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00:32Good afternoon, and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:35Now, over the years, there have been fads and crazes.
00:37They come and go. That's the point of a fad or a craze.
00:40Well, last month, a craze of all crazes swept the world.
00:45It's called Pokemon Go, and players capture virtual little sort of creatures on their phones in different locations.
00:53And apparently, Rachel, I mean, I don't understand this thing, although somebody tried to show me earlier today.
00:58It's gone bonkers. It's huge.
01:01Let me give you some instances.
01:03A man in New Zealand, I mean, you've got to be potty.
01:06A man in New Zealand gave up his job to concentrate full time on chasing down the creatures.
01:12People in Bosnia have been warned not to stare at their phones and follow these things, follow the trail, and
01:20meander into a minefield.
01:22And the chaotic situation in New York Central Park was really quite extraordinary, because people abandoned their cars to hunt
01:30for them.
01:30I mean, it really is extraordinary.
01:32We've all been swept up in crazes, but what about you?
01:34What crazes were you swept up in?
01:37Well, I'll just count down.
01:38Just count down every day after school.
01:41It continues, 33 years or whatever it is on.
01:43It all, I think, revolves around collecting, doesn't it?
01:47Now, let's see somebody who's collected something yesterday by way of a teapot.
01:51Why?
01:52Natalie Mitali is back.
01:53Well done.
01:54You had a good old win yesterday, 84 to 71.
01:57Slow start.
01:57But, you know, you're a bit nervous to begin with.
01:59My word, you weren't nervous at the end.
02:01Yeah, still nervous.
02:03Well, you tell John McDonnell not to be nervous.
02:06He's here a retired construction worker from Kilsyth in Scotland.
02:10Whereabouts in Scotland is Kilsyth?
02:12It's just northeast of Glasgow, about 10 miles outside.
02:18OK.
02:18Now, you used to watch Countdown with your granny.
02:22Uh-huh.
02:22What happened there?
02:23A little story, I'm told.
02:25Well, yeah, I used to come at...
02:26Countdown would be on at half past four, I believe, at the time.
02:29I used to come in from work and watch it with my gran.
02:33And we'd been watching for about three months.
02:36And she suddenly said to me,
02:38John, what's a consonant?
02:42I was like, well, A, you know...
02:45Yeah, anything isn't about it.
02:47That's it.
02:47Yeah, exactly.
02:48Well done.
02:49Big round of applause for John and Natalie.
02:55Well done.
02:57Very good fun.
02:57And over in the corner, of course, Susie.
02:59Joined once again by Baroness Tanny Gray-Thompson.
03:01Tanny Gray-Thompson, welcome back.
03:05All right.
03:05Now then, business.
03:07Natalie, letters.
03:09Consonant, please, Rachel.
03:10Thank you, Natalie.
03:11Start today with P.
03:13And another.
03:15G.
03:16And a third.
03:18S.
03:19And a vowel, please.
03:21U.
03:22And another.
03:23O.
03:24And a third.
03:26A.
03:27And a consonant.
03:29R.
03:30And another.
03:32N.
03:33And a final...
03:36...consonant, please.
03:37And a final S.
03:39And here's the countdown clock.
03:41N.
04:12Natalie?
04:13A six.
04:14A six.
04:14John?
04:15A six.
04:17Natalie?
04:18Sarong.
04:20Sarong and John MacDonald?
04:22Groans.
04:23Groans.
04:26Groans and Sarong.
04:28Tani?
04:28Susie?
04:29Good Malay word, that, Sarong, but you could put the S on, Natalie.
04:32You could have had more than one Sarong.
04:35There's also Parsons for seven.
04:38Yes.
04:38Parsons.
04:39Anything else?
04:41Like Natalie, Sarong.
04:42Sarong.
04:43All right, well done.
04:44Six apiece and it's John's first letters game.
04:47John?
04:48Hiya, Rachel.
04:49Hi, John.
04:50I'll have a consonant, please.
04:52Start with V.
04:54And a vowel.
04:56E.
04:57And a consonant.
04:59D.
05:07And another consonant, please.
05:11And a vowel.
05:12A.
05:14And a consonant.
05:19D.
05:20And a final consonant.
05:23And a final R.
05:25Countdown.
05:26Okay.
05:43We'll see you guys.
05:44Bye.
05:56Yes, John.
05:57A six.
05:59A six, Natalie.
06:00And a seven.
06:02John.
06:03Dreams.
06:04Dreams and...
06:05Advisor.
06:06Advisor.
06:08Yes.
06:09Yes, you can have advisor or advisal.
06:12Either he's absolutely fine.
06:13Can we beat it in the corner?
06:15I had advisor.
06:17Yeah.
06:17But that was the best I could do.
06:19Yeah, the sevens misread, admires.
06:22One eight that we could find was disarmed.
06:25Disarmed?
06:26Yeah.
06:27Very good.
06:31All right.
06:32Early lead for Natalie.
06:33Pension time to go, though.
06:35And it's Natalie's numbers game.
06:37One large, please.
06:39Thank you, Natalie.
06:40One from the top and five, Littlands.
06:42And the five small ones are ten, two, nine, six, and seven.
06:49And the large one, twenty-five.
06:51And the target, one hundred and ninety-five.
06:54One nine five.
06:55And the target, one hundred and ninety-five.
07:26Natalie.
07:271-9-4.
07:291-0-8, John.
07:301-9-5.
07:32John.
07:337 times 25.
07:361-7-5.
07:372 times 10.
07:39Yeah, I think that's the nerves there.
07:43Very good.
07:47So, three-point lead, therefore, for John.
07:5016 to 13, as we turn to our first tea-time teaser,
07:53which is India Jam.
07:54And the clue, John often thought of everyone living in peace.
07:59John often thought of everyone living in peace.
08:18Welcome back.
08:19I left you with the clue, John often thought of everyone living in peace.
08:23And the answer, of course, is imagined.
08:26Imagined.
08:27There we go, from the late, great John Lennon.
08:3016 points to John.
08:32Natalie on 13, and it's John's letters game.
08:34Consonant, please.
08:35Thank you, John.
08:36S.
08:38And a vowel.
08:39O.
08:40And a consonant.
08:43N.
08:44And another consonant.
08:47D.
08:47And a vowel.
08:50E.
08:51And a consonant.
08:53T.
08:54And a vowel.
08:57I.
08:59And a consonant, please.
09:02N.
09:03And another consonant.
09:06And lastly, S.
09:09Stand by.
09:10I.
09:11And a vowel.
09:32I.
09:33I'll listen to you soon, John.
09:33Bye.
09:34Bye.
09:35Bye.
09:36Bye.
09:36Bye.
09:38Bye.
09:40Yes, John.
09:42Six.
09:43Six.
09:44Natalie.
09:45Just trying to.
09:46Seven.
09:47John.
09:48Stoned.
09:49Stoned.
09:51Natalie.
09:52Indents.
09:55And the corner.
09:56Very good.
09:57There were a few sevens there.
09:59In tones.
10:01In tones.
10:02In tones.
10:02Yeah, very good.
10:03In tens, nosiest, that kind of thing.
10:07And what's that?
10:08Tensions.
10:09Well done.
10:11Two, four, six.
10:13Eight.
10:14Great.
10:1520 plays 16.
10:16Natalie on 20.
10:17And it's Natalie's letters game.
10:20Could I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
10:22Thank you, Natalie.
10:23T.
10:23And another.
10:26L.
10:27And a third.
10:29W.
10:31And a vowel, please.
10:33A.
10:34And another.
10:36O.
10:37And a third.
10:39A.
10:40Consonant, please.
10:42N.
10:44And another.
10:46R.
10:48And a final consonant, please.
10:51And the last one.
10:52Q.
10:53Stand by.
10:54Okay.
10:55And a third.
10:56Okay.
10:56And a third.
10:57And a third.
11:12And a third.
11:14And a third.
11:15And a third.
11:16And a third.
11:16And a third.
11:17And a third.
11:18And a third.
11:25Natalie?
11:27Five.
11:28Five.
11:29John?
11:31Five.
11:33Natalie?
11:34Troll.
11:35And John?
11:36I'm sorry, I flushed it.
11:39Bad luck.
11:40What have we got in the corner?
11:42Well, the best for six was atonal.
11:46Atonal, yes.
11:47Yes.
11:47A-tonal, not written in any key or mode if you're talking about music.
11:51It's a-tonal.
11:51A-tonal, yeah.
11:54Twenty-five, please.
11:54Sixteen, and John, it's numbers time for you.
11:59Three large, please, and three small.
12:01Thank you, John.
12:02Three from the top, both three little ones.
12:05And this time around, your little ones are ten, one, and another one.
12:10And the last one's one hundred, fifty, seventy-five.
12:14And the target, four hundred and thirty-four.
12:17Four, three, four.
12:18Four, three, three, five, four, five.
12:23And, I'm sorry, I took theicals and three.
12:31One, two, three, five.
12:48Let's do it now.
12:48Two, three, three, four.
12:48Five, four.
12:50John 47 Natalie 436 436 all right so naturally okay so I did 50 times 10 50 times 10 500
13:04oh sorry I have to see this gun I thought I thought I saw an 11 there ah right okay
13:14the
13:14ones I did four at 500 take away 75 425 and then I thought it was 11 for the full
13:19things
13:19ah you put the ones together bad luck sorry this is John McDonald's chance John um 10 times 50 yes
13:28500 minus 75 425 plus the two ones yep 427 seven away 427 but 434 how tricky is it um
13:42I found one
13:42way if you say 50 plus 1 is 51 10 minus the other one is 9 times them together for
13:50459 and then 100
13:53minus 75 is 25 and take it away 434 well done well done very good so Natalie's lead has been
14:04reduced
14:04somewhat down to four points 25 to where John's 21 as we turn to Tani now Tani your daughter Karis
14:14is a teenager now and she's a sporty teenager well she is it would be quite hard actually for
14:20her to escape doing sport because my husband was a Paralympian as well um but one of the challenges
14:25when you're a female athlete competing if you want to have a baby is it's kind of time in it
14:30because everything we do is on a four-year cycle so you see most female athletes will have a baby
14:34straight after the Olympics or Paralympics so they can start training again so I tried to do that but
14:39I missed out slightly so she was born early in 2002 so I pretty much had to start training within
14:4510
14:46days of having her to be able to be back at Commonwealth Games so when she was baby it was
14:50all really simple you know just trekked around the world with a sticker and a pram when she grew a
14:54bit
14:54bigger we then used to dress her in a fluorescent baby grow and she used to crawl around the track
14:59and then when she was a bit bigger again we used to put her in the long jump pit with
15:02a bucket and
15:03spade and tell her it was the beach and so because she'd never been to a beach she thought that
15:09was
15:10the beach so every day you say to her do you want to go to the beach and she'd get
15:12bucket and spade
15:13and she'd build sand castles and we did have a little problem with her once where she did have a
15:17row with one of our long jumpers again she was about two and a half where she decided it was
15:21her
15:21sand not his and she didn't bury herself in the sand and we were sort of trying to drag her
15:27out
15:27and then sort of smooth out the sandcastle so as a result she she really doesn't like athletics very
15:32much so she does entirely different sports but so I think I've probably scarred her for life to be
15:39honest I'm sure you have not what what direction is she moving in now which sports have well she does
15:46whitewater slalom canoeing so she goes down sort of the Olympic course where the water moves at sort of
15:51nine tons a second and I think this is her payback because I don't like water and I don't like
15:58swimming pools I'm act to be fair I don't like puddles so there is this sort of thing where I
16:03think she's
16:03doing it because she knows I can never coach her and and she's quite stubborn I've no idea where she
16:08gets it from yeah well done lovely thank you Danny thank you very good now Natalie let us time thank
16:19you
16:19Nick could I have a consonant please Rachel thank you Natalie T and another P and a third ah
16:36consonant please D and another T and a final consonant please and a final L stand by
16:59you
17:06so
17:07you
17:08you
17:08you
17:19you
17:21you
17:22Natalie?
17:23Seven.
17:24Seven, John?
17:25Only six.
17:27You're six?
17:28Putted.
17:30Putted and Natalie?
17:31Tripled.
17:32And tripled?
17:34Yes.
17:35Absolutely fine.
17:37You can have puttied if you put the I in.
17:39You can have puttied, which is to apply putty.
17:43But seven seemed to be the best.
17:45All right.
17:47John, letters time.
17:49Consonant, please.
17:50Thank you, John.
17:52R.
17:53And another one.
17:55T.
17:57And a vowel.
17:59I.
18:00And another vowel.
18:03O.
18:04And a consonant.
18:06H.
18:08And a vowel.
18:11E.
18:12And a consonant.
18:15L.
18:16And a vowel.
18:20U.
18:21And a final consonant, please.
18:23And a final C.
18:26Countdown.
18:27And a vowel.
18:45And a vowel.
18:45And a vowel.
18:48and a vowel.
18:57Well, John, a seven, a seven. Natalie? No, I can't see anything. My head's gone black.
19:05Should we stick with John then? John? Touch her. Touch her? Touch her. Absolutely fine, yes,
19:13a personal thing that touches, but also involves a wood that touches the jack. Absolutely fine.
19:17Well, very good. And, Penny? There's also clothier. Yep. Yep. And you can push touch her to eight
19:26if you had the eye. Again, touchier is there. Touchier, yeah. Indeed. All right, so Natalie's
19:32just four in the lead now, 28 to Natalie's 32, and it's your numbers game. Natalie?
19:38One large ratio. Thank you, Natalie. One from the top row. And five little, no need to shake
19:43your head. Right, these five little ones are two, ten, three, one, seven, and the large one,
19:52twenty-five. And this target? Six hundred and fifty-nine. Six five nine.
19:57Six hundred and fifty-nine. Six hundred and fifty-nine. Six hundred and fifty-nine.
20:15Six hundred and fifty-nine. Six hundred and fifty-nine. Six hundred and fifty-nine.
20:22Six hundred and fifty-nine. Six hundred and fifty-nine. Six hundred and fifty-nine. Six hundred and fifty-nine.
20:29Natalie no six seven five six seven five
20:33John I think I've got six five nine take it away three times 25 yep three 25 75
20:51I'm afraid I'm sorry we're out of time what a shame what a shame
20:58come on Rachel spell it out for us six five nine um yep there were a couple of
21:04ways if you start this way you can take away the seven and the two four sixty six
21:09times it by ten six hundred and sixty and take away the one there we go bad luck
21:15John difference as we turn to our second tea time teaser which is lit coat and the
21:24clue it's nothing to do with clothes but my tie is connected to it it's nothing to
21:30do with clothes but my tie is connected to it
21:48warm welcome back I left you with the clue it's nothing to do with clothes but my
21:52tie is connected to it and the answer is cocktail it's a cocktail so 32 plays 28
22:00John on 28 and it's John's letters game constant please thank you John G and the
22:08vowel oh and the consonant N and the vowel E and consonant S and the vowel I and the consonant
22:26P and
22:30and the consonant T and the final consonant and a final L countdown
22:42and a slot is a great example for all along with the mainland about the other N and the vowel
22:58What a
22:58.
22:58you you you you you you you you
22:59you I you you right you you you I you 말 you oppos impressions I you
23:12John.
23:14Seven.
23:15Seven.
23:16Natalie.
23:17Seven.
23:18John.
23:18Spotting.
23:20And?
23:20Eloping.
23:21Eloping.
23:24Eloping, excellent.
23:26How are you spelling spotting, John?
23:27Um, SP, was that a double T?
23:29A double T that you need, I'm afraid, sorry.
23:32Yeah.
23:33Bad luck.
23:34Now then, what have we got?
23:36Tanit?
23:36Well, there's pigeons for seven, and this is a great question.
23:41Pongiest.
23:45He's the pongiest one of all.
23:47All right.
23:4839 plays 28, and it's Natalie's letters game.
23:51Natalie?
23:52Could I have a consonant, please?
23:53Thank you, Natalie.
23:55N.
23:56And another.
23:58M.
24:00And a third.
24:02R.
24:03And a vowel, please.
24:06E.
24:07And another.
24:08A.
24:09And a third.
24:11I.
24:12And a fourth.
24:15E.
24:16A consonant, please.
24:19H.
24:20And a final consonant, please.
24:24And a final J.
24:26Coco.
24:27Coco.
24:28Coco.
24:29composer Actually.
24:57Perhaps the last sentence of inner love and dust.
24:57has been doing good, you know, you've been making fun.
24:57You're going to be a senior life light, my meaning.
24:58And I'll do it.
24:58I'll do it right now.
25:00Natalie six a six John six as well Natalie Marine John remain remain yeah
25:12we beat it no we can join them yeah in what way Mina MN Mimi you can be a
25:19meanie can get to the seven though I think there might be one there all
25:24right that'll do 45 days 34 Susie your origins of words what have you got for
25:31us today gonna revisit the the Romans I love to go back to the Roman world because
25:37they gave us so many words that their language Latin is behind so much of
25:41English and their words senex was it was the Latin for old and senators comes from
25:51at the Latin senex meaning an old man and of course their Senate was a revered
25:57council of elders people who were thought to be very wise and very experienced
26:02but young or old all senators have had their distinct protocols I should just
26:08say that the Roman Senate was an incredibly enduring institution at the
26:11most enduring of all Roman history it survived the fall of the Roman Empire
26:15and it's had a real power but protocol at that looks back to Greece rather to than
26:22to Romans and it looks back to their ancient word proto colon which meant the
26:26first leaf that was glued to the front of a manuscript with an index of the
26:30contents at written upon it says protoss meaning first and then collar which
26:35meant to glue so it was literally sheet of paper that listed everything that was
26:39about to follow that column meaning glue is behind collagen collage collate all
26:45sorts of words in English as a protocol came to mean a draft that lay down the
26:49outline or a summary from which an official treaty or a document was
26:53eventually drawn and then the meaning was extended to and the rules of etiquette
26:57or standard for any formal occasion and etiquette as I explained on the show
27:02quite recently was originally a ticket or label particularly in French courtly
27:06society that list all the ceremonial observances that visitors to the king
27:10or queen had to adhere to in order to and to respect the monarchy
27:21really wonderful as always fantastic 45 days 34 naturally in the lead at the
27:29moment and it's John's letters game John turn it a consonant place thank you John
27:35oh and a fell oh and a consonant why and a fell e and a consonant t and
27:54consonant b and a vowel i and a consonant g and a final consonant please and a final t
28:11stand by
28:43Yes, John?
28:44A seven.
28:46A seven, Natalie?
28:47Yes, a seven.
28:48John?
28:49Potia.
28:50Potia?
28:52Same seven.
28:54Yeah, potia.
28:56Anything else?
28:57Well, I've just made up a word, but actually I've just been told it's real.
28:59I had pitta.
29:01Pitta patter?
29:02Pitta.
29:02I've no idea what it means, but...
29:04It's a device to remove the stones from fruit.
29:06That is a pitta.
29:08Or olives, I guess.
29:10Very good.
29:1052 to 41, and it's the last letters game.
29:14Natalie?
29:15Oh, can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
29:17Thank you, Natalie.
29:18D.
29:19And another.
29:21M.
29:22And a vowel, please.
29:24U.
29:25And another.
29:27A.
29:28And a consonant, please.
29:31S.
29:32And another.
29:34R.
29:35And a third.
29:38L.
29:39And a vowel, please.
29:44O.
29:45And a final consonant, please.
29:47And a final N.
29:50Standby.
29:51BELL RINGS
29:52Not a vowel.
29:52And a vowel.americanair.
29:59À rok. No
30:07one to.
30:09You and
30:10again... Are
30:14a vowel. Do
30:15not worry... No
30:21one. Obviously.
30:22Go where are.
30:22Just a six.
30:24John?
30:25Just a five.
30:26And that five?
30:28Dumas.
30:30Yes.
30:31Natalie?
30:31Around.
30:33Around.
30:34Did you say Dumas?
30:36Yeah, the Russian parliament capital.
30:40Oh, I see, yes.
30:41In that sense, yes, definitely a capital.
30:44Otherwise, not there is a generic noun, I'm afraid.
30:47Couldn't pluralise it anyway.
30:49But I said no can do, I'm afraid, John.
30:50Sorry to disallow that one.
30:51OK, good luck.
30:53But we're done in the corner?
30:54We are done, yes.
30:56Unloads, modular and murals for our three.
30:5858 plays 41 as we move to the final numbers game.
31:02John, take it away.
31:04I'll have two big ones this time and four small ones.
31:08Thank you, John.
31:08Two big, four small ones, hopefully a crucial conundrum.
31:11We shall see.
31:12The last numbers game of the day is nine, five, six, three,
31:18and a large two, 50 and 100.
31:20And the target to reach, 526.
31:23Five, two, six.
31:25Thanks.
31:40Bye.
31:44Bye.
31:52Joyce.
31:55five two six john five two seven one away how about natalie yes five two seven five two seven
32:05also john um 50 plus three 53 times five times five is 265
32:19no is it not supposed to be done it wrong again sorry little bit of an error 50 plus six
32:25i meant
32:25to say have you have you got it written down no no i'm sorry john all right natalie okay so
32:32100 times
32:33five 100 times five 500 and then six times three is 18 six three is 18 plus the nine and
32:4127 yep one
32:42away well done five two six though rachel uh yeah there were a couple of ways uh you could have
32:50said 100 minus six is 94 times by five is 470 add the 50 for 520 and then nine minus
33:00three is another
33:00six and add it on yeah well done well done so we're moving to the final round into the conundrum
33:08round
33:09with that natalie on 65 john on 41 fingers on buzzers let's reveal today's countdown conundrum
33:19john that's fast cavorting cavorting let's see oh that's so quick cavorting brilliant well
33:29well done and i think i saw you nodding your head but they're never faster than that john that's
33:40brilliant well done excellent stuff excellent stuff indeed sadly it was a late flurry so it's back to
33:49kill scythe with uh your goodie bag and our you know gratitude thanks for coming
33:54packet thanks very much we shall see uh we shall see natalie matali tomorrow yeah second win
34:00fantastic excellent stuff and uh tanny we'll see you tomorrow look forward to that and uh susie of
34:08course see you tomorrow well this natalie's a good player she's doing very well i think it was a good
34:13job she wasn't in a crucial conundrum because john seems to be king of those doesn't it wow that was
34:17fast yeah there's a good contest this week excellent stuff see you tomorrow see you tomorrow same time
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34:37find
34:37our webpage at channel 4.com forward slash countdown
34:44it's almost impossible to escape being watched by cctv but what happens when the watchers try to get
34:50involved the watchman is on at nine and they love second hand but they don't love paying for it
34:55gox fill your house for free is coming up next here on 4.