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00:00Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:28I can't believe this actually, Rachel. It's about a report that was issued recently, a statistic, about people stealing their colleagues' food in offices. I can't believe it.
00:42And apparently the research department, who as you know are highly trained to never get anything wrong at all, they have told us that 29% of office staff have complained to their bosses that somebody's filched their food.
00:56Filched their food?
00:57In the office when they were working. Can you believe that? A third of the people. Well, we're in a sort of an office environment. Has anybody pinched your sandwiches?
01:06I don't have... Well, my food is pretty inedible to most people, so I'm quite lucky in that way.
01:10No, but it is extraordinary, don't you think?
01:12I don't mind sharing a bit of food. I guess if it's in the office and it's yours, then you've probably designated that for lunch and you might go hungry. But if you're at a restaurant, you can have a little nibble. And you always make your other half order the pudding, because if you haven't ordered it, then the calories don't count.
01:25But then you're sort of... But then you're together. What we're talking about here is not about sharing food, but somebody coming and taking it away, thereby depriving you of it.
01:37I'm not sure the research department has come up with this. It sounds like you've got a personal gripe.
01:42Is there something you want to get off your chest?
01:44I think that's amazing, and I would be furious if I had some sandwiches or something, nuts perhaps, and I came back from a hard day in the studio, went upstairs at lunchtime, and somebody had nicked them.
01:54I promise I will never touch your nuts.
01:59You're excused, actually. Now, who have we got here? We've got Nicky Sarstein that's back.
02:04Yes.
02:05With three good wins. You've built up a head of steam, actually.
02:09Well, now you've jinxed it.
02:11You've done very, very well. And you're a barrister from Dublin, but you had an early game and you took a chance and you won it, and there's been no stopping you.
02:20But I wonder whether Mike Barnett is the man to do it. Mike's from High Offaly in Staffordshire. He's an organisational development specialist, but he's also an early adopter.
02:33That's the word we use.
02:34Yes.
02:34Because way back in 2001, you went on the internet, dating website, and met Alison.
02:42That's right.
02:42Fantastic.
02:43To whom you've been married for some time now.
02:45Indeed.
02:46But interestingly, she saw you on television, I think, before you really met her.
02:54Yes.
02:54Tell us about that.
02:55Yes. Well, we were talking through the dating website and exchanging messages, and I had already recorded a quiz show.
03:04Yes.
03:04And so, one message to Alison was, and if you want to see what I look like, then just watch telly on Thursday afternoon, and I'm on.
03:16Brilliant.
03:17There was no holder after that.
03:18Absolutely.
03:19It's fantastic.
03:20Big round of applause, then, for Mike and Ricky.
03:24Now, who's there, of course, another, of course, than Susie, and Mark Pugach.
03:30Welcome back.
03:31Final day today.
03:32It's been a real pleasure.
03:33It's your first sort of stint, and your stories have been great.
03:37Well, thank you.
03:38It's been a lot of fun.
03:38It's been a lot of fun.
03:39We'll get back to you in a few minutes, but now it's Nicky's letters game.
03:43Yes, Nicky.
03:43Thanks, Nicky.
03:44Can I start with a consonant, please, Rachel?
03:46Thank you, Nicky.
03:47G.
03:48And a second one.
03:51D.
03:52Vowel.
03:53I.
03:55Another vowel.
03:57U.
03:58A consonant.
03:59V.
04:01Another consonant.
04:03C.
04:04A vowel.
04:06I.
04:08Another vowel.
04:10O.
04:12And another consonant, please.
04:15And lastly, F.
04:17And here's the countdown clock.
04:19The second vowel.
04:31The third vowel.
04:33The third vowel.
04:33Yes, Nicky?
04:51A three. Does that even exist on counting?
04:54It does not.
04:55And Mike?
04:57A fantastic four.
04:59Nicky?
05:00Cud.
05:01Cud. Chewing the cud.
05:02Mike?
05:03Void.
05:04Void.
05:06Now, Mark.
05:07That was a very difficult start.
05:09A six.
05:11Fucoid.
05:12F-U-C-O-I-D.
05:15Yes.
05:16Yeah, it's a brown seaweed.
05:19And bladderwrack belongs to this family.
05:21And bladderwrack is that brown shoreline seaweed that you'll find quite commonly on the beach.
05:25And fucoid.
05:26Well done.
05:27That's exceptional.
05:28All right.
05:29Four points to Mike.
05:30And now it's back with Mike, actually.
05:32Letters game.
05:33I'll start with the continent, please, Rachel.
05:35Thank you, Mike.
05:36L.
05:38And another one.
05:40N.
05:40And a third.
05:43M.
05:43And a vowel.
05:45And a vowel.
05:45And a second one.
05:50A.
05:51And a third.
05:53U.
05:55And a consonant.
05:57S.
05:59And another consonant.
06:02N.
06:03And a vowel.
06:04And a vowel.
06:05And the last one.
06:07E.
06:07Countdown.
06:09And a vowel.
06:10And a vowel.
06:10And a vowel.
06:11And a vowel.
06:12And a vowel.
06:12And a vowel.
06:12And a vowel.
06:13And a vowel.
06:13And a vowel.
06:13And a vowel.
06:14And a vowel.
06:14And a vowel.
06:15And a vowel.
06:15And a vowel.
06:15And a vowel.
06:15And a vowel.
06:15And a vowel.
06:15And a vowel.
06:16And a vowel.
06:16And a vowel.
06:16And a vowel.
06:17And a vowel.
06:17And a vowel.
06:17And a vowel.
06:18And a vowel.
06:18And a vowel.
06:19And a vowel.
06:19And a vowel.
06:19And a vowel.
06:20And a vowel.
06:20And a vowel.
06:21And a vowel.
06:22And a vowel.
06:22And a vowel.
06:23And a vowel.
06:23And a vowel.
06:24And a vowel.
06:39yes Mike six a six Nikki just a five and that five means yes Mike insane insane
06:51yeah very good mark well could this be the seminal moment of the of the
06:55competition seven seminal well done Suzy you can have money's as well we boys
07:02manny's manny's yeah manny's well done my word Mike early lead there ten points and
07:11it's Nicky's numbers game make the most of it Nicky thank you can I have three
07:14large and three small please you can indeed thank you Nicky three from the
07:17top row three little ones and for the first time today your selection is 8 10
07:229 and then the large ones 25 50 and 75 and the target 511 5 1 1
07:31so
07:38so
07:43so
07:46so
07:50so
07:56Nicky?
08:03511.
08:04511, Mike?
08:05511.
08:06So, Nicky?
08:0750 times 10 is 500.
08:10500.
08:1175 divided by 25 is 3.
08:13Yep.
08:14And add 500, 3 and 8.
08:16511, perfect.
08:17Mike?
08:18Exactly the same way.
08:19There we go.
08:20Well done.
08:2110 plays, 20 as we move into our first Tea Time teaser,
08:27which is Dunce's hat.
08:28And the clue.
08:29He wore the Dunce's hat at school but came through without any real traumas.
08:35He wore the Dunce's hat at school but came through without any real traumas.
08:51Welcome back.
08:55I left you with a clue.
08:57He wore the Dunce's hat at school but came through without any real traumas.
09:02In fact, he came through unscathed.
09:06Unscathed.
09:07Nicky on 10, Mike on 20.
09:08Mike, letters again.
09:10Consonant, please, Rachel.
09:11Thank you, Mike.
09:12R.
09:14And a second.
09:16L.
09:17And a third.
09:19X.
09:20And a vowel.
09:24A.
09:26And a second vowel.
09:27O.
09:28And a third.
09:30I.
09:31And a consonant.
09:33D.
09:34And another.
09:36G.
09:38And a final consonant, please.
09:40And a final T.
09:42And here's the countdown clock.
09:50Yes, Mike?
10:16Just a five.
10:17A five.
10:18Nicky?
10:18Just a five as well.
10:20Five.
10:21Laird.
10:22And?
10:22Trail.
10:23Yes, both good.
10:24Can we beat five, I wonder?
10:26A six.
10:27A droid for six.
10:28Yes, very good.
10:29And dilator.
10:30There's a dilator muscle that crops up from time to time on here.
10:34A muscle whose contraction dilates an organ such as the pupil of the eye.
10:37Indeed, yeah.
10:40Fifteen to twenty-five.
10:42Still at ten points in it.
10:43Nicky?
10:44Can I start with a vowel, please, Rachel?
10:45Thank you, Nicky.
10:46E.
10:47And a second.
10:49I.
10:50And a consonant.
10:52S.
10:53And another consonant.
10:55L.
10:56And a third.
10:58C.
10:59A vowel, please.
11:01E.
11:02Another consonant.
11:04N.
11:06Another consonant.
11:08B.
11:09And a final consonant, please.
11:12And a final R.
11:15Stand by.
11:15A vowel, please.
11:17A vowel, please.
11:18A vowel, please.
11:18A vowel, please.
11:19A vowel, please.
11:19A vowel, please.
11:20A vowel, please.
11:20A vowel, please.
11:21A vowel, please.
11:21A vowel, please.
11:21A vowel, please.
11:22A vowel, please.
11:22A vowel, please.
11:22A vowel, please.
11:23A vowel, please.
11:23A vowel, please.
11:23A vowel, please.
11:24A vowel, please.
11:24A vowel, please.
11:25A vowel, please.
11:25A vowel, please.
11:26A vowel, please.
11:26A vowel, please.
11:27A vowel, please.
11:28A vowel, please.
11:29A vowel, please.
11:30A vowel, please.
11:31A vowel, please.
11:32A vowel, please.
11:33A vowel, please.
11:34A vowel, please.
11:35Yes, Nicky.
11:47Just a six.
11:48Mike, six.
11:50Yes, Nicky.
11:50Slicer.
11:51And brines.
11:55Yes, you can, luckily.
11:56I was just thinking it does say maths now,
11:58but it's there as a verb as well,
11:59to soak or preserve in salty water.
12:01So you're fine.
12:02Very good.
12:03There's another six, screen.
12:05Yep.
12:05There's another six.
12:07There is an eight there, Nick.
12:08A silencer.
12:09A silencer on a gun.
12:11Indeed.
12:11Yeah.
12:1631 to 21.
12:17Ten points in it.
12:18Mike, numbers game.
12:20I'll have one from the top and the bottom row.
12:22Five, please.
12:23Thank you, Mike.
12:24One large, five, little.
12:27And for this round, they are ten, eight, seven, two,
12:33another ten, and one hundred.
12:36And the target, two hundred and seventy-eight.
12:38Two, seven, eight.
12:39Two, seven, eight.
12:39Two, seven, eight, seven, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine
13:10Yes, Mike?
13:112, 7, 8.
13:122, 7, 8.
13:12Nicky?
13:13And 2, 7, 8.
13:14Mike?
13:152 times 100.
13:18200.
13:197 times 10.
13:20Yeah.
13:21Add it on and add the 8.
13:22Not the biggest challenge.
13:232, 7, 8.
13:24Nicky?
13:25Exactly the same way.
13:26There we go.
13:27All right.
13:30Only 10 between them, 31 to 41, as we turn to Mark.
13:34Now, Mark, what have you got for us today?
13:37People really want to know when it goes wrong, don't they?
13:40That's what they really want to know.
13:41When it's live, particularly, when have you messed up and how have you messed up?
13:46I once said that a horse called Cigar had won 25 races on the trot,
13:52which is pretty unlikely if you think about it.
13:55And apparently, I said about Tiger Woods once,
13:57which I don't even remember after a round of golf,
13:59that he'd been up and down and in and out as usual.
14:02But I don't particularly remember saying that either.
14:04But the best of the lot was Anthony Joshua winning the world title.
14:09Of course, the previous British man had won it, was Tyson Fury,
14:11who'd also beaten Vladimir Klitschko.
14:13And when he came, after he won that, he came back,
14:15and we were doing live boxing on the television,
14:17and we'd covered all of his early fights,
14:19so he said he'd come along and join us at the fight.
14:22So that was absolutely fabulous.
14:23So I was standing in the ring.
14:24He was sort of 10 yards away from me.
14:27So what we'll do, Tyson, is you stand there, I'll stand here,
14:30I'll introduce you, I'll say,
14:32great to have the new heavyweight champion of the world,
14:34Britain's first heavyweight champion for some time, Tyson Fury.
14:36The crowd will go up, it'll be fantastic.
14:39We'll go back to the voice in the ear,
14:41being counted down, 10, 9, 8, there he is, no problem.
14:44Gets to about four, and over this shoulder,
14:46I hear an almighty commotion.
14:49And basically, some of them had decided
14:50that the boxing would start a little bit earlier
14:52than it should have done, but outside the ring.
14:55So as we get to about four,
14:56and I'm just about to introduce him,
14:58he walks, with the camera behind me,
15:00across my right shoulder, into the corner,
15:03leans over the ropes,
15:05and as I'm now introducing the show,
15:07and saying, and the world heavyweight champion,
15:09Tyson Fury, is with us,
15:11all you can hear is Tyson Fury saying,
15:13lads, if there's going to be any fighting here this evening,
15:15it's going to be inside this ring, not over here.
15:19And you know what it's like,
15:20you have two choices to make then, don't you?
15:21You can either brazen it out,
15:23or you can just think, it's only live television.
15:25It doesn't really matter.
15:27You just have to go along with it.
15:28So all I could do was say,
15:30well, Tyson Fury is with us,
15:32and sort of turn around,
15:33and everybody could see his back leaning out of the room,
15:35and point at all these people,
15:37and say, Tyson, you know,
15:38Tyson's just sorting out a few domestic matters.
15:41Come back here and join us.
15:43And you just have to smile through it, don't you?
15:44Yes.
15:45It works.
15:46It's not the end of the world, is it?
15:47Nobody died.
15:48Nobody died.
15:48But nonetheless, it gives you a bit of a...
15:50Oh, yeah.
15:50Makes your heart go a bit faster.
15:52I bet it does.
15:53Brilliant stuff.
15:53Well done.
15:57Thank you, Mark.
15:59So 10 points.
16:0031 to 41.
16:02Mike in the lead,
16:03and it's Nicky's chance to catch up.
16:05Come on, Nicky.
16:06Can I start with A vowel, please, Rachel?
16:08Thank you, Nicky.
16:09U.
16:10And another.
16:12A.
16:13And a consonant, please.
16:15T.
16:16And a second.
16:18M.
16:19Another consonant.
16:20L.
16:21Another.
16:24T.
16:24A vowel, please.
16:27I.
16:29Another vowel.
16:31A.
16:33And a final consonant, please.
16:35And a final R.
16:36Stand by.
16:37A vowel.
16:52Bop.
16:52A vowel.
16:54A vowel.
16:55A vowel.
16:56Aresses.
16:57Yes, Nicky?
17:09A seven.
17:10A seven.
17:11Mike?
17:11Just a five.
17:12Your five.
17:13Trail.
17:14Nicky?
17:14Marshall.
17:16Yeah, very good.
17:17Mark?
17:17Just a couple of letters around in the middle.
17:19Marital for seven.
17:20Marital, yeah.
17:21All right.
17:22So, 38 to 41, nothing in it.
17:25Mike, letters again.
17:26Consonant, please.
17:27Thank you, Mike.
17:29T.
17:30And a second.
17:32M.
17:33And a vowel.
17:35E.
17:37And a second vowel.
17:39O.
17:41And a consonant.
17:43B.
17:45And another consonant.
17:47D.
17:49And another consonant.
17:51J.
17:53And a vowel.
17:56E.
17:57And a final consonant, please.
18:01And a final W.
18:03Tung-tung.
18:04Tung-tung.
18:04Tung-tung.
18:05Tung-tung.
18:05Tung-tung.
18:06Tung-tung.
18:06Tung-tung.
18:07Tung-tung.
18:07Tung-tung.
18:07Tung-tung.
18:08Tung-tung.
18:08Tung-tung.
18:09Tung-tung.
18:09Tung-tung.
18:09Tung-tung.
18:10Tung-tung.
18:10Tung-tung.
18:10Tung-tung.
18:10Tung-tung.
18:11Tung-tung.
18:11Tung-tung.
18:11Tung-tung.
18:12Tung-tung.
18:12Tung-tung.
18:12Tung-tung.
18:13Tung-tung.
18:13Tung-tung.
18:14Tung-tung.
18:14Tung-tung.
18:34Mike? Just a five I'm afraid. Nicky? Six. Mike? Mewed. Mewed and? Tombed. T-O-M-B-E-D.
18:47Entombed. Yeah but no. Tombed. Sorry Nicky. I would have thought that one would be in.
18:53That's bad luck. Entombed. And Mark? One for the archers. Embowed. Embowed.
19:02Yep. Bent, arched or vaulted. And it's also termed in heraldry meaning when you're depicting a dolphin with its body curved.
19:11Ah yes. Really. Embowed. Well well. 38 to 46. Mike on 46. And it's Nicky's numbers game. Nicky?
19:20I have four large pieces. Four large. Thank you Nicky. Any eight points in it? See if this changes things.
19:25Four large. Two little. And they are five. And four. And then the big ones. One hundred. Twenty-five. Seventy-five. And fifty.
19:35And the target. Nine hundred and seventy-six.
19:38Nine seven six.
19:40Nine six.
20:04Nine six.
20:07Nicky.
20:11Just 975.
20:13Mike.
20:13975.
20:15Nicky.
20:16So 5 plus 4.
20:175 plus 4 is 9.
20:19Is 9.
20:21Multiply it by the 100 and add 75.
20:234-1 away.
20:24975.
20:25Mike.
20:26Exactly the same.
20:27There we go.
20:28Now, Rachel.
20:31976.
20:32How tricky is that?
20:33Leave it with me.
20:35Certainly will.
20:35I'll leave that with you.
20:37As we turn now to our second teatime teaser, which is the garlic.
20:42And the clue.
20:43He ate dozens of the garlic snails, which left him feeling rather sluggish.
20:48He ate dozens of the garlic snails, which left him feeling rather sluggish.
20:53Welcome back.
21:10I left with the clue.
21:11He ate dozens of the garlic snails, which left him feeling rather sluggish.
21:15In fact, he was very lethargic.
21:18Lethargic.
21:19I'll tell you who hasn't been lethargic, and that's Rachel Riley.
21:23Yes, Rachel.
21:23Well, slightly, because it was slow.
21:25But if you say 50 times 100 is 5,000.
21:32And then take away the 75, take away the 25 for 4,900.
21:38Divide that by 5 for 980, and take away the 4.
21:42Well done, Rachel, as ever.
21:4845 page 53.
21:50Mike on 53.
21:51Mike, let us go.
21:53Start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
21:55Thank you, Mike.
21:55Z.
21:55And another one.
21:59S.
22:00And another one.
22:02T.
22:03And a vowel, please.
22:05A.
22:06And another.
22:08E.
22:10And another.
22:12A.
22:14And a consonant.
22:17S.
22:19And another consonant.
22:21R.
22:23And a vowel, please.
22:26And lastly, E.
22:28Stand by.
22:29BELL RINGS
22:55Yes, Mike.
23:01Seven.
23:02Nicky?
23:03Seven as well.
23:04Mike?
23:05Zesters.
23:06Now, Nicky.
23:07Teasers.
23:08Teasers, absolutely fine.
23:09And zesters are also in.
23:11Yes.
23:11Kitchen utensils for removing fine shreds of zest from citrus fruit.
23:16Peel, yeah.
23:17A zest of lemon, yeah.
23:19Yeah.
23:19Mark?
23:20That was it, yeah.
23:21Teasers is what we had.
23:23Yeah, well done.
23:23All right.
23:24So, 60 to 52, only eight in it.
23:28Nicky, make the most of this letters game.
23:30Again, the pressure.
23:31I'll start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
23:33Thank you, Nicky.
23:34N.
23:35And another.
23:37D.
23:39And a third.
23:40Q.
23:41And a vowel.
23:43E.
23:44And another.
23:46I.
23:47And again, another vowel, please.
23:49A.
23:50And a consonant.
23:52R.
23:53Another consonant.
23:54H.
23:56And a final consonant, please.
23:58And lastly.
23:59N.
24:00And the clock starts now.
24:01And a vowel.
24:18And a vowel.
24:21And a vowel.
24:22And a vowel.
24:23Nicky. A seven. A seven. Mike. Only a six. And that's six. Harden. And? Handier. Yeah, excellent. Handier. Well done, yeah. Mark, Susie, nothing above and beyond handier.
24:48Nope. That's it? Yep. Well done, Nicky. Well done. One point behind. Six, he plays 59. As we turn to Susie. Give you guys rest. Susie?
25:00Well, I have to thank Janet Irving, who tweeted to ask about the origin of the word hippocampus in the brain. So she's always puzzled over that one.
25:09So I thought I would talk you through the different terms, four parts of our brain, given how essential they are in our lives.
25:17I'm going to start with the thalamus, which is the inner chamber of the brain, if you like.
25:23And that's exactly what it meant in Greek. And if you think about an ophthalmologist, it's got that same thalm element to it.
25:29And that's the person who looks at the inner chamber of your eyes. So that's all related there.
25:35Then the cerebellum is the little brain, because it's the part at the back that regulates muscular activity.
25:42And the cere bit, the C-E-R, and that looks back to an ancient root that meant horn or head.
25:49And you'll find that in so many different words in English.
25:52It's related to keratin, which is the substance you'll find in an animal's horns and hooves.
25:56It's related to alpenhorn, to cervix, to cork, capricorn, rhinoceros, unicorn, triceratops, you name it.
26:03It's there in many, many things, as well as the cerebellum.
26:06The cerebral cortex. The cortex originally meant the bark of a tree.
26:11It's related, we think, to cork, the word cork.
26:14And it then went on to mean the external shell or the husk of something.
26:19And the cerebral cortex is the outer, it's the grey matter, if you like, of the brain.
26:23The brain stem has the medulla, the pons, and the midbrain.
26:27And they control breathing, digestion, heart rate, etc.
26:30And they connect the brain with the spinal cord and other parts of the body.
26:34So medulla was the Latin for pith or marrow.
26:37So it was the inner substance of which something is made, hence the white matter of the brain.
26:43And the pons, of course, is the bridge.
26:45That part of the brain stem resembles a bridge that connects to the hemispheres in the brain.
26:51I've done everything but the hippocampus, which is probably the favourite.
26:54It sounds very strange, but it actually implies that you have a seahorse in your head.
26:59Because the word comes from the Greek hippocampus, in which hippos is a horse.
27:04Of course, the hippotamus is the river horse, if you translate that from the Greek.
27:09And kampos meant sea monster.
27:11And it was the name of the creature ridden by the god Poseidon.
27:14And it was later applied to the marine animal we now know as the seahorse.
27:17And, of course, the hippocampus brain structure got its name because it simply looks like a seahorse.
27:22Oh, wonderful.
27:24Very good.
27:30Magnificent.
27:3160 to 59.
27:33Mike, one point in the lead.
27:34Mike, let us go.
27:36Start with a vowel, please, Rachel.
27:37Thank you, Mike.
27:38E.
27:40And a consonant.
27:42L.
27:42And a vowel.
27:45U.
27:46And a consonant.
27:48P.
27:50And there's another consonant.
27:52S.
27:54And a consonant.
27:57N.
27:58And a vowel.
28:01E.
28:03And a consonant.
28:05M.
28:06And a final vowel, please.
28:09And a final O.
28:11Standby.
28:12BELLS
28:43Yes, Mike.
28:45Just a five, I'm afraid.
28:47Nicky?
28:47A six, I hope.
28:49Mike?
28:50Slope.
28:51And?
28:52Spleen?
28:53Spleen?
28:54Absolutely fine, yes.
28:56No fun with that at all.
28:57Spleen?
28:58Yes.
28:58Indeed.
29:00Mark?
29:00Couple of sevens, Spumoni.
29:02S-P-U-M-O-N-E.
29:05Yes.
29:06Delicious ice cream dessert with different colours and flavours in layers.
29:10And there's something else?
29:11Pole men you can have, so people who propel their boat with a pole.
29:15Pole men.
29:15Yes.
29:17Oh, look, Nicky's stuck her head in front, 65 to 60, and it's Nicky's letters game.
29:23Final one.
29:24Thanks.
29:24Can I get a consonant, please, Rachel?
29:26Thank you, Nicky.
29:27R.
29:27And another.
29:29W.
29:30And a third.
29:33P.
29:34And a vowel.
29:35E.
29:36And another vowel.
29:38O.
29:39A consonant, please.
29:42S.
29:43And another.
29:45G.
29:46And a vowel.
29:49A.
29:50And a final consonant, please.
29:51And lastly, L.
29:53Stand by.
29:54e.
29:58e.
29:59e.
29:59e.
30:00e.
30:04e.
30:07e.
30:08e B
30:10e.
30:10e
30:11e
30:15e.
30:16e.
30:17e.
30:17e.
30:18e.
30:19Nicky. A seven. And Mike. Just a six. And that's six. Sloper. Yes. Nicky. Glowers. Or glowers.
30:34Yeah, that's absolutely fine. Glowers to give a dark look to somebody. I don't think there is a sloper there, though, unfortunately. Just slope, not sloper. Sorry.
30:43Bad luck. Mark, you could be a jailer. Jailers for seven. Yes. Well done. Jailers for seven.
30:49Yeah. And Susie? Pergolars. Nice pergolars. Pergolars, yeah. OK, well done.
30:59Well, Nicky likes leaving it late. 72 to Mike. 60. It's Mike's numbers game. All to play for still. Mike.
31:08Three from the top. Three from anywhere else. Thank you. Thank you, Mike. Three large, three little. Still a crucial conundrum is a possibility.
31:14Final numbers game of the day. Five, four, three, 75, 50 and 25. And this target, 408.
31:25Four, four, zero, eight.
31:57Yes, Mike?
31:58408.
32:00Nicky?
32:00407.
32:02407.
32:03Wow.
32:04Yes, Mike?
32:0575 plus 25.
32:0775 plus 25, 100.
32:09Times four.
32:11Nicky's taking itself 400.
32:13And three plus five.
32:15And you've given us an exciting finish, 408.
32:17Well done.
32:23Two good players.
32:25Two good people.
32:26Good luck.
32:27So, we're going into our crucial conundrum.
32:31Wow.
32:32Nicky and Mike, fingers on buzzers.
32:35Lights are down.
32:36Here's our crucial countdown conundrum.
32:44Nicky buzzed.
32:45Is it mistaking?
32:47Let's see whether it is.
32:49That was pretty rapid.
32:50I doubt that's over two seconds.
33:03That's fantastic.
33:05Lucky.
33:05You're a gambler you are.
33:07Lucky, I think.
33:08Well done.
33:08No, you played really well.
33:10Because, you know, Mike had you on the rack for quite a long time there.
33:13So, very well played there, Mike.
33:15Very well played.
33:16But, Nicky, wow.
33:18We'll see you tomorrow.
33:19Yes, will do.
33:20Mike, thank you so much for coming.
33:23You had it snatched away from you, in a way.
33:25There we go.
33:25You were playing brilliantly.
33:27There's your goodie bag.
33:29And take it back to High Offaly and Alison, too.
33:32I'm sure she'd be very proud of you.
33:33Indeed.
33:36Mark, what are we going to say to you?
33:38It's been a real pleasure having you.
33:39I want to be defended by Nicky if ever I'm in trouble in Dublin.
33:41That's for sure.
33:42The thing is, you'd be a nervous wreck until the last minute.
33:46That's the problem with that one.
33:47This isn't doing my practice any favours.
33:50Listen, Mark, will you come back soon again, please?
33:53I certainly will.
33:53Because your story's been great.
33:54It's been a pleasure.
33:55Thank you very much.
33:55It's been a lot of fun.
33:57Well done.
33:57All right.
33:57We'll see you tomorrow, Susie.
33:58See you then.
33:59Well done.
34:00Yeah.
34:01Nicky's quite a character, isn't she?
34:03Yeah, absolutely.
34:03Four wins now, halfway to Octo-Champton.
34:06Absolutely.
34:07Brilliant stuff.
34:07We'll see you tomorrow.
34:08See you tomorrow.
34:09See you tomorrow.
34:09Join us then.
34:10Same time, same place.
34:11You'll be sure of it.
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