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00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studios.
00:34I guess these days we're all rushing around, tearing around, getting on with our busy lives.
00:39And sometimes we just don't seem to find the time to look at the beauty around us.
00:43Well, in China, the state has stepped in and they've made it sort of compulsory to slow down when passing an acknowledged beauty spot.
00:52For instance, tourists in and around the Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal have to go over, Rachel, 50 traffic calming bumps, sleeping policemen to ensure that you take in this beauty spot.
01:08You know, it's extraordinary. It's sort of an imposition, really. But I don't know. I don't much care for that.
01:13But I remember as a kid, I was always rushing around. My mother used to say, what is this time so full of care?
01:20We have no time to stand and stare. And I used to say to myself, I haven't got time for this. I've got to get on now.
01:25I don't know. What about you? Do you think this Chinese idea is good? I think it's an absolute cheek.
01:31Why is it a cheek?
01:32Because, let's say, you actually have to go along that particular canal every day because that's where you work.
01:39And every time you have to slow down to watch it. You say, actually, I've seen this a thousand times. Get off my back. Don't you think?
01:45Was it in Belgium where they had the lanes where you weren't allowed to use your phone, the pedestrian lanes with no...
01:50It's the same kind of thing, isn't it? Because now you've got your head down. And especially China, you imagine there's a lot more people crammed into one place.
01:56They might bump into each other. I don't know.
01:58Who's here? I'll tell you who's here. Phil Peel is here with a big score yesterday, 103.
02:03Business analyst from Durham. And you overcame Ben Laban on a crucial conundrum. He was good, actually, on those crucial conundrums.
02:10You pepped him. You're here. And you're up against Joe Ellis, a product manager from Leeds, originally from East Sussex,
02:16in the gaming industry, the horse racing and football gaming industry, I guess.
02:20Yeah.
02:21Sport gaming. All right. And a big horse racing fan. And it's your aim to go to every racetrack in the country. How are you getting on?
02:30Steady away so far. Probably got through about 12, maybe 15.
02:34How many are there, I wonder?
02:37I'm not actually sure. I should probably find that out in order to complete said mission.
02:41Well, when you start running out, you'll have a look. I suppose they're all listed, aren't they, in the back of the paper somewhere?
02:45Yeah, yeah.
02:46You must go to Cheltenham and Aintree.
02:48I've choked on them every year. I've never been to Aintree, so that's one to tick off next year.
02:51All right. Well, good luck to you both, Phil and Joe. Good luck. Big round of applause.
03:02And over in the corner, Susie, of course, is usually off on some exciting adventure.
03:06So we're very lucky to have him here in our studio, not apparently bitten recently by some crazy wild animal.
03:14Phil, it's naturalist and wildlife expert, the wonderful Steve Bankshall. Welcome back.
03:20Thank you very much.
03:25And we look forward to hearing your stories a little bit later.
03:28Of course.
03:29But now, Phil, you take us off on the letters game.
03:33Hi, Rachel.
03:34Hi, Phil.
03:34Can we start with a consonant, please?
03:36Thank you. Start today with D.
03:38And a vowel.
03:40I.
03:42Consonant.
03:44P.
03:45Vowel.
03:47E.
03:49Consonant.
03:51V.
03:52Vowel.
03:52A.
03:56Consonant, please.
03:57R.
03:59Another consonant.
04:01L.
04:03And a final consonant, please.
04:05And a final B.
04:07And here's the countdown clock.
04:09All next.
04:16L.
04:19And.
04:21And.
04:21L.
04:22And.
04:23Yes, Phil?
04:40Just a six.
04:41A six.
04:42Joe?
04:43Six.
04:44Yes, Phil?
04:45Reeled.
04:46And?
04:47Varied.
04:48And varied.
04:50Now then, in the corner, Steve and Susie.
04:54Well, I instantly got hit by Viper for some unknown reason.
04:58We also have a seven piebald, which is referring to the colouration of a horse.
05:04Yep.
05:05Connected to pied, I believe.
05:06Yep, named after the magpie.
05:07There you go.
05:08And another seven, Prevail.
05:11Six apiece.
05:12Now then, Joe, your letters game.
05:15Hi, Rachel.
05:15Hi, Joe.
05:16Start with a continent, please.
05:18Start with L.
05:20Annabelle.
05:22U.
05:23Consonant.
05:25T.
05:27And a vowel.
05:29E.
05:31And another vowel.
05:34A.
05:36And a consonant.
05:38S.
05:40Another consonant.
05:42M.
05:45A vowel.
05:45I.
05:46I.
05:48And a consonant, please.
05:52And lastly, W.
05:55Countdown.
05:56You.
05:57Evil.
05:58I.
05:59See you.
06:09You.
06:09You.
06:09What you I think.
06:11I.
06:14I.
06:15You.
06:18You.
06:18partially made.
06:20You.
06:20You.
06:20Yes, Joe.
06:28Just a five.
06:29A five, Phil. Six.
06:31So, Joe.
06:32Steam.
06:33And salute.
06:36And salute.
06:37Yeah.
06:38Very good.
06:39Can we beat it or match it?
06:40Steve, Susie?
06:41I just have teals, which are our smallest species of duck here in this country, but no longer.
06:49Nice one, mate.
06:50Muesli is there for six, but there is an eight there now, which is simulate.
06:54Simulate.
06:55Simulate.
06:56Very good.
07:00Twelve plays six.
07:02Phil, your numbers game.
07:03Can I have one large and five small, please, Rachel?
07:06Thank you, Phil.
07:06One from the top row, five little ones.
07:08And the first numbers game of the day is nine, six, seven, four, three, and the large one, 75.
07:17And the target, 911.
07:20Nine, one, one.
07:22One, two, three, and the majority.
07:23One, two, three, and the large one.
07:24Mr.
07:24Here we go.
07:26loو Thank you.
07:31All right.
07:33Well, Phil?
07:549-1-1.
07:559-1-1, Joe?
07:569-1-1.
07:58And Phil?
07:599 plus 3 is 12.
08:00Yep.
08:02Multiply by 75 is 900.
08:04It is.
08:05And add the 7 and add the 4.
08:079-1-1, lovely.
08:08And Joe?
08:09Same way.
08:11There we go.
08:12Yeah, that's good.
08:17So, Phil on 22, Joe on 16,
08:19as we turn to our first tea time teaser,
08:21which is Club Denim.
08:23And the clue?
08:24You might get to the bottom of this,
08:25but as of yet, nobody's got to the top.
08:28You might get to the bottom of this,
08:30but as of yet,
08:32nobody's got to the top.
08:49Welcome back.
08:50I left with the clue,
08:51you might get to the bottom of this,
08:52but as of yet, nobody's got to the top
08:55because, of course,
08:57it's unclimbed.
08:59Unclimbed.
09:00So, 22 plays out 16,
09:03Phil in the lead,
09:04and it's Joe's letters game.
09:05Yes, Joe?
09:07Vowel, please, Rachel.
09:08Thank you, Joe.
09:09A.
09:10Another vowel.
09:12E.
09:14And a consonant.
09:16N.
09:18Another consonant.
09:18S.
09:22And a vowel.
09:24O.
09:25Consonant.
09:28D.
09:29Consonant.
09:31P.
09:33A vowel.
09:36U.
09:37And a consonant, please.
09:39And the last one.
09:40Z.
09:42Countdown.
09:42Rounds.
10:00I.
10:07I.
10:11I.
10:11Yes, Joe?
10:15Six.
10:16And?
10:17Six, but not written down.
10:18What would that be, Phil?
10:20Pounds.
10:21Pounds?
10:22Joe?
10:23Pounds, I'll say.
10:25Just shove it across.
10:26Yes, Joe, Phil.
10:27And the corner, what news?
10:30I have zoeas, which is planktonic larvae of marine organisms, Z-O-E-A-S.
10:36We also have dapazone.
10:40We do.
10:40Which is a leprosy treatment.
10:42I had no idea what that is.
10:44Yes.
10:44Although I can say that the only animal other than us that can contract and carry leprosy
10:49is the armadillo, believe it or not.
10:51Is that right?
10:51Yeah.
10:51I don't know if you treat them with dapazone.
10:54First you've got to catch one, I imagine.
10:56Brilliant.
10:57It's extraordinary.
10:58Everywhere he comes up with old Steve over there is an animal.
11:01This guy's got a total one-track mind.
11:02That's going to be the way it's going to be, I guess.
11:0528 plays 22.
11:07Phil in the lead still.
11:08Phil's letters game?
11:09Consonant, please, Rachel.
11:11Thank you, Phil.
11:12T.
11:13And a vowel.
11:15O.
11:16Another vowel.
11:18I.
11:19Consonant.
11:21W.
11:22Another consonant.
11:23D.
11:25And another.
11:28S.
11:29A vowel.
11:32E.
11:34Consonant.
11:35F.
11:38And a final consonant, please.
11:40And a final S.
11:42Stand by.
11:43ether.
11:52I.
11:57I.
11:58I.
12:05I.
12:06I.
12:10I.
12:11Well, Phil?
12:15A six.
12:16A six and Joe?
12:18A five, but I'm not convinced it's a word.
12:21Let's try.
12:22Dows, spelt with a W.
12:25Yeah, that's really fine.
12:26What about Phil?
12:27Tossed.
12:29That'll do.
12:30That'll do.
12:31That's fine.
12:31And Steve, now, animals, please.
12:35I haven't got any obscure animals for that one, but you have got...
12:39Foisted is there for seven.
12:41Foisted.
12:41Foisted.
12:42Don't foist me with that.
12:4434, please.
12:4422.
12:46And now, Joe, your first numbers game.
12:50Two large, four small, please, Rachel.
12:52Thank you, Joe.
12:53Two big ones, four little.
12:54Coming up, and this time, the little ones are five, eight, six, two,
13:01and the large ones, 75 and 100.
13:04And the target, 799.
13:08799.
13:11No, then, Joe.
13:41799.
13:42I think so.
13:42Phil?
13:43799.
13:43And Joe?
13:45100 times eight.
13:47800.
13:48Six minus five is one.
13:49That's it.
13:50And subtract.
13:50Yeah, very straightforward.
13:51And Phil?
13:52Same way.
13:53There we go.
13:54Yep.
13:5944, place 32, fill in the lead at the moment as we turn to Steve.
14:05Steve, what have you got for us today?
14:06Well, I thought I'd talk a little bit about animals that have really surprised me and done
14:10things that are unexpected.
14:12I guess when you think about nature, you think of nature red in tooth and claw and of an air
14:17of brutality and perhaps selfishness in the way that animals live their lives.
14:21But that's certainly not always true.
14:23And I think if you spend a lot of time with wildlife, you see elements of altruism, even
14:28what appear to be heroism and bravery.
14:31Certainly in this country, you very rarely see a buzzard circling around over a valley
14:34without seeing an attendant horde of mobbing smaller birds trying to drive it away out of
14:38their territory at extreme potential risk to themselves.
14:41And then you have things like lapwings.
14:43Some kinds of lapwings will feign an injury.
14:46They'll feign a broken wing and run away from their nests to attract the attention of a predator
14:49away from their youngsters or their eggs.
14:52But I think perhaps the one that really stands out for me was being in East Africa and filming
14:57vervet monkeys, which are enchanting animals.
15:00They're really interesting to watch.
15:01You could sit and watch them for hours on end.
15:03We noticed one particular animal that stood out.
15:05There was something about the way it was moving that was unusual.
15:07And as she got closer to us, we realized that she was completely missing her back legs.
15:12Obviously, she'd come into an encounter with a predator, had been attacked and lost her
15:17back legs, but she was still moving around.
15:19And as she got closer, we noticed she had a tiny baby clasped to her chest.
15:24And when she needed to move, she went up onto her hands into a handstand and ran along on
15:30her hands and leapt up into the trees and moved around with apparent ease with this tiny
15:35baby clasped to her chest.
15:36And a crew of hardened wildlife filmmakers all stood and watched it and were just overawed
15:44at the bravery, the heroism of this tiny animal.
15:48And I think if you spend much time in nature, you see over and over again ways that animals
15:51can surprise you.
15:52I'll tell you a few more ways over the coming shows.
15:56Amazing.
15:56What an extraordinary story.
16:05And now Phil, it's your letters game.
16:08Consonant please, Rachel.
16:10Thank you, Phil.
16:11R.
16:12And a vowel.
16:14A.
16:16Consonant.
16:17S.
16:19Another consonant.
16:20T.
16:22Vowel.
16:24O.
16:24Consonant.
16:26Consonant.
16:28S.
16:29Another vowel.
16:32E.
16:34Consonant please.
16:36B.
16:37And a final consonant.
16:40And a final Y.
16:42Countdown.
16:43T.
16:43T.
16:44T.
16:45A.
16:45B Mull
16:46A.
16:47T.
16:47T.
16:50A.
16:50M.
16:51A.
16:52A.
16:52B.
16:53C.
16:53A.
16:54C.
16:55A.
16:55A.
16:56B.
16:57A.
17:00A.
17:01B.
17:01B.
17:03A.
17:04D.
17:05A.
17:06B.
17:08A.
17:09B.
17:10A.
17:12C.
17:12Yes, Phil.
17:15Seven.
17:15Seven, Joe.
17:17Eight.
17:18Phil.
17:19Beasters.
17:20And Joe Ellis.
17:21Boasters.
17:23Yeah, excellent.
17:24Well done.
17:24Well done.
17:28Well done.
17:29And the corner?
17:30Yeah, we also have oysters.
17:33Delicious.
17:34Also fascinating animals.
17:35Also an animal.
17:36We have bears, asps.
17:39We've got lots of animals on this one.
17:40That's amazing.
17:42All right, well done.
17:43Only four points in it.
17:4444 to 40.
17:46And it's Joe's letters game.
17:48A consonant, please, Rachel.
17:49Thank you, Joe.
17:50N.
17:53Another consonant.
17:55R.
17:56And a vowel.
17:58O.
18:00Another vowel.
18:02I.
18:03Consonant.
18:05M.
18:08And a consonant.
18:10C.
18:12A vowel.
18:14E.
18:17A consonant.
18:19N.
18:22And another consonant, please.
18:24And the last one, H.
18:26Just turn by.
18:27словos.
18:29Music.
18:29Music.
18:30And those are the two.
18:33Well, Joe?
18:59Six.
19:00A six and?
19:01Six as well.
19:02Two sixes.
19:03Joe?
19:04Chimer?
19:05Mincer.
19:06A mincer?
19:08You can certainly be a mincer and you can be a chimer as well.
19:12Yep, that's in.
19:13Well done.
19:13Yep.
19:14Now, I've got a bet on here now.
19:17What have you got?
19:18I've got a rhino.
19:21Of course you have.
19:22Very good.
19:22Anything else?
19:23There are a couple of apes, in fact.
19:25There's a nichrome, which is an alloy of nickel and chromium.
19:29Yep.
19:29And choir men are also their fave.
19:31Well done.
19:32Thank you, Steve.
19:33All right.
19:36And, Phil, numbers for you now.
19:39Can we have one large and five small, please?
19:41Thank you, Phil.
19:42One from the top and five more little ones.
19:44And for this round, they are three, one, six, four, nine.
19:51And the big one, 50.
19:53And the target, 512.
19:56Five, one, two.
19:57Four, three, one, six, seven, nine, eight, five, five, six.
20:04Okay.
20:05Once again, we find one and five people.
20:06And the pinhole of the third, three, two.
20:08Yes, Phil.
20:29512.
20:30512, Joe.
20:32512.
20:33So, Phil, 9 plus 1 is 10?
20:35Yep.
20:36Multiply by 50?
20:37500.
20:38And 4 times 3 is 12?
20:40It is indeed.
20:41512.
20:42And Joe, same way.
20:46There we are.
20:47Yeah, that's great.
20:48Thank you, Joe.
20:5160 for Phil and Joe on 56 as we turn to our second tea time teaser,
20:57which is Bored Mate.
20:58Bored Mate.
20:59And the clue.
21:00They say he's a very attractive man.
21:02Well, hello, sailor.
21:04They say he's a very attractive man.
21:07Well, hello, sailor.
21:25Welcome back.
21:26I left with the clue.
21:27They say he's a very attractive man.
21:30Well, hello, sailor.
21:31And the answer to that one is clearly he's a dreamboat.
21:35Whatever that is.
21:36Dreamboat.
21:37So, 60 plays 56.
21:39Fill in the lead.
21:39And it's Joe's letters game.
21:42Vowel, please, Rachel.
21:43Thank you, Joe.
21:45A.
21:45And another vowel.
21:49O.
21:50A consonant.
21:52R.
21:54And a consonant.
21:57T.
21:59And a consonant.
22:01L.
22:03Vowel, please.
22:04E.
22:06A consonant.
22:07G.
22:11And a consonant.
22:14M.
22:16And another vowel, please.
22:17And the last one, A.
22:20And here's the countdown clock.
22:32Yes, Joe?
22:53I'm struggling, sorry.
22:55Over to... Phil?
22:57Seven.
22:58And a seven. Your seven?
22:59Glowter.
23:00Glowter, absolutely fine.
23:01And in the corner?
23:03Yeah, so I've got Ratel, which is the native name for the honey badger.
23:09R-A-T-E-E-L.
23:11And then we've got a seven as well, which is Margate, which is an Atlantic fish.
23:17I'm serious, it really is.
23:18You're shameless, you are.
23:20Brilliant, though. Brilliant.
23:22All right.
23:23So, 67 plays 56.
23:25Sorry about that, Joe.
23:26Now it's Phil's letters game.
23:28Continent, please, Rachel.
23:29Thank you, Phil.
23:30L.
23:31And a vowel.
23:33I.
23:34Consonant.
23:36J.
23:38Another consonant.
23:40T.
23:41A vowel.
23:43E.
23:45Consonant.
23:47T.
23:49Consonant.
23:51L.
23:52A vowel.
23:53U.
23:53And a consonant, please.
23:58And the last one, D.
24:01Countdown.
24:02A vowel.
24:03A vowel.
24:03A vowel.
24:04A vowel.
24:04A vowel.
24:04A vowel.
24:05A vowel.
24:05A vowel.
24:06A vowel.
24:06A vowel.
24:06A vowel.
24:07A vowel.
24:07A vowel.
24:07A vowel.
24:07A vowel.
24:07A vowel.
24:08A vowel.
24:08A vowel.
24:08A vowel.
24:08A vowel.
24:09A vowel.
24:09A vowel.
24:09A vowel.
24:10A vowel.
24:10A vowel.
24:11A vowel.
24:11A vowel.
24:11A vowel.
24:11A vowel.
24:12A vowel.
24:12A vowel.
24:12A vowel.
24:13A vowel.
24:13A vowel.
24:14A vowel.
24:15A vowel.
24:15A vowel.
24:15A vowel.
24:16A vowel.
24:17A vowel.
24:17A vowel.
24:17A vowel.
24:18A vowel.
24:19A vowel.
24:19Phil?
24:33I'll stick the six.
24:35That's six. Joe?
24:36Seven.
24:37Phil?
24:38Jilted.
24:38Jilted and?
24:40Er, littled.
24:41Ah, as in belittled.
24:43As in belittled.
24:43Yeah.
24:44Oh, it's not there, Joe, I'm afraid.
24:46It would have to be belittled, sorry.
24:48Bad luck.
24:49No!
24:49Our next animal coming up is...
24:53Well, I'm a bit disappointed because the only thing I've got is a meagre tit.
25:00We do, though, we do have dilute.
25:03Well done.
25:04Which is OK, I guess.
25:05Yeah, and little.
25:06So it was a tough one, that one.
25:07Well done.
25:08Yeah, well, you didn't let us down, though, Steve, did you?
25:10As we turn to Susie and her origins of words.
25:14Yes, Susie?
25:15Well, I have to thank Audrey Jones today because she asked me and she wrote in to
25:19ask why we talk about going from pillar to post when we're making a great effort to achieve
25:24something.
25:25So thanks to Audrey and to everyone who writes in.
25:27There are two theories about this.
25:30The first is that it goes back to the sport of real tennis.
25:34We know it first appeared in English in around the 15th century, but it first appeared as
25:38from post to pillar, so the other way around.
25:41And the explanation, the theory behind this one is that a tennis player chasing the ball,
25:47ricocheting off the posts and pillars of the indoor courts in those days was a really vivid
25:52metaphor for somebody who was just going hither and dither in search of something, in an effort
25:57to achieve something.
25:58But there is another theory, which is the most plausible, in which the evidence seems
26:02to fit a little bit better, and that interprets the post as a whipping post and the pillar as
26:08pillory, which was punishment really through humiliation.
26:12It was this contraption, as you probably know, it was a short post and it was topped with a
26:16wooden frame and the offender's head and hands would go through this and essentially they
26:20would be mocked by every passerby, the occasional pigeon, etc.
26:24It was such a real humiliation, which is why, of course, we talk about pillorying somebody
26:28today if we're really giving them a hard time.
26:31So not a very nice origin, but as I say, that's probably the most plausible one.
26:35But while we're on pillories, it's worth mentioning stockings as well, because it's slightly strange
26:39that an item of lingerie today actually began with that same instrument of torture, or at
26:45least a very similar one.
26:46The idea was that people put their legs through this horrible wooden block in the same way that
26:51you'll put your legs into stockings.
26:52It's a very strange progression, but we think that stockings almost certainly go back to
26:56those original pillories and stocks.
26:58Isn't that strange?
27:0573, please.
27:0656.
27:07Joe, let us go.
27:08Consonant, please, Rachel.
27:09Thank you, Joe.
27:10R.
27:12And a vowel.
27:13A.
27:15Consonant.
27:17N.
27:18And a consonant.
27:20B.
27:21And a vowel.
27:24E.
27:26And a vowel.
27:28I.
27:30Consonant.
27:32D.
27:34Vowel.
27:36E.
27:37And a consonant, please.
27:39And the last one, S.
27:41Countdown.
27:42E.
27:44E.
27:45E.
27:47And then.
27:53E.
27:55E.
28:00E.
28:00Yea.
28:00E.
28:00E.
28:00E.
28:01E.
28:01Yes, Joe.
28:14Six.
28:15A six and?
28:16Eight.
28:17And an eight, Joe.
28:18Prides.
28:19Your eight?
28:20Sprint.
28:21Sprint.
28:22Very good.
28:23Well done.
28:24Well done.
28:26Well done, Phil.
28:28And over in the corner, now, what have we got?
28:31So, we have a spider.
28:33Of course you do.
28:34And we've got a good one here, which is pards, P-A-R-D-S.
28:38The scientific name for the leopard is pardus, and it is an old term for a leopard.
28:45The pard, yeah, absolutely.
28:46Well done.
28:47Two.
28:48Spider and pard.
28:49Very good.
28:5081, page 56.
28:52Phil, final letters game.
28:55Consonant, please, Rachel.
28:56Thank you, Phil.
28:57C.
28:58Annabelle.
29:00I.
29:00A consonant.
29:02S.
29:04And a vowel.
29:06E.
29:08A consonant.
29:10V.
29:11Another consonant.
29:13R.
29:15A vowel.
29:17I.
29:19Another vowel, please.
29:22O.
29:23And a final consonant.
29:25And a final T.
29:28And here's the countdown clock.
29:29The, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the.
29:42Yes, Phil.
30:01Try an eighth.
30:02Joe.
30:03Six.
30:04And that's six.
30:06Truth.
30:07And evictors.
30:09Evictors.
30:10The bailiffs, in other words.
30:14Yeah, they're in.
30:15Very good.
30:16Oh, well done.
30:17Steve.
30:18Well, I was quite chuffed with this one.
30:19I've got civets.
30:21And the cool thing about civets is they're a cat-like animal related to the genets.
30:25But there is a kind of coffee which is brewed.
30:29The coffee beans are eaten by the civet, passed out its other end,
30:33and collected into one of the most expensive coffees in the whole world.
30:37It's broken down inside the guts.
30:39What do they call it?
30:41Oh, my goodness.
30:41When it comes out as coffee.
30:42In Indonesian, it does literally translate as civet poo coffee.
30:46I'm not sure what it's called in English.
30:48Have you tried it?
30:49No, it's much too expensive.
30:50Well, well done.
30:51Another animal.
30:53Susie?
30:53Well, there is a nightmare as well, actually.
30:56Victories are there.
30:57Victories.
30:58Well done.
30:58Well done.
30:59We live in a weird world, don't we?
31:08The more unusual and rare it is, the more expensive it is, I suppose.
31:11There we are.
31:12Ageing 9 plays 56, and Joe, final numbers for you.
31:15Thanks.
31:16Two large, four small, please, Rachel.
31:17Thank you, Joe.
31:18Two from the top, four little.
31:20And the final numbers game of the day is seven.
31:23Seven.
31:25Nine.
31:26Eight.
31:27And the large two, 125.
31:30And the target, 523.
31:33Five, two, three.
31:34Five, two, three.
32:05Yes, Joe.
32:06Nowhere close.
32:07Too far.
32:08Phil?
32:08Five, two, four.
32:10Let's go.
32:11100 times seven.
32:13700.
32:1425 times seven.
32:16Yep.
32:1725 times seven.
32:20175.
32:21Subtract that from the 700.
32:22Five, two, five.
32:23And then nine minus eight is one.
32:25Yep.
32:26Take that.
32:27Yep.
32:28Pretty neat, but not quite there, was it, Rachel?
32:31Five, two, three.
32:32Well, if you just use the one seven and say 100 minus 25 times seven gets you to five, two,
32:39five.
32:40And then you have nine minus the other seven for two to take away.
32:43That's the way.
32:44Five, two, three, indeed.
32:46So, as we go into the final round, the score's standing 96 to 56, Joe on 56.
32:54Gentlemen, fingers on buzzers.
32:57Here's today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:29Well, we're foxed up here.
33:31Even Phil is foxed.
33:32But who in the...
33:33Yes, ma'am?
33:34Is it disarming, Nick?
33:36Disarming.
33:36Let's see whether you're right.
33:38Here we go.
33:39Disarming.
33:40What done?
33:41Well done.
33:44Well done.
33:46So, Phil, just shy of 100 this time.
33:4996 against yesterday.
33:50It's 103.
33:51But nonetheless, you come back tomorrow.
33:53So, well done for that.
33:55And Joe doesn't.
33:56But, yeah, you put up a good fight there.
33:5856.
33:58Thank you so much for coming.
34:00Good luck with your tour of England's race courses.
34:03Well done.
34:04Well done.
34:04You've got your bags there.
34:05All right.
34:06Well done.
34:06Thanks.
34:07And we'll see you tomorrow, Phil.
34:08Well done.
34:10Steve and Susie.
34:11You're here for a week.
34:13Yes, I am, yeah.
34:14I'm going to have to go with a lot of animals.
34:16I'm up for it.
34:17Well done.
34:17All right.
34:17We'll see you tomorrow.
34:18Brilliant stuff.
34:19See you then.
34:19See you tomorrow.
34:20See you then.
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