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01:59I loved it.
02:00I've seen it thus.
02:01Now then, what shall we do with Tracey Mills?
02:07She's got two great wins and scored over 100 points on both occasions.
02:12So we don't expect you to be going anywhere for a while, unless, of course, Tracey, Keith
02:17Taylor, an acting sub-postmaster from Rochdale near here, a bridge player, loves taking part
02:23in amateur dramatics, upsets the apple cart.
02:26Let's see whether you do.
02:28How are you feeling, Keith?
02:29Fine, thank you.
02:30Yeah?
02:30I've spotted you in the audience just taking everything in.
02:34So you're feeling relaxed?
02:35I'm feeling fine, thank you, yeah.
02:37Good.
02:37Well, good luck to you both.
02:38Big round of applause for Keith and Tracey Mills.
02:48And in the corner, of course, Susie, raring to get home for the weekend, I'm sure, and
02:53Tim Wanacott, of course, bargain hunter, presenter, antiques expert, and auctioneer.
02:58Been here all week.
02:59It's been a joy and a pleasure having you, and I hope it won't be long before you come back
03:03and see us again.
03:03It's been a great pleasure.
03:04I'm very kind.
03:05I've learned so much.
03:06Good.
03:07Well, sitting next to the guru over there.
03:09Exactly.
03:10You can't help it, I guess.
03:11Let's see how we get on today, then.
03:14Tracey Mills, how about a letters game?
03:16Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
03:18Thank you, Tracey.
03:19Start today with T.
03:20And another one.
03:23S.
03:24And another one.
03:25B.
03:27And a vowel, please.
03:28U.
03:29Another vowel.
03:31A.
03:31And another vowel.
03:34I.
03:34A consonant, please.
03:36V.
03:38Another consonant.
03:40L.
03:41And a final vowel, please.
03:44And a final E.
03:46And here's the countdown clock.
04:18Now, Tracey.
04:19Seven.
04:20A seven.
04:21Keith?
04:21Six.
04:22And your six?
04:23Visual.
04:24Visual.
04:24Very good.
04:25Abusive.
04:28And in the corner, what have we got there?
04:30Tim?
04:31I'm on abusive, I'm afraid.
04:33You're also abusive?
04:34Me too.
04:36Both of you?
04:36Yeah.
04:37It's quite a tough one.
04:37Down to sixes, otherwise.
04:38Visual tables, that sort of thing.
04:40But couldn't find another seven.
04:41Thank you very much.
04:43Let's turn now to Keith, then.
04:44Keith, what will you do with the letters?
04:47Hi, Rachel.
04:48Consonant, please.
04:49Hi, Keith.
04:49Start with N.
04:53Consonant.
04:54P.
04:56Consonant.
04:58T.
05:00Veral.
05:01A.
05:03Another vowel.
05:04U.
05:05Another vowel.
05:08I.
05:09Consonant.
05:10C.
05:11Consonant.
05:13S.
05:15And a final consonant.
05:16And a final D.
05:19Stand by.
05:19A.
05:20A.
05:49C.
05:50Yes, Keith
05:53Nothing Nick too far. That's it. Let's have a chat with that Tracy Mills that Tracy and your seven in
05:59ducks
06:01Inducts
06:01Excellent such a good spot from that selection. Hmm anything else over there Tim nothing else. I'm on in ducks,
06:08too
06:08All right, Susie
06:10There's cuspid for six, which is another word for the canine tooth and there's pundit for seven
06:17Pundit yes, pundit learned man in Sanskrit. Yes, indeed. All right, and now Tracy. It's your numbers game
06:23Could I have one from the top please Rachel and any other five of your choice? Thank you Tracy one
06:28from the top and
06:29Five other little ones and for the first time today your numbers are seven two six
06:35three
06:36Ten and the large one 100 and the target
06:41784 784
07:14yes, Tracy
07:15784. 784. And how about Keith? 783. 783. So let's rely for the moment on Tracy. 100 minus 2. 100
07:26minus 2. 98. 10 minus 6 is 4. Yep. 7 minus 3 is 4 also. Yep. Plus the 4 is
07:378. And 98 times 8 is 784. It is indeed.
07:41Very good indeed. Well done, Tracy. Let's have a tea time teaser, shall we? It's citruses. And the clue, they
07:52sucked on lemons and their faces were fixed with these. They sucked on lemons and their faces were fixed with
08:00these.
08:15Welcome back. I left with a clue, they sucked on lemons and their faces were fixed with these. They were
08:21fixed with rictuses.
08:24Rictuses, which I guess is a fixed grin, isn't it? Grimace, yes. We often talk about a rictus grin, don't
08:31we? But that's a bit of a tautology because rictus itself means a fixed grin or stare.
08:35Thank you very much, Susie. Well done. So, Keith, let's have a letters game from you.
08:42Consonant, please. Thank you, Keith. N.
08:45Consonant. W.
08:48Consonant. N.
08:52Vowel. E.
08:55Another vowel. O.
08:58Consonant. D.
09:01Consonant. R.
09:04R. Vowel.
09:06U.
09:08Consonant.
09:10And lastly, W.
09:12Stand by.
09:14We'll be free.
09:19We'll be free.
09:24Bye-bye.
09:25Let's do it.
09:43Yes, Keith?
09:45Seven.
09:45Seven.
09:46And, Tracy?
09:48Seven.
09:48Two sevens.
09:49And your seven, Keith?
09:51I've put on unwound.
09:53We've got two U's.
09:55Ah, how about, Tracy?
09:57Rewound.
09:58Rewound.
09:59Which straightened things out, rather, I suppose.
10:02Yes.
10:02Bad luck, Keith, with that one.
10:04Indeed.
10:04But, Rewound, yes, excellent for seven.
10:06Yeah.
10:06And in the corner, Tim and Susie?
10:08Rewound.
10:09Rewound, yeah.
10:09That was ours, too.
10:10That's it?
10:11Yeah.
10:11That's it.
10:11All right.
10:12Now, then, Tracy, letters game.
10:15Now, for a consonant, please, Rachel.
10:17Thank you, Tracy.
10:18G.
10:18And another one.
10:21N.
10:21And another one.
10:23T.
10:25And a vowel, please.
10:27A.
10:28Another vowel.
10:30I.
10:31Another vowel.
10:33E.
10:34A consonant, please.
10:37R.
10:38Another consonant.
10:40T.
10:42And finish with a final consonant, please.
10:45And finish with M.
10:47Countdown.
10:48Now, let's see.
11:18well Tracy seven a seven and Keith six and your six data now then Mattia I'll
11:31come to you first and the adjective is matted Tracy so um no Mattia and some
11:35forgot to dislike that one and gator is fine in the singular well done thank you
11:39very much and in the corner what have you got there
11:41I've got a brace the fives like our eight and mater we are as seven migrate yes
11:48yeah and an anagram of that is ragtime right time yeah right Josh Joplin's
11:54ragtime very good 31 plays six so Keith it's your numbers game now one from the
11:59top please and then another five thank you Keith one large one and five little
12:04ones right here we go they are eight five six seven ten and the large one one
12:13hundred and the target this time six hundred and seven six oh seven
12:50Keith six hundred and seven good and Tracy six oh seven let's go through it
12:55then Keith one hundred times six six hundred plus seven thought you might say
13:01that yeah Tracy six oh seven the same way all right and just show Keith your
13:06piece of paper I know it's okay well done all right there we are so 41 plays 16
13:12and now we turn to to Tim and Tim you've so busy we've had bargain hunt
13:19strictly come dancing and now shortly I think there's a whole new series coming
13:24out the great antiques map of Britain yeah this is a a new twist on the
13:30antiques programs where I go off in a caravan I trail around Britain and I go
13:36and visit places where antiques and objects have been made so if we go to
13:42Bristol for example the traditional things from Bristol there is some rare
13:46Bristol porcelain and there's quite a lot of Bristol blue glass and go to
13:51Bakewell and you go and find out about the original Bakewell pudding and what
13:56sort of dish that might have been baked in and then you trot up to the Peak
14:01District and look at some blue John which is uniquely mined only in Castleton
14:06outside Bakewell so it's an opportunity to drill down to the places in Britain
14:11where some of our antiques and collectibles came from and then we invite
14:16people to come with some of their objects to talk to me about them so
14:21that's that's kind of on the horizon sounds a lot of fun well it was and but
14:26and the fun part of course of the Strictly experience which you mentioned was
14:32snuggling up to the other lovely contestants and I never thought in all my
14:37long life I would ever get to know a person like Pixie Lott as I said to Pixie what
14:44sort of a competition is this you're 22 years of age and I'm nearly three times that you
14:50went to dance school when you were three and I've never been dancing ever before in
14:53my life and she's never mind about that we're going to have fun and sure enough we did because
14:58on one evening Lady Gaga and and Tony Bennett came to perform and they're so famous and so
15:06wonderful that they insist on a closed set at L Street so all the Strictly people are kicked
15:12out including us because Gaga has her own musicians and her own security and so we were
15:18all out but this was not going to suit Pixie or me so I said to Pixie I think we
15:26should sneak in
15:27don't you she said well they've got security I said don't mind about security we'll still sneak in
15:31I'll borrow a clipboard because I always think anybody with a clipboard looks incredibly important
15:36so I nicked a clipboard and Pixie and I snuck in I said we'll hide over here and we got
15:42away with
15:43it for a bit until an American security guard came up and he said what do you think you're doing
15:48and I
15:49said I am pretending to be a pillar he said you don't look like a pillar he said you look
15:55like a matador
15:56I said I am a matador pretending to be a pillar and he said who's she I said she is
16:03a matador's
16:03friend pretending to be a pillar oh my god he said you limeys he said go upstairs so we went
16:11up to
16:11Claudia's area and they allowed us to watch Gaga and Tony do their routines for the practice up there
16:19so you know it's kind of stuff like that in one's journey that you treasure as moments really wonderful
16:26meeting people you wouldn't normally meet in the course of everyday life brilliant stuff
16:30brilliant well done
16:34thank you Tim
16:35thank you Tim
16:36so Tracy let us game now
16:38have a consonant please Rachel
16:40thank you Tracy
16:41N
16:42and another one
16:44S
16:44and another one
16:46G
16:47uh vowel please
16:50O
16:50another vowel
16:52A
16:53another vowel
16:55I
16:57another vowel
16:59O
17:00consonant
17:02S
17:04and a final consonant to finish with
17:07and a final J
17:08and here's the countdown clock
17:11so
17:11matchcom
17:11sightseeing and
17:11here in one's going
17:13to be and
17:38we'll continue with you today
17:40for the program we're
17:40going to be
17:40type of Hindseys
17:41Yes, Tracy? Five. A five. How about Keith? Five. Tracy? Songs. And Keith? Gains. Gains. Happy enough? Yes. Now, what
17:53have we got in the corner? What has Tim dredged up? Well, I've just got Oasis, which is... That's a
17:58neat word. A neat word, but it's a fiver. Oh, only fives for me as well. Snags and Jingo. You
18:05can't put the S on Jingo without an E, unfortunately. Okay. But that's about it.
18:09Yeah. There we are. 46 plays. 21. And we turn now to Keith for his letters. Game. Keith. Consonant, please.
18:17Thank you, Keith. T. Consonant. C. Consonant. S. Consonant. F. Beryl. E. Beryl. I. Consonant. R.
18:39Beryl. E. And a consonant, please. And the last one. G. Stand by.
18:47Beryl. E. Beryl. E. Beryl. E. Beryl. E. Beryl. E. Beryl. E. Beryl. E. Beryl. E. Beryl. E. Beryl. E.
19:03Beryl. E. Beryl. E. Beryl. E. Beryl. E. Beryl. E. Beryl. E. Beryl. E. Beryl. E. Beryl. E. Beryl. E.
19:03Beryl. E. Beryl. E. Beryl. E. Beryl. E. Beryl. E. Beryl. E. Beryl. E. Beryl. E. Beryl. E. Beryl. E.
19:04Beryl. E. Beryl. E. Beryl. E. Beryl. E. Beryl. E. Beryl. E. Beryl. E. B
19:17Yes, Keith six a six and Tracy six Keith greets and
19:24Tracy faster faster
19:28Yes
19:29Another tough one this one. Yeah. How do we get on Tim? Well erects? Yeah
19:36Yeah, that's there for another six refits also, but there is a seven fiercest
19:41No, it's an eight actually fiercest fiercest the most fierce the most fierce very good. Well done, Susie
19:46So that's 52 plays
19:4927 and now Tracy it's numbers time. There's Rachel could I have one from the top please Rachel and any
19:56other five of your choice
19:57Thank you Tracy one large and another five small and for this round the five smalls are
20:03five nine
20:05three
20:06One and six and a larger 100 again and the target
20:11810 810
20:45Yes, Tracy
20:46810 810 and Keith no, I'm got it Nick. Nope. How about Tracy then?
20:52Let's hear from you six plus three plus one is ten six plus three plus one ten take from the
20:58hundred
20:58100 minus 10 90 and multiply by you know
21:02eight hundred and ten lovely
21:04very neatly done well done
21:09So 62 plays 27 as we go into a tea-time teaser
21:13Which is find set and the clue he was find a set amount due to rats in his restaurant kitchen
21:22He was find a set amount due to rats in his restaurant kitchen
21:42Welcome back I left with a clue he was find a set amount due to rats in his restaurant kitchen
21:47And the answer is infested
21:51And the answer is infested
21:52Infested with rats imagine 62 plays Keith's 27 and Keith it's your letters game
21:59Consonant please
22:00Thank you Keith
22:01N
22:02Consonant
22:04L
22:06Consonant
22:07T
22:08Vowel
22:09A
22:11Another vowel
22:12O
22:13A vowel
22:14A
22:15A
22:17Consonant
22:18R
22:19Consonant
22:20R
22:21Consonant
22:21And a consonant
22:23And the last one
22:24H
22:25Here's the countdown clock
22:27Cool
22:28Time
22:29A
22:29Time
22:29Backing
22:30To
22:30A
22:30To
22:30To
22:30To
22:31To
22:31To
22:33To
22:33To
22:34To
22:58Yes, Keith.
22:59Four.
23:00And Tracy.
23:02Five.
23:03Keith.
23:04Bon.
23:05Now then, Tracy.
23:06Apron.
23:08Apron.
23:09Yes.
23:09We happy?
23:10We happy.
23:11Tim's scribbling there.
23:12What are you scribbling, Tim?
23:14How about Alphorn?
23:16Oh, yes, why not?
23:17A horn from the Alps.
23:19Those huge, they rest on the ground in front, don't they?
23:21They definitely do.
23:22And the Swiss have a blow.
23:24They do.
23:25And it can be heard for miles.
23:26Exactly.
23:27Yeah, very good.
23:28Susie?
23:29Yes, used for signalling.
23:31Alpenhorn is what we would normally call it.
23:33Alphorn is fine.
23:34Great seven.
23:35Wonderful.
23:36Yeah.
23:36All right, 67 plays 27.
23:38Tracy, let us game.
23:40Have a consonant, please, Rachel.
23:42Thank you, Tracy.
23:43R.
23:44And another one.
23:46X.
23:47And another one.
23:49S.
23:51Vowel, please.
23:53E.
23:54Another vowel.
23:55O.
23:57Another vowel.
23:58I.
23:59A consonant, please.
24:01L.
24:02Another consonant.
24:04M.
24:05And a final vowel to finish with.
24:07And a final O.
24:10Countdown.
24:11Chicks,
24:12T.
24:13Chicks,
24:13T.
24:14Chicks,
24:17.
24:42Tracy.
24:43Seven.
24:43A seven.
24:44Keith.
24:45Six.
24:46And your six?
24:47Smiler.
24:48A smiler.
24:49Tracy.
24:50Roomies.
24:51What do we think?
24:52Yes, both absolutely fine.
24:53You can be a smiler and you can also have a roommate called a roomie.
24:56A roomie.
24:57Yes.
24:57Australian sort of.
24:59Yes, or American.
25:00Or American?
25:01Yes.
25:01All right.
25:02Now, Tim.
25:04I'm morose.
25:05Don't be morose.
25:06Only for six.
25:09Anything else?
25:10I'm with some songbirds.
25:12The Orioles.
25:13O-R-I-O-L-E-S.
25:16Yeah.
25:16White yellow and black plumage.
25:17And I think the name of a baseball team, I think from Baltimore.
25:22Oh.
25:23Baltimore Orioles.
25:24Excellent.
25:24There we go.
25:24Now then, Tracy on 74, Keith on 27.
25:27But now it's time to sit back and concentrate.
25:32For Susie is going to give us one of her wonderful lectures.
25:36Susie.
25:36Well, I've been looking into herbs this time, thanks to Oxford dictionaries.
25:42And the stories behind some of our favourite herbs in the kitchen.
25:45I'm going to start with basil.
25:47That goes back to the Greek basilikon, which meant royal.
25:51Because it was probably used in baths as sort of unguents or to soften the skin.
25:58Basilica, basilisk and basil, the name, are all related to the herb.
26:03Parsley, that goes all the way back to the Anglo-Saxons.
26:07And it's strange, actually.
26:08It goes back to the Romans, because it comes from the Latin, meaning rock, celery.
26:12But I think it's because of the shape of the leaves that you also get in the celery plant.
26:16Rosemary had nothing to do with rose or with Mary, but we changed it from the Latin.
26:22Sounds like you know this one, Nick, possibly.
26:24It goes back to the Latin rosmarinus, which meant dew of the sea, which I think is wonderful.
26:30Sage had nothing to do with wisdom.
26:32It went, again, all the way back to the Latin salvos or healthy.
26:37We have safe, salvation, solid, even, and salute will go back to the same route as sage.
26:43Thyme is a nice one.
26:45That probably comes from the Greek this time, meaning to burn or sacrifice,
26:49which meant it was probably used as incense by the ancient Greeks.
26:53But not only that, it was used as an antidote for poison and a curative for plague and all sorts
26:59of things.
26:59But I don't know if you remember me telling you that amethysts were often put in glasses of alcohol, wine,
27:05spirits, etc.
27:06Because it comes from the Greek amethystras, meaning not drunk,
27:09because it was believed if you put one in your glass, you wouldn't get drunk, no matter how much wine
27:13you drank.
27:14Well, thyme was slightly similar, because it was thought if you had thyme before a meal,
27:18put it in your food, you wouldn't be poisoned.
27:22So, of course, emperors absolutely loved this, because they thought, with all their enemies around,
27:26a little bit of time would stop them meeting an early death.
27:30Tarragon goes back to dragon, believe it or not.
27:33And that is probably, again, because of the idea of the serpent-shaped tubes on the plant.
27:41But there was also, again, a widespread belief that tarragon would not only ward off serpents and dragons,
27:46but could also heal snake bites.
27:47Very good.
27:49So good.
27:50Well done.
27:53Well done.
27:54I think the French for rosemary is rosemary.
27:56Yes, it is.
27:57Which obviously hasn't lost you much in translation.
28:0074 plays, Keith's 27.
28:03Keith, you're back on with the letters game.
28:05Consonant, please.
28:06Thank you, Keith.
28:08P.
28:09Consonant.
28:10D.
28:11Consonant.
28:13N.
28:15Vowel.
28:15U.
28:17Another vowel.
28:19A.
28:20Consonant.
28:22C.
28:23Consonant.
28:25R.
28:26And a vowel.
28:28I.
28:29And a consonant, please.
28:31And the last one.
28:32K.
28:34Stand by.
28:35We'll just end.
28:44Okay.
29:03I can hear you nowadays about sound music.
29:05Yes, Keith five of five Tracy six
29:10Keith prank
29:12Now then Tracy unpaid unpaid bills
29:17Fantastic unpaid very good to get six. Yeah any advances there Tim?
29:22How about unpack?
29:24Why not have you?
29:26Yeah, yeah, that's another six very good Susie just for five this cupid you can have it with a small
29:32C for any
29:34Winged child with technically carrying a bow and so sort of representation of the real one
29:39They've got to carry a bow. Yeah, I think yeah, that's probably the main criteria. Yeah, yeah
29:46Very good 80 points to 27 now and it's Tracy's
29:50Letters game last one of the day actually Tracy
29:53Can I have a consonant please Rachel? Thank you Tracy L and another one
29:58M and another one
30:02T and another one
30:04V
30:05Vowel please you another vowel a
30:11another vowel a
30:14Consonant please and and
30:18A final consonant and a final are
30:22Tanta
30:51mark
30:53Music
30:54Tracy seven a seven Keith six and your six mantle
31:00Mantle good word Tracy Volta
31:04Yes, you can be a Walter. It's in the dish me very good a
31:08Volta. Yes, it looks so easy doesn't it pole vaulting
31:13No
31:15No, it's terribly easy, and it's not no I can tell you that cuz I've tried it hopeless
31:23Anyway, we'll set that aside for the moment and see what you've got in the corner
31:27We could try lament. Yep. Yes. I lament. Yes, Susie nice with that one
31:35Thank you. Thank you, Tim. So here we are final numbers game for today
31:41It's Keith's one from the top please another five
31:44Thank you Keith one from the top row and five little ones for the last time this week
31:50And this final selection is five another five three eight
31:55Six and a large one 75 and the target 404 404
32:21Okay
32:32Keith 404 404 thank you Tracy 405 405 so Keith
32:4175 times 5 75 times 5 3 7 5
32:45and 8 times 3 8 times 3 8 times 3 24 and it's on
32:51399 plus the other 5 very well done 404
33:00Well done Keith 87 place 37 as we enter the final round the conundrum round
33:08So Tracy Keith fingers on buzzers. Let's reveal today's countdown conundrum
33:15The run chat
33:18Traci
33:18Refectory refectory. Let's have a look
33:23very good
33:28well done tracy well done keith you kept her under 100 she's been scoring over 100 and you denied
33:34her that well done brilliant stuff so back to rochdale with our goodie bag and our very best
33:39wishes well done very much well done and well done tracy have a quiet weekend yep get back up in
33:45the
33:45hundreds next week yep see you on monday okay well done well done and we shall see susie on monday
33:51have a peaceful weekend and we say farewell to tim wanacott with our thanks for a very enjoyable
33:57guest in dictionary corner thank you very much for coming in come and see us again soon please
34:02love to thank you very much very good so good rachel see you on monday when your pal
34:07helen skelton will be sitting next to uh susie and she's good fun too lovely helen yes indeed
34:13see you on monday on monday same time same place should be sure of it very good afternoon
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