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00:00Thank you very much.
00:30Good afternoon, good afternoon. Welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:34I'm not sure how many of you, how could I know, how many of you read an article that I
00:39read recently about Damon Albarn of Blur and Gorillaz.
00:44It's an extraordinary story actually, Rachel.
00:47He was appearing in a musical concert, a festival indeed, in Denmark, and his set overran.
00:55In fact, eventually, he was carried off the stage. They dragged him off the stage. Why?
01:03Because he'd been on the stage for more than five hours. It was four in the morning, and frankly, everybody
01:07had enough.
01:08And they carried him off, shouting and screaming. Can you imagine?
01:11So, what, did he just do loads of encores?
01:14No, I think he just got into the swing of things and liked it so much, and he thought everybody
01:17else did.
01:18So on he went, but eventually they said, enough's enough, get him off. And so they did.
01:23Can we do that with you, some of your stories?
01:27What concert have you been recently?
01:29Well, maybe not concert, but I like musicals. I went to see Miss Saigon in the West End, and that
01:34was amazing.
01:36The time just flew by. I think it was probably close to three hours long, but it's absolutely brilliant.
01:41Yeah, everything about it. The music, the acting, the singing, the stage, the costumes. It was absolutely fantastic.
01:47It's back again. Did I tell you that I was in a musical recently?
01:50Oh, right, with your book. You weren't singing, no.
01:53It was in How to Succeed in Business. The Festival of London, City of London Festival, terrifying.
02:00They had an orchestra, they had a 60-piece choir, and they'd say, oh, and you come in on the
02:04fifth bar on the underscore.
02:06I had no idea what they were talking about. Anyway, I got away with it. It's extraordinary.
02:10Well done. So talented people.
02:11It's an art to that as well.
02:12All I had to do was read something, which I find difficult enough at the best of times.
02:16Now, who's with us, Rach? We've got Jonathan Winback, our maths teacher from Oxford.
02:21Five wins. Five wins and counting. Well done. Well done. You're doing so well.
02:27But you're joined today by Paul Cotain, a student doctor from Dublin who loves long-distance swimming
02:33and wants to swim the Straits of Gibraltar.
02:36Yeah, Nick, it's kind of a long-term goal. I'd love to swim the English Channel,
02:42but there's something about the Straits of Gibraltar, swimming from one continent to another.
02:46I think so.
02:47It just sounds so crazy. And it's doable, but...
02:51It's not so far. Is it seven miles or something?
02:54The problem with swimming is, because of the tides, you end up swimming way more
02:57because you have to kind of swim in a big S-shape with the tides to avoid ships.
03:01So it ends up being much more than a phenomenal seven miles.
03:04Yeah. Let's have a big round of applause for Paul and Jonathan Wynn.
03:12And once again, of course, Susie's there, joined once again by the wonderful tennis star
03:16and all-around good guy, commentator now, and an ambassador for tennis, Greg Ruzetski.
03:21Welcome back.
03:23Welcome back indeed.
03:24Now then, Jonathan, do you want to take it away?
03:28Letters game.
03:29Hi again, Rachel.
03:30Hi again, Jonathan.
03:31Can I have a consonant, please?
03:32You can, thank you. Start the week with B.
03:35And another.
03:37G.
03:38And a third.
03:40R.
03:41And a vowel.
03:43E.
03:44And another.
03:45O.
03:46And a third.
03:48I.
03:49And a consonant.
03:50P.
03:52And another consonant.
03:55F.
03:56Another consonant, please.
03:57And lastly, D.
03:59And here's the countdown clock.
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04:33Jonathan?
04:33Seven.
04:34Seven.
04:35Paul?
04:36Just a six.
04:37And that six?
04:38Groped.
04:39Thank you, Jonathan.
04:41Pagia?
04:42Pagia?
04:43Yep, very good.
04:45And Greg?
04:46We ended up getting one which was Fire Dog, which was seven.
04:50Yes.
04:51And I just had a little bit of fun with one which is not very long, but I saw Mr.
04:55Borg's
04:55name in there, Bjorn Borg, since we're talking about tennis the last little while, but that's
04:58obviously only four, but Fire Dog was our best one with seven.
05:02Yep.
05:02Very good.
05:03They're Netflix sports in the fireplace.
05:04All right.
05:05Now then, Paul, letters came for you.
05:09Hi, Rachel.
05:10Hi, Paul.
05:10Could I have a consonant, please?
05:12You can, thank you.
05:12Start with V.
05:14And another?
05:16S.
05:17And a third?
05:19R.
05:20And a vowel?
05:22A.
05:23And another vowel?
05:24E.
05:25And a vowel?
05:27U.
05:27And a consonant, please.
05:30M.
05:31And another consonant?
05:34T.
05:35And a vowel.
05:36And the last one?
05:38A.
05:39Countdown.
05:40From the end.
06:02So you have three.
06:08We get it from the end.
06:09You got one!
06:10And again.
06:10In the end st depende information.
06:11Paul and eight and eight Jonathan it
06:15so Paul
06:17Amateurs amateurs and both of you. Yes in the famous all right
06:23There we go and what news in the corner Susie and Greg you go first
06:28Well, that's brilliant to get amateurs. I have to say we were very proud of getting that one at the
06:33last minute
06:33But well done. I just had a seven otherwise. Yeah, we had the traumas for seven very good all right
06:39Amateurs 15 plays eight and now Jonathan. It's numbers time. There's Rachel
06:45Just stick with one large please. Thank you Jonathan one from the top and five little your usual and for
06:50the first numbers game of the week
06:52They are ten one
06:54nine
06:55Another ten three and the big one 50 and the target seven hundred and four seven oh four
07:09I
07:22I
07:23I
07:23I
07:25I
07:26I
07:28I
07:29I
07:31I
07:34Jonathan?
07:36703.
07:37One away. Paul?
07:39700.
07:40700. So, Jonathan?
07:439 plus 1 is 10.
07:45Yep.
07:4610 plus 10 is 20.
07:49It is.
07:5050 plus 20 is 70.
07:5270.
07:53Multiply by 10.
07:54Yep.
07:55Add 3.
07:56703. Well done. One away.
07:58Very good.
08:01How tricky is it to get to 704, Rachel?
08:05Yeah, a bit of a tricky one. Leave it with me.
08:07Thank you. Certainly will.
08:0822 plays. Paul's 8.
08:10As we go to a teatime teaser, which is air chess.
08:13And the clue.
08:15If they worked for you, they would literally tell your fortune.
08:19If they worked for you, they would literally tell your fortune.
08:38Welcome back.
08:39I left you with a clue.
08:40If they worked for you, they would literally tell your fortune.
08:44Who would?
08:46Cashiers would.
08:47Cashiers.
08:49Now, Rachel.
08:50Yes.
08:51704.
08:51Have you cracked it?
08:52Yeah, a bit of a tricky one, but if you say 50 minus 10 minus 3 is 37,
08:58the other 10 plus 9 is 19,
09:02times them together for 703 and then add on the 1.
09:06Bravo.
09:07Well done, Rachel.
09:09As ever.
09:11Spot on.
09:12Now, Jonathan, 22.
09:14Paul on 8.
09:15Paul, it's your letters game.
09:16OK.
09:17Hi, Rachel.
09:17Could I have a consonant, please?
09:18Thank you, Paul.
09:43And here's the countdown clock.
10:16Paul.
10:18Eight.
10:19And eight.
10:20Jonathan?
10:20Eight.
10:21Paul?
10:22Parodies.
10:23Parodies and?
10:24Exactly the same.
10:26Two parodies here.
10:28Excellent.
10:28Greg and Susie.
10:32What news in the corner?
10:34Greg?
10:34We had, on top of that, Aspired.
10:37Yes.
10:38And we had Despair as well.
10:40But unfortunately, we couldn't beat eight.
10:43All right.
10:4330 plays 16, and it's Jonathan's letters again.
10:46Jonathan?
10:46A consonant, please, Rachel.
10:48Thank you, Jonathan.
10:50X.
10:51And another.
10:53N.
10:54And a third.
10:56L.
10:57And a foul.
10:58I.
10:59And another.
11:00O.
11:03And another.
11:05I.
11:07A consonant.
11:09R.
11:11M.
11:12O.
11:15E.
11:16Vowel, please.
11:17And the last one.
11:18A.
11:20Countdown.
11:21I.
11:21I.
11:37I.
11:50I.
11:50I.
11:50I.
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11:50yes Jonathan seven a seven Paul seven also Jonathan Ellen airline and aileron
12:00aileron quite closely connected them yes very good and Susie Greg relaxin not
12:08relaxing but relax relaxin it's a hormone that is released during labor
12:14and it gets the uterus ready I want you to relax with someone that's very good
12:18all right time for the relaxing thirty seven to twenty three Paul numbers I
12:24raised okay I've too large please you can indeed thank you for too large and for
12:29little and for this round a little one are six five ten and one and large one
12:36seventy-five and fifty and the target 226 226
13:11yes Paul 226 226
13:15Jonathan 26 it's Paul okay and six times fifty six fifty three hundred subtract
13:22seventy-five 225 plus one lovely 226 and Jonathan sorry I over complicated it
13:29slightly sorry ten divided by five is two ten over five yep 262 about two is three
13:34three yep 75 times two is two c5 it is indeed and plus one same result well done very good
13:44well done and it's 47 to Paul's 33 Jonathan in the lead as we speak as we turn now to
13:51Greg and Greg
13:521997 that was a big year for you yeah it was probably my best year my career that
13:58year I got to the US Open finals there were unfortunately I went down but it was a
14:03great tournament for me because every year I used to go the US Open in New York I
14:06could never win a match I was 0 for 6 actually in matches leading up then they
14:10built this new massive stadium called the Arthur Ashe Stadium which seats 23 and a
14:14half thousand people so the biggest tennis stadium in the world and for some
14:18reason it just seemed to be my my week I ended up getting to the fourth round at
14:22the US Open but then there was a terrible tragedy with the car crash of
14:25Princess Diana and you know I managed to get all the way to the semifinals which
14:31was the day of her funeral on September 6th which happened to be my birthday so
14:34I was the only sportsman allowed throughout the country to play tennis on that
14:39day so fortunately I won on the semifinals and then in the finals I lost a
14:43tough match to Patrick Rafter who went on to win that title on multiple
14:47occasions but it was quite a surreal experience for me because not only was
14:51I having the greatest moment in my sporting career but also the sorrow with
14:55Princess Diana passing away and you know I just felt so so bad for her kids at the
15:00time and her family and for everybody around her and I was trying to enjoy my
15:04moment at the same time will also grieve with the nation at that period of
15:07very difficult I can imagine that and that was that Sunday that was on the
15:12Sunday as well so it was very difficult but I had a lot of well wishes from the
15:16public and people supporting me throughout which was lovely and I went
15:19on that year to win BBC Sports Personnel of the Year which was a lovely
15:22accolade for me as well sure it's a memorable time for the tennis reasons but
15:27from a personal point of view you know very sad time as well and there you are
15:31then Sports Personality of the Year award who are the other contenders can you
15:35remember for that year yes I do I remember there's a certain Tim Henman he
15:39ended up finishing second so I was very very pleased to be ahead of him on that one
15:43well done you know it meant a lot for me from the British public to to win that
15:47it really melt made me feel like I belonged well deserved to well done so 47
15:54plays balls 33 and now Jonathan your letters game a constant please Rachel thank
15:59you Jonathan T and another M and I said C and a vowel B another you um another I and
16:18a
16:18consonant T another consonant F another consonant please and lastly why stand by
16:29you
16:29one
16:29from the
16:29one
16:29one
16:30one
16:31two
16:52one
16:59now Jonathan I think six a six how about Paul just a four and that for time now Jonathan at
17:10him if I was looking up all sorts of if I'm can you spell that yeah t-u-m-e
17:17-f-y it is
17:19absolutely brilliant it means just simply to become swollen so your face
17:24might be tumor fired if you'd had an accident for example excellent well done
17:33indeed and the corner Greg I can't better that that's for sure but I think we've
17:39got one what did you what did you get on that cutie you know that was quite a
17:44difficult one because the way the letters were so it was more words like time and
17:48different things like that so very impressive there again from Jonathan
17:52amazing let's bow on 53 to 33 and now it's Paul's letters again Paul I wish so
17:59could I have a consonant please thank you Paul and and another D and a third M and a
18:10vowel please a and another vowel oh and a third vowel please a consonant s consonant L and a vowel
18:23and lastly a
18:26stand by
18:28so
18:59Yes, Paul.
19:00Seven.
19:01A seven.
19:02Jonathan?
19:04I will try an eight.
19:08Paul?
19:09Armand?
19:11Jonathan?
19:12I'm not sure on this at all.
19:14Mandolas?
19:16It's absolutely brilliant.
19:17I always smile when you say that, Jonathan, because they're almost invariably in.
19:21And this one is too.
19:22A mandola is a large tenor or bass mandolin used in folk groups.
19:27Extraordinary.
19:32Well done, Jonathan.
19:33Well done indeed.
19:35So, 61 plays 33.
19:37As we go into numbers territory.
19:40Jonathan?
19:42Just one large, please, Rachel.
19:43Your usual.
19:44Thank you, Jonathan.
19:45One large and five from the other ones.
19:47And this time around, the little ones are five, two, one, four and seven.
19:53And the big one, 100.
19:55And the target?
19:56Eight hundred and seventy-six.
19:58Eight, seven, six.
19:59One.
20:12Ending.
20:14One.
20:27One.
20:29We're on stage physics.
20:308, 7, 6, Jonathan.
20:328, 7, 6.
20:33And Paul?
20:348, 7, 5, I think.
20:368, 7, 5.
20:37Let's go with Jonathan first, then, shall we?
20:39100 divided by 4 is 25.
20:41100 over 4, 25.
20:425 multiplied by 7 is 35.
20:45Is 35.
20:47Multiply the two together.
20:48Multiply them together for 875.
20:50And add 1.
20:51Yep, well done.
20:528, 7, 6.
20:53Neatly done.
20:53Well done, Jonathan.
20:55And the score's standing, 71 to Paul's 33.
20:59As we go into a teatime teaser, which is chat bite.
21:02And the clue, felt a bit let down after a long soak, perhaps?
21:07Felt a bit let down after a long soak, perhaps?
21:26Welcome back.
21:27I left you with a clue.
21:29Felt a bit let down after a long soak, perhaps?
21:32And the answer is...
21:35Pathetic.
21:36Pathetic.
21:37Give us the absolute definition of pathetic.
21:39Is that what you...
21:40I think about bathos.
21:41Bathos.
21:42Which, of course, is all about anti-climax.
21:44So, the example here is the movie manages to be poignant without becoming pathetic.
21:51All right.
21:5271 to 33, as I say, and it's Paul's letters game.
21:57Paul.
21:57Rachel, could I have a consonant, please?
22:00Thank you, Paul.
22:01D.
22:01And another.
22:04G.
22:05And a third, please.
22:06R.
22:07And one more.
22:09N.
22:11And a vowel.
22:12O.
22:13And one more.
22:15E.
22:16And another one.
22:18I.
22:20A consonant.
22:22L.
22:24And a vowel.
22:25And the last one.
22:25E.
22:28Countdown.
22:29E.
22:33E.
22:42Br célebre.
22:42E.l
22:44E.
22:44E.
23:00And Paul?
23:02Eight.
23:03Not written down, sorry.
23:05Okay, and Jonathan?
23:07Eight.
23:08So, Paul?
23:09Lingered.
23:10Lingered, yeah.
23:11Readling.
23:13Readling, yes, Jonathan knows his dictionary.
23:15And maybe his birds as well,
23:17because a readling is another term for the bearded tit.
23:20Ah, yes, I've known the bearded tit.
23:25Very good indeed, the bearded tit, indeed.
23:2779 to 41.
23:29Jonathan, let us go.
23:31Can't stand it, please, Rachel.
23:32Thank you, Jonathan.
23:34R.
23:35And another?
23:37H.
23:38And a third?
23:40Q.
23:41And a vowel?
23:43A.
23:44Um, and another?
23:47E.
23:48And a third?
23:50I.
23:51And a consonant?
23:53S.
23:55Um, and another consonant?
23:58T.
23:59And a vowel, please.
24:02And to finish, E.
24:04And the clock starts now.
24:20I.
24:20I.
24:22I.
24:35I.
24:37Jonathan?
24:38Eight.
24:39An eight ball?
24:40Eight also.
24:41Two eights.
24:42Yes, Jonathan?
24:43Hearties.
24:44Yes, Paul?
24:45And the same.
24:46Two hearties.
24:47Never very keen on hearties.
24:50In the Pirate Center, it's described here as vigorously cheerful and sporty.
24:56Yeah, yeah, yeah.
24:57I'm not a hearty.
24:58Greg?
24:59I'm only seven.
25:00Reheats.
25:01Reheats, yep.
25:02Yeah, so unfortunately couldn't beat these two fine gentlemen here with eights.
25:06That's well played.
25:07Yeah.
25:08Reheats and hearties.
25:09And 49 to Paul, 87 to Jonathan.
25:14But now it's time for Susie's Origins of Words.
25:19Now then, Susie.
25:21Well, Nick, you were asking me the other day about hipster and the word hip and where it
25:26came from when we were talking about hepcats.
25:28I don't know if you remember.
25:29I do.
25:29But I thought I'd give you a quick whirlwind tour, if you like, of the word hip.
25:33To start at the very beginning, hep and hip were used completely interchangeably.
25:38And hep was first recorded on the 9th of May 1903 in a Cincinnati newspaper.
25:46And pretty much the pattern all the way through is that the hep, the e-version came first and
25:52then the hip version came a bit later.
25:54And I'll explain.
25:55First of all, the hip itself, so many theories as to its origin, but none of us are completely
26:01positive as to where it comes from.
26:03But the best one that we have is that it comes from Senegalese slaves, believe it or
26:10not, for whom hippie in their native language meant to have your eyes open to be aware.
26:15So in other words, to be alert, I guess.
26:19Anyway, hep eventually gave way to hepcat.
26:22Then hipcap came later in 1940.
26:24And also hepster and then hipster.
26:27That was the way it went as well.
26:28Next came the hippie.
26:30They're all related.
26:31Then we had hiphop, again, related.
26:34Not completely sure again of the first instance of this because it exploded pretty much in
26:39lots of different areas at the same time.
26:41It was all about music, obviously.
26:43But hip had at least one more life up its sleeve.
26:46And that was in the new hipster movement that we were talking about.
26:51In fact, nobody who's considered to be a hipster would ever use that term, I think.
26:54It's not cool to call yourself a hipster.
26:57New York Times called them arty east village types.
27:02Today, certainly Giles Brander said quite recently he associates them with beards.
27:06Always with beards.
27:07But whatever.
27:08Hipster had definitely crept back into the lexicon.
27:10But as they say, long, long history, over 110 years old.
27:13And who knows what the next incarnation will be.
27:15Indeed.
27:16Oh, brilliant.
27:16Well done.
27:21Very good.
27:23Excellent.
27:2487 to 49.
27:26Jonathan's there okay.
27:27And it's Paul's chance to get back.
27:29Bite back, Paul.
27:30Letters game.
27:31Thanks, Nick.
27:32Consonant, please, Rachel.
27:33Thank you, Paul.
27:34N.
27:34And another.
27:36W.
27:37And another.
27:39P.
27:40And a vowel, please.
27:43A.
27:44And another.
27:45U.
27:46And one more.
27:49O.
27:50A consonant, please.
27:51K.
27:54And a vowel.
27:57I.
27:58And a final consonant.
28:00A consonant.
28:01And a final S.
28:03Stand by.
28:04May.
28:06Before.
28:33Bye.
28:35yes Paul six and Jonathan six so Paul six pianos pianos Jonathan a cappies yes yes
28:48are the large mammals of the giraffe family you find them in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
28:53yep yep and in the corner there Greg and Susie um I just had ponds for five unfortunately and
29:01then what did you have a fish I'm called a power so you can have power and and they are
29:08widely
29:08distributed but they're especially one of a variety that you'll only find in two Scottish
29:12locks very good 93 plays 55 and it's Jonathan's letters game now Jonathan constant please Rachel
29:20thank you Jonathan and and another ah and a third s and a vowel e and another oh and a
29:35third I and a
29:39consonant T and a vowel you and a consonant please and the last one yes standby
29:50so
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31:56Well, Paul.
31:57640
31:59640
32:00Jonathan
32:01644
32:02AND
32:03Oh, sorry.
32:05Uh, 75 plus 7
32:0675 plus 7
32:0882
32:08Multiplied by 8
32:09Multiplied by 8
32:10656
32:12Minus 10
32:12Minus 10
32:13656
32:15And the 2
32:15for 644
32:16Perfect.
32:16Brilliant. Look at this. 121 points. My word, Paul, you're up against some player here as we go into the
32:27final round. So, Jonathan, Paul, fingers on buzzers. Let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:03Jonathan? Centipede. Let's see whether you're right. Well done. Well done.
33:15Jonathan, that was very slow. I know. Sorry. I couldn't see it. But a tremendous victory. 131 points. Absolutely amazing.
33:24Great stuff. Great stuff. Paul Katane, you picked the wrong one. Yeah. You really did. But thank you very much
33:32for coming. Go back to Dublin with our very best wishes and your goodie bag and good luck with your
33:38studies and your studies.
33:40Thank you, Nick. Brilliant stuff. We shall see you tomorrow, young man. Yeah. We look forward to that. See you
33:45tomorrow, Greg and Susie, of course. He's fine, Nick. All right. 131. That's as high as they go. That's the
33:52highest score of the series so far. I think so. Yeah. Fantastic. Amazing. Yeah. And he held us down to
33:57the wire there just a couple of seconds. You looked very relieved when you pressed that buzzer. Yeah, I was.
34:02Yeah. Let's see how he gets on tomorrow anyway. Join us tomorrow. See how young Jonathan Wynn gets on tomorrow.
34:08Same time. Same time.
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34:30Filmmaker. Filmmaker Leo Maguire joins the prints in Calais. The stories behind the headlines in Breaking Into Britain, The Lorry
34:37Jumpers, tonight at 10. Next this afternoon, more brave souls under the white heat of 15 to 1.
34:44The Lorry Jumpers, tonight at 10. Next this afternoon, more brave souls under the white heat of 15 to 1.
34:52Filmmaker Leo Maguire.
34:53Filmmaker Leo Maguire.