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00:31Well, good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34Wes Craven, what does that mean to you?
00:37Wes Craven.
00:39Died back in 2015, if he'd lived. He'd been 80 today.
00:43Who was he?
00:44Well, he was, of course, the master of horror.
00:47He was the man when it came to making horror movies.
00:51How about A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Hills Have Eyes and Scream?
00:55Apparently, Wes Craven was the man.
00:58Would you bother to go and watch a horror film?
01:01Oh, Scream was really big when I was younger.
01:03I remember that coming out.
01:04Scream 1, 2, there was at least 3,
01:05and then there were all the parodies after that,
01:07which we don't talk about.
01:08But I used to quite like them, especially as a teenager.
01:10We used to have sleepovers, and then 10 girls would be there,
01:13and we'd be screaming our heads off all night.
01:14I think you've put your finger on it, actually.
01:16It's the kids love to be terrified.
01:18Yeah, maybe.
01:19Now, and in fact, as I, you know, enter the last chapter of my life,
01:28I don't...
01:29It's true.
01:30Halfway through the last chapter, I've got a few more years,
01:33maybe three or four.
01:33I don't know.
01:34But no violence on television or in the cinema.
01:37Suddenly, I don't want to see violence.
01:39Yeah, I don't think it's your last chapter, Nick.
01:42I think you'll be back to haunt us for the next one after that.
01:45If you hear a scratching on your door, be careful.
01:48Now, who's with us?
01:49Karina Atwood is back.
01:51Karina with a good four wins.
01:53Well done.
01:54Fantastic.
01:55Well done.
01:56And you're joined by Gary Coney,
01:59a mortgage advisor from Clono in the county Tyrone.
02:03Yeah.
02:04Over there in Northern Ireland.
02:05Fantastic.
02:06And you're a secretary of the Clono Gaelic Football Club.
02:11Now, let's have a little chat about Gaelic football,
02:14because it's a huge sport.
02:16Now, it's a national sport, of course.
02:18Yeah, exactly, yeah.
02:18So you've got hurling.
02:20You've got Gaelic football, which is fascinating, actually,
02:23because you can bounce the ball.
02:24You can hand it.
02:25Yeah.
02:25You can kick it and all the rest of it.
02:27Solo it.
02:27What else have you got?
02:29You've got camogie, which is the female version of hurling.
02:33Okay.
02:34And handball as well.
02:35So there's four sports.
02:36But you're a Gaelic football man.
02:39Excellent stuff.
02:40Yeah.
02:40And, of course, Croke Park down in Dublin is the national home of Gaelic football.
02:45And you can get 100,000 or something in there.
02:47Yeah, 80,000 plus.
02:4880,000.
02:49Yeah.
02:49Fantastic.
02:50Yeah.
02:51Well, we've only got about 150 in the studio,
02:53but don't be disappointed.
02:55I hope you have a lot of fun today.
02:57Both of you.
03:09She's back.
03:10Of course she is, as is that great sports broadcaster, John Inverdale.
03:14Welcome back, John.
03:19Being to the All-Ireland final of both the Gaelic football and the hurling,
03:22and just what the most fantastic days.
03:24You know, like, if you're a sports fan, anybody who's a sports fan watching this,
03:28and you have the proverbial bucket list,
03:29I promise you the All-Ireland final of either sport is absolutely there that you've got to go.
03:35It's just one of the...
03:36I'm not just saying that.
03:37I mean, it is just fantastic.
03:39And I do think, you know, if I could turn the clock back 150 years
03:43and I could take up a sport,
03:45Gaelic football is just the most fantastic sport.
03:47I would love to have played that.
03:48Excellent.
03:49Excellent.
03:50More from you later, John.
03:52Now, Carina, off we go.
03:55Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:56Afternoon, Carina.
03:56I'll start with a consonant, please.
03:58Start today with T.
03:59And another.
04:02R.
04:03And another.
04:05S.
04:05And another.
04:07D.
04:08And a vowel.
04:09B.
04:11Another vowel.
04:12A.
04:13And another.
04:14I.
04:15And a consonant.
04:17H.
04:18And a final consonant, please.
04:20And a final G.
04:21And here's the countdown clock.
04:24What?
04:53Actually, I've been to turn the clock.
04:55Karina?
04:56Eight.
04:57An eight?
04:58Yeah.
04:59Gary?
05:00Seven.
05:01And your seven is?
05:02The others.
05:04Karina, what's this all about?
05:05Hardies.
05:07Very good.
05:08Excellent.
05:08Well done.
05:10Good age.
05:11Well done.
05:14Now, John and Susie.
05:16Yeah, we've got a word called head rig.
05:18I've absolutely no idea what it means, but I know somebody who does.
05:22It is a strip of land at the end of a ploughed field, left unploughed, so that the plough
05:27can be turned conveniently, so it's left right until the last minute.
05:30And if you add an S on it, you can have head rigs for eight.
05:33Well done.
05:34Thank you, Karina, on eight.
05:37It's Gary's letters game.
05:38Gary?
05:39Hi, Rachel.
05:40Hi, Gary.
05:40Gary, start with a consonant, please.
05:43Start with T.
05:44And another?
05:46R.
05:47And a third?
05:49T.
05:49And a vowel?
05:52U.
05:53And a second?
05:55O.
05:56And a consonant?
05:58S.
05:59And another consonant?
06:01C.
06:02And a vowel?
06:05I.
06:06And a final vowel, please.
06:10A final E.
06:13Countdown.
06:14A Noonelard у
06:18A.
06:19A.
06:43A.
06:45Gary.
06:47A risky eight.
06:50Thank you, Karina.
06:51And a seven.
06:52And your seven is?
06:54Cutters.
06:55What sort of risk are you taking here, Gary?
06:58Skater.
07:00That's a seven.
07:03That's valid with two T's.
07:04I don't think we'll find it with two.
07:06Unfortunately, it's not there, Gary.
07:07Sorry.
07:07Oh, bad luck.
07:09Bad luck.
07:09John and Susie.
07:11Yeah, that was a risky eight.
07:12There are two definite eight, outcries and also cottiers,
07:16which is one of those words that always seems to appear
07:18every time I come on this programme,
07:19and it never, ever gets used at any other time in my life.
07:23We save it for you.
07:24Cottages or rural labourers, essentially.
07:27Well done.
07:27Thank you, 15 points, Karina.
07:29Now, Karina, your numbers game.
07:31Off we go.
07:32Start with one last one.
07:33Five small, please, Rachel.
07:34Thank you, Karina.
07:35One from the top again.
07:36And five little ones again.
07:37And for the first time today, your numbers are 3, 7, 3, 8, 10,
07:44and the large one, 25.
07:46And the first target, 853.
07:49853.
07:51We'll see you next time.
07:51Houston.
08:21Karina.
08:228.50.
08:248.50, three away. Gary.
08:268.50.
08:28Two 8.50s. Karina, off we go.
08:3010 times 3.
08:3210, threes are 30.
08:34And 7 minus 3.
08:35Is 4.
08:37Add them together.
08:3834.
08:38Times a 25.
08:40For 8.50, three away.
08:41Yes, Gary.
08:43Yes, same way.
08:44There we go.
08:46Over to Rachel. Rachel, help us out.
08:48If you say 8 times 3 is 24, add 10 for your 34.
08:55You can times that by 25 for 8.50, and you have a spare 3 to add on for 8
09:00.53.
09:01Perfect.
09:02Lovely.
09:06Very neat.
09:07Thanks, Rachel.
09:08So, 22 to 7.
09:09Gary on 7.
09:10As we turn to our first two-time teaser, which is pair heels.
09:16Pair heels.
09:17And the clue.
09:17In a pair of heels, she looks much better than everybody else.
09:21In a pair of heels, she looks much better than everybody else.
09:40Welcome back.
09:41Welcome back.
09:41I left you with the clue.
09:43In a pair of heels, she looks much better than everybody else.
09:48And the answer is shapelier.
09:50She's so much shapelier than everybody else.
09:5422 to 7.
09:56Karina in the lead at the moment, and it's Gary's letters game.
09:59Yes, Gary.
10:00Constant, please.
10:01Thank you, Gary.
10:02L.
10:04And another.
10:06S.
10:07And another.
10:09T.
10:10And a vowel.
10:12I.
10:13And another vowel.
10:15O.
10:16And a consonant.
10:18Z.
10:20And another consonant.
10:22N.
10:24A vowel.
10:26E.
10:27And a final vowel, please.
10:31And a final A.
10:34Stand by.
10:35Stand by.
11:05Gary.
11:07Yes.
11:07An eight and?
11:09Just a six.
11:10And your six is?
11:11Lesion.
11:12Lesion.
11:13Gary.
11:14Toe nails.
11:16Excellent.
11:17Gary, well done.
11:22Very good.
11:23John.
11:24Isn't it funny how the word toenails makes people laugh?
11:27Isn't it odd?
11:27It does.
11:28It's very strange.
11:28Anyway, that's all we had as well.
11:29That's it.
11:30Yeah.
11:3222 to 15.
11:33Karina.
11:34Karina, your letters again.
11:36Start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
11:38Thank you, Karina.
11:39R.
11:39And another.
11:41G.
11:42And another.
11:45F.
11:46And another.
11:47C.
11:48And a vowel.
11:50U.
11:51Another vowel.
11:52A.
11:53Another vowel.
11:55E.
11:56A consonant, please.
11:58R.
11:59And a final consonant.
12:01And a final N.
12:03Stand by.
12:05A consonant, please.
12:06A consonant, please.
12:08A consonant, please.
12:16A consonant, please.
12:19A consonant, please.
12:19A consonant, please.
12:19A consonant, please.
12:20A consonant, please.
12:20A consonant, please.
12:21A consonant, please.
12:22A consonant, please.
12:23A consonant, please.
12:24A consonant, please.
12:24A consonant, please.
12:28A consonant, please.
12:35Well, Carina?
12:36A seven.
12:37A seven.
12:38Yes, Gary.
12:39A seven.
12:40Carina?
12:42Furnace.
12:43Gary?
12:43Furnace as well.
12:46We'll share that as we turn to Susie and John.
12:50Furnace.
12:51Susie?
12:51Yeah, you can't put the other R at the end, unfortunately, to check that.
12:55So just seven for us.
12:56So it's a dead heat all round there.
12:5829 plays 22.
13:00Gary, your numbers game.
13:01Can I have one large and five small, please, Rachel?
13:04You can indeed.
13:05Same again.
13:06Thank you, Gary.
13:07One large, five little.
13:08And these five little ones are five, six, seven, one, and five.
13:14And a large one, 25 again.
13:16And this time the target, 450.
13:19Four, five, zero.
13:52Gary.
13:544.50.
13:554.50, yes, Carina?
13:56Also 450.
13:57Off we go.
13:58Gary.
13:59Fave plus Fave.
14:0110.
14:02Plus 7.
14:02Plus 1.
14:0318.
14:04Thames 25.
14:05Simple as that.
14:06Well done.
14:07And Karina.
14:08Same way.
14:10Well done.
14:13So, nothing in it, really.
14:1539 plays 32.
14:17Gary's certainly surging up there as we turn to John.
14:20Now, John.
14:22It's all matters Japanese sport, I think, isn't it,
14:26with you today?
14:27Yes.
14:27I mean, I was using it as a premise because the Rugby World Cup
14:30is in Japan at the end of this year, actually in just a few weeks' time
14:33there, and talking about sort of Japanese traditional sports,
14:36which invariably focus on martial arts.
14:39And most of the martial arts stem from jiu-jitsu going back 1,000 years
14:43and more and the samurai warriors.
14:45But I suppose the most famous derivative of jiu-jitsu is judo.
14:51And in looking up all these different sports,
14:54you encounter some amazing people.
14:56I mentioned Edith Garrod yesterday, who was the jiu-jitsu suffragette.
15:01Now, how about Jigoro Kano as the guy who actually founded judo?
15:07And, you know, I would have thought, I'm sure most people watching will think,
15:09judo, that must go back centuries.
15:12But actually, it's very, very recent.
15:13It's, you know, it's towards the end of the 19th century.
15:15And he was a bit of a weed, actually.
15:17And he didn't like being beaten up.
15:20And so he suddenly sort of discovered, if you like,
15:22a way of combining mental strength with physical strength
15:26and came up with this concept called judo.
15:29And ju means pliancy and do means method.
15:33And he was an educationalist.
15:35And he travelled all over the world by boat, obviously, in those days.
15:38But he's obviously an amazing guy.
15:40He had an incredible presence about him.
15:41He founded the first school in Japan with just nine people.
15:45And then bit by bit, I mean, if you fast forward 120-odd years or so,
15:49you know, there are more judo, judokas in France
15:52than there are actually in Japan these days.
15:55And he came to Britain.
15:56He founded the first judo school in England in Lower Grosvenor Place,
16:01which actually is the oldest judo school in the whole of Europe.
16:04And it's remarkable when you actually consider
16:06that for what was one man's desire to overcome
16:09what he felt was his own sense of inferiority
16:12has actually established itself as this worldwide phenomenon.
16:15But his lifetime ambition in the 1920s
16:18was to get the Olympic Games to embrace judo.
16:21And sadly, he didn't live long enough for that to happen.
16:24But in 1964, when the Games were first held in Tokyo, surprisingly enough,
16:29Japan won every gold medal bar one.
16:31So ever since then, obviously, it's been a very firmly established sport
16:35in the Olympic family.
16:38And the 26,000 or so judo players in this country
16:42who regularly practised the sport owe him an awful lot.
16:45And, you know, from that small acorn, this massive forest has grown.
16:49That's wonderful.
16:52Excellent. Thank you, John.
16:5539 to 32.
16:57Where should we go?
16:58Carina, letters game?
17:00Consulment, please, Rachel.
17:01Thank you, Carina.
17:02M.
17:03And another.
17:05T.
17:06And another.
17:07B.
17:08And another.
17:10L.
17:11And a vowel.
17:13I.
17:14Another vowel.
17:15O.
17:16And another.
17:17U.
17:19And another vowel.
17:21A.
17:22And a final consonant, please.
17:24A final H.
17:26Stand by.
17:26A.
17:27And another vowel.
17:27Aremos.
17:30A.
17:40A.
17:41A.
17:41A.
17:42A.
17:46A.
17:55A.
17:57Carina.
17:58A seven.
17:59A seven.
18:00Gary.
18:00Just a fave.
18:02And your five is?
18:03Bloat.
18:04Bloat and Carina.
18:05Halibut.
18:07Halibut.
18:07Well spotted, yes, very good.
18:09Yeah, well done.
18:10Halibut.
18:11John?
18:11I've got Halibut, and you've got one more.
18:14A bailout is there as well, a bailout.
18:16A bailout.
18:16Yes.
18:18Well done.
18:1946th place, 32.
18:20Gary, it's not over yet.
18:22Not by a long chalk.
18:23Your letters came.
18:24A consonant, please, Rachel.
18:27Thank you, Gary.
18:28C.
18:29And another.
18:31R.
18:32And a vowel.
18:34I.
18:35And another vowel.
18:37E.
18:38And a consonant.
18:40P.
18:41And another consonant.
18:44S.
18:45And a vowel.
18:47O.
18:49And a final consonant.
18:52G.
18:52E.
18:53And another consonant, sorry.
18:55And the last one.
18:56R.
18:58Stand by.
18:59Rer.
19:00And a vowels.
19:02Sounds like a vowel.
19:03And a translation into the kişys.
19:21And a syllable.
19:21With either a caveat or a vowel.
19:22C настроine ça.
19:22With an astronot.
19:25And a 소리y send the発.
19:27Other Knowledge.
19:28And a Engagement.
19:30Yes, Gary.
19:32Six.
19:34Corrina?
19:35I'll stick with a six.
19:36And Gary?
19:37Prices.
19:38Yes, Corrina?
19:40Gropes.
19:41Gropes?
19:43Yes.
19:43Any advance on gropes?
19:46Acorries are there for seven.
19:48C-O-R-R-I-E-S.
19:49Especially in Scotland, steep-sided hollows at the head of a valley or mountain.
19:53Acorries.
19:54Acorries.
19:55Thank you very much.
19:5652, please.
19:5738.
19:58And it's Corrina.
20:00Corrina and her numbers game.
20:03One large and five small, please.
20:05Thank you, Corrina.
20:05One from the top and five little ones.
20:08And this time around they are 1, 8, 10, 9, 4 and 50.
20:16And the target?
20:18524.
20:195-2-4.
20:201-5-4.
20:242-533.
20:506-4-4.
20:51Karina?
20:52524.
20:53524.
20:54Gary?
20:54524.
20:55Yes, Karina?
20:57OK, 50 times 10.
20:5950 times 10, 500.
21:014 minus 1 for the 3.
21:03Yeah.
21:04Times the 8.
21:04Gives you the 24.
21:06And add it together.
21:07Well done.
21:08And Gary?
21:09Same way, yeah.
21:11Yeah.
21:18So there we are.
21:1962 to 48 as we turn to our second Tea Time teaser, which is Tan Creams.
21:26And the clue, this religious ceremony is almost totally Californian.
21:30This religious ceremony is almost totally Californian.
21:44APPLAUSE
21:51Welcome back.
21:52Welcome back.
21:53I left you with the clue.
21:54This religious ceremony is almost totally Californian.
21:58And the answer to that is...
22:01Sacrament.
22:02Sacrament.
22:03So 62 plays 48.
22:06Gary, your letters again.
22:09A consonant, please, Rachel.
22:11Thank you, Gary.
22:12S.
22:12And another.
22:15L.
22:16And another consonant.
22:17X.
22:19And a vowel.
22:21A.
22:22And another vowel.
22:24O.
22:25And a third.
22:28E.
22:29And a consonant.
22:32S.
22:33And another consonant.
22:35P.
22:37And a final consonant, please.
22:40And a final N.
22:43Stand by.
22:44BELL RINGS
22:453
22:49BELL RINGS
22:50BELL RINGS
22:55ORDERGO
22:55BELL RINGS
23:13ORDERGO
23:14ORDERGO
23:15Will, Gary?
23:16Six.
23:17Six.
23:18And, Karina?
23:19Six.
23:20Gary?
23:21Cleans.
23:22And?
23:22Slopes.
23:25Can we beat six?
23:26John?
23:27Susie?
23:27Yeah, we've got a seven, which is laxness.
23:30Which is not, I suppose, a word you'd use very often, but...
23:33Have we got anything else?
23:34Yeah, there's another one a bit nicer.
23:37Nepalis, which are the edible fleshy pads of a cactus using a Mexican cookie.
23:42Okay.
23:44Laxness.
23:45Mmm.
23:45Six, eight, fifty-four.
23:47Karina, here we go.
23:49Your letters game.
23:51Can I start with a consonant, please, Rachel?
23:53Thank you, Karina.
23:54M.
23:54And another.
23:56N.
23:57And another.
23:59D.
24:00And another.
24:02N.
24:03And a vowel, please.
24:05U.
24:06Another vowel.
24:07I.
24:08And another.
24:10O.
24:11And another.
24:14E.
24:15And a final consonant.
24:17And a final D.
24:19Stand by.
24:21boy,
24:21and a half.
24:46And another.
24:46I feel I have.
24:46I feel I have.
24:46I feel I have a God.
24:47I feel I have a participation际 resource for it.
24:47I feel I have aосed man.
24:47I know.
24:47I feel I have a conversation weird and a lot of people.
24:47I feel I have a little bit of a�.
24:47I'm out.
24:50And a half.
24:51Karina. Just five.
24:53And Gary. Fave as well.
24:56So. Dined.
24:57Gary. Demon.
25:00Can we beat the fives?
25:03Yeah, we've got Unmind as a seven.
25:06Yeah.
25:07And there's a pretty six there as well, Nick, which is an Undine, U-N-D-I-N-E, which
25:11is a female spirit or water nymph.
25:14Sure. Thank you.
25:1573 to 59. And Susie, we turn to you now for your wonderful origins of words.
25:21And today, Susie?
25:22Today, one of my favourite words, but least favourite things, and that's a book, Blurb.
25:27Because blurbs are always excessively complimentary, gushing, usually involve lots of quotes, etc.
25:34And I don't think many authors like their book, Blurbs.
25:37But I had a nice email from Lana May, who says, I don't understand why a blurb is called a
25:42blurb.
25:43Can you talk a little bit about the history of that?
25:45And it's very rare, as I often say, to find the exact moment that a word was born.
25:51But this is one of them, because it was a coinage and invention by an American humorist who was called
25:57Gillette, or Gillette, I'm not sure which, Burgess.
26:00So this was about a century ago, a little bit more than that.
26:03And he wrote a book called Are You a Bromide?
26:06Now, bromide was a new word, or a new sense, at least, for the existing word, for a really dull
26:11or staid person.
26:13So he took the idea of potassium bromide, which is a sedative, and then applied it to books.
26:18He called it Researchers into the Psychology of Boredom.
26:21But the reason this is important is that he produced a special wrapper for his book, his own book, that
26:27featured a beautiful woman who was called Miss Blinda Blurb, great name.
26:31And she was caught in the acts of blurbing.
26:34And she proceeds to give this really shameless speech, which is a complete parody of the over-sentimental hype that
26:40you will get on, or that you certainly got on romantic novels at that time, but that you will still
26:44find on books today.
26:45So I'll give you an example.
26:47When you've read this masterpiece, you'll know what a book is.
26:5142-carat thrills, it burbles.
26:53We expect to sell 350 copies, which is a lot in those days, of this great grand book.
26:58It has gush and go to it.
27:00It has a certain something which makes you want to crawl through 30 miles of dense tropical jungle and bite
27:06somebody in the neck.
27:07And so it goes on.
27:08So he coined that word, blurb, as a satire about a century ago.
27:12Fascinating.
27:15Very good.
27:17Thanks, Susie.
27:19So 73 plays 59.
27:21Gary on 59.
27:23And it's Gary's Letters game.
27:25Good luck, Gary.
27:26Cast one, please.
27:27Thank you, Gary.
27:28W.
27:28And another.
27:30T.
27:31And a third.
27:33N.
27:34And a vowel.
27:36I.
27:36And another vowel.
27:38A.
27:39And a third vowel.
27:41U.
27:42And another consonant.
27:45P.
27:46And another consonant.
27:48K.
27:49And a final vowel, please.
27:52And a final O.
27:54Stand by.
27:55Stand by.
28:25Well, Gary, just a fave.
28:28A five.
28:29And Carina.
28:30I'll stick with a five.
28:32Gary.
28:32Point.
28:33And.
28:34Paint.
28:36Point and paint.
28:37Yep.
28:37Point and paint.
28:39But we've got a seven, which is utopian.
28:42It is in these circumstances, yeah.
28:44Very good.
28:45Susie, anything else?
28:46Um, no.
28:47That was there from Sir Thomas Moore, famously.
28:49That was another word that was created by a single person, and it means no place in
28:52Greek.
28:53Yep.
28:53Excellent.
28:54Well done.
28:55Thank you, John.
28:5678 to 64.
28:57Carina.
28:59Last letters game.
29:01Off we go.
29:02Can I start with a consonant, please, Rachel?
29:04Thank you, Carina.
29:05T.
29:05And another.
29:07Y.
29:08And another.
29:10M.
29:11And another.
29:13S.
29:13And a vowel.
29:15E.
29:16Another vowel.
29:17A.
29:18And another.
29:19O.
29:20And a consonant.
29:22N.
29:23And a final consonant, please.
29:24And a final D.
29:26And it's the countdown clock.
29:30The Ángel Pack.
30:01Karina.
30:02A six.
30:03And Gary?
30:04A six.
30:07Yes, Karina?
30:08Stoned.
30:09And?
30:10Demons.
30:11And demons, yeah.
30:13John and Susie, we got to seven with dynamoes.
30:17Susie, anything else?
30:19No, just to say to Gary, you can put the A in demons to have the old-fashioned spelling next
30:23time.
30:24Oh, I'll get that.
30:24But you have to do seven.
30:2684 plays 70.
30:29And it's Gary's numbers game.
30:30Good luck, Gary.
30:32Six small numbers, please.
30:34Six small gambling time.
30:35I like your style.
30:36Well done, Gary.
30:36I hope it pays off.
30:37Let's see if we have a crucial conundrum coming up.
30:39The last numbers are two, six, eight, five, seven, and nine.
30:46And the target?
30:48476.
30:50476.
30:50Morgan!
30:53476.
30:54486.
30:55486.
30:56486.
30:56496.
31:24MUSIC CONTINUES
31:27OK. Rachel, what can you do for us?
31:30Open goal. You could have said 8 times 6 is 48, times 5 is 240, minus 2 is 238,
31:41and then the remaining 9 minus 7 for another 2, and times them together for 476.
31:46Perfect.
31:48Wonderful. Thank you, Rachel.
31:52That's the way.
31:53All right, so 84 plays 70. Karina on a strong 84 into the final round.
31:59Fingers on buzzers. Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:14Karina?
32:15Prettiest.
32:17Prettiest. Let's see whether you're right.
32:20Prettiest it is. Well, well done.
32:28Fifth win. A strong 94 as well. Well done. Well done to Gary. You've given her a closer run than
32:35anybody else.
32:36Yeah. So well done indeed. 70 points. Very good. Thanks.
32:39So take this goodie bag back to Clono in County, Tyrone.
32:43Yep.
32:43With our very best wishes, and good luck with your Clono Gaelic Football Club. Excellent.
32:50Right. Karina, see you on Monday.
32:53Thank you, Matt. You will.
32:55So, John, before you go, and you're coming back on Monday, obviously, if, and you've commentated on all sorts of
33:02sports, all sorts, and somebody says up there, says, you can only commentate on one sport from now on, which
33:10one would you choose?
33:11I think it would depend, you know, is it there to stimulate you in perpetuity, in which case I'd go
33:17for a slow sport, because then I need Susie as my co-commentator to come up with all these words
33:22that are going to help me, because I'll be struggling big time for a vocabulary.
33:25Or actually saying, what sport do you like watching more than any other, just for the sake of watching it?
33:32And I would choose Rugby Union in that case as sort of a short head ahead of tennis, perhaps.
33:39But I'm actually doing commentary, though, in the Rugby World Cup in Japan.
33:42In Japan, you will be.
33:43Which will be an interesting, I believe you me, over the next few weeks, Nick, I can tell you here
33:49and now, I've got all the DVDs lined up.
33:51But I'm going to be talking to myself a great deal, even more than I normally do, over the next
33:55few weeks, practising and practising and practising, to try and make sure that I'm not hopeless at it.
34:00And the names, too, that you're going to have to...
34:02Yeah, I'm looking forward to doing Tonga and Samoa a great deal.
34:08Excellent. All right. Lovely. We'll see you on Monday.
34:10Will do.
34:11Susie, see you Monday?
34:12Yes, I see you there.
34:13And Rachel, too.
34:14See you there, Nick.
34:15Wonderful.
34:16Join us Monday, same time, same place. You be sure of it. A very good afternoon.
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