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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown this Tuesday afternoon.
00:34Thank you so much for tuning in.
00:36It is April the 2nd, and today is World Autism Awareness Day.
00:40And one of the things about it is lighted up blue.
00:44We're blue today.
00:45Well, we're lucky, because we've got a blue studio,
00:47but we've went at the extra mile.
00:48We put the blue outfits on as well.
00:51Rachel Riley, hello.
00:52Hello, Colin.
00:53A good time to have a chat about it,
00:56because it is about awareness and education.
00:58And I've got a question for you,
00:59because when I grew up in the 80s, I was born in 1977,
01:03I did not hear the word autism
01:06or anything connected to the autism spectrum.
01:09I mean, what about the 90s?
01:11Was it even in your world growing up?
01:14I can't remember, to be honest.
01:16I think now it's kind of everyday parlance, isn't it?
01:18And you can tell different traits,
01:20and especially I think women have been typically underdiagnosed
01:23because it presents differently,
01:24and there's much more knowledge going around.
01:27I think days like this are good.
01:28Love it, Rachel.
01:29Thank you very much.
01:30Let's cross over to Dictionary Corner,
01:31and there you go.
01:32The blue's out again.
01:33Love it.
01:34Our J of the D, Susie Dent.
01:36And what a treat this week
01:37to have the author and the poet,
01:39the animal lover and the hedgehog feeder
01:42than is Pam Ayers.
01:44Thank you very much.
01:48Cannot wait for today,
01:49and we welcome back, of course,
01:51a one-time champion.
01:53Just seven more to go, Mark Mills,
01:55to match your wife, Tracy.
01:58But two teapots in the house now,
02:00and you'll make good use of them
02:02because you're recently retired.
02:04You were a sports manager.
02:06I know a football manager.
02:07What's a sports manager?
02:08I finished doing it at the end of last year.
02:11I used to run the famous Waterloo
02:12Crown Green Bowling at Blackpool.
02:14I love it.
02:15So I used to love it.
02:17I used to play many years ago as well.
02:19Many years ago.
02:20All right.
02:20May your jack be straight today.
02:22You're up against Anthony Noonan.
02:25Beware the County Cork countdowner.
02:27They're always very, very good indeed.
02:29Anthony, how are you today?
02:30I'm good, Colin.
02:31Thank you for having me on.
02:31You have a wonderful beard,
02:32and you're a very talented musician.
02:34Tell me all about that.
02:36Music has always been a part of my life.
02:38I grew up with my dad
02:39playing traditional Irish music.
02:41He plays the boron,
02:41and he plays the bones,
02:42some of which he's fashioned himself.
02:44So I grew up with music
02:45in the house the whole time,
02:47and my brothers kind of saw in me
02:50that I had a musical inclination,
02:53and the rest just kind of took its own evolution.
02:57Well, listen, music is in your bones.
02:58That's for clear.
02:59Love it.
03:00Anthony, Mark, best luck to you today.
03:05OK, Mr Mills, let's have nine letters.
03:08Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:09Afternoon, Mark.
03:10Can I have a consonant, please?
03:11You can indeed.
03:12Start today with D.
03:14And a vowel.
03:16O.
03:17A consonant.
03:19N.
03:20A vowel.
03:21A.
03:23A consonant.
03:26B.
03:28Vowel.
03:30E.
03:32A consonant.
03:34P.
03:36Another consonant.
03:38T.
03:40And a final consonant, please.
03:43And a final R.
03:44At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
03:52A consonant.
03:58And a Swedish.
03:59Before you left, we can see more.
04:00See you next time.
04:01Bye.
04:02Bye.
04:03Bye.
04:04Bye.
04:13Bye.
04:14Bye.
04:14.
04:14Bye.
04:15Bye.
04:16mark just a six six from you and Anthony a seven a seven the six is Walter and the seven probate
04:25probate Susie very nice indeed yeah it start by a challenger at palm what can we yes probate we've
04:32got one that reminds me of my husband's feet oh we've got pronated which is eight pronated for
04:40eight sorry Dudley seven nil Anthony your first time choosing good afternoon Rachel may I have a
04:49consonant please indeed N and another V and a vowel please you and a consonant F and a vowel please
05:04a and one more I and a consonant T and one more vowel another a and another vowel please
05:18and lastly E and 30 seconds
05:48Anthony six six from you mark five and a five from you what is the five mark unfit and Anthony
06:00anti and auntie very good indeed we love auntie yeah we've got auntie and we've also got native
06:07as in return of the yeah wonderful yeah no better than six though no better than sixes no better than
06:14six is a 13 nil lead for a challenger today and on to the numbers now with their champion uh two
06:20larch please Rachel thank you mark two from the top row four from the other lot and the first numbers of
06:26the day are eight five seven six twenty five and fifty and the target you need to reach five hundred and
06:35twenty four five two four numbers up
06:37so
06:40so
06:44so
06:46so
06:50so
06:525-2-4, Mark?
07:10I've just realised I've used a number twice.
07:12Oh, shaky start, Anthony.
07:145-2-4.
07:15Just realise we've got Mark Anthony here, by the way.
07:18Off you go, 5-2-4.
07:196 plus 5 is 11.
07:21Yeah.
07:22Times 50 is 550.
07:24And take away the 25.
07:26And 8 minus 7 is 1 to take away.
07:29Nicely done. Good start.
07:33Let's catch our breath and get our first tea time teaser
07:36of this Tuesday afternoon.
07:38It's Led Harry.
07:39Led Harry.
07:41For those who are visually impaired, it's just LED.
07:43LED.
07:44Studying this led Harry to discover his coat of arms.
07:48Studying this led Harry to discover his coat of arms.
07:51MUSIC CONTINUES
07:52Welcome back.
08:08Studying this led Harry to discover his coat of arms.
08:11Pam Ayres got this before the first ad was on your telly.
08:15Heraldry.
08:16Easy for me to say.
08:17Let's get more letters.
08:18Anthony.
08:19May I have a consonant, please?
08:21Thank you, Anthony.
08:23S.
08:24And one more.
08:26N.
08:27And one more, please.
08:29K.
08:30And a vowel.
08:32U.
08:33And a consonant.
08:35C.
08:36And a vowel, please.
08:38E.
08:39And a final vowel, please.
08:48And a final I.
08:51Thanks, Rachel.
08:51I'm so little.
09:01And a vowel.
09:11And a vowel.
09:14And a vowel.
09:14That will do us, Anthony.
09:24A seven.
09:25Seven for you, and Mark.
09:26Seven.
09:26Nice, get you on the board here, sir.
09:28Anthony.
09:28On stock.
09:29And on stock as well.
09:30Same one.
09:31Well done.
09:34What did you have?
09:36Well, we have an alternative, which is un-stick.
09:39Yeah.
09:40I'm not giving you much kudos for that.
09:42It's quite interesting.
09:43I didn't know that in aircraft lingo,
09:46this is the moment where an aircraft leaves the ground
09:47when it's taking off.
09:48I didn't know.
09:49That's the un-stick.
09:50Is it?
09:50Yes.
09:51I didn't know that.
09:52So it also becomes unstuck as it takes off?
09:55Well, hopefully not.
09:56Hopefully not.
09:57But there is also another one.
09:59There's so much variation up and down the country
10:01for a little alleyway, and snicket is one of them.
10:04It's like a lemony snicket.
10:05Exactly.
10:06When you say that.
10:06Yeah.
10:07All right.
10:07More letters from Mark.
10:09Continent, please, Rachel.
10:11Thank you, Mark.
10:11M.
10:14Vowel.
10:16U.
10:18Consonant.
10:20L.
10:22Vowel.
10:23E.
10:26Consonant.
10:29M.
10:30Vowel.
10:31O.
10:33A consonant.
10:35L.
10:36Another consonant.
10:41S.
10:42And a final consonant, please.
10:44And a final W.
10:46And half a minute.
10:47на.
10:47I.
10:48I.
10:51I.
10:54I.
10:55I.
11:01I.
11:02Mark, how many, please?
11:19Just a five.
11:20Just a five here.
11:21And Anthony?
11:21Just a five for me as well.
11:22Five as well.
11:22What have you got?
11:23Mules.
11:24Yes, and Anthony?
11:25Smell.
11:25And smell.
11:26Smelly mules.
11:28Loads of animals up there, actually, with their mules, with their moles.
11:30Can we beat five?
11:32Yeah, we've got seven.
11:33We've got a seven which is mellows.
11:35He mellows with old age.
11:37Beautiful.
11:39Second numbers round.
11:40Anthony, your choosing.
11:42May I have one large and the rest small, please?
11:44You may indeed.
11:45Thank you, Anthony.
11:45One biggie.
11:46Five Littlands.
11:48And the small ones this time are ten, four, three, one, and two.
11:54And the large one, 100.
11:56And the target, 844.
11:59844.
11:59Numbers up.
12:31That's time up.
12:32844 is the target.
12:34Anthony?
12:35844.
12:36Well done to you and Mark.
12:37I'm 11 away.
12:38Nowhere near close enough, Anthony.
12:41Ten points for you, if you're right.
12:43100 times two.
12:44100 times two.
12:45200.
12:46And add ten.
12:47210.
12:48And times that by four.
12:50It is 840.
12:52And add three and one.
12:54Lovely.
12:54844.
12:55844.
12:55Well done.
12:56APPLAUSE
12:57What a start by Mr. Noonan.
13:0145 to 12 up.
13:03Mark is definitely all about the second part of the show, though, so beware of that.
13:07As we break bread again with our palm airs.
13:11Now, yesterday, we were talking about Hattie the Hare, which is part of this new series of children's books of yours.
13:17But it doesn't matter what you do, whether it's something new, whether it's the first thing you ever wrote, whether it's something 10 years ago, 20 years ago, because it's when you do them and your love for it and your passion.
13:26So, complete free reign this week.
13:28I mean, what are we talking about today?
13:30Oh, thanks.
13:31I'm talking about grandchildren, really, and how they change you.
13:37I never thought I would stand on a football touchline show in, come on, Fairford, with my feet like ice, because a little grandson likes playing football.
13:48But I do, and I love it.
13:49And I'm quite an observant person, and I have observed that grandparents, as a group, tend to claim all the good traits in the child to our side of the family and to attribute anything a bit iffy to the others.
14:07Like this.
14:09Have you met my little grandson?
14:12No, I didn't think you had.
14:14Who's he like?
14:16Well, some have said he's rather like his dad.
14:18And there are family resemblances that people claim to see, but anyone with half a brain can see who looks like me.
14:30My grandson's walking now, and he can nearly climb the fence.
14:35But then, my father was athletic.
14:39He ran in all the track events.
14:41The trophies on his mantelpiece, well, some of them were whoppers.
14:46Yeah, my old dad could run like how.
14:49You ask the local coppers.
14:52My grandson's very beautiful, with gorgeous eyes that shine.
14:58Cornflower blue and frank and true.
15:02Uncannily like mine.
15:06Oh, he is absolute perfection.
15:08See his photo on the shelf.
15:09Each time I glance across, it's just like looking at myself.
15:16And though the old must fall away, I see a vision clear.
15:22At my grandson's great achievements, I am sure that you will hear.
15:28As he steps up for the Nobel Prize, this genius of a man.
15:35A voice beneath the daisies say, he gets it from his gran.
15:47Fantastic.
15:48What a treat it is, that palm airs and Dick's recording.
15:50Oh, thank you.
15:51Let's get another set of letters, please.
15:54Mark Mills.
15:55A consonant, please, Rachel.
15:56Thank you, Mark.
15:58N.
15:59A vowel.
16:01A.
16:03Consonant.
16:05T.
16:07A vowel.
16:09E.
16:11Consonant.
16:12R.
16:14Vowel.
16:16A.
16:16Another consonant.
16:22G.
16:24A vowel.
16:26E.
16:28And a final vowel, please.
16:30And a final A.
16:32And here we go again.
16:33A vowel.
16:35A vowel.
16:35A vowel.
16:36A vowel.
16:36A vowel.
16:37A vowel.
16:37A vowel.
16:37A vowel.
16:38A vowel.
16:38A vowel.
16:39A vowel.
16:39A vowel.
16:39A vowel.
16:39A vowel.
16:39A vowel.
16:39A vowel.
16:39A vowel.
16:40A vowel.
16:40A vowel.
16:40A vowel.
16:40A vowel.
16:41A vowel.
16:41A vowel.
16:41A vowel.
16:41A vowel.
16:42A vowel.
16:43A vowel.
16:43A vowel.
16:43A vowel.
16:44A vowel.
16:45A vowel.
16:46A vowel.
16:47A vowel.
16:47A vowel.
16:48A vowel.
16:49A vowel.
16:49A vowel.
16:50A vowel.
16:51A vowel.
16:51A vowel.
16:52A vowel.
16:53A vowel.
16:53A vowel.
16:53A vowel.
16:54And that is time. Talk to me, Mark.
17:07Just a six, not written down.
17:09Six, not written down. And Anthony?
17:10I'll risk a seven.
17:11It's going to go for a seven. We've been here before.
17:13Mark, what have you got?
17:14Neater.
17:15Neater. And what's the seven?
17:17Reagent.
17:18Yeah, I spotted that and I wasn't sure.
17:21Yeah, not risky at all.
17:24It's a substance or a mixture that reacts with something else.
17:27It's not so much about re-agenting.
17:29It's actually all about chemical processes.
17:32Excellent. Well done.
17:34How do we get on in the next three corner?
17:36We have tanager for seven and apparently it's a bird.
17:40Yeah, and a beautifully coloured one.
17:42I was looking at pictures of the paradise tanager
17:44with gorgeous turquoise iridescent stomach.
17:47What a round. What a round.
17:49More letters, Anthony.
17:50Thank you. A consonant, please.
17:52Thank you, Anthony.
17:53D.
17:54And another.
17:57H.
17:58And one more.
18:00C.
18:01And a vowel.
18:02I.
18:03And a consonant.
18:05D.
18:06And a vowel, please.
18:08A.
18:09And another.
18:12E.
18:13And one more.
18:14I.
18:14And a consonant to finish off.
18:19To finish M.
18:20Start that clock.
18:21Edgar.
18:27And a consonant.
18:28I.
18:31And a consonant.
18:33And a consonant.
18:33And aways.
18:33And aaiser.
18:35And a consonant to finish off.
18:36And a consonant.
18:36I'll fill it out.
18:39And a vowel.
18:40And a consonant to finish off.
18:40And a소딩 that.
18:41And a negotiation.
18:42And a Armenian.
18:42And acjonal.
18:43And a negotiated.
18:43And a Vienna.
18:44And a consonant.
18:44And a consonant to finish off.
18:45And a développ.
18:47And aügen fluct干.
18:47And aruk.
18:48And auled board.
18:48And a gateway.
18:49Anthony?
18:53Six. Six from you. Mark?
18:55I've come wrong. I've used a C twice.
18:57Don't you worry about that. Anthony, the six?
18:59I should have said it's a risky six. Chided?
19:02Oh, yeah, be all right. Chided?
19:03Chided? It doesn't sound like it should be chided.
19:06It sounds like we should adjust the middle of the vowel,
19:09but we don't. So chided is in the dictionary.
19:11It's absolutely fine. Pam?
19:12We've got chimed again, and we've also got caddy.
19:17Oh, yes, there it is.
19:18Without the... Oh, you can spell it. It's I-E.
19:20I-E. OK, there you go.
19:21Yes, we have a tea caddy, but the golfing caddy is I-E.
19:24All right, at numbers, then, you really need this, Mark, you're choosing.
19:27Two large, please, Rachel.
19:29Thank you, Mark. Two large, four little happenlars,
19:32so you never know.
19:33The four little ones this time, four, six, five, and one.
19:39And the large two, 50 and 75.
19:43And the target, 509.
19:46509, numbers up.
19:48509, numbers up.
19:50509, numbers up.
19:52509, numbers up.
19:54And the line is so quiet.
19:55150, numbers fell off to Chile.
19:57150, numbers up.
19:58509, numbers up.
20:00100, numbers null.
20:02509, numbers up.
20:08At least this time, we can't see Stan Howitt
20:13или Raimi, or Andrea Park,
20:14orÃaồ curt continued...
20:15509's the target mark 505 505 hard debt the office for a champion it really is
20:24Anthony I 510 not fully written down that's okay it'll be for seven points I did 75 plus 50
20:31125 times four times four is 500 and six minus one six minus one is five add the other five and
20:42the five right five ten five ten yep Rachel um yes a quite a few ways to get this one one of them 75
20:51times six is 450 add the 50 add the five and the four yeah 509 there it is
20:58well there you go we're at second tea time teaser time I love this it's so daft you'd never say this
21:07I test it I test it and the clue is the potatoes were just so shabby the potatoes were just so shabby
21:15hello again the potatoes were just so shabby tattiest tattiest not too shabby at all from Anthony
21:38Noonan our challenger surely an unassailable lead 65 12 we shall see Anthony you're choosing these
21:46letters thank you a consonant please Rachel thank you Anthony y and another s and one more
21:55and a vowel please a and a consonant t and a vowel you and another e and a consonant h and one last vowel please
22:15and a final I good luck
22:45Anthony six I think six he thinks mark just a five well it might count though he's not sure what's the five
22:57shire shire and Anthony surety and surety he's not sure about surety nobody should be because it's in the
23:04dictionary yeah uh palm we've got the extremely hairy her suit oh nice seven her suit for a hairy seven
23:13yes right let's get on with it more letters please mark mills a consonant please Rachel thank you mark
23:18t a vowel e a consonant l vowel i consonant s vowel o consonant g a consonant s and the final consonant
23:46please Rachel and a final r let's play
24:16mark eight eight come on it's never over till it's over anthony seven seven yes what have you got
24:27sorry i celebrated that a bit too much but you know uh what have you got goiters go on mark glossier
24:34glossier yes
24:36uh dictionary corner how'd we fare uh we've got a good one we've got goriest which is seven lovely yeah but
24:47we can we have glossier too we can beat that excellent four rounds left as we head over to
24:53dictionary corner for today's origins of words it was all about the the eyes yesterday the eyes well i'm
24:59staying with body parts because i'm going to talk about measurements uh these days because um measurements in
25:05the past did tend to involve the uh the capacity or the length of a particular body part um so horses
25:13obviously measured in hands um we measure our distances uh well some of us still do in feet um and actually a
25:21mile um is represented by a thousand or mille in latin paces by a roman soldier that's how they um
25:28measured in those days so that was all about paces and um feet uh and ocean uh we measure in fathoms
25:36which i think is gorgeous because the fathom was originally the span of a pair of outstretched arms so when
25:41we try to fathom something it's like we're trying to embrace it um as though we're hugging it to our mind which i always think is quite beautiful
25:48um we have an l an l was used for measuring cloth um and it was the length of the human forearm an elbow is
25:57where our l bends um if you like so that's where that one comes from i'm going to add another one to
26:02the list uh which i find potentially quite useful when it comes to biscuits um it's from old uh dialect
26:09and it's a yepson and that describes the capacity of two cupped hands as though they're forming a bowl
26:14thank you susie
26:19well the length and breadth of this game is it's all over bar the shouting but countdown is not just
26:24about close encounters it's about the whole experience we love every round anthony more letters
26:30please thank you a consonant please thank you anthony z and another s and one more
26:39d and a vowel e and a consonant r and a vowel please o another vowel
26:51e a consonant n and one last vowel please one last o on count time
27:09it's all the time i can give you anthony seven seven from you and mark a risky seven a risky seven
27:38both written down yes yeah what's your seven anthony rezoned i'm for you mark same one okay so rezoned
27:45rezoning a town center whatever it may be primarily american us english but uh in the dictionary yeah
27:53very good is there four seven palm hairs we've got snoozed which is nice which is a seven i'm so annoyed
28:03because i had snored and i'd rather have a snooze than a snore i can't believe that uh snooze then yeah
28:11seven yeah and doors was another one so a few sevens hiding there no sleeping on the job mark let's get
28:16more letters uh a consonant please rachel thank you mark g a vowel u consonant n
28:26n vowel o consonant l vowel a consonant r consonant n i'll go for a final consonant
28:50final p last letters
29:01so
29:19that's time uh talk to me mark i'll go for it's a risky six you've got to do anthony
29:28uh just a five just the five it is unran not sure about this one mark on plan to unplan you've made
29:34plans you've decided the heck with that i'm going to stay in and watch a movie i've unplanned yeah you
29:40can't unrun actually to unran nothing but you can unplan to cancel the planning for something you
29:45previously arranged so yeah excellent well done well you can plan to do something else tomorrow
29:51afternoon but it's nice to get a few points in the board here mark what can we add to that we have
29:58languor which is seven i love that word languorous when you're sort of pleasurably idle oh lovely word
30:05palm yes to be languid sounds nice doesn't it beautiful languor in a poem i don't know how you
30:11could rhyme that with anger maybe i don't know would say anger clangor that would be a good one
30:18right uh let's get our last two rounds in anthony the numbers are on you four large please four large
30:25the four large are back just to annoy colin i think it's even better that way four large two little
30:30thank you anthony final numbers of the day four and two and the big ones 50 75 100 and 25 and the target 271
30:41never liked them 271 last numbers
31:01so
31:11i think that one fell okay 271 anthony yes 271 and mark yes 271 well done anthony off we go
31:21uh 100 plus 50 150 times two times two is 300 and take away 25 and the four perfect 271 nice and mark
31:32uh a bit easier two times 100 plus 75 275 take away the four yeah same result nice
31:44well here we go over as a contest we have a new champion another teapot given away
31:50but mark a half century seemed a long way away it's now within touch here so let's see if it can happen
31:55have fingers on buzzers as we reveal today's countdown conundrum
32:09no late shout at all a blank drawn for mark and for anthony you know what's coming next she rarely misses them
32:37rachel riley well we're all blue today because we're unhappier hey well spotted well spotted
32:44well mark it was one and done but with your wife being an octo champ just to get that
32:53one win with the pressure of the teapot off yeah that was it i think when you show this back to your
32:59grandchildren and maybe just skip through the first part of this episode because you were brilliant
33:03after that yeah lovely to have you here lovely it's been great thank you good who's next do we
33:08got sisters kids who's next in uh i've got i've got three boys so but they don't really oh well we'll
33:14see you soon i'm sure all right thank you anthony what a fantastic debut out for you with an 88 teapot
33:21yours back tomorrow happy days yeah very happy well done mark unlucky there but a really good game thank
33:27again yeah well as you're a musician a a little treat for you to mark your coronation as countdown
33:33champion because palm airs you've been learning i mean you're i think you're 41 now you've been
33:38learning to play the piano i have yes oh i made inquiries if anybody would teach me the piano as a
33:45woman in her 70s with one arthritic finger and a very nice lady volunteered and i've really enjoyed it
33:51and this is a little verse which i've written on the subject i'm learning to play the piano i wish i
33:57had done so before my husband a classical lover gets up and closes the door this morning i murdered
34:05tchaikovsky today it's a beethoven score tomorrow i'll slaughter stravinsky and tickets are free on the
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