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00:30Hello, everybody. It's Monday afternoon and that famous theme tune plays again to start another week of Countdown.
00:37And, Rachel Riley, written by the late Alan Hawkshaw, do you know what other theme tune Alan, who wrote the theme tune in Countdown, also wrote?
00:47Oh, I think... Is it Grange Hill? It is Grange Hill. Wow, what a talent. Two iconic themes.
00:53So easy for me to find that out yesterday. It was just a quick internet search. It was on as...
00:59You know who told me that? Bradley Walsh.
01:02You see? But that's the way we used to attain knowledge, didn't we? We'd have to ask.
01:06And one of the things was always... You were always in search of records.
01:10You would pick up a bit of a song, you'd have to remember the lyric, and then you'd see your friend and you'd say,
01:14there's this song and it starts with a line, something about a small-town boy living in it.
01:19And, oh, yeah, OK, that's Journey, don't stop believing.
01:21But on this day in 2008, I think, like, one of the truly revolutionary apps were invented, which was Shazam.
01:29Mm-hm.
01:30You know, there's many other ones now, but that, to hold it up.
01:34And I just wonder, do you have any... Because from that, it's revolutionised a lot of other things.
01:40Do you have any other apps that use the bases of Shazam to identify things that isn't music?
01:45Well, there's some brilliant ones, but you can do birdsong.
01:49That's the one.
01:49You can do flowers and beetles and all kinds of things. Very clever.
01:54Excellent. Well, there you go, get the bird apps, the Shazam apps.
01:57Fantastic stuff.
01:58Over in Dictionary Corner, that's where we find Susie Dent just nesting in the same place as always.
02:03Joined by a man of many sounds, most of them not his own, it's Rory Bremner.
02:08APPLAUSE
02:09Great. The bird apps are unbelievable.
02:12Yeah, but do birds have different accents in different parts of the country?
02:16That's what I like to know.
02:17Yeah, it tells you what local area they come from as well.
02:19Really, they do?
02:20Yeah.
02:20They do.
02:20So you can get, like, a Brummie robin and a Scottish...
02:23They did some research showing that Ducks Hack can have a Somerset accent.
02:27Oh, that's fabulous, isn't it?
02:29Yeah, yeah, there's definitely different intonations.
02:31Can you imagine, like, a Scottish robin?
02:32Oh, hey, so what are you doing up here?
02:34LAUGHTER
02:35Right, let's welcome back our champion, David Edwards,
02:41our highway engineer, a competition addict.
02:46So we had the four lawnmowers you won.
02:49None of them work anymore.
02:50What else have you... Do you enter everything?
02:52Not everything.
02:54I mean, there's certain things that, you know,
02:57just don't appeal to me and, you know,
02:59I wouldn't know what to do with them.
03:00Spa plates, certainly, that sort of thing.
03:02Not my thing.
03:03But certainly I like to go for travel prizes.
03:09Gig tickets are always a big one.
03:11Those are the sort of things where you can win money,
03:14can't buy experiences, where you might, you know,
03:16have backstage passes, that sort of thing.
03:18You have to earn your wins here, David,
03:19and you've done that so far with two.
03:21You're going up against Jake Wood from London.
03:23Welcome, mate.
03:24Thank you. Thanks for having me.
03:25You have your own podcast.
03:27Tell me what the subject is, because I think it's fantastic.
03:30It's about people's bucket lists.
03:31Yeah.
03:32Nobody's listened to this podcast, I should say.
03:35It's all about to change.
03:36Well, maybe, yeah.
03:37Interviewing my friends, finding out what they want to do,
03:39you know, what they want to achieve.
03:40Good luck to Jake. Good luck to David.
03:44David, first letters.
03:45Afternoon, Rachel.
03:47Afternoon, David.
03:47Start with the consonant, please.
03:49Thank you. Start the week with D.
03:51Another consonant.
03:53P.
03:54And a vowel.
03:57A.
03:58Another vowel.
03:59O.
04:01Consonant.
04:03R.
04:05Consonant.
04:07T.
04:09A vowel.
04:11A.
04:13Another vowel.
04:16I.
04:18And a consonant, please.
04:21Lastly, M.
04:22At home and here in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:24We'll see you next time.
04:26We'll see you next time.
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04:54David? Six. And Jake? Six. A six. What have we got?
04:59Import. Import? Import. Same. Same.
05:02There you go. We'll give you six points each. Dexterity Corner.
05:06Yeah, we had a couple of sevens, actually. Matador.
05:10OK, your bullfighter. And it's diorama, is that a word?
05:14Yeah, it's beautiful. Scenic paintings, often huge,
05:17and three-dimensional figures and changes in light and things. Gorgeous.
05:20Beautiful. Lovely. Jake, letters, please.
05:23Hi, Rachel. Hi, Jake. Could I have a consonant, please?
05:26You can indeed. G. And a vowel.
05:30E. A consonant. D. And another.
05:36R. A vowel. A. And another. E.
05:43A consonant, please. S. And another.
05:49N. And a vowel, please. Lastly. I.
05:5430 seconds.
05:56T commencé.
06:05TăéĄă.
06:07T
06:08T
06:09T
06:10T
06:13T
06:15T
06:17My goodness me, Jake?
06:28An eight. An eight. And David?
06:30Eight, not written down. What have you not written down?
06:33Deranges. Deranges. And Jake?
06:35Readings. And readings.
06:38Two eights, lovely letters.
06:40The I-N-G, the E-D, the E-R.
06:43We're devastated there's not a nine.
06:44Two nines. Two nines?
06:46Yes, I knew it.
06:47Well, there's jesneriad, obviously.
06:51What's jesneriad?
06:52Jesneriad is actually quite familiar to us
06:55because it's a tropical plant from a family that includes African violets.
06:58So most of us will know the African violet.
07:00And then you can gardenise an area by making it greener.
07:03Beautiful. Two nines.
07:07Everything coming up, Rose, is so far in Dictionary Corner
07:10as we switch to the numbers. And David?
07:13Too large, please.
07:14Thank you, David. Too large.
07:16Four little. First one of the week is...
07:20Five, nine, six, two.
07:24And a large two, 25 and 75.
07:27And the target you need to reach?
07:29847.
07:30847. Numbers up.
07:32Talk to us about any idea.
07:33Talk to us about great ideas.
07:33We've got one.
07:34Whoa, two vampires.
07:35And the creator?
07:37There been some shallow techniques.
07:37Good, everyone, too.
07:38Be saiyajay
07:39with Facebook and Instagram.
07:40We've got it despite the story.
07:41Hope to take us.
07:42We've got one.
07:44We've got one.
07:45We'll be right.
07:46Yeah.
07:47And theìŠ 96.
07:50Och.
07:50So, often you can can just like him.
07:51It's out.
07:52We'll be right.
07:53Well, let's all my way.
07:54It's turn around so close to you.
07:54That's time. 847, David?
08:05847. Well done, and Jake?
08:07No, didn't get there. Just missed it.
08:09Oh, the numbers again. David, coming up chumps for you. Off we go.
08:1225 plus 75.
08:15100. Track 5.
08:1795. Then multiply by 9.
08:20855. Then take away the 6 and the 2.
08:23Which you haven't used, and you even have time to write it down.
08:26847.
08:29David creeps into the lead, and that's our tea time teaser.
08:32Creep into. Creep into.
08:35You creep into the wedding very late, but just in time for this.
08:38Quite an easy one. You creep into the wedding very late,
08:40but just in time for this.
08:42MUSIC PLAYS
08:44Welcome back. Creeping into a wedding late,
08:59but just in time for the reception.
09:01That's our tea time teaser.
09:03We've hardly got going here.
09:04Loads of rounds to go, and Jake, you're in charge of the next one.
09:07Can I have a consonant, please?
09:09Thank you, Jake.
09:10Thank you, Rachel.
10:10Jake?
10:10Just a 6.
10:11And David?
10:13Safe 6.
10:14OK. Jake?
10:16Rattle.
10:17David?
10:17Zealot.
10:18What are we going to risk?
10:19Totaler.
10:21Let's find out.
10:22You'd need two Ls if you are talking British English.
10:26It's not there anyway.
10:28Just tea total.
10:29Right decision to make.
10:32Six points each.
10:33And Rory?
10:33No, we had Zealot, I think.
10:34Yes.
10:35That was as good as we could do.
10:37Good.
10:37I'd love it.
10:38David, let's get letters.
10:40Continent, please.
10:41Thank you, David.
10:42M.
10:43And another.
10:46L.
10:46Vowel.
10:47And another.
10:49B.
10:50Vowel, please.
10:54O.
10:55And another.
10:56I.
10:58Consonant.
10:59R.
11:01Consonant.
11:02G.
11:03Consonant.
11:06N.
11:08And a vowel, please.
11:09And a final A.
11:12Let's play ball.
11:22Nice.
11:24Nice.
11:25Nice.
11:26Nice.
11:35THEY CONFER
11:44Mr Edwards.
11:45Eight.
11:46Mr Wood.
11:47Eight.
11:48Both were the eights.
11:49David.
11:50Marbling.
11:51Yeah, and Jake?
11:52Rambling.
11:53Oh, rambling and marbling.
11:54Beautiful.
11:55Very nice.
11:56Very good, can't top those.
11:58Very good.
11:59Nice.
12:00Getting some kind letters today.
12:01The gap still just ten points.
12:03And Jake, you're in charge of these numbers.
12:06Have one large, please, Rachel.
12:07One large.
12:09And five little numbers coming up for you.
12:12And for this round, the selection is nine, five, eight, five,
12:18three, and the large one's 75.
12:21And the target, 885.
12:24Eight, eight, five.
12:25Numbers up.
12:26Each, every six, every eight.
12:29Two banks here.
12:30Two banks here.
12:31Once a nothing.
12:32Three banks,ĐșĐŸĐŒ DVR.
12:34Two banks.
12:35Two banks.
12:36Do come to you again, Keith.
12:45Three banks.
12:47One bank, two banks.
12:49One bank, three bank, three banks.
12:50Two banks had given a benefit of opportunity.
12:51Two banks did not steal the danger of honoräœ ç memory.
12:538, 8, 5. The target, a big one. Did you get there, Jake?
12:598, 8, 2. Three away. David?
13:018, 8, 2. Oh, same, same. OK, Jake, off you go.
13:053 plus 9 is 12... Yeah.
13:08..multiplied by the 75, 900. 900.
13:11And then deduct the 5, 5 and 8. 5, 5 and 8, yep.
13:17Three away. And David? Bang on.
13:20OK, talking a banger, get ready to bang your head off a brick wall,
13:23cos you did very well up to a point. Oh, my goodness.
13:26I mean, you're right, there were a couple of ways,
13:28but you could have got to this stage and then said,
13:308 minus 5 is 3, times by the other 5 for 15 and...
13:35..collective kicking ourselves. You're losing your minds.
13:38Well done, Rich. APPLAUSE
13:41To Dictionary Corner and Rory Bremner.
13:44What are we talking about today?
13:46Well, one of the last times I was on here,
13:48I spoke about a great partner of mine, John Langdon, who's my writer.
13:51There were three great Johns in my life.
13:53John Langdon and then there was John Fortune,
13:55who died nine years ago on New Year's Eve.
13:58And then last year, on Christmas Eve, the lovely John Bird died.
14:02And he was just... It was just a joy.
14:03We worked together for about 25 years.
14:05And, I mean, he always used to play those characters,
14:07George Parr, those interviews that he did with John Fortune.
14:10And those characters were always sort of confident
14:13and self-satisfied and smug.
14:15And John was absolutely the opposite.
14:16He was so humble and self-deprecating.
14:19But he had the most remarkable life.
14:21I mean, he'd failed as 11-plus, but a teacher put him forward
14:24for a high-pavement grammar school in Nottingham.
14:27He went on to Cambridge.
14:28He directed Peter Cook at Cambridge.
14:30They set up the Establishment Club.
14:33John came up with the idea for That Was The Week That Was.
14:36TW3, that was his title.
14:38And he would have presented it,
14:40but for the fact that he had to go to New York
14:42and work with Peter Cook.
14:43So he said to Ned Sharon,
14:44why don't you try this guy, David Frost, who looks quite good.
14:46So David Frost got the TW3 gig.
14:49And off went John to New York.
14:52I think he...
14:54He had lots of girlfriends in New York,
14:56and one of them, I think, John Fortune remembers,
14:59could hear in the room next door this woman saying,
15:02Oh, John, you're so wonderful.
15:04What do you think you're best at?
15:06And there was a long pause, and John said...
15:09Reading.
15:11And that's what he loved.
15:12He loved his reading, he loved his music,
15:14but he was one of the most wonderful, generous,
15:17kind-spirited and funny men it's ever been my privilege to know.
15:20Lovely. Lovely to meet you.
15:22APPLAUSE
15:24Lovely. David, let's get letters.
15:27Um, consonant, please.
15:29Thank you, David.
15:30R.
15:32And another.
15:33N.
15:35And another.
15:36C.
15:38Um, vowel.
15:40O.
15:42And a vowel.
15:44U.
15:45Um...
15:47Another vowel, please.
15:49E.
15:50Um, consonant.
15:52S.
15:53Consonant.
15:54S.
15:55Consonant.
15:56H.
15:57And another consonant, please.
16:01Last week, another S.
16:03Thanks, Rachel.
16:05For the reason.
16:07To be continued.
16:09To be continued.
16:10The A?
16:11No.
16:12The way more than that,
16:13we'll be able to hear it.
16:14Do I do?
16:15No.
16:16There, there.
16:17I'm sorry.
16:18I don't know.
16:19It's never.
16:20I?
16:21It's never.
16:22Nothing.
16:23To be continued.
16:24I'm sorry.
16:25No.
16:26It's never too late.
16:27Well, I do go.
16:28I'm sorry.
16:29I can do it.
16:30I can do it.
16:31It is never too late.
16:32MUSIC
16:36David?
16:37Seven.
16:38And Jake?
16:39Seven.
16:40David?
16:41Horses.
16:42And Jake?
16:43Courses.
16:44Courses and courses, two courses.
16:46We've got a third course over there, yeah?
16:48I think we have a third course with sugar on the top.
16:50It's sucrose.
16:51And we can creep to an eight with unhorses.
16:54If you are unhorsed, you fall off your horse.
16:56Unhorses. Good.
16:58APPLAUSE
17:0052 plays 42.
17:03Jake, you're applying yourself wonderfully.
17:05Let's get more letters.
17:06Could I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
17:07Thank you, Jake.
17:08P.
17:09And another.
17:11S.
17:12And a vowel, please.
17:14I.
17:16And another.
17:18E.
17:19A consonant.
17:21F.
17:22A consonant.
17:24R.
17:25A vowel.
17:27A.
17:29O.
17:30And a consonant, please.
17:31A final V.
17:32Start the clock.
17:33A consonant.
17:34And a consonant, please.
17:36A final V.
17:37Start the clock.
17:38.
17:41.
17:44Jake.
18:11A six.
18:12And David.
18:13Dodgy six.
18:14OK.
18:15What have we got, Jake?
18:16Varys.
18:17Varys.
18:17That's not dodgy.
18:18What's yours?
18:19Frays.
18:20F-R-A-I-S-E.
18:22Oh, like the French strawberry.
18:24Yes, it is in, actually.
18:26It's a French term that you will find in cooking.
18:28OK.
18:29Very good.
18:30Anything better?
18:31Yes, you could...
18:31Varys, you could put an O in front of that and have ovaries.
18:35Ah, there you go.
18:36Missed opportunity.
18:37But the best one of all is there's an eight there,
18:40which is vaporised.
18:42Vaporised.
18:43Hold on.
18:44He's pointing to his page.
18:45Jake, did you have it written down?
18:47Yeah.
18:47I've got it there.
18:48Yeah, I thought about it.
18:49Yeah.
18:49So, a missed opportunity.
18:51But still, ten points, just the difference.
18:53And back to the numbers.
18:55David.
18:55Just too large, please.
18:57Just too large.
18:57Numbers have done you well in recent times.
18:59Let's see how this one fares you.
19:02The numbers are 5, 1, 8, 10, 175.
19:08And the target to reach 829.
19:12829.
19:13Numbers up.
19:13What do you think?
19:14ć
19:15We have a chapter on that.
19:16We're at it.
19:16We'll see you next time.
19:18And on now.
19:19We'll see you next time.
19:208-2-9, the target.
19:46David?
19:478-2-6.
19:48Three away.
19:49A glimmer of light here for you, Jake.
19:518-2-9.
19:52Bang on.
19:53That'll make it even if you're right.
19:5675 plus 8.
19:5883.
19:5983.
20:00Times a 10.
20:01830.
20:02Less than 1.
20:03Even, Stephens, indeed.
20:048-2-9.
20:0758 points.
20:09Each nail-biter today.
20:10Here's your second Tea Town teaser.
20:12A bit Elvis.
20:13A bit Elvis.
20:15If you're a bit of an Elvis fan, this describes Graceland.
20:18If you're a bit of an Elvis fan, this describes Graceland.
20:22APPLAUSE
20:23Welcome back.
20:39A bit Elvis.
20:40If you're a fan of Elvis, this describes Graceland.
20:43It is visitable.
20:45Visitable.
20:45Right.
20:46Little less conversation.
20:47Little more action, please.
20:48Six rounds to go.
20:49Jake, you're up.
20:50A consonant, please.
20:52Thank you, Jake.
20:53D.
20:54And another.
20:56L.
20:57And a vowel.
20:58I.
20:59And another.
21:01U.
21:02A consonant.
21:04N.
21:05And another.
21:07C.
21:08And one more consonant, please.
21:10N.
21:11And a vowel.
21:12E.
21:14And a final vowel, please.
21:18And a final A.
21:20Let's play.
21:20And a vowel.
21:21And a vowel.
21:22And a vowel.
21:22And a vowel.
21:22And a vowel.
21:23And a vowel.
21:23And a vowel.
21:23And a vowel.
21:23And a vowel.
21:24And a vowel.
21:24And a vowel.
21:25And a vowel.
21:25And a vowel.
21:26And a vowel.
21:26And a vowel.
21:26And a vowel.
21:26And a vowel.
21:26And a vowel.
21:27And a vowel.
21:27And a vowel.
21:27And a vowel.
21:27And a vowel.
21:28And a vowel.
21:28And a vowel.
21:29And a vowel.
21:29And a vowel.
21:30And a vowel.
21:30And a vowel.
21:31And a vowel.
21:31And a vowel.
21:32And a vowel.
21:32And a vowel.
21:33And a vowel.
21:34And a vowel.
21:34And a vowel.
21:35and a vowel.
21:35And a vowel.
21:50Jake?
21:52Six.
21:53David?
21:54Seven.
21:55Seven.
21:56Will the pendulum swing again?
21:57Jake?
21:58Lanced.
21:59And the seven?
22:00Unclean.
22:01Unclean.
22:02OK.
22:03Jake, just take a deep breath as we go to dictionary corner.
22:05You could have put the U and the N in front of those.
22:08And had unlanced.
22:09Unlanced.
22:10There you go.
22:11So, those tiny margins, and that's still what the score is,
22:14a tiny margin.
22:15Well done, David.
22:16Seven points for you.
22:18Unlanced there, what else?
22:19That was it, really, but it obviously describes a boil or an ulcer that is...
22:24You know what I mean.
22:26Yeah, it didn't need to go there.
22:28Sorry.
22:29Right.
22:30David, nine letters, please.
22:33Consonant, please.
22:34Thank you, David.
22:36T.
22:37And another.
22:39P.
22:40And another.
22:42B.
22:43Vowel, please.
22:45E.
22:46And another.
22:48Another vowel, please.
22:49E.
22:50Consonant.
22:51C.
22:52Consonant.
22:53N.
22:54And another consonant, please.
22:55Lastly, P.
22:56Good luck.
22:57E.
22:58E.
22:59E.
23:00E.
23:01E.
23:02E.
23:03E.
23:04E.
23:05E.
23:06E.
23:07E.
23:08E.
23:09E.
23:10E.
23:11E.
23:12E.
23:13E.
23:14E.
23:15E.
23:16E.
23:17E.
23:18E.
23:19E.
23:20E.
23:21E.
23:22E.
23:23E.
23:24E.
23:25MUSIC PLAYS
23:38David?
23:40Just five.
23:41Yeah, Jake?
23:42Yeah, five.
23:42Five as well.
23:43What have we got?
23:44Bonts.
23:45Bonts.
23:47And, Jake?
23:48Pence.
23:49Pence and Bonts.
23:50Bonts on the head, I think, yeah?
23:52Yeah.
23:53Very good.
23:55Better than a fight, bit of a head-scratcher this round.
23:58Yes, it is.
23:59Well, Pence makes me think of Mike Pence, OK?
24:03My vice president.
24:04But he was a very potent gentleman.
24:07He had potence.
24:08Potence.
24:09So, P-O-T-E-N-C-E.
24:11Very good, yeah.
24:12I believe is a word.
24:13It is power.
24:13It is a word.
24:14Famous potency.
24:16And one of the seven colours, we have peptone,
24:18which is a protein formed in the early stage of protein breakdown
24:21when you digest food.
24:23Nice.
24:23Potus potence.
24:25Yeah.
24:2570 plays, 63.
24:28Susie Dent.
24:29Let's have some origins of words.
24:30And I haven't looked at your notes today, so it's been a surprise.
24:33Well, I'm coming back to birds.
24:35Yeah.
24:35Because one thing that viewers may not know is that you have a lovely robin in your garden
24:40who you have nicknamed Roberta.
24:41Two now.
24:42Oh, you have two?
24:42Yeah.
24:43OK, Roberta and Robina?
24:44Roberta, too.
24:45I don't quite know which one's which anymore, so I just thought, same name, safest way to
24:49do it.
24:49OK, well, it's very cute that you do have that.
24:52And we were talking at the top of the show, we were talking about bird song apps, etc.
24:57And wondering whether or not birds have accents.
25:00Just to tell you a little bit about the research.
25:02It was done by Middlesex University quite a while ago now, and they studied two different
25:08types of quacks.
25:10So the first quack came from ducks at Spitalfields City Farm in East London, and then they compared
25:17those with the noises of ducks in a farm near Loo in Cornwall.
25:21And it turns out that the Cockney quack is quite short and sounds like a laugh, whereas
25:28the Cornish quack is much more chilled, and it sounds a little bit like a slow giggle.
25:32Isn't that wonderful?
25:33Yeah, yeah.
25:33I love that.
25:35No, I'm really not.
25:35No, it's true.
25:35It's absolutely true.
25:37And the Cockney duck's always talking about West Ham's home form.
25:42But anyway, I am staying with bears, because I'm going to talk about a word that you probably
25:46would never think of relating to our feathered friends, and that's gist.
25:51So we talk about the gist of something, and it's the nub of an argument, isn't it?
25:55It's the kind of, the pithy bit, and if you get to the gist of something, it's to really
26:00understand it.
26:01So it came into English from the Norman Conquerors, and like so much of the French that came in
26:08after 1066, it came into legal language, first of all.
26:14And Latin and French are very much the principal languages of the courts.
26:18And l'action giste was, again, the sort of nub of an argument or a legal case.
26:22It actually goes back to a French word, gésir, meaning to lie.
26:27And so l'action giste was, this is where the action lies, this is where we need to focus.
26:33But the reason it comes back to birds is that in the Middle Ages, a gist was a bird's frequently
26:39used perching spot.
26:41So where Roberta and Roberta 2 will be in your back garden will be their gist.
26:46Love it.
26:47I didn't feed them this morning.
26:52You know, and you forget, it's there in your head, isn't it?
26:54And she stirs at me.
26:55She sits in the tree at my front door and guilt trips me when I don't feed her.
27:01Yeah.
27:01Well, just you wait till you get home.
27:03I won't be going anywhere until we play these four more rounds.
27:09David, our champion, loves a close contest.
27:11He's been here before.
27:13Uncharted territory for you, Jake.
27:15Let's do it.
27:15More letters.
27:17A consonant, please.
27:18Thank you, Jake.
27:20R.
27:21And a vowel.
27:23A.
27:24And another.
27:26U.
27:27A consonant.
27:28T.
27:29And a final consonant, please.
27:47And a final G.
27:49Kind time.
27:59Jake.
28:22Seven.
28:23And David.
28:24Eight.
28:25Wow, what a moment.
28:26Jake, the seven.
28:26Outages.
28:27What have you spotted?
28:29Outrages.
28:31Outrages, as Jake will be.
28:35Probably as good as we're going to get with that Y there.
28:39Yeah, I tried greyest, but that was the American spelling.
28:43And the referee said no.
28:45Yeah, couldn't have it.
28:47Outrage is the best.
28:47Outrage is excellent, yes.
28:48There you go.
28:48You needed that, David, didn't you, from the top drawer to get a bit of daylight.
28:52Well done, you.
28:52Let's get more letters.
28:54Consonant, please.
28:55Thank you, David.
28:56And another.
28:58And another.
28:59L.
29:01And another.
29:03J.
29:05And a vowel.
29:06A.
29:08Another vowel.
29:09I.
29:10And a consonant.
29:12V.
29:15Another consonant.
29:17W.
29:19A vowel.
29:21E.
29:23And another vowel, please.
29:27And lastly, A.
29:30Last letters.
29:30A vowel.
29:32The vowel.
29:32A vowel.
29:33The vowel.
29:40A vowel.
29:44And a vowel.
29:45That vowel.
29:45The vowel.
29:45The vowel.
29:46A vowel.
29:46The vowel.
29:46What?
29:46The vowel.
29:47They all.
29:48A vowel.
29:48The vowel.
29:48The vowel.
29:50The vowel.
29:50The vowel.
29:51Theuger.
29:52The flavour.
29:53Theanız.
29:53The vowel.
29:54The hombre.
29:54The passengers.
29:55Theăăă©ă.
29:55TheæŻ.
29:56Theïżœïżœì.
29:57The eliminated.
29:58Theïżœïżœ.
29:58The Thing delen.
29:58The afterwards.
29:59Theuary.
29:59That's time, David?
30:02Just five.
30:03And Jake?
30:04I'll try a six.
30:05Off to, really, at this stage.
30:07Right, what's the five?
30:08Avail.
30:09And will you avail with a six?
30:11Weevil.
30:12Weevil.
30:13Ooh.
30:14Um, how are you spelling that?
30:17I spelled it with the A, which I'm now thinking might be wrong.
30:19W-E-A-V-I-A-L.
30:21It is W-E-E-V-I-L.
30:23Yeah, I'm afraid.
30:25It's a lovely word, isn't it?
30:27But, yeah, you need to...
30:28Not there.
30:29Sorry.
30:29Not there.
30:29No worries.
30:30So the five stands.
30:31What else do we have in Dictionary Corner?
30:33There were a few.
30:33There was Vital and Valet, uh, but you can sneak in with a six,
30:39which is A-V-8.
30:40Very good.
30:41A-V-8 for six.
30:42Really, really difficult round.
30:44And it's not over yet.
30:4620 points up for grabs.
30:4720 points to different.
30:48And, Jake, Vitley, you're in charge of these numbers.
30:52I'm going to stick with one large.
30:53You're not going to gamble.
30:54Even Colin's trying to make you gamble at this stage.
30:57Well, the one large worked for me last time.
31:00One large...
31:00OK, you need to outdo David for the teapot.
31:04One large.
31:04I'm sticking with it, yeah.
31:05Five little, right.
31:06Well, we shall see.
31:08Backfire.
31:08Final one of the day.
31:09Two, one, eight, four, three, and a large one, 50.
31:15And you need something tricky.
31:17The target.
31:18574.
31:19Thank you, Rachel.
31:50Well, well, well.
31:51574, Jake.
31:53573.
31:54Oh, there you go.
31:55It's all over then.
31:56David?
31:57573.
31:58Have you written it down?
31:59Yes.
31:59Both written it down.
32:00Jake, you go first for seven points.
32:0350 plus two, 52.
32:0552.
32:068 plus 3 is 11.
32:0952 by 11.
32:11572.
32:12And then add the one.
32:13573, one away.
32:15Very good.
32:15And how do you do it, David?
32:16Exactly the same.
32:18Well done.
32:19Take me one closer, please, Riley.
32:21Well, a couple of ways.
32:22One, you could have said 50 times four is 200.
32:27Take away eight for 192.
32:30Times that by three for 576.
32:33And knock off the two for 574.
32:35Very good.
32:37And a third win for David.
32:39You're like a boxer who just manages to keep his opponents for 15 rounds at arm's length,
32:45you know?
32:46Great footwork gets the job done.
32:48Well done to you.
32:49And a chance to break 100 today.
32:51So let's get your finger on that buzzer.
32:53That would be remarkable considering how strong Jake has been.
32:56A chance for you, Jake, to get 80 points and still lose,
32:59which doesn't happen that often on Countdown.
33:01Let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:03David, quietness.
33:29Let's have a look.
33:30No quietness in the studio as you bring up your sensory.
33:38Nice little milestone to get and your hat trick of wins.
33:42And well earned today.
33:43Well done, mate.
33:44Well done.
33:44Jake, what a performance.
33:46You didn't win.
33:47That would have been the real bucket list, but I hope it was worth ticking off.
33:50It's been a great day.
33:51Brilliant.
33:52Thank you, mate.
33:52Rory, Susie, we'll see you tomorrow.
33:54Yeah, see you then.
33:55Rachel, what's on your bucket list?
33:57What's the one thing you haven't done?
33:58I want to swim with manta rays.
34:00That's doable, Rich.
34:01That's definitely doable.
34:02One day.
34:03Yeah.
34:03My bucket list every day.
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