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00:30Hello, everybody. It's time to pucker up for another afternoon of Countdown as we pay lip service to the letters and numbers. Hello, Rachel. Hello, Colin. That was a bit creepy the way I said that. We greet each other every morning, of course, with a firm handshake. It's very business-like. Well, or just, you know, a distance to low. Yeah, a little wave across the studio. But today is International Kissing Day. Does that mean you have to kiss someone international? That's not a bad idea.
00:58Well, everything counts. It's the innocent side from the peck in the cheek right through to the tongue wrestling, shall we just say. It covers everything, the art of kissing, which actually goes way, way back to actually doesn't have a defined start, the first kiss, but thousands and thousands of years.
01:15But trust the Romans to categorise it and make it official. So the osculum, that's the peck in the cheek. The basium or bassium, that's the loving kiss on the lips.
01:28Mm-hm. And the sabium, the sabium is the most, is the most sort of sexy kiss. It's got to be connected to saliva, that, or sounds like it has, though.
01:40I have to ask Susie. Anyway, no kissing allowed here. We'll keep our distance. Thank you so much.
01:45Let's cross over to Dictionary Corner, cheek to cheek, for another afternoon.
01:49It's our J of the D, Susie Dent, and alongside her, an icon of broadcasting, he's back again.
01:55It's Whispering Bob Harris.
02:00Let's have a look over at our champion, Adrian Clark, is back.
02:04He had no expectations whatsoever, and here he is, halfway to becoming our first octo-champ of Series 88.
02:10We've got to know about your family. We've got to know a bit about you.
02:14In terms of what you do for fun, are you a daredevil in any way?
02:17And there's a reason why I'm asking you.
02:19I'm guessing this is back to an experience I had back in Australia, where I did a skydive.
02:23Oh, dear.
02:24So I had to go up there, climb out onto the wing, and they said, let it go, and count 1,000, 2,000, 3,000, check canopy.
02:32I think I got to one before I just gave out an entire scream of profanities, and was only interrupted by a slight jolt, and realising the parachute had actually opened above me.
02:40Wow. But you've taken the leap of faith applying to be on Countdown.
02:44It's working out really well, and that's where we meet Sheila McAdam, who's originally from Liverpool, but she migrated to, well, Wigan, just up the road, really.
02:54But, Sheila, you know, you are 80 and living your best life.
02:58You've taken up line dancing.
03:00You've finally applied for Countdown after all these years.
03:03And what's this about you want to get on a Formula One racetrack next?
03:07Well, my husband's the same age, and the family gave him a birthday present a couple of months ago to go, probably, I don't know, one of the racecourses down south, somewhere where we can all as a family meet.
03:18And I didn't think it was fair that he would be doing it.
03:21I had to do it as well.
03:22So, my birthday comes up in a couple of weeks' time, and I want them to give.
03:28They said, well, it doesn't mean Dad only.
03:31You could do it as well, Mum.
03:32So, I'm really looking forward to it.
03:34Hasn't this been a great opportunity, if nothing else, just to remind them what you want for your birthday?
03:40I see why you're on here.
03:42They'll have no choice now.
03:43They'll be shamed on national TV if they don't do it.
03:46Sheila, it's so nice to have you here.
03:48Sheila and Adrian, best of luck.
03:53Here we go, Adrian.
03:54Hi, Rachel.
03:55Hi, Adrian.
03:55May I have a consonant, please?
03:57You may indeed start today with G.
04:00And a vowel.
04:02E.
04:03A consonant.
04:06C.
04:07And another.
04:09D.
04:11A vowel.
04:12O.
04:14And another.
04:16I.
04:17A consonant.
04:19G.
04:21And another.
04:23W.
04:25And a final vowel, please.
04:27And a final E.
04:29At home and in the studio, let's play Kindtime.
04:32O.
04:32C.
04:33To be with you, I'm on a no.
04:33At home and in a W.
04:34Let's see.
04:3723.
04:38It's a vowel.
04:40What?
04:41What?
04:42Oh.
04:42I.
04:43Oh.
04:44I.
04:45You.
04:45käytt.
04:45I.
04:46I.
04:47E.
04:47Something.
04:48I.
04:48It's a gen.
04:48If he speaks.
04:49If he or.
04:50People are coming.
04:50You.
04:51But.
04:51See.
04:52It's a vowel.
04:52Oh.
04:53You.
04:54season was made.
04:55Co.
04:55You.
04:56yes.
04:56No.
04:57And a proposition Dam.
04:58Yes.
04:58You.
04:59I've been little.
04:59He.
04:59Time's up. Adrian?
05:04A six. Very good. And Sheila?
05:07A dodgy six. A dodgy six, you say. Adrian?
05:11Doggy? Doggy with the I-E. I wonder, is that it?
05:13No, I had Siggy. A Siggy-I-E.
05:17You need two I's for Siggy, and actually, I thought you could spell it with I-E,
05:21but it's only with a Y, so I have to disallow that, I'm afraid. I'm sorry.
05:24Anything else? Yeah. Wedgie?
05:27Yeah, we could have a wedgie as well. Oh, goodness me.
05:29Flying by the seat of her pants, then, Bob. Six-nil to Adrian. Sheila?
05:34Can I have a consonant, please? Thank you, Sheila.
05:36T.
05:38Bowel.
05:40A.
05:41Consonant.
05:43V.
05:45Bowel.
05:47E.
05:49Consonant.
05:51P.
05:55Consonant.
05:57S.
05:59Vowel.
06:02A.
06:05Consonant.
06:07T.
06:11Consonant.
06:12And the last one.
06:14N.
06:14Lovely. Thank you, Sheila.
06:1630 seconds.
06:19T.
06:28S.
06:30T.
06:30FOREF.
06:31tier.
06:32F.
06:32G.
06:33N.
06:33F.
06:33D квартиру.
06:34E.
06:35D.
06:44SHEILA
06:47Sheila, how many?
06:50Only five.
06:51No worries. And Adrian?
06:52A six.
06:53There you go. What's the five?
06:55Stave.
06:56Stave, yes. And Adrian?
06:58Veinest.
06:59Veinest. How are you spelling that?
07:00V-A-N-E-S-T.
07:02It would have to be V-A-I-N-E-S-T, I'm afraid.
07:06Sorry about that.
07:06Over the dictionary corner?
07:08So we have patents.
07:10Yes, we have patterns,
07:12which were clogs with a sort of raised soul
07:15to walk on muddy ground with,
07:17and peasant, all sevens.
07:18Just the one point, Dennett, then,
07:20as we get to our first numbers round of the day.
07:23So let's do it, Adrian.
07:24One large and five small, please.
07:26Your favourite. Thank you, Adrian.
07:27One from the top, five from the other rebel.
07:30And the five little ones to start the day.
07:33Five, five, seven, nine, nine.
07:37And the large one, 100.
07:39And your target, 362.
07:41362.
07:42362. Numbers up.
07:44362.
07:45373.
07:47174.
07:47385.
07:48394.
07:48392.
07:50394.
07:51394.
07:514036.
07:52396.
07:53405.
07:54405.
07:56406.
07:56415.
07:57416.
08:01416.
08:02417.
08:04426.
08:05496.
08:06416.
08:07407.
08:09417.
08:11426.
08:11426.
08:12418.
08:12418.
08:13427.
08:13417.
08:14Our time is up. How did you get on, Adrian?
08:17Three, six, two.
08:18And how did you get on, Sheila? I didn't.
08:20Just missed it, just missed it. OK, three, six, two for the ten points.
08:24Nine minus five...
08:26Is four.
08:27Times a hundred.
08:28Times one hundred, four hundred.
08:31Then five times nine.
08:33And then the other five times nine, forty-five.
08:35Take away the seven.
08:36Take away the seven, thirty-eight.
08:38And take that away from the four hundred.
08:40Lovely. Three, six, two.
08:41APPLAUSE
08:44Well done, Adrian.
08:46Let's get our first tea-time teaser of the day,
08:48just for Dancing Sheila here.
08:50It's Dance Tour. Dance Tour.
08:52Once you put this on, it's the start of a cover-up.
08:55Once you put this on, it's the start of a cover-up.
08:58MUSIC PLAYS
09:01Welcome back. Once you put this on, it's the start of a cover-up.
09:17Dance Tour becomes undercoat. Undercoat.
09:20Is that the same as a petticoat, below a skirt?
09:24I would expect it to be on a wall, so you apply an undercoat before...
09:29Of paint?
09:30Yes.
09:31Of paint?
09:32Yes.
09:33Oh, look how daft I look. Let's move on.
09:34SHEILA, ignore that and just give me some letters.
09:36Quickly, get me out of this.
09:38Continent, please.
09:39Thank you, Sheila.
09:40R.
09:41A vowel.
09:42E.
09:43Consonant.
09:44N.
09:45Vowel.
09:46O.
09:47Consonant.
09:48S.
09:49Another consonant.
09:50T.
09:51A vowel.
09:52U.
09:53Consonant.
09:54S.
09:55Another consonant.
09:56T.
09:57Erm...
09:58A vowel.
09:59U.
10:00Erm...
10:01Consonant.
10:02P.
10:03And another consonant, please.
10:04And the last one.
10:05N.
10:06Thank you, Rachel.
10:07OK, I'll give you a second.
10:08A vowel.
10:09A vowel.
10:10A vowel.
10:11A vowel.
10:12A vowel.
10:13A vowel.
10:14A vowel.
10:15A vowel.
10:16A vowel.
10:17A vowel.
10:18A vowel.
10:19A vowel.
10:20A vowel.
10:21A vowel.
10:22A vowel.
10:23A vowel.
10:24A vowel.
10:25A vowel.
10:26A vowel.
10:27A vowel.
10:28A vowel.
10:29A vowel.
10:30A vowel.
10:31A vowel.
10:32A vowel.
10:33A vowel.
10:34A vowel.
10:35A vowel.
10:36A vowel.
10:37A vowel.
10:38A vowel.
10:39A vowel.
10:40A vowel.
10:41A vowel.
10:42A vowel.
10:43A vowel.
10:44A vowel.
10:45A vowel.
10:46A vowel.
10:47MUSIC
10:49Time's up. Sheila, how did you get on?
10:51A seven. Adrian? Seven.
10:53And Sheila? Stunner.
10:55Stunner. Adrian?
10:58Punters. Punters.
10:59To Dictionary Corner.
11:00We've got two sevens and an eight.
11:03Yeah, posture is one of our sevens.
11:05Yes, and punnets, as in strawberries.
11:07Yep. And neutrons.
11:11Neutrons. Oh, yes.
11:12Oh, my goodness, yes. I can't believe...
11:14A lot comes up quite a lot, doesn't it?
11:16Neutrons. It does. Subatomic particles, yes.
11:1923 players, 12.
11:20More letters. Adrian?
11:22May I have a consonant, please? Thank you, Adrian.
11:25R. And a vowel.
11:28A.
11:29A consonant.
11:31G.
11:32And another.
11:34Z.
11:35And another.
11:38T.
11:38A vowel.
11:41I.
11:42Another vowel.
11:44E.
11:45A consonant.
11:48R.
11:50And a final vowel, please.
11:53A final A.
11:55Half a minute.
11:56Ha ha.
11:56Ha ha.
11:57A consonant.
11:58With another vowel.
11:58Candy.
11:59A address.
12:00May I am a bit.
12:01A boat.
12:01One time.
12:02I am a mots.
12:09A voyage.
12:10Avem.
12:12I am aкими.
12:13And a paralel.
12:14I am.
12:15I can hardly reach the rest of the way of Oak River.
12:16I am a couponjournalưпodroma.
12:16I am a inappropriately.
12:17Everybody enhance.
12:18I am a fusion.
12:19I am a Siberian, I am an buffalo.
12:19I am.
12:21A 북.
12:21I am a insiensy.
12:21How many, Adrian?
12:28Six.
12:29And Sheila?
12:30Six.
12:30And a six.
12:31Adrian?
12:32Greater.
12:32A greater.
12:34And a Sheila?
12:34A garter.
12:35And a garter.
12:36Well, garter and greater, two essential items to have around the house.
12:41Bob and Susie.
12:43Grazer.
12:44Yes.
12:45Yes.
12:46Triage, Garrett, lots and lots of sixes, but that was top for us.
12:49Nothing above that.
12:49Right, numbers, and Sheila, your first time picking?
12:54One large and five small, please.
12:57Thank you, Sheila.
12:58One from the top.
12:59And five of the little ones.
13:01And your five are seven, two, one, ten, and four.
13:09And a large one, 100.
13:11And the target, 362 again.
13:14Three, six, two.
13:19Three, six, two.
13:37The target, again, 362.
13:40The target, again, 3-6-2.
13:49Sheila?
13:503-6-2.
13:52And Adrian?
13:533-5-8.
13:54Missed it by four.
13:55Sheila?
13:56I'm sorry, I've lost it, Colin.
13:58No worries.
13:59Right there.
14:00It was right there.
14:00The pressure on national TV.
14:03Adrian, you're going to steal a few points here.
14:05100 plus 10.
14:07110.
14:09Times the 2 plus 1.
14:112 plus 1.
14:12Times them together for 330.
14:15Then 7 times 4 is 28.
14:17Yep.
14:17And add it on.
14:193-5-8.
14:20Off you go, Rich.
14:21I think a few more seconds and we might have had this.
14:23With 100 minus 10 is 90.
14:26Times that by four for 360.
14:29And add the 2-3-6-2.
14:34Still close enough today.
14:3636-18.
14:37As we stop to have another chat.
14:39Another musical journey with Bob Harris.
14:42And I never know where you're going to go.
14:43You could take me back to the 70s.
14:45You could just stay in 2023.
14:48Because music is such a passion of yours.
14:50So what are we talking about today?
14:51I'm going to take you to Nashville.
14:53Yes.
14:54In my opinion, the greatest music city in the world.
14:57You know, it's amazing, Colin.
14:59Because the way that Nashville developed as a music centre,
15:04it was built around the printing presses
15:07that we used to print the hymns in the old days,
15:11in the late 18th, 19th century.
15:15So when music itself began to become popular,
15:20and the music publishing companies began to establish themselves in Nashville,
15:24all the infrastructure already existed.
15:28So what they added to that then was studio facilities, recording facilities,
15:32you know, warehouses, music publishing companies, and then record labels.
15:37And so gradually, I mean, we're talking about a process of time,
15:42but gradually then, Nashville became the music centre that it is today.
15:48So it's put round it the most incredible community of musicians
15:54that have lived there through many, many years.
15:57And one of the people that I know best, I guess, from Nashville,
16:01is Emmylou Harris.
16:03And I went over to her house to record an interview with her there.
16:07And she lives in a late 18th-century house
16:11with very, very basic facilities.
16:17While we were sitting there recording the interview,
16:21the central heating system kept clanging.
16:23All the radiators kept clanging.
16:25She had two cats.
16:27One of them jumped up on my knee.
16:29And while we were doing the interview, the cat was purring on my knee.
16:32And when the interview went out on Radio 2,
16:35if you listen carefully, you can literally hear all of these things
16:39going on in the background, the cat purring in particular.
16:42I was interviewing Palmares recently.
16:43She was in her house and I was just in a studio, a quiet studio,
16:47and, you know, you could hear the birdsong outside her window
16:50the whole way through it.
16:52I think I heard a cow at one stage.
16:53It keeps cows.
16:54Yeah.
16:55And I was like, that sounds like we're Palmares with Levies.
16:58Atmospheric.
16:58Yeah.
16:59Great.
17:00Thank you very much.
17:03Brilliant.
17:04Three more rounds in part two of Countdown.
17:08So, let's get back on the way.
17:09Adrian.
17:10Consonant, please, Rachel.
17:11Thank you, Adrian.
17:12M.
17:14And a vowel.
17:16U.
17:17Consonant.
17:19T.
17:20And another.
17:22D.
17:24A vowel.
17:26I.
17:26And a consonant, please.
17:41Lastly, T.
17:43Let's play.
17:43Okay.
17:51Bye.
17:55Bye.
17:57Bye.
18:00Bye.
18:02Bye.
18:02Bye.
18:03Bye.
18:03Bye.
18:04Bye.
18:12Bye.
18:13How many, Adrian?
18:15Seven.
18:16And Sheila?
18:17Just a six.
18:18Just this six.
18:19Sheila, what have you got?
18:20Rotted.
18:21Adrian?
18:21Muriate?
18:22Rotted and muriate.
18:24Yes, classic countdown word.
18:25It's a very old term for chloride.
18:27Anything else, sir?
18:29No, that's it.
18:30Have we got anything else to see?
18:30We have got an eight, yes, with murdurate,
18:34so a little bit of an extension on muriate.
18:36And a murdurate is the territory of Mudeer,
18:39which is the governor of a sub-district in Turkey
18:42or in a province in Egypt or the Sudan.
18:44Very good.
18:45Sheila, let's get nine more letters and enjoy yourselves again.
18:49Can I have a consonant, please?
18:50Thank you, Sheila.
18:52M.
18:53And a vowel, please.
18:55I.
18:56And a consonant.
18:58S.
19:00And a vowel.
19:02E.
19:04And a consonant.
19:06H.
19:09And another consonant.
19:11G.
19:12And another vowel.
19:17I.
19:19Cool.
19:20A consonant.
19:23L.
19:25And another consonant.
19:27And lastly, M.
19:29Here we go.
19:30H.
19:35This is a elongation pancake.
19:39And another consonant.
19:39And a consonant.
19:45And a consonant.
19:48I.
19:49I.
19:50Oh.
19:51And another consonant.
19:51SHEILA
20:01Just five. Five and Adrian. Five as well. Five as well.
20:05I'm going to outlaw the word just. Sorry. On Countdown. Five's great.
20:09Sheila, what do you get? Miles. Miles. And Adrian? Limes. And limes.
20:14To Dictionary Corner. Slay for six. Slay for six. Yep.
20:20And it's also gimme's. Is that what you were thinking?
20:23Oh, it's Madman After Midnight there, for sure. OK.
20:26But it's actually a sporting thing. It is, and there is a noun.
20:29Something that's very easy to perform or obtain. Gimme's. A gimme.
20:33Right. Numbers and Adrian. One large and five small, please.
20:36Your favourite. One from the top. Five not. Thank you, Adrian.
20:40And for the third time today, the number selection is eight, seven, nine,
20:46seven, two and seventy-five. And this target, 391.
20:52Three, nine, one. Numbers up.
20:54That's all.
20:55In the top.
20:58To the next time today, we're going to talk to you.
21:02Love.
21:03All right.
21:04All right.
21:05We'll finish it in.
21:08All right.
21:11All right.
21:12All right.
21:16All right.
21:18I'll be right back.
21:19All right.
21:20The target is 3-9-1, Adrian.
21:273-9-1.
21:28And Sheila?
21:293-9-1.
21:30Adrian?
21:317-2 is 5.
21:335.
21:34Times a 75.
21:353-75.
21:37Add a 9 and add a 7.
21:39Lovely. Well done. 3-9-1.
21:41And Sheila?
21:42Just the same.
21:43There you go. Brilliant. 10 points each.
21:47And that takes us to our second Tea Time teaser.
21:50Good luck with this.
21:51It snapped.
21:52It snapped.
21:53It snapped during the hot weather so nobody could get any water.
21:56It snapped during the hot weather so nobody could get any water.
22:15Hello again.
22:16It snapped during the hot weather.
22:18Nobody could get any water.
22:19That's a standpipe. That's a standpipe.
22:21Well, listen, six rounds left, Sheila. Let's get more letters.
22:25Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Sheila.
22:28S.
22:29Another consonant.
22:31M.
22:33And another consonant.
22:35H.
22:37And a vowel.
22:39E.
22:41And a consonant.
22:44T.
22:45And a vowel.
22:49I.
22:51And another vowel.
22:54O.
22:57And a consonant.
22:59R.
23:02Another consonant.
23:04Lastly, S.
23:06And an S. Good luck.
23:15Time's up.
23:39Sheila, how many?
23:40Eight.
23:41Eight.
23:41It's lucky it wasn't more than ten when you were doing it in the fingers.
23:45Adrian.
23:46Seven.
23:47And the seven is?
23:48Shiners.
23:49What is this eight, Mrs. McAdam?
23:51Horniest.
23:52My goodness me.
23:53I would expect that of Adrian.
23:56But, Sheila, I'm not lying.
23:58What's going on?
23:59We've had garters and horniest.
24:01APPLAUSE
24:01Well done, Sheila.
24:06That's great.
24:06Well spotted.
24:07Anything else at Dick's Tree Corner?
24:09Seniors.
24:10Yes.
24:10That's the seven.
24:11Which is me and Sheila, I guess.
24:12Yeah.
24:13And there is an eight, shortens.
24:15And shortens.
24:16Yes.
24:16Horniest.
24:17Sensational.
24:18I told you.
24:1925 is not a gap at all.
24:21Just takes a round like that.
24:23And Adrian, let's go again.
24:24Consonant, please, Rachel.
24:25Thank you, Adrian.
24:26T.
24:27And a vowel.
24:29E.
24:30A consonant.
24:32J.
24:33And another.
24:36D.
24:37A vowel.
24:38O.
24:40And another.
24:42A.
24:44A consonant.
24:45L.
24:47Another consonant.
24:50V.
24:51And another consonant, please.
24:53And lastly, F.
24:56Let's play.
24:56A consonant.
24:58What?
24:58Give me your number, Adrian.
25:28Seven.
25:29And Sheila?
25:30No, just six.
25:31Just this six. What's the six?
25:33Jolted.
25:34And the seven?
25:35Floated.
25:35And floated will claw seven of those eight points back to Dictionary Corner.
25:40And Bob Harris, Susie Dent?
25:41Yeah, I've got floated as well.
25:43Yeah, likewise. Otherwise, fetal for a six.
25:46And fetal as well.
25:47Right, really good competition this is turning into.
25:50Four rounds left as we cross to Dictionary Corner for Origins of Words today.
25:55Sus, where are we going?
25:57Well, I was talking in the last show about going like bilio and where bilio came from.
26:03And this is a sort of similar word, means something very, very different though, and that's bistro.
26:07Mm-hm.
26:08And it seems a very simple term. You might think it was a direct borrowing from another language.
26:13But actually, again, this has got a bit of a story behind it, at least lots of competing theories as to its origins.
26:19And probably the most popular theory, I would say, is that it began with the Cossacks.
26:26The Cossacks who occupied parts of southern Russia and Ukraine.
26:29And they occupied Paris in 1814 and 1815.
26:35And it is said that they would go into the local French cafes.
26:40They were always in a hurry.
26:42And if the food didn't come straight away, they would shout, bistro, bistro.
26:47And Rachel can tell me this.
26:48Apparently, there's something very similar in Russian that means rapidly.
26:50Well, bistro, bistro means quickly.
26:52Quickly, yes.
26:53So that is the theory, that they were very impatient.
26:56They wanted their food there and then.
26:58They wanted what Dickens would later call a slap-bang meal.
27:02It was quickly put down in front of them.
27:05So that's one theory.
27:07But sadly, the bistro, the word, and it was first used in the French capital, doesn't appear until 1884.
27:15So that's quite a big gap in linguistic terms between the Cossacks in 1814 and its first appearance in print.
27:23So you'd think you would find some evidence of it.
27:26So there's another theory which takes us, I think, a little bit closer to the truth.
27:31And that is if you go to northern France, you might ask for a bistro.
27:35And that is a mixture of coffee and brandy.
27:38And that's quite popular.
27:39It can also be a sort of cheap type of brandy.
27:41And so it's quite possible that that itself would be served in a bistro.
27:45And we think that's where its origins lie.
27:47But the Russian story is extremely popular.
27:50And just one word also about the word restaurant, because I always love this.
27:54It has its hidden etymology there, because it's all about restoring.
27:58It comes from the French restaurer.
27:59So you go there, you refresh, you restore yourself, and then you leave.
28:03Probably bistro, bistro, very quickly.
28:06I pronounce that terribly.
28:07You're really bad.
28:08Well, I love the origins of words.
28:10OK, Sheila, let's get more letters from you.
28:16Consonant, please, Rachel.
28:17Thank you, Sheila.
28:19R.
28:21And another.
28:22B.
28:24And another.
28:26M.
28:28And a vowel.
28:30I.
28:31And another consonant, please.
28:45P.
28:50Another consonant.
28:52K.
28:54And a vowel.
28:56And a final.
28:58E.
28:59K.
29:00Quite time.
29:06K.
29:08How many, Sheila?
29:32Seven.
29:33A seven, an Adrian?
29:35Seven.
29:35And a seven, two.
29:36Sheila, what have you got?
29:37Makia.
29:37And Adrian?
29:38Makia as well.
29:40Let's have a look.
29:41What else have we got?
29:43Bumpier.
29:44Yeah, that's it, just sevens.
29:45There you go.
29:46Still very much game on as we get nine more letters from Adrian,
29:50our last letters round.
29:52Consonant, please, Rachel.
29:53Thank you, Adrian.
29:54N.
29:56And a vowel.
29:57A.
29:59A consonant.
30:01L.
30:02And another.
30:04P.
30:05A vowel.
30:06U.
30:08And another.
30:10E.
30:12A consonant.
30:13D.
30:15Another consonant.
30:17C.
30:19And a vowel, please.
30:20And to finish, I.
30:24Last letters.
30:25music.
30:38All right.
30:40And another one.
30:40Here you go.
30:44Okay.
30:44And the only one-
30:46And another.
30:48Here you go.
30:51And another one.
30:52Adrian?
30:57Six.
30:58And Sheila?
30:59Seven.
30:59Let's have the six.
31:00Placid.
31:01What's the seven?
31:02Planed.
31:03Planed with the I.
31:05Yeah.
31:05Yeah, absolutely fine.
31:06It's to lament.
31:08It's where we get complain from.
31:10Anything else in Dixie Corner?
31:12Does unplaced count?
31:14Absolutely does.
31:15Susie.
31:15Yes, if you're in a competition, you don't...
31:18Of course.
31:18Not ranked at all, you were unplaced.
31:20Yeah, very good.
31:20That's an eight.
31:21There you go.
31:2217 points in it, so it's a straightforward scenario, Sheila.
31:26You need to do better than Adrian at this numbers round.
31:30And here's the good news.
31:31You're picking them.
31:32Your destiny is in your own hands.
31:34One large and five small please, right?
31:36And I know at home you're really good at these numbers,
31:38so let's see if we can find one tricky enough.
31:41It's for you to get the points and guarantee a crucial conundrum.
31:44Final one of the day.
31:45Nine, one, seven, ten, seven, and one hundred.
31:52And the target.
31:53Oh, no.
31:54Commentator's curse.
31:56104.
31:56104.
31:56104 numbers up.
31:58yani.
31:59¡No!
32:00Ta-da!
32:00No.
32:01You have to?
32:02Bye-bye.
32:03Oh, no.
32:03Maßnahmen believe me.
32:04No.
32:04You have to pause and ignore them.
32:06The lift.
32:07Who's pits, 10,000 feet, miol Braun.
32:16See you...
32:17neighborhood is in corporate.
32:18Oh, no.
32:20Man't even a half thing.
32:20No.
32:20You have to have a reing or to get us.
32:22You have to?
32:22No, bro.
32:23Oh, no.
32:24I'm good.
32:24I'll have to go.
32:25I can't wait.
32:25104, Sheila.
32:31Yes, 104.
32:32Got there.
32:32Adrian?
32:33104.
32:34Fifth win's about to be secured.
32:36Sheila, how did you do it?
32:3710 minus 7 plus the 1 with a half bit, the 4, the 100.
32:42Same way?
32:43Exactly the same way.
32:44Well done.
32:4517 points in it.
32:47Pressure off then for the last 10 points of this really enjoyable afternoon
32:51as we reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:55Adrian?
32:59No, I thought addiction.
33:01It's not.
33:01It is not, which means Sheila.
33:03No luck, Sheila.
33:09No luck, Sheila.
33:33No luck, don't worry.
33:35And Adrian, you can't smile.
33:36You messed it up early.
33:38Rachel Riley, my oracle of the Countdown Conundrums.
33:41What is it?
33:41Could you write it down for me, Colin?
33:43Dictation.
33:44Oh, my goodness.
33:45Very good.
33:46APPLAUSE
33:47Sheila, I feel like for you today, this was a rollercoaster.
33:54You were very nervous.
33:55But I hope it's a rollercoaster that now you're about to step off it,
33:58you'd recommend everybody else.
34:00Oh, absolutely.
34:02Well done.
34:03Well done.
34:04And, Adrian, five wins.
34:05This fairy tale just grows and grows every day.
34:08Yeah.
34:09That was a bit lucky.
34:09I think without my nerves, you might have wiped me out there.
34:11And your last show, Bob Harris?
34:14Yeah, absolutely.
34:16We'll see you tomorrow.
34:17All done, Rach.
34:18Good fun.
34:18Yeah, and I think before Sheila gets in that car,
34:20she can just shout,
34:20BWISTRA, BWISTRA!
34:22She zooms around it.
34:23I can picture it now.
34:24Picture the scenes now.
34:26Well, listen, we'll have to have a quick pit stop,
34:28but we'll be back tomorrow on Pole Position.
34:30Rachel, Susie and I, you can count on us.
34:33APPLAUSE
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