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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:04APPLAUSE
00:31Hello, everybody. It's Tuesday, August the 8th.
00:34It is time to come together again for something that we all love
00:38and hopefully you can stay with us until the end.
00:41And Rachel Riley, oh, darling,
00:43that's literally the only time I can say that without it sounding creepy
00:46because I'm quoting Beatles songs from the album Abbey Road.
00:50How many did you sneak in?
00:52Ah, there was four. There was four in that.
00:54You know, I do my best.
00:56In 1969, on this day, the photographer Ian McMillan
00:59took one of the most iconic covers of all time of an album
01:03on the Abbey Road crossing outside the famous studio.
01:07Now, sorry to get a bit nerdy, but there's something about...
01:11Compared to every other day.
01:13Compared to every other show when I'm so cool.
01:16There's something about that cover that's not there.
01:20So picture it. I'll give you a clue.
01:23It's really obvious.
01:25Can you say who it is? There's no words on it.
01:27Yes. So the Beatles at that stage were so big that somebody,
01:30I don't know, in the record company or whatever, said,
01:33well, hey, let's not put on the name of the band or the album title.
01:36It's just a photograph. That makes it iconic in its own right.
01:39I know. That album cover's famous.
01:41I won't get into the weeds in this,
01:43but there's this most ridiculous conspiracy theory
01:47that roundabout Sergeant Pepper's Paul McCartney died
01:50and he was replaced by somebody who could play like him,
01:53could write songs like him... Makes sense.
01:55Right. I know, it's crazy.
01:57But it gathered real momentum, this conspiracy theory,
02:00and it culminated on that cover.
02:02And that is the most ridiculous conspiracy theory
02:05in the history of music.
02:06I think that was around the time when a lot of people smoked a lot of stuff.
02:09We should just let it be and head to Dictionary Corner,
02:12where Susie Dent is alongside, well, listen,
02:14a font of all knowledge when it comes to music.
02:16There's nothing I said there you didn't already know.
02:18Edith Bowman's back with us.
02:21Yes.
02:23And let's introduce our A-side, and he has been exactly that.
02:271-2-2, 1-19, 1-19 and 1-21.
02:30What a standard and four wins.
02:32Young Harry Savage is back with us.
02:35I want to remind you of something.
02:37On your very first appearance, with your little hands shaking,
02:40bless you, on national TV, you're a speedcuber,
02:44and you did the Rubik's Cube in, was it 11, 12 seconds?
02:48If you win it, are you going to do a blindfold?
02:52I can try.
02:54How quickly... What's your record for doing a blindfold?
02:57So, in a competition, the way it works is your time,
03:00your total time is the time taken to memorise it
03:03and then solve it all in one big slot.
03:06And my best in a competition is just under 30 seconds.
03:09So, including memorising, putting a blindfold on, solving,
03:12and then stopping the timer.
03:14That's craziness.
03:15It normally takes me a lot longer than that.
03:17What, like...?
03:18As in, to make sure that I can get it right.
03:21So, if you're putting me here on the big stage,
03:23I want to make sure I get it right and spend a bit longer memorising.
03:26Sounds like you're backing out, as far as I'm concerned.
03:29Well, you're up. I hope Stephen wins today, though.
03:32Stephen O'Mara from Accreden is who you're up against.
03:35How are you doing, mate? Very good, thank you.
03:37Good. We've had a bit of a theme with Edith
03:39because of her brilliant soundtracking podcast,
03:41which is just the absolute oracle for music and films.
03:44Are you actually a little obsessed
03:46with working out the one particular tune?
03:48More than a little, I'd say.
03:50It's Rocky IV, Hearts On Fire.
03:52I do a lot of running.
03:54It was a lockdown hobby that got out of hand.
03:57Started with the 5K,
03:58then just did my first marathon a month ago.
04:00So, every run, regardless of distance, ends with that.
04:03Fantastic.
04:04So, just a little bit of obsession, yeah.
04:06Let's see if you've got the eye of the tiger today.
04:08Good luck to you, Stephen and Harry.
04:11Blind one, Harry. Off we go.
04:13Hi again. Hi, Harry.
04:14Can I start with a consonant, please?
04:16Thank you. Start today with G.
04:18And another one.
04:20R.
04:21And another consonant, please.
04:23Z.
04:24Another consonant, please.
04:26L.
04:27A vowel, please.
04:29I.
04:30And another.
04:31E.
04:32And another.
04:33O.
04:34Another vowel, please.
04:36A.
04:39And I'll do one final vowel, please.
04:42And a final I.
04:44At home and in the studio, let's play Kite Dine.
05:08MUSIC PLAYS
05:16Harry?
05:17Seven.
05:18And Stephen?
05:19Try a seven.
05:20OK, what's the seven?
05:21Glacier.
05:22Glacier.
05:23Glacier as well.
05:24Two glaciers.
05:26So, using the Z.
05:28Happy with that, Suze?
05:29Very happy and slightly embarrassed in this corner.
05:32Why?
05:33Because we sat back at two seconds and realised at the end
05:36that we didn't have the two E's for regalise,
05:38so there was a bit of a flurry at the end.
05:40Right.
05:41Suze can't improve on that.
05:42My goodness, that's it.
05:43All right, goalie is there for six,
05:46but that seven's magnificent.
05:48We expected of Harry,
05:49but winning your first round as a challenger, Stephen,
05:51that's fantastic.
05:52Let's get more letters.
05:54Hi, Rachel.
05:55Hi, Stephen.
05:56Start with a consonant, please.
05:57We can indeed.
05:58N.
05:59And another.
06:01T.
06:02And another.
06:04P.
06:05And a vowel, please.
06:07E.
06:08And another.
06:09A.
06:10And another.
06:12U.
06:13And a consonant, please.
06:15S.
06:17And a consonant.
06:19D.
06:20And another vowel, please.
06:23Final O.
06:24Let's play.
06:35MUSIC PLAYS
06:55Stephen, how many?
06:57I'll try an eight.
06:58And Harry?
06:59Eight.
07:00Stephen, what was your word?
07:02Outposed.
07:03Oh, you need to use...
07:04You need to use...
07:05That'd be a nine as well, if only.
07:07If only.
07:08Harry, what's your eight?
07:09Unposted.
07:10Unposted.
07:11Has that got a really old origin,
07:13or is it unposted as in the modern-day internet?
07:16Well, unless it can be unposted, definitely.
07:18But, yes, nowadays you might think about something
07:20that's not made available online.
07:22And same again, if you unpaste...
07:24Unpasted is another good one, and we have one more eight.
07:27Outspend.
07:28The outspend.
07:29The outspend.
07:30Something I've never been accused of, right.
07:3215 plays seven.
07:34As you get our first numbers round.
07:36Is it one large, Harry?
07:37Yeah, can I have one large, please?
07:39Again, one large.
07:40You're off to the points.
07:42Pure, unadulterated points, if I can say it.
07:45Right.
07:46Five little ones.
07:47One, four, seven, six.
07:50Another four and a large one, 75.
07:52And the target to reach...
07:54956.
07:56956.
07:57Numbers up.
07:58MUSIC PLAYS
08:03MUSIC CONTINUES
08:29Big target.
08:30How did you get on there, Harry?
08:32955, not written down.
08:33OK, one away, not written down.
08:35Stephen?
08:36958.
08:379582 away.
08:39So, Harry, you could steal seven points.
08:41Six plus seven.
08:42Six plus seven, 13.
08:44Times that by the 75.
08:46Is 975.
08:48Four add one is five.
08:49Yeah.
08:50Times it by the other four.
08:5220.
08:53And take it off.
08:54One away, well done.
08:55Very good.
08:56Rachel Riley, I'm backing you all the way here for 956.
08:59Oh, you've lost your house.
09:01No.
09:02No, I need a few more seconds coming back to it.
09:04OK, happy days.
09:0522 plays seven as we head to our first tea time teaser of the day.
09:10It's Need Ears.
09:12Need Ears.
09:13You'll need ears to hear it and a heart to feel it.
09:15This is a nice one.
09:16You'll need ears to hear it and a heart to feel it.
09:20MUSIC PLAYS
09:22APPLAUSE
09:35Welcome back.
09:36You'll need ears to hear it and a heart to feel it.
09:39Serenade is a beautiful tea time teaser.
09:41And, of course, our Edith Bowman,
09:43you're married to a famous musician, Tom from Editors.
09:47Has he ever serenaded you?
09:49I'm not sure whether it's been on purpose or not,
09:51but I've taken it as being for me.
09:53And it's normally a sound check when he does this beautiful version
09:56of Bob Dylan's Don't Think Twice Is Alright.
09:58So I think it's for me, but it's just to check the mics are working.
10:01Oh, it's beautiful.
10:02You've serenaded me as well in the past.
10:04What have I sang to you?
10:06From Paris to Berlin, do you remember that?
10:08Oh, yes, that's our song.
10:10Oh, we're so romantic together.
10:13Harry and Stephen, let's get back to the game.
10:15And, Stephen, after a really nice start, let's get more letters.
10:19A consonant, please.
10:21Thank you, Stephen.
10:22R.
10:23And a vowel.
10:25E.
10:26And a consonant.
10:28V.
10:29And a vowel, please.
10:33A.
10:34And a consonant.
10:36G.
10:37And another one.
10:39S.
10:40And another.
10:42R.
10:43And a vowel, please.
10:46I.
10:48And another vowel, please.
10:50And lastly, O.
10:52Thanks, Rachel.
11:19MUSIC STOPS
11:24Stephen?
11:25Er, seven.
11:26And Harry?
11:27Seven.
11:28Seven's all right. Stephen, what have you got?
11:30Er, gravies, I guess.
11:31Yes. And Harry?
11:33Ovaries.
11:34Ovaries and gravies.
11:35Yes. We can push it to an eight, though, just about.
11:39You see that one.
11:40Oh, er, viragos.
11:42THEY LAUGH
11:44Good to be honest, Ed. Yeah.
11:46There's a lot of people in Dextery Corner,
11:48they don't admit when Susie writes down a word
11:50and you're like, I've no idea what that is.
11:52Yeah, and I would say...
11:53My excuse is normally from my Scottish accent,
11:55but we say it different.
11:56THEY LAUGH
11:58A virago is a domineering or bad-tempered woman.
12:02And you can spell the plural OES, so viragos will give you an eight.
12:06Viragos. That's beautiful.
12:08Great word. Yeah.
12:0929 plus 14, more letters. And Harry?
12:12Can I start with a consonant, please?
12:14Thank you, Harry.
12:15And another consonant.
12:17T.
12:18Another consonant, please.
12:20L.
12:21And one more consonant.
12:23S.
12:24And a vowel, please.
12:26I.
12:27Another vowel, please.
12:29E.
12:30And another vowel.
12:32A.
12:33And one more vowel, please.
12:36E.
12:37And a final consonant, please.
12:39A final W.
12:41Half a minute.
12:45ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
13:13Mr Savage?
13:14Eight.
13:15Mr O'Mara?
13:16Try an eight.
13:17The eights are?
13:18Mealiest. Mealiest, as well.
13:20Mealiest, as well.
13:21Edith and Suge?
13:23Mealiest, yeah. I'm here, too, yeah.
13:25That's excellent.
13:26So, you can have a mealy pudding, for example,
13:28or something that's very pale, if it's mealy.
13:31Lots of different definitions.
13:33Yeah. Love it.
13:3437 plus 22.
13:35Tighter game today for Harry to negotiate
13:37as we get our second numbers round.
13:39And, Stephen, you're picking.
13:41Could I just get one large and five small, please?
13:43Playing into Harry's tactics. One large, five little.
13:46No need to regret that. No gambling.
13:48Right, five little ones coming up, as ordered.
13:512, 8, 7,
13:535, 9
13:55and 100.
13:57And the target, 216.
13:59216 numbers up.
14:01ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
14:13ELECTRONIC MUSIC CONTINUES
14:31Easy target, Steve.
14:32216.
14:33Yeah, Harry.
14:34Yeah, 216.
14:35Off you go, Steve.
14:36100 plus 8.
14:37108.
14:38Times 2.
14:39Yeah, easy-peasy.
14:40Don, Harry, same way.
14:41There you go, well done.
14:42APPLAUSE
14:45Good game today.
14:46More points in the bank, Stephen.
14:48Let's have a little chat with Edith
14:50as we do it this time every day with our Dictionary Corner guests.
14:53And nothing planned for us, cos we're all mates,
14:55so we just have a gab.
14:56Just got to remember we're on telly.
14:58Yeah, exactly, exactly.
14:59Listen, so I mentioned earlier, obviously, you're married to Tom,
15:02who's a very successful band and editors.
15:05You won Fame Academy.
15:06Edith's got an amazing voice.
15:08Thanks to you.
15:09No, not thanks to me.
15:10You did the singing, I just did the campaigning, the PR.
15:13Does it travel down to the two kids?
15:16My youngest, yeah.
15:17Actually, yes, to both of them in different ways.
15:20My youngest is, like, crazy for playing.
15:22He's, like, grade four drums, grade three French horn,
15:25can pick up the guitar and kind of strum away as well.
15:28Whereas Rudy connects with music when he's listening to it
15:31and stuff as well.
15:32But, yeah, it's really interesting to see
15:34in terms of what they levitate towards,
15:36rather than kind of pushing them towards something.
15:38How would you feel then, no, better question,
15:40how does Dad feel about the fact that one of his sons
15:44is clearly wanting to go into the same business?
15:47Retirement.
15:51Basically.
15:52No, it's really great to see because it is...
15:55Listen, I've got to give credit to his music teacher, Rebecca.
15:59She's amazing and she encourages them
16:01and she encourages the school.
16:02I feel like there's almost five of her
16:04because how she's got the time and the patience
16:06with all the kids at the school to encourage them
16:08and give them the opportunity to levitate
16:10or feel whatever instrument it is that they want to try
16:13and express themselves with.
16:14That's such an important thing, I think, in school,
16:16is that you have teachers that inspire
16:18and she's definitely one of them.
16:20100%.
16:21And the good thing is, if that's the career it goes into,
16:23you don't have to worry about any type of vices.
16:26No, clean cut, early beg, early riser, there we go.
16:31Thank you very much.
16:32I love it. It's brilliant.
16:33I love the musicality of it.
16:35I'm insanely jealous of it as well.
16:37Susie, we've got no discernible music talent, do we?
16:39Do you know what?
16:40I was watching your hand gestures for drumming
16:42and they're as bad as mine.
16:43You were kind of like...
16:44He's a great ukulele player.
16:45Oh, is that so?
16:46Has he not had it out on the show yet?
16:47No.
16:48Oh, there we go.
16:49You want to get that out?
16:50Honestly, he's brilliant.
16:52Keep talking.
16:53LAUGHTER
16:54Well, funny you should mention.
16:56I do like it.
16:57I keep it in the living room, though,
16:59because, unfortunately, the voice that goes with it
17:01can break glass windows, so it's no good.
17:04APPLAUSE
17:07Right, good battle we have today.
17:0947-32.
17:11And, Harry, it's your turn on the letters.
17:15Can I start with a consonant, please?
17:17Thank you, Harry.
17:18N
17:19And another one, please.
17:20L
17:21And another one.
17:23M
17:24And one more, please.
17:26N
17:27And a vowel, please.
17:30A
17:31Another vowel.
17:32I
17:33And another vowel.
17:34O
17:35Another vowel, please.
17:37A
17:39And one final vowel, please.
17:41And, lastly, E.
17:43Half a minute.
18:03MUSIC
18:15A lot going on there, Harry.
18:16Seven.
18:17And, Stephen?
18:18I've only got six.
18:19What's the six?
18:20It's a risky one.
18:21In lane.
18:22In lane?
18:23What matter if this counts?
18:24Line man.
18:25Oh, line man for the county.
18:27Yes, that's brilliant.
18:28Line man just fixes railway track or power lines.
18:31No in lane, unfortunately.
18:32No in lane.
18:33Are we drawing a line at line man or anything else?
18:36We do have an eight.
18:38Miniola.
18:39A miniola?
18:40Yes.
18:41Is this an instrument?
18:42It sounds just like it, but, actually, it's a tangelo,
18:45the Countdown fruit.
18:46A deep, reddish tangelo, thin-skinned.
18:49Fantastic.
18:50Right, Stephen, let's get more letters.
18:52Could I have a consonant, please?
18:54Thank you, Stephen.
18:55S
18:56And a vowel.
18:58I
18:59And a consonant.
19:01C
19:02And a consonant.
19:04R
19:05And a vowel, please.
19:07U
19:08And another.
19:10A
19:11And another.
19:13I
19:15And a consonant.
19:17H
19:19And a final vowel, please.
19:21And a final A.
19:23Start that clock.
19:31CLOCK TICKS
19:55That'll do, Stephen.
19:56It's just six.
19:57Yeah, and Harry?
19:58Yeah, six as well.
19:59Sixes are...?
20:00Chairs.
20:01Yep, chairs as well.
20:02Right, all right.
20:03Well done.
20:04Chairs for me.
20:05Likewise.
20:06That stands up.
20:07We'll move on.
20:08Let's get our third numbers round of the day,
20:10and it's back to you, Harry.
20:11Just one large, please.
20:12Thank you, Harry.
20:13Another one large.
20:14And five, little selection,
20:16which is...
20:24Wasn't straightforward last time, but now...
20:26959.
20:28959.
20:29Let's get our numbers up.
20:59959.
21:01Harry?
21:02Er, I think I have it.
21:04OK, and Stephen?
21:05It's not written down, sorry.
21:06961, again, not fully written down.
21:08OK, off you go, Harry.
21:09100 divided by 2.
21:11100 over 2, 50.
21:13And then...
21:14Going to have to hurry you.
21:159 plus 9.
21:169 plus 9, 18.
21:17Sorry, it doesn't work, does it? No.
21:19It does not work.
21:20Stephen, you're not fully written down either.
21:22Let's hear it.
21:235 plus 1 is 6.
21:245 plus 1 is 6.
21:25Add that to the 100.
21:27106.
21:28Times it by 9.
21:29Is 954.
21:30And then you have another 9 to take 2 from for the 7.
21:349 minus 2, 7.
21:35And then 961.
21:36961, 2 away.
21:37Yep.
21:38No problem.
21:39Very good.
21:40959, Rachel.
21:41Tricky.
21:42Well, lots of dead ends, but you might kick yourself
21:44if you say 100 minus 5 is 95.
21:48And then 9 plus 1 is 10.
21:50Times those together for 950.
21:53And add the second 9, 959.
21:55APPLAUSE
21:58Let's get a second teatime teaser today.
22:00It's Evade His.
22:02Evade His.
22:03A bit involved, this one.
22:05The glue leaves the fourth letter of the alphabet feeling strained.
22:10The glue leaves the fourth letter of the alphabet feeling strained.
22:22APPLAUSE
22:29Welcome back.
22:30The glue leaves the fourth letter of the alphabet feeling strained.
22:34Evade His becomes adhesive.
22:37Yes.
22:38Do you get it, Susie?
22:39I do now.
22:40D, sieve.
22:41Yeah, he sieves the Ds.
22:42Very good.
22:43What?!
22:44Someone's got too much time on their hands, haven't they?
22:46Right, 15 points in at six rounds left.
22:48Stephen, letters.
22:50Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
22:52Thank you, Stephen.
22:53R.
22:54And a vowel?
22:56E.
22:57And a consonant?
22:59S.
23:00And another one?
23:02Y.
23:03And another?
23:05B.
23:06And a vowel, please?
23:08U.
23:09And another?
23:11I.
23:13And another?
23:16O.
23:17And just a final consonant, please?
23:19And a final L.
23:20Let's play.
23:27MUSIC PLAYS
23:52Time's up, Stephen.
23:53Six.
23:54The six and Harry?
23:55Seven.
23:56The seven.
23:57What's the six, Stephen?
23:58Berries.
23:59The seven?
24:00Soberly.
24:01There's a raft of sevens in there, isn't there?
24:03Yeah, seven is our best.
24:04Blousey?
24:05Yeah.
24:06Rubles?
24:07Yes.
24:08Yeah, very good.
24:09Very good.
24:1067 plus 45, bit of a gap developing now.
24:13Great effort so far, Stephen.
24:15Let's dig in.
24:16Just play in your head.
24:18Hearts on fire.
24:19It's that moment in the race, isn't it?
24:21Harry, let's get more letters.
24:23Can I start with a consonant, please?
24:25R.
24:26And another consonant, please?
24:28S.
24:29And another one?
24:31S.
24:32And one more?
24:34D.
24:35And a vowel, please?
24:36I.
24:37And another vowel?
24:38E.
24:39And another vowel?
24:40U.
24:41Another vowel, please?
24:45I.
24:47Let's go for one more vowel, please?
24:49Lastly, A.
24:51Good luck.
24:52MUSIC PLAYS
24:55MUSIC CONTINUES
25:22Talk to me, Harry.
25:24An eight.
25:25Stephen?
25:26It's a six.
25:27He's went into overdrive, hasn't he?
25:28Stephen, what's a six?
25:29Raised.
25:30Raised. And raise me from a six to an eight.
25:32Radiuses.
25:33Radiuses?
25:34Radiuses, yes.
25:35Radiuses or radii, either is absolutely fine.
25:38There you go.
25:39Anything else from Susie and Ede?
25:41Got a seven, airside?
25:43Yes.
25:44You can actually put the S on it cos it's there as a noun.
25:46So you can say, both airports have lovely airsides.
25:48Yeah.
25:49That will give you an eight.
25:50OK.
25:51That's the dictionary corner there.
25:53Let's get our origins of words for today.
25:55Susie, talk to me.
25:57It's a cop-out.
25:59I'm going to talk about a cop-out cos we use it quite a lot.
26:02Yeah.
26:03It's such a cop-out.
26:05And as we can see, dictionary providers often do very lovely blogs
26:09which are worth searching for.
26:11And this is from Collins Dictionary, actually,
26:13who talk about this one.
26:15And they quote one of the earliest examples,
26:17which is from a 1910 novel by Louis Joseph Vance.
26:20And it's called The Fortune Hunter.
26:22And it's got this line in it.
26:24He simply can't lose, can't fail to cop out the best-looking girl
26:27with the biggest bankroll in town.
26:29And here it means kind of grab or to get.
26:33So we still talk in sort of slightly dodgy slang about copying a feel.
26:37It's just about sort of seizing something.
26:39And that makes sense cos you go all the way back to the Latin capere,
26:43which meant to take.
26:45That gave us capture as well.
26:47It's all about seizing something.
26:49And it also, of course, explains why a police officer is called a cop
26:54or a copper because they grab somebody, they nab the criminals.
26:58And one of the main things that people originally were doing
27:02when they copped out is that they were entering perhaps
27:05into a plea deal with the police and actually saying,
27:08OK, it's a fair cop, I will cop out.
27:11In other words, they will tell the truth
27:13and try and sort of bargain for an early release.
27:17And, of course, today a cop-out can mean any type of excuse
27:20or evasion to avoid trouble.
27:22But that's probably where it started, so it's all to do with that,
27:25you know, being seized by the coppers.
27:27Now, there's another cop in the dictionary, though,
27:30which is one that Tolkien revived.
27:33J.R.R. Tolkien famously worked on the Oxford English Dictionary.
27:37He was a professor of Anglo-Saxon.
27:39He knew his Old English really well.
27:41And in The Hobbit, he talks about an attacop.
27:45And the cop here is a spider.
27:47So you will find it there.
27:49And the atta means poison, because at the time
27:51all spiders were thought to be poisonous to humans.
27:53So an attacop is a poison head.
27:55So, realistically, we should actually be talking about a cop-web,
27:59not a cob-web, because that was its original incarnation.
28:03But cop-web is quite hard to say,
28:05and the double B, the cob-web, sounded a little bit easier.
28:08So that's the other cop that we don't speak about too often.
28:11And there it changes. Wonderful. Thank you.
28:13APPLAUSE
28:17Four rounds left to play, Stephen. Will you get us started again?
28:20Sure. Could I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
28:22Thank you, Stephen. H
28:24And another?
28:26T
28:27And another?
28:28W
28:29And a vowel, please?
28:31E
28:32And another?
28:33U
28:34And a third?
28:35E
28:36And a consonant, please?
28:38R
28:39And another?
28:41B
28:42And just a final vowel, please?
28:45Final... O
28:47Kind of.
29:13MUSIC STOPS
29:19Stephen?
29:20Six again.
29:21And Harry?
29:22Six as well.
29:23Yeah, what's the words?
29:24Bother.
29:25Bother.
29:26Retube.
29:27Retube.
29:28To retube, I think you knew this anyway, Harry, yes,
29:30is to provide a boiler with a new tube.
29:32There you go. Nice.
29:34Don't need to bother with bother, we know that's there.
29:37Six points each. Consonant above a six, was there?
29:40Bother was... Yeah.
29:41And that was it.
29:42Are we bothered? We'll just move on.
29:44Harry, let's get our final letters round.
29:46Can I start with a consonant, please?
29:48Thank you, Harry. T
29:50Another consonant, please?
29:52F
29:53Another consonant?
29:55P
29:56And one more?
29:57S
29:58And a vowel, please?
30:00E
30:01Another vowel?
30:03A
30:04Another vowel?
30:06E
30:07One more vowel, please?
30:09I
30:10And a final consonant, please?
30:12And a final?
30:14G
30:15Last letters.
30:39MUSIC PLAYS
30:47Harry?
30:48Seven.
30:49And Stephen?
30:50Six.
30:51The sixes?
30:52Ages.
30:53And Harry?
30:54Gifties.
30:55Gifties.
30:56Double E.
30:57Recipient of a gift. Very nice.
30:59Thought it was going to be fast pig.
31:01I was really hoping it was, but alas, no, gifties.
31:04Anything else from Dictionary Corner?
31:06Pasty.
31:08Nice pasty. Happy days.
31:10Yeah, that was us, so well done on that one.
31:12That's it. Starving now. Starving.
31:1488, 51.
31:16Let's see if we can add ten.
31:18We'll have six more. Why not?
31:20There we go. We're having a bit of fun now.
31:22Six little ones. The gamble when it doesn't matter.
31:24Just the fun.
31:26Right, the last numbers.
31:289, 6, 8, 1, 4,
31:32and another 6.
31:34And the target to reach...
31:36682.
31:37682, last numbers.
32:08Your fault, Stephen, just saying. What have you got?
32:11678 best.
32:13I love that, 678 best.
32:15Might be lower, but 678 best.
32:18Harry?
32:19680.
32:20680, that'll get you seven points.
32:229 plus 1.
32:249 plus 1 is 10.
32:25And 6 plus 4 is another 10.
32:276 plus 4, 10.
32:28Times one of them by the 6.
32:3060.
32:31Add the 8 to that.
32:3368.
32:34And then times by the other 10.
32:35680.
32:36680.
32:37Very good, very good to get there.
32:39Could it be done?
32:40Well, do you remember what happens
32:42if the outside two add to the middle one?
32:44Yes, if they add up and it adds to the middle one,
32:46that means you can get it.
32:48LAUGHTER
32:50Well, it means it's divisible by 11.
32:52Yes, 11, it's divisible by 11.
32:54So, 6 times 9, 54.
32:56Add the 8, 62.
32:58And the other 6 plus 4 plus 1 is 11.
33:00And guess what you do here, Colin?
33:02Yes?
33:03You times them together. I'm glad you've repented.
33:05Well done.
33:06APPLAUSE
33:08You two should be ashamed of yourselves.
33:1195 plus 51.
33:13Harry, by your high standard,
33:15wouldn't it be great to get centuries the whole way through?
33:18So a little bit of pressure on that.
33:20Stephen, no pressure on you,
33:21so you can just look at this Countdown Conundrum,
33:23do your very best.
33:25I make you a slight favourite.
33:27Harry and Stephen, fingers on buzzers
33:29as we reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:33Go on, Harry.
33:34Screaming.
33:35Let's have a look.
33:36Yes.
33:39Look at that.
33:40We have a rocky day and he's got 105.
33:43What a brilliant champion you are.
33:45Stephen, wasn't to be for you today.
33:47No rocky moment, no underdog comeback,
33:49but you had a good day?
33:50Oh, brilliant, yeah, amazing.
33:52Well done to him, very good.
33:53Thank you so much.
33:54All done?
33:55Amazing.
33:56See you tomorrow?
33:57See you tomorrow.
33:58Hey, Rich, we talked about Abbey Road,
34:00but have you got a favourite Beatles track?
34:02Yeah, I saw Beatles' Love, the Sept de Soleil show in Vegas,
34:05and there was a beautiful number to something,
34:07so I just love something.
34:08Ah, what a tune that is.
34:09Perfect one to choose.
34:10The most streamed Beatles track in the modern age
34:13is actually from Abbey Road,
34:15and it's Here Comes the Sun,
34:17which is the one we didn't mention.
34:19Have you ever heard Nina Simone's version
34:21of Here Comes the Sun?
34:23No, but I think I might listen to it straight after this show.
34:26Exactly, a little bit of homework for you as well.
34:28If you have any music in your soul,
34:30again, your soul or version of it is absolutely sensational.
34:33Listen, we'll see you here tomorrow.
34:35Rachel, Susie and I, you can count on us.
34:37APPLAUSE
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