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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to your midweek countdown.
00:34Another chance to just enjoy the company of letters, numbers and a few familiar faces.
00:39And as always, you have a ring side seat to today's programme.
00:43And our Rachel, we have a two-weight world champion in Dictionary Corner today.
00:49And I've been lucky enough to be close enough at boxing matches where when a punch has landed,
00:54the spray off the person's face in the glove, their sweat has soaked me.
00:59It sounds gross, but it's very visceral and very real when you see it that close.
01:04When have you been closest to sport, if that makes sense?
01:08Well, I got to go pitch side when I was asked to host.
01:12Man United had a 20-year anniversary of our 1999 treble.
01:16And I got invited along to host the event for charity.
01:19So that's my, you know, absolute dream come true.
01:21I remember watching it as a 13-year-old and to actually go back and have both teams there
01:25and almost all of the players from that 1999 team was incredible.
01:30Did you get to meet them, pitchers, the whole lot?
01:33I'd met quite a few before, but they were all so lovely.
01:35And I was just pregnant. I was just announced that I was pregnant.
01:38So they were all kind of coming up.
01:39And everyone loves babies if they've got babies.
01:41So they were kind of, you know, my absolute heroes from my childhood saying congratulations.
01:45Yeah.
01:45Magical.
01:46That's absolutely brilliant.
01:47What a privilege that is.
01:48Even I can appreciate that as a Liverpool fan.
01:51It's a day you'd absolutely remember forever.
01:53OK, let's head over to Dictionary Corner.
01:56Roll them with all the countdown punches today.
01:59But let me introduce them both at the same time.
02:01They're both absolute lightweights in different ways, it has to be said.
02:05Floating like a butterfly is Susie Dent.
02:07Stinging like a bee is Carve Randon.
02:13And we welcome back our champion.
02:15First win on the board, sci-fi fan, John Aziz.
02:19You say you're a sci-fi fan.
02:21What does Star Wars rate for you?
02:24Lower than Star Trek, but, you know, it's done a hell of a job of moving tickets, hasn't it?
02:31Yeah.
02:32So a fan enough.
02:33Well, here's how you're going to really connect with today's challenger.
02:36Jete, Igor Roger is with us.
02:38And Jete, you've actually been an extra in one of the Star Wars.
02:42Tell us all about it.
02:43I have, so, yeah, I was in the Han Solo Star Wars film.
02:46I filmed it about five years ago.
02:49Like, it was honestly, like, amazing, surreal.
02:51Just seeing, like, a lot of, like, the aliens and other creatures, like, face-to-face was just really, really cool.
02:57And I'm not really much of a morning person, but it had me very excited to get up at three in the morning, so I can't complain too much.
03:03You're many things, by the way.
03:05You're a huge sports fan.
03:06You're an actor.
03:07You're about to go into an accountancy firm, I believe, as well.
03:11We'll get to know you a lot, at least throughout today.
03:14And we're really not sure how this is going to go, because there's a great connection here between Jete and John.
03:18And that you've played each other online.
03:21Now, John, I believe you've played six times officially online.
03:25What's your scores on the doors?
03:26It's 4-2 to me, but he can definitely win this one.
03:30So this is a, it's going to be a real test.
03:32Well, listen, as Carl's in Dictionary Corner, Jete, give us a wee bit of smack talk here.
03:37This is the one that matters.
03:38All the rest were just warm-up fights.
03:40This is for the belt.
03:42Everything's on the line.
03:43You tell him.
03:43Everything's on the line.
03:45Unfortunately, you're going to be going home.
03:47Seventh time we've played, it's going to be seventh heaven.
03:50And, well, you're just going to have to take an L to hell.
03:54Yeah, I mean, I wish you the best of luck.
04:00I wish you the best of luck at work.
04:05Ding, ding.
04:06Round one.
04:07John, letters.
04:08Hi, Rachel.
04:09Hi, John.
04:09Please may I have a consonant?
04:10You may indeed start this match with L.
04:15Another consonant, please.
04:17R.
04:18And a third.
04:20G.
04:21And a fourth.
04:23T.
04:25And a fifth.
04:27R.
04:28Um, a vowel, please.
04:31E.
04:32Another vowel.
04:34I.
04:35Another vowel.
04:38O.
04:39And another vowel.
04:40And the last one, I.
04:44OK, for the first time at Home Man in the studio today,
04:46let's play Kind Time.
04:47T.
04:56T.
04:57A.
04:58B.
04:59B.
04:59A.
05:00B.
05:01Time up, Jete?
05:18Six.
05:19John?
05:19Also six.
05:20OK, what's the six, John?
05:22Goiter.
05:23And Jete?
05:23Loiter.
05:24And loiter.
05:25There you go.
05:25Let's not hang about.
05:26Over the dictionary corner card from them.
05:28Yeah, we got both those, and we also got toiler.
05:31All right, nothing else?
05:32Nothing else beyond sex day.
05:33Good.
05:33Nice, clean start.
05:34Honours even.
05:35On your first time, Jete, you get to say hello to Rachel.
05:38Hello, Rachel.
05:39Hi, Jete.
05:40Can I have a consonant, please?
05:42You can, indeed.
05:43S.
05:43And another one?
05:46P.
05:47And another one, please.
05:49R.
05:50Can I have a vowel?
05:52A.
05:53And another one, please.
05:55E.
05:57And another one?
05:59O.
05:59A consonant, please.
06:03B.
06:04Another consonant?
06:07N.
06:08And a final consonant, please.
06:11A final D.
06:13Good luck.
06:13Thank you, Rachel.
06:31Good luck.
06:40Let's see if we can split them.
06:46Jete?
06:46Eight.
06:47John?
06:48Same.
06:49Oh, let's have your eight, John.
06:50Operands.
06:51Jete?
06:52Broadens.
06:53OK, two eights.
06:54Let's head over to Susie Dent.
06:55Yeah, they are both great.
06:57Good eights.
06:58Operand is a mathematical term for the quantity on which a calculation is to be performed.
07:03Carl, what you got?
07:04A good eight here.
07:05Padrones.
07:07Yes.
07:07Is that right?
07:07That's right, yeah.
07:08Mafia bosses.
07:09Mafia bosses.
07:10OK, two eights from the contestants, one eight from card front, then we'll say no more
07:14about it on Myrta as we get our first numbers from John.
07:18Can I have four large, please?
07:19You can indeed.
07:20Game on.
07:20I wonder if this contest will be decided on the numbers.
07:24Let's find out.
07:25First ones, two and one, and we know what's coming.
07:2850, 75, 125, and the first target, 660.
07:35See what you can do with this.
07:36We'll see you.
07:39We'll see you next time.
07:43Bye.
07:44.
08:06Wow, 660. Jete?
08:10I've got nowhere near that round.
08:12No worries, John.
08:13650.
08:14OK, John, 10 away. Let's have it.
08:16So we've got 2 plus 1.
08:192 plus 1 is 3.
08:21100 plus 25 plus 75.
08:23200.
08:25So we multiply the 3 by the 200 for 600.
08:29600.
08:30Then add the 50.
08:31Add the 50. 10 away, yep. Good effort.
08:34Right. I can do one better. That's it.
08:38I get 6-5-1.
08:39Rachel, can it be done?
08:41This one was impossible.
08:43You could have got 2 away.
08:44Obviously, incredibly difficult.
08:46OK, 5 points for John.
08:48So it did pay to go for 4 big ones for the champion.
08:51Going to be really close today, though.
08:53Let's catch your breath.
08:54Sour code.
08:56Sour code is today's tea-time teaser.
08:59Not great in my accent.
09:00Polite, restrained and maintaining good taste.
09:03Polite, restrained and maintaining good taste.
09:21Welcome back.
09:22Sour code.
09:23Polite, restrained and maintaining good taste.
09:26The first tea-time teaser was decorous.
09:28Decorous.
09:29Susie, I'm assuming you're just from Decorum.
09:31Yes, exactly.
09:32Full of courtesy and poise.
09:35OK, with all the respect I can muster, Jetay, let's get some more letters.
09:39Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
09:41Thank you, Jetay.
09:42L.
09:43And another one, please.
09:45T.
09:47And another one.
09:49M.
09:50Can I get a vowel, please?
09:52O.
09:52Can I have another vowel, please?
09:56E.
09:57And another one, please?
10:00A.
10:02Can I have a consonant?
10:05P.
10:06Another consonant, please?
10:08S.
10:10And I'll round it off with a vowel.
10:13Round it off with O.
10:1530 seconds.
10:16Fever
10:17round it off with O.
10:23We'll be right behind you.
10:24All right.
10:27Let's go.
10:34Bye.
10:34Bye.
10:36Bye.
10:36Bye.
10:37Bye.
10:38Bye.
10:39Bye.
10:39Bye.
10:39Bye.
10:40Bye.
10:42Bye.
10:42Bye.
10:45Bye.
10:45Pens down. John?
10:48Seven. Jete? Seven.
10:50John, what's your seven? Poodles.
10:52Jete? Apostle.
10:53Poodles and apostle.
10:56Both excellent words and I love
10:57pootling. Just to poodle about?
11:00Yes. To tinker? Potter.
11:01Potter. To poodle.
11:04Carl? That's the best we could do
11:06over here. Poodles. No nine from you?
11:07No nine. Disappointed.
11:09Disappointed, Carl. Okay.
11:118 each a game. We know there's an online rivalry.
11:13Bringing it to national TV
11:15and living up to the billing. John, let's get more letters.
11:18Can I have a consonant, please?
11:19Thank you, John. N.
11:21And the second consonant.
11:23T. And the third consonant.
11:26N. And the fourth.
11:29C.
11:30And a vowel, please.
11:33U.
11:34And another vowel.
11:36E.
11:37And another vowel.
11:40E.
11:42And another vowel.
11:43A.
11:48And a consonant.
11:50Lastly, D.
11:51Here we go.
11:52E.
11:52And a consonant.
11:53E.
11:54For a š Felic.
11:54A consonant.
11:55E.
11:56To theología.
11:57Once again.
11:58E.
11:59Done.
11:59E.
11:59A giggles.
12:00Another vowel.
12:01And a consonant.
12:02And a consonant.
12:02And a vowel.
12:02To thepoon's.
12:03One Н scenarios.
12:04And, no, the quarter vowel.
12:05To theroot.
12:05One.
12:06Dホ.
12:06To the shepherd.
12:07One hurry.
12:07And a vowel.
12:08And a consonant.
12:08And a vowel.
12:08Just a vowel.
12:09Give up.
12:11And a vowel港.
12:11Be would.
12:12Use the blocking預RP.
12:12For a stronger vowel.
12:13A vowel.
12:14by open salary.
12:14It's donkey.
12:15To the remedy.
12:15The prevents the grocer.
12:16Jitte?
12:23Only a six that time.
12:24John?
12:25Seven.
12:25OK, let's see what the six is.
12:27Just canned.
12:28OK, are you getting canned?
12:29John?
12:30Educate.
12:31Educate.
12:32There you go, a lesson in that.
12:33Definitely great seven in.
12:35Excellent one, yes.
12:36OK, anything better in Dictionary Corner?
12:39Nothing better, we've got another seven.
12:41Nuanced.
12:42OK, well, look at that.
12:44John's opened up a 12-point lead.
12:47It's your first numbers, though, Jitte.
12:48What way are you going to go?
12:49I'll keep it safe.
12:50Can I have one large, please, Rachel?
12:52You can indeed.
12:53One large, five little.
12:54See how safe this choice proves to be.
12:57These numbers are six, four, ten, four, eight and 50.
13:03All the evens and the target, 697.
13:07Numbers up.
13:14OK, 697.
13:40Jitte?
13:41696.
13:42John?
13:43697.
13:44Go for it.
13:45So you want to do 10 plus 4.
13:47Yep.
13:48You multiply that by 50 to get 700.
13:51700.
13:528 over 4 is 2.
13:53Yep.
13:546 over 2 is 3.
13:56Only way I saw.
13:57And then we subtract from 700.
13:59Perfect.
14:00697.
14:02Big, big ten points for a champion there, even at this stage.
14:06What is a really top-level contest?
14:09We had the dictionary corner, though.
14:10And I mentioned at the top of the show, we're talking about ringside seats being close to the action.
14:16What's it like when you're fighting like you did in Vegas and New York and, you know, selling out Windsor Park and fighting at Ellen Road.
14:22And they're all sold out.
14:24And you see famous people close to the ringside.
14:27I would notice, even when I was fighting, I'd go, oh, look who that is.
14:31Yeah.
14:31No, there's been a few big names in my fights.
14:33It's actually, I fought in Manchester.
14:36And I've had more famous people than this guy come to my fights.
14:40But I kept catching the eye of Steve McManaman sitting ringside.
14:45I was a Liverpool fan.
14:46I was a kid.
14:46I don't really support anyone in England anymore.
14:48But I was a big Liverpool fan growing up.
14:50And McManaman was their ringside.
14:52But I've had, Rooney's been there.
14:54I've had Frank Lampard, Christine Blakely, McIlroy has been there.
14:59What about the earlier fights?
15:02You know, before Vegas, before New York.
15:04Was there anyone that turned up that surprised you?
15:07Yeah.
15:07I had a, the biggest name ever at one of my fights was one of the early fights in front of maybe 900 people in the Ulster Hall.
15:15And it was Daniel Day-Lewis.
15:17Wow.
15:17That was a big one.
15:18How did he end up there?
15:19I think he was mates with my former manager.
15:22Okay.
15:22And he's brought him along.
15:24And that was it.
15:25I remember, I know the story.
15:26He drove up, he's a house in Wexford or Waterford or somewhere like that.
15:29Drove up in the back, well, drove up in his Harley.
15:32Came into the hotel that I was staying in.
15:34People are looking, that looks like Daniel Day-Lewis.
15:36Went across the street, had a paint in his letters.
15:39Everyone left him alone.
15:40Who would believe Daniel Day-Lewis is hanging around the Ulster Hall?
15:44Love that.
15:44Daniel Day-Lewis right at the beginning.
15:46Brilliant.
15:47Well, right now there will be letters.
15:52Let's get some more from our champion, John.
15:54Can I have a consonant, please?
15:55Thank you, John.
15:57Zed.
15:58My favourite.
15:59Can I have another one, please?
16:00The only person that wouldn't complain about a Zed.
16:02R.
16:03Another consonant, please.
16:06K.
16:07Another one, please.
16:08S.
16:11A vowel, please.
16:14E.
16:15Another vowel, please.
16:17A.
16:18Another vowel.
16:19U.
16:22A consonant, please.
16:23D.
16:24D.
16:27Another consonant, please.
16:29And lastly, W.
16:30K兩ту?
16:33K.
16:34K.
16:35K.
16:36K.
16:36K.
16:36K.
16:36K.
16:37K.
16:39K.
16:48K.
16:53K.
16:53K.
16:54K.
16:54K.
16:54Jete, how far did you get?
17:04I'd go for a risky six.
17:06OK. John?
17:07Six, too.
17:08All right, John, what's your six?
17:10Waiters.
17:10And what's yours, Jete?
17:11I've got Dusker.
17:13What about Dusker, Susie?
17:14Yeah, it's not there, I'm afraid, Jete.
17:16Duskier, for sure, but not Dusker.
17:18Sorry.
17:19Carl, anything else?
17:20No, we couldn't do better now.
17:21We've got another six, though.
17:23Drake's.
17:23Yes?
17:24And they wade in the water.
17:25They do.
17:26So that's how it all comes together.
17:27Absolutely perfectly.
17:29Time for more letters now.
17:30Jete, over to you.
17:32Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
17:34Thank you, Jete.
17:35H.
17:36And another one, please.
17:39S.
17:41And another one.
17:42R.
17:44Can I have a vowel, please?
17:46I.
17:47And another vowel.
17:49O.
17:50And the third vowel.
17:51I.
17:52And a fourth vowel.
17:56E.
17:57And a consonant.
17:59G.
18:00And I round it off with another consonant.
18:02And round it off with T.
18:05Here we go.
18:05There we go.
18:06Θ raptor.
18:08There we go.
18:13There we go.
18:16Take it.
18:20I.
18:21I.
18:21I.
18:21I.
18:23Give it.
18:24I'm thewen.
18:25I'm the one.
18:25I'm the one.
18:26I'm the one.
18:26The one.
18:27Iki하고.
18:28And a consonant.
18:29John?
18:37I have a seven.
18:38Jete?
18:38Seven.
18:39OK, what's your seven, John?
18:41Goriest.
18:42Yeah, and jete?
18:43Goriest as well.
18:44Yeah, just show John not that he doesn't believe you.
18:46I believe you.
18:47Seven each.
18:48Can we get better than seven in Dictionary Corner?
18:50Yeah, there's a goodie at righties, as in a right-handed person.
18:54Oh, fantastic.
18:56So we talk about the righties.
18:58The righties.
18:58It could be right-wing views as well, but more often, yeah.
19:02Did you hit with your right hand, boys?
19:03I'm orthodox.
19:04OK.
19:05So left-hand forward, but right-hand, I'm a righty.
19:07OK, you're a righty.
19:08Wonderful stuff.
19:0956 plays 28, and it's time for some numbers from John.
19:14Please, may I have one large and five small, please?
19:17You may, indeed, and I imagine you are hoping for something easy.
19:20Jete is certainly not.
19:22Let's see what we end up with.
19:23They are four.
19:24Four.
19:25Seven.
19:26Two.
19:27Ten.
19:28And a large one, 75 this time.
19:30The target to reach 741.
19:32Numbers up.
19:33edenverteam.com.
19:59We'll see you next time.
20:00Only easy if you know it.
20:057, 4, 1. John?
20:077, 4, 1. And Jete?
20:097, 4, 1. Off you go.
20:11So 75 times 10.
20:1275 times 10, 750.
20:15And then take off the 7 and the 2.
20:17Yeah, nothing troubling about that.
20:18Lovely. Same way? Yeah.
20:20Yeah, absolutely.
20:23So, let's do it, Cara.
20:24I'll suck it for a bit of short.
20:25Final one with our tea-time teaser.
20:27Dogs trap. Dogs trap.
20:30She's done some learning, but there's more still to come.
20:33She's done some learning, but there's more still to come.
20:50Right, spouting back, dogs trap.
20:52It's the tea-time teaser.
20:53She's done some learning, but there's still more to come.
20:55Post-grad. Post-grad.
20:58More to come now.
20:59Let's see how it goes and get some more letters now from Jete.
21:03Can I start with a consonant, please, Rachel?
21:05You can indeed.
21:06T.
21:07And another one, please.
21:09B.
21:10And the third one.
21:12T.
21:13And the vowel, please.
21:14I.
21:16And the final consonant, please.
21:30And a final Q.
21:32Let's play kinder.
21:33T.
21:34Listen to this.
21:35T.
21:36T.
21:39Do you need to call it?
21:42T.
21:43T.
21:44T.
21:45What?
21:47T.
21:50T.
21:50A bit tricky, that one. Jettie?
22:05Just a four.
22:06Yeah, I was stuck on it. John?
22:08Same.
22:09Wow. Jettie?
22:10Moat.
22:11And what about you, John?
22:12Atom.
22:13Well, this isn't making the highlights real, is it?
22:15Let's go to Dexterney Corner.
22:17A five is all we could do.
22:18Come on, we'll clap.
22:20Ambit.
22:20Yes!
22:24Susie, anything above that?
22:26No advance on that at all.
22:27And do you educate me? Ambit.
22:29Yeah, it means the scope or extent of something,
22:31so you might say that's too huge and beyond the ambit of this book.
22:34Who'd have thought?
22:35A four-point round with these two.
22:37Champion, it's your letters.
22:39Please may I have a consonant?
22:40You may indeed.
22:42N.
22:43Another consonant, please.
22:45G.
22:46And another consonant, please.
22:48M.
22:49And another consonant, please.
22:52L.
22:53And a fifth consonant.
22:55D.
22:57And a vowel, please.
22:59O.
23:00And another vowel.
23:02A.
23:03Another vowel.
23:06I.
23:07And another vowel.
23:08And the last one, you.
23:11Thirty-six.
23:12And one, you.
23:14And another vowel.
23:35One, I.
23:38One, I.
23:40One.
23:40Time's up, Jitay.
23:44Eight, not written down.
23:45That's OK, John.
23:46Seven, seven.
23:46Seven, thank you.
23:47Seven is, John?
23:48Loading.
23:49And Jitay?
23:50Moulding.
23:51Excellent.
23:56Let's go to Dictionary Corner.
23:58Carl?
23:58No, we couldn't bear that.
23:59Moulding is our best score.
24:01Well, what a big round that was.
24:0320 points in it.
24:04Worth reminding everybody, we have new viewers coming all the time.
24:08Four rounds left.
24:09The last two rounds, 20 points alone and two more letters rounds.
24:13It's not over yet.
24:14So we just draw breath at this moment.
24:16I'm excited about that, but I'm ready for more Origins Awards, Susie.
24:21Well, I'm going to talk about the three boars in English.
24:25So you can be bored stiff, so you can be a boar.
24:28You can be the animal that is the boar.
24:30Or you can be loutish and just basically not very good company.
24:36B-O-O-R, that sense of boar.
24:39And the question is, are they all linked?
24:42So I thought I would look at that today.
24:43So I'm going to start with the boar that's the sort of person that you might meet in the pub
24:47that doesn't go around being tedious, but that actually becomes quite sort of aggressive
24:51and, as I say, loutish.
24:52So this is the B-O-O-R.
24:54And that goes back to the Old English goboar.
24:57And they were a peasant or tenant farmer, doing their job, working hard, etc.
25:02But because of the class associations that have been embedded in English and our society
25:07for such a long time, it came to mean a rough and bad-mannered person.
25:11So essentially anyone who was of sort of a menial class somehow also had the association
25:18of being either criminal or just, you know, not very sophisticated, uncultivated and, as I say, uncouth.
25:27And that was borrowed back, having drifted away for a while, in the 16th century.
25:31It went off to other languages and then it came back.
25:33And it just simply meant a peasant or a rustic.
25:35So it kind of lost some of its associations.
25:38But you'll find it in the Boer Farmer of South Africa as well.
25:42And, of course, the Boer Wars.
25:43And you know this, Colin, because the Kop at Anfield is named after Spion Kop.
25:48Now, that was the site of a Boer War battle in which troops for Lancashire led the assault.
25:54And Liverpool was once part of Lancashire.
25:56So the Spion Kop, the Kop, is very famous at Anfield even today.
26:01But the reason I love this particular Boer, B-O-O-R, is that you'll find it as well in Neighbour, literally.
26:09And that was somebody who was a farmer, originally, working on an adjoining land.
26:13So, again, it was a sort of peasant or a rustic that was happily working next to you.
26:16And that's where we get Neighbour today.
26:19The Boer, that you really don't want to run into at the pub, that is just going to regale you, was very tedious stories.
26:24We don't know where that comes from.
26:25But we do know that boredom didn't exist until about the 19th century.
26:29There was just no word for it.
26:30It was ennui before, which is a bit more kind of world-weary.
26:33And finally, you get the Boer, that is the Eurasian wild pig from which domestic pigs are descended.
26:39That's the straight Germanic borrowing related to the German bear, B-A-R, meaning a bear.
26:44And that, just to finish off, may be the oldest euphemism in the world.
26:49Because bear, in so many different languages, means the brown one.
26:52Because people were too scared to give it a real name, lest it suddenly appear.
26:57Brilliant.
27:00Right.
27:01John and Jette, cannot wait to see how this pans out.
27:04A real friendly rivalry that we've managed to bring on to national TV.
27:09And Jette, it's your letters.
27:11Can I start with a vowel, please, Rachel?
27:13Thank you, Jette.
27:15E.
27:16And another vowel.
27:18I.
27:19And the consonant, please.
27:21S.
27:22And another one.
27:24N.
27:24And the third one.
27:26P.
27:27And the fourth one.
27:30R.
27:31Can I have a vowel, please?
27:34E.
27:36A consonant, please.
27:38W.
27:39And the final vowel, please.
27:41And the final.
27:43O.
27:44Here we go.
27:45Now.
27:46Now.
27:46Now.
27:48Now.
27:55Now.
27:56Follow us.
27:58We want to have a vowel, please.
27:59And...
28:00Now.
28:01Now.
28:03Chance.
28:10Now.
28:12Now.
28:13Now.
28:13Now.
28:13Now.
28:14Now.
28:14John
28:16Risky 8
28:17Risky 8
28:18I'll go for an 8 as well then
28:20Okay, John, you're 8
28:22Power eyes
28:23And Jete
28:23I've got N powers
28:25There is no power eyes, I'm afraid
28:27I'm sorry
28:28What a moment
28:29And it is definitely M power
28:32Rather than N power
28:33Wow, what a moment
28:36What a moment
28:37Card front then, can you beat 0?
28:39A good 8 here, Pioneers
28:41Yes
28:42Anything else, Sue?
28:46Nothing else at all, mate
28:47But that's a brilliant one
28:48John, let's get your letters
28:49Can I have a consonant, please?
28:51Thank you, John
28:52S
28:53Another consonant, please
28:55R
28:56Another consonant
28:58D
28:59Another consonant
29:00T
29:02Another consonant
29:04M
29:05A vowel, please
29:08E
29:09Another vowel
29:10Another E
29:12Another vowel
29:13U
29:15Another vowel
29:16And an all-important final I
29:19And last letters
29:22You can just
29:24In the
29:27Neighborhood
29:28To be
29:33You
29:35Are
29:35Libertous
29:36You
29:37Know
29:38You
29:39Know
29:41The
29:41Two
29:41One
29:42delight
29:42And
29:43I
29:43You
29:44See
29:44One
29:45You
29:47Can you
29:47Have
29:48One
29:48Heads down, Jettay.
29:53Eight.
29:54Oh, big moment to get an eight.
29:56John?
29:56Eight.
29:57Let's have it.
29:58Jettay?
29:59Mustard.
29:59Mustard.
30:00And John, mustard as well.
30:04Carl, did you get mustard?
30:05We got mustard, yeah.
30:06OK, and Susie, did you muster up anything else?
30:09There is one more eight there, which is emeritus.
30:12Emeritus, which is a retired professor.
30:15Exactly, who keeps their title.
30:16Very good.
30:17I always know it's from working in the radio.
30:19You introduce retired professors, and it's very important that you say that word.
30:23Yeah.
30:23All right, wonderful stuff.
30:24Well, either John or Jettay are going to be retired from Countdown today.
30:28At this stage, for Jettay to win, he needs to boss the numbers and get the conundrum,
30:33and then we will go to a second conundrum.
30:36So, last chance saloon, but very exciting.
30:39So, here we go.
30:39It is the last numbers, and fittingly, it's your choice.
30:44Can I have six more, please, Rachel?
30:45You can, indeed.
30:46I thought you might not be going for one large this time.
30:49Right, let's see if we can find a challenge.
30:51The pressure's on me now.
30:52Final numbers.
30:53One, ten, five, seven, six, eight.
30:59And the target, 105.
31:34Jete?
31:35Yeah, just about managed to get 105.
31:37And, John?
31:38105.
31:39Yeah, Jete, not what you wanted.
31:41You wanted something much more difficult.
31:42But you've got your 10 points.
31:43Let's confirm it.
31:4410 plus 5 is 15.
31:4510 plus 5, 15.
31:48And then times it by the 7.
31:49And that's it.
31:50Yep.
31:50What way do you go, John?
31:51A totally different way.
31:527 minus 6 equals 1.
31:551 plus 1 equals 2.
31:57Yep.
31:578 plus 2 equals 10.
31:59It does.
32:0010 times 10 is 100.
32:02100.
32:02And then add on the 5.
32:03And 5.
32:04And that gets you over the line.
32:05Well done, both.
32:07Well, I have to be honest, it's a fight I do not want to end.
32:11But end it does right now.
32:12Fingers on the buzzers.
32:13It's time for today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:20John?
32:21Corrupted.
32:22Let's have a look.
32:23Let's have a look.
32:24Yes.
32:29Wonderful from John.
32:30I tell you what, that score doesn't tell the story of how entertaining this battle has been.
32:35And Jete, I feel like on 9 out of 10 days, you'd have been taking the champion's chair.
32:41But you're up against someone who has every chance of becoming an octo-champ.
32:44Yeah, just ran into the wrong person.
32:46And playing him before, he's leading our head-to-head.
32:48So, yeah, good luck for the rest of it, John.
32:49Thanks, Jete.
32:49You played really well, and I appreciate the competition.
32:51I feel like you needed a couple of warm-up fights before you took on a champ like that.
32:55I know, I know.
32:55I should have fought a few people on the undercard before going for the main event.
32:59It's been so nice to have you.
33:00May the force be with you.
33:02You too, Colin.
33:02And a second win for you, John.
33:05As Spock said, you either believe in yourself or you don't.
33:09Well, sometimes I believe in myself.
33:11I would say, even though you broke 100 on your debut, that's a better 98.
33:15Would you agree?
33:16Yeah, it was.
33:17The 103 was a bit nervy.
33:19We'll see you back here tomorrow.
33:20Today, pleasure having you here.
33:22You'll get the goodie bag.
33:22Well done, both of you.
33:26Carl, Susie, judge and jury, thank you.
33:29See you tomorrow.
33:30See you then.
33:31Good one to have a ringside seat to today.
33:33I must tell you on the football front, you know, Northern Ireland hadn't qualified for a major tournament since 1986.
33:39And we qualified for Euro 2016.
33:42And I turned up to cover it for the radio station I was working for.
33:46And they said, there's your seat.
33:47And I kept walking, kept walking.
33:48Where is it?
33:49And it was a plastic chair on the post of one of the goals.
33:53Literally, I could touch the net.
33:55And it was at that exact part of the net that Gareth McCauley rose salmon-like and headed the ball in.
34:02So the closest to that legendary goal for the team I love more than any other, the closest to that was the Ukrainian goalkeeper and then me.
34:10And I'll never forget that moment that hit the net.
34:13Absolutely brilliant.
34:14You weren't shouting obscenities at him at the time, were you?
34:16No, no, not at all.
34:17It was all I could do to stop myself running onto the pitch and celebrating with him.
34:22Well, listen, come back and see us here tomorrow.
34:24Rachel, Susie and I will be here.
34:26You can count on us.
34:27You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com or write to us at countdownleagues LS3 1JS.
34:37You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
34:41Let's go outside tonight on Moor 4 at 9.
34:49The search for Garden of the Year is on, this time in central England.
34:53Next here, we're looking for a glamp sight in France with a place in the sun.
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