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00:31Well, good afternoon. Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:36If I were to shoot off to Dublin tonight, I could go to the opening night of a great show
00:41that's going to be touring the United Kingdom featuring, would you believe it, Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison and this
00:47extraordinary band.
00:50Problem is, they've been dead for years and they're now being reproduced as holograms with a live band.
00:57Anyway, there we are. Talking about holograms, you hear about that German circus. It's a sort of anti-cruelty circus.
01:04They've got elephants, they've got tigers, they've got everything you possibly want in hologram form.
01:10And apparently it works. I mean, I don't know. I'm not sure whether a hologram works. What do you think?
01:16I'd like to see it. I think it'd be intriguing. I'm all for not using animals and if holograms work
01:21and they're entertaining and they still get kids to see these, you know, amazing creatures, then great.
01:26Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I'm with you. I'm with you.
01:29Who have we got with us? None other than Paul Nixon, who scored on Friday 136. Highest score of the
01:36series. Well done.
01:38Look at you. Five wins. Fantastic performance.
01:41But now you're confronted by Peter Williams, retired financial advisor from Stonnell in Staffordshire, who loves the narrowboat world.
01:51Tell us a little bit about this because you've got a clever system whereby you've got sort of timeshare on
01:57a canal boat.
01:57Absolutely. How many of you? What do you get for it?
02:00There are 12 of us and we all get four weeks. In fact, there's another half share as well.
02:06We get four weeks boat share for one week in every season.
02:11Yeah. And of course, what that means is that we have a twelfth of the cost of the boat and
02:16probably have as many weeks on the boat as we want during the year.
02:20And we're based upon the Trent and Mersey Canal at Great Haywood near Stafford at the moment.
02:25Wonderful.
02:25But it's a great life on the canal.
02:27Brilliant stuff.
02:29Well, look, good luck to you.
02:30Good luck to you both.
02:31Big round of applause now for Paul and Peter.
02:37Paul and Peter.
02:39And over in the corner, after a peaceful weekend, we've got Susie looking after our dictionary corner guest, none other
02:46than Dr. Phil Hammond, Dr. Journalist, broadcast comedian.
02:55I'm actually a hologram of the Milky Bar Kid today.
02:58It's an early prototype.
03:00I do John Denver as well, actually.
03:01There you go.
03:02I could be a hologram.
03:03Let's add it to the list.
03:05Anyway, Paul, off we go.
03:08OK.
03:09Hi, Rachel.
03:10Hi, Paul.
03:10Vowel, please.
03:12Start the week with you.
03:13And another one.
03:15E.
03:15And another.
03:17I.
03:17A consonant, please.
03:19P.
03:20And another.
03:21T.
03:22And another.
03:24R.
03:25And another.
03:26D.
03:29Another consonant.
03:30B.
03:33And another consonant, please.
03:35And the last one, S.
03:37And here's the countdown clock.
04:10Well, Paul.
04:11I think I have an eight.
04:13Peter.
04:14Just a seven.
04:15And your seven is?
04:16Striped.
04:19Paul.
04:19At the risk of sounding stupid, I'm going to say stupider.
04:23It is specified.
04:24Very well done.
04:25Yeah, it's good.
04:26Stupider.
04:33Eight points there for Paul.
04:36And in the corner.
04:37Can't beat eight.
04:38Eight, no.
04:39We had bruise, sub-edit, disturb, disrupt.
04:41Yeah.
04:42But all seven.
04:42So eight was the winner.
04:43Well done.
04:44Excellent.
04:45Now, Peter.
04:47Peter, your letters game.
04:49Hi, Rachel.
04:50Hi, Peter.
04:51Could I have a consonant, please?
04:53Start with T.
04:55Could I have another consonant?
04:57X.
04:58And one more.
04:59R.
05:01Could I have a vowel?
05:03A.
05:04Another vowel?
05:06O.
05:07And a third vowel?
05:08I.
05:10Another consonant?
05:12D.
05:14Another consonant?
05:16R.
05:17And a final vowel, please.
05:20And a final E.
05:22Stand by.
05:24A.
05:25A.
05:53A.
05:53A.
05:53A.
05:53A.
05:55Peter, I've just got a six.
05:57A six, yes, Paul?
05:59A seven.
06:00Peter.
06:01Taxied.
06:02Taxied and ratioed.
06:05Or ratioed.
06:07OK.
06:10It is in, yes, expressed as a ratio or in terms of a ratio,
06:14or subject to ratioing.
06:16It looks a bit strange on the page, but it's in the...
06:19Ratioed.
06:20And the corner?
06:21Can't beat seven again.
06:23We've got tarried.
06:24What's that one?
06:25We have exordia, plural of exordium,
06:28which is the introduction to an essay,
06:30and tardia, so quite a few sevens.
06:35Now, Paul, is your numbers game?
06:38Can I have six small ones, please, Rachel?
06:41Back to your favourite.
06:42Thank you, Paul.
06:42Six smalls start the week,
06:44and they are six, seven, nine, three, one, and two.
06:53And the target, 132.
06:55One, three, two.
06:58One, three, two.
06:59One, three, two, three, four.
07:04One, two, one, three, one, two.
07:05One, three, one, three.
07:06And on the other, tre, three, one, and ten.
07:23206.
07:23The target, 132.
07:23One, three, one, a number, three, one.
07:28You can miss out
07:29One, three, two.
07:30And Peter?
07:31One, three, two.
07:32Yes, Paul?
07:34Nine plus one is ten.
07:35Yep.
07:37Seven plus six is thirteen.
07:39Thirteen.
07:40Multiply those.
07:41One hundred and thirty.
07:42And add to two.
07:42One, three, two.
07:44Peter?
07:45Slightly different.
07:46Nine, sevens are sixty-three.
07:48Yep.
07:49Plus three.
07:49Plus three is sixty-six.
07:51Times two.
07:52Perfect.
07:53One, three, two.
07:53Well done.
07:59So, twenty-five plays at ten.
08:02Paul on twenty-five as we turn to our first teatime teaser, which is great ills.
08:07And the clue?
08:09This person told her that great ills would befall her if she ate the wrong things.
08:14This person told her that great ills would befall her if she ate the wrong things.
08:36Welcome back.
08:37And after the clue, this person told her that great ills would befall her if she ate the wrong things.
08:43And that person was her allergist.
08:48Allergist is the answer.
08:50Twenty-five plays ten.
08:51Paul on twenty-five.
08:53It's Peter's letters game.
08:54Could I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
08:57Thank you, Peter.
08:58C.
08:59Another one, please.
09:00V.
09:02One more.
09:04G.
09:06A vowel.
09:07U.
09:08Another vowel.
09:10A.
09:11Another vowel.
09:13E.
09:15Another consonant.
09:17L.
09:19One more.
09:22W.
09:23Can I have a final consonant as well, please?
09:26Final F.
09:28Stand by.
09:29Buvre.
09:30MUSIC FADY.
09:42ALL!
09:57AIR.
10:00Peter.
10:02I've only got a four, I'm afraid.
10:04A four from Peter.
10:05Paul?
10:06A five.
10:08Slim pickings.
10:09Peter?
10:10Cough.
10:11Paul?
10:11Value.
10:14Value.
10:15Yes.
10:16What are you laughing at?
10:18There must be more than five in there.
10:20You've got vague and I've got awful.
10:22But we can't get more than five.
10:24It's ridiculous.
10:25All right.
10:2630 plays ten.
10:28Now, Paul.
10:29Let's escape.
10:30A vowel, please, Rachel.
10:32Thank you, Paul.
10:33I.
10:33And another.
10:35U.
10:35And another.
10:37O.
10:38And another vowel.
10:40E.
10:40A consonant, please.
10:42M.
10:43And another.
10:45T.
10:46And another.
10:48H.
10:49And another.
10:52L.
10:53And one more consonant, please.
10:55And the last one.
10:56S.
10:58Stand by.
10:59And another.
11:00And another.
11:28And another.
11:28And another.
11:28And another.
11:30Paul? A seven. A seven. Peter? Just a six. And your six is? Hotels. Thank you, Peter. Paul? Holiest. Holiest.
11:40Yes, well done. Holiest of holies. Yes, Dr. Phil? Today I'm going to outsmile you. Outsmile is therefore eight. It
11:49is, yeah.
11:55Well undashed. 37 plays 10, and it's Peter's numbers game. Could I have two large ones, please, Rachel, and four
12:05of us from anywhere?
12:06Thank you, Peter. Two from the top. Four little, and the four little ones are four. One, nine, and eight,
12:14and the large two, fifty, and twenty-five. And the target, nine hundred and twenty-two.
12:20Nine to two.
12:53Peter?
12:55I've got nine, two, four.
12:58Two away?
13:00Nine, two, one.
13:02Nine, two, one. One away. So we'll stick with Paul for the moment. Paul?
13:07Nine plus four.
13:09Thirteen.
13:11Fifty plus twenty-five plus one.
13:15Seventy-six.
13:16Multiply.
13:18Nine hundred and eighty-eight.
13:19No, I've gone wrong. Gone wrong.
13:21You're in luck, Peter.
13:23We'll see.
13:25Fifty plus twenty-five plus one.
13:29Seventy-six.
13:30Times twelve.
13:31How do you make your twelve?
13:33Eight and four, sorry.
13:34Eight and four for your twelve.
13:36And that gives you nine hundred and twelve.
13:38Plus nine.
13:39Yep, nine hundred and twenty-one.
13:41What did you say?
13:43Nine twenty-one, I thought.
13:45Was it nine twenty-four?
13:47Okay.
13:48Oh, dear. Sorry.
13:49Now, let's take the pressure off here and dump it on to Rachel.
13:55Rachel, can you manage nine-two-two?
13:57Er, yes, Nick, if you say twenty-five times four is one hundred, add nine for one hundred and nine,
14:05times that by eight for eight hundred and seventy-two, and add the fifty for nine-two-two.
14:16Well done, well done, and now, score standing thirty-seven to ten in Paul's favour, we turn to the good
14:25doctor, Dr. Phil.
14:27What's up?
14:27I've never had a day off work, I've never had a night in hospital, I've never had any chronic disease,
14:33er, and I'm in supreme physical shape.
14:35How have I managed that, do you think?
14:37By living a healthy life.
14:38Luck is the first thing, luck and love are two things.
14:41Er, I'll just go back to where we were previously, this is baby Phil, born in 1962, so this is
14:46the luck, my mum was offered thalidomide and didn't take it.
14:50So, first piece of luck.
14:51Second piece of luck, I was born at home as this massive head appeared in the birth canal, the cord
14:55was wrapped tightly round the neck.
14:57Dr. Dick came waddling up the park, unfurled my cord and delivered me.
15:01Somebody down the road had the same problem, child had cerebral palsy quite severely.
15:05So, two bits of luck in my life, so just remember, part of your health is luck.
15:08But that's me, starting off, this is where we got up to in Australia, very happy child, er, and then
15:13my dad dies and we move back to Lingen, England.
15:15Er, my English years, going through the adolescent tunnel, erm, look what puberty did for me.
15:21Isn't that lovely?
15:22Isn't that lovely?
15:22I just got on with it, got very swatty, got into Cambridge, but suddenly I blossomed.
15:27No, I became a rugger hearty.
15:29Why I became a rugger hearty, I don't know, and they always make those awful gurning noises, didn't they?
15:33And there was something about medical school that encouraged you to be a stupid drunkard, but I laughed, I can
15:36remember laughing through most of my years.
15:38Until I qualified, I then went through a comedy phase, and this is the same person.
15:43This is me as a comedian.
15:45Er, and then the final question, seven years later, from comedy, I go to writing for Private Eye, I broke
15:50the story of the Bristol Heart scandal,
15:51I'm summoned to give evidence of what was then the largest public inquiry in British history, and suddenly life is
15:57incredibly stressful.
15:58So this, again, is me with my stressed face on.
16:01When I look back on my life and I think how I survived all this, part of it was luck,
16:05but nearly all of it was relationship.
16:07I had really good relationships, particularly my lovely wife Jo, who I've now been with for 26 years.
16:12If you look back on your life, what glues it all together, because tough times will happen in your life,
16:17is if you have one or two really good, strong, loving relationships.
16:21And the last thing, of course, is to remember to laugh.
16:23Every time in my life, I have laughed at stuff.
16:25When life has got really tough, I laugh.
16:27So I would say the three magic ingredients of mental health are luck, I've been very lucky in my life,
16:34love, surround yourselves by loving relationships, and laugh.
16:37It's really important that you learn to laugh.
16:39Laughter is the best medicine, unless you've got syphilis, in which case it's penicillin.
16:50Laughing with your partner, that's vital.
16:53All the time.
16:54It's great.
16:55That's the best thing.
16:56Right.
16:5737 plays 10, as I say.
16:59Paul in the lead, and it's Paul's letters game.
17:01Off we go.
17:02OK.
17:02Val, please, Rachel.
17:04Thank you, Paul.
17:05A.
17:05And another.
17:07O.
17:08And another.
17:09I.
17:10And one more, please.
17:12E.
17:13Consonant, please.
17:15P.
17:16And another.
17:17R.
17:18And another.
17:20N.
17:21And another.
17:23S.
17:25And one more consonant, please.
17:27And lastly, C.
17:29Stand by.
17:30M.
17:31Sound.
17:39ะฟะพะณะพะฒะพัing.
17:40And, bye-bye.
17:41Bye-bye.
17:42Bye-bye.
17:46Bye-bye.
17:47Bye-bye.
17:52Bye-bye.
17:55Bye-bye.
17:56Bye-bye.
17:58Bye-bye.
18:00Yes, Paul.
18:01Eight.
18:02And eight, and Peter?
18:04Seven.
18:05And you're seven, Peter.
18:06Panias.
18:07Panias, yes.
18:09Oh.
18:09Scenario.
18:11Oh, very nice.
18:12Well done.
18:17Scenario indeed.
18:19What about the corner?
18:21Susie has two nines, I see.
18:23Prisenia is the part in front of the curtain on the stage.
18:26The prisenia.
18:27It's plural of prisenian.
18:28Yes.
18:29So that's two.
18:29If you had two stages, you'd have priseniar.
18:32One is prisenium.
18:33And what's that other one you've got there?
18:35They are caponias, C-A-P-O-N-I-E-R-S,
18:39and historical terms for covered passages across a ditch around a fort.
18:45Oh, well done.
18:49Excellent.
18:5145 to 10.
18:52Peter.
18:53Peter, your letters game.
18:56May I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
18:58Thank you, Peter.
18:59Another one.
19:02And a third.
19:05And a fourth.
19:10And can I have a fifth as well, please?
19:13N.
19:15Can I have a vowel, please?
19:17O.
19:18Another vowel.
19:19I.
19:22A third.
19:25A.
19:26And a fourth one, please.
19:28And the last one.
19:30E.
19:31Standby.
19:32A third.
19:33A third.
19:36A third.
19:47And a fourth.
20:01A fourth.
20:03Yes, Peter.
20:04Eight.
20:06An eight, Paul?
20:07I think I've got a nine.
20:11Peter.
20:12Rationed.
20:13Now then, Paul.
20:15Rodentian.
20:15Yeah.
20:16Superb.
20:18Of, relating to, or of the nature of a rodent.
20:21Very good.
20:23Well, well, Paul.
20:32Now, 63 to 10.
20:34It's Paul's numbers game.
20:36Can I have one large and five small, please?
20:38You can indeed.
20:39Thank you for one from the top row.
20:40Five little ones.
20:41And this time around, your selections.
20:44Four, ten, three, two, two, and fifty.
20:49The target to reach, 175.
20:52One, seven, five.
20:54Two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three,
21:06two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three,
21:06two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three,
21:06two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three,
21:06two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three,
21:06two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three
21:25Well, Paul?
21:261-7-5.
21:27Yes, Peter?
21:28I have 1-7-5, but not written down.
21:31Tell us about it.
21:32Peter?
21:3250 divided by 2.
21:34Is 25.
21:35Then 4 plus 3 is 7.
21:37Yeah.
21:38Times them together.
21:39Perfect.
21:401-7-5.
21:41And Paul?
21:41Exactly the same way.
21:43There we go.
21:43Just have a little look.
21:49And so we turn to our second tea time teaser,
21:52which is Ken is dull.
21:54And the clue,
21:55Ken is stuck with a really boring job.
21:58He didn't get a trade behind him.
21:59Ken is stuck with a really boring job.
22:02He didn't get a trade behind him.
22:20Welcome back.
22:20I left you with the clue.
22:21Ken is stuck with a really boring job.
22:24He didn't get a trade behind him.
22:25He is, in fact, unskilled.
22:28Unskilled is the answer.
22:3173 plays 20.
22:3373 for Paul.
22:34Peter, your letters go.
22:36May I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
22:38Thank you, Peter.
22:39S.
22:40And a vowel.
22:42O.
22:43And a consonant.
22:45L.
22:45And another consonant.
22:48R.
22:49And a vowel.
22:51I.
22:52And another vowel.
22:54A.
22:56A consonant.
22:58S.
23:01Another consonant.
23:04M.
23:05And the last vowel, please.
23:07And the last one.
23:08U.
23:09Stand by.
23:11M.
23:12And the last vowel.
23:21The last vowel.
23:41Well, Peter?
23:42Just got a six.
23:44A six. And, Paul?
23:45A seven.
23:47Yes, Peter?
23:48I'm not sure if this is a word.
23:49A morass. M-O-R-A-S-S.
23:53Morass. Yes, Paul?
23:55Sailors.
23:55And sailors?
23:57Yes, and a morass, Peter, is an area of muddy or boggy ground.
24:02Very nice.
24:04Now, Dr Phil and Susie?
24:05You often find sailors in solariums.
24:08Solariums for nine. How about that?
24:10Excellent.
24:16Anything else, Susie?
24:18No, it can be solario.
24:19In case people are wondering, but it can be solariums as well.
24:22Particularly if you're looking for a nine, yeah.
24:24Yeah.
24:2580 to 20. Paul.
24:27Paul, Paul.
24:28Let us go.
24:30Vowel, please, Rachel.
24:31Thank you, Paul.
24:32I.
24:33And another.
24:35E.
24:35And another.
24:37A.
24:38A consonant, please.
24:39W.
24:40And another.
24:42R.
24:42And another.
24:44N.
24:45And another.
24:47And another.
24:49A vowel, please.
24:51I.
24:53And another consonant.
24:55And the last one.
24:56D.
24:56Canto.
24:59Canto.
25:00Canto.
25:08Canto.
25:10Canto.
25:15Canto.
25:30Well, Paul?
25:31A seven.
25:32A seven, Peter?
25:33And a six.
25:34And a six.
25:35Oh, Peter.
25:36So was that one point?
25:37Just the one.
25:38And Peter?
25:39Inward.
25:40Inward.
25:41Paul?
25:41Windier.
25:42And windier.
25:43Yeah.
25:45Any advance on seven?
25:46No, we've got randier as well.
25:48Randier and windier often go together.
25:50Yes, redrawn as well for a seven.
25:52Susie?
25:53Seven was the best we could do.
25:57Susie, your origins of words.
26:00Happy days.
26:02Well, I want to talk about bugs.
26:04Bugs in lots of different senses, except not the viral kind.
26:07Okay.
26:08Really, sorry about that.
26:09But I've spoken before about bug bears.
26:11Bug bears or bogey bears, as they were called in the 15th and 16th century.
26:17These were horrible, monstrous bears that were said to terrorize naughty children.
26:23And they were often used by parents as a kind of warning to their kids that if they didn't behave,
26:28the bug bear or the bogey bear would come and get them.
26:31If you fast forward about two or three centuries, you will find that a bug bear or also bugaboo, which
26:39was another name for this bogey man, became slang amongst thieves and the kind of criminal underworld for a policeman.
26:47And if you kind of follow the route through, you will find that policemen obviously were a source of vexation
26:55for burglars.
26:57House owners would put up burglar alarms as a deterrent for these burglars.
27:01And these burglar alarms became known as bugs because they were seen as kind of automated policemen, if you like.
27:09They were there to kind of police the house.
27:11But also there was this idea, again, that they would kind of ward off the bogey men that were the
27:15burglars themselves.
27:17And if an owner had fitted an alarm within the house, their house was said to be bugged.
27:23And from there, it was a simple step for the word bug to mean any kind of electronic device that
27:28would safeguard something really.
27:30And finally, onto the computer bug, there's a story that one of Thomas Edison's inventions went wrong.
27:35And he couldn't get to the bottom of it until he found a tiny insect crawling around the mechanics.
27:41And he thought that was what was messing it up.
27:43That's the story.
27:44But in fact, it's likely that just like the insects, just like those burglars of old and just like the
27:49medical bugs that we get, it all goes back to the bogey man sent to plague us.
27:53Excellent.
27:55Fascinating.
28:00That's fascinating.
28:01Thanks, Susie.
28:03Now, 87 to 20, Peter.
28:06Penultimate letters game.
28:08Have a crack at this.
28:09Could I have a vowel, please, Rachel?
28:11Thank you, Peter.
28:12O.
28:13And a consonant.
28:15S.
28:16Another vowel.
28:19A.
28:20Another vowel.
28:22E.
28:23A consonant.
28:25M.
28:27Another consonant.
28:29B.
28:32Another consonant.
28:34K.
28:36One more consonant, please.
28:39S.
28:40And a final consonant, please.
28:46A final C.
28:47Stand by.
28:50BELL RINGS
28:52BELL RINGS
29:21MUSIC CONTINUES
29:24And Paul?
29:25Six as well.
29:26Peter?
29:27Smacks.
29:29Yes, Paul?
29:30Same word.
29:30Smacks.
29:32Smacks.
29:33Any more smacking?
29:35No, well, we got smacks, but that was it.
29:36Smacks was our top one too.
29:38That was it?
29:38Couldn't beat smacks?
29:39Smokes, yes.
29:40Couldn't beat.
29:41Can't beat a smack.
29:42I'm afraid.
29:4493 to 26.
29:45Paul, it's the final letters game for you.
29:48Off we go.
29:49Vowel, please, Rachel.
29:51Thank you, Paul.
29:52You.
29:52And another?
29:55E.
29:55And another?
29:56A.
29:58Consonant, please.
30:00N.
30:01And another one?
30:03C.
30:04And another?
30:05R.
30:07And another?
30:08P.
30:10And another consonant?
30:13G.
30:14And a vowel, please.
30:17And lastly, E.
30:20Countdown.
30:23games is called.
30:40We'll let you marry.
30:41And I'm going to say this COP is theํ๋ mean for you.
30:41And a ััะพ also goes.
30:41And I'm not going to be Mit Protect.
30:42And through thisissant,
30:42And this glorious energy.
30:42Because Samsung vaccines and commemorativehelms.
30:43You're listening now.
30:50And I'm coming to R.
30:52Paul, six. Peter, six. Paul, six. Provence. Same? Same word. There we go. In the corner, can we beat six?
31:07We can't, no. Enrage is in there. Enrage? Enrage. Enrage. Yeah, uncage. Quite a few sixes. Quite tricky, this one,
31:15Nick.
31:15Thank you. Ninety-nine. There we go, Paul. That's more like it. Ninety-nine points. Thirty-two for Peter. No
31:24shame in that at all. Peter, your numbers game. Could I have two large and four small, please, Rachel?
31:32Of course you can. Thank you, Peter. Two large, four small to finish the day. And this last selection is
31:37seven, one, five, nine, twenty-five and fifty. And your target, five hundred and eighty-three.
31:46Five-eight-three.
31:47Five-eight-three.
31:51Five-eight-three.
31:58Five-eight-three.
32:02Five-eight-three.
32:07Five-eight-three.
32:10Five-eight-three.
32:11Five-eight-three.
32:12Five-eight-three.
32:13Five-eight-three.
32:15Five-eight-three.
32:16Five-eight-three.
32:16Five-eight-three.
32:18Yes, Peter.
32:19No, I lost it, Nick, sorry.
32:21How about Paul?
32:225, 8, 4.
32:24Yes.
32:25Off we go.
32:269 plus 7 is 16.
32:28Yep.
32:3050 minus 1 is 49.
32:3150 minus 1, 49.
32:34Multiply those.
32:35Multiply them together for 784.
32:38I've gone completely wrong, haven't I?
32:40No.
32:41So we're going to have to throw ourselves at Rachel's feet.
32:44Rachel, 5, 8, 3?
32:46It was there, Nick.
32:47If you say 50 plus 25 is 75, plus 9 is 84.
32:53Times that by 7 for 588 and take away the 5 of 5, 8, 3.
32:58Wonderful.
32:59Fabulous.
33:00That's the way.
33:02OK.
33:0399 to 32, into the final round.
33:05Gentlemen, gentlemen, fingers on buzzers.
33:09We're rolling today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:15Paul, outrageous.
33:16Yes, Paul.
33:17Dismissal?
33:18Dismissal.
33:19Let's see whether you're right.
33:20So quick.
33:22So quick.
33:30Not time to blink.
33:32109 pays Peter's 32.
33:34This may be a small consolation, Peter, but actually you did very, very well indeed.
33:37Because on Friday, he amazed us all by getting the highest score of the series of 136.
33:43He only achieved 109, thanks to you.
33:47So thank you.
33:48You take this goodie bag back to Stonnell.
33:52Thanks very much.
33:53Well done.
33:56Indeed.
33:57Six great wins.
33:58We'll see you tomorrow.
33:58You're playing so well.
34:01Doctor.
34:02Oh, hello.
34:03See you tomorrow.
34:04Yes, please.
34:04More from you and Susie too.
34:06Yes, definitely.
34:07He is excellent, isn't he?
34:09He is.
34:09If they were going to make a hologram of a Countdown champion, they'd make them just like
34:12Paul.
34:13Unstoppable.
34:14He's a machine.
34:15He is a machine.
34:16But we must, sometimes there's somebody in the wings.
34:19Yep.
34:20You never know.
34:20We'll see if it's going to happen tomorrow.
34:22See you then.
34:22See you then.
34:23Join us tomorrow, same time, same place.
34:25You'll be sure of it.
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