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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to another week of Letters and Numbers.
00:34Whether you're watching the traditional way every afternoon on Channel 4,
00:38you're catching up or you're even binge-watching All in One Go five new episodes every week.
00:44We never stop and we never take it for granted that you tune in.
00:47So thank you very much. Hi, Rachel.
00:49What about... I'm here. Do I get any gratitude?
00:51What for?
00:52I just... You just love working with me every day.
00:55Nobody who gets paid to be here gets gratitude.
00:57That's fair.
00:57I want to talk to you about Kevin Bacon, which is a strange sentence to say at this stage.
01:03Well, it's his birthday today. He's 66.
01:05It reminded me that you actually worked with him before.
01:08I have.
01:08And there's this thing called the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon,
01:12which is based on the Six Degrees of Separation.
01:15And it's because he's made over 70 movies.
01:17And they say if you work in the film industry, you can connect to Kevin Bacon within six people.
01:21He used to hate that, but he's completely embraced it now and loves it.
01:26Did you mention it to him?
01:27I don't think I did.
01:28I think it was more like where we could go and eat and top tips for hanging out in L.A.
01:32Right.
01:33OK, OK, OK, let's go there.
01:34So what was it?
01:35What was he like?
01:36He was lovely.
01:37He was really chatty, really down to earth.
01:39I think he doesn't do all that.
01:40So I think it was Oscars week and he was avoiding it.
01:42He just wanted to hang out with me, you know.
01:43That wasn't what he said.
01:44But I just took that, you know, as given.
01:46Well, listen, let's head over to the dictionary corner where, of course,
01:49we connect every single day with our guardian of the dictionary, Susie Dent.
01:52And someone you've had beside you many times, Susie.
01:55But for me, it's the first time making the connection with the musician,
01:58the singer, the television presenter, so many things.
02:00Myling Klaas is here.
02:03Loads of time to catch up and chat loads out this week.
02:06Cannot wait.
02:07You're greeted by our three-time champion, James Swinnerton, our jazz lover.
02:12We share the favourite film.
02:13We've really connected.
02:14Hi, James.
02:15Hi, how are you doing?
02:16Yeah, not bad.
02:17Nice to have you back here Monday.
02:18You're up against Philip Jones.
02:20How are you doing, Philip?
02:21I'm fine, thank you.
02:22Good.
02:23Now, you're originally from right here, from Salford, just like RH,
02:27but you're a City fan.
02:28How does a Salford lad become a Man City fan?
02:31There are more of us than you think, actually, Colin.
02:33But my particular back story with City is my father.
02:39His family were originally from the Hume area,
02:44and that was close to Manchester City's old stadium at Main Road.
02:48So the family brought their allegiance to Salford with them.
02:51And we're outnumbered, but there's a significant minority.
02:56Well, Philip, you are really here.
02:58Let me tell you, you're here on Countdown.
02:59We hope you enjoy your 45 minutes.
03:01Good luck to Philip.
03:02Good luck to James.
03:05Let's get the week on the way, James.
03:07We'll let us.
03:07Hi, Rachel.
03:08Hi, James.
03:09Can I get a consonant, please?
03:10You can indeed start the week with Q.
03:13A vowel.
03:15A.
03:16And a consonant.
03:17D.
03:18A vowel.
03:20I.
03:21Another vowel.
03:23I.
03:24A consonant.
03:25S.
03:27Another consonant.
03:28N.
03:30A vowel.
03:32E.
03:32And a final consonant, please.
03:35And a final P.
03:38At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
03:40A vowel.
03:49I.
03:50A vowel.
03:51I.
03:52I.
03:53I.
03:54I.
03:54I.
03:55MUSIC PLAYS
04:10Time is up, James.
04:12Six. Six. And Philip?
04:14Six. Yeah, well done. James.
04:16Pinned. And Philip?
04:17Spined. Spined.
04:21Um...
04:22Absolutely fine. Broken-spined books, for example.
04:25Yeah. I thought it would be more books than anatomical.
04:28Yeah. Yeah. All right. Well done to you.
04:30Good backbone in the first round.
04:32Six points each.
04:33Myling class, surely nothing better than a six.
04:35Got a pan D's.
04:37I wrote it down. It looked like a joke.
04:39Come on, no chance.
04:41Definitely not a joke and not something that we want to bring back.
04:45So this is regional English, where it was,
04:48for a stroke on the palm or a strike with a rod
04:51giving us a punishment to children.
04:53Corporate punishment at school?
04:54Yeah. So, um, that's not great.
04:56But pansied is very beautiful and very flowery,
04:59adorned with pansies.
05:00Oh, beautiful.
05:01Yeah.
05:01Lovely.
05:02All right, my little flowers, more letters.
05:04Your turn, Philip.
05:05Afternoon, Rachel.
05:06Afternoon, Philip.
05:07Could we start with a vowel, please?
05:09You could, indeed.
05:10A.
05:11And a consonant.
05:12A.
05:13R.
05:14And a vowel.
05:16E.
05:18And a consonant.
05:19L.
05:20And a consonant.
05:22T.
05:24Another consonant.
05:25V.
05:27A vowel.
05:29O.
05:29And a consonant, please.
05:38A final M.
05:40And 30 of your best seconds.
05:42BEFORE
06:08MUSIC PLAYS
06:13Oh, Philip. Six. Six from you. And James?
06:16Seven. And seven. All right, Philip.
06:19Clover. And for seven?
06:21Removal. Removal. Very nice indeed. I haven't seen that one.
06:25Lovely. Oh, well done. Outfox Susie. Anything else, Mylene?
06:28I've got a six for octave, keeping things musical.
06:31Yeah. Well, can you re-vocal?
06:33You know, you go in and put the... I've got to do the tracks again.
06:36I've got to re-vocal that song.
06:38No. That's why I asked it as a question, Susie.
06:40Not even re-vocalise.
06:42But you can have one more segment that we had with levator,
06:46and that refers to a muscle that can raise the part of the body.
06:50So if you think of a bird's wing, they have levator muscles.
06:53Thank you very much. Numbers for the first time this week,
06:57and you're choosing them, James. One from the top, please.
06:59Thank you, James. Start the week with a potentially straightforward,
07:02one large five little. Let's see.
07:04They are one, six, ten, two, five,
07:09and the large one, twenty-five.
07:11And the target, one hundred and eleven.
07:14One, one, one. Numbers up.
07:16Sometimes we are hiding your face and eating sis.
07:20You can find someone hiding your face at the heart,
07:22you will still have to hang with your face at the heart.
07:24Who the Yuji Bell is hiding in the heart?
07:26Yes, somehow he is getting the ngà y and beautiful transpiring.
07:29Take care this time,
07:32and bring back your face at home?
07:35Do not want to understand.
07:36There is more affective detail,
07:38and膿orta, you will see the projects today.
07:40Hopefully an easy start to the week in the numbers. James?
07:491-1-1. And how about you, Philip?
07:51Lost it. Right. Doesn't matter what the first numbers is,
07:55first time doing the numbers on TV is a nightmare,
07:57so don't fret about that, Philip. James, show them how it's done.
08:005 times 25. 5 25s, 1-2-5.
08:05And then 10 plus the 6 minus 2 is 14.
08:09And take it off. Perfect.
08:101-1-1. There you go.
08:14And a nice 10 points as we get our first Tea Time teaser,
08:18which is Roman 10. Roman 10.
08:21No great practical purpose, but it looks good.
08:24No great practical purpose, but it looks good.
08:26MUSIC PLAYS
08:28APPLAUSE
08:36Welcome back, one and all. Roman 10 was your Tea Time teaser.
08:46No great practical purpose, but it looks good.
08:48That'll be an ornament. An ornament.
08:50Well, that ornament that fell once is a teapot,
08:53so a bit of catching up to two.
08:55And, Philip, you're choosing these letters.
08:56Could I please have a vowel?
08:58Thank you, Philip.
08:59A.
09:00And another vowel.
09:02U.
09:03Consonant.
09:04C.
09:06Consonant.
09:07M.
09:09Consonant.
09:10S.
09:12Vowel.
09:14A.
09:15Consonant.
09:17L.
09:18Vowel.
09:19I.
09:21Consonant.
09:22And lastly, R.
09:24Thank you, Rich.
09:25MUSIC PLAYS
09:27Philippe Highmoney.
09:57Six. Six from you. And, James?
10:00Seven. The six is?
10:02Claims. Another big seven, James.
10:04Musical. Musical. There you go.
10:07We stay with a bit of a musical theme today,
10:08with a lot of the words coming out, which is good for today, isn't it?
10:11Mylene, anything else? No, just musical again.
10:14Yeah, why would you need anything else? Exactly.
10:16Why would you need anything else? Music to James' ears.
10:19More letters, please, champ.
10:21A consonant, please. Thank you, James.
10:23D. And a vowel.
10:25E. A consonant.
10:28N. Another consonant.
10:31L. A vowel.
10:34O. Another vowel.
10:36A. A consonant.
10:39S. Another consonant.
10:42B. And a final vowel, please.
10:45And a final I.
10:48And half a minute.
10:49D. A consonant.
10:51O. A consonant.
10:52And a vowel.
10:53O. A consonant.
10:55A consonant.
10:56O. A consonant.
10:56The Tone.
10:57A consonant.
10:58At the
11:12A consonant.
11:13Time is up, James.
11:21Seven.
11:22And Philip.
11:23Six.
11:24Six.
11:24It's just that one-letter difference every time, Mr Jones.
11:28What's the six?
11:29Blends.
11:29And the seven.
11:30Blondes.
11:32Yeah, very good.
11:33Absolutely.
11:33There you go.
11:35Over the dictionary corner.
11:36Well, I think you had this one, didn't you, Colin?
11:38Yes.
11:38It's when Debbie Harry looks in the mirror.
11:40Very good indeed.
11:41Yeah, blondies.
11:43So, blonde-haired people, but also they can be a very light brownie.
11:47Yeah, the blondies and the brownies.
11:48Yes, absolutely.
11:50Yeah.
11:50Fantastic.
11:51I thought you might have touched for a nine with those letters, but not to be.
11:55Not that we could see.
11:56Blondies, indeed.
11:57Right.
11:5837.
11:58Six.
11:59Second numbers round of the day.
12:01Philip, numbers, I'm telling you, get easier as you go when you're choosing.
12:04One large, please, Rachel.
12:06One large.
12:06Five more little coming up.
12:09And for this round, the small numbers are...
12:11Six, one, one, ten and six.
12:15And a large one, 50.
12:17Let's see what target.
12:19479.
12:20479.
12:21Numbers up.
12:22Yeah.
12:23They say, let's go.
12:24All right.
12:32They say, let's go.
12:33459.
12:33They say, let's go.
12:34They're going to come.
12:34509.
12:34They say, let's go.
12:35They say, let's go.
12:36Yeah.
12:36Let's go.
12:37They say, let's go.
12:38So, let's go.
12:38We'll see.
12:39Let's go.
12:39I'm going to go.
12:404, 7, 9.
12:53Philip?
12:544, 8, 6.
12:55James?
12:564, 80.
12:57Ooh, one away.
12:59Off you go, then.
13:0010 minus 1.
13:0110 minus 1 is 9.
13:039 times the 50.
13:04Times the 50 for 450.
13:06And then 6 minus 2 is a 1.
13:086 minus the second one, 5.
13:10Times by the other 6.
13:11Times by the second 6.
13:12And then add it on.
13:13481 above.
13:14Must be something in the water today.
13:15Off you go, Rich.
13:17Well, lots of dead ends.
13:19But if you say 10 plus 1 is 11, 50 minus 6 is 44,
13:26times those together for 484,
13:29and then you have a second 6 and a second 1 for 5 to take away 4, 7, 9.
13:33Lovely.
13:34APPLAUSE
13:35Right.
13:36Our first chance of this week to chat with Mylene Klass.
13:41And, Mylene, let's start right now,
13:43because you're in the middle of an amazing summer,
13:45one gone, one still to happen,
13:47which is this thing of the Philharmonic Orchestra
13:49just playing for free,
13:51Big Park in London,
13:52and you've been playing with them.
13:53So tell us all about that.
13:54It's been brilliant.
13:55It's always been a dream to play with the Royal Philharmonic,
13:57and then I get to work with them twice in one summer.
13:59So, as you rightly pointed out,
14:01one performance is already gone,
14:02but the next one is coming up in a few weeks.
14:04Yeah.
14:05And it's just a really lovely way to bring classical music
14:08to, I suppose, a generation that doesn't always get to access it.
14:13It can be quite intimidating.
14:14But if you think of E.T. without the music,
14:16there is no movie.
14:18It literally doesn't fly.
14:19So if you now look at classical music,
14:21you've got video gaming,
14:23that that's got its own chart.
14:24People are listening,
14:25or coming to classical music through video gaming,
14:27through the conventional way of going to concerts.
14:30And now we've got kids who get to come
14:31and have an ice cream and sit in the park,
14:33and I'll get to play the piano,
14:34and you get the Philharmonic.
14:35Do you feel the pressure of, like,
14:37when you can see string section and woodwind and brass,
14:42and you're going, like, it's such a different thing,
14:44because his orchestras tend to be quite precise, you know?
14:47There's a conductor,
14:48and it's not like, you know, free-form jazz.
14:50Because you've got to get, like, if you go wrong,
14:53I don't know how you handle that,
14:54I would mess it up.
14:55Maybe because I can't play piano,
14:56but even if a cuda would mess it up.
14:58Do you know, I have learned a lesson,
14:59and that is to write the song or the piece
15:02that I'm playing on my hand.
15:04Because I have had that moment of walking out onto the stage
15:07with an orchestra,
15:09and not even remembering what the piece is.
15:12Just that mind blank.
15:14So you're quite right, it does happen.
15:16And you'd think that that would happen
15:17with an entire set list, just getting the order right.
15:19But you can just, you know, be so caught up in the moment,
15:21you just say, what am I playing?
15:23And I'm the first to start.
15:25Just to clarify, you mean you write the set list,
15:28not the actual notes.
15:30Because if you were doing Vivaldi's four seasons,
15:32you'd be playing like, it'd be massive.
15:34You couldn't fit it all on.
15:34I write the set list, yes, I do, absolutely.
15:38Oh, I love that.
15:39What a challenge it is.
15:40Great to feel exposed like that, you know, it really is.
15:43It's so exciting, that idea of live music.
15:45I don't think you can beat live music,
15:47but again, I think those opportunities are few and far between now,
15:50where you get entire orchestras and that entire crowd coming together.
15:54So if you can grab them, it's definitely worth it.
15:57I saw the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican
15:59doing a tribute to John Williams quite recently, actually.
16:03And the conductor, the last song they did was a Superman theme tune,
16:06and the conductor just turned around and ripped open his shirt
16:09and had the big S underneath.
16:11And it was just this.
16:11Most conductors are Superman.
16:14Brilliant.
16:15Love it.
16:15Thank you, Miley.
16:15Well, James is a Superman so far, but it's not over yet.
16:22At 44 plus 6, plenty of time to catch up, Philip,
16:25and let's get at more letters now, James.
16:27Consonant, please.
16:28Thank you, James.
16:29T.
16:30And a vowel.
16:32E.
16:33And another vowel.
16:34O.
16:36A consonant, please.
16:37S.
16:38A vowel.
16:40A.
16:42A consonant.
16:43W.
16:44Another consonant.
16:47N.
16:49Another consonant.
16:50D.
16:51And a vowel, please.
16:53And lastly, O.
16:55And here we go again.
17:07MUSIC
17:26James, how many? Seven. And Philip? Seven.
17:29Seven. What have you got, James? Swooned. Yes. And Philip?
17:32Wanteds. Wanteds with an S in that.
17:36Wanted as in criminals. I don't think it is going to be there
17:41as a noun that we can stick yes on. It's not, unfortunately.
17:44Just wanter. But swooned is wonderful, isn't it?
17:47Yeah, it is. And we can take it just one step further, can't we?
17:50I like how you said we. I got seven with donates, but Susie smashed it.
17:54Well, you can just stick an O on donates and have odonates,
17:57which, to be fair, Molly, it's a bit of a countdown word.
18:00They are predatory insects, including dragonfly, damselfly.
18:04Oh, there you go. Odinates. More points is what it means for James.
18:08And you're picking these letters, Philip.
18:10Vowel, please, Rachel. Thank you, Philip. E.
18:14Consonant, please. G. Vowel. A. Consonants. T. Consonants.
18:24S. Vowel. I. Vowel. U. Consonants. H. And a final consonant, please.
18:37And a final S. And start the clock.
18:40As you would be doing in the normal Scratches.
18:42Super Saiyan Alright
18:52Let's go.
18:53We move on.
18:54Your mind is fine.
18:56The way I want to catch up here is my in the main event.
18:59And I asked Polly Good Will Promoter.
19:01MUSIC
19:11Philip, give me a number. Five.
19:14And give me a number, James. A six. A six there. Philip.
19:17Stage. And let's have the six.
19:20Sights. Sights? Yeah. Well spotted.
19:24All right, Dexter in the corner, my expectation is slightly higher than that.
19:27Yes, hopefully we can deliver, I've got a couple of baits.
19:29We've got a hiatus, but then you've added extra letters.
19:33Yeah, just to make it more than one.
19:35This is the trick. I'm learning now, this is the trick.
19:38Yeah, hiatuses, so pauses, if you like, that will give you an eight.
19:43And gushiest, the most effusive, if you like.
19:46I was going to ask, does that exist? That's a great one.
19:49Not gaseous, but gaseous. No gaseous, but gaseous.
19:52Yes. Right. Loving your work so far, James,
19:55and you're picking these numbers. We'll stick with one from the top.
19:58Another one from the top. Five little combo.
20:01And for this round, third one of the day.
20:04The numbers are three, six, six, seven, two.
20:09And the large one, 50. And the target to reach 357.
20:13357.
20:14Three, five, seven, numbers up.
20:16Both of them are three, seven, six, seven.
20:17If you like.
20:18It's the target to reach 358.
20:19Do you think?
20:20You Pauline?
20:21Of the range number one.
20:22Our range number one.
20:24It really harрейed?
20:25We're trying to figure out what we can
20:423, 5, 7, James.
20:493, 5, 7.
20:49And Philip?
20:503, 5, 7.
20:51Come on, that's what I wanted to hear, Philip.
20:53James, let's have it.
20:543 minus 2 is...
20:55Is 1.
20:56Plus the 50.
20:5751.
20:58And multiply by the 7.
20:59Perfect. 3, 5, 7.
21:00That's one way to go. What about you, Philip?
21:0350 times 7.
21:06350.
21:07Plus 6.
21:083, 5, 6.
21:09And 3 minus 2 is 1 to add.
21:11Lovely.
21:11Ten points, well done.
21:15Nice.
21:16Let's get our second Tea Time teaser, which is elect ant.
21:20Elect ant.
21:21When camping, have a playful exchange with the snail's appendage.
21:25When camping, have a playful exchange with the snail's appendage.
21:30MUSIC
21:32Hello again, a complicated clue with a very simple answer.
21:49When camping, have a playful exchange with the snail's appendage, which was tentacle, tentacle.
21:54And Philip, our challenger, unfortunately, you haven't been able to land a tentacle on our champion, James, so far.
22:00But let's enjoy the last six rounds, and you're choosing the letters, mate.
22:03Vowel, please, Rachel.
22:05Thank you, Philip.
22:06E.
22:06Another vowel.
22:08I.
22:10Consonant, please.
22:11R.
22:13Consonant.
22:14B.
22:16Vowel.
22:17Vowel.
22:18E.
22:18Consonant.
22:19N.
22:20Vowel.
22:21A.
22:22Consonant.
22:23P.
22:24And a final consonant, please.
22:25And a final T.
22:26And a final T.
22:27And good luck.
22:33Vowel.
22:34Vowel.
22:35Vowel.
22:36Vowel.
22:37Vowel.
22:38Vowel.
22:39Vowel.
22:40Vowel.
22:41Vowel.
22:42Vowel.
22:43Vowel.
22:44Vowel.
22:45Vowel.
22:46Vowel.
22:47Vowel.
22:48Vowel.
22:49Vowel.
22:50Vowel.
22:51Vowel.
22:52Vowel.
22:53Vowel.
22:54Vowel.
22:55Vowel.
22:56Vowel.
22:57Vowel.
22:58Vowel.
22:59Vowel.
23:00Vowel.
23:01Vowel.
23:02Philip?
23:05Six. Six from you and James.
23:07I'll chance an eight.
23:09Got a chance an eight. Philip, what have you got?
23:11Panty.
23:12Panty without the S and the N, OK.
23:15And for you, James?
23:17Perinate.
23:18Right, I have to disallow perinate.
23:21Perinate is there with an O to do with fungi,
23:23but otherwise, that is it.
23:25And you can't have a singular panty, I'm afraid.
23:29So no pandorn either.
23:30Oh, there you go.
23:31Oh, well, anything counts there, Mylene class.
23:34Susie's come up trumps here, she's got a great eight.
23:37Well, aperient, A-P-E-R-I-E-N-T,
23:41is a drug used to relieve constipation.
23:43And then maybe coming up trumps is exactly the case.
23:47Well worded, I don't know whether that was intentional.
23:49Next round, let's go.
23:50Vowel, please.
23:51Thank you, James.
23:53E.
23:55Consonant.
23:57G.
23:58Vowel.
24:00I.
24:00And a consonant.
24:02R.
24:03Another consonant.
24:05T.
24:06Another consonant.
24:08G.
24:10Vowel.
24:12E.
24:13Another vowel.
24:16O.
24:17And a final consonant, please.
24:19And a final S.
24:20And let's play.
24:22And let's play.
24:22And a final consonant, please.
24:23And a final consonant, please.
24:23And a final consonant, please.
24:23And a final consonant, please.
24:24And a final consonant, please.
24:25And a final consonant, please.
24:25And a final consonant, please.
24:26And a final consonant, please.
24:27And a final consonant, please.
24:28And a final consonant, please.
24:29And a final consonant, please.
24:30And a final consonant, please.
24:31And a final consonant, please.
24:32And a final consonant, please.
24:33And a final consonant, please.
24:34And a final consonant, please.
24:35And a final consonant, please.
24:36And a final consonant, please.
24:37And a final consonant, please.
24:38And a final consonant, please.
24:39And a final consonant, please.
24:40And a final consonant, please.
24:41And a final consonant, please.
24:42And a final consonant, please.
24:43A lot going on there. How did you get on, James?
24:55Seven. Seven frame. Philip? Six.
24:58Six. What's the six, Philip? Tigers.
25:00This is Groundhog Day here, isn't it? And James?
25:03Sogier. Yeah, sogier will do it for you. Well done.
25:06That was a journey, those 30 seconds. How did you get on there?
25:10Sogier as well. Sogier, lots of sevens.
25:13Eggiest. Yes.
25:15We have goriest, goiters. Couldn't get beyond that,
25:19but some nice sevens. And that's it. Lovely.
25:2174-16, four rounds to go, but Susie, talking of journeys,
25:25we'll go on one now with our origins of words.
25:27Yeah, we're going far. Well, I suppose not too far from here,
25:30but to the Scottish borders. Yeah.
25:33And Caroline Watson has said that she's intrigued by the origins
25:36of the word shenanigans and is asking where that comes from.
25:41And it's just such a beautiful word. It's a bit like malarkey, isn't it?
25:46It's kind of dishonest behaviour, or a bit more mildly, I suppose.
25:50It's mischief-making, you know, all the shenanigans that's been going on.
25:53And you might place it in the British Isles somewhere.
25:58I know a lot of people think malarkey comes from Ireland,
26:01but actually the earliest record we have of it
26:03is from San Francisco and Sacramento, around there, from 1855.
26:08And that's the bit we do know, because like malarkey,
26:11the rest of it is a little bit slippery.
26:13We're not completely sure where it comes from,
26:15but it hasn't stopped us trying to guess.
26:17So, some of the suggestions include the Spanish chanada,
26:22which is short for teranada, which is my pronunciation,
26:26a dirty trick.
26:28There's also a German word, schneegeln,
26:31which sounds quite Yiddish, actually.
26:32And that's kind of work or craft.
26:36And obviously, if we took shenanigans from there,
26:39it's work or craft that's gone slightly wrong.
26:42And another guest does actually centre on Irish,
26:44and that's Shannach, a fox.
26:47And this may be connected to an Irish surname,
26:50which is definitely one of the theories for malarkey.
26:53So, fox, craftiness, mischief-making, et cetera.
26:57But it was really popularised by one particular radio dress
27:01in 1940, and that was by Franklin D. Roosevelt,
27:04who prepared for the Second World War,
27:07and he wanted to take command of military defences.
27:11And he was aware that he was up against quite a lot of opposition,
27:16including what he saw as sort of tricks
27:18and machinations of his opponents.
27:20And one writer who was there at the time said years later,
27:23I could not but admire the master orator
27:26who by one well-chosen slang term,
27:28standing up by contrast in his otherwise cultivated language,
27:32was able to establish contact with the people.
27:35And that one well-chosen slang term, of course,
27:38was shenanigans.
27:38So, from that, really lingered in the imagination.
27:41Thank you, Susie.
27:43APPLAUSE
27:43And thank you to Caroline for sending the email in.
27:47That's where it starts.
27:48Really appreciate it.
27:49Countdown at channel4.com.
27:51If you've got a word query for Susie's origins,
27:54we'll be happy to add it to the list.
27:56Let's get back to the game.
27:57Philip.
27:58Vowel, please, Rachel.
28:00Thank you, Philip.
28:00E.
28:02And another vowel.
28:04U.
28:05Consonants.
28:07C.
28:08Consonants.
28:10T.
28:11Consonants.
28:13R.
28:14Vowel.
28:15A.
28:17Vowel.
28:18O.
28:20Consonants.
28:20And a final consonant, please.
28:25And a final P.
28:27And kind down.
28:27C.
28:28C.
28:29C.
28:30C.
28:3190.
28:39A.
28:44C.
28:48C.
28:49C.
28:50ORCHESTRAL MUSIC
28:58Mr Jones? Six.
29:00Six from you. Mr Swinerton? Six.
29:02Six as well. Philip? Pocket. Pocket.
29:05And James? Packer.
29:07Two sixes, that'll pocket you both six points.
29:10Mylene, can we go beyond six?
29:12There is a seven with Capture. Well spotted.
29:14Yep, and another one without race.
29:16Nice, very good indeed. Very good indeed.
29:18Well, this race is over, but we're still having fun.
29:20James, last letters. Consonant, please.
29:22Thank you, James.
29:24T. And another.
29:27F. A vowel.
29:29E. And another vowel.
29:32A. A consonant.
29:35N. A consonant.
29:38D. A vowel.
29:41E. Another vowel.
29:44I. And a consonant, please.
29:47And a vowel.
29:49R. And last letters.
29:50.
29:56And that's time, James.
30:23Seven.
30:23Yeah, and Philip?
30:25Seven.
30:26And a seven.
30:27What have we got there, James?
30:28Fainted.
30:29Fainted?
30:30Same.
30:31Fainted.
30:32The Desi Heights are seven points each.
30:34What about Mylene and Susie?
30:35There's another seven with Defiant.
30:38Yes.
30:39And, yeah, there is an eight there with Retained.
30:41Retained.
30:42Or Detainer.
30:43So you can't swap the D and the R around.
30:45It's for people at home, right?
30:4787-29.
30:49Philip, your main challenge now is to stop our champion getting a century.
30:54Come on.
30:55Let's get the last numbers.
30:56Three large, please, Rachel.
30:57Yes.
30:58Three large, three little.
30:59One of the lesser chosen, possibly trickier ones.
31:02Let's see.
31:03Final numbers of the day.
31:04Five, ten, four.
31:06One hundred, twenty-five and fifty.
31:09And the target to reach?
31:11Maybe not.
31:12Four hundred and ninety-five.
31:13Or ninety-five.
31:14No numbers up.
31:15Yeah.
31:46Come on, Philip.
31:47495.
31:48Yes, James.
31:49495.
31:50I'll take you to 97.
31:51But, Philip, let's find out your way.
31:5350 times 10, the 500.
31:56Yep.
31:57Manus the five.
31:58Straightforward, 495.
31:59Same way?
32:00Yeah, exactly the same.
32:01There you go.
32:02Ten points each.
32:03APPLAUSE
32:05So there you have it, series 19.
32:08James is about to chalk up his fourth win, halfway to becoming
32:11her first octo-champ of this series.
32:13But can he make it another century?
32:15And this would be your top score.
32:17100, the best that you've managed so far.
32:19Philip, let's see if you can thwart him.
32:21Fingers on the buzzers.
32:23As always, we finish with a countdown conundrum.
32:45Oh, even though you get 97 points, that's a sleepless night for our champion, James.
33:02Unlucky both of you.
33:03I'm just going to get straight to it because look at that smile.
33:07Go ahead.
33:08I think it was spectated.
33:09Let's have a look.
33:10Well done.
33:11Well, Philip, you were a bit of a spectator early on, but you got a bit going, didn't
33:18you?
33:19Ended up on 39.
33:20What can I say?
33:21You were like the Man City of old.
33:22Indeed.
33:23Really nice to have you here.
33:25Did you enjoy your day?
33:26I did indeed.
33:27Excellent.
33:28I've not come very far, but it's been a great, great day.
33:32And James, you will not come very far tomorrow.
33:34The hotel and back.
33:35All right.
33:36We'll see you tomorrow.
33:37Same for you, Mylon and Susie.
33:38See you then.
33:39Step forward to it.
33:40And just before we go, Rachel, we talked about Kevin Bacon.
33:42It's his birthday today and the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.
33:45I love this.
33:47So he's married to Cara Sedgwick, who I'd rather meet than Kevin Bacon because she's
33:51Madeleine Wanch in Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
33:53She's an actress.
33:54And he's embraced the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon so much he's got a charity called Six Degrees.
33:59This is one of the prizes.
34:01I kid you not.
34:02This is what they do for their charity.
34:03So what you do is you buy a ticket and then they draw a ticket when they raise so much
34:07money.
34:08And it's you get a night in a hotel, but that night you get to go on a double date with
34:14Kevin Bacon and Cara Sedgwick.
34:16And that's how they raise money for their charity.
34:18That was amazing.
34:19That's weird, but amazing.
34:20How many tickets have you bought?
34:22You're not allowed to go on your own.
34:25Right.
34:26Lovely.
34:27There you go.
34:28We'll all buy a ticket for that.
34:29Right.
34:30Listen.
34:31Tomorrow, same time, same place.
34:32Let's make it a date.
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