Countdown | Thursday 10th November 2011 | Episode 5372
Transcript
00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:03CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
00:31Good afternoon and welcome to today's Countdown.
00:33Now, it was on this day 140 years ago that the reporter Henry Stanley
00:38ended his eight-month search for the missing explorer David Livingstone
00:41deep in the African jungle.
00:44Hi, Rachel. Hi, Geoff.
00:45Of course, famously, you know what the first words that he said were,
00:48allegedly.
00:49Dr Livingstone, I presume.
00:51Yeah, I'm a bit dubious about that.
00:53I'm sure he's probably said, where the heck have you been?
00:55Or, you know, have you got a beer, mate? Or something like that.
00:57Probably.
00:58Most unlikely.
00:59Look, I've got a selection of other famous quotes here,
01:02and I want you to see if you can guess who they were from.
01:05And to make it easier, I've made them all sporting quotes.
01:07OK, right.
01:08Here's the first one. I think you'll get this.
01:10Sometimes you've got a noisy neighbour and you have to live with it.
01:13Is that the one and only Sir Alex?
01:16That is the one and only Sir Alex, OK?
01:18I'll give you a clue about this one.
01:20This is a former Manchester United star.
01:22He said, I never comment on refs
01:24and I'm not going to break the habit of a lifetime for that prat.
01:27LAUGHTER
01:29Former start-up, Roy Keane?
01:31No, close. Norman Whiteside.
01:33OK.
01:34Just one more for you. It's a very famous one.
01:36He said, I spent most of my money on booze, women and gambling.
01:39The rest I squandered.
01:40Was that you, Geoff?
01:41No.
01:42That was the great, the legendary George Best.
01:44George Best.
01:45Absolutely.
01:46Fantastic. Some fantastic quotes.
01:48We might have one more for you, just above our sleeves,
01:50for the end of the programme.
01:52Let's meet our contestant, shall we?
01:53First of all, our returning champion, Julie Davis,
01:55who joins us again from Chelmsford, where she's a teaching assistant.
01:58She made a spectacular debut yesterday
02:02with a score of 92.
02:04It was enough to unseat our four-time winning champion, Clive Barham.
02:07She came up with a nine-letter word in canonises
02:10and spotted the conundrum in vitriolic.
02:14I know you were a bit edgy yesterday, Julie.
02:16Are you feeling a bit calmer now?
02:17Yes, thank you.
02:18Good. It is hard first time, that is for sure.
02:21Now, look, I know in your spare time
02:23one of the things you like to do is to play the keyboard.
02:25Yes.
02:26Anything in particular? What sort of music?
02:28Anything and everything, really.
02:30I'm a big fan of the Beatles, so I play a lot of those.
02:34My husband and my brother play the guitar,
02:37so we all get together and play.
02:40A bit of a jam session?
02:41Yes, yes.
02:42Brilliant.
02:43Julie Davis, our returning champion.
02:45Up against Julie is Paul Keane, our challenger.
02:47He lives in North Finchley with his wife Louise, son Alexander
02:51and a man eating goldfish called Sally.
02:53Now, look, Paul says his biggest claim to fame is meeting Cameron Diaz.
02:57How did you manage that?
02:59My wife's a nurse and one of her friends is a ward manager at Great Ormond Street,
03:04so the cast of Shrek 3 went to visit one morning
03:07and we were lucky to be invited,
03:09so I got to meet the whole cast.
03:11Antonio Banderas, who was chatting up my wife,
03:14and Mike Myers, Rupert Everett and Cameron Diaz,
03:18which was the real highlight for me.
03:20And was she drop-dead gorgeous?
03:22Er, pretty amazing, yes.
03:24Spot on.
03:25I was on my best behaviour because my wife was there as well.
03:27Of course, yes.
03:28Of course.
03:29Paul Keane, our challenger, up against our champion, Julie Davis.
03:37Standing in victory corner once again today,
03:39it's Susie Denton, Radio 2's chatterbox, Ken Bruce.
03:47Cameron Diaz, eh? Has she ever been on tracks in my years?
03:49No, she hasn't yet, Geoff, but I'm working on it.
03:51The request has gone in, we're waiting for her,
03:53but we've had some real beauties on there.
03:55Alicia Dixon from Strictly Come Dancing, for one.
03:58We've had Duffy, we've had Beyonce, as we talked about earlier in the week,
04:01and we're hoping you'll come on one day.
04:03You had Kid Creole on, didn't you?
04:04Kid Creole, yes.
04:05Did he bring his coconuts?
04:06Er, he did not.
04:07He managed without his coconuts at the time, but...
04:09We've had several people that way.
04:11One of Susie's favourites, Rolf Harris?
04:13Yeah, you were Rolf, yes.
04:15Susie's a great fan of Rolf Harris.
04:16Antonio Banderas, if he came, I would be there in a shot,
04:19if he would have me.
04:20Antonio Banderas, Rolf Harris, it's a tough call.
04:22Those are Susie's two favourites,
04:24Antonio Banderas and Rolf Harris, by choice.
04:26Not much to tell between them.
04:28Let's press on with the contest, shall we?
04:30Julie's our champion this time round, and as such,
04:32first pick of the letters. Off you go, Julie.
04:34Hi, Rachel.
04:35Hi, Julie.
04:36A consonant, please. Thank you.
04:37Start today with P.
04:40Another.
04:41Please.
04:42G.
04:43And another.
04:44And another.
04:46R.
04:47And a vowel.
04:49E.
04:50And another.
04:52A.
04:54And a consonant, please.
04:57S.
04:58And another.
05:01F.
05:02And a vowel.
05:05O.
05:07And a consonant, please.
05:08And lastly, G.
05:10And for the first time today, here's the Countdown Clock.
05:14CLOCK TICKS
05:44Paul, how many?
05:45Seven.
05:46And Julie?
05:47I'll try a seven.
05:48OK, what's yours, Julie?
05:49Forages.
05:50And yours, Paul?
05:51Same word.
05:53Lovely, good start, forages, with seven points apiece.
05:57Ken, Susie, anything else?
05:58Yeah, it's a terrific word. We haven't got anything better than that.
06:01But we all got it very early. In fact, we've had it for ages.
06:04Very good.
06:05So, seven points apiece to start with for Julie and Paul.
06:08Very good indeed.
06:09Paul, it's your selection.
06:10Hello, Rachel.
06:11Hi, Paul.
06:12Hi. Consonant, please.
06:13Thank you, start with C.
06:16And another.
06:19K.
06:20And another.
06:22B.
06:24And a vowel.
06:26E.
06:27And another.
06:29A.
06:30And another.
06:33U.
06:35And a consonant.
06:37N.
06:39And another.
06:41C.
06:43And the final consonant.
06:46And a final T.
06:48And your 30 seconds starts now.
07:13MUSIC
07:21Julie, what have you got?
07:23Five.
07:24And Paul?
07:25Six.
07:26OK, what's the five, Julie?
07:27Er, beaut.
07:28And the six, Paul?
07:30Bucket.
07:31Bucket.
07:32Very good.
07:33Bucket's there for six.
07:35I think we can't do much better than that,
07:37but there might be seven letters there in cutback.
07:40Yes.
07:41Cutback.
07:42Excellent for seven.
07:43But bucket, good for Paul.
07:45It moves him into an early lead.
07:47Julie has seven and Paul has 13.
07:50Julie, it's your selection this time round.
07:53I'll have a consonant, please.
07:55Thank you, Julie.
07:57T.
07:58And another.
08:00R.
08:01And another.
08:04D.
08:05And a vowel.
08:07I.
08:09And another.
08:10E.
08:11And another.
08:13U.
08:15And a consonant, please.
08:17D.
08:19And a vowel.
08:22A.
08:23And a consonant, please.
08:24And lastly, L.
08:27Time starts now.
08:28MUSIC
08:40MUSIC
09:01Paul?
09:02Seven.
09:03And Julie?
09:04Seven.
09:05OK, what's yours, Julie?
09:06It's laureate.
09:07And yours, Paul?
09:08Dilated.
09:09Laureate and dilated.
09:11Julie, how are you spelling laureate?
09:13L-A-U-R-I-E-T.
09:17Um...
09:18No, it's L-A-U-R-E-A-T-E.
09:21Oh, unfortunately.
09:23Bad luck.
09:24Dilated, very good indeed, though.
09:26Excellent spot, yes.
09:27Julie, seven.
09:28Paul on 20.
09:30Paul, it's your selection.
09:32Consonant, please.
09:33Thank you, Paul.
09:35P.
09:36And another.
09:38F.
09:39And another.
09:42R.
09:43And a vowel.
09:45O.
09:46And another one.
09:48E.
09:49And a third.
09:52Another E.
09:54A consonant.
09:56Y.
09:59Another consonant.
10:01N.
10:03And a final vowel, please.
10:07And a final O.
10:10And here's the countdown clock.
10:32MUSIC
10:43Julie, how many this time?
10:44Six.
10:45And Paul?
10:46Seven.
10:47OK, what's the six, Julie?
10:48Osprey.
10:49And the seven, Paul?
10:50Openers.
10:52Openers?
10:53Yes, very nice.
10:54Very good.
10:55What have we got over there, Ken, Susie?
10:57We think also a spooner is there.
11:00You go back to when you were young.
11:02Geoff, people used to talk about spooning,
11:05when they were being in love and making amorous moves at each other.
11:09Is that right?
11:10That's right, yes.
11:11Right.
11:12So you were a spooner.
11:13OK, a spooner it was.
11:15Julie on seven, but Paul, our challenger, made a great start.
11:17He's raced on to 27.
11:19Time for our first numbers round, then.
11:21And, Julie, it's you to pick those numbers, please.
11:23I'll have two large, please, and the rest small.
11:26Thank you, Julie.
11:27Two large ones and four small ones.
11:29And for the first time today, the numbers are seven, nine, six, four,
11:35and the two large, 25 and 75.
11:39And the target, 252.
11:41So 30 seconds to reach 252.
11:57MUSIC PLAYS
12:14252 in this first numbers round, then.
12:16That's the required target. Paul, how close?
12:18252.
12:19Julie?
12:20Yeah, the same, 252.
12:21OK, Paul, let's hear yours this time, please.
12:23OK, six plus four is ten.
12:25Yep.
12:26Times the 25 to get to 250.
12:28250.
12:29Then nine, take away seven, gives you the two and add it on.
12:32And 252, well done.
12:34Julie, same method?
12:36Yes, yes, it was.
12:37Yep, it's fine.
12:38Yeah, well done, both of you.
12:44So, Julie moves on to 17, Paul has 37 at the moment.
12:47Bit of a break for them, because we're off to the dictionary corner.
12:50Ken Bruce is our guest all this week.
12:52Ken, what have you got for us today?
12:54Well, I'm thinking about food and drink, which is not unusual for me,
12:57but in terms of food, we have a checkered reputation
13:01for culinary expertise in this country,
13:04and somehow we're still a little awkward in restaurants, I feel.
13:07We're not as confident as we could be when we're ordering,
13:11and our palates may have developed,
13:13but our ability to communicate what we want has not really kept apace.
13:17We're worse when we're abroad,
13:19and worse still is when we try and communicate in the native language.
13:24I mean, long, long gone are the days
13:26when we used to just shout loudly and very slowly in English
13:31to make ourselves understood to foreigners,
13:33but when you go to France and try to speak French,
13:36they do appreciate it,
13:37even though they still carry on chatting up your girlfriend.
13:40However, I was told once that somebody had been to France
13:44and had tried to order in the local language.
13:47He'd wanted the wine list and had asked for the carte de vin,
13:50or something that sounded a bit like that,
13:53and the lady in the restaurant had looked a bit oddly at him,
13:57put on her coat and left the restaurant,
13:59came back half an hour later and put down in front of him a map of the town,
14:03which is what it turned out he'd asked for.
14:05But, of course, being British, he couldn't very well give her it back,
14:08so he spent the rest of his meal studying the map intently
14:11and drinking only mineral water.
14:13That's what you get for being clever, you know.
14:15Even in our country, misunderstandings are common.
14:18There's an ex-REF type.
14:20A bloke from Walking Hoddy went into a small hotel in the north of Wales
14:24and said,
14:25''Soup a day?''
14:26And the waiter said, ''Tomato?''
14:28And even when you do get it right,
14:31there's a cafe in the West Highlands
14:33which has soup of the day on a blackboard
14:35and underneath somebody had written,
14:37''The same as yesterday.''
14:39Our service is not necessarily what it could be.
14:41Even though our cuisine is improving,
14:43our serving staff still lag a little behind.
14:46In a Scottish cafe, somebody stopped and asked for the sandwiches
14:50and the callow youth behind the counter said,
14:53''We've got egg, cheese and meat.''
14:56And when they said, ''What kind of meat?''
14:58he came out with a priceless answer.
15:00''Sliced.''
15:08Thanks, Ken. I've got the first teaser of the day for you here.
15:11The words are deep down, deep down,
15:13and the clue, you'll find this deep down at the bottom of the water.
15:17You'll find this deep down at the bottom of the water.
15:34You'll find this deep down at the bottom of the water.
15:36You will indeed, it's pondweed,
15:38the answer to our first teaser of the day.
15:40Julie Davis is our returning champion.
15:42She's got 17 at the moment, but at present,
15:44our challenger Paul Keane's got the upper hand.
15:46He has 37.
15:48Paul, it's your selection.
15:50Consonant, please, Rachel.
15:51Thank you, Paul.
15:52T
15:54And another.
15:57S
15:58And another one.
16:00L
16:01And a vowel.
16:03A
16:04And another.
16:06E
16:07And a third.
16:10A
16:12A consonant, please.
16:15R
16:17And a vowel.
16:20E
16:22And a final consonant, please.
16:24And a final M.
16:27And here's the countdown clock.
16:41CLOCK TICKS
17:00Julie, how many?
17:01Six.
17:02And Paul?
17:03Seven.
17:04What's the six, Julie?
17:05Master.
17:06And the seven, Paul?
17:07Relates.
17:08Relates, yes.
17:09Very nice.
17:10Yeah?
17:11Very nice.
17:12Any more sevens or anything better than that?
17:14Nothing better, but we do have a couple of other sevens.
17:16We've got a steamer.
17:18And armlets.
17:20Sort of a bracelet.
17:22Yes, worn on the upper part of the arm.
17:24OK. Very good.
17:26Julie, your choice.
17:28Consonant, please.
17:29Thank you, Julie.
17:31P
17:32And another.
17:34Z
17:35And another.
17:37N
17:39And a vowel.
17:41A
17:43And another.
17:45O
17:47And another.
17:49E
17:52And a consonant, please.
17:54S
17:56And a vowel.
17:58A
18:00And a consonant.
18:01And lastly.
18:03R
18:04And your 30 seconds starts now.
18:35Paul, what have you got?
18:36Just six.
18:37And Julie?
18:38Six.
18:39What's yours, Julie?
18:40Reason.
18:41And yours, Paul?
18:42Same word.
18:43Yeah.
18:44Yes.
18:45Reason for Julie over Paul.
18:47Ken, Susie?
18:48I think we can do seven on a couple.
18:50Persona we've got.
18:52And I'm surprised at this one, but panzers.
18:56Yes.
18:57Panzers, yes, which are German armoured units.
19:00P-A-N-Z-E-R.
19:02P-A-N-Z-E-R.
19:04Julie's on 23, then.
19:05Paul has reached his half century.
19:07He's got 50.
19:08Paul, your pick.
19:09Consonant, please, Rachel.
19:11Thank you, Paul.
19:12T
19:13And another.
19:15S
19:17And a third.
19:19T
19:20And a vowel.
19:22U
19:23And another.
19:25E
19:26And a third.
19:28U
19:29U
19:31Consonant, please.
19:33B
19:35Another consonant.
19:38Another S
19:40And a final consonant as well, please.
19:43And a final W.
19:45Time starts now.
19:59MUSIC PLAYS
20:18Julie, what do you make of that?
20:20Just a five.
20:21Paul?
20:22Six.
20:23OK, what's the five, Julie?
20:24Busts.
20:25And the six, Paul?
20:26Subset.
20:27Brilliant, well done.
20:28Excellent.
20:29Nice exercise.
20:30Subset, Susie, meaning what?
20:31It's brilliant.
20:32It can be used as a mathematical term
20:34and it means part of a larger group of related things.
20:37OK, thanks very much indeed.
20:39Julie, 23.
20:40Paul, 56, then.
20:43On to another letters round.
20:45Julie, it's your selection.
20:47Um, consonant, please.
20:49Thank you, Julie.
20:50S
20:51And another.
20:53M
20:54And another.
20:55And another.
20:57D
20:59And a vowel.
21:01A
21:03And another.
21:05E
21:06And another.
21:08I
21:10And a consonant.
21:12N
21:13And a vowel.
21:16E
21:17And a consonant.
21:18And lastly, V.
21:21And here's the countdown clock.
21:22MUSIC PLAYS
21:25CLOCK TICKS
21:26MUSIC CONTINUES
21:53Um, Paul, how many?
21:55Er, seven.
21:56And Julie?
21:57No, I've only got a five, I'm afraid.
21:58OK, what's the five, Julie?
21:59It's vines.
22:01And the seven, please, Paul?
22:02Er, invades.
22:03Invades.
22:04Yes, very nice.
22:05Very good, seven.
22:06Good one.
22:07Er, Ken, Susie, anything else?
22:09Um, just one other seven-letter word.
22:10Maidens.
22:12OK.
22:13Yes, maidens, medians, two sevens.
22:14Yeah.
22:15One or two sevens around
22:16and Paul has spotted one of them.
22:17And he's stormed into a very good-looking lead at the moment.
22:20Julie's on 23.
22:21Paul on 63.
22:23A bit of a break for them both
22:25because we're off to Dictionary Corner Origins of Word Time with Susie.
22:28Susie, what have you got?
22:29Well, I'm staying with the theme of quotations
22:31as we're celebrating the 70th birthday of the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.
22:36So these all come from Oxford's quotations database
22:39and they're all about love.
22:41And the first two offer fairly mixed views on the subject, as you'll see.
22:46The first quote is from Giuseppe di Lampedusa
22:49who wrote a very famous novel called The Leopard.
22:51And he says,
22:52Love, of course, love.
22:53Flames for a year, ashes for 30.
22:57And then Douglas Gerald said,
22:59Love's like the measles, all the worse when it comes late in life.
23:02And then the lyrical poet, Reiner Maria Rilke,
23:07a German poet, wrote beautiful stuff.
23:09He says,
23:10Love consists in this,
23:11that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.
23:14Which is very nice.
23:15Charles Darwin wrote in a letter,
23:17Much love, much trial.
23:19But what an utter desert is life without love.
23:23Someone said that,
23:24The love that lasts the longest is the love that is never returned.
23:28I think that was Somerset Maugham.
23:29And finally, the nice one from Cole Porter that we all know,
23:32Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it.
23:35Let's do it, let's fall in love.
23:36All of those in the quotations database.
23:44Julie's got 23.
23:46Paul has got 63.
23:48On to another numbers round.
23:50And Paul, you're to pick the numbers this time, please.
23:52Two large, please, Rachel.
23:53And any other four.
23:54Thank you, Paul.
23:55Two large and four little ones again.
23:57And this time, the four small ones are 5, 8, 10 and 4.
24:03And the two large ones, 50 and 100.
24:07And the target, 582.
24:10And 30 seconds to reach it.
24:17CLOCK TICKS
24:43582 the target this time round.
24:45584.
24:46And Paul?
24:47580, I think.
24:49Right, both two away.
24:50Let's hear yours first, please, Paul.
24:54100 times 5.
24:56100 times 5, 500.
24:59I...
25:00Sorry, I think I've written it down incorrectly as well.
25:04Not to worry.
25:05Julie, 584.
25:065 times 100.
25:09Plus 8 times 10.
25:118 times 10.
25:1284.
25:13And that's for two away, 584, well done.
25:17584.
25:18Come on then, you look smug, Geoff.
25:19Me? OK.
25:20Yeah, 100 plus 10 is 110.
25:23110.
25:24Multiply it by the 5.
25:26550.
25:278 times 4 is 32 and add them together.
25:30You're in the swing, well done, Geoff.
25:32582.
25:37Julie's got 30 then, closes the gap a little.
25:40Paul's got 63.
25:42And I've got another teaser for you.
25:43The words are best idea.
25:45Best idea.
25:46And the clue, it's not the best idea to ignore the symptoms of this.
25:50It's not the best idea to ignore the symptoms of this.
26:08It's not the best idea to ignore the symptoms of this.
26:10Diabetes is the answer to our second teaser of the day.
26:14Now, our returning champion is Julie Davis.
26:16She's on 30 at the moment, but our challenger Paul Keane has 63.
26:20So, Julie, it needs to be a good comeback.
26:22Probably starting now with the next letters round.
26:24It's your pick.
26:25A consonant, please.
26:26Thank you, Julie.
26:28D.
26:29And another?
26:31T.
26:32And another?
26:34S.
26:36And a vowel, please?
26:40A.
26:41And another?
26:43O.
26:44And a consonant?
26:47N.
26:49And a vowel?
26:51E.
26:53And a consonant?
26:55M.
26:56And another consonant, please?
26:58And lastly, H.
27:00And here's the countdown clock.
27:10CLOCK TICKS
27:32Paul, how many?
27:33Just six.
27:34And Julie?
27:35Just six.
27:36OK, what's yours, Julie?
27:37Hosted.
27:38And yours, Paul?
27:39Atoned.
27:40Hosted and atoned.
27:42Very nice.
27:43Nice, solid sixes.
27:44And now, can we improve on that, Ken?
27:46Well, for once, I think we can a little bit.
27:48For seven letters, anthems is there.
27:51And for eight letters, handsome.
27:54APPLAUSE
27:59Who's even got one more, I think?
28:01Headmost is an old nautical term describing a ship
28:04that is holding a position in advance of others.
28:06Headmost.
28:07Very good.
28:09Julie progresses to 36, but Paul has 69.
28:13Paul, it's your pick this time.
28:16Consonant, please, Rachel?
28:17Thank you, Paul.
28:19R.
28:20And another one?
28:22J.
28:24And a third?
28:27L.
28:28And a vowel?
28:30I.
28:32And another?
28:34E.
28:35And a third, please?
28:36U.
28:38A consonant?
28:41G.
28:43Another consonant?
28:45R.
28:47And a final vowel, please?
28:49And a final I.
28:52Time starts now.
29:06MUSIC PLAYS
29:25Julie, what did you make of that?
29:27Six.
29:28And Paul?
29:29Six as well.
29:30What's yours, Paul?
29:31Uglier.
29:32And yours, Julie?
29:33Same words.
29:35Uglier.
29:36Ken, any advance on that?
29:38It's as pretty as we get on this one.
29:40Only six.
29:41OK.
29:42Nothing better than sixes, nothing better than uglier.
29:44Julie moves on to 42.
29:46Paul on to 75.
29:48And this is the final letters round of the contest.
29:51Julie, it's you to pick them, please.
29:53Consonant, please.
29:54Thank you, Julie.
29:55T.
29:56And another?
29:59D.
30:00And another, please?
30:03P.
30:04And a vowel, please?
30:07E.
30:08And another vowel?
30:10A.
30:12And a consonant?
30:14Q.
30:16And a vowel, please?
30:19I.
30:21And a consonant?
30:24X.
30:27And a vowel, please?
30:28And the last one?
30:30A.
30:31And your 30 seconds starts now.
31:02Paul, how many?
31:03Just five.
31:04And Julie?
31:05Five.
31:06What's yours, Julie?
31:07Expat.
31:08And yours, Paul?
31:09Adept.
31:10Expat and adept.
31:12Yes, they're absolutely fine.
31:14And the pen-cam poise, we haven't seen that for a while, have we?
31:17Oh, you'll just have to wait for a moment,
31:19because we've got six letters, taxid,
31:22and now the great pen-cam moment.
31:25Well, it's a chemical term, so you'll be forgiven for not getting this.
31:29It's adipate.
31:30A-D-I-P-A-T-E.
31:32A sort of adipic acid, and you'll see there
31:35that is a crystalline fatty acid used in the manufacture of nylon.
31:44Julie has 47.
31:45Paul has 80.
31:47Time for the final numbers round.
31:49Paul, it's you to pick those numbers again, please.
31:51I'm going to risk... Let's go for six small.
31:54Six small ones.
31:55You like the numbers?
31:57Well, after last time, I might as well.
31:59Might as well.
32:00Let's see what we've got.
32:01This should be really hard.
32:03We shall see.
32:04The six small this time are...
32:061, 9, 7, 8, 2 and 4.
32:11And the nice challenging one we're hoping for...
32:13800.
32:1530 seconds to reach 800.
32:28THEY CONFER
32:49Looking for 800, then, with six small.
32:51Julie, how close?
32:52Yeah, 800, I think.
32:54OK. And Paul?
32:55No.
32:57Julie, let's hear that 800, then, please.
32:597 plus 4.
33:007 plus 4 is 11.
33:02Times 9.
33:03Times 9, 99.
33:05Plus 1.
33:06Plus 1, 100.
33:07Times 8.
33:08Well done, 800.
33:09APPLAUSE
33:15Very good indeed.
33:16Julie, 57, Paul, 80,
33:18and Paul a little concerned about his accountancy status at this moment.
33:21He'll be crumbed out of school.
33:23It's reached that stage in the programme, though,
33:25where it's time for you both to put your fingers on your buzzers
33:28as we reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:32Oh, goodness me. Paul?
33:34Is it subjective?
33:36Let's take a look.
33:40APPLAUSE
33:48Yes, very well done indeed, Paul.
33:50Paul's spotted, subjected, and he is our new champion.
33:53Julie's finished on 57, Paul on 90.
33:56Paul, congratulations.
33:58Thanks very much.
33:59Very good indeed.
34:00You redeemed yourself there, you see, with that final one.
34:02Yeah, I'm still living with a shame after those numbers rounds,
34:04but never mind.
34:05We're going to have another chance to have a go at them tomorrow, of course,
34:08as our returning champion.
34:09Julie, it's been lovely having you here.
34:11Thank you.
34:12Commiserations today, but you made such a spectacular start yesterday
34:15with that nine-letter word and the conundrum as well,
34:17and thoroughly deserve the teapot that you go away with.
34:20Oh, lovely, yeah. Thank you.
34:21Very well done.
34:22Thank you.
34:23Ken, let's talk a little more about your career, shall we?
34:25Because it's probably fair to say that the path you have trodden
34:29is not the one that initially you might have expected to.
34:32Well, I trained as an accountant to begin with when I left school,
34:36but as you can probably see from the way I'm chewing the pencil
34:39when the numbers rounds come up there,
34:41it was a good decision to leave that, I think.
34:43But, yeah, I washed cars for a bit and I did all sorts,
34:46but finally discovered there was nothing easier in the world
34:49than sitting in a studio talking to yourself,
34:51and that's what I've done all these years.
34:53And I love the fact that you say that you're content to remain at Radio 2
34:57until a call comes to restore you to your rightful place
35:00on the throne of Scotland.
35:02I await the call, and they're taking their time.
35:07Ken, Susie, we'll see you both again tomorrow.
35:09Rachel, I've just got one more sporting quote to finish with today.
35:13It's quite a recent one as well.
35:15Who said this?
35:17Go on, when we're losing 2-0, you must be kidding.
35:22It was, of course, Carlos Tevez.
35:24Allegedly. We'll see you tomorrow. Bye-bye.
35:37Isambard Kingdom was a genius, but why did it go so wrong
35:40for Brunel's last launch of his revolutionary ship?
35:43A Time Team special at nine tonight.
35:46At eight, looking for fab old sanitary gear,
35:49three unique bathrooms are the challenge
35:51as Beanie's restoration nightmare continues.
35:54Next, though, banker time.