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00:27APPLAUSE
00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:34It's an extraordinary story.
00:37There are some crazies around, aren't there?
00:39There's an Indian restaurant here in the UK
00:42and there were a group of expats down in Bordeaux
00:45and they said, oh, I don't know about all this French food,
00:48we haven't had a curry for weeks.
00:50So they organised for the restaurant to fly down the curries
00:54and one of the pilots, it was his idea actually,
00:57was a favourite client, I guess, of the restaurant
01:01and he saw a flight down there and so he did.
01:05500 miles, curries, flying 500 miles,
01:08which enabled the restaurant to say that they'd deliver free
01:11for orders of over 12 or whatever it was.
01:14And they got their lovely curries.
01:16And I thought, well, it's quite a distance.
01:19Is there any food that I would be prepared to wait for
01:22if it came from a long distance?
01:24And the answer's no, not really.
01:26But I did remember, and I didn't like the story, to be honest with you,
01:29some rich Americans lying around in the south of France
01:34and they used to have, twice a week, lobsters flown from Maine.
01:39Don't you think that's a bit ugly?
01:41Yes, it's not part of the spirit of eating local
01:44and carbon footprints and that kind of stuff.
01:46Exactly. That's what I love about travelling.
01:48You go to different countries and you try their local food
01:50and it generally tastes nothing like, you know,
01:52the Indian version that you get in England
01:54or the Mexican that you get in England.
01:56It's completely different cuisine and that's my favourite thing about travelling.
01:59You may not know, Pasha will know, perhaps,
02:02that Kazakhstan is the land of the apple
02:06and they sell them by the side of the road in buckets,
02:09small aluminium buckets.
02:11These apples are that size and they taste amazing.
02:16Just the most... They taste like nothing that we've ever tasted.
02:20Brilliant. Very nice.
02:22All right. Now, who's with us?
02:24Why, Mac Walker is back, having had a brilliant win last time out.
02:28109 points. Well done. Thank you.
02:30And you're joined by Dan Ragg.
02:32Now, Dan is in the ambulance service.
02:34He's an emergency care assistant from Nottingham.
02:37What you were telling me beforehand is that you've got your medic on board
02:42and you're there as his sort of colleague
02:44to pick up certain areas whilst he's actually doing some sort of emergency care.
02:49Is that how you would express it?
02:51Yeah, I would say I'm the paramedic's backup.
02:55OK. I'll help him out in whatever he needs.
02:58But where he might be looking at the patient and dealing with the patient,
03:02I might be looking at how we're going to get the patient out,
03:05dealing with the patient's family, making sure they're OK.
03:08Well, you do a great service, that's for sure.
03:10All right. Big round of applause now for Dan and Mac.
03:13APPLAUSE
03:17Dan and Mac.
03:19And Susie's over there in the corner.
03:22And she's sitting next to somebody who delivers spectacular dancing shows
03:26all over the UK and overseas too.
03:29It's our very own Pasha Kovalev.
03:31Pasha, welcome.
03:33APPLAUSE
03:35And now it's over to you, Mac, for a letters game.
03:38Mac. Good afternoon, Rachel. Could I have a consonant, please?
03:41Thank you. Start today with T.
03:44And a vowel?
03:46I.
03:48And another?
03:50E.
03:52And a consonant?
03:54C.
03:56And another?
03:58R.
04:00And another?
04:02V.
04:04And a vowel, please?
04:06I.
04:08And another?
04:10And a final consonant, please?
04:12And a final D.
04:14And here's the Countdown Clock.
04:40CLOCK TICKS
04:46Mac? Seven.
04:48And Dan? Just a five.
04:50And that five, Dan? Video.
04:52Mac? Riveted.
04:54R-I-V-O-T-E-D.
04:57Oh, it's R-I-V-E-T-E-D. I'm sorry, Mac.
05:00It's fine. Good luck. Pasha and Susie?
05:03There were a few seven-letter words in there.
05:06One of them is divorce. Yes.
05:09Another is verdict.
05:11And one last one is an evictor. Somebody who evicts. Evictor.
05:15Evictor. Thank you.
05:17Five points to Dan there, and it's Dan's letters game now.
05:20Yes, sir? Hi, Rachel. Hi, Dan.
05:22Can I take a vowel, please? Thank you. Start with A.
05:25And another vowel?
05:27U.
05:29And another vowel?
05:31E.
05:33And a consonant?
05:35N.
05:37And another consonant, please?
05:39T.
05:41And a consonant?
05:43G.
05:45One more consonant?
05:47N.
05:49And a final vowel, please?
05:52And a final A.
05:54Stand by.
06:07CLOCK TICKS
06:27Well, Dan? No, I've got nothing, sorry.
06:29Mac? Six.
06:31And that six? Damage.
06:33Damage. You're looking pensive, Susie.
06:35Yes, I am.
06:37But I think we can have what I was pondering.
06:40All right. And what might that be?
06:42Pasha, what have you got?
06:44Well, we have another six, which is unmade.
06:46Yes.
06:48And seven. Thank you.
06:50Which is...
06:52Agendum. Agendum.
06:54Agendum. I'm learning. Yes.
06:56And what I was just double-checking,
06:58it's a list of items for discussion at a meeting,
07:01but it was once the singular of agenda.
07:03So agenda are things that need to be done,
07:05and agendum was a single item,
07:07but it's shifted over time to mean pretty much the same thing.
07:10Thank you. What's on the agenda?
07:12Six plays five, Mac in the lead by one point,
07:15and it's Mac's numbers game.
07:17Can I get two large and four small, please?
07:19You can indeed, your usual. Thank you, Mac.
07:21Two big, four little.
07:23And for the first time today, we have five.
07:25Another five.
07:27Eight, one, and the large two, 25 and 50.
07:31And your target, 409.
07:33409.
08:02Yes, Mac?
08:04409. Dan?
08:06409. Thank you, Mac.
08:0850 times eight.
08:10400.
08:11Plus the five and the five and then minus the one.
08:13Yeah, nice and straightforward to start us off.
08:15Thank you, Dan.
08:16Exactly the same way.
08:18There we go. Yeah.
08:24So still just one point in it, 15 plays 16,
08:27as we turn to our first tea time.
08:2916 as we turn to our first tea time teaser,
08:31which is boy desire and the clue.
08:33The boy would follow his own desire
08:36and never do as he was asked.
08:38The boy would follow his own desire
08:40and never do as he was asked.
08:42APPLAUSE
08:57Welcome back.
08:58I left with the clue, the boy would follow his own desire
09:01and never do as he was asked,
09:03because he was a disobeyer.
09:06Disobeyer, that's the word we're after.
09:0816 plays 15.
09:10Dan on 15 and it's Dan's letters game.
09:12Can I have a vowel, please, Rachel?
09:15Thank you, Dan.
09:16A U.
09:18And another vowel.
09:20E.
09:22And another vowel.
09:24O.
09:25And a consonant, please.
09:27T.
09:29And another consonant.
09:31F.
09:33And another one.
09:34W.
09:36And another consonant.
09:38Y.
09:40And another consonant.
09:42H.
09:44And a final vowel, please.
09:47And a final A.
09:49Stand by.
10:08MUSIC
10:22Well done.
10:23Five.
10:24Five, Mac.
10:25Six.
10:26Dan.
10:27Washy.
10:28Mac.
10:29Sweaty.
10:30Washy and sweaty.
10:32Thank you for those.
10:34You happy?
10:35Happy, yes.
10:37Rachel, what have you got to add to this lot?
10:40We can take it up a little bit and call it a washout.
10:44A washout.
10:46Same as a U, it's a complete washout.
10:48Exactly.
10:49Thank you. Anything else, Susie?
10:51No, those are sixes with a shouty, a sway, that kind of thing.
10:55OK.
10:5622 to 15 and it's Mac's letters game now.
11:00Can I have a consonant, please?
11:01Thank you, Mac.
11:03B.
11:04And a vowel.
11:07And another.
11:09A.
11:10And a consonant.
11:12L.
11:14And a consonant.
11:16R.
11:17And a vowel.
11:19I.
11:21And another.
11:23I.
11:25And a consonant.
11:27D.
11:28And another consonant.
11:30And to finish, S.
11:32Stand by.
11:34Stand by.
12:04Well, Mac?
12:05Eight. Risky eight.
12:07Risky eight, Dan?
12:08I've got a seven, I haven't written it down.
12:10What would that be, Dan?
12:11Diaries.
12:13And Mac?
12:14Disabler.
12:15It's in the dictionary. Yeah, excellent.
12:17A disabler.
12:18APPLAUSE
12:21Well done. 30 plays 15.
12:24Over in the corner, disabler.
12:26That was all we had as well.
12:27That was it?
12:28Yes.
12:3030 plays 15.
12:32And it's Dan's numbers game.
12:34Yes, Dan?
12:35Can I have one from the top and any of the five, please?
12:38You can, indeed. Thank you, Dan.
12:40One large, five little, potentially keeping it simple.
12:43Let's see.
12:44This selection is four, eight, eight,
12:47two, nine and 50.
12:50And this target, 331.
12:53331.
13:03CLOCK TICKS
13:25Dan?
13:26333.
13:27And Mac?
13:28330.
13:29And 330.
13:30Let's turn to you first, Mac, shall we?
13:3250 minus nine.
13:3350 minus nine, 41.
13:36Times by eight.
13:37Times by eight, yeah, 328.
13:40And then add the two.
13:41And then add the two, one away.
13:42But 331, is that a tricky one?
13:45Leave it with me.
13:46Certainly will.
13:47Now, Mac on 37, Dan on 15,
13:50as we turn to Pasha.
13:51Pasha, dancing, but choreography.
13:54You're going to talk to us about being a choreographer.
13:57Well, listen, dancing and choreography,
14:00they're married together.
14:01They don't go one without another.
14:03Of course, you can freestyle,
14:04but it all looks much better when you do a proper choreography.
14:09And choreography is something that I love doing,
14:12and being on Strictly is a perfect place where you can showcase that.
14:17Because being a professional on Strictly,
14:19you have to create your own choreography
14:21for all the celebrities you're dancing with.
14:24But over the years, all that choreography,
14:27different types of choreography that I encountered in my life,
14:31shaped the way I see dancing and choreography.
14:36So I apply a lot of those different dance styles
14:41to when I'm preparing my choreography.
14:44So it becomes a little bit more contemporary.
14:46You can sometimes dance Roomba without shoes, barefoot,
14:51and it becomes a very contemporary, beautiful dance.
14:53Or you can do waltz and put certain lifts into it,
14:57and it becomes more like a show dance rather than traditional waltz.
15:01So dancing is evolving over the years,
15:04and I think we still should keep it going and keep developing.
15:10Let me tell you, I'm sure everybody agrees,
15:12it looks just perfect every time.
15:16We can't spot the...
15:17There may be little mistakes, but we can't spot them.
15:20It's perfect.
15:21Fantastic.
15:28Brilliant.
15:29And now we turn to somebody else, who's always perfect.
15:33331, Rachel?
15:34Yes, this was simpler than I thought.
15:36If you say 50 minus 8 is 42, times it by the other 8 for 336,
15:43and then you can say 9 minus 4 is 5 and take it away.
15:47That's the way.
15:48Thank you, Rachel.
15:52Marvellous.
15:53Mac, off we go. It's a letters game.
15:56Can I have a consonant, please?
15:57Thank you, Mac. R.
15:59And a vowel?
16:01O.
16:03And another?
16:05E.
16:06And a consonant?
16:08P.
16:09And another?
16:11G.
16:13And another?
16:15B.
16:17And a vowel?
16:19I.
16:21And a consonant?
16:23J.
16:24And a vowel?
16:25And lastly...
16:27A.
16:29Down by?
16:50BUZZER
17:01Well, Mac?
17:02Just five.
17:03A five, Dan?
17:05A risky six.
17:07Mag?
17:08Grope.
17:09Grope and?
17:10Japier.
17:11Ah...
17:13Can't even be japy, innit?
17:15You can have a jape and get up to japes,
17:17but japy isn't inn, and so japier isn't either.
17:19I'm sorry.
17:20That's OK.
17:21Mmm.
17:22What can we have there?
17:23Passion, Susie?
17:24There is another word, six-letter word,
17:26and it's...
17:28Jerboa.
17:29Yes, jerboa.
17:30Jerboa.
17:31I think you would say a jerboa.
17:32A desert-dwelling rodent.
17:34Really long hind legs that enable it to walk upright
17:36and perform long jumps.
17:38Oh, how handy.
17:40Thank you very much.
17:4142 plays 15.
17:43Now, Dan, your letters game.
17:46Could I have a vowel, please, Rachel?
17:48Thank you, Dan.
17:49E
17:51And another vowel.
17:53O
17:54And another vowel.
17:56I
17:57And a consonant, please.
17:59T
18:01And a consonant.
18:03N
18:04And a consonant.
18:06T
18:08And a consonant.
18:10R
18:12And another consonant, please.
18:14W
18:16And a final vowel.
18:18And a final E.
18:20Countdown.
18:45MUSIC STOPS
18:53Dan?
18:54Seven.
18:55A seven and, Mac?
18:57Seven.
18:58Dan?
18:59Entwine.
19:00Yes, Mac?
19:01Written.
19:02Written.
19:03Yes.
19:04Written, accent, new two Ns that entwine, unfortunately.
19:06Oh.
19:07Bad luck.
19:08How did we do in the corner?
19:10A few more six-letter words.
19:12Yeah.
19:13Trying to pronounce it with the English accent.
19:16Yeah.
19:17Wetter.
19:18Wetter.
19:19Yes.
19:20Er, witter.
19:22And winter.
19:23Thank you, Patrick.
19:24Very good.
19:25Anything else, Izzy?
19:26No, we were beaten by written, actually.
19:28Didn't see that one at all, so well done.
19:3249-15, Mac in the lead, and it's Mac's numbers game.
19:35Yes, sir?
19:36Could I have two large and four small, please?
19:38The same again, your favourite. Thank you, Mac.
19:40Mac in the top row, and four small ones.
19:42And for this round, the selection is...
19:447, 9, 7, 3, 75 and 50.
19:50And this target, 576.
19:53576.
20:10MUSIC PLAYS
20:25Well, Mac?
20:26576.
20:27And Diane?
20:28No.
20:29Over to you, Mac.
20:3075 times 7.
20:32525.
20:33Plus the 50.
20:34575.
20:35And the 3 and the 7.
20:37Plus the 3 and the 7.
20:39For 10.
20:40And the minus 9.
20:41Lovely. For you, 1.
20:42Well done.
20:43Well done.
20:48So, 59-15, Mac on 59, as we turn to our second Tea Time teaser,
20:53which is Came Rapid, and the clue...
20:56He came to my aid rapidly after I rang for assistance.
21:00He came to my aid rapidly after I rang for assistance.
21:05MUSIC PLAYS
21:10APPLAUSE
21:20Welcome back. Kai left with the clue,
21:22he came to my aid rapidly after I rang for assistance.
21:26He did.
21:28I guess he was a paramedic.
21:30Paramedic. There we go.
21:32That's one for Dan.
21:34Now, 59-15, and it's Dan's letters game.
21:38Could I get a vowel, please, Rachel?
21:40Thank you, Dan.
21:42A.
21:44And another vowel.
21:46E.
21:47And a vowel.
21:48E.
21:50And a consonant.
21:52N.
21:54And a consonant.
21:56K.
21:58Another consonant, please.
22:00P.
22:02And a consonant.
22:04S.
22:07And another consonant.
22:09S.
22:11And a final vowel, please.
22:13And a final I.
22:16And the clock starts now.
22:36MUSIC PLAYS
22:50Dan?
22:51Risky eight.
22:52Mag?
22:53Risky seven.
22:55And there's seven of yours?
22:57Penises.
23:01And Dan?
23:02Spankies.
23:05I'm, erm...
23:07I'm embarrassed to say I looked up spankies and they're not in,
23:11I'm afraid.
23:13Thank heavens for that.
23:15And what have we got over there, Pasha?
23:18First for today, a nine-letter word.
23:21All right.
23:22Susie?
23:23Yes, peakiness.
23:25APPLAUSE
23:28Well done.
23:30The condition of feeling a little bit sickly or under the weather.
23:35Peakiness. Got a tiny touch of peakiness.
23:38Well done.
23:40Thank you. 66-15, and it's Mac's letters game.
23:44Could I have a consonant, please?
23:46Thank you, Mac. T.
23:48And a vowel.
23:50O.
23:51Another.
23:53O.
23:54And a consonant.
23:56D.
23:57And another.
23:59T.
24:00And one more.
24:02G.
24:04And a vowel.
24:06E.
24:07And another.
24:09I.
24:11And a final consonant, please.
24:13And a final S.
24:15Stand by.
24:26MUSIC PLAYS
24:49Mac?
24:50Seven.
24:51A seven. Dan?
24:52Seven.
24:53Yes, Mac?
24:54Goodies.
24:55You've got some goodies, too.
24:57And Pasha and Susie, what have you got?
24:59We also got seven, and it's stooged.
25:02Stooged.
25:04To stooge about?
25:06Yes, it can mean two different things.
25:08To move about aimlessly, to drift, or to be the butt of a comedian's jokes.
25:13Thank you. 73-22 as we turn to Susie and her wonderful origins of words.
25:19Now, Susie?
25:20Well, thanks to Steve Emms, who emailed in to ask
25:23whether I could explain the origin of to boot, meaning as well.
25:26I'm not sure if Pasha's going to be familiar with this one.
25:29It's quite old, slightly old-fashioned, I suppose.
25:32But Steve says,
25:33I've never understood how footwear is relevant in this sense.
25:36And to boot usually means in addition to, moreover,
25:40as in he's a great dancer, to boot.
25:43And it's almost always said of something positive,
25:46so some sort of positive outcome or advantage.
25:49And in that it reflects its ancient origins, it's very, very old.
25:52Of the word bot, which was Anglo-Saxon,
25:55and it simply meant advantage or remedy.
25:58It's related to all sorts of other Germanic words,
26:01came over with the invaders, if you like.
26:03And crucially, that boot is related to the English words better and best,
26:08the idea of something good being attached to it.
26:11And boot could at one time exist all on its own as a profit or advantage,
26:16and Shakespeare used it in this sense.
26:18In Antony and Cleopatra, he says,
26:20Give him no breath, but now make boot of his distraction.
26:23In other words, take advantage of him being distracted.
26:27And it also turns up in several terms from feudal times,
26:30which referred to the rights of tenants
26:32to take materials from the lord's manor for their own use.
26:36So there was fireboot, they were allowed to take firewood,
26:39or houseboot, which is more like a benefit, again,
26:43that idea of an advantage.
26:45So that's to boot, hopefully that explains that for Steve.
26:48But the boot that's footwear is unrelated,
26:50that goes back to a Dutch word meaning the same thing,
26:53but it did give us bootlegger.
26:55Bootlegger being a horseman or a cowboy
26:57who would hide illegal liquor in his boot as a way of smuggling it around.
27:02And it also gave us booting up a computer,
27:04which is short for pulling something or someone up by the bootstraps,
27:08the idea of getting something going,
27:10which is, of course, what we do when we boot our computer.
27:13And finally, the booty that is, you know, the spoils of war, if you like,
27:18that goes back to an old word meaning to distribute.
27:21Nothing to do with booty that's the backside,
27:23that's simply an alteration of body.
27:26And shake your booty, dance energetically,
27:29thought I'd bring that one in for Pasha.
27:31I won't get anywhere near bootylicious, but you get the idea.
27:39Thank you, Susie, as we turn now to Dan.
27:42Dan, your letters game.
27:44Can I have a vowel, please, Rachel?
27:46Thank you, Dan. U.
27:48And another vowel.
27:50A.
27:52And a third.
27:54I.
27:56And a consonant.
27:58N.
27:59And a consonant.
28:01X.
28:02And a consonant.
28:04T.
28:06And another consonant.
28:09L.
28:12And a consonant.
28:14D.
28:16And a vowel, please.
28:18And lastly, O.
28:20Countdown.
28:42Yes, Sam?
28:44A five.
28:46Mac?
28:47Risky seven.
28:48Dan?
28:49Latin.
28:50Now then, Mac.
28:52Outlaid.
28:53Outlaid?
28:54Yeah, I'm surprised by this.
28:55Outlaid is there as a noun, so not there as a verb, I'm afraid.
28:58Latin always has to have a capital L.
29:00So I've disallowed both, Nick. Sorry.
29:02Bad luck.
29:05There is one word Susie found, it's a seven-letter word,
29:09and it's outland.
29:11Outland.
29:12Often you'll talk about outlands, but you can have it in the singular.
29:15Remote or distant territory, hence outlandish.
29:18Indeed.
29:2073-22.
29:22Mac, final letters game for you.
29:24Mac?
29:25Can I have a consonant, please?
29:27C.
29:28And a consonant.
29:29C.
29:30And a consonant.
29:31C.
29:32Final letters game for you.
29:33Mac?
29:34Can I have a consonant, please?
29:35Thank you, Mac.
29:36R.
29:37And a vowel.
29:39U.
29:41And another.
29:43A.
29:45And a consonant, please.
29:47S.
29:49And another.
29:51M.
29:53And another.
29:55G.
29:57And a vowel, please.
29:59E.
30:00And another.
30:02O.
30:04And a final consonant, please.
30:06And a final L.
30:08Stand by.
30:30MUSIC
30:40Mac?
30:41Six.
30:42A six and... Dan?
30:44Six.
30:45Mac?
30:46Moguls.
30:47Now then, Dan?
30:49Orgasm.
30:50Are you happy with that?
30:51Yes.
30:52Pasha?
30:53Seven-letter word.
30:55Yes.
30:56And it's glamour.
30:58That's very good.
30:59Anything else, Susie?
31:00No, can't put the S on it, but beautiful word.
31:03Indeed.
31:0479 to 28 into the final numbers game.
31:07That's for Dan Ragg.
31:08Good luck, Dan.
31:10Can I have one from the top and any of the five, please, Rachel?
31:13You can indeed, thank you, Dan.
31:15One big five for the final one today.
31:18And they are...
31:19One, six, nine, seven, five.
31:23And the big one, 75.
31:25And the target to reach, 465.
31:28465.
31:59Well done.
32:01465.
32:02465, Mac?
32:04465.
32:05Yes, Dan.
32:0675 times 6 is 450.
32:10Yep.
32:119 plus 7 is 16.
32:13It is.
32:14Minus the 1 is 15.
32:16Lovely.
32:17And add them all.
32:18Well done, 465.
32:19Mac?
32:20I did 75 plus 1.
32:2176.
32:22Times by 6.
32:23Is 456.
32:24And then add the 9.
32:25Perfect, same result.
32:27APPLAUSE
32:32So, with the score standing 89-38,
32:34we go into the final round.
32:36Gentlemen, fingers on buzzers,
32:38let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:41MUSIC
32:58MUSIC
33:12Whoa, we're very stumped up here, but who in the audience?
33:15Come on, there must be somebody. No?
33:17Come on, Rachel.
33:19I think it's Tinderbox.
33:21Tinderbox. Let's see whether you're right.
33:23Well, well done.
33:26APPLAUSE
33:28Well done, Rachel.
33:30So there we have it.
33:3289-38.
33:34Mac, you're back.
33:36Well done indeed, but well played, Dan.
33:38You kept him under control.
33:40Not a great day at the office, Nick.
33:42It was OK. It's always easier at home, isn't it?
33:44You haven't got a big clock behind you at home,
33:46at least I hope you haven't.
33:48So thank you very much for coming.
33:50Back to Nottingham.
33:52I hope you have.
33:54And take your goody bag and you carry on with that great work you're doing.
33:58It's a great job you do. Fantastic.
34:00Well done, Mac.
34:03See you next time. Fantastic.
34:05And you two as well, Pasha and Susie.
34:07See you next time.
34:08See you then.
34:09All right.
34:10Now...
34:11I enjoy having Pasha on.
34:12It's the only way I get to see him while he's on tour.
34:14Exactly.
34:15I can come here every afternoon.
34:17All right.
34:18See you next time.
34:19See you next time.
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