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00:00Thank you for joining us.
00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:34Now, it was 100 years ago today that that wonderful singer,
00:38the great Ella Fitzgerald, was born.
00:40What a legend she was.
00:41She died sadly back in 1996, hadn't even got to her 80th birthday,
00:46but she was an absolute legend, of course.
00:48A wonderful, wonderful woman.
00:50She won 13 Grammy Awards and sold something like 40 million albums.
00:54And, of course, her treatment of the American songbook is legendary
01:00and still selling in big numbers today.
01:02A wonderful, wonderful woman.
01:03And then, Rachel, I thought, well, women singers, who are my favourites?
01:08So many.
01:09I suppose Joan Byers, when I was in my sort of youth in the 60s,
01:13Joan Byers, folk singer, beautiful woman.
01:16And today, people like Adele, great, great voice.
01:19Who are your favourite singers, female singers?
01:21I went to see, have you seen the stage show Beautiful?
01:24The story of Carole King.
01:26And she just had a fabulous story from, I think, 17 she sold her first song,
01:30and now she's 75.
01:31Fantastic.
01:32I think it's running at the moment, isn't it, somewhere?
01:33Yeah, I went to see it recently, and it's just really nice music.
01:36Lovely.
01:37All right.
01:38Now, who have we got with us?
01:39We've got Nick Smith back, Rachel, publisher and author
01:42from Fifield in Oxfordshire, with three good, solid wins under his belt
01:46after a big win yesterday with a total of 98 points.
01:51Is that right?
01:5298?
01:53If you say so, I'm not sure.
01:55You can't remember yesterday.
01:56All right.
01:56Well, it was 98, because I've got it written down here.
01:58And you're joined by Charlie Neal, a retired insurance inspector from Glasgow.
02:03Yeah.
02:04Welcome, Charlie.
02:05And you're a keen golfer, playing three days a week.
02:07You're a lucky man.
02:08For my sins.
02:08Where do you play?
02:10My golf course is called Hags Castle Golf Club,
02:12which is in the centre of Glasgow.
02:14Yeah.
02:14It's the most prominent golf course, of course, in Glasgow.
02:17Excellent.
02:18Yeah.
02:18And are you playing with a reasonable sort of handicap?
02:20Well, I used to play off a single-figure six handicap.
02:23Did you?
02:23But I'm afraid the age has taken its toll.
02:26But maybe your handicap slipped, because you've picked something else up to play with.
02:31What are you playing with?
02:32I've started playing the ukulele.
02:34How are you getting on?
02:35I'm loving every moment of it.
02:37Somebody taught you, or did you have a base?
02:39No, I literally, out of the phone book, picked a tutor.
02:43Yeah.
02:43Good for you.
02:44And you sing along as you play?
02:45But, of course.
02:46Excellent.
02:47Big round of applause, then, for Charlie Neal and Nick Smith.
02:53And over in the corner, Susie, of course.
02:55And he's back.
02:55Journalist, TV presenter, author, and the all-round good guy, Richard Maidley.
02:59Welcome back.
03:00Welcome back.
03:00It's lovely to be back.
03:02And now, we're going to get down to business with Nick.
03:07Nick, it's Letters Game.
03:09Consonant, please.
03:10Thank you, Nick.
03:10Rachel.
03:11Start today with L.
03:13And a vowel.
03:15A.
03:17Consonant.
03:19R.
03:22Vowel.
03:24E.
03:25Consonant.
03:26C.
03:28Vowel.
03:29Vowel.
03:31O.
03:31O.
03:33Consonant.
03:35N.
03:36Vowel.
03:39I.
03:41And a consonant, please.
03:42And lastly, G.
03:45And here's the countdown clock.
03:47Vowel.
03:53Vowel.
03:54Vowel.
03:55Vowel.
03:55I think it's true.
03:56I'm much more comfortable.
03:57All right.
03:58I'm größer.
03:58I think it's definitely brandy.
04:00Vowel.
04:01Vowel.
04:02Vowel.
04:02I'm cosec.
04:02Vowel.
04:03I think it's пер聲.
04:04I'm okay.
04:05I'm more reste.
04:05All right.
04:05Vowel.
04:06Vowel.
04:06I think it's too much.
04:07I'm poor.
04:08I'm sorry.
04:08I'm good.
04:08I'll take this.
04:09You know.
04:10I fuck you.
04:10Vowel.
04:11I'm very happy.
04:12I'm not.
04:13I'm just waiting.
04:15I'm mild.
04:15Yes, Nick.
04:18Eight.
04:19And eight, Charlie.
04:21It.
04:21Two eights.
04:22Nick.
04:23Clearing.
04:24And Charlie.
04:26Clearing.
04:27There we go.
04:28Just for good form.
04:29Good measure.
04:32Good solid start there.
04:34What's the corner done, I wonder?
04:35Richard and Susan?
04:36There's one here that Susan's got, which is an eight,
04:38which I've never heard of.
04:39What's that?
04:39Lonnie?
04:40Lonnie Sarah.
04:41Lonnie Sarah?
04:41What's that?
04:42Yeah, beautiful sounding word.
04:43For a plant of a family which comprises the honeysuckles
04:46in the Lonnie Sarah family.
04:48And Cornel as well, which was a seven.
04:50Well done.
04:52Eight apiece.
04:52And Charlie, your first letters came.
04:55Hi, Rachel.
04:56Hi, Charlie.
04:57I'll start with her consonant, please.
04:59Start with R.
05:01And another one.
05:03S.
05:04And another one.
05:06F.
05:07Vowel, please.
05:09U.
05:10And again.
05:11E.
05:11And again.
05:15I.
05:17Consonant, please.
05:18T.
05:21Ah, consonant again, thanks.
05:24D.
05:26And a vowel, I think.
05:29And lastly, O.
05:32Stand by.
05:33T.
05:34See you next week.
05:34I'll be right back.
06:00Charlie?
06:05Eight.
06:06Eight.
06:06Nick?
06:07Seven.
06:09And that's seven.
06:11Fruited.
06:12Fruited, Charlie.
06:14Oatsider?
06:15Excellent.
06:16Oatsider.
06:17Yeah, well done.
06:18Good man.
06:24And in the corner, any luck?
06:26I had surfeit, which is seven.
06:28Yeah, nice.
06:28And a very nice eight-scoring anagram.
06:34Outrides.
06:35Outrides.
06:35Very clever.
06:36Well done.
06:36But Charlie sprung into an early lead.
06:3916-2 at Knicks.
06:40Eight.
06:40As we go to Nick for a numbers game.
06:42Good luck, Nick.
06:43Can I have four big numbers and two little ones, please?
06:45You can indeed.
06:46Thank you, Nick.
06:47Four from the top.
06:48Two little.
06:49And for the first time today, little ones are eight and nine.
06:52And the big ones, 25, 50, 75 and 100.
06:57Nicely in order.
06:58And the target, 654.
07:01Six, five, four.
07:02And the target, 654.
07:03And the target, 654.
07:04And the target, 654.
07:05And the target, 654.
07:06And the target, 654.
07:07And the target, 654.
07:07And the target, 654.
07:08And the target, 654.
07:09And the target, 654.
07:10And the target, 654.
07:11And the target, 654.
07:12And the target, 654.
07:13And the target, 654.
07:14And the target, 654.
07:15And the target, 654.
07:16And the target, 654.
07:17And the target, 654.
07:18And the target, 654.
07:19And the target, 654.
07:20And the target, 654.
07:21And the target, 654.
07:22And the target, 654.
07:23And the target, 654.
07:24And the target, 654.
07:25Yes, Nick?
07:34Uh, 653.
07:36Well, Charlie...
07:37653, but not fully written down.
07:39Let's hear from you, then, Charlie, shall we?
07:41Uh, it's 75s.
07:43600?
07:44Sorry, I've gone wrong with you, 75 twice.
07:46Oh!
07:47Bad luck.
07:49Nick, down to you.
07:50I think I've made the same mistake, yeah.
07:52No?
07:53Oh, dear me.
07:54Ah.
07:54Rachel?
07:55Um, there were a couple of ways.
07:57Um, one way, I imagine you may...
07:59If you add the 50 here, 650,
08:02and then you have 100 over 25 left over,
08:06and you get the right answer.
08:08Sorry, guys.
08:10There we are.
08:12All right.
08:13So, stand still on the score there.
08:15Charlie on 60, Nick on 8.
08:18As we turn to our first tea time teaser,
08:20which is Rodeo Star.
08:21And the clue,
08:22a Rodeo Star won't harm the bulls,
08:25but these people certainly do.
08:28A Rodeo Star won't hurt the bulls,
08:30but these people certainly do.
08:32Welcome back.
08:48I left with the clue,
08:49a Rodeo Star won't harm the bulls,
08:52but these people certainly do.
08:53Who do?
08:54Why, the Toreadors do.
08:56Toreadors.
08:57So, Charlie on 16, Nick on 8,
09:00and Charlie, you're back.
09:01Letters go.
09:02I'm back again, right?
09:03Um, right, let's have a consonant, please.
09:06Thank you, Charlie.
09:08N.
09:08And again.
09:10R.
09:12And again.
09:14M.
09:16Vowel, please.
09:17E.
09:19And again, a vowel.
09:21A.
09:23Consonant, please.
09:25J.
09:27Better one, please.
09:29L.
09:31Foul.
09:33I.
09:35And...
09:36And our last consonant, please.
09:38And lastly, S.
09:40Stand by.
09:41And...
09:43And...
09:43And...
10:00And...
10:02And...
10:03Charlie?
10:12It.
10:13An eight, Nick?
10:15Only seven.
10:16And Nick, seven?
10:18Remains.
10:19Charlie?
10:20Minerals.
10:21Minerals.
10:23Excellent.
10:23Very good.
10:28Well done.
10:29We've got a player here, all right?
10:31Now, in the corner.
10:32I've got jailers, and mailers, and nailers.
10:35That was fun.
10:36Those were all seven.
10:37Another seven, Jasmine.
10:39And Seminar.
10:41And Seminar.
10:41Well done.
10:42Well done.
10:43So, 24 plays Nick's eight, and it's Nick's letters game now.
10:47Nick?
10:48Consonant, please.
10:49Thank you, Nick.
10:50F.
10:52Vowel.
10:53O.
10:55Consonant.
10:57P.
10:59Vowel.
11:00U.
11:03Consonant.
11:05H.
11:07Vowel.
11:09A.
11:12Consonant.
11:14T.
11:16Vowel.
11:19O.
11:21And the consonant, please.
11:23And the last one.
11:24P.
11:25Countdown.
11:39Nick?
11:59Four.
12:01And Charlie Neal?
12:03Similar, miserable four.
12:04Another four. Nick?
12:06Pass.
12:07Now Charlie.
12:08Pote?
12:09Pote now.
12:10Richard?
12:11I was totally stumped.
12:13I just couldn't get anything.
12:14But we had pout, but we had a foot, which is five.
12:18Trouble a foot.
12:19Yes.
12:20Very good.
12:20That's a hard one.
12:21Tough old selection there.
12:22It was.
12:2328 plays at 12.
12:25And now, Charlie, it's your first numbers game.
12:27Good luck.
12:29Right.
12:30Well, one from the top, two from the second, two from the third, and one from the top again.
12:37One from the top.
12:38Two from the top.
12:38Four little.
12:39Thank you, Charlie.
12:39And this round, little ones are two, nine, five, and four, and the big two, one hundred and fifty.
12:49And the target, seven hundred and thirty-four.
12:51Seven, three, four.
12:53Two, or three, four.
12:54Four little.
12:54Three, two, three, four, and the six.
12:55Five, four, and the five mills are three.
12:56Two, four or two.
12:58One, three, four.
12:59Four, and the forty-four.
13:02One, two, four.
13:02Nine, three, four.
13:03Two.
13:03Three.
13:08Seven, seven, seven, seven.
13:10Three, seven, seven.
13:12Four, and the two.
13:12Finn, four, and the six.
13:14One, four, and the ten grandma school.
13:16Two, seven, seven, seven, seven, and four.
13:18Every, eight.
13:21Well, Charlie, 7-3-5.
13:267-3-5, Nick?
13:277-3-5.
13:31Nick?
13:335 plus 2 is 7.
13:355 plus 2 is 7.
13:37Times 100.
13:40700.
13:42700.
13:429 times 4 is...
13:459 times 4, 36.
13:4736.
13:47Yeah, I think we're going to move on.
13:52Charlie?
13:549 minus 2 is 7.
13:569 minus 2 is 7.
13:58100 plus 5 is 105.
14:00It is indeed.
14:01Multiply.
14:02Yep.
14:037-3-5, one away.
14:05Where's that missing one, Rachel?
14:07It was a tricky one, but if you say 50 plus 9, 59.
14:13Times by 4, 236.
14:16And then 5 times 100 is 500.
14:20Add them together and take away the two.
14:23Oh, well done.
14:24Perfect.
14:25Well done.
14:29Lovely.
14:30So 35 plays Nick's 12.
14:33As we turn to Richard.
14:36Mm-hm.
14:36You've been in the wars since we last saw you?
14:39Oh, this.
14:39Yeah.
14:40Yeah, yeah, yeah.
14:40It was a few weeks ago.
14:42It was when the weather was still really cold.
14:44And I've never broken a bone in my life before, but I did on this morning.
14:47I went to the garage and got out where the jet wash is, and it was about 4 degrees below freezing.
14:52It was about 9 in the morning.
14:53And I'd taken two steps, and I walked very quickly from the car.
14:57And apparently what then followed was a thing of beauty to observe.
15:00A woman who was filling up her car with petrol said later that I looked like Tim Peake in the space station.
15:05I was sort of twirling in the air.
15:07Some weird freak of physics I went up to begin with.
15:10And down I came, and I knew it was going to be a baddie.
15:12I just knew it as the ground.
15:13You know that literary expression, the ground rushed up to meet them?
15:16Yeah.
15:16It rushed up to meet me.
15:17And I'd just completely shattered the ulna, which is the bone that goes from there to there.
15:21It's what they call a nightstick fracture in the States, because if a cop hits you with his nightstick and you put your arm up, it breaks the bone in two.
15:28So they put a plate in it and everything, and that required an operation of about two, two and a half hours.
15:32And in fact, it went on longer than people expected.
15:34And Judy, my wife, had come in to be with me for the op.
15:36And after getting on for three hours, she went to, I think it was a Polish nurse, and said,
15:41Could you find out what's happened to my husband?
15:42He should have been back from theatre by now.
15:44Yes, I'll go and find out.
15:45And she came back and she said to Judy, she said,
15:48Yes, he's in the carvery.
15:51And Judy said, the carvery?
15:53Yes, he's in the carvery.
15:55And she said, how's he going for a meal?
15:57He's just had a general illness.
15:58This is ridiculous.
15:59What she was saying was, he's in recovery.
16:01How lovely.
16:02He's in recovery.
16:03But glad to say I am sort of pretty much recovering now.
16:07It's mobile, but sore.
16:09So I'm fascinated by this protecting yourself against a nightstick.
16:13That's what they go for, isn't it?
16:14Well, if somebody comes at you with a stick, and you're not armed yourself, it's a natural human response.
16:20And so it's quite a common arrest injury in the States, where the police are a bit handier than they are here in terms of using violence, let alone guns.
16:28And yeah, if they come after you with a nightstick, that is what you'll do.
16:30And if they hit you, it's a very common fracture.
16:34And I can tell you, a very painful one.
16:36Really?
16:37It really hurts.
16:38And you've got now a metal plate in there?
16:40I've got a piece of titanium, which doesn't set off airport detectors, because I flew abroad a couple of weeks ago just after I had the operation.
16:46Right.
16:47And next time you're attacked by a cop with a stick, you'll be all right?
16:50I'll be all right.
16:50Exactly, I'll break a stick.
16:52Well done.
16:53Lovely story.
16:56Very good.
16:57Very fellow.
16:58All right, 35 plays 12.
17:00Charlie in the lead, and it's Nick's letters game.
17:02Consonant, please.
17:03Thank you, Nick.
17:05Y.
17:06And vowel.
17:08E.
17:10Consonant.
17:12S.
17:12And the last one, R.
17:39Stand by.
17:42Yes, Nick?
18:12Seven.
18:12Charlie?
18:13No, I'll stick with a seven.
18:15Seven.
18:15Two sevens.
18:16Nick?
18:17Reddies.
18:19Mm-hmm.
18:20Charlie?
18:21Cardies.
18:23Cardies.
18:24Yes.
18:25And what of the corner?
18:27Richard and Susie?
18:28Susie got creased, which is a seven.
18:30I only managed six.
18:32I was thinking of a pub I know in Somerset.
18:34Cidery.
18:35All right.
18:36Easy shot.
18:3642 plays 19, and it's Charlie's letters game now.
18:41Charlie?
18:42All right.
18:42Like the usual, please.
18:43We'll have a consonant.
18:44Thank you, Charlie.
18:45S.
18:46And again.
18:47B.
18:49And again.
18:52M.
18:54A vowel, please.
18:56A.
18:58And another one, please.
19:00I.
19:01And again.
19:03E.
19:04And consonant, please.
19:07R.
19:08And another consonant.
19:11H.
19:12And a final consonant, I think.
19:15And a final S.
19:17Stand by.
19:18And a final consonant, I think.
19:48Yes, Charlie. I've got an eight, I think. An eight, Nick?
19:52Um, six. A six, Nick.
19:55Varies. Now, Charlie, what are you up to?
19:58I'm hoping that Ravishes is in there.
20:01Very nice. Ravishes. Very good.
20:07Very good. Any more eights or an evening near?
20:10Susie Mattson, another eight with Miss Hears. Miss Hears.
20:14I like you, I've just got a six. I'm not even sure it's a proper word.
20:16Shamer. Would that work?
20:18Yeah, I think shamer is in the dictionary.
20:22Um, yes. Yes.
20:24Yeah. OK.
20:26So, Charlie on 50, Nick on 19, and it's Nick's numbers game now. Nick?
20:31Um, four big ones, two little ones, please.
20:33Your usual, thank you, Nick. Four large, two little.
20:36And this time, the little ones are three and two.
20:40And the big ones, 75.
20:42One hundred, fifty, and twenty-five.
20:45And your target, three hundred and forty-three.
20:47Three, four, three.
20:49Two, five, three.
20:49Three, four, three.
20:51Seven, four, one.
20:52Three, four, three.
20:53Two, three.
20:54Six, four, three.
20:55Two, one.
20:56Two, one.
20:56A-
21:15Four, four, four.
21:16Yes, Nick.
21:213, 4, 3.
21:22And Charlie.
21:23No, 3, 4, 7.
21:25Nick, now's your chance.
21:27100 plus 75 minus...
21:301, 7, 5.
21:31Minus 2.
21:32Minus 2.
21:331, 7, 3.
21:341, 7, 3.
21:3550 divided by 25 is 2.
21:40Multiply that by the 173 is 3, 4, 6.
21:44Take away the 3.
21:46Nicely done.
21:463, 4, 3.
21:47Well done.
21:47Well done.
21:48Well done.
21:51Very good.
21:53Brought you up to 29 to Charlie's 50 as we turn to our second Tea Time teaser, which is Ticker Has.
22:01And the clue, his ticker has never been the same since his wife passed away.
22:06His ticker has never been the same since his wife passed away.
22:10And the answer to that one is because he's heart sick.
22:35Heart sick.
22:36So, 50 playing Nick's 29.
22:40Charlie in the lead and it's Charlie's Letters game.
22:42Right.
22:43Once again, a consonant, please.
22:45Thank you, Charlie.
22:47T.
22:47And again.
22:48And again.
22:50W.
22:51And a vowel.
22:53U.
22:54And another vowel.
22:56A.
22:58Consonant, please.
23:00P.
23:02Better one, please.
23:04Do not pee.
23:05Tough cookie.
23:06M.
23:06Very nice of that.
23:06M.
23:08Vowel, please.
23:11E.
23:13Another vowel, please.
23:16I.
23:17And a consonant.
23:20And the last one.
23:21D.
23:23Stand by.
23:24And a consonant.
23:42D.
23:42Charlie.
23:56Seven.
23:57A seven, Nick?
23:59Seven.
24:00Charlie?
24:01Petunia.
24:02And?
24:03Painted.
24:04Painted.
24:06Yep, very good.
24:07Any other sevens there?
24:09No, we've got those two.
24:10We have the six pawned, and I had a couple of fours that are so pathetic I'm not even going
24:16to say it.
24:18All right.
24:19Petunia, well done.
24:2057 being 36, and Nick, you're back.
24:22Your letters came.
24:24Consonant, please.
24:25Thank you, Nick.
24:26G.
24:28And vowel?
24:29O.
24:31Consonant?
24:33B.
24:34Vowel?
24:36A.
24:38Consonant?
24:39D.
24:42And vowel?
24:44E.
24:46Consonant?
24:48V.
24:50And vowel?
24:53O.
24:55Consonant?
24:57And the last one, L.
24:59Countdown.
25:00Consonant?
25:01Consonant?
25:01Consonant?
25:02Consonant?
25:02Consonant?
25:02Consonant?
25:03Consonant?
25:03Consonant?
25:03Consonant?
25:04Consonant?
25:04Consonant?
25:04Consonant?
25:05Consonant?
25:05Consonant?
25:06Consonant?
25:06Consonant?
25:06Consonant?
25:06Consonant?
25:07Consonant?
25:07Consonant?
25:08Consonant?
25:08Consonant?
25:09Consonant?
25:09Consonant?
25:10Consonant?
25:10Consonant?
25:11Consonant?
25:11Consonant?
25:12Consonant?
25:12Consonant?
25:13Consonant?
25:14Consonant?
25:14Consonant?
25:15Consonant?
25:16Consonant?
25:17Consonant?
25:18Consonant?
25:30Nick.
25:33Just six.
25:34A six for Nick, Charlie.
25:35Same here, just six.
25:37Nick.
25:38Gloved.
25:39Gloved.
25:40Both gloved?
25:42Yeah.
25:43Gloved.
25:43Gloved.
25:44Why not?
25:45And in the corner, Richard, Susie?
25:48Glovage.
25:49White flower plant of the parsley family.
25:51I've got a few flowers today.
25:53Yeah.
25:54Well done.
25:55So 63 plays 42 as we turn back to Susie
25:59and her wonderful origins of words.
26:02Now, today, Susie?
26:04Today I'm going to hopefully answer an email.
26:07Actually, it was a tweet from Richard Smith
26:09who asked about two expressions in English.
26:12One is deadbeat and one is deadpan.
26:17Deadbeat, if somebody is a deadbeat,
26:18they're a worthless, sponging idler or loafer.
26:22Don't glance at me as you say.
26:23Sorry.
26:23I was trying not to exclude you there.
26:25I'll look to myself.
26:26But the word, this is a surprise to me, actually.
26:29It seems to hark back to the American Civil War
26:31when to beat meant to swindle or cheat somebody.
26:36And it also referred to soldiers who tried to escape duty.
26:40They were shirkers, in other words, by feigning sickness.
26:43So they were shirkers, as I say, who beat a path home
26:47and they were then dead to the military.
26:49And, of course, from there,
26:50it sort of acquired all sorts of figurative meanings.
26:53As for deadpan, this was born in the theatre
26:57and there it stayed for a very long time.
26:58And it's a combination of dead meaning lifeless
27:00and pan, which was a slang term for the face,
27:03which is why we talk about pancake for theatre make-up.
27:07And so deadpan from the 1920s
27:09is a sort of comic delivery, if you like,
27:12in which the facial expression is completely dead.
27:15It doesn't change at all.
27:16It's completely emotionless.
27:18And, of course, a deadpan joke
27:19is one delivered in exactly the same way.
27:22So I hope those have answered Richard's questions.
27:25But, actually, there's one more I'd like to add,
27:27and that's another one I'm asked about a lot,
27:28and that's dead as a doornail.
27:30Why a doornail?
27:31It's because traditionally very, very thick doors
27:34would have nails which would secure them into place.
27:37And the person building or installing them
27:40would often bend them back,
27:41so they'd hammer all the way through the boards
27:42and then bend them back in a manner called clenching,
27:45which rendered the nail completely useless, really,
27:47for any other purpose.
27:48It was dead.
27:49And so that particular doornail was, as I say,
27:52dead in terms of use,
27:53but it was holding the door incredibly firm.
27:56And that is probably why dead as a doornail
27:58is something we're still used to this day.
27:59Oh, that's interesting.
28:00Thank you, isn't it?
28:02APPLAUSE
28:02Well done. Thank you.
28:08So 63 plays 42, Nick on 42,
28:11and it's Charlie's Letters game.
28:13Charlie.
28:14Consonant, please.
28:15Thank you, Charlie.
28:17T.
28:18Fowl.
28:19I.
28:21Consonant.
28:22R.
28:24Consonant.
28:26L.
28:28Vowel, please.
28:30U.
28:31And another vowel.
28:33E.
28:36A consonant, please.
28:39T.
28:41And another consonant.
28:44S.
28:45And a vowel.
28:48And lastly, I.
28:51Stand by.
28:52I.
28:53And another consonant.
29:03I.
29:05And, of course.
29:08I.
29:09There.
29:10I.
29:11And anotherłum'
29:13Pro queen.
29:15I.
29:15And another evolving.
29:15The third Louise because it's a ilk of that,
29:16I.
29:17I can't even show you on the floor.
29:17I.
29:17And we.
29:18Charlie.
29:23Seven.
29:24A seven, Nick.
29:25Eight.
29:26And an eight, Charlie.
29:29Tottles.
29:30And Nick.
29:32Sluttier.
29:35I, I'd say I'm surprised by this, but it's not specified in the dictionary, which it needs to be.
29:40Slutty will certainly be in, but sluttier and sluttiest are not there, I'm afraid.
29:45That really is a surprise.
29:47Yes.
29:49Apologies, have to go with what's in the dish.
29:51Poor Nick, I feel bad about that.
29:53There we are.
29:54What can we have?
29:55Well, if he changed the U to an I, he could have still had an eight and had sluttier.
29:59Sluttier.
30:00All right.
30:00Sluttier.
30:01Seventy plays, 42.
30:02Charlie's still in the lead, and it's Nick's letters game.
30:05Final one.
30:06Nick.
30:07Consonant, please.
30:08Thank you, Nick.
30:09T.
30:11Vowel.
30:13A.
30:15Consonant.
30:17R.
30:17Vowel.
30:20E.
30:22Consonant.
30:24N.
30:25Vowel.
30:27O.
30:29Consonant.
30:31T.
30:34Vowel.
30:34E.
30:38And a consonant.
30:41And the last one.
30:42W.
30:42W.
30:43Countdown.
30:44Vowel.
30:52Vowel.
30:52Vowel.
30:52Vowel.
30:53Vowel.
30:53Yes, Nick?
31:16I think I'll have to try a nine.
31:20Charlie?
31:21I'll stick with six then.
31:23And you're six.
31:24Notate.
31:25Notate.
31:26Now then.
31:28Well, I need a bit of luck, I think.
31:30Watertown.
31:33It's not there, I'm afraid.
31:36No, there is Watertown with a capital W, but no Watertown.
31:40Bad luck.
31:40Richard?
31:41It was a good stab at it, wasn't it?
31:42But we had notate and rotate and we got seven.
31:46Entreat.
31:47Well, we.
31:48Ha, we.
31:49Susie got entreat, which is a seven.
31:50All right, thank you.
31:52So, 76 plays 42 as we go into the final numbers game.
31:57Charlie Neal.
31:59Two, no, one from the top and five from anywhere else, please.
32:02One large and five little.
32:04Thank you very much, Charlie.
32:05And the final one of the day is two, one, five, nine, six and 25.
32:14And your target?
32:15930.
32:16930.
32:18930.
32:41Yes, Charlie?
32:50No, nowhere.
32:52Nick?
32:53Not close enough, no.
32:54No?
32:56We threw ourselves at your feet, Rachel.
32:58There was a way.
32:59If you say 9 plus 6 is 15, times 2 for 30, add 1 for 31,
33:07and then 25 plus the remaining 5 is 30, and times them together.
33:12No, thank you.
33:12Round and round, Rachel.
33:16That's the way it's done.
33:18So, Charlie, on 76 and Nick on 42, we turn to the final round.
33:23Gentlemen, fingers on buzzers.
33:25For now, we're about to roll today's countdown.
33:28Can I answer?
33:34Charlie?
33:35Guitarist?
33:37Guitarist, says the ukulele player.
33:39Let's see whether you're right.
33:40Here it is.
33:46Well done, Charlie.
33:47Excellent stuff.
33:48A good performance.
33:4986 points to Nick's 42.
33:52Nick, bad luck.
33:53But you go home a very good player.
33:56With three good wins, and you take the goodie bag and your teapot back to Fifield.
34:01Well done.
34:02Well done, indeed.
34:03Beaten by a very good player today.
34:05Very kind.
34:06We shall see that very good player, the ukulele player, tomorrow.
34:09See you tomorrow.
34:10Well done.
34:11And Richard and Susie, of course.
34:13See you tomorrow.
34:14See you tomorrow.
34:14Well done.
34:15And thank you for the 9.30.
34:16That was so sweetly done.
34:18No problem.
34:18Thank you for your musical education.
34:19Who do I need to go listen to now?
34:21You would love Joan Byers.
34:23That's B-A-E-Z, Joan Byers.
34:26See you tomorrow.
34:27Join us then, same time, same place.
34:29You be sure of it.
34:30A very good afternoon.
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34:46Obsessive, compulsive cleaners are bound for the USA tonight at eight, but getting a nine-bedroom
34:54house ship shape may be a step too far.
34:57And after that, at nine, we'll be cooing up babies in one born every minute, and there
35:01may even be a selfie or two.
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