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00:18Thank you very much.
00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34Now, we all know about speed dating.
00:36It was all the rage a while ago.
00:38But now, apparently, there's something called speed mating
00:42that's beginning to be very popular.
00:44Speed mating, aren't I?
00:46Now, apparently, it's a concept that was thought
00:49up just around the corner in Manchester, actually.
00:51And it's similar to speed dating, but it's about making new friends.
00:55You'd be glad to know, making new friends.
00:57And the organisers heard a lot of people
00:59who maybe moved to a different city, you know, in their 20s and 30s.
01:03Suddenly, they get there, and they're lonely,
01:05and they don't know how to meet people.
01:07And so, and in fact, the statistic, Rachel, amazes me,
01:10eight out of ten under 34-year-olds
01:12identify themselves as being lonely most of the time.
01:17I think that's terribly sad.
01:18So, these events, then, young people who are lonely go and meet other people
01:23that they haven't met previously,
01:25because most friendships apparently are at school or at work.
01:28So, there we are.
01:28That's what happens.
01:30Friends.
01:30I'm trying to get rid of friends at the moment.
01:34How are you doing that, Nick?
01:36By not replying.
01:37No, we're a bit insular, Catherine and I.
01:41We don't want too many friends, really.
01:43It takes up too much time.
01:44So, we're cutting them loose.
01:46And if any of them are watching...
01:48Well, you know who you are.
01:50Tell me this.
01:50Stop calling.
01:51Stop messaging.
01:52Exactly.
01:53Are you still...
01:54You've got lots of friends.
01:55Are you still gathering friends, or are you monitoring carefully?
01:58A bit of both.
01:59I find it easier to keep in touch with the friends when you're in a big group,
02:02because as soon as one connects with the other one
02:04and you speak to that one,
02:05you know what all, you know, six of you, eight of you are doing.
02:08I always think that if you meet somebody,
02:10you know whether they're going to be a friend pretty quickly.
02:14You know, actually, a real friend.
02:16So, you know, I still make a few,
02:18but we're basically sort of trying to...
02:20Cut down.
02:21Yeah, shut down.
02:23Trying to shut down.
02:24I tell you, he's not shutting down.
02:25He's Mary Bainbridge.
02:26He can't stop.
02:28Our retired teacher from Lechlaid.
02:30On four wins now.
02:31Halfway there to being an octochamp.
02:33So, well done.
02:35Well done.
02:35And you're joined by Chris Thorne.
02:38That'll be Chris Thorne of the Jungle Scene shirt.
02:42A sports events administrator from Chelmsford.
02:45New help on these big sporting events.
02:47Which means that if you're a sports fan,
02:50you get a head start over everybody else.
02:53What's your favourite sport, for instance?
02:55I love cricket.
02:56I've been working at Lords last summer as a steward in the stands and dressing rooms.
03:00And I play from a village club and I was captain for a while.
03:03So, getting involved in all grassroots and just having fun.
03:08But that's wonderful.
03:08So, you do the job and whilst you're doing it,
03:10you can just actually glance over there and see what's going on on the crease.
03:15Yeah, you need to have a game awareness of people in the stands.
03:17If there are some questions about what's going on,
03:18when they can take their seat.
03:20Sure.
03:20It's helpful to know a bit about cricket.
03:22That's a good, fun job.
03:23Well done.
03:24Well, good luck to you both.
03:26Good luck to Mary.
03:26Good luck to Chris.
03:27Big round of applause for our competitors today.
03:33And over in the corner, Susie, of course,
03:37joined once again by TV Antiques guru.
03:40You're a guru.
03:41It says so here.
03:42Raj Bizaram.
03:43Welcome back.
03:48Wonderful.
03:49Now, Mary, off we go.
03:51Let us go.
03:52Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:53Afternoon, Mary.
03:54Can I start with a consonant, please?
03:56Start today with C.
03:58And another consonant.
04:00T.
04:01And a third consonant.
04:04R.
04:05And a vowel, please.
04:07I.
04:08And another vowel.
04:09A.
04:10And a third vowel.
04:12E.
04:12And a consonant.
04:15S.
04:16And another consonant, please.
04:19T.
04:19And a final consonant.
04:22And a final F.
04:24And here's the countdown clock.
04:25T.
04:56Mary.
04:57Seven.
04:58And Chris?
04:59I'll try an eight.
05:00No, Mary.
05:01Katia.
05:02Chris?
05:03Skatia.
05:04Yes.
05:04Skatia.
05:05He can be skatia.
05:06Well done.
05:06Very good.
05:07Very good.
05:12Good start for Chris Thorne there.
05:13And over in the corner?
05:15Susie's got a nine.
05:17Yes, there was a nine there.
05:18Craftiest.
05:20Craftiest.
05:20Craftiest.
05:24Well done.
05:25Perfect.
05:26First game, she gets a nine.
05:28I know.
05:29I know.
05:29Eight points to Chris, and it's Chris's letters game.
05:32Afternoon, Rachel.
05:33Afternoon, Chris.
05:34Yes, I'll start with L, please.
05:35Start with I.
05:37And another.
05:39O.
05:40And a consonant.
05:43R.
05:43And another.
05:46D.
05:47And another.
05:48J.
05:50And another.
05:53H.
05:54And one more.
05:56R.
05:58And a vowel.
05:59A.
06:02And a consonant.
06:04And lastly, K.
06:06Stand by.
06:08Bye.
06:08Bye.
06:38Well, Chris,
06:38five. And Mary?
06:40Five also. Chris?
06:42Horde. Mary?
06:44Same for me. Two hordes, Raj?
06:46Yep, I've got a fantastic three-letter word.
06:48Raj.
06:50Very good. Well spotted.
06:53Horrid is there for six.
06:55Horrid? Horrid.
06:56Horrid Raj. No, definitely not
06:59Horrid Raj. 13 plays
07:00five. Mary, your
07:03numbers game. I think you know what I'm
07:05going to have. One large one and five small ones.
07:07To be usual. Thank you, Mary. One large,
07:09five little, and the first one of the day
07:10is seven, six,
07:13seven,
07:15ten, five,
07:16and seventy-five.
07:18And the target? 826.
07:21826.
07:23One large three.
07:23One Şimdi,
07:50two large,
07:50are you?
07:50One,
07:50they're not too busy.
07:51One large,
07:52Mary.
07:54826.
07:55Yes, Chris.
07:56826.
07:56Mary.
07:576 plus 5 is 11.
08:00Yep.
08:00Multiply it by 75 and you get 825.
08:05You do.
08:05And 7 over 7 is 1 and add it on.
08:08Perfect.
08:08826.
08:09And Chris?
08:10Exactly the same.
08:11There we are.
08:15So Mary on 15.
08:16Chris maintains his lead.
08:18He's on 23 as we turn to our first tea time teaser.
08:22Which is Rita Hearst?
08:23And the clue.
08:24Rita was suffering quite badly with stiff joints.
08:27Rita was suffering quite badly with stiff joints.
08:47Welcome back.
08:48I left with the clue.
08:49Rita was suffering quite badly with stiff joints.
08:53She was suffering, I guess, from arthritis.
08:57Arthritis is the answer to that one.
08:59Poor Rita.
09:0023 to 15.
09:02Chris in the lead.
09:03And it's Chris's letters game.
09:05A consonant, please.
09:06Thank you, Chris.
09:19And lastly, I.
09:24And a vowel, please.
09:32And lastly, I.
09:36Stand by.
09:37Are youomme it?
09:58Bye.
09:59Bye.
10:05Bye.
10:08Well, Chris?
10:09Seven.
10:10Mary?
10:11Six.
10:12And your six?
10:13Pauses.
10:14No, Chris.
10:15Passive.
10:16Passive, indeed.
10:18Very good.
10:19And in the corner?
10:20Well, I had passive, but...
10:22What have you got?
10:25Block your ears, Nick.
10:27There is a US slang term for foolish or contemptible person
10:32or toilet paper, and that's arse wipe.
10:39I can't believe that that's in the dictionary.
10:42Yes, it is.
10:43And it's been there since the 1950s,
10:45and it was found in Saul Bellows novels.
10:48Well, he was a great writer,
10:50but that's no excuse for putting it into the...
10:52Sorry.
10:53Amazing.
10:5430 to 15.
10:56Mary, move us on swiftly with letters game.
11:00I'll start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
11:02Thank you, Mary.
11:03R.
11:04And another one, please.
11:07S.
11:08And another one.
11:09N.
11:11And a vowel, please.
11:12O.
11:13And another one.
11:14E.
11:15And a consonant, please.
11:18G.
11:19And a vowel, please.
11:21I.
11:22And a consonant.
11:24L.
11:25And another consonant, please.
11:27And lastly, V.
11:29Stand by.
11:30One, two, three, six.
12:00Mary? Six. And Chris? Nine. Well, Mary? Loving. Chris Thorne? Resolving. Well done.
12:16Now then, Raj? I don't think we can better that. Fantastic. 48 now to Mary's 15. My word.
12:23Chris, let's see how you are on the numbers. One large and five small, please. Thank you,
12:28Chris. One from the top. Five not from the top. And this time around, they are two, seven, six,
12:36one, ten. And the large one, 25. And the target, 697. 697.
13:14Well, Chris? 700. Mary? 697. Now then, Mary? 10 minus 6 is 4. Yep. Times 7 is 28. It is.
13:25Multiply by 25,
13:26and you get 700. And take away the two and the one. Very well done again, Mary.
13:37That's Claude. Some points back. 25 now to 48 as we link to Raj. Here we are. Downhill racer,
13:46antiques guru, magician. What's this about? Well, it's something that I've done from,
13:53I've learned from an early age how to manipulate cards. But I've got a story about when magic goes
14:00wrong. We had shares in a bistro and we used to do magic evenings. So we'd do a meal and
14:09then I'd
14:09have a couple of other magicians and we'd go around the tables and we'd perform close up. And the whole
14:15evening would end up with me doing three tricks out the front. And the last trick of all was called
14:22the shirt pull. But to do it, you have to have a stooge. And my best mate, Sean, was my
14:29stooge. And
14:29he'd been my stooge for years and we'd never, ever had a problem. But the only way this trick can
14:35be
14:35done is your stooge has to have a shirt on and a jumper. Anyway, one evening, it was so hot
14:43and we had
14:43low ceilings in the restaurant. And he turned up and he obviously had his shirt and his jumper on
14:48and everybody looked at him a bit strangely. And we, you know, we had to pretend we didn't know each
14:53other. Anyway, the whole evening went by and he was sitting there absolutely ringing. And
15:02so nobody else had a jumper. So I had to, I asked for a volunteer. And of course, he was
15:08the only one
15:08with a jumper. So I had to choose him. And the audience would start to thinking things were a
15:13bit strange here. You know, he's the only one with a jumper. Anyway, before I'd asked, finished asking
15:19for the volunteer, he was up there. Anyway, he sat down. And everyone thought it was extremely strange
15:25that he was just, you know, ringing with it. Anyway, I had to undo his sleeves and his collar button.
15:32And then the idea is that I would just yank the shirt out and it would magically come out with
15:37any
15:37of the buttons being disturbed. But of course, when I went to pull it, he was, it was stuck to
15:45him.
15:46You know, it was absolutely stuck to him. And I knew I was going to have to really give it
15:50a yank.
15:51Anyway, I gave it a big, huge yank. It came flying out. And because the ceilings were low,
15:56it stuck to the ceiling. And everyone looked at it as if to say, you two know each other.
16:02There's something funny is going on. But because the shirt had stuck to the ceiling,
16:06we got a lovely round of applause. Brilliant. So we got away with it.
16:11Brilliant. Just.
16:12An extraordinary story. An extraordinary story.
16:18Thank you, Raj. Now, 25 plays 48. Mary on 25. That's a strange place to find yourself.
16:26It's your letters game now, though, Mary.
16:28Can I start with a consonant, please, Rachel?
16:30Thank you, Mary.
16:30T. And a second one.
16:33D. And a third one, please.
16:37C. And a vowel.
16:39O. And a second vowel.
16:42E. And a third vowel.
16:44A. And a consonant, please.
16:48T. And another consonant.
16:51G. And a final consonant, please.
16:54And a final D.
16:56And a final D.
16:56A. And a consonant, please.
17:26It's a maybe one who doesn't know.
17:27Mary.
17:28Six.
17:29Chris.
17:29Seven.
17:30Mary.
17:31Caged.
17:32Now then.
17:33Chris.
17:34Cottage.
17:35Very nice.
17:36And what else can we have?
17:38Raj.
17:38There's an eight.
17:39Cottaged.
17:40Cottaged.
17:41Oh, yes.
17:42Clever.
17:43Anything else, Susie?
17:44No, that was our best.
17:46Yes.
17:4755 to 25.
17:49Now, Chris, your letters game.
17:51Kevin Powell, please, Rachel.
17:52Thank you, Chris.
17:53E.
17:54And another.
17:56I.
17:57Consonant.
17:59P.
18:00Another.
18:03S.
18:04Another.
18:05R.
18:07Another.
18:08N.
18:10Vowel.
18:12A.
18:14And a consonant.
18:16R.
18:18And a final consonant, please.
18:20And a final T.
18:22Stand by.
18:53Mariam.
18:55Seven.
18:57Now, Chris.
18:58Eight.
18:58Mary.
19:00Praised.
19:01And Chris Thorne.
19:02Trainers.
19:03Yes, trainers.
19:04Excellent.
19:05There's no D, unfortunately.
19:08No, Mary.
19:08Sorry.
19:09And Raj, what have you got in the corner?
19:11We've got a nine.
19:12Transpire.
19:13Oh, very good.
19:14Transpire.
19:15Wow.
19:19Fantastic.
19:20Anything else, Susie?
19:21Yes, there is another nine there, Nick.
19:23A respirant, which is a person which breathes or respires.
19:27A respirant.
19:28A respirant.
19:29Yeah.
19:32So, 63 to 25 into a numbers game for Mary.
19:36Yes, Mary?
19:37I'll have five small ones and one big one.
19:39No hail Mary.
19:41You're sticking with what you know.
19:42One large five.
19:43Little.
19:43Thank you, Mary.
19:44And they are six, four, ten, two, one, and 25.
19:53And this target, 226.
19:55Two, two, six.
19:56Yes, we are six, four, ten, two, ten, bob.
20:04Yes, we'll see you, next time.
20:19Bye-bye.
20:19Bye-bye.
20:20Bye-bye.
20:23Bye-bye.
20:28Mary?
20:292, 2, 6.
20:31Chris?
20:32Yes, 2, 2, 6.
20:33And Mary?
20:3325 times 10 is 250.
20:36Yep.
20:37And 4 times 6 is 24, and take it away.
20:40Well done.
20:41And Chris?
20:4310 minus 1 is 9.
20:44Yep.
20:45Multiply by 25 is 2, 2, 5.
20:47It is.
20:484 plus 2 is 6, and divide it by the other 6 for 1.
20:53There you go.
20:53Lovely.
20:54There it is.
20:58So, Chris on 73, Mary on 35, and it's time for our tea time teaser, which is Eagle Loft.
21:05And the clue, it sounds like the man had a punishing time with an instrument.
21:09It sounds like the man had a punishing time with an instrument.
21:30And the answer to that one is a flageolet.
21:37Now then, explain what and where does this come from?
21:41A flageolet, a very small fluke-like instrument that resembles a recorder, but it has four
21:46finger holes on top and two thumb holes below.
21:48And are they in current use?
21:51I'm not actually completely sure.
21:53Mid-17th century, but I'm sure you'll still find them in some orchestras, classical instruments.
21:58Not to be confused with the French kidney bean used in cooking.
22:01That's a different flageolet.
22:0473 to 35, Mary on 35, and it's Chris's letters game.
22:08Now, Chris.
22:09Consonant, please, Rachel.
22:11Thank you, Chris.
22:12R.
22:13And another.
22:14T.
22:16And a vowel.
22:18E.
22:19Another.
22:21O.
22:22Another.
22:24Another.
22:24I.
22:25Consonant.
22:27Steve.
22:28Another.
22:29Q.
22:31Another.
22:33Another.
22:34And a final consonant, please.
22:37And a final B.
22:39Stand by.
22:39All right.
22:41Thank you for today.押忍
22:42times. Bye-bye.
22:55To know! Come
23:04Bye-bye.
23:04Bye-bye.
23:04Bye-bye.
23:05Do you have any
23:06time? Bye-bye.
23:08Bye-bye.
23:09Bye-bye.
23:09well Chris six Mary seven Chris bridal now Mary broiled well done broiled
23:19yeah excellent broiled rush and yes we've got boiled yes
23:24orbited is also that a seven so 73 to 42 Mary your letters game I'll start with a
23:31consonant please Rachel thank you Mary em and another one please ah and a third
23:38one n and a vowel please oh and a second vowel a and a third vowel you and a
23:50consonant please p and another consonant n and a another consonant please and
23:59and lastly Zed standby
24:06so
24:15MUSIC PLAYS
24:32Mary. Five.
24:35And Chris. Five.
24:36Mary. Morn.
24:38Now then, Chris. April.
24:40Can we do better than five? Raj and Susie.
24:42Haven't got better than five.
24:43We had amour as an alternative five.
24:46Amour. Yes.
24:47Morn, amour. OK.
24:4978 to 47.
24:51And Susie, we turn to you for your wonderful origins of words.
24:54I will have to thank Omar Noor,
24:57who emailed in to ask about the origin of the term rosa for a policeman
25:02and various other terms for the police,
25:04because they have attracted many epithets over the years,
25:07not all of them, obviously, and very pleasant ones.
25:09But I'll start with rosa.
25:11It's a bit of a mystery.
25:13If you look up in most dictionaries, it will say etymology unknown.
25:15But the most plausible suggestion is that it's the take, if you like,
25:20on the name of Sir Robert Peel,
25:22who, of course, was Home Secretary
25:23when the new Metropolitan Police Act was passed in 1828.
25:27So Robert Peel was the person who gave us both Peeler,
25:30as an old term for the policeman,
25:31and also Bobby, a riff on Robert.
25:35A Bow Street runner was a precursor to the modern police officer.
25:40And this is a reference to Bow Street in Covent Garden in London,
25:44in which the most famous police magistrate's court was situated.
25:48And he's got a really lovely history,
25:49because the second magistrate to take residence there
25:52was none other than the novelist and the playwright Henry Fielding.
25:55And he was appointed, as I say,
25:57as magistrate for the City of Westminster.
25:59And this was at a time when gin consumption in London
26:02was at its absolute height.
26:04And Fielding reported that every fourth house in Covent Garden
26:08was a gin shop.
26:09And as a result of too much gin,
26:12there was just a lot of drunkenness about,
26:15a lot of lewd, debauched, riotous behaviour,
26:18and something needed to be done.
26:20So Fielding brought together eight reliable constables.
26:23But he brought together these people,
26:25and they were known as Mr Fielding's people.
26:27And then eventually they became Bow Street runners.
26:30But I have to mention copper as well.
26:32That comes from the slang verb cop,
26:34which itself is a variant of cap.
26:37And that goes all the way back to Roman times
26:38and the word capere, meaning to seize or take.
26:41It's the same root as capture.
26:43So a copper is simply somebody who seizes a criminal
26:47and then takes them off to prison.
26:49And that's the same copper that you'll find in It's a Fair Cop.
26:52And finally, I'll just mention the Scotland Yard,
26:55where the name of that comes from.
26:57The people who organised the new police force
26:59after Sir Robert Peel introduced his acts
27:02were Charles Rowan and Richard Mayne.
27:04They occupied a place at 4 Whitehall Place.
27:06And the back of that opened on to a courtyard
27:09called the Great Scotland Yard, so-called,
27:11because there was once a medieval palace there
27:14which housed Scottish royalty on their visits to London.
27:17Oh, wonderful.
27:19APPLAUSE
27:23Well, well, well.
27:2478 to 47, Marion 47,
27:27and it is Chris's letters game.
27:30Cotsman, please.
27:31Thank you, Chris.
27:32N.
27:33And another.
27:34T.
27:37And a vowel.
27:38E.
27:39And another.
27:41U.
27:42Consonant.
27:44D.
27:45And another.
27:47M.
27:49And a vowel.
27:51A.
27:53And a consonant.
27:56N.
27:57And a final consonant, please.
28:00And a final L.
28:02Stand by.
28:03Until next time.
28:04And a vowel.
28:05And a vowel.
28:31And a vowel.
28:35yes Chris seven Mary seven Chris unnamed now Mary untamed both good very good
28:45yes Raj we've got another nine no unmantled good heavens
28:50what does that mean that mean you're not wearing a coat yes so without a mantler a similar covering
29:01but he's most mostly in figurative sense for uncovered unhidden something that is out in the
29:06open yeah very good so many nines 85 to 54 Mary final letters game for you and start with a
29:15consonant please Rachel thank you Mary s and another one t and a third one please s and a vowel
29:25please
29:25e and another one o and a third one e and a consonant y and another consonant m and a
29:37final consonant
29:38please and a final L stand by
29:45so
29:55MUSIC PLAYS
30:13Mary.
30:14Seven.
30:15Chris.
30:15Six.
30:16And your six?
30:17Mostly.
30:18Mary.
30:19Molests.
30:20Very good.
30:21It's a winner.
30:23Raj.
30:23I've got motels.
30:25And for six.
30:27And Susie?
30:28Erm, there's a nice old term here, moteless.
30:31And a mote is a speck of dust.
30:33So something as moteless as it's free from any minute dust particles.
30:37Isn't there a biblical thing about having a mote in your eye?
30:40Oh, possibly.
30:41You might well be right.
30:42I think it was.
30:42I think that's when you pluck it out, actually, or something.
30:44Oh, yes, you're right.
30:45A minor fault in a person observed by someone who ignores a greater fault in themselves.
30:50Moten, yeah.
30:51Very good.
30:52My pleasure.
30:5385, please.
30:5461.
30:55And Chris, final numbers game.
30:57Have any six small, please?
30:59Six small.
31:00Just for fun before this weekend.
31:01Thank you, Chris.
31:03And this last six little challenge is nine, seven.
31:06Another seven.
31:08Eight.
31:09Three.
31:10And another nine.
31:12And the target.
31:13609.
31:15609.
31:16609.
31:16609.
31:19609.
31:20609.
31:20609.
31:20609.
31:21609.
31:21609.
31:22609.
31:23609.
31:24609.
31:25609.
31:25609.
31:26609.
31:26609.
31:27609.
31:28609.
31:28609.
31:29609.
31:31609.
31:32609.
31:32609.
31:33609.
31:33609.
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31:47Well, Chris, 6-0-2.
31:54Mary?
31:55I'm too far away.
31:56Too far?
31:57Shall we go with 6-0-2?
31:599 times 8, 72.
32:019 times 8, 72.
32:03Times by 9 is hopefully 6-4-8.
32:066-4-8 indeed.
32:08Then add 7 times 7 is 49.
32:11Add 7 times 7.
32:13No, take that off.
32:14Take it off for 5-9-9.
32:16And then plus 3.
32:17And then, yeah, haven't you sat?
32:196-0-2.
32:19Oh, well done.
32:20Well done.
32:21Good way to finish.
32:22But 6-0-9.
32:23Rachel, can you crack that for us?
32:25Yes, it was there.
32:26If you say 9 times 9 is 81.
32:307 minus 3 is 4.
32:32Take that away for 77.
32:34Times it by 8 for 616.
32:37And take away the other 7.
32:40Very good.
32:43Very good.
32:44You can see Mary appreciated that.
32:47Now, with the score standing 90 for Chris on his first time out.
32:51And Mary on 61.
32:53My word, a four-time winner as we go into the final round.
32:57It's fingers on buzzers.
32:58Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:20Mary.
33:21Is it toughened?
33:23Toughened?
33:24Let's see whether you're right.
33:25Toughened.
33:26It certainly is.
33:31Well done, Mary.
33:34Late, but not quite in time.
33:3671 to Chris's 90.
33:39But Mary, you've been a great player.
33:40I've enjoyed it very much.
33:42And you're going home to Let's Lay it with a goodie bag and a teapot.
33:46Thank you so much for coming.
33:48You travel safely.
33:50Lovely stuff.
33:50Chris, wow.
33:51First time out.
33:53And a 90.
33:53That's excellent stuff.
33:55Yeah.
33:56You have a quiet weekend.
33:57Okay?
33:58We look forward to seeing you in another show like that, perhaps on Monday.
34:03Well done.
34:03Well done.
34:05See you on Monday, Raj.
34:06Looking forward to it.
34:07And Susie too?
34:08Yes.
34:09See you both then.
34:10All right.
34:10Look at that.
34:11Well, we work Mary very, very hard.
34:13And I know now, instead of going and having her life lie down like she deserves, she's going to go
34:16and look after four grandkids.
34:19I hope you get a rest after that, Mary.
34:21Well done.
34:21Yeah.
34:22Fantastic.
34:22And wasn't she good at the maths, Mary?
34:24Fantastic.
34:25Lovely.
34:25See you on Monday.
34:26See you then.
34:27Join us then.
34:27Same time, same place.
34:28You be sure of it.
34:29A very good afternoon.
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34:49It's the Western Zone semi-final featuring all five of this week's heat winners in Village of the Year with
34:55Penelope Keith tomorrow night at 8.
34:57So we need that fifth winner.
34:59Find out which one gets it next.