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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to the last countdown of this week.
00:34Before, like a bad out of hell, we're off into the weekend.
00:37Thank you for tuning in. Happy Friday, Rachel.
00:40I got one meatloaf reference in that. Is it relevant?
00:43And that's all you need. He was born in this day in 1947.
00:45Of course, passed away just a couple of years ago in 2022.
00:49Bad out of hell, of course.
00:51Only five albums have ever sold more than bad out of hell in the history of music.
00:56And it's Friday. I love a quiz.
00:58Don't worry. It's not a music quiz.
01:01But I'll tell you what we will do, though, because I loved it last time we did this.
01:04Let's bring in Susie Dent. Let's bring in Bob Harris.
01:07We'll do a fingers on the buzzers type thing because it's famous food people.
01:13So I will describe somebody famous. There's food in their name.
01:16Right.
01:17You just showed up. So, for example, meatloaf.
01:19Right. Yeah, I think you got that. I didn't have to explain it.
01:21OK. Here we go.
01:24Broke through in Boomerang, but kept coming back in other films like X-Men, Die Another Day and Monster's Ball.
01:33Halle Berry?
01:34Halle Berry!
01:35Yes!
01:37Come on, Rachel.
01:39This Canadian-born big-screen comedy legend who was a cool bobsleigh coach, an uncle who...
01:46Oh, John Candy!
01:47John Candy!
01:49Sorry, can we just check? I think we're having a sound issue.
01:51Can we check? Their mics are on? Are their mics on?
01:55Destroyed! Destroyed!
01:57OK, two for the price of one here, but just one point.
02:01A hip-hop duo who you'll find in your kitchen.
02:05Sultan Peppa.
02:08So the main headline to take away there is Susie got absolutely nothing.
02:12I wasn't quick enough.
02:14Or day of the day, Susie dead. You stick to the words. We're happy with that.
02:17And last time this week for Bob Harris!
02:22And what a scrapper we have as champion.
02:26Three wins now for Trisha Dad.
02:28I'd be the really good champion, first time out on Tuesday.
02:31111 on Wednesday and fought back to win yesterday in a nail-biter.
02:36How are you, Trisha?
02:37A little bit exhausted.
02:39But you got your rest?
02:41Yes.
02:42OK, so you're in a better, better place today, which is really, really good.
02:46Well, you're up against Neil Massey, who joins us today, from Stoke-on-Trent.
02:51And I always get a little card about everybody.
02:53So, you know, Trisha was like, you know, she plays the piano, she teaches singing,
02:57she's a choir conductor.
02:59Neil's was all very sort of like, he likes to visit Australia, things like that.
03:02And then it said, Neil was once involved in a plane crash.
03:05Now, a huge seismic thing to read in anyone's thing.
03:09And listen, I have a real...
03:11Flying's difficult for me.
03:12So I'm already getting a bit sweaty.
03:14But without too many details, I mean, tell us about it.
03:18We were coming in to land and they were landing on autopilot and got to about 50 feet off the
03:26floor and knocked the autopilot off.
03:29So it landed sort of half on and half off the runway.
03:33Off into the field, to the left, back onto the runway across, and then parked on the field.
03:39So what, going through it, does everything go a bit slow motion?
03:42Well, we were sitting in the middle of the plane, so we didn't really have a full idea of what
03:46was going on.
03:46What was happening, yeah.
03:47Until we got off and saw all the chaos that had ensued.
03:52I'm guessing the screaming gives it away, doesn't it?
03:55Just a bit, yeah.
03:56Although I couldn't hear anybody else because I was so loud.
04:00Well, fasten your seatbelt, Neil.
04:02Best of luck to you and Tricia.
04:06Kick-off time, Tricia.
04:07Off you go.
04:08Hi, Rachel.
04:09Hi, Tricia.
04:09A vowel, please.
04:11Start today with A.
04:13And another one.
04:15E.
04:16And a third, please.
04:18O.
04:19And a consonant.
04:21N.
04:23And a consonant again.
04:26P.
04:27And another consonant.
04:30H.
04:31And a vowel.
04:34A.
04:36And another consonant.
04:38S.
04:41And a final consonant, please.
04:44A final T.
04:44At home and in the studio.
04:46Last time this week, let's play Countdown.
04:48.
05:14And another consonant.
05:17.
05:18Tricia, eight. And for Neil? Eight.
05:22Eight, well done. Tricia? Phaetons.
05:26And for you, Neil? Same word, phaetons.
05:29Pass it over there.
05:31Eight points, age. Bob?
05:35Pheasant. Yes.
05:36It was a nice one, this one. So, phaetons are the horse-drawn carriages.
05:41Phonates, utter speech sounds, so a few eights hiding in there.
05:44Yeah. I have a pheasant that's been in my garden for a couple of years now.
05:49I call him Mr Pumpernickel III.
05:52But I found out recently, to my dismay, that he's been going two doors down
05:56and he's called Derek there and he's been getting fed twice.
06:01Can't make it up. Right. Neil, let's get more letters.
06:05Afternoon, Rachel. Afternoon, Neil.
06:06I'll have a consonant, please.
06:09Thank you. Start with L.
06:11And another one.
06:12R. And a vowel, please.
06:17I. Consonant.
06:20Y. And a vowel.
06:24U. And another vowel.
06:28O. And a consonant.
06:30N. And a consonant.
06:34R. And a consonant, please.
06:39Lastly, Jay.
06:41On 30 seconds.
06:42Boats.
06:53Here we go.
06:54All right.
07:06Here we go.
07:07Go to the stand.
07:12Little of the нем.
07:13Neil, give me a number. Five. Trisha. Five.
07:16You wish those numbers were higher. Neil. Irony.
07:20And Trisha. And I had Laurie.
07:22And Laurie, yes, same here.
07:25Really, really tricky. Could have done with an E there,
07:27but we didn't have it. How did we get on Dictionary Corner?
07:30We've got two sixes. Yeah. Yeah. Junior.
07:34Nice. And injury. Yeah.
07:36Injury. Junior. Thank you.
07:3813 points apiece. Let's get you off that unlucky number
07:42with the numbers, Trisha.
07:44May I have an inverted T, please?
07:47You may, thank you, Trisha. One from the top and five from the others.
07:51And the first numbers of the day are three, four, two, ten,
07:57six and the large one, 75. And you need to reach 587.
08:02587. Numbers up.
08:06We'll see you later.
08:08Bye.
08:08Bye.
08:14Bye.
08:19Bye.
08:24Bye.
08:26Bye.
08:27Bye.
08:29Bye.
08:30Bye.
08:31Bye.
08:32THEY CONFER
08:35587, somewhere in the middle. How do you get on, Trisha?
08:38Yes, 587. Nice. And Neil? Yeah, also.
08:41All aboard, then, Trisha, off you go.
08:432 plus 6 is 8... Yep.
08:45..times 75... 600.
08:49..and take away the 10 and the 3. Lovely. 587.
08:52Same way, Mr Massey? Exactly the same. Well done.
08:55Yay! APPLAUSE
08:57Nice start, eh? 23 points each this Friday afternoon.
09:01Your first tea-time teaser, Tom's Place. Tom's Place.
09:05Tom's Place was visited by spirits and they left this behind.
09:09Tom's Place was visited by spirits and they left this behind.
09:28Welcome back.
09:29Tom's Place was visited by spirits and they left this behind.
09:33Ectoplasm. Think Pete Venkman in Ghostbusters.
09:37Right, 23 points each. Back to it, Neil.
09:39I'll have a consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Neil.
09:43R. And another one.
09:46K. And a vowel.
09:49A. And a consonant.
09:53B. And a consonant, please.
09:56M. And a vowel.
10:00U. And another vowel.
10:04O. And a consonant.
10:07F. And a vowel, please.
10:13Lastly, E.
10:15Thanks, Rich.
10:17We'll be with you.
10:18That's it.
10:20Sorry.
10:45Sorry.
10:47Neil, how many?
10:48I'll risk a seven.
10:49OK, big deep breath for that. And Tricia?
10:52Six.
10:52And this six, OK, so it's doubly risky now.
10:55Tricia, what's the six?
10:57Embark.
10:58Yes, and here we go, Neil.
11:00Unbreak.
11:01To unbreak something.
11:03Oh, a horse can be unbroken, can't it?
11:06And unbreakable is in, but anyway, there's no N.
11:09So, in some ways, it's redundant.
11:12Unbreak itself wouldn't have been in, just to say, for future ref.
11:15But, yeah, we need to.
11:17It wasn't in, and there was no N.
11:18No.
11:18So, you're quite far away, Neil.
11:20Yeah, absolutely. I think I built that up too much.
11:22Tricia gets the six points.
11:24Bob, was there anything seven or above?
11:26Well, no, not really, was there?
11:28No, we were down to fives, otherwise.
11:30Yeah.
11:31Rumba.
11:32A nice four in that kind of thing.
11:34Yeah.
11:35Good stuff.
11:35But Embark gets you the six points and the lead, Tricia,
11:39and it's your go.
11:40Could I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
11:42Thank you, Tricia.
11:43S.
11:43And another?
11:46N.
11:49And a vowel?
11:51A.
11:53And another vowel?
11:55E.
11:57And another vowel?
11:59U.
12:01And a consonant?
12:03D.
12:04And a vowel?
12:07O.
12:08And a consonant?
12:11W.
12:12And a consonant?
12:14And a final L.
12:17In half a minute.
12:18And a consonant?
12:34I.
12:36I.
12:38I.
12:38I.
12:39I.
12:40I.
12:42I.
12:43I.
12:47I.
12:49Tricia, give me number. Six.
12:51Six. And Neil? Six also.
12:53I'm feeling the pressure already, this game.
12:56I think it might be your playing story sticking with me here.
12:59Tricia? Wounds. Wounds.
13:02And Neil? Sundae. Not as in the day, as in the wonderful ice cream.
13:06Ice cream. Yeah, nice. Well spotted.
13:08So sixes all round, dictionary corner?
13:10I've got nodules. Mm-hm. Sorry to hear that.
13:15I've been struggling with them for ages.
13:17We have louduns for seven as well.
13:20Right, sevens there, sixes here,
13:22and we're back to the number second time.
13:25Neil's first. I'll have one large, Rachel, please.
13:28Thank you, Neil. One large. Five not coming up.
13:32And for this order, the five smalls are eight, nine,
13:36three, ten and ten.
13:39And the large one, 25.
13:41And the target, 712. 7-1-2. Numbers up.
13:45And the last one'll go.
14:15Mine is a part of the
14:157-1-2, Neil. 7-1-2. And for you, Tricia? No, I'm sorry, I lost it.
14:20Well, Neil got it very quickly as well. He was just sitting there.
14:24I was panicked just looking at you. Off you go, Neil.
14:2610 plus 10 plus 8. 10 plus 10 plus 8. 28.
14:328 times 25. 700. And add the 9 and the 3.
14:36Good spot. 7-12. Well done. Yes, brilliant. Well done.
14:41Very good. And we are in a seesaw battle again today.
14:44Neil takes the lead by four points.
14:47Must just be something in the countdown water the last few weeks.
14:50Bob, it's our last chat of the week.
14:53And I want to go back, because last time you were here,
14:55you were about to go out on tour with the songs the Beatles gave away.
14:58Yes. And that must be right at the end now, that tour.
15:01Yes, we've got the end of next month, end of October,
15:04we're playing in London. Yes.
15:06You know, Susie and I have talked about this quite a bit,
15:08because what I've loved about the tour,
15:11one of the great things about the tour has been exploring Britain
15:15and going to some of the wonderful places in Britain.
15:18I mean, we've toured, myself and Colin Hall,
15:21from Braemar in Scotland to the Isle of Wight...
15:25Yeah. ..and all places in between.
15:28And some of those experiences have been genuinely incredible.
15:32I mean, I'd never been to Braemar before.
15:35It is, by the way, officially the coldest place on mainland Britain.
15:40And we got there in the spring in the rest of the UK,
15:44except we got there and it was snowing.
15:46Yes.
15:47But the rugged beauty of that place.
15:50And it was where Robert Louis Stevenson wrote Treasure Island
15:55and actually sat at the desk that he wrote the book on.
15:59And then you're getting the ferry across the Isle of Wight,
16:02three days later or whatever it is, you know,
16:04and experiencing an entirely different climate,
16:07meeting new people the whole way.
16:10So I have to be honest, you know...
16:12And Susie was talking yesterday about Hebden Bridge.
16:14Yeah.
16:15As a town, it's just beautiful.
16:17It is.
16:17I mean, it really, really is.
16:19So I feel very blessed to have got across the UK,
16:23perhaps in a way that I had never done before,
16:26visit the Yorkshire Dales, Colin.
16:28What a beautiful part of the world that is.
16:30But, you know, and meeting people,
16:33I feel really blessed to have had this experience.
16:36Beautiful.
16:37Love it, Bob.
16:37Thank you so much.
16:41Great job, Bob.
16:42And Dictionary Corner again.
16:43Four points in it.
16:45Another close battle today.
16:47I'm back to it with Trisha and letters.
16:50A vowel, please, Rachel.
16:51Thank you, Trisha.
16:52E.
16:54And another.
16:55I.
16:56And another.
17:01And another, please.
17:05And a third.
17:10And a vowel.
17:13And a vowel.
17:17And a final consonant, please.
17:22Fairly promising.
17:23A final H.
17:24Indeed.
17:25And a vowel.
17:52And a vowel.
17:54And a vowel.
17:56Tricia?
17:57A six.
17:58And for you, Neil?
17:59Seven.
18:00Seven, the six, Tricia?
18:02Postie.
18:03And for you, Neil?
18:04Pitches.
18:05Pitches.
18:06Very good indeed, yes.
18:08Pitch perfect for Neil against our singing champion.
18:11Bob, anything else?
18:12I'm going to defer to Ceezy for this.
18:14Yes, it's a very rare term, I have to say.
18:17It's there for an eight.
18:18A postiche is a hairpiece.
18:20For the head?
18:21For the head.
18:23Right, I love detail.
18:24Everything is detail.
18:25Let's have another round, and it's on you, Neil.
18:28I'll have a consonant, please, Rachel.
18:31N.
18:33And another one.
18:35G.
18:36And a third, please.
18:38M.
18:40And a vowel.
18:41O.
18:43And another vowel.
18:45E.
18:46And another vowel.
18:49A.
18:50And a consonant.
18:52S.
18:54Consonant.
18:56D.
18:57And a vowel, please.
18:59And lastly, I.
19:02And good luck.
19:03I.
19:08As.
19:12Let's do it.
19:32I'll see you.
19:32And another vowel.
19:33All right then, Neil. Seven. All right. And Tricia? Only six, I'm afraid. The sixes, Tricia? Dosage. Dosage. And for
19:41seven points, Neil? Demons. The old spelling. The old spelling, Neil. And you both actually looked a little disappointed because
19:50the letters looked a little kinder than seven, were they?
19:53They were, actually. There were a few eights lurking. Yes. Agonised is one of them. And Domains, with the E,
20:01French Vineyards, but my favourite by far is Smidgen.
20:04Ah! A small amount. Yes. Smidgen. You can push that, or expand that to an eight. All right, look at
20:10that. A little bit of a gap opening up. 18 points, but in the world of Tricia, Dad, that's nothing.
20:15And you're picking the numbers.
20:17Could I have two large and four small, please? Could indeed. Slow and steady wins the race.
20:23You're not gambling. You're sticking with what you know. The four little ones. Eight, two, nine, six. And the large
20:31ones. Fifty and seventy-five. And this target? One hundred and twenty.
20:37Ha-ha-ha. One hundred and twenty. Numbers up.
21:10Tricia? I think I've got it, but I haven't written it down for you. And Neil? I have got it.
21:14OK, off you go, Tricia. So I had seventy-five plus fifty, makes one hundred and twenty-five.
21:19One hundred and twenty-five, yes. Six and nine is fifteen. Yep.
21:22And take away the two and the eight. Well done.
21:24It'll leave you the five to take off. Perfect. One twenty.
21:27Neil? I've got seventy-five minus nine minus six.
21:32Sixty. Sixty times two.
21:34Same result. All done. Lovely.
21:38And that brings us nicely onto our last Tea Time Teaser of the week. Half rates. Half rates.
21:44You pay half the rates and half the rent in this place. You pay half the rates and half the
21:49rent in this place.
22:09That's because you're flat-sharing. Flat-share. Flat-share. Right. Eighteen points, the difference. Six rounds left.
22:17One little slip-up, Neil, and it'll all be back in the mix.
22:20So the pressure grows with every round. Your letters.
22:23A consonant, please. Thank you, Neil.
22:26Q. And another one, please.
22:30R. And a third, please.
22:35T. And a vowel.
22:38U. And another vowel.
22:41E. Another vowel.
22:45O. And a consonant.
22:47D. And a consonant.
22:52M. And a vowel, please.
22:58Lastly, E.
23:00Thanks, Rich.
23:00E.
23:13E.
23:13E.
23:13E.
23:14E.
23:14E.
23:15E.
23:27MUSIC PLAYS
23:31Neil? A seven. Trisha?
23:34I'd better try a seven then. OK, Neil? Retuned.
23:39Retuned, like a piano. Trisha? And I have re-noted.
23:43And re-noted, Susie?
23:46Retune is there, but not re-note, I'm afraid, Trisha.
23:50Trish, hey, you have to go for it, right? You have to go for it.
23:53There's no point. Six won't keep you warm when Neil's already declared a seven.
23:56So way to play, Countdown. Anything else?
23:59Well, we had a six, didn't we, with quoted? We did.
24:03Talked. Yeah? Yeah, very good.
24:06That's there for another seven to apply a twisting force to something.
24:09Yes. There you go. Thank you very much.
24:11So that gap's really widening now for a champion.
24:15And it's your letters, Trisha.
24:17Vowel, please, Rachel. Thank you, Trisha.
24:20I. And another.
24:22O. And another.
24:25A. And a consonant.
24:28S. And another, please.
24:35S. And a vowel.
24:40I.
24:44And a consonant, please.
24:48N.
24:50And another consonant.
24:53Lastly, S.
24:54S. And good luck, everybody.
24:56S.
24:57S.
24:57S.
24:58S.
24:59S.
25:26Tresha?
25:27Five.
25:29Tricky. Neil?
25:31Eight.
25:31Well, maybe not tricky then, Tricia.
25:34Tricky for us.
25:36What's your five?
25:38Moans.
25:39Moans.
25:40And you might be now, Neil?
25:42Missions.
25:43Missions.
25:44Very well spotted.
25:45Well done.
25:48I'm guessing that's it.
25:49That's it.
25:50That is it.
25:51Lovely.
25:51Well done again.
25:52Well, he's a worthy champion-elect.
25:55That's all that is at the moment.
25:56Not a big enough gap.
25:58Trisha, Neil.
25:59Four more rounds to play to see out this week at Countdown.
26:02And you're on your last lap when it comes to origins of words for this week as well.
26:05What are we going out on?
26:06Yeah, well you asked me earlier in the week, I think it was, or maybe last week, whether I return
26:11to various origins.
26:12Yes.
26:12And I said I do because so many times we get the same questions coming in from our viewers who
26:19either want to be reminded or perhaps haven't caught an earlier episode.
26:22So, this one comes from Harvey Samuel.
26:24And it is quite a popular question.
26:26He's from Enfield in Middlesex.
26:28And he says, as something I have experienced a couple of times in my life, I'd be interested to know
26:32the origins of the words fired and sacked.
26:36And I'm going to start with sacked, both of them obviously to be dismissed from employment.
26:43Sacked is first included in an English dictionary in this sense in 1841.
26:49But it probably isn't original to English.
26:52And we think it came from a French phrase, which was around in the 1600s, which was en lui a
26:59donné son sac, which was translated in a glossary of the time as he hath had his passport given him.
27:06So passport in this sense is, it means dismissal.
27:10It doesn't mean as, you know, the sort of document that we think of today.
27:14But in French that does literally mean he was given his sac.
27:17So what was the sac in question?
27:19Well, we think, we're not completely sure, but that it was the bag that the tradespeople would carry their tools
27:25in.
27:26So if you had been dismissed summarily from your job, you would be told to take your sac of tools
27:32and to go off.
27:33So you were given your sac and then you would, you know, that was that in terms of that employment.
27:39And fired is probably all to do with simply to being discharged from a gun.
27:45Because as we know, if you are, if you're a sac quite often, it's a bit of a shock.
27:50It's a shock exit.
27:51You didn't see it coming.
27:52And so you have literally been very, very quickly and slightly explosively discharged in the same, you know, we use
27:59discharge for the two meanings today.
28:02So we're not completely sure, but the sac thing still is open for discussion.
28:07But we think it was all to do with a literal Hessian sac that people used to carry around with
28:12them.
28:12Nice one, Susie. Thank you.
28:14APPLAUSE
28:17All right, four rounds left.
28:19As it stands at the moment, it looks like we'll be saying, sorry, Tricia, we're going to have to let
28:23you go.
28:23But it's not over yet, especially not when you've got a player like Tricia.
28:27More letters now from Neil.
28:28I have a consonant, please.
28:30Thank you, Neil.
28:31T.
28:32And another one.
28:34R.
28:35And a third, please.
28:38V.
28:39And a vowel.
28:40E.
28:42And another vowel.
28:44U.
28:46Another vowel.
28:47A.
28:49A consonant.
28:50C.
28:52C.
28:53Consonant.
28:54P.
28:56And a consonant, please.
28:58And lastly, T.
29:00And countdown.
29:01Tone.
29:02.
29:02.
29:04.
29:31Nail?
29:34Six. Trisha. And a six.
29:36Oh, a six as well. Neil.
29:37Pater. Getting closer.
29:39A Trisha. And the same.
29:41There you go.
29:43Susie and Bob this Friday afternoon.
29:46Yes. We do have a seven.
29:48Yeah? Yes. Capture.
29:50Oh, to capture, of course, indeed.
29:52Well done for spotting it.
29:53One more letters round this week.
29:56And Trisha, you're choosing...
29:58A vowel, please, Rachel. Thank you, Trisha.
30:00A. And another.
30:03O. And a third.
30:05U. And a fourth, please.
30:09I.
30:11And a consonant.
30:12M.
30:14And a consonant.
30:17L.
30:18And another consonant.
30:21G.
30:24And one more consonant.
30:27D.
30:28And...
30:31One more consonant, please.
30:34Lastly, L.
30:35Last letters.
30:36That's all...
30:36To me,
30:47That's it.
31:04That's all yours,
31:06It's time up, Tricia.
31:08A risky seven. You've got to. You have to. And Neil?
31:11I'll stick with the six. Yeah, the six is?
31:14Nailed. Tricia? Gullied.
31:16Gullied with a U. Yep, it's there.
31:19That's what we've got, too.
31:20We're more to gullies, it makes deep channels in a path, for example,
31:24so it is there for seven. Very well done. Well done.
31:27APPLAUSE
31:29Magic Darts, over as a competition but not as an afternoon together.
31:33Two rounds to go. And, Neil, you're choosing the last numbers.
31:37We'll go three large, Rachel, please. Why not?
31:40Three from the top, three not.
31:42Final numbers of the week are five, one, two,
31:48and the large one's 100, 25 and 50.
31:52And the target to reach with them, 916.
31:55916, big number up.
32:28That's time up 9-1-6, Neil.
32:31No, not even close.
32:32Trisha?
32:33I might have 912.
32:35Which would get you seven points. Let's go, Trisha.
32:39So, I said 100 plus 50.
32:44150.
32:45Plus 2.
32:47152.
32:47And time is that by 5 plus 1.
32:50And then 5 plus 1 is 6, times them together, 912.
32:54Four below.
32:55That's fantastic. Well done for getting within four.
32:589-1-6, Rachel.
33:01Well, I can take you to 9-1-5, but 9-1-6 was impossible.
33:05Brilliant.
33:05And look how close it's going to end up.
33:07Trisha and Neil, what a week it has been.
33:09Let's round it off with this.
33:11Fingers on the buzzers as we reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:42Tricia?
33:43Snowdrift.
33:44Have a look.
33:45Well spotted.
33:48It just goes to show how difficult it was going to be to beat Trisha, dad.
33:54You know, thank you for playing hard right to the end.
33:57I enjoyed it.
33:58Really nice to have you.
34:00And the man from the potteries will be pottering about Salford for a bit longer,
34:03because you'll have to come back on Monday, Neil.
34:05We'll see you then.
34:06We'll give it a go.
34:07Congratulations.
34:08And Bob, part of the Countdown family now.
34:10We'll see you again soon.
34:11I've loved it.
34:11Thank you, Colin.
34:12Excellent.
34:12Susie, have a great weekend.
34:13I will.
34:13You too.
34:14Same to you, Rich.
34:15Have a good weekend.
34:15I think Trisha was a victim of Friday syndrome.
34:17Yes.
34:18We work our contestants too hard.
34:19We tie them out.
34:20I think some of them are just like, I'm not coming back up here Monday.
34:24I'm done.
34:25Tell you who is coming here on Monday.
34:27A little bit of magic in Dictionary Corner.
34:29Debbie McGee is going to be with us.
34:31So we'll disappear until then.
34:33Reapear on a Monday.
34:34You can count on us.
34:36You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:40You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
35:04We'll see you then.