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00:30Well, good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio on the day when there's more than the usual fake news flying around.
00:38That's because, of course, it's April Fool's Day.
00:41Oh, yes.
00:43These days, of course, it's sort of a marketing opportunity, Rachel, isn't it?
00:47All the sort of people say, what should we do this year?
00:50Well, apparently last year, I can't remember any of these, so they weren't that memorable.
00:54Apparently, we had chocolate mayonnaise, some bright spark in the chocolate business came out with that.
01:00Avocado-flavored cola.
01:05In-flight cycle class.
01:06That's quite fun on an airline.
01:09And finally, a sparkling water bath.
01:11So there we are.
01:12What about you?
01:13Do you have a favorite April Fool's story?
01:17Well, I think the real news has overtaken the April Fool's news for being ridiculous these days.
01:22At the end of last year, I remember seeing someone, you know, a Trump supporter politician in America claiming that scientists had made up global warming to give themselves jobs and make money.
01:33Otherwise, they wouldn't have anything to do.
01:35And then, was it the Nigerian leader had to announce to the world that he hadn't died and been replaced by a clone?
01:42It's a real story.
01:44So, you know, avocado-flavored cola doesn't sound so ridiculous.
01:47Now, Rachel, he's back.
01:51Stephen Turnbull is back looking for his Octo-Champ medal today.
01:56You've got seven tucked away.
01:57You've played like a trooper.
01:59You really have.
01:59Fantastic.
02:00From Ivor, a learning support assistant.
02:04Well done.
02:05Well done.
02:05Good luck today.
02:06But you're up against Les Edwards.
02:08Welcome, Les.
02:09Part-time admin manager from McTavidon in Warwickshire, who used to work as a holiday camp entertainer where you met your future wife.
02:19Your present wife, I guess.
02:20That's right.
02:21Now, first of all, where was this holiday camp?
02:24It was in Brixen, South Devon.
02:26All right.
02:27When was all this taking place?
02:28When did you get married in the 70s?
02:3073.
02:31All right.
02:32Were you rushed into getting married 30 years later?
02:35Well done.
02:36Well, we're very pleased to have you here.
02:38And good luck to you both.
02:39Big round of applause now for Stephen and Les.
02:45And over the corner, Susie, of course, joined once again, once again on April Fool's Day, by the wonderful Jenny Eclare.
02:53Welcome, Jenny.
02:53Well, thank you very much for having me.
02:55My partner and I did exactly the same, Les, as you and your wife.
03:01We waited 35 years before I could make him make an honest woman of me.
03:08Taxman.
03:09Taxman.
03:10How's it working out?
03:13Okay?
03:13He's changed the locks.
03:15Why do you think I'm here?
03:16I've got nowhere to go.
03:17All right.
03:18Lovely.
03:19Now, Stephen.
03:21Off we go.
03:23Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:24Good afternoon, Stephen.
03:25Constance, please.
03:26Start of the week with T.
03:28And a second.
03:30Y.
03:31And a third.
03:33N.
03:35And a vowel, please.
03:37E.
03:38And another vowel.
03:39O.
03:40And a third.
03:42I.
03:43And a consonant, please.
03:44D.
03:46And a consonant.
03:47W.
03:49And a vowel, please.
03:52And the last one, O.
03:55And here's the countdown clock.
04:27Well, Stephen.
04:29Six, Nick.
04:30And Les.
04:31A risky seven.
04:33Mm-hmm.
04:34Stephen.
04:35Wooden.
04:36Now then, Les.
04:37Wooden-y.
04:39Let's see what Susie's got to say about that.
04:42Not hopeful.
04:44Wooden-ly is there as an adverb, but not the adjective, I'm afraid.
04:48Sorry, Les.
04:49Now, Jenny.
04:50Jenny and Susie.
04:51Well, I like that risky strategy, but I just got wooden.
04:57Wooden.
04:57All right.
04:58Susie?
04:59County is another six, if you want one.
05:01County.
05:01All right.
05:02Now, Les.
05:03Your first letters game.
05:05Off we go.
05:06Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
05:08Thank you, Les.
05:09N.
05:10And a vowel.
05:12E.
05:13And a consonant.
05:15C.
05:16And a vowel.
05:18I.
05:19And a consonant.
05:20R
05:21And a vowel
05:22E
05:24And a consonant
05:25C
05:27And a vowel
05:29O
05:31And a consonant
05:33And the last one, T
05:35Stand by
05:50Well, Les
06:08No, I've lost it, sorry
06:10No, Stephen
06:13Eight
06:13And eight, strong stuff
06:15And that eight is
06:18Your action
06:19Any advance?
06:25There are a couple more eights, actually
06:27Neoteric, which means recent, and concrete
06:29And concrete, thank you
06:31What a good collection there
06:35But Stephen's on 14
06:37As we turn to our first numbers game
06:39Mr Turnbull
06:41One last ratio
06:42And five small, please
06:43Thank you, Stephen, welcome to the top five little
06:47And the first one of the week
06:49Is ten
06:50Six
06:51Seven
06:52Nine
06:53Four
06:54And the large one, twenty-five
06:56And the target, six hundred and twenty-six
06:58Six to six
07:00That's a real sport
07:04And the one
07:18One.
07:19And now
07:19Ah who?
07:20One.
07:20Death.
07:21One.
07:22One.
07:23One.
07:23One.
07:24One.
07:24Stephen, just six to five.
07:34Six to five, one away, Les.
07:36Six to six.
07:38Thank you, Les.
07:40OK, six plus seven.
07:43Six plus seven, 13.
07:44Times 25.
07:46Times 25, 325.
07:51I've gone wrong.
07:53I've gone wrong.
07:53Have we slipped away?
07:55Yeah.
07:55Well, Stephen?
07:56Ten plus nine.
07:58Nineteen.
07:59Plus six.
08:01Twenty-five.
08:01Times 25.
08:03Sixty-five, one away.
08:04Now, Rachel, come on, dig us out of this.
08:07This pit of misery.
08:08This pit of misery.
08:10This particular pit of misery I can help you with.
08:13If you say nine times seven is 63, times ten is 630, and take away the four.
08:20But your other pits of misery are just for you still.
08:23Thank you very much.
08:26Well done.
08:27All right.
08:28So, Stephen, on 21, as we turn to our first Tea Time teaser, which is ten brains.
08:35And the clue, did Roger go from top to bottom with the aid of this?
08:39Did Roger go from top to bottom with the aid of this?
08:43Welcome back.
08:59I left you with the clue.
08:59Did Roger go from top to bottom with the aid of this?
09:02With the aid of what?
09:02With the aid of a banister.
09:06A banister.
09:0721 for Stephen.
09:09Les yet to score, but there's a lot of time, Les.
09:11Try this letters again.
09:13Consonant, please, Rachel.
09:14Thank you, Les.
09:15L.
09:17Vowel.
09:18I.
09:20Consonant.
09:21V.
09:23Vowel.
09:24E.
09:26Consonant.
09:27H.
09:29Vowel.
09:29Vowel.
09:31I.
09:33Consonant.
09:34T.
09:36Vowel.
09:39O.
09:40And consonant.
09:41And the last one.
09:43R.
09:45Stand by.
09:45Vowel.
09:46Vowel.
09:47Vowel.
09:48Vowel.
09:48Vowel.
10:07Vowel.
10:08Yes, Les, just five, five, and Stephen?
10:21Six.
10:22Now, Les, liver, thank you, Stephen?
10:26Violet.
10:27Violet, very good, now, Jenny?
10:34Vitriol.
10:36Oh.
10:36Yes, very good.
10:37Well, well, thank you.
10:39Stephen, your letters again.
10:42Consonant, please, Rachel.
10:43Thank you, Stephen.
10:44M.
10:45And a second.
10:47T.
10:48And a third.
10:50N.
10:51And a vowel, please.
10:53E.
10:54And a second vowel.
10:55A.
10:56And a third.
10:58U.
11:00And a consonant, please.
11:02T.
11:04Another consonant.
11:06T.
11:06And a vowel, please.
11:10And the last one, A.
11:13Counter.
11:13And a vowel, please, I'll see you next time.
11:13And a vowel, please, I'll see you next time.
11:14And a vowel, please, I'll see you next time.
11:14And a vowel, please, I'll see you next time.
11:14And a vowel, please, I'll see you next time.
11:15And a vowel, please, I'll see you next time.
11:15And a vowel, please, I'll see you next time.
11:16And a vowel, please, I'll see you next time.
11:17And a vowel, please, I'll see you next time.
11:17And a vowel, please, I'll see you next time.
11:18And a vowel, please, I'll see you next time.
11:18And a vowel, please, I'll see you next time.
11:19And a vowel, please, I'll see you next time.
11:20And a vowel, please, I'll see you next time.
11:21Stephen, seven.
11:47Seven less.
11:48Six.
11:49And your six?
11:50Newton.
11:52Stephen?
11:53Augment.
11:54Augment.
11:56Very nice.
11:56Yeah, neatly done.
11:58Well done.
12:02And the corner.
12:04Susie and Jenny?
12:06I've got magenta.
12:07Excellent.
12:08Very nice.
12:09What a good one.
12:10Anything else, Susie?
12:10Yes, a couple more sevens.
12:12Magnate and mutagen, which is a substance or an agent that causes genetic mutation.
12:18Thank you for that.
12:19All right.
12:20And into the numbers we go.
12:22It's one for Les.
12:24Yes, Les.
12:25Can I have two large and the rest are small, please?
12:28You can indeed.
12:29Thank you, Les.
12:29Two large, four little.
12:31This is your round, Les.
12:32They are two, three, nine, six.
12:37And the big one, 75 and 25.
12:39And the target, 823.
12:41Eight, two, three.
12:43Three, nine, six, four.
12:45This is your host, Les.
12:45This is your one.
13:16Two, two. One away. Stephen?
13:19Eight, two, three, I think.
13:21Right. Let's give it a shot.
13:23Nine add two is 11.
13:25Yep.
13:25Times 75.
13:27825.
13:28And six divided by three is two.
13:30Yes. Lovely.
13:31Well done.
13:32Well done.
13:33Well done.
13:38Now, Jenny.
13:39Yes.
13:40You're on. What have you got for today?
13:41My turn. Well, you were talking about April Fool's Day.
13:46And that brought to mind an incident last year when I was a bit of an April Fool.
13:53Because it was springtime, I remember that.
13:56And I was sitting in my small London garden.
13:59And it was a lovely day, one of those.
14:02I wasn't betwitted, though.
14:03It wasn't one of those perfect days.
14:05And it was a lovely day.
14:06And I was sitting there, and I thought, what a glorious scent.
14:10Lemons.
14:11Lemon.
14:11Lemon verbena.
14:13It must be lemon verbena.
14:14Unbeknownst to me, we must be growing lemon verbena, or it's coming over the back wall from...
14:21Lovely, lovely.
14:22And then I looked to the side, and my partner was carturing.
14:26I think it's called carturing.
14:27You know when you spray with water.
14:29Yes.
14:29To a spray gun.
14:30The patio, in the patio furniture, with a lemon-scented cleaning solution.
14:36And that was the lovely scent.
14:38Lovely.
14:39And then you leant forward and gave him a smack for teasing.
14:42Of course I did.
14:43Yeah.
14:44Of course I did.
14:44How dare he.
14:45How dare he tease me.
14:46You probably don't know this, but I know your old garden.
14:50My old garden, yes.
14:52The enchanted garden.
14:53The new one is a lot more modern and structural, and it's got more modern plants in.
15:01The old one was, because it was a Georgian house, it was quite airy-fairy and flowery-bowery.
15:07This is thrusting cacti and succulents.
15:11Do you collect cacti?
15:13I'm not like that.
15:15I don't, I think you've got to be very careful collecting anything when you're middle-aged.
15:18Otherwise, next thing you know, you're collecting owls or fridge magnets.
15:24I think you've got to watch it.
15:25I've got an owl in my freezer, you know.
15:27Oh, yes, you've got to, you haven't stuffed it yet.
15:30No.
15:30You've got to do a course.
15:31Yeah.
15:32I'm giving it a little bit of time, but it's still there.
15:34I had looked at it recently and got it out and turned it over and put it back in.
15:39I didn't want to get a particularly flat end to it.
15:41Roll it round.
15:42Keep it rolled.
15:42Keep it, you have to rotate.
15:45Otherwise, it'll freeze with a sort of flat shoulder.
15:48Exactly.
15:50Marvellous creatures.
15:51I love them.
15:51Yeah.
15:51I love them.
15:53Ah, where are we?
15:54Stephen, 44, plenty of time to Les.
15:58And it's Stephen's letter scheme.
16:00Continent, please, Rachel.
16:01Thank you, Stephen.
16:02K.
16:02K.
16:03K.
16:04And another.
16:06J.
16:07And a third.
16:10N.
16:11And a vowel, please.
16:13E.
16:13And a second vowel.
16:15O.
16:16And a third.
16:17E.
16:18Consonant.
16:20R.
16:22And a consonant.
16:23B.
16:24And a consonant, please.
16:29And lastly, S.
16:31Stand by.
16:32Nging东ches, quem?
16:33Hence me now.
16:35Hume.
16:36I'm clear.
16:37And a zostania.
16:37I'm clear.
16:38Dánt thee.
16:39And so Tom.
16:40And a vowel.
16:40And a tongue tender.
16:41And then journey.
16:42Oh, can I tell you.
16:43So different.
16:43And a vowel.
16:44I'll come right.
16:44And a tongue tender.
16:45And a missionary.
16:45And a consonant.
16:47As Gordon.
16:47There's a little.
16:48And a vowel.
16:49Stephen.
17:05Seven, I hope.
17:07Seven. Les? Six.
17:09And a six. Les, you're six.
17:11Broken. Thank you. And?
17:14And robes?
17:15Yep, in the dictionary.
17:17Two in robes, yeah.
17:17Jenny? I've got broken, just like Les.
17:21I've got that.
17:22Susie?
17:22I was bonkers.
17:24You were bonkers.
17:28Les, your letters game.
17:30Consonant, please, Rachel.
17:32Thank you, Les.
17:33Z.
17:34Vowel.
17:36O.
17:37Consonant.
17:39N.
17:40Vowel.
17:41I.
17:43Consonant.
17:45G.
17:46Vowel.
17:47O.
17:49Consonant.
17:51S.
17:52Vowel.
17:54E.
17:55And a consonant.
17:57And lastly, B.
18:00Stand by.
18:00Vowel.
18:19Vowel.
18:19Vowel.
18:20Vowel.
18:20Yes, Les. Seven.
18:33Seven. Stephen? Seven also.
18:36Les? Boozing. Boozing and boogies?
18:42Boogies, yes, absolutely fine. Both good.
18:44Happy enough? Jenny?
18:46My hobby. Boozing.
18:48And Susie?
18:51There's a geological eight there Nick, biozones.
18:55Biozones are the ranges in which fossil remains of a particular family or species are found,
19:01so they represent the period of that fossil's existence.
19:04Okay, biozones, yes.
19:08Got it. All right, into a numbers game.
19:11Stephen, one large, Rachel, and five small, please.
19:14Thank you, Stephen. Last from you for a while, done from the top.
19:17And the usual five little.
19:20And they are five, three, five, six, two, and fifty.
19:26And your target, 881.
19:29Eight, eight, one.
19:30And it doesn't get all of a sudden.
19:31And it doesn't get to the point.
19:33Here is versteck.
19:39See you soon, Stephen.
19:41Time, toss him down.
19:42And then, according to the Hoffman.
19:43And you can respond.
19:43Andari, if you want more, I'm going to save you.
19:44Just follow your target, especially for a realheads.
19:45And that's where you have the bubble.
19:46And theicion system, there is always Yay,
19:48and if it's not going to die,
19:49and then, you can go talk about the extremes.
19:51Now, you can do?
19:53You can do it right there.
19:54And agree also, filho, what you can do this,
19:56and you're with more than anything else.
19:59And some goodwill.
19:59Stephen?
20:03Um, I'm afraid I can't be clear.
20:06Les?
20:07890.
20:09890, it'll do.
20:10Off we go.
20:11It's written down, but I have to read it out of it.
20:13It's 5 plus 5.
20:165 plus 5 is 10.
20:19Plus 6.
20:20Plus 6, 16.
20:22Times 50.
20:23Times 50, 800.
20:25Um, and then?
20:29I think we'll have to...
20:32No, it's in there, but I've misread it.
20:36Bad luck.
20:37Oh, bad luck.
20:37Bad luck, Les.
20:40Now, Rachel.
20:41881, how tricky is that?
20:43Um, I got 2-1 away in many ways, so leave it with me.
20:46Certainly will.
20:47All right, 58 plus 7, and it's time for a teatime teaser,
20:51which is heartsome.
20:52And the clue?
20:54He started to have nagging doubts about the contents of his cottage pie.
20:58He started to have nagging doubts about the contents of his cottage pie.
21:20Well, welcome back.
21:21I left you with the clue.
21:22He started to have nagging doubts about the contents of his cottage pie.
21:28Gulp.
21:29And the answer to that is horsemeat.
21:31Horsemeat.
21:32Rachel, 881.
21:34Yes, on that note, if you say 50 times 6 is 300,
21:40plus 2 for 302,
21:42times by 3 for 906,
21:45and then 5 times 5 is 25,
21:49and take it away for 881.
21:51Oh, well done.
21:53So, thank you for that, Rachel.
21:55And now, Les, it's your letters game.
21:58Consonant, please, Rachel.
21:59Thank you, Les.
22:01S.
22:01And a vowel.
22:03U.
22:04Consonant.
22:06R.
22:07Vowel.
22:08E.
22:09Consonant.
22:11C.
22:12Vowel.
22:13Vowel.
22:14U.
22:15Consonant.
22:17S.
22:18Vowel.
22:20A.
22:22And a consonant.
22:25And lastly, N.
22:27Stand by.
22:28Stand by.
22:28Dose.
22:28Music.
22:29Music.
22:39Music.
22:40Music.
22:41Music.
22:43well there's eight and eight and just seven and a seven your seven is saucers now then there's
23:07uncurses I don't think much it'd be lovely to be uncursed it's not in the dictionary I'm sorry
23:16oh that's bad luck a worthy shot at it though now Jenny and Susie um saucers I think that was the
23:26only one we could get it was the only seven we had nothing else saucers thank you 65 plays seven
23:32Stephen your letters game consonant please Rachel thank you Stephen D and a second Q and a third please
23:44D and a vowel E and another vowel A and another vowel E and a consonant R another consonant T
23:59and a vowel please and lastly A and here's the countdown clock
24:07so
24:15hmm Stephen just five a five less a six and a
24:44six Stephen tread less tiered tiered yes tiered up absolutely fine very good well done and Jenny
24:55oh I did badly I got rated that's all Susie and the girls um traded is another six and there is
25:02air rated four seven air rated yeah indeed well done all right Susie your origins of words eagerly
25:12awaited thank you Nick um this is from Pete Tanner who is an avid viewer and uh he asked what is the
25:19origin of the prefix cap um because he's noticed it in so many words and he names a few of them cap
25:25cape capella capital capitulate caption capybara just to name a few um and uh he's right Pete is
25:33absolutely right he's on to something because it's actually all about the head um and we get our word
25:39cap from the Latin capa meaning hood which of course is worn over the head and it goes back to the
25:44Latin caput or caput so c-a-p-u-t and that is the theme that runs through most of these words um so cape
25:53which is a cloak also um goes back to capa because most cloaks were hooded um and that also gave us a
25:58chaperone believe it or not because a chaperone protects their uh their mentee or the person that they're looking
26:04after in the same way as a hood protects the face and sometimes hides the face as well um so it was
26:10all about concealment really in those days the first place we called a chapel uh because Pete mentions
26:16capella and that does come in here as well the first place we called a chapel was named after the
26:20holy relic that was preserved in it and that was the cape of saint martin saint martin famously gave half
26:26of his coat to a freezing beggar uh that he found and he kept the other half and that other half
26:31is preserved or was preserved in um the chapel the first one as i said to be named that and the
26:37latin word capella actually means little cape that's where we get chapel from but that's also
26:42where we get a capella from because that is music um sung in the style of a chapel or a church so without
26:49musical accompaniment the first meaning of capital uh was to do with the head that's the top of
26:56something um and from this evolved modern meanings like the large form of a letter the chief city of
27:01a country the capital city capital in the financial sense was originally the capital stock in other
27:07words it was the chief stock so again the head the thing that was at the top the the main or original
27:12funds of somebody uh to capitulate um first meant to draw up terms with somebody so it was to admit
27:20defeat but was actually to arrange and what would happen after that and it was to draw up things
27:24under headings so again head comes into it there and so it goes on chapter which of course was arranged
27:30under headings captain who's the head of a ship decapitate and so on and so on and so on and pete
27:36also mentions the capybara that's one of the ones that he mentions it's not head related um the name of
27:41that giant long-legged guinea pig um goes back to a language spoken in the amazon in the amazon
27:46rainforest and that's tupi and capybara actually means grass eater well done
27:52exhaustive i would have thought exhausting as well very good 65 plays 13 and it's uh les les
28:04let's just let us go and consonant please rachel thank you les v vowel e consonant c vowel a consonant g
28:21vowel o consonant l value a consonant l vowel a consonant
28:32And consonant.
28:34And lastly, M.
28:37Stand by.
29:02Well, Les?
29:09Five.
29:10That's five, Stephen.
29:11Just four.
29:13And your four is?
29:14Page.
29:15Now then, Les.
29:16Vocal.
29:18Very nice.
29:19Yeah.
29:19Yes.
29:21What have you got in the corner there, Jenny?
29:22I've got a lame four.
29:24Lame.
29:25Yeah, well done.
29:27Susie, anything else?
29:27Well, just six.
29:29For me, I loved the edible white-flowered
29:32plants in the parsley family.
29:33OK, well done.
29:3518 plays 65 into the final letters game.
29:38Stephen, consonant, please, Rachel.
29:40Thank you, Stephen.
29:42R.
29:43And another.
29:44P.
29:45And a third.
29:47F.
29:48And a vowel, please.
29:50E.
29:51And another vowel.
29:52O.
29:53And a third.
29:56I.
29:57Consonant, please.
29:59X.
29:59And a consonant.
30:03D.
30:04And a vowel, please.
30:07Lastly, E.
30:09Countdown.
30:10See you soon.
30:13All right.
30:15See you soon.
30:18Listen to the telephone.
30:19Well, Stephen?
30:42Eight, I think.
30:43An eight, Les?
30:44Eight.
30:46Right.
30:47Now, Stephen.
30:49Peroxide.
30:50Les?
30:51Peroxide.
30:52You too.
30:54Well done.
30:56I can't imagine that Jenny's got peroxide.
31:00I've got peroxide.
31:02All right.
31:0473 to 26.
31:06And into the final numbers game.
31:09Les?
31:10Three large and three small.
31:13Thank you, Les.
31:13Three big, three little to finish the day.
31:16And these final numbers are eight, four, eight, fifty, one hundred and seventy-five.
31:24And the target, one hundred and seventy-seven.
31:26One, seven, seven.
31:27One, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven
31:57Les, 1.77.
32:02Thank you, Stephen.
32:031.77.
32:04Off we go, Les.
32:06100 plus 75.
32:081.75.
32:108 divided by 4.
32:12Is your 2.
32:13Well done.
32:15Thank you, Stephen.
32:16Same way.
32:17Same way.
32:18There we go.
32:23So there we are, 36 plays, 83, Stephen.
32:27Well played, there, Stephen.
32:29Well played, Les.
32:30Bit of a slow start, but you've come on a storm.
32:33Fingers on buzzers, chaps.
32:35Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:46Les, transcend.
32:48Let's see whether you're right.
32:51Here it comes.
32:52Transcend.
32:53Yes, sir.
32:54Thank you for the match.
32:57You're delighted, aren't you?
33:01Because you had a bumpy old start, to be frank with you.
33:04But why wouldn't you?
33:05You're against a veteran over there.
33:08But you got scripts that you really care most about, and then you got the conundrum.
33:12Brilliant.
33:13I'm very pleased for you.
33:15Now then, I'll come back to you in a second, but we've got an Octa champ to congratulate.
33:20Fantastic.
33:20Thank you very much.
33:21Well done, indeed.
33:22You've played so well, we're going to see you in the final.
33:25It's more than I ever expected, so thank you.
33:26Well, no, you've played well, and we've enjoyed having you.
33:29We'll see you back again.
33:30All right.
33:31And meanwhile, to Les Edwards, here's your goodie bag, and your wife Catherine is in
33:37the audience.
33:38You take her back to Clavidon with our thanks and best wishes.
33:40Thank you, Nick.
33:41Fantastic.
33:42Well done.
33:42Well done.
33:43Now, madam, we shall see you tomorrow.
33:49Oh, I hope so.
33:49For the last time, until we get you back again.
33:52Yeah.
33:52I think it's crossed.
33:54I know.
33:54No, there'll be an arrest warrant out for you if you don't turn up next time.
33:57And, Suzy, we'll see you tomorrow?
33:59Yes, you will.
34:00All right, excellent stuff.
34:01Wasn't that fun?
34:01Oh, if the show was a bit longer, I think Les could have been in there.
34:04He was coming.
34:05He was tiring, and he was powering through.
34:07He was.
34:07But we have our worthy Octo champ over there.
34:10Indeed.
34:10All right, we'll see you tomorrow.
34:11See you tomorrow.
34:12Two new contestants.
34:13Brilliant stuff.
34:14Join us then.
34:14Same time, same place.
34:16You'll be sure of it.
34:16A very good afternoon.
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