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00:19Well, good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:22Now, I don't know whether you shared the article that I read recently about an old chap, 81 he was,
00:26in Germany,
00:27and he was very, very concerned that he had found one of our bombs in his garden.
00:35He rang the police and he said, I've found a bomb.
00:38It's quite obviously a bomb, and they were round there in a flash with one of those interesting sirens that
00:43the Germans had got.
00:44And they got round and they said, my word, he said, thank goodness you called us.
00:48But on closer inspection, it turned out that it was in fact a 16-inch courgette, which looked remarkably like
00:56one of our bombs.
00:57We designed bombs to look like courgettes.
00:58Anyway, it was a courgette, and the flap was over, and I dare say they dug it up and ate
01:05it.
01:05I don't know what they did with it.
01:06But have you ever got it wrong?
01:11Well, sticking with courgettes, and this is a much nicer story, but it's a little bit mean.
01:16Have you ever seen Cats vs. Cucumbers on the internet?
01:19No, I love the cats.
01:20For some reason, cats are terrified of cucumbers.
01:22I don't know what they think it is or why, but there's quite a lot of videos of people sneaking
01:26up behind their cats while they're just, you know, casually eating their dinner, popping a cucumber down.
01:31And when the cat spots it, they jump out of their skin.
01:34Why do you think that is?
01:35I don't know.
01:35Well, maybe they think it's an unexploded World War II bomb.
01:40Brilliantly funny.
01:41Entertaining.
01:41Very entertaining.
01:42Now, let's see who's with us.
01:44Rachel, we've got Becky Tabiner back, retail manager from Stone in Staffordshire, who's got two great wins.
01:50Looking for a hat-treat today.
01:52Yep, hopefully.
01:52Feeling calm?
01:53Ish, yeah.
01:54Well, you've played brilliantly so far.
01:56So, good luck to you today.
01:58You're joined by Jill Thwaites, Education Appeals Advisor from Chelmsford, who, for the last seven years, has been part of
02:05her local rock choir group, performing at local concerts.
02:08That's fantastic.
02:08Give us a little flavour of this rock choir group.
02:12It's a national organisation.
02:14There's about 25,000 members of us throughout the United Kingdom.
02:18And I sing with the Witton branch, and there's about 100 of us.
02:22And you practice every week?
02:24Every week, yes.
02:25That's brilliant.
02:25Good fun.
02:26And what sort of songs are you singing?
02:28Mostly pop, Motown.
02:31So, we've just done Hallelujah, Halo, a bit of True from Spandau Ballet.
02:36Sounds great.
02:37Sounds great.
02:37Well, good luck to you both.
02:38Big round of applause.
02:40Big round of applause, Alan.
02:43And Susie's over in the corner there, joined back.
02:47Yes.
02:48It's the longest-serving male newsreader on British TV, 41 years, going strong.
02:53It's the wonderful Alastair Stewart.
02:56Welcome back.
02:59That's an amazing career.
03:01Amazing.
03:01And you've got some great stories, I know.
03:03I have.
03:03None of which involves courgettes, I'm afraid.
03:06All right.
03:06Try as I might do.
03:08All right.
03:08Let's see what happens.
03:09A little bit later, more from Alastair.
03:12Now, Becky, let us go.
03:14Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:15Good afternoon, Becky.
03:16Can I start with a consonant, please?
03:17Start today with D.
03:19And another.
03:21C.
03:22A vowel.
03:24I.
03:25Another vowel.
03:27A.
03:28Consonant.
03:31R.
03:32Another.
03:34J.
03:36Vowel.
03:37U.
03:39Another vowel.
03:41E.
03:42And a consonant, please.
03:44And the last one, R.
03:45And here comes the countdown clock.
04:17Well, Becky?
04:18A seven.
04:19A seven.
04:20Jill?
04:20Seven.
04:21Yes.
04:22Carried.
04:22And Jill?
04:24Also carried.
04:26Yeah.
04:27There we are.
04:27Both off the blocks there, seven points apiece, as we turn to the corner.
04:31Now, Alistair and Susie.
04:33I started with juice, and from juice you then, you also started with J-U, and came up with
04:39a word I had never heard of before.
04:41It's an eight, and my lovely friend will explain what it means.
04:45Susie?
04:46Judicare.
04:47J-U-D-I-C-A-R-E.
04:49Any of various publicly funded systems for providing legal assistance to those who really
04:54can't afford it otherwise.
04:56And well worth having, too.
04:58Very good.
05:00Now, yes, Jill?
05:02Your letters go.
05:03Good afternoon, Rachel.
05:04Good afternoon, Jill.
05:05Consonant, please.
05:06Start with R.
05:08And another.
05:10H.
05:11And a vowel.
05:13U.
05:14And a consonant.
05:16D.
05:18And another.
05:20T.
05:21And a vowel.
05:23E.
05:25And another.
05:27O.
05:28And a consonant.
05:30V.
05:31And a final consonant, please.
05:33And a final N.
05:35Stand by.
05:35T.
05:37H자가etEye.
05:37TmbH.
05:48And a vowel.
06:08Yes, Jill?
06:09Seven.
06:09A seven.
06:10And, Becky?
06:11I'll try a seven.
06:13Jill?
06:14Throned.
06:15Now, then.
06:16Thorned.
06:17Yes, absolutely fine.
06:18Very good.
06:19Thorned.
06:20A rose bush, maybe thorned.
06:21Good enough.
06:22And it's 14 apiece as we turn over to Alistair and Susie.
06:25Alistair?
06:26We don't think we can better that, but we've got Thunder as well, which is there for seven.
06:31But I don't think we can top that, so congratulations.
06:34Very good.
06:35And, Susie, nothing else?
06:36No, seven apiece.
06:37Little do.
06:3714 apiece.
06:38And now, Becky, it's your numbers game.
06:40Off we go.
06:41Two large and four small, please, Rachel.
06:43Thank you, Becky.
06:44Two from the top row.
06:45Four little to start us off today.
06:46And these numbers are seven, six, five, two, one hundred and fifty.
06:54And the target, six hundred and ninety-seven.
06:57Six, nine, seven.
06:59And the target, six, five, four, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
07:10five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
07:13five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
07:13five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
07:13five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
07:13five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five
07:29Well, Becky.
07:306, 9, 7.
07:316, 9, 7.
07:32Jill?
07:336, 9, 7.
07:34Yes.
07:35Becky?
07:35100 times 7, 700.
07:37700.
07:38And then 6 divided by 2, 3.
07:40Yep.
07:40And take it off.
07:41Lovely.
07:41And Jill?
07:42Exactly the same.
07:43There we are.
07:44Yes, ma'am.
07:45Well, they glued together, these two.
07:48And they're 24 points apiece, 24 apiece, as we turn to our first tea time teaser, which
07:55is I Hate Rock.
07:57And the clue, no rock music involved here.
08:00Try thinking about Jerusalem.
08:02No rock music involved here.
08:05Try thinking about Jerusalem.
08:08Jerusalem.
08:26And the answer to that one is artichoke.
08:34Artichoke, the Jerusalem artichoke.
08:3624 points apiece.
08:38Jill, let us go.
08:40I'll have a consonant, please, Rachel.
08:41Thank you, Jill.
08:42H.
08:43And another.
08:45S.
08:46And a vowel.
08:48U.
08:49And a consonant.
08:52R.
08:53And another.
08:55G.
08:56And a vowel.
08:57A.
08:59And another.
09:01E.
09:02And a consonant.
09:04W.
09:05And a final consonant, please.
09:07And a final M.
09:09Stand by.
09:10And a consonant.
09:28And a consonant.
09:29And a consonant.
09:29And a consonant.
09:29And a consonant.
09:29And a consonant.
09:29And a consonant.
09:29And a consonant.
09:30And a consonant.
09:31And a consonant.
09:40Yes, Jill?
09:41Just a six.
09:43And?
09:44A six.
09:45Six, Becky.
09:46Jill?
09:46Washer.
09:47And?
09:48Gamers.
09:49Gamers, absolutely fine.
09:51Yep.
09:52And over in the corner, yes, Alistair?
09:54Well, tricky, I kind of didn't quite go blank, but a little bit.
09:59I got started off with mesh and then got slightly better
10:02because I felt ashamed about it, so I got shame.
10:04And I thought, we must do better than five, and I didn't,
10:07and she did again.
10:08What did she do?
10:09So I defer.
10:10There's a lovely Yiddish word there, Meshuggah, M-E-S-H-U-G-A,
10:15meaning mad or crazy.
10:17Oh, yeah, Meshuggah-na, if you're taking crazy risks.
10:22Yeah.
10:22Late 19th century.
10:24Yeah.
10:24Thank you, and 30 points apiece.
10:27Becky, let us go.
10:29Can I start with a consonant, please?
10:31Thank you, Becky.
10:32L.
10:32And another.
10:34K.
10:35A vowel.
10:37I.
10:37Another.
10:39O.
10:40Consonant.
10:42Q.
10:44Another.
10:45S.
10:47A vowel.
10:49A.
10:50Another vowel.
10:52I.
10:53And a consonant, please.
10:56And lastly, R.
10:57And here's the countdown clock.
11:00And here's the countdown clock.
11:30Well, Becky.
11:31A six.
11:32A six.
11:32Jill.
11:33Five.
11:34And that five.
11:35Four rules.
11:36Thank you, Becky.
11:38Sailor.
11:38Yes.
11:39Well spotted.
11:40Hmm.
11:41So there we've got a little break there, 36 to 30.
11:45And what about the corner, Alistair and Susie?
11:47I feet firmly stuck in the soil, feeling very muddy about it.
11:50Yeah.
11:51Because I don't think either of us could do any better than Sailor.
11:53We did get Sailor, to be honest.
11:54Well done.
11:55But we couldn't do better than that.
11:56That'll do.
11:57Thank you very much.
11:58It's 36 to 30, as they say.
11:59And now it's Jill's numbers game.
12:02Yes, Jill.
12:03One large and the rest small, please.
12:05Thank you, Jill.
12:05One from the top row.
12:07Five little this time.
12:08And this election is three, seven, nine, six, three, and 50.
12:16And the target, 967.
12:19Nine, six, seven.
12:51Well, Jill?
12:52One away, nine, six, six.
12:54Becky?
12:54Nine, six, six as well.
12:56Jill?
12:57Six times three is 18.
12:59Yep.
13:00Times the 50 for 900.
13:03And nine times seven is 63.
13:06Add that with the other three.
13:08Lovely.
13:08For one away, nine, six, six.
13:10And Becky?
13:10Exactly the same.
13:12It's fine.
13:14Now, Rachel, how tricky is that?
13:17That's the best you could have done.
13:18So well done, ladies.
13:20Thank you, Rachel.
13:2143 plays 37.
13:22Becky on 43 as we turn to Alistair.
13:25Alistair.
13:26What have you got for us today?
13:28Well, it just came to me out of the blue with that conversation at the beginning about cats.
13:34Because, of course, in our business, whether it's news or a lovely quiz game like this, they do say that
13:39you should never, ever work with animals or with children.
13:41Wrong.
14:11And it's going to take a huge amount of money.
14:13So Sol's dad, Ben, invented one.
14:16And he came in onto the lunchtime news at ITV with Sol and mum Kate and little sister Dax to
14:24show us this and to talk about it and give hope to other people who needed an artificial limb.
14:28Well, dad was terrific.
14:30Mum was brilliant.
14:31Baby Dax just sat there.
14:32Sol was bored rigid within about 20 seconds and went walkabout.
14:37And it was live.
14:39And first of all, he appeared up in front of me there at the front of the desk.
14:42And then he came round here and then he was there on the end and he was banging the artificial
14:46limb, which I suppose proved it was very good indeed.
14:48And it was fantastic television.
14:49But everybody was a little bit nervous.
14:51We thought we've learned our lessons from that.
14:52Had we?
14:54Four months later, I met Iris.
14:57Iris's mum was campaigning against lactose intolerance and had brought Iris in to listen to the argument with her little
15:04brother, George.
15:05George sat listening very carefully.
15:07Mum gave the answers to the questions I put to her about this problem.
15:11And Iris had heard it all before.
15:12So she, too, went walkabout.
15:14The place went completely chaotic.
15:15It was on all of the front pages of the newspapers and I thought, that's quite enough, until I got
15:20a text message from Great Ormond Street Hospital that said, great television and great message on health.
15:26So, I will still work with children in the future and hopefully maybe with animals as well.
15:30Well done.
15:31Excellent.
15:33Very good.
15:36Wonderful.
15:37Great Ormond Street, my word, they're fantastic.
15:39My daughter was there, you know, for a holding the heart thing when she was 18 months old.
15:44They are the most extraordinary people and they do rely on charity.
15:47Yeah.
15:48Extraordinary.
15:49Yeah.
15:49Great people.
15:5043 plays 37.
15:52Becky on 43.
15:54And, Becky, your letters came.
15:56Could I have a consonant, please?
15:58Thank you, Becky.
15:58F.
15:59And another.
16:01N.
16:02A vowel.
16:04A.
16:05Another.
16:06I.
16:07A consonant.
16:09V.
16:11Another consonant.
16:12D.
16:14A vowel.
16:15E.
16:17Another vowel.
16:19O.
16:20And a consonant, please.
16:22And lastly, L.
16:23And the clock starts now.
16:25A vowel.
16:26A vowel.
16:29A vowel.
16:32A vowel.
16:33A vowel.
16:36A vowel.
16:38A vowel.
16:39A vowel.
16:39A vowel.
16:39A vowel.
16:39A vowel.
16:40A vowel.
16:56Well, Becky? A six. A six. And Jill? Six. Becky? Failed. Now, Jill. Invade. And invade. Good enough? Yeah. Nice.
17:08Yes. We got denial. Yes. And we also got foiled. Mm-hmm. And you've got? Just Levin, you know, the
17:17sourdough French bread pan or Levin. Yeah. You can have Levin on its own for six, but we couldn't do
17:21better than six. Thank you. 49, please. 43. Becky's still in the lead, maintaining her lead. Jill? Letters game. I'll
17:30have a consonant, please. Thank you, Jill. N. And another. P. And a vowel. U.
17:38And a consonant. L. And another consonant. C. And a vowel. A. And another vowel. I. And a consonant. P.
17:53And a final vowel, please. And a final O. Stand by.
17:58Letters game.
18:29Yes, Jill. Five. A five, Becky. Five. Jill. Piano. And? Plain. Yes. Those fives. Yes. Alistair, what are you doing
18:40there? Unclip. Can I have unclip? You can have unclip. I can have unclip. That's plain for all to see.
18:48And Chaplin, we all know as in Charlie, but what's Kaplin?
18:53Um, yes. You can start Kaplin. C-A-P-L-I-N. Um, and it's a small fish of the
18:58North Atlantic. Um, staple food for humans and many animals.
19:02Thank you very much. That'll do. Fifty-four to forty-eight. And now, Becky, it's your numbers game.
19:08Thank you. Two large and four small, please.
19:10Thank you, Becky. Two from the top, four little again. And for this round, we have seven, eight, five, four.
19:20And the big one's 50 and 100. And the target, 450.
19:25450. 4-5-0.
19:274-5-0.
19:534-5-0.
19:57Well, Becky?
19:58450. I imagine so. Jill?
20:01450. And Becky?
20:03Five plus four is nine. Yeah.
20:04Times 50. Yeah.
20:06And Jill?
20:06Four times 100 plus a 50.
20:09Yeah, very, very, very easy.
20:11Let's, uh, let's waste so much time on that.
20:1364 to 58, time for tea time teaser, which is nut for tea.
20:18And the clue, the squirrel had a nut for tea. How very lucky.
20:21The squirrel had a nut for tea. How very lucky.
20:40Welcome back. Welcome back. I live with the clue, the squirrel had a nut for tea. How very lucky.
20:46Indeed, how very fortunate. Fortunate's what you're looking for.
20:5164 to 58, Becky in the lead. Jill, your letters game.
20:55I'll have a consonant, please, Rachel.
20:57Thank you, Jill.
20:58M.
20:58And another.
21:00T.
21:01And a vowel.
21:03I.
21:04And another.
21:06O.
21:07And a consonant.
21:09And a consonant.
21:10And another.
21:12G.
21:13And a vowel.
21:15A.
21:16And a consonant.
21:18L.
21:20And a final vowel, please.
21:22And a final E.
21:25Countdown.
21:26G.
21:27At
21:28had.
21:55I.
21:56I.
21:56Well, Jill? Sixth. And Becky? Sixth. Jill? Motel. Now then? Goalie? Yes. Oh. What have we got there, Alistair? We
22:11like this one. Yes? All the nice girls like a Matalo. A Matalo. They are indeed. Matalo. Hello, Sailor. Susie?
22:19Yes, comes from the Dutch for bedmates because sailors share hammocks that you so used to. From the Dutch? Yes.
22:24Yes. Really? OK. Matalo. 70 to 64. Still that six-point difference. Becky, your letters go. Thank you. Consonant, please.
22:35Thank you, Becky. D. And another. B. A vowel. O. Another. E. Consonant. W. Another. Z. A vowel.
22:54O. A consonant. R. And a vowel, please. And lastly, another E. Stand by.
23:04Tone.
23:35Yes, Becky? A six. A six. And? Jill? Six. Becky? Boozer. And Jill? And another boozer. Two boozers here. Absolutely.
23:48I started with brood as in B-R-O-O-D, but also for six there's B-R-E-W
23:53-E-D, brood, which of course you need if you're going to a boozer. But that's also six, so score
23:59draw. Thank you very much. Thank you, sir.
24:01That's it? Yeah. All right, so 76 to 70. Six points in it as we turn to Susie. Let's give
24:07them a break, give them a rest. Susie and her wonderful origins of words. Yes, ma'am?
24:13Well, I had an email in from Darren Smith in Kenley, who says, can you ask Susie to explain why
24:18X represents a kiss? Has it anything to do with the Spanish equis? Keep up the good stuff, you be
24:25sure of it, says Darren, for you, Nick.
24:28So it's a very good question. Why do these symbols come from? Because we do sprinkle them absolutely everywhere in
24:33our correspondence these days.
24:35Unsurprisingly, lots and lots of theories as to where they come from. No definitive answer, but we can make a
24:41good guess.
24:42They're a visual explanation. So some people think that X as a character looks like lips, two pairs of lips
24:48coming together,
24:48while the O, which we use to mean a hug, looks like an embrace, and XOXO is like a kiss
24:55on the face.
24:56So some people try to interpret it in that way. Other people look to the ear and sort of auditory
25:03explanations
25:03and think that there's a similarity in the pronunciation between X and kiss.
25:08I haven't heard equis before, Darren's theory, which, of course, means the letter X in Spanish,
25:14but we can add that one to the list of the many suggestions.
25:17As I say, no definitive answer, but we can make a good guess, and it's most likely to come from
25:21a written tradition.
25:23And when Christianity came along, X was used, unsurprisingly, to represent a cross.
25:29X means Christ, as in X-mas we have today.
25:31And because of that, it meant faith and fidelity.
25:34So that might explain why it was used in correspondence.
25:38And it certainly became the signature of choice.
25:40In the Middle Ages, when few people could write, documents were signed and sealed, indeed,
25:45with an X embossed in wax.
25:47And you will find letters between kings and subject,
25:50or letters between ordinary people, sealed with a kiss, and with that literal symbol of the X.
25:56The Oxford English Dictionary has the first record of X as a kiss,
26:01from a letter in 1763.
26:04And it was the British curate and naturalist called Gilbert White.
26:06And he wrote a letter which ended,
26:08I am with many a X, X, X, X, and many a parte nostra, and Ave Maria, Gil, White.
26:15And so the X in his letter could mean kisses, but it could also mean blessings,
26:18given that he also calls upon some religious references there.
26:22But by the time Winston Churchill was writing a letter to his mother,
26:28obviously many years later, we knew what it meant.
26:30He said, please excuse bad writing, as I am in an awful hurry.
26:34X, X, X, brackets, many kisses, W, S, C.
26:38Come to the zero, the nought that we use for a hug.
26:41And finally, that probably came from a completely non-religious source.
26:45And the linguist Ben Zimmer, who's wonderful on these things,
26:47thinks that it stems from the game of noughts and crosses,
26:50which sounds completely ludicrous until you know that,
26:53actually, that was around since Egyptian times and Roman times as well.
26:56It's called tic-tac-toe in America, lots and lots of different names all over the world.
27:00So it was played with pebbles and coins, whatever was available,
27:04but it was very much in the popular imagination.
27:06So that's possibly why X and zero became used together.
27:11X meaning a kiss, and then zero became a hug.
27:13It's a long explanation.
27:15That's really it.
27:15Amazing.
27:17I love the Christmas.
27:21You learn so much from Susie.
27:23I had no idea that the O is a hug.
27:28Oh, yes.
27:29Am I alone in that?
27:31Yes.
27:32Possibly.
27:32You knew all about that, Alastair?
27:34I did, yeah.
27:35Well, well.
27:35Jill, letters came.
27:37A consonant, please, Rachel.
27:39Thank you, Jill.
27:47A consonant, D, and a final vowel, please.
28:04And a final E.
28:06Stand by.
28:09A consonant, D, and a final vowel, please.
28:38Jill?
28:39Seven.
28:40A seven, Becky?
28:41Seven.
28:43Jill?
28:43Deludes.
28:44And?
28:45Same word.
28:47There we are.
28:49Nothing in it.
28:50That sums up the game, because there's one letter you can slip into it
28:53to go from seven to eight, and it is deluders,
28:57those that do the deluding.
28:59Well done.
29:00Deluders.
29:01Well done, Alastair.
29:02Perfect.
29:03Perfect.
29:04Well done.
29:06So, 83 to 77.
29:08Becky, final letters came for you.
29:11Consonant, please.
29:12Thank you, Becky.
29:13F.
29:14And another.
29:15T.
29:16A vowel.
29:17I.
29:19Another.
29:20O.
29:22Consonant.
29:23S.
29:25Another.
29:26P.
29:27A vowel.
29:28E.
29:30Consonant.
29:32Y.
29:35And a vowel, please.
29:37And lastly, A.
29:40Countdown.
29:40E.
29:41And a vowel, please.
30:10A vowel.
30:11Well, Becky?
30:12Six.
30:13Nigel?
30:14Six.
30:16Yes, Becky?
30:17Posty.
30:18Nigel?
30:19Pasty.
30:20There. Two good players.
30:22Nothing in it.
30:23Now, Alistair?
30:24The lovely thing about this game is you started with a simple one like tea
30:28and then you just add bits to it.
30:30And you came up with one I've not heard of before, but it's lovely.
30:33A teapoy, or plural, teapoys.
30:36Do you know that?
30:37I think it's, in India, somebody who harvests tea, like teapoy or something.
30:42Only if it's a three-legged version of the aforementioned person.
30:45I'm guessing. I've no idea.
30:47Go on. What is it?
30:48It's a small three-legged table or stand, especially one that holds a tea caddy.
30:53All right.
30:53A table to put the tea caddy on?
30:55Yes.
30:56Because, of course, tea caddies. Tea was so valuable.
30:59We had tea caddies at home.
31:02Lied with zinc, I think, were they not?
31:04Yeah.
31:04And we got another seven.
31:05If Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure dame decree, opiates.
31:10Opiates.
31:11Yeah.
31:11Lovely.
31:12I mean, bad, bad.
31:13Very bad, very bad.
31:14Otherwise, pleasure dames and college and craziness.
31:1889 to 83.
31:20Jill, final numbers game.
31:22Now, make the most of it, Jill.
31:24One large and the rest small, please.
31:26Thank you, Jill.
31:26One large, five little, and a possible crucial conundrum coming up.
31:29The final numbers game of today is 8, 1, 6, 4, 9, and 25.
31:38And your target, 303.
31:41303.
31:44Yeah.
32:12Wait.
32:13Well, Jill?
32:143.03.
32:16Becky?
32:173.03.
32:18And Jill?
32:198 plus 4 is 12.
32:21Yep.
32:22Times the 25 for 300.
32:24And 9 minus 6 for the 3.
32:26And you have your crucial.
32:27Well done.
32:28And Becky?
32:28Thanks.
32:29That's fine.
32:30There we are.
32:35So, into the final round, that's 7, still there, 99 to 93,
32:41which makes it a crucial Countdown Conundrum.
32:44Fingers on buzzers, ladies.
32:45Let's roll today's crucial Countdown Conundrum.
32:59Jill?
33:01Emergency?
33:02Emergency?
33:03Let's see whether it is.
33:06Oh!
33:13Look at you, Jill Thwaites.
33:15Fantastic.
33:17103 points to Becky's 99.
33:19You've played so well, both of you.
33:20You were lagging, Jill, and then you swept in and snatched victory
33:25from two-times winner Becky.
33:28Oh, Becky.
33:29You've got a teapot.
33:31Yep.
33:31You've played brilliantly.
33:32So, you take this goodie bag and your teapot back to Stone in Staffordshire
33:37with our best wishes.
33:38You travel safe.
33:39You've played brilliantly.
33:40But, at the end of it, Jill stole it from you.
33:43She's a great player.
33:44She's a good player.
33:45Well done.
33:46Jill Thwaites.
33:47Yes, thank you.
33:48Congratulations.
33:49We'll see you tomorrow.
33:52Well done.
33:53Well done.
33:54Excellent stuff.
33:55And we'll see Susan Alistair again tomorrow.
33:58Look forward to that.
33:58See you then.
33:59Well done.
33:59Gosh, that was close.
34:00Never underestimate an Essex girl.
34:02Don't do that.
34:04We'll see you tomorrow.
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