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00:31Hello everybody, Countdown is back this afternoon, ready to brew up another enjoyable episode in what is a matcha made in heaven.
00:39What is black and white is there can only be one winner and the current champion has been here for a long time, right?
00:47It's all your finest work.
00:49I love the oolong.
00:51Me too, I'm with you.
00:52I have to say though, stolen from Brooklyn Nine-Nine, fans will know about that.
00:57Richard Riley, how are you on International Tea Day?
01:00I'm very happy, another one I can get behind.
01:02Now here's, I've got a little quiz for you actually.
01:05So, water is the most consumed liquid on the planet.
01:09Do you think tea or coffee is second?
01:11Well, I mean, seeing as it's World Tea Day, should we go with tea?
01:14It is tea and that surprised me.
01:16I thought they were kind of fuelled by coffee, but I think it's the amount.
01:19There's over 3,000 varieties and it's more global.
01:23How many cups do you think the average adult in the UK drinks of tea in a year?
01:28In a year?
01:28I'll tell you this, I'll give you a little thing.
01:29A thousand?
01:30Yeah, I'm glad you went roughly about there, because it is roughly about there.
01:35876.
01:35Oh, in the ballpark.
01:36There you go.
01:37Enough tea chat.
01:38Let's get over to Dixonry Corner and making sure things don't boil over at any stage.
01:43It is, of course, our Susie Dent.
01:45And alongside her, well, he's more half a cup than a full cup, isn't he?
01:48Former Chelsea Everton and Scotland footballer, it's Pat Nevin.
01:52Listen, we're getting well into Arthur Page, who's just been simmering beautifully for
02:00four wins so far.
02:01If you haven't watched Arthur yet, 16 years old, 467 points in his four wins so far.
02:08Listen, we already know you're great at chess.
02:10We already know you're doing brilliant at your studies, that you're fluent in German.
02:14But tell me about the work you do at the youth club with the year sevens.
02:17Tell me a bit about them.
02:18Yeah, so every Monday night, I volunteer at this youth club for year sevens.
02:24So it's where a bunch of year sevens just come around, play snooker, football.
02:29So, for example, if they're playing like football, and if one team's doing really badly, I'll
02:32just jump in to the other team.
02:35And yeah, they don't normally like it, but...
02:37Yeah.
02:37Well, you're up against Jim Horan, who unfortunately did watch yesterday's episode.
02:42How are you, Jim?
02:43Very well, thank you.
02:44It's a numbers game for you.
02:45So just 40 years married to Theresa?
02:47That's correct.
02:48Love that.
02:4932 years in the place before you changed job?
02:52Yes.
02:53But three years on the allotment, what are you growing?
02:56Potatoes, onions, elephant garlic, lots of tomatoes, parsnips, carrots, beetroot, beans.
03:03Beautiful.
03:04Listen, a man like Horan needs to grow potatoes, that's all I'm saying.
03:08Well, listen, let's see how you get on today.
03:10Jim and Arthur, best luck to you.
03:12APPLAUSE
03:13Let's turn another page, Arthur.
03:16Hi, again, Rachel.
03:17Can I have a consonant, please?
03:18You can indeed, thank you, Arthur.
03:20Start today with B.
03:22And a vowel.
03:24O.
03:25A consonant.
03:27G.
03:28And another.
03:30T.
03:31Vowel.
03:33I.
03:34Consonant.
03:37S.
03:37And one more vowel, please.
03:49And lastly, another E.
03:52At the home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:12But let's do this.
04:16It's the end.
04:17Arthur, how many?
04:26Seven.
04:27Seven. Nice steady start for Arthur.
04:29Jim? Six.
04:30There you go. The six is?
04:31Bogeys.
04:32Bogeys! A nice mature word to start.
04:35And Arthur?
04:36Egoties.
04:37Egoties.
04:38Very good indeed. That was our only seven as well, actually.
04:41All right. And bogeys, just clarify that,
04:44because it's not snot, is it?
04:46It's not the golf score,
04:50and it's not the mischievous spirits or demons,
04:52such as the bogeyman.
04:54It's actually an undercarriage of a train
04:57in which four or six wheels are pivoted below the vehicle.
05:00Yeah, Jim knew that. Let's get more letters, Jim.
05:02Good afternoon, Rachel. Can I have a consonant, please?
05:05Thank you, Jim. Start with R.
05:07And a vowel.
05:09O.
05:10A consonant.
05:12P.
05:13Another consonant.
05:14D.
05:17Consonant.
05:18M.
05:21Vowel.
05:22A.
05:23Another vowel.
05:25O.
05:26A consonant.
05:28D.
05:30And a final consonant, please.
05:32And a final Y.
05:3430 seconds.
05:35A consonant.
05:37A consonant.
05:37A consonant.
05:37A consonant.
05:38A consonant.
05:38A consonant.
05:38A consonant.
05:39A consonant.
05:39A consonant.
05:39A consonant.
05:40A consonant.
05:40A consonant.
05:40A consonant.
05:41A consonant.
05:41A consonant.
05:41A consonant.
05:41A consonant.
05:41A consonant.
05:42A consonant.
05:42A consonant.
05:42A consonant.
05:43A consonant.
05:43A consonant.
05:43A consonant.
05:44A consonant.
05:45A consonant.
05:45A consonant.
05:45A consonant.
05:46A consonant.
05:46A consonant.
05:47A consonant.
05:47A consonant.
05:48A consonant.
05:49A consonant.
05:49A consonant.
05:49A consonant.
05:50A consonant.
05:50A consonant.
05:51A consonant.
05:51A consonant.
05:52A consonant.
05:53A consonant.
05:53A consonant.
05:54A consonant.
05:54Jem?
06:07Six.
06:07Six from you.
06:08And Arthur?
06:09Yeah, six as well.
06:10Six as well.
06:11What have you got, Jem?
06:11Parody.
06:12Parody and Arthur?
06:14Yeah, same word.
06:14Same.
06:16Well done.
06:17Lovely.
06:18To Dixonry Corner, what can we do?
06:20A third.
06:21We've got Parody as well, but you're the great one,
06:24like...
06:24Oh, yeah, good word.
06:25Only six.
06:26Droopy.
06:27Droopy.
06:27Yes.
06:28There you go.
06:29OK, numbers then.
06:31Arthur?
06:31I think I'll go for three large this time.
06:34Why not?
06:34Three from the top and three little.
06:36You like to mix it up.
06:37And the three small ones to start the day are six, four and six.
06:42And the large one's 25, 100 and 75.
06:46And this target, 820.
06:48Eight, two, zero.
06:49Numbers up.
06:54Did you spot it, Arthur?
07:23Eight, two, one, not win down.
07:25One away, Jem?
07:27No, nothing.
07:28Really difficult one.
07:29Off you go, Arthur.
07:30One away.
07:32Uh, 100 plus 25.
07:33125.
07:34Times it by six.
07:36Times it by six is 750.
07:38And add the 75.
07:4085.
07:42Um, minus C4.
07:43Yep.
07:44Eight, two, one.
07:45Yeah.
07:46One away.
07:47Does the road end there or does it tick down one more?
07:51Loads of wasteful one away, but leave it with me, Carl.
07:54How frustrating.
07:55That's not a good way to start the day in the numbers.
07:57Eight, two, zero.
07:59Right, let's get our first tea time teaser.
08:01It's a dessert.
08:02A dessert.
08:03Two S's, of course.
08:04You make a dessert for all your loved ones.
08:06You make a dessert for all your loved ones.
08:07A dessert for all your loved ones.
08:26Dearests, your dearest.
08:27And Jim, my dearest, let's get back to the game.
08:29More letters.
08:30Uh, consonant, please.
08:31Thank you, Jim.
08:32S.
08:33And another.
08:36G.
08:37And a vowel.
08:40I.
08:40And a consonant.
08:42F.
08:43And a consonant.
08:45K.
08:47And a vowel.
08:50U.
08:51Another consonant.
08:53R.
08:55Vowel.
08:57E.
08:58And a consonant, please.
08:59And lastly, H.
09:02Thanks, Fitz.
09:07Jim.
09:08Seven.
09:09Seven from you, Arthur.
09:21Yeah, seven.
09:22MUSIC PLAYS
09:33Jim. Seven. Seven from you, Arthur.
09:36Yeah, seven. Very good indeed, Jim.
09:38Figures. Figures. And figures, you have the same.
09:41Yeah, same. Yeah. Lovely, once you've spotted that,
09:44you could relax a little bit in that round.
09:46Can we add to the list? Yes, more sevens.
09:49Yeah, gosh, yeah, do we have? Yeah.
09:52Good. Yes, huskier.
09:54Quite a few comparatives in there, but couldn't get to the eight.
09:56Arthur, nine more letters, please. Thanks.
10:00Consonant, please. Thank you, Arthur.
10:03V. And another.
10:06N. And one more.
10:09S. Vowel.
10:12I. Another.
10:14E. Another.
10:17A.
10:19Consonant.
10:20T.
10:21T.
10:22And another.
10:25S.
10:27And a vowel, please.
10:29And a final.
10:31U.
10:32And half a minute.
10:33T.
10:34T.
10:34T.
10:34T.
10:34T.
10:35T.
10:35T.
10:36T.
10:36T.
10:37T.
10:37MUSIC PLAYS
11:03Arthur. Nine. Nine from Arthur.
11:06Jim. Just seven. The seven is...?
11:08Veinest. Yes. And this nine?
11:10Suivantes.
11:12Suzie. Could you spell that for me?
11:14S-U-I-V-A-N-T-E-S.
11:19Suivantes. Yes.
11:21A historical term for a ladies or ladies' maids, plural.
11:24Well done.
11:25APPLAUSE
11:29Sensational. That was really good.
11:31Yeah. Could you tell we didn't get that one?
11:33It does sound a bit French, doesn't it?
11:35You know, not English.
11:37Yeah.
11:38That is the suavest thing that I've heard today.
11:40Beautiful.
11:41Beautiful. Well done to you, mate.
11:42You get your 18 points.
11:43Doubles up, of course, as we move back to the numbers.
11:47Jim, really strong seven, by the way.
11:49Off you go.
11:50Just one large and five small, please.
11:52Thank you, Jim.
11:53One from the top, five little.
11:54Let's see if we have something a bit more straightforward, shall we?
11:56The five smalls this time.
11:58Four, one, eight, six, three.
12:02And the large one, 100.
12:04And you need to reach 808.
12:06808 numbers up.
12:08Let's see if we could rearrange again.
12:10So, yay!
12:11The two comp
12:21guests around the world for the opening.
12:23You're welcome.
12:25It's pretty broad here,
12:26the商品 and guests.
12:27So, absolutely.
12:29Luan to the felic.
12:29Of course.
12:31But, we'll see the fullest – even before.
12:33Th17 Kitty and Ellen.
12:35Yeah.
12:35And access to the Abs Sams方.
12:378-08, the target, what state are you in, Jim?
12:428-0-8.
12:43Yes, and Arthur?
12:44Yeah, 8-0-8.
12:46Off you go, Jim.
12:47100 times 8 plus the 4, the 3 and the 1.
12:518-0-8.
12:51It's been a while since we've had a no-ink round.
12:54I'm loving this.
12:54Arthur?
12:55100 plus 1 times 8.
12:57Lovely.
12:57Yes, no-ink required.
13:00Ten points each.
13:01Well done.
13:03So, over the dictionary corner, it's FA Cup final weekend.
13:06This weekend, so great to have Pat Nevin in dictionary corner.
13:10Yesterday, it was all about a horse on the pitch.
13:14Today, it's all about you on the pitch.
13:16Well, we were chatting yesterday about the fact that I played in a game,
13:18scored a goal while there was a horse in the 18-yard line,
13:22almost certainly offside.
13:24But it made me think about it as well,
13:26because what are the weirdest things that happen when you're playing football
13:29in professional games?
13:30And there was one game I was playing for Everton against Galatasaray
13:34over in Istanbul, Turkey.
13:35And the problem is there, if you beat them, they get a bit annoyed.
13:40Yes.
13:40Very fierce home farm days.
13:42Absolutely.
13:42Very.
13:43And they were getting so annoyed by this point,
13:45and I'd actually scored a couple of goals in this game, unusually.
13:48And it was about five minutes ago.
13:50It was a friendly, but they were still very, very annoyed.
13:54And the referee went round all the players and said,
13:56Right, when Neville Southall, our goalkeeper, smashes the ball upfield,
14:01everybody run to the tunnel.
14:02Get off, because those fans are coming on.
14:05I didn't get the memo.
14:07So I chased the ball, and as I'm running up,
14:10there are thousands of fans running on.
14:12And I realised I'm in trouble here, because everyone else is gone.
14:16And then I had to bring out my inner denim Elliot.
14:20And I became very English indeed.
14:22So I slowed down and went, Excuse me, can I go back?
14:25Can I go back?
14:25And I managed to go all the way in without getting touched at all.
14:29And I thought I was just being brave and cool.
14:32But in actual fact, the real reason I found out later was,
14:35there were cameras there.
14:36And if they touched me, an Istanbul jail is not a good place to be.
14:40So I was telling all the players afterwards,
14:43you never expect these things to happen,
14:45but you have to react to them when they do.
14:47Absolutely.
14:47What's the best crowd in the world, would you say?
14:49What country?
14:50Best country to play football in?
14:53I have a favourite group of fans in the world,
14:56and this might surprise you.
14:57Hibernian.
14:58USA football team fans.
15:01No.
15:01That shocks you.
15:02And the reason being, they don't hate anyone.
15:06They just love their team, follow their team,
15:08and it's not hatred.
15:10Even though wherever they go, most people hate them.
15:12And that's true.
15:13But they just love their team.
15:16So they're my favourite type of fans,
15:17because that's the type of fan I am.
15:18I don't hate anyone else.
15:20I just love my own team.
15:22Pat, thank you very much.
15:23APPLAUSE
15:24Back to our contest.
15:27And it's still very much alive.
15:29Arthur, you're picking these letters.
15:31Vowel, please.
15:32Thank you, Arthur.
15:34E.
15:35And another.
15:36A.
15:38And one more.
15:39O.
15:40Consonant.
15:42H.
15:42Another.
15:44Another.
15:45L.
15:47Another.
15:48N.
15:49One more.
15:51R.
15:53A vowel, please.
15:56B.
15:58And a consonant, please.
16:00And a final X.
16:02And here we go again.
16:03And a consonant.
16:06I'll see you next time.
16:07Bye-bye.
16:07Bye-bye.
16:08Bye-bye.
16:30Bye-bye.
16:31Bye-bye.
16:32Bye-bye.
16:32Arthur?
16:35Seven.
16:35Well done.
16:36And Jim?
16:37Seven.
16:38Brilliant.
16:38Arthur?
16:39Earhole.
16:40That's great.
16:40Jim?
16:41Exhaler?
16:42Exhaler.
16:43It's the first thing I looked up, unfortunately, and you can't...
16:45You have an inhaler, obviously, the sort of medical device,
16:48but you can't have an exhaler.
16:49I'm sorry.
16:50No.
16:51Yeah.
16:51And isn't earhole delightful?
16:53It is great.
16:54In fact, one of my origins of words in the next few days
16:57will be about lug holes.
16:58Ah!
16:59So I'll take you there.
17:00Listen up, everybody.
17:01Nine more letters, Jim.
17:03Consonant, please.
17:04Thank you, Jim.
17:05S.
17:06Another consonant.
17:08N.
17:10Consonant.
17:11T.
17:12A vowel.
17:14I.
17:15Another vowel.
17:16U.
17:17Consonant.
17:19P.
17:21Another consonant.
17:23D.
17:25A vowel.
17:26A.
17:27Another vowel, please.
17:29And the last one.
17:30Another U.
17:32And start the clock.
18:02Jim Horan? Six. Yes, Arthur Page? Six, not going down.
18:07No worries, what have you got, Arthur? Paints. Paints? Spotted late.
18:10And Jim? Don'ts. And don'ts. Paints and don'ts. Both fine.
18:14Nice. All right, what can we add in there, Pat and Evan? Pundits.
18:17Oh! No!
18:19One of the finest, you are, Pat. Love that.
18:22Pundits, 68, 29. More numbers for you now.
18:26And they're coming from the mouth of Arthur. Thanks.
18:29One from the top and five from anywhere else.
18:32Thank you, Arthur. One large, five.
18:34Others and the little ones.
18:36For this round are nine, three, eight, three and four.
18:42And the large one, 75.
18:44And the target, 403.
18:47403. Numbers up.
18:49So, depending on.
18:52...
18:55I like it.
18:56The water rushes.
18:58The way it is.
19:00So, when we have caught this proverbial study,
19:02I, your parents.
19:03Oh, no.
19:04Maybe.
19:05The plan is showing you.
19:06This way it is Yoach.
19:08Looking at him,
19:09I can attack him a new.
19:10That way, huh?
19:11Oh.
19:12I, I am.
19:13The new system is a new system and make a 관�퍼.
19:15A target of 403.
19:21Arthur, did you hit it?
19:22Yeah, 403.
19:23And Jane?
19:24411.
19:25Missed it, OK.
19:26Ten points, Arthur.
19:2875 plus three.
19:2975 plus three, 78.
19:32Eight minus three.
19:33Eight minus the second three is five.
19:36Times them together.
19:37Times them together for 390.
19:39And plus a four in the nine.
19:40Well done, 403.
19:41Brilliant.
19:41Well done, a healthy 78 already for Arthur,
19:48but we expected that.
19:49Jim doing fine on 29.
19:51As we get our second tea time teaser,
19:53well, with Pat Nevin, we've had horses on the pitch,
19:56we've had fans on the pitch,
19:57and now we have this.
19:59Kate's red.
20:00Kate's red.
20:02Kate discarded her red dress and ran onto the pitch.
20:05Kate discarded her red dress and ran onto the pitch.
20:11Yeah, it's a streak.
20:28She's streaked, which still happens today,
20:31but there's a fundamental difference, Pat Nevin,
20:33because I remember the snooker streaker,
20:36Erica Rowe the Twickenham streaker,
20:38and you'd see it randomly.
20:42Whereas now, they'll always cut away from the streaker,
20:45so you only ever hear of the streaker,
20:46but unless you're at the game, you don't see it, Pat.
20:48And the concept is quite simple.
20:50Yeah.
20:50They want a lot of publicity.
20:52They want to be seen.
20:53You don't show them.
20:53Yeah, you don't.
20:54And it's not just streakers.
20:55It's actually anyone at all who comes onto the pitch.
20:57You do not allow it.
20:58But there have been a variety of protests.
21:01And one of the things as a player,
21:03you're always warned, don't go near them.
21:06Yeah.
21:06Because if at any point you touch anyone
21:08or trip them up or stop them,
21:11you're in the one in trouble.
21:12Absolutely.
21:13Pat, I don't think, with all due respect,
21:15you were ever seen as much of a threat on that front.
21:17Big Pat's going to go and take the streaker down.
21:19I don't think that ever happened.
21:20Right, back to the game.
21:23Six more rounds to go.
21:25Keep your shirt on, Jim, and give us nine more letters.
21:29A consonant, please.
21:30Thank you, Jim.
21:31R.
21:32And another.
21:34B.
21:35And another.
21:36L.
21:38A vowel.
21:39O.
21:40Another.
21:42E.
21:43A consonant.
21:45M.
21:47Another consonant.
21:48F.
21:50A vowel.
21:53A.
21:54And a final consonant, please.
21:56And a final T.
21:58And let's play.
21:59MUSIC PLAYS
22:20Jim.
22:31Seven.
22:31Seven from you.
22:32And Arthur.
22:32Yeah, seven as well.
22:33Nice seven.
22:34OK, Jim.
22:34Bloater.
22:35Bloater.
22:35Bloater.
22:36Let's put those points in the board.
22:38Arthur.
22:39Formate.
22:39And formate.
22:40Formate.
22:41And bloater.
22:42Yeah, that's very good indeed.
22:44Yeah, formate's a sort of formic acid.
22:46There are ants in it.
22:47Yes, we had it as a tea-time teaser yesterday.
22:50We did.
22:50Pat.
22:51It's formable.
22:53Formable.
22:53Yes, materials strong and formable, meaning they're sort of versatile or pliable.
22:58Yeah, you can form things.
22:59And that's for in it.
23:00Well done.
23:00Let's get more letters.
23:01Arthur.
23:02Consonant, please.
23:03Thank you, Arthur.
23:03And lastly, I.
23:31Countdown.
24:02I don't think we've got letters these ones, Arthur.
24:05It's a five. A five there. And Jim?
24:07A dodgy six. Oh, I love that. What's the five?
24:10Goods. Goods. Let's see if you've got the goods on.
24:13Edipose.
24:14I need the E. Yeah, I'm sorry, Jim.
24:17A few of those scrambling, scrambling here for fives and that's it.
24:21Yes, fives for us too. We had coders.
24:25Yeah. Yeah. We can't get any further.
24:27An E was what we needed. It would have changed everything.
24:29Let's get the origins of words.
24:31Well, we had a great email, actually, from Barry Cashin
24:35and one of my favourite subjects, which is either nursery rhymes
24:39or just sort of chants that you might hear or have heard as a child.
24:42And he says,
24:43Be careful.
24:54Look, the big ships sailed through the Alialio on the first day of September.
24:59Embarrassed, this, we were told, was part of a sailor's sea shanty from the days of the tea clippers.
25:04The Alialio was a corruption of the word archipelago, which was en route for the journey home.
25:09The careful, prudent skippers sailed around the archipelago, while the bold and reckless ones sailed straight through.
25:15I wonder if you can confirm or disprove this origin.
25:19And the thing about songs and nursery rhymes, etc., is because they're so much part of a sung or spoken tradition,
25:27it's really hard to nail them down, not just in terms of when they emerged, but also where they came from, who started them.
25:33And that is the case for this one.
25:35And I think most people will remember the rhyme that you will sing to the children.
25:41The captain said it will never, never do, never, never do, never, never do.
25:43The captain said it will never do, and so on.
25:45And then eventually the big ship sank to the bottom of the sea.
25:48So a bit of a grim end.
25:50But the general consensus, Barry, is not that it has anything to do with an archipelago,
25:54but that the Alialio was the Manchester ship canal,
25:57which for much of its course is straight and wide, like an alleyway.
26:03So the Alialio is an alley.
26:06Just a reminder, Manchester ship canal opened by Queen Victoria in 1894
26:10after so much campaigning, really, and 12 years of construction, I think.
26:15And it was to reduce costs for traders in Manchester
26:20because it was apparently cheaper to transport cotton from Liverpool to Glasgow
26:24than from Liverpool to Manchester.
26:26And then the Great Suez Canal had been constructed
26:29and that gave a great impetus to this kind of building.
26:33So this was the Manchester ship canal.
26:35Song refers to the ship setting out on the last day of September.
26:38Then, as I say, comes to grief.
26:40Lots of interpretations.
26:41One is that a ship was contracted to set out in September.
26:46Even if the weather was really bad, it might feel pressured to do so
26:49and then prove not to be seaworthy.
26:51Or it could have been a reference to the date when a ship could just about reach Canada
26:57before the St Lawrence River began to freeze over.
27:01Whatever the explanation, as I say, it came to a sticky end,
27:04but that hasn't stopped generations of children, including mine,
27:08remembering and singing that song.
27:09Great.
27:09Anne, you just tied together the two things that we talked about this week
27:16on Countdown at the top of the shows.
27:18The Manchester Bay and its origins of the worker bay and trading the seven seas
27:23and International Tea Day.
27:25There you go.
27:26And today, going back to the Clippers, it's almost like we planned this.
27:29Which we didn't.
27:29Which we really don't.
27:31No, we didn't.
27:32Right, 1936.
27:35We don't plan much, but we could predict more than 100 points for Arthur.
27:39So, Jim, you're making a good fist of it and we'll get more letters from you now.
27:43A consonant, please.
27:44Thank you, Jim.
27:45N.
27:46And another.
27:48T.
27:49And another.
27:51P.
27:52A vowel.
27:54E.
27:55And another.
27:56I.
27:57A consonant.
27:59R.
28:00Another vowel.
28:02E.
28:03And a consonant.
28:05S.
28:07And a final consonant, please.
28:08A final C.
28:10Good luck.
28:10MUSIC PLAYS
28:12MUSIC PLAYS
28:32OK, Jim.
28:43Seven.
28:44Seven from you.
28:45Arthur.
28:45I'll risk a nine, I think.
28:47Those letters felt like an Arthur nine.
28:49Jim, what was the seven?
28:50Pincers.
28:51Arthur, what have you got?
28:52Er, prentices.
28:54OK, prentices without the...
28:56Do you know what?
28:59It is in.
29:00It is a shortening of apprentice and it's there in its own right.
29:03Well done.
29:03That's exciting.
29:04APPLAUSE
29:04It's funny how this is becoming the norm.
29:09108, by the way, with three rounds left.
29:13It's almost like as soon as you can't beat the all-time record,
29:15we're disappointed in Arthur.
29:17LAUGHTER
29:17Brilliant work, young man.
29:19Wonderful.
29:20We add anything to the party?
29:22Re-inspect?
29:24Yes.
29:24Is that a name?
29:25It's brilliant.
29:25It's in the dictionary.
29:26Well done.
29:26APPLAUSE
29:27Let's get back to it.
29:30And our final letters round, Arthur.
29:32Let's see if you can make it a hat-trick of maximums today.
29:34Thanks.
29:35Er, consonant, please.
29:36Thank you, Arthur.
29:37N.
29:38And a vowel.
29:40O.
29:41Consonant.
29:43T.
29:45Er, another.
29:46Very negative to start.
29:47It's not a good sign.
29:49A vowel.
29:50A.
29:52One more.
29:54O.
29:55Er, another.
29:58I.
30:00Consonant.
30:02N.
30:04And a consonant, please.
30:08And, all important, a final L.
30:11Interesting enough, last letters.
30:13In the throat, John.
30:26What is, John?
30:27In the throat.
30:28In the throat.
30:30Oh.
30:30The oven.
30:31Oh.
30:31Go.
30:31Oh.
30:32Let's runholder.
30:32Oh.
30:33Oh.
30:33Wall.
30:33Sharpe, you get this?
30:34Is it aού?
30:35Yes.
30:36They are.
30:37No?
30:37Oh.
30:38Like fair noget.
30:38Oh.
30:39Oh.
30:40Then you have the room.
30:40One more.
30:41Arthur?
30:44I'll stick with a seven.
30:46Jim?
30:46I'm happy with a seven.
30:47Oh, definitely.
30:49Arthur, what have you got?
30:50Anoints.
30:51Anoints.
30:52And Jim?
30:52Nations.
30:53And nations.
30:54OK, so, Arthur, what was brewing there?
30:56Um, olations.
30:58Olations he was thinking of but didn't go for it.
31:02Yeah, it is there and obviously Arthur knows his chemistry.
31:06It is basically used in reference to chromium compounds
31:09that he used in tanning and, I think, tanning leather.
31:13So it would have been there for an eight.
31:15Pat, in terms of tanning?
31:18Absolutely.
31:19Lotions.
31:21That's one of them.
31:22What gave you that notion?
31:23Notions is one as well.
31:25So I was going for notions.
31:26Notions is good but you can't stretch it to an eight
31:28with notional, theoretical.
31:30Right, Jim, you could get half a century
31:32against the brilliant Arthur, Paige.
31:34Let's see if we can get you those points, Jim.
31:35Last numbers.
31:37Let's go for six small points.
31:38Oh, yeah, let's have a little bit of fun.
31:40Let's work for those points.
31:41Six little numbers.
31:42Final round, numbers-wise of the day.
31:45And the selection is two, ten, eight, six,
31:48two, a bit even for my liking, and four.
31:51Hmm.
31:52And the target?
31:54Ah, 188.
31:55One, eight, eight.
31:57Numbers up.
31:58One, eight, zero.
32:09Oh, yeah.
32:13One, four.
32:17One, four.
32:19One, two, three.
32:20188, a low target, but with six small, Jim, did you get there?
32:33No, 192.
32:34192, nobody to blame but yourself, Jim.
32:37Yeah, 188.
32:39188, off you go.
32:414 minus 2 over 2.
32:434 minus 2 over 2 for 3.
32:46Times it by 6.
32:47Times it by 6 is 18.
32:49Times it by 10.
32:49180.
32:51And at the 8th.
32:52188, another 10 points for you.
32:57Well done to you.
32:58One, two, five, players, 43.
33:01And there's always something to play for,
33:02because Jim could still get that half century in the final round.
33:06And if that's not a reason to stay tuned,
33:08I've got the most mind-blowing fact about International Tea Day coming your way.
33:12You'd be a fool to tune out at this stage.
33:14Fingers on the buzzers, please.
33:16Arthur and Jim, let's reveal today's countdown conundrum.
33:19BELL RINGS
33:21Arthur.
33:24Towerling.
33:25Yes, let's have a look.
33:28Well done.
33:29APPLAUSE
33:29A brilliant 1-3-5 to add to your 1-2-8 and your 1-3-7.
33:37That's actually your second-highest score so far.
33:39Well done to you.
33:40APPLAUSE
33:41And Jim, you've got to be so proud of that 43.
33:45You saw what happened yesterday.
33:46That was really good.
33:48Yeah, it was great.
33:48Thanks very much.
33:49He's a very good player.
33:50Brilliant.
33:50Thank you, mate.
33:51Good luck to you.
33:51Thank you very much.
33:52Pat and Susie, we'll see you tomorrow.
33:54Oh, that's it.
33:54Embrace yourself.
33:56Who do you think is 72 years old today?
34:00It's a happy birthday to...
34:02Give me a clue.
34:04I pity the fool that doesn't get this.
34:06Mr T.
34:06It's Mr T's birthday.
34:09That cannot be a coincidence.
34:11Wow.
34:11Do you think what came first?
34:12No, that's got to be a gimmick, hasn't it?
34:14You just hope somewhere in an office, somewhere where we should have an international tea day
34:18and then around that table someone went, when was BA Baracus born?
34:22Put the kettle on, Colin.
34:24Love it.
34:25Brilliant.
34:25We are done.
34:26No points to you.
34:27And we'll see you tomorrow.
34:28Same time, same place.
34:29You can count on us.
34:31You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:36You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
34:44We'll see you tomorrow.
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