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00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio on Monday the 31st of October and the beginning of National Baby
00:38Swimming Week.
00:40It's a worthwhile initiative to promote the benefits really of teaching young toddlers and babies to swim.
00:48Very, very worthwhile. And also for safety too. I remember, Rachel, one of the most terrifying moments I've ever experienced.
00:55Oh, my heart stopped. A nighttime picnic and my little son, who was about five, ran out of the torch
01:05-lit area straight into the river and we didn't notice he was missing.
01:09And suddenly he reappeared, covered in river weed.
01:14Oh dear. Terrible, terrible.
01:16But he got in trouble.
01:17Well, we didn't. We were so grateful to have him back. We were awful.
01:21But actually, I was a dreadful swimmer and I'm still a very poor swimmer. How about you? Did you learn
01:27to swim as a child, as a baby?
01:28Yeah. Well, I don't remember as a baby.
01:30But when I was little, we always had swimming classes and pick up the brick off the bottom of the
01:34pool and go in in your pyjamas and tread water and get all your badges and sew them all on
01:38and have a great time.
01:39No, it's a very good idea. Very good idea.
01:42Yeah, excellent idea.
01:43Now, who have we got with us? We've got Rick Anstey is back.
01:46Rick is an account manager from Aylesbury.
01:49Bagged his first win on Friday with a solid performance and we're very pleased to see you back.
01:53And you're joined today, Rick, by John Ockert, a head of sales at a fraud prevention company from Nuneaton.
02:01Loves his sport, coaches his son's under-12 football team.
02:06But I want to go back to this fraud prevention because there's so much danger these days from fraudsters.
02:13It still amazes me just how much information, personal information, that someone at the general public will give over a
02:20phone to a stranger or on the internet.
02:22And how tricky people. I didn't work for the Financial Conduct Authority for a programme they've got called ScanSmart, which
02:31is warning old people or people of my age or whatever.
02:35Put the phone down if somebody rings you up with some improbable offer that sounds too good to be true.
02:40Put the phone down.
02:42It tears lives apart. People see fraud as a victimless crime, but it really does destroy lives.
02:47Absolutely. Put the phone down. Big round of applause for John Ockert and Rick.
02:56And after I trust a peaceful weekend, Susie, you're back and you're sitting next to somebody that we remember so
03:04well from Only Fools and Horses.
03:07It's his first time on Countdown, joining us in the middle of his UK tour, which is called Only Fools
03:12and Boise.
03:13And he has got a new book out. It's the wonderful John Chalice. Welcome, John.
03:17Thank you very much.
03:18Well done. Thank you for being here.
03:20Now, what is this monster book here that's called Wigmore Abbey? This is your book and it's about your home.
03:28Lovely. 11th century house.
03:30That's right, yes.
03:31Fantastic.
03:31I like a nice new... I'm looking for a bungalow, really, but I've finished up with a pile of medieval
03:36stones, which I'm still trying to put back together.
03:38Well, I've looked at some of the pictures. It looks like a joyful place to live.
03:41Thank you so much.
03:42Well, you're very welcome. Now then, Rick, let's get down to business here. Let's have a letters game, shall we?
03:47Hello, Rachel.
03:48Hi, Rick.
03:48Can we start with a vowel, please?
03:50Thank you. Start the week with...
03:52Another one, please.
03:54A.
03:55And another.
03:57O.
03:58A consonant.
03:59R.
04:01A consonant.
04:02Y.
04:03And another.
04:04T.
04:06And another.
04:07L.
04:10And another, please.
04:12S.
04:13And a final vowel.
04:15And a final A.
04:17And the countdown clock starts now.
04:51Yes, Rick.
04:52It's an eight, but I've not written it down.
04:54How about John?
04:55Just a six.
04:56A six? What six?
04:58Staler.
04:59Now then, Rick.
05:00It's wrong.
05:01It's royalist.
05:02And it's...
05:03No, I, no.
05:04Oh, bad luck.
05:05I was thinking, that's amazing to get an eight out of that selection.
05:08Bad luck.
05:09Well done.
05:10Now, what did you get over in the corner there, John and Susie?
05:13I've got, um, reels.
05:16That's no good.
05:17Later, later, laters?
05:18Yeah, laters, yes.
05:20Is that possible?
05:20Yeah.
05:21Laters, sort of slang.
05:23Laters, see you later.
05:23It is a slang word, isn't it?
05:25Yeah.
05:26It's in the dictionary, though.
05:27Dictionary has a lot of, lot of slang.
05:29Instead of see you later, it's laters.
05:31It's true.
05:32What about Susie?
05:33Uh, well, areola is there for six, but six was our maximum.
05:37All right.
05:38So, John is off to a good start, and it's John's letters game now.
05:42Hi, Rachel.
05:42Hi, Donna.
05:43Um, can I have a consonant, please?
05:45Start with T.
05:47And a vowel.
05:49O.
05:49And a consonant.
05:52H.
05:52A vowel.
05:54E.
05:55A consonant.
05:57M.
05:58Consonant.
05:59H.
06:00A vowel.
06:02I.
06:04A consonant.
06:06S.
06:07And a final consonant, please.
06:08And a final C.
06:10Stand by.
06:39MUSIC CONTINUES
06:42Jonna?
06:43Seven.
06:44A seven, Rick?
06:45Seven.
06:46Jonna?
06:47Chemist.
06:48And hitches.
06:50Hitches, yes.
06:51Nice.
06:52Very good.
06:54So those are sevens.
06:55Can we match it, I wonder?
06:57Homeist?
06:58Homeist, yes.
06:59It's a synonym for homeliest.
07:01But, again, in the dictionaries, that's a good seven.
07:04Well, as well as hitches, there's mitches,
07:06which is a dialect word in Irish for bunking off, for playing truant.
07:11Well done.
07:12So, Jonna's 13 plays Rick's seven, and it's Rick's numbers game now.
07:16Rick?
07:17Two from the top, and four small ones, please.
07:20Thank you, Rick.
07:21Two large, four little for the first one of the week.
07:23And this selection is nine, six, two, three.
07:29And the big one, 75 and 25.
07:32And the target, 935.
07:35Nine, three, five.
07:36The big one, 76, and the big one, 76, and the big one.
08:07Yes, Rick?
08:08937.
08:09937.
08:10Johnna?
08:11935.
08:12Johnna?
08:1325 plus 75.
08:1425 plus 75 is 1,000.
08:17Plus 3.
08:19Plus, sorry, 100 plus 3.
08:21100 plus 3.
08:21103, ignore me.
08:22Times 9.
08:23Times 9 is 927.
08:25And the 6 and the 2 is an 8.
08:27Very nice.
08:28Well done.
08:28935.
08:30Very good.
08:33So, it propels Johnna to lead 23 to Rick's 7 as we turn to our first Tea Time teaser,
08:39which is her Brent and the clue.
08:41Brent was one of her brothers, but she had several.
08:45Brent was one of her brothers, but she had several.
09:04Welcome back, welcome back.
09:05I left you with a clue.
09:08Brent was one of her brothers, but she had several.
09:10And the answer to that one is brethren.
09:13Brethren.
09:14Now then, Johnna.
09:16Let us go.
09:17Consonant, please, Rachel.
09:18Thank you, Johnna.
09:19R.
09:20A vowel.
09:22U.
09:23A consonant.
09:25T.
09:26Another consonant.
09:28M.
09:28A vowel.
09:30A.
09:31A consonant.
09:32D.
09:33A vowel.
09:35E.
09:36A consonant.
09:38Q.
09:39And a final consonant, please.
09:41And a final N.
09:43Done by.
09:43A consonant.
09:44A consonant.
09:55A consonant.
09:59A consonant.
10:00A consonant.
10:01A consonant.
10:01A consonant.
10:02A consonant.
10:02A consonant.
10:14Jonner?
10:15Risky seven.
10:17Yes, Rick?
10:18Save six.
10:19Six being?
10:21Unmade.
10:22Unmade.
10:22Now then, Jonner.
10:23Quarted?
10:28It's not there, I'm afraid, Jonner.
10:30Sorry, it was risky in the end.
10:31Always worth a try, that one not in.
10:34Jonner is looking very pensive there.
10:37I don't think this is a word at all.
10:40I've got undreamt.
10:43Can't be right, can it?
10:43It is, yes, undreamt of.
10:45So it's absolutely fine, yes.
10:47It's not something you sort of undream,
10:49but, yes, things that are undreamt of.
10:51I would never have dreamt of it.
10:53It's one of those extremely rare verbs
10:55that have a past tense ending empty.
10:57Thank you very much.
10:58Very good.
10:59Anything else?
11:00No, that was brilliant, Faith.
11:01I think it was brilliant.
11:03Very good.
11:0323, please.
11:0413.
11:05Rick on 13.
11:06It's Rick's letters game now.
11:08A vowel, please, Rachel.
11:09Thank you, Rick.
11:10I.
11:11And another.
11:13O.
11:14And another.
11:15I.
11:17And a consonant.
11:19T.
11:19And another.
11:21D.
11:23And another.
11:24N.
11:26And another.
11:28And we'll try another.
11:31L.
11:32And a vowel.
11:33And the last one.
11:34E.
11:35Stand by.
11:37And another.
11:56And another.
11:59Bye-bye.
12:02And another.
12:03Bye-bye.
12:08Yes. Rick?
12:10Seven.
12:10Seven, Jono?
12:12Six.
12:12Your six?
12:14Tiddle.
12:15Tiddle and?
12:16Edition.
12:18And edition.
12:20Edition, absolutely fine, but there's no tiddle.
12:23Oh, that's disappointing.
12:24Twiddle and diddle and tittle, but no tiddle.
12:27Which is very bad luck, because the rest of them are there.
12:30You can't have diddle, you'd need three Ds.
12:33Yes, not in this selection, I just mean generally in the dictionary.
12:35Yeah.
12:36All right.
12:37Yes, and one of the seven to go with edition is Lentoid,
12:40so shaped like a lens or a lentil, indeed, lenticular.
12:46Welcome.
12:47So, only three points in it, 23 to Rick's 20,
12:50and it's Jono's numbers game.
12:53You can have one large and five from anywhere else, please, Rachel.
12:55Thank you, Jono, one from the top row.
12:56And five Littlans.
12:59And for this round, your five smalls are four, nine, four, eight, two,
13:05and a large one, 75.
13:07And the target, 125.
13:11One, two, five.
13:12One, two, five.
13:43Jono?
13:44One, two, five.
13:45Thank you, Rick.
13:46One, two, five.
13:47So, Jono.
13:48Nine minus four is five.
13:50Yep.
13:51Eight plus two is ten.
13:52It is.
13:53Multiply the two.
13:55Fifty.
13:55Add the 75.
13:56One, two, five.
13:56Lovely.
13:57There we go.
13:59Rick?
13:59Went the long way round.
14:00Two times 75.
14:01Two, 75 is 150.
14:03And then nine plus eight plus four plus four.
14:06Nine plus eight plus the two fours.
14:08Is 25.
14:09Here are the 25.
14:10Take it away.
14:11Perfect.
14:12Well done.
14:14So, still that three points.
14:16That three points in Jono's favour.
14:1933 to Rick as we turn to Jon.
14:22And Jon, you've had a tremendously varied career.
14:25You're on tour with your Boise show.
14:27But actually, you've been in everything.
14:30It's extraordinary, including Countdown.
14:33Countdown, yes.
14:35Yes, that's right.
14:36I did a hundred years ago, I did a show called Seeds of Doom with Tom Baker.
14:42We had a wonderful time.
14:43It was one of the happiest jobs I ever did.
14:45And I remember when we couldn't film because the weather was bad.
14:49We'd all plastered in some outhouse in Atholhampton House, which is where we filmed most of it, and tell each
14:55other lies, stories.
14:58And also, we had a sort of unofficial impression game.
15:02You know, at the time, I did a fair impression of a big hero of mine, Jimmy Stewart.
15:07And I remember a line he did in Flight of the Phoenix when he said to Hardy Kruger,
15:12Listen, mister, I remember a time when we used to take a real pride and just gutting there.
15:19I love you.
15:21Yes, Tom Baker loved this, and he got me to say it on a regular occasion.
15:26Years later, we met in Soho, and we were talking about the old times.
15:29There was Tom, larger than life.
15:31Oh, you don't do it like that anymore.
15:33Wonderful, wonderful times, is it?
15:34You still dig that impression of Jimmy Stewart?
15:38Never forgot it, never got it.
15:39Do it for me once more.
15:40So there I am in a corner in Soho going, Listen, mister, I remember a time when we used to
15:45take a real pride in just getting there.
15:48And just there, the guy walked past us, did an enormous double take, tripped over the pavement, fell flat on
15:52his face.
15:54So I went there to help him up, and I said, Are you all right, mate?
15:58He said, Yeah.
15:59He said, Boyce, doing Jimmy Stewart, talking to Doctor Who.
16:02How often do you see that?
16:04Wonderful.
16:05Wonderful.
16:09True story.
16:11It's a lovely Jimmy Stewart, too.
16:13It's lovely.
16:14Thank you, John.
16:15Now then, 33 plays 30, Rick on 30, and it's Rick's Letters game.
16:20OK, a vowel, please.
16:22Thank you, Rick.
16:23O.
16:24And another.
16:25A.
16:26And another.
16:28I.
16:29Consonant.
16:31N.
16:32And another.
16:33N.
16:34And another.
16:36P.
16:38And another.
16:40N.
16:41Another one.
16:42And another.
16:44R.
16:46And a vowel, please.
16:46And the last one.
16:48E.
16:49Can't can.
17:03MUSIC CONTINUES
17:20Yes, Rick?
17:22A six.
17:22A six.
17:24Jonna?
17:24Six.
17:26Rick?
17:26Pinner.
17:27And?
17:28Pinner.
17:29Simply a pin maker, somebody who makes pins or nails.
17:32Yeah, absolutely fine.
17:34Now then, what have we got in the corner?
17:36John's looking pensive.
17:39Yeah, I've got pannier.
17:41Very good.
17:42How many is that?
17:43Yes, that's seven.
17:44One, two, three, four, that was seven.
17:45Excellent.
17:46Yes, the basket on the back of her bike or the bag, indeed.
17:49Yeah, I used to have a pannier.
17:50Yes.
17:51A couple more sixes.
17:52An opiner, somebody who delivers an opinion.
17:54And rapine, which was the violent seizure of someone's property.
18:01The violence is key there, linked to rapture and that sort of thing.
18:04Okay.
18:04Rapine.
18:05So it's a legal term.
18:07Helpful.
18:0839 plays 36.
18:10And, Jonna, let us go.
18:12A consonant, please, Rachel.
18:13Thank you, Jonna.
18:24And a final consonant, please.
18:39And a final K.
18:41And here comes the clock.
18:43BELL RINGS
18:44Jonna, let us go.
19:08BELL RINGS
19:11BELL RINGS
19:13Jonna.
19:14Six.
19:15A six.
19:16Just a six.
19:16Jonna.
19:17Curate.
19:18And Rick.
19:18Tacker.
19:20Absolutely fine.
19:22Now, what's happening over there?
19:24Jonna.
19:24Well, we've got something called furcate.
19:27Yes, exactly.
19:29It's a verb meaning to divide into two or more branches, so to fork, in other words.
19:33Bifurcate, yeah.
19:34Yes, bifurcate.
19:35And a facture?
19:38Yes.
19:38Is that something?
19:39Facture, yes.
19:41Unusual one, this one.
19:41It's the quality of the execution of a painting.
19:44So it's all to do with the artist's handling of the paint.
19:46That is the facture of a work of art.
19:49Really?
19:49Mm.
19:50And that's that?
19:51That's that.
19:52That's that.
19:52Thank you very much.
19:53Facture.
19:5442 plays 45.
19:56Jonna hanging on there, and it's Rick's numbers game now.
19:59Rick.
19:59Two from the top.
20:00Four others, please.
20:01Thank you, Rick.
20:01Two large for little, and this time around, the little ones are seven, one, six, five, and
20:09the large ones, twenty-five and seventy-five.
20:12And the target, eight hundred and thirty-three.
20:15Eight, three, three.
20:16Eight, three, three.
20:49Eight, three, four, but not written down.
20:52One away.
20:53How about John?
20:53Eight, three, four, written down.
20:55Right.
20:56Rick.
20:57OK.
20:59Seven plus one is eight.
21:01Yes.
21:0375 plus 25 plus five is 105.
21:08105.
21:09Multiplied by the eight.
21:10840.
21:11And take away the six.
21:13And eight, three, four, one away.
21:15Yeah.
21:16Well done, Jonna.
21:18Oh, it's the same one.
21:19Rick, you happy?
21:20Yes, it is.
21:20All right.
21:21Now then, Rachel.
21:21Eight, three, three.
21:22Six plus five is 11.
21:25Times 75 is 825.
21:28And then the seven and the one adds four for eight, three, three.
21:31Very good.
21:32Thanks.
21:33Thank you, Rachel.
21:37So, they're sticking at the three-point difference, 52 to 49, Rick on 49, as we turn to our second
21:43tea time teaser, which is It Had Sun.
21:47And the clue, it had lots of sun and bloomed beautifully.
21:50It Had Lots of Sun and Bloomed Beautifully.
22:10It Had Lots of Sun and Bloomed Beautifully.
22:13And the answer is Dianthus.
22:17Now then, I suppose you'd find this in a flower bed, would you, somewhere?
22:21The Dianthus.
22:23Yes, you certainly would.
22:24It's a flowering plant of a family that includes the pinks and carnations, so quite a common
22:28popular plant or family.
22:31Dianthus, thank you very much, 52 to 49.
22:35Donna, let us get in.
22:36Consonant, please, Rachel.
22:37Thank you, Donna.
22:39W.
22:40A vowel.
22:41I.
22:43Consonant.
22:44T.
22:46A consonant.
22:48W.
22:49A vowel.
22:50E.
22:52Consonant.
22:53S.
22:54Vowel.
22:56I.
22:57A consonant.
22:59G.
23:00And a final consonant, please.
23:03And a final T.
23:04Stand by.
23:07BELL RINGS
23:37Jono.
23:38Risky seven.
23:39Yes, Rick.
23:40Another risky seven.
23:42Jono.
23:43Witties.
23:44Now then.
23:45Both of you?
23:45Just the same.
23:46Witties.
23:47All right.
23:48First thing I looked up, it's not there, I'm afraid.
23:50Sorry.
23:52Because do you mean wittiest?
23:54Quiet.
23:54But, yeah, I don't have the other T.
23:55Sorry about that.
23:56What is there?
23:57All I've got is five.
23:59Twist.
23:59Yes.
24:00Hopeless.
24:01Twits.
24:01No, well, I'm equally hopeless.
24:02It was a tricky one.
24:03Twits for five.
24:04Twits.
24:0652 to 49.
24:08Rick, letters again.
24:10OK.
24:10A vowel, please.
24:11Thank you, Rick.
24:12A.
24:13Another one.
24:14I.
24:15And another.
24:16U.
24:17And a consonant.
24:20S.
24:20And another.
24:22J.
24:23And another.
24:24L.
24:25And another.
24:27S.
24:28And a vowel.
24:31I.
24:32Oh.
24:33And a final consonant, please.
24:35And a final.
24:37L.
24:38Stand by.
25:09Rick.
25:10Just a five.
25:11Yeah.
25:12Donna.
25:13Just a five.
25:13Rick.
25:14Jails.
25:15Jails and.
25:16Jails.
25:17Yeah.
25:18Jails.
25:19Jails.
25:19Susie.
25:20Sales.
25:21That's it.
25:22That is me.
25:23Nothing else.
25:24Really horrible.
25:25Four jailbirds there.
25:2757 to 54.
25:29Susie.
25:29It's time.
25:31It's Susie's origins of words.
25:33Well, John and I have been talking about his being in pantomime regularly every year.
25:38So I've got a bit of a theatrical story for you today.
25:41And it was prompted by Jane Burnstone, who emailed in and said, I heard someone use the expression, oh, that
25:46old chestnut today.
25:48Is this anything to do with the horse chestnut tree?
25:51And it is, in fact, but probably not in the way you might expect.
25:54The story itself turns out to be a bit of an old chestnut, actually.
25:58The story goes like this.
25:59In 1816, there was a melodrama called Broken Sword, which was playing at the Royal Covent Garden Theatre in London.
26:08And the play contained this exchange.
26:11One character says, I entered the wood at collars when suddenly from the thick boughs of a cork tree and
26:16another character jumps up and says, a chestnut, Captain, a chestnut.
26:20Captain, this is the 27th time I have heard you relate this story.
26:23And you always said a chestnut tree till now.
26:26Now, the play was actually panned by the critics, so they didn't like it, but it was a success nonetheless.
26:31And it eventually toured right across Britain and into the USA as well.
26:36So the story probably spread a little bit.
26:40It was one of the most famous lines from the play.
26:42So we know this to be true.
26:44But the next bit perhaps takes a bit of a leap of imagination, because a few decades later, in America,
26:51people started to use old chestnut in the way that we use it today.
26:54It's a hoary old tale that probably had no basis in truth whatsoever.
26:58And the Ohio newspaper called The Daily Herald explained it in this way.
27:04He said that the man who played the character who had been talking about the cork tree or the chestnut
27:10tree, William Warren, was at a stag dinner.
27:13And one of the other guests was telling a completely unbelievable tall tale, fishy tale.
27:18And because he'd been in the play, because the other characters knew the play, the line from the play seemed
27:24totally appropriate.
27:26So he said, I've heard you tell this tale 27 times.
27:30That's an old chestnut.
27:33The play was 80 years old by this time.
27:35And it's quite possible that this wasn't exactly the event that prompted it.
27:40It may be a case of Chinese whispers, but we do know that the line was in the play.
27:44And it's our best bet as to how that then was suddenly propelled into the language across America and eventually
27:49came over to Britain.
27:50As I say, a bit of a shaggy dogtale, possibly.
27:53And that's another story.
27:54But that's our best bet.
27:56Very good.
27:56Well done.
28:01Well done.
28:03A little chestnut.
28:0457 to 54.
28:07Johnna.
28:08Consonant, please, Rachel.
28:10Thank you, Johnna.
28:11R.
28:13A vowel.
28:14O.
28:15A consonant.
28:17V.
28:18Consonant.
28:19B.
28:20A vowel.
28:22A.
28:23A consonant.
28:24B.
28:25A vowel.
28:27E.
28:28A consonant.
28:29M.
28:31And a final consonant, please.
28:33And a final D.
28:35Stand by.
28:36A vowel.
28:37A vowel.
28:52A vowel.
28:53A vowel.
28:53A vowel.
28:53A vowel.
29:01A vowel.
29:04A vowel.
29:07Jono?
29:07Seven.
29:08A seven.
29:09Just a six.
29:10And your six?
29:11Bomber.
29:12Bomber and?
29:13Bromade.
29:15Bromade.
29:16Instead of brain, bromide.
29:19Yeah.
29:19You never know with these chemical terms.
29:21Bromate is in there, but not bromade, I'm afraid, Jono.
29:24Sorry.
29:25No.
29:25Mmm, costly.
29:27Costly, you've lost your lead now.
29:29Rick on 60.
29:31Jono, 57.
29:32As we turn to Jon.
29:34Yes, adverb.
29:37Excellent.
29:38Is that in there?
29:38Yes.
29:39It is, isn't it?
29:40It's pretty good.
29:41Adverb.
29:41Well, there's a slightly nice but unusual eight there.
29:45Bombard, with an E at the end.
29:48And that was a wind instrument, a full run of the oboe, used in medieval bands.
29:53I like that.
29:54Bombard.
29:56Frenchman.
29:57Yeah.
29:58Yeah.
29:59So bombarding somebody, is it related?
30:03Because that was it, bombard was an early form of cannon, so perhaps the noise was quite
30:07similar.
30:08Never know.
30:09Never mind.
30:10Anyway, Rick has snatched the three-point lead, and it's Rick's letters game.
30:15Consonant, please.
30:17Thank you, Rick.
30:18G.
30:19And another.
30:21F.
30:22And another.
30:24G.
30:25And a vowel, please.
30:27O.
30:27And another.
30:28E.
30:30And another.
30:31O.
30:33A consonant.
30:35N.
30:36A consonant.
30:38P.
30:41And a final vowel.
30:42And a final E.
30:45Stand by.
30:46A consonant.
30:50A consonant.
30:51A consonant.
30:59A consonant.
31:02A consonant.
31:03A consonant.
31:03A consonant.
31:03A consonant.
31:03A consonant.
31:03A consonant.
31:03A consonant.
31:16Rick? Just a four.
31:19Now then, Jono. Just a four.
31:22Rick? Goof.
31:24And? Open.
31:26And open. Can we get beyond four, please?
31:29Well, I can get beyond four by being a goon.
31:35Yes. Eccles version, of course.
31:38We've got something called a pongee.
31:41Yes. G-O-N-G-E-E.
31:44It's a soft type of Chinese fabric,
31:47originally made from threads of raw silk.
31:51A pongee. Yes.
31:52And thank you for that, Jon.
31:5464 to 61.
31:55And now, Jono, it's the final numbers game. Good luck.
31:58Can I have one large and five from anywhere else, please, Rachel?
32:00You can, indeed. Thank you, Jono.
32:02One large, five, little to finish the day.
32:04And these little ones are four, one, seven, three and nine.
32:11And the big one, 50.
32:13And your target, 648.
32:16Six, four, eight.
32:18Six, four, eight.
32:18Six, four, eight.
32:21Six, four, eight.
32:28Six, four, eight.
32:37Six, four, eight.
32:37Six, four, eight.
32:37Six, four, eight.
32:37Six, four, eight.
32:37Six, four, eight.
32:38Six, four, eight.
32:38Six, four, eight.
32:38Six, four, eight.
32:40Six, four, eight.
32:47Mmm. Jono?
32:486, 4, 8. Thank you. Rick?
32:506, 4, 8. Now then, Jono?
32:529 plus 4 is 13. 13.
32:55Times a 50. 6, 50.
32:573 minus 1 is 2. Yep.
33:006, 4, 8. Lovely. Thank you. And?
33:03Just the same. There we go.
33:06Well done.
33:08APPLAUSE
33:12You are now confronted with a crucial countdown conundrum.
33:16So good luck to you both.
33:18Let's have your fingers on buzzers
33:19and let's roll today's crucial countdown conundrum.
33:24BELL RINGS
33:28Rick?
33:29A company.
33:30Yeah. Now then, let's see whether you're right.
33:33I think Jono agrees with you.
33:37Here we go. Well done.
33:39APPLAUSE
33:44Well done.
33:45Well done. Well done, Rick.
33:46I think Jono was a millisecond behind you, yes?
33:49I could hear you sort of tiny squeal.
33:51Yes.
33:52Gold squeal.
33:53So, listen, thanks for coming, Jono. You did very well.
33:56You're leading and then he took it away from you.
33:59So you take this goodie bag back to Nun Eaton with you
34:02and your great work for the fraud prevention company.
34:06You stamp on those people.
34:08Absolutely.
34:08They're wicked people.
34:09We'll keep trying.
34:10You do it.
34:10Thank you very much.
34:11Well done. Well done.
34:12And we shall see you tomorrow.
34:13Well done, Rick.
34:14Excellent.
34:14Good game.
34:15Brilliant.
34:16And we shall see you both tomorrow.
34:18Jon?
34:18Lovely.
34:18See you tomorrow.
34:19See you tomorrow, Nick.
34:20Susie.
34:21And Rachel, of course.
34:22See you then.
34:23All right.
34:23Same time, same place.
34:24You'll be sure of it.
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