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00:31Well, good afternoon, and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:35Old age, oh, Rachel, old age.
00:37You're far too young to worry about these things,
00:39but I read the story the other day about coffins.
00:42Oh, lovely.
00:44Coffins are looming large in my life these days.
00:46Anyway, this is about a man who built his own coffin.
00:48Didn't want to burden his family with an expensive coffin.
00:51His name was Frank Bartlett.
00:52He thought he'd build his own.
00:54And he went to town on this thing.
00:56He made it out of French oak,
00:58which is a slow burner, I think.
01:00But anyway, there we are.
01:01And he chiseled away at it,
01:04and he made all elaborate little curlicues
01:06and cherubs on it and all the rest of it,
01:08and looking just great, nearly finished it.
01:12And it was in a shed down at the bottom of the garden.
01:14It had an electricity supply,
01:16which was, of course, the downfall,
01:17because he attached a fan heater to the electricity supply
01:22and put it too near to the French oak coffin.
01:26And the whole lot went up.
01:28The whole lot went up.
01:30Oh, dear.
01:31Anyway, he's on the way.
01:32He's doing another one.
01:33So good luck, Frank, wherever you are.
01:36And, you know, just wear an extra pullover
01:38and forget the fan heater.
01:41Would you fancy doing that, Nick?
01:42No.
01:43Making your own coffin?
01:44I did something similar,
01:46in the sense that a pal and I bought for £5
01:50when we were kids, about 17,
01:53a Singer Le Mans 1938 for £5
01:57from a chap in Highworth in Wiltshire.
02:01We saw this thing.
02:02It's a car.
02:03It's a little car.
02:04Beautiful.
02:05And we spent two or three years rebuilding it,
02:09building it, building it, building it.
02:11And the only thing we couldn't manage
02:13was the electrics, funnily enough.
02:15It didn't burn down, but we couldn't finish it.
02:18We sold it for £67.
02:19And I saw one the other day, renovated.
02:23On the market, £35,000.
02:25Ah.
02:26There we go.
02:27Should have put a bit more effort in.
02:28I should have done.
02:29What about you?
02:30Did you ever spend time creating something
02:32only for it all to come to naught?
02:35Not me, but when I was at school,
02:38I did art GCSE.
02:39And then a couple of years later,
02:40my friends who were doing our A-level
02:43had all their final pieces ready to be marked,
02:46and the art department went up in smoke.
02:48No.
02:49Oh, dear.
02:50And that's the kind of thing, you know,
02:51if it's other kind of coursework,
02:52you probably have a, you know,
02:54a backup copy on electronic version,
02:57but not with the art department.
02:59Yeah, kind of heartbreaking.
03:00Make you cry.
03:01Yes.
03:01Not very good for them.
03:03No.
03:04So, Rachel, who's back?
03:05That, Liam Bastic, is back,
03:07our Australian friend.
03:08Well, he's not really.
03:09He's from Derby.
03:10And then you shot off to Australia to make a fortune.
03:13You've come back to play a count, Dan.
03:15I haven't blown my fortune.
03:17Yes.
03:17Listen, you're very welcome back here.
03:18Three wins, too.
03:19Well done.
03:20You're joined by Ken Baines,
03:22retired headteacher from Rutum in Kent.
03:24Ken, you've had an amazing career.
03:26Interesting, Nick.
03:27Yes.
03:28Well, hold on.
03:29Let me tell the audience here.
03:31Ran international schools.
03:32Cairo, Lagos, Amman, Port Harcourt,
03:36down there in Nigeria,
03:38and Budapest.
03:39Amazing.
03:40Which was your favourite city to teach in?
03:43I think Lagos and Budapest
03:45were the two favourite cities,
03:47for very, very different reasons,
03:48but both fascinating cities to work in.
03:52Brilliant.
03:52Good to have you here.
03:54Both of you.
03:54Big round of applause now for Liam and Ken.
04:00And Susie stands guard over in the corner,
04:03and she's looking after,
04:05and we're so pleased to see you back again.
04:07It's TV presenter and broadcaster,
04:09the wonderful Annika Raz.
04:11Oh, thank you.
04:12Welcome back.
04:16Miss Sebastian.
04:18Yes.
04:19Off we go.
04:20Thanks so much.
04:21G'day, Rachel.
04:22G'day, Liam.
04:23Thought better the Australian bit first.
04:25May I have a consonant, please?
04:27You may.
04:27Start today with C.
04:29And another.
04:31H.
04:32And another.
04:35W.
04:36And a vowel.
04:38U.
04:39And another.
04:41E.
04:42And one more vowel.
04:45A.
04:46And a consonant.
04:49And a consonant.
04:50And another consonant.
04:52M.
04:54And a consonant, please.
04:56And the last one.
04:57T.
04:57And here's the countdown clock.
04:59E.
05:01E.
05:30Well, Liam,
05:32seven. A seven, Ken.
05:34Just a six, am I fine?
05:35Your six being? Unwear.
05:38And Liam, chanter?
05:39A chanter is absolutely fine.
05:41There's no unwear, I'm afraid.
05:44Not in the dictionary, sorry.
05:45What has the corner uncovered, Amica?
05:48Well, when you see those letters, you think,
05:50oh, the possibility, because they look really juicy letters.
05:53But, um, unearthed?
05:55Yeah.
05:56That's a seven.
05:57That's another seven, and chanter as well.
05:59Chanter?
06:00Yes.
06:00That sounds...
06:01You sort of mutter, if you're chanter,
06:03or you can chanter along.
06:05Cootle along.
06:06Thank you. Thanks, Amica.
06:07Seven points to Liam.
06:08Yes, Ken.
06:09Letters game for you.
06:10Afternoon, Rachel.
06:11Afternoon, Ken.
06:12A vowel, please.
06:14Start with I.
06:16Consonant?
06:18D.
06:19A vowel, please.
06:21O.
06:22Consonant?
06:24N.
06:24Vowel.
06:27I.
06:29Consonant?
06:30M.
06:31Consonant?
06:33R.
06:35Vowel.
06:37A.
06:38And a final consonant, please.
06:40And a final L.
06:42Stand by.
06:42Vowel.
06:44Vowel.
06:45Vowel.
06:47Vowel.
06:59Vowel.
07:00Vowel.
07:01Vowel.
07:02Vowel.
07:03Vowel.
07:05Vowel.
07:05Vowel.
07:06Vowel.
07:07Vowel.
07:08Vowel.
07:09Vowel.
07:09Vowel.
07:09Vowel.
07:10Vowel.
07:10Vowel.
07:11Vowel.
07:12Vowel.
07:13Well, Ken.
07:14Just a five, I'm afraid.
07:16And Liam?
07:17I think I've got a made-up seven.
07:20Let's see.
07:21Ken?
07:22Modal.
07:23Modal and?
07:25Mondial?
07:26How are you spelling it?
07:27M-O-N-V-I-A-L.
07:29Yeah, mondial.
07:31It's, from the French, it means worldly, relating to the world.
07:34Mondial, yeah.
07:35Very good.
07:36And the corner?
07:37Absolutely nothing.
07:39What about Susie?
07:40If you play golf, you'll know about a mid-iron.
07:44Iron with a medium degree of loft.
07:46That's another seven.
07:48All right.
07:49And now, Liam, it's your numbers game.
07:51Off we go.
07:52Can I have one from the top and five little ones, please?
07:55You can indeed.
07:56Thank you, Liam.
07:56One large, five little.
07:57And the first one of the day is six.
08:01Six.
08:03One.
08:03Three.
08:05Five.
08:05And the large one, 50.
08:08And the target, 326.
08:09Three, two, six.
08:42Liam.
08:433, 2, 6.
08:44Ken.
08:453, 2, 4.
08:46Let's leave it with Liam for the minute.
08:486 times 50 is 300.
08:516, 50 is 300.
08:525 times the other 6 is 30.
08:56Yep.
08:57Minus the 3 minus the 1.
09:00Perfect. 3, 2, 6.
09:01Well done.
09:03APPLAUSE
09:07Good start, Liam.
09:09But now it's time for our first Tea Time teaser, which is Aphid Poem.
09:13And the clue, it doesn't involve a poem about an aphid, but it does involve a tale about a horse.
09:19It doesn't involve a poem about an aphid, but it does involve a tale about a horse.
09:40Welcome back.
09:41I left with the clue, it doesn't involve a poem about an aphid, but it does involve a tale about
09:47a horse.
09:47And the answer to that is Hippodame.
09:50I get the hippo bit.
09:52Hippodame, Susie?
09:53Yeah, it's a mythical creature with a head, neck, shoulders and forelegs of a horse, body ending in the tail
09:58of a fish or dolphin.
09:59First used in Edmund Spencer.
10:03It may come from the name Hippodame, who is the wife of Pelops, if you know your mythology.
10:09Thank you very much.
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10:27So, 24 points to Liam.
10:29Ken, yet to score, but there's loads of time.
10:31Try this, try these letters again, Ken.
10:34Consonant, please, Rachel.
10:36Thank you, Ken.
10:37S.
10:38Vowel.
10:40I.
10:41Consonant.
10:43D.
10:44Vowel.
10:46O.
10:47Consonant.
10:48Z.
10:50Consonant.
10:52G.
10:54Another consonant, please.
10:56M.
10:57Vowel.
10:59U.
11:02And a final consonant, please.
11:04And a final L.
11:06Stand by.
11:07Stand by.
11:37Yes, Ken.
11:38Six.
11:39Liam.
11:40Fantastic four.
11:42And this fantastic four of yours?
11:44I'm looking glum.
11:45How about Ken?
11:46Moulds.
11:47Moulds.
11:48Moulds.
11:49Nice, Ken.
11:50Very good.
11:51And in the corner, Annika and Susie?
11:54Gizmos.
11:54I'm presuming it's OS at the end.
11:56It is, yeah.
11:57Really good.
11:58Gadgets whose name you just can't remember.
12:00A gizmo.
12:0124 plays six.
12:03Liam, your letters game.
12:05Thanks.
12:06May I have a consonant?
12:07Thank you, Liam.
12:08B.
12:09And another, please.
12:11N.
12:12And another.
12:13H.
12:14And another.
12:16S.
12:17And a vowel, please.
12:19A.
12:20And another vowel.
12:22I.
12:23And another vowel, please.
12:25O.
12:26And a consonant.
12:28R.
12:29And a consonant.
12:31And lastly, T.
12:34Stand by.
12:35And a consonant.
12:54And a consonant.
12:54And a consonant.
12:54And a consonant.
12:54And a consonant.
12:54And a consonant.
12:55And a consonant.
12:55And a consonant.
12:56And a consonant.
12:57And a consonant.
13:00And a consonant.
13:05Well, Liam, seven not written down.
13:08Ken?
13:08A five.
13:10And that five is?
13:11Baths.
13:12Now, Liam, written.
13:15That's going to be capital B in every sense, Liam, I'm afraid.
13:20Not with a lower case, sorry.
13:21Bad luck.
13:23Now, the corner, Annika?
13:24The corner has obtains.
13:27Anything else?
13:28Rations is another seven.
13:30Bonsai is there for six.
13:32Very good.
13:3324 plays 11.
13:35Ken, your numbers game.
13:36One large and the rest small, please, Rachel.
13:39Thank you, Ken.
13:39Same again.
13:40One big five little coming up.
13:42And they are three, five, four, six, eight.
13:49And the big one, 25.
13:51And the target, 500.
13:54Five, zero, zero.
13:57One, two, three, five, six, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
14:04seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
14:04seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
14:04seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
14:05seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
14:05seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven
14:27Ken. 500. Thank you, Liam. 500. Off we go. Ken. 5 times 4. 20. Multiplier by 25. Simple as that.
14:36And thank you very much. Don't let's dawdle. 34 plays 21. Ken well and truly in the race now as
14:44we turn to Anika.
14:46Anika, you're an adventurous young woman. Always have been. Even in your school days, I'm told.
14:51Yes. Well, the thing is, I always had a sense of fearlessness and that came very much from my background
14:59because it was quite an unsettled background.
15:01I always felt the rug was being pulled from my feet. And from an early age on, I learned to
15:06make the most of the jeopardy that seemed to be in my life on a daily basis.
15:11And I think we're sort of programmed to work through fear and jeopardy.
15:16Back in the day, I went on a French exchange and I was just given £10 by my parents and
15:23I had to set off, find London, find the train to Paris, go to Paris,
15:27where I expected to find Monsieur Hélène, his lovely, charming wife, and two lovely daughters, except there was only Monsieur
15:34there.
15:35There was never any other members of the family.
15:37And I spent a sort of Benny Hill four days being chased around Paris.
15:42But I learned that lesson where you have to stand out of yourself and look at yourself as if you're
15:47the heroine in your own film.
15:49And then it's not so scary.
15:51And in the end, I just ran out of my £10 because that's all I had.
15:54And one cup of coffee was 60p in those days or whatever.
15:58And so I rang my boyfriend in London and he came in his car and collected me in the dead
16:06of night from this Paris apartment.
16:07And we went off camping in the south of France.
16:10And so that wouldn't really happen now.
16:13Our world is very different.
16:15Am I sounding completely mad here?
16:17No.
16:17I do think it's good to sort of not be frightened of fear and bad things happening to you.
16:23And, you know, you just learn techniques to get you through them.
16:27And all these weird things that were happening to me, I definitely have used in later life.
16:39Annika.
16:40Yes.
16:40There's a bestseller in that story.
16:42I know.
16:43Well, you see, I've started doing my memoirs and all these stories are coming out because I wrote everything down.
16:48I wrote a page a day diary from the age of six.
16:51And I've documented all my life.
16:53And writing things down is a great way to document things.
16:57I always wrote things down as a way just to hold myself down because I always felt my life was
17:01so changeable.
17:04I felt at least I was sort of grounding myself by writing the words down.
17:08You know, so I that was my mechanism.
17:10And you get writing.
17:11That's a great story.
17:13Did you ever meet the daughters and the wife?
17:17No, never met them.
17:19Was there a wife?
17:20No.
17:21Never saw any photos.
17:22Because I saw a bidet.
17:23I wondered what the bidet was.
17:25First time you see a bidet when you're 15, it's like, what's that for?
17:28I washed my feet in it.
17:29Quite right.
17:30That's what I want to do.
17:32Well done.
17:33Now, Liam, it's your letters game.
17:36Thanks, Nick.
17:37Consonant, please.
17:38Thank you, Liam.
17:38S.
17:40And another.
17:41N.
17:43And another, please.
17:44P.
17:45And a vowel.
17:47E.
17:48And another vowel.
17:50U.
17:51And another vowel.
17:53I.
17:54And a consonant.
17:56R.
17:57And another consonant.
17:59V.
18:00And the last one.
18:06N.
18:07Stand by.
18:08And another vowel.
18:09And another vowel.
18:28And another vowel.
18:28And another vowel.
18:38Liam.
18:39Six.
18:40And Ken.
18:41Six for me.
18:42Liam.
18:43Prunes.
18:45Prunes.
18:46Ken.
18:46Sniper.
18:47Very good.
18:48Anything else?
18:49We've got Spinner.
18:50Spinner for seven and Uprising as well for seven.
18:5540 plays, 27.
18:57Ken.
18:58Letters game for you.
18:59Consonant, please, Rachel.
19:01Thank you, Ken.
19:02W.
19:03A vowel.
19:05E.
19:06A consonant.
19:08S.
19:10A consonant.
19:12N.
19:13A vowel.
19:15I.
19:17Consonant.
19:18T.
19:21A vowel.
19:23A.
19:24Consonant.
19:26G.
19:28And another consonant, please.
19:31And lastly, B.
19:32Stand by.
20:04Well, Ken, just a five.
20:06Liam, eight.
20:10Ken, Bates.
20:12Yes, Liam, beatings?
20:14Yes, very, very good.
20:22Beatings.
20:24Annika and Susie.
20:25Annika?
20:25Well, I had wing and beat, but Susie, in a genius sort of way,
20:29has put it together as one word.
20:31Who are you?
20:32Wing beat.
20:33Wing beats.
20:34It is a complete set of motions of a wing when it's flying.
20:38So, example here is the bird rises in the air with fluttering wing beats
20:42before turning rapidly and making its descent.
20:45Mm.
20:4948 plus 27.
20:51Liam, your numbers game.
20:53Creature of habit, I'm afraid.
20:55One big and five small, please.
20:56One from the top, five little coming up.
20:58Thank you, Liam.
20:59And this time they are one, two.
21:02Two, eight, four, seven, and the large one, fifty.
21:07And the target, one hundred and ninety-nine.
21:10One nine nine.
21:26One, two, three, four, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
21:28five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
21:28five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
21:28five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
21:28five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
21:28five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five
21:42Well, Liam?
21:43Surprising 1.99.
21:45I think so, Ken.
21:46The same one.
21:47Let's get it over with, Liam.
21:494 times 50 is 200, less the 1.
21:52Another really easy one.
21:53There we go.
21:54This pains, this really, really pains, Rachel,
21:58this sort of carrying on here.
21:5858 to 37, and we turn to our second Tea Time teaser,
22:03which is Porn Broke, and the clue.
22:06The Porn Broker can help you with money,
22:08and this can help you with the charges.
22:11The Porn Broker can help you with money,
22:13and this can help you with the charges.
22:23The Porn Broker
22:30Welcome back.
22:31I left you with the clue that Porn Broker can help you with money,
22:34and this can help you with the charges,
22:36and the answer to this is Power Bank.
22:39Susie?
22:40Yeah, it's just a portable charger, really.
22:44You connect via USB, and it will charge up your phone, etc.
22:47Indeed.
22:48Thank you for that.
22:4958 plays 37.
22:50Ken, your letters go.
22:52Consonant, please.
22:54Thank you, Ken.
22:55L.
22:56And a vowel.
22:57O.
22:59And a consonant.
23:00R.
23:02And a vowel.
23:03E.
23:05And a consonant.
23:07T.
23:08A vowel, please.
23:10A.
23:11Consonant.
23:13M.
23:14Another consonant.
23:16J.
23:16Oh, gosh.
23:19A final vowel, please.
23:21Final E.
23:23And it's counten.
23:25One, three, two, three, four.
23:47Bye.
23:48Bye.
23:50Bye.
23:51Bye.
23:53Bye.
23:54Bye.
23:55welcome six a six limb six okay morale yes limb mortal
24:04yeah very good happy enough annika and meteor yes need to all for six relate
24:11for six hoping for majorette and sort of masculine form of the of effect you
24:16know the double t but it's not there so we'll start with six thank you thanks
24:20for that 64 plays 43 Liam your letters game thanks another constant thank you
24:27Liam M and another T and another are and a vowel oh and another vowel a and
24:40another vowel I and a consonant s and a consonant T and a consonant
24:50thank you and finally K stand by
25:24Liam it's five yes Ken also five Liam's five roast Ken moats and moats any advance on
25:35five and we've got Troikas which is six seven seven yes Troikas are that you know the Russian
25:43vehicles all by three horses thank you and the girls no that was our best actually ratios for six
25:48thank you 69 to 48 Susie it's your origins of words what have you got for us today I had
25:58a nice tweet
25:58from Luke who asks about turning a hair why do we talk about not turning a hair if we're
26:05completely unmoved or unworried about something as in if I was to be sacked tomorrow I wouldn't turn
26:10a hair that's not true but you know no I would um but at the talk is a really of
26:17a horse so the idea
26:18is a horse whose hair is roughened by sweat thanks to agitation or overexertion whereas a horse that's
26:24calm and comfortable will have a really sleek coat you'll find it in Jane Austen in Northanger Abbey and
26:30it stayed with horses right up to the 20th century and then it was applied to anyone who's quite serene
26:35and chilled in a tricky situation um so got me thinking about other hair idioms really and hair
26:42of the dog is uh one of the favorite we talk about um you know having a drink after the
26:47night before
26:48really and it goes back to an ancient remedy that recommended that whoever had suffered a dog bite
26:54um all they needed to do was to pluck a hair from the offending animal make it into a poultice
27:00and
27:00bind it to the wound on your body and that would prevent disease um from progressing and then the
27:06same logic was applied to a hangover um so a little bit of what you had on the night out
27:10might just cure
27:11it and Samuel Pepys believed it did he said up among my workmen in one of his diary entries my
27:17head
27:18aching all day from last night's debauch at noon dined with Sir W. Batten and Penn he would need to
27:24have
27:24me drink two good draughts of sack today to cure me of last night's disease which I thought strange
27:29but I think I find it true uh that was in 1661 um and finally letting your hair down that
27:36was just
27:36coined at a time in the sort of mid 19th century when women had their hair and men sometimes as
27:40well
27:40obviously had long hair dressed in really elaborate styles and when they went to their bedrooms or their
27:45boudoirs they could finally unpin it and let it for free and only those who on really intimate terms
27:50with uh with the women including maids were allowed to witness this so it was the idea of letting
27:55all your inhibitions and reserve just go and you let your hair down excellent
28:02very good
28:05thank you Susie thank you 69 to 48 Liam in the lead Ken your letters came off we go
28:12consonant please Rachel thank you ken d a vowel e consonant y vowel e consonant s vowel o consonant g
28:33another
28:34consonant d d and a final vowel please a final a and here's the countdown clock
28:47so
29:00so
29:16Well, Ken, five.
29:18Liam? Five.
29:20Your five, Ken?
29:21Goads.
29:22Liam?
29:23Mine's quite seedy.
29:24Seedy indeed.
29:26Annika?
29:26Oh, goads, yeah, I had goads,
29:28but geodesy, we thought, was one for the Countdown Spectacular.
29:34Susie?
29:35Geodesy is the branch of maths that deals with the shape and area of the earth.
29:39Thank you for that.
29:4174 to 53.
29:42Liam, your letters, Ken.
29:45Consonant, please.
29:46Thank you, Liam.
29:47L.
29:48And another.
29:49D.
29:50And another.
29:52F.
29:53And a vowel.
29:55E.
29:56And another vowel.
29:58I.
29:58And another vowel.
30:00A.
30:01And a consonant.
30:03T.
30:04And another consonant.
30:06S.
30:07And another consonant, please.
30:09And lastly, F.
30:10Stand by.
30:11The message is not missing from the experts.
30:15The message is not missing from the students.
30:26The message is not losing.
30:26is notifty. We read
30:34not missing from the type of a auxiliary income. All right.
30:40We read that
30:42Well, Liam, seven.
30:44Seven, Ken.
30:45I'm going to try an eight.
30:47Liam, stuffed.
30:48Ken, daffiest.
30:51Brilliant eight.
30:52We love daffiest.
30:53Yes.
30:54We love daffiest.
30:55Silly-est or most eccentric, related to being daft.
30:59Daft.
30:59So, very, very good.
31:00Daffy-duck, I think, wasn't it?
31:02Yeah.
31:03Now, Annika and Susie.
31:04Annika?
31:05Anything else?
31:05Yeah, well, no, daffiest.
31:06I'm thrilled.
31:07But, yeah.
31:08Toffees are there.
31:09American toffees.
31:10If you want those.
31:11Is that just the way you're pronouncing it?
31:13No.
31:13I want a taffy.
31:14No.
31:15You sure?
31:15Yeah.
31:16I promise.
31:17Taffy.
31:18All right.
31:1974-61.
31:20Ken, your number's game.
31:23One large, five small.
31:25Not going to gamble.
31:2513 behind.
31:26You need this one.
31:28Oh.
31:31No.
31:31One large, five small.
31:33OK.
31:33Let's hope we don't have another really easy one to complete the day.
31:37Let's see.
31:37Final numbers are four, six, nine, four, two.
31:44The big one, 100.
31:45And the target, 523.
31:48Five, two, three.
31:50You know, you now, you have another great.
32:17One, 100.
32:18Bye.
32:20Ken, 5, 2, 4.
32:22Yes.
32:23Liam, 5, 2, 6, not written down.
32:26Off we go.
32:27Ken, 9 minus 4.
32:309 minus 4 is 5.
32:325 multiplied by 100.
32:34500.
32:35And 6 times 4 is 24.
32:38And one large was a good decision.
32:39Well done.
32:405, 2, 4, 1 away.
32:41There we go.
32:42Where's it got to, Rachel?
32:43It's escaped.
32:44Well, again, 9 minus 4 is 5.
32:48100 plus the other 4, 104.
32:50Times those together for 520.
32:53And 6 divided by 2 gives you the 3 to add on for 5, 2, 4.
32:57Fabulous.
33:03Well played, Ken.
33:04Look at you.
33:0568 to 74.
33:06Final round.
33:07Conundrum time.
33:09Crucial conundrum time.
33:10Yes?
33:10Of course.
33:11Fingers on buzzers.
33:13Let's roll today's crucial countdown conundrum.
33:26Liam, is it assuredly?
33:29Let's see whether you're right.
33:30Here we go.
33:32Assuredly.
33:33Well done.
33:34Well done, Liam.
33:35Well done.
33:40Liam's come through again to give him his fourth win.
33:45Ken played like a star there, really.
33:48And you had him on the ropes.
33:49Cutting up.
33:51He likes leaving it to the last minute.
33:53Yes.
33:53As our Liam.
33:54But thank you very much indeed.
33:56Thanks for coming.
33:56Take this goodie bag back to Rootum.
33:59Thanks for having you.
33:59Thank you, Nick.
34:00We shall see Liam Bastic tomorrow.
34:03Halfway there, Liam.
34:04Yes.
34:05I think I've aged five years so far on the show.
34:08Indeed.
34:08We'll see you tomorrow.
34:09All right.
34:09And we shall see the corner tomorrow.
34:12Annika and Susie, too.
34:14Yeah.
34:14See you then.
34:15See you both then.
34:15See you then.
34:16Rachel.
34:17I think that's another one of Liam's nine lives.
34:19I think so.
34:19Maybe we're down to about six.
34:21How many has he had, do you reckon?
34:23We've had some close shows, but it's come through them all.
34:25All right.
34:25See you tomorrow.
34:26See you then.
34:26Join us then.
34:27Same time, same place.
34:28You'll be sure of it.
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