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00:17Thank you very much.
00:30Good afternoon and welcome to Countdown Studio. Now, in Primrose Hill, London, this weekend, Pup Aid, an event to really
00:39abolish puppy farming, which can be such a cruel and ghastly business.
00:44But there's a huge push nowadays, of course, in the media for people to really be encouraged to take rescue
00:52animals, not just because they've been sort of dumped, but sometimes the owner's been ill or died or whatever it
00:58is.
00:58But certainly there are a lot of rescue animals out there waiting to be rescued. Rachel, I know that you're
01:03very, very keen on this.
01:04I remember as a child, we had a rescue dog. We had two, actually. I know that you're a big
01:09fan of promoting the idea of rescue animals.
01:13Well, Pup Aid is run by a vet called Mark Abraham, and he was sick and tired of families getting
01:18puppies, bring them in, and they've got the same disease, and it costs thousands of pounds to treat them.
01:23They often die, and obviously it goes through, the puppy goes through distress, the family goes through distress, costs a
01:27lot of money.
01:28So his main campaign is called Where's Mum? So whenever you get a dog, check that it's come from a
01:34proper breeder, and you get to actually see the mum, because they even put in fake mums and all sorts
01:38of terrible things.
01:39All right. Here's somebody who doesn't need rescuing. Martin Hirsch, my word, six-time winner and well on his way
01:46to becoming an Octo-Champ.
01:47Well done, Martin. You're joined today by Damon Wingfield, a statistician from Emsworth in Hampshire.
01:54Interestingly, you were once the Civil Service Intermediate Ballroom Dancing Champion.
01:59I was. A bit of waltzing, yes. I enjoyed it.
02:02And where did all this take place? Was it a championship just amongst the Civil Service?
02:06That's right, yeah. So all of the Civil Service departments had a contest, and it was in central London.
02:12Brilliant. Well done. All right. So a big round of applause for Damon and Martin.
02:16Martin Trude.
02:22And over in the corner, Susie, of course, and the wonderful, wonderful Gloria Haniford. Welcome back.
02:27Do I really have to leave today? Do I really have to go?
02:30I'm afraid you do, but you go with a contract in your hand that we've all signed, demanding that you
02:35come back very soon.
02:36I say yes. I say yes. Actually, just quickly on the puppy thing, and I agree with everything you say
02:41about breeders.
02:42In a slightly different twist, I met a girl recently, she was only 28, had an eight-year-old autistic
02:47child, and she had paid £7,000 for a little pup that would be a service dog for her child,
02:54so that it would encourage the child to go out, you know, to walk the dog.
02:57Well, they got totally scammed because they never got the dog trained.
03:02It turned out the dog had many breeding faults, and of course, the breeder just scarpered.
03:08So they never got their money back, nor did they have the dog, and it was the little child who
03:13suffered.
03:13What a disgrace.
03:15Yeah.
03:15Dear, dear, dear.
03:16Martin, take us away from this misery. Let us go.
03:18Hi, Rachel.
03:20Hi, Martin.
03:21Can I have a vowel, please?
03:22You can indeed, thank you. Start with A.
03:25And another.
03:27O.
03:28And a third.
03:29E.
03:30And a consonant.
03:32F.
03:33And another.
03:35P.
03:36And another.
03:38N.
03:39And another.
03:41S.
03:43And a consonant.
03:45D.
03:47And a final consonant, please.
03:51And a final L.
03:53And here's the countdown clock.
04:25Martin?
04:26Um, seven.
04:27A seven.
04:28Demin?
04:28Just a six.
04:29You're six.
04:30Loaned.
04:31Loaned and?
04:32Dapsone.
04:34Oh.
04:36How do you know that word?
04:37Is that just something you've learned?
04:39Uh, yeah.
04:39And do you know what it means?
04:41You don't know what it means?
04:43Oh, Susie does.
04:44It is an ointment that's used in the treatment of leprosy.
04:47It's very important, yeah, in some countries.
04:50Now, what word have we got in the corner?
04:51That was ours.
04:53Through Susie, I have to add.
04:55Seven points to Martin.
04:56Well done.
04:57And Damon, letters game.
04:59Thanks very much.
04:59Hi, Rachel.
05:00Hi, Damon.
05:01Can I have a consonant, please?
05:02You can, indeed.
05:03S.
05:04And another one, please.
05:06T.
05:08A vowel.
05:09I.
05:11And a consonant.
05:13B.
05:16A vowel.
05:18U.
05:20Another vowel.
05:21A.
05:24And a consonant.
05:27R.
05:29One more vowel.
05:31O.
05:35And I'll have another vowel, please.
05:39And the last one.
05:40I.
05:41Countdown.
05:42And the last one.anzao.
05:46Toa,
05:46it's a verse. And the last
06:04one. And the last
06:05one, please. And the last
06:05one. The last two.
06:05And the last one.
06:06The last one. I'll
06:11But now, please.
06:12Damon, I'll go for a risky six. And Martin, seven. Damon, a belt. Now then,
06:21sortois. Oh, we're digging deep here, sortois. Yeah, sortois is a kind of
06:27necklace, which consists of a fine gold chain, typically set with jewels, so that
06:34is absolutely fine. And Damon, yours was about. Yeah, then whereabouts? Oh, I see.
06:41It's in. Yeah, it is as an adverb, means the same thing as about, wasn't it? Some consolation,
06:46anyway. Do you have another word that said Robusta? Yes, Robusta would give you seven. If you like
06:51instant coffee, you'll often find the Robusta plant. It's a strong one. Yes, it's very, very popular
06:59for use in instant coffee, particularly. Robusta. And now, Martin, 14 points. Well done, and it's
07:05your numbers game. One large, please. Thank you, Martin. One from the top row, and five from the
07:10other ones. And the first numbers game of today is five, six, three, four, eight. And the big one,
07:19one twenty-five. And your target, four hundred and thirty-one. Four, three, one.
07:24One, two, three, four, three. And the big one, one. And the big one. And the big one. And the
07:44big one. And the big one. And the big one. And the big one. And the big one. And the
07:44big one. And the big one. And the big one. And the big one. And the big one. And the
07:44big one. And the big one. And the big one. And the big one. And the big one. And the
07:44big one. And the big one. And the big one. And the big one. And the big one. And the
07:44big one. And the big one. And the big one. And the big one. And the big one. And the
07:44big one. And the big one. And the big one. And the big one. And the big one. And the
07:44big one. And the big one. And the big one. And the big one. And the big one. And the
07:48big one. And the big one. And the big one. And the big one
07:55Martin?
07:564-3-1.
07:57And Damon?
07:584-3-1.
08:00Martin?
08:01OK, 5 plus 4 plus 8.
08:035 plus 4 plus 8 is 17.
08:06Times 25.
08:07425.
08:08And add 6.
08:094-3-1, lovely.
08:11Damon?
08:12Same way.
08:13There we go.
08:15APPLAUSE
08:17Very good.
08:1924 plays 10 as we turn to our first tea time teaser,
08:23which is Nigel Day.
08:24And the clue,
08:25Transport problems were causing Nigel to be a day late.
08:29Transport problems were causing Nigel to be a day late.
08:40APPLAUSE
08:47Welcome back.
08:48I left with the clue,
08:49Transport problems were causing Nigel to be a day late.
08:53And the answer is delaying.
08:55Delaying.
08:5724 plays Damon's 10,
08:59and it's Damon's letters game.
09:00Damon?
09:01Thanks, Nick.
09:02I'll start with the consonant, please.
09:04Thank you, Damon.
09:06Y.
09:08And another one.
09:09D.
09:11And a vowel.
09:13E.
09:14A consonant, please.
09:17S.
09:18Another one.
09:21R.
09:22And a vowel.
09:24A.
09:27Another vowel.
09:30I.
09:33A consonant.
09:35T.
09:38And another consonant, please.
09:41And lastly, G.
09:42Standby.
09:45BEEPING
09:50BEEPING
10:14Daymond?
10:16I'll try seven.
10:18And Martin?
10:19Seven.
10:20Daymond?
10:21Grated.
10:22And Martin?
10:24Triaged.
10:26Triaged, absolutely fine.
10:28To see patients in order of priority.
10:31We're just playing grated.
10:32G-R-A-I-T.
10:33A-I, yeah.
10:34Not there, I'm afraid, Damon.
10:35Sorry.
10:37That's right.
10:37What can we have?
10:38Gloria?
10:39Well, I think I'm right in this.
10:40And I think I'm right in saying that you're good at this.
10:43Gyrated.
10:45I wish I was.
10:46He does a bit of that, doesn't he?
10:47I think, I think, actually, Damon Wingfield's good at gyrating.
10:50He won prizes for it.
10:53What else can we have, Susie?
10:54A couple more sevens.
10:56Stage year and tragedy.
10:58All right.
10:5831 plays 10.
11:00And Martin?
11:02Letters time.
11:03Can I have a vowel, please, Rachel?
11:04Thank you, Martin.
11:05U.
11:05And another.
11:07E.
11:08And a third.
11:09A.
11:11And a consonant.
11:12H.
11:13And another.
11:15W.
11:16And another.
11:17D.
11:19And a fourth.
11:21T.
11:22And another consonant.
11:25L.
11:27And another consonant, please.
11:29And lastly, R.
11:31And here comes the countdown clock.
11:34You'll be right back.
12:03You're welcome.
12:03Martin? Seven. A seven, Damon? A seven as well. Martin? Trawled. Now then, Damon? Trawled as well. We're all trawling.
12:13You're trawling too in the corner? Yeah, we're trawling as well, aren't we? Yes, we are. What did you find
12:18in your trawl? Anything else? No, nothing of any significant length, but it's definitely more there, I think.
12:23All right, I'll leave it with you. 38 plays 17 as we turn to Damon and his numbers game. Damon?
12:31Can I have one large one and five small, please? You can indeed, thank you, Damon. One big, five, little,
12:37and for this next numbers game, they are two, no, they're not, they're four, five, six, six, one, and the
12:45big one, 50. And the target, 909.
12:51909.
13:20909.
13:22Yes, Damon?
13:24911.
13:26911.
13:28Martin?
13:29911.
13:30Both of you. So, Damon?
13:324 minus 1 is 3.
13:344 minus 1 is 3.
13:36Multiplied by the 6.
13:38Multiplied by 6, 18.
13:39And then multiply that by the 50.
13:41900.
13:42And add the 6 and 5.
13:44And the 6, the other 6 and the 5, 2 away, 9-1-1.
13:48Well done, Martin.
13:50Yeah, exactly the same.
13:52Very good.
13:54Now, Rachel, 909.
13:55Is that a tricky one?
13:57Can you do that quickly?
13:58Bear with me, I'm going to try something.
14:00If you say 50 minus 6 is 44.
14:04Times it by 4 for 176.
14:10Add the other 6 for 182.
14:14Times it by 5 for 910.
14:17And take the 1.
14:18Oh, well done.
14:19Nice.
14:23Very, very good.
14:25Excellent.
14:26So, that's 909 for us.
14:28Now, Gloria, we turn to you.
14:30And, Gloria, you present Rip Off Britain with Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville.
14:34Isn't it amazing that even in this day and age we're still feeling ripped off as a nation?
14:40Well, people either are being ripped off or they feel they're being ripped off.
14:44And I think it's apt that three women of a certain age are actually presenting it.
14:48Because we've been around the block.
14:49We've lived a bit, lost a bit.
14:50And, you know, just when you think you've seen it all, we have a terrible case this time when a
14:55complete house fell down brick by brick.
14:58I mean, the people were lucky to get out with their lives.
15:00And it was to do with the basement.
15:02And do you know how developing the basement is very popular these days?
15:05And the trouble is that the builder doing it has actually scarpered.
15:10So, therefore, they have no comeback.
15:13And also the insurance.
15:14They're not covered through the insurance.
15:15So, they have no money and no house, which is shocking.
15:18That's the kind of horrific story that crops up, you know, every so often.
15:22But, generally speaking, we're giving, you know, I think, good advice on how not to be scammed or how to
15:27really complain.
15:28I mean, like, really complain right to the top if you feel you have a good case.
15:32One of the other things, I think, particularly with the pension reform, is that suddenly people can actually cash in
15:37their pensions.
15:38There's been an absolute surge in people trying to get their hands on that money.
15:43Totally.
15:43They want to tell you how to invest your money.
15:46And, of course, a lot of people, when they reach retirement these days and are now able to use their
15:51pension, they might go into timeshare and think, this is fantastic.
15:54But I'll tell you, there are more people trying to get out of timeshare than go in at the moment.
15:58So, you're right.
15:59It affects all ages.
16:00But, you know, you and I joke about age.
16:03So, just on a lighter note, you know, Nick, you're getting older when everything hurts and what doesn't hurt just
16:09simply doesn't work.
16:13Well done.
16:14Well done, Gloria.
16:18Thank you for that.
16:20And 45, please.
16:2224.
16:22Martin on 45 and it's Martins.
16:25Let us go, Martin.
16:26A clever vowel, please.
16:28Thank you, Martin.
16:29Aye.
16:29And another.
16:31O.
16:32And a third.
16:33E.
16:34And a consonant.
16:36C.
16:37And another.
16:38B.
16:39And another.
16:41P.
16:42And another.
16:44M.
16:46And another.
16:47L.
16:49And a final consonant, please.
16:52And lastly, D.
16:54Stand by.
17:25Martin.
17:27Eight.
17:27Damon.
17:28Seven.
17:29Seven.
17:29That seven.
17:30Policed.
17:31Policed and compiled.
17:34Compiled.
17:35Well done.
17:38I was about to do my bit of, yes, we've got an eight, but you got there first.
17:43Well done.
17:44And that was it?
17:45That was it.
17:45That was it.
17:46Yeah, one more seven, polemic.
17:48Polemic.
17:48Well done.
17:49There we are.
17:5053 plays.
17:5124.
17:51Damon, your letters game.
17:53Thanks very much.
17:54I'll start with the consonant, please.
17:55Thank you, Damon.
17:56S.
17:58And another one.
18:00T.
18:00A vowel.
18:02A vowel.
18:04And a consonant.
18:06G.
18:08Another consonant.
18:11R.
18:12A vowel.
18:14I.
18:16Another vowel.
18:18A.
18:20A consonant.
18:22S.
18:24And a vowel, please.
18:25And lastly, U.
18:28Stand by.
18:29A vowel.
18:30A vowel.
18:32A vowel.
18:36A vowel.
18:43A vowel.
18:44A vowel.
18:44A vowel.
18:44A vowel.
18:56A vowel.
18:59Yes, Damon?
19:01I'll go for a six.
19:03A six. Martin?
19:04Eight.
19:05An eight relentless Martin Howst.
19:08Now then, Damon.
19:09Just grouts for me.
19:12Sorteurs.
19:13We're not back again, are we?
19:15Back with a necklace.
19:16Are we allowed to do that?
19:17Yes, you can have more than one necklace.
19:19Fine necklace.
19:20Absolutely fine.
19:21Well done.
19:21Well done.
19:22And Gloria?
19:23No, I only had guitar.
19:25But you had that clever word, didn't you?
19:27You can put the S on for seven.
19:28Oh, yes, of course.
19:29Guitars.
19:30And more unusual at eight.
19:32It's quite a beautiful one.
19:33You know the ridges that wind causes on the surface of snow,
19:37particularly in polar regions, you'll see it.
19:39That's called Sastrugi from Russian.
19:43S-A-S-T-R-U-G-I.
19:45That's the sound of that.
19:47Sastrugi.
19:48Sastrugi.
19:5061 place, 24.
19:52And now, Martin, numbers time.
19:54One large, please.
19:56Thank you, Martin.
19:56I think one from the top row.
19:57And five little-uns.
19:59And this time, the small ones are one, ten, four, six, and seven.
20:06And the big one, 100.
20:08And this target, 198.
20:10One, nine, eight.
20:12One, nine, eight.
20:16One, nine, nine, nine.
20:43Martin?
20:43Yeah, 198.
20:45Damon?
20:46198.
20:47Martin?
20:48100 minus 1.
20:50100 minus 1, 99.
20:526 minus 4 is 2.
20:54Yeah.
20:55It's as simple as that.
20:56198.
20:57There we go.
20:58Damon, same way.
21:00Very good.
21:0571 to 34 as we lurch into our second tea time teaser,
21:09which is his laser.
21:12And the clue, he had certain parts of his body lasered,
21:15so he could be this.
21:16He had certain parts of his body lasered,
21:19so he could be this.
21:36Welcome back.
21:37I left you the clue, he had certain parts of his body lasered,
21:40so he could be this.
21:42And the answer is airless.
21:46Airless.
21:4871, page 34.
21:49Martin, on 71.
21:51Damon, your letters game.
21:54I'll start with a consonant, please.
21:55Thank you, Damon.
21:57G.
21:57And another one.
21:59C.
22:01And a vowel, please.
22:04E.
22:05Another vowel.
22:07O.
22:08And another one.
22:11A.
22:12Consonant, please.
22:14T.
22:15Another consonant.
22:17D.
22:20A consonant.
22:22N.
22:25And a vowel, please.
22:27And lastly, E.
22:29Turn by.
22:30B.
22:31B.
23:01Damon.
23:02Sorry, I've got a six, I think.
23:04A six.
23:05I think so.
23:05Martin.
23:06I'll stick with a seven.
23:08Yes, Damon.
23:10Notage.
23:11Notage and Martin.
23:12Decagon.
23:15Decagon, excellent ten-sided figure.
23:18No notage, I'm afraid.
23:19Sorry, Damon.
23:20You didn't like me much today.
23:21Bad luck.
23:22Gloria and Susie.
23:24For the last day, we've got an eight,
23:27so we've actually managed to top mark for once this week.
23:31An anecdote.
23:32Oh, very good.
23:33Yeah.
23:33Very good.
23:34A good anecdote.
23:38It's very fitting, because your anecdote's always sweet and excellent.
23:42Susie, anything else?
23:44We had tangoed for seven, otherwise.
23:46Tangoed.
23:47All right.
23:4778 to 34.
23:49And Martin, letters game.
23:50Can I have a vowel, please?
23:52Thank you, Martin.
23:53I.
23:53And another.
23:55O.
23:56And a third.
23:57U.
23:59And a consonant place.
24:01V.
24:03And another.
24:04M.
24:06And another.
24:08P.
24:09And another.
24:12T.
24:14And another.
24:16Q.
24:19And a final consonant, please.
24:24And a final R.
24:26It is the countdown clock.
24:27T.
24:33And a final consonant, please.
24:34And a final consonant, please.
24:34And a final consonant, please.
24:36And a final consonant, please.
24:39And a final consonant, please.
24:40And a final consonant, please.
24:42And a final consonant, please.
24:43And a final consonant, please.
24:45And a final consonant, please.
24:46And a final consonant, please.
24:46And a final consonant, please.
24:46And a final consonant, please.
24:46And a final consonant, please.
24:46And a final consonant, please.
24:48And a final consonant, please.
24:48And a final consonant, please.
24:48And a final consonant, please.
24:49And a final consonant, please.
24:50And a final consonant, please.
24:53And a final consonant, please.
24:58Martin six Damon five and you're fired Trump and you trumped it with import import yes important
25:10important Gloria and Susie has a marvelous one proteam proteam yes the stable isotope of hydrogen
25:19very good that's it I think that'll do won't it yes you like quirk 84 please 34 Susie shall we
25:27talk to
25:28you about your wonderful origins of words or rather you'll talk to us about your wonderful
25:33origins of words rescue animals got me thinking about how cruelly we also used to treat animals
25:40and dogs so many English idioms reflect the fact that we didn't treat them too nicely and one of
25:46them is no room to swing a cat and a lot of people think this is to do with a
25:51cat of nine tails which
25:52was a particularly horrible instrument used for flogging sailors particularly and it was a whip
25:58with nine lashes and so what the idea was that you wouldn't actually have room to swing it around you
26:02hence it was a pretty cramped space unfortunately the dates don't fit because the cat of nine tails
26:07was around a lot later than the no room to swing a cat and it probably does very sadly go
26:14back to
26:14cruel children's games of literally swinging cats around the head not very nice at all I'm going to
26:21move swiftly on unfortunately not going to move away from punishment though because again as I say this
26:26informs quite a lot of English idioms one of them is to run the gauntlet and if you run the
26:32gauntlet now
26:32you are running through a sort of semi-precarious situation we use it lightly so she ran the gauntlet
26:38of autograph seekers for example but that goes back to the mid-17th century and a very grim and
26:45very cruel punishment in this period any soldier found guilty of some offence particularly stealing
26:51from his peers stripped to the waist and forced to run between two lines of men who would be armed
26:57with knotted ropes or sticks and the the victim or the criminal as they saw them then was beaten off
27:05severely and their fate was known in the British army as running the gantelope and the gantelope
27:11was a Dutch word for a gangway or passageway the word changed by association with gauntlet which of
27:16course is a glove thrown down to signify a challenge if you pick up the gauntlet you accept the challenge
27:21but it started as that Dutch word for a passageway and it was once very unpleasant oh very good
27:33thank you for that Susie 84 to 34 Damon let us go can have a consonant please thank Damon n
27:41and a vowel please
27:43another consonant and another consonant a
28:02and another consonant a consonant T and a vowel please and the last one is a row in the
28:15Stand by.
28:47Damon?
28:47Seven.
28:48Seven.
28:49Martin?
28:50Yep, seven.
28:51Damon?
28:52Pointer.
28:53Pointer and?
28:54Protein.
28:55And protein.
28:56Very good.
28:57Protein from Martin.
28:58Now, Gloria?
29:00Well, I'm very glad to say we have another eight.
29:02Well, that's really Susie's effort.
29:04An anoint her.
29:06An anoint her.
29:07Very good.
29:07That was very good, Susie.
29:08Well done.
29:12Well done, Susie.
29:1391 plays 41, and it's Martin's final letters game.
29:18Martin?
29:19Can I have a vowel, please?
29:20Thank you, Martin.
29:21E.
29:21And another.
29:23O.
29:24And a third.
29:25A.
29:26And a consonant plays.
29:28H.
29:29And another.
29:31M.
29:32And another.
29:34R.
29:35And another.
29:37L.
29:38And another consonant.
29:42N.
29:44And a final consonant plays.
29:47And a final T.
29:49Stand by.
29:50A.
29:51?
30:19rejoice,
30:20pammeting
30:22Martin, I'll stick with a seven.
30:25A seven, Damon?
30:25I'll risk a seven.
30:27All right.
30:28Martin, omental.
30:30Now then, Damon, a loather?
30:33Sorry, loather.
30:34A loather.
30:35Yeah.
30:36I think you can be a loather if you detest something.
30:38You can, in the dictionary.
30:41That's very good.
30:42And, yeah, there is an eight there.
30:44Methanol is there.
30:45We had that the other day.
30:46We did.
30:47The antifreeze.
30:48Methanol will get you to eight.
30:49Well done.
30:5198 plays 48.
30:52Well done, Martin.
30:53Nudging 100 there as we go into Damon's numbers game,
30:57final numbers game of the day.
30:58Thanks, Nick.
30:59I'll try six little ones, please, Rachel.
31:01Why not?
31:01Thank you, Damon.
31:02Six little ones to finish off this week.
31:05And for this challenge, they are two, six, four, three,
31:11seven, and one.
31:14And the target, 610.
31:176-1-0.
31:33And the target, six, four, three,下來.
31:34And the type of ja merrier.
31:35We have for you all.
31:35Bye, bye.
31:35And don't say goodbye.
31:36Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye.
31:46Bye bye.
31:49Damon?
31:50Um, no, I'm nowhere near.
31:53How about Martin?
31:55Um, no, I'm nowhere near either.
31:58Shall we throw ourselves at Rachel's feet?
32:01Rachel, can you help us, please?
32:03Um, I think this one's actually impossible.
32:06Oh.
32:06Yeah, you can get two away, but 610.
32:09Two away's pretty good.
32:10No go.
32:11All right.
32:1298 plays 48.
32:14Gentlemen, fingers on buzzers.
32:15Good luck to you both.
32:16As we reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:51Most unusual for Martin.
32:53Most unusual.
32:54Bad luck, guys.
32:55Let's see if anybody in the audience, who will beat Martin Hurst's record for Conundrums,
33:00then?
33:00Yes, sir?
33:01Inundated.
33:02Let's see whether you're right.
33:07Inundated.
33:07Well done.
33:10Well done.
33:12And a fair few hands up there, too.
33:14Well done.
33:14All right, so it's 98 to 48.
33:18All right, so it's 98 to 48.
33:18Martin takes the day.
33:20Bad luck, Damon.
33:20You played well.
33:21You played very well, but you're up against a terrific player who's actually scoring regularly
33:26over 100, so he did well in holding him back.
33:29Brilliant stuff.
33:30Will you take this back to your statistics office?
33:34That would be great.
33:34Thanks.
33:34Well done.
33:36And, Martin, we shall see you on Monday.
33:38Have a restful time, because you've got seven wins.
33:42One more, and you're an octo-cham.
33:44We'll see you on Monday.
33:45Well done.
33:45We will not be seeing the wonderful Gloria, unfortunately, on Monday.
33:50So you come back and see us soon.
33:52Well, may I say it's been a glorious week for me.
33:54I've absolutely adored it, and thank you very much.
33:56As my mum would have said, thank you for having me.
33:58All right.
33:59See you on Monday.
34:01See you on Monday.
34:02Have a good weekend.
34:02See you on Monday.
34:04Rachel, see you Monday.
34:05Yep.
34:06On Monday, of course, we'll have Michael White.
34:08We will indeed.
34:09All right.
34:10So join us then.
34:11Same time, same place.
34:12You'll be sure of it.
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