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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34Here we are, Thursday 6th of December.
00:37When the research department handed me this note
00:40saying it was St Nicholas' Day, I said,
00:43now, kind of you, but steady on.
00:45I mean, I'm not a bad sort of fellow, but am I canonised?
00:50They said, no, it's nothing to do with you.
00:52It's actually to do with Santa Claus, who is a 4th century saint.
00:56So, do you think I'd make it?
00:58What would I be like, do you think, running a toy workshop in the North Pole?
01:02Oh, can you imagine the morale of the elves just going down?
01:07You standing over them.
01:08No, no, no, that's no good.
01:10You're going to have to be fired.
01:12I will fire them out into the snow.
01:14Do they just kind of edit in with our faces of you grimacing
01:17and you're actually there being really cheerful and encouraging?
01:20No, no, right through that filming process.
01:24There are no, none of that funny retake nonsense, no.
01:27And we've got six cameramen around us and we don't know where they are
01:30and they're so discreet that we're ourselves, actually, truthfully.
01:34So, it's all genuine.
01:35I'm pleased to report.
01:37So, we won't be sending you to the North Pole?
01:38Up to you.
01:39I don't actually want to go to the North Pole.
01:41I want to go to Tahiti, where it's warmer and you can have a swim
01:46and everybody's nice and they say, aloha.
01:49OK.
01:49That's where I want to go.
01:50So, nothing to do with Christmas?
01:51Nothing to do with Christmas.
01:52Right, OK.
01:53I say, bah humbug.
01:54Now then, who have we got with it?
01:55Yeah, believe it.
01:56So, are you back again?
01:58Again, yeah.
01:59Again.
01:59But you're under pressure all the time
02:01and I hope to see you under pressure from Chris Broadway,
02:05a retired computer programmer from Meisteg.
02:08Is that the right pronunciation?
02:09It is, yes.
02:10Very good.
02:11We had somebody from Sketty who put him under the cosh yesterday.
02:16So, let's see what our Chris from Meisteg in Wales can do.
02:19You enjoy country walks and visiting historic sites.
02:22Come round to my place.
02:24Do you have a favourite historic site?
02:27Carisbrook Castle.
02:28Yes.
02:29On the Isle of Wight.
02:32Isle of Wight's rather special, isn't it?
02:33It is indeed.
02:34Yeah, I had a holiday there last year.
02:36I loved it.
02:37I thought it was brilliant.
02:37You're a Scrabble player, a classical music listener,
02:40and a member of the University of the Third Age.
02:43That's right.
02:44Welcome.
02:45Yes!
02:46Very good.
02:47You've got some friends in.
02:50You'd come in a bus with them.
02:51Anyway, very warm welcome to you, Chris,
02:54and welcome back, Sahel.
02:55A big round of applause.
02:56Come along.
02:58APPLAUSE
03:01Welcome back, Susie and the great Paul Zenon.
03:05Welcome, Paul.
03:07Getting near Christmas.
03:08You slowing down at all?
03:09Not at all.
03:10Well, physically, maybe, but work-wise,
03:12we've got a show opening tonight, actually,
03:14running the whole of December.
03:15Where's that?
03:16It's a place called Sturmer Hall,
03:17kind of in the countryside near Cambridge,
03:19so we're doing a big sort of Christmas circus-y spectacular thing,
03:21so we're going to dash straight from here to there
03:23for the opening night.
03:24Oh, well, travel safely.
03:26Very good.
03:26Is that just a one-night affair, or...?
03:28No, it's right through till New Year's Eve, I think,
03:30it's the last one.
03:30Oh, good for you.
03:31Yeah.
03:31Good for you.
03:32Anyway, brilliant stuff,
03:34but now let's get on with today's business.
03:37Sahel, will you take us away?
03:39Hiya, Rachel.
03:40Hiya, Sahel.
03:41Can I start with the consonant, please?
03:42You can, thank you.
03:42Start today with C.
03:45And another.
03:47P.
03:48And another.
03:50S.
03:51And a vowel, please.
03:53I.
03:54And another.
03:56O.
03:57And another.
03:59I.
04:00And a consonant, please.
04:04V.
04:04And another.
04:07D.
04:08And a final vowel, please.
04:10And a final E.
04:12And here's the countdown clock.
04:14I.
04:15And a final vowel.
04:43I.
04:43And a final vowel, please.
04:45Now, Sahil.
04:46Er, just a six.
04:47Chris? Six.
04:48All right, Sahil.
04:50Er, copies.
04:51Copies. Now then, Chris?
04:53Poised.
04:54Poised. Always poised.
04:56Yes.
04:56Happy?
04:57Happy.
04:57Paul?
04:58Er, yeah, another couple of sixes there as well with, um, spiced and videos.
05:03Er, but there was an eight there, er, with, er, episodic.
05:07Episodic. Ah, yes.
05:09APPLAUSE
05:14I suppose we're episodic in a way.
05:16Now then, Chris, a letters game for you.
05:19Consonant, please.
05:20Thank you, Chris.
05:22F.
05:23Consonant.
05:25D.
05:27Consonant.
05:29K.
05:31Vowel.
05:33A.
05:35Consonant.
05:37T.
05:38Vowel, please.
05:41E.
05:44Consonant.
05:45R.
05:49Consonant.
05:50S.
05:51And vowel, please.
05:53And the last one, U.
05:55And here's the clock.
05:56H.
05:57A.
05:58A.
05:58B feliz.
06:00A.
06:04Co.
06:05A.
06:10D.
06:10A.
06:18A.
06:19A.
06:19A.
06:20A.
06:20A.
06:20B.
06:20A.
06:21B.
06:22A.
06:23A.
06:26B.
06:27Yes, Chris?
06:29Seven.
06:30A seven.
06:30So, Hale?
06:31Just a six.
06:32And your six?
06:34Skated.
06:35Stated.
06:35Chris?
06:37Darkest.
06:38Darkest.
06:38Excellent.
06:40Yes, very good for seven.
06:40Darkest time is just before dawn.
06:42Now then, Paul, what have you got for us?
06:43Yeah, nothing else, really.
06:44You could add skater as well as skated,
06:46but darkest was about as good as it gets, I think, there.
06:48Yeah.
06:49Very good.
06:50Well done.
06:5113 to six.
06:52So, Hale, look out.
06:54It's your letters game.
06:55Can you have a consonant, please?
06:57Thank you, Sir Hale.
06:58N.
06:59And another.
07:01D.
07:02And another.
07:05R.
07:06And a vowel, please.
07:08E.
07:09And another.
07:10O.
07:11And another.
07:13E.
07:14And a consonant, please.
07:17B.
07:18And another.
07:20N.
07:22And a final consonant, please.
07:24And a final V.
07:26It's TikTok time.
07:58Well, for Hale?
07:59Just a six.
08:00A six. Chris?
08:01Five.
08:02And your five?
08:04Roved.
08:05Roved.
08:06De-bone?
08:07De-bone?
08:08Certainly can de-bone.
08:10Chicken.
08:11Chicken, for example.
08:12That's absolutely fine.
08:14And roved is also fine.
08:17Yes, to travel without a fixed destination.
08:20Jolly good.
08:21Now then, 12 to 13, still slightly adrift there.
08:24Chris, see whether you can extend your lead.
08:26Letters go.
08:27Consonant, please.
08:29Thank you, Chris.
08:30Z.
08:32Consonant.
08:34N.
08:35Vowel.
08:38U.
08:40Consonant.
08:42N.
08:44Vowel.
08:46A.
08:48Consonant.
08:50P.
08:53Consonant.
08:55R.
08:57Vowel.
08:59I.
09:01And vowel, please.
09:03And the last one.
09:04E.
09:06Clock time.
09:07II.
09:34I.
09:36I.
09:37Yes, Chris?
09:39Seven.
09:40Sir Hale?
09:41Just a six.
09:42And your six?
09:43Punia.
09:44Punia.
09:45Chris?
09:46Pannier.
09:47A pannier.
09:48Excellent.
09:49Very good.
09:49Well done.
09:50Paul?
09:51A grand total of nothing else apart from that.
09:54I think that's as good as it gets.
09:55Pannier being one of the bags that you have on either side of your bike or motorbike, for example.
10:00Or a horse.
10:00Or a horse.
10:01Is that where you put the bread or something?
10:03It comes from the French.
10:05Yes, it's related to pain.
10:07A bread basket.
10:08And also companion, which meant someone you broke bread with.
10:11Oh, I see.
10:13Very good.
10:1412 to 20.
10:16Chris, you're doing very well here.
10:17It's a numbers game, Sir Hale.
10:19Your numbers, please.
10:21One large and the rest of all, please, Rachel.
10:23Thank you, Sir Hale.
10:24One large.
10:25Five little ones coming up for you.
10:27And for the first time today, your numbers are one, two, four, nine, three, and the large
10:35one, 25.
10:35And the target, 793.
10:39793.
10:40member of the market.
10:46Goodbye.
10:48Bye.
10:50Bye.
10:51Bye.
11:11Now, then, Sahil.
11:12Just got 795, not written down properly.
11:15All right. Chris?
11:17I've not made it, sorry. Over to you, Sahil.
11:20Right, um, 9 minus 1 is 8.
11:239 minus 1 is 8.
11:25Er, times 4.
11:26Times 4, 32.
11:28Times 25.
11:29Times 25, 800.
11:30And take away the 3 and the 2.
11:32And then the 3 and the 2 for 795, two away.
11:37795.
11:38Can you get to 793?
11:40Um, yes.
11:41If you say 25 minus 3 is 22.
11:45Times by 4 is 88.
11:48Times that by 9 is 792.
11:52And add on the 1.
11:54793.
11:54Bravo. Well done.
11:57Well done, Rachel.
12:02Ever reliable.
12:03Now, then, only one behind now, Sahil.
12:0519 to 20.
12:06Chris, well done.
12:08But now we must turn to the Zenon.
12:11Paul, what have you got up your sleeve?
12:13Well, a little kind of pre-Christmas cautionary tale.
12:16And, er...
12:17Why are you coming over here?
12:18Well, I suspect that once upon a time,
12:21you may have been involved in the church somehow as a young boy.
12:24Were you ever an altar boy or a choir boy?
12:25I was certainly an altar boy.
12:27You were an altar boy.
12:28Okay.
12:29In Joe Weaver at Altari Day.
12:30Well, I'm sure you say that now.
12:33What I want you to do is stand up and relive the experience for a moment.
12:36Just stand up.
12:37Yes, indeed, you do.
12:38You're going to be an altar boy again.
12:41You're going to take the collection.
12:42It's like collecting money.
12:43It is, yes.
12:43It's a little kind of church collection bag.
12:45I just want you to hold it in both hands.
12:47Like that?
12:48Just nice and steady there.
12:49Okay.
12:50Now, this is a cautionary tale, as I say.
12:52The Feast of St Nicholas, which is today,
12:55was celebrated when you were a boy,
12:57probably very much the same.
12:58Do you remember an old lady who used to come to the church?
13:01She used to save up crowns.
13:04This is how long ago it was.
13:06Five silver crowns she managed to save through the whole year,
13:09and she used to put that in the church collection.
13:11But just to make sure it was safe,
13:13she'd wrap it up in a little silk handkerchief like that
13:16and tie a knot in it.
13:17So every year, she'd drop her money in the collection bag
13:21like that.
13:23However, young Nick was actually someone in disguise.
13:26Who he was was a guy who was actually called Old Nick,
13:29who used to dress up as an altar boy.
13:31Yes.
13:32Old Nick was a bit of a boozer, right,
13:33and he used to squander his ill-gotten gains from the collection
13:36at the local pub.
13:37Right.
13:38Okay.
13:38But one day he got caught out.
13:40This happened several years ago,
13:41because the local Bobby was actually in church
13:44and recognised him from his late-night drinking sessions with him.
13:46Right.
13:47In the lock-in.
13:47So what he did, he chased him.
13:49And as he chased him,
13:52money began to appear
13:54from various paces
13:57on young Nick's body.
13:59Like this.
14:01And it soon became apparent
14:03that young Nick was Old Nick in disguise.
14:05Everybody realised as he ran along the street.
14:09And so what happened next
14:12was quite bizarre.
14:14The copper caught up with him,
14:17grabbed the money off him,
14:19went back and looked in the collection bag,
14:21and sure enough,
14:22he confirmed his suspicions.
14:25Inside,
14:26the money had disappeared.
14:27Nick had to surrender.
14:28He got nicked on the feast of St Nicholas
14:30and had to spend the night in the nick.
14:32So endeth the lesson.
14:34Brilliant stuff.
14:35Well done.
14:39Excellent.
14:40And I didn't feel a thing.
14:42Absolutely.
14:43Well done, Paul.
14:44But now it's time for a tea-time teaser,
14:47which is Taint Ivy.
14:49The clue,
14:50it's not a play on words,
14:51it's a word about a play.
14:54It's not a play on words,
14:55it's a word about a play.
15:12Welcome back.
15:13And the clue I left you with,
15:15it's not a play on words,
15:16it's a word about play.
15:18And the play,
15:20the nativity play.
15:22Nativity.
15:23Now then,
15:2419 to 20,
15:26Chris in the lead.
15:26Well done.
15:27And we turn to you now, Chris.
15:29See whether you can extend it.
15:30It's a letters game.
15:31Consonant, please.
15:32Thank you, Chris.
15:34H.
15:35Consonant.
15:37B.
15:40Consonant, please.
15:42N.
15:44Consonant.
15:45T.
15:47Vowel.
15:48A.
15:50Vowel.
15:51O.
15:54Vowel.
15:56U.
15:56U.
15:58Consonant.
16:00M.
16:02And vowel, please.
16:04And lastly,
16:05E.
16:06Stand by.
16:37Now then, Chris.
16:39Six.
16:41Sahel.
16:42Seven.
16:43All right, Chris.
16:44Amount.
16:45Amount.
16:45Sahel.
16:46Boatman.
16:47Boatman.
16:48Very good.
16:49Happy?
16:50Very happy.
16:50All right.
16:51Now then, Paul.
16:53I think there may be another seven there with Hambone, is that?
16:56Hambone.
16:57Hambone.
16:58Yeah, it's a North American term.
17:00It's related to us saying that an actor is very hammy.
17:03It's an inferior actor or performer,
17:05especially one who uses this furious black accent.
17:08And it probably goes back to...
17:10Both ham and Hambone go back to the idea of actors covering themselves
17:14in cheap ham fat in order to black themselves up.
17:19Is that right?
17:19Yeah.
17:20Really?
17:20Yeah.
17:21Fantastic.
17:22Now then, 26 to 20, Sahel back in the lead there, but for how long?
17:26Let's see.
17:27Sahel, letters game.
17:29Another consonant, please.
17:30Thank you, Sahel.
17:46And a final vowel, please.
17:58And a final E.
18:01And bye.
18:02Bye-bye.
18:02Bye-bye.
18:14Bye-bye.
18:16Bye-bye.
18:20Bye-bye.
18:22Bye-bye.
18:24Bye-bye.
18:25Bye-bye.
18:27Bye-bye.
18:27Bye-bye.
18:28Bye-bye.
18:30Bye-bye.
18:30Bye-bye.
18:31Bye-bye.
18:31Bye-bye.
18:32Yes, Sahil?
18:33Seven.
18:34Seven. Chris?
18:35Seven.
18:37Sahil?
18:38Capotes or capotes?
18:40Yeah.
18:41Yes, Chris?
18:42Postage.
18:43Postage.
18:44Excellent.
18:45We happy all round?
18:46Yes, the capotes are those hooded cloaks that we had quite recently.
18:50It was the other day, yeah, pop up.
18:51Now and again. Now then, Paul?
18:53Yes, we also got capotes and postage and nothing else.
18:57In that order. Brilliant stuff.
18:5933 to 27. Sahil's still in the lead as we turn to you, Chris.
19:04Consonant, please.
19:05Thank you, Chris.
19:06R.
19:07Consonant.
19:09D.
19:12Vowel.
19:13A.
19:15Consonant.
19:17G.
19:19Vowel.
19:21I.
19:23Consonant.
19:25L.
19:27Vowel.
19:29O.
19:32Consonant.
19:33D.
19:35And, um, vowel, please.
19:38And the last one.
19:39E.
19:40Here we go.
19:43And the last one.
19:45And a.
20:11And the last two.
20:11And the last two.
20:11So,
20:11and the last two.
20:12Yes, Chris.
20:13Six.
20:14Six.
20:15So, Hale?
20:16A risky seven.
20:18Chris?
20:19Railed.
20:20Railed.
20:21So, Hale?
20:22Gloried.
20:23Gloried.
20:23Absolutely fine.
20:25Gloried is absolutely fine.
20:27Well done, yes.
20:27Very good.
20:28Well done.
20:28Yep.
20:29Paul?
20:30Just one of the seven there with griddle.
20:33Griddle.
20:3340 to 27.
20:34Look at this, So, Hale.
20:35You're marching away again.
20:37You've no shame at all.
20:38And it's your letters game.
20:40A bit of a consonant, please.
20:41Thank you, So, Hale.
20:42S.
20:43And another.
20:46R.
20:47And another.
20:49T.
20:50And a vowel, please.
20:52A.
20:53And another.
20:55E.
20:56And another.
20:58O.
21:00And a consonant, please.
21:02H.
21:03And another.
21:05P.
21:06And a vowel, please.
21:09And the last one.
21:09E.
21:11And off.
21:13And off.
21:43Well, Sir Hale?
21:44A seven.
21:46A seven. Chris?
21:47A six.
21:49And your six?
21:51Thank you, Sir Hale.
21:53And repaced?
21:55Repaced. OK.
21:58It's not that repassed, but not repaced.
22:01Bad luck.
22:02Bad luck. Bad luck indeed.
22:04So, 40 plays 33 now.
22:07You've narrowed the gap.
22:08But in the corner, Paul?
22:10A couple of eights we had with preheats and operates.
22:16Ah, yes.
22:21Well done. Well done, Sir Hale.
22:23Seven ahead, but now we must turn to Susie.
22:25Susie, origins of words. What have you got for us today?
22:27Well, I'm going to talk about James Bond,
22:29which won't go down very well with Rach,
22:30because I know Bond is her favourite subject.
22:34But it's been in the news a lot, obviously,
22:36with Skyfall coming out.
22:37Yeah.
22:38This year.
22:39And we always ask ourselves,
22:41who's the best Bond, the best villain, the best song?
22:44But we rarely ask ourselves,
22:45which is the best Bond word?
22:48And if you go back to Ian Fleming's novels,
22:50you'll find they're quoted many, many times
22:53in the Oxford English Dictionary.
22:54It may not be the first instance of a particular word,
22:57but he was so prolific,
22:58and obviously the novels have been so popular
23:01that he's made quite an impact on English.
23:03The one that's quoted most in the OED
23:05is On Her Majesty's Secret Service,
23:07which actually ironically divides people.
23:10But I'll give you an example of some of the words
23:12that are in there.
23:13The world inhabited by a super spy
23:15is obviously quite an international one.
23:18Bond's no exception.
23:19There are nightingale floors,
23:21which are wonderfully wooden floors,
23:23which warn of intruders
23:24by emitting a little chirping sound
23:26as you walk over them.
23:28He schusses in Switzerland.
23:30He takes up the lotus position.
23:33And we hear about clinklings,
23:35which are Jamaican songbirds.
23:37And Fleming lived in Jamaica in Goldeneye,
23:39which was his villa.
23:41We all know that Bond enjoys a tipple or two.
23:43But ironically, martini isn't a word
23:45that is in the Oxford English Dictionary
23:47in relation to him.
23:48But there are stingers,
23:49which are whiskey and sodas.
23:51Negronis.
23:52And for your eyes only.
23:54And creme de menthe,
23:54James Bond, is mentioned there as well.
23:56I think it's his thunderball enemy
23:57who has one of those.
23:59And it's obviously quite a tough job that he has.
24:01He has to battle Smirsch.
24:03That's in there,
24:04the popular name of the Russian
24:05counter-espionage organisation.
24:07And chink,
24:08which is to make a quick turn
24:09to dodge his pursuer.
24:10And he has a bit of downtime
24:11when he has a massage
24:13that involves stroking with the heel of the hand.
24:15And that's effleurage.
24:17And he's there in the OED
24:18under that one as well.
24:19And should we get two carries away?
24:21He's also there in the entries
24:22for scissors and stones,
24:24which is a variation of rock, paper, scissors.
24:27So he obviously has a few schoolboy pursuits as well.
24:29Very good.
24:35Very good.
24:36I remember Smirsch.
24:37Smirsch.
24:38It was death to spies.
24:40Remember that?
24:40Yeah.
24:41I think a spion is Russian for spy.
24:43Spion.
24:44Yeah, and German.
24:45And German?
24:46Yes.
24:46Really?
24:46I think I should be on.
24:47OK.
24:48Excellent stuff.
24:50Now then, numbers.
24:51Chris, your turn to choose your numbers.
24:53There's Rachel.
24:55Four small and two large, please.
24:57Thank you, Chris.
24:58Two from the top row,
24:59four from the bottom lot.
25:00And for your first numbers game,
25:02they are nine,
25:04two,
25:05six,
25:06and another nine.
25:08And the two large ones,
25:0825 and 75.
25:11And the target,
25:12601.
25:13601.
25:14601.
25:15601.
25:17601.
25:17601.
25:18601.
25:19601.
25:19601.
25:20601.
25:21601.
25:22601.
25:23601.
25:23601.
25:24601.
25:26601.
25:27601.
25:28601.
25:28601.
25:29601.
25:30601.
25:30601.
25:31601.
25:32601.
25:32601.
25:33601.
25:34601.
25:35601.
25:40601.
25:44Yes, Chris?
25:456.01.
25:47Thank you. Sahil? 6.01 as well. OK, Chris, show us how.
25:516 and 2 make 8 times 75 equals 600.
25:56And I need 1, which is 9 over 9.
26:00You do indeed. Well done.
26:02Very good. Sahil? Exactly the same way.
26:05Well done indeed.
26:07APPLAUSE
26:09Very good. So, of course, Sahil, 50.
26:12To Chris's 43, we turn to a tea-time teaser,
26:15which is Set Point.
26:16And the clue,
26:17No tennis but his racket may lead to court.
26:21No tennis but his racket may lead to court.
26:40And what would lead him to court? A nepotist. A nepotist.
26:47It goes back to Latin for nephew.
26:49Nepotism is to indulge or to give favours to somebody in your own family.
26:54And Bob's your uncle was the greatest representation of nepotism.
26:58I think it was Robert Balfour who kept giving his nephew lots and lots and lots of good jobs.
27:02Really?
27:03In government, yes.
27:04And I guess if it's sort of inappropriate, it can take you to court.
27:09Probably.
27:09Be careful.
27:1050 to 43 says Sahil's in the lead.
27:13And Sahil, your letters game.
27:16Have a consonant, please.
27:17Thank you, Sahil.
27:19Q.
27:20And another.
27:22L.
27:23And another.
27:25N.
27:26And a vowel, please.
27:28U.
27:29And another.
27:30E.
27:32And another.
27:34I.
27:35And a consonant, please.
27:38J.
27:39And another.
27:42C.
27:44And a final consonant, please.
27:49And a final W.
27:51It's count time.
27:52C.
27:53C.
27:54C.
27:55C.
27:55C.
27:56C.
27:57C.
27:58C.
27:59C.
28:12C.
28:13C.
28:13C.
28:13C.
28:13C.
28:13C.
28:25C.
28:26C.
28:27C.
28:28C.
28:28Sir Hale? Wince. Thank you. And Chris? Quince. Quince. That's the one we're after. Well done.
28:35Excellent. What else have we got there? No, not once. We seem to have psychic contestants.
28:39We've got wince and quince once again in that order and nothing else. Very good. Well done, Paul.
28:44So, 50 says 49. Just one point behind there, Chris, and it's your letters game.
28:49So, what are you going to do for us? Consonant, please. Thank you, Chris. F.
28:54Vowel. A. Consonant. R. Consonant. S. Vowel. E. Consonant. M. Consonant. T.
29:18E. Vowel. I. And, um, consonant, please.
29:28And the last one. H. Stand by.
30:03Very good. Chris? Seven. Seven. Sir Hale?
30:06Er, I think a seven. Right. Chris? Myvos. Thank you. And Sir Hale?
30:13A shifter. A shifter.
30:15Er, can you just be a shifter on your, um, own?
30:21Yes, you can. The personal things, it shifts something. It wasn't worth looking it up.
30:25Very good. Very good. All right, then.
30:28So, in the corner, what have we got there?
30:31Er, nothing really. Myvos was the top one with just short, rude, childish ones, apart from that, really.
30:38Er, there's atheism.
30:40Oh, right, OK. So, yeah. Not so childish, that one. Um, for seven.
30:43Atheism. Yep.
30:45Very good. All right. 57 to 56. He's, er, Sir Hale, one point ahead.
30:51Now then, Sir Hale, letters game.
30:52Can we have a consonant, please?
30:53Thank you, Sir Hale.
30:55G. And another.
30:58M. And another.
31:01S. And a vowel, please.
31:04A. And another.
31:07O. And another.
31:10A.
31:12And a consonant, please.
31:14D. And another.
31:17S. And a final vowel, please.
31:20And a final E.
31:22Here we go.
31:24Here we go.
31:26A.
31:26Yeah.
31:54Here we go.
31:54I.
31:54Here we go.
31:55Now then, Sir Hale?
31:56A seven.
31:57A seven. Chris?
31:58Seven.
31:59Sir Hale?
32:01Damages.
32:02Damages.
32:02Chris?
32:03Amassed.
32:05Amassed.
32:05Very good.
32:06Pretty good, eh?
32:07Yep, excellent, though.
32:08Not bad at all.
32:09Paul?
32:10There was an eight there, if you massaged them around enough.
32:13Massaged.
32:14Massaged. Very good.
32:16Very good indeed.
32:20Very good.
32:21So, Chris, only one point behind as we go into the last numbers
32:26or letters game of the day, and it's down to you, Chris.
32:30Four small and two large, please.
32:32Thank you, Chris. Same again.
32:33Two from the top, four little ones.
32:34And we could be on our way to another crucial conundrum.
32:37Let's see.
32:38The last numbers game is five, three, four and nine,
32:43and the large, 225 and 50.
32:46And the target to reach? 737.
32:49737.
32:54837.
32:55837.
32:56837.
33:00837.
33:00837.
33:01837.
33:02837.
33:03937.
33:03937.
33:04937.
33:04937.
33:05937.
33:05937.
33:051037.
33:061037.
33:061037.
33:071037.
33:071037.
33:081037.
33:081037.
33:091037.
33:091037.
33:101037.
33:101037.
33:10.
33:21Chris?
33:23737.
33:24Right, so Hale?
33:26Yeah, 737.
33:27OK, Chris, take it away.
33:295 times 3 is 15.
33:31Yep.
33:32Times 50, 750.
33:35750.
33:36Then subtract the 9 and 4.
33:38Well done, 737.
33:40Same route?
33:41Same route, yeah.
33:42Well done.
33:42Well done, Sahil.
33:43Happy?
33:44Good, well done.
33:50So, as Rachel, as it is indeed a crucial conundrum, 74 plays 73.
33:55Sahil, one point ahead.
33:56So, conundrum time, fingers on buzzers.
33:59Let's reveal today's countdown conundrum.
34:06Sahil, you're at it again.
34:07Is it following?
34:08Following.
34:09Following, let's have a look.
34:11Well done.
34:20Very well done.
34:22But, again, your co-contender, as it were, gives you a run for your money, eh?
34:27Too close for comfort again.
34:30You're going to be losing weight around here.
34:32Chris, Broadway, thank you so much for coming.
34:35It was a pleasure, and it was also tremendous to see Sahil under pressure once again.
34:40Well done.
34:40So, we're sending you home with a goodie bag, with our very best wishes.
34:43Have a safe journey.
34:44Come and see us again.
34:46Thank you very much.
34:47Well done.
34:47We shall see you tomorrow.
34:49We shall.
34:50Look forward to it.
34:52Kind of.
34:53You're a terror, you are.
34:54Now then, see you tomorrow.
34:56See you tomorrow.
34:57See you tomorrow.
34:57You're going to rush off now.
34:59I have.
34:59Travel safely.
35:01But you get back here tomorrow.
35:02I will.
35:03Definitely.
35:03Well done.
35:04See you then.
35:04Cheers.
35:05See you tomorrow, Rachel.
35:06See you tomorrow.
35:07Bye-bye.
35:07And tomorrow, same time, same place, we'll be here.
35:11You make sure you are.
35:12You be sure of it.
35:23They've got a pop-up calf with all sorts going down, including Alan Carr with a fig roulette
35:28situation tonight at nine.
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35:30It's Jamie and Jimmy's Food Fight Club.
35:32Coming up, ToxFig Alert and the 1001 things you should know.
35:43Bye-bye.
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