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00:00Now, who have we got with us today? Jackie McLeod, originally from London. You now live in Richmond, North Yorkshire,
00:06you lucky ladies. Very lovely.
00:08I moved there just over a year ago. I love it.
00:10Brilliant. Now, you're a retired medical secretary, but one of your major, I guess, claims to fame was that in
00:171991 you were the series runner-up.
00:20Yes.
00:21Is that right?
00:21That's right.
00:22And your main pastime is Scrabble, so you're a very hot contender, I think, for future glory in this particular
00:28competition, particularly as you're faced by an old adversary rejoicing in the name of Barry Grossman.
00:35Barry is a researcher from Hertford, but also he beat you, Jackie, back in 1991 in the series final, so
00:42this really is a grudge match.
00:44I shall try and get my revenge.
00:46Yeah? Well, now, time to get your own back. Your own back on Barry.
00:50Barry, yeah? I think, Barry, you've just come back from the States, haven't you?
00:54That's right. Yesterday or something, yesterday morning.
00:58Now's your chance, Jackie. He'll be all jet-lagged.
01:01Possibly.
01:01You've got him on the run.
01:03All right. Big round of applause for Jackie and Barry.
01:10Very good. Welcome back, Susie. Welcome back, Susie.
01:13And, indeed, welcome back, Martin Lewis, who has had a recent addition to the family, I think.
01:18Uh, Sapphire Susan.
01:21That's right. Yes.
01:22Uh, our little girl.
01:24Uh, it's interesting because, you know, you often hear parents say that their child is the most beautiful child that
01:29they've ever seen.
01:29Yes.
01:30Well, in my case, that's true.
01:34And she was the sweet little thing, weighing in at six pounds, six ounces, back in November.
01:39That's right. That's right. And they grow fast. Yes. Well, yes, she's, she's absolutely adorable.
01:45She's still in the stage at the moment where she's mostly a thing that cries and gurgles and smiles and,
01:50and poos and wheezes and throws up.
01:51But I love her anyway.
01:53Of course you do. And you'll love her more and more and more.
01:56Absolutely.
01:56And she will have you wrapped around a little finger.
01:59She already does. I'm, she, she's, she's daddy's little girl. I'm already, I'm already there and smitten.
02:03Excellent stuff.
02:04Jackie, is this game of, uh, countdown, this grudge match.
02:09So, take it away, Jackie. It's a letters game.
02:11Hello, Rachel.
02:12Hi, Jackie.
02:12Uh, consonant, please.
02:14Thank you. Start today with S.
02:16S. And another one.
02:18L.
02:19And another one.
02:22D.
02:23And another one.
02:24K.
02:25And a vowel, please.
02:27O.
02:28A vowel.
02:30E.
02:31A vowel.
02:34I.
02:35A consonant.
02:38M.
02:39And another consonant.
02:42And lastly, L.
02:44Here's the countdown clock.
02:46There.
03:01Like a vowel.
03:02Bye-bye.
03:14Bye-bye.
03:15now then Jackie seven a seven and Barry seven all right Jackie skills thank you
03:22I'm skilled yep what have you got in the corner Martin yes it was a seven fest in
03:28their dollies which is a TV trolley thing yeah it can be little dolls yep
03:33obviously yes Molly's Molly Molly's their little fish very popular in
03:38aquaria often brightly colored very good and the girls all right seven all now
03:43then Barry continent please thank you Barry and consonant D vowel E and a
03:54consonant P consonant D and a vowel oh a consonant T a vowel you
04:12and consonant please and lastly s and it's clock time
04:24so
04:25so
04:30so
04:31so
04:36so
04:40so
04:41so
04:43so
04:43so
04:44so
04:44so
04:44so
04:44so
04:44so
04:45so
04:45so
04:45so
04:57so
04:59so
05:04so
05:16so
05:17all right
05:18all right
05:18all right well done 15 that plays seven
05:20uh Barry in the lead and Jackie your chance to fight back
05:25uh consonant please
05:26thank you Jackie
05:27X
05:29and another one
05:31H
05:32a consonant
05:35M
05:36and a vowel
05:38A
05:39and another vowel
05:44T
05:45a consonant
05:47consonant
05:47T
05:49consonant
05:49R
05:50a vowel please
05:51O
05:55and
05:56another consonant
05:59and
05:59another consonant
06:00T
06:01stand by
06:02T
06:03T
06:03T
06:04T
06:04T
06:04T
06:04T
06:05T
06:06T
06:06T
06:06T
06:06T
06:06T
06:07T
06:07T
06:08T
06:08MUSIC PLAYS
06:33Jackie? Only six.
06:35And Barry? Six.
06:37Jackie?
06:38Extort.
06:40Extort.
06:40And I've got exhort.
06:42Exhort.
06:43Exhort from Barry.
06:44With the H, yes, very good.
06:45Very good.
06:46So, anything else?
06:48No, it was a six-fest again, really, wasn't it?
06:50Throat was in there, wasn't it?
06:51Yes.
06:52For Rachel.
06:53Anything else, Susie?
06:54The thorax is in there, which is the bit between the neck and the abdomen in a mammal.
07:00But that's just six-two.
07:01Couldn't get any further than that.
07:02Very good.
07:02All right.
07:03So, Barry's still in the lead.
07:0521 to 13.
07:06And Barry, we turn to you.
07:08It's your shout, Barry, for a letters game.
07:10Consonant, please.
07:11Thank you, Barry.
07:13L.
07:14And a consonant.
07:14Consonant.
07:16H.
07:17Consonant.
07:19R.
07:20A vowel.
07:22I.
07:23And another vowel.
07:25E.
07:26And another vowel.
07:28A.
07:29And a consonant.
07:31N.
07:33A consonant.
07:35S.
07:37And a consonant.
07:39And finally, R.
07:41And it's tick-tock.
07:43I'll see you next time.
07:44One more time.
07:47One more time.
07:58doen
08:11highlight�
08:13Barry?
08:14Eight.
08:16Yep.
08:16Jackie?
08:17Also eight.
08:18Barry?
08:19Inhalers.
08:20Inhalers.
08:20Same word.
08:21Look at this.
08:23Yep.
08:24Very good.
08:26Now then, what else have we got over in the corner?
08:28I think I may have something that could growl for me.
08:31Arrgh!
08:32And if I did it, I'd go, arrgh!
08:34Does that make me snarlier than you?
08:36Definitely.
08:38Snarlier.
08:38And also an eight.
08:40Very good.
08:41Snarlier.
08:4229 plays 21 as we turn our attention to a numbers game.
08:47Jackie?
08:48Hello.
08:49I'll have just one big and five small, please.
08:52Thank you, Jackie.
08:52One from the top.
08:53And five little ones for you.
08:56And for the first time in your contest, the five small are six, eight, two, three, five,
09:05and a large one, 25, and the target, 221.
09:10Two to one.
09:11Two to one.
09:42Jackie?
09:43220.
09:45220, one away.
09:46Yes, Barry?
09:47221.
09:48221.
09:49So, Barry?
09:516 plus 3 is 9.
09:526 plus 3, 9.
09:54Times 25 is 225.
09:58And 8 divided by 2 is 4.
10:00Yep.
10:01Correct.
10:01Well done, 221.
10:02Very good indeed.
10:03Well done, Barry.
10:06Well done, Barry.
10:0739 to Jackie's 21.
10:10But now we turn to Martin.
10:12Martin, yesterday a masterclass in annuities.
10:15And today...
10:16Another question.
10:18Yes.
10:18I think you're going to do this one.
10:20It was going to be Rachel, but she's got her sore throat.
10:22So, Nick, you're the focus.
10:23Very simple.
10:24You've bought a new house.
10:25Yes.
10:25It's a freehold property.
10:27Yes.
10:27Three options for you on the buildings insurance.
10:32Oh.
10:33Do you cover...
10:34A, its current market value.
10:37B, the cost of rebuilding it if it were knocked down.
10:40Or C, the mortgage company's original valuation plus any uprate for inflation.
10:47I think it's got to be the replacement value, the rebuild.
10:51It is.
10:52It is.
10:53And I'm so glad...
10:54Would you have got that?
10:54No, definitely not.
10:55So many people get this wrong.
10:57And one of the big problems is, of course, they insure the market value of your house.
11:01So, your house might be worth £250,000.
11:03But a huge element of that depends on location.
11:05But all the insurance has to cover is the cost of simply rebuilding it if it were knocked down.
11:10Because that's what they're going to do.
11:11You should also check in there that if there were to be problems, they would put you up somewhere in
11:15the meantime.
11:16So, many people are vastly overpaying on their buildings insurance because they're insuring a much, much bigger sum than is
11:21necessary.
11:22In some cases, two or three times.
11:24And I've seen people who, simply by getting it right, can save £300 or £400 a year.
11:28Now, I'm not going to go into my full how to save on buildings insurance while we're here.
11:31But it's incredibly important you insure the right amount.
11:34One other tip for you people often get wrong is if they have separate buildings and contents covers.
11:38They say, well, what counts as buildings, what counts as contents?
11:43Very easy way to think about this.
11:45Imagine your house, turn it upside down.
11:49If it falls, it's contents.
11:51If it sticks, it's buildings.
11:54But there can be a few things that fall over that line, which is why often, while it may not
11:59be the cheapest,
12:00if you are insuring both, getting a joint buildings and contents cover tends to be the most sensible way.
12:05Good advice. Great advice.
12:07Well done, the consumer's friend.
12:08Martin, but now it's time for a Tea Time teaser, which is Fly Creek.
12:13And the clue, in America, it's all about publicising Roberta.
12:17In America, it's all about publicising Roberta.
12:35Welcome back.
12:36I left you with the clue.
12:38In America, it's all about publicising Roberta.
12:41And the answer is flackery.
12:44Flackery.
12:44Roberta Flack.
12:45Flackery.
12:46Something's about abusive elections or something.
12:49Well, it's American, actually.
12:50It sounds like quackery.
12:51So you think there's some deception going on.
12:52But it's simply to publicise or promote.
12:54So flackery is, yep, the publicising or something.
12:58OK.
12:59To advertise?
13:00Yep.
13:00Promote or advertise.
13:02Exaggerate.
13:02It's to flack it.
13:03No, there doesn't seem to be any element of misdeed in there.
13:07It just seems to be a flack is a publicity agent and to flack is to publicise or publicise.
13:11I always thought it was a publicity agent because they took the flack, but I didn't realise it comes from
13:17a separate spelling and different spelling.
13:19It does, yeah.
13:19Very good.
13:20Thank you for that.
13:2139 plays 21.
13:22Barry in the lead.
13:23Barry, your letters game.
13:26Consonant, please.
13:27Thank you, Barry.
13:28F.
13:29And another.
13:31C.
13:32And another.
13:35N.
13:35And a vowel.
13:37O.
13:39And another vowel.
13:39E.
13:42And another vowel.
13:44A.
13:45Consonant.
13:47R.
13:49Consonant.
13:51V.
13:52And a vowel.
13:54And lastly.
13:55I.
13:57Clock time.
13:58I.
13:59I.
14:14I.
14:15I.
14:23I.
14:30Yes, Barry?
14:31A seven.
14:32A seven.
14:33Jackie?
14:34Six.
14:35And your six?
14:36Cornea.
14:37Cornea.
14:38Yes, Barry?
14:39Corvine?
14:41Corvine.
14:42Like a crow.
14:43Very good.
14:43Yeah, very good.
14:44Anything else there now?
14:45I think we have an eight, which I'm getting very excited about this week because of the
14:50quality of contestants that we have.
14:53Yes.
14:53I would love to claim I had got it, but Susie.
14:56Yes, Susie.
14:58It's Veronica, which is a herbaceous plant, typically with upright stems and spikes of
15:04blue or purple flowers, but it's also...
15:06It's a matador's pass.
15:08Well, it can be...
15:09Yeah, exactly.
15:09It can be the movement of a matador's cape away from the bull or a cloth supposedly impressed
15:14with an image of Christ's face.
15:17That's a Veronica.
15:18That's a Veronica too.
15:18Because there was a Saint Veronica or something?
15:21Did somebody press the cloth over?
15:24Yes.
15:24With reference to Saint Veronica, by association of the attitude of the matador with a depiction
15:29of Saint Veronica holding out a cloth to Christ.
15:31Yeah, okay.
15:32They're all linked.
15:33Very good.
15:34Very good.
15:34Very good indeed.
15:36That's fun.
15:3646 to 21.
15:38Now then, Jackie.
15:40Vowel, please.
15:41Thank you, Jackie.
15:43E.
15:43And another one.
15:45A.
15:46And a vowel.
15:47O.
15:48And a consonant.
15:50G.
15:51Consonant, please.
15:53P.
15:54Consonant.
15:55N.
15:56A vowel.
15:58E.
15:59And a consonant.
16:02R.
16:03Oh, and another one.
16:05And another consonant.
16:07Oh, thank you.
16:07Thank you, Jackie.
16:08W.
16:09Stand by.
16:41Yes, Jackie.
16:42Seven, not written down.
16:43And Barry.
16:44Six.
16:45And your six.
16:46Orange.
16:49Orange.
16:50And Jackie.
16:51Wagoner.
16:52A wagoner.
16:53Excellent.
16:54Driver of a horse-drawn carriage.
16:55Well done.
16:57Good for a wagon.
16:58A wagoner.
17:00Very good.
17:01So, 28.
17:02You've crept up there to Barry's 46.
17:04And we go into another letters game, Barry.
17:07Consonant, please, Rachel.
17:08Thank you, Barry.
17:10S.
17:10And another consonant.
17:12T.
17:13And again.
17:16M.
17:17And another one.
17:20V.
17:21And a vowel.
17:23I.
17:24And a vowel.
17:26E.
17:27And another vowel.
17:29I.
17:30And a consonant.
17:33T.
17:34And lastly, B.
17:39And it's Countdown.
17:40B.
17:41B.
18:11Barry?
18:13Seven.
18:13And Jackie?
18:14Seven.
18:15Yes, Barry?
18:16Miss Diet?
18:18Right.
18:19And Jackie?
18:21Visited.
18:21Visited.
18:22That sounds safer to me.
18:24Yes, I'm not sure about Miss Diet.
18:28It sounds interesting, but it's not there, I'm afraid.
18:32This is excellent.
18:33Well, Barry, I think Jackie's on the march.
18:37She is, yeah.
18:38She's coming for you.
18:39She's coming for you indeed.
18:40Jackie, what are you going to do for us now?
18:42Letters game.
18:43Consonant, please.
18:45Thank you, Jackie.
18:46Q.
18:46Oh, no better one.
18:49C.
18:50Try again, please.
18:51Consonant.
18:53T.
18:54Vowel.
18:56E.
18:57And another vowel.
18:58A.
18:59Vowel.
19:01E.
19:02Consonant.
19:04S.
19:04Consonant.
19:06G.
19:09And a final consonant.
19:12And a final R.
19:14Tick tock.
19:17I'll see you soon.
19:20Bye.
19:20MUSIC PLAYS
19:45Jackie? Seven.
19:47A seven, yep. Barry?
19:49And seven.
19:50All right, Jackie?
19:51Creates.
19:52Creates, very good.
19:53Also creates.
19:55Creates.
19:55Two creates.
19:56Yeah, that's my creates.
19:58Yes.
19:59Now then, Martin.
20:01The quality here is so very high.
20:03We had another seven in restage,
20:05but it's every time just to go ahead of these two is...
20:08Very difficult.
20:09Very difficult.
20:10Very difficult.
20:11Very good.
20:11Restage and creates.
20:1342 plays at 53.
20:15As we now turn our attention to Susie's origins of words.
20:18Susie?
20:19Well, I had a nice email from a viewer, Pam Stevens,
20:22and she asked me for the origins of two things, actually.
20:25First, the dashboard on a car.
20:27Why is it called the dashboard?
20:29And also, for somebody you want to avoid if you're in a car,
20:32it's an American term, and that's a jaywalker.
20:34Yeah.
20:34So she was interested in those two terms.
20:36First of all, dashboard.
20:37It was once a wooden board or a leather screen at the front of a horse-drawn carriage.
20:42And the idea is that it would protect the driver and the passenger
20:45for any mud splashed up or dashed up from the roads,
20:48which were often quite muddy.
20:49So very, very simple.
20:50The name was kept for the partition that separated the front seat from the engine
20:55when cars were first introduced.
20:57So quite an old term.
20:59Before jaywalkers, there were jay drivers,
21:02and they were those who literally wandered about all over the road in their cars.
21:06And the jay here is the bird of the species garrulous.
21:10And its name, the jay's name,
21:12has long been applied to foolish or gossiping people,
21:15and by extension to country bumpkins, I'm afraid.
21:17And in the 1920s, references began to emerge of jaywalkers
21:22at the time when city councils were beginning to pass laws
21:25preventing pedestrians from crossing the road any time they wanted to.
21:29And those laws, as you can imagine, didn't go down very well.
21:31And there's one open letter sent to the city of Nebraska's commissioners,
21:35a very unhappy citizen, writing,
21:38Dear friends, forget all about the jaywalking ordinance,
21:40the very name of which insults every citizen.
21:43Give the people credit for having a grain of common sense like yourselves,
21:47and being able to take care of themselves
21:49if they have managed before without your grandmotherly help.
21:52It sounds very much like modern complaints about health and safety.
21:54But the rebellion didn't work, and jaywalking continues to be illegal
21:57and also punishable by a very hefty fine in some states in America.
22:01But there you go, those are your two origins for you, Pam.
22:04Thank you very much. Well done.
22:08Very good. 53 plays 42.
22:11And Barry, your numbers game. Rachel awaits you.
22:13I'll have one big and five small, please, Rachel.
22:16Thank you, Barry. Hopefully keeping it straightforward,
22:19we shall see one large, five small.
22:21And for this round they are two, five, four, nine, ten.
22:28And the large one, one hundred.
22:31And the target, eight hundred and sixty-five.
22:34Eight, six, five.
23:06Barry, eight, six, five.
23:08Eight, six, five, well done.
23:10No, I'm lost.
23:11Lost, Jackie?
23:12Yeah.
23:13That would flourish.
23:15Now then, Barry.
23:17One hundred times nine.
23:18One hundred times nine, nine hundred.
23:21Ten times four.
23:22Forty.
23:24And subtract.
23:25Eight, sixty.
23:26And add the five.
23:27Eight, six, five.
23:28Nicely done.
23:29Very well done, Barry.
23:31Very good.
23:34That extension there, 63 to 42 as we turn to a Tea Time teaser,
23:40which is Splat Fry.
23:41And the clue, the only time they shut up is when they're eating.
23:45The only time they shut up is when they're eating.
24:04Welcome back.
24:06The clue I left you with, the only time they shut up is when they're eating.
24:11Fly traps.
24:13Fly traps is the answer to that one.
24:15Now, if you'd like to become a countdown contestant,
24:18you can email countdown at channel4.com
24:21to request an application form
24:22or write to us at contestantsapplications
24:26countdown leads LS3 1JS.
24:31Six to three to 42, Barry in the lead.
24:34Jackie, letters game.
24:36Consonant, please.
24:37Thank you, Jackie.
24:39J.
24:41Consonant.
24:43R.
24:44Consonant.
24:46P.
24:47And a consonant, please.
24:50She.
24:50And a vowel.
24:52U.
24:53And a vowel.
24:55A.
24:56Another vowel, please.
24:58E.
24:59And a consonant.
25:02P.
25:03Oh.
25:06And another vowel.
25:08And to finish,
25:10U.
25:11And they're off.
25:12And they're off.
25:43Jackie?
25:45Only five.
25:46A five. Barry?
25:47I'll try a six.
25:49Jackie?
25:50Purge.
25:51Purge. Yes.
25:52Up beer?
25:55It's not there, I'm afraid.
25:57Step too far.
25:58Step too far.
26:00So, 63 plays 47.
26:02As I turn to you, what's in the corner there?
26:05Abjure, which is to solemnly renounce a belief or a claim.
26:09To abjure it.
26:10Abjure.
26:11Yep, with a J.
26:12Very good.
26:13All right, 63 to 47.
26:14And it's another letters game as we're near the end of this contest.
26:19Barry, that'll be your shout.
26:22Continent, please, Rachel.
26:23Thank you, Barry.
26:25L.
26:26And another one.
26:29F.
26:29And another one.
26:33Y.
26:34And another one.
26:37S.
26:38And vol.
26:40A.
26:41And a vowel.
26:43I.
26:44And another vowel.
26:47E.
26:48And a consonant.
26:50T.
26:53And another vowel.
26:55And the last one.
26:56O.
26:58And it's clock time.
27:00And a vowel.
27:17And a vowel.
27:18And a vowel.
27:19And a vowel.
27:19And a vowel.
27:19And a vowel.
27:20And a vowel.
27:24And a vowel.
27:31now then Barry I'll sit with a six a six and Jackie I'm gonna try and eight right
27:41girl now then Barry flayed flayed now then Jackie lady fives lady fives great
27:51one lady fide is in with the y or with it and the eye but not lady fives oh
27:57that's heartbreaking so 69 still plays 47 and in the corner Martin again a real
28:04struggle I mean failed easily yields were there for six yeah but going beyond that
28:10was very tough it was all right very good indeed well done Barry there and we come
28:15into the last letters game of the day Jackie consonant please Rachel thank
28:20Jackie G consonant R consonant N consonant M and a vowel please I and another one you and another one
28:41E and a consonant please S oh and another one and the last oh wait a minute now I'll have
28:50a um a vowel
28:51please sorry about that thank you Jackie hi and this countdown
28:59so
29:11so
29:12so
29:26Jackie eight yes Barry seven and you're seven the Mingi am I right yes resuming thank you
29:46in the corner and well there was there was Mingi there was also Mingus where where's this
29:51you love that I think it's in there I think unfortunately it comes from a Scottish word
29:57for dung or experiment not very nice you're saying they look like done well yes it's all
30:04very unpleasant it's I'm sure it's a phrase you never use certainly not I haven't had an
30:11opportunity to 69 to 55 and Barry it's your numbers game last one of the day I'll again
30:19have one big one and five small thank you Barry still all to play for with the last numbers game
30:25five small ones one big one and for the last time today they are five nine three ten two and
30:35the large one fifty and the target six hundred eighty six six eight six
30:48so
30:57so
30:57so
30:57so
30:57so
31:11Barry?
31:12Er, 686.
31:14686. Very good, Jackie.
31:16685. Not written down, because my pen ran out.
31:19All right, never mind. Let's have a chat with Barry first.
31:23Er, 9 plus 5.
31:249 plus 5 is 14.
31:26Times 50.
31:27Times 50 for 700.
31:30Then 10 minus 3 is 7.
31:3210 minus 3, 7.
31:34Times the 2 is 14.
31:35Or another 14.
31:36And subtract.
31:36Well done. 686.
31:38Very good, well done.
31:42So 79 plays 55.
31:43As we go into the final round, that'll be the conundrum round.
31:48So fingers on buzzers, and let's reveal today's countdown conundrum.
32:00Jackie.
32:01Irregular.
32:02Irregular.
32:03Let's see whether you're right.
32:05Well done, Jackie.
32:06Yes, you are.
32:07Spot on.
32:10Well done.
32:11You had a couple of surges there, but in the end, I'm afraid, Barry did it again.
32:18You're rotter, Barry.
32:18How could you?
32:19Well done.
32:20So we're giving you your trophy and our best wishes to return home.
32:25And thank you very much.
32:26Will you come back and play him again before too long?
32:29Probably not.
32:30Third time lucky.
32:31You'll be third time lucky.
32:32Well, well done.
32:33And we shall see you shortly.
32:36All right.
32:37Excellent stuff.
32:39Close old thing, wasn't it?
32:40Good thing stuff, yes.
32:40Again, I thought Jackie was going to come roaring back.
32:44But in the end, I'm afraid, Barry pipped her at the post.
32:48There we are.
32:48So we'll see you tomorrow.
32:49See you tomorrow.
32:50Martin, tomorrow.
32:51Tomorrow.
32:52And let's see how Rachel's throat's coming on.
32:54I think a little bit of improvement today.
32:56You keep sucking those lozenges.
32:59Okay.
32:59I thought I detected a couple of sort of stronger tones there.
33:03Okay.
33:04More Minnie Mouse than Elmo today, you reckon.
33:06Yeah, I reckon so.
33:07Anyway, tomorrow we look forward to seeing you.
33:09Same time, same place.
33:10You'll be sure of it.
33:11Good afternoon.
33:25Looking to swap Liverpool for a place in the sun, Liverpool.
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