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00:30Bonjour, welcome to Countdown. On the 14th of July, Bastille Day in France, commemorating the Storm of the Bastille in 1789.
00:41And, Rachel Riley, you have first-hand experience of this. Not the Storm of the Bastille.
00:45Excuse me!
00:46But the actual Bastille Day itself. You've been there for the celebrations.
00:51I've been in France, yeah. I did a little three-week trip with my mother-in-law and Pasha, and we went all the way through France.
00:57And on the 14th of July, we happened to be in Paris. So we did a riverboat cruise, and then they stopped right by the Eiffel Tower for all the amazing fireworks. It's lovely.
01:06Apart from being in Paris for Bastille Day, have you got a favourite lesser-spotted area?
01:11Well, we travelled quite a lot of it. So right in the centre, there's an area called the Perigore, which you don't hear too many people talking about.
01:18And there's a beautiful little old, really, really old village with a beautiful old bridge and caves and the type of place where you can go and just get a market with fresh bread and freshly cooked mushrooms and really simple but really French food.
01:32And just totally green, just gorgeous and green in that area.
01:35You realise we could be describing Britain.
01:38Yeah.
01:38So similar.
01:40If we had the sun, if we had the sun.
01:41If we had just a bit, exactly.
01:43If the temperature was four or five degrees, well, we shouldn't tempt that, should we?
01:46The temperature being three or four degrees, hotter, unfortunately.
01:49But it's exactly the same thing, discovering those little villages right in our doorstep, whether it's here or France.
01:54OK, au revoir for now.
01:55Over in Dixonry Corner, we've got our G of the D, of course, in Susie Dent.
02:00But we've also got a D of the J, pioneering DJ and presenter Trevor Nelson.
02:09Good to be here. Good to be here, Colin.
02:11Lovely to have you. Many, many stories coming your way.
02:14We used to be cool one day, but we'll get to that later.
02:17David's our champion. Six wins already, high score of 100.
02:21You got a beautiful word yesterday, which was cajon, and it was C-A-J-O-N.
02:28And it's a very obscure drum, and you own it.
02:31So tell me about that. Are you a big musician?
02:34Not at all, really.
02:36A cajon is basically, it's almost like a wooden crate, and you sit on it, and you basically tap away like that.
02:43And it's just good when, you know, I'm feeling restless, I'm listening to music.
02:48It's good just to sort of tap along to the rhythm.
02:49And, you know, it's very relaxing.
02:53So I'm certainly not capable. I've tried the guitar.
02:56My fingers are far too fat for that sort of thing.
02:59But that sort of instrument, my little cajon, it's just perfect for me.
03:03Yeah, there's a big mental health connection with just having an instrument.
03:06I do the same with the ukulele, and I'm terrible at it.
03:08But just to play along, there's a little bit of mind space you can get from it.
03:12I recommend it to everybody.
03:13A nice and expensive instrument is a really big help.
03:16Well, listen, let's see how you do today.
03:18You're up against Ada Norman.
03:21Ada Norman is from Daventry and is 23, and has 101 things we could talk to her about.
03:26She's got very interest in life.
03:28Ada, you're a plane spotter.
03:30So tell me about that, and why?
03:32Why the love of planes?
03:33I just like watching them.
03:34Like, I'll watch, like, if there's one that's going above head, I'd just like to get the app up and see where it's going, whether it's taking off.
03:43I'm like a backseat pilot.
03:46What's your favourite plane? Is that a weird question?
03:49No, I quite like the commercial planes.
03:51Yeah?
03:52I quite like the A380s, the really big double-decker, going to nice places.
03:58Let's see if you can fly high today.
04:00Idan, David, good luck.
04:02David, two rings away.
04:04Let's see how it goes.
04:05First letters.
04:06Good afternoon, Rachel.
04:07Afternoon again, David.
04:08Start with the consonant, please.
04:10Start today with S.
04:12And another?
04:15R.
04:16And another?
04:18N.
04:20And another?
04:20B.
04:24Erm, vowel.
04:26A.
04:28Another vowel?
04:29I.
04:31Erm, another vowel.
04:33E.
04:35Er, consonant.
04:37N.
04:39And another consonant, please.
04:41And lastly, D.
04:44At home, Han in the studio, let's play Kindown.
04:46We'll be right back later.
04:51David.
05:18Eight.
05:18And Ada.
05:19Seven.
05:20Seven?
05:21Banners.
05:22Banners.
05:23And David?
05:24Brandies.
05:25Oh, my goodness, yes.
05:26Yes.
05:27Well spotted.
05:28Brandies.
05:29Well started.
05:30Lovely letters to kick us off.
05:32So, Susie and Trevor, anything else jumping out?
05:35We have brandies, eights and bandier.
05:38Seven.
05:39Good.
05:40Right, Ada, let's go again and see what this round brings.
05:42Can I get a consonant, please, Rachel?
05:44Thank you, Ada.
05:45R.
05:46And another, please.
05:48S.
05:50And a vowel, please.
05:52O.
05:53And a consonant.
05:54N.
05:55And another, please.
05:56T.
05:57And another vowel, please.
05:58A.
05:59And a consonant.
06:00M.
06:01And a vowel, please.
06:02I.
06:03And a final consonant.
06:04And a final R.
06:05And 30 seconds.
06:06T.
06:07T.
06:08T.
06:09T.
06:10T.
06:11T.
06:12T.
06:13T.
06:14T.
06:15T.
06:16T.
06:17T.
06:18T.
06:19T.
06:20T.
06:21T.
06:22T.
06:23T.
06:24T.
06:25T.
06:26T.
06:28T.
06:29T.
06:30T.
06:31T.
06:32T.
06:33T.
06:34T.
06:35T.
06:36T.
06:37T.
06:38T.
06:42MUSIC PLAYS
06:54Time's up, Ada.
06:56A six.
06:57And David?
06:58A six as well.
06:59And a six. What have you got, Ada?
07:00Trains.
07:01Trains.
07:01Strain.
07:02And strain.
07:03Yep, absolutely.
07:04Over the dictionary corner, what have you got?
07:05We've got two sevens.
07:07Matrons.
07:08Yeah.
07:10Rations.
07:10Uh-huh.
07:11And even a nine.
07:14Surprised no-one got this.
07:15Rainstorm.
07:16Rainstorm.
07:17APPLAUSE
07:18Good, I feel brainy.
07:2314 players, six.
07:24First numbers round, and David?
07:27Um, two large, please.
07:29Your favourite, I would say.
07:31Edging it, two large, four little.
07:33First numbers of the day are six, five, four.
07:39Another six.
07:39And then the large ones, 50 and 25.
07:43And the target to reach 700.
07:46700 dead.
07:48Numbers up.
07:48The other one.
07:49.
07:56Yeah.
07:57Yeah.
07:59Yeah.
07:59Yeah.
08:00Yeah.
08:04Yeah.
08:05Yeah.
08:05Yeah.
08:07Yeah.
08:07No.
08:08See you then.
08:0930.
08:09Yeah.
08:10Yeah.
08:11Yeah.
08:11Yeah.
08:11Yeah.
08:12Yeah.
08:12Oh, yeah.
08:13Yeah.
08:14Yeah.
08:15demais Irgreten.
08:16And that's time. David?
08:20700. 700. Ada?
08:22I didn't get anywhere there. I missed it. No worries. David?
08:2525 minus the 6 and the 5.
08:2914. 14. Multiply by the 50.
08:32Well done. Nice. Well done.
08:34APPLAUSE
08:37Locust emu. Locust emu. E-M-U.
08:41That's the first Tea Time teaser.
08:43One of these creatures can easily get the better of the other.
09:04Welcome back. One of these creatures can easily get the better of the other.
09:07Locust emu becomes outmuscle.
09:11Ada, let's kick off again with the letters.
09:14Can I have a consonant, please?
09:16Thank you, Ada.
09:17N. And another?
09:20G.
09:21And another, please.
09:23H.
09:24And a vowel?
09:26E.
09:28And a consonant, please.
09:30X.
09:32P.
09:33Vowel, please.
09:34And a final?
09:35I.
09:36Thanks, Rich.
09:37Thanks, Rich.
10:08That's time.
10:09Ada.
10:10A risky seven.
10:11And David?
10:12Seven.
10:13What's risky?
10:14Heaping.
10:15Oh, yeah, be good.
10:16David?
10:17Heaping.
10:18Yes.
10:19We'll take the risk factor out for you there, Ada.
10:20And I'm guessing we'll be heaping on in Dixonry Corner.
10:21That's jumped out, didn't it?
10:22Two sevens.
10:23Heaping.
10:24And apexing.
10:25Yeah, so apexing is to reach a high point, to reach the apex.
10:26Also, in motorsports, it's to turn a corner really close to the track.
10:27Right on it.
10:28Brilliant.
10:29OK, 31 plays 13.
10:30And David?
10:31Start with a consonant, please.
10:32A consonant, please.
10:33One.
10:34One.
10:35One.
10:36One.
10:37One.
10:38Two.
10:39One.
10:40One.
10:41One.
10:42One.
10:43One.
10:44One.
10:45One.
10:46One.
10:47One.
10:48One.
10:49One.
10:50One.
10:51One.
10:52One.
10:53One.
10:54One.
10:55One.
10:56Yes.
10:57Thank you, David.
10:58R.
10:59And another.
11:01D.
11:02And a vowel.
11:04U.
11:05Erm, another vowel.
11:08I.
11:09Erm, consonant.
11:11C.
11:12Another consonant.
11:15T.
11:17Erm, a vowel.
11:20O.
11:21Erm, another vowel.
11:24E.
11:25And a consonant, please.
11:26A final G.
11:27And half a minute.
11:29A consonant, please.
11:30A final G.
11:31And half a minute.
11:32.
11:33.
11:34.
11:35.
11:39Time's up, David.
11:40Seven.
11:41And Ada.
11:42A six.
11:43A six.
11:44A six is?
11:45Todger.
11:46And the seven?
11:47Courted.
11:48And courted.
11:49What have we got in Dictionary Corner?
11:50Seven as well.
11:51Yes.
11:52Outride.
11:53Very good.
11:54Seven.
11:55Outride.
11:56Outride.
11:57Outride a storm if you weather it.
11:58Yeah, lovely sevens.
11:59Back to the numbers.
12:00And Ada, you're picking for the first time.
12:02Two large and four small, please, Rachel.
12:03Thank you, Ada.
12:04Two from the top row, four knots.
12:05And let's see what we have for the second.
12:06A six.
12:07A six is?
12:08Todger.
12:09And the seven?
12:10Courted.
12:11And courted.
12:12What have we got in Dictionary Corner?
12:13Seven as well.
12:14Yes.
12:15Outride.
12:16Very good.
12:17Seven outright.
12:18Outride a storm if you weather it.
12:20Yeah, lovely sevens.
12:22Back to the numbers, and Ada, you're picking for the first time.
12:24Two large and four small, please, Rachel.
12:27Thank you, Ada.
12:28Two from the top row, four knots.
12:30And let's see what we have for the second time.
12:33The numbers are two, six, nine, ten.
12:37And the large one's 75 and 100 this time.
12:40And your target, 378.
12:43Three seven it.
12:44Numbers up.
12:57Three seven it.
12:59The target, Ada?
13:00Three seven six.
13:02Two away.
13:03And David?
13:04I think I've got three seven eight.
13:05Not one down.
13:06That's a, whoa, a bit risky one.
13:08Let's have it.
13:09Um, 75 times ten.
13:103, 7, 8, the target, Ada?
13:173, 7, 6.
13:19Two away, and David?
13:21I think I've got 3, 7, 8, not one down.
13:23That's a... Oh, be a risky one, let's have it.
13:2675 times 10.
13:2775 by 10, 750.
13:30Add the 6.
13:31Plus 6, 7, 5, 6.
13:32And divide by 2.
13:33Perfect. 3, 7, 8.
13:35Lovely.
13:37Fantastic work, David.
13:3810 points for you, a healthy lead at this stage.
13:41As we talked to Trevor Nelson for the first time,
13:43I said at the start, pioneer.
13:46You don't use that word lightly, but it's absolutely true.
13:48So I was wondering, could you take us back
13:50to the proper early days, you know?
13:53Yeah.
13:54When Trevor Nelson wasn't the establishment figure
13:58that he is today.
13:59Yeah.
13:59I was called Trevor Madhatter DJ.
14:01I started a sound system with my friends in the 80s.
14:06I worked in a record shop, imported records,
14:08from America.
14:09That's how I started in the business.
14:12Race to Heathrow in a van.
14:14Honestly, I'd be on the phone to somebody in America
14:17saying, how many...
14:18What have you got new?
14:19And they go, we've got this band called Public Enemy.
14:21And I'd be like, OK.
14:22And they're really hot in New York.
14:23And I'd be like, what do they sound like?
14:25And they'd take the phone, put it to a speaker,
14:27and if you know Public Enemy's music,
14:29it's just noise, and it'd be just noise coming out of me.
14:32I'd go, um, that's really good, isn't it?
14:34I'd have ten.
14:35He goes, you want more than ten, man?
14:36And I'd have to get, like, 500 copies,
14:40race to Heathrow in this converted sheep-carrying van.
14:44Honestly, I kid you not.
14:46Count all these records up in the rain and snow or whatever,
14:49put them on the back of the van,
14:50race to all the independent record stores
14:52around the south-east of England,
14:53and sell them.
14:56At the same time, I was getting a name as a DJ in Hackney,
15:00just Hackney, and then one day I got a call,
15:04would you like to be on this new station,
15:07you know, called Kiss FM?
15:09No, I'd never done a...
15:10Never had a mic in front of my...in my hand, ever.
15:14And I said, well, yeah.
15:15And the thing about this station
15:17is everybody that joined this station knew music.
15:19They weren't broadcasters.
15:21They weren't...you know, it was a pirate station,
15:23and the first place I broadcast from
15:25was the Bookies in south London.
15:27Yeah.
15:27And that's how I started.
15:29The station, a year and a half later,
15:31ended up in my girlfriend's flat.
15:32We lived in a council flat 19 floors up in Leyton.
15:36And I remember we sat there and we all said,
15:39look, Kiss FM's going to have to come off the air
15:40because we just don't have any money.
15:43Yeah.
15:43We needed to raise £2,000 and we just didn't have it.
15:46Does anyone have anywhere to...
15:48you know, anywhere we could put the station?
15:50And I went...
15:52Oh, brilliant.
15:53Where is it?
15:54I said, 19 floors up.
15:56Even better!
15:57In Leyton.
15:58She came home.
16:00I said, uh...
16:01Babe.
16:03I just got something to tell you.
16:05Um, you know...
16:07You know Kiss hasn't got anywhere to go.
16:09She says, yeah.
16:10Well, every weekend they come in here.
16:12That was the end of my relationship, basically.
16:14Wow.
16:14But Kiss survived.
16:17And three years later,
16:19became the first legal radio dance music station in the country.
16:24And finally, we're at this point today where...
16:27But loads of people had sacrificed a lot of their time,
16:29a lot of their money, a lot of their energy,
16:31and risked a lot to get to that point.
16:34And relationships.
16:35A lot of relationships were lost
16:37in the building of the dance music radio community in Britain.
16:40Stephanie, I'm so sorry.
16:42I'm so...
16:43I love you so much.
16:44You were...
16:45You were too mature and good for me at the time.
16:48Trevor, Trevor.
16:49She went on to better Hengs, don't worry.
16:50Yeah.
16:50Thank you very much.
16:52APPLAUSE
16:53True story, that.
16:56Lovely.
16:57Right, back to the game.
16:59Let's put the needle on it again, David.
17:01Um, continent, please.
17:02Thank you, David.
17:04L.
17:05Um, and another.
17:07M.
17:09And another.
17:11D.
17:12And a vowel, please.
17:14I.
17:15Um, another.
17:17O.
17:18Um, consonant.
17:21N.
17:23Um, a vowel.
17:26U.
17:28Um, consonant.
17:31T.
17:32And a consonant, please.
17:35A final H.
17:37Start the clock.
17:38T.
17:55David?
18:10Five.
18:11How many did you get, Ada?
18:12Five.
18:13What's the word, David?
18:13Mount.
18:14And Ada?
18:15Donut.
18:16Donut.
18:17Speaking of donuts, Trevor and Susie, what have you got?
18:20Donut was screaming at me, obviously, but surprisingly only six.
18:24Yeah.
18:25Untold.
18:26It's very good to get to the six.
18:27Untold it is.
18:28Right, five points each.
18:29Ada, let's go again.
18:31Can I get a consonant, please?
18:32Thank you, Ada.
18:34L.
18:35And another.
18:37S.
18:38And another.
18:40C.
18:42And a vowel, please.
18:45A.
18:47And a consonant.
18:49T.
18:52And a vowel, please.
18:54I.
18:56And another.
18:58A.
19:00And a consonant.
19:02Z.
19:03And a vowel, please.
19:06And a final E.
19:07And here we go again.
19:09And here we go again.
19:09A vowel, please.
19:10εται.
19:12Splumble, please.
19:12And a vowel.
19:12And a vowel, please.
19:13And a vowel, please.
19:31All right, guys.
19:32Buy it.
19:33Come on, Bill.
19:34And a vowel, please.
19:35Bye.
19:35Bye.
19:36Bye.
19:36Ada, give me a number.
19:41Six. And David? Six.
19:43Ada? Castle.
19:45Castle and David? Cleats.
19:47And cleats, as in
19:48the moulded studs.
19:51Add them on your cycling shoes as well.
19:53And cycling cleats, of course, as well.
19:55Right, take me higher, take me
19:57higher, Trevor. Two sevens.
19:59Yeah. We've got laziest.
20:01Yeah. We've got elastic.
20:03Elastic and laziest.
20:05We've got your seven in that
20:07round. So, Ada, you're
20:09scoring regularly now, and David, you've been
20:11excelling on the numbers, so let's get third
20:13numbers right. Stick with the two large,
20:15I think, please. Another two
20:17and another four. And
20:19for this round, your
20:21four, the little ones, are two,
20:23six, nine
20:25and ten. And
20:27the large two, one hundred and seventy-five.
20:30And this target,
20:31seven hundred and seventy-six.
20:32Seven, seven, six. Numbers up.
20:36...
20:37...
20:41...
20:45MUSIC PLAYS
21:05David?
21:06776.
21:07Ada?
21:08776.
21:09I'm quite happy, Ada.
21:10Come on, I've got the numbers.
21:11Right, David, off you go.
21:1375 plus 2.
21:1577.
21:16Multiplied by 10.
21:17770.
21:18Mad the 6.
21:18776, nicely done.
21:20And Ada?
21:21Yeah, yeah.
21:22Yeah.
21:25Settled in, settled in.
21:27I was going on the fridge.
21:28Yeah.
21:31Right, second tea town teaser is Wick Scare.
21:35Wick Scare.
21:36Ernie would often come out with a witty remark.
21:39Ernie would often come out with a witty remark.
21:44Welcome back.
21:59Ernie would often come out with a witty remark.
22:02Not Bert and Ernie, but Ernie Wise.
22:04Wisecrack was the answer.
22:05Ada, let's get some letters.
22:07Er, consonant, please.
22:08Thank you, Ada.
22:09And another.
22:13N.
22:15And another, please.
22:17L.
22:18And a vowel.
22:20A.
22:22And a consonant.
22:24T.
22:25And a consonant again, please.
22:28S.
22:30And a vowel.
22:31O.
22:34And another, please.
22:36I.
22:38And a consonant, please.
22:40Lastly, F.
22:42Let's play.
22:42I.
22:43I.
22:44I.
22:45I.
22:47I.
23:04I.
23:04I.
23:04I.
23:06THEY CONFER
23:13Ada?
23:14I've got a risky...
23:16..7.
23:18A risky seven from Ada. David?
23:20I'll stick with a six.
23:22The six is...?
23:23Splint.
23:24What are we risking, Ada?
23:25Lations.
23:26Lations.
23:27L...
23:28It's not there, I'm afraid.
23:31There is no lation.
23:32Only three vials.
23:34Yeah.
23:35We can't have fewer.
23:37We can't have fewer.
23:38Excellent.
23:39One for the regular viewers.
23:42Trevor, what have you got?
23:44Top sail for seven.
23:47Oh, the top sail on a boat?
23:48Yeah. Sail on the top mast of a ship, yeah.
23:51Top sail goes in. Fantastic stuff.
23:5475 plays 34.
23:57Ada taking a risk there.
23:58Probably the right thing to do as we get another letters round.
24:01David?
24:02Continent, please.
24:03Thank you, David.
24:04R.
24:05And another.
24:06W.
24:07And a vowel.
24:08E.
24:09And another vowel.
24:10O.
24:11Consonant.
24:12R.
24:13Another consonant.
24:14V.
24:15Vowel.
24:16E.
24:17And another consonant, please.
24:29T.
24:30And a vowel.
24:31And lastly, O.
24:42Good luck.
24:43No.
24:44Rock of the
24:48Number of the
24:562 and 3.
24:57I am.
24:58Now,
25:04as you will see,
25:06Mark Masters,
25:07David?
25:14Six.
25:15And Ada?
25:16A risky six.
25:18OK, what's the six, David?
25:19Rooter.
25:20A rooter, as in R-O-O-T, and Ada?
25:23They're the same.
25:24Exactly the same.
25:26Of course, nothing to do with the internet.
25:27We would need a U for that.
25:29Yes.
25:29But can Rooter...
25:30Somebody who roots for their sports team.
25:32Yeah?
25:33Yeah.
25:33Wow, there you go.
25:34Six points in the bag for David and Ada.
25:37Trevor, do you find anything else?
25:38Yeah, there's a seven here.
25:39I've never used this word before.
25:42Overwet.
25:43Oh.
25:44Feels like two words.
25:45Right.
25:45I thought when you said seven letters, never used it before, it was my round.
25:50No, I've never used that before.
25:53Rachel's found something for you there.
25:55Look, Trevor, whoa.
25:56Trevor, whoa.
25:57Trevor, whoa.
25:58We could have had.
25:59Voting.
26:02Let's end Dixon Recorder.
26:03Origins of Words for this Friday afternoon.
26:06And Susie Dent.
26:07Well, I have to thank Ruth Franklin, who emailed us asking where the term piggy bank comes from.
26:15And unfortunately, many of us might have been resorting to our piggy banks in recent times.
26:21But it's a good question.
26:22Why do our savings pots have anything to do with our poor sign friends?
26:27And it's a sort of mixed answer.
26:30But again, it just kind of shows, I think, the sort of joyful adventures that English has been on.
26:34So it lies, the answer lies in the materials that we'll want to use, but there's also a slightly piggish play on words here as well.
26:41So first of all, storing money in vessels.
26:44We've been doing that for absolutely centuries.
26:46And long ago, these vessels were often made of earthenware.
26:51Metal was too expensive.
26:53And these vessels were often known as pigs.
26:56P-Y-G-G-S.
26:58And we think it's for various reasons.
27:02One is that the hide of a pig was sometimes used as a kind of wineskin for storing wine.
27:08And also because some of these vessels maybe slightly resembled the animal.
27:12But there's another reason here as well, which is that the clay that was used to make this earthenware was also known as pig.
27:19P-Y-G-G.
27:21And this clay was designed to be breakable.
27:24So in those days, and you can still buy these today, the piggy banks could not be opened unless you smashed them.
27:30It was such a sort of, you know, definitive thing that it encouraged you to save more because obviously once it was smashed, it was all over.
27:37So we think that because pig was used for the clay that was made to use these pots, it kind of inspired potters to make these pots in the shape of pig.
27:49So it was almost like they thought, oh, there's an idea.
27:51Much like, do you remember, we talked about the origin of mug and the face meaning of mug came about because mugs often were depicted with these sort of really quite grotesque faces on them.
28:00Similarly, we began to make our pig banks, as they were once called, because they were made of this clay in the shape of piggies.
28:08And that is where we get a piggy bank from.
28:09And that's how that one started.
28:10Lovely.
28:11Lovely.
28:13Right.
28:13It's not in the bank for you yet, David, but you're in a good position.
28:17Four rounds left.
28:18Ada, let's see if we can pull off the remarkable.
28:20Off you go.
28:21A consonant, please.
28:22Thank you, Ada.
28:24R.
28:26And another.
28:27S.
28:28And a vowel, please.
28:30E.
28:32And a consonant.
28:34C.
28:36And a vowel.
28:38A.
28:40And a consonant.
28:42G.
28:44And a vowel.
28:46I.
28:48And a consonant, please.
28:51T.
28:53And a final consonant, please.
28:56A final L.
28:58Kind down.
28:58I.
28:59And a vowel.
28:59C.
29:00The consonant, please.
29:02I.
29:02And a vowel.
29:03I.
29:04I.
29:05And aASE B.
29:06And a vowel.
29:08Whamない.
29:09And a vowel.
29:11Cosعت rewarning.
29:15Do is a vowel.
29:16Do is a vowel.
29:18I may not have a vowel.
29:19I.
29:22Do is a vowel.
29:26Do is a vowel.
29:27What are possibilities, Ada?
29:31A seven.
29:32And David?
29:32Seven.
29:33A seven.
29:33What have we got?
29:35Cagiest.
29:36Gristle.
29:37And gristle.
29:38Gristle and cagiest is Susie and Trevor.
29:41We can go up one.
29:42Eight.
29:43We've got glaciers.
29:44I think I'll speak for David, Ada, and everybody in Britain who didn't spot glaciers.
29:50It was right there.
29:52Right, one more letter.
29:53David, you're choosing.
29:54Continent, please.
29:55Thank you, David.
29:56D.
29:58And a vowel.
29:59A.
30:01Consonant.
30:03S.
30:05Consonant.
30:07P.
30:09A vowel.
30:11E.
30:13Consonant.
30:16M.
30:18Another consonant.
30:21R.
30:25A vowel.
30:25O.
30:27Another vowel, please.
30:30And lastly, E.
30:32And last letters.
30:33Dispar there.
30:36Andre.
30:37Let's do this.
30:39I'm going to play.
30:42Yes.
30:43Let's do this.
30:45I'm going to play.
30:45I'm going to play.
30:45TSDJ.
30:47No.
30:48Bye.
30:48Bye.
30:57Bye.
31:02Bye.
31:02How many, David?
31:05Seven.
31:06And Ada?
31:06A seven.
31:07A seven.
31:07What words have we got?
31:09Amperes.
31:10Amperes and Ada?
31:11Speared.
31:12And speared.
31:13Speared, yep, very good.
31:15And pomades.
31:16And pomades.
31:17You put scented ointment on your hairs.
31:19You so often do.
31:20You are pomading.
31:21Oh, we smell great.
31:2295 plays 54.
31:24Ada, you've caught David on his best day yet.
31:29Let's see if you can smash through that 100.
31:3220 points still left up for grabs.
31:33And Ada, you're picking the last numbers.
31:35Two from the top, please.
31:37Thank you, Ada, for the fourth time today.
31:39Two large and four little ones,
31:42which are two, ten, four, eight, 75 and 100.
31:49And the final target of the week, 7-2-1.
31:527-2-1.
31:53Numbers up.
31:58That's time.
32:25Ada, how'd you get on?
32:26One away, 7-2-2.
32:287-2-2.
32:29And David?
32:307-2-1.
32:31There you go.
32:31This will get you to 105.
32:34100 times eight.
32:35800.
32:36Subtract the 75 and the four.
32:38Yep.
32:39Like a champ.
32:407-2-1.
32:40Well done.
32:42APPLAUSE
32:42Look at that.
32:45Look at that.
32:46Usually the nerves kick in,
32:48but you're getting better and better.
32:49105 for David.
32:51Ada, a very respectable 54
32:53and 10 points still left up for grabs.
32:56It may not be crucial,
32:58but it's always important.
32:59Let's get your fingers on the buzzers
33:01as we reveal today's
33:03Countdown Conundrum.
33:04BELL RINGS
33:06BELL RINGS
33:08BELL RINGS
33:09David?
33:10Marchiast.
33:10Let's take a look.
33:28APPLAUSE
33:29Well done.
33:34115 plays 54
33:36and your seventh win, David.
33:39The bad news is
33:40you've got the whole weekend now
33:42to stew on being sitting in seven wins
33:45this close to octo-champ.
33:48Listen, if you get a bit stressed this weekend,
33:50just get the cojone out,
33:51have a little bead of it,
33:52you'll be fine, OK?
33:53I'll do just that.
33:54Lovely.
33:54Ada, what a delight to have you here.
33:56Thank you so much for having me.
33:57Are you really going to take the numbers round home
33:58and put it in the fridge?
34:00That's brilliant.
34:00I love that.
34:01Listen, we didn't get to know you that well,
34:04which is a shame.
34:05Keep up all your good work.
34:06Ada has a great TikTok channel,
34:08talks a lot about mental health
34:09on that channel.
34:11So, so important.
34:12It's an everyday conversation.
34:13So, you know,
34:14more power to you for that, Ada,
34:15and it's been a delight to have you.
34:17Well done.
34:17Thank you so much.
34:20Trevor, how was your debut?
34:21Are you all right?
34:22Fantastic.
34:22Really enjoyed it.
34:24Made myself at home, I think.
34:25Good.
34:26Yeah, good, good.
34:26We will do whatever we do at the weekend.
34:28I really hope you can come back
34:30for another week of Countdown.
34:31Monday, ten past two,
34:33Trevor will be here,
34:34Susie, Rachel and I also,
34:35you can count on us.
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