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00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:33Now, when I go for a haircut, I have to go up an escalator in a big department store
00:38and then I have to plough my way through the sort of cosmetics and fragrance department, Rachel.
00:44And it seems to me it's a sort of a cacophony of scents and fragrances and all the rest of
00:50it.
00:50And I was interested to read a report recently that said that men apparently like food,
00:55smells like bread, coffee, fish, chips, which I find rather odd.
00:59But which fragrances came out on top?
01:02Now, for women, citrus smells apparently. Lemon is the favourite. Tick?
01:06Sure, why not?
01:08All right then. And men like bacon. Extraordinary stuff.
01:11Oh, yes. OK.
01:11But the survey...
01:13Well, it's big business. I mean, in Vegas, people spend thousands and thousands and thousands
01:17of making their casinos smell appealing.
01:19They've all got distinctive smells and they change them during the seasons and powerful stuff.
01:23It's a huge business. And let me tell you, just off the New Jersey Turnpike, there are a series
01:30of laboratories all along there and all they do is to create tastes and fragrances for food
01:37and things. It's extraordinary. And on The Apprentice, that thing that I'm involved with,
01:42we once went to one of these things to pick a fragrance, a new fragrance for chips.
01:47I remember seeing. Do you remember?
01:48Yeah.
01:49They're so clever, those guys.
01:50Yeah.
01:51And it's all...
01:52And they got their maths quite badly wrong, didn't they?
01:54Probably.
01:54Very bad smells.
01:56If they're true apprentices, they will certainly have got it wrong.
01:59Now, who have we got with us? We have got Rachel Evans back, our hydrologist from Weatherby
02:04in Yorkshire. Won two games so far. Going well. Hoping for a third victory today. You're
02:10joined by Antoinette Ryan from Nina in the County Tip.
02:15Yes, Nick.
02:15Where I used to spend holidays when I was a boy. Fantastic. Full-time mum to daughter,
02:19Abby and Jamie. And you're a Gaelic football player and used to play rugby for the Gaelic
02:24ladies' team.
02:25The Nina rugby team, yeah.
02:27Nina rugby team, yeah. Extraordinary. That's tough stuff. And Gaelic football is rough and
02:32tumble too, isn't it?
02:33Not as rough as the rugby, but it's a good workout.
02:36Have you given it up yet?
02:37No, no. I still play a bit of Gaelic.
02:39Heavens above. Well, let's have a big round of applause for Antoinette and Rachel.
02:49And over in the corner, of course, we have Susie Dent. And joined for the first time,
02:54by a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful character. None other than the famous dance judge, Len
03:01Goodman. Great pleasure to have you with us.
03:03It's fantastic to be here. I promise you. I've not been this excited since me mother stopped
03:08the 2am feed. I tell you, I'm looking for it. Good for you. Wonderful stuff. Now then,
03:14what shall we do? Shall we have a letters game? How about Rachel?
03:18Hi, Rachel. Hi, Rachel.
03:19Can I start with the consonants, please? Thank you. Start today with F.
03:24And another.
03:26T.
03:28And another.
03:31N.
03:33And another.
03:35S.
03:37And a vowel, please.
03:40E.
03:42And another.
03:44I.
03:46And another.
03:48And another.
03:51And another.
03:54A.
03:55And a final consonant, please.
03:57And a final R.
03:59And here's the countdown clock.
04:02And a final consonant.
04:04And a final consonant.
04:20And a final consonant.
04:20And a final consonant.
04:20And a final consonant.
04:21And a final consonant.
04:22And a final consonant.
04:24And a final consonant.
04:32now then Rachel eight and eight Antoinette just a seven and that seven
04:38first thank you and Rachel fainters thank you happy enough not really I'm a
04:46bit disappointed because I had faint as well but it's not in the dictionary I'm
04:50afraid just faintness and something can be fainter obviously as a more pale but
04:55not there is a noun sorry Rachel what else have we got there Len and the
04:58interesting not for me I am to spelling what Ann Whittacombe was to ballroom
05:03dancing however we've got trainees very good very good yes very good trainees
05:10trainees excellent all right let's turn now to Antoinette hi Rachel hi Antoinette
05:16can I have a constant please thank you start with S and another C and another
05:25L one more please S and a vowel I another E another U a consonant please N and I'll
05:42finish with another consonant please and finish with R stand by
05:47and I'll see you next week
06:17yes Antoinette seven a seven and Rachel six and you're six uncles uncles
06:26and for it insurers insurers mm-hmm yep absolutely enough yeah very happy now
06:32then uncle Len we've got a nine no it doesn't apply to you or I go on
06:38curliness well done indeed now let's turn to the numbers Rachel could have two
06:52large and four small please you can indeed thank you Rachel two big ones
06:56four little ones and for the first time today the numbers are seven five eight
07:03oh one and the big ones 25 and 100 and the target eight hundred and fifty eight
07:10five zero
07:42yes Rachel and eight five zero thank you Antoinette it's lifting well done and
07:48Rachel and eight times a hundred eight times one hundred eight hundred and seven
07:54minus five is two yeah times 25 for the 50 and add it on perfect 850 thank you
08:00Antoinette exactly the same way just for good form well done all right so
08:10Antoinette on 24 Rachel on 10 points bags of time let's have a tea time teaser
08:15which is part heel and the clue part of the heel was broken but they weren't
08:20expensive shoes anyway part of the heel was broken but they weren't expensive
08:24shoes anyway
08:40welcome back I left with the clue part of the heel was broken but they weren't expensive shoes anyway and
08:46the answer Susie I'm lost here pleather pleather what's pleather lots of
08:52pleather about these days imitation leather it's made from polyurethane
08:56and no animals involved at all yes all right thank you so 24 plays Rachel's 10 we
09:03go to Antoinette again letters can I start with a consonant again please Rachel thank you
09:08Antoinette L and another S and another D and fourth C vowel please I another a another E consonant P
09:32and a final continent please and a final M stand by
09:41thank you so much for not doing this.
10:11You've got to see the next thing you can find out of the bush and your
10:12Antoinette I think over nine a nine God bless now then Rachel seven and you're
10:19seven it's clamped clamped come on staggers misplaced brilliant well done
10:30very well done now we turn to let's now your nine then our nine is misplaced as
10:37well yeah anything else medicals meditate we all fear the medicals don't we
10:44and then the dark rage don't don't we're off for a medical relax now then 42
10:50points for Antoinette Rachel on 10 and Rachel your letters game could I start
10:54with a consonant please thank you Rachel D and a vowel please hi and another
11:01consonant D and a vowel please a another consonant V and another one N and a
11:18vowel oh and a consonant ah and a final vowel and final you and it's
12:00countdown
12:04Rachel seven a seven Antoinette a Rachel outright outright and routined routined yes to put somebody
12:16or something into routine routine that's absolutely fine as a verb can you stretch that yes yes yes
12:24shut up close the door call me Mary we've got another nine no yes go on and it's what happens
12:30to me when I play golf with my mates I'm always out driven very good thank you very much 50
12:45plays to my
12:46word Antoinette and it's your numbers game now let's see how you are with the numbers can I have
12:53just one large and five small please Kennedy thank you Antoinette one from the top row and five little
12:57ones coming up and for this round your numbers are three six five one seven and a large one 100
13:05and
13:06the target four hundred and five four or five
13:12so
13:26so
13:27so
13:27so
13:42Antoinette, 4 or 5?
13:43Rachel?
13:444 or 5.
13:45So, tease us, Antoinette.
13:487 minus 3 equals 4.
13:49And that's the hard part.
13:50Times 100.
13:51Yeah, plus 5.
13:52Write that down.
13:53Well done.
13:53And Rachel?
13:53The same word.
13:54All right, just for good form.
13:55There we go.
13:56Well done.
13:57So, 60 plays 20, but now we turn to Len.
14:01And Len, you've had and continue to have and will carry on having the most wonderful career
14:06as a dancer, running a dance school, as a judge, of course, and also as a writer of this wonderful
14:13book, Dancing Around Britain.
14:15How did you kick off this extraordinary career?
14:17I can remember it as though it was yesterday, which is a funny thing as you get old, because
14:22I can't remember much about what I did the other day, but I can remember what I did.
14:26February 1965, mad keen on football.
14:32Played on a Saturday, played on a Sunday, couple of games during the week.
14:36I kicked a ball one Saturday towards the goal, and the biggest man you've ever seen kicked
14:44it at the same time away from the goal, simultaneous, broke all those little bones, tarsels and metata, hobbling around,
14:54hobbling around, no football.
14:56Freezing cold, February evening.
14:58I'm in the pub with my Jewish mate, muzzle-toff Mike.
15:03Muzzles.
15:04Muzzles.
15:04Blimmin' foot.
15:06Chatting away, having a beer.
15:08I said, do you fancy the pictures tomorrow?
15:11He said, no.
15:12He said, Wednesdays.
15:13He said, I go ballroom dancing.
15:16I said, shut up, ballroom dancing, you're having a laugh.
15:21He said, Len, it's fantastic.
15:23I said, no, ballroom dancing.
15:26He said, there's 30 girls and about four boys.
15:30I said, I'm coming.
15:32Up I went the next day.
15:34I had a winkle picker on one foot, me dad's carpet slipper on the other.
15:38Up I hobbled, and I really enjoyed it.
15:43I fancied the girl behind the tea bar, and I'll tell you about her next time.
15:52Well done.
15:53Well done.
15:56Well done.
15:57But you're right, it was a place to meet girls.
16:00When you're 21, which I was.
16:02What do you think about, other than that?
16:04That's all.
16:05Bit of football and girls.
16:06A bit of football and girls.
16:07Well done.
16:08Well done, Len.
16:08So, 60 points to Antoinette.
16:10Rachel on 20, and let's turn now to Rachel.
16:13Back to you, Rachel.
16:14Letters.
16:15A consonant, please.
16:16Thank you, Rachel.
16:18W.
16:20And a vowel.
16:22A.
16:24And a consonant.
16:26N.
16:29And a vowel.
16:30E.
16:33A consonant.
16:35T.
16:38And a vowel.
16:40O.
16:42And a consonant.
16:45H.
16:48Another consonant.
16:50B.
16:52And a final consonant, please.
16:55And a final S.
16:57Tantan.
16:58Tantan.
17:06Tantan.
17:22MUSIC PLAYS
17:29Rachel. Five.
17:32A five. Antoinette. Six.
17:34So, Rachel. Towns.
17:36Yes, Antoinette. Batons.
17:39Batons. Passing the batons.
17:42Yep, we're 18. Happy enough? Very happy.
17:44Len, listen here. Go on.
17:49Benthos is there for seven.
17:51Who? Benthos.
17:53Sounds like a pie maker, but it's actually the floor and fauna found on the bottom of a sea or
17:58lake.
17:59Well, I'm dashed.
18:01We learn so much here, Len.
18:03We do indeed. This lady is a font.
18:06Of all knowledge, I must say.
18:08You wait. It gets even better.
18:09Even better.
18:1066 plays.
18:1120, and we're back with Antoinette for a letters game.
18:16I'll start with a consonant, please.
18:17Thank you, Antoinette.
18:19T.
18:19And another.
18:22B.
18:23And another.
18:25Q.
18:27And a better one.
18:28G.
18:30A vowel, please.
18:32E.
18:33And another.
18:34U.
18:36And one more.
18:38A.
18:39And a consonant.
18:42R.
18:43And a final vowel, please.
18:46And a final O.
18:48Countdown.
18:49And a consonant.
19:20Antoinette seven a seven Rachel seven Antoinette outrage outrage and you outraged well we're not
19:30outraged actually we've got a dancey term haven't we block a baroque dance yes yes very ornate it's
19:38very ornate before my time I don't know when that yeah the rock rock yes thank you all right 73
19:46to
19:4727 and its numbers again this time for you Rachel two large and four small please thank you Rachel
19:55two big ones four little ones for you and for this round your selection is six seven five and
20:01three and the large ones 25 and 50 and the target five hundred and thirty eight five three eight
20:40now then Rachel five three eight five three eight Antoinette just five three nine
20:47five three nine so Rachel 50 plus 25 yep 50 plus 25 75 times by seven is 525 and then
20:58you've got
20:58three plus six plus four that wasn't the four ah sorry I've gone wrong that's bad luck oh bad luck
21:05so
21:06let's turn to Antoinette on five three nine yeah I did it the same way yep except then I added
21:12on the
21:13rest I had it on the other three yeah add six add five which is fourteen yeah which got you
21:19to the one
21:19above my three nine all right well done but let's be particular about this Rachel five three eight how
21:26tricky is that and well if you get to this stage you can then say three times six is eighteen
21:32and take
21:33away the five for thirteen and then you add that on for five eight well done thank you Rachel so
21:43let's
21:43have a tea time teaser fire beds and the clue asks lots of questions about the lost underwear asks lots
21:52of questions about the lost underwear
22:10warm welcome back I left you the clue asks lots of questions about the lost underwear and the answer is
22:16debriefs debriefs to be debriefed Antoinette on 80 Rachel 27 Antoinette my word letters game I'll start with a
22:27consonant again please thank you Antoinette why and another s and a third d one more t a vowel please
22:40a
22:42and another you and another I a consonant L and a final vowel please and a final o stand by
22:57and a second vowel please and another I'll start with a row and a second vowel please and then I'll
23:27start with a
23:28Antoinette seven a seven Rachel a risky seven
23:33Antoinette layout
23:35Thank You Rachel. I've got outlaid outlaid so Susie I lays lay out
23:41Layouts absolutely fine not outlaid. I'm afraid I was wondering about that one to outlaid just there is a noun
23:48So sorry Rachel and the girls doing that one
23:51Yes, there is isn't this sodality. Yes
23:54Sounds rude, but it isn't it is a Roman Catholic usually religious guild or brotherhood. That's right. Yeah, that's the
24:02downs of our lady
24:07I got inducted into one of those ones 87 to Rachel's 27. We're with you Rachel. Letters game
24:15Thank you, Rachel a
24:19and a consonant
24:21C and
24:23And a vowel
24:25O and a consonant
24:29S and
24:32A vowel I
24:36Consonant
24:38J
24:40Another consonant
24:42T and
24:45A
24:45Vowel
24:46A
24:48Vowel
24:50And a final consonant
24:52And a final P
24:54And a final P
24:55Cantone
24:55And a final P
25:21Cantone
25:27Yes, Rachel
25:28A six
25:29A six
25:30A six
25:30A six
25:31A six, Antoinette
25:47And a six
25:52A six
25:53A seven
25:55A seven
26:12A seven
26:13A seven
26:18A seven
26:19November has been dubbed Movember because it's the time when, for charity, many men decide to grow a moustache.
26:26So if you see people walking around in November with very dodgy-looking things above their lip, their upper lip,
26:33you will know why.
26:34So I thought I'd give you a very quick tour of all the different kinds of moustaches out there, some
26:39of which have a story behind them.
26:41The moustache itself goes all the way back to Greek, so they've obviously been around for a very long time.
26:45I'll start with the Burnside, that's one with whiskers on the cheeks.
26:49Now that's a very kind of ornate, full-flourish moustache.
26:53That goes back to General Ambrose Burnside, and he was an American army officer who sported these.
26:58But as time went on, nobody could remember who he was, and it kind of made sense to turn it
27:02round a little bit.
27:03They didn't quite know what Burns was, but sideburns sounded a bit more obvious.
27:07There's the Fu Manchu, which is a long, narrow moustache, which droops down to the chin.
27:11That goes back to, of course, the master criminal of that name in the novels of 19th-century writer Saxe
27:19Romer.
27:19There's the handlebar moustache.
27:22You've never had a moustache, have you, Nick?
27:23No.
27:24I can tell.
27:25There's the pencil moustache, the very thin one.
27:27There's the horseshoe one, the Kaiser, so modelled after William II, Emperor of Germany.
27:34The walrus moustache, which is the long, thick, drooping one that is said to resemble that of the animal.
27:41You're looking a bit worried too, Len.
27:43And basically, if you are doing this in Movember, you can call yourself a Mo-bro, apparently.
27:48Although I don't know if anyone could do that with a straight face.
27:50But it is Movember, and I think we should celebrate.
27:52Whether you've got the soup strainer or bum fluff, I think we should say yes.
27:55Just for a month, though.
27:56Wow.
27:57Well, well, well.
27:58Very interesting.
28:02So, 93 plays, 33, and we're with Antoinette for the penultimate.
28:07Letters game.
28:09Constance, please, Rachel.
28:10Thank you, Antoinette.
28:11G.
28:12And another.
28:15R.
28:16And another.
28:17V.
28:19One more.
28:21N.
28:22A vowel.
28:24E.
28:25And another.
28:27U.
28:28And another.
28:29E.
28:31A consonant, please.
28:33R.
28:34And a final vowel.
28:35And the last one.
28:37A.
28:38Stand by.
28:40A.
29:10Antoinette.
29:13I'll stick with a six, please.
29:15A six.
29:15Yes, Rachel.
29:16I think I've got an eight, but not written down.
29:18All right.
29:19Well, let's hear the six first.
29:20Antoinette.
29:21Figure.
29:22Mm-hmm.
29:22Now then.
29:24Engraver.
29:25An engraver.
29:26An engraver.
29:26I need...
29:27Has anyone got two Es?
29:28It's funny, because I had engraved down, and I thought I didn't have two Es.
29:30Which we do.
29:31That's brilliant.
29:31Well done.
29:32Oh, well done.
29:34APPLAUSE
29:37An engraver.
29:38Very good.
29:3993 now to 41, as we turn to the final letters game.
29:44Rachel.
29:44A consonant, please.
29:46Thank you, Rachel.
29:48T.
29:50And a vowel, please.
29:52I.
29:54Consonant.
29:56S.
29:58A vowel.
30:00E.
30:02Consonant.
30:04D.
30:06Consonant.
30:08K.
30:10A vowel.
30:12O.
30:15Another vowel.
30:17E.
30:19And the final consonant, please.
30:21And the last one.
30:22H.
30:24And here's the countdown clock.
30:57Seven.
30:58A seven.
30:59Antoinette?
31:00A dodgy seven.
31:01A dodgy seven.
31:02Right.
31:02Rachel?
31:03Hoisted.
31:04Hoisted and?
31:05Hawkiest.
31:07Hmm.
31:08Let's bounce that off Susie.
31:09It's brilliant.
31:10It's American, predominantly, and it means mawkishly sentimental.
31:16A bit kitschy, perhaps.
31:17So you talk about a hokey tearjerker of a film.
31:19Very rigid.
31:21Hokey.
31:21Yeah.
31:22All right.
31:22Well done.
31:23Well done.
31:23Now, in the corner, Jen and Susie.
31:26We've just got two sixes.
31:28We have.
31:28We were beaten on that one.
31:29We were beaten.
31:29Hosted and stoked are our two efforts, but pale into insignificance.
31:35Hokey.
31:35Excellent score, which propels Antoinette to 100, which is an excellent start.
31:42Well done.
31:43And now, it's numbers time again.
31:46There's Rachel waiting for you.
31:47Antoinette.
31:48Can I have two large and four small this time, please?
31:50You can.
31:50Thank you, Antoinette.
31:51Two from the top rope, four from the other ones.
31:53And for the last time today, the little numbers are one, three, eight, and seven.
31:59And the large two, 25 and 50 again.
32:01And the target, 669.
32:046-6-9.
32:37Antoinette.
32:376-6-8.
32:38One away.
32:40Rachel.
32:406-6-8.
32:42Both of you.
32:43So, Antoinette.
32:4550 plus 25 is 75.
32:4750 plus 25 is 75.
32:518 and 1 for 9.
32:528 and 1, 9.
32:54Multiply the two together.
32:554, 675.
32:57And take off your 7.
32:57And you've got 6-6-8, one away.
32:59Well done.
33:01Rachel.
33:02The same way, yeah.
33:04Yeah.
33:04Check that.
33:05All right.
33:06So, Rachel, 669.
33:08Is that a puzzler for you?
33:10Yes.
33:11A bit of a tricky one.
33:12So, I will have another look.
33:13All right.
33:14We'll come back to you.
33:15So, with the score standing at 107 to 55, we're going to the final round.
33:19So, fingers on buzzers.
33:21Let's reveal today's countdown conundrum.
33:32Rachel.
33:34No, I think I've got it wrong.
33:35I was going to say collector.
33:37I think that's wrong.
33:37Let's have a look.
33:40Now, then.
33:44Well done.
33:45Well done.
33:47Well done.
33:48All right.
33:49So, 65.
33:50Good score.
33:50But my word, Antoinette, you really swept through today.
33:53Tremendous score.
33:54So, we'll see you tomorrow.
33:56And, Rachel, we won't be seeing you, but thank you very much for coming.
33:59You did incredibly well.
34:00Two wins, a goodie bag and a teapot.
34:04And back to Weatherby in Yorkshire, a lovely part of the world.
34:07Thank you very much.
34:09Now, then.
34:09Susie, see you tomorrow.
34:10And, Len, back tomorrow.
34:12You've been a great guest.
34:13First day.
34:14Lord knows what the rest of the week holds for us.
34:16Who knows, eh?
34:17All right.
34:18See you tomorrow.
34:20And, Rachel, we'll see you tomorrow?
34:22See you tomorrow.
34:22All right.
34:23Same time.
34:24We'll be waiting for you, as will Len.
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