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00:00Good afternoon, and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:13Welcome to the Countdown Studio, 50 years after the UK first won the Eurovision Song Contest with Sandy Shaw.
00:20Remember, Sandy Shaw didn't wear any shoes, and she sang Puppet on a String.
00:24And since then, Rachel, Lulu won in 1969, Brotherhood of Man in 76, Bucks Fizz came fizzing into a win in 81, and Katrina and the Waves in 97.
00:37Am I a Eurovision Song Contest fan?
00:41Because apparently people dress up in strange uniforms or are glued to their television.
00:45The only thing that fascinates me about the Eurovision Song Contest is to see how Russia is going to vote when Estonia's on.
00:52And will Estonia support Latvia? It's a sort of great geopolitical game.
00:59And I think that's the fun thing, which is why we often come last, actually, because we're clearly not very popular.
01:05Especially after Brexit.
01:07Oh.
01:08I'm not sure how many points we're going to get this year.
01:10I think it's called Nul Point.
01:12Nul Point, yeah.
01:13Yeah, in all different languages.
01:15Exactly, exactly.
01:16But do you actually ever watch it?
01:18Do you remember the great late Terry Wogan used to host it for years?
01:21And he was quite entertaining.
01:23And rather sort of sceptical about the whole thing, wasn't he?
01:25Well, now it's Graham Norton who does the voiceovers.
01:27And he's so funny.
01:29He's just so dry.
01:30Especially over the strange kind of tourist, slightly odd videos of random countries and places.
01:36Exactly.
01:36I think it's taken rather more seriously in some countries than ours, indeed.
01:42Who's here?
01:43Shane Healin is here.
01:45A contact lens manufacturer from Waterford in Ireland.
01:48Won his first game yesterday.
01:50How are the Irish doing in the Eurovision Song Contest?
01:53Well, we've done very good for years of it.
01:54But then the last couple of years, I think we've lost interest in it.
01:57Have you?
01:58Yeah.
01:58One year we sent a puppet called Dustin.
02:01He's a turkey.
02:02A turkey!
02:03Another year we sent another two talkies.
02:05We sent Jedward another year.
02:08The haircut brigade.
02:10The two boys, yeah.
02:12Welcome back, Shane.
02:13You're joined by John Warren from Isleworth in West London.
02:16Plays the electric guitar and has some real favourite bands, including, it says here, Judas Priest, Motorhead and Iron Maiden.
02:24Do you play in a band?
02:27Do you perform publicly?
02:28I don't play in a band, but I do perform at various jam nights in the West London area.
02:32So I get to play with some ridiculously talented people.
02:35Good for you.
02:36All right.
02:36Let's have a big round of applause for John and Shane.
02:41And over in the corner, Susie, of course.
02:44And from radio and TV, it's Nicky Chapman.
02:47Nicky, welcome back.
02:49Iron Maiden rings a chord with you, I think, doesn't it?
02:52It does.
02:52It's a bit close to home, really, isn't it?
02:54All right.
02:54Now then, Shane, let us game.
02:58Hi, Rachel.
02:59Hi, Shane.
02:59Can I start with a consonant, please?
03:01Start today with J.
03:03And a consonant.
03:06T.
03:07And a vowel.
03:09E.
03:10And a consonant.
03:12X.
03:14Consonant.
03:16T.
03:17A vowel.
03:19A.
03:20A vowel.
03:20O.
03:22O.
03:23Consonant.
03:26D.
03:27And a vowel, please.
03:29And the last one, I.
03:32And here comes the current down clock.
03:33And here comes the next one, I.
03:35And the last one.
03:35I.
03:35I.
03:36Is.
03:37I.
03:38Would you be the last one?
03:43I.
03:49I.
03:51I.
03:52I.
03:53I.
03:53I.
03:54I.
03:55I.
03:56I.
03:57I.
03:58I.
04:00I.
04:00I.
04:01I.
04:02Yes, Shane.
04:05Six, Nick.
04:06Six and John.
04:07Six.
04:08Shane?
04:09Jotted.
04:10And John.
04:11Jotted as well.
04:12We both jotted that down.
04:14Now, Nicky and Susie.
04:16We've come up with an additional one, oxidate.
04:19Very good.
04:20Oxidate?
04:21Oxidate means the same as oxidise.
04:24Probably it's less common usage, I would say.
04:29John Warren.
04:30Good afternoon, Rachel.
04:31May I start with a consonant, please?
04:34You may, thank you.
04:35Start with L.
04:37And another one, please.
04:39H.
04:41And a vowel.
04:43E.
04:44And a consonant.
04:46D.
04:48And a vowel.
04:50I.
04:52And a consonant, please.
04:55F.
04:58And a consonant.
05:01R.
05:01And a vowel.
05:06O.
05:08And a final vowel, please.
05:09And a final I.
05:11Stand by.
05:13identified.
05:14There's a efficacy strain.
05:15In the beginning of the century.
05:17See you later.
05:18I'll see you later.
05:19I'll see you again.
05:21Yes, John?
05:45Six.
05:46A six, Shane?
05:47Six as well, yeah.
05:48John?
05:49Folder.
05:49Folder and foiled.
05:51Folder and foiled.
05:53And Nicky and Susie?
05:55We had those and rifled as well.
05:58And rifled.
06:00Yes.
06:01A barrel can be rifled.
06:02You can also rifle through somebody's drawers.
06:05Yes, you can rifle or riffle sometimes pronounced.
06:08Is it riffle?
06:08Riffle, I like that.
06:09You can say, I riffled through or I rifled through.
06:12I prefer to rifle through somebody's drawers.
06:15I think.
06:16Twelve apiece.
06:18And now, Shane, first number's game.
06:20Off you go.
06:20I'll try one large and point small, please, Rachel.
06:22Thank you, Shane.
06:23One from the top.
06:24Five from the bottom ones.
06:26And these five small ones are nine.
06:29Five.
06:30Four.
06:32Five.
06:32And two.
06:33And a large one, 75.
06:35And a target, 109.
06:38109.
07:08Yes, Shane.
07:10109. Thank you, John.
07:12109. All right. Shane?
07:154 times 9.
07:164 times 9, 36.
07:18Minus 2. Minus 2, 34.
07:21Plus 75.
07:22Lovely. 109. And John?
07:25I did 5 times 5.
07:2625. Plus 75.
07:28100. Plus 9. And 9. Perfect.
07:31All right.
07:3422 apiece. 22 apiece.
07:36And we go into our first tea time teaser.
07:38Which is Eddie's boy.
07:40And the clue? Eddie's boy was
07:41quite naughty and never followed the rules.
07:45Eddie's boy was quite naughty
07:46and never followed the rules.
08:04Welcome back. I left with the clue.
08:06Eddie's boy was quite naughty
08:08and never followed the rules.
08:11And the answer to that one
08:12is that he disobeyed.
08:16Disobeyed.
08:16There we are. 22 apiece.
08:18And it's John's letters game.
08:19John?
08:20May I start with the consonant, please?
08:21Thank you, John.
08:23M.
08:24And another one, please.
08:26N.
08:27And a third.
08:29And a third.
08:30P.
08:32And a vowel, please.
08:34E.
08:36And another vowel.
08:38A.
08:39And another vowel.
08:41O.
08:43And a consonant.
08:45P.
08:47And another consonant.
08:49S.
08:50S.
08:53And a vowel, please.
08:54And lastly, E.
08:57Stand by.
08:58And another vowel.
08:59And a vowel.
09:00Let's do it.
09:02&
09:07Oh.
09:08Oh.
09:10Oh.
09:11Oh.
09:20Okay.
09:22Oh.
09:22That boy.
09:23Yes, John?
09:29Five.
09:31Five, Shane?
09:32Five as well.
09:33Two fives, John?
09:34Mopes.
09:35Mopes and opens.
09:38And opens.
09:40Can we get beyond five?
09:41Nicky?
09:42We can, can't we, Susie?
09:44Yeah, you can have mapanis for seven.
09:46Trees found in arid regions of southern Africa.
09:49They come up quite a lot.
09:50Bitter-tasting leaves.
09:52Very odd, isn't it?
09:53They pop up every week.
09:55It's extraordinary.
09:55I'm looking for them, I think.
09:56They stay in South Africa.
09:57Anything else?
09:59No, that was the longest we could do.
10:00All right.
10:0127 apiece.
10:03And Shane, let us go.
10:06May I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
10:08Thank you, Shane.
10:09W.
10:10And a consonant?
10:13M.
10:13And a consonant?
10:16C.
10:16And a vowel?
10:18A.
10:19And a vowel?
10:21I.
10:22And a consonant?
10:24T.
10:25And a vowel?
10:27A.
10:28And a consonant?
10:30D.
10:32And a vowel, please.
10:33And lastly, U.
10:37Stand by.
10:38H.
10:42Bye-bye.
10:43Bye.
11:03H.
11:04Shane? Only a four, Nick. A four, John? Five, I think.
11:14Shane? Wait. And John? Datum?
11:18Absolutely fine. It's the singular of data. We tend to use data now in a singular form,
11:24but it is, in fact, the plural of datum, and it means a piece of information. Very good.
11:28And Susie? Nicky? We had a sixth, didn't we, with dictum?
11:35Dictum. Dictum and datum. All right. Thank you.
11:39So, John's in the lead now. 32 to Shane's 27.
11:44And now, John, it's your numbers game.
11:46Could I get one large and five small, please?
11:48Thank you, John. One from the top five.
11:50And this time around, your numbers are eight, eight, three, five, two,
11:58and the large one, 75.
12:00And the target, 274.
12:03274.
12:20Yes, John?
12:362-7-5.
12:372-7-5, Shane?
12:392-7-6.
12:40All right, let's go with John.
12:423 times 75.
12:442-2-5.
12:45That's 2-2-5.
12:46And 5-8s are 40.
12:48Yep.
12:48And then add that plus the other 8 plus the 2.
12:522-6-5 and, yep, 1 above.
12:552-7-5.
12:57Well done.
12:57But, Rachel, 2-7-4.
13:00If you say 8 times 8 is 64, add 75 for 139,
13:07take away 2 for 1-3-7,
13:09and then 5 minus 3 is another 2 and times them together.
13:12Oh, well done.
13:13Well done.
13:14Thank you, Rachel.
13:16So, John has sped ahead a little bit here.
13:1839 to Shane's 27.
13:21As we turn to Nicky, and Nicky, you travel all the time.
13:24You fly and cruise as well.
13:27And you flew to China?
13:29Yeah.
13:29I must admit, I love travelling.
13:31I can never get enough of that.
13:32I used to do the holiday programme many years ago,
13:35and I think that has to be the ultimate job for me.
13:37But I went to China last year for the first time.
13:40We talked about Iron Maiden, didn't we, earlier in the week,
13:42and they were playing out there, so I went out.
13:44I mean, it was my first discovery of that country.
13:48Very interesting.
13:49Very interesting.
13:50My sort of lasting memory, funnily enough, isn't the Great Wall or anything like that.
13:54It's the pollution.
13:56Really?
13:56Yeah, which I was...
13:57I mean, people talk about it, but really shocked.
13:59And then on the other sort of end of the scale, if you like,
14:02I'm lucky enough to go cruising.
14:06I've only been cruising for a couple of years, but I went to New York.
14:10I did that transatlantic crossing, arriving in New York at 5 in the morning,
14:14and there literally was mist as this beautiful ship went in,
14:19and you see the Statue of Liberty.
14:21And it's a long way.
14:22You know, six days at sea.
14:23I mean, you know, in luxury.
14:26People hundreds of years ago didn't travel in quite the same way,
14:29but you just think this is the first time people saw their new life
14:32and what it must have been like.
14:34And I think going on cruise ships or whatever you decide to do,
14:37it just gives you that wonderful taste of another country.
14:40You've got to get under the skin a little bit more,
14:42but it gives you that taste.
14:43Really good fun.
14:44And it means I can take my mum away with me.
14:46We went to Vietnam, and she'd never been there.
14:49The fact that we went on a cruise ship, you know,
14:51she felt very safe, it was very controlled, loved the country.
14:55We went to Thailand, and you just get a glimpse, but it's wonderful.
14:58No, travel is the best.
15:00It is.
15:01I love it.
15:01And when you flew to China, you were in the big Iron Maiden aircraft.
15:06Well, do you know, that was the one I couldn't go on.
15:09Oh, no.
15:10Because there's rules.
15:10There's aviation rules.
15:13So although I was there with them and they had the big, big, beautiful plane,
15:17the Chinese authorities wouldn't let you because you've got to go in and come out.
15:19So I actually went in on a different aircraft, met them, did the bullet train down to Shanghai,
15:25met them again, and then had to come out.
15:27So they owed me a trip.
15:28They promised I could go on the plane.
15:30So in the end, I did it to Norway.
15:32Oh, all right.
15:32So it was wonderful, yeah.
15:34Brilliant.
15:34And that is the way to travel in luxury.
15:36I mean, having your own private plane.
15:38I mean, you're a big Iron Maiden fan, and you probably know Bruce Dickinson flies it,
15:42but what a way.
15:43I mean, if I was a rock star, that's how I would demand to travel.
15:46Yeah, definitely.
15:47Can you imagine?
15:49Can you imagine having your own 747 and flying it?
15:52I know.
15:53Brilliant.
15:53Brilliant stuff.
15:54But the pollution thing.
15:55So as you come into Beijing or Shanghai, you go through heavy clouds.
15:59And when you get to your hotel, you know if you're lucky, you get a pair of slippers on the bed, don't you?
16:04You get a mask, a pollution mask as well, on your bed in the hotel.
16:08It was horrific.
16:10Amazing country.
16:11I saw that much of it.
16:13Great experience.
16:14Very difficult to get around because of the language barriers, et cetera.
16:17But an experience, shall we say.
16:20Absolutely.
16:21Good for you.
16:21Well done.
16:22Love the story.
16:24Now, we're going to move on with John on 39, Shane on 27, to Shane.
16:31Letters game.
16:32May I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
16:34Thank you, Shane.
16:35S.
16:35And another.
16:37M.
16:38And another.
16:40S.
16:41And a vowel.
16:42A.
16:43And a consonant.
16:45B.
16:46And a vowel.
16:48E.
16:49And a consonant.
16:51N.
16:52And a vowel.
16:52A.
16:54A.
16:55And finish with a consonant.
16:57And finish with T.
16:59Countdown.
17:00And a vowel.
17:00And a vowel.
17:01And a vowel.
17:01And a vowel.
17:01And a vowel.
17:02And a vowel.
17:02And a vowel.
17:03And a vowel.
17:03And a vowel.
17:03And a vowel.
17:03And a vowel.
17:04And a vowel.
17:05And a vowel.
17:05And a vowel.
17:05And a vowel.
17:05And a vowel.
17:06And a vowel.
17:06And a vowel.
17:06And a vowel.
17:07And a vowel.
17:07And a vowel.
17:07And a vowel.
17:08And a vowel.
17:08And a vowel.
17:09And a vowel.
17:09And a vowel.
17:09And a vowel.
17:09And a vowel.
17:10And a vowel.
17:10And a vowel.
17:11And a vowel.
17:11And a vowel.
17:12And a vowel.
17:13And a vowel.
17:13And a vowel.
17:14And a vowel.
17:14And a vowel.
17:30Shane. I'll go for an eight. An eight, John? Only got a five. Your five? Bases. Yes, Shane? Basement. And basement? I need two E's for basement, unfortunately. Bad luck. What can we have? Nicky, Susie?
17:50Well, we've got basement for seven. Yeah, fielder in baseball. I've got a feeling Susie's going to go one better on that. Yeah, namaste is there. And you can probably put the second S on, actually, to make it an eight. N-A-M-A-S-T-E-S. And namaste is a respectful greeting, said when giving a namaskar, which is a traditional Indian greeting of respect. Namastas. Thank you. All right, well done.
18:20Well done, Susie. Now, 44 to 27. John in the lead, and it's John's letters game. May I have a consonant, please? Thank you, John. N. And another one, please. S. And another. T. And a vowel. I. And a vowel. U. And a vowel. A. And a consonant. H.
18:48And a consonant. V. And a final vowel. And a final. O. And here's the countdown clock.
18:58New ochre.
19:01New ochre.
19:07New andre.
19:10New.
19:12New.
19:14New.
19:17New.
19:22New.
19:24New.
19:25Yes, John.
19:29Six.
19:30A six.
19:31Shane?
19:31Six.
19:32John?
19:33I don't think I've spelt it right.
19:34Hiatus.
19:35And Shane?
19:36Haunt.
19:38And haunts.
19:39Haunt is fine.
19:40How are you spelling hiatus?
19:41H-I-A-T-U-S.
19:42Absolutely fine, yeah.
19:43Pause or break in continuity.
19:45That's a hiatus.
19:46Yeah.
19:46Hiatus.
19:47And in the corner, Susie Nicky.
19:50An additional one we could have is vanish for six.
19:54Vanish, yep.
19:55Anything else?
19:56No, just six is for us two.
19:57Hiatus.
19:58That's a good word, isn't it?
19:5950 plays 33.
20:01And it's Shane's numbers game.
20:03Shane, try one large and four small, please, Rachel.
20:06Thank you, Shane.
20:07Same as usual.
20:08One large, five, small.
20:09And this time they are nine, seven, nine, ten, eight.
20:17And the large one, 25.
20:19And the target, 853.
20:22Eight, five, three.
20:23Three, five, three.
20:47Yes, Shane?
20:54Not close enough.
20:55No?
20:57Not close enough.
20:59Right.
21:00This is a case for Rachel.
21:03Rachel, is it that tricky?
21:05Leave it with me.
21:06Certainly will.
21:07All right, we'll leave it with Rachel.
21:0950 plays Shane's 33,
21:11and we go into our second tea-time teaser,
21:14which is Resign Now.
21:16And the clue.
21:16Now the papers were calling for him to resign.
21:19His situation was becoming desperate.
21:22Now the papers were calling for him to resign.
21:25The situation was becoming desperate.
21:42Welcome back.
21:43Welcome back.
21:43Now the papers were calling for him to resign.
21:46His situation was becoming desperate.
21:49In fact, it was worsening.
21:51That's the answer.
21:52Worsening.
21:53What's not worsening, but getting much better,
21:56is that Rachel's cracked it.
21:58Now then, Rachel.
21:58Yes, hopefully I won't have a call to resign.
22:00If you say 9 plus 9 is 18, and then 8 times 7 is 56,
22:11times them together for 828 and add 25 for 853.
22:15Fantastic.
22:16Well done.
22:16Thank you, Rachel.
22:17Thank you, Rachel.
22:18Very good.
22:20So, John on 50, Shane on 33, and it's your letters again.
22:25John.
22:26May I have a consonant, please?
22:27Thank you, John.
22:29G.
22:29And a second.
22:31C.
22:32And a vowel.
22:34E.
22:36And another vowel, please.
22:38I.
22:40And a consonant.
22:42R.
22:44And a consonant.
22:46S.
22:47And a vowel.
22:49E.
22:51And a vowel.
22:52U.
22:54U.
22:56And a consonant.
22:57And finally, F.
23:00Stand by.
23:00And a vowel.
23:24And a vowel.
23:28Yes, John?
23:32Six.
23:33A six.
23:33Shane?
23:34Five.
23:35And your five?
23:36Fierce.
23:37John?
23:38Fierce.
23:39And fierce.
23:41Can we beat it, I wonder?
23:42Nicky, Susie?
23:43Well, I quite like Cruz, didn't I, for six?
23:45But we can beat it over here with figures.
23:47Seven.
23:49Figures.
23:49Yeah.
23:50Figures matter.
23:51Well done.
23:52So, 56 to Shane's 33.
23:56And we turn now to Shane.
23:57Letters game, Shane.
23:58May I start with a consonant, please?
24:00Thank you, Shane.
24:01T.
24:02And another.
24:04L.
24:05And a vowel.
24:06I.
24:07And a consonant.
24:09N.
24:10And a vowel.
24:12A.
24:13And a consonant.
24:15S.
24:15And a vowel.
24:18E.
24:19And a consonant.
24:21Y.
24:22And finish with a consonant.
24:24And finish with M.
24:27Countdown.
24:28Don't tell me.
24:31MUSIC CONTINUES
25:01And a seven, Shane.
25:03Saline.
25:04And...
25:05Saintly.
25:06Saintly.
25:07Good word.
25:09Nice.
25:09Good word.
25:10Any more, um...
25:12Yeah, we have a few ailments in the corner for eight.
25:15Well done.
25:15Ailments.
25:16All right.
25:17A saint could certainly cure those.
25:1963 plays 33.
25:2130 points ahead, says John.
25:23As we turn to Susie.
25:26Origins of words.
25:27Now, Susie.
25:28We're going to talk about two modern substances that are not altogether pleasant.
25:35The first one is creosote.
25:36And anybody who knows anything about gardening will be familiar with creosote, a thick sort
25:41of yellowish oil substance.
25:43It's derived from coal tar, used as a wood preservative on garden sheds, et cetera, with a notoriously
25:49suffocating smell.
25:51Well, the word was coined in German originally.
25:55That was how it passed into English as creosote.
25:58And that was in the early 19th century.
26:00But it actually goes back a long way, a lot further than that.
26:05The first part of the word creo is derived from the Greek creas, which meant flesh.
26:10And the second part is in the Greek, sotter, which meant preserver or saviour.
26:15So flesh preserver is the literal translation of it, which might seem a curious descriptor
26:20of a substance that we use on fences today.
26:24But in fact, in its earliest days, creosote was used to preserve flesh in medicine because
26:29it was noted for its heavily antiseptic properties.
26:33Not particularly nice if you were the patient, I imagine, with that smell upon you.
26:37But flesh preserver is its literal meaning, and that links it, in fact, with sarcophagus
26:42and sarcasm, both of which have flesh at their roots.
26:46Sarcasm being a biting, caustic remark that would figuratively tear the flesh off its victim.
26:52And a sarcophagus, originally something that was designed out of such stone that the body
26:57would slowly decay.
26:59The flesh would be eaten inside the sarcophagus.
27:02Sorry, not very nice.
27:03But asbestos is another very unwelcome substance that we try and avoid as much as possible and
27:08induces a shadow or two today.
27:11But in fact, that has an even longer history.
27:14And surprisingly, for such a villainous subject, is actually a very beautiful one, really, because
27:20it was once held to be the unquenchable stone.
27:23And the Greeks and the Romans were said even to make napkins out of asbestos because they
27:27would throw the dirty napkins into a flame.
27:30And it said that they would come out beautifully white at the end of it.
27:34Lamp wicks were made out of asbestos.
27:37And famously, the eternal light was kept burning in the temple of Athena because the fire never
27:43went out.
27:44And that's because it goes back to the Greek, meaning unquenchable.
27:48So again, for such a horrible, horrible substance, quite a beautiful history, really.
27:52I'm not sure the flesh preserver is quite as beautiful as that.
27:54But two very curious origins, really, and one certainly that I would like to avoid at all
28:00costs.
28:00Absolutely.
28:01What a clever, clever thing.
28:07Do you know somebody dumped a load of asbestos in a country lane near us?
28:12They just dumped it on the sides of the road.
28:15Extraordinary.
28:15And then, of course, the police cones all around it and notices and people say, don't come near.
28:20Because, of course.
28:21The dust, yeah.
28:22The dust, yeah.
28:23Amazing what people do.
28:2563 plays 33 and it's John's letters game.
28:29John.
28:30May I start with a consonant?
28:31Thank you, John.
28:33N.
28:34And a vowel?
28:36U.
28:37And a consonant?
28:39R.
28:40And a vowel?
28:42O.
28:44And a consonant?
28:46S.
28:47And a consonant?
28:50L.
28:51And a vowel?
28:53E.
28:55And a consonant?
28:57D.
28:58And a vowel?
29:00And the last one, A.
29:02Stand by.
29:03And a vowel?
29:05And a vowel?
29:05And a vowel?
29:06And a vowel?
29:06And a vowel?
29:06And a vowel?
29:07And a vowel?
29:07And a vowel?
29:08And a vowel?
29:08And a vowel?
29:08And a vowel?
29:09And a vowel?
29:09And a vowel?
29:09And a vowel?
29:10And a vowel?
29:10And a vowel?
29:11And a vowel?
29:11And a vowel?
29:12And a vowel?
29:12And a vowel?
29:13And a vowel?
29:13And a vowel?
29:14And a vowel?
29:14And a vowel?
29:15And a vowel?
29:16And a vowel?
29:16And a vowel?
29:17And a vowel?
29:17And a vowel?
29:18And a vowel?
29:18And a vowel?
29:19And a vowel?
29:20And a vowel?
29:20And a vowel?
29:21And a vowel?
29:21And a vowel?
29:22And a vowel?
29:33What does John think?
29:35Seven.
29:36Seven, Shane?
29:37I think I have an eight.
29:39Right.
29:39John?
29:40Aroused.
29:41Aroused and launders.
29:43Yeah.
29:44Yeah, absolutely fine.
29:45Good eight.
29:46Very good.
29:47Yeah.
29:47And the corner.
29:49Those geniuses in the corner.
29:50Nicky?
29:50One's a genius.
29:52Just thought.
29:53We've got nine Eurolands.
29:57Eurolands?
29:58Yeah, member countries of the EU.
30:00Well, I think that's genius, though.
30:03Well done.
30:06Well done, Shane.
30:07They're caught up a bit.
30:0763 to 41.
30:09Shane, last letters game.
30:11Consonant, please.
30:12Thank you, Shane.
30:13B.
30:14And a vowel.
30:15I.
30:16And a consonant.
30:18R.
30:19And a vowel.
30:20E.
30:21And a consonant.
30:23D.
30:24And a vowel.
30:26O.
30:26And a consonant.
30:28D.
30:29And a consonant.
30:32S.
30:33And finish with a consonant, please.
30:37And finish with R.
30:39And here's the countdown clock.
30:53Shane?
31:12Seven.
31:13Seven, John?
31:14Seven.
31:15Shane?
31:16Borders.
31:17Borders and?
31:18Borders.
31:19And bidders indeed, yeah.
31:21Borders.
31:21Can we beat it, I wonder?
31:24Yes.
31:25Last minute, eight there.
31:26I think disrobed is there for eight to remove your robe.
31:29Disrobed.
31:30Yeah.
31:30Disrobed, yeah.
31:31All right.
31:3270 to 48.
31:34And now, John, final numbers game.
31:36May I have one large and five small, please?
31:38You may indeed.
31:39Thank you, John.
31:40Last one of the week.
31:41One big, five little.
31:42And they are eight, nine, five, one, six, and 100.
31:50And the target, 132.
31:53One, three, two.
32:16so john 132 and shane 132 and john six times five is 30 yeah nine minus eight is one
32:34add the one and add the hundred one three two lovely and shane i don't five minus one is four
32:43yeah multiplied by eight is 32 plus 100. lovely well done all right thank you
32:50so into the final round with us then with john on 80 and shane on 58
32:58fingers on buzzers let's reveal today's countdown conundrum
33:13sharpened sharpened let's see whether you're right
33:20oh well done well done
33:25well done that's another teapot leaving us then shane thank you very much thank you very much for
33:35coming you did well you won a good game and uh you know on the day john took the uh applaud it's but
33:42back to uh waterford with you and take this goodie bag and uh a teapot over and john take it easy now
33:50over the weekend and come and see us on monday yes all right well done and you two as well nikki and
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