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00:30Well, good afternoon, and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:35Now, sport, let's talk sport.
00:38I know there are two people in this studio who love their sport,
00:40and you're one of them, Rachel Riley, and so is our Dictionary Corner guest.
00:44According to a recent survey, you're in a minority, apparently, and I'll read you this.
00:49The survey says that only five sports were rated by more people as exciting than boring,
00:54and those five sports, you know, football, yes, rugby, gymnastics, tennis, and athletics.
01:01What about boxing? That's got to be pretty exciting.
01:04If I had to pick the most boring one, it's got to be archery,
01:09unless you come to be Harold down at Hastings when they're, you know, in 1066.
01:15Archery?
01:15I'm going to shove cricket in, and whenever anyone describes all the good things about watching cricket,
01:20they're talking about where you go, so if you get to go to a nice country,
01:22or if you get to sit in the sun, or if you get to drink beer,
01:25but you can do all those things without the cricket.
01:27I think you've got to be careful, Rachel.
01:31I'm sticking with that opinion.
01:32All right, but archery, all right.
01:35Harold got one in the eye, but, I mean, that was about the most exciting thing ever happened to archery.
01:40Who have we got with us?
01:40We've got George Armstrong back with us, Rachel.
01:43Doing really well, four wins in a row.
01:45Yeah.
01:46Well done.
01:46And you're joined by Luke.
01:48Luke O'Neill.
01:49Hello.
01:49You're an aeronautical engineering student at Loughborough, from Cowes, in the final year,
01:55and then you're going into the world of work, and hoping to get a great job in the aero industry.
02:00Yeah.
02:00You could travel, I guess, with that degree, could you?
02:02Subject to languages and so forth.
02:04Yeah, yeah, I'd like to go and see other parts of the world, so...
02:06You went as far as Cowes, actually, apparently, and ran into the Prince's William and Harry.
02:12Yeah, that's right.
02:12We were out for dinner for my mum's birthday.
02:15Yeah.
02:16And it turns out they were there on Philip, their cousin, Stag do.
02:21Can you tell us anything that we shouldn't know about?
02:25No, I don't think so.
02:26I hope not.
02:27Anyway, good luck to you both.
02:28Big round of applause for Luke and George.
02:35And over in the corner, over in the corner, Susie, of course, and sports broadcaster and writer Colin Murray.
02:43Colin.
02:44Hi.
02:44Give us your choice for the most boring sport.
02:47It's all personal taste.
02:49I get that cricket's a great sport, but I'm with Rachel here.
02:52Five-day test matches.
02:54Five days in the sofa watching a test match.
02:56Five days in the sofa with a flu.
02:58It's pretty close.
03:00Archery.
03:01Yes.
03:01I have to pull you up on this.
03:03Really?
03:03During the Olympics, I was there covering a bit of archery.
03:06It was at Lourdes.
03:08Yeah.
03:08And when you've got the lash, whatever it's called.
03:10Yeah.
03:11And you've got to hit that, whatever it's called.
03:13Yeah.
03:13And everyone's holding their breath, and they fire it with a thingamajig.
03:17Yeah.
03:17Oh, brilliant.
03:19Yeah?
03:19Yeah.
03:20Um, I'll give you one point out of 50 for the archery argument.
03:26Now we move, Colin, to George.
03:29George, let us go.
03:30Afternoon again, Rachel.
03:31Afternoon, George.
03:32Can I start with a consonant, please?
03:34Start today with L.
03:36And a vowel.
03:38U.
03:39A consonant.
03:41S.
03:42Consonant.
03:44M.
03:45Vowel.
03:47E.
03:48Consonant.
03:50R.
03:51Vowel.
03:53I.
03:55Consonant.
03:56N.
03:58And a final vowel, please.
04:00And a final E.
04:02And here's the countdown clock.
04:04You're done.
04:05?
04:05You're done.
04:16You are done.
04:24What?
04:26You're done.
04:26Well, George?
04:36I'll try a really risky eight.
04:38Very good. Luke?
04:39I'll try a really risky nine.
04:43Well now, George.
04:44Lumineer.
04:45And Luke?
04:47Lumineers.
04:48So, how are you spelling it?
04:49L-U-M-I-N-W-E-R-S.
04:52Yeah, we had the same conversation, didn't we?
04:54We did the same thing.
04:56Yes, it's Lumineers, not Lumineers, I'm afraid.
05:00N-A-I-R-E.
05:01Yeah.
05:02Full mark for bravery on that one.
05:04Colin?
05:05Absolutely.
05:05Colin, what have we got?
05:06We were exactly the same, so that means all three of us, big, fat, zero.
05:10And Susie?
05:11There are Merlins there for seven.
05:14Merlin being small duck, four can hunt small birds that you'll find in North America.
05:19All right.
05:21So, Luke, will you be the first to score then?
05:24Good afternoon, Rachel.
05:25Afternoon, Luke.
05:26Can I have a consonant, please?
05:29Start with P.
05:31And another.
05:33Z.
05:34And another.
05:37H.
05:38And a vowel.
05:40I.
05:41And another.
05:43U.
05:44And another.
05:45And a consonant.
05:50T.
05:52And another.
05:54L.
05:55And lastly, a vowel, please.
05:57And lastly, O.
06:00Stand by.
06:01And.
06:18All right.
06:19And.
06:19And.
06:21And.
06:24Well, Luke.
06:32Just a five on that one.
06:33And George.
06:34Six.
06:35Now, Luke.
06:36Hotel.
06:37George.
06:37Polite.
06:38Polite.
06:39Yep.
06:40Very, very good.
06:41Now, what's all this chuckling coming?
06:42It's just one of those rounds where even before you ask, you know it's going to be hotel or polite.
06:48We're sitting there with exactly the same thing.
06:50OK.
06:50Anything else?
06:51Last minute, seven.
06:53Hoplite is there.
06:54Hoplite being a heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece.
06:57Hoplite, really?
06:59Thank you for that.
07:00Six points to George then.
07:01And it's George's numbers game.
07:03Yes, sir.
07:04The usual, please, Rachel.
07:06Thank you, George.
07:07Back to three from the top.
07:08And three little ones from you.
07:11And for the first time today, they are eight, three, another three, 75, 50 and 25.
07:18And the target, 704.
07:217-0-4.
07:22All right.
07:40Yes, George.
07:54703, not written down.
07:56And Luke?
07:57700.
07:58Now then, George.
07:5975 minus 50 is 25.
08:0275 minus 50, 25.
08:04Plus 3 is 28.
08:0528.
08:06Times 25 is...
08:08700.
08:08700.
08:09And add on the other 3.
08:10Well done.
08:11703, one away.
08:12703.
08:13One away.
08:14Rachel, can you crack it for us?
08:17No, this one was actually impossible,
08:18so one away is the best you could have done.
08:19Well done, George.
08:20Well done.
08:21All right.
08:2213 points.
08:23Luke yet to score, but it's early days
08:25as we go into our first tea-time teaser,
08:28which is Lousy Dive.
08:30And the clue?
08:31He took a lousy dive in the box
08:32and did so to con the referee.
08:35He took a lousy dive in the box
08:37and did so to con the referee.
08:40Welcome back.
08:56I left you with the clue.
08:57He took a lousy dive in the box
08:58and did so to con the referee.
09:02He did so deviously.
09:04Deviously is the word we're after.
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09:10you can email Countdown at channel4.com
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09:15or write to us at Contestants Applications,
09:18Countdown Leads, LS3, 1, J, S.
09:23So, 13 points to George.
09:26It's Luke's game.
09:28Consonant, please, Rachel.
09:30Thank you, Luke.
09:31G.
09:32And another one.
09:34W.
09:35And another one.
09:37T.
09:38And a vowel.
09:40U.
09:41And another.
09:43A.
09:45And another.
09:45U.
09:50A consonant.
09:52R.
09:53And another.
09:55B.
09:57And a final vowel, please.
09:59And a final E.
10:01Stand by.
10:01And a final vowel, please.
10:03And a final vowel, please.
10:04And a final vowel, please.
10:05And a final vowel, please.
10:06And a final vowel, please.
10:07And a final vowel, please.
10:08And a final vowel, please.
10:09And a final vowel, please.
10:10And a final vowel, please.
10:11And a final vowel, please.
10:12And a final vowel, please.
10:13And a final vowel, please.
10:14And a final vowel, please.
10:15And a final vowel, please.
10:16And a final vowel, please.
10:17And a final vowel, please.
10:18And a final vowel, please.
10:19And a final vowel, please.
10:20And a final vowel, please.
10:21And a final vowel, please.
10:22And a final vowel, please.
10:23And a final vowel, please.
10:24And a final vowel, please.
10:25And a final vowel, please.
10:26Well, Luke.
10:33Five.
10:34Five and?
10:35Five.
10:35Luke.
10:36Brute.
10:37Yes, George.
10:38Barge.
10:39Yeah.
10:40That sounded a disappointed year.
10:42Still looking at it for six.
10:43We get a couple more seconds.
10:45No, but we like...
10:46Oh, hello there, Susie.
10:47Yes.
10:48Absolute hero.
10:49Doesn't count, though.
10:49It's out of time, but...
10:51Yeah, there is a six there.
10:52Bureau.
10:53You might write it in your bureau.
10:56Eighteen place, five.
10:57George.
10:58Let us go.
10:59Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
11:01Thank you, George.
11:02V.
11:03And a vowel?
11:05A.
11:06Consonant?
11:08F.
11:09And another?
11:11J.
11:12And a vowel?
11:15E.
11:16Consonant?
11:17B.
11:19Vowel?
11:21I.
11:22Consonant?
11:24C.
11:24And a final consonant, please.
11:26And a final Y.
11:28Stand by.
11:29BELL RINGS
11:29BELL RINGS
11:32Yes, Joe, just a four that time.
12:02A four, Luke.
12:03Four as well.
12:04George.
12:04Cave.
12:06And face.
12:07What does the corner say?
12:08Susie.
12:09Colin.
12:10Well, is this an after time one again?
12:12Uh, no.
12:13You got it within the 30 seconds.
12:15I'm going to allow it.
12:16Go on then.
12:17It's a term from archaeology.
12:19I'll give you a six.
12:20It's by face.
12:22It can be used to mean anything with two faces,
12:24but in archaeological terms,
12:25it's a type of prehistoric stone or stone implement,
12:29which is flaked on both sides.
12:31You're welcome.
12:3222 plays nine,
12:34and it's numbers for Luke.
12:35Yes, Luke O'Neill.
12:37Can I have one large and five small, please?
12:38Thank you, Luke.
12:39One from the top row.
12:40Five little ones,
12:42and the five small ones are
12:43four,
12:44seven,
12:46three,
12:47two,
12:47and four,
12:48and the big one,
12:4950.
12:50And the target,
12:51814.
12:52eight,
12:53one,
12:53four.
12:53Eight,
12:54one,
12:55four.
12:55O'Neill.
12:56Well, Luke?
13:258.14.
13:26Yes, George?
13:278.14.
13:28Off we go, Luke.
13:29Um, 4 times 4 is 16.
13:3215.
13:33Times 50.
13:34800.
13:35And then 7 times 2 is 14.
13:37It is indeed lovely.
13:38And George, the same way, yeah.
13:40Happy?
13:42Right.
13:45So, George on 32, Luca now on 19 as we turn to Colin Murray.
13:51Colin.
13:52Well, I've been talking about things that originate from Belfast, so this story kind of
13:55starts with my grandfather.
13:57He was a very weird and wonderful character.
13:59I remember my mother telling me about this weird computer they had in the house when they
14:03were growing up, and it was a screen connected to a musical organ, which doesn't sound that
14:08remarkable.
14:08Well, the computers, home computers hadn't been invented then.
14:12Yeah.
14:12And they had one in the house.
14:13And he would disappear for time on end.
14:15Where was Grandpa?
14:16Oh, he's away for a couple of months.
14:18Anyway, it turns out, after he passed away, that he was in MI6.
14:23Really?
14:24And was working as a form of secret agent, codebreaker his whole life.
14:28So, it was unbelievable.
14:29He kept it a secret from me and all the rest of the grandkids.
14:34Several years later, when I was working for Radio 1, MI6 for the first time advertised
14:39for what's actually called special officers.
14:41They're not called secret agents.
14:43And up until then, it was the old tap on the shoulder, come and speak Dios, you know,
14:47men in long coats.
14:48And at the time, I thought randomly, although looking back on it now, maybe it was that
14:52connection to my grandfather.
14:53They came to a Radio 1 show I did with Edith Bowman and said, would you like to interview
14:58two special officers?
14:59The first time it's ever happened.
15:01So, unbelievable.
15:02Listen, I've got to be careful from here on in, because I genuinely had to sign documents
15:06to say I'd never talk about it.
15:08So, if I go too far into it now and say too much, a little red dot might just appear on
15:13my head.
15:14So, I'm a little bit afraid.
15:15I can tell you two things about that.
15:17First of all, I'm a huge James Bond fan.
15:21And when we arrived at the place where we did the interview, we went through a huge
15:25leather-bound door, and there was a secretary, exactly like James Bond.
15:30And I went, ah, Miss Mutt.
15:32And the person who was looking after us went, don't.
15:35What has that done?
15:36But the best thing that happened was we interviewed them.
15:38And to be honest, if I wanted to break the Official Secrets Act and describe these special
15:42officers, well, I couldn't.
15:44They're not like you think.
15:45They're not all muscly and ripped and gorgeous.
15:48You know, the gentleman was more like Piers Morgan than Piers Brosnan.
15:52Yeah.
15:52And we did the interview, and it was done through various decoders, so the voice wouldn't come
15:58out exactly as their voice.
15:59It was all fantastic.
16:01I was in my element.
16:02But as we finished and we were about to leave, the male special officer said, look, my child
16:07is a huge fan of the Colin and Edith show on Radio 1.
16:12Is there any way I could get an autograph?
16:14And I was like, wow, that's unbelievable.
16:15Yes, I'd love to.
16:16I said, we've got some special photo cards.
16:19So I got the photo card and I said, Edith, there you go.
16:22And I said, who would you like me to make it out to?
16:24And he looked at me and he went, son, just sign it.
16:26Oh, I don't know.
16:29Well done.
16:34Good to see you as well.
16:3532 to Luke's 19.
16:38George, your letters game.
16:40Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
16:41Thank you, George.
16:43Q.
16:44And a vowel.
16:46E.
16:47Consonant.
16:50X.
16:51Consonant.
16:54T.
16:55A vowel, please.
16:56A.
16:58Consonant.
17:00S.
17:02Vowel.
17:04A.
17:05A consonant.
17:07D.
17:09And a final vowel, please.
17:12And a final O.
17:14Stand by.
17:15OK.
17:15ố.
17:15Here.
17:16E.
17:27E.
17:28D hook.
17:28Here.
17:29B.
17:30H.
17:30D.
17:30ball.
17:31E.
17:31E.
17:31E.
17:32D.
17:32Well, George, just a five.
17:47And Luke?
17:48Five as well.
17:49Your five?
17:50Taxes.
17:51Now then.
17:52Toads.
17:53Any advance?
17:54Toads, you're going to have taxed.
17:57Detox is in there as well.
17:58A friend of mine's a vegan, very healthy,
18:00and recently he challenged me to try it for the day,
18:03to be a vegan.
18:04And it was very, very easy, but at the end he said,
18:06Colin, the point of veganism is not just eat chips all day.
18:10I don't think I quite got the right idea.
18:13All right.
18:14Susie, anything else?
18:15Five was tops, Nick.
18:16Really tough.
18:1837 to 24.
18:19Luke, off we go.
18:21Consonant, please.
18:22Thank you, Luke.
18:23G.
18:24And another?
18:27L.
18:28And another?
18:30S.
18:31And another?
18:34N.
18:35And a vowel?
18:37E.
18:38And another one?
18:40I.
18:41And another one?
18:43E.
18:45And a consonant?
18:47R.
18:48And a last vowel, please.
18:51And a last A.
18:53And the clock starts now.
18:54We Sarah Pizzcher.
19:04And I'll be the last.
19:10And...
19:10And the last vowel.
19:12Can we Tim?
19:13So...
19:13And a once a minute.
19:13Where Can we go?
19:14And a vowel.
19:14Then a vowel.
19:15And a other?
19:16And a vowel.
19:16Even a vowel.
19:16Even a vowel.
19:17And a vowel.
19:17And a vowel.
19:18Well, we started so...
19:19And a vowel.
19:21Weבה.
19:21Seems love.
19:21And a vowel.
19:22Let us know.
19:22And a vowel.
19:23Yeah.
19:23Yes, Luke?
19:26Nine.
19:27And George?
19:28Just a seven.
19:30And that seven?
19:31Lingers.
19:32Rook.
19:33Releasing?
19:34Well done.
19:35Excellent.
19:36Very, very good.
19:42That counts heavy, that does.
19:45You're now 42 to George's 37.
19:47Pretty good.
19:48Now, anything else?
19:50Re-sealing.
19:51That would give you another nine.
19:52Very, very well done.
19:54Yes, it really counts.
19:5642 to 37.
19:58Luke in the lead, and it's George's numbers game.
20:01Yes, George?
20:02Three large, three small again, please.
20:04Thank you, George.
20:05Three from the top, three not from the top.
20:08And the three small ones are two, nine, and three.
20:13And the three large ones, 100, 25, and 50.
20:17And this target, 894.
20:20894.
20:20894.
20:22894.
20:24894.
20:25Well, George?
20:52894.
20:53And Luke?
20:54894.
20:56George?
20:56100 times 9.
20:58100 times 9, 900.
20:593 times 2 is 6.
21:00Yeah.
21:01Take it away.
21:02Straightforward, this one.
21:03And Luke?
21:03The same way.
21:05Yeah.
21:11So, 52 plays 47.
21:15Luke in charge as we turn to our second T-type teaser, which is gasp until, and the glue.
21:20The fans will gasp until the final whistle.
21:23Such was the excitement of the game.
21:25The fans would gasp until the final whistle.
21:28Such was the excitement of the game.
21:30Welcome back, welcome back.
21:47I left with the clue.
21:48The fans would gasp until the final whistle.
21:51Such was the excitement of the game.
21:53It was pulsating.
21:55Pulsating.
21:57Some game.
21:5852 to 47.
22:00Luke in the lead.
22:01And it's Luke's lastest game.
22:03Consonant, please, Rachel.
22:04Thank you, Luke.
22:05S.
22:06And another one?
22:09N.
22:10And another one?
22:12T.
22:13And a vowel?
22:14E.
22:16And another one?
22:17I.
22:18And another one?
22:21A.
22:22And another one?
22:25U.
22:27A consonant?
22:28N.
22:28And a final consonant, please.
22:33And a final R.
22:36Stand by.
22:36T.
22:37T.
22:38T.
22:39T.
22:39T.
22:40T.
22:45T.
22:45T.
23:02Well, Luke?
23:09Eight.
23:10And eight, George?
23:11Eight.
23:12Luke?
23:13Runniest.
23:16Runniest.
23:17Very good.
23:18The runniest noses in the classroom.
23:21Colin?
23:22You know, it's a hapless task, being in Dictionary Corner, Susie Dent.
23:26Because even when you get an eight and you're happy and you say it's three seconds in, I'm like, runniest.
23:30And Susie, Susie, she's like, nine.
23:34What have we got?
23:37Saturnine is there.
23:38If you are Saturnine, you have a bit of a gloomy disposition.
23:42And it was said by astrologers in ancient times to be because of the influence of Saturn.
23:46Yeah.
23:47Yeah.
23:47Brilliant.
23:51Yes.
23:5260 to 55, only five points in it.
23:55George, off we go.
23:57Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
23:58Thank you, George.
24:00G.
24:01And a vowel.
24:03O.
24:04Consonant.
24:06M.
24:07Consonant.
24:09R.
24:10Vowel.
24:11O.
24:13Consonant.
24:14C.
24:16Vowel.
24:18E.
24:19Consonant.
24:21T.
24:22And a final vowel, please.
24:24And a final O.
24:26Countdown.
24:27Vowel.
24:28Vowel.
24:29Vowel.
24:29Vowel.
24:29Vowel.
24:30Vowel.
24:30Vowel.
24:30Vowel.
24:30Vowel.
24:31Vowel.
24:31Vowel.
24:31Vowel.
24:32Vowel.
24:32Vowel.
24:33Vowel.
24:33Vowel.
24:33Vowel.
24:33Vowel.
24:33Vowel.
24:33Vowel.
24:33Vowel.
24:34Vowel.
24:34Vowel.
24:34Vowel.
24:35Vowel.
24:35Vowel.
24:35Vowel.
24:36Vowel.
24:36Vowel.
24:36Vowel.
24:37Vowel.
24:37Vowel.
24:37Vowel.
24:38Vowel.
24:38Vowel.
24:39Vowel.
24:39Vowel.
24:57Well, George, say five.
25:00Luke? Five.
25:02Yes, George?
25:03Groom.
25:03And two grooms.
25:07Yes, Colin?
25:08Three grooms.
25:09Three grooms in the one, please.
25:12There is a six.
25:14Forgive them for not knowing this one.
25:15It's a North American river turtle, and it's called a cooter.
25:19A cooter, thank you.
25:21So 65 to 65 points in it.
25:24Susie, what have you got for us today?
25:27I have an email from Janet Rome, who has a brother called Pete
25:32and consequently would like to know how the saying,
25:35for Pete's sake, came about.
25:38It starts at the beginning.
25:39It's first recorded in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1903,
25:44where it was for Pete's sake.
25:46Then it was followed by for the love of Pete a few years later
25:49and in the name of Pete in the 1940s.
25:52So many variations on a similar theme.
25:55Now, I've talked so often on the programme about minced oaths,
26:00which are euphemisms basically for God, Christ, the name of God, basically,
26:04which was thought to be profane and still is by some people actually,
26:08thought to be blasphemous.
26:09And so we put in euphemisms instead.
26:12So we have crikey, gallblimey, et cetera.
26:15The usual suspects, if you like, as I say, I mention those often.
26:19But why Pete rather than Colin or Nick or George, et cetera?
26:25The answer is we're not completely sure.
26:26But our best guess is that it's actually some sort of riff on St. Peter.
26:31So, again, St. Peter was put in there as a substitute, if you like, for God or for Christ.
26:37Many, many euphemistic phrases, as I've mentioned, that are substitutes for more irreverent oaths.
26:42But I thought I'd mention a couple more, having hopefully explained Pete as best as we can.
26:49I don't often talk about drat.
26:51Drat is a fairly mild oath.
26:53In fact, you don't really hear of drat so much these days.
26:55It's quite old-fashioned.
26:56But actually, that started out as God-rot-it, believe it or not.
27:02And along the way, it became odd-rot-it and then odd-rat-it.
27:06And even in some dialects, it was old-rabbit-it, as though the rat was somehow also taboo.
27:12So God-rot-it gave us drat, eventually, over sort of many mutations, if you like.
27:17And finally, struth.
27:18Good old American struth.
27:20I remember being surprised when I heard this one.
27:21But it's actually by God's truth.
27:23It's a shortening of by God's truth.
27:25So, again, it was seen as being a fairly blasphemous oath, something to be avoided at all costs.
27:30And so gradually became shortened to struth.
27:32Oh, well done.
27:39I always had struth done as an Australian expression.
27:44Yeah?
27:44Yeah, absolutely.
27:45And drat, you're right.
27:46It's a sort of, you know...
27:48Oh, drat.
27:48You say drat, actually, don't you?
27:50Do I?
27:50I think so, yeah.
27:51I think I've heard you say.
27:52Better than God-rot-it, anyway.
27:53Forgive me.
27:5465 to 60, 65 for Luke.
27:58And it's Luke's letters game now.
27:59Luke.
28:00Consonant, please, Rachel.
28:02Thank you, Luke.
28:03P.
28:04And another one.
28:06D.
28:07And another one.
28:10R.
28:11And a vowel.
28:12A final vowel, please.
28:29And...
28:30A final O.
28:32Stand by.
28:33A final vowel, please.
28:34A final vowel, please.
28:35A final vowel, please.
28:35A final vowel, please.
28:36A final vowel, please.
28:37A final vowel, please.
28:37A final vowel, please.
28:38A final vowel, please.
28:38A final vowel, please.
28:39A final vowel, please.
28:39A final vowel, please.
28:40A final vowel, please.
28:40A final vowel, please.
28:41A final vowel, please.
28:42A final vowel, please.
28:43A final vowel, please.
28:43A final vowel, please.
28:44A final vowel, please.
28:45A final vowel, please.
28:46A final vowel, please.
28:47A final vowel, please.
28:48A final vowel, please.
28:49A final vowel, please.
28:50A final vowel, please.
28:51A final vowel, please.
28:52A final vowel, please.
28:53A final vowel, please.
28:54Hmm. Luke?
29:05Eight. An eight and? Just a six.
29:08Your six? Torrid. Torrid and Luke?
29:12Droopier. Excellent. Very, very good.
29:20Droopier. Now, Colin?
29:22That was the best of the best, Droopier.
29:24I started with Dopier, which is how I feel when I'm next to Susie.
29:30What's Susie got? Anything else?
29:31Well, that was an excellent eight.
29:33There's also diopter, which is a term from physics for a unit of refractive power.
29:37We need to talk about lenses, et cetera.
29:39And Droopier takes it then. 73 to 60.
29:43George. Letters game.
29:44Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
29:46Thank you, George.
29:47N.
29:48And a vowel?
29:51A.
29:51A. Consonant?
29:55D.
29:56And another?
29:58T.
29:59And a vowel?
30:00I.
30:02Consonant?
30:04R.
30:05Vowel?
30:08E.
30:10Consonant?
30:12D.
30:13And a final vowel, please.
30:14And a final O.
30:17Countdown.
30:18E.
30:19E.
30:20E.
30:20E.
30:20E.
30:20E.
30:21E.
30:21E.
30:21E.
30:22E.
30:22E.
30:22E.
30:22E.
30:23E.
30:23E.
30:24E.
30:24E.
30:24E.
30:24E.
30:24E.
30:24E.
30:25E.
30:26E.
30:26E.
30:26E.
30:26E.
30:27E.
30:28E.
30:28E.
30:28E.
30:28E.
30:29E.
30:29E.
30:30E.
30:31E. E.
30:31Well, George?
30:49Seven.
30:51A seven, Luke?
30:52Seven.
30:53Yes, George.
30:53Trained.
30:54And?
30:55Same.
30:57Yeah.
30:58Colin?
30:59Yeah, trained's there.
31:00Picked that out as well.
31:01Susie has an eight, though.
31:03An ordinate mathematical term for a straight line
31:06from any point on parallel to one coordinate axis
31:09and meeting the other.
31:11Brilliant.
31:14So done.
31:16Just love an ordinate.
31:18Now, 80 to 67.
31:20Final numbers game.
31:22Luke?
31:23Can I have one large and five small, please?
31:25You can indeed.
31:25Thank you, Luke.
31:26One large and five small
31:27and your chance to get over the finishing line.
31:30This final numbers game is
31:31four, nine, five, ten, three, and 50.
31:38And the target, 512.
31:40Five, one, two.
31:41Good.
31:42Good.
31:42And I'll be right back.
31:55So
32:07Well, Luke?
32:13512.
32:14I think so.
32:15George?
32:15512.
32:16And Luke?
32:1850 times 10.
32:20500.
32:209 plus 3.
32:22Well done.
32:22512.
32:24Same way.
32:26Of course it is.
32:27All right.
32:29So, we go into the final round, then 90 to 77.
32:34George on 77, it's conundrum time, gentlemen.
32:38Fingers on buzzers.
32:39Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:53George?
32:54Labouring.
32:55Labouring.
32:56Let's see whether you're right.
32:59Well done.
33:00Well done.
33:04Well played, George.
33:08But very well played, Luke.
33:10Look at that.
33:1090 points to George's 87.
33:14But you got the old conundrum again.
33:16Of course you did.
33:17But today is Luke's day.
33:20But we're going to say to you, you've played so well.
33:23Four wins.
33:23Four good wins.
33:24So, you've got that prized teapot.
33:26Yeah.
33:27You've got your goodie bag.
33:28And they're going to give you a big hand in Bingley when you get home.
33:32Thank you so much for coming.
33:33You played really well.
33:34Thanks.
33:35We enjoyed having you too.
33:36Well done.
33:37Well done.
33:37Oh, Luke.
33:38Not bad.
33:39You've beat a good player.
33:41Yeah, a bit of a shaky start.
33:43Some bad letters, but...
33:44You came through.
33:45Yeah.
33:45So, well done.
33:46See you next time.
33:48Well done indeed.
33:49See you guys next time.
33:50Colin and Susie too, of course.
33:53See you then.
33:54Oh, George.
33:55He's a lovely young man, yeah?
33:57Yeah.
33:57He got all those crucial conundrums, but couldn't quite get to that mark today.
34:01Not quite there.
34:02Not quite there.
34:02See you next time.
34:03Actually, I was going to say to you, Nick, you should watch over your shoulder after
34:06all that you said about archers on the way home.
34:08Make sure no good shots have been watching.
34:10It's a thought, isn't it?
34:12Mm.
34:12Mind your back.
34:14Exactly.
34:14Mind your back.
34:15See you next time.
34:16Join us then.
34:17Same time, same place.
34:18You'll be sure of it.
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