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00:07Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio on Tuesday the 17th of January.
00:14I think sometimes newspapers are potty.
00:17Recently a survey was conducted which apparently conclusively proved that men are better at maths than women and that blondes
00:25are no good at all.
00:27Now I'm not going to get involved in this argument because I'm handing this over to you Rachel.
00:32Rachel, go in and beep that up.
00:35Okay, well I don't want to get myself into trouble because obviously there's exceptions to the rule.
00:39But I read a book called Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps.
00:43It was quite interesting.
00:44It was saying that some aspects of maths are done like spatial things are done on one part of your
00:49brain which is heavily influenced by testosterone.
00:52So obviously men have got more testosterone and blondes have got more oestrogen.
00:57So the theory goes that the testosterone helps you with the spatial things.
01:01So as a rule on average for the whole population men are supposed to be slightly better at some aspects
01:06of maths.
01:07But I think at the Countdown level I think it makes no difference at all.
01:11Good.
01:11But there we go.
01:12If anyone wants to correct me then go right ahead.
01:15But that's what I read in the book.
01:16My missus will correct you because I'll tell you what.
01:18She's the best map reader I've ever come across.
01:21She's extraordinary.
01:22Definitely not everybody.
01:23I mean as a whole if you took everyone and tested them I think spatially men with the testosterone are
01:29supposed to be slightly better.
01:31And that's where hairy women with slightly more testosterone than blondes might be slightly better than blondes.
01:37May we leave that there?
01:38That's the theory.
01:39May we move on.
01:40Hairy women.
01:41Good heavens.
01:42Who have we got?
01:43Jack.
01:43Back again.
01:45Yeah?
01:46Yes.
01:46Seven wins under your belt each time a hundred plus.
01:50Yeah.
01:50Yeah?
01:51Do it again today and you're off to the finals.
01:54Is that right?
01:55Hopefully, yes.
01:57Well, you're a hard kind of beat and that's why I'm welcoming our contender today, Alan Patterson, a student from
02:05Hollytown.
02:06Or was it Holytown?
02:07Hollytown.
02:07Hollytown.
02:08Yeah.
02:09I was in Hollywood, Northern Ireland the other day.
02:12And that's only got one L as well.
02:14So confusing for the Californians.
02:15Anyway, there we are from Motherwell in Glasgow and you're studying Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Strathclyde.
02:22Yep.
02:23How are you getting on?
02:24Very good.
02:24Just handed in my interim report.
02:26Good.
02:27Because if you can get your Masters, which is what you're aiming for, you're off to Scandinavia.
02:32What draws you there?
02:34It's not the blonde mathematicians, is it?
02:38It's mainly, it's a place I've always wanted to go to.
02:41Nowhere else really appeals to me.
02:43And you're going to study optoelectronics there?
02:46Yeah.
02:47Well, good for you.
02:48You're a bright young man.
02:50Yeah?
02:50Like, do you think so?
02:51Well, we'll see.
02:52You've got your very bright to be Uncle Jack over there.
02:55A seasoned performer on Countdown.
02:57And over in the corner, of course, making headlines and other nine-letter words possible.
03:02We have our very own Susie Dent.
03:05And we also have the great John Suchet, who's described in my notes as a TV journalist and host of
03:14the classic FM morning show.
03:17Do you hear more than that, John?
03:19John, for ten years, tramped the world, the most dangerous places.
03:23Were you in Saigon at the end?
03:25No, no.
03:26I never went to Vietnam.
03:28I hadn't become a reporter when Vietnam fell.
03:30I just missed it.
03:31It's one of my great journalistic regrets, actually.
03:34Because as a journalist, you always want to be where the big story is.
03:37And I remember watching in the newsroom the fall of Saigon.
03:40And it made me want to be a reporter more desperately than ever.
03:43But where have you been that was tricky?
03:45Oh, Iran during the revolution.
03:47Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion.
03:50And then, you know, you cover these stories.
03:51And then a generation later, you see them come around again.
03:54Do you know something I envy you?
03:56Because I quite like the sound of gunfire.
03:59But I never had your talent or, indeed, the opportunity.
04:01So you're a hero of mine.
04:03You're a hero of mine.
04:05Anyway, enough of that.
04:08We're going to turn to Jack.
04:09It's a letters game.
04:10Off you go, Jack.
04:12Hi, Rachel.
04:13Hi again, Jack.
04:13Can I start with a consonant, please?
04:15Start today with W.
04:17And another.
04:20S.
04:21And another.
04:23D.
04:24And another.
04:26M.
04:27Rall.
04:29E.
04:30And another.
04:32U.
04:33And another.
04:36I.
04:37Consonants.
04:39H.
04:41And, um, vowel, please.
04:43And the last one.
04:45A.
04:46And here's the clock.
05:01And what's on, Ă….
05:02Bye.
05:03Bye.
05:17Bye.
05:17Bye.
05:19Jack. I'm six. A six. And Alan? A six as well. A six. All right, Jack, what is your six?
05:25Mashed. Mashed. Alan? Amused. Amused. Susie and John. Six for us as well, yeah.
05:34Yes. Mashie is there. We had Stuart on yesterday who loved golf. It's a dated term from golf.
05:39A mashie is an iron used for lofting or for medium distances. They're still six.
05:43Shamed, wished. Lots of sixes, but no sevens. Right, so that is indeed a six all. And Alan, it's a
05:51letters game. Your first letters game. Off you go.
05:54A consonant, please. Thank you, Alan. S. And another. J. And another. R. And another vowel, please.
06:06I. And another. E. And another. O. And a consonant, please. L. And another. M. And a final consonant.
06:27And a final R. Stand by.
06:31R. Stand by.
07:02Alan?
07:03A seven. A seven. Again, Jack?
07:05An eight. An eight. Mm-hmm. Alan?
07:09Lorries. Lorries. Jack?
07:12Lorimers. Lorimers. I can always count on you, Jack. Susie?
07:17Well, um, Lorimers, you can also, um, have Loriners with an N. Um, it used to come up in Catland
07:23quite a lot.
07:23We haven't had it for a while, but they are makers of small iron objects, especially bits, spurs and stirrups
07:29for horses, bridles and bridal gear.
07:31Well, I'm done.
07:33Very good.
07:35Anything else over there? John?
07:37No, funnily enough, I asked Susie about Lorimers because I'm sure I'd heard it, but I didn't, hadn't got the
07:41first idea what it meant.
07:42Now I know.
07:42Very good. Well done, Jack. Well done.
07:44Well done, Jack. Fourteen to six. Jack, letters.
07:48And a consonant, please.
07:50Thank you, Jack.
07:51D.
07:52And another.
07:54T.
07:55And another.
07:57R.
07:59Another.
08:01D.
08:02Um, vowel.
08:04E.
08:05And another.
08:07I.
08:08And another.
08:11E.
08:12Um, consonants.
08:15G.
08:16And a vowel, please.
08:18And the last one.
08:19A.
08:21And here's the clock.
08:54Jack.
08:54I'll try a seven.
08:55A seven.
08:57And Alan?
08:57Six.
08:58She's a six.
08:59A six.
09:00Okay, what's your six, Alan?
09:01Gilded.
09:03Right.
09:05Ideated.
09:07Ideated.
09:08Yeah.
09:08Okay.
09:09You, you, you stun me.
09:12Susie, what do you make of that?
09:14To ideate, it is there as a verb, it comes from psychology and it means to form an idea of
09:19something, to imagine or conceive it.
09:21Very well done.
09:21Very good.
09:22Well done.
09:22Well done.
09:24Anything else over there?
09:25John, you've got anything?
09:27Uh, gated.
09:28Is that a word?
09:29Yes.
09:29If you wear gators, you are gated.
09:31Yes.
09:32Eight.
09:32Very nice for eight.
09:33Very good.
09:34Well, that does see Jack sort of surging ahead.
09:3821 to six.
09:40And Alan, it's a letters game.
09:42Off you go.
09:43Okay.
09:43Can I have a consonant, please?
09:45Thank you, Alan.
09:46S.
09:47And another.
09:50Q.
09:51And another.
09:52R.
09:55And another.
09:57And another.
09:58And the vowel, please.
10:00O.
10:02And another.
10:04E.
10:06And another vowel, please.
10:08I.
10:12A consonant.
10:14B.
10:17And a final consonant.
10:19And a final.
10:20P.
10:21Stand by.
10:22.
10:24Bye.
10:25.
10:43Bye.
10:53Alan, what have you got for us?
10:54A six.
10:55A six.
10:56A Jack?
10:56A seven.
10:57A seven.
10:58Alan?
10:59Probes.
11:01Probes.
11:01Jack?
11:02Bossier.
11:03Bossier.
11:04John?
11:05Yes, Bossier.
11:07Bossier is very nice, yes.
11:09Alternative six is posse, P-O-S-S-I-E, which in Australia and New Zealand is a place or
11:14position,
11:14so you can have a good fishing posse, for example.
11:17OK.
11:18Or posse.
11:18Good.
11:1828 to six, and it's a numbers game, Jack, and it's you to kick off.
11:24Four large, please, Rachel.
11:26Four large, thank you, Jack, and I'll hopefully use this opportunity to prove that non-hairy
11:29blonde women can do maths too.
11:32So for this round, the two small ones are ten and five, and the four large, 25, 50, 100,
11:39and 75, and the target, 492.
11:45492.
11:4814, 50, 25, 50, 50, 70, 50, 50, 50, click....
12:17So, Jack.
12:18492.
12:20492.
12:21492.
12:22492.
12:23So, Jack, tell us how you achieved that.
12:25100 times 5.
12:26100 times 5, 500.
12:29Minus 10.
12:30490.
12:3150 over 25 is 2.
12:33Yeah, well done.
12:34And add it on.
12:35Nicely done, 492.
12:37All right, well done.
12:38And Alan?
12:39Yes, same way.
12:41OK.
12:42You happy?
12:43Yes.
12:43You happy?
12:4410 points each.
12:45Well done.
12:46Well done.
12:49And that's 38 to Jack and 16 to Alan.
12:52And I now look across to have a little chat with John Suchet.
12:56John?
12:57Well, I thought I'd tell you a little story about my brother David.
13:01You know, David and I have little catch-up dinners every now and then.
13:04And late last year, he told me about a lovely thing that happened to him.
13:08He was filming a new production of Richard II in Pembroke in Wales, which actually you can see on television
13:14later this year.
13:16And he had to be given the day off for a rather important engagement at Buckingham Palace because a year
13:21or so ago he was awarded a CBE.
13:24So he was allowed to take the day off and he was chauffeur-driven up to Buckingham Palace.
13:29Prince Charles did the honours, presented him with his CBE and asked him what he was doing at the moment.
13:33And he said, well, actually, sir, I'm playing the Duke of York in Richard II, an ancestor of your brother.
13:39And they had a nice little chat and he was chauffeur-driven back to Wales.
13:43And the next day, he was standing outside Pembroke Castle in full gear as the Duke of York in Richard
13:50II.
13:51And please forgive the accent, but a lovely little Welsh lady went up to him and said, have you got
13:57a guidebook?
14:01How lovely.
14:03But it's not only David that was given an award, because looking at my notes, and this is an impressive
14:09one,
14:09because the Royal Television Society, that's the Serious Society, awarded John a Lifetime Achievement Award a couple of years ago.
14:18So, good for you.
14:20That really is some accolade.
14:23We're going to have a tea-time teaser.
14:25The teaser is, tease Ben.
14:28And the clue, you can't tease Ben, he's not here.
14:48Welcome back.
14:49You remember the clue, you can't tease Ben, he's not here.
14:53And the answer, of course, is absentee.
14:56And so we turn to Alan from Motherwell.
15:00Alan, it's Letters Game.
15:01Off you go.
15:02A, continent, please.
15:03Thank you, Alan.
15:05M.
15:05And another.
15:31A, and a final vowel, please.
15:35And a final U.
15:38Off we go.
15:39Veerapeer.
16:10Alan.
16:11Just a six.
16:12A six.
16:13And Jack?
16:14An eight.
16:15An eight?
16:16Ooh.
16:17Alan?
16:18More or not.
16:19Jack?
16:20Monetary.
16:21Monetary.
16:22That's a good question.
16:23Brilliant.
16:24Very good.
16:28And Susie and John, can you take it further?
16:31No, not to a nine, but monetary, that's a good eight.
16:35Excellent.
16:36Well done.
16:36Which sees Jack almost at the half century, 46 to 16, and Jack, you're kicking off with
16:43another letters game.
16:45Consonant, please.
16:46Thank you, Jack.
16:48L.
16:49And another.
16:52D.
16:53And another.
16:55T.
16:56And another.
16:57Another.
16:58S.
16:59A vowel.
17:01E.
17:02And another.
17:03I.
17:05Another.
17:07E.
17:08And consonants.
17:11T.
17:12And a vowel, please.
17:14And lastly, U.
17:17Here's the clock.
17:19Here's the clock.
17:50Jack.
17:51Try an eight.
17:52Try an eight.
17:53And Alan?
17:54Is there a seven?
17:55A seven.
17:56And that would be?
17:58Dualist.
17:59Dualist.
18:01Dilutist?
18:02Ooh, I don't know.
18:03Susie?
18:05Dilutist?
18:05Yeah.
18:06OK.
18:09I can't see it there, Jack, unfortunately.
18:13And dualist, you were spelling with one L.
18:16Yes.
18:17Yeah, I'll just double-check that.
18:20Just check it's not the American spelling, which we're not allowed.
18:24It is the US spelling, so unfortunately I have to disallow both, Nick.
18:28I'm sorry.
18:28Oh, all right.
18:28We're not allowed American spellings, so...
18:30I've got it.
18:30I've got it.
18:31I've got it.
18:32So could you help us out on this, John?
18:35Susie.
18:36Dilutes, if Jack hadn't gone for that one extra letter,
18:38we'd have had a good seven.
18:40Dilutes.
18:40They're dilutes.
18:41Yeah.
18:42Or settled.
18:44OK.
18:44Still did a few sevens.
18:46OK.
18:46Well, that's first, Jack.
18:4846 to 16.
18:50Alan, it's a letters game.
18:52Away you go.
18:54A consonant, please.
18:55Thank you, Alan.
18:57X.
18:58And another.
19:00F.
19:01And another.
19:04T.
19:05And a vowel, please.
19:07A.
19:09And another.
19:09E.
19:12And another.
19:14A.
19:16And a fourth one, please.
19:19I.
19:20And a consonant.
19:23V.
19:25And a final consonant.
19:27And a final L.
19:30Stand by.
19:31And.
19:32As.
19:33And another.
20:00To help you.
20:03Alan?
20:04I'll try an eight.
20:05Try an eight.
20:07Jack? I'm just six.
20:09Six? What is it?
20:11Fix eight. And, um, Alan?
20:14Laxative. Well done.
20:15Well done, well done.
20:20Well done, Alan.
20:22That accelerates you up to 24.
20:25Jack's still at 46.
20:27And, Jack, it's a letters game.
20:29Off you go.
20:30Consonant plays. Thank you, Jack.
20:33R. And another.
20:36N. And another.
20:39F. And another.
20:42P. No, vowel.
20:45U. And another.
20:48E. Another.
20:52A. Consonant.
20:55S. And, uh, vowel plays.
20:58And the last one.
21:00I.
21:02And here we go.
21:03A.
21:04A.
21:05A.
21:19A.
21:32A.
21:33A.
21:34So, Jack?
21:36I'm seven.
21:36A seven. And Alan?
21:38I'll try a seven.
21:39Try a seven. All right, Jack?
21:41I'm upraised.
21:42Upraised.
21:44And Alan?
21:45Unpairs.
21:47Unpairs. OK.
21:48Upraised is fine.
21:50We do normally talk about the adjective upraised,
21:52but it is there as a verb in the infinitive.
21:54I'm not sure about unpairs anymore, Alan.
21:59It'd need to be specified in the dictionary,
22:01and it's not there, I'm afraid.
22:02That's bad luck.
22:02Bad luck.
22:03So, anything else over in the corner?
22:05Is infuser a word?
22:07Very nice, yes.
22:08You can get fragrance infusers.
22:09Oh.
22:10Anything else?
22:10No, that was it.
22:11Well done. All right.
22:12Well, now, that's his Alan at 24.
22:15Jack, he's passed the half-century at 53,
22:18but now it's time for one of Susie's masterclasses,
22:22so I have to sit back here, concentrate, and take notes.
22:25Susie.
22:26Well, one of the things, Nick,
22:27that your apprentices sometimes have to do is to eat crow,
22:31which is to acknowledge a mistake and suffer a little bit of humiliation in the process.
22:35That'll be the day.
22:37It sounds American, and it is,
22:39and it has its roots in centuries-old folklore,
22:42where crow was carrion and regarded as a bird unfit to eat.
22:46But literal examples of eating crow became the subject of lots of jokes and stories in the 19th century,
22:51and that certainly popularised the idiom.
22:53There was one in which a slow-witted New York farmer is outfoxed by his lodgers,
22:58and after they complain about the poor food that he gives them,
23:01he says, well, he can eat anything.
23:03And so they give him a crow spiked with Scotch snuff.
23:06Not very nice, so he did suffer humiliation in the process.
23:10The British equivalent, of course, is to eat humble pie.
23:12Nothing to do with humility, originally, at least not technically,
23:16because humble pie were umbels pie,
23:18and umbels were the entrails of animals served to servants of a noble household.
23:24The nobleman would eat the choice cuts of meat,
23:25and the servants would eat the umbels.
23:28Oh, beastly.
23:30Very good.
23:32I bet the servants in the kitchen didn't eat humble pie.
23:36No, probably not.
23:36They had the best cuts, I think, probably.
23:38Well done, that's marvellous, and it's a numbers game.
23:41Alan, off you go.
23:43And then one from the top, please.
23:44Five from the bottom.
23:45One from the... did you say five from the bottom?
23:46Yeah.
23:47Thank you, Alan.
23:48So five little ones along here.
23:50And for this round, the five small are eight, six, four, ten, and five,
23:58and the large one, 75.
24:00And the target to reach 114.
24:03One, one, four.
24:05Stand by.
24:25One, one, four.
24:36Alan.
24:37One, one, four.
24:38Well done.
24:39And Jack?
24:40One, one, four.
24:41Right.
24:41So, Alan, take us away.
24:44Ten times four is 40.
24:46Ten times four, 40.
24:47Add the 75.
24:48Add the 75 for one, one, five.
24:51Six minus five is one.
24:52Six minus five is one.
24:55Well done.
24:56Well done.
24:57And Jack?
24:58Eight times six is 48.
25:00Eight, six is 48.
25:02Minus the five and the four.
25:03Minus the five and the four for 39.
25:06Add 75.
25:06Well done.
25:07One, one, four again.
25:09Very good.
25:10Very good.
25:12Two bright young men.
25:13Two bright young men there.
25:15And it's now time for our tea time teaser.
25:17And the teaser is I need vet.
25:20And the clue, it falls fast according to him.
25:41Welcome back.
25:42And you'll remember the clue, it falls fast according to him.
25:47And, of course, the answer is even tied.
25:49Even tied.
25:50And so it is that I turn to you, Jack.
25:52Letters game.
25:54Number 11.
25:55Off you go.
25:56Um, consonant, please.
25:57Thank you, Jack.
25:59N.
26:00And another.
26:03M.
26:04And another.
26:07P.
26:08And another.
26:10L.
26:11Vowel.
26:13E.
26:14And another.
26:17A.
26:18And another.
26:20O.
26:21A consonant.
26:23W.
26:25And a vowel, please.
26:27And to finish.
26:29I.
26:30Here's the clock.
26:32MUSIC PLAYS
27:02Jack.
27:03I'm six.
27:04A six?
27:05Alan?
27:06Only a five.
27:07A five.
27:08Okay.
27:09And what would that be?
27:10Ample.
27:11Ample.
27:12Jack?
27:13Impale.
27:14Impale.
27:14Are you happy there?
27:15Very much so, yes.
27:16And anything further?
27:18Um, well, opaline is a nice one.
27:20That's an adjective meaning opalescent, like an opal.
27:23Um, and impanel is there as an impaneling jury.
27:26So both are there for seven.
27:27Good.
27:28Well done.
27:28Yeah.
27:28Where does that leave us?
27:29It leaves us with Jack at 69 and Alan at 34.
27:34And Alan, it's your turn to crack away with the letters game.
27:38Can I have a consonant, please?
27:40Thank you, Alan.
27:41C.
27:42And another.
27:44T.
27:45And a vowel.
27:47E.
27:49And a consonant, please.
27:51N.
27:53And another.
27:55G.
27:57And a vowel.
27:59O.
28:00And another.
28:03Another E.
28:05And another.
28:08Another O.
28:09And a final consonant, please.
28:11And a final P.
28:13Stand by.
28:15And a vowel.
28:45Alan?
28:46A seven.
28:47A seven.
28:48A Jack?
28:49A six.
28:50A six.
28:52What is it?
28:53Potcine.
28:55Potcine?
28:55Yeah.
28:56Really?
28:57Alan?
28:59Potence.
29:01Potence.
29:01Good.
29:02Potence.
29:03Yeah, I'll just check that because we talk about potency.
29:06I'll just check that potence is also OK.
29:09And it is.
29:10Yeah, well done, Alan.
29:10Well done.
29:11Very good.
29:12APPLAUSE
29:14I tried potcine once.
29:16Jack, don't do it.
29:18Don't do it.
29:19So it leaves you with 69.
29:22Alan has shot up to 41.
29:24Jack, it's a letters game.
29:26Constant plays.
29:27Thank you, Jack.
29:29K.
29:30And another.
29:32T.
29:33T.
29:33And another.
29:36R.
29:38And another.
29:40B.
29:41Vowel.
29:42I.
29:44And another.
29:45O.
29:47And another.
29:49A.
29:51And another.
29:54And a consonant, please.
29:57And the last one.
29:58D.
29:59Countdown clock.
30:01T.
30:01T.
30:01T.
30:02T.
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30:28MUSIC PLAYS
30:31Jack.
30:32Six.
30:33Another six.
30:35Alan?
30:36A risky six.
30:37A risky six.
30:39And, Jack, what would you say to me?
30:41Troika.
30:42Troika?
30:43Yeah.
30:43OK, normally a three, of course.
30:45And, Alan?
30:47Byroad.
30:48How are you spelling that?
30:49E-I-R-O-A-D.
30:52Byroad.
30:53OK.
30:58Um, no.
30:59Not there, I'm afraid.
31:00It was risky.
31:01Bad luck, Alan.
31:02All right.
31:03Are you happy over there with Troika?
31:04Yeah, actually, Troika reminds me very much of last month at Christmas.
31:07We kept playing Prokofiev's Troika.
31:09Wonderful piece of music with jingle bells in it.
31:11Lovely.
31:12I didn't, I've known it for years.
31:13I didn't know it was by Prokofiev.
31:15Really?
31:15You know, we played that in the run-up to Christmas.
31:17A sled led by three horses, I think.
31:20Yeah.
31:20Is it Troika?
31:21Absolutely.
31:22Good work.
31:22Lovely.
31:23Well done.
31:24Jack, 75.
31:26And, Alan, at 41.
31:28Alan, it's a numbers game.
31:29Off you go.
31:31One from the top and five from the bottom.
31:33Thank you, Alan.
31:34And for the last time today, another one large and five small.
31:38And this time they are three, one, four, two, nine.
31:45And the large one this time, 75.
31:48And the target, 341.
31:50Three, four, one.
31:51Two, three, four, one.
32:23Very good.
32:24Alan.
32:25Sorry, I lost it there.
32:26No?
32:27No.
32:28Jack?
32:28Three, four, one.
32:29Three, four, one.
32:30Tell us how.
32:31OK.
32:3275 plus nine.
32:3375 plus nine, 84.
32:35Erm, times four.
32:37Times four is 336.
32:39And I have three on the two.
32:40Well done.
32:41Again, another ten points from the numbers.
32:43Very good.
32:44Very good.
32:47Well done.
32:48Well done.
32:49And we now turn to the conundrum today.
32:51So fingers on buzzers, please, and reveal today's countdown conundrum.
33:01That was pretty quick.
33:02Migration.
33:05Migration.
33:05Let's have a little look at that.
33:09Well done.
33:10Well done, Alan.
33:12Well done, indeed.
33:15Takes you up to 51.
33:16Not quite enough to damage Jack, who failed to make 100.
33:21What's going on over there, Jack?
33:23For the first time.
33:24But, eight in a row, you're through to the final in the summer.
33:29Well done.
33:29And we have to say, cheerio to Alan.
33:31You did well.
33:33You're a bright young man.
33:34And just reading up on you, you play outdoor bowls for the canty.
33:39Yeah.
33:40And you want to play professionally.
33:42Yeah.
33:42That's one of my goals in life, yeah.
33:44Really?
33:45Sounds quite different.
33:47Is there a professional league?
33:49Well, not much.
33:51It's more internationals.
33:53Is it?
33:53Playing for country.
33:54It's more wee chaps of my age with sort of white hats on, isn't it?
33:58That's the stereotype, yeah.
33:59Huh?
33:59That's the stereotype.
34:01I guess, well, I am a stereotype, actually.
34:04Thank you so much, John.
34:06Again, thank you very much for coming today.
34:08Always a joy.
34:08And Susie, with her wonderful, wonderful dictionary corner, Tales.
34:13As ever, Rachel, see you tomorrow.
34:17See you, too.
34:17It's one of life's enduring pleasures.
34:19And we'll see you tomorrow.
34:21Same time.
34:22Good afternoon.
34:32A family that just can't stop growing.
34:35Fifteen kids and counting.
34:37Our new series begins tonight at nine o'clock.
34:40Next on four, Noel with Deal or No Deal.
34:49We'll see you tomorrow.
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