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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:04APPLAUSE
00:31Hello, everybody. It's Monday afternoon.
00:33We are back in this saddle with our bit between our teeth,
00:37ready to canter through another five days of letters and numbers.
00:41And in fine fettle, as always, is our Rachel Riley. How are you?
00:44I'm thinking of horses.
00:46Yeah, are you a horsey person?
00:48What do you mean? Like, is there horses in the family or anything?
00:52Yeah, my bedroom's covered with horse posters. No.
00:55No, it's too expensive.
00:57I was looking, now I've got children,
00:58there's a little riding stables near us and you can pay a tenner
01:01and, you know, pat a pony and play loads of games.
01:03Or you can pay, you know, 500 quid and get five minutes on a horse.
01:06Yeah. It's very... Well, it's not that expensive.
01:08But my mum used to work at a horse sanctuary, actually.
01:11Oh, beautiful. She's raised lots of money for the protection of horses
01:13cos they are very expensive.
01:15Yeah. I love them. They're beautiful. They hate me.
01:18I've went riding three times and all three times the horse has bolted.
01:22You know, me... Oh, that's cos I paid the guys...
01:25Yeah. ..when you... I knew which time you were going.
01:27It's almost like they don't like my smell or something.
01:30It's really bad.
01:31But you know I'm going to have animal facts for you
01:33cos one of my favourite things. Go on, then.
01:35Their digestive system is a one-way street,
01:38whereas ours, of course, it can come out all in.
01:40Sorry to be a bit gross.
01:42But horses, it's just a one-way digestive system,
01:46which means there's one thing you will never hear a horse do.
01:51A horse will never burp.
01:54That's a fact. A horse cannot burp. What about that?
01:56That is a good fact and I'm going to bank that one.
01:59It's a great day to be alive.
02:00And they're obviously measured in hands, not in feet and inches.
02:06So it's literally just hand-ish size?
02:09Erm... Well, it's... Is that where it comes from?
02:11It probably does, I would imagine.
02:13You know Susie knows already about looking it up, but it probably is.
02:16They probably do look like that, but it's four inches,
02:19which would make sense.
02:20It's not four inches.
02:21Depends.
02:23Depends who you're asking, Rich.
02:25On that bombshell, let's get over to Dictionary Corner,
02:27our J of the Day, Susie Dent is here.
02:29No comment. No comment at all.
02:32And good to see you've came in equine attire, Edith Bowman.
02:37I heard you were going to be talking about horses,
02:39so I thought I'd come as one of the family.
02:41And then come as a zebra.
02:42So you could say we're a band of horses today.
02:45Like the musical tip there too.
02:47Absolutely. Great band, great band.
02:49We'll forget horses, because it's all about dinosaurs,
02:51with our champion, Harry Savage,
02:54the paleontologist in wading.
02:58What a start for you.
02:59You know, 122, 119, 119.
03:02Now, you're very humble, so let me say it for you.
03:05I think there's a way bigger score in it for you.
03:07Do you feel that there's been a few rounds
03:08have been a bit tricky so far?
03:10Well, we'll have to wait and see.
03:11Yeah, didn't get the conundrum yesterday?
03:13No.
03:14I think there's room for improvement, which is scary, Harry.
03:16Best of luck to you today.
03:17We love having you here.
03:19You're up against proper experience today.
03:21Helen Engelbrecht is with us.
03:23First of all, tell me about Loving Horses,
03:25because you're the reason why we had that chat.
03:27Well, I had a chance to work as a working pupil
03:30when I was a lot younger in a riding school.
03:33Yeah, but that didn't pay much.
03:34It did not pay, no, about three, four pound a week.
03:37My goodness me, there you go.
03:39That's sensational.
03:41Now, listen, you've been here before.
03:43I have.
03:44And, you know, timing is everything.
03:47What happened the first time you were on?
03:49I came up against an octo champ on his eighth show.
03:54So, it's not much relief to come up against young Harry
03:57at this stage.
03:58It's just the luck of the draw, isn't it?
04:00Well, Helen, listen, you're in it to win it.
04:02So, let's see how it goes.
04:03Good luck, Helen and Harry.
04:04APPLAUSE
04:07You know the draw by now.
04:09Let's get started.
04:10Hiya. Hi, Harry.
04:11Can I start with a consonant, please?
04:12You can, indeed. Start this week with G.
04:15And another one, please.
04:17D.
04:17And another one.
04:19T.
04:20And one more.
04:22J.
04:23And a vowel, please.
04:25I.
04:26And another vowel.
04:28E.
04:29And another vowel.
04:31A.
04:32And another vowel.
04:35U.
04:36And one final vowel, please.
04:38And a final A.
04:41And for the first time this week,
04:42at home and in the studio, let's play Kite Dive.
04:52KITE DIVE MUSIC PLAYS
05:15That's time. Harry?
05:16Six.
05:17And Helen?
05:18Sorry, only five.
05:19No worries, don't apologise.
05:20What's the five?
05:21Judge.
05:22Judge. And the six?
05:2488.
05:2588.
05:26It is in there.
05:27It is chiefly from South African law
05:30and it means to accept an inheritance, isn't it?
05:33Fantastic. Anything else?
05:35Very tricky start of the day.
05:36The five vowels. Edith?
05:39We've got gato.
05:40Oh, a gato. A gato.
05:42Tasty. Very nice.
05:44Helen, let's trot on.
05:45Good afternoon, Rachel.
05:46Afternoon, Helen.
05:48Consonant, please.
05:50Thank you. Start with C.
05:52And another one.
05:55S.
05:56And a third.
05:58M.
06:00And a vowel, please.
06:02I.
06:04And another one.
06:05A.
06:07And another one.
06:09E.
06:11And a consonant.
06:13L.
06:16And another one.
06:18N.
06:21And another vowel, please.
06:22And finally, O.
06:25And 30 seconds.
06:51MUSIC STOPS
06:55Time's up, Helen.
06:57I'll try an...
06:59..eight.
07:00I might not spell it right.
07:02Harry? An eight.
07:03An eight. What are you trying, Helen?
07:05I'm going to try monocles.
07:06Monocles. And, Harry?
07:08Camisole.
07:10Monocle is spelt with two O's rather than with the I.
07:14Yes, monocle.
07:15Worse upon. Sorry, Helen.
07:17Worse upon. Camisole's all right. We got that covered with that.
07:20Edith got camisole within about two seconds.
07:22Yes.
07:23Our favourite item of clothing.
07:25What a start. What a start that is.
07:27Camisole.
07:28Camisole. And semolina.
07:29And semolina.
07:3114-0. Familiar story at the start, Helen.
07:35A lot of road left, though.
07:36So let's get our first numbers, and, Harry, your choosing.
07:39Can I have one large, please?
07:40You can indeed. Thank you, Harry.
07:41First numbers of the week are as follows.
07:466, 3, 7, 2, 10, and the big one, 25.
07:52And the target to reach, 708.
07:55708. Numbers up.
08:16MUSIC
08:277 away at the target. Harry?
08:297, 10.
08:302 away. Helen?
08:317, 0, 6.
08:332 away the other side. So, Harry, you're off first.
08:3625 times 3.
08:3825 times 3, 75.
08:41Take away the 6 and add the 2.
08:43Take away the 6, add the 2, 71.
08:45710. 2 away.
08:47On to the other side, Helen, for 7 points.
08:49I hope this is right.
08:5110 times 3, minus 2.
08:5310 times 3, 30, minus 2, 28.
08:55Times 25.
08:57Is 700.
08:59And add 6.
09:00Yep. Well done. 2 the other way.
09:02Both 2 away. Tricky one. Can you take me 2 closer?
09:05Well, lots of dead ends,
09:07but if you just say 10 times 3 and stop there at 30,
09:11times that by 25 for 750,
09:14and then 7 times 6 is 42,
09:16and take it away. 7 away.
09:18APPLAUSE
09:20Very good for the one poetry in motion.
09:22Well done.
09:23First teatime teaser is If Forces.
09:26If Forces.
09:27If you think about the forces, you'll get the answer.
09:29If you think about the forces, you'll get the answer.
09:32MUSIC
09:40APPLAUSE
09:44MUSIC
09:48Welcome back. Our breaks are hilarious here, by the way.
09:51If Forces was the teatime teaser.
09:54If you think about the forces, you'll get the answer.
09:56It was officers. Officers.
09:58Right, back to the game.
10:00Helen Engelbrecht got on the board with that number.
10:03It's very important, so let's get the letters going.
10:06Please may I have a consonant? Thank you, Helen.
10:08Y.
10:10And another one, please?
10:12T.
10:13And another?
10:15D.
10:17And a vowel, please?
10:19E.
10:21And another one?
10:22A.
10:23And another one?
10:25E.
10:26A consonant, please?
10:28L.
10:29And another one?
10:31B.
10:33And a final consonant?
10:36And a final S.
10:38Thank you, Rachel.
10:39MUSIC
10:43MUSIC
11:10Helen?
11:11Seven.
11:13And Harry?
11:14Seven.
11:15Helen, what's a seven?
11:16Very appropriately.
11:17Yes.
11:18Stabled.
11:19LAUGHTER
11:20And Harry?
11:21Blasted.
11:22Blasted.
11:23You're no fun.
11:24Why didn't you have stabled as well?
11:26That was lovely to see that come out.
11:28Sevens all round.
11:29The horsey theme continues.
11:31Anything else from Susie and Ede?
11:33We've got belated.
11:35Yes, beautiful.
11:36Belated.
11:37Do you want a sheep theme?
11:38Nobody asked for a sheep theme, Susie.
11:40OK, fine.
11:41Come on, behave yourself.
11:42Harry, let's get nine more letters.
11:44Let's start with a consonant, please.
11:46Thank you, Harry.
11:47C.
11:48And another one?
11:50L.
11:51And another?
11:52N.
11:53And one more?
11:54S.
11:55A vowel, please?
11:57I.
11:58And another vowel?
11:59E.
12:00Another vowel?
12:02O.
12:03Another vowel, please?
12:05U.
12:06And a final consonant, please?
12:08A final R.
12:10And half a minute.
12:11MUSIC
12:42Harry?
12:43Nine.
12:44And Helen?
12:46Only seven.
12:47Seven is?
12:48Cloners.
12:49The only question is, is this a dinosaur?
12:51Let's find out.
12:52Harry?
12:53It's not.
12:54Enclosure.
12:55Absolutely fine, because enclose and enclose
12:58are varied to the same thing.
13:00So, absolutely fine.
13:01Well done.
13:02APPLAUSE
13:06Anything else in Dixie Corner?
13:08Reclusion.
13:09That's another nine.
13:10That's wonderful.
13:11Yeah, that's the state of being a recluse, essentially.
13:14By standard today,
13:15Edith and Susie are actually keeping up with Harry big time here.
13:18Love it.
13:19Right, 46 plays 14, our second numbers game of the day.
13:22And, Helen, you're in charge.
13:24I'll try and keep it simple.
13:26Just one large.
13:27We can try.
13:28We can but try.
13:29You never know in this game.
13:30See what pops up.
13:31Five little ones, one large.
13:33And they are ten, six, eight, ten,
13:38two, and 25.
13:41And the target, 126.
13:43126, numbers up.
14:08MUSIC PLAYS
14:15The little target of 126, Helen.
14:18126.
14:19Nice.
14:20And, Harry?
14:21Yep, 126 as well.
14:22Helen, let's rack up ten points.
14:24Ten times ten is 100.
14:26Yep.
14:27Add 25.
14:2925.
14:30And then I said eight divided by six plus two.
14:34Eight divided by the six plus two for one.
14:37Perfect.
14:38And that got you there.
14:39So many ways to get there, Harry.
14:41So I did eight over two.
14:42Eight over two, four.
14:43Take that away from 25.
14:4521.
14:46And times six.
14:47Well done, 126.
14:48Yes.
14:49APPLAUSE
14:5156 plays 24 as we catch up with Edith Bowman.
14:55On Friday, we were talking about your epic interview
14:58with Steven Spielberg.
14:59And if people don't know,
15:01Edith presents the Sound Tracking Podcast,
15:03one of many things.
15:04But it's intriguing because it looks at the connection
15:06between music and films.
15:09We had a chat the other day, didn't we,
15:11about 80s movies and the soundtrack's so essential
15:14and the placement.
15:15What's been your favourite memory of doing that
15:17on Sound Tracking?
15:19Well, you mentioned it on Friday, Back To The Future.
15:21Yes.
15:22And Alan Silvestri, who did the music for that,
15:25and the director as well.
15:27We've had both of them on.
15:28But the way that I managed to get Alan Silvestri to come on
15:32was I just messaged him on Instagram.
15:34Yes.
15:35And he's like, yeah, sure, come and meet me here,
15:38bring your recording stuff and we'll do it.
15:40And it was amazing.
15:41And then Robert Zemeckis as well,
15:43who not only Back To The Future but Forrest Gump as well.
15:46Yes.
15:47So it was just amazing to kind of get that full picture
15:49with both of them talking about the music of Back To The Future.
15:52It feels like just, we were saying this,
15:54that no other decade is a genre apart from the 80s.
15:57Yes.
15:58Why do you think that is?
15:59Is it fashion?
16:00Is it before computers?
16:02I think it's a particular period
16:04where it was just on the brink of a lot of development in tech,
16:08I think, in a way.
16:09So that was kind of on the periphery of it all.
16:12I think also for us, the retro nature of that decade...
16:16Yes.
16:17..has a certain romanticism about it.
16:19So I think that for us, the 80s has got this.
16:21Cos we were all, you know, younger
16:23and looking towards adult life and things.
16:25And so I think that it has that kind of romantic connection as well.
16:28But there were so many great movies out in the 80s as well.
16:31And, you know, Hans Zimmer as well was involved in...
16:34I know your favourite composer was involved
16:36in quite a lot of the soundtracks on that.
16:38Is there anyone who's on your hit list
16:40that you haven't managed to get on soundtracking?
16:42We mentioned him on Friday John Williams,
16:44you know, that partnership with Steven Spielberg,
16:47and all the other films that he's worked on as well.
16:49You know, he started the Harry Potter music and things like that.
16:52But I think his team have now definitely attached
16:55my email address to their junk folders.
16:57Because I email, like, three times a week going,
17:00any chance? I've threatened to just go and stand outside.
17:03I'll come to here.
17:04You know, he doesn't do much touring now with performing,
17:08but every time I see that, I'm like, I'll come to Rome, I'll come here.
17:11You know, I would drop everything to just get 20 minutes,
17:15half an hour with him just to talk about how he does it,
17:18what he connects with.
17:19Is it story, is it character, is it location, is it a feeling?
17:24What is it?
17:25Because he's soundtracked so much of our lives.
17:27Yes.
17:28So, yeah, he's the one that got away, so far, anyway.
17:31Does anyone get the feeling that particular part of Countdown
17:34is going to go in an FBI file sometime soon?
17:37I do think that's where we are.
17:39I hope you get it. He'll be the lucky one.
17:41Thank you, Edith. Thanks, Blair.
17:4556, 24, and Harry.
17:49Letters.
17:50Can I start with the consonant, please?
17:52Thank you, Harry. P.
17:53And another consonant, please.
17:55D.
17:56And another.
17:57X.
17:58And one more.
18:00N.
18:01And a vowel, please.
18:03A.
18:04Another vowel.
18:05I.
18:06Another vowel.
18:08A.
18:09And another vowel, please.
18:11O.
18:13And a final consonant, please.
18:16Final F.
18:17Right, start the clock.
18:24CLOCK TICKS
18:49Harry?
18:50Just five.
18:51And Helen?
18:52Five.
18:53Very good. What have we got?
18:54Panda.
18:55Panda.
18:56Panda.
18:57Panda.
18:58Fantastic. Panda, anything else?
19:00On the animal front, we've got fox, but axion?
19:03Yeah, a couple of fives. Piano.
19:05An axion is a hypothetical subatomic particle.
19:08Nothing great, then, really, eh?
19:10OK.
19:11Just one of those rounds, fives.
19:13Say little else, simply move on, and get more letters.
19:16Helen?
19:17Consonant, please.
19:18Thank you, Helen.
19:19R.
19:20And another one.
19:21T.
19:22And a third.
19:24G.
19:25And a vowel, please.
19:27E.
19:29And a second.
19:31A.
19:33And a third.
19:35E.
19:37And a consonant.
19:39M.
19:42And another consonant.
19:44D.
19:46And a final consonant, please.
19:50Final. N.
19:52And here we go.
20:21That's time up. Helen?
20:23Seven.
20:24Harry?
20:25Yeah, seven.
20:26And seven as well. Helen, what's the word?
20:28Meander.
20:29Meander. And Harry?
20:31Renamed.
20:32Fantastic stuff. Anything else in Dictionary Corner?
20:34Got another seven. Garment.
20:36Garment, to go along with a camisole.
20:38And then an eight.
20:39Mm-hm.
20:40And then an eight with gendarme.
20:42Gendarme!
20:43Oui, monsieur.
20:44Oh, la-la! Very good indeed.
20:46The old French coppers.
20:49Well done indeed.
20:51OK, scores. 68 plays 36.
20:54Shall we get more numbers, Harry? Let's do it.
20:56Can I have one large, please?
20:57Your usual, thank you, Harry.
20:59One from the top and five little.
21:01Let's see if we can find an interesting one out of this lot.
21:04The numbers are two, ten, five, four, two and 25.
21:09And the target to reach with them, 496.
21:12496. Numbers up.
21:19BELL RINGS
21:21MUSIC PLAYS
21:45Relatively straightforward.
21:47496, Harry?
21:49Yep, 496.
21:50496.
21:51Harry, off you go.
21:52Two times two times five times 25.
21:5620 times 25 is 500.
21:58And take away four.
21:59Yeah, 496.
22:01Root one, Helen?
22:02Practically the same.
22:04I just put the four at the top and then the two twos at the bottom.
22:07Yeah.
22:08Nice. Well done. Ten points each.
22:10APPLAUSE
22:11Your second two-time teaser is Amy Spent.
22:14Amy Spent.
22:15Amy Spent all her money making these.
22:17Welcome back.
22:18Amy Spent all her money making these.
22:20Payments.
22:21Payments was the tea-time teaser.
22:23And as it's Monday, it's a good time just to remind everybody
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24:18Time's up, Helen.
24:19Seven.
24:20And Harry.
24:21Eight.
24:22And eight.
24:23The seven?
24:24Softies.
24:25And the eight.
24:26Yes, there you go, which it is when you get an eight out of those.
24:29Well done, well done to you.
24:31Anything else in Dixie Recorder?
24:32Yeah, we've got showiest.
24:34Nothing else?
24:35All right, good stuff, good stuff.
24:36Such a high standard again today.
24:39So, Harry, let's get nine more.
24:40Can I start with a consonant, please?
24:42Thank you, Harry.
24:43M
24:44And another consonant.
24:46G
24:47And another consonant.
24:50T
24:51And one more.
24:52L
24:53And a vowel, please.
24:56E
24:57And another vowel.
24:58U
24:59And another vowel.
25:00I
25:02Another vowel, please.
25:04O
25:05And a final consonant, please.
25:07Final S.
25:08Kindine.
25:26MUSIC
25:40Harry?
25:41Eight.
25:42And Helen?
25:43I'll have to try an eight, then.
25:44Yes, he forces you into crazy decisions.
25:46Harry?
25:47Eulogist.
25:48Eulogist?
25:49Is outsmile a word?
25:51Well, I hope it is, cos it's a beautiful word.
25:53If it's not in there, it should be.
25:56Eulogist obviously finds and he delivers a eulogy.
25:58And outsmile, to surpass in smiling.
26:01Yes!
26:02APPLAUSE
26:06Were there any nines?
26:07No, not that we can find.
26:09Nothing at all? No.
26:10Nothing to smile about, not from.
26:11OK, let's stay in Dictionary Corner.
26:13Origins of words.
26:15Susie, where are you taking everybody today?
26:18Taking you to a regular theme,
26:20which is unusual connections between different words.
26:23So, words you would never put in the same camp.
26:25And that is debate and battery.
26:29So, yeah, that sounds quite strange.
26:31So, both of them obviously have got the B-A-T in them.
26:35And actually, that will take you all the way back to a verb
26:38that the Romans used, which was baturere,
26:41which meant to beat or to knock.
26:43And that gave us battle, it gave us combat, it gave us a bat.
26:47And to batter, I mean, you can see the sort of theme here.
26:51So, it was all about kind of physical fighting and aggression.
26:54And so often the Latin word kind of trickled through French
26:59and came to us that way after the Normans arrived.
27:02And the French word débattre meant to knock down or to fight.
27:05So, similar theme there.
27:07And in English, a debate was very much a fight between two people,
27:12one that involved lots of punches.
27:14And only later did it become a discussion between people
27:17without any fisticuffs.
27:19But we kind of keep that metaphor going with some brilliant words
27:21in the dictionary, like a soctologer, which I love.
27:24And a soctologer is a knockout punch in an argument.
27:27So, it's the kind of decisive blow in an argument
27:29that the person or one person cannot recover from.
27:33So, then you've got battery.
27:35And I suppose we think about a battering ram and that kind of thing.
27:38You can see, again, that sort of fighting sense.
27:40But essentially, it came to refer to a set of artillery weapons.
27:46So, again, to do with fighting.
27:48And in the 18th century, a group of metal conductors
27:51that were kind of lined up in a series to provide that electrical current
27:54obviously reminded somebody of a unit of artillery weapons,
27:58which is why it was called a battery,
28:00that those sort of, you know, conductors, the series of conductors.
28:05Obviously, the modern batteries that we use are much, much smaller
28:08and nothing to do with these huge things that inspired the word.
28:12But, yeah, two words that come from,
28:14or seem to come from completely different directions
28:16end up having a very close relationship.
28:18Thank you, Cecily.
28:19APPLAUSE
28:21And talking of battlers,
28:23Helen Engelbrecht is the dictionary definition of that.
28:26Because Harry got off to his usual flying start,
28:29looked it out of sight, but look at that, 94 plus 54.
28:33Fantastic, Helen.
28:34In four rounds left, you're picking the letters.
28:36I'll start with a consonant, please.
28:38Thank you, Helen.
28:39R
28:40And a second?
28:42K
28:43And a third?
28:44D
28:45And a vowel, please?
28:47E
28:49And a second?
28:50I
28:52And another vowel, please?
28:55U
28:56A consonant, please?
28:59N
29:03Another consonant?
29:05P
29:08And a final consonant, please?
29:10And a final C.
29:12Let's play.
29:15ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
29:43Time is up, Helen.
29:45I'm going to have to try a nine.
29:46You go for it, Harry.
29:47I'll stick with eight.
29:48The eight is...?
29:50Unpicked.
29:51Helen?
29:52I put the R in and it's unpricked.
29:53Unpricked has to be there.
29:55And you would be right, it's in the dictionary.
29:57APPLAUSE
30:01Just to check, was there anything else in there?
30:04No, I mean, we can't beat that.
30:05I think you'd use it in the sense of her conscience was unpricked.
30:08Yes. That kind of thing. It's absolutely brilliant.
30:10Great word. 94 plus 72.
30:14So, Harry, still in a good position.
30:16But if Helen gets the better of you in this final letters round,
30:20it's very much game on.
30:22So, let's have nine.
30:23Can I start with a consonant, please? Thank you, Harry.
30:26T
30:27And another consonant?
30:29V
30:30Another consonant, please?
30:32N
30:33And one more?
30:34G
30:35And a vowel, please?
30:36E
30:37Another vowel?
30:38A
30:39And another vowel?
30:40U
30:41One more vowel, please?
30:43I
30:44And a final consonant, please?
30:46And lastly, T.
30:48Last letters.
31:13MUSIC CONTINUES
31:20How did you get on, Harry?
31:21Seven.
31:22And Helen?
31:23Seven.
31:24Seven. Harry, what have you got?
31:25Vetting.
31:26Vetting.
31:27And probably the same. Let's vet that.
31:29Yeah, that's great.
31:30Very good.
31:31APPLAUSE
31:34Anything else in Dictionary Corner?
31:36Vintage.
31:37Another seven. Nothing above that?
31:39No.
31:40Let's get our final numbers round and challenge your choosers.
31:43Let's have a bit of fun. Let's have four large.
31:45Yay! Fun for me.
31:46Oh, Colin's shaking his head.
31:48Well, you don't get to choose, Colin.
31:49Helen and I want four large.
31:51And for the final time today, they are eight, four,
31:54and the big one, 75, 25, 100 and 50.
31:59And the target, 237.
32:02237. Last numbers.
32:04MUSIC CONTINUES
32:13MUSIC CONTINUES
32:34And that's time. The target is 237.
32:36How did you get on, Helen?
32:37238.
32:38108. And Harry?
32:40237.
32:41Off you go, sir.
32:42100 plus 75...
32:43175.
32:44..plus 50, plus eight, plus four.
32:45Yeah, it was again about 25. Add the rest together, 237.
32:48Not as much fun as we predicted there, Helen.
32:51With the four large, 111 plus 79.
32:55A heck of a losing score, that.
32:57Let's see if we can add ten points right here for you, Hell's Bells.
33:01Harry, for you, this will be your second highest score
33:04if you manage this Countdown Conundrum.
33:06So let's reveal it this Monday, the Countdown Conundrum.
33:09BELL RINGS
33:11Harry?
33:12Fascinate.
33:13That's your best yet.
33:14APPLAUSE
33:18121 to add your 122 and your 119.
33:22So you've been in and around the same place every time.
33:24How are you feeling? Settling in?
33:26Yeah, I'm enjoying it. Yeah, it's nice.
33:28Helen, second time around, first time an OctoChamp,
33:31this time a really special player.
33:34You must be thrilled with that, though.
33:35I actually scored more than I did last time, so...
33:38I'm glad I got the nine as well.
33:40Helen, lovely to have you back. Thank you.
33:42Thank you very much. Ede, see you tomorrow?
33:44See you tomorrow. Come undressed as an animal again?
33:46Possibly. Three shots.
33:47Or a dinosaur, maybe.
33:49LAUGHTER
33:50Thank you very much, Suze. Thanks, Colin. Happy days.
33:53Do you want a quick horse fact before you go?
33:55Hit me.
33:56Horses produce... It's a bit disgusting, this one,
33:59but if you think about horses, it'll make sense.
34:01They produce ten gallons of saliva on average a day,
34:06and that's because they can't breathe through their mouth,
34:09only their nose.
34:10So it's all connected, and then you get the saliva dripping out.
34:13That's why you should never look a gift horse in the mouth.
34:15Yes, exactly.
34:17We're here all week, literally.
34:18Ten past two tomorrow, Rachel, Suze and I will be here.
34:21You can count on us.
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