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00:21Thank you very much.
00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34It's the second quarterfinal day of series 77.
00:38Additionally, and much less importantly, I've got to tell you,
00:42today is Ugly Christmas Jumper Day, Rachel.
00:45Did you know there's a day devoted to ugly Christmas jumpers.
00:50They're hot and itchy, apparently, and the uglier the better.
00:54And there's been a resurgence.
00:55You're not wearing one, are you?
00:56I'm wearing a festive Christmas.
00:58I didn't get the ugly memory.
00:59It's not ugly.
01:00I've been supporting Christmas Jumper Day this year, as I do most years.
01:04Yeah.
01:04But I didn't get the memory, so I'm just going festive and garish and sparkly and comfortable.
01:09Well, that's very acceptable and very good.
01:11It's not an itchy, itchy, hot and itchy one, neither is it ugly.
01:14Do I own one? No, I do not.
01:16And I've never owned one.
01:17Bah humbug.
01:17Exactly.
01:18I'm sticking with one candle in the window, and I'm not buying a Christmas jumper.
01:22That's it.
01:23Right.
01:24You still need to pay your money to charity.
01:25I'm happy to do that.
01:26Very good.
01:26But I'm not going to be hot and itchy for anybody.
01:29Now, Rachel, we've got, we have got number two seed in today.
01:36That's Bradley Horrocks.
01:37Number one seed came through quite smoothly yesterday, Bradley.
01:42And now you're here, a math student from Bolton.
01:45Your highest score achieved was 122, which I think was just seven points behind the number one seed.
01:52So there we are.
01:53You're a player, but you're up against James Kennedy, our retired teacher from Kilsyth,
01:59our number seven seed, managed a total score of 736.
02:03Good luck to you today.
02:05Thanks, Nick.
02:05Our number seven seed, our number two seed.
02:07Good luck to you both.
02:08Big round of applause.
02:10A big round of applause.
02:14And Susan's over in the corner to witness and help along the proceedings.
02:19Joined once again by Paul Zenon, magician, comedian, and I might say the first guest in Dictionary Corner
02:26way back when I first started.
02:28You were the first guest.
02:29That's right.
02:30Yeah.
02:30To hold your hand and nurse you through it.
02:32You did.
02:33Thank you very much for that.
02:35It's good to be here on your last week, too.
02:40I haven't improved one little bit.
02:43All right.
02:44Now, Bradley, good luck to you both.
02:46And Bradley will take us away with the letters game.
02:49Hi, Rachel.
02:50Hi again, Bradley.
02:51A vowel for you to start.
02:52Start this quarterfinal with E.
02:55And a consonant.
02:57M.
02:57And a vowel.
02:59O.
03:00A consonant.
03:03D.
03:04And a vowel.
03:06I.
03:07Consonant.
03:09R.
03:10And a vowel.
03:12O.
03:13Consonant.
03:15Q.
03:17Another consonant, please.
03:19And lastly, T.
03:21And here's the current Dan Clark.
03:23Q.
03:24.
03:59And?
04:00Brilliant.
04:01Well done.
04:02Two servers to kick off.
04:04And Paul?
04:04Yeah, nothing better than that.
04:07Emoted for six.
04:09Moody for seven.
04:10And what was the other one?
04:11Motored.
04:12Oh, Motored, yeah.
04:13And Moida, gold coin.
04:15European gold coin in the early 18th century from Portugal.
04:18Moida.
04:20Seven apiece.
04:20And James.
04:22James Kennedy.
04:23Off we go.
04:23Letters game.
04:24Good afternoon, Rachel.
04:25Afternoon, James.
04:26Em, can I have a consonant, please?
04:28Start with T.
04:31And another one, please.
04:33R.
04:33And another.
04:36L.
04:37And a vowel, please.
04:41A.
04:42And another.
04:43E.
04:45And another.
04:47I.
04:48And a consonant.
04:51T.
04:52And a consonant, please.
04:57R.
04:58Oh, and...
04:59OK.
05:01A vowel, please.
05:02And a bonus.
05:03A.
05:06Stand by.
05:07A vowel, please.
05:38Well, James.
05:39Eight.
05:40Bradley.
05:41Eight.
05:42James.
05:43Rattlier.
05:43Rattlier.
05:44Rattlier and?
05:46Literata.
05:47Yeah, erm, absolutely fine.
05:50It's a learned or literary woman.
05:52So, er, yeah, it's the female version of the literati.
06:0015 apiece.
06:02Now, Bradley, your numbers game.
06:04Er, bottom row, please.
06:05Six more.
06:06Bottom row.
06:07Six.
06:08Small up in the ante.
06:09Thank you, Bradley.
06:10These six little ones are five, four.
06:14Another four.
06:15Ten, eight, and six.
06:19And a target to reach 813.
06:22Eight, one, three.
06:22One, two, three.
06:26One, two, three.
06:27One, two, three.
06:40One, two, three.
06:41One, two, three.
06:41One, two, three.
06:41One, two, three.
06:42One, two, three.
06:42One, two, three.
06:42One, two, three.
06:42One, two, three.
06:42One, two, three.
06:42One, two, three.
06:45One, two, three.
06:46One, two, three.
06:53Bradley.
06:548, 10 not written down.
06:578, 10.
06:58Well, James.
06:598, 1 to 3.
07:01James.
07:034 times 4.
07:044 times 4, 16.
07:06Times 5.
07:07Times 5 is 80.
07:09Times by 10.
07:11Times by 10 is 800.
07:13And add on the...
07:16Oh.
07:17Oh, sorry, James.
07:18I used the 5 twice.
07:20Yeah, I believe so.
07:21Oh, you had us on edge there.
07:23You had us on edge, Bradley.
07:258, 10.
07:276 plus 4.
07:286 plus 4 is 10.
07:31Times by 8.
07:3380.
07:35Add 4.
07:36Sorry, add 5, take 4.
07:37Add 5, take 4, 81.
07:40And then times by 10.
07:41Times by 10, yeah.
07:43But we're short.
07:44We wanted 8, 13, Rachel.
07:46Can we do it?
07:48We can.
07:49If you say 6 times 4 is 24.
07:53Times by 8 is 192.
07:57Add 10 for 202.
08:00Times it by the other 4 for 808.
08:03And add the 5.
08:05Well done.
08:07Thank you, Rachel.
08:09All right.
08:09So, 22 plays James is 15.
08:12James had us on the edge of our seats there.
08:15But now it's time for a Tea Time teaser.
08:17The first one is Dig the Sun.
08:19And the clue.
08:19She didn't dig the sun being in her eyes.
08:22She couldn't see a thing.
08:23She didn't dig the sun being in her eyes.
08:28She couldn't see a thing.
08:46Welcome back.
08:47I left with the clue.
08:48She didn't dig the sun being in her eyes.
08:50She couldn't see a thing.
08:51She was, in fact, unsighted.
08:55That's the answer.
08:56Unsighted.
08:5822 to 15.
08:59Bradley in the lead.
09:00Our number two seed in the lead.
09:02James, let us go.
09:04A consonant, please, Rachel.
09:06Thank you, James.
09:07N.
09:08And another one, please.
09:10V.
09:11And another one.
09:14B.
09:15And a vowel.
09:17I.
09:19And another one.
09:21E.
09:22And another one.
09:24I.
09:26And a consonant.
09:28S.
09:30And a consonant.
09:32R.
09:34And a vowel, please.
09:37And lastly, E.
09:40Countdown.
09:41And a vowel, please.
09:58And a vowel, please.
09:58And a vowel, please.
09:58And a vowel, please.
09:58And a vowel, please.
09:59And a vowel, please.
09:59And a vowel, please.
09:59And a vowel, please.
10:00And a vowel, please.
10:01And a vowel, please.
10:04And a vowel, please.
10:10Well, James? Seven.
10:13Seven. Bradley? Six.
10:15You're six. Revise.
10:17James? Inverse. Well spotted.
10:20Paul and Susie?
10:21Absolutely nothing else.
10:23No, that's it. Inverse was it? Yeah.
10:25OK, so, 22 apiece.
10:28Bradley, your letters go.
10:30Able, please. Thank you, Bradley.
10:32O? Another.
10:34A? Another.
10:37U?
10:39A consonant.
10:40T?
10:43Consonant.
10:44G?
10:46Consonant.
10:47G?
10:49Consonant.
10:51T?
10:54Vowel?
10:57E?
11:00And...
11:02Consonant.
11:03And the last one, H.
11:05Countdown.
11:06Vowel?
11:08T?
11:10T?
11:11T?
11:14T?
11:32Vowel?
11:34T?
11:34T?
11:37Yes, Bradley?
11:39Six.
11:39A six.
11:40And James?
11:41Six.
11:42Bradley?
11:43Tagged.
11:44Now then, James.
11:45I'll teach you.
11:46Very good.
11:47Very good.
11:48Yeah.
11:48What else can we do there?
11:50Paul?
11:51Tugged and tagged and then tufted, which is...
11:55Seven.
11:56Seven.
11:57Yeah, tufted out.
11:58Tufted.
11:59OK.
12:00Tuft, yeah.
12:0128 apiece, and now it's a numbers game.
12:03Yes, James?
12:03One big one and five small ones, please, Rachel.
12:08Countdown code, one five.
12:10Thank you, James.
12:12These five little ones are seven, nine, three, ten, nine, and the big one, 25.
12:20And the target, 618.
12:23Six, one, eight.
12:55Well, James?
12:56Yeah, six, one, eight, Nick.
12:58And Bradley?
12:59No.
13:01Well, so, James.
13:02I'll try and get it right this time, Nick.
13:04Go on.
13:05Nine plus nine plus seven.
13:07Nine plus nine plus seven.
13:09It's 25.
13:10It is.
13:10Times 25.
13:11You're on the right track.
13:12Six to five.
13:13Six to five.
13:14Take away the ten and add on the three.
13:16Perfect.
13:16Well done.
13:18Well done.
13:22Well done.
13:23Well done, James.
13:24You've sprung into a ten-point lead.
13:2628 to your 38.
13:28As we link to Paul Zen.
13:30And now then, Paul.
13:33What's the final trick?
13:35Well, the final trick is kind of a little story, a little cheery Christmas story for you.
13:40I'm going to stand up for this, actually.
13:42Because you know a lot of the time magicians and comedians, they'll say, you know, a funny thing happened to
13:46me on the way here today.
13:47You know, a funny thing.
13:48And to be honest, in years of doing this, nothing the slightest bit funny has ever happened to me on
13:52the way anywhere, ever.
13:54Until today.
13:56And I got mugged.
13:58And, er, it's okay, it's scripted.
14:01And this guy grabbed my ring, okay, and I was a bit upset about this, because it's a half-sovereign.
14:06Bit of class, you know.
14:07When you're big, you've got to live big.
14:09The next thing I know, he's gone for my watch, and I was a bit upset about this, because it's
14:13a Rolex.
14:14And it's not one of these cheap £20 copies, either.
14:17£34.99, that cost me.
14:19The next thing I know, he's gone for my wallet, and I had £5, I've put a bit of a
14:24wild night out tonight.
14:26And he saw my credit card, thought, that'll do nicely.
14:28And then finally, he went for my phone.
14:31So he took the whole lot, the card, the cash, the phone, the ring, the watch, and he cleared off.
14:38Now, were you there?
14:39Maybe you saw what happened.
14:41Perhaps a relative came home later than usual, wearing different clothing or looking nervous.
14:46But the great thing was, a security camera caught the whole thing.
14:49Now, the great thing, actually, I thought, because it's recorded, old-fashioned videotape, I can rewind it.
14:54And rather than rewind it and watch what happened, I could just rewind it and leave it all back at
14:59the beginning.
14:59So in theory, I've got all my stuff back.
15:02Kind of makes sense.
15:03So that's what I did.
15:04I went like this.
15:05I went, rewind.
15:08And ended up with the ring back, and the watch, and the cash, and the card, and the phone.
15:16Happy Christmas.
15:25That's amazing.
15:27That's brilliant.
15:28I'm going to take that off.
15:29I don't want you thinking I'm wearing that sort of thing for real.
15:31Well done.
15:33That's superb.
15:3438 plays 28, Bradley on 28, and it's your letters game.
15:40Good luck, Bradley.
15:41Vowel, please.
15:43Thank you, Bradley.
15:43A.
15:44And another.
15:46E.
15:47And another.
15:49E.
15:51Another one.
15:52I.
15:54A consonant.
15:56N.
15:57A consonant.
15:58V.
16:00A consonant.
16:02T.
16:02Another consonant.
16:05N.
16:07Another consonant.
16:09And lastly, P.
16:12Stand by.
16:14A consonant.
16:17A consonant.
16:19A consonant.
16:27A consonant.
16:30A consonant.
16:30A consonant.
16:30A consonant.
16:30A consonant.
16:30A consonant.
16:30A consonant.
16:31A consonant.
16:31A consonant.
16:31A consonant.
16:31A consonant.
16:31A consonant.
16:44Bradley.
16:45Seven.
16:45And James.
16:46Just six.
16:47You're six.
16:48Ineat.
16:49Bradley.
16:50Pianeta.
16:51Pianeta.
16:56That rings a bell, I think, doesn't it, Susie?
16:58Yes, it's an ornamental comb worn in Spanish-speaking countries.
17:01Popped up the other end.
17:02If you ever had scuff, yeah.
17:03So just three points in it.
17:0535 to James is 38.
17:07James, what are we going to do about this?
17:10Can I have a consonant, please?
17:11Thank you, James.
17:13Z.
17:14And another.
17:16Y.
17:17And another.
17:20S.
17:21And a vowel.
17:22I.
17:24And another vowel, please.
17:25O.
17:27And another vowel.
17:30A.
17:31And a consonant.
17:33T.
17:34And a consonant.
17:37N.
17:39And a consonant, please.
17:41And lastly, R.
17:44Countdown.
17:45plus,
17:47and a consonant.
17:49And another vowel.
18:12And two plays in the is,
18:13AllczaITE,
18:14and you're going to be all variations.
18:14So you will be in the after,
18:16Yes, James?
18:18Seven.
18:18A seven.
18:19And Bradley?
18:20Seven.
18:21James?
18:22Rations.
18:23Rations and?
18:24Same word, yep.
18:25And rations.
18:26Mmm.
18:27Susie and Paul, any sevens for you?
18:31That was about it, really, wasn't it?
18:32Rations, there was a six, what was that one?
18:34Roasty.
18:35Used to describe a drink produced from roasted ingredients,
18:38so you might have a roasty ale.
18:40Sounds nice.
18:42But that was it.
18:43Yep, rations was the best that we could come up with.
18:44Well done.
18:45So, still three points, 42 plays, 45, James on 45,
18:49and it's Bradley's numbers game.
18:50Now, Bradley.
18:52Any six more, please.
18:53Same again, six little ones.
18:56Thank you, Bradley.
18:57And they are, this time, seven, eight, nine, six, one,
19:04and another eight.
19:06And the target, 682.
19:096-8-2.
19:10We'll see you next time, buddy.
19:41Well, Bradley?
19:426, 8, 1, not written down.
19:45One away, James.
19:466, 90.
19:476, 90.
19:48So, Bradley, how's your chance?
19:519 times 8.
19:529 times 8, 72.
19:55Add the 7 and 6.
19:57And then 7 and 6, 13, add them on, 85.
20:01Times by 8.
20:02Times by 8 is 680.
20:06And add 1.
20:07And add 1 for one away.
20:09Yeah, very close.
20:11But, Rachel, can you take us to 6, 8, 2?
20:14Leave it with me.
20:15Certainly will.
20:16Certainly will.
20:17So, Bradley has sprinted into a lead.
20:2049 to James' 45.
20:22As we turn to our second Tea Time Teaser, which is, is not very in the clue.
20:28The man is not very relaxed.
20:29In fact, he's fraught with this.
20:31The man is not very relaxed.
20:33In fact, he's fraught with this.
20:52Welcome back.
20:52I left with the clue.
20:53The man is not very relaxed.
20:55In fact, he's fraught with this.
20:57He's fraught with nervosity.
21:01Nervosity.
21:02Rachel?
21:03I found it, eventually.
21:05If you say 6 times 7 is 42.
21:098 plus 8 is 16.
21:12Times them together for 672.
21:14And then add the 9 and the 1.
21:166, 8, 2.
21:16Perfect.
21:17Well done.
21:22Excellent.
21:23Well done, Rachel.
21:25So, 49 plays 45.
21:26Bradley on 49.
21:27James.
21:28Now, going to get that lead back with this letters game, perhaps.
21:33Consonant, please, Rachel.
21:34Thank you, James.
21:35W.
21:36And another one, please.
21:38L.
21:39And another.
21:42D.
21:43And a vowel.
21:44O.
21:45And another.
21:47I.
21:49And another.
21:51E.
21:53And a consonant.
21:55X.
21:57And a consonant.
22:00C.
22:02And a vowel, please.
22:08And the last one, E.
22:11Stand by.
22:42Well, James.
22:43Six.
22:44And Bradley.
22:46Six.
22:47James.
22:48Docile.
22:49Docile.
22:49And?
22:50Coiled.
22:51And coiled.
22:52Now.
22:53Any advances?
22:54Not really advanced.
22:55Just another 6 there with cowled.
22:59As in a panto villain, I suppose.
23:02Mm-hmm.
23:03And what have you got there?
23:04It's Wilco.
23:05Oh, simply Wilco.
23:06Yes, Wilcomply.
23:08Um, can't make it a verb, though.
23:10I thought you could.
23:10Can't have Wilco to send.
23:12Wilco, yeah.
23:1355 plays 51.
23:15Four points in it.
23:16Bradley's in the lead.
23:17And it's Bradley's letters game.
23:19Val, please.
23:19Thank you, Bradley.
23:21U.
23:22And another one.
23:23A.
23:26And another.
23:28E.
23:30A fourth.
23:32O.
23:33A consonant.
23:35L.
23:36Consonant.
23:38W.
23:40Consonant.
23:41F.
23:43Consonant.
23:44N.
23:46And another consonant.
23:48And lastly, S.
23:50And the clock starts now.
24:21Bradley.
24:23Six.
24:24James.
24:25Six.
24:26Now, Bradley's six.
24:28F.
24:28F.
24:28F.
24:29And James.
24:30Unsafe.
24:32Unsafe.
24:32Yep.
24:34Unsafe's a safe six.
24:35What have we in the corner, I wonder, now?
24:37Not a lot else.
24:38No.
24:39You've got Folsom there.
24:42Not there, no.
24:43Just unsafe.
24:44Single six for us.
24:45That's it?
24:45Yes.
24:46All right.
24:47So, 57 to 61.
24:49Let's pause there.
24:50As Susie unleashes another Origins of Words essay on us.
24:59Well, thanks to John Barringer, who emailed in, to ask for the story behind nailing your colours to the mast,
25:06which is to declare your intentions very openly and also with the idea that you will hold on to those
25:11beliefs until the end.
25:12And there's a lovely story behind it, a little bit grisly, perhaps, because it goes back to a very famous
25:1917th century naval battle.
25:21And in those days, colours or flags, that's another word for flags, were struck or lowered to show surrender in
25:29a battle.
25:29But it was also the custom in warfare for one ship to direct its cannon fire at the opponent's ship's
25:35mast, so to disable it completely.
25:38Sometimes, if all of the ship's masts were broken, the captain then had no alternative.
25:42He was completely lost.
25:44But if there was a little bit left, sometimes they would hoist the colours onto the remnants of the ship's
25:49rigging.
25:50In other words, they would literally nail their colours to the mast, quite, as I say, quite literally.
25:56But there was a specific event involved, and that is the exploits of the crew of the ship called the
26:00Venerable,
26:01which was at the mantle of Camperdown.
26:03And that was a naval engagement.
26:04In 1797, it was between English and Dutch ships during the French Revolutionary Wars.
26:10Camperdown, because it was near Camperdune in Holland.
26:13And the Venerable was under the command of the captain, Adam Duncan.
26:16He led the fleet, the entire fleet.
26:19And it didn't go very well, the battle, at the beginning.
26:21So the main mast was struck, and the blue standard of the Admiral, the blue flag, was brought down in
26:27the process,
26:27which could mean, as I say, that everything was over.
26:31But that's when history became an adventure story.
26:33He stepped forward the intrepid sailor called Jack Crawford.
26:36He climbed what was left of the mast, and there wasn't very much left, a very, very precarious job,
26:41and nailed it back to where it was visible to the rest of the fleet to show that they hadn't
26:45surrendered.
26:46Proved crucial in the battle.
26:48Duncan's fleet was victorious in the end.
26:50And many saw Camperdune to the end of the dominance of the Dutch and the beginning of Britannia ruling the
26:55waves.
26:56Crawford returned home to Sunderland.
26:58He was an absolute national hero.
27:00And for years after, the bravery of those English sailors became the yardstick against which anything else was measured.
27:06So very literal nailing of colours to the mast.
27:08All thanks to the sailor, Jack Crawford.
27:10Oh, well done.
27:17Brilliant.
27:18Wonderful.
27:18So 61, as I say, to 57.
27:21James on 57.
27:22Now then, James, penultimate letters game.
27:26I'll have a consonant, please, Rachel.
27:28Thank you, James.
27:29T.
27:30And another one, please.
27:32R.
27:33And a third one.
27:35N.
27:37And a vowel.
27:38O.
27:39E.
27:40And another.
27:41I.
27:43And another.
27:45E.
27:46And a consonant.
27:49S.
27:51And a consonant.
27:54L.
27:56And a consonant.
27:58And lastly, M.
28:00Stand by.
28:02And a consonant.
28:20And a consonant.
28:20And a consonant.
28:21And a consonant.
28:21And a consonant.
28:21And a consonant.
28:21And a consonant.
28:21And a consonant.
28:21And a consonant.
28:22And a consonant.
28:24And a consonant.
28:33Yes, James.
28:34Eight.
28:35An eight, Bradley.
28:37Seven.
28:38And a seven.
28:39You're seven, Bradley.
28:40Merlin's.
28:41Now, James.
28:42Minstrel.
28:43Minstrel.
28:45Lovely.
28:50Well played, James.
28:5165 now.
28:53Four ahead.
28:54Over in the corner, Paul.
28:56Well, if you've got a minstrel, you need to be a listener.
28:59You do.
28:59That's the other eight.
29:00Well done, well done.
29:01All right.
29:02So, 65 to 61, final letters game.
29:05Bradley.
29:06Bradley.
29:07Oh, please.
29:08Thank you, Bradley.
29:09O.
29:10And another.
29:12U.
29:13And another one.
29:15A.
29:17And another one.
29:19I.
29:21Consonant.
29:22L.
29:24Consonant.
29:25J.
29:27Consonant.
29:28F.
29:30Consonant.
29:33S.
29:34And a final vowel.
29:36And a final U.
29:39Stand by.
30:11Now, then, Bradley?
30:14Five.
30:15Five, James?
30:16Five.
30:17Bradley?
30:18Fails.
30:19And James?
30:20Usual.
30:22Usual.
30:23Any advance on five, Paul and Susie?
30:25No, that was a tough one.
30:27We've got jails as well for five, but fails is quite apt, I think, yeah.
30:32Nothing else, Susie?
30:33No, if anyone's wondering about Ouija boards, or Ouija, that's capital O.
30:37So, five is the best.
30:40So, 70 to 66 as we go into the final numbers game.
30:44It's for James.
30:47Can I have one big one and five small ones, please?
30:50You can indeed, James.
30:51One large, five little.
30:52Last one of this week and this contest.
30:55And they are five, two, six, eight, another five, and 25.
31:03And the target, 103.
31:06103.
31:07Rainbow.
31:22Oh, that's right.
31:30Bye-bye.
31:36Second, I'll be right back.
31:38Well, James?
31:39Yeah, 103, Nick.
31:41And Bradley?
31:41103.
31:42I guess so.
31:43James?
31:446 take away 2 is 4.
31:46Yep.
31:47Times 25.
31:48100.
31:49Is 100.
31:50And add on 8 and take away 5.
31:52Lovely.
31:53Crucial conundrum.
31:55Yes, Bradley?
31:57It's 25 times 5.
31:581, 2, 5.
32:00Add 8.
32:011, 3, 3.
32:035 times 6 is 30.
32:05And the other 5.
32:06And take off.
32:07Well done.
32:09There we go.
32:10There we go.
32:12And as Rachel says, snap, bang in the middle of a crucial conundrum.
32:1880 plays 76.
32:21Good luck to you both.
32:23Fingers roll this crucial countdown conundrum.
32:30Bradley?
32:32Signatory.
32:33Signatory.
32:34Let's see whether you're right.
32:38Well done.
32:39Well done.
32:43Well done, Bradley.
32:47Well done, Bradley.
32:49Number 2 seed.
32:50Just squeeze through.
32:51My word.
32:52Number 7 gave you a bit of a run, didn't it?
32:53He played very well.
32:54He did.
32:56Brilliant stuff.
32:57Thank you, Nick.
32:58I was a close try.
32:58Anybody's game.
32:59Anybody's game.
32:59I was just behind the one.
33:01Were you there?
33:01Yeah.
33:01All right.
33:02Yeah.
33:02But on the day, you have to take the priceless kryptonite back to Kilcythe with our very best wishes.
33:10And our congratulations ringing in your ear because you're a great competitor.
33:14Thank you, Nick.
33:14You got the champ and you gave the number 2 seed.
33:16You ran him ragged.
33:19You tell them that in Kilcythe.
33:20Well do.
33:21Well done, young man.
33:22Well done, young man.
33:23We shall see you next Thursday in the second semi.
33:26Fantastic.
33:27Your parents are in the audience, I think.
33:28They are, yes.
33:29I'd be very proud of you.
33:30I think I'll give him a panic attack.
33:32I'm sure.
33:33But congratulations.
33:34We'll see you there.
33:35Well done.
33:35We will not be seeing young Paul Zenon again.
33:39But good luck in Preston with your, what role you play?
33:42What's his name again?
33:44Abanaza.
33:44He's a real rotter, isn't he?
33:46Oh, yes.
33:46It's, in my case, you know, being nasty to kids first thing in the morning, it's method acting.
33:52We'll see you soon again, I hope.
33:53I hope so.
33:54All right.
33:55See you on Monday.
33:55Have a restful weekend.
33:57You too.
33:57All right.
33:57We'll see you then.
33:58Now, who's coming Monday, Rachel?
34:00Well, Rufus Hound is coming on Monday.
34:02And seeing as you're all bar humbug about it, I'm going to put my Christmas jumper on.
34:05I'm going to spruce this place up and make it nice and festive for next week.
34:08Oh, right.
34:09I'll be busy over the weekend.
34:10All right.
34:11Well done.
34:12We'll see you on Monday.
34:13See you then.
34:13See what you've been up to.
34:15All right.
34:15Join us then.
34:16Rufus Hound will be with us.
34:18And another wonderful challenger.
34:20Well, two wonderful challenges, actually.
34:22Same time, same place.
34:24You be sure of it.
34:25A very, very good afternoon to you.
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34:47Do you have what it takes to win the title of grand champion and a massive £40,000 prize?
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