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00:00Thank you very much.
00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:35Jokes and pranks, such fun, particularly when you're young,
00:37but you'd have to go a very, very long way to match this one.
00:42Young soldier decided to go skiing, left his door open.
00:46One of his buddies thought, hello, we'll have a bit of a prank while he's away.
00:50And so they went into his room and they wrapped absolutely everything in tinfoil.
00:55Pillows, blankets, all the cosmetic stuff and his shaving, everything.
01:00It took him hours, apparently ten hours.
01:03And then when he came back, they thought it out and he went in.
01:07And he was sort of delighted in a way because he thought it was so extraordinary.
01:11And instead of punching his soldier pal,
01:14he congratulated him and then spent three hours undoing it all.
01:18It's a bit like Christo.
01:19Do you remember that artist, Christo?
01:20I don't know what's happened to him now.
01:22But he took to covering big buildings in silver foil and plastic and everything.
01:27So maybe this bloke, this young soldier down in Swansea,
01:30will take up the gauntlet, perhaps, that Christo put down.
01:34Jokes.
01:35When you were at Oxford, I guess you were debagging boys for a prank.
01:39What did you just say?
01:44Isn't that what you used to do?
01:46Or maybe that was in the 20s.
01:48Debagging boys.
01:49That's what you should have done.
01:51Debagging boys?
01:52Debagging boys for a prank.
01:53What does debagging boys mean in your lingo?
01:57Debagging?
01:58Yeah.
01:58You take your trousers off.
02:01Right.
02:02Well, what did you do for a prank when you were young?
02:05I didn't take any trousers off boys.
02:09Disappointed in you, Rachel.
02:10I thought you'd have been debagging.
02:12Now, who have you got with us?
02:13We've got Dave Butts back.
02:14Welcome back, Dave.
02:15Retired HR officer from Doncaster.
02:17And you've got your teapot.
02:18Do not relax.
02:19That's only the beginning of it.
02:21Thank you, Nick.
02:22Good luck to you today.
02:23You're joined by Hugh Davis, a project manager from Camberley in Surrey.
02:27What sort of projects are you managing?
02:30Engineering projects, yeah.
02:31You told me earlier you're a marine engineer.
02:35Yes.
02:35Working in Portsmouth.
02:36Correct, yeah.
02:37Hello.
02:37Yeah.
02:38Is that all secret squirrel stuff, then?
02:40I'd have to kill you if I told you.
02:43Well, a lot of people want to do that.
02:44But you like singing, and you were part of a university choir that performed at York Minster.
02:49Yes, there's Elgar and Bach as well we did.
02:52Fantastic.
02:53And such a beautiful minster.
02:56Beautiful and fantastic acoustic for singing as well.
02:58Oh, wonderful.
02:59Wonderful.
03:00Well, good luck to you both.
03:01Have a lot of fun.
03:03And we'll have a round of applause now for Dave and Hugh.
03:11And over in the corner, Susie, of course, looking after things over in the corner.
03:15She's joined once again by magician, trickster, and self-proclaimed snake oil salesman, the wonderful Paul Zanon.
03:23Welcome back, Dave.
03:28More fun from Paul a little bit later on, but now it's down to business.
03:32Dave.
03:33Thanks, Nick.
03:34Afternoon, Rachel.
03:35Afternoon, Dave.
03:36I'll start with a consonant, please.
03:38Start today with S.
03:40And another one?
03:43L.
03:43And a vowel?
03:44O.
03:47Consonant?
03:49P.
03:50I've got a four.
03:52Consonant?
03:54R.
03:56Vowel?
03:57E.
03:59Another vowel?
04:01I.
04:03A consonant?
04:05N.
04:06And a final consonant, please.
04:08And a final G.
04:10And here's the countdown clock.
04:14Well, Dave.
04:45Seven, Nick.
04:46Hugh?
04:46Eight.
04:47Dave?
04:48Sloping.
04:49Hugh?
04:50Reposing.
04:51Very nice.
04:52Excellent.
04:52Well done, Hugh.
04:58And over in the corner there, Paul and Susie.
05:01Yeah, there's one more eight there.
05:03A nice, crisp one with Pringles.
05:07Pringles?
05:07Yes.
05:08Not what you might think.
05:09No, quite.
05:09In this case, it's a dialect word.
05:12It's an alternative to saying prinkling, and it simply means to prickle or tingle.
05:16Lovely.
05:17Yeah.
05:18Thanks for that.
05:18All right.
05:19Now, Hugh, your letters game.
05:21Off we go.
05:22Good afternoon, Rachel.
05:23Good afternoon, Hugh.
05:24Could I have a consonant, please?
05:25Start with D.
05:27And another, please.
05:29F.
05:30Vowel?
05:31A.
05:33And another vowel.
05:35I.
05:36And a third.
05:38U.
05:40Consonant.
05:41P.
05:43Another consonant, please.
05:45M.
05:47A third, please.
05:50N.
05:51And a final vowel, please.
05:53And a final E.
05:56And the clock starts now.
06:28Hugh.
06:29Six.
06:30And Dave?
06:31Seven.
06:32Hugh.
06:32Unpaid.
06:35Impugned.
06:35Impugned.
06:36Oh, it has a G in it, unfortunately.
06:38I'm sorry.
06:39Can't have it without.
06:40Bad luck.
06:41A shame.
06:43Now, Paul and Susie?
06:45Yeah, a few more sixes there, with famine, medium, and maiden.
06:53So, Hugh on 14.
06:54Dave, yet to score, but now's your chance, Dave.
06:56It's a numbers game.
06:57Thanks, Nick.
06:59One large and five small, please, Rachel.
07:02Thank you, Dave.
07:02One from the top, five little.
07:03Coming up.
07:04And the first one of the day is six, two, two, ten, five, and one hundred.
07:12And the target, 668.
07:15Six, six, eight.
07:16And the third one of the day is nine, seven, seven, six, five, and one hundred.
07:20MUSIC PLAYS
07:47Well, Dave?
07:486, 6, 7
07:49And one away, Hugh?
07:516, 70
07:526, 70
07:53Dave?
07:55100 plus 10
07:56100 plus 10, 110
07:58Times 6
08:00Times 6, 660
08:02Plus 5, plus 2
08:04Yep, for one away
08:05There we go, one away
08:07Rachel, where is it?
08:09Where's it got to?
08:10Well, if you get to the same point here as Dave did
08:12You can say 5 times 2 is 10
08:15Minus the other 2 is 8
08:16And add that on for 6, 6, 8
08:18Thank you
08:19So Dave, you're off the blocks now
08:237 points, Hugh on 14
08:25As we turn to our first tea time teaser
08:27Which is Accept
08:28Mod
08:29And the clue
08:30Certain items in her make-up bag
08:32Were firmly pressed together
08:34Certain items in her make-up bag
08:36Were firmly pressed together
08:38They were compacted
09:03Compacted
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09:15Countdown Leads
09:17LS 3
09:181
09:19J
09:20S
09:20Alright, 7, 2, 14
09:22Hugh in the lead
09:24Hugh, your letters came
09:25Consonant please, Rachel
09:27Thank you, Hugh
09:28L
09:28Another one please
09:30D
09:32Vowel
09:33A
09:35Another one
09:36I
09:37Consonant
09:38T
09:40Another one
09:42C
09:43Vowel
09:45E
09:46Consonant
09:48L
09:50And a vowel
09:52And the last one
09:54O
09:54Standby
09:56Vowel
09:56And the last one
10:01I
10:01H
10:03I
10:05This one
10:06I
10:06I
10:07And the last one
10:20I
10:20And the last other
10:23Q.
10:28Seven.
10:28Seven, Dave?
10:29Seven.
10:30Q.
10:31Located.
10:32And?
10:33Located.
10:34They're both located.
10:36Paul?
10:36Um, there's an eight there, and it's a bit of a weird one.
10:39I've never heard of this.
10:40I'm not even sure how it's pronounced, but, uh, T-O-C-A-L-L-I.
10:47Susie?
10:47Uh, yes.
10:48It's a temple of the Aztecs or other Mexican peoples,
10:51and you'll find it typically standing on a cut-off, sawn-off pyramid.
10:56Thank you for that.
10:57Oh, very good.
10:58Well done.
11:00Excellent stuff.
11:02Dave, what will you do?
11:03Let us go.
11:04Consonant, please, Rachel.
11:05Thank you, Dave.
11:06S.
11:08And a vowel?
11:10U.
11:11And another vowel?
11:13A.
11:15Consonant?
11:16L.
11:18And another?
11:20F.
11:21And another?
11:24S.
11:25Vowel?
11:27O.
11:31Another vowel?
11:34O.
11:35And a consonant, please.
11:36And finally, R.
11:39Countdown.
11:39Yes,stätee.
11:43NÊGLE.
11:52I.
11:53I.
11:53I.
12:02I.
12:06Yes, Dave?
12:11Six.
12:12Hugh?
12:12Also six.
12:13And?
12:14Flaws.
12:16Same word.
12:16Sticking together, these two.
12:18Now, Paul and Susie.
12:20Afraid we're sticking with them as well.
12:22That's all we got was six there.
12:24It looked as though it was going to be relatively easy,
12:26but there's nothing there, really, is there?
12:28Not that we could find.
12:29Flaws is as good as it gets, I think.
12:31All right.
12:3227 to 20.
12:33Hugh's maintaining the try-this-numbers game, Hugh.
12:37One large and five small, please, Rachel.
12:38Same again, thank you, Hugh.
12:40One from the top row.
12:41And five little-uns.
12:42And this time we have...
12:44Seven.
12:45Seven.
12:46Nine.
12:47Two.
12:48One.
12:49And 50.
12:50And this target, 362.
12:54362.
13:03And Dave?
13:30362.
13:31All right.
13:31Hugh?
13:3250 times seven.
13:34350.
13:35Add nine, two, and one.
13:37Perfect.
13:38That'll do.
13:39Well done.
13:40Well, Dave?
13:41I did 50 plus one.
13:4351.
13:44Times seven.
13:45Times seven is 357.
13:47357.
13:49Seven minus two is five.
13:51The other seven...
13:52Yeah.
13:52...minus two is five.
13:54And then add it on.
13:55Marvellous.
13:55Well done.
13:56Well done, guys.
13:57Still, only seven points in it.
14:01Hugh maintains his seven-point lead.
14:0437 to Dave's 30s.
14:06We look with eager anticipation to Paul Zenon.
14:09What's all this about, Paul?
14:11Well, as we're coming up to Easter, I thought we'd do a few kind of Easter-themed things this week.
14:17I'm just finishing off a picture of an Easter bunny here, which is pretty elaborate, I'm sure.
14:24It knocked up in the course of several days, that, as you can see.
14:28And this is actually a picture of my...
14:29Well, magicians always associate you with rabbits, but I used to have a hare, actually.
14:33A hare called Harry.
14:34And he was named after Harry Houdini, because he was always escaping from his hutch.
14:38And we'll just, in fact, we'll stick an H on that, so you can see where he said, tearing the paper.
14:43Now, what we're going to try and do is resurrect Harry, because Harry actually died quite a few years ago.
14:47But we're going to try and resurrect him with this little cake tin, like that.
14:51So, watch carefully here, as we go...
14:56Like that.
14:57Oh, I think I've still got one eyelash left.
15:00And, unbelievably, Harry is now back to life.
15:06Oh, he's escaped again.
15:08Unbelievable.
15:09However, we have got Harry Jr., son of Harry, there like that.
15:14Just to prove that Harry was there, look, look.
15:16See?
15:17He was there.
15:18Now, Harry Jr. here, frisky little rabbit he is.
15:24And we've also got his mate here, up here, which is Sally.
15:29That's what you call a hairy armpit.
15:31See what I did?
15:32OK, so we've got Harry and Sally.
15:34Now, they're really keen on each other, quite frisky, as I say.
15:37So, what we'll do here, we'll take that into that hand.
15:41Harry's there, Sally's there.
15:42And watch as she scurries across towards him.
15:46Boom!
15:46And she's now over there.
15:48The hard part is to get her to go back again.
15:52Boom!
15:52And there she is back again.
15:55But Harry's also quite frisky.
15:56And we go, boom!
15:57And actually, he disappears from there.
16:00And appears with Sally over there.
16:03OK?
16:04Now, I want you to hold your hand out flat, like that.
16:07And take Harry...
16:08That is Harry, isn't it?
16:09Yeah.
16:10Yeah, he's got a bigger tail.
16:11Well, just close your hand around that there.
16:14OK.
16:14Now, watch.
16:15This time, we're going to put Sally in that pocket, like that.
16:19And she's going to scurry up that arm, along that sleeve, and end up through there.
16:26Slowly open your hand.
16:27Very good.
16:31Like that.
16:32Right.
16:32We'll try the same thing again, but I'll tell you a little potential problem this time.
16:36OK?
16:36The problem is that if you hold on too long, they get warm.
16:39And like I say, they get really frisky.
16:41So watch.
16:41As she goes in there, and we go...
16:44Bang!
16:45I go, one, two, three, four, five.
16:48The heat is enough to get them really frisky.
16:51And look at that.
16:53We've got one, two, three, four, five.
16:56And that's what you call a hair-raising experience.
16:59Well done.
17:07That's very good.
17:08Thank you, Paul.
17:10All right.
17:11So Hugh, 37.
17:12Dave on 30.
17:12Now, don't leave it too late, Dave.
17:15Off we go.
17:15Letters game.
17:17Consonant, please, Rachel.
17:18Thank you, Dave.
17:19X.
17:21And another.
17:23N.
17:25And another.
17:27S.
17:29Vowel, please.
17:30I.
17:30And another.
17:33U.
17:34And another.
17:36A.
17:38Consonant.
17:40T.
17:40E.
17:42Consonant.
17:44W.
17:45And a final vowel, please.
17:48A final E.
17:49Stand by.
17:50We're out.
18:00Hey.
18:01Tis.
18:01Tis.
18:01Tis.
18:01Tis.
18:02Tis.
18:02Tis.
18:04Tis.
18:06Tis.
18:06Tis.
18:09Tis.
18:09Yes, Dave?
18:22I'll try a six.
18:24You?
18:24I'll try a six as well.
18:25Dave?
18:26Exeunt.
18:27You?
18:28Exeunt.
18:29And exeunt, or is that exeunt?
18:32Yeah, I don't think either spelling is going to be all right in this situation, I'm afraid.
18:36There's exeunt there if you had another E, which is a stage direction, but not those
18:40kind of variations on that.
18:42Sorry.
18:43So what can we have, Susie?
18:45Or, indeed, Paul?
18:47There's a six there with unties, but also a seven with aunties.
18:52Aunties.
18:53Very good.
18:54Anything else, Susie?
18:54No, that was the best we could do.
18:56So Hugh, 37, Dave on 30.
18:58Now, it's Hugh's letters game.
19:00Hugh?
19:01Constantine, please, Rachel.
19:02Thank you, Hugh.
19:03T.
19:04And another one.
19:06R.
19:07Vowel?
19:09I.
19:10And another one.
19:12A.
19:13Consonant.
19:14Q.
19:16Another one.
19:17S.
19:19Vowel?
19:21O.
19:22Another one.
19:25E.
19:26And a consonant, please.
19:27And the last one, M.
19:30Stand by.
19:30Go ahead.
19:58Hugh.
20:03Just six.
20:03Dave.
20:04Seven.
20:05Wright.
20:06Hugh.
20:07Master.
20:08And Moistar.
20:10Both very good.
20:11Paul and Susie.
20:12Yeah, a couple of eights there, actually.
20:14One with Atomizer.
20:16Yeah.
20:16And also Amortize.
20:19To Amortize.
20:20All right.
20:23But what it does do is give Dave seven points,
20:28which level pegs him now with you.
20:30Well done.
20:31All right.
20:31And now, Dave, it's your numbers game.
20:34Two large and four small, please, Rachel.
20:36Thank you, Dave.
20:37Draw level.
20:37See if you can take the lead.
20:39She will try and stop you.
20:40The four little ones this time are two, one, eight, and three.
20:45And the big two, one hundred and fifty.
20:48And your target, six hundred and eighty-four.
20:50Six, eight, four.
20:53Six, eight, four.
21:23Well, Dave?
21:24Er, no.
21:26Q.
21:26Six hundred and ninety.
21:28Well, you're within bounds.
21:29Let's go.
21:31Eight take away one, seven.
21:32Eight take one, seven.
21:34Multiply by a hundred.
21:36Seven hundred.
21:37Two plus three, five.
21:39Two plus three is five.
21:41And then fifty over five for the ten.
21:44Yeah.
21:45And take it away.
21:46Six ninety.
21:47Six away.
21:48Well done.
21:49It's a winner.
21:49It's a winner.
21:50Not that close, though, is it, Rachel?
21:52What do you reckon?
21:52Six, eight, four?
21:53There are a couple of ways.
21:54You could have said one hundred times three is three hundred.
21:59Fifty minus eight is forty-two.
22:02Add them together for three hundred and forty-two.
22:04And times it by two.
22:06Six, eight, four.
22:07Oh, well done.
22:07Well done.
22:09That's the way.
22:11So, forty-two plays thirty-seven.
22:13You back in the lead as we turn to our second tea-time teaser, which is Rick ached.
22:18And the clue.
22:19Rick ached all over.
22:21He'd been slumped in this for way too long.
22:24Rick ached all over.
22:25He'd been slumped in this for way too long.
22:28Welcome back.
22:46I left you with the clue.
22:47Rick ached all over.
22:48He'd been slumped in this for way too long.
22:50He'd been slumped in his deck chair.
22:54Deck chair is the answer to that.
22:55So, forty-two plays thirty-seven.
22:58Hugh, lessons came.
23:00Consonant, please, Rachel.
23:01Thank you, Hugh.
23:03G.
23:04And another.
23:06S.
23:07Vowel, please.
23:09I.
23:10And another.
23:12A.
23:13Consonant.
23:14W.
23:16Consonant.
23:18N.
23:20Vowel.
23:21E.
23:23Consonant.
23:24P.
23:28And a final consonant.
23:30A final T.
23:33Countdown.
23:33D.
23:45C.
23:45C.
23:47C.
23:47C.
23:48D.
23:48C.
23:48C.
23:50Well, Hugh?
24:05Seven.
24:06Seven and?
24:07Seven.
24:08Who?
24:08Spewing.
24:10Not you two.
24:13They're both spewing.
24:15Paul?
24:16Yeah, just one of the seven, with a little bit more finesse.
24:19Pasting.
24:21Oh, well done.
24:21Susie, anything else?
24:22Lost the sevens, wasting panties.
24:25Couldn't get to an eight, though.
24:26I prefer panties to spewing, that's for sure.
24:2849 plays 44.
24:30Dave, your letters game.
24:32Thanks, Nick.
24:33Continent, please, Rachel.
24:34Thank you, Dave.
24:35N.
24:36And another?
24:38B.
24:40And a vowel?
24:42O.
24:43And another?
24:45A.
24:47And another?
24:49O.
24:49Consonant?
24:53M.
24:54And another?
24:56R.
24:58And another?
25:00K.
25:01And a final vowel, please.
25:04A final E.
25:05And the clock starts now.
25:07BELL RINGS
25:08I'll see you next time.
25:10Bye.
25:10Bye.
25:11MUSIC CONTINUES
25:41MUSIC CONTINUES
26:11Thanks, Nick.
26:13We'll have an email from John Mann,
26:15who asks why we talk about human guinea pigs
26:18as subjects for experimentation,
26:21or you might be a guinea pig in a medical experiment, for example,
26:25and he was wondering specifically about guinea pigs.
26:28And if you look in the Oxford English Dictionary,
26:29go back to 1913, you'll see that George Bernard Shaw
26:32was writing about the folly which sees in the child
26:36nothing more than the vivisector sees in a guinea pig,
26:39something to experiment on with a view to rearranging the world.
26:43So Shaw was simply acknowledging the fact
26:45that guinea pigs were indeed widely used,
26:48and once upon a time, in the field of medical research
26:51and scientific experimentation.
26:54And that's because their biology is remarkably similar,
26:57apparently, to humans.
26:58So in the 1890s, so the end of the 19th century,
27:02an antidote for diphtheria was developed
27:05following really extensive testing on the animal.
27:08And lots and lots of other discoveries were based on research
27:11that was undertaken on guinea pigs.
27:12So vitamin C was discovered,
27:15the hormone adrenaline,
27:16blood transfusions, kidney dialysis,
27:19all developed through the use of guinea pigs
27:22as experiment subjects.
27:23And today, of course, rats and mice
27:26have largely taken their place,
27:28and guinea pigs are viewed far more as family pets, really,
27:31rather than controversial, possibly laboratory animals.
27:35So whatever you feel about vivisection,
27:37certainly that went, that slipped into English usage,
27:40to be a guinea pig was to be a subject for experimentation.
27:44And it kind of got me thinking,
27:45sitting next to Paul,
27:46because obviously he has guinea pigs
27:48in the sense of you try out your magic on various people.
27:53What would you call somebody that you...
27:55Would you just call them a stooge, possibly?
27:57No, a stooge generally refers to someone who's in on the trick,
28:00so it's kind of a confederate,
28:02or I think shill's another term for that, or whatever.
28:04But it's a plant, basically, in the audience.
28:07So that would be a stooge.
28:07A stooge goes back to student,
28:08because students were once used as stage hands.
28:11Right, OK.
28:12Anyway, I hope that answers John's question.
28:14Guinea pigs really were real subjects for experiment,
28:17and that's why, as I say, it slipped into usage.
28:20Very good, well done.
28:20APPLAUSE
28:2355 to 50.
28:28Hugh in the lead, and it's Hugh's letters game.
28:31Consonant, please, Rachel.
28:32Thank you, Hugh.
28:33Z.
28:34And another one.
28:36N.
28:37A vowel.
28:39A.
28:40And another.
28:41I.
28:42And a consonant.
28:44R.
28:45And another one.
28:46H.
28:48A vowel.
28:49A vowel.
28:50E.
28:51And another.
28:54U.
28:56And a final consonant.
28:58A final C.
29:00Stand by.
29:01A vowel.
29:16A vowel.
29:18A vowel.
29:19A vowel.
29:19A vowel.
29:20E o fitted.
29:20Well, Hugh, seven. Dave? I've only got a five.
29:36What is that five? Chair. Hugh? Can you be a chainer?
29:41Susie? Um, no.
29:45You can't, unfortunately. Not in the dictionary.
29:48It's a really tough one. Mm. What did you produce?
29:51Paul? Well, I thought I had one with a six there with carny,
29:56as in somebody who works for a carnival,
29:58but apparently the English version's with a Y rather than an E on the end.
30:01OK. And I've seen it spelt carny.
30:04I can't remember whether that was in Australia or perhaps in the States.
30:06Yeah. With an E on the end, but apparently not here.
30:09Not in the dictionary, unfortunately. Nothing else, Susie?
30:11Nothing else at all. All right. Works for Dave, though.
30:15It's 55 apiece now as we go into the final letters game. Yes, Dave?
30:19Thanks, Nick.
30:19Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Dave.
30:23D.
30:24And another.
30:26V.
30:27And another.
30:30S.
30:31And a vowel, please.
30:33O.
30:34And another.
30:36A.
30:37And another.
30:39E.
30:41Consonant.
30:43T.
30:43And another.
30:47S.
30:50And a final vowel.
30:52A final.
30:53U.
30:55Countdown.
30:55amb।
30:59And another.
31:13Qui and Sid.
31:14I.
31:15I.
31:15And a final ocasional.
31:16And another.
31:16I.
31:16I.
31:16I.
31:17And another.
31:18I.
31:18And another.
31:19And another.
31:19And another.
31:20One.
31:20I.
31:21And another.
31:21Dave.
31:28Eight.
31:29An eight.
31:30You?
31:30Just a six.
31:31And your six is?
31:32Staved.
31:34Now then.
31:35Outdates.
31:36Out.
31:37Dates.
31:38You need two T's for that, unfortunately.
31:40I'm going to go one.
31:41Bad luck.
31:43God, that's a...
31:44Yeah.
31:44That's a disappointment.
31:46Now, the corner.
31:48A couple of sixes there with devout and tossed.
31:52But a seven there with suavest.
31:55Suavest.
31:56You're the man.
31:59Suavest indeed.
32:00All right.
32:0061 to 55.
32:02Look, Hugh's back in the lead.
32:03And here we are.
32:04Final numbers game.
32:05Hugh.
32:05One large and five small, please, Rachel.
32:07Thank you, Hugh.
32:08And your last chance to avoid a crucial conundrum.
32:11Final numbers of the day are six, seven, six, four, three,
32:17and 100.
32:19And the target, 662.
32:21Six, six, two.
32:22I'm going to have this.
32:26Take care.
32:26Bye-bye.
32:35Bye-bye.
32:40Bye-bye.
32:45Bye-bye.
32:49Bye-bye.
32:50Bye-bye.
32:52Well, Hugh, 6-6-3.
32:56One away. Now, Dave.
32:576-6-2.
32:58Yes, sir.
33:00100 plus 3 plus 7.
33:03110.
33:04Times 6.
33:06660.
33:076 minus 4 is 2.
33:09And you've taken the lead for the crucial conundrum.
33:12All done.
33:17Well done, Dave.
33:19Well done.
33:20You've been sort of chasing him.
33:22Now, he's going to have to do something special.
33:2465 today, 61.
33:26Things are buzzers.
33:28Let's roll today's crucial countdown conundrum.
33:35Hugh?
33:36Barracuda.
33:37Barracuda.
33:38Barracuda.
33:39Let's see whether you're right.
33:40Here it comes.
33:42Barracuda.
33:43Well done.
33:44Well done.
33:50That's good competition.
33:51Two good players.
33:53You got your teapot.
33:54Yes.
33:55He gave you a bit of a rough old time and then you stormed ahead and he bit your head off
33:59with that Barracuda.
33:59It's like that.
34:00Listen, well done.
34:01You played well.
34:02You've got a teapot.
34:03You've got a goodie bag.
34:05Well done.
34:06And we'll see Hugh tomorrow.
34:07Well done.
34:08See you tomorrow.
34:09Together with the great Paul Zenon.
34:12Tomorrow and Susie too, of course.
34:13See you both then.
34:14See you then.
34:15And Rachel?
34:15Oh, that reminds me.
34:17There used to be a ride at Peter Pan's playground in South End called the Barracuda when I was
34:20a kid.
34:21It was brilliant.
34:22Yep.
34:22Known to debag a boy or two, that ride.
34:26All right.
34:28We'll see you tomorrow.
34:28See you then.
34:29See you tomorrow.
34:30Same time, same place.
34:31You be sure of it.
34:31A very good afternoon.
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