Countdown | Friday 4th August 2023 | Episode 8076
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00:01This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:04APPLAUSE
00:31Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown this Friday afternoon.
00:3515 more rounds of letters and numbers before we part ways for the weekend
00:39and back on Monday. Hi, Rach.
00:42Hi, Colin. You all right? Yeah, I'm good.
00:44Now, what is heard but never seen in movies?
00:49And I'd argue the second most important thing.
00:52Heard but never seen? The music?
00:54The music, yeah. The unseen character in all films.
00:57If the music's terrible, no matter how good the script is
01:00or how great the actress is, the film's ruined.
01:03Who do you think of when you think of music in films?
01:06Well, you think Hans Zimmer and you think John Williams, don't you?
01:09Yeah. The two biggies. Yeah. That's a partnership, isn't it?
01:12So, Steven Spielberg, he writes a movie,
01:15and then he goes, write John, make it sing.
01:18Yeah. Every single one.
01:20Yeah, there was a five-minute video that they made
01:22for Spielberg's last film, The Fablemans,
01:24and they had John Williams and him over the years,
01:27from, you know, Jaws up until now,
01:29showing you how they made the songs and how it goes over the movies,
01:32and it's just beautiful.
01:34He's 115 years old, Steven Spielberg.
01:3690. 90 now. 90. 90.
01:38It's something so, so important,
01:40and there's a great reason for bringing that up,
01:42because a new Dictionary Corner guest,
01:44another debutante and a very good friend of mine,
01:46one of my best friends in the world.
01:48In fact, Dictionary Corner has got two of five of my only friends
01:53on this planet, which is quite interesting.
01:56We have Susie Dent, alongside my old Radio 1 sparring partner,
01:59and, of course, now the ace host of Soundtracking,
02:02which is all about music and films and that connection,
02:06the wonderful Edith Bowman's here.
02:08APPLAUSE
02:12Lovely to have you here. Thanks for having me, pal.
02:14I'm breaking news because, like, there's about 1% of our audience,
02:19and I'm included in this 1%,
02:21and we've been coming out in a cold sweat,
02:23because for the last couple of months,
02:25our new Dictionary Corner guest has started on a Friday.
02:28It's just happened to get out of sync.
02:30Edith's staying for six shows.
02:32Yes, so we're getting back on track Monday to Friday,
02:35which is good. For that alone, I'm glad you're here.
02:37I thought it was 60.
02:39Right, listen, our champion is sensational.
02:42Two wins so far.
02:44122, 119 for our speed cubist, Harry Savage.
02:50How are you, mate? I'm not too bad, thank you.
02:52I'm really excited to see what you can do today.
02:54But be worthy Irishmen on Countdown.
02:57For some reason, ever since I sat here permanently,
03:00we seem to produce this whole swathe of great Irish contestants,
03:04none more so than Cillian McMulgan, of course,
03:07and David Byrne is our talking head today.
03:09Promise that's the last guy. That's OK.
03:11No more. You're from Trocado, of course, from the Emerald Isle.
03:15And even though, very serious job,
03:17a senior policy manager as a civil servant outside of work.
03:20You're Mr Danger. Tell me about that.
03:22Yeah, I don't know.
03:23Maybe any old Morricone might do the soundtrack
03:25to some of the stuff that I've done.
03:27I don't do it all the time.
03:29A bit of triathlon is about as dangerous as it gets these days.
03:32But, yeah, I've kind of done a bungee jump when I was younger
03:35and jumped out of an aeroplane, but with a parachute, so it was OK.
03:39I think Bear Grylls jumped out of the same plane a few weeks later,
03:42so it's like it's a proper plane for jumping out of, you know?
03:46But, yeah, they're interesting and you're completely safe.
03:49You're in the hands of people who know what they're doing
03:52and you trust the process and it's a bit of fun.
03:54Brilliant. Excellent.
03:55Well, one of you is going to be good,
03:57one of you is going to be bad and I'm ugly,
03:59so that works absolutely perfect.
04:01Good luck to Harry and David.
04:05OK, Harry, let's get on with it.
04:07Hi, Rachel. Hi, Harry.
04:08Can I start with a consonant, please?
04:10You can indeed start today with V.
04:12And another?
04:14And another one.
04:17And one more, please.
04:20And a vowel.
04:22Another vowel.
04:24Another vowel.
04:27One more vowel, please.
04:30And a final consonant, please.
04:33A final R.
04:34That's the whole man in the studio. Let's play Kind Time.
04:44MUSIC PLAYS
05:06Tricky start. Harry?
05:08Seven.
05:09My goodness me. David?
05:11Three fives for 15 or just five?
05:13Just five, yeah.
05:14I'll have to just take one five. What is it?
05:17Rains.
05:18Yeah. And Harry?
05:20Another dinosaur one. Saurian.
05:22Very good. Lizard-like. Excellent.
05:24Saurian. Saurian.
05:2830 days old, David, you're not on the road to nowhere.
05:31I promise that's the last one.
05:33Anything else in Dictionary Corner?
05:35I'm guessing I'm going to see a lot of blank faces today with Harry here.
05:38We're on the film tip. Oh, yeah.
05:40Kurosawa, Seven Samurai. Samurai.
05:42You're a word ninja. Peaking too high too soon.
05:45Yeah, exactly.
05:46David, you're picking the letters for the first time.
05:49Hi, Rachel. Hi, David.
05:50I'll start with a vowel cos it's easier to say.
05:53Start with E. Build yourself up.
05:55And a consonant.
05:57You did it. B.
05:59And a vowel.
06:01O.
06:02Consonant, please.
06:04P.
06:05Another consonant.
06:08M.
06:10Can I have a vowel, please?
06:12E.
06:13And a consonant.
06:15H.
06:17And a consonant.
06:20R.
06:21And maybe a vowel to finish, please.
06:24And finish with A.
06:26And 30 seconds for everyone.
06:40MUSIC PLAYS
06:58David.
06:59Six, Colin.
07:00Yes, and Harry?
07:01I think a seven.
07:02Think a seven.
07:03He takes risks, David, so the six might count.
07:06What have you got?
07:07Hamper.
07:08Hamper.
07:09Morphea.
07:11Is in, yes.
07:13M-O-R-P-H-E-A in medicine.
07:16It is the same, or was the same, as a morphue,
07:20which was any ovarian skin disease
07:22characterised by discolouration of the skin.
07:24Excellent stuff.
07:25Just want to give a quick shout-out to Morph,
07:27the little plasticine character from the 80s.
07:29Everyone's thinking it, let's just say it.
07:32Anything else in Dictionary Corner?
07:34No hamper, I got, yeah.
07:36Lots of sixes, but we were beaten there.
07:38We've been here before.
07:39Harry always gets off to a great start.
07:41Don't panic, David, this is the same as it ever was.
07:44That really is the last one.
07:45Harry, let's get at numbers, please.
07:47Could I have one large, please?
07:49You can indeed.
07:50One from the top and five little.
07:52And the first numbers of the day are...
08:02And the target, 854.
08:04854, numbers up.
08:06MUSIC
08:37854, the target. Harry?
08:40853.
08:41One away, and David?
08:43Yeah, 853.
08:44Excellent. Harry, off you go.
08:4675, add the two fives.
08:4985.
08:50Times by ten.
08:51850.
08:52Add the three.
08:53One away, 853.
08:54It's going to be the same.
08:55It is, yeah.
08:56Yeah, yeah, cos we're all there.
08:58We're all there going, just let's get the rage, eh?
09:01Take the seven points, let's get the rage.
09:03Can we get there?
09:04No.
09:05That was the best.
09:06Impossible.
09:07Right, let's get the teatime teaser.
09:09First one of this Friday afternoon.
09:11Nose fist.
09:12Nose fist.
09:13Two body parts in the clue, two big parties in the answer.
09:16Two body parts in the clue, two big parties in the answer.
09:28APPLAUSE
09:35Welcome back.
09:36The teatime teaser was nose fist, two body parts in the clue,
09:40two big parties in the answer, festinos.
09:43Just the other day, you were doing the origins of fest
09:46and festival festinos.
09:48Yes, simply an old word for feast or entertainment.
09:50Easy as that.
09:5121 plays seven.
09:52David got on the board just before the break,
09:54just what we needed.
09:55So let's get more letters from you, sir.
09:58I'll start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
10:00Thank you, David. F.
10:01And a vowel.
10:03U.
10:04And a consonant.
10:06M.
10:07And a vowel, please.
10:10I.
10:11And a consonant.
10:13S.
10:15And a consonant, please.
10:17T.
10:18And a consonant, please.
10:20W.
10:22Oh, a vowel, please.
10:24O.
10:25And we'll finish with a consonant, please.
10:27Finish with G.
10:29And half a minute.
10:35MUSIC CONTINUES
11:01Tricky again. David, how many?
11:03Just four.
11:04Yeah, and Harry?
11:05Seven.
11:06Seven, my goodness me. What's the four?
11:08Oust.
11:09And what dinosaur fossil was it back there?
11:11Outswim.
11:12Oh, there you go, not at all. Outswim!
11:14Outswim is absolutely perfect, yeah.
11:16Fantastic. Is there anything else in Dictionary Corner?
11:18No.
11:19Outswim for seven points.
11:21Brilliant, young man. Well done. Let's get some more letters.
11:24Can I have a consonant, please?
11:25Thank you, Harry. R.
11:27And another one.
11:29T.
11:30And another one.
11:32D.
11:33And one more, please.
11:35C.
11:36And a vowel.
11:38A.
11:39And another vowel.
11:40E.
11:41Another vowel.
11:43A.
11:44Another vowel, please.
11:47I.
11:48And one more vowel, please.
11:50And lastly, E.
11:52Start the clock.
11:54MUSIC PLAYS
12:03MUSIC CONTINUES
12:24Harry?
12:25A nine.
12:26OK. And David?
12:28A seven. But I'm interested to hear the nine.
12:31We were all on the edge of our seat.
12:33What's the seven?
12:35Create it.
12:36What is this nine?
12:37Eradicate.
12:38Eradicate.
12:39APPLAUSE
12:44Well done. What did you have?
12:46Eradicate.
12:47Did you get it?
12:48We did at least match, Harry and Mum.
12:50Oh, well done. I missed it completely, you and me both, David.
12:53OK, brilliant. 46-7.
12:55Let's get to the numbers, David. You're in control.
12:57Can I have an inverted T, please, Rachel?
12:59You can indeed. Colin's pleased about that.
13:01Inverted T. One large, five little.
13:04And this time they are...
13:11And the target to reach...
13:13362.
13:14362. Numbers up.
13:16MUSIC PLAYS
13:30MUSIC STOPS
13:45362, the target. David?
13:47I think I have it, yeah.
13:48Good. And Harry?
13:49Yeah, 360.
13:50Good. Off you go, David.
13:52Nine minus two is seven.
13:54Yep.
13:55Times 50 is 350.
13:57It is.
13:58And then ten plus three minus one is 12.
14:01And if you add the two together...
14:03Lovely. 362.
14:04Lovely. And Harry?
14:05Very similar.
14:06Ten minus two minus one is seven.
14:09Yeah.
14:10Times by the 50.
14:11350.
14:12And then add the nine and three.
14:13Lovely. Same result. Well done.
14:15Lovely.
14:19Very good indeed.
14:20Ten points each as we get a chat with Edith Bowman
14:23for the first time today.
14:25Edith, I do want to talk about the soundtrack and podcast
14:28that you do that gets all the great and the good.
14:31It's nice because you can interview the directors,
14:33the composers, the musicians who've had their songs in films.
14:36Yeah.
14:37But let's go straight to Spielberg.
14:39I think you've had him on a couple of times, haven't you?
14:41Spielberg I've only had on the once,
14:43but that's not for the want of trying.
14:45Right. So take me there. What's it like the day?
14:48I don't know what the equivalent is.
14:50If you were doing a...
14:51It's like a job interview. Yeah.
14:53It's like going into a room for a job that you really want.
14:58But with this, it was during Covid, so it was remote.
15:01So I had upstairs in my little office,
15:03and we've got really bad Wi-Fi,
15:05so everybody had to play board games or read a book
15:08whilst I was... Get off the internet!
15:11Went upstairs. I only had 20 minutes with him.
15:14And I was...
15:15That's quite long, though, in film terms.
15:17Yeah. Normally in those little rooms you get about six, seven minutes.
15:20Yeah. So it was wonderful.
15:22We got to dive into... It was for West Side Story,
15:25around the release of that, and we got to talk about that.
15:28And I didn't really appreciate
15:30how important that soundtrack was to him.
15:32His mum and dad had it on vinyl,
15:34and so he used to listen to it as a kid, the original film. Amazing.
15:37So that's where his love with it started.
15:39But then we went back to talk about that relationship
15:41with John Williams and where that started
15:43and how important that's been.
15:45And he told this great anecdote about Jaws,
15:47and John Williams came up with that, you know, the do-do,
15:50and Stephen's like that, really? That's it?
15:53LAUGHTER
15:54But then when he put it to the pictures, he's like, yeah,
15:57you've made this a thriller, you've made this what I wanted it to be.
16:01I love that idea that he said to him,
16:03John, really? Two notes? Yeah!
16:05That's the work you did? Yeah.
16:07Two notes? Thanks, mate.
16:09That's so funny how simple it can be. Yeah, exactly.
16:11You know, and sometimes it's not even the music you need.
16:14So, like, The Godfather has that moment where the train's going past
16:17and you use... That's the other part of it, isn't it?
16:19Is it called sound? Sound design.
16:21Sound design as well that goes into it.
16:23And I think that that sets, kind of, you know,
16:25we focus so much on the actors and performances,
16:27which, of course, are, you know, need to be applauded,
16:30but it's all those craftspeople behind the scenes
16:32that you don't really see.
16:33And that's what I love about doing the podcast,
16:35is diving in and talking about how it all kind of goes together.
16:38I tell you what, I'd love to hear...
16:40We've got you delightfully all next week.
16:42I'd love to hear at some stage about those who have gotten away.
16:45You haven't been able to get them yet. There's always that.
16:47There's a few.
16:48Edith, absolutely love it. Music to my ears. Thank you.
16:51APPLAUSE
16:54Right, let's get back to the game.
16:5656 plays 17.
16:58Harry Savage, let's get some more of those letters.
17:01Can I start with a consonant, please? Thank you, Harry.
17:03T
17:04And another one.
17:06J
17:07And another one.
17:09D
17:10And one more.
17:12R
17:13And a vowel, please.
17:14U
17:15Another vowel.
17:17O
17:18Another vowel.
17:20A
17:21And one more vowel.
17:23I
17:24And a final consonant, please.
17:26And a final W.
17:29And half a minute.
17:43MUSIC CONTINUES
18:01Not been easy today. Harry, how are you getting on there?
18:03A seven. A seven. And David?
18:05A seven as well, I think. Brilliant. What have we got?
18:07Auditor. Auditor.
18:09Outward. Auditor and outward.
18:11Two great sevens. Yeah, they are.
18:13Very good indeed.
18:14As we move on to more letters, and it's you, David Byrne.
18:17Could I get a consonant, please?
18:19Thank you, David.
18:20T
18:22And a consonant.
18:24G
18:25And a consonant.
18:27T
18:28And a vowel.
18:30E
18:31And a vowel, please.
18:32E
18:33And another vowel, please.
18:34I
18:36And a consonant.
18:38P
18:39And a consonant.
18:41N
18:43And, yeah, maybe another consonant, please.
18:45Lastly, R.
18:47I've got to quickly mention TGT, Tanny Gray Thompson,
18:50one of our greatest ever Olympians.
18:52Right, let's have 30 seconds.
18:54MUSIC CONTINUES
19:12MUSIC CONTINUES
19:25OK, what are you going to go for, David?
19:27A seven, not written there.
19:29OK, no worries. And Harry?
19:30I think an eight.
19:31You think an eight. OK, the seven.
19:33Petting.
19:34Let's have the eight.
19:36Petering. Yes.
19:37Something can peter out, can't it?
19:39Yeah, it's in the dictionary. Well done.
19:41There you go. What have we got?
19:43You just had petting and petering, so we are done.
19:45All right, we are absolutely... We're petering the edge here.
19:48Right, let's get our third numbers round,
19:50and, Harry, you're choosing.
19:51Can I have one large, please?
19:53You can indeed. One from the top.
19:55And five little ones coming up once more.
19:58And these five are five, six, three, ten and two.
20:04And the big one, 75.
20:06And the target to reach, 326.
20:08326 numbers up.
20:39326 the target, Harry?
20:42Yeah, 326.
20:44And David?
20:45325.
20:46325, one away. Harry, for ten points?
20:4875, take ten.
20:5075 minus ten, 65.
20:52Times by five.
20:53Times by five is 325.
20:56And then add three and take two.
20:58Well done. 326.
20:59Very good.
21:00APPLAUSE
21:02Is there a hundred and eighty ways to do that or something crazy?
21:05I'm not sure, there are probably a few.
21:07Going to need a break to recover from that.
21:09It's Firm Clue.
21:10Firm Clue is your tea time teaser.
21:12The firm clue here is showing forgiveness.
21:15The firm clue here is showing forgiveness.
21:33Welcome back.
21:34The firm clue here is showing forgiveness.
21:36Merciful.
21:37Merciful is the answer to our second tea time teaser.
21:41Harry not showing any mercy at the moment as our champion, David.
21:45But as I say, we've been here before, no shame at all.
21:4881 plays 24.
21:50We've got six rounds left.
21:51Mr Byrne, kick us off again.
21:53Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
21:55Thank you, David.
21:56L.
21:57And the consonant?
21:59K.
22:00And the vowel?
22:02A.
22:03And the vowel?
22:04E.
22:05And the consonant?
22:07N.
22:08And the consonant?
22:10Y.
22:11And a vowel, please?
22:13O.
22:15And a consonant?
22:17G.
22:19And a vowel, please?
22:21Lastly, A.
22:23All right, let's play.
22:35MUSIC PLAYS
22:56Time's up.
22:57David?
22:58A risk of seven.
22:59Seven. And Harry?
23:00Seven.
23:01Yes, what's the word?
23:02Loanage.
23:03Loanage?
23:04I don't know.
23:05Analogy.
23:06Analogy.
23:07And loanage, Susie?
23:08Yeah, you have to be really careful with that "-age suffix
23:11cos not all words using it are in it,
23:13and that's one of them, I'm afraid, David.
23:15OK.
23:16Anything else from Edith?
23:17Just yoga. I was just a four.
23:19Yoga Lake is where Susie goes on holiday.
23:21I'll come.
23:22Loves a bit of that.
23:23OK, good.
23:24I've never been, but we're there.
23:26Very expensive.
23:2888 plays 24.
23:30Another letters round.
23:32Harry, you're in control.
23:34Can I start with a consonant, please?
23:36Thank you, Harry. R.
23:37And another consonant?
23:39V.
23:40Another consonant, please?
23:42S.
23:43And one more?
23:44F.
23:45A vowel, please?
23:47O.
23:48Another vowel?
23:49I.
23:50Another vowel?
23:51U.
23:53Another vowel, please?
23:55E.
23:56And a final consonant, please?
23:59A final D.
24:01Good luck.
24:32That's time, Harry?
24:34Six.
24:35Just the six. And David?
24:37Probably something like a six.
24:38A six. Lovely. What's the words?
24:40Roused.
24:41Yes, roused. And David?
24:42Yeah, same word.
24:43Same word, you're going to show it over there.
24:45There you go.
24:46Six pointsies to Susie and Edith in Dictionary Corner.
24:50Where are you taking me?
24:51Got a seven, yeah.
24:53Yes.
24:54Devious.
24:55Oh, devious. A perfect word for you, Edith.
24:57Well done.
24:58Devious for seven.
25:00Harry, always room for improvement, that's what I say.
25:04But listen, let's stay in Dictionary Corner
25:06for some origins of words today.
25:08What are we talking about, Suze?
25:10Well, I've kind of gone off a tangent here
25:12because I had a lovely chat with David just before we started
25:15and he wanted to ask me about the word subtle,
25:18because David was saying that actually subtle
25:20almost fulfils itself as a word,
25:22because we don't pronounce the B.
25:24So the B is very subtle, it's kind of unspoken,
25:26and David was saying that if someone was not subtle,
25:28we should call them subtle, which I think is very good.
25:32And if a word...
25:34Well, first of all, I'll explain subtle.
25:36So we put the B in in order to return it to its Latin heritage.
25:41So we actually took it from French when it was sutil,
25:44S-O-U-T-I-L, it was spelt then,
25:47so we didn't have a B in it at all.
25:49But Renaissance scholars thought, we want some more Latin in here,
25:52so they stuck the B in,
25:54because it goes back to the Latin subtilis,
25:56and we never pronounced it, we just had it in there.
25:59And subtilis means sub, meaning under,
26:01and then the tilis bit goes back to a Latin word, texere, to weave.
26:05So it's almost kind of below the surface of the weave,
26:08which is lovely, which, of course, fulfils the meaning of subtle.
26:12But if a word almost does match itself,
26:16it's, as I say, it's kind of self-reflective,
26:18it's called autological.
26:20And we have quite a few of them in English.
26:22So we have polysyllabic,
26:24which has got lots of syllables in it, so it's perfect.
26:26Obfuscatory, which means...
26:28Oh, great word. Yeah, and it really is quite difficult, isn't it?
26:31And obfuscatory simply means obscure, you can't understand it,
26:34which is exactly what that word is.
26:36You'll like this one, Colin. Unhyphenated.
26:38Yes. It's not hyphenated.
26:40So there you go, that's autological.
26:42We have cutesy, which is quite cutesy in itself.
26:46And the opposite of autological is heterological,
26:48so that means it absolutely does not describe itself.
26:51We have monosyllabic, which has not got one syllable.
26:55We have palindrome, which is not a palindrome.
26:58And quite a few other ones like that,
27:00which are just absolutely not what you would expect.
27:03I always think it's very unfair that lisp has an S in it, for example.
27:07So there you go, autological, heterological.
27:09But I love the idea that we should reintroduce the B in subtle
27:12for anyone who is being the exact opposite.
27:14Thank you very much, Suze.
27:17Right, four rounds left. Get us underway again, David.
27:22We'll do a consonant, please, Rachel.
27:24Thank you, David. N.
27:26And can I have a vowel, please, Rachel?
27:29O.
27:30Oh, please.
27:32Can I have a vowel, please?
27:34I.
27:35And a consonant, please?
27:37T.
27:38And a consonant, please?
27:40C.
27:41And a consonant, please?
27:43G.
27:44And a vowel?
27:46O.
27:47And a vowel?
27:49E.
27:50And a consonant, please?
27:52Lastly, P.
27:54Countdown.
28:16MUSIC PLAYS
28:26That's it, David.
28:28I think of an eight, but it feels like there's a nine in there.
28:31OK. And Harry?
28:32Just seven.
28:33The seven is?
28:34Cooping.
28:35And the eight?
28:36Co-opting.
28:37Co-opting.
28:38Oh, does it have a hyphen?
28:40It does.
28:41Oh, that's so...
28:42Yes, otherwise I think you would read it as coop-ting.
28:45Excellent effort. Sorry.
28:46So, Harry, you get the seven points there.
28:48Well done to you. It's another century up.
28:50A hat-trick of centuries for your first three wins.
28:53Was there a nine there? I mean, David thinks there is.
28:56No, we just got the silly seven.
28:58Yeah, poutine.
28:59Oh, to poutine. Poutine is there.
29:01Nice indeed.
29:02Exactly. Well, a stick-stream corner can get a bit ripe of an afternoon.
29:06Last letters round, Harry, your choosing.
29:08Can I start with a consonant, please?
29:10Thank you, Harry.
29:11S.
29:12And another consonant?
29:14T.
29:15Another consonant, please?
29:17M.
29:18And one more?
29:19H.
29:20A vowel, please?
29:22E.
29:23Another vowel?
29:24A.
29:25Another vowel?
29:27E.
29:28Another vowel, please?
29:30O.
29:32And a consonant, please?
29:34Lastly, L.
29:36And an L, last letters.
29:44MUSIC PLAYS
30:08That's time. And Harry?
30:10An eight, I think.
30:11David?
30:12I know I have a seven.
30:14LAUGHTER
30:15Thank you very much, David. What's a seven?
30:18Loads.
30:19That's that, respect that. I don't respect this thing to have an eight on.
30:22What is it?
30:23Latesome.
30:24Latesome. I'm latesome today.
30:26Yes, it's in.
30:27It's rare, but it means late, backward, slow or sluggish.
30:31Anything else in Dictionary Corner?
30:33Well, I wondered whether I'm allowed to bring in some Scottish
30:36to proceedings.
30:38Well, we shall see whether the dictionary honours this Celtic tradition.
30:42So, eh...
30:44Hailsome. Something's hailsome.
30:46H-A-L-E-S-O-M-E.
30:48What's it mean?
30:49Wholesome.
30:50Oh, OK. Is it in there? It's in.
30:52Yes, fantastic.
30:54APPLAUSE
30:56109 plus 30. Let's do one more numbers round, though.
30:59Let's get these ten points in the bag.
31:01Let's go double-double. Back-to-back tens, David.
31:03That's what I'm looking for.
31:05Rachel, would you like to choose the numbers?
31:07Go on, then. And just to annoy Colin,
31:09shall we have six small for the weekend?
31:11So predictable, you're going to pick six small.
31:13Six small. A little bit of a challenge.
31:15Let's see what we've got here. Thank you, David.
31:17We've all had a drink.
31:19Final numbers.
31:20467...
31:22..93...
31:24..and another four.
31:26And the target, 602.
31:28Yay! 602.
31:37ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
31:59602 the target.
32:01Thanks for that, David. How did you get on?
32:03I regret my decision, but I got 606.
32:07OK, brilliant. Four away. Harry?
32:09Yes, but not written down.
32:11Oh, wow. Here we go.
32:13So, six plus four is ten.
32:15Yep.
32:16Multiply that by the nine.
32:1890.
32:19Take away the four.
32:20Take away the second four for 86.
32:22And times by seven.
32:23Perfect. 602.
32:24Brilliant.
32:28119 plays 30.
32:31So this is your chance to break your own record.
32:35This will be your highest score, Harry, so best of luck to you.
32:38David, let's see if we can thwart him.
32:40I'll keep him honest.
32:41Yes, keep him honest indeed as we reveal Friday's Countdown Conundrum.
32:45ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
33:06BUZZER
33:08David?
33:09Is it incorrect?
33:11LAUGHTER
33:13It is incorrect.
33:15The rest of the time goes to Harry.
33:19Not even a guess on that.
33:21Very difficult to unsee, Blondies, isn't it?
33:25So let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:27What was it?
33:28Oh, for goodness' sake.
33:30Nosebleed.
33:31What was it?
33:32Oh, for goodness' sake.
33:34Nosebleed, which is exactly what Harry's been getting with these scores.
33:38Back-to-back 119s.
33:391-2-2.
33:40Absolute force in Hitcher, Harry.
33:42We will see you on Monday.
33:44He's going to go some, David,
33:45for him not to be an OctoChamp this day next week, eh?
33:48He's a great kid and he's doing really well.
33:50It was nice to meet him.
33:51It's nice to be here, do an inverted T, give Rachel a go,
33:54talk to Susie about Suttle, talk to you about music.
33:57It's a fantastic show. People should apply.
33:59Listen, it's been so good to have you here.
34:01It's been great craic, as we say.
34:03Thank you so much, mate.
34:04Cheers, thank you.
34:05And, my goodness, praise the TV gods
34:07that we're getting back to Monday to Friday for Dictionary Corner.
34:10You're here all week next week.
34:12See you then.
34:13See you then.
34:14Enjoy your weekend, Sus.
34:15Yeah, you too.
34:16You have a good one, Rach.
34:17Any big plans?
34:18Just enjoy a bit of sun?
34:19Bit of sun, maybe catch up on some movies after that chat.
34:22I know, I'm in the mood for that as well.
34:24Maybe a bit of Back To The Future, I think.
34:26Talking of soundtracks, that would be really good.
34:28Right, we'll be back on Monday.
34:30Rachel and I, you can Count On Us.
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