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00:30Hello, everybody. Midweek Countdown is here.
00:34So whatever is going on in your world, good or bad,
00:36this seems like the perfect time to just come together
00:39and forget about it and enjoy each other's company.
00:41So thank you very much for tuning in.
00:43And on the subject of company, we're in great today.
00:46So let's introduce our part-time Master of Mathematics,
00:50Dr. Tom Crawford.
00:51And over in Dictionary Corner, our Queen of Words, Susie Dent,
00:55and making a magnificent debut this week, it's Jenny Powell.
01:00Now, don't ask me why, but today is Learn What Your Name Means Day.
01:06So Susie and I have been collaborating,
01:09or going behind your backs, whatever way you look.
01:11Susie's doing her name and my name, because you already knew your own.
01:14I've done Jenny and Tom.
01:16So we'll start with Jenny.
01:18Jennifer is the Cornish form of Guinevere, I found out.
01:21We should say there's loads of meanings in all different types of languages,
01:25so we're cherry-picking a bit.
01:27But I love that one of the old meanings of Jennifer is a spectre or phantom.
01:32I like that.
01:33No, thank you.
01:34I think I've got away with that.
01:35Yeah, you really did.
01:37It could have been a lot worse.
01:38What about Susie or Susan or Susanna?
01:41Yeah, Susanna.
01:41So that's from the Hebrew for lily.
01:44So the idea is of delicacy, I suppose, which is quite nice.
01:48In Egyptian, it's lotus flower.
01:50Oh.
01:50Let's find out Tom or Thomas, if you like.
01:53Aramaic origin translates to twin, actually.
01:57So it was often used in twins, which you're not, I'm guessing.
02:00I am not a twin, no.
02:01There you go.
02:02In late Middle English, an ordinary man, as in Tom, Dick or Harry.
02:06Oh.
02:08Listen, it might be about to get worse.
02:10Let's find out.
02:11Colin?
02:11So it's a young cub or a young hound.
02:15So it's sort of playful, is the idea there.
02:17I've been called a hound, but I haven't been called young in a long time.
02:22Right, well, our champion is a different beast altogether, isn't he?
02:25He's got five wins on the board.
02:27Nearly broke the season record, actually, yesterday for single show score.
02:31Just a few off there, 114.
02:33How are you feeling, Artim?
02:35Yeah, I'm feeling OK.
02:36Yeah, I can't really believe that I've got five shows.
02:39So, yeah.
02:39Well, you're up against Martin Chan today, originally from London.
02:44Welcome to the show, Martin.
02:45Thanks.
02:46Nice to have you here.
02:46And I love the fact that you, as a child, used to...
02:49You're up against it today, Tim.
02:51You used to do mathematics competitions.
02:54Tell us about it.
02:55Oh, yeah, so, when I was a kid, I represented the UK in maths competitions at international level on two occasions.
03:06One of them was in Italy, which was a team competition based on schools.
03:10And I, in fact, won that competition against all the Italian provinces teams.
03:15Well, listen, let's see which Martin turns up for Tim's benefit.
03:20He hopes it's not the Italian one.
03:21Good luck to both of you.
03:23APPLAUSE
03:24First letters round of the day, Tim.
03:27Good afternoon, Tom.
03:28Hi, Tim.
03:28Can I have a consonant, please?
03:29All right.
03:31Today we're going to start with an F.
03:33And another one.
03:36D.
03:37And a third.
03:39N.
03:41And a vowel.
03:43A.
03:44And another one.
03:47E.
03:48And a third.
03:51A.
03:52And a consonant.
03:54S.
03:56And another one.
03:59R.
04:01And a final vowel, please.
04:05And an I.
04:06At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:08At home and in the studio, let's festival it again.
04:16And a five- sufferer.
04:18And a tenth.
04:19A.
04:191
04:20And a third.
04:25A.
04:25And a second.
04:26How many, Tim?
04:40Seven.
04:41And Martin?
04:42Seven.
04:42Seven as well.
04:43Tim, what have you got?
04:44Friends.
04:44And Martin?
04:45Sardine.
04:46Sardine.
04:47A single sardine and a lot of friends.
04:50Yes, and we can take it a little bit further.
04:53We have a fazende.
04:56Yeah.
04:56Which is F-A-I-S-A-N-D-E, literary terms you might expect for affected or artificial.
05:03Well, a really good start by champion and challenger.
05:05Seven points each.
05:07And Martin, big moment, you get to pick the letters.
05:09Could I have a consonant, please, Tom?
05:11You sure can.
05:11Let's start with a T.
05:14And a vowel.
05:16O.
05:17And another consonant.
05:21H.
05:22And another consonant.
05:25R.
05:25And a vowel.
05:29E.
05:31And a consonant.
05:34S.
05:35And a vowel.
05:38U.
05:40And another vowel.
05:44I.
05:44And a final consonant, please.
05:48And we'll end with N.
05:50A lot going on there.
05:51Good luck, both of you.
05:5130 seconds.
05:52Good luck, both of you.
05:53Good luck, both of you.
05:53Good luck, both of you.
05:54Good luck, both of you.
05:55Good luck, both of you.
05:55Good luck, both of you.
05:56Good luck, both of you.
05:57Good luck, both of you.
05:57Good luck, both of you.
05:57Good luck, both of you.
05:58Good luck, both of you.
05:58Good luck, both of you.
05:59Good luck, both of you.
05:59Good luck, both of you.
05:59Good luck, both of you.
06:00Good luck, both of you.
06:01Good luck, both of you.
06:01Good luck, both of you.
06:01Good luck, both of you.
06:02Good luck, both of you.
06:03Good luck, both of you.
06:03Good luck, both of you.
06:04Good luck, both of you.
06:05Good luck, both of you.
06:05Martin, I have seven.
06:25Nice.
06:25And Tim?
06:26Eight.
06:26Martin, what's the seven?
06:28Orients.
06:29Yeah, very good indeed.
06:30And for you, Tim?
06:31Routines.
06:32Very nice.
06:32Yeah, well spotted.
06:33There you go.
06:34Routine it.
06:35For a champion, Tim.
06:37Jenny, how did you get on?
06:38Well, I don't know how you say seven or southern, but you've got that as well, yeah.
06:43Great stuff.
06:43Lovely.
06:44Right, let's get our first numbers of the day, Tim.
06:46One large and five small, please.
06:48All right.
06:49Starting simple, I see.
06:50No complaints from me.
06:53Two.
06:54Nine.
06:56Six.
06:57Six.
06:58Three.
06:59And 50.
07:01And our total is 669.
07:03Six.
07:04Six.
07:05Nine.
07:06Numbers up.
07:06Six.
07:07Six.
07:07Six.
07:07Six.
07:07Six.
07:08Six.
07:08Six.
07:08Six.
07:08Six.
07:09Six.
07:09Six.
07:09Six.
07:09Six.
07:10Six.
07:10Six.
07:10Six.
07:11Six.
07:11Six.
07:11Six.
07:11Six.
07:12Six.
07:12Six.
07:12Six.
07:12Six.
07:13Six.
07:13Six.
07:13Six.
07:14Six.
07:15Six.
07:15Six.
07:15Six.
07:16Six.
07:17Six.
07:17Six.
07:18Six.
07:19Six.
07:19Six.
07:19Six.
07:20Six.
07:20Six.
07:20Six.
07:21Six.
07:21Six.
07:22Six.
07:22Six.
07:23Six.
07:23Six.
07:24Six.
07:24Six.
07:25Six.
07:25Six.
07:26Six.
07:26Six.
07:27Six.
07:28Six.
07:296, 6, 9 was not an easy start. Tim?
07:40I think I've got it.
07:41OK, and for you, Martin, any luck?
07:44Too far away, 6, 5, 7.
07:46So, Tim, here we go.
07:4750 plus 6.
07:4950 plus 6 for 56.
07:529 plus 3 is 12.
07:549 plus 3 will give you 12.
07:56Times them together, and I think that gives you 6, 7, 2.
08:01I would agree with that.
08:03Lucky.
08:03And then 6 over 2 is 3, and take it off.
08:06Very nice, yeah.
08:086 over 2 is 3, minus that.
08:10Very good.
08:13Sensational.
08:14That might be your best numbers round yet.
08:15Well done.
08:16It's going to be a good game, though, we can tell already.
08:19Two really good contestants.
08:20And this is your Tea Time teaser.
08:22U.S. Island, U.S. Island.
08:24They'll give you the time of day, but not late at night.
08:27They'll give you the time of day, but not late at night.
08:46Welcome back.
08:46Our U.S. Islands, they'll give you the time of day,
08:49but not late at night.
08:50Nice clue, that's sundials.
08:52Sundials was the answer.
08:53Well, before the going down of the sun,
08:55Tim will have six wins,
08:56our Martin Chan will have a teapot.
08:58And Martin, you're picking these letters.
09:00Can I have a consonant, please, Tom?
09:01You sure can, Martin.
09:03T.
09:05And then a vowel.
09:08O.
09:09And then a consonant.
09:10In deja vu.
09:11R.
09:14Another vowel.
09:17I.
09:17And then a consonant.
09:22H.
09:24And then a vowel.
09:27O.
09:29Another vowel.
09:32E.
09:33And a consonant.
09:36Q.
09:39And the final consonant, please.
09:42And a T.
09:43Yeah, thank you very much, Tom.
09:44Thank you very much, Tom.
09:45Thank you very much, Tom.
09:46Thank you very much, Tom.
09:46Thank you very much, Tom.
09:47Thank you very much, Tom.
09:47Thank you very much, Tom.
09:48Thank you very much, Tom.
09:48Thank you very much, Tom.
09:48Thank you very much, Tom.
09:49Thank you very much, Tom.
09:50Thank you very much, Tom.
09:50Thank you very much, Tom.
09:51Thank you very much, Tom.
09:51Thank you very much, Tom.
09:52Thank you very much, Tom.
09:53Thank you very much, Tom.
09:54Thank you very much, Tom.
09:55Thank you very much, Tom.
09:56Thank you very much, Tom.
09:57Thank you very much, Tom.
09:58Thank you very much, Tom.
09:59Thank you very much, Tom.
10:00Thank you very much, Tom.
10:01Thank you very much, Tom.
10:02Martin?
10:16Six.
10:17Yeah, and Tim?
10:18I'm going to try an eight.
10:19Goodness me, I don't know what that's going to be,
10:21but Martin, what's the six?
10:23Hooter.
10:24Yes, you and me both.
10:25That's all we've got.
10:26So the eight?
10:27A toothier.
10:28Yes.
10:29We were too busy looking at our noses, Martin,
10:31and Tim was under the mouth.
10:34Anything else over there?
10:35He's got to be ahead by noses.
10:37Yeah, absolutely, that was the best.
10:38Very good indeed.
10:39Good, we'll go again then, Tim, you're up.
10:41A consonant, please, Tom.
10:43Absolutely.
10:44N.
10:45And another one.
10:47T.
10:49And a third.
10:51S.
10:53And a vowel.
10:54Thought so.
10:55I.
10:56And another one.
10:59O.
11:00And a third.
11:01E.
11:04And a fourth.
11:08U.
11:09And a consonant.
11:12G.
11:14And a final consonant, please.
11:17And we'll end with an L.
11:19And half a minute.
11:31that's it time's up Tim eight Martin it's just a seven seven's brilliant don't worry about that
11:56what have you got entoils and Tim outlines and outlines and there's no entoil
12:02unfortunately not in the dictionary but outlines excellent we just have one more
12:06eight which was illusions and to elute a substance is to remove it by washing it
12:11with a solvent great stuff right second numbers round of the day looking forward
12:16to this Martin you're choosing all right could I have a six small please Tom six
12:20small very exciting choice Martin there we've seen Tim do well on this in the
12:25past one eight three six three nine and your target is 835 what's huge 835 numbers
12:38up
12:52all right 835 Martin 840 not written down 10 840 just about written down Martin you go first
13:18six times nine is 54 six times nine will give you 54 three minus one is two three minus one is two
13:28times and together times and together for 108 minus the other three minus three will give you 105 and then
13:36times by the eight and times by the eight will indeed give you 840 840 for you Tim yeah have a look
13:45all right there you go yeah excellent great work seven points each for you Dr Tom this a bridge too far it is
13:54unfortunately it's 837 would be your absolute best there you go at 48 plus 14 as we chat to Jenny this week I'm going to go a little bit off
14:03because you mentioned children's TV and and you worked in children's TV a lot and they say never work with children or animals so you must have some great stories from back in the day oh yeah I have yeah I think especially when it comes to like Saturday morning TV you know because it is chaos pure chaos for about two and a half hours no matter what and um on this particular show that I used to be a
14:22um on this particular show that I used to do um a Saturday morning show we had two presenters but also we had a resident Saturday morning dog called Hamish who was a Cairn Terrier and he was actually my dog so I'd bring him in for the live Saturday morning show and uh my dressing room is always next to our stars dressing room it's a big star on the door
14:43Kylie Minogue was in this morning fantastic so there am I in my dress room got all my glad rags on for the show got Hamish on the end of my lead I go out of my dressing room I'm chatting away to someone in production
14:57and I think what's that smell and I turn around and Hamish has done a poo outside Kylie Minogue's dressing room
15:04yes um so yeah that was the fastest pooping scooping I've ever done um yeah but you're right because kids television was designed chaos absolutely there were no scripts um there was just no control basically once you're on the studio floor that was it yeah and there were some occasions where I'd actually take my earpiece out because that was obviously where you know all your instruction was coming from the only contact you have with anybody else in production
15:31and like during the break I'd take my earpiece out so I'd be chatting away I was talking to Marty Pello from Wet Wet Wet Wet Wet I'm going oh so where are you going on your holidays Marty yeah I've been there it's horrible isn't it and the floor manager's jumping up and down going Jenny we're on air because I'd forgotten to put my earpiece back in
15:47I love that Jenny what I will say though and I don't I'm not criticizing you but very disrespectful to take your earpiece out uh to your director I can't be having that at all that's terrible anyway apart from that Jenny thank you very much
16:01anyway Tim let's get more letters a consonant please Tom M and another one D and a vowel mixing it up E and another one I and a consonant C and another one
16:29G and a consonant C and a consonant C and let's go for a final consonant please
16:46And a G.
16:47Not a G. Here we go again.
17:16What's time, Tim?
17:20I'll try a six.
17:21And for you, Martin?
17:22Just a four.
17:22Martin, what's your four?
17:24A mice.
17:25No worries.
17:25And for you, Tim?
17:27Figged.
17:28Figged?
17:28How did you know?
17:30Yes, it's an archaic term, so I think you might know your dictionary very well, Tim.
17:35Yes, to fig is to dress up yourself or someone else to look smart.
17:40Yeah.
17:40All right.
17:41More letters.
17:42Are Martin Shams picking them?
17:43Could I have a consonant, please?
17:45All right.
17:46First up is M.
17:47And a vowel.
17:50A.
17:51And a consonant.
17:54R.
17:55And another consonant.
17:58P.
18:00And a vowel.
18:02O.
18:04And another vowel.
18:07E.
18:08And a consonant.
18:11D.
18:13And another vowel.
18:15A.
18:15And a final consonant, please.
18:21And a T.
18:23And start that clock.
18:24A.
18:34And a vowel.
18:44And a vowel.
18:47And a vowel.
18:50And a vowel.
18:52Martin?
18:55Just a six.
18:56A six. And for you, Tim?
18:58A seven.
18:59A seven. Martin, what's that six?
19:02Parade.
19:03Nice one. And for you, Tim?
19:04Adapter.
19:05Very good indeed.
19:06He is on fire today.
19:09Absolute machine. Fantastic.
19:11Jenny?
19:12Well, we've got Matador as well.
19:15I felt like I want to...
19:16Yes.
19:17Come on, take the bait.
19:18Come on.
19:19Yes.
19:19And also, re-adopt.
19:21Re-adopt, adopter.
19:22Yeah, a few sevens.
19:23I just romped, so we wouldn't have got any points.
19:26Martin and I are in the same boat as we go back to the numbers.
19:29And, Tim?
19:30One large and fast, small, please.
19:32Sure thing, Tim.
19:33All right.
19:34Three, four.
19:35See if you can keep up your prowess so far in the numbers games.
19:39Three, seven, nine, five, seven, 25.
19:47And our target is 831.
19:49Another big one today.
19:51831.
19:51Something Coast.
19:52Nine, four, six, five.
19:53One.
20:07One.
20:07One.
20:09Five.
20:10One.
20:11One.
20:12One.
20:13Two.
20:14Two.
20:14One.
20:14Two.
20:14One.
20:15One.
20:15Two.
20:16Three.
20:17One.
20:18One.
20:18All right, 8, 3, 1 is what we're looking, Tim.
20:26Uh, 8, 3, 5, I think.
20:28OK, not written down.
20:29Not written down, didn't think so.
20:30Four away, Martin?
20:318, 3, 2.
20:33Yes, one away.
20:35Yes, stepping up here.
20:36Let's have it, Martin.
20:3725 times 3 is 75.
20:4025 times 3 is 75.
20:439 plus 7 minus 5 is 11.
20:469 plus the 7 minus 5.
20:49Yep, that'll give you 11.
20:50Times them together for 8, 2, 5.
20:52Yep.
20:54Add 7.
20:56Plus 7 will give you 8, 3, 2.
20:59Goodness me.
21:00Well, that's quite an exploit to get to there.
21:02So is it possible to get to 8, 3, 1?
21:05I think it is.
21:05I'm, like, one line away, but I am going to need a little bit of time to finalise.
21:09It's perfect timing as we're heading to the break.
21:12I'm going to do something I've never done before.
21:14I need help with the Tea Time teaser from Susie.
21:17It kind of connects to children's TV.
21:19Tis was.
21:20But it's T-I-T-H-E.
21:23Is that tithe?
21:23Tithe.
21:24Thank you very much, Susie.
21:26It's lucky she's here.
21:28Tithe was.
21:29Tithe was.
21:30A tithe was charged for using these areas of land.
21:34A tithe was charged for using these areas of land.
21:37Welcome back.
21:54I am so lucky to have Susie and Tom.
21:56Let's do them both.
21:57Because a tithe was charged for using these areas of land.
22:00The Tea Time teaser answer was thweets.
22:03Yes, you'll find it often in place names and surnames as a suffix.
22:08It's a Viking word, actually, for a paddock.
22:10And it's a piece of wild land cleared for cultivation.
22:13OK.
22:14DTC, you've had the break for 831.
22:17Yes.
22:17All right, 25 times 7, so that's going to give you 175, minus a 7 for 168, times that by 5, should give you 840.
22:31And then you subtract the 9 for 831.
22:34Yes, brilliant.
22:35Brilliant.
22:37Well done.
22:38The doctor finds the remedy as we get back to our last six rounds.
22:42And our Martin's picking these letters.
22:44Let's enjoy it.
22:45Martin, off you go.
22:46Can I have a consonant, please, Tom?
22:47Absolutely, Martin.
22:49Got an S for you.
22:50And a vowel.
22:53An E.
22:55And a consonant.
22:57Y.
22:59And another consonant.
23:01R.
23:03And a vowel.
23:06O.
23:08And a consonant.
23:11G.
23:13And a vowel.
23:14E.
23:15And a consonant.
23:15And a consonant.
23:19D.
23:20And a final consonant, please.
23:27And an N.
23:28And good luck.
23:29Oh,
23:30it's here.
23:35Really?
23:41I
23:41And a continuation.
23:44Okay.
23:45Oh,
23:46and we're talking.
23:46Chan,
23:47I've got a Griff.
23:49Oh,
23:49and I'll do that.
23:52Let's see.
23:53But let's see.
23:53Here we go.
23:54And a звуч
23:57OK, Martin Chan.
24:01Six.
24:02Six from you and Tim James.
24:03Seven.
24:04Seven.
24:05Martin, what have you got?
24:06Drones.
24:07Yes, well spotted.
24:08And for you, Tim?
24:09Genders.
24:10Genders, yes.
24:11Very good.
24:12Seven points for a champion, Tim James.
24:15Jenny Powell.
24:16Yeah, I've got another one for you.
24:18Endorse.
24:19Ah, it's Endorse.
24:19Yeah, another seven there.
24:21A couple of sevens and that's it.
24:23Yeah, top score in most rounds, Tim, today, really is.
24:26And you're choosing these letters.
24:28Consonant, please, Tom.
24:29All right.
24:30L.
24:31And another one.
24:34C.
24:35And a third.
24:37R.
24:39And a vowel.
24:42U.
24:43And another one.
24:46O.
24:47And a third.
24:49E.
24:51And a consonant.
24:54N.
24:54And another one.
24:58T.
25:00And a final vowel, please.
25:04And A.
25:05And kind time.
25:06And a vowel.
25:07And a vowel, please.
25:07And a vowel, please.
25:08And a vowel, please.
25:09And a vowel, please.
25:10And a vowel, please.
25:11And a vowel, please.
25:11And a vowel, please.
25:12And a vowel, please.
25:13And a vowel, please.
25:13And a vowel, please.
25:14And a vowel, please.
25:15And a vowel, please.
25:15And a vowel, please.
25:16And a vowel, please.
25:17And a vowel, please.
25:18And a vowel, please.
25:19And a vowel, please.
25:20And a vowel, please.
25:21And a vowel, please.
25:22And a vowel, please.
25:23And a vowel, please.
25:24And a vowel, please.
25:25And a vowel, please.
25:26And a vowel, please.
25:27And a vowel, please.
25:28And a vowel, please.
25:29And a vowel, please.
25:36Time's up and down, Tim. Risky eight.
25:39And for Martin? Six.
25:42Well, it could score here because he's taken a risk as Tim.
25:46What's the six, Martin? A toner.
25:49And for you, Tim? One of the out words, outlearn.
25:52To outlearn.
25:54Not there. And you had a toner.
26:00And that's not in either, I'm afraid.
26:03But I'm quite surprised by the rest of those not being in.
26:06So, apologies.
26:07There you go. Well, Jenny, anything counts?
26:09What have you got? There's an eight for curant.
26:11What's that? It is. Is it a fancy croissant?
26:14It's a 16th century court dance.
26:17It's one of those where it goes forward quickly, back quickly.
26:20Excellent. And we've got count at least in there.
26:22And we're, you know, dreaming of the day.
26:24It may never happen that countdown comes out in a regular round.
26:27We've got five letters into it. Maybe, maybe.
26:31All right. Let's then, Dictionary Corner, Origins Awards.
26:34Suze, where are we going today?
26:35We're going to Staffordshire and to Babs, who has emailed us to,
26:40well, emailed me to say that I spoke recently about the origins
26:43of our various terms for saying hello, for greetings.
26:46And it got her wondering about ways of saying goodbye.
26:50And she remembers me saying, on a previous show,
26:53that goodbye comes from God be with ye.
26:56That was how it originated.
26:58And it then got sort of extended, if you like.
27:01But Babs says she grew up in Lancashire, where they used to say ta-ra.
27:05Ta-ra.
27:06And similarly, ta-ta is also widely used.
27:08And so she's wondering about all of these.
27:10And the very first one that is mentioned is from the 14th century,
27:15and that is farewell.
27:16And farewell means may you prosper, may you fare.
27:20Well, that's very simple.
27:22Then religion starts to come into play.
27:25And by 1425, you have adieu, which is literally to God.
27:31Adieu.
27:32I commend you to the care of God is the meaning behind that one.
27:35Then you have goodbye, 1575 first record.
27:38Then 1592, you get adios.
27:40Yeah.
27:41And that's Spanish, obviously, and that means to God as well.
27:44Then in 1823, ta-ta.
27:48So it's quite early on.
27:50And the idea behind this one, we think,
27:52is that it's imitating a child's way of saying goodbye.
27:56So it's sort of child-speak.
27:58Ta-ra, 1956.
28:00That is a variation on ta-ta, the child-speak.
28:031971, tati-bye.
28:05I think that was Ken Dodd, wasn't it?
28:07Tati-bye.
28:08I'm probably the only one that remembers that.
28:10So some really interesting potted histories there,
28:12and they kind of, I think, distill history
28:14more than any picture words from that point of view.
28:17Love it. Thank you.
28:18APPLAUSE
28:20Well, not time to say goodbye just yet.
28:22Four rounds to go.
28:24Tim and Martin, really good company this afternoon.
28:27I hope you're enjoying it, Martin, because it's your letters.
28:29Could I have a consonant, please, Tom?
28:31Sure can, Martin.
28:32S.
28:33And a vowel.
28:35U.
28:37And a consonant.
28:40A consonant.
28:42P.
28:43And another consonant.
28:45L.
28:47And a vowel.
28:49A.
28:51And a consonant.
28:53R.
28:55And a vowel.
28:57I.
28:58And another vowel.
28:59O.
29:00And a final consonant, please.
29:01And we'll end with V.
29:02And kind dine.
29:03And kind dine.
29:04And kind dine.
29:11Yeah, good.
29:16And string dine.
29:23Dine,
29:28and a vowel.
29:30C.
29:34Martin?
29:44Seven.
29:44Tim?
29:45I think seven as well.
29:46OK, what have you got, Martin?
29:48Various.
29:49Oh, yes.
29:49And for you, Tim?
29:50Yes, same word.
29:51There you go, no variation at all.
29:54And that might be just the outlier from those letters, is it?
29:58It was, yes.
29:59Saviour is an anagram of that.
30:00Yeah.
30:01Polars for six, but, yeah.
30:03Slightly tricky one.
30:04Brilliant from both of you.
30:06You should be very pleased with that, Martin.
30:08And Tim, you're choosing these last letters.
30:10Consonant, please.
30:12G.
30:13And another one.
30:16L.
30:17And a third.
30:20W.
30:21And a vowel.
30:23A.
30:24And another one.
30:27I.
30:29And a third.
30:31E.
30:32And a consonant.
30:36M.
30:38Another vowel, please.
30:41A.
30:43And a final consonant.
30:46S.
30:48And last letters.
30:48So.
31:10And a noun.
31:10And a thou.
31:12And a enfim.
31:17Tim, how many?
31:21Six. Six for you and Martin.
31:23Six. Yeah, well done. And Tim?
31:25Gleams. And Martin.
31:27Same word. Gleams.
31:29Both with gleams.
31:32Tim, what's the frustrated look
31:33on your face about? I wasn't sure
31:35about malaise? Yes.
31:37Malaise, a sense of uneasiness.
31:39It would have been fine and it's an excellent seven.
31:41I'd be uneasy now. Not going with that.
31:43The self-doubt starting to come in.
31:45Not at all, right? Two more rounds
31:47to go. Let's get on with it. And Martin,
31:49last numbers looking forward to?
31:51Could I have six small again, please?
31:53I have a feeling this is your specialty,
31:55Martin, when you mentioned
31:57your Olympiad
31:58endeavours. Nice.
32:01Six. Four.
32:03Eight. Ten.
32:06Two. Four.
32:07And our target
32:08is going to be 360.
32:11Three, six, zero. Last numbers.
32:17This is not going to trouble Martin at all.
32:45Three, six, zero, yeah?
32:46Yes, three, six, zero.
32:47Yeah, and Tim as well.
32:48Yeah, same.
32:49Absolutely.
32:50Let's get the ten points each, Martin,
32:51which is great.
32:52Off you go.
32:53Eight minus two is six.
32:55Eight minus two is six.
32:56Times by six is 36.
32:58Times the six for 36.
32:59Times by ten.
33:00Times ten will give you
33:01360.
33:02Yeah.
33:03Lovely.
33:03The zero and the ten just plays out.
33:05Lovely.
33:05Tim?
33:06Yeah.
33:07Obviously, same way.
33:08Just written in a different order.
33:10Yes.
33:10Brilliant.
33:12OK.
33:13Let's get your fingers on the buzzers
33:14as we reveal today's
33:16Countdown Conundrum.
33:25Yeah, Martin.
33:26All sale.
33:27Let's have a look.
33:28On the money.
33:29Yeah.
33:31Well done.
33:31Great comeback.
33:32I've got to ask you
33:33before we send you on your way.
33:35I know that you love Scrabble
33:36and I love Scrabble.
33:38You're better than I am.
33:40What's your highest score?
33:41Five, six, nine.
33:42Oh, my goodness.
33:45That's sensational.
33:46Well, you're a star for us, Martin.
33:48Thank you for being here.
33:49Thank you very much.
33:52Now, let's see how good our maths are.
33:54Let's...
33:54Six, I think.
33:55We're up too nice.
33:56Six wins?
33:57Yeah.
33:57Sensational.
33:58Right.
33:58Jenny, that's all for today.
34:00And Susie, you enjoy your Wednesday night?
34:02We will.
34:02You too.
34:03And Dr Tom, back tomorrow.
34:04Have a good one.
34:05Don't wait.
34:05We'll be back tomorrow.
34:06Same time, same place.
34:07You can count on us.
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