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00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:33Well, the festival season is well and truly underway and there's a festival apparently starting every day.
00:40Well, today it's the Ledbury Poetry Festival.
00:44For the next ten days at Ledbury in Herefordshire, poets from all over the world will be congregating, milling around
00:51for the UK's largest poetry event.
00:54As well as hearing work from established poets, of course, there'll be all sorts of competitions split into, I think,
01:00three categories.
01:02Adults, young people and children, too. Extraordinary thing.
01:07Now, do you have a favourite poem or do you ever try and write poetry?
01:10I don't try and write. I probably won't surprise you to know that. But I like W.H. Auden.
01:14Yes?
01:14Yes. Got some lovely poems.
01:16He was a good guy.
01:16And our producer does, yeah, he's got some good rhymes on him.
01:19He is a man of letters, isn't he? Many of them rude.
01:24Many, many, many of them. When they're put together into words, they're very short words.
01:28Yeah.
01:28But we should not deny his talent.
01:31Oh, it was very quick.
01:33He's an extraordinarily talented man.
01:34There's no one like him.
01:35No one at all.
01:37Long may he run this steady ship of Countdown, because without him we'd be all in terrible trouble.
01:44Now, Rachel, we've got Andrew Fenton back again with four wins under his belt, storming away there.
01:50Although, Rhys gave you a bit of a run for your money yesterday.
01:53He sure did.
01:54You came through. Love sport, plays cricket, golf and skittles.
01:58Now then, make sure that somebody here doesn't skittle you out.
02:01None other than Michael Hawkins, a church organist and choir master from Binfield in Bracknell.
02:07You tell me that you've got seven grandchildren. Name them.
02:11Well, they're Connie.
02:12Yes?
02:13Sophie.
02:14Maud.
02:15Charlotte.
02:17Helen.
02:18Elsie.
02:18And the only boy is Isaac.
02:20We were waiting for a boy. Isaac.
02:23Fantastic.
02:23And are they watching today?
02:25I sincerely hope so.
02:26Well, you look in the camera and say, there'd better be, otherwise you'll need a word.
02:29You'll want to worry.
02:31You'll be watching.
02:32Well done.
02:33Let's have a big round of applause for Grandpa Hawkins and Andrew Fenton.
02:40And over in the corner, Susie, of course, sitting next to the wonderful John Culturall.
02:47Welcome back, John, and we'll talk to you later on.
02:49Now then, Andrew, let's have a letters game, shall we?
02:52A consonant, please, Rachel.
02:54Thank you, Andrew.
02:56D.
02:56And a vowel, please.
02:58U.
03:00Consonant.
03:01S.
03:03Consonant.
03:05R.
03:07Vowel.
03:08E.
03:10Consonant.
03:11W.
03:14Consonant, please.
03:16L.
03:17Vowel.
03:20I.
03:21And a final consonant, please.
03:23And a final H.
03:26And here's the countdown clock.
03:29And here's the countdown clock.
03:58So, Andrew.
04:00Seven.
04:00And Michael.
04:01Seven.
04:02Andrew.
04:03World.
04:04Now then, Michael.
04:05Lushier.
04:07Lushier, certainly there, Michael.
04:09And slushier, but not lushier.
04:11Sorry.
04:11Bad low.
04:12What can we have, John?
04:13Great words for the Lancashire accent.
04:16We have a couple of sevens.
04:18World, as we heard.
04:19But also hurdles.
04:22Four hundred metres hurdles.
04:25That's very west country.
04:27Lovely.
04:27That'd be hurdles.
04:29Hurdles.
04:29Hurdles would be like the hurdles, you know.
04:32Thank you, John.
04:33Susie?
04:34Squirling for me.
04:35Swirled with math.
04:36Swirled?
04:37Yes.
04:37All right.
04:39What shall we do?
04:40Michael?
04:40Shall we have a letters game?
04:42Consonant, please.
04:44Thank you, Michael.
04:45T.
04:46And another.
04:48Q.
04:50And another, please.
04:53R.
04:53And one more.
04:56T.
04:57And a vowel.
05:00A.
05:01And another.
05:02O.
05:04And one more.
05:06A.
05:08And a consonant.
05:11L.
05:12And a final vowel, please.
05:15And a final E.
05:17Countdown.
05:19The name of the Constitution and the Daughter.
05:49Yes, Michael.
05:51Six.
05:52A six and?
05:54Six for me.
05:55Two sixes.
05:56Michael?
05:57Rattle.
05:58Mm-hmm.
05:59Andrew?
06:00Latter.
06:01Right.
06:03Now, John and Susie, what have you conjured up?
06:07There was another six there for rotate.
06:10Yes.
06:11And deja vu of a scene replayed with Griff Rhys-Jones on It'll Be Alright on the Night
06:16for a areola for another six.
06:20Indeed.
06:21I recall that.
06:23Yes.
06:24Susie?
06:25No, that one's a six.
06:26That's it.
06:27All right, thank you.
06:28Thirteen plays six.
06:29Andrew on 13.
06:30And it's Andrew's numbers game.
06:34All faithful for me, please.
06:35Two from the top and four from anywhere else.
06:37It's working for you so far.
06:38Thank you, Andrew.
06:39Two big for little.
06:40And for the first time today, the little ones are six, seven, three, four, and the large,
06:46fifty, and twenty-five.
06:48And the target?
06:49Five hundred and fifty-seven.
06:51Five five seven.
06:53Five five seven.
06:53Five nine.
06:56Five nine.
07:07Six six.
07:10Five six.
07:11Six seven.
07:12Five five.
07:23Andrew?
07:245, 5, 7.
07:25And Michael?
07:265, 5, 6.
07:28Let's try with Andrew first, shall we?
07:30Andrew?
07:317 plus 4 is 11.
07:33Yep.
07:33Times 50 is 550.
07:36550.
07:37And then 6 times 3 is 18.
07:39Yeah, it is.
07:40Take that from the 25 is 7.
07:42And add it on.
07:44Well done.
07:445, 5, 7.
07:45Well done.
07:48Well done.
07:48And so 23 plays 6 as we move to our first Tea Time teaser, which is Albino.
07:54And the clue, you can borrow it by all means, but I'll definitely want it back.
07:58You can borrow it by all means, but I'll definitely want it back.
08:18Welcome back.
08:19I left you with the clue, you can borrow it by all means, but I'll definitely want it back.
08:23Because it's only loanable.
08:28Loanable is the word, loanable.
08:29Now 23 plays Michael 6 and it's Michael's letters game.
08:33Michael?
08:34Consonant, please, Rachel.
08:36Thank you, Michael.
08:37C.
08:38And one more.
08:44And a final consonant, please.
08:53And a final consonant, please.
09:05And a final D.
09:06Countdown.
09:09And a final consonant.
09:10And a final consonant.
09:16And a final Lac为ə.
09:17And a final consonant, please.
09:27And I'll definitely love it, that's why.
09:33Annette, please.
09:34Check out.
09:37And a final consonant.
09:37And a final consonant.
09:40Michael.
09:41Six, not fully written down.
09:43And how about Andrew?
09:45I'll risk a seven.
09:47All right, Michael.
09:48Radios.
09:50Radios.
09:51And Andrew?
09:52Cardios.
09:55Unfortunately, cardio is a mass noun, Andrew.
10:00And, yeah, he was talking about doing some cardio in the gym
10:03rather than cardios, I'm afraid,
10:06so I'd have to take it in the singular.
10:07No problem.
10:08Bad luck.
10:09Works in Michael's favour, though.
10:1012 now, two, Andrew's 23.
10:12As we turn to the corner and interrogate John and Susie.
10:18And?
10:18Well, there was another seven there.
10:20Orchids.
10:22And Karius, for another seven, was also there.
10:24Sounds like an indie band when you put them together.
10:26The Karius Orchids.
10:28Indeed.
10:29Not nearly as nice.
10:31Karius is a rotting of teeth, so decaying.
10:34Indeed.
10:35Indeed.
10:36Yeah.
10:37All right.
10:3823 plays.
10:39Michael's 12.
10:40And we turn to Andrew now.
10:42Andrew?
10:43Start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
10:45Thank you, Andrew.
10:46M.
10:47And another, please.
10:48S.
10:51And a third.
10:53R.
10:54Vowel.
10:55E.
10:56Vowel.
10:58I.
10:59Vowel.
11:01U.
11:02Consonant.
11:04F.
11:05Consonant.
11:07K.
11:08And consonant, please.
11:10And lastly, S.
11:12Stand by.
11:14S.
11:39And lastly, S.
11:44Andrew?
11:45Seven.
11:46A seven.
11:46Michael?
11:47Seven not written down.
11:49All right.
11:50Michael?
11:51Muskier.
11:52Yes.
11:53And Andrew?
11:54Fuscia.
11:54Are we happy, Susie?
11:56Fuscia and muscia both very good.
11:57Yes.
11:59What else have we got there?
12:00Susie?
12:01John?
12:02Yes.
12:03Fuscia you could have had for another seven.
12:06Yes.
12:06Fuscia.
12:07As in a crack.
12:08Indeed.
12:08Yes.
12:09Nothing else?
12:10That was our bet.
12:11We'll leave it there.
12:1130 plays.
12:1219.
12:13And now, Michael, it's your numbers again.
12:15One large and five small, please, Rachel.
12:18Thank you, Michael.
12:18One from the top row and five little ones.
12:21And this time, your little ones are two, four, eight, nine, and one.
12:29And the big one, 75.
12:30And the target, 661.
12:33Six, six, one.
13:05Michael.
13:06Six, six, one.
13:08Thank you, Andrew.
13:09Six, six, one.
13:10Michael.
13:12Nine times 75.
13:14Six, seven, five.
13:16Eight plus four plus two.
13:18Is 14.
13:20And take it away.
13:21Perfect.
13:22661.
13:23Very good.
13:23Andrew?
13:2475 plus nine is 84.
13:2784.
13:28Times eight is 672.
13:30It is indeed.
13:30And then four times two is eight.
13:33Plus one is nine.
13:35Plus one for nine.
13:37That doesn't get you.
13:38That sets you to 663.
13:40I miscalculated.
13:41Sorry, Andrew.
13:42Bad luck.
13:43So, Michael gets it.
13:44Well done.
13:45So, it's 29 to 30.
13:46Just one point behind, Michael.
13:48Well done.
13:49As we turn to John Colshaw.
13:53Well, the familiar countdown 30-second music.
13:57We hear it so often.
13:59It's occurred to me that I don't think I've ever heard any lyrics put to that music.
14:03I don't know whether eight out of ten cats has done that on that version of the show.
14:08But perhaps not.
14:09So, I'll give this a try.
14:11A little of countdowns, early days and present days, compressed into 30 seconds.
14:16Deep breath.
14:17Here we go.
14:191982, what I tried to do.
14:21Launched channel four.
14:22First show out the door.
14:23Richard Whiteley.
14:23Witching sprightly.
14:24Charming, lovely bloke.
14:25Puns and corny jokes.
14:26Trying to play the game.
14:27I was really lame.
14:28Longest words from me.
14:29Letters number three.
14:30Failing every time.
14:31Lazy brain design.
14:32Get me way behind.
14:33Content I got a nine.
14:34Honour being in the corner now.
14:35Susie regulates.
14:36Rachel calculates.
14:37From the governor's chair.
14:38Somewhere over there.
14:39You be sure of it.
14:40Be near cure of it.
14:41And so that's countdown steam.
14:44May your words beat all niners.
14:46And your number.
14:47Star.
14:48Dream.
14:49Whee!
14:57That was terrific.
14:59You had hearted my mouth.
15:02Because I thought you had finished a bit early.
15:04But you hadn't quite finished.
15:06Brilliant.
15:07I'll do the rest of the programme as Alan Bennett to get me breath back.
15:11Oh, that's brilliant.
15:13So good.
15:13Andrew, it's a letters game.
15:16A consonant, please.
15:17Thank you, Andrew.
15:18B.
15:18And another, please.
15:20M.
15:22And a vowel.
15:25A.
15:26A consonant.
15:29M.
15:31Vowel.
15:32I.
15:33Vowel.
15:35E.
15:37Consonant.
15:38F.
15:40Consonant.
15:42G.
15:44And consonant.
15:46And the last one.
15:47T.
15:48Stand by.
15:49A wer Madness.
15:51Yeah.
16:06I.
16:07I.
16:07I.
16:18I.
16:18I.
16:21Yes, Andrew?
16:22A seven.
16:23A seven.
16:24Michael?
16:24Seven.
16:25Andrew?
16:26Beating.
16:27And Michael?
16:28Same word.
16:29There we go.
16:30Yeah.
16:31Well done.
16:32And John and Susie?
16:34Yes, a bunch of sevens going on over here, beaming for seven, megabit, ambient.
16:41A line-up of sevens in that one.
16:43Very good.
16:44Anything else, Susie?
16:45No, we couldn't push it to the eight, Nick.
16:46All right.
16:47So it's still just one point in it, 37 to Michael's 36, giving him a run for his money there,
16:54Michael.
16:55And it's a letters game.
16:57Michael?
16:58Constantine, please, Rachel.
16:59Thank you, Michael.
17:00B?
17:01And one more.
17:03T?
17:05And a third.
17:07L?
17:08And a fourth, please.
17:11R?
17:13And a vowel.
17:15U?
17:15And another.
17:17I?
17:18And another.
17:21O?
17:22And another.
17:25A?
17:28And a consonant, please.
17:30And the last one.
17:32G?
17:33Stand by.
17:34And a consonant, please.
17:38And a consonant, please.
17:40And a consonant, please.
17:45And a consonant, please.
17:48And a consonant, please.
17:48And a consonant, please.
17:48And a consonant, please.
17:49And a consonant, please.
17:51And a consonant, please.
17:51And a consonant, please.
17:51And a consonant, please.
17:51And a consonant, please.
17:51And a consonant, please.
17:51And a consonant, please.
17:52And a consonant, please.
17:52And a consonant, please.
17:54And a consonant, please.
17:54And a consonant, please.
18:00And a consonant, please.
18:04Yes, Michael.
18:05Five.
18:06Five.
18:07Andrew.
18:08Safe six.
18:10Michael.
18:12Ratio.
18:13Ratio and brutal.
18:15Yes, very good.
18:17And in the corner?
18:19Bailout was there for seven.
18:21I often heard William Hague using that word,
18:23the bailout of the bankers.
18:26That from him quite a lot.
18:29Yeah, no more than that.
18:31Susie?
18:32No, I just saw Andrew kicking himself,
18:34because I think you were going to try that one.
18:36No hyphen in that sort of thing.
18:37There we go.
18:38All right.
18:38But it's still 43 to Michael's 36.
18:41And now, Andrew.
18:43Numbers again.
18:44Two from the top, please, and four from anywhere else.
18:47The usual, thank you, Andrew.
18:48Two large, four little coming up.
18:50And this time, your four little ones are nine,
18:53one, two, four, and a large two, 25, and 100.
18:59And this target, 756.
19:02Seven, five, six.
19:03One, two, three, six.
19:32One, two, five.
19:33One, two, six.
19:34Yes, Andrew?
19:36765 on that one.
19:38765.
19:40Michael?
19:41Nothing, I'm afraid.
19:42Too far.
19:44So here we are then, Andrew.
19:464 times 2 is 8.
19:48Yes.
19:49Times 100 is 800.
19:51800.
19:52And subtract the 25, the 9 and the 1.
19:5625 and the 9 and the 1.
19:5935.
20:00765.
20:01765.
20:03Quite a long way away.
20:05Help us.
20:07Yeah, there were a couple of ways.
20:08One you could have said 100 plus 25 plus 1.
20:131, 2, 6.
20:14And then 4 plus 2 is 6 and times them together.
20:18Well done.
20:19Thank you, Rachel.
20:217, 5, 6.
20:22Very good indeed.
20:23As we turn to our second tea time teaser, which is tube relief.
20:27And the clue, talk at length about the one that got away.
20:30Talk at length about the one that got away.
20:49Welcome back.
20:50I left you with the clue.
20:50Talk at length about the one that got away.
20:53And the answer is fabulate, Susie.
20:58Yes, it's a little bit more than that.
20:59It's to make up stories, often for good purposes.
21:03So you might, if you were telling a story to a child, you might fabulate the ending to make us
21:07a little bit happier.
21:08So it's to relate invented stories.
21:11I see.
21:11To hide the true facts.
21:14Thank you very much.
21:1548 plays.
21:1636.
21:16And Michael, it's your letters game.
21:19Consonant, please, Rachel.
21:21Thank you, Michael.
21:25And the last one, D.
21:50Stand by.
21:51And the last one, D.
22:22Michael.
22:23Seven.
22:24A seven, Andrew.
22:26Seven.
22:26Michael.
22:28Daisy-est.
22:29And Andrew.
22:30Studies.
22:31Now then.
22:32Studies is absolutely fine.
22:34It's in there, the verb.
22:36I'm not sure we're going to find daisy as an adjective there.
22:40Daisy, but not daisy, Michael.
22:41Sorry.
22:43Bad luck.
22:44Yeah.
22:44Very bad luck.
22:44Now, Jordan, Susie, desist for six.
22:48But do we have an eights?
22:50We do.
22:50I think we might do, you know?
22:51Yes.
22:52We have some plants with white or pinkish flowers.
22:55And they're called deutzias.
22:57D-E-U-T-Z-I-A-S.
23:01Deutzias.
23:01Native to Asia and Central America.
23:04All right.
23:04Very good.
23:09Good seers.
23:11Well, I'm dashed.
23:1255 plays 36.
23:13Andrew, letters came.
23:15A consonant, please.
23:16Thank you, Andrew.
23:18N.
23:19And a vowel.
23:19O.
23:22Consonant.
23:24N.
23:26Vowel.
23:27I.
23:29Consonant.
23:31R.
23:32Consonant.
23:34S.
23:35Consonant.
23:37P.
23:38Vowel.
23:41O.
23:42And a consonant, please.
23:45And lastly, N.
23:47Countdown.
23:49D-E-U-T.
23:53D-E-U.
24:22MUSIC CONTINUES
24:23How about Michael? Just the five.
24:26That five? Spoon.
24:28Spoon and Andrew.
24:29Onions.
24:31Spooning the onions.
24:32John?
24:33Prison was there for another six.
24:36And I think Ronins might have been there for six.
24:39The ancient warriors.
24:40Oh.
24:41Ronins.
24:42I think they were samurai type.
24:44Yes, very good.
24:44Japanese, eh?
24:45Wandering samurais.
24:46Nice, you have no lord or master.
24:48Very good.
24:50And there is a seven there as well,
24:52a rather unusual one from biochemistry.
24:55It's an antibody or other substance
24:57which binds to foreign cells.
24:59And that's an opsonin.
25:01Sorry, opsonin.
25:02O-P-S-O-N-I-N.
25:04Thank you for that.
25:05You're welcome.
25:07Very good.
25:0861, place 36.
25:09And now it's our chance
25:11to learn something important.
25:13Susie, your origins of words?
25:14Yes, well, more fun, I think, today.
25:18This is a question from John Healy.
25:20John emailed in to say,
25:22please can you tell me the origin
25:23of the phrase bells and whistles?
25:25It's a literal phrase.
25:27We know it's been around for about 150 years.
25:30And it was used in reference,
25:33first of all, to the noisemakers
25:34on streetcars and railway locomotives
25:37and steamships.
25:39And US train locomotives,
25:42the locomotives on the railroads,
25:43they had both.
25:45And for example,
25:46if they needed to stop at a jerkwater town,
25:49which was a small,
25:50possibly insignificant town along the way,
25:53they would make a noise
25:54with their bells and whistles
25:56to signify that they were going to stop.
25:58People would jump out.
26:00They would put a bucket down a well
26:02that was here at these jerkwater towns
26:04and then bring the water up,
26:06jerk it up with a bucket,
26:08with the same bucket.
26:09And from here, of course, we get jerk,
26:11the insult used for an insignificant
26:14or rather foolish person.
26:16It goes all the way back
26:17to those jerkwater towns.
26:18But anyway, that's a bit of a digression.
26:20Back to bells and whistles.
26:22Probably began with the entertainment machine,
26:24the cinema organ.
26:25And in the heyday of films,
26:28they would rise out of the pit,
26:29they would bring the organist with them.
26:31Michael, you probably won't recognise
26:33the bells and whistles today,
26:34but they would entertain,
26:36essentially, during intervals.
26:38And they had all sorts of sound effects.
26:40They had car horns, sirens, bird whistles,
26:42you name it.
26:43And they were called toys.
26:45And some organs had toy counters,
26:46as they were called,
26:47with 20, 30 noises
26:49that would entertain the audiences along the way.
26:52And, of course, when talkies moved out,
26:54these noises weren't so necessary anymore.
26:57And they became, as I say,
26:59these sort of nice,
27:00slightly inconsequential items.
27:02Good to have, but not always necessary.
27:05And that's probably where we get the idea
27:06of bells and whistles from today.
27:08Fantastic.
27:11APPLAUSE
27:13All right.
27:1461 plays 36.
27:16And Michael,
27:17Michael, the organist,
27:18it's your letters game.
27:21Consonant, please, Rachel.
27:23Thank you, Michael.
27:24M.
27:26And one more.
27:28R.
27:29And a vowel, please.
27:31A.
27:33And one more.
27:34I.
27:36And a consonant.
27:38P.
27:40And one more.
27:43D.
27:44And a vowel.
27:46E.
27:48And another vowel.
27:50A.
27:51And a consonant, please.
27:54And lastly, Y.
27:57Stand by.
27:57James.
27:58And a consonant.
28:02THE END
28:04THE END
28:34NOT SURE I'VE SPELT IT RIGHT, IMPAIRED
28:36AND ANDREW
28:37EXACTLY THE SAME WORD
28:39EM, YOU NEED TWO I'S I'M AFRAID
28:42FOR IMPAIRED
28:43SO I-N-P-A-I-R-E-D
28:45SO THAT'S A STAND STILL
28:48AS WE LOOK TO JOHN AND SUSIE
28:50EM, PYRAMID
28:52WAS THERE FOR A RATHER NICE SEVEN
28:54VERY GOOD
28:54ALL RIGHT, 61 TO 36
28:56AND IT'S THE FINAL LETTERS GAME
28:59AND IT'S ANDREW'S
29:01A CONSONANT PLEASE
29:02THANK YOU ANDREW
29:04D
29:04ANOTHER PLEASE
29:07N
29:08AND A THIRD
29:10G
29:11VOWEL
29:13I
29:14CONSONANT
29:16L
29:18VOWEL
29:19E
29:23A
29:28AND A CONSONANT PLEASE
29:30AND THE LAST ONE
29:31S
29:32COUNTDOWN
30:05ANDREW
30:06EIGHT I THINK
30:07MICHAEL
30:08EIGHT
30:09ANDREW
30:10DEALINGS
30:11AND MICHAEL
30:13READINGS
30:13ER, ABSOLUTELY FINE
30:15YES, VERY GOOD
30:16YEAH
30:16JOHN
30:17WELL, WE HAVE THAT, ER, MARVELOUS WORD
30:20OF THE SHOWBIS COMMUNITY
30:22WHEN THEY'VE FORGOTTEN SOMEONE'S NAME
30:23THEY SAY HELLO DARLINGS
30:25HELLO DARLINGS
30:26DARLINGS WAS THERE FOR EIGHT
30:28BUT NEWS JUST IN
30:29SUSIE, DO WE HAVE A NINE
30:30WE DO HAVE A NINE
30:32NINE
30:32SO, YES
30:33PROBABLY OUT OF TIME
30:35BUT DRAG LINES
30:36LARGE EXCAVATORS WITH A BUCKET
30:38PULLED IN BY A WIRE CABLE
30:40YES
30:40DRAG LINES
30:42VERY GOOD
30:44THERE YOU GO
30:4569 PLAYS
30:4644
30:47AND IT'S THE FINAL NUMBERS GAME
30:49MICHAEL
30:50ONE LARGE AND FIVE SMALL PLEASE RACHEL
30:52THANK YOU MICHAEL
30:53ONE BIG FIVE LITTLE
30:54AND THE FINAL NUMBERS GAME OF THE WEEK
30:57IS
30:583
30:595
31:008
31:012
31:012
31:024
31:03AND THE LARGE ONE 75
31:04AND THE TARGET
31:06955
31:075
31:085
31:095
31:095
31:44Andrew? 9, 5, 5.
31:45There we go. Michael?
31:478 plus 5 is 13.
31:50Yep.
31:51Times 75 is 9, 7, 5.
31:54It is indeed.
31:553 plus 2 is 5.
31:57Yep.
31:58Multiply by 4 for 20.
32:00And take it away.
32:01Perfect. 9, 5, 5.
32:03Thank you. Andrew?
32:04Exactly the same way.
32:05There we go.
32:07Happy Michael?
32:08OK.
32:08Yes, thank you.
32:09All right, well done.
32:11So, 79 plays 54 as we lurch into the final round.
32:16It's conundrum time.
32:18Gentlemen, fingers on buzzers.
32:19Let's roll today's countdown conundrum.
32:26Andrew Fenton.
32:28Crunchies.
32:29Whatever they are.
32:31Crunchies.
32:32Let's see whether you're right.
32:34No, it's down to Michael.
32:36Now, take it down, Michael.
33:05No, not at all.
33:07You're up here, but in the audience.
33:09Do I see anybody?
33:10Yes, sir?
33:11Scrunchie.
33:13Scrunchie.
33:14Let's have a look.
33:16Scrunchie.
33:20Andrew, you were sort of pretty much there.
33:23As I said it, I knew it was wrong and I knew it was scrunchie.
33:25Yeah, well done.
33:26There we go.
33:27But, you know, nothing lost because you take the day with a score of 79.
33:32Well done.
33:33Well done, Michael.
33:3454 is a good score.
33:35Thank you very much for coming.
33:36And you take this back to Binfield.
33:39I'm sure your little grandchildren, all seven of them, will be proud of you.
33:44And we shall see you, young man, on Monday.
33:47On Monday.
33:49When Alison Stedman, the great Alison Stedman, will join us.
33:52That'll be fun.
33:53Excellent.
33:54We'll see you then.
33:56John, partying is such a week's sorrow.
33:58Yeah, it's been a fantastic week.
34:00It really has some wonderful games, some fantastic contestants.
34:03And I always love my weeks at Countdown.
34:06Well, we love your weeks, too, because the anecdotes are great fun and the voices are wonderful.
34:10And good luck with all your projects, too.
34:12Thank you very much.
34:14Excellent stuff.
34:15See you soon.
34:15We shall see you, young lady, on Monday.
34:18Look forward to it.
34:19Have a restful weekend.
34:20And Rachel, too, of course.
34:22See you on Monday.
34:22All right.
34:23Same time, same place.
34:25You be sure of it.
34:26Good afternoon.
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34:46This weekend, she was remembered as a cruel tyrant, but is there a different side to China's
34:51forgotten emperor?
34:52That's here on 4, Sunday at 8.
34:54Now, tonight, she's been here before, but she had such a nice time, she's come back again.
34:58Carrie Fisher joins the lads for the last leg at 10.