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00:31Well, good afternoon. Welcome to the Countdown Studio. Advice. Everybody's got a bit of advice for us, but good advice
00:38can be really quite difficult to come by. Bad advice. We're surrounded with a Rachel. Did you see that wonderful
00:43little piece the other day about bad advice that had been dished out? A couple of examples. I think it's
00:49hilarious. One said, my grandma always told me to stop reading. She said I'd hurt my eyes and then she
00:56took all my books away from me. Amazing, isn't it?
01:00Another said, don't travel to a country unless you know how to speak the language. But the brilliant one, how
01:06wrong can this be? A man was struggling to pay the bills and he was told, just open another credit
01:12card. It's free money. Oh, no. Oh, no. That ends in trouble.
01:18What, um, what's the worst piece of advice that you've ever had that you can remember, perhaps, and that you've
01:23took?
01:24I definitely wouldn't have taken it. I remember a woman, when I was looking at what A-levels to do,
01:28she told me that I should definitely not do further maths because her son tried it and it was too
01:32difficult for him. So I shouldn't even bother. She'd never met me before, but that was her pearls of wisdom
01:37that I promptly ignored.
01:39Imagine where you'd be now if you had taken that advice. Who knows? Yes. I'm glad you didn't, anyway. We've
01:46got her back again. That young Sarah Dillap, marketing officer from Gateshead. Two good wins.
01:51Thank you. Not without its problems, but you're here. And you're joined by Joanna Colley, senior PR and marketing executive
01:59from Cambridge. A bit of an athlete. When you were at university, you cycled from Leeds to Paris. What was
02:07the problem? You were struggling for the fare or...?
02:09No, just to raise a bit of money for charity. Which charity was that? Save the Children. Excellent. And now
02:15you're running marathons. Yes.
02:17The last one was...? London Marathon this year. This year. And how was it? What sort of time did you
02:23turn in?
02:24I was very surprised. I did it in 3 hours and 16 minutes. 3.16. Well, well done. So you're
02:30going to carry on with this?
02:31Yeah, hopefully, if my body doesn't give out before then. Oh, you've got a long time before you've got to
02:36give out. Listen, have a lot of fun today, both of you. Good luck to you. Big round of applause
02:41for Sarah and Joanna.
02:48Very good. Friends in the audience, by the sound of it. And over in the corner, the wonderful Susie Dent.
02:55And next to her, TV and radio presenter, that wonderful Annika Rice.
02:59Oh, thank you.
03:06Now, Sarah, you're not an old hand, exactly, but you know the way it goes. Let us go.
03:10Hi, Rachel. Hi, Sarah. Hi, Sarah. A vowel, please. Thank you. Start today with A.
03:16A consonant.
03:18H. And a vowel.
03:21O.
03:22Consonant.
03:24T.
03:25Another.
03:27S.
03:28And another.
03:30N.
03:32And another.
03:33C.
03:34And a vowel.
03:36E.
03:38And another vowel, please.
03:40And the last one.
03:41I.
03:42Stand by.
03:44Stand by.
03:45And a vowel.
04:02And a vowel, please.
04:03And a vowel, please.
04:03And a vowel, please.
04:03And a vowel, please.
04:03And a vowel, please.
04:03And a vowel, please.
04:04And a vowel, please.
04:07And a vowel, please.
04:14Sarah. Just a four. Joanna. Six. Sarah. Cost. And Joanna. Cheats. Yes. And over in the
04:23corner, Annika. Eight canoeists. And we have something called achiotes, which is a bit
04:30puzzling, but A-C-H-I-O-T-E-S. It's another term for the anato tree, a tropical tree
04:35that
04:36yields the fruit from which an orange-red dye is derived, called anato as well.
04:46Thank you, Susie. So, Joanna, your letters came. Off we go. Hi, Rachel. Hi, Joanna.
04:52Vowel, please. Thank you. Start with U. Consonant. T. And a vowel. O. And a vowel. A. And a
05:09consonant, please. H. A consonant. M. A vowel. I. And another consonant, please.
05:20And lastly, R. Standby.
05:53Yes, Joanna. Just a five. And Sarah? A five, not written down. What would that
05:59be, Sarah? Paint. And Joanna?
06:01A fawn. Fawn.
06:03Yes, absolutely fine, both of those. We have a couple of sevens.
06:07A utopian. Utopian. Yes, utopian and rain out as well.
06:11Rain out. Yes.
06:13Thank you. Eleven plays five, Joanna, in the lead. Sarah, it's your numbers game.
06:18Two large and four small, please. Thank you, Sarah. Two from the top row and four from
06:23the little ones. And for the first time today, your selection is eight, ten, one, three, and
06:29the large two, fifty, and one hundred, and the target, six hundred and sixty-one.
06:35Six, six, one.
06:36Six, one.
06:38Six, one.
06:39Six, one.
06:54Six, one.
06:55Six, one.
06:56Six, one.
06:57Six, one.
06:58Six, one.
06:59Six, one.
07:00Six, one.
07:00Six, one.
07:00Six, one.
07:01Six, one.
07:02Six, one.
07:03Six, one.
07:05Six, one.
07:06Six, one.
07:07Sarah six five nine and Joanna six sixty not written down
07:13So Joanna, so I did one plus ten is eleven yep, and then a hundred divided by fifty is two
07:25Eight take away two is six
07:27yep
07:31What was I doing here?
07:33No, I don't have it. Sorry. I think yeah, we tripped up. How about Sarah?
07:39I did ten minus three seven ten minus three seven times hundred seven hundred minus fifty six fifty
07:47Plus eight plus one eight and the one yep two away
07:51Yes, but six six one Rachel
07:53Um, it was there Nick if you say fifty plus one fifty one eight plus three
08:00Eleven times those together for five hundred and sixty one and at the hundred six six one
08:06There it is
08:12Spot on as ever and now with the score standing twelve to eleven Sarah just one point in the lead
08:18we turn to our first
08:20Tea time teaser which is Gary Allen and the clue Gary was having trouble speaking
08:25Due to this type of infection Gary was having trouble speaking due to this type of infection
08:53The laryngeal infection
08:58Laryngeal
08:59Laryngeal 12 plays 11
09:00Joanna your letters game
09:02Uh vowel please Rachel. Thank you Joanna. E
09:05And a consonant
09:07Y
09:09And another consonant
09:10C
09:12And another one
09:13V
09:14And a vowel
09:15U
09:16A vowel
09:18A
09:19A
09:21Um
09:21And a consonant
09:23M
09:24Um
09:25And another vowel please
09:27O
09:29And a consonant please
09:31And the last one
09:32D
09:32Countdown
09:33T
09:33T
09:34T
10:04Yes, Joanna.
10:06Just a five.
10:07A five.
10:08Sarah.
10:09I'll try a six.
10:10Joanna.
10:11Caned.
10:12Yes, Sarah.
10:13Canoed.
10:14Yeah, very good.
10:16Very good.
10:16Excellent.
10:17Annika.
10:18We've got a deacon, which is six.
10:20Yes.
10:21Convey, another six.
10:23But six was the best for us, Nick.
10:2518 to 11, Sarah.
10:27You're back on.
10:28Your letters game, Sarah.
10:31Consonant, please.
10:32Thank you, Sarah.
10:33B.
10:34Add another.
10:36S.
10:37Add another.
10:38R.
10:40A vowel.
10:41I.
10:43And another.
10:44E.
10:45Consonant.
10:47J.
10:48Another.
10:50D.
10:51A vowel.
10:54A.
10:55And another vowel, please.
10:58And lastly, U.
11:00Stand by.
11:02Stand by.
11:02Stand by.
11:04Stand by.
11:09Stand by.
11:09Stand by.
11:12Stand by.
11:13Stand by.
11:13Stand by.
11:13Stand by.
11:14Stand by.
11:14Stand by.
11:15Stand by.
11:16Stand by.
11:17Stand by.
11:17Stand by.
11:17Stand by.
11:18Stand by.
11:18Stand by.
11:19Stand by.
11:19Stand by.
11:20Stand by.
11:20Stand by.
11:20Stand by.
11:21Stand by.
11:21Stand by.
11:32Sarah?
11:33Seven.
11:34Joanna?
11:35Seven.
11:36Yes, Sarah?
11:37Bruised.
11:38And Joanna?
11:39Yeah, bruised as well.
11:41Same word.
11:42Can we match the sevens, Annika and Susie?
11:44Well, instead of bruised, we've got braised and sidebar.
11:50Yes, sidebar, another seven.
11:51And also adjures, which means to urge or request someone to do something earnestly.
11:56Yes.
11:56Or to request earnestly.
11:58But, yes, seven was the best that we could find.
12:0225 plays 18.
12:04Sarah in the lead.
12:05It's Joanna's numbers game.
12:06Joanna?
12:06Please, can I have one from the top and five from the bottom, please?
12:10You can indeed.
12:10One large and five little coming up.
12:14And this round is five, seven, three, ten, four.
12:20And a large one, 100.
12:21And your target, 648.
12:24Six, four, eight.
12:25And your target.
12:26Two, eight.
12:26zwe, three, ten, four.
12:28Two, eight.
12:34Two, three, ten, five, ten.
12:57Joanna?
12:57Uh, six, four, seven.
13:02Sarah?
13:03I think I've got six by eight, but it's not written down.
13:05Don't worry. Let's try for it, shall we?
13:08Uh, seven times five.
13:09Seven, five is thirty-five.
13:11Um, take that off the hundred.
13:13One hundred minus thirty-five is sixty-five.
13:15Times by the ten.
13:16Six hundred and fifty.
13:19And then, oh, I haven't got, can't make a two, can I?
13:23Just got a four and a three.
13:25Yeah, sorry.
13:25Ouch. Oh, ouch.
13:28Joanna?
13:29Uh, so, a hundred times seven.
13:31Seven hundred.
13:32Uh, then five times ten.
13:35Fifty.
13:35So, seven hundred, take away fifty.
13:38And then take away the three.
13:40One below. Well done.
13:42Just one below, but six, four, eight.
13:44Rachel, can you unpick it for us?
13:46Yes, Nick.
13:47If you say one hundred plus three plus five is one hundred and eight.
13:53And ten minus four is six.
13:55Times them together.
13:57Six, four, eight.
13:57Perfect.
13:57Perfect.
14:02So, here we are, twenty-five apiece.
14:05Let's give them another rest as we turn to Annika.
14:07Annika, you are no waxwork figure.
14:09Ah, well, have you ever, ladies and gentlemen, wondered what happens to all those waxworks who've had their day?
14:18What happens to them?
14:20Where's Bill Clinton, for example?
14:23Um, well, I can share a bit of knowledge here because I was a waxwork once.
14:28Um, I hung all through the eighties and early nineties in the foyer of Madame Tussauds in London.
14:34I was the first thing that bemused tourists from overseas would see as they walked in was this strange lady
14:43in a jumpsuit holding a paint pot, I think, dangling off a rope ladder in the foyer.
14:48I mean, so bizarre for the average Japanese tourist.
14:52You still took photographs, obviously.
14:54Anyway, I hung there very happily.
14:55And then Channel 4 came round and made a documentary about, you know, the absolute prestige of being made into
15:01a waxwork.
15:02Very smugly, I was going, yes, it really is one of the most flattering things that's ever happened to me.
15:06And then they said, and how do you feel now you've been melted down?
15:10I didn't know up until, no-one had told me.
15:13So, what happens when you're melted down?
15:15Well, apparently my body has literally gone into Kim Kardashian's bottom.
15:21And my head, get this, in Wookiee Hole, my head's in Wookiee Hole.
15:27In Somerset, in that cave complex, Madame Tussauds have got a whole sort of refuge, refuge department of old wax
15:35heads.
15:36How extraordinary.
15:37And if you Google it, Google Wookiee Hole, Madame Tussauds, you'd just see these sad heads on shelves.
15:44That's where I am, in between Ken Dodd and Sammy Davis Jr.
15:48I've no idea. It's an outrage. I'm going to go and get my head back.
15:53What a great story. What a lovely story.
16:00You should be able to. Why are they keeping them there just in case they need to recreate?
16:04Just in case, there's a resurgence. It's going to be difficult if you've died.
16:08But time goes on and all the rest of it.
16:09Time goes on, you never know.
16:11Amazing. Put in a bid.
16:13I'd quite like my head back.
16:14I think you'd be great.
16:15I'd quite like to share it to my sons, because all through my career, they just thought I was a
16:19truck driver,
16:20because they came on location when I did Challenge, and I was always in a truck and, you know, putting
16:24in a ditch or something.
16:25They thought I was a builder or a truck driver.
16:27And I'd like to just bring it back and put it on the kitchen table and go, put that in
16:30your pipe and smoke it.
16:32They were great days. They were great, great series too, weren't they?
16:36It was.
16:37Treasure hunter now.
16:37I know. I did have the most fun, sort of pioneering job, really.
16:42Absolutely.
16:43Because it was, in those days, no programmes like that existed.
16:46And I was lucky to be right at the forefront of all that.
16:49Great sport. It was great sport.
16:5125 apiece.
16:53Sarah, your letters came.
16:55Thank you. A consonant, please.
16:56Thank you, Sarah.
16:58R.
16:58And another.
17:00M.
17:01And a vowel.
17:02I.
17:03And another, please.
17:04E.
17:05Consonant.
17:07C.
17:08And another.
17:10T.
17:11And another.
17:13P.
17:14And a vowel.
17:16A.
17:18And another vowel, please.
17:19And lastly, I.
17:22Stand by.
17:41And another vowel, please.
17:41And another vowel, please.
17:42And another vowel, please.
17:42And another vowel, please.
17:42And another vowel, please.
17:42And another vowel, please.
17:43And another vowel, please.
17:43And another vowel, please.
17:45And another vowel, please.
17:46And another vowel, please.
17:54Sarah?
17:55Er, seven.
17:56Joanna?
17:57Er, seven.
17:58Sarah?
17:59Matrice?
18:00You're seven, Joanna.
18:02Primate.
18:04Unfortunately, Sarah, matrices is the plural of matrix,
18:07but you can't have matrix on its own,
18:10so I have to disallow that one.
18:11But primate's great, the seven.
18:13Anything else?
18:14Piratic.
18:15Piratic.
18:16Yes, meaning pirate.
18:17You're just feeling in a pirate-y sort of swashbuckling mode.
18:21Exactly that, whatever takes place.
18:23And that's a seven as well.
18:25Get your sword out.
18:26Indeed.
18:28But not at this very moment.
18:2932 plays 25.
18:32Joanna?
18:33Bowel, please.
18:34Thank you, Joanna.
18:35O.
18:36And another one?
18:38E.
18:39And a consonant?
18:41F.
18:42And another one?
18:43G.
18:45And another one?
18:48X.
18:49And another one?
18:51S.
18:52And a vowel?
18:54A.
18:57And another vowel?
19:00O.
19:01And a consonant, please.
19:02And the last one?
19:03R.
19:05And here's the countdown clock.
19:24And a consonant, please.
19:24And a consonant, please.
19:24And a consonant, please.
19:24And a consonant, please.
19:24And a consonant, please.
19:24And a consonant, please.
19:25And a consonant, please.
19:25And a consonant, please.
19:25And a consonant, please.
19:26And a consonant, please.
19:26And a consonant, please.
19:26And a consonant, please.
19:27And a consonant, please.
19:27And a consonant, please.
19:27And a consonant, please.
19:27And a consonant, please.
19:28And a consonant, please.
19:29And a consonant, please.
19:31And a consonant, please.
19:37joanna just a five sarah seven so joanna uh fears yes sarah forages yes forages
19:47well done and annika well scissors come up with roofages which i've never even heard of
19:55um yes it's just a roofage it's a roof like covering um so simply the area covered by roof
20:01and you can put the s on it like a tile or it's just the area of a roof so
20:06it's a bit like rooftop i
20:07guess um and that will give you eight so you'd say i've got a problem with my roofage could you
20:12come
20:12and fix it you could say that you could if you were talking to a builder i wouldn't say it
20:16to you
20:17obviously only if you're talking to a builder so it's sort of acreage of a roof yes it's just the
20:22area of a roof is the roof acreage there we are 32 apiece now that we've settled down and it's
20:30sarah's
20:30numbers game sarah uh one large and five small please thank you sarah let's see if this will
20:35break the deadlock between you two the five little ones are six four nine eight five and the large one
20:44fifty and the target two hundred and sixty one two six one
20:50so
21:04so
21:05so
21:19sarah
21:20two six one joanna um two six two sarah uh fifty times five fifty times two two fifty and nine
21:30plus six
21:30add that on fifteen and then minus four yep two six one lovely
21:42so sarah sprung into a ten point lead as we turn to our second tea time teaser which is
21:47yokel herd and the clue the shop's alarm went off in the middle of the night so this person had
21:53to be
21:54called out
21:54so this person had to be called out
22:15welcome back i left with the clue the shop's alarm went off in the middle of the night so this
22:20person had to be called out this person being the key holder key holder so 42 to 32 sarah in
22:29the lead
22:29joanna
22:30your letters can
22:32uh consonant please rachel thank you joanna
22:34l
22:35and another one
22:38s
22:39and a vowel
22:41i
22:42and another vowel
22:44e
22:45and a consonant
22:48m
22:50and a vowel
22:52i
22:53and a consonant
22:55r
22:56and another one please
22:58n
22:59and a final vowel please
23:01and a final u
23:03stand by
23:04m
23:05darkness
23:06you
23:06and
23:07and a
23:07and a
23:33matter
23:34and
23:34and
23:35Joanna?
23:37A six.
23:38Sarah?
23:38I'll try a seven, please.
23:40Joanna?
23:41Miners.
23:42Sarah?
23:43Milners.
23:44Oh, I just looked that one up, Sarah, and it's not there, unfortunately.
23:48Yeah, sorry.
23:50Now, what can the corner give us?
23:52Annika and Susie?
23:53I'm just looking at Merlins, but is that a proper noun?
23:57It is in terms of the wizard, but not in terms of falcons.
24:00Is it not a falcon?
24:02I mean, it's a...
24:03It's a...
24:04It's a generic term, yeah, for a small dark falcon that hunts small birds
24:08that you'll find in North America and Eurasia.
24:1242 to 38, four points in it.
24:15Joanna catching up.
24:16Sarah, your letters game.
24:19Consonant, please.
24:20Thank you, Sarah.
24:21R.
24:22Another.
24:24M.
24:25Another.
24:28N.
24:29And a vowel.
24:31O.
24:31And another.
24:34E.
24:35And another.
24:36A.
24:37And another.
24:40I.
24:41Consonant.
24:42G.
24:43Another consonant, please.
24:45And the last one.
24:46D.
24:48Stand by.
24:49A.
24:49Who?
24:51The.
24:52A.
25:18A.
25:18A year.
25:18A.
25:18Sarah? Eight. And Joanna? Seven. Your seven is? Reading. Thank you, Sarah. Dreaming? Very good.
25:29Very good. Dreaming. Annika and Susie? Ideogram. Oh. Yes. That is a character that symbolises
25:43the idea of the thing. Like Chinese characters, really, are all ideograms. That's all about
25:49the picture. That's therefore eight. And we also have organdy, which is a really fine
25:55kind of muslin cloth. Thank you. 50 to 38, then. Sarah solidified her lead a little bit
26:02there. Susie, you're on with your wonderful origins of words. I have a tweet, or question
26:10tweeted in by Chris and Janice, who are keen hockey players. And that's what they would
26:16like to know about. Where does the word hockey come from? Well, before hockey, it was called
26:21bandy, pretty much. It was a really similar game. This is the late 16th century, so quite
26:25early on. And to bandy a ball was to hit it back and forth. And this was sort of between
26:32players, so pretty much on the ground was to bandy balls around. And that's why we bandy
26:37words about two, but words and ideas, incidentally. And because of the curved bandy stick used
26:42in that early version of hockey, someone with bowed legs also came to be called bandy legs.
26:48So that's where all that comes from. But hockey was also known as shinty, because one of the
26:52cries called out between players was shin you, shin you. No one quite knows why. Whether
26:57it was to do with hitting someone in the shins, we're not quite sure. But hockey itself goes
27:02back to a French word hockey, which simply referred to a shepherd's crook. So the connection
27:06was with the shape of the stick. But also Chris and Janice asked about hockey, whether
27:13it's got anything to do with hockey in darts. And the answer is absolutely not. Because
27:17that hockey, we're not completely sure where it comes from, but possibly a very old word
27:22meaning to scratch a line. So that would sort of indicate it's the line beyond which darts
27:27players stand, isn't it, when throwing the darts. There is a theory that it goes back to
27:32the West Country brewery, Hockey and Sons, whose crates apparently were just the right size
27:37with which to mark out the throwing distance. But that is extremely unlikely. And it probably
27:42does go back to that really obscure French verb meaning to scratch a line. But nothing to
27:47do with the game of hockey at all. Excellent.
27:56Absolutely. 52-38. Joanna, here we are in the final straight. It's your letters game.
28:03Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Joanna. S. And another one. C. And a vowel. O. And another
28:13vowel. A. And another one. I. And a consonant. L. And another consonant. T. And another consonant.
28:28M. And a vowel, please. And lastly, O. Dumbo.
28:35A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel.
28:52A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel.
28:52A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel.
28:52A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel.
28:52A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel.
28:52A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel.
28:53A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel.
28:59A vowel. A vowel. A vowel. A vowel
29:06Joanna?
29:07Six.
29:08Sarah?
29:09Six.
29:10And your six?
29:12Social.
29:13Sarah?
29:13Mosaic.
29:15Very nice.
29:15Any more sixes?
29:16Can we beat sixes?
29:18We've got a seven, which is stoical.
29:21Anything else, Susie?
29:21No.
29:22Really good seven.
29:2456 plays 44.
29:26Sarah, you're back on.
29:28Consonant, please.
29:29Thank you, Sarah.
29:30L.
29:31And another?
29:33R.
29:34Anabelle?
29:35A.
29:36And another?
29:37E.
29:38And another?
29:40I.
29:41A consonant?
29:43T.
29:44And another?
29:45R.
29:47And another?
29:49N.
29:50And a vowel, please.
29:51And the last one, A.
29:54Stand by.
29:55And another?
30:23And a vowel, somebody inside.
30:24And another?
30:24And another?
30:24And then?!
30:25Sarah?
30:25Seven.
30:26Joanna?
30:27Seven.
30:28Sarah?
30:29Trainer?
30:30And?
30:30Trainer.
30:32Train is all round.
30:34Now the corner.
30:36Yeah, latrine.
30:37Thank you for that.
30:38Very necessary.
30:39Thought I'd share that with you.
30:41And Susie?
30:42Yeah, there is an eight there.
30:43Arterial, either relating to the arteries
30:46or denoting an important root in a system of rows, etc.
30:49Arterial rows.
30:5463 to 51.
30:56And now it's the final numbers game.
30:58Joanna?
30:59One from the top and five from the bottom, please.
31:01One large and five little.
31:04Let's see how that pans out.
31:05Final numbers of the day are nine, five, five, ten, three,
31:11and the big one, 50.
31:13And the target, 570.
31:155, 7, 0.
31:495, 7, 0.
31:505, 7, 0.
31:505, 7, 0.
31:515, 7, 0.
31:5160.
31:53Ish.
31:535, 6, 9.
31:55Sarah?
31:56Um, I thought I had it, but I've done 9 minus 5 equals 2,
31:59which is incorrect, so I haven't got it.
32:01So, you're 5, 6, 9?
32:03Yes.
32:04Off you go.
32:04Uh, so, 5 times 50 is 5, 50.
32:08Uh, 5 times 50 is, no, it's wrong.
32:12Oh, I'm sorry, Joanna.
32:14Bad luck.
32:15So, we do rely on you.
32:17How do we get this 5, 7, 10?
32:19Rachel?
32:19Um, well, if you say 5 plus 5 minus 3 is 7,
32:24add that to the 50 for 57, and times it by 10.
32:28That'll do.
32:295, 7, 10.
32:30That'll do.
32:33So, there we are.
32:35We go into the final round now.
32:3751 to 63, and that final round, of course,
32:40is our conundrum round.
32:42Fingers on buzzers, ladies.
32:44Here's today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:17Well, we're fucked here.
33:18Two good players as well.
33:19Could not get it.
33:20Who in this brilliant audience will have a go?
33:22Lots of hands.
33:24Uh, yes, madam?
33:26Skin Flint.
33:27Skin Flint.
33:28Let's see whether you're right.
33:29I do hope you are.
33:31Yes.
33:33APPLAUSE
33:37All right.
33:37Well, that was quite a tense little competition, wasn't it?
33:40It was.
33:40Sarah came through, but it could have gone either way.
33:43Definitely.
33:43Well played, Joanna.
33:44But, uh, you, um, you win today, Sarah.
33:47And we send, uh, Joanna back with our very best wishes to Cambridge with this goodie bag.
33:52Thank you so much for coming.
33:54And we shall see you tomorrow, Sarah.
33:56Yes.
33:56Thank you very much.
33:57Well done.
33:58And Annika too?
34:00Can't wait.
34:01Well, tomorrow's the last day.
34:03Can't wait.
34:03So we're going to have to...
34:03Not because it's the last day, I can't wait.
34:05Awkward.
34:06Just can't wait to see you.
34:07Not at all.
34:08But, uh, we look forward to seeing you.
34:09We'll have a contract, actually, that drags you back.
34:12So we don't let anybody go until we've contracted them to come back.
34:16Particularly those that we love.
34:17Now, Susie, see you tomorrow?
34:19Yeah.
34:19See you then.
34:20And Rachel too.
34:21See you tomorrow.
34:21Same time, same place.
34:22You be sure of it.
34:23A very good afternoon.
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