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00:31Well, good afternoon. Welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34Occasionally, one runs across just brilliant inventions, small companies, and I ran across one not so long ago.
00:42Rachel, you're going to love this.
00:44A company started by some young guys in the music industry and a couple of mathematicians.
00:49That's the key point.
00:50What they've done, actually, is to divide the world into I don't know how many millions and hundreds of millions
00:58of three-meter square, three meters by three meters, panels, cells, if you like.
01:07And each cell has got a unique three-word code.
01:12Can you imagine how useful that is?
01:15Instead of, you know, having a long code, you're able to say, as your boat sinks in Mid-Atlantic,
01:25please help me, I'm on such and such, such and such, such and such.
01:29What do you reckon?
01:30I don't know. I still don't understand quite, because you can send your location, can't you, so you can drop
01:34a pin.
01:35So if I want my mum to find me, I can just share the location.
01:38Or if she's trying to tell me where she is and she can see a bus and the sky, I
01:42can say, oh, that's very useful.
01:43Can you send me, like, your location on the drop pin?
01:45So I'm not sure.
01:48Anyway, who's with us?
01:50Paul Nixon is here chasing his octochampton, yeah?
01:55Welcome.
01:57You've got seven wins, and now it's the big day.
02:00One more, and you'll become our octochampton.
02:02And with your scores, I think you're going to be a pretty high seed as well.
02:06Well, we'll see.
02:07So good luck to you today.
02:09You're joined by Lorraine, Lorraine Davis, who loves her holidays.
02:13My eyes are on stalks, actually, because apparently you're an insurance broker from Burton-on-Trent,
02:19but clearly you've got the whole thing wrapped up because you take cruises.
02:24So far, 26, is it?
02:2726, yes.
02:27How many this year so far?
02:29Well, two cruises this year and one holiday.
02:33Lovely.
02:33But cruises, where have you been?
02:35Where's the most exciting cruise that you've taken?
02:37My favourite place is Cape Canaveral.
02:40Really?
02:41That was my favourite place.
02:44But the one we've just come back from is from Dubai, and it went through the Suez Canal to Malta.
02:51Good fun.
02:51We had pirate practice in case we met any pirates on the way.
02:55Oh, did you?
02:56All right.
02:56It's much safer here.
02:58Good.
02:59Much, much safer.
03:00Good luck to you both.
03:01Have a lot of fun.
03:02Big round of applause now for Paul and Lorraine.
03:07And over in the corner was Susie.
03:10Oh, yes.
03:11Until we can get him back again.
03:13It's that Dr. Phil Hammond.
03:18I'll tell you what I did.
03:19If the pirates crawl on board, you go onto your phone app and you contact the Coast Guard and you
03:23say I'm on pimple banana schnitzel.
03:26Yeah.
03:26And he says, what on earth are you talking about?
03:28I'm actually sitting on Ginger Love Monster at the moment.
03:32Susie's not as impressed.
03:33But it's wonderful.
03:34Oh, OK.
03:35Lovely.
03:36More from you later.
03:37The more serious note, perhaps.
03:38And now we turn to Paul.
03:40Paul, good luck.
03:42Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:43Afternoon, Paul.
03:43I'll start with a vowel, please.
03:45Start today with you.
03:46And another one.
03:48E.
03:49And another.
03:50A.
03:51A consonant, please.
03:53W.
03:54And another.
03:55T.
03:56And another.
03:57S.
03:58And another.
04:00P.
04:01And another consonant.
04:05And lastly, M.
04:11And here's the countdown clock.
04:13P.
04:44Well, Paul? Seven.
04:45Seven, Lorraine? Seven.
04:48Paul? Warmest.
04:50And Lorraine? Pasture.
04:52And Pasture.
04:53Yeah.
04:55Now, Phil?
04:56I can't beat Pasture. We've got Tampers, though, also for seven.
04:59Tampers. Yeah.
05:00That was it.
05:01Susie, anything else?
05:02No, seven was the best we could do.
05:03Stampa is also there in Tempura as well.
05:06Thank you. Seven apiece.
05:08Lorraine, your letters came.
05:10Hello, Rachel.
05:11Hi, Lorraine.
05:11Could I have a vowel, please?
05:14Thank you. Start with O.
05:15And another.
05:17I.
05:18And another.
05:20U.
05:22And a consonant, please.
05:25T.
05:26And another.
05:28V.
05:30And another.
05:31R.
05:37And a last vowel, please.
05:42And lastly, A.
05:45And here's the countdown clock.
05:47And this is how you can use it as a local account.
05:52And the one on the deck.
05:55The Olha.
06:01And another.
06:02This time's what we do.
06:02And another.
06:03And another.
06:04And another.
06:09You have a lovely look.
06:10And a lovely selection.
06:15And another.
06:15And another.
06:16You have a lovely book.
06:18Lorraine.
06:19A risky...
06:21Seven.
06:22Paul? A seven.
06:24Yes, Lorraine? Outroad.
06:27Outroad and...
06:28Auditor.
06:29And auditor.
06:33Outride is in the dictionary,
06:34but you'd need to O's for outroad, Lorraine, unfortunately.
06:38Oh, sorry. Out. Sorry.
06:40Yeah, no, bad luck.
06:42Auditor was our best as well, so, yeah, well done, Paul.
06:46Fourteen plays seven.
06:48Paul on fourteen.
06:49Paul's numbers game now. Off we go.
06:51Six more ones, please, Rachel.
06:53Your favourite. Thank you, Paul.
06:55Six little ones coming up,
06:56and the first numbers of the day are
06:58eight, three, nine, two, eight, and seven.
07:05And the target, 672.
07:07Six, seven, two.
07:15Three, nine, ten, three,
07:21nine, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten...
07:31Yeah.
07:39Um...
07:40Paul?
07:41No, I'm not close enough.
07:43Lorraine?
07:44Not close enough.
07:45Right.
07:47Let's hope that Rachel can crack it for us.
07:49Can you unpick this one?
07:506, 7, 2, Rachel.
07:52I can.
07:52If you say 7 times 8 is 56, 9 plus 3 is 12, and times them together.
08:016, 7, 2.
08:02Look at you.
08:036, 7, 2.
08:08Just like that.
08:09Wonderful.
08:11And now it's time for our first Tea Time Tea Slam.
08:14Which is Son Millet.
08:16And the clue.
08:16I asked my son to grind some millet, but he couldn't lift this off the ground.
08:22I asked my son to grind some millet, but he couldn't lift this off the ground.
08:41Welcome back.
08:42Welcome back.
08:43I left you with the clue.
08:44I asked my son to grind some millet, but he couldn't lift this off the ground.
08:49He couldn't lift the millstone off the ground.
08:52Very surprised there.
08:54Millstone.
08:5514 plays 7.
08:57Paul in the lead.
08:58Lorraine, your letters game.
08:59Could I have a vowel, please?
09:01Thank you, Lorraine.
09:02E.
09:03And another.
09:05O.
09:05And another.
09:06E.
09:08And a consonant, please.
09:10S.
09:11And another.
09:13C.
09:14And another.
09:15B.
09:18And another.
09:19T.
09:28And last vowel, please.
09:31And the last one, I.
09:33Stand by.
09:35C.
09:35D.
09:36And another.
09:37Good.
09:37And another.
09:57And another.
09:57I think.
09:57Yeah.
10:04And another.
10:05Lorraine?
10:06Just a five.
10:07A five, Paul?
10:08A seven.
10:09Lorraine?
10:10Diets.
10:12And Paul?
10:13Deceits.
10:15Mm-hmm.
10:16Yeah, very nice.
10:17Happy enough?
10:18Yes.
10:19Dr Phil?
10:19There's a nice seven, bodices.
10:21But you've got an eight there, Susie.
10:23What you got?
10:24Bisected.
10:25Bisected.
10:26There you go.
10:33Twenty-one plays a seven, and it's Paul we turn to.
10:36Yes, Paul?
10:37A vowel, please, Rachel.
10:38Thank you, Paul.
10:39A.
10:39And another?
10:41E.
10:42And another?
10:44I.
10:45A consonant?
10:46H.
10:47And another?
10:49S.
10:50And another?
10:51Q.
10:52And another?
10:54N.
10:55Another consonant?
10:57R.
10:59And one more consonant, please.
11:02And the last one, M.
11:04Stand by.
11:34We'll see you later.
11:36Yes, Paul?
11:37A seven.
11:38A seven, Lorraine?
11:39Only a five.
11:40And your five is?
11:42Sure.
11:43Thank you, Paul.
11:45Remains.
11:46Remains.
11:47Yes.
11:48And the corner, Dr Phil, Susie?
11:50Can't be seven, but there are a few.
11:52There's seminar, is there?
11:53Mm-hm.
11:54Marines? Are the Marines there?
11:55Yes, all anagrams of each other.
11:57Yeah.
11:58Yeah, seven for us.
11:58Seven max.
12:0028 plays a seven, Lorraine.
12:02Your number's game now.
12:03Good luck.
12:04Could I have three large, please?
12:06And three small, please?
12:08You can indeed.
12:08Three and three.
12:09Thank you, Lorraine.
12:10And the three little ones are six, six and eight.
12:15And the three large, 25, 75 and 100.
12:19And the target, 941.
12:21Nine for one.
12:22Five, six or eight.
12:25What?
12:25Five, three.
12:43Yes, sir.
12:45Congratulations, all.
12:46Yoo &LEY Coyote.
12:46Do you have a line?
12:46Bye.
12:47Bye.
12:48Bye.
12:49Bye.
12:51Bye.
12:54Lorraine, 936, 936, but Paul's got 942, 942, let's try Paul first shall we, 942, 100 plus 6, 106, times
13:088, 848, add on the 75 and the 25, 75, 25, 948, and take away the other 6,
13:18yeah, one away, 942, well done, excellent, not quite there though, Rachel, can you unwrap it for us, 941, I
13:27got two, one away as well, so leave it with me Nick, certainly will, certainly will, 35 to 7, Paul
13:33in the lead and it's Dr Phil, Dr Phil Hammond we turn to, yes doctor, thank you Nick, we've been
13:40talking about health, but particularly mental health,
13:42so we still prescribe huge amounts of drugs, so when you go and see the doctor, you often want a
13:47magic medicine, don't you, you want to think some miracle magic rainbow medicine,
13:50Dr Phil's healing love placebos will suddenly make you better, but I actually think you've got to be quite sceptical,
13:56you've got to ask challenging questions,
13:58because particularly the prescriptions of antidepressants have skyrocketed, and the evidence is they're quite hard to come off, and they
14:04generally don't help you in the longer term,
14:06so I always say, when somebody offers you a medicine, think Bran, ask quite clearly, what are the benefits, what
14:12are the risks, what are the alternatives,
14:14and what happens if you just did nothing, and remember, you never just do nothing, you do your clangers, connect,
14:20learn, be active, notice, give back, eat well, relax, sleep,
14:24the vast majority of symptoms get better, particularly if you have good sleep, and you do those absolute basics,
14:30I can remember going to see a lady, and I didn't start from all these tablets, but I did a
14:34home visit, and she was on antidepressants,
14:37anti-anxiety tablets, anti-psychotics, because she thought she was hearing things, but she may just have been listening to
14:43herself, talking to herself,
14:44she was on sleeping pills, and she was on strong painkillers, that's enough to wipe out a herd of water
14:49buffalo,
14:50because she was so drowsy taking these tablets, she had to smoke cigarettes to wake up, the nicotine would give
14:55her a buzz,
14:56so she also had heart disease and diabetes, and I kept trying to get her off these things, and she
15:00was glued to taking her magic medicines,
15:03and then one of her neighbours died, and left the dog to her, and she had suddenly got a dog,
15:08didn't really want a dog,
15:09had never had a dog before, dog was a bit chaotic, and she was starting to bond with this dog,
15:14and then because she'd never had a dog before, she forgot that dogs jump up, and one day the dog
15:17jumped up,
15:18and emptied her Dossit box, full of all her strong medications, it completely wiped the dog out,
15:24she couldn't afford to go to the vet, it's £200 to call the vet, so she had to nurse this
15:28dog at home,
15:28it was completely wiped out, it was peeing, it was pooing, she thought it was going to die,
15:32and then the dog pulled through, and then she thought, looking at the dog, if those medicines have done that
15:36to that dog,
15:37imagine what it's doing to me, so she herself then realised to come off the medicines,
15:42she got off all the medication, and I saw her walking down the street, she'd lost a few stone in
15:46weight,
15:46and she was wearing a big shirt that said, pugs not drugs, so that's my message to you,
15:51it doesn't necessarily mean you can always come off the tablets, but in severe cases you need to take them,
15:54but in other cases you might find that if you're free from medication, you actually feel healthier,
15:58so that's my message, whatever day it happens to be, pugs not drugs, thank you.
16:08Sounded advice as ever, thanks Dr Phil, and now Rachel, Rachel, 941?
16:13Yeah, pugs and sums, not drugs over here, if you say 75 minus 6 is 69,
16:208 plus the other 6 is 14, times those together for 966, and take away the 25 for 941.
16:29Wonderful.
16:35Thanks Rachel.
16:36So 35 plays 7, as we turn to Paul for the next letters game. Paul.
16:41A vowel please Rachel.
16:43Thank you Paul. O.
16:44And another one.
16:45U.
16:46And another.
16:47E.
16:48A consonant please.
16:50L.
16:51And another.
16:52R.
16:53And another.
16:55N.
16:56And another.
16:58L.
16:58And another consonant.
17:01X.
17:03And one more consonant please.
17:06And lastly D.
17:08Stand by.
17:09BELL RINGS
17:39Well Paul.
17:40An eight.
17:41An eight.
17:42Lorraine.
17:42Six.
17:43And your six is?
17:45Unroll.
17:48And?
17:48Unrolled.
17:50Oh no.
17:50Oh Lorraine.
17:52She's so cross with herself now.
17:55Now, in the corner.
17:57Now we've got unrolled, that was it, that was our best.
17:59Yeah.
18:00Thank you Lorraine, your letters game.
18:02Vowel please.
18:03Thank you Lorraine.
18:04I.
18:05And another one please.
18:08A.
18:09And another.
18:11E.
18:13And a consonant please.
18:15C.
18:16And again.
18:18L.
18:19And another.
18:21S.
18:23And another.
18:25C.
18:28And another one please.
18:31T.
18:32And a vowel.
18:34And the last one.
18:36O.
18:38Stand by.
18:40Stand by.
18:40Stand by.
18:42Stand by.
18:43Stand by.
18:44Stand by.
18:47Stand by.
18:50Stand by.
18:51Stand by.
18:51Stand by.
18:52Stand by.
18:52Stand by.
18:53Stand by.
18:54Stand by.
18:54Stand by.
18:55Stand by.
18:55Stand by.
18:55Stand by.
18:56Stand by.
18:56Stand by.
18:57Stand by.
18:57Stand by.
18:57Stand by.
18:57Stand by.
18:58Stand by.
18:58Stand by.
19:00Stand by.
19:10Well, Lorraine.
19:12Six.
19:13A six.
19:14Paul?
19:15A seven.
19:16And a seven.
19:17Oh, look at this, that one point.
19:19Lorraine, what have we got?
19:20Closet.
19:21Closet and?
19:22Isolate.
19:23And isolate.
19:24Yes.
19:26Mm-hmm.
19:27And the corner?
19:28We can't beat seven.
19:29We've got lactose for seven, but we can't beat seven.
19:32No.
19:32Anything else, though, Susie?
19:33Nothing else, no.
19:34Six is otherwise, like social.
19:37And now, Paul, is your numbers game?
19:39Let's have one large and five small, please.
19:41Thank you, Paul.
19:42Potentially keeping it simple, let's see.
19:44Your last pick for a while.
19:45Your five small are ten, one, nine, five, three, and the big one, 75.
19:54And this target, 297.
19:57297.
19:59So far, we're going to try to win.
20:22Bye.
20:23Bye.
20:29Well, Paul?
20:302, 9, 7.
20:312, 9, 7, Lorraine?
20:332, 9, 7.
20:34That's a big smile you've got, Lorraine.
20:37Paul?
20:3810 plus 1.
20:4010 plus 1, 11.
20:41Times 9.
20:4299.
20:43Times 3.
20:442, 9, 7.
20:45And Lorraine?
20:465 minus 1.
20:48Is 4.
20:49Times by 75.
20:50300.
20:51Take away the 3.
20:5210 points.
20:53Well done.
20:54Very good.
21:00So 60 to 17, as we turn to our second tea time teaser, which is job notice.
21:07And the clue, part of his job was to notice when the prosecution's questioning crossed the line and raised this.
21:14Part of his job was to notice when the prosecution's questioning crossed the line and raised this.
21:43And raise an objection.
21:50Objection.
21:51That's the answer to that one.
21:5360 plays 17.
21:54Paul in the lead, on his way to becoming an octochamp, I think.
21:58Lorraine, your letters came.
22:01Can I have a vowel, please?
22:03Thank you, Lorraine.
22:04I.
22:05And another.
22:07A.
22:08And another one.
22:09U.
22:10And a consonant, please.
22:12S.
22:13And another.
22:14D.
22:16And another.
22:18Y.
22:19And another one.
22:22P.
22:24And another one, please.
22:27N.
22:30And a last vowel, please.
22:32And a last one.
22:33E.
22:36Stand by.
22:36And another.
22:38And a.
22:47And.
22:51And.
23:00And.
23:01And.
23:05And.
23:06And.
23:08Lorraine.
23:09Um, six.
23:11Oh, six. And Paul? Not written down.
23:14Not written down? OK. Seven.
23:15Under seven. Lorraine?
23:17Unsaid. Unsaid and...
23:20Pandies.
23:22Pandies? Pandies.
23:25Um... Pandies?
23:27Pandies, yes. A pandy in dialect, Scottish dialect and Northern dialect.
23:32A stroke on the palm of a hand with the ruler given as a punishment to children in schools.
23:37Oh, interesting. Because at school, if you were beaten on the back side, you were cockered.
23:41Right. Right.
23:43There we are. 67 to 17.
23:47Paul? How about the letters again?
23:50A vowel, please, Rachel. Thank you, Paul.
23:53O. And another?
23:55E. And another?
23:57A. A consonant, please.
24:00P. And another?
24:02K.
24:03And another?
24:04N.
24:06And another?
24:07G.
24:09And another consonant?
24:11N.
24:13And another consonant, please.
24:16And the last one, S.
24:18Stand by.
24:30Okay.
24:45Fight for theторы.
24:47Help.
24:47See ya.
24:47Bye.
24:47Bye.
24:48Bye.
24:48Bye.
24:50Well, Paul. A six. Lorraine. A six. Yes, Paul. Sponge. Sponge and? Same word. Very good. Two sponges here. Three
25:03sponges. Can we beat sponge? No. You've got spank. That's just a five. You've just enjoyed that, though, didn't you?
25:09The sponge was our best. Yeah. Sponge. Thank you. 73 to 23. Susie, we're waiting for your wonderful origins of
25:20words. What have you cooked up for us today?
25:23Well, I'm not sure how wonderful this is going to be, really, because Phil's been talking about mental health for
25:30the last few days. And language always shows the kind of taboos and anxieties of a particular time.
25:37And so you will see some very kind of matter-of-fact descriptions of people who were suffering in the
25:45sort of 15th century, 16th century from breakdowns or depression or the blues, etc.
25:50And then gradually it became something that we were very uncomfortable with. And so a whole host of youth Muslims
25:54crept in.
25:55And that's pretty much the subject today, because Aubrey Vaughan wrote in to ask about all the different slang expressions
26:01for people who are suffering.
26:04But we expressed them in sort of slightly jokey, banterish terms. So loopy, round to the bend, bonkers, bananas, etc.
26:12Bonkers. The original meaning of that was actually tipsy. If you were bonkers, you were a bit drunk.
26:16And then one meaning of it was to sort of hit your head in some way. So that was obviously
26:21the progression to the sense of mental illness or madness, I suppose.
26:26If you're crackers, likewise, you're sort of crazed. It was first applied to kind of pavement that was sort of
26:31cracked.
26:32We talk about crazy paving. Again, the idea of something broken and not quite whole, because this is the way
26:36that we were viewing things.
26:38Going bananas. This one is a bit more modern, as you'd expect. American college campuses in the 1960s.
26:44It's probably an evolution from going ape, you know, to go crazy or explode with anger.
26:50And the association of apes and monkeys, I guess, with bananas probably gave rise to that one.
26:55There's a big theory about being round to the bend.
26:58And that was that mental institutions in the olden days, particularly in the Victorian days, would be kind of round
27:04to the bend of a long drive.
27:05So you wouldn't actually be able to see them from the roadside because they were so sort of taboo and
27:10other.
27:11So the idea was if you went round the bend, you had gone to one of these institutions.
27:15In fact, again, it's a sort of idea, same with loopy, is being slightly bent out of shape.
27:20I think that's probably the more likely origin.
27:23Nuts is simply from the idea of the nuts being your head.
27:27Again, it's the idea of a sort of, you know, slightly broken head.
27:30Fruitcake, the idea of being as nutty as a fruitcake.
27:32So, yes, so many terms for madness or mental illness through the ages.
27:37But I think, obviously, we don't talk about it in those terms at all now, which is a very good
27:41thing.
27:42Absolutely.
27:43Thank you, Susie.
27:49So, 73 plays 23.
27:52Lorraine, your letters came.
27:54Could I have a vowel, please?
27:56Thank you, Lorraine.
27:57I.
27:58And another.
27:59O.
28:00And another one, please.
28:02E.
28:04And a consonant, please.
28:06W.
28:08And another.
28:10N.
28:11And another.
28:13M.
28:14And another.
28:17R.
28:18And another one.
28:21S.
28:22And a vowel, please.
28:24And lastly, U.
28:27And its counter.
28:28N.
28:29Who.owany.
28:31Who.
28:42Bye.
28:45Bye.
28:49Bye.
28:58Well, Lorraine?
28:59Seven.
29:00A seven.
29:01Paul?
29:02And your six.
29:03And your six?
29:04A salmon.
29:06Lorraine?
29:07Moisten.
29:09Moisten.
29:10There's no tea, Lorraine.
29:12Sorry.
29:13I put the tea down.
29:15What does the corner think?
29:16Dr Phil, Susie?
29:18Can't beat seven.
29:19We've got Winsome.
29:20What was the one you were?
29:21Oh, Mousia.
29:22Mousia.
29:22Mousia and Winsome.
29:23Those are our best.
29:2579-23.
29:27Into the final letters game for you, Paul.
29:30I think I'll start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
29:32Thank you, Paul.
29:33G.
29:34And another.
29:36S.
29:37And another.
29:38R.
29:39And another.
29:41G.
29:43A vowel, please.
29:44A.
29:45And another.
29:46I.
29:47And another.
29:48A.
29:49And a final consonant, please.
29:57Lastly, N.
29:59Stand by.
30:31Well, Paul?
30:32A seven.
30:33A seven.
30:33Lorraine?
30:34Seven.
30:36Sangria.
30:38Sangria.
30:39Lorraine?
30:40Soaring.
30:41Yeah.
30:43Absolutely fine.
30:44Both of those.
30:45And what's the corner got to offer us?
30:47Only sangria.
30:48I stopped after that.
30:48I thought that sounds good.
30:50That was it, I'm afraid.
30:52Yeah.
30:52Sangria.
30:53Can't beat seven.
30:5586 to 30.
30:56Into the final numbers game.
30:58Lorraine Davis.
31:01Four large and two small, please.
31:03Why not?
31:04Thank you, Lorraine.
31:04Four big ones and two little ones.
31:06Could have a toughie on our hands.
31:08Let's have a look.
31:09The little ones are six and one and the big four.
31:12Fifty, twenty-five, seventy-five and one hundred.
31:16And the target, two hundred and seventy-seven.
31:19Two seven seven.
31:21Two seven seven.
31:52Lorraine, what do you think?
31:53No, I totally lost it.
31:54What about Paul?
31:56Two seven six.
31:57Two seven six.
31:59Okay.
31:59Paul.
32:00Six times fifty.
32:03Six times fifty, three hundred.
32:06Take away twenty-five.
32:07Take away twenty-five.
32:08Two seven five.
32:09Add on one.
32:10Yep.
32:11Two seven six.
32:11One away.
32:12One away.
32:13Well done.
32:14What do you think, Rachel?
32:15Two seven seven?
32:16Very slowly, but I found one way.
32:19If you say one hundred divided by twenty-five is four.
32:23Seventy-five minus six is sixty-nine.
32:26Sixty-nine times four is two hundred and seventy-six.
32:29And you have a one to add on for two seven seven.
32:31Fabulous.
32:36Fabulous.
32:37Well done.
32:39As ever, Rachel.
32:40Ninety-three to thirty.
32:42We're in the final round.
32:43Fingers on buzzers.
32:45Let's roll today's countdown conundrum.
32:52Paul.
32:53Preluding.
32:55Preluding.
32:56Let's see whether you're right.
32:57My word, he's a wizard on these conundrums.
32:59Preluding.
33:08Excellent, Paul.
33:09You're an octa champ.
33:10I'll come to you in a second.
33:12Lorraine, you should have stayed on a cruise.
33:14Should have, didn't I?
33:15But listen, you played well to stand up to him for a while, you know?
33:19Okay.
33:19So, well done.
33:20Thank you very much.
33:21You take this goodie back and you can take this on your next cruise.
33:24I can, can't I?
33:25Thanks for coming.
33:26Oh, Paul, you've played brilliantly.
33:28You really have.
33:28That's fantastic.
33:29I don't know where you are.
33:30I don't know where you are in the seeds, but certainly we're going to see you win the finals.
33:34You're a strong contender and a great player and a good bloke.
33:37And I've really enjoyed my time here.
33:39So, thank you for making me feel so welcome.
33:41Not at all.
33:41Yeah, we're not finished with you yet, you know.
33:43We'll see you in the finals.
33:45Fantastic.
33:45Well done.
33:46Well done.
33:49What can I say?
33:50Well, it has been a joy.
33:52The last few times I've been on, I've seen octa champs.
33:55The standard is just going up and up and up.
33:57It's really astounding.
33:58It's wonderful.
33:59And it's always a great joy to have you here.
34:02And you come and see us again soon.
34:03Certainly will do.
34:04Thank you for having me.
34:04Thanks very much.
34:05You're welcome.
34:06Susie, see you tomorrow.
34:07Yes, see you then.
34:08And Rachel too.
34:09And I know where Paul is in the standings.
34:11Yes.
34:11He's number two seed for the series.
34:13Excellent.
34:14Yes.
34:14Excellent.
34:15Yes, so we're very highly rated there.
34:18And he'll be back in a month and a half or so for the finals.
34:20What a player.
34:21Absolutely.
34:22See you tomorrow.
34:23Two new contestants.
34:24Lovely.
34:24And Jeremy Thompson's back.
34:25Lovely.
34:26Join us then.
34:27Same time, same place.
34:28You be sure of it.
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