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00:19Thank you very much.
00:32Well, good afternoon. Good afternoon. Packed house here. Welcome to the Countdown Studio. It's a mixture of trepidation, excitement, anticipation.
00:40All of them rolled into one because today, of course, is the grand final of Series 80. Fantastic.
00:47We've had six contestants qualifying to be octo champs. And now here we are today with the two finalists going
00:56to fight it out to be champion of Series 80.
00:59Well, let me tell you what the winner wins. A comprehensive set of Oxford dictionaries, top of the range at
01:06laptop. And most importantly, of all, of course, he's presented by Rachel with the Richard Whiteley Memorial Trophy.
01:15And his name will get etched on it. Nothing tops that, frankly. And the runner up. Well, he walks away
01:19with a premium tablet under his arm. It's been a fantastic series.
01:24And I tell you, you have got a great final rolling up. Rachel, what do you reckon? What have been
01:30your highlights? Any particular one?
01:32Well, we've got the all-time record holder in the history of Countdown in the studio today. So you've got,
01:38you can't ignore Elliot's achievement, the highest ever score and ever run of Octo Champton.
01:44It's been amazing. But what I like today is that we've got a mathematician, a math student against a maths
01:49tutor. And they've both worn their lucky maths socks.
01:52I think that's another first. It goes down in the history books for Countdown.
01:56That's brilliant. You're right. I know, Elliot. There he is. Look, 152 he scored. The highest score ever. So I'm
02:03going to say, Elliot. Brilliant. Brilliant young man.
02:06Math student from Manchester Metropolitan University. They'll be cheering you on today. I know they will.
02:11Doing the audience. Fantastic. Well, not all of them. There's a whole load back at uni.
02:16Yeah. And you're joined, of course, by Dinos Ferris, maths tutor from Rotherham, number two seed.
02:23Fantastic. You've both played so brilliantly. And now this is the crunch game. You're running for the title now. Good
02:30luck to you both.
02:31Thank you. Big round of applause for Elliot and Dinos.
02:41And Susie's over in the corner, of course, keeping control over there.
02:44And joined once again by our fantastic guest, who's overseeing the drama of the final.
02:51It's Richard Arnold, king of entertainment journalism. Welcome back, Richard.
03:00Fantastic.
03:02This is top stuff, Richard, I tell you what.
03:05Sit back and enjoy. And come up with a lot of brilliant nine-letter words as well as we go
03:10through.
03:10All right. Elliot, you've done all this before. Off you go.
03:16Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:17Good afternoon, Elliot.
03:18Start with a vowel, please.
03:20Good luck to you two. Start the final with E.
03:23And another.
03:24I.
03:25And a third.
03:27U.
03:27And a consonant.
03:29L.
03:30And a second.
03:31S.
03:32And a third.
03:33F.
03:34A fourth.
03:35T.
03:36And a fifth.
03:39R.
03:39And a final vowel, please.
03:42A final A.
03:43Stand by.
03:45A final vowel, please.
03:46A final vowel, please.
03:47A final vowel, please.
04:00A final vowel, please.
04:03A final vowel, please.
04:04A final vowel, please.
04:04A final vowel, please.
04:04A final vowel, please.
04:04A final vowel, please.
04:04A final vowel, please.
04:04A final vowel, please.
04:06A final vowel, please.
04:06A final vowel, please.
04:08A final vowel, please.
04:10A final vowel, please.
04:12A final vowel, please.
04:15Elliot?
04:16I'm going to stick with an eight.
04:18OK, Dinos?
04:19Same here, eight.
04:21You were both 20 with a nine, were you, Elliot?
04:23Faultier.
04:25No, Dinos.
04:26Fistuli.
04:28Susie?
04:29Yes, absolutely fine.
04:30Both faultiers speaks for itself.
04:33Fistuli or fistuli are abnormal or surgically made passages
04:36between hollow or tubular organs, so medical term.
04:40Yeah, fistuli.
04:41Yeah.
04:45And over in the corner there, Richard, Susie?
04:48Our fistula we had for eight.
04:49Yeah, good.
04:50Yes, you can put the R on at the end, actually, for the adjective.
04:52But there is a nine there.
04:53I don't know if this is what you were thinking, Elliot, maybe.
04:55Faultiers.
04:55Yes.
04:57Faultiers are places where silk is obtained from silkworm cocoons.
05:01Really?
05:02Faultiers.
05:03Faultiers.
05:04Well done.
05:06Ah, well done.
05:09Not quite brave enough, was it?
05:11No, I didn't know.
05:12I didn't think I could have it.
05:13Plenty of time.
05:14Eight points each.
05:16Dinos.
05:16Letters game.
05:17Hi, Rachel.
05:18Hi, Dinos.
05:18A consonant, please.
05:20Start with T.
05:21And a vowel.
05:23E.
05:24Consonant.
05:26V.
05:27A vowel.
05:28I.
05:30Consonant.
05:31R.
05:32A vowel.
05:33A.
05:35A.
05:35A.
05:35Consonant.
05:36N.
05:38A vowel.
05:40U.
05:42And a final consonant, please.
05:44A final B.
05:47Stand by.
05:48A vowel.
05:49A vowel.
05:51A vowel.
05:55A vowel.
05:59A vowel.
06:04A vowel.
06:05A vowel.
06:05A vowel.
06:06A vowel.
06:06A vowel.
06:06A vowel.
06:15A vowel.
06:19Dinos. Eight. And? Eight. Dinos. Urbanite. Yes, Elliot. Both urbanites. Any more eights? Urbanites.
06:31Same thing. Richards nodding. Susie, anything else? No, that was it for us. A person who
06:35lives in a town or city. Yeah. An urbanite. 16 apiece. Elliot, numbers game for you. The
06:46last row, sticking with your favourite. Not deviating for the final. Six little ones
06:50to kick us off. And they are five, eight, ten, nine, one, and one. And the target, 959.
07:02Nine, five, nine.
07:34Elliot. Nine sixty. Nine sixty-one away. Dinos? I think I've got it, but not written down. Don't worry about
07:42that. You're going to have a crack at it?
07:44Yeah. Off you go. Nine minus one is eight. Yep. Eight times eight is 64. 64. Ten add five is
07:5515. 15.
07:58Multiply them together is nine sixty. It is indeed. And subtract the one. Well done. Whoa!
08:12Well done. Well done. Pops you into the lead as well. Number two seed needs number one seed, 26 to
08:2116 as we turn to our first tea time teaser, which is vegan brie. And the clue, the younger members
08:26of the Scout Association were working very hard. The younger members of the Scout Association
08:32were working very hard are working very hard.
08:49Welcome back. I left with the clue the younger members of the Scout Association were working very hard.
08:56They had in fact been beavering away. Beavering is the answer to that. 26 plays at 16. Dinos on 26.
09:06And it's your...
09:08Your letters came, Dinos. A consonant please, Rachel. Thank you, Dinos. C. And a vowel. O. Consonant. D. A vowel.
09:19E. Consonant. S. A vowel. A.
09:25A. Consonant. L. Vowel. I. And a final consonant, please. And a final Q.
09:37Turn by.
09:38Until then, next time.
10:09Well, Dinos?
10:10Er, only six.
10:11Elliot?
10:12Eight.
10:14And Dinos?
10:15A closed.
10:16Yes.
10:17Coalised.
10:18Yes.
10:18It's on that one.
10:20Well done.
10:21Yeah.
10:21Very, very good.
10:23It means entered into a coalition, so based on a coalition.
10:27Well done.
10:32Well done.
10:33And the corner?
10:35We have solace, Nick, for seven.
10:37Yes?
10:38But no sign of an eight.
10:39Apart from that one.
10:40Yes, that's the only one we could do.
10:42That's good enough.
10:4426 plays 24.
10:45Two points in it.
10:46Dinos still in the lead.
10:47Elliot, your letters game.
10:49Consonant, please, Rachel.
10:50Thank you, Elliot.
10:51R.
10:52And a second.
10:53T.
10:54And a third.
10:56S.
10:57And a fourth.
10:58R.
10:59A vowel.
11:01A.
11:01And another.
11:03E.
11:03And a third.
11:05U.
11:06And another.
11:08E.
11:09And final vowel, please.
11:11And a final A.
11:13Stand by.
11:46Elliot.
11:47Seven.
11:48Do you not?
11:49Eight.
11:50Wow.
11:51Elliot.
11:52Er, eight.
11:54Now then.
11:55Treasure.
11:55Oh, well done.
11:57Very good.
11:58Very nice.
11:59We've got a good game here.
12:05We've got a very good game going on.
12:07What's the corner got to offer us?
12:09Can you enhance the experience, Richard?
12:11Eight.
12:12Er, austere.
12:14More austere?
12:15More austere.
12:16Excellent.
12:17Thanks, Richard.
12:1834 to 24, 10 points.
12:20Dinos still in the lead.
12:22And now, Dinos, your numbers game.
12:25Another six small, please.
12:27Another six small.
12:28Well, I know at least you, me, and Elliot will be pleased with six small.
12:32Let's see what we have this time.
12:33They are three, five, two, three, six, and ten.
12:40And the target, 761.
12:44761.
13:15Well, Dinos?
13:17Er, I think I've got 760.
13:20760.
13:21Elliot?
13:21762.
13:22And 762.
13:24Okay.
13:26Dinos?
13:26Er, six times three, take away three, is 15.
13:30Six times three, 18, take away the other three, 15.
13:34Er, multiply by ten, is 150.
13:36Yep.
13:37Add the two.
13:39152.
13:39And then multiply by five.
13:41Yep.
13:41One below, 760.
13:42So done.
13:43And the other way around, Elliot.
13:44Five times two, add three.
13:46Five times two for ten, add three for 13.
13:50Er, times ten.
13:51Times ten, 130.
13:52Take three.
13:54Take three for 127.
13:56Times six.
13:57And times it by six for 762.
14:02One the other way.
14:03Oh, well done.
14:04Could you sort of get between them?
14:06I can't.
14:07I can straddle.
14:08That's it?
14:08That's all you can do.
14:09You can't get it bang on.
14:11Well done.
14:11All right.
14:12Thanks, Rachel.
14:1341 plays 31.
14:16We've got a contest here.
14:18Let's give them a break.
14:19Richard.
14:21Who have you been lucky enough to meet this year?
14:23You're careering all around the world, meeting exciting people.
14:26I am indeed.
14:26Yeah, it's been quite a star-studded year as well.
14:28And once again, boys, I will keep this tight and bright, because I know that you're on a knife edge,
14:32champing at the bit to build industrial strength shelves for those dictionaries.
14:35But Richard Madden's very much the man at the moment, obviously.
14:39Because of the bodyguard, of course, his success has gone around the world, you know, both sides of the pond.
14:44And so the bosses at Good Morning Britain decided that they would cast me as a bodyguard and blow me
14:51up,
14:51using the same special effects team as they used on the hit series when Keely Halls was blown up on
14:57the stage,
14:58in character, clearly, and Richard rushed to try and save her.
15:02So they took me to a deserted car park, surrounded by the same team of special effects people,
15:07and obviously a huge duty of care on behalf of ITV.
15:12And I thought, well, if there's one way I'm going to get a word in with Piers Morgan,
15:16is if I get blown up on Good Morning Britain, they might actually run the entire VT.
15:22I was blown up.
15:25They ran the tape.
15:27Piers talked all over it.
15:28No.
15:29So a wasted opportunity there.
15:31But nevertheless, another chance to meet Richard Madden at the National Television Awards this year.
15:36Hooked up with Gaga again, because, of course, awards season was all about A Star Is Born,
15:41and her coupling with Bradley Cooper.
15:45But I have to say, nothing compares to being here for a countdown final.
15:50I was told by the bosses that today I would have to wear trousers, as opposed to what? Fishnets.
15:57Because people will actually get to see my legs on this show.
16:00It's true.
16:01It's true.
16:02And they may well be mistaken for Bradleys.
16:05Well done.
16:06Well done.
16:11I was unaware of Richard Madden until the bodyguard, but he's been around a little while.
16:16Now he's a made man, is he, really?
16:18Huge, huge talent.
16:19And they blew you up in a car park.
16:21They blew me up in a car park, and no one really got to see it, because Piers spoke all
16:25over it.
16:25There you go.
16:26He will not be put in the shadow, will he?
16:29No.
16:29All right.
16:30Let's have a look.
16:32Elliot.
16:33Elliot.
16:34A little bit of catching up to do.
16:35Your letters came.
16:37Vowel, please, Rachel.
16:38Thank you, Elliot.
16:39I.
16:39And another.
16:41O.
16:41And a third.
16:43A.
16:43And a consonant.
16:45X.
16:46And another.
16:47S.
16:48And a third.
16:50B.
16:51And another.
16:54T.
16:55And a vowel.
16:57O.
16:58A final vowel, please.
16:59Final E.
17:02Stand by.
17:04Zine
17:04And a vowel.
17:05If you want to.
17:05Toll one
17:05And a vowel.
17:25If you want to.
17:25Take it.
17:25If you want to.
17:32A vowel.
17:34Elliot. Seven.
17:36And Dinos. I will go with a seven.
17:38And Elliot, seven. Boaties.
17:40Yes, Dinos. Same.
17:42Same? All right.
17:44Very good. And over in the corner, Richard.
17:49Boxiest. Boxiest.
17:50A seven. Very good. Anything else, Susie?
17:52No, nothing else. She's very proud of her boaties.
17:55Boaties, indeed. 48 plays, 38. Ten points in it.
17:59Dinos. Dinos, letters game.
18:01A consonant, please, Rachel.
18:04Thank you, Dinos. S.
18:05And a vowel.
18:07I.
18:08Consonant.
18:09T.
18:11A vowel.
18:12A.
18:13Consonant.
18:14G.
18:15A vowel.
18:17O.
18:19Consonant.
18:20H.
18:23Consonant.
18:24S.
18:26And a final consonant, please.
18:29A final P.
18:31And it's Countdown.
18:34And it's Countdown.
19:04Yes, Dinos.
19:06Seven.
19:06Elliot.
19:07Six.
19:08And your six?
19:09Ghosts.
19:10Yes, Dinos.
19:11Goatish.
19:12Goatish.
19:13Yes.
19:15You can be goatish.
19:16Yes.
19:17Mm.
19:19Richard.
19:20Seven spigots.
19:22Spigots, yeah.
19:24Susie.
19:24Um, otherwise sent another six potash, potassium compound potash.
19:29Oh, reasonable selection there.
19:31Fifty-five.
19:32This is the interesting thing.
19:33Fifty-five to thirty-eight, sees Dinos in the lead.
19:37Elliot, your numbers game.
19:39Now then.
19:39Four large, please, Rachel.
19:40Four large.
19:41We're going the other end.
19:43All big and too little.
19:45Thank you, Elliot.
19:45And they are three and seven and a large four.
19:49Fifty, twenty-five, seventy-five and one hundred.
19:52Hopefully a target worthy of the final.
19:55Nine hundred and four.
19:56Nine oh four.
20:28Elliot.
20:29Nine hundred and three.
20:30Nine oh three.
20:31Dinos.
20:32I've got nine hundred and three not written down.
20:35OK, Dinos, let's lead with you.
20:37Uh, seventy-five plus fifty is one, two, five.
20:40Seventy-five plus fifty, one, two, five.
20:43Multiply by seven is eight, seven, five.
20:45Yep.
20:46Add the twenty-five and the three.
20:48For one away.
20:51And Elliot.
20:52Seventy-five, add fifty.
20:53Seventy-five plus fifty, one, two, five.
20:56One hundred over twenty-five.
20:58One hundred over twenty-five, four.
20:59Add it on.
21:01One, two, nine.
21:02Times seven.
21:03Times seven.
21:04Yep.
21:04Same result.
21:06Well done, guys.
21:08Is it possible to get nine oh four?
21:10Yes, I rarely get to do anything in the finals if I had one job.
21:14Well done.
21:14If you say seventy-five divided by three is twenty-five, minus seven is eighteen, times
21:21that by fifty for nine hundred, and you have one hundred divided by twenty-five for four
21:27left over for nine oh four.
21:28I believe it's a good one.
21:36Brilliant, Rachel.
21:37Well done.
21:38Well done.
21:39Sixty-two to forty-five then, as we come to our second teatime teaser, which is Screen Oil.
21:45And the clue.
21:45A famous one would be East five four, four far five.
21:51A famous one would be East five four, four far five.
22:14A famous one would be East five four, four far five.
22:19And the answer to that is, you got it.
22:22Score line.
22:23Score line.
22:24So sixty-two plays forty-five, Dinos on the lead, and it's Dinos' letters game.
22:30Yes, sir.
22:31A consonant, please, Rachel.
22:32Thank you, Dinos.
22:33Y.
22:35And a vowel.
22:37U.
22:38Consonant.
22:40R.
22:41A vowel.
22:43E.
22:44Consonant.
22:45D.
22:47Vowel.
22:48O.
22:50Consonant.
22:51S.
22:53Consonant.
22:54T.
22:55And a final consonant, please.
22:59A final F.
23:00Stand by.
23:01We.
23:02We.
23:05We'll do it.
23:06We twee.
23:22We.
23:23We.
23:24We.
23:24We.
23:25We.
23:25We.
23:26We.
23:27We.
23:28We.
23:33Dinos.
23:34I'm going to go with a nine.
23:36Good man. Elliot?
23:38I'm going to stick with a seven.
23:39And your seven is?
23:40Defrost.
23:41Thank you. Dinos?
23:43Total gamble. Forced study.
23:47No.
23:48Nah.
23:48It's not there, I'm afraid.
23:50Mmm.
23:51Brave shot.
23:52Richard?
23:53We have frosted for seven.
23:55Mmm.
23:56And?
23:57Defrost.
23:58Yes.
23:58That's it.
23:58That's our best.
23:59Thank you. Elliot, things are looking up. Your letters game.
24:03Vowel, please, Rachel.
24:05Thank you, Elliot.
24:06A.
24:06And another?
24:08I.
24:08And a third?
24:09O.
24:10And a fourth?
24:11E.
24:12Consonant?
24:13N.
24:14And another?
24:15W.
24:16And another?
24:17R.
24:17And a fourth?
24:19D.
24:19And a final consonant, please.
24:21A final L.
24:24Stand by.
24:24I.
24:26A final amendment.
24:26And a third play.
24:52And a third play.
24:54C.E.
24:54And the third play.
24:54I'm don't like it.
24:55Elliot.
24:56Seven.
24:57And Dinos?
24:58Just a seven.
25:00Yes, Elliot.
25:01Aileron.
25:02And?
25:03Dario.
25:06Popped up again.
25:07Yes, the cooking pot.
25:08Where would we be without it?
25:09Richard.
25:10Downier.
25:11Seven.
25:13Downier.
25:14And Susie?
25:14Yes, Dario.
25:15A few sevens there.
25:16Nothing more.
25:17Thanks very much.
25:18So, ten points in it, 69 please.
25:22It's 59, let's take a break and listen to Susie's wonderful Origins of Words.
25:28Susie?
25:29Well, once again, the credit has to go to Stefan Hormes and Silke Pust.
25:33I'm hoping I'm pronouncing those properly, but they are the creators of something I mentioned yesterday,
25:38the Atlas of True Names, which is this wonderful thing where you see the real meanings of the place names
25:43right around the world.
25:45Places, mountains, rivers, etc.
25:47And, unsurprisingly, countries and landscapes often derive their names from the characteristics of people who live there.
25:53So, Turkey translates as the land of the strong ones because they were known for their valour.
25:57Chicago translates as onion stink or onion stinkers.
26:01So, they must have eaten a lot of onions, possibly garlic.
26:05But, I'm going to talk about a place known which is closer to our hearts and it all goes back
26:12to tattoos and the history of tattoos.
26:14The first proven tattoos in history were found on a mummy found in the Alps between Austria and Italy.
26:21Otzi the Iceman, he was known as.
26:24But, in Europe, it became the early Britons, in fact, who made the art famous.
26:28Because when the Romans invaded in 55 BC, they found the native Britons to be completely covered in this wonderful
26:35body art.
26:36And Caesar wrote about them in his account of the Gallic Wars.
26:39He says, all the Britons dye themselves with woad, which is the dye obtained from a plant, a member of
26:44the cabbage family,
26:45which produces a blue colour and makes their appearance in battle more terrible.
26:49So, they did that deliberately as a kind of battle costume, if you like.
26:54And, they became known throughout Europe as the Pretani, which was the Celtic women, the painted or the tattooed ones.
27:01So, we know that this tradition survived and, in fact, endured.
27:06Obviously, it's endured to this day.
27:07But, when the Normans arrived in 1066, they, too, discovered the British fondness for tattoos.
27:12And, it became quite the fashion then.
27:14And, this is one of the first practices, in fact, that the Normans adopted from the natives.
27:19All of which is bringing me to one particular name, which actually translates as the Great Land of the Tattooed.
27:25And, that is Great Britain.
27:28Great.
27:30Well, that's not widely known, is it?
27:37No, you have to go right, right back to ancient roots for that.
27:40So, obviously, we know it as Breton, which was the name of the Romans gave it, etc.
27:44But, you don't normally go all the way back to know what that word actually means.
27:48Well, it's rapidly living up to its name.
27:5169 to 59.
27:53Dinos.
27:55Penultimate letters came.
27:56Off we go.
27:57A consonant, please, Rachel.
27:59Thank you, Dinos.
28:00G.
28:00And a vowel.
28:02I.
28:03Consonant.
28:04T.
28:06Vowel.
28:06E.
28:08Consonant.
28:09M.
28:11Vowel.
28:12A.
28:14Consonant.
28:15P.
28:17Consonant.
28:19L.
28:21And a final consonant, please.
28:24A final R.
28:27Stand by.
28:59Dinos.
29:00Seven.
29:01And?
29:01Seven.
29:03Yes, Dinos.
29:04Epigram.
29:05Elliot.
29:06Trample.
29:08Yeah.
29:09Very good.
29:10Happy enough?
29:10Yes.
29:11Any advance?
29:12Can we match it even, Richard?
29:14Seven, my great.
29:15Yes.
29:16And we have a sweet, crisp pastry, a French pastry called a palmier, shaped like a palm leaf.
29:22Oh, yeah, palmier.
29:24Well done.
29:25So, Elliot, final letters game for you.
29:29Good luck.
29:31Vowel, please, Rachel.
29:32Thank you, Elliot.
29:33O.
29:33And a second.
29:35E.
29:35And a third.
29:36U.
29:37And a fourth.
29:38I.
29:39Consonant.
29:40N.
29:41And a second.
29:42V.
29:43And another.
29:44N.
29:44And another.
29:46R.
29:47And a final vowel, please.
29:51A final O.
29:53Stand by.
29:55E.
29:56Bye.
29:56And a second.
30:10After you post.
30:10And a third.
30:10And a thirdgary evaluates.
30:20In a third party, Be Tomлей.
30:23And a third party, Be Tomlin.
30:26Elliot.
30:27Seven.
30:27A seven.
30:28Seven.
30:29Yes, Elliot.
30:30Reunion.
30:32And?
30:32Environ.
30:34Yes, both good sevens.
30:35Ah, great players.
30:37Great players.
30:38Ten points in it, though.
30:39Richard?
30:40We remain intact here in Dictionary Corner with Unriven for seven.
30:44Unriven.
30:45That's good.
30:4783 to 73, as I say.
30:49Dinos, numbers game.
30:50Final one of the day.
30:51I'll have all of them small, Rachel.
30:53Thank you, Dinos.
30:54Your chance to put this to bed or force a crucial conundrum.
30:58Let's see.
30:58The final numbers of this final are three, two, three, ten, six, and five.
31:06And the target, 137, also small.
31:10137.
31:42Well, Dinos.
31:44137.
31:44Yes, Elliot.
31:46137.
31:46Off we go.
31:48Six plus five plus three is 14.
31:51Yep.
31:52Times ten.
31:53140.
31:54And take away the three.
31:55And we have ourselves a crucial, I imagine.
31:59And Elliot, same way.
32:01Very good.
32:02Very good.
32:09So it's come down right down to the wire, chaps.
32:1193 plays, 83, final round, means only one thing.
32:17Series 80, the championship goes to a crucial conundrum.
32:22Fingers on buzzers.
32:24Let's roll this crucial countdown conundrum.
32:36Dinos.
32:37Tabbouleh.
32:39Tabbouleh.
32:42Well done.
32:52Wow.
32:54I don't, I don't know whether that was an appreciative squeal from the audience, but anyway, there we are, Dinos.
33:02Oh, well done.
33:03Well done.
33:04I'm going to go to Elliot there.
33:05Elliot.
33:06Bad luck.
33:07Our number one seed for a long time to come.
33:10I'm sure you're going to be our champion, highest scorer with 152.
33:14But on the day old, Dinos came along.
33:16But you're a terrific player.
33:18And we're proud to have you here in the studio.
33:21It's been nice to be here.
33:22That's brilliant.
33:23Dinos, congratulations again.
33:25We're going to go out front now and have a little presentation.
33:32So, Elliot, commiserations.
33:34A great, great young player.
33:36And we will see a lot more of you in the future, I hope.
33:39Marvellous player.
33:40Well done.
33:42But the winner, Dinos, congratulations.
33:45And Rachel's got the big prize for you.
33:47I do, indeed.
33:48Yeah, that final had a bit of everything.
33:49It had Elliot with a nine that he didn't go for.
33:51It had you not with a nine that you did go for.
33:53At the end of the day, the man with the beige maths socks won.
33:55So, congratulations, Dinos.
33:57This is your Richard Whiteley Memorial Trophy.
33:59Congratulations.
33:59Well done.
34:02Well done.
34:05Well done.
34:07And with thanks to Richard Arnold for standing in and seeing the whole thing through in the final.
34:12To my co-presenters, Susie and Rachel, we say a great, great final.
34:18And we start again Monday, same time, same place.
34:21You be sure of it.
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