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00:30Good afternoon, good afternoon, and welcome to Countdown Studio. It's Monday, the 9th of November. We've seen Halloween and Bonfire
00:39Night pass us by, and what's the next big event? Well, in seven weeks' time, it's Christmas. And it'll then
00:47all be over after that for a long, long time.
00:50So, it'll be here before we know it. Some people, of course, planning already. From my point of view, I
00:57do nothing. Why? Because I have a wonderful partner called Catherine, who is the most organised person in the world.
01:03Indeed, she's so organised that even with telephone conversations with her family, they are diarised and timed. She'll say, I
01:11must go now. I have a 10 o'clock call with X, Y and Z, and it's a 15-minute
01:17call, and I'll then be able to give you 10 minutes.
01:19She's fantastic. So, Christmas is an absolute breeze. I do nothing apart from... I deal with the turkey and the
01:26Christmas tree. That's my contribution.
01:28Why would I need to bother with a brilliant, brilliant organiser at my side? And you?
01:34So, do you decorate the Christmas tree?
01:36Uh, nope. I didn't do that.
01:37So, what do you... Well, in terms of you deal with the Christmas tree...
01:40I buy it.
01:41You buy it. You're the financier behind the... And presumably the turkey as well.
01:45And all... Yes, we go to a wonderful butcher, and I buy all the meat.
01:51And...
01:52I'm in charge of the turkey. All you do is buy it.
01:56I carve it. No, I carve it. I carve it.
01:59Now, are you planning yet for Christmas, or are you going to wait a little while?
02:02Well, I'm going to go away for Christmas.
02:04Excellent. Where are you off to?
02:05Off to New York. The home of Christmas, the home of Elf.
02:09Actually, that's a great thing to do, because it'll be crisp, and New York's such a great town.
02:15The shops are great. A little bit of, uh...
02:17And I've got my Mrs. Claus outfit on already.
02:21Well done. All right. Well, I think you've got it well organised there.
02:24Now, is Keith Kahn going to be well organised today?
02:27Formerly the controller of Aston Martin's DB7 programme, and therefore he's got my vote,
02:32claimed two victories last week, so he's returning today,
02:34looking for a third, and in order to do so, in order to vanquish your competitor,
02:40you've got to get past Matthew Tassier. Have I pronounced it correctly?
02:45Close. Tassier.
02:46Tassier. Thank you very much. You're a statistical consultant from Ealing.
02:49You love bad films, which sounds like a sort of a strange thing to do,
02:54and the research department has dug out from you the fact that you love a film called Sharknado.
03:00What's all that about?
03:02Sharknado is about a tornado in Los Angeles that, as a water spout,
03:09sucks hundreds of sharks up from the Pacific Ocean.
03:13And deposits them?
03:14Deposits them all over L.A., and there's comedy scenes of them eating the residents of L.A.,
03:20and people attacking them with chainsaws.
03:22Fantastic.
03:23It's much more entertaining.
03:25Yes. And is it now a cult film, it's so bad?
03:28I think it is, yes.
03:29All right. Big round of applause for Keith and Matthew.
03:35And, of course, Susie. How are you today, Susie?
03:38Very well, thank you.
03:39You're joined, of course, by Michelle Collins back again.
03:42Great to see you again. You had a peaceful weekend?
03:45I had a lovely weekend. My daughter's, I know you're talking about Christmas,
03:48my daughter's got her way to uni, so it is very, very peaceful at the moment.
03:52And she's not sure whether she wants to join me for Christmas this year, so...
03:55What?
03:56No, I know.
03:58Oh, dear.
03:58I'm thinking of actually going on a cruise for the first time.
04:01Can I come?
04:02I've never been on a cruise before.
04:03Absolutely. And you and Catherine? Yes?
04:08We'll talk about it after.
04:10All right. Well done, Michelle.
04:12Now then, Keith, take us away on a letters go.
04:15Good afternoon, Rachel.
04:17Afternoon, Keith.
04:17Can I have a consonant, please?
04:19Of course you can. Thank you. Start this week with R.
04:22And then another.
04:25K.
04:26And another.
04:27M.
04:29Vowel, please.
04:31E.
04:32Vowel.
04:33O.
04:35Another vowel.
04:37E.
04:38A consonant.
04:41L.
04:42Another one.
04:44F.
04:46And a consonant.
04:47And lastly, S.
04:50And here is the countdown clock.
04:52And here is the countdown clock.
05:23Keith.
05:24Seven.
05:25A seven.
05:25How about Matthew?
05:26Just a five.
05:27And that five?
05:28Moles.
05:30Keith?
05:31Rather doubtful, Fulmers.
05:33So, how are you spelling that?
05:34F-O-L-M-E-R-S.
05:36No, not in the dictionary, I'm afraid, Keith.
05:39Bad luck.
05:40What has the corner got to offer us?
05:41Michelle?
05:42We weren't that exciting either.
05:43We got a six, Smoker.
05:45A Smoker.
05:47All right.
05:48Matthew on five.
05:49What should we do?
05:50Matthew, letters game.
05:51Good afternoon, Rachel.
05:52Afternoon, Matthew.
05:53Can I start with a consonant, please?
05:56Start with Y.
05:57Vow.
05:58Vowel.
05:59I.
06:00Consonant.
06:02R.
06:04Consonant.
06:05C.
06:07Vowel.
06:08E.
06:10Consonant.
06:12Q.
06:14Vowel.
06:16U.
06:18Another vowel.
06:20I.
06:22And a consonant, please.
06:24And the last one.
06:25D.
06:26Stand by.
06:31To be continued.
06:32I.
06:57To be continued.
06:58Matthew. Six. A six, Keith. Six. Matthew. Dicea. Dicea and you're both dicey? Dicea. Equally dicey. Michelle, are you dicey?
07:09We were dicey, yes, but we also got circ. Six. Six letters circ, C-I-R-Q-U-E.
07:16The half-open steep-sided hollow at the head of a valley on a mountainside. 11 to Matthew. Keith on
07:23six. And it's Keith's numbers game. Can I have two large and four small, please, Rachel? Your favourite. Thank you,
07:29Keith. Two large ones, four littlest ones to kick us off this week. And the first numbers game is seven,
07:34one, two, and ten. And the large two, 75 and 25. And the target, 738.
07:43Seven, three, eight.
07:46Seven, three, eight.
07:53Seven, three, eight.
07:53Eleven, eight, four, and five.
08:06Seven, three, eight.
08:07Yeah, seven, three, eight.
08:15Well, Keith.
08:17Seven, three, eight, Matthew.
08:19738. So, Keith? 75 minus 1. 74. Times 10. 740. Minus 2. 738. Well done. There we go. And, Matthew?
08:30I did it the same way. There we go. Well done. Right.
08:35So, Matthew, still ahead, 21 to 16, as we turn to our first Tea Time teaser, which is prune gas.
08:43And the clue? It's not a toy, but you could call it a water pistol. It's not a toy, but
08:49you could call it a water pistol.
09:06Welcome back. I left you with the clue. It's not a toy, but you could call it a water pistol.
09:13And the answer is, it's a spear gun. Spear gun. Now then, Matthew, will you take us away? Consonant, please.
09:21Thank you, Matthew. N. Vowel. A. Consonant. D. Consonant. S. Vowel. E. Consonant. N. Vowel. U. Another vowel. E. And
09:48a final consonant, please.
09:49And a final tea. Stand by.
10:23Matthew?
10:248. An 8. Now then, Keith? I'll also go for 8. I wonder if it's the same 8. Matthew?
10:31Unseated. Unseated and?
10:33And?
10:33Untensed.
10:35Untensed muscles. Oh, it's not there. I'm sorry, Keith.
10:41All right, what else have we got over in the corner? Michelle?
10:45We had unseated the same 8. Unseated 2. And they're yours? No, that was it. No.
10:49Well done, Matthew. So, 29 to Keith's 16. Now we turn to you, Keith. It's a giddy-up into a
10:56letters game.
10:58Consonant, please. Thank you, Keith. N. Another one. G. Another one. M. Vowel, please.
11:10I. Another vowel. E. And a third. A. Consonant. D. And another. H. And a vowel, please.
11:28And the last one. I. Countdown.
11:32One.
11:32One.
11:35One.
11:36Three.
11:37Three.
11:42Three.
11:52Four.
11:54Three.
12:02Keith?
12:03Eight.
12:04And eight?
12:05Eight, two.
12:06Here we go.
12:06Keith?
12:07Imagined.
12:08Imagined.
12:09Now we're on the same wavelength.
12:10Well done.
12:14And, Michelle, did you imagine?
12:16We did.
12:17Well done.
12:17Yes, three imagines.
12:18Did we get beyond that?
12:20No.
12:21Did you?
12:22We probably did.
12:23Well, we got down to a six for a midgie, which is a pet name,
12:25if you were not one for a midgie, M-I-D-G-I-E.
12:29I don't give midgies pet names.
12:31I'm trying to kill them.
12:3437 to 24, Matthew in the lead.
12:37And, Matthew, it's your numbers game.
12:38Could I try six more numbers, please?
12:40Thank you, Matthew.
12:41Keith is giving you daggers there.
12:43Six little ones coming up.
12:45And for this round, they are seven, five, one, another seven, six, and four.
12:52And the target, 377.
12:55Three, seven, seven.
12:57Two, seven, seven.
12:58Four, seven.
13:01And the target, 377.
13:21Then the target, 377.
13:22delegated.
13:22Three, seven.
13:22One, two, seven.
13:27And the target
13:27Matthew 3 7 7 and Keith 3 7 7 thank you Matthew 4 plus 5 is 9 yep 9 7
13:38to 63
13:38they are indeed 63 multiplied by the sixes 3 7 8 and subtract the one and 3
13:477 7 well done there you go and Keith they're the same there we go just check
13:53that out are you happy of course you are all right and we turn now to Michelle
14:01Michelle you're extremely well known for all your varied acting roles but music
14:06played a big part in your life in the late I guess 70s and early 80s you
14:10performed with some big names in the music world yeah well I yes I think it's
14:17fantastic that I got to get into the music industry in the early 80s in fact I I
14:22it was all by default because I wanted to be an actress but I didn't get into
14:25drama school I tried 12 different drama schools I got turned down by every
14:28single one so I didn't give up and I looked in the newspaper and I found an
14:32ad and it said singer wanted for a band and I couldn't really sing but I just
14:35thought you know everyone else was doing it I'll just and I got the job and I
14:39ended up being in this band called Mary Wilson and the will stations and there
14:42were three girls and nine blokes and it was brilliant fun and Mary had a big
14:48beehive and we were we had had sort of little beehives you know we did sort of
14:52it was very 60s but it's sort of do-op and we used to go on tour up and down
14:56the country and I worked with kids she had a dressing room of Kid Crow on the
15:00coconuts at Dingles if people remember Kid Crow on the coconuts we played in Mark
15:04Armand level 42 I used to meet the tourists Annie Nelix in service stations up and
15:10down the motorway and I used to live off of wagon wheels and rice crispies because I
15:14got paid 30 pounds a week not very much money but I'm but it was fantastic
15:18experience I loved it and then I decided I didn't really want to be part of the
15:22band anymore left then I did a very very dodgy version of get ready by the
15:27temptations which I which got to about number 54 I think in the charts and then
15:33I thought I'm going to act because that's what I'm better at and then years later I
15:36did a series called Sunburn and I released the theme tune it got to number 28 in the
15:40chart pretty good yeah and and then I also sang in another thing I did called
15:442008 the sky I did that but um but I feel now I'm an actor who can sing but it
15:49was fantastic being in the 80s in a band was such it was such a brilliant time so
15:53you were really were a rock chick then I still am a rock chick of course you are
15:58I'm a very talented one too brilliant stuff so Matthew 47 and Keith on 34 and it's
16:05Keith's letters game constant please thank you Keith T and again M another
16:14please s foul oh and another e and again you consonant are consonant
16:30p
16:32p
16:34and a consonant
16:36and the last one
16:37r
16:38countdown
16:39countdown
17:10Yes, Keith.
17:11Six.
17:12A six, Matthew.
17:13Seven.
17:14And a seven, Keith.
17:15Purist.
17:16Purist and?
17:17Powters.
17:19Powters.
17:20Yes.
17:20Powter?
17:21Powter, often used for pigeons, a particular type of pigeon, so you can inflate their crop
17:26on their neck, their powters.
17:29Powters.
17:30Now, Michelle.
17:31Well, we got an eight, a posturer.
17:34Yes.
17:35Yes.
17:36Susie?
17:36A swaggerer and a posturer.
17:38That was our best.
17:39Report's there for seven.
17:40To be posturing.
17:41Yeah.
17:42Not a good thing.
17:43Fifty-four plays, thirty-four.
17:45And Matthew, your letters game.
17:46Could I start with a consonant, please?
17:48Thank you, Matthew.
17:49B.
17:50Vowel.
17:52O.
17:54Consonant.
17:55C.
17:56Vowel.
17:58E.
17:59Consonant.
18:01T.
18:03Consonant.
18:04R.
18:06Vowel.
18:06Vowel.
18:09I.
18:10Vowel.
18:11A.
18:13And a final vowel, please.
18:16And a final I.
18:18And here's the countdown clock.
18:19Vowel.
18:22Vowel.
18:23Vowel.
18:27Vowel.
18:31Vowel.
18:36Vowel.
18:37Vowel.
18:39Vowel.
18:40Vowel.
18:41Vowel.
18:42Vowel.
18:43Vowel.
18:44Vowel.
18:46Vowel.
18:46Vowel.
18:47Vowel.
18:47Vowel.
18:48Vowel.
18:49Vowel.
18:49Vowel.
18:49Yes, Matthew. Seven. A seven, Keith? Only five. And that five? Tribe. Tribe and aerobic. Aerobic. Excellent. Very good. Very
19:02good. Anything else? Oh, yes. Come on. We got erotica. Erotica? Seven. Fantastic. Yeah, erotica. And Susie?
19:12Er, no. Aerobic and aerosica are two, Nick. Quite enough, I would have thought, yeah. Yeah. 61 to 34. And
19:18now it's numbers time for you, Keith. Keep going. Two large four smoothies. It's getting better. Thank you, Keith. Two
19:25large ones. Four little ones coming up. And this time, your little ones are ten, three, eight, and five. And
19:34the large one's one hundred and twenty-five. And the target, nine hundred and fifty-four.
19:39Nine, five, four.
19:42Nine, five, four.
20:11Yes, Keith? Nine, five, seven. Matthew? Nine, five, three. Sir? Matthew?
20:19Er, hundred minus five. One hundred minus five. Ninety-five. Multiply that by ten. Multiply by ten, nine hundred and
20:27fifty.
20:28And add on the three. And add on the three. And you are one away. Nine, five, three.
20:32Nine, five, four, Rachel. Is that a difficult one?
20:35Um, yes. Leave it with me. Harder than it looked.
20:38All right. Leave that with you.
20:40The clue, sixty-eight place, thirty-four.
20:42As we turn to a tea-time teaser, which is Mitch Pie.
20:46And the clue, Mitch baked a pie, but it absolutely reeked.
20:51Mitch baked a pie, but it absolutely reeked.
21:08Welcome back. I left you with a clue. Mitch baked a pie, but it absolutely reeked.
21:13And the answer to that is mephitic. It was mephitic. What is mephitic?
21:19Yes, it's an adjective. It's a great word, actually. Foul-smelling or noxious.
21:23Goes back to the Romans' word mephitis, meaning noxious exhalation. Nothing to do with Mephisto.
21:30No, quite. So, bad breath, really, would be mephitic.
21:33Well, exactly. Yes, that's a good example.
21:35That's where it came from, I guess.
21:36Thank you, Susie. Now then, sixty-eight to Matthew. Keith on thirty-four, Matthew. Letters game.
21:43Consonant, please.
21:44Thank you, Matthew.
21:45N.
21:46Vowel.
21:48O.
21:49Consonant.
21:51G.
21:52Consonant.
21:54L.
21:55Vowel.
21:57E.
21:58Consonant.
21:59S.
22:01Vowel.
22:02O.
22:05Vowel, please.
22:07I.
22:09And another vowel, please.
22:11And the last one.
22:12Another O.
22:13Stand by.
22:14Vowel.
22:15Vowel.
22:17Vowel.
22:25Vowel.
22:30Vowel.
22:31Vowel.
22:31Vowel.
22:31Vowel.
22:31Vowel.
22:31Vowel.
22:31Vowel.
22:33Vowel.
22:44Well, Matthew? Seven. Seven, Keith? Seven. And? Loonies. Loonies and? Loosing. Loosing. Yes, I think that's fine. To loose is
22:57there as a verb, yes, to untie or undo. Yes.
22:59Now, what have we got in the corner there, Michelle? Legion, legions, which was seven. Yes. And also ologies, another
23:08seven. Yes, ologies are in, believe it or not. It's a humorous word for subjects of studies or branch of
23:15knowledge. We all remember Maureen Lipman in that famous ad. He's got an ology. He's got an ology. Exactly. Very
23:22good. All right, thank you so much. 75 plays 41. And Keith, your letters go. Consonant, please.
23:29Thank you, Keith. V. And again. F. Consonant. Z. Vowel. A. Another vowel, please. E. Again. A. Consonant. S. Consonant.
23:52N. And a vowel, please.
23:56And lastly, E. Stand by.
24:01E. Stand by.
24:06E. Stand by.
24:19E. Stand by.
24:19E. Stand by.
24:20E. Stand by.
24:20E. Stand by.
24:20E. Stand by.
24:20E. Stand by.
24:20E. Stand by.
24:25E. Stand by.
24:27E. Stand by.
24:30yes Matthew five Keith well I'm desperate so I'll go for a seven and hope now then Matthew
24:38veins and Keith for Venus um we have favelas um and I think Avena is also there um but not
24:51Favina sorry Keith it was worth taking a risk bad luck now Michelle and Susie we didn't do much
25:01better evens yeah knaves yes five yeah knaves it's a hard one wasn't it all right 80 plays 41 and
25:11now
25:11we turn to you Susie and your wonderful origins of words well I've been reading a really lovely book
25:18by Wilfred Funk I've mentioned him before he was one of the leading US etymologists or people who
25:24looked into the origins of words and he was writing about words to do with the dining table so I
25:30thought
25:30I'd give you a few snippets from there first of all to start with table itself comes from the latin
25:36tabula meaning a board and we still keep that in the sense of bed and board that idea and then
25:42a
25:43plate comes from the Greek term platys meaning flat the duck-billed platypus is so named for its flat
25:49feet so that explains plate today the fork began in anglo-saxon as forker with a c and that meant
25:57a
25:57pitchfork but it said that table forks were first brought into England in 1601 by someone called Thomas
26:03Corriate who had seen them used in Italy and the story goes that the British laughed at him because
26:09they thought he was ridiculously pretentious and that these things would never catch on that little
26:14did they know they caused him the fork carrying traveler for a while in in their comedies spoon
26:18goes back again to anglo-saxon old English meaning a chip or a splinter of wood reflecting the material
26:24that was first used for them eventually they were made of iron and silver and precious metals and to
26:29be born with a silver spoon in your mouth meant that your godparents were rich enough to buy you a
26:35silver spoon as a christening gift while more humble folk used a wooden spoon or a plain iron
26:41one knife again old English obviously been around for a long time and that was pronounced knif c-n-i
26:48-f
26:48we've made the case silent but it wasn't in those days all the hard to see wasn't and the story
26:54as to
26:54why knives are rounded at the ends I thought you might like this one Nick because there's a story
26:58attached to this one too that goes that the Duke de Richelieu the cardinal and statesman of France
27:04was said to have seen one of his party guests pick their teeth with a knife and therefore he asked
27:10the
27:11next day for all his own knives to be filed away so that they were no longer sharply pointed because
27:15he obviously thought this was horrendous and so it said that by the year 1700 everybody followed suit
27:21and incidentally he was said to have been a bit of a gourmet but he might not have been too
27:25pleased with
27:25the origin of that word which was a gourmet it was a groom a stable groom so quite lowly status
27:31eventually they became assistants to the sommelier the the wine servers and then they became food and
27:37wine connoisseurs themselves that's that's a quick trip around the dining table for you a wonderful trip
27:42thank you
27:43thank you
27:4880 pays Keith's 41 and it's Matthew's letters game Matthew
27:52uh consonant please thank you Matthew W
27:55vowel
27:57O
27:59consonant
28:00D
28:03consonant
28:04P
28:06vowel
28:07I
28:09consonant
28:10W
28:13consonant
28:14vowel
28:14E
28:16consonant
28:18T
28:19T
28:22and another consonant please
28:24and the last one P
28:25Coda
28:26Coda
28:27Coda
28:28Coda
28:29Coda
28:29Coda
28:29Coda
28:30Coda
28:30Coda
28:30Coda
28:37Coda
29:02Coda
29:06very good and how can we get beyond that we tipped and topped too you tipped and topped
29:12anything else susie um no well there's a um a bird there called powie p-o-w-i-e uh
29:19which is
29:19a large crested pheasant-like bird that you'll find in a guyana but that's that's about as good
29:24as i can top thank you thank you michelle 86 plays 47 and we go into keith's letters game
29:32final one for today val please thank you keith i val please e and another one u uh consonant j
29:46another consonant l and another d and another t
29:57um consonant please x and a vowel and lastly o and the countdown clock starts now
30:09so
30:39yes
30:41you six keith jilted indeed and tuxedo and tuxedo yes very nice and what have we got jolted was in
30:52there i think jilted and jolted and the tuxedo and out lied is that right yes a strange one this
30:59doesn't nothing to do with an outlier so something situated away from you and it's all to do with out
31:03out doing somebody in lying so um if you uh better at lying than somebody else you have out lied
31:10i can do that easily 92 plays 53 numbers final numbers matthew could i have one from the top
31:19please you can indeed thank you matthew one large and five little ones and the last numbers game today is
31:25one ten four three nine and the big one 100 and the target 370 370
31:36zero
31:39so
31:48so
31:49so
32:06Yes, Matthew? 370. Yes, Keith? 370. Indeed. Matthew? 100 times 4. 100 by 4, 400. And 3 times 10 is
32:1830. Yeah. And subtract. Straightforward. 370. Same way, Keith? Same way. There we go. Just for good measure. Of course.
32:27All right. So, well done, Matthew. Crash through the 100 mark. Well done. 102 to Keith. 63 as we go
32:37into the final round. So, fingers on buzzers, please, Keith and Matthew, let's reveal today's countdown conundrum.
33:13My word, we're foxed up here. But who in the audience will show... Yes, sir. Patroled.
33:20Yes. Let's see whether you're right. Patroled. Well done. Very good.
33:29Flood alert. Turns into patrolled. Well done, indeed. So, well done to you, Matthew. Good score. 102, my word. Very
33:37good, indeed. We shall see you tomorrow.
33:40Keith, we won't be seeing you tomorrow, but it's been a pleasure having you. Thank you very much.
33:43And you travel safely back to Shenfield in Essex with your goodie bag and your precious teapot.
33:50Thank you. Lovely. How's that? Lovely. Thank you very much, indeed, for coming.
33:53And we shall see you both tomorrow, Michelle, and more wonderful origins of words. Thank you.
33:59From Susie. Thank you, Nick. See you tomorrow. And Rachel, too. See you tomorrow.
34:04See you then. Same time, same place. You be sure of it. Good afternoon.
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