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00:31Well, good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34How often, I wonder, do you say hello to a stranger?
00:38And I bet the answer is not that very often because Brits are pretty reticent about that sort of thing.
00:43But there was a social experiment carried out.
00:46Oh, yes, among commuters on buses and trains.
00:49And they were asked to strike up a conversation with those around them.
00:53And the guessing was that they would be ignored and shunned.
00:59Quite the contrary, apparently.
01:01Everybody was delighted about this and the conversations all over the place.
01:05You're quite a chatter, really, aren't you?
01:07Yeah, but I think it is a little bit truer what they say.
01:09As soon as you come up to Manchester, everyone's a lot chattier.
01:12Yeah, right.
01:12Well, I think in London, a lot of people aren't from there, so not everyone speaks the same language all
01:16the time.
01:17Oh, well, that's true.
01:18I think you get a proper Londoner, they'll chat your ear off more than anybody else.
01:21But around the rest of the country, especially as you go up north, I think the friendlier thing is a
01:27little bit.
01:27Well, it's interesting.
01:28I mean, London, a third of Londoners were not born in the UK.
01:32It's amazing.
01:33That huge melting pot, of course.
01:35And not everybody speaks all of those languages that are spoken.
01:39Well, it's interesting.
01:39I live in London now, but I've only done one Christmas in London.
01:42And it's absolutely empty because everybody goes home, wherever they're from.
01:45They go to see their family, so it's just like a ghost town.
01:48Empties.
01:49Empties.
01:50Didn't empty here, did it, Rachel?
01:52We've got John Osmond back again, having had a narrow squeak.
01:56Two narrow squeaks.
01:57Two narrow squeaks.
01:58It's good to have you back, John.
02:00Retired civil servant, a Londoner.
02:02Do you chat to people on the tube?
02:04Not if I can help it, no.
02:07Interesting.
02:07Or the bus, or anywhere else, for that matter.
02:09Probably not.
02:10Is that because you're a Brit, and it's all sort of, if you don't talk to strangers,
02:14it's because you haven't been properly introduced?
02:16Yes.
02:16I mean, if I'm travelling with a friend, I'll talk to them, but I won't talk to strangers.
02:20It'd be very odd if you didn't.
02:22You're joined.
02:23You can talk to the chap sitting next to you.
02:25That's Colin Mason.
02:26Welcome, Colin.
02:27Hello.
02:28I'm glad to be here.
02:29Retired IT professional from Tooting.
02:31That's right, yes.
02:32Oh, brilliant.
02:33Great London suburb, that.
02:34And you've travelled all over the world.
02:36And highlights, you flew over, we not only flew over the Grand Canyon, but you were sitting
02:42in the co-pilot seat.
02:44Yes, I was travelling on my own on that occasion, and a six-seater Cessna we were in, there was
02:51myself and four other passengers.
02:53The other four passengers were all couples.
02:55Okay.
02:56And so the pilot said, right, you're sitting with me.
02:59Excellent.
03:00And he said, if anything goes wrong with me, you'll fly in the plane.
03:04Over the Grand Canyon, which is a mile deep, apparently.
03:07Thankfully, it was a young guy and in good health.
03:09Well done.
03:09Did he let you sort of take control?
03:11Oh, no, no.
03:12No?
03:12I didn't want to.
03:14Well, it's very safe here, Colin.
03:16Don't worry about the thing.
03:18Both of you, have fun.
03:19Enjoy yourselves.
03:20And let's have a big round of applause for John and Colin.
03:28And Susie's standing guard over our treasured dictionary corner guest.
03:34Excellent stuff.
03:35All right, John.
03:36Down to business.
03:37Lessons again.
03:38Afternoon, Rachel.
03:39Afternoon, John.
03:40Could I start with a consonant, please?
03:43Start today with L.
03:44And a vowel?
03:45O.
03:46And a consonant?
03:48H.
03:49And a vowel?
03:51E.
03:52And a consonant?
03:54N.
03:55And another consonant?
03:57T.
03:58And another consonant?
04:01M.
04:02And a vowel?
04:04I.
04:05And a consonant?
04:08And lastly, S.
04:09And here's the countdown clock.
04:42Well, John?
04:43A seven.
04:44A seven, Colin.
04:46Seven not written down.
04:47What would that be, Colin?
04:49Menthol.
04:50Menthol.
04:51How about John?
04:53Holiest.
04:54Holiest.
04:55And the corner?
04:57Both are script.
04:59Both are absolutely fine.
05:00Absolutely.
05:00I just had hotlines.
05:03Hotlines.
05:04Very good.
05:04That's a really good eight.
05:05That's not two words, is it?
05:06No.
05:07All one word.
05:08And there is a nine there, in fact, Nick.
05:11Monthlies.
05:11Magazines.
05:12Published once a month are your monthlies.
05:14Monthlies.
05:14Oh, that's good.
05:18Thank you for that.
05:20Now, Colin, it's your letters, Ken.
05:21Oh, good afternoon, Rachel.
05:23Afternoon, Colin.
05:24Can I have a consonant, please?
05:25You can, indeed.
05:26Start with D.
05:29Vowel.
05:30U.
05:32Consonant.
05:33V.
05:36Vowel.
05:37E.
05:39Consonant.
05:41R.
05:43Vowel.
05:45I.
05:47Consonant.
05:49S.
05:51Consonant.
05:52D.
05:54And one more consonant, please.
05:56And the last one, N.
05:59Stand by.
06:18And one more consonant, please.
06:19And one more consonant, please.
06:19And one more consonant, please.
06:19And one more consonant, please.
06:20And one more consonant, please.
06:20And one more consonant, please.
06:20And one more consonant, please.
06:21And one more consonant, please.
06:21And one more consonant, please.
06:22And one more consonant, please.
06:22And one more consonant, please.
06:23And one more consonant, please.
06:29And one more consonant, please.
06:31Colin.
06:32Just a six, I'm afraid.
06:34A six, and John?
06:35Also a six.
06:37Colin.
06:38Drives.
06:39Drives and?
06:41Same word.
06:44Gloria.
06:44I had divers.
06:46Yeah.
06:47And then for seven, hate to tell you boys, insured.
06:51Insured, indeed.
06:53Indeed.
06:54Susie, that'll do.
06:55Yeah, that was the only seven that we could find.
06:57Others ridden quite a few sixes.
07:01Thirteen apiece.
07:02And now, John, it's your numbers game.
07:05Could I have one large and five small, please, Rachel?
07:08You can indeed, thank you, John.
07:09One from the top and five little ones.
07:11And the first numbers of today are ten, four, ten, one, nine, and seventy-five.
07:20And the target, six hundred and twenty-nine.
07:23Six to nine.
07:53Well, John?
07:56And six to four.
07:58Six to four.
07:59Colin?
08:00Six to six.
08:02Yes, Colin?
08:03I'm sorry.
08:04I seem to have made a mistake.
08:06Bad luck.
08:07How about John?
08:10Nine minus one is eight.
08:12Nine minus one, eight.
08:13Times seventy-five.
08:15Times seventy-five for six hundred.
08:18Plus ten, ten and four.
08:19Yeah, six hundred and twenty-four, by the way.
08:23There we are.
08:25But, Rachel, six to nine.
08:26Is that a big problem?
08:28There were a couple of ways.
08:30Nick, you could have said seventy-five minus the four minus the one for seventy.
08:35Times it by nine for six hundred and thirty.
08:38And then ten divided by ten is one to take away for six to nine.
08:42Perfect.
08:43Oh, well done.
08:44Lovely.
08:48That's the way.
08:49So, twenty plays thirteen.
08:52Colin on thirteens, we turn to our first tea-time teaser, which is beer vodka.
08:58And the clue.
08:59He started on the beer, then moved on to the vodka, and as a result, he burnt all the food.
09:03He started on the beer, then moved on to the vodka, and as a result, he burnt all the food.
09:24Welcome, welcome back.
09:26I left you with a clue.
09:27He started on the beer, then moved on to the vodka, and as a result, he burnt all the food.
09:33He was overbaked.
09:36Overbaked is the answer there.
09:37Twenty plays thirteen.
09:39John on twenty.
09:40Colin, it's your letters game.
09:42Another consonant, please.
09:43Thank you, Colin.
09:45B.
09:46Vowel.
09:47U.
09:49Consonant.
09:51L.
09:52Vowel.
09:54O.
09:55Consonant.
09:57T.
09:59Vowel.
10:00A.
10:02Consonant.
10:04F.
10:05And another, please.
10:07L.
10:09And a vowel, please.
10:10And the last one.
10:12E.
10:13Stand by.
10:15All right.
10:42Yeah, Iain.
10:44Iain.
10:44Iain.
10:46Colin.
10:47Eight, not written down.
10:48And H, John.
10:50Seven.
10:52John?
10:54Baleful.
10:55Colin.
10:57Floatable.
10:58I think I've made a mistake.
10:59Yeah, you need two A's, unfortunately, for that.
11:03Sorry, Colin.
11:04What about the corner, Gloria and Susie?
11:07Well, I have one for seven, Fallout, but Susie's got an eight.
11:11Tableful.
11:13Tableful.
11:14Full of guests.
11:14Excellent.
11:15Yeah.
11:1627 to 13, and now, John, it's your letters game.
11:19Yes, John?
11:20Consonant, please.
11:22Thank you, John.
11:23N.
11:24And a vowel.
11:25I.
11:26And a consonant.
11:29B.
11:30Another consonant.
11:32S.
11:33Another consonant.
11:35Z.
11:37And a vowel.
11:39E.
11:41Another vowel.
11:42Vowel.
11:43A.
11:44Consonant.
11:46C.
11:47And a vowel, please.
11:49And finally, O.
11:51And the clock starts now.
11:53E.
11:54Oh,
11:55E.
12:20Here we go.
12:21Oh,
12:21And a vowel,
12:22well,
12:22oh,
12:22there's a vowel I'm,
12:23Well, John?
12:25A doubtful seven.
12:27Colin?
12:28Six.
12:29And your six is?
12:30Cabins.
12:32Now, John, can you have cabines with an E in it?
12:36Um.
12:38I-N-E-S?
12:38No.
12:39I was looking up cabino, actually.
12:41I was putting a different vowel at the end, but you can't, unfortunately.
12:44Just cabins.
12:45Sorry, John.
12:45Gloria.
12:46That's all I have to do.
12:47Cabins, I'm saying.
12:48And Susie?
12:49Um, bonces.
12:52Um, but just six is for us, too.
12:5627 to 19, and it's a numbers game now for Colin Mason.
13:01Yes, Colin?
13:03Okay, and I've, uh, one large and five small, please.
13:05Thank you, Colin.
13:06One from the top again, and five small ones once more.
13:10Now, this time, your selection is seven, three, one, ten, six, and 75.
13:17And this target, 869.
13:208, six, and nine.
13:228, six, and nine.
13:30The End
13:52Yes, Colin?
13:54Just, erm, 8-5-9.
13:578-5-9.
13:59No, I must have nested up, sorry.
14:00All right, let's see what John's got to say for himself.
14:048-6-4, I think.
14:06Off we go.
14:0875 minus 3.
14:1075 minus 3, 72.
14:126 plus 7 minus 1.
14:15Is 12.
14:16Multiply them together.
14:178-6-4.
14:22And there we are.
14:23But 8-6-9, can you crack it for us?
14:26Unpick 8-6-9 for us.
14:28Yes, this is one of those famous product of two primes.
14:30If you say 7 minus 3 is 4, add it to 75 for 79, 10 plus 1 is 11, and
14:39times them together, 8-6-9.
14:41Look at that.
14:42Perfect.
14:42That was good.
14:47That's the way to us, 34 to 19, as we turn to Gloria.
14:52Gloria.
14:53It's glorious having you here.
14:56Heartbreaking.
14:56I've loved it.
14:57I really have loved it this week.
14:58So, as my mother would say, thank you for having me.
15:00Indeed.
15:00But this story is a real story.
15:03It's about a family, and there was a son within the family, and nobody ever expected him to marry,
15:09because I think he was just slightly on the odd side, didn't want to get married, all of that.
15:13Anyway, eventually he said, I'm getting married.
15:15And so the family, the mother and father, couldn't believe it, this guy's getting married.
15:19And so he was a wee bit sort of dodgy in terms of money, but his wife-to-be gave
15:26him the money to pay an electric bill or something
15:28and to buy the wedding rings, because he didn't have it.
15:31So, anyway, off he went.
15:33She was getting her hair done, whatever, whatever.
15:35And so, of course, he gambled the money, and he was left with very little money.
15:39So he just went into a second-hand shop and bought the two rings for the wedding day.
15:43So on the wedding day, she said to him, do you have the rings?
15:46He said, oh, I do, I do.
15:47So he brings out the rings, and they go on the little cushion or pillow, whatever.
15:51And the ceremony went ahead, and when she got into the registry office,
15:56and she looked, because she hadn't seen the ring before, she looked at the ring,
15:59it said, all my love forever and ever to Cuthbert.
16:05And so clearly he had just bought a ring that had been made out to somebody else,
16:09it was all second-hand.
16:10And this is true, the marriage lasted seven hours.
16:14She was, that's true, honestly, that was it.
16:18She was so cross.
16:18Thanks very much.
16:2534 to 19.
16:27And now it's a letters game for you, John.
16:29Good luck.
16:31A consonant, please, Rachel.
16:32Thank you, John.
16:33N.
16:34And a vowel.
16:34Vowel.
16:35I.
16:36A consonant.
16:38G.
16:39A vowel.
16:41U.
16:42Consonant.
16:45M.
16:46Consonant.
16:47S.
16:49Another consonant.
16:50C.
16:52A vowel.
16:54E.
16:56And a consonant, please.
16:59And lastly, T.
17:02Stand by.
17:03And a consonant.
17:06�局.
17:07And a consonant.
17:33And a consonant.
17:34Well, John?
17:36Five.
17:38Colin?
17:39Six.
17:39And a six.
17:41Yes, John?
17:42Sting.
17:43Now then, Colin.
17:44And what Mike calls the sting?
17:46Insect.
17:47Insect.
17:48Yes, very nice.
17:49Very good indeed.
17:51Insect.
17:51I just have minuet for a six.
17:53A minuet.
17:54Minuet.
17:55You can put the S on that and get a seven.
17:57Of course I could.
17:58Why didn't I think that?
17:59And nutmeg's another seven.
18:02Thank you, Susie.
18:0334, please.
18:0425.
18:04Colin, your letters came.
18:06Take it away.
18:07I have a consonant, please.
18:08Thank you, Colin.
18:10Q.
18:12And a vowel, please.
18:14A.
18:15Consonant.
18:17N.
18:19A vowel.
18:21E.
18:23Consonant.
18:25R.
18:27Vowel.
18:28I.
18:30Consonant.
18:31P.
18:33Consonant.
18:35M.
18:37And a vowel, please.
18:39And the last one.
18:40O.
18:42Stand by.
18:43B.
18:44We.
19:11C.
19:14Colin.
19:15Six.
19:15A six.
19:16John.
19:17A dodgy seven.
19:20Mmm, Colin.
19:21Mopani.
19:22Mopani and...
19:23Can you be a rope man?
19:26Oh, you're going to kick yourself here,
19:28because I don't think you can be a rope man.
19:31You can have ropemanship,
19:33but you can put it the other way round and have man rope.
19:37A rope on the side of a ship's gangway or ladder for support in climbing.
19:41Sorry.
19:42That's exactly what I had done, man rope.
19:45A man rope, well done.
19:46But you had another weird and wonderful one, did you?
19:49Moraine is there as well within the end,
19:52which is a massive sediment carried down by a glacier.
19:55Yeah.
19:56And Mopani is a tree, of course, as well.
19:58Well done.
19:59But Colin's closing up now.
20:0134 plays Colin's 31.
20:05John, it's your numbers game.
20:07Could I have one large and five small again, please, Rachel?
20:10You can indeed. Thank you, John.
20:11Same as usual, one from the top.
20:14And this time, the little ones are two, two, eight, three, and one.
20:20And the big one, 75.
20:22And this target, 256.
20:24256.
20:24256.
20:26256.
20:26256.
20:38MUSIC PLAYS
20:56Well, John?
20:572, 5, 6, I think.
21:00Colin?
21:002, 5, 6.
21:02So, John?
21:0475 plus 8 plus 2.
21:0675 plus 8 plus 2, 85.
21:10Times 3.
21:11Times 3 for 255.
21:13Plus 1.
21:14Well done, 2, 5, 6.
21:15Colin?
21:16The same way.
21:18There we go.
21:19It's not very neat, I'm afraid.
21:21APPLAUSE
21:25So, still hugging each other, 44 to 41.
21:30Let's have a tea time teaser, shall we?
21:32Yes, it's optic taps and the clue.
21:34I like nothing better than driving along to all these excellent tunes on the radio.
21:40I like nothing better than driving along to all these excellent tunes on the radio.
22:00Welcome back.
22:00I left you with the clue, I like nothing better than driving along to all these excellent tunes on the
22:05radio.
22:06And the answer to that is pop-tastic.
22:11Poptastic.
22:13Poptastic.
22:13That's the catchphrase in Harry Enfield.
22:15Yes.
22:16Poptastic.
22:17Can you say it as Harry would have done?
22:20I think, wasn't it?
22:20Smashing and nicey.
22:21I can't, I think I'm not sure if I remember this.
22:24But anyway.
22:24No, I can't possibly repeat it.
22:26But it's obviously a blend of pop and tastic.
22:28That's as much as I can add.
22:30Thank you very much.
22:31Poptastic.
22:3244 to 41.
22:33Colin, it's your letters game.
22:35Another consonant, please.
22:37Thank you, Colin.
22:38H.
22:39Vowel.
22:40I.
22:42Consonant.
22:43T.
22:45Vowel.
22:46A.
22:47Consonant.
22:49C.
22:50Vowel.
22:52E.
22:53Consonant.
22:55S.
22:57Consonant.
22:59N.
23:01And one last consonant, please.
23:02And one last L.
23:05Stand by.
23:21And one last consonant, please.
23:22And one last consonant, please.
23:23And one last consonant, please.
23:23And one last consonant, please.
23:24And one last consonant, please.
23:25And one last consonant, please.
23:25And one last consonant, please.
23:25And one last consonant, please.
23:25And one last consonant, please.
23:26And one last consonant, please.
23:26And one last consonant, please.
23:26And one last consonant, please.
23:27And one last consonant, please.
23:29And one last consonant, please.
23:31And one last consonant, please.
23:34And one last consonant, please.
23:36Colin only five I'm afraid a five and John seven and a seven Colin your five
23:45clash clash and laciest very good yes yeah and we also have for a seven ethical
23:55yeah yes entail salient stencil lots and lots of sevens but last minute nine
24:01chat lines or one word well I'll stick with John's laciest is the best word okay
24:1251 to 41 10 points in it John your letters game consonant please thank you
24:18John ah another consonant T and vowel oh the consonant D and vowel I
24:30another vowel oh consonant ah and a vowel a and a vowel please and the last one e stand by
24:51so
25:19Well, John, a seven.
25:23Colin? Just a six, I'm afraid.
25:25Your six is?
25:26Tirade.
25:27A tirade.
25:28John?
25:28A tarried.
25:29Yes, very nice.
25:31Tarried.
25:32Tarried.
25:32Dibbbered a little bit.
25:34Indeed.
25:34Yes.
25:35Tarried on the way.
25:36Then, toreador.
25:38Oh, perfect.
25:39A toreador.
25:40Good word.
25:41Anything else, Susie?
25:42No, that was our best for eight.
25:44Toreador.
25:4558 to 41, Susie.
25:47You've prepared a little dish for us, I think.
25:51And it's called Your Origins of Words.
25:54It is.
25:55I had a tweet from Tilly Edwards, who wonders about the origin of brand spanking new.
26:02And I'll start with the brand bit.
26:05A hot burned wooden stake has been called a brand since around the 10th century, so for
26:10a very long time.
26:11It came from our Germanic invaders, where Brennan and Brand are all to do with burning.
26:17Making an indelible mark of ownership was another meaning of a brand with a hot steak
26:23or an iron.
26:23Of course, we still talk about branding cattle today.
26:27The earliest citation of brand new is from 1570, so with new attached.
26:31New bodies, new minds, and all things new.
26:34Brand new.
26:35So it was there as a kind of emphasiser.
26:37So that's brand new.
26:39What about brand spanking new?
26:41Well, the spanking is not the slapping with the hands here.
26:44It's simply an intensivise.
26:46That means something that's exceptionally large or fine.
26:50There are lots of versions of that expression through the ages.
26:52Brand span new, spickens span new, etc.
26:55So it's simply another one on those.
26:57Excellent.
27:01Very good.
27:0458 plays 41.
27:06Colin.
27:07Colin, your letters came.
27:09Consonant, please.
27:10Thank you, Colin.
27:11G.
27:12Bowel.
27:13I.
27:15Consonant.
27:16D.
27:18Bowel.
27:19U.
27:21Consonant.
27:22P.
27:23Vowel.
27:25I.
27:27Consonant.
27:29S.
27:31Another consonant, please.
27:34N.
27:35And the vowel, please.
27:38And the last one.
27:39A.
27:40Stand by.
27:41A.
28:11Colin.
28:13Risky six.
28:14Thank you, John.
28:17Six as well.
28:18Colin.
28:19Pigeon.
28:22Duping.
28:23Duping.
28:25Pigeon, absolutely fine.
28:26It's not capitalised, so it's fine.
28:28Pigeon as in pigeon English, the simplified form of a language.
28:32That's what I was worried about.
28:33Yeah.
28:33Not sure it was capitalised.
28:34No, it's absolutely fine.
28:36Gloria.
28:36And then there's this one for seven, pin-quid.
28:39Pinguid.
28:40Yes.
28:40Nice sounding word, horrible meaning.
28:42It means oily or greasy or fatty.
28:45That's F for seven.
28:46And then for an eight, you can have iguanids, members of the iguana family, so lizards.
28:52Oh, indeed, yeah.
28:53Iguanid.
28:58Thank you very much, John.
29:00Final letters game for you.
29:01With a flourish.
29:03Off we go.
29:04Start with a consonant, please.
29:06Thank you, John.
29:06G.
29:08And a vowel.
29:09E.
29:11Another consonant.
29:12P.
29:13And a vowel.
29:15O.
29:16And a consonant.
29:18K.
29:19A consonant.
29:20T.
29:22Consonant.
29:24C.
29:25A vowel.
29:27E.
29:28And a consonant, please.
29:31And the last one.
29:32T.
29:34Stand by.
30:05John.
30:07Six.
30:08A six and Colin.
30:10Six.
30:11Yes, John?
30:12Pocket.
30:13Pocket Colin.
30:14Yep.
30:14Two pockets.
30:16Yes.
30:17Yes, pocket.
30:18Well done, Gloria.
30:19Susie.
30:20We had lizards earlier in the iguanas.
30:23Now we have a gecko.
30:24That would give you a five.
30:2670 to 53 and it's Colin's numbers game.
30:31One lard and five small, please.
30:33Thank you, Colin.
30:33One large, five small.
30:35If you get this, you're still in the game.
30:37See, the final numbers of the day are eight, one, six, eight, ten, and a large one, fifty.
30:45And this target, 219.
30:49219.
30:50219.
31:13219.
31:14219.
31:21Yes, Colin?
31:232, 1, 7.
31:25John?
31:262, 20, not written down.
31:29All right.
31:30John?
31:3010 minus 6 is 4.
31:3210 minus 6 is 4.
31:3450 plus 1.
31:3650 plus 1, 51.
31:38Multiply.
31:39For 204.
31:40And add the 2, 8.
31:42And add the 2, 8.
31:43It's, yeah, 221 away.
31:46Well done, John.
31:47But 2, 1, 9.
31:48Rachel, just cap it for us.
31:50Lots of dead ends, but I found one way.
31:53If you say 6 times 50 is 300, 10 times 8 is 80, take that away, and you have a
32:011 as well for 2, 1, 9.
32:03Perfect.
32:03Lovely.
32:08Marvellous.
32:09Marvellous.
32:0977 to 53, gentlemen, it's the final round.
32:13It's conundrum time.
32:15Fingers or buzzers?
32:16Yes?
32:16Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:22Bye.
32:49MUSIC
32:52Just wanted to press a button, sorry.
32:55We'll let you get away with that. Thank you, Colin.
32:58But over in the audience, what have you got there?
33:02Octagonal.
33:03Octagonal. Let's see whether you're right.
33:06Oh, well done.
33:11Well done.
33:13Oh, you came a little heart attack there, Colin.
33:15Excellent. Anyway, it's John Osmond who will be coming back tomorrow.
33:21Well done, John.
33:22Third win. Excellent.
33:25Excellent.
33:26And thank you very much indeed, Colin, for coming along, playing manfully.
33:30But it's John's day.
33:33But I want you to take this goodie bag back to tooting.
33:37Travel safely home.
33:38Excellent.
33:39And John, well done.
33:41Three down.
33:43Just the five to go, then.
33:45We'll see you tomorrow.
33:47Well done.
33:47Gloria, we won't see you tomorrow.
33:49I know.
33:50I have to say, it's a joy to come up.
33:51I mean, I love all the team.
33:53And it's wonderful to watch clever people like we've seen in the last week, you know, doing so well.
33:57But thank you very much indeed.
33:59We love having you.
34:00We really do.
34:01And you come back and see us soon again with those great stories.
34:03I'll keep my fingers crossed.
34:04Please do.
34:05All right.
34:06Susie, see you tomorrow.
34:07See you then.
34:08See you tomorrow.
34:09And Rachel, too, of course.
34:10Have a lovely evening.
34:13You, too.
34:14See you tomorrow.
34:15Same time, same place.
34:16You'll be sure of it a very good afternoon.
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