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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio on the very day that way back in 1926, 90 years ago,
00:38something special happened in the literary world that went on to have huge impact amongst generations of children.
00:45It was like A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh. It was first published today, back in 1926.
00:52Alan Alexander Milne was inspired, really, by the love of his or his sons, his beloved sons, love of stuffed
01:01toys.
01:02It was an extraordinary thing, really. His son, of course, was called Christopher Robin.
01:06And so a great generation of kids growing up learned all about Christopher Robin and his wonderful bear known as
01:13Winnie, Winnie the Pooh.
01:15And Winnie, actually, apparently, Rachel Bear, was named after a Canadian mascot, Winnipeg.
01:21It was shortened to Winnie. Where the Pooh came from?
01:23Well, I'm not sure. That remains something of a mystery.
01:26But anyway, there we are, Winnie the Pooh.
01:29So, visiting the zoo.
01:32And I remember when we were kids, because we lived fairly near Bristol, we used to trail off to Bristol
01:36Zoo and ride on the back of Rosie the Elephant.
01:39Oh, really?
01:40There was a child, Rosie the Elephant, yeah. And if we were sort of, you know, very adventurous, we'd go
01:45to London Zoo and see Guy the Gorilla.
01:47Who, I think they've both gone, I'm sure. I'm talking about 60 years ago more.
01:52But riding on Rosie's back was always a pleasure.
01:55What about your visits to the zoo?
01:58I like a good petting zoo.
02:00I don't think they'd let you go to the zoo and ride elephants anymore.
02:03I think 60 years ago is where it's going to stay.
02:05That's right.
02:05Yeah, it's nice when you get to go and you can feed them, and I always just used to enjoy
02:09a good trip to the pond and feed the ducks.
02:11But you used to feed them bread, and you're not allowed to feed them bread anymore.
02:13They're like corn and peas.
02:14Wow. All right.
02:16Rachel, who have we got back with us?
02:17We've got Andrew McLeod, a business analyst, originally from Peterhead, now living in Edinburgh.
02:23Welcome back, Andrew.
02:24Three good wins.
02:25How are you feeling?
02:27So so.
02:28Yeah?
02:29You performed tremendously well, but anyway, good luck to you, Andrew.
02:33You're joined today by Adam Bevan, a supermarket project manager from Potter's Bar.
02:38Now, interestingly, Adam, at your brother's wedding, what's your brother called?
02:42Darren.
02:43You gave a speech, and your speech centred on what exactly?
02:48It was a tribute to somebody.
02:50It just so happened to be that his wedding fell on the same day as Lionel Richie's 60th birthday.
02:55Right.
02:56So I opened with hello, and I obviously coined that the bride looked once, twice, three times
03:02a lady, and you can bet by the end of the day that we were all dancing on the ceiling.
03:05Well done.
03:06It worked well.
03:07It did.
03:07Clever stuff.
03:08Well done.
03:08Let's have a big round of applause for Andrew and Adam.
03:16And in the corner, Susie, how are you, Susie?
03:18Very well, thank you.
03:19Sitting next to the wonderful Brendan Cole, Strictly Come Dancing dancer and choreographer.
03:25Welcome back.
03:26Thank you very much.
03:26Good to see you.
03:27Lovely to see you.
03:28Nice beer.
03:29How long, how many years have you been doing Strictly now?
03:32Way too many, 14 series over 12 years.
03:35You look at it, and you go, it's over a quarter of my life.
03:39I've sat in the audience down in the studio when Rachel was there.
03:42Never have I seen such extraordinary energy and athleticism.
03:47It is amazing.
03:48It is all the emotion.
03:50It is all of the emotion.
03:51It is the intensity, the work.
03:53It all comes together to make something really special.
03:55I don't know why that is, but you've seen it firsthand.
03:57Rachel's done it firsthand.
03:58Yeah.
03:59All right, then.
04:00Let's get down to business, shall we?
04:01Andrew, how about let us game?
04:03Hi, Rachel.
04:04Hi, Andrew.
04:05Can I start with a consonant, please?
04:07Start with T.
04:09And another.
04:11L.
04:12And another.
04:14S.
04:16And a vowel.
04:17U.
04:18And another.
04:21E.
04:22And another.
04:24I.
04:25And a consonant.
04:28D.
04:29And another.
04:31M.
04:33And a final vowel, please.
04:35And a final A.
04:37And here's the countdown clock.
04:39And a little bit.
04:42And a 있기огите,
05:07And a Jenny,
05:11Andrew.
05:12Nine.
05:13Adam.
05:14Seven.
05:15And a seven.
05:16Dileets.
05:18Andrew.
05:19Simulated.
05:20Simulated.
05:22Well done.
05:2818 points.
05:30Not a bad way to begin the day.
05:32Now, your nine in the corner, Brendan and Susie.
05:36Oh, definitely.
05:37We have simulated.
05:38You have.
05:40We have whatever else we have.
05:42Mistelt.
05:43We'll be there for eight.
05:44And then down to sevens with saluted.
05:46That kind of thing.
05:47Well done.
05:48All right.
05:4918 points for Andrew and it's Adam's letters game.
05:52Good luck, Adam.
05:53Good afternoon, Rachel.
05:54Afternoon, Adam.
05:54Can I start with a consonant, please?
05:56Start with P.
05:58A vowel.
06:00E.
06:01A consonant.
06:03S.
06:04Another consonant.
06:06H.
06:07A vowel.
06:10O.
06:11A vowel, please.
06:14E.
06:15A consonant.
06:18Q.
06:19A consonant.
06:21R.
06:23And finally, a vowel, please.
06:26And finally, A.
06:28Stand by.
06:29There comes.
06:32I won't.
06:55I won't let you watch it.
06:56I won't let me, I'll let you do it first.
06:56A masala.
06:56I'll let you well.
06:56I won't let you, I'll let you do it всех, but you may.
06:56Aaryn shows up.
06:56A vowel, please.
06:56A vowel, please.
06:56A vowel, please.
06:57For a vowel, please.
06:57I'll let it.
06:57Something like that.
06:57I'll let you, you may.
06:57I won't let you, this before.
06:57There we go.
06:59You're there.
07:00Adam.
07:01A six.
07:02A six and?
07:03Seven.
07:04And a seven.
07:05Adam.
07:05Posha.
07:07Posha and?
07:08Rishi.
07:10What do we think about that?
07:11We think both very good and we have them both.
07:15Did we have anything else?
07:16We didn't.
07:17We didn't.
07:17There we go.
07:18Well done.
07:1925 points and it's Andrew's numbers game.
07:22Andrew.
07:22Can I have two large and four small, please?
07:25You can indeed.
07:26Thank you, Andrew.
07:26Two from the top row and four little ones.
07:29And the first numbers game of the day is four, nine, seven, another four.
07:34And the large two, one hundred and fifty.
07:37And the target, three hundred and fifty-two.
07:40Three, five, two.
08:11Yes, Andrew.
08:13Three, five, two.
08:14And Adam.
08:15Yeah, three, five, two.
08:17Take it away.
08:17Andrew.
08:18Four times a hundred is four hundred.
08:20Yeah.
08:21Minus a fifty is three fifty.
08:24And nine minus seven is two.
08:26And add it on.
08:27Lovely.
08:28Three, five, two.
08:29Adam.
08:29Exactly the same method.
08:31There we go.
08:32All right.
08:33So, 35, 35 plays ten.
08:37Now, let's have our first tea time teaser, shall we?
08:40It's Hale Lace.
08:41And the clue, this plant sounds like it contains healing properties.
08:46This plant sounds like it contains healing properties.
09:05Welcome back.
09:06After the clue, this plant sounds like it contains healing properties.
09:10And the answer is that it's Achillea.
09:14Achillea?
09:15Yeah, lovely history, this one.
09:17It's a plant, Eurasian and North African, includes the yarrow, with small white or yellow flowers.
09:23And it was supposedly used medicinally by Achilles.
09:27Hence the name.
09:29Yes.
09:30So, 35 plays ten.
09:31Adam.
09:32Letters.
09:33A consonant, please, Rachel.
09:35Thank you, Adam.
09:36D.
09:37And a vowel.
09:40O.
09:41And another.
09:43E.
09:44A consonant.
09:46L.
09:47A consonant.
09:49T.
09:50And another.
09:52M.
09:53A vowel.
09:55O.
09:57A consonant.
09:59S.
10:01And a final consonant, please.
10:03And a final F.
10:06Count down.
10:06A consonant.
10:12A consonant.
10:22A consonant.
10:23A consonant.
10:23A consonant.
10:23A consonant.
10:23A consonant.
10:23A consonant.
10:24A consonant.
10:24A consonant.
10:36Yes, Adam?
10:38Seven.
10:40Seven.
10:41Andrew?
10:42Seven.
10:44Adam?
10:45Stooled.
10:46And?
10:47Footled.
10:50Just check.
10:52Stools.
10:53Footled, absolutely fine, yes, used in gardening to cut back a plant, for example.
10:59And footled, one of my favourite words, yes, to mess about or engage in fruitless activity.
11:04I didn't know.
11:04I didn't know.
11:05It sums me up perfectly.
11:06I had no idea.
11:07Footled.
11:08Yes.
11:08I'm a footler.
11:09Footling around.
11:10Well, yes.
11:12What else have we got there now?
11:14Well, that was our best, actually, for seven.
11:16That's it?
11:16Yeah.
11:17Footling.
11:17All right.
11:1842 plays.
11:1917, Andrew.
11:21Let us go.
11:22Can I have a consonant, please?
11:24Thank you, Andrew.
11:25P.
11:26And another.
11:28S.
11:29And another.
11:31L.
11:32And another.
11:35N.
11:36And a vowel.
11:38I.
11:39And another.
11:41E.
11:42And another.
11:44A.
11:46And another.
11:49U.
11:50And a consonant, please.
11:53And the last one.
11:54J.
11:55Countdown.
11:57It's assez 나�ittal.
12:24Not that.
12:24Not that.
12:24Let's do it.
12:24Bye.
12:25Bye.
12:26andrew seven a seven adam just the six your six lanes now then andrew spaniel spaniel very nice
12:38quite nice love spaniels yeah excellent well done well spotted very clever 49 plays 17 and in the
12:44corner anything else uh well i had planes but uh susie here has lupine lupine yes six wolf-like
12:54as in the wolf yeah yeah or lupine 49 as i say pays adam 17 and it's adam's numbers game
13:01now adam
13:01uh can i have uh two from the top and any other four please you can indeed same again too
13:06large
13:06for a little thank you adam and this time around your little ones are five one eight and two and
13:13the big ones 75 and 100 and the target 545. five four five
13:51adam
13:525 3 5 10 away Andrew 5 4 5 nothing tell us how you did that 100 plus 8 plus
14:031 is 109 times 5
14:06yep you're straight there 5 4 5 all done well done neatly done neatly done as we turn now to
14:16our
14:16dictionary corner guest brendan cole now brendan you're a very talented dancer and choreographer
14:23but you've got other strings to your bow apparently i like to think so uh one of the things about
14:27myself i like adrenaline uh adrenaline sports and maybe to make up from the for the dancing side of
14:32things where it's a bit bit less adrenaline fueled uh i took up motorsport a few years ago uh car
14:38racing and uh i must say there is nothing like it in terms of adrenaline uh but a little story
14:44for
14:44you uh one of the one of the hazards of motorsport is obviously it's very very dangerous a lot of
14:48things can go wrong so i'd taken part in three races all for charity which was a great thing to
14:54be a part of it felt like you're doing something exciting and uh and good stuff so this particular
14:58day i was driving along in the warm-up about 15 minutes in and doing 110 mile an hour down
15:04the
15:04back straight of uh of the central circuit of silverstone the car was a morgan and i had a
15:09brake failure now 100 mile an hour brake failure results in one thing you cannot turn the corner
15:13open top car and unfortunately i had to put it into the into the tire wall broke the car off
15:17terrible terrible thing there you weren't hurt thankfully i was hurt very badly i smashed my knee
15:22actually uh very very badly and i was i started strictly on crutches um i think i've always had
15:26a love for doing things a little bit risky and a little bit you know i've jumped out of a
15:30plane i've
15:31done a few bungee jumps but not so much anymore family that's it for the moment then motor racing wise
15:36what do you do in the off season whilst my job is is using my legs uh and my body
15:41to quite extreme
15:43levels i can't really damage it to the point where i i may not be able to dance again and
15:46i think it
15:46was a bit of a wake-up call uh in terms of let's be let's be sensible about what we
15:51do here uh you
15:52know i've got a family that i need to support and i quite like my lifestyle my job i quite
15:57enjoy it
15:57i want to keep doing i've never i've never uh been involved in racing but i did once drive a
16:03car
16:03around uh um castle coom not very fast and then somebody who's very experienced drove and i sat
16:10in the passenger seat he went very fast it was in my car too so i was quite worried about
16:13it
16:14that's fine and then you suddenly realize that actually in a race you've got six blokes biting
16:19your exhaust pipe behind you trying to get past well it's terrifying it's pushing it to the maximum
16:24isn't it and it only takes a small mistake uh absolutely my mistake luckily wasn't mine it was a
16:28break failure but uh still the the consequences were were massive and and the poor old morgan got
16:34written off the poor old morgan was no longer but you know it's its own fault it shouldn't have
16:37found thank you well done all right so 59 to andrew adam on 17 and we turn back to you
16:49andrew let us
16:50again can i have a consonant please thank you andrew s and a vowel e and a consonant r and
17:01a vowel i
17:03and a consonant t and a vowel o and a consonant r and a vowel i and a final consonant
17:17please and the last one l
17:19stand by
17:20so
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17:51Andrew.
17:52Seven.
17:53Adam.
17:54Seven.
17:55Thank you, Andrew.
17:56Loiters.
17:57And Adam.
17:58Yep.
18:00Same.
18:00There we are.
18:01Can we beat that?
18:03Can we match it?
18:04We can match it.
18:05Match it, match it.
18:06Loiters, lorries.
18:08Yep.
18:08Oiliest.
18:09Oiliest, toilers.
18:11Lots of sevens that we couldn't find in it.
18:13Can't make the eight.
18:14All right.
18:1466 to 24.
18:16Adam, your letters game.
18:17Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
18:19Thank you, Adam.
18:20V.
18:21And a vowel.
18:23A.
18:24And a nether.
18:26E.
18:28And a consonant.
18:30S.
18:31And a nether.
18:34P.
18:35And a vowel.
18:37O.
18:38And a consonant.
18:40M.
18:42A vowel.
18:44A.
18:46And a consonant at the end, please.
18:48And the last one, B.
18:50And here's the countdown clock.
18:52The answer is the third one.
19:23Adam just a five there five Andrew seven Adam notes now then amoebas amoebas very nice yeah
19:34complicated spelling but it's all there for seven indeed I've got a nice one for you samba
19:41anything else no nothing in that round amoebas for us samba 73 to 24 and now Andrew it's numbers
19:50time Andrew too large for small please thank you Andrew for the third time today we've got two from
19:55the top and four little ones and this time the numbers are 6 10 3 2 and the big ones
20:03125 and the
20:06target 851 851
20:09so
20:42Adam 855 855 let's start with Andrew McLeod 100 plus 6 is 106 106 10 minus 2 is 8
20:53yep multiply them multiply them together for 848 and add the three and add the three you've got left
21:01over well done yeah well done well done the score 83 points to Andrew as we turn to our second
21:10tea
21:10time teaser which is sad steel and the clue he'd run out of dried fruit and had nobody to go
21:17out with
21:38welcome back I left with the clue he'd run out of dried fruit and had nobody to go out with
21:44in fact he was some
21:46date with the clue he'd run out of dried fruit and the clue he'd run out of dried fruit and
21:49then he'd run out of dried fruit
21:49so 83 to Andrew Adam on 24 as we turn to Adam for a letters game Adam
21:54a consonant please thank you Adam T and a vowel I and a consonant N and a vowel A
22:08consonant please
22:10consonant please
22:12consonant
22:14L
22:15L
22:17vowel
22:18E
22:21consonant please
22:23S
22:24and a final consonant please
22:26and a final consonant please
22:28and a final N
22:29countdown
22:30one
22:31a
23:01Adam I'll go with a safe seven seven and seven two sevens Adam clients and stencil stencil
23:12very nice can we beat it can we make an eight do you can instance freight and another seven
23:20cynical which is I've just found out a plant of the parsley family which has burr like fruit
23:26who knew Susie knew Susie no instance was top for us well done all right 90 plays 31 Andrew good
23:37score
23:37and now it's your letters game a consonant please thank you Andrew K and another T and another
23:47R and a vowel U and another O and another I and a consonant N and another W and a
24:07final vowel please
24:08and a final E
24:12Kunker
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30:56fine yeah and what news from the corner but not a lot more than with a net
31:02Susie's been upstaging me all day and we have pasty and pigsty yes even sorry
31:10pasty I can't see I can't really look at what's written in front of me and pigsty
31:15is pigsty is there for six as well well done all right 112 Andrew cracking
31:20performance Adam on 39 and it's Adam's final shot at a numbers game Adam can
31:26I go with an inverted T please Rachel you can indeed thank Adam one from the
31:29top and fire little ones this time and this final selection is nine three five
31:36another nine eight and the big one 75 and this target 913 913
32:14Adam 913 913 Andrew 913 okay Adam and I've gone with nine plus three is 12 yep time 75 for
32:26900 and it's a good point
32:27and then add the five and the eight yep fell nicely this one 913 well done
32:31Andrew I had the same there we go yeah all right
32:38final round gentlemen final round Andrew's on 122 and Adam on 49
32:44fingers on buzzers let's do this thing let's reveal today's countdown conundrum
32:52so
33:04so
33:06so
33:20No, we're stumped up here.
33:22In the audience?
33:25Do I see a hand?
33:29Oh, I do see a hand.
33:30Rachel, what have you been up to?
33:31Fancy another mug. Is it magnifier?
33:34Let's see whether you're right.
33:37Magnifier, well done.
33:43So, Andrew, well done, 122.
33:46But, Adam, hard luck.
33:47You came up against a tremendous, tremendous player there.
33:50And had he got it, actually, he would have been the highest scorer of the series.
33:54But he didn't.
33:56So there we are.
33:57Anyway, Adam, back to Potter's Bar with you.
34:00Take the goodie bag and our very best wishes.
34:03Thank you very much.
34:03Brilliant. All right, well done indeed.
34:04Andrew, tremendous stuff.
34:06We'll see you on Monday.
34:07Well done.
34:07See you, man.
34:08Next week, if it all goes well, who knows?
34:10So we'll see you on Monday.
34:12Brendan?
34:13Yes, yes.
34:14Even after my dismal performance.
34:15I've still got my sidekick, so I'm okay.
34:17Indeed.
34:18See you on Monday.
34:18With Susie, of course.
34:19Have a great weekend.
34:20Brilliant stuff.
34:21And Rachel, too.
34:22Brilliant conundrum.
34:23Well done.
34:24I just want the free mugs.
34:26Another countdown mug for the collection.
34:28Indeed.
34:28She wants to prove in everything.
34:29See you on Monday.
34:30Same time, same place.
34:32You be sure of it.
34:32A very good afternoon.
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34:51Well, Rachel, Susie, and the big clock will be here a little earlier than usual next week.
34:56Countdown is moving to ten past two on Monday, and that's because one of our favourite shows is coming back
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