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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown's studio.
00:33It's Thursday and it's officially the first day of autumn.
00:37So we've got to start looking for those jumpers and, you know, logs for the fire and all that carry
00:41on.
00:42Summer's over. Summer's over.
00:43But, you know, the autumn can be the early autumn, certainly can be the most beautiful of time.
00:48What was it? Keith said it was a season of Mr. Mellow Fruitfulness, close bosom friend to the maturing sun.
00:55It's lovely. I love it as long as it's not raining.
00:58But there we are. Summer is over.
01:01And I had a great summer. I spent some time with my son and his family.
01:04It was lovely to spend time with young children when you're my age, certainly.
01:08What about yours? Do you have any highlights of your summer?
01:11I spent a lot of my summer organising Hindus, going on Hindus and then being a bridesmaid at weddings.
01:16Oh, you had a batch. You had sort of four in a weekend or something.
01:19I had. I was a bridesmaid twice in one weekend. Yeah.
01:22Lovely. Now then, Rich, we've got Jamie back. Jamie, student from Huddersfield training to be an English teacher, vying for
01:28his sixth win today after bagging an impressive five victories in your run so far.
01:33Well done, Jamie Washington. You've done really well. You feeling strong?
01:38Erm.
01:38It's a draining experience.
01:40It is, yeah.
01:41People think it's, oh, it's a breeze because they're all doing it at home.
01:43But they haven't got a big clock behind them.
01:45Yeah, it's much different.
01:46They haven't got the studio lights and they haven't got a great competitor breathing down your neck.
01:51Exactly.
01:52So good luck.
01:52Now, the competitor breathing down your neck today is Tim Martin, sales manager, originally from Western Supermare, but now living
01:59in a Pontypridd black belt in Taekwondo.
02:03Yes, at the age of 48 I managed to grab that. I started when I was 15 and left and
02:09then finished it off a couple of years ago.
02:11Well done. Well done.
02:13For an old man.
02:14Well, not really. Now, I understand that you once thought, I don't know, I think I'll have a crack at
02:19America, see if I can get a job there. What happened?
02:22Yes, well, I moved over, or tried to move over there in 1990 to California with a friend of mine.
02:28We couldn't get a green card after a couple of months, three months, and we decided, rather than fly home,
02:34we're trying to hitchhike right across America.
02:37So we went up the west coast to Portland and then made it all the way to New York.
02:41So this was a long way round, is it? How many miles was that?
02:45It was round about 5,000.
02:46Really?
02:47Yeah.
02:47And it was an experience that I'll never forget.
02:50Well done, and good luck to you today.
02:52A big round of applause for Tim Martin and Jamie Washington.
02:56APPLAUSE
02:59And over in the corner, Susie, of course, joined once again by Helen Fospero, TV and radio reporter and presenter.
03:06Welcome back, Helen.
03:07Thank you very much.
03:08And let's get down to business, shall we? Jamie?
03:12Start of a consonant, please, Rachel.
03:13Thank you, Jamie. Start today with N.
03:16And another?
03:19T.
03:20And a third?
03:22X.
03:22And a vowel?
03:25O.
03:27And another?
03:29E.
03:30And a third?
03:32O.
03:33And a consonant?
03:35T.
03:36And another consonant?
03:39G.
03:41And a final vowel, please.
03:42And a final U.
03:45And here comes the countdown clock.
03:48T.
04:18A six.
04:19A six.
04:19Tim?
04:19Six.
04:21Tongue.
04:22And?
04:22And tongue.
04:23There we go.
04:24Just consult each other.
04:26Now, Helen.
04:27Three tongs.
04:28Three tongs.
04:29Lucky you.
04:30And Susie?
04:32There is a seven there.
04:34It's a slightly strange one and possibly archaic now, but outgone.
04:38If you outgo someone or something, you go faster than them.
04:42And so outgone would be the past participle.
04:44Indeed.
04:45Thank you very much.
04:46Well done.
04:47Well done indeed.
04:47So, six points apiece and it's Tim's Leather game.
04:52Hi, Rachel.
04:52Hi, Tim.
04:53Nice to see you in the Liverpool colours today.
04:56It's a slightly different shade, actually, Tim.
04:59Can I start with a consonant, please?
05:01Start with L.
05:03And a consonant.
05:04We're going to end up with FC now, aren't we?
05:06S.
05:07Consonant.
05:09Q.
05:09Consonant.
05:11N.
05:13N.
05:14Vowel.
05:15E.
05:16Vowel.
05:18U.
05:19Vowel.
05:21A.
05:22Consonant.
05:24C.
05:27And another consonant, please.
05:30And lastly, M.
05:32Stand by.
05:33All right.
05:33All right.
05:35We're going to end up with it.
06:00All right.
06:03Jim six and a safe six and a safe six him camels and squeal and squeal yes squeal yes wheel
06:18was a
06:19six that was my six that's it and qualms were there as well macules with f7 which are areas
06:28of skin discoloration and also clacks meaning quite similar to cliques but clack c-l-a-q-u-e is
06:36a group of sycophantic followers so hangs on right all right similar to a cleat similar to a cleat but
06:44I think slightly more derogatory a clack yes good word isn't it clack very good thank you all right
06:5112 apiece and it's numbers for Jamie have one large and five small please Rachel thank you
06:57Jamie one large five little coming up for you and for the first time today the numbers are six
07:03five ten three another three and seventy five and the target nine hundred and seven nine zero seven
07:15so
07:44Jamie nine oh eight not fully written
07:47down all right how about Jim nine oh six and nine oh six
07:52so Jamie six divided by three for two yep add the ten twelve times seventy five nine hundred and add
08:02the
08:02five and the other three yeah well done one away and that Jim nine oh six five minus three is
08:09two
08:09yep plus the ten the twelve again times seventy five and then nine hundred again and you're one away the
08:15other
08:15way lovely they're straddling it nine oh seven yep um you could have said seventy five minus five is
08:24seventy ten plus three thirteen times them together for nine hundred and ten and take away the other three
08:31nine nine that's the way it's done thank you Rachel
08:36well done so 19 apiece as we turn to our first tea time teaser which is a gem bride and
08:42the clue the
08:43bride looked an absolute gem but her dress was dirty the bride looked an absolute gem but her dress was
08:50dirty
09:06and the answer is that it was begrimed begrimed so 19 apiece and it's Tim's letters game now then Tim
09:20uh consonant please thank you Tim T consonant B vowel E consonant R consonant S
09:38Hell
09:39bow wow
09:43e
09:45consonant
09:46J
09:49and consonant please
09:51and lastly P
09:52stand by
10:24Yes, Tim.
10:25Six.
10:26A six, Jamie?
10:27A six.
10:28Tim?
10:29Poster.
10:29And?
10:30Jester.
10:31Jester.
10:32Poster and Jester.
10:33Helen, Susie?
10:34We found Jester two and also probes for six.
10:39I was looking for strobes, but I don't think there's enough S's, are there?
10:41No, strobe you could have.
10:43Strobe.
10:43Yeah.
10:44But just sixes, Nick, so very well done, Tony.
10:46I've only got more than that at home.
10:47All right, well done.
10:4925 apiece, close run thing here.
10:51Jamie, it's a letters game.
10:52Let's do another consonant, please, Rachel.
10:55Thank you, Jamie.
10:56F.
10:57And another.
10:59T.
11:00And another.
11:02P.
11:03And a four.
11:06G.
11:07And a vowel.
11:08I.
11:09And another.
11:11U.
11:12And another.
11:14E.
11:14And a consonant.
11:17N.
11:18And a final consonant, please.
11:20And a final G.
11:22Stand by.
11:23And a vowel.
11:37And a vowel.
11:42And a vowel.
11:43And a vowel.
11:44And a vowel.
11:44And a vowel.
11:44and a vowel.
11:53Jamie. Just five. Five, Tim. Dodgy seven. Right. Could be a breakaway. Jamie. Unites.
12:04Tim Martin. Guffting. Guffting. That sounds like a good dialect word. If it's not in the dictionary, I'm afraid. I'm
12:17sorry.
12:18It's worth a shot, maybe. Could have been exciting. Now then, Helen. I think we have a safe six. Nugget.
12:25Indeed. A nugget. Double G. Yes. And? Another really tricky one. This one. That's it? A golden nugget. Yes. Where
12:34does nugget come from, I wonder? I will tell you. It is from a dialect word. Nug, meaning lump. But
12:43where that came from, we have not yet discovered. Unknown, it says.
12:46Thank you. All right. 30 plays. 25. Jamie's made the breakaway and it's Tim's numbers game now. Tim. Two from
12:54the top, please. Rachel. Thank you, Tim. Two big and four little ones. And this round is eight. Another eight.
13:03Five, two and the large one. 75 and 50. And the target to reach 157. 157.
13:40Yes, Tim. 158.
13:43It's 158 and 158. Both on 158. Tim. 75 times two.
13:50Is 150. Plus the eight.
13:52Four 158. One away.
13:54Thank you. Yes, same way.
13:56There we go. So we rely on Rachel. 157.
14:00It was there. If you say eight divided by eight is one. Add to the 75 before you times it
14:07by two. You get 152. And you can add the five on for 157.
14:11There we go. 157. Well done.
14:16So, Tim, still adrift just by five points. 37 to his 32. As we turn to Helen.
14:22And I know that as a journalist, you love getting stuck into powerful stories.
14:25And last time you were here, you talked passionately about saving British pubs.
14:30Good for you on that score. But have you covered any pieces recently that have moved you?
14:35Yeah, I'm still saving pubs, which is great. And did an hour special on that earlier in the year.
14:41But the great thing about the work I do for The One Show is telling real life stories.
14:45And you do meet some incredible people. And I think one of the people who really, really stands out from
14:50this year is a lady from Northern Ireland called Cloda, who's in her early 30s.
14:55And she was the most incredible policewoman. She beat 699 other, mainly men, to get into the equivalent in Northern
15:04Ireland of the riot squad.
15:06Very, very fit, very healthy and highly trained in firearms.
15:11And in April last year, Cloda, out of the blue, suffered a massive stroke.
15:17And in fact, her family thought they were going to lose her.
15:20And what happened to Cloda is she got what's known as locked in syndrome.
15:23So her body was paralysed and her brain and mind was fully active, but she couldn't communicate.
15:31And nobody realised, I suppose it's being like buried alive underground.
15:35Nobody realised that in her mind she was still all there and couldn't get through to her family.
15:40So lying in her hospital, family weeping at the bedside, trying to see, you know, what had happened to her.
15:46And she couldn't speak to them or move or reach out to them.
15:49And eventually they realised that her mind was fully active and she started communicating by blinking.
15:55And eventually, after three months of blinking her messages through and using, you know, much like the book The Diving
16:03Bell and the Butterfly,
16:04using a spelling board, she started to communicate and began to get tiny bits of movement back.
16:12And now she's taught herself to walk again.
16:16She's speaking.
16:17She's had to relearn to speak.
16:19And on the year anniversary of the stroke, she felt that she wanted to do something to mark it, to
16:24mark her recovery.
16:26So she sent me photographs of her skydiving.
16:28And I had an email this week to say that by Christmas she'll be back at work as a police
16:33officer and she's hoping to, you know, be armed again and live a full life.
16:38But it was the most remarkable story and most remarkable recovery because often people who suffer locked-in syndrome never
16:45come out of it.
16:46And she's a determined lady.
16:49She's an inspiring lady.
16:51And, yeah, she really touched my world.
16:53And, you know, I feel I made a friend actually on that story and we keep in touch now, which
16:56is lovely.
16:57What a story.
16:58And what would you say, you know, really triggered her recovery?
17:05Almost to where she's, you know.
17:07I think absolute sheer determination.
17:10I mean, she was lucky and she'll tell you she was lucky because some people with determination, it doesn't mean
17:14to say you can get out of this locked-in state.
17:17It's very, very unusual.
17:18But once she started getting some movement back and starting to be able to make some sounds, she was just
17:25absolutely determined that she would make a recovery.
17:28And she spends hours a day doing exercises and trying to get her muscles working again.
17:33She's still walking with a stick, but she can walk two miles now.
17:36And it only happened a year last April.
17:38So it's been extraordinary.
17:41She's an extraordinary lady.
17:42And it just makes you feel so lucky and blessed about your life.
17:47I mean, her life changed in a second or two.
17:50Well, good for you.
17:51And good for Clodagh.
17:52Oh, bless Clodagh.
17:53Brilliant stuff.
17:54Thank you very much.
17:58Amazing.
17:59Amazing.
17:59So 37 to 32, and it's Jamie's letters game now.
18:05Jamie.
18:05Start of a consonant, please, Rachel.
18:07Thank you, Jamie.
18:08N.
18:10And a vowel.
18:12I.
18:13And a consonant.
18:15D.
18:16And another.
18:18S.
18:19And a vowel.
18:21U.
18:22And another.
18:24I.
18:25And a consonant.
18:27T.
18:27And a vowel.
18:30A.
18:31And a final consonant, please.
18:33And a final H.
18:36Down by.
18:37Down by.
18:38Oh, my God.
18:39Oh, my God.
19:07Jamie. Six. Tim. Six. Jamie. Hiatus. Hiatus. Tim Martin. Haunts. Haunts. Nice words. Like hiatus. Especially. Very good. I didn't
19:19do very well this time. And? I'll give you a selection of fives. Stayed. Stain. Thods. But no sixes. No
19:26sixes. How about Susie? Unsaid is there. Unsaid. Yes. Thank you. 43 to 38. Still a close run thing here.
19:36Tim.
19:37Leathers game. Consonant please, Rachel. Thank you, Tim. S. And a consonant. W. Consonant. L. Vowel. I. Consonant. H. Vowel.
19:57A. Consonant. R. Consonant. D. And a vowel. And the last one.
20:06E. Dunbar.
20:08E. Dunbar.
20:10E. Dunbar.
20:13E. Dunbar.
20:18E. Dunbar.
20:20E. Dunbar.
20:20E. Dunbar.
20:20E. Dunbar.
20:21E. Dunbar.
20:24E. Dunbar.
20:25E. Dunbar.
20:25E. Dunbar.
20:26E. Dunbar.
20:39Yes, Tim?
20:41Seven.
20:42Seven. Jamie? Seven.
20:45Tim?
20:47Waters and...
20:48Whalers.
20:50And whalers?
20:51Whalers, absolutely fine. Waters, you need two R's.
20:54Unfortunately, we've only got one.
20:56Oh, bad luck.
20:58Bad luck. Now, Helen?
21:00There's some good sevens. Heralds and derails.
21:03Yes. Susie?
21:04Very, very last minute, eight.
21:05And rawhides are there as well.
21:08Whips or ropes made of rawhide leather.
21:10Untanned leather, in other words.
21:12Rawhide, indeed, yeah.
21:17Very good.
21:18And now, the score's standing at 50 to 38.
21:21It's Jamie's numbers game.
21:23Jamie?
21:23One from the top and any five of us, please, Rachel?
21:26Thank you, Jamie. One big five, little.
21:29And this time, they are ten.
21:31Ten.
21:33Six.
21:34Nine.
21:35Seven.
21:36And the big one, 50.
21:37And the target to reach?
21:39Five hundred and ninety-eight.
21:40Five, nine, eight.
21:41Two.
21:42Six.
21:54Six.
22:11Six.
22:11Jamie. 598. 598. Tim, 598. Yes, Jamie. 50 plus 10 for 60. 50 plus 10, 60. Times the
22:22other 10. 600. And 9 minus 7 for 2. Here's the 2. Lovely. And Tim, almost the same. 6 times
22:2910 times 10 is 600. Yep. 9 minus 7. Yep. Lovely.
22:34Well done. Well done, indeed. All right. So, 60 plays Tim's 48 as we turn to our second
22:41Tea Time teaser, which is Mega Flow. And the clue, when it comes to fighting, it's a vicious
22:48cock. When it comes to fighting, it's a vicious cock.
23:07I left you with a clue. When it comes to fighting, it's a vicious cock. And the answer is game
23:13foul. Game foul. There we are. 60 to 48. Jamie in the lead. And it's Tim's chance to catch
23:20out maybe. Tim. Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Tim. V. Consonant. R. Consonant. L. Consonant. N.
23:34Vowel. I. Vowel. A. Vowel. O. Consonant. P. And another vowel, please. And the last one. I.
23:50Stand by.
23:52Stand by.
24:22Jim.
24:23Jim. Six. A six, Jamie. Six. Tim. Violin. Violin. Well done. Two violins. Yes, very much.
24:32Any more violins? Oh, three violins. Four. Four. We've got an orchestra. Anything else?
24:38And a little ravioli mixed in. How many is ravioli? Yeah, ravioli's seven. Seven. Excellent.
24:45One ravioli beats four violins. Well done. 66 to 54. And Jamie, it's a letter scheme for
24:51you. A consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Jamie. R. And a consonant. T. And a third.
25:02R. And a vowel. E. And a vowel. I. A consonant. S. A vowel. A. Consonant. T. And a final
25:19consonant,
25:20please. And a final M. Countdown.
25:23Thank you, Jamie.
25:51MUSIC CONTINUES
25:54Now then, Jamie?
25:55Seven.
25:56Seven.
25:57Tim?
25:57Seven.
25:58Jamie?
25:59Matters.
26:00Matters.
26:01And Tim?
26:02Artiste.
26:03Artiste.
26:04Very nice.
26:05Very good.
26:06Yes.
26:06Can we beat it?
26:08Helen?
26:08We can indeed.
26:09There was an eight in there.
26:10Mistreat.
26:11Mistreat.
26:12Very good.
26:13All right.
26:1473 to 61.
26:15And Susie, we're back with you for your wonderful Origins of Words.
26:20And today, Susie...
26:21Today I have to thank Gareth Evans.
26:23Who sent in an email and asked where the word snob comes from.
26:29And it's a good question, actually.
26:31And it's had a slightly secure story, like so many words in English.
26:34And if you go to the British slang of the 1700s and 1800s,
26:38a shoemaker was often called a snob.
26:42The origin of the word has been lost in time.
26:45It's very elusive.
26:46It may have started as a dialect word,
26:47but quite what its exact origins are, we're not sure.
26:49But the use of snob for a cobbler is still alive in some dialects today.
26:54And it's an entirely neutral term, so no offence was taken at all.
26:58But then, as we know, everything changed.
27:00And because the shoemaker's trade was once considered a very low calling,
27:05by the 1830s, the cobbler had become applied as a generic term
27:09to all sort of lower classes, if you like.
27:12So a cobbler was seen as a peasant, if you like, or the equivalent of.
27:16And they contrasted with the knobs, so the aristocrats,
27:20who took their name, again, from another dialect word, nab, K-N-A-B,
27:25another word which has been lost over time in terms of where exactly it came from.
27:31But for a while, it was the knobs versus the snobs.
27:34The knobs were at the top end, and the snobs were considered to be at the lower end.
27:37But even then, snob was showing signs of changing yet again.
27:40From membership of the lower classes to somebody who was desperately trying
27:44to climb their way up to the higher ones.
27:47So a social climber who took on airs of refinement and airs and graces
27:52without actually having the rank, if you like, to justify them.
27:55And I'll just finish with aristocracy, because the origin of that word
28:00is actually aristo meaning the best, and then kressi meaning ruler.
28:04So it was rule by the best.
28:06It was originally government by the best citizens, a meritocracy, if you like,
28:10rather than simply by the ones who were sitting at that top end.
28:14It, again, moved over time.
28:16And should anyone want government by the worst of citizens,
28:19the word for that is kakistocracy.
28:23Ain't life complicated?
28:25Yes.
28:25Should you want it?
28:26Well done.
28:27Well done.
28:31Very good.
28:33Not cobblers at all.
28:3473 to 61.
28:36Jamie on 73.
28:37And it's Tim's letters came.
28:39Tim.
28:39Consonant, please, Rachel.
28:41Thank you, Tim.
28:42C.
28:42And a consonant.
28:45Y.
28:46Consonant.
28:47D.
28:48Consonant.
28:49T.
28:51And a vowel.
28:53E.
28:54Vowel.
28:55O.
28:57A vowel.
28:59A.
29:00Consonant.
29:02B.
29:03And another consonant, please.
29:06And lastly, S.
29:08Stand by.
29:12.
29:12.
29:12.
29:12MUSIC PLAYS
29:39Yes, Tim? Seven.
29:41A seven and? Seven.
29:42Tim? Boasted.
29:45Same word. Boasted again.
29:48And? Yes, Helen?
29:49Boasted for seven.
29:50Boasted. Susie, that's it?
29:52Yes.
29:53All right. So Jamie on 80, Tim on 68.
29:56And it's Jamie's letters game.
29:58Consonant, please, Rachel.
30:00Thank you, Jamie.
30:01D.
30:02And a consonant.
30:04T.
30:05And another.
30:07F.
30:08And another.
30:10R.
30:11And a vowel.
30:13E.
30:14And another.
30:16I.
30:17And another.
30:19E.
30:20And a consonant.
30:23R.
30:24And final consonant, please.
30:27And a final N.
30:28Stand by.
30:30R.
30:30MUSIC PLAYS
31:00MUSIC CONTINUES
31:017. Tim? 7. Yes, Jimmy? Refined.
31:06And Tim? Drifter. Drifter.
31:09Yep, very nice. Helen, any else?
31:11There's a good 8 in there. Inferred.
31:14Inferred, well done. Well done indeed.
31:16Excellent. Yep.
31:17All right, 87 to 75. Tim on 75.
31:21Two good players here, my word.
31:23Now, it's numbers time for you, Tim.
31:26Two from the top, please, Rachel.
31:28Two from the top, and this is still winnable. Thank you, Tim.
31:30Two from the top, and four from the bottom.
31:33And for the final time today, the numbers are 7, 2, 9, another 9,
31:38and the large one's 50 and 100.
31:41And the target? 683.
31:44683.
31:45Thank you, Tim.
31:56Thank you, Tim.
32:12Thank you, Tim.
32:14well Tim I've come blank breaks my heart to move to you Jamie six eight two six
32:26eight two and so a hundred times seven seven hundred seven hundred and nine
32:31times two for 18 and take it away yep six eight two one away one away can you
32:37break that for us Rachel I can if you say 100 plus 50 is 150 times that by nine
32:46for one thousand three hundred and fifty and then the other nine plus seven sixteen
32:52add it on for one thousand three hundred and sixty six and divide it by two so it's
33:0394 to 75 and it's the final round it's fingers on buzzers because we're going
33:08to roll today's countdown conundrum
33:14Jamie published published they don't come any faster now then let's see there it is
33:23well done terrific you've got your sixth win
33:32yeah Tim Martin that was a cracking game just at the end that was such a shame but
33:38I don't think anybody's given uh Jamie Washington such a you know close run thing
33:43actually so congratulations to you Tim well done take this goodie bag back to
33:48Ponty Prid with you thank you thank you very much good player good player we shall
33:53see you on Monday yeah because uh we're going to uh Newmarket Racing uh until then
33:58but we'll see you on Monday have a good rest I will do yeah and we shall see you both
34:03in the
34:03corner Helen and Susie on Monday you will then see them there we go and who knows next week we
34:10shall see perhaps Jamie Washington as an octocham absolutely all right so join us again on Monday
34:16same time same place you be sure of it a very good afternoon
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34:37forget the honeymoon George Clark meets a couple who decided to buy an old army tank
34:42by romantic that's just one of his many amazing spaces tonight at eight and then a hundred grand
34:46just to get lost like really really lost it's the brand new series of hunted and it returns tonight
34:51at nine next though Cornwall or sunny southern France we'll find out in a place in the sun
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