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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34Now, moving house is a pretty stressful business.
00:39But what makes it perhaps very stressful for some is what will the neighbours be like?
00:45Will I get on with them? Will they be awful?
00:48And it's important because you can, of course, forge great friendships.
00:53But sometimes things don't go according to plan or as one would hope,
00:57particularly for musicians, apparently.
01:00Let me just tell you that John Lennon, when he lived at the Dakota building in Manhattan,
01:04was besieged by neighbours who asked him to keep the noise down.
01:08No surprise there.
01:10Ozzy Osbourne, bless him, took the rather more original way of throwing food over the neighbours' fence
01:17because he was fed up with their dogs barking.
01:21I've always been very lucky, very lucky.
01:24Did you have a favourite neighbour?
01:25Yeah, and I used to give them something.
01:28Unintentionally, I was giving them frogs that they weren't originally theirs.
01:32I used to have cats.
01:33And occasionally they'd find a frog in the garden.
01:35And when the cats would find it, they wouldn't hurt that the frogs would scream.
01:38And I had lovely neighbours over there, Don and Gillian, who watched Countdown.
01:42And they had a beautiful garden and a little pond.
01:44So I thought, well, the frogs come across, you know, must get it away from the cat, take it over.
01:49And it wasn't until I'd lived there a couple of years I realised that my next-door neighbours also had
01:52a pond.
01:54So I think the frogs were coming from next door.
01:56I see.
01:56And I was thinking I was being helpful taking them home
01:58and actually probably just expanding the gene pool, taking them over the road.
02:03Quite.
02:04We learn something new every day.
02:06Screaming frogs.
02:07There we are.
02:07Now, Chris is back, Chris Weldon back, having seen off John on Friday.
02:13Well done.
02:13And now you're on two wins.
02:15And you've got to get past Michelle Riley.
02:18How are you, Michelle?
02:19Hi, I'm fine, thank you.
02:20Excellent.
02:21A nursing student from Edinburgh, originally from?
02:24Aberdeen.
02:24Aberdeen.
02:25All right.
02:25And where are you in your studies at the moment?
02:28I'm in my third year, so I finish next year.
02:30Next year.
02:30And what do you think you'll do?
02:32Where will you go for your...?
02:33I think I'll stay in Edinburgh, maybe community nursing.
02:36All right.
02:36And there are more casinos, perhaps, in Edinburgh, because you're a big poker player, you tell me.
02:41Yeah, yeah, yeah, I do like poker.
02:42Yeah?
02:43Mm-hm.
02:43Anyway, good luck to you both.
02:44Thank you very much.
02:45Good luck to Michelle Riley and Chris Weldon.
02:47Big round of applause.
02:54And over in the corner, of course, we have Susie, having had a restful weekend, I trust, yes?
02:59Yes, thank you.
03:00And also the wonderful Paul Zenon, magician and comedian.
03:03Welcome back.
03:04Welcome back.
03:05Good to be here.
03:11Now, Chris, let's go.
03:14Thank you, Nick.
03:15Afternoon, Rachel.
03:16Afternoon, Chris.
03:17Now, start with a consonant, please.
03:19Start the week with S.
03:21And another consonant, please.
03:24M.
03:25And a vowel.
03:27I.
03:28A consonant.
03:30G.
03:32A consonant.
03:34Another M.
03:36A vowel.
03:38A.
03:40A consonant.
03:42S.
03:44A vowel.
03:46Another I.
03:49And another vowel, please.
03:52And lastly, A.
03:55And here's the countdown clock.
03:57ifer.
03:58A vowel.
03:59A vowel.
04:10A diÄŸer HEASH Movies.
04:15A vowel.
04:16A vowel.
04:16A vowel.
04:17A vowel.
04:18A vowel.
04:19A wings joy.
04:20A vowel.
04:24A vowel.
04:25A wonderful bottle.
04:25A vowel.
04:26A vowel.
04:26A vowel.
04:27Yes, Chris?
04:28Five.
04:29A five.
04:30Michelle?
04:31Just a four.
04:32And that four?
04:33Mass.
04:34Yes.
04:35A mass.
04:36And a mass.
04:38Very good.
04:39Anything to add to that?
04:41Paul, Susie?
04:42Yeah, a bit of an unusual one for seven, which is imagism.
04:46That is interesting.
04:48Susie, what does that mean, imagism?
04:50The literary movement, what it was, in the early 20th century,
04:53English and American poetry in particular, James Joyce, Ezra Pound, etc.
04:57It was the use of a lot of imagery.
05:01So to achieve clarity of meaning, it says through the use of imagery.
05:06All right.
05:07And anything else?
05:08No, that was our best.
05:09That'll do.
05:10Five to Chris and Michelle.
05:13Now, let us do it.
05:13Hi, Rachel.
05:14Can I have a consonant, please?
05:15We'll start with A.
05:17And a vowel.
05:19E.
05:20And a consonant.
05:21F.
05:23And another, please.
05:26L.
05:27And a vowel.
05:29U.
05:30And a consonant.
05:32B.
05:34And another.
05:36J.
05:37And a vowel.
05:40E.
05:42And a final vowel, please.
05:45And a final I.
05:46Stand by.
06:19No, Michelle.
06:20A risky five.
06:22Five.
06:23And Chris?
06:24Six.
06:24And a six.
06:25Yes, Michelle.
06:26Bloomer.
06:28And belief.
06:30Very good.
06:31And belief.
06:32We happy?
06:33Yep.
06:34Paul and Susie?
06:35Yep.
06:35Belief or relief.
06:37There's a seven with febrile, which I think has something to do with fever.
06:41It is, yes.
06:42A febrile illness is one that causes fever at a high temperature.
06:46Yeah.
06:46But you believe it would be another seven.
06:48Yeah.
06:48Well done.
06:49So, 11 points to Chris.
06:51And it's Chris's numbers game now.
06:55One large, five small, please, Rachel.
06:57Your usual.
06:58Now, thank you, Chris.
06:58One from the top row.
06:59Five little.
07:00And the first one of the week is one, four, two, ten, three.
07:08And the large one, 75.
07:10And your target, one, six, three.
07:13One, six, three.
07:42One, six, three.
07:45Yes, Chris.
07:46One, six, three.
07:47One, six, three.
07:49And Michelle?
07:50One, six, three.
07:52Chris?
07:53Uh, 75 times two is 150 plus ten plus three.
07:58Yep.
07:59Straightforward one.
07:59And Michelle?
08:00Yeah, same way.
08:01Same way, go out.
08:02Yep.
08:07So, in 21 to 10, we go into our first tea time teaser, which is share a bed.
08:12And the clue, they couldn't share a bed due to his snoring.
08:16He was tired of being this.
08:18They couldn't share a bed due to his snoring.
08:21And he was tired of being this.
08:43And the answer to that is, he was tired of being earbashed.
08:51Earbashed is the answer.
08:5321 plays 10.
08:54Chris on 21.
08:55Michelle?
08:57Letters go.
08:58Can I have a consonant, please?
08:59Thank you, Michelle.
09:00B.
09:01And a vowel.
09:02And a vowel.
09:04And a consonant.
09:06R.
09:07And a vowel.
09:09E.
09:10And a consonant.
09:13L.
09:14And a vowel.
09:16E.
09:17And a consonant.
09:20L.
09:21And another consonant.
09:24N.
09:26And a final consonant, please.
09:29And a final N.
09:31Stand by.
09:33And a vowel.
09:49.
10:04A risky six.
10:06Thank you, Chris.
10:07Safe five.
10:09And that safe five of yours?
10:11Rebel.
10:13Now, Michelle.
10:14Lena with two E's.
10:18I don't think we would find it.
10:21Three E's anyway, but it's not in, I'm afraid, Michelle.
10:23Sorry.
10:24Bad luck.
10:26But Chris would say five is safe.
10:28And Paul?
10:30Yeah, there's a six with N robe.
10:34But also seven with a noble with two N's.
10:37Oh, two.
10:38That's very good.
10:39A noble.
10:39Yes.
10:40A noble.
10:41To be a noble, 26 plays 10.
10:43Now, Chris, let us go.
10:45A consonant, please, Rachel.
10:47Thank you, Chris.
10:48D.
10:49And another one, please.
10:51L.
10:52And a vowel.
10:53A.
10:55And a consonant.
10:57T.
10:58And a consonant.
11:00S.
11:02And a vowel.
11:04I.
11:06And a consonant.
11:08Y.
11:10And a vowel.
11:12E.
11:14And a vowel, please.
11:16And the last one, O.
11:19Stand by.
11:21And a vowel.
11:38And a vowel.
11:39And a vowel.
11:39And a vowel.
11:39And a vowel.
11:39And a vowel.
11:39And a vowel.
11:39And a vowel.
11:39And a vowel.
11:41And a vowel.
11:51Yes, Chris?
11:52Eight.
11:53Michelle?
11:54Just seven.
11:55And that seven?
11:56Ladiest.
11:58Yes, Chris?
11:59Steadily.
12:00And steadily.
12:02APPLAUSE
12:07Now, Paul.
12:09There was one other eight, I think, there, with diastole,
12:13which I would tell you what it means, but I have no idea.
12:16Yeah.
12:17Diastole, we talk about diastolic and systolic blood pressure.
12:20Diastole is the phase of the heartbeat when the heart relaxes,
12:24the muscle relaxes, and the chambers fill with blood.
12:27And just to say no, ladiest, you'd need two Ds for ladiest.
12:30Oh, OK.
12:31I'd like...
12:32Suzy, anything else?
12:32No, that was our best with steadily, too.
12:37So, numbers have come round again.
12:38Now, Michelle, it's your numbers game.
12:41Can I have four large and two small, please?
12:43You can, indeed.
12:44Strong play by the poker player.
12:46Four large, two little, and they are...
12:49Eight, five, and then a big four, 50, 100, 75, 25.
12:55And the target, 954.
12:58Nine, five, four.
12:59Nine, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
13:11five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
13:14five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
13:14five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
13:14five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
13:14five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five
13:30Michelle?
13:319, 5, 5.
13:33Just one away, Chris. 9, 5, 0.
13:36Mm-hm.
13:38Michelle?
13:39So, 100 plus 25...
13:421, 2, 5.
13:43Times 8.
13:441,000.
13:45Minus 15 and then add the 5.
13:47Yep, well done.
13:48One away, 9, 5, 5.
13:49Well done.
13:50Well done.
13:51Not quite there, though.
13:529, 5, 4.
13:53Rachel, can you?
13:54It was a good gamble, because that's actually the best.
13:56Oh, well done, Michelle.
13:57So, well done, Michelle.
13:5817 points now to Chris's 34.
14:00As we turn, we switch to Paul Zenon.
14:04Now, what have you got for us today?
14:07Well, I'm sorry we're talking about the fact that I'm doing a pantomime,
14:10doing Aladdin.
14:11Another favourite one, of course, is Jack and the Beanstalk.
14:13And what I've got here is an actual magic bean in this little vial.
14:18Little vial or canister.
14:19We'll go for canister, that's an 8.
14:21So we're going to put that there.
14:22That's the magic bean in there.
14:24We've also got a big bag of beans here.
14:28And these are kind of recognisable as jelly beans.
14:31OK.
14:31You know, you can see there's a whole big bag full of them.
14:34Now, I'm going to get you to choose one in a moment, Susie.
14:36But it's going to be a random choice, this.
14:38So I want you to close your eyes.
14:39Now, take your clothes off.
14:42And no one ever worry...
14:43No one ever warn you about taking sweets off strangers.
14:46Right, now just dip your hand in the bag like that.
14:49Give them a swizz round.
14:50And just pull out one, but keep it closed in your fist.
14:52You've just got the one there, not being greedy.
14:55OK.
14:56So, this little bean, it's magic because it has the power to transmogrify.
15:01It can change itself to match any other bean.
15:04So for the first time, let's have a look at what colour bean you got.
15:08It's a white one.
15:10It's a bit dull, isn't it?
15:11OK, a white one.
15:12Now, watch this.
15:12The bean, it's now neutral.
15:14Give it a flick.
15:15And it changes into the very same, a white bean.
15:20That's amazing.
15:21See? But that's not all.
15:23Thankfully, as you can tell by the applause.
15:26See, what happens is, that goes in there.
15:28Now, this is going to change now.
15:30And you see, on the back of there, it actually says magic peas rather than beans.
15:36So the bean is going to change into a pea.
15:39So watch this.
15:39We go bean bean, pea pea, bean pea, bean pea, bean pea, bean pea, bean pea, pea pea.
15:46OK.
15:47Now, just flick the bean like that, Susie.
15:49LAUGHTER
15:51And hold your hand out.
15:53And it was bean, but is now pea.
15:57Ah!
15:58LAUGHTER
16:01APPLAUSE
16:05I'm just here to bring a bit of class to the show, you know what I mean?
16:08Well, you've succeeded in that, Paul.
16:10That's brilliant.
16:12LAUGHTER
16:14Poor Susie.
16:15I don't know.
16:16I was going to eat my jelly bean, but not now.
16:18Oh, dear.
16:18I don't know.
16:19Well done.
16:20Thank you, Paul.
16:21Super.
16:22Now, Chris.
16:24After all that excitement, let's have a letter again.
16:26Thank you, Nick.
16:27May I start with a consonant, please, Rachel?
16:29Thank you, Chris.
16:30D.
16:32And another consonant.
16:33S.
16:35And a vowel.
16:37I.
16:39And a consonant.
16:41R.
16:42And a consonant.
16:46C.
16:48And a vowel.
16:49O.
16:50And a consonant.
16:53T.
16:55And a vowel.
16:57E.
16:59And a final vowel, please.
17:01And a final I.
17:04Stand by.
17:06And a vowel.
17:20And a vowel.
17:23And a vowel.
17:24And a vowel.
17:24And a vowel.
17:24And a vowel.
17:24And a vowel.
17:24And a vowel.
17:24And a vowel.
17:24And a vowel.
17:26And a vowel.
17:35Well, Chris?
17:37Seven.
17:38A seven.
17:38Michelle?
17:39Six.
17:40And your six?
17:41Traces.
17:42And Chris?
17:43Directs.
17:45Yes.
17:46Yeah, I think Traces is probably OK.
17:48Yep, no problem with that.
17:50And Paul?
17:51Just one of the seven there with cordite, which is an explosive.
17:55Yes, a smokeless explosive.
17:57Very good.
17:5741 plays 17.
17:58Now, Michelle, your letters came.
18:00Can I have a consonant, please?
18:02Thank you, Michelle.
18:03T.
18:04And a vowel.
18:05A.
18:07And a consonant.
18:09N.
18:10And another.
18:12T.
18:13And another.
18:15V.
18:17And a vowel.
18:18E.
18:19And a consonant.
18:22S.
18:23Another vowel.
18:25I.
18:26And a final consonant, please.
18:30And a final C.
18:32Countdown.
18:33orrhane.
18:46Yes, Dad.both,
19:03Cause we're running all
19:03On the back.
19:03Michelle? Six. Chris? Six. And Michelle's six is? Invest. Invest and? Also invest. Both investing. Paul and Susie? Yeah, there
19:18was a seven there with natives. And also an eight with vesicant.
19:23Yes, we've had febrile. This time a vesicant is a disease or a disorder that causes blistering. It's all about
19:31blisters. Vesicant.
19:33Blistering. Vesicant. Well, well. All right. 47 plays. 23. Numbers have come round. Now then, Chris. I'll stick with one
19:44large five small, please, Rachel.
19:46Stick with your favourite one. Thank you very much, Chris. And for this round, the numbers are seven, two, eight,
19:53four, three, and 50. And the target? 378.
20:00378.
20:32Yes, Chris? 379. One away. Michelle? 378. 378. Let's go.
20:41Um, seven times 50 equals 350. Yep. Um, eight times three is 24. And add the four. Lovely. Well done.
20:51378. Very good.
20:57Two good numbers game for Michelle there. Now it's 47 to 33. As we turn to our second tea time
21:03teaser, which is safe liver.
21:05And the clue. If you drink a safe amount of alcohol and look after your liver, it could turn out
21:11to be this.
21:12If you drink a safe amount of alcohol and look after your liver, it could turn out to be this.
21:35Welcome back. I left you with the clue. If you drink a safe amount of alcohol and look after your
21:39liver, it could turn out to be this.
21:41It could turn out to be a lifesaver. Lifesaver.
21:44So, 47 plays Michelle's 33. And it's Michelle's letters game.
21:50Hi. Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
21:53Thank you, Michelle.
21:54H.
21:54And a vowel?
21:56A.
21:57And another vowel?
21:59E.
22:01And a consonant?
22:03R.
22:04And another?
22:06S.
22:07And a vowel?
22:09A.
22:11And a consonant?
22:13F.
22:15And a vowel?
22:17O.
22:18And a final consonant, please.
22:20And a final D.
22:22Stand by.
22:23And a vowel?
22:51A.
22:53Michelle? Six. And Chris? Six. Michelle? Shared. Now then? Also shared. Same again. They're sharing over here. And Paul and
23:05Susie? There's a rather elegant seven with fedoras. Ah, yes. As in the hat. The fedora. Susie, anything else? No,
23:13that's a good seven. All right. Thank you. 53 to 39. Chris, your letters game. Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you,
23:21Chris. R.
23:22And another one, please. G. And a vowel. E. And a consonant. T. And a consonant. D. And a vowel.
23:38U. And a consonant. S. And a vowel. I. And a final vowel, please.
23:50And a final E. Stand by.
23:53And a vowel.
24:15And a vowel.
24:22And a vowel.
24:23Chris.
24:24Six.
24:25Michelle.
24:26Six as well.
24:28Chris.
24:29Digest.
24:30And?
24:31Duties.
24:32Duties, absolutely fine.
24:33Yeah, no problem.
24:35And over in the corner, Susie and Paul.
24:38Yeah, we've got a few sevens there, guiders and edges,
24:43but there is an eight there, which you were nearly there with it.
24:45You could stick an RE on the front of Digest, have re-digest.
24:48Absolutely.
24:49For an eight.
24:50Well done.
24:54So, 59 to 45, Michelle, well in touch there, well in touch,
24:58as we turn to Susie for her wonderful origins of words.
25:02What do you have for us today, Susie?
25:04I'm going to talk about hair and the numerous expressions in English involving hair.
25:09I'm going to start with letting your hair down,
25:12which seems quite obvious, really, on the face of it,
25:14but actually in the 19th century, it was letting down the back hair,
25:17and it involved not the hair on your back,
25:20but these are very elaborate tresses of hair that, of course, women would wear in those days,
25:24and only in the informal, relaxed atmosphere of the home were they able to let these tresses down.
25:29When you get in someone's hair, you're being an annoyance.
25:32Not quite sure about this one, but we think it's due to the irritation of head lice.
25:36That was the original meaning, so not a particularly pleasant one there.
25:40People who split hairs quibble over insignificant details,
25:44and that image between painstakingly dividing a single hair,
25:49which, of course, is almost impossible,
25:50and making small and slightly over-refined distinctions,
25:53has been around for centuries.
25:55In fact, Shakespeare used it in King Henry IV.
25:57He wrote,
25:58I'll cavil on the ninth part of a hair,
26:00meaning I'll argue over everything, a tiny portion.
26:04And then we have hairy.
26:05If we describe something hairy, it's quite scary.
26:07You might have a hairy flight, for example.
26:10That sense of hairy is probably simply a version of hair-raising,
26:13makes your hair stand on end,
26:15which is also, of course, behind horrible and horror.
26:18It goes back to a Latin word meaning stand on end,
26:21with the idea that your hair's bristle at the sight of something truly terrifying.
26:25But possibly my favourite origin,
26:27one of my favourite origins in English totally, actually,
26:30is the hair of the dog.
26:32We talk about that when we have a tipple at the morning after the night before
26:36in order to try and to cure a hangover.
26:38It goes back to the full expression,
26:40a hair of the dog that bit you.
26:42And that goes back quite a long way to people who were perhaps bitten by a rabid dog
26:48and the belief that if you could chase that dog down,
26:52pull out a bit of its hair,
26:53make a poultice out of the hair and put it over the wound,
26:56it would cure you of rabies.
26:58And, of course, over time, that was metaphorically then applied to alcohol.
27:02But it began with something very, very literal
27:04and very real hairs of an actual dog.
27:06Very interesting.
27:08APPLAUSE
27:1259, please.
27:1345.
27:14Chris on 59.
27:15Michelle, let us go.
27:17Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
27:19Thank you, Michelle.
27:19T.
27:20And a vowel.
27:22O.
27:24And a consonant.
27:26L.
27:27And another.
27:29R.
27:30And another.
27:35A.
27:41And a consonant, please.
27:44R.
27:45And a final consonant, please.
27:48And a final M.
27:50Stand by.
28:07And a consonant, please.
28:09And a consonant, please.
28:09And a consonant, please.
28:09And a consonant, please.
28:10And a consonant, please.
28:10And a consonant, please.
28:10And a consonant, please.
28:11And a consonant, please.
28:11And a consonant, please.
28:12And a consonant, please.
28:12And a consonant, please.
28:12And a consonant, please.
28:13And a consonant, please.
28:13And a consonant, please.
28:14And a consonant, please.
28:23Michelle?
28:24Risky seven.
28:26And Chris?
28:27Similarly risky seven.
28:29How big a risk was it, Michelle?
28:31Realtor?
28:32Realtor and?
28:34Realtor.
28:36Ah, good countdown word, that one.
28:37Not at all, it's the US estate agent.
28:39North American centre.
28:40Of course.
28:41Paul, Susie?
28:42No, nothing else there, really, have we?
28:43Just sixes, otherwise?
28:44A few sixes, mortal and mortar, but, yeah,
28:47Realtor's as good as it gets, I think.
28:49All right, so 66 plays 52.
28:52Final letters game for Chris.
28:54Chris Weldon.
28:55A consonant, please, Rachel.
28:57Thank you, Chris.
28:58S.
28:59And another one.
29:01D.
29:02And a vowel, please.
29:04U.
29:06A consonant.
29:07P.
29:09A consonant.
29:11T.
29:12A vowel.
29:14O.
29:15And a consonant.
29:18K.
29:19A vowel.
29:22I.
29:23And another vowel, please.
29:25And the last one, E.
29:27Stand by.
29:29A vowel.
29:31A vowel.
29:32A vowel.
29:41A vowel.
29:44A vowel.
29:44A vowel.
29:45A vowel.
29:45A vowel.
29:59Well, Chris?
30:00Seven.
30:01Michelle?
30:02Seven.
30:04Chris?
30:04Spouted.
30:06No, Michelle.
30:07Dopiest.
30:09I'm sure you can be the dopiest person.
30:12Not you personally.
30:14But, yeah, it's absolutely fine.
30:16Well done.
30:16Which is odd, because you could have stupid as well is in there.
30:20But there's another seven with dispute.
30:23No argument about that.
30:24Very good.
30:25Quite.
30:26And Susie?
30:27Pokiest would be another seven.
30:29Pokiest hole in the house, as it were.
30:31Pokiest room.
30:32Yeah.
30:33So, 73 to 59.
30:36Michelle, final numbers game.
30:38Can I have four large and two small, please?
30:40Thought you might say that, all in the final numbers game.
30:43See if the gamble pays off.
30:44The last two little ones are six and two.
30:47And then the big four.
30:4975, 50, 100 and 25.
30:53And the final target, 547.
30:56Five, four, seven.
30:57Five, four, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
31:11five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
31:11five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
31:11five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
31:11five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
31:11five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five
31:29Michelle?
31:30One away, 5, 4, 6.
31:325, 4, 6. Chris?
31:345, 4, 7.
31:365, 4, 7. Now then, Chris?
31:40100 times 6.
31:41600.
31:42600.
31:43Minus 50.
31:45550.
31:4775 divided by 25 is 3.
31:50It is indeed.
31:51And subtract.
31:51Well done. Over the line, 5, 4, 7.
31:53Well done.
31:58Well done.
32:00I've had luck, Michelle, because she's so good with the numbers,
32:02but he's come through 83 to 59 as we go into the final round.
32:06So, fingers on buzzers.
32:08Michelle, Chris, we're rolling today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:16Michelle?
32:17Is it gigantic?
32:18Oh, no, it's not.
32:19It's on it.
32:20No.
32:21Down to you, Chris.
32:22Take your time.
32:27Lactating?
32:29Lactating.
32:29Let's see whether you're right.
32:32Well done.
32:34Well done.
32:35Well done.
32:38So, there we are.
32:40We come to the end.
32:4193 plays 59.
32:43Michelle, a very brave battle there, and you did very well.
32:46And, in fact, for a while, had you got that last numbers game.
32:50So, thank you very much for coming, Michelle.
32:52Riley, you get back to Edinburgh.
32:54Take this with you.
32:55Good luck with your nursing.
32:56Thank you very much.
32:57Good luck with your poker playing, too.
32:58Keep a straight face.
32:59And we shall see Chris tomorrow.
33:02Well done.
33:03Thank you, Nick.
33:04Excellent performance.
33:05Great game.
33:06Now, then, Paul Zenon.
33:09Does it always go according to plan when you're on stage?
33:13Not in panto, it doesn't, that's for sure.
33:16Yeah.
33:16It's kind of, yeah, playing the grumpy old wizard at, you know, 11 o'clock in the mornings.
33:21Not much of a stretch, acting-wise, you know.
33:23Right.
33:23So, actually, we did a show years ago in Brighton.
33:26Being in Brighton, we used to get all the posh kids from public school on the road.
33:31So, when you do, like, the ghost scene, they'd all be standing up and going,
33:34he's behind you, he's behind you, I say.
33:35He's behind you, I tell you.
33:36Like this.
33:37Only the little kind of peak caps and all the rest of it.
33:39But there's this one kid sat in the front row one day,
33:42and he's not impressed.
33:43He's just sat there, kind of like this, through the whole thing.
33:45And all his friends are, he's behind you, I tell you.
33:47And eventually, he just turned to his friend and went,
33:49Justin, do sit down.
33:50The man's obviously an idiot.
33:55What a rotten kid.
33:57Absolutely.
33:58Dear me.
33:58That's most of them.
33:59He needs to clip behind the edge.
33:59Of course, you can't do that anymore.
34:01All right.
34:02So, will you come tomorrow?
34:05Indeed.
34:05And entertain us.
34:06Oh, yes, I will.
34:08You come tomorrow.
34:09All right.
34:09And Susie, too, of course.
34:10Yes.
34:10See you then.
34:11Can you get over that trick about the P?
34:14Oh, yes.
34:14That was hilarious.
34:16Yeah.
34:16I've never seen Susie do that on TV before.
34:18Yeah.
34:19More tomorrow.
34:20Well, maybe not quite exactly the same.
34:22We'll see you tomorrow.
34:22See you tomorrow.
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