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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34Now if the thought of the winter looming fills you with dread, and it certainly does me, to such an
00:40extent actually,
00:41do you remember you guys gave me one of those little machines?
00:43And it sort of wakes me up in the morning by sort of making sort of birdsong noises and lights.
00:49Is that one of those presents where you sign the card and you give the money and that's what we
00:53got?
00:53I don't know what it was.
00:54Who got you that?
00:54I got it.
00:55But anyway, if winter really fills you with dread, there's a big awards event tonight that might sort of interest
01:02you.
01:02You may have to dress for dinner, of course, because tonight Cruise International Awards take place.
01:10And last year apparently there were over 26,000 votes cast.
01:14For what?
01:14The categories included from the best cruise line, the best new ship, best cruise destination, best for food and all
01:21the rest of it.
01:21Of course, the word cruise, you know, means different things to different people, I suppose.
01:27Living in luxury, different destination every day.
01:29Or perhaps being on the same ship with the same people day after day.
01:33I don't know.
01:33But some of these cruise ships are extraordinary.
01:36I've been on two.
01:37Yes.
01:37I filmed on one.
01:38It was the biggest thing.
01:39It was like a city.
01:40Right.
01:40And I sat in the captain's chair going through the straits between Sicily and Italy.
01:48And the bridge was 50 metres wide.
01:51It was incredible.
01:52And I sat in the captain's chair.
01:53It was amazing.
01:54And the other cruise I went on, because I once hosted this particular event, and afterwards I was so seduced
02:00by all the talk about it.
02:02Catherine and I went off on a little ship, a seaborne ship, seaborne cruises in the West Indies.
02:07I loved it.
02:08What about you?
02:08Do you fancy a cruise?
02:10I've never been on a cruise.
02:11My parents go all the time and they go to some amazing locations.
02:14So next year my dad's going to retire and they're going to go all around the French Polynesian Islands, I
02:18think.
02:18So I'm quite jealous.
02:19Oh, that's a good place to go.
02:20Maybe one day.
02:21Yeah.
02:22I'll get you to sign me up after you do one of these dealings.
02:24Indeed.
02:25We'll go and review one or something.
02:27Exactly.
02:27Caviar every day.
02:29Perfect.
02:29Perfect.
02:30No, it was a great sport.
02:31I enjoyed it very much.
02:32I wouldn't want to do it all the time.
02:34However, who have we got with us?
02:36Rach, we've got Wayne McSorley back.
02:38Stock and Systems Administrator from Bradford.
02:41Two wins to his name, vying for third today.
02:43Good luck to you, Wayne.
02:44And you're joined in competition, deadly competition, by Colin White, a trainee auditor living in Durham,
02:50originally from the west of Scotland, formerly a freelance translator.
02:54Yes.
02:55English into?
02:56French and Italian into English.
02:58Okay.
02:59And you packed that in, you didn't fancy it at all?
03:01Yeah, it's just very intermittent, the work coming in.
03:04Oh, is that right?
03:05Yes.
03:05Well, I can imagine that.
03:06So you're going to become an auditor.
03:08Yes.
03:09You host a weekly patient request show on hospital radio.
03:12And you're a marathon runner, Paris and Edinburgh.
03:15I have been, yes.
03:16Good for you.
03:18You look like a long-distance runner, if you don't mind me saying so.
03:21Not at all.
03:21Let's have a big round of applause then for Colin and Wayne McSorley.
03:32And Susie's over there, of course, on this Wednesday, 16th of September.
03:36How are you feeling, Susie?
03:37Very good, thank you.
03:38All the better for having the wonderful John Culshaw next to you, I'm sure.
03:42Now then, Wayne, let's kick off countdown today.
03:45Letters game.
03:46Hi, Rachel.
03:47Hi, Wayne.
03:47Can I have a vowel, please?
03:48You can, thank you.
03:49Start today with A.
03:52Vowel.
03:53I.
03:54Vowel.
03:56O.
03:57Consonant.
03:59S.
04:01Consonant.
04:02T.
04:04Consonant.
04:06G.
04:08Consonant.
04:09X.
04:11Vowel.
04:13E.
04:14And a consonant, please.
04:16And the last one, L.
04:18And here's the countdown clock.
04:50Now then, Wayne.
04:52Seven.
04:53And Colin?
04:53Just six.
04:54And your six?
04:55Exalts.
04:57Exalts.
04:58Yes.
04:58Goalies.
05:00How do you feel about that, Susie?
05:02Goalies, absolutely fine.
05:04Yep, very good.
05:05Goal keepers.
05:06Obviously, nice seven.
05:08Gion, what have you got for us?
05:09Yeah, there's quite a few.
05:11Legates.
05:12Aegist was there for six as well.
05:14And Stogie was there for six.
05:17Very good.
05:18All right.
05:19So, seven points to Wayne.
05:20Colin, you have to kick off.
05:22Colin, now's your chance.
05:23Hi, Rachel.
05:24Consonant, please.
05:25Thank you, Colin.
05:26T.
05:27And another.
05:29N.
05:30And a third.
05:32L.
05:33And a fourth, please.
05:36T.
05:37And a vowel, please.
05:39I.
05:40And another.
05:42E.
05:43And a third.
05:45U.
05:46And a consonant, please.
05:49S.
05:51And a final vowel.
05:52And a final A.
05:54Stand by.
05:56Okay.
05:57I'm sorry.
05:58I'm sorry.
06:15I'm sorry.
06:26Yes, Colin?
06:27A six again.
06:28A six, Wayne?
06:29I'll try a seven.
06:31So, Colin?
06:32Titles.
06:33And Wayne?
06:34Latties.
06:37how are you spelling that l-a-double-t-i-e-s i-e-s a couple of lattes in
06:42your coffee shop
06:43would be fine but not lattes i'm afraid so without the i you'd be okay indeed all right
06:49and john lots of sevens salient for seven situate for seven and some eights i'm going to hand over
06:56to susie uh for some eights just in there's a lutenist a loot player and insulate is there
07:05eight as well thank you so much well done seven plays six wayne appointing the lead and it's wayne's
07:11numbers game wayne one large and rest small please thank you wayne one large five little ones for the
07:18first numbers game of the day and these ones are eight another eight three two five and the big
07:26one fifty and the target seven hundred and eighty four seven eight four
07:35so
07:47so
07:49so
08:04when I've gone wrong sorry how's calling good on as 784 I think right try it 50
08:14minus 3 minus 2 sorry 3 minus 2 is 1 and then 50 minus the 1 so 50 minus 3
08:20minus 2 for 49
08:228 plus 8 16 and multiply them together perfect 784 very neat well done Colin
08:31well done indeed brings you into a lead 16 to 7 as we go as we turn to a tee
08:37time teaser which is
08:39Bell fail and the clue Bell fails to score any runs proving he's this Bell fails to score any runs
08:47proving he's this
09:04welcome back I left with the clue Bell fails to score any runs proving he's this proving that he's
09:12fallible fallible so Wayne on now 7 Colin 16 and Colin you're back with letters game
09:18consonant please Rachel thank you Colin n and another t and a third g and foul please o and another
09:33e
09:38consonant please h and another consonant p and the final vowel please and a final e countdown
09:51one
09:52one
09:52one
09:53one
09:53two
09:54two
09:55two
09:56two
09:58two
09:58three
09:59two
09:59three
10:00three
10:02two
10:12three
10:12three
10:12two
10:17three
10:17two
10:18three
10:19three
10:20three
10:20three
10:21three
10:22yes Colin
10:22a risky seven
10:24okay how about Wayne
10:26just a five
10:27And your five?
10:28Neaf.
10:29Now then, Colin White.
10:31Phonate.
10:33Phonate, absolutely fine.
10:34Yes, a term from linguistics.
10:36It's all about pronunciation of uttering speech sounds.
10:41Literally, it's phonating.
10:42So very good.
10:43Very good.
10:44And what in the corner, John and Susie?
10:47We were presented with two rather wonderful eight-letter words out of there.
10:53Heptagon was there for eight.
10:55And also pathogen.
10:57So two very good eights mixed in there.
11:01Very good.
11:0223 plays seven, my word, Colin.
11:04Now then, Wayne, you've got to stop this.
11:08Vowel, please.
11:09Thank you, Wayne.
11:11O.
11:12Vowel.
11:13E.
11:15Vowel.
11:16A.
11:18Consonant.
11:19G.
11:21Consonant.
11:22S.
11:24Consonant.
11:25T.
11:27Vowel.
11:29E.
11:31Consonant.
11:33R.
11:34And another consonant, please.
11:36And the last one.
11:37D.
11:38Stand by.
11:38Vowel.
11:40Vowel.
11:41Vowel.
12:10I'll risk an eight.
12:13I'll risk an eight as well.
12:14Look on then.
12:15Restaged.
12:17Yes, and?
12:17Also restaged.
12:18There we go.
12:19What else have we got over in the corner?
12:22There is a nine mixed up in that bunch of letters.
12:26Yes.
12:26Derogates.
12:27Yes.
12:28Derogates is to detract from or disparage someone or something.
12:32As in derogatory.
12:33Yes.
12:34Very good.
12:39Well done, whoever brought that up.
12:41My word.
12:4231 plays 15.
12:43Colin's still in the lead.
12:44Colin, now it's numbers time for you.
12:46One large and five small, please.
12:48Thank you, Colin.
12:49One from the top row and five more little ones.
12:51And this time, the little ones are one, seven, four, six, and another seven.
12:59And the large one, 100.
13:01And the target, 989.
13:04Nine-eight-nine.
13:06Nine-eight-nine.
13:07No.
13:08…
13:23…
13:32Go and address!
13:36Colin, 9-8-9.
13:389-8-9.
13:399-8-9.
13:40So, Colin, 100, take away 1.
13:43100, take 1, 99.
13:456 plus 4.
13:4610.
13:47Multiply them together.
13:489-90.
13:50And then 7 over 7 for the other one.
13:51Lovely, well done.
13:529-8-9.
13:53Exactly the same way.
13:54That's it?
13:55Very good indeed.
13:57APPLAUSE
14:01So, 41 plays Wayne's 25.
14:03As we turn to John, the man of I don't know how many voices.
14:09Who have you got for us today?
14:10Well, I always welcome the new characters that come along with any new Dead Ringers series, for instance.
14:15A recent favourite, I think it's Judge Rinder.
14:18Talking, talking.
14:19If you went to see a mind reader, you'd be charged half price.
14:23I love his attitude.
14:27He's in the next studio, the nicest man.
14:30Yes, he's fantastic.
14:32He's fantastic.
14:32But, also within Dead Ringers, we have the old favourites, too.
14:37Some of these old favourites have great longevity, such as the Prince of Wales.
14:42Indeed.
14:43And this is a rather marvellous speech written by a very clever writer called Gronje Maguire.
14:48There was talk of some of the letters that he'd written that were released to the public a little while
14:54ago.
14:54And this is one that Gronje made up.
14:57But you could imagine him coming out with something like this.
14:59Yes, dear Minister for Health.
15:03I must complain in the strongest possible terms about the spending cuts to the NHS.
15:09Yes, I have visited many hospitals in my time, and I've noticed simple ways of saving money.
15:17For example, why not dispense with the expensive red carpet that seems to be outside every hospital I've ever been
15:25to.
15:26Apart from anything they're a trip hazard, I've spoken to my gardener about this, and my driver, and they all
15:32agree I'm onto something.
15:34I just don't understand.
15:37And why on earth waste money painting hospitals quite so often?
15:43There's a constant smell of fresh paint wherever I go.
15:47I say to him, Camilla, who's in charge of the decorating budget, Fergie?
15:53Also, so much money could be saved if they stopped giving all female visitors fresh flowers.
16:01In every single hospital one can't get through the door without somebody popping up and thrusting flowers into one's wife's
16:09hands.
16:11And surely the staff need to work much harder.
16:15Every hospital I've been to, people just wait around, grinning and waving, and I shout,
16:23Get to work, you idle buffoons!
16:26But Camilla doesn't think it's such a good idea.
16:29Not once do these grinning fools ever ask about the boil on my back.
16:33I've had it 50 years now.
16:35It's impossible to get treatment despite visiting three hospitals a week.
16:40Why the hell do they think I keep coming in?
16:44If they really wanted to improve conditions for patients, they'd cheer the place up a bit.
16:48How about the good old goon show, piped into all wards 24 hours a day, put a smile on people's
16:55faces?
16:55Haven't they heard laughter is the best medicine?
16:58Please, Minister, do something about it.
17:01Yours sincerely, Charles.
17:11I had my eyes closed all through that, and I saw him.
17:15Brilliant stuff.
17:16Well done.
17:1741 plays 25.
17:18Colin on 41, and it's Wayne's letters game now.
17:22Vowel, please, Rachel.
17:23Thank you, Wayne.
17:24I.
17:25Vowel.
17:27A.
17:28Consonant.
17:29S.
17:31Consonant.
17:33M.
17:34Vowel.
17:36E.
17:38Consonant.
17:39Z.
17:41Consonant.
17:43G.
17:45Consonant.
17:47S.
17:49And a vowel, please.
17:52And lastly, A.
17:54And here's the countdown clock.
17:56And here's the countdown clock.
17:57And here's the countdown clock.
18:14And here's the countdown clock.
18:15And here's the countdown clock.
18:16And here's the countdown clock.
18:16And here's the countdown clock.
18:16And here's the countdown clock.
18:16And here's the countdown clock.
18:16And here's the countdown clock.
18:16And here's the countdown clock.
18:16And here's the countdown clock.
18:17And here's the countdown clock.
18:18And here's the countdown clock.
18:18And here's the countdown clock.
18:19And here's the countdown clock.
18:21And here's the countdown clock.
18:28Wayne. Seven.
18:29Seven. Colin. Seven as well.
18:32Yes, Wayne. Massage.
18:34And two massages here. Any more for a massage?
18:38Yes, please.
18:39Yes. Massage we had for seven.
18:41A support act, two six-letter words, amazes and images were there to support massages.
18:49Thank you very much. Well done, John.
18:51And it's Colin's letters game. Colin.
18:54Consonant, please, Rachel.
18:55Thank you, Colin.
18:56C.
18:57And another.
18:59R.
19:00And a third.
19:01B.
19:03And a vowel, please.
19:06I.
19:07And another.
19:08E.
19:09And a third.
19:11A.
19:13Consonant, please.
19:14S.
19:16Another consonant.
19:18B.
19:20And a final consonant, please.
19:22And a final L.
19:24Stand by.
19:25B.
19:26A.
19:28A.
19:33A.
19:44A.
19:45A.
19:47A.
19:47A.
19:47A.
19:55Colin?
19:56I'll risk a nine.
19:59Good man. Wayne?
20:00Eight.
20:01And your eight?
20:02Crabbies.
20:03Crabbies. Now, Colin, how much for risk is this?
20:06Scribable.
20:09Crabbiest is in, but not a crabby is a crabby person, I'm afraid.
20:14And scribable?
20:15Um, that, I think, is unlikely as well, I'm afraid.
20:20It is, Colin, yes.
20:21So no candy for either of them.
20:22And John?
20:23There was Scabbiest there for eight.
20:26Yeah.
20:27Scribble was there for another eight.
20:31Yeah.
20:31And the second cousin twice removed to this programme, Scrabble, was there for eight.
20:38Very good.
20:39A touch of sounds going on.
20:42Very good.
20:43Colin on 48, and it's Wayne's numbers game.
20:46Six small, please.
20:47Thank you, Wayne.
20:48The gambling time for the ground to be made up, hopefully.
20:51Six little ones.
20:52And they are three, nine, seven, one, eight, and five.
21:00And the target, 206.
21:03206.
21:04MUSIC PLAYS
21:17MUSIC PLAYS
21:35Wayne. I've gone wrong again. Sorry.
21:38How about Colin?
21:39207.
21:40207. One away.
21:42So, 8 times 5.
21:458 times 5 is 40.
21:477 minus 3.
21:50And then plus 1.
21:51Plus 1 is 5.
21:52Multiply them together.
21:53200.
21:54And I've used the 7 twice, haven't I?
21:56Yeah.
21:57Yeah. Yeah, sorry.
21:59206, Rachel.
22:01It was possible if you say 5 times 3 is 15,
22:06add 8 for 23,
22:08times it by 9 for 207,
22:11and then take away the 1 for 206.
22:12Smashing.
22:20Perfect.
22:21Let's have a tea time teaser.
22:24It's Manny had.
22:26And the clue,
22:26Manny had several skills.
22:27He could fix almost anything.
22:29Manny had several skills.
22:31He could fix almost anything.
22:48Welcome back.
22:49I left you with the clue,
22:50Manny had several skills.
22:51He could fix almost anything.
22:54Because he was a handyman.
22:57Handyman.
22:58So, 48 plays 32.
23:00Colin on 48.
23:02Colin, how about a letters game?
23:04A consonant, please, Rachel.
23:05Thank you, Colin.
23:06K.
23:07And another.
23:09R.
23:11And a third.
23:13V.
23:15And a fourth, please.
23:17T.
23:18A vowel.
23:20U.
23:21And another.
23:23A.
23:24And a third.
23:26I.
23:27And a fourth, please.
23:30A.
23:32And a final consonant, please.
23:34And a final R.
23:36Stand by.
23:37Stand by.
24:07Colin, just a four. A four, Wayne. A risk of five. All right, so Colin, Aria. Aria and? Varta.
24:17How do you spell it? V-A-R-T-A. No, that's not there, unfortunately. It was a really tough
24:26one,
24:26though. No, what have we got? You can have a virtue, V-I-R-T-U, which is knowledge or
24:34expertise
24:35in the fine arts, or a writer, which is, we'll have a cucumber writer if you go out for a
24:42delicious
24:42Indian meal. It's a mix of yoghurt and usually with some vegetable, which cools the palate if you're
24:47having a hot curry. Just the thing, but tough choice, then. Yeah, very difficult. All right, 52 plays, 32.
24:54To Wayne, you're back with the letters game. Vowel, please. Thank you, Wayne. U. Vowel. E. Vowel. I.
25:05Consonant. N. Consonant. C. Consonant. M. Consonant. S. Consonant. R. And another vowel,
25:23please. And the last one. O. Countdown.
25:28O. Countdown.
25:30O. Countdown.
25:58Colin.
25:59Seven.
26:00A seven.
26:01Seven.
26:02Two sevens.
26:02Colin.
26:03Coiners.
26:05And Wayne.
26:05Mincers.
26:06Mincers.
26:08Mincers and yes?
26:10Coiners, yes.
26:11A word coiner, for example.
26:12Word inventor.
26:13Yep.
26:14Yep.
26:15John.
26:15A couple of eights in there.
26:17Incomers.
26:17Yep.
26:18And consumer.
26:19Both for eight.
26:22Very good.
26:24Well done indeed.
26:25So 59 plays 39.
26:27Still that 20 point difference as we turn to Susie.
26:30And her origins of words.
26:32Now then.
26:32Well, a couple of words or expressions that have been born out of conflicts.
26:38And very different time zones.
26:40The first is the Riot Act.
26:42If you read somebody the Riot Act, you're not reading anything.
26:45You're basically giving them a severe reprimand.
26:48But it was a very literal thing.
26:49It goes back to the early 18th century.
26:51And the Riot Act was read aloud by the agents of King George I.
26:56Who used it to break up gatherings of more than 12 people.
27:00By ordering them to disperse within an hour.
27:03And the wording that had to be read out to the gathering by the king's agent was.
27:08Our sovereign lord the king charges and commandeth all persons being assembled immediately to disperse themselves and peaceably to depart
27:15to their habitations or to their lawful business upon the pains contained in the act made in the year or
27:21first year of King George for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies.
27:25God save the king.
27:27If you jump forward some hundreds of years and you get to kamikaze.
27:39And that came from a force that had saved their ancestors in the late 13th century.
27:49So sometime before and an immense fleet of Mongol ships brought invaders to Japan's shores.
27:56And a sudden storm arose and destroyed the ships.
28:00And the grateful populace called it the divine wind.
28:03And their word for the divine wind was kamikaze.
28:06And that was picked up as they say by the Japanese airmen in World War II.
28:10Today it's lost a bit of that power and it usually describes severe disregard for your personal welfare.
28:17But very, very serious indeed when it's beginning as indeed was the riot act.
28:21Very good. Well done.
28:2759 to 39.
28:29Colin's bear okay.
28:31And now it's Colin's letters game.
28:33Consonant please, Rachel.
28:34Thank you, Colin.
28:36N.
28:37And another.
28:39D.
28:40And a third.
28:42Q.
28:44And a fourth.
28:45T.
28:47And a vowel, please.
28:49U.
28:50And another.
28:52E.
28:53And a third.
28:55O.
28:56And a fourth, please.
28:59E.
29:00And a final consonant.
29:01And a final P.
29:04Stand by.
29:05And a fourth.
29:06O.
29:06To, to, to, to, to, to live.
29:33OK.
29:36Colin. Six. That's six Wayne. Six. Colin. Quoted. Quoted and you're both quoted. Quoted. Anybody else quoted in the corner
29:45John, Susie? A rather intriguing seven. Pentode. For a seven over here.
29:53It's a thermionic valve. It has five electrodes, hence the pent prefix. It's used in radio reception and that sort
30:00of thing. Pentoed. Very good. Moving on. 65 to 45 then. Wayne. Final letters game.
30:07A consonant, please. Thank you, Wayne. R. Vowel. A. Vowel. E. Vowel. I. Consonant. D. Consonant. V. Consonant. P. Consonant.
30:34N.
30:37And another consonant, please. And the last one. T.
30:41Turn by.
31:13Yes, Wayne. Seven. A seven, Colin. Seven as well. Wayne. Pirated. And private. And private.
31:22Yep. We happy about that? Very happy. John. Dipteran. Is there for eight, which is an intriguing one. Dipteran.
31:30Yes. An insect of the large order of dipteran, most of which are flies. House flies, blue bottles, etc.
31:38Oh, really? Dipteran. Dipteran.
31:4072, please. 52. Colin, the final numbers game.
31:44One large and five small again, please.
31:46And you're hoping for a safe one. Thank you, Colin. One large, five little, and it isn't over yet.
31:50The final numbers game of the day is nine, four, two, five, eight. And the big one, 50. And the
32:00target, 784.
32:02Seven, eight, four.
32:03Seven, eight, four.
32:03Seven, eight, four.
32:33Well, Colin. 786. Two away. Wayne. 777. Right. Colin. 8 times 2. 8 times 2 is 16.
32:46Times 50. Times 50 is 800. 9 plus 5 is 14. Yeah, 9 plus 5 is 14. Two away.
32:55Two away. What do you make of it, Rachel? 784?
32:58Well, that's interesting, because it's pretty much the same as the first one. If you say
33:025 minus 4 is 1, 50 minus 1 is 49, and then 8 times 2 is 16, and 16 times
33:1049 is still 784.
33:12There we are. Well done.
33:13Very good. Very good. So 79 plays Wayne's 52 as we go into the final round, conundrum time.
33:22So, Wayne and Colin, fingers on buzzers. Let's reveal today's countdown conundrum.
33:39Wayne, gold mouth. Let's see whether you're right. There it is. Gold mouth. Well done.
33:51Well done, Wayne. Final surge. But unfortunately for you, Colin takes it. 79 points to 62. But well done.
33:59You played very strongly up until then, and so it's with great pleasure that I give you this goodie bag
34:05and a teapot to take back to Bradford. Thank you. Very well indeed.
34:10But today, Colin wins, and we see you tomorrow. Good win. Good win.
34:15And we see you both tomorrow, Susie and John. See you tomorrow.
34:18See you then. See you then. More great voices tomorrow. All right.
34:21And Rachel? Yep. See you tomorrow.
34:23Hopefully we'll have a new target by then. Indeed. All right.
34:25Same time, same place. You'll be very sure of it, and a very good afternoon to you.
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