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00:30A good afternoon and welcome to today's Countdown.
00:33Now, it was on this day 140 years ago that the reporter Henry Stanley
00:37ended his eight-month search for the missing explorer David Livingston
00:41deep in the African jungle.
00:43Hi, Rachel.
00:44Hi, Jeff.
00:45Of course, famously, you know what the first words that he said were allegedly.
00:49Dr Livingston, I presume.
00:51Yeah, I'm a bit dubious about that.
00:52I'm sure he's probably said, where the heck have you been?
00:54Or, you know, have you got a beer mate or something like that?
00:57Probably.
00:58Most unlikely.
00:59Look, I've got a selection of other famous quotes here,
01:02and I want you to see if you can guess who they were from.
01:05And to make it easier, I've made them all sporting quotes.
01:07Okay, right.
01:08So, here's the first one.
01:09I think you'll get this.
01:10Sometimes you've got a noisy neighbour and you have to live with it.
01:14Is that the one and only Sir Alex?
01:15That is the one and only Sir Alex, okay?
01:19I'll give you a clue about this one.
01:20This is a former Manchester United star.
01:22He said,
01:22I never comment on refs, and I'm not going to break the habit of a lifetime for that prat.
01:29Former start-up, Roy Keane.
01:31No, close.
01:32Norman Whiteside.
01:33Ah, okay.
01:33And there's just one more for you.
01:35It's a very famous one.
01:36He said, I spent most of my money on booze, women and gambling.
01:38The rest, I squandered.
01:40Was that you, Geoff?
01:41No.
01:41That was the great, the legendary George Best.
01:44George Best, yeah.
01:45Absolutely.
01:47Fantastic.
01:47Some fantastic questions.
01:48We might have one more for you just to pass sleeves to the end of the programme.
01:51Let's meet our contestants, shall we?
01:53First of all, our returning champion, Julie Davis, who joins us again from Chelmsford,
01:57where she's a teaching assistant.
01:58She made a spectacular debut yesterday with a score of 92.
02:03It was enough to unseat our four-time winning champion, Clive Barham.
02:07She came up with a nine-letter word in canonisers and spotted the conundrum in vitriolic.
02:14I know you were a bit edgy yesterday, Julie.
02:16Are you feeling a bit calmer now?
02:17Yes, thank you.
02:18Yeah.
02:18Good.
02:19It is hard first time, that is for sure.
02:21Now, look, I know in your spare time, one of the things you like to do is to play the
02:24keyboard.
02:25Yeah.
02:25Anything in particular?
02:26What sort of music?
02:28Anything and everything, really.
02:29Just, I mean, I'm a big fan of the Beatles, so I play a lot of those.
02:33And my husband and my brother play the guitar, so we all get together and play.
02:39Bit of a jam session.
02:40Yes.
02:41Yeah.
02:41Brilliant.
02:42OK.
02:43Julie Davis, our returning champion.
02:44Up against Julie is Paul Keane.
02:46Our challenge, he lives in North Finchley with his wife Louise, son Alexander, and a man-eating goldfish called Sally.
02:53Now, look, Paul says his biggest claim to fame is meeting Cameron Diaz.
02:57How did you manage that?
02:59My wife's a nurse, and one of her friends is a ward manager at Great Ormond Street, so the cast
03:05of Shrek 3 went to visit one morning, and we were lucky to be invited, so I got to meet
03:10the whole cast.
03:11Antonio Banderas, who was chatting up with my wife, and Mike Myers, Rupert Everett, and Cameron Diaz, which was the
03:18real highlight for me.
03:19And was she drop-dead gorgeous?
03:22Pretty amazing, yeah.
03:23Yeah.
03:24I was on my best behaviour because my wife was there as well.
03:27Of course, yes.
03:27Of course.
03:28Paul Keane, our challenger up against our champion, Julie Davis.
03:36Now, in Dixie Corner once again today, it's Susie Denton, Radio 2's Chatterbox, Ken Bruce.
03:46Cameron Diaz, eh? Has she ever been on trucks in my years?
03:49No, she hasn't yet, Geoff, but I'm working on it.
03:51The request has gone in, we're waiting for her, but we've had some real beauties on there.
03:55Alicia Dixon from Strictly Come Dancing for One, we've had Duffy, we've had Beyoncé, as we talked about earlier in
04:01the week, and we're hoping you'll come on one day.
04:03You had Kid Creole on, didn't you?
04:04Kid Creole, yes.
04:05Did he bring his coconuts?
04:06He did not.
04:07He managed without his coconuts at the time.
04:09We've had several people there.
04:10One of Susie's favourites, Rolf Harris?
04:13Yeah, you were Rolf, yes.
04:15Susie's a great fan of Rolf Harris.
04:16Antonio Banderas, if he came, I would be there in a shot, if you would have me.
04:20Antonio Banderas, Rolf Harris, it's a tough call.
04:22Those are Susie's two favourites, Antonio Banderas and Rolf Harris, by the way.
04:26Not much to tell between.
04:28Let's press on with the contest, shall we?
04:30Julie's our champion this time round, and as such, goes first pick of the letters.
04:33Off you go, Julie.
04:34Hi, Rachel.
04:35Hi, Julie.
04:35A consonant, please.
04:37Start today with P.
04:39Another, please.
04:42G.
04:43And another.
04:45R.
04:46And a vowel.
04:48E.
04:49And another.
04:51A.
04:53And a consonant, please.
04:56S.
04:57And another.
05:00F.
05:01And a vowel.
05:04O.
05:06And a consonant, please.
05:08And lastly, G.
05:10And for the first time today, here's the countdown clock.
05:41And this is the countdown clock.
05:42So, let's follow.
05:43Paul, how many?
05:45Seven.
05:45And Julie?
05:46I'll try seven.
05:47OK, what's yours, Julie?
05:48Forages.
05:49And yours, Paul?
05:51Same word.
05:53Lovely, good start, forages, for seven points apiece.
05:57Ken, Susie, anything else?
05:58Yeah, it's a terrific word.
05:59We haven't got anything better than that, but we all got it very early.
06:01In fact, we'd had it for ages.
06:04Very good.
06:05So, seven points apiece to start with for Julie and Paul.
06:07Very good indeed.
06:09Paul, it's your selection.
06:10Hello, Rachel.
06:11Hi, Paul.
06:11Hi, Constance.
06:13Start with C.
06:16And another.
06:18K.
06:20And another.
06:21B.
06:23And a vowel.
06:25E.
06:27And another.
06:28A.
06:30And another.
06:32U.
06:34And a consonant.
06:36N.
06:38And another.
06:41C.
06:42And a final consonant.
06:46And a final T.
06:48And your 30 seconds starts now.
06:50Yeah.
06:52C.
06:53The.
07:21Julie, what have you got?
07:23Five.
07:24And Paul?
07:25Six.
07:25OK, what's the five, Julie?
07:27Bute.
07:28And the six, Paul?
07:29Bucket.
07:30Bucket.
07:32Very good.
07:33Bucket's there for six.
07:34I think we can't do much better than that, but there might be seven letters there in cutback.
07:40Yes.
07:41Cutback.
07:41One word.
07:41Very good.
07:42Excellent for seven.
07:43But bucket, good for Paul.
07:45It moves him into an early lead.
07:46Julie has seven, and Paul has 13.
07:51Julie, is your selection this time round?
07:52Um, I'll have a consonant, please.
07:55Thank you, Julie.
07:57T.
07:58And another?
08:00R.
08:01And another?
08:04D.
08:05And a vowel?
08:06I.
08:08And another?
08:10E.
08:12And another?
08:14U.
08:16And a consonant, please.
08:18D.
08:19And a vowel?
08:23A.
08:24A.
08:24And a consonant, please.
08:25And lastly, L.
08:28Time starts now.
08:30And a consonant, please.
08:35And a consonant, please.
08:39And a consonant, please.
08:40And a consonant, please.
08:41And a consonant, please.
08:41And a consonant, please.
08:41And a consonant, please.
08:43And a consonant, please.
08:45And a consonant, please.
08:46And a consonant, please.
08:46And a consonant, please.
08:47And a consonant, please.
08:48And a consonant, please.
08:48And a consonant, please.
08:48And a consonant, please.
08:49And a consonant, please.
08:50And a consonant, please.
08:50And a consonant, please.
08:50And a consonant, please.
08:50And a consonant, please.
08:52And a consonant, please.
08:53And a consonant, please.
09:00Paul?
09:01Seven.
09:02And Julie?
09:03Seven.
09:03OK, what's yours, Julie?
09:05It's laureate.
09:06And yours, Paul?
09:07Dilated.
09:08Laureate and dilated.
09:10Julie, how are you spelling laureate?
09:13L-A-U-R-I-E-T.
09:17Erm, no, it's L-A-U-R-E-A-T-E.
09:21Unfortunately.
09:22Bad luck.
09:24Dilated, very good indeed.
09:26Excellent spot, yes.
09:27Julie, seven, Paul on 20.
09:30Paul, it's your selection.
09:32A consonant, please.
09:33Thank you, Paul.
09:34P.
09:35And another.
09:38S.
09:39And another.
09:41R.
09:42And a vowel.
09:44O.
09:45And another one.
09:48E.
09:49And a third.
09:52Another E.
09:54A consonant.
09:56Y.
09:58Another consonant.
10:01N.
10:02And a final vowel, please.
10:07And a final O.
10:09And here's the countdown clock.
10:11following Mayan's work.
10:12A loop.
10:14And a third.
10:17That one.
10:27A slot.
10:28And a third.
10:36A 혼onent.
10:36A beacon.
10:37A jewels.
10:39A horizon.
10:39A aspiration.
10:39And a half.
10:41I'm sorry.
10:41Julie how many this time? Six. And Paul? Seven. Okay what's the six Julie? Osprey. And the seven Paul? Openers.
10:51Yes. Openers. Very nice. Very good. What have we got over there Ken Susie? We think also a spooner is
10:58there. And if you go back to when you were young. Jeff people used to talk about spooning when they
11:05were being in love and making amorous moves on each other. Is that right?
11:09That's right yes. Right. So you were a spooner. Okay. Spooner it was. Julie on seven but Paul I challenge
11:16you made a great start. He's raised on to 27. Time for our first numbers round then. And Julie is
11:21you to pick those numbers please. I'll have two large please and they're small. Thank you Julie. Two large ones
11:27and four small ones. And for the first time today the numbers are seven, nine, six, four and the two
11:35large twenty five and seventy five.
11:38And the target two hundred and fifty two. So thirty seconds to reach two five two.
11:43Ú.
11:55Ú.
12:13252 in this first numbers round, then.
12:15That's the required target.
12:16Paul, how close?
12:18252.
12:18Julie?
12:19Yeah, the same, 252.
12:20OK.
12:20Paul, let's hear yours this time, please.
12:22OK, 6 plus 4 is 10.
12:24Yep.
12:25Times the 25 to get to 250.
12:28250.
12:29Then 9, take away 7, gives you the 2 and add it on.
12:32And 252, well done.
12:34Julie, say a method?
12:35Yes.
12:36Yep, it's fine.
12:38Yeah, well done both of you.
12:43So Julie moves on to 17.
12:45Paul has 37 at the moment.
12:47Bit of a break for them because we're off to the dictionary corner.
12:49Ken Bruce is our guest all this week.
12:51Ken, what have you got for us today?
12:53Well, I'm thinking about food and drink, which is not unusual for me.
12:57But in terms of food, you know, we have a checkered reputation for culinary expertise in this country.
13:04And somehow we're still a little awkward in restaurants, I feel.
13:07We're not as confident as we could be when we're ordering.
13:10And our palates may have developed, but our ability to communicate what we want has not really kept apace.
13:17And we're worse when we're abroad.
13:19And worse still is when we try and communicate in the native language.
13:23I mean, long gone are the days when we used to just shout loudly and very slowly in English to
13:31make ourselves understood to foreigners.
13:33But when you go to France and try to speak French, they do appreciate it, even though they still carry
13:38on chatting up your girlfriend.
13:40However, I was told once that somebody had been to France and had tried to order in the local language.
13:47He'd wanted the wine list and then asked for the carte de vin, or something that sounded a bit like
13:52that.
13:53And the lady in the restaurant had looked a bit oddly at him, put on her coat and left the
13:58restaurant.
13:59Came back half an hour later and put down in front of him a map of the town, which is
14:03what he turned out he'd asked for.
14:05But of course, being British, he couldn't very well give her it back.
14:08So he spent the rest of his meal studying the map intently and drinking only mineral water.
14:13That's what you get for being clever, you know.
14:15Even in our country, misunderstandings are common.
14:19It's an ex-REF type.
14:20They went for a walking holiday and went into a small hotel in the north of Wales and said,
14:25Super day!
14:26And the waitress said, Tomato!
14:29And even when you do get it right, there's a cafe in the West Highlands which has soup of the
14:34day on a blackboard
14:35and underneath somebody had written, the same as yesterday.
14:39Our service is not necessarily what it could be.
14:41Even though our cuisine is improving, though, our serving staff still lag a little behind.
14:47In a Scottish cafe, somebody stopped and asked for the sandwiches and the callow youth behind the counter said,
14:53We've got egg, cheese and meat.
14:56Meat. And when they said, what kind of meat, he came out with a priceless answer.
15:00Sliced.
15:08Thanks, Ken.
15:09I've got the first teaser of the day for you here.
15:11The words are deep down, deep down, and the clue, you'll find this deep down at the bottom of the
15:17water.
15:17You'll find this deep down at the bottom of the water.
15:34You'll find this deep down at the bottom of the water.
15:36You will indeed.
15:36It's pondweed, the answer to our first teaser of the day.
15:40Julie Davis is our returning champion.
15:42She's got 17 at the moment, but at present, our challenger Paul Keane's got the upper hand.
15:46He has 37.
15:48Paul, it's your selection.
15:50A consonant, please, Rachel.
15:51Thank you, Paul.
15:53T.
15:53And another.
15:56S.
15:57And another one.
16:00L.
16:01And a vowel.
16:03A.
16:04And another.
16:06E.
16:07And a third.
16:08A.
16:11A consonant, please.
16:14R.
16:16And a vowel.
16:20E.
16:21And a final consonant, please.
16:24And a final M.
16:26And here's the countdown clock.
16:28A.
16:29A consonant, please.
16:30A consonant, please.
16:39A consonant, please.
16:43A consonant, please.
16:43A consonant, please.
16:43A consonant, please.
16:44A consonant, please.
16:44A consonant, please.
16:47A consonant, please.
16:49A consonant, please.
16:51A consonant, please.
16:51A consonant, please.
16:56A consonant, please.
16:59Julie, how many?
17:00Six.
17:01And Paul?
17:02Seven.
17:03What's the six, Julie?
17:04Master.
17:05And the seven, Paul?
17:07Relates.
17:08Relates, yes.
17:09Very nice.
17:10Yeah.
17:10Good.
17:10Very nice.
17:11Any more sevens or anything better than that, Kate?
17:14Nothing better, but we do have a couple of other sevens.
17:16We've got a steamer and armlets, sort of a bracelet.
17:21Yes, worn on the upper part of the arm.
17:24Okay.
17:24Yeah.
17:25Very good.
17:25Julie, your choice.
17:28Um, consonant, please.
17:29Thank you, Julie.
17:30P.
17:31And another.
17:33Z.
17:34And another.
17:37N.
17:38And a vowel.
17:41A.
17:42And another.
17:45O.
17:46And another.
17:49E.
17:51And a consonant, please.
17:54S.
17:55And a vowel.
17:58A.
17:59And a consonant.
18:00And lastly.
18:02R.
18:04And your 30 seconds starts now.
18:05And a vowel.
18:19And a vowel.
18:24And a vowel.
18:25And a vowel.
18:25And a vowel.
18:25And a vowel.
18:26And a vowel.
18:26And a vowel.
18:26And a vowel.
18:27And a vowel.
18:36Paul, what have you got?
18:37Just six.
18:38And Julie?
18:39Six.
18:40What's yours, Julie?
18:41Reason.
18:42And yours, Paul?
18:43Same word.
18:44Yes.
18:45Reason for Julie over Paul.
18:48Ken, Susie?
18:49I think we can do seven on a couple.
18:51Persona, we've got, and I'm surprised at this one, but panzers.
18:57Yes, panzers, yes, which are German armoured units.
19:01P-A-N-Z-E-R.
19:03Julie's on 23, then.
19:05Paul has, which is half century, he's got 50.
19:08Paul, your pick.
19:09Consonant, please, Rachel.
19:10Thank you, Paul.
19:12T.
19:12And another.
19:15S.
19:16And a third.
19:18T.
19:19And a vowel.
19:22U.
19:23And another.
19:25E.
19:26And a third.
19:28U.
19:30Consonant, please.
19:32B.
19:35Another consonant.
19:37Another S.
19:39And the final consonant as well, please.
19:42And a final W.
19:45Time starts now.
20:17Julie, what do you make of that?
20:18Just a five.
20:20Paul?
20:21Six.
20:22OK, what's the five, Julie?
20:23Busts.
20:24And the six, Paul?
20:26Subset.
20:27Brilliant, well done.
20:28Subset.
20:29Excellent.
20:29Nice six.
20:30Subset, Susie, meaning what?
20:31It's brilliant.
20:32It can be used as a mathematical term,
20:34and it means part of a larger group of related things.
20:37OK, thanks very much indeed.
20:39Julie, 23.
20:40Paul, 56, then.
20:43On to end of the letters round.
20:45Julie, it's your selection.
20:46Um, consonant, please.
20:49Thank you, Julie.
20:50S.
20:51And another.
20:53M.
20:54And another.
20:56D.
20:58And a vowel.
21:00A.
21:02And another.
21:04E.
21:05And another.
21:08I.
21:09And a consonant.
21:12N.
21:13And a vowel.
21:15E.
21:16And a consonant.
21:18And lastly.
21:19V.
21:20And here's the countdown clock.
21:22And another.
21:22D.
21:22And a vowel.
21:50And a Diskussion.
21:53I'm Paul how many seven and Julie now I've only got a five okay what's the five Julie
21:58it's vines and the seven please Paul invades invades yeah good one Ken Susie feels I'm just
22:09one other seven letter word maidens okay yes maidens medians few sevens yeah or two sevens
22:15around and Paul has spotted one of them and he's stormed into a very good-looking lead at the
22:19moment Julie's on 23 Paul on 63 bit of a break for them both because we're off to Dictionary Corner
22:25origins of words time with Susie Susie what have you got well I'm staying with the theme of quotations
22:31as we're celebrating the 70th birthday of the Oxford Dictionary of quotations so these all come from
22:37Oxford's quotations database and they're all about love and the first two offer fairly mixed views on
22:44the subject as you'll see the first quote is from Giuseppe di Lampedusa who wrote a very famous
22:50novel called The Leopard and he says love of course love flames for a year ashes for 30
22:56and then Douglas Gerald said love's like the measles all the worse when it comes late in life
23:02and then the lyrical poet Rainer Maria Rilke German poet wrote beautiful stuff that he says
23:09love consists in this that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other which is very nice
23:15Charles Darwin wrote in a letter much love much trial but what an utter desert is life without love
23:23someone said that the love that lasts the longest is the love that is never returned I think that
23:28was Somerset Maugham and finally the nice one from Cole Porter that we all know birds do it bees do
23:33it
23:33even educated fleas do it let's do it let's fall in love all of those in the quotations database
23:44julie's got 23 paul has got 63 on to another numbers round and paul you to pick the numbers
23:51this time please two large please rachel and any other four thank you paul two large and four little
23:56ones again and this time the four small ones are five eight ten and four and the two large ones
24:0450
24:04and 100 and the target 582 and 30 seconds to reach it
24:14so
24:26so
24:41five eight to the target this time round julie how close 584 and paul 580 i think right both two
24:50away
24:50uh let's hear yours first please paul uh 100 times five 100 times five 500 i sorry i think i've
25:01gone
25:01i've written it down incorrectly as well so
25:03not to worry uh julie 584 um five times 100 um plus eight times ten eight times ten and that's
25:14for two away 584 well done
25:16uh 584
25:17come on then you look smugged me okay um yeah um 100 plus 10 is 110 110
25:24you multiply by the five five hundred and fifty uh eight times four is 32 and add it together
25:30you're in the swing well done jeff
25:32uh julie's got 30 then closes the gap a little paul's got 63 and i've got another tease a few
25:43the
25:43words are best idea best idea and the clue it's not the best idea to ignore the symptoms of this
25:50it's
25:50not the best idea to ignore the symptoms of this
26:07it's not the best idea to ignore the symptoms of this diabetes is the answer to our second teaser
26:13of the day now our returning champion is julie davis she's on 30 at the moment but our challenger
26:17paul keen has 63 so julie it needs to be a good comeback probably starting now with the next
26:23letters round it's your pick a consonant please thank you julie d and another t and another s
26:36and a vowel please a and another o and a consonant
26:44consonant n n and a vowel e and a consonant m and another consonant please and lastly h and here's
27:00the countdown clock
27:02so
27:03so
27:14so
27:20so
27:32Paul, how many?
27:33Just six.
27:34And Julie?
27:35Just six.
27:35OK, what's yours, Julie?
27:37Hosted.
27:37And yours, Paul?
27:39Atoned.
27:40Hosted and atoned.
27:41Very nice.
27:42Nice, solid sixes.
27:44And how can we improve on that, Ken?
27:45Well, for once, I think we can a little bit.
27:47For seven letters, anthems is there.
27:50And for eight letters, handsome.
27:58Who's even got one more, I think?
28:00Headmost is an old nautical term describing a ship that is holding a position in advance of others.
28:06Headmost.
28:07Very good.
28:08Julie progresses to 36, but Paul has 69.
28:12Paul, it's your pick this time.
28:16Consonant, please, Rachel.
28:17Thank you, Paul.
28:18R.
28:19And another one.
28:21J.
28:23And a third.
28:26L.
28:27And a vowel.
28:30I.
28:31And another.
28:33E.
28:34And a third, please.
28:36U.
28:38A consonant.
28:41G.
28:42Another consonant.
28:45R.
28:47And a final vowel, please.
28:49And a final I.
28:52Time starts now.
28:53§
28:54.
29:09Get out.
29:10Got it.
29:18I know you're enjoying it.
29:24Julie, what did you make of that?
29:26Six.
29:27And Paul?
29:28Six as well.
29:28What's yours, Paul?
29:29Uglier.
29:31And yours, Julie?
29:31Same word.
29:33Yeah, that's fine.
29:35Uglier.
29:36Ken, any advance on that?
29:38I did.
29:38It's as pretty as we get on this one, only six.
29:41OK.
29:42Nothing better than sixes, nothing better than uglier.
29:44Julie moves on to 42.
29:46Paul on to 75.
29:48And this is the final letters round of the contest.
29:50And Julie, it's you to pick them, please.
29:52And consonant, please.
29:54Thank you, Julie.
29:55T.
29:56And another.
29:58D.
29:59And another, please.
30:02P.
30:04And a vowel, please.
30:06E.
30:07And another vowel.
30:09A.
30:11And a consonant.
30:13Q.
30:15And a vowel, please.
30:19I.
30:21And a consonant.
30:23X.
30:26And a vowel, please.
30:27And the last one.
30:29A.
30:31And your 30 seconds starts now.
30:32More.
30:55Bye-bye.
30:56Bye-bye.
30:57Bye.
30:58Bye-bye.
31:00Bye-bye.
31:00Bye-bye.
31:01Bye-bye.
31:03Paul, how many?
31:05Just five.
31:05And Julie?
31:06Five.
31:07What's yours, Julie?
31:08Expat.
31:09And yours, Paul?
31:10Adept.
31:12Expat and adepts.
31:14Yes, both absolutely fine.
31:15Oh, and the pen cam poise, we haven't seen that for a while, have we?
31:18Oh, you'll just have to wait for a moment,
31:19because we've got six letters, taxied,
31:23and now the great pen cam moment.
31:26Well, it's a chemical term, so be forgiven for not getting this.
31:29It's adipate, A-D-I-P-A-T-E.
31:32A salt of adipic acid, and you'll see there,
31:35that is a crystalline fatty acid used in the manufacture of nylon.
31:39APPLAUSE
31:44Julie has 47, Paul has 80.
31:47Time for the final numbers round.
31:49Paul, it's you to pick those numbers again, please.
31:51I'm going to risk...
31:52Let's go for six more.
31:54Why not?
31:54Six more ones.
31:55You like the numbers?
31:56Well, after last time, I might as well.
31:58Might as well.
31:59See what we've got.
32:00At least this one...
32:00Well, this should be really hard.
32:01We shall see.
32:02The six small this time are 1, 9, 7, 8, 2, and 4.
32:10And the nice challenging one we're hoping for, 800.
32:1430 seconds to reach 800.
32:161, 9, 8, 3, 2, and 4, and 6, and 5, and 5, and 5, and 5, and 5.
32:27Now, we'll see...
32:27Thanks.
32:275, 2, and 5, and 5, and 5, and 6, and 6, and 6.
32:47I'm looking for 800 then, with six small.
32:49Julie, how close?
32:50Yeah, 800, I think.
32:52OK. And Paul?
32:53No.
32:54OK.
32:55805, I think.
32:57Julie, let's hear that 800 then, please.
32:587 plus 4.
33:007 plus 4 is 11.
33:01Times 9.
33:03Times 9, 99.
33:04Plus 1.
33:05Plus 1, 100.
33:06Times 8.
33:07Well done, 800.
33:14Very good indeed.
33:16Julie, 57, Paul, 80, and Paul a little concerned about his accountancy status at this moment.
33:21He's drummed out of school.
33:23It's reached that stage in the programme, though, where it's tap your butts with your fingers on your buzzers,
33:27as we reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:32Oh, goodness me.
33:33Paul?
33:34Is it subjective?
33:36Let's take a look.
33:40APPLAUSE
33:48Yes, very well done indeed, Paul.
33:50Paul's spotted, subjected, and he is our new champion.
33:53Julie's finished on 57, Paul on 90.
33:57Paul, congratulations.
33:58Thanks very much.
33:59Very good indeed.
34:00You redeemed yourself there, you see, with that final word.
34:02Yeah, I'm still living with a shame after those numbers rounds, but never mind.
34:05We're going to have another chance to have a go at them tomorrow, of course, as our returning champion.
34:09Julie, it's been lovely having you here.
34:12Commiserations today, but you made such a spectacular start yesterday with that nine-letter word and the conundrum as well,
34:18and thoroughly deserve the teapot that you go away with.
34:20Oh, lovely, yeah.
34:21Very well done.
34:23Ken, let's talk a little more about your career, shall we?
34:25Because it's probably fair to say that the path you have trodden is not the one that initially you might
34:30have expected to.
34:32Well, I trained as an accountant to begin with when I left school,
34:35but as you can probably see the way I'm chewing the pencil when the numbers rounds come up,
34:40that was a good decision to leave that, I think.
34:43But, yeah, I washed cars for a bit and I did all sorts,
34:46but finally discovered there was nothing easier in the world than sitting in the studio talking to yourself,
34:51and that's what I've done all these years.
34:52Yeah.
34:52And I love the fact that you say that you're content to remain at Radio 2
34:57until the call comes to restore you to your rightful place on the throne of Scotland.
35:02I awaited the call and they're taking the time.
35:07Ken and Susie, we'll see you both again tomorrow.
35:09Rachel, I've just got one more sporting quote to finish with today.
35:13It's quite a recent one as well.
35:15Who said this?
35:16Go on when we're losing 2-0.
35:18You must be kidding.
35:21It was, of course, Carlos Tevez.
35:23Right.
35:23Allegedly.
35:24We'll see you tomorrow.
35:25Bye-bye.
35:36Isambard Kingdom was a genius, but why did it go so wrong for Brunel's last launch of his revolutionary ship?
35:43A Time Team Special at 9 tonight.
35:46At 8, looking for fab old sanitary gear, three unique bathrooms are the challenge as Beanie's restoration nightmare continues.
35:53Next, though, Banker Time.
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