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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio. It's the first semi-final of series 72. A big day because
00:40today somebody goes through to the final on Friday. So, food for thought. I'm talking about food for thought, Rachel,
00:47but apparently we are a nation of cookery book fanatics. It's extraordinary. Research shows that on average each family has
00:57got at least six.
00:58Right. Now, I don't think there are any in my home. If there are, I don't know where they are
01:03and they're certainly never used. That's for sure. But a recent survey, let me give you these facts. Most people
01:09make just nine meals over and over again. That's just a repertoire, I guess.
01:13Right. And 20% of Brits haven't tried a new recipe in over a year. And I think you would
01:20not be included because I know that you're a foodie and you love your food and you love adventure.
01:25I do. And my diet is very weird and I often can't eat certain things. So, I have to make
01:29my own food. So, I tried bouillabaisse this year. But I also, I bought this cookbook that has vegan desserts
01:35because I can't eat eggs and flour and all the stuff that normally goes into desserts.
01:39And I thought it was brilliant. It was tiramisu and cheesecake and all these things. And I just can't find
01:44any of the ingredients. So, I just get to look at the pictures and see what I could have had.
01:49You'll lose weight looking at the pictures, that's for sure.
01:51You know, it's the best diet in the world. You just look at photos of desserts. No calories at all.
01:55I'm not a foodie, I must admit. But I've taken to, I do like a good duck.
02:00You keep saying this.
02:01I love duck.
02:02I'm friends with ducks. So, I don't eat ducks.
02:04Very low on cholesterol. Very low on cholesterol. There we are. Now, who have we got? We've got two semi
02:11-finalists. We've got Tom Kappelman, the software engineer from Enfield, our number one seed. Welcome back.
02:17And, of course, you scored 98 points to Gavin Woolno's 40. So, here you are, heading for the final. If
02:24you can get past Kevin Steed, an occupational therapist from Plymouth, won his fiercely contested quarterfinal against Andy Noden just
02:33yesterday. So, I hope you've recovered from that, Kevin, and are feeling strong and ready to take on Tom.
02:40Oh, I don't know about that. He's pretty strong.
02:41I'm sure you will. Come on, chaps. Today's the day. Let's have a big round of applause for our first
02:46semi-finalists.
02:53A very big day. And over in the corner, of course, we have Susie and the wonderful Joe Brand, comedian,
03:00actress, presenter, writer, and general Good Egg. Welcome back.
03:04Cookbook owner.
03:06Cookbook owner. Are you a good cook?
03:08No. No, I can't stand cooking.
03:11Does anybody cook in your house?
03:12My husband cooks quite well.
03:14I have never in 20 years cooked a meal for my Catherine, ever. That is my proud boast.
03:22Now, what shall we do here? Tom, will you take us away on a letters game?
03:25Yep.
03:26Hi, Rachel.
03:27Hi, Tom.
03:27Can I have a consonant, please?
03:28Thank you. Start today with R.
03:31And another.
03:39And a vowel, please.
03:54And lastly, O.
03:56And here's the countdown clock.
03:58And here's the countdown clock.
04:28Yes, Tom.
04:29Seven.
04:30A seven.
04:31Kevin.
04:31Seven.
04:32Two sevens. Tom, seven?
04:33A funeral.
04:34Funeral and?
04:36Veronal.
04:37Veronal.
04:38Yes.
04:39Joan and I were just talking about that, because it sounds so lovely, veronal.
04:43It's another term for barbitone, which is a long-acting sedative and sleep-inducing drug.
04:49Yes, I could do with that.
04:51All right.
04:52Now then, what has the corner got to offer?
04:54Susie?
04:56Flavour is another seven.
04:57Flavour.
04:58But yeah, I couldn't do better than seven.
04:59I don't know if Joe could.
05:00What about Joe?
05:00I got an eight.
05:02Well done.
05:02A friend of mine went to visit a historical castle recently and picked up a rather nasty
05:10virus from the Tower of London.
05:12They got raven flu.
05:16Raven flu.
05:16Raven flu.
05:17Now, Kevin.
05:19Let us go.
05:21Hi again, Rachel.
05:21Hi, Kevin.
05:22Consonant, please.
05:24Start with T.
05:26And another.
05:27R.
05:28And another.
05:30G.
05:31A vowel.
05:32I.
05:33And another.
05:34A.
05:35And another.
05:37E.
05:38A consonant.
05:40P.
05:40And another.
05:42S.
05:43And a final vowel, please.
05:46And a final U.
05:49Stand by.
05:51Stand by.
06:21Yes, Kevin?
06:21Seven.
06:22A seven.
06:23Eight, I think.
06:24An eight, you think.
06:25Kevin?
06:26Pastier.
06:27Pastier and?
06:28Grapiest.
06:30Grapiest.
06:31Tom's right.
06:32You can have the grapiest tasting wine.
06:34It's specified in the dictionary.
06:36A really good eight.
06:37Yeah.
06:37Well done.
06:38And Joe?
06:39Well, a six or a nine.
06:41I might not do the nine.
06:42It's just too unpleasant.
06:44But the six is a proper word, actually, which you don't hear very often unless you're a nurse.
06:50And that is triage.
06:52Oh, yes.
06:52That's something that nurses do when they're assessing people at A&E.
06:57Yeah.
06:58Okay.
06:58So, with the score standing 15 to seven, Tom at 15, we turn to a numbers game.
07:04Tom?
07:04Okay.
07:05This Maybach fibre, can I have six more, please?
07:07You can, indeed.
07:08Thank you, Tom.
07:08We've got two good mathematicians today.
07:10So, we'll see how you both get on with the first one today, which is three, one, five,
07:18ten, another five, and four.
07:21And the target, 338.
07:24Three, three, eight.
07:25Three, four, five, and four.
07:56Yes, Tom?
07:57338.
07:58338.
07:59Kevin?
08:00337.
08:01337.
08:01Tom?
08:02Okay.
08:03Five times ten minus one.
08:05Five times ten.
08:06Ten minus one or ten?
08:07Five times ten minus one.
08:08Fifty minus one, 49.
08:10Four plus three.
08:11Four plus three is seven.
08:12Seven times 49.
08:14Three, four, three.
08:14Answer track for five.
08:15Well done.
08:16338.
08:17Lovely.
08:17Well done.
08:20Well done, Tom.
08:22Well done, Tom.
08:23So, let's have a tea time teaser, which is Prop Star.
08:28And the clue, they have a great understanding and get on really well.
08:32They have a great understanding and get on really well.
08:50And the answer is Rappauze.
08:58Rappauze.
08:59So, Tom 25, Kevin on seven.
09:02Kevin, letters time.
09:04Consonant, please.
09:05Thank you, Kevin.
09:06T.
09:07And another.
09:09M.
09:09And another.
09:11S.
09:12A vowel.
09:14A.
09:15And another.
09:16I.
09:17And another.
09:18E.
09:20And another.
09:23And a final vowel, please.
09:30And a final O.
09:31Stand by.
09:33T.
09:34T.
09:34And another.
09:34All grieving.
09:34And another.
09:59And another.
10:03yes Kevin pace and 8 Tom 8 to 8 Kevin amortize amortize and amortize and in the corner there
10:13Susie amortize is great means to write off the debt yeah atomizer is an anagram of that and then
10:20you're down to sevens mystia maestro that kind of thing all that sort of stuff yep and Joe brand
10:26and then you're down to twos me so it's a nice choice thank you very much yeah 33 to 15
10:38now then Tom let
10:40us get I kind of a consonant please thank you Tom T and another w and another n and another
10:50m and a
10:52vowel please hey and another e and another you and another please oh and final vowel please and a final
11:10e stand by
11:14so
11:28so
11:43Yes, Tom?
11:44Just five.
11:44A five.
11:46Kevin?
11:46Six.
11:47Tom?
11:48Meant.
11:50Kevin?
11:50Townie.
11:52Townie.
11:54Kevin, you're spelling this with a double E, aren't you?
11:56And I really hate to say this, because I know we have allowed it on Countdown for a while,
12:01because it's been in the printed dictionary, but it's come out of the online dictionary
12:05because it's not used very often with that spelling.
12:08So cruel as it seems, I'm really sorry, I have to disallow it.
12:12That is bad luck.
12:13Yeah.
12:13That is bad luck.
12:14So, that makes Tom 38 and you 15, and we turn now to Jo Brand.
12:22No, I'm not really a fan of sort of fluffy bathroom paraphernalia, because to all intents
12:29and purposes, that thing that you wrap around the toilet is a wee mat.
12:34And that's what it's for.
12:35We all deny that, but it's true.
12:38Yeah, well done.
12:40Susie?
12:41Amount is there for a six.
12:45Omenta is there as well for a six.
12:47That's to do with the omentum and the fold of peritoneum.
12:51But just sixes.
12:52Well done.
12:53All right.
12:53And wee mat.
12:5538 plays 15.
12:56Now, numbers.
12:57Numbers for Kevin.
12:59Four large, please.
13:00Thank you, Kevin.
13:01Four large and two small.
13:02The other end of the mental workout spectrum.
13:05Right.
13:05This one, the two little ones are three, eight, and the big ones, 100, 25, 75, and 50.
13:14And the target, 790.
13:17Seven, nine, zero.
13:20Seven, nine, zero.
13:49Kevin.
13:50Seven, nine, one.
13:51Seven, nine, one.
13:52Tom.
13:53Seven, nine, one, not written down.
13:55So, Tom.
13:56100 times eight.
13:58100 times eight, 800.
14:0075 over 25.
14:02Is three.
14:03Times I for three.
14:04Yep.
14:05For nine.
14:05And then subtract that.
14:06And one away.
14:07Seven, nine, one.
14:08One away.
14:08As indeed was Kevin.
14:10Same way.
14:10Same way?
14:10Yep.
14:11All right.
14:12Now let's see whether it's possible.
14:15Rachel, tricky or have you cracked it?
14:18Very tricky.
14:19I will have another look.
14:20Let's leave it with you.
14:21All right.
14:2145 plays.
14:22Kevin's 22.
14:23And now we turn to Jo.
14:26Jo.
14:27Hello.
14:28I'm going to concentrate a little bit on the literary today.
14:32First of all, just because I can, I want to start with two literary words that really
14:38annoy me.
14:39The first one is carapace.
14:41And I, and it means shell, doesn't it?
14:43Yeah.
14:43And I think writers use that to look as a little message to us that they've been to Oxbridge.
14:51And so that kind of annoys me because I think it's a conceit and they could just say shell and
14:56I wish they would.
14:58Right.
14:58So there's that.
14:59And the other word that annoys me is fizzing because that gets used quite a lot in literature.
15:04Like fizzing with excitement, fizzing with joy.
15:07And every time I read it, I kind of want to do that to the book and do that.
15:12So will you stop writing fizzing as well?
15:15And I'm sure everyone can, who's watching, can insert their own.
15:18Now, can we turn to Susie for a moment?
15:21Because carapace will have some origin.
15:24It comes from, oh, you're not going to like this.
15:27It comes from French, but that itself comes from the Spanish carapaceo, but of unknown origin.
15:32Oh, that's not good.
15:33Yes.
15:34When you want her, she's gone missing.
15:36I know.
15:37Well, I'm going to be looking at the wee mat and this now.
15:41OK.
15:41Those are my two challenges for the day.
15:43Now, what have you been up to, Rachel?
15:45Well...
15:46You've got that look about you.
15:47I got there eventually.
15:48If you say 100 divided by 25 equals 4, add to the 75 for 79, and then 8 minus 3
15:56is 5, 50 divided by 5 is 10, and times them together for 790.
16:00Well done.
16:00That's it.
16:01Blistering.
16:04Blistering.
16:06Fizzing, actually, if you really want to know.
16:0845 to 22.
16:11Tom's in the lead.
16:11Now then, Tom, you're back.
16:12Let us go.
16:13Can I start with a consonant, please?
16:14Thank you, Tom.
16:15S.
16:15And another?
16:17D.
16:18And another?
16:20R.
16:20And a fourth?
16:22Q.
16:24And a vowel, please?
16:25I.
16:26And another?
16:28O.
16:29And another?
16:31I.
16:32And a consonant, please?
16:35F.
16:36And a final vowel, please?
16:40And the final one?
16:42E.
16:42Tantan.
16:44Tantan.
17:12MUSIC CONTINUES
17:14Well Tom
17:15A five
17:16A five, Kevin
17:17Five
17:17Tom
17:19Fires
17:19Fires and
17:21Fired
17:21And fired
17:23Yes
17:23And Jo
17:25Well I've got a six and they're going to have, we're going to have driverless cars soon aren't we
17:31Yes
17:31Sort of cars with their own built in intelligence
17:33So I was wondering whether you could have a Ford QI maybe
17:37You could
17:39Actually I should, if I were you I'd patent that idea or copywriter or something
17:43I will
17:44Thank you
17:45You've got your phone on you
17:48Susie
17:48A couple of sixes, Fjords which you can spell F-I-O-R-D-S as well as F-J
17:56And iodise which is to treat with iodine
17:58Indeed
18:00Iodise stings a bit, 50 to 27, Tom on 50, Kevin's back, let us go
18:05Consonant please
18:07Thank you Kevin
18:07T
18:08And another
18:09N
18:11And another
18:12R
18:13A vowel
18:14O
18:16And another
18:17E
18:18And another
18:19O
18:20A consonant
18:22N
18:23And a final
18:26A
18:27And a final consonant please
18:29And a final S
18:32Countdown
18:33Is
18:33I
18:34Is
18:36Am
18:37I
18:37Did
18:37I
18:38I
18:38I
18:40I
18:43I
18:47I
18:52I
18:53I
19:00I
19:01I
19:02I
19:03Kevin.
19:04Eight, I think.
19:06Eight.
19:07And Tom?
19:07Eight.
19:09Kevin.
19:09Nortanas.
19:11Now then, Tom?
19:12Resonant.
19:13Kevin, could you just spell yours for me?
19:15N-O-R-T-E-N-A-S.
19:18It is there.
19:21I thought it had an O at the end, but you can have it with an A at the end.
19:24But it's a style of folk music associated with northern Mexico and Texas, but it says
19:30math noun, so that means you can't put the S on it.
19:33So you're not having much luck today.
19:34No problem.
19:36Sorry.
19:37So what can we have?
19:40Well, you can have tanners as another seven.
19:43Resonant Tom's was absolutely brilliant.
19:45Or treason for another seven.
19:47And treason.
19:47And I see Jo is still working there.
19:50Oh, I'm always working.
19:52Well, I know most people think that grandmas are lovely, aren't they?
19:57But sometimes at Christmas, when they've had a little bit too much to drink, I think
20:02they can be quite annoying.
20:04And in order to counteract that bad atmosphere, I think it's handy just to have a little cupboard
20:10to push them into for half an hour just to calm down.
20:14And I've got a label on mine, and it's called the Nan Store.
20:19You can just fit a couple in.
20:21Yes, exactly.
20:22I've only got a couple.
20:25Very good.
20:26Thank you, Jo.
20:2758 to 27.
20:29Kevin on 27.
20:30And it's a numbers game for Tom.
20:32Can I have six more again, please?
20:34Yeah, back to the six little ones this time.
20:36No problem.
20:37Thank you, Tom.
20:38And these six little ones are seven, nine, one, eight, another eight, and six.
20:47And the target, 240.
20:50Two, four, zero.
20:53One's a
20:54second one.
20:55All right.
21:19One's a
21:19Last one.
21:22Yes, Tom?
21:23240.
21:25Kevin?
21:25240 not written down.
21:27So, Kevin, 240.
21:296 times 8 is 48.
21:3148.
21:32And then 9 minus 8 is 1.
21:369 minus the other 8, 1.
21:387 minus 1 minus the 1.
21:407 minus the 2 ones, 4, 5.
21:4348 times 5.
21:4448 times 5, 240, perfect.
21:47Well done.
21:48Now then, Tom.
21:48Differently, 9 plus 8 plus 7 plus 6.
21:529 plus 8 plus 7 plus 6 for 30.
21:54Times 8.
21:55Perfect.
21:55240 again.
21:56Lovely.
21:57Two good mathematicians there.
21:59Well done.
22:01So, 68 plays Kevin's 37 as we turn to a tea time teaser, which is micro-fib.
22:07And the clue, keep away from anything like this, it'll make you ill.
22:11Keep away from anything like this, it'll make you ill.
22:30Welcome back.
22:31I left with a clue, keep away from anything like this, it'll make you ill.
22:35Because it's morbific.
22:38Is it morbid?
22:39Morbific?
22:39Yeah, it's a good word to know this.
22:41It's causing disease.
22:43So, useful in all the wrong ways.
22:45It comes from the Latin morbid disease, from where we get morbid, obviously.
22:51Thank you, Susie.
22:52Well.
22:5268 to 37, Tom in the lead at the moment.
22:55Kevin.
22:56Kevin, time ticks on.
22:58Letters game.
22:59Consonant, please.
23:00Thank you, Kevin.
23:01T.
23:01And another.
23:03S.
23:04And another.
23:05P.
23:06A vowel.
23:08A.
23:09And another.
23:10O.
23:11And another.
23:12I.
23:13A consonant.
23:15D.
23:16And a vowel.
23:19E.
23:21And a final consonant, please.
23:24And a final R.
23:25And here's the countdown clock.
23:58Yes, Kevin.
23:59Just an eight.
24:00An eight.
24:01Eight as well.
24:02Two eights, Kevin.
24:03Asteroid.
24:04Asteroid.
24:05Two asteroids colliding here.
24:08Any more asteroids, Susie?
24:09Yes.
24:10It's with an asteroid.
24:12Parotids are there as well.
24:14The parotid glands are the large salivary glands.
24:18I've got a seven-letter word, which is pastoid, and that's an asteroid made of spaghetti.
24:31That would make much of a dent, wouldn't it?
24:34That'd be nice.
24:35A nice big dent in my tummy.
24:40Oh, dear.
24:4276 plays 45.
24:44Tom is on 76.
24:46Now then, it's a letters time.
24:48Tom.
24:48A consonant, please.
24:49Thank you, Tom.
24:50S.
24:51And another.
24:53P.
24:54And another.
24:55L.
24:56And a fourth.
24:58T.
24:59And a vowel, please.
25:01O.
25:02And another.
25:03A.
25:04And another.
25:07A.
25:07U.
25:08And another.
25:11I.
25:13And a consonant, please.
25:15And the last one, J.
25:17Stand by.
25:18And a consonant, please.
25:48And a consonant, please.
25:48Yes, Tom?
25:49Viscous seven.
25:51Seven. And, Gavin?
25:52Seven.
25:53Tom?
25:53Out-sale.
25:54Out-sale. And?
25:56Yep.
25:58Two out-sailers here.
26:00And what else have we got?
26:02Jo? Susie?
26:04Out-sale's absolutely fine.
26:06To sail faster or better than a competitor.
26:08You can have top sail as well, to stay with the nautical theme.
26:11Thank you very much. Well done.
26:1283 plays 52.
26:15Susie, it's your origins of words.
26:19I'm going to look back to children's education in the 15th century.
26:24When the traditional age that every child had at school was a horn book.
26:28And that was a leaf or page.
26:30It had the alphabet written on it.
26:31Numbers up to ten and a series of prayers and chants.
26:35They were all written on this page.
26:37And it was called a horn book because it was protected by a thin layer of transparent horn.
26:43And it was inserted into a special wooden frame.
26:46Many of them still survive today.
26:48And they're lovely to see.
26:50But early horn books displayed a cross as their very first character.
26:54And this was known as the Christ cross.
26:56Because of often prayers, as I say, on the horn book.
26:59And before a child recited his or her letters, they would recite the formula Christ's cross, me speed.
27:06And the Christ's cross actually later also served as a signature for an illiterate person.
27:12And over time, because children were repeating these things very rapidly, as you imagine we do with prayers and assembly
27:19and that sort of thing,
27:20it led to the pronunciation of Christ as Chris, the same as in Christmas.
27:25And Chris cross took over.
27:27And Chris cross, of course, became the term that we use today for something with a crossing pattern.
27:32But this horn book was also influential in the naming of the ampersand character, which Joe has drawn here for
27:41me and signed, in case we can auction it off.
27:45And that was originally Roman shorthand for et, meaning and, and then was borrowed by Western scribes.
27:51And children reciting the alphabet using their horn book would use the Latin per se, meaning by itself, for letters
27:57that could stand alone and still mean something, a, i, etc.
28:02And they would say a per se, a, i per se, i, and, and per se, and.
28:11And for the and, they would use the ampersand character.
28:13And it was chanted over and over again.
28:15So, and per se, and, eventually became ampersand.
28:19Ampersand.
28:20Very interesting.
28:2683 to 52.
28:29And Kevin's back.
28:30Kevin, let's go.
28:31Consonant, please.
28:32Thank you, Kevin.
28:33H.
28:34And another.
28:36S.
28:37And another.
28:39R.
28:40A vowel.
28:42A.
28:42And another.
28:44O.
28:44And another.
28:46E.
28:47A consonant.
28:49P.
28:52And a final vowel, please.
28:55And a final I.
28:58Stand by.
29:26And another.
29:27I'll be right in the favor.
29:27Good day.
29:29And another.
29:29Kevin? Eight. An eight. Tom? Nine. Right. Kevin? Pastury. Pastury and? Atrophies. Atrophies. Absolutely brilliant. Your muscle. That's tremendous. Well
29:48done. 101 points. Look at you. 101. Atrophies. Wasting? Yes. Tissue atrophies. It wastes away. Muscle waste. Yeah.
29:58Susie? Well, Atrophies was brilliant. How can we beat that one? There were lots of sevens, parties, pirates, that sort
30:04of thing, but very well done. Well done. 101 plays 52. Tom, final letters game. Consonant, please. Thank you, Tom.
30:13G. And another. B. And another. C. And another. W. And a vowel, please. O. And another. A.
30:27And another. I. And a consonant. C. And a final vowel, please. And a final E.
30:39And the clock starts now.
31:08So, let's go.
31:11Yes, Tom?
31:12Whiskey Sitz.
31:14Six.
31:14And Kevin?
31:15Just a four.
31:16And that four?
31:17Cage.
31:18Cage and?
31:19Boccia.
31:20How are you spelling that, Tom?
31:22B-O-C-C-I-A.
31:25It is there.
31:27Yes, Boccia.
31:28It's a game played by competitors who have a physical disability that requires the use of a wheelchair.
31:34Very, very good.
31:35Really?
31:35Very good.
31:36Yeah.
31:37Oh, interesting.
31:38Well done.
31:39107.
31:39Now then.
31:41Susie.
31:42I just had another word which I thought was risky, but it is their cowage, which is a climbing plant
31:48with hairy pods that cause stinging and itching.
31:51Joe.
31:51I'd say put them in a cow bag immediately.
31:55That's it?
31:56Yes.
31:57We're moving on.
31:58We're moving on.
31:58107.52, and it's the final numbers game.
32:02Kevin?
32:02Four large.
32:03For old time's sake.
32:04Thank you, Kevin.
32:04Four from the top row, and two more little ones.
32:07And for the final time today, your number selection is 6 and 10 and 50, 25, 100 and 75.
32:16And the target, 205.
32:19205.
32:20205.
32:51Yes, Kevin.
32:52Just two or six.
32:53Two or six.
32:54Tom?
32:55Two or five.
32:55Two or five, yes.
32:57A hundred plus seventy-five plus twenty-five.
32:59A hundred plus seventy-five plus twenty-five for two hundred.
33:02Fifty over ten.
33:03Is the five.
33:04And I don't.
33:05Two hundred and five.
33:06Nicely done again, Tom.
33:07Well done.
33:10And so with a hundred and seventeen, good, good score.
33:14Good score.
33:15Kevin, on fifty-two, not bad.
33:17You're holding Tom back.
33:18But it's the final round.
33:20It's fingers on buzzers.
33:20Let's reveal today's countdown conundrum.
33:27Tom?
33:28Megadeth.
33:30Let's see whether you're right.
33:31Megadeth.
33:32Well done.
33:36Well done.
33:38What's that, Armageddon sort of thing?
33:41Armageddon.
33:42It's a wipeout.
33:42Yeah.
33:43Well done indeed.
33:44Tom Kappelman, we shall see you in the final on Friday.
33:49Big congratulations to you.
33:51Kevin, played well, but on the day, Tom takes it.
33:55But you take the Crips night home.
33:57Yep.
33:57It's been a great experience.
33:59Thank you very much.
33:59We've enjoyed having you.
34:00You played really well.
34:02You did not bad getting to where you did.
34:03Semifinals.
34:04Brilliant stuff.
34:05Back to Plymouth with you.
34:07Take your Crips night.
34:08You'll be the toast of the turn.
34:08All right.
34:10And we'll see you on Friday.
34:11Well done.
34:13And tomorrow, we have our second semifinal to produce yet another finalist to take Tom
34:19on on Friday.
34:21Hurrah.
34:21Yep.
34:22Tracy versus Jerry.
34:23Could be a Tom and Jerry final still.
34:25Could it be?
34:26Well done, Rachel.
34:28Well done.
34:28See you tomorrow.
34:29Our second semifinal.
34:32You be sure of it.
34:32Good afternoon.
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