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00:30Well, good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:32It's semi-final day.
00:34Now, who is going to join young Dan McComb
00:37in tomorrow's Series 71 final,
00:41who, indeed, all to play for here?
00:43But before we kick off that exciting contest,
00:48a good thing about Christmas, I suppose.
00:49What do most of us do?
00:51I suppose we celebrate with the family,
00:52we collapse in a heap,
00:54we eat and drink far too much,
00:56or jumping on a plane and heading for the sun.
00:58What am I doing?
01:00I've got absolutely no idea.
01:01She organises all that.
01:03But I've had some great Christmases in the past,
01:05and I guess you've got some memories.
01:06Tell us of a favourite Christmas in years gone by.
01:09Well, it's always...
01:10I mean, when you're a kid,
01:11you have great memories of Christmas,
01:12or certainly I do.
01:13And then you go through the adult phase,
01:15and it kind of gets a little bit less interesting.
01:17Yes.
01:17But my cousin's a few years older than me,
01:19so last Christmas she's got...
01:20She had two little boys, Byron and Tate,
01:23and they were about three in one, something like that.
01:25And now she's just had two twin little girls.
01:28No.
01:28So there's going to be four little ones at Christmas.
01:30Amazing.
01:31Yeah, so baby in each arm,
01:32and kids running around, and it's great.
01:34Poor mum, that's tough, isn't it?
01:36She's going to be a little bit busy.
01:37Yeah, a few presents to wrap,
01:39but at least the girls are too young to know what's going on.
01:41Indeed.
01:41All right.
01:42Well done.
01:43Now, let's get down to very important business.
01:46Antoinette is here from Nina in the county Tipperary,
01:51mum to Abby and son Jamie, our number two seed.
01:55Welcome back, Antoinette.
01:56Thanks, Nick.
01:56And you came through a hard-fought quarterfinal
01:58against David Stanford.
02:00So down in the south, they're cheering you on in Nina,
02:04and I guess in the north,
02:06they're cheering on Lawrence Killen,
02:08a student from Belfast currently to Harriet Watt in Edinburgh
02:12studying actuarial sciences,
02:14scraped through his quarterfinal by the narrowest of margins,
02:17beating Tricia by just, I think, one point, 98 to 97,
02:22to make it here.
02:23Yeah, it was very good.
02:24Well, you're both worthy competitors.
02:25Let's have a big round of applause.
02:27Big round of applause for Antoinette and Lauren.
02:35Yes, indeed, and Susie's back,
02:37as is David Baddiel,
02:38wonderful, multi-talented man
02:41and a good guy, a good guy, I think.
02:43Thank you very much, Nick.
02:44All right.
02:45Now then, Antoinette,
02:47take us away on this semifinal.
02:50Hi, Rachel.
02:51Hi, Antoinette.
02:51Can I have a consonant start, please?
02:52You can, thank you.
02:53Start this semifinal with P.
02:55And another.
02:58D.
02:59And a third.
03:01T.
03:02One more.
03:04N.
03:05A vowel.
03:06A.
03:07Another.
03:08O.
03:09Another.
03:11E.
03:13A consonant.
03:16G.
03:17And a final vowel, please.
03:19And a final I.
03:21And here's the countdown clock.
03:24Here we go.
03:30Bye.
03:34Bye.
03:36Bye.
03:39Bye.
03:42Bye.
03:43Bye.
03:43Bye.
03:45Bye.
03:51Bye.
03:54Antoinette eight eight Lawrence it I don't know adopting adopting both of you very good adopting
04:03now then what is the corner got to say Susie I have to say was on fire with this she
04:08had a six
04:09which was pedant yeah a seven which was painted and then very great word I think peanutage which
04:16is a variety of red grape yes wine it is it's a cross between Pinot Noir and other varieties such
04:23as Hermitage very good very good well done Susie eight points apiece Lawrence letters
04:29a consonant please thank you Lawrence R and another S and another C and a vowel E and another U
04:45and a consonant R
04:48and another T and a vowel A and a final vowel and a final E stand by
05:07so
05:09MUSIC CONTINUES
05:35Lawrence?
05:36A risky eight not written down.
05:39Antoinette?
05:40Yes.
05:40Sir Lawrence?
05:42Retraces.
05:43Retraces?
05:44And retraces.
05:45They are both of you.
05:47Yep, not risky at all, you retrace your stats.
05:49Very good.
05:50And in the corner, David?
05:51Well, this is very exciting, cos we've got a nine here.
05:54No.
05:54We have...
05:55Who is responsible?
05:56Susie, of course.
05:58It was...it is creatures.
06:01APPLAUSE
06:01Very good.
06:03Well done.
06:05APPLAUSE
06:07Well done.
06:08Creeches, indeed.
06:09Sixteen points apiece, but now, Antoinette, time for the numbers.
06:14There's Rachel.
06:15Four large, I think, please, Rachel.
06:17Four large and two small ones.
06:19Could be interesting tactics to determine this game.
06:22Right.
06:22The two small ones to start with are five and seven.
06:25And the large one's 50, 25, 75 and 100.
06:30And the target, 719.
06:32719.
06:34719.
07:05I'm Trinette.
07:06720.
07:07720.
07:08Now then, Lawrence.
07:09718.
07:11718.
07:12So, Antoinette.
07:15100 times 7.
07:16100 times 7, 700.
07:19Plus 25, minus 5.
07:20Plus 25, minus 5, one above.
07:23And Lawrence.
07:24100 plus 50.
07:26100 plus 50, 150.
07:27Times 5.
07:28Times 5, 750.
07:30Minus 25, minus 7.
07:32Yep, and one below.
07:34So, they're straddling.
07:37719.
07:38Can you make it?
07:39I think they might have been looking for something too complicated.
07:42If you say 50 over 25 is 2, add to 100 for 102, times it by 7 for 714, and
07:50add on the 5 for 719.
07:51Now then.
07:53Well done, Rachel.
07:56Brilliant.
07:57Straight to the point.
07:5923 points apiece.
08:00And let's have a tea time teaser.
08:02Let's rush.
08:04And the clue, Miss Rendell isn't here.
08:06She didn't care anyway.
08:08Miss Rendell isn't here.
08:09She didn't care anyway.
08:26Welcome back.
08:28I left you with a clue.
08:29Miss Rendell isn't here.
08:30She didn't care anyway.
08:31And the answer is ruthless.
08:34Ruthless.
08:3523 points apiece.
08:37Lawrence.
08:37Letters?
08:38Um, consonant please.
08:40Thank you, Lawrence.
08:41N.
08:42And another.
08:44D.
08:45And another.
08:47S.
08:48And a vowel.
08:49O.
08:51O.
08:51And another.
08:52A.
08:53And another.
08:54E.
08:55And a consonant.
08:57T.
08:59And another.
09:01D.
09:03And a final consonant, please.
09:05And a final C.
09:07Stand by.
09:19T.
09:24T.
09:25T.
09:31T.
09:37T.
09:38T.
09:40Seven.
09:41A seven.
09:42Seven.
09:42Two sevens, Lawrence.
09:44Deacons.
09:45Antoinette.
09:46Causted.
09:46Deacons and coasted.
09:48Yes.
09:49David?
09:49We didn't have anything much better than that.
09:51We had donated, which is also a seven.
09:53And, ooh, Susie's just written down scanted.
09:56Yes.
09:57Only because it's quite an unusual.
09:58Scanted is quite an unusual word.
10:00What does it mean?
10:00It is.
10:00It means to provide grudgingly.
10:02So he does not scant his attention to the later writings,
10:06is the example here.
10:08But I quite like that one.
10:09As in scant attention.
10:10Exactly.
10:11As in little attention.
10:11You can scant it.
10:14You can, yes.
10:15Your attention.
10:15You can even scant somebody else if you neglect them.
10:17All right.
10:18I quite like that.
10:19Interesting.
10:2130 points apiece.
10:23Antoinette.
10:24Your cry.
10:25Consonant, please.
10:26Thank you, Antoinette.
10:28R.
10:28And another.
10:30J.
10:31Another.
10:32D.
10:34A vowel.
10:36A.
10:37Another.
10:38O.
10:39Another.
10:40I.
10:41A consonant.
10:43S.
10:45Another.
10:47L.
10:48And a vowel, please.
10:50And...
10:51Final U.
10:52And the clock starts now.
10:55.
10:55.
10:55.
10:55.
10:55.
11:25Antoinette?
11:26Stick with a six, please.
11:27Lawrence?
11:28Yeah, six.
11:29Antoinette?
11:30Radials.
11:31And Lawrence.
11:32Both of you?
11:33All right.
11:34And the corner?
11:35We had radios.
11:36We also had radius.
11:37Yes.
11:39And sailor we had.
11:42I wondered if there was any version of Judaism without the M that might be in there.
11:51I think it would probably always have a capital J.
11:53Oh, you're not allowing a capital J?
11:55We're not.
11:56No, we're not allowed capital letters.
11:58Oh, you see.
11:58Proper nouns.
11:59All right.
11:5936 apiece.
12:00And numbers time for Lawrence.
12:03Lawrence?
12:04Could I have six from the second row, please?
12:06You can indeed.
12:06We've had four large.
12:07And now we are having six little ones.
12:11And we need six.
12:13Oh, six.
12:13Right.
12:14For this round, they are six, nine, eight, three, two, and another three.
12:22And the target?
12:24160.
12:25One, six, zero.
12:55One, six, zero.
12:57Lawrence?
12:58160.
12:59Antoinette?
13:00160.
13:01Yeah.
13:01Lawrence?
13:02Um, nine plus six plus three plus two.
13:06Nine plus six plus three plus two is 20.
13:09Times about eight.
13:10160.
13:11Antoinette?
13:12Two times eight is 16.
13:13Two, eight is 16, yeah.
13:14Three over three is one.
13:16Uh-huh.
13:16Plus nine.
13:17For ten.
13:18Multiply.
13:19Perfect.
13:19All right.
13:21160.
13:24But now let's turn to David.
13:26And, David, who can ever forget that great comedy partnership with Frank Skinner?
13:31How did you bump into our Frank?
13:33Um, well, we were both...
13:34I was a comedian on the London cabaret circuit in the 80s, and suddenly this, uh, bloke
13:39appeared.
13:39And actually, I remember something about Frank very clearly.
13:41Seeing him at the comedy store, a guy was heckling him.
13:45And it was a mad heckler who just was drunk, was saying whatever.
13:48And I remember him shouting at Frank, I remember you from medical school.
13:51And I thought, he'll never come back, because that's so left field.
13:54And Frank said, yeah, I remember you.
13:55You were the one in the jar.
13:57And at the time, I thought, that's a bloke with a quick comic mind.
14:01Yeah.
14:01But he didn't have anywhere to live, actually.
14:04He had been chucked out of his girlfriend's house.
14:07And so I said he could live in my house.
14:09And I charged him, I remember, 40 quid a week rent.
14:12He stayed for six years.
14:13It was meant to be for two weeks.
14:14He stayed for six years, during which time he became a very successful comedian.
14:18We did fantasy football.
14:19I never put the rent up.
14:20Never put the rent up, which I slightly regret now.
14:23But I tell you, I then moved out.
14:25I lived at number one in the street that I lived in.
14:27He bought a house at number three.
14:29And then just very recently, he's bought another house ten doors down from me.
14:33Basically, it's a very expensive form of stalking.
14:35It is indeed.
14:36That Frank is involved in, is what it is.
14:38How extraordinary.
14:39But we did, one thing is that we were sort of like a sitcom sort of couple,
14:44in that we argued about little things, like, for example, I wanted a cat.
14:48I like cats very much.
14:49He doesn't like cats.
14:50And eventually he said, okay, you can have a cat, but I have to be allowed to name it.
14:54Yeah.
14:54And the name he came up with for our cat was a great name for a cat.
14:57It was Chairman Meow.
14:59Which I still think is one of the best names for a cat.
15:01Lovely.
15:02Perfect stuff.
15:03Perfect.
15:03And more about that cat, Chairman Meow tomorrow and his little red book.
15:07All right.
15:08So, 46 apiece and Antoinette, take it away.
15:12Letters game.
15:13Consonant, please, Richard.
15:14Thank you, Antoinette.
15:15Z.
15:16And another.
15:18R.
15:19And another.
15:21N.
15:22And another.
15:24L.
15:25A vowel.
15:27E.
15:28Another.
15:29A.
15:30A consonant.
15:32N.
15:33A vowel.
15:35O.
15:37And a vowel, please.
15:40And the last one.
15:41I.
15:42Countdown.
15:43A vowel.
15:44A vowel.
16:12A vowel.
16:13A vowel.
16:14Antoinette. Seven. Yes, Lawrence. Ed. Just a six. And your six. Lunar. Thank you, Antoinette. Aileron. Aileron. Now then, David.
16:24Well, we had Xenia, a six, and linear, but then Susie was just saying to me, I'd never heard the
16:30word aileron ever. It's apparently the flap on an aircraft wing. But she did say to me, you know, it
16:35comes up a lot. And there it was. So that was good at that. Turned out to be true. Very
16:40good. Aileron. Yep. Makes the plane go up.
16:43Two. Fifty-three to forty-six. And Lawrence. Letters go.
16:47A consonant, please. Thank you, Lawrence. S. And another. N. And another. H. And another. F. And a vowel. O.
17:04And another. E. And another. A. And another.
17:13I. And a final. Consonant, please. And a final. T.
17:17T.
17:18T.
17:18T.
17:19T.
17:19T.
17:20T.
17:21T.
17:22T.
17:23T.
17:23T.
17:23T.
17:24T.
17:25T.
17:26T.
17:26T.
17:26T.
17:27T.
17:27T.
17:28T.
17:28T.
17:31T.
17:49Yes, Lawrence?
17:50A seven.
17:51A seven?
17:52A seven.
17:53Two sevens.
17:54Lawrence.
17:54Fashion.
17:56Both of you.
17:58Two fashionistas here.
18:00Now, what does the corner got?
18:02David?
18:03We came up with fashion two and honest, which is only a six.
18:08So fashion is the best word we could find there, too.
18:10All right.
18:10That's it, Susie?
18:11Yep.
18:12Okay.
18:13So there we are.
18:14Numbers time, with the score standing at 60 for Antoinette
18:18and seven behind Lawrence on 53.
18:21Antoinette, time for the numbers.
18:24Stick with four large, I think, Grudgett, please.
18:25Number four large.
18:26Thank you, Antoinette.
18:27Decisions, decisions.
18:28And two little ones.
18:29And this time, your little numbers are nine and seven.
18:32And the large one's 100, 25, 50, and 75.
18:37And the target's 283.
18:41283.
18:43Twooaada, three long.
18:46And the target's 20, 25, and 75, and 802, another one.
18:50And the target's, four sides four with three.
18:50And that's so wonderful.
18:56And the target's 29 to 85.
18:5720, 25, and 75, and 75, and 75, and 75 pretty well.
18:57And the target's 30, 25, and 75, and 75.
19:04And 75, 25, and 75.
19:05The target's 20, 25, and 75, and 75, and 750, and 75, and 75, definitely 2.
19:12Antoinette?
19:14284.
19:152841 away, Lawrence.
19:17282.
19:19So, Antoinette?
19:21100 over 25.
19:23100 over 25, 4.
19:25Times 75.
19:26Times 75, 300.
19:28Minus 9, minus 7.
19:29Yeah, and you're one above.
19:31Lawrence?
19:329 times 25.
19:349 times 25, 225.
19:36Plus 50.
19:37Plus 50, 275.
19:38Plus 7.
19:39Yeah, and you've both gone one either way again.
19:41Yep.
19:42A stride.
19:43What do you think?
19:45Well, again, you could have got it bang on if you say 9 minus 7 is 2.
19:5150 add 2, 52.
19:54100 divided by 25 is 4.
19:57Times the 2 together for 208 and add on the 75.
20:02283.
20:02Look at that.
20:03Wonderful.
20:04Well done.
20:08Well done, Rachel.
20:10So, 67 plays 60.
20:11Still 7 point gap as we go into a tea time teaser, which is nuts hang.
20:17And the clue, you'd be nuts not to hang up a dress made of this.
20:21You'd be nuts not to hang up a dress made of this.
20:43Made of what?
20:46Made of, Susie, Shantung.
20:48What is it, a silk or something?
20:50Yes, it is.
20:51It's made from the larvae of the tussaur moth and other related species.
20:56But yes, it's a very, very fine silk by the sounds of it.
20:59A very special material.
21:00Yes.
21:00The Shantung.
21:01All right, so, Lawrence, are you going to try and gain some ground here with the letters
21:06game?
21:07Continent, please.
21:08Thank you, Lawrence.
21:10P.
21:10And another.
21:13W.
21:14And a vowel.
21:17U.
21:18And another.
21:19E.
21:20And another.
21:22I.
21:23And a consonant.
21:25R.
21:27And another.
21:28T.
21:30And another.
21:32N.
21:34And a final vowel.
21:36And a final A.
21:39And the clock starts now.
21:40O.
21:41O.
22:08And a follower.
22:10And a obscarnational vowel.
22:11Lawrence. Seven. Antoinette. Seven. Lawrence. Painter. Painter and? Both of you.
22:20Two painters. Now, what have we got there? David? Well, we've gone a bit posher. Yeah.
22:24Because we've gone petunia. We've gone four, which is a lovely word. And we had tinware as well, which is
22:30also seven.
22:31Yes. Petunia and tinware. Yeah. Very good. 74, 67. So, Antoinette, it's letters.
22:39Consonant, please. Thank you, Antoinette. L. And another. R. Another. B. Another. G. A vowel. E. Another. A. Another. I.
23:00Consonant. D. And a consonant, please.
23:04And lastly, H. Done by.
23:07H. Done by.
23:07H. Done by.
23:09H. Done by.
23:36H. Done by.
23:38H. And one.
23:39H. Seven.
23:41Yes, Lawrence.
23:42Seven.
23:43H. Antoinette.
23:44H. Gurbled.
23:45H. And, Lauren.
23:46H. Fregead.
23:47H. Yes. Both excellent sevens.
23:49H. Yes.
23:49And both the words that we had, so I can't give you anything else, Nick.
23:53Oh, that's a bad laugh.
23:54H. I'm sorry.
23:55H. Nothing else?
23:55H. Alright, Susie.
23:56H. Nope, nothing else.
23:57H. Even shorter?
23:58H. Erm, bag.
24:04all right 81 place 74 now sees you were back with you for your wonderful origins of words
24:12what have you got for us today well a viewer from made some of the wonderful name of Nelson
24:15Bowker I guess a great name he emailed in to ask where the phrase skew with comes from and so
24:23I did
24:23as I always do a turn to the OED and it told me that it's a combination of skew which
24:29means a skew
24:30at an angle off-center which in turn came from the Vikings and a whiff which means a puff of
24:36air so
24:37something skew with if it's been literally blown off course and it was indeed applied to ships quite
24:42often and they would be skew with if they were slightly blown off their path but to take the
24:48whiff I discovered a long time ago meant to take in tobacco and that's probably where we get the
24:55idea of the bad smell from the sort of odor of spaking or stale tobacco but in looking in the
25:02Oxford English dictionary I found some wonderful quotes for that form of whiff so you have to
25:07excuse me for this one but it kind of took my fancy this is from 1700 the poisonous whiffs she
25:13sends from
25:13her toes and armpits I don't know who it was referring to but I like that one but going back
25:19to the more pleasant skew with lots of examples for that one and lots of different differences in
25:24spelling as well because it was very often a local word and people would play around with it and my
25:29favorite comes from a record of children's language and one boy's taunt to another whose cap is on skew
25:34with are you wearing that cap or just walking underneath it but the pattern of skew in a skew is
25:41like a
25:41scant and that goes back to and the Italian as kianti or meaning on a slope and ultimately as so
25:48many paths leaders to an old French word meaning left-handed and so it's related this askance askew
25:54is related to gauche and all those other adjectives that began as insults towards poor left-handers
25:59cat candid cuddy whifter sinister etc as opposed to right which always meant to correct adroit and being
26:06at one on the right and finally if something is skew with it's also might be lopsided that too comes
26:12from sailing and it means a sea where it meant to see originally with short lumpy waves and if there
26:18is a lot on the boat might for example lurch to leeward and says unbalanced and that's where we get
26:25lopsided
26:25from oh very good thank you susie wonderful education if only i could remember it the next day brilliant
26:36stuff thank you susie 81 plays 74 lawrence we're coming in final furlong not much time letters
26:44constant please thank you lawrence n and another m and another s and another m and a vowel o and
27:03another
27:03e and a continent v and a continent v and another r m and a final vowel and a final
27:16i countdown
27:49yes lawrence s7 a 7 as for net 7 lawrence memoirs memoirs and version version absolutely fine yeah yes
27:59um we we've got an eight which we're quite pleased about excellent it is miss noma very good yeah
28:05perfect nearly perfect nearly perfect yeah well done miss noma very good indeed all right 88 plays 81
28:12it's still that seven points antoinette will you cling on let's see let us go consonant please thank
28:19you antoinette b and another n and another k and another
28:28g g a vowel a another e and another o a consonant s and a vowel please and the last
28:44one a countdown
28:48so
29:17Antoinette.
29:19I think I've got a seven.
29:20A seven.
29:21Yes, Lawrence?
29:22Just the five.
29:24And that five?
29:25Banks.
29:26Now Antoinette.
29:27Soakage.
29:29Soakage.
29:29Yes, absolutely fine.
29:31You'll find it there under soak.
29:32Well done.
29:33In the soakage?
29:34You'll talk about the amount of soakage from something spilling over,
29:40or it probably is mostly in scientific terms,
29:42but we like to put edge on the end of a lot of things,
29:44don't we, these days?
29:46We do indeed, like porridge.
29:48Which I happen to have this morning.
29:50Anyway, there we are.
29:51Anything else in the corner?
29:52Yes, we had nose bag, which is not unlike dirt bag,
29:56which we had earlier in the week.
29:57Exactly.
29:57And indeed toe rag, which we had earlier in the week.
30:00A nose bag for the horse, yeah.
30:02A nose bag for the horse, which is seven letters.
30:03Very good.
30:04Okay.
30:04So, where shall we go?
30:0695 to 81, and it's a numbers game for Lawrence.
30:10Make the most of it, Lawrence.
30:11I'm going to go six small.
30:12Yeah, yeah.
30:13You need to do something now.
30:15Six small.
30:16Still all to play for though.
30:17Thank you, Lawrence.
30:18The last numbers game of the day is eight, six, seven, one, nine, and six.
30:25And the target?
30:27766.
30:29766.
30:30766.
30:32766.
30:55233.
30:56666.
30:581088.
31:00querida romps,
31:01766.
31:027, 6, 4, not written down.
31:04Two away. Antoinette?
31:067, 6, 8, not written down.
31:08So let's hear from Lawrence first, then. Off you go, Lawrence.
31:106 plus 8.
31:126 plus 8 is 14.
31:14Times 9.
31:16Times 9 is 126.
31:21Times by 6.
31:23Times by 6 is 756.
31:28Plus 7 plus 1.
31:29And then 7 plus 1 is 8.
31:32And, yeah, 7, 6, 4, two away.
31:35Two away. Now then, Antoinette?
31:389 minus 1 is 8.
31:399 minus 1, 8.
31:406 plus 6 is 12.
31:416 plus 6, 12.
31:43Multiply them together for 96.
31:4596.
31:46And multiply by 8.
31:47And times by 8 for 768.
31:50To the other way.
31:52Very good. But 7, 6, 6 really is what we wanted.
31:55Can you help us on this, Rachel?
31:57Yeah, it was a tricky one,
31:58but if you say 9 add 7 is 16.
32:01Times 6 is 96.
32:03Minus 1 is 95.
32:06Times by 8 is 760.
32:08And you have a 6 left over for 7, 6, 6.
32:11Oh, wonderful.
32:16Terrific start.
32:18So, Antoinette has cruised through the 100 mark.
32:20102 points to Lawrence's 88.
32:22As we go into the final round,
32:24conundrum time.
32:24So, Antoinette, Lawrence, fingers on buzzers.
32:27Please, let's reveal today's countdown conundrum.
32:44This is a production of the 100s,
32:45And the answer to the 100 of them is the answer to the 100s,
32:45After the 10th,
32:45the 11th, the 11th, and the 11th.
32:46It's a fantastic one.
32:47So, Antoinette,
32:47And the 11th.
32:54The 11th,
33:01So that stumped our semi-finalists.
33:04How is that possible?
33:05Antoinette, Lawrence.
33:06But who in the audience will give us the right answer?
33:09Quite a lot.
33:10Yes, sir.
33:11Unsypical.
33:12Let's see whether you're right.
33:14Big round of applause.
33:16Well done.
33:22How could you, Antoinette and Lawrence?
33:25But there we are.
33:26102 plays.
33:2788.
33:28Antoinette is in the final.
33:30Congratulations.
33:30Well done.
33:31You're up against Dan McColl.
33:32Not easy.
33:33But we have every confidence that it'll be a close-run thing.
33:36I wouldn't think so.
33:37I think it will be.
33:38And, Lawrence, we're sending you back to Edinburgh
33:41with this script tonight.
33:43And our best wishes to you.
33:44You've been a great competitor, good guy,
33:47and we've enjoyed having you here.
33:49Just on the day.
33:51Antoinette Ryan took the laurels.
33:54Well done.
33:54So we shall see you tomorrow for the final.
33:58Have a quiet night.
33:59I will.
33:59All right.
34:00Leave the Guinness alone.
34:01You've got to bed early.
34:02We'll see you tomorrow.
34:04And we'll see you tomorrow, Susie and David, too.
34:06See you, Tony.
34:06Yes, see you.
34:07All right.
34:07Final day.
34:09The finals.
34:09It's going to be a good one.
34:10Here we go.
34:11Young Dan and Antoinette joins us tomorrow.
34:14Finals day.
34:14Same time, same place.
34:15You'll be sure of it.
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