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00:00Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:21Now when I was a boy, my father would say,
00:24it's time you had a haircut, go to Bledsoe's.
00:26And so I would go, my brothers would go, and we'd go to Mr. Bledsoe in the high street.
00:32Little roly-poly man. He may well have been Maltese, I'm not sure.
00:36But it was a time of torment because he would get out those clippers
00:40and he would go out the back of one's neck and actually cause me physical pain.
00:45Not actual physical pain, but for some strange reason.
00:49My ankles hurt when he got the clippers out.
00:52It was a very extraordinary thing, Mr. Bledsoe.
00:54Now if Mr. Bledsoe were alive today, I doubt very much whether he would be up for an award
01:00at the HJ, that's the hairdressing journal, British Hairdressing Business Awards.
01:06He was a basic sort of fellow and caused me a lot of pain.
01:09Now, is hairdressing important to you?
01:12I think you've got a good hairdresser, then you sit there and you're quite happy
01:15and they can do what they want.
01:16And if you've got a new one or one and you've had a bad experience,
01:19you sit there gripping the chair.
01:21I did have a bad experience when I was about eight or nine
01:24because I used to have very short hair in the kind of 90s when Winona Ryder had a really short hairdo
01:30and I had one where I didn't leave my bedroom for a good 24 hours at least.
01:35Well, mind you, when I first came on this show, your hair was quite... it was a bob.
01:39Yes, I've had many short hairstyles, but that one when I was about eight or nine.
01:43Too much.
01:43Not my finest hour.
01:44All right.
01:45Now then, Sarah Holi's back.
01:48What a win you had on Friday.
01:51It's fantastic.
01:52What was the score, 119?
01:53I think so, yeah.
01:54Oh, it was fantastic.
01:55Well done.
01:55Well done.
01:56And two wins under your belt and you're joined now by Tony Enright,
02:01a semi-retired cab driver from London.
02:03Black cab, yeah?
02:05Yeah.
02:05How long were you driving for?
02:06You still are driving a couple of days a week, you were telling me.
02:0840 years?
02:09What about traffic in London?
02:10It's impossible.
02:12Well, no, I don't take any notice of it, just oblivious to it.
02:14Tony, you're a cricketer?
02:16Yeah, still playing, yeah.
02:17And 35 years ago, you started the Priory Cricket Club.
02:19Yeah.
02:20Tennis, swim and golf as well.
02:22Yeah.
02:22Because I tell you what, I've often worried about you guys,
02:25because you sit in that cab hour after hour,
02:28and that's got to be quite a stressful time, and it's sedentary.
02:31So, you know, playing these sports probably keeps you very healthy.
02:35You look pretty healthy.
02:36Well, looks can be deceiving.
02:37Is it just the packaging, is it?
02:39Yeah.
02:40All right, let's have a big round of applause, then, for Tony and Sarah.
02:47And Susie's in the corner of having had a peaceful weekend, I trust,
02:51and what better way to start the week
02:53than with Gloria Hunneford over there in Dictionary Corner.
02:56Welcome back.
02:57Thank you very much.
02:59Very kind.
03:00You were talking about hair, right?
03:03I sleep with a man every night who employed 29 of them.
03:07Oh, really?
03:07So how lucky was I?
03:08He had a chain of hairdressers.
03:11No, he had no, he had a hairdressing business and employed 29 practitioners, if you like.
03:15That's a big place.
03:16So my family used to say that I'd died and gone to heaven, basically.
03:21Very good.
03:22Thank you, Gloria.
03:23But now we turn to you, Sarah, for the first letters game.
03:26Off we go.
03:27Afternoon, Rachel.
03:28Afternoon, Sarah.
03:29Can I start with a consonant, please?
03:31First of the week, S.
03:34And another, H.
03:37And a vowel, E.
03:40And a consonant, F.
03:43And a vowel, A.
03:46And a consonant, S.
03:49And a vowel, E.
03:53And a consonant, N.
03:56And I'll finish with a consonant, please.
03:59And finish with R.
04:01And here's the countdown clock.
04:29Yes, Sarah?
04:35A seven.
04:35A seven.
04:37Five.
04:37Tony?
04:38Five.
04:38And a five.
04:39Your five?
04:40Cher.
04:43Sarah?
04:44Harness.
04:45Yep, very good.
04:46Nice seven.
04:46Yes, Harness.
04:47And also we had an eight with freshens.
04:50Freshens, very good.
04:52Very good indeed.
04:53Thank you, Gloria.
04:55So, seven to Sarah.
04:57And Tony, your letters go.
04:59Start with a consonant, please.
05:00Thank you, Tony.
05:02P.
05:03And a vowel.
05:05I.
05:07Consonant.
05:08Y.
05:11Vowel, please.
05:13E.
05:15Consonant.
05:15Vowel.
05:17S.
05:18Vowel.
05:20O.
05:22Consonant.
05:23T.
05:26Vowel.
05:28A.
05:30And a consonant, please.
05:32And the last one, P.
05:34Stand by.
05:35And a consonant, please.
05:51Yes, Tony?
06:08A five.
06:09A five. And Sarah?
06:10Yeah, five as well.
06:12Tony?
06:13Soaps.
06:13Soaps and?
06:15Paste.
06:16And paste.
06:17Gloria?
06:18Yes.
06:18I just have to dislike soaps. There's only one S.
06:20Just me and I, too.
06:21Yeah. Sorry.
06:23We had a bit of pesto going on for a while. And then patois.
06:27Yeah.
06:28Yeah.
06:28Patois is the...
06:29No languishing.
06:29The six is actually speaking a dialect, a certain patois.
06:33But there is an eight there, Nick, which is apposite, so apt in the circumstances.
06:38Indeed. Thank you.
06:41All right. So early lead for Sarah, 12, but plenty of time there for Tony.
06:46Numbers? Yes, Sarah?
06:48Can I have two large, four small, please?
06:50You can indeed. Thank you, Sarah.
06:52Two large, four little.
06:53And the first numbers game of this week is seven, five, nine, eight.
06:59And the large two, 50 and 75.
07:04And the target, 785.
07:05785.
07:07785.
07:07785.
07:07785.
07:07885.
07:08985.
07:09975.
07:09MUSIC CONTINUES
07:39Er, 786, I think.
07:42One away. Tony?
07:43No, I've lost it, sorry.
07:44No, let's stick with Sarah, then. Yes, Sarah?
07:48Er, I've just realised I've come wrong.
07:51Rachel, down to you. 785.
07:54Er, it was, though, if you say 9 plus 7 is 16,
07:58times that by 50 for 800,
08:02and then 75 divided by 5 is 15,
08:05and take it away, 785.
08:07785, indeed. Well done.
08:09APPLAUSE
08:10So now it's time for our first tea-time teaser,
08:14which is Dudley led, and the clue.
08:19Dudley was led to believe he could be funny at times.
08:22Dudley was led to believe he could be funny at times.
08:26APPLAUSE
08:27Welcome back.
08:43Welcome back.
08:44I live with a clue.
08:46Dudley was led to believe he could be funny at times,
08:49and the answer to that one is deludedly.
08:53Deludedly.
08:53Obviously not talking about our wonderful Dudley Doolittle.
08:57Funny all the time.
08:59A perfect gent.
09:00We love him.
09:01We love him.
09:01All right.
09:02So, what shall we do?
09:04Shall we have Tony's letters game?
09:07Start with a consonant, please.
09:08Thank you, Tony.
09:09T.
09:10And a vowel.
09:12U.
09:14Consonant.
09:16L.
09:17And a vowel.
09:18E.
09:20Consonant.
09:22M.
09:24Vowel.
09:26I.
09:27Consonant.
09:29R.
09:31Consonant.
09:33D.
09:35And another consonant, please.
09:36And lastly, B.
09:39Stand by.
10:10Tony.
10:11Seven.
10:12A seven.
10:13Yes, Sarah?
10:14A seven as well.
10:16Tony.
10:16Builder.
10:17And?
10:18Tumbled.
10:19Tumbled.
10:20Hey, I'm a Sarah.
10:22Tumbled.
10:22You were there.
10:23Tumbled and Susie?
10:25Tumbler is also there and blurted as well.
10:28Blurted.
10:28Yeah.
10:29Thank you very much.
10:29Nineteen plays Tony.
10:31Seven.
10:31Sarah, let us go.
10:33Let's start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
10:34Thank you, Sarah.
10:35N.
10:36And a vowel.
10:38U.
10:39And a consonant.
10:42T.
10:43And a vowel.
10:45O.
10:46And a consonant.
10:48W.
10:50And a vowel.
10:52A.
10:54A consonant.
10:55L.
10:57Another consonant.
10:59M.
10:59And I'll finish with a vowel, please.
11:03And finish with I.
11:06And here's the countdown clock.
11:07That's it.
11:14Yes, sir?
11:40A seven.
11:40A seven. Tony?
11:42Six.
11:43And your six?
11:43Outlaw.
11:45Outlaw. Thank you.
11:46And?
11:46Nail out.
11:48I think you can have a nail out.
11:51Oh, no, you can't. It's hyphenated.
11:53A few of them at work.
11:54That's a surprise.
11:56Bad luck.
11:57All right.
11:58What can we have now?
12:00I didn't do very well on this one at all.
12:02What did you get, Susie?
12:03No, it wasn't an easy one.
12:04There is a Manitou,
12:06which among certain North American Indians
12:08is a good or evil spirit.
12:10Yeah.
12:10So one they revere.
12:11Indeed.
12:12Thank you very much.
12:13So 19 plays, 13.
12:15Only six points in it there, Tony,
12:17as we turn to our next numbers game.
12:20One for you, Tony.
12:21One large, five small, please.
12:23Thank you, Tony.
12:24One from the top five little ones coming up.
12:26And for this round, they are one, nine, two, five.
12:33Another five.
12:34And the big one, 50.
12:36And your target, 455.
12:39Four, five, five.
12:40Four, 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, five, five
13:10Well, Tony, four, five, five. Thank you, Sarah. Yeah, four, five, five. Tony, nine times 50, 450 plus five. Nice and straightforward. Well done. Same again. The same. There we go. Well done. So 29 plays 23. Just that six points in it. As we turn to Gloria. Gloria, you having any fun with this rip off series of yours?
13:33Yes. I mean, we're absolutely thrilled. This is our ninth year of doing it, which is fantastic. And I believe the success of it is that it's all based on true stories that people send in true situations. But we had a really peculiar one this year with rip off food, because this man wrote in to say that he was an engineer of some kind. And he went to a factory set up or whatever, where he had to go through a routine drugs test to do with machinery, etc.
14:01And he tested positive for drugs. And yet he swore blind that he never did drugs and wasn't doing them, etc. Anyway, cut along story. He lost a job. But it turned out after a bit of investigation that it's because he was eating constantly poppy seed bread. And so opiants had built up in his body. And we thought that Angela Rippon would be a great one to put on poppy seeds, because Angela's always in control.
14:30We thought, well, maybe she'll be out of control for a bit. And so she took the poppy seed bread and the bagels, the poppy seed bagels for four days. And OK, it wasn't way up like that. But it was something like 10 percent up in her body.
14:45So nobody had ever really thought that just eating poppy seed bread and bagels and things like that would actually build it up.
14:54And I'm not saying that you should do it from here on in there. But things like that are really interesting.
14:58And also another lady wrote in to say that she had a heart complaint and she had been told not to drink caffeinated, anything with caffeine in it.
15:09And so she thought, well, she'll just drink decaffeinated. So she turned up on the day and the hospital said, sorry, we can't do it.
15:15So the reality is there is no such thing as no caffeine.
15:20So what actually happened, we went along to university and the professor there, she showed us all the equipment to actually take the caffeine out.
15:29And it is impossible to extract all the caffeine from the coffee bean. You just can't.
15:35So if you see a tin that says no caffeine, that's misleading.
15:39And in fact, I believe that one of the manufacturers whom we nailed have changed their label because of that.
15:46So there you go. I listened to our own advice on Ripoff Britain.
15:50I saved money. I do actually save money. I've saved money on bank charges that shouldn't have been charged.
15:55I've changed my electric. I'm fighting my gas bills at the moment.
16:00And I really saved about a third on my house and content insurance.
16:04Crazy.
16:05It pays to complain. It really does.
16:08Absolutely. Absolutely. And you're the one.
16:09That's good.
16:12Well done, Gloria.
16:14So 29 to Sarah. Tony on 23. Sarah's letters came. Yes, ma'am.
16:20I'll start with a consonant, please.
16:21Thank you, Sarah.
16:22R.
16:23And a vowel.
16:25I.
16:26And a consonant.
16:28M.
16:30And a vowel.
16:32E.
16:33And a consonant.
16:35V.
16:36And a vowel.
16:38O.
16:39And a consonant.
16:41R.
16:42And another.
16:44C.
16:45And I'll finish with a consonant, please.
16:47And finish with R.
16:49Stand by.
16:50And a vowel.
16:51And a vowel.
16:51And a vowel.
16:51And a vowel.
16:52And a vowel.
16:52And a vowel.
16:53And a vowel.
16:53And a vowel.
16:53And a vowel.
16:54And a vowel.
16:54And a vowel.
16:55And a vowel.
16:55And a vowel.
16:55And a vowel.
16:55And a vowel.
16:56And a vowel.
16:56And a vowel.
16:56And a vowel.
16:56And a vowel.
16:57And a vowel.
16:57And a vowel.
16:57And a vowel.
16:57And a vowel.
16:57And a vowel.
16:58And a vowel.
16:59And a vowel.
16:59And a vowel.
17:00And a vowel.
17:00And a vowel.
17:01And a vowel.
17:01And a vowel.
17:01And a vowel.
17:01And a vowel.
17:03And a vowel.
17:03And a vowel.
17:03and a vowel.
17:04And a vowel.
17:21Sarah?
17:22Six.
17:23Six.
17:23Tony?
17:24Six.
17:25Sarah?
17:26Mirror.
17:27Mirror, Anthony?
17:29Mirror, mirror.
17:30On the wall?
17:31Yes.
17:32Exactly.
17:32Well, I has only got as far as river, and then you came up with Corrie.
17:37I thought you were talking about Coronation Street.
17:39No, it's a geological term, this one.
17:41It is a half-open, steep-sided hollow at the head of a valley or mountainside,
17:46particularly in Scotland.
17:47That is a Corrie.
17:48Yeah, but people love Scotland, don't they?
17:51The Highlands are fantastic.
17:5235 plays 29, Tony.
17:55Let us go.
17:56Consonant, please.
17:57Thank you, Tony.
17:58H.
17:59And a vowel?
18:01A.
18:02Consonant, please.
18:04N.
18:06Vowel.
18:07I.
18:09Consonant.
18:10T.
18:12Vowel.
18:14E.
18:16Consonant.
18:18F.
18:20Consonant.
18:22S.
18:23And a final consonant, please.
18:25And a final D.
18:27Countdown.
18:28We'll be dropped by now.
18:35We'll see you next time.
18:49Let us see you next time.
18:58Tony? Eight. An eight, Sarah. Yeah, also an eight. Probably the same eight. Yes, Tony.
19:06Handiest. Handiest and? The same handiest. Handiest, well done. Well done, two good eights.
19:13Now, Gloria. We have a mix of things, don't we, Susie? Yeah. We had defiant, let's start.
19:19Defiant, yeah. Fainted, shafted, lots of sevens. Handiest, the only eight that we could find.
19:24Well done. Thank you. A good haul. 43 plays, 37. Sarah, hanging on there, and it's Sarah's numbers game.
19:32Yes, ma'am. Can I have one large and five small, please? You can indeed. Thank you, Sarah.
19:37One from the top five little coming up, and they are three, six, seven, four, eight, and 75.
19:49And the target to reach 222. 2-2-2.
19:54Well, Sarah.
20:24Yep, 222. And Tony?
20:27Yeah, scribble down 222. It is written down there, yeah? Good. Yeah, yeah.
20:33Sarah? I did 75 times three.
20:37225.
20:38And then I did seven minus four.
20:40Is another three.
20:41To take away. 222.
20:43There we go, Tony.
20:45Seven minus six.
20:47Seven minus six, one.
20:4875 minus one.
20:4974.
20:51Minus times three.
20:52Perfect.
20:52222.
20:53Well done.
20:54Well done.
20:58Wrong stuff.
20:58Performances from both 53 to 47 as we turn to our second tea time teaser, which is rule again.
21:05And the clue.
21:05What a pain this is.
21:07An absolute pain.
21:09What a pain this is.
21:10An absolute pain.
21:12Welcome back.
21:27I left with a clue.
21:28What a pain this is.
21:30An absolute pain.
21:31And the answer to that is, and how true, it's neuralgia.
21:35Neuralgia.
21:36Terrible thing to have, apparently.
21:38Neuralgia.
21:3853 plays 47.
21:40Tony on 47, though.
21:42It's Tony's letters game.
21:43Yes, sir.
21:44Let's start with the consonant, please.
21:46Thank you, Tony.
21:47T.
21:47And a vowel.
21:50A.
21:51And a consonant.
21:53D.
21:54Vowel, please.
21:56O.
21:59A consonant.
22:01S.
22:03Vowel.
22:05A.
22:06Consonant.
22:08N.
22:10And a vowel.
22:12E.
22:14And a consonant.
22:15And the last one, D.
22:18Stand by.
22:18OK.
22:20BELL RINGS
22:45Tony?
22:51Seven.
22:52Yes, Sarah?
22:53Yes, seven as well.
22:54Tony?
22:55Donated.
22:56Donated and?
22:57The same word.
22:58Two good players here.
23:00Well done.
23:01And in the corner?
23:02Yes, we were on just donates.
23:04Donates?
23:05OK.
23:05Same thing, really.
23:06Nothing else, Susie?
23:07No, couldn't get me on seven, I'm afraid, Nick.
23:09It'll do.
23:10All right.
23:1060 plays 54.
23:12Sarah, your letters game.
23:15I'll start with the consonant, please, Rachel.
23:17Thank you, Sarah.
23:18Q.
23:19And a vowel.
23:21I.
23:22And another vowel.
23:24O.
23:24And another.
23:26E.
23:27A consonant.
23:29N.
23:29And another.
23:31K.
23:32And another.
23:34R.
23:36And another.
23:38V.
23:39And I'll finish with a consonant, please.
23:42And finish with Z.
23:45Stand by.
23:46And another.
24:10Yes, Sarah?
24:18A four.
24:20Something like you.
24:21Tony?
24:22Four, not written down.
24:24Tell us about it.
24:25Zone.
24:26Zone and?
24:27Over.
24:28Over.
24:29I have to say, it's a very difficult set of letters, isn't it?
24:32As they came up on the board, you think.
24:34So the one actually Susie came up with is invoker.
24:38Yes, the invoker of a spell, for example.
24:41Yes, somebody who calls for something earnestly, you can call on a spirit invoker.
24:45To invoke.
24:46So that would be an invoker.
24:48That was a good one, Susie.
24:49Pretty good.
24:50In fact, very good.
24:51Thank you, Susie.
24:5264 plays 58.
24:54It's Susie's origins of words.
24:56Favourite time for us all.
24:58What have you got for us?
24:59I'm going to talk about fibs and white lies today.
25:02Where does fib come from?
25:04It's quite a cute word, really, and it's got quite a sweet origin as well.
25:06Because go back to the 1600s, and you'll find a slightly whimsical word for nonsense, which
25:12was fibble, fable.
25:14So F-I-B-L-E and then fable.
25:16And that was simply a playful, what we call reduplication.
25:20Sounds very complicated in linguistics.
25:21But as I've mentioned so many times on Cat Dan, our language is full of them.
25:26Hoity-toity, namby-pamby, that sort of thing.
25:29Jingle-jangle, okie-dokie.
25:31So fibble at some point became separated from the fable, which was the main part of it.
25:35The fable being, you know, a story and hence perhaps a lie.
25:39And fibble became shortened to fib.
25:42And so we are left with a result today.
25:44But why a white lie, which is what a fib usually is?
25:47Well, that's based on our ancient Western idea of polar opposites, in which white represents
25:52good, something good and pure, and black is often represented in popular culture, at
25:58least, as being the symbol of evil.
26:01We have white magic, for example, which is benevolent magic, so good spells that are
26:05cast in order to bring about good things, as opposed to black magic, which is thought
26:09of as being quite malevolent.
26:11We had a white paternoster a while ago, which was a spell, or a prayer, rather, or charm
26:18recited at night to protect against evil spirits.
26:21And children would often be taught their white paternoster.
26:25The black paternoster, on the other hand, was a spell recited to conjure up evil spirits
26:30or devils.
26:31Should you say that paternoster, which means our father, of course, in Latin, and it was
26:36the beginning of the Lord's Prayer, that probably gave us pater, because the first pater were
26:40prayers recited incredibly quickly.
26:42So if you think about a sales pater today, it probably goes back to paternoster.
26:46But anyway, going back to white lies, it's a similar sort of thing.
26:50A black lie was one with incredibly evil intent, whereas a white lie was something fairly harmless
26:55or trivial, said in order to avoid hurting someone's feelings.
26:59Indeed.
26:59Ah, well done.
27:05So, 64 plays 58.
27:08And, Tony, your letters go.
27:10Start with a consonant, please.
27:13Thank you, Tony.
27:14N.
27:15And a vowel.
27:17A.
27:18And a consonant.
27:20L.
27:21And a vowel.
27:23O.
27:25Consonant.
27:26R.
27:28Vowel.
27:30A.
27:32Consonant.
27:34L.
27:36And a vowel.
27:37E.
27:38And a consonant, please.
27:41And the last one, S.
27:43Stand by.
27:44And a vowel.
27:44And a vowel.
27:45And a vowel.
27:45And a vowel.
27:45And a vowel.
27:46And a vowel.
27:46And a vowel.
27:46And a vowel.
27:47And a vowel.
27:47And a vowel.
27:47And a vowel.
27:47And a vowel.
27:48And a vowel.
27:48And a vowel.
27:49And a vowel.
27:49And a vowel.
27:49And a vowel.
27:49And a vowel.
27:50And a vowel.
27:50And a vowel.
27:50And a vowel.
27:50And a vowel.
27:51And a vowel.
27:51And a vowel.
27:51And a vowel.
27:52And a vowel.
27:53And a vowel.
27:53And a vowel.
27:54And a vowel.
27:54And a vowel.
27:55And a vowel.
27:55And a vowel.
27:56And a vowel.
27:57And a vowel.
27:57And a vowel.
27:58and a vowel.
27:58And a vowel.
28:14Tony?
28:16Seven.
28:16And Sarah?
28:17Yes, seven.
28:18Tony?
28:19Loners.
28:20Loners and?
28:21The same word.
28:22There we go.
28:23And the same.
28:25Thank you, madam.
28:26But not Susie.
28:27Susie?
28:28There is an eight there.
28:30Laneros, or laneros, I should say,
28:32which in South America are inhabitants of lanos,
28:36which are the treeless grassy plains.
28:38So this is particularly cowboys.
28:40They are laneros.
28:41OK.
28:45Laneros.
28:4671 plays 65.
28:48Still that six points in it.
28:50Sarah, final letters game.
28:53Can I start with a consonant, please, Rachel?
28:55Thank you, Sarah.
28:56C.
28:57And a vowel, I.
29:00And a consonant, J.
29:03And a vowel, E.
29:06And another vowel, A.
29:08A consonant, G.
29:11And another, S.
29:15And another, T.
29:19And I'll finish with a consonant, please.
29:21And finish with M.
29:24And here's the countdown clock.
29:25I'm creed.
29:26Oh, God.
29:27I'll skip the-
29:38In the end.
29:39I'll snap at you.
29:39I'll see you.
29:41There is one.
29:42Bye.
29:43Bye.
29:48Bye.
29:49Bye.
29:50Bye.
29:51Bye.
29:51Bye.
29:53Bye.
29:53Bye.
29:53Bye.
29:54Bye.
29:54Sarah?
29:57Seven.
29:59Tony?
30:00Seven.
30:01Sarah?
30:02Cage-iest.
30:04You pretty much knew immediately.
30:07That's about the third or the fourth in a row, I think.
30:10Now?
30:10Well, it's success.
30:11We have an eight here and a lovely word.
30:14Majestic.
30:15Perfect.
30:16Majestic.
30:19Majestic.
30:20All right.
30:2178 to 72.
30:23Tony?
30:24Final numbers game.
30:26I'll probably regret it.
30:27Six more, please.
30:28Six more.
30:29Why not?
30:29Thank you, Tony.
30:30You've got to do something.
30:31See if you can get the advantage and then potentially a crucial conundrum.
30:34Right.
30:34The final one of the day is nine, five, eight, another five, four, and one.
30:43And the all-important target, 334.
30:46Three, three, four.
30:47Two, three, four, and one.
30:53MUSIC PLAYS
31:19Tony? I've got 3.30.
31:214 away. Sarah?
31:23I've got 3.30 as well.
31:25So, Tony.
31:278 times 4.
31:298. 4 is a 32.
31:31Plus 1. 33.
31:335 plus 5.
31:34Is a 10. Multiply.
31:36And no regrets. 3.30. Well done.
31:38And Sarah? The same.
31:39Same time. There we go. Well done, both of you.
31:43But it does take us to an interesting final round.
31:47But before we get there, let's see whether Rachel can crack it.
31:50Yes, Rachel. 3, 3, 4.
31:52This one was possible.
31:53One where you say 5 times 5 is 25.
31:578 plus 4 is 12.
32:00Add them together for 37.
32:02Times that by 9 for 3, 3, 3.
32:04And add on the 1. 3, 3, 4.
32:06Well done.
32:08APPLAUSE
32:08And now, we turn to a crucial countdown conundrum.
32:16Fingers on buzzers.
32:16Good luck to you both.
32:18Let's roll today's crucial countdown conundrum.
32:21BELL RINGS
32:31BELL RINGS
32:32Sarah?
32:48Pesticide?
32:48Let's see whether you're right.
32:53Wonderful.
32:54Well done.
33:00Well done, Sarah.
33:02A bit close.
33:03Wow.
33:03That was a bit close, wasn't it?
33:05But, Tony, you did really well.
33:08Because I was a bit worried at the beginning.
33:09It was a bit of a slow start.
33:10But you were chasing her all the way.
33:13It was fantastic.
33:14Well done.
33:14It was a great performance, actually.
33:16Fantastic.
33:17So take your goodie bag back to London, back to Blackheath, I think, isn't it?
33:22Yeah.
33:22With pride.
33:23Brilliant stuff.
33:24Well done.
33:25Well done.
33:25And we shall see you tomorrow, Sarah.
33:27Yeah, see you tomorrow.
33:28Gave you a fright, didn't you?
33:29Just a little.
33:30He did, indeed.
33:30All right.
33:31And we'll see the corner tomorrow.
33:34Gloria and Susie.
33:35Yes, my last day tomorrow.
33:37Yeah.
33:37But have you heard, I'm doing a sit-in for the rest of the week, so I'm not disappearing.
33:40You are welcome.
33:41I'll be under the desk or somewhere.
33:43Any time.
33:44You'll be back before long, I hope.
33:46All right.
33:47See you tomorrow.
33:48See you then.
33:49See you tomorrow.
33:49Oh, you know what?
33:50I was watching the contestants then, and Tony and Sarah pressed the button.
33:53It must have been about the same time.
33:54I saw his hand move.
33:55It couldn't have been any closer.
33:57Yeah.
33:57It was a very good contest.
33:58Well done.
33:58Excellent stuff.
34:00So join us tomorrow.
34:01Same time, same place.
34:02See how Sarah gets on tomorrow.
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