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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34Let me ask you, is there a community spirit where you live?
00:38Where you live?
00:39Because in a report I recently read, only just over half, well, 58% of Britons feel connected to people
00:46in their area.
00:47But having said that, seems remarkably small actually, the UK did come 11th out of 28 countries when asked about
00:55life satisfaction.
00:56Who came top of the polls?
00:57Who loved living there most of all?
01:00The Danes.
01:01Must be all about bacon.
01:02What is it about Denmark?
01:04Maybe a contented people.
01:06There we are.
01:06Do I feel connected to the people where I live?
01:10I'm not quite sure where I do live actually.
01:12I'm always seem to be on the move.
01:13It's a funny thing.
01:14I lived in London for years and years and years and years in a big apartment block.
01:18And this is true.
01:20And in a sense I'm rather ashamed about it.
01:22I didn't know people that lived five metres away.
01:27Yeah.
01:28Our friends in Italy, their neighbours come and go with huge watermelons and they're swapping lasagnas for fruit salads and
01:34they've got a great community spirit over there.
01:35But we don't tend to do that in Britain, do we?
01:37We're a bit more reserved, I think, yeah.
01:39Jolly good.
01:39Let's see whether we've got any reserved people here.
01:42We've got Michael McDowell back after a big win yesterday.
01:45A big win.
01:46You beat Paul Worsley who had already won six times and you won on a crucial conundrum.
01:51Well done.
01:51Extraordinary.
01:52You're joined today, Michael, by Elizabeth Jardine, a retired teacher and seaside landlady from Bournemouth who's a big mind sports
02:00and a great scrabble enthusiast who once upon a time, a little while ago, appeared on Family Fortunes.
02:07Who's hosting that in those days?
02:09That was Bob Monkhouse right back in the beginning.
02:11I only, I saw him once when, I never met him, I never had that privilege, but I watched him
02:16on stage and he rattled off 500 jokes and went even more than our blessed Dudley Doolittle, our warm-up.
02:24And, and here over there, Bob Monkhouse, you know, could just about outshine Dudley, but there we are.
02:31Anyway, who have we got with us?
02:32We have, of course, the wonderful Susie Dent and for the last time on her visit to us, the wonderful
02:39Deborah Meaden.
02:39Deborah, it's been a great pleasure having you hear great stories.
02:43Thoroughly enjoyed it.
02:45Come again soon.
02:46Now then, Michael McDowell, what will you do today?
02:49You're going to start with a letters game.
02:51Hello again, Richard.
02:53Hello, Michael.
02:53I'll start with a consonant.
02:55Start today with N.
02:57And a second.
02:59R.
03:00And a third.
03:03T.
03:05Vial.
03:06E.
03:08Second vial.
03:09U.
03:11Consonant.
03:14D.
03:16Vial.
03:18I.
03:20Another vial.
03:23O.
03:24And a final consonant.
03:27And the last one.
03:28J.
03:29And here's the countdown clock.
03:31What's up?
03:33I.
03:35And a final consonant.
04:02Michael. Seven. And Elizabeth. Seven. Two sevens, Michael. Jointed. Jointed and? And jointed. Two jointed. I think you've got to
04:11share your bits of paper there. There we go. Well done. And in the corner, disjointed. What have we got
04:20there?
04:20We managed an eight with routined. Ah, pretty good. Yeah, there's one other eight, which is a jointure. It's a
04:28legal term for an estate settled on a wife for the period during which she survives her husband. Very good.
04:34Seven points apiece. And Elizabeth, we turn to you. Letters gain. Consonant, please. Thank you, Elizabeth. N. Consonant. C. Consonant.
04:47Q. Consonant.
04:50T. Consonant. P. Vowel. E. Vowel. A. Vowel. E. And consonant, please. And the last one. G. And here's the
05:12countdown clock.
05:20T. Consonant.
05:44Elizabeth.
05:46Seven, I hope. A doubtful seven.
05:49All right, a seven. What about Michael?
05:51Risky seven.
05:52A risky seven. Well, we're all on tenterhokes here.
05:55Elizabeth.
05:56Pentase.
05:58And Michael.
06:00Scentage.
06:01Don't look at me. Look at Susie.
06:04OK. Pentacle and pentane, but no pentase, Elizabeth, I'm afraid.
06:09Michael, what was yours, sorry?
06:11Scentage, C-E-N-T-A-G-E.
06:12I know you could put itch on a lot of things, but that's not one of them, at least in
06:17the dictionary.
06:18Sorry, no centage either.
06:20So, dead heat there. But what has the corner got to offer us?
06:25Ah. Susie has a six. I only have a five, so negate.
06:29Negate. OK, seven apiece. And Michael, first numbers game for today.
06:35I'll have one large, five small, please.
06:37Thank you, Michael. One large one. Five little ones to start us off today.
06:42And these numbers are three, seven, five, four, eight.
06:49And the large one, 100.
06:51And the target, 711.
06:54Seven, one, one.
06:55One, two, three, two, three, five, eight.
07:24One, two, three, four, five, one.
07:26now then Michael 711 711 and Elizabeth 711 well done so Michael 100 times 7 100 times 7 700 the
07:39three in the earth for the 11 lovely indeed Elizabeth yes the same there we go not too
07:47demanding first number game of the day 17 points apiece as we go into a tea time teaser which is
07:54Ian's glum Ian's glum because his favorite team have suffered a few of these lately
08:00Ian's glum because his favorite team have suffered a few of these lately
08:20warm welcome back I list you with a clue Ian's glum because his favorite team have suffered a few
08:25of these lately what have they suffered maulings they've been mauled maulings 17 points apiece Mike
08:34Elizabeth that eat Elizabeth letters consonant please thank you Elizabeth B consonant T consonant D consonant C
08:51L vowel a vowel e vowel you and a consonant please and the last one n stand by
09:12so
09:25so
09:43I'm going to risk another seven. I'll probably hate myself for it, but I'm going to anyway.
09:47And what about Michael?
09:49Just a five.
09:50A five. Let's have your five.
09:51Bleat.
09:52Bleat.
09:54Elizabeth.
09:55Unbated.
09:59No, there's unabated and with bated breath, as you know, but not unbated. Sorry, Elizabeth.
10:06Bad luck. But a brave try. And the corner?
10:09A seven with unlaced.
10:12Unlace your shoes, for instance?
10:14Yes.
10:15All right. 22 points to Elizabeth. 17. Michael, letters?
10:21I'll start with a vial this time.
10:22Thank you, Michael.
10:23E.
10:24And another.
10:27O.
10:28A consonant.
10:30S.
10:32And another.
10:34L.
10:35And a third.
10:37G.
10:38And a fourth.
10:41S.
10:43A vowel.
10:45I.
10:46Consonant.
10:49C.
10:51And a final consonant.
10:53And a final Y.
10:55Countdown.
10:56Let's see.
10:57And a third.
11:00Mm-hmm.
11:28MUSIC CONTINUES
11:306
11:30Michael
11:31Glossy
11:32Glossy and?
11:34Glossy
11:34Both Glossy
11:35There we are
11:37Who else is Glossy?
11:40Yes, we were Glossy
11:41Tough one, this one
11:44There's one more 6
11:46Slices
11:47Slices
11:48Thank you
11:49Very good
11:5028 plays 23
11:51Elizabeth on 23
11:52And she's back with her numbers game
11:56Elizabeth
11:56Could I have an inverted T, please?
11:59Oh, of course
11:59Thank you, Elizabeth
12:00Inverted T
12:00One from the top row
12:01And five little ones
12:03And this time
12:04The five small numbers
12:06Are 1, 4, 2, 4
12:09And 10
12:11And the large one, 25
12:13And the target, 727
12:16727
12:17Web berry
12:18Op 5
12:19And the main goal
12:42And the grand
12:43And there'll be some
12:43It's just me
12:46I'm veryhappy
12:46And I'm veryobil接
12:48Well, Elizabeth.
12:52725.
12:53Two away. How about you, Michael?
12:55No, I lost it somewhere.
12:56You lost it?
12:57Yeah.
12:57So, down to Elizabeth then.
13:00Right.
13:02I'm looking for 29, and I said 10 times 4 minus 1 is 3.
13:1210 times 3 is 30.
13:1510 times 4 minus 1?
13:17I've lost it now as well.
13:18Oh, sorry.
13:19Yeah.
13:20Bad luck, both of you.
13:21So, we're at the mercy of Rachel.
13:24727.
13:26Is it so hard?
13:27Lots of ways to get one away, but I think this one's impossible.
13:29All right.
13:30Very good.
13:3128 plays.
13:3123.
13:32It's a standstill there as we turn to Deborah.
13:35And, Deborah, earlier in the week you told us about being in Rwanda,
13:39up in the midst of the mountains where the gorillas live,
13:42and some great male hurtling towards you.
13:45And you travel really widely for your wildlife charities.
13:49Have you ever actually been scared?
13:52Oh, actually, yes.
13:53I mean, I'm a patron of a charity called Tusk,
13:55which looks after communities in Africa,
13:59helping them to value the animals and trying to keep them,
14:02stop the poaching.
14:04And we were right up on the northern border of Somalia,
14:09and traveling the only way you can, really, is in a helicopter.
14:12And we've got a call saying that there is an elephant,
14:15a very famous elephant called Mountain Bull,
14:17which was a very famous and very important elephant in the region.
14:21Great big male, massive, great big tusks,
14:23and he'd been shot.
14:26And they don't know how bad it was.
14:28Could we please, would they mind if we lent them the helicopter
14:31to actually track him and see how he was?
14:33There was no problem at all.
14:34So, you know, we were on board,
14:36and we went to track Mountain Bull.
14:38And we found him and darted him.
14:41We have a very short window.
14:43Once they're darted, you've got to get to them really, really quickly.
14:46So they darted, we landed,
14:49and we jumped into the back of this Land Rover
14:50and sped as fast as we could through the bush,
14:53driving alongside a ravine.
14:56And unknown to us, there was a rock hidden in some of the grasses.
15:01And we're, you know, going literally a ravine here,
15:04and this Land Rover hits this rock.
15:08There's myself and the driver in the front,
15:10and my husband and three others in the back.
15:12And it was on its side.
15:15And, you know, when you feel tipping point,
15:16I just thought, oh, it's going to go.
15:18And the driver said to me, we're going.
15:20And fortunately, my husband and the guys in the back
15:23had the sense of mind to, almost like a boat,
15:26lean out on the side of the Land Rover
15:28and put all of their weight out
15:30and just manage to just pull it back from tipping point.
15:34And then we slowly but surely edged forward.
15:39Anyway, our primary objective was to get to Mountain Bull.
15:42So, you know, we carried on.
15:44We got to Mountain Bull.
15:45The good news is we pumped him full of antibiotics.
15:47And, you know, 20 minutes later,
15:49he was a stood up, very angry elephant.
15:51And it wasn't until then.
15:52I wasn't at all scared at the time.
15:54But I looked down, I thought, gosh, my hands are shaking.
15:57And I thought, do you know,
15:58that's probably the closest I've ever been to death.
16:00Because we were that far from rolling into that ravine.
16:04There was no chance we would have survived.
16:07What an extraordinary story.
16:09Amazing.
16:10Told in electrifying fashion.
16:13I was living it.
16:15Brilliant.
16:15It was brilliant.
16:1728 points to Elizabeth's 23.
16:20Michael, how about a letters game?
16:23Consonant, please.
16:24Thank you, Michael.
16:38And the final consonant.
16:55And a final D.
16:57Stand by.
17:01It's a good time to you.
17:17Let's go.
17:23Come on.
17:26Let's go.
17:28well Michael seven a seven Elizabeth possibly the same seven all right Michael
17:36painted thank you yes painted there we go and in the corner Deborah painted but
17:44ambient ambient very good ambient temperature so 35 pays 30 only five in
17:51it and we turn now to Elizabeth letters consonant please thank you Elizabeth
17:57ah consonant H consonant s consonant T consonant D vowel you vowel I vowel oh
18:24and a consonant and the last one ah can't turn
18:32so
19:03six Michael six Elizabeth studio studio and torrid torrid I guess
19:12good word torrid it is nice yes torrid affair what have we got in the corner
19:16there also horrid and third trio of sixes nothing better I think too exciting all
19:26right 41 plays 36 and numbers for Michael yet again one large and five small please
19:33thank you Michael the usual lately one large one and five small ones and this
19:39time the selection is nine eight six another eight seven and twenty five could
19:48be interesting and the target four hundred and sixty five four six five
19:55so
20:08so
20:23Well, Michael?
20:24I think I have 466.
20:26466. What about Elizabeth?
20:28I have 467.
20:30467. So we start with Michael.
20:33Yep, plus 9.
20:348 plus 9 is 17.
20:36Times 25.
20:37Times 25 is 425.
20:39Then 6 times 8.
20:426 times 8. The other 8 is 48.
20:45Add it on for 473.
20:46Subtract the 7.
20:48And take away the 7 for 466.
20:50Yep, one away.
20:51Well done, but nonetheless, not perfect.
20:53Is that a tricky one, Rachel? 465?
20:56You could have said 7 plus 8 is 15.
21:00And then 25 plus 6 is 31.
21:03And times the 2 together. 465.
21:05Very good. 465. Well done, Rachel. Thank you.
21:09Thank you, indeed.
21:11So, 48 to Elizabeth's 36.
21:14But let's have a tea-time teaser, which is Chip Pease.
21:17And the clue?
21:18Are these men of the cheeky variety?
21:22Are these men of the cheeky variety?
21:41Welcome back.
21:42I left with a clue.
21:42Are these men of the cheeky variety?
21:44And the answer is Chappies.
21:47Cheeky Chappies.
21:48Cheeky Chappies.
21:4948 to 36.
21:50Michael in the lead at the moment.
21:52But it's time for Elizabeth, whose turn it is for a letters game.
21:55Consonant, please.
21:57Thank you, Elizabeth.
21:58V.
21:59Consonant.
22:00W.
22:03Consonant.
22:05T.
22:06Consonant.
22:08K.
22:10A nicer consonant.
22:12These aren't great.
22:14M.
22:14Vowel.
22:18U.
22:19Vowel.
22:21O.
22:23Vowel.
22:26E.
22:28And consonant, please.
22:29And the last one.
22:30Oh, good luck with these.
22:32W.
22:33And the clock starts now.
22:36Oh, good luck with this.
23:07Tricky.
23:08Elizabeth.
23:10Four.
23:11Four, thank you, Michael.
23:13And four.
23:14And those fours are Elizabeth.
23:16Wove.
23:17Michael.
23:18Move.
23:21Now then.
23:22So far, fours.
23:25P.S.O.
23:25Tome.
23:27Mute.
23:28Yes, mute.
23:29Meow, veto.
23:31Horrible, horrible.
23:32All right.
23:33Well done.
23:3352 to 40.
23:35Michael.
23:36Now then, see whether you can get some easier letter selection.
23:40Consonant, please.
23:42Thank you, Michael.
23:44T.
23:45Consonant.
23:47P.
23:49Vowel.
23:49A.
23:52A.
23:53Vowel.
23:54A.
23:55Consonant.
23:59R.
24:00Consonant.
24:03F.
24:05Yes.
24:06Vowel.
24:08O.
24:12Consonant.
24:14Owl.
24:16Vowel.
24:17And the last one.
24:19And the last one.
24:20Countdown.
24:22Countdown.
24:23ных.
24:37C.
24:37Vowel.
24:37C.
24:37Ce.
24:38Ceparat.
24:43C.
24:52Michael six a six Elizabeth six thank you Michael afloat afloat and Elizabeth portal portal very
25:03good any advances again just sixes for us this time um patrol yes patrol patrol and I like
25:12Deborah's one she had Pratt she had what she could have had fart but she chose not to very wisely
25:23very good 58 to 46 and now we turn back to Susie for Susie's origins of words Susie well back
25:32by
25:32popular demand which means our director has asked for some more are some of the words from older
25:37dictionaries that you won't find in a current English dictionary and I've been looking at
25:41these over the last few weeks and this time it's the turn for words with pleasing sounds
25:47and I found most of these have to credit the chamber's dictionary this time clam jamfrey
25:53is a great Scottish word for rubbish or nonsense crinkum crankum is something that is full of
26:00intricate twists and turns a Dumbledore we know from Harry Potter actually used to mean the bumblebee
26:06that's where JK Rowling took it from a fern tickle I love is a freckle a fern tickle a glimmer
26:13gawk was
26:14an owl gluptuous meant delicious or voluptuous to hornswoggle somebody is to trick or deceive them
26:21hum dudgeon is low spirits iddy umpty used to be military slang for the Morse code kinnikinnik is something
26:30smoke smoked by Native Americans it's a substitute for tobacco mully grubs is when you have a real
26:36sulk you go into the mully grubs nippity tippity I like this one it means mincing pillywinks sounds
26:44very lovely but actually it was an instrument of torture for crushing the fingers and pop joy I like
26:50as well that's to amuse oneself to pop joy any sort of way yeah very good thank you Susie 58
27:01plays
27:02Elizabeth 46 and we're back with you Elizabeth good luck with this letters game consonant please thank
27:09you Elizabeth ah consonant d consonant r consonant z consonant ah another one I'm not doing very well at
27:28the semi um vowel please you vowel I vowel a oh dear and consonant the last one n stand by
28:22Elizabeth six yes Michael five and your five drain
28:28drain drain and durian durian pretty good stuff yeah very good yes it's um the drain is quite
28:37appropriate actually because it smells apparently absolutely disgusting tastes delicious mmm very good
28:42fruit all right and what news in the corner Deborah Susie uh just one more five um to go with
28:50drain
28:50there's a durra which is d-u-r-r-a and it's a type of grain that's grown um in
28:56North Africa India
28:57that sort of place all right 58 52 close one thing here only six points in it Michael letters game
29:05last
29:05one okay I'll start with the consonant thank you Michael ah a consonant p and a third s vial oh
29:20another vial e consonant n another consonant s a vial oh and a consonant and lastly n standby
29:47so
29:52in
30:14Michael?
30:16Yes.
30:17An eight, Elizabeth?
30:18Seven.
30:20And that seven?
30:21Persons.
30:22Persons.
30:23Now then, Michael?
30:24Snoopers.
30:25Snoopers.
30:26I think you can be a snooper as well as a snoop.
30:30You certainly can.
30:31Yes.
30:32Well done.
30:32Snooper.
30:37That's a good score, then.
30:39Now, Deborah, anything else?
30:41Eights, two-eighths, Spooners.
30:43Yes.
30:44And Poorness.
30:46Poorness.
30:46Poorness.
30:47Okay.
30:4766 to 52.
30:50Michael in the lead.
30:51Last numbers game for Elizabeth.
30:53Could I have an inverted T again, please?
30:55You can indeed.
30:55Thank you, Elizabeth.
30:56An inverted T.
30:57One from the top and five little ones and still all to play for.
31:00Right.
31:01The final numbers game is six, three, two, four, six.
31:07And the large on 75.
31:08And the target, 646.
31:11Six, six, four, six.
31:13.
31:26.
31:43Elizabeth.
31:446, 4, 9.
31:466, 4, 9, 3 away. How about Michael?
31:486, 4, 5.
31:506, 4, 5, then. Let's start with you, Michael.
31:5375 plus 6.
31:5575 plus 6 is 81.
31:586 plus 2.
31:596 plus, the other 6 plus 2 is 8.
32:02Multiply.
32:026, 4, 8.
32:05And subtract 3.
32:06And take away the 3. Yep, 1 away.
32:091 away, very good.
32:10But, 6, 4, 6.
32:13How shockingly difficult is that?
32:15Well, in a similar method to Michael,
32:17if you say 75 plus 6 is 81,
32:20but then 4 times 2 is 8,
32:23times them again for 6, 4, 8,
32:26and then you have 6 over 3 left over
32:28for the 2 to take away, and 6, 4, 6.
32:30Very good.
32:30Thank you, Rachel.
32:32Thank you, as ever.
32:35Perfect.
32:3673 plays Elizabeth.
32:3752 as we go into the final round.
32:41So, Michael, Elizabeth, fingers on buzzers, please.
32:44Let's reveal today's countdown conundrum.
32:56Coercing.
32:58Coercing.
33:00Coercing.
33:02Nope.
33:04Down to you, Michael.
33:27Nope.
33:28My word.
33:29We are truly stumped here,
33:32but I want to see a forest of hands in the audience.
33:35Do I see any hands up?
33:37No.
33:38So, let's have a look.
33:39My word, it must be difficult.
33:42Concierge.
33:43There we go.
33:45Concierge.
33:48Very good.
33:48So, we end the day, then,
33:50with Michael on 73,
33:52Elizabeth on 52.
33:53So, we will see Michael here on Monday,
33:57when Margaret Mountford will be over in that dictionary corner.
34:00And we're sending Elizabeth back to Bournemouth
34:03with a goodie bag and our very best wishes.
34:07Until Monday, Michael.
34:09Until Monday.
34:10Until Monday, have a lovely weekend
34:12and a bit of a rest there, Susie.
34:13I love you, too.
34:14Come again soon, Deborah,
34:16because it's a pleasure to have you.
34:17Great stories.
34:19And come and see us again.
34:20Please do.
34:21So, have a pleasant weekend
34:23and an extra day.
34:25A couple of days, indeed.
34:26And we'll see you on Monday.
34:27See you Monday.
34:27Margaret's back.
34:29Trouble.
34:30Join us then.
34:31Same time, same place.
34:32You'll be sure of it.
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34:57Educating the East End is at 9 o'clock.
35:00Next this afternoon, though, it's deal or no deal.