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00:17Thank you very much
00:31Well good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio
00:34Now today is the last quarterfinal match in series 78 in the finals
00:39Fantastic, just one more spot in the semis to be decided
00:43It's also the 40th anniversary, Rachel, of Garfield
00:48A very famous cat
00:50Now I'm not a particularly keen cat person, I know you are
00:53But I wonder whether you follow Garfield
00:55He first came to light in a syndicated strip back in 78, 40 years ago
01:01How about that?
01:02And today this cat, drawn by Jim Davis or invented by him
01:07I'm sure he has his own character now
01:10Is syndicated to over 2,500 newspapers and all the rest of it
01:14Wow
01:14Films, animated cartoons, all sorts of things
01:18But what really impresses me is this 40-year-old cat
01:23Earns a billion dollars a year
01:26Wow
01:27I suppose every day, 2,500 media outlets, you know, carry him
01:32And it's worth a few quid, as they say
01:35Amazing, isn't it?
01:36Oh, I wonder that the papers are struggling
01:38If they're paying Garfield a billion dollars
01:40Just a little Garfield
01:42I know
01:42Thanks very much
01:44We've got two great players
01:45Back again, Phil Davies
01:47Postman from Chelmsford
01:49Number 4 seed, welcome back
01:51Thanks Nick
01:51You scored 757, high scoring
01:55And number 4 seed
01:56You're up against Paul Harper
01:58Welcome back Paul
01:59Thanks Nick
02:00Finance officer from Manchester
02:01Number 5 seed
02:02The last Octa champ
02:04Because you were here just really quite recently
02:06Yes, just a couple of weeks since
02:08Yeah, you've been following proceedings
02:10I have indeed
02:11Have you noticed how the seeds have been tumbling?
02:15I have indeed, yes
02:16It's been quite an interesting couple of days
02:19You two guys are neck and neck really, aren't you?
02:22Good luck to you both
02:23Thank you
02:24Have a lot of fun
02:25Play hard
02:26Alright, big round of applause for Phil and Paul
02:28Good guys, both of them
02:35And over in the corner Susie's there
02:36With journalist and broadcaster
02:38Our good friend Helen Fospera
02:41Welcome back Helen
02:41Nice to be here
02:46Down to business
02:48Phil, take us away
02:50Thank you
02:51Good afternoon Rachel
02:52Afternoon Phil
02:53Can I start with a vowel please?
02:55You can indeed start the last quarterfinal with I
02:57Another vowel
02:59A
03:00A consonant please
03:03F
03:03A consonant
03:05S
03:07A consonant
03:08L
03:10A consonant please
03:12P
03:14A vowel
03:15A
03:17A consonant
03:20T
03:22And
03:23A vowel please
03:25And lastly
03:27E
03:27And here is the countdown clock
03:30And here is the countdown clock
04:00Well Phil
04:01Yeah I've got seven
04:02A seven
04:03Paul
04:04Just six to start with
04:06Yes Paul
04:07Plus
04:08Now then Phil
04:09I've got pallets
04:10Very good
04:12And in the corner Susie
04:13Helen
04:14Pallets we had
04:16And spatial
04:17Also for seven
04:18Well done
04:19Spatial
04:20So
04:20Early lead for Phil
04:21And Paul
04:22We turn to you now for your
04:24Letters game
04:25Afternoon Rachel
04:26Afternoon Paul
04:27I'll start with a consonant please
04:29Thank you
04:29Start with N
04:30And a second please
04:32R
04:33A vowel
04:36U
04:38Second vowel
04:39O
04:40And a third
04:42A
04:45Consonant
04:46S
04:49Another consonant
04:51G
04:53Vowel
04:56E
04:56And I'll finish with a consonant
04:59And finish with T
05:01Stand by
05:03R
05:04And a third
05:05Dr
05:05And a third
05:08And a third
05:16A third
05:18And a third
05:32G
05:33Way
05:33Like
05:33well Paul seven and Phil I'll try a nine right Paul oranges Phil we'll try out
05:46ranges and you'd be right to yes it means to have a greater range than
05:52another weapon of a gun
06:01neatly done 25 points to tremendous now that Helen and Susie we had out ranges
06:08you did down if you need I believe you and now Phil first numbers game could have
06:18two from the top and four small ones please you can indeed thank you feel too
06:22large for little in the first numbers game of this quarterfinal we have three
06:26four nine ten one hundred and twenty-five and the target eight hundred and twenty
06:34eight to zero
07:07well Phil yeah I've got eight to zero and Paul eight to one eight to one let's stick with Phil
07:15then
07:15shall we Phil okay three plus four is seven yep 25 minus seven is 18 100 minus 18 is 82
07:24it is indeed
07:25and multiplied by 10 perfect eight hundred and twenty well done oh well done
07:33well done indeed blistering start there Phil well done 35 points now tea time teaser first one off it's
07:41tray mix and the glue it's not about a tray of mixed meat it's all about the stuffing it's not
07:47about a tray of mixed meat it's all about the stuffing
08:12ah therefore the answer is taxidermy taxidermy 35 points for Phil it's not about a tray of mixed meat it's
08:20all about the stuffing
08:20well Paul yet to score but it's time this time Paul try this letters game thanks Nick start off with
08:27the
08:27consonant please Rachel thank you and and the second ah vowel a second vowel oh and a third e
08:46consonant c
08:48consonant c
08:53consonant
08:54consonant
08:56G
08:57and a vowel and lastly a
09:02countdown
09:04countdown
09:04countdown
09:35Well, Paul?
09:37Just six, Nick.
09:38A six.
09:39And Phil?
09:40I've got a seven, but it's not written down.
09:42Yeah, OK.
09:43Don't worry too much about that.
09:44And Paul?
09:46I can't get away from it.
09:48Orange.
09:50Orange.
09:50What about Phil?
09:51I've got carnage.
09:53Yes.
09:53Both absolutely fine.
09:54Well done.
09:56Helen and Susie?
09:57We couldn't bet a carnage, could we?
09:59No.
10:00Orange as well.
10:03So, Phil, your letters game now.
10:06Start with a consonant, please.
10:08Thank you, Phil.
10:09R.
10:10And a consonant.
10:13J.
10:14And a better consonant, please.
10:17Get picky now.
10:18N.
10:19A vowel.
10:20E.
10:22A vowel.
10:24I.
10:26Vowel, please.
10:28A.
10:30A consonant, please.
10:32T.
10:35Vowel.
10:37I.
10:39And a vowel, please.
10:41And lastly, E.
10:44Stand by.
10:45I.
10:57I.
11:16Phil, seven.
11:18A seven pull.
11:19Seven.
11:22And Phil, trainee.
11:24Now, Paul.
11:25Inertia.
11:26Very good.
11:27Very good.
11:27Inertia, indeed.
11:29APPLAUSE
11:34Can we beat that?
11:36Helen?
11:37No.
11:38We can match both.
11:38We can match.
11:39And that's it.
11:40Let's move on.
11:41It's numbers.
11:42Numbers for Paul Harper.
11:43Good luck, Paul.
11:44Thanks, Nick.
11:45Carl Lava.
11:45Whitehall, one, two, one, two, please, Rachel.
11:48Thank you, Paul.
11:49One from the top and five little ones.
11:51And for the second time today, your numbers are one, ten, nine, six, four, and twenty-five,
11:59and the target, 473.
12:02473.
12:04We can match.
12:06Don't get to it.
12:12We can match.
12:22If you have to come to the table with us.
12:23Tiny days, they're something.
12:23You will get a jelly.
12:23Can we hike th does shit?
12:25When you dio.
12:34Yes, Paul.
12:35Yes, 4-7-3, Nick.
12:37And Phil.
12:384-7-3.
12:39Paul.
12:4010 plus 9.
12:4219.
12:43Multiply by the 25.
12:444-7-5.
12:456 minus 4 is 2.
12:47Marvellous.
12:49That'll do.
12:50That'll do nicely.
12:51Phil.
12:51It's actually the same way.
12:53Spot on.
12:54Well done.
12:58Well done.
12:59So 59 to 17, Paul on 17, as we turn to Helen.
13:03Helen, what have you been up to recently?
13:06So my recent madcap thing that I agreed to do was for the London Air Ambulance.
13:13And the London Air Ambulance, you know, work where I live in the city,
13:18and they are funded by donations.
13:20So it costs 10 million a year to keep the helicopters in the air.
13:23And it's really hard when somebody tells you that and then asks if you'll do an abseil down the side
13:28of the Royal London Hospital,
13:29which is where their helipad is, you know, to sort of, you know, help them raise more funds, etc.
13:35It's very, very difficult to say no.
13:36So, of course, I said yes and found out on the day I was doing it with Tim Vincent,
13:41who I'm sure everybody remembers from Blue Peter days and now works at NBC as an entertainment correspondent.
13:47So the Royal London Hospital is 101 metres high.
13:51I think it's the second tallest hospital in London and the helipad's on the top.
13:56But it's getting yourself in position just over the top where you realise you then just have to go.
14:02And we weren't allowed to put our feet on the windows because it's all glass.
14:07Sure.
14:07So you do spin a little bit and then you get down seconds later and then you're sort of best
14:12mates and, you know, me and Tim were like that now.
14:15Well, good for you. It's a brave old thing to do.
14:18But as you say, you know, the London's Air Ambulance, they're brilliant.
14:22They land in the street and so forth.
14:25Is it right, do you think, that it should be supported, in fact, really funded by public subscriptions?
14:32It's a bit like the lifeboats.
14:33I know.
14:34Is it not the case there also?
14:35It surprised me when I found out that they are funded by donations.
14:39They're great people and I'm looking forward to doing it again in the autumn.
14:43Well, you certainly did your bit anyway. Well done.
14:50Thanks, Helen.
14:51So, Phil, 59, Paul on 17.
14:54Phil, letters game for you.
14:56Thanks, Nick.
14:57Start with a consonant, please.
14:59Thank you, Phil.
14:59V.
15:01Consonant.
15:03D.
15:05Vowel, please.
15:07A.
15:09Vowel.
15:10E.
15:13Another vowel, please.
15:14I.
15:16And an S, please.
15:17Sorry, a consonant, please.
15:18Oh, I didn't have a more messaging there.
15:20L.
15:20I should try to spell my name here.
15:23A consonant.
15:25N.
15:27A vowel, please.
15:30O.
15:31And a final consonant, please.
15:32Last shot.
15:34T.
15:35Close.
15:35Stand by.
16:08Well, Phil?
16:09Seven.
16:10A seven.
16:11And Paul?
16:13Eight.
16:14Sorry.
16:15And an eight.
16:16Phil?
16:16I've got violent.
16:18Now, Paul Harper?
16:20Violated.
16:20Very good.
16:21Well done.
16:22Well done indeed.
16:28Good one, Paul.
16:29And in the corner?
16:30The sad thing when Phil asked for an S, I actually wrote that down.
16:33Yeah, sorry.
16:33We didn't get the S, did we?
16:35Violated was there.
16:36And I think, like a previous game, actually, Dovetail was also there for another eight.
16:41Excellent.
16:42Now, Paul.
16:45You're on the move now, Paul.
16:47Let us go.
16:48Thanks, Nick.
16:49Start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
16:51Thank you, Paul.
16:52W.
16:54And a second.
16:56L.
16:58Vowel.
16:59O.
17:00Second vowel.
17:03U.
17:04And a third.
17:05O.
17:08Consonant.
17:09R.
17:11Consonant.
17:13Q.
17:16Vowel.
17:18E.
17:20And finish with consonant, please.
17:24Finish with T.
17:26Coat tone.
17:28Coat tone.
17:29Coat tone.
17:31Coat tone.
17:58Well, Paul?
17:59I'll go with a seven.
18:01A seven and fill.
18:02I've got a six.
18:04Your six is?
18:05Trowel.
18:07Now, Paul?
18:08Out-war?
18:09Out.
18:10War.
18:11W-O-R-E.
18:15Absolutely fine.
18:16Passed it out where.
18:17Very, very good.
18:18Yeah.
18:20Surprisingly.
18:21But I tell you what, it's an important score.
18:2332 now against Phil's 59.
18:26But over in the corner.
18:27I think it was a tricky one, actually, don't you?
18:30It was, yes.
18:30And you beat us, actually, there, Paul.
18:33We had Torp and Roque as well to strike another ball with one's own.
18:37I think in bowls.
18:38Yeah.
18:38But couldn't get beyond six for us.
18:41As I say, 59 plays 32.
18:43And, Phil, your numbers game.
18:46Two from the top and four small, please.
18:49A two large, four little.
18:50See if the comeback continues.
18:52I'm sure Phil hopes not.
18:53These four smalls are three, nine, seven, and four.
18:58And the large one, 75 and 50.
19:00And this target, 162.
19:03One, six, two.
19:05One, seven, seven, seven, seven.
19:36Well, Phil?
19:37I've got 162, but I haven't written it down.
19:40Paul?
19:41162 written down.
19:42Yes, Phil?
19:43OK, it's 75 times 3 is 225.
19:47Yep.
19:47Minus 50.
19:49175.
19:50Minus 9, minus 4.
19:52Well done, lovely.
19:54And Paul?
19:55I went 9 minus 72.
19:58Yep.
19:59Multiplied by 75.
20:00150.
20:013, 4 was a 12.
20:03They are indeed.
20:03Well done.
20:05APPLAUSE
20:10Still, Phil, holding on to his lead, 69 to Paul's 42,
20:13as we turn to our second Tea Time teaser,
20:16which is Who Singer?
20:17And the clue.
20:18There's a lot of people who think they're a great singer
20:21when doing this.
20:22There's a lot of people who think they're a great singer
20:26when doing this.
20:28MUSIC
20:42Welcome back.
20:43I left with a clue.
20:43There's a lot of people who think they're a great singer
20:46when doing this.
20:49When showering, apparently.
20:51Do you sing in the shower?
20:52It's been known.
20:55Do you have a special song?
20:57Oh, anything.
20:58I'm surprised you can't hear me in the hotel.
21:00I shall...
21:01I shall...
21:01I shall prick up my...
21:01I'm sure they've had complaints.
21:03I shall prick up my ears tomorrow morning.
21:05All right.
21:0669 to 42 in Phil's favour.
21:09And it's Paul we turn to.
21:10Yes, Paul?
21:11I'll start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
21:13Thank you, Paul.
21:14R.
21:14And a second.
21:17Y.
21:19And a third.
21:21K.
21:23Vowel.
21:24O.
21:26Second vowel.
21:28A.
21:29Third.
21:30O.
21:33Fourth, please.
21:35U.
21:38Consonant.
21:40P.
21:42I'll finish with a consonant, please.
21:44Finish with another R.
21:46And the clock starts now.
21:49MUSIC PLAYS
22:19And Paul.
22:21I think I'm out of a seven.
22:23Phil?
22:24I've got six.
22:25Your six is?
22:26Uproar.
22:28Now, Paul.
22:30Parker.
22:31P-A-R-K-O-U-R.
22:33Very good.
22:33Parkour, I think.
22:35It's pronounced excellent.
22:35Yes.
22:36It's the extreme sport, really.
22:38It's moving through an urban environment,
22:41jumping fences, overcoming obstacles, etc.
22:44Oh, I've seen you.
22:46I've seen you do.
22:48Parkour.
22:51Well done there, Paul.
22:53Up to 49 points now.
22:55Still a little bit to go.
22:56Phil on 69.
22:57As we turn to you, Phil, for your letters game.
23:00OK.
23:00A consonant, please.
23:03Thank you, Phil.
23:04B.
23:05A consonant.
23:07T.
23:08A vowel.
23:10I.
23:11A consonant.
23:14N.
23:15Consonant.
23:17D.
23:19A vowel.
23:21E.
23:23A vowel.
23:24E.
23:26A consonant.
23:28W.
23:30And a consonant, please.
23:31And lastly, L.
23:34Stand by.
23:35A vowel.
23:36A vowel.
23:48MUSIC CONTINUES
24:07Yes. I've got a seven.
24:09A seven. And Paul?
24:11Sadly, just six.
24:13And your six is?
24:16What Rachel does in the shower, belted out a song.
24:18LAUGHTER
24:20Phil.
24:21I've got it wrong, because I've used two ends.
24:23I had lenient.
24:24Oh.
24:25Wow.
24:26Sorry.
24:27Wow, wow, wow. That makes a difference.
24:30Phil, up to 55 now.
24:33In the corner.
24:34How did you do?
24:35Oh, I think probably just sixes.
24:38Edible for six.
24:40Yep, and I had an edible mushroom called a blue-it.
24:44That's another six.
24:45Well done. Well done.
24:46Well done, poor bad luck, Phil.
24:48That was a slip.
24:52Susie, your origins of words.
24:55We wait with baited breath.
24:56What have you for us today?
24:57Well, baited has got appropriate, actually, Nick,
24:59because I had an email in from David Piper,
25:01who asks for the origin of some of the many animal sayings
25:05and why do we use them.
25:07And he lists quite a few.
25:10I'll start with why we use them.
25:12If you look back to medieval bestries,
25:14you'll see that for a very long time
25:15we've associated particular animals
25:17with certain kinds of human characteristics.
25:19And these bestries were richly illuminated books
25:22showing animals,
25:24usually with some sort of moral lesson
25:25attached to their behaviour.
25:28And it's been like that for a very, very long time.
25:30And that slightly explains
25:32why we have so many idiomatic expressions
25:34in English to do with animals.
25:36And you mentioned baited breath.
25:38Badgered to death is one of the ones
25:40that David mentions.
25:42And it's not quite, as you might expect,
25:44it's not the badger that's actually doing
25:46the pestering or the attacking,
25:48but rather the dogs used in badger baiting.
25:50That extremely cruel sport, thankfully illegal now.
25:53Now, crocodile tears is another one
25:55that David mentions.
25:57That's from an ancient legend
25:58that crocodiles feel remorse
26:00when they're eating their prey.
26:02In fact, they do shed tears,
26:03but it's a natural process.
26:05It's a physical act of blowing out
26:06when they are eating.
26:08So nothing, we think, to do with anguish or regret.
26:12And finally, David also mentions guinea pig.
26:14Why do we call a test subject a guinea pig?
26:17Again, fairly straightforward.
26:18Nowadays, we talk about lab rats,
26:20but actually, years ago,
26:22they did indeed use to use guinea pigs
26:24for animal experiments.
26:26First sort of idea of this
26:27that we have in the Oxford English Dictionary
26:28is from George Bernard Shaw,
26:30who talks about education and says,
26:32the folly which sees in the child
26:34nothing more than the vivisector
26:35sees in a guinea pig.
26:37But thanks, David, for his email.
26:39But it probably goes all the way back
26:41to the medieval bestries
26:42and maybe even further still.
26:44Selma O'Donnell.
26:50Wonderful.
26:51Thank you, Susie.
26:53Now, Paul, we're back with the letters.
26:56Off we go.
26:56OK.
26:57Start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
26:59Thank you, Paul.
27:00M.
27:01And a second.
27:03G.
27:05A vowel.
27:07E.
27:08A second vowel.
27:10O.
27:10And a third.
27:13U.
27:15Consonant.
27:17P.
27:18Consonant.
27:20H.
27:23Consonant.
27:25M.
27:27And...
27:29Consonant.
27:30And lastly, S.
27:33Stand by.
27:34Bill超.
27:44See you next time.
27:45Bye.
27:47Bye.
27:50Bye.
27:52Bye.
27:55Bye.
28:06Yes, Paul.
28:07Try six.
28:08And Phil?
28:09I've got five.
28:11Phil?
28:11I've got a house.
28:13And Paul?
28:14Pommes?
28:15P-O-M-M-E-S.
28:17French apples.
28:19They are there in Pomme Allumette or Pommes Frites,
28:22but not on their own, I'm afraid, Paul.
28:24Sorry.
28:26Mmm.
28:27What can we have, I wonder?
28:29I was with Phil was five.
28:31I went for mouse instead of house.
28:33Susie?
28:34There's the detective there, the gumshoe.
28:36That is seven.
28:37Why was that?
28:38Because they walked silently on rubber soles.
28:40Is that the point?
28:41Yes.
28:43So Phil on 74, Paul on 55.
28:46And when we turn to Phil, the final letters came.
28:48A vowel, please, Rachel.
28:50Thank you, Phil.
28:51Aye.
28:52A vowel.
28:54O.
28:54A consonant.
28:57H.
28:58A consonant.
28:59M.
29:01A consonant, please.
29:04S.
29:06A vowel.
29:08A.
29:09A consonant.
29:12N.
29:13A consonant.
29:16V.
29:16And a consonant, please.
29:19And lastly, S.
29:22Stand by.
29:23A consonant A consonant.
29:24All right.
29:24A consonant.
29:42All right.
29:42курса.
29:42A consonant.
29:42A consonant.
29:43A frozen odpowiedéd.
29:44A longest.
29:44A consonant.
29:50Aheure.
29:52A 눌러 période.
29:53Well Phil, I've only got a six Paul
29:57Have another go at seven
29:59Phil I've got vanish and
30:02Paul Harper
30:03Maisons. Yes. Yes, French weather is in there fashion house or firm very good
30:15Well done Paul so 62 plays 74 into the final numbers game Paul
30:21Thanks, Nick
30:23I think I may have to work of a gamble here. So three large three small, please
30:27Well, your gambling has been working so far. This could be the best comeback in the history of countdown
30:32Let's see if you can get that crucial conundrum good luck the last numbers game. We have six four eight
30:38Seventy-five fifty and one hundred and the target seven hundred and thirty seven seven
30:45three seven
31:17Yes, Paul
31:18Seven three four
31:20Phil
31:21I've got seven forty seven forty
31:25Let's start with seven forty, but I haven't fully written it down. Sorry. All right
31:29Well, let's let's hear from you feel anyway
31:32Okay, so it's a hundred divided by 50 is two. Yep plus eight is ten ten times seventy five is
31:40Seven hundred and fifty and then minus six minus four and that is enough to get you through to the
31:45semi well done
31:47And Paul six plus four is ten. Yep times seventy five some fifty seven fifty
31:54A hundred divided by fifty two
31:57Yeah, multiply that by the eight sixteen sixteen off. Yep three the other way
32:04Well done guys not quite there though is it seven three seven Rachel
32:09Can you take us there or the hard bit is six times one hundred is six hundred and then just
32:15add the rest
32:17seventy-five fifty eight and four
32:19Look at that
32:21So 81 plays 69 no crucial conundrum, but fingers on buzzers
32:34Let's roll today's countdown conundrum
32:37Oh
33:08Well, two great players foxed here, but who in the audience will take this on yes, madam by monthly
33:15By monthly let's see whether you're right
33:26So as I say it's fill on 81 Paul on 69 so Phil
33:32Goes through to the first
33:34Semmy tomorrow. Thank you well done, but I'll come back to you in a second Phil because I want to
33:39say thank you to Paul Harper
33:40We all want to say thank you to Paul Harper. He came out seat five and
33:46Gosh, it was tough, but you came through the files. That's one of the most important things
33:50And you go home with a piece of kryptonite with our very best wishes all the way back to Manchester
33:54Long way to go and we shall see you Phil Davis tomorrow first semi and you're up against
34:02Zarty Zarty Zarty Zarty siempre no problem whatsoever. We look forward to seeing you
34:07We look forward to seeing you tomorrow. Well done. We'll see you both tomorrow
34:11Helen and Susie of course see them
34:13And Rachel too. Wow. Yeah Paul never knew when he was beaten. We'll see you tomorrow. See you tomorrow
34:19Join us tomorrow same time same place first semi Zartay versus Phil
34:25You'll be sure of it. It'll be fun good afternoon
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