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00:15Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio on the very day that way back in 2003
00:20Concorde, that wonderful aircraft, made its last commercial passenger flight in its final
00:27transatlantic journey, carried 100 celebrities from New York to London Heathrow, ending 27 years
00:34of supersonic history. But that Concorde was a peach. I'd love to have flown on it. But talking
00:41about exciting aircraft, just a few weeks ago I found myself clambering into what is known as a
00:47Bulldog, which is a little biplane, and there were two of them, and a pal of mine was in the
00:52other one,
00:53and it was a sort of a Top Gun experience. We were thrown all over the sky in these things,
01:00doing aerobatics and chasing each other. I got it at a charity auction for pancreatic cancer action,
01:07and there I was, feeling very, very ill. What about you? Did you have a particularly exciting or
01:13unusual flight? Not flight, but I have had a crazy taxi ride. I think that was my most exciting journey.
01:19It was a couple of years ago for my birthday in Aspen, so there was snow everywhere. The type of
01:24weather where, you know, in England you drive at three miles an hour and still go into a tree,
01:28and he put on this computer game that looks like a roller coaster, and kind of put the brakes on,
01:33and then sped up, and put the brakes on, just around this snowy village in Aspen. It was great fun.
01:39Very fun. All right. Well done. Now we've got Elish back, Rachel, who did so well on Friday. Strategic
01:45finance manager, originally from Leicester, now living in London, came home with a score of Elish,
01:52was it 102? I believe so, yeah. Well done. Let's see how you get on today. You've got to overcome
01:58Margaret Burrell, retired teacher from Harrogate, loves cake making, but you're also the founder member
02:03of your local women's Morris Dance Team, which celebrates its 40th anniversary. Now tell us,
02:10what is this Morris Dance Team? What's the draw? Men used to do it. They objected quite vehemently
02:16when women started in the 70s, which is when we started, because it wasn't something that women
02:22should be doing. But actually, the women did take over during the World Wars, for example,
02:27when the men were away. And so it kept the tradition going. Good for you. So let's give
02:33a warm round of applause to Margaret and Elish. And over in the corner, of course, Susie,
02:44joined once again by somebody whose new book, Parsnips Buttered, came out last week, and I hope
02:50that he's recovered from celebrating over the weekend. It's award-winning comedian and writer
02:55young Joe Lyson. Marvellous man. Hello. More from you a little bit later, Joe, but now Elish,
03:01take us away on our letters game. Good afternoon, Rachel. Good afternoon, Elish. Start the week
03:04with a consonant. Thank you. Start the week with T. And a second. M. And a third. S. Vowel, please.
03:17I. And another. A. And a consonant. Q. Another, please. S. Vowel. O. And I'll finish with
03:36a consonant. And finish with D. And here's the countdown clock.
03:41Q. Another, please.
04:12Elish?
04:13Eight.
04:14And eight.
04:14Margaret?
04:15Seven.
04:16And Margaret's seven is?
04:18Mastoid.
04:19Mastoid.
04:21Elish?
04:21I'll put the S on the end for mastoids.
04:23Yes.
04:25Well spotted.
04:26We were going down that route as well.
04:29It can be an adjective but also a noun in anatomy.
04:32It's the mastoid process.
04:34What else can we have over there, chaps?
04:36That was our best.
04:36Shiro and Susie.
04:37That's it?
04:37Yeah, mastoids for eight.
04:38All right.
04:39Elish on eight and it's Margaret's letters game now.
04:42Margaret?
04:43Could I have a consonant, please?
04:47Thank you, Margaret.
04:48S.
04:49And another one?
04:52D.
04:54And another one?
04:56H.
04:58And a vowel, please.
05:00E.
05:02And another vowel?
05:05I.
05:07And another vowel?
05:09A.
05:12And a consonant?
05:14R.
05:16And another consonant?
05:19P.
05:21And another consonant, please.
05:25And lastly?
05:26N.
05:27Stand by.
05:28and an extensive vowel?
05:43a chor origami.
05:43Be.
05:44And another vowel?
05:56I'm going to unplug.
05:57Get out these two.
05:58And now be.
05:58The third one?
05:59Margaret?
06:00I have a seven.
06:02A seven.
06:02Elish?
06:03A seven as well, yeah.
06:04Two sevens.
06:04Margaret?
06:05Shadier.
06:06Shadier and?
06:07Sharpen.
06:08And sharpen.
06:09Yes.
06:10Very nice.
06:11And what have we got in the corner?
06:12Now then, Joe?
06:13We've got pinheads for eight.
06:16Very good.
06:17Anything else, Susie?
06:18Lots of sevens if you want them.
06:20Inspired, praised, diapers, that kind of thing.
06:22But pinheads was our best.
06:24Well done.
06:24Thank you, Joe.
06:25Fifteen plays seven.
06:27Elish on at fifteen.
06:28Now, Elish, it's numbers for you.
06:31Two from the top, please.
06:32Thank you, Elish.
06:33Two big, four little coming up.
06:35And the first one of the week is five, eight, ten, four, fifty and twenty-five.
06:43And the target, 381.
06:46Three, eight, one.
07:18Three, eight, one.
07:20Three, eight, one.
07:21And Margaret?
07:21Yes, three, eight, one, two.
07:22Right then.
07:23Elish?
07:24Uh, fifty times eight.
07:26Four hundred.
07:27And subtract the ten, the five and the four.
07:29The ten and the five and the four.
07:30Lovely.
07:31Margaret?
07:32That's exactly how I do it.
07:33There we go.
07:34Yeah.
07:35Well done.
07:38So, twenty-five, page Margaret, seventeen as we turn to our first teatime teaser, which
07:43is Saw Rump.
07:46And the glue.
07:47This sort of person doesn't buy any old rubbish.
07:50This sort of person doesn't buy any old rubbish.
08:08Welcome back.
08:09And if you have the glue, this sort of person doesn't buy any old rubbish.
08:14And the answer is a prosumer.
08:17What is a prosumer when he's at home?
08:19It's a blend of professional and consumer.
08:23And it's someone who buys electronic goods, particularly, that are of a higher standard
08:27than your bog standard.
08:28Or a consumer who actually designs and customises electronic goods for their own needs.
08:33Oh, I see.
08:35Now, twenty-five, page seventeen.
08:37Elish on twenty-five.
08:38Margaret, let us go.
08:39Um, could I have a consonant, please?
08:41Thank you, Margaret.
08:42T.
08:45And another consonant.
08:47L.
08:49And another one.
08:52S.
08:53And a vowel.
08:56E.
08:58And another vowel.
09:00O.
09:02And another vowel.
09:04E.
09:07Um, could I have a consonant, please?
09:11T.
09:14And another consonant.
09:20And another consonant, please.
09:24And lastly, L.
09:26Countdown.
09:57Margaret.
09:58I have seven.
10:01Elish?
10:01I'll try seven as well.
10:03Margaret.
10:03Mottles.
10:06Metals.
10:07And metals.
10:08OK.
10:11I think it...
10:12I can't see a sense in which you can put the S on,
10:15which is what you were wondering about, Elish, I think.
10:17It says, obviously, a metal, to be on your metal,
10:19a person's ability to cope well with things,
10:21it does say maths noun,
10:23doesn't really give any sense
10:25in which you could pluralise it.
10:27So I'm going to have to be very nasty and say no.
10:29Sorry.
10:30What a shame.
10:31Yes.
10:31What can we have, Joe?
10:33So mottles is the longest that we've got.
10:36I don't actually know what mottles means.
10:38If something is mottled, it's sort of patchy in colour.
10:41Oh, yes.
10:42So mottled plumage, marked with spots or smears of colour.
10:45Yeah, mottles.
10:46All right.
10:47So it's 25 plays, Margaret.
10:49It's 24.
10:50Well done.
10:50And we now turn to Elish for a letters game.
10:53Elish.
10:54I'll start with the consonant.
10:55Please.
10:55Thank you, Elish.
10:56P.
10:57And a second.
11:00L.
11:01And a third, please.
11:03R.
11:04And a vowel.
11:06I.
11:07And another, please.
11:09O.
11:10And a third.
11:12A.
11:14And a fourth.
11:17O.
11:19Consonant.
11:20D.
11:23And I'll finish with a consonant.
11:26And finish with R.
11:28Stand by.
11:32I'll be right.
11:33And I'll be right back.
11:33All right.
11:58I'll be right back.
12:00Yes, Elish?
12:02Risky eight.
12:03A risky eight, Margaret?
12:05I'm going to risk a six.
12:07What is this six you're talking of?
12:10Podial.
12:11Podial. Now then, Elish?
12:13Can I have a small p in Polaroid?
12:15Ooh, let me have a look.
12:16First of all, podial, absolutely fine, the adjective from podium,
12:20so very good, Margaret.
12:21Polaroid, has it slipped into the language as a generic term?
12:26Oh, it hasn't.
12:28Still a trademark.
12:29I'm afraid.
12:30Bad luck, bad luck.
12:32Now, Joe, what have we got?
12:34Well, there's dipolar for a seven.
12:37Very good.
12:39That's relating to the dipole, sorry.
12:41In physics, a pair of equal and oppositely charged poles,
12:45and dipolar is the additive from that.
12:47Indeed, well done.
12:48Thank you, Joe.
12:49And it's 30 points to Margaret, now Elish on 25.
12:53Now, Margaret, your first numbers game.
12:55Could I have one large and five small, please?
12:58You can, indeed.
12:59Thank you, Margaret.
13:00One big one.
13:01Five little ones, and this time the little numbers are four, one, nine, six, and ten.
13:09And the big one, 25.
13:11And your target, 397.
13:14Three, nine, seven.
13:15Three, nine, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven.
13:19Two, three, one.
13:44Moon,ller.
13:45One, eight, seven, seven.
13:46Margaret.
13:47399.
13:49399, two away.
13:50Elish?
13:51397.
13:52397.
13:53So?
13:5410 plus 6.
13:5616.
13:56Times 25.
13:57400.
13:58Subtract 4, add 1.
14:00Well done.
14:00Yeah, 397.
14:02Well done.
14:05So the need is changed again.
14:08Elish back in the lead.
14:0935 to Margaret.
14:1030.
14:11As we turn to Joe.
14:13So this is a little bit of an exchange that I helped a friend of mine have with a nosy
14:18neighbour.
14:18It's my friend Sheila.
14:20And she said, I've received this email.
14:21What do I do with it?
14:21So I'll read you the email that she got.
14:23Dear Sheila, as you know, Simon and I are moving next month.
14:26And we wanted to say how nice it has been living next to you.
14:28However, I did want to mention something before we left.
14:30I had been trying to find a way of avoiding emailing about it as I was terribly embarrassed.
14:34But I think you should be aware for the new tenants.
14:36There is a window to the side of the house with frosted glass that I presume to be part of
14:40your bathroom.
14:41When anyone stands near the frosted glass without the blind up, you might be shocked to hear it basically covers
14:47nothing.
14:47It is particularly bad at night.
14:49Simon alerted me to it a few months ago.
14:52And I was terribly shocked when I first saw best Linda.
14:55I think Simon's a bit of a perv, basically.
14:58So Sheila and I had a little glass of Prosecco and we came up with this reply.
15:03Hello, Linda.
15:04Thank you for your email.
15:05I've been waiting for this email for some time and I'm glad you finally found the courage.
15:09The truth is I have been trying to seduce you.
15:13I've been on this road for a number of years and have met many different tenants of your current house.
15:17There have been a small handful who I've found irresistible.
15:20You are one of them.
15:21When this happens, I devise a sexual dance, which I do in the frosted window to attract and allure.
15:27I know that it is somewhat difficult to get a good look at that window from your property.
15:30And so always know when the interest is reciprocated because they will have to make the effort to go out
15:35next to the garage and watch best Sheila.
15:37We've got a reply very quickly after that from Linda.
15:40Bit confused by that email.
15:42Is this a joke?
15:42I'm happily married to Simon.
15:44Best Linda.
15:45So we replied again.
15:46Hey, Linda.
15:47Sorry, there's been some confusion.
15:49It wasn't you I was trying to seduce, but Simon, could you pass this on to him and thank him
15:53for being a loyal audience to my seductive window ballets?
15:56Then Simon sent us a separate email, which I adore.
16:00Sheila.
16:01Simon here.
16:01Linda showed me your emails.
16:03I'm flattered but happily married.
16:04I do have some tips for the future.
16:07Maybe invest in some backlighting to create a silhouette, as the current lighting can be unflattering and confusing,
16:12meaning I sometimes have to zoom my binoculars in to fully comprehend what's going on.
16:16If you want to captivate your audience, you may want to encourage their trust with some more traditional performances instead
16:21of launching straight into naked teeth flossing.
16:25Have you thought about backup dancers?
16:27They can really take the heat off when you're not on the top of your game.
16:29I think you've got a raw talent that could be really refined to something spectacular.
16:32Many thanks, Simon and Linda.
16:34And we replied with, how rude.
16:35I'll be glad to see the back of you.
16:42Very good.
16:44Lovely stuff.
16:45Well done.
16:45Well done.
16:46All right.
16:47Elish, your letters came.
16:49Start with a consonant, please.
16:50Thank you, Elish.
16:51S.
16:52And another.
16:54P.
16:56And a third.
16:58J.
16:59And a fourth, please.
17:00B.
17:03Vowel, please.
17:05A.
17:06And another.
17:08U.
17:10A third.
17:13E.
17:14Consonant.
17:16N.
17:18Consonant to finish.
17:20And the last one.
17:21C.
17:22Stand by.
17:23I'm sorry.
17:46Bye.
17:46Bye.
17:46Bye.
17:48Bye.
17:51Bye.
17:52Bye.
17:52Bye.
17:53Elish.
17:54Just a five out of that.
17:55A five, Margaret?
17:57Yeah, I've got a five, but I haven't written it down, which is pause.
18:00Pause.
18:02Elish?
18:03Cates.
18:04There we go.
18:05Now, who can beat five?
18:07Joe, Susie.
18:08There is a six, which is pecans.
18:12Imagine Margaret can make a good pecan pie.
18:15All right.
18:1740 plays 35.
18:19Elish on 40.
18:20And Margaret, step forward.
18:22Could I have a consonant, please?
18:25Thank you, Margaret.
18:25N.
18:27And another one.
18:29T.
18:31And another one.
18:34S.
18:35And a vowel.
18:37A.
18:39And another vowel.
18:42E.
18:43And another vowel.
18:46A.
18:47And a consonant.
18:50G.
18:53And another consonant.
18:55L.
19:00And a vowel, please.
19:03And the last one.
19:04U.
19:06Don't.
19:06And a vowel.
19:26And a vowel.
19:26And a vowel.
19:26And a vowel.
19:26And a vowel.
19:26And a vowel.
19:27and a vowel.
19:29and a vowel.
19:36Well, Margaret, what did you make of that?
19:39I'll stick with a six.
19:41A six, Elish?
19:43I'll try a seven.
19:44Right. Margaret?
19:45Nausea.
19:47Nausea.
19:48And?
19:49Legates.
19:51Legates.
19:52Is there only one E?
19:52There's one E, yes.
19:54Bad luck.
19:55Bad luck.
19:56Nausea is a lovely word, though.
19:58It's not a lovely thing, but I love it.
20:00This is nausea.
20:02Nausea.
20:03Nausea.
20:04It's been homesickness.
20:05I agree with you.
20:05Nice.
20:06What have you got there for us?
20:08Lasagna.
20:10Lasagna.
20:11Very good.
20:11How many is that?
20:12Seven.
20:14Lasagna.
20:15Tangles as well.
20:16Tangles.
20:19Nausea.
20:2041 plays Elish on 40.
20:23Well done, Margaret.
20:24And now, Elish, it's your numbers game.
20:27Three of each, please.
20:28Thank you, Elish.
20:29Three from the top row and three little ones.
20:32And these little ones are five, one, and...
20:35Six, and the big ones, 75, 50, and 25.
20:40And the target, 307.
20:43Three zero seven.
20:44And then, you know, we'll be right back.
20:48And then, you know, we'll be right back.
20:51And then, you know, we'll be right back.
20:55And then, you know, we'll be right back.
20:57And then, you know, we'll be right back.
21:00And then, you know, we'll be right back.
21:00And then, you know, we'll be right back.
21:01And then, you know, we'll be right back.
21:02And then, you know, we'll be right back.
21:04And then, you know, we'll be right back.
21:04And then, you know, we'll be right back.
21:05And then, you know, we'll be right back.
21:05And then, you know, we'll be right back.
21:15Alesh?
21:163-0-7, not properly written down.
21:19How about Margaret?
21:203-0-7.
21:22Alesh, don't look so surprised.
21:24Alesh, go ahead.
21:2675 times 5.
21:273-7-5.
21:28Take away the 50, the 25.
21:30300.
21:31And add the 6 and the 1.
21:32Lovely, 3-0-7.
21:34And Margaret?
21:3550 times 6 is 300.
21:38Yep.
21:4075 over 25 is 3.
21:42It is indeed.
21:43Plus 5 for 8, minus 1.
21:46Perfect.
21:473-0-7 again.
21:48Well done.
21:51So, Margaret maintains her one-point lead at 51 over Alesh on 50
21:57as we turn to our second tea-time teaser, which is Ken cries.
22:00And the clue, Ken cries out in dismay at conceding the late goal.
22:05What a huge disappointment.
22:07Ken cries out in dismay at conceding the late goal.
22:11What a huge disappointment.
22:43Welcome back.
22:43Mark at one point in the lead, and it's Margaret's letters game.
22:45A consonant, please, Rachel.
22:47Thank you, Margaret.
22:48V.
22:50And another one.
22:52L.
22:55And another one.
22:57R.
22:58And a vowel, please.
23:02I.
23:03And another vowel.
23:06O.
23:08And another vowel.
23:11I.
23:14I'll have a consonant, please.
23:17N.
23:17And lastly, S.
23:31Countdown.
23:32And a vowel.
24:00Orpinar.
24:02Margaret? I'll risk a seven. Elish? Eight. And an eight. Margaret? I put Soylia. What does Elish think? Revision? Revision.
24:13Yes, revision. Absolutely excellent. Soylia, it's not a bad guess. It's not in, Margaret, I'm afraid. Bad luck. Joe? There's
24:20nothing, there's no more than revision for eight. There's a couple of sevens, olivine and violins. Well done. Thank you,
24:28Joe. And we now turn to Elish for a letters game.
24:30Consonant, please. Thank you, Elish. T. And a second. X. And a third. N. Vowel, please. U. And another. A.
24:46And a consonant. M. Another consonant. T.
24:56A. A vowel, please. I. And a final consonant. And a final. P. Stand by.
25:06All right.
25:33All right.
25:37Elish, I'll stick with a five.
25:39A five.
25:40Margaret?
25:41I've got a five, too.
25:42Elish?
25:43Paint.
25:44And Margaret?
25:45Peter.
25:47Peter bread, yes.
25:49Very good.
25:49What's Joe writing down there?
25:51I've got a six.
25:52Mutant.
25:53Very good.
25:54Very good.
25:55And there's also Pittman.
25:56Yes, coal miner.
25:58OK, Pittman.
25:59All right.
26:00Anything else?
26:00That's it.
26:01Six is for us.
26:01Yes.
26:02Well done.
26:02Well done, Joe.
26:03And it's 56 to Elish is 63.
26:07As we turn to Susie.
26:09What have you got for us today, Susie?
26:10Well, I thought I would talk a little bit about Morris dancing.
26:15And first of all, it started very much as a pursuit of the gentility when it came over to Britain.
26:22But soon, very soon, it became so popular that it spread into the parishes and became a firm folk tradition.
26:29And in 1600, the Shakespearean comic actor Will Kemp recorded in his account called Nine Days Wonder of the feat
26:36of dancing, Morris dancing, all the way from London to Norwich.
26:40And then by the time of Charles II, Morris dancing had become linked with the Whitson Ales.
26:46So great festivities really held around Easter time at the beginning of spring.
26:50But the key date in the history was Boxing Day, 1899, when Cecil Sharp, who really was behind the movement,
26:58introduced it into the folk song revival, if you like, witnessed and dancers in Heddington in Oxford.
27:03And he says, lovely quote, when he's dancing, the true Morris man is serious of countenance, yet gay of heart,
27:09vigorous, yet restrained, a strong man rejoicing in his strength, yet graceful.
27:14Of course, he was only talking about men.
27:16But before then, which is quite interesting, the Puritans had really worried about Morris dancing.
27:21They linked it with satanic rituals.
27:23They thought that the people who were dancing in this way were deranged in some way.
27:27And that's not unusual.
27:28When people danced the Tarantella, for example, they were thought to have been sort of held by this horrible, horrible
27:35disease.
27:36As to the origin of the Morris part, some people think it came back with the Crusaders, and it was
27:42very much part of a Moorish tradition.
27:44So it's believed that the Moorish, quintessentially British as it sounds, actually is some sort of alteration of Moorish from
27:50the Moors.
27:52That's very helpful.
27:54That's very helpful.
27:56Very good.
27:5763 plays 56.
27:59Elish on 63.
28:01Margaret, your letters game.
28:04Could I have a consonant, please?
28:07Thank you, Margaret.
28:09T.
28:09And another one.
28:12H.
28:14And another one.
28:16N.
28:19And a vowel, please.
28:21O.
28:23And another vowel.
28:25A.
28:27And another vowel, please.
28:31E.
28:33And a consonant.
28:36G.
28:38And another consonant.
28:41Another G.
28:44And another consonant, please.
28:47And lastly, R.
28:50Stand by.
29:13And we'll see you tomorrow.
29:13Bye.
29:21Now, then, Margaret.
29:23I've got a seven.
29:24A seven, and Elish?
29:26A seven.
29:27And a seven.
29:28Margaret?
29:29Another, which I used several times.
29:32There we go.
29:33I think you may be...
29:34I've got another another.
29:35There we go.
29:37Now, then, Joe.
29:38You can have Egger, which is a large brownish moth.
29:43Which is often active during the day.
29:46Egger.
29:4670 plays 63.
29:48Elish on 70.
29:49And it's Elish's letters game.
29:51Final one of the day.
29:52Start with the consonant, please.
29:54Thank you, Elish.
29:55W.
29:56A second.
29:59N.
30:00And a third.
30:02D.
30:03A vowel, please.
30:05U.
30:07And a second.
30:08I.
30:09One more.
30:12U.
30:13A fourth, please.
30:16E.
30:17A consonant.
30:19T.
30:21And finish with a consonant.
30:23And finish with Z.
30:25Countdown.
30:26T.
30:30T.
30:30And a second.
30:31And a seventh.
30:33T.
30:45And a fourth.
30:46T.
30:46T.
30:57Elish.
30:59Oh, I'll stick with a five.
31:00Margaret.
31:01I have six.
31:03Now then, Elish.
31:04Tuned.
31:06Margaret.
31:07Untied.
31:08Excellent.
31:09Yeah.
31:10All there.
31:11Joe.
31:12Nothing more than six, unfortunately.
31:14There was a couple more united and twined.
31:17All right.
31:17One point in it as we turn to Margaret for the final numbers game.
31:21Off you go.
31:24I shall stick with just one large, I think, please.
31:27Thank you, Margaret.
31:27One large, five little, and hopefully crucial conundrum coming up.
31:31Final numbers game of the day is eight, one, five, four, three, and the big one, 50.
31:40And the target, 998.
31:43Nine, nine, eight.
32:01One, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine,
32:02nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine,
32:02nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine,
32:02nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine,
32:02nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine,
32:02nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine
32:14Yes, Margaret?
32:16998.
32:17Thank you, Elish.
32:18998.
32:19All right, Margaret.
32:20I did 5 multiplied by 4.
32:2320.
32:23Is 20, times 50.
32:251,000.
32:26And then 3 minus 1 equals 2.
32:29Don't have to sound so unsure.
32:30Yep.
32:31We should go on to territory.
32:35Well done, Elish.
32:36OK.
32:39So, still that one point in it.
32:4182, Margaret.
32:4379, which means we have a crucial countdown conundrum.
32:47So, fingers on buzzers.
32:48Good luck to you both.
32:49Let's reveal today's crucial countdown conundrum.
33:26In the audience, is there a bright spark?
33:30Yes, sir.
33:31Is it ballpoint?
33:32Ballpoint.
33:33Let's see whether you're right.
33:36Ballpoint.
33:37Well done.
33:39Well done.
33:44Margaret, what can I say?
33:46Nothing.
33:46It was a great game.
33:47It was a great, great game, actually.
33:49Well done.
33:49You lost just by a point.
33:51So that is, in fact, a good result.
33:53So take this goodie bag back to Harrogate with you.
33:56I will.
33:57Wonderful stuff.
33:58Thank you very much.
33:59And, Ellis, we shall see you tomorrow.
34:02Well done.
34:02Well done.
34:03Good result.
34:03Wow.
34:04We shall see you both tomorrow, Joe.
34:06Yes, see you tomorrow.
34:07And Susie, too.
34:08See you then.
34:09We'll see you tomorrow.
34:10Rachel, see you tomorrow.
34:11I'll be back tomorrow.
34:12See you tomorrow.
34:13Same time, same place.
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