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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:05APPLAUSE
00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34What does it take for you to want to send your food back
00:37if you're eating in a restaurant?
00:39Apparently, four in ten feel very uncomfortable,
00:42and that's actually quite understandable.
00:44You don't want to upset people or the rest of it.
00:46However, it depends really on what the problem is,
00:50and this is really quite interesting.
00:5278% said they'd absolutely, definitely sent it back
00:55if they found a hair in their food,
00:57but only 16% would send it back if they didn't like the food,
01:01and 10%, apparently, if they thought the portion was too small.
01:06That's rather fun.
01:08There's not enough on my plate.
01:10But I was eating recently, I found a piece of wire.
01:14I did send that, but I didn't send it back,
01:16but I called somebody over, I said,
01:18actually, you know, I'm allergic to bits of wire in my food.
01:21Can you imagine eating a piece...
01:23Anyway, there we are. What about you?
01:26Would you send it back?
01:28Because, of course, you also have a particular menu, I think,
01:31so maybe you're more prone to being distressed than others.
01:35Yeah, I have to ask for not to have dairy and eggs
01:38and all that kind of stuff before.
01:40So, you know, if you're quite specific,
01:42and then you tell them and they bring it,
01:44then you have to send it back, really, if you can't eat it.
01:47But I'd send it stuff back if you think you're going to get it better
01:50the next time.
01:51If you just get a meal and everyone's meal's rubbish,
01:53then there's no point sending it back
01:55if it's a bit cold or it's undercooked or...
01:57I think, yeah, undercooking, sometimes people would say, you know,
02:00for instance, with beef or things like that,
02:02they like, perhaps, to have it very raw or very underdone,
02:07and you might send that back.
02:09But I'll tell you who's a demon for it, our friend Margaret Manford.
02:12Oh, really? Chillies.
02:14I cannot have chilli in anything!
02:17And before you know it, you're in the middle of World War III.
02:21I wouldn't mess with Margaret.
02:23I'd go straight back to the kitchen and bring her a new one.
02:25Absolutely. Now, who have we got?
02:27Dougie's back.
02:28Dougie Mackay from Guernsey.
02:30Company director.
02:32Storming away, really.
02:33You've had three great wins. Well done.
02:36And good luck today.
02:37But first of all, you've got to clamber all over Sarah Farley,
02:40a life coach from Binfield in Berkshire.
02:43Life coach. Fantastic.
02:45And a runner.
02:46Yeah.
02:47And you did a marathon. You said, I'm never doing that again.
02:49Never again. Halfway round, I think, I'm never doing it again.
02:52And then?
02:53And then the following day, I signed up for another one.
02:55For another one, which is looming in front of you.
02:58Where was the last marathon?
03:00Birmingham.
03:01OK. And what sort of time did you...?
03:03That was 3.54.
03:05What do you aim for next time? In September, I think, isn't it?
03:08October, I've got the Chester, so 3.30, 3.40 something.
03:13Good for you.
03:14And you sort of sense that, I'm never doing this again.
03:17At what stage in that particular race, last time, the marathon?
03:21When I saw the hill, so about ten miles.
03:25You're a life coach, after all,
03:27so you kicked in with all those messages that forced you on.
03:30I know, everything I tell my clients, I have to tell myself as well.
03:33Well done. Well, good luck today.
03:36Both of you, big round of applause for Sarah and Dougie.
03:42And over the corner, Susie, of course,
03:44joined once again by the wonderful singer and producer,
03:47the great Jimmy Osmond. Welcome back, Jimmy.
03:50Hello, friends.
03:55All right. Now, Dougie, let's have a letters game, shall we?
03:58Good afternoon, Rachel. Good afternoon, Dougie.
04:00Start with a consonant, please. Thank you. Start today with V.
04:04And another?
04:06Z.
04:07And a third?
04:09T.
04:11A vowel?
04:13E.
04:14Vowel?
04:16I.
04:17Vowel?
04:19A.
04:20Consonant?
04:22R.
04:24Consonant?
04:26T.
04:28And another consonant, please.
04:30And lastly?
04:32T.
04:33And here's the Countdown Clock.
04:48CLOCK TICKS
05:05Well, Dougie?
05:07Six.
05:08And Sarah?
05:09Six.
05:10Dougie?
05:11Divert.
05:12And Sarah?
05:13Divert, also.
05:14And in the corner, Jimmy?
05:15Varied.
05:16Yes?
05:17Yeah.
05:18And, Susie, what have you got there?
05:20I was hoping for tardive,
05:23but actually it's only there in tardive dyskinesia,
05:26which is a neurological disorder, so we were with sixes, too.
05:29Thank you. Thanks, Jimmy. Six apiece.
05:31And Sarah, here we go, your first letters game.
05:34Good afternoon. Afternoon, Sarah.
05:36Can I start with a consonant, please?
05:38Thank you. Start with R.
05:41And another one?
05:43W.
05:45And a vowel?
05:47U.
05:49And a consonant?
05:51R.
05:53And a vowel?
05:55E.
05:58And another vowel?
06:00O.
06:02And a consonant?
06:04N.
06:06And another consonant?
06:09D.
06:11And a final vowel, please?
06:13A.
06:15Stand by.
06:44Sarah?
06:46Eight.
06:47And? Eight also.
06:49Now, Sarah?
06:50Rewound.
06:51And?
06:52Narrowed.
06:53Narrowed is excellent. I had rewound, too,
06:55but it's a seven, unfortunately, rather than an eight.
06:57Oh, sorry. I'm so sorry.
06:59Bad luck.
07:00But, yeah, narrowed. Excellent. Eight.
07:02I have nothing.
07:04LAUGHTER
07:06What about your colleague over there?
07:09His colleague has exactly those two, narrowed and rewound.
07:1414 plays six.
07:16Duggee, your numbers game.
07:18One from the top and five little ones, please, Rachel.
07:20Thank you, Duggee. One large, five small coming up for you.
07:23And the first numbers game of the day is 9-1-5-1-4-25
07:30and the target...
07:32603.
07:346-0-3.
07:42MUSIC PLAYS
08:06Duggee?
08:08603. Sarah?
08:106-0-1.
08:11And let's stick with Duggee, then, shall we, for the moment?
08:1325 times 4?
08:15100.
08:16Minus 1?
08:1799.
08:18Multiply that by 5 plus 1?
08:205 plus the other one, 6, and 5-9-4.
08:25And add on the 9.
08:27Perfect. 603. Well done.
08:28Oh, well done. Yeah. Good.
08:30APPLAUSE
08:3224 points to Duggee as we turn to our first Tea Time teaser,
08:36which is Walk Legend.
08:38Walk Legend. And the clue...
08:40The London taxi driver knew exactly where the biblical tree was.
08:45The London taxi driver knew exactly where the biblical tree was.
08:58APPLAUSE
09:00APPLAUSE
09:06Welcome back, welcome back.
09:08I left you with a clue.
09:09The London taxi driver knew exactly where the biblical tree was.
09:12And the answer to that one is...
09:15knowledge. Knowledge.
09:18Now, if you'd like to become a Countdown contestant,
09:21you can email countdown at channel4.com
09:24to request an application form
09:26or write to us at contestantsapplications.
09:29Countdown leads, LS31JS.
09:34Now, Sarah, your letters again.
09:37I'll start with a consonant, please. Thank you, Sarah.
09:40R
09:42And another one?
09:44T
09:46And a vowel?
09:48U
09:50And a consonant?
09:52S
09:54And a vowel?
09:56I
09:58And another vowel?
10:00O
10:02And a consonant?
10:04T
10:08And a vowel, please?
10:10E
10:12And a final consonant?
10:14And a final M.
10:16Done by.
10:28T
10:48Yes, Sarah?
10:50A six.
10:52A six. Dougie?
10:53Eight.
10:55And that six, Sarah, is...
10:57Yes.
10:59It's in? It's in.
11:01Well done. Jimmy, what have we got?
11:03Routines. Routines, indeed. Susie?
11:06Yeah, it's a really good eight.
11:08There's also tenorist, somebody who plays a tenor instrument,
11:11like a tenor sax. OK.
11:1332 plays six, and Dougie's letters again. Yes, Dougie?
11:16Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Dougie.
11:18S
11:20And another?
11:22C
11:23A third?
11:25V
11:27Vowel?
11:29A
11:31Vowel?
11:33U
11:35Vowel?
11:37E
11:39Consonant?
11:41T
11:43Consonant?
11:45R
11:47And a final vowel, please?
11:49And a final O.
11:51Stand by.
11:55MUSIC PLAYS
12:19Dougie? Eight.
12:21And eight, Sarah? Eight.
12:23Dougie? Captures.
12:25And Sarah? And captures.
12:27Thank you. Just show that to...
12:29APPLAUSE
12:31And in the corner?
12:33Captures is what we had as well. What did you have?
12:36Yes, captures was the best that we could do.
12:38Otherwise, carpets, the seven. Thank you.
12:41Thank you indeed. 40 plays 14.
12:43Sarah, your number's game now. Good luck.
12:46One from the top and five small, please.
12:48Thank you, Sarah. Same again.
12:50One big, five little, and this time...
12:52We have ten.
12:54Five.
12:55Four.
12:56Eight.
12:57Seven.
12:58And 50.
13:00And the target?
13:01372.
13:03372.
13:05MUSIC PLAYS
13:20MUSIC CONTINUES
13:36Yes, Sarah? 372, not written down.
13:39Dougie? 372.
13:41Yes, Sarah?
13:42Seven times 50.
13:44350.
13:46350.
13:48Four times five is 20.
13:50Yep.
13:51Ten minus the eight is two.
13:53Yep.
13:54And add those on to 350. Lovely. 372.
13:57Dougie?
13:58I did 50 times eight is 400.
14:00Yep.
14:01And take away seven fours.
14:03Seven fours, 28. Well done.
14:05APPLAUSE
14:06There we go.
14:08So, 50 plays 24.
14:10As we turn to Jimmy.
14:12Jimmy, you've performed before many great people.
14:16Including a bit of royalty too, I understand.
14:18Yeah, I have a huge thing for the royal family.
14:21I love it, as most Americans do anyway.
14:24But I did have the privilege as a young boy,
14:27performing for Her Majesty,
14:29alongside just some great people like Liza Minnelli and others.
14:33And I remember there was so much protocol in meeting her,
14:37I was a bit freaked out, you know,
14:39where you're not supposed to raise your hand and talk to her
14:41before she talks to you and all that kind of stuff.
14:44And, of course, I was this little boy and I raised my hand and said,
14:47Hello, Mrs. Queen, you know.
14:49And at the time, you know, she went down the line
14:52and my mother didn't really know the protocol either.
14:55And at the time, you know, everybody wore one of those rain jackets.
14:58You remember those rain jackets?
15:00So she's approaching the Queen, pulling something out of her jacket.
15:04And you can imagine Scotland Yard, everybody's like, you know.
15:07And she gave her a gift.
15:09And she was so cordial and she sat in the box with her
15:12and my dad as well.
15:14And then later on in life, my mother had a stroke
15:18and we had the privilege of coming over and performing for her again.
15:22And same thing, protocol, don't raise your hand,
15:25don't do all that kind of stuff.
15:27And she stopped when she came to me and she was so sweet.
15:31She was like, I still have your mom's gift.
15:34But I just thought, what a wonderful, sweet lady
15:37to be able to remember my mother, especially in that moment.
15:41And it just touched my heart that somebody that amazing
15:44could be so sensitive.
15:46And so, yeah, I'm a big fan of the Royal Family.
15:48And this was some years later, some...
15:50Many years later. Many years later.
15:52But she's an extraordinary woman.
15:54She's amazing. Amazing. Amazing.
15:56Yeah. They don't make them like that anymore, I tell you.
16:00No, we've been very lucky. Yeah.
16:02All right. Thanks so much, Jimmy. It's a lovely story.
16:06APPLAUSE
16:10Yeah, wonderful.
16:1250 plays 24, Dougie on 50.
16:14You're back. Letters game.
16:16Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Dougie.
16:18M
16:20And another?
16:22N
16:24And a third?
16:26P
16:28Vowel?
16:30A
16:32Vowel?
16:34I
16:36Vowel?
16:39G
16:41Consonant?
16:43N
16:45And a final vowel, please?
16:47And a final E.
16:49Stand by.
17:08WHISTLE BLOWS
17:22Yes, Dougie?
17:24Seven. And Sarah?
17:26Seven. Not written down.
17:28Mm-hm.
17:30Now I've called it wrong. Sorry.
17:32No. All right.
17:34Dougie?
17:36What have you got?
17:38Seven for opening.
17:40Susie?
17:42Another way is moaning. So seven's all round.
17:44Thank you. All right.
17:46Now, 57 to 24.
17:48Sarah, you're back with the letters game.
17:50Start with the consonant, please.
17:52Thank you, Sarah.
17:54L
17:56And a vowel?
17:58I
18:00And a consonant?
18:02F
18:04A vowel?
18:06A
18:08Another vowel?
18:10A
18:12Consonant?
18:14P
18:16A vowel?
18:18I
18:20And a final consonant, please?
18:22And lastly, M.
18:24Stand by.
18:34WHISTLE BLOWS
18:56Yes, Sarah?
18:58A six. A six. And?
19:00A six as well. Sarah?
19:02And?
19:04Impala. Impala.
19:06Excellent. Six is both.
19:08Yeah, finial is an ornament at the top, end or corner of an object,
19:10but also used on roofs, canopies, etc.
19:12So architectural term. Really good.
19:14Thank you. Jimmy?
19:16Animal, for six.
19:18Thank you. Susie?
19:20Couldn't get beyond six, no. That's it? Yeah.
19:22Thank you. Six to three to 30.
19:24It's Dougie's numbers game now. Yes, Dougie?
19:26Two from the top and four little ones, please, Rachel.
19:28Thank you, Dougie.
19:30Two big, four small,
19:32and these ones are one,
19:34eight, five,
19:36three, and the large two,
19:3825 and 50.
19:40And the target, 503.
19:42503.
20:00CLOCK TICKS
20:14Dougie?
20:16Just 501. Not written down.
20:18501. Sarah?
20:20No, nothing.
20:22No? Too far. Let's have a chat with Dougie.
20:25So I did five minus three is two.
20:28Plus eight is ten.
20:30It is.
20:32Times 50. 500.
20:34And add on the one.
20:36And one. Two away. Very good.
20:38503. Rachel?
20:40It was possible if you say
20:4250 times eight is 400.
20:44Five minus one is four.
20:46Times 25 is 100.
20:48Add them on with the three,
20:50and that's 503.
20:52Very good. Well done.
20:54APPLAUSE
20:56Nice airburst. So, 70 plays 30.
20:58Dougie on 17.
21:00It's time for our second tea time teaser,
21:02which is Rat Surf.
21:04And the clue, the rat surfed the Internet
21:06looking for people he could scam.
21:08The rat surfed the Internet
21:10looking for people he could scam.
21:12CLOCK TICKS
21:20APPLAUSE
21:26Welcome back. I left you with the clue.
21:28The rat surfed the Internet looking for people he could scam.
21:32Because he was a fraudster.
21:35Fraudster. A lot of them around.
21:37A fraudster.
21:3970 plays 30. Dougie on 70.
21:41Sarah, your letters game.
21:43Consonant, please. Thank you, Sarah.
21:45R
21:47And another one?
21:49T
21:51And a vowel?
21:53E
21:55OK.
21:57And a consonant?
21:59R
22:01And a vowel?
22:03I
22:05Consonant?
22:07G
22:09Another consonant?
22:11C
22:13And a vowel?
22:15E
22:17And a final vowel, please.
22:19And a final I.
22:21Stand by.
22:25CLOCK TICKS
22:27CLOCK TICKS
22:53Sarah? A four.
22:55Dougie? A six.
22:57And Sarah? Grit.
22:59Grit, yes. Recite.
23:01Not that easy, was it? No.
23:03Jimmy, what have you got? Retire.
23:07Is that an order or a request?
23:09I was talking about myself.
23:11What about Susie?
23:13Well, you can actually put an R.
23:15I don't know if you're wondering about this, Dougie,
23:17but you can have a reciter.
23:19So somebody who... Anyway, it's poetry, for example,
23:21would be a reciter. That would give you a seven.
23:23Thank you very much.
23:25Now, Dougie, letters again.
23:27Consonant, please, Rachel.
23:29Thank you, Dougie. P
23:31And a second?
23:33T
23:35And another?
23:37W
23:39Vowel?
23:41A
23:43Vowel?
23:45I
23:47Vowel?
23:49A
23:51Vowel?
23:53E
23:55And a final consonant, please.
23:57And a final S.
23:59And here comes the countdown clock.
24:21CLOCK TICKS
24:31Well, Dougie?
24:33A seven.
24:35Sarah?
24:37Seven.
24:39Trapes.
24:41Waiters.
24:43Happy?
24:45I had the same.
24:47We have a couple of eights.
24:49In English.
24:51A patoirier is a government official who keeps records
24:53regarding the ownership of land.
24:55So that would give you an eight.
24:57And also parasite is there, too.
24:59And parasite, too.
25:01Well done.
25:03Go, Susie.
25:05Amazing.
25:07And now it's origins of words.
25:09Yes, Susie, what have you got for us today?
25:11Well, I mentioned recently
25:13the term up the spout,
25:15where that came from, both in the
25:17sense of something being broken,
25:19this loose up the spout, for example,
25:21or pregnant as well.
25:23And another thing that I'm asked about
25:25sometimes is another sort of byword
25:27really for being pregnant, a slang term.
25:29I think you probably have to tread carefully with this these days.
25:31But that's up the duff.
25:33Someone's up the duff.
25:35They are decidedly pregnant.
25:37Usually used by men, I think,
25:39of women.
25:41But I thought I'd talk a little bit as well about the word duff
25:43because people have obviously been finding it quite expressive
25:45for a very long time
25:47because there are all sorts of terms associated with it.
25:49One of them is duffer.
25:51Do you talk about an old duffer?
25:53And duffer really literally means
25:55a useless personal thing, a sort of foolish person,
25:57if you like.
25:59And that may be an alteration of a great Scottish word,
26:01dowfart.
26:03And it was an old Scottish term meaning
26:05a stupid person.
26:07And dowf or doof in Scottish was spiritless.
26:09In other words, they've got no energy about them
26:11and they're rather bland.
26:13There were golfers, really, though,
26:15who took on the term duffer
26:17for somebody who mishit
26:19or mishot a ball.
26:21And you'll still hear people, golfers,
26:23call each other an old duffer,
26:25perhaps with semi-affection these days as well.
26:27But that may be the source
26:29of something that's duff,
26:31of poor quality or worthless.
26:33It may come from golf, but also we do know
26:35that in some of the earliest glossaries
26:37of criminal slang, and as I always say,
26:39they were some of the first dictionaries ever collected,
26:41people would go around
26:43and document the language of thieves
26:45and people in the criminal underworld
26:47because it was quite useful to be able to decode this jargon.
26:49And in the mid-18th century,
26:51a duffer was thief slang
26:53for a person who passes
26:55what were really worthless articles off
26:57as being quite valuable. We're talking about fraudsters.
26:59Of course, we see that these days as well.
27:01And finally, to duff someone up,
27:03which is a violent sense of duff, really,
27:05is recorded from the 1960s, and that's probably, again,
27:07connected to that life of crime
27:09on the way back to Victorian England
27:11and even before. But then to the phrase
27:13up the duff, meaning pregnant.
27:15No, it shares Australian connections
27:17with some of the others. It was first recorded there.
27:19But its likely origin
27:21is in the kitchen rather than in a thief's den
27:23because a duff,
27:25you might still see it on traditional British menus.
27:27A plum duff is a steamed pudding
27:29tied up in a bag, steamed
27:31for a long time, very tasty,
27:33apparently. And in that case,
27:35up the duff is simply like a bun
27:37in the oven or in the pudding club
27:39and a sort of food metaphor,
27:41if you like, for being pregnant.
27:43And we do know the absolute origin
27:45of that duff because it's simply
27:47a northern English variant of dough.
27:49Really?
27:51Wow.
27:53How do you do it?
27:55It's amazing, isn't it?
27:57But very often you say,
27:59that was a bit duff. Yes, worthless.
28:01I've never heard the golfing connection
28:03before, I must say.
28:0527, Dougie on 83, Sarah.
28:07Let us go.
28:09Consonant, please. Thank you, Sarah.
28:11D
28:13And another one?
28:15N
28:17And a vowel?
28:19A
28:21And a consonant?
28:23J
28:25Another consonant?
28:27H
28:29A vowel?
28:31E
28:33Another vowel?
28:35U
28:37Consonant?
28:39F
28:41And a vowel, please?
28:43And the last one?
28:45O
28:47Countdown.
29:03O
29:05O
29:07O
29:09O
29:11O
29:13O
29:15O
29:17O
29:19Sarah?
29:21Five. And Dougie?
29:23Five as well. Sarah?
29:25Found.
29:27Found and? Hound.
29:29And hound.
29:31I only got this because I love this way of eating.
29:35Fondue. Fondue.
29:37Which is six. Perfect, thank you.
29:39Susie? No, that's excellent.
29:41Cheese fondue, not bad.
29:4388 to 42.
29:45Dougie, final letters game for you.
29:47Consonant, please, Rachel.
29:49Thank you, Dougie.
29:51N
29:53Consonant?
29:55L
29:57And another?
29:59Vowel?
30:01E
30:03Vowel?
30:05I
30:07Vowel?
30:09O
30:11Consonant?
30:13L
30:15Consonant?
30:17H
30:19And another consonant, please?
30:21And lastly, Q.
30:23Stand by.
30:29O
30:31O
30:33O
30:35O
30:37O
30:39O
30:41O
30:43O
30:45O
30:47O
30:49O
30:51O
30:53O
30:55O
30:57O
30:59O
31:01O
31:03O
31:05O
31:07O
31:09O
31:11O
31:13O
31:15O
31:17O
31:19O
31:21O
31:23O
31:25And the final letter there for Dougie
31:27as we go into the final numbers game for Sarah.
31:29Sarah?
31:31One from the top and five small, please.
31:33Thank you, Sarah.
31:35Last sprint finish and the final numbers game of the day
31:37is 4, 5, 10,
31:395,
31:41another 10,
31:43and a big one, 100.
31:45And the target, 648.
31:47648.
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32:19Sarah?
32:21650.
32:23650 as well. Sarah?
32:2510 minus 4 is 6.
32:2710 minus 4, 6.
32:29Times the 100.
32:31600.
32:335 times 10 is 50.
32:35Yep, two away.
32:37And same for Dougie.
32:39Now, 648, Rachel.
32:41Help us.
32:43This was the best you could have done.
32:45That's it.
32:47So no need to do any more work.
32:49So they did well.
32:51Good.
32:53Now, fingers on buzzers.
32:55Let's roll today's countdown conundrum.
33:01Sarah?
33:03Humiliate.
33:05Humiliate. Let's see whether you're right.
33:07Pretty quick off the mark there.
33:09Humiliate. Well done.
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33:15Very fast indeed. Probably two seconds.
33:17That's not bad, is it?
33:19And she comes through. 102 points.
33:21Well done. Well done.
33:23So bad luck, Sarah.
33:25You're up against somebody who's actually been, you know,
33:27performing very solidly.
33:29Very solidly.
33:31So you take this goodie bag back to Binfield
33:33and you tell us how you get on in your October marathon.
33:35Good luck. Travel safely.
33:37Will do. Thank you. It's been lovely.
33:39And we shall see you next time.
33:41Well done, Dougie.
33:45See you guys next time, Jimmy and Susie.
33:47Oh, Dougie's coming on nicely.
33:49Four wins.
33:51Three of which are over 100, I think.
33:53And he's working his way through the number selections.
33:55Indeed.
33:57He's got a full range of qualities. Well done.
33:59Excellent.
34:01I'm expecting some six smalls and four larges, though.
34:03You haven't picked those yet.
34:05See you next time. See you then.
34:07Join us then, same time, same place.
34:09You'll be sure of it. A very good afternoon to you all.
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