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00:30Hello everybody, welcome to Countdown this Wednesday afternoon.
00:35And while many people's eyes and ears are all consumed with the football,
00:38here we are in search of lost time.
00:41And the reference, of course, Rachel, is to, and Susie's been coaching me all day,
00:47Marcel Proust and, of course, his great seven volumes of work
00:50in search of lost time being the English translation.
00:55So shall we immediately go to Susie to pronounce it in French?
00:58A la recherche du temps perdu.
01:01Brilliant, thank you.
01:02You love this. It's all about... You can explain.
01:05Well, I remember just being in Sacré-Cœur in Paris
01:08and they were talking about the Proust's madeleines.
01:10And I just love the concept of just the smell of something
01:14that takes you back to childhood.
01:16So I don't know if it's...
01:16It just... I find that memory is so much stronger with the smell.
01:20And sometimes you go somewhere and you're just like...
01:22It just transports you to something 30 years ago.
01:24Marcel Proust was born this day in 1871.
01:27And actually, I think it was his son put together the last couple of volumes
01:31of that because he died quite young.
01:32He was ill most of his life.
01:34And there's so much in it and so complex.
01:35But, yeah, one of the things is about those smells of childhood.
01:38I bet you everyone at home will be thinking about that all day.
01:41They'll have their own.
01:41So good, so good.
01:43What about you, Susie?
01:44What's your smell of childhood?
01:45I was just thinking about that.
01:46Either my mum's perfume, it's a bit of a ritual.
01:49I would just copy her, putting it on there.
01:51Or freshly mown grass, just my dad coming in,
01:54having mown the grass, which I love still.
01:57Yeah, the outdoors and that adventure would be there for all of us.
01:59Mylene Klass, have you got a smell of childhood?
02:01I was going to say the exact same thing, my mum's perfume.
02:04Yeah.
02:05And rosin of a violin bow.
02:07Oh, yeah.
02:08Oh, that's a brilliant one.
02:10That is sensational.
02:11It's rooms.
02:13Well, Mylene Klass with us all week and hoping to be here all week.
02:17If that is the case, he will be an octo champ.
02:19Five wins in the bag for James Swinnerton.
02:22And, hey, we're talking about childhood here.
02:24We haven't actually asked you about your family.
02:25Who's watching at home?
02:27I've got my wife, Steph, and my little one-year-old, Millie.
02:30Yes.
02:30Some smells of childhood coming out of her, I'll tell you that.
02:34That's what you'll be thinking about.
02:36Well, listen, I think you're going to have it really tough today.
02:38You're up against John Stitcher, who is, well, you're a natural-born quizzer, is the right way to sum it up.
02:44Well, I enjoy a quiz.
02:47I was playing Trivial Pursuit as a six-year-old with my parents, so I guess from an early age I was kind of forced, it was forced upon me.
02:54Yeah, you say it was forced upon you.
02:56You've been on The Weakest Link, Countdown before, Krypton Factor, 15 to 1, Only Connect, The Chase Mastermind, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Jon Snow's Very Hard Questions and Eggheads.
03:05Oh, and brain teaser.
03:06All right, I'll brain teaser.
03:07Put that in as well.
03:09What is it about it that you love?
03:10I love playing the games.
03:11I love the TV game shows, because you don't get to play them unless you go on them, so it's great to do.
03:17And I think it's just brilliant when you're trying to think, when you get an answer which you kind of dog out from the back of your brain that's been there somewhere, and it's just, it feels very rewarding to kind of do that.
03:27Okay.
03:27Well, you've got a teapot already, James.
03:29Jon has a teapot already, because he won three last time he was on.
03:33He's going for the double.
03:33Let's find out.
03:34Good luck to both of you.
03:35Oh, he's going to have to go some, isn't he, to stitch our James up.
03:40And you're picking the first letters, champ.
03:42Hi, Rachel.
03:43Hi, James.
03:43Consonant, please.
03:44Start today with N.
03:47And a vowel.
03:49E.
03:50A vowel.
03:52I.
03:53A consonant.
03:54S.
03:55Another consonant.
03:57R.
03:58A vowel.
04:00E.
04:01Another vowel.
04:03A.
04:03A consonant.
04:06N.
04:06And a final consonant, please.
04:08And a final J.
04:10All right, at home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:12There, we go.
04:19I don't know.
04:20I don't know.
04:21I don't know.
04:25But, but, but, I don't know.
04:37All right, time is up. James.
04:45Just a five.
04:46John.
04:47Oh, go on, I'm going to risk a nine.
04:49He's going to risk a nine in the very first round
04:51on his return to countdown all these years later.
04:54James, what's a five?
04:55Siren.
04:55It might count, believe it or not.
04:57John, what are you going for?
04:58Let's talk January's.
04:59January's.
05:00I don't know why that occurred to you,
05:01because it was the first thing I looked up.
05:04I'm sorry to say it's not in, but I like your style
05:07because I did exactly the same thing.
05:09How did you get on, Miley?
05:10There's a seven with ensnare.
05:12Yes.
05:13And anything above that?
05:14There is.
05:15If you are goose-like in any fashion,
05:18you are anserine.
05:21Why is one goose-like?
05:24I suppose...
05:25I don't lay eggs.
05:26No.
05:26I mean, my neck's about normal.
05:28Maybe you go around chasing people noisily,
05:32or I don't know.
05:33Maybe your skin could be anserine.
05:35Let me see.
05:35You could waddle like a goose, maybe.
05:37You could waddle.
05:38A bit of a waddle.
05:38Very good, Rach.
05:39Yeah.
05:40I'll leave a smell like a goose.
05:42Take you back to those old days
05:43when you were running around with geese.
05:46Oh, it reminds me of my childhood all the time
05:48to smell a geese.
05:50Right, John, let's get more letters.
05:52A consonant, please, Rachel.
05:53Thank you, John.
05:54P.
05:55And another one.
05:57L.
05:58And another one, please.
06:00S.
06:01And a vowel.
06:03O.
06:03And a vowel.
06:05E.
06:06And a vowel.
06:08A.
06:09Another vowel, please.
06:11I.
06:12Consonant.
06:14R.
06:15And another consonant, please.
06:17Lastly, S.
06:18And 30 seconds.
06:25And a vowel.
06:31John Stetcher.
06:51Giving it another go. Nine.
06:53What a day to be alive!
06:55James Swinerton.
06:56I'll try the nine as well.
06:57Going to try the nine.
06:58John, what are you trying?
07:00Polarisers.
07:00Polarisers, that.
07:01Oh, you've had me on there.
07:02That's an easy one.
07:04Well done.
07:09Polarisers with the S's.
07:10Two maximas in the bag.
07:12What a show this is going to be.
07:14At Dictionary Corner, that's it, isn't it?
07:16Yeah, well done.
07:17Polarisers.
07:17Absolutely brilliant.
07:18Have spoilers for eight.
07:20Spoilers.
07:20There you go.
07:21Got to try nine every round, John?
07:24Probably not in the numbers.
07:26Well, that's where we'll go now.
07:27James, you're picking one from the top.
07:29Your favourite not changing tactics yet.
07:31One large, five little.
07:33First numbers of this contest.
07:35One, five, four, nine, ten.
07:39And the large one, 50.
07:40And the target you need to reach with them, 802.
07:43It'll two.
07:44Numbers up.
07:44One, three, four, nine.
07:48ano, two, three, four.
07:49All right.
07:52Let's go.
07:53Go.
07:53MUSIC PLAYS
08:15802. James? 800.
08:18And John? 801. Not written down. Off you go.
08:215 minus 1 is 4. 5 minus 1 is 4.
08:24Times 4. Times 4, 16.
08:26Times 50 for 800. 800.
08:28And then you've got 10 and the 9 left. Take the 9 off the 10 for the 1.
08:31Yep, 1 away. Well done.
08:33When I hit that clock, everyone was full of buoyancy and hope
08:37and then we went, er, how can that be so difficult?
08:398 or 2. Yeah, lots of dead ends, lots of ways for 1 away.
08:43But if you say 10 plus 5 is 15,
08:4750 plus 4, 54. Times those together for 810.
08:52And then you have a 9 and a 1.
08:54Wow. Hang on.
08:56APPLAUSE
08:58Way more difficult than it first seemed.
09:00Let's get our tea time teaser then.
09:02It's say, strip. Say, strip.
09:05Can't find a bath anywhere, it seems.
09:07Can't find a bath anywhere, it seems.
09:09Can't find a bath anywhere, it seems.
09:10Can't find a bath anywhere, it seems.
09:13APPLAUSE
09:14Welcome back in a tea time teaser that doesn't work in my accent.
09:28Can't find a bath anywhere, it seems.
09:30The answer is sparsity.
09:32But if you hear Susie Dent say it, you'll understand exactly what's going on.
09:36Susie?
09:37Sparsity.
09:38And bath, of course, is indeed a spa-city.
09:41So there you go.
09:42John Stitcher.
09:44Let's have nine letters.
09:45Start with the consonant again, please.
09:47Thank you, John.
09:48T.
09:49And a consonant.
09:51Y.
09:52And another one.
09:54R.
09:55And a vowel, please.
09:57O.
09:58A vowel.
09:59I.
10:00A vowel.
10:01A.
10:02Another vowel, please.
10:03O.
10:04Consonant.
10:05D.
10:06And a consonant, please.
10:07Lastly, another D.
10:08Thanks, Rich.
10:09D.
10:10D.
10:11And a consonant, please.
10:13Lastly, another D.
10:14Thanks, Rich.
10:15D.
10:16D.
10:17D.
10:18D.
10:19D.
10:20D.
10:21D.
10:22D.
10:23D.
10:24D.
10:25D.
10:26E.
10:27D.
10:28D.
10:29D.
10:30D.
10:31D.
10:32D.
10:33D.
10:34D.
10:35D.
10:36D.
10:37D.
10:38D.
10:39D.
10:40D.
10:41D.
10:42D.
10:43D.
10:44D.
10:45D.
10:46D.
10:47Should I get your letters?
10:48How many, John?
10:49No, nine this time.
10:50A six.
10:51James?
10:52Well done, both of you. John, what have you got?
10:54A droid.
10:54And for you, James?
10:55Oddity.
10:56An oddity.
10:57Very nice.
10:58Lovely. This is going to be some tussle between you two, it really is.
11:01Mylene, what can we add in that line?
11:03Six is... Can't better it. Also an oddity.
11:06Yeah.
11:07Yep.
11:07Toroid, which is a figure of a kind of donut shape,
11:11but no better than six.
11:12All right. We'll move on.
11:14We'll go again with James.
11:15Start with consonant, please.
11:16Thank you, James.
11:17W.
11:18And a vowel.
11:20E.
11:21Another vowel.
11:22O.
11:24And another vowel.
11:25E.
11:27A consonant.
11:29S.
11:30And another consonant.
11:31R.
11:33And another consonant.
11:34T.
11:36A vowel.
11:38I.
11:39And a final consonant, please.
11:41And a final...
11:43Q.
11:43And half a minute.
11:44And a larger vowel.
11:46And a.
11:46And a larger vowel.
11:47And another vowel.
11:49A vowel.
11:50It's to itsestä.
11:51mike has been celled in the air.
11:52And one of the most valuable time.
11:53ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYS
12:14James?
12:15Er, six not written down.
12:17And John?
12:18I'll stick with a six, then.
12:19James?
12:20Right.
12:21Right, of course.
12:22And John?
12:23At towers.
12:24How dare you not write right down?
12:27That's going to make someone like me, my head, fall off.
12:30So you add right, it's not written down.
12:32Very good.
12:33Dexter, your corner.
12:34Oh, this one, I've got to give this one to you, Susie.
12:36Well, if you remember, very recently we had loite,
12:39which was a mineral.
12:40Had an omelette, which is why I liked it.
12:42Yeah.
12:43This one is very similar, but it's an rowite.
12:45R-O-W-E-I-T-E-S.
12:47Another mineral, very rare one,
12:49which is an alteration of manganese ore.
12:52Nice, well done.
12:53But you had to go to a word like that to better James and John.
12:57So, a couple of fairly difficult rounds in a row
13:00as we revert back to the numbers.
13:02John Stitcher, what are the tactics?
13:04Give six small a go.
13:05Six small, you mean business.
13:07You're here for the teapot.
13:08Six little ones up in the ante.
13:10And they are five, seven, four, ten, six.
13:16And another six.
13:18And the target, 266.
13:20266, numbers up.
13:21266, numbers up.
13:42How did you get on, John?
13:532-6-6.
13:54Yeah, and James?
13:552-6-8.
13:56Just missed it, so ten points for a challenger, if you are correct.
13:59Let's see.
14:005-6 is a 30.
14:025-6 is 30.
14:04Take away the 4 for 26.
14:05Yep.
14:06Times 10.
14:07And you've got the 6 left over.
14:07260.
14:08And the second 6, 2-6-6.
14:10Well done.
14:11APPLAUSE
14:12Now, Myleen, time to chat again.
14:16And yesterday I derailed you because we ended up talking about Cliff Bridger,
14:20but we're going to go back to school.
14:21Yes, I've gone back to my old school, which is in Galston.
14:26Not many people know where Galston is.
14:28But I'm actually imagining that you both do.
14:30But, no, Norfolk.
14:32It's a very small town in Norfolk.
14:34And I went back to take my daughter, actually, to look around the school
14:38and see where the orchestra was and the music department,
14:40and it's all gone.
14:42So, actually, they've brought me in as a mentor.
14:45So, I feel like I've got another child.
14:46So, I've got all of these children, all of my mentees.
14:51I've got all their reports.
14:52I can see how they're doing every single day.
14:54And then I just do one-on-one mentoring wherever I am in the world.
14:56And it's obviously, it's not as simple as just teaching the straightforward lessons, per se.
15:03But you have to take them all the way through whatever's going on in their social life as well or in their social world.
15:09And it's been incredible to go back and teach again.
15:12I suppose it's like we're very quick to put a football at a kid's feet or a javelin in her hand or whatever.
15:20But it's the same with music, right?
15:22You've got to have the equipment.
15:25You've got to be able to say, here, strum that or beat that or blow into that and see if it captures your imagination.
15:32That was initially what I wanted to do.
15:34But actually, stripping all of that away, often some children don't even get the opportunity to have an instrument put in front of them.
15:40So, actually, the mentoring has taken part from public speaking all the way through to looking back at basic maths and their English.
15:45And I've just basically brought on more children.
15:47I have lots more reports to look through.
15:49So, I wonder if we can put a band together in the studio today so you can play just about anything, can't you?
15:54But we're going to have you on piano and vocals.
15:56I draw the line at jazz.
15:57Oh, well, then, no, the band's finished because James, James, our champion, and myself, we love jazz music.
16:04So, we're not, we're out of your band.
16:06Oh, that's a shame.
16:07You don't even want to be in it.
16:08Still lasted longer than here, so.
16:11Brilliant.
16:11Thank you so much, Miley.
16:16Well, James, James, our champion, five wins with 12 points behind.
16:20A little bit of catching up, no reason to panic yet.
16:23And you're choosing these letters.
16:24Consonant, please.
16:25Thank you, James.
16:27N.
16:27And another consonant.
16:29D.
16:30A vowel.
16:32E.
16:33And a consonant.
16:35G.
16:36A vowel.
16:38I.
16:39Another vowel.
16:40A.
16:42A consonant.
16:43L.
16:44Another vowel.
16:47I.
16:48And a consonant, please.
16:50And a final M.
16:51And here we go again.
16:52är.
17:08Okay.
17:10On finish next week.
17:20MUSIC
17:23James.
17:24Eight.
17:25John.
17:26And eight as well.
17:27James.
17:28E-mailing.
17:29E-mailing.
17:30And for you, John?
17:31Imagined.
17:32Oh, there you go, different.
17:33Imagined and e-mailing.
17:34Very nice, indeed.
17:35What can we add to that?
17:36Two strong eights?
17:37Got a maligned.
17:38Yes, that will give you another one.
17:40There you go.
17:41Three eights, three eights.
17:4243-55.
17:43Scores stay the same and more letters.
17:45John Stitcher.
17:46Consulate, please.
17:47Thank you, John.
17:48R.
17:49And another one.
17:50G.
17:51And another one.
17:52S.
17:53And a vowel.
17:55E.
17:56A vowel.
17:57U.
17:58Vowel.
17:59E.
18:00Consonant.
18:01P.
18:02A vowel.
18:03I.
18:04And a consonant.
18:05Lastly, S.
18:06And 30 seconds.
18:08BELL RINGS
18:10And a consonant.
18:11And a consonant.
18:12Lastly, S.
18:13And 30 seconds.
18:14Ones.
18:15No.
18:16And a consonant.
18:17And a consonant.
18:19After that.
18:20That once, all the windows.
18:21The first time.
18:22The third is made.
18:23The third is all.
18:24The third is made.
18:25Yeah, it's not something.
18:26The third is made.
18:27The third is made.
18:28The fourth is made.
18:29The fourth is made.
18:30The second is made.
18:31The fourth is made.
18:33John.
18:45I think I've got a seven.
18:46James.
18:47Seven.
18:48He's sure.
18:49He's sure, John.
18:50What do you think?
18:51Spurges.
18:51Yeah.
18:52S-P-U-R-G-S.
18:53Yes, Spurges.
18:54And for you, James?
18:55Peruses.
18:56Peruses should be all right.
18:57Peruses, very nice.
18:59And Spurge is a herbaceous plant.
19:01So you can have more than one.
19:02I thought he was spending lots of money.
19:04Oh, splurge.
19:06I got lucky, then.
19:07Yeah, Spurge definitely in there.
19:09Can you splurge any other words?
19:10For seven, uprises.
19:12Another little seven to throw in there.
19:14Sevens, that was our lot.
19:15Nice, we're modering, aren't we?
19:17I wonder we're heading towards a crucial,
19:19not quite in that territory at the moment,
19:21but champ, 12 points behind.
19:23And it's time for the third numbers round.
19:26I'm sticking with one from the top.
19:27You're not gambling.
19:28Not yet.
19:29One from the top.
19:30And five little ones coming up again.
19:32And these five small ones.
19:34Two, ten, one, nine, and eight.
19:39And the large one, 75.
19:40And the target, 933.
19:43933.
19:44Numbers up.
20:129-3-3, the target. James?
20:189-2-9. Four away. John?
20:21I think I've got 9-3-2.
20:23Which would be one away and seven points, but you only think it's a real jeopardy here.
20:28OK. 75 plus one plus nine plus eight should be 93?
20:35Yep. Times ten. And there's two left over.
20:389-3-2. One below.
20:41Well done. Big, big seven points. Let me tell you, 9-3-3.
20:46We're testing you today, Rachel.
20:48I can find you tons of ways for one either side, but this was impossible.
20:52All right, 19 points in it as we get our second Tea Time teaser,
20:56which is sing Iris. Sing Iris.
20:59Iris sings to earn a little bread. Iris sings to earn a little bread.
21:11Hello again. Iris sings to earn a little bread.
21:22And that bread is grissini, Susie. Grissini.
21:25Is that what comes in the packets?
21:27Well, not necessarily packets, but yeah, there's a long, narrow, beautiful Italian breadsticks
21:32that you will find in restaurants. Normally in a packet. Just stop them going stale.
21:37Yeah. Well, listen, it's James's favourite food, our foodie James, our champion.
21:41Big fan of Italian food, but it could be Last Supper,
21:44because he's 19 points behind, six rounds to go.
21:48And John, with that lead, is picking his letters.
21:50Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, John.
21:53T. Consonant.
21:55K. Consonant, please.
21:58V. Vowel.
22:01A. Vowel.
22:03E. Vowel.
22:05O.
22:08Consonant.
22:09T.
22:11Vowel.
22:13I.
22:14And a consonant, please.
22:16Lastly, S.
22:17Good luck.
22:20Time's up.
22:49Pens down, John.
22:51Seven.
22:51Well done.
22:52And James?
22:52Seven.
22:53Seven.
22:53John?
22:54Toasty.
22:55Toasty.
22:56And for you, James?
22:57Stative.
22:58Stative.
22:59Susie?
23:00Stative.
23:00We just had this the other day.
23:01Linguistics term that describes verbs that are all about being in a condition rather than
23:05moving somewhere.
23:06State your case dictionary corner.
23:08Anything else?
23:09Nothing else to declare.
23:10What about o-taste?
23:12Er...
23:12The o-taste porridge.
23:14Er, yes.
23:15I thought that was ridiculous until I looked it up.
23:18Very well done.
23:19Don't patronise me now.
23:21I will not take your acclaim.
23:22That's good. We haven't spotted that one.
23:24Ha-ha!
23:26Right.
23:26More letters, James.
23:28Consonant, please.
23:29Thank you, James.
23:29And a final vowel, please.
23:52And a final...
23:53Well, let's play.
24:26James?
24:27Er, seven.
24:28OK, you're doing all you can here to get back into this.
24:31John?
24:32Er, just a six.
24:32And this could be a chance to do that.
24:35John?
24:36Er, framed.
24:37Framed.
24:37And James?
24:38Mermaid.
24:39Oh, what a spot, yes.
24:44Nice one.
24:44It is sink or swim time, and you've spotted that.
24:47Seven points for you.
24:49Back to within that 12 points.
24:50Dictionary corner, was there anything else in there?
24:53Framed and mermaid.
24:54And that's it.
24:55That is it.
24:57Wonderful.
24:57Wonderful.
24:58OK.
24:59So, perfectly poised with four rounds to go, but origins of words as always.
25:03Susie, before that.
25:04Yes.
25:04Lovely email from Sue Brewer, who is 84, she says.
25:09And she says, I seem to remember my grandfather saying, I was fair klemmed.
25:14I think, says Sue, he meant cold, but I never asked the question, have you heard the expression?
25:19Well, we're talking about Proust and memories, and words can evoke, you know, particularly regional words and the words that we grew up with as families.
25:26They can evoke as much nostalgia, I think, as anything.
25:28And klemmed is usually northern England, and it's a variation on klemmed, which in turn replicates clammed.
25:40So, if you are clammed, originally, you're sort of pinched with hunger.
25:47You're almost close to starving.
25:49So, say, I'm fair clammed, I'm really, really hungry.
25:51And the idea is the clam itself, that kind of bivalve, and the way it kind of draws in on itself, the kind of squeezing properties of it, if you like.
26:01And it started off, as they say, with kind of being really hungry, and there were lots of different riffs on that.
26:06So, you would have klem vengeance, which was second-rate food, or klem gut, and to be klem gutted was to be really, really ravenous.
26:14So, that's the idea of hunger.
26:16But it was so popular that it took on lots and lots of different meanings.
26:19To be really thirsty, parched with thirst, or to be benumbed with cold, which is how Sue is remembering it from her grandfather.
26:28Again, the idea is of being all hunched up, almost sort of shriveled with cold, just as a clam draws itself in, or clams up, is where we get that idea from, by closing its shell, particularly when it's sensing danger.
26:40So, the clam has that kind of life, if you like, but one other expression that Sue's grandfather might have used is to be as happy as a clam, which is a lovely expression.
26:51But why? Well, the full expression, if you like, is happy as a clam at full tide.
26:57And the idea is that when the water is at high tide, then clams are protected because they can't be predated on by birds.
27:05But it's lovely, and I love the way, as I always say, that dialect collects around these really important themes,
27:10of life, you know, the really, being hungry, being cold, the weather, blisters, armpits, you know, sort of the really kind of bread, beer, tea,
27:21everything that is kind of the staple of life, if you like.
27:23And I think Fair Clemd is a lovely example of that.
27:26Great stuff.
27:30Thank you, Susie, and thank you, Subaru, for sending that email in.
27:33Four rounds to go.
27:35This is a nail-biter, John.
27:36Can you hold on to your nerve?
27:38You're not the crypton factor now, son.
27:40Let's go.
27:41Consonant, please, Rachel.
27:42Thank you, John.
27:43F.
27:44Consonant, please.
27:46N.
27:47And another.
27:49N.
27:51A vowel.
27:52O.
27:53A vowel.
27:54E.
27:56A vowel.
27:57O.
27:58A consonant.
28:00G.
28:01A vowel.
28:03I.
28:04And finish with a consonant, please.
28:06Finish with another N.
28:09All right, kind time.
28:09A vowel.
28:15A vowel.
28:17A vowel.
28:36Fair remain.
28:37OK, John?
28:41I'm going to try a seven.
28:43I'm going to try a seven. Bit of Jeopardy. James?
28:46I'll try a six.
28:48OK, what are you trying, James?
28:50Nonny. Nonny, spell for us.
28:52N-O-N-N-N-I-E.
28:54And what are you trying for seven, John?
28:56Nooning. Spell. N-O-O-N-I-N-G.
28:59Two big moments here.
29:01Yeah, I understand nonny, you'll find it in Shakespeare for a fool,
29:05that kind of thing, but not in the dictionary, I am afraid.
29:09No longer there.
29:11Nooning, on the other hand, is.
29:13It is a rest or a meal at midday in North American English.
29:17No. Yeah.
29:19Did you have an idea of the origin of it?
29:21I didn't... Well, I thought there was going to be a seven
29:23that I just wasn't seeing, so I thought I'd have to have a gamble.
29:25Yeah, it was one of those, with the I-N-G coming out,
29:28you think you're there and then nothing.
29:30Yeah. Well, something. Nooning.
29:32Very good indeed. Very good, very good.
29:34That's got to be it. That was it.
29:36Literally it.
29:37That's an easy rhyme, Mylene, isn't it, afternooning?
29:39Yes, well done.
29:40Right, there you go. It's blown it open somewhat,
29:42although not quite there yet.
29:44More letters, please. James.
29:46Consonant, please.
29:47Thank you, James.
29:48D.
29:49And a vowel.
29:51U.
29:52Another vowel.
29:53A.
29:54A consonant.
29:56T.
29:57A consonant.
29:59W.
30:00And a final vowel, please.
30:01And a final...
30:02O.
30:03Goodness me, last letters.
30:04MUSIC PLAYS
30:09And a final vowel, please.
30:10And a final...
30:11O.
30:12Goodness me, last letters.
30:14And a final vowel, please.
30:15To, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to.
30:19MUSIC PLAYS
30:45James? Four. Yeah. John? Five.
30:48Five. OK. James, the four?
30:51Oust. And to become a champion again on Countdown, John?
30:54Autos. Autos!
30:56Yeah, absolutely fine. Well done.
30:58APPLAUSE
31:00Well done, John. We'll get to the accolades in a little bit,
31:03but a really, really tough round there, Mylene, wasn't it?
31:06Yes, we've got out-saw.
31:08That's the only number that we managed to peek at, six.
31:12Yeah. I had that written down and thought, no way.
31:15I know. To out-see, it is in there.
31:17If you surpass somebody in your kind of wisdom or insight,
31:20then you out-see them.
31:22All right, two more rounds to go.
31:24And, John, before you switch chairs, let's get some numbers.
31:27Just one large, please.
31:28One large, bit off the gas, five little final numbers today
31:32are nine, two, one, six, eight and 100.
31:39And the final target, 644.
31:42644. Numbers up.
31:46…
31:586-4-4, John?
32:16Yeah, 6-4-4.
32:16James?
32:176-4-4.
32:18Yes, well done, both of you, John.
32:20100 plus 8...
32:21108.
32:22Times a 6 is 6-4-8.
32:24Yeah.
32:259 minus 1 is 8.
32:26Divide that by the two for four, which you can then take away.
32:30Perfect, 6-4-4.
32:31I'm guessing the same way, James.
32:32Exactly the same.
32:33Well done.
32:36OK, well, it's the swan song for a five-time champion, James Swinnerton.
32:41But I'm thinking about Monday, drew a blank in the conundrum.
32:44Tuesday, drew a blank in the conundrum.
32:47I would love it if you got this.
32:49If you went out with that type of bang, I would love it.
32:51Strike.
32:52Let's get your finger on there, James.
32:54John, good luck as well.
32:55Here we go.
32:55Let's reveal today's countdown.
32:56Let's have a look at the conundrum.
33:00John.
33:01Circuitry.
33:01Let's have a look.
33:03Yes.
33:05Have you short-circuited our champion, James?
33:08He only gave you a second and a half there.
33:11What a great champion.
33:13What a lovely, lovely person to get to know.
33:16Five wins probably not going to be enough, though.
33:19I've enjoyed myself.
33:21Soundly beaten today.
33:22Wasn't soundly at all.
33:23He's hanging about, I think.
33:26Needed someone like that to beat you.
33:27You've been a special player, James.
33:28Lovely to have you.
33:29Best luck with everything.
33:32And John.
33:33Yes.
33:33Like, only connects a distant memory now.
33:36It's a distant happy memory.
33:38It was a long time ago.
33:39Come on, don't do this to me.
33:41We'll see you tomorrow on your favourite game show.
33:43Oh, yes, absolutely.
33:44Yeah.
33:44The one I've watched the longest.
33:47That's because it's been on the longest.
33:48I don't know whether I like him yet, Manny.
33:50We'll work it out as we go along.
33:51We'll see you tomorrow with Susie.
33:53See you then.
33:54And Rachel, we talked about Proust at the top of the show.
33:56He was born in this day in 1871.
33:59As you know, I often do go down the wormhole and things that I don't know a huge amount about.
34:04I find the most amazing quote from Proust.
34:06I'd just like to share it with everyone.
34:08And this is a direct quote.
34:09Marcel Proust's quote.
34:10He has some stunning ones, but this one.
34:12Let us be grateful to people who make us happy.
34:15They are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
34:20How beautiful is that?
34:21It's a lovely image.
34:22Stunning.
34:23What a nice sentiment to leave you with today.
34:25We'll see you back tomorrow for more Good Vibes.
34:27You can count on us.
34:29You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:34You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
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