Countdown | Monday 14th May 2018 | Episode 6825 (C4 broadcast)
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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:05APPLAUSE
00:31Well, good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:35It's long been the case that people want to live forever
00:38and to such an extent they are now able,
00:41and have been for some time, actually, to be fair,
00:44to have their bodies frozen after death,
00:46way, way down to minus 200 degrees Celsius,
00:49in the hope, Rachel, and you know all about this sort of thing,
00:53that future science will enable that to be brought back to life
00:58and perhaps, you know, to live for another 100 years
01:01because science will have advanced so much in those days.
01:03Now there's a firm in Arizona, it's got to be in the States, hasn't it,
01:07who will do it for you? Happily.
01:09$200,000, they'll freeze you so cold
01:13and then, you know, one day, maybe, when they've banked the £200,000.
01:19Yeah. Exactly.
01:21Good business model, isn't it?
01:23It is, really, because they're going to outlive it.
01:25No-one's going to come back and argue. No.
01:27I'm being frozen myself.
01:29They can have my organs, they can have everything, but I'm dead.
01:32I'm not coming back. No, you're right.
01:34That's my final word on it. They're not having 200 grand.
01:37Neither are they getting any of my money either, down there in Arizona.
01:41All right. We're agreed on that? Yes.
01:43Brilliant. Who have we got with us?
01:45Paul Harper's back. Well done, Paul.
01:47Three good wins. Yes, so far.
01:49Manchester finance officer. You're joined by Curtis.
01:52How are you, Curtis? All right.
01:54Curtis Thompson, computer science student at Warwick,
01:57originally from Leicester.
01:59Loves running and working your way up to the Bilbao Night Marathon
02:04later this year, raising money for the university rag.
02:08Yeah. Well, I've already done half-marathon.
02:11I did Reading half-marathon two years ago.
02:14OK. But now I thought, may as well push it further.
02:16What sort of time are you aiming for?
02:18Well, I did half-marathon in one hour 51.
02:21So, hopefully, four hours I'm aiming for for the full marathon.
02:24Well, good luck to you anyway. I hope you raise lots of dosh.
02:27Thanks. Well done.
02:29Let's have a big round of applause for Curtis and Paul.
02:36And over sitting next to the wonderful Susie, welcome back, Susie,
02:39is long-standing broadcaster Adrian Childs.
02:43Welcome back, Adrian. Thank you very much.
02:46APPLAUSE
02:49Long-standing. You get to sit down occasionally, I'm sure.
02:52Anyway, I was feeling quite chirpy when I came in here,
02:55then you talking about death and freezing bodies.
02:57I need picking up a bit now.
02:59Long-standing. Yeah. Long-standing, yes.
03:02All right. More from you later. More from you later.
03:06Now, Paul, let's just go. Yes. Why not? Why not?
03:10Afternoon, Rachel. Afternoon, Paul.
03:12I will start with a consonant, please. Thank you. Start today with H.
03:17A second consonant.
03:21And a third.
03:24Vowel.
03:27A vowel.
03:30Another vowel.
03:34Consonant.
03:38Consonant.
03:42And a final consonant.
03:44And a final D.
03:46And here's the countdown clock.
04:13CLOCK TICKS
04:19Well, Paul?
04:20Seven, Nick.
04:22And Curtis?
04:23Six.
04:24And a six. Your six?
04:26Moner.
04:27Moner.
04:28Thrawned.
04:30Thank you. Yeah. Very good.
04:32Any advances or can we match that? Adrian?
04:35I've got a couple of sixes here.
04:37Drempton thread. Very nice.
04:40And a seven up there. But Susie's trumped us with a seven.
04:44Yes, another for seven. And hard men as well for seven.
04:48Tough, aggressive, ruthless men. Hard men.
04:51Hard men. Hard men. Yes.
04:54Seven points to Paul. And it's Curtis' letters game.
04:58Hi, Rachel. Hi, Curtis.
05:00Another consonant. Thank you. Start with N.
05:04Vowel.
05:06U.
05:08Consonant.
05:09R.
05:11Consonant.
05:13S.
05:15Vowel.
05:17O.
05:19Consonant.
05:21Z.
05:23Consonant.
05:25T.
05:28Vowel.
05:30I.
05:32And another vowel.
05:34And lastly, A.
05:36Stand by.
06:07Well, Curtis?
06:09Risky eight.
06:11Mm-hm. Paul?
06:13I'll go for a risky eight as well, then.
06:16Curtis, what do you think?
06:18Rain outs.
06:19Well, Paul?
06:21I've got out rains.
06:23Oh.
06:24Rain outs, absolutely fine.
06:26Cancellations, premature endings of an event because of rain.
06:30I don't know if anything can be out rained.
06:34Out rained. No, out ran, not out rain. Sorry.
06:37Curtis told me his strength was numbers, doing computer science,
06:40but he's come right up with the rails on that one.
06:43Let's see what happens when the numbers come round.
06:46And that's right now.
06:48It's Paul's numbers game. Yes, Paul?
06:50Thanks, Nick. One large, five small, please, Rachel.
06:53Your usual now, thank you, Paul.
06:55One big, five little, and the five little ones to kick us off
06:58are two, nine, seven.
07:01Another two and another seven.
07:03And the large one, 25.
07:05And the target, 249.
07:07249.
07:31MUSIC
07:41Paul?
07:43248.
07:45One away, Curtis?
07:47249.
07:48Yes, Curtis?
07:49Seven over seven is one.
07:51Yep.
07:52Add it to the nine, it's ten.
07:54Times it by 25.
07:55250.
07:56And then two over two is one and take that away.
07:58Well done. 249.
08:01Very good.
08:0318 plays seven now, Curtis, in the lead
08:06as we turn to our first Tea Time teaser,
08:08which is It Angered, and the clue...
08:11It angered her when everyone would criticise her unfairly.
08:16It angered her when everyone would criticise her unfairly.
08:21MUSIC
08:30APPLAUSE
08:37Welcome back. I left you with a clue.
08:39It angered her when everyone would criticise her unfairly.
08:44When they would denigrate her.
08:46Denigrate is the answer to that one.
08:4918 plays seven.
08:51Curtis on 18.
08:53And it's Curtis' Lettuce Game.
08:55Can I have a continent?
08:57Thank you, Curtis.
09:00Vowel.
09:02O.
09:04Continent.
09:06G.
09:08Another continent.
09:10S.
09:12Vowel.
09:14E.
09:16Vowel.
09:18A.
09:20Continent.
09:22R.
09:24Continent.
09:26M.
09:28And a vowel.
09:30And lastly, I.
09:32Can I have an I?
09:34MUSIC
09:58MUSIC
10:04Well, Curtis?
10:06Six.
10:08A six ball.
10:09A seven.
10:11And your six, Curtis?
10:13Gamers.
10:14Now, then.
10:15Murray's.
10:17Very nice, yes.
10:19Yep.
10:20Now, in the corner.
10:22We can't beat Murray's, can we?
10:25But we've got another seven.
10:27Roamers, indeed.
10:3018 plays 14.
10:31Curtis still in the lead, but only four points in it, Paul.
10:35And now it's your Lettuce Game.
10:37Continent, please, Rachel.
10:39Thank you, Paul.
10:40C.
10:41And a second.
10:43W.
10:45Vowel.
10:46O.
10:48Vowel.
10:50I.
10:52Continent.
10:54P.
10:56Consonant.
10:58G.
11:01Vowel.
11:03U.
11:06Vowel.
11:08A.
11:10And a final consonant.
11:12And lastly, N.
11:14Stand by.
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11:26MUSIC CONTINUES
11:46Paul.
11:47Just six, Nick.
11:48A six. Curtis.
11:50Six as well.
11:51Paul.
11:52Coping.
11:53And...
11:54Coping.
11:55There we are.
11:57Ah. Adrian, deep in thought.
12:00We can't beat...
12:02We can't beat six. We've got cowing.
12:05Yes.
12:06And pawing.
12:08And pawing.
12:09Yeah.
12:10No.
12:11Yeah. Thank you.
12:1224 to 20.
12:15And now, Curtis, it's your Numbers Game.
12:18Can I have four large and two small?
12:20You mean business, yeah. Four large, two little, thank you, Curtis.
12:24And the little ones are six and ten.
12:27And then the big ones, 100, 25, 50 and 75.
12:32And the target, 208.
12:35208.
12:36MUSIC
12:55MUSIC CONTINUES
13:09And Curtis?
13:11208.
13:13Thank you. And Paul?
13:14210.
13:16Curtis?
13:18Ten minus six is four.
13:20Yep.
13:21Add it to the 100.
13:22104.
13:23102.
13:24It is indeed.
13:25And then multiply them.
13:26208. Lovely. Well done.
13:28Well done.
13:32Strong opening half there. Well done, Curtis.
13:3434 plays 20 as we turn to Adrian.
13:37Adrian Charles.
13:39What have we today, I wonder?
13:41Well, we mentioned the World Cup
13:43and I talked about being in Germany.
13:45This was my first World Cup as a broadcaster.
13:48I moved on to Johannesburg in 2010 and then Rio in 2014.
13:53And it always struck me, wherever we went,
13:55wherever the World Cups were held, and it's the same this time,
13:58the hand of history was all...
14:00The ones I went to was totally on your shoulder.
14:02Berlin, it reeks of history.
14:04And then Johannesburg,
14:06the more recent sort of horrendous history of that country.
14:10And security was unbelievably tight all around us.
14:14We had this security detail. We were in the middle of Johannesburg.
14:17Everywhere we went, I had this armed guard.
14:19I mean, he didn't have a gun on him, but he was tooled up.
14:22He was ex-special forces.
14:24But there was something that struck me as profound
14:28about Berlin and Johannesburg and Rio,
14:31and it was particularly true of Johannesburg.
14:34And the theme was walls.
14:36Berlin, there was this big wall, obviously, that went around it.
14:39Johannesburg, every tiny little dwelling had a huge wall,
14:4412ft tall, with probably rays of wire on the top, everywhere you went.
14:48And it was true in Rio to a certain extent.
14:51And I just thought how blessed we are in this country.
14:54Very few people are building walls round their places.
14:57And it just felt so lovely to come back home from Johannesburg, I remember.
15:01I don't know, I just think we're sort of truly blessed in a way.
15:04You know, whenever there's walls, there's problems.
15:07I'm sorry to be so dark about it,
15:09but you weren't talking about freezing bodies for 200 years,
15:12I thought I'd try something like that.
15:14No, I think you're absolutely right.
15:16And in fact, I was in South Africa in Johannesburg last summer.
15:19We wanted to go to a restaurant that, I promise you,
15:22was less than three minutes away.
15:24They wouldn't let us walk there on our own.
15:26It's ridiculous. I said, don't do that, I can see it.
15:28Nope. You've got to have an escort.
15:32Very sad, really. Very, very, very sad.
15:35Thank you for that. 34 plays 20, Paul. It's your letters game.
15:39I'll start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
15:41Thank you, Paul. B
15:43And a second.
15:45X
15:47A vowel.
15:49I
15:51Second vowel.
15:53E
15:55Consonant.
15:57H
15:59Consonant.
16:01S
16:03A vowel.
16:05I
16:07Consonant.
16:09F
16:11And consonant, please.
16:13And lastly, P.
16:15Done by.
16:37MUSIC PLAYS
16:47Yes, Paul?
16:49Just a five.
16:51Curtis?
16:53Just a four.
16:55And your four?
16:57Fish.
16:59Now, then.
17:01Fixes.
17:03Yes. And Adrian?
17:05We put the I in fixes and have fixies, single gear bikes.
17:09You can't free wheel in them, essentially.
17:11And pixies are there as well.
17:13Ah, little pixies. Indeed.
17:1534 plays 25.
17:17Curtis is there, OK?
17:19And he's back again. Letters game.
17:21Can I have a consonant?
17:23Thank you, Curtis. V
17:25Vowel.
17:27A
17:29Consonant.
17:31S
17:33Consonant.
17:35D
17:37Consonant.
17:39S
17:41Vowel.
17:43O
17:45Another vowel.
17:47E
17:51Another vowel.
17:53U
17:55And a consonant.
17:57And the last one, T.
17:59Stand by.
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