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00:21Thank you very much.
00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:33Now, I don't know how many of you read that wonderful story, really, about the couple who got themselves into
00:38a bit of a pickle.
00:39They had a big house. It was valued at about £845,000.
00:43The problem was that the offers they got when they put you on the market didn't cover the huge mortgage.
00:51So what were they going to do? And the building society was pressing them quite hard.
00:55So they decided that they would raffle it. And they issued, I think, £2 raffle tickets, so £2 each.
01:03And they sold a great number of them. In fact, they sold half a million of them, which, for those
01:09clever mathematicians, monks like Rachel, raised a million quid.
01:13Wow.
01:14And there we are. They cleared the mortgage and they left with so much more than they would have got
01:18had they just put it on the market.
01:20And indeed, I suppose, it paid estate agents' fees. So that was a result.
01:25When you think about raffles, I suppose we've all won something on raffles that we didn't particularly care.
01:29Pot of jam, box of chocolates. Have you been lucky on the raffle front, Rachel?
01:33I have, actually, but my mum's a charity fundraiser. So anything that I win on a raffle, I won a
01:38big, massive TV in a charity raffle.
01:42And the first thing I said was, oh, my mum's a charity fundraiser, before thinking I should give it back
01:45to that charity.
01:46And they said, no, no, no, no, take it for the other charity. So kind of get recycled around the
01:50different charity raffles.
01:51Well, that's good.
01:52But with my mum's raffles, the problem is that it's most of my stuff to start with. So I'm just
01:56winning it back if I play that one.
01:58Lovely.
01:59All right.
02:00She does a good job.
02:01Now, Rachel, James Kennedy's back. And we reckon he's a pretty good player, Rachel. He's up to five wins now.
02:08Yep.
02:09And conundrums have been good. I think you missed one, didn't you?
02:12But you still came through by one point. Am I right?
02:15Yeah, the one that was, was it Toad Curry?
02:18Yeah.
02:19Lovely.
02:19All right.
02:20James, you're joined by John Oxley from Sheffield, a laboratory supervisor. He's a great golf fan. He's a great crazy
02:28golf fan.
02:28In fact, he once travelled to Spain for a round of crazy golf. Now, tell us about this.
02:35My wife came home from work one day and told me that her friend had been to Magaluf.
02:39Yes.
02:39And had a wander through to a place called Palma Nova, where she saw this fantastic crazy golf course.
02:43Yes.
02:44And we hadn't been abroad very much. So I said, do you fancy going out there for a game?
02:48So we booked a holiday and flew out and played crazy golf for a full week.
02:53How did you come out of that, then?
02:54Not so good.
02:55She's good?
02:56She's very good, yes. She had me running left, right and centre, trying to catch up, but it didn't work.
03:01Let's have a big round of applause for John Oxley and James Kennedy.
03:07And over in the corner, Susie's over there, of course, and he's back. It's Boise himself and actor John Chalice,
03:14who knows a bit about Spain, because, of course, he's also Monty in Benidorm.
03:19Welcome back.
03:20Thank you very much, though.
03:24Lovely stuff. Now, we'll chat to Boise a little bit later on, but now, James, it's a lettuce game for
03:31you.
03:32Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:33Afternoon, James.
03:34Could I have a consonant, please?
03:36Start today with C.
03:38And another one.
03:41N.
03:42And another one.
03:45L.
03:45And a vowel.
03:48U.
03:49And a vowel.
03:52O.
03:54And a vowel.
03:56A.
03:58And a consonant.
04:00B.
04:02A vowel.
04:05E.
04:07And a consonant, please.
04:10And lastly, T.
04:12And here's the countdown clock.
04:15They're going somewhere.
04:21Bye.
04:24Bye.
04:27Bye.
04:28Bye.
04:28habe.
04:36Bye.
04:38Bye.
04:38Bye.
04:40Bye.
04:46Yes, James?
04:47Nine.
04:48A nine?
04:49Wow.
04:50John?
04:50Six.
04:52And your six?
04:53Bounce.
04:54Now, that's a terrific way to start, James.
04:57Quite an appropriate one.
04:58Countable.
05:00Countable.
05:01Very well done.
05:01Well done.
05:05Wow.
05:07That's something.
05:08A perfect start.
05:09Susie, anything else?
05:09Very, very well done, though.
05:10That was brilliant.
05:11Otherwise, we were looking at bonts.
05:13Bonts.
05:14I just like the word bonts.
05:15That's more my level.
05:17Bonts, all right.
05:18Eighteen points to James.
05:20Off at a cracking pace there.
05:21John, let us go.
05:23Hello, Rachel.
05:24Hi, John.
05:24Could I start with a consonant, please?
05:26Start with D.
05:28And another.
05:30P.
05:31And a third.
05:33S.
05:34Could I have a vowel, please?
05:36A.
05:37And another.
05:38I.
05:39And a consonant.
05:41M.
05:42And another.
05:44Q.
05:44And a vowel.
05:47E.
05:48And a final vowel, please.
05:50And a final O.
05:53Countdown.
05:55S.
06:15Bye-bye.
06:16Bye-bye.
06:17Bye.
06:17Bye-bye.
06:20Bye-bye.
06:25Yes, John?
06:26Six.
06:27Six, James.
06:28Seven.
06:29And seven, John?
06:30Medias.
06:32Medias and...
06:33Adipose.
06:35Adipose.
06:37Adipose, very good.
06:38It is used to describe body tissue that stores fat,
06:42that's fatty tissue, essentially.
06:44I don't think we can have medias, unfortunately,
06:48because media is already a plural,
06:49so we wouldn't be able to put the S on it.
06:51Sure.
06:51Sorry.
06:52And the corner, Susie and John?
06:54Um, I've got a pomade.
06:57Yep.
06:58The scented ointment that you put on your hair,
07:00but you can use it as a verb as well and put the S on.
07:02So you can have pomades.
07:03Oh, gosh, there's an S, isn't there?
07:04Pomades for seven.
07:05How stupid.
07:07Pomades.
07:07So more than one pomade, oh, yeah.
07:09That's a very old-fashioned thing now, isn't it?
07:11I'm a very old-fashioned person.
07:13Come in here with your pomade on.
07:1525 points to James.
07:17John, you had to score lots of time for that.
07:19James, numbers game.
07:20Um, can I have one big one, Rachel, and five small ones?
07:23Thank you, James.
07:24One from the top five.
07:25A little coming up for you.
07:26And for the first time today,
07:28they are nine, ten, one, four,
07:33another ten, and one hundred.
07:36And the target, eight hundred and eighty-five.
07:38Eight, eight, five.
07:40See you next time.
07:41Two are nine, ten, one, ten, and one.
08:09This is Cheryl Blunt, died by one third.
08:11Yes, James?
08:128 to 8, 5.
08:138 to 8, 5. John?
08:15Yeah, 8 to 8, 5, Nick.
08:17And James?
08:18OK, 100 times 9 is 900.
08:20900.
08:22And 10 plus 4 plus 1 is 15.
08:2410 plus 4, 1 for 15.
08:25Take it away.
08:26Lovely. Well done. 8 to 8, 5.
08:27And John?
08:28Yeah, the same way, Nick.
08:29Same way, just...
08:30Yeah, OK.
08:35Well done.
08:36John's off the blocks then.
08:3735 plays 10 as we go into our first tea time.
08:39And teaser, which is free basic?
08:41And the clue, the court proceedings about the man's bag were over very quickly.
08:46The court proceedings about the man's bag were over very quickly.
09:05Welcome back.
09:06Jack, I left with the clue, the court proceedings about the man's bag were over very quickly.
09:11It was, in fact, a briefcase.
09:14Briefcase is the answer to that one.
09:17Although, literally, 35 plays 10.
09:19James on 35 and it's John's letters game.
09:22Hello.
09:23Consonant, please, Rachel.
09:24Thank you, John.
09:25T.
09:26And another.
09:28And another.
09:29And another.
09:31G.
09:32And a vowel, please.
09:35E.
09:36And another.
09:37U.
09:38And a consonant, please.
09:41W.
09:42And a vowel.
09:44A.
09:46And a consonant.
09:48N.
09:49And finally a vowel, please.
09:50And finally, E.
09:53Stand by.
09:54wheel.
10:08We'll take you next time.
10:09Bye.
10:11Bye.
10:12Bye.
10:18Bye.
10:20Bye.
10:23Bye.
10:26Yes, John?
10:27Six.
10:28Six.
10:29James?
10:29Six.
10:30John?
10:31Twangs.
10:33Agents?
10:34Agents.
10:35Agents.
10:36Twangs?
10:37Twangs, strong ringing sounds, such as those made by the plucked string of a musical instrument.
10:43Absolutely fine.
10:44Yeah, verb or noun.
10:45Or a bow and arrow, yes.
10:47Twang.
10:47Very good.
10:49Now, John's looking deep in thought.
10:51John and Susie?
10:53We just had a seven.
10:55I think negates.
10:56Yes.
10:57Negate, John?
10:58Yeah.
10:58Negates for me, yes.
10:59That's all I could come up with, I'm afraid.
11:02Well done, John.
11:03All right.
11:0341 plays 16.
11:05James, how about a letters game?
11:07Yeah.
11:08Consonant, please, Rachel.
11:09Thank you, James.
11:10T.
11:11And another.
11:13D.
11:15And another.
11:17S.
11:18And a vowel.
11:20O.
11:21And another, please.
11:23I.
11:24And a vowel.
11:27E.
11:28And a consonant.
11:31R.
11:33A consonant.
11:35S.
11:37And a vowel, please.
11:40And the last one.
11:41I.
11:43Stand by.
11:45And a vowel.
11:50And a vowel.
12:03And a vowel.
12:04And a vowel.
12:04And a vowel.
12:04And a vowel.
12:04And a vowel.
12:04And a vowel.
12:04And a vowel.
12:04And a vowel.
12:06And a vowel.
12:14Yes, James.
12:15Seven.
12:16John.
12:17Eight.
12:18And an eight.
12:19James.
12:20Stories.
12:21John.
12:22Steroids.
12:23Excellent.
12:24Really good eight there.
12:25Very clever.
12:26Well done.
12:30Strong stuff, John.
12:3141 plays 24.
12:32Over in the corner.
12:33Steroids, the best here for eight.
12:35Well done.
12:3541, 24.
12:36James still in the lead.
12:38John, how are you with the numbers, I wonder?
12:40Can I have one from the top and five little ones, please, Rachel?
12:42You can indeed.
12:43Thank you, John.
12:44One large, five little, and they are three, six, eight, four, nine, and the big one, 25.
12:55And the target, 402.
12:57Four, zero, two.
13:00Four, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero,
13:06zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero,
13:06zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero,
13:06zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero,
13:06zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero,
13:06zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero
13:30Yes, John?
13:314-0-2.
13:33And James?
13:33No, I didn't get it, didn't I?
13:36And John?
13:389 plus 4 plus 3 is 16.
13:42Here it is.
13:42Multiplied by 25 is 400.
13:44400.
13:45And then 8 minus 6 is 2 and add it on.
13:47Well done, 4-0-2.
13:48Lovely.
13:49Very good.
13:52So, well done, John.
13:53Very good.
13:54Takes you up to 34 points now to James' 41.
13:58As we turn now to John Chalice.
14:00John, I hear you've been tearing it up in Benidorm.
14:03Down there in Spain again.
14:04Yes, I know.
14:05For my sins, it's a terrible job.
14:07Four months in Benidorm, which is...
14:10Somebody said it's a long time in Benidorm, but...
14:13And it was.
14:15It gets hotter and hotter.
14:16But we had a lot of fun doing the new series of Benidorm.
14:20And one of the great things about Benidorm is
14:22you get to meet a lot of famous people.
14:25You know, for instance, we had a great singer, Tony Hadley.
14:30It was quite fun meeting him, actually.
14:32I'd never met him before.
14:33And we had breakfast one morning,
14:34and he was trying to keep a low profile.
14:37But he's such a good-looking guy.
14:39You know, very tall, quite a big guy, but very good-looking.
14:42And he's sitting there with his family,
14:44at breakfast, in the hotel, keeping a low profile.
14:47And suddenly a bunch of guys saw him
14:50and sang his hit number, gold, to him,
14:55all through breakfast.
14:57But later on in the day,
15:00we went to a rock-and-roll house,
15:02of which there are several in Benidorm.
15:04And in there was an Elvis Presley impersonator,
15:08a tribute act,
15:09who started singing Jailhouse Rock,
15:12one of the great Presley numbers.
15:14And suddenly, Tony Hadley just went off,
15:17singing at the top of his head.
15:18Walking through a party in the crowny jail.
15:22And top of his voice.
15:24And you can imagine the whole audience
15:25just looking around saying,
15:27blimey, it's that bloke from Spandau Ballet
15:28singing in Elvis Presley.
15:30And there he is trying to keep a low profile.
15:32But that's what Benidorm does to you.
15:34Or can do.
15:35Fun.
15:36So you were down there for how long?
15:37Four months?
15:38Four months, yes.
15:39Fantastic.
15:40When's it out now?
15:40This is early next year, I think.
15:42I don't quite know.
15:44But I think January, February next year,
15:46where it always used to be.
15:47It always used to cheer everybody up
15:50during the winter, you know.
15:51So I think early next year,
15:53it's the 10th series.
15:54And there's a programme celebrating
15:56the 10th series of Benidorm
15:58before that series goes out.
16:00Brilliant.
16:00Can't wait.
16:01Well done.
16:02Thank you, John.
16:06Well done.
16:07Great.
16:07John Chalice.
16:08Now, James, let us get in.
16:12Can I have a continent, please, Rachel?
16:13Thank you, James.
16:14F.
16:15And another one, please.
16:17N.
16:19And another.
16:21D.
16:23And a vowel.
16:25O.
16:27And another vowel.
16:29A.
16:30And another vowel.
16:32E.
16:33And a consonant.
16:36R.
16:38A consonant.
16:40S.
16:43And a vowel.
16:45And the last one.
16:46U.
16:47And here's the countdown clock.
16:49wurde stretching's timeline and H&P.
17:12I'll see you next time.
17:12Bye.
17:12Bye.
17:12Bye.
17:13Bye.
17:14Bye.
17:17Bye.
17:20Yes, James?
17:20Eight.
17:21And eight.
17:22John?
17:22Yes, eight also, Nick.
17:24James?
17:25Founders.
17:26And?
17:27Founders as well.
17:28Well done, John.
17:29All right.
17:32So still seven in it, 49 to John's 42.
17:36And in the corner, John and Susie?
17:38Ah, well, yes, I had sounder, and I also got founders as well.
17:43Sounder?
17:43Sounder, absolutely fine, yes.
17:44Sounder is a word.
17:45Well, it's a word now, because I've just used it.
17:48Lots and lots of sevens.
17:49Yes, yes.
17:50There as well.
17:50Fondues, fedoras, refunds, aroused.
17:53That's it?
17:54Yes.
17:55You're done with?
17:55All right.
17:56Seven points in it, 49 to John's 42.
17:59John, your letters again.
18:01Consonant, please, Rachel.
18:02Thank you, John.
18:03D.
18:04And another.
18:06L.
18:07And another, please.
18:09R.
18:10And a vowel.
18:12O.
18:13And another.
18:14E.
18:15And a consonant.
18:18P.
18:19And a consonant.
18:21Z.
18:23And a vowel.
18:25A.
18:26And a final consonant, please.
18:29And a final R.
18:32Countdown.
18:34This is a very good one.
18:37This is a very good one.
18:43This is a very good one.
18:44This is a very good one.
18:45This is a very good one.
18:47This is a very good one.
18:49This is a very good one.
18:50This is a very good one.
18:50This is a very good one.
18:52This is a very good one.
18:52This is a very good one.
18:53This is a very good one.
18:54This is a very good one.
18:54This is a very good one.
18:54This is a very good one.
18:55This is a very good one.
18:56This is a very good one.
19:04Yes, John?
19:05A seven.
19:07James?
19:07Seven.
19:08So, John?
19:10Paroled.
19:11Now then, James.
19:12Leopard.
19:14A leopard.
19:15Very good.
19:15Both very nice sevens, yeah.
19:17Any advances?
19:18Susie, anything else?
19:20Yes, quite a few sevens.
19:21We have this, but preload is also in.
19:23If you preload before a party, you drink a bit before you go out.
19:26Shame on you, Susie.
19:28And what's John got?
19:30Not part of my life.
19:31No.
19:32John had leopard as well.
19:34Well done.
19:35So, 56 to 49.
19:37Numbers have swung round again, James.
19:40Can I have one big one and five small ones, please?
19:44The usual.
19:44Thank you, James.
19:45One large, five little.
19:46And for this round, you have ten, two, eight.
19:52Another eight, nine and 25.
19:56And the target, 464.
19:59Four, six, four.
20:00And the target, whatever you are saying.
20:30See you soon, James.
20:31Yes, James?
20:33Four, six, five.
20:34One away, John.
20:35Four, six, five.
20:37So, James.
20:40OK, 10 plus 8 is 18.
20:43Yep.
20:44Times 25 is 450.
20:46It is.
20:49And add 9, add 8 and take away 2.
20:52Yep. Well done. One away.
20:55And John?
20:56The same way.
20:58Yeah.
20:59There we go.
21:01Yep.
21:02We happy?
21:03Down to Rachel.
21:04How tricky is this one, Rachel?
21:05Four, six, four?
21:06Yeah, a few ways.
21:07You could have said 10 times 2 is 20.
21:11Add 9 for 29.
21:13And then 8 plus 8 is 16.
21:16And times them together.
21:17Four, six, four.
21:18Oh, well done.
21:19Perfect.
21:20Thank you, Rachel.
21:22So, James Lee is 63 to John's 56.
21:26And it's time for our second tea time teaser,
21:27which is whale mole.
21:30And the clue.
21:31It sounds like he finished all his dinner,
21:33including the brown bread.
21:34It sounds like he finished all his dinner,
21:37including the brown bread.
21:54Welcome back.
21:55Welcome back.
21:56I left you with a clue.
21:56It sounds like he finished all his dinner,
21:59including the brown bread.
22:00In fact, the answer to that one is wholemeal.
22:03One word.
22:04Wholemeal.
22:06So, the score standing 63 to 56.
22:09James in the lead.
22:10And John's letters came.
22:11John.
22:12A consonant, please, Rachel.
22:13Thank you, John.
22:15M.
22:16And another.
22:18R.
22:19And another.
22:21T.
22:22And a vowel, please.
22:24U.
22:25And another.
22:26I.
22:28And a third.
22:29A.
22:31And a consonant.
22:32S.
22:34And another consonant, please.
22:36R.
22:38And a final vowel, please.
22:40And O.
22:43Canca.
22:44Or.
22:46And a consonant.
23:14And a términ.
23:14So, I mean, theRPG.
23:15Yes, John?
23:16Six.
23:17And James?
23:18Seven.
23:19And a seven.
23:20Yes, John?
23:21Suitor.
23:23Suitor.
23:24James?
23:24Tourism.
23:25Tourism.
23:26Very good.
23:28Yep.
23:28Can we match that, I wonder?
23:31John, Susie?
23:33Mortars?
23:34Yeah.
23:35Yes.
23:35That's seven, isn't it?
23:36That's seven.
23:37Very, very good.
23:38And there is an eight lurking there as well.
23:40An armourist.
23:42A-R-M-O-R-I-S-T.
23:43Which is a person skilled in heraldry or armoury.
23:46So an expert in armoury.
23:48He's an armourist.
23:49An armourist.
23:50Oh, thank you.
23:54Yes, an armourist.
23:5670 to 56.
23:57James?
23:58How about a letters game?
23:59A continent, please, Rachel.
24:01Thank you, James.
24:01M.
24:02And another.
24:04H.
24:05And another.
24:07W.
24:09And a vowel.
24:11E.
24:12And a vowel.
24:13A.
24:16And a vowel, please.
24:19E.
24:20And a consonant.
24:22G.
24:25A consonant.
24:27R.
24:28And a vowel, please.
24:31And lastly, O.
24:34Stand by.
24:35A vowel.ầufore.
24:42A звучit.
24:50All now. A
24:53vowel. A
24:53vowel. A
24:53Disk. A
24:53vessel. A
24:53tone. A
25:03A presentations. Around.
25:03tower. A
25:05Well, James?
25:06Six.
25:07A six.
25:08John?
25:08A risky seven.
25:10And James?
25:11Homage.
25:12And John?
25:13Homage.
25:14All right.
25:15So you put the R on.
25:16Yeah.
25:17Yeah, you might be surprised.
25:18It is in there.
25:19So somebody who pays homage is a homager or a homager.
25:22Somebody who shows reverence, dutiful, respect or honour to another.
25:25Very good.
25:26Well done.
25:26Only seven points in it now.
25:2863 to 70.
25:29But in the corner, have you been working hard there, John?
25:32Yes, yes, yes.
25:33Not terribly well.
25:34I've only got a six.
25:36Amiga.
25:37Amiga six.
25:38And Susie?
25:40There is an eight.
25:41They're homeware.
25:42Oh, wow.
25:43Homeware.
25:44Oh, right.
25:46Right, Susie.
25:47Now, a highlight.
25:49Your origins of the day.
25:51What have you got for us today?
25:52Well, I mentioned yesterday when I was talking about aviation slang
25:56and the words and expressions that have come from the skies
25:58that I would talk about going for a Burton or gone for a Burton,
26:01which is one of the phrases that's attracted most debate, probably,
26:06in etymological circles.
26:08Lots and lots of theories abound for this one.
26:11What we do know is it definitely does go back to the RAF,
26:15which was the home of a lot of slang, actually, in current English.
26:18It means if you've gone for a Burton in the RAF,
26:21it means you have been killed, sadly, so ruined or destroyed.
26:26But, of course, we use it slightly more figuratively now to mean it's just broken.
26:30So you might say, my laptop has gone for a Burton.
26:33But what is the Burton and where did the phrase begin?
26:37Well, two main theories.
26:38I have to say there are many, many more,
26:40but the two main ones which hold most water,
26:43which is a slightly inappropriate pun for the skies,
26:45but they both demonstrate the black humour, really,
26:48that is needed to deal with the fact that during the World Wars,
26:52aviators did die, obviously,
26:54in some of the horrible dogfights that took place up there.
26:57The first involves the English town of Burton-upon-Trent,
26:59which is known for its brewing industry.
27:02And a Burton came to refer to a type of delicious ale.
27:06And when an aviator crashed into the sea,
27:08which is known, of course, as the drink, informally,
27:11the idea was that the person was absent
27:13because they'd gone for a pint of beer.
27:15So it was a nice, friendly, slightly affectionate euphemism
27:19for an aviator that had died in action.
27:22The second one involves a very famous firm of tailors
27:25called Montague Burton,
27:27Burton's, of course, you can still find, I think,
27:29in high suites today.
27:30But if an airman went for a Burton,
27:32he'd died and gone to be fitted for a wooden suit.
27:35That was the idea.
27:36So, again, a lot of black humour there
27:38that he'd got a wooden overcoat, if you like,
27:40i.e. a coffin, because he'd died again in action.
27:43Very good.
27:49Everybody, when they were de-mobbed,
27:51were given a Burton suit, I think, weren't they?
27:52That was part of the deal.
27:53Right, OK.
27:54So, it's James on 70 and John, 63.
27:57We turn to John for a letters game.
27:59Consonant, please, Rachel.
28:01Thank you, John.
28:02N.
28:03And another.
28:05T.
28:06And a third, please.
28:09P.
28:10And a vowel.
28:10I.
28:12And another.
28:14A.
28:15And a consonant.
28:17Y.
28:18And another one.
28:20S.
28:21And a vowel.
28:23E.
28:25And a final consonant, please.
28:27And a final T.
28:29Second ERIC.
28:30Stand by.
28:31And a vowel.
28:37Movement5ımız.というél
28:38Two.
28:41Two.
28:53Three.
28:54Two.
28:55One.
28:55Three.
28:56Four.
28:57One.
28:57So, two.
29:01Yes, John.
29:03Seven.
29:04James.
29:05I'll get an eight, but not written down.
29:06John.
29:07Pattins.
29:08P-A-T-T-I-N-S.
29:10Pattins.
29:11James.
29:11Patience.
29:13And patience.
29:15Patience, yes.
29:16No Pattins there, I'm afraid, John.
29:18Not there.
29:19Sorry.
29:20Bad luck.
29:21Bad luck.
29:2278 to 63, then.
29:23James has extended his lead.
29:25What of the corner?
29:27John.
29:28Susie?
29:29Yes, I've got another pathetic six, really.
29:32A paint.
29:33That's all I've got.
29:35Susie?
29:35There is a nine there.
29:37Slightly rare nine.
29:40Antitypes.
29:41An antitype is a personal thing that represents the opposite of someone or something.
29:45So the example given is she is the antitype of female virtue.
29:50Oh, antitype.
29:51I see.
29:5578 to 63.
29:57James, final letters game.
29:59Kind of a consonant, please, Rachel.
30:02Thank you, James.
30:03N.
30:04And another one, please.
30:07G.
30:09And the third one.
30:11D.
30:13And the vowel.
30:15U.
30:15And a vowel.
30:20A.
30:22And another vowel.
30:24E.
30:26And a consonant.
30:30T.
30:32A consonant.
30:35V.
30:36And a vowel.
30:38And the last one.
30:39I.
30:40Tone Tone.
30:43Tone Tone.
30:44THE END
30:51THE END
31:01THE END
31:28THE END
31:31THE END
31:33so John on 70
31:34and James on 85
31:36and John
31:37it's your numbers game
31:38good luck
31:39can I have three from the top
31:40and three little ones please
31:42you can
31:42gambling time now
31:43thank you John
31:44hopefully a crucial conundrum coming up
31:45we'll see
31:46the last one of the day
31:47is six
31:48ten
31:49nine
31:50twenty five
31:52one hundred
31:53and fifty
31:54and the target
31:56six hundred and forty one
31:57six four one
31:58six hundred and thirty nine
32:02and
32:03and
32:03six hundred and twenty three
32:04and
32:17two
32:27and
32:30Well, John?
32:316-4-1.
32:32And James?
32:336-4-1.
32:34There we go.
32:35John?
32:366 multiplied by 100 is 600.
32:38Yep.
32:39Add the 50.
32:40650.
32:41And take away the night.
32:426-4-1.
32:43James?
32:44Does it the same.
32:45There we go.
32:46Yep.
32:47APPLAUSE
32:51So no crucial conundrum for us today, but well played, John.
32:55Let's go into the final round.
32:57Fingers on buzzers.
32:58Let's roll today's conundrum.
33:01MUSIC PLAYS
33:31Well, well, well.
33:32Oh, both of you, Fox and James is normally so hot on these things.
33:35Let's roll it and see what we've got, shall we?
33:38Here we go.
33:39So there we are, submerged.
33:41Shame on you, James.
33:42You're normally so good at these things.
33:43But anyway, you come back tomorrow, having notched up six wins.
33:47Yeah.
33:47Fantastic.
33:48I'll come back to you in a second.
33:49John, you played like a, you know, like a trooper.
33:52Thank you, mate.
33:52Well done.
33:53Slow start, but you came roaring back.
33:55But in the end, he takes it.
33:56So thank you so much for coming.
33:58Thank you very much for having me.
33:59And you take this back to Sheffield with us.
34:01I will indeed.
34:01I'll start with your golf, by the way.
34:03I need it.
34:04All right.
34:05Well done, James.
34:06We'll see you tomorrow.
34:07Yes.
34:08See you tomorrow, James.
34:09And John Chalice, too.
34:10More stories from you.
34:11I love your Benidorm stories.
34:14More tomorrow, John.
34:15More tomorrow.
34:17See you tomorrow.
34:17Look forward to it.
34:18All right.
34:18And Rachel, too, of course.
34:19See you tomorrow.
34:20See you tomorrow.
34:21Same time, same place.
34:22You'll be sure of it.
34:22A very good afternoon.
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