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00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:33Now, from time to time over in Dictionary Corner we have celebrity guests who then read to us letters that
00:39they've received.
00:40More often than not very embarrassing letters, but nonetheless amusing for all that.
00:44Well, over the next six nights at the Freemasons Hall in Covent Garden,
00:49a similar sort of event is happening. It's called Letters Live.
00:53And it begins tonight and the celebration, I suppose, is the power.
00:57It's all about the power of literary correspondence and it involves some of Britain's best acting talents, I guess.
01:04Ian McKellen, Jude Law, amongst others, will be reading letters from very famous people.
01:09Abraham Lincoln's correspondence is being discussed.
01:13Marge Simpson's too.
01:14And people like Elvis Presley fans and the letters that they write in.
01:19And it's a very amusing sort of event.
01:23Six nights of great talent acting and fascinating letters.
01:27Rachel, who has written to you that you'd like to tell us about and that you would be prepared to
01:32share with us?
01:33Well, I get some lovely letters from Neil Satsuma Peel, one of our favourite audience members.
01:37And he draws me pictures of the Little Mermaid and writes to me about what he got for Christmas and
01:42knows of lovely things.
01:43He always writes nice notes and we like Neil.
01:45Neil's wonderful.
01:46He sent me a Christmas card, actually, which is charming.
01:50I receive one this year, which is rather more than I receive from the production staff here.
01:55But that's not strictly true.
01:57I've got a lovely bottle of wine and some chocolates, too.
01:59Now then, Rachel, who have we got?
02:01We've got Conrad's back.
02:03Conrad Tashira, champion with two wins under his belt, works in the pharmaceutical industry in sales in Manchester.
02:11And, Conrad, you're joined today by Angus Eady, works for an accountancy firm in Sheffield, football player with Byron House
02:19Football Club.
02:20And as a youngster in his gap year, you took off with a rucksack on your own around Eastern Europe.
02:26What was that like?
02:27A bit hairy, but I came through it.
02:30Well, hold on a minute.
02:31Hairy, what did you say about that?
02:32Where did you get to?
02:32I went, the border between Serbia and Bosnia was probably the most intimidating part of it.
02:40A lot of guns around.
02:41But, yeah, it was good fun.
02:44Now then, let's have a big round of applause there for Conrad and Angus Eady.
02:51And over in the corner of course, Susie Dent, joined once again by Colin Murray, radio and TV writer and
02:59presenter.
02:59Welcome back.
03:01All right, now let's get down to business.
03:03Conrad, let us go.
03:05Hey, Rachel, can I have a consonant, please?
03:09Start today with P.
03:11And another, please.
03:13N.
03:15And another.
03:17T.
03:19And another.
03:22C.
03:25And another consonant, please.
03:28B.
03:29And a vowel.
03:31E.
03:33Vowel.
03:36A.
03:38Vowel.
03:41I.
03:43And can I have a consonant, please?
03:49And lastly, S.
03:51Countdown.
03:52No.
03:53No.
04:20No.
04:22Now.
04:22yes Conrad eight and eight Angus seven and your seven panties panties Conrad
04:32cabinets and cabinets fantastic very very good and Colin yeah my panties in the
04:43cabinets and yeah but Susie's got a lovely word it's not a gram actually
04:48cabinets and it's a bassinet b-a-s-c-i-n-e-t and it was historically a light
04:55close-fitting steel helmet and if you're anywhere near an Oxford issue there's a
04:59very good picture of one in there for you indeed a bassinet okay so Conrad on eight
05:05and Angus your letters game hi Rachel I have a consonant please you can thank you
05:10start with R and another G and a third W and a vowel U and another E and a third
05:28O and a
05:33consonant please L and another N and finally a vowel please and finally you
05:46and here's the countdown clock
05:51so
06:18yes Angus a seven a seven
06:22Conrad seven two sevens Angus a lounger a lounger both of you same two loungers
06:29anymore three now yeah same here absolutely same here it gives me time to
06:34tell you that I will be stealing this mug from the set today I've never seen these
06:38countdown mugs on set so I will light fingeredly tuck that into my bag just so
06:44you know Nick I'm not sure that you're gonna get away with that all right now
06:49then 15 points to Conrad Angus on seven Conrad's numbers game Conrad six more
06:55please Rachel thank you Conrad your favorite pick six little ones coming up
07:00and for the first round today the numbers are nine six three two one and
07:07another nine and the target nine hundred and thirty one nine three one
07:43now then Conrad nine three six nine three six five away Angus no one there no
07:51tricky Conrad okay nine times six is fifty four nine six fifty four times two one
08:05eight minus three minus one minus three minus one one oh four and times nine the
08:12other nine perfect yep nine three six five away very good but can we get to
08:17nine three one Rachel I think you can get some one away but this one's
08:21impossible so very well he did well to get some points very well done well done
08:25indeed 22 points to Angus is seven as we turn to our first tea time teaser which is
08:32Kim's cute Kim may be cute but she's very very dirty Kim may be cute but she's very very dirty
08:57and the answer is muckiest muckiest muckiest muckiest cat of the street muckiest 22 plays Angus is seven and
08:59is the actual kind of a she's very very dirty and the answer is muckiest muckiest muckiest cat of the
09:08street muckiest 22 plays
09:10Angus is seven and Angus you're back with a lettuce game could I have a
09:14consonant please thank you Angus S and another N and a third L and another G
09:28and a vowel E and another I and another E and a fourth a and a consonant place and
09:47lastly R. Stand by
10:20Yes, Angus.
10:22A nine.
10:22A nine, Conrad.
10:24Nine.
10:25Two nines.
10:26Yes, Angus.
10:26Releasing.
10:27Releasing and resealing.
10:30And resealing.
10:31Two good ones.
10:32Well done.
10:36Very good.
10:38And the nine in the corner.
10:41Brilliant.
10:41I'm sure there's so many people at home punching the air as well.
10:45Um, so yeah, resealing and releasing.
10:50All right, Conrad in the lead and it's Conrad's lettuce game.
10:53Can I have a consonant please?
10:54Thank you, Conrad.
10:55P.
10:58Consonant.
10:59T.
11:01Consonant.
11:03Q.
11:04Consonant.
11:06L.
11:08Um, can I have a vowel please?
11:11E.
11:12And another.
11:14O.
11:15And another.
11:18E.
11:20Uh, can I have a consonant please?
11:23R.
11:26And another con-
11:28Uh, a vowel please.
11:30Sorry.
11:31And the last one.
11:32A.
11:33Countdown.
12:04CONRAD
12:05Conrad.
12:05Seven.
12:06A seven?
12:07Angus?
12:08Just a six, not written down.
12:10Your six?
12:13Portal, sorry.
12:14Portal.
12:15And Conrad?
12:16Operate.
12:17And operate.
12:18Yes, well done.
12:20Very good.
12:21Strong start there, Conrad.
12:22What have you got in the corner there?
12:23Colin?
12:25Conrad has been matching us.
12:27There's a whole time he's been sitting there, so operate was our best as well.
12:30Those last minute seven.
12:33Prolate, which is a geometrical term about spheroids.
12:37It's lengthened in the direction of a polar diameter, but operate is much simpler.
12:41Indeed.
12:42Should we leave it there?
12:43Yes.
12:44I think so.
12:4447 plays 25.
12:46Conrad in the lead, and it's Angus's numbers game.
12:49Angus, just have one large, please, Rachel.
12:51Thank you, Angus.
12:52One from the top row.
12:53And five little ones this time.
12:55And for this round, your selection is two, five, four, ten, six, and the big one, 75.
13:04And the target, three hundred and sixteen.
13:07Three, one, six.
13:08Thanks.
13:09Thanks.
13:22Thanks.
13:36Thanks.
13:39Yes, Angus.
13:40Yeah, three, one, six.
13:41Three, one, six.
13:42Three, one, six.
13:42Conrad, three, one, six.
13:43Angus.
13:44So six minus two is four.
13:46Six minus two, four.
13:48Add that to the 75 for 79.
13:51Yep.
13:52And then multiply that by the other four.
13:53Yep.
13:54Well done.
13:54Three, one, six.
13:56Conrad.
13:57Same way.
13:59Happy?
13:59Yep.
13:59All right.
14:00There we go.
14:05So there we have it.
14:0657th place.
14:07Angus is 35.
14:08As we turn to Colin.
14:10Now then, Colin, you've got a little cautionary tale, I think, about being careful when tweeting.
14:17Absolutely.
14:18I'm a Belfast boy.
14:20I'm from East Belfast and Donalds.
14:22We've been talking a bit about that off air, Nick.
14:24And when I was young, Northern Ireland qualified for major tournaments.
14:28And I thought it was going to be like that all the time.
14:31And I found out ever since then it wasn't.
14:33We never really got close to qualifying.
14:35And then came Michael O'Neill as manager.
14:38And in his first qualifying campaign, he had a win percentage of under 8%.
14:44Now, I'm not one of those fans.
14:46I don't scream and shout.
14:47And I don't have the vitriol.
14:48I'll support the manager through thin and thinner.
14:51Humor would be more the way I would go.
14:53And I tweeted out, and I've got the exact words here,
14:55before a ball was kicked in the campaign for the Euro 2016 qualifying.
15:00If Northern Ireland qualify for Euro 2016,
15:03I'll run through Belfast city centre in a green mankini,
15:06with no shame whatsoever.
15:10The win started to come.
15:12Win after glorious win,
15:15after glorious win,
15:16after glorious win.
15:18I remember the moment when it arrived,
15:20when the final whistle blew.
15:21And I don't mind admitting it.
15:23I cried when Northern Ireland qualified for Euro 2016.
15:26How childish is that?
15:27How embarrassing enough.
15:29But you know what?
15:29I'm an emotional fan.
15:31I was very proud when it happened.
15:32But within about 20 seconds,
15:34my brother looked at me and reminded me of what I had tweeted.
15:38As did about a thousand people retweeting it online.
15:40So I had two options.
15:41One was to face it head on,
15:44with a little bit of dignity,
15:46and take my medicine.
15:47And the other one was like a coward,
15:49to do it in the middle of the night.
15:50So obviously I went for,
15:51to do it in the middle of the night.
15:53And then a strange thing happened,
15:55people started tweeting me,
15:56and saying,
15:56I'll do it with you.
15:58And then somebody else tweeted,
15:59some other wing nut,
16:00and said,
16:01I'll do it with you.
16:02So on Boxing Day 2015,
16:04this happened.
16:10Well done.
16:11We ended up raising a whole load of money for charity.
16:1540 of us did it on Boxing Day.
16:16And if I'm being honest,
16:18they said I'd have embarrassment stories this week for you, Nick.
16:20But what started out as an embarrassment,
16:23I actually quite liked it.
16:25Brilliant.
16:26Big round of applause for Colin.
16:27Come on.
16:28Very good.
16:32Brilliant.
16:34Good man.
16:35Good man.
16:3557 plays 35.
16:37Conrad in the lead,
16:38and it's Conrad's Letters game.
16:40A, can I have a consonant please?
16:42Thank you Conrad.
16:43B.
16:45And another.
16:47M.
16:48And another.
16:50S.
16:51And another.
16:53L.
16:56Vowel please.
16:58I.
16:59Vowel.
17:05I.
17:07A consonant please.
17:10Y.
17:12And another consonant please.
17:16And lastly.
17:17H.
17:18Standby.
17:18Fade.
17:20And lastly.
17:45We'll find out.
17:47steroids.
17:48well Conrad seven a seven Angus seven Conrad blemish blemish and same word two
17:59blemishes here Colin and Susie yeah blemish again we've been matched every
18:06step of the way all right 64 please 42 and Angus could I have a consonant
18:13place thank you Angus ah and another D and another place F and a vowel a and
18:28another I and a third a and a consonant J and another n and lastly a vowel
18:45please and the last one II can't done
18:52so
19:04so
19:19yes Angus there just the six a six Conrad six two sixes Angus afraid now
19:27then there we go check it out they're both afraid what's the corner God us too
19:36we had exactly that for six desperately trying to look for another one Nick but
19:40not coming up with much I'm afraid to relieve it there yeah there we go 70
19:44plays 48 and let's get back to the numbers then Conrad six more thank you
19:51Conrad another six a little one selection coming up for you and this time around
19:56they are one ten nine two six and four and the target seven hundred eighty five seven
20:07eight five
20:07the
20:09the
20:10the
20:13the
20:13the
20:13the
20:22the
20:25the
20:27the
20:30The
20:31the
20:35the
20:40Conrad seven eight four one away Angus seven eight one not written down all right so over to
20:48you Conrad six plus two plus one is nine six plus two plus one nine times ten ninety subtract four
20:58eighty six and times nine times it by nine is seven seven seventy four oh sorry sorry there we go
21:12it
21:13happens and so we turn to Angus for a seven eight one four times two is eight four twos eight
21:22and then
21:23times that by the nine for seventy two yeah at the six seventy eight multiply by ten and add on
21:31the
21:31one seven eighty seven eight one not bad but a little bit of drift there seven eight five Rachel
21:39no I just got to one away so I will have another look leave it with you then leave it
21:43in good hands
21:4370 plays 55 Angus on 55 as we go to our tea time teaser it's regal met and the clue
21:50her special
21:51birthday was met with regal recognition her special birthday was met with regal recognition
22:14welcome back welcome back let's read the clue her special birthday was met with regal recognition why
22:21because she got a telegram telegram there we are now Rachel Riley what have you got seven eight
22:28five found eventually if you say six times nine is 54 add two four 56 10 add four is 14
22:39times them
22:40together for seven hundred and eighty four and at the one oh well done well done well done Rachel so
22:4770 to 55 Conrad's in the lead and it's Angus's uh letters game good luck Angus could I have a
22:54consonant please thank you Angus B and another T and a third and and another ah and a vowel please
23:10I and
23:25a vowel please and the last one a stand by
23:33so
23:45so
23:47so
23:51so
24:01Angus a risky eight and eight eight a firm eight yeah so what sort of risk is this Angus
24:12operation oh Conrad baritone baritone baritone this D ration which is the closest that you can get
24:21for um duration I'm sorry I can see where you're coming from to berate somebody um but it's not in
24:26the dictionary sorry but baritones baritones excellent very good nothing in the corner well
24:34we got baritone and then Susie was just absolutely exploded with joy because she got one of her
24:40favorite words yes debonair debonair i love that word beautiful isn't it good beautiful word 78
24:47pays 55 Conrad letters time um cap consonant please Rachel thank you conrad z consonant
24:57s
24:59s
25:01continent
25:01t
25:03another consonant
25:05s
25:08uh vowel please
25:11u
25:12another
25:15a
25:17another
25:19u
25:21um
25:23um
25:23can i have a consonant please
25:26r
25:29and
25:29another
25:31consonant please
25:32and lastly g
25:35countdown
25:36uh
25:37uh
25:41uh
25:43uh
25:45uh
25:46uh
25:48uh
26:06uh
26:07uh
26:09uh
26:09five angus
26:10five as well two fives
26:11conrad
26:12truss
26:13now then
26:14stars
26:15and
26:16and
26:18can we go beyond
26:19five
26:20colin
26:20we've got a connection to everything if you had stars there so you're a leo if it's august
26:25if you're born in august
26:27yes
26:27um
26:28and we can't have taurus because it's capital t
26:30but another star sign hidden in there so
26:33and you can't really have august but you can have august because august has also got a capital a but
26:38i get the connection
26:39that's the way i say august
26:41that's the way i say august
26:41that's the way i say august
26:41oh okay
26:41yeah
26:43very good
26:4483 to 60
26:46conrad on 83
26:47we're back
26:50with susie and her wonderful origins of words what have you got for us today
26:54ah well i'm going to talk about injections so apologies to anybody who's a bit squeamish
26:59uh but the word for uh the eye in latin was oculus it's where we get the idea of binoculars
27:05from
27:06which is literally two eyes if you if you um like um the greek was different the greek for seeing
27:11was um opticus
27:13and that of course gave us optical opticians etc but staying with oculus
27:17throughout history we've given the word or the idea of an eye to anything that looks like that organ of
27:23sight
27:23but in horticulture an oculus or an eye something very specific it's a bud it's a young bud
27:29uh that is uh taken from a plant and it can be grafted onto another
27:34it's a very ancient practice and the roman's word for this was inocularis
27:39it was the idea of transferring this eye if you like this little bud onto another plant
27:42and we took it into english in a botanical sense uh for the same reason
27:47but in the 18th century uh medical researchers discovered that introducing a very tiny amount of an infective agent
27:54um into a person could make that person immune uh to that particular agent
28:00it's the the basis of much modern medicine
28:02and this method was compared to the implanting of a bud
28:05and so they thought what should we call it they took the gardening sense
28:09from horticulture and they used it for uh medicine as well
28:12so that medical use of inoculation is by far the most common today
28:15but very strange to think that it began with an i
28:18fabulous well done
28:23wonderful 83 plays 60 and angus let us game
28:27could i have a consonant please
28:28thank you angus
28:29s
28:31and another
28:33j
28:34and a third
28:36t
28:38and another
28:40h
28:41and a vowel please
28:42o
28:44and another
28:45u
28:47and another
28:48i
28:51and another
28:54o
28:55and a final consonant please
28:58and a final m
29:00stand by
29:02o
29:11and a
29:13i
29:13i
29:13i
29:13i
29:13i
29:13i
29:17i
29:24i
29:31i
29:32i
29:34Angus, just a five. A five, six. And a six. Angus, sorry Susie, moist.
29:41It's okay, I forgive you. Obviously, a close follower of counter. And what have we got
29:46over there, Conrad? Mouse. Thank you. Yes. And more importantly, perhaps, what have we
29:53got in the corner? There's a nice cocktail there, actually. Mojitos. You like a mojito?
29:57Rum, nice bit of mint. Lime. Party time. Yeah. Lovely. Well done. Thank you, Susie.
30:04All right. 89 to 60. Conrad in the lead. Final letters game for Conrad. I'll have a vowel this
30:11time, Rachel. Thank you, Conrad. I. Consonant. D. Consonant. R. Consonant. L.
30:26Vowel. Vowel, please. O. And another. E. And another. A. And a consonant, please. C. And a consonant,
30:44please. And lastly, X. Stand by.
30:48All right.
30:49All right.
31:15All right.
31:18Now, let me show you the next time.
31:18yes Conrad I'll stick with a seven a seven Angus just a six and your six
31:27coiled coiled now then Conrad Dario oh yes the flower-shaped cooking pot that
31:35is so beloved of countdown yeah very nice now then Colin and Susie what have
31:40you got Susie's gonna take us up to new heights for the name X ordeal is there
31:45relating to an exaudium which is the introductory part of a lecture or an essay
31:49that kind of thing thank you all right 96 look at this Conrad well done to plays
31:55Angus in 60s we go to the final numbers game Angus one large please Rachel thank
32:01you I guess one from the top and five Littlans finishes off today and this
32:05selection is four six five nine two and the big one 75 and the target 972 972
32:21so
32:33so
32:49Angus yep 972 Conrad 917 so Angus so nine plus four nine plus four thirteen times up by the 75
32:59nine seven five and then six over two for the three yep well done Conrad the same there we are
33:07all right so
33:09Conrad will break through the hundred mark well done corner 106 points as we go into the final round so
33:17Conrad and Angus fingers on buzzers let's reveal today's countdown conundrum
33:27Conrad another fast one absurdity absurdity let's see whether you're right there it is well done
33:40well done Conrad I'll come back to you in a second Conrad bad luck Angus you hit a the bad
33:46day actually
33:47because Conrad really is playing incredibly well but thank you very much for coming you've got a goodie bag
33:52to take back to Sheffield and good luck with your football footballing with Byron house I think we need it
33:59Nick
33:59you do what position do you play in right back right back well done and well done Conrad three wins
34:07and a good
34:07win 116 points he's building he certainly is building we'll see you tomorrow see you tomorrow well done
34:13see you tomorrow over in the corner Susie and Colin he's got he's got his mug under the desk I
34:19can see it's
34:19making its way home
34:22don't you worry we have people to search him on the way out
34:26see you tomorrow Rachel see them as ever same time same place you be sure of it and a very
34:31good afternoon to you
34:50and later tonight at nine o'clock we're adding a feline twist to the letters and numbers game eight out
34:55of ten cats does countdown
34:57next this afternoon the pressure is on for a self catering complex with their biggest guest list ever a new
35:04life in the sun
35:05thank you