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00:00Thank you very much.
00:30Good afternoon. Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:35Now, tomorrow is a very, very important date in history, in the history of warfare, I guess,
00:40because it will be the 100th anniversary of the start of the Battle of the Somme.
00:45Terrible, terrible battle.
00:46And to mark that centenary, overnight vigils will take place tonight in every UK capital city,
00:52including at Westminster Abbey around the grave of the unknown soldier.
00:55And then tomorrow morning, a national commemorative service will be held not far from here at Manchester Cathedral,
01:02followed by a people's procession and a live music orchestra featuring the Hallé.
01:07And what a terrible, terrible battle it was.
01:09I think, Rachel, on the very first day, the very first day, something like 50,000 people were either killed or wounded, just in the day.
01:18And then, of course, I think there's a great lutyens memorial to commemorate the 72,000 people who were actually killed.
01:26It was just awful, just awful.
01:30So, prayer for those who fell in the Battle of the Somme.
01:33Now then, Rachel, we've got joining us Andrew Fenton, our reigning champion with three wins under his belt,
01:39proposed to his girlfriend by spelling out,
01:41will you marry me, I love you, in beer bottle tops on the lounge carpet.
01:46Andrew, you're an exciting sort of fellow.
01:48Well, it's different.
01:49It certainly is.
01:50And, of course, then you've got married and you've got two children.
01:54You've got a little boy of, I think, seven.
01:57Seven and...
01:59And the new one, Harrison.
02:00Yes, ten weeks.
02:01Not married yet, but getting there.
02:04All right, well done.
02:05All right.
02:06Now, Andrew, you're joined by Rhys Danino.
02:09Hello there.
02:10Rhys, how are you?
02:11I'm apprehensive, but happy enough.
02:12I'm so grateful that you managed to grow that beer, especially for us.
02:16It's a magnificent appendage.
02:17That is all mine.
02:18That is all mine.
02:18Brilliant.
02:19And you're a private tutor living in...?
02:23In Whitney, in Oxfordshire at the moment, yeah.
02:24All right.
02:25And you're tutoring, what, A-level students?
02:28Yeah, A-level students.
02:29Sort of, I'm looking for students who are applying to university.
02:32So we do admissions tests and interview technique.
02:35Great stuff.
02:35Now, you once took yourself off to Reykjavik,
02:39to the University of Iceland, to learn the language.
02:41It got the better of me, to be honest.
02:43Is it a difficult language?
02:44It is fiendish, yeah.
02:45And, well, you don't get many people learning Icelandic.
02:48So either they assume you speak it or you don't.
02:50It's quite binary.
02:51So you're never quite sure where you are.
02:52All right.
02:52Anyway, let's have a big round of applause, then,
02:54for Mr Danino and Mr Fenton, Andrew Fenton.
02:58APPLAUSE
02:59And over in the corner, Susie, of course,
03:03and the wonderful comedian and impressionist, John.
03:07John, welcome back.
03:09Great friend of this programme.
03:10Well, it's always lovely to be here.
03:12Iceland, of course, great for the northern lights.
03:14Some wonderful displays up there in the auroral oval,
03:17as they call it, yes.
03:18So more from John Coulterall shortly,
03:20but now we get down to business with Andrew's letters game.
03:23Andrew.
03:24Good afternoon.
03:25Afternoon, Andrew.
03:25Can I have a consonant, please?
03:27Starts with F.
03:29And a vowel.
03:31E.
03:33Consonant.
03:34G.
03:36Vowel.
03:38U.
03:39Consonant.
03:41S.
03:43Consonant.
03:45R.
03:46Vowel.
03:48I.
03:50Consonant.
03:51D.
03:53And a final consonant, please.
03:54And a final R.
03:56And here's the countdown clock.
04:00And a final consonant, please.
04:30Dodgy seven.
04:31Now then, Rhys.
04:33Um, seven, yes.
04:34All right.
04:35Andrew?
04:36Furries.
04:37And Rhys?
04:37Um, ferries.
04:38Are we happy?
04:39But you need...
04:40Oh, hang on, you need two E's there.
04:42So you do.
04:43Oh, I'm sorry.
04:44No problem.
04:44Andrew, what's was...
04:45Furries.
04:46Furries.
04:47Um, no.
04:49That's not very the furiest really being fine.
04:51All furries, but not furries.
04:52Sorry.
04:53A happy release for Rhys there.
04:55A happy escape.
04:56And over in the corner now then, John Cultschall.
04:59Uh, what do we have here?
05:00Figures is there.
05:02Figured.
05:02Yes.
05:03Uh, both for, uh, seven.
05:04And, uh, guiders do we have.
05:07Yes, just there as a synonym for guide, really.
05:09Um, but useful for countdown, because you can add the R, so that's there for another seven.
05:13All right.
05:13Well done.
05:14Thank you very much indeed, sir.
05:15It's a zero, zero.
05:17Who's going to kick us off?
05:17Rhys?
05:18Letters game.
05:19Hello there, Rachel.
05:20Hi, Rhys.
05:21Can I start with a consonant, please?
05:22Start with S.
05:24And a vowel?
05:27A.
05:28And another consonant?
05:30M.
05:31And a vowel?
05:34U.
05:35And another one, please.
05:37I.
05:38And a consonant, please.
05:40T.
05:41A consonant, please.
05:43Y.
05:44Um, a vowel, please.
05:47O.
05:48And finally, a consonant.
05:50And finally, N.
05:53Stand by.
05:54And finally, what is it?
06:08Yes, Rhys?
06:25Six.
06:26A six. Andrew? Six also.
06:28Rhys? Mutiny.
06:30Mutiny. Andrew? Mutiny also.
06:32All right, there we are.
06:34Yep.
06:34So we're both away there, six points apiece,
06:37and over in the corner, Susie and John.
06:40Well, we've got... There's an eight over here.
06:43Manitous.
06:44Manitous, yes.
06:46They are good or evil spirits.
06:48Very good.
06:52Well done.
06:53Well done for the Manitous.
06:55Six apiece, as I say, and we're on the numbers game.
06:57First of the day, Andrew?
06:59Two from the top, please, and four anywhere else.
07:02Thank you, Andrew.
07:03Two large for little, and the first numbers game of the day.
07:07Is five, six, nine, four.
07:11And the large two's 50 and 25.
07:14And the target, one five seven.
07:16One five seven.
07:17One five six.
07:26One five.
07:28Two five.
07:28My eight.
07:29One six.
07:34One six.
07:34One six.
07:35Two six.
07:37One six.
07:39One six.
07:40Andrew.
07:491, 5, 6.
07:501, 5, 6.
07:51Rees.
07:52I've got it wrong.
07:53Nothing.
07:54All right.
07:55So let's turn to Andrew.
07:584 times 25 is 100.
08:004, 25 is 100.
08:02Plus 50.
08:03Plus 6.
08:04150.
08:05And at the 6.
08:06Yes.
08:07Yes.
08:07Yes.
08:07One away.
08:08There we go.
08:08But we like to get it right, don't we, Rachel?
08:121, 5, 7.
08:13Yes.
08:14If you say 6 minus 4 is 2.
08:19Times 9 is 18.
08:22And then 5 times 25 is 1, 2, 5.
08:26Add the 50 for 1, 75 and take away the 18.
08:311, 5, 7.
08:31Well done.
08:32Thank you, Rachel.
08:351, 5, 7.
08:36Let's have a tea time teaser.
08:39First one of the day.
08:40It's vain sight.
08:42And the clue.
08:43It sounds like you ask lots of vowels to come to your party.
08:47It sounds like you ask lots of vowels to come to your party.
08:511, 5, 7.
08:531, 5, 7.
09:09It sounds like you ask lots of vowels to come to your party.
09:14And the answer is invitees. Invitees. So, Andrew on 13, Rhys on 6, and Rhys, it's your letters game.
09:24Can I have a consonant, please? Thank you, Rhys. S. And a vowel, please? E. And another one? A. And a consonant, please? T. And a consonant, please? J. Vowel, please?
09:42I. And a consonant, please? L. And a consonant, please? N. And a vowel, please? And lastly, O. Stand by.
10:12MUSIC PLAYS
10:25Rhys? Um, seven, yes.
10:30A seven. Andrew? I'll stick with a seven.
10:33Rhys? Um, elation.
10:35Elation and?
10:36Same word.
10:37Same word?
10:38Yes.
10:38All right, just show it to...
10:40Sorry.
10:40There we go.
10:41Well done, well done.
10:42And John and Susie?
10:44There was another quite nice seven there, salient.
10:46Yep.
10:47And for eight, you could have had toenails.
10:53Toenails.
10:54Now then, 20 plays, 13, Andrew in the lead,
10:56and it's Andrew's letters game.
10:59A consonant, please.
11:00Thank you, Andrew.
11:01S.
11:02And another, please.
11:04B.
11:06Vowel.
11:08E.
11:09Vowel.
11:11A.
11:11And vowel.
11:13E.
11:15Consonant.
11:16N.
11:18Consonant.
11:20G.
11:21Consonant.
11:23N.
11:24And a final consonant, please.
11:26And the last one.
11:27R.
11:29Countdown.
11:34Andrew.
11:46C.
11:48C.
11:49C.
11:49C.
11:50C.
11:51C.
11:51C.
11:51C.
11:52C.
11:52C.
11:52Andrew?
12:02Seven.
12:03A seven?
12:04Seven as well.
12:05Two sevens.
12:06Andrew?
12:07Bangers.
12:08Bangers, Riz?
12:09Yep, bangers as well.
12:10There we go.
12:11Yep.
12:12Any more bangers over in the corner?
12:13Yeah, we've got some bangers over here.
12:15Also some beans to go with the bangers.
12:17Yes.
12:18And, um, banners as an alternative.
12:23Banners.
12:23Yeah, amongst that lot.
12:24Thank you very much.
12:25We done, Susie?
12:26Yeah, and Rage is another seven.
12:27Lots of sevens.
12:28All right.
12:3027, please.
12:3120.
12:31Only seven points in it as we turn to Riz and his first numbers game.
12:36Riz?
12:36Could you please have one large and five small?
12:38You can, indeed, very enthusiastically.
12:40Thank you, Riz.
12:41One large one, five little ones coming up.
12:42And for this round, your five small ones are ten, two, four, six, eight, and the large one, twenty-five.
12:52And the target, three hundred and fifteen.
12:54Three, one, five.
12:55One large one, five.
13:04315, I think.
13:28315, and Andrew?
13:29314.
13:30314.
13:32Rhys?
13:33OK, I think 8 times 4 is 32.
13:35Yep.
13:36Plus 2 is 34.
13:38It is indeed.
13:39Times by 10.
13:40340.
13:41Minus 25.
13:42Perfect.
13:43315.
13:44Strong stuff, Rhys.
13:48Well done.
13:49Very good.
13:50Two points, three points even in the lead.
13:52Now, 32.
13:53Andrew's 27.
13:55As we turn to the great John Cullshaw.
13:58John, what have you got for us?
13:59Well, it's a bit of a saga.
14:01Today, Nick, about someone who's considered to be amongst the unluckiest of explorers and
14:07astronomers of all time.
14:09And he was born in Coutances, in France, in 1725.
14:13Now, Susie, you'll tell me if I get his pronunciation correct.
14:17Guillaume Le Gentil.
14:19Very good.
14:19Le Gentil, yes.
14:20Excellent.
14:21That was his name.
14:22And, as we say, one of the unluckiest explorers and astronomers of all time.
14:26He was a member of an international collaboration who, at the time, they were seeking to work
14:31out the distance from the Earth to the Sun.
14:34We now know that that's 93 million miles, one astronomical unit.
14:38But at the time, the way they wanted to work it out was to send 100 people to strategic points
14:44around the world.
14:45And all of them would take scientific measurements of the transit of Venus, where we see the disk
14:51of Venus moving across the Sun as a black dot.
14:54And with this collective information, in the 1700s, we could work this out.
15:00And the French part of this mission turned out to be particularly unlucky and not very
15:05well starred for our friend, Guillaume Le Gentil.
15:09So he set out from Paris in 1760 for Pondicherry, a French territory of India.
15:14However, the wind was going in completely the wrong direction, blew them completely off course.
15:18By the time their ship got close to Pondicherry, where they needed to be, the British had occupied
15:23the city, which meant they couldn't go there, so he had to turn around and go all the way
15:27back to the Isle de France.
15:29And when the day of the transit of Venus came, the skies were beautifully, perfectly clear,
15:35ideal observing conditions, but he couldn't make any scientific observations at all, because
15:39he was on board a ship and it was rolling around everywhere.
15:42So that was that.
15:43His mission failed.
15:45Time had been wasted.
15:47But transits of Venus happen eight years apart in these pairs.
15:51And such pairs are separated by a hundred years.
15:54So he thought, do you know what?
15:55I've missed this one, but I'll hang on.
15:58I'll wait eight years for the next one.
16:00But on the day he waited eight years for, it was completely overcast.
16:05And he missed it again.
16:07And this drove him to the point of almost insanity.
16:11He almost lost his mind.
16:13But after a while, he decided, OK, I've summoned enough strength.
16:16I'll sail home.
16:18And finally, he made it home 11 years later, back to Paris.
16:24When he got home, he discovered that his wife had remarried.
16:28He had lost his place at the Royal Academy of Sciences.
16:32His relatives had happily plundered all his belongings and stolen everything.
16:36So he had to speak to the king and intervene.
16:40And it took a long time to get everything put back.
16:42But eventually, things were all normalised and brought back to how they should be.
16:48And he remarried and lived happily ever after for another 21 years.
16:52Thank goodness for that.
16:54I don't think I could have coped if it had gone wrong at the end.
16:56But it ended happily for Géome de Gentile.
17:00Oh, brilliant, Scott.
17:02There you go.
17:07So 30 points to Andrew's 27.
17:11Rhys, three points in the lead.
17:12And it's Andrew's letters game.
17:14A consonant, please.
17:15Thank you, Andrew.
17:16S.
17:17And a consonant.
17:20M.
17:21And another.
17:23N.
17:24And a vowel, please.
17:26I.
17:27Vowel.
17:28A.
17:28Consonant.
17:31P.
17:33Consonant.
17:35L.
17:36Vowel.
17:39O.
17:40And another vowel, please.
17:42And lastly, E.
17:45Stand by.
17:45We'll see you next time.
17:47We'll see you next time.
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17:56We'll see you next time.
17:57We'll see you next time.
17:58Yes, Andrew?
18:18Risky eight, not written down.
18:20Mm-hmm.
18:21Ris?
18:21Seven.
18:22So you're seven?
18:23Animals.
18:25Now then, Andrew?
18:26Uh, pomaines, P-O-M-A-I-N-E-S.
18:29You might have made it up.
18:32Uh, I think you might have done.
18:34It's not there, I'm afraid.
18:36And animals, you need two A's.
18:39Oh, so you do.
18:40Yeah, sorry about that.
18:41Um, it's actually just flat base.
18:44Oh.
18:44Now then, what have we got over there?
18:47Susie uncovered two eights in just like that, straight off the bat.
18:51Uh, manopause there for eight,
18:53as was the curse of school dinners, semolina.
18:57Semolina, another eight.
18:59And one more, uh...
19:00Yeah, well, manopause is subdivisions,
19:02or were subdivisions of Roman legions,
19:04but also vestments worn in the Christian church.
19:07So two very different meanings.
19:08Um, and a neoplasm is a new and abnormal growth of tissue,
19:12something you don't want to have.
19:15Thank you, Susie.
19:16So still at three point, um, between, uh, Rhys and Andrew,
19:21as you turn to Rhys for his letters game.
19:24Can I have a consonant, please?
19:25Thank you, Rhys.
19:26R.
19:27Um, another one, please.
19:29C.
19:31And a vowel.
19:32U.
19:34And a consonant, please.
19:36P.
19:37And a vowel.
19:39I.
19:40And a vowel.
19:42E.
19:43And a vowel.
19:44A.
19:47And a consonant.
19:50X.
19:51And finally a consonant.
19:52And the last one, T.
19:54Stand by.
19:55OK.
19:55OK.
20:14Rees?
20:27A seven.
20:28A seven, Andrew.
20:29Just a six.
20:30You're six.
20:31Pirate.
20:32Now then, Rees.
20:33Um, picture, I think.
20:35Picture.
20:36Yes, very good.
20:37Excellent.
20:37Picture.
20:38John?
20:39Cuprite.
20:40Cuprite.
20:40A seven.
20:41Yes, dark red or brownish-black mineral.
20:44Very good.
20:45There we go.
20:46Ten points in it.
20:4637 to 27.
20:48Andrew, it's your numbers game now.
20:50Two from the top, please.
20:51The usual.
20:52Thank you, Andrew.
20:53Two large, four little.
20:55And this time, your four little ones are four, ten, six, and five.
21:00And the large ones, 100 and 50.
21:03And this target, 875.
21:06Eight, seven, five.
21:08Two large, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, 10.
21:19SoCal III
21:20has written an important feature.
21:20Oneless, two large, eight, Tiago, is itemsprimed.
21:25However, I only than one, five, five, six, and five will stay home.
21:27And it's pretty Something is тебе for sure.
21:28And we'll be honest with you.
21:29Have a question?
21:31なく put together and listen to me.
21:32Something will have to be the point ofье.
21:33And it's Whitey hasdened to travel from other people,
21:35and it's critical to be the point of access to your business ever.
21:36Andrew.
21:398, 8, 0.
21:408, 8, 0.
21:42Rhys?
21:428, 7, 0.
21:44Let's go with Andrew first, shall we?
21:4610 plus 6 is 16.
21:4816.
21:49Times 50 is 800.
21:51Yep.
21:51Plus 100 is 900.
21:55And then 5 times 4 is 20.
21:57And take it away.
21:58Yep.
21:584, 5 away.
22:008, 80.
22:01Now then, Rhys, the other way.
22:03No, don't worry, I've made a mistake.
22:04Forget that.
22:05So we turn to Rachel.
22:06Get us out of this muddle.
22:078, 7, 5.
22:08Can you do it?
22:09Yes.
22:10If you say 100 divided by 4 is 25.
22:14And then 50 minus 10 and minus the 5 is 35.
22:18And times them together.
22:19There you go.
22:20That's the way it's done.
22:22Well done.
22:24So 37 for Rhys.
22:26Andrew on 34.
22:27As we turn to our second tea time teaser, which is Mud Lords.
22:33And the clue, is she depressed about Barbie's musical accessories?
22:36Is she depressed about Barbie's musical accessories?
22:40welcome back
22:58is she depressed about barbie's
23:00musical accessories
23:01and the answer
23:03is gold drums
23:06gold drums
23:07so there we have it
23:0837 for reese
23:10and 134 reese
23:11letters
23:11can i have a consonant please rachel
23:13thank you reese
23:14d
23:15and another one
23:16g
23:18and a vowel please
23:19o
23:21and another one
23:22i
23:24and a consonant please
23:25t
23:26and a consonant please
23:29v
23:29and a vowel
23:31a
23:32and one more vowel please
23:35e
23:36and one last consonant
23:38and one last d
23:40stand by
23:42the
24:00Rhys?
24:15A six, I think.
24:16Andrew?
24:17A seven, I think.
24:19Right.
24:19Rhys?
24:20Oviate.
24:22And Andrew?
24:24Godetia.
24:24G-O-D-E-T-I-A.
24:26Godetia?
24:27Very good, yes.
24:28Classic countdown word, that one.
24:30And it's the North American plant, the showy flowers.
24:33Well done.
24:33Though it's no Oviate, though.
24:35I'm afraid Rhys says O-V-A-T.
24:37Or O-V-A-T.
24:37No, O-V-A-T, sorry.
24:3941 points to Rhys' 37.
24:42The game's on.
24:43Andrew, letters game.
24:44Consonant, please.
24:45Thank you, Andrew.
24:47G.
24:48And a vowel.
24:49O.
24:51And a consonant.
24:53R.
24:54Vowel.
24:56A.
24:57Consonant.
24:59W.
25:00Vowel.
25:02O.
25:04Consonant.
25:05T.
25:06Consonant.
25:09M.
25:10And a vowel.
25:13And lastly, I.
25:15Stand by.
25:15C.
25:27C.
25:28C.
25:29Mmm, Andrew, just a five.
25:50A five, worries?
25:51Only a five as well.
25:52Andrew?
25:53Groom.
25:54And?
25:55Motor.
25:56And motor.
25:57Yeah, motor was the only thing.
25:59That was it, Susie.
26:01Yes, I apologise.
26:02If people get better at home, then I can applaud them because we didn't hear it.
26:06Well done.
26:07All right.
26:08So, 46 plays 42.
26:10Susie, your origins of words delight us normally.
26:15What have you got today?
26:17Well, I'm going to answer an email.
26:19At least I'm going to try and answer an email from Kong Law,
26:22who asks for the origin of two sayings, which are all about codes, really.
26:26The first is, why do people call that May Day, May Day, when in trouble?
26:29And the second was, why is D-Day so called?
26:32What does the D stand for?
26:34We're going to start with SOS, because that's inextricably linked with May Day.
26:39And lots of stories about SOS.
26:41Most people think it stands, or a lot of people think it stands for,
26:44save our ship or save our souls, etc.
26:46In fact, it originated in German, in the German language, some three years before.
26:53It was used by the government in Germany.
26:55So, we know that save our souls and save our ships doesn't quite work.
26:59And the answer is, it was chosen because it's very easily transmitted in Morse.
27:04So, it was one of the easiest codes to relay in the Morse code.
27:08However, it wasn't the easiest, apparently, to pick up by telephone.
27:13The letter S could often be misheard, which is why the international radio distress signal became May Day.
27:22And that has much more of a linguistic origin, if you like.
27:25Nothing to do with the month of May, and everything to do with the French Mede, meaning help me.
27:31The D-Day, the D there was simply a code name for any given day.
27:36D was for day.
27:37It was used a lot in military circles.
27:39And in order not to divulge the exact timing of an operation that was in subterfuge or a covert operation,
27:46a definite date was never written down, except as D.
27:50And, of course, a different war to the Battle of the Sun we were talking about earlier.
27:53The other day, the Allied troops invaded France, was the 6th of June, 1944.
27:58That was one such operation, one of many, and the code name has stood for it ever since.
28:03Indeed. Well done.
28:07Thank you, Susie. Thank you.
28:1146th place, 42.
28:12Andrew's back where he normally finds himself, but there's time for Rhys.
28:18No time like the present, Rhys. Let us go.
28:20Continent, please, Rachel.
28:21Thank you, Rhys.
28:23P.
28:23And another one.
28:25N.
28:26And a vowel, please.
28:28A.
28:29And another vowel.
28:31E.
28:32And a consonant, please.
28:34V.
28:35And another consonant, please.
28:38T.
28:39And a vowel.
28:41I.
28:43And another vowel, please.
28:45O.
28:47And one last consonant.
28:48And the last one.
28:50N.
28:51Countdown.
28:52C.
28:52C.
28:53E.
28:54E.
28:54T brown.
28:58And a vowel.
29:14I.
29:15And a vowel.
29:16Rhys?
29:24Only a five, I'm afraid.
29:25Andrew?
29:26Eight, I think.
29:27Rhys?
29:28Patio.
29:30Now then.
29:32Innovate.
29:32That is a really excellent one.
29:34We haven't seen that, Andrew.
29:34Well done.
29:35Very good.
29:36Very good indeed.
29:38So what?
29:39What have you seen?
29:41One more eight in there.
29:43Venation was there for eight.
29:45It's the arrangement of veins in an insect's wing or veins in a leaf.
29:50So they can show different types of venation, different vein patterns.
29:54Well done.
29:54Thank you very much indeed.
29:5654 plays.
29:5742.
29:57And it's the final letters game for Andrew Fenton.
30:01Andrew?
30:03A consonant, please.
30:04Thank you, Andrew.
30:05D.
30:07And a vowel.
30:08A.
30:10Consonant.
30:12P.
30:13Vowel.
30:15U.
30:17Consonant.
30:19T.
30:20Consonant.
30:22L.
30:23Vowel.
30:25I.
30:26Another vowel.
30:29A.
30:30And a final vowel, please.
30:33And a final E.
30:35And here comes the countdown clock.
30:48Andrew?
31:09Seven.
31:10Seven, Rhys?
31:11Seven as well.
31:12Thank you, Andrew.
31:13Platted.
31:14And applauded.
31:16I would have made the same mistake, Rhys,
31:19but applauded is actually only given in the dictionary in the plural,
31:22I'm afraid, so you can't have a singular applauded,
31:24which just seems a bit mean.
31:26What else have we got, John?
31:27Interesting, seven amongst that line-up.
31:29Palatted is there for seven.
31:31Yes, palatted, having a palate or taste of a very specific kind,
31:35specified kind.
31:36I see.
31:37Anything else, Susie?
31:38No, that was it.
31:39That was our best for seven.
31:39That's it?
31:40Yes.
31:40All right.
31:4161 plays, 42, final numbers game.
31:44Good luck, Rhys.
31:45Could I please have one large or five small, Rachel?
31:47Don't want to gamble this late, Soge.
31:49Um.
31:4919 points in it, 20 to get.
31:51OK, three large, three small.
31:53It's just a bum.
31:53Why not?
31:54You'll regret it if it was easy.
31:55Three large ones, three little ones.
31:57Thank you, Rhys.
31:58And for this final round, they are nine, six, two.
32:02And the big ones, 25, 50, 100.
32:06And the target, 811.
32:098-1-1.
32:33Rhys?
32:428-1-1, I think.
32:438-1-1.
32:45And, Andrew?
32:468-1-1.
32:47So, Rhys?
32:482 plus 6 is 8.
32:50Yep.
32:50Times 100, 800.
32:51800.
32:5250 over 25 is 2.
32:54It is indeed.
32:55So then 800 plus 9 plus 2.
32:57Lovely.
32:58Well done.
32:598-11.
33:00Andrew, same way.
33:02There we go.
33:02Yep.
33:03Great.
33:04Well done, guys.
33:05All right.
33:07So, 52.
33:0952 plays 71.
33:11Andrew's on 71.
33:12Let's have a conundrum, shall we, shall we?
33:14Fingers on buzzers.
33:16We're revealing.
33:17We're rolling today's countdown conundrum.
33:26Rhys?
33:26Is it difficult?
33:28Let's see whether you're right.
33:30Here it comes.
33:32Difficult.
33:33Wow.
33:38Well done, Rhys.
33:39Well done, indeed.
33:41And well done, Andrew.
33:42Andrew lives to fight another day.
33:43Just about.
33:44Just about.
33:44Just, yeah.
33:45But, Rhys, I'll first of all say, what a good performance you did, because you beat old
33:50Andrew down.
33:51He's normally up in the 90s, and he's only on 71, and he's lucky to be there, frankly.
33:55You put up a great old fight.
33:57So, well done.
33:57Cheers.
33:57Take this back to Whitney with you, and your A-level students will be very proud of you.
34:02They'll really listen to what you're saying now.
34:04Thank you very much.
34:05Thanks for coming.
34:06Thank you for having me.
34:06All right.
34:07Now, Andrew, we'll see you tomorrow.
34:09Okay.
34:09See you tomorrow.
34:10All right.
34:11And we'll see John tomorrow.
34:13More tomorrow.
34:14And Susie, too, of course.
34:15See you tomorrow, Nathan.
34:15Well done.
34:17Yeah, old Andrew was giving a run, wasn't he?
34:18Yeah, I blame myself with that last numberless game.
34:21No crucial conundrum to put you on edge.
34:24Good game, though.
34:24Well done.
34:25Well done, indeed.
34:26See you tomorrow, Rachel.
34:27See you tomorrow.
34:27See you tomorrow.
34:28Same time, same place.
34:29You'll be sure of it.
34:29A very good afternoon to you all.
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