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00:00Music
00:16Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:19And it was on this day, back in 1812 in Portsmouth, that the great Dickens was born.
00:25Charles John Huffham Dickens.
00:28I guess in many ways he was the first great popular novelist because I think he was almost sort of
00:32paid by the word because he was writing in installments.
00:36But what did we get from Dickens' pen?
00:38Such wonders as Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, Tale of Two Cities, Bleak House and all the rest of it.
00:44Do you have a favourite Dickens character there, Rachel?
00:46Oh, well, I've got to choose from great expectations, Pip.
00:50Pip?
00:50Nothing to do with Dickens, of course.
00:52Yes.
00:52My little nephew, who's one year old on Saturday.
00:55Oh, bless.
00:55He's called Pip.
00:56And how's he getting on with his teeth?
00:58He has them.
00:59Brilliant.
01:00Yes.
01:00Well done.
01:01Well done.
01:01Now then, who have we got with us?
01:03We've got Daryl Francis, a retired IT manager from Brampton in Cumbria, who was the overall series winner from 1985.
01:11That's a while ago.
01:12And you're a top scrabbler.
01:14You beat fellow scrabbler David Webb in the last round.
01:18What do you reckon to the standard in this particular champion of champions sort of competition?
01:23Some of the labs I've seen are very, very good.
01:26They're very hot.
01:27Aren't they good?
01:28And the youngsters?
01:29Absolutely.
01:29These mathematicians?
01:30Absolutely, yeah.
01:31Brilliant stuff.
01:32Anyway, you're in?
01:33Yes, so far.
01:34And fighting, I think, with Barry Grossman, a market researcher from Hartford, who's also a scrabble expert.
01:41And you've played many times, I think, against Daryl over the years.
01:45Must have been a good few, yeah.
01:46Yeah?
01:47Who's sort of leading the title race between you two?
01:50About 50-50?
01:52Probably.
01:52Is it?
01:52Yeah.
01:52Not much in it.
01:53You won back in 91, I think, Barry.
01:55Quite recently then, yeah.
01:57Brilliant.
01:57Anyway, welcome back.
01:59Welcome back.
01:59And a big, big round of applause for Daryl and Barry Grossman.
02:10Very good.
02:11Susie, welcome back.
02:12And also, Kate Aiding.
02:13Kate, a little later on, I want to talk to you about what really, I guess, put the big spotlight
02:18on you all those years ago.
02:201980, I think it was.
02:21But we'll come back and talk about that a little bit later.
02:24But welcome back.
02:25Welcome back indeed.
02:26Daryl, would you do the honours?
02:28Hello, Rachel.
02:29Hi, Daryl.
02:30Hi.
02:30Can we start with a consonant, please?
02:33Start today.
02:33With R.
02:37And vowel.
02:39A.
02:40Consonant.
02:43X.
02:44Vowel.
02:46E.
02:47Consonant.
02:49S.
02:51Vowel.
02:53I.
02:54Consonant.
02:56N.
02:57Another consonant.
02:59M.
03:00And another consonant, please.
03:02And the last one.
03:03T.
03:03And here's the countdown.
03:05Clock.
03:06And here's the countdown.
03:36Daryl. I've got eight. Very good. Barry. Eight.
03:39Daryl. Minarets. Minarets. Yes, Barry. Minarets.
03:45Minarets. Excellent. Very happy. Well done.
03:49Anything else over there in the corner?
03:53Anything else from Susan Cade? Not as good, but inmates.
03:58Yep. And there is a slightly biblical eight.
04:01Eight. It's raiment, which means garments.
04:04Yeah, a raiment of many colours, as I recall. Very good. Eight all.
04:08Now then, Barry. Letters game.
04:11Consonant, please. Thank you, Barry.
04:14R. Consonant.
04:17P. And a consonant.
04:20T. A vowel.
04:23O. And a vowel.
04:26U. And a vowel.
04:29E. And a consonant.
04:32G.
04:34Consonant.
04:35L.
04:37And a consonant, please.
04:39And lastly, S.
04:41Here's the clunk.
04:44.
04:44.
04:44.
05:13Yes, Barry.
05:14Seven.
05:15Seven.
05:16Yes, Daryl.
05:17Nine.
05:18Very good.
05:19Barry.
05:20Posture.
05:21Posture.
05:22Daryl.
05:23Grouplets.
05:25Grouplets.
05:26Grouplets.
05:27You are saying that with some confidence, Daryl.
05:32Little groups.
05:33Oh, I have to disappoint you.
05:35There are lots of little lutz, diminutive terms in the dictionary,
05:38but grouplet isn't one of them, I'm afraid.
05:40Bad luck.
05:41Bad luck, Daryl.
05:42Bad luck.
05:43So, Barry, 15 points to Daryl's eight now.
05:46But in the corner, anything interesting there?
05:50Both troops and tropes.
05:53Now, what's a trope, Ramona?
05:55Oh, I knew you were going to ask that.
05:57It's one of those phrases to do with within a sentence.
06:00Yes.
06:01A meaning in English.
06:02And I'm leaving the definition for the dictionary.
06:06Well, people use it quite loosely these days to say, oh, that's a bit of a trope,
06:10and almost as if that's a bit of a cliché.
06:13But it's actually a figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression,
06:17but it can also be a significant or recurrent theme.
06:21A leitmotif.
06:21A leitmotif, exactly.
06:22Thank you very much.
06:23Very good.
06:2415, eight.
06:25Now then, Daryl.
06:26Take it away.
06:27Consonant, please, Rachel.
06:28Thank you, Daryl.
06:30N.
06:31A vowel.
06:33E.
06:34Consonant.
06:36Q.
06:37Consonant.
06:38T.
06:40Vowel.
06:41O.
06:42Consonant.
06:44D.
06:45Vowel.
06:47A.
06:48Consonant.
06:50B.
06:51And another vowel.
06:55And the last one.
06:57E.
06:57Cantant.
06:59E.
07:03E.
07:26Cantant.
07:29Daryl?
07:30Six.
07:31A six.
07:32Barry?
07:32I'll start with six.
07:34Yes, Daryl?
07:35Denote.
07:36Denote.
07:37Barry?
07:37And donate.
07:38Donate.
07:40Denote and donate.
07:42Very good.
07:43Straightforward, I guess.
07:44Anything else?
07:44Something interesting over there?
07:46D-bone?
07:47D-bone, yes.
07:48Or is that hypernative?
07:49That's very good.
07:50It's all one word.
07:51That's another six.
07:53We were slightly distracted looking for batoned.
07:56Baton as a verb, but it's not in.
07:58What, we hit with a baton?
07:59Stay with sixes, yes.
08:00It's an alternative to quoting.
08:03Thank you very much.
08:0421 to 14.
08:06Now then, Barry.
08:08Consonant, please.
08:09Thank you, Barry.
08:10T.
08:11And a consonant.
08:13S.
08:14And consonant.
08:17G.
08:18Consonant.
08:20S.
08:21A vowel.
08:23A.
08:23And a vowel.
08:25I.
08:26And another vowel.
08:28E.
08:30And a consonant.
08:32D.
08:34And another vowel.
08:36And the last one.
08:37U.
08:39Countdown.
08:58And a consonant.
08:59And a consonant.
08:59And a consonant.
08:59And a consonant.
08:59And a consonant.
09:00And a consonant.
09:00And a consonant.
09:01And a consonant.
09:02And a consonant.
09:02And a consonant.
09:10so Barry seven seven Daryl I've got eight eight well done Barry digests
09:16digests Daryl gaudiest gaudiest absolutely excellent we haven't seen
09:21that well done anything else over there well I was going to try for gussied as
09:31in Americans saying she's all gussied up all dressed up yes it's in it's great
09:36it's to it is American as you said it's to make someone or something more
09:39attractive especially in a gimmicky way we've got lots of sevens D gusts is
09:45another one to taste and you know from France degustation you'll see a white
09:49tasting but just sevens gaudiest is excellent very good well done so 22 please
09:5421 Daryl one point ahead as we go into a numbers game Daryl it's yours can I have
10:00one large please Rachel and five small ones thank you Daryl one from the top and
10:04five little ones for you and for the first numbers game today they are five
10:09ten two seven three and the large one 25 and your target four hundred and thirty
10:18seven four three seven
10:21Edge Mountain
10:21skeptics
10:21the
10:21the
10:21the
10:21the
10:21the
10:21the
10:21MUSIC PLAYS
10:51Daryl?
10:51I've got 436.
10:53436, one away, Barry.
10:55Hook at 438.
10:56438.
10:57All right, then, Daryl.
10:59Daryl, tell us how you did it.
11:00I did 25 plus 2.
11:0225 plus 2.
11:0427.
11:06And 10 plus 7 is 17.
11:0810 plus 7, 17.
11:09And I multiplied them together, and I got 439.
11:15Yeah, that's...
11:16Yeah, it takes a while to get there.
11:184, 5, 9, I'm afraid.
11:19Ah, OK.
11:20Right.
11:21Right.
11:21All right, so we've now got to turn to Barry.
11:25Come on, Barry.
11:2610 plus 7.
11:2710 plus 7, 17.
11:29Times 25.
11:31Times 25 is 425.
11:335 times 2 is 10.
11:355 times 2 is 10.
11:37And add that on.
11:38435.
11:39And add on the 3.
11:40And 438, one above.
11:42One away.
11:43But is it possible?
11:44Can you get a direct hit?
11:46437.
11:47Ah, yes, it's possible.
11:48If you say 7 minus 3 is 4.
11:51Add to the 25 is 29.
11:5410 plus 5 is 15.
11:58Multiply these two for 435.
12:01And add on the 2, the 437.
12:03Well done.
12:04Very good.
12:04Well done, Rachel.
12:07So, Barry.
12:08Barry in the lead.
12:0928 points to Daryl's 22.
12:12But now we turn to look a little bit more closely, in a sense, at Kate's great career.
12:18And it was, I think, back in 1980 that you burst on the scene, crouched behind a parked car in
12:25Kensington at the time of the Iranian hostage siege.
12:29Yes, after several days.
12:32I mean, the whole of central London almost came to a stop.
12:34It's curious to think about it now.
12:36Planes were diverted.
12:38There was no traffic.
12:39There was a kind of exclusion zone.
12:41And we were all waiting outside this embassy.
12:43And I was sent along.
12:45I was the junior reporter on the fifth or sixth day of the siege.
12:50Yes.
12:51Expecting to do a very quiet evening.
12:54Yeah.
12:55And what did you see?
12:56Well, I arrived early because the senior reporter obviously thought nothing was going to happen and went off to a
13:01dinner party.
13:03And I was called in early.
13:08Expecting nothing from 8 to 8 in the evening till the morning, all quiet, at night, nothing.
13:14A little bag of cheese sandwiches and was prepared to just sit there.
13:18And to everyone's surprise, suddenly, bang, huge explosion, SAS went in.
13:25The rest, as they say, it was a very well-known piece of television history.
13:28It was great television, wasn't it?
13:31My word.
13:31We were all glued to it.
13:32Very difficult to convince yourself that it was actually happening.
13:36It was complete, like, a film scene in front of you.
13:40It was extraordinary.
13:41Well, that exploded you onto the scene because you were there at the right time.
13:45I had to do it live, much to the chagrin of large numbers of viewers who were watching the snooker
13:51finals, which were interrupted.
13:54We got a lot of complaints.
13:56Did you?
13:57Well, that says a great deal about society, doesn't it?
13:59Because I thought that was some of the best television I've ever seen.
14:02It was incredible.
14:04It got an enormous audience because it was a bank holiday Monday.
14:07Yeah.
14:07And it, as I said, the snooker finals in those days used to get an enormous audience.
14:13And instead of seeing men potting balls, they got guys waving rifles.
14:19Disappearing through windows.
14:20Exactly.
14:21Yeah.
14:21It's brilliant stuff.
14:22Brilliant stuff.
14:23Thank you so much.
14:24But now let's go to a tea time teaser.
14:26And the teaser is, nil, buy it.
14:28And the clue, nobody buys this, it's something you're born with.
14:32Nobody buys this, it's something you're born with.
14:49Welcome back.
14:50I left you with the clue, nobody buys this, it's something you're born with.
14:54And the answer is nubility.
14:56You're born nubile.
14:59You've got nubility.
15:0022 points to Barry's 28.
15:03Now then, Barry.
15:05Could I have a vowel, please?
15:08Thank you, Barry.
15:09O.
15:10And another vowel.
15:12I.
15:13And another vowel.
15:15A.
15:16And a consonant.
15:18L.
15:20Consonant.
15:21N.
15:22Consonant.
15:24S.
15:24And a consonant.
15:27F.
15:28And a consonant.
15:31C.
15:32And another consonant.
15:34And the last one.
15:35S.
15:36Clock time.
15:38And a consonant.
15:56And a consonant.
15:56And a consonant.
15:56And a consonant.
15:57And a consonant.
15:57And a consonant.
15:58And a consonant.
15:58And a consonant.
16:09Yes, Barry.
16:10Oh, seven.
16:12Seven, Daryl.
16:13Seven as well.
16:14Barry.
16:15Cylons.
16:18Daryl.
16:18Falcons.
16:19Falcons.
16:20How are we spelling Cylons?
16:23S-I-A-L-O-N-S.
16:25OK.
16:31It's not in this dictionary, I'm afraid, Barry.
16:34That's bad luck.
16:35All right.
16:3629 points then to 28.
16:37Daryl in the lead by one point, but in the corner.
16:40Transposing to a letter.
16:41Flacons.
16:43Yes.
16:44Yes.
16:44And anything else?
16:45And fiascos.
16:46Fiascos.
16:47I know a lot of those.
16:49Me too.
16:50Very good.
16:50All right.
16:5129 to 28.
16:52Daryl in the lead.
16:53Daryl, your letters game.
16:56Rachel, can I have a consonant, please?
16:57Thank you, Daryl.
16:59Z.
17:00Another consonant.
17:02N.
17:03A vowel.
17:05O.
17:05A consonant.
17:06W.
17:09A vowel.
17:10I.
17:12Consonant.
17:13L.
17:15Vowel.
17:16E.
17:18Consonant.
17:20N.
17:22And another consonant.
17:23And a final T.
17:26Very good.
17:27Clock time.
17:28Clock time.
17:30And another consonant.
17:30And another consonant.
17:34And another consonant.
17:44And another consonant.
17:45And another consonant.
17:45And another consonant.
17:45And another consonant.
17:45And another consonant.
17:45And another consonant.
17:47And another consonant.
17:50And another consonant.
17:51And another consonant.
17:59daryl six six yes barry six daryl lionette lionette i've also got lionette two lionettes
18:08here yep very good and how are we spelling that one l-i-o-n-e-t okay um i
18:17was just thinking i
18:18should know this but it's not in the dictionary we've got lioness but not lionette i don't know
18:22that's a scrabble word is it probably yeah um but not in i'm afraid gamblers we've got here i think
18:30anything else in the corner having swept lionettes out um six letters uh limit yes and yes townie
18:41townie yes the townie with the m-i-e and there's a last minute seven um toe line which is
18:46another
18:46term for the toe rope yes indeed toe line grab the toe line 29 points to barry's 28 so
18:52barry let us go uh consonant please rachel thank you barry l and another one s and another one
19:01p uh a vowel u and a vowel a and a vowel i uh consonant h consonant r and uh
19:19vowel please
19:20and the last one and the last one i and they're off
19:27so
19:40so
19:41so
19:55barry
19:56barry
19:56seven seven and daryl six and you're six pulse a pulse a pulse a yes barry and see if i'm
20:04making this one up as well spirula spirula
20:07Spirulina.
20:08Okay.
20:10Oh, it's not there.
20:12No.
20:12It would have to be Spirulina.
20:14Bad luck.
20:15Sorry.
20:16Pulsar, on the other hand, is firmly there.
20:18Pulsar is a celestial object.
20:19Yes, very nice.
20:20Yep.
20:21Anything else there?
20:22Anything else?
20:23Yes.
20:25And airship.
20:27Yes.
20:27An airship.
20:28What's that, seven?
20:28The seven.
20:29Very good indeed.
20:30An airship.
20:30A dirigible.
20:3235 points plays 28.
20:33So, Daryl, in the lead now.
20:37Come on, let us go.
20:39Right, consonant please, Rachel.
20:41Thank you, Daryl.
20:42C.
20:43Vowel.
20:45E.
20:46Consonant.
20:49M.
20:50Vowel.
20:51O.
20:53Consonant.
20:54F.
20:55Vowel.
20:57A.
20:58Consonant.
21:00N.
21:02Vowel.
21:04U.
21:05And a final consonant.
21:06And a final G.
21:08Tan-tan.
21:40Daryl.
21:42Six.
21:43A six.
21:43Barry?
21:44Just a five.
21:45And your five?
21:46Camille.
21:48Daryl.
21:49Congu.
21:50C-O-N-G-U-E.
21:52Congu.
21:53I don't think I've ever had to look up so many words in the dictionary.
21:58Congu.
22:00This is another language, but it's not English, I'm afraid.
22:03It's not in.
22:05Sorry.
22:06All right.
22:07In the corner.
22:08Anything over there?
22:09There is a sixth acumen, your mental acumen.
22:13Yes.
22:13Which is a fair amount in the studio, although not sitting in this chair.
22:1835 to 33, Daryl leads.
22:20And it is now time to look towards the tremendous acumen.
22:26Susie Denton, her origin of words.
22:29I'm going to talk about some more English place names.
22:32And many of them have very happy connotations.
22:44And perry is one of them.
22:49There's a water perry very near me in Oxford.
22:51And Derby is simply the place where deer were kept.
22:54And Keswick was a farm where cheese was made, all of which have quite nice associations.
23:00But other places didn't fare quite so happily.
23:03And the first word in Needham Market did indeed mean poor or needy.
23:08It meant a poor homestead.
23:10Henry III, though, granted it a market charter in 1245.
23:13And it grew in prosperity thanks to a very thriving wool trade.
23:18But alas, thanks to the great plague, it went back to being needy.
23:21It lost two-thirds of its inhabitants.
23:24So Needham Market was very appropriate for a while.
23:27And Hungerford also had a very impoverished past.
23:29It was a ford associated with hunger because the surrounding land was very infertile at the time.
23:35And Slough, much maligned, of course, by John Betjeman, means exactly what it sounds like, a boggy place.
23:42And finally, on another gloomy note, or perhaps a more sinister one,
23:44Bovie Tracy was actually named for the family of one of the knights who killed Thomas O'Beckett.
23:51Great. Very good. Wonderful.
23:56Wonderful stuff. Thank you, Susie.
23:58So Daryl, 35. Barry, 33.
24:01And it's a numbers game for you, Barry.
24:04Talk to Rachel.
24:05I'll just have one off the top, please, Rachel, and five small.
24:09Thank you, Barry. One large one and five little ones coming up for you.
24:12And for this round, they are one, six, two, seven.
24:18Another seven and a large one, 75.
24:21And the target, 845.
24:24845.
24:55Yes, Barry?
24:56I've got eight, four, two, not very well written down.
24:59Eight, four, two, Daryl.
25:02I've got eight, four, three, nicely written down.
25:05Right. Well, let's hear from you, Daryl.
25:07I've got six minus two is four.
25:09Six minus two for four.
25:11Add seven gives you 11.
25:12It's 11.
25:1375 plus one is 76.
25:16Yep.
25:1776 times the 11 is 836.
25:20It is.
25:20Add the other seven and you've got 843.
25:23Add the other seven and you're two away.
25:25Well done.
25:25Very good indeed.
25:26Well done.
25:26Well done, Daryl.
25:27But does 845 elude us?
25:30It does not elude us.
25:32We could say seven plus six is 13.
25:36The other seven plus two plus one is 10.
25:3975 minus 10 is 65.
25:42And 65 times 13 is 845.
25:45Perfect.
25:45Nothing elude.
25:46Rachel.
25:47Well done.
25:50Well done indeed.
25:53And now it's time for a tea time teaser, which is adult woe.
25:57And the clue, it sounds like Billy the Kid has been banned.
26:00It sounds like Billy the Kid has been banned.
26:18Welcome back.
26:19I left you with the clue, it sounds like Billy the Kid has been banned.
26:22And the answer, he's been outlawed.
26:26Outlawed.
26:2742 to 33, Daryl Leeds.
26:30Daryl.
26:31Rachel, can I have a consonant, please?
26:33Thank you, Daryl.
26:34P.
26:35And a vowel.
26:37I.
26:39Consonant.
26:41R.
26:41Vowel.
26:43U.
26:44Vowel.
26:46I.
26:47Consonant.
26:48T.
26:49Vowel.
26:51E.
26:53Consonant.
26:54N.
26:56And another consonant, please.
26:58And the last one.
26:59Y.
27:00Clock time.
27:01Vowel.
27:03Vowel.
27:03Vowel.
27:04Vowel.
27:14Vowel.
27:17Vowel.
27:18Vowel.
27:18Vowel.
27:19Vowel.
27:32Daryl?
27:33Six.
27:35Barry?
27:36I'll stay with six.
27:37OK, Daryl.
27:38Turnip.
27:39Turnip.
27:40Yes, Barry?
27:41Purity.
27:43Purity.
27:44Very nice.
27:45Purity of the turnip.
27:46Any advances?
27:48Penury.
27:49Penury, yeah.
27:50Very nice.
27:51And I don't know if this is what you were both playing with,
27:54but it sounds very unlikely,
27:55but you can put a Y on turnip and have turnip-y,
27:58as in a turnip-y soup, possibly.
28:00Or carot-y?
28:02Or carot-y.
28:03Cabbage-y?
28:03Cabbage-y.
28:04So, that's permission to add it onto any vegetable.
28:07Well, only if it's in the dictionary.
28:08I'll give you a list later.
28:10Thank you very much.
28:1248 to 39, says Daryl.
28:13Still in the lead.
28:14And Barry?
28:16A consonant, please.
28:18Thank you, Barry.
28:19L.
28:20And a consonant.
28:22R.
28:23And a consonant.
28:25V.
28:26And another consonant.
28:28D.
28:29A vowel, please.
28:32O.
28:32And a vowel.
28:34I.
28:35And a vowel.
28:36E.
28:37And a consonant.
28:39T.
28:41And a consonant.
28:43And the last one.
28:44C.
28:46Stand by.
28:46C.
28:48C.
28:48And a consonant.
28:49C.
29:17Barry, seven.
29:19Daryl, seven.
29:21Barry.
29:22Verdict.
29:23Verdict.
29:24Yes, Daryl.
29:25Cordite.
29:26Cordite.
29:27Yes, the explosive.
29:29Very good.
29:30Very good.
29:30Yep.
29:31Anything else?
29:33Anything else?
29:33Corvid.
29:35Corvid?
29:35Of Crows.
29:37Of course.
29:38A murder of Crows.
29:40Corvus.
29:40Yes, that's right.
29:41Divorce is there for seven.
29:43Divorce.
29:43All right.
29:44D-I-V.
29:45Yes, there's a song about that.
29:4655 to 46.
29:47There's Daryl still there.
29:49And Daryl, your letters go.
29:50I'll begin with a consonant, please, Rachel.
29:53Thank you, Daryl.
29:54J.
29:55And another consonant.
29:56D.
29:58Vowel.
29:59I.
30:00Consonant.
30:02T.
30:03Vowel.
30:05A.
30:06Consonant.
30:08G.
30:09Vowel.
30:11E.
30:12Consonant.
30:14S.
30:15And a final consonant, please.
30:18And a final W.
30:20S.
30:21Bye.
30:22DREAMli.
30:29Hi.coli.
30:31Bye. Bye.
30:31Good bye.
30:31...
30:52How was it, Daryl?
30:54Seven.
30:55Seven.
30:55Barry?
30:56Seven.
30:57Daryl.
30:58Agisted.
31:00A-G-I-S-T-E-D.
31:02Adjusted and Barry?
31:04Wasted.
31:05Wasted.
31:06Wasted with the I, as in high-waisted dress, for example.
31:08Yes, both are absolutely fine.
31:10Very good.
31:11Very good indeed.
31:12Anything approaching it?
31:14Digest was as near as I got.
31:17Very good.
31:17Yes, and widgets.
31:19A widget?
31:20Widget.
31:20Yes, you can have widgets there.
31:21Four, seven.
31:22Very good.
31:2462 pays 53.
31:26Last numbers game.
31:28Barry?
31:28Your chance here now.
31:30I think I'll have one big one again.
31:32Please, Rachel, and five small.
31:33Thank you, Barry.
31:34Still very much all to play for with this last numbers game.
31:38So the five small this time are seven, nine, three, another nine, two, and a large one,
31:45100.
31:47And your target, 218.
31:49218.
31:50theta, 290.
31:52Generation of speed.
31:52Bit of speed.
31:55To the Butt.
32:07Thing target, 218.
32:14H Unterstützung.volle
32:14narz,archate,
32:1498. $ちょっと.
32:142h. 1h.
32:161h.
32:21Barry?
32:222-1-8.
32:232-1-8.
32:25Yes, Daryl?
32:262-1-8.
32:27All right, Barry, take it away.
32:28100 plus 9.
32:29100 plus 9, 109.
32:32Times 2.
32:33Times by 2, 218.
32:35Thank you very much.
32:36Daryl?
32:37Yes, I had the same.
32:39Yes?
32:41No conflict there.
32:43So, we're in that sort of crucial territory.
32:4772, page 63, as we go into the final round.
32:50Yes, conundrum time.
32:52So, fingers on buzzers, please.
32:54Let's reveal today's crucial countdown conundrum.
33:11Daryl?
33:12Inpatient.
33:14Inpatient.
33:15Let's see whether you're right.
33:17Well done, Daryl.
33:19Well done.
33:20Well done.
33:25Yeah.
33:26Not bad time either.
33:27So, 82, place 63.
33:30Two good scores, but Daryl goes through.
33:33Through to the final.
33:3316 in this extraordinary competition.
33:36You're up against some pretty formidable youngsters, too.
33:40Yes, indeed.
33:40Good luck.
33:41You're a great player, and good luck to you.
33:44Sadly, we have to say cheerio to you, Barry, back to Hartford with your presence, your teapot and your kryptonite
33:51countdown trophy.
33:53All right.
33:54I never got the teapot first time round for some reason, so.
33:56Well, now you've got one.
33:57Yeah, absolutely.
33:58Don't sell it.
33:59Do not sell it.
33:59You're not allowed to do that sort of thing.
34:02Anyway.
34:03Travel safely with our blessing back to Hartford.
34:06And we'll see you very soon again.
34:07Yes, indeed.
34:07Very soon again.
34:08See you tomorrow.
34:10See you tomorrow.
34:10See you tomorrow.
34:11And also, Kate, tomorrow.
34:13But tell me this.
34:14So, you were in Tiananmen, and it's never really been resolved, has it?
34:19No.
34:19China there, a changed country in many ways, and yet there's still an iron fist there somewhere.
34:25What all of those young people wanted is still to be achieved.
34:28Yeah.
34:29Yeah.
34:29Yes, indeed.
34:30I was there on the last day of the Beijing Olympics, and I thought it was a very extraordinary place.
34:37Motorways full of new cars with flowers, and yet one street away, nothing had changed in hundreds of years.
34:45Yeah?
34:45Extraordinary.
34:46Anyway, we'll see you tomorrow, our final time together.
34:50See you tomorrow.
34:51Rachel, see you tomorrow, Friday, then it's the weekend.
34:54Yeah.
34:55One-year-old's birthday party, that's what I've got in mind.
34:56Pip's birthday party.
34:57Pip's birthday party.
34:58Brilliant.
34:59Yeah.
34:59I'll give you a lolly to give to him.
35:01We look forward to seeing you tomorrow, same time, same place.
35:04You'll be sure of it.
35:05Good afternoon.
35:07APPLAUSE
35:17Cheetah on the move, but he'll have to have an injection first.
35:20A tricky journey to a new home for the vets who work on Wildside at four.
35:24Next, though, seize the moment, five great choices in Cyprus, if only.
35:29A place in the sun, and it's brand new.
35:34I'll be right back.
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