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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio on Wednesday the 23rd of January.
00:37And Carolee and our factoid queen, she's been at it again, busily scouring the world for interesting things that happened
00:43on this day.
00:44And back in 1986, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, she tells me, in the US welcomed its first
00:50inductees.
00:51Who were they? Well, they had Elvis Presley. He came on. He died on a lavatory, sadly.
00:57James Brown, who sang I Feel Good, didn't feel that great on Christmas Day that year because he died.
01:04And of course, Buddy Holly, who ends up at the wrong end of a plane crash.
01:10Groups or individuals, I'm told, in the music industry are celebrated, sometimes posthumously, at least 25 years after the release
01:17of their first recording.
01:18And this got me to thinking, who, in my humble opinion, has made the greatest impact on me in popular
01:25music?
01:25And I think it's down to Bobby Dillon, little Bobby Zimmerman.
01:28What about you?
01:29Green Day or a bit of Blink-182.
01:31I've never heard of them.
01:33Are they current?
01:35Yeah, Green Day is still doing stuff.
01:38My brother got a Blink-182 tattoo.
01:41I think it may be 10 years ago they split up.
01:43And he got it the week before they split up.
01:45So, instant regret with that one.
01:47I'll look out for them.
01:48I'll look out for them.
01:49You like the current stuff.
01:50I like the ones recently dead.
01:52I mean, Bob Dillon, God bless him.
01:54He's not looking great.
01:55And we'll come to Margaret in a minute.
01:56She only goes, for those who've been dead, for at least 150 years.
02:00But in the meantime, who have we got to play today?
02:03Martin Bishop, Pensions Administrator from Tadworth in Surrey.
02:06Semi-finalist back here in 2008.
02:09Huge fan of the Eurovision Song Contest.
02:13Oh, really?
02:14Yeah.
02:14And what was your favourite song?
02:16Oh, it changes by the week.
02:18If I go, let's go up a obscure one.
02:22Nono Letta by, it was Italy, 1964.
02:25Put that one in there.
02:26Ah, yes.
02:27Not as well known as some, I understand.
02:28And you're joined by Chris Wills, a series champion from 2002.
02:33Wow.
02:34Works at the Manchester Met University as a research administrator.
02:37And your countdown career, extraordinarily.
02:41It spans 16 games, averaging 107.
02:44That's amazing.
02:45So, you're looking strong today.
02:47I'm not feeling it at the moment, but we'll see how it goes.
02:49Yeah, you watch out, Martin.
02:50And I understand that you do a bit of business in the evenings.
02:56You're DJing, is that right?
02:57I don't know where you're going with that.
03:02Settle.
03:03Settle, Chris.
03:04Where is this DJing?
03:06It's at a friend's club night here in Manchester.
03:10Friends here today actually supporting me in the audience.
03:13Good, good.
03:13And we play, it's a mixture of electro pops, classic electro pop from the 1980s, 90s through
03:20to the present day and some indie music on the side as well.
03:23Well, we've got nothing to do in the evenings, Rachel.
03:26We'll pop along.
03:27Yes?
03:27Yeah, come on down to the next one.
03:29You'd be very welcome.
03:30Brilliant.
03:30Shall we have a warm round of applause for Martin and Chris?
03:36APPLAUSE
03:38And as ever, of course, we welcome Susie on this lovely Wednesday and, once again, somebody
03:44who has not enjoyed a rock and roll lifestyle, that's Margaret, who, I think, whose love of
03:49Wagner is only marginally superseded by her love of chocolate.
03:53Is that fair?
03:54That's probably just about fair.
03:56Excellent stuff.
03:57We'll have a long chat with you a little bit later on, but in the meantime, I think it's
04:01time for Martin.
04:02Lead us away.
04:03OK.
04:04Hello, Rachel.
04:05Hi, Martin.
04:05Can I start with a consonant, please?
04:07Start today with R.
04:10And another.
04:12S.
04:13And a third.
04:16R.
04:17Vowel, please.
04:19O.
04:21Another.
04:22A.
04:24And another.
04:26E.
04:28Consonant.
04:30W.
04:33Consonant.
04:35N.
04:37And a vowel.
04:38And the last one.
04:40I.
04:41And here's the countdown clock.
04:42The known.
04:44The.
04:46The.
05:13Yes, Martin?
05:14A seven.
05:15A seven. And Chris?
05:16Seven.
05:17All right. Martin, seven.
05:19Warrens.
05:20Warrens. Chris?
05:21Narrows.
05:22Narrows.
05:23Happily enough?
05:24Very happy.
05:25Very good. Anything else? What else have we got?
05:27We've got worries.
05:28Yes.
05:28We have narrows two.
05:31I don't think there's any advance on seven, though.
05:34Seven.
05:35Yeah, no advance on that.
05:36Right. Thank you very much. Seven all, then.
05:38And Chris, let us go.
05:41Hello, Rachel.
05:41Hi, Chris.
05:42Can I start with a consonant, please?
05:44Thank you. Start with M.
05:46And another one.
05:48D.
05:49And another one.
05:51C.
05:52A vowel.
05:54A.
05:55And another one.
05:57U.
05:58And a third one.
06:00E.
06:01A consonant.
06:03M.
06:04Another consonant.
06:07D.
06:09And one more consonant, please.
06:11And lastly, L.
06:13Stand by.
06:15The beat.
06:18The beat.
06:19And one.
06:27Theığım.
06:30The.
06:30You.
06:30And one more consonant.
06:42Oh, now.
06:42You.
06:42You.
06:42The.
06:43Do.
06:43The.
06:43Three.
06:45Nothing, Chris.
06:46Just six.
06:47A six.
06:47Martin?
06:48Seven.
06:49Chris?
06:50Candle.
06:51Candle.
06:52Martin?
06:53Unlaced.
06:54Unlaced.
06:55You just have to be so careful with unwords,
06:58because there are so many of them, we can't put them all in.
07:00Yep, but they are in.
07:01Shoe.
07:01Unlaced.
07:03Very good.
07:04Anything else, Margaret?
07:05No, nothing else from me.
07:07Unlaced.
07:08All right.
07:0814-7, says Martin's in the lead.
07:11And, Martin, it's your letters game.
07:13Consonant, please.
07:15Thank you, Martin.
07:16H.
07:18Consonant.
07:19T.
07:21And a third.
07:23S.
07:25Val.
07:27I.
07:29Another.
07:31E.
07:32And a third.
07:36O.
07:37Consonant.
07:40Y.
07:43Consonant.
07:45F.
07:46And a vowel.
07:48And the last one.
07:49A.
07:51Block time.
07:53And a toy.
08:14And a Việt.
08:15And a tattoo.
08:15And aesar.
08:15And aί.
08:16A.
08:21A.
08:22Martin six six Chris six yes feisty feisty yes Chris faiths I was in on that
08:33and the in the corner more sixes from us yeah Margaret fetish yes softy softy
08:45doesn't apply the mark don't tell you you know softy very good 20 to 13 well done and
08:52Chris your letters game constant please Rachel thank you Chris beep and another
08:58one s and another and a vowel you and another vowel a and third vowel
09:13E consonant G another consonant M and one more constant please and lastly L and
09:28it's content
10:00Mmm. Yes, Chris.
10:02Eight.
10:02Eight, well done. Martin?
10:04Yeah, I'll go from eight as well.
10:05Okay, Chris.
10:06Plumages.
10:07Both?
10:08Yep.
10:09Both of the friends over there?
10:11Yeah, I don't see any problem with that at all,
10:14because obviously different birds will have different plumage,
10:16and I think it's fine. Very well done.
10:19Yeah? Very good, okay.
10:24If you must, anything else?
10:28We had just sevens, actually, our end.
10:30One of my favourites, Spangle.
10:32Spangle?
10:33Spangle. It's great for seven and mangles as well.
10:36Mangles. I remember a mangle at home.
10:38Watch your fingers. That was the rule.
10:4128-21, and it's our first numbers game.
10:44Martin?
10:44Let's try four large.
10:47Thank you, Martin.
10:48Four from the top pro,
10:50and two little ones getting tricky selections from our champions.
10:53And for this game,
10:55the two small ones are three and four.
10:57And the large four,
10:59one hundred, seventy-five,
11:00fifty and twenty-five.
11:02And the first target of the day,
11:04three hundred and fifteen.
11:05Three, one, five.
11:06Three, one, five.
11:38Martin?
11:39Three, one, five.
11:40Well done, Chris.
11:41Three, one, five.
11:42Right then, Martin.
11:44Okay, I said 75 plus 50 is one, two, five.
11:48One, two, five.
11:48Divide that by the 25.
11:50Five, twenty-five, five.
11:52Add that one to a hundred.
11:53One hundred and five.
11:54Times three.
11:55Yeah, well done, three, fifteen.
11:56Very good.
11:57Chris?
11:58A slightly different way of guessing the five.
12:00I said 75 minus 50 is 25.
12:04Divide it by the 25 is one.
12:06Add it to the four.
12:08To the five.
12:09Add it to the hundred and then multiply it by three.
12:11Yep.
12:11Again, very well done.
12:12Three, one, four.
12:13Well done.
12:13Two good ones.
12:17Excellent.
12:18Martin still will lead 38 to 31 as we pay some attention to Margaret Mountford.
12:24Now then, Margaret.
12:25Well, I thought, because you said I am an opera fan, and indeed that's true, and not quite
12:29as old-fashioned as you might have suggested, because I've actually now managed to put some
12:32music on my iPod touch.
12:34I've only had it for a year, and I've now managed to get it working.
12:36Well done.
12:37But you can't beat live performance, actually, and with a drum, whether you get with that,
12:42I don't think, anyway.
12:43Although sometimes the directors go a bit overboard and seem to forget they've actually got actors
12:49who have to move and sing on stage.
12:51And I can remember one performance at Covent Garden of Trovatore, where they're all practically
12:55clinging onto a cliff face and trying to sing, which is terribly distracting for the audience.
13:00And I don't know how many people listening or watching have seen the Ring Cycle, which
13:06was done at the Metropolitan Opera recently, where they had this huge 45-tonne set.
13:09They had to strengthen the stage, and it has beams which move.
13:13And at various points, different people have to enter and slide down one of these things.
13:18And not surprisingly, one slid too far and went right off the stage.
13:25And not a good beginning, really.
13:28And it made me think that we always used to say that the opera isn't over until the fat
13:31lady sings, and now perhaps it's not over until the fat lady does acrobatics.
13:35Very good.
13:36You'd pick up a nasty splinter, too, if you were sliding down.
13:39You could.
13:39Well, at Glyndebourne, somebody fell over and rolled down the stage, rolled too far, rolled
13:44off it, and broke a cello, smashed a cello in the orchestra.
13:47So that was the end of the performance for the evening.
13:50Oh, extraordinary.
13:50One hospitalised, one cellist, son's cello.
13:55No performance.
13:56And poor old Tosca, of course.
13:58She always sort of disappears onto a heap of mattresses, hopefully, and then bounces
14:02back into view.
14:02Well, I think it's an apocryphal story that there was one very arrogant diva playing Tosca,
14:07and the stagehands got irritated and replaced the mattress with the trampoline.
14:12So she leapt off the Castile San Angelo and bounced back a few times.
14:16But no opera house admits to having hosed that, so it probably didn't happen.
14:21Good story.
14:22It's a good story, though.
14:23But now it's time for a tea-time teaser, which is car boats, and the clue, these performers
14:28use their toes during a feat.
14:30These performers use their toes during a feat.
14:48Welcome back.
14:49I left you with the clue, these performers use their toes during a feat.
14:53And the answer, of course, is acrobats.
14:56Acrobats.
14:5738 to 31, Martin in the lead.
14:59And Chris, plenty of time, but don't let him get away.
15:03Your letters go.
15:05Can I have a constant, please, Rachel?
15:06Thank you, Chris.
15:08R.
15:09And another one.
15:11T.
15:12And another one.
15:15D.
15:16A vowel.
15:17I.
15:19Another vowel.
15:20O.
15:21And another vowel.
15:24O.
15:25Consonant.
15:27B.
15:29Another consonant.
15:31M.
15:34And another vowel, please.
15:38And lastly.
15:39U.
15:40And here's the clock.
15:42And here's the clock.
15:44And here's the clock.
16:12Yes, Chris.
16:13Six.
16:15And Martin.
16:16Yep, six.
16:17Two sixes, Chris.
16:18Outbid.
16:20Outbid, yes.
16:21Yep, same again.
16:21Two outbids.
16:23And in the corner.
16:25Just six.
16:26For us, we have morbid as well as outbid.
16:28Morbid, yeah.
16:29It's more interesting.
16:3044 plays.
16:3137.
16:31Martin.
16:32Consonant, please.
16:33Thank you, Martin.
16:35Thank you, Martin.
16:35Thank you, Martin.
16:36And another.
16:38T.
16:39And a third.
16:42W.
16:44A vowel.
16:45A.
16:48A vowel.
16:50E.
16:52Another.
16:55I.
16:57Consonant.
16:59S.
17:01Consonant.
17:03M.
17:06And a vowel.
17:08And to finish.
17:09E.
17:10Clock time.
17:43Yeah, Martin.
17:44Eight.
17:46Eight, yeah.
17:46Chris, eight.
17:48Martin.
17:48Home of my team, Emirates.
17:51Yes, indeed.
17:53Now then, weariest, weariest, Emirates and weariest.
17:58Very good.
17:59Fantastic.
17:59And in the corner?
18:00Steamia is another eight.
18:01Steamia.
18:02Yes.
18:02Ah, yes.
18:03Our old friend, Steamia.
18:0552 plays 45.
18:07And Chris, let us game.
18:09A consonant, please, Rachel.
18:10Thank you, Chris.
18:12T.
18:13And another one?
18:15Q.
18:17And another?
18:18N.
18:20A vowel?
18:21O.
18:23Another vowel?
18:24E.
18:25And another vowel?
18:27A.
18:29A consonant?
18:31R.
18:33Another consonant?
18:35C.
18:37And one more consonant, please.
18:39And lastly, P.
18:41Stand by.
18:42A consonant?
18:47A consonant?
18:59A consonant?
19:00A consonant?
19:00A consonant?
19:01A consonant?
19:02A consonant?
19:02A consonant?
19:03A consonant?
19:03A consonant?
19:04A consonant?
19:05A consonant?
19:10A consonant?
19:13Chris? Seven. A seven. Martin? Yes, seven. Two sevens. Yes, Chris.
19:18Pronate. Thank you. Two of them. Look. Yeah. Sticking closer together. Now then, in the corner,
19:26what have we got? Margaret? Susie? Nothing longer. We had enactor. Yeah, that's pretty good.
19:34As opposed to an actor. Anything else? I'm glad we've had pronates. It's such a good old,
19:38good old countdown words. That's appropriate for the champion series. Very good. 59 to 52.
19:45And Martin, your letters go. Constance, please. Thank you, Martin. R. And another.
19:52N. And another. D. And another. N. A vowel. U. And another. O.
20:09And a third. I. And fourth. E. And a consonant, please. And the last one.
20:21N. And here's the clog.
20:23N. And a
20:56Yes, Martin?
20:57It's a six.
20:57A six.
20:58Chris?
20:59Six.
20:59Two sixes.
21:00Martin?
21:01A neuron.
21:02A neuron.
21:03Chris?
21:04Ironed.
21:05Anything else?
21:06In the corner?
21:08Yes.
21:09What am I?
21:11Unironed.
21:12Perfect.
21:13Yes, unironed clothes.
21:14Look at that.
21:15Chris, what were you thinking of?
21:17Unironed.
21:18Yes, that takes you to eight.
21:19Very good.
21:2065 to 58, sees Martin in the lead.
21:23But now it's time for us to sharpen our little pencils, grab our notebooks and pay attention to Susie.
21:28I had an email from Lynn Watson, and I do appreciate all these letters from viewers, so please keep them
21:35coming in.
21:36And she asked, we all know what a couch potato is, but why a potato?
21:40Is it because of chips and crisps, et cetera?
21:43And the answer is actually no.
21:44It may surprise you.
21:46A couch potato, as we know, is an inactive TV addict, really, who lives a life with minimum effort.
21:52But it all started with the boob tube.
21:54Not the elasticated bodice that we know as the boob tube over here, but across the Atlantic in America, a
22:01boob tube is slang for TV.
22:04And a boob tuber came to describe somebody who generally vegetates in front of the small screen.
22:11And in 1976, a cartoonist called Robert Armstrong was musing on the word tuber, tuber, and came up with potato
22:19by association,
22:20because also tuber is also the stem of a potato plant.
22:22And he imagined, in his cartoon, this lumpy vegetable slouching on the sofa, watching hour after hour of TV.
22:30And so the term couch potato was born.
22:32TV magazine ran a major article featuring the couch potato.
22:36It came over here, and thus it entered the language.
22:39And in fact, the term was trademarked for a very long time, but obviously it's now fully generic in our
22:45language.
22:45What was quite interesting is I remember a while ago, farmers campaigning outside the offices of Oxford University Press,
22:52objecting to the term couch potato, because it cast a negative image over the potatoes.
22:57And they suggested instead couch slouch, but unfortunately it hasn't quite caught on.
23:02How funny. Really.
23:04Couch slouch.
23:05Extraordinary.
23:1065 to 58.
23:12So Chris, a little bit of catching up to do, just a few points behind, and it's your numbers game.
23:15There's Rachel.
23:17Can I have one from the top, please, Rachel, and any of the five?
23:19You can. Thank you, Chris.
23:21One from the top, a big one, and five little ones coming up.
23:25And for this round, they are 10, 9, 1, 7, 4, and the large one, 75.
23:33And your target, 201.
23:35201.
23:37201.
23:39201.
23:39201.
23:52201.
24:08Yes.
24:09Chris.
24:10201.
24:11Well done, Martin.
24:12201.
24:13OK, let's hear from Chris.
24:149 minus 1 is 8.
24:16Yep.
24:17Take that away from the 75 is 67.
24:1967.
24:20And then 10 minus 7 is 3.
24:22It is.
24:23Multiply those together.
24:25201.
24:26Well done.
24:26Well done, indeed.
24:27Yep.
24:27Martin?
24:28Yeah, I went a normal round.
24:3075 times 4 is 300.
24:3275, yep.
24:32Times 4, 300.
24:3310 plus 1 is 11.
24:35Yep.
24:35Times 9.
24:3699.
24:37Take it away.
24:38Well done.
24:38201 again.
24:39Very good.
24:40Good scores.
24:41Well done.
24:44So, Martin still needs 75 to 68 as we go into a tea time teaser, and the teaser is hard
24:50clip, and the clue, the tablet and the vegetable combine to make fish.
24:54The tablet and the vegetable combine to make fish.
25:13Welcome back, and if you have the clue, the tablet and the vegetable combine to make
25:16fish, and the answer is pilchard.
25:19The pilchard bit, I understand.
25:21It's charred.
25:21Is that a vegetable?
25:22It is a vegetable.
25:23Very broad, green, very dark green leaves with a white stalk.
25:27Really?
25:27You cook chard?
25:29It's delicious.
25:30Yes.
25:30It's nice.
25:31I thought it was a tannin subset.
25:33It's a vegetable.
25:35Well, I'm derished.
25:35No, no, all couched potatoes have heard of chard.
25:3975 plays 68.
25:40Thank you, Margaret.
25:41And now it is time for Martin.
25:45Letters game.
25:46Constance, please.
25:47Thank you, Martin.
25:48R.
25:49And another.
25:50S.
25:53And a third.
25:55K.
25:57And a fourth.
25:59S.
26:01A vowel.
26:02O.
26:04A vowel.
26:05E.
26:07A vowel.
26:10A.
26:13Constant.
26:15B.
26:16And a vowel.
26:17And lastly, I.
26:21Clock time.
26:22A vowel.
26:24A vowel.
26:26A vowel.
26:29A vowel.
26:53Yes, Martin?
26:54Seven.
26:55Seven, Chris?
26:56Seven.
26:56Two sevens, Martin?
26:58Bossier.
26:59Bossier, yes.
27:00Two Bossiers.
27:01Bossier as well, yeah.
27:02All right, anybody bossy over in the corner?
27:05Margaret?
27:05Sorry, I mean anything to offer us.
27:08I had Baskers.
27:10A Basker?
27:11Yes.
27:11Yeah, why not?
27:12Soakers are certainly there.
27:14Soakers, what's wrong with Baskers?
27:17Isobars are also there.
27:19What's wrong with Baskers?
27:20Baskers sounds completely plausible to me, but let's have a look.
27:23He's a Basker.
27:24In your dictionary.
27:25No, it's not there.
27:27What?
27:27I mean, I think we need a replacement dictionary on this show.
27:30Margaret, that's...
27:31He's been robbed.
27:32A Basker?
27:33I have.
27:33I was robbed.
27:33Where is he?
27:34He's basking.
27:34Oh, another Basker.
27:36Yes.
27:36What's wrong with that?
27:37Nothing.
27:38Well, it's...
27:39I say what I always say, perfectly fine as a word, obviously not used often enough to
27:43get in.
27:44So just use it a lot.
27:45Right.
27:45Okay.
27:46From now on.
27:47Not a job.
27:47All right.
27:4882 to 75.
27:50And Chris, we turn to you.
27:51Let us go.
27:52A consonant, please, Rachel.
27:54Thank you, Chris.
27:55G.
27:56And another one.
27:58S.
27:59And another.
28:01R.
28:02A vowel.
28:04A.
28:05Another vowel.
28:07U.
28:08And another vowel.
28:10O.
28:12A consonant.
28:14P.
28:15Another consonant.
28:17T.
28:18And one more consonant, please.
28:22And to finish, D.
28:24Going by.
28:25I'll see you next time.
28:26All right.
28:38Bye-bye.
28:41Giacs80ista an blessings.
28:41Catch you alright.
28:41Bye-bye.
28:42Bye-bye.
28:56Yes, Chris. Seven. A seven. Martin. I have to go for an eight, then.
29:02Right. Chris. Ragus. Ragus. What about you, Martin?
29:07I stuck the D on the front. I've got drag outs.
29:09Drag outs. Knock down the drag out. Right.
29:12Ragu, yes, but not drag out, I'm afraid, Martin. Not there.
29:17Not there? That's cost you dear, Martin.
29:20You're level pegging now, Eddie Twoall.
29:22But in the corner, what have we got? Any advances on drag outs and ragu?
29:28There is an eight there. Yes.
29:30You may not like it because it's an abbreviation, but it's post-grad.
29:33That's right. You happy with that, Margaret?
29:36No. Well, I didn't know you were allowed to have an abbreviation.
29:40Well, there's lots of things I didn't know.
29:41So you're putting in an objection? Well, it's a contraction.
29:43I'm making notes of all your objections over here, Margaret.
29:46There's quite a lengthy line.
29:4982 All. And Martin.
29:52Your last chance with the letters game.
29:54A consonant, please. Thank you, Martin.
29:57L.
29:58Another.
30:00T.
30:01And a third.
30:04N.
30:05A vowel.
30:07U.
30:08And another.
30:10E.
30:11And another.
30:14A.
30:15And another.
30:18E.
30:20Consonant.
30:22P.
30:24And go for another vowel.
30:27And the last one.
30:28O.
30:29Clock time.
30:30One.
30:32And.
30:49Do you know what?
30:59We're still having a, what do you need?
31:00Deep, low add up.
31:01Martin?
31:02Seven.
31:03Seven. Chris?
31:04Seven, I think.
31:05Right. Martin?
31:07Eel pout.
31:08A bigger pardon.
31:09Eel pout.
31:10Eel pout.
31:11It's a fish.
31:13Good. Glad to hear it.
31:14And what about you?
31:16I think this is right.
31:18Epaulet.
31:19E-P-A-U-L-E-T.
31:21Without the double T-E.
31:22You can have it in this one, Anglo-Saxon?
31:25Possibly a variant spelling, whether or not it's British or not.
31:28Oh, Chris, it says American spelling, which we're not allowed, I'm afraid.
31:34It's listed there, but you need the double T-E for British spelling.
31:38Right. Well done.
31:40And eel pout, very good for a fish.
31:42Propels Martin back into the lead by seven points, 89 to 82.
31:45But in the corner, what news?
31:48There's another seven, opulent.
31:52But?
31:54There is an eight there, which is antelope.
31:56Ah, yes.
31:57Antelope.
31:57Dear, oh, dear.
31:58Very good.
32:0089 to 82.
32:01And we've got to that interesting stage of affairs.
32:05It's numbers game, Chris.
32:06Last numbers game of the day.
32:08Can I have one big one and five little ones, please, Rachel?
32:11You can.
32:11Thank you, Chris.
32:12One large, five small, and we could be on our way to a crucial conundrum.
32:16We shall see.
32:17For the last time today, the numbers are one, six, two, ten, three, and a large one, 25.
32:26And the target?
32:27Five hundred and forty-seven.
32:28Five-four-seven.
32:30Five-four-seven.
32:31One large, five-four-seven.
32:32One large, five-four-seven.
32:36One large, five-four-seven.
32:40One large, five-four-seven.
32:46One large, five-four-seven.
32:46One large, five-four-seven.
32:46One large, five-four-seven.
32:47One large, five-four-seven.
32:47One large, five-four-seven.
32:47One large, five-four-seven.
32:48One large, five-four-seven.
32:48One large, five-four-seven.
32:49One large, five-four-seven.
32:49One large, five-four-seven.
32:49One large, five-four-seven.
32:50One large, five-four-seven.
32:50One large, five-four-seven.
32:51One large, five-four-seven.
32:53One large, five-four-seven.
32:56One large, five-four-seven.
33:00yes Chris 547 547 Martin 547 okay take it away Chris 10 plus 1 is 11 11 times 2 22
33:10times 25
33:11550 and take away the three well done crucial conundrum it is very good yep yeah so 25 times
33:202 is 50 yep Adam's 6 and take the 1 51 55 sorry yeah times 10 again 550 and you've
33:29got three left to take
33:29yeah lovely very good well done very very good indeed 99 it is indeed that time for a crucial
33:40conundrum so fingers on buzzers please let's reveal today's countdown conundrum
33:58yes Chris is it myopathic myopathic let's see whether it is well done well done
34:16Chris that's terrific stuff although I must say the nation is disappointed that you failed to make
34:21your average of 107 but nonetheless 102 is good enough for today so we shall see you soon soon
34:27again well done my word you snatched that victory from a pretty difficult situation Martin we're
34:33sending you home 99 great score great score but you're not alone on your journey home because
34:38um you're gonna have a teapot and a piece of invaluable kryptonite look at that there aren't many of these
34:45around I can tell you beautiful isn't that beautiful you can wear that with pride anytime you like well
34:51done look forward to seeing you again at some time Susie we shall see you tomorrow tomorrow ring
34:55Thursday we end the week we're sort of you know approaching the end of the week when we shall
35:01have to say farewell to Margaret but we've still got two days of Margaret you have and that's probably
35:08enough for you I would think probably enough for you but anyway we'll see you tomorrow I will not be
35:18unkind to Margaret anyway we shall see you tomorrow Margaret as ever with great pleasure and same to you
35:25Rachel yeah see you tomorrow tomorrow same time same place we look forward to seeing you you be sure of
35:31it
35:44lockdown restrictions may be easing up but how does life look for those most vulnerable and the
35:48elderly old alone and stuck at home all new here tonight at nine next this afternoon Marbella on the map
35:55put a place in the sun
35:57you
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