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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown this Monday afternoon.
00:34We are buzzing to be back after the weekend.
00:37The studio, a hive of activity as we swarm around 15 rounds of letters and numbers.
00:43Let's get straight to our Queen Bee, Rachel Riley.
00:45How are you today?
00:46I'm good, thank you.
00:47How are you? Sweet as honey?
00:49Yeah.
00:50That's how I always describe myself, sweet as honey.
00:53It's World Bee Day, but I want to take it from the world all the way down to the city that we're on the edge of right now,
00:59Manchester.
01:00It's the official symbol of Manchester.
01:03And once you know of the Manchester Bee, it's everywhere.
01:07It seriously is, right?
01:09And people in Manchester are punching the air right now and thinking,
01:11how come this plastic scouser is talking about this?
01:13But I love the Manchester Bee.
01:15And as I say, look up, look down, look sideways, it's there.
01:19From the Kempton clock tower to the print works, to every bin, there's a bee on it.
01:25But if you don't know, you don't see it.
01:27Yeah.
01:27I love the Manchester Bee.
01:28The story goes all the way back to 1842.
01:32And they had to come up with a coat of arms for Manchester.
01:34And they went, well, what is it?
01:36So actually, it's a globe and seven Bs to represent the seven Cs.
01:41Because Manchester saw itself as a world trading city.
01:47So we trade in the seven Cs of the planet.
01:50But we're a city built on good, honest, hard work and industry.
01:55Hence, the Worker Bee.
01:58What a brilliant foundation to build a city in.
02:00Well, listen, let's head over to our one woman spelling bee,
02:04our guardian of the dictionary, Susie Dent.
02:07And it's FA Cup final week.
02:08All roads lead to Wembley this weekend.
02:09So a perfect time to have somebody in Dictionary Corner
02:12who really knows what it's like to lose FA Cup finals.
02:15Thank you very much for that.
02:18And you're talking about the Bs.
02:19Of course, you cannot ignore Brentford either.
02:21Yes.
02:22They are the Bs as much as anyone else.
02:24But not in the FA Cup final this time.
02:26Absolutely.
02:27Wonderful.
02:27Pat and Evan, yes.
02:31And Pat, you picked the perfect week to be here
02:34because we have one heck of a champion.
02:3716-year-old Arthur Page is looking to run the week
02:41and become an octal champ on Friday.
02:43Welcome back, first young man.
02:44Yeah, nice to be back.
02:46And 339 points over three appearances.
02:50I mean, this is sensational.
02:52So I'm just going to point out a little Achilles.
02:54Hey, conundrums, you're zero for three.
02:57Yeah, I'm pretty poor at them.
02:59Listen, I would say we could be sitting here on Friday
03:01saying you've got five out of eight conundrums.
03:04So that's not a story written yet.
03:06But listen, with a mammoth task to try and beat you today
03:10from Beverley in East Yorkshire, it's Wayne Dewsbury,
03:15who's, you know, he likes his sports people,
03:18twice the size of Pat and Evan, at least, right?
03:20You're a rugby league man.
03:21Absolutely.
03:22Yeah.
03:22And before the titles rolled, you took great pleasure
03:26in telling Pat and Evan that you weren't having football
03:28and all the handbags and all the diving.
03:31No, I can't stand it.
03:32Played it for donkey's years, loved it, absolutely loved it,
03:36but can't be bothered watching it.
03:39Give me a good old rugby league match any day.
03:41Your wife passed recently.
03:42She's the reason why you applied.
03:43We're doing this for Julie today, yeah?
03:45Yeah, that's right, yeah.
03:46Excellent.
03:47Good stuff.
03:47Wayne and Arthur, best luck to you.
03:50APPLAUSE
03:51Love it.
03:53Love it.
03:53Here we go, Arthur.
03:54Hi again, Rachel.
03:55Hi, Arthur.
03:55Can you get a consonant, please?
03:57Start the week with R.
04:00And another.
04:02D.
04:03A third.
04:04B.
04:06A fourth.
04:08S.
04:09A vowel.
04:11U.
04:12And another.
04:14E.
04:14And one more.
04:16A.
04:17Another.
04:20E.
04:22And another consonant, please.
04:26Lastly, K.
04:29At the home and in the studio.
04:30Let's play Kindtime.
04:31樂 є.
04:32Now we're more.
04:33Welcome.
04:34We'll be here.
04:35書 hammer.
04:37Are you done?
04:37Are you done?
04:39We're here.
04:39Find our new life.
04:41I'm done.
04:41And three.
04:41You're done.
04:41Have you done?
04:42I'm done.
04:43Good.
04:43Happy days a month.
04:44Let's volume of money.
04:45Give me aеры.
04:46I'm done.
04:47Your job.
04:47Don't run into the room.
04:48I'm done.
04:50корабús field.
04:51You're done.
04:52Ha!
04:52It's done.
04:53Your job.
04:54And if you're done.
04:54You're done.
04:56You're done.
04:57You're done.
04:58There's done.
04:58There's done.
04:58You're done.
04:59I'm done.
04:59Right, how many are, sir?
05:03Eight.
05:03I did warn you, Wayne, I did warn you.
05:06I love to this lot.
05:08Seven.
05:09And sevens are just so good.
05:12Any other days?
05:13What have you got, Wayne?
05:13Beakers.
05:14Yes.
05:15And what about yourself, Arthur?
05:17Suberate.
05:18Of course.
05:19Of course.
05:20It is a salt of suberic acid, if I pronounce that correctly, Arthur.
05:24Yeah.
05:25Yes.
05:26And you will find that in things like castor oil.
05:28Right, Wayne, you're up for the letters.
05:30Hi, Rachel.
05:31Hi, Wayne.
05:32Could I have a consonant, please?
05:33You can, indeed.
05:35R.
05:36And another.
05:38V.
05:39And a vowel.
05:40O.
05:41A consonant.
05:43F.
05:44And a vowel.
05:46E.
05:47And a consonant, please.
05:49L.
05:49And another vowel.
05:52O.
05:53And a consonant.
05:55P.
05:56And a consonant, please.
05:58And lastly, M.
06:0130 seconds.
06:02If you wish.
06:03I'll see you next.
06:04Make your voice.
06:04Yes.
06:04H.
06:05A consonant.
06:06Manyay.
06:08The player.
06:19Yeah.
06:19And a consonant.
06:22The player.
06:26It's the key.
06:27And a consonant.
06:29But a consonant.
06:30And a consonant, please.
06:30THEY CONFER
06:32Wayne?
06:33Just a five.
06:34The five, and Arthur?
06:36A risk of six.
06:37And a risk of six. OK, the five, Wayne.
06:40Flaw.
06:41It will be a risk. If he said it's a risk, it is a risk,
06:43so you might get points for that. Arthur?
06:45A fooler.
06:47A fooler.
06:49It is in, yeah. A frivolous, irresponsible or playful person.
06:53Very well done.
06:54Oh, my goodness.
06:56You want to try anything, Pat?
06:58I've always been a bit of a bird spotter, weirdly.
07:01Plover?
07:02Plover is lovely, yes, the wading bird.
07:04Plover, so another six.
07:06Yeah.
07:07If only there was a bird called the flooper.
07:09We could beat Arthur, but there isn't.
07:11Let's get to the numbers.
07:13Mr Page?
07:14Two from the top, please.
07:16Start the week with two large numbers and four little numbers,
07:19and they are nine, one, two, three,
07:24and the large two, 75 and 50.
07:26And the target?
07:28206.
07:29Two or six.
07:30Numbers up.
07:31The
07:35They are��
07:36Captain
07:41They are
07:43Oh,
07:46They are
07:48THEY CONFER
08:01Arthur? Yeah, 206.
08:03And Wayne? No, 209.
08:05The old first numbers round for the challenger.
08:08Arthur, off you go. 75 plus 3.
08:1178. Times 2. 156.
08:15Plus a 50. 206. Well done.
08:17Well done.
08:20Things will get better after the break, Wayne. I assure you.
08:23Trust us. Let's get a tea-time teaser in the bag.
08:26It's given ten. Given ten.
08:29The rider was given a ten-point penalty in this competition.
08:33The rider was given a ten-point penalty in this competition.
08:37Aventing. Aventing. Aventing was the answer.
08:4624-zip at the moment. Wayne, the comeback starts now.
08:49Believe in yourself, either.
08:52Could I have a vowel, please? Thank you, Wayne.
08:55Thank you, Wayne.
08:56And another one.
08:57Aventing. Aventing was the answer.
08:5924-zip at the moment.
09:01Wayne, the comeback starts now.
09:03Believe in yourself, either.
09:05Could I have a vowel, please, Rachel? Thank you, Wayne.
09:10E.
09:11And another one.
09:12I.
09:13And a consonant.
09:15S.
09:16And a vowel.
09:18A.
09:19And a consonant.
09:20D.
09:21D.
09:22And another consonant.
09:23L.
09:24And another one.
09:25S.
09:26A vowel.
09:29O.
09:30And a final consonant, please.
09:31And a final M.
09:33Thank you, Rachel.
09:35Thank you, Rachel.
10:04That's time.
10:05Wayne?
10:06Six.
10:07Six from you.
10:08And Arthur?
10:09Nine.
10:10Nine.
10:11Not a ten.
10:12Disappointed.
10:13Wayne, the six.
10:14Sorry.
10:15Medals.
10:16Sorry.
10:17You see, I was looking at the letters thinking,
10:18I think there might be something medical in there.
10:19I don't know.
10:20Let's find out.
10:21Arthur?
10:22Modalises.
10:23Yes.
10:24This is a linguist.
10:25Arthur is a linguist, obviously.
10:26He knows German very well.
10:27To modalise is to make modal.
10:29And modals in grammar, they tend to be verbs that express
10:34necessity or possibility, like should, could, will, must,
10:38that kind of thing.
10:39Well done.
10:40APPLAUSE
10:41Pat, what other nines did you have?
10:44I didn't get a nine.
10:45Oddly enough, I didn't this time.
10:47Any more that you found?
10:49We have misleads if you want an eight.
10:51Not really.
10:52LAUGHTER
10:53Right, Arthur, my friend, off we go again.
10:56Thanks.
10:57A consonant, please.
10:58Thank you, Arthur.
10:59T.
11:00And another.
11:01G.
11:02G.
11:03A vowel.
11:04A.
11:05Vow.
11:06E.
11:07Consonant.
11:08M.
11:09A consonant.
11:10T.
11:11Vow.
11:12A.
11:13Vow.
11:14I.
11:15And another vowel, please.
11:16And lastly, O.
11:29And half a minute.
11:31T.
11:32T.
11:33a MEME.
11:35Who.
11:36To.
11:38To.
11:39To.
11:40To.
11:41The.
11:42Be raz.
11:43But yeah.
11:45And after I say.
11:48No.
11:49And.
11:50To.
11:51Because of any of the things that.
11:52To to that.
11:53Ice and the folk.
11:54The and the kids.
11:59ORCHESTRAL MUSIC
12:02Arthur?
12:03Er, just a six.
12:04The six and Wayne?
12:05Just a five.
12:06The five is?
12:07Image.
12:08Yes, and the six?
12:09Er, Goetta.
12:11Goetta, Susie.
12:13Erm, it is in Ohio and Kentucky,
12:16a mixture of cooked ground meat, oatmeal and seasonings
12:19and you have it fried for breakfast.
12:21Wow.
12:22Very nice.
12:23Are we feeling a bit excited here?
12:25A little bit, a little bit.
12:27In fact, I'm feeling quite agitated, actually.
12:30Fantastic.
12:31Just without the D, agitate for seven.
12:33Yeah, seven was there with agitate.
12:35Lovely, a rare moment, a rare moment.
12:37Well done.
12:38Numbers it is then, and Wayne, you're in control.
12:40That's the good news.
12:41An inverted T, please.
12:43An inverted T.
12:44One from the top and five little ones coming up for you.
12:47Come on, Buster.
12:48Right, these ones, five, eight, one, ten, six and the large one,
12:54one, twenty-five and the target to reach 580.
12:58Five, eight, zero.
12:59Numbers up.
13:00All 같습니다.
13:01Everybody's momentum up,
13:02go up, go up, go up, go up, go up, go up, go up, go up.
13:04Go up, go up, go up, go up.
13:06Go up, go up, go up, go up, go up, go up.
13:06Go up, go up, go up, go up, go up, go up, go up, go up, go up, go up.
13:10Sorry.
13:11There that is, is so good.
13:12I'm trying to think out that this is always one right,
13:12around us coming up, go up, go up, go up.
13:14Have a gather reached cell phone.
13:15Go up, go up, go up, go up.
13:17So we're coming up again.
13:18Do not have a healthy approach.
13:19Go up, go up.
13:20Go up to a man of those numbers can be up.
13:22The pressure's building on Wayne here.
13:33I can sense it. 5-8-0, have you missed it?
13:35Red's got them.
13:36Oh, Arthur?
13:38Oh, yeah, 5-8-0.
13:38Yes, off you go, 5-8-0.
13:406 times 8 times 10.
13:426 times 8 times 10, 480.
13:465 minus 1.
13:474.
13:48Times a 25.
13:49100.
13:50And add it together.
13:515-8-0, well done.
13:51Yes.
13:56Well, we're going to talk football now with Pat Nevin.
13:58And you often talk about a lot more than football when you're on.
14:01But, you know, with the BNFA Cup week,
14:03could we start with the Cups story?
14:06Yeah, I mean, Cups are incredible
14:08because we talk about the FA Cup final
14:10and everyone gets excited about the Cup finals.
14:12But you've got to get through the semi-final first
14:15and everyone forgets the semi-final losers.
14:17So a wee thought back to those people who lost them,
14:20including me, who lost quite a few over the years.
14:24Certainly the FA Cup final,
14:26I managed to score the winner in the FA Cup semi-final
14:29against Norwich City.
14:31And we got to the final.
14:32We'll talk about that another time, Colin,
14:34because as a Liverpool fan,
14:36I don't know if I can bring that up with you yet
14:38because it was you a lot that beat us.
14:40But my favourite semi-final I played was at Chelsea.
14:44And we were playing against Sunderland.
14:46We were 4-2 down with a minute to go.
14:49And the ball came through.
14:50And as it came through,
14:51I got in one-on-one with a goalkeeper.
14:53And I just dinked it over the top of him.
14:55Now, that's all very well,
14:57except there was a horse in the 18-yard box
15:01while I scored.
15:04Now, I think the horse was offside.
15:07How does a horse end up in the penalty box?
15:10In a semi-final of a major cup?
15:13Well, there was some problems with the fans in those days.
15:16And at that point,
15:17a policeman and a horse came running up.
15:20And quite a while,
15:20I don't actually know the rules at this point.
15:22And I've asked referees,
15:24you know, you go up to the referee
15:25and earlier this season,
15:27there was the League Cup final.
15:28It was Chelsea versus Liverpool.
15:29Again, can't remember the score, Colin.
15:32Which I'm sure you do.
15:34And I actually asked the referee of that day,
15:38I said, I've got a refereeing story to ask you.
15:40And you'll never see referees,
15:42you know, they want to run a mile when you say that to them.
15:44And it kind of got the kind of joke of it.
15:47But he didn't have the answer either.
15:49Do you think if it had have existed back in the day
15:51that the horse appeared in the penalty box,
15:54it would have went to the veterinarian assistant referee?
15:58Oh, no.
15:59Can we move on, please?
16:00We will.
16:01Stop horsing about.
16:02Thank you, mate.
16:06Right, a good chance to have a little break.
16:08Arthur, though,
16:09the cavalcade of words begins again.
16:11Off you go.
16:12Constantine, please.
16:13Thank you, Arthur.
16:14And here we go again.
16:47It's time up, Arthur.
17:16I'll stick with a seven.
17:17Seven there.
17:18And Wayne?
17:19Six.
17:19Six, yes.
17:20Join the club.
17:21What's your six?
17:22Wilson.
17:22And Arthur?
17:24Yawners.
17:25Yawners.
17:25Yeah, they're in the dictionary.
17:26Well done.
17:27Oh, brilliantly spotted.
17:28Excellent.
17:28There'll be none of that going on, watching Mr Page in action.
17:32Sevens and above?
17:33Yes, we have one above.
17:35Swanery.
17:36And it's a rather lovely concept.
17:38It's a place that's set aside for swans to be able to breed in peace.
17:42Beautiful.
17:42Lovely.
17:43OK, more letters.
17:44Just Wayne, my friend.
17:45Here we go.
17:46You're going to start with a consonant, please.
17:48Thank you, Wayne.
17:49G.
17:50And another one.
17:52Q.
17:53And a vowel.
17:55U.
17:56A consonant, please.
17:58L.
17:59A vowel.
18:00E.
18:02A vowel.
18:04I.
18:05A consonant.
18:07N.
18:09A consonant.
18:09T.
18:11And try a final vowel, please.
18:14And a final, another U.
18:17Start the clock.
18:45That's all the time we have, Wayne.
18:49Yeah, I think my brain's gone.
18:51It's just a five.
18:52A five.
18:53And Arthur?
18:54A six.
18:54And a six.
18:55The five is?
18:56Lined.
18:57Lined.
18:57And the six?
18:59Lunged.
18:59And lunged.
19:00Well done.
19:01No one using the ing there.
19:03How'd you get on Dixonary Corner?
19:04I actually come up with glued, which wasn't very good,
19:07but you beat that.
19:08Well, you can just put un in front of it.
19:11The seven.
19:11Unglued.
19:12Oh, goodness.
19:12Unglued.
19:12Something becomes unglued.
19:13So, Dixonary Corner actually on fire today.
19:16That's three rounds you've managed to better, Arthur and Wayne.
19:19So, fantastic.
19:20Fantastic.
19:21Right.
19:22Back to the numbers, though, Arthur.
19:23And it's on you.
19:24Two from the top, please.
19:26Thank you, Arthur.
19:26Two large, four little, and ten points apiece.
19:30Come on, boys.
19:30This time around, we have seven.
19:33Seven.
19:34Four.
19:35Nine.
19:36And the large two.
19:3775 and 50.
19:39And the target?
19:41893.
19:418.93.
19:43Numbers up.
19:448.93.
19:458.93.
19:46Numbers up.
19:47And that is time.
20:168.93.
20:17Big target, Arthur.
20:198.91.
20:20Not going down.
20:21Two away.
20:22Wayne?
20:22Nowhere close.
20:23Yeah.
20:23Difficult one, this.
20:24Arthur, off you go for seven points.
20:26So, 50 plus 75.
20:28125.
20:30Times it by seven.
20:31875.
20:32And plus a nine and the seven.
20:34Nine and the second seven.
20:36Yeah.
20:37Two away.
20:38Yeah.
20:388.
20:399.
20:40Nine and three.
20:41Looking very happy.
20:42Well, I just chose the wrong big ones for you, because as soon as I say 75 minus 50 is 25,
20:50you can times it by four, times it by nine, the 900, and take away the 7893.
20:55Goodness me.
20:58Love it.
20:59Change your big number.
21:00I'm going to log that.
21:02Right.
21:03Second Tea Time teaser this Monday afternoon is rest foam.
21:07Rest foam.
21:08Less than a handful of friends in the science class.
21:12Less than a handful of friends in the science class.
21:14Hello again.
21:31Less than a handful of friends in the science class.
21:34That's four mates you have.
21:35Four mates was the Tea Time teaser.
21:39Listen, we'll be talking to Wayne during that break, and I want to give a special shout-out
21:43to his two sons, Sam and Joe.
21:46They will be cheering you on to get zero, which I know is not going to happen, Wayne.
21:51They will definitely be cheering me on to get zero.
21:55Let's get more letters, Wayne.
21:57Consonant, please.
21:58Six more rounds.
21:58Come on, Wayne.
21:59L.
22:00And another consonant.
22:02P.
22:03And another.
22:05D.
22:06And a vowel.
22:08A.
22:09And another.
22:10I.
22:11And a consonant, please.
22:13T.
22:14And another.
22:16G.
22:17And a vowel.
22:20E.
22:21And a final consonant, please.
22:24And a final H.
22:26Let's play.
22:27T.
22:30T.
22:39T.
22:39T.
22:40T.
22:40MUSIC PLAYS
22:57Mr. Dewsbury? Seven. Mr. Page? Eight.
23:03Sorry. What's the seven? Plotted. What's the eight, Arthur?
23:07No. Plited. Yes, there is a verb, so you might plight your vowels to somebody
23:12if you pledge or solemnly promise them. Well done.
23:15APPLAUSE
23:17Oh, my goodness, that's a great eight. It's a brilliant one.
23:20And we just changed the P for an A, didn't we?
23:23Alighted. Alighted. Right, one more round of letters
23:26before first Origins of Words of the Week, which we always love.
23:29And, Arthur, you're picking these nine. Thanks.
23:33Consonant, please. Thank you, Arthur. C.
23:36Vowel. I.
23:39Consonant. R.
23:42And another. N.
23:45Vowel. O.
23:48Vowel. I.
23:51One more. O.
23:55Consonant. D.
23:59And a consonant, please. Lastly, S.
24:04Count down.
24:06Vowel.
24:08Vowel.
24:09I.
24:13Why.
24:14금 you.
24:15I am it, nobody has a canvas.
24:17THEY PLAYS
24:35Arthur?
24:36Er, seven. Seven from Arthur.
24:38Wayne? Just five.
24:40That's OK. What's the five?
24:42Irons. Irons.
24:44Arthur? Indoors. Indoors. Absolutely fine. Yes, well done. Fantastic. Can we better it? Can we match it?
24:51Well, I did get plovers earlier on, and to go a bit Glaswegian on you here, we like watching the birds.
24:58And here's another bird. It's condors. Condors, a beautiful bird as well. Yeah, menacing, aren't they?
25:04Can we do better? Yes, there is an ape there, crinoids, C-R-I-N-O-I-D-S, and they are marine invertebrates.
25:12And get this, they include the sea lilies and the feather stars. Oh, beautiful. Isn't that gorgeous? Lovely.
25:18Right, 93, Arthur has. That's all we need to say. We don't need to finish that score at all, because it's not going to stay the way it is, guaranteed.
25:26I'm telling you, four rounds to go as we get our first origins of words of the week. Susie?
25:31Well, you might say, if it stays that way, I'll eat my hat. Yes. And quite recently, I've talked about lots of hat idioms,
25:37throwing a hat in the ring at the drop of a hat, etc. So I thought I'd come full circle.
25:41I'll eat my hat, and where that comes from. The first kind of proper use of the phrase is from the Pitwick Papers, Charles Dickens, in 1837.
25:52If I knew as little of life as that, I'd eat my hat and swallow the buckle whole.
25:57And Charles Dickens famously did actually coin a lot of words himself, but he also popularised them, which is what often happens.
26:04They were around, they were being spoken, and they were just then simply captured in print by these famous authors.
26:10But it didn't start there, because if you go back a little bit further, you will find a very similar phrase that this was obviously a riff on,
26:18and that was to eat old Rowley's hat.
26:21So who was Rowley? Well, it was actually the name of Charles II's prize stallions, one of his prize stallions.
26:29And it actually became a nickname for the monarch himself. In fact, he introduced himself sometimes as Old Rowley.
26:36And he was known particularly for his very flamboyant headgear, very sort of florid sometimes, as were his courtiers.
26:45And so that probably presented something particularly impossible to eat, because it was just so huge.
26:51So why a hat in the first place? Well, we do kind of take just sort of random objects, and, you know, particularly when it comes to eating.
27:01So eat humble pie is another one, and that famously began as a joke a long time ago on umbels, which were the innards or the entrails of an animal.
27:11And it was said that these would be served to the lesser mortals at a grand feast, whereas the aristocracy would enjoy the choicer cuts of meat.
27:20So if you were eating umbels pie, you were really sort of at the lower end of things.
27:25And then, of course, umbels sounded like humble, and that was where that began.
27:31APPLAUSE
27:32Right, here we go. Four rounds win.
27:35You are just nine consonants or vowels away from your first points. I can feel it.
27:38I'm getting the sympathy vote, I can feel it.
27:42Um, consonant, please.
27:44Come on, Wayne. N.
27:46And another.
27:48W.
27:49And another.
27:50S.
27:52Vowel, please.
27:53E.
27:54And another.
27:56A.
27:57And another.
28:00E.
28:02Consonant, please.
28:03T.
28:04Another consonant.
28:06P.
28:07And a final vowel, please.
28:10A final U.
28:12Let's see what direction you're heading.
28:13michaelic.
28:17Yes.
28:17Wait a second.
28:18Music
28:18champion.
28:19Maybe a second.
28:20Good day.
28:20Not just in a second.
28:21We'll see you again.
28:22And another.
28:23Let's see how you texture put it in.
28:24Do it again.
28:24Do it again.
28:25Do it again.
28:27�
28:30There is one thing.
28:31What is it ever going to be?
28:32Is it ever going to be like, OK?
28:33Let's get it to, I can't go.
28:34Let's get it.
28:35Let's go.
28:35Are you doing it?
28:36Let's get it to be like, yeah.
28:37Good night.
28:38Bye-bye.
28:38Turnier.
28:39Me.
28:40And there is a 96%.
28:40We're sitting there.
28:42What are you doing?
28:42Wayne, give me a number.
28:45Just five.
28:46Five there, that's OK. And Arthur?
28:48A seven.
28:49A seven there. Right, Wayne, what's the five?
28:50Swept.
28:51Swept.
28:52And Arthur?
28:53Unswept.
28:54Oh, no!
28:56I'll get me caught.
28:58I am blaming you for that one, right?
29:00Some of these rounds, you can't help that one.
29:02You're getting an error on that one to use a baseball phrase.
29:05Unswept it is.
29:07All right, yeah?
29:09I did that before, didn't I?
29:10You did, yeah.
29:11I had one and I forgot to put the UN in front of it.
29:14And, you know, if you get that, you don't get points,
29:17you get peanuts.
29:18Hey!
29:19Peanuts.
29:20Great.
29:21Seven.
29:22Peanuts.
29:23Unswept.
29:24And one more letters round.
29:25Arthur?
29:26Um, vowel, please.
29:27Thank you, Arthur.
29:28I.
29:29Er, and another.
29:31E.
29:32One more.
29:34A.
29:35Consonant.
29:36D.
29:38And another.
29:39G.
29:40One more.
29:41R.
29:42A vowel.
29:43E.
29:44And a consonant, please.
29:45And, lastly, F.
29:46Last letters.
30:17How many, Arthur?
30:18Eight.
30:19Eight from you.
30:20Wayne?
30:21Six.
30:22Six.
30:23The six is?
30:24Two red.
30:25And this eight.
30:26Re-gifted.
30:27Yes.
30:28You can re-gift for sure.
30:29Well done.
30:30APPLAUSE
30:31That's an eight for Arthur.
30:32Right, OK.
30:33Let's not look at the scores.
30:34Let's literally get straight to those numbers.
30:36Ten points, Wayne.
30:37Right.
30:38I'll have another inverted two.
30:39Come on, Rachel.
30:40I can't tempt you to gamble.
30:41No.
30:42Right.
30:43Can I have the easiest numbers you've ever selected, please?
30:44A very important choice.
30:45All right.
30:46I've picked this as a free choice.
30:47And five little ones.
30:48OK.
30:49Come on, Wayne.
30:50Come on.
30:51We have four.
30:52Ten.
30:53Eight.
30:54Eight.
30:55Eight.
30:56Eight.
30:57Eight.
30:58Eight.
30:59Eight.
31:00Eight.
31:01Eight.
31:02Eight.
31:03Eight.
31:04Eight.
31:05Eight.
31:06Eight.
31:07Eight.
31:08Eight.
31:09Ten.
31:10Three.
31:11Seven.
31:12Five.
31:13And you might be happy.
31:14I found 100.
31:15107.
31:16And the target.
31:17526.
31:18526.
31:19526.
31:20Come on, Wayne.
31:22One.
31:23rat.
31:25Two.
31:26Two.
31:27Five.
31:28Four.
31:29Five.
31:31Ten.
31:33Ten.
31:34Ten.
31:35Ten.
31:36identifier.
31:37哈
31:40оз
31:43ä»».
31:45.
31:52Wayne, 526.
31:54526.
31:55Arthur.
31:56Yeah, 526.
31:57Right, Wayne, do you take all the time in the world you need, my friend?
32:00Because I'm going to kiss that bald head of yours if you get this right.
32:03Come on.
32:045 times 100.
32:06Yes.
32:073 times 10.
32:09Yes!
32:10Minus the 4.
32:11Yes!
32:12Come on, Wayne!
32:17Lovely.
32:18Brilliant.
32:19Nobody wanted that zero.
32:21Thank you, France.
32:23Come on, Wayne!
32:26I mean, I've not even asked Arthur, I've sat down.
32:29No, he's got it, don't worry about that.
32:31Just show quickly.
32:33Yeah, I believe it.
32:34Yeah, you're not getting a round of applause.
32:35You've had enough come-ons.
32:37And you know what, here's the news.
32:39Arthur, zero for three on the Countdown Conundrum.
32:44You could double your points here.
32:46Right?
32:47You could...
32:48Arthur can't double his points.
32:49You could double your points.
32:51Don't hold you, bro.
32:52Ha-ha-ha!
32:53Wayne and Arthur, fingers on the buzzers.
32:56What a fun Monday afternoon.
32:58Finish it with this Countdown Conundrum.
33:00BELL RINGS
33:01BELL RINGS
33:06Come on, Arthur.
33:07Peninsula.
33:08Let's have a look.
33:10Yes!
33:15Well, you coasted today, Arthur, but good to get the conundrum right,
33:18cos that was your little bit of pressure building up, wasn't it?
33:21Mmm.
33:22Finally, one for four.
33:23Yeah!
33:24Two for five tomorrow.
33:25I'm sure of it either way.
33:26Well done, Arthur.
33:27Brilliant stuff.
33:28Brilliant stuff.
33:29And Wayne, what a joy.
33:31What great crack.
33:32As we said earlier, a really good reason to be on here.
33:34Yeah, she'll be laughing her head off, I'll tell you that.
33:36You know what?
33:37I get that impression.
33:38You talking about your family, absolutely.
33:40Yeah, absolutely.
33:41And whether you get zero or ten or whatever,
33:43the trip was the important thing.
33:44But, my goodness.
33:45I completely doubt that.
33:47Love it.
33:48Well done.
33:49Thank you, mate.
33:50Susie.
33:51What a great first show of the week.
33:52And goes to show whether it's a crucial countdown conundrum
33:55or it's Wayne's story today.
33:57I think that's what, with all due respect,
33:59what makes countdown the best.
34:01All about the contestants.
34:02I agree.
34:03I'm afraid, though, Rach,
34:04we're going to have to rule out Wayne's ten points
34:06because during the clock ticking down,
34:08there was a horse on stage.
34:11Part of the pitch.
34:12Part of the pitch.
34:13Ah.
34:14Wow.
34:15What a good afternoon.
34:16And that was out of candour, wasn't it?
34:17We'll see you again tomorrow.
34:18Susie, Rachel and I in Count On Us.
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