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00:22Welcome to the Carradine studio and the second time of our Champion of Champions series.
00:28Yesterday he had a fantastic competition. Young Tom Kappelman got 133. I mean he was within an ace really of
00:35getting the highest possible score.
00:37And today I expect no less. Fantastic. But anyway, here we are early January. Most of us are back to
00:43work.
00:43I read an extraordinary article, not extraordinary, but an interesting article about apps. Apps. Do they make us more productive?
00:51It's claimed that with apps being at our fingertips all the time that we're doing so much more on the
00:58move when we're commuting or whatever it is that we're doing,
01:00but on the move that normally we would have done at home.
01:04The ones that I often use are maps, train times, the radio. I love my radio app.
01:10You think, hmm, I can't sleep. It's 4.30 in the morning. I wonder whether they're playing any decent jazz
01:16in Cincinnati.
01:17I love that one. And the weather. And sky view. Do you know sky view?
01:22Oh, when you point anywhere and it shows you all the constellations.
01:25Brilliant. Yeah.
01:26You've got a clear sky. You point it up there.
01:28Incredible.
01:29And it's a beautiful thing.
01:31Especially when you're somewhere else in the world. They're all different. It's lovely.
01:34Exactly.
01:35Yeah, it's brilliant. And all these kind of things are free. It's incredible what you can get on your phone
01:39now.
01:39It's wonderful. I love it. Anything is possible these days. Now, Heather Stiles, welcome back. Wearing our Christmas jersey.
01:47I hope you'll be taking that off tomorrow. I mean, not because we don't love it.
01:57I said, because tomorrow is the 12th day after Christmas, you'll be obliged to take it off.
02:03Absolutely. In the primacy of your own home. A runner-up in 2012. Good luck to you now, Heather. You're
02:11joined by Giles Hutchings, one of our younger contestants way back in 2013, came out on top as champion. Welcome
02:18back, Giles.
02:19Thanks. Yeah.
02:21Big fan of Wes Anderson films and an astronomy expert and enthusiast.
02:26Yeah.
02:26And studying maths at the University of Warwick. How's it going?
02:29Yeah, it's final year. It's getting quite tense.
02:31And what do you think you'll do with this degree of yours?
02:35I still haven't decided. It could be kind of consulting or something financial in the city.
02:40You're heading towards the city, do you think?
02:41Possibly, yeah.
02:42Very good. Well, let's have a big round of applause, then, for Giles and Heather.
02:50Very good. And over in the corner, Susie, of course, once again joined by the wonderful Gloria Harniford, as I
02:55said yesterday.
02:56You know, truly one of the most celebrated broadcasters in Britain.
03:00No wonder I come here again and again, eh?
03:03You come whenever you like. We love seeing you.
03:05Now, Heather, take us away on a lessons game, would you?
03:09Hello, Rachel.
03:10Hi again, Heather.
03:11Can I start with a consonant, please?
03:13Oh, of course. Thank you.
03:13Start today with R.
03:17And another one.
03:19T.
03:20And a third.
03:23K.
03:24And a fourth.
03:27S.
03:28Er, switch to vowel, please.
03:31U.
03:32And another.
03:35A.
03:36Another.
03:38O.
03:40Er, another one.
03:43A.
03:44And finish with a final vowel, please.
03:47And finish with E.
03:49And here's the countdown clock.
03:51E.
03:52E.
03:52E.
03:53E.
03:54E.
04:00E.
04:03E.
04:21Yes, Heather?
04:23Seven.
04:24A seven, Giles?
04:25Eight.
04:26And an eight.
04:28Heather?
04:29An ostraca.
04:32Giles?
04:34Outrakes.
04:34I think it's a Dutch word.
04:39It is, what says it, Scottish and English regional, but outrakes, brilliant.
04:44An outrake is an extensive open pasture or a path leading to such a pasture, especially from enclosed fields.
04:50Brilliant.
04:51Very good.
04:52Well done.
04:55And just to pick up on Heather's ostraca, Nick, an ostracon, which is the singular, was a broken bit of
05:02pottery.
05:02It was used as a writing surface, and in fact, if the ancient Greeks wanted to banish somebody, send them
05:07into exile, they would write their name on one of these ostracons, or ostraca, indeed, and send them off into
05:13the wilderness.
05:14Well done.
05:15Well done.
05:15Eight points to Giles, and Giles' letters game now.
05:19Hi again, Rachel.
05:20Hi again, Giles.
05:20Can I have a consonant, please?
05:22You can indeed, thank you.
05:23Start with Y.
05:25And another one.
05:27C.
05:28And another.
05:31M.
05:32And a vowel.
05:33I.
05:34And a vowel.
05:36A.
05:37And a consonant.
05:39H.
05:40And a consonant, please.
05:43N.
05:44And a vowel.
05:46I.
05:47And a final vowel, please.
05:50And a final O.
05:53Countdown.
06:25Well, Giles?
06:26I'm just five.
06:27Heather?
06:28Five.
06:30Two five, Giles.
06:32Manic.
06:33Manic and you're both manic?
06:35I'm also manic.
06:36I don't think Laurie's ever been manic.
06:39You've got to believe it.
06:40But then, have you ever been really, really matcha?
06:43Because matcha is a good word out of this.
06:45I'd like to think so.
06:46I'd like to think so, but I'm exaggerating.
06:48Susie has six.
06:50There's six.
06:50It's then manioc, M-A-N-I-O-C, which is another name for cassava.
06:56And that's the, you know, the starchy root of a tropical tree.
06:59It's used as a food in various things.
07:01Starchy, anyway.
07:02All right.
07:03So, 13 plays.
07:04Heather's five.
07:05Giles's in the lead, and it's Heather's numbers game.
07:07Heather?
07:09Can I have two large and four small, please?
07:11You can, indeed.
07:12Thank you, Heather.
07:12Two from the top row and four little ones coming up.
07:15And the first numbers of the day are two, one, seven, another one.
07:20And the large two, 50 and 25.
07:24And the target, 520.
07:27Five, two, zero.
07:28Five, two, zero.
07:59Heather?
08:00I've got 520, but not fully written down.
08:03Right.
08:04What about Giles?
08:05You've got 520.
08:06520.
08:07Heather?
08:0950 plus 25.
08:1175.
08:13Minus one is 74.
08:15Yep.
08:16By seven is 518.
08:17518, and up two.
08:19Perfect.
08:19520.
08:20Well done.
08:20Very good.
08:21Giles?
08:22Yeah, did it the same way.
08:23Just check that out, Heather.
08:25Are we happy?
08:25Yeah.
08:26All right.
08:27So 15 plays Giles is 23.
08:30As we go into a tea time teaser, first of the day, it's all sugar.
08:34And the clue, it's not all sugar.
08:36There's a bit of cheese in it as well.
08:38It's not all sugar.
08:39There's a bit of cheese in it as well.
08:56A warm welcome back.
08:58I left you with the clue.
08:59It's not all sugar.
09:00There's a bit of cheese in it as well.
09:03And the answer is it's rasgulla, Susie Dent.
09:07Rasgulla?
09:08You can probably think this sounds horrible, but I think it sounds delicious.
09:11It's an Indian sweet, so I think you probably might have it as pudding, consisting of a
09:16ball of paneer, which is that curd cheese, and it's cooked in syrup.
09:22And our ever-witty producer just said I could talk about the origin of curds.
09:27So no calorific.
09:29Yeah, heavily calorific, but it sounds very good.
09:31Very good.
09:33I'll happily have a little ball of rasgulla.
09:3523 plays Heather's 15.
09:38Giles, let us game now.
09:41Can I have a consonant, please?
09:42Thank you, Giles.
09:43R.
09:44And another one.
09:46C.
09:47And a vowel.
09:49E.
09:50And another vowel.
09:52A.
09:53Consonant.
09:55S.
09:56Vowel.
09:58E.
09:59Vowel.
10:01O.
10:02Consonant.
10:04T.
10:05And a final consonant, please.
10:07And a final R.
10:09Stand by.
10:09I'm with you.
10:40MUSIC CONTINUES
10:53MUSIC CONTINUES
11:15MUSIC CONTINUES
11:18You certainly could.
11:19Could you?
11:20Yeah, excellent.
11:21Good eight, in fact.
11:23Right, so 31 to 15.
11:25Charles is in the lead, and it's Heather's chance to catch up.
11:28Heather?
11:30I'll start with a consonant, please.
11:32Thank you, Heather.
11:34V.
11:34And another one.
11:37S.
11:38Another one.
11:40Z.
11:41Same again, please.
11:44C.
11:46Vowel, please.
11:46A.
11:48Another.
11:50U.
11:51Another.
11:53E.
11:55Another vowel.
11:57I.
12:00And a consonant, please, Rachel.
12:04And lastly, P.
12:06Countdown.
12:16And we'll be right back.
12:38hello six a six giles six as well hello uh topes thank you giles a pasty and a pasty
12:52um topes the question is whether you can put an s on it the dictionary says very clearly
12:56that it is um a mass noun so you can't pluralize it gray with a tinge of brown
13:01um and i think taupe is already quite a specific color it's not like brown or purple so i'm gonna
13:08have to say no heather apologies topes taupe yes i think so for the purposes of the game sorry
13:14we want a dark taupe 37 plays 15 and where should we go let's go to the numbers game shall
13:20we giles
13:22i think i'll go back to my usual pick of one large please thank you joss one large and five
13:27little
13:27ones coming up and for this round your little ones are four two three six and eight and the big
13:36one
13:3650 and the target 331 three three one
13:44so
13:58so
13:59so
14:14Yes, Giles?
14:153-3-1.
14:163-3-1, Heather?
14:173-3-3, not written down.
14:193-3-3.
14:20So, Giles?
14:2150 plus 4, 54 times that by 6.
14:25Times by 6 for 324.
14:28Plus 8.
14:283-3-2.
14:30And then 3-2 is a 1.
14:31Perfect.
14:32Well done.
14:33Well done, indeed.
14:35Well done, Giles.
14:37There you go.
14:3847 plays.
14:3915.
14:40As we turn to our Dictionary Corner guest, Gloria Hannaford.
14:44Gloria, you're always giving us good ideas on the rip-off programmes that you present.
14:49I believe you're focusing on what we eat and drink in a new series.
14:54I am.
14:55I mean, the Rip-Off Britain series has sort of grown its own brand,
14:58because we got in just at the time of recession.
15:00And, for example, we're doing 60 of those this year.
15:03So, we have straightforward consumer programme, Rip-Off Britain.
15:06Then we have Rip-Off Britain Food.
15:08Then we have Rip-Off Britain Holidays.
15:10But I'm doing a new programme with the lovely guy, Chris, the fruit and veg man, I call him.
15:15And it's really the correlation between food and your health.
15:19For example, diabetes and sugar, etc.
15:22Or it could be heart disease or it could be arthritis.
15:24So, it's a subtle blend to talk about food in relation to health.
15:29But we were doing sugar recently.
15:32I mean, sugar is a big, big subject for the last couple of years anyway.
15:35Headlines from America, sugar is poison.
15:37And there seems to be more emphasis now on sugar than there is actually on fat content.
15:41But when we looked at sugary drinks, I mean, what you would classify as an energy drink
15:46that you would have taken your granny or anybody to hospital,
15:49one small bottle of that energy drink has got 17 spoonfuls of sugar in it.
15:55And our allowance is seven teaspoons for 24 hours.
15:58So, therefore, one drink.
16:00And you're way, way over twice your limit, three times your limit.
16:04And then the little blackcurrant juices that I, for example, would have given my children.
16:09We now know that that causes tooth decay, of course.
16:11But just a little carton of that blackcurrant juice has got 14 spoonfuls of sugar in it.
16:17And even water.
16:18You would lift a bottle of water and you'd say,
16:20oh, well, it's got a bit of strawberry and raspberry in it or a bit of lime and lemon.
16:24Even those bottles of water have sometimes up to seven teaspoons of sugar added.
16:29So, it's horrific.
16:30So, if you're trying to keep your sugar levels down and, say, for health,
16:34we should all have seven teaspoons a day.
16:38So, it's pretty horrific when you start looking into it.
16:41So, I'm really enjoying that aspect of food in relation to metabolic diseases and so on.
16:46Yeah. Fascinating.
16:48It is fascinating.
16:49Brilliant stuff.
16:49Thank you very much.
16:51Very good.
16:54End of the lesson.
16:56Well done.
16:57Well done.
16:58Now then, 47 plays 15 jars on 47 and it's Heather's letters game now.
17:04Heather.
17:04I'll start with a vowel, please.
17:06Thank you, Heather.
17:07A.
17:08And another.
17:10O.
17:11And a third.
17:12E.
17:14Er, and a fourth.
17:17A.
17:18And a consonant.
17:21F.
17:22Another one, please.
17:24N.
17:25And again.
17:26R.
17:27And another.
17:29M.
17:31And off.
17:33Another consonant, please, Rachel.
17:35And the last one, B.
17:36Countdown.
17:37me.
17:49Yeah.
18:00Bye.
18:01Bye.
18:03Bye.
18:03Bye.
18:05Bye.
18:08Heather?
18:09Seven.
18:10Seven, Giles?
18:11Seven.
18:12Heather?
18:13Foreman.
18:15And Giles?
18:16I've got the same four men.
18:17There we go.
18:18Just have a check.
18:20And to be a copycat, I've got the same.
18:21Another one there.
18:22And Susie?
18:24Yes.
18:25Exactly the same here.
18:26Nothing else?
18:26No, amoeba's there again for six, but that was the best seven that we could get.
18:29The Foreman.
18:30Well done.
18:31Fifty-four to twenty-two.
18:33Giles, off you go.
18:34Let us go.
18:35Can I have a consonant, please?
18:37Thank you, Giles.
18:38P.
18:39And another one.
18:41T.
18:42And the third.
18:44D.
18:45And a vowel.
18:47I.
18:48And another.
18:49E.
18:50And another.
18:51A.
18:52And a consonant.
18:55L.
18:56And a vowel.
18:58O.
18:59And a consonant, please.
19:02And the last one.
19:03G.
19:04Canter.
19:05person flight, vocally.
19:09And aç®±.
19:10And a vowel.
19:24And a vowel.
19:24And a vowel, though, if it's a Dae Musi, it's a vowel error.
19:26Then we'll see you next time.
19:26Bye.
19:28Bye.
19:30Bye.
19:31Bye.
19:33Bye.
19:36yes giles eight and eight eight two eights jazz pilotage and Heather same yes
19:46fine yes goody sure course a galley pot which is resin deposited on the
19:59maritime pine yeah but yeah as you can come through a lot but pilotage is
20:05really excellent yes very good all right chaps 62 to 30 jars in the lead in this
20:10Heather's numbers game Heather address yourself to Rachel oh try six small why
20:16not thank you Heather six little ones and get some points back thank you
20:20hopefully I've picked a good one this selection is eight seven nine ten six and
20:28four and the target four hundred and twenty three four two three
20:34so
20:40so
21:06Heather I've got it but not pretty written down again how about giles 43 yeah so
21:11Heather and seven times six times ten is four twenty seven times six yet four
21:17hundred and twenty plus four four four two four yep and then nine minus eight for
21:25the one yeah well done away 43 lovely and giles yeah the thing way there we go well
21:35all right tea time teaser time which is scampi's and the clue for the prisoner it's all about getting
21:43away from it all for the prisoner it's all about getting away from it all
22:04and the answer therefore is escapism escapism now if you'd like to become a countdown contestant you can e-mail
22:18countdown at channel 4.com to request an application form or write to us at
22:24contestants applications countdown leads ls 3 1 j s now giles 72 heather on 40 and
22:34giles take it away can have a constant please thank you giles s and another one
22:41n and another l and a vowel i and another vowel e and a consonant r and a vowel you
22:56one more vowel a
22:59and a consonant please and the last one t stand by
23:34yes giles nine nine heather nine nine giles retinulus heather i'm really not sure about mine
23:46unrealist okay um it sounds really unlikely it sounds unrealistic uh but it is in yes a person whose
23:57expectation or outlook is unrealistic uh so that's very good and um i'll put my hands up and say that
24:04i've never had a few shots but it's a zoological term retinular in the eyes of various invertebrates
24:10are neuronal cells that basically make up the light sensitive part of the retina uh it's absolutely
24:15brilliant yes i thought i had a big word of insulate of course it was only eight yeah very good
24:27anything else susie tenure real uh is there for another eight and uh dozens of sevens but that
24:33is really brilliant but two wonderful ones yeah well done well done 90 giles against 58 90 so soon my
24:41word
24:41heather let us go back to consonant please thank you heather m and another w another please
24:53s s a vowel e another one i uh third vowel o uh consonant please r consonant m i'll finish
25:14with a consonant please
25:16and finish with jay count down
25:22so
25:33so
25:33so
25:33so
25:33so
25:33so
25:33so
25:33so
25:49so
25:50yes heather six giles seven so heather um emojis giles
25:57swimmer very good very good very good very smart all right so giles just nudging 100 there 97
26:05and heather 58 as we look over to the corner what have you got there well giles we also had
26:10swimmer
26:11so i was quite proud of myself but then we also had memoirs which i thought was a nice word
26:14out of that
26:14collection of letters i agree well done 97 to 58 what should we do susie nick are we with you
26:21for your wonderful origins of words i think so um well i had a question from jude simmons
26:28who asks where bats in the belfry uh come from it's a slightly old-fashioned term now if you call
26:34somebody
26:34if you say somebody's got bats in the belfry it means that they are um
26:38a little bit ditzy or a little bit uh mad and i use that in the in the loose sense
26:43of uh the term
26:44uh as you can imagine because it's such a colorful phrase so lots of stories attached to it
26:49and there was a victorian inventor called george battson
26:52and at that time people were absolutely terrified of being buried alive
26:57and so he invented a foolproof coffin with a little bell
27:01inside so that if uh if the terrible thing happens the deceased or or thought to be deceased would ring
27:08a bell and they will be saved saved by the bell in fact which is also attached to that expression
27:13um his coffin apparently is called the bats in belfry and eventually so the story will go that became bats
27:20in the belfry in fact and you knew i was going to say this the straightforward answer is the uh
27:25is the right one
27:26and it's simply that someone who acts as though uh they are slightly not with it slightly foggy-brained
27:33uh it's it's almost conjuring up the idea of having bats swarming around the head it's funny you talk
27:39about the bell in the coffin because i want to be buried with my phone just in case
27:43i guess i have to ring out and say hey you're still alive you might not get reception oh well
27:47that's
27:47true i've run out of don't you worry glory will get reception well done well done 97 to 58 as
27:56i say
27:56and now giles it's the uh penultimate letters game for you and a consonant please thank you giles d
28:05and another one s and a vowel e and another vowel u and a consonant q and another r and
28:20a vowel i
28:22and another vowel e and a consonant please and the last one t countdown
28:35so
28:48so
28:49so
29:03Hmm, Giles?
29:05Eight.
29:06Eight, Heather?
29:07Probably the same eight.
29:09Yes.
29:10And requites.
29:11Oh.
29:12Requites and...
29:13Oh, squirted.
29:16There we go.
29:17And the girls?
29:18You were looking up my page, weren't you?
29:19You were copying, I know.
29:21Requites and squirted.
29:22Very good.
29:23Very good.
29:24Anything else that's it?
29:24No, just to say, requites is to make return.
29:27We talk about unrequited love, obviously,
29:28but it's to make return for something, for favour or service.
29:31It's to pay somebody back, in other words.
29:33Yeah.
29:34Quieted, you could have, but that's a seven.
29:35Yes, that's a seven.
29:36Seven, sadly.
29:38All right.
29:39105 to 66.
29:40Well done.
29:41Heather, letters game.
29:43Can I have a continent, please?
29:44Thank you, Heather.
29:46G.
29:47And another?
29:47L.
29:52S.
29:54Another?
29:56V.
29:59Vowel?
30:00A.
30:02Another?
30:03O.
30:05A third vowel, please.
30:07E.
30:10Vowel?
30:10Vowel?
30:13I.
30:15Oh.
30:17It's got a bit of consonant, I think.
30:19And the last one.
30:20F.
30:22Tanta.
30:22Vowel?
30:25Vowel?
30:26Vowel?
30:31Vowel?
30:38Vowel?
30:41Vowel?
30:42Vowel?
30:43Vowel?
30:45Vowel?
30:45Vowel?
30:46Vowel?
30:48Vowel?
30:49Vowel?
30:50Vowel?
30:52Vowel?
30:52Vowel?
30:52Vowel?
30:53Heather?
30:55Seven.
30:57Seven.
30:58Giles?
30:58I'll stick with seven.
31:00Heather?
31:01Goalies.
31:02Goalies and?
31:04Foliage.
31:05And foliage.
31:07Yes.
31:08You would think you're putting the S on.
31:10You can't, so you did the right thing.
31:13And what have you got?
31:14All I had was foliage, so Giles and I were on a good plane, see?
31:20And Susie, anything else?
31:21Uh, lovages, staying with foliage and that sort of thing.
31:24It's a large edible white-flowered plant, the lovage of the parsley family.
31:28Yep.
31:29So with the score standing, Giles, on 112 to Heather's 73,
31:33we turn to you, Giles, for the final numbers game.
31:36Giles?
31:36A safe one large, please.
31:38Thank you, Giles.
31:39Hopefully safe.
31:39You never know.
31:40One large and five little ones for the final numbers game today.
31:43And there you are.
31:45Nine, four, six.
31:47Another six.
31:49Five and the big one, 50.
31:50And the target, 669.
31:55Six, six, nine.
31:57Six, six, nine.
32:09Six, six, nine.
32:28Yes, Giles?
32:28Six, six, nine.
32:29Six, six, nine, Heather.
32:31And the six, six, eight, not written down.
32:33Oh, dear.
32:35Never mind.
32:36Giles?
32:3750 plus six minus five, 51.
32:40Yep.
32:4151.
32:41And nine plus four is 13.
32:43Times in together for 663.
32:45And you have a six left over at Aaron.
32:47You do indeed.
32:47Very well done.
32:48669.
32:49Smashing.
32:50Well done.
32:53So as we go into the final round, it's Giles on 122.
32:58Heather, 73.
33:00Heather and Giles, fingers on buzzers.
33:02Let's reveal today's countdown conundrum.
33:07Is it my word, George?
33:08Repetage.
33:09Let's see whether you're right.
33:13Amazing.
33:14So quick.
33:15Well done.
33:19Very, very good.
33:21132.
33:22Tremendous.
33:23So quick.
33:24My word.
33:25The clock didn't really move.
33:27Bad luck there, Heather Stiles.
33:29You came up against a tremendously young champion.
33:34Fantastic player.
33:35Yeah, brilliant stuff.
33:36But you don't go home empty-handed.
33:38You go back with this kryptonite and our very best wishes.
33:42And you come and see us again.
33:43Whether you're wearing that Christmas jumper or not.
33:46We look forward.
33:47I thought you were saying that you would whip it off.
33:49No, no.
33:50No, no, no.
33:52Far too off.
33:52Are you almost a married man?
33:54Exactly.
33:55Almost.
33:56Now then.
33:58Gloria.
33:59You come and see us tomorrow.
34:00I will.
34:01And Susie too, of course.
34:02See you tomorrow, Nick.
34:03Tremendous young player.
34:04You've been telling Heather all day she can't wear her Christmas jumper.
34:07So no more mistletoe for you for another year, Nick.
34:09Indeed.
34:10Indeed.
34:11And what a win Giles had.
34:13Yeah, fantastic.
34:14Tremendous.
34:14Yeah, these champions are showing their mental.
34:16Brilliant.
34:16See you tomorrow.
34:17See you tomorrow.
34:19Another wonderful competition tomorrow.
34:21Same time, same place.
34:22You be sure of it.
34:23Don't you dare miss it.
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