Countdown | Wednesday 14th January 2015 | Episode 6064
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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:03CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:34Now, you may or may not know, and you may or may not care,
00:39but Margaret Mountford, my old pal and a regular guest
00:43over in Dictionary Corner, are in the throes of making a programme
00:47about the state of British railways.
00:49And we've been getting around.
00:51In fact, there are very few places where we haven't been.
00:54But there's one place that we will not be,
00:56is at King's Cross tonight,
00:58because it's press night for the production of The Railway Children
01:01at King's Cross station in London.
01:03And it'll then be running to King's Cross
01:06until at least March 1st.
01:08They've got a 1,000-seater pop-up theatre there,
01:13added to which, in front of that stage,
01:16there is a 60-tonne steam locomotive and a carriage.
01:19Amazing. Wow. Amazing.
01:21So there we are, theatre in a station. It's fun.
01:24Sounds like fun. Yeah, something different.
01:26Very different.
01:27Different to going to the pub on a Friday night.
01:29I'll tell you what's different as well.
01:31Two new contestants, because we said cheerio to Andy Noden yesterday
01:34when he became an OctoChamp.
01:36And we now welcome Andy Watts,
01:38an insurance account manager from the Wirral.
01:40Welcome, Andy. Thank you.
01:42And you like building things from recycled materials.
01:44What have you been up to? What have you constructed?
01:47Well, some months ago, I bought 36 pallets
01:51and built a very large shed-cum-garden room.
01:56It was designed for storage.
01:58I ended up putting a bar in there and a table and chairs.
02:02Yes. Well, good for you, Andy Watts.
02:04Now, you're joined by Josephine Sinclair,
02:06a London Blue Badge tourist guide from Tunbridge.
02:10Her favourite place in the whole world is Guysburg,
02:13a round hill above Salzburg, where she spent part of her honeymoon.
02:17And you can see it in The Sound of Music. Is that right?
02:19Yes, that's right. Wonderful. Good for you.
02:21Big round of applause then for Andy and Josephine Sinclair.
02:30And Susie, of course, and next to her is once again
02:34the wonderful David Emanuel, wonderful fashion designer,
02:37TV personality and a good guy.
02:39Welcome back. Thank you, sir.
02:41Now then, Andy, letters game. Good luck.
02:45Thanks, Nick.
02:47Hello, Rachel. Hi, Andy.
02:49Can I have a consonant, please?
02:51Thank you. Start the day with S.
02:53And a vowel.
02:55U.
02:57And another vowel.
02:59A.
03:01And a consonant.
03:03T.
03:05And another consonant.
03:07N.
03:09And another one.
03:11L.
03:13And a vowel.
03:16And another vowel.
03:19O.
03:21And a final consonant, please.
03:24And a final P.
03:26And here's the Countdown Clock.
03:45CLOCK TICKS
03:59Yes, Andy?
04:01A six.
04:03A six. Josephine? Eight.
04:05Yes. Andy?
04:07Plants. And?
04:09Palentas.
04:11Palentas. Yes.
04:13Are we happy about palentas? We are, actually.
04:15We should be. I've been looking at that.
04:17It does say mass noun,
04:19but there is a bit of a sneaky countdown rule that says
04:21if you want to order this dish in a restaurant,
04:23you would probably say to the waiter or waitress,
04:25I will have two palentas, please.
04:27Well done.
04:29So it's absolutely fine. I will allow it for an eight.
04:31APPLAUSE
04:33Well done there, Josephine.
04:35Good score.
04:37And what has the corner got to offer us?
04:39Anything exciting?
04:41Seven. Opulent.
04:43Lovely. Very good.
04:45Eight points to Josephine.
04:47Now, then,
04:49how about a letters game for you, Josephine?
04:51Good afternoon, Rachel. Afternoon, Josephine.
04:53Consonant, please. Thank you.
04:55Start with Y.
04:57And another.
04:59G.
05:01And again.
05:03N.
05:05Vowel, please.
05:07E.
05:09O.
05:11Consonant.
05:13L.
05:15Consonant.
05:17R.
05:19Vowel.
05:21U.
05:25Vowel, please.
05:27And the last one.
05:29I. Stand by.
05:39MUSIC PLAYS
05:59Josephine.
06:01Six. A six.
06:03Andy. Just a five.
06:05And a five.
06:07Your five.
06:09Liner. Liner. And Josephine?
06:11Luring. Luring.
06:13Luring, yes. Very nice.
06:15Yeah. Very good.
06:17And the corner, Susie, David?
06:19I've got a seven.
06:21Lounger. Very nice.
06:23Lounger. A good... Susie?
06:25Yeah, that's a good seven. A couple more sevens.
06:27Relying and younger.
06:29Relying and younger. Very good.
06:31So, Andy, your numbers game.
06:33First time today. Thank you.
06:35Can I have one large and five surprise, please?
06:38You can indeed. Thank you, Andy.
06:40One large and five surprise. Small ones, is that?
06:42Yes, please. Right. Fair enough.
06:44Less of a surprise that way, but oh well.
06:46Right, they are six, three, nine,
06:49another six, ten,
06:51and the large one, 75.
06:53And the target, 870.
06:55870.
06:57MUSIC PLAYS
07:05MUSIC CONTINUES
07:27Andy?
07:29870.
07:31And Josephine?
07:33870.
07:35Andy?
07:376 plus 6.
07:396 plus 6, 12.
07:41Times by the 75.
07:43Times by 75, 900.
07:45And then 10 times 3 is 30.
07:4710 by 3 for 30, yeah.
07:49870.
07:51And Josephine?
07:53Slightly differently. 6 divided by 3 is 2.
07:556 over 3 for 2.
07:57Times 6 is 12.
07:59Yep.
08:01And times 10.
08:03And times by 10, lovely. 870.
08:05Well done.
08:07APPLAUSE
08:09Well done.
08:11So, Josephine leads 24 to Andy's 10
08:13as we go to a teatime teaser,
08:15which is Saw Trip.
08:17And the clue...
08:19You'll probably visit two of these
08:21if you saw into the sky on your trip.
08:23You'll probably visit two of these
08:25if you saw into the sky on your trip.
08:28MUSIC PLAYS
08:32APPLAUSE
08:40Welcome back. I left you with the clue.
08:42You'll probably visit two of these
08:44if you saw into the sky on your trip.
08:46And the answer is airports.
08:49Airports.
08:51Take off from one and land at another, I guess.
08:53Josephine, 24. Andy on 10.
08:55And it's Josephine's letters game.
08:57Consonant, please.
08:59Josephine.
09:01S. Consonant.
09:03D. And again.
09:07N. Vowel, please.
09:09A.
09:11And another.
09:13U.
09:15And again.
09:17I. Consonant, please.
09:19T.
09:21And again.
09:23L.
09:25Vowel, please. And the last one.
09:27U.
09:29And it's...stand by.
09:31MUSIC PLAYS
09:57MUSIC STOPS
10:03Josephine. Eight.
10:05An eight. Andy?
10:09A six.
10:11A six.
10:13And that six?
10:15Adult. Adult. Now then, Josephine.
10:17Diluents.
10:19Diluents. Are you spelling it with an A, actually, Josephine?
10:22Yes. Oh, it's E.
10:24Oh.
10:26It comes up on the programme a fair bit, but definitely the E, sorry.
10:29Is it that which dilutes something?
10:31Diluter. Yes, it is a diluter.
10:33Yeah, lovely words. Susie?
10:35There's nautilus there for eight.
10:37And a nautilus is a mollusk with a spiral shell
10:41and lots of short tentacles around the mouth.
10:44OK. It can also be another term for an argonaut,
10:47which is one of those small floating octopuses.
10:50A nautilus. Certainly with a C, that's for sure. Yes.
10:53All right. Now then, Andy. Letters game.
10:56Could I have a consonant, please?
10:58Thank you, Andy. N.
11:00And another?
11:02R. And another?
11:05V.
11:07And a fourth?
11:09N.
11:11And a vowel?
11:14I.
11:16And another? E.
11:18And another?
11:20I.
11:23And a further vowel?
11:27E.
11:30And then a consonant to finish off.
11:33And finish, L.
11:35And the clock starts now.
11:52CLOCK TICKS
12:08Andy? Seven.
12:10A seven, Josephine? Six.
12:12And that six? Revile.
12:14Revile.
12:16Andy? Enliven.
12:18Enliven? That's a lovely word.
12:20I hadn't seen that one. Very good.
12:22Very good. Revile and enliven.
12:25Susie? Very good. There's Nervine,
12:28which is a medicine that's used to calm the nerves.
12:32And what was the adjective describing one?
12:35And there's also Vainia.
12:37Vainia? Yes.
12:39My cheese is vainier than yours.
12:4124 to Andy's 23.
12:43Josephine in the lead.
12:45And it's numbers time for Josephine.
12:47Could I have a Whitehall 1-2-1-2, please?
12:50You can indeed. Thank you, Josephine.
12:52One, two, one and a two.
12:55And the five little ones for this round are
12:57one, five, five,
13:00eight and six.
13:02And the large one, 75.
13:04And the target, 176.
13:06One, seven, six.
13:17MUSIC PLAYS
13:39Josephine?
13:41Yes, I've got it. Not particularly well written down.
13:44Mm-hm. Andy?
13:46I think I'm too far away.
13:48Too far? Yeah. Josephine?
13:52Eight minus six is two.
13:54Eight minus six, two. Yep.
13:56Times 75, 150.
13:59Five times five, add one to add all.
14:02Lovely. 176. Perfect.
14:05Very well done.
14:09Excellent. Well done, Josephine.
14:1134 points now to Andy's 23,
14:13but Andy's still well in touch
14:15as we turn to David.
14:17Now, David, you've told some great stories this week.
14:19What have you got for us today?
14:21Yeah, it's interesting.
14:23Having come out of a show called I'm A Celebrity,
14:25Get Me Out Of Here, The Jungle,
14:27it seems like a lifetime ago,
14:29you get sort of recognised.
14:31And you also get offered interesting television projects.
14:34One particular project I was offered
14:36was to go home to Wales, where I'm originally from,
14:39and to do a little bit of a story about my life
14:41and all that sort of stuff.
14:43And one particular instance you might be interested in,
14:46I was by my church, and they said,
14:48oh, David, could you do a link?
14:50You know, we want to link you with your church.
14:52And that's all I had to do, was come out of the church gate
14:55and say, you're not going to believe this,
14:57but once I was the head chorister here,
14:59and once I was very angelic-looking.
15:02As I'm saying it, you know when the red light is on,
15:04you keep going. Whatever happens, you keep going.
15:06And I'm talking, but I can see this lady coming down the hill
15:10with a shopping bag.
15:13And being professional, keep going.
15:16Whatever happens, you keep going.
15:18And you're not going to believe this,
15:21but once I was very angelic-looking.
15:25As she said, bang, smack in front of camera.
15:30She goes, I don't know you, she said.
15:32I don't know you.
15:34I don't know your face.
15:36Oh, I said, hello.
15:38I don't know you. I just see your face on television.
15:42And I just think to myself, I could take you or leave you.
15:47Oh, I said, OK, marvellous.
15:49I said, very nice to meet you.
15:51But she said, I tell you what, she said,
15:53but now I don't see you in the flesh.
15:55She said, I think I'll take you.
15:58And off she went shopping.
16:00So I turned, went bright red, and the camera guy goes,
16:03David, you've pulled.
16:07She was conservatively in her late 70s.
16:11Well done, David. Excellent.
16:13Now then, Josephine on 34, Andy, 23,
16:16and it's Andy back with a letters game.
16:19Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
16:22Thank you, Andy. G.
16:24And another.
16:26F. And another.
16:29D. And a fourth.
16:33R. And a vowel.
16:36A. And another.
16:38U. And a further one.
16:41A.
16:44And a fourth one, please.
16:48O. And a consonant.
16:50And a final M.
16:52Stand by.
17:08MUSIC PLAYS
17:25Andy? Five.
17:27A five. Josephine? Five.
17:29Two fives. Andy?
17:31Fraud. And?
17:33Guard.
17:34Well, obviously a tough selection.
17:36Is there anything better than five?
17:38Well, one, two, three, four, five... Six, sorry. Six.
17:41We both came up with maraud.
17:43Maraud. Yes. Marauding.
17:45Yes. Raiding. Raiding, exactly. Raiding.
17:47Viking marauders.
17:49Very good. 39 plays 28.
17:51We turn now to Josephine. Letters game, Josephine.
17:54Consonant, please. Thank you, Josephine.
17:57D. And again.
18:01S. And again.
18:04T. Vowel, please.
18:07E. Another.
18:09I.
18:11Consonant, please.
18:13B. Vowel.
18:17E.
18:19Consonant.
18:21P. Vowel, please.
18:23And the last one.
18:25I.
18:27And here's the Countdown clock.
18:29MUSIC PLAYS
18:34MUSIC CONTINUES
19:00Josephine. Six.
19:02Six. And? And a six.
19:04Josephine. Bed sit.
19:06Bed sit. And?
19:07By step.
19:09By step. By step.
19:11Um... No.
19:13Two-step. Not there, I'm afraid.
19:16Sorry. No by step.
19:18What is there? There is a seven there.
19:20Despite. Despite. Despite.
19:22All right, thank you. 45 plays 28.
19:25And now we're back in Rachel's zone, the numbers zone.
19:29Andy.
19:31One large and five from anywhere else, please, Rachel.
19:34Thank you, Andy. One large one, five little ones.
19:38And this time around, your little numbers are nine, four,
19:42two, ten, five,
19:45and the large one, 50.
19:48And the target, 668.
19:50Six. Six, eight.
19:52MUSIC PLAYS
20:01MUSIC CONTINUES
20:22Andy.
20:24666.
20:26Two away, Josephine.
20:28667.
20:30So, Josephine.
20:33Nine plus four is 13.
20:35Yep, nine plus four, 13.
20:37Times 50. Times 50. Uh-huh.
20:40And then add ten, five and two.
20:43Yes.
20:45Yep, for 667, one below.
20:49But 668 is what we craved. Rachel.
20:52Um, you could have said 50 minus two is 48.
20:57Nine plus five is 14.
21:00Times the two together for 672 and take away the four for 668.
21:05Very good. Well done, Rachel.
21:11Josephine beginning to build a bit of a lead there
21:15as we go into a tea-time teaser, which is too often.
21:18And the clue,
21:20might you write this at the bottom of a 12-inch long piece of paper?
21:24Might you write this at the bottom of a 12-inch long piece of paper?
21:44Welcome back. I left with the clue,
21:46might you write this at the bottom of a 12-inch long piece of paper?
21:51Footnote. A witty footnote. Very good.
21:5552 plays and is 28.
21:57Josephine's back on letters.
22:00Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Josephine.
22:03L. And again.
22:06J. And again.
22:10S. Vowel, please.
22:13O. And again.
22:16E. Another.
22:19I. Consonant.
22:22T. Consonant.
22:26W. Vowel, please.
22:29And the last one. O.
22:32Stand by.
22:49MUSIC PLAYS
23:05Yes, Josephine? I'll go for an eight.
23:08An eight. Andy? Six.
23:11And that six? TOWELS.
23:13TOWELS. Josephine?
23:15Wooliest.
23:17Wooliest? Wooliest, I think.
23:23Um...
23:25Josephine, you'd need two Ls, unfortunately.
23:28With a single L, it's American spelling, which we don't allow.
23:31Sorry. Bad luck. Sorry.
23:33Well done, Andy. Now then.
23:35There was an eight there, Nick, which was Jowliest.
23:38Jowliest? Jowliest. We don't know anything about that.
23:41Thank you. 52 plays.
23:43And we're with Andy again. Andy, letters game.
23:47Can I have a consonant, please? Thank you, Andy.
23:50R. And another.
23:53X. And another.
23:56M. And another.
24:00H. And a vowel.
24:03E. And another.
24:06O. And another.
24:09E. And a consonant.
24:13N.
24:17And a final vowel, please.
24:20And a final I.
24:23Stand by.
24:42MUSIC PLAYS
24:55Andy?
24:57Um, only a four, I'm afraid.
24:59A four. Josephine? Six.
25:02Andy? Mere.
25:04Mere, four. And Josephine?
25:06Ermine. Ermine.
25:09Ermine. Ermine is very good, yes.
25:13A stoat, especially in its white winter coat.
25:17We talk about an ermine coat.
25:20Also a moth, in fact, the ermine moth.
25:22With cream or white wings with black spots.
25:25Well, now, David, what have we got?
25:27I've got a seven with heroine.
25:29Yes. Heroine. Yeah.
25:3258 plays 34, but now we're back with you, Susie.
25:35We're back with you for your wonderful, educational,
25:40entertaining origins of words.
25:42Thank you, Nick.
25:44Well, I'm carrying on with the origins of some fabrics and textiles
25:47in honour of David.
25:49And I talked yesterday about how some words have come into English
25:52in pretty much the same state as they were in their native languages.
25:56And particularly in the 17th and 18th centuries,
25:59these words came from the exotic Far East and from Europe.
26:03It was so exotic that their names were very unfamiliar
26:07and they didn't trip lightly off the English tongue.
26:10So we changed them.
26:12And seersucker is a good example of that.
26:14That's the light fabric with the crimped surface.
26:17A strange name, seersucker, but it actually goes back to Persian,
26:20seer or sucker, which meant milk and sugar,
26:23because seersucker was originally always striped.
26:26I don't know if it's still striped today.
26:28You can get it striped, but you can also get it plain as well.
26:32And Britain also contributed words.
26:34So we didn't just take them, but we gave them to the rest of the world.
26:37And Manchester, Nottingham, Bolton, Paisley,
26:40they all gave their names to fabrics that were exported.
26:43And Manchester in Australia and New Zealand and South Africa
26:46still means household linen.
26:48So if you go into a department store in any one of those countries,
26:51you will ask for the Manchester department
26:53and you'll be taken to the linen department.
26:55And actually, one last PS to this.
26:57There is a treasure trove of long-lost textile names.
27:00And sadly, we don't know quite what this one was like,
27:03but I love the name of it, and it's Rum Swizzle from Ireland.
27:06But there's a wonderful blog piece on the Oxford Dictionary's blog
27:09which will give you a lot more detail.
27:11But I think they're lovely.
27:13Excellent. Thank you.
27:19Wonderful, lovely meander through the world of textiles.
27:22Thank you, Susie.
27:2458 to Andy's 34.
27:27Josephine, take it away.
27:30Consonant, please. Thank you, Josephine.
27:32D
27:34Another.
27:36R
27:37Another.
27:39D
27:40Again.
27:42B
27:43Vowel.
27:45E
27:47Another.
27:49A
27:50Again.
27:52E
27:53Consonant.
27:55T
27:57Vowel.
27:59And lastly, I.
28:01And here's the Countdown Clock.
28:24CLOCK TICKS
28:36Yes, Josephine?
28:38Seven.
28:39Seven. Andy?
28:41Seven. Risky seven.
28:43All right. Josephine?
28:45Bearded.
28:46Bearded and...?
28:48Tiraded.
28:49Tiraded. I feel tiraded.
28:52It's just going to be there as a noun.
28:56It is. There's no adjective.
28:58Bad luck.
29:00Bad luck.
29:01Now, David Emanuel.
29:03Actually, I've got the same as Josephine. Bearded.
29:06Anything else?
29:08You can turn bearded around and have breaded for seven also.
29:11And berated.
29:13To be severely told off or scolded.
29:15Indeed.
29:1765 plays to 34.
29:19And now it's game for Andy.
29:22I'll have a consonant, please.
29:24Thank you, Andy. P
29:26And another.
29:28R
29:29And another.
29:31T
29:33And a vowel.
29:35A
29:37And another, please.
29:39E
29:40And another.
29:42O
29:44And a consonant.
29:46G
29:48And another.
29:50P
29:53And a vowel, please, Rachel.
29:56And finally, E.
29:58And here's the Countdown Clock.
30:19CLOCK TICKS
30:31Andy?
30:33I'm sorry, I've lost it.
30:35Lost it? Josephine?
30:37Seven.
30:38And Josephine?
30:40Portage.
30:41Portage. Our old friend.
30:43Excellent, yes. The carrying of a boat between two waters.
30:46Very, very good.
30:47Carrying anything, yes. You pay the porter for portage.
30:50That's very good. David?
30:52I've got a seven. Operate?
30:54Yeah. Very good. Yep.
30:56Anything else, Susie? No, so sevens was us.
30:58All right, let's plunge in to the final numbers game of today, then.
31:02Josephine?
31:04Whitehall 1212, please.
31:06Thank you, Josephine. One from the top, two from the next,
31:08one from the next, and two from the last.
31:10And for the final time today, the numbers are
31:13587,
31:15another seven, one, and the large 150.
31:18And your target, 123.
31:21123.
31:46MUSIC
31:54Josephine?
31:56No, I've got about 114.
31:59Andy? 128.
32:01128.
32:03Let's try that, then.
32:05Seven minus the five equals two.
32:07Seven minus five is two.
32:0950 plus the seven plus the eight.
32:12Plus the eight, 65.
32:14Minus the one.
32:16Minus the one, 64.
32:18And then multiply by the two.
32:20Yeah, 128.
32:22128, yes.
32:24But 123, Rachel, is that a tricky one?
32:26You could have said seven plus eight plus one is 16.
32:31Multiply by five is 80.
32:34Add on the 50 for 130 and take away the other seven.
32:37123.
32:38There we go. 123.
32:41Very good.
32:4372-41.
32:44Josephine, well in charge now as we go into the final round.
32:47So, Andy, Josephine, fingers on buzzers, please.
32:50Let's reveal today's Countdown conundrum.
32:53MUSIC
32:55MUSIC
33:09BUZZER
33:11Josephine.
33:13Reuniting.
33:15Reuniting. Let's see whether you're right.
33:18No. Rest of the time to Andy.
33:21MUSIC
33:23BUZZER
33:25Andy.
33:26Retuning.
33:28Retuning.
33:30Let's see whether you're right there.
33:33No, it's not. So, let's go to the audience.
33:36Oh, yes, sir.
33:38Neutering.
33:39Neutering.
33:40Neutering the cat. Let's see whether you're right.
33:43Well done.
33:48Well done. Well done.
33:50Well done, Josephine. 72 points.
33:52Good score. Andy, well done.
33:54Pretty good. 41.
33:56But we won't be seeing you tomorrow.
33:58We will, however, be welcoming back Josephine Sinclair.
34:01Well done.
34:02Andy, you'll take your goodie bag home with you
34:05with our very best wishes.
34:07Thanks, Nick.
34:08We shall see you two tomorrow, Susie and David.
34:11You coming back again tomorrow?
34:13Absolutely.
34:14Well done. And Rachel too, of course.
34:16123.
34:17Easy as.
34:18Hmm?
34:19Is it?
34:20Not according to what happened over here, it wasn't.
34:23Join us again, same time, same place,
34:25you'll be sure of it, a very good afternoon.
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34:45Looking at their motivations and agendas.
34:48Following extreme right-wing groups emerging in the UK.
34:51Angry, White and Proud is tonight at ten.
34:55Next this afternoon, though, Deal or No Deal.