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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown this Tuesday afternoon.
00:34If your day has been troubled so far, it's time to switch off in good company.
00:38And that company begins with Rachel Riley. Hi, Rich.
00:41Hi, Colin.
00:42Very colourful today.
00:43Why not?
00:44Might put my sunglasses on for the rest of the show.
00:47You can talk. Look at those forearms.
00:49I'm inspired by you. All my fashion is inspired by you.
00:52I want to pay tribute at the top of today's show
00:54to one of the most important sports people of all time,
00:57let alone sports women, Billie Jean King.
01:00On this day in 1973, she took part in the Battle of the Sexes.
01:06Bobby Riggs was a retired male tennis player,
01:08and he said, I can beat any woman today.
01:10They're inferior.
01:12So he came out of retirement.
01:13He beat Margaret Court.
01:14Then he came up against Billie Jean King,
01:15who spanked him in straight sets.
01:18Come on.
01:18Go, girl.
01:19But also, she won the US Open in the Open Era in 1972,
01:22and she said, I'm not coming back to defend it
01:25if you don't give us equal prize money.
01:27Wow.
01:27And they did.
01:28It took Wimbledon a lot longer into the 21st century.
01:31She founded the WTA to this day.
01:34She's an absolute pioneer of equality in sport.
01:38Unbelievable.
01:39Yeah, apparently.
01:39I found out that agreeable men get paid more than disagreeable men,
01:43but disagreeable women get paid on average more.
01:45So she disagreed with them,
01:47and she got it bumped up for everyone.
01:49So go Billie Jean.
01:49Right.
01:50So when it comes to countdown fees,
01:52I agree with what I get paid,
01:54but Rachel doesn't.
01:55All right.
01:56Yeah, I'm on it.
01:56Yeah.
01:57Well, let's get over to our umpire over in Dictionary Corner.
02:01Her word is final from that chair.
02:03It's Susie Dead.
02:06And beside her, checking for faults in our contestants' words
02:10is the TV and radio presenter and so much more,
02:12Noreen Khan's back.
02:15Our four-time champion, Alan Young, is back.
02:18Alan, tell us about flag football,
02:20because it's not the football everybody's thinking.
02:23No, so flag football,
02:24it's American football without the contact.
02:27So it removes that dangerous element, if you will.
02:30It was made to teach kids how to play the game,
02:32and then people just enjoyed it more and more.
02:34It's up for consideration for the Olympics.
02:36Wow.
02:37Later this year for 2028.
02:39So I coached the GB national team for men,
02:42and I'm hoping in about five or six years' time,
02:46when the Olympics comes round, we'll be there.
02:49That's fantastic.
02:50Well done.
02:50Coached the GB team.
02:51Yeah.
02:52Wow.
02:53Kept that quiet.
02:56Don't like to brag.
02:57Is there equal pay in flag football?
02:59Oh, yeah, I've been zero for everything.
03:01That is equal pay.
03:02Minority sports, so...
03:03Well, listen, it's an all-Scottish affair today.
03:06Let's welcome Dawn McPhee from Malig in the Scottish Highlands.
03:10Thank you for being here.
03:11You're very welcome.
03:12I love when we bring other languages on the countdown.
03:15So your first language is English,
03:16but you teach in a Gaelic school,
03:18so you spend all day speaking Gaelic.
03:19Yes, it's complete immersion from primary one,
03:22and by the time they get to primary seven,
03:23the children are bilingual,
03:25so I just speak Gaelic all day long.
03:27Well, listen, kick us off and start.
03:28In Gaelic, hello and welcome to Countdown.
03:31Let's begin.
03:32Hello.
03:32And in English, Alan, let's have nine letters.
03:42Hi, Rachel.
03:43Hi, Alan.
03:44Can I have a consonant, please?
03:46Start today with G.
03:47At the Hall, Manda in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:17First game for Dawn, how'd you get on?
04:46Eh, nine.
04:49OK, let me catch my breath in any language.
04:52Alan?
04:52Nine not written down.
04:53What's your nine not written down?
04:55Molesting.
04:55Molesting.
04:56And Dawn?
04:57Molesting.
04:58Molesting.
04:58What a start!
05:03Reach for the history books there.
05:05Not many shows start with 18 from each contestant.
05:08Right, first chance Dawn to say hello to Rachel.
05:11Hello, Rachel.
05:12Hi, Dawn.
05:12Can I have a consonant, please?
05:14You can indeed.
05:14A final vowel, please.
05:37A final E.
05:4130 seconds.
05:41A final vowel, please.
05:42A final vowel, please.
05:43A final vowel, please.
05:44A final vowel, please.
05:45A final vowel, please.
05:46A final vowel, please.
05:47A final vowel, please.
05:48A final vowel, please.
05:49A final vowel, please.
05:50A final vowel, please.
05:51A final vowel, please.
05:52A final vowel, please.
05:53A final vowel, please.
05:54A final vowel, please.
05:55A final vowel, please.
05:56A final vowel, please.
05:57A final vowel, please.
05:58A final vowel, please.
05:59A final vowel, please.
06:00A final vowel, please.
06:01A final vowel, please.
06:02A final vowel, please.
06:03A final vowel, please.
06:04A final vowel, please.
06:05A final vowel, please.
06:06A final vowel, please.
06:07A final vowel, please.
06:08Another nine, Don?
06:13No, a seven.
06:15Disappointed. Alan?
06:16I'm just sticking with a six.
06:18What's the six?
06:19Bemuse.
06:20For an early lead, what's the seven?
06:21Pumises.
06:23Pumises.
06:24Didn't see that.
06:25To rub with a pumice stone, and it's there as a verb.
06:28That's absolutely brilliant.
06:29Beautiful.
06:34Got to have tough skin to take part in Countdown
06:36and do that well in your first two rounds.
06:39What a start by a challenger.
06:41First numbers round of the day, and you're picking them, Alan.
06:44Going six small, please, Rachel.
06:46I thought you might say that.
06:47One of the trickiest elections, possibly.
06:50Let's see how you two fare with this one.
06:51First one of the day.
06:52Three, one, six, seven, nine, and six.
06:59And the target to reach, 205.
07:02205 numbers up.
07:06Intriguing.
07:36Don.
07:36Two or two.
07:37Three away.
07:38Alan.
07:39Two or six, not written down.
07:40One away.
07:41Off you go.
07:41Three times seven.
07:43Three times seven, 21.
07:45Nine plus one.
07:47Nine plus one, ten.
07:49Times the two together.
07:51210.
07:52And I've declared the wrong side.
07:53Mine is six.
07:53You won the other way.
07:55Yeah, easily done.
07:56Don, there's still some points.
07:58OK, nine times seven is 63.
08:01Nine times seven, 63.
08:03Times three is 189.
08:05189.
08:06And then six plus six plus one is 13.
08:09Six plus six, one, 13.
08:11Another one.
08:12Yep.
08:13Well done.
08:14Big seven points for Don.
08:16Rachel, you're stirring intently at that 205.
08:19Is the penny dropped yet?
08:20I'm using all the seconds available to me.
08:22If you say six times three is 18, add seven for 25, add nine for 34, 34 times the second
08:33six is 204.
08:35And you can add on the one if you want to apply.
08:37Sensation.
08:40What a start by Don.
08:4232 plays 18.
08:43Our first tea time teaser.
08:45Nice, Dave.
08:46Nice, Dave.
08:47Dave is nice and doesn't have this in his character at all.
08:50Dave is nice and doesn't have this in his character at all.
08:54Dave is nice and doesn't have this in his character at all.
09:13Now, if you would like to become a Countdown contestant, you can email countdown at channel4.com
09:21to request an application form.
09:22Or you can write to us at contestant applications, Countdown, Leeds, LS3, 1, J, S.
09:30Let's get straight back to the game.
09:32It's shaping up to be a cracker today.
09:34And Don has nine letters for us.
09:36Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
09:38Thank you, Don.
09:38Thank you, Rachel.
10:08Time's up, Don.
10:35Eight.
10:37Alan.
10:38Seven.
10:38What's the seven, mate?
10:39Whalers.
10:40Yeah, very good.
10:41Don.
10:42Crawleys.
10:43Oh, as in creepy crawly, Suze?
10:46They're not in, actually.
10:47I did check them.
10:48They're only in as creepy crawlies, I'm afraid.
10:50Sorry about that, Don.
10:51Is creepy crawlies in the dictionary?
10:53Creepy crawlies is in, but not crawlies on their own.
10:56Not crawlies on their own.
10:57No, sorry.
10:58So the Bob Marley-tinged whalers means that it is a case of no woman, no cry in that round.
11:04And the points do go to Alan.
11:06And anything else from Suze and Noreen?
11:08I've got a six.
11:09A slicer, a word.
11:11Slicer?
11:11Yeah, yeah.
11:12Cake slicer, that kind of word.
11:13It's good to still throw the sixes in and stuff, because us mere mortals are playing along, you know?
11:18So it's good to know what's right and what's wrong.
11:20It's going to be one of those shows with these two as we just hold on for dear life.
11:23Yeah.
11:24Because they're going to be as good as the dictionary.
11:25Just seven points in it.
11:27And it's time, Alan, for your letters.
11:29Consonant, please, Rachel.
11:30Thank you, Alan.
11:31R.
11:32And a vowel.
11:34E.
11:35And a consonant.
11:36N.
11:37And a vowel, please.
11:39U.
11:40Consonant.
11:42T.
11:43Vowel.
11:44I.
11:45Consonant.
11:47G.
11:48Another consonant.
11:50P.
11:52And a final consonant, please.
11:55Fairly promising.
11:57A final T.
11:58Good luck.
11:59Good luck.
12:29Time's up, Alan.
12:31Er, oh.
12:33Hurry up.
12:34Risky nine.
12:35Yeah.
12:36Dawn?
12:37Seven.
12:38What's this?
12:38Oh, OK, rules reversed here.
12:40What have you got for seven?
12:41Petting.
12:42Petting.
12:43We know what you've got, and we're all thinking, is it in?
12:45Go ahead.
12:47Repotting.
12:47Right, I think it is a golfing term.
12:50You've got to repot, you know, you've got to replace the ball.
12:54Is repotting in?
12:55Not in the golf sense, but it's in there.
12:57If you change the pronunciation to repotting, to put something back,
13:00it's in the dictionary.
13:01Well done.
13:02Yes.
13:05What a game today.
13:07What about then, pottering?
13:09Because other people may have taken a risk on pottering at home.
13:12Yeah.
13:13Yes, you could have had that, because it's the North American version
13:17of pottering, but it's there as a word.
13:19What a second half.
13:21Our champions came out fighting.
13:22Dawn, it's time to counter-attack, and it's your numbers.
13:25Can I have two large and four small, please, Rachel?
13:28You can indeed, thank you, Dawn.
13:29Two large, four little.
13:31See if this will make a difference.
13:33The small ones are three, two, four, and seven.
13:37And the big ones, 25 and 75.
13:40And the target, one, four, one.
13:43One, four, one.
13:44Numbers up.
13:45Meers up.
13:47Thephanthorpeat.
13:49Thephanthorpeat.
13:49Thephanthorpeat.
13:50low target
14:151-4-1
14:16Don
14:171-4-1
14:18and Alan
14:191-4-1
14:19let's go Don
14:2075-3
14:22is 72
14:2372
14:24times 2
14:25times 2
14:261-4-4
14:27then 7-4
14:28is 3
14:297-4
14:30for another 3
14:30well done
14:31and Alan
14:32the exact same way
14:33if we use
14:39tennis terminology
14:40this could go
14:41all the way
14:41to a tiebreaker
14:42in the 5th set
14:43couldn't it
14:43what a game so far
14:44Alan's on 53
14:45Don's on 42
14:47already
14:48and we're only
14:48at that stage
14:49where we pause
14:50for the first
14:50time
14:50to talk to
14:51Noreen
14:52and I know
14:52what you're going
14:53to tell me about
14:54half of this
14:55Rachel's going
14:56to love
14:56because it's
14:57about high fashion
14:58the other half
14:59she's going
14:59to hate
15:00because we're
15:01going to talk
15:01about Liverpool
15:02and not another one
15:04and this is the story
15:06of a fashion item
15:07that got a little
15:08out of control
15:09shall we just say
15:09yeah kind of
15:11you've seen the
15:12pictures haven't you
15:12Cullen
15:13so in 2013
15:15I was asked to host
15:17the Asian Football
15:17Awards at Wembley
15:18so I thought okay
15:20and obviously
15:21you've got to get
15:21outfits sorted
15:22so I thought
15:23why don't I go
15:23for something
15:24a little bit different
15:25so I got in touch
15:26with a lady from London
15:27and said to her
15:28is there any chance
15:29you could design me
15:31a Liverpool sari
15:33now a sari is
15:34you know
15:34like a long piece
15:36of cloth
15:36that a lot of
15:37South Asian women
15:38wear with a blouse
15:39this woman
15:41completely blew my mind
15:42when she sent me
15:43back the sketches
15:44and she said
15:45what'd this do
15:46she says my husband's
15:47Liverpool fan
15:47so he's helped me
15:48design this for you
15:50and I said
15:51wow that's incredible
15:52so I wore this sari
15:53with the liver bird
15:56all kind of
15:57imprinted on it
15:57you'll never walk alone
15:59it just looked amazing
16:01and I don't realise
16:03then I'd worn it
16:04to this
16:04awards ceremony
16:05and the pictures
16:06just went viral
16:07all around the world
16:08so I'm getting
16:09all these messages
16:10from Malaysia
16:11India
16:12Pakistan
16:13saying
16:14oh we've just seen
16:15your sari
16:16and so a lot of
16:17young guys will come
16:17up to me now
16:18they'll just go
16:18are you the Liverpool
16:19sari lady
16:20so all that work
16:22that you've done
16:22as a journalist
16:23and the BBC
16:24Asian Network
16:25all of the hosting
16:26all of the writing
16:28you're the sari lady
16:29that's all you are
16:30now you've been
16:30reduced to that
16:31but you're up there
16:32then with the guy
16:33who has all the badges
16:34or the Portsmouth guy
16:36who's all tattooed
16:37you know these fans
16:38get these titles
16:39yeah
16:39and you're the sari lady
16:41yeah I was featured
16:41on Match of the Day
16:42as well
16:42do you wear it
16:43to the shop
16:44like would you wear it
16:45like you wear
16:46other saris
16:46a few times
16:47you know
16:48do you know what I mean
16:48or does it only come out
16:49for big games
16:50I've worn it
16:51a couple of times
16:52after that
16:52but I only bring it
16:54out on very special occasions
16:56I was tempted
16:56to wear it today
16:57but I thought
16:57maybe not
16:58that's probably
16:59a good idea
17:00because Rachel's
17:02within striking distance
17:03so probably best
17:04to keep that one
17:05in the cupboard
17:06brilliant
17:06thank you
17:07there you go
17:09I'm glad eh
17:11what can I get myself
17:12a Man United
17:13you could get some
17:14Essex white stilettos
17:15at Rach
17:16with United on them
17:18I'm just going to move on
17:19Alan let's get some letters
17:20can I have a consonant
17:21please Rachel
17:22thank you Alan
17:22S
17:23and a vowel
17:24A
17:26and a consonant
17:27K
17:29and a vowel
17:30E
17:31and a consonant
17:33L
17:34and a vowel
17:35O
17:36and a consonant
17:38P
17:39and a vowel
17:40E
17:42and a final
17:44consonant please
17:45and a final M
17:46here we go
18:12Don how'd you get on
18:18six
18:19and Alan
18:20just a six
18:21what's the six
18:21Don
18:22please
18:22please
18:23and Alan
18:24elopes
18:25elopes
18:26please
18:27and elopes
18:28two lovely words
18:29anything else
18:30in dictionary corner
18:31I only got six
18:32that's okay
18:33that's tying
18:34sample
18:35sample
18:36elopes
18:37is there a seven
18:38in there
18:38not that we could find
18:39so we're going to
18:40disappoint you there
18:40Colin
18:40sorry six is for us
18:41too
18:42there you go
18:42lovely
18:42thank you
18:43if you got that
18:44at home
18:44well done
18:45six as good
18:46as we can do
18:46as we move on
18:47to more letters
18:48and it's you Don
18:48all right
18:49can I have a
18:50consonant please
18:51thank you Don
18:52X
18:52and another
18:54Z
18:55and a third
18:57L
18:59and another one
19:00and another vowel
19:03E
19:04and another vowel
19:06E
19:07and another
19:08U
19:10a consonant
19:11T
19:13and another vowel
19:14please
19:15and
19:16lastly
19:16A
19:17let's go
19:18T
19:37T
19:39T
19:40T
19:41T
19:42T
19:43Alan.
19:49Seven.
19:50And Dawn.
19:51Seven.
19:52Alan.
19:52Exalted.
19:53Exalted.
19:54And Dawn.
19:55Exalted.
19:56Both exalted.
19:58Any eights?
19:58Exalted.
19:59Exalted as well.
20:00Doing well to keep pace.
20:02All right, let's get some more numbers now.
20:03And it's you, Alan.
20:04Six more, please, Rachel.
20:06Six little ones.
20:07Do you want another ten points?
20:08Do you want to widen this gap?
20:09Dawn doesn't want to let you.
20:11Let's see.
20:11This time we have two.
20:13Ten.
20:14Nine.
20:15One.
20:16Oh, another one.
20:17And another ten.
20:19This could be tricky.
20:22573.
20:22Five, seven, three.
20:23Numbers up.
20:24One, four.
20:375-7-3, Alan.
20:585-7-6, partially written down.
21:00OK, so not written down, that means three away.
21:02Hey, Dawn.
21:035-8-0.
21:045-8-0, which puts your 7 away.
21:08So, Alan, off you go.
21:1010-2.
21:1110-2 is 8.
21:13And then times 9.
21:16Times 9, 72.
21:18Then 10-1-1.
21:20The other 10 minus the two ones is 8.
21:22And then multiply them together.
21:235-7-6.
21:25Three away.
21:26For seven points, but was 10 points possible?
21:30If you say 10 plus 9 is 19,
21:33times it by the second 10 for 190.
21:37Add 1 for 191.
21:40And then the second 1 plus 2 is 3.
21:42And times the two together.
21:435-7-3.
21:46Which I had written down for that.
21:48Eggs, bread, chicken.
21:50I just used the time more constructively.
21:53What a slacker.
21:55Second Tea Time Teaser is anti-tone.
21:58A-N-T-I, tone.
22:00It's not what you say, it's how you say it.
22:03It's not what you say, it's how you say it.
22:05APPLAUSE
22:05Welcome back.
22:21Anti-tone.
22:22It's not what you say, it's how you say it.
22:24Of course, it's intonation, so the word is intonate.
22:27Right, Alan has 73.
22:29He's looking at his fifth win.
22:30Dawn pushing them all the way with 55.
22:34And Dawn, it's your letters.
22:36Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
22:37Thank you, Dawn.
22:38N.
22:39And another.
22:41J.
22:42And a third.
22:44R.
22:45And a vowel.
22:46O.
22:47And another vowel.
22:49A.
22:50And a third vowel.
22:52E.
22:53And a consonant.
22:55S.
22:56Another consonant.
22:58P.
22:58And a final vowel, please.
23:00And a final E.
23:02Good luck.
23:03E.
23:04And a thrown weg.
23:04Ít 너 HO Spirit.
23:05And a vowel.
23:05Let's go soon in a Bible.
23:05And a vowel.
23:06All на noun.
23:07And a vowel.
23:08And a vowel.
23:09And a vowel.
23:12And a vowel.
23:14And a vowel.
23:15And a vowel.
23:17That vowel.
23:19And a vowel.
23:19And a vowel.
23:22And a territory.
23:26And a vowel.
23:27cases are mine.
23:29And a vowel.
23:30And a vowel.
23:31Don?
23:34Six.
23:35And Alan?
23:36Sticking with a safe seven.
23:38A seven.
23:39OK, so Don the six?
23:40Parson.
23:41Parson.
23:41And Alan the seven?
23:43Persona.
23:43Persona.
23:44I'm just going to check both those.
23:46Both absolutely fine.
23:47What were you sticking with?
23:48What did you have written down?
23:49I was wondering if plural was maybe persona.
23:52Persona it is.
23:53Yes, you can put the E on.
23:54But persona itself is very good indeed.
23:56Still picks up a really big seven points.
23:59Noreen, anything better than that?
24:00Got a huge sixth person.
24:02Person.
24:03Excellent.
24:04There you go.
24:05I was going with the dramatist persona.
24:07Yeah.
24:08It's always annoying when you could have just popped a letter or two on the end and been a hero.
24:12But it's still a strong sixth.
24:14Let's get some more letters.
24:15Alan?
24:16Consonant, please, Rachel.
24:17Thank you, Alan.
24:19T.
24:20And a vowel.
24:21A.
24:22And a consonant.
24:24N.
24:25And a vowel.
24:26O.
24:27And a consonant.
24:29R.
24:29And a vowel.
24:32I.
24:33Can I have another vowel, please?
24:35E.
24:36And a consonant.
24:38T.
24:39And a final consonant, please.
24:42A final D.
24:44Here we go.
24:44There you go.
24:50There you go.
24:53Bye.
24:53Did you all know where there were?
24:55No, no, no, no, no.
24:55I didn't see you Hole.
24:57�.
24:58DJechi.
24:59Bye.
24:59Bye.
25:00Bye.
25:01Bye.
25:01Bye.
25:01Bye.
25:02Bye.
25:03Bye.
25:03Bye.
25:03Bye.
25:03Bye.
25:04Bye.
25:04Bye.
25:04Bye.
25:05Bye.
25:05Bye.
25:06Bye.
25:06Bye.
25:06Bye.
25:06Bye.
25:14Don.
25:17An eight.
25:17And Alan.
25:18Eight.
25:18What's the eight, Alan?
25:19Rationed.
25:20Rationed and Don.
25:21Rationed.
25:22Rationed, there you go.
25:24Two eights, fantastic standard.
25:26Noreen and Susie.
25:28Ordinate, you'll find in maths.
25:30There you go.
25:31Eight eight plays 63.
25:33As we take a little bit of time out and cross over to Dictionary Corner,
25:37what are you serving up for me, Susie?
25:39I am, yes, going to stick with tennis.
25:42Tennis itself is a command from the French verb tene,
25:46meaning receive or take or hold.
25:49So that is what we think players would shout to their opponents
25:53in the early versions of the game.
25:55The racket.
25:56Two possibilities here.
25:58It goes back either to the French rachasse, meaning to strike back,
26:02but there is one theory, it goes back to an Arabic word
26:04that translates as palm of hand,
26:06because, again, sometimes the hand was used to slap a much softer ball.
26:10Deuce, we simply took that from the French and anglicised it a bit.
26:14A de, at two, because each player, when you're 40 or,
26:18is just two points away from the win.
26:21But the greatest bemuser, really, of all of them is love.
26:25Yeah.
26:25And I was not sure about the Oxford Dictionary theory.
26:30I kind of prefer another one, but I'll give you theirs,
26:33which is that people, or players, amateurs particularly,
26:36are playing for the love of the game,
26:39which doesn't quite explain it to me.
26:41I do much prefer the theory that it goes back to the French luff,
26:44an egg, which will bring it into line with the cricketing duck,
26:47because it represents zero on the scoreboard.
26:50But we don't have any evidence for it,
26:51so the detective work goes on.
26:53I've always felt it was that.
26:55Yeah.
26:55And it's just, sometimes, even if it's wrong,
26:57it's a better explanation.
26:58I agree.
26:58It's beautiful.
26:59You aced that.
27:00Thank you very much.
27:03Wonderful, Susie.
27:04That was fantastic.
27:05Let's get some more letters now from a challenger.
27:08Dawn.
27:09Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
27:10Thank you, Dawn.
27:12H.
27:13And another.
27:14W.
27:14And a third.
27:16T.
27:17And a vowel.
27:19A.
27:20Another vowel.
27:21I.
27:22Another vowel.
27:23U.
27:24A consonant.
27:26G.
27:27Another consonant.
27:29R.
27:30And a vowel.
27:31And the last one.
27:32O.
27:34Time.
27:34Time.
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27:54Alan?
28:06Just a six.
28:07And Don?
28:07A six.
28:08A six.
28:08Alan, what's yours?
28:09Raghu.
28:10Raghu!
28:11And Don?
28:13Growth.
28:14Growth and raghu, two strong sixes.
28:18It's not over yet, this.
28:19It really isn't.
28:20You know Don's got a nine in her locker, so I'm still excited about this.
28:25Noreen, anything more than a six?
28:27No, just guitar, I'm afraid.
28:29That's what a beautiful word, though, defined at any time.
28:32Guitar is in there.
28:33What have you got, Suze?
28:34There are a couple of sevens.
28:36There's wrought, as in wrought iron, that's there, and wrothog.
28:40Beautiful, like Pumbaa.
28:41Yes.
28:42The Lion King.
28:43Exactly.
28:43All right, 94 plays, 69.
28:46Still a competition, but Hakuna Matata.
28:48Let's get more letters from Alan.
28:50Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
28:51Thank you, Alan.
28:53F.
28:53And a vowel.
28:55E.
28:56And a consonant.
28:58M.
28:59And a vowel.
29:00O.
29:01And a consonant.
29:02C.
29:04And a vowel.
29:05E.
29:07And a consonant, please.
29:09Y.
29:10And a vowel.
29:12I.
29:14And a consonant, please, to finish.
29:16And a final S.
29:17All right, Don needs a big round.
29:20Last letters.
29:34How did you get on, Don?
29:52Just a six.
29:53And Alan?
29:53Six as well.
29:54The sixes, Alan?
29:55Nieces.
29:56Nieces and Don?
29:58Fences.
29:58And fences, fences and nieces.
30:00Very straightforward round.
30:02Maintains the status quo, though.
30:04The last couple of rounds, I asked the same question.
30:07Any sevens, Susie and Noreen?
30:08I just got fences as well.
30:09I asked a six.
30:10That's good.
30:10You'd be doing all right, though.
30:12These are great.
30:12And you're matching the most rounds, Noreen.
30:14Very good.
30:15Any sevens?
30:15Well, there is this very last-minute seven here with InfoSec,
30:19short for Information Security,
30:21and it measures you to protect electronic data.
30:23Well, listen, I can inform you that that's enough, of course,
30:26to take Alan over the top with his fifth win.
30:28But look at these scores to get there.
30:29175, highest of standard.
30:32Without that nine, the second nine,
30:35you'd be sweating over there.
30:36But as it is, you're home free.
30:38Dawn, fantastic performance so far.
30:40Your numbers.
30:41Can I have two large and four small, please, Rachel?
30:43You can indeed.
30:44Thank you, Dawn.
30:44Two big, four little.
30:46Final numbers of the day.
30:47This final selection is nine, six, seven, six.
30:53And the big one's 100 and 50.
30:56And your target, 743.
30:59743, last numbers.
31:02Thanks, been a big one.
31:227-4-3, Alan.
31:33Just 7-4-2.
31:35Don.
31:357-4-4.
31:36One away, both of you.
31:37OK, no worries.
31:39Don.
31:40100 times 7.
31:41100 times 7.
31:43700.
31:44Plus 50.
31:45Plus 50, 750.
31:46Minus 6.
31:47Minus 6.
31:48One above.
31:49Do you know, I'm really pleased with this
31:51in a cruel way
31:52because they've both been brilliant
31:53and they're both going to kick yourselves.
31:54Do your one away.
31:56Yeah, 100 plus 6.
31:57100 plus 6, 106.
32:00Times 7.
32:00Times 7.
32:01Gets you to one the other way.
32:03Come on, they'll be kicking themselves.
32:05Oh, you know what?
32:06I think Miss Denticles over there
32:07has actually got this one.
32:08Go on.
32:099 plus 6 times 50.
32:119 plus 6, 15.
32:13Times 57, 50.
32:15Minus 7.
32:1610 points to Denticles.
32:17Go to the show.
32:21No matter how good you are,
32:23there's always room for improvement
32:24and how good have these two been today?
32:26Imagine coming on Countdown,
32:28going into the conundrum in 82
32:29and you've already lost.
32:31Brilliant, Don.
32:32You should be so proud of that.
32:33But fingers on the buzzers.
32:36Alan took the low road.
32:37Don took the high road.
32:39Alan's today's winner
32:40but still 10 points up for grabs.
32:42Let's reveal today's Countdown conundrum.
32:44Alan's in.
32:52Wash Basin.
32:53Let's see.
32:56A massive 117.
33:03That looked very dodgy for a long time, Alan,
33:06but pulling two nines out
33:07is always going to be hard to beat,
33:08so you must be so pleased with that.
33:10Yeah, exhausted.
33:12Mentally exhausted.
33:13There are only three more to go
33:15and then you enter
33:15the legendary status on Countdown,
33:18so we'll see how it goes.
33:20Don, another day,
33:21you would have been a champion,
33:22but do you go away happy enough?
33:24Yeah, absolutely.
33:25I've had a great day
33:26and it's a long journey home,
33:27but it was a fantastic competitor
33:28I've got here
33:29and a fellow Scott, of course.
33:31It's been brilliant to have you here.
33:33What's a thank you in Gaelic?
33:34Tap alive.
33:35Tap alive to you.
33:36Thank you so much.
33:37Alan, well done.
33:38We'll see you back tomorrow.
33:38Give us that much for today,
33:42Noreen.
33:43Susie, we'll see you tomorrow?
33:44See you then.
33:44Yeah.
33:44Excellent, right.
33:45Listen, Battle of the Sexes,
33:47Rachel Riley versus Colin Murray.
33:49You picked the sport.
33:50What would you pick?
33:51It's got to be American football,
33:53isn't it?
33:53What?
33:54I'm only joking.
33:55I would go for,
33:56I'd pin you as not a good squash player.
34:00Terrible squash player.
34:01Squash, go on, bring it on.
34:02Really, really bad.
34:04You picked exactly the right sport.
34:05I'll go lawn bowls.
34:07You'll win squash.
34:07I'll win lawn bowls.
34:08What's the decider?
34:11Mixed martial arts.
34:12Mixed martial arts.
34:13MMA.
34:13OK, I've lost.
34:14I'll just concede.
34:15I can't have the bruises
34:16and the broken bones.
34:18Right.
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