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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34Now, who doesn't like a nice pudding?
00:36And on every sort of dessert menu, I suppose, we'll always find an ice cream, won't we?
00:43And there are wonderful, wonderful types, flavours of ice cream.
00:48But if you happen to be in South America, if you happen to be sort of meandering through Venezuela,
00:52do pop into the Coromoto Ice Cream Shop.
00:55Apparently, it was started in 1980 and they've specialised in flavours, Rachel.
01:01It's reported that they have a thousand ice cream flavours down there in Coromoto.
01:07May I offer you a few?
01:09And you can give them, in terms of, you know, yearning.
01:13A score of one, you know, one out of ten, one to ten.
01:16Scoop of sardine ice cream?
01:19Not very high.
01:20Not high.
01:20Ham and cheese?
01:22Not very high.
01:23Crab?
01:25Maybe, in the right setting.
01:27Onion?
01:28No, thank you.
01:29Egg?
01:30Mmm.
01:31I mean, honest.
01:31Anything unusual.
01:32Have you got chocolate, vanilla?
01:33Well, they've got all those.
01:35Rum and raisins?
01:35Amongst a thousand.
01:36I've picked more extreme ones.
01:38All I know is that I just want more mango.
01:41And for you, you're a chocolate girl, aren't you?
01:43Well, I've had mushroom ice cream before, but it wasn't for dessert.
01:47It was with soba noodles, and it was lovely, actually.
01:50Really, really nice.
01:50But it wasn't for pudding.
01:51It was part of a whole, you know, fancy dinner.
01:54It was great.
01:54I've got it.
01:55Yeah.
01:55But not by itself.
01:56Not in a cone with a flake in.
01:57For me, mango.
01:59Now, who's with us?
02:00Neil Stephenson's back with a wonderful win on Friday.
02:04Nail-biting twin conundrum win.
02:07Fantastic.
02:08You came from behind, as far as I remember.
02:09A marketing director from London, who grew up in Dumfries in Scotland.
02:14You had a great, great win, let me tell you.
02:17Because your contestant was a smart, a smart young lady.
02:20And you're joined by Adele Venner, an accountant from Westwood Hoe in Devon.
02:24And your favourite film is Dirty Dancing.
02:26Yep.
02:26And you danced from four years old up to 18 years old.
02:30I did.
02:30Until you were 18, yeah?
02:31Yes, I did.
02:32Ballet, tap, modern, everything.
02:34Did you go into competitions and things?
02:36Festivals and shows and things, yeah.
02:38Oh, right.
02:38Now, you will have watched Strictly, I'm sure.
02:41Yes.
02:41How do you reckon our Rachel did?
02:43Oh, brilliantly.
02:45Wasn't she good?
02:45Very impressive.
02:46She was indeed.
02:47All right.
02:47Well, let's have a big round of applause for Neil and Adele.
02:55And in the corner after a restful weekend, I trust, because you've got a hurly-burly week
03:00ahead of you, Susie Dent, because you're joined by, for the first time too, by the wonderful
03:06Tim Wannacott, bargain hunt presenter, antiques expert and auctioneer and a good guy.
03:12A good guy.
03:13Welcome to our studio.
03:14Extremely kind.
03:15In fact, too kind.
03:16Well, we'll see as we go on through the week.
03:20Let's get down to business here.
03:21Neil, how about a letters game?
03:23Sure.
03:24Hi again, Rachel.
03:24Hi, Neil.
03:25Have a consonant, please.
03:26Start the week with R.
03:29And another.
03:30S.
03:31And another.
03:33H.
03:34And one more.
03:37N.
03:38And a vowel, please.
03:40U.
03:41And another.
03:42E.
03:44And a consonant.
03:47L.
03:48And a vowel.
03:50I.
03:51And another vowel, please.
03:53And the last one.
03:55A.
03:56And here's the countdown clock.
04:28And here's the countdown clock.
04:29Now then, Neil.
04:31A.
04:31Seven.
04:32A seven.
04:33Adele.
04:34Six.
04:34And that's six.
04:36Lusher.
04:37More lush.
04:38Perfect.
04:39And Neil.
04:40Inhales.
04:42Very good.
04:43And what of the corner?
04:44What news?
04:44Tim.
04:45Well, how about inhalers?
04:47Very good.
04:48Yes.
04:49I mean, nearly.
04:51Very good.
04:52Well, only just.
04:53Susie.
04:54And slightly more painful seven hernias are there.
04:57Yes, indeed.
04:58Thank you for that, Susie.
05:00Well done, Tim.
05:01Now, Adele.
05:03Letters came.
05:04Hi there, Rachel.
05:04Hi, Adele.
05:05A consonant, please.
05:07Start with T.
05:08And another.
05:10N.
05:12And another.
05:13L.
05:15And a vowel.
05:16O.
05:18And another vowel.
05:19I.
05:21And a consonant.
05:23F.
05:24And another consonant.
05:26P.
05:28A vowel.
05:30O.
05:31And another vowel, please.
05:33And the last one.
05:34E.
05:35Stand by.
05:36A vowel.
05:38A vowel.
06:07Adele.
06:08Six.
06:09A six.
06:10Neil.
06:10Six.
06:11Adele.
06:12Option.
06:13And?
06:13Lotion.
06:14Lotion.
06:16Yes.
06:16A lotion.
06:17Very good.
06:18What else have we got?
06:19Susie?
06:20Potion and lotion, yes.
06:22And to join the six is two of my favourite words, footle and pootle.
06:26Pootle?
06:27Yes.
06:27Pootling along.
06:28Pootling about, and footle means the same thing.
06:31It's described as engaging in fruitless activity, so messing about, basically.
06:35I'm an expert at that.
06:3713 points to Adele.
06:39Six.
06:39So, Neil, first numbers game of the week.
06:42Take it away.
06:43Let's try four large again, please.
06:45Thank you, Neil.
06:46Four from the top row, and two little ones kick us off this week.
06:50And this selection is seven and nine.
06:53And as we know, the four large, fifty, seventy-five, twenty-five, and one hundred.
06:59And the target, seven hundred and forty-six.
07:01Seven, four, six.
07:03Seven, four, six.
07:35Neil.
07:36Seven, four, three.
07:37Seven, four, three.
07:38Go back and down.
07:39And Adele.
07:40Seven, four, seven.
07:42Seven, four, seven.
07:44Come on, Adele.
07:46Seven, seven times one hundred is seven hundred.
07:48Seven, one hundred, seven hundred.
07:49At the fifty.
07:50Seven, fifty.
07:51And then, seventy-five over twenty-five is three.
07:54Yep.
07:54And take it away.
07:55Well done, 747.
07:56Very good.
07:57But, not perfect, 746.
08:00How tricky is that?
08:01Actually, I think it was perfect, because I think that's the closest you can get.
08:03So, well done, Adele.
08:04Really?
08:05Excellent.
08:06Well, well done, Adele.
08:07Now, what should we have?
08:09A tea-time teaser with a score standing at 13 all.
08:13And the teaser is user stab.
08:15And the clue, the user has a stab at understanding the instructions, but they're so complicated.
08:21The user has a stab at understanding the instructions, but they're so complicated.
08:41Welcome back.
08:42I left you with the clue, the user has a stab at understanding the instructions, but they're so complicated.
08:47And the answer is abstruse.
08:50Abstruse.
08:51Now, give us a little definition of that, would you?
08:53Yeah, difficult to understand or obscure.
08:56So, the example is an abstruse philosophical inquiry.
09:00Indeed.
09:01Thank you, Susie.
09:02Thank you, indeed.
09:03Scores standing at 13 apiece.
09:05And we turn to Adele for a letters game.
09:08Adele.
09:09Consolant, please, Rachel.
09:10Thank you, Adele.
09:11D.
09:12And another.
09:14R.
09:15And another.
09:17X.
09:19And another consonant.
09:21M.
09:22Vowel.
09:24U.
09:25And another.
09:26A.
09:27And another.
09:29O.
09:30And a consonant.
09:33S.
09:34And a vowel, please.
09:36And the last one, I.
09:39Stand by.
10:11Adele six six Adele axioms and Neal radium radium absolutely fine and what else have
10:24we got over in the corner there Tim Susie well if you're feeling affectionate you might have
10:29some amours yes my new yes secret lovers always looking for that and Susie I was sticking with
10:38radios for another radios all right 19 apiece and now it's Neal's letters game Neal a consonant
10:47please thank you Neal T and another S and another R and the vowel a another E another vowel O
11:04consonant W
11:08and another consonant T and a vowel and the last one I stand by
11:51yes Neal eight seven and you're seven Adele rotates Neal what is thank you are we happy there
12:03um you if you're unlucky you can be the wartiest person around yes it's in the dictionary very
12:10good now Tim how about tastier indeed thank you very much 27 to Neal Adele on 19 and now it's
12:20numbers
12:20time for Adele I have one large and five small please Rachel you can indeed thank you don't one
12:25large one five little ones this time and for this round the small numbers are nine four six
12:32eight three and the big one 25 and the target nine hundred and seventy two nine seven two
13:10Adele nine six eight nine six eight how about Neal nine seven five nine seven five so Neal nine times
13:22twenty seven nine three seven plus six plus four plus six plus four thirty seven uh I've gone wrong I
13:32believe gone wrong bad luck Adele I see I've gone wrong I've used the six twice oh oh dear that's
13:39a
13:39calamity we must throw ourselves at the mercy of Rachel for this one you could have said six divided by
13:47three
13:47is two add 25 for 27 and then four times nine is 36 and times them together nine seven two
13:57very good well
13:58done
14:02as always and now we turn to Tim and Tim I mean you're hugely familiar face on television locked
14:10into the world of antiques and auctioneering and so forth how did this extraordinary career
14:15start on television well the TV bit is seriously a strange beginning because I just got a call out
14:21of the blue to attend an antiques roadshow which was the mothership of all these antique shows that
14:27we see today and this very nice person said we'd like you to go to Newcastle Emlyn and attend the
14:32antiques roadshow as an observer I said what does an observer do they say nothing at all you just observe
14:38and I said well really what you want to do is to find out how I hold my knife and
14:41fork
14:41don't you you want to know how I behave amongst the public and she said well secretly yes so I
14:46pitched up expecting to do nothing and my friend John Bly the furniture expert had fallen over and
14:53broken his leg the previous week and was somewhat lame but he was there and that morning when he left
15:01the antiques roadshow hotel he fell down and broke his other leg and that meant that they didn't have a
15:06furniture expert so instead of being an observer I was all of a sudden number one furniture expert for
15:11new partner for Newcastle Emlyn antiques roadshow which was fine for the first hour of the recording
15:17and then John Bly arrived with two plastered up legs he was not going to have some whippersnapper take
15:24his job on the antiques roadshow and then they didn't know what to do with me so they said why
15:28don't
15:29you go on the miscellaneous table I said what's the miscellaneous table and they said well that's the place
15:34where all the unusual things go that other experts don't know about and I said well really it's just a
15:40euphemism for rubbish isn't it and they said well no and I went there and a lady pitched up on
15:46the
15:47miscellaneous table with a golf ball and it was an extremely rare golf ball but when she arrived at
15:52the table she said I don't want to know what it's worth so I got a cameraman I said would
15:59you mind
15:59saying that again she said I don't want to know what it's worth I said okay fine well I'll tell
16:04you
16:04all about it so I captured her on film saying that and I told her about it I told her
16:09it was a rare golf
16:10ball it was made in the 18th century it was goosed down rammed into a chamois leather bag and wet
16:16and it
16:17was sewn up tightly and when it dried it expanded except it couldn't expand it became very hard
16:23then it had some some goat skin sewn around the outside to give it the outer sheath and then it
16:28had been stamped by the maker in Edinburgh and Mr Forgan and it was a really rare thing and by
16:32the
16:32time she'd heard all this there was any one thing that she really wanted to know and that was what
16:38it
16:38was worth but I didn't tell her what it was worth I kept teasing her until she came out with
16:43the magic
16:43words which were would it be worth anything and we captured all that on film and I said to her
16:49actually it's worth 15 to 20,000 pounds so this is years ago and she fell over backwards into her
16:55husband who fell into a person who had a double base and they fell into somebody else so it was
16:58a
16:59kind of domino effect and that was my first record on the Antiques Roadshow and the next year they asked
17:03me back but not as an observer absolutely why not my word incredible 20,000 15 to 20,000 pounds
17:11and ultimately actually that woman did sell her golf ball and it made 22 and a half thousand
17:17pounds so it was a good ball good for you yes and it was a good estimate as well thank
17:22you very much
17:22indeed well done Tim now Neil now it's your letters game uh come on please thank you Neil P and
17:30another one
17:31and another S another T and vowel O another E another vowel A another vowel E and a consonant please
17:54and lastly B and the clock starts now
18:01so
18:14so
18:15so
18:29yes Neil a seven a seven Adele just a five and your five stone stone Neal penates thank you
18:40how you spend it's p-e-n-a-t-e-s fantastic and I didn't know these ones actually it's
18:45um penalties
18:46is how the dictionary gives us they are all they were household gods worshiped in conjunction with
18:51Vesta by the ancient Romans there we are what else we got there Jim well I got it battles yes
19:00yeah pass the battle yep several of them very good um and I just have beenos for six so we
19:05were well
19:05beaten that very well done well done Neal now then Adele letters time consonant please Rachel thank
19:14you don't n and another C and another S and another H and a vowel I and another you and
19:32another oh
19:33oh a consonant L and final vowel please and a final e stand by
19:47so
20:15Adele a seven a seven yes Neil
20:18just a six and your six slouch slouch Adele cushion cushion there we are nothing to squabble about
20:29there Tim Susie um gosh it goes quickly this time doesn't it um how about um lunches yes why not
20:39time for some lunches Susie um I've just got a five and I don't know Tim if you've seen one
20:45of these
20:45it's a quiche it can be called a crease or a quiche which is c-u-i-s-h um
20:52and it was a piece of armor for the thigh
20:54not a thing I'd ever seen I don't think
20:57thank you very much 34 to 26 now it's numbers time numbers for Neal let's see if I can get
21:03one of these
21:03right four large keep persevering thank you Neal four large and two little ones and we will try for a
21:09possible one this time these two little ones are three and eight and the four large 25 50 75 100
21:17nicely in order and the target 845 845
21:24so
21:38so
21:39so
21:39so
21:53Yes, Neil.
21:55844, now written down.
21:57One away.
21:58Adele.
21:59844, written down.
22:00So, Neil.
22:02So, 8 times 100.
22:048 times 100, 800.
22:0750, 850.
22:0975 over 25 is 3.
22:11And take that away and the other 3.
22:12Take the two 3s away for one away.
22:14844, yep.
22:16Adele.
22:16Same way.
22:17Same route.
22:18There we are.
22:19But how tricky is 845, Rachel?
22:23Pretty tricky.
22:24I'll have another look.
22:25Shall I leave it with you?
22:25Leave it with me.
22:26All right.
22:26There we go.
22:27Now, let's have a tea time teaser with the score standing at 41 to Adele's 33.
22:33And the teaser is Cola Ices.
22:36And the clue, Cola and Ices are two things.
22:38These people can digest comfortably.
22:41Cola and Ices are two things.
22:43These people can digest comfortably.
23:02Warm welcome back.
23:03I left with the clue.
23:04Cola and Ices are two things.
23:05These people can digest comfortably.
23:07And the answer is celiacs.
23:11Susie, celiacs.
23:12Tell us more.
23:13Yeah, they're people with celiac disease, which is, it's not very nice.
23:17It's a disease with a small intestine.
23:18And they're highly sensitive to gluten.
23:21So, they have to live gluten-free.
23:22I see.
23:24Celiacs.
23:25Now then, 41 to Adele's 33.
23:27Adele, you're back on.
23:29Letters came.
23:30Consonant, please, Rachel.
23:32Thank you, Adele.
23:33S.
23:34And another.
23:36T.
23:37And another.
23:39C.
23:40And a vowel.
23:40I.
23:42I.
23:42And another.
23:44A.
23:45And another.
23:46E.
23:48And a consonant.
23:51N.
23:53A consonant.
23:55Y.
23:57And a final vowel, please.
23:59And a final I.
24:01Stand by.
24:02I.
24:17I.
24:18I.
24:30I.
24:31I.
24:32Adele just a five and Neil six six Adele stain stain and antics thank you
24:42it was very good and in the corner Tim um how about scanty yes very good Susie
24:51just another six stance start your position or something it's all good
24:55stance all right 47 please 33 Neil how about a letters game a continent please
25:03thank you Neil s another ah and another D and another continent G a and another you
25:19and another oh one more please another a and a consonant and the last one are and
25:32here's the Countdown Clock
26:05Neil six a six Adele six Neil guards guards and both same word any more guards in the
26:13corner Tim um we got to guard but what about rugosa I don't know lovely yes it's an Asian
26:20rose with dark green leaves and deep pink flowers used as a hedging plant well done
26:25very good and lots of prickles very good 53 plays 39 and now we turn to Susie Tim you
26:34like this it's Susie's origins of words it's a treat no pressure well on Friday I was
26:42talking about first names and how they've sort of traveled through history and the
26:47first names that we have today compared with those in medieval times but there are
26:51a lot of personal names in the dictionary as well so I thought I would just give you
26:55a bit of a taste of the words that you will find in there Jack and Jill have been sort
27:00of the prototype really for for a man and woman for a very very long time and they
27:05replaced Tom and Tibb which you would get in the 14th and 15th centuries but Jack
27:11particularly was used as the name for the common the generic man if you like which
27:17is why we have Jack of all trades Jack tar the sailor lumberjack steeplejack etc we
27:24have the jack-in-the-box the toy and we have doll instantly which is a pet form of Dorothy
27:29so Dorothy was quite popular for a while but these are personal names for objects as being
27:35quite popular over history as well so the spinning jenny you have the jenny which was the burglar's
27:42crowbar the famous famous crowbar that's a pet form of James and there's a long-standing practice
27:47as well of christening machines with personal names and artillery as well so large bells are
27:54often called Tom we have Big Ben we have the great Tom of Oxford as well but the great guns
28:00and the
28:01bombs strangely have always been female and I've mentioned before in the program that that gun goes
28:06back to a siege engine that was called Lady Gunhild and that's what we get our current guns from and
28:13I
28:13could go on and on but first names in the dictionary there are so many of them and of course
28:23in the
28:23first world war the Germans had a big gun called Big Bertha yeah remember that and they could fire a
28:30shell
28:30across the the channel Big Bertha yeah it was on a railway track in order to deal with the recoil
28:38monster Bertha and cars are always she's as well aren't they cars are always female do you have do you
28:43have pet names for your cars yeah I've got another car she'll call it Susie it's a flighty little thing
28:49an old banger hey it's not another banger 53 to 39 Adele on 39 and it's Adele's letters game
28:57consonant please Rachel thank you Adele N and another D and another B and one more R and a vowel
29:10E and
29:14another vowel I another vowel A consonant M and a vowel please and the last one
29:26E and here's clock
29:32so
29:45so
29:46so
30:00yes Adele seven seven nil eight mm-hmm Adele bendia bendia and remained remained very
30:11good yes remained any advances on remained Tim Susie I don't think there's any
30:17chances so no we were with sevens on that one that's it 61 plays 39 Neil final
30:24letters game for today content please thank you Neil G and the other one T
30:31another n and another w a vowel please a another one you another vowel B consonant
30:48please ah and a vowel and the last one I stand by
31:27yes Neil eight and eight Adele six
31:31you're six waiter Neil watering watering fantastic very well done now 69 plays 39
31:45as we lunge into the final numbers game Adele too large and four small please
31:51thank you Adele too big for little for the final time today and this selection is
31:56two five seven another two and the large ones 25 and 50 and the target 313 313
32:11so
32:22so
32:23so
32:37Adele, 313, 313, 313, 2, 313, so Adele, 50 take 5 is 45, 45, times 7, 315, and then
32:49take 2, perfect, 313, yes Neil? Slightly longer way around, 50 times 7 is 350, minus 25, 325, 5 times
33:012 is 10, yep, and minus that and 2, and the other 2, 313 again, lovely, well done, two good
33:15results
33:15there, 79 plays 49, as we go into the final round, conundrum time, so, Neil and Adele,
33:21fingers on buzzers please, let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:30My word, Neil.
33:32Mystified.
33:33Mystified, good lord, let's see whether you're right.
33:38Fantastic.
33:40Fantastic.
33:43Probably in about two seconds, that's extraordinary, well done, and a great performance, Neil, 89,
33:49so we shall see you tomorrow, Adele, sadly, we will not see you tomorrow, 49 is good, but
33:53my word, he's very quick, he is a bit of a conundrum expert, this one.
33:58So I do.
33:58So, will you take this goodie bag back to Westwood Ho?
34:03Pleasure to have you here, we'll see you tomorrow, and we shall see Susie and Tim tomorrow too.
34:07More stories from the sale room, from Tim, great fun having you here, we shall see you
34:13tomorrow.
34:13See you then.
34:14Rachel, join us tomorrow, see how Neil gets on with his conundrums tomorrow, same time,
34:18same place, you'll be sure of it, a very good afternoon.
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