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00:00Thank you for joining us.
00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:34Countdown, the home, the very epicentre of language, words and numbers.
00:40And there's a survey out recently about the most hated examples of corporate jargon.
00:47Rachel, this is fun.
00:48Corporate jargon.
00:49Number five on this list.
00:51I'll rush through and you nod if you hate them too or if you like them.
00:55What about no-brainer?
00:56It's a no-brainer.
00:58That's been around for ages.
00:59Yeah.
00:59What about game-changer, number four?
01:02Live with that?
01:03No, it's going down.
01:04Sort of.
01:04Number three, we're on a journey.
01:07Are we?
01:07That sounds more X-factor than business jargon.
01:11Blue Sky Thinking is number two.
01:14But number one, which Catherine uses all over time.
01:18Just touching base.
01:20Ah.
01:20Huh?
01:21Now, do you have any...
01:22I know you've got one, haven't you?
01:24Oh, yeah.
01:25Quotation marks when it's not quotations.
01:27But my personal favourite, myself, is when people like yourself talk about themselves with the self.
01:34I don't know why it's come in, but it's everywhere now.
01:36So, give me an example of that.
01:38I, myself, think that...
01:40Oh, you're right.
01:41It's annoying.
01:42It's wrong.
01:43I think it's annoying.
01:45I don't leave myself.
01:46All right.
01:46Now, who's with us?
01:48We have got Laurie Weston back again after a good win.
01:52Close run.
01:53Yeah.
01:53But, yeah, it was a good win.
01:55Now, you're joined by Bryony Gettins, who's an occupational therapist from Newport, plays the violin, and once played for the Queen.
02:04Now, how did that happen?
02:05Well, I went to a private school that was having a centenary, and the Queen came on a visit to visit the school.
02:11Mm-hmm.
02:11And I was in the orchestra at the age of 11, played the violin for the Queen.
02:15Oh, you soared away for her.
02:17Yeah.
02:17Well done.
02:18And now, you're a secretary of the Newport Orchestra.
02:21Yeah.
02:21That's pretty good.
02:22So, you're an accomplished violinist, don't you?
02:23Well, I still play, yeah.
02:26Excellent.
02:26Well, good luck today.
02:28Good luck to you both.
02:29Let's have a big round of applause for our contestants.
02:37Susie's in the corner.
02:39She always in the corner.
02:40And, in fact, we'd collapse without you.
02:42And sitting next to Susie is the wonderful Michael Whitehall, great raconteur, whose book, backing into the spotlight, there he is, look, sitting astride one of those great big metal balls, is out next week, I think.
02:56We'll talk about that a little bit later, Michael.
02:58Mm.
02:58All right.
02:59Laurie, will you take us away on this latest game?
03:02Sure.
03:02Afternoon, Rachel.
03:03Afternoon, Laurie.
03:04Val, please.
03:06Start the day with E.
03:08And a consonant.
03:10J.
03:12Another consonant.
03:14D.
03:15A vowel.
03:17A.
03:19Another vowel.
03:21O.
03:23Consonant.
03:25S.
03:26Another consonant.
03:28X.
03:30Another consonant.
03:32V.
03:33And a final vowel, please.
03:37And a final I.
03:39And here's the countdown clock.
03:41Oh,
03:42one Nicholas.
03:47One,
03:51one,
03:51one,
03:52one.
03:53One,
03:54two,
03:55one.
03:59One,
04:00one.
04:03One,
04:05two,
04:05one.
04:05One,
04:06two.
04:08Laurie?
04:13Six.
04:14And Bryony?
04:15Six.
04:15Yes, Laurie?
04:16Avoids.
04:17And Bryony?
04:18Same word, avoids.
04:19Same word?
04:20Yeah.
04:21Any more sixes in the corner there?
04:23Michael and Susie, what have you come up with?
04:26It's oxidase.
04:28Is that a word?
04:29Yes, oxidase.
04:30Very, very good.
04:30A term from biochemistry, an enzyme which promotes to transfer of a hydrogen atom to an oxygen molecule.
04:38Forming things like water.
04:40Brilliant.
04:41Well, that's very helpful.
04:45Well, then, Michael, anything else?
04:47No, that was our best for seven.
04:49It'll do.
04:49Good start.
04:50Thank you very much.
04:50Six apiece.
04:51Bryony?
04:53Off you go.
04:54Hi, Bryony.
04:55Can I have a consonant, please?
04:57Start with T.
05:01And a vowel, E.
05:05And another vowel, O.
05:09And a consonant, R.
05:13And a consonant, N.
05:18And a vowel, O.
05:23And another vowel, please.
05:26U.
05:28A consonant, D.
05:32And a final consonant, please.
05:34And a final S.
05:36Stand by.
05:43And a vowel.
05:50Briony.
06:10Six.
06:11A six.
06:12Eight.
06:12Briony.
06:13Rooted.
06:14Now then.
06:15Roundest.
06:16Excellent.
06:18That's good.
06:20APPLAUSE
06:21And Michael, Susie, what have we got?
06:27I don't know whether this is a real word,
06:29but I was...
06:31When I was taught by the Benedictine monks at Amplefall,
06:35they had that funny thing, you know,
06:37with a ball bit in the middle and the round,
06:40which I think is called taunt...tauntured.
06:43It is a taunture, yeah.
06:44So they were tauntured.
06:46They were.
06:47APPLAUSE
06:48Very good.
06:4914 plays six.
06:50Laurie on 14.
06:51Laurie's back with a numbers game.
06:53I'll have six more again, please.
06:54Thank you, Laurie.
06:55Six little ones to kick us off today.
06:58And for the first time, they are seven,
07:01ten,
07:02two,
07:03nine,
07:04three,
07:05and five.
07:06And the target should reach 618.
07:09Six,
07:09one,
07:10eight.
07:10One,
07:28two,
07:29three,
07:29one,
07:31two,
07:33two,
07:34three,
07:34three,
07:35one,
07:35two,
07:36two.
07:37Laurie?
07:42I think I have 6.10. I'm not sure.
07:446.10? Briony?
07:46I'm not close enough.
07:48No? Let's stick then with Laurie for the minute.
07:517 minus 2 is 5.
07:54Yep.
07:56And then... No, no.
07:59Defeat, Rachel.
08:01You're our last hope.
08:03It's all mine.
08:04This was possible if you say 9 times 10 is 90.
08:093 minus 2 is 1.
08:11Take that off for 89.
08:13Times it by 7 for 623.
08:16And take away the 5.
08:17It's one way to get there.
08:18Terrific.
08:22Terrific.
08:23So the score has stalled 14 to Briony's 6.
08:28Laurie in the lead as we turn to our first tea time teaser,
08:31which is in rush get.
08:33And the clue.
08:34He was in a rush to get some food.
08:36He'd never been more starving.
08:38He was in a rush to get some food.
08:41He'd never been more starving.
08:43Welcome back.
08:59I left with the clue.
09:00He was in a rush to get some food.
09:02He'd never been more starving.
09:05He was at his...
09:07Hungriest is the word we're looking for.
09:09Hungriest.
09:10Now, 14 plays 6.
09:12Laurie in the lead.
09:13Briony.
09:14Letters again.
09:16A consonant, please.
09:17Thank you, Briony.
09:19N.
09:21And a vowel.
09:22I.
09:24And another vowel.
09:27A.
09:29And a consonant.
09:32T.
09:34And another consonant.
09:37W.
09:38And a third consonant.
09:41R.
09:42And a vowel.
09:44I.
09:44I.
09:47Another vowel.
09:50U.
09:52And a consonant.
09:53And lastly, K.
09:55Stand by.
09:56And a vowel.
09:58And a vowel.
09:58And a vowel.
09:58And a vowel.
09:59And a vowel.
09:59And a vowel.
10:00And a vowel.
10:00And a vowel.
10:00And a vowel.
10:01And a vowel.
10:01And a vowel.
10:02And a vowel.
10:02And a vowel.
10:02And a vowel.
10:02And a vowel.
10:02And a vowel.
10:03And a vowel.
10:03And a vowel.
10:03And a vowel.
10:03And a vowel.
10:03And a vowel.
10:04And a vowel.
10:04And a vowel.
10:05And a vowel.
10:05And a vowel.
10:06And a vowel.
10:06And a vowel.
10:07And a vowel.
10:07And a vowel.
10:08And a vowel.
10:09And a vowel.
10:09And a vowel.
10:10And a vowel.
10:11And a vowel.
10:11And a vowel.
10:12Briony?
10:28Just a five.
10:30A five and?
10:31Yeah, just a five.
10:32Two fives.
10:33Briony?
10:33Train.
10:35Train and?
10:35Yeah, train.
10:37Michael?
10:38I drew a blank on that one, haven't you, Tray?
10:40Yeah, it was a tough one.
10:41There is a six there, Nick, which is Nutria, N-U-T-R-I-A, and the skin author of The Koi Poo, that's a South American rodent, looks a bit like a beaver.
10:52Terrible thing.
10:5219 plays 11, Laurie on 19, and it's your letters game, Laurie.
10:58Foul, please, Rachel.
10:59Thank you, Laurie.
11:00E.
11:01And a consonant.
11:03T.
11:04And another consonant.
11:07L.
11:08Then another.
11:10T.
11:11And a vowel.
11:14U.
11:15Another vowel.
11:17I.
11:20Another vowel.
11:23E.
11:25Consonant.
11:26L.
11:28And another consonant.
11:29And lastly, G.
11:32Clock charts now.
11:33And another amount of volume, P.
11:46And another notation.
11:46And anotheranson.
11:48And anotherYeah.
11:49The vowel.
11:50This thing is called E.
11:51And another vowel.
11:52And another vowel.
11:54Thicorn Guide.
11:56And another vowel.
11:57And another vowel.
11:59laurie a six yes brownie six two sixes yes gilet gilet and gilet look at this yeah all right i hope
12:15you're not looking over each other's shoulders michael susie yes i don't know how you're spelling
12:21gilet but it's just a five rather than a six i'll spell it g-i-double-l-e-t oh it's just one l
12:27and how was brianie spelling it g-i-double-l-e-t oh they're obviously looking at a bit
12:32all right now what have we got in the corner it's just one six uh that we could find otherwise gullet
12:39in stuck in one's gullet in your gullet yeah all right 19 to 11 laurie's still in the lead and now
12:47brianie your numbers game um two big please thank you brianie too large four little coming up and for
12:53this round they are one four six two and the big one seventy five and fifty and the target two hundred
13:04six one two six one
13:06so
13:08so
13:13so
13:18so
13:232, 5, 8.
13:402, 5, 8.
13:42Laurie?
13:422, 60.
13:44And 2, 60.
13:45So let's start with the 2, 60, shall we?
13:4850 plus 2.
13:4952.
13:5052.
13:51And multiply that by the 4 plus 1.
13:54And then 4 plus 1 for 5.
13:56Times them together for 260, and you're 1 away.
13:59There we are.
14:00Rachel, can you find the missing 1?
14:03Yeah, a couple of ways.
14:04You could have said 50 minus 2 is 48.
14:08Times by 4 is 192.
14:11And then add the 75 and take away the 6.
14:14You get 2, 60.
14:14Very good.
14:15Lovely.
14:17Thank you, Rachel.
14:20Now, 26 now to 11.
14:24As we turn to Michael.
14:25Michael, what have you got for us today?
14:27You very sweetly mentioned my book, Backing Into The Spotlight.
14:33Mm.
14:33And I thought that as I was backing into the spotlight, I ought to just smart myself up a bit.
14:39So I went to this new, very she-she hairdressers.
14:43We're discussing my hair or what there is of it.
14:46And he said, I tell you what would be really nice would be for you to just have a very, very light rinse.
14:54Don't ask me why.
14:55I said okay.
14:56And I handed him my glasses.
14:59And without my glasses, I can see nothing at all.
15:03And half an hour later, he said, it looks amazing.
15:10Put the glasses back on.
15:12Did you ever see a film called Death in Venice with Dirk Bogart?
15:17It did!
15:18I mean, the dye was almost running down the sides of my face.
15:23It was jet black.
15:25It was a total and utter disaster.
15:28And I was really cross with this man.
15:31Anyway, head off to the restaurant where my lunch date, Patricia Hodge, if I could just slip in a little showbiz name there.
15:41Patricia Hodge is waiting for me.
15:44I put on a hat, obviously, for obvious reasons, a straw hat.
15:49I thought, I can't walk around the streets looking like this.
15:52So I sit down with her, with the hat on.
15:55I said, this is what's happened to me this morning, Patricia.
16:00And she said, I don't know why you're getting in such a state.
16:04I'm sure it's absolutely fine.
16:06Just take your hat off.
16:08Just get on with lunch.
16:10And I took the hat off.
16:12And she looked at me.
16:14And she went...
16:15Oh, dear.
16:22Very, very embarrassing moment for me.
16:24Never went back.
16:25So what happened?
16:26You had to grow it out?
16:28Yes, I had to grow it out.
16:29Well, be careful.
16:30What a lovely story.
16:32Good story, Michael.
16:40So, Laurie, 26 and brownie, 11.
16:43As we turn to Laurie, let us go.
16:45A vowel, please, Rachel.
16:46Thank you, Laurie.
16:47U.
16:47A vowel, please, Rachel.
16:49A vowel, please, Rachel.
16:51L.
16:52Another consonant.
16:54P.
16:56A vowel.
16:57I.
16:58Another vowel.
17:00A.
17:01Another vowel.
17:04I.
17:05One more.
17:08E.
17:09A consonant.
17:11B.
17:12And a consonant.
17:12And the last one.
17:15T.
17:16Stand by.
17:17T.
17:17Stand by.
17:17To be next one.
17:43Bye.
17:44Bye.
17:44Bye.
17:44Bye.
17:44Bye.
17:45Bye.
17:46Bye.
17:47Laurie? I'll try a seven. Briny? Just a five. And that five? Tulip. Tulip. Put-able? Put-able. How are you spelling it? P-U-T-A-B-L-E.
18:04No, there's put-able as in drinkable, but not put-able, I'm afraid. Sorry. So, 26 to 16. What can we have? Michael, what can we have?
18:13I've got a hair one. It's talking of hair, which we were. A plait? Yes. And there is an eight there, actually, Nick. Pitiable. Pitiable. Pitiable. Pitiable state.
18:30Thank you to the corner. 26 to 16. Laurie, ten points ahead. Briny? Your letters go. Consonant, please. Thank you, Briny. L. And another consonant?
18:43S. And a third consonant? R. And a vowel, please. I. And another vowel? E. And another vowel? U. And a consonant? D.
19:06And a consonant? N. And a final vowel, please. And a final O. Standby.
19:18And a vowel, please. B Сегодня ה
19:23And a vowel? D. And a vowel? L. And a vowel?
19:31So, we had a vowel. Z.m.
19:35Briony?
19:50An eight.
19:52An eight.
19:53Lorry, two eights.
19:55Briony?
19:56Roundles.
19:57Roundles and?
19:59Unsoiled.
20:00Unsoiled.
20:01Excellent, yeah.
20:02Very good.
20:02Very, very good.
20:03Two good ones.
20:05Two good eights there.
20:09And Michael?
20:10Michael and Susie?
20:11For the medical, your medical viewers, nodules is always a nice word, isn't it?
20:18They're normally removed, as quickly as possible.
20:20Exactly, but if you're a medic, you know, you're always looking for nodules to remove, aren't you?
20:25Yeah, and polyps.
20:27Susie, anything else?
20:28There is a nine there, actually.
20:31Slightly riffing on unsoiled.
20:33Undersoil is there, like subsoilers, undersoil.
20:36Okay.
20:38Undersoil.
20:4434 to 24, still that ten-point difference.
20:47As we turn to Laurie.
20:49Laurie, numbers.
20:50I'll have one large one and five fours, please.
20:52Thank you, Laurie.
20:53One large this time.
20:54And just the five little ones.
20:56For this round, they are nine, four, five, three, one.
21:03And the big one, 100.
21:05And your target, 483.
21:074-4-8-3.
21:09Yeah.
21:094-8-3.
21:114-8-4-8-3.
21:144-8-3.
21:164-8-3.
21:214-8-3.
21:23And the big one.
21:35Laurie, 484, 484.
21:43Bryony?
21:44I think 483.
21:46Let's try.
21:47Good luck.
21:49100 times 5.
21:52500.
21:52500.
21:53And then I did 3 plus 4 equals 7.
21:57Yep.
21:58Add the 9.
21:5916.
22:00And add the 1, and then take it off.
22:02Very well done, 483.
22:03Excellent, well done.
22:05So it's ready for a piece as we turn to our second tea time teaser,
22:13which is Delta Goof.
22:14And the clue, when it comes to operating a lock, this is key.
22:18When it comes to operating a lock, this is key.
22:21Welcome back.
22:38I left you with the clue, when it comes to operating a lock, this is key.
22:42What is?
22:44Floodgate.
22:45The floodgate.
22:48Mm-hmm.
22:4834 apiece.
22:49Now then, Bryony, your letters came.
22:51Consonant, please, Rachel.
22:55Thank you, Bryony.
22:56W.
22:58And a vowel.
23:01I.
23:01And another vowel.
23:05E.
23:05And a consonant.
23:08M.
23:10And another consonant.
23:13R.
23:14And a third consonant.
23:18S.
23:19And a vowel.
23:20E.
23:23Another vowel, please.
23:25E.
23:27And a final consonant.
23:29And a final S.
23:31Stand by.
23:32And a vowel.
23:33And a vowel.
23:33And a vowel.
23:34And a vowel.
23:35And a vowel.
23:35And a vowel.
23:35And a vowel.
23:35And a vowel.
23:36And a vowel.
23:36And a vowel.
23:37And a vowel.
23:37And a vowel.
23:37And a vowel.
23:37And a vowel.
23:37And a vowel.
23:38And a vowel.
23:38And a vowel.
23:38And a vowel.
23:39And a vowel.
23:39And a vowel.
23:39And a vowel.
23:40And a vowel.
23:41And a vowel.
23:42And a vowel.
23:43And a vowel.
23:43And a vowel.
23:44And a vowel.
23:45And a vowel.
23:45And a vowel.
23:46And a vowel.
23:47And a vowel.
23:47And a vowel.
23:48And a vowel.
23:49And a vowel.
23:50And a vowel.
23:51What did you make of that, Brownie?
24:05Just a five.
24:06A five.
24:07Laurie?
24:08A six.
24:09And a six.
24:10Brownie?
24:11Wires.
24:12Wires and?
24:13Er, sewers.
24:15Yeah.
24:16And sewers.
24:18Michael?
24:19No, I haven't got anything here that works.
24:23Er, miser's for six.
24:25Yeah.
24:26And messier is there for seven.
24:28Oh.
24:28Messier.
24:29Messier.
24:29Yeah.
24:30Very good.
24:32Forty plays, 34.
24:35Laurie, your letters game.
24:37Vowel, please.
24:38Thank you, Laurie.
24:40I.
24:41And a consonant.
24:43H.
24:45Vowel, please.
24:47E.
24:48Er, consonant.
24:50D.
24:51Another consonant.
24:54R.
24:55Another consonant.
24:58N.
24:59Vowel.
25:01A.
25:03Erm, another vowel.
25:07A.
25:08And a consonant, please.
25:10And lastly.
25:11P.
25:13Stand by.
25:14P.
25:15B.
25:19E.
25:33D.
25:33A.
25:37A.
25:37Yes, Briony.
25:47Just a five.
25:49A five and...
25:50Seven.
25:51And a seven.
25:52Yes, Briony.
25:53Drain.
25:54Drain and...
25:55Handier.
25:57Handier.
25:58Yeah, very good.
25:58In the dictionary.
25:59Mm-hmm.
26:00And Michael.
26:02Michael and Susie, what have you concocted?
26:04What have you squeezed out of that?
26:06What about Pinhead?
26:08Yeah.
26:09Pretty good.
26:09That's good.
26:10That's there for a seven.
26:11Head of the pin, literally.
26:13And Piranha is there as well.
26:15Piranha-ish.
26:16Pinhead, that's pretty strong stuff.
26:1847 plays 34.
26:19Laurie in the lead.
26:20Susie.
26:21Michael, you'll love this.
26:23It's Susie's origins of words.
26:25Mm-hmm.
26:27Well, I had an email in from Geoffrey Davies,
26:30so thank you to Geoffrey,
26:30who asks, where does the term argy-bargy come from?
26:34I get the bargy bit, but why argy?
26:37And it's a good question.
26:38And it's an example of what linguists call,
26:40I mentioned it on the show before,
26:41a reduplicative compound.
26:44It's a combination of words that echo each other,
26:46that rhyme in some way,
26:47and often one of those words has very little inherent sense,
26:50and it's simply added on to provide a bit of a sound effect,
26:53if you like.
26:54And English is absolutely full of concoctions like this.
26:57Higgledy-piggledy, shilly-shally,
26:59health-to-skill-to-hugger-mugger,
27:01roly-poly, hoity-toity.
27:03Hoity-toity is a good one,
27:04because to hoit was an old verb for indulging in riotous mirth.
27:08It's a great definition in the dictionary,
27:10which I quite like.
27:11But back to argy-bargy,
27:13it's actually the argy element that carries the sense of the word,
27:16not the bargy, as Geoffrey thought.
27:18It's a variation on argy,
27:20which was a Scottish dialect form of argue,
27:23and has been around since the 16th century.
27:26And to argle-bargle became a sort of joking reference, really,
27:29to bandying words in a very stubborn, obstinate argument over something.
27:33And the bargle was there simply to add a rhyming element,
27:36but perhaps with that element of sort of pushing and shoving
27:38and barging somebody around,
27:41whether literally or metaphorically.
27:43But it all goes back to argle-bargle,
27:45which I almost like better than argy-bargy.
27:47Very good.
27:5447 plays, 34.
27:56Laurie in the lead.
27:57And Bryony.
27:59Bryony, letters game.
28:00I'll start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
28:02Thank you, Bryony.
28:03F.
28:04And another one.
28:07Y.
28:08And another consonant.
28:11N.
28:12And a vowel.
28:14U.
28:15Another vowel.
28:17A.
28:17Another vowel.
28:22I.
28:25Another vowel.
28:27Another A.
28:28A consonant.
28:31R.
28:32And a final consonant, please.
28:33And a final T.
28:35Stand by.
28:36A cylinder.
28:37A
28:53A highways.
28:56A
28:56A
28:58A
28:59A
29:00A
29:02A
29:03A
29:03A
29:03A
29:03A
29:04A A
29:04A A A A A A A A A A A B A B B A A A B A B A A.
29:05Briony?
29:09A six.
29:10A six and?
29:11Six.
29:12Briony?
29:13Unfair.
29:15Thank you. Unfair and?
29:16Fruity.
29:17Fruity.
29:19Fruity, Susie?
29:20Very nice.
29:21Yeah.
29:22I'll say so.
29:23Michael?
29:24No, I've drawn a blank there, I'm afraid.
29:27There is neutrify in there for seven to provide with nourishment.
29:31Neutrify.
29:32Neutrify, thank you.
29:33So, Laurie on 53.
29:35Briony 40, but it's Laurie's letters game.
29:38Off you go, Laurie.
29:40Vowel, please.
29:40Thank you, Laurie.
29:42E.
29:43And a consonant.
29:45S.
29:46Another consonant.
29:49Q.
29:51And another.
29:53T.
29:55Our vowel.
29:56E.
29:57Another vowel.
29:59A.
30:02Consonant.
30:03S.
30:05Another consonant.
30:08F.
30:10And a...
30:12Another consonant, please.
30:14And the last one.
30:15M.
30:16Countdown.
30:18The notes.
30:19abs,
30:23And a consonant.
30:31And a consonant.
30:32Laurie? Six.
30:51Briony? Six.
30:52And your six? Feasts.
30:54Briony? Steams.
30:56Happy enough? Very happy.
30:58Michael's still working there?
30:59Yes, nothing better than that.
31:02Susie? Just sixes.
31:04Steams. Sesame as well is there for six.
31:06All right. 59 plays 46.
31:09Final numbers game. Briony?
31:11And one large and five small, please.
31:13No gamble for the last one?
31:15No.
31:15Just one large and five small and hoping for the crucial.
31:19We shall see.
31:20The last numbers game of the day is five, one, three, eight.
31:26Another eight and 25.
31:28And the target? 268.
31:31Two, six, eight.
31:32Two, six, eight.
31:33Two, six, eight.
31:34Two, six, eight.
31:34Two, six, eight.
31:35Two, six, eight.
31:35Two, six, eight.
31:36Two, six, eight.
31:36Two, six, eight.
31:37Two, six, eight.
31:38Two, six, eight.
31:39Two, six, eight.
31:40Two, six, eight.
31:41Two, seven, eight.
31:42Two, seven, eight.
31:43Two, seven, eight.
31:44Two, seven, eight.
31:45Two, seven, eight.
31:46Two, seven, eight.
31:47Two, seven, eight.
31:48Two, seven, eight.
31:49Two, seven, eight.
31:50Two, seven, eight.
31:51Two, seven, eight.
31:52Two, seven, eight.
31:53Two, seven, eight.
31:54Two, seven, eight.
31:55Two, seven, eight.
31:56Two, seven, eight.
32:02Right, Nick.
32:06262.
32:08And, Laurie?
32:09No, Noah.
32:10You're nowhere.
32:11Off we go, then.
32:13So I said 8 plus 3 is 11.
32:16Yep.
32:17Multiply that by 25.
32:20275.
32:218 plus 5 is 13, and took it off.
32:26So the other 8 plus 5, 13, and 262.
32:31There we go.
32:32A little bit of drift, a little bit of drift,
32:35but it takes Bryony to within 8 points.
32:38Let's deal with this 268 first, though.
32:40Rachel?
32:41There were a couple of ways.
32:43If you stick with Bryony's method and then say 8 minus 1 is 7,
32:46take that away and you get 268.
32:49There you go.
32:49Thank you very much.
32:51Thank you, Rachel.
32:53So we go in to what amounts to a crucial countdown conundrum.
33:00Good luck to you both.
33:01Good luck to you both.
33:02Fingers on buzzers.
33:04Let's roll today's crucial countdown conundrum.
33:09Good luck to you both.
33:14No, bad luck, Bryony.
33:40No, we turn to the audience.
33:41Now, who in the audience will take a shot at this?
33:44Yes.
33:45Yes, madam.
33:46Resurgent.
33:47Resurgent?
33:48Let's see whether you're right.
33:51Resurgent.
33:52Well done.
33:53Well done.
33:55Not so easy, but Laurie takes the day.
34:02Glad to let Bryony.
34:03We're pretty much there.
34:05There we go.
34:06It's never over, is it?
34:07Nope.
34:08Laurie, see you tomorrow.
34:09See you tomorrow.
34:10Well done indeed.
34:11And thank you so much for coming, Bryony, back to Newport.
34:13Take your goodie bag.
34:14Brilliant stuff.
34:15Thank you so much.
34:16All right.
34:17Susie, we'll see you tomorrow.
34:18See you tomorrow, Nick.
34:19And the wonderful Michael.
34:20See you tomorrow.
34:21More tales from the book.
34:22Rachel, see you tomorrow.
34:23See you tomorrow.
34:24All right.
34:25Join us then.
34:26Same time, same place.
34:27We'll see you tomorrow.
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34:47Will a spot of sailing blow away all the tensions?
34:51Hope so.
34:52Otherwise, it'll be a tough night's sleep.
34:54Four in a bed today at five.
34:56And tonight at nine, how about sleeping in a scaly, coiled, snake-like house?
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