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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio. It's the start of the bank holiday weekend. Chilling out time, which
00:38I think is now known as chillaxing, or perhaps a busy, busy time. Favourite bank holidays? Actually, we had a
00:44great weekend the other day. All the grandchildren came and it was great. And they all played together and played
00:50cricket. I was playing.
00:51Very nice. Yeah, it was lovely. Lovely. I used to like pear cricket when I was a kid. Introduce that.
00:57You get pears or apples off the tree, whatever you've got growing in your garden, and you pay pear cricket.
01:00Yeah. So it either smashes all over you or all over the bowler. How about potatoes? They'd be a bit
01:07harder. Give it a go, yep. Give it a go.
01:08Funnily enough, my little one, little Rafi, he showed me the cricket bank. He said, all these red marks, those
01:16are cherry marks. And when they're big marks, they're tomato marks.
01:20You know, the cricket ball hits that leaves a mark on the cricket bank. Sweet little chap he is. But
01:25the kids are good. I'm very impressed with them.
01:27Anyway, let's see who we got. We've got somebody who's rather impressive here, Martin Hurst, Rachel, insurance document writer from
01:34Asheville in Surrey, who had a storming win.
01:37A storming win yesterday against Natalie with a nine letter at the end of it. Or the Anders, I think
01:44it was.
01:45And that did it for you. Finished up 102, I think. Yep, that's correct. Well done. Thank you.
01:50Now, you've got to protect yourself against Alan Gillies, a retiree from Middlesbrough, formerly worked for the Ministry of Defence,
01:59been supporting Hartlepool Football Club for 52 years.
02:03Is it a thankless task? Not really, no. We have great pride in our team in Hartlepool. Yeah? Very much
02:09so, yes.
02:10And which league is Hartlepool in? League two. League two.
02:14But you go on Saturdays and you cheer the lads on. I certainly do, yeah.
02:17What's their nickname?
02:19Pools. Or monkey hangers. Whatever you like.
02:22The monkey hangers. All right. Welcome to the studio, Alan. Let's have a big round for Alan and Martin.
02:33And, of course, over in the corner, Susie Dent, as always. And, of course, the wonderful Tanny Gray-Thompson, who's
02:45off to Rio any minute. One of our greatest Paralympians. Welcome back.
02:49Thank you very much.
02:50Now then, Martin, let's have a letters game.
02:52Hi, Rachel.
02:53Hi, Martin.
02:54Can I have a vowel, please?
02:54You can indeed, thank you. Start today with I.
02:57And another vowel?
02:59E.
03:00And another vowel?
03:02U.
03:03And a consonant?
03:05T.
03:06And a consonant?
03:08N.
03:09And a consonant?
03:12S.
03:13And a consonant?
03:15D.
03:16And a final vowel, please.
03:24And a final A.
03:27And here is the countdown clock.
03:29A consonant?
03:58A consonant?
03:59well Martin eight and eight Alan eight Martin urinates white Alan fortunately
04:07I found another one randiest well we're grateful to both what have we got Danny
04:15Susie there's also unitards yes all right and what's a combination lots of
04:23other ones D trains trains that kind of thing but we like unitards yeah right
04:27all right eight piece now then Alan your letters game content please Rachel thank
04:34you H and the vowel please oh and another one e and another one you and a
04:47continent please L and another one n and another one w and a vowel please a and
05:03finally a continent and finally P can't go
05:13so
05:44thank you Alan no whale whale and a balloon D P O L U N E no your dictionary
05:55Martin yes the point at which a spacecraft in lunar orbit is furthest from the
06:00moon that's quite special now Tani the best I got was a five which was whole yes six
06:15otherwise a phenol is there which is a a toxic white crystalline solid that in
06:21dilute form is carbolic the disinfectant thank you absolutely brilliant very very
06:26very very clever indeed well done Martin it's your numbers game one large
06:32please thank you Martin one from the top rope five from the other ones and the
06:36first numbers game of the day is five three two six nine and the large one 25 and this target
06:47eight hundred and fifty seven eight five seven
06:53so
07:06so
07:06so
07:06so
07:06so
07:20Martin?
07:21Eight, five, six, not written down.
07:24One away. How about Alan?
07:27I'll try eight, five, nine, written down.
07:30So let's have a chat with Martin first, shall we?
07:33OK, five plus three plus nine.
07:35Five plus three plus nine, seventeen.
07:39Times two.
07:40Times two, thirty-four.
07:41Times twenty-five.
07:42Times twenty-five, eight hundred and fifty.
07:44And add the six.
07:45And add the six for one away. Well done.
07:48Pretty good. Pretty good.
07:50But we turn to Rachel for the eight, five, seven.
07:54Leave it with me.
07:55Leave that with you by all means.
07:58Martin on twenty-two, Alan on eight,
08:00as we turn to our first Tea Time teaser,
08:02which is Irish Fen.
08:04And the clue, Roy could have done with one of these in the summer.
08:09Roy could have done with one of these in the summer.
08:28Welcome back.
08:29I left with the clue, Roy could have done with one of these in the summer.
08:33Indeed he could.
08:33He could have done with a finisher.
08:36A finisher.
08:37Now, Rachel, talking about finishing, did you manage it?
08:41Yeah, I'm finally a finisher.
08:43Lots of dead ends, but one way you could have said.
08:45Nine minus two is seven.
08:48Times five is thirty-five.
08:50Times twenty-five is eight hundred and seventy-five.
08:53And then six times three allows me to finish.
08:56Well done.
08:57Well done.
08:58Well done, indeed.
09:01And the score is then marching on twenty-two.
09:03Alan on eight, as we turn to you, Alan, for a letters game.
09:06A consonant, please, Rachel.
09:08Thank you, Alan.
09:09F.
09:10And a vowel, please.
09:13I.
09:14And another one.
09:16E.
09:16And another one.
09:18O.
09:20And a consonant, please.
09:22C.
09:23And another one.
09:25V.
09:26And another one.
09:28M.
09:31And another one, please.
09:34R.
09:35And another consonant, please.
09:39And the last one.
09:40N.
09:41Stand by.
10:12Alan.
10:14Just a five again.
10:15A five, Martin.
10:17Six.
10:18Alan.
10:19Corvin.
10:21Yes, Martin.
10:22Novice.
10:23And a novice.
10:25Novice.
10:25Yes, that's pretty fine.
10:26Well, what have we got in the corner?
10:29Well, there's a couple of sevens.
10:30One is conifer.
10:31Yes.
10:32Yes, we like that one, because it was Nick's first ever seven on countdown.
10:36The conifer.
10:37Which I shouted out and spoiled everything.
10:40You did.
10:40And Susie?
10:41Incomer.
10:42Incomer.
10:43Well done.
10:43All right.
10:44So, twenty-eight plays eight.
10:45And Martin.
10:46Letters.
10:47Can I have a vowel, please?
10:48Thank you, Martin.
10:50E.
10:50And another vowel.
10:52U.
10:53And another vowel.
10:55I.
10:56And consonant.
10:56Q.
10:59And another consonant.
11:01S.
11:02And a consonant.
11:04T.
11:05And a consonant.
11:07M.
11:08And a consonant.
11:11P.
11:12And a final vowel, please.
11:15And a final O.
11:17Stand by.
11:18And a consonant.
11:21And a consonant.
11:38And a consonant.
11:38And a consonant.
11:38And a consonant.
11:39And a consonant.
11:39And a consonant.
11:40And a consonant.
11:41And a consonant.
11:49martin seven a seven allen uh a seven yeah okay martin imputes imputes and both of you
12:00there we go yeah imputing uh misquote for eight well done susie yeah no that was our best thank
12:10you tanny all right 35 plays 15 and it's numbers time once again alan uh one large please rachel
12:18thank you alan one large five little ones coming up and this time around your numbers are seven two
12:26four ten six and the large one 25 and this target 955. 955.
13:05alan i'll try nine five six nine five six one away martin nine five six so alan uh ten times
13:14four
13:15four ten times four is 40 minus two minus two 38 times 25 times 25 950 plus six plus six
13:26yep four one
13:28away and martin uh seven times four is 28 seven times four 28 plus the ten plus the 10 38
13:37then times 25
13:39times 25 again 950. there we go uh so is that the same no yeah other six there we go
13:46nine five five
13:49how tricky was it um it was there if you say four times two is eight add to the six
13:57for 14 times it by
13:59seven for 98 times that by 10 for 980 and take away the 25 from nine five oh well done
14:06well done rachel
14:09very good so the score standing 42 to 22 in martin's favor we turn to tanny tanny i mean we've
14:17listed
14:18them the number of achievements in the paralympic uh olympics and indeed six london wheelchair marathon
14:25wins fantastic ah they were glorious times glorious moments but you had other uplifting moments i
14:34understand yes i have so one of the um amazing things that i've got to be involved with because
14:39of my sporting career i was involved in the bid for the 2012 olympics and paralympics so back at the
14:44beginning nobody thought it was a good idea nobody thought we were going to win and being very british
14:49everyone you spoke to would say well even if we win we won't build it even if we build it
14:54um no one
14:55will buy tickets and even if people buy tickets it'll rain and everyone was sort of being a bit grumpy
14:59until that moment in 2005 when we're in singapore and it's us against paris and we think we've got a
15:07chance of winning now the paris team had already had a celebration party uh with lots of very nice
15:11champagne which we weren't allowed to go to um but we're sort of in this room waiting for the announcement
15:16i have to say we sat through quite a lot of children dancing and quite a lot long speeches
15:21um and on the the final day there was a meeting i had to go to but there wasn't a
15:26lift and i've been
15:27in chair for a really long time and i've still got to the point where i don't really like being
15:31carried
15:32up and down with flights of stairs so i was just about to say to the guys look you don't
15:35really need
15:36me there i won't go and then two people stepped forward to carry me up this flight of stairs now
15:41the
15:41first was sir steve redgrave which is pretty cool and he's like i'll carry you oh i can't really say
15:46no to steve redgrave and then the second person was david beckham so i had sir steve redgrave and
15:53david beckham perfect so i all my principles went out the window went fine you can carry me up guys
15:57uh was very cool and then went straight to the toilet store with my best friend to say you'll never
16:02get to carry me up the flight stairs and they were great i mean they were absolutely fantastic so uh
16:07uh
16:07i can't remember who carried me down i don't think it was them but um so guys so winning the
16:11olympics
16:11and paralympics was pretty cool but actually um the best moment was being carried upstairs by by steve
16:17and david those two brilliant well done very good very good 42 22 martin's in the lead and it's martin's
16:29letters game now martin can i have a vowel please thank you martin i and another vowel u and another
16:38vowel e and a consonant s and a consonant r and a consonant g consonant n and a consonant d
16:56and a final consonant space and a final z and a final z count down
17:39and there we go insured tanny um i got five i got grind
17:48oh right uh there is an eight there a rather strange well it's not strange strange to us
17:52uh because it's from australia and new zealand and it's grundies do you know what your grundies are
17:58i don't like the sound of this they're your underpants
18:03yes that's aussie for you 49 please 29 and alan let us game
18:11uh continent please rachel thank you alan r and another one please t and another one l and a vowel
18:24plays o and another one a and another one e and a continent please n and another one p
18:43uh and another continent please and lastly m stand by
19:20Alan?
19:22Let's try a nine.
19:25Martin?
19:26I'll stick with a safe seven.
19:28And your safe seven?
19:29Pronate.
19:31Pronate.
19:32Alan Gillies?
19:33Patrolman.
19:34Yes, sir.
19:36They're in.
19:37Yes.
19:39Well done.
19:44That really does you a lot of favours.
19:46Look, only two behind Martin now.
19:49OK, 49 to 47.
19:50And it's Martin's numbers game.
19:53Martin?
19:54Six more, please.
19:56Thank you, Martin.
19:57Six little ones coming up for you.
19:59And for this challenge, the little ones are 10, 6, 5, another 6, 8 and 7.
20:07And the target, 208.
20:102, 0, 8.
20:121, 2, 0, 8 and 7, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7, 6, 7, 6, 7, 6, 7, 6, 7, 6,
20:227, 6, 7, 6, 7, 6, 7, 7, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7,
20:227, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7,
20:237, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7,
20:247, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 8, 7, 7, 8, 7,
20:258, 7, 8, 7, 8, 7, 8, 7, 8, 7, 8, 8, 8
20:42Yes, Martin.
20:432-0-8.
20:442-0-8, Alan.
20:46I scribbled it down.
20:47I think I've got 2-0-8.
20:49That's what I'll go for.
20:50All right, let's try Martin first.
20:51OK, 7 times 5.
20:537 times 5, 35.
20:56Minus 6.
20:57Minus 6, 29.
20:59Times 7.
21:00Times by 7 is you've already used 7.
21:03Yeah, I've gone wrong.
21:05Now is your chance, Alan.
21:06Right, I'll give it a go.
21:075 times 6 is 30.
21:095, 6 is a 30.
21:11Times 7.
21:12Times 7, 210.
21:148 minus the other 6 equals 2.
21:16And you haven't used that.
21:17Yep, you're in.
21:18Well, you've taken the lead.
21:19Well done.
21:20Ah, not bad.
21:25Wow, 57 to 49.
21:28Let's have a tea-time teaser, shall we?
21:30It's Riley art.
21:32And the clue, Riley's art isn't in this field.
21:35It's numerical, of course.
21:37Riley's art isn't in this field.
21:38It's numerical, of course.
21:54It's numerical, of course.
21:56Welcome back.
21:57I left you with a clue.
21:58Riley's art isn't in this field.
22:01It's numerical, of course.
22:02And the answer is literary.
22:05Literary.
22:06So, 49, please.
22:07Alan's 57.
22:08He's come from nowhere.
22:10And it's Alan's letters game now.
22:14Continent, please, Rachel.
22:15Thank you, Alan.
22:17And another one, please.
22:20And another one, please.
22:21And another one.
22:24P.
22:25A vowel, please.
22:28O.
22:29And another one.
22:31I.
22:32And a consonant, please.
22:35R.
22:37And another one.
22:38N.
22:41And a vowel, please.
22:44E.
22:46And a consonant, please.
22:49And the last one.
22:50T.
22:51Stand by.
22:53The end.
22:54The end.
23:22Alan.
23:24seven
23:25Martin
23:26seven
23:26Alan seven
23:28portend
23:30yes Martin
23:32peridot
23:33and a peridot
23:34very good
23:36excellent stuff
23:37yes
23:38Tani
23:38Susie
23:39protein
23:40yep
23:43yes
23:44orbited
23:45pointer
23:46just to remind you
23:47about the peridot
23:48if I reminded myself
23:49greens but
23:49semi-precious mineral
23:50a variety of
23:51olivine or olivine
23:52thank you
23:53alright so
23:5564 please
23:56Martin's
23:5756
23:58Martin
23:58now you're under
24:00a bit of pressure
24:01Martin
24:01let us go
24:02can I have a vowel
24:03please
24:03thank you Martin
24:04A
24:05and another
24:06E
24:07and another
24:08A
24:10and a fourth
24:12O
24:13and a consonant
24:14L
24:16and another consonant
24:17T
24:17and a consonant
24:19K
24:20and a consonant
24:23S
24:23and a final consonant
24:25please
24:25and a final T
24:27and here's the
24:29countdown clock
24:30to be
24:31and a люд
24:31and a consonant
25:00and a 코�
25:03Martin, six, a six.
25:05Alan, a six.
25:07Martin, latest.
25:08Now then, Alan, totals.
25:14Totals are absolutely fine.
25:15Tani, Susie?
25:17Am I at stake?
25:19Yeah.
25:20That's a five, so that's as far as I can get.
25:21Steak either way.
25:23Six seems to be the best, Nick, but I think something more might be there,
25:26so we'll keep trying.
25:28So, 70 plays 62.
25:30Susie, it's your special spot.
25:33Well, I was talking yesterday about the ancient art of writing or creating text
25:40and how that's related to cloth and textiles.
25:43But, of course, paper is pretty essential to the art of writing,
25:47at least it used to be, until we did everything electronically or digitally.
25:51And the thing we call paper, really, was invented in China some 2,000 years ago,
25:57but the first paper mill in England, in Britain, was founded in the late 1500s.
26:03But before paper, readers turned to the papyrus plant, and that was there in abundance in Egypt,
26:11and mashing up papyrus gave you something that resembled paper.
26:15And, in fact, we get our word paper from papyrus itself.
26:19And if you take the word schedule or schedule, we bandy us about these days.
26:24Everybody has a schedule, trying to meet it every day of our lives.
26:28But the Roman word scheda, or scheda, S-C-H-E-D-A, first meant the leaf of a papyrus
26:35plant.
26:36And a little later on, synonatin eschedula, which was S-C-E-D-U-L-A,
26:41was a small slip of paper, again, made from papyrus, that was used for writing,
26:45whether it was public notices or which was just for sort of, you know, daily use.
26:50And this small note paper, or note papyrus, if you want to call it, was to become hugely important.
26:55And the first mention of schedule, in English, was the roles of Parliament in 1397,
27:02on which very, very important announcements, for example, were written.
27:06So paper and papyrus, extremely old, and it looks back to the ancient forms of writing and communicating.
27:13Fantastic. Well done.
27:20I'm told, actually, that the inspiration for the first paper back in China, apparently 2,000 years ago,
27:27was the wasp, and the way it constructed its nest, yeah.
27:31Ah, that's lovely.
27:32Fascinating.
27:3470 plays 62, Martin on 62.
27:36Now, then, Alan, if you're going to make it to the line, it's your letters game.
27:43Continent, please, Rachel.
27:44Thank you, Alan.
27:46X.
27:47Another one, please.
27:49M.
27:50And another one.
27:52R.
27:54And another one.
27:57S.
27:58And a vowel, please.
28:00E.
28:01And another one.
28:03A.
28:04And another one.
28:06O.
28:09A consonant, please.
28:11T.
28:13And another consonant, please.
28:15And the last one.
28:16S.
28:18Stand by.
28:19And
28:20O.
28:21And a vowel.
28:23And o.
28:48And a vowel.
28:51Yes, Alan.
28:53Seven.
28:55And, Martin?
28:56Eight.
28:57And eight.
28:58Now, your seven?
28:59Masters.
29:02Maestros.
29:03Maestros.
29:04Excellent.
29:05Very good.
29:10Now we've got a fight on our hands.
29:1270 apiece.
29:13But, Tani and Susie, can you beat it?
29:16I had streams.
29:18Yes.
29:18Yes.
29:19Very, very good.
29:20Masters otherwise as well.
29:22Of course, maestro means master, so nice link there,
29:24but it gives you one further letter.
29:26Very good.
29:26Well done.
29:27So, Martin, you've drawn level.
29:3070 apiece, and it's the final letters game.
29:33Foul, please.
29:34Thank you, Martin.
29:36I.
29:36And another.
29:38A.
29:39And another.
29:41I.
29:42And a fourth.
29:43U.
29:44And a consonant.
29:46R.
29:47And another.
29:48And another.
29:50And another.
29:51G.
29:52And another.
29:54R.
29:55And a final vowel, please.
29:57And a final A.
30:00Here's the countdown clock.
30:02R.
30:02R.
30:03MUSIC PLAYS
30:32Martin. Five. Five. Alan. Try seven.
30:37Martin. Guava. Guava. Come on, Alan.
30:42Gravura. Just looking that up myself, actually, Alan,
30:45because it came to me at the last minute, too.
30:47It's not there. Gravura is there or bravura.
30:50Bravura. But not gravura. I'm sorry.
30:52Bad luck. Now then, 75.
30:58Martin's overtaken Alan.
30:59To 70 as we go into the final numbers game.
31:04Good luck, Alan.
31:06One large, please, Rachel.
31:08Thank you, Alan. One large, five small,
31:10and hopefully a crucial conundrum coming up.
31:13The last numbers game of the week is six.
31:16Three. Eight.
31:18One. Two.
31:20And the large, 175.
31:22And the target.
31:24Two hundred and forty-three.
31:25Two. Four. Three.
31:26All right.
31:28One little one.
31:30Of theVery Battery.
31:38One big,ING program.
31:41Two. One.
31:44One. Two. Five.
31:44Four. Three. Four. Don.ą. Two. Eins. Three.
31:44Four. Five. One. Two. Five. Three. Two. One. Four. Three. Six. бал注 spin movie.
31:57Alan?
31:59Yeah, 2, 4, 3, yeah.
32:01Martin?
32:022, 4, 3.
32:03Alan?
32:042 plus 1 equals 3.
32:06Yes.
32:07Times 75.
32:092, 2, 5.
32:103 times 6 is 18.
32:12Yep.
32:13And add it on.
32:14Yep, crucial territory.
32:16There we go.
32:17Martin?
32:1875 plus 6.
32:1975 plus 6, 81.
32:21Times 3.
32:22Well done.
32:222, 4, 3 again.
32:24There we go.
32:24Well done.
32:27So we are in crucial territory indeed.
32:30We are 85 plays 80, which means that as we put our fingers on our buzzers,
32:34we're about to see today's crucial countdown conundrum.
32:43Martin?
32:44Insurance.
32:46Insurance.
32:47From a man in the insurance business.
32:49Let's see whether you're right.
32:51There it is.
32:53Well done.
33:01Well done, Martin.
33:02Well done.
33:0295 to 80.
33:04Alan, you ran him to the line.
33:06Yep.
33:06You really did.
33:07You did very well.
33:08Well tried, yep.
33:09Excellent.
33:10Thank you very much indeed for coming.
33:12You dragged him right back.
33:13It was 102 yesterday.
33:14And it was only that conundrum, which, as he's in the insurance business, we would have
33:19smacked him if he hadn't got it, I suppose.
33:21So well done.
33:22Alan, I'm back to Middlesbrough.
33:24Taking this goodie bag with you.
33:26Okay, fine.
33:26And good luck with Hartley Poole.
33:29You need it, yeah.
33:31All right.
33:32Thank you very much, young man.
33:34We shall see you on Monday.
33:35Have a restful weekend.
33:36I need one.
33:37That was tough, wasn't it?
33:39Very, very.
33:39It was indeed.
33:40All right.
33:40Well done.
33:41So, over in the corner, Susie, have a very peaceful weekend.
33:45Honey, good luck in Rio.
33:47You come and see us when you get back and tell us all those great stories.
33:50It's been a privilege having you here.
33:52You've been a good, you know, good sport.
33:55And a real addition to that corner of ours.
33:58I've had a great time.
33:59Thank you very much.
34:00Have a lot of fun in Rio, will you?
34:02All right.
34:02Well done.
34:04Rachel?
34:04Yep.
34:05Look at how Martin, he was under the cosh for a while, wasn't he?
34:08Yeah.
34:08Alan had him on the ropes.
34:09Another 18-pointer storming in from Alan.
34:12Fantastic.
34:12Went the right way for Martin this time.
34:14All right.
34:14So it's Gloria, isn't it, on Monday?
34:16Gloria on Monday, yep.
34:17Lovely.
34:18Gloria, how different indeed.
34:19Join us then.
34:20Same time, same place.
34:21You'll be sure of it.
34:22A very good afternoon.
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34:34You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
34:40Well, taking a trip to both Bournemouth and Margate tonight, we do like to be beside the seaside.
34:46George Clark's amazing builds by the sea at eight.
34:49And at the same time on Sunday, a 43-foot snake versus a massive crocodile crowning the king of the
34:54ancient world with prehistoric mega-beasts.
34:57Next, though, we're filling an house for free.