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00:31Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown, a contest that takes place always over 15 bruising 30-second rounds. It's always decided
00:40on points and we always declare a champion at the final bell. It is Champion of Champions quarterfinal stages. Our
00:48fourth quarterfinal, Rachel, in the first one we wrestled with alligators, in the second one we tussled with a whale,
00:55in the third one we handcuffed lightning and in this one we're going to try and throw
00:59thunder in jail.
01:01Are you thinking of I'm a celebrity?
01:04No, it's the most famous quote from, you know, the most important boxer of all time. Some would say not
01:12the best, certainly one of the greatest, Muhammad Ali.
01:15Not George Foreman.
01:16Not George Foreman. He spoke a lot about him. And, you know, you're not a boxing fan. But Muhammad Ali,
01:22of course, was as much about his words, which is why I think he's a perfect launch for any countdown.
01:27He was born in this day in 1942.
01:30So I've got some Ali quotes for you that I think are applicable for a countdown. So one that's perfect
01:37for you and I, which is this. It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out. It's the
01:45pebble in your shoe. I'm very much the pebble in your shoe.
01:49I was going to, I was going to get the clarification on that. So I would disagree. We'll do it
01:54that way. We'll over in dictionary corner. I've got a quote for each of them as well.
01:58Susie Dent, our guardian of the dictionary. Every afternoon at two o'clock, she says it into the mirror. It's
02:04hard to be humble when you're as great as I am.
02:09I actually heard her doing it. I was like, wow, that's Susie. The walls are thin. The walls are thin.
02:16And she shouts, so.
02:18And I'm going to paraphrase Ali for you, because I know you'll take it in a good way. I've seen
02:23Rick Edwards shadow box and the shadow one. Susie and Rick.
02:31And so to our contestants. And the boxing analogy continues, because both James Houghton and Adam Latchford are undefeated, undisputed.
02:41They've never sat here and lost a game. So today, the all must go, James. That's a little bit of
02:46pressure on you.
02:47Yeah, yeah. But no, he's been a good run. If I lose and same for Adam, I imagine.
02:53The other thing that connects you as well is, and what has been a really difficult champion of champions with
02:59the Countdown Conundrums, you nailed a crucial one.
03:03Yeah, I'm glad. I wish he hadn't gone to a crucial. It aged me by about ten years.
03:09Good in the championship rounds. I think it might come down to that end. Adam, as well, you managed a
03:14crucial Countdown Conundrum.
03:15You took out the history maker, Tom Stevenson.
03:18But you've got a really bizarre, unwanted record. But perversely, I think you'd quite like to achieve it.
03:24So, you've never had a nine-letter word?
03:28No, never had a nine.
03:29Right. In a regular round?
03:31In a regular round. I've had a few conundrums, but...
03:33So what... He knows this. Brilliant. He's such a student of Countdown.
03:36What's the record for the longest run without having a nine?
03:40So the record was someone in this champion of champions, Steve Hyde, with 1-3-4, and I'm sat on
03:451-20.
03:46So I've got a little bit of the way to go. I need to get through to the next round,
03:50and that's not a given against James.
03:52Well, I said it, just to finish our boxing analogies, I said it, when you sat there in the quarterfinal,
03:58you were the Rocky.
03:59So here we go. It's Rocky 2. So good luck to you. It's James and Adam.
04:06Round one. James, first blows.
04:09Hi, Rachel. Hello, James.
04:11Could I start with a consonant, please?
04:13You could indeed. Start today with G.
04:16And another.
04:17T.
04:19And another.
04:21D.
04:22And another.
04:24S.
04:26A vowel, please.
04:29A.
04:30And another.
04:31E.
04:32And another.
04:33U.
04:38Another vowel, please.
04:41E.
04:43And finish with a final vowel, please.
04:48Finish with O.
04:50At Hallman in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:52BETH
04:53And another.
04:54And then the vowel, please.
05:15Yeah.
05:15MUSIC
05:23Time's up, James. Eight. Adam? Eight.
05:26Right, what have you got? A doge-eight. Yes, and Adam?
05:29I'm glad I didn't have to pronounce it. Right.
05:32Rick Edwards, I'm glad I don't have to spell it. Yeah, never heard of it before.
05:37Well, we've heard of a doge,
05:40and a doge-eight is the office or the period of office of a doge.
05:45Wonderful. Anything else in and around it? Outages?
05:49Yes. Guested. Yeah. Yes.
05:52Very good in a normal week, but this is not... Terrible in this week.
05:55Not a normal week. Adam Latchford, your first letters.
05:59Afternoon, Rachel. Afternoon, Adam.
06:01Start with a consonant, please. Start with L.
06:05And a vowel? E.
06:07And a consonant? T.
06:09And a consonant? K.
06:13And a consonant? G.
06:16A vowel, please. O.
06:19And a vowel? E.
06:22And a consonant? M.
06:27And we will finish with a consonant, please.
06:32Finish with R. 30 seconds.
06:36B.
06:37T.
06:37T.
06:37T.
06:38T.
06:38T.
07:05MUSIC CONTINUES
07:08And James? Just six for me.
07:10OK, the sixes, Adam. Remote.
07:12And James?
07:13Yep, remote as well.
07:15Right, there you go.
07:15Probably going toe-to-toe in the first two rounds.
07:18Two words only we've had.
07:20What have you got in Dictionary Corner?
07:21Match them. Delighted.
07:23Meteor? Yes.
07:24Yes. Thank you very much, Dictionary Corner.
07:26Picking up sixes, well, 14 points each.
07:29Let's start with the numbers, and James will have four rounds today.
07:33You're up first.
07:34One match, please, Rachel.
07:36What's your thinking behind this?
07:38I thought I'd mix it up for Adam.
07:39He did well with the full-large in round three against Tom, so...
07:43Right, fair enough. We'll see if the tactics change.
07:45Cautious start.
07:46Four, seven, two, five, one, and 100.
07:52And the target?
07:54674.
07:55674. Numbers up.
07:57We'll see you then.
08:09MUSIC PLAYS
08:27James?
08:28Yeah, 674.
08:29Yeah, and Adam?
08:30674.
08:31There you go. Nice and relaxed, James. Take it away.
08:33100 minus 4.
08:3596.
08:36Multiply by 7 for 672.
08:38672.
08:39And add the 2.
08:41674.
08:42Easy.
08:42Adam?
08:43Identico for three rounds.
08:46Yeah, score on.
08:49We cannot separate them in any way.
08:52So let me give you one of the cleverest Tea Time teasers
08:55you'll ever have to tackle.
08:57Ray Bites.
08:59Ray Bites.
09:00George and Henri with the animals, perhaps.
09:03George and Henri with the animals, perhaps.
09:22Welcome back.
09:23Needs a little bit of explaining.
09:25Ray Bites becomes best Thierry.
09:27George, best for those people that aren't football fans.
09:30And Thierry Henry.
09:31That's what's going to get us there.
09:32Right, here we go.
09:34More letters now.
09:35And Adam Latchford, you're picking the first round of part two.
09:38Start with the consonant, please, Rachel.
09:40Thank you, Adam.
09:41N.
09:41And another.
09:43F.
09:44A third.
09:46R.
09:47A fourth.
09:48S.
09:50A fifth.
09:52X.
09:54A vowel, please.
09:56I.
09:57Another.
09:59A.
10:00Another.
10:02E.
10:05And we will finish with a consonant, please.
10:09Finish with L.
10:10Thank you, Rachel.
10:11Coding.
10:42Let's see if it's the same word again. Adam.
10:44I'll stick with a seven. And James?
10:46Seven. OK. What is it, Adam?
10:49Finales. Believe it or not.
10:51There we go.
10:53We're heading towards a finale with you having exactly the same score at this rate.
10:57Dixie Corner.
10:58You have finales. I think relaxing is a chemical in the body, isn't it?
11:03It is, yeah. It's a hormone and it's secreted during childbirth,
11:07causes the cervix to dilate.
11:09Brilliant. James, let's get more letters.
11:11Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, James.
11:14N. And another.
11:16M. And another.
11:19B. And another.
11:22W. Vowel, please.
11:25I. And another.
11:28A. And another.
11:31E. Consonant, please.
11:36G. And a final vowel, please.
11:42Final A.
11:43Here we go.
11:44In, kunna, no.
11:51In.
11:54In.
12:11MUSIC PLAYS
12:15Happy time, James. Seven. And Adam? Seven.
12:18Surely not. James? Beaming. Adam?
12:22Do you want us to sit together? It's ridiculous.
12:26Yes? Anything else in dexterity corner?
12:28I think we're beaming over here as well, aren't we?
12:30I think we are. Yeah, we have beaming two and nice six there, gamine.
12:34OK, so there you go. Cannot split them, so let's go to numbers again
12:37and see if that makes a difference. Adam?
12:39We're going to start with two large for now.
12:42And what's your thinking behind this?
12:44I'm enjoying matching every round, and I want to do it for 16 rounds if I can,
12:48but that's not possible, so...
12:49Well, we'll see. If this can separate you two, four littles.
12:52One, six, eight and seven.
12:56And the big one, 75 and 25.
12:59And the target, 673.
13:016, 7, 3. Numbers up.
13:07We'll see you next time.
13:11We'll see you next time.
13:34Adam.
13:35Yes, 6, 7, 3.
13:36And James.
13:36Yes, 6, 7, 3.
13:37OK, off you go, Adam.
13:39OK, so 75 times 8.
13:4175 by 8, 600.
13:437 plus 1 is 8.
13:45So get yourself another 8.
13:46Times it by 6.
13:47Times it by 6, 48.
13:49And then add that on and add 25.
13:51Yep, there was a lot of play acting between you two for that round.
13:54James, how did you do it?
13:55I did it slightly differently.
13:57I did 75 plus 6 is 81.
14:01Then multiplied by 8.
14:02More economical with the number.
14:046, 4, 8.
14:04And then added the 25.
14:066, 7, 3 again.
14:07Well done.
14:08APPLAUSE
14:1148 points each already.
14:14Superhuman efforts from James and Adam.
14:17And that's probably applicable as we climb back inside the dark recesses of Rick Edwards' mind.
14:23I wanted to talk about, did you see a sort of a docudrama on the BBC quite recently called, I
14:31think it was called First Contact, about what it would be like if we contacted aliens.
14:36Yeah.
14:36And it's one of my favourite subjects because I'm sort of fascinated by the Fermi paradox.
14:41You probably know the Fermi paradox.
14:42So Enrico Fermi came up with it, a very famous physicist.
14:46And it's essentially, if you run the numbers on the universe, the universe is massive, it's really old, there's loads
14:55of potentially habitable planets, loads of sun-like stars.
15:00So the universe should be absolutely teeming with technological civilisations.
15:05So where is everyone?
15:06Because we've never spotted anyone.
15:08And there's all sorts of explanations.
15:10And so I thought I'd just run through my favourites.
15:14So the first explanation is just that we're incredibly rare, so life doesn't evolve very often at all.
15:19We have no idea because we've only got one data point, which is life evolving on Earth at the moment,
15:24which is why people are interested to see if there's anything on Mars, for example.
15:29Another explanation is we're just the first to get there, so we're just ahead of the game.
15:32So there's lots of other sort of life evolving all around the universe, but they haven't quite got to where
15:37we are.
15:37That's sort of unlikely because the Earth is quite young.
15:41There's the idea that we might have been visited before and we just have no way of knowing it.
15:45There's one which I like called the zoo hypothesis, which is that aliens are here, but they're just watching us
15:51and we've got no way of detecting them and we're just looking for the wrong things.
15:55There's an idea that we're just in, like, a really rubbish backwater of the universe.
15:59So aliens are like, well, yeah, we're not going there, it's terrible there.
16:04Or my favourite explanation, which comes from this physicist called Michio Kaku,
16:09who says it might be that we just aren't sophisticated.
16:13They might be here and we just aren't sophisticated enough to understand where they are.
16:18And it probably gives us if you've got an anthill, so the ants are going about their business sort of
16:22with quite a complicated, you know, social system, really.
16:26Right next to a sort of 10-lane superhighway.
16:29The ants have no idea that the 10-lane superhighway is there or any understanding of what their highway is.
16:34And in that analogy, we're the ants.
16:36Yeah.
16:36I read that.
16:37And you've got to come up with solutions.
16:39Yeah.
16:39So I read that because one of the theory is that we wouldn't be able to communicate with another planet
16:46because we wouldn't be intelligent enough.
16:49But I've worked that out.
16:51Send Ahmed Mohamed.
16:52We'll be absolutely fine.
16:53They'll be like, this is what a fantastic race this is.
16:57The human race is so intelligent.
16:59And then they can meet us later.
17:00It'll soften the blow.
17:02Oh, this is not what we were expecting.
17:05Start at the top.
17:06Work your way down.
17:07Happy days.
17:08Thank you, mate.
17:11Got two matching brains here.
17:1248 points each.
17:14All the words have been the same so far as well.
17:16Surely it won't continue.
17:18Thank you, James.
17:19Consonant, please, Rachel.
17:21Thank you, James.
17:22N.
17:23And another.
17:25T.
17:26And another.
17:27R.
17:29And another.
17:30S.
17:32Vowel, please.
17:33O.
17:33And another.
17:35E.
17:36And another.
17:38I.
17:39And another.
17:41A.
17:43And finish with a final vowel, please.
17:47This could break Adam's record, if it's a good one.
17:51O.
17:52Here we go.
17:55We'll see you in the next week.pirge
17:59for now. Bole.
18:04And another.
18:07You. Bye.
18:16Bye.
18:19Bye.
18:19Bye.
18:21Bye.
18:21Bye.
18:22Bye.
18:22Bye.
18:24James eight Adam eight okay the notarize
18:29Do I need to show him? That's crazy
18:33Yeah, it's there
18:34Dexterity corner anything else?
18:36There were quite a few eights actually
18:37So notarizes there and no trees obviously snootier
18:42Orations so a few there. Okay. Well, it was a little bit of a novelty now
18:46I really hope it happens all the way through to the end and I hope there are nines as well
18:51Adam more letters
18:52Start the consonant, please Rachel. Thank you, Adam. Q a
18:56consonant ah
18:58a third
19:00G a vowel, please
19:03a and another
19:05you and another a a
19:10consonant, please G
19:14Consonant L
19:18and
19:18a final consonant and a final T
19:22Okay, kind of done
19:23a
19:24a
19:54Mr. Latchford? Six. Mr. Horton? Six. Right. Adam? Lugger? Yeah, I'll go with Lugger then. James Lugger. Susie and Rick?
20:05Gurgle? A posh gargle. Oh, good to gurgle. That's quite a nice one. And just to say, a lugger is
20:10a small sailing ship with a lug sail. Excellent stuff. Right. 62 points each. Let's get back to the numbers.
20:17James, you're going to pick these six. One large again, please. Not gambling? Nope. No? Are you banking on the
20:23conundrum?
20:24Or are you going to take this all the way? Yeah, take it all the way. Hopefully. Well, we'll see.
20:29I'm going to get through the numbers first. We have seven, ten, nine, seven, six, and 100. And the target,
20:38834.
20:39834. Number's up.
20:43834.
20:51111.
20:52837.
20:53937.
20:531137.
20:541037.
20:5410ian.
20:581038.
21:11I'd say 3-4. James Houghton.
21:138-3-4. Adam Latchford.
21:168-3-4. James.
21:18OK, so 7 times 7 is 49.
21:217 times 7, 49.
21:22Take away the 10 for 39.
21:25Add that to the 100 for 139.
21:27Yep. And then multiply by 6.
21:29Perfect.
21:30Adam. That's lovely.
21:31100 minus 7.
21:33100 minus 7, 93.
21:35Times by 9.
21:36Times by 9 is 830...
21:40Sorry, 7, 3...
21:427, there we go.
21:4310 minus 7 for 3.
21:44There we go, the other 7.
21:46Same result.
21:51You cannot pick a winner.
21:5272 points each.
21:54Let's get our second tea time teaser.
21:56Duet Bath.
21:58Duet Bath.
21:59Top and bottom come together to form an attack.
22:03Top and bottom come together to form an attack.
22:25That would be a headbutt, of course.
22:30That would be a headbutt, of course.
22:31That would be a headbutt.
22:34Our series 83 winner, Adam Latchford, is on 72 points as well.
22:39Adam, more letters.
22:40We will start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
22:42Thank you, Adam.
22:43S.
22:43And a second.
22:45D.
22:46A vowel, please.
22:48I.
22:49And another.
22:50E.
22:51And another.
22:52I.
22:55A consonant, please.
22:57N.
22:57B.
23:00A consonant.
23:00B.
23:02A consonant.
23:05R.
23:07And we will finish with a consonant.
23:09M.
23:10And another consonant.
23:11Finish with M.
23:13Half a minute.
23:13A consonant.
23:39Here at a fever.
23:42Take it.
23:44Here we go again. Adam?
23:46Seven. James?
23:48Seven. Right. What is it, Adam?
23:50Reminds.
23:52And James? Binders.
23:54Binders. Yes, at last.
23:56Some form of separation
23:57from them. But the story's still the same.
24:0079 points each.
24:01Over the dictionary corner. Insider?
24:04Yes. No, we were
24:05on seven as well. Nice sevens all round.
24:07OK. James, more letters from you,
24:09my friend. Consonant, please, Rachel.
24:12Thank you, James. Why?
24:14And another,
24:16please. F.
24:17And another.
24:19R. And
24:22another. N.
24:25Vowel,
24:26please. A.
24:28And another.
24:29E. And another.
24:33U.
24:36Consonant, please.
24:38T.
24:39And finish with a
24:42final
24:43Vowel, please.
24:45Finish with a.
24:46Start the clock.
24:48T.
24:48Vowel, please.
24:52T.
24:52T.
24:52T.
24:52T.
24:54T.
24:55T.
24:55T.
24:56T.
24:57T.
24:58T.
24:58T.
24:59T.
25:01T.
25:02T.
25:03T.
25:03T.
25:06T.
25:18Many letters, James?
25:20Seven.
25:21Many letters, Adam?
25:22I'll have to go with a seven.
25:24OK. James, your word?
25:26You're an A. You are a N-A-T-E.
25:29And Adam?
25:30I'm featurey.
25:32Featurey. It's all a little bit featurey.
25:33Susie?
25:34Oh, featurey is not there, I'm afraid.
25:37One of those... I disallow, Adam. Apologies.
25:39And uranate is absolutely fine.
25:42And it is basically a salt-containing uranium.
25:46Anything else in Dictionary Corner?
25:48No.
25:49Well, let's stay in Dictionary Corner and get more origins of words.
25:52I'm going to talk about uncles today,
25:55because not all uncles are particularly likeable.
25:59We only have to think of Hamlet and Uncle Claudius, for example.
26:03But, for the most part, I think we do like to see our uncles
26:07as being quite sort of genial people,
26:10which is really the inspiration behind avuncular.
26:13So, if somebody is avuncular, they are exactly that.
26:15They are kind, they are gentle and quite friendly.
26:19And avuncular comes from the Latin avunculus,
26:22which means maternal uncle, literally.
26:25But since the 19th century,
26:27it's been used to describe uncles from either side of the family
26:30or people who are uncle-like in their behaviour.
26:33And, as I say, the predicted behaviour then
26:35is that they are quite friendly.
26:37Avunculus is also the ancestor of uncle itself.
26:42So, so far, so good.
26:43But I did mention that not all are particularly likeable.
26:45And certainly when it comes to nepotism,
26:48you might think that there's a little bit of conspiracy going on there,
26:52because nepotism, if you go back again to the Latin original,
26:55involves nepos, or nephew.
26:57So, it was originally all about uncles
26:59giving favourable treatment to their nephews,
27:04which is why, as I've often talked about on here,
27:07we talk about Bob's your uncle,
27:09thought to go back to Arthur, nicknamed Bob Balfour,
27:13a Prime Minister who gave his nephew lots of juicy, fruity jobs.
27:18But Avuncula, I really like,
27:19because, you know, it's kind of wearing its heart on its sleeve
27:22that there is uncle within it.
27:23But we might not guess it's because most of our uncles
27:26are actually pretty nice.
27:27Nice.
27:28APPLAUSE
27:32Just the seven points between James and Adam,
27:36and we can only separate them in the last round.
27:38Four to go.
27:39And Adam, it's your letters.
27:41Constance, please, Rachel.
27:42Thank you, Adam.
27:43S.
27:43And the second.
27:45P.
27:46And a third.
27:48T.
27:49And a fourth.
27:51C.
27:52And a vowel.
28:00And we'll finish with a vowel, please.
28:07Finish with E.
28:09Let's play kind time.
28:11Let's play kind time.
28:40That'll do it then, Adam. Seven. And James? Seven. OK. Adam? Pectos. And James? Capote. C-A-P-O-T
28:50-E-S.
28:51Yes. Capote is a hooded cloak, and pectos, a spiochemical term for a water-insoluble substance, shall we say.
29:00You've got your space there for your aliens. Anything else? No. No.
29:07If you get paid per word hosting this week, you'll be doing all right. Yeah.
29:12Right, James, you're picking the last letters.
29:14A consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, James. S. And another? C. And another? Zed.
29:24And another, please. N. Vowel, please. A. And another? U. And another?
29:34O. And another, please. A. And finish with a final consonant, please.
29:46Finish with S. Last letters.
30:18I'll see you next time.
30:18Um, James?
30:21Just six.
30:22And Adam?
30:23Six.
30:23Yep.
30:24What have you got, James?
30:24Saunas.
30:25Yeah.
30:26And Adam?
30:27Saunas for me.
30:28Yep.
30:28There you go.
30:29Anything else?
30:30No improvement on that at all.
30:32Well, listen, we're not at the crucial countdown conundrum yet.
30:34We'll see what happens in our final numbers round.
30:37And Adam, you're going to be speaking.
30:38I'm still not sure.
30:40So I'm going to say too large now and just hope I've somehow heard of this word in the final,
30:45if I can get the numbers.
30:47Is that your final answer?
30:48I don't know.
30:50Just pick it before I change my mind.
30:52Two large and four little.
30:54You're wimping out on the numbers and you're going for the conundrum.
30:57Right, let's have a look.
30:58Numbers are two, nine, ten, three, fifty and seventy-five.
31:05And the target?
31:07One, four, three.
31:09Numbers up.
31:09Two, three.
31:12Two, three.
31:14What?
31:18Three.
31:26Three.
31:29Three.
31:30Three.
31:32Three.
31:33Seven.
31:34Three.
31:38Three.
31:40All right, Adam.
31:42143.
31:43And James.
31:45143.
31:45Let's do it, though.
31:46We have to do it, Adam.
31:4875 times 2.
31:50150.
31:5110 minus 3.
31:52Yeah.
31:53A squillion ways for this one.
31:55I did it differently this time.
31:5775 plus 50 is 125.
31:59Yep.
32:019 multiplied by 2 is 18.
32:04And add it on.
32:05And you've both earned yourself a crucial countdown.
32:07And conundrum.
32:13Fingers on buzzers.
32:16The 15th round, as we reveal today, is crucial.
32:20Countdown.
32:22Conundrum.
32:33It's James.
32:35Polyambic.
32:36Polyambic.
32:37Polyambic.
32:37Let's have a look.
32:38It's not Adam.
32:40This is it.
32:41Go.
33:02Bios impal.
33:03Bios impal.
33:06And the simple fact is, it's not.
33:08And that means, James, you can breathe.
33:11You're through to the semi-final.
33:18Just for those at home, let's have a look and see what it is.
33:21Right.
33:22I looked at that.
33:23Susie?
33:24Having impaired vision.
33:26There you go, which is absolutely applicable,
33:28because James spent 18 seconds of that not being able to see
33:32after he made an incorrect guess.
33:34And, Adam, you've held your head there.
33:35I think you're kicking yourself.
33:37You missed it.
33:38Yeah, I was looking at a few possibilities,
33:41and it's one that I looked at and discounted.
33:44Yeah.
33:45So, can only blame myself.
33:47James, into the semi-final.
33:50Florence awaits.
33:51Cannot wait.
33:52No, I cannot wait for that.
33:53It's going to be great fun.
33:54She's a brilliant, brilliant player,
33:56so it'd be good to test my wits against her.
34:00Bring it on.
34:00What a game today.
34:01What a game today.
34:01It went from just very relaxed,
34:03maybe a most relaxed quarterfinal,
34:04then all of a sudden so tense.
34:06And so, Susie and Rick, ready for semi-finals?
34:08Whew.
34:09Yeah, they lied to her.
34:10But, yeah.
34:11I know.
34:11I'm glad we've got 23 hours and 15 minutes off, Rachel,
34:15but bring it on.
34:16Yeah, bring it on tomorrow.
34:17It's going to be a good one.
34:17Yeah, do not miss it.
34:19What are three shows we have ahead for a champion of champions,
34:22first in five years in Countdown,
34:23first semi-finals tomorrow.
34:25Susie, Rachel and I will be here.
34:27You can count on us.
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