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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown this Tuesday afternoon.
00:34Another episode going in the book of Series 90 of Countdown.
00:37Series 90.
00:39As a fan of the show since day one, I never say that without it really registered.
00:4390 series.
00:45And on the subject, Rachel, of these marathon programmes,
00:48I think we go to Wheel of Fortune.
00:49I think we go to Jeopardy in the United States of America.
00:53On this day in 1984, Alex Trebek,
00:57who passed away quite recently at age 80, hosted his first ever show.
01:01And he's hosted more episodes of a TV game show than anyone else in TV history.
01:06Oh, wow.
01:06Yeah.
01:07But Jeopardy, right?
01:08Unlike Wheel of Fortune and The Price is Right and all of these other shows,
01:12huge here, huge in America.
01:14No matter how many times they try here, Jeopardy doesn't seem to catch on.
01:19I don't know why.
01:19You know what?
01:20I think people in glass houses.
01:22I don't think Countdown will put very well in America.
01:24She doesn't.
01:25Judging by the many times I've had to explain what I do for a living to Americans,
01:29I work on a numbers and anagram-based quiz show where you win a teapot in the show
01:34and they just look at you blankly like, good luck with that, love.
01:37Maybe one day I'll click on here.
01:38Maybe one day we'll get scooped up and move to New York,
01:43do the American version of Countdown, sidewalks instead of pavements.
01:46I'm up for it.
01:47Wiped by the phone.
01:48Yeah.
01:48Never going to happen.
01:50Let's head over to Dictionary Corner.
01:52A lexicographer, author, infamous party animal, speaker of three languages.
01:58Who is Susie Dent?
02:01Who is Susie Dent?
02:02And impressionist, comedian and keen amateur astronomer.
02:07Who is John Colshaw?
02:09Who is John Colshaw?
02:10How are you today?
02:11Dopp, speaking of Countdown in America, Kevin Bishop, the comedian and the actor,
02:15he did a sketch of how Countdown could be in America.
02:18And he goes, OK, you got your letters, you got yours, you got six, you got seven.
02:24Countdown, awesome!
02:26It wasn't quite exhausting.
02:27Could be a break after every round.
02:29That would be a killer, wouldn't it?
02:30How many tea-time teasers would we need?
02:33Well, our champion is Alex Col.
02:35He's won three.
02:36You can only stay another five.
02:38Your mother was here in July, didn't win any.
02:40Said that Pointless was her favourite show.
02:43And the plot thickens.
02:45Because you were her partner in Pointless, which I only realised last night.
02:49I was just about to nod off to sleep, John.
02:51He must have been her partner.
02:52And I looked it up and you were.
02:54Yeah.
02:55All right.
02:55Who's the next call to be on Countdown?
02:58We've had your mum, we've had the son.
03:00Anyone else in the clan?
03:01My niece, who is eight, watched my mum's episode and is now practising, getting lots of four-letter words and
03:09really, really pleased with herself.
03:10Well, that'd be five, but times she gets to 11.
03:12Yeah.
03:12Six by 13, times she gets to 16.
03:14She'd be one of those whiz kids.
03:16Absolutely.
03:16Well, you're up against Chris Bodderley today, who's from the Peterborough area.
03:21How are you, sir?
03:22I'm very well, thank you.
03:22How are you?
03:23Yes.
03:23Now, a lot of people are underwhelmed when they turn up and say it's John Colshaw on Dictionary Corner.
03:28Not you.
03:29No.
03:30Not you, because you are indeed a budding impressionist.
03:32Very much so, yes.
03:33All right.
03:33And John was one of my inspirations.
03:35Oh, bless your hearts.
03:36Bless your hearts.
03:37We'll go to John in the style of somebody and we'll then see how good it was.
03:42Okay.
03:42Oh, hiya, pal.
03:46If you put the Donald in helium, that's what happened.
03:57Have you got a Donald Trump to throw at him?
03:59I always have the Trump, always.
04:02Make sure you get it, and you've got to get the hand gestures right.
04:04Otherwise, it just doesn't make sense.
04:06You've got to get that right.
04:07This is a bit, sounds a bit like laid back, a bit tired.
04:10It's quite a tired, sort of, maybe in his living room, Donald Trump.
04:14That's right.
04:15That's because he's a very smart person.
04:17That's the way to do the Donald.
04:18Very smart guy.
04:19Yours is more on a TV show, Donald Trump.
04:23Yeah.
04:23You made a good first impression, Chris, but it's the last that counts.
04:2615 rounds to come.
04:27Chris and Alex, best of luck.
04:31And Alex, you're starting.
04:32Consonant, please, Rachel.
04:33Thank you, Alex.
04:34Start today with R.
04:36And a vowel, please.
04:38O.
04:39And a consonant, please.
04:41M.
04:42And a consonant, please.
04:45D.
04:46And a vowel, please.
04:48E.
04:49And a consonant, please.
04:51K.
04:52And a vowel, please.
04:55U.
04:55and another vowel please oh and a final consonant please a final key at home
05:05mind in the studio let's play countdown
05:37alex seven yeah and chris seven well done what a start alex motored motored and crest same word
05:46well good start seven points each john yeah nothing more than seven a rather lovely uh
05:52other seven out mode mode yes we talk about upmoded but you can outmode something if you
05:58cause it to go out of fashion fantastic uh chris let's go again a consonant please rachel thank
06:03you chris n and another piece b and a vowel e and another u a consonant t and another r
06:22and another n and another
06:27vowel a and another vowel piece and u and half a minute
06:38so
07:06chris six and for alex six yeah what you got chris
07:09banter and for you alex tanner tanner of leather absolutely and banter and sixes oh anything else
07:17yeah great ricky gervais word banter okay banter yeah tanner that's a lovely heritage word isn't it
07:26takes you back to bygone times uh well nature was there for six but then in that lovely countdowny
07:32way for eight you can have a nature oh well we're talking about things that are unnatural it's exactly
07:38the same idea things that are contrary to the natural order okay numbers for the first time
07:43today alex we will start with one large and five small please rachel thank you alex one from the top
07:47five not first numbers of the day are eight seven nine two three and the large one fifty and the
07:59first target
08:00five hundred and seventy five seven zero numbers up
08:35OK, 570.
08:36Alex? 570.
08:38And for you, Chris?
08:39570, not written down.
08:40OK, off you go, Chris.
08:4250 plus 7.
08:4357.
08:45And 8 plus 2 is 10.
08:47Yeah.
08:47Times together.
08:48Perfect. 570.
08:50And Alex?
08:50Same way.
08:52OK.
08:55Ring clues, ring clues.
08:56That's your first tea time teaser.
08:58The man has no partner, but his horse has this.
09:01The man has no partner, but his horse has this.
09:13APPLAUSE
09:20Hello again.
09:21The man has no partner, but his horse has this.
09:26I don't know how to pronounce it.
09:27Let's just get straight over to Susie.
09:30Yes.
09:31So, stangling French is a belt.
09:33Yeah.
09:33So, this is a wide strap that runs over the back and under the belly of a horse.
09:37So, it keeps everything in place.
09:40And, yeah.
09:41So, I can kind of break it down, but I've never used it in my life.
09:44Flummoxed and perplexed us all.
09:46I love that.
09:47That's good.
09:47They can't all be easy, right?
09:48Yeah.
09:49That's a nice one.
09:49OK, let's get back to the game.
09:52We are locked at 23 points each.
09:55And, Chris, you're choosing these letters.
09:57Consonant piece, Rachel.
09:58Thank you, Chris.
09:59S.
10:00And another.
10:02C.
10:03And another.
10:05R.
10:07A vowel.
10:08I.
10:09And another.
10:11A.
10:12And another.
10:14E.
10:14A consonant.
10:17W.
10:19And another.
10:21D.
10:22And another consonant, please.
10:25Lastly, V.
10:26And start the clock.
10:27The clock.
10:29And another.
10:53So,
10:57I M Σ.
10:57And another.
10:58Chris? Six. And Alex? Six.
11:01Yeah, go with Chris. Scared. And Alex? Raised.
11:04Raised and scared in Dictionary Corner.
11:07Well, a plethora of sevens came over here.
11:10I need to announce them all in the style of a horse-racing commentator
11:13with advisor coming in over on the near side from Sidecar.
11:15Then we have Cardies and Wavers. It's four sets of seven.
11:19What a round.
11:20Who won? None of them. Dead eight. Dead eight.
11:23The ultimate photo finish. All the sevens. Honours shared.
11:27Right, more letters, please. And Alex?
11:30Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel? Thank you, Alex.
11:32N. And another one, please.
11:36R. And a vowel, please.
11:38I. And a consonant, please.
11:41S. And a vowel.
11:45O. And a consonant, please.
11:48C. And a vowel, please.
11:52E. And a consonant, please.
11:55L. And a final consonant, please.
12:00A final X.
12:02Thanks, Rich.
12:03H.
12:04What?
12:32Help.
12:32Tell me what you want.
12:34Alex. Seven. And Chris. Six. Six. Could be a little crack here, Chris. What's a six? Closer. Let's check. Seven.
12:42Cronies. Cronies. Yes, just double check that they are. Yes, they are. Well done.
12:47Is that as good as it gets? Got to be with an X there. Well, enclosed was there for another
12:52choice on seven. But yes, the X finds its way into a rather lovely eight. I wonder if it's related
12:59to the term lexicographer. Lexicons. Beautiful. Oh, yes. Yeah, we love lexicon. Dictionaries, essentially. Yeah. All right. You've got a
13:09lead now, Alex. Nice one. But we're back to the numbers, Chris. Here we go. Can I have two large
13:14four small in the shape of C, please? You can indeed. Thank you, Chris.
13:17See you for Chris. Two big four little. The four little's this time. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine. One hundred and
13:26fifty. And the target? One hundred and sixty-one. One sixty-one. Numbers up.
14:01Low target, Chris. One sixty-one. And Alex. One sixty-one. Off you go, Chris. Eight minus six is two.
14:09Yep. Nine plus two is eleven. It is. And then add the fifty and the one hundred.
14:13Not a tricky one. One sixty-one. Alex. Yeah, same. Just a slightly different order. Lovely. Ten points each.
14:23Now, John Colshaw, I mean, I think people think probably politicians straight away, of course, when they think of you.
14:31But as Chris started with Mickey Mouse, I'm going to ban you in our chat today from any political voices.
14:39That's nice. That's welcome.
14:43What springs to mind straight away? Who do you enjoy?
14:45Well, the scientists, the intellectuals, those characters who present us with fascination.
14:53And Chris, you'll know this. When you're first putting a routine together, we want to find things which are unusual
14:59for them to say, out of character.
15:01Even silly. You know, the sillier the better. Quite often we might borrow things from The Muppet Show.
15:08For Professor Brian Cox, Kermit's nephew.
15:12You know, halfway down the stairs, there's a stair where I sit.
15:18There isn't any other stair quite like it.
15:21That just sort of suits him rather nicely.
15:24For Shatner, William Shatner, for that great sort of gravitas that he has, I can remember once writing, you know,
15:32the kind of vernacular that you often hear now, where the word like has become this filler.
15:37You know, like every fourth word.
15:39I think it's a bit of a habit we may just need to move away from.
15:42I'm a bit po-faced about that.
15:44But William Shatner conveys it rather nicely.
15:47This is a sort of at-speed conversation.
15:50And she was like, and I was like, and they were like, and he was like, and I was like,
15:53and they were like, no.
15:56And I was like, and she was like, and they were like, and he was like, and I was like,
15:59and she was like, so.
16:02And they were like, and he was like, and she was like, and I was like, and they were like,
16:05and I was like, whoa.
16:07So she was like, and I was like, and they were like, and I was like, and he was like,
16:10and she was like, oh.
16:16But my favourite, I do love it when you put together
16:19Sir David Attenborough with Spike Milligan.
16:23Yes. This is a beautiful clash of words.
16:26And if I can just recall it now,
16:29a baby sardine saw her first submarine.
16:35She was scared and looked through a peephole.
16:39Oh, come, come, come, said the sardine's mum,
16:42it's only a tin full of peephole.
16:45Yeah!
16:46APPLAUSE
16:48What great fun, what great creativity.
16:51Thank you so much.
16:52Right, Chris and Alex then.
16:55Half listening to John, half focusing on what's to come,
16:58cos such a close game. And Alex, you're up.
17:01Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
17:02Thank you, Alex. S.
17:04And a... Another one, please.
17:07P.
17:08And a vowel, please.
17:10I.
17:10And a consonant, please.
17:13N.
17:14And a vowel.
17:16A.
17:17And a consonant.
17:19M.
17:20And another consonant, please.
17:23R.
17:25And a vowel.
17:27E.
17:28And a final consonant, please.
17:31A final M.
17:32And let's play.
17:52And...
17:52MUSIC PLAYS
18:04Alex?
18:06Seven.
18:06And for you, Chris?
18:08Seven.
18:08Well done.
18:09Alex?
18:10Marines.
18:10And Chris, same word or different?
18:12Different.
18:13Spammer.
18:14Spammer.
18:14Yes.
18:15And we can add one letter to that.
18:19I think Alex had already seen it, actually.
18:21Spammer.
18:22Right.
18:23Spammer.
18:24I had a spammier set of emails than you did.
18:26Goodness me.
18:27One letter makes all the difference.
18:28But no ground lost her, Chris.
18:30That is the key.
18:31And it's your letters.
18:33Consolant needs, Rachel.
18:34Thank you, Chris.
18:36P.
18:37And another.
18:39N.
18:40A vowel.
18:42O.
18:42And another.
18:44E.
18:45Consolant.
18:47F.
18:49And another.
18:54D.
18:55A vowel.
18:57A.
18:59And a final consonant, please.
19:01A final W.
19:03And here we go.
19:17Let's see.
19:33Let's get started.
19:34And a three.
19:34Talk to me, Chris. Six.
19:36Alex? Six.
19:37Here we go again, Chris.
19:39Weapon. Alex?
19:40Phoned. Phoned, and to dictionary corner.
19:43Exactly the same over here for a couple of sixes.
19:46Ah, Newell's just in.
19:47Still another six, yes, I was just playing around.
19:50Fawned was there for... Susie just got that one.
19:52Fawned for another six.
19:54Got your hopes up for no reason. Sorry, sorry.
19:57She led you up the garden path.
19:59Let's revert to numbers, then. Alex?
20:01One large and six more, please.
20:03Five small, please, Rachel.
20:04Thank you, Alex. That'll make it easier.
20:06Five small coming up.
20:08And they are nine, six, eight, three, five,
20:14and the large one, 50.
20:16And the target, 327.
20:19327. Numbers up.
20:20×–×” Legend spoilt.
20:50607.
20:50Well, the pens were down nice and early, so I'm assuming we're all right, Alex.
20:55Yeah, 3-2-7. And Chris. 3-2-7. Yeah, off you go, Alex.
20:58Six times 50 is 300. 300.
21:02And then nine times three is 27, and add them on.
21:053-2-7. Same way, Chris?
21:07Exactly the same way. Nice.
21:10APPLAUSE
21:12And that means there are zero reasons to tune out
21:15as we're going all the way again today.
21:17Another close encounter. Six rounds to go when we come back after this tea-time teaser.
21:22Pawnbroke. Pawnbroke.
21:24The pawnbroker helps with money. This helps to charge.
21:28The pawnbroker helps with money. This helps to charge.
21:38MUSIC PLAYS
21:47Hello again. The pawnbroker helps with money. This helps to charge.
21:51It's a power bank, or as you may know it, a power bank.
21:54Talking. Talking. Back to the game.
21:56Chris. Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Chris.
22:00G. And another.
22:03M. And another.
22:06D. A vowel.
22:07E. And another.
22:11I. And another.
22:13A. A consonant.
22:16G. Another vowel.
22:20E. And a final consonant, please.
22:24And a final T.
22:25E. On 30 seconds.
22:28MUSIC PLAYS
22:39MUSIC PLAYS
22:55MUSIC PLAYS
22:57Chris. Six.
22:59Alex. Six.
23:00The six, Chris.
23:02Gadget. And Alex.
23:03Imaged.
23:04There you go. Very nice. Straightforward. Straightforward.
23:08But was there more?
23:08There was a seven there. Mediate.
23:11Yep. For a seven was in that line-up.
23:14Yes. That was the only one we could pull out of that.
23:16That's all we need. I will simply move on then and get more letters, Alex,
23:19because every round important right now.
23:22Consonant, please, Rachel.
23:23Thank you, Alex.
23:24L. And a vowel, please.
23:27A. And a consonant.
23:30N. And a vowel.
23:33E. And a consonant, please.
23:35T.
23:36T. Another vowel.
23:39I. And a consonant.
23:42Y. Another consonant, please.
23:45L. And a final vowel.
23:49A final A.
23:51T. Another vowel.
23:53Abros a vowel.
24:05A consonant, please.
24:06Ooh.
24:15I'm sorry.
24:15Yeah, I'm sorry.
24:16It's a vowel.
24:16I'm sorry.
24:18It's a vowel.
24:18Okay.
24:18Yeah, I'm sorry.
24:23THEY CONFER
24:23Alex. Six.
24:24Chris. I'm going to risk a six.
24:26Alex. Entail. Entail is fine.
24:29Chris. Talon. T-A-L-L-E-N.
24:33Talon. OK, so the bird's claws are T-A-L-O-N.
24:38I'm not sure if you can spell it any other way.
24:40Not there, I'm afraid, Chris. Bad luck, I'm sorry.
24:44John. Well, a couple we can offer here, an alternative six,
24:47where I have to go into DJ mode from 1981.
24:49They're out to Stevie Wonder with the beautiful ballad, Lately.
24:53Oh, yes, beautiful. That was there for six.
24:55But just in towards the final close of the half-minute,
25:00Alanite. Yes.
25:02Brownish-black mineral.
25:04It has rare earth metals in it, aluminium and iron. Alanite.
25:08OK, 81.64.
25:11Four rounds to go.
25:12We went on a trip yesterday thanks to a message from Ronald.
25:16Who's been in touch today for Origins Awards?
25:18Oh, the most beautiful name, Anna Amato.
25:21Ooh.
25:21This is brilliant.
25:22And this came in earlier in the summer.
25:24And she said, I was wondering where the phrase,
25:27on a wing and a prayer, comes from.
25:29It just came to me when I was watching my country,
25:31Italy, play in the Euros today, because they were playing so badly.
25:35Please help me to make sense of this phrase.
25:38So, I can.
25:40So, a wing and a prayer, it's used of any kind of action
25:44that has a pretty slim chance of success.
25:47And it actually began with a popular wartime song,
25:51coming in on a wing and a prayer.
25:53And you'll understand the full sense of it when I tell you the lyrics.
25:57That there's one motor gone, we still carry on,
26:00coming in on a wing and a prayer.
26:02Yeah.
26:02So, it's all about managing to land.
26:04You might think, incidentally, that winging it comes from the same idea,
26:07but actually that's from the theatre.
26:10And that is an actor who is literally learning their lines in the wings
26:14and then going on.
26:15So, that's risky indeed.
26:17So, that's as simple as that, Anna.
26:19And very often we do find songs actually contribute quite a lot
26:22to the English language, because they give us expressions
26:24that then settle in the mainstream
26:26and they kind of lose their moorings a little bit.
26:28And it reminded me of another one that was just a few years
26:31before the outbreak of the war from 1911.
26:34And it's pie in the sky.
26:36So, pie in the sky is something that's really lovely to think about,
26:39but very unlikely to be realised.
26:41This was actually from the US originally,
26:44and it comes from a song written by Joe Hill.
26:47And he was one of the leaders of an organisation,
26:50sort of trade union really, called the Industrial Workers of the World.
26:54He also apparently had the wonderful nickname, the Wobblies.
26:58And whenever someone joined and became a member,
27:02they would receive a song book.
27:03And in this song book were parodies of popular hymns and folk songs of the time.
27:07And it had the motto to fan the flames of discontent on the cover.
27:12And pie in the sky was a bit of a parody of the Salvation Army hymn
27:16in the sweet by and by.
27:19And the way that they changed it was,
27:21work and pray, live on hay, you'll get pie in the sky when you die.
27:25In other words, you know, you're being told money doesn't really matter
27:28when, of course, everybody knows that it does.
27:31And so that's where that one came out.
27:32And I love the way that songs kind of, you know,
27:34it's still happening today with some of the best song lyrics that we have.
27:37Brilliant. Yay.
27:40Brilliant. Look, here we go.
27:42How are you feeling, Chris? Good?
27:44Yeah, very good. Excellent.
27:45So you should be.
27:46And Alex, nice so far.
27:4781 points already.
27:49Four rounds to go.
27:50That's a champions performance.
27:52But Chris doing really well.
27:5368.
27:54Your letters.
27:55Constant, please, Rachel.
27:56Thank you, Chris.
27:58G.
27:59And another.
28:00D.
28:02And another.
28:03N.
28:04A vowel.
28:06E.
28:08And another.
28:09O.
28:10And another.
28:11I.
28:12A consonant.
28:14C.
28:15And another.
28:17P.
28:18And one more consonant, please.
28:21Lastly, S.
28:22Interesting.
28:23Let's do it.
28:24Let's do it.ouses
28:25or honey? Get
28:41ready? Grow.
28:46That's
28:47right. What's
28:55Time's up. These are good letters, Chris. How many?
28:57Seven. Yes. Alex? Seven.
28:59Seven as well. Chris?
29:01Sponged. Sponged. And for you, Alex?
29:03Scoping. Scoping and sponged, Susie.
29:06Very nice, yeah.
29:07John? A rather lovely eight in this line-up, but deposing.
29:12Deposing. Deposing for an eight.
29:14It's what Chris is trying to do and still has hope.
29:17Alex, last letters you're choosing.
29:21Consonant, please, Rachel.
29:22Thank you, Alex. T?
29:24And another one, please.
29:26R. And a vowel, please.
29:29O.
29:30And another vowel, please.
29:33U.
29:34And a consonant, please.
29:36L.
29:37And a consonant, please.
29:40T.
29:41And a vowel.
29:42O.
29:44And a consonant, please.
29:47S.
29:48And another consonant, please.
29:52Lastly, J.
29:54All right, last letters.
29:56All right, last letters.
29:56All right, last letters.
30:26Alex. Six. Six for you and Chris. We're going to risk a seven.
30:30You gotta. You gotta do it, Mr. Bodderley. Out of the six.
30:34Trouts. Right, let's get you back in the crucial countdown conundrum territory.
30:38What are we risking? Outsort.
30:41I like the sound of that. Oh, it's not there.
30:46Oh, Chris. John, what have you got?
30:48Well, with some of the other choices of words, a five and a six,
30:52we could come up with a phrase to express the frustration there.
30:56Oh, joust me, trouts.
31:00For a five and a six. Nice. So, no sevens? Not that we could see, no.
31:03So, there you go, yet again.
31:06OK, our final numbers. All is not lost yet, Chris.
31:11Can I have another C, please, Rachel? You're not going to gamble? No.
31:14No? OK, we're doing another C. I'm not a gambler.
31:16OK. Too large, four little. You need a bit of a challenge, though, Chris.
31:20Final numbers. Nine, six, six, eight,
31:25one hundred and fifty.
31:27And the target, 626.
31:30Six to six. Numbers up.
31:32Seven to ten.
31:34Five to ten.
31:36Five to ten.
31:48Six is what's going on.
31:50Ten.
31:50Two, the two, the two, the two.
31:56Seven to ten.
31:56to ten. Thanirim.
31:57Four to ten.
32:03Time's up. 6, 2, 6. Chris?
32:05Yep, 6, 2, 6. And Alex?
32:076, 2, 6. That will be for the win. Chris, you pushed them all the way.
32:10Let's hear yours first. 100 times 6 is 600.
32:13600. 9 minus 6 is 3. Yep.
32:17Times 8 is 24. It is.
32:20And 50 minus 24 is 26, and add it on. 6, 2, 6. Well done.
32:24Nice. And Alex, for the win? Did it slightly differently.
32:27I did 9 minus 6 is 3, and add 100.
32:31Add to the 100. OK. Times that by 6.
32:35618. And then add the 8. Well done.
32:376, 2, 6. Well done.
32:39APPLAUSE
32:41And that gets you over 100, Alex.
32:45104. Chris, you could have a losing score of 95,
32:49which is a story to tell the grandkids about.
32:52So fingers on the buzzers. Let's see if we can get you there
32:54as we reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:03I might, Chris. No. No, don't worry about it.
33:06Rest at time to Alex.
33:32Time is up. Just the appalling idea of glue ferret.
33:36Through me.
33:38But not Rachel. And I have to say, by the way, just so you know,
33:41Alex and Chris, three seconds. She had it in three seconds.
33:44Well, I think as soon as Chris buzzed, he must have been regretful.
33:47Oh!
33:49Let's confirm it.
33:50Well spotted.
33:51Well spotted.
33:53Well, Chris, you made a good first impression.
33:55You made a good last impression.
33:56Hopefully we've made a good impression on you if you've enjoyed your day.
33:59Oh, I've loved it. Thank you very much.
34:00He'll come back because he's a champion and waiting, isn't he?
34:02Yes, definitely.
34:03Alex, you've had two in a row, I think, with Luane and Chris.
34:06Would-be champions you've had to fend off.
34:08So you must be feeling a little invincible.
34:10Yeah.
34:10And a little tired.
34:11A little nervous.
34:12And a little, all those things.
34:14We're halfway there to being a Noctur champ.
34:15We'll see you tomorrow.
34:16John and Susie, see you tomorrow.
34:17See you then.
34:18All done for today.
34:19Rachel, see you soon.
34:20See you tomorrow.
34:20In fact, see you tomorrow.
34:22Yeah, exactly.
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