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00:31Good afternoon, good afternoon, and welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:34Now, tonight in London is an exciting night, particularly in the West End,
00:38because it's the opening night of Elephant Man,
00:41starring none other than Hollywood heartthrob Bradley Cooper.
00:45A brave choice of role, I guess, for Bradley Cooper,
00:49but it's a great, great player.
00:51Now, are you going to go and see it,
00:53if you can't recognize this young heartthrob?
00:55Well, I went to New York last December,
00:57and it was actually on on Broadway,
00:59and I thought about it, because Bradley Cooper,
01:01I mean, you want to go and see Bradley Cooper,
01:03and then I decided to go and see the Rockettes,
01:05where they had 50 Santa Clauses dancing in unison.
01:08So that was my end of the spectrum.
01:10No, it looks a bit kind of hard-going for some light entertainment.
01:13Was Bradley Cooper playing in New York?
01:15Yeah, yeah, he was, so he's already done a stint over there,
01:17and it obviously went well if he's brought it to London.
01:19Absolutely. Excellent stuff.
01:21All right. Now, we've got Len Hughes.
01:25Don't think I'm being unkind when I say it was a surprise victory,
01:30because actually David Pooley was a great contestant,
01:33and actually he messed it up, didn't he?
01:36He did a little bit, yeah.
01:37And I bet he kicked himself.
01:38But anyway, you swept through.
01:40Good for you.
01:41You won.
01:42You're here.
01:42And you're up against Steve Redfern today,
01:46an IT service manager from Droitwich in Worcestershire.
01:50Big swimmer, heavily involved in swimming,
01:53submerged in swimming almost, I suppose.
01:55Qualified swimming referee.
01:58And all four of your children are competitive swimmers.
02:01Yeah?
02:02Yeah, I'm not so much submerged in swimming.
02:04I walk along the side of the pool, my kids all swim.
02:06What's a referee, then?
02:07This is for competitive swimming.
02:09You can sort of make sure nobody's barging.
02:10Swimming is a, most people don't realise,
02:12but it's a hugely technical sport.
02:15There are numerous ways that you can be disqualified from a swimming race.
02:20Many years into training, I've learnt all of those,
02:22and it's my job to ensure that races are fair and legal.
02:26I guess so.
02:27So you can break out of a breaststroke,
02:29or you can do something that's wrong in a backstroke, is that it?
02:33Silly things like position of the hands and position of the head,
02:37or timing of a stroke can all go wrong, can be illegal.
02:40Fantastic.
02:40Because it can gain an advantage.
02:42So there we are, then.
02:43We've got Steve and Len.
02:45Big round of applause.
02:47Well done.
02:48And good luck to you both.
02:50And over in the corner, we have, of course,
02:52Susie and Louise Minchin.
02:53Louise, there are swimming tips to be had from Steve here
02:57a little bit later on.
02:59Fantastic.
03:00But now it's time for Len to take us away on the letters game.
03:03Go on, Len.
03:03Hi, Rachel.
03:04Hi, Len.
03:05Can I start with a consonant, please?
03:06You can, thank you.
03:07You start today with D.
03:08T.
03:09And another?
03:12T.
03:13And a third?
03:15T.
03:16And a vowel?
03:18E.
03:19Another vowel?
03:21I.
03:22A third?
03:23E.
03:25And a consonant?
03:27Q.
03:28Another consonant?
03:30S.
03:31And finish with a vowel, please.
03:33And finish with A.
03:35And here's the countdown clock.
03:37And here's the rewind.
03:39A THE nächsten reel.
03:44And a consonant?
03:59And make sure.
04:09yes Len six a six and Steve six then stated and Steve seated nothing to argue about nothing at
04:21all happy enough what have you managed to produce for us Susie's got a great word I don't know this
04:27word I don't think Nick will like it either really um ideate ideate ideate s is to form an idea
04:34of to
04:35imagine something and it I know you'll think it's a very modern invention but it's not goes back to
04:39the 17th century I'm never gonna use it well done now then Steve let us go have a consonant please
04:48Rachel thank you Steve D and another y and another n and another m and a vowel please oh and
05:05another a and
05:08another I and another a and another vowel please and the last one a countdown
05:27so
05:37so
05:39so
05:53Yes, Steve?
05:54Six.
05:55A six. Len?
05:56A six as well.
05:58Steve?
05:59Dynamo.
06:00Dynamo.
06:01Moneyed.
06:02And moneyed.
06:03Yes.
06:04Sixes.
06:05What do you reckon, Louise?
06:06I had dynamo.
06:07Yep.
06:07And Susie?
06:09I can only stretch it to one more.
06:11Domain or domaine with an E at the end, which is a vineyard.
06:15Dynamo.
06:16I had one on the back of my bike runts.
06:18Twelve.
06:20Twelve apiece.
06:21And now then, Len, numbers time.
06:24Yeah, hi, Mitchell.
06:24One from the top and five from the bottom.
06:27Thank you, Len.
06:28One large and five little.
06:31And for the first time today, the little ones are two, nine, seven, one and another nine.
06:37Nine and the big one, 25.
06:40And the target, 836.
06:42Eight, three, six.
06:43One, two, three, six.
06:44One, two, three, six.
06:48One, two, three, six.
06:59One, two, three, six.
07:03One, two, three, six.
07:03One, two, three, six.
07:03One, two, three, six.
07:03One, two, three, six.
07:03One, two, three, six.
07:03One, two, three, six.
07:04One, two, three, six.
07:04One, two, three, six.
07:12One, two, three, six.
07:15Len no one here no one here Steve likewise both of them cast drift
07:24Rachel you weren't scratching your head then were you just a little bit I got to
07:29one away one away it's a tricky one so I'll have another look all right well
07:32done thank you 12 apiece as we go into a tea time teaser then which is legal sin
07:37and the clue do these plants belong to a former Chancellor's daughter to these
07:42plants belong to a former Chancellor's daughter
08:01warm welcome back I left with a clue do these plants belong to a former
08:05Chancellor's daughter and the answer is Nigella's Nigella's come on Susie
08:13Nigella is a plant of a family which includes the beautifully named love in
08:17a mist which is a plant of the buttercup family I think blue flowers green
08:23bracts yeah but yeah I love love in the mist 12 points apiece and it's Steve's
08:28letters game have a consonant please Rachel thank you Steve H and another D and
08:36another ah and another ah and another V and a vowel please oh and another a and
08:49another e a consonant T and another consonant please and lastly W it's done by
09:04the
09:05the
09:06the
09:07the
09:07the
09:34Well, Steve, just a six, Nick.
09:36A six, Len.
09:38A seven.
09:39Mm-hmm.
09:39Steve?
09:40Thread.
09:41And throde.
09:43Throde.
09:43I'm not sure we're going to find that in any sense of the verb.
09:48Obviously, throde is the past tense, even in pottery.
09:51So, no throde, I'm a throde, Len, sorry.
09:54Now, Louise.
09:56I haven't got any.
09:57Tough.
09:58It was tough.
09:58You needed another E, really, but advert was there for six.
10:01Twelve, two, Steve's eighteen.
10:03Now then, Len.
10:04Letters.
10:05A consonant, please.
10:06Thank you, Len.
10:07S.
10:08And a second.
10:10R.
10:12And another.
10:14B.
10:15And a vowel.
10:17O.
10:19Another vowel.
10:20I.
10:21A third.
10:23E.
10:25And a consonant.
10:27M.
10:29A vowel.
10:31O.
10:33And a consonant.
10:35And the last one, N.
10:38Stand by.
10:52A numeric Java.
10:53A vowel.
10:55But a consonant.
10:56And the flute.
11:01A vowel.
11:01And a fourth.
11:01Take a little together.
11:01And a vowel.
11:07I Survivor.
11:08A vowel.
11:08I use a vowel.
11:10Yes, Len?
11:11An eight.
11:13An eight.
11:13Steve?
11:14Six.
11:15And that's six?
11:16Bonia.
11:18Bonia and?
11:19Moonrise.
11:20Moonrise.
11:21Absolutely beautiful.
11:22Very good.
11:23Good.
11:24Oh, that's good.
11:27What else have we got over in the corner?
11:30There's moon-ia as well.
11:31If you're moon-ia, you're unaware of your surroundings and quite dreamy.
11:34Mooning around?
11:35Mooning around.
11:36Yeah, OK.
11:38Yes.
11:3820 plays 18.
11:40Only two in it, you know.
11:41Steve, numbers time now.
11:43Four large, please.
11:44You can indeed.
11:45Thank you, Steve.
11:46Four large and two little ones.
11:49And for this round, the little ones are five and one.
11:52And then the large four.
11:5375, 100, 50, and 25.
11:58And the target, 367.
12:01367.
12:02And the third one.
12:29Oh, can we use the power?
12:33Well, Steve?
12:343, 6, 8.
12:35One away, Len?
12:373, 70.
12:383, 70.
12:40Steve?
12:4275 minus 1.
12:4375 minus 1, 74.
12:45Times 5.
12:46Times by 5 is 370.
12:49And 50 over 25 for the 2.
12:51Yep.
12:52And you're one away.
12:533, 6, 8.
12:54Not bad effort, though.
12:55Is it possible?
12:563, 6, 7?
12:56No.
12:57Lots of different ways to get one away, but this one's impossible.
12:59He did well.
13:00Very well.
13:01All right.
13:01So, well done, Steve.
13:0225 to Len's 20.
13:04But let's have a chat with Louise.
13:06And Louise, presenting TV programmes is often seen as being glamorous,
13:09but is it always so?
13:11Well, I think you know the answer to that,
13:13because the story I'm going to tell you is,
13:15you remember, once upon a time, we did a programme together, didn't we?
13:18When we first met Around the World in 80 Days.
13:20That's right.
13:21When so-called celebrities went around the world in pairs.
13:24I went from Mongolia to Los Angeles with Bill Turnbull.
13:30Yeah.
13:32And, you know, it wasn't tough.
13:34I'm very spoilt to have made the journey,
13:35but my kind of highlight was when we were taking a ferry from Vladivostok,
13:40which is an incredible place to go and visit, to South Korea.
13:43And there was a bit of a mix-up with the tickets.
13:46So we got onto the ferry and Bill was given his ticket and he sort of started walking off to
13:51where he was going to.
13:52And then the lady said, no, no, no, you're not going there.
13:54You're going down there.
13:55I said, what do you mean?
13:56So Bill, I went to go and see where Bill was going and he was in first class in a
14:00lovely cabin,
14:01you know, two bunk beds, a TV, some drinks cabinet, really, really nice.
14:05No, no, no, Luis, your ticket's not for here.
14:08So I walked past first class and I walked past second class and then I got to where I thought
14:12I was,
14:13which was a kind of a bunk bed in a sort of open plan place.
14:17I was like, okay, I've got a bunk bed.
14:18And they're like, no, no, no, no, not here.
14:20And I walked on and I was shown to an empty room with some mattresses,
14:25which you then pulled out on the floor.
14:27And that was, it was perfectly comfortable and everything,
14:30but it just wasn't where Bill was.
14:33Being the true gentleman that he was.
14:35And I mean, I'm sure if I'd, you know, kind of shattered them up and begged and stuff,
14:40I might have been allowed in first class,
14:41but they're pretty adamant I wasn't going to be allowed in first class.
14:43He, God bless him, came all the way back and slept the night there as well.
14:48Oh, good for him.
14:49I know, isn't he lovely?
14:50Good for him, yeah, nice man, actually.
14:51He wasn't happy about it at all.
14:53Well done.
14:54Lovely story.
14:55Thank you very much, Louise.
14:56No, that was a great old trip, wasn't it?
14:58I really, yeah, really enjoyed it.
15:00Good sport it was, good sport.
15:02Now then, 25 to Len's 20 Len.
15:06Letters time.
15:07Consonant, please.
15:08Thank you, Len.
15:09R.
15:11And a second.
15:13L.
15:14A third.
15:17P.
15:18And a vowel.
15:20E.
15:21Another vowel.
15:23I.
15:25A third.
15:27A.
15:28And a consonant.
15:30S.
15:32A vowel.
15:34E.
15:36And a final consonant, please.
15:39And a final D.
15:41Stand by.
15:41A
15:42And a vowel.
15:42A vowel.
15:50A vowel.
15:51A vowel.
15:51Happy to be.
15:51And a vowel.
16:12Well, Len?
16:13Seven.
16:14Seven.
16:14Steve?
16:15Eight.
16:16And eight.
16:17Len?
16:18Pleased.
16:19And Steve?
16:21Relapsed.
16:22Relapsed.
16:23Excellent.
16:23And in the corner, what have we got there?
16:25I had pleased and relapsed.
16:27Yep.
16:28Well done.
16:29Another one?
16:29There was actually a nine there.
16:33Pearlised means to have a luster like that of Mother of Pearl.
16:38So some perfume bottles, for example, all the perfume packaging will have pearlised covering.
16:4333 plays 20, and we turn to you now, Steve, for a letters game.
16:47Have a consonant, please, Rachel.
16:49Thank you, Steve.
16:50R.
16:50And another.
16:53D.
16:54And another.
16:56G.
16:57And another.
16:59B.
17:00And a vowel, please.
17:03O.
17:04And another.
17:06U.
17:07And another.
17:09O.
17:11And another.
17:13E.
17:16And another vowel, please.
17:18And the last one.
17:20A.
17:21Countdown.
17:22And another.
17:24And another.
17:50The word.
17:51And another.
17:52Andhl.
17:53Steve six a sick Len also six
17:57Steve badger badger and broke
18:01Road yes, yes, why not very nice and from the corner Louise and Susie. I'm stuck at badger. Yeah
18:09I had bodger which is me in DIY. Yeah
18:13and
18:14It's just forget the origin of brogue it might go back to old Norse so perhaps the Vikings and a
18:21word
18:21That's related to breach
18:23Believe it or not brogues and breaches. Thank you very much 39 plays 26 is lens numbers game now
18:30One from the top and five from the bottom. Thank you. No one large five
18:35Little ones and for this round the little numbers are one ten six eight
18:43Another ten and a large one 75 and the target 217
18:51You
18:53You
19:18You
19:19You
19:19You
19:21You
19:21Two and seven not written down
19:24And
19:25How about Steve 217 thank you Len?
19:29Okay, so six plus one
19:32Is seven?
19:34Ten minus seven three
19:37Times a 75 two to five and take off the eight perfect two one seven
19:43Nicely done Steve. I did ten divided by ten is one. Yeah plus the one is two
19:48Two six divided by two is three. It is times 75 and then the same 225. It's perfect. Lovely
19:57Well done
20:03Still 49 to 36 as we go to a tea time teaser which is a nice rum and the clue
20:10if you want this doing you'll need to lend a hand
20:13You want this doing you'll need to lend a hand
20:32Welcome back I left with a clue if you want this doing you'll need to lend a hand
20:37Cleverly
20:38It's manicure
20:41Manicure
20:4249 to a lens at 36
20:44Steve
20:45This is a good performance and now it's your letters game
20:48A consonant please Rachel
20:50Thank you Steve
20:51M
20:52And another
20:55S
20:56And another
20:58C
20:58And another
21:01S
21:02And a vowel
21:03Vowel
21:04And a vowel
21:06E
21:08A vowel
21:10U
21:13And a vowel
21:15O
21:16And a consonant please
21:18And the last one
21:19N
21:20And the clock starts now
21:22Go
21:23To h
21:24To h
21:39To
21:51To
21:52To
21:54Steve?
21:55Six.
21:56Six and Len? Six as well.
21:58Steve?
21:59Scones.
22:01Scones and...
22:02And scones.
22:05Scones and scones, yes, very good.
22:07Anything else in the corner there?
22:09The only one we had was consumes.
22:12Consumes, thank you.
22:13That's eight.
22:14Now then, Len, let us go.
22:15A consonant, please.
22:17Thank you, Len.
22:18T.
22:19And a second.
22:21R.
22:22A third.
22:24M.
22:26And a vowel, please.
22:28A.
22:29A second.
22:31U.
22:32A third.
22:34I.
22:36A fourth.
22:38E.
22:40A consonant, please.
22:42S.
22:43And a final consonant.
22:45And the last one, G.
22:46Stand by.
22:47A trumpet.
22:49A eerste.
23:03A auxiliary, but a ê, çeì²´ cònaturalê³ !
23:04And a third one, only.
23:04A third.
23:04A third.
23:04Uneenh cud Bear.
23:04A mientras.
23:04A third.
23:05A fifth.
23:15A während.
23:18yes then seven not written down and Steve eight so an user an amuser and my
23:28grades and my grades well done and in the corner there I had my grades but yeah
23:41I have to disallow amuser it's not specified in the dictionary so apologies
23:46for that the other one is that we had was muriates and that is a chemical term and
23:51a muriate is a derivative of muriatic acid it's another term for hydrochloric
23:56acid course thank you 63 to 42 and now Susie following your muriates perhaps
24:05give us some more origins of words well less origins today and more a bevy of
24:12insults should you happen to use them most of them taken from from the olden
24:17days so many insults over time I think carry a much greater punch than some of
24:22the ones that we use today and a little bit more inventive as well a loblolly is
24:28just a simpleton really call somebody a loblolly that goes back to a word that
24:32meant thick soup and so it was transferred to people who were considered thick as
24:36well a pill garlic one of my favorite a pill garlic is somebody who invites pity so
24:43somebody who basically is mocked or ridiculed and the idea is it was
24:47originally applied to bald bald-headed men I should say because their head looked
24:51like a bit of peeled garlic a poltroon is a coward Woodhouse really liked calling
24:57people poltroons a slubber de gullion surely one of the best words in the
25:02English language is a scoundrel or wretch a crepe hanger this is an interesting
25:08one a crepe hanger is a killjoy and that goes back to the black crepe fabric that
25:13was worn by mourners at funeral traditional mourning dress and the idea
25:16was that if somebody repeatedly went to funerals because they almost enjoyed going
25:21to to a funeral and took pleasure in it they would constantly be taking out their
25:25crepe and hanging it back in the wardrobe and cacafuego that's a Spanish term and
25:31it means a swaggering braggart and the cacafuego is a Spanish ship captured by
25:36Sir Francis Drake and possibly the sailors on board was so pleased about it that
25:40they bragged about it to all in sundry so a cacafuego literal meaning is spitting
25:46out fire probably from the cannons on the conquering ship
25:56i do have a degree in Spanish and it sounds like something completely different to me it's emitting
26:01oh yes i didn't really go into a caca bit i think she's left a bit out you see but
26:06it might be best left out
26:07yeah all right okay yes yes yes all right i think i'm almost there 63 plays 42 now then Steve
26:14let us
26:15again have a consonant please thank you Steve ah and another c and another f and another c and a
26:27vowel
26:31e and another vowel o and another one u and a consonant n and another vowel please
26:45and the last one e stand by
26:49so
26:57is
27:20Yes, Steve?
27:21Seven.
27:21A seven, Len?
27:22Six.
27:23And your six?
27:25No, I can't even have that.
27:27Sorry, no, Mr Clare.
27:28All right, so, Steve?
27:30Enforce.
27:31Enforce.
27:32Very good.
27:33The enforcer.
27:33What else have we got over in the corner?
27:36Enforce is what I had.
27:37Yes.
27:38I had frounce, because a frounce was a very old word for a wrinkle,
27:43but actually, in its current sense,
27:45it's all to do with a disease affecting hawks,
27:47so very different, but anyway, that's surface seven as well.
27:51Hawks?
27:51Yes.
27:52That's quite specialist knowledge, though, isn't it?
27:53It is specialist.
27:55Right, right.
27:56Listen to this.
27:5770 to 42, and we're into the final letters game.
28:01Len?
28:01Yeah, start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
28:03Thank you, Len.
28:04R.
28:05And another.
28:08L.
28:09Another.
28:11S.
28:12And a vowel, please.
28:14A.
28:15Another.
28:17U.
28:17A third.
28:20E.
28:21A fourth.
28:24I.
28:25And a consonant.
28:28T.
28:29And a final consonant, please.
28:31And a final J.
28:33Stand by.
28:34A prowad.
28:38A.
28:41A.
28:58A.
29:00A.
29:03A.
29:05Yes, Len?
29:06A six for me.
29:07A six, Steve?
29:08Seven.
29:09Len?
29:10A suitor.
29:12A suitor and Steve?
29:14Realist.
29:15Realist.
29:17Realist is fine.
29:18Suitor, you need an OR rather than ER, Len, I'm afraid.
29:21Yeah.
29:22Yeah.
29:23And in the corner, any interesting?
29:25I put salute and Susie quite rightly added an R.
29:28So saluter.
29:29Yes.
29:29And saltire.
29:31Saltire, yes, of course.
29:33A Scottish flag is a saltire, yeah?
29:37Yeah, it's in heraldry, isn't it?
29:39Yes, I don't know.
29:40It's a diagonal stripe, I think, or a cross,
29:42a diagonal cross in heraldry.
29:44It's a saltire.
29:45Yeah.
29:46Thank you for that.
29:4777 plays, 42, and we are in the final numbers game.
29:51Steve?
29:52Four large, please.
29:53Thank you, Steve.
29:53Four from the top row and two little ones for the final time today.
29:58And these small numbers are two and eight.
30:01And then the big ones, one hundred, fifty, seventy-five, and twenty-five.
30:06And your target, seven hundred and fifty-five.
30:09Seven-five-five.
30:10And your target, seven-five, and twenty-five, and twenty-five, and twenty-five, and twenty-five, and twenty-five,
30:40and twenty-five, and twenty-five, and twenty-five, and twenty-five, and twenty-five, and twenty-five, and twenty
30:40-five, and twenty-five, and twenty-five, and twenty-five, and twenty-five, and twenty-five, and twenty-five, and
30:40twenty-five, and twenty-five, and twenty-five, and twenty-five, and twenty-five, and twenty-five, and twenty-five,
30:40and twenty-five.
30:42Steve 754 754 on a way Len yeah 754 not written down so Len tell us a plus 2 is
30:5210 yeah times
30:53out by the 75 750 and 100 divided by the 25 is 4 yes for one away and steve same
31:04way same way
31:05just bounce it off Len well done and Rachel 755 I think they might kick themselves because if you
31:13say eight times 100 is 800 you can take away the 50 add on the two and then 75 over
31:2125 is the three
31:22for 755 well done Rachel terrific so 84 plays 49 as we go into the final round which of course
31:34is
31:34conundrum time things on buzzers let's reveal today's countdown conundrum
31:41so
32:13and bemused but I see hands in the audience which hand shall I pick yes sir baptizing baptizing let's
32:22see whether you're right you are well done
32:35excellent 84 therefore plays 49 and so we say farewell to Len Hughes you had a great win
32:43yesterday but today it's all changed again so back to uh earthling borough in the good county
32:49of northamptonshire with your teapot there you go and your goodie bag well done thanks very much
32:56and so who will be seeing tomorrow we will be seeing none other than the uh captain of the gold
33:02medal winning england amateur poker team that's uh also known as steve redfern well done thanks how
33:10about the poker who did you beat uh we beat italy in the final there was 18 countries took part
33:15in 2013
33:16it's the world championships on the amateur that's fantastic and you won how many in the team
33:21five really and do you sort of do a little bit of sort of you know gambling later on oh
33:28i never gamble
33:28you don't gamble poker's a skill game i don't get it you couldn't never never bet on a certainty eh
33:35brilliant stuff we'll see you tomorrow well done and we shall see you both tomorrow
33:40louise and susie thank you does he look like a poker player do you think
33:46yes yes
33:49brilliant stuff got poker eyes
33:51all right we'll see you tomorrow we'll see you tomorrow
33:54yeah rachel i like a bit of poker only online though because my poker face is terrible
33:58yes and you play yeah and you win a little bit sometimes only a tiny bit oh fine right
34:06you're not splashing around see you tomorrow see you tomorrow same time come and see the uh the poker
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