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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:03CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
00:31Well, good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:35Now, live music, gigs, great fun.
00:38Personally, I'm a bit too old for that sort of thing,
00:41but the story that I'm getting, Rachel,
00:44is that the price of a gig, particularly of big gigs,
00:48is rocketing. Rocketing, apparently.
00:51Mainly, I guess, because the big bands have got so much equipment,
00:55so many staff and all the rest of it,
00:57you have to raise the money to pay them, you know?
01:00But the small local gig, apparently, eight quid and you're in,
01:04hasn't changed over the years.
01:06But the big gigs, it's apparently that the rise has been extraordinary.
01:10But I don't go, and we were chatting earlier,
01:12it's not your thing either, particularly, is it?
01:14No, I love the theatre, comedy, football,
01:16but I don't often go to concerts, so I can't comment.
01:19The last thing I went to see at the theatre was Bill Bailey.
01:22Oh, you loved that, didn't you?
01:2420-something quid, great night out.
01:26Fantastic. Can't complain.
01:28I met somebody the other day I know very well
01:31and he and his wife were very lucky to be invited
01:34to, I guess, the sort of gig of a lifetime, really,
01:38and it was opera, it was Tosca, and it was the Royal Opera House.
01:42And onto the podium, as conductor, stepped Placido Domingo
01:47and apparently the roar went up and lifted the roof off, fantastic.
01:51But, of course, the trouble is that these things,
01:54it's so expensive that it's out of the range of most people,
01:58but he said he can die happy now, it was the most amazing night
02:02and he didn't have to pay the 200 quid a ticket or whatever.
02:05Well done him. Fantastic, fantastic.
02:08Now, who have we got back? We've got Amy, the giant killer.
02:12Amy Benfield, welcome back. Thank you.
02:15Came through... Just.
02:17..on a nerve-wracking crucial conundrum. Yeah.
02:20And expecting twins in two or three months' time?
02:23Yep, still expecting them. They're still in there.
02:26Try to hold on. Yeah, I will.
02:29And you're joined by Anthony O'Sullivan from Poole in Dorset.
02:33Welcome, Anthony. You're a volunteer worker
02:35and you were helping out with the crowdfunding
02:38and the production of two little short films.
02:41What was the subject matter?
02:43Well, the Spanish one I've dealt with, it's just in Spanish language,
02:47that's about 20 minutes, and it's just a beautiful little love story.
02:51And the second one I've just literally got involved with
02:54and I'll be meeting the filmmakers soon.
02:56Fantastic. Well done.
02:58Big round of applause for Anthony and Amy Benfield.
03:04And Susie's in the corner, sitting next to the great Barry McGuigan,
03:08former champion and now boxing promoter.
03:10Welcome back, Barry. Thank you very much, Steve.
03:17Mm. Amy. Off we go.
03:20Hi, Rachel. Hi, Amy. Please may I have a consonant?
03:23Thank you. Start the week with M.
03:25And a vowel?
03:27E.
03:29And another?
03:31A.
03:33And a consonant?
03:35D.
03:37And another?
03:39N.
03:41And a vowel, please?
03:43I.
03:45And a consonant?
03:47R.
03:50And a final consonant, please?
03:52And a final G.
03:54And here's the Countdown Clock.
04:20CLOCK TICKS
04:27Amy?
04:29Eight.
04:31And Anthony? Seven.
04:33And that seven is? Meaning.
04:35Yes, Amy? Dreaming.
04:37Very good. Yeah. Excellent.
04:40And in the corner?
04:42We've got one more.
04:44Remanding, as in...
04:47Yes, that will give you a nine.
04:51Remanding in Clustery, indeed.
04:53So, Amy on eight, Anthony yet to score, but plenty of time for that.
04:57Anthony, try this one. Letters game.
04:59Thank you. Can I start with a consonant, please?
05:03A.
05:05And another?
05:08S.
05:10And another?
05:12N.
05:14And a vowel, please?
05:16O.
05:18And another?
05:20O.
05:22And another?
05:24A.
05:26And can I have a consonant?
05:28P.
05:30Another?
05:32K.
05:34And finally, another consonant, please?
05:36And lastly, P.
05:38Stand by.
05:40CLOCK TICKS
05:47CLOCK TICKS
06:06Now, Anthony.
06:08Just a five.
06:10A five. Amy?
06:12Six.
06:13So, Anthony.
06:15And a bank and...?
06:17Pounds. Pounds, absolutely fine. Yes.
06:20Barry and Susie?
06:22I'll pronounce it. You give me the definition.
06:25Padauks. P-A-D-A-U-K-S.
06:28Now, Susie, what's all that about?
06:30Yes, well, there is a tropical tree called a padauk,
06:34or padauk as well, which resembles rosewood,
06:37and the trees themselves are known as padauks.
06:41Padauks. Yes.
06:43Thank you. 14 points to Amy.
06:45And it's Amy's numbers game. Yes, ma'am?
06:48Hi, Rachel. One large and five small, please.
06:51Thank you, Amy. One from the top, five little ones.
06:54And the first numbers game of the week is seven,
06:57nine, eight,
06:59another eight,
07:01two and 25.
07:03And the target, 483.
07:05483.
07:13MUSIC PLAYS
07:38Amy?
07:40481, badly written down.
07:42Go away, Anthony. I'm sorry, nothing.
07:44No, let's stick with Amy then, even though it's badly written down.
07:48Go on.
07:50So eight divided by two is four.
07:53Eight divided by two is four.
07:55Times by the nine for 36. Yep.
07:57Times by the 25 for 480.
08:01I'm afraid that's 900.
08:04Oh, OK, I've gone wrong. Sorry.
08:06Sorry.
08:08Take us out of this turmoil, Rachel. 483?
08:11It's somewhere, but I'm... No, I need a few more seconds.
08:14Thank you. All right. Let's have a tea time teaser, shall we?
08:17Oh, yes, it's trade room and the clue.
08:20If they trade insults in the chat room, this person will bring them into line.
08:24If they trade insults in the chat room,
08:27this person will bring them into line.
08:30MUSIC PLAYS
08:37APPLAUSE
08:42Welcome back. I left with the clue.
08:45If they trade insults in the chat room,
08:47this person will bring them into line.
08:50The moderator will look after this situation.
08:53Moderator.
08:55Rachel, what have you been up to?
08:58I was stuck looking for 69, but if you ignore that,
09:01and if you just say two plus eight plus nine, 19,
09:05times that by 25, 475,
09:08and you just add on the other eight...
09:10And there it is. Perfect.
09:12APPLAUSE
09:14Thanks, Rachel. Perfect.
09:16So, Anthony yet to score. Lots of time for that. Amy on 14.
09:19And now, Anthony, letters came for you.
09:22Thank you. Can I start with a consonant, please?
09:25Thank you, Anthony. R.
09:27And another?
09:29S. And another?
09:31R.
09:33And a vowel, please? A.
09:35And another? O.
09:37And another? E.
09:39A consonant, please? H.
09:42Another?
09:44D.
09:46And a final consonant?
09:49And a final T.
09:51Countdown.
10:07MUSIC PLAYS
10:24Anthony? Seven.
10:26Seven, Amy. Seven.
10:28Two sevens. Anthony?
10:30Threads. Threads and...?
10:32Trashed.
10:34Yes, both good.
10:36We've got one more.
10:38Yes. Hoarders.
10:40Very good. To hoard.
10:42Yes. Hoarders, that would get you to an eight.
10:44Well done. Thanks, Barry.
10:4621 plays seven. Anthony on seven.
10:48And it's Amy's letters game. Thank you.
10:50Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Amy.
10:52S. And a vowel?
10:54I.
10:56And a consonant?
10:58R. And a vowel?
11:00E.
11:02And a consonant?
11:04T.
11:06And another?
11:08F.
11:10And a vowel?
11:12I.
11:14And a consonant?
11:16V.
11:18And another consonant, please?
11:20And lastly, D.
11:22Countdown.
11:24MUSIC PLAYS
11:34MUSIC CONTINUES
11:54Amy? Seven.
11:56A seven. Anthony?
11:58Seven. Amy?
12:00Strived. And?
12:02Diverged. There we are.
12:04Two good sevens. Can Barry and Susie match or beat it?
12:07We got diverged and we've also got visited,
12:11which is seven as well, but nothing more.
12:15That's it. Susie?
12:17Yes, just in case anyone was wondering,
12:19you can have both strove and strived as the past tense of strive.
12:2428 to 14, and numbers.
12:27Anthony?
12:29Can I have three from the top and three of your choice?
12:31You can indeed. That mixes it up a little bit.
12:33Three big, three little.
12:35And for this round they are seven, six, eight.
12:39And then the big three, 100, 50, 75.
12:43And the target, 479.
12:45479.
12:47MUSIC PLAYS
13:01MUSIC STOPS
13:19Anthony?
13:21418. Not written down.
13:23One away. How about Amy?
13:25No. Lost it.
13:27Now then.
13:29OK, 75 plus 7...
13:3282.
13:34..times 6...
13:36Times 6 is 492.
13:38100 over 50 is 2.
13:40Yep.
13:426 times 2 is 12.
13:44You've used your 6, I'm afraid.
13:46Oh, bad luck.
13:48You were flying, then. Flying!
13:50But I bet Rachel could help us.
13:52479, Rachel?
13:54Yes, it was there.
13:568 minus 7 is 13.
13:59Add it to 50 for 63.
14:02Times it by 8 for 504.
14:05And then 100 minus 75 is 25,
14:09to take away from 479.
14:11Perfect. Thank you.
14:13Thanks, Rachel.
14:15And bad luck, Anthony.
14:17You were going to do some wonderful things there.
14:19But there we are.
14:2114 plays 28. You're still well within shooting distance.
14:25Mr Barry McGuigan, what have you got for us today?
14:28Well, I was talking the last time
14:31about my first...
14:34my world title fight against Eusebio Pedrosa
14:37in June 1985,
14:39and then I had to make a mandatory defence,
14:42so I fought Bernard Taylor.
14:46Every time I watch this guy, Nick, on television,
14:49he got better and better and better.
14:52He was fast.
14:54They called him the BT Express,
14:56and he had just incredible hand speed.
14:58I knew that the way to beat this guy
15:00was to put him under pressure,
15:02which was my style.
15:04So I sort of draw up a tactical plan,
15:07put pressure on him,
15:09and from the offset,
15:11I just jumped straight on him,
15:14and he moved and boxed around the ring,
15:17and I stayed on him, and it was a terrific fight.
15:20I won the first four or five rounds,
15:23but then I started to get to him
15:25and started to grind him down.
15:27I could feel...
15:29The interesting thing is,
15:31when you're right on top of somebody,
15:33and even though there are 7,000 people
15:35screaming their heads off
15:37in this sort of cauldron of an arena,
15:39you can hear them breathing.
15:41You can hear them panicking.
15:43So I answered that with even more pressure,
15:45and I finally started to wear him down
15:47with body punches,
15:49and he had great left hooks in the body
15:51in the eighth round,
15:53and he retired at the end of the eighth,
15:55didn't come out for the ninth,
15:57and I was so happy, I was so pleased
15:59that I was able to get rid of him
16:01and get over my first defense.
16:03But 416 fights he had,
16:05and he only lost on five occasions.
16:07So he really was a special talent,
16:09so I was very blessed that I was able
16:11to put him under pressure and get control of him
16:13and win the fight, so I was thrilled.
16:15That's amazing. Let's have a big round of applause.
16:2028 to 14. Amy on 28.
16:23Amy, you're back. Letters game.
16:25Thank you. Consonant, please, Rachel.
16:28Thank you, Amy. B.
16:30And a vowel. A.
16:32And another. O.
16:35And a consonant. T.
16:38And a vowel. U.
16:42And a consonant. L.
16:45And another. B.
16:48And a vowel. I.
16:52And a final consonant, please.
16:54And a final R.
16:56Stand by.
17:19MUSIC STOPS
17:30Well, Amy? Just a 5.
17:32A 5. How about Anthony?
17:34Try a dodgy 7.
17:36Amy? About.
17:38About and? Libator?
17:41Libator?
17:43Oh, it's not there, unfortunately.
17:46Not there as an agent now.
17:48Bad luck. What can we have, I wonder?
17:50Barry, Susie?
17:52Brutal, which is 6.
17:55Yes.
17:57Ritual that we had as well, and...
17:59Yeah. Anything else?
18:01There is a 7 there. Orbital.
18:03Orbital, yeah.
18:05Thank you, Orbital.
18:0733 to 14. Anthony, your letters game.
18:10Thank you. Start with a consonant, please.
18:13Thank you, Anthony. S.
18:15And another.
18:17X.
18:19And a vowel. O.
18:21And another.
18:23A.
18:25A consonant, please.
18:27P.
18:29And another.
18:31T.
18:33And another.
18:35R.
18:37A vowel.
18:39U.
18:41And another vowel, please.
18:43CLOCK TICKS
18:46CLOCK TICKS
19:12Anthony.
19:14Er...
19:167.
19:18A 7. Amy. 7.
19:20Anthony.
19:22Xports. And Amy?
19:24Pasture.
19:26Thank you. Yes.
19:28Any more 7s or 8s?
19:30Well, pasture.
19:32Yeah. And supertax.
19:35Supertax. One word?
19:37That'll give you an 8. It is one word, yes.
19:39Another word for a surtax.
19:41We don't like talking about that.
19:43It's not a healthy language.
19:45Take that off the board, Rachel. It's a horrible word.
19:4840 plays 21, and it's Amy's numbers game.
19:53Two large and four small, please.
19:55Thank you very much.
19:57Two big ones, four little ones.
19:59And for you, we have 2, 3, 8, 7,
20:03and then the big ones, 25 and 100.
20:06And your target, 438.
20:09438.
20:42Now then, Amy.
20:44Um...
20:46No, I've lost it.
20:48How about Anthony?
20:50437. It'll do.
20:52100 plus 3 is 103.
20:54100 plus 3, 103.
20:578 over 2 is 4.
20:59Yep.
21:01Multiply.
21:03412. And add the 25.
21:05Yep, 437, one away.
21:07Well done. Well done.
21:09Now, can you find that missing one?
21:11Leave it with me.
21:13Certainly will. So well done, Anthony.
21:1528 now to 40.
21:17Well within shooting distance as we turn to our second Tea Time teaser,
21:20which is Lee's Cross.
21:22And the clue, Lee's Cross.
21:24The match had no goals and the film had no music.
21:27Lee's Cross.
21:29The match had no goals and the film had no music.
21:40APPLAUSE
21:47Welcome back. I left with the clue, Lee's Cross.
21:50The match had no goals and the film had no music.
21:53In fact, the whole business was scoreless.
21:56Scoreless.
21:58But Rachel scored 438.
22:00438.
22:02A last-minute score.
22:04If you say 25 minus 7 is 18,
22:06times by 8 is 144,
22:09plus 2 is 146,
22:12and times that by 3 you get 438.
22:15Well done. Thank you, Rachel. 438.
22:17APPLAUSE
22:18That's the way to do it.
22:20So 28 plays 40, Amy on 40,
22:23Anthony, letters game for you.
22:25Start with a constant, please.
22:27Thank you, Anthony. V.
22:29And another.
22:31N. And another.
22:33T.
22:35And a vowel, please.
22:37A. And another.
22:39O. And another.
22:41A.
22:43And a consonant, please.
22:45C. And a vowel, please.
22:48E.
22:50And a consonant, please.
22:52And lastly, L.
22:55Stand by.
23:05MUSIC PLAYS
23:27Anthony.
23:286.
23:29A 6, Amy.
23:30Just a 5.
23:31Your 5?
23:32Coven.
23:33And locates.
23:35Strong stuff.
23:36You're getting nearer, Anthony.
23:38Barry, what have you got?
23:40Well, we've got two great-sounding words,
23:43valence and lactone,
23:45and Susie's going to explain what they mean.
23:48Well, lactone I'll start with.
23:50It's just an organic compound, chemical compound,
23:52as you would imagine.
23:54And valence, originally they were ornamental drapery
23:57over sort of four-poster beds,
23:59but now we tend to have valences on our sheets.
24:01So we have nice, embroidered things that come over
24:04and hide the mattress.
24:06Right.
24:0740 plays 34. Look at this.
24:09Nothing in it. 6 points.
24:10Amy, protect your lead with this letters game.
24:13A vowel, please, Rachel.
24:15Thank you, Amy.
24:16A.
24:17And a consonant.
24:18P.
24:19And a vowel.
24:21E.
24:23And a consonant.
24:25N.
24:26And another.
24:28S.
24:29And another.
24:31T.
24:32And a vowel, please.
24:34I.
24:36And a consonant.
24:38M.
24:40And a vowel, please.
24:42And lastly, U.
24:45Countdown.
24:59MUSIC PLAYS
25:17Well, Amy?
25:18Er, 7.
25:20And Anthony?
25:21Sorry, just a 4.
25:23And your 4 would be?
25:24Mist.
25:25No, mist versus...?
25:27Panties.
25:28Panties?
25:29Panties.
25:30Panties.
25:31What else can we have?
25:32Setting the panties aside for a minute.
25:34LAUGHTER
25:36I love it.
25:38Er, sapient.
25:40Sapient, yeah.
25:41Yeah.
25:42And there's an even better one.
25:44Er, yes, there's a couple of 8s.
25:46Er, supinate, the opposite of pronate,
25:48so where the leg is the sole,
25:50or the palm of the hand is turned outwards or upwards.
25:53And spumante, the Italian sparkling wine.
25:57Oh, yeah.
25:58Very good.
25:59Well done, guys.
26:03Bubblings. Bubbles.
26:0547 plays 34.
26:07Anthony on 34, as we turn to Susie.
26:10Susie, what do you have for us today in your special, special slot?
26:15I have a couple of questions, actually, from viewers.
26:19The first is from Alison Gibson, who emailed in to ask,
26:22is there any reason why, when we engage in conversation with strangers,
26:26we are breaking the ice?
26:28So I'm going to start with that one.
26:30It comes from a Latin, medieval Latin expression,
26:33sindere glaciem, which meant to initiate a difficult undertaking
26:37by making the first move.
26:39So pretty much what it means today.
26:41And the earliest record that we have in the Oxford English Dictionary
26:44is a really interesting one.
26:46It comes from the writing of John Fisher,
26:48who was a Roman Catholic bishop.
26:50Now, he was executed by Henry VIII during the Reformation.
26:54And his account, before he was executed, obviously,
26:57of Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon
26:59includes the mention of a fellow clergyman
27:02who was brave enough to speak out about the marriage.
27:05And it says, his reverend father chanced to be one of the first
27:08that break the ice and showed the inconvenience that followed.
27:12Inconvenience being a bit of an understatement.
27:14So that one hopefully answers the question for Alison.
27:18And then the second one is from Nick Davenport,
27:20who asks where the strange word shoddy comes from.
27:23And that's a good one too,
27:24because if you're in the textile trade in the 19th century,
27:27you would know that woolen yarn obtained by tearing to shreds,
27:32just woolen rags that you might have picked up here, there and everywhere,
27:35and then adding some new wool to it, could be made into a kind of cloth.
27:40And that cloth was indeed called shoddy.
27:42And then in the US, it was used with reference to those
27:45who made their fortunes during the Civil War
27:48and got a contract to make this cheap kind of woolen cloth,
27:52not quite the real deal.
27:54Very good. Well done, Susie.
28:01She's wonderful. Susie is brilliant.
28:04Now, 47 to 34.
28:07Anthony, give me your best shot now. Letters game.
28:09Thank you. Let's start with a consonant, please.
28:12Thank you, Anthony. H
28:14And another.
28:16N
28:17And another.
28:19D
28:21And a vowel, please.
28:23E
28:24And another.
28:25I
28:27And a consonant.
28:29F
28:31And a vowel.
28:33E
28:35And another vowel.
28:37I
28:38And finally, a consonant, please.
28:40And finally, J.
28:43Stand by.
28:52CLOCK TICKS
29:16No, Anthony.
29:18Five. A five, Amy?
29:20Six. Anthony?
29:22Find.
29:23And... Define.
29:25Define. Do we have anything else?
29:27Any sixes or sevens, even?
29:29Well, we've got define.
29:31Anything else? No.
29:33Well done. Thanks, Barry. 53 to 34.
29:36Amy, final letters game.
29:38A vowel, please, Rachel.
29:40Thank you, Amy.
29:41E
29:42And a consonant.
29:44D
29:45And a vowel.
29:47A
29:48And a consonant.
29:50T
29:51And a vowel.
29:53E
29:54And a consonant.
29:56S
29:57And another.
29:59G
30:00And another.
30:02R
30:04And a final consonant, please.
30:07And a final L.
30:09And here's the Countdown Clock.
30:11CLOCK TICKS
30:42Amy? Seven.
30:44A seven. Anthony? Just a six.
30:46And your six is? Sedate.
30:48Sedate, indeed. Yes, Amy?
30:50Related.
30:51And related.
30:53Yes.
30:55Now, what else can we do with that little collection, I wonder?
30:59Restaged is it.
31:01And...
31:03Treadles. Treadles.
31:05The foot pedals that you use on sewing machines, that sort of thing.
31:08Yeah, that would give you another eight treadles.
31:10Yeah.
31:16Treadles.
31:1860-34.
31:20Anthony, final numbers game for you. Good luck.
31:23Thank you. Just one from the top this time and five of your choice.
31:26Thank you, Anthony. One large, five little to finish us off today.
31:29And this selection is...
31:31Seven.
31:32Seven.
31:33One.
31:34Eight.
31:35One.
31:36And 75.
31:38And the target, 644.
31:40644.
32:09Anthony?
32:11643, I think.
32:13Amy?
32:14I'm nowhere near.
32:15No. Anthony?
32:17Seven minus one is six.
32:19Seven minus one, six.
32:21Add on to the 75.
32:2381.
32:24Times by eight.
32:25Is 648.
32:27And I've gone wrong, I'm sorry.
32:29Oh, sorry.
32:30Heading in the right direction, Rachel, 644.
32:33I found one. If you say...
32:36I found one. If you say...
32:38One plus one plus eight plus seven is 17.
32:42Add that to the 75 for 92 and times it by the other seven.
32:47644.
32:48That's terrific. Perfect.
32:54Wonderful. 60 plays 34 and we go into the conundrum.
33:00Good luck to you both. Fingers on buzzers.
33:02Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:33MUSIC
33:37Well, we're foxed here, surprisingly,
33:40but who in the audience, do I see a hand?
33:42Yes, you, sir.
33:44Ambushing.
33:45Ambushing.
33:47Said with confidence.
33:49Let's see whether you're right. Ambushing. There it is. Well done.
33:56Well done.
33:58So, and well done to Amy Benfield. Two wins.
34:01I'll come back in a second.
34:02Anthony, it was a bit of a slow start, but you caught up all right.
34:05You really did. You did all right.
34:0734 points. That's just fine.
34:09You take this goodie bag back to Poole and Dorset
34:12with our very best wishes.
34:13And good luck with those films you're involved with, too.
34:15Thank you very much.
34:16Excellent stuff. Well done.
34:17And well done, Amy.
34:19How are the twins taking it? Bouncing around?
34:21They are. They're jumping for joy.
34:22Very excited, I'm sure. We'll see you tomorrow. Well done.
34:25And we'll see Barry and Susie tomorrow, of course.
34:27Look forward to that.
34:28We'll see you tomorrow.
34:29See you then.
34:30We'll see you tomorrow.
34:31Same time, same place.
34:32You'll be sure of it.
34:33A very good afternoon.
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