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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio. Here we are 11th of November. It's that time of year when
00:36after a day's work, I guess, we all want to rush home and slump in front of the television with
00:43a tray on our laps with some comfort food. And in my case, comfort food is epitomized by a cup
00:50of our bangers and some mashed potatoes and some brown sauce too. I love it.
00:58Controversial. Oh, I do love a duck in the evening. A duck leg particularly. I find that just the best
01:03thing ever. And low in cholesterol too. What about you, Rachel? Do you like a duck? No, I don't eat.
01:08I'm friends with ducks, so I don't eat ducks actually. But I'm with you with bangers and mashed potatoes.
01:12For me, gravy. Anything with gravy is comfort food. And mashed potatoes. Or, you know, shepherd's pie or roast dinner
01:17with loads of gravy.
01:18Shepherd's pie. Yeah, absolutely. I'm with you.
01:21Yeah, we'll share that. I'm with you on that.
01:22No ducks. No ducks were harmed in the making of my shepherd's pie.
01:42Now, taekwondo. That sounds sort of hurtful in your hands. Tell me a little bit about taekwondo. It's a martial
01:51art involving...
01:52Yeah. It's similar to karate, but it's a lot more kicking involved, so I'd say it hurts you a bit
02:00more.
02:01Now, it would hurt me a lot if I had you in the ring. My word, you're a big chap.
02:07Well, have a lot of fun today, Romain. And let's have a big round of applause for Romain and Matthew.
02:16And in the corner, Susie is there. And for the last time, until we drag her kicking and screaming back
02:23here,
02:23we have the wonderful Michelle Collins, actress extraordinaire, I guess best known for EastEnders and Coronation Street.
02:30Yeah. I mean, there was a huge sort of 12-year gap in the middle, which I did work solidly.
02:38But I suppose, you know, two huge programmes like EastEnders and Corrie, that's what people remember.
02:43Indeed. Yeah.
02:44All right. More wonderful anecdotes from you a little bit later.
02:48But now it's time to turn to Matthew and ask him to take us away on a letters game.
02:53Thank you. Good afternoon, Rachel.
02:55Afternoon, Matthew.
02:56Could I start with a consonant, please?
02:57Thank you. Start today with X.
03:00Vowel.
03:02I.
03:03Consonant.
03:05M.
03:06Consonant.
03:08J.
03:09Vowel.
03:11A.
03:13Consonant.
03:14B.
03:16Vowel.
03:18U.
03:20Another vowel.
03:22E.
03:25And a final vowel, please.
03:28And a final A.
03:30And here's the countdown clock.
04:02Yes, Matthew?
04:03I might have an eight.
04:05Remain?
04:06I've only got a five.
04:08OK. And your five?
04:10Imbue.
04:11Imbue, yeah, good word.
04:12Now, Matthew, you think you've got an eight.
04:15Jambo?
04:16Can I just check how you're spelling it there, Matthew?
04:18J-A-M-B-E-A-U-X.
04:21Fantastic.
04:22A jambo in the singular is a piece of leg armour.
04:25And jambo with the X, because it's French, is the plural.
04:29Two pieces of leg armour.
04:31Brilliant.
04:34Now then, Michelle?
04:36We have the same.
04:37Yes?
04:38Oh, brilliant.
04:40And the else is it?
04:40No, that was our lot.
04:41Jambo.
04:43Eight points to Matthew and Remain.
04:45How about a letter to go?
04:47OK.
04:47Can I have a consonant, please?
04:49Thank you, Remain.
04:51N.
04:52And another consonant.
04:54L.
04:55A vowel.
04:57I.
04:59Another vowel.
05:01U.
05:03Consonant.
05:04G.
05:06A vowel.
05:07O.
05:08O.
05:09Consonant.
05:12D.
05:14And a consonant.
05:16T.
05:17And a vowel, please.
05:19And the last one.
05:21E.
05:22Stand by.
05:24And a vowel.
05:43And a vowel.
05:43And a vowel.
05:44And a vowel.
05:44And a vowel.
05:44And a vowel.
05:44And a vowel.
05:44and a vowel.
05:46And a vowel.
05:54Yes, Romain?
05:56Nine, I think.
05:58Wow.
05:59Now then, Matthew?
06:00Only an eight.
06:01And your eight?
06:03Outlined.
06:04Outlined.
06:05Romain Booth?
06:07Longitude?
06:08Yes, sir.
06:09Excellent.
06:13Fantastic.
06:16Commendous.
06:16Well done.
06:17Matthew, your numbers game?
06:19I've got to have six more numbers, please.
06:21You can indeed.
06:22Thank you, Matthew.
06:22A few six little ones coming up.
06:24We've got a fight on our hands today.
06:26Right, these numbers are three, four, seven, six, another seven, and one.
06:33And the target, 692.
06:36692.
06:38692.
06:40We've got a fight on our hands today.
06:41We've got a fight on our hands today.
06:45We've got a fight on our hands today.
06:49We've got a fight on our hands today.
06:50We've got a fight on our hands today.
06:53We've got a fight on our hands today.
06:55We've got a fight on our hands today.
06:55We've got a fight on our hands today.
06:56We've got a fight on our hands today.
06:57We've got a fight on our hands today.
06:57We've got a fight on our hands today.
06:57We've got a fight on our hands today.
06:58We've got a fight on our hands today.
06:59We've got a fight on our hands today.
07:00We've got a fight on our hands today.
07:02We've got a fight on our hands today.
07:08Yes, Matthew.
07:106, 8, 6.
07:126, 8, 6.
07:13Romain?
07:14I've got 6, 9, 9.
07:16So, Matthew, let's start with you.
07:196 plus 4 plus 3 plus 1.
07:2414.
07:25Multiply that by both the 7s.
07:28Multiply by the two 7s and you get 686.
07:326, 8, 6.
07:33A little bit of drift there, Rachel.
07:35Can you help us?
07:356, 9, 2 is what we're after.
07:37This did fall out nicely, actually.
07:39If you say 7 plus 4 is 11.
07:426 plus 3 is 9.
07:4611, 9 is 99.
07:48Times that by the other 7 for 693.
07:51And then take away the 1, 6, 9, 2.
07:52Very good.
07:53Well done.
07:56So, 18 plays Matthew's 13 as we go into our first tea time teaser,
08:02which is biker T.
08:03And the clue, 6 all.
08:046 all, and perhaps a short stay in Bangkok.
08:076 all, and perhaps a short stay in Bangkok.
08:286 all, and perhaps a short stay in Bangkok.
08:31And the answer is tie-break.
08:35Tie-break.
08:36So, Matthew 1, 13.
08:38Remain 18.
08:39Remain, you're back.
08:40Letters.
08:41Okay.
08:42Consonant, please.
08:44Thank you, Remain.
08:45F.
08:47Consonant.
08:49P.
08:50Vowel, please.
08:52I.
08:54Vowel again.
08:55A.
08:57Consonant.
08:59T.
09:01Consonant.
09:03L.
09:04Vowel, please.
09:07I.
09:09Vowel.
09:11E.
09:12And the consonant.
09:13And lastly, R.
09:16Countdown.
09:25Bye.
09:28Bye.
09:33Bye.
09:38Bye.
09:48Remain?
09:49Seven.
09:50A seven.
09:51Matthew?
09:52Six.
09:53And your six?
09:54Pilot.
09:55Remain.
09:57Plater.
09:57How are you spelling plater, Remain?
10:00P-L-A-I-T-E-R.
10:02Oh, yeah, a platter.
10:03Somebody who plats, literally.
10:05That's absolutely fine.
10:06Well done.
10:07Thank you very much.
10:07Twenty-five plays.
10:09Thirteen.
10:10But before we leave this, what have we got?
10:12Michelle?
10:13Well, we had two sevens, airlift and flea pit.
10:17Flea pit.
10:18That's a great word.
10:20So, Matthew, your letters game.
10:22Have a care, Matthew.
10:23We've got a player here.
10:24Consonant, please.
10:25Thank you, Matthew.
10:26S.
10:28Vowel.
10:30A.
10:31Consonant.
10:33R.
10:34Consonant.
10:36S.
10:37Vowel.
10:39O.
10:40Consonant.
10:42W.
10:44Vowel.
10:46U.
10:49Vowel.
10:51E.
10:52And final vowel, please.
10:55And a final I.
10:57Stand by.
10:59Vowel.
11:00Vowel.
11:03Vowel.
11:07Vowel.
11:14Vowel.
11:16Vowel.
11:17Vowel.
11:18Vowel.
11:19Vowel.
11:21Vowel.
11:21Vowel.
11:22Vowel.
11:23Vowel.
11:24Vowel.
11:25Vowel.
11:26Vowel.
11:26Vowel.
11:27Vowel.
11:28Vowel.
11:28Matthew seven seven remain are just six and your six soirees soirees and
11:36serious so I are yes so I are yes you need to ease yes yeah to ease so 20
11:48plays remains 25 and we turn now to Susie and Michelle we got seven arouses
11:55yes and anything else is serious for us as well all right so remain your first
12:02numbers game yeah can I have two large ones four small ones please you can
12:07indeed thank you remain two big four little and for this round your little
12:11ones are two five another five and four and the big ones 25 and 100 and the
12:19target one hundred and eighteen one one eight
12:26so
12:53REMAIN
12:54REMAIN
12:55Conjunction 18
12:55118
12:57And Matthew
12:57118
12:58So remain
13:00100
13:00Plus 25
13:01125
13:02Minus 5
13:04Minus 2
13:05Yeah we can do that in our heads
13:06118
13:06And Matthew
13:07Yes I do it the same way
13:09There we go
13:10Yeah
13:10I'm sure
13:11I'm sure
13:13So five point difference
13:1530 plays
13:16Remains 35
13:17As we turn
13:18Once again
13:20To Michelle
13:21Michelle I suppose
13:22It can be a funny old world this acting and fame
13:25Does it always go absolutely to plan?
13:30No it doesn't not really in my case
13:32And a little bit accident prone Nick
13:34And I was in a play called Burning Point
13:38And the theatre burnt down
13:41I don't know if it was my fault because we never really found out what happened
13:45But we had a great first night and went home the next day and my agent rung me and said
13:51Have you watched the news?
13:52And I said no
13:53And he said well don't go into the theatre because the theatre's burnt down
13:56Wow
13:56And
13:57And
13:58And
13:58Yes so we did actually go to theatre and it was really sad because I don't know if
14:02The smell and we went into the dress rooms it was awful
14:05And
14:06And it was really yeah it was sad so we had to you know it closed and it took I
14:10think
14:10Two years for the theatre to be refurbished again they built a wonderful theatre
14:14But then I also did a play called Anybody for Murder and somebody got murdered
14:19After
14:20I was getting a hamburger at a stall afterwards and I shook hands with a man with a very bloody
14:24Hand and apparently he was the one that committed the murder oh yes we found out the next day
14:29What else?
14:30Oh I did I was doing a play good on the piece I had to learn to ski and I
14:34broke the director's nose
14:36With a chair lift like that
14:39Yeah I'm a little bit
14:41Once I remember my very first autograph I signed it Bonnie Langford
14:45Because I was in a pub in Covent Garden and Cats was on
14:49And these Americans came over to me and said would you sign it please
14:53And I went yeah what shall I sign it well your name Bonnie
14:57And I went Bonnie Langford that's who you are isn't it?
15:00And I went yeah of course it is
15:01And I signed it
15:05So there you go and then she's appeared in East Dentist
15:07So I've never told her that story I should tell her that really that my first ever autograph was Bonnie
15:10Langford
15:11Brilliant well done but I must say you're a dangerous girl to have around
15:14I am I am
15:16Promise you'll leave the studio intact when you depart this evening
15:20Very good well done well done
15:26Now Matthew letters game
15:29Consonant please
15:30Thank you Matthew
15:31T
15:32T
15:33Vowel
15:34O
15:36Consonant
15:37N
15:38Consonant
15:40R
15:42Vowel
15:42E
15:43Consonant
15:46V
15:48Vowel
15:48A
15:51Vowel
15:53E
15:55And a final consonant please
15:57And a final N
15:59Standby
15:59Do
16:28To
16:29To
16:29To
16:30Matthew eight and eight remain eight. Yes, Matthew renovate and remain renovate. All right
16:47Thank you. All right 38 place 43 remain on 43 and in the lead and it remains let us game
16:54now
16:54Consonant, please. Thank you remain. P. Vowel. O. Vowel again, please. I. Consonant. N. Consonant. H. Consonant. V. Vowel. E.
17:19And consonant, please. Q.
17:22Q. Consonant. And lastly, another P. Tung Tung.
17:51Q. Consonant. And lastly, another P. Tung Tung.
17:57Q. Consonant. Well remain. I've got a five. A five. Thank you. Matthew. Five. Two fives remain. Pony.
18:08Pony. Pony and? Phone. And phone.
18:12Uh, yes. How are you spelling pony? Well then? I've got the wrong one. I did it. P-O-N
18:16-I-E.
18:17Oh, it's P-O-N-Y. All right. What have we got?
18:22Michelle, what are you doing over there?
18:23Uh, what am I doing over here? Um, ovine, hippo.
18:27Yes. Yes. Um, ovine meaning resembling a sheep. Yep. Uh, as opposed to antarine, which we had the other day,
18:34uh, resembling a goose.
18:35Exactly. Um, but just fives for us too, Nick. Thank you. All right. So, your ponies let you down.
18:4343 apiece now. Level with, uh, Matthew there as we turn to Matthew for a numbers game.
18:48I've got to have six small numbers again. I thought you might say that, trying to break the deadlock.
18:52Six more little ones coming up. And for this round they are four, nine, eight, another nine, one, and another
19:02one.
19:04And the target, 947. 947.
19:07947.
19:08847.
19:09947.
19:27847.
19:28947.
19:28947.
19:40Matthew, 9, 4, 8.
19:43One away, remain.
19:459, 4, 7, I think.
19:47I haven't written it down.
19:49Well, you don't have to, but tell us how you think you get that.
19:52So, 8 times 9, I came with a...
19:5672.
19:57Oh, I didn't get it then.
19:59No, sorry, it's wrong.
20:00I've got some of it for you stuck in my head.
20:02Oh, sorry.
20:03So, one away for Matthew.
20:05Let's hear.
20:06I did 9 times 9.
20:089 times 9, 81.
20:11And then I took away the two ones.
20:13Take away the two ones for 79.
20:16And 8 and 4 is 12.
20:18Yep.
20:20Hopefully, if you multiply them together...
20:22You do indeed, yep.
20:239, 4, 8, one away.
20:25Oh, well done.
20:25Well done.
20:269, 4, 7, Rachel.
20:28Is it possible?
20:28No, this is perfect.
20:29Is that it?
20:30Yep, that's the best you can get.
20:31Very good.
20:33So, 50.
20:34Place remains 43.
20:35And Matthew's stolen a lead of 7 points.
20:38As we go into a tea-time teaser, which is...
20:41Toot Mayo.
20:43And the clue?
20:44Felt threatened by the relationship, so broke it off.
20:47Felt threatened by the relationship, so broke it off.
21:05Welcome back.
21:06I left with the clue.
21:07Felt threatened by the relationship, so broke it off.
21:09And the answer is autotomy.
21:14You were on me.
21:16What is it?
21:17Chris Packham should be here to explain this one.
21:18It's a term from zoology, and it's the casting off of a part of the body by an animal that's
21:24under threat, so a lizard might cast off its tail, for example.
21:29Yeah.
21:29I think it might be when it's in a hold by its predator, and it can sort of wriggle off.
21:34Yes.
21:34I think that's what happens.
21:34They discard.
21:35Yeah.
21:36In order to escape.
21:37And then they recover.
21:38That appended.
21:39It's amazing.
21:40Yeah.
21:41Autotomy.
21:42I wish we could do a similar thing.
21:4450 plays 43.
21:46Matthew in the lead, and it remains chance to catch him up.
21:50All right.
21:50Consonant, please.
21:51Thank you, Romain.
21:52T.
21:53And a vowel.
21:55A.
21:56Consonant.
21:58D.
22:00Consonant, please.
22:02C.
22:04Vowel.
22:06U.
22:08Consonant.
22:10D.
22:12Vowel.
22:14I.
22:16Consonant, please.
22:18R.
22:20And a vowel.
22:21And the last one.
22:22O.
22:23Count.
22:56Remain, seven.
22:57Matthew, I think I've got an eight.
23:00So, we'll hear in a minute.
23:02Remain.
23:03Carotid.
23:05And adductor.
23:07An adductor.
23:09Yes, both to do with the body.
23:12Adductor is a muscle whose contraction moves a limb or other part of the body towards another part.
23:19So there are adductor muscles and there are abductor muscles.
23:25And carotid, of course, is the artery that carries blood to the head and the neck.
23:29Indeed, which you've got to protect.
23:31Yes.
23:32Now, what have we got there, Michelle?
23:33Both of those.
23:35Hopefully, we did.
23:36Well done.
23:37Nothing else?
23:37No.
23:38You don't need anything else as long as you've got those.
23:4058 plays 43.
23:41And Matthew, letters game.
23:43Consonant, please.
23:44Thank you, Matthew.
24:10And final vowel, please.
24:14And final I.
24:16And here's the countdown clock.
24:49Matthew seven a seven remain six six your six meager meager and Gordia and Gordia very nice
25:01excellent word yes Gordie plumage yeah Michelle we got mirage as in mirage yep yeah that means
25:10having the nature or appearance of mirage obviously that was our best for seven very
25:14good all right 65 place 43 and Susie Susie we're back with you for that wonderful origins of words
25:23of yours thanks Nick well you mentioned comfort food at the start of the program and that goes
25:31back to the 1970s so that's a pretty recent creation in linguistic terms but comfort zone
25:37goes all the way back to the 1920s and today just thought I would do a few words that originated
25:42in
25:42the 1920s and some may surprise you and some seem absolutely perfect for their era we start with it
25:49girl as well as might associate it girl with the 1990s early 2000s but it goes back to Clara bow
25:57who
25:57was an actress in the 1920s and she starred in a film adaptation of a novel called it and so
26:04she became
26:05quite literally the it girl and it came on to mean somebody who had definite sex appeal and of course
26:11that's how we used it later on and skint is a variant on the term skinned meaning I have nothing
26:19left I've been skinned that goes back to the 20s oops as well perhaps not so surprising that's from
26:25upsy-daisy which in turn is linked to lackadaisical which goes back in fact a lackaday an exclamation of
26:34surprise or woe makeover might surprise you and the first makeover in fact it was mentioned in 1478
26:43of the 15th century and that was to do with God and a religious makeover but vanity fair the magazine
26:49first mentioned uh somebody called miss angelica makeover a bit like miss blinda blurb who was the
26:55first mention of the word blurb of a novel and in the 1920s a makeover really caught on press up
27:02a
27:02freebie which again seems very very modern um kushti one of my favourite words goes back to the hindi
27:09kush meaning pleasure and then was picked up as a romany word and um the dream team again something
27:16that was first found in a 1925 connecticut newspaper but it became popularized internationally
27:23when it was the name given to the 1992 olympic gold winning u.s basketball team they were called
27:29the dream team they were the first and it's enjoyed ever since oh well done lovely stuff
27:34well done thank you thank you so much great stuff 65 plays romayne's 43 and romayne you're back with
27:46letters again okay can i have a consonant please thank you romayne n and a vowel a a vowel again
27:55o consonant s consonant s consonant r vowel a vowel e consonant l and a consonant please and lastly m
28:19stand by
28:21so
28:40¶¶
28:47¶¶
28:51Yes, remain.
28:527.
28:537 and 7.
28:56Remain.
28:56Normals.
28:57Normals and?
28:59Manoral.
29:01Manoral.
29:02Just checking normals, I think that is fine.
29:06Yep.
29:07And manoral, we have manorial.
29:10Yeah, it is manorial rather than manoral, I'm afraid, Matthew.
29:14So no wonder on that one.
29:15Sorry.
29:15Bad luck on that.
29:16Anything else there?
29:17We did.
29:18We got the best team in the world, which was Arsenal.
29:21Seven letters.
29:23You're pleased about that, aren't you?
29:25Some boos.
29:26Yes.
29:27The dream team of you two.
29:29Both Arsenal supporters.
29:30Both gooners.
29:31Yes.
29:31Anything else?
29:32Yes, there was an eight.
29:33Almaners.
29:34Givers of arms.
29:35Almaners.
29:36Yeah.
29:40So 65 plays remains 50.
29:42And it's Matthew's letters game.
29:45Matthew.
29:45Consonant, please.
29:47Thank you, Matthew.
29:48Z.
29:49Vowel.
29:51A.
29:52Consonant.
29:54F.
29:55Consonant.
29:58P.
29:59Vowel.
30:00O.
30:02Consonant.
30:04D.
30:06Vowel.
30:07I.
30:09Vowel.
30:11E.
30:14And a final...
30:16Vowel, please.
30:17And...
30:18A final U.
30:19Stand by.
30:20Vowel.
30:21Vowel.
30:23Vowel.
30:35Vowel.
30:36Vowel.
30:38Vowel.
30:39Vowel.
30:40Vowel.
30:42Vowel.
30:43Vowel.
30:44Vowel.
30:45Vowel.
30:46Vowel.
30:48Vowel.
30:49Vowel.
30:49Vowel.
30:50Vowel.
30:51Matthew I just five five five as well yes about abode and phased and phased we happy adieu is it
31:02anything else no that was our favorite for five adieu yeah yeah all right so 70 to 55
31:11Matthews leading the field as we go to the final numbers game remain thank you could I get two large
31:19ones and four small ones again please large thank you remain and four small and we could have
31:23ourselves a crucial conundrum we shall see the last numbers game of the day is eight another eight
31:28two seven and the big 225 and 75 and the target 965 965
32:10now remain no any too far too far how about to Matthew nine six seven nine six seven two away
32:19I did eight plus seven minus two eight plus seven minus two is 13 and multiply that by 75 multiply
32:28by
32:2875 is 975 and subtracted the eighth and take the other eight nine six seven two away well done well
32:36done well done but nine six five Rachel and it may be possible but leave it with me I'll leave
32:42that one
32:43with you certainly 77 plays 55 where are we we're in the final round gentlemen so fingers on buzzers
32:49and let's reveal today's countdown conundrum
33:05remain I reckon that pony's got a lot to answer for yeah you started off like a tornado
33:22with that longitude it was fantastic but there we are on the day Matthew takes it 77 to your 65
33:29but
33:29yeah a great great contest well done remain thank you for coming will you take this goody bag back to
33:36Bradford with you thank you all right well done and we shall see you tomorrow Matthew well done thank you
33:42see you tomorrow Susie and how my heart breaks Michelle we won't see you you've been a great guest real
33:49pleasure great stories and good a good player too oh it's been great thank you for having me you come
33:55and
33:56see us again soon please all right well done and Rachel see you tomorrow see I think this Matthew he's
34:01a good
34:02player too so a bit upset about remain actually because he came roaring in with that nine letter
34:07yeah he was fantastic they've come up against each other these two great contestants he's a good
34:12contestant join us tomorrow same time same place you'll be sure of it a very good afternoon you can
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34:34tonight has all the property stuff covered a castle that was once fit for a queen now in need of
34:40some
34:40TLC restoring Britain's landmarks here at eight then at nine Kevin's whittling down some epic grand
34:46designs to see who's in the running for house of the year hope my gas on there
34:50you