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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio on the very day that way back in 1716, the original Portland
00:38Bill lighthouses, yes, more than one, two in fact, were lit up for the first time, positioned on the southernmost
00:45corner of Dorset, one of the most treacherous lengths of coastline, famous for many, many shipwrecks.
00:53And that's exactly why they erected this, these lighthouses back in 1716, which, in fact, were replaced, I think, then
01:00in 1906.
01:02You're a seaside girl.
01:05Yep.
01:06Have you got rough seas up in...
01:07South End on Sea, on the estuary, no.
01:09It's pretty safe.
01:10But there's a lovely coastline I went over this summer, I went to Antigua, and it's quite often the disasters,
01:15because people are taking selfies, aren't they, and just kind of stumble off the back.
01:19But there's a beautiful place called Shirley Heights, and you can see Nelson's Dockyard, where Nelson had...
01:24He lived there for a few years when he was in Antigua, and you can see all the way to
01:27Montserrat and Guadeloupe.
01:29As the sun goes down, it was a beautiful place, and you can go right to the edge and take
01:32a picture, but obviously, you've got to respect the sea, that's for sure.
01:35Absolutely.
01:36You've got to respect it indeed.
01:37Now, Chris is here.
01:39He had a good win yesterday, a self-employed builder from Sandestead in South Croydon.
01:44Good win.
01:45Good win.
01:46And you're up against, Chris, Mark Gurley, an IT business analyst from Hillsborough.
01:51You love gigs, discovering new music.
01:54What about learning to play?
01:57I did treat myself to an electric guitar a few years ago.
02:01Oh, dear.
02:02And my partner got me some lessons for Christmas.
02:05Yeah.
02:05And I got about halfway through and just came to the conclusion I do not have a musical bone in
02:10my body, so it just sits there looking pretty now.
02:13All right.
02:13Well done.
02:15Mark Gurley, Chris Sinclair, welcome to Countdown.
02:23And over the corner, Susie, of course, joined once again by the wonderful Pam Hayes, poet, writer, broadcaster, comedian, or
02:31comedienne,
02:31and no stranger to that dictionary corner.
02:35Welcome, Pam.
02:36Thank you, Nick.
02:37It's very nice to be back.
02:38Now then, Chris, should we have a letters game?
02:41Hi, Rachel.
02:42Can I start with a consonant, please?
02:44Kick off with Z.
02:46Good start.
02:47Um, and another, please.
02:50R.
02:51And a third.
02:54G.
02:55And a vowel, please.
02:57A.
02:58And another.
03:00I.
03:01And another.
03:03E.
03:05And a consonant, please.
03:08S.
03:09A vowel.
03:12U.
03:14And a final consonant, please.
03:16And a final B.
03:18And here's the Countdown Clock.
03:27Bye.
03:42And a consonant.
03:50Yes, Chris?
03:52Six.
03:52A six.
03:53Mark?
03:54Six.
03:55Chris?
03:56Grazes.
03:57And Mark?
03:58Borges.
04:01Now, what have we got?
04:03Pam?
04:04Well, we've got grazes as well.
04:07Yes.
04:08But we've also got seven letters, which is gauzier.
04:12As in, my frock is gauzier than your frock.
04:16There it should be.
04:17Yeah, quite so.
04:19Susie?
04:20Yes, thin and translucent dictionary definition of gauzy.
04:24And that will take us to seven.
04:25Very good.
04:26Well done.
04:27Now then, Mark, how about have a letters game?
04:31Hi, Rachel.
04:31Hi, Mark.
04:32Start with a consonant, please.
04:33Start with N.
04:35And another.
04:38L.
04:39And another.
04:41F.
04:42And a vowel.
04:44O.
04:45And another.
04:47A.
04:48And a consonant.
04:50S.
04:52And a consonant.
04:54R.
04:56And a consonant.
04:59S.
05:00And a vowel.
05:01And the last one.
05:03O.
05:04Countdown.
05:05C.
05:06Bye.
05:11Bye.
05:17Bye.
05:26Bye.
05:28Bye.
05:31Bye.
05:35Yes, Mark.
05:37Six again.
05:39And Chris?
05:40Try seven.
05:42All right. Mark?
05:44Salons.
05:45Now then.
05:46Saloons.
05:47Yes, very, very good. Well done.
05:50Excellent.
05:52Yeah, pretty much the same thing.
05:54Now, Pam?
05:55Yes, we did have saloons, and we have also got sonars.
06:01But Susie will have to explain what it is exactly.
06:04All right. Susie?
06:05Yes, in the countable sense, it's an apparatus used in sonar.
06:09It's sonar equipment, essentially, and you can put the S on.
06:11So that would give us a six, but saloons great for seven.
06:14So 13 to six, Mark on six, and it's Chris's numbers game.
06:19Chris, could I have the inverted T, please?
06:21You can indeed. Thank you, Chris.
06:22One from the top row and five little ones.
06:25And the five smalls are four, five, nine, eight, and three.
06:32And the big one, 50.
06:34And the target, 151.
06:37One, five, one.
06:38One, five, one.
06:41One, five, one.
06:42One, five, one.
06:57One, five, one.
06:57One, five, one.
06:57One, five, one.
06:57One, five, one, five, one.
06:58One, five, one, five, one.
07:01One, five, one, five, one, five, one.
07:09Yes, Chris?
07:111, 5, 1.
07:12Thank you, Mark.
07:131, 5, 1.
07:13There we go.
07:14Let's do it.
07:15Chris?
07:1650 times 3.
07:17150.
07:189 minus 8 for the 1.
07:19Yeah, we can all do that in our heads.
07:20And Mark?
07:2150 times 3, 5 minus 4.
07:23Lovely.
07:24There we go.
07:24Well done.
07:25All right.
07:26Now it's time for our first Tea Time teaser, which is taunt her.
07:31And the clue, she's obsessed with the planet she lives on, and this plant also.
07:36She's obsessed with the planet she lives on, and this plant also.
07:56Welcome back.
07:57I left you with the clue, she's obsessed with the planet she lives on, and this plant.
08:00And also, and the answer is earth nut, Susie.
08:05Earth nut.
08:05It's a plant, actually, of the parsley family.
08:08It has a tuber which is edible, and I think in Scotland it's used to flavour whiskey.
08:14And you will find it in woodland and acid pasture.
08:17You're welcome.
08:18Thank you very much.
08:1923 to 16.
08:20Mark on 16, and it's Mark's lettuce game.
08:23Now then, Mark.
08:24Start with a consonant, please, Richard.
08:26Thank you, Mark.
08:39And the last one.
08:56Aye.
08:58Stand by.
08:59Stand by.
09:30Mark.
09:32I'm going to risk an eight.
09:33An eight.
09:34Very good.
09:34Chris.
09:35I'll stay with a seven.
09:36Your seven.
09:37Pirated.
09:38Now then, Mark.
09:40Head trip.
09:42Unfortunately, it's hyphenated.
09:43Has a hyphen in it.
09:45I'm so sorry.
09:45That's very, very bad luck.
09:47Oh.
09:48Now, what has the corner got?
09:49Susie and Pam.
09:50What have you conjured up from that?
09:52Pit head.
09:53Pit head.
09:54Which is a seven, yeah.
09:55Very good.
09:5630 plays 16.
09:57Now then, Chris.
09:58Letters game.
09:59A consonant, please.
10:00Thank you, Chris.
10:02D.
10:02And a vowel, please.
10:04E.
10:05And a consonant.
10:07N.
10:09And a consonant.
10:11J.
10:13And a consonant.
10:16S.
10:18And a vowel.
10:20O.
10:21Another vowel.
10:23A vowel.
10:24U.
10:27Consonant.
10:29R.
10:31And a vowel, please.
10:33And the last one.
10:35A.
10:36Stand by.
10:36A vowel.
10:46A vowel.
10:50A vowel.
10:50A vowel.
10:52A vowel.
10:53A vowel.
10:53A vowel.
10:53A vowel.
10:53A vowel.
10:54A vowel.
10:54A vowel.
11:05A vowel.
11:07Yes, Chris.
11:08Eight.
11:09Eight, Mark.
11:10Eight.
11:12Chris.
11:12Adjourns.
11:13And?
11:14Same word.
11:14They're both adjourning.
11:17Any more?
11:18Any more adjournments over there?
11:21Yes, we have aroused.
11:24Oh, good.
11:26Anything else?
11:27With a smirk.
11:29Susie.
11:30No, adjourns is excellent.
11:32Very good.
11:32Well done.
11:33Thank you, Pam, for that.
11:34All right.
11:3538, please.
11:3524.
11:36And, Mark, it's numbers time for you.
11:38I'll have two large and four small, please.
11:40Thank you, Mark.
11:41Two from the top, four from not the top.
11:43And this round, the little ones are seven, nine, one, five.
11:49And the large one's 100 and 50.
11:52And the target...
11:53Oh, dear.
11:56I don't even want to say it.
11:58500.
11:59500.
12:00500.
12:00500.
12:01500.
12:02500.
12:15500.
12:17500.
12:18500.
12:19500.
12:20500.
12:21500.
12:21500.
12:26500.
12:32Well, let's do it, Mark.
12:34500.
12:35And?
12:36500.
12:37And Mark?
12:39Five times 100.
12:40That's it.
12:41Chris?
12:41Five plus one.
12:43No, I'm not having it.
12:46All right.
12:47Thank you very much.
12:4848 plays, 34.
12:50And we turn now to Pam.
12:51And Pam, it's always a treat to have you here.
12:54To hear your poetry.
12:55What have you got for us today?
12:56Well, because we've all been thinking about sport with the Olympics this year, I thought I would do a sporty
13:02one.
13:02Not that I am sporty at all, but one of our sons, we've got two sons, was chosen for the
13:08football team at school when he was 10 years old.
13:12And this was a great step forward for our family, who'd never achieved anything.
13:16And the first time they played an away match, my husband and I went to watch, and they were beaten
13:2113-0.
13:22So, when I came home from the terrible experience, I wrote this.
13:29Oh, the joy, it was unbounded.
13:32What a thrill.
13:34Selected for the team, I see him still.
13:37At 10 years old, what style and grace.
13:41Those knobbly knees, that shining face.
13:44I felt as if I'd won the place.
13:4813-0.
13:49Our weaknesses were speedily revealed.
13:53The other team, they swaggered round the field.
13:56Oh, my teeth, I had to grit them.
13:59If a dog, I'd only bit them.
14:01Our side never knew what hit them.
14:0513-0.
14:06The teacher bellowed insults and abuse, but even his support was not much use.
14:12It was a fate so mean and cruel.
14:16No one now was looking cool.
14:18The laughing stock of all the school at 13-0.
14:23The brand new shin protectors brought no luck.
14:27The boy done bad.
14:29The striker never struck.
14:31The ignominy and the shame to have missed the chance of fame
14:36and there was no one else to blame for 13-0.
14:41It was so difficult to know just what to say
14:44as they all trooped off the pitch at close of play.
14:48You couldn't say,
14:50Phew, that was close.
14:51You were pipped right at the post.
14:54Why don't we all propose a toast, not to 13-0?
14:58The score to shameful jeering was announced.
15:04Our lads defeated, absolutely trounced.
15:08But there's one thing that's for sure.
15:10Although the crowds, they didn't roar.
15:13Your mother loves you even more at 13-0.
15:23Well done.
15:24Oh dear, poor boy.
15:27Poor mum.
15:27Lovely.
15:2948-34.
15:30Chris in the lead and it's Chris's letters game now.
15:33Chris.
15:33Consonant, please.
15:34Thank you, Chris.
15:35D.
15:37And another.
15:39S.
15:40And another.
15:42N.
15:43And another.
15:46S.
15:48A vowel, please.
15:50E.
15:51And another.
15:53O.
15:55Another.
15:57I.
15:59Consonant.
16:01R.
16:04And a vowel, please.
16:05And the last one.
16:07E.
16:08Stand by.
16:26And a vowel, please.
16:28And a vowel, please.
16:28And a vowel, please.
16:28And a vowel, please.
16:28And a vowel, please.
16:28And a vowel, please.
16:28And a vowel, please.
16:29And a vowel, please.
16:30And a vowel, please.
16:32And a vowel, please.
16:34And a vowel, please.
16:38yes Chris just a six a six mark seven Chris denser now then mark dossier dossier yes very
16:52good that's a good one indeed excellent the dossier yes now Pam we've got desires yes she
17:01said with another smirk and endorses and endorses yep keep an eye on you Pam there we go 48 plays
17:1441
17:15mark your letters game start with a consonant please ritual thank you mark l and the vial o and another
17:24E and the consonant T and another H and another W and the vowel I and the consonant N and
17:47the final
17:47consonant and final T countdown
18:23mark seven Chris it's five your five hotel now then mark I'm hoping I've spelt this right it's
18:32whittle with an itch yes it's absolutely fine yes to whittle down you whittle a stick good
18:39would you whittle a stick you can whittle a stick yes it's basically to eat away at something isn't
18:43it to whittle something down whittling away the 13 nil yes yeah some chance some chance what have
18:51you got there Pam I've got neolith wow yes as in I was served by a neolith in a shop
18:58I don't know if
18:59you can say that but anyway neolith which is um seven excellent and Susie yeah stone implement used
19:06during the later stone age that's a neolith oh is it I thought it was a person oh figuratively I
19:13can see somebody from the stone age all right um hotline in town like quite a few sevens there
19:18thank you all right 48 all we've got a fight on and it's Chris's numbers game now I'm gonna go
19:26for
19:26the inverted T again please thank you Chris one from the top again and five little ones and this time
19:32they are four three six ten another three and a big one 100 and the target to reach oh dear
19:43they're easy today
19:44two hundred ninety nine two nine nine another stiff one
19:53so
20:05so
20:06so
20:20now then chris 299 thank you mark 299 not always like this you know chris uh three times a hundred
20:27i quit i'm not doing this mark yes exactly there we go all right all right 58 all 58 all
20:36let's have a tea time teaser to remove the tension shall we it's b major and the clue
20:41it's not a minor celebration quite the opposite it's not a minor celebration quite the opposite
21:03welcome back i left with the clue it's not a minor celebration quite the opposite in fact it's a
21:10jamboree jamboree is that an indian word jamboree guessing i've just been doing a little bit of
21:14research actually and um we don't know the jury is out as to where it comes from but it was
21:19originally u.s slang was it in the mid 1800s yes jamboree jamboree thank you 58 all mark
21:28let's go consulate please thank you mark m and another c and a vowel u and another a and a
21:45consonant
21:45a and another v and another v and another l and the vowel e and another vial please and lastly
22:02i
22:03canta
22:35Well, Mark? Try a seven. A seven. Chris? Seven. Thank you. Mark? Clavier. Yes. And Chris? Miracle. Miracle. Miracle good.
22:47Clavier also good. From the German with a K. Keyboard instrument. Very good. Yeah. Marvel's in there, I think, is
22:55it? Marvel. Yes. Anything else? Marvel's good. Yes. We've got Reclaim, which is fairly boring. Nonetheless. Yes. Good for that.
23:03It's a good one. It's seven.
23:05And Susie? That's our top. That's it? Yes. All right. Thank you. 65 apiece. And it's Chris's letters game. Chris?
23:12Another consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Chris. B. And another? T. And another? S. And a vowel? A. And another?
23:26U. And another? O.
23:32A consonant, please. M. Another? X. And a vowel, please, to finish. And the last one? A. And the clock
23:45starts now.
23:46And each other?
24:14So, let's go.
24:16Chris? Just five. Yes, Mark? Just five. A few fives. Chris? Sabo. And Mark? Boast. And boast. We happy? Very
24:28happy. Yes, it was a tough one, this one, actually. I've got a good one. Yes? Box. That's my feeble
24:38effort, I'm afraid. I'm sure Susie's got something better. Box. Well done. And Susie?
24:43Okay. Sabo's, the clogs, and abouts there as well, as in thereabouts. But just sixes was our maximum. Thank you.
24:51All right. Seventy apiece. Look at this. Susie, let's have your origins of words take the pressure off Chris and
24:58Mark for the moment as we run towards the final. Now then, Susie.
25:03We're going to talk about the Phaeton. It's a word that crops up on Countdown quite a lot. It's defined
25:08in the dictionary as a light, open, four-wheeled carriage. It has a lovely, lovely story behind it.
25:14In Greek mythology, Phaeton was the son of Helios, the god of the sun. And he persuaded his father to
25:23let him drive the chariot of the sun across the sky for a single day.
25:28And Helios is bound by a promise to grant his son one single wish. And so very, very reluctantly, fearing
25:36the worst, he agrees.
25:39He has very deep concern about this, but he is bound by his honour to accept this one request. And
25:44his anxiety proves very well founded, because Phaeton is unable to control the mighty, immortal horses who are reckless and
25:54fly across the sky with great speed.
25:56And so the fiery chariot goes off course and flies far too near to the earth. It scorches the northern
26:03part of Africa, causing desert because it came so, so close.
26:09Fearing that Phaeton and his forces will destroy the whole earth, Zeus is forced to destroy Phaeton with a thunderbolt.
26:18And a very, very tragic end, if you think about it, but it was done in order to save the
26:23earth.
26:23But his name lives on, Phaeton's name lives on, because his association with the speeding chariot of the sun made
26:30in the mind and imagination of coach builders looking for a dynamic name.
26:35But a wonderful beginning, I think, rooted in a really gorgeous story.
26:39What a lovely story. Well done. Thank you.
26:45So good. So good. Seventy apiece, as I say, and it's Mark's letters game. Penultimate letters game for you, Mark.
26:53OK. Continent, please, Rachel. Thank you, Mark. D.
26:57And another. T.
27:01And a vowel. I.
27:04And another. I.
27:07And a consonant. R.
27:10And another.
27:13G.
27:14And a vowel.
27:16E.
27:18And another vowel.
27:21O.
27:22And a consonant, please.
27:23And the last one. T.
27:26Stand by.
27:27OK.
27:59Yes, Mark.
28:00Seven.
28:01Chris.
28:02Seven.
28:02Thank you, Mark.
28:04Gritted.
28:05And Dottier.
28:08Pan.
28:08Yes, we have goitered relating to, you know, the unfortunate inflammation, I think.
28:17It certainly is.
28:18Something you don't want to have.
28:19Yes, swelling of the neck.
28:20It's the enlargement of the thyroid gland.
28:22Indeed.
28:23Anything else, Susie?
28:24No, that was it, actually.
28:25Quite a few sevens there.
28:27All right.
28:27Seventy-seven apiece.
28:29My word, Chris.
28:30Now your letters game.
28:31Last one.
28:31Er, consonant, please.
28:33Thank you, Chris.
28:34M.
28:36And another, please.
28:38D.
28:39And another.
28:41L.
28:42And a vowel, please.
28:55And the last one.
29:03I.
29:04Countdown.
29:05And a vowel, please.
29:36Chris.
29:37Five.
29:38And Mark.
29:39Yeah, just a five.
29:40So, Chris.
29:41Modal.
29:42And Mark Gurley.
29:44Nomad.
29:45Nomad.
29:46Yes.
29:47Can we go beyond five?
29:48Indeed, we can.
29:50We can go to a million.
29:53We've got million, which is seven.
29:55Yeah.
29:55What else, Susie?
29:56Yes, and there's Mondial as well, relating to or affecting the whole world.
30:01So, La Coupe Mondiale is the World Cup in French.
30:03It comes directly from French.
30:04Very good.
30:05Well, there we are.
30:06That's the way to do it.
30:08Eighty-two apiece.
30:10Mark, final numbers game for you.
30:13I'll stick with two large and four small pieces.
30:15Two large.
30:15And hopefully something a bit more interesting than the last one.
30:18Thank you, Mark.
30:19See if this can break the deadlock.
30:20The final numbers are six, three, eight, four.
30:25And the large two, 50 and 100.
30:28And the target...
30:33750.
30:35750.
30:37750.
30:38750.
30:38lezä.
30:44Ogenden.
30:56CCTV.
30:57Two large.
30:58Tap Stalin.
30:58The kids were all in, we're moving on.
30:58Yeah.
30:58So where do you think you're going?
30:58Yeah, we're going.
31:07While doing it.
31:07Oh, thank you all.
31:08750. Yes, Chris. 750. Here we go. Mark. 6 times 100, 50 times 3. You don't need me. There we
31:16go. Chris. 4 plus 3 is 7 times 100 plus 50. There we have it. Poor Rachel. Every single one
31:23today. Unbelievable. Absolutely easy, yeah. Extraordinary. Really bored over here. Here we go. 92. What we've got here now is
31:31a crucial conundrum. So, Chris and Mark, fingers on buzzers. Good luck to you both on this crucial campaign.
31:38Countdown Conundrum.
32:10Let's see what the answer was. Let's see how difficult it was indeed. Let's go. Navigator. Navigator. Now, you guys
32:18are going to have to navigate another crucial countdown conundrum.
32:22So, fingers on buzzers. Here we go. It's our second crucial countdown conundrum.
32:47Ah, Chris. Is it Letterboxd? Let's see whether it is. Mark's nodding his head. Let's roll it. Here we go.
32:56Letterboxd. Wow.
33:04Well done, Chris. Well done. Edge of our seats. Our bad luck, Mark. That was a good game.
33:10It was a great game. 102 to 92. Yeah, that was excellent stuff. So, back to Hillsborough with our commiserations
33:18and a goodie bag for you to take back. Good player.
33:21But on the day, Chris Sinclair got it. Well done. Bit nerve-wracking, was it? I don't feel good about
33:27it, I have to say.
33:29Well done. You have a rest and we'll see you tomorrow. Well done. Now then, Pam.
33:33Yes.
33:34You're back on stage at the New Theatre Royal in Portsmouth on the 2nd. How's it been running so far,
33:39your tour?
33:40It's lovely. It's lovely. Thanks, Nick. I always enjoy it.
33:43You've got a full October and then right to full on November, I think.
33:47Shrewsbury, Wessensburg-Mair, Kingston-Thames, Canterbury, Exeter, Norwich, Hornchurch. Brilliant stuff.
33:53Yeah, it's lovely. I'm enjoying it. Thank you, Nick.
33:56Anyway, good luck.
33:57Thank you, Nick. Thanks.
33:58Portsmouth on the 2nd, Sunday the 2nd. Brilliant stuff. And Susie, of course, we'll see you tomorrow too.
34:03Yeah, see you then, Nick.
34:04And Rachel, of course. Now, Rachel.
34:06I'm only coming back if they're going to be more interested than that. It's going to be on the scene.
34:10It can't happen again, surely.
34:11On the 8 out of 10 cats version, I can press the button again if it comes out like that.
34:15Quite right.
34:16It's going to protest.
34:16All right. See you tomorrow.
34:17See you tomorrow, maybe.
34:19Join us tomorrow, same time, same place. You be sure of it. A very good afternoon.
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34:42How do you build a house that you can see the beach from when you're not allowed to have houses
34:46seen from the beach?
34:47Find out in George Clark's Amazing Spaces at 8.
34:50And Unreported World returns tomorrow on 4.
34:53Krishna Gurumurthi heads to Yemen at 7.30.