapper chappy. Dappily.
22:05Forty-three to Michael's forty-sixth. Michael, you're back on again. Letters.
22:11A consonant, please. Thank you, Michael.
22:15T. And another.
22:18Y. A vial.
22:21A. Consonant.
22:26W. Another consonant.
22:29B. And another.
22:32R. A.
22:36A vial.
22:38I.
22:39Another vial.
22:42A.
22:44And a final consonant.
22:46And a final L.
22:49Countdown.
22:50A.
22:51A.
22:51A.
23:04A.
23:04A.
23:05A.
23:05A.
23:13A.
23:13A.
23:14A.
23:14A.
23:15A.
23:21Yes, Michael?
23:22I have a six, but I haven't written it.
23:24And what about Paul?
23:26Five.
23:27So let's hear from Paul.
23:29Warty.
23:30Michael?
23:31Lariat.
23:33A lariat.
23:34How are you spelling that, Michael?
23:36L-A-R-I-A-T.
23:38Yep, fantastic.
23:39A rope used as a lasso or for tethering an animal.
23:41Very good.
23:42A lariat.
23:42What have we got over there, apart from lariat?
23:44So we have tribal, which is six.
23:48Airway for six.
23:50Yep.
23:50And a baltie for five.
23:52All right.
23:5252 to 43.
23:53Now then, Paul, I hope I don't sense danger.
23:58It's a letters game.
23:59Can I start with a consonant, please?
24:01Thank you, Paul.
24:02X.
24:03And another.
24:05R.
24:06And another.
24:08D.
24:09A vowel.
24:12E.
24:13A vowel.
24:14O.
24:16A vowel.
24:18A.
24:21A consonant.
24:23Z.
24:24A consonant.
24:26R.
24:28And finish with a vowel, please.
24:30And finish with E.
24:33Stand by.
24:34A vowel.
24:37And another.
24:43Good on.
24:47A vowel.
24:48We're on.
24:48Good on.
25:04Mm, Paul.
25:06Six.
25:07A six. How about Michael?
25:09Six.
25:10So, Paul.
25:11Reader.
25:13Reader and?
25:14Roared.
25:15Roared.
25:16Yes.
25:17Not so easy. Anything interesting in the corner?
25:20And a dearer.
25:22Yes.
25:23And?
25:23Something's dearer.
25:24Otherwise, fives, really.
25:26Dozer, which is short for a bulldozer.
25:28Yeah, yeah, yeah.
25:29But as you say, not nice, that one.
25:30Not so good.
25:31All right.
25:32So, 58.49.
25:34But now it's time for Susie and her wonderful origins of words.
25:40Susie.
25:41Well, as you know, Nick, it takes quite a while for a word to get into a dictionary.
25:45It has to show that it will stand the test of time.
25:47Lots of different criteria that it has to meet before a lexicographer will think it can go in.
25:53Even the online dictionaries, there are still quite tough rules that need to be applied.
25:59But that doesn't stop us looking for words that are on the up, if you like, that are bubbling under.
26:03And just coming up onto the radar, which may last or which may not.
26:07But there's one I think could be quite useful.
26:10OK, so if I said to you, what are you doing next weekend, which weekend would you think I was
26:14talking about?
26:16Not this weekend, but the one after.
26:20Exactly.
26:20That's what I thought.
26:21I asked Deborah and she said, no, no, it's this weekend.
26:24And she's got into trouble with this before by turning up at someone's house.
26:27I did actually turn up at a dinner party fully dressed for dinner.
26:31Anyway, there is now a website and quite a big social media campaign to get a new word in to
26:38kind of get rid of the confusion.
26:40And the weekend after next is going to be called Oxed.
26:43So you were talking about Oxed weekend.
26:44We will be going to dinner at a friend's house.
26:47Don't know if it will catch on, but I think we need something.
26:50We do need something to clarify.
26:51English is full of ambiguity, but that's really an annoying one.
26:54Have you ever turned up on the wrong weekend?
26:56Have I?
26:58I don't think so, but I do always have to clarify which weekend I'm talking about in my busy social
27:03life.
27:04I've never turned up, Deborah, could you?
27:08I have.
27:09Anything for a bottle of wine and a dinner party.
27:12I knew, really.
27:14Very good.
27:15Thank you very much, Susie.
27:16Excellent stuff.
27:18Now then, Michael, your letters game and you're ahead.
27:22Consonant, please.
27:23Thank you, Michael.
27:25Tea.
27:25And another.
27:28And another.
27:30And another.
27:32S.
27:34A vial.
27:36E.
27:37Another vial.
27:39U.
27:41Consonant.
27:43R.
27:46Another consonant.
27:48F.
27:51A vial.
27:55And the final consonant.
27:58And the last one.
27:59F.
28:00And here comes the countdown clock.
28:02A vial.
28:15Hello.
28:31I'm going to go.
28:34Michael.
28:35It.
28:36An eight to Paul's?
28:38Eight also.
28:39To Paul's eight.
28:40Michael.
28:41Flusters.
28:42Yes, Paul.
28:43And I've gone for fretless.
28:46Yes, and we're just looking at that.
28:47All to do with the frets on a guitar or a stringed instrument can be fretless.
28:53Very good.
28:54Well done.
28:56Very good.
28:57So, 66 to Paul's 57.
29:00And Paul.
29:02Oh, my dear.
29:03What are we going to do?
29:04Letters game.
29:05Can I start with a consonant, please?
29:07Thank you, Paul.
29:08C.
29:09And a consonant.
29:11R.
29:12A third.
29:15C.
29:17A vowel.
29:19A.
29:20A vowel.
29:21I.
29:23A vowel.
29:25E.
29:27A consonant.
29:28T.
29:31A consonant.
29:33G.
29:36Can I finish with a vowel, please?
29:41And finish with a.
29:44Stand by.
29:45A vowel.
29:46A vowel.
30:00A vowel.
30:02A vowel.
30:03A vowel.
30:03A vowel.
30:04A vowel.
30:05A vowel.
30:06A vowel.
30:07A vowel.
30:08A vowel.
30:08A vowel.
30:09A vowel.
30:10A vowel.
30:13A vowel.
30:14A vowel.
30:15Yes, Paul?
30:17Six.
30:18A six, and Michael?
30:20Just a five.
30:21And your five?
30:22Cigar.
30:23Cigar.
30:24And triage.
30:26Triage.
30:27Yes, very good.
30:29Medical term.
30:30Good old countdown word.
30:32What else have we got in the corner there?
30:33A last minute seven.
30:35Cartage, which is carrying something along in a cart or other vehicle.
30:39Cartage.
30:39Cartage, all right.
30:41Well, now, Paul, six, just three points behind.
30:44We're moving into a crucial area.
30:47Michael, your numbers game, the last of the day.
30:51Sims before, please, Rachel.
30:53One large, five, small.
30:54Thank you, Michael.
30:55Another one, large one, five, little one, to finish off the day.
30:59And these numbers are nine.
31:02No, they're not.
31:03Four, six.
31:05Six, I should know that by now.
31:07Ten, five.
31:09And the large one, 100.
31:11And the target, 262.
31:12262.
31:13Two, six, two.
31:14Two, six, three.
31:17Two, six, three.
31:45Well, Michael?
31:46260.
31:48262 away. Paul?
31:50261.
31:52261.
31:54Interesting times. So, Paul?
31:565 times 10.
31:585 times 10 is 50.
32:00At the 10.
32:02Sorry, sorry. I meant, sorry, I've just gone there.
32:04So, it's 5 times 100.
32:055 times 100 is 500.
32:08Plus the 10.
32:09Plus the 10, 510.
32:126 minus 4 is 2.
32:156 minus 4 is 2.
32:17Divide the 110 by the 2.
32:20255.
32:20And then add the other 6.
32:22And the other 6 you haven't used. Just 261 away.
32:27Yes, Rachel.
32:29262. Tricky?
32:31Well, there was a simpler way.
32:32If you say 100 divided by 4 is 25.
32:36And then times that by 10 for 250.
32:39And add on the two 6s.
32:42Two 6s.
32:43Very good. Well done, Rachel.
32:48And I think it's worth pointing out that Paul's uttered a huge sigh of relief there.
32:5370 points now to Michael.
32:5566. But still, we're in dangerous territory, gentlemen.
32:59We're in crucial territory, so fingers on buzzers.
33:01Let's reveal today's crucial countdown conundrum.
33:14My word, Michael.
33:16Allocated.
33:19Allocated.
33:20Let's see whether you're right.
33:23Allocated.
33:24Allocated.
33:24Takes the day.
33:28Michael, well done.
33:29Well done.
33:31Michael, well done.
33:33Heartbreaking for you, Paul.
33:34Heartbreaking.
33:36I'm quite pleased with how I've done so.
33:38Well, you've done very well.
33:39But I wonder whether young Jackson will give you a rap on the knuckles.
33:43Probably is, actually.
33:44Well, he did well, because he's taught you, apparently.
33:47Yes.
33:47Is that what you told us at the very beginning of this journey of yours?
33:52That's right, yes.
33:53Thank you very much.
33:53Will you take a teapot from us?
33:54I certainly will.
33:55And a goodie bag as well.
33:56Excellent stuff.
33:57Well done.
33:58And Michael McDowell, we shall see you tomorrow.
34:01Well done.
34:02Right up to the edge.
34:03Right up to the end.
34:05Winning by six points.
34:06Very good.
34:07See you tomorrow, Susie.
34:08And, of course, Deborah.
34:09See you tomorrow.
34:09Look forward to it.
34:11So, we say farewell to Paul Worsley.
34:14Yeah, I wonder if there's going to be any more Worsleys in the future.
34:17I think.
34:18Wife or daughter.
34:18I think there is a daughter, isn't there?
34:20Yeah.
34:20Is she any good, Paul?
34:21Well, she's keeping it to herself if she is.
34:24Is she?
34:24All right.
34:25There we are.
34:25We'll see you tomorrow.
34:26See you tomorrow.
34:27See you tomorrow.
34:27See you tomorrow.
34:28Same time, same place.
34:29You be sure of it.
34:30A very good afternoon.
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34:47Thanks, John.
34:51Payalers.
34:53I am so sorry.
34:56I'm so sorry.
34:58Follow up.
34:59You're welcome.
35:00treffen.
35:00You're welcome.
35:00If you are welcome.