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00:18Thank you very much.
00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:33Now, I was listening to a radio interview the other day about the Great Pyramids, the Great Pyramids of Egypt,
00:40and the thrust of it, Rachel, was that, impossible, the technology available to man 5,000 years ago
00:48would not have enabled them to build these extraordinary constructions, that it was obviously built by aliens.
00:54And then, of course, you begin to think, oh, conspiracy theories.
00:56Now, I mean, I don't know about you, Rachel, but how about people that say the moon landings were faked?
01:03Who could possibly fake the moon landings?
01:07Well, I've heard people that aren't sure the moon exists and things like that, and the world is flat, and
01:12they take it to the next level.
01:13When you ask them their details, they just take conspiracy theory out of conspiracy theory, shove them all together,
01:19and they don't make any sense, but they're absolutely convinced of what they're talking about.
01:22Well, I tell you what we do know is that Graham Staples is back, and he's picked up his sixth
01:27win on Friday,
01:28and you're going for your sevenths today. It's been a real pleasure.
01:31You're a great player and a very calm character, very calm character.
01:35Now, you've got to confront Beth Walker from Liverpool, a trainee teacher,
01:42who earlier this year had the pleasure, exciting, to drive along Route 66.
01:48And when you got to the Grand Canyon, your boyfriend was there, and he said,
01:52how about marrying me? Is that right?
01:54That's right.
01:54And you had to say yes, otherwise he might have chipped him over the edge, I imagine.
01:59Was that exciting?
02:00It was a dream come true. It really was.
02:02Excellent. Good luck to Beth Walker and to Graham Staples. Big round of applause.
02:12Now then, over in the corner, of course, Susie and that great reporter and broadcaster and writer,
02:18Charles Brandreth. Welcome back, Charles.
02:19Simon will be here.
02:24Now, let's get down to Graham. Graham Staples, Letters Game.
02:28Hiya, Rachel.
02:28Hi, Graham.
02:29Start with a consonant, please.
02:30Thank you. Start the week with R.
02:33And a vial.
02:34O.
02:36A consonant, please.
02:38D.
02:39Another consonant.
02:41P.
02:43Vial, please.
02:44I.
02:46Another vial.
02:48E.
02:50A consonant, please.
02:51J.
02:52A.
02:53Consonant.
02:55D.
02:57And a consonant, please.
03:00And lastly, G.
03:03And here's the countdown clock.
03:05That's right.
03:20So,
03:33you're welcome.
03:35Well, Graham.
03:36Seven.
03:37A seven.
03:38Beth.
03:38Seven.
03:40Graham.
03:41Dodgier.
03:42And Beth.
03:43Poggia.
03:44Very nice.
03:44Very good.
03:45Absolutely.
03:47I saw the pie that was there, P-I-E.
03:49Too many of those, you will end up Poggia.
03:52We couldn't do better than that, though, could we?
03:54No, there is poddier as well,
03:56which describes a young farm animal in Australia.
03:58It means fed by hand.
04:00It can be poddier than the next, strangely.
04:03Well, well, seven points apiece,
04:04and it's Beth's letters game.
04:06Yes, Beth.
04:06Hi, Rachel.
04:07Hi, Beth.
04:08Can I get a consonant, please?
04:10Start with R.
04:12A vowel.
04:14A.
04:16Another.
04:17U.
04:19A consonant.
04:21P.
04:22Another.
04:24M.
04:27Another, please.
04:29D.
04:30A vowel.
04:33A.
04:34Another.
04:37E.
04:38And a consonant, please.
04:40And finish.
04:41R.
04:43Stand by.
04:44A vowel.
04:45A vowel.
05:01A vowel.
05:01A vowel.
05:01A vowel.
05:14Well, Beth?
05:15Just a six.
05:16A six, Graham?
05:17And a six.
05:18Beth?
05:19Dumper.
05:20And marred.
05:22Yeah, dumper and marred, both absolutely fine.
05:24Both there.
05:25I got a bit stuck on rump, ramp, damp.
05:28But there is an eight-letter word there, isn't there?
05:31There is, yeah.
05:32You can be a marauder as well.
05:33Not you personally, but...
05:36Marauder.
05:37Well done.
05:40Marauder.
05:4013 apiece now.
05:42Graham, first numbers game for today.
05:44Off you go.
05:46Two large and four small, please, Rachel.
05:47Thank you, Graham.
05:48And the first one of the week.
05:50This selection is two, nine.
05:54Another two.
05:55Ten and the big ones, 75 and 100.
05:58And the target, 389.
06:02389.
06:03The target, 389.
06:07The target, 389.
06:09The target, 389.
06:09The target, 389.
06:09The target, 389.
06:14The target, 389.
06:16The target, 389.
06:18The target, 389.
06:21The target, 389.
06:21The target, 389.
06:22The target, 389.
06:22The target, 389.
06:22The target, 389.
06:22The target, 389.
06:23The target, 389.
06:23The target, 389.
06:24The target, 389.
06:25The target, 389.
06:25The target, 389.
06:34Graham?
06:353, 8, 6.
06:37And Beth?
06:38Yeah, 3, 8, 6 as well.
06:40So, Graham?
06:4210 over 2 is 5.
06:4410 over 2, 5.
06:46Times 75.
06:48It is 3, 7, 5.
06:493, 7, 5, and then you've a 9 and a 2 left.
06:53And 9 and the other 2.
06:554, 11.
06:56Yeah, 3, 8, 6.
06:58And Beth?
06:58Yeah, same way.
06:59Same way?
07:00There we go.
07:01Little consultation there.
07:03And it's 20 apiece.
07:04But let's see whether Rachel can really crack this one for us.
07:083, 8, 9, Rachel?
07:09Leave it with me.
07:10Certainly will.
07:11Certainly will.
07:12Let's have a tea time teaser, shall we?
07:14It's deny lager.
07:15And the clue.
07:15I can't deny his love for lager was well-renowned.
07:19I can't deny his love for lager was well-renowned.
07:38Welcome back.
07:40Welcome back.
07:40I left with the clue.
07:41I can't deny his love for lager was well-renowned.
07:45In fact, it was legendary.
07:48Legendary love of lager.
07:50There we are.
07:5120 apiece.
07:52And it's Beth's letters again.
07:53Yes, Beth?
07:54Could I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
07:56Thank you, Beth.
07:57M.
07:58And another.
08:00V.
08:02And a vowel, please.
08:04A.
08:05And another.
08:07E.
08:07And another.
08:11O.
08:12A consonant, please.
08:14F.
08:16And another.
08:18D.
08:20And another.
08:22G.
08:24And one more consonant, please.
08:27And lastly, N.
08:29Stand by.
08:31Anyhow, if you want a caller, it will be a-
08:33The day you wished on, will be a-
08:33And a twitch show, it will be a-
08:59Maybe a lyser track
09:00We wish you an reconciliation.
09:02Beth?
09:03A six.
09:04A six, and Graham?
09:05And a six.
09:06Two sixes there, Beth?
09:08Foamed.
09:09Yes, Graham, same word.
09:14Now, what have we got over in the corner?
09:16We'd be foaming at the mouth if we could do better than six, wouldn't we?
09:18We'd be so excited.
09:20There's a word that came up the other day that's there, daemon.
09:22An ancient spelling of demon.
09:24Yes.
09:25And it's the same thing.
09:26Pretty much, yeah.
09:27A divinity or a supernatural being of a nature between gods and humans,
09:30so perhaps a little bit more specific, but you can spell it with the A.
09:33Yeah, so daemon is there and foamed.
09:35Lots of six-letter words, but no seven as far as we can tell.
09:38Not yet.
09:40Thank you very much.
09:4026 apiece.
09:42Now, Graham, you're going to make a break for it.
09:44It's a letters game.
09:46Continent, please, Rachel.
09:47Thank you, Graham.
09:48T.
09:49And the vial?
09:51U.
09:52Continent, please.
09:54T.
09:55Another consonant.
09:57K.
09:59A vial?
10:00E.
10:02Another vial?
10:04I.
10:05Consonant, please.
10:07L.
10:08Another consonant.
10:10N.
10:12And another consonant, please.
10:15And a final.
10:17W.
10:18Stand by.
10:50Well, Graham?
10:51Just five.
10:52A five.
10:53With Beth?
10:54A risky six.
10:57All right.
10:58And Graham?
10:58Inlet.
11:00Now then, Beth Walker.
11:01Winkle?
11:03Winkle.
11:03There's no risk in Winkle.
11:05I'm sure Winkle's there.
11:06None at all.
11:07No.
11:07It's a lovely seafood.
11:08And if you're on the pier, and if you're a certain vintage, you'll remember seeing a wonderful
11:13entertainer called Clarkson Rose, who had a show, I think, called Twinkle.
11:18And if you add a tee to Winkle, you get Twinkle, which is what a star can do.
11:23Nice.
11:26Neatly done.
11:2732 to 26.
11:29Beth on 32.
11:30And it's Beth's numbers game.
11:32May I have four small and two big, please?
11:36You may.
11:37Thank you, Beth.
11:38Almost got it the other way round, then.
11:39Four little too large.
11:41And for this round, the little ones are nine.
11:43Eight.
11:44Four.
11:45Two.
11:46And the big, 125.
11:49And the target, 620.
11:51Six to zero.
11:53Six to zero.
12:23Well, Beth?
12:24Um, six to one.
12:26Not written down.
12:27Six to one.
12:28Yeah.
12:28Graham?
12:29Go with 65.
12:30Just.
12:30And 65.
12:32Beth?
12:34Um, eight take away two is six.
12:36Yep.
12:37Times 100.
12:39600.
12:40Add the 25.
12:41Six to five.
12:42Take off the four.
12:43And take off the four.
12:45Yep.
12:45One away.
12:46Well done.
12:47Six to 20, Rachel.
12:48How tricky is that?
12:49Um, there were a few ways.
12:51Um, but with Beth's method, you could have said nine minus four equals five at the end
12:54there and got it spot on.
12:57Nonetheless.
12:58Nonetheless.
12:58You're 39 to Graham's 26.
13:01Thank you, Rachel.
13:02And we turn now to Giles.
13:07Giles, what are you up to?
13:08I want to explain this jumper.
13:09Please.
13:10I think I must.
13:11It's a beautiful jumper.
13:12Hand knitted by some marvellous people who actually call themselves the knitting grannies.
13:16And I'm standing up because you can see what it says.
13:18It says University of Chester.
13:20And then it says the bottom chancellor.
13:22Because among many excitements this year, I've been appointed chancellor of the University
13:27of Chester.
13:28And what does the chancellor do?
13:29Well, I got in touch with other chancellors of other universities.
13:32I said, what's, what, what, what do we do?
13:34And they say, well, we don't do much, to be honest.
13:36We just have to have a firm handshake and a good smile.
13:39And be enthusiastic.
13:41So that really is all that is required of me.
13:43But I do shake hands with thousands of people.
13:47Because the university has 19,000 students, graduates and post-graduates.
13:51And so a third of those each year are coming up for degrees.
13:54And you meet them.
13:55You greet them.
13:56And you also address them.
13:57And I've been trying to give them messages.
14:00You know, something to take away.
14:01And when I was young, I remember writing to Field Marshal Montgomery.
14:05Have you heard of him?
14:06Your generation, you have heard of him.
14:08Full Monty, yeah.
14:08The Full Monty, the original Full Monty, a great man who joined the Second World War,
14:12was one of our leading commanders.
14:14And when I was about 19, I wrote to him for some advice.
14:17I said, what advice would you give me setting out on life?
14:20And I shared this with the graduates and graduands at the University of Chester.
14:24And this was the advice he wrote to me.
14:26A little spidery handwriting.
14:28Very concisely.
14:29Clear.
14:29Precise.
14:30He simply said three things you need in life.
14:32One, moral courage.
14:34Always do what you believe to be right.
14:37Two, complete integrity.
14:39No lies, no deceptions, honesty and transparency.
14:43Three, ceaseless hard work.
14:46That was it.
14:47That's the advice for being successful in life.
14:50That's all you need.
14:52And we have these wonderful ceremonies, the graduation ceremonies, in Chester Cathedral.
14:57A thousand years old, a beautiful place.
14:59And I'm reminded when I'm in there of my favourite lines from the book of Proverbs in the Bible.
15:05A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest.
15:10And poverty will come upon you like a vagabond.
15:13And want like an armed man.
15:15There is no skiving.
15:18Work, work, work.
15:20It's the only answer.
15:21Indeed.
15:22Thank you very much.
15:3039 plays 26.
15:32Beth in the lead.
15:33And now, Graham, it's your letters game.
15:35Off we go.
15:36Continent, please, Rachel.
15:37Thank you, Graham.
15:38C.
15:40And a vial.
15:41E.
15:43A consonant, please.
15:45N.
15:46Another consonant.
15:48T.
15:49Vial, please.
15:51A.
15:52Another vial.
15:55I.
15:57A consonant, please.
15:59R.
16:01Another consonant.
16:03P.
16:05And a vial, please.
16:07And lastly, O.
16:10Stand by.
16:12A consonant.
16:15A consonant.
16:27A consonant, please.
16:28A consonant.
16:29A consonant.
16:29Amaya.
16:29A adequately.
16:29Aämä.
16:29A weekend.
16:29Ahuh.
16:40Aoperation.
16:42Well, Graham?
16:43I will risk an eight.
16:45An eight. What about Beth?
16:46Just a seven.
16:47What is that seven?
16:48Protein.
16:50Protein. And Graham?
16:51Try actioner.
16:53Yeah, I think it can be an actioner.
16:55Somebody who takes action is an actioner.
16:57Who's going to take action here?
16:58Are you going to be the actioner?
16:59Sounds like an Americanism to me.
17:01Is it in the dictionary?
17:02It is, but actually, not so pleasant, but a film
17:04that consists of exciting action and adventure.
17:06Oh, it's an actioner. That's a real actioner.
17:08I've got to see that movie again.
17:10Where do you get these words from?
17:12How have you allowed them into the Oxford English Dictionary?
17:14Oh, dearie me.
17:15Never mind.
17:16Got to try and keep up.
17:17Ah.
17:19I saw the word certain.
17:20I'm certain that's in.
17:22And I think I've got a nine-letter word,
17:25and you've got an eight-letter word I know.
17:27Yours is a certainty.
17:29What was yours?
17:30Operatic.
17:30Tra-la-la!
17:32Well done.
17:32You get eight for operatic.
17:34Yeah.
17:34Whenever I'm playing this game,
17:36if I see letters like UN,
17:38I think, oh, put that in front of something.
17:40And you're going to get, you know,
17:41if you see cover, there's UN uncover.
17:43And I saw caption,
17:44and I thought,
17:45are we going to get away with recaptioning something?
17:48You captioned it once.
17:49Can you capture it again?
17:50If recaption is there,
17:52it's nine letters.
17:54Is it there?
17:55Yes.
17:55Well done.
17:57Well done.
17:58Well done.
18:03You've got to realise the honour of the University of Chester
18:06is at stake here.
18:07I'm so relieved that wearing the jumper,
18:09I came up with the word.
18:10Well done.
18:11Recapped indeed.
18:1239 to 34.
18:14Beth's still ahead.
18:15And, Beth, it's your letters game now.
18:18Yes.
18:19So, start with a vowel, please, Richard.
18:20Thank you, Beth.
18:21A.
18:22And another.
18:23And another.
18:25A consonant.
18:28L.
18:29And another.
18:32S.
18:33And another.
18:35B.
18:37A vowel, please.
18:39I.
18:42A consonant, please.
18:44L.
18:46Another.
18:48T.
18:50And a vowel, please.
18:52And, lastly, you.
18:56Stand by.
18:57B.
18:58BING
18:58BING
18:59BING
19:00BING
19:01BING
19:01BING
19:24MUSIC PLAYS
19:28Well, Beth?
19:30A seven.
19:30A seven.
19:31I'll try on it.
19:33So, Beth?
19:34Bullies.
19:35Bullies and?
19:37Bulliest.
19:38Oh, the bulliest boy in the class.
19:42Bully for you.
19:43I don't think it's going to be allowed.
19:44It's not, I'm afraid.
19:46Bad luck.
19:48What can we have?
19:49Well, I was quite excited.
19:50I was thinking, ooh, busty, that's rather nice.
19:52Bustier, I'm giving you.
19:53And I thought, no, neither of those words is suitable.
19:55And I thought, oh, suitable is there.
19:57Is suitable there?
19:58Yes.
19:58Yay.
20:00Suitable.
20:00Eight letters.
20:01Well done.
20:03Well done.
20:05Well done.
20:0746 now to 34.
20:08Have a care, Graham.
20:09This is getting dangerous.
20:11It's your numbers game.
20:12Two last and four small.
20:13Two last, never gambling.
20:15Not even to claw the lead back.
20:17Thank you, Graham.
20:18Let's see if you can get some points here.
20:20These are seven, nine, two.
20:25Another two.
20:26And the big one's 50 and 100.
20:28And the target, 932.
20:31932.
20:33932.
20:34and the big one.
20:40How are they?
21:00How are they?
21:03Graham?
21:04932.
21:05932. And Beth?
21:07932.
21:08So, Graham?
21:109 times 100 is 900.
21:12900.
21:1450 divided by 2 is 25.
21:16It is.
21:17Add that on.
21:18925.
21:18And add 7.
21:19932. Perfect.
21:21And Beth?
21:22I did 9 times 100 is 900.
21:24Yep.
21:25Add the 50.
21:26950.
21:27And then 7 plus 2 is 9.
21:29It is.
21:29Times it by the other 2.
21:31Lovely.
21:31Take it away.
21:31Very well done.
21:32932.
21:33Well done.
21:34Well done indeed.
21:37So, same difference.
21:3944 playing 56 as we turn to our second Tea Time teaser, which is Roy Tuts At.
21:46And the clue.
21:47Roy Tuts at all the regulations, but they're required by law.
21:51Roy Tuts at all the regulations, but they're required by law.
22:11Roy Tuts at all the regulations, but they're required by law.
22:14Roy Tuts at all the regulations, but they're required by law.
22:24Thank you, thank you.
22:27Another.
22:29S.
22:31Another.
22:33T.
22:35A vowel, please.
22:36E.
22:38And another.
22:39I.
22:40And another.
22:41A
22:43A consonant, please
22:45N
22:46A consonant, please
22:49R
22:51And a vowel
22:52And lastly, E
22:55Stand by
23:27Well, Beth
23:28A seven
23:30A seven, and Graham?
23:32And seven
23:32Beth?
23:34Nearest
23:35Graham?
23:36Nasty
23:37Yeah
23:39Happy?
23:40Happy
23:40And any more sevens?
23:42Well, I think I may have an eight
23:44Well done
23:45I'm a bit of a student of Chinese philosophy
23:47I'm interested
23:48I saw the word QI
23:50Correctly pronounced, I think, Qi in Chinese
23:52And it's about well-being, isn't it?
23:54The circulation of everything
23:55Life
23:56When you're
23:56The life forces within you
23:57And I've been training in that sphere
23:59Indeed, I'm a bit of a trainee
24:00We both are
24:01We're a couple of trainees
24:03And the word trainees is there
24:04And gives you eight points
24:06Yes!
24:07Nice one
24:13Now, 63 to 51
24:16Now, Graham
24:18It's getting late in the day here, Graham
24:19Let us go
24:21Continent, please, Rachel
24:22Thank you, Graham
24:23X
24:24Vial, please
24:26A
24:28Continent, please
24:29S
24:30Another consonant
24:31N
24:33Vial, please
24:35I
24:37Another vial
24:39O
24:40A consonant
24:43F
24:45A consonant
24:47R
24:49And the vial, please
24:51And the last one
24:52You
24:53And here comes the countdown clock
24:56B
25:26Yes, Graham?
25:27Class six, not written down.
25:29Six.
25:30Beth?
25:31Six.
25:32So, Graham?
25:33Axions.
25:34A-X-I-O-N-S.
25:36Axions.
25:37Mm-hmm.
25:38And Beth?
25:39Fusion.
25:40You said axions, not axioms.
25:42Axioms I know about.
25:44Axioms, it may be one of these weird scientific terms that has crept into the dictionary.
25:47Tell us, is it there?
25:49It is, yes.
25:50It's a term from physics.
25:51Oh.
25:52All right.
25:52My hunch was right.
25:53And your knowledge was right, so well done.
25:56Excellent.
25:56Anything else, Susie?
25:58Yes.
25:58Yes.
25:59We are rather pleased, because insofar as you ask us, we had chi in the last round.
26:04The antonym of chi is here.
26:07Anxious.
26:08Anxious.
26:08Very good.
26:09Anxious.
26:10Oh, and insofar.
26:11I used the word insofar.
26:12Is that three words or one?
26:13Yeah, all one word.
26:14All one word.
26:15Insofar and anxious.
26:16Two seven-letter words.
26:1714 points.
26:18Yes.
26:22All right.
26:23Sixty-nine to fifty-seven.
26:25And now we turn to Susie.
26:27Susie, your origins of words.
26:30What a treat.
26:31What have you got for us today?
26:33I've talked a little bit about the vocabulary of discipline and its enemy, which is usually
26:38procrastination in my case.
26:41But to start with discipline, you need to be a disciple, really, to acquire a discipline,
26:47so to acquire learning in some way, because that word discipline comes from the Latin
26:51discipulus, a disciple, so a learner, which, of course, in ancient times was all important.
26:56So important, in fact, that the word school comes from a Greek word meaning leisure, because
27:00it was thought to be so enjoyable to acquire new knowledge.
27:03I'm not sure school children today would agree with that.
27:06But, in other words, a period of apprenticeship is often necessary to produce good quality
27:11work, hence the learning idea of discipline.
27:15But, as I say, there are many enemies to that all around us.
27:18And I mentioned procrastination.
27:19That has at its heart crass, C-R-A-S, meaning tomorrow.
27:22So the idea was in Latin that you were putting something off until the next day.
27:27If you want to put something off until the day after tomorrow, that is known as perendination,
27:32which is also to perendinate is quite a useful word in my vocabulary.
27:35And what's needed, then, as the opposite of all these, is to knuckle down.
27:39And, ironically, that comes from play, not from work.
27:41It's a game of marbles.
27:43When to knuckle down is literally to put your knuckles down on the ground in order to
27:46shoot better.
27:47And, finally, if you are like Douglas Adams, who famously said, I love a good deadline,
27:52I love the whooshing sound they make as they go by, it's worth remembering that the
27:57first deadlines were lines drawn around military prisons beyond which you could be shot if
28:01you tried to escape.
28:03Very good.
28:10Fabulous as ever.
28:1269 to 57.
28:14Now, Beth, this is the run-in, the run-in to the line.
28:18Letters game.
28:19Consonant, please, Rachel.
28:20Thank you, Beth.
28:21L.
28:22And another.
28:24M.
28:26And another.
28:28G.
28:28A vowel, please.
28:31A.
28:32And another.
28:33I.
28:35A consonant, please.
28:37S.
28:38And another.
28:40Y.
28:42A vowel, please.
28:44E.
28:46And a consonant, please.
28:48And lastly, H.
28:51Turn by.
28:53I.
29:08I.
29:09I.
29:10I.
29:21I.
29:23Yes, and six and Graham and six best gleams and Graham Gimli
29:31very nice
29:32Mmm, there's one thing here, isn't it?
29:35No, any else you see and just it's just otherwise geisha was also there
29:40Thank you
29:4275 to 63 grams final letters game final letters game my word
29:48Consonant please, Rachel. Thank you, Graham. S and a vial a and a consonant
29:56P
29:58Another constant
30:01D file, please. Oh
30:04Another vial
30:06a
30:08Consonant
30:10C
30:12a vial
30:14a
30:15And a constant please and lastly ah, and here's the countdown clock
30:52Well, Graham seven
30:54Beth just a six and your six spaced now Graham parades
31:01Very nice. Yeah
31:04Parades Wow
31:05Well, listening up here, but over in the corner good words. We are on our metal
31:09I'm here as the Chancellor of the University of Chester. I feel the honor of universities at stake
31:14I'm going to risk a word. I know the word landscape is in the dictionary
31:18I saw the word road there, and I also saw scape
31:22I wonder if you could have a landscape a seascape
31:26Can you have a road scape if you can it's a nine-letter word can you yeah?
31:31It goes all the way back to the late 19th century a view or prospect provided by a road
31:38Well done well done indeed
31:49But we've got a fight to the death here. We've got 75 for Beth 70 for Graham Beth numbers
31:56One large and five little please Rachel. Thank you Beth one large five little for the final time last chance
32:01to avoid a crucial conundrum
32:02These numbers are six seven five one eight and
32:0975 and the target 454
32:13454
32:17So
32:17You
32:17You
32:17You
32:18You
32:45You
32:45You
32:46Yes, Beth?
32:484, 5, 4.
32:49And Graham?
32:50And 4, 5, 4.
32:51Here we go, then.
32:52Yes, Beth?
32:5475 times 6.
32:55450.
32:56Plus the 5.
32:58Minus 1.
32:59Yep, nice and straightforward.
33:00And Graham?
33:01The same way.
33:01Same way, indeed.
33:08Well done, chaps.
33:09So, 85 plays 80, which means only one thing.
33:12You can have a firm finger on the buttons.
33:15Because we're about to roll a crucial countdown conundrum.
33:22Wow, Graham.
33:23Yes, sir?
33:24Is it migrating?
33:25Migrating.
33:27You certainly snatched at that one.
33:29Let's have a look.
33:30Here it comes.
33:31Migrating.
33:32Wow.
33:38Amazing.
33:39Amazing.
33:39Graham, you lived to fight another day.
33:41But Beth Walker, what a great player you were.
33:44And you had him right to the end.
33:46That's a good go.
33:47You had a tremendous go.
33:49Well done.
33:50Well done.
33:50We take this back to Liverpool.
33:51Good luck with the teaching.
33:52He snatched victory from the very jaws of defeat.
33:55Well done.
33:56We shall see you tomorrow.
33:57Fantastic.
33:58Seven wins now.
33:59You're going for eight?
34:01May as well.
34:01Well done.
34:02Come this far.
34:02Well done.
34:03Well played, both of you.
34:04And over in the corner, we'll see Giles and Susie tomorrow, of course.
34:07Looking forward to it.
34:08Me too.
34:09Indeed.
34:09And so are we.
34:10Oh, Rachel, I don't know what to say.
34:12I think Beth was a split second behind sending Graham home there.
34:16She was terrific.
34:17Skin of his teeth.
34:18Tomorrow, tomorrow, am I right?
34:20He goes for the Octo-Champton.
34:22He's up for grabs.
34:23Excellent stuff.
34:23See you tomorrow.
34:24See you tomorrow.
34:24Exciting day tomorrow.
34:25Let's see whether Graham Staples pulls it off.
34:28Join us then.
34:29Same time, same place.
34:30You'll be sure of it.
34:31A very good afternoon.
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34:50A choice of two locations and 400 grand in your back pocket.
34:54But will it be coast or will it be country?
34:57Make your decision at four o'clock this afternoon.
35:00Finding the perfect party pad next, though.
35:02Toby Anstis wants his place in the winter sun.