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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:33I don't know how many of you watching today saw the picture that was on social media of the taxi
00:39driver's sort of ride type menu.
00:42He had a menu.
00:44And Reggie will love this. It's great.
00:46He obviously wants to make the ride enjoyable.
00:48Why he should be bothered, I don't know.
00:50But there was the stand-up ride where the driver tells you jokes and funny stories.
00:55Couldn't do without that.
00:56There's the therapy ride where he says nothing.
00:59But he gives you a big sympathetic ear.
01:02And then there's the silent ride.
01:04Yes, please.
01:05Which is self-explanatory.
01:07The ride that wasn't on the list of rides that were on offer was the shortest possible route ride.
01:14Right.
01:15Which I think is also silent and short is good for me.
01:19Have you noticed black cabs just seem to be more and more expensive?
01:23Would you share this with me or would you prefer to duck it?
01:26I think I'll duck it.
01:27Yeah, I'm in London a lot.
01:28I don't want to be run over.
01:31No, I tell you the thing.
01:32For Londoners all over town, if you're in a cab, avoid the strand.
01:37And every black cab I seem to get into heads straight for the strand where you can be locked in
01:43there for 20 minutes.
01:44You're obviously too interesting.
01:45They just want to chat to you for longer.
01:46No, I go for the silent ride.
01:48I get busy reading papers on the phone.
01:51I'm in trouble with black cabs now.
01:53What have I done?
01:55Harry's back.
01:56Look at this.
01:57Sports journalism student at SGS College from Old Land Common in Gloucestershire.
02:02You're a teapot plus one now, aren't you?
02:05Yes.
02:05Fantastic.
02:06Well, good luck today.
02:07You're joined by Kevin Sewell, a maths tutor from Carrick-McCross County, Monaghan, living in Dublin.
02:14Yes.
02:14Tutoring at UCD.
02:15UCD University.
02:16University College Dublin, yeah.
02:18Interesting.
02:18You play Irish traditional music in pubs and hotels.
02:22Yeah.
02:22And you have three instruments.
02:24You've got the whistle, the flute, and the bowrun.
02:28Now, I always thought it was a bodron, but the bowrun is that very simple side drum almost, isn't it?
02:34You hold it sideways, and it's made out of a goat's skin, and you play it with a thin wooden
02:39stick.
02:40Okay.
02:40Yeah.
02:41And it's a bit like a sort of a tambourine, in a sense.
02:44It's empty on one side.
02:47Yes, exactly.
02:47But you can tune it in some way, slightly.
02:50Yeah, you can tune it using screwdrivers at the back.
02:52Okay.
02:53And it tightens or loosens the skin, depending on how you like it.
02:55Excellent.
02:56Yeah.
02:57There's nothing like a good old shindig in an Irish pub, when there's a singer in a little
03:01band.
03:02It's brilliant.
03:02Yeah, I love it.
03:03Well, good luck to you both.
03:05Good luck to you both.
03:05Big round of applause for Harry and Kevin.
03:12And Susie's over in the corner, joined once again by TV and radio presenter Gethin Jones.
03:17Welcome back, Gethin.
03:18Great to be in here.
03:22Okay, Harry.
03:23Let us go.
03:23Hello, Rachel.
03:24Hi, Harry.
03:24Can I start with a consonant, please?
03:27And you start today with M.
03:29And another.
03:30N.
03:32A vowel.
03:33I.
03:35Consonant.
03:37R.
03:38A vowel.
03:40U.
03:42Another vowel.
03:43A.
03:45And a third.
03:47O.
03:49A consonant.
03:51T.
03:53And another consonant.
03:56And a last one.
03:57S.
03:58Stand by.
03:59A vowel.
04:00A vowel.
04:30How are you?
04:31Seven.
04:32Kevin.
04:32Seven as well.
04:33Thank you, Harry.
04:34Russians.
04:35And?
04:36Same word.
04:37There we go.
04:38So we've kicked off with a seven.
04:41What does the corner think?
04:43Seven is good.
04:43I've got a six, minors or minor key, which you could probably play on the Irish drum,
04:47but, yeah, boys are beating me there.
04:50There are a few eights in there.
04:52There's a rain out that come out from time to time.
04:55There are manitoos, which among some North American Indian peoples are good or evil spirits
05:01that are worshipped.
05:02And there's also Tinamoose, the ground-dwelling tropical American bird.
05:06Looks a bit like a grouse.
05:08Thank you for that.
05:12Very good.
05:12Thanks, Gethin.
05:13Now, Kevin, it's your letters, Kevin.
05:16Hi, Rachel.
05:16Hi, Kevin.
05:17Can I have a consonant, please?
05:19Start with F.
05:20And another one?
05:23S.
05:24And another?
05:26L.
05:28And another?
05:29X.
05:31And a vowel, please?
05:33E.
05:34And another?
05:36A.
05:37And another?
05:39E.
05:40And a consonant?
05:43C.
05:45And a final consonant, please?
05:47A final V.
05:48Stand by.
05:49And a consonant, please.
06:20Yes, Kevin?
06:21Six.
06:22A six and?
06:23Six.
06:24Harry's six.
06:25Kevin?
06:26Calves.
06:27Yes, Harry?
06:27Flexes.
06:29Yes.
06:30Happy enough?
06:30Very happy.
06:31Now, Gethin and Susie.
06:34That's it, isn't it?
06:35Yeah.
06:36Yeah, leave is in there.
06:37It's quite a tricky one.
06:38We've got cleaves, though, for seven.
06:40Cleaves.
06:41Yeah, to cleave something.
06:43Split it in half, sort of thing.
06:45Yes.
06:46Anything else, Susie?
06:46No excels, otherwise, for six.
06:49Cleave.
06:50Thirteen apiece.
06:52Harry, your numbers game.
06:54One large and five small.
06:56Thank you, Harry.
06:57One from the top row.
06:58And five little ones.
07:00And the first numbers of the day.
07:02Ah, six.
07:04Ten.
07:05Three.
07:06Five.
07:07Six.
07:08And the big one, 75.
07:10And your target, 939.
07:12Nine.
07:39Harry.
07:40940.
07:42One away, Kevin.
07:43I think I have 939.
07:45Let's try for it.
07:46So, ten plus three is 13.
07:48Yep.
07:49Times 75 is 975.
07:52It is.
07:53Six six is a 36.
07:54Yep, you have it.
07:55And subtract.
07:56Well done.
07:56939.
07:58Well done.
08:01So, it's 23 to 13.
08:04Harry's a little bit behind.
08:05Surprisingly, on 13s, we turn to our first tea time teaser,
08:09which is Revel, Sect.
08:10And the clue.
08:12She knows the answer to everything.
08:14She's a mountain of intelligence.
08:15She knows the answer to everything.
08:18She's a mountain of intelligence.
08:36Welcome back.
08:36Welcome back.
08:37Welcome back.
08:37I'll have to do the clue.
08:37She knows the answer to everything.
08:39She's a mountain of intelligence.
08:41She is the cleverest.
08:44Cleverest.
08:45Now, if you'd like to become a Countdown contestant,
08:48you can email countdown at channel4.com to request an application form,
08:53or write to us at Contestant's Applications, Countdown Leads, LS3, 1J, S.
09:0223 place 13.
09:03Kevin in the lead.
09:04Kevin, your letters go.
09:06Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
09:07Thank you, Kevin.
09:08F.
09:10And another.
09:14And a vowel, please.
09:21And another.
09:23And another.
09:26And another.
09:27And another.
09:30And a final consonant.
09:33And a final Y.
09:35Stand by.
10:07Kevin.
10:08Just a six.
10:09A six.
10:10And Harry.
10:10Six as well.
10:11Kevin.
10:12Afraid.
10:13Yes, Harry.
10:14Raised.
10:15And raised.
10:16Six is over here.
10:17Yeah, Kevin says just a six.
10:20I'm absolutely ecstatic with my afraid.
10:22So, yeah, six over here as well.
10:24Susie.
10:26Afraid is in there as well with the Y.
10:29And you can also have far side, which is one word when it refers to the side of the moon
10:37that's not visible from Earth.
10:39Far side of the moon, indeed.
10:4129 to 19.
10:42Ten points in it.
10:43Harry, your letters go.
10:45Can I have a vowel, please, Rachel?
10:47Thank you, Harry.
10:48E.
10:49And another.
10:51E.
10:52And a third.
10:53A third.
10:54I.
10:55A consonant.
10:57T.
10:58And another.
11:00S.
11:01And a vowel.
11:04O.
11:05Consonant.
11:07L.
11:09And another.
11:11S.
11:12And another consonant.
11:15And the last one, W.
11:17Stand by.
11:49Harry?
11:50Seven.
11:50A seven and?
11:52Seven.
11:52And a seven.
11:54Now, Harry?
11:55Slowest.
11:56Kevin?
11:56Same word.
11:59Can we match or beat seven?
12:01I got slowest, but probably not as fast as those two.
12:05Great.
12:06And Susie?
12:08Witless is another good one.
12:10Witless?
12:10Yeah.
12:1236, 26, 10 points still.
12:15Numbers for Kevin, our maths tutor.
12:17Kevin?
12:17Can I have two from the top, please, Rachel?
12:19You can indeed, and it's going well for the maths tutor so far.
12:22It's always bad when it's referenced just before the maths.
12:24These four little ones are 10, 2, 1, another 2,
12:29and then the large one's 50 and 25.
12:33And the target?
12:35140.
12:361-4-0.
13:08Kevin, let's get this over with quickly.
13:10140.
13:12And?
13:12140.
13:13Kevin?
13:1410 times 2 is 20.
13:1610, 2 is the 20.
13:18Add to the 50.
13:1970.
13:20And multiply by the other two.
13:22Lovely.
13:22140.
13:23And Harry?
13:242 plus 1 is 3.
13:26Yep.
13:27Times 50.
13:27150.
13:28And minus the 10.
13:29140.
13:30Nice and straightforward.
13:31There we go.
13:34So, Kevin, still 10 points ahead, 46 to 36, as we turn to Gethin.
13:40Now, Gethin, what are you going to talk to us about today?
13:42Do you know what?
13:43I thought I'd take this opportunity to tell you about a charity that I started about 18 months ago.
13:48So, I have two nephews, Albie and Lenny.
13:51And Albie is autistic.
13:53So, anyone who has autism in their lives know the challenges they face with autistic children.
14:00You know, when you start a business or a charity, the name is always the hardest thing.
14:04But I walked into my best friend's house, Sean, and he looked at me and he said,
14:08Nye.
14:09I went, I love it.
14:10And that was the name.
14:10So, Nye, N-A-I, is the Welsh word for nephew.
14:14So, both Sean and I have autistic nephews.
14:17And that's how it was born.
14:18And we do a lot of physical challenges to raise money.
14:22But I have a lot of fun with my nephews, Albie and Lenny, when I see them down in Cardiff.
14:25But sometimes with autism, it can get, not awkward, but you have some very sort of strange social moments.
14:32But I take them to this sort of gym, because Albie and Lenny love their swimming.
14:38And for them, it's all about routine.
14:39So, Albie's all about routine.
14:40So, you go swimming.
14:42Then we go in the jacuzzi.
14:43Then we come out, and I get them changed.
14:45Whilst that's happening, they have their raisins.
14:48And then after the raisins, we go and watch the automatic doors, ten times only.
14:52And then we go for some food.
14:54And it's always a chocolate muffin.
14:56And Albie refers to the hotel, Jim, that we go to as Uncle Geth's Hotel.
15:02That's how he knows it.
15:03But unfortunately, as he was asking me the question this one time, he said,
15:08Shall we come back to Uncle Geth's Hotel soon?
15:11And a gentleman was walking past with his son.
15:14And he looked at me as if to say,
15:16You tell your boy this is your hotel.
15:19Like you're bragging.
15:20Went, No, no, no, no, no, no.
15:22And then you have to make that decision of, do you explain it to him or just let it go?
15:26And I decided to let it go.
15:28That's funny.
15:29How old are these young lads?
15:30So, Albie's 11, I think, and Lenny's 8.
15:34But what's really interesting is the relationship between the two.
15:37They're best friends.
15:38And Lenny, even at the age of 8, really looks out for his older brother.
15:42And that's just wonderful to watch.
15:44Excellent.
15:44Well done.
15:50Thanks, Gethin.
15:51That's great.
15:52And now, Harry, letters came for you.
15:54Consonant, please.
15:56Thank you, Harry.
15:57S.
15:58And another.
16:00T.
16:01And a vowel.
16:21And the last one, N.
16:26Stand by.
16:57Harry.
16:58Six.
16:59Kevin.
17:00Five.
17:01And your five?
17:02Beast.
17:03Now then, Harry.
17:04Acute.
17:05Acute, as in acute angles.
17:08Yes, excellent.
17:10Short for acute accents in languages like French.
17:12Very good.
17:13Well done.
17:14And over in the corner.
17:15A word I actually love, because a mate of mine uses it all the time.
17:18He says bute.
17:19Bute.
17:20Bute.
17:20Yeah, particularly fine examples of something.
17:23That's good for six.
17:25And we got to one seven with subject.
17:27Well done.
17:28Thanks for that.
17:30Harry's crept up now.
17:3142 to Kevin's 46.
17:33Kevin, your letters came.
17:34Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
17:36Thank you, Kevin.
17:37H.
17:38And another.
17:40P.
17:41And another.
17:43D.
17:44And another.
17:46N.
17:47And another, please.
17:49W.
17:51And a vowel.
17:53E.
17:54And another.
17:55I.
17:57And another.
17:59E.
18:00And a final consonant, please.
18:03A final B.
18:05Stand by.
18:06That's kind of a vowel.
18:06I.
18:19I.
18:22I.
18:34I.
18:36I.
18:36yes given six six and six yes given behind Harry same words getting yeah
18:45behind behind behind yes behind this end I don't know I'm saying it so many times
18:50I think it's because I'm quite excited that I saw it well done Susie and there
18:55is an inconspicuous looking flower was actually weed really called pinweed which
19:02has small linear leaves grows in North America thank you all right we'll take
19:07it 52 plays 48 and now Harry is your numbers game two large and four small
19:13please Rachel thank you Harry two from the top and four little ones and the third
19:17one of the day is three nine three four seventy five and twenty five and the
19:26target eight hundred and ten eight one zero
19:32so
20:01Harry eight ten I think
20:03eight ten Kevin eight hundred and four eight oh four Harry four times three
20:10four threes are 12 plus the other three 15 plus 75 490 29 perfect 810 well done
20:20well done well done well done well done well done well done well done
20:27well done Harry you've bounced into the lead 58 to Kevin's 52 as we turn to our
20:32second tea time teaser which is lost a mind and the clue it sounds like something the
20:36actor Timothy might say when complaining about his eyes it sounds like something the
20:43actor Timothy might say when complaining about his eyes
20:47and the answer to that is Daltonism Susie hmm Dalton ism yeah it's a form of a
21:17colorblindness the most common kind of colorblindness that's hereditary results from insensitivity
21:23to red light really named after somebody called exactly another word for it is a protonopia but it
21:30was named after John Dalton in the mid 19th century thank you for that 58 52 Harry has sprung
21:38into the lead Kevin I don't let him get away your letters again Kevin
21:42consonant please thank you Kevin T and another ah and another deep and another
21:53M and a vowel I and a vowel I and a vowel please E and another O and another A
22:07and a final consonant please
22:09and a final S standby
22:14yeah
22:15yeah
22:15yeah
22:15yeah
22:15yeah
22:19yeah
22:44I might have a nine.
22:45How about Harry?
22:47I'll also risk a nine.
22:49Yes, Kevin?
22:49Mediators.
22:52And amortised?
22:53Both.
22:54Excellent, yes.
22:55Isn't that great?
22:56They're both in the dictionary.
22:56Very, very good.
22:57That's very, very good.
23:03Two different nines.
23:04That's not bad, is it?
23:05No, it's brilliant.
23:06To amortise is to write off a debt.
23:07Yeah.
23:08Yeah.
23:08And mediators.
23:09Yeah.
23:10Very good.
23:10And your nines in the corner?
23:11Yeah, loads of nines.
23:13Carry on, Nick.
23:16Nothing else?
23:17We had mardiest for eight.
23:18Mardiest, thanks very much.
23:2076 plays 70.
23:21Harry maintains his lead, and it's Harry's letters game.
23:24Consonant, please.
23:26Thank you, Harry.
23:27R.
23:28And another.
23:29Z.
23:31And another.
23:33D.
23:34A vowel.
23:36E.
23:37And another.
23:38A.
23:39A consonant.
23:42R.
23:43A vowel.
23:45E.
23:47Consonant.
23:48T.
23:50And another consonant.
23:52And the last one, P.
23:54Stand by.
23:55Here we go.baje.
24:06All. Steve.
24:07And another
24:15One, P.
24:15P. Three,
24:25four. Two,
24:27Harry seven yes Kevin I'll try a seven Harry predate and petered
24:38you need three E's for petered sorry Kevin and pre-date is absolutely fine it can mean either
24:47to act as a predator when it's predate or simply to predate something to exist or occur before
24:53either way it's absolutely fine well done Harry 83 to 70 let's pause for Susie's wonderful origins
25:00of words now yes Susie um well I thought I was uh talk a little bit about an expression again
25:05that
25:05we just might bandy about I know Getham might use it when talking about the Six Nations rugby
25:10um and that's to give someone the wooden spoon so if you get the wooden spoon essentially you've
25:15usually come last or um failed in some way so being a whilst when I know that too well unfortunately
25:22um so a little bit of history to the wooden spoon um it goes back to Cambridge University
25:28and to a custom that began in 1811 where each year three classes of honours um are basically awarded
25:34in mathematics and our first class winners are called wranglers um and they are given golden
25:41spoons so this is quite a big deal so the top wranglers usually go on to become quite leading
25:47figures in government to be highly successful business people etc um apparently the exams are
25:53so tough that they can lead to all sorts of kind of stress um you know sometimes breakdowns etc so
25:58it's a really really big deal to come out on top and I think that sort of remains the case
26:02today
26:03um and it was noted a while ago that virtually every high wrangler for whom records exist
26:08participated in some form of regular physical exercise to preserve his strength and stamina
26:14expect a quote from the 19th century so it's a really big deal you did everything you could in
26:18order to get up there then came the senior optimist as they were called who got a silver spoon and
26:23then
26:24the juniors who got lead spoons but the last of the juniors so the one who came absolutely at the
26:30bottom the lowest exam result of all of them was given the wooden spoon and was presented with a
26:35literal one but not the kind that you might imagine today that you might find in your kitchen drawer
26:39this spoon was over one meter long it was huge and on degree day it was suspended on strings
26:46um but it was held by friends of the person who'd been awarded this in the gallery of the senate
26:52house
26:52where the ceremony took place and the spoon sort of hung above this poor winner or loser um and when
26:59the
26:59graduate rose from the knees the spoon was lowered and the strings were cut and then it was presented
27:04so if you look at pictures you can you can find pictures still of some of these spoons that have
27:09been uh preserved and they are absolutely enormous it was banned in 1875 perhaps unsurprisingly so the
27:16custom doesn't exist but we still talk about silver spoons and gold spoons would be born with a silver
27:20spoon in one's mouth which goes back to baptism and the present by um a god parent to um you
27:26know to
27:27the child that they're they are god parenting but um it yeah it's just fascinating ceremony and that's why
27:32in six nations rugby we still talk about giving someone the wooden spoon getting the wooden spoon
27:41very good 83 to 70 harry's in the lead kevin your letters came now can i have a consonant please
27:49thank you kevin r and another c and another t and another n and a vowel please e and another
28:05i and another
28:08o and another a and a final consonant please a final t stand high
28:19o and another
28:35o
28:35o
28:35o
28:47o
28:49o
28:49o
28:50o
28:50o
29:19veil that goes from the cat to the stalk
29:21and if the toadstall has one of those
29:23it's coordinate.
29:25Coordinate. Very good.
29:27Coordinate.
29:30Coordinate.
29:31Very good.
29:32OK, Harry, final letters game.
29:35Take it away.
29:36Consolant, please.
29:37Thank you, Harry.
29:39G.
29:40And another.
29:41Q.
29:43And a vowel.
29:45E.
29:46Another vowel.
29:49A.
29:49Consolant.
29:51L.
29:53Another consonant.
29:55N.
29:57A vowel.
29:59U.
30:00Consolant.
30:02S.
30:04And another consonant.
30:06And lastly, P.
30:08Stand by.
30:10A NEW
30:10A
30:10A
30:10A
30:11MUSIC PLAYS
30:40Harry?
30:41Seven.
30:42Seven as well.
30:43And seven for Kevin.
30:44Harry?
30:45Plunges.
30:45Kevin?
30:46Same word.
30:50And what in the corner?
30:51Here we've got plunges and a manager spangle for seven as well.
30:56Spangle.
30:57Spangle.
30:5998 to 85.
31:01Kevin, final numbers game for you.
31:03Good luck.
31:04Can I have two from the top, please, Rachel?
31:05Two from the...
31:06You're 13 behind.
31:0620 remaining.
31:07Going for two for the top?
31:08Yeah.
31:09OK.
31:10All eggs on two large and four little.
31:12Let's see if we get a challenging one.
31:14Final numbers are four, five, nine, one and the large two.
31:1950 and 100.
31:21And the target, 627.
31:24627.
31:25827.
31:31827.
31:31.
31:541217.
31:55527.
31:55527.
31:56Kevin.
31:576-2-8.
31:596-2-8, Harry.
32:016-2-4.
32:03Kevin.
32:03So, 100 plus 50.
32:06150.
32:07Plus 5.
32:08Plus 5.
32:091-5-5.
32:10Times the 4.
32:11Times the 4 for 620.
32:13Add the 9 and subtract the 1.
32:16Good gamble.
32:16Well done.
32:17Still in the game.
32:18Yeah.
32:18Well done.
32:2098 plays 92.
32:22Smart move.
32:23Rachel.
32:246-2-7.
32:25Well, if you start off as Kevin did with 100 plus 50.
32:29150.
32:319 minus 1 is 8.
32:33Add that on for 1-5-8 before you times by the 4 for 632.
32:37And you have a 5 left over for 6-2-7.
32:40Fabulous.
32:41Very good.
32:45Thank you, Rachel.
32:46That's the way.
32:47But 98 plays 92 means only one thing.
32:50We're in the final round, guys.
32:51Fingers on buzzers.
32:52We've got a crucial countdown conundrum to deal with.
32:56Let's roll that crucial countdown conundrum.
33:05Kevin.
33:06Carbonara.
33:08Carbonara.
33:09Carbonara.
33:11Carbonara.
33:13Oh.
33:18102 plays Harry.
33:21Brave, clever Harry's 98.
33:23You did very well.
33:25And you've got your teapot.
33:26So you're going to go back to Old Land Common with your twin brother and your dad with pride.
33:31Thank you so much for coming and congratulations on being a great young player.
33:35Thanks for having me.
33:36Fantastic.
33:37Kevin.
33:38Wow, that was a bit of an old rollercoaster ride, wasn't it?
33:40It was.
33:41It was brilliant.
33:41And you slipped up on a maths thing.
33:43I know.
33:43You were maths, dude.
33:44Inevitable.
33:45But you got it.
33:46I'm usually better at the two from the top than anything else.
33:49Well, you proved it today.
33:50Well done.
33:51We'll see you tomorrow.
33:52Brilliant stuff.
33:53What a lovely competition.
33:55We'll see you guys tomorrow.
33:56Great game, that.
33:57Brilliant.
33:58And Rachel, too.
33:59And I like to push the gamble, but this play paid off.
34:02Wasn't it good?
34:03Exciting finish.
34:04Great game.
34:05Join us tomorrow.
34:06Same time, same place.
34:07You be sure of it.
34:08A very good afternoon.
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