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00:28Good afternoon and welcome to the
00:29countdown studio on finals day yes finals day series 71 of countdown what an exciting series it's been a lot
00:39has happened Rachel for instance we kicked off series 71 with a new edition in dictionary corner the the dictionary's
00:47gone and in has come a laptop the pen cam has done a runner sad really wasn't it it was
00:55sort of special the old pen cam and back in September what happened countdowns
00:596,000 show
01:05and on that very show of course can I was given a very great honor a Guinness world record for
01:11the most series broadcast for a game show fantastic 6,000 and Guinness said well done
01:21and we've had some great contestants five octo champs and some great new dictionary corner guests how about gethin jones
01:28angelica bell sean williams kate garraway of course david badil and griff reese jones great great crowd of people
01:35so what have your highlights been oh loads of them i mean george brin and his numbers i had so
01:41many tweets about that he had some amazing numbers games and we've got our lady in the final antoinette could
01:46possibly become the first lady champion in my time brilliant stuff so
01:51let's uh let's uh see who we are we've got of course dan mccolm a wonderful young man our number
01:56one seed and he's justified his seeding by producing big scores in both his quarterfinal and semi-final games 109
02:03in the quarters
02:03and 123 in the semis so well done well done indeed dan mccolm and antoinette ryan ex-rugby player ex
02:12-gaelic football player from nina in county tipperary and uh number two seed well done well done indeed
02:18and let's just remind ourselves exactly what the prizes are um they're playing for a 20-volume set of
02:23oxford english dictionaries a top-of-the-range laptop and their name will be engraved forevermore on the
02:30richard whiteley memorial trophy so that's something to play for and over in the uh dictionary corner as
02:36ever the wonderful susie and david badil and such a multi-talented guy as well as being a a great
02:44guest
02:44of course and the latest piece of magic to come from uh the pennies uh the parent agency
02:51your first kid's book a kid's book indeed yes and time for christmas yeah and also have you noticed i've
02:55uh for the final i've uh scrubbed up you have seen i've uh i've done my best i've done almost
03:00as well as
03:00dan in making an effort well done all right scrubbed up quite well now then let's get down to business
03:10this is serious business all right chaps let us game down it's the final hi again rachel can i start
03:17with the continent please thank you good luck both we'll start the final with t consonant m one more
03:27f a vowel please i vowel e vowel a a consonant please r a vowel please e
03:43and a final continent please and a final s stand by
03:55so
04:05so
04:06so
04:20Yes, Dan?
04:21Eight.
04:22And eight, Antoinette?
04:23Eight.
04:23Dan?
04:24Stemia?
04:25Both of you.
04:26Stemia.
04:28Yes.
04:28And in the corner, David?
04:30Yes, well, they're better than us.
04:31And we've got two sevens, Meteor and Fairest.
04:36Fairest?
04:36Yeah.
04:37Fairest.
04:37And stop press, but I only know this because it's an anagram of Stemia, so you gave me
04:42the idea Emirates are there for another eight.
04:45Emirates?
04:45No, then eight apiece, and Antoinette.
04:48Hi, Rota.
04:49Hi, Antoinette.
04:51Start with M.
04:52And another.
04:54S.
04:56And another.
04:57P.
04:58One more.
05:00L.
05:01A vowel.
05:02O.
05:04Another.
05:05A.
05:06Another.
05:08A.
05:09A consonant.
05:11T.
05:12And a vowel, please.
05:13And the last one.
05:15I.
05:16Stand by.
05:17A vowel.
05:28Barone.
05:29Try.
05:49Yes.
05:49Seven, I think.
05:50Seven and eight.
05:53Antoinette.
05:53Lip hormones.
05:55Salatium.
05:56Salatium.
05:57How are you spelling that one, Dan?
05:58S-O-L-A-T-I-U-M.
06:02It is there, and it is a thing given to someone
06:06as a compensation or consolation that has the same root as solace,
06:10and it's extremely good.
06:12Very sorry.
06:15Now then, in the corner, David and Susie.
06:18I'm still astonished by solatium as an idea,
06:22but optimal we had at seven.
06:24Very good.
06:25Just to explain, Antoinette's one,
06:26a lipoma or a lipoma is a benign tumour.
06:29Yes, thank you.
06:3116-2-8.
06:32Dan in the lead.
06:33Dan's back with the numbers game.
06:34Dan?
06:35One from the top, please, Rachel.
06:37Thank you, Dan.
06:37One large one and five little ones coming up.
06:40And for the first time in this final,
06:42the numbers are 7, 8, 6, 1,
06:46another 6, and 50.
06:48And the target, 815.
06:518, 1, 5.
06:528, 6, 1, 5.
06:538, 6, 1, 5.
07:179, 5, 6, 1, 5, 6, 1, 5, 5.
07:24Yes, Dan?
07:25Just 816, not fully written down.
07:27816. Antoinette?
07:29814.
07:30814.
07:31You're always those two adrift.
07:33Now then, Dan?
07:3550 plus 1.
07:3650 plus 1, 51.
07:398 plus 7.
07:408 plus 7, 15.
07:426 over 6 is 1.
07:436 over 6 is 1.
07:4515 plus 1.
07:4616.
07:47Times 51.
07:48816.
07:49One away.
07:51Antoinette?
07:526 over 6 is 1.
07:54Yep.
07:54Plus 1.
07:552.
07:5650 times 8 plus 7.
07:5950 times 8.
08:008 is 400.
08:01400.
08:01Plus 7.
08:02Plus 7, 407.
08:04Times 2.
08:05Times the 2 for 1 below.
08:06814.
08:07There we go.
08:09815, though.
08:11Easy or not?
08:12Well, it was impossible.
08:14So these are the best ones you could have gone.
08:15Oh, right.
08:16OK.
08:16So a good start to the final.
08:17It is indeed.
08:18Well done.
08:1923 plays.
08:2015 as we go into a tea-time teaser, which is his slang.
08:25And the clue, massively reducing the cost of the guitarist's CD.
08:30Massively reducing the cost of the guitarist's CD.
08:50Welcome back.
08:51I left with a clue, massively reducing the cost of the guitarist's CD.
08:54And the answer is slashing.
08:57Slashing the cost.
08:59Slashing.
09:00So, 23 plays.
09:02Antoinette's 15.
09:03And, Antoinette, you're back on again.
09:05Letters.
09:06Constantly, Richard.
09:07Thank you, Antoinette.
09:08G.
09:09And another.
09:11L.
09:12And a third.
09:13S.
09:14One more.
09:16C.
09:17A vowel.
09:18E.
09:19Another.
09:20O.
09:21Another.
09:23A.
09:24One more.
09:26I.
09:28And a final vowel, please.
09:30And a final E.
09:32Stand by.
09:35BABY
09:35A.
10:03BABY
10:03ANGRO
10:04Antoinette seven seven dance seven so Antoinette gollies and a celosia
10:11CEL yeah OSIA I would guess it is a plant and it's one I hadn't heard of so
10:20it's great to learn anyone it's a plant of a genus that includes coxcomb and
10:26it's beautiful name isn't it celosia certainly I'm still sort of slightly
10:30staggered by things and the us yes we we but we had goalies at seven as well but
10:36we also had an eight one we had legacies yes 30 plays Antoinette's 22 Dan you're
10:50in good shape letters game come constant please thank you Dan T continent D one
10:58more please ah foul oh another vowel you one more please I a continent why a
11:11vowel II and a final vowel please and a final I
11:19countdown
11:20I'm
11:21I'm
11:37I'm
11:49I'm
11:50I'm
11:50I'm
12:06I'm
12:07I'm
12:10I'm
12:19I'm
12:20I'm
12:20I'm
12:22I'm
12:26I'm
12:27I'm
12:27I
12:27I'm
12:49it
13:08Antoinette? 840. Yes, Dan? No, I've gone wrong, sorry. Right, now's your chance, Antoinette.
13:156 x 2 x 7. Yeah, I think you might kick yourself down. 6 x 2, 12 x 7, 84.
13:215 x 5 is 10. Yep. And multiply them. Pressure. 840. There you go. Well done. Two-point lead, Antoinette.
13:34But don't relax for a second. Now, let's talk to David. David, yesterday you talked about meeting Frank Skinner. He
13:43became your lodger, 40 quid a week. Yeah.
13:45And comedy partner. And then a third party. Yes. Came in. Yes, he named a cat. I think a very,
13:53very good name for a cat. Chairman Meow. And I've heard other good names for cats. Cindy Crawford. Kitty Kitty
14:01Bang Bang, I've heard. George Bernard Poor. And Margaret Scratcher. These are all good names for cats. But nothing for
14:08me beats Chairman Meow.
14:09Now, I actually, previous to that, I had a cat that was just called The Cat, who was named after
14:14Peter Bonetti. That's a joke for middle-aged football fans. There's none in the audience.
14:18But nonetheless, I knew this was a good name for a cat, Chairman Meow. When I took it to the
14:22vet the first time, it was actually a her. I said, the receptionist said, what's the name of the cat?
14:26I said, Chairman Meow. I got such a big laugh in the waiting room. But then, very disappointingly, I remember
14:30the receptionist just wrote down on her computer, Meow. Just like, her surname.
14:35Yes. Which meant that when I went into the actual vet, and the vet got the cat's details up on
14:39his computer, I could tell he was thinking, what a rubbish name for a cat. Meow. I couldn't do better
14:44than that.
14:44And actually, this cat had a weird little spin. I talked earlier in the week about some of the weird
14:50things that happened to you as well as being on TV. I briefly, very briefly, had a very minor, very
14:54soft stalker who lived near me. A woman.
14:57And this woman, what she used to do to sort of get into my life is she used to leave
15:00food out for Chairman Meow. And Chairman Meow would then settle in her house. I would have to phone her
15:04up and say, can I come and get the cat?
15:06And then one day, this woman actually got a collar. We didn't have a collar for her, for Chairman Meow.
15:11But she didn't write Chairman Meow on the collar. She wrote David and my phone number. David and my phone
15:18number. We went, for years, I was very worried that one day my girlfriend would get a phone call from
15:22the police saying, I'm afraid David's been in a road accident.
15:27He's in a bin liner. Shall we just hit him with a shovel? Because he did spend all day waiting
15:31in my garden. So I was very, very worried that that would happen. But luckily, it never did.
15:34Oh, great story. How funny. How did you get rid of the stalker in the end?
15:38Well, I didn't really. I think she moved, I moved away and obviously Frank followed me. She couldn't find you.
15:43Because he was my other stalker. So that's what actually happened, yes. I heard a joke. Can I tell a
15:47joke?
15:47That I heard the other day. This may not be a funny joke, but it made me laugh about animals.
15:52A man goes to, I don't normally just tell straight jokes, but I want to tell it.
15:56A man goes to the vet with his dog and the vet says to the man, say ah. And the
16:02man says, no, no, not me. It's the dog you're meant to be looking at.
16:04And the vet says, say ah. And he goes, no, no, really. Look at the dog. And he goes, say
16:07ah. And he says, well, why are you asking me to say ah? And the vet says, well, the dog's
16:11dead.
16:14He went down very well. Thank you very much. Very good. How cruel. Now then. 39 to Antoinette. Dan on
16:2837, down your back. Now, have a care.
16:31Can I have a consonant, please? Thank you, Dan. R.
16:34Another one. V. One more, please. B. Another one. C. A vowel. A. Vowel. E. Another vowel, please. U. One
16:53more vowel. A.
16:57And a finish with a vowel, please. And finish with E. Stand by.
17:04Here.
17:17Here.
17:31Here.
17:35Dan?
17:35Six.
17:36A six, and for Ned?
17:38I'd risk a seven for the laugh.
17:41For a laugh? A laughing matter.
17:43Yes, Dan?
17:44Bawara.
17:46Now then, your laugh?
17:47Verbache.
17:48V-E-R-B-A-C-E.
17:51It's not there.
17:52I didn't think so.
17:53Oh, bad luck.
17:54Sorry.
17:54And how about Dan?
17:57It's absolutely brilliant.
17:58It is not a botanical thing today, Dan.
18:00It's a small evergreen shrub with pink or purple flowers.
18:04Very good.
18:04Well done.
18:06And bad luck, Antoinette, a gambler.
18:08So, 43 plays 39.
18:10But in the corner, what have we got there?
18:12What have you conjured out, David?
18:13Well, we had a number of fives.
18:15We had brace, carve, crave.
18:18And then the only six we could come up with was beaver.
18:21Beaver?
18:22Yes, beaver.
18:23Very good.
18:23Very good.
18:2543 to 39.
18:28Antoinette, let us go.
18:29Consonant, please, Rachel.
18:31Thank you, Antoinette.
18:33P.
18:33And another.
18:35C.
18:37Another.
18:38R.
18:40A vowel.
18:42U.
18:42Another.
18:44I.
18:45Another.
18:46O.
18:47A consonant.
18:49P.
18:50A vowel.
18:52E.
18:53And a consonant, please.
18:55And the last one.
18:55G.
18:56And here's the countdown clock.
18:58Tableau Rock.
19:00The second three.
19:16All of a sudden, third one.
19:16Dude, we thought, you know, we'll be so wrong.
19:22No problem.
19:24Ish it apart.
19:25Gandalf 단ori.
19:25There are two sides here.
19:25Going back!
19:28And the third three.
19:29Yes, Antoinette. Seven. A seven. Seven. Yes. Groupie.
19:34And Dan. Pirogue. Pirogue.
19:37Yes, your favourite, Nick.
19:39It is the long, narrow canoe made from a single tree trunk,
19:41so it's a hollowed-out tree trunk. Ah, my friend, the pirogue.
19:43Is it a canoe? Yes. Yeah.
19:45They don't last long, you know. No, I can imagine.
19:48Surprisingly, cos they're solid, but they don't last very long.
19:52Just throw that in, in case you ever thought about it.
19:55Groupies don't last that long, either.
19:57No, it's fun while they do.
19:59Now, then, 50 plays 46, and we're with Dan for the numbers again.
20:04Four large, please, Rachel. Thank you, Dan.
20:06Four large ones and two little ones.
20:09And this time, the little numbers are nine and ten.
20:12This could be hard.
20:13And the big ones, 50, 100, 25 and 75.
20:18And the target, 518.
20:21518.
20:54518.
20:55518.
20:55518.
20:56It's just 516. 516. So, Dan.
20:5950 times 10. 50 times 10 is 500.
21:0475 minus 25. Is 50.
21:07100 over that 50. For the 2.
21:10Times 9. 18. Then add that on.
21:12Yep, 518. Nicely done.
21:14Well done. Well done, Dan.
21:19Very good indeed.
21:21So, let's have a tea-time teaser, shall we?
21:24It's Sven-Oli.
21:26And the clue, Sven and Oli both behaved so carelessly.
21:30Sven and Oli both behaved so carelessly.
21:49Welcome back.
21:50I left with the clue, Sven and Oli both behaved so carelessly.
21:54And the answer is slovenly.
21:56Slovenly.
21:58Slovenly.
21:58So, 60 to Dan.
22:00Antoinette got a bit of work to do on 46.
22:03And Antoinette, it's letters time.
22:05Counsonant, please, Rachel.
22:06Thank you, Antoinette.
22:08X.
22:09And another.
22:11S.
22:12And another.
22:14R.
22:15One more.
22:17D.
22:18Vowel.
22:19A.
22:20Another.
22:21E.
22:23Another.
22:24O.
22:25Consonant.
22:27N.
22:28And a final consonant, please.
22:30And a final V.
22:32Countdown.
23:04And to an ad.
23:05Risky eight.
23:06Risky eight.
23:07Yes, Dan.
23:08Er, I'll stick with a six, then.
23:11And your six?
23:12Droves.
23:13Droves.
23:14Andovers.
23:15Andovers.
23:16I looked exactly that myself, hoping it would be in, but it's not.
23:19There's Andover as a place, but not Andover as a noun, sorry.
23:24Yeah.
23:24Now then, 66 to 46, but in the corner, David, Susie.
23:29We had one seven, which was Vendor's.
23:32Yes.
23:33Vendor's a seller.
23:34Yes.
23:35Very good.
23:3566 plays 46, and Dan, you're back with a letters game.
23:39Dan.
23:40Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
23:41Thank you, Dan.
23:42B.
23:43Another one.
23:45T.
23:46One more.
23:48H.
23:49A vowel.
23:51E.
23:52A vowel.
23:54O.
23:55Another vowel, please.
23:57U.
23:58A consonant.
23:59T.
24:01A vowel.
24:04I.
24:06And a final vowel, please.
24:08And a final E.
24:11Stand by.
24:12A vowel.
24:25A vowel.
24:28A vowel.
24:28A vowel.
24:28A vowel.
24:29A vowel.
24:29A vowel.
24:43Yes, Dan, six.
24:44Six, Antoinette? Six.
24:46Dan? Bothy.
24:48Mm-hmm. Outhead.
24:49Bothy? Some sort of illegal drinking getter, isn't it?
24:52It's a small hut.
24:54It's a sort of small labourer's cottage,
24:56but it can be somewhere where you take refuge on the mountains.
24:59Oh, I thought alcohol was involved.
25:01You can drink in them. I think it's fine.
25:04I thought it was a sort of an illegal drinking den, no?
25:08No. It's a small croft, isn't it?
25:10Yes, it's a good one.
25:10Is it? OK.
25:11Yeah, but it can be spelt with a Y or an IE.
25:14Thank you very much.
25:15Bothy, excellent.
25:1672 to 52, and now we turn to Susie
25:19for the last origins of words in the current series.
25:23Susie, make it a good'un.
25:25Well, as you may know, Nick,
25:26one of my favourite origins of words
25:28is the expression being on tenterhooks,
25:31which goes back to the textile industry
25:33and the way that wool was dried.
25:36It was stretched across racks,
25:39a sort of apparatus that would really tautly stretch the cloth
25:43and left out in the air to dry.
25:46Those ramps, if you like, or the apparatuses,
25:50were called tenterhooks.
25:51And so if we're in a state of suspense, like that cloth,
25:54we now use the same word to be on tenterhooks.
25:57Well, this one is for David,
25:58because we've been talking,
26:00and when he's been sitting next to me,
26:01we've been talking about heckling.
26:04And so I thought I would give him the origin of heckling,
26:06which also goes back to the textile industry.
26:09And it once referred to workers
26:12who would basically flatten out fibres,
26:15such as hemp, with a heckle comb.
26:19It was a particular comb that would smooth the fibres down.
26:23And by the late 19th century,
26:25the hecklers of Dundee were particularly famous,
26:28and that wasn't because they were particularly good
26:30at using this comb,
26:31but because they were very belligerent.
26:33They were known probably
26:34as the most belligerent workers in the industry.
26:36They demanded their rights.
26:38They demanded their bonuses,
26:39which are normally given out in the form of alcohol,
26:41which made them even more raucous and rowdy.
26:44So they had quite a reputation.
26:46And within the heckle industry in Dundee,
26:50within the workshops,
26:51one poor worker every day
26:52would have to read out the events from the newspaper.
26:55That was their entertainment.
26:56They would be heckling away,
26:58and one of the hecklers would read out the events of the day.
27:02And of course,
27:03because they were perhaps fuelled by alcohol,
27:04or at least quite a raucous lot,
27:07he would...
27:07He...
27:08And it was normally...
27:08He would almost always be interrupted.
27:11And so had a very hard job
27:13getting to the end of his newspaper reading.
27:16And because of these interruptions,
27:18heckling by those hecklers,
27:20the people using the heckle combs,
27:21came into language for meaning
27:23interrupting in a rude way with a rude comment.
27:25And it all goes back to those hecklers of Dundee.
27:28Staggering.
27:29I love it.
27:34It's just brilliant.
27:36I love these things.
27:37Wonderful.
27:38Thank you, Susie, as ever.
27:40Hecklers.
27:4172 to 52.
27:43Down in the lead.
27:44Antoinette.
27:45Come.
27:47Let's get it.
27:48Constantly, please, Rachel.
27:49Thank you, Antoinette.
27:50W.
27:51And another.
27:53N.
27:53And another.
27:54D.
27:56One more.
27:58T.
27:59A vowel.
28:01A.
28:02Another.
28:03I.
28:04Another.
28:06E.
28:07A consonant.
28:08K.
28:10And a final vowel, please.
28:13And a final A.
28:15Countdown.
28:48Yes, Antoinette.
28:49Seven.
28:50A seven, Dan?
28:51Seven.
28:52Antoinette?
28:52Awaited.
28:53Thank you, both of you.
28:57Awaited.
28:57David?
28:58Yes, that's better than anything we have, really.
29:01We have a crop of sixes, which is intake, tanked, and winked,
29:07which is essentially my last night out.
29:10But that's what we have.
29:11We have three of those.
29:12Thank you very much.
29:13All right.
29:1479 to 59, and we're on the final letters, Dan.
29:20Can I have a consonant, please?
29:21Thank you, Dan.
29:22R.
29:23Another one.
29:25G.
29:26One more.
29:26A vowel.
29:28A vowel, please.
29:30E.
29:31Vowel.
29:32I.
29:33Another vowel.
29:35A.
29:36A consonant.
29:37S.
29:38A consonant.
29:40R.
29:41R.
29:41And a final vowel, please.
29:44And a final O.
29:46Countdown.
29:47plate.
29:49In it.
30:03To the聲
30:05of downloaded.
30:08In it.
30:15Tej.
30:17Dan? Nine. A nine. Antoinette? Nine. Hello. Yes, Dan? Organiser. And guess what? There we are.
30:29Organiser. Well done. Well done. Very good. And David and Susie, your nine? Well, we were very proud also to
30:39get Organiser.
30:40Well done. We knew these two would get it because they were so good. So we also had an eight,
30:44which was Groners.
30:45Yes. And earrings. Is that an eight? Earrings, yes. But Organiser was always going to be the one to get.
30:51Very good. Well, Rich Pickings there. Excellent stuff. 97 to 77. Final numbers game. And it's Antoinette's.
31:01Antoinette. Sorry, I think we'll have to gamble a Richard. Six more. Six more. 20 points left. 20 points between
31:06you.
31:06Right. Good luck. For the last time today, the numbers are 10, 2, 4, 3, another 10, and 7.
31:18And the target? 768.
31:21768.
31:23758.
31:51768.
31:53Antoinette?
31:54Yeah, 7, 6, 8.
31:56Dan?
31:57Yeah, I think I've got 7, 6, 8.
31:58All right.
31:59Antoinette?
32:017 minus 3 is 4.
32:027 minus 3, 4.
32:044 times 2 is 8.
32:05Yeah.
32:0610 times 10 is 100.
32:08It is.
32:09Minus 4.
32:11Minus 4 for 96.
32:12Times 8.
32:13Perfect.
32:14Very good.
32:14And Dan?
32:1510 plus 4 minus 3.
32:1710 plus 4 minus 3, 11.
32:19Times 7.
32:20Times 7, 77.
32:22Times 10, takeaway 2.
32:24Times 10, 7, 70.
32:25And you haven't used the 2.
32:26So very well done.
32:27Good final.
32:28Well done.
32:30Nicely done.
32:31So we go into the final round of Series 71.
32:35It's Countdown Conundrum time.
32:37So fingers on buzzers, Dan and Antoinette.
32:40Let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:48Dan?
32:49Lethality.
32:50Let's see whether you're right.
32:53Lethality.
32:53Brilliant.
32:55I mean, true.
32:59Well done, Dan McComb.
33:02Just blistering performance.
33:04That was superb.
33:06Well done.
33:06Thanks.
33:07Now we're going to give you your prize shortly.
33:10But before we do that, I'm going to say to Antoinette, you played brilliantly well.
33:15Thank you very much for coming.
33:16Fantastic.
33:17And send my love back to Nina, will you, where I used to spend holidays on Lock Derg down there.
33:23Brilliant stuff.
33:24Anyway, let's give them both a huge Countdown round of applause.
33:29Well done.
33:29Thank you very much.
33:34Thank you very much.
33:36Thank you very much.
33:36Well, it serves to me, Antoinette Ryan, to say congratulations, runner-up.
33:40You had a great, great run on Countdown.
33:45And for your trouble, you get the top-of-the-range laptop.
33:48Well done, indeed.
33:48Well done.
33:49And now then, young man, such a good champion.
33:53Well done.
33:54And young Rachel Riley here has got something for you.
33:56Yeah, absolutely.
33:56As well as the laptop and the dictionaries, you get the all-important Richard Whiteley Memorial
34:01Trophy.
34:01There's some very high-caliber names on there.
34:04And your name's about to go on soon as well.
34:06So very well done, Dan.
34:06So, well done.
34:07Well done.
34:08Yay!
34:11And so, from everyone here in the Countdown studio, from Rachel, from Susie, and from David,
34:20thank you for helping us.
34:21My pleasure.
34:22So join us again next week when we'll have two special editions of Countdown with our
34:26wonderful guest, Arlene Phillips.
34:28Join us then, same time, same place.
34:30You be sure of it.
34:31A very good afternoon and have a very good weekend.
34:48As Nick said, Countdown's back on Monday at the same time with a special featuring Arlene
34:52Phillips.
34:53Well, tonight at ten, Gemma Arterton, Greg Davis, and Mrs. Brown boys, Brendan O'Carroll,
34:58will be chatting to Alan Carr.
35:00Next, though, here on four this afternoon, it's Deal or No Deal.