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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:20APPLAUSE
00:31Hello and welcome to Countdown.
00:33On this day in 1868, the first typewriter was patented in America
00:39and, interestingly, the last typewriter to be made in Britain
00:43was only ten years ago.
00:45I don't suppose you've ever used a typewriter, have you, Rachel?
00:48I haven't, but I remember when my mum worked at a doctor's surgery
00:51when I was quite little and they got the very first computer at the surgery.
00:54So, presumably, you had to write all your articles back in the day
00:57on a typewriter.
00:58Yes, and not only that, but when we got computers,
01:02I would write my column on the typewriter
01:05and ask the secretary to put it on the computer...
01:07Oh, really? ..because I couldn't compose on a computer.
01:09Isn't that funny? So, did you get it right first time
01:11or did you scribble with a pen once you wanted to make amendments?
01:14No, if you write a newspaper column,
01:17you spend a couple of days walking around with it
01:20and then you can put it down on paper.
01:22Yeah, you'd have to, especially now it's so easy,
01:24we take it for granted, don't we? You don't want to make a change,
01:26you just do that tiny little edit and off you go.
01:28Yeah, no Chipex.
01:30Let's meet our contestants.
01:33Darren is back. He's from East Wittering
01:36and he works at a local small supermarket.
01:39Not difficult to work out what that's called.
01:41And you did quite well last time, didn't you?
01:44I was OK, yeah. Yeah?
01:46Are you hopeful this time?
01:48Always hopeful. Yeah.
01:50And your very nice wife, Nicky, is she here?
01:53She's in the audience yet. She'd be surprised you called her my wife
01:55because we're not quite married yet.
01:57Why haven't you married her? She hasn't asked me.
01:59OK. Right, against you today is Paul,
02:02who's from Northern Ireland.
02:04What do you do, Paul? I'm a retired civil servant, Anne.
02:07OK. Have you watched Countdown for a long time?
02:10Yeah, since the very start, yeah.
02:12Oh, wow. So you'll be some competition.
02:15Well, I hope to be. OK.
02:18Are you married? I am, indeed. Married to Kathy.
02:21And did she choose the shirt?
02:23Absolutely, she chose the shirt. Yeah.
02:25OK, just asking. A round of applause for our contestants.
02:28APPLAUSE
02:30Hi, Susie. Very nice to see you back.
02:33Oh, it's nice to be back.
02:35I've got Covid over and done with, hopefully.
02:37But nasty Covid, wasn't it?
02:39It wasn't nice, I have to say, yes.
02:41So, yeah, I don't recommend it to anybody.
02:43More than just a cold, I would definitely say.
02:45And the Prince of Property. I'm so excited.
02:48Phil Spencer. Hello.
02:50APPLAUSE
02:52Let's get on with the game.
02:54Darren, your letters.
02:56Hi, Rachel. Hi, Darren. Can I start with a consonant, please?
02:58You can indeed start today with N.
03:01And another one?
03:03C. And another one?
03:06D. And a vowel, please?
03:09E. And another one?
03:11E. And a consonant?
03:14S. And another consonant?
03:17R. And a vowel?
03:20A.
03:22And a consonant, please?
03:25And lastly, M.
03:27Let's play Countdown.
03:41CLOCK TICKS
04:00Darren? Eight.
04:02Good. Paul? I think of a seven.
04:05What's your seven? Recedes.
04:07Good. Darren? Screamed.
04:10Good. You would need three Es for recedes.
04:14I would. I'm afraid.
04:16And the other recede obviously is with a C.
04:19Sorry about that, Paul.
04:21And our Property King, what's he got?
04:23I also had eight with screamed.
04:25Oh, very good. Are you going to be good at this?
04:28No. No. In a word.
04:31Paul, your letters.
04:33Hi, Rachel. Hi, Paul.
04:35Can I have a consonant, please? You can indeed.
04:37G. And another?
04:40R. And a third?
04:43S. And a vowel?
04:46I. And another vowel?
04:49E. And a consonant?
04:52H. And a vowel?
04:55A.
04:57And a consonant?
05:00G.
05:02And another consonant, please?
05:05And lastly, S.
05:07Time starts now.
05:38Paul?
05:41I have an eight. Eight as well.
05:43Good. Paul?
05:45Shaggier. Darren?
05:47Same word.
05:49Over in the corner.
05:51Shaggier is absolutely fine.
05:53There was haggis for six, which I thought was quite nice,
05:56and geishas for seven.
05:58OK, thank you. Darren, your numbers.
06:01Two from the top, please, Rachel. Thank you, Darren.
06:03Two large numbers and four little ones coming up for you
06:06and the first numbers of the day are seven, one, four, two,
06:1325 and 75, and the target to reach, 425.
06:18425.
06:36MUSIC PLAYS
06:50Darren? 425.
06:52Good. Paul? 425.
06:54Darren?
06:564 plus 1 is 5.
06:584 plus 1, 5.
07:00Times 75 is 375. Yeah.
07:02And 2 times 25 is 50.
07:04And add it on.
07:06Lots of different ways for this one.
07:08That's one of them, 45. Paul?
07:10I did 7 times 2 is 14.
07:134 minus 1 is 3.
07:16Add those together to get 17. Yeah.
07:18Multiply by 25. Perfect.
07:20Well done.
07:24Excellent. First teaser coming up.
07:27Hog Speed. Hog Speed and the clue.
07:30It doesn't have ink but it can refill the pen.
07:33It doesn't have ink but it can refill the pen.
07:36See you in a minute.
07:53The clue was, it doesn't have ink but it can refill the pen
07:59and the answer is sheepdog.
08:02Now, if you'd like to become a Countdown contestant,
08:05you can email countdown at channel4.com
08:08to request an application form
08:10or you can write to us at contestantapplications
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08:19The scores are 26-18.
08:22Paul, your chance to catch up.
08:25Start with a consonant, Rachel, please.
08:27Thank you, Paul. D.
08:29And another?
08:31N.
08:33And a third?
08:35S.
08:37And a vowel?
08:39A.
08:41And another?
08:43O.
08:45And a consonant?
08:47B.
08:49And a vowel?
08:51O.
08:53And a consonant?
08:55L.
08:57And finish with a vowel, please.
08:59♪
09:28Paul?
09:30Seven. Good. Darren?
09:32Seven. Paul, your seven?
09:34Abounds.
09:36Yep, same word.
09:39Over in the corner.
09:41Same word. Abounds. I'm clinging on here.
09:45Yep, I'm impressed. Can't improve on that either.
09:48OK, thanks, Susie.
09:50Darren, your supermarket in East Wittering,
09:53does it stay open long hours?
09:55From seven in the morning till ten in the evening.
09:58And what's the boss called?
10:00My boss is called Kelly. Kelly?
10:02She's wonderful. Well, you have to say that, don't you?
10:05She's given me the day off to be here today, so she's the best.
10:08Right, OK, I'm going to let you off and you can do your letters.
10:11Thank you. Consonant, Rachel, please.
10:13Thank you, Darren.
10:15R. And another one?
10:17M.
10:19And another one, please?
10:21F. And a vowel?
10:23I. And another vowel?
10:25E.
10:27Consonant?
10:29R. And another consonant?
10:31W.
10:33A vowel?
10:35A.
10:37And a consonant, please?
10:39And the last one, P.
10:41Good luck.
10:53MUSIC PLAYS
11:13Darren? Just six.
11:15Paul? Six also.
11:17Darren? Burma.
11:19And farmer?
11:21Yes, both absolutely fine.
11:23In the corner?
11:25Well, I wonder whether we might have been beat there.
11:27Mm-hm. With a seven of firearm.
11:29Yes, all one word. That is excellent.
11:31Well done.
11:33I wasn't sure whether it was two words or one.
11:35No, that's absolutely brilliant.
11:37And that, yeah, that takes it, actually,
11:39because otherwise, primer and a few other sixes.
11:41Paul, had you retired by the start of the lockdown?
11:45Yes, I had about six months of retirement
11:49before lockdown came, yeah.
11:51OK. Your numbers?
11:53Er, Rachel, one from the top, please,
11:55and any other five.
11:57Thank you, Paul.
11:59One large, five, not.
12:01And the second numbers game of the day
12:03is four, ten,
12:05five, three,
12:07two and the large one, 50.
12:09And your target to reach?
12:11673.
12:13673.
12:15MUSIC PLAYS
12:19MUSIC CONTINUES
12:45Paul?
12:47OK. Darren?
12:49672.
12:51OK.
12:53Ten plus three is 13.
12:55Ten plus three, 13.
12:57Times 50 is 650.
12:59Times 50, 650.
13:01Five times four is 20.
13:03Five times four, 20.
13:05Plus two, 22.
13:07And you haven't used any of those,
13:09and that gets you to one away.
13:11Well done. Rachel?
13:13You will have to leave this one with me.
13:15OK.
13:17Thank you.
13:19Phil Spencer, did you get that?
13:21You must be joking.
13:23I didn't get my maths GCSE,
13:25so that's a long way out of my capabilities.
13:27I'm hugely impressed.
13:29I couldn't be more excited
13:31if George Clooney was sitting there.
13:33I've never, ever missed a programme of yours.
13:35And, of course, anyone
13:37who's interested in property,
13:39and almost everybody is...
13:41We are all inherently interested
13:43in where we live, yes.
13:45And there is one burning question, isn't there?
13:47Go for it. Where's Kirsty, probably?
13:49The chemistry is very good.
13:51I think that's what makes the programme, isn't it?
13:53Well, people have watched us.
13:55We met on the screen test
13:57that eventually became the programme.
13:59And I think people have watched us
14:01get to know one another
14:03and work together and become very firm friends.
14:0520 years. Did you have hair at the beginning, Phil?
14:07Not much, no.
14:09And, in fact, am I right,
14:11neither of you were particularly
14:13going to be on the programme, were you?
14:15That's correct, yes.
14:17We were both running separately
14:19house-hunting enterprises,
14:21looking after people
14:23in London, going through that journey,
14:25guiding and advising them
14:27through the house-hunting process.
14:29And, literally, we were the only two people
14:31in the country that were offering
14:33that kind of a service.
14:35So, actually, the call that I got
14:37was from a production company
14:39in the paper about this new service
14:41and called me saying that
14:43Channel 4 wants to get into property programmes,
14:45there wasn't a property programme
14:47on the television all those years ago,
14:49and could I come in for half an hour's
14:51consultancy just to talk
14:53to them about what they might be faced with
14:55should they go out following
14:57the kind of thrills and spills of people house-hunting.
14:59So, no, it wasn't about presenting the show.
15:01And what about Kirstie? Was it the same for her?
15:03Much the same. Exactly the same.
15:05And how long did it take them to move
15:07from thinking you could help
15:09to thinking you should be on screen?
15:11Well, I got a call. I literally went home
15:13and thought, no more about it.
15:15That was a half an hour's meeting.
15:17And about three months later, I got a call
15:19saying that Channel 4 liked
15:21the idea, but we can't find
15:23a TV presenter who knows
15:25anything about property.
15:27Would you give it a go? Would you come in
15:29and meet Kirstie and do a screen test
15:31and we'll see what happens?
15:33So, that is how it came about.
15:35Until we realised that, A, it would become
15:37a series, or we are now
15:39filming our 37th series.
15:41Amazing. If you look back
15:43on those early programmes,
15:45what strikes you about
15:47different to what it's like now?
15:51We're not TV presenters.
15:53We're property people.
15:55As years have gone on, we've had
15:57to try and become TV presenters.
16:01So, it's been a fun process,
16:03but as I say, it's not something either of us
16:05ever anticipated that we would get involved.
16:07So, what were you not very good at?
16:09Well, any pieces to camera.
16:11We'd never...
16:13Kirstie's actually a really talented
16:15writer, so she tends to write
16:17the main pieces to camera
16:19when, here we are in
16:21West Rittering looking for
16:23a three-bed cottage for the family.
16:25That gets written at the moment, but the rest of it
16:27is very genuine. I always said
16:29that we make what is...
16:31It genuinely is
16:33reality television in the way that perhaps
16:35reality television isn't,
16:37because most of it is very
16:39set up and produced. Actually, we don't know
16:41what's going to happen from one minute to the next,
16:43and that's the fun of making it, and hopefully
16:45the fun of watching, because we could turn up to a house
16:47and they'll refuse to go in.
16:49Some weeks we get it wrong, some weeks
16:51we get it right. Have you got sisters?
16:53Yes, I've got two sisters.
16:55Are they younger or older? They're younger,
16:57and an older brother. Why do you ask?
16:59Because that's why
17:01you cope with curses so well.
17:03You're surrounded by women.
17:05You'll come back tomorrow, and I'll
17:07talk to you more. Let's do that.
17:09Bill Spencer.
17:11APPLAUSE
17:13Rachel, you're there.
17:15I found this in there.
17:17If you say 50
17:19minus 5 is 45,
17:213 times 10
17:23is 30,
17:25times 45 by 30
17:27is 1350,
17:29take away 4 for
17:311346, and divide it
17:33by 2. 673.
17:35APPLAUSE
17:39Fantastic.
17:41Darren, when you're not running up
17:43the aisles of the supermarket
17:45in East Whittering,
17:47does Kelly chase you?
17:49Not very often, no.
17:51No. Because she's quite into running,
17:53so she knows she'll catch me anyway.
17:55And do you do any other sort of physical
17:57activity?
17:59Erm...
18:01The pause tells me everything.
18:03OK, you can have your letters now.
18:05Thank you. Consonant, please, Rachel.
18:07Thank you, Darren. T.
18:09And another one?
18:11N.
18:13And another, please?
18:15P. And another one?
18:17S.
18:19And a vowel? A.
18:21Another vowel? E.
18:23A consonant?
18:25P. A vowel?
18:27I.
18:29And a consonant, please?
18:31And lastly, C.
18:33Let's play Countdown.
18:53CLOCK TICKS
19:05Darren?
19:07Seven. Good. Paul?
19:09I think I'm maybe making up an eight.
19:11Are you?
19:13What's your seven, Darren?
19:15Inspect. Good. Paul?
19:17Picantes?
19:19Picante is in, but it's in as an adjective,
19:21which means you can't put the S at the end.
19:23Oh, what a shame. I'm so sorry.
19:25Really brave try.
19:27Yes, it means spicy, spicy food.
19:29We like a risk. We do.
19:31In the corner.
19:33The best that we came up with was
19:35nappiest, which is eight.
19:37Yes, nothing to do with a child's
19:39nappy and everything to do with
19:41the adjective meaning frizzy,
19:43referring to hair. Thank you.
19:45Paul, your chance to catch up with the letters.
19:47I'm going to start with
19:49a vowel, please, Rachel.
19:51O. And another.
19:53E.
19:55And a third.
19:57U. And a consonant.
19:59G.
20:01And another.
20:03L. And another.
20:05S.
20:07And a
20:09vowel.
20:11E. And a
20:13consonant. N.
20:15And a
20:17vowel, please.
20:19And the last one. O.
20:21Time starts now.
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20:53Paul. Seven.
20:55Good. Darren. Yep, seven.
20:57Paul.
20:59Loungers. Yep, same word.
21:01Loungers
21:03over here. In the corner.
21:05Loungers over here.
21:07Oh. Yes. All very comfy.
21:09Thanks, Susie.
21:11Darren, your numbers.
21:13Stay with two from the top, Rachel, please.
21:15Thank you, Darren. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
21:17And
21:19this numbers round is
21:21three, nine,
21:23seven and eight and a large two,
21:2525 and 100.
21:27And your target,
21:29265. 265.
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22:03Darren. 266.
22:05OK. Paul.
22:07261. Darren.
22:098 plus 3.
22:118 plus 3, 11.
22:1311 times 25 for 275.
22:15Yep, 275.
22:17Minus 9.
22:194, 1 away. 266.
22:21Rachel. Yeah, a couple of ways for this one.
22:23You could have said
22:25100 times 3,
22:27300, take away
22:2925 for 275
22:31and then 8 minus 7
22:33is 1, add the 9 for 10
22:35to take away 265.
22:37APPLAUSE
22:39Second teaser.
22:41True debt, true debt.
22:43And the clue.
22:45Flattered someone and put on
22:47a bit of a spread.
22:49Flattered someone and put on
22:51a bit of a spread. See you in a minute.
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23:09OK, the clue. Flattered someone
23:11and put on a bit of a spread
23:13and the answer is
23:15buttered. The scores are
23:1767-38. Paul,
23:19your chance to catch up with the letters.
23:21Can I have a consonant,
23:23please, Rachel? Thank you, Paul.
23:25F
23:27And another? L
23:29And a third?
23:31S
23:33And a vowel, please?
23:35I And another?
23:37E
23:39And another? O
23:41A consonant?
23:43R
23:45And another consonant?
23:47K
23:51Finish with a
23:53consonant, please. Finish with
23:55L. Off you go.
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24:29Seven. Good.
24:31Darren? Seven.
24:33Paul, your seven?
24:35Fleece and fillers.
24:37In the corner?
24:39There is an eight. Oh.
24:41Fauxia.
24:43Fauxia has a double edge.
24:45Sometimes it means artificial and contrived
24:47or it can simply mean unpretentious and homely.
24:49Thank you. Darren,
24:51your letters. Consonant,
24:53Rachel, please. Thank you, Darren.
24:55H And another one?
24:57R And another, please?
24:59P
25:01And a vowel? I
25:03And another one? I
25:05And another one?
25:07E A consonant?
25:09N
25:11Another consonant?
25:13T
25:15And a vowel, please? And a final
25:17A.
25:19Start the clock.
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25:51Darren? Seven.
25:53Seven.
25:54Darren?
25:55Painter.
25:56Paul?
25:57Same word.
25:58Oh.
25:59They've watched a lot of count trial, these two.
26:01I think so, too.
26:02Yes.
26:03We had a seven and an eight, didn't we?
26:06There is an eight in perianth.
26:08Perianth.
26:09Yes.
26:10Botanical term, it's the outer part of a flower.
26:13The perianth.
26:14Did you know that, Phil?
26:16No.
26:17LAUGHTER
26:18That was a collaboration.
26:19Anne, how could you possibly ask such a question?
26:23But you definitely will know the seven, which is hairpin, as in hairpin bend.
26:26And over to Susie.
26:28Thanks, Anne.
26:29Well, we've been hearing a lot about the word sanctuary in recent times.
26:33Obviously, so many wonderful people have been offering sanctuary
26:36to refugees from Ukraine and, indeed, from, you know,
26:40other places where they have been displaced or fleeing conflict.
26:44And the word sanctuary, I think, is quite interesting in its story.
26:47Do you remember in the Hunchback of Notre Dame, if you've seen it,
26:50Quasimodo saves Esmeralda by swinging in on a rope.
26:53He saves her from execution, swinging into a cathedral
26:56and shouting, sanctuary, sanctuary.
26:58And that had a very specific meaning because, historically,
27:02churches were places where fugitives could seek protection from the law.
27:07So, particularly murderers and thieves would enter a church,
27:11would enter a cathedral, and no-one could enter from the law.
27:15They couldn't even fire bows and arrows or any sort of weapons in.
27:18And this was a situation in Greek and Roman times as well.
27:22And, in fact, it was enshrined in Roman law as well.
27:25If you go to Anglo-Saxon society,
27:27murderers particularly would go in if they had committed a secret murder.
27:31They had two different kinds of murder.
27:33One was open murder, which was a sort of blood revenge or kin revenge.
27:37So it was allowed in law for you to avenge the killing of somebody
27:42in your family or in your clan.
27:44But secret murder was absolutely frowned upon
27:47and was against the law.
27:48So quite often they would take sanctuary, as I say, in the church.
27:52Now, once they were in, they could either negotiate an exit in some way
27:57and come to an agreement with the law,
27:59or they might be allowed out and then be exiled forever.
28:02And that exile would never be repealed unless there was a royal pardon.
28:07So the stakes were very, very high.
28:09Gradually, the right of sanctuary was eroded
28:12and 1486 sanctuary for the crime of treason was not allowed
28:16because that was considered too important.
28:18And then for most other crimes, it was really restricted by Henry VIII
28:21and then later it was abolished.
28:23What has this got to do with the word sanctuary?
28:25Well, this history of churches providing refuge for fugitives,
28:29and that word, like refugee, comes from the Latin fugere, meaning to flee.
28:34That whole history behind it
28:36is preserved in the origin of the word sanctuary
28:38because it comes from the Latin sanctus, meaning holy,
28:41because holy places were the only place that you could go.
28:44Susie, thank you. You're welcome.
28:50Scores 81-52.
28:52Paul, your letters.
28:54Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
28:56Thank you, Paul. S.
28:58And another.
29:00Y.
29:01And a third.
29:03D.
29:05And a vowel, please.
29:07O.
29:08And another.
29:09O.
29:11And a third.
29:13B.
29:15And a consonant.
29:17W.
29:19And another consonant.
29:21D.
29:23And a vowel, please.
29:27A final A.
29:3030 seconds.
29:43CLOCK TICKS
30:02Paul?
30:03Just a six.
30:04Darren?
30:05Yeah, six as well.
30:06Paul?
30:07WOODED.
30:08And SWAYED.
30:10Is this difficult? Can you get more than six?
30:12Nope, afraid not. WOODED was the six.
30:15Yes. Can't beat that.
30:17Can't beat that at all, I'm afraid.
30:19Darren?
30:20It's looking good for you. Your letters.
30:22Consonant, please, Rachel.
30:23Thank you, Darren. N.
30:25And another.
30:27T.
30:28And another one.
30:30M.
30:31And another one, please.
30:33C.
30:34And a vowel.
30:36I.
30:37And another vowel.
30:38I.
30:39And a consonant.
30:42R.
30:43And a vowel.
30:46E.
30:47And a consonant, please.
30:50Lastly, B.
30:52Off you go.
30:54CLOCK TICKS
31:12CLOCK TICKS
31:24Darren?
31:26Slightly risky seven.
31:28Risky seven, Paul?
31:30Six.
31:31What's your six?
31:32METRIC.
31:33Darren, your risky seven?
31:35MINTIA.
31:36It's in the dictionary. Very well done. Excellent.
31:40Mintia, more minty.
31:42More minty. Yes.
31:43The mintiest sweet I've ever tasted.
31:45And in the corner?
31:47Can't beat that. Had some sixes.
31:49TIMBER, CRETIN or MINTSA.
31:52Ah, thank you.
31:54OK, Paul, your numbers.
31:57Bit of fun, Rachel. Let's have six small, please.
32:00Yeah, that's my kind of fun. You're my kind of guy, Paul.
32:03Last numbers game of the day.
32:05Six little ones for our own amusement.
32:07Nine.
32:08Eight.
32:09One.
32:10Ten.
32:11Four.
32:12Another four.
32:13And the target.
32:14Oh, 868.
32:16868.
32:38MUSIC
32:49Paul?
32:50No, I'm too far away.
32:52Darren?
32:53I'll be further away, probably.
32:55Rachel, all yours.
32:56If you say four times ten is 40,
32:59take away nine for 31,
33:02and then eight minus one is seven,
33:04times the second four for 28,
33:06and, of course, 28 times 31 is 868.
33:14Final round. Scores 94-58, Paul.
33:18You can't win, but you can triumph on this alone.
33:23Fingers on buzzers.
33:25Please reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:36MUSIC
33:54Paul?
33:55Is it climbable?
33:57Let's have a look.
33:59Oh, well done!
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34:15Thank you to Phil Spencer.
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34:18And Countdown's little nod to the typewriter.
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34:21probably one of the only things left without spellchecker.
34:24Very interesting.
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