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00:31Good afternoon and a very special welcome to the Countdown studio and a particularly special dib, dib, dib, dob, dob,
00:40dob to all you present and past rainbows, beavers, cubs, brownies, guides and scouts out there.
00:48Why? Because it was on this very day back in 1857 that Robert Baden-Powell was born and so it
00:55was that the scout movement not so long later afterwards came into being.
01:00Were you a scout, a brownie? What were you?
01:03I was in Fifth Thorpe Bay, the scouts. I wasn't in the rainbows.
01:08All right.
01:09We used to play football every time I went to the scouts and that wasn't the problem.
01:13The problem was I played football at lunchtime with all the really good boys which was great fun and then
01:17the boys that played football at the scouts were rubbish so I got a bit bored of that.
01:20So I packed the scouts in, carried on playing football at school.
01:23Well done. Well done. Well done. What about Bob-a-job week?
01:28What about Bob-a-job week?
01:29Did you have that?
01:30No.
01:31They stopped it for some reason or other. Elf and safety probably.
01:34OK. Yeah. Fair enough.
01:36More than likely. Anyway, talking about Elf and safety, let's see what we've got with us today.
01:40We've got John O'Neill back with us from Raynham in London, semi-finalists back in 2005, a catastrophe risk
01:48analyst.
01:49And you had a very confident victory, I think, over Darrell Francis scoring 122, I think, was your victory.
01:55But you're up against the great Jack Worsley, a series winner in 2012.
02:00Yes, that's correct.
02:00Unbeaten so far.
02:01Yes.
02:02And you got here really by beating the last lady in the competition, Christine Hunt, by 48 points with a
02:07score of 115. Is that right?
02:10That's right, yes.
02:11So I think we've got two pretty evenly matched contestants here. So both of you, try your best because you're
02:17hurtling towards the final.
02:19Well done. Big round of applause for these two characters.
02:26And the good doctor, as I said right at the beginning of this week, a healer of bodies and a
02:31healer of souls.
02:33And you've given us so much good stuff this week.
02:35I have. And I've been very proud of you, Nicholas, because you've managed to not say you'd be sure of
02:40this at the end of every show.
02:41So if you manage it today, I've got a little present for you in my secret sack.
02:45Doctor Paul's secret sack.
02:46There's all manner of presents in it.
02:48I see. But you promised me your Aunt Meryl.
02:51Aunt Madge.
02:52Aunt Madge.
02:53Her six rock cakes.
02:54Yep. Possum post. She sent them through. They're slightly warm. They've been in the pouch, but they're well worth having.
03:00I may well choose to let you down. I don't like the sound of these rock cakes.
03:05It's your choice. Entirely your choice, Nick. That's what healthcare's all about. An informed choice from you.
03:09All right. But now then, John, would you be good enough to kick things off for us?
03:12All right, Rachel.
03:13Hi again, John.
03:14Can I start with a vowel, please?
03:15You can, thank you. Start today with E.
03:18And another one.
03:20U.
03:21And another one.
03:22E.
03:23A consonant.
03:25P.
03:26A consonant.
03:28D.
03:29A consonant.
03:31L.
03:32A consonant.
03:34T.
03:39And a consonant, please.
03:42And the last one.
03:43R.
03:44And here's the countdown clock.
03:47A consonant.
03:49A consonant.
04:01A consonant.
04:01A consonant.
04:01A consonant.
04:01A consonant.
04:01A consonant.
04:01A consonant.
04:01A consonant.
04:05A consonant.
04:16John.
04:17Eight.
04:18Eight.
04:19Jack.
04:19A very risky eight.
04:20Mm-hmm.
04:21John.
04:22A droplet.
04:23Yes.
04:24And Jack.
04:25Repolled.
04:26Repolled.
04:28Repolled?
04:28Repoll.
04:29Can you repoll?
04:29That's interesting.
04:30Can you pull and then repoll?
04:32Um, it's not there, Jack, I'm afraid.
04:36Um, and a droplet.
04:39Um, hang on.
04:41Yeah, it's a small part of a blackberry.
04:43Actually, it's not what I expected at all.
04:44That's absolutely brilliant.
04:45Very good, John.
04:47Well done.
04:47Well done, John.
04:49Well done.
04:50All right.
04:51Early lead there, John.
04:52Now then, Jack.
04:54Off you go.
04:55Hi again, Rachel.
04:56Hi again, Jack.
04:57May I start with a consonant, please?
04:58You may, thank you.
04:59Starts with tea.
05:00Um, consonants.
05:03R.
05:04Consonants.
05:06N.
05:07Consonants.
05:09L.
05:10Uh, vowel.
05:12A.
05:13Vowel.
05:14O.
05:15Vowel.
05:17U.
05:18Another vowel.
05:21E.
05:22And a consonant, please.
05:23And lastly, T.
05:25Here's the clock.
05:57Yes, Jack.
05:58Eight.
05:59And John?
05:59Eight as well.
06:00Okay, Jack.
06:01I'm tolerant.
06:02Tolerant, yep.
06:03Both there.
06:04And in the corner, too, I guess?
06:06We were tolerant, too.
06:07Yeah, we were tolerant.
06:08Very good.
06:08Anything else?
06:08Nothing else at all.
06:09Anything leading up to it that you fancied?
06:11No, we zoomed in there.
06:13And actually, smaller ones are quite hard to find.
06:15There's rattle for six.
06:16And neutral's there for seven.
06:17But tolerant by far the best.
06:18Very good.
06:19All right, well done.
06:20Sixteen to eight.
06:21John leads.
06:22And John, it's your letters game once again.
06:25Can I have a vowel, please?
06:27Thank you, John.
06:28I.
06:29A vowel.
06:29E.
06:32A vowel.
06:33O.
06:34A consonant.
06:36P.
06:37A consonant.
06:39T.
06:40A consonant.
06:42N.
06:43A consonant.
06:45Z.
06:46A consonant, please.
06:48R.
06:50And a vowel, please.
06:53And the last one, E.
06:55Stand by.
06:56R.
06:57205.
07:02206.
07:03226.
07:05256.
07:09216.
07:18217.
07:24228.
07:26Northern John?
07:27Seven.
07:29Jack?
07:29Seven.
07:30Mm-hmm.
07:30John?
07:31Pioneer.
07:32Pioneer.
07:33And Pointer.
07:34Pointer.
07:34Yes.
07:35Very good.
07:36Any advances?
07:37No, a spot of some protein.
07:39Well, that was about it.
07:40Anything else?
07:41No, I was just looking at the origin of Pioneer.
07:43It once meant foot soldier, because foot soldiers are the people who go into new territories first.
07:48I see.
07:49Thank you very much.
07:4923 to 15, says John's in the lead.
07:52Northern Jack, letters game.
07:53A consonant, please.
07:54Thank you, Jack.
07:56P?
07:56Um, consonant.
07:59B?
08:00Um, consonant.
08:03S?
08:03A consonant.
08:05L?
08:06Val.
08:08I?
08:09Val.
08:10O?
08:11Uh, a vowel.
08:14Another I?
08:15Uh, vowel.
08:18E?
08:19And, uh, another vowel, please.
08:23And the last one.
08:25A.
08:25Lock time.
08:27One, two, three, four, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
08:39five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
08:41five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
08:41five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
08:41five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
08:41five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five
08:57Yes, Jack.
08:58I'm seven.
08:59Seven, and John?
09:00Also seven.
09:02Jack?
09:02I'm posable.
09:04And John?
09:06Obelius?
09:08Hmm.
09:08Address that to the corner.
09:10Obelius?
09:11Obelius, okay.
09:11Yeah, no, Obelius, definitely.
09:13Really?
09:13Absolutely, without a shadow of a doubt, Obelius is in there.
09:16That's because Phil knows exactly what they are.
09:18It's a term from zoology, and they're sedentary colonial co-lenterates.
09:24With upright branching stems bearing minute cups in which the polyps sit.
09:28There you go.
09:29Nothing about polyps, I don't know, I'll tell you.
09:32Very good.
09:33Very good, and I'm pretty sure posable is fine too.
09:35Yes, it is, yeah.
09:36What else have we got down there?
09:37Corner.
09:38Nothing better than that, in fact, where I was beaten.
09:40Nothing about you.
09:41What about Phil, Dr Phil?
09:42No, I thought it was brilliant.
09:43I was obsessed with polyps.
09:45No, I think you didn't.
09:45And I couldn't go beyond those.
09:47Quite reasonably, quite reasonably.
09:4830 to 22, and it's your numbers game, John.
09:50There's Rachel waiting for you.
09:52All right, I know this guy's pretty good at four from the top, but he's also pretty good
09:56at three, two, one, and zero from the top.
09:58So I'm just going to go with four from the top.
10:00I hear a bit of a wizard yourself at this one.
10:02This guy's the expert.
10:04I'm sure you both are.
10:05Right, let's prove that.
10:07So for the first time, the numbers are two and seven, and the four large ones, 25, 50,
10:13one hundred and seventy-five, and the target, 861.
10:19861.
10:49Well, John?
10:51I have it.
10:52You have it.
10:52And Jack?
10:53861.
10:53Very good.
10:54John?
10:55I did 75 plus 50.
10:5875 plus 50.
10:59125.
11:00Subtract 2.
11:02123.
11:03And then multiply by 7.
11:04Yeah, didn't need to use too many of your wizarding tips there.
11:08861.
11:08Very good.
11:09And Jack?
11:09Exactly the same.
11:10Exactly the same.
11:11Yep.
11:12Very good.
11:13Well done.
11:16Well done, Jack.
11:17Still ate adrift there as we turn to Dr. Phil.
11:20Dr. Phil.
11:21The final chapter.
11:22Yes.
11:22Of getting the NHS better.
11:23We've had tickling it better.
11:25We've had knitting it better.
11:27Yes.
11:27It's very important.
11:28We've had kissing it better.
11:29We've had surfing it better, getting on the internet.
11:32Today, I'm going to start with stroking it better.
11:35I've talked on this program before about the importance of dogs.
11:37If I could prescribe dogs on the NHS instead of drugs, we would save it a night.
11:41In fact, any pet will do.
11:42But the rhythmic, the relaxing thing of stroking has quite good effects on your blood pressure.
11:46If you don't have a pet, you can actually stroke a stuffed toy.
11:49It's interesting.
11:49They've done some research.
11:50If you stroke a stuffed toy.
11:52At the moment, I'm stroking a puppy.
11:53We've got ourselves another puppy.
11:54It's a mixture between a Dalmatian, a poodle, and a pug.
11:58In the old days, they would call that, you know, a Heinz 57 type dog.
12:02But a Dalmatian, a poodle, and a pug is apparently known as a doodle pug.
12:06That's a top-end designer dog.
12:09And I've noticed if I stroke its tummy, my blood pressure goes down.
12:11When it bites me, my blood pressure goes up.
12:13So it's sort of up and down.
12:14So I'm training it.
12:15So I think stroking is really important.
12:17But this is the really important message.
12:18It's leading the NHS.
12:19To save the NHS, we need leaders.
12:21So here's a test.
12:22The Health Service Journal, which I'm sure we all know and love,
12:25every year publishes the top 100 most influential people in the NHS.
12:28OK?
12:29A hundred billion pounds worth of our money goes into this.
12:32Who's the most important person in the NHS, do you think?
12:34David Nicholson.
12:35Do you know who he is?
12:36No.
12:37So he's the person leading us through this huge reform programme.
12:39Anyone ever heard of David Nicholson?
12:41No.
12:42In fact, there are six people in the top ten.
12:44Most of them are called David.
12:45They're all white men of a certain age.
12:47And that's why I think it's quite interesting,
12:48is we have this huge organisation in the NHS.
12:50We don't know who's leading it.
12:51David Nicholson is a civil servant,
12:53so he has to remain politically impartial.
12:55But we don't have leaders at the top,
12:56which is why I think we need a bottom-up approach.
12:59They have published an NHS constitution.
13:01Who's read the NHS constitution?
13:03Not I.
13:03They rather nicely say that the NHS belongs to us all,
13:06so I'm having the Department of Health.
13:08This is our NHS.
13:09We have a responsibility to look after ourselves.
13:11So if you eat lard every day and never move,
13:14then no amount of drugs will save you.
13:15So you have a responsibility to use the NHS wisely.
13:18It's a very precious resource.
13:19It's a bit like using up our coal and our fossil fuels.
13:22If you waste health resources,
13:23you're wasting money that could go elsewhere.
13:26But also I do think we can change it
13:28by being slightly more active about things,
13:29by asking slightly awkward questions,
13:31by shopping around for good care,
13:33but actually by staying healthy,
13:35so not using the NHS.
13:36So I think stroking dogs,
13:38knitting, playing, loving,
13:40rubbing yourself with a head massager,
13:42all these things I've advocated today
13:43will keep you away from the doctor.
13:44So go and pleasure yourself safely and sustainably
13:47and come to my tour.
13:49Games to play with your doctor in the autumn.
13:51DrPhilHammond.com is the website if you're interested.
13:53Certainly will.
13:54Thank you very much.
13:55Well done.
13:56Well done.
13:5840 to 32 says John's in the lead
14:01as we go into a tea time teaser,
14:04which is got coins.
14:07I've got some coins, says the clue,
14:09so I'm dashing off to spend them.
14:11I've got some coins,
14:13so I'm dashing off to spend them.
14:30Welcome back.
14:31I left you with a clue.
14:32I've got some coins,
14:33so I'm dashing off to spend them.
14:35How am I doing that?
14:36I'm scooting off to spend them.
14:38Scooting.
14:39Now, if you'd like to become a Countdown contestant,
14:42you can email Countdown at Channel4.com
14:45to request an application form
14:47or write to us at Contestants Applications,
14:50Countdown Leads, LS31JS.
14:55Now then, John, 40, Jack, 32.
15:00Jack, off you go, letters game.
15:02A consonant, please.
15:04Thank you, Jack.
15:05M.
15:07Consonant.
15:08R.
15:10Consonant.
15:12D.
15:13Consonant.
15:15G.
15:16Val.
15:18I.
15:19Val.
15:20E.
15:21Val.
15:27A.
15:28And the consonant, please.
15:29And the last one.
15:31M.
15:31Clock time.
15:33O'clock time.
16:03Dan and Jack.
16:04Eight.
16:04Eight.
16:05John.
16:05I reckon I've got the same eight.
16:06Mm-hmm.
16:07Jack.
16:08Ideogram.
16:09Ideogram.
16:09Two ideograms.
16:11Any advances?
16:12No, I've got three ideograms.
16:14Anything else?
16:15Can I tell you what they are?
16:15Yes, please.
16:16An ideogram is a character that symbolises the idea of something without indicating the sounds used to say it.
16:22So, Chinese characters operate in this way.
16:25They are ideograms.
16:26In other words, they're symbolic rather than read literally.
16:29Do you see what I mean?
16:29Excellent.
16:31Thank you for that, Susie.
16:3448 plays 40.
16:35John.
16:37Letters game.
16:38Can I have a vowel, please?
16:40Thank you, John.
16:41E.
16:42A vowel.
16:43I.
16:44A vowel.
16:45O.
16:46A consonant.
16:48S.
16:49A consonant.
16:51P.
16:52A consonant.
16:54Y.
16:55A consonant.
16:57W.
16:59A consonant, please.
17:01S.
17:03And A, consonant, please.
17:05And finish.
17:06R.
17:07Stand by.
17:08BELL RINGS
17:10BELL RINGS
17:38John.
17:39Got a dubious seven.
17:42Northern Jack.
17:43I'll try seven.
17:44Let's hear about your dubious seven, John.
17:47Swipers.
17:48Swipers.
17:49And ospreys.
17:51Ospreys.
17:53Ospreys, I think, will be absolutely fine.
17:56And swiper.
17:57Yeah, no, it's definitely in.
17:58He knows.
17:59He knows.
18:00Somebody who swipes.
18:01It's in.
18:02Well, maybe a windscreen swiper.
18:04I'm not sure.
18:05That's just a wiper.
18:06Yeah.
18:06Something or somebody that swipes is a swiper.
18:09God, John, you lucky chap.
18:11All right.
18:1155 pays 47.
18:13But what else?
18:14We have two crackers.
18:16We have prowess, which is a rather nice seven, but also pyrosis, which is an old-fashioned
18:20name for heartburn.
18:21Very good.
18:22Yeah.
18:23Excellent.
18:23It comes from Greek meaning fire.
18:25It feels like fire because I get that horrid, but I take a pill.
18:29Omeprazole, is that right?
18:30Omeprazole?
18:31Yes.
18:31Excellent.
18:32Do you take it all the time?
18:33For years and years.
18:34Do you then take it and then you go eat seven curries and drink 18 bites because you think
18:37you're protected because of your pill?
18:39Okay.
18:39Brilliant drug.
18:39But you still eat sensibly?
18:41Every morning.
18:4255 to 47.
18:44Now then, Jack, what are you going to do about this?
18:45A consonant, please.
18:47Thank you, Jack.
18:48M.
18:50Consonant.
18:52S.
18:53Consonant.
18:54B.
18:55Consonant.
18:58D.
18:59Val.
19:00U.
19:02Val.
19:03A.
19:04Another val.
19:06E.
19:08Consonant.
19:10S.
19:12And a val, please.
19:14And lastly, I.
19:17Clock time.
19:48Yes, Jack?
19:49I think I've got an eight.
19:51And John?
19:52I also think I have an eight.
19:54Jane?
19:55Disabuse.
19:56Disabuse.
19:57Both disabused.
19:59Excellent.
20:00Very good.
20:00And in the corner?
20:02I've got sebum, which is the oily stuff that comes out of your spots.
20:06It's rather nice.
20:06That's only five.
20:08Is that one?
20:09I think it's all there.
20:10For iambuses, which is the plural of iambus, and that's a metrical foot.
20:15Wow.
20:16Oh, right.
20:16And they do iambic?
20:18Yes, all to do with iambic pentameters.
20:20Wow.
20:21OK.
20:21Very good.
20:22Well now, Jack, still adrift there.
20:23Look, 63 to 55, as we turn to you, John.
20:26Can I have a vowel, please?
20:28Thank you, John.
20:29E.
20:30A vowel.
20:31A vowel.
20:34A vowel.
20:34E.
20:35A consonant.
20:37D.
20:38A consonant.
20:40G.
20:41A consonant.
20:42F.
20:44A consonant.
20:45V.
20:47Consonant, please.
20:49T.
20:50And a consonant, please.
20:53And the last one.
20:55H.
20:56Dun-dun.
20:57H.
20:58H.
20:58H.
21:07D.
21:25H.
21:28John six yes, Jack six
21:32John heaved heaved
21:34Defeat defeat now then in the corner
21:38Tough one this one. We can get beyond death
21:41Which is only five. I don't know why I was telling us something
21:45That was pretty poor effort actually wasn't it well not as good as the boys here. I need a quick
21:50pick-me-up
21:51I think
21:51Susie first have one of those
21:54There you go. We'll be better next round promise. Stroke something soft now then
22:02Susie it's your time. It's your time of the day our favorite time Susie come tell us your origins of
22:07words
22:08Well views often tweet in to the countdown Twitter account, which is really nice and they come up with a
22:14few queries for me
22:15And this one was cutting the mustard. Why do we cut the mustard?
22:20Which is a very odd expression when you think about it has nothing to do with putting a knife through
22:25a condiment and everything to do with
22:27An association that's been there for centuries between the piquancy or the
22:30The zest if you like of mustard and the energy of people's behavior
22:35So up to mustard or just mustard actually for a long time meant up to high standard or a hot
22:41standard
22:41In the same way as up to snuff and that was chosen for exactly the same reason now the cutting
22:47part
22:48It simply goes back to another sense of that means showing as in someone cutting a fine figure means displaying
22:54a fine figure
22:55So cutting the mustard is simply an alternative way of saying and displaying one's high standards if you like
23:02Mustard actually has a nice history in English as it was thought to be an essential accompaniment to beef and
23:09as we know all English people love their roast beef
23:11And it became associated with vigor and enthusiasm and there were many many idioms to do with mustards in centuries
23:17gone by that have fallen out of use
23:20The association with zesty behavior was so strong that it came to mean great or top-notch
23:27So if I said that Nick Cure is mustard everybody would have known what I meant simply meaning he's hot
23:32stuff or he's very clever
23:34And he's very energetic and so I just incidentally thought I'd tell you this mustard and its reputation
23:40Meant it was considered a cure for colds and fevers and there was a something called a mustard poultice
23:47Which would be put on the chest of a patient and the 19th century
23:52Recipe book as well as a medicinal aid tells the patient as soon as the chest turns quite pink remove
23:58the poultice
23:59I'm glad we don't do that one anymore
24:00But they go keen as mustard and cut the mustard just simply goes back to the zest very good very
24:06good
24:08Cutting the mustard
24:10Now then 69 to 61 Jack drifting there by eight points now is your chance Jack because it's a numbers
24:16game
24:16I'll try six more please try six small the opposite of Jono's speciality, but I'm sure not too shabby at
24:22this one either
24:23Six more this time and they are 10 another 10 4 2 7 and 6 and the target 313 313
24:43Music playing
24:44Music playing
24:44Music playing
24:46Music playing
25:03Music playing
25:06Yes Jack?
25:07313 but not written down
25:09Yes and Jon?
25:10I've got it written down
25:12Right let's hear from Jack
25:156 plus 2
25:166 plus 2 is 8
25:17Times 4
25:1832
25:20Times 10
25:21Times 10 320
25:22Minus 7
25:23And minus 7
25:24313
25:25Very good Jon?
25:26To get 8 I did 10 minus 2 the rest was exactly the same
25:29Yep the other 10 that's fine
25:31Excellent stuff well done
25:35Still that elusive 8 though Jack as we turn to a tea time teaser
25:41Which is hit jeans
25:43And the clue it sounds like it's pouring down with bedding
25:46It sounds like it's pouring down with bedding
25:49It sounds like it's pouring down with bedding
26:09Because it's sheeting down
26:10Because it's sheeting down
26:11Sheeting
26:12Sheeting
26:13Sheeting
26:13John 79 to Jack 71
26:15Now then Jon
26:16It's your letters game
26:17What are you going to do with it?
26:19Could I have a vowel please?
26:20Thank you Jon
26:21O
26:22A vowel
26:23A
26:24A vowel
26:26U
26:27A consonant please
26:29S
26:30A consonant
26:32K
26:33A consonant
26:34R
26:36A consonant
26:37T
26:40A vowel please
26:41E
26:43And a consonant please
26:45And a final H
26:47Tick tock
26:48A々
26:50shorten
26:51Tick tock
26:51Tick tock
26:51Tick tock
26:53Tick tock
27:19Yes, John?
27:20Seven.
27:21And Jack?
27:22Seven.
27:23John, seven.
27:24Authors.
27:25Authors.
27:25Jack?
27:26Shouter.
27:27Shouter?
27:28Happy with Shouter?
27:29Yes, I'm happy.
27:30OK.
27:31Yep.
27:31Now, what else have we got?
27:32Dr Phil?
27:33I've got earshot.
27:34Ah, you would.
27:35We'll be out of earshot of a Shouter.
27:37Best place.
27:38Yep.
27:38Anything else?
27:39No, that was our seven.
27:40All right, well done.
27:4186 to 78, that elusive eight points, Jack, and it's your letters game.
27:46A consonant, please.
27:47Thank you, Jack.
27:49R.
27:50Consonant.
27:52T.
27:54Consonant.
27:56N.
27:57Consonant.
27:59C.
28:00A vowel.
28:01U.
28:02Another vowel.
28:04A.
28:05A vowel.
28:07I.
28:08One more vowel, please.
28:11B.
28:13And another vowel, please.
28:15And the last one.
28:16A.
28:17And they're off.
28:19A.
28:19A vowel.
28:47A vowel.???
28:48Yes Jack? 8. 8. John? Also 8. Right Jack?
28:54Craniate? Craniate. Two craniates. Two craniums full of brains here and in the corner.
29:03Can't beat craniates. No, that's fantastic. Any animal that possesses a skull is a craniate.
29:08Yeah. Anything else? Well done.
29:13Yes, curtain. We've got curtains and we have urinate. Curtain and urinate.
29:17Urinate behind the curtain, please. In the pot.
29:21Thank you very much, Dr. Phil.
29:2394 to 86. Now then, John, we're getting near the end here now. Last letters game. Off you go, John.
29:29Can I start with a vowel, please? Rachel. Thank you, John.
29:32I. A vowel. O. A vowel. E. A consonant.
29:40X. A consonant. N. A consonant. S. A consonant.
29:47N. A consonant, please. G. And a consonant, please. And lastly, J.
29:58Canta.
30:00Canta.
30:00I. Co.
30:12G.
30:26Great.
30:29Hi.
30:31I've got the dodgiest eight of all time
30:34Really? Jack? I'm eight, I hope
30:37All right, now let's hear from John. Jonesing
30:42Jonesing? Jonesing. Are you up to the same thing there? Yes. Is that good?
30:47I'm very confident about Jonesing. It's absolutely brilliant. To have a fixation on particularly drugs to be addicted to
30:54Jonesing on cocaine for example. Fantastic. Really? Well done. Well, well, well
31:00Well done both of you, but that eight remains as we enter the last numbers game Jack
31:05I'll just have one large place. One large and five small. Thank you, Jack
31:09And after that round, I'm Jonesing for an interesting numbers game
31:13For the last time this week, they are six one eight
31:18ten
31:19four and the large one twenty-five and
31:24The target nine hundred and eighty-eight nine eight eight
31:58nine eight eight not written down
32:00988 not written down John I've got it written down all right Jack okay I'm 25 times 10 25 times
32:1010 to 50 um 8 minus 6 8 minus 6 is 2 um plus the 1 plus the 1 is
32:163 and take that away take that
32:18away for 247 multiply by 4 and multiply by 4 and you are there well done well done indeed John
32:25same same route yeah all right now look at this look at this 112 please 104 what does that give
32:35us
32:35that gives us a final crucial countdown so fingers on buzzers please let's reveal today's crucial
32:43conundrum John ecosphere ecosphere let's see whether you're right truly amazing well done
32:59122 great score great score Jack my heart bleeds for you 104 great score your first defeat god bless you
33:08know Donna's excellent who's um oh it's tremendous it was tremendous look he's quite emotional over
33:13there I'm emotional it's really sad to say goodbye to you have a fantastic time thank you um for having
33:18me no it's been a pleasure for us an honor for us you drag this teapot home and your uh
33:23and your piece
33:24of kryptonite there I will do yes well done well done okay John you are in the semis next Thursday
33:31brilliant performance great well done you have a restful intervening few days yeah wasn't that good
33:39I've got the shivers again I'm sorry to see Jack go he's such a good kid brilliant brilliant contestant
33:44yes doctor you know you've been a good boy Nick this is it is that it I've decided because of
33:50your
33:50pyrosis we've had to downgrade the rock buns to scones because I'm worried about your gastroesophageal
33:56reflux disease but these are all the way from Perth Western Australia by Possum Post well that's
34:02wonderful they're very tender do you say scone or scone scone if you can get through this final show
34:07without saying you be sure of it you get the scones I get the lot you get the lot oh
34:11that's brilliant
34:12I'll do my very very best and listen thank you so much for being with us it's been such fun
34:16really
34:17enjoyed it what a show wasn't it good wasn't it really good so thanks uh thanks Phil thank you
34:22Dr. Phil you come and see us soon Susie peaceful weekend you too you too Rachel aren't they great
34:28it's been so sad losing one person from each show this week it's so incredible next week's been even
34:34harder I think we've all you know become very fond of old Jack here or young Jack here yeah well
34:39he
34:39was your first champion he was indeed yeah and he's a he's a he's a fantastic competitor but he was
34:44beaten by a better guy on the day Matt John O'Neill yeah excellent stuff looking forward to next week
34:50have a peaceful weekend I will and all of you at home settle back in your chairs now just think
34:55about what we've witnessed today and think what's coming up on Monday we look forward to seeing you
35:00same time same place how I love the look of those cakes
35:19re-igniting old flames getting new ones roaring reading 50 shades of grey will do that to you
35:26comedy film book club tomorrow night at nine with an all-star cast next this afternoon
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