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00:17Thank you very much.
00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:33Yes, it's that time of year again.
00:35Strawberries, cream, maybe even sun cream.
00:37But please, no umbrellas.
00:38Yes, it's Wimbledon fortnight.
00:41Now, last year, we saw, Rachel, remember, two great European champions.
00:45We saw Serbia's Novak Djokovic and from the Czech Republic, Petra Kvitova.
00:52You did.
00:53Win the men's singles and the women's signals.
00:56The East Europeans are tremendously dedicated players, aren't they?
01:02They're much better than I am.
01:03Well, they train from a very young age and it sort of throws me back to when I was a
01:07kid.
01:09And we were lucky enough to have a grass court at home.
01:12Did I ever receive a single lesson from anybody who knew what on earth they were doing?
01:17No is the answer.
01:19And I sort of hop back and think, stupid not to have demanded lessons or something, so I could serve
01:24quite well.
01:25But actually, nobody told me how to play tennis properly and had all the opportunities.
01:31That's stupid.
01:31Everyone's getting the smallest violins in the world out for you, Nick.
01:34You had a tennis court, but you never had lessons as a boy.
01:36No, it's true.
01:37It was a tough childhood.
01:38It was awful.
01:39But you struggled through.
01:41How about you?
01:42How's your lob?
01:43My lob?
01:44I'm absolutely terrible at tennis.
01:45I love squash.
01:46You'd think that that would translate into tennis, but it doesn't.
01:49Well, it's fast and furious.
01:50It would be nice if they could just take the roof off a squash court so you could get a
01:52bit of sun at the same time.
01:53Because that's the great thing about tennis, isn't it?
01:55And it's nice weather.
01:56It's nice to go out there and have a knockabout.
01:57But I am rubbish.
01:59Rage, we've got Pat's back, the brain of Val Kildare, Pat Lonergan, who swept aside five-time winner Rhys Benjamin
02:07on Friday.
02:08And here you are.
02:09And this is a bit of a dream, you told me.
02:11You know, you're in for a teapot now.
02:12Yes.
02:12Come what may.
02:13Yes, yes.
02:13That was the plan.
02:15Excellent.
02:15And you're joined by Rob Maxwell, an IT pre-sales manager from Nottingham.
02:21But you've been traveling around Southeast Asia, a man who likes a bit of a challenge.
02:25And what was Vietnam like?
02:26It was really good.
02:27Always wanted to go.
02:28It was really good.
02:29Yeah?
02:29Did you travel the length from the north to the south?
02:32Yeah, I did Cambodia and Thailand as well.
02:34Fantastic.
02:35Good for you.
02:36Let's have a big round of applause then for Rob Maxwell and the brain of two there, Pat Lonergan.
02:43Brilliant stuff.
02:44Well, good luck to you both.
02:45And over in the corner, of course, on this Monday, we have Susie, the wonderful Susie.
02:49And back from his tour up in Billingham, we have the wonderful Joe McKeldry.
03:00And you were telling us on Friday that the theatre caught fire and everybody had to be evacuated.
03:07Wonderful story.
03:07What caused this fire?
03:09It was the machines, basically.
03:11You know, like a haze machine.
03:12Yes.
03:13That creates, like, an effect in the lights that make them strobe.
03:16And somebody put it on too much, basically, and set all the detectors off.
03:20But you would think in a theatre that that would kind of be vetted before it happens.
03:24Oh, so it was a technical thing?
03:26Yeah, so there wasn't a real fire, but I think they thought it was, because, I don't know.
03:31Okay.
03:31So it wasn't your hairspray, then?
03:32It wasn't.
03:35There is a lot on this hair, so I might set it off in here today.
03:39Well, try not to, Joe.
03:40Try not to.
03:41All right.
03:42Now then, Pat, come on.
03:44Let's see what you're made of.
03:45Hello again, Rachel.
03:46Hi, Pat.
03:47Can I start with the consonant, please?
03:49Start the week with W.
03:51And another one?
03:54N.
03:55Vowel, please.
03:57O.
03:58Another vowel.
04:00A.
04:02A consonant.
04:04F.
04:05Another consonant.
04:07G.
04:09A vowel.
04:11I.
04:13Another vowel.
04:15O.
04:16And a final consonant.
04:18And a final D.
04:20And here comes the countdown clock.
04:25One.
04:40Two.
04:53Anotherار.
04:53What?
04:54Four.
04:55A five.
04:55A five.
04:56Yes, Rob.
04:57I'll try a seven.
04:59Now then, Pat.
05:01Feint.
05:02Rob.
05:03Wooding.
05:03I throw that to the corner.
05:05Could you spell that for me, Rob?
05:06W-O-O-D-I-N-G.
05:09Wooding.
05:11Not there, I'm afraid.
05:13Sorry.
05:14And Pat, you were spelling faint?
05:17Yes.
05:19OK, there's no T in there, I'm afraid.
05:22Sorry.
05:23That's OK.
05:24Right.
05:25Now then, Jo.
05:26We have a seven, a woofing.
05:29Yes, indeed.
05:30That's something to do with sand, isn't it, rather than dogs?
05:32Well, we were thinking of the dogs woofing, so we were on that theme.
05:37All right, very good.
05:38So, no scores.
05:39Rob.
05:40Harry, Jo, can I start with the continent, please?
05:42Start with...
05:43S.
05:44And another.
05:46N.
05:47Vowel.
05:49U.
05:50Another vowel.
05:52E.
05:52A consonant.
05:55K.
05:57Vowel.
05:59A.
06:00Continent.
06:02G.
06:04Another consonant.
06:06S.
06:07And can I finish with a vowel, please?
06:09And you can finish with...
06:11I.
06:12Stand by.
06:13One, two, three, three.
06:41One, two, three, four, five.
06:44Yes, Rob?
06:45Stick with a seven.
06:46A seven, six, and your six?
06:49K-sync.
06:51Rob?
06:51Sinkage.
06:53Sinkage is great, and actually you can put the S on it.
06:57You talk about the sinkage of a building, for example,
06:59if it's subsiding in some way.
07:01Were you spending K-sync with a K, Pat?
07:03No.
07:04C-A-S-I-N-G.
07:05There's no C.
07:07God.
07:07Sorry.
07:08Right.
07:09Done it again.
07:10There we go.
07:11So, Rob, early lead.
07:12Bit of a struggle here.
07:14Now then, Pat, it's a numbers game for you.
07:16OK.
07:17One large and five small, please.
07:18Thank you, Pat.
07:19One from the top row.
07:20And five little ones for the first time this week.
07:22And your selection is ten, two, three, seven.
07:28Another seven, and the big one, 50.
07:31And the target, 260.
07:33Two, six, zero.
08:06Well, Pat?
08:07260.
08:08Thank you, Rob.
08:09260.
08:10So, Pat.
08:11Seven minus two.
08:13Is five.
08:14Multiplied by 50.
08:15Is 250.
08:17Plus ten.
08:18Very straightforward, 260.
08:20And Rob?
08:21The same, but I did plus three, plus seven.
08:23Yep.
08:24Lovely.
08:24Happy enough?
08:25All right.
08:26So, a seven-point lead for Rob, 17 to 10,
08:33as we go into a tea-time teaser, which is Gary Full.
08:37And the clue, Gary's wallet was always full.
08:39He lived like this.
08:41Gary's wallet was always full.
08:43He lived like this.
08:59Welcome back.
09:01I left you with the clue.
09:02Gary's wallet was always full.
09:04He lived like this.
09:06He lived frugally.
09:08Frugally.
09:09So, Rob, 17, Pat on 10.
09:13Rob, letters came.
09:15Consonant, please, Rachel.
09:16Thank you, Rob.
09:17V.
09:18And another.
09:20G.
09:22A vowel, please.
09:23O.
09:25And another.
09:26E.
09:28A consonant.
09:30M.
09:31And another.
09:33R.
09:34And another.
09:36J.
09:37And a vowel.
09:41U.
09:42And another vowel, please.
09:45And finally, A.
09:47Stand by.
09:49A vowel.
10:02A vowel.
10:04A vowel.
10:05A vowel.
10:06A vowel.
10:06A vowel.
10:06A vowel.
10:06A vowel.
10:06A vowel.
10:06A vowel.
10:17A vowel.
10:20yes rob five five six and a six rob grave grave and and to go with the grave morgue very
10:31good
10:31now then what have we got in the corner there joe we have a six which is vega yeah
10:37mm-hmm anything else you see um you can probably also have mover well that sounds rather unlikely
10:42more move and that's for another six you could have more move yeah yes possibly just because
10:48it's a single syllable and we allowed the er version of those mover mover thank you so just
10:54one point in it now rob a point ahead 17 to pat 16 pat letters time a consonant please thank
11:01you pat
11:02g and another m vowel o another vowel i consonant t a consonant n a vowel e another vowel
11:28you and the last consonant please and the last one s count down
11:34so
11:48so
12:05pat seven a seven yes rob yeah i think i've got a seven too okay pat emoting emoting and time
12:12word there we go very countdown that wasn't it emoting expressing emotion very good and in the
12:20corner joe susie joe i have a seven a moisten and tongues yes and to go with that we have
12:28igneous
12:29as well igneous rock um that's formed by fire still it applies from lava yes very good 24 please
12:35perhaps 23 it's numbers time for you rob four large please racial thank you rob four from the
12:41top row trying to increase that lead we shall see right two little ones are five and six and then
12:48the four large 75 100 50 and 25 and the target 965 965
12:57the five
12:58the
12:59the
13:01the
13:03the
13:10the
13:11the
13:29Well, Rob.
13:31970.
13:32970. And Pat?
13:34Nowhere near.
13:35Too far?
13:35Too far.
13:36So, Rob.
13:37100 plus 50 equals 6.
13:39100 plus 50 plus 6.
13:42No, sorry.
13:43Sorry.
13:43Sorry, 100 plus 50.
13:45Yep.
13:46Times 6.
13:46Times 6 for 900.
13:48Add 75.
13:49975.
13:50And take the 5.
13:52And 975 away.
13:55Yes.
13:56Well, well done.
13:57But 5 away is a fair way away.
14:00How close can you get, Rachel?
14:02You can get this one spot on if you say 100 minus 6 is 94.
14:0850 divided by 5 is 10.
14:10Times them together for 940.
14:13And add on 25 for 965.
14:15Yeah.
14:16Well done.
14:18Thank you, Rachel.
14:19So, Rob, 31.
14:21To Pat's 23.
14:24So, relax, chaps, because now we're going to have a little chat with Joe.
14:27And, Joe, what was it like winning the X Factor back in 2009?
14:31A young boy, really.
14:32And then singing with George Michael.
14:35Amazing.
14:35Yeah, I mean, incredible.
14:36It was such a, it's one of their moments, I think, for me, that I kind of have forgotten what
14:42it was all like.
14:43Because it was a bit like, when you go on a night out and you can't remember much the next
14:46day.
14:47It all happened so fast.
14:49That I kind of, it's all of a blur, that kind of last week of the final.
14:54But, obviously, getting to sing with George Michael.
14:55My mom was a huge fan, so I grew up listening to his music.
14:59And just a really, really nice guy, actually.
15:01It was a, we didn't really actually get to spend a lot of time together because he got stuck in
15:06traffic on the way to the rehearsals.
15:08And it was about 4 p.m. on the Saturday night of when I was singing with him.
15:13And we had about 15 minutes to rehearse the song.
15:16So, we got like one run through.
15:17And that was it.
15:18And it was like, right, okay, you're going to have to do it now in front of 20 million people.
15:22So, pressure was on.
15:23But he did actually invite me and Cheryl into his dressing room to have a little cup of tea.
15:28And it was quite a surreal moment, sitting in a dressing room with Cheryl, who's obviously hugely famous, in a
15:34dressing gown.
15:35And George Michael sitting in his pyjamas, having a cup of tea with them both.
15:40It was a one for the book, shall we say.
15:43I'll say.
15:43I'll say.
15:44But, of course, the whole performance was on television.
15:47So, you've got recording of that.
15:48So, you can remind yourself what that was all about.
15:51Yeah.
15:51And, I mean, it was one of those moments where you just kind of think, what has happened to my
15:56life?
15:56It was a, it was an incredible, the whole experience was incredible, to be honest.
16:00And I've got nothing but fond memories of it.
16:02Yeah.
16:02Well, you've got a great future in front of you, I'm sure of that.
16:05Big round of applause.
16:06Come on, this is the wonderful Joe.
16:10Well done.
16:11Well done, Joe.
16:12Now, then, we've got to turn to Pat.
16:13Pat, what's going on here?
16:1523 to Rob's 31.
16:17Okay.
16:18Let her take her job.
16:20Constantine, please.
16:21Thank you, Pat.
16:23H.
16:24And another.
16:49And the last one, L.
16:52Stand by.
16:53Now, now, we'll be right back.
17:24Well, Pat. Seven. And Rob? Just a six. And your six? Heater. Now then. Reality. Reality. Very good. And? We
17:34have an eight. Earthly. Earthly. Yes. Very good word. It's a nice one. The novel opens earthly. Yes. Heartily is
17:43another adverb that's there for eight. And leathery is also there. Leathery. Yes.
17:4730 plays. Rob's 31. Rob, letters time. Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Rob. Q. And another. T. A vowel. I.
18:01And another. U. Consonant. S. And another. B. Vowel. A. Another vowel.
18:18E. And I'll finish with a consonant, please. And finish with D. Stand by.
18:24D. Stand by.
18:55Rob.
18:56Six.
18:57Pat.
18:58Six.
18:58Two sixes.
18:59Rob.
18:59Busted.
19:00Busted and?
19:02Bisk.
19:03As in lobster, bisk.
19:04Very, very good.
19:05Yes.
19:07Now, Jo.
19:08We have BD.
19:10Yes.
19:11Yes.
19:12With the S on it.
19:13Yes.
19:14For six.
19:15And last minute, seven, also sub-edit to check the text of a newspaper article before sending
19:21it to print.
19:22Sub-editors.
19:23Yes.
19:23All right.
19:2336 plays 37.
19:26Rob's still just one ahead as we turn to Pat for a numbers game.
19:29Pat.
19:29One and five.
19:30Thank you, Pat.
19:31Just the one point in it still.
19:33One from the top and five little ones for you.
19:35And this time around, they are one, three, five, four, two.
19:41And the large one, 75.
19:43And the target, six hundred and three.
19:46Six-oh-three.
19:48Six-oh-three.
19:49Do the послед imprint on me.
19:50Two-oh-three.
19:50And I will get that one.
20:03Mexico just been able to do it.
20:04Tear.
20:05One, two, three, four, three.
20:05Without more fucking Mach Part.
20:05Two.
20:05Eight, two, three, two, four.
20:06One, two.
20:07Five, five, four, three.
20:07And the Russian.
20:07Five, four, three, three.
20:08Three, two, three.
20:08Three, four, four, three.
20:09One, two, three.
20:11One, two, four, four, three.
20:16Two, three, four, six, three, four.
20:18well Pat 603 thank you Rob 603 yep Pat four by two four by two eight by 75 by 75
20:28600 plus three
20:29very straightforward 603 thanks Rob same way same way just a good order well done
20:39still that one point in it as we turn to a tea time teaser which is iris dent and the
20:44clue is
20:45David Hasselhoff a fan of these chemical compounds is David Hasselhoff a fan of these chemical compounds
21:07welcome back I left with a clue is David Hasselhoff a fan of these chemical compounds
21:14which chemical compounds nitrides nitrides so 46 to a Rob's 47 Pat's got a bit of work to do just
21:25one
21:25point in it though plenty of time I guess Rob letters a consonant please Rachel thank you Rob
21:32R and another P and a third B vowel I and another U and a third O consonant please S
21:51and another R and a vowel please and the last one E stand by
22:02so
22:15so
22:32Rob? Just a five. A five. Six. And a six. Rob? Ropes. Ropes. Yes, Pat? Probs. There we go.
22:42Yep, absolutely fine. Happy enough? Very happy. What else have we got there, Joe and Susie?
22:46We have an eight. Superior. Oh, very good. Very superior, in fact. Anything else?
22:52A couple of sevens, otherwise. Superior and Bruiser. Someone who enjoys a fight.
22:57Yeah, Bruiser. 52 plays 47. And Pat's in the lead. And it's Pat's letters game.
23:04Consonant. Thank you, Pat. F. And another. L. A vowel. A. Another vowel.
23:15I. Consonant. C. Consonant. T. A vowel. O. Another vowel. U. And a consonant.
23:33And the last one. S. And the clock starts now.
23:37C. Consonant. T. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A
23:54vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A
23:54vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A
23:54vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A
23:54vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A
23:55vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A
23:58vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A
24:02vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel
24:08yes pat six six rob seven pat floats now then rob out sale to out sale um out sale is
24:20absolutely
24:21fine to sell better or faster than a competitor yes we were out sailed very good and what news
24:27from the corner eight factious fractious factious factious but actually means something fairly
24:34similar which is um given to argument or given to disagree talk about factious country for example
24:39thank you very much well done
24:44so let's get excited here rob sprung back into a two-point lead 54 to perhaps 52
24:50as we turn to you susie for your wonderful origins of words and today well town or country city or
24:57country most of us have a pretty strong view as to where we would prefer to live whether it's the
25:01rural idyll or whether we like the the city the urban kind of life and this debate has actually
25:07led to quite a lot of words in english being informed if you like by by this sort of discussion
25:12as to
25:13which one is better we have urban of course which comes from the latin herbs meaning a city and it
25:18also explains urbane uh somebody who's smoothly uh courteous and that comes from the idea of
25:24the social life of the city being considered more suave and more polished if you like than that of a
25:29country bumpkin the word villain looks back to the servant in medieval times who worked for the lord
25:35of the manor in his stately villa it's a very neutral term at first but because a lot of them
25:41like to earn a little bit of money uh on the side if you like they turned over to the
25:45dark side quite
25:46often and used their status of being in the villa to uh to get up to no good hence the
25:51villainous uh meaning
25:52that we have today then we have the word clown and clown actually originally meant a farmer or a
25:58countryman and the lower social status of a countryman or a country person then meant that
26:04the clown became a fool a jester a comedian somebody who you couldn't particularly take seriously and it
26:10may come from the latin colonists uh which is where of course we get colony from as well and the
26:16same
26:16contrast between cultures that lies behind obeying can also be seen in another word because in the days
26:21of ancient rome they drew a distinction between slaves that were brought up in a roman household and those
26:27were kind of imported if you like and came from afar the home-born slaves were given the adjective
26:32vernaculous meaning native and we use vernacular today to mean a native or everyday thing particularly
26:38a language so uh something which is home-born as opposed to something which is foreign but also
26:43possibly a bit more refined and i mentioned bumpkin earlier the country bumpkin that comes from a dutch word
26:49meaning a dumpy barrel a little barrel so the idea that the sort of again the country yokel
26:54uh is is not particularly tall slim and refined but a bit a bit round and short uh which is
27:00very unfair
27:01and yokel itself probably comes from the word green woodpecker with the idea that people were
27:06green around the gills they weren't very polished they weren't very suave and possibly were a few
27:11i'm just short of the picnic thank you very good 52 to rob's 54 and rob letters consonant please rachel
27:24thank you rob p and another n and a vowel a and another another vowel i a consonant l a
27:39continent
27:41d uh vowel i another vowel e and a consonant please and the last one t standby
28:01so
28:09so
28:10so
28:24yes Rob six a six pad seven so Rob planet and pad planted planted yes there
28:36we go in the corner we have a seven platted yes and we also have a duck
28:43with a pointed tail called a pin tail pin tail very good all right 59 to 54 and
28:49it's the final letters came for you Pat a constant please thank you Pat and and
28:55another C vowel you another vowel a a consonant D another consonant N foul oh
29:15another vowel a and a consonant and the last one H and here's the countdown clock
29:29so
29:55well Pat five five Rob five Pat hound
30:00and same word now then Joe and Susie what have you got Joe I have a six on hand
30:09unhand me yeah yes yes and Joe was wondering about anaconda which has got
30:15too many a's in it unfortunately but it's it's really good try nice try you could
30:19say that to an to an anaconda and you'd get no response at all unhand me as it
30:24wrapped its coils around you 64 to 59 Rob on 59 so Rob numbers game for large
30:32please Rachel thank you for large and a possible crucial conundrum coming our
30:35way we shall see the final numbers game of the day is five and eight and the four
30:40large ones 25 75 100 and 50 and your target 126
30:47one to six
30:51the
30:52the
30:53the
31:03the
31:05the
31:05the
31:06the
31:19yes rob one two six one two six pat one two five one two five right rob uh 75 over
31:2725 is three
31:2875 over 25 three uh times the eight times eight 24 100 plus 50 150 take the 24 minus the
31:3624 well
31:37done the leads flip-flops again very good well done my word so rob on 69 pat on 64 we
31:48go into the final
31:49round what does that mean that means it's a crucial conundrum so fingers on buzzers let's reveal that
31:54crucial conundrum
32:03pat lonergan leniently leniently let's see whether you're right
32:08well done
32:13well done good game good game you just salvaged it my word that was a close thing well done rob
32:21you had
32:21him on the ropes a number of times right up to the end up to the crucial conundrum so well
32:26done
32:27indeed and here's your goodie bag and back to nottingham with our very best wishes you come and
32:32see us again and we shall see you tomorrow well done i was a little bit sort of uncomfortable wasn't
32:39it
32:40anyway you have a quiet night we'll see you tomorrow thank you stuff and we shall see you both tomorrow
32:45but before we go middle of a uk tour now then what can your fans expect to hear when they
32:51come to your
32:52show um well the the tour is called the evolution tour so i kind of put a show together um
32:58that kind
32:59of starts right at the beginning so it actually starts almost kind of recreating the audition in the
33:05in the show start right at the beginning um and then it goes right through the kind of four albums
33:10that i've released kind of in a storyline um in in some sort of way and then we'll finish with
33:14a
33:14little bit of new material and i split the show into kind of two halves so the first half's quite
33:19chilled and it's all about the big ballads and the singing and then the second half is a like uptempo
33:25high energy finish with a bang shall we say excellent excellent well it's going well too i've
33:30heard great reports yeah i mean i i'm loving it and the audience seem to be enjoying it um and
33:35they seem to
33:36be coming back which is always a good sign um so yeah it's a i'm having a great time we
33:41shall see
33:42you tomorrow well done well done and we shall see you tomorrow rachel you ever considered doing the
33:46musical of your life nick a very short musical that would be tennis court looking sad i remember joe joe
33:57will be sympathetic even if you're not being tested for the choir as a kid at school and they said
34:02no
34:03it took 10 seconds i know i used to hide at the back and mine i used to pretend that
34:11i was singing
34:11because i didn't want anyone to hear us so just as bad probably it's modesty for you anyway we'll see
34:16you tomorrow see you tomorrow rachel same time same place we'll be waiting for you you'll be sure of it
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