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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio. Let's talk about the restaurant trade.
00:35Very competitive. You've got to be very creative in the restaurant trade, not only with the food.
00:40I can tell you they're quite creative with the way they charge these days.
00:43But there's a new thing, Rachel. Being creative about the way in which food is served in restaurants.
00:50Let me offer you this. Have you ever come across a restaurant in Brighton that serves dough balls on real
00:56vinyl records?
00:58Hmm. Strange?
01:00How about having a mushroom dish served in a garden trowel?
01:06Different.
01:08Unbelievable. Thirdly, a crumble dessert that comes on a flip-flop.
01:12It's bizarre, isn't it?
01:13How do you eat that?
01:14I've no idea. Imagine you put it in your mouth and tap the end.
01:19I tell you, I go to restaurants sometimes that, for a while, served the main dish on a Welsh slate
01:28roof tile.
01:29Yeah.
01:30Bizarre, isn't it?
01:31I've seen things like that.
01:32Well, they gave that up.
01:33I had a pudding. It was in a flower pot. And then it was kind of chocolate crumble that looked
01:38like soil.
01:39Oh, dear.
01:40As long as it tastes nice.
01:41It's all being a bit too clever, isn't it? I think stick with the food, really.
01:45Well, I mean, the boys at uni, they used to shoo each other. It was kind of a drinking punishment,
01:49so they used to have to drink a pint out of one of the other one's shoes.
01:52But that was less to be avant-garde and cool and more to, you know, punish them for whatever misdemeanour.
01:58Oh, funny. But, um, I don't know. Vinyl records, garden trowels. No, no, no.
02:04Have a countdown tile? Have a pizza off of that?
02:06You could have it. You could certainly have a meal out of a countdown teapot, for instance. Lift it up.
02:12That would do.
02:12Bit of soup.
02:14Now, then, Rachel, who's with us? James Kennedy is back, Rachel. Great player. A great player. Six wins under his
02:21belt.
02:22Yep. And, um, two more, and you're there.
02:24Yep. One game at a time, like.
02:27I agree. But, you know, you've, uh, soldiered on. I think you've always, apart from one game, come through fairly
02:36cleanly, I think.
02:36Yeah.
02:37But now, you've got to get past Mary Anderson, a, uh, retired teacher from Dundee, who, like, uh, our guest,
02:45who we'll come to in a moment, loves her karaoke.
02:48Oh, yes.
02:49And what's your favourite song?
02:50My favourite is Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend.
02:53Yes?
02:53Yeah.
02:53And you, how often do you, you go to a club, or you do this with your friends, or what?
02:57Well, my neighbours and friends don't need much of an excuse for a party. Usually New Year.
03:02Okay.
03:02Um, any excuse at all, really.
03:04And how do you come with your favourite?
03:06Um, well, I'm the leader of the Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend, and my friends just stand behind me.
03:11And the backup group.
03:12Yeah, the backup group, yep.
03:13Brilliant. All right. Well, good luck today.
03:16Big round of applause, then, for James and Mary Anderson.
03:23And over in the corner, Susie, of course, joined once again by actor and writer, John Chalice, Boise and Benny
03:30Dome star.
03:31Welcome back, John.
03:32Welcome back.
03:36All right. What shall we do? Shall we turn to James for a letters game?
03:39Thank you, Nick.
03:41Um, a consonant, please, Rachel.
03:44Thank you, James. Start today with S.
03:47And another, please.
03:49R.
03:51And a third.
03:53K.
03:54And a vowel.
03:55B.
03:57And a vowel.
04:00I.
04:01And a consonant.
04:04L.
04:06And a consonant.
04:08N.
04:10And a vowel.
04:13U.
04:15And a consonant, please.
04:18And the last one.
04:19L.
04:20And here's the countdown clock.
04:53Yes, James?
04:54Seven.
04:55And Mary?
04:56Seven.
04:57James?
04:58Kill us.
04:58Now, Mary.
05:00Sulk here.
05:01Excellent.
05:01Yeah, two maggot sevens to start with.
05:03Seven apiece.
05:04Now, Mary.
05:05Your first letters game.
05:07Hi, Rachel.
05:07Hi, Mary.
05:08Start with a vowel, please.
05:09Start with O.
05:11And another, please.
05:13I.
05:14And another.
05:16A.
05:17And a consonant.
05:19P.
05:20And another.
05:21V.
05:23And another.
05:24N.
05:26And another.
05:28M.
05:30And a vowel.
05:32E.
05:33And a consonant, please.
05:35And lastly, H.
05:38Stand by.
05:39E.
05:59And a Jeremy.
06:02See you happens next.
06:02Bye.
06:02And other.
06:03Bye.
06:04Bye.
06:07Bye.
06:10Mary?
06:11It's five.
06:12A five. James?
06:14Try a six, Nick.
06:15Mm-hm. Mary?
06:17Venom.
06:18Now, James.
06:19Pavine or Pavine?
06:21P-A-V-I-N-E?
06:22No.
06:23He's not there.
06:25Are you thinking of P-A-V-A-N-E?
06:28Yeah, probably, yeah.
06:29OK.
06:30No, Pavine, I'm afraid.
06:32Sorry.
06:33Bad luck.
06:34So Mary's taken the lead.
06:3612 points to James' seven.
06:39James, what's going on here?
06:41Try this numbers game.
06:43Can I...
06:44One big one, Rachel, and five small ones.
06:46Don't need to ask any more, thank you, James.
06:48One large five, little again.
06:50And for the first time today, they are ten.
06:53One, three, nine, six, and the big one, 75.
06:58And your target, 218.
07:01218.
07:33Yes, James?
07:34218.
07:35218.
07:35Mary?
07:36218, not properly written down.
07:37Well, tell us how you did it.
07:39Mary?
07:3975 times three.
07:42225.
07:44And 75 times three, and six, add one.
07:49Six plus one is seven.
07:51Perfect.
07:52Well done.
07:52And James?
07:53Well, I did it the same, but I just took the six and the one off it there.
07:56All right.
07:57Yeah.
07:57Same deal.
08:0122 plays 17.
08:03Mary's still in the lead as we go to our first tea time teaser, which is car racket.
08:09And the clue, the car made a real racket going around here.
08:13The car made a real racket going around here.
08:32Welcome back.
08:33I left with the clue, the car made a real racket going around here.
08:38Going around the racetrack.
08:41Racetrack is what we're after.
08:42Racetrack.
08:4322 plays 17.
08:45Mary in the lead.
08:45Mary.
08:47Start with the vowel, please, Rachel.
08:49Thank you, Mary.
08:50O.
08:51And another.
08:53I.
08:54And another.
08:56E.
08:57And a consonant, please.
08:59S.
09:01And another.
09:02J.
09:03And another.
09:05D.
09:07And a vowel.
09:10U.
09:11And a consonant, please.
09:14T.
09:15And finish with the consonant.
09:17And finish with L.
09:20Standby.
09:22By the name of the mother, it's a опыт.
09:24And a vowel.
09:39But a consonant.
09:39And a vowel.
09:44And a vowel.
09:45And a vowels.
09:48And a vowel.
09:48And a vowel.
09:49And a vowel.
09:52Yes, Mary?
09:53I'll risk an eight.
09:54James?
09:55Seven.
09:55A seven.
09:56You're seven.
09:57And jousted.
09:59Mm-hm.
09:59If this is right, jouliest.
10:02Jowliest.
10:03Are you spelling it with a U?
10:05Yes.
10:05Yeah.
10:05Got that on.
10:06W, you need a W.
10:07Yeah, of course.
10:08I think jouliest would probably be in.
10:10Yes, but you do need a W, I'm afraid.
10:13Sorry, Anne.
10:14Now, what else can we have, I wonder?
10:16John, Susie?
10:17I've got tedious.
10:19Yes.
10:21Yeah, tedious is good seven.
10:24Jussell's loudest.
10:26Oh, yeah.
10:26But there is an eight there.
10:28What's that?
10:29Solitude.
10:31Solitude is definitely.
10:32Very good.
10:33Well done.
10:34That's brilliant.
10:3724 plays.
10:3822.
10:39James is now in the lead.
10:41And it's James we turn to now.
10:43Yes, James.
10:46Consonant, please, Rachel.
10:47Thank you, James.
10:48F.
10:48And another.
10:51T.
10:52And another.
10:55C.
10:57And the vowel.
10:59A.
11:01And another.
11:03I.
11:04And the third one.
11:07E.
11:08And a consonant.
11:12And a consonant.
11:14And a consonant.
11:18L.
11:19And a vowel, please.
11:22And lastly, A.
11:25And here's the countdown clock.
11:59James?
11:59Seven.
12:00Mary?
12:01Six.
12:02And that's six?
12:03Filter.
12:04Now, James?
12:05Article.
12:06And article.
12:07Very good.
12:08Nice one.
12:10Now, John?
12:12I've got facial and recital.
12:15Good.
12:16Yeah.
12:17Recital, excellent.
12:18That's another seven.
12:20Anything else, Susie?
12:21That was top, actually.
12:21Seven's the best.
12:22That's pretty hot stuff there, John.
12:23Well done.
12:2531 plays 22.
12:26James has built a little bit of a lead here.
12:28Now, Mary, it's your chance with a numbers game.
12:32One large and five small, please, Rachel.
12:34Thank you, Mary.
12:35Another one from the top pro selection.
12:37And this time around, they are one, ten, two, nine.
12:43Another ten on the large one, 75.
12:46And the target, 320.
12:48Three, two, zero.
13:21Mary?
13:22I've just got 310.
13:25310.
13:26James?
13:26325.
13:28And 325.
13:29We turn to you then, James.
13:31OK.
13:313 times 75 is 200.
13:33Where's your 3?
13:34Sorry, 2 plus 1.
13:352 plus 1 is 3.
13:37Is 3.
13:38Times 75.
13:39Times 75 is 225.
13:41And 10 times 10 is 100.
13:44Yeah.
13:44And add it on.
13:46100.
13:47Add it on for 325.
13:49Yeah.
13:51Now, Rachel.
13:53Miles adrift.
13:54What about 320?
13:54Is that possible?
13:55It was possible if you say 9 minus 1 is 8.
14:00Times 2 is 16.
14:02And then 10 plus 10 is 20.
14:05And times them together.
14:06Oh, well done.
14:07Perfect.
14:10That's the way it's done.
14:11That's the way it's done.
14:13Now, John Chalice.
14:14Apart from acting, you have another great love.
14:17And you're going to tell us about it.
14:19Yes, I do.
14:20I was just talking to Susie about it.
14:22I was supported the Arsenal Football Club.
14:27Can I hear a cheer?
14:29Thank you very much.
14:31Yeah, 17 is 5 years old for some reason.
14:33I've no idea why.
14:34I've never lived near there.
14:35But I've been through hell and high water, of course, with them.
14:38They've done very well.
14:40Not doing so well now.
14:42And in Benidorm, I was forced to watch the cup final against Chelsea this last year.
14:50Because I'm such a wimp.
14:52I get so involved.
14:53I get really screwed up watching them play, you see.
14:57But Shane Ritchie, who had come out to do something in the show, dragged me along and sat me down
15:05in front of this enormous screen in one of the bars,
15:07the open-air bars in Benidorm, said, you're going to watch it.
15:10You're going to watch it.
15:11It's your team.
15:11Come on.
15:12Don't be such a wimp.
15:13And I sat there like this, most of the time sort of my head in my head.
15:17But I suddenly realised they were playing quite well for a change.
15:20And they scored very early.
15:22And instead of jumping up and celebrating, I went, it's too early.
15:27It's too early.
15:28See what a pessimist I am.
15:30The great thing about being a pessimist is you're never disappointed.
15:33See?
15:34That's true.
15:34So I'm sitting there going, yeah, but I can't bear it.
15:36I can't bear it.
15:38Anyway, they went on and Chelsea equalised.
15:42Oh, well, that's it.
15:43That's it.
15:44That's it.
15:44You know, Chelsea will walk it now.
15:46But they scored again and won the cup.
15:48And, of course, I burst into tears.
15:51It's pathetic, isn't it?
15:53I'm the age I am, you know, and I'm behaving like a teenager, really.
15:57And a nice man brought me over a bottle of champagne and a few glasses for our table.
16:04And he was a Chelsea supporter.
16:05Isn't that lovely?
16:06But I couldn't drink the champagne because I'd had far too much to drink already.
16:12Thanks so much.
16:13Thank you, John.
16:14So, James on 38, Mary on 22.
16:17James, apply just for the letters again.
16:19A consonant, please, Rachel.
16:21Thank you, James.
16:22N.
16:22And another.
16:24D.
16:26And another.
16:28N.
16:28And a vowel.
16:32I.
16:33And another vowel.
16:36E.
16:37And another vowel.
16:39A.
16:40And a consonant.
16:44X.
16:45And a consonant.
16:48M.
16:50And a vowel.
16:52And lastly, I.
16:56Countdown.
17:28Yes, James.
17:28James.
17:29Six.
17:30Six.
17:30Mary.
17:31Six.
17:32James.
17:33Mund.
17:34Now, Mary's six.
17:35Median.
17:36Median.
17:37Very good.
17:39Any more sixes in the corner, I wonder?
17:42John.
17:43Susie.
17:44Maiden.
17:45A maiden, yes.
17:48There was a seven there, Nick, as well.
17:50A diamine.
17:51D-I-A-M-I-N-E.
17:52It's a term from chemistry, a compound whose molecule contains two amino groups.
17:57And it's a seven.
17:58Yes.
17:58More importantly.
17:59Well done.
18:0044, please.
18:0128.
18:02Now, Mary, letters game for you.
18:04Vowel, please, Rachel.
18:05Thank you, Mary.
18:07Mary.
18:07And another.
18:10E.
18:11And another.
18:12I.
18:14A consonant.
18:16R.
18:17And another.
18:20T.
18:21And another.
18:23L.
18:25And another.
18:27Y.
18:29And another.
18:31T.
18:34And another consonant, please.
18:35And lastly, S.
18:37And the clock starts now.
19:10Mary.
19:11Seven.
19:12Now, James.
19:13Seven.
19:14Mary.
19:14Lottery.
19:15Lottery and?
19:17Littles.
19:19Yeah, absolutely fine.
19:19Littles.
19:20Happy, Susie?
19:20Yes, very happy.
19:21Now, John's busy there.
19:24Toiletry?
19:24Yes.
19:25Excellent.
19:26That will give you an eight.
19:27Very good, toiletry.
19:28Yeah.
19:28Mm.
19:3251 plays 35.
19:34And now it's a numbers game for James Kennedy.
19:37Yes, James.
19:38Can I have one large one and five small, please, Rachel?
19:42I thought you might say that.
19:43Thank you, James.
19:43One large, five little.
19:45And this time, the little ones are nine, two, three, one and two.
19:51And the big one, 50.
19:52And this target, 718.
19:56Seven, one, eight.
20:28Yes, James?
20:29716.
20:30Two away, Mary?
20:31Just 704.
20:33All right, so we are with James then.
20:36Yep.
20:379 plus 3 plus 2 is 14.
20:399 plus 3 plus 2 is 14.
20:4150 plus 1 is 51.
20:43Yep.
20:45Multiply the two of them together.
20:46714.
20:47714.
20:48And add on 2.
20:49And the other two, 716.
20:51Mm-hmm.
20:51Close.
20:52But, Rachel, I hope will tell us how to do it properly.
20:55718?
20:56Yes, it was there.
20:57If you say 3 times 2 is 6 plus 1 is 7 times 50 is 350.
21:05Add the 9 for 3, 5, 9 and times by the other two.
21:10Fantastic.
21:11Well done.
21:14Lovely.
21:15Just running out of space there.
21:17Very good.
21:18Time for a tea time teaser.
21:19It's using head and the clue.
21:22He tried to use his head, but mentally he wasn't in a good place.
21:26He tried to use his head, but mentally he wasn't in a good place.
21:31He was anguished.
21:53He was anguished.
21:56Anguished.
21:57Poor chap.
21:58Anguished.
21:5858, page 35.
22:00Mary, your letters again.
22:02A vowel, please, Rachel.
22:03Thank you, Mary.
22:05O.
22:05And another one.
22:06E.
22:08And another, please.
22:10I.
22:11And a consonant.
22:13T.
22:15And another.
22:17N.
22:19And another.
22:21L.
22:24And a vowel, please.
22:27U.
22:29A consonant.
22:32W.
22:34And a final consonant, please.
22:36And a final T.
22:39Stand by.
22:41H Jacob?
23:02letter in front of the nerds, please.
23:03Bye-bye.
23:03Bye-bye.
23:03Bye-bye.
23:11Mary?
23:12Six.
23:12Six, James?
23:14Six.
23:14Mary?
23:15Outlet.
23:17And James?
23:18Toilet.
23:19Now then.
23:19Yep, I find.
23:21Happy enough?
23:21Sixes, yes.
23:22What have we got in the corner?
23:24Can we beat that, I wonder?
23:25John?
23:26No, I've got outline.
23:28Mm-hmm.
23:29That's good.
23:29That will give you a seven.
23:30A seven.
23:31And, yep.
23:32Yep.
23:32And you can go one further as well with toe line.
23:35Something used for towing.
23:37Toe line.
23:3864 to 41.
23:39James?
23:40Off we go.
23:41Letters?
23:42OK, a consonant, please, Rachel.
23:44Thank you, James.
23:45S.
23:46And another.
23:48P.
23:49And another.
23:51F.
23:52And the vowel.
23:54E.
23:55And another.
23:58I.
24:00And another.
24:02E.
24:05And a consonant.
24:07V.
24:08Consonant.
24:10R.
24:12And a consonant.
24:15And lastly, G.
24:18Stand by.
24:20All right.
24:20All right.
24:51James?
24:52Seven, but not written down.
24:54Mm-hmm.
24:54What about Mary?
24:56Six.
24:57And your six?
24:57Givers.
24:59Givers and?
25:00Greaves.
25:01And Greaves.
25:02Very good.
25:03Yeah.
25:04Yeah, excellent.
25:05Can we match it, I wonder?
25:07John, Susie?
25:08Yes, there is an eight there.
25:10Pre-gives, which sounds very odd.
25:13It's used in philosophy.
25:14Something is pre-given, it's assumed, and pre-gives is along the same line.
25:20So that will give you an eight.
25:26Thanks, Susie.
25:27But now you're back with your wonderful origins of words.
25:30What have you for us today?
25:31More maritime chat?
25:33No, not actually.
25:34I had an email from Moira.
25:36I didn't want to give her last name.
25:39But Moira is a keen viewer of Countdown, so thanks for writing in.
25:42And she wanted to know what the hand is doing in handsome.
25:45And it's a good question.
25:46Again, it's one of those words that you don't usually question.
25:49And the earliest evidence for it, surprisingly early, is 1440.
25:53And it's an English to Latin bilingual dictionary for kids.
25:56And it says, handsome or easy to handwork, manualis.
26:03That was the Latin translation.
26:05And essentially, they were saying that something handsome was easy to control or handleable, if you like.
26:11So how do you go from something that's easy to handle to striking?
26:15Well, it's a kind of process that happens a lot in English, really.
26:19If you think about something that's easy to use, as I say, sort of malleable in some way, then it
26:24makes life a lot easier.
26:26It's suitable for a particular job.
26:28It makes life agreeable and pleasant.
26:31And handsome slipped into English, really, to mean well-proportioned and elegant around the 16th century.
26:37So things could be particularly handsome because they looked nice, as well as being suitable for a particular job.
26:43And, of course, these things look nice.
26:45And then people could start to look nice, too.
26:46And it was Spencer, Edmund Spencer.
26:49He was one of the first to use it in his famous Fairy Queen.
26:52And then Shakespeare, who loved his Spencer, uses it in Richard III in one of his big rants.
26:57He talks about a handsome stripling.
27:00So it's a long, long journey that handsome has taken through the ages.
27:03But the hand is still preserved there, really, if you think about sort of manual work and how that was
27:08its original meaning.
27:09Very good.
27:13Very good.
27:14So where does the handsome cab slot into all that?
27:17Fit for the journey?
27:18Oh, the handsome cab is spelt very differently.
27:19So that's H-A-N-S-O-M.
27:21So that's...
27:22Oh, it's handsome, is it?
27:23A handsome cab, yeah.
27:25And I'll be able to do that another day because that's quite an interesting one.
27:27All right.
27:27Cabriolet.
27:28A handsome rather than handsome.
27:30Yeah.
27:3071 plays 41.
27:31James in the lead.
27:32Mary, your letters game.
27:34A vowel, please, Rachel.
27:35Thank you, Mary.
27:36A.
27:38And another one.
27:40A.
27:41And another.
27:43I.
27:44And a consonant.
27:47P.
27:48And another one.
27:50S.
27:51And another one.
27:53T.
27:55And a vowel.
27:57E.
27:59And a consonant.
28:02G.
28:03And a final consonant, please.
28:05And a final B.
28:07Stand by.
28:40Mary?
28:41Six.
28:42James?
28:42Six.
28:43So Mary's six is...?
28:45Pastie.
28:46No, Jane.
28:46Same?
28:47Same one.
28:48There we go.
28:50Any advance on six, I wonder?
28:52Susie?
28:53John?
28:54I've got a seven, I think.
28:56I don't know how to spell it.
28:57Baptise?
28:58Yeah, you can spell it.
28:59Yeah.
29:00You can just spell it with a Z-dorness.
29:01Yes.
29:01Oh.
29:02That's a very good seven.
29:04And another nice one for seven, a beastie.
29:06A wee beastie.
29:08I'll give you a seven.
29:09Another Scottish beastie.
29:10Beastie.
29:11Yeah.
29:12Well done, John.
29:1477 to 47.
29:15James, final letters game for you.
29:18Yes, James?
29:19Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
29:21Thank you, James.
29:22S.
29:23And another?
29:25T.
29:26And another?
29:28D.
29:30And a vowel?
29:32U.
29:34And another?
29:36A.
29:37And another?
29:39O.
29:41And a consonant?
29:44N.
29:45And a consonant?
29:48R.
29:50And a...
29:52A consonant, please.
29:54And the last one, P.
29:57And the clock starts now.
29:59And a consonant, please.
30:29James.
30:30Seven.
30:31A seven, Mary.
30:32Seven.
30:33James.
30:34A stone.
30:35And same again?
30:36A stone.
30:37Yep.
30:37Happy James.
30:38All right.
30:39Sevens and eights, anybody?
30:41No eights for us, but we had some sevens.
30:44Yep, we had pardons and sun trap as well.
30:47A sun trap?
30:48Yeah.
30:48What's better than a sun trap?
30:50Here we are in October.
30:53In need of a sun trap.
30:5484, please.
30:5554.
30:56Now, Mary, it's your numbers game.
30:57There's Rachel.
30:58One large and five small, please, Rachel.
31:00Thank you, Mary.
31:00One from the top row.
31:02Five little ones coming up.
31:03And the final one of the day is three, six, nine, one, two, and 50.
31:13And the target, 993.
31:15Nine, nine, three.
31:49Nine, nine, four.
31:51Nine, nine, four.
31:52Nine, nine, four.
31:53Nine, nine, four.
31:54So, Mary.
31:56Nine, nine, nine, one, is ten.
31:58Nine, add one, ten.
31:59Times two, 20.
32:01Yep.
32:01Times 50, 1,000.
32:031,000.
32:04And take the six.
32:05Nine, nine, four.
32:06One away.
32:07And James?
32:08Yep.
32:11Three times six plus two is 20.
32:13Three times six, 18, plus two, again, 20.
32:17Times 50 is 1,000.
32:18It is.
32:20And take a win of six.
32:21And, unfortunately, you've already used the six there, James.
32:25Bad luck, James.
32:26Bad luck.
32:26All right.
32:27So, let's turn to Rachel.
32:28Now, Rachel, come on.
32:29Help us out.
32:30Nine, nine, three?
32:31Yes, it was there.
32:33If you say six minus one is five.
32:36Add it to 50 for 55.
32:39Two times nine is 18.
32:42Times those together for 990.
32:44And add the three, nine, nine, three.
32:46Fabulous.
32:47APPLAUSE
32:49Thank you, Rachel.
32:51So, a little bit of a stumble there for James, but he's 84 to 61.
32:55So, as we go into the final round, fingers on buzzers, please.
33:01Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:07BELL RINGS
33:10Yes, James.
33:11Obscuring.
33:12Obscuring.
33:13That was quick.
33:14That was fast.
33:15Let's see whether you're right.
33:17Here it comes.
33:18Obscuring.
33:19Well done.
33:20APPLAUSE
33:22Well done, James.
33:23Just under 100.
33:2494.
33:25Well done.
33:25I'll come back to you in a second.
33:27I need to really congratulate Mary on a good game.
33:30Well played.
33:31You're up against an extremely good player.
33:32Absolutely, yeah.
33:33So, you take this goodie bag back to Dundee.
33:36And good luck with the karaoke.
33:37Thank you very much.
33:38You should maybe extend your repertoire.
33:40I should, indeed.
33:41I should, indeed.
33:42Let us know when you have.
33:43We'll come and listen.
33:44I will do.
33:44We'll come and listen.
33:45All right.
33:45Well done.
33:46Now, look at this.
33:47Seven wins.
33:48Yep.
33:50One more.
33:50One more.
33:51You're having an early night?
33:53I'll go to bed early tonight, yeah.
33:55All right.
33:55We'll see you tomorrow.
33:56Well done.
33:56Congratulations.
33:58Very good stuff.
33:59So, we may have an Octo Champ for you tomorrow.
34:02Who knows, John?
34:04Very exciting, isn't it?
34:05Always.
34:06See you both tomorrow.
34:07He's a good player, isn't he?
34:08Very good player.
34:09Very unassuming potential Octo Champ.
34:11Absolutely.
34:12One more and then a guaranteed rest.
34:14Demon on the conundrums, too.
34:16My word.
34:17He's very good.
34:17Doing very well.
34:18See you tomorrow.
34:19See you then.
34:19Join us then.
34:20See if James can make it to Octo Champton.
34:23Same time, same place.
34:24You be sure of it.
34:25A very good afternoon.
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