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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio on our first and last day here in the Countdown Studio, because
00:38tomorrow we go to Goodwood, glorious Goodwood, the racing, the horse racing at glorious Goodwood.
00:43And talking of sport, it was 50 years ago this weekend that one of the most memorable football matches took
00:50place.
00:50Of course, real history. Remember the line, they think it's all over. It is now.
00:56Of course, those words we've all heard many, many, many times were spoken on the 30th of July 1966 by
01:03the great Kenneth Wolstenholm when England beat Germany 4-2 in extra time.
01:09And I remember watching that as a young guy in a pub in Trafalgar Square when there was a pub
01:14in Trafalgar Square.
01:15And it was just great fun before your time. But come on, you must have had memories of favourite World
01:22Cup moments.
01:23I liked that. I remember the 2002 World Cup career in Japan.
01:27Yes.
01:28It was on so early that you had to go before breakfast.
01:30So I remember going there really early down the pub and it was the days of, it was Beckham and
01:35Scholes and Sheringham and Owen.
01:37And then even on the Brazil side was our last game and got knocked out.
01:40They had Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho. I mean, it was amazing. Those were the days.
01:45Yeah.
01:46And of course, the first group of players you mentioned are all your beautiful Man United players.
01:53Yeah.
01:53That great team.
01:54Other teams were represented as well. But, you know, that's what sticks in my mind.
01:57I bet. I bet. And you're wearing red. Just to recall that time.
02:01Now then, who have we got with us, Rachel? We've got Aidan Lynch back.
02:04Three times winner now from Thetford in Norfolk. Big sports fan. Loves his history.
02:09Memorable moment. Was clambering all over the battlefields of the First World War in northern France in the Somme Valley.
02:19Terrible place. But still, we all need to keep visiting those places and remembering what a mess it was
02:25and how we must avoid having another one, frankly.
02:28And you're joined by Chris Leaney from Chalgrove in Oxfordshire.
02:31Chris is an economic student at the University of Bath.
02:34You once hitchhiked to Paris with a friend, but then got yourself into trouble catching a ferry across the channel.
02:40What's the story behind that?
02:42We did. So we'd been stuck in Dover for a while.
02:44And then a Dutch man pulled over and said, I can get you onto the ferry.
02:48It was a very foggy day, though. And the ferry was delayed.
02:51He left his lights on. So then the battery died.
02:55We then dressed as Mario and Luigi.
02:57My friend and I had to push the car onto the ferry.
03:00Yes.
03:01While sort of buses of French schoolchildren were going past.
03:04So then once we got on the ferry, we had to have photos for almost the whole ferry journey
03:08with these French schoolchildren rather than getting a lift.
03:10I can imagine. Why were you dressed as Mario and Luigi?
03:13It was a charity pitch event where we were just trying to raise money.
03:18Did it work?
03:19It did work. Yeah, we raised over £500.
03:22Oh, good for you.
03:23All right. Big round of applause then for Mario, Luigi and Aidan Lenge.
03:27Well done.
03:32And as soon as you've joined once again, having had our trust a peaceful weekend,
03:36the wonderful David James, now a football pundit, but of course once upon a time,
03:41well, over a thousand appearances and a great record too, I'm told.
03:46Some of it was pretty good, actually, yeah.
03:48Ten domestic teams across the world, Iceland and India as well, yeah.
03:53Very good.
03:54Anyway, more from you later. Aidan, it's a letters game.
03:57Hi, Rachel.
03:58Hi, Aidan.
03:59Consonant, please.
04:00Thank you. Start the week with P.
04:03Consonant.
04:05M.
04:07Consonant.
04:08R.
04:10Vowel.
04:11I.
04:13Vowel.
04:14O.
04:15Vowel.
04:17A.
04:18Consonant.
04:20F.
04:21Consonant.
04:22T.
04:23V.
04:26And, lastly, you.
04:28And here's the countdown clock.
05:01Aidan? Six.
05:02A six. Chris? Six.
05:04Aidan, six. Format.
05:07And Chris? Profit.
05:10And in the corner, can we match or even beat six?
05:14I've only got format two.
05:16All right, and Susie?
05:17It was a tough one, this one.
05:19Utopia is there as well for six,
05:21but last minute seven, a Fumart, F-O-U-M-A-R-T,
05:27an old-fashioned term for a polecat.
05:29Really?
05:30A Fumart.
05:31Really?
05:32Yeah.
05:33Now then, it's six apiece, and Chris, it's your letters game.
05:37Good afternoon, Rachel.
05:38Afternoon, Chris.
05:39Can I have a consonant, please?
05:40You can indeed, thank you. Start with V.
05:42And another?
05:45S.
05:46And a vowel?
05:48E.
05:49And a consonant?
05:51D.
05:52And a vowel?
05:54O.
05:55And a consonant?
05:57T.
05:59And another consonant?
06:01K.
06:03A vowel?
06:05A.
06:06And a final consonant, please.
06:09And a final R.
06:11Stand by.
06:29And a consonant, please.
06:41And a consonant, please.
06:42Yes, Chris? Seven. A seven? Seven. Two sevens. Chris? Stroked. Now then. Roasted. Roasted? Yeah.
06:52Yeah, very good. Any sevens in the corner? There is a seven there. It's South African and it's futzak.
07:00Be careful how you use it, because it means go away, get out of here. Futzak.
07:06Does it come from the Dutch, from the Boer? From Afrikaans, yeah. Afrikaans, yeah.
07:10Yeah. Well, thank you for that. You're welcome. We'll use it as often as possible.
07:1413 points apiece, and now it's a numbers game. First of the day. Aidan?
07:19Hi, Rachel. Can I have two large, please? You can, indeed. Thank you, Aidan.
07:22First of the week, in fact. Two large, four little, and they are three, five, nine, one, 75, and 50.
07:34And the target? 111. One, one, one.
08:09One, one, one, one.
08:10111, Chris? One, one, one. Aidan?
08:14Um, 75 out of 50 is one, two, five.
08:16Yeah. And take off the nine and the five.
08:19Well done. One, one, one, one.
08:20Chris? Yeah. Same way. Same way.
08:22Yep.
08:23OK.
08:24So here we are, 23 apiece.
08:2823 apiece.
08:30As we lurch into our first teatime teaser, which is I Endless.
08:34And the clue, I endlessly lie around all day doing nothing.
08:38I'm prone to this, said Billy.
08:40I endlessly lie around all day doing nothing.
08:43I'm prone to this, said Billy.
09:01Welcome back.
09:02I lived with the clue.
09:03I endlessly lie around all day long doing nothing.
09:05I'm prone to this, said Billy.
09:08And the answer is idleness.
09:13Idleness.
09:14Really idle there.
09:15So 23 apiece, and it's Chris's letters game.
09:18Chris?
09:19Consonant, please, Rachel.
09:20Thank you, Chris.
09:22T.
09:22And another.
09:24N.
09:26And a vowel.
09:28E.
09:29And a consonant.
09:31B.
09:33And a vowel.
09:35I.
09:36And a consonant.
09:39L.
09:41And another consonant.
09:43S.
09:45A vowel.
09:47U.
09:48And a final vowel, please.
09:52And a final I.
09:55Countdown.
09:56A vowel.
09:58A vowel.
10:00A vowel.
10:04A vowel.
10:07A vowel.
10:11A vowel.
10:13A vowel.
10:13A vowel.
10:13A vowel.
10:13A vowel.
10:13A vowel.
10:23A vowel.
10:27My word.
10:28Chris.
10:29Six.
10:29A six and?
10:31Risky seven.
10:33Now then, Chris.
10:34Silent.
10:36Silent.
10:37Bunties.
10:39Erm, no, not there in bounties, but no bunties, sorry.
10:46What can you have, David and Susie?
10:50Well, I had a subtle six.
10:52Yes.
10:53Nice.
10:55But Susie came out with something more useful, a utensil.
10:59Very good.
11:00A utensil.
11:01Yes.
11:01Very good.
11:02All right.
11:0229 to 23.
11:04Chris has taken a six-point lead.
11:06An unusual situation for Aidan to find himself in as he goes into a letters game himself.
11:12Consonant, please.
11:14Thank you, Aidan.
11:15X.
11:16And another.
11:19N.
11:20Consonant.
11:23L.
11:23Vowel.
11:25E.
11:26Vowel.
11:27A.
11:28Vowel.
11:31O.
11:32Consonant.
11:33D.
11:34Consonant.
11:36W.
11:37And consonant, please.
11:38And the last one, R.
11:40Countdown.
12:12Aidan? Six. A six, Chris? Also a six.
12:16Aidan? Lone. Now then, Chris? Wanda.
12:19And Wanda. We happy?
12:24Yes. Well, not so happy with that selection. It wasn't the nicest.
12:27What have you turned up? David? For six as well, a loner.
12:33A loner. Susie, anything else? That was it, I'm afraid.
12:37All right. Sorry. All right, 35 plays, 29.
12:41And now, Chris, maintaining your lead, it's your numbers game.
12:45Can I get two from the top, please, Rachel, and any other four?
12:48Thank you, Chris. Two large, four, little ones.
12:52Again, and this time around, your little ones are two, four, ten, seven.
12:58And the large two, 75 and 50.
13:02And the target, 906.
13:05906.
13:21And the target, 906.
13:23And the target, 906.
13:23And the target, 906.
13:24And the target, 906.
13:25And the target, 906.
13:25And the target, 906.
13:25And the target, 906.
13:25And the target, 906.
13:25And the target, 906.
13:26And the target, 906.
13:28And the target, 906.
13:29And the target, 906.
13:31And the target, 906.
13:34And the target, 906.
13:37Chris 907 907 in 97 Chris 10 plus 2 is 12 10 plus 2 is 12 times 75 times 75
13:50is 900 and add the
13:527 and then add the 7 for one away yep Aidan exactly same way same way yeah all right let's
13:59see whether
14:00Rachel couldn't get there a different way obviously 906 is that possible Rachel if you say 10 divided by
14:082 is 5 add it to the 75 and add it to the 50 for 130 and then times that
14:17by 7 for 910 and take away
14:19the 4 minus fabulous well done indeed now we turn to David and David we were talking earlier on about
14:32the 1966 World Cup 50 years ago now but you've had some great footballing achievements winning the FA
14:39Cup for instance that must have been one of them indeed I mean playing for your country is the
14:44ultimate you know being able to to represent your country abroad especially in World Cups was was
14:52an amazing achievement and very proud of it but a domestic level winning the FA Cup was an amazing
14:59an amazing not just the day but an amazing time in my in my life because having played in two
15:06previous
15:07FA Cups and lost I was part of a Portsmouth side which we talk about boring football and those who
15:14watched the Euros and thought that it wasn't the most entertaining well we had six games
15:19five 1-0s and a 2-1 which in most standards is quite boring football but um yeah we played
15:26uh we played
15:27Cardiff in the final 2008 and the day was amazing because we won the cup I'd waited such a long
15:33time
15:34for it added it to my FA Youth Cup medal from 1989 two years before but it wasn't until the
15:40following day
15:41and we did the the open top bus parade around Portsmouth and uh given Portsmouth position in in football
15:48rankings was quite low albeit premiership it was still quite a lowly ranked side we went around on
15:53the open top bus I anticipated going to the the town hall so as we're passing the odd person waving
15:59and cheering I thought well it's Portsmouth maybe maybe everyone didn't want to turn out anyway we go
16:05past the town hall and then we go on to South Sea Common and there were 200,000 people fantastic
16:12basically the population of Portsmouth turned up and uh for really for the first time in my in my
16:19footballing career I understood how much a football club meant to a to a city when basically everyone
16:26turns up and that has to be my my highlight of my my career yeah wonderful thank you very much
16:32David very
16:33very very good wonderful thank you so 42 plays Aidan's 36 and it's Aidan's letters game now then Aidan
16:43consonant please thank you Aidan G consonant S consonant L vowel I vowel A vowel O consonant
17:01N consonant N consonant S and vowel and the last one I countdown
17:12anything two is it I am ready for right we just love and I am sad the same way there
17:40is no lost sign
17:40but it is not you have to wait again for a row round and know the person ever
17:40engine I used it sounds I dużo Và assign my mind too bad guys I am sorry boон
17:41I am sorry it seems because obviously to answer the others as well
17:42I always have to wait for any other questions I hope I have driven 3
17:44aiden eight and eight chris i'll try an eight then aiden liaisons and i was going liaisings
17:56um it's not there chris i'm afraid it would have to be liaison
17:59sorry very good liaisons and in the corner there's another eight there nick les suing
18:06lassoing oh yes with a lariat yes for instance very good all right so aiden has taken the lead by
18:15two
18:16points 44 to chris's 42 chris don't let him run away i'll try not to consonant please rachel thank
18:24you chris t and another d and a vowel u and a consonant y
18:35and a vowel e and another consonant p and a vowel a consonant h and a final consonant please
18:52and a final teeth stand by
18:59so
19:26chris six a six also a six
19:31and chris update thank you aiden deputy thank you now you can do better i'm sure what else have
19:39you got david and susie um path yes six but yeah and i was with uh update and package so
19:47just sixes
19:48i'm afraid nick slim all right so still two points in it aiden still two points ahead 50 plays 48
19:54and
19:55it's aiden's numbers game aiden uh i'll play it safe and go too large please possibly safe we shall see
20:01thank you aiden too large and for a little and this time they are six four eight three fifty and
20:12twenty five
20:14and the target two hundred and eighty two eight zero
20:20so
20:33so
20:47aiden
20:48two hundred and eighty two eighty and chris two hundred and eighty thank you aiden um 50 add six is
20:5556
20:5556
20:56eight minus three is five and times the 56 and the five together yeah hold on lovely two eighty
21:03chris uh slightly differently six times fifty it's three hundred yeah eight times three
21:09it's twenty four uh take away the four from the twenty four
21:14the twenty twenty and then do three hundred minus the twenty well done ten points all round well done
21:23well done indeed so uh still two points in it 60 plays 58 as we go into our final tea
21:28time teaser which is nomad fly and the clue lots of them throw their cards in several times over lots
21:35of them throw their cards in several times over
21:53welcome back i left with the clue lots of them throw their cards in several times over
21:58and the uh the answer is many fold many fold many fold so there we are 60 plays 58 chris
22:07let's let us go
22:08consonant please rachel
22:10thank you chris
22:11s
22:12and another
22:14d
22:15and a vowel
22:18e
22:19and a consonant
22:21l
22:22and a vowel
22:24i
22:25and a consonant
22:27d
22:28and another consonant
22:31m
22:32a vowel
22:35o
22:35and a consonant
22:37platic
22:38and a final S
22:40countdown
22:41and a final S
22:42and a final consonant
22:42and a final consonant
22:46söyl io
23:03and a final consonant please
23:13Chris?
23:13Seven.
23:14Seven.
23:15Seven.
23:16Two sevens.
23:16Chris?
23:17Middles.
23:18And?
23:19I'm hoping on spelling docile.
23:23Docile?
23:24Docile.
23:25How are you spelling it?
23:26D-O-S-S-I-L-E.
23:28I'm not.
23:29Oh, it's with a C.
23:30I'm afraid it's D-O-C-I-L-E.
23:32Sorry.
23:33Mmm.
23:34David and Susie?
23:36Well, middles is about as good as we could get.
23:40Yes, it was.
23:41Middles for seven.
23:42That's it.
23:42It's actually, there is a verb as well to middle a shot in tennis is to hit it with the
23:47centre
23:47of the racket.
23:48Yeah, yeah.
23:49But, yeah, that was the best we could do at seven.
23:52All right.
23:5365 now to Aidan, 60, and we look to Aidan for the next letters game.
23:57Aidan?
23:58Consonant, please.
23:59Thank you, Aidan.
24:01Q.
24:02Consonant.
24:04N.
24:05Consonant.
24:08H.
24:09Vowel.
24:10E.
24:12Vowel.
24:13A.
24:15Vowel.
24:16U.
24:17Consonant.
24:19T.
24:20Consonant.
24:23N.
24:24And consonant.
24:26And the last one, T.
24:29Countdown.
24:30T.
24:30The last one, T.
24:42The last one, T.
24:43The last one, T.
24:43The last one, T.
24:44The last one, T.
24:45The last one, T.
24:46The last one, T.
24:47The last one, T.
24:47The last one, T.
24:48The last one, T.
24:48The last one, T.
24:48The last one, T.
24:48The last one, T.
24:49The last one, T.
24:52The last one, T.
24:58The last one, T.
25:01Yes, Aidan.
25:02Just a four.
25:03A four, Chris?
25:04A five.
25:05Mm-hmm.
25:06Aidan, tune.
25:08Now then, Chris, Leaney.
25:09A tenth.
25:11Yep, very good.
25:13Cleverly done.
25:14Yeah.
25:14Cleverly done.
25:15And David and Susie?
25:17Taunt's all right, isn't it?
25:18Yeah, we, um...
25:20Well, I've got one five, which is taunt.
25:22No, there was one six that we could find.
25:24A tune.
25:25A tune.
25:26To become attuned to something.
25:28Very good.
25:29Ten points in it now.
25:3170 to Aidan's 60 as we turn to Susie and her wonderful origins of words.
25:38And today, Susie?
25:39Today, I'm going to talk about the beginnings of ink.
25:44Ink is something we, you know, we know even from printers, cartridges today,
25:49and it's just a daily utensil for us, really.
25:52But for the ancient Greeks, obviously, it was incredibly important,
25:56not just in communication, but also for cauterising wounds, believe it or not.
26:01It had a medical history.
26:03And that's because ink in those days meant something very different.
26:06They would burn the skin or flesh with a heated instrument or a caustic substance,
26:10much as you might find in medicine today,
26:12in order to stop bleeding or to prevent infection.
26:15And their word for cauterising was kortyrion, which was a branding iron.
26:20So far, so simple, really.
26:21But the Greeks not only sealed wounds with heat, but they used much the same process in art as well
26:26to hold fast the colours of their paintings.
26:30And they'd use wax colours that were then fixed with heat, or as they expressed it,
26:35on couston, which was burned in, goes back to that same word, a branding iron.
26:40The Romans took this on.
26:42They changed it a little bit to on couston.
26:44And it became the name for a kind of purple ink that the emperors used
26:48when they signed their official documents and then sealed those with hot wax.
26:53And then, as so often with English, more languages came into play
26:56and Old French, the French took it on.
26:59And on couston, which was there for the Romans, became onc,
27:03and eventually we adopted it as ink.
27:05So it went a very, very long way.
27:06But ink has a very, very valuable history, and as I say,
27:09not just in communication and in writing, but in medicine as well.
27:14Wonderful.
27:16Very good to see you.
27:21Perfect little essay then, as ever.
27:2570 plays 60.
27:27Chris in the lead, and it's Chris's letters game.
27:29Chris.
27:30Have a consonant, please, Rachel.
27:31Thank you, Chris.
27:32B.
27:33And another.
27:36R.
27:37And a vowel.
27:39I.
27:40And a consonant.
27:42W.
27:44And a vowel.
27:46O.
27:47And a consonant.
27:49S.
27:50And a vowel.
27:52A.
27:54And another vowel.
27:57U.
27:59And a final vowel, please.
28:02And a final I.
28:05Countdown.
28:06And a vowel.
28:08And a vowel.
28:25And a vowel.
28:25And a vowel.
28:25And a vowel.
28:25And a vowel.
28:36Chris does five five five two fives Chris brows now then Aidan same word
28:44brows yeah yeah can we do better Dave and Susie couple of sixes
28:53isobar lines on a map connecting points of atmospheric pressure and also
28:58oribis which are nice o-r-i-b-i-s they're small antelopes of the African
29:03Savannah or oribis yes good oribis 75 to 65 Aidan final letters game consonant
29:13please thank you Aidan N consonant T constant R vowel E vowel O vowel E
29:30consonant L consonant R and a vowel to finish and lastly A and the clock
29:42starts now
29:46so
30:13yes Aidan seven a seven Chris seven
30:18learner learner and some words yep fine there we go what have you got in the
30:24corner David and Susie well we had a seven in eternal but Susie's found an eight
30:32well you could have relearned sort of learner and then put the T on so you'd have relearned
30:36four eight thank you 82 to 72 final numbers game Chris two from the top again please Rachel
30:43thank you Chris two large four little for the final time this week and these numbers are nine
30:49two ten five and the large two seventy five and twenty five and the target three hundred and fifty one
30:59three-five-five-one
31:31Chris?
31:323-5-1.
31:333-5-1.
31:34Aidan?
31:353-5-1.
31:36Here we go.
31:37Chris?
31:375 times 75.
31:395, 75 is 375.
31:41Take away the 25.
31:43350.
31:44And then 10 minus 1 is 1.
31:46Sorry, 10 minus 9 is 1.
31:48There you go, into 1.
31:48Lovely, 3-5-1.
31:50And Aidan?
31:51Yeah.
31:51We happy?
31:52Yeah.
31:53Well done.
31:54So.
31:59Only 10 points in it.
32:00That means that we're having a crucial countdown conundrum.
32:04Good luck to you both.
32:05Things on buzzers.
32:07Let's roll that.
32:08Crucial countdown conundrum.
32:11BELL RINGS
32:20Aidan?
32:21Relevance.
32:23Relevance.
32:24Let's see.
32:26There we go.
32:27Well done.
32:29Well done.
32:33Well done, Aidan.
32:34But you know what that means.
32:35We're going to do it all over again.
32:37So, fingers on buzzers for our second crucial countdown conundrum.
32:41BELL RINGS
32:55Chris Leaney.
32:56Uncoiling.
32:58Let's see whether you're right.
33:01Uncoiling.
33:02Aidan.
33:03Well done.
33:10Well done.
33:11Well done.
33:12Because Aidan Lynch has been tremendous on these, on the conundrums.
33:18Bad luck, man.
33:19Bad luck.
33:20You played really well.
33:21You had three great wins.
33:23And, yeah, superb.
33:25But on the day, along comes Chris Leaney and snatches it away.
33:28But you get to go back to Thetford with your teapot and your goodie bag.
33:33And our best wishes.
33:34Because you were terrific.
33:35You were terrific.
33:36But young Chris Leaney came in.
33:40The son of a runner-up way back in 1999.
33:44Yeah.
33:44Your dad, Glyn, I think.
33:46Yeah.
33:46Who's in the audience.
33:47He is indeed.
33:47He'd be very proud of you.
33:48Well done.
33:49Well done.
33:50So we'll see you on Monday.
33:53You have a restful time.
33:54Congratulations.
33:55Congratulations.
33:56And we shall see you both.
33:57You're coming back on Monday, aren't you?
33:59Of course, yes.
34:00Excellent stuff.
34:01And Susie, too, of course.
34:03Yeah.
34:03Yeah, look forward to it.
34:04All right.
34:05So have a peaceful weekend, Rachel.
34:07By the time I come back on Monday, I will have been a bridesmaid twice.
34:11Wow.
34:11Yes.
34:11Two of my best friends are getting married this weekend.
34:13So Sarah and David on Friday.
34:15Yes.
34:15And Carys and Tom on Saturday.
34:17Fantastic.
34:17Congratulations to them.
34:18You have a peaceful, have a peaceful Sunday then.
34:21Possibly.
34:22We'll see.
34:23We'll see you on Monday.
34:24All right.
34:24Same time, same place.
34:27On Monday, you'll be sure of it.
34:28A very good afternoon.
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