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00:32It's countdown time on the 18th of January, and indeed in 1778, on this very day, Captain Cook discovered the
00:42Sandwich Islands, which subsequently became known as Hawaii, which is American, I think. We had it first, but they've taken
00:49it very well.
00:50Who wouldn't prefer to be in Hawaii than be sort of hanging around in Portsmouth Harbour? So he was a
00:55wise man. What do you reckon to that, Rachel?
00:58Well, actually, Jamie's booking us a surprise honeymoon this year, so I wouldn't mind going to Hawaii. I've never been.
01:04How about you?
01:05No. No. But I've been to some very strange places. I prefer the sort of difficult places. Indeed, not that
01:13long ago, I took a little Renault 4 and drove to Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia.
01:17Yeah. As you do.
01:19As one doesn't, actually. It took 55 days, 10,000 miles, 16 countries, and when I got there, I burst
01:27into tears.
01:28So what was that for?
01:29Fun. And I raised money for charity.
01:31Oh, OK. So that's a good cause.
01:33Yeah. But it was just a great journey. Some wonderful, wonderful countries. Russia, I particularly loved.
01:40Right. Well, if Jamie's listening, I don't think that's my idea of a good honeymoon. I'm glad you have fun,
01:46Nick.
01:46You'd have plenty of time alone, which is one of the things, apparently, that honeymoons are all about, I'm told.
01:53So, you've got two new contestants. We've got Mark Murphy. Welcome.
02:00An IT consultant from Edinburgh, who loves Scrabble. That's a dangerous sort of clue you're giving our other contestant.
02:08Quizzes, rugby league, and a love of real ale, a life member of Canberra.
02:13That's right, yeah.
02:14Yeah, it's showing, Mark, actually. I hope you don't mind saying that.
02:18You made a music single that helped to raise £100,000 for charity. And also, you cooked over 80,000
02:26chickens.
02:27That's right.
02:27Not at the same time, presumably.
02:29No, over quite a few years, I used to have a Saturday job on Wigan Market cooking chickens.
02:34And you kept a little tally. You kept a tally?
02:37I did, yeah.
02:38You're up against Nick Evans from Macclesfield, who's a VIP chauffeur. Lots of rich people hanging around Macclesfield kicking footballs,
02:45I guess.
02:46You drive them around?
02:47I do.
02:48Well done, when they're incapable of driving themselves, I guess. But I think you're actually a risk taker, aren't you?
02:53Yes?
02:54Possibly.
02:55Well, you came back alive from managing a casino in Russia, which sounds to me one of the most dangerous
03:01occupations in the entire world.
03:03You've also travelled 1,500 kilometres along Siberia's rivers in an inflatable dinghy.
03:09Siberia's special, isn't it?
03:10Yes.
03:10I drove, on my little trip to Mongolia, I drove through Siberia, up through Barnau, up to the Altai, where
03:19the fork, China, Mongolia, Russia.
03:21Yeah.
03:21I loved it.
03:23That's a beautiful area.
03:23I thought it was fantastic.
03:25There we are, our contestants for today. Let's welcome them.
03:31And as ever, over in that dictionary corner, she's loopy about language and he's mad about music. It's Susie Dent.
03:39And once again, welcome to John Suchet.
03:45John, of course, was one of the great, great, great foreign correspondents. In more recent times, he's turned to his
03:52love of music and you run the morning show on Classic FM.
03:55And you've got a website because you're a real rollover Beethoven fan. Is that right?
04:01Yes. Yeah, that's very true. My sixth book on him is out this coming October. There'll probably be a seventh.
04:08Cannot get enough of him.
04:09I've got my own Beethoven website, madaboutbeethoven.com. It's different aspects of his life. And for one thing, there's the
04:16deafness. How can you be one of the deafness?
04:19Yes. Very good. Sorry. I've never heard that one before.
04:22I'm so, so embarrassed. I'm so sorry.
04:24So much to say about him. It's lovely.
04:26Good for you. Well done. So on the day that Captain Cook discovered Hawaii, I turn to you, Mark. It's
04:32a letters game. Off you go.
04:34Hi, Rachel.
04:35Hi, Mark.
04:36Can I have a consonant, please?
04:37We can, thank you. Start today with F.
04:40And another.
04:42N.
04:44And another.
04:45D.
04:47And a vowel.
04:49I.
04:50And another.
04:52O.
04:54And one more.
04:56I.
04:58And a consonant.
05:00C.
05:01And a vowel.
05:05A.
05:06And a final consonant, please.
05:07And a final S.
05:09And here's the countdown clock.
05:11The voice.
05:14I.
05:16I mean, I.
05:42Mark?
05:43I had just five.
05:44A five.
05:46And Nick?
05:46I'll try a seven.
05:48You'll try a seven.
05:49Let's have Mark's five first.
05:51Icons.
05:52Icons.
05:54And Nick?
05:55Ascons.
05:56A-S-C-O-N-D-S.
05:58Um, no, Ascend, not Ascond.
06:01Bad luck.
06:02How would you take us forward on that?
06:04Well, I think we've got a seven, haven't we?
06:06Casinos?
06:07No, you'll kill yourself.
06:09You know all about that, Nick.
06:10I've never seen one of those.
06:13So that's Mark at five.
06:15Nick yet to score.
06:16And so, Nick, it's your go.
06:19Hi, Rachel.
06:19Hi, Nick.
06:20Consonant, please.
06:21Start with T.
06:23And a vowel.
06:25O.
06:26A consonant, please.
06:29G.
06:30Another vowel.
06:32A.
06:33And a consonant.
06:36N.
06:37A vowel, please.
06:40E.
06:41And the consonant.
06:44S.
06:45And a vowel, please.
06:48O.
06:51I'll finish with the consonant, please.
06:53And finish with N.
06:56Stand by.
07:00I'll finish with the consonant.
07:01I'll finish with the consonant.
07:05I'll finish with the consonant.
07:07I'll finish with the consonant.
07:08I'll finish with the consonant.
07:11I'll finish with the consonant.
07:11I'll finish with the consonant.
07:13I'll finish with the consonant.
07:14I'll finish with the consonant.
07:14I'll finish with the consonant.
07:15I'll finish with the consonant.
07:15I'll finish with the consonant.
07:15I'll finish with the consonant.
07:16I'll finish with the consonant.
07:16I'll finish with the consonant.
07:17I'll finish with the consonant.
07:18I'll finish with the consonant.
07:18I'll finish with the consonant.
07:19I'll finish with the consonant.
07:24I'll finish with the consonant.
07:26I'll finish with the consonant.
07:27Nick?
07:28A seven.
07:29A seven.
07:30And Mark?
07:31A six.
07:32A six.
07:33What would that be, Mark?
07:34Agents.
07:35Agents.
07:36Nick?
07:37Stone Age.
07:38Oh.
07:41I don't think we're going to find it as one word.
07:45No, it's two words and it's capitalised as well, Nick.
07:48I'm sorry.
07:50OK.
07:51What, John, what have you got over there with Susie?
07:53I've got an eight-letter word here and I can't claim credit for it.
07:56It's Susie.
07:57Tonnages.
07:59Tonnages.
07:59With a double N.
08:00With a double N.
08:01I'm pretty sure you can put the S on it.
08:03It is the size or carrying capacity of a ship measured in tonnes.
08:07Well done, then.
08:09Well done.
08:10Well done, Mark.
08:11You're away to a flying start.
08:12Eleven to Nick's yet to start zero.
08:16And, Mark, it's the letters game for you.
08:18Consonant, please.
08:19Thank you, Mark.
08:21R.
08:22And another.
08:24G.
08:25And a vowel.
08:27U.
08:28And a consonant.
08:31T.
08:32And another.
08:34H.
08:36A vowel, please.
08:38O.
08:39And another.
08:42A.
08:43A consonant.
08:46C.
08:47And a final vowel, please.
08:49And a final I.
08:52Here's the clock.
08:53Or, be however I will do, please.
08:57Wha ́¶”ê°€.
09:05We'll see you.
09:09Bye.
09:12Please.
09:12Bye.
09:14Bye.
09:18Bye.
09:21Bye.
09:23I'm hungry.
09:24Mark?
09:24A six again.
09:26A six.
09:27And Nick?
09:27Just a five.
09:28A five.
09:29And what would that be?
09:30A rough.
09:31Rough.
09:32Mark?
09:33A gothic.
09:34Gothic.
09:35Susie and John?
09:36Yes, relating to goths or goth music with a small g.
09:39Well done.
09:39Well done.
09:41And can you take us further?
09:42Yes, sir.
09:43We've got a couple of seven letters.
09:45Ariko with a silent H.
09:47Yes, or harico.
09:48You can say harico.
09:49Yes, that's really good.
09:50French bean.
09:51Chariot?
09:52And chariots, another nice seven.
09:53Very good.
09:54Well done.
09:55Well done.
09:55And that sees Mark pushing on.
09:58Seventeen.
09:58Nick get the score.
09:59And Nick, it's your turn for a letters game.
10:02Consonant, please.
10:03Thank you, Nick.
10:05L.
10:06And a vowel.
10:08E.
10:09Another consonant.
10:11R.
10:13And a vowel, please.
10:14O.
10:15Another consonant.
10:18N.
10:19And a vowel, please.
10:22E.
10:23A consonant.
10:25Z.
10:29Another consonant, please.
10:32V.
10:35And a vowel.
10:37And to finish, U.
10:40Stand by.
10:42And a vowel.
11:01And a vowel.
11:01And a vowel, please.
11:03And a vowel, please.
11:03And a vowel, please.
11:03And a vowel, please.
11:03And a vowel, please.
11:06And a vowel, please.
11:12so Nick it's five five mark five result five so Nick's five lover lover and never okay any
11:23arguments about that Susie no arguments no both very nice we've possibly got one with a zed in
11:29here go on Susie breathed it to me zonu is that right yes yes it's a strange word z-o
11:36-n-u-l-e
11:37and it's used chiefly in anatomy and it means a small zone on the body oh brilliant well done Nick
11:44you're up on a wave score of five you've got a catch mark at 22 but that's not impossible and
11:52Mark the first numbers game off you go Eric they have two large and four small please you can of
11:58course thank you Mark two from the top and four from the little lot and for the first numbers game
12:03today the smalls are three seven eight and six and two large ones 25 and 100 and the target to
12:12reach
12:12eight hundred and ninety-three eight ninety-three
12:18so
12:23so
12:29so
12:34so
12:35so
12:37so
12:47Mark
12:47yep
12:48eight nine three well done and Nick
12:50no eight eight eight eight okay so
12:54Mark
12:55six plus three is nine six plus three nine times by a hundred nine hundred
13:00and minus seven well done eight nine three
13:08yeah you could have done eight times one hundred plus thirty one times three good if you wanted
13:14okay but what it does do is to establish Mark well in the lead now 32 to five and at
13:21that point
13:23we turn to John
13:24John well um I used to um
13:27go around the country doing little talks about Beethoven and people would come up to me
13:31um at the end of the talk and give me their Beethoven joke and over a period of about ten
13:36years I only ever collected two
13:38he just wasn't a funny kind of guy but I'll never forget one talk where I began by telling these
13:44two jokes now's not the moment they're far too long but at the end of my talk
13:48um some chaps who had been sitting at a table came up to me and they said um
13:53we didn't hear a word about your talk we didn't listen to a word but at the beginning you said
13:57you'd only ever heard
13:58two Beethoven jokes and we were determined to come up with a third and we've done it they said
14:04I said oh really tell me and one of them said okay
14:08Beethoven goes into a shop and buys a lottery ticket
14:12and the chap says to him you could win a lot of money this week Beethoven because it's a
14:17roll over Beethoven
14:20and you said that at the beginning of this program so I wonder were you at that talk
14:23no I wasn't I wasn't and I apologize for that
14:26tell me on your radio program you have complete free run you can do what you want
14:31the playlist is your playlist
14:33um not entirely because remember classic FM is 24 hours a day seven days a week
14:38we wouldn't want the same piece to be played twice within 24 hours
14:41so it's actually a carefully controlled playlist so that people are getting a wide variety
14:46um you know I play a wide range of composers
14:50it's done a great job bringing classical music
14:53yes
14:54to you know to a broad audience I think it's done a cracking job I really do
14:58so time for a tea time teaser and the teaser is
15:02nice dent
15:03wait for it and the clue a nice girl like Susie would never behave along these lines
15:27welcome back and you'll remember the clue a nice girl like Susie would never behave
15:33along these lines and the answer indecent indecent
15:39an impossibility thank you Susie and uh letters game Nick you're away
15:46okay consonant please thank you Nick
15:49S
15:51and a vowel
15:52A
15:54a consonant please
15:55M
15:57and a vowel
15:58E
16:01A consonant please
16:02S
16:04a vowel
16:06U
16:08and a consonant please
16:11T
16:12a vowel please
16:14E
16:16and a consonant
16:18and lastly
16:20R
16:22who
16:22is the clock
16:23is the clock
16:35oh
16:35oh
16:44oh
16:46oh
16:46oh
16:46oh
16:50me
16:54Nick?
16:56A seven.
16:57A seven.
16:59Mark?
16:59A seven as well.
17:00A seven.
17:00Okay.
17:01And Nick, yours would be?
17:02Amusers.
17:03Amusers.
17:04And Mark?
17:04Masters.
17:05Masters.
17:06Alright.
17:07Susie and John, any problems there?
17:10Unfortunately, Nick, you're having such a run of bad luck.
17:12Amuser is not specified in the dictionary, I'm afraid.
17:15Amuses would have been fine for six, but no R in there.
17:18Sorry.
17:19Alright.
17:19Anything else over there?
17:21Susie, John?
17:22A couple of eight-letter steamers.
17:25Yes.
17:26Steamers and measures, both left eight.
17:28Okay.
17:29Good.
17:29Well done.
17:32Mark is building up a good score there, 39 to five, as we turn to Mark for a letters
17:39game.
17:40Off you go.
17:41A consonant, please.
17:42Thank you, Mark.
17:43R.
17:44And a vowel.
17:47A.
17:48And another.
17:50E.
17:51And a consonant.
17:54P.
17:55And another.
17:57K.
17:58And one more.
18:01W.
18:02Vowel, please.
18:05A.
18:06And another.
18:09E.
18:11And a consonant, please.
18:13And lastly, N.
18:15Stand by.
18:16There are four more.
18:18To go there.
18:19The other three.
18:21One more.
18:24For the next.
18:35To go there.
18:35Not to go there.
18:41To go there.
18:44And another one.
18:48Mark, six, six for Mark, and Nick?
18:52Risk an eight.
18:54Risk an eight, okay.
18:55So, Mark?
18:57Eh, b***h.
18:59Right, and Nick?
19:02Weakener.
19:03Weakener.
19:05Susie?
19:06I think, actually, it would have been fine.
19:09Weakener is in, but you need three E's, and you've only got two.
19:12Oh, that's bad luck.
19:13That's such bad luck.
19:13Bad luck.
19:14And where does Mark stand on this?
19:17He stands absolutely, yes, absolutely fine.
19:18It's in the dictionary.
19:20Really good.
19:20Yep, I must allow it.
19:21And what have you got for us?
19:22Well, I got awaken, and then Susie pointed out I could put R-E in front of it, reawaken.
19:28That's a good one.
19:29That's excellent.
19:30Well done.
19:31Excellent.
19:32So, 45 to 5.
19:35It's looking tough for Nick.
19:37Let's see how you get on with the next letters game.
19:40Off you go.
19:41Constantly, please, Rachel.
19:42Thank you, Nick.
19:43R.
19:44And a vowel.
19:46I.
19:47Another consonant.
19:50T.
19:51And a vowel.
19:53A.
19:55Consonant.
19:57M.
19:58A vowel, please.
20:00E.
20:02Consonant.
20:04D.
20:06A vowel, please.
20:09U.
20:12And a consonant.
20:13And lastly, F.
20:16Here's the clock.
20:18Put it in.
20:32Okay.牛
20:33horn. Let's
20:34Let's
20:35do it. Thanks a
20:41lot. Listen to
20:43aetan. Fight. Let's
20:43do it.
20:43Hold up. First one.
20:44Give me a
20:47Should it pah policy?
20:49Nick?
20:50Just a six.
20:51A six. And Mark?
20:52A seven.
20:53A seven. So, Nick, what would your six be?
20:56Farmed.
20:57Farmed. Right. Mark?
21:00Matured.
21:02Matured. Right. Any problems with those?
21:04Nope. That's very nice. Matured.
21:06Well done.
21:07John, Susie, is fruited a word?
21:09Oh, it is, yes. A tree bears fruit. It fruits.
21:12And fruited is absolutely fine.
21:14Yep, that's the verb. That's a seven.
21:15It's only seven, but it's a nice one.
21:17Fifty-two to Mark. Mark, you're surging here.
21:20And Nick's still on five as we go into another letters game.
21:25Mark?
21:25A consonant, please.
21:27Thank you, Mark.
21:28N.
21:29And another.
21:32Y.
21:33And another.
21:35T.
21:37And a vowel.
21:39E.
21:40And another.
21:42A.
21:43And a consonant.
21:46H.
21:47And a vowel.
21:50O.
21:52And another vowel.
21:55A.
21:56And a consonant, please.
21:58And the last one.
22:00T.
22:00Clock.
22:02Clock.
22:04Clock.
22:05Clock.
22:07Mark.
22:07T.
22:07T.
22:07T.
22:08T.
22:08T.
22:09T.
22:09T.
22:10T.
22:33Mark?
22:34Just a five.
22:35A five. And Nick?
22:37A five also.
22:38All right. Mark, yours?
22:39A tone.
22:41A tone. And Nick?
22:43A tone.
22:44Right. Anything else in the corner?
22:46We could only manage no tape for six.
22:49Yes. One further.
22:50Very good. So, equal score on that point, but Nick, you've gone up to ten, you've doubled your score, Mark
22:55at 57, and now we turn and await to be astounded by Susie's Origins of Words section.
23:03I'm not sure you'll be astounded, but you may be amused by this one.
23:06No, you astound me every time I look at you. Go on.
23:08Well, two things on show in terms of idiomatic English. And the first is to show a leg. You say
23:16to somebody to get them to get out of bed and get moving.
23:19And in the days when seamen were refused, surely even case they deserted and mutinied, wives were allowed on board
23:26a berth ship, and they were permitted to lie in a little bit longer than the men.
23:30And in the morning, the bosun's mates had to check whoever was still asleep, and did so by requiring them
23:35to show a leg over the side of a hammock.
23:38If a leg was hairy, it was male, hopefully, and its owner was ordered to get up and begin work.
23:44And so I love that story.
23:45But just one more show, to show the white feathers, to show cowardice.
23:49And that goes back to white feathers in the tail of fighting cocks, which was held to be a sign
23:53of inferior breeding, apparently, and therefore became a metaphor for a lack of fighting spirit.
23:58Brilliant. I love it.
24:02Because the other day we talked about hairy women being better at maths, do you remember?
24:06We did.
24:07So hairy women...
24:08Hairy legs over the hammock.
24:10All that.
24:10And where, shake a leg, is that part of the same...
24:12Shake a leg, it probably is, actually, yes.
24:14Shake a leg over the side of the hammock.
24:15Excellent.
24:16Very, very good.
24:17So, Nick, it's a numbers game.
24:20You're on.
24:22One large and five small, please, Rachel.
24:24Thank you, Nick.
24:25One from the top row, five from the bottom lot.
24:27And for this round, the five small ones are four, eight, seven, three, two, and a large one, 100.
24:38And your target, 599.
24:40Five, nine, nine.
25:13Five, nine, nine, five, nine, nine, five, nine, nine.
25:17All right.
25:17Nick, take us away.
25:19Two plus four.
25:20Two plus four, six.
25:21Multiply by the hundred.
25:23600.
25:24And eight minus seven.
25:25Is the one.
25:26Well done.
25:28Good.
25:29And Mark?
25:30I did the same, but I said two times three is six.
25:33Yeah, great.
25:34Well done.
25:34Well done.
25:35So, as we go into the tea time teaser, the scores stand at 67 for Mark and 20 for Nick.
25:41And the teaser, Hunt Giggs.
25:44Not Ryan Giggs.
25:45Hunt Giggs.
25:46And the clue, it'll certainly help you with your aim in life.
26:05Welcome back, and you'll remember the clue.
26:08It'll certainly help you with your aim in life.
26:12And the answer, gunsight.
26:15Gunsight.
26:15And so, we turn to you, Mark.
26:18Letters game.
26:18Off you go.
26:20Consonant, please, Rachel.
26:21Thank you, Mark.
26:22W.
26:24And another.
26:26L.
26:27And another.
26:30G.
26:31And a vowel.
26:32A vowel.
26:34I.
26:34Another.
26:36E.
26:38A consonant, please.
26:40M.
26:42And another.
26:44P.
26:46And a vowel.
26:49U.
26:50And one more, please.
26:52And the last one.
26:53A.
26:55Here's the clock.
26:56A vowel.
27:28Mark, just five.
27:30A five.
27:31And Nick?
27:32I'll try six.
27:33A six.
27:34Okay.
27:35Mark, kick off with yours.
27:36Maple.
27:37Maple.
27:38And Nick?
27:39Ampule.
27:40Ampule.
27:43Nick, once again, you're having such bad luck.
27:45It is in there, but there is an American spelling of ampule with the O, so I have to disallow
27:51it.
27:52Very, very bad luck.
27:53Very well, that is bad luck.
27:54Bad luck.
27:54Can you take us further, John?
27:56I think I've got a seven-letter plumage.
27:58Excellent.
27:59Yeah.
28:00Very well done.
28:01Anything else?
28:02Yeah, there is a very nice six there, which is Magilp.
28:06I'll just show you on the pen cam here.
28:08You'll see it just next to Magilp, which is its usual spelling.
28:12So it's M-A-G-I-L-P, and it's a mixture of mastic resin and linseed oil added to
28:17oil paints used in the 19th century.
28:19Very good.
28:20So I'll try and work that into a conversation tomorrow.
28:22In the meantime, the scores are Mark 72 and Nick at 20.
28:27Nick, let us go.
28:28Consonant, please, Rachel.
28:29Thank you, Nick.
28:31T.
28:32And a vowel.
28:34E.
28:35Another consonant.
28:37M.
28:38And a vowel.
28:40I.
28:42Consonant, please.
28:44S.
28:45And a vowel.
28:47U.
28:49Consonant, please.
28:51X.
28:52And a vowel.
28:55O.
28:56Finally, a consonant, please.
28:57And finally, S.
29:00Here's the clock.
29:02The name of the Amplstand.
29:04The misty怕.
29:08The form.
29:16The clinician.
29:19Theician of the walking.
29:19The end.
29:19The wind.
29:20The end.
29:22The end.
29:23The end.
29:24The end.
29:25The end.
29:25The end.
29:26The end.
29:28The end.
29:33Nick?
29:34Six.
29:35A six for Nick.
29:37And Mark?
29:38A six.
29:39What's your six, Nick?
29:40Mouses.
29:41Mouses.
29:42Mark?
29:43Smites.
29:45Smites.
29:46We have computer mouse.
29:48They can be computer mouses or mice.
29:51So either way, it's fine.
29:52Well done.
29:52Well done.
29:53And you can take us further, perhaps, John.
29:56Can we build on what Nick said?
29:58Mousiest?
29:59Mousiest is there.
30:00Excellent, yes.
30:00That's brilliant.
30:01Mousiest.
30:02Mousiest.
30:03Look at that.
30:03Well done.
30:03Well done.
30:05Now we've got 78 to Mark, 26 to Nick as we go.
30:08Mark, a letters game.
30:10Off you go.
30:11A consonant, please, Rachel.
30:13Thank you, Mark.
30:14D.
30:15And another.
30:18F.
30:19And a vowel.
30:22A.
30:23Another.
30:25I.
30:27One more, please.
30:29E.
30:29A consonant.
30:32A consonant.
30:34Another consonant.
30:36R.
30:37And one more.
30:40D.
30:41And a vowel.
30:42And lastly.
30:44I.
30:46Countdown clock.
30:48And a vowel.
31:05And a vowel.
31:06And a vowel.
31:06And a vowel.
31:06And a vowel.
31:06And a vowel.
31:06And a vowel.
31:06And a vowel.
31:06And a vowel.
31:18Mark?
31:19A six.
31:20A six.
31:21And Nick?
31:22An eight.
31:23An eight.
31:24OK, good.
31:24We'll come back to you.
31:25Mark?
31:26Failed.
31:27Failed.
31:29Nick?
31:30Fiddleia?
31:30Yes.
31:31Excellent.
31:32Well done.
31:33Well done.
31:35Well done.
31:38Fiddleia.
31:38Well done.
31:39Susie and John, what have you got?
31:41Airfield is also there.
31:42We got Fiddleia.
31:43Well done, Nick, but Airfield is there, isn't it?
31:45It is lovely.
31:45Fiddleia's a good one, isn't it?
31:46Excellent.
31:47Well, that takes, Nick, you're up to 34 to mark 78.
31:51Nick, it's a numbers game, the final one, and you're on.
31:55One large and five small, please, Rachel.
31:57Thank you, Nick.
31:58One large and five small coming up.
32:00And for the last time today, they are two, one, another two, seven, eight, and this time
32:08the large one, 25, and the target, 384.
32:13384.
32:40Uh-huh.
32:45Nick.
32:463, 8, 6.
32:473, 8, 6. And Mark?
32:493, 8, 4.
32:503, 8, 4. Let's hear it from you.
32:5325 minus 1 is 24.
32:5525 minus 1, yep, 24.
32:56And 8 times 2 is 16.
32:58Yep.
32:59And multiply.
33:00And that gets you straight to 3, 8, 4. Well done.
33:02Well done.
33:03Well done.
33:06So that takes Mark to 88 against 34.
33:11So it's time for today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:14Fingers on buzzers please.
33:16Reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:41Mark.
33:42Bloodiest.
33:43Bloodiest. Let's have a little look at this.
33:46Well done.
33:48Well done, Mark.
33:51Well done.
33:54Just shy of 100 at 98.
33:57Nick at 34 is a tough fold.
33:59Contender you've got there, Nick.
34:00But a good loser.
34:03Well done.
34:03Well done.
34:04So, back to Russia.
34:06How long were you there?
34:0719 years.
34:08Really?
34:09From so, from when?
34:10Just after early 90s?
34:12Yeah, 92.
34:13You saw some big changes.
34:15You went through Yeltsin and all this and Putin.
34:17All those, yeah.
34:18Yeah?
34:18Yeah.
34:19Well, it's good to see you looking so healthy, frankly.
34:22Because, I mean, you know, those were tough, tough, difficult years, yeah?
34:26Very, yeah.
34:27Have they got a good future?
34:29Russia?
34:29As a country, yeah.
34:30Very powerful in resources.
34:32Yeah, politically a little bit difficult.
34:35Strained.
34:36Yeah, you wouldn't want to argue too much, would you?
34:38Anyway, well done, Nick.
34:40You're not going home empty-handed.
34:42You're taking a goodie bag with you.
34:43Well done, Mark.
34:45And cheerio to John and Susie.
34:46We'll see you again tomorrow.
34:47Looking forward to that.
34:49And, of course, Rachel, tell me this, thinking about Nick over here.
34:53What about a lovely honeymoon in Russia?
34:56I was hoping for somewhere more, where I could take a bikini, let's put it that way.
35:01I don't know how many nice beaches with cocktails and et cetera there are in Russia.
35:06But I think we'll put that up there with, was it Mongolia that you went to?
35:10Yeah.
35:10That's on the no list.
35:11Yeah.
35:12No beaches in Mongolia, interestingly.
35:15No.
35:15But Russia can get hot.
35:17Yeah.
35:17I think if Jamie wants a marriage longer than the honeymoon, then possibly not Russia for the honeymoon.
35:24It's my top tip for him if he's watching.
35:26All right.
35:27Hawaii.
35:28I'll have a word with him.
35:29So, same time tomorrow.
35:31Good afternoon.
35:43Well, some unconventional mums and their new arrivals, One Born Every Minute, is tonight at nine o'clock, here on
35:50four.
35:50Next this afternoon, to the Dream Factory for Noel and that chance of a lifetime.
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