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00:31Well, good afternoon. Welcome to the Countdown studio. There's a report recently published talking about plain packaging. You know, cigarettes
00:39nowadays, Rachel, are all sort of, you know, either hidden behind a sort of shutter. And the packaging is very
00:45nondescript and it just warns you how dangerous it would be to smoke the contents.
00:48And it's a thought perhaps that some foods, particularly foods that children adore so much, should perhaps be in plain
00:56packaging. You know, crisps or chocolate and all that sort of carry-on.
00:59And it's an attempt, I guess, to address the soaring obesity amongst the nation's children. What do you think?
01:07Well, it's hard to tell what's healthy and what's not healthy these days, isn't it? So what would they designate
01:11as what? Some things are really, really high in sugar.
01:14But things like fruit smoothies, they've got vitamins and people are getting their fruit, but obviously they're really, really high
01:20in sugar. So I'm going to defer to Dr. Phil. He's the expert in this matters. I'm going to pass
01:24the buck.
01:25Are you deferring to me now or at the later days?
01:28No, I think we're going to turn to you now.
01:31OK.
01:31First of all, by just saying, welcome back, Susie, and welcome back, Dr. Phil. What's your reckon, Dr. Phil?
01:37I think actually you can tell what healthy food is, and you shouldn't obsess about particular food groups.
01:42Whole food, food that your grandmother might recognise, like whole vegetables, whole pieces of meat, are good.
01:48What's bad for you is what we call ultra-processed food.
01:51So the food that we embalm, so it would survive a nuclear holocaust, the things that you can keep in
01:56your larder and it's still in date ten years later.
01:58That's true.
01:59That's the stuff. So if you look at the packet that has more than five ingredients and loads of scary
02:02-sounding chemicals alongside the sugar, that should form only a rare treat part of your diet.
02:08You're welcome.
02:09Let's talk to you later on.
02:10Meanwhile, we're turning to Paul Nixon here, actuary from Serbidon, six great, great wins.
02:16136, I think, was your highest, and yesterday, down to 109.
02:22Let's see how we get on today.
02:23But now, you've got to clamber past Elliot Black.
02:27Welcome, Elliot.
02:29An analyst from Whitechapel in London.
02:31I think you're working in the private sector, but your clients are local authorities.
02:37What are you doing for these local authorities?
02:39So the local authorities come to my company, and we help identify financial opportunities, promoting independence amongst the users within
02:47the authority.
02:48And my job is to calculate those financial opportunities.
02:52Okay.
02:52And maybe, you know, cut costs and so forth?
02:54Exactly.
02:55Excellent.
02:55All right.
02:56Well done.
02:56And you're a big cryptic crossword fan.
03:00And you walk from Whitechapel to Liverpool Street, I think?
03:04Correct.
03:05And managing to sort of crack a cryptic crossword on the way?
03:08Yeah.
03:08Or at lunchtime, if I can't do it.
03:10Yeah.
03:11All right.
03:11Well, listen, have a lot of fun today.
03:13Both of you.
03:13Big round of applause now for Paul and Elliot.
03:21Okay.
03:22Off we go, Paul.
03:23Letters.
03:23Hi, Rachel.
03:24Hi, Paul.
03:25I'll start with a vowel, please.
03:26Start today with O.
03:28And another one.
03:29E.
03:30And another.
03:31I.
03:32A consonant, please.
03:34Y.
03:35And another.
03:38N.
03:38And another.
03:40T.
03:41Another one, please.
03:43G.
03:44And another consonant.
03:47H.
03:49And another consonant, please.
03:51And the last one.
03:52L.
03:54Stand by.
03:56T.
03:56T.
03:56.
04:26Well, Paul?
04:27Paul?
04:27Seven.
04:28Yes.
04:29Elliot?
04:30Seven.
04:31Yes.
04:32Paul?
04:33Lentigo?
04:35Elliot.
04:37Enlight?
04:39Enlight.
04:41OK.
04:42Let's pack.
04:43Very good.
04:45Yeah, it is there.
04:46To enlighten or to shed light on it.
04:48It's an archaic rare form of the same word.
04:50Very well done.
04:51Very good.
04:52And the corner.
04:54What's the corner cooked up for us?
04:55Only sevens.
04:57Lengthy and nightly.
04:59Thank you for that.
05:00That's all you need.
05:01Indeed, for a happy life.
05:03Seven apiece.
05:05Elliot, your letters go.
05:06Afternoon, Rachel.
05:08Please, can I have a vowel?
05:11Thank you, Elliot.
05:12Start with A.
05:14And another.
05:14E.
05:16A consonant.
05:18M.
05:19Consonant.
05:21S.
05:22Vowel.
05:23I.
05:25Another vowel.
05:26E.
05:28Consonant.
05:29N.
05:30Consonant.
05:32T.
05:33And a final consonant, please.
05:35And a final D.
05:38Standby.
05:39Is.
05:40In.
05:42This.
06:01Aavam.
06:03This.
06:03On.
06:03Is.
06:04Ha.
06:04Is.
06:04Is.
06:04An.
06:04Do am.
06:07Is.
06:07I.
06:07To.
06:09Elliot.
06:10I've got a seven, not written down.
06:12A seven, and, Paul?
06:13An eight.
06:15Yes, Elliot?
06:16Steamed.
06:18Paul.
06:19Mediant.
06:20Yes, mediant.
06:21It is the third note of the diatronic scale of any musical key.
06:25Very good.
06:26What are the corner?
06:27Dr Phil?
06:28We've got a big fat nine.
06:29This is a button popper.
06:31Amnestied.
06:32Amnestied.
06:32How about that?
06:33Amnestied.
06:33Can I have that?
06:34You certainly can.
06:34I can.
06:35There is a verb.
06:35It's even a verb.
06:36Brilliant.
06:37Nine.
06:42That's wonderful.
06:43He was amnestied on Thursday last.
06:46Lucky chance.
06:48Fifteen plays seven.
06:49Paul sprung an early lead there, and it's Paul's numbers game.
06:52Paul.
06:53Can I go first six small ones, please, Rachel?
06:56You can indeed.
06:57You sent some serious competition back to the six little ones.
06:59First numbers of the day are one, four, two, two, ten, and eight.
07:08And the target, one hundred and twenty-nine.
07:10One, two, nine.
07:12One, two, nine.
07:35One, two, nine.
07:42Well, Paul.
07:43One, two, nine.
07:44Elliot, one, two, nine.
07:46Thank you, Paul.
07:47Eight plus four.
07:49Twelve.
07:50Twelve, then.
07:51Two divided by two is one.
07:52Yep.
07:52Add that on.
07:53Thirteen.
07:54Times ten.
07:55130.
07:56And take away the one.
07:57Well done, one, two, nine.
07:58Elliot.
07:59Slightly differently, but very similar.
08:00Eight plus four plus one.
08:02So you just switch the ones?
08:03Yeah.
08:04Yeah.
08:04OK, if you just want to have a looks.
08:06Happy.
08:06All right.
08:07Twenty-five.
08:11Twenty-five plays.
08:13That's seventeen.
08:15Paul, in the lead, as we turn to our first Tea Time teaser,
08:17which is Trade Tree and the clue.
08:20She covered all the fences in Woodstain once more.
08:23Then she backed off.
08:24She covered all the fences in Woodstain once more.
08:29Then she backed off.
08:49And the answer to that is she retreated.
08:58Retreated.
08:59Now, if you'd like to become a Countdown contestant,
09:03you can email Countdown at Channel4.com to request an application form
09:07or write to us at Contestant's Applications, Countdown Leads, LS3, 1, J, S.
09:15Twenty-five to 17, Paul in the lead still.
09:18Elliot, try this letters game.
09:20Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
09:21Thank you, Elliot.
09:22A, Z.
09:23And another.
09:25And another.
09:26And a vowel.
09:28O.
09:29And another.
09:30A.
09:31And a consonant.
09:33R.
09:34And a consonant.
09:35G.
09:37And a vowel.
09:39U.
09:41And another.
09:43E.
09:44And a final consonant, please.
09:46And a final N.
09:48Standby.
10:20Aæµ· features of the
10:21yes Elliot seven Paul seven Elliot courage courage indeed and courage lots
10:31of courage any more courage even more courage over here I'm afraid anything
10:35other than courage no no that's it that's it moving on 32 plays 24 Paul
10:43your letters game vowel please Rachel thank you Paul a and another oh and
10:52another I and one more please you a consonant s and another V and another
11:02s and another n and another consonant and lastly c and it's countdown
11:16so
11:49Elliot. Just five. Five from Elliot, which is? Coins. Coins and? Suasion. It is fair. You probably knew. It simply
12:02means it's a formal term for persuasion as opposed to force or compulsion to do something. Very good.
12:16Dr Phil. I spotted casinos, but Susie's got a lovely one. It's also a seven, but it's a nice word.
12:23I'm not sure how nice it is, but viscous is there. A viscous fluid. Absolutely. Where would you find a
12:29viscous fluid, do you think?
12:30In oil? Yes. Yeah. 39 to 24. Paul on 39. Elliot, your numbers game.
12:37Can I have one large and five small, please? You can indeed. More traditional. One from the top, five little
12:43coming up.
12:43And they are eight, nine, ten, nine, four and 75.
12:51Five. And the target, 181.
12:54One, eight, one.
12:56One, seven, eight, ten, ten, nine, ten, twenty.
13:01One, eight.
13:05One, eight, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten.
13:19One, dot that.
13:19One, eight, ten.
13:27Elliot.
13:28180.
13:30180.
13:31Paul.
13:32180 as well.
13:33Elliot.
13:359 plus 9.
13:369 plus 9, 18.
13:38Times the 10.
13:39Well, one away, 180.
13:41And Paul.
13:42Exactly the same.
13:43Same way, there we go.
13:45Happy?
13:46All right.
13:46Now, thank heavens we've got Rachel with us.
13:48181, Rachel.
13:49I think it was harder than it looked, but you could have said 9 plus the other 9 minus 10.
13:55Is 8.
13:56Times 4 is 32.
13:59Times the other 8 is 256.
14:03And take away 75.
14:05181.
14:06Tremendous.
14:07Thanks, Rachel.
14:13Thanks you.
14:1446 to 31.
14:15Elliot, sir, he's not far adrift there.
14:18Let's give them a rest and turn to Dr. Phil.
14:22Thank you, Nick.
14:23I've been talking about mental health.
14:25This week.
14:26And two of the things that can be really predisposed to poor mental health are the quest for perfection and
14:33the fear of failure.
14:35Is that two things that bother you, Nick?
14:37All the time.
14:38Okay.
14:38The perfection.
14:39We want to have perfect lives.
14:40We want to look perfect.
14:41We want our jobs to be perfect.
14:43Our lives to be perfect.
14:44The advertising industry plays on our minds and gets inside us.
14:48And particularly physical perfection is, I think, very, very damaging.
14:52People will starve themselves.
14:54They're pencil thin.
14:55They bleach their teeth.
14:56And it causes a lot of ill health.
14:58Because if you fall below that bar, you become very anxious that you're not perfect.
15:01And it causes huge problems.
15:03Fear of failure sort of goes hand in hand with it.
15:05We get that from the government.
15:06You're not allowed to fail in politics.
15:08In medicine, it's taken us a long time to admit to failure.
15:11And in the old days, we used to burn and bury our mistakes and cover them up and not admit
15:15to them.
15:16And I was at a school conference recently.
15:18And people are really frightened about their Ofsted reports.
15:21And a school inspector was there.
15:22And he said he went round to this school he hadn't been to before.
15:24And he went round the back entrance by mistake.
15:26And loads of kids were running out the back door.
15:28And he said, what are you doing?
15:29And this chap said, the school inspector is coming round and us dickos have all been sent home.
15:34So they were gaming the situation by sending the less gifted children home.
15:39And I found the other day, I was at a conference.
15:41They were talking about how sometimes in the police, in your police exams,
15:44they give you impossible scenarios that nobody can solve to see how you solve them.
15:49So this was a question in a police college exam.
15:53You're on patrol in an outer London when an explosion occurs in a gas main in a nearby street.
15:58On investigation, you find that a large hole has been blown in the footpath.
16:01There is an overturned van nearby.
16:03Inside the van, there is a strong smell of alcohol.
16:06Both occupants, a man and a woman, are injured.
16:08You recognise the woman as the wife of your divisional inspector, who is at present away in America.
16:13A passing motorist stops to offer you assistance, and you realise that he is a man that's wanted for armed
16:19robbery.
16:20Suddenly, another man runs out of a nearby house shouting that his wife is expecting a baby,
16:25and the shock of the explosion has made the birth imminent.
16:28And yet another man is crying for help, having been blown into an adjacent canal by the explosion,
16:32and he cannot swim.
16:34Bearing in mind the provisions of the Mental Health Act, describe what action you would take.
16:39And the officer wrote, I would take off my uniform and mingle with the crowd.
16:45So sometimes, in a possible task, it's OK to fail, and it's OK to take off your uniform and mingle
16:50with the crowd.
16:52That's brilliant.
16:59That's brilliant. Thank you.
17:01Now, 46 to 31, a match letters game for Paul Nixon.
17:06Paul.
17:06Vowel, please, Rachel.
17:08Thank you, Paul.
17:09I.
17:09And another.
17:11A.
17:12And another.
17:13O.
17:14And one more, please.
17:16I.
17:16A consonant.
17:18L.
17:19And another.
17:20M.
17:21And another.
17:23N.
17:24And another.
17:26Q.
17:27And one more consonant, please.
17:30And the last one, C.
17:32Stand by.
17:56And one more, please.
18:01All right.
18:03Well, Paul? Just a five.
18:06A five, and Elliot? Five, not written down.
18:09Elliot? Claim. Claim and? Manic.
18:13And manic. Yes, absolutely fine.
18:17What does the corner say? We've got a humble seven, and we've got ionical,
18:21which presumably has something to do with ionic. Ionical?
18:23It is. It's a synonym for ionic, in fact.
18:26It simply means composed of ions or formed by the attraction of oppositely charged ions.
18:34OK. Ionic. That's it? Yes, that's it.
18:37Passing on 51 to 36. Elliot, your letters game.
18:42Can I have a consonant, please? Thank you, Elliot.
18:44S. And another? M.
18:48And a vowel? U. And another? E.
18:53And a consonant? S. And a vowel? O.
19:00And a consonant? T. And another? G.
19:05And a final vowel, please. And a final A.
19:11Standby.
19:13And a vowel?
19:43Elliot.
19:44Six.
19:45A six.
19:46Paul.
19:46A seven.
19:48Elliot.
19:48Steams.
19:50And?
19:51Outages.
19:52Outages.
19:52Very good.
19:53Power cuts.
19:53Yes.
19:53Excellent.
19:55Very nice.
19:56Pops up all the time.
19:57Yeah.
19:58It does.
19:58It's very odd.
19:59What about Dr. Phil?
20:00No, we couldn't beat that.
20:01Oh, out gases is there as well.
20:03Really?
20:04Yeah.
20:04What does that mean?
20:04That will give you an eight.
20:05An out gas?
20:05It's to release.
20:07Release a gas?
20:09Yes.
20:09Out?
20:09Okay.
20:10Yeah.
20:10I thought it would be talking too much.
20:12That too.
20:13Gassing.
20:1458 to 36.
20:16Paul.
20:17Numbers time again.
20:19All for you.
20:21I'll have six more again, please, Rachel.
20:23Six little ones coming up.
20:26And this time around they are eight.
20:29One.
20:31Eight.
20:32Five.
20:33Another one.
20:34And ten.
20:36And the target.
20:37Three hundred and fifty nine.
20:39Three five nine.
20:41Three five nine.
21:11Well, Paul, 3-5-9.
21:13Yes, Elliot?
21:143-5-9.
21:15Paul?
21:178 plus 1.
21:188 plus 1 is 9.
21:20Times 5.
21:21Times 5, 45.
21:22Times 8.
21:23Times 8, 360.
21:25Take away the other one.
21:27Well done.
21:273-5-9.
21:28Elliot Black.
21:29Different now.
21:308 minus 1.
21:317.
21:32Times by 5.
21:3435.
21:35Times by 10.
21:36350.
21:37Plus 8, plus 1.
21:39The other 8, the other 1.
21:40Lovely.
21:41Thank you, Charlie.
21:45Excellent.
21:47So, Elliot's tracking Paul, OK, 68 to 46.
21:51Not a lot in it as we turn to our second Tea Time teaser, which is using room and the
21:56clue.
21:57He was using the spare room to assemble his extremely large train set.
22:01He was using the spare room to assemble his extremely large train set.
22:22And the answer to that one is it was ginormous.
22:33That's how big it was.
22:35Ginormous is the answer.
22:3768 to 46.
22:38And Elliot, you'll just catch up.
22:42Can I have a vowel, please, Rachel?
22:44Thank you, Elliot.
22:45E.
22:46And a consonant.
22:48L.
22:49And another.
22:50D.
22:52And another.
22:53B.
22:55And a vowel.
22:58I.
22:59And another.
23:00O.
23:02And a consonant.
23:03D.
23:04And a consonant.
23:07R.
23:08And a final vowel, please.
23:10And a final A.
23:12Countdown.
23:13This is absolutely right.
23:14Bye-bye.
23:15Bye-bye.
23:25Bye-bye.
23:33E.
23:34Bye-bye.
23:36Bye-bye.
23:37Bye-bye.
23:38Bye-bye.
23:41Bye-bye.
23:44Elliot.
23:45Seven.
23:46A seven.
23:47Paul.
23:47Seven as well.
23:50Elliot.
23:51Braided.
23:52Paul.
23:53Bladder.
23:55And bladder.
23:56Yes.
23:57Both nice.
23:58Dr. Sill.
23:59Bridled we have.
24:00We've only got seven.
24:00What's that one?
24:01That's interesting.
24:02It's a daryol, which is a cooking pot shaped like a flower pot.
24:06Ooh.
24:06A daryol.
24:08And the else?
24:09No, that's it.
24:10Sevens.
24:11All right.
24:1175, 53.
24:14Paul, your letters game.
24:15A vowel, please, Rachel.
24:17Thank you, Paul.
24:19I.
24:20And another.
24:21O.
24:23And another.
24:24A.
24:25And one more, please.
24:27I.
24:28A consonant, please.
24:30F.
24:31And another.
24:32R.
24:33And another.
24:34S.
24:35And another.
24:38R.
24:40And one more consonant, please.
24:43And the last one.
24:44K.
24:45Stand by.
24:46Time.
24:47We room.
25:00All right.
25:02I.
25:12Bye.
25:14Bye.
25:16And another.
25:18Yes, Paul?
25:19Five.
25:21Elliot? Five.
25:23Elliot?
25:24Fawkes.
25:26And, Paul?
25:26Fares.
25:28Happy enough?
25:29Yes.
25:30What can you offer us, I wonder?
25:33You've got Karis.
25:34K-A-R-R-I-S. What does that mean?
25:36Oh, Karis.
25:37Yes, they are tall Australian eucalyptus trees with hard red wood.
25:42And that will give you a six.
25:43That was the best we could do.
25:45Nothing else?
25:46No.
25:46OK, 80 to 58.
25:48Susie, let's rest them for a second
25:51whilst you deliver one of your wonderful origins of words slots.
25:56Thanks, Nick.
25:57Well, I get asked about this one a lot,
25:59but Phil being Phil, he's asked me to attribute this question
26:02to Maud from Limply Stoke.
26:04Oh, I know her.
26:05OK.
26:05She lives opposite the butchers.
26:06It's lovely, Maud.
26:07Great.
26:08This is for Maud.
26:08It's not about grapevines again, is it?
26:10It is.
26:10Oh!
26:11Yes.
26:12Through the grapevine and the origin of that phrase.
26:15We have to look back to the heart of the American Civil War when it was about two decades after
26:21Samuel Morse sent the first telegraph message,
26:24the first official telegraph message between Washington and Baltimore.
26:28So that was in 1844.
26:30And as I say, two decades after that, the idea of a dispatch from the grapevine telegraph began to surface.
26:36And the idea was that far from being a really direct communication down the wire, as the official telegraph was,
26:43all that the new technology entailed, this one involved unofficial information or rumours that were passed back and forth
26:50as though along the winding tendrils of a grapevine,
26:54and often, of course, becoming really garbled and embellished in the process.
26:57And not only that, but the proper telegraph system required thousands of kilometres of telegraph wire to be installed,
27:05held in place several metres above the ground by telephone poles at regular intervals.
27:10So to the eye from afar, it probably looked a little bit like the strings used to train vines,
27:16and that reinforced the image even further.
27:19Now, I mentioned Samuel Morse because we associate him almost exclusively now with Morse code.
27:25He was a big inventor, hence the telegraph.
27:28But we owe a word, an actual word in the English language, to Morse code, and that's umpteen.
27:33And it goes back to iddy umpty, which in Morse code was a synonym, really, for an unknown quantity.
27:41So an umpty was a dash, and an iddy was a dot.
27:45They were both entirely made-up words.
27:48But the umpty bit, the dash, became a byword for any unknown quantity.
27:53It was like a numerical dash, if you like.
27:55And that gave rise to umpteen, riffing off 13, 14, etc.
27:59So umpteen, which is a kind of, you know, a lot, but it's an unspecified lot,
28:04goes all the way back to Samuel Morse as well.
28:06Excellent.
28:11Come, please.
28:13Wonderful.
28:1480 to 58, Paul's sustaining his lead there, and it's Elliot we turn to.
28:19Elliot, let us go.
28:21Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
28:23Thank you, Elliot.
28:24P.
28:25And another.
28:27L.
28:28And a vowel.
28:30U.
28:31And another.
28:33E.
28:34And a consonant.
28:35R.
28:36And another.
28:38M.
28:39And a vowel.
28:41E.
28:42And a consonant.
28:44C.
28:46And a final consonant, please.
28:48A final T.
28:50Stand by.
28:50neutral게.
29:01E.
29:03E.
29:05E.
29:06E.
29:06E.
29:10E.
29:11E.
29:12E.
29:21Elliot?
29:22Seven.
29:23A seven. Paul?
29:25Only five.
29:27You're five?
29:28Er, erupt.
29:30Elliot?
29:31Unerect.
29:34Erm.
29:36It's not there, I'm afraid.
29:39Brad likes a really good try.
29:40But not there.
29:42Sorry.
29:43Shame.
29:45I'd like Elliot.
29:46What does the doctor say?
29:48There's a lectern poking up at us.
29:50I think there's lecture as well, isn't there?
29:52Erm, there is a lecture.
29:54And a lectern.
29:55So they're both sevens.
29:57Yes, they are.
29:58Yep, that's the best we could do.
30:01It'll do.
30:02So, 85 to 58.
30:04Paul, final letters game for you.
30:06Er, vowel please, Rachel.
30:08Thank you, Paul.
30:10You.
30:11And another one.
30:12E.
30:13And another.
30:15A.
30:16A consonant, please.
30:18W.
30:19And another.
30:21P.
30:22And another.
30:23N.
30:25And another.
30:26H.
30:28And another consonant.
30:31D.
30:33And one more consonant, please.
30:36And the last one, R.
30:38And it's can-can.
30:40And we're going to pause.
30:41Have a good day.
31:10Paul.
31:11A seven.
31:12Elliot.
31:13An eight.
31:14And an eight.
31:16Now, Paul.
31:17Unheard.
31:18Elliot.
31:19Unwarped.
31:22Oh, everything cross for you there, Elliot.
31:24It's unwarmed and unwarmed, but not unwarp.
31:27I'm sorry.
31:29Bad luck, bad luck.
31:30Anything else?
31:31We couldn't beat unheard.
31:32That was our best, wasn't it?
31:33It was.
31:33Horned was in there.
31:34Horned, unwrap, hand, quite a few sixes, but unheard was the best we could do.
31:40Ninety-two, fifty-eight.
31:41Elliot, into the final numbers game.
31:44Good luck to you.
31:44Can I have two large and four small, please?
31:47You can, indeed.
31:48Thank you, Elliot.
31:48Two from the top, four little to finish the day.
31:50And they are two, four, five, three, seventy-five, and one hundred.
31:59And the target, eight hundred and eighty-three.
32:01Eight, eight-three.
32:02Eight, eight, nine, twenty-three.
32:35Elliot, eight, eight-one.
32:38Paul?
32:39Eight, eight, three.
32:40Eight, eight, three.
32:42Firmly said.
32:42Yes.
32:44One hundred plus seventy-five.
32:46One hundred and seventy-five.
32:47Times five.
32:48Eight hundred and seventy-five.
32:50And four times two is eight.
32:52Yeah, well done.
32:53Eight, eight, three.
32:55APPLAUSE
32:58That's it, Paul.
32:59You're over the line again.
33:01One-oh-two.
33:02Into the final round.
33:03Gentlemen, fingers on buzzers.
33:05Ready?
33:06Poised?
33:07Let's roll today's countdown conundrum.
33:13PHONE RINGS
33:16Paul?
33:17Frustrate?
33:18Frustrate?
33:19Let's see whether you've got it right.
33:21Once again.
33:23Here we go.
33:24Frustrate.
33:25Well done.
33:26APPLAUSE
33:31Well done, Paul.
33:32Well done.
33:34Gave a good game.
33:35Very good.
33:36In fact, you were tracking him pretty much all the way until the very end.
33:39A couple of risky ones.
33:40Yeah.
33:40Well played, though.
33:42Thank you very much for coming.
33:43There's a goodie bag.
33:44Thank you very much indeed.
33:45Good luck.
33:46Thank you, Alan.
33:46We shall see you tomorrow.
33:48You've got seven.
33:49You're going for eight.
33:50I'll try my best.
33:51Have a quiet night.
33:52We'll see you tomorrow.
33:54Well done.
33:55And we'll see Dr. Phil and Susie tomorrow.
33:57Of course we will.
33:57Very exciting.
33:58Octochamp moment.
33:59I do like that.
33:59It is.
34:00It is.
34:01What do you reckon, Rachel?
34:02He's a cracking player, isn't he?
34:04I wouldn't bet against him, that's for sure.
34:05No.
34:06The letters and the numbers.
34:07Double threat.
34:08Indeed.
34:09See you tomorrow.
34:09See you then.
34:10Join us tomorrow.
34:11Same time, same place.
34:12See whether Paul becomes our latest Octochamp.
34:15You'll be sure of it.
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