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00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:33Now, we've all heard that well-worn phrase, man's best friend, which, of course, is always a dog.
00:39But now, apparently, there's a new man's best friend and it's called a goat.
00:44Oh, yes, because apparently a study at Queen Mary University in London has set a series of challenges.
00:50They're so bright. They're so bright, these goats.
00:53And also, they can form a good relationship with the owner.
00:56And apparently they've been domesticated, according to Queen Mary's College, for more than 10,000 years.
01:03So the goat apparently is coming now, bustling its way into our world and becoming our best friend.
01:08And actually, it came into our family quite a long time ago.
01:11My sister, my younger sister, youngest sister, Annabelle, always liked to challenge.
01:18And she decided to get a goat.
01:20And so the goat arrived and caused chaos, ate all the trees.
01:25And the fridge began to fill, as a nanny, with goat's milk.
01:30My father had to milk this thing.
01:32I'm not sure what happened to the goat.
01:34But some years later, I started to eat goat.
01:38And I don't know whether you've ever had roast goat leg for Sunday lunch.
01:44It's very good.
01:47Have you ever come across a friendly goat?
01:51No, that's why I've always had cats.
01:53You haven't got to milk them.
01:54And you definitely don't eat them.
01:56I like to keep my pets and dinner quite separate.
01:59All right.
02:00Now then, who's with us?
02:01Tom's back.
02:02Tom Stevens is back from Westgate-on-Sea.
02:05Bit of a scare yesterday, but you came through, score of 84-81, making it your fourth win.
02:11Yeah.
02:12Well done.
02:14Yeah.
02:15It's tough, isn't it?
02:16It is.
02:17We're just about hanging in there.
02:18It's tough, because you beat somebody with four wins.
02:20Yeah.
02:20I wonder whether Jordan Chambers is going to do to you what you did to Doug.
02:26Let's see.
02:26What do you think?
02:27How are you, Jordan?
02:28I'm very good, thank you, Nick.
02:30Politics student from Maidson, studying at Brunel.
02:33That's right, yeah.
02:33Brilliant.
02:34Big cricket fan, and you love Only Fools and Horses.
02:37You're not alone in that.
02:39But your favourite episode?
02:41Miami twice.
02:42Yeah.
02:43Brilliant.
02:43They're wonderful, aren't they?
02:45Absolutely, yeah.
02:45How are you feeling about this?
02:46You're a big Countdown fan.
02:48I am, yeah.
02:49Very excited.
02:50Excellent.
02:50Great to be here.
02:51All right.
02:51Well, that deserves a big round of applause, then, for Jordan Chambers and Tom Stevens.
02:59And those in the corner, Susie, of course, and for the last time, before we can drag her back
03:04again, the wonderful Louise Minchin.
03:07Welcome.
03:07Why don't you go for a goat at home?
03:10Because you've got practically everything else.
03:11When you were talking about the goat, I thought perhaps maybe a goat would be perfect, with
03:15the mini Shetlands and the hamster and the rabbits.
03:17I mean, you've got...
03:18Next year, I'll be back with a goat.
03:20Do it.
03:21All right.
03:22Now then, Tom, let's have a letters game out of you, shall we?
03:25Thanks.
03:25Afternoon, Rachel.
03:26Afternoon, Tom.
03:27Start with a consonant, please.
03:29Start today with G.
03:30And another one.
03:33S.
03:34And another.
03:36H.
03:37A vowel, please.
03:40I.
03:40And another.
03:42U.
03:43And another.
03:45O.
03:46And one more.
03:49A.
03:50A consonant.
03:52T.
03:53And a consonant, please.
03:55And the last one.
03:56P.
03:58And here's the countdown clock.
04:00Let's go.
04:01Let's go.
04:28All right.
04:29Let's go.
04:29Watchifico.
04:30Yes, Tom?
04:31Just a five.
04:33And Jordan?
04:34Just a five as well.
04:35All right.
04:35Two fives, Tom?
04:36Tough.
04:38Shout.
04:39And shout.
04:42What news from the corner?
04:43How did they miss out goats?
04:47Well done.
04:48But you didn't.
04:49Now then, anything else?
04:50I thought there was more than that.
04:51All right.
04:52Yes, well, another animal, the agoutis.
04:55The agoutis would be there for seven.
04:57They're the relative of the guinea pig, the burrowing rodents, agoutis.
05:03Utopias are also there.
05:05I was hoping for pig out, but it's hyphenated.
05:07What a shame.
05:09One day.
05:10Yes, only one day.
05:11Pig out.
05:12All right.
05:12Five apiece.
05:13Jordan?
05:14Letters game.
05:15Good afternoon, Rachel.
05:16Afternoon, Jordan.
05:17Consonant to start, please.
05:19Start with N.
05:21And another.
05:22R.
05:23And a vowel.
05:25E.
05:26And another.
05:28U.
05:30And a consonant, please.
05:32T.
05:33And another.
05:35P.
05:36And another.
05:38D.
05:40And a vowel.
05:42I.
05:43And a final vowel, please.
05:47And a final O.
05:49Stand by.
05:50And a vowel.
06:09And a vowel.
06:10And a vowel.
06:10And a vowel.
06:10And a vowel.
06:10and a vowel.
06:10and a vowel.
06:11and a vowel.
06:21Jordan?
06:22Er, seven, I think.
06:24Seven, and Tom?
06:25I'll stick with the seven.
06:27OK, Jordan?
06:28Er, prudent.
06:31And printed.
06:32And printed.
06:33Were you tempted for something else?
06:35Undertip?
06:37It's there.
06:38Yes, it is there, undertip.
06:41Yeah, tip too little.
06:42It means you undertip the waiter.
06:44All waiters will think you're undertip, no matter what.
06:47What else have we got?
06:48Eruption.
06:49Yes.
06:50Yep, that's there for eight.
06:51And routined, so there were a few eights there.
06:54Thank you, well done.
06:55Twelve apiece.
06:59Twelve apiece, and we're, at that time now, it's a numbers game for you, Tom.
07:04One large, five small, please.
07:05Thank you, Tom.
07:05One from the top row, and five other ones.
07:08And these five small ones are nine, seven, eight, two, and three.
07:15And the large one, 100.
07:17And the target, 604.
07:18604.
07:19604.
07:21604.
07:52Yes, Tom.
07:53604.
07:54And?
07:55604.
07:56Thank you, Tom.
07:579 minus 3.
07:599 minus 3, 6.
08:00Times 100.
08:01600.
08:02And then 8 divided by 2 for the 4.
08:04Yep.
08:04604.
08:05And Jordan?
08:06Same weight.
08:07There we go.
08:08Well done.
08:11Well done.
08:1122 a piece.
08:1322 a piece as we turn to our first tea time teaser, which is hate soup.
08:18And the clue, she hates eating soup.
08:21So we'll gradually cut it out of her diet.
08:24She hates eating soup.
08:25So we'll gradually cut it out of her diet.
08:43Welcome back.
08:44I left her with the clue.
08:44She hates eating soup.
08:46So we'll gradually cut it out of her diet.
08:47In fact, she'll phase it out.
08:50So it's phase out.
08:52Phase out.
08:53One word.
08:5422 a piece.
08:55And it's Jordan's letters.
08:57Jordan.
08:58OK.
08:58A consonant to start, please.
09:00Rachel.
09:00Thank you, Jordan.
09:01W.
09:01And another.
09:03S.
09:05And another.
09:07N.
09:08And a vowel.
09:10A.
09:11And another.
09:12E.
09:13And a consonant, please.
09:16R.
09:17And another.
09:19T.
09:20And a vowel.
09:24A.
09:26And a final consonant, please.
09:29And a final X.
09:31Stand by.
09:32And a vowel.
09:54And a vowel.
09:55And a vowel.
09:55And a vowel.
09:55And a vowel.
09:55And a vowel.
09:56And a vowel.
09:57And a vowel.
09:58And a vowel.
10:00And a vowel.
10:01And a vowel.
10:02And a vowel.
10:03yes Jordan just a six a six and I'll try a seven thank you answer and Tom
10:11want us yeah first thing I looked at was not that unlikely and it's in the
10:17dictionary so people who desire something are want is I think it's got
10:22a long history that one why not yeah Louise nothing um long longer than I
10:27didn't think extra extras extras yeah yeah that would give you a six but
10:31want us was our best for thank you all right well done 29 therefore to Jordan's
10:3622 now and we look to Tom for the next letters game Tom thanks consonant
10:42please thank you Tom ah and another s and another D vowel you and another O and
10:57and another one I consonant V and another P and a vowel please and lastly a can can
11:14so
11:43yes Tom
11:45uh seven a seven and seven two sevens Tom vapors
11:49Jordan uh same word there we go touch of the vapors any vapors over in the corner
11:56no but we had a savior didn't we can we get a savior yep very good um I'll give you
12:02another
12:02seven and there's an eight they're pavy oars yeah uh pavy oars so people who uh used to lay paving
12:08stones they were pavy oars I think there's a guild of paving stones actually very good well done 36 to
12:1629
12:17Jordan how are you with the numbers I wonder let's see it's your game can I have one big please
12:24Rachel
12:24you can indeed thank you Jordan one big five little and they are four three eight another eight
12:3310 and 75 and the target 907 907
12:40you
12:52you
12:54you
12:57you
12:57you
13:01you
13:12Jordan, 9-0-8.
13:139-0-8, and Tom?
13:16Yeah, 9-0-8 as well.
13:17Both of you.
13:18Not completely written down, though.
13:20Shall we have a go, then, Tom?
13:224 plus 8.
13:244 plus 8.
13:26Times 75.
13:2712 times 75, 900.
13:30And then add the 8.
13:31Yep.
13:33You might kick yourself in a minute.
13:359-0-8, 1-0-8.
13:37And Jordan?
13:384 times 3.
13:414 times 3 is 12.
13:43Times 75.
13:44Times 75, 900.
13:45And then plus the 8.
13:47And then plus the 8, yep.
13:49There we are.
13:50Wow.
13:50And, Rachel, tell us how he now knows the team.
13:54I think the penny has dropped that you had a 10 and a 3 left over for 7 with this
13:59one.
13:59There you go.
14:00That would have given it to you.
14:02There we are.
14:03So, 43 plays 36 as we turn to Louise.
14:07And, Louise, we've spoken about your disastrous expulsion from Marco Pierre White's Hell's Kitchen.
14:14And how you refused to eat his asparagus.
14:19But it all came right, then, because you suddenly got interested in cooking with Celebrity MasterChef.
14:24Tell us a bit about that.
14:26Well, I sort of thought, having had a disaster in anything to do with cooking and television, that I would
14:31try and give it a go.
14:32I'm really, really not the cook in my house.
14:34My husband is a fantastic cook.
14:36And I'm quite lazy.
14:38And I just used to think, if there are carrots and hummus in the fridge, why would you need anything
14:43else?
14:43So, that's the kind of base I came from.
14:45But I just thought, I'm going to go and give this a go, because I know I've got loads to
14:49learn and see how it would go.
14:51So, I went in, and the first thing they do, they do these invention tests, which are really terrifying.
14:57So, they just show you masses of food, and they said to me, okay, right, Louise, you've got to, we
15:02want something inspired by an American diner.
15:04And there's various different things all over your, the kitchen in there.
15:08And I looked at it, and I saw some meat, some steak, and I sort of caught out of my
15:14corner of my eye a mince machine, because I'd seen one in the butcher, and I thought, oh, steak, mince
15:19machine, I think that's what it is.
15:21Let's make a hamburger.
15:22And there were five of us in the kitchen, and I was the only one to make a hamburger.
15:27And Greg and John thought that was, they were really pleased with that, I think, to see a hamburger.
15:31So, that was my first round.
15:33And I genuinely thought, if I got through one or two rounds, it would be, you know, amazing.
15:39But so, I got through to the finals with Jimmy, Jimmy Osmond, who was fantastic, and Alexis Conran.
15:45And it was a brilliant experience, changed my cooking.
15:49Fantastic.
15:49And now, have you muscled your husband out of the kitchen, or is there a tussle?
15:54There's a bit of a tussle, and he asks me how things should be cooked, which is really kind of
15:58weird, because it's never been like that.
15:59And, I mean, you know, the interest in cooking has completely changed, and I plan the cooking.
16:05On a Friday night, instead of buying a takeaway curry, I will spend two hours, you know, getting all the
16:10different ingredients, including the curry leaves or whatever it is, making the curry.
16:13And it's just changed my cooking entirely.
16:16Oh, yeah.
16:16You should try it.
16:18You, what?
16:19Absolutely not.
16:20No, I'm keeping well away from the kitchen.
16:22A very dangerous place.
16:24There we are.
16:24Well done.
16:25All right.
16:29Very good news.
16:30As ever.
16:32As ever.
16:33Tom, have a letter to go.
16:35A consonant, please.
16:36Rachel.
16:36Thank you, Tom.
16:37B.
16:38And another.
16:40S.
16:41And another.
16:43T.
16:44Vowel.
16:46I.
16:47And another.
16:48O.
16:50And one more.
16:51E.
16:53A consonant.
16:54R.
16:56And another consonant.
16:58S.
16:59And a final vowel, please.
17:01And a final.
17:03U.
17:04And here comes the countdown clock.
17:36Yes, Tom.
17:37A seven.
17:38A seven.
17:39And Jordan.
17:39Seven as well.
17:41Tom.
17:41Serious.
17:42Yes, Jordan.
17:43Bastia.
17:44Bastia.
17:45Mm-hmm.
17:48Anything else?
17:49You could put the S on Bastia and have Bastia as a noun.
17:53And a Bastia is a close-fitting bodice worn by women.
17:58It's underwear, but not always.
18:00No.
18:0250 plays 43.
18:04Thank you, Jordan, for a letters go.
18:06A consonant start, please, Rachel.
18:07Thank you, Jordan.
18:08V.
18:09And another.
18:11D.
18:12And another.
18:15L.
18:16And a vowel, please.
18:18A.
18:19And another.
18:20I.
18:22And another.
18:26E.
18:27And a consonant.
18:29G.
18:31And another.
18:34T.
18:37And a final consonant, please.
18:40And a final.
18:42H.
18:43And a vowel.
18:45And a vowel.
18:47And a vowel.
19:01And a vowel.
19:02And a vowel.
19:02And a vowel.
19:02And a vowel.
19:03And a vowel.
19:03And a vowel.
19:03And a vowel.
19:03And a vowel.
19:03And a vowel.
19:15jordan just a six a six and i'll stick with a seven jordan halted and delight thank you
19:25nice very good susie louise i got delight too very good anything else you can get to an eight
19:33with alighted uh to descend from or my eyes alighted on the donut tool indeed yeah back to
19:40food again yes always to a light a bird of lights on a on a branch too gently 57 to
19:4943 and it's tom's
19:51numbers game tom uh one large five small please the usual thank you tom one big one five little
19:56ones and for this round the little ones are six nine ten four and one and the big one 75
20:05and the target five hundred and thirty eight five three eight
20:12so
20:40yes tom five three nine
20:42five three nine jordan five three nine as well both of you yes tom uh six and one seven
20:49you might kick yourself again six one one seven uh times by 75 times by 75 five two five and
20:57then i
20:58added the 10 uh 10 and the four 10 and the four for 108 yep jordan why why didn't we
21:08see the nine
21:11it's just as well you both didn't otherwise that you'd be very unhappy there we go so we don't need
21:17to go through all this well we needed one less and there was a nine you could have added instead
21:21of that
21:2110 yep all right well done so 64 to 50 14 points in it as we turn to our second
21:26tea time teaser which
21:27is lee's flat and the clue as lee's flat had been unoccupied for some time there were hundreds of these
21:34in
22:02the hall
22:05we all we all know those heaps of leaflets leaflets leaflets there we are 64 to 50
22:12tom's in the lead and it's jordan's lettuce game jordan a consonant please rachel thank you jordan d
22:19and another n and another y and a vowel o and another e and a consonant t and another g
22:39and another k
22:42a and a vowel to finish please and finish a stand by
22:50so
23:00so
23:01so
23:01so
23:02so
23:18Jordan, I'll try a six.
23:21A six, Tom?
23:22Yeah, just a six.
23:23Yes.
23:24Tanged.
23:25And Tom, donate.
23:28Donate.
23:29Um, yes, donate very good.
23:32And tanged also there, actually, to make a loud ringing or clanging sound, as in the bell tangs.
23:39Not a use I knew, but it's in there.
23:40Yeah.
23:41Now, what else have you got?
23:43I found a donkey.
23:44Oh, well.
23:46Add it to the collection.
23:47Yeah, exactly.
23:48And is tangoed, would that be actually?
23:51Yes.
23:51That's a real word.
23:52Yes, they went and tangoed.
23:54Okay.
23:55The night away, yes.
23:56Absolutely.
23:57Yep.
23:5770 plays 56, Tom.
24:00Letters go.
24:02Consonant, please, Rachel.
24:03Thank you, Tom.
24:05S.
24:06And another.
24:08P.
24:08And another.
24:10R.
24:12And one more.
24:14T.
24:16Vowel.
24:17I.
24:18And another.
24:20U.
24:21And another.
24:23E.
24:25And one more.
24:26O.
24:30And a final consonant.
24:32And a final F.
24:35Countdown.
24:37And a final one.
24:38And.
25:05Shkeeping.
25:06And a final one.
25:07Yes, Tom?
25:08A seven.
25:09A seven and?
25:10I'll try a seven as well, then.
25:13Tom?
25:13Poutier.
25:15Poutier.
25:15Jordan?
25:16Ropiest?
25:19Yeah, I think Poutier and Ropiest are both absolutely fine.
25:23Just checking this for Lynne.
25:24Yeah, they're both perfect.
25:26Very good.
25:27And Louise, Susie?
25:29Profits were there for seven.
25:32And an eight fire pots.
25:35Fire pots were earthenware pots containing explosives, actually, in the olden days,
25:41once used as a missile, but also something in which food can be cooked on a fire pot.
25:47A fire pot.
25:48Yeah.
25:48Very good.
25:5277, 63.
25:54Susie, regalers, tell us.
25:58Are things new?
25:59Well, things goaty, actually, because I'm going to stick with the goat theme,
26:02because goats crop up all over the place in English.
26:07Some of them we know about, like Capricorn, the sign of the goat.
26:12Caper is another one.
26:14Caper actually has two animals at its heart.
26:17It goes back to the horse's leap, known as a capriole.
26:21But also caper came into play because, ultimately, the root Latin capra goat,
26:26the idea of skipping around, prancing around, as goats are wont to do.
26:32It was in the Victorian underworld, apparently, that a caper became something of a criminal heist,
26:38if you like, or some sort of antic, doing which people were up to no good.
26:42But a goat is at the heart of that as well.
26:45And to get someone's goat, we're not actually sure where to get one's goat comes from.
26:50But it may come from the idea of playing the giddy goat, which was to get up to antics, to
26:56be mischievous, etc.
26:57So it may possibly have come from that, that sense of wrongdoing.
27:01And, finally, probably my favourite, the word capricious.
27:05You would think capricious, again, dancing from one thing to another, being slightly unpredictable,
27:09would come straight from a goat, it was influenced by that Latin word capra, meaning a goat,
27:13but actually, it goes all the way back to an Italian word capriccio, which meant a hedgehog head,
27:18and the idea of hair standing on end, so something that sort of caused horror,
27:23and then, ultimately, people to jerk from one movement to another, perhaps in an attempt to escape.
27:29But goats lying behind lots of words in English, but you might not know they were lurking.
27:33Very good.
27:35First thing.
27:39So good.
27:40So good.
27:4177 to 63, and it's Jordan's letters again.
27:44Jordan.
27:45OK, a consonant, please, Rachel.
27:47Thank you, Jordan.
27:48M.
27:49And another.
27:51L.
27:52And another.
27:54R.
27:55And a vowel.
27:57E.
27:58And another.
28:00A.
28:01And a consonant, please.
28:04S.
28:05And another.
28:07F.
28:09And a vowel.
28:11O.
28:13And a final consonant, please.
28:15And a final L.
28:17And here's the countdown clock.
28:20And a vowel.
28:21And ainton.
28:22And a vowel.
28:48The ground.
28:49Jordan? Just a six. A six, Tom? A seven. Jordan? Molars. Molars and loafers. And loafers.
28:59Yes, very good. Can we match or go better? What do we think? We had femoral, which is
29:09the adjective to do with the femur. Other sevens were their flamers, people who send
29:14horrible messages, usually on the computer online. And formals, you can throw off your
29:21formals, if that's your formal evening gear. That's another seven. Formals. All right,
29:27if you insist. 84, please. 63, and it's Tom's letters game. Tom, consonant, please. Thank
29:33you, Tom. M. And another? D. And another? R. And another?
29:44N. A vowel? E. And another? I. And another? U. And another? E. And a final consonant,
30:00please. And a final D. Stand by.
30:35Tom? Just a six. A six? Just a five. And a five? You're five. Mind. Mind and ruin.
30:43Ruined. Ruined. I think you can do better than that, can't you?
30:48Shall we start off with denied? Yes. And then reminded is there for eight.
30:54Yeah. Reminded. Very good. Well done. Good score for Tom. 90, 63 on for Jordan as we go to
31:03the final numbers game. Jordan? One big and five small, please, Rachel. Thank you, Jordan.
31:08One from the top five, a little, to finish the day. And these numbers are seven, five,
31:15nine, three, another three, and 50. Good luck. The target, 838.
31:23838.
31:25838.
31:55Yes, Jordan. 840. 840. And Tom? I've just got a bit wrong, so nothing. So we withdraw and leave it
32:05to Jordan. OK. 9 plus 7 equals 16. 9 plus 7, 16. 50 plus 3. 53. Times them both together
32:15for 848. 848, yes. And then minus the 5 and the remaining 3 for 840.
32:21Yeah, two away. Well done. Close but not perfect. We look to Rachel for that. 838. Is that a tricky
32:28one? Yes, leave it with me for one second.
32:32They do that. 90 plays 70. As we go into the final round, you know how it works. Fingers on
32:38buzzers. Let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:13No. No lug here. Got to be difficult. Now, who in the audience? Do I see hands there? No. Let's
33:22roll it. This is a difficult one, then. Let's just see how difficult.
33:26Discredit. Discredit. Well, discredit. Anyway, all credit to Tom. Well done, Tom Stevens. Another good win. 90 points. I think
33:34your highest score, perhaps?
33:37I think, despite my maths, I think so. Yeah, very good indeed. Jordan, only 20 behind. That's nothing. You did
33:42very well indeed. Thank you for coming.
33:44Thank you very much. It's been a very good day. Good. There's your goodie bag. And good luck with your
33:49politics degree. Thank you. All right. We'll see you tomorrow. See you tomorrow. Thank you.
33:55Sadly, oh, parting is such a sweet sorrow. Oh. I know. You've been such fun. You can still watch in
34:02the mornings, you know.
34:04Absolutely. Absolutely. No, it's been great fun having you here, and I hope that you'll come back soon again.
34:08Thank you very much indeed. I shall go away to get some more pets and do some more cooking.
34:12Indeed. Well done. All right. And we shall see Susie, of course, tomorrow.
34:16You will.
34:16And Rachel. Rachel, who have you got tomorrow?
34:18Charlotte Hawkins tomorrow.
34:20Charlotte Hawkins, of course.
34:21Did we mention that? Breakfast on the other side. It doesn't exist.
34:24All right. We'll see you tomorrow. See you tomorrow. Join us tomorrow, same time, same place. You be sure of
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