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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio on the day, the very day, back in 1990, that Nelson Mandela
00:39walked free after 27 years of imprisonment.
00:42Most of it spent, of course, on the dreaded Robben Island prison in South Africa.
00:47What a day it was. I remember watching that along with millions of others as he walked with his then
00:52wife, Winnie.
00:53And it was a great, a great day. My office for many, many years was in Trafalgar Square.
00:58And if I look to my right, I saw South Africa house and outside South Africa house on a daily
01:04basis, there were demonstrations, free Nelson Mandela.
01:09And here he was, this great man had walked free, dignified, proud, erect, already quite elderly.
01:16And what an extraordinary influence he's had on the people of South Africa. We love him.
01:22Now, Rachel, you were a young girl, so probably it didn't mean much to you.
01:26But who would you pick, perhaps, as being the one person that you would recognise as having changed people's lives
01:32for the better?
01:33Oh, one person's pretty hard, isn't it? But for someone that's alive at the moment, I think Bill Gates is
01:38doing a pretty good job.
01:39The amount of money they've put into the Bill and Linda Gates Foundation is fantastic, isn't it?
01:43Absolutely. Absolutely. So good old Bill, and God bless you, Nelson.
01:48Now, who have we got here with us? We've got Tom Rowell, a prison worker from Husbands Bosworth, quarterfinalist back
01:54in 2010.
01:56In the last round, of course, you dealt a death blow to the hopes of millions by defeating our Irish
02:03weatherman, Peter Lee.
02:04But here you are now in the final 16, fighting for the champion of champions of all countdown champions over
02:1230 years.
02:13Looking forward to it? Yeah, I feel very privileged to be here, yeah.
02:17What do you reckon to your co-competitor here, Jonathan Rawlinson?
02:21I think he's very good.
02:22He's good, isn't he? Young Jonathan, studying maths at Cambridge, beat finalists last year, my first year in this revered
02:30seat.
02:31A bit of a comeback kid, Jonathan, because I think that you got through on a tie-break conundrum in
02:36your first game.
02:37And on Friday, you were trailing to Andrew Hulme, going into the conundrum, but you snuck in there again and
02:44stole the victory.
02:45Yes? Brilliant stuff. It's good to see you back here, Jonathan.
02:48Thank you. And good luck to you both. So, big round of applause to both Tom and Jonathan.
02:59Very, very good competitors. So let's see how we get on today.
03:02Monday, first day of the week, and we're joined, of course, by Susie. Pleasant weekend, Susie?
03:06Lovely weekend, thank you. And I should say it's an important day for us in our household as well, because
03:11it's my daughter Lucy's birthday today.
03:13Oh, happy birthday, Lucy. Big cake and celebrations today?
03:17Big cake, lots of celebrations today.
03:18Not too many candles, though.
03:19No, not yet. Unlike me.
03:21Anyway, good for you, Lucy. Happy birthday.
03:24And you're joined by the great Ken Bruce. The first time I've met you, Ken, but, of course, you're a
03:29regular on the show.
03:30Yeah, over a few years, yes. I've been here once or twice.
03:33It's wonderful. And you, of course, are sort of the voice, the morning voice of Radio 2, and have been
03:39for many, many years now.
03:40More years than the listeners care to remember, I have to say.
03:43No, one of the BBC's, one of the nation's great voices. And not only Breakfast Radio, but, of course, we're
03:50not so far away from the Eurovision Song Contest, where you've been the radio commentator for many years.
03:56We have 25 years I've done that, and, you know, they say Pavlov's dogs learned quicker than I did. Not
04:02to go back there. But I keep going back because it's great fun.
04:05Good for you. Well, we'll talk lots more about that and many other things, Ken. Good to see you. Good
04:10to meet you.
04:11My pleasure.
04:11Now it's time to kick off with the day's business. Now then, Tom, would you be good enough to kick
04:18things off for us today?
04:19I will.
04:20Hi, Rachel.
04:20Hi again, Tom.
04:21Can I have a consonant, please?
04:22Thank you. Start the week with T.
04:25And another.
04:27D.
04:28A vowel.
04:30I.
04:31A consonant.
04:33L.
04:34A consonant.
04:37S.
04:38A vowel.
04:40O.
04:41Another vowel.
04:43E.
04:45Er, another vowel.
04:48A.
04:50And a final vowel, please.
04:53And a final O.
04:55And here's the countdown clock.
05:11And a final vowel, please.
05:12And a final vowel, please.
05:12And a final vowel, please.
05:13And a final vowel, please.
05:13And a final vowel, please.
05:14And a final vowel, please.
05:14And a final vowel, please.
05:15And a final vowel, please.
05:15And a final vowel, please.
05:15And a final vowel, please.
05:15And a final vowel, please.
05:15And a final vowel, please.
05:15And a final vowel, please.
05:17And a final vowel, please.
05:22And a final vowel, please.
05:27Tom eight and Jonathan eight as well okay Tom diastole Jonathan so delight now then I'm none
05:37the wiser I think it's all to do with your diastolic you know when you have your blood
05:43pressure done you have a systolic and diastolic oh I know that results so that's absolutely fine
05:48I know and so delight I think is also fine yeah it's a blue mineral and of sodium which
05:54you will find in alkaline igneous rocks we couldn't do better than eight I don't think
06:03isolated we got eight that's good enough yeah not as impressive as they are very good all right now
06:12then Jonathan off you go hi again Rachel hi Jonathan can I have a vowel please thank you start with
06:17e and a
06:19consonant n vowel a consonant c a vowel i a consonant s another consonant please d a vowel e and
06:41a final
06:42valve please and a final oh stand by
06:50so
07:17Jonathan I'll stick with eight Tom
07:20I'll risk a nine then all right now than Jonathan a diocesan yes and Tom deacon eyes deacon eyes
07:41it's not there Tom I'm sorry bad luck and conversely oceanside is actually so you could have risked that one
07:49very good right Johnson slightly ahead now 16 to eight but in the corner now
07:55yeah and oceanside we got slightly surprising because you you'd think seaside yes but oceanside is
08:00too much of a composite word it is American yeah but yep it's there and would have been
08:05worth the risk perhaps and the else
08:07that's it all right well done Jonathan now then Tom I'll have a consonant please thank you Tom
08:13okay okay and another said and a third l vowel e another a a consonant p another consonant
08:34R a vowel O and a consonant finish and the last one G clock time
08:46so
08:58so
09:00so
09:14Tom.
09:15Six.
09:16Jonathan.
09:18Seven, I think.
09:19And Tom?
09:20Glazer.
09:21Glazer.
09:22Jonathan.
09:23Pergola or pergola?
09:25Pergola.
09:26Pergola, absolutely excellent.
09:28Yep, comes from Italian, and it's the projecting roof.
09:31It's the framework that you trail your climbing plants over.
09:34Indeed, very good.
09:35Anything else?
09:35We had the same, didn't we?
09:36No, pergola was the best we could come up with.
09:39All right, 23 to 8, Jonathan, well done.
09:41Early lead, but plenty of time, Tom.
09:44Jonathan.
09:45Can I have a vowel, please, Rachel?
09:46Thank you, Jonathan.
09:48I.
09:49Consonant.
09:51R.
09:52Vowel.
09:53E.
09:55Consonant.
09:57L.
09:58A vowel.
10:00I.
10:01A consonant.
10:03S.
10:04A vowel.
10:06O.
10:07A consonant.
10:10P.
10:12And a final consonant, please.
10:15And a final H.
10:17Countdown.
10:19And a final consonant, please.
10:35And a final consonant, please.
10:35And a final consonant, please.
10:35And a final consonant, please.
10:35And a final consonant, please.
10:36And a final consonant, please.
10:37And a final consonant, please.
10:37And a final consonant, please.
10:38And a final consonant, please.
10:38And a final consonant, please.
10:38And a final consonant, please.
10:39And a final consonant, please.
10:40And a final consonant, please.
10:41And a final consonant, please.
10:41And a final consonant, please.
10:43And a final consonant, please.
10:49Jonathan?
10:50Seven.
10:51Seven. Tom?
10:52I'll risk an eight then.
10:53OK, Jonathan?
10:54Spoiler.
10:55Yes, Tom?
10:56Polisher.
10:57Polisher, why not?
10:58Well done.
10:59Why not?
10:59Yeah, excellent.
11:00Very good.
11:06What else have we got?
11:07Anything else?
11:08Yes, Ken?
11:09Well, once you'd been a polisher,
11:09you could just turn the world around slightly
11:11and be a re-polisher the next time.
11:13A re-polisher, I should say.
11:15Very good.
11:15All right.
11:16Right then, Jonathan, 23, to Tom, 16.
11:19And Tom, first numbers game.
11:20There's Rachel.
11:21I'm going to have six more, please.
11:22Bit of a risk early on?
11:23Yeah.
11:24Fair enough.
11:25Right, against these two good competitors
11:28and hopefully a good numbers game to start.
11:30And this round, they are two, one, another two,
11:33four, another four, and five.
11:36All quite small.
11:37And the target, 477.
11:40Four, seven, seven.
11:41Hmm.
12:08And the other one,
12:10as we'll see you later.
12:10Bye-bye.
12:12Tom?
12:13No, nothing.
12:15Away, Jonathan?
12:16480.
12:17483 away. Off you go.
12:192 plus 1 is 3.
12:202 plus 1 is 3, and that's about all the work you have to do.
12:22And then multiplied by all the remaining numbers.
12:24Yeah, by 2, by 4, by the other 4, and by 5, and you get 480.
12:29Is it possible, Rachel?
12:30I think that's the best you can do.
12:32Yeah, there's not much you can do with the small ones.
12:34All right, very good.
12:35So, Jonathan, 32, Tom's 16, but now it's our chance to hear from Ken.
12:41One of the things that struck me in recent years is that we have to pay more these days
12:45for things that we used to get for nothing.
12:49You used to go into a shop, didn't you?
12:51And years and years ago, you go into a shop, and the man behind the counter would take it
12:54off the shelf, put it in a bag for you, give it to you, all within the cost.
12:58Well, now, of course, the supermarkets, it's all self-service.
13:01You go around, you even have a little, in some supermarkets, a little thing that you
13:04pressed and costed up for you on your way around.
13:07They will deliver, of course, but there's a charge for that.
13:10So I kind of feel that we ought to charge for our time spent in doing these things.
13:15It's very difficult to achieve, but we ought to see some kind of recompense for that.
13:19Let's say £25 an hour for our time.
13:22Is that too much?
13:23I don't think so.
13:24I think that's all right.
13:25Now, bins.
13:26It's one of the great betenois of my life.
13:29We have four bins where I live, one for recycling, one for food, one for landfill, and one for
13:35garden stuff.
13:35I reckon I spend an hour a week sorting out rubbish, you know, putting one in the right
13:41bin an hour a week.
13:42So, shall we call that £25 a week?
13:45Well, we'll just sit down and work that out.
13:47£25 times 52 is £1,560 over a year.
13:54OK?
13:54£1,560.
13:56Now, I looked up the average council tax in England and Wales in 2012.
13:59That was just under £1,500.
14:02£1,500 plays £1,560.
14:07Now, as I said, I'm not greedy.
14:09I won't charge the council the extra £60.
14:12Let me off with a council charge, council tax.
14:15We'll call it quits.
14:16I'm not greedy.
14:16Do you think that will work, Nick?
14:18Do you think that will work?
14:19Worth a try, but a nice argument.
14:21I think I need the money because somebody once said to me, you know, how to make a million
14:25pounds in radio?
14:26Start with two million.
14:29Very good indeed.
14:30Well done.
14:31Lovely stuff.
14:34Very well-arviewed case, I think.
14:37Yes, and I think the nation will agree with you.
14:39Now then, time for a Tea Time teaser, and the teaser is...
14:43Drub Lose.
14:44Might these rocks be associated with brass?
14:47Might these rocks be associated with brass?
15:05Welcome back.
15:06I left you with the clue.
15:07Might these rocks be associated with brass?
15:11And the answer is boulders.
15:14Boulders.
15:15Now, if you'd like to become a Countdown contestant, you can email countdown at channel4.com to request
15:22an application form, or write to us at contestantsapplications, countdown leads, LS3, 1, J, S.
15:32Now then, Jonathan, 30 to Tom, 16, in the lead there.
15:36Do you want to extend it, Jonathan?
15:38Off you go.
15:39I can have a vowel, please.
15:40Thank you, Jonathan.
15:42E.
15:43A consonant.
15:45D.
15:46A vowel.
15:48O.
15:49A consonant.
15:51F.
15:52A vowel.
15:54U.
15:55A consonant.
15:57W.
15:58Another consonant.
16:00T.
16:02A vowel.
16:04I.
16:06And a final consonant, please.
16:09And a final J.
16:11Countdown.
16:12A vowel.
16:13A vowel.
16:16A vowel.
16:27A vowel.
16:29A vowel.
16:29A vowel.
16:29A vowel.
16:36A vowel.
16:38A vowel.
16:40A vowel.
16:42Jonathan?
16:43Seven.
16:44And Tom?
16:45I'll risk a seven then.
16:47OK.
16:48Jonathan?
16:49Wide out.
16:50Wide out.
16:51Two wide outs?
16:51Same word, yeah.
16:53Right.
16:53Two American football fans here.
16:55And in the corner?
16:57Yes, and you know your American football too, Nick,
16:59because I didn't know this one.
17:00It is, in American football, a wide receiver.
17:02Well done.
17:03Very good.
17:04Excellent.
17:05Now then, what else have you got?
17:06Ken?
17:06No, I'm a cricket man, I'm afraid,
17:07so I couldn't get even wide out.
17:09But we have seven as many letters as we can fill.
17:12All right.
17:13Very good.
17:1437 plays 23.
17:15Tom?
17:16Off you go.
17:17Have a vowel this time, please.
17:18Thank you, Tom.
17:19E.
17:20And another one.
17:22I.
17:23A consonant.
17:26S.
17:27A consonant.
17:28R.
17:30Another consonant.
17:32G.
17:34A vowel.
17:36A.
17:37Consonant.
17:39S.
17:41Another consonant.
17:43Y.
17:45And a final vowel, please.
17:47And a final U.
17:49Stand by.
17:50A vowel.
17:50By one.
18:02A vowel.
18:03A vowel.
18:03Is the longest you know that for those two is a vowel.
18:04Do the two.
18:04Do the two of them.
18:18Do the one.
18:19Do the one.
18:19Do the right.
18:19Do the one.
18:21Tom.
18:22Seven.
18:23And Jonathan.
18:24Seven as well.
18:25Tom.
18:26Gassier.
18:27Gassier.
18:27I've got the same.
18:29Equally gassy over there, and in the corner.
18:32Same.
18:33Yes, yeah, we are gassy.
18:34We gassed away to her, and we couldn't come up with anything more than that, I'm afraid.
18:37Very good.
18:3844 plays at 30.
18:39And Jonathan.
18:41A vowel, please, Rachel.
18:42Thank you, Jonathan.
18:43A.
18:44And a consonant.
18:46N.
18:47A vowel.
18:48I.
18:50Consonant.
18:52P.
18:53Vowel.
18:55E.
18:57Consonant.
18:58T.
19:00Another consonant.
19:03L.
19:04Another consonant.
19:06T.
19:08And a final vowel, please.
19:11And a final I.
19:14Top time.
19:18Once again.
19:30Let's see.
19:32I'm going.
19:33I'm going.
19:47I'm going.
19:48an eight. An eight. Tom?
19:50I'll stick with a seven. And your seven?
19:52Pantile. Pantile.
19:54Jonathan? Tinplate.
19:56Okay. Tinplate.
19:57It is all one word. Yep. Excellent.
20:00Tinplate. It is. Well done.
20:01Very, very good. Yep. Very good.
20:08And in the corner?
20:10It's slightly redundant, I'm afraid,
20:11because we can't be innocent.
20:13Tinplate. All right.
20:1552 plays 30.
20:18And now, Tom,
20:19your game. A consonant, please.
20:22Thank you, Tom.
20:23D. And another.
20:26N. A vowel.
20:29U. And another.
20:32O. A consonant.
20:36M. A consonant.
20:39R.
20:41A consonant.
20:43P.
20:45A vowel.
20:47A.
20:48And A consonant, please.
20:50And the last one.
20:51N.
20:52Tick tock.
20:55Tick tock.
20:56Tick tock.
20:58Tick tock.
21:11Tick tock.
21:12Tick tock.
21:13Tick tock.
21:13Tick tock.
21:14Tick tock.
21:15Tick tock.
21:16Tick tock.
21:17Tick tock.
21:18Tick tock.
21:19Tick tock.
21:19Tick tock.
21:20Tick tock.
21:21Tick tock.
21:22Tick tock.
21:23Tick tock.
21:23Tick tock.
21:24Tom?
21:26Six.
21:27Jonathan?
21:28Uh, six, yeah.
21:29Tom?
21:30Pardon.
21:30Jonathan?
21:31Around.
21:33All right, nothing too exciting there.
21:34In the corner, anything?
21:35No, no, nothing exciting for us.
21:37These were the two words that we came up with,
21:38but we can't find anything more than six.
21:40You'd think, looking at them, there was something there.
21:41You would have thought so, wouldn't you?
21:43Yeah.
21:43But no, I'm afraid not.
21:44Never mind, never mind.
21:46It's not a criminal offence.
21:4758 pays 36, but now it's time to concentrate
21:51on Susie's origins of words.
21:52I'm going to talk all week about names,
21:56at least in English, what's in a name.
21:58And I'm just going to start with some expressions
22:01that involve names.
22:02And usually, a person's first name is taken purely
22:06as a nickname, as an average name, if you like.
22:09So we talk about Jack of all trades,
22:11Jack appears lots of times.
22:13And Charlie, as in proper Charlie,
22:15has so many entries in the Oxford English Dictionary
22:18for its meanings.
22:18It can mean a fox, part of the female anatomy,
22:22up top, an enemy soldier in the Vietnam War,
22:25a coward, and of course, it's the 1930s cocaine.
22:28In all of these, it was simply used as a very popular name,
22:31and so an easy nickname to take.
22:33But in some cases, a name is used and does refer
22:37to a very specific individual.
22:38They're much rarer cases.
22:39But if you take Smart Alec, that did actually refer
22:42to one very specific individual.
22:44And he was actually an Alex, but an Alexander.
22:48Alexander Hogue, Alec for short.
22:51And he was a notorious thief in New York in the 1840s.
22:55And he ran a brilliant business with his wife, Melinda.
22:57She would play a lady of the night.
23:00She would lure customers into her room
23:02and make them leave their clothes, after they'd undressed,
23:05on a chair, which was easily accessible from the door.
23:08She would then obviously distract them
23:10in all sorts of ways we won't go into.
23:11Her husband would creep in
23:13and steal the unsuspecting victim's belongings.
23:16And these deceptions were carried out
23:18in full knowledge of the police,
23:19and they would take a commission
23:21from their ill-gotten gains.
23:24But when he tried to double-cross them,
23:26it was they who, when they flung him into prison,
23:29gave him the sarcastic nickname, Smart Alec.
23:32Well, I'm dashed.
23:38What a rotten trick.
23:4158 plays Tom's 36, and Jonathan, your numbers game.
23:44Rachel, poised, waiting to hear from you.
23:48Can I just have one large, please?
23:50You can, thank you.
23:51One large one and five little ones this time,
23:54and let's hope for a possible one.
23:55And for this round, the numbers are three, nine, eight, two,
24:01and another three, and the large one, 50.
24:04And the target, 876.
24:06876.
24:07876.
24:08976.
24:35976.
24:38Jonathan?
24:39876.
24:40876.
24:41And Tom?
24:41874.
24:43874.
24:44Yes, Jonathan?
24:459 times 2.
24:479 times 2, 18.
24:49Times 50.
24:49Times 50, 900.
24:51And 8 3 is a 24.
24:538 3 is a 24.
24:54Yeah, 876.
24:56Well done.
24:57Yeah, good start, Jonathan.
24:59Well done.
25:02Very good indeed.
25:03But now it's time for Tea Time Teaser, which is Spice Vat.
25:07And the clue, you won't hear them uttering John Inman's catchphrase.
25:12You won't hear them uttering John Inman's catchphrase.
25:30Welcome back.
25:31I left you with the clue, you won't hear them uttering John Inman's catchphrase.
25:36And the answer is captives.
25:38In other words, we're not free.
25:41Captives.
25:42Right.
25:4368 place 36.
25:45Well done, Jonathan.
25:46And Tom, I call upon you for a letters game.
25:50I'll have a consonant, please.
25:52Thank you, Tom.
25:54B.
25:54And another.
25:57R.
25:58A consonant.
26:00G.
26:01A vowel.
26:03I.
26:04Another vowel.
26:06I.
26:07A consonant.
26:09T.
26:11A vowel.
26:13U.
26:14And the consonant.
26:17S.
26:18And a vinyl consonant, please.
26:22And the last one.
26:22T.
26:24Clock time.
26:25T.
26:26T catalemaker.
26:27T.
26:29T.
26:29T.
26:30T.
26:59MUSIC CONTINUES
27:28MUSIC CONTINUES
27:30MUSIC CONTINUES
27:35MUSIC CONTINUES
27:44MUSIC CONTINUES
27:46R. A vowel. A. Consonant. W. Vowel. E. Consonant. D. And a final consonant, please. And final X. Countdown.
28:38Jonathan. A seven. Yes, Tom. Seven. OK. Yes, Jonathan. Lowered. Lowered, Tom.
28:45And Leeward. Leeward. Oh, very nice. Yeah, excellent. Very good. Any advances? No advance, but an additional. For seven, relaxed.
28:57Yes. But you've got a very relaxed voice, I always think. Ah, but I'm paddling away furiously underneath. No, I
29:04don't doubt it, but it's a very comfortable voice. Thank you. Yeah. I wonder if it was helped by the
29:08fact that you used to smoke.
29:10Well, I did smoke, but I haven't smoked for 30-odd years. But maybe I did love something, but...
29:15They used to say people had a tobacco voice, didn't they? Yeah, whiskey has been more my accusation.
29:20Oh, well, then. I'm giving that up, then. 80 plays 48. Now then, Tom.
29:26I'll have a vowel this time, please. Thank you, Tom. O.
29:29And a consonant. N. Another consonant. C. A vowel. U. Another vowel. A. A consonant. S. Another consonant.
29:50R. A vowel. O. And a final consonant, please. And a final G. And they're off.
30:02R. A vowel.
30:03R. A vowel.
30:10R. A vowel.
30:27MUSIC PLAYS
30:33Tom?
30:34Seven.
30:34A seven. Jonathan?
30:36Seven, not written down.
30:37Let's hear from you, Jonathan.
30:38Cougars.
30:39Cougars.
30:40Yes, Tom?
30:41Coronas.
30:43Coronas.
30:43Two good words.
30:44Excellent, yes.
30:46Cougars.
30:47Cougars.
30:47Cougars can also be older women who are on the hunt for younger men, I think.
30:54We don't wish to know that sort of thing.
30:56OK, sorry.
30:57It's like a family show.
30:58Those are animals.
30:58Now then, what else have we got?
31:00We had coronas.
31:01Madam Cougars.
31:01Coronas we had.
31:02I'm afraid.
31:03Nothing better.
31:04Very good.
31:05Now then, Jonathan ahead by 87 to 55, and it's last numbers game.
31:09And there's Rachel, poised.
31:12Can I have four large, please?
31:14I'm still poised.
31:14Yeah, four large.
31:15Thank you, Jonathan.
31:16Just for fun.
31:17Obviously.
31:18Four large and two small.
31:19And for the last time today, the numbers are seven and five.
31:23And the large four, 50, 75, 100, and 25.
31:28And the target, 808.
31:31808.
31:33There's a number of rungs.
32:01There's a number of rungs.
32:03Yes, Jonathan?
32:05810, not written down.
32:07810, not written down. Tom?
32:09I've got 806, not written down.
32:12Right, so then, I think, well, we'll look to you, Jonathan, first of all.
32:16OK. 75 plus 50.
32:2075 plus 50, 125.
32:22Add 5.
32:23Add 5, 130.
32:25Multiply by 7.
32:27Multiply by 7, 910.
32:29And take away, 100.
32:31Yep, for 810, 2 away.
32:34Very good, and Tom?
32:35I did 7 plus 5.
32:377 plus 5 is 12.
32:38Times 75.
32:40Times 75, 900.
32:42Oh, I've gone wrong.
32:44And...
32:44I've gone wrong.
32:45Oh, I'm sorry, Tom.
32:47All right.
32:48So then, Rachel, can you go straight down the middle there to 808?
32:53It was very easy to get 807, but I'll have another look for 808.
32:57All right, well done.
32:58But in the meantime, Jonathan, 94, just shy of 100 there to Tom's 55.
33:03As we go into the final round, it's conundrum time.
33:06So, fingers on buzzers.
33:08Let's reveal today's countdown conundrum.
33:13My word, Tom, that's quick.
33:14Yes.
33:15Asphalted.
33:16Asphalted.
33:17Let's see whether you're right.
33:19Oh, brilliant stuff, Tom.
33:21Well done.
33:26They do not come any faster than that, Tom.
33:29Well done.
33:30But you still go down to Jonathan in 94 to 65.
33:36So, well done.
33:37But you're up against a formidable character who's on form today.
33:41Hot Jonathan.
33:42So, we send you home back to husband's Bosworth.
33:46And you take with you your teapot and a priceless piece of kryptonite here, which is inscribed.
33:53And our best wishes.
33:55Cheers.
33:55Very good.
33:58And well done, Jonathan.
34:00We'll see you next week in the quarterfinals.
34:03Yeah, I'm looking forward to it.
34:04Brilliant stuff.
34:05Go and wrap a wet towel around your head and swat up for it.
34:09Yes?
34:09Yeah.
34:10You missed out on the last series.
34:11Let's see whether you can take it away this time.
34:14Brilliant stuff.
34:15Susie, see you tomorrow.
34:16See you tomorrow.
34:16And more from Cairn.
34:18And I want to talk to you at some stage about how we can do it tomorrow, about the Eurovision
34:22Song Contest, which is coming up in May.
34:24Is that right?
34:24Yeah, end of May in Malmo in Sweden.
34:27Yeah.
34:28And how many years have you been doing that for?
34:30Well, it's 25 years since I did my first, so I've done 25 contests, and this will be my 26th.
34:37Excellent.
34:37We'll talk about it tomorrow.
34:39Brilliant stuff.
34:40Can you imagine how many songs he's heard in his lifetime?
34:43So many bad songs as well.
34:45We'll see you tomorrow, Rachel.
34:47We look forward to seeing you tomorrow, same time, same place.
34:50We'll be here.
34:51You'll be sure.
34:52But you're here too.
34:53Good afternoon.
35:06Tonight at nine, and running every night until Wednesday, Murder in the Outback, the Falconio and Lee's mystery, continues with
35:12a re-examining of the only eyewitness account that night.
35:16Next this afternoon, it's a place in the sun.
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