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00:00Thank you very much.
00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34And how about this for commitment?
00:37Cornishman, by the name of Dave Forty, spent 25 years making a model.
00:43Not any old model, Rachel.
00:44Oh, no, it was a 13-foot model, a big model of the Ark Royal aircraft carrier.
00:50Apparently it's amazing, this thing.
00:52Radio controlled and all the little sort of lifts, the elevators go up and down,
00:56the water tanks shift around, absolute extraordinary thing.
01:0025 years?
01:01Yeah.
01:01There we are.
01:02There we are.
01:03Model makers, a kid.
01:05There was a craze for making, I think it was sort of Plaster of Paris or something,
01:09and you poured it into a rubber mould and let it set.
01:11And then you peeled off the rubber mould, which always failed,
01:17because we left the arm in the rubber mould or the head.
01:20It was a sort of a...
01:21Ah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:22Remember those things?
01:22And then you can paint them.
01:23Exactly.
01:24Yeah, lovely.
01:25Good fun.
01:26Those were the days.
01:27Our childhood, eh?
01:28Who's back?
01:29Well, Toby's not a child.
01:30He's a young man.
01:31He's 17 and he's brilliant.
01:33Well, he's been brilliant so far.
01:35Yes.
01:36Sixth form student from Chard in Somerset, and you've had three great wins.
01:41Your highest score is?
01:43121.
01:44Yeah.
01:45Fantastic.
01:46So good.
01:46And you've beaten some great players too.
01:48So welcome back.
01:50And have a relaxing and fun day today.
01:52I will.
01:53All right?
01:53And have a care for Terry Monaghan, who's sitting next to you.
01:56Originally from Liverpool, from the pool, and now living in Croydon.
02:01Primary school teacher.
02:03Yeah.
02:03Yeah.
02:03Yeah.
02:04Loves the movies.
02:05Mm-hmm.
02:06Particularly, who's your favourite filmster?
02:08I know, but tell everybody else.
02:10Leonardo DiCaprio.
02:11Yeah.
02:11You love him so much, you took yourself off to the pictures at least 24 times to see...
02:18Inception.
02:19Inception.
02:20What's so special about this film?
02:22It's just, every time you watch it, there's something new to pick up on, and the ending
02:27is a bit ambiguous, so...
02:29Yeah?
02:29Yeah, you're left to leave it to your own imagination of what...
02:32He's a cracking actor.
02:33Great.
02:33He was there.
02:34Yeah, he really was there.
02:35Listen, good luck to you both.
02:37Thank you very much.
02:37Good luck, Toby.
02:38Good luck, Terry.
02:39Let's have a round of applause for our contestants.
02:45Susie's over in the corner.
02:47How are you, Susie?
02:48Okay, thank you.
02:48You feel safe?
02:49Always safe next to Phil.
02:51Exactly.
02:52Yeah.
02:52Because you're sitting next to doctor, journalist and broadcaster, the great, the very great
02:58Phil Hammond.
02:58How are you?
02:59I'm very well.
02:59Very kind of you to say so.
03:01Just following up from Terry, I've actually seen the film Groundhog Day 24 times.
03:08It's exactly the same each time.
03:09Every time.
03:10Well, my loyalties are torn because I'm from Somerset, so I'm just, well done, Toby, but
03:15my son is a primary school teacher, so I have split loyalties today between Terry and
03:19Toby.
03:20As you should.
03:20I'm sensing a good contest.
03:22Well done.
03:22All right.
03:23More from you later.
03:24But now, Toby, take us away.
03:27Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:28Afternoon, Toby.
03:29Can I start with a consonant, please?
03:31Start today with R.
03:33And another.
03:33And here's the countdown clock.
04:31Well, Toby.
04:32Nine.
04:34And Terry?
04:35Seven.
04:36And that seven?
04:37Cornea.
04:38Cornea.
04:39And Toby?
04:40Carnivore.
04:42Excellent.
04:43Very, very good.
04:45Well done.
04:50Now, look me in the eye, Susie.
04:53Did you have carnivore?
04:54No.
04:55I can tell you straight, because we were actually congratulating ourselves on another
04:59nine, which then wasn't in the dictionary.
05:01No.
05:01Rain cover, we thought, was in there.
05:03Oh.
05:03And it's not in there.
05:05A bad laugh.
05:05No.
05:05So, very well done, Toby.
05:07Did you know Toby rain cover wasn't in the dictionary?
05:10No, I didn't know that.
05:11All we did is that we found out something he doesn't know, which is good.
05:15Well done.
05:16Now, 18 points, Toby.
05:18Wow.
05:19What a start.
05:20Terry, your letters game.
05:21Good afternoon, Rachel.
05:22Good afternoon, Terry.
05:23Could I have a consonant, please?
05:25Start with T.
05:27A consonant.
05:28S.
05:30And another.
05:31K.
05:33A vowel.
05:34O.
05:35And another.
05:37U.
05:38And another.
05:39I.
05:41A consonant, please.
05:42D.
05:44A vowel.
05:46E.
05:47And a final consonant, please.
05:49And a final T.
05:52Stand by.
05:54And a final consonant, please.
06:24Terry.
06:24It's five.
06:26Toby.
06:27Seven.
06:28Duets.
06:29Duets.
06:30And outside.
06:32And outside.
06:33Very good.
06:34Very good, yeah.
06:34Yes.
06:35Dr. Phil.
06:37Tedious.
06:38That's as far as we've got.
06:39That's still only seven, isn't it, tedious?
06:41Yes.
06:42And you can stretch duets and have duettos.
06:45I mean, to rub salt in the winter, but that means the same as a duet.
06:48Duettos?
06:48Are they little sweets that come in twos?
06:50Yes.
06:52Useful for Countdown, at least.
06:53We'll get you to a seven.
06:54And dittos for six as well.
06:56Dittos.
06:59225.
07:00Strong start by Toby, and it's numbers now.
07:04For you, Toby.
07:05One larger and five small, please, Rachel.
07:07Thank you, Toby.
07:09Possibly keeping it simple.
07:10One big, five little.
07:11And the first one of the day is four, five, two, eight, one.
07:17And the big one, 50.
07:19And the target, 704.
07:217.04.
07:227.04.
07:41Toby.
07:547.04.
07:55And Terry.
07:567.04.
07:57Thanks, Toby.
07:58Eight minus one is seven.
08:00Yep.
08:01Times two is 14.
08:0214.
08:03Times 50 is 700.
08:04It is indeed.
08:05And add the four.
08:06Lovely.
08:077.04.
08:08And Terry.
08:09Eight plus two plus four, 14.
08:12Eight plus two plus four, 14.
08:14Multiplied by 50.
08:15Four, 700 again.
08:16Five minus one, add them together.
08:18Well done.
08:19Well done.
08:24So 35 plays Terry's 10 as we turn to our first tea time teaser,
08:28which is Ran United.
08:30And the clue.
08:30He had the desire, he just didn't have the skills.
08:34He had the desire, he just didn't have the skills.
08:39Welcome back.
08:53I left with the clue, he had the desire, he just didn't have the skills.
08:56Because he was untrained.
09:00Untrained.
09:00So 35 plays, 10, Terry on 10, and it's your letters again, Terry.
09:07Consonant, please, Rachel.
09:09Thank you, Terry.
09:10N.
09:11And another.
09:13F.
09:14Vowel.
09:16U.
09:17Another.
09:19I.
09:20Another.
09:22I.
09:24Consonant.
09:25D.
09:27Consonant.
09:27L.
09:30A consonant.
09:32N.
09:34And the final vowel, please.
09:36And final A.
09:39And the clock starts now.
09:41There.
09:41I.
09:42I.
09:43I.
09:43I.
09:57I.
09:58I.
10:00I.
10:08I.
10:09I.
10:10Terry?
10:13Seven.
10:14Seven.
10:14Toby?
10:15Just five.
10:17And your five?
10:18Final.
10:19Final.
10:20And Terry?
10:21Funland?
10:22Funland?
10:22I don't remember what it's there.
10:24Funland?
10:24Funland?
10:25I don't remember what it's there.
10:26I want to go there, even if it doesn't exist.
10:28I'm off.
10:28Funland.
10:30Funland, no Funland.
10:31Sadly, there should be...
10:32That's in your imagination there, Terry.
10:34Yeah.
10:35Sorry, Terry.
10:37And what of the corner?
10:39We have a couple of sixes.
10:41Unlaid?
10:42Unlaid.
10:43And we have finial, an ornament at the top or end of an object.
10:47So you might have finials on your curtain poles, for example.
10:50Yeah.
10:5040 plays 10.
10:52And Toby?
10:53Toby, your letters game.
10:55Consonant, please, Rachel.
10:56Thank you, Toby.
10:57P.
10:58And another.
11:00Z.
11:01And another.
11:03S.
11:04A vowel.
11:06E.
11:06And another.
11:08U.
11:08And another.
11:10A.
11:11Consonant.
11:13R.
11:14A vowel.
11:17E.
11:18And a consonant, please.
11:20And lastly, P.
11:23Stand by.
11:23And a consonant, please.
11:25And a consonant, please.
11:25And a consonant, please.
11:26And a consonant, please.
11:26And a consonant, please.
11:27And a consonant, please.
11:28And a consonant, please.
11:28And a consonant, please.
11:29And a consonant, please.
11:29And a consonant, please.
11:29And a consonant, please.
11:30And a consonant, please.
11:30And a consonant, please.
11:31And a consonant, please.
11:31And a consonant, please.
11:32And a consonant, please.
11:32And a consonant, please.
11:33And a consonant, please.
11:33And a consonant, please.
11:34And a consonant, please.
11:34And a consonant, please.
11:35And a consonant, please.
11:36And a consonant, please.
11:37And a consonant, please.
11:38And a consonant, please.
11:39And a consonant, please.
11:40And a consonant, please.
11:41Yes, Toby?
11:56Six.
11:58Now, what do you reckon?
11:59Try a risky seven.
12:01Toby?
12:02Papers.
12:03And zappers?
12:05Yes.
12:06Yeah, well done.
12:06Zappers are in.
12:07Remote controls for TVs, videos, other electronic equipment.
12:10Very good.
12:11We found paupers in there.
12:13Paupers, if you had your papers and added a U, we could have had paupers for seven.
12:16Yes.
12:17So, yeah.
12:18Anything else, Susie?
12:19No, supper for six otherwise, but we were the sevens, yeah.
12:21All right.
12:23Forty plays 17.
12:26Terry, how about a numbers game?
12:27One large and five small, please.
12:29Thank you, Terry.
12:31Another one large, five little selection.
12:33And this time they are nine, three, seven, six, three, and 50.
12:41And the target, 516.
12:44Five, one, six.
12:45Five, one, six.
12:45Four, six.
12:47Speaker dran, two, five, six, two.
12:51We'll be safe now.
12:54Bye.
12:55Well, Terry?
13:18No, nothing.
13:19Not close.
13:20Toby?
13:21516.
13:22So, Toby.
13:2450 plus 7.
13:2550 plus 7, 57.
13:27Times 9.
13:28It's 513.
13:30And add 3.
13:31516.
13:31Lovely.
13:32Yeah.
13:33Very good.
13:33Well done.
13:37Well done.
13:38Now, it's our joy and pleasure to turn to Dr. Phil.
13:42What have you got for us today, Dr. Phil?
13:43Well, thank you, Nick.
13:44It's my joy and pleasure to celebrate 70 years of our wonderful National Health Service.
13:49It was founded on the 5th of July, 1948.
13:52And we invented the welfare state, and we should be very proud of that.
13:55It glues us together as a humane society.
13:57We give people treatment according to their need and not their ability to pay.
14:01So, I shall be celebrating this during the course of the week.
14:03But today, I want to go back in time and look at the origins of health care in the UK.
14:08Nye Bevan was born in 1897 in Tredegar in Wales in the coal mining industry.
14:12He lost his dad from pneumoconiosis.
14:14He was in a family of 10.
14:15He lost three of his siblings, two brothers and a sister.
14:19And so, he understood the effects of poverty on ill health.
14:22He left school at 13.
14:24He had a terrible stammer.
14:26He worked down the mines, but through a Labour grant, he was able to go and get some education in London
14:30and became a fierce politician representing Ebber Vale.
14:33And interestingly, the coalition government themselves came up with the idea of the NHS.
14:38People thought, golly, everyone should get free health care.
14:39This is what we're fighting for.
14:41And I think Churchill thought he would win the election after the war.
14:44But, of course, Clement Attlee won it.
14:45And, rather controversially, pointed in Nye Bevan as the health secretary.
14:50And having supported the idea of a national health service in coalition, the Conservatives then turned against it.
14:56And Nye Bevan famously said, this is what socialism is all about.
14:59We're going to end fear.
15:00The mark of a civilised society is providing health care for the sick.
15:04And nobody thought he could do it.
15:05So, he stood up in January 1948 and he said, in six months, the NHS will open its doors for business.
15:11In six months, everyone in this country, man, woman and child, will get free health care, free dental treatment, free optical treatment, irrespective of their ability to pay.
15:21And not only did the Conservative people say, oh, this is after a war, we don't have the money, this will bankrupt the nation.
15:26The BMA were against him.
15:27The BMA did a vote.
15:2985% of doctors were against the National Health Service.
15:32All the people you see marching on the streets now saying, up for the NHS, 85% of doctors.
15:37So, how could Nye Bevan turn this around in six months?
15:40How could he possibly have a National Health Service in six months if 85% of the doctors were against it?
15:45Find out tomorrow in my next instalment of how the NHS nearly never happened.
15:51Amazing.
15:57Because all those GPs, I suppose, were being paid for the house visits.
16:01You're going to have to find out tomorrow.
16:02That little bit of the jigsaw will be revealed tomorrow, Nick.
16:05You will have your ideas.
16:06Thank you, Phil.
16:0750 pays 17.
16:09Toby on 50.
16:10And now it's a letters game.
16:12Toby?
16:12Consonant, please, Rachel.
16:14Thank you, Toby.
16:15M.
16:16And another.
16:18G.
16:19And another.
16:21S.
16:22And a vowel.
16:23O.
16:24And another.
16:25A.
16:26And another.
16:27E.
16:28Consonant.
16:30W.
16:31A vowel.
16:33O.
16:33And a consonant, please.
16:35And lastly, N.
16:38Stand by.
16:39A vowel.
16:40A vowel.
16:40A vowel.
16:41A vowel.
16:41A vowel.
16:42A vowel.
16:42A vowel.
16:42A vowel.
16:43A vowel.
16:43A vowel.
16:44A vowel.
16:44A vowel.
16:45A vowel.
16:45A vowel.
16:45A vowel.
16:45A vowel.
16:45A vowel.
16:46A vowel.
16:46A vowel.
16:46A vowel.
16:46A vowel.
16:46A vowel.
16:47A vowel.
16:47A vowel.
16:47A vowel.
16:48A vowel.
16:49A vowel.
16:49A vowel.
16:50A vowel.
16:50A vowel.
16:51A vowel.
16:52A vowel.
16:52A vowel.
16:53A vowel.
16:53A vowel.
16:54A vowel.
16:54A vowel.
16:55A vowel.
16:56A vowel.
16:56A vowel.
16:57A vowel.
16:58A vowel.
16:58A vowel.
16:58A vowel.
16:59Well, Toby, just five.
17:12A five, Terry.
17:14I'll try for a six.
17:16For a six, Toby.
17:17Games.
17:18Now then, Terry.
17:19The Omegas.
17:21Mmm.
17:22Excellent.
17:22That's very good.
17:23Very excellent.
17:25That's possible.
17:25Yes, very good.
17:27Now, Phil and Susie.
17:28Couldn't beat it.
17:29Got wages, but Omegas is my favourite.
17:31That's very good.
17:32Well done.
17:32Well done.
17:33That's it?
17:33Yes.
17:35Takes Terry up to 23 points.
17:37And you're back on again, Terry.
17:38Letters game.
17:40Constantly, Rachel.
17:41Thank you, Terry.
17:42B.
17:43And another?
17:45D.
17:46And another?
17:48T.
17:50Vowel.
17:51I.
17:53Another vowel.
17:54E.
17:57Vowel.
17:57A.
17:59Consonant.
18:01N.
18:02Consonant.
18:04S.
18:05And the vowel, please.
18:07And the last one?
18:08U.
18:10Gun gun.
18:11I.
18:13I.
18:14I.
18:14I.
18:27I.
18:28I.
18:28I.
18:29I.
18:30Terry, six.
18:45Toby? Eight.
18:47Now then, Terry. On seat.
18:49Toby? Bandiest.
18:52Very good.
18:54Yes, well done.
18:56Well done, Toby MacDonald.
18:58And Dr Phil?
18:59No, we did get Bandiest, but we can't beat it.
19:03Bandits, obviously. That's a good one.
19:05Subedit?
19:06Subedit is in there.
19:08Bandiest was the longest we got, yeah.
19:10Well done, Toby.
19:11So, 58 plays, 23, and it's a numbers game for you.
19:15Toby?
19:16One larger and five small again, please.
19:18Thank you, Toby. One from the top again, five not from the top again,
19:21and this time your little ones are four, six, eight, ten, and three.
19:28And the large one, 25.
19:30And this target, 922.
19:33Nine to two.
19:34Don't be I'm happy for you, folks.
19:37Bye.
19:37Goodbye.
19:38Bye.
19:40Bye.
19:42Bye.
19:48Bye.
19:49Bye.
19:49Bye.
19:50Bye.
19:51Bye.
19:52Bye.
19:52Bye.
19:53Bye.
20:05Yes, Toby?
20:069.20.
20:08Two away. Terry?
20:09Not close.
20:11No?
20:11Well, with you, Toby.
20:138 times 4 is 32.
20:168 times 4, 32.
20:18Plus 6 is 38.
20:20Yep.
20:20Times 25 for 9.50.
20:22Times 25, 950.
20:25And 10 times 3 is 30, and take away.
20:28You haven't used any of those yet.
20:30Well done. Two away.
20:32Two away.
20:339.22, Rachel, possible?
20:35Leave it with me, Nick.
20:37Certainly will.
20:37Certainly will.
20:38So it's 65 to 23.
20:40Terry on 23.
20:42And we turn to our second tea time teaser now,
20:45which is Giant Tool.
20:47And the clue.
20:48It sounds like an Italian football manager,
20:50but it could be what he ate at lunchtime.
20:53It sounds like an Italian football manager,
20:55but it could be what he ate at lunchtime.
21:03Welcome back.
21:14Warm welcome back.
21:15I left you with the clue.
21:16It sounds like an Italian football manager,
21:18but it could be what he ate at lunchtime.
21:21And the answer is Agnolotti.
21:26Did he eat it at lunchtime?
21:27Yeah.
21:28New one on me there.
21:29Pasta squares.
21:30Like little ravioli filled with various things.
21:34Meat or cheese, tomato, etc.
21:38Sounds delicious.
21:38Doesn't it?
21:39New one for me.
21:40And Rachel, of course, has cracked it.
21:42Yes, Rachel.
21:43Yeah, lots of dead ends,
21:44but there was an easier way.
21:45Once you say 25 times 4 is 100,
21:49take away 8 for 92,
21:51times that by 10 for 920,
21:54and then 6 divided by 3 gives you 2 to add on.
21:57There we go.
21:58Well done.
22:00Well done, all done.
22:01So 9-2-2,
22:02and it's 65 to 23.
22:04Toby in the lead,
22:05and it's Terry's letters game.
22:06Yes, sir.
22:08Consonant, please, Rachel.
22:09Thank you, Terry.
22:09R.
22:10And another.
22:12F.
22:13A vowel.
22:15A.
22:16Another.
22:18E.
22:19Another.
22:20U.
22:21A consonant.
22:23D.
22:24A consonant.
22:25R.
22:26And another.
22:28C.
22:29And a final vowel, please.
22:31And a final O.
22:34Stand by.
22:35A consonant.
22:35A consonant.
22:36A consonant.
22:36A consonant.
22:37A consonant.
22:37A consonant.
22:38A consonant.
22:38A consonant.
22:38A consonant.
22:39A consonant.
22:39A consonant.
22:40A consonant.
22:40A consonant.
22:40A consonant.
22:40A consonant.
22:40A consonant.
22:41A consonant.
22:41A consonant.
22:41A consonant.
22:41A consonant.
22:42A consonant.
22:42A consonant.
22:42A consonant.
22:43A consonant.
22:43A consonant.
22:44A consonant.
22:44A consonant.
22:44A consonant.
22:45A consonant.
22:45A consonant.
22:45A consonant.
22:46A consonant.
22:46A consonant.
22:48A consonant.
22:48A consonant.
22:49A consonant.
22:49A consonant.
22:50A consonant.
22:50A consonant.
22:51A consonant.
22:51A consonant.
22:52A consonant.
22:52A consonant.
22:53A consonant.
22:54Terry?
23:07Seven.
23:08A seven, Toby?
23:09Just six.
23:10And your six?
23:11Forced.
23:12Thank you, Terry.
23:14Frauder?
23:16Fraudster, frauder?
23:18I think it is a fraudster, not a frauder.
23:20I'm sorry, Terry, not in.
23:21Ooh, bad laugh.
23:23Forced, isn't it?
23:24Bad luck.
23:26Phil?
23:26No, we can't beat that.
23:27We can't beat six.
23:29Forced, no.
23:3171 to 23.
23:32Toby, we're back with you.
23:34What have you got for us?
23:35Consonant, please, Rachel.
23:36Thank you, Toby.
23:37G.
23:38And another.
23:41P.
23:42And another.
23:44T.
23:45A vowel.
23:46E.
23:47And another.
23:48A.
23:49And another.
23:51O.
23:52Consonant.
23:52B.
23:54B.
23:55A vowel.
23:57I.
23:58And a final consonant, please.
24:00And a final S.
24:03Stand by.
24:03A vowel.
24:05A vowel.
24:05A vowel.
24:05A vowel.
24:06A vowel.
24:06A vowel.
24:06A vowel.
24:07A vowel.
24:07A vowel.
24:07A vowel.
24:07A vowel.
24:08A vowel.
24:08A vowel.
24:09A vowel.
24:09A vowel.
24:09A vowel.
24:09A vowel.
24:09A vowel.
24:10A vowel.
24:10A vowel.
24:10A vowel.
24:10A vowel.
24:11A vowel.
24:11A vowel.
24:11A vowel.
24:11A vowel.
24:11A vowel.
24:12A vowel.
24:12A vowel.
24:13A vowel.
24:13A vowel.
24:13A vowel.
24:13A vowel.
24:14A vowel.
24:14A vowel.
24:14A vowel.
24:15A vowel.
24:15A vowel.
24:17A vowel.
24:17A vowel.
24:17A vowel.
24:18A vowel.
24:18A vowel.
24:19A vowel.
24:19Toby.
24:36A seven.
24:37A seven.
24:38Terry.
24:38Five.
24:39And a five.
24:39You're five.
24:40Beats.
24:42And Toby.
24:43Boaties.
24:44Yes.
24:45You like your boaties.
24:46He does.
24:47Very good.
24:49Now, Dr. Phil?
24:50We've submerged to find an eight.
24:52Pig boats.
24:54Pig boats.
24:54Do you know what pig boats are?
24:55I've no idea.
24:56Really?
24:57Go on.
24:58Nautical man like yourself?
24:59Go on.
25:00They're American slang, it says here, for submarines.
25:03A pig boat.
25:04Never heard that.
25:0678 page 23.
25:07Toby on 78.
25:08Susie.
25:09Teach us something wonderful.
25:12A couple of stories today that involve names in English.
25:16Because from Achilles to Zeppelin, names abound in English.
25:21And often they are the names of ancient heroes of mythology or icons from centuries past.
25:27His presence is still felt very much in language today.
25:30And I'm going to start with the word maudlin.
25:32If you're feeling a bit maudlin, you look a bit melancholy.
25:35And if you live in Oxford like I do, or indeed Cambridge, you're often asked why the colleges, which are spelt Magdalen, are actually pronounced maudlin.
25:45And actually their name is completely intertwined.
25:47And that's because in the late Middle Ages, when both Oxford and Cambridge's Magdalen colleges were built, more churches and priories were dedicated to the saint and also Christ's follower, Mary Magdalene, than to Mary, the mother of Christ.
26:03She was an incredibly popular icon in the imagination of that time.
26:08And during that time, the G in her name wasn't actually pronounced, which is why we still call those colleges Magdalen.
26:15Not to be confused with each other, but we leave out the G there.
26:19But that's also how we got the adjective Magdalen meaning sad, going back to Mary Magdalene.
26:24Because in most pictures of her, most representations of Mary Magdalene show her as crying and weeping.
26:31And so because of that, we took the pronunciation and we took the idea, excuse me, of feeling lacrimose or melancholy.
26:37And that's why we ended up with maudlin today, with Mary Magdalene hidden behind it.
26:42And there's one more word, completely unrelated, but which has two names hidden within it.
26:47And that's a hermaphrodite, hermaphrodite, androgynous, something that, or somebody who has both male and female characteristics.
26:56And she goes back to a lovely story in Greek mythology.
26:59And hermaphroditus, who was the very handsome son of Hermes and Aphrodite, the water nymph, Psalmarsis, fell in love with him and prayed that they would be united forever in love.
27:13So very romantic story.
27:14And in answer to her prayers, the gods merged them in the water.
27:19They merged them into one form.
27:21But they kept their sexual characteristics, if you like, at the same time.
27:25Which is how we ended up with hermaphrodites today.
27:30Wonderful.
27:34Well done, Susie.
27:3678.23.
27:37Toby's on 78.
27:39Now, Terry.
27:41Off we go.
27:42A consonant, please, Rachel.
27:43Thank you, Terry.
27:44L.
27:45And another.
27:47S.
27:48And another.
27:50T.
27:52Vowel.
27:53E.
27:54Another vowel.
27:56U.
27:57Vowel.
27:58I.
28:00Consonant.
28:01G.
28:03Consonant.
28:04R.
28:06And consonant, please.
28:08And the last one, T.
28:10Stand by.
28:11state.
28:12T
28:30T.
28:32T.
28:33To.
28:34T.
28:35T.
28:35T.
28:37What do you think, Terry?
28:44Eight, not written down.
28:46Toby?
28:47Eight.
28:48Sir Terry?
28:49Glitters.
28:50Glitters and?
28:51Sir title.
28:53Ooh.
28:54Different one, which is very, very good.
28:57A caption projected on the screen above the stage in an opera,
29:00which translates the text being sung.
29:02Very good, very good.
29:04Well done.
29:07As opposed to subtitle, presumably.
29:09Absolutely, yeah.
29:10Now, Dr Phil?
29:12No, I don't think we can beat that.
29:13I could have found a bit of gristle in there, but that's only a seven.
29:17But we can't beat eight, no.
29:1886 to 31, Toby on 86.
29:21Toby, where shall we go?
29:24Your letters game.
29:25Consonant, please, Rachel.
29:26Thank you, Toby.
29:27X.
29:28And another.
29:30N.
29:31And another.
29:33P.
29:34A vowel.
29:35A.
29:36And another.
29:38E.
29:38And another.
29:40A.
29:41A consonant.
29:43R.
29:44A vowel.
29:46I.
29:47And a consonant, please.
29:49And lastly, T.
29:51Stand by.
29:52A consonant.
30:06I know.
30:08Can I erase you?
30:13I know.
30:13Toby.
30:24Seven.
30:25Seven and...
30:27Terry.
30:28Seven.
30:29Toby.
30:30Pertain.
30:31Pertain and...
30:33Painter.
30:33And Painter.
30:35Those were the two that we got.
30:37Can't beat that.
30:37Very good.
30:39Nothing else at all?
30:40No.
30:40All right.
30:42So, 93 to Toby.
30:44Terry on 38.
30:45And it's Terry's numbers game.
30:47Yes, Terry.
30:47Two large and four small.
30:49Thank you, Terry.
30:50Two big four little to finish the day.
30:53And this last selection is nine, five, one, ten, fifty and twenty-five.
31:02And the target, 730.
31:04Seven, three, zero.
31:11Well, Terry.
31:39No.
31:41Toby?
31:42726.
31:46726.
31:47Tell us how you got there.
31:4910 plus 5 is 15.
31:5110 plus 5, 15.
31:52Times 50 is 750.
31:54Yep.
31:55And take away the 25 and add the 1.
31:58Yep, well done.
31:59Four away.
32:01Four away.
32:01Missing four, though.
32:03Rachel, can you help us?
32:04Yes, a couple of ways for this one.
32:06And you could have said 50 plus 25, 75.
32:109 plus 1 is 10.
32:12Divided by 5 is 2.
32:14Take that from the 75 for 73 and times that by 10.
32:18Ah, well done.
32:18Perfect.
32:20Perfect.
32:22Thanks, Rachel.
32:23Leaving Toby on 100.
32:26And, Terry, 38 as we go into the final round.
32:29Gentlemen, you know how it's done.
32:32Fingers on buzzers.
32:34Good luck to you both.
32:35Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:42Terry.
32:43No, it's not.
32:44I suppose it was detainment.
32:45It's not.
32:46Okay.
32:46Down to you, Toby.
32:48Off you go.
32:48Toby, is it detriment?
33:18Detriment.
33:19Detriment.
33:20Is it detriment?
33:21Last gasp.
33:24Here we go.
33:25Oh, well done.
33:26Well done.
33:30Well done, Toby.
33:32You had me worried for a minute.
33:33Well, where's this Toby MacDonald got to then?
33:36And he crept in at about 29 seconds, giving him a score of 110.
33:40Well done.
33:41I'll come back to you in a minute.
33:42Thanks.
33:43Terry.
33:44Not bad score?
33:45At all?
33:45No, he's brilliant.
33:46So, he's a good guy.
33:47Yeah, he's very good.
33:48I'm not going to call him a kid.
33:49He's a great young man.
33:51Listen, you take this goodie bag back to Croydon.
33:54Thank you very much.
33:55Back to the school with our very best wishes.
33:57Thank you, now.
33:58Fantastic.
33:59That's all I can say.
34:01Look at that.
34:01Four great wins.
34:02Four great wins.
34:03We'll see you next time.
34:04See you next time.
34:05Keep it up.
34:06Fantastic.
34:08Well, Dr. Phil?
34:09Yes, very impressed.
34:10Well done.
34:11Two fantastic guests, but very impressed with Toby.
34:13Well done, Somerset.
34:14I shall be back tomorrow, continuing my fantastic story of how the NHS nearly never happened.
34:20Thank you so much, Rachel.
34:22We'll see you next time.
34:23See you then.
34:24Join us then.
34:25Toby will be back, heading for his fifth.
34:28Fingers crossed.
34:29Same time, same place.
34:30You be sure of it.
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