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00:31Well, good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:34And I often think, you know, is there no end to human ingenuity?
00:37You get these sort of little inventions that you think, well, who on earth is going to buy that?
00:41And I saw one recently.
00:43It was invented in Helsinki, apparently.
00:46It's, you know, when you drive your car into a car wash, it's sort of attacked by brushes everywhere.
00:52Brushes underneath, on top, the roof, all these rotating brushes.
00:56Well, they've got one for the shower.
00:57It's just below the shower wrap.
01:00And you've got a foot pedal.
01:01And you stand there with your arms up and your legs apart.
01:06And a rotating brush descends and attacks nooks and crannies and everywhere on you.
01:14I thought, who is going to pay £4,100 for that?
01:18And my eyes turned to you.
01:20And I thought, no, wait.
01:22But Peter's saying, well, hold on a minute.
01:24It's not a laughing matter because some people, elderly people, and I'm one of those, less mobile than I used
01:30to be, one day may need assistance in the shower.
01:33Yeah.
01:34Well, we've got elderly people, pregnant people.
01:37Exactly.
01:37Everyone that can't reach bits.
01:38I think it's a great idea.
01:40I've got friends that are bigger than me.
01:41And they say that at some point, they just give up shaving certain parts of their body because they can't
01:45reach.
01:46There's just patches of hair randomly.
01:48And that's what their husband gets.
01:50I think what I'm going to do is not spend £4,100.
01:53When I can't bend over, I'll invite somebody into the shower with me and they can do it for me.
02:02How about that?
02:02What an appealing offer for that person.
02:05Somebody might be grateful for the fiver.
02:08Who's with us?
02:09Sarah DeLapp is back.
02:10Welcome back, Sarah.
02:12From Gateshead, marketing officer, great four wins to your name.
02:17Yeah?
02:17Enjoying yourself?
02:18Yeah, very much so.
02:18And Sarah, you're joined by Stuart Kilpatrick, retired chief police superintendent from Barton Seagrave in North Hance.
02:27A career in the police force.
02:29Fantastic.
02:30And now, you've got a bit of a career on the 10-pin bowling because you represent the British Police
02:3510-pin Bowling Association, which is why you look so healthy.
02:39Try and keep fit.
02:40Excellent stuff.
02:41We have seven tournaments a year and I bowl in the league twice a week as well.
02:45And you were in the North Hance police force.
02:49Yes, for almost service, just over 30 years.
02:51That's right.
02:51Started off as a village bobby and finished up as a chief superintendent.
02:54Yeah, well, we're delighted to have you with us.
02:57Thank you very much.
02:57Both of you.
02:58Big round of applause for Sarah and Stuart.
03:04And over the corner, Susie, of course, and oh, he's back.
03:08It's great to welcome back, well-loved dancer and judge and all-round good guy, really.
03:13It's Len Goodman.
03:14Yay!
03:20Lovely to have you back then.
03:22Now, Sarah, off we go.
03:24Let us go.
03:25Hi, Rachel.
03:26Hi, Sarah.
03:27A consonant, please.
03:28Start today with L.
03:30And another.
03:32N.
03:33And another.
03:35S.
03:36And another.
03:38R.
03:39And a vowel.
03:41U.
03:42And another.
03:43I.
03:44Another.
03:46E.
03:47A consonant.
03:49D.
03:50And a final vowel, please.
03:52And a final O.
03:55And here's the countdown clock.
03:56A consonant.
03:58A consonant.
04:01A consonant.
04:09A consonant.
04:12A consonant.
04:14A consonant.
04:14A consonant.
04:14A consonant.
04:14A consonant.
04:14A consonant.
04:28Yes, Sarah?
04:29Seven, not written down.
04:31Seven. And Stuart?
04:32Seven.
04:33No, Sarah.
04:34Insured?
04:36Yes, Stuart.
04:36Same word.
04:37There we go.
04:38Yeah.
04:41What does the corner think?
04:43Len and Susie?
04:44Len?
04:44Well, I got Len.
04:48Not two Lens.
04:49Then I got Lens.
04:51So I was well on the way.
04:52But, oh, I can't do it because it's Susie's glory.
04:58Go on.
04:59There is a nine there to kick off with.
05:01Undersoil is there.
05:03Perfect.
05:04Well done.
05:09Undersoil, indeed.
05:11Well done.
05:12Well done, the corner.
05:13Seven apiece.
05:14And Stuart, it's your letters again.
05:16Good afternoon, Rachel.
05:18Afternoon, Stuart.
05:18Can I have a consonant, please?
05:19You can indeed start with S.
05:21And another.
05:23M.
05:24And a vowel.
05:26A.
05:27And another.
05:29I.
05:30And another.
05:31E.
05:33And a consonant.
05:34And another.
05:36And another.
05:38T.
05:40And another.
05:42N.
05:44And a final consonant, please.
05:47Final S.
05:49Stand by.
05:50A.
05:51A Leap.
05:52B.
06:07M.
06:12A.
06:21Well, Stuart, it's six.
06:25Six.
06:26And Sarah?
06:27Just a five.
06:28Your five is?
06:29Exams.
06:30Now, Stuart.
06:31Taxis.
06:33Taxis?
06:34With the E.
06:35Absolutely fine, as in the airplane, taxis.
06:37Down the runway, yes, very good.
06:39Now, Len and Susie, what have you?
06:42Inmites.
06:43Yes.
06:44Inmites.
06:46For seven.
06:50And Susie?
06:51Stamons are there for seven as well, but there is an eight there,
06:54which is mateyness, palliness, mateyness.
06:57Mateyness.
06:57To be an eight, yeah.
06:58Yeah.
06:59Len's a matey sort of guy.
07:00Yeah, matey.
07:01Me and Susie, matey.
07:03Mateyness.
07:03Mates.
07:04Excellent.
07:05Thirteen plays seven.
07:07Sarah, your numbers came.
07:09One large and five small, please.
07:11Thank you, Sarah.
07:11One from the top row.
07:13Five others, and the first one of the day is four, ten, three, four, one, and the large
07:21one, twenty-five.
07:23And the target, four hundred and twenty-eight.
07:25Four, two, eight.
07:57Sarah?
07:59No, I don't get anything.
08:01Stuart?
08:01428.
08:03Stuart?
08:0410 plus 3 plus 4 is 17.
08:08It is...
08:09Times 25.
08:10425.
08:11425.
08:114 minus 1 is 3.
08:13The other 4.
08:14Add it on.
08:14Perfect.
08:15428.
08:15Well done.
08:16Excellent.
08:19So Stuart's got an early lead.
08:2223 points to Sarah's 7s.
08:23We turn to our first Tea Time teaser, which is Turbo Cake.
08:27And the clue?
08:28The student headed off to Australia on a gap year and became this.
08:31The student headed off to Australia on a gap year and became this.
08:52Welcome back.
08:53I left with the clue.
08:54The student headed off to Australia on a gap year and became this.
08:58Became an outbacker.
09:02Outbacker.
09:03There we are.
09:0423 to 7.
09:05Stuart in the lead.
09:06And it's Stuart's letters game.
09:08Yes.
09:09A consonant, please, Rachel.
09:10Thank you, Stuart.
09:11N.
09:12And another.
09:14G.
09:15And a vowel.
09:17O.
09:18And another.
09:19A.
09:20And a third.
09:22U.
09:23And a consonant.
09:25W.
09:26And a consonant.
09:28T.
09:29And a vowel.
09:31O.
09:33And a final consonant, please.
09:34And a final R.
09:36Stand by.
09:37One Vladimir.
09:39One Vladimir.
09:40One héros.
09:41One, two.
09:42Two.
09:58One.
09:59One.
09:59One.
10:03Eight.
10:06One, one.
10:07Stuart.
10:09Five.
10:10Five.
10:12Sarah.
10:12Five.
10:13Yes, Stuart.
10:14Gaunt.
10:15Gaunt.
10:17Wagon.
10:17And wagon.
10:19Now, what do you reckon, then?
10:22I've got five.
10:24Yes.
10:25Tango.
10:28But I'm sure Susie's got better.
10:32There's a nice eight there.
10:34Outgrown.
10:35Outgrown.
10:36Yes.
10:40Very good.
10:41And then's tango, indeed.
10:43Now, Sarah, your letters came.
10:45Vowel, please.
10:46Thank you, Sarah.
10:47I.
10:48A consonant.
10:50C.
10:51And another.
10:53H.
10:54And another.
10:56T.
10:57And another.
10:59S.
11:00And a vowel.
11:01A.
11:02And another.
11:04U.
11:05And another.
11:08E.
11:09And a final consonant, please.
11:11And a final P.
11:12Stand by.
11:15Just a little bit.
11:36And a filtration.
11:37All right.
11:37And a ventilation.
11:37We're right back.
11:38And another.
11:39And this.
11:40I'm here.
11:43And another.
11:43And aсуд.
11:43Well Sarah? Just a six. Stuart? Six. Sarah? Cheats? Yes. Both? Great minds think alike. What's the corner got? There
11:57is an eight, a botanical eight. Hepatics, another word for the liverwort plant, which is more flowerless and green and
12:06was once used in medicine to treat liver complaints. So hepatics will give you an eight.
12:1434 to 18. Stuart, it's your numbers game.
12:18Two large and four small, please.
12:20Thank you, Stuart. Two from the top, four not. And this time your four little ones are nine, nine, six
12:27and ten. And the big two, 175. And the target, 534.
12:34Five, three, four.
12:36Four, four, five, six and ten.
13:08Stuart, 5, 3, 1.
13:105, 3, 1, Sarah?
13:115, 3, 1.
13:13Stuart?
13:149 times 6, 54.
13:169 times 6, 54.
13:18Times 10.
13:20Times 10, 540.
13:21Take away a 9.
13:23And the other 9. Yep, 3 away.
13:25And Sarah?
13:26I did it a different way. 75 times 6.
13:2975 times 6, 450.
13:31Plus 100.
13:32550.
13:33Minus 10, minus 9.
13:34Yeah, 3 away.
13:37There we are.
13:38Rachel, where's it got to?
13:39It's escaped. 5, 3, 4?
13:42A couple of ways for this one.
13:43You could have said 100 minus 10 is 90.
13:479 divided by 9 is 1.
13:49Take that away for 89.
13:51And times it by 6.
13:53Excellent.
13:54Well done.
13:57Thank you, Rachel.
13:5941 plays 25 as we turn anxiously to Len.
14:04Now then.
14:04Yes.
14:05Len.
14:067.
14:07That's a catchphrase and a half.
14:09How did it come?
14:10I used to do It Takes Two with Zoe Does It Great.
14:16But prior to her, it was Claudia Winkleman.
14:19And we had such a laugh.
14:21And she used to say, now, on this week's show, I want you to say delightful.
14:28So I'd, you know, there was a, somebody did a rumba to skyfall.
14:33So I said, getting an eyefall of your skyfall was delight.
14:38So I used to do it like that.
14:39And then it got harder.
14:41It was Stonehenge.
14:44So, you know, another couple danced.
14:46And I said, well, you're a bit like Stonehenge.
14:50It's magnificent to look at, but doesn't move much.
14:53You know, and so it went on, so it went on.
14:56Anyway, one week, she said, I want you to shout out a number.
15:00So I was going along judging.
15:02And a couple came out and danced.
15:04And I said, seven.
15:07Lovely, isn't that?
15:09Next one came out.
15:10I thought, oh, blimey, another, another seven.
15:12So, seven.
15:14And I got a little bit excited about it.
15:17The third one came out.
15:18And I thought, well, they're all the same.
15:19So I really gave it some well.
15:21You know, seven.
15:23And Bruno collapsed with laughter.
15:26So because of his laughing and joking about, that became the catchphrase.
15:32Well, I didn't know it was a catchphrase.
15:34It was just, seven.
15:36That's how it came out.
15:37Ten from Len was a natural.
15:39You know, I didn't even know I'd said it.
15:41So somebody danced great and Craig and Darcy or whoever gave it a ten.
15:46And then I just, it's a ten from Len.
15:50So, but how bizarre that a number like seven can, you know,
15:55if I'm in London and a taxi driver spots me, all I get out the window is,
16:01seven.
16:02Seven and we.
16:04It's a great, it's the delivery that's perfect.
16:07Yeah.
16:07And it's a good number to sort of give a bit of welly to.
16:10Yeah.
16:10Yeah.
16:11So there you go.
16:12That's how it came along.
16:14So I did enjoy those times.
16:17It's such a wonderful show.
16:18It's brilliant.
16:19I love it.
16:19And of course, Rachel was there.
16:21She loved it.
16:22Rachel, you, you had a lot of fun.
16:23In fact, it was a very important event for you.
16:27May I say?
16:28Maybe.
16:28Yes.
16:29I'm carrying it with me now.
16:30Indeed you are.
16:32Indeed you are.
16:32You know, they talk about the Strictly curse and all that stuff.
16:36But sometimes it's a Strictly joy.
16:39Strictly.
16:40As with Rachel and dear old Pasha the Dasher.
16:43Lovely.
16:43Indeed.
16:44Thank you very much, then.
16:46Well done.
16:50Indeed.
16:51All right.
16:5341 plays 25 and it's Sarah's letters game.
16:56Sarah.
16:56A vowel, please, Rachel.
16:58Thank you, Sarah.
16:59I.
17:00And another.
17:01O.
17:02A consonant.
17:03L.
17:04And another.
17:06B.
17:06And another.
17:07S.
17:08And another.
17:10T.
17:11And a vowel.
17:13E.
17:14And another.
17:16A.
17:17And a consonant, please.
17:19And lastly, S.
17:21Stand by.
17:23BELL RINGS
17:53Well, Sarah?
17:55Er, I'll try a seven.
17:57Stuart?
17:57Seven.
17:58No.
18:00Sarah?
18:00Saltees?
18:02Oh, no.
18:03Stuart?
18:04Stables.
18:05And stables?
18:07Absolutely fine, yes.
18:08Saltees are saltwater crocodiles.
18:10Excellent.
18:11Well done.
18:12Susie and Len?
18:13Oh.
18:14There's not, that's not really anything.
18:17Boatless?
18:18Yes.
18:19Boatless.
18:20If you, er, wanted to go out rowing, for example, and you turned up and someone had taken your
18:25boat up before you, you would be boatless.
18:29Now then, 48 to 32, Sarah on 32.
18:33Stuart, your letters go.
18:34Er, consonant, please, Rachel.
18:36Thank you, Stuart.
18:37F.
18:38And another.
18:40T.
18:41And a vowel.
18:43I.
18:43And another.
18:45U.
18:46And another.
18:47A.
18:48And a consonant.
18:49K.
18:50And another.
18:52D.
18:53And a vowel.
18:55E.
18:57And a final consonant, please.
19:00A final L.
19:01Stand by.
19:03And a vowel.
19:32Well, Stuart,
19:33six, Sarah, six, not written down. What would it be Sarah dilute dilute and Stuart futile and futile? Yes. Good
19:44words, both. Hmm. Yeah. And the corner default default. That's a good word. Yes. That'll give you seven, seven, but
19:53is that it default default? What do you want out of life? Seven. Good.
19:57Oh, no, no, no. Thank you, Len. I shall return. 54 to 38. Stuart, 50 for Sarah. Here we go.
20:06Your numbers came.
20:07One large and five small, please. Thank you, Sarah. Back to your favourite. And this time, your little ones are
20:13three, four, two, one, ten. And the big one, 50.
20:20And the target, 591.
20:23Five, nine, one.
20:26Five, nine, one, ten. And the big one, ten. And the big one. And the big one. And the big
20:43one. And the big one. And the big one. And the big one. And the big one. And the big
20:43one. And the big one. And the big one. And the big one. And the big one. And the big
20:44one. And the big one. And the big one. And the big one. And the big one. And the big
20:44one. And the big one. And the big one. And the big one. And the big one. And the big
20:44one. And the big one. And the big one. And the big one. And the big one. And the big
20:44one. And the big one. And the big one. And the big one. And the big one. And the big
20:44one. And the big one. And the big one. And the big one. And the big one. And the big
20:46one. And the big one. And the big one.
20:56Sarah?
20:57592.
20:59592, Stuart?
21:00591.
21:01Right, Stuart.
21:034 times 2 is 6.
21:07Say that again, Stuart.
21:09Wrong.
21:09Oh, you made a mistake.
21:10Yep, sorry.
21:11Sorry, Stuart.
21:12Sarah?
21:1410 plus 2 is 12.
21:1610 plus 2 is 12.
21:18Times 50.
21:19Times 50, 600.
21:21Minus 4, minus 3, minus 1.
21:234, 3 and 1 for 1 away.
21:26And Rachel?
21:28591.
21:29Taking Sarah's method, she could have said 4 minus 1 is 3.
21:33Times the 3 is 9 to take away from this 600.
21:36Oh, there you is.
21:37Thank you, Rachel.
21:41So, Sarah, by default, really has closed the gap slightly.
21:4445, 2, Stuart.
21:45It's 54 as we turn to our second tea time teaser, which is brown soda.
21:51And the clue?
21:51He doesn't need soda.
21:53He gets plenty of fizz using this.
21:55He doesn't need soda.
21:57He gets plenty of fizz using this.
22:16Welcome back.
22:17Welcome back.
22:17I left you with a clue.
22:18He doesn't need soda.
22:20He gets plenty of fizz using this.
22:21Using his snowboard.
22:25Snowboard is the answer to that.
22:27So, 54 to 45, Stuart in the lead.
22:30Stuart?
22:31Let us go.
22:33A consonant, please.
22:34Thank you, Stuart.
22:35P.
22:36And another.
22:38T.
22:39And a vowel.
22:42I.
22:43And another.
22:44A.
22:46And a third.
22:47I.
22:48Consonant.
22:50M.
22:51And another.
22:53R.
22:55And a vowel.
22:57O.
22:58And a vowel, please.
23:00And lastly.
23:01A.
23:03Come back.
23:03C.
23:05C.
23:05C.
23:05C.
23:33Well, Stuart.
23:35Six.
23:35A six and?
23:37Six.
23:38Yes, Stuart.
23:39Import.
23:41Sarah?
23:42Armpit.
23:44Armpit.
23:45Yeah, very good.
23:47Any more armpits, Len?
23:49No, we've got an impart.
23:51Yes.
23:51Yeah.
23:52For six.
23:53Yeah, just sixes.
23:54Yeah, all sixes.
23:55Nothing else?
23:56Nothing else.
23:5760 to 51, only nine points in it.
24:00We're careering down the final straight.
24:03Now, Sarah, your letters game.
24:04A vowel, please.
24:06Thank you, Sarah.
24:07I.
24:08And a consonant.
24:10N.
24:11And another.
24:13She.
24:14And another.
24:16P.
24:17And a vowel.
24:18O.
24:19And another.
24:21U.
24:25And a vowel, please.
24:30And the last one, E.
24:33Stand by.
24:33Do it.
24:55And a vowel.
25:02Are you?
25:05Sarah?
25:05Seven, not written down again.
25:08Stuart? Just the six.
25:09And your six is? Plunge.
25:12Now, Sarah?
25:13Opening? Yes, well spotted.
25:16Very good.
25:18And the corner, Len?
25:19Yes, penguin.
25:21Oh, that's good. Well, I didn't do it, of course.
25:25Susie, and...
25:26Oh, don't. No, I'm not going to even say it.
25:28Go on, Susie.
25:29Eloping.
25:30Eloping.
25:31The seven as well, yeah.
25:32Eloping and penguin. Very good.
25:33Two points in it.
25:3560 to 58.
25:37Oh, let's give them a breather, Susie,
25:40as you deliver your wonderful origins of words.
25:44And today?
25:45Today, I've been inspired by a friend, Simon Horobin,
25:49who teaches at Oxford,
25:49and he writes beautifully about etymology.
25:53And he's written a bit about breakfast
25:56and the vocabulary of breakfast,
25:58so I thought I would take my cue from him.
26:00And so I would eat all the things
26:01that we might eat for breakfast.
26:03So I'll start with cereal,
26:04because most of us have cereal for breakfast these days.
26:07That takes its name from Serres.
26:09Now, she was a Roman goddess of agriculture,
26:12and she was celebrated by festivals
26:15involving thousands of people,
26:17furious chariot races.
26:19It was a really, really big deal.
26:21Some people might prefer a continental breakfast.
26:24That's usually the kind of breakfast
26:25that you would get in France.
26:26So that might have a baguette in it
26:29that comes from the French for a small rod or a wand.
26:33Ultimately, it goes back to a Latin word
26:35that also gave us imbecile, believe it or not,
26:37because an imbecile was originally somebody
26:40who was physically frail and without a stick or a star.
26:44So baguette and imbecile, strangely linked.
26:47Now, you might have croissant.
26:48That's simply a word that developed
26:51from the shape of a crescent, French or crescent.
26:54And finally, you might try a bagel.
26:56That's a Yiddish term.
26:58We're going to call them bigels.
26:59That's related to an old English word, actually,
27:01for a metal armoring.
27:02So, again, all about the shape.
27:04If you're not full-on English, you might have sausages.
27:06That's from a Roman word meaning salted.
27:09Eggs were a Viking word.
27:10That's a Viking legacy.
27:12Beans, one of the most ancient foods
27:14and ancient words that we have, actually,
27:16goes back right to the beginnings of language.
27:18And pudding, which is from the Latin botellus,
27:21meaning intestine.
27:23So if you think about black pudding,
27:24that's pretty much what we used to have originally
27:26for our puddings.
27:27And that also gave us botulism,
27:28which is not a great note.
27:30So maybe stick to Len's favourite breakfast.
27:32I do ask him about this.
27:33It's porridge.
27:34Yes.
27:34That goes back to the Anglo-Saxons and pottage,
27:37because it was all cooked in a pot.
27:39Ah, excellent.
27:40Isn't that good?
27:40Very good.
27:41Ah, wonderful.
27:44So brilliant.
27:4658 to 60.
27:48And, Stuart, it's your letters game.
27:49And a consonant, please.
27:51Thank you, Stuart.
27:53R.
27:54And another.
27:55D.
27:57And a vowel.
27:58O.
27:59And another.
28:00I.
28:01And another.
28:03A.
28:04And a consonant.
28:06F.
28:07And another.
28:09C.
28:10And a vowel.
28:13O.
28:14And a final vowel, please.
28:16And a final I.
28:19Stand by.
28:20And a vowel.
28:39And a vowel.
28:41And a vowel.
28:41And a vowel.
28:41And a vowel.
28:42And a vowel.
28:51Stuart?
28:52Five.
28:53Yes, Sarah?
28:54Five.
28:56Stuart?
28:56Radio.
28:57And another radio?
28:59Radio.
28:59There we go.
29:02Now, in the corner.
29:04Acrid.
29:06Thank you, Len.
29:07Anything else, Susie?
29:08No, just measly five.
29:09We'll leave it with Acrid.
29:10Len's Acrid.
29:11All right.
29:13And, oh, Rachel's got some.
29:14Ah, cardio.
29:17I thought I've been avoiding lately.
29:20Cardio.
29:2265 to 63.
29:24Two points, innit?
29:25Ah.
29:26Where are we going?
29:27Sarah?
29:28Your letters, Ken.
29:30Vowel, please.
29:31Thank you, Sarah.
29:32E.
29:33And another.
29:34A.
29:35And another.
29:37I.
29:38Consonant.
29:39T.
29:40And another.
29:41Y.
29:42Y.
29:42And another.
29:43M.
29:44And another.
29:45H.
29:46And another.
29:49R.
29:50And a vowel, please.
29:52And lastly, E.
29:54Stand by.
29:56I.
29:57And another.
30:23For more.
30:26Yes, Sarah?
30:27Six.
30:28Stuart?
30:29Seven.
30:30Right.
30:32Sarah?
30:32Hearty.
30:33Hearty and?
30:34Meteor.
30:36And Meteor.
30:37Well done.
30:37Yes, very, very good.
30:39Mmm.
30:41Now, Len and Susie, Len?
30:43I thought I had rhythm for a jiffy.
30:47Yeah.
30:47And then I was two H's needed.
30:51Oh.
30:52Disappointing.
30:52But we have got Hermit.
30:56And?
30:56Meteor as well.
30:57Meteor.
30:57Yeah.
30:58Perfect.
30:58Thank you, Len.
31:00Sorry about the rhythm.
31:01Oh, close, but no coconut.
31:0472 to 63.
31:06Final numbers game.
31:08Stuart?
31:09One large and five small, please.
31:11Thank you, Stuart.
31:12And your last chance to avoid a crucial conundrum.
31:14Let's see how it pans out.
31:15Final numbers are seven, four, five, eight, seven.
31:21And a large one, 50.
31:24And the target, 378.
31:27Three, seven, eight.
31:28Two.
31:29One, two.
31:30Three, seven.
31:33Two, three, seven, eight.
31:36Three, nine, eight.
31:56sei now, we're just Bye-Girls,
31:59Yes, Stuart?
32:013-7-7.
32:03One away. Sarah?
32:053-7-8.
32:07Sarah?
32:0850 times 7.
32:1050 times 7, 350.
32:137 times 4.
32:14And 7 times 4, and you've taken the lead for that crucial conundrum.
32:18Whoa.
32:21Brilliant.
32:22Look at this, 73 to 72.
32:25Final round now, chaps. Good luck to you both.
32:28Fingers on buzzers.
32:29Let's roll today's crucial countdown conundrum.
33:03Oh, foxed.
33:05Who in the audience will take this on?
33:08You'd better be good to get this one, because our two players couldn't.
33:11Nobody? No?
33:13Rachel, come on, help us out.
33:14Is it motorbike?
33:16Motorbike. Let's see whether you're right.
33:19There it is. Motorbike.
33:23Well done.
33:25Well done, Rachel.
33:27That was a bit squeaky.
33:28Very.
33:29Well done. I'll come back to you in a second.
33:31Now, Stuart, you played really strongly.
33:34How'd you run the ropes?
33:35All the time, pretty much.
33:37And then at the end, ah, I'm sorry.
33:39That's okay.
33:40You played really well. Thank you very much for coming.
33:42Thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you very much for having me.
33:43I'm glad you did.
33:44And you take this goodie bag back to Barton Seagrave in Northamptonshire with our very best wishes.
33:49Well played.
33:51And over to you, Sarah.
33:52Five good wins, but wow.
33:54You ran it close to the wire, didn't you?
33:57We'll see you tomorrow.
33:58Well done.
33:59Len, are you coming tomorrow?
34:00I'm coming tomorrow, and I'm going to wear a tie.
34:02All right.
34:03Well, that'll be exciting.
34:05Yeah, a little bit of joy for the viewers.
34:07Indeed.
34:08We'll see you tomorrow.
34:08Any time you turn up, it's a joy to the viewers.
34:10Yes, Susie, see you tomorrow?
34:12Yeah, see you then.
34:13All right.
34:13And the conundrum cracker over there.
34:16Oh, it was cruel, wasn't it?
34:17That one tiny slip with the maths for Stuart.
34:19I know.
34:20And Sarah lives to see another day.
34:21She does.
34:22We'll see you tomorrow.
34:23See you then.
34:23Look forward to it.
34:24Join us then, same time, same place.
34:26You be sure of it.
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