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00:30Well, good afternoon. Welcome to the Countdown Studio. It's a Friday. It's the 18th of October, which means that the
00:37weekend is pretty much on us, and that means it's time to binge-watch our favourite shows.
00:42It's amazing, actually. There's been a survey, Rachel. I knew you'd be pleased about this.
00:48Now, three-quarters of people admit to watching back-to-back episodes of a single show for more than four
00:55hours.
00:56So it's four hours. Well, that's half of a working day, basically. Half of all viewers watch more than eight
01:05hours. It's amazing.
01:07And a survey of 50,000 people revealed that they found it too easy to keep watching, because, of course,
01:13as soon as you finish one, you have, what is it, 20 seconds, whatever it is, 18 seconds, before the
01:18next one kicks in.
01:19And I know. I say, should we watch another one? And yes, we do. So easy, isn't it?
01:25Yeah.
01:25And, of course, the thing is, in the old days, if you missed it because it was on 9 o
01:29'clock on a Monday and you were away, that was it. Gone.
01:32Yeah. But now, of course, thanks to, you know, Catch Up and all the rest of it, it's there. Brilliant.
01:37Yeah.
01:38You're a binger. I can see it in you.
01:40Maybe. Maybe.
01:40Which one, which show did you binge on most?
01:45Oh, it depends what year you're talking. I think probably originally 24 was the box set and then moved through
01:50things like Prison Break.
01:51And now, even the TV channels are catching up, aren't they? So Killing Eve, even though it was on week
01:56after week after week on the BBC, they launched them all in one go.
01:59So if you wanted a binge, you could. Yeah. Yeah, it's great. Give the people what they want.
02:04Lovely. We've been binge watching Piers Walsh, actually, for a while. How are you?
02:09Good, thank you.
02:10Brilliant. Account manager from Dublin, from Ranala. Four good wins. You're halfway there.
02:15Yeah.
02:16Keep plugging away. It's good to see you again.
02:18Thanks.
02:19Good to see you, Piers. And you're joined by Linda Southgate, retired drama teacher from Stratton, Strawless, Norfolk.
02:27Poor Stratton. Why was it Strawless? What happened? Why is it called Strawless?
02:31We have no thatched properties in the village.
02:35Is that it?
02:36Yes.
02:36How amazing, because Norfolk reed is what was always used for the best thatch on.
02:42And you haven't got any?
02:43No, not one.
02:44It was all used up somewhere else?
02:46Presumably.
02:47You told us, or you told me before we came on air, that you enjoy dancing, and you once
02:52represented Great Britain at gymnastics. Tell us a little bit about that, and when was
02:57it, and what sort of gymnastics?
02:59Sounds grander than it was, but I was part of a team that did a display of gymnastics in
03:05the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam.
03:06Fantastic. All right. Well, it's a smaller stadium here, but I hope you'll have just as
03:11much fun, both of you. Linda and Pearce, big round of applause for our contestants.
03:21And Susie's back, as indeed is our eminent presenter and broadcaster. Oh, it's Gloria.
03:27Gloria Haniford. Welcome back, Gloria.
03:29Thank you, Mary. Thank you.
03:31Actually, I just wanted to say, as of Friday, that I've just, we have a very small flat in
03:36the south of Dublin, and I've discovered that Pearce lives only about three or four miles
03:40away. So I'm going to have some tuition maybe over the weekend. He's good.
03:45He's very good. All right. Gloria, more from you later, but now it's Pearce we turn to for
03:50the first letters.
03:52Afternoon, Rachel.
03:53Afternoon, Pearce.
03:53Consonant, please.
03:54Thank you. Start today with C.
03:57Vowel.
03:59U.
04:00Consonant.
04:01S.
04:02Consonant.
04:04T.
04:06Vowel.
04:06E.
04:08Vowel.
04:10A.
04:11Consonant.
04:13M.
04:14Consonant.
04:16G.
04:18And, er, Vowel, please.
04:20And the last one.
04:21I.
04:22Stand by.
04:23C.
04:24C.
04:24C.
04:25C.
04:26C.
04:29C.
04:30C.
04:31C.
04:53Well, Piers?
04:55Six.
04:56And Linda?
04:57Six.
04:58Thank you, Piers.
04:59Magics?
05:00Same word.
05:02Same?
05:02There we go.
05:03Compare and contrast, or not contrast.
05:07I always think of Paul Daniels when somebody says magic.
05:10We have, and I know Césium's got better ones than me, but of seven, Gamiest.
05:16Yes?
05:17Yes.
05:18Yes, no, but I haven't got better than seven.
05:21Cagius is there, and also Césium, the mineral, soft, silvery, and extremely reactive.
05:28Césium.
05:29So, six apiece.
05:31Linda, your letters go.
05:33Good afternoon, Rachel.
05:35Afternoon, Linda.
05:35May I start with a vowel, please?
05:38Start with E.
05:39Another.
05:40U.
05:42And another.
05:44O.
05:45Consonant.
05:46D.
05:48Another consonant.
05:50C.
05:50A vowel.
05:52A vowel.
05:55Consonant.
05:56P.
05:58And another consonant.
06:00N.
06:02And a final consonant.
06:04And a final X.
06:06Stand by.
06:08C.
06:08Just one.
06:13C.
06:42MUSIC CONTINUES
06:44Pounds
06:44Thank you, Piers
06:46Pinst
06:48Pinst
06:50Linda, was it just pounds, did you say?
06:52Yes
06:52There's no S, unfortunately
06:54I must have misheard, sorry
06:56No worries
06:57Bad luck for that
06:58Gloria
06:59But you could have had X pound
07:02Excellent
07:03Yes
07:04Which could use of that X
07:05Exactly, that would give you another 7
07:06So 13 plays 6
07:09Now, Piers, it's your numbers game
07:11Off we go
07:12Two large and four small, please
07:13Thank you, Piers
07:14Your usual
07:15Two from the top
07:16And four not
07:17And the four little ones to kick us off
07:19Are two
07:19Seven
07:21Six
07:21And another seven
07:23And the large two
07:23Twenty-five
07:24And one hundred
07:26And the target
07:28Four hundred and forty-one
07:29Four four one
07:30Four hundred and four
07:32Five hundred and fifty-seven
07:35And two
07:35And one
07:51One
07:51One
07:52And one
07:56One
07:56And one
07:57One
08:00One
08:00One
08:01Yes, four three nine four three nine Linda four four nine and four four nine right
08:10Let's start with Piers six minus two six minus two four times the 100s 400 plus 25 plus seven
08:20plus seven yeah two away four three nine close but not quite perfect for that we turn to Rachel
08:27possible it was mixed starting with 100 minus 25 is 75 times that by six four 450 and then seven
08:37plus two
08:38is nine and you can take it away for four four one fabulous as ever so 20 plays six Pierce
08:50on 20s
08:50return to her first tea time teaser which is damp slice and the clue sounds like she couldn't
08:56remember where she left the fish it sounds like she couldn't remember where she left the fish
09:17welcome back I left with the clue it sounds like she couldn't remember where she left the fish and
09:22the answer to that is that uh she misplaced it misplaced uh linda it's your letters game thank you
09:32i'd like to start with the consonant please thank you linda s and a vowel i consonant n a vowel
09:44a another
09:47vowel i consonant r consonant k consonant l another vowel e and a final consonant please and a final k
10:07Stand by.
10:41Linda.
10:42Six.
10:44And?
10:44M7.
10:46Linda.
10:47Sinker.
10:48Yes, Piers?
10:49Snakier.
10:51Snakier?
10:52Snakier hips.
10:53You know what you say?
10:54Yes, I think it's absolutely fine where you can behave in a snaky fashion.
10:58Very good.
10:59Snakier.
11:00Serpentine.
11:00We have an eight.
11:02Yes.
11:02With Cease's help, it's slinkier.
11:06Slinkier.
11:06Good word, I guess.
11:08Slinkier.
11:09Slinkier.
11:12Now, 27 to 6.
11:15Piers, your letter's game now.
11:18Slinkier, indeed.
11:20Consonant, please.
11:21Thank you, Piers.
11:23T.
11:24A vowel.
11:25A.
11:27Consonant.
11:28N.
11:30Vowel.
11:31U.
11:32Consonant.
11:34S.
11:35Consonant.
11:36F.
11:38Vowel.
11:39E.
11:41Consonant.
11:42C.
11:43And a vowel, please.
11:45And lastly, O.
11:47Stand by.
11:48Transразу.
11:49C.
11:49C.
11:53C.
12:02MUSIC PLAYS
12:19Yes, Piers? Six.
12:21At six, Linda? Six.
12:22Thank you, Fassets and Linda.
12:25Unsafe.
12:27Now then.
12:29We have a couple of eights, but I'm going to get to see to verify.
12:34Outfaces.
12:35Yes, outfaces is there to disconcert or defeat an opponent, to outface them.
12:42And the other one is confutes, which is a formal term for proving a person wrong.
12:47What's the name?
12:48Proving a person wrong.
12:49Proving a person wrong.
12:50Wow.
12:52APPLAUSE
12:55Two good eights there.
12:57Now, it's a numbers game for you, Linda.
13:00One large and five small, please.
13:03Thank you, Linda. One from the top row.
13:05This time, and the five little ones are as follows.
13:08Three, one, one, nine, ten, and the big one, 100.
13:15And your target?
13:16Six hundred and seventy-six.
13:18Six, seven, six.
13:21One, two, one, ten, and the big one.
13:25Two, one, ten, and the big one.
13:38One, ten, and the big one.
13:38One, ten, and the big one.
13:38One, ten, and the big one.
13:39One, ten, and the big one.
13:39One, ten, and the big one.
13:39One, ten, and the big one.
13:40One, ten, and the big one.
13:40One, ten, and the big one.
13:41One, ten, and the big one.
13:41One, ten, and the big one.
13:42One, ten, and the big one.
13:42One, ten, and the big one.
13:48One, ten, and the big one.
13:50Linda.
13:52670.
13:54670 and?
13:56670.
13:56Both of you.
13:57Linda.
13:599 minus 1 minus 1 is 7.
14:039 minus 1 minus 1 is 7.
14:06Times the 100.
14:07Times 100, 700.
14:10And then 3 times the 10.
14:1330.
14:14And take it away.
14:15674 away.
14:17No, sorry, 676 away.
14:20And?
14:21Same way.
14:21Same way?
14:22Yeah, there we go.
14:23Sure.
14:24So there we are.
14:25So 676 is what we're after, Rachel.
14:27How tricky is that?
14:29I got to 1 away, but this one's actually impossible.
14:32Impossible.
14:33They did well then.
14:3538 plays 17.
14:37Pearson the lead as we turn to Gloria.
14:40Gloria, what have you got for us today?
14:42Well, I have a little story.
14:43Actually, Pearson will have to forgive me.
14:45It's an Irish family, actually, whom I know.
14:48So forgive me if I do the wrong accent or whatever.
14:50But I heard of them in Kent.
14:52And the man was called Seamus.
14:54And sadly, he was really on his deathbed.
14:57And he had a permanent nurse.
14:58And, you know, he always wanted the family right.
15:00Anyway, one night he said to the nurse, would you call my lawyer?
15:05And will you stay?
15:06Because I want two independent witnesses.
15:08And will you call the family?
15:09So they all gathered round.
15:11And Seamus said, now, to my eldest son, Sean, he said, I leave him all that street in Tunbridge Wells.
15:20And to my younger son, Michael, I leave him those main shops in the high street in Sevenoaks, where I
15:28actually happened to live.
15:29And then he said to my wife, who's been amazing, I leave her all the large houses in Chelsea and
15:36London.
15:36And then he just slipped away.
15:40And so afterwards, a lawyer said, Mrs. O'Shaughnessy, I had no idea that your husband had amassed so much property.
15:49She said, property?
15:50She said, not at all.
15:51She said, he's a window cleaner.
16:01That's very funny.
16:04That's excellent.
16:05It's like people who say, oh, my husband works for the Education Authority.
16:09What does he do there?
16:10Oh, he's a lollipop man.
16:11Lovely.
16:13Great, great joke.
16:1538 plays 17.
16:17Piers, your letters go.
16:19Constance, please.
16:20Thank you, Piers.
16:21S.
16:22Vowel.
16:23I.
16:25Consonant.
16:27R.
16:28Consonant.
16:29P.
16:31Vowel.
16:32E.
16:33Consonant.
16:35V.
16:36Consonant.
16:38T.
16:39Consonant.
16:41S.
16:42And a vowel, please.
16:44And the last one, A.
16:47Stand by.
16:48A vowel.
16:49Tери.
17:01Euro.
17:02Get under.
17:04B.
17:09C.
17:16C.
17:18Well, Piers?
17:19Seven.
17:20Linda?
17:21Eight.
17:23Yes, Piers?
17:24Stripes.
17:25Linda?
17:25Privates.
17:27All right, rather compared.
17:31Yes, I'm with Linda.
17:33Privates.
17:33Check.
17:34Very good.
17:35Susie, anything else?
17:36Yes, there's one more eight there.
17:38Lovely verb.
17:39Traipses.
17:41Traipses.
17:41Oh, like you traipse around a shop.
17:43Yes.
17:43Yeah.
17:4538 to 25.
17:47Linda, your letters.
17:47It's game now.
17:48Start with a consonant, please.
17:51Thank you, Linda.
17:52F.
17:53And a vowel.
17:55O.
17:56Consonant.
17:57S.
17:59Vowel.
18:01E.
18:02And a consonant.
18:05Y.
18:07Another consonant.
18:08B.
18:10Vowel.
18:12I.
18:14Consonant.
18:15G.
18:17And another consonant, please.
18:20And lastly, T.
18:22Stand by.
18:23Vowel.
18:25A.
18:31C.
18:32I.
18:52We deliver.
18:53I.
18:55Linda.
18:56Five.
18:57Yes, Bish?
18:58Er, say six.
19:00Linda.
19:01Besought.
19:02Besought, yes.
19:04Yes, and bigots.
19:05And bigots.
19:07Bigots is fine for six, but you can be besoughty, Linda,
19:10but you can't besought someone.
19:12Sorry.
19:13Not anymore, anyway.
19:14That's a shame, isn't it?
19:16There is obesity for seven.
19:19Obesity.
19:20Which is a lovely word out of that combination of letters.
19:22It certainly is an unfortunate condition, though.
19:25What does Susie say?
19:27Anything else?
19:28Otherwise, six is feisty, fogies, that kind of thing.
19:33Thanks.
19:33Thank you, Susie.
19:3444 plays, 25, and it's a numbers game for Piers.
19:39Yes, sir.
19:40Two large and four small, please.
19:41Thank you, Piers.
19:42Going for the usual.
19:43Two from the top, four not.
19:44And this time, your selection is one, two, five, three,
19:51one hundred and twenty-five,
19:54and a target, six hundred and seventy-six.
19:56Six, seven, six.
20:00Six, seven, six, seven, six, seven, six, seven, six, seven, six, seven, six, seven, six, seven, six, seven, six, seven,
20:07seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
20:09seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
20:09seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
20:09seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
20:09seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven
20:28Well, Piers, 6-7-6.
20:30And Linda?
20:316-7-5.
20:32Oh, let's try, Piers, shall we?
20:36Five plus two.
20:38Is seven.
20:39Times 100.
20:40700.
20:41Minus 25.
20:436-7-5.
20:44Plus one.
20:45Perfect.
20:46Much easier than the last 6-7-6.
20:476-7-6.
20:48Well done.
20:52So, Piers in the lead, 54 to 25.
20:55As we turn to our second Tea Time Teaser, which is Tim, Rob, Can.
20:59And the clue?
21:00Tim and Rob can definitely use this word to describe their relationship.
21:04Tim and Rob can definitely use this word to describe their relationship.
21:24Welcome back.
21:25I left you with the clue.
21:26Tim and Rob can definitely use this word to describe their relationship.
21:30And they have a bromantic relationship, Susie.
21:36Bromantic.
21:37Bromance.
21:37What's the dictionary definition of a bromance?
21:40Bromance is a close but non-sexual relationship between two men.
21:44It's one of the blends from this century.
21:47Sure.
21:47Bromance.
21:48Good.
21:48Good to have a bromance.
21:5054 to 25.
21:52Linda, your letters game.
21:54Start with a consonant, please.
21:57Thank you, Linda.
21:58N.
21:59And a vowel.
22:01A.
22:03Consonant.
22:05H.
22:07And another vowel.
22:09E.
22:11Consonant.
22:12M.
22:15Consonant.
22:17N.
22:19Vowel.
22:20I.
22:22Another vowel.
22:25U.
22:26And consonant.
22:29And lastly, T.
22:31Stand by.
22:31Vowel.
22:33Vowel.
22:34Vowel.
22:44Vowel.
22:47Vowel.
22:48Vowel.
22:49Vowel.
22:50Vowel.
22:51Vowel.
22:53Vowel.
22:54Vowel.
22:55Vowel.
22:57Vowel.
22:57Vowel.
22:58Vowel.
22:59Vowel.
23:00Vowel.
23:01Vowel.
23:03Linda.
23:04Six.
23:05Six and, Pierce?
23:06Eight.
23:07And eight.
23:08Linda.
23:09Minit.
23:10Minit and?
23:11Inhumane.
23:12Yes, first-butted.
23:13Excellent.
23:14Yes.
23:18Well done, Pierce.
23:19Well done, Pierce.
23:20Anything else, Susie?
23:21No, not really.
23:22Minuet, that kind of thing for six.
23:23It was the best we could do.
23:24Well done.
23:25Thanks.
23:2662 to 25.
23:28Pierce, you're on again.
23:30Letters game.
23:30Consonant, please.
23:32Thank you, Pierce.
23:33W.
23:34Well.
23:36A.
23:37Consonant.
23:39R.
23:40Consonant.
23:42D.
23:43Well.
23:45E.
23:46Well.
23:48O.
23:49Consonant.
23:50P.
23:51Consonant.
23:53S.
23:54And a consonant, please.
23:56And the last one.
23:57R.
23:58It's the countdown clock.
24:31Yes, Piers?
24:32Seven.
24:33And Linda?
24:34Seven.
24:35Yes, Piers?
24:36Powders.
24:36Yes, Linda?
24:37Sparrow.
24:38And Sparrow.
24:40Now, Gloria.
24:41Yes, and this is a seven also, so I'm quite excited about that.
24:44And it is Warders, W-A-R-D-E-R-S.
24:47Well done.
24:48Anything else, Susie?
24:49Yeah, Gloria spotted that one within seconds.
24:52Arrowed is also there for another seven.
24:53Arrowed.
24:54Yeah.
24:5569 to 32, and Susie.
24:59Oh, Susie.
25:02It's your Origins of Words.
25:04Favourite spot.
25:06Off we go.
25:08Well, I mentioned Mark Forsythe the other day, the writer,
25:11and he is a great fan of Peter Pan,
25:15and has been thinking about the words in English
25:17that we actually inherited from J.M. Barrie,
25:20the creative course of Peter Pan.
25:23And I think it's fairly well known that Wendy,
25:26the name Wendy, was created by J.M. Barrie.
25:29It was around a little bit before then as a nickname for Gwendolyn,
25:34but really, really quite rare.
25:35So he was the one that kind of catapulted it into the language.
25:39And it came about in quite a sad way, really,
25:41because he met the daughter of a poet friend who died when she was five
25:46and became very, very ill.
25:47And she was called Margaret.
25:50And he became quite friends with her.
25:53And she wanted to call him a friend, but it couldn't quite.
25:57She was only five.
25:58She was also quite ill.
25:59And it came out as Fwendy.
26:01That was what she called J.M. Barrie.
26:03And so in memory of her,
26:06he took her pronunciation of friend and then created Wendy,
26:09which I think is quite beautiful.
26:11And in Peter Pan, of course,
26:14Peter and the Lost Boys build a small structure for Wendy to live in
26:18following their flight to Neverland.
26:21She keeps house for them, and that was the first Wendy house.
26:23So the Wendy house was named after her as well.
26:27Then back in London, Mr Darling, who's Wendy's father, of course,
26:32is very sad at her disappearance.
26:35Particularly, he sees it as being his fault.
26:37So there's a lot of guilt there because he'd forced the family
26:40to sleep out in the dog kennel.
26:42So as a penance, he then takes to sleeping in the kennel himself.
26:45And that is the first record that we have, again, in the dog house.
26:49So that was what he did in penance for his so-called sin.
26:54But J.M. Barrie didn't just create things.
26:56He also took names and words from things that he met.
27:01He was quite a scholar too.
27:02And we know about Neverland.
27:04We know that Michael Jackson named his ranch after that as well.
27:09Peter doesn't actually, in the first play, Peter Pan,
27:12Peter doesn't live in Neverland, but in Neverland.
27:14And J.M. Barrie actually got that from a real place,
27:17one of the remotest, most unwelcoming parts of Australia,
27:20in Queensland and the Northern Territory.
27:23Their sort of nickname, again, was Never Neverland.
27:27And he simply shortened it.
27:29They shortened it to Never Never, I think,
27:30and he shortened it to Neverland.
27:32And, of course, that's been immortalised in many ways since as well.
27:35So surprisingly productive, J.M. Barrie.
27:38The dictionary bears his name in more ways than you might imagine.
27:41Amazing.
27:46I'm thinking about the doghouse one.
27:48My husband would probably say that's where he lives in the doghouse.
27:51Does he live there?
27:52I must reread this tragic story.
27:55It's full of sadness, yes.
27:57Yeah.
27:57Wendy.
27:5869 to 32.
28:01Pearson the lead.
28:01Linda, it's your letters came now.
28:03Start with a vowel, please.
28:05Thank you, Linda.
28:13And the last one, A.
28:33Stand by.
28:36.
28:36.
28:37.
28:37.
29:05MUSIC CONTINUES
29:08Thank you. And?
29:09Five.
29:10And a five. This five of yours?
29:12Medal.
29:13Medal. You taking a huge risk here, Linda.
29:17Mondial?
29:18Mondial, relating to the world, worldly.
29:20Yeah, very good.
29:21Excellent.
29:22Good word.
29:23I've got one that really evokes so many memories.
29:26Lemonade.
29:27Because in Ireland, all our lemonade was delivered by horse and cart.
29:31I am that old, yes.
29:32On a Saturday night, but they had sarsaparilla and all sorts of fizzy drinks,
29:36all different colours, you know, pink and all just lovely.
29:39So I love that word.
29:40You can have limeade as well.
29:42Oh, right, limeade. Yeah, quite like that too.
29:4569 to 39.
29:47Pearce, final letters game. Off we go.
29:49Consonant, please.
29:50Thank you, Pearce.
29:51R.
29:53Vowel.
29:54E.
29:55Consonant.
29:57G.
29:58Consonant.
30:00R.
30:01Vowel.
30:01I.
30:03Consonant.
30:04L.
30:06Consonant.
30:08R.
30:09Vowel.
30:11O.
30:12And a consonant, please.
30:14And the last one.
30:15T.
30:17Counter.
30:18C.
30:19C.
30:20C.
30:50Yes, please.
30:50Six.
30:51A six, Linda.
30:52Six.
30:53Thank you, Piers.
30:54Toiler.
30:55No, Linda.
30:56Same word.
30:57Same word.
30:58There we go.
30:59Yeah.
30:59I could use it, but I didn't guess it.
31:03Yeah, just sixes.
31:04First two goyser is there, particularly with the three R's.
31:08So we can advance on six.
31:1175-45 into the final numbers game.
31:15Linda.
31:15One large and five small, please.
31:18Thank you, Linda.
31:18The last one of the week, and they are seven, four, five, three, ten, and the big one, 75.
31:30And the target, 124.
31:32One, two, four.
31:33Two, three, ten, and the big one.
31:37Two, three.
32:04Linda.
32:05I've lost it.
32:06Oh, bad luck.
32:07What about Piers?
32:08One, two, four.
32:09One, two, four.
32:11Off we go.
32:12Ten times five.
32:13Ten fives are 50.
32:14Plus 75.
32:15One, two, five.
32:16Four minus three.
32:18Well done.
32:19One, two, four.
32:19That's it.
32:25So we go into the final round now.
32:2885 to 45.
32:29Into the final conundrum round.
32:31Fingers on buzzers.
32:33Let's roll today's countdown conundrum.
32:45Piers.
32:46Tatooine.
32:47Tatooine.
32:48Let's see whether you're right.
32:50Here we go.
32:51Oh, well done.
32:53Ah, well done.
32:59Well done.
33:01So that's number five.
33:02I'll come to you in a second.
33:04Well done.
33:05Well done.
33:05And well played Linda too.
33:07But he's all bedded in at the moment, I'm afraid.
33:10He is, yes.
33:10So please take this goodie bag with our very best wishes.
33:14Back to Stratton, strawless.
33:17May it not remain strawless forever anyway.
33:20But thanks for coming.
33:21Travel safely.
33:23So we'll see you on Monday now.
33:25Five down, three to go.
33:27Yeah.
33:27Have a good weekend.
33:29All right.
33:30And just before we go, Nick, did you know, by the way, that Piers first applied to come
33:33in this programme when he was only 12?
33:36No.
33:37And they turned him down.
33:38Is that true?
33:39They never applied.
33:39And now you're 15, yeah, they let you in.
33:42Well done.
33:43Well done.
33:44So you've been a follower of the programme for a long time.
33:47Indeed.
33:47Listen, we'll see you on Monday.
33:49Have a good weekend.
33:49You will.
33:50I'll be hiding on Monday.
33:51Looking forward to it.
33:52All right.
33:53And Susie too, of course.
33:54See you then.
33:55Yes, we've got a player.
33:57Yeah.
33:57Well, if he's been practising since he was 12, I can see it's obviously paying off.
34:01And quick too with the conundrums.
34:03Very quick.
34:03Excellent.
34:04See you on Monday.
34:04See you then.
34:05Look forward to it.
34:06Join us then, Monday.
34:07Same time, same place.
34:08You'd be very sure of it.
34:10A very good afternoon.
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