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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio. Jobs. Let's talk about jobs. I wonder what most unusual job you've
00:37had. Well, beat this, because a prefecture in Japan has recently hired six ninjas. Six ninjas. Now, traditionally ninjas were
00:4715th century mercenaries specialising in sabotage and assassination. But thankfully, these are a little less deadly. They're sort of there
00:55to promote tourism and things like that.
00:57The prefecture in question in Japan is called Eichi, and they've hired these characters to stay to acrobatic events and
01:06generally promote tourism and so forth.
01:08So, ninjas. And I remember, Rachel, when my son Jim was a little chap, I once caught him pulling out
01:17of his pocket, because he was very keen on ninjas, something called a shuriken.
01:22Now, shuriken is a metal star-shaped weapon.
01:28Right.
01:29With spikes.
01:30So, how do you...
01:30And what you do is you throw it at somebody in the urgent hope that it'll take their eye out.
01:36And I said to him, Jim, I'm not having that. I'm taking it away. He said, I think you're very,
01:40very mean.
01:41And I've still got it.
01:42Do you use it?
01:43A shuriken. No! Could you be an acrobatic ninja?
01:47Um, I don't think I'd make it as an acrobatic ninja. I think you need to be full of balance,
01:53poise.
01:54But in your... It's not rocket science. You did the, uh, the trapeze on the bike. That required a certain
02:00sort of balance, too. Nonetheless.
02:01No, it didn't. That's why I could do it, because it didn't require any balance at all. It was all
02:06about the physics and the science of the centre of gravity.
02:09Well, that's very honest of you. Jolly good.
02:11Now, we've got two new contestants, uh, today, Rachel. We've got Tony Locke, a retired bank worker from Chalfonts and
02:18Peter and the Chilterns, loves his game of golf, but once, and I see that our research department has torn
02:24this fact from you, possibly unwillingly,
02:26that you once held up at gunpoint when you were a young man back in the 60s, in the bank,
02:32there you are, minding your own business, counting out the cash, and in strolls somebody with a gun. Is that
02:36right?
02:37Well, there's more than one, actually. There was half a dozen.
02:39Really?
02:40That's right.
02:40Oh, tell us about this.
02:41Well, half a dozen armed robbers caben, shut the door, climbed over the top, all had shotguns, and, um, it
02:48was a nasty experience, really.
02:49Dear me. Did they ever catch them?
02:51Yes, they did.
02:52They did?
02:53They did.
02:53Brilliant. We're glad to see you here safe and well.
02:56Tony, you're joined by Jamie Lomas, an applications consultant from Leamington Spa, enjoys playing the electric guitar.
03:04You once won a competition to support the thrash metal band Slayer.
03:09How tough were they?
03:11Um, they were quite a nice bunch, actually.
03:13We only sort of briefly caught them before the show, but we did hear some stories afterwards that they were
03:18being carried out of the Hard Rock Cafe in Manchester after the show in quite a sorry state, which was
03:24a bit of a contrast to how we...
03:26Okay.
03:27But you wouldn't expect anything less.
03:29It would have been a bit of a disappointment otherwise.
03:31Anyway, let's have a big round of applause for Tony and Jamie Lomas.
03:38Over in the corner, of course, uh, Susie and the wonderful Greg Rosetsky, former tennis player, in fact current tennis
03:46player, legendary tennis player.
03:49Welcome back.
03:50Thank you for having me.
03:50All right.
03:51Now then, Tony, let's get this business underway, shall we? Let us go.
03:55Hello, Rachel.
03:56Hi, Tony.
03:57A consonant, please.
03:58Start today with L.
04:00And another.
04:03M.
04:04And another.
04:06D.
04:07A vowel, please.
04:09E.
04:10And another.
04:11O.
04:12And another.
04:14E.
04:15Back to a consonant.
04:17L.
04:19Another consonant.
04:20C.
04:21And a vowel, please.
04:23And the last one.
04:24I.
04:25And here's the countdown clock.
04:27E.
04:29And a vowel, please.
04:30And a vowel, please.
04:31And a vowel, please.
04:43And a vowel, please.
04:44And a vowel, please.
04:44And a vowel, please.
04:45And a vowel, please.
04:46And a vowel, please.
04:46And a vowel, please.
04:46And a vowel, please.
04:46And a vowel, please.
04:46And a vowel, please.
04:47And a vowel, please.
04:58Tony? I've got a six. A six, Jamie? Dodgy six. Tony? Coiled. And? Climbed without the B. Oh, as in
05:07weather. Not there, Jamie, I'm afraid. Sorry. Bad luck. What over the corner? Susie and Greg? We've got two sevens,
05:14melodic. Yes. And I'll let you do the second one.
05:17Yeah, it's a term from chemistry. My cells. So, M-I-C-E-L-L-E. And it's all about
05:25aggregated molecules, such as those formed by detergents. Thank heavens for that. Six points for Tony there, as we turn
05:35now to Jamie. Jamie, it's your letters game. Hi, Rachel. Hi, Jamie. Can I start with a consonant, please? Thank
05:42you. Start with P. And another. M.
05:47And a vowel, please. E. Consonant. S. Consonant. T. And a vowel. I. Another vowel. A. Consonant. N. And a
06:11consonant. And lastly, C. Stand by.
06:46Yes, Jamie.
06:47Seven. A seven. And I'll try a seven as well. All right. So, Jamie. Campused. And? I've got campused as
06:55well. There we go. And in the corner?
06:58Well, we managed to get a few eights. Campsite. Campsite, yeah.
07:03And semantic as well, which is all about meaning. Semantics is all about the meaning of a word or the
07:10meaning of grammar.
07:11All right. Thirteen plays seven. Jamie on seven. It's Tony's numbers game now. Tony.
07:16One for the top. Any of the other five, please?
07:17Thank you, Tony. One big five. Little to kick us off today. And these numbers are ten, three, six, seven,
07:27eight. And the light on 75.
07:29And your target? 395.
07:32Three, nine, five.
08:04Tony.
08:05Sorry, I'll buy the mistake.
08:07All right.
08:07How about Jamie?
08:08Yes, I know.
08:09Both of you?
08:10Let's throw ourselves then at Rachel's feet.
08:14Rachel.
08:15Nervous start, because there were a few ways.
08:17If you say 7 minus 3 is 4, times 8, 32, times 10, 320, and add on the 75.
08:25That's one way for 395.
08:27There you go.
08:28395.
08:30So, score standing still there for 13 to Jamie, 7.
08:33As we turn to our first Tea Time teaser, which is Fair Gift.
08:37And the clue, it's fair to say, those who do this are gifted, but they could also be lawbreakers.
08:43It's fair to say, those who do this are gifted, but they could also be lawbreakers.
09:04Welcome back.
09:05Warm welcome back.
09:06I left you with a clue.
09:07It's fair to say, those who do this are gifted, but they could also be lawbreakers.
09:13And the answer is graffiti.
09:15Graffiti.
09:16What's the literal translation of graffiti, Susie?
09:18It means scratched.
09:20Okay.
09:20Because, you know, a long, long time ago, you know, drawings, et cetera, were literally scratched onto the wall.
09:27So, it comes from that Italian.
09:29All right.
09:29So, it's 13 points to Tony.
09:31Jamie on 7.
09:33And we now turn to Jamie, your letters game.
09:38Okay.
09:38Let's start with a consonant, please.
09:39Thank you, Jamie.
09:41L.
09:43And a vowel.
09:45O.
09:46A consonant.
09:48Q.
09:49Another one, please.
09:52R.
09:53Vowel.
09:55A.
09:57A consonant.
10:00L.
10:02Another consonant.
10:04T.
10:06Vowel.
10:08E.
10:11And a consonant.
10:14And lastly, N.
10:16And it's countdown.
10:18Countdown.
10:21Countdown.
10:49Jamie.
10:50Seven.
10:51And Tony.
10:53Six.
10:53You're six, Tony.
10:54Uh, antler.
10:56Now then.
10:57Uh, realtor.
10:58Yes, very good.
10:59Oh, actually, not so good, because there's only one R.
11:03Oh.
11:04Sorry, Jamie.
11:06Yeah.
11:07Very easily done.
11:08Now, Greg and Susie, what have you conjured up?
11:11We had a seven with real lot.
11:14Yes.
11:14Yep.
11:15Double L, so to assign or a lot differently, obviously.
11:19Um, and there's a rather old six, um, altern, which was, um, another form of alternate.
11:24So if you alternate something, you alternate.
11:27Thank you very much.
11:28All right.
11:29So, uh, 90 to seven.
11:30And Tony.
11:32Tony, it's your letters game now.
11:33Uh, consonant, please, Rachel.
11:35Thank you, Tony.
11:36T.
11:36And another.
11:39Z.
11:39One more.
11:42R.
11:43A vowel.
11:45I.
11:46A vowel.
11:47E.
11:48One more.
11:50O.
11:51Uh, consonant.
11:53T.
11:54Consonant.
11:56X.
11:58Um, and another consonant, please.
12:00And the last one, P.
12:03Stand by.
12:35Yes, Tony.
12:36A seven.
12:37A seven, Jamie?
12:38Seven.
12:39Tony.
12:40Pottya.
12:40Pottya and?
12:41Same word.
12:43Equally.
12:44Pottya over here.
12:45Greg?
12:46Pottya?
12:46We've made it a perfect trio, the same one.
12:49Well done.
12:50So, a score standing 26 to 14 in Tony's favour.
12:54And Jamie, it's your numbers game.
12:56Two from the top, please, Rachel.
12:58Thank you, Jamie.
12:58Two big, four little this time.
13:00And for this round, your little ones are eight, ten, three and seven.
13:06And the big two, one hundred and seventy-five.
13:09And the target, 751.
13:12And the clock starts now.
13:13Two big, yeah.
13:15Three with two.
13:31And the clock starts now.
13:36It's your work, ooh.
13:43It's your wordale.
13:43Jamie 750 one away Tony 751 751 good 75 times 10 yeah get you to 750 8 minus 7 is
13:56the one yes
13:57I think Jamie might be kicking you well done 36 now then plays Jamie's 14 as we turn to Greg
14:06and
14:07Greg how about controversy and scandal in the gentle world of tennis well it's been a very
14:15interesting year just because of they had a few betting scandals that they were talking about
14:19but it's actually an eight-year-old story that they've rehashed because you know there's always
14:24in sport possibility that somebody could be offered some money to throw a match but they
14:30did a review of it and it was only about one percent that there was a possibility with the
14:34scandal so it was a big story to start the year but I think tennis has a great integrity and
14:39you
14:39know there's a lot of sportsmanship in the game so it only usually happens at the lower level so
14:43I'm pretty proud of our sport I think it's clean overall and then the other story which was huge
14:48this year was Maria Sharapova the former world number one five-time Grand Slam champion who
14:53tested positive for meldome which is a drug that is used for a heart condition and diabetes so she'd
15:00been using it for the past decade and actually she said she tested positive for it six weeks into the
15:06year this year so hopefully we'll find out the result of that we're going to find out whether
15:10it's a four-year ban or whether it's a one to two-year ban depending on whether it was intentionally
15:15taken or not intentionally taken mm-hmm what does it do in terms of performance enhancement you think
15:22is it such a thing well it is there's a lot of prescription medicines that sometimes athletes
15:28will use at the time to get an edge so you know it might not be on the banned list
15:32but there are
15:32people who are taking it so there are a lot of Russian athletes who had tested positive from it at
15:37the
15:37time in the beginning there was over a hundred athletes who tested positive for that drug so it's
15:41it's very interesting the fight against doping in sports but with Maria's case had she put it down on
15:48her previous forms the last 10 years then you'd assume it's naivety rather than intentional hmm
15:53well let's see what happens to how many tremendous player I think the highest paid woman in sports so
16:00it's me a terrible blow if she is well it is a terrible blow and in the other respect you
16:06say
16:06maybe the drug system is working because certain years for example when I was on the tour caffeine
16:11was on the ban list one year so if you had 10 cups of coffee or one red bull you've
16:15got a two-year
16:15suspension so you always have to be looking at the drug list every single year what's happening
16:20out there interesting and let's see what happens then with the whole Russian Olympic team now which
16:25of course is all in the balance so well it is in the balance and obviously with Rio coming up
16:30but
16:30it's gonna be interesting whether the IOC sends a very strong message to Russia because you know we
16:36have to do something to make sure sport is clean in a level playing field yeah yeah and yet the
16:41whole
16:41movement would be depleted if Russia were not there one of the great sporting nations so let's hope
16:45it's all cleared up yes that would be great but sometimes it's good to make an example once in a
16:49while yeah indeed all right well thank you
16:55so 36 plays Jamie's 14 and it's Tony's letters game now Tony constant please Rachel thank you Tony
17:03M M and another D one more B vowel please U and another E one more U consonant R consonant
17:25F and another consonant please and lastly H
17:31stand by
18:04Tone
18:04Tony a six a six Jamie just four and that for feud feud Duma now then what do we think
18:13about that absolutely fine yes more more stupid in other words what else we got great well um Duma was
18:20the best we had for six unfortunately so you see nothing else we had Durham wheat DUUUM so Durham is
18:26there for five but it's tricky one indeed it was 42 plays 14 and the
18:31And, Jamie, your letters game.
18:35Can I have a consonant, please?
18:36Thank you, Jamie.
18:37T.
18:38And another.
18:40W.
18:41And a vowel.
18:44E.
18:45And a consonant.
18:47D.
18:49Consonant.
18:52T.
18:53Vowel.
18:55U.
18:56And another.
18:59O.
19:01And another.
19:04A.
19:06And a consonant.
19:08And lastly, N.
19:10And the clock starts now.
19:42Jamie.
19:43I'll try seven.
19:45Seven.
19:45Tony.
19:46Seven.
19:47Affirm seven there.
19:48Jamie.
19:49Notated.
19:50And taunted.
19:53Very fine.
19:53Both of them.
19:54Yes, absolutely fine.
19:55To notate is to write typically music in notation.
19:59That's very good.
19:59Taunted also good.
20:00Yes.
20:02Greg, Susie.
20:02We've got the exact same two, so well done.
20:04That's it?
20:05Yes.
20:05All right.
20:0649 plays 21, and it's a numbers game for you now.
20:11Tony.
20:11One large and five small, please.
20:13Thank you, Tony.
20:14One from the top row again.
20:15And five little ones.
20:17And this time around, your small numbers are five, six, seven, eight, three, and the large one,
20:27one, three, eight, and the target one hundred and thirty-eight.
20:29One, three, eight.
20:31One, three, eight.
20:53One, three, eight.
21:01Tony.
21:02One, three, eight.
21:03Jamie.
21:04One, three, eight.
21:05So here we go, Tony.
21:06Five times twenty-five.
21:08One, two, five.
21:09One hundred and twenty-five.
21:10Plus seven, plus six.
21:11Lovely.
21:12Well done.
21:13And Jamie.
21:14Same way.
21:15There we go.
21:16Just for good form.
21:17Well done.
21:18And there we have it.
21:2159 plays 31.
21:22And we turn to our second teacher.
21:25And we turn to our second teacher, which is semi-hard.
21:27And the clue?
21:29You yearn for the cows.
21:31At least I think that's what you said.
21:33You yearn for the cows.
21:34At least I think that's what you said.
21:52Warm welcome back.
21:53I left you with a clue.
21:54You yearn for the cows.
21:55At least I think that's what you said.
21:57And the answer, of course, is misheard.
22:01Misheard.
22:03Now then, Jamie.
22:04A little behind here, but it's time with a letters game, please.
22:07Right.
22:07Grab a consonant, please, Rachel.
22:09Thank you, Jamie.
22:10R.
22:12And a vowel.
22:14U.
22:15Consonant.
22:16J.
22:19Another consonant.
22:21R.
22:22And a vowel.
22:24A.
22:25And a consonant.
22:28S.
22:31And another consonant.
22:33D.
22:35And a vowel.
22:36Vowel.
22:38I.
22:40And a final vowel, please.
22:43And a final O.
22:47Countdown.
22:48And a vowel.
22:51Yeah.
22:52And a vowel.
23:17And a vowel.
23:19Jamie just five five Tony six Jimmy Rhodes now then Tony radios and radios very good yes good
23:32to get a six out of that one that was ours as well nothing beyond that no we've stuck with
23:36sixes stick with the radio 65 place 31 and it's Tony's letters game Tony a consonant please Rachel
23:44thanks Tony G and another V one more s a vowel e a vowel a one more oh a consonant
24:01T consonant s and the
24:08vowel please and the last one a and the clock starts no
24:44Tony six a six Jamie six so Tony our stages stages and stoves yeah happy enough very happy can we
24:53do
24:54better no unfortunately not we only got six as well Vestas yes yes matches and they're named after the
25:03goddess Vesta and she was goddess of the hearth and that they had a fire which was constantly
25:10burning in honor to Vesta oh this is the Vestal Virgins exactly Vestal Virgin not a happy life
25:15really no I don't think so but at least they have matches named after them oh yippee life of celibacy
25:23just for the sake of being called after a match 71 plays 37 and it's Susie Susie the nation awaits
25:32your origins of words well I was looking very recently about knuckling down to business so
25:40getting down to business and how that came from marble playing and mibsters as they're called
25:45actually in some cases having to have their knuckle literally on the ground before they
25:49flicked their their marble but it made me think of buckling down as well because it we use that in
25:53a
25:53very similar sense I'm going to buckle down to some work today and that is actually much older it
25:59started out in the 1500s and it was originally to buckle too but there were lots of different
26:05variants of it and it's thought to refer to the buckling of armor in medieval days and helmets and
26:13suits of armor really did have buckles in them if you see sort of old prototypes of armor armor suits
26:20you will see that they carried these buckles buckler itself actually goes back to cheek the Latin for
26:26cheek which gave us French bush mouth and that's because it referred to the cheek straps that were
26:31worn on these hats of armor the helmets of armor and buckling down to work also made me think up
26:37of
26:37boning up on something if you bone up on something as a student you're joining up on it and you're
26:42studying etc there's a very popular story attached to this one which is that it comes from a Victorian
26:48bookseller who was called Henry George bone spelt the German way b-o-h-n and he produces prolific number
26:56of textbooks which were great help in education at times 766 volumes he wrote and so the idea is that
27:05if a student had to bone up they would be going to one of his many many texts and and
27:10joining up on a
27:11subject in fact sadly so often in English we can't find a wreck proof of or a direct link between
27:17his
27:17name and the idiom boning up and it may well just be to do with the practice of using bones
27:24a long
27:24time ago to polish leather in which case he will be polishing up the subject in the most literal way
27:30but I love the idea that a Victorian bookseller could have given his name to something which is
27:34all about work today and who knows one day we may find a proof oh wonderful very good thank you
27:42very
27:43much as ever perfectly delivered 71 plays 37 Tony in the lead and it's Jamie's letters game Jamie start
27:50with a constant please Rachel thank you Jamie D and a vowel you and a consonant G another consonant
28:02W another one S vowel O and a vowel A and another consonant R and a final vowel please and
28:27a final O
28:28stand by
28:29stand by
28:31stand by
28:32stand by
28:33stand by
29:01Jamie just five five Tony six Jamie sword sword now then guards guards thank you what's the
29:12corner got for us Greg we've got six with guards as well we can't we can't top that one well
29:17done
29:17well done Tony 77 to 37 Jamie on 37 Tony's final letters game a consonant please thank you Tony
29:25K one more please ah and another T a vowel a a vowel E another one Oh consonant N consonant
29:44M and the
29:47vowel please and the last one E and the clock starts now
30:24Tony six Jamie dodgy seven Tony market now then what is this dodginess I don't know I'm spelling
30:32it right matinee how are you spelling it m-a-t-o-n-double-e oh it's m-a-t
30:38-i-n-e-e yeah
30:40sorry Jamie he was a risk and he was right Greg what have you got um seven meerkat the famous
30:48meerkat don't we all love the meerkats we do I can't remember meerkat never have them come up on
30:54countdown I'm probably wrong very good so long but it's a great word fantastic well done 83 to 37
31:01final numbers game for Jamie we'll go for two large again Rachel please thank you Jamie two from the
31:07top and four little to finish us off today and for this round your numbers are seven five another seven
31:14another five and a large 275 and 50 all the sevens all the fives and the target 681 681
31:23so
31:38so
31:44so
31:53Jamie
31:54no 690
31:55690 Tony 680 680 just one away Tony 75 minus 7 75 minus 7 60 7 8 68 5 plus
32:105 5 plus 5 10 and times it
32:13680 681 away not bad but not perfect Rachel 681 um leave it with me I think it's possible all
32:22right
32:23leave that with you 90 plays 37 as we go rolling into the final round so fingers on buzzers Tony
32:30and
32:30Jamie let's reveal today's countdown conundrum
32:34yeah
32:35yeah
32:51yeah
32:53yeah
32:54yeah
32:55yeah
32:56yeah
32:58yeah
33:00yeah
33:01yeah
33:02yeah
33:02yeah
33:03yeah
33:03yeah
33:04yeah
33:07good man
33:08yeah
33:09well done
33:10yeah
33:16not too many people you know these conundrums are really tricky you got it anyway but it was a little
33:21bit late in the day the sense because Tony came through at 90 you came through 47 so it's Tony's
33:26day today and you take this back to at Lemington Spa
33:30that very beautiful town actually uh with you thanks for thanks for playing thank you well
33:36done tony thank you very much thank you well done indeed we shall see you tomorrow congratulations
33:42good score too first time out 90 points not bad thank you and over in the corner susie and greg
33:49tomorrow see you tomorrow tomorrow indeed tomorrow indeed all right and now rachel what do you meet
33:56up to oh yes this was possible if you start the same way so 75 minus 7 is 68 and
34:03then times it by 50 for
34:053 400 add 5 for 3 405 and divide by the other five there we are well done
34:18so join us tomorrow same time same place you be sure of it a very good afternoon
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