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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:33And every day we have students competing and we also, of course, have students traveling from all over the country,
00:38from universities all over the country to sit in our audience.
00:41Of course, they're all studying different things.
00:43But a recent survey has examined which of which subjects will generate the greatest earning when they're qualified in the
00:52years to come.
00:53And apparently, medicine, that's the one.
00:56It's a tough old gig, actually, medicine, because it's seven years in the training and they have a very, very
01:01hard time as young hospital doctors, as we know.
01:04But it all comes good in the end.
01:05And I'm not sure what the average income is.
01:07I think 100,000.
01:09And some, of course, earn quite a lot of money, quite a lot more than that.
01:12But economics is a good payer, too.
01:16Mathematics, and there are exceptions to this, of course.
01:19Mathematics graduates are a little bit further down the list, but still slightly above the linguistic students.
01:24Mathematics, but propping up the very bottom of the creative arts brigade, there we are, earning on average just a
01:30third of the medical students or the doctors when they're qualified, of course.
01:35And if I was starting again, what would I do?
01:36I'm surprised the lawyers aren't in there, actually.
01:39I guess you can study a lot of things to become a lawyer, can't you?
01:43You don't have to study.
01:44There's a law conversion, so a lot of history, English, all of those kind of subjects can go and do
01:49law.
01:49Yeah, but if you read law at university, you then go on and qualify.
01:52Yeah, that's a very good point.
01:53If you hadn't studied maths, or if you had your time over again, would you still stick with the maths?
01:59Yeah, I think you've got to just study something you enjoy, don't you?
02:01I also, I was thinking about architecture.
02:03So whenever I meet an architect, I'm a little bit jealous that they went on that route, but that's a
02:07long time studying as well.
02:08Great job, I think.
02:09All right.
02:10Now, let's see what we've got to here.
02:12We've got two new contestants.
02:13We've got Steve Broad, a support worker for autistic children from New Milton in Hampshire, who had a career change.
02:21I sure did, yeah.
02:21Because you were a professional footballer for a while.
02:23Played for Chelsea?
02:24Played for Chelsea, yeah, until I was 21 for the youth team in reserves, and then transferred to Rachel's local
02:30team, South Bend United.
02:31Yeah.
02:32And, yeah, that was about 10 years ago now, though.
02:35You had good fun, but now you're doing great work as a support worker with autistic children.
02:40So that's a wonderful and enhancing life, I guess.
02:44It's a very valid thing to do, I think.
02:46Absolutely it is.
02:47Well done.
02:47And you're joined by Rachel Sheridan, a chief product officer for an online retail group.
02:53Plays netball regularly.
02:54It's the first team captain at Radlett, LTSC, which presumably stands for?
03:01Lawn Tennis and Squash Club.
03:02Thank you very much.
03:03And you compete in a sport called Racketlon.
03:07Yes.
03:08What is this?
03:09Well, effectively, it's the multi-event for racket sports players.
03:12So against your opponent, you would play table tennis, badminton, squash and tennis, and then add up the scores across
03:17all four.
03:18Good fun.
03:18And which is your netball is your best sport, I guess, is it?
03:23Probably, yes.
03:25Excellent.
03:26Excellent fun.
03:26All right.
03:27Let's have a big round of applause for our two new contestants, Steve Broad and Rachel Sheridan.
03:39And, Susie, I trust you had a quiet week and a pleasant weekend.
03:43I did.
03:44Good to see you back and very, very good to see Alison Stedman back.
03:47You had a little bit of rest?
03:49Yes.
03:50But anyway, it's lovely to have you back with us again, Alison.
03:52Now, Steve, take us away on a letters game, would you?
03:56Hi, Rachel.
03:57Hi, Steve.
03:57I'll start with a consonant, please.
03:59Start with S.
04:01And another one, please.
04:03T.
04:04And a vowel.
04:06A.
04:08And another vowel.
04:10E.
04:12And another vowel.
04:13I.
04:15And a consonant.
04:17N.
04:19And another consonant.
04:21R.
04:23One more.
04:25D.
04:27And a last vowel, please.
04:30And a final O.
04:32And here's the countdown clock.
04:37The third vowel.
04:43That we'll be right back.
04:56And another vowel.
04:59And a first vowel.
05:00And we should be right back.
05:01And a eighth vowel.
05:02And a little vowel.
05:03We'll be right around this След underwear.
05:03We'll be right on the vowel.
05:04And a third vowel.
05:06Steve?
05:08An eight.
05:09An eight.
05:10Rachel?
05:11I'm going to risk a nine.
05:13Excellent start.
05:15Steve?
05:16Strained.
05:18Rachel Sheridan?
05:20Ordinates.
05:21Yeah, fantastic, Rachel, yes.
05:22Ordinates are in mathematics straight lines from any point drawn parallel to one coordinate axis and meeting the other.
05:29Very, very good.
05:30Fantastic.
05:34We've set the pace.
05:35Eighteen points.
05:36And the nine from the corner?
05:38D-rations.
05:40D-rations, yes.
05:41D-rations.
05:41Yep.
05:42Mr. Ration.
05:43D-ration.
05:44Yes.
05:44All right.
05:45Rachel in the lead and it's Rachel's letters game.
05:48Can I start with a consonant, please, Rachel?
05:49Thank you, Rachel.
05:51Q.
05:52And another?
05:54N.
05:55And another?
05:58H.
05:59A vowel, please.
06:01E.
06:02Another vowel, please.
06:04I.
06:05Another vowel.
06:07E.
06:09A consonant, please.
06:11R.
06:13Consonant.
06:15X.
06:16And a consonant, please.
06:19And lastly, N.
06:21Stand by.
06:21and a consonant.
06:52Rachel?
06:53Five.
06:55Five, and?
06:56Five as well.
06:57Rachel?
06:58Inner.
06:59And Steve?
07:00Another inner.
07:01Two inners there.
07:03Alison?
07:05Herein.
07:06Herein.
07:07Very good.
07:07Anything else, Izzy?
07:08That was our best for Steve.
07:09All right.
07:1023 plays five, and it's a numbers game for you, Steve.
07:13Yeah, can I get one from the top and any other five, please?
07:16You can indeed.
07:17Thank you, Steve.
07:18One large five, Littlands.
07:20And for the first time today, small numbers are four, ten, five, ten, and another four.
07:27And the large one, 75.
07:29And the target, oh, 500.
07:32Five, zero, zero.
08:05Yes, Steve?
08:06Yeah, 500.
08:07Well done.
08:08Rachel?
08:09500.
08:10How did you manage to untangle that?
08:11Um, I did ten minus four.
08:15Ten minus four, six.
08:17Six, um, times 75.
08:20Times 75, 450.
08:22Um, the other ten times five, sorry, ten times five.
08:26Is the 50 for 500.
08:28Yep, lovely.
08:29Is there another way, Rachel?
08:30I did five times ten times ten for 500, yeah.
08:33I think that's too much.
08:35So it's Rachel on 33, Steve on 15, as we turn to our first Tea Time Teaser, which is Rita
08:41Left.
08:42And the clue, purify Philip from his bad habits, perhaps.
08:47Purify Philip from his bad habit, perhaps.
09:06Welcome back.
09:07I left you with the clue, purify Philip from his bad habit, perhaps.
09:10Uh, and the answer is, um, filtrate.
09:14Filtrate.
09:15And then you'll get rid of his bad habit.
09:17There we are.
09:17Well, 33 plays 15, and it's Rachel's Letters game.
09:21Rachel.
09:21Could I start with a consonant, please?
09:23Thank you, Rachel.
09:24S.
09:25And a consonant.
09:27R.
09:29A consonant.
09:31T.
09:32Vowel, please.
09:34A.
09:36Vowel.
09:37E.
09:39Vowel.
09:41A.
09:42A consonant, please.
09:44N.
09:46A consonant.
09:47G.
09:49And a consonant, please.
09:53And lastly, N.
09:56Countdown.
09:56The.
10:10And another aspect.
10:12The.
10:13The.
10:13The.
10:26Yes, Rachel.
10:28Seven.
10:29Seven.
10:30Seven as well.
10:31Two sevens.
10:32Rachel.
10:32Strange.
10:33And I'm strange as well.
10:36Alison.
10:37Tanagers.
10:38I see.
10:39Susie.
10:40They are small American songbirds belonging to the Bunting family.
10:45All right.
10:47Steve, your letters again.
10:49Right, I'll start with a consonant again, please.
10:52Thank you, Steve.
10:53L.
10:54And another one.
10:56H.
10:58And a vowel.
10:59O.
11:01And again, please.
11:03I.
11:04And another one.
11:07E.
11:08And a consonant.
11:10F.
11:12And another consonant.
11:14M.
11:16And a vowel.
11:19I.
11:21And a last consonant, please.
11:24And the last one.
11:25B.
11:27Stand by.
11:28And a vowel.
11:51And a vowel.
11:52And a vowel.
11:52And a vowel.
11:52And a vowel.
11:54And a vowel.
11:57And a vowel.
11:57And a vowel.
11:59Steve?
12:00Not very good.
12:01Just four.
12:02How about Rachel?
12:03Six.
12:04And a six.
12:06Steve?
12:07Just a whole.
12:09Now then, Rachel?
12:10Mobile.
12:11Did we spot mobile too?
12:13Mobile.
12:14Yeah.
12:14Six.
12:14Anything else, Susie?
12:16I was in limbo for five.
12:18Limbo?
12:19Yes.
12:2046 plays 22.
12:22And Rachel, it's numbers time.
12:23Could I have three large and three small, please?
12:26You can indeed.
12:26Thank you, Rachel.
12:27Three big.
12:27Three little.
12:29And for this round, the three little ones are ten, three, and eight.
12:33And the three large ones, fifty, twenty-five, and one hundred.
12:38And the target, three hundred and thirty-two.
12:40Three, three-two.
12:42Four, four, three, and one hundred and thirty-four.
12:45Two, one hundred and thirty-four.
12:48Two, one hundred and ninety-four.
13:13Rachel 3 3 3 1 away and Steve yes 3 3 3 as well both of you now then Rachel
13:203 times 100 3 times
13:22100 300 plus 25 plus 8 yep 3 3 3 1 away Steve take the same there we go it's
13:32gonna need Rachel
13:32to crack this is it possible yeah a few ways he could have said 8 times 10 is 80 add
13:40the 3 for 83 and
13:42then 100 divided by 25 is 4 and times them together that's the way thank you Rachel
13:51perfect perfect as always 53 plays Steve's 29 as we turn to Alison Alison you've been in so many
13:58theatre productions over the years really off the stage has it always gone to plan well over the
14:06years I've had some strange experiences and funny things happen a lot of laughter along the way but
14:12I think one of the strangest things was um 1976 I was playing Desdemona in Othello at the Nottingham
14:19Playhouse with Daniel Massey playing Othello and Timothy West playing Iago and Bridget Turner playing
14:26Amelia so all's going well and we've been doing this play for quite a few weeks the play was on
14:31for three months but it was in repertoire with another show so we had time off and during the
14:37time off I'd gone to Birmingham to um film a television program so I was working very very hard
14:44and I'd been filming most of the night and had to come back to Nottingham to perform Desdemona
14:50and when I got to the theatre I kept thinking I don't know how I'm going to get through the
14:54show
14:54I'm so tired I'm so tired I've got to do it got to do it you know I was so
14:58I got myself ready
15:00went through the show I was absolutely dropping but I did it and then at the end Othello strangles
15:07Desdemona and puts a pillow over her face to make sure she's dead so he threw me on the bed
15:12did the strangling bit we did the pillow bit and I was lying on this huge bed in the middle
15:16of the
15:17stage and I thought I've done it I've done it I've done it
15:20I fell fast asleep on stage right well what happens is Desdemona has one final word where
15:29she wants to tell her maid she says oh falsely falsely murdered and the maid goes hark was that
15:36my lady's voice you see so there I am asleep so silence so poor Bridget Turner must have thought
15:43oh god he hasn't really strangled her has he I woke up to her shouting hark was that my lady's
15:52voice
15:53I don't know how many times she'd said it and I woke up I said oh falsely falsely murdered
16:00and the two of them came running over Daniel thought he'd accidentally put the pillow over my face and I'd
16:07either fainted or you know just it was just a strange moment but then it happened again in
16:14another show where I had to get in bed just before the interval this is a play called Mrs Mouse
16:20are you
16:20within and this young gentleman tries to get in bed with with my character with me and and she goes
16:28get off get off I'm not having you in bed and pushes him away and he goes off and then
16:32she snuggles
16:32down to sleep now she's in this bed so I snuggled down to sleep and went to sleep brilliant well
16:39keep away from plays with beds in them I will I will love this stuff well done thank you
16:48thank you 53 to 29 and now Steve it's your letters game
16:54good luck uh a consonant please thank you Steve L and another one T and about oh and another one
17:06please a and another one please a and a consonant G and another one S and a vowel E
17:24and a last vowel please and the last one U
17:30time down
17:31so
17:47so
18:02How was it, Steve?
18:03Um, a six.
18:05A six, Rachel?
18:06Five.
18:06And your five?
18:07Stage.
18:08Now then.
18:09Uh, gloats.
18:10Gloats.
18:11Yes, very nice.
18:12Can we beat?
18:13Well, we've got, um, outages.
18:17Yes, outages.
18:18And, and gattos.
18:20Cake.
18:21Cakes, yes.
18:22Cakes.
18:22You can spell them with the S or the X.
18:24I think now that it's fully in English, people would put the S on.
18:27Would they?
18:27Quite often, yeah.
18:28The French would be furious.
18:3153 plays 35.
18:33Rachel, letters go.
18:34A consonant, please.
18:36Thank you, Rachel.
18:37Y.
18:38And another?
18:40T.
18:41And another?
18:43R.
18:44And a vowel, please.
18:46I.
18:46And another vowel, please.
18:49O.
18:50A vowel.
18:52A.
18:53A consonant, please.
18:55W.
18:56Consonant.
18:57P.
18:59And a final vowel, please.
19:01And a final O.
19:03Countdown.
19:04A consonant, please.
19:34Yes, Rachel?
19:35Seven.
19:37And, Steve?
19:39A dodgy six.
19:40And your six?
19:42Whitehall.
19:43Now, Miss Sheridan.
19:45Topiary?
19:46Ah, look at that.
19:47Excellent work.
19:48Topiary.
19:49Well done.
19:52That is a good, a good worthy score there.
19:5760 points.
19:58Yes, Alison?
19:59We had topiary.
20:00Yes.
20:01And also parity.
20:03Parity.
20:03Having an equal share.
20:04Yes.
20:05Just to say, no way to war.
20:07No.
20:07I didn't think there was.
20:08Way to war is the kind of neutral term.
20:10All right.
20:11Very good.
20:1260 points.
20:1235 at it.
20:13Steve's numbers game.
20:14Good luck, Steve.
20:16Just one from the top, please, again.
20:18Thank you, Steve.
20:18One big cry of little.
20:20And this time, the five little ones are six, four, three, five, and eight.
20:28And the big one, 50.
20:29And the target, 649.
20:32Six, four, nine.
20:35One big, five, six, four.
20:38Two, three, six, five.
21:04Yes, Steve.
21:05Yeah, 649.
21:06And Rachel.
21:07649.
21:08Steve.
21:108 plus 5.
21:1213.
21:12Sounds 50.
21:14650.
21:154 minus 3.
21:15Is the 1.
21:17Thank you, Rachel.
21:18The same way.
21:19There we go.
21:20Happy?
21:21OK.
21:25So 70 plays Steve, 45, Rachel in the lead as we turn to our second tea time teaser, which is
21:30Sun's Rose.
21:33And the clue, it sounds like Graham, the ex-footballer, was feeling bitter.
21:37It sounds like Graham, the ex-footballer, was feeling bitter.
21:56Warm welcome back.
21:57I left the clue, it sounds like Graham, the ex-footballer, was feeling bitter.
22:03And the answer is Sourness.
22:05Sourness.
22:07There you go.
22:0870 plays 45, Rachel in the lead, and it's Rachel's letters game.
22:12Could I have a consonant, please?
22:13Thank you, Rachel.
22:14T.
22:15And another?
22:17P.
22:18And another?
22:21V.
22:22And a vowel, please.
22:24U.
22:25And another?
22:27I.
22:28And another?
22:30E.
22:31Consonant, please.
22:33N.
22:35And a consonant.
22:37T.
22:38And a vowel, please.
22:40And lastly, I.
22:43Going down.
22:45And a vowel.
22:46And a vowel.аньше.
23:04And a
23:05vowel. And a
23:05vowel. Today's
23:05Are you?
23:15Rachel?
23:16Four.
23:17Four, Steve?
23:19It's actually saying four.
23:20You're on a four, too?
23:21Yeah.
23:22Rachel?
23:22Vent.
23:23Vent and?
23:24Points.
23:26Can we beat four?
23:27Alison?
23:28Punitive.
23:29There we go.
23:31Punitive.
23:32That's a lot more than four.
23:34Susie, anything else?
23:35No, we finally got to that eight, but it was a really tricky one.
23:40Well, not that tricky.
23:41You've got eight out of it.
23:42It's fantastic.
23:43It took a while to get there.
23:45Well, there we are.
23:4774, please.
23:4749.
23:48And Steve, your letters game.
23:50Yeah, can I have a consonant, please?
23:53Thank you, Steve.
23:53S.
23:54And again?
23:57V.
23:58And another consonant?
24:01C.
24:01And a vowel?
24:03A.
24:04And another vowel?
24:06O.
24:08And a consonant?
24:10D.
24:12And a vowel?
24:14O.
24:16And another vowel?
24:20I.
24:21And a last consonant, please.
24:24And the last one.
24:25M.
24:26Here's the countdown clock.
24:28Okay.
24:56Let's do it.
24:59uh steve i don't know if there's a word or not i'm gonna risk a seven thank you rachel just
25:05five
25:05your five moods now then steve i'm gonna go for buy comms um it's not there i think it does
25:13exist
25:14as a trademark as a neighbor company but um it hasn't reached the dictionary i'm afraid in any
25:19generic way i'm sorry bad luck mood stakes it what have we got the corner avoids avoids good
25:27yes thank you best we could do all right avoids yes thank you 79 to 49 and susie it's your
25:36origins
25:37of words time today uh well in that selection actually was a five dooms uh which is quite
25:44appropriate for uh my word of the day because jason dales emailed in to say where does uh the
25:49harbinger of doom come from what was the harbinger of uh doom and a harbinger is is someone or something
25:56that brings uh news usually of the bad kind and whenever i hear the word doom i always think of
26:02the um the scottish undertaker fraser in dad's army we say we're all doomed um but it goes back to
26:08the
26:091200s the the harbingers and um in those days a harbinger or herberger as it was um with a bit
26:16of
26:16norman french thrown in uh was an innkeeper but in the army herberger was somebody who went on ahead
26:23to find suitable accommodation for uh for the troops but also very often for a sort of royal
26:29um a cavalry if you like that the whole royal ensemble and that was no mean task sometimes the
26:36harbinger for the monarch would need to find um room for over a hundred people the poor harbingers of
26:43elizabeth uh having to go ahead and and um you know presumably under a huge amount of pressure
26:48uh to find the right kind of um inns uh so those were the first harbingers as as turned out
26:55in in
26:56linguistics it sounds very boring but there is such a thing as the intrusive n and that's when
27:01an n just creeps into a word for no apparent reason so messenger uh was originally a messenger
27:06but then we put the n in maybe because it trips more easily off the tongue but that's what happened
27:10with uh hell belger the n crept in and we had the harbinger somebody who went ahead and of course
27:17that shifted into the kind of figural figurative idea of a forerunner anticipating a future
27:22event it's not all doom because sometimes we say that swallows are harbingers of summer
27:27which is uh rather poetic and they have a far easier time than those harbingers of old
27:32fan casting
27:34that was brilliant thank you that was a peach thank you
27:42that was a good thing 79 plays 49 rachel in the lead and it's rachel's letters game
27:48rachel a consonant please to start with thank you rachel c and another
27:55s and another d a vowel please e another vowel a another vowel please u um a consonant please
28:13f consonant please t and finally a vowel and finally a stand by
28:23f consonant please
28:54Yes, Rachel.
28:54Seven.
28:56Seven, Steve?
28:57Yes, seven.
28:58Rachel?
28:59Fawcets.
29:00And?
29:01Facades.
29:03Very good, very nice.
29:04Facades, yes.
29:04Excellent, both, yes.
29:06And what have we got in the corner, Alison?
29:09Facades.
29:10Yes, thank you.
29:1286 to 56, and we turn to Steve for the final letters game.
29:15Steve?
29:16I will start with a consonant, please.
29:18Thank you, Steve.
29:19D.
29:20And another one.
29:23R.
29:24And another.
29:27M.
29:28And a vowel.
29:30E.
29:31And another.
29:33I.
29:34One more.
29:36A.
29:38One more.
29:40I.
29:42And a consonant.
29:44G.
29:45And a last consonant, please.
29:48And the last one, T.
29:51Stand by.
29:52Stand by.
29:54And a consonant.
29:55And a consonant.
30:11And a consonant.
30:11And a consonant.
30:11And a consonant.
30:11And a consonant.
30:11And a consonant.
30:11And a consonant.
30:12And a consonant.
30:12And a consonant.
30:16and a consonant.
30:17And a consonant.
30:23Steve six Rachel six as well Steve triage yes Rachel gamier gamier yes
30:34absolutely fine meat might taste gamier yeah it's something smelly it's gamey
30:39likewise yes yes well we had ragtime yep 27 and migrated migrated very good very
30:49good so with the Rachel nudging a hundred here on 92 we turn to her for a numbers
30:58game Rachel could I have two large and four small please you Kennedy thank you
31:03Rachel do big for little for the final numbers today and they are eight five
31:10three four seventy five and twenty five and the target three hundred and sixty
31:16three three three six three
31:22so
31:49Rachel three hundred and sixty three and
31:52Steve yeah three six three Rachel five seventy five so three hundred and seventy
31:58five three seven five eight plus four is twelve yep and subtract it yep straightforward
32:06thanks Steve yeah second and say same way there we are all right so on her debut
32:16Rachel has crashed through the 100 mark 102 very good indeed Steve strong 72 which we go into the final
32:23round fingers on buzzers
32:25and be poised for today's countdown conundrum
32:32so
32:38you
32:40you
32:40so
33:00Well, we're stumped up here, but who in the audience?
33:03I see lots of... Yes, sir.
33:05Dispensed.
33:07Dispensed.
33:07Let's see whether you're right.
33:10There it is.
33:11Dispensed.
33:12Well done.
33:14Well done indeed, Dispensed.
33:17So, we've come to the end of this competition.
33:20Well done, Rachel.
33:21Terrific score.
33:21102.
33:22Straight out.
33:23Having scored 18 on the very first round, that was brilliant stuff.
33:28Bad luck, Steve.
33:29Bad luck, Steve.
33:30Has anybody ever mentioned to you the fact that you're the spitting image of that American actor, Ed Norton?
33:36I get it all the time, yeah.
33:37Oh, I'm sorry, I'm not original.
33:39Yeah, all the time.
33:39No, not original.
33:40I've tried so hard.
33:41I've heard Brad Pitt, but hey.
33:43Ed Norton's a fine actor.
33:45I'll take anything.
33:46Anyway, listen, thanks for coming.
33:48Pleasure.
33:48Thank you very much for coming.
33:49And you go back to New Milton, that great work you're doing with the autistic children, with this goodie bag.
33:55And our very best wishes.
33:56Lovely.
33:56Thanks for having me.
33:57Fantastic.
33:57All right.
33:58And we shall see Rachel Sheridan tomorrow.
34:00Well done.
34:01Well done.
34:02Tremendous start.
34:03And we shall see Alison and Susie back again tomorrow.
34:07Your last day.
34:08Yes.
34:09Don't worry.
34:10We've got another contract waiting for you for your return.
34:13We'll see you tomorrow.
34:14And we'll see you tomorrow, Rachel, of course.
34:17See you tomorrow.
34:18Tomorrow.
34:18Same time, same place.
34:19You be sure of it.
34:20A very good afternoon.
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