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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34Now, how often do you find yourselves saying sorry when you've done nothing wrong and when you know it's not
00:41your fault anyway?
00:42Now, an experiment recently was undertaken.
00:45I'm going to tell you all about this.
00:47Testers intentionally, it's extraordinary, really.
00:49They went round the country and they intentionally bumped into people and found that 80% of English victims, those
00:57into whom, you know, they had bumped, said sorry.
01:01Apparently, we say sorry eight times a day.
01:05It's an extraordinary thing.
01:06Now, I remember when I was a kid at school and I had a great friend, my best friend, his
01:10name was John Harding.
01:11He may even still be alive.
01:13He was being teased.
01:15Anyway, at the school assembly one morning, the headmaster, Mr. Mortby, said,
01:20It has come to my attention that John Harding has been teased relentlessly and I want the culprits to put
01:27their hands up.
01:28Well, I hadn't teased him.
01:30He was my best friend.
01:32But nobody else put their hand up.
01:34So I thought, well, I'll start the ball rolling.
01:36So I put my hand up.
01:37Extraordinary.
01:39And he said, Hugh, you've been teasing Harding, have you?
01:42I said, yes.
01:43And then nobody else put their hand up.
01:45And he then, the headmaster, produced from behind his back a cane.
01:50I thought that's the last time I'm going to own up and apologise for something that I haven't done.
01:55But anyway, there we are.
01:56But that was...
01:57That's one of your weirder stories, I have to say.
01:59Well done.
02:00There we go.
02:01Now, who have we got with us?
02:02We've got Anne Dibbenback, our two-time winner from Hazelmere.
02:05There's scores of over 100 each time you've been out, as it were.
02:09You enjoy playing squash and hill-walking.
02:11And you're a mum to little Alice, I think.
02:13How old is Alice?
02:14She's two now.
02:15Oh, I love you.
02:16She'll be watching you.
02:17Now, you're joined today, Anne, by John Biliteri, a semi-professional singer
02:22who goes by the name of Frankie Johns at the weekends in and around Bristol.
02:27Yes.
02:28No, more or less in Bristol, Steve.
02:31I can't afford the petrol to travel.
02:34All right.
02:34But you've raised a lot of money for charity over the years, yeah?
02:38Yeah, I have.
02:38Any particular charity?
02:39It's out for heroes.
02:40Well, good luck to you today.
02:42Okay.
02:42Thank you very much.
02:42Good luck to you, John Biliteri and Anne Dibben, of course.
02:46Anne Dibben.
02:46Big round of applause.
02:51And over there in the corner, of course, Susie and Alistair once again.
02:56Welcome back.
02:58More great stories from you later on.
02:59And now it's, I guess, time to get down to business.
03:03Anne.
03:05Afternoon, Rachel.
03:05Afternoon again, Anne.
03:06Can I have a consonant, please?
03:08You can, thank you.
03:08Start today with K.
03:11And another.
03:15And a vowel, please.
03:18A.
03:19And a consonant.
03:21H.
03:23And a vowel.
03:24E.
03:26And another vowel, please.
03:28U.
03:29And a consonant.
03:30S.
03:33And another consonant, please.
03:37R.
03:38And a final vowel.
03:39And a final I.
03:42And here's the countdown clock.
03:45Talk to us.
04:16Seven.
04:17A seven.
04:18John?
04:19Only six.
04:20Your six?
04:21Sheared.
04:23Sheared.
04:24Anne?
04:25Residua.
04:27Residua.
04:28There's no sheared.
04:30There's shard or sheared as a nurse sheep which would need to ease I'm afraid.
04:34Sorry.
04:34No worries.
04:35Residua is an excellent plural form of residuum which is simply a chemical residue.
04:42There we go.
04:43Very good.
04:44And Alistair, what can you offer us?
04:46Lots of other nice tasty sevens that were shirked.
04:50That was a nice one.
04:51And that one I particularly like.
04:52Darkish.
04:53Darkish.
04:54Alright.
04:55Well done.
04:55Seven points to Anne and it's John's letters game.
04:58Good luck John.
04:59Hi Rachel.
04:59Hi John.
05:00Can I start off with the bowel please?
05:03Start with E.
05:04And another.
05:06A.
05:08And another.
05:10E.
05:13Consonant please.
05:15N.
05:17And another.
05:20W.
05:22And another.
05:24R.
05:28I'll have another one please.
05:30T.
05:32And a vowel.
05:35U.
05:37And another.
05:38Consonant please.
05:40And finish.
05:42Stand by.
05:43T.
05:44T.
05:45T.
05:45T.
05:46T.
05:47T.
05:47T.
05:48T.
06:14Yes.
06:15John.
06:15I've only got five.
06:17Five and?
06:18Six.
06:19And a six.
06:20John, enter.
06:22Enter and?
06:23Tenure.
06:24Tenure.
06:25Yes.
06:26Good six.
06:28Tenure.
06:28Yep.
06:30Alistair.
06:30Just more sixes.
06:31Tanner, tenner.
06:33Yep.
06:33And you heard Nietzsche.
06:34Can't go beyond that?
06:35No, wanted quite a few sixes, Nick, but we couldn't find the list.
06:38All right, let's go.
06:40Let's try a numbers game, then.
06:42Anne.
06:43Could I have two large and four small, please?
06:45Thank you, all usual now.
06:46Thank you, Anne.
06:46Two from the top and four little ones.
06:48And this time around, your four small ones are three, four, two, and seven.
06:54And the big one, 75 and 100.
06:57And the target, 748.
07:00Seven, four, eight.
07:01Seven, four, four, five, six, six, six, seven.
07:32Yes, sir.
07:34749.
07:35One away.
07:36How about John?
07:37No, nowhere near it.
07:38No?
07:39Let's stick with Anne for the minute then, shall we?
07:41Anne.
07:42100 plus 4 plus 3.
07:45Yep, 107.
07:46Times 7.
07:47For 749.
07:51Rachel, what are we going to do here?
07:53748.
07:54I think you might kick yourselves, because if you say 7 plus 3 is 10, times by 75 is 750.
08:03And then take away the two.
08:05There we go.
08:06Well done.
08:06Well done.
08:10Well done.
08:11Murmurs of appreciation from the audience there, Rachel.
08:14Well done.
08:14Now then, what shall we have?
08:16Let's have a tea time teaser, shall we?
08:17It's Maul Gent.
08:18And the clue?
08:19Not Fifty Shades of Grey.
08:21Just the one.
08:22Not Fifty Shades of Grey.
08:24Just the one.
08:42And the answer is gunmetal.
08:49Gunmetal.
08:50There we are.
08:51Anne on 20.
08:52John yet to score, but plenty of time for that, John.
08:55Let's try a letters game.
08:56Bowel, please.
08:58Thank you, John.
08:59O.
09:00And another.
09:02E.
09:04Consonant.
09:06R.
09:09And another.
09:11J.
09:13Another.
09:15R.
09:16R.
09:17Oh.
09:18Interesting.
09:19And another.
09:22S.
09:24Vowel.
09:26O.
09:29Another vowel.
09:32I.
09:35And a consonant, please.
09:37And the last one.
09:38B.
09:39Stand by.
09:40Tickle.
09:42Tickle.
09:44Tickle.
09:52Tickle.
09:56Tickle.
09:58Tickle.
09:59Tickle.
10:00Tickle.
10:02Tickle.
10:03Tickle.
10:04Tickle.
10:04Tickle.
10:05Tickle.
10:06Tickle.
10:06Tickle.
10:08Tickle.
10:09Tickle.
10:10Tickle.
10:11yes John six a six for John and just a five and you're five so those oboes John
10:20rose here oh excellent you haven't seen that one very nice John well done John
10:26very good and what have you got in the corner there Alistair and Susie it was
10:32tricky I was stuck on five sober was the one I think I'd gone for yeah this goes
10:36with John's rosier and Briars you can spell Briar with an ER as well as an AR any
10:42of a number of prickly scrambling shrubs especially a wild rose Briar sweet sweet
10:47Briars yes yeah well done John Billy Terry's 20 plays six and it's Ann's
10:54letters game can I have a consonant please Rachel thank you and D and another W
11:01and another M and a vowel you and another vowel please E and a consonant T and a vowel O
11:18and
11:20another vowel I and a final consonant please and a final N stand by
11:34so
11:57and seven a seven John when it chance a seven thank you Ann minuted
12:05minuted minuted and Downton Downton yeah as in the Abbey downtown would be there there's
12:14anyone oh there though John so no no sorry sorry about that and the else thanks to Ann we can
12:21add
12:21an eight she's just whispered it across the across the desk downtime well done all right 27 plays six
12:29and now John it's a numbers game for you John yes I'd like two large and four small please you
12:36can have
12:37them Rachel your wish is my command thank you John and for this round they are ten one seven nine
12:44and
12:44the big two 25 and 100 and the target 258 258
13:19and the big one and the big one so good
13:19all right
13:19so
13:19yes John 258 thank you and also 258 let's hear from John 25 times 10 is 250
13:35yes at the 7 at the 1 lovely 258 well done thank you
13:42you seem very pleased about that well done and and would you yes same way same way all right
13:49done it wrong
13:55well done 16 plays and 37 as we turn to Alistair Alistair ever observant you've begun to
14:04notice the disappearing hyphen I believe I have yes in a very little trust way I get very upset
14:10by bad punctuation but one thing that's happened lately is the hyphen is starting to disappear
14:14I've asked people why I may well ask Susie Dent why in a little while but people are saying it's
14:18because of emails and computer language that the hyphen doesn't always sit well in words apparently
14:22so it's being dropped it may just be that people don't know it's there sometimes it's annoying
14:26sometimes it's misleading sometimes it's downright amusing when you see a word without a hyphen or a
14:30phrase that should have a hyphen recently a pub chain I saw this in Stratford-on-Avon I saw it
14:35in
14:35Stratford Eastern London so it was all around the country I think we're offering burgers and
14:40it said outside come and see our mouth-watering burgers with no hyphen so as she said come and
14:46see our mouth watering burgers I was very tempted to go in and say can I see this mouth you
14:51have
14:52which apparently is dribbling onto these burgers which don't sound particularly appetizing to me
14:56another one I was there with friends recently I don't drive they were parking in a car park
15:00it said please do not park here the police thank you for your cooperation with no hyphen so it said
15:05the police thank you for your cooperation which presumably means something to do with making
15:09barrels yeah we hadn't made any barrels I did want to go and point this out to the police but
15:13I thought
15:13it was perhaps best not to and business events I'm sure you do a few of these you get sent
15:17the scripts
15:17and the the scripts again written by other people frequently don't have a hyphen recently I had to
15:21talk about a company and that one of their colleagues who was being recommended for being a hard working
15:26colleague no hyphen so she was actually being described as a hard working colleague so obviously
15:32wouldn't want to mess with her but you see the disappearing hyphen everywhere and I think there
15:35should be a site set up maybe there is I don't do stuff online but maybe there is a site
15:39for the
15:39disappearing hyphen but often very funny results very good well done what does Suzy think about this
15:44punctuation is just changing you know semi colons going much to my regret colons as well because
15:50we're using dashes and again that's that's a sign of ease of use with with emails etc so it is
15:57shifting but you know language is incredibly circular so they may well come back in indeed
16:01thanks Suzy and lovely stuff thanks Alistair
16:07so there we are and on 37 John on 16 and we turn to you and for letters game and
16:14Nick can I have a
16:15consonant please Rachel thank you and F and another C and a vowel please you and a vowel please a
16:30and a consonant
16:42D another vowel please O and a final consonant and a final P stand by
16:56so
17:07so
17:23Anne?
17:23Seven.
17:24Seven.
17:25John?
17:25Seven.
17:26Thank you, Anne.
17:27Focused.
17:28John?
17:30Focused.
17:31There we go.
17:31Are we happy?
17:32All right.
17:33And Alistair and Susie.
17:34Alistair?
17:35If you can have focused, can you have defocus?
17:37If the camera goes off, does it defocus?
17:41You can.
17:41That's right.
17:42I have defocus with my seven.
17:43Yep.
17:43I've got a word that I know Alistair won't like.
17:46Upcased, which is to change a lowercase letter to an uppercase one.
17:50Uppercase, yeah.
17:51Anything else?
17:51Are we done?
17:52That's it.
17:53We are done.
17:5444 plays.
17:5423.
17:55John, how about letters going for you?
17:57Okay.
17:58I'll start off with a vowel, please.
18:00Thank you, John.
18:01A.
18:04And another one.
18:06U.
18:06Oh.
18:08Consonant.
18:10G.
18:12Another.
18:15R.
18:18And another.
18:19M.
18:23Another.
18:25S.
18:27Vowel.
18:29I.
18:32Another vowel.
18:35O.
18:37Consonant, please.
18:39And the last one.
18:40L.
18:41Stand by.
18:56I.
19:00I.
19:12I.
19:12I.
19:12I.
19:12well John six a six for John and seven and a seven John six rules and
19:22jurasol thank you jurasol there sunflower very good John what was yours
19:28rules how you spelling that G R O A L S no not there I'm afraid right right
19:36what we got Susie and Alistair what joint brilliance have you got I was
19:42hopeless so it was on five grams nothing more than that
19:44it was a tough one there is Nate actually and it's a an aquaria fish or
19:50aquarium fish gouramis a G O U R A M I S plural can be with or without the S
19:56and
19:57small brightly colored Asian labyrinth fish well well thank you
20:03your army's very good 51 plays 23 and it's a numbers game for and Ebon and to
20:10large again please Rachel thank you and another two large four little coming up
20:15and this time around they are six four two eight and the big 275 and 25 and the
20:24target 421 421
20:29foreign
20:58Anne?
20:59Anne?
20:59421.
21:01And John?
21:02422.
21:03422.
21:04So Anne?
21:06675.
21:08675 is a 450.
21:10Minus 25.
21:11425.
21:12Minus 4.
21:13421.
21:14Well done.
21:14Well done indeed.
21:17Wispily done.
21:18Well done.
21:19And now it's time for tea time.
21:20Teaser, which is dude over.
21:23And the clue, the hungry dude's meal was over.
21:25It was all gone in seconds.
21:26The hungry dude's meal was over.
21:29It was all gone in seconds.
21:46Welcome back.
21:47I left you with the clue, the hungry dude's meal was over.
21:50It was all gone in seconds.
21:53And the answer is that it was devoured.
21:58Devoured.
22:0061 plays John's 23 and in the lead and it's John's letters game.
22:04John?
22:05Oh lovely.
22:06Bowel please.
22:07Thank you John.
22:09A.
22:09Another one.
22:12A.
22:14I'm having a breakdown.
22:17Consonant.
22:20S.
22:23And another.
22:25Y.
22:29Another one.
22:32P.
22:34B.
22:35I'll have another one.
22:36P.
22:37B.
22:39A vowel.
22:41Please.
22:42E.
22:45Another vowel.
22:48Another A.
22:52Great you do.
22:54Go on, I'll have a consonant please.
22:56And the last one.
22:57L.
22:59Stand by.
23:00To be continued.
23:01Perfect.
23:22Bye.
23:26Bye.
23:26Bye.
23:28Bye.
23:30now then John I've got just five a five for John and stick with a seven and a
23:40seven John bells bells a alias payable payable can we beat it well
23:51payable is brilliant able to be paid we can just by a single letter yes I had
23:56sayable long as a lot same lines but there was also payables yeah yes you're
24:01worried about that those are debts owed by business it's libel accountancy term
24:05yeah and the L Susie I know that was my best for eight not bad payables 68
24:09plays 23 and your letters game consonant please Rachel thank you and P and
24:18another consonant n and a vowel I and a vowel oh and a consonant s and well a and
24:35consonant please t and a vowel e and final consonant please and a final n stand by
24:51so
25:03so
25:20Just a seven a seven John. No, just six for me. What is that six points?
25:32Panties. Thank you for that. What can you help us with? Alice and Susie. I only had a couple
25:38of sixes. Pianos and a pines. But? There's a botanical eight. Enations. E-N-A-T-I-O-N-S.
25:46They're
25:47outgrowths from the surface of a leaf. They look like miniature leaves but they haven't
25:51got any vascular tissue in them. Those are Enations. Thank you very much Enations. Very
25:57good. And Susie, again, we're at your origins of words section. And today? Thank you. Well
26:09today I had an email from Gabrielle Page, lovely name, and she asked, why do we talk about one's
26:16very best effort as one's level best? What's the level got to do with anything? And we've
26:21been talking about things that are on the level, things straight or honest, since about
26:24the 1600s. Actually, if you trace it all the way back by a very convoluted route, it goes
26:30back to the Romans' Libra, meaning balance, from which we get the pound sign and of course
26:36we get the Libra sign of the zodiac with the scales. And level best is probably simply a nod
26:43to this idea of honesty and integrity because on the level is straight, as I say, and above
26:48board. But one theory gives it a much more specific origin and a nicely colourful one,
26:54I think. And that places level best in the gold fields of California in the 1800s, the
27:0119th century. And people planning for gold, the diggers, would shake the gravel and the
27:07mud that had been dug up in pans, which were shallow bowls, really. And this would be done
27:12until the mixture was level, and that way you could better spot the fragments of gold that
27:17might be lurking there. So that way the bowl would be at its level best in order to see
27:22the gold. But that panning is also crucial to another expression in English, and that's
27:27when it panned out. If something pans out, it's very, very successful. And that originally referred
27:32definitely, we do know this, to the finding of gold amidst all the mud that was being shaken
27:37around in these shallow bowls. Brilliant. Oh, well done.
27:45Very interesting. 75 to 23. Now then, John, what are we going to do? Let us go.
27:49Oh, ha. Yes. Okay, Richard, my wall to start, please. Thank you, John. I.
27:55Another. A. I'll have another one, please. E. Consonant. T. Another one. R. And another. H.
28:21Another. M. Another. G. I'll try another one. And the last one, T.
28:31Done by.
28:32Tone by.
28:34Tone by.
28:57Tone by.
29:00Tone by.
29:02Well, John. Six. A six for John. Anne. Seven. Now then, John. Mither. Anne. My great.
29:11Anne, my great. Very nice. Now then, Alistair. I was stuck on sixes. I had mither as well.
29:18Gather was there. Matter was there. And you've got an interesting one, which I won't like.
29:23You really won't like. Megahit. A megahit. Brilliant. All right. Anything else? No, that
29:29was that one. Megahit. 82, 23. Anne. Final letters game for you. Consonant, please,
29:35Rachel. Thank you, Anne. C. And another. N. And another. G. And a vowel. I. And another
29:49vowel, please. O. And another vowel. E. And a consonant, please.
29:57Q. And a consonant. S. And a final vowel. And a final I. Countdown.
30:11A consonant.
30:42Yes, Anne?
30:43I'll try a seven.
30:45How about John?
30:46I think I've got a safe five.
30:48And that five is singe.
30:51And Anne?
30:52Cognise.
30:54Yes, cognise to know or to become aware of.
30:58Primary spelling is with a Z, the Oxford way, but you can't spell it with an S, so it's absolutely
31:02fine for seven.
31:03Now then, what have we got in the corner?
31:05Can we beat that?
31:06Alice, turn, Susie?
31:07Combined brain power.
31:09No, not at all.
31:09No, that was as good as it gets, I think.
31:11All right.
31:1189 to 23, final numbers game.
31:14John?
31:15Two large and four small, please, Rachel, for the last time.
31:19Two large, four little coming up for you.
31:21And for the final time, they are four, three, seven, nine, and the large two, 25 and 50.
31:30And the target, 153.
31:32One, five, three.
31:34One, five, six, ten, nine, and the large two, 26 and ten.
31:54One, five, seven, and the large two, 36, 37, 31, 30.
31:54Seven, seven, and the earth.
31:54Five, six, seven.
31:54Two, seven, and the 마지막 quarter.ed
31:54one, seven, and the soit, three, and the last two, seven, and the rare. Three,
31:55four, seven, and first, seven, and the главcentě. Two,
32:02seven, and the latter half of the rivalry. The aim
32:04Thank you, John
32:05One five three. Thank you and and even also one five. All right John
32:12Three times fifty three times fifty one fifty
32:15Seven minus the four is another three
32:18Five three lovely one. There we go and and the same way same way. I think we can accept that
32:25Yes, indeed all right
32:31One hundred standing at ninety-nine to John's thirty-three very neat as we go into the final round fingers
32:38on buzzers
32:39Please and and John let's reveal today's countdown
32:42conundrum
33:14No luck here no luck here at all, but in the audience I know my word look quite a few
33:20hands
33:21Yes, sir. Is it on the shackle?
33:24Let's see whether you're right
33:27Unshackled
33:33Unchain my heart there. We are so and
33:36Ninety-nine points and John on 33 bad luck John talk I'd like you're up against a tremendous player. He
33:42did well
33:42so we're gonna say
33:44Thank you and good night as it were yes take this goodie bag back to Bristol and good luck with
33:49the singing as well much
33:51Thanks, and we shall see you tomorrow. Well done again. Thank you
33:54All right Alistair we will not be seeing you tomorrow very very sadly
33:58It's been a great pleasure having you here. Thank you very much. It's been a very nice five days, and
34:03thank you for your cooperation in that
34:05Well, you come and see us soon again, please. I will and great luck with the with your eric sati
34:11Thing and all the other things you get up to thank you busy busy guy brilliant stuff
34:15We shall see you tomorrow Susie
34:17See you tomorrow Nick as indeed we shall see Rachel of course tomorrow same time we'll be seeing hairy Dave
34:22tomorrow
34:22Dave Dave Myers indeed the hairy biker of course we will same time same place you'll be sure of it
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