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00:31Good afternoon, good afternoon, and welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:34On the very day just one year ago, that great city of Harbin in China was brought to a grinding
00:40halt.
00:41Why so? Smog. It absolutely closed the city down.
00:45The schools were closed, the roads were closed, the airports were closed.
00:48And the city authorities put this down to firing up the city's central heating system.
00:55Can you imagine? It was a particularly cold day.
00:58Everybody said, oh, it's a bit chilly, I'll switch on the central heating.
01:01Boom. The fumes came out and down came the smog.
01:04And I remember when I was on a mountain.
01:08You might be able to follow this if you listen closely.
01:11I found myself in a blizzard, which in a sense was a bit like smog.
01:14And it's terrifying because I was in a blizzard on my own.
01:18And the thing is, you become completely disorientated.
01:20You don't know where you are.
01:22It was actually very frightening.
01:24But enough about me.
01:25What about your foggy story?
01:27Well, you don't notice it until...
01:29Have you been to L.A.?
01:31Mmm...
01:31Sort of once for about an hour.
01:33Oh, I was in L.A. and you don't notice how smoggy it is.
01:35But I drove towards the coast.
01:37And there's a moment, just on the road, where you can suddenly breathe.
01:41And that's when you realise how smoggy it is there.
01:42Because you suddenly get fresh air and you can suddenly smell the sea and the flowers.
01:46But just L.A. is just a city of smog.
01:50Yeah, actually, I'm glad you've mentioned that.
01:52Because I do, I have been in a pea soupa.
01:55May I offer you Calcutta?
01:58Why, thank you.
01:59It's got like a yellow cloud over it.
02:03So that's what I like about...
02:03Calcutta's very, very polluted.
02:05Southend on sea.
02:06You get nice, fresh sea air.
02:07It's lovely.
02:07Everybody go.
02:08Let's all go to Southend.
02:09Leave Calcutta, go to Southend.
02:11Exactly.
02:12Now we've got to go down to business.
02:13We've got with us today Johnny Rye, a student from Loughborough, studying politics and French at Southampton.
02:19Keen cricketer.
02:20Is that right, Johnny?
02:21Very.
02:21From Southampton University Cricket Club.
02:23And he's a big fan of Friends.
02:25You've watched every episode?
02:27Yeah, I love it.
02:27It's brilliant.
02:28Good for you.
02:29Now you're joined today by Richard Cowling.
02:31Comes just down the road from Rochdale.
02:33Full-time dad to daughter Emma and son Samuel.
02:36Rugby league match official.
02:38And I'm told, Richard, that you officiated in the 2009 Challenge Cup final at Wembley.
02:43Yeah, phenomenal experience.
02:45And what was your role there?
02:47I was the reserve touch judge, so I didn't get to be on the pitch, but just to be involved
02:51in the game and such a big occasion.
02:53It was fantastic.
02:54Well, next time maybe.
02:55Let's have a big round of applause then for Richard and Johnny Rye.
03:04APPLAUSE
03:05Now, what about Susie?
03:06Have you got any little foggy stories for us?
03:09I haven't really got a foggy story.
03:10Although fog on the river when you're out rowing is not very nice.
03:14Especially if you're sculling, you have to look backwards as it is.
03:16And if it's foggy, you can hit a tree.
03:20It sounds funny, but it's not fun, I can tell you that.
03:22But an early morning mist on the river, what could be better?
03:25Absolutely beautiful mist, yeah.
03:27And next to you, of course, today we have the wonderful Dave Myers.
03:30He's a biker, he's hairy, and he's just brought out a new book.
03:34Dave, I want to talk to you about this later on.
03:36Yep.
03:36Called The Hairy Dieters.
03:39Yes, it's just good eating, Nick.
03:41Indeed.
03:42Now then, Johnny, take us away on the wonderful Countdown Letters game.
03:47Hi, Rachel.
03:48Hi, Johnny.
03:48Can I have a consonant, please?
03:50Start today with T.
03:52And another one, please.
03:54P.
03:55And another.
03:58S.
03:58And a vowel, please.
04:01E.
04:01And another.
04:04A.
04:04And another.
04:06E.
04:07And a consonant, please.
04:10N.
04:11And another.
04:13P.
04:14And a final vowel, please.
04:17And a final I.
04:19And here's the Countdown Clock.
04:21And a Noel.
04:22And a fourth.
04:24And a tenth.
04:50Also, have a timed elf.
04:52Yes, Johnny?
04:53Seven.
04:54A seven. How about Richard?
04:55A seven.
04:56Two sevens, Johnny?
04:57Nappies.
04:58Thank you, Richard.
04:59I've come for panties.
05:01Well, that's a little closely connected there.
05:04Panties and nappies.
05:06Anything else there?
05:09Dave?
05:09Well, we got quite excited, didn't we?
05:10Because we thought we had an eight that was totally Dave.
05:13Appetise.
05:14What could be better coming from you?
05:16No, but apparently Susan said it's not allowed.
05:18Appetiser or appetite, but not appetise, unfortunately.
05:21We can talk about appetising, obviously.
05:23Yeah.
05:23So there is a seven sapient from us.
05:27Very good.
05:27All right, so seven points apiece.
05:30Richard's on now then.
05:32Richard.
05:32Hi, Rachel.
05:33Hi, Richard.
05:34Can I have a consonant, please?
05:36D.
05:37And another.
05:39R.
05:40And another.
05:42D.
05:43And can I have a vowel, please?
05:46O.
05:47And another vowel.
05:49U.
05:51And a consonant.
05:53Y.
05:54And another consonant.
05:56S.
05:59And a vowel.
06:02I.
06:03And I'll finish with another consonant, please.
06:05And finish with T.
06:08Stand by.
06:09One.
06:35And another vowel.
06:39Well, Richard.
06:41A six.
06:42Six, Johnny?
06:43Six.
06:44Sir Richard.
06:45Sturdy.
06:46Sturdy and?
06:47Odis.
06:48Happy enough?
06:49Is it a word again?
06:51Odis.
06:51Odis.
06:52You need to...
06:53Yeah, I know, yeah, I know.
06:54Unfortunately.
06:55Sorry.
06:55Hard luck.
06:56Now then, Dave?
06:57Yeah, we've got two more sixes.
06:58We've got studio.
07:00Yes.
07:00And sodded.
07:01Very good.
07:02That's it?
07:03We have toddy as well, if you want something nice and warmly.
07:06I would indeed a hot toddy.
07:07All right.
07:08Richard on 13, Johnny on 7, and Johnny, your numbers game.
07:12Can I have one large and five small, please, Rachel?
07:14Thank you, Johnny.
07:15One from the top, and five little ones.
07:17And the first numbers game today is five, nine, ten, six, four, and the large one, 50.
07:26And the target, 493.
07:29Four, nine, three.
07:31Four, nine, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten,
07:46ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten,
07:48ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten,
07:48ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten,
07:48ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten,
07:48ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten
08:01Yes, Johnny?
08:02493.
08:03Thank you very much, Richard.
08:04Yeah, 493.
08:05Johnny?
08:0650 times 10.
08:0850 times 10, 500.
08:09Minus 6.
08:12Yeah, 494.
08:13And then 5 minus 4 is 1, take that away as well.
08:16Lovely, 493.
08:18And Richard?
08:18Just have us all slightly different.
08:2050 times 10 is 500.
08:22And then 6 minus 4 is 2.
08:25Add that onto the 5 and then subtract it.
08:27Lovely, yeah, same pretty much.
08:28Well done.
08:33Very good.
08:34So Richard's still just in the lead.
08:3623 points to Johnny's 17.
08:38Plenty of time, though.
08:39Let's have a tea-time teaser.
08:41Ember Man.
08:42And the clue?
08:43It's not a big movie, it's just a small film.
08:47It's not a big movie, it's just a small film.
09:07Welcome back.
09:08I left you with the clue, it's not a big movie, it's just a small film.
09:11And the answer is Membrane.
09:15Membrane.
09:16Very witty.
09:17Membrane.
09:1823 points to Johnny's 17.
09:21Richard in the lead.
09:22Richard's letters game.
09:23Hi, Rachel.
09:24Can I have a consonant, please?
09:25Thank you, Richard.
09:26S.
09:27And another.
09:29K.
09:30And another.
09:33B.
09:35And another.
09:37H.
09:38And a vowel, please.
09:41U.
09:42And another.
09:44E.
09:46And another.
09:48I.
09:50And a consonant.
09:52R.
09:53And a consonant, please.
09:55And the last one.
09:56M.
09:57Countdown.
09:58Going to the Billie needs.
10:00I.
10:11Talk to you.
10:14Bye.
10:15Bye.
10:18Bye.
10:19Bye.
10:22Bye.
10:25Bye.
10:26Bye.
10:29Yes, Richard?
10:30I've got a six.
10:31Six, Johnny?
10:32Seven.
10:33So, Richard.
10:34Busker.
10:35A busker and?
10:37Mushier.
10:39Very good.
10:39Mushier.
10:40Yep.
10:40Well spotted.
10:42Well spotted.
10:42And in the corner, Dave?
10:44We've got, on the ER things, we've got a huskier and a bushier.
10:50Susie?
10:51There's a nice six there.
10:52Hubris.
10:53Hubris.
10:54Yes, obsessive pride.
10:55Indeed.
10:5624 points to Richard's 23.
10:59One point to the lead for Johnny there.
11:01And it's Johnny's Letters game.
11:03Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
11:04Thank you, Johnny.
11:05S.
11:06And another.
11:09T.
11:10And another.
11:12D.
11:14And a vowel, please.
11:16A.
11:17And another.
11:19E.
11:19And another.
11:22I.
11:23And a consonant.
11:25M.
11:26And another.
11:28X.
11:29And a final vowel, please.
11:31And a final E.
11:34And here's the clock.
11:35And a clock.
11:38And a clock.
11:38And a clock.
11:38And a clock.
11:39And a clock.
11:39And a clock.
11:41And a clock.
11:43And a clock.
11:43And a clock.
11:44And a clock.
11:45And a clock.
11:46And a clock.
11:52And a clock.
11:53And a clock.
11:54And a clock.
11:54And a clock.
11:55And a clock.
11:55And a clock.
11:57And a clock.
12:06Yes, Johnny?
12:07Eight.
12:08An eight?
12:09I've got an eight.
12:10Two eights, Johnny?
12:11Mediate.
12:12Mediate and?
12:13Yeah, the same word, mediate.
12:14Well done.
12:16Very good.
12:19Good stuff.
12:21And what eight in the corner have we got there?
12:24Whoops.
12:25Well, we got mediate as well.
12:27Yes.
12:28For a seven, it was quite...
12:30We got steamed.
12:32Steamed.
12:33Always on the lookout.
12:35Anything else, Susie?
12:36Just using the X will only give you five.
12:38Maxed, as in you maxed out.
12:40Are you allowed that?
12:41You are.
12:42Maxed.
12:43Well, well, all right.
12:4432 to 31.
12:46Johnny's still in the lead by point.
12:49Now it's Richard's numbers game.
12:50Richard?
12:51Hi, Richard.
12:51Can I have one larger and five small, please?
12:53You can indeed, thank you, Richard.
12:54Another one from the top row and five from the other ones.
12:58And this time, the five little numbers are four, ten, six, two,
13:03and nine, and the large one, 25.
13:06And the target to get to, 482.
13:09Four, eight, two.
13:10One, two, three, four, ten, six, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
13:21seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
13:22seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
13:22seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
13:22seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
13:22seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven
13:41so Richard 481 481 yes Johnny 482 482 come on Johnny 2 times 10 2 times 10 is 20 times
13:5225
13:52times 25 is 500 and 6 minus 4 is 2 yeah times 9 is 18 and take it away from
13:59that before 82 yeah
14:01well done well done gives you a bit of a cushion there Johnny 42 to 31 but now let's turn
14:08to Dave
14:09Dave Myers before you became one of the wonderful hairy bikers enthralling us with your cooking tips
14:16and writing books you were in a very different profession yes I've worked still in film and
14:23television but I was a makeup designer and I used to do a lot of special effects makeup and you
14:28know
14:28I was responsible for the look of people in films but one of the nicest things was meeting some of
14:33my heroes you know as the years went on I was very very lucky I mean I work with Roger
14:38Moore for
14:38instance but I think for me the highlight was I did a film in South Africa with Dennis Hopper and
14:44he nearly got me the sack he turned up one night he was like two days from shooting and he
14:50had the
14:50most wonderful kind of Hollywood haircut and ever since the days of born to be wild I was in awe
14:55of
14:56him and he said he wanted to shave his head so I said well I I haven't heard this Dennis
15:02I sort of
15:03I think we better check that with the producers went no no no no you need to shave my head
15:07and I
15:08thought well what do I do you know because I was in South Africa I thought to get sacked and
15:12so anyway
15:13I Dennis Hopper asked you to shave his head so I shaved his head and when he did that like
15:19the reveal to
15:20the producers of the show and tell Dennis of course he's bald as a coot which wasn't what he hired
15:25but
15:26um and I nearly got the sack but I think one of the nicest parts we were filming in the
15:30Great Carew for
15:31three weeks and we camped out there for the three weeks on Saturday nights a band would come up from
15:36Cape Town and everybody would party around a bonfire and about two o'clock in the morning I was sitting
15:42there with Dennis Hopper and we were watching shooting stars together and I thought that's not
15:46bad for a lad from Barrow In Furnace really brilliant story but tell me this because he was a bit
15:53of a
15:53character wasn't he oh yeah so he waltzed in said I want it shaved and what did the producer say
15:59did he
15:59go nobody didn't tell him he didn't want to tell the producers when the producer eventually saw this
16:04oh I got the blame for it and then Dennis said no no no I want it like this extraordinary
16:10just as well he
16:11said look I told him oh yes otherwise you would have been in I'd have asked for a signature somewhere
16:16he was he was lovely to just sit and talk with you know aside from all the wild stuff he
16:21was a great
16:21art collector had a great eye for the art and he left because he's dead now poor old chap yeah
16:26good man too
16:27he was he was fine but I mean when when I knew him he was he was very much a
16:31Perrier water drinking golf
16:33player he used to play golf with Alice Cooper and he went back to America for for his Christmas
16:39holidays I stayed in South Africa and they said there's a certain brand of aftershave that Dennis
16:44Hopper used to wear and he left all his suits all his luggage in my room and his golf clubs
16:49and so
16:49my room smelled of Dennis Hopper and it's so funny whenever I I smell that particular cologne which is
16:56a really popular one yeah I think it's Dennis Hopper and I can't tell anybody to just think I'll be
17:01a
17:01Wally really I tell you something Dennis Hopper wasn't wearing that aftershave whatever it was
17:07in apocalypse now do you remember that when he was a wild photographer no I was mad crazy energy
17:13crazy crazy great to talk to you great to talk to you so 42 to 31 Johnny in the lead
17:19Johnny's back
17:20with a letter's game can I have a consonant thank you Johnny J and another one please L and another
17:29D and the vowel you and another E and another A and the consonant S and another P and the
17:47final vowel please and
17:50and a final U count down
17:53and a final U count down
18:23well Johnny six a six Richard and a six Johnny paused and Richard lost paused and lapsed yep
18:34both good sixes any improvements Dave no just got pleads yeah six as well Susie pulsed quite a few sixes
18:43there Nick but couldn't get beyond never mind 48 phase 37 and Richard Richard letters cover
18:50consonant please Rachel thank you Richard ah and another N and another T and another R and a vowel A
19:08and another vowel I
19:12I and a consonant L and another consonant S and a vowel and lastly O stand by
19:57Yes, Richard.
19:58A seven.
19:59A seven, Johnny?
20:00Seven.
20:01Richard.
20:02Rations.
20:02Rations and you're both rationed.
20:05Any more rations?
20:06Yes, we were rationing.
20:08Yeah.
20:08Yeah.
20:09And nostril.
20:11And tailor's.
20:12All right.
20:1355 to 44.
20:15Numbers for Johnny.
20:17Could I have one large and five small, please, Rachel?
20:19You can indeed.
20:19Same again.
20:20Thank you, Johnny.
20:21One large one.
20:22Five more little ones.
20:23And this time, the selection is eight, nine, another eight, three, two, and 100.
20:31And your target, 906.
20:35906.
20:51And your target, 906.
20:51Yeah.
20:52Oh, yeah.
20:53And your target, 906.
20:59The search Nach pocket.
20:59Yes, I guess.
20:59Oh, yeah.
21:05And your target anyway.
21:05I don't expect all of that.
21:07So, not too much of a struggle for you, Johnny, I imagine.
21:09No, 986.
21:11Yes?
21:12906.
21:12So, Johnny.
21:13Nine times 100.
21:14900.
21:15And then three times two is six.
21:17Yeah, I think we'll save the rainforest.
21:18Same way.
21:19All right, we'll let you off that.
21:20Very good.
21:2165 plays 54.
21:23Let's have a tea time teaser, which is Cabin Boy.
21:27And the clue, the Cabin Boy enjoyed a nice hot drink.
21:31The Cabin Boy enjoyed a nice hot drink.
21:51Welcome back.
21:52I left with the clue, the Cabin Boy enjoyed a nice hot drink.
21:55And the answer is a Babycino.
21:59Babycino.
22:00What is this Babycino-cino?
22:02Babycino.
22:02What is it?
22:03So, it's a baby version of a cappuccino.
22:05So, if you take your child into a popular coffee shop, you can get, it's just a cup of frothed
22:11milk.
22:12So, they can sort of copy you and drink a cup of something frothy.
22:16For sophisticated toddlers?
22:18Sophisticated toddlers.
22:19How much are they charged for this?
22:22Sophisticated toddler cappuccino.
22:24I've never bought one, Nick.
22:24I'm not sure.
22:25I should have no.
22:26Well, 65, please.
22:2754.
22:28Richard, letters game.
22:30Can I have a consonant, please?
22:31Thank you, Richard.
22:33N.
22:34And another.
22:36L.
22:37And another.
22:40Z.
22:42And another.
22:44G.
22:46And a vowel, please.
22:48E.
22:50And another vowel.
22:52I.
22:53And a consonant.
22:56T.
22:57Another consonant.
23:00M.
23:01And a vowel, please.
23:03And the last one.
23:04A.
23:06Countdown.
23:06T.
23:08A.
23:08T.
23:10T.
23:10T.
23:11T.
23:11T.
23:13T.
23:13T.
23:14T.
23:37Richard?
23:38Just a five.
23:39A five, Johnny?
23:40Seven.
23:41Right, Richard.
23:43Mays?
23:44Mays, yes.
23:46Teeming.
23:47Teeming.
23:48Yep, good seven.
23:49Teeming hordes.
23:51Yes.
23:51Yes, Dave.
23:53We mentioned eight.
23:54We've got ligament.
23:56A ligament.
23:57Very good.
23:58Well done.
24:02A ligament.
24:03Susie, anything else?
24:04There's melting.
24:06And also, you'd probably prefer a gimlet to a babycino.
24:10It's a cocktail.
24:12A gimlet?
24:12Oh, it is, isn't it?
24:14But it's also a little skewer thing, isn't it?
24:16It is at all as well.
24:17Yeah.
24:18Again, I'll take the drink.
24:2072 to 54.
24:21Johnny in the lead.
24:22Johnny's back.
24:23Letters game, Johnny.
24:24Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
24:25Thank you, Johnny.
24:26T.
24:27And another.
24:29G.
24:30And another.
24:32S.
24:34And a vowel, please.
24:36U.
24:37And another.
24:39E.
24:40And a third.
24:42O.
24:43And a consonant, please.
24:46L.
24:47And a vowel.
24:49A.
24:51And a final consonant, please.
24:53And a final F.
24:55Stand by.
24:56H.
25:27Yes, Johnny?
25:28Seven.
25:28A seven.
25:29Richard?
25:30Just a six.
25:31Sir Richard?
25:33Quotes.
25:34And Johnny?
25:35Outages.
25:36Outages.
25:37Our old friend, the outage.
25:39Yes, the power cuts.
25:40Absolutely, in North America.
25:41What else have we got there?
25:43Dave?
25:43Another seven.
25:45We've got foulest.
25:46Yes.
25:46Anything else?
25:47That was better, actually.
25:47No, outages and foulest are two sevens.
25:49All right.
25:5079 plays, 54.
25:51But now we're back with Susie.
25:54Susie's origins of words.
25:56Well, Nick, I had a nice email from Andy Davies in Ipswich in Suffolk.
26:01And he asked where the expression passing the buck comes from.
26:04And he says, I assume it's origins lie across the Atlantic.
26:08And he's absolutely right.
26:09It is American.
26:11But the original buck was not the American slang term for a dollar.
26:15But it was an article that was used in the game of poker.
26:18And that really took off in the second half of the 19th century.
26:21And to avoid any dirty dealing by players, the deal in a poker game changes hands in the course of
26:26a session.
26:27And the person next in line, if you like, to deal would traditionally be given a marker of some kind.
26:32And that marker was very often a knife.
26:35And it wasn't just any old knife.
26:36It was a knife that was made of buck's horn.
26:39And so originally would pass the knife.
26:42And then eventually it got shortened to buck.
26:44So they would literally pass the buck on from one player to the next.
26:48And actually, that might well be a little bit later on the origin of the American buck that is a
26:52dollar.
26:53Because for some time, apparently, they used to use silver dollars as the marker for the dealer in a game.
26:58But the British obviously loved poker.
27:00Because when you delve into the idioms that come from card playing or the poker game, it's unbelievable how many
27:07you come across.
27:07Just to give you a few, you can have your card stacked against you.
27:10You can call someone's bluff.
27:11You can cash in your chips, unfortunately.
27:13Come up trumps.
27:14Be dealt a bad hand for someone's hand.
27:17Hold all the cards.
27:18You can be the joker in the pack.
27:20Lay your cards on the table.
27:21Load the dice.
27:23And play your cards close to the chest.
27:25And there are literally hundreds of them.
27:26So I don't know if you're a card player, Nick, or a poker player.
27:29But certainly the British, at some point in our history, certainly were.
27:32Brilliant stars.
27:33Very good.
27:37Wonderful.
27:3879 plays.
27:3954.
27:40Richard, I invite you to a letters game.
27:43You have a consonant, please.
27:44Thank you, Richard.
27:46C.
27:47And another.
27:49N.
27:50And another.
27:53T.
27:54And a vowel, please.
27:56O.
27:58And another.
27:59I.
28:01And a consonant.
28:03Q.
28:04And another.
28:07C.
28:09And another.
28:12R.
28:13And a vowel, please.
28:15And the last one.
28:16U.
28:17Canta.
28:19Canta.
28:20Canta.
28:27Canta.
28:29Canta.
28:50Yes, Richard?
28:52I think I've got a made-up seven.
28:55We shall soon find out.
28:56Johnny?
28:57Five.
28:58A five.
28:58And your five?
28:59Tonic.
29:01Now then, Richard.
29:02Eruption?
29:04Eruption.
29:05Not made up at all.
29:06It's good.
29:07Yeah, it's a coral.
29:08That sort of thing.
29:09Absolutely brilliant.
29:09Well done.
29:10Created a hell of a ruction.
29:12Yeah.
29:12That's terrific.
29:13Very, very good.
29:14Well done.
29:15What have we got in the corner?
29:16What have we got in the corner?
29:18David?
29:18We've just had an eruption here.
29:21That's all, I think.
29:22Yes.
29:23Anything else?
29:23No, we couldn't find anything else.
29:24All right.
29:25Well done.
29:25Well done, Richard.
29:2661 now to Johnny's 79.
29:28We turn to Johnny for the last letters game today.
29:31Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
29:32Thank you, Johnny.
29:33B.
29:34And another.
29:36R.
29:37And a third.
29:40W.
29:41And a vowel.
29:43E.
29:44And another.
29:56And a final vowel, please.
29:59And a final O.
30:02Stand by.
30:04atalog.
30:04Secondário.
30:06And another.
30:07And another.
30:26Dojo.
30:26And another.
30:27Dojo.
30:27See you.
30:27Bye.
30:27Bye.자
30:27menos. Bye.
30:29Bye.
30:30Bye.
30:32Bye.
30:32Bye.
30:34Johnny? Five. Yes, Richard? Seven. Johnny? Brain. Richard? Brownie? Brownie, as in a chocolate
30:45brownie. Yeah. Very good. Johnny's head sunk then. What have we got in the corner? We've
30:52got info war. This is seven. An info war? Yeah. An information war? Yeah, it's another term
30:58for a cyber war. So it's the use of computers to disrupt the activities of a state or an
31:03organisation. I see. Or it can just generally be propaganda via electronic media. Absolutely.
31:09A lot of that going on at the moment. Anything else, Susie? No, that was our seven. Very good.
31:13All right. 68 plays. Johnny's 79. You're catching up there, Richard. Late, but it's sort of possible.
31:21Let's see how you get on with your numbers game. Can I get three large and three small,
31:25virtual? Thank you, Richard. Gambling time. Right, three large, three little, and see if
31:30it pays off. Thank you. Right, the final numbers game is 6, 3, 1, and the large 3, 75, 100,
31:37and
31:3850, and the last target, 527. Five to seven.
31:43What?
32:14Sir Richard.
32:16527 not written down.
32:19And how about Johnny?
32:21527 written down.
32:23Sir Richard.
32:25100 times 6.
32:27100 times 6, 600.
32:29Minus 75.
32:31525.
32:323 minus 1 is 2.
32:34Yeah.
32:34And then add it on.
32:35Perfect, 527.
32:37Johnny, same way, yeah, of course.
32:40All right, so there we are.
32:42APPLAUSE
32:48Very good.
32:49So Johnny on 89, Richard 78 as we go into today's conundrum.
32:54So gentlemen, fingers on buzzers, please.
32:55Let's reveal today's countdown conundrum.
33:27Johnny?
33:28I'm going to guess Polcrius.
33:31Let's see whether you're right.
33:33No, down to you, Richard.
33:39So, no, no answer here.
33:41We're stumped this time.
33:42Somebody, some bright spark, some courageous person.
33:45Yes, madam?
33:47Is it sulfuric?
33:49Sulfuric?
33:49You look familiar.
33:51I'm Johnny's mum.
33:53You're Johnny's mum?
33:54You'd better get it right, then.
33:55Let's have a look.
33:57Well, you are.
33:58Well done.
34:05So, there we are.
34:07Well done.
34:07So, Richard, thanks for coming.
34:09Back to Rochdale and the kids.
34:11Thank you very much, indeed, for coming.
34:12You're not going empty-handed.
34:13You're taking a goodie bag with you.
34:16Good win, Johnny.
34:16See you tomorrow, chaps.
34:18See you, Nick.
34:19Tomorrow, I want to talk to you about your book.
34:20We mentioned it at the top of the show.
34:22Yep.
34:22The Hairy Dieters.
34:23I want to hear more about that tomorrow.
34:25Right on, Nick.
34:25See you then.
34:26All right.
34:26See you tomorrow, Rachel.
34:27See you then.
34:28Same time, same place tomorrow.
34:30We'll be waiting for you.
34:31You be apt?
34:32Absolutely sure of it.
34:33Good afternoon.
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