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00:00Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio. Here we are, hi Summer, and of course it's time for take a little dip now and again in the warm waters perhaps, but fairer thought for that American swimmer, Lynn Cox, who on this very day, 30 years ago, slid into the icy waters and swam from the United States to the Soviet Union.
00:22That must have been pretty cold. Took the plunge. It's only 2.7 miles, but in a bathing suit in those cold waters. Yeah, that's a chilly old thing. How about you? Are you a sleek otter?
00:36Well, Kate last week was talking about when she did the ice swimming and she managed a few minutes. And we go to the Banya, the Russian spa, and you go into the sauna, which is really hot, much as the normal sauna, and then they beat you with branches.
00:48And then what you have to do is go and stand under an ice bucket, chuck a couple of ice buckets of water over yourself, and then go and dip in the literally ice-cold water.
00:58What's the beating bit then with the birch?
01:01I think it's called perenya, something like that, and these big burly Russian guys come in with their birch branches and you're just lying there, and as they're hitting you and the air's moving, it gets even, even hotter.
01:10Really?
01:10But yeah, you feel great afterwards.
01:12Tingly, I bet you...
01:13It's like a cross between a hostage experience and going through a car wash.
01:16Well done. Lovely. Now, who's with us? Michael's with us. He's back. He's got five wins to his name now, and his casual approach seems to be working.
01:27Now, you're joined, Michael, by Tyron King, an auditor from London, and in your spare time, when you're not auditing, what were you?
01:35Well, I do a lot of cooking, a lot of sports, but yeah, I think on the weekends I like to have friends around and kind of spend Saturday cooking, and they bring the drinks.
01:45And maybe your baking and cooking is, you know, your creative side coming out, because people always rather untindely say that auditing is not the most creative of sports.
01:56I know, and on the whole it might be fair, but I think my parents are both artists, so I kind of like to think I have a bit of creativity in there.
02:04Indeed.
02:04And that probably does come out with the cooking, yeah.
02:07Excellent. Well, good luck to you both. Let's see how your auditing skills come out in the numbers now, Tyron. Good luck to Michael and to Tyron. Big round of applause.
02:20And over the corner, Susie, of course, and for the last time before she heads back to her animals, it's Kate Humble, and you're coming back soon, because your stories are wonderful.
02:29I'd love to. Thank you very much.
02:31All right. Now, Michael, let's get down to business, shall we?
02:36Hi, Rachel.
02:36Hi, Michael.
02:37Can I have a consonant, please?
02:38Thank you. Start the week with N.
02:41And another one, please.
02:43S.
02:44And a vowel.
02:46E.
02:47And a consonant.
02:49N.
02:50And another.
02:53S.
02:54And a vowel.
02:56O.
02:56And a vowel.
02:59I.
03:01And a consonant.
03:03F.
03:04And a consonant, please.
03:08And lastly, L.
03:10And here's the countdown clock.
03:26Michael.
03:42Michael.
03:44Six.
03:45Tyron.
03:46Only five.
03:48And that five?
03:49Silos.
03:51Silos and?
03:52Lesson.
03:53And in the corner, what news?
03:55There is a seven there.
03:57All right, got a seven.
03:59Lioness.
04:00Very good.
04:01Lioness.
04:03Susie?
04:03Very nice.
04:03Yes, that was our best name.
04:04That'll do.
04:05All right.
04:06So, early start for Michael, and we turn to Tyron.
04:10Hi, Rachel.
04:11Hi, Tyron.
04:11Can I start with a consonant, please?
04:13You can indeed.
04:14Start with C.
04:15And another.
04:16N.
04:18And another.
04:20R.
04:22And another.
04:24D.
04:26And another.
04:28S.
04:29And a vowel, please.
04:31O.
04:32And another.
04:34E.
04:35And another.
04:38U.
04:40And a final consonant, please.
04:43And a final T.
04:44Standby.
04:46Standby.
05:17Yes, Tyron.
05:19Eight.
05:20Michael.
05:21An eight as well.
05:22Tyron.
05:23Contours.
05:24And?
05:24Trounced.
05:25Trounced.
05:26Trounced.
05:27Absolutely fine.
05:28You need two O's for contours and fray, Tyron.
05:32Sorry.
05:32Bad luck.
05:33Bad luck indeed.
05:34And Kate and Susie.
05:37A nine.
05:38O?
05:39Construed.
05:41Construed.
05:42Oh, very good.
05:43APPLAUSE
05:44Construed.
05:47So good so far.
05:49Michael, numbers game for you.
05:51First numbers game.
05:52I'll have one from the top, AJ.
05:53Thank you, Michael.
05:54One large and five little.
05:57And the first one of the week is ten, three, five, six, another five, and the large one,
06:0775.
06:11And the target, 884.
06:13And the target, 884.
06:15MUSIC PLAYS
06:17Yes, Michael.
06:41Yes, Michael.
06:43Yes, Michael.
06:47885.
06:49Tyron?
06:50889.
06:51889.
06:52So let's turn to Michael first.
06:55I did 75 add 10.
06:5775 plus 10, 85.
07:00Plus the 3.
07:01Plus the 3, 88.
07:03And I've gone completely wrong.
07:05Oh.
07:06Mmm.
07:08How about Tyron?
07:10I had 3 times 5.
07:123 times 5, 15.
07:14Add 75.
07:1690.
07:17Times the 10.
07:18Times 10, 900.
07:20Minus the 5 and the 6.
07:21And then the other 5 and the 6.
07:24Yep.
07:24889.
07:255 away.
07:265 away.
07:28Well, well done.
07:29But let's turn to Rachel now.
07:30884.
07:31Rachel, tricky?
07:32Um, if you say 5 divided by 5 is 1.
07:37Add 6 is 7.
07:3975 minus 7 is 68.
07:4310 plus 3 is 13.
07:45And times them together.
07:47Well done.
07:48Well done, Rachel.
07:50Very good.
07:52Thank you, Rachel.
07:52Now, let's turn to our first, uh, tea time teaser, which is I order queue.
07:58And the clue.
07:59I order a new snooker queue and have it sent to me by a motorcyclist.
08:05I order a new snooker queue and have it sent to me by a motorcyclist.
08:09I have it couriered to me.
08:35Couriered.
08:37Now, 14 plays 7.
08:38Michael on 14.
08:39Tyron, it's your letters game.
08:42Uh, can I have a consonant, please?
08:44Thank you, Tyron.
08:45F.
08:46And another one, please.
08:48X.
08:49And another one, please.
08:52N.
08:54And another one, please.
08:56T.
08:57And another one, please.
08:59R.
09:00And a vowel, please.
09:03A.
09:03And then another one, please.
09:05O.
09:06And another one, please.
09:08E.
09:09And a final consonant, please.
09:11And a final G.
09:13Countdown.
09:33Tiron.
09:46Er, risky eights.
09:48Yes, Michael?
09:49Down and eight.
09:50Tiron.
09:51Frontage.
09:52Frontage and?
09:54Same word.
09:54There we go, the frontage.
09:56Dublin belong.
09:58Yes.
10:00Kate?
10:01Same word.
10:02Frontage.
10:03Any more frontage?
10:04Yes.
10:05Yeah, more frontage than the Harrods, they used to say.
10:08All right.
10:09So, 22 plays 15.
10:11Michael, how about a letters game?
10:13Have a consonant, please, Rachel.
10:14Thank you, Michael.
10:15V.
10:16And another one, please.
10:18D.
10:19And a vowel.
10:20A.
10:21And another.
10:23I.
10:24And another.
10:26A.
10:27And another.
10:29I.
10:30And a consonant.
10:32L.
10:33And a vowel.
10:36U.
10:38And a vowel, please.
10:41And I think we need another consonant, actually.
10:43I'll go consonant.
10:45S.
10:46There we are.
10:47Stand by.
11:01Michael?
11:20Six.
11:21A six.
11:23And Tyron?
11:23A risky six.
11:24Mm-hmm.
11:25Michael?
11:26Visual.
11:26Tyron?
11:27Vilius?
11:28Um, how are you spelling it?
11:30A single L.
11:31V-I-L-U-R-U-S.
11:34No, you will find villus with a double L, but not villius, I'm afraid, which is very bad luck.
11:39That's an anatomical term, but not there, I'm afraid.
11:42Sorry.
11:43So, well done, Michael, on that one.
11:45And Kate?
11:46Susie?
11:47Um, there is a seven there, um, which is advisal.
11:52Advisal?
11:53Mm-hmm.
11:53The action of advising somebody or something.
11:56Thank you for that.
11:5728 plays for 15, and it's numbers now for Tyron.
12:02Hi, Rachel.
12:03Can I have four from the top, please?
12:04You can, indeed.
12:05Four large ones and two little ones coming up, and these two smalls are six and seven.
12:11And then the big four, 50, 100, 75, 25, and the target, 547.
12:21547.
12:22I'll see you next time.
12:44Yes, Tyron.
12:54547.
12:56And Michael?
12:57No.
12:57No?
12:58No.
12:59Tyron?
13:006 times 100.
13:01Michael might kick himself.
13:026 times 100 is 600.
13:04Minus 50.
13:05Yeah, he's kicking himself already.
13:07550.
13:08And then 75 by 25 is a 3.
13:11So we take that away.
13:12Yep.
13:13547.
13:14Well done.
13:14Well done indeed.
13:17And it pushes you right up now against Michael,
13:20only three points behind, as we turn to Kate.
13:22What have you got for us today, Kate?
13:24Well, I thought I'd talk a little bit about the joys of walking.
13:29And Susie and I were talking about this a little bit earlier
13:31because both of us have gone through the trials and tribulations
13:36of writing books.
13:38And I find that walking can be a really good way of just,
13:41if there's something about the rhythm of it
13:43that brain kind of frees itself.
13:46And the other lovely thing about walking,
13:48particularly, I'm very lucky,
13:50but where I live in the Wye Valley in Wales,
13:53we've got beautiful woodland and farmland.
13:55So you feel really connected to the seasons.
13:58You notice all the little things that are changing.
14:00But I think one of the things that I love about walking are the unexpected encounters that you can have.
14:08And I know it's the middle of the summer now and we don't want to be thinking about Christmas.
14:13And I am not a big fan of Christmas, I have to confess.
14:16So we spend Christmas down on the Gower Peninsula in South Wales,
14:20which is absolutely amazing part of the British coastline.
14:23And one Christmas day, we were there, myself and my husband and the dogs, obviously.
14:29And it was the most beautiful day.
14:30Clear blue skies.
14:32The sea looked like the Caribbean.
14:34And we were walking along the sand.
14:36There's a beach called Oxwich Bay.
14:37And it's just this wonderful expanse of sand.
14:40And we were walking along there and just couldn't believe that there was nobody else.
14:44We had the beach entirely to ourselves.
14:46And then in the distance, we could see that actually there were some figures kind of coming towards us.
14:51And as they got closer, we were sort of looking,
14:54couldn't quite work out who they were or what quite was going on.
14:59And as they got closer, we realised that there were two people walking.
15:03And there was one person in a wheelchair.
15:05And this wheelchair was just dancing across the sand in the sunlight.
15:11And it was the most beautiful.
15:12It was one of those things that you hope,
15:15even when you're old and dribbling and you can't remember a single thing,
15:18that you remember this absolutely joyous vision.
15:21And we met in the middle of the beach and said sort of happy Christmas to each other.
15:26And the man that was in the wheelchair was just whizzing around.
15:29He didn't stop.
15:30He just whizzed around us and then went off into the distance.
15:33And a couple of years later, I saw him again.
15:37And he was with a carer.
15:38And I just said, I hope you don't mind, but, you know, two years ago,
15:42I saw this man on the beach.
15:44And it's just always made me happy.
15:46It's given me a lovely Christmas memory.
15:48And now we meet every Christmas on the beach.
15:51And it was just because we went for a walk on Christmas morning.
15:54What a beautiful story.
16:00A lovely story.
16:01Beautifully told.
16:02What a lovely.
16:0428 plays 25.
16:06Michael on 28.
16:07It's Michael's letters game.
16:09Consonant, please, Rachel.
16:10Thank you, Michael.
16:11P.
16:12And another one.
16:14T.
16:15And another one.
16:17D.
16:18And a bow.
16:19O.
16:20And another.
16:22A.
16:22And another.
16:24E.
16:25And the consonant.
16:27P.
16:27And another.
16:29R.
16:30And a vowel, please.
16:34And the last one.
16:35I.
16:36Stand by.
16:37OK.
16:52Yes, Michael.
17:09Seven.
17:10A seven.
17:11Tyron.
17:11Seven as well.
17:13Michael.
17:14Tripped.
17:14And.
17:16Trapped.
17:17Tripped and trapped.
17:19Any advances?
17:20Not on seven.
17:22We adopted.
17:23Pirated.
17:24A few sevens.
17:26From us.
17:28So, 35 to 32.
17:30Just three points in it.
17:31Tyron, what will you do?
17:34Let us go.
17:35Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
17:37Thank you, Tyron.
17:38N.
17:39And another.
17:41H.
17:42And another.
17:43B.
17:45And another.
17:48M.
17:49And another.
17:50Please.
17:51P.
17:52And a vowel, please.
17:54E.
17:55And another.
17:57A.
17:57And another.
18:00I.
18:02And a final consonant, please.
18:04And a final D.
18:07Countdown.
18:07B.
18:08And a vowel, please.
18:09And a vowel, please.
18:09And a vowel, please.
18:10And a vowel, please.
18:10And a vowel, please.
18:11And a vowel, please.
18:11And a vowel, please.
18:12And a vowel, please.
18:12And a vowel, please.
18:13And a vowel, please.
18:13And a vowel, please.
18:14And a vowel, please.
18:14And a vowel, please.
18:15And a vowel, please.
18:16And a vowel, please.
18:17And a vowel, please.
18:18And a vowel, please.
18:19And a vowel, please.
18:20And a vowel, please.
18:21And a vowel, please.
18:22And a vowel, please.
18:23And a vowel, please.
18:24And a vowel, please.
18:25And a vowel, please.
18:26And a vowel, please.
18:27And a vowel, please.
18:28And a vowel, please.
18:29Tyrone.
18:41A risky seven.
18:43Michael.
18:44Risky seven as well.
18:45I wonder if it's the same one.
18:47Tyrone.
18:47Pinhead.
18:49Pinhead and?
18:49Same one.
18:50Pinhead.
18:51All right.
18:54And in the corner?
18:55Well, we're obviously pinheads too.
18:57All right.
18:58There we are.
18:59Pinhead, indeed.
19:0142 to 39.
19:02Michael.
19:02Numbers.
19:03I'll have one large, please, Rachel.
19:05Thank you, Michael.
19:05One from the top and five little ones.
19:08And this time around, they are seven, two, nine, five, one, and 75.
19:18And the target?
19:20351.
19:21Three, five, one.
19:22Two, three, five, one, and 75.
19:25Two, three, five, one, and 75.
19:26Two, three, five, one, and 75.
19:27Two, three, five, one, and 75.
19:28Two, three, five, one, and 75.
19:29Two, three, five, one, and 75.
19:30Two, three, five, one, and 75.
19:31Two, three, five, one, and 75.
19:32Two, three, five, one, and 75.
19:33Two, three, five, one, and 75.
19:34Two, three, five, one, and 75.
19:35Two, three, five, one, and 75.
19:36Two, three, five, one, and 75.
19:37Two, three, five, one, and 75.
19:38Two, three, five, one, and 75.
19:39Two, three, five, one, and 75.
19:40Two, three, five, one, and 75.
19:41Michael, 350.
19:56One away. Tyron?
19:583, 5, 1, but not written down.
20:00Don't worry about that. Let's hear from you.
20:03Can I have 7 minus 2?
20:057 minus 2 is 5.
20:07Plus 75.
20:10Plus 75 is 80.
20:12Oh, sorry. 75 minus that was...
20:15I'm sorry, because it's not written down.
20:17Oh, I'm sorry.
20:18That's such a shame.
20:21Michael, what have you got?
20:23I did 7 times 5.
20:257 times 5, 35.
20:279 add 1.
20:28Minus...
20:309 add 1, sorry.
20:319 add 1 is 10.
20:32I did just times it together.
20:33350.
20:34One away.
20:36Bad luck, Tyron, but Rachel.
20:383, 5, 1?
20:40There were a couple of ways.
20:42You could have said 7 minus 5 is 2.
20:45Plus 1 plus 75 is 78.
20:50Divide that by the 2 for 39 and times that by 9.
20:533, 5, 1.
20:54Well done.
20:55Well done, Rachel.
20:58I think I'm sorry about that, Tyron.
21:00Bad, bad luck.
21:01Let's have a tea time teaser.
21:02Take the pressure off.
21:03It's Stray Moon and the clue.
21:05He never strays from his obsession with the moon.
21:07He's devoted to this.
21:09He never strays from his obsession with the moon.
21:12He's devoted to this.
21:14warm welcome back, a warm welcome back.
21:31I left you with a clue.
21:31He never strays from his obsession with the moon.
21:34He's devoted to this.
21:35He's devoted to astronomy.
21:38Astronomy.
21:38There we are.
21:39Michael on 49.
21:41Tyron on 39.
21:43Tyron, that is game.
21:45Hi, Rachel.
21:45Can I have a consonant, please?
21:48You can indeed.
21:49R.
21:49And another.
21:52N.
21:53And another.
21:54R.
21:55And another.
21:57Q.
21:58And another.
22:00D.
22:01And a vowel, please.
22:05E.
22:05And a vowel, please.
22:07O.
22:08And another.
22:10I.
22:11And a consonant, please.
22:13And L.
22:15Stand by.
22:15And a vowel, please.
22:16And a vowel, please.
22:17And a vowel, please.
22:18And a vowel, please.
22:19And a vowel, please.
22:20And a vowel, please.
22:21And a vowel, please.
22:22And a vowel, please.
22:23And a vowel, please.
22:24And a vowel, please.
22:25And a vowel, please.
22:26And a vowel, please.
22:27And a vowel, please.
22:28And a vowel, please.
22:29And a vowel, please.
22:30And a vowel, please.
22:31And a vowel, please.
22:32And a vowel, please.
22:33And a vowel, please.
22:34And a vowel, please.
22:35And a vowel, please.
22:36And a vowel, please.
22:37And a vowel, please.
22:38And a vowel, please.
22:39And a vowel, please.
22:40And a vowel, please.
22:41And a vowel, please.
22:42Yes, Tyron?
22:48Just five.
22:50Michael?
22:51Oh, stick with the five.
22:54Tyron?
22:54Oiled.
22:55And?
22:56They're both oiled.
22:58Yep.
22:59Well oiled.
23:01Kate and Susie?
23:02Have you oiled?
23:05Can you, if you put an R in front of that, is it a word?
23:07You can have roiled, absolutely.
23:09Yes.
23:09That's right, roiled.
23:11See.
23:11Indeed, I know this one.
23:12It really roils.
23:13It moves in a really turbulent manner, or if it is, it's roiling.
23:17It's a great word, very evocative word.
23:19Roiled, yeah.
23:2054 to 44, ten points in it.
23:22Michael?
23:24It's a letters game for you.
23:27Vowel, please, Rachel.
23:28Thank you, Michael.
23:29A.
23:29And the consonant.
23:32R.
23:32And another.
23:34N.
23:35And another.
23:37L.
23:38And the vowel.
23:39E.
23:40And the consonant.
23:41T.
23:43T.
23:43And another.
23:45S.
23:46And a vowel.
23:48I.
23:50And a consonant, please.
23:53And lastly, Y.
23:55Stand by.
23:55And a vowel.
23:57And a vowel.
23:57And a vowel.
23:58And a vowel.
23:58And a vowel.
23:59And a vowel.
24:00And a vowel.
24:00And a vowel.
24:00And a vowel.
24:01And a vowel.
24:01And a vowel.
24:01And a vowel.
24:01And a vowel.
24:02And a vowel.
24:02And a vowel.
24:02And a vowel.
24:02And a vowel.
24:02And a vowel.
24:03And a vowel.
24:03And a vowel.
24:03And a vowel.
24:04And a vowel.
24:04And a vowel.
24:05And a vowel.
24:05And a vowel.
24:05And a vowel.
24:05And a vowel.
24:06And a vowel.
24:06And a vowel.
24:06And a vowel.
24:07And a vowel.
24:07And a vowel.
24:08And a vowel.
24:09And a vowel.
24:09And a vowel.
24:10And a vowel.
24:10And a vowel.
24:25Michael. Seven. Yes, Tyron. I'll try an eight. Brave man. Michael. Reliant. Tyron. Starline. Oh, I had everything crossed for you there, Tyron. No, star-like, but it's not star-line. I'm sorry. Bad luck. And Kate and Susie? I got reality as a seven, but Susie got an eight. Entrails are there. Entrails, indeed.
24:51Well done, Susie. 61 to 44, Michael leads as we turn back to Susie for her wonderful origins of words. Now then, Susie, tell us.
25:05Well, I've been a bit remiss because I want to pay credit to somebody whose blog I absolutely love and I read very regularly. And in fact, she inspires me quite often for my dictionary corner pieces.
25:15And she's Jen Jenison and she writes a blog called Word Stories, uses the Oxford English Dictionary, but somehow just really injects quite a lot of magic and life into her story.
25:24So free blog. I really recommend it. I'm going to talk to you today about the word tidy, because the modern word tidy comes from the English tid or tide, which meant time, hour or season.
25:35And it's the origin of our modern word tide, the tide of the sea, as well as tidings.
25:41And tidings were originally announcements, of course, as an important event.
25:45We think about the angels coming after the birth of Jesus. I bring you good tidings of great joy.
25:52We speak of Yuletide as the time of Christmas, the season of Christmas.
25:57There's woe betide you, incidentally, means may sorrow come your way.
26:01And the betide here means carried towards you as though by the tide of the water.
26:06Some of the earliest mentions of tidy are in that sense of timely.
26:11So if you were tidy, you were punctual, really, or it came at the right time.
26:15And from there, embrace the idea of something being abundant like a crop or harvest because it came at the right time or season.
26:22They were tidy. In other words, they were very positive things.
26:26And as a result, tidy developed into this sense of admirable or possessing desirable qualities.
26:33And there, in fact, Kate's told me, it stayed in Welsh.
26:35So tidy is used as a general term of approval, I think.
26:39So a tidy house doesn't necessarily mean an orderly one.
26:42It just means something that is very nice.
26:44But the meaning of tidy most in use today, orderly or clean, dates to the beginning of the 18th century.
26:50And again, it was that idea of a tidy house being a good one, an admirable one,
26:54one that you would strive to achieve.
26:57And it gives me a chance to bring in a word that I often bring up on countdowns.
27:00It's one of my favourites.
27:01To have a good tidy of the house, manically rather, before your guests arrive, is to have a scurry funge.
27:07So I have to mention that whenever I mention tidiness.
27:09But it goes all the way back to the idea of the tides of the sea and the idea of being on time at the right hour.
27:15Very good. Thank you.
27:22Excellent. So good. So good.
27:2461 to 44 as we turn to Tyron, letters game, penultimate letters game.
27:30Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
27:32Thank you, Tyron.
27:33L.
27:34And another one.
27:36C.
27:37And another one.
27:39M.
27:40And another one.
27:41T.
27:43And another one.
27:45T.
27:46And a vowel, please.
27:48O.
27:49And another one.
27:51A.
27:52And another one.
27:55E.
27:56And another one.
27:58And lastly, I.
28:01Stand by.
28:02And another one.
28:28And another one.
28:29And another one.
28:30Tyron.
28:34Six.
28:35A six.
28:36Michael?
28:36Seven.
28:37Tyron.
28:38Mottle.
28:39Michael?
28:40Climate.
28:41Climate.
28:42Yeah, very good.
28:43Can we match it, I wonder?
28:45Kate and Susie?
28:45We can match it with a seven.
28:48Totemic.
28:49Totemic.
28:50Very good.
28:5168 plays 44.
28:52Michael, it's a letters game for you.
28:55Final letters game.
28:56Another continent, please, Rachel.
28:58Thank you, Michael.
28:59R.
29:00And another one, please.
29:02W.
29:03And the vowel?
29:04E.
29:05Vowel.
29:07A.
29:08Consonant.
29:09T.
29:11Consonant.
29:12D.
29:13Vowel.
29:15E.
29:17Consonant.
29:18Z.
29:19And a consonant, please.
29:21And the last one, S.
29:24Stand by.
29:37Michael.
29:56Seven.
29:57A seven.
29:58Tyron?
29:58Seven.
29:59Michael.
30:00Sweater.
30:01And Tyron?
30:02Watered.
30:03Happy enough?
30:04Very happy.
30:05Any more sevens?
30:06I have watered, but you've gone one better.
30:10Yeah, it's a strange term, but de-waters,
30:13which is to drain a flooded area of water.
30:16De-waters.
30:17Very good.
30:19APPLAUSE
30:1975 to 51, and here we are.
30:26The final numbers game.
30:27Tyron?
30:28Four from the top, please, Rachel.
30:30You can indeed.
30:31Four large and two little to finish this contest.
30:33And the two small ones are three and seven.
30:37And then the big four, 50, 100, 75, 25.
30:41And the target, 781.
30:45Seven, eight, one.
30:46One, two, three, four, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five
31:16Tyron?
31:19Um, seven, um, seven, seven.
31:24Seven, seven, seven. Michael?
31:26Seven, eight, zero.
31:28One away. Let's try.
31:31I did 100 times seven.
31:34700.
31:35And then add the 75.
31:37Yeah.
31:38Add the three.
31:40Yeah.
31:4250 over 25.
31:43Uh-huh. It gets you to one away.
31:45Seven, eight. It is.
31:49You sounded a bit nervous, Michael.
31:53Well done.
31:53Well done indeed. But seven, eight, one, Rachel.
31:56Yes. If you do three plus two, you get five.
31:58If you do three times two, you get six.
32:00You just add it and you get seven, eight, one.
32:01You're too good for me.
32:04Never mind.
32:05Never mind. It sees you up to 82.
32:09Well done, guys.
32:10Now then, final round.
32:11Come on. Let's seal this, uh,
32:13today's countdown with a conundrum, shall we?
32:16Fingers on buzzers.
32:17Let's roll it.
32:23Yes, Michael?
32:24Inflating.
32:25Let's see whether you're right.
32:28Inflating. Well done.
32:31Well done.
32:3292.
32:33Very good. Tyron, bad luck.
32:35No.
32:35You know, you had that one slip and you would have overtaken him
32:38and then who knows what might have happened.
32:40Tyron, you played well.
32:40Thank you so much for coming.
32:42And you take this back, uh, with you.
32:45To Fulham, with our very best wishes.
32:47Well done.
32:48We shall see you, uh, tomorrow.
32:51See you tomorrow.
32:51Not bad, eh? Six?
32:53Yeah, I'm very happy with that.
32:54And we'll see Susie.
32:55But sadly, you're leaving us now.
32:56Back to the farm.
32:57Back to the farm, yes.
32:58Back to the animals.
32:58Yeah, thanks.
32:59I need a dog.
33:00What am I going to do?
33:01Oh, come and see me.
33:02I got my dog from just down the road from you, you know.
33:05Did you?
33:05Yeah.
33:06Well, she's gone now, actually.
33:08But I got her, I suppose, about 14, 15 years ago.
33:11And I might come down and have another look.
33:15Yeah.
33:15Really good rescue dog.
33:16That's what you want.
33:17Yeah.
33:18I think you're right.
33:19Yeah.
33:19All right.
33:20Thank you so much.
33:22Come and see us again soon.
33:23Always lovely.
33:23Thank you very much.
33:24And congratulations, Michael.
33:25Thank you very much.
33:26Good show.
33:26See you tomorrow, Susie.
33:28See you tomorrow.
33:29Rachel, there he is, having fun with Six Under His Belt.
33:33Yes, we've had a lovely day with two nice contestants.
33:36And it could have gone either way, like you said.
33:38Yeah, lovely.
33:39Lucky boy, Michael.
33:40See you tomorrow.
33:42See you tomorrow.
33:43Who's joining us?
33:44Helen Pospero tomorrow.
33:46Exactly.
33:46Join us then.
33:47Same time, same place.
33:48You be sure of it.
33:49A very good afternoon, to all.
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