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00:00Thank you
00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio and the second champion of Champions semi-final.
00:37Just one place left. One contestant will be flying into the final tomorrow and the other sadly will be flying
00:44home.
00:45Flying, why flying? Because today marks the 40th anniversary of Concorde going into commercial service.
00:52And what a wonderful, beautiful, brilliant aircraft it was.
00:56And of course it came out of service way back in 2003.
01:00But another form of transport that once was the future and then went into the past may well come back.
01:05And I talk of course about the hovercraft.
01:08I think invented by a chap called Christopher Cockrell who really started off with something crazy looking thing called the
01:15Flying Bedstead.
01:16Oh right.
01:17And it was the sort of prototype of the hovercraft and then they put a skirt on it and it
01:21became the hovercraft.
01:22And I remember travelling by hovercraft. They used to run cross-channel trips.
01:27You could drive your car into this hovercraft and there would be four big engines and it would make a
01:31hell of a noise and take you across the channel.
01:33But they're coming back because they've got powerful electric motors that are, you know, quiet.
01:39The old ones were terribly noisy.
01:42So that would be wonderful.
01:44Now what sort of...
01:45I've not seen one like that but I've been on...
01:46Is it the same kind of thing, you know, they have in the Everglades?
01:49Yes.
01:49Oh yeah, I've been on one of those where you go and you see the crocs or the alligators or
01:53whatever there is over there.
01:54There's something terrifying about a crocodile, isn't there?
01:57It's such a wonderful machine.
01:58That is my recurring bad dream. Crocodiles being chased by them, yeah.
02:02Yeah.
02:03No, I'm firmly in the hovercraft.
02:05I'm with you in that dream.
02:07Now, will we have a dream today or will we have a nightmare at the end of it?
02:11Let's see.
02:12It's Jen Stedman versus Dan McCollum.
02:15Cool Dan.
02:16Here to face the final is Jen stormed through the rounds in the series,
02:21beating Callum Todd in the quarterfinals.
02:24And Dan, cool Dan we call him, battling it out.
02:28Playing, I think, Mark Murray and beating Mark Murray 112-99.
02:33Is that right?
02:33Yeah, that's right.
02:34Let's hope that we have an absolutely blistering semi-final here today.
02:38Good luck to you both.
02:39Big round of applause for two very worthy contestants.
02:45And in the corner, of course, Susie and Naga Manchetti back again
02:50come to us from the BBC studio.
02:53Looking as fresh as Daisy, even though she was up at two in the morning.
02:57A little bit later than that, but early.
02:58And a good player too.
03:00Well done.
03:00I've enjoyed it.
03:01Enjoying it.
03:02Excellent.
03:03Now, Jen Stedman.
03:05How about the letters came from you?
03:07Can I start with a consonant, please?
03:08Thank you, Jen.
03:09And start today with H.
03:11And another.
03:13R.
03:14And another.
03:16P.
03:17And another.
03:19T.
03:20And a vowel.
03:22U.
03:24And another.
03:25O.
03:26And another.
03:28A.
03:30And another.
03:32I.
03:34And a final vowel, please.
03:38And a final.
03:39E.
03:40And here's the countdown clock.
03:58And a final vowel, please.
03:59And a final vowel, please.
03:59And a vowel, please.
03:59And a vowel, please.
03:59And a vowel, please.
03:59And a vowel, please.
04:01And a vowel, please.
04:01And a vowel, please.
04:01And a vowel, please.
04:02And a vowel, please.
04:02And a vowel, please.
04:02And a vowel, please.
04:03And a vowel, please.
04:13Yes, Jen?
04:14I think I've got an eight.
04:16An eight?
04:17Yeah, I've got an eight as well.
04:18Two eights, Jen?
04:19Euphoria.
04:20And Dan?
04:22Thyouria.
04:23Can you spell that before me, Dan?
04:25T-H-I-O-U-R-E-A.
04:29I can tell that that doesn't trip lightly off my tongue.
04:32It's from chemistry, that's probably why.
04:36Yes, thyoria is a synthetic crystalline compound used in photography
04:39and the manufacture of synthetic resins.
04:42Very, very good.
04:45Well done, Dan.
04:47Now, in the corner, Naga?
04:49Nothing from me.
04:51Susie?
04:52Poutier is an alternative for seven.
04:55Poutier?
04:56A poutier pout?
04:57Yes.
04:57All right.
04:58Eight apiece.
04:59Now then, Dan, your letters game.
05:02Can I start with a consonant, please, Rachel?
05:04Thank you, Dan.
05:05L.
05:06Continent.
05:08D.
05:09A consonant.
05:11C.
05:12Vowel.
05:14O.
05:15Vowel.
05:17I.
05:18Another vowel, please.
05:20U.
05:22A consonant.
05:24L.
05:26A vowel.
05:29A.
05:31And finish with a vowel, please.
05:33And finish with I.
05:36Tantan.
05:37For the sake of therett's, I think.
05:46I don't know.
05:46I'm not can cover.
05:47I do.
05:50First of all, you can fry back.
05:50Can you?
05:54Number Claro.
05:54The thing?
06:03Do you?
06:05Come on.
06:05I don't know.
06:05I do.
06:05I do.
06:06I do.
06:07Well done.
06:08Just five.
06:09A five, Jen?
06:10I'll stick with five, too, then.
06:13Yes, Jen?
06:13A doula.
06:15Jen?
06:16A cloud.
06:17And a cloud.
06:18Can we do better than that?
06:19Naga?
06:20No, I've got cloud as well.
06:22I have doula, yes, woman who gives support, help and advice to another woman during pregnancy.
06:26Local is another one.
06:27But, Jen, what were you going to go for?
06:29A lodic?
06:30Like a lull.
06:31No, a lodia is there, but not a lodic.
06:33OK.
06:34Very good.
06:34Well done.
06:34Come 13 apiece, and it's numbers time.
06:37Time for Rachel and Jen.
06:40Can I have six more, please?
06:41You can, indeed.
06:42Thank you, Jen.
06:43Six little ones, and see if anyone can break away at this early stage.
06:47The first numbers game is two, seven, ten, six, four, and another two.
06:55And the target, 329.
06:57Three, two, nine.
06:58We'll see you next time, Saturday.
07:03See you.
07:03Here it is.
07:12We will be right.
07:12Let's be there now.
07:16It's a great deal.
07:21Always good.
07:21Have a bit.
07:21We'll see you.
07:22Put your back in because of being .
07:27One.
07:27I can address this thing.
07:30Yes, Jen?
07:31Yeah, 329.
07:32And Dan?
07:33329, thank you.
07:35Yes, Jen?
07:356 plus 2 is 8.
07:376 plus 2, 8.
07:38Times 4 is 32.
07:4132.
07:41Times 10.
07:42320.
07:43And add the 7 and 2.
07:45329, the other 2, yeah.
07:47And Dan?
07:47Same way.
07:48There we go.
07:50All right.
07:53Not so tricky.
07:56Let's have a tea time teaser,
07:58which is drip-a-lot.
08:00And the clue, it's about 3 feet,
08:02but not about measurements.
08:04It's about 3 feet,
08:05but not about measurements.
08:21Welcome back.
08:21I left you with a clue.
08:23It's about 3 feet,
08:24but not about measurements.
08:26And the answer is tripodal.
08:29This is 3 legs, 3 feet?
08:31Absolutely, yes.
08:32The adjective coming from tripod.
08:34Yep.
08:35Yep.
08:353-legged.
08:36All right.
08:3623 points apiece,
08:38and Dan,
08:39cool down.
08:40Cool down,
08:41McCollum.
08:41Letters.
08:43Can I have a consonant, please?
08:44Thank you, cool down.
08:47Another one.
08:49One more, please.
08:53D.
08:54A vowel.
08:56E.
08:57Another vowel.
08:59A.
09:01One more vowel.
09:03O.
09:05A consonant.
09:07T.
09:08A vowel.
09:11U.
09:12U.
09:14And finish with a consonant, please.
09:16And finish with G.
09:18Can't, can't.
09:19One more, please.
09:49Yes, and nine and nine nine
09:54Chuck's out rain and ranged out range Jen also out range. All right
10:08Peace and over in the corner Susie and naga naga anything there. I
10:14Got nine. Yes under toga
10:20I
10:20See the same as under a kilt
10:22Exactly. I'll leave it to your imagination
10:26And Susie no I'm outraged here as well to have a greater range than normally the gun
10:31Well done all right 41 apiece as I say and Jen it's your letters game Jen start with a consonant
10:37please Rachel
10:38Thank you Jen ah and another
10:42Zed and another
10:45S and another
10:49R and a vowel
10:51Oh
10:52And another
10:54E and another
10:56A
10:59And a consonant
11:03P
11:05And a final
11:07O
11:09Consonant these and a final H
11:11Countdown
11:16We're gonna do it
11:16The
11:17Is
11:17To
11:17To
11:17To
11:17To
11:17Do
11:17And a
11:17To
11:43Yes, Jen?
11:44Seven.
11:44A seven down.
11:46I'll try a seven, then.
11:48All right.
11:48Jen?
11:49Sharper.
11:50And?
11:51Fraser.
11:52Yes, Fraser.
11:53A divisor or user of especially distinctive or striking phrases.
11:58And what have we got?
11:59I had phrase and I had raises, but I didn't quite get Fraser.
12:03Fraser, no.
12:04It's an unusual word, really, not that you'd use it too often in a day.
12:08All right, 48 points apiece.
12:10Now then, Dan, numbers time.
12:12Can I go full out, please, Rachel?
12:14You can.
12:14Thank you, Dan.
12:15Four from the top and two little.
12:17And attempt number two to separate you two with the numbers.
12:19And this attempt is five and nine.
12:22And then four, 25, 50, 75, 100.
12:27Nicely in order.
12:28And the target, 285.
12:30Two, eight, five.
12:32And another.
12:38Definitely ain't a hoch.
12:45And another.
12:46The connect with me.
12:46And another.
12:47Yeah, yeah.
12:47Yeah.
12:47And another.
12:50Yeah, yeah.
12:50Yeah, yeah.
12:50Yeah, yeah.
12:52Yeah, yeah, yeah.
12:54Yeah, yeah.
12:54Yeah.
12:55Yeah, yeah.
12:57Yeah, yeah.
13:03Yes, Dan?
13:04Yep, 285.
13:05And Jen?
13:05Yep, 285.
13:06So, Dan, first of all.
13:08OK, I did 100, take away 5.
13:10100 minus 5, 95.
13:12Then 75 over 25 is 3.
13:14Yep.
13:15Then multiply them together.
13:15Keep it simple, 285, lovely.
13:17There we go.
13:18And Jen?
13:18Yeah, same.
13:19Same way.
13:20Yeah, well done.
13:21Well done, all right.
13:25So, sticking Paul loosely together, 58 apiece.
13:28We've got a contest and a half on our hands here.
13:31Let's turn to Naga.
13:33Naga, news reading in these troubled times can be a very serious job, really.
13:38Absolutely.
13:38But occasionally, occasionally, you have a little giggle, I'm told.
13:43You know, it took me a very long time to allow myself to giggle during a news programme.
13:50And there obviously is a time and a place.
13:53So, we had Charles Aznavour on the programme, 91 years old, and he was sitting next to us.
13:58And we were just about to interview him.
14:01And we came in from what's called a wide shot.
14:02You see us talking.
14:04And Charlie leant over to me and said, oh, he's got his mobile phone on.
14:08And it was just as our microphones were being brought up.
14:11So, I said to him, oh, you've just caught us.
14:12Said to the audience, you've just caught us.
14:14You've got your mobile phone with you.
14:16And he went, no, this is the device to control my hearing aid.
14:20And I turned to Charlie and went, thinking I wasn't on camera.
14:26But everyone saw it.
14:26And you hear the laughing.
14:28And you've done something so, which seemed so awful to everyone else, but it was so innocent.
14:32And the other time, so I felt really bad then.
14:35But the other time was we challenged Steph, who looks after all the business news, the financial news, to carve
14:39a pumpkin, obviously around Halloween.
14:42And she did.
14:43She did.
14:43She carved this amazing pumpkin in an hour.
14:45She brought it in.
14:46And she showed us.
14:47And we were telling her how wonderful it was.
14:49And she said, oh, my fingers smell now of pumpkin.
14:52And Charlie went, well, it could be worse.
14:54And I just found it so funny.
14:56And I couldn't stop laughing.
14:58And so anyone else was like, it's not that funny.
15:00But I just kept laughing and laughing and laughing.
15:01And they had to take over the next bit.
15:03So, it happens and it catches you at the weirdest of times.
15:07Brilliant.
15:07Well, lovely story.
15:08Let me just tell you, you had Charles Aznavour there.
15:10And the sort of the daddy of Countdown, who brought Countdown to this country from France, a chap called Marcel
15:17Stelman,
15:18who used to make, or indeed who used to arrange, Charles Aznavour's songs in English.
15:24Am I right, Susie?
15:24Yes, you are.
15:25Yeah?
15:25Yeah.
15:26We love him a lot.
15:26He's a wonderful man.
15:28Absolutely.
15:28Brilliant stuff.
15:29Lovely stuff.
15:30Well done.
15:30Well done.
15:34Well done.
15:35Now then, serious business here.
15:3858 points apiece.
15:39Nobody's broken anybody else.
15:41It's Jen's letters game.
15:42Let's see how she'll do.
15:44A consonant, please, Rachel.
15:46Thank you, Jen.
15:47R.
15:47And another.
15:50M.
15:50And another.
15:53N.
15:53And another.
15:55S.
15:56And a vowel.
15:58O.
15:59And another.
16:00A.
16:01And another.
16:03E.
16:05And another.
16:08I.
16:09And a final consonant, please.
16:11And the last one.
16:12R.
16:13Countdown.
16:14And then another.
16:17R.
16:17And the letter.
16:23invades.
16:24OK, I'm fine.
16:28I'm fine.
16:30And another.
16:34Bye.
16:35Bye.
16:45Yes, Jen?
16:46Eight.
16:47An eight, Dan.
16:49Nine.
16:49And a nine.
16:51Will this be the break point?
16:53Jen?
16:53Roman eyes.
16:55Dan McComb?
16:56A rosemarine.
16:58Rosemarine.
17:02Absolutely brilliant, yes.
17:04Yes, an old term for rosemary, or poetically, it's the dew at sea or sea spray.
17:09Gorgeous.
17:10Really, well done.
17:14Well done, well done.
17:17And in the corner, naga, Susie?
17:19Nothing as impressive for me.
17:21Started with romans and evolved to romaines, but not a nine, that was an eight.
17:26Well done.
17:27Susie, anything else?
17:28Romains being the cos lettuce, of course.
17:30But no, absolutely excellent.
17:31Well done, Dan.
17:32Very good.
17:3376 plays 58, and we turn now to Dan.
17:38Next letters game, Dan.
17:39Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
17:40Thank you, Dan.
17:41Q.
17:43Consonant.
17:45N.
17:46Another consonant, please.
17:48D.
17:50One more.
17:51S.
17:53A.
17:54A vowel, please.
17:55A.
17:56Another vowel.
17:58U.
18:00A vowel, please.
18:02I.
18:05Consonant.
18:07B.
18:09And a final vowel, please.
18:11A vowel, please.
18:12And a final A.
18:14Tantan.
18:16Tantan.
18:47Yes.
18:48I'll try seven.
18:49Thank you, Dan.
18:50And?
18:51I'll stick with seven, then.
18:53Yep.
18:54Indaba's.
18:56Jan?
18:56Same one.
18:57Yes.
18:58Naga and Susie?
18:59Indaba's excellent South African term for discussions or conferences, or indeed one's own concerns.
19:06Very, very good.
19:07Well done.
19:09All right.
19:11And what offerings in the corner?
19:13Naga and Susie?
19:15Squid.
19:16Squid?
19:17All right.
19:18A nice little squid.
19:19And Susie?
19:21Yeah, down to fives, have those queens, bands, but great to get a South African term in there,
19:25yep.
19:26Indeed.
19:2765 plays, downs 83.
19:30And we're with the numbers now and Jen.
19:33Jen?
19:34Six more, please.
19:35Another six more.
19:36We can't gamble any more than that.
19:37Thank you, Jen.
19:38Six little ones coming up for you.
19:40Hope it's a tricky one.
19:41And they are one, three, five, ten, nine, and two.
19:49And the target, 346.
19:52Three, four, six.
20:08Three, four, six.
20:23Yes, Jen?
20:24Yeah, I think I've got three, four, six.
20:26Three, four, six.
20:27Dan?
20:27Yeah, three, four, six as well.
20:28Jen?
20:30Okay, nine times ten is 90.
20:33Yep, 90.
20:34Minus three is 87.
20:36Minus three, 87.
20:37Five minus one is four.
20:39Yep.
20:40Multiply them together.
20:41Minus two.
20:42148.
20:43Three, four, six.
20:44Perfect.
20:45Very good.
20:46And Dan?
20:47I did nine minus two.
20:49Nine minus two is seven.
20:50Times five.
20:5135.
20:52Times ten.
20:52Three hundred and fifty.
20:54And then three plus one gives you the four to take off.
20:57Well done.
20:57Perfect.
20:58Very good.
21:02Very good.
21:04Let's have our second tea time teaser of the day.
21:06It's Penn Smith.
21:08And the clue, the container of goods has arrived at the dock.
21:11The container of goods has arrived at the dock.
21:30And the answer is shipment.
21:37The shipment has arrived.
21:39Shipment.
21:4075 plays Dan's 93.
21:43And it's Dan's letters game now.
21:45Dan?
21:46Can I have a consonant please, Rachel?
21:47Thank you, Dan.
21:48S.
21:49Consonant.
21:50C.
21:51Consonant.
21:53F.
21:54And the vowel please.
21:56O.
21:58Vowel.
21:59E.
22:00A vowel.
22:02I.
22:03A consonant please.
22:06T.
22:07Consonant.
22:09N.
22:12And a final consonant please.
22:15And a final L.
22:18Stand by.
22:50Yes, Dan.
22:51Eight.
22:52And eight.
22:53And Jen?
22:55Uh, stick with eight.
22:57All right.
22:58Dan?
22:58In flex.
22:59And Jen?
23:00Flexion.
23:02Flexion.
23:03Flexion, yes.
23:04It is another spelling of flexion with the F-L-E-X.
23:09Jen's spelling it with the C-T.
23:11And it's the action of bending, or the condition of being bent, the limb or joint.
23:16And Jen was absolutely right not to put the S on it, because it's a mass now.
23:20Well done.
23:24Well done.
23:25Now, what of the corner?
23:28Naga?
23:29Couldn't beat Dan.
23:30I was one step behind.
23:31I had infects rather than inflects.
23:34Oh.
23:34Well done.
23:35Okay.
23:35Susie?
23:36Uh, flexion here as well, but otherwise you can have section or confit.
23:40Uh, very sevens there.
23:42Very good.
23:42Otherwise.
23:43Well done.
23:43All right.
23:44101 plays 83.
23:45And Jen, it's your letters game.
23:48Jen?
23:49Uh, consonant, please.
23:50Thank you, Jen.
23:51N.
23:52And another.
23:54M.
23:55And another.
23:57T.
23:58And another.
24:01R.
24:02And another.
24:04L.
24:06And a vowel.
24:08E.
24:09And another.
24:11A.
24:12And another.
24:14O.
24:16Um, and a final...
24:21Mm...
24:22Consonant, please.
24:23And a final M.
24:26And the countdown clock starts now.
24:29And a final M.
24:57And a final M.
24:58And a final M.
24:58well Jen I will try an 8 thank you your face does not portray confidence there
25:11cool down I'm gonna stick with a 7 I think and your 7 and remember now then
25:18Jen I don't think it's a word but it's sick an L on the end momental momental
25:23you'll be surprised Jen it's in
25:35momentum dams momentum is a plural of momentum and momentum is something
25:39entirely different it's to do with statistics and it's all about random
25:42variables absolutely brilliant mother no naga no mantle was the best I could come
25:48up with all right and Susie anything there actually my mental so yes as we're
25:53Jen on that one mother all right very good now Susie take the pressure off from
25:59just for a second with your wonderful origins of words I thought I would talk
26:03today about a few idioms where you would imagine that they would just be
26:07figurative metaphorical but in fact they do have very literal beginnings and start
26:11with burying the hatchet to bury the hatchet is to be reconciled and to
26:16declare peace if you like between two warring parties she goes back to a
26:20Native American custom where they literally did literally bury a hatchet or
26:25a tomahawk in the ground and that would be their declaration of peace and to
26:29signal the laying down of arms between two warring factions stealing someone's
26:34thunder always my favorite really does go back to a real thunder machine invented by
26:40the playwright and actor manager John Dennis he did invent a machine it produced the
26:45sound of thunder his play closed early because there were poor audience
26:50attendances but in fact the production that came after him stole his thunder
26:55machine and used it and he apparently was in the audience stood up and said by
26:58job they've stolen my thunder they're very very literal which I quite like and the
27:04phrase in a nutshell as well again it conveys very nicely the idea of something
27:08being very pithy and concise but the Roman scholar Pliny describes Cicero the
27:14philosopher witnessing a copy of homer's epic poem the Iliad they've been
27:19written on a piece of parchment so small that it could fit into the shell of a
27:23wal-mutt
27:30101 plays 91 and down the run-in penultimate letters game can I start the
27:36continent please thank you Dan V consonant S continent G vowel E vowel U one more vowel please I
27:53consonant D vowel E and finish with a continent please and finish with N
28:061 count time
28:070
28:080
28:100
28:190
28:200
28:220
28:240
28:260
28:260
28:270
28:280
28:280
28:280
28:300
28:300
28:39Yes, Dan. I'll try an eight.
28:41Jen?
28:42Might as well try an eight.
28:44All right, Dan.
28:45Geniused.
28:46Geniused.
28:48Unseaved.
28:49Unseaved?
28:50Yeah.
28:51Geniused, surprisingly, is in.
28:54To be genius is to be endowed with natural ability or genius.
29:00Unseaved, which you would think would be the more likely one, is not there, Jen.
29:04I'm sorry.
29:05Oh, bad luck.
29:06Bad luck.
29:07109 therefore plays 91 as we turn once again to the corner.
29:12Now then.
29:13ING was the thing we picked up on there.
29:16Yeah.
29:16Seeding, didn't we?
29:17Seeding, yes.
29:18Otherwise, six is seed, segue guides, that sort of thing.
29:21Segway, it's a great word.
29:23It's good if you can get one as well.
29:24All right.
29:25There we go.
29:26Ninety-one plays 109, and Jen, final letters came for you.
29:30A contestant, please.
29:31Thank you, Jen.
29:32P.
29:33And another.
29:35T.
29:36And another.
29:38Y.
29:40And another.
29:43P.
29:44And another.
29:46T.
29:49And a final vowel, please.
30:05And the last one.
30:06E.
30:07Countdown.
30:08Oh, my God.
30:39Now then, Jen.
30:41Just six.
30:42A six, and done?
30:43Yeah, six as well.
30:44And a six.
30:44Jen?
30:45Teapoy.
30:46Teapoy and?
30:47Teapot.
30:48And teapot.
30:50Yes, teapoy is a three-legged stand on which you might put your pot of tea.
30:55Teapot, excellent, of course.
30:56We love that one.
30:57And you can have tappets in a car engine.
31:00You can have it in singular or plural.
31:02Moving parts in a machine which transmits motion in a straight line between a cam and another part.
31:07Does that sound right?
31:08Yes.
31:09There you go.
31:09Tappets.
31:10You can hear them sometimes when you shouldn't.
31:13OK.
31:14My tappets are making a terrible noise.
31:17So 115 plays 97, and Dan, final numbers game.
31:20I'll stick with one large, I think, Rachel.
31:22I thought you might.
31:23Sticking with one large to try and secure a place in the final.
31:26Thank you, Dan.
31:26One large, five small, but Jen still has a shot.
31:29My last numbers game of the day is one, seven, two, four, ten, and the big one, 75.
31:36And the target, 202.
31:39202.
31:40No higher.
31:56No...
32:08No more.
32:10No.
32:10Dan? Yeah I think I've got 202. Jen? Yeah 202. Alright. Dan? Okay 75 take 2. 75 minus 2 is
32:1973. 4 take 1. 4 take 1 is 3. Multiply. 4, 219. And take 10, take 7. And then 10
32:28in the 7 you haven't used for 202. Well done. Well done. And Jen? A different way. 75 minus 10.
32:3465. 2 plus 1 is 3. 2 plus 1 is 3. Multiply them.
32:39195. And add the 7. Well done again. 202. Very good. Alright. So 125 plays Jen's 107 as we reach
32:52the final round. So Jen and Kuldan, things won't buzz us. Let's reveal today's countdown conundrum in this semi-final.
33:06Jen? Tin-plated.
33:09Let's see whether you're right. Roll it. Tin-plated. Roll it.
33:20Well done Jen. Well done.
33:23On this occasion Dan, Kuldan McCollum, is propelled into the grand final. Well done indeed.
33:31I don't think Kuld describes me accurately in that last numbers round.
33:34No. I noticed a little bit of sort of you know excitement there which disappointed me.
33:40And Jen's over there.
33:42What a charming, friendly, amusing contestant you've been. You've been tremendous.
33:46Take this home with you with our very best wishes. You've been a joy to have here. Wonderful. Well done.
33:54So tomorrow we have the final.
33:56It's exciting.
33:57Yes. We have the final. We'll see you tomorrow Naga and Susie too.
34:01Thanks, Wife.
34:02What do you reckon?
34:03Oh, what a great contest.
34:04Wasn't it lovely?
34:04They even got the same amount of letters but the nine was worth more than the conundrum.
34:07So very bad luck Jen but I think you were very popular as shown by the audience.
34:10Yes. Yes. And I can see one. Wonderful.
34:13See you tomorrow.
34:14See you tomorrow for the final.
34:15Well, same time, same place. You'll be sure of it. You'll be absolutely sure of it.
34:19Set your alarm clock.
34:21If you're planning an afternoon doze.
34:24You'll be sure of it. Good afternoon.
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