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00:00Thank you very much.
00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:33Can you believe it's four years since the Summer Olympic Games in London way back in 2012?
00:39And what games they were.
00:41They kick off again tomorrow down in Rio de Janeiro.
00:45And the world's best athletes will congregate there and kick off another Olympic celebration.
00:52So good luck, Team GB.
00:55Talking about the Olympic Games, I remember I happened to be in the post office in Hovd.
01:01That'll be H-O-V-D, which is the first major town you hit in Mongolia, having crossed in from Russia.
01:09Of course.
01:10From the western side.
01:12Indeed, from the eastern side.
01:14Obviously.
01:14No, from the western side.
01:15And let me tell you, it was, the whole town turned up because it had a television set there and we watched the Mongolian wrestler get the gold medal.
01:24Fantastic.
01:25Yeah, it's like with the Euros, apparently only 300 people in the whole of Iceland weren't watching the England Iceland game.
01:31Is that right?
01:32It just unites the country, doesn't it, when you're all together playing sport?
01:35Absolutely.
01:36I remember that moment.
01:37Brilliant stuff.
01:38Now then, who have we got with us?
01:39Cami Lovett's back.
01:4017-year-old school student from Bigger in South Lanarkshire.
01:44Did very well yesterday.
01:46And beat Stephen.
01:48Stephen Bloom, who was previously a very big winner.
01:51But you're back, Cami.
01:52Well done.
01:53Young 17-year-old.
01:54Fantastic.
01:55You're joined by Robin Bott, a business psychologist from High Wycombe, who likes to keep mentally fit by playing board games and runs a lot to keep physically fit.
02:04Yes.
02:05Excellent.
02:05Well, welcome, Robin.
02:06Tell me this.
02:07A business psychologist.
02:09Give us a 30-second.
02:11Yeah.
02:12So, I essentially develop different assessment methods for people applying for jobs.
02:19Assessment centres, interviews, psychometric assessments, that sort of thing.
02:22People think that I keep them out of jobs, but I like to think that I help people find the right jobs for them.
02:28Very good.
02:29Let's see how you can bring your psychology to play with young Cami Lovett over there.
02:34Let's have a big round of applause, then, for Robin and Cami.
02:40And over the corner, Susie, of course, and Giles.
02:44I'm conscious here.
02:45We have a champion who is 17 years of age, and 17 years before he was born, I first turned up here at Dictionary Corner.
02:53How time flies...
02:54Doesn't it, though?
02:55...when you're having a good time.
02:56Indeed, indeed.
02:57More from you later on, Giles, but now it's Cami's turn to take us away.
03:02Let us go, Cami.
03:03Hi, Rachel.
03:04Hi, Cami.
03:05Can I have a constant, please?
03:07Start today with S.
03:09And another.
03:11T.
03:11And another.
03:15N.
03:16And another.
03:19R.
03:20And one more, please.
03:23J.
03:24And a vowel.
03:27E.
03:28And another.
03:30O.
03:31And another.
03:34I.
03:36And a consonant, please.
03:39And lastly, S.
03:41And here's the countdown clock.
03:43And here's the countdown clock.
03:43S.
03:46And a consonant, please.
03:54And a consonant, please.
03:57And a consonant, please.
04:02J.
04:02Yes, Cammie?
04:15Seven.
04:16Seven, Robin?
04:17Seven.
04:19Cammie?
04:19Join us.
04:21And Robin?
04:22Stoners.
04:23Ooh, stoners.
04:25A person who regularly takes drugs, especially cannabis,
04:28or a person or thing that weighs a specific number of stone,
04:32so a 16 stoner, for example.
04:33Ah, very good.
04:35I seem to remember, this is an old countdown word,
04:38jointers, not done by carpenters, but done by plumbers.
04:41Jointing.
04:42Is jointers there?
04:43Yes, absolutely.
04:43Yep, worker employed in jointing pipes or wires.
04:46It can be the tool used for all sorts of things,
04:48masonry, brickwork, that kind of thing.
04:50Very good.
04:51Well done.
04:52Well done.
04:54Anything else, is it?
04:56No, actually, that was the best.
04:57Very good for eight.
04:58Excellent.
04:59Well done.
04:59Seven points apiece,
05:01and it's Robin's letters game.
05:02Robin.
05:03Good afternoon, Rachel.
05:04Good afternoon, Robin.
05:05Please may I have a consonant?
05:06You may, thank you.
05:07Starts with T.
05:09And another.
05:11N.
05:12And another.
05:15M.
05:16And a vowel, please.
05:18A.
05:20And another.
05:22U.
05:22And a consonant, please.
05:29D.
05:31And another consonant, please.
05:33P.
05:35And a vowel.
05:37And the last one.
05:39A.
05:40Stand by.
05:40And a vowel.
05:41And a vowel.
05:42And a vowel.
05:43And a vowel.
05:43And a vowel.
05:44And a vowel.
05:44And a vowel.
05:44And a vowel.
05:45And a vowel.
05:45And a vowel.
05:46And a vowel.
05:46And a vowel.
05:46And a vowel.
05:46And a vowel.
05:46And a vowel.
05:47And a vowel.
05:47And a vowel.
05:47And a vowel.
05:47And a vowel.
05:48And a vowel.
05:48And a vowel.
05:48And a vowel.
05:49And a vowel.
05:50And a vowel.
05:50And a vowel.
05:50And a vowel.
05:51And a vowel.
05:52And a vowel.
05:52And a vowel.
05:52And a vowel.
05:53And a vowel.
05:54And a vowel.
05:54And a vowel.
05:54And a vowel.
05:55And a vowel.
05:55and a vowel.
05:56and a vowel.
06:10Well, Robin? Just a five. Yes, Cammie? Seven. And your five? Daunt. Daunt. Cammie? Putamen? Brilliant word. It's a singular and it's from anatomy, the outer part of the lentiform nucleus, which is part of the brain. Very, very good.
06:31Well done. Very impressive. Cutamen. Well done. Fantastic. Interestingly, there is an easier seven-letter word there, I think, in mandate. Yes. Mandate. Very good. Very good.
06:44What you have when you go out with somebody, you have a mandate. All right. 14 points to Cammie, Robin on seven, and it's Cammie's numbers game. Cammie?
06:54One last, please, Rachel. Thank you, Cammie. One big one. Five little ones. And for the first time today, they are six, four, three, five, one. And the big one, 50. And the target, 397.
07:12397.
07:24So, Cammie?
07:44397.
07:46Yes, Robin?
07:47At 397.
07:48So, Cammie?
07:49Five plus three is eight.
07:51Yep.
07:52Time thrifty?
07:53100.
07:54Take four and add one.
07:56Perfect. Well done. 397.
07:58Robin?
07:59Exactly that. So, sorry, I've got three plus five equals eight times 50. Then when I've got the 400, I've done six minus four plus one to get three as well.
08:09Yep. Brilliant. Take that.
08:11Well done.
08:14Well done.
08:1524 plays 17. Cammie's still in the lead. And it's time for a tea time teaser, which is pain race. And the clue, it's a pain to watch the race in the wet.
08:24But you've brought this with you. It's a pain to watch the race in the wet. But you've brought this with you.
08:30Welcome back. I left with the clue. It's a pain to watch the race in the wet. But you've brought this with you. What have you brought? You've brought a rain cape. 24 plays 17.
08:57Cammie in the lead and it's Robin's letters game.
08:59May I have a consonant, please?
09:01Thank you, Robin. W.
09:05And another?
09:07L.
09:08And another, please.
09:10G.
09:12And another?
09:14H.
09:16May I have a vowel, please?
09:18E.
09:19And another?
09:21I.
09:21And another?
09:24O.
09:26And a consonant, please.
09:28R.
09:30And a consonant, please.
09:32And a final L.
09:35Stand by.
09:35And a consonant.
09:37And a consonant, please.
10:01And a consonant.
10:04Claughing.
10:05Robin six a six Cammy six two sixes Robin a howler a howler what about coming there all
10:17here holy is absolutely fine yeah thank you yeah now Giles w-h-o-r-l that's theirs yes and what does
10:26that mean it's a word I know but I don't know what it means it's a pattern of spirals or concentric
10:31circles I was thinking of it in terms of mollusks and that kind of thing there is a 7-0 um lowlier
10:36is that lowlier yes very good 30 plays 23 Cammy's there okay and Cammy's back come on Cammy
10:45constant please Rachel thank you Cami T and another ah and another G and one more okay
11:01a vowel U and another E and another I and another O and a constant please and lastly N and here's the
11:22countdown clock
11:23so
11:25so
11:30yes Cammy eight and eight Robin just seven you're seven
11:58trekking
12:00right we'll come to you in a minute Cammy
12:03rooting
12:04right what do you think guys well I think trekking has two k's it does unfortunately I don't know what
12:11route one would take one is when one is trekking but we'll be via two k's it is and you were suggesting
12:15rooting r-o-u-t-e-i-n-g what do you make of rooting you can spell it either way actually what
12:22you spell it with or without or standards are slipping is it some americanism no no in fact it's
12:28truer to the um to the to the root to the root of the word if you put the e in so it's absolutely
12:32fine she's very alert she's oh she's sharp she's very alert she's sharp all right well done 38 plays
12:4023 Robin on 23 and it's Robin's numbers game Robin can I have uh one large and five small please you can
12:47thank you Robin one large one five little ones coming up and for this round they are 10
12:52four three
12:54one
12:56five and the big one 75
12:58and the target
13:00377
13:02377
13:03387
13:1938
13:2039
13:2439
13:2639
13:2840
13:3040
13:3140
13:3240
13:33yes Robin
13:34377
13:36and Cammy
13:36377
13:37thank you
13:38yes Robin
13:39uh five times 75
13:41375
13:42um
13:44uh separate
13:45three minus one equals two
13:47yep
13:48and add to them
13:49377
13:50lovely
13:50well done
13:51Cammy
13:51same way
13:53yes sir
13:54well done
13:55all right
13:55so here we are
13:5748 plays
14:0033
14:01Robin on that 33
14:03three as we turn to Giles
14:04and Giles
14:04and Giles
14:04you
14:05you really are a hard-working guy
14:07you really are
14:08you're touring with your one-man show
14:11you're uh I think last year up to Edinburgh
14:13but also you do a lot of corporate work
14:15yeah well I do a lot of hosting of awards ceremonies
14:17which you do do
14:19but I went to a very curious one the other day
14:21I was flown all the way to Los Angeles
14:23to take part in and in fact to host
14:26to co-host the international longevity awards
14:31yes
14:31ILA's they're called
14:33it was all old people
14:35I was the youngest person in the room
14:37by about 30 years
14:38we were saluting people in their 90s
14:41who were still
14:42who still had snap in their celery
14:44and you should have seen
14:46these elderly guys
14:47tossing aside the Zimmer frames
14:49and leaping up onto the podium
14:51as they accepted their prizes
14:52and I met a man
14:54from the University of California
14:55at Los Angeles
14:56who was giving a presentation
14:57on how to keep your mind active
14:59and he explained to us
15:00that the brain is a muscle
15:03and if you don't use it
15:04you lose it
15:05and this will intrigue you
15:06he said
15:07one of the ways of keeping your brain active
15:08is to learn
15:09and remember
15:10a new word a day
15:12discover a new word a day
15:14and recall it
15:15not just read it
15:15but actually work on remembering it
15:17he said
15:18an alternative to that
15:18is to learn
15:19a new poem
15:21a week
15:22and remember them
15:23so I am now trying to learn
15:25a new poem
15:26a week
15:27last week's
15:28was an old favourite of mine
15:29one of the ruthless rhymes
15:31of Harry Graham
15:32late last night
15:33I slew my wife
15:34laid her on the parquet flooring
15:36I was loath to take her life
15:38but I had to stop her snoring
15:40what I am doing this week
15:42is a bit briefer
15:43and I hope we've got time for it
15:45it goes like this
15:46there was
15:48a young man
15:49from Peru
15:49whose limericks
15:51stopped at line 2
15:52well done
15:56I must learn to exercise my muscle
16:03more
16:05thank you
16:0548 pitch 33
16:07carry on 48
16:08and it's
16:10carry on
16:10carry on
16:11concept please Rachel
16:12thank you
16:12carry
16:13T
16:13and another
16:15S
16:17and another
16:19F
16:21and another
16:22M
16:25a vowel
16:27A
16:29and another
16:30U
16:32another
16:34E
16:36a consonant
16:39please
16:39G
16:40and
16:43a consonant
16:45please
16:45and a final
16:46V
16:47countdown
16:48to
16:51a
16:54living
16:54a
16:55a
16:58o
16:59a
17:00a
17:02a
17:02a
17:02a
17:03a
17:05a
17:10a
17:13a
17:14a
17:14a
17:14a
17:15a
17:16a
17:18Tami.
17:20Try a seven.
17:21And Robin.
17:23Another seven.
17:24Tami.
17:25Vagus.
17:27Exactly the same.
17:29There we go.
17:31And what news for the corner?
17:33Would you have allowed movest?
17:35I'm wearing a mauve outfit.
17:37You're ordering a mauve outfit too, but I think, well, she is too.
17:40Oh, that's the movest of the three.
17:43It's unlikely, but because it's a single syllable
17:46and we allow superlatives of single syllable words,
17:49I would have said yes.
17:51Well done, all right.
17:5255 plays.
17:5340.
17:54And Robin, letters game.
17:56May I have a consonant, please?
17:57Thank you, Robin.
17:59P.
18:00And another, please.
18:03S.
18:03And another.
18:05T.
18:07And a vowel, please.
18:10I.
18:11And another.
18:12A.
18:13And another.
18:14U.
18:17And a consonant.
18:20D.
18:21And another consonant, please.
18:23R.
18:24And a final consonant, please.
18:27And lastly, N.
18:30Done by.
18:30A.
18:37A.
18:40And
18:56Robin.
19:02Seven.
19:03Cammie.
19:04Just six.
19:05A six.
19:06And that's six.
19:07Trains.
19:09Robin.
19:09Prudest.
19:10With an I.
19:11Er, absolutely, yes.
19:12What?
19:13Er, strict modesty or propriety, especially in relation to sexual matters.
19:17That is a prudest.
19:18A prudest?
19:19Yes.
19:19Mmm.
19:20Well, we know the sort of people who were prudests.
19:23That's seven points, he gets, isn't it?
19:24Yeah, absolutely.
19:24Which is brilliant.
19:25Congratulations.
19:26But I'm going to try and better you, and to offer you, the people who really were prudests
19:30were the Puritans.
19:32And I think Puritans is there as an eight-letter word.
19:35Excellent.
19:36Well done.
19:36Well done.
19:4255 plays 47.
19:43Cammie in the lead, and it's Cammie's numbers game.
19:46Two large, please, Rachel.
19:48Thank you, Cammie.
19:48Two from the top row.
19:49Four Littlands.
19:51And this time around, they are six.
19:53Six.
19:54Ten.
19:55Two.
19:56Two.
19:56Two.
19:56Eight.
19:57And the big one's 50 and 100.
20:01And the target, 136.
20:03One, three, six.
20:04One, three, six.
20:05One, three, six.
20:05One, three, six.
20:06One, three, six.
20:06One, three, six.
20:07One, three, six.
20:08One, three, six.
20:08One, three, six.
20:09One, three, six.
20:09One, three, six.
20:10One, three, six.
20:11One, three, six.
20:11One, three, six.
20:12One, three, six.
20:13One, three, six.
20:13One, three, six.
20:13One, three, six.
20:14One, three, six.
20:15One, three, six.
20:15One, three, six.
20:16One, three, six.
20:17One, three, six.
20:17One, three, six.
20:18One, three, six.
20:19One, three, six.
20:20One, three, six.
20:21One, three, six.
20:22Yes, Cammie?
20:35Yes, 136.
20:37And Robin?
20:38136.
20:39Thank you, Cammie.
20:418 minus 2.
20:428 minus 2 is 6.
20:44Times 6.
20:45Times 6, 36.
20:46And 100.
20:47136.
20:49Straightforward.
20:49And Robin?
20:50100 plus 50.
20:52150.
20:53Separate sum, 8 plus 6.
20:558 plus 6 for 14.
20:57And then you take the one from the other.
21:00Well done.
21:01There you go.
21:04Well done.
21:05Cammie on 65, Robin 57, as we go into our second tea time teaser,
21:09which is Dog's Nose.
21:12And the clue, his dog's got a nose for the nourishing benefits of food.
21:15His dog's got a nose for the nourishing benefits of food.
21:20And the answer is goodness.
21:48Goodness.
21:48So 65 to 57, Cammie's in the lead and it's Robin's letters game now.
21:53Robin?
21:54May I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
21:55Thank you, Robin.
21:56S.
21:57And another?
21:59T.
22:00And another?
22:03L.
22:03And a vowel, please.
22:05And another?
22:06B.
22:07And a vowel, please.
22:09O.
22:10And another?
22:12A.
22:13And another?
22:15I.
22:17And a consonant, please.
22:20H.
22:21And a vowel, please.
22:24And lastly, E.
22:26Stand by.
22:27T
22:45C.
22:45And now,
22:46and a vowel.
22:47yes Robin just a six a six and Cammy seven a seven seven yes Robin bloats and hostile hostile
23:07yes well what does the corner thing Giles well I feel isolated here isolate is a word isn't it
23:15that's very good yeah excellent yeah well done Cammy's in the lead and it's Cammy's uh letters
23:22game now constant please Rachel thank you Cammy V and another T and another L and a vowel O and another
23:37a and another you and another I and a consonant D and a vowel please and the last one E countdown
23:59countdown
24:29well Cammy eight and eight Robin also an eight well done Cammy violated and Robin that's the same
24:40yeah violated well done
24:44eight and in the corner any more eight well I think you came up with outlived yep which is not bad at all
24:54eight letters I've come up with perhaps more controversial ovulated ovulated which I think
25:01is excellent
25:02all right 80 plays 65 Cammy still there as Susie delivers another of her wonderful origins of
25:14words essays Susie well I'm going to talk about a term that um is used much more loosely
25:21uh than it was uh originally and that is a pariah and it still has some power to it you call somebody
25:27a total pariah they are an outcast um it comes from the southern Indian languages of uh Tamil and
25:34Malayam um yeah Malayalam I should say and it literally means hereditary drummer because these were
25:41uh the people who um in those countries would it'd be ceremonial drummers if you like they were the
25:47hereditary drummers of uh the tribe and they were also seen as sorcerers to have some sort of magical
25:53uh power but in spite of this they were um almost always taken on as laborers and servants and that's
26:00because they were tribal people that fell outside the traditional Hindu system of uh of caste the caste
26:05system uh in India and they came to be regarded as untouchables uh so people who um you had to keep
26:12at arm's length and could only be used for the lowest of the low uh jobs in in the household
26:18and it's from that sense that the social outcasts that we know today um develop but it was once
26:23once very specific and uh you know not particularly pleasant um and rascal is another word which has
26:28really become diluted uh over time because rascals originally were also the people who were seen as
26:34the dregs of society and it literally comes from a latin word meaning scratching or scraping as if you
26:38were scraping the bottom of the barrel uh for these people today we bandy us about and call little
26:43child or a dog a rascal perhaps um but yeah pariah and rascal two people you really don't want to be
26:48and it was once a lot worse than that indeed well done
26:51i mean rascal these days is almost affectionate it is yes yeah not really the scoundrel that they were
27:02no indeed all right age play 65 and robin it's your letters game penultimate letters game for you
27:09may i have a consonant please rachel thank you robin s and another f and another t and another
27:22s s and a vowel please you and another i and another o and a consonant r and another consonant please
27:42and finally p count down
28:12robin seven a seven cammy just five and you're five potes now then robin uh purists
28:26purists excellent very good very good very good what have we got in the corner well there are a few
28:36seven letter words there aren't there i think i saw sprouts because i'm quite partial to them
28:42and what did you get profits profits sprouts and profits very good indeed but purists does it for
28:49robin so only eight points between you as we go into our final letters uh game cammy uh constant
28:56please rachel thank you cammy uh and another s and another m and another g aval a another u another e
29:20one more please i and a constant please and lastly n stand by
29:30one more please and lastly n stand by
30:00cammy
30:02cammy
30:03seven a seven robin seven cammy remains and robin sardine
30:11well that's nice sardine as in a tin of sardines
30:15very good two very good seven letter words there i'm going to attempt a couple of eight letter words
30:20one possibly controversial aneurysm is it spelt with a y or an i usually with a y but it can be spelt
30:27with an i yes what a relief aneurysm normally a y at the end but we're getting away with it with an i
30:32so that would have been eight who would want to be surnamed brandreth i think to myself and i think
30:38well maybe i would because it's led me to an eight letter word surnamed excellent
30:42well done
30:45very cleverly done all right so 87 plays 79 and it's robin's last numbers game robin may i have one
30:58one large and five small please you may indeed thank you robin one large five small
31:02thank you on the conundrum let's see how this last numbers game goes we have nine
31:07seven
31:08two
31:09ten
31:10six and the big one 100
31:12and the last target 237 237
31:17so
31:25so
31:30so
31:35so
31:44Robin, 235, two away, Cami, 241, 241, Robin, 100 plus 9 plus 7, plus 9 plus 7, 116, yep, multiply
32:05that by 2, is 232, the two numbers you have left are 10 and 7, so take the 7 from the
32:1110, you've used this 7, then I've got nothing, oh, sorry, bad luck, you had, yeah, you could
32:20have got to 1 away with the 6 you had left, to rub it in, that's a disappointment for
32:25you, Robin, Cami, you're wrong, 100 times 2, 100 times 2, 200, 7 times 6, 42, 7 times 6,
32:35yep, 42, 29 is 1, yep, take that away, yep, 4 away, well done, well done, well done,
32:44takes you 94 points to Robin's, 79, but Rachel, 237, help us, yes, you could have said 100
32:53plus 9 plus 6 is 115, times that by 2 for 230, and then add the 7, 237, oh, well done, well
33:02done, well done, Rachel, so 94, as I say, to Robin, 79, so near, and yet so far, it's slipped
33:11away, Robin, fingers on buzzers, let's go into the final round, let's reveal today's countdown,
33:17conundrum, yes, Cami?
33:22No, nothing, no, rest of the time to you, Robin,
33:25yes, Robin, primitive, primitive, let's see whether you're right, there it is, well
33:35done, well done, indeed, so just that little bit too late, 94 plays your 89, so we say farewell
33:50to you, well played, very well played, indeed, so it's back to High Wycombe with your goodie
33:56bag and our very best wishes, thank you, Nick, very best wishes, thank you very much, Cami
34:00Lovett, wow, near escape, but you won, well done, indeed, another good win for you, thank
34:06you, we look forward to seeing you tomorrow, excellent stuff, well done, and Giles and Susie,
34:11of course, too, we'll see you tomorrow, indeed, looking forward to it, and me too, all right,
34:16well done, poor old Robin, that was bad luck, wasn't it, wasn't it, there was an open goal
34:20there, I know, I know, see you tomorrow, see you tomorrow, Cami will be back, my gosh,
34:25he's a good boy, see you tomorrow, same time, same place, you be sure of it, a very good
34:30afternoon to you.
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