01:56Not intentionally, but playing online countdown,
02:00as I did ten years ago or so.
02:02And I have my first name, Alex,
02:04and the first initial of my second name, Alex R.
02:07And it was round 2010, so just after Rachel had started,
02:10and there was hubbub in the community
02:11that Rachel's brother was playing.
02:14Because I think you have a brother called Alex?
02:16I do, indeed.
02:17So I did nothing to dispel the rumours.
02:19No!
02:20Well, listen, your brother would be really happy with that
02:23because I guess he was doing very well on that.
02:25Yeah, I think he'd take that, actually, yeah.
02:27Brilliant.
02:27Well, today could be any score
02:29because you're up against Arthur Page,
02:32who lives in Buckinghamshire.
02:33You're 16 years old,
02:35which means you're going to be brilliant at countdown.
02:37It's that simple.
02:38So what are you up to at the moment?
02:39A-levels? Tell me about that.
02:40Yeah, so currently I'm in year 12,
02:42so I'm doing my A-levels.
02:44I'm studying biology, chemistry, math and German.
02:47Now, you're best friends with Susie already,
02:50but you're fluent in German.
02:51You're reading German fiction, German books,
02:54just to keep getting sharper and sharper.
02:56Yeah, that's right.
02:57Love it.
02:58You've got a party trick.
02:59You can give Arthur any date
03:01and he will tell you what day of the week it was.
03:04Right.
03:05So I'll just give you one and that's it.
03:07OK.
03:07And I just picked this
03:08because I know what day it was.
03:10August the 4th, 2012.
03:13Oh, you're putting me on a spot here.
03:15Is it Saturday?
03:17Not only a Saturday,
03:18but a super Saturday
03:20because I'm taking you back to London 2012
03:22in the Olympics, of course.
03:24Now, gold medals,
03:25Jessica Ennis Hill,
03:27Mo Farah and Greg Rutherford
03:29at what day that was
03:30in the London Stadium.
03:32Well, let's see if you're going to pick up
03:33a gold medal today, Arthur.
03:34What a game it's going to be.
03:36Alex is going to try and stop you.
03:37Good luck to book you.
03:40And off you go, Alex.
03:42I'll start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
03:44Thank you, Alex.
03:45Start today with T.
03:47And a vowel.
03:48And a vowel, please.
04:01A.
04:03A consonant.
04:04R.
04:06Another consonant.
04:08G.
04:09And a final consonant.
04:11And a final S.
04:13At home and in the studio,
04:15let's play Coyntown.
04:18Alex.
04:20MUSIC PLAYS
04:47Alex? Seven.
04:47Seven from you. Arthur? Eight.
04:49And eight. What's the seven, Alex?
04:51It's motors.
04:52Yes, what's the eight you're firing over about?
04:55Um, rotomers.
04:57And I will pass directly over to Susie.
05:00Oh, this is amazing. Yep, we're off.
05:02Rotomers, a chemical term for any of a number of isomers of a molecule
05:06that group around a particular bond.
05:09Very, very good.
05:10Wow. Wow.
05:13I'm guessing that's the biology and chemistry kicking in there, young Arthur.
05:17Well done.
05:19More letters from you now.
05:20Hi, Rachel. Can I get a vowel, please?
05:22Thank you, Arthur.
05:23E.
05:24And another.
05:26O.
05:27And another.
05:28I.
05:29And a consonant.
05:31N.
05:32Another.
05:33S.
05:35Another.
05:36T.
05:38Another.
05:38N.
05:39A vowel.
05:40N.
05:42A vowel.
05:44O.
05:45And, um...
05:47A consonant, please.
05:49And a final P.
05:51And 30 seconds.
05:52A vowel.
06:07I.
06:08NGHL.
06:09I.
06:09I.
06:09I.
06:10I.
06:10I.
06:11O.
06:11I.
06:13I.
06:14I.
06:15I.
06:15I.
06:16I.
06:18I.
06:19I.
06:19I.
06:22How many, Arthur? Seven. Seven from you and Alex?
06:25Seven as well. Seven as well. What you got, Arthur?
06:28Isotope. Isotope. And Alex?
06:30Toonies. And Toonies, which I'm going to go for the Canadian $2.
06:36Absolutely right. Yeah, $2 coin. Very good.
06:39Excellent stuff. Well done. Seven points, H. Sinatra and Susie.
06:44I'm not sure about this. I'm guessing points with an E.
06:48P-O-I-N-T-E-S, is that a word?
06:51Yes, point. Only in ballet, comes straight from the French.
06:55And if you're on point, you're on the tip of your toes.
06:58That's another seven. That's all we managed to have.
07:00We are on point, you could say, as we get our first numbers of the day.
07:05Alex, are we going small? Yeah, I'll go for six small, please, Rachel.
07:08Six small. I think this is going to be one of those contests you cannot go for one large.
07:13You need every point. Right, this first numbers game is five.
07:16One, ten, three, six and two.
07:21And the target to reach 394.
07:24Three, nine, four, numbers up.
07:26The target to reach 394.
07:35And the target to reach 394.
07:36Every point, we need to have other numbers to reach 405.
07:40The target to reach 404.
07:43The target to reach 406.
07:46And the target to reach 404.
07:49That's all we've got.
07:50That's time, up. 3-9-4. Alex?
07:593-9-4. Got it. And Arthur? Yeah, 3-9-4.
08:02Well done, both of you. Alex, off you go.
08:04So, 2 plus 6, 8. 2 plus 6 is 8.
08:07Times by 10. Times by 10, 80. Minus 1.
08:10Minus 1, 79. Times by 5.
08:13Times by 5, 395.
08:16I've gone wrong. You've used one twice, I imagine.
08:19In, take a breath. Arthur?
08:21So, 5 times 2. 5 times 2, 10.
08:25Times 10. Times 10, 100.
08:27Then 3 plus 1. Yeah, 3 plus 1 for 4.
08:30Times them together, minus 6. 400. Lovely. Well done.
08:36A key moment there. Well done, Arthur,
08:39as we get our first Tea Time teaser of this Wednesday afternoon.
08:42I do diet. I do diet. Strange things happen in space.
08:47According to David. Strange things happen in space.
08:51According to David.
09:00APPLAUSE
09:00Welcome back. Strange things happen in space.
09:09According to David, it is, of course, the late, great David.
09:12Boy, I do diets becomes oddities. Oddities.
09:15OK, great start by a challenger.
09:1725 points to young Arthur Page.
09:20Alex, you're on seven. Bit of catching up to do.
09:22And Arthur, you're picking these letters.
09:24Hi, Rachel. Can I get a consonant, please?
09:26Thank you, Arthur.
09:27D.
09:29And another.
09:31S.
09:32And a vowel.
09:34I.
09:34Another.
09:36U.
09:38Another.
09:39E.
09:40A consonant.
09:43G.
09:45A vowel.
09:47A.
09:47And a consonant, please.
09:55And lastly, R.
09:57Thanks, Rachel.
09:57A vowel.
09:58E tackling.
09:58T
10:20E
10:21A Across A
10:21E
10:24E
10:24A
10:25A
10:25A
10:27How many, Arthur? Eight. Eight for you. And Alex?
10:31Just a seven. A seven. We know we're in trouble when we're using the phrase
10:35just a seven on this show. Alex, what have you got?
10:38I've tried guiders. Guiders. And for yourself, Arthur?
10:42I put re-guides. Re-guides.
10:46OK. Guiders are absolutely fine. And re-guide is also in the dictionary
10:51to guide back or guide again. Well done.
10:53Well done. Wow.
10:54Re-guides puts another eight points into the bank for Arthur.
11:01And you're just playing catch-up here.
11:04Feel free just to nod at me and tell me to move on at any stage, Sinatra.
11:08I thought I was being really clever, going, residue, anyone?
11:12That is really good. We could only add one more eight, which is disagree.
11:16Disagree. All right. Excellent. Alex, you're in control of the letters.
11:19That's the good news. I'll start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
11:22Thank you, Alex. N.
11:24And a vowel?
11:26A.
11:27And a consonant?
11:29B.
11:30And a vowel?
11:32O.
11:33And a consonant?
11:36L.
11:37And another consonant?
11:39S.
11:40And a vowel?
11:41A.
11:42And a consonant?
11:44N.
11:45And a vowel?
11:46And a final vowel?
11:49A final E.
11:51And half a minute.
11:52I'll narinohle.
11:59B.
12:00I.
12:01I.
12:02I.
12:03I.
12:05I.
12:07I.
12:08I.
12:08I.
12:10I.
12:11I.
12:11I.
12:11I.
12:12I.
12:12I.
12:14Can.
12:14I.
12:15C.
12:16I.
12:16THEY CONFER
12:21Alex?
12:22A six.
12:23A six for you. And Arthur?
12:25I'll stick with a seven then.
12:26A seven. OK, Alex?
12:28Blaine's.
12:29Thank you for sticking with the seven. What is it?
12:31Abalone.
12:33Abalone.
12:34Abalone, absolutely fine. I will come to that.
12:37There's no Blaine, A and E, unfortunately.
12:39But Abalone, yes.
12:41And I know Arthur was wondering about the S.
12:43You can stick the S on for an eight.
12:45Abalones are edible mollusks of warm seas
12:48and they have these beautiful shells lined with mother-of-pearl.
12:50Very good indeed.
12:51Right, numbers now, Arthur.
12:53Hi, Rachel, can I get an inverted T, please?
12:56You can indeed.
12:57One from the top and five little.
12:59You want as many points as you can get.
13:01And the five little ones are eight, ten, five, eight and five,
13:07and the large one, 75.
13:09And the target, 886.
13:12886, numbers up.
13:14Maybe we'll go in.
13:16Maybe we about bass, but why.
13:17There's some hands on the rocks when we let hopefully go.
13:18The name is Steve Lightæ²³.
13:20After it's in.
13:23Maybe습니까?
13:24If we haven't saved children, or no one, we can even go above.
13:25Just figure out who we can.
13:27And to dismiss them, I have that.
13:30Give them permission to purple ship.
13:32Um, be afraid.
13:37There you go. One large guarantee is nothing. 886, Arthur.
13:49885, not written down.
13:51One away. Alex.
13:53Yeah, 885.
13:54Off you go, Arthur.
13:5575 plus 5 plus 8.
13:5775 plus 5 plus 8. 88.
14:01Times 10.
14:02Times 10, 880.
14:03And plus the 5.
14:04And the second 5, 885, one away.
14:06There you go. One away as well.
14:08Off you go, Alex.
14:09Yeah, same way. 75 plus 8 plus 5.
14:11Times 10 plus 5.
14:13If you just pass over your piece of paper.
14:16There you go. 7 points each day.
14:18Funny, isn't it, Rich? 886.
14:20Yes, if you say 8 plus 5 is 13.
14:25And then 75 minus the second 8 is 67.
14:29Times those together for 871.
14:33And then you have a 10 and a second 5 to add on for 886.
14:36Boom. Brilliant.
14:40Sensational work on 886 with the one large.
14:43Now, young Arthur wants to become a doctor after he finishes all his studies.
14:48And I've got the perfect person to give you some advice here.
14:50Because Sinatra Sarkar, of course, was in casualty.
14:53Forget school.
14:53This is all you need, Arthur.
14:55But on a serious note, I think there's certain roles that you play that blurs the lines.
15:01I might be wrong with this.
15:02Because, you know, people think like lawyers in TV shows.
15:04They're like, oh, could you help me?
15:05I'm an actor.
15:06Yeah.
15:07Is it the same when you're doing medical?
15:09You know what?
15:09Because I've played so many different medical characters on screen.
15:12I've been nurses.
15:13I've played vets.
15:14I've played health care assistants.
15:16Played a doctor for a long time.
15:18And I come from...
15:18My dad's also a doctor.
15:19So I worked in a doctor's surgery growing up as a receptionist.
15:22So there's a lot of medical, like, surroundings in my life.
15:26But what's so hard to explain to people is when they think they need a doctor.
15:30So, for example, I've been in the theatre before.
15:32We've all been queuing up to get on.
15:33Somebody's fainted.
15:34People have said the famous words, is there a doctor here?
15:38And, of course, you know, I'm joining the rest of the public looking.
15:41And then somebody will say, she's the doctor?
15:43And I think, no.
15:45No, really?
15:46I'm saying it's just on the TV.
15:48But then, of course, they'll go, well, just try something.
15:51Just try something.
15:52And I'm then thinking, well, I'm only used to really big operations.
15:57Dramatic, massive, like, you know, heart surgery.
16:00So, of course, I'm just putting my fingers on people's pulses.
16:02And then, you know, there's the other classic, which I get a lot,
16:05which is when I do go to a hospital for a real appointment.
16:09And I've had the receptionist just offer me the book to sign in.
16:12The staff book.
16:14No.
16:14As if she thinks she's seen me being a doctor enough times.
16:18And I've sat there thinking, no, no, this isn't for me.
16:21I'm actually a patient.
16:23So, yeah, there's a few classic situations where I'm probably mistaken.
16:28Well, listen, I've got a little problem.
16:29If you can have a look at it when we finish this show.
16:31I've got a little bit of dry skin in my foot.
16:33If you could just have a little look.
16:34Get me an ointment or a clean.
16:36Thanks, but no thanks.
16:37Right.
16:38It's an entrance order, I love it.
16:42OK, I'm not sure if there's a cure or even a prescription for champion Alex Robertson
16:48today against Arthur Page, but we will find out.
16:52You've got to believe, Alex.
16:53Let's go again.
16:54I'll start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
16:56Thank you, Alex.
16:57D.
16:57And a vowel.
17:00O.
17:01And a consonant.
17:03T.
17:04And a vowel.
17:06E.
17:07And a consonant.
17:09V.
17:10And another consonant.
17:12N.
17:13And a vowel.
17:15O.
17:17And another vowel.
17:19I.
17:21And a final consonant, please.
17:23And a final J.
17:25And here we go again.
17:26And here we go again.
17:55How many?
17:57Eight.
17:58Yep.
17:58And Arthur.
17:59Yeah, eight as well.
18:00You weren't going to miss this.
18:01Alex.
18:01Devotion.
18:02Well done, Arthur.
18:03Say both.
18:04That's the standard.
18:04APPLAUSE
18:05Right.
18:09Well, listen, hello again.
18:10Hello.
18:11Hiya.
18:11Yes, we've got plenty too.
18:13Yeah, we're having a great time over here.
18:15Need a cup of tea or anything?
18:16All right, let's move on.
18:17Let's get more letters.
18:18Thank you very much.
18:20Arthur.
18:20Can I get a consonant, please?
18:22Thank you, Arthur.
18:23R.
18:23Uh, and another.
18:26S.
18:27And another.
18:29K.
18:30Uh, and a vowel.
18:32A.
18:33And another.
18:35I.
18:36Consonant.
18:37M.
18:39Uh, vowel.
18:41E.
18:43Another vowel.
18:45A.
18:47And another vowel, please.
18:49Lastly, another E.
18:52Start the clock.
19:23How many Arthur Page seven and how many Alex Robertson seven as well. There you go
19:28We're matching each other now Arthur remakes. Yeah, Alex same for me
19:34At remakes it is for 7.8 maybe a glimmer of faint glimmer of hope here for Sinatra and Susie. Well, we got
19:42Seamia yeah
19:44Seven more disreputable, which is what we're becoming very quickly
19:49Glimmer of hope just fades the darkness
19:53Third numbers round Alex. I'll go for six small please. It's small try and claw back some points. Let's find an interesting one
20:01Amongst this lot your little numbers are two six three four
20:08Seven and six and the target
20:12660 six six zero numbers up
20:23Six six zero Alex. I thought I had it, but I've gone wrong. I'm afraid an Arthur
20:51I think I've got six sixty off you go
20:55so
20:56Seven times three seven times three twenty one
21:01Plus a four that's the four twenty five
21:05No, I think I've gone wrong
21:06Both of you struggling with with that. Yes, six six zero Rachel
21:11Yes, if you say four plus six is ten
21:16Two times seven is fourteen minus three is eleven times those together and times by the second six
21:22Yeah, yeah
21:26Listen Alex and Arthur take this in in the way it's intended
21:29But I am so happy both of you scored zero in a round together
21:32You know everyone needs brought down the earth a little bit. Let's get the second tea time teaser of the Wednesday afternoon
21:38Down some down some they down some water before they get chopping again
21:43They die in some water before they get chopping again
22:03Welcome back they don't some water before they get chopping again there are woodsman there are woodsman and pulling up trees is our challenger Arthur page
22:11You have 62 but Alex our champion. No way is he out of it yet on 29 six rounds to go
22:17Arthur you're choosing these letters. Can I get a consonant, please? Thank you, Arthur. Oh
