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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34It's Friday, 16th of February, and on Sunday, big event, big event.
00:38It's the BAFTAs, the 71st BAFTAs.
00:41Now, last year, of course, La La Land sort of cleaned up.
00:45Best British film was Ken Loach's I, Daniel Blake, and the wonderful Mel Brooks.
00:50Do you remember he came up and took a sort of lifetime achievement award.
00:54He's a lovely, funny, funny man.
00:56So this year, what's going to win?
00:59I know that Dunkirk's in there with a big chance.
01:02I don't know whether you've seen it, but I thought it was brilliant,
01:05and it was brilliant for the music.
01:07It was extraordinary.
01:09How was Harry Styles?
01:11Harry was good, actually.
01:12He was.
01:13He was good.
01:14Yeah.
01:14No, I do love a cinema night out.
01:16Brilliant.
01:17I love it.
01:17I love it.
01:18Now, who's here?
01:19Simon Baker.
01:20Rachel is back.
01:20Retired from Thirsk.
01:22Had a good win.
01:23Got his teapot now securely locked away.
01:25We've got it for you.
01:26Don't worry.
01:27It's yours no matter what.
01:28But you've now got to take on and beat Becky Tabiner.
01:32Welcome, Becky.
01:34From Stone in Staffordshire.
01:36And you're a big sitcom fan, particularly Friends.
01:41I think that's your favourite.
01:42You're a complete nut about it.
01:44Yes, I am.
01:45What is it about Friends that you love so much?
01:50I think it's just the comedy.
01:51It just never gets old.
01:52I can watch it over and over again and still laugh.
01:55How many years has it been running?
01:56It was on for ten years altogether.
01:59Brilliant.
02:00Well, have a good time.
02:01Simon will tell you that it's a good jaunt up here in the Countdown studio.
02:06So don't be nervous.
02:07Have a successful session, both of you.
02:10Big round of applause for Simon and Becky.
02:17And over in the corner, Susie, of course, joined once again by the wonderful Alistair McGowan.
02:26I could make Becky a little jealous by telling her that years ago, when we did our big impression
02:31show on the BBC, one of the main characters that I did was Ross from Friends.
02:36And at the time, I had a friend who knew David Schwimmer, and I didn't know that he knew him.
02:41And he got in touch and said, hey, you want to look at this guy?
02:45He's a friend of mine.
02:46And so David Schwimmer sent a message to me through him saying, hey, your impression's wicked.
02:50So somewhere at home, I have that letter from David Schwimmer.
02:55You're not impressed by the impression.
02:58That's OK.
02:59I don't mind.
03:00You know, it seems to happen.
03:01That's a nice impression.
03:03Well done.
03:03Thank you, Alistair.
03:04Now, Simon, off we go.
03:08Consonant, please, Rachel.
03:09Thank you, Simon.
03:10Start today with D.
03:13And another.
03:15M.
03:17And a vowel, please.
03:19O.
03:21And another vowel.
03:23U.
03:24And a consonant.
03:26R.
03:27And a consonant.
03:30F.
03:32And a vowel.
03:36A.
03:38And a vowel.
03:40I.
03:42And a consonant.
03:43And the last one, W.
03:45And here's the countdown clock.
03:48I.
03:48And a voguing.
04:00I.
04:00I.
04:01And a głos.
04:17And a jouer.
04:17I.
04:17And a�.
04:18Simon.
04:20Just a four.
04:22Now, Becky.
04:23A five, I think.
04:25Simon.
04:26Waif.
04:28Mm-hmm, Becky.
04:29Frayed.
04:31Frayed.
04:32I think it is there without the ooh.
04:35Hmm.
04:37It's there, but as a contraction with an apostrophe,
04:42which I think means we can't accept it, I'm afraid.
04:44Sorry, it's not there as an absolute standard alone.
04:47Bad luck.
04:48Indeed.
04:49Alistair?
04:50It was tough.
04:51There was a six as well.
04:52Yes.
04:53Yep, radium is there for six.
04:55Radium.
04:55Radium.
04:55Thank you very much.
04:56So, Simon.
04:59An early and surprising lead there,
05:02and it's now Becky's letters game.
05:04Yes, Becky.
05:05Hi, Rachel.
05:06Hi, Becky.
05:06Can I have a consonant, please?
05:08Start with Q.
05:10And another.
05:12R.
05:13And a vowel.
05:15E.
05:16Another vowel.
05:18O.
05:20Consonant.
05:21N.
05:23Consonant.
05:24B.
05:27Vowel.
05:28E.
05:30A vowel.
05:32I.
05:33And a consonant, please.
05:35And the last one.
05:36T.
05:38Stand by.
06:12Becky.
06:13A six.
06:14And Simon.
06:15Six.
06:17Yes, Becky.
06:17Bonia.
06:18Bonia and?
06:20The same.
06:21And Bonia.
06:22Yeah.
06:23Alistair and Susie.
06:24There were a couple of sevens there.
06:26Yes, there is ebonite, which is another term for vulcanite, that's vulcanised rubber.
06:32Yeah.
06:32And there's boranite as well, a brittle, reddish-brown, crystalline mineral.
06:38Boranite.
06:38Pays to know your minerals.
06:39It does indeed.
06:41Ten, please.
06:42Six.
06:42Simon on ten.
06:43And it's Simon's numbers game.
06:46Simon.
06:48One large and the rest small ones, please, Rachel.
06:51Thank you, Simon.
06:52One big five, a little.
06:53And the first numbers game of the day is eight, two, three, nine, one, and fifty.
07:03And target, one hundred and seventy-one.
07:06One seven one.
07:08One, two, three, nine, two, three, nine, two, three, four, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
07:20five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
07:21five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
07:21five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
07:22five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
07:22five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five
07:38Yes, Simon.
07:40171.
07:41And Becky?
07:42171.
07:43Simon.
07:4750 plus 9 minus 2.
07:5057.
07:51Multiplied by 3.
07:53Perfect. 171.
07:55And Becky?
07:55I did. 8 minus 1 is 7.
07:58And that's the 50.
07:59There you go.
08:02So just four points in it.
08:0420 to 16.
08:05Becky on 16.
08:06And now it's our first Tea Time teaser, which is Waterford.
08:11And the clue, in my book about Ireland, this came right at the very end.
08:15In my book about Ireland, this came right at the very end.
08:36Welcome back.
08:37I left you with a clue.
08:39In my book about Ireland, this came right at the very end.
08:43And the answer to that is Afterword.
08:48Afterword.
08:50Now, 20 to 16.
08:52Simon, four points in the lead.
08:53And it's Becky's letters game.
08:55Can I start with a consonant, please?
08:57Thank you, Becky.
08:58T.
08:59And another.
09:00D.
09:03A vowel.
09:04O.
09:06Another vowel.
09:07U.
09:09Consonant.
09:11R.
09:12Consonant.
09:14H.
09:16A vowel.
09:17E.
09:19Consonant.
09:21S.
09:23And a consonant, please.
09:25And lastly, D.
09:27Stand by.
09:27One-show.
09:29One-show.
09:30Either way.
09:49Let's do it.
09:50One-show.
09:58Yes, Becky?
09:59Seven.
10:00A seven, Simon?
10:01Just a six.
10:03And your six?
10:05Rudest.
10:07Now, Becky?
10:08Shouted.
10:09Very good.
10:10Yes.
10:11Mmm.
10:12Puts you three points into the lead, too.
10:14Not bad.
10:15Alistair?
10:16There were other sevens there.
10:17Detours, Shudder, Dourist.
10:20And I had an eight, which was Shrouded.
10:23Shrouded.
10:24Shrouded in history.
10:28Well done.
10:29So, as I say, 23 plays Simon's 20.
10:33Simon, your letters go.
10:35A consonant, please, Rachel.
10:36Thank you, Simon.
10:37M.
10:39And another one.
10:42Y.
10:44And a vowel.
10:47E.
10:49And another vowel.
10:52A.
10:53And another vowel.
10:56E.
10:57And a consonant.
10:59R.
11:01And another consonant.
11:04C.
11:08And finally, L.
11:17Stand by.
11:19And a vowel.
11:20And a vowel.
11:21fifteen лож.
11:41And a vowel.
11:41And a vowel.
11:42But a vowel.
11:45And a vowel.
11:48So, if you watch aboutрей平.
11:51Simon, six.
11:53And Becky? Six.
11:56Simon? Yearly.
11:58Yes, Becky? Creamy.
12:01Yes, creamy, very good.
12:03Yearly need two Ys.
12:05Very easy to make that mistake, but...
12:07Of course, yes, I've done all right.
12:09Sorry.
12:11Alistair and Susie?
12:12There was another six, which was karma.
12:15Which is what Simon will now have to be.
12:17But there were two sevens as well.
12:19Yes, there is caramel.
12:21And also camaral, which is an adjective relating to a camera or a chamber,
12:26especially a legal chamber.
12:28Yes. Yes. Thank you.
12:3129 to 20.
12:33Look, Becky, you've got a nine-point lead now,
12:35and it's your numbers game too.
12:37Can I have two large and four small, please, Rachel?
12:40You can indeed. Thank you, Becky.
12:41Two from the top row, and these four little ones for you,
12:44which are three, ten, another three,
12:48three and two, and then the big ones,
12:5050 and 100.
12:53And this target, 394.
12:55Three nine-fold.
12:57Three nine-fold.
13:00Three nine-fold.
13:00Three nine-fold.
13:16Three nine-fold.
13:17Three nine-fold.
13:20Three nine-fold.
13:21Three nine-fold.
13:22Three nine-fold.
13:23Three nine-fold.
13:24Three nine-fold.
13:25Three nine-fold.
13:26Three nine-fold.
13:27Three nine-fold.
13:27Three nine-fold.
13:27Three nine-fold.
13:28so becky 394 simon 390 390 becky 10 minus 2 is 8 yep times the 50 is 400 and take
13:41away the two
13:41threes well done 394 very good indeed 39 now to simon's 20s return to alistair alistair
13:52speaking of fans and odd requests far from a new phenomenon apparently no quite well where would
13:58we be without our fans without our viewers home nick and uh i'm sure we've all had fan mail over
14:03the years you and me and the girls but i've never been one to induce hysteria in anybody there was
14:08a
14:08time when young girls like like lovely rachel would appear at stage door wherever i was performing and
14:12ask me for their for my autograph and then say thank you very much it's for my mother she really
14:16likes you even those days have gone a little but anyway the first person to really induce hysteria
14:22among fans was uh franz list i've been talking about classical music all week with regards to my
14:26album and i play a piece of list on there now now list a lot of his music the piece
14:31i play on my
14:31album is very quiet but list was famous for these huge chords very difficult big music that he wrote
14:36and playing uh octave chords in both hands which is the biggest noise you can really make on the piano
14:40um and he induced hysteria this is of 1840 in his audience he was a very handsome man very slim
14:47had
14:47long blonde hair he was quite wild looking but aristocratic at the same time a real heartthrob
14:52there's even a story about one woman who um picked up a discarded cigar butt that franz list had smoked
14:58put the cigar on the floor and she picked up this cigar butt and carried it next to her bosom
15:02for the
15:03rest of her life apparently and there's also a story of two hungarian countesses who according to the
15:08story i must read the exact words here um he discarded a snuff box and these two hungarian
15:13countesses fought over list snuff box it says until they were exhausted so you can imagine seeing
15:19these two women trying to grab hold of list snuff box until they were exhausted so this was the
15:24hysteria that franz list this great pianist and wonderful composer who lived until he was in his
15:2880s and taught so many people and had such an influence on piano music this was what he created
15:33you and i think probably only ever come as near to this sort of thirst for memorabilia i'm guessing
15:38nick uh when we've auctioned other celebrities memorabilia at these sort of celebrity auctions
15:42which we both attend gary lindica was talking about this phenomenon recently and he said um
15:46went to an auction recently of some celebrity memorabilia and at one point they were auctioning
15:50off a pair of phil tuffnell's old cricket shoes and the guy who successfully bid for them was so drunk
15:56when they took them to his table he tried to eat them but of course he couldn't because they
16:00were tough as old boots basically but i had to end with a pun i had to end with a
16:06pun
16:12good story so 39 to 20 simon on 20 and well done becky going like a storm here simon what
16:20are we
16:21going to do let us go um may i have a consonant please rachel thank you simon f
16:28and another l and another one p and a vowel i and a vowel u and a third vowel i
16:44and a consonant
16:46consonant n and another consonant s and a vowel and lastly a stand by
17:03so
17:15so
17:15so
17:15so
17:15so
17:29Yes, Simon?
17:30Six.
17:31And Becky?
17:32Just a five.
17:33Your five?
17:34Fails.
17:36Now, Simon, planes?
17:38Mm-hmm.
17:40Yes.
17:40Mm-hmm.
17:41Alistair, Susie?
17:42Yes, a couple of sevens.
17:43Painful and panfuls.
17:4726 to 39.
17:49Closing it up a little bit there, Simon, and it's Becky's letters game.
17:52Now, Becky.
17:54Consonant, please.
17:55Thank you, Becky.
17:56S.
17:57And another?
17:59L.
18:00Vowel.
18:02E.
18:03Another vowel?
18:04I.
18:06Consonant?
18:08P.
18:09Another consonant?
18:11R.
18:13A vowel?
18:14O.
18:16Consonant?
18:18T.
18:21And a consonant, please.
18:22And lastly, X.
18:24And the clock starts now.
18:26Oh, yeah.
18:40Oh, yeah.
18:54Now, yeah.
18:58Becky.
19:00I'll try a nine.
19:03Simon.
19:04A dodgy seven.
19:06And that seven is?
19:09Slopier.
19:11How much of a risk is this, Becky?
19:13Explorist.
19:16It could always be an explorer rather than an explorist, Becky.
19:19I'm sorry.
19:20Not there.
19:21And slopier actually doesn't happen to be there either.
19:23You talk about sloping as the adjective rather than slopey.
19:27Sorry.
19:27Slopier than the next.
19:29Yeah.
19:30Sorry about that.
19:31So, Susie and Alistair, what have we got?
19:34Exploits is there for eight.
19:36I wondered about re-spoilt, but I doubt that exists.
19:39I'd play it in Scrabble if I had it.
19:41No.
19:42Not there, unfortunately.
19:44A couple of sevens, proxies and poxiest.
19:46Both there.
19:5039 to 26.
19:52And Simon.
19:53Your numbers game.
19:54Good luck.
19:55Same again.
19:56One large and the rest small ones, please, Rachel.
20:00Thank you, Simon.
20:01One big five little of this round.
20:04They are eight, nine, six, five, one, and 75.
20:12And the target, 435.
20:15435.
20:16535.
20:17535.
20:18535.
20:19535.
20:20535.
20:34535.
20:35535.
20:48Simon?
20:49Sorry, no, I've lost it.
20:50Sorry.
20:50How about Becky?
20:51435.
20:53435.
20:54Off we go.
20:5475 times 6, 450.
20:57Yep.
20:58And then minus the 9, 5 and 1.
21:00Lovely.
21:00Well done.
21:02Well done.
21:03APPLAUSE
21:06Very good.
21:08And up to 49 points now to Simon's 26th.
21:11Let's have a tea time teaser.
21:14It's Gift Horse and the clue.
21:16If you knew what was to come, you'd not have looked this in the mouth.
21:21If you knew what was to come, you'd not have looked this in the mouth.
21:45And the answer to that is foresight.
21:52Foresight.
21:53Foresight.
21:54Now.
21:5626 to 49.
21:58Becky and 49.
22:00Well done, Becky.
22:01Letters game.
22:02Consonant, please.
22:03Thank you, Becky.
22:04D.
22:05And another.
22:07T.
22:08A vowel.
22:10I.
22:12Another vowel.
22:14O.
22:15Consonant.
22:16N.
22:19Consonant.
22:20W.
22:22A vowel.
22:24O.
22:26Another vowel.
22:28I.
22:30And a consonant, please.
22:32And lastly, R.
22:34Stand by.
22:35Uh-bye.
22:51Close your eyes.
22:53Bye-bye.
22:54Bye-bye.
22:54Bye-bye.
22:58Bye-bye.
23:01Bye-bye.
23:05Becky? Just a four. A four, Simon? A four as well. Becky? Wood. And Simon? Twin. And twin.
23:17Where can we go, do you think, Alistair? Can we get to five or six? There was one six.
23:24Yes, toroid. T-O-R-O-I-D. Shaped like a torus. It's a geometrical term and it is a
23:30surface or
23:31solid formed by rotating a closed curve. Best example is a ring donut. Oh, I see.
23:37That's a toroid, is it? Yes. Thank you. I shall never forget it. 53 to 30. Simon, let us go.
23:45I'll start with a consonant again, please, Rachel. Thank you, Simon. P. And another consonant.
23:51B. And one more. L. And a vowel. A. And a vowel.
24:01U. A third. E. And a consonant. K. And another consonant. T. And another consonant.
24:21And lastly, D. Standby.
24:25D. mit.
24:26MUSIC PLAYS
24:56Yes, Simon?
24:57A six. A six.
24:59Becky?
24:59Six.
25:01Simon?
25:02Bawked.
25:04And Becky?
25:05Update.
25:08How are you spawning on? Sorry.
25:10But B...
25:11Oh, sorry, I think you mentioned it would be seven,
25:14but I've got B-A-U-K-E-D, but is it B-A-U-L?
25:18It is. Yes, if you'd added the L, you'd have had the seven.
25:21Sorry.
25:22I'm out.
25:23Yeah.
25:23Very bad luck.
25:24Alistair?
25:25I had balked, but, yeah, because of my snooker background,
25:28I could see the balk.
25:29Balked for seven.
25:30There was also another seven?
25:32Yes, capable of being deceived, bit vulnerable.
25:35Dupable is there for seven.
25:37To be duped.
25:38OK.
25:39So 59 to Simon's 30.
25:42Susie, come back to us with your origins of words.
25:46What have you for us today?
25:49Well, there are some words which, if, as a linguist or a lexicographer,
25:53you are asked for a definition, you freeze inside,
25:56because some of them are notoriously difficult to define.
26:00And one of the ones that I personally dread is irony.
26:03When people ask me about irony or ironic, it's really, really difficult.
26:06It goes back to the Greek eron or eron, which meant to dissemble.
26:13Mostly, when we talk about irony these days, we're talking about situational irony.
26:17And back in 96, the singer Alanis Morissette caused a real stir with her song,
26:23Ironic.
26:23I'm sure a lot of people will remember it.
26:25It includes a list of things.
26:27So there's rain on your wedding day, the good advice that you just didn't take,
26:31a free ride when you've already paid, a death row pardon two minutes late.
26:36And to those who took a keen interest in the English language,
26:40whether or not you want to call them pedants,
26:41they said, this is rubbish, this isn't irony.
26:43These are just sort of unfortunate events.
26:45This does not fulfil the definition of irony.
26:49So true situational irony, I suppose, would be things like
26:52the fire station burns down or a police station gets robbed.
26:55You post a tweet saying what a waste of time social media is, for example.
27:00That sort of situational irony.
27:02And so the critics would say,
27:04ironic doesn't, as I say, involve odd or coincidental events.
27:08But, and this is the reason why it's so difficult,
27:10irony has been used vaguely and fuzzily for about 150 years.
27:15So if you look up in the Oxford English Dictionary, there's a quote from 1906.
27:19The gentlemen who add to their advertisements for coachmen or gardeners,
27:23the ironic phrase, no scholar need apply.
27:26You could take that as a bit of verbal irony, a bit of sarcasm,
27:29but it's not completely clear.
27:31And it's very likely that in the course of time, in fact, probably already in some dictionaries,
27:36ironic can be used simply to describe a curious or a surprising event,
27:40just as Alanis Morissette used it in her song,
27:43because it has been used that way pretty much since the 19th century.
27:47And so, as I say, only a matter of time before they go that way.
27:50And whether or not you say that itself,
27:51the new dictionary definitions are a classic case of situational irony.
27:54The jury's out.
27:55But personally, please don't ask me what it means in the meantime.
28:04Thank you, Susie. Perfect. Thank you.
28:07So, 59 to 30.
28:09Becky, your letters go.
28:11Start with a consonant, please.
28:12Thank you, Becky.
28:23And a consonant, please.
28:40And lastly, T.
28:43Countdown.
29:14Well, Becky?
29:15A seven.
29:16A seven.
29:17Simon?
29:18A five.
29:19And your five?
29:20Maple.
29:21Now then, Becky.
29:22Voltage.
29:23Very good.
29:24Voltage.
29:25Very good.
29:26Voltage.
29:26Excellent.
29:27And in the corner?
29:28I was hopeless in that round, but there was an eight, which Susie saw.
29:33Yes?
29:34Voltage.
29:34Yes.
29:35Leading off of voltage.
29:35Voltage.
29:36There's a megavolt.
29:37And a megavolt is a unit of electromotive force equal to one million volts.
29:42So, pretty powerful.
29:43So, pretty powerful.
29:43I should say so.
29:47And into the final letters game.
29:50Simon.
29:51Let's go for it.
29:52A consonant.
29:53Thank you, Simon.
29:53And use Rachel.
29:54And another.
29:56And another.
29:58And another.
30:00M.
30:02And a vowel.
30:04E.
30:05And another vowel.
30:07I.
30:09And another vowel.
30:11U.
30:12And a consonant.
30:15N.
30:16And a consonant.
30:19L.
30:19And a final vowel, please.
30:24And a final I.
30:25Stand by.
30:27BEEPING
30:57Yes, Simon.
30:59I'm just five again.
31:00Five, Becky.
31:01Risky eight.
31:04No, then Simon.
31:05Smile.
31:06Smile.
31:07And?
31:08Luminise.
31:10How are you spelling it?
31:11L-U-M-I-N-I-S-E.
31:15I think.
31:17Aluminise is in there.
31:18But not Luminise without the A.
31:21It was a really, really good try, though.
31:23Mmm.
31:24Yeah.
31:24Worth a shot.
31:25Alistair.
31:26There were two sixes.
31:27Muslin and Muesli.
31:28They have a popular Muslin.
31:29But there was also a seven I spotted, which was Milieu.
31:32M-I-L-I-E-U-S.
31:35Very, very good.
31:36Social environments.
31:37Excellent.
31:39Final numbers game now.
31:41Becky.
31:41Can I have two large and four small, please, Rachel?
31:43You can indeed.
31:44Thank you, Becky.
31:45Last one of the week coming up.
31:46And this selection is two, nine, three, ten, 75 and 100.
31:55And the target, 983.
31:589, 8, 3.
32:07Bye.
32:10Bye.
32:12Bye.
32:15Bye.
32:30Now, Becky, 983?
32:32983, not fully written down.
32:34Mm-hm. Simon, 982.
32:37982. So, Becky, let's start with you.
32:40100 minus 2 is 98.
32:42Yep. Times the 10.
32:44Times the 10, 980.
32:46And add 3. Lovely. Well done.
32:48982. Well done indeed. All right.
32:51APPLAUSE
32:53So, up to 76. Good score. Good score.
32:58Into the final round.
32:59Simon, Becky, things on buzzers.
33:02Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:06BELL RINGS
33:09Yes, Becky?
33:10Loitering.
33:11Loitering. Let's see whether you're right.
33:14Excellent.
33:17APPLAUSE
33:21Not bad, eh?
33:23I don't know, this Countdown business is extraordinary, isn't it?
33:26Simon, you did so well yesterday.
33:29I think I peed too early.
33:31All right.
33:32Well, you can go home proudly now with a teapot and a goodie bag back to thirst with our congratulations
33:39and best wishes.
33:39Well done.
33:41But well done to Becky Tappen, a fantastic performance.
33:44Really brilliant.
33:4486.
33:45Excellent.
33:46Have a peaceful weekend. We'll see you Monday.
33:49Well done. Well done indeed.
33:52Not bad, eh?
33:53Very good. Very impressive, yeah.
33:55Alistair and Susie, of course, come back bushy-tailed on Monday.
33:59See you then.
34:00All right.
34:00And Rachel.
34:02See you Monday.
34:03Have a lovely, quiet weekend.
34:04I'll watch some of those films you've recommended.
34:06Why not?
34:07All right. See you then.
34:08See you then.
34:08Join us on Monday, same time, same place.
34:10You'll be very sure of it.
34:12And a very good afternoon to you all.
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34:32Turns out the beach is full of history.
34:35We discover Britain at low tide tomorrow at 8 on Channel 4.
34:39And finding out who we really are on Sunday as we explore the first Brit,
34:43secrets of the 10,000-year-old man, that's at 8.
34:46Next up on Channel 4, though, looking to semi-retire in a place in the sun.
34:51APPLAUSE
34:52CLOSED CAPTIONING
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