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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown this Thursday afternoon.
00:34If you are new to the programme, come on in, get your feet wet.
00:38Very easy to become an instant part of our weekday family.
00:41We always start by saying hello to our navigator of numbers, Rachel Riley.
00:45Hi, Rach.
00:46I like that. Navigator of numbers is a new one.
00:48Well, I say that because in 1875 on this day, Captain Matthew Webb became the first person to swim the English Channel unaided, covered in jelly bites.
00:59But he made it to the other side.
01:01He eventually would die because he became a celebrity and kept trying more difficult things.
01:06He tried to swim the rapids of Niagara and that ended the way everybody predicted.
01:11Oh.
01:11He was never seen again.
01:12Oh, dear.
01:13Are you a daredevil?
01:14Because I'm not in any way.
01:16What's the most daring thing that you've ever tried?
01:19Well, not for pleasure.
01:20I wouldn't, you know, you wouldn't catch me jumping out of a plane or anything.
01:22But for work, I just seem to be quite trusting.
01:25So I did a programme called It's Not Rocket Science where I had to cycle across a tightrope five storeys high.
01:32Oh.
01:32And I also zip-wired through fire.
01:34Wow.
01:35So would you count that as daring?
01:36Very, very much.
01:37So, well, I'm suicidal vertical.
01:38So my knees went.
01:40Anyone at home who has vertical, their knees would have went when you said that.
01:43I hate heights.
01:44And the brilliant thing about it was I did it once.
01:46And then you know what Teddy's like.
01:48Can you just do it again?
01:49Right.
01:50Right.
01:51Terrifying.
01:52Absolutely fantastic.
01:53It was fun.
01:54Right.
01:54Well, listen, no danger of any words getting by our Susie Dent today in Dictionary Corner.
01:59That we know.
02:00I'm with her again.
02:01A breath of fresh air he's been all week.
02:03Former two-weight champion of the world.
02:05He knows real danger by letting his words do the talking for a change.
02:09Carla Jackal Frampton.
02:14OK.
02:14To a champion.
02:16Two wins now for John Aziz.
02:18And we've been talking about your love of sci-fi, writing it, the programs that you love.
02:23But actually, a musician at heart.
02:26That's the main thing.
02:27I'm in a band.
02:28My band's called Empire of Lights.
02:30I love playing music.
02:31Almost like it as much as a lab playing countdown.
02:35Yeah.
02:35Not quite, though.
02:36Not quite.
02:37I know you're a huge fan.
02:39Well, you're looking for the hat-trick of wins today.
02:42Possibly.
02:43And after something very special, he's going to have to stop John Aziz, I think, becoming an octo-champ.
02:47But a long way to go.
02:49Let's see if Richard Goodman can flip the script.
02:52Really nice to have you here.
02:54And we're talking about being a daredevil, something that, to not much success, you were
02:59as a kid, right?
03:00Oh, yeah.
03:01It's not really exactly daredevil.
03:02But my sister's cat, my cat, sorry, decided to disappear him once and we wondered where
03:09it had gone.
03:10So we thought it was next door.
03:11So the plan was to put some paper wings to myself, go up on the garage and basically
03:16push me off and fly over and see what happened.
03:19Your sister made paper wings and told you to jump off the roof.
03:22Exactly, yeah, yeah.
03:23And you did it.
03:23I did, yeah.
03:24I kind of feel you're to blame.
03:26I was, yeah.
03:27It didn't end too well.
03:28No serious injuries, though?
03:29No serious injuries this time, no.
03:30No trips to hospital?
03:31No, not this time.
03:32Good.
03:32Right, well, I dare both of you to break 100 today.
03:34That's probably going to get you the win.
03:36John and Richard, let's do it.
03:37John, you're up first as champion with letters.
03:39Hi, Rachel.
03:40Hi, John.
03:40May I have a consonant, please?
03:42You may indeed start today with N.
03:46And a second.
03:48R.
03:49And a third.
03:50P.
03:52And a fourth.
03:54S.
03:55And a vowel.
03:57I.
03:58And another vowel.
04:00U.
04:01And another vowel.
04:03A.
04:05Another vowel.
04:07E.
04:09And another vowel.
04:10And lastly, I.
04:13OK, for the first time at home and here in the studio, let's play Climb Time.
04:30All right, just start, John.
04:47I'm going to go for a dodgy A.
04:48And Richard?
04:49I'll go with a seven.
04:51The seven might count. What is it?
04:53Persian.
04:54And John?
04:54Unpraise.
04:56Unpraise. Susie?
04:58Just first of all, looking at Persian.
05:00I'm afraid it's got a capital P all the way, Richard.
05:03I'm sorry about that.
05:06And Unpraise.
05:08Is your right?
05:10It is there, John, to dispraise, to censure or to criticise someone.
05:13Thankless task for Card Frampton today.
05:16I think if John gets motoring, anything?
05:18Got a seven here. Inspire.
05:20Good. No points for it, though, if you're playing at home.
05:22Eight for John takes it all.
05:24And for the first time, you get to say hello to Rachel.
05:29In your own time, Richard.
05:30Hi, Rachel.
05:31Hi, Richard.
05:32Can I start with a consonant, please?
05:33You can, indeed.
05:34T.
05:35And another, please.
05:38M.
05:39And another one.
05:41W.
05:42And a vowel, please.
05:44U.
05:46And a consonant.
05:47S.
05:49And a vowel.
05:51O.
05:52A vowel.
05:54A.
05:56A consonant.
05:58D.
05:59And a final vowel, please.
06:01A final.
06:02E.
06:0330 seconds.
06:04O.
06:05And a vowel.
06:05A vowel.
06:07And a vowel.
06:21A vowel.
06:23A vowel.
06:23And a vowel.
06:24And a vowel.
06:26T.
06:27A vowel.
06:27A vowel.
06:28A tends.
06:28A vowel.
06:29A vowel.
06:30A vowel.
06:30Aмовando.
06:31Aон.
06:32A tension.
06:32A vowel.
06:33A linguist.
06:33A monitored.
06:33Richard? Six. And John? That's the same six.
06:37OK, what's yours, Rich? Wasted.
06:39And John? Exactly the same.
06:41There you go. Yeah.
06:43Both of them wasted. What about Dixon Recorder?
06:45A couple of sevens here. OK.
06:47Yeah. Outswam. Yes.
06:50And medals.
06:51Anything better? Nothing better than seven.
06:53OK. We move on.
06:55Champion time for the first numbers of the day.
06:57Just one large, please, Rachel.
06:58Just one large. Five little to kick us off.
07:02And the first number selection is one, nine, nine, four, seven.
07:10And the large one, 75.
07:12And the target should reach 537.
07:15Numbers up.
07:15Number пять.
07:27Let's see.
07:28Five, three, seven.
07:48Richard?
07:49Yeah, five, three, seven.
07:50And John?
07:50Yeah, the same.
07:51Five, three, seven.
07:51OK, let's go with Richard.
07:5375 times nine.
07:5575 times nine is 675.
07:57Yeah, bad start, sorry.
08:01Oh, sorry, Richard.
08:03No worries.
08:04OK, chance to steal the points, John.
08:06So it's going to be 75 times seven.
08:08It's 525.
08:10Then you're going to do four plus nine to make 13.
08:12Four plus nine.
08:13Which you can add on and then subtract the one.
08:15Yes.
08:16Five, three, seven.
08:19You've got ten points for John as we head to our first break.
08:24The tea time teaser is place toy.
08:26Place toy.
08:27The clue is, if you get this, you're starting to get the picture.
08:30If you get this, you're starting to get the picture.
08:32Welcome back.
08:49That's as difficult a tea time teaser as I think I've ever had to read out.
08:53Place toy.
08:54If you get this, you're starting to get the picture.
08:57The answer is callotype, C-A-L-O-T-Y-P-E.
09:03Now, during the break, everyone in the studio has admitted to never having heard this word before.
09:09So have you got this at home?
09:10Great, God.
09:11Susie, explain everything.
09:12Well, it is callotype, as you say, and it's an early photographic process in which negatives were made using paper coated with silver iodide.
09:21And it has the Greek kalos meaning beautiful, which is there in lots of really useful words like kalipigean, having beautiful buttocks.
09:28That kind of thing.
09:29So, yeah, that's what it means.
09:30But I hadn't heard of it either, I have to say.
09:32It can't have all the tea time teasers being easy.
09:34So I love that we throw the odd devilish one in.
09:37Callotype, write that down in case it comes out.
09:40Richard, it's your letters.
09:41Let's see what comes out.
09:42OK, can I start with the consonant, please?
09:44Thank you, Richard.
09:46P.
09:46And another.
09:49R.
09:50And a vowel.
09:52A.
09:53And a consonant.
09:55Z.
09:56And a vowel.
09:58E.
09:59And another vowel.
10:00A.
10:00And a consonant.
10:03W.
10:05And a vowel.
10:07O.
10:08And a final consonant, please.
10:09A final.
10:11D.
10:12Let's play Kondo.
10:13OK.
10:30Time's up, Richard.
10:45A six.
10:45And John?
10:46No, just five.
10:47The five A's?
10:48Aware.
10:49And Richard?
10:50Parade.
10:51Yeah, parade and aware.
10:53Very good.
10:54Challenger getting six points back.
10:56Carl Frampton, Susie Dent.
10:57What else do we have?
10:58No better than the six.
10:59We've got one six here.
11:01Warped.
11:01Nothing else?
11:02No, good to go to six out of that.
11:04Tricky.
11:04Well done.
11:05The nerves settle when you come back after that first break, Richard.
11:08So well done to you.
11:09Champ, you're up, though.
11:11We need nine letters from you.
11:12Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
11:15Thank you, John.
11:16S.
11:17Another consonant, please.
11:19T.
11:20Another consonant.
11:22M.
11:23Another consonant.
11:26R.
11:27And a fifth.
11:29L.
11:31A vowel, please.
11:33U.
11:34And another vowel.
11:36E.
11:37Another vowel.
11:40A.
11:42And another vowel.
11:43And lastly, another A.
11:46Here we go.
11:46Here we go.
11:51Richard's on a roll.
12:18What have you got?
12:19Just a six.
12:20And John?
12:20Seven.
12:21Oh, it might have ended.
12:22Richard, what's your six?
12:24Stream.
12:25Yeah, and John?
12:26So it's maulers.
12:27Maulers.
12:28Yes, your hands.
12:29Seven, yeah.
12:30Very good.
12:31There you go.
12:31Good one for you, Carl.
12:32What else have we got?
12:32A couple of sevens here, mate.
12:34Traumas.
12:35Yeah.
12:36And amulets.
12:37Rachel, though, you've got an eight,
12:39which for Carl Frampton not to get it is disgraceful.
12:43Amateurs.
12:43Yeah.
12:44That's the boomers level.
12:49Amateur performance, Frampton.
12:51Not spotting that.
12:52What a shame.
12:54And you, by the way.
12:54And me.
12:55And you.
12:55It's my job.
12:56You too.
12:57Yeah, you get more blame, actually, than Carl, come to think about it.
13:00Right, Richard, first time for you to choose the numbers.
13:02I can have one from the top and any other five, please.
13:05Thank you, Richard.
13:06One large, five little.
13:07See how safe this choice proves to be.
13:10These numbers are nine, five, seven, nine, ten, and the big one, 50.
13:17And the target to reach 142.
13:21Numbers up.
13:21One large, five, seven, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten,
13:51The low target of 142 with it with a 10 on the board as well. John, what did you get? I've got it
13:57I haven't written it down. Okay. Oh Richard. I just got one for one. Okay. Well John shoot quick
14:01So it's going to be nine times ten. Yeah
14:03Nine times ten
14:05Then you add to the 50 140 and then you can do seven minus five to get the two and add that on
14:11142. There you go
14:13Not written down but worth ten points for John Aziz, our champion Richard from Taunton Somerset. Work to do as we just sit back and yet again get to have a chat with Karl Frampton and Karl we've had some delightful chats this week really getting kind of behind the curtain on your boxing career which saw you a two weight world champion
14:35But I know you want to talk today about the family behind it and how you would never have been there had they not supported you
14:42Where would you start on that list? Yeah, where would I start? I've had so many people help me out from my old amateur coach Billy McKee when I was a baby as an amateur boxer
14:50Putting his hand in his pocket
14:52Literally every couple of weeks to bring me up and down to Dublin
14:55Sending me on
14:57Tournaments with Ireland when I had no money. My mum and dad helped me out a lot
15:01I'm my own wife actually now who was my girlfriend at the time, but the start of my pro career like you're you're making buttons very very little money and
15:10I lived off her student loan pretty much
15:13For the first couple of years
15:15So so many people to thank and there's many many more who have helped as well along the way at that stage is as well
15:21Your partner Christine you're telling her you're gonna be champion of the world. Yeah, you haven't proven that
15:27No, there's nothing to say you're gonna be able to do that one injury and it's over
15:30so for her to be both
15:32Financially and emotionally supportive like that sent is sensational. It was a huge help really and she had her with Christine
15:38She's a very clever girl. She did degree in criminology and she wanted to kind of pursue her own dreams, but
15:44Put put all that on hold while I went and done my thing and obviously it's worked out in the end
15:50But you need a wee bit of the rub of the green along the way and I got I got plenty of that
15:54She must be loving the fact is you know a fully qualified criminologist that you're the one on countdown
16:00Yeah, probably as she would be much better than me than I am on this show. So
16:06She'll get a laugh. It's all my kind of forward or four-letter words
16:09I should say that uh, we have a strange situation carl and I go back quite it's funny how time flies, right?
16:15We go back quite far now, but his wife hates me
16:19We can't work out why she doesn't absolutely is me. She always gives me this look every time when she always goes like this
16:25You know when the eyes give it away, and I don't know why I don't know why I know why I connect
16:30She doesn't hit you. She's literally blind and doesn't wear glasses
16:34So unless you're standing like from where you are now she will be giving you that look
16:39Where John is here. Yeah, he's comfortable in a comfortable position. She can see him, but any further than that then
16:45She's kind of squinting at you, but that's it. That's the flimsy
16:48That's literally it. Listen, all I know is she's the the reason why you got there where you needed to be
16:55And and I love the fact we've talked about that car brilliant
17:01Right if John's given richard the thousand yard stare at the moment on countdown, let's get back to the game and john
17:07It's your letters. Can I have a consonant, please? Thank you, John
17:11Okay, and another please
17:15D and another please
17:18S and the fourth
17:22C and the fifth
17:26L and the vowel, please
17:30O and the second I and another vowel, please
17:38U and
17:43Another vowel lastly O
17:46Here we go
17:48Here we go
17:50Time's on richard six
18:24Yeah, that sounds one. Yeah really jumped out there
18:27From those letters very early. I'm sure for a lot of people at home, but can we go beyond clouds?
18:33We got clouds as well odious and other six and
18:37Cooley Cooley. Yes. Oh Cooley. Oh was in posh
18:40Yeah, I think you said it really really yeah, you did set a bit strange, but
18:53But I always feel I always call it posh sauce when I said Cooley
18:57I'm always like I know I'm in an expensive restaurant if it's got Cooley instead of sauce, which is what most people call it
19:03All right clouds all round as we move on to another letters game with richard goodman
19:08Can I start with the constant please? Thank you richard and and another
19:14R and another
19:17G and a fourth please t
19:21A vowel
19:23A
19:25And another
19:27A
19:29And another
19:31I
19:33And a consonant
19:35T
19:37And a final vowel please
19:39A final another A
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