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00:30Well, good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:33Now, did you know that tomorrow is recognised as World Chocolate Day?
00:38All around the world, presumably something instigated by those who make chocolate, I imagine.
00:43It coincides, allegedly, with the introduction of chocolate to Europe,
00:47although the exact date of that is actually debatable.
00:49It was consumed as a drink for many, many years after Hernán Cortés, the conquistador,
00:55came back from his visit to the Aztecs.
00:58And when I say visit to the Aztecs, I actually blew in with an army and a lot of horses.
01:04They didn't have horses in South America in those days.
01:06Together with lots of diseases, beat the Aztecs up and brought the chocolate back.
01:10So it was hardly a visit to the Aztecs, was it?
01:13No, it was more of a sort of a conquest of the Aztecs.
01:15And it wasn't until 1847 that the first chocolate bar appeared and was snaffled by the first bar.
01:24You like it? Are you a chocoholic?
01:26I don't think I know a woman who doesn't.
01:29Yeah, have you had the Spanish hot chocolate is the best? Have you had that?
01:33No.
01:34Oh, it's just like liquid chocolate. It's really thick.
01:37Well, tell me this.
01:39Is that because it's real, proper chocolate rather than some of the substitutes that were offered?
01:45I don't know what their secret is, but Spanish hot chocolate, especially Barcelona,
01:49and they dip the churros, the kind of doughnutty things.
01:52I don't tend to have those, but the hot chocolate can't beat proper cocoa chocolate.
01:56Good chocolate.
01:56You're right. I love it, actually. I love it.
01:58And good chocolate beats, you know, run-of-the-mill chocolate hands down, doesn't it?
02:04Yeah, beats all the sugary stuff.
02:05Proper stuff, absolutely.
02:07Brilliant. Now, we have with us Andrew.
02:12Afternoon.
02:12Good afternoon to you. You've put on a special shirt because today you're going for the Octo Champ.
02:19We'll give it a go.
02:19And your dad's in the audience.
02:21He is.
02:21Cheering you on.
02:22Indeed.
02:22Brilliant. Well done.
02:23Thank you very much.
02:24And you're joined today by Podrick, Podrick Ryan, an advertising planner,
02:28originally from Ireland, from County Meath.
02:30Yep.
02:31Meath of the Pastures, great grass in Meath.
02:34Cattle country.
02:35Cattle country.
02:36Yeah, very green.
02:36Yeah.
02:37And now you live in London, and for some strange reason,
02:40which you're now going to explain to the nation,
02:42you have a phobia of sponges.
02:45Why?
02:46Well, not a phobia. I'm not scared of sponges.
02:48It says phobia here, mate.
02:49Well, it's more, I just can't touch sponges.
02:51The thing is, it's not a big problem,
02:54because you don't sort of run into them in the street.
02:56No, but now people know that.
02:57They kind of throw sponges at me.
03:00All right.
03:01Let's have a big round of applause for Podrick and Andrew.
03:07Wonderful.
03:07Over the corner, Susie, with, of course, the wonderful actress,
03:11great, great actress, Alison Steadman.
03:13So pleased to have you with us.
03:15Lovely to be here.
03:16And great stories so far.
03:17More this week, I'm sure.
03:18More today.
03:20Now, Andrew, come on.
03:22Good afternoon.
03:23Afternoon, Andrew.
03:24Start, as usual, with a consonant, please.
03:26Start today with G.
03:28And another, please.
03:30J.
03:32And a vowel.
03:34A.
03:35And a consonant.
03:37S.
03:39And a consonant.
03:41P.
03:42Vowel.
03:44I.
03:45Vowel.
03:47E.
03:48Consonant.
03:50T.
03:51And a final consonant, please.
03:53And a final D.
03:55And here's the countdown clock.
03:57significant Ensuitefeld.
03:58tarde.
04:02I.
04:20Marce.
04:21I.
04:21I.
04:22I.
04:25I.
04:27I.
04:27I.
04:27Andrew? Safe six. Safe six. Podrick? Yeah, six as well. Thank you. Andrew? Padgett's. And Podrick? Spited. Spited? Yes, absolutely
04:40fine. To spite somebody. Padgett's disease is in there, but not Padgett on its own, I'm afraid. Sorry.
04:47Good luck. Alison, have you got something for us? Adjusted. Yes, adjusted. Adjusted. A bit of a countdown word, this
04:57one. It's to take in and feed livestock in return for payment. So the dairy farmer adjusts lambs after the
05:04cows are housed for the winter. Oh, yeah, they could be grassland farmers, really. Yes. You put your horses with
05:10a bloke with grass. Exactly. That's exactly what you do. Very good. Well done, Podrick.
05:16And it's now your letters game. Hi, Rachel. Hi, Podrick. It's very exciting. Can I get a consonant, please? You
05:21can indeed. You can have a Y. And a vowel, please. O. And another. I. And a consonant. G. And
05:31another consonant. V. And another consonant. T. And a vowel. A. And a consonant. N.
05:45Another consonant, please. And the last one. D. Countdown.
06:20Yes, Podrick?
06:21Ricky, seven.
06:22Seven. Andrew?
06:24I'll stick with six.
06:26A six?
06:27Yeah.
06:28Voting.
06:29Now, Podrick?
06:31Ovating.
06:32Ovating.
06:33I think ovate might just be there as an adjective and not a verb.
06:40Yeah, having an oval outline or oval shape like an egg, but no verb, I'm afraid.
06:44Sorry.
06:45No problem.
06:45Bad luck.
06:46Bad luck.
06:47So it's six all.
06:48And over in the corner.
06:49What have we got?
06:51Well, we've got vanity.
06:53Yes.
06:55And toadying.
06:57Toadying.
06:58That's a good word, isn't it?
06:59It's very nice to act in a very obsequious way.
07:02Yeah, yeah.
07:02Toadie.
07:03Yeah, yeah.
07:04Yeah.
07:04Six all and Andrew's numbers game.
07:07Andrew?
07:08Same old, please.
07:09For old time's sake, two large.
07:10Thank you very much.
07:11And four little.
07:12Thank you, Andrew.
07:12Andrew, and the first numbers game today is nine, six, eight, nine, and 75, and 100.
07:21And the target, 471.
07:24471.
07:26And the target, 471, and the first numbers game today is nine, six, eight, nine, and the second numbers game
07:33today is nine, six, eight, nine, and the third numbers game today is nine, six, eight, nine, and the third
07:40numbers game today is nine, six, eight, nine, and the third numbers game today is nine, six, eight, nine, and
07:41the third numbers game today is nine, six, nine, and the third numbers game today is nine, six, nine, and
07:42the third numbers game today is nine, six, nine, and the third numbers game today is nine, six, nine, and
07:43the third numbers game today is nine, six, nine, and the third numbers game today is nine, six, nine, and
07:44the third numbers game today is nine, six, nine, and the third numbers game today is nine, six, nine, and
07:45the third numbers game today is nine, six, nine, and the third numbers game today is nine, six, nine, and
07:49the third numbers game today is nine,
07:55Andrew, four, seven, six, five away.
07:59Podrick?
08:00Four, six, eight, not written down.
08:01Four, six, eight, let's go with you.
08:05Um, 75 multiplied by six.
08:07450.
08:09Um, nine plus nine is 18.
08:11Yep.
08:12Add them together.
08:12Four, six, eight, three away.
08:14Three away.
08:15Now then, Rachel, help us.
08:18Um, I did find it.
08:19If you say 75 times six is 450,
08:24and then 100 plus eight, 108,
08:27divided by nine is 12.
08:29Add that one and add the other nine.
08:31Well done.
08:32Thank you, Rachel.
08:34As ever.
08:36Spot on, Podrick.
08:3813, Andrew on six.
08:40As we turn to our first tea time teaser,
08:42which is Halo Ring.
08:44And the clue, was this cat a lover from Liverpool?
08:47Was this cat a lover from Liverpool?
09:05Welcome back.
09:06I left you with a clue.
09:07Was this cat a lover from Liverpool?
09:09And the answer is long hair.
09:13Long hair.
09:15You remember the song, of course, by the Osmonds.
09:18Now then, Podrick on 13, Andrew on six,
09:20and it's Podrick's letters game.
09:23Can I have a vowel, please, Rachel?
09:25Thank you, Podrick.
09:26X.
09:27And a vowel.
09:27A vowel.
09:29O.
09:30And a consonant.
09:32N.
09:33And another consonant.
09:35W.
09:37And a vowel, please.
09:39E.
09:40And a consonant.
09:42P.
09:43And a consonant.
09:45S.
09:47A vowel, please.
09:49A.
09:50And a consonant.
09:51And the last one.
09:53Ah.
09:55Countdown.
09:56C format.
09:57C timestamp.
10:14C text.
10:15Are you going to say,
10:15About being a consonant.
10:15I need a vowel.
10:16I have a sovereign one.
10:16I have a vowel, right?
10:17That's the vowel.
10:17I have a vowel, right?
10:19I have a vowel.
10:19I have a vowel, right?
10:21Pop.
10:21Music
10:26Well, Podrick?
10:27Seven.
10:28Andrew?
10:29Seven.
10:30Podrick?
10:30Weapons.
10:31And?
10:32More weapons.
10:33There we go.
10:36Any weapons in the corner?
10:37Well, we had weapons, but we've also got Persona.
10:42Very good.
10:43Persona.
10:45Anything else, Izzy?
10:46No, that was our best for seven.
10:47That'll do.
10:4813 plays, Podrick's 20.
10:50Andrew, this is a little bit...
10:51Daunting.
10:52Letters go.
10:53Consonant, please.
10:54Thank you, Andrew.
10:55R.
10:56And a vowel.
10:58I.
10:59Consonant.
11:01M.
11:03Consonant.
11:05F.
11:06Vowel.
11:08A.
11:09Consonant.
11:11D.
11:14Vowel.
11:16U.
11:18Consonant.
11:21S.
11:22And a final consonant, please.
11:25And a final B.
11:28And here's the countdown clock.
11:29I.
11:30I.
11:44I.
11:45I.
11:58I.
11:59I.
12:01Andrew?
12:02Just a five.
12:03A five?
12:04Five as well.
12:05Two fives.
12:05Andrew?
12:06Farms.
12:07Podrick?
12:07Brims.
12:08And Brims.
12:09Alison, what have you been writing down there?
12:13Atriums.
12:15Ooh.
12:16Can you have the ums as opposed to the ahs?
12:19Yes.
12:20Purists would probably go for atrial, but you can now have atriums as well.
12:25Anything else?
12:25No, just that single seven.
12:27We'll stick with that then.
12:28Thank you very much.
12:3025 plays 18, and it's numbers.
12:32Now, Podrick, what do you like with numbers?
12:34Cool.
12:35Can I get four large, please, Victor?
12:36You can indeed.
12:38Four from the top and two little ones.
12:40And these two small ones are nine and three.
12:44And the four large, 25, 100, 75, and 50.
12:49And the target...
12:50Oh, no!
12:5230 seconds.
12:52200.
12:54200.
12:55Two zero zero.
13:27Yes, Podrick.
13:28Yeah, 200.
13:29Andrew?
13:30Yes, 200.
13:30Let's not waste too much time.
13:33100 plus 75 plus 25.
13:35I do.
13:36Oh, sorry, Andrew.
13:37Sorry.
13:38100 plus 75 plus 25.
13:40It's 200.
13:41Well done.
13:42All right.
13:43All right.
13:4428 plays.
13:45Podrick's 35, which is the important part here at the moment.
13:48As we turn to Alison.
13:50Alison, haven't touched a shopping bag, a plastic shopping bag, for five years.
13:56Yeah.
13:57Tell us.
13:58Well, as about five years ago, I read about a turtle was washed up in Mexico and it was dead
14:06and they couldn't understand why it had died.
14:08And they did an autopsy and found 287 carrier bags in its stomach.
14:14And this poor creature had starved and choked to death.
14:18When I read that, I thought enough is enough.
14:22I'm not going to use plastic bags anymore.
14:24And I campaign as much as I can to stop people using any kind of plastic.
14:31It's very hard.
14:32We're drowning in a sea of plastic as a society, as a world.
14:36I've just written down a fact here.
14:38Approximately 300 million tons of plastic are produced every year.
14:43And nearly half of this is used once and then thrown away.
14:50Our seas are full of plastic.
14:55Landfill is full of plastic.
14:57How long can this go on?
14:59We can't keep living the way we're living.
15:03Tests are being done on children in America now.
15:06And they're finding that children now are absorbing plastic into their bodies.
15:11We're all eating plastic, although we don't know it.
15:15Fish are full of plastic in their stomachs.
15:19And I discovered about six months ago that a lot of toothpastes now have microplastic beads in them.
15:29Toothpaste.
15:30We don't need this.
15:31And Greenpeace are campaigning to try and get the government to actually ban this, to say to companies, you cannot
15:39do this.
15:40It's totally unnecessary.
15:42Shower gels, face washes, a lot of them are full of microplastic beads.
15:48That end up in our rivers, end up in the seas, being ingested by fish, and in turn being ingested
15:56by us.
15:56And I just think it's, we cannot go on.
16:00It's got to stop.
16:01Quite right.
16:02Well, brave, a brave campaign.
16:05You keep going.
16:05You keep going.
16:10Thank you, Alison.
16:1235 plays at Andrew's 28.
16:14And now, Andrew, it's your letters game.
16:17A consonant, please.
16:18Thank you, Andrew.
16:19T.
16:20And another.
16:23D.
16:24And a third.
16:26T.
16:28A vowel.
16:29Vowel.
16:31Vowel.
16:32O.
16:33And a vowel.
16:35E.
16:36A consonant.
16:38P.
16:39A consonant.
16:42L.
16:43And a final consonant, please.
16:45And a final M.
16:47Stand by.
16:49OK.
17:19Andrew.
17:20A seven.
17:21A seven.
17:22And a seventh.
17:24Andrew.
17:24Plotted.
17:25Plotted.
17:26And Mr. Ryan.
17:27Same word.
17:27There we go.
17:28Yep.
17:30And the girls, Susie?
17:31Plotted and mottled is another seven there, Nick.
17:34Mottled.
17:3542 plays.
17:3635.
17:36And we turn to Podrick.
17:38Podrick.
17:39Letters game.
17:40A.
17:40Consonant, please.
17:43R.
17:43And a vowel.
17:45A.
17:45And another vowel.
17:47O.
17:48And a vowel.
17:50E.
17:51And a consonant.
17:53L.
17:54And another consonant.
17:55V.
17:56C.
17:57And another consonant.
17:58D.
18:00And a vowel.
18:02A.
18:04And a final consonant, please.
18:07And a final T.
18:09Stand by.
18:10B.
18:11L.
18:12And a vowel.
18:28B.
18:33Thanks.
18:34Bye.
18:35Bye.
18:36Bye.
18:38Bye.
18:41Pawdrick?
18:42Er, six.
18:43A six. Andrew?
18:45Seven.
18:46Pawdrick?
18:47Trouble.
18:48Now then?
18:49A leotard.
18:51Not the leotard again.
18:53Always, always the leotard.
18:55Whenever you're in trouble, reach for the leotard.
18:58It comes popping up.
19:00Now, Alison?
19:02Well,
19:04de-lay-tor.
19:05No, I've never heard of this word.
19:07No, you're forgiven.
19:08It's another bit of a countdown word.
19:10A de-lay-tor in the olden days,
19:12quite a long time ago,
19:14was somebody who reported an offence or crime.
19:16So somebody who denounced another person.
19:18De-lay-tor.
19:19OK, thank you.
19:2042 apiece.
19:22Andrew's clambered back.
19:24And they're side by side.
19:26Andrew, it's your numbers game.
19:28Yep, same all, please.
19:29Yep, if it ain't broke.
19:30Too top.
19:31Too large.
19:31Absolutely, don't fix it.
19:32Four little.
19:33Thank you, Andrew.
19:34And for the final time from you for a while,
19:35the four small ones are 8, 7, 10, and 1.
19:40And a large, 2, 75, and 100.
19:43And this target, 325.
19:46325.
19:46325.
19:48325.
19:51325.
20:03325.
20:04425.
20:04525.
20:04525.
20:17Andrew?
20:183-3-2.
20:213-3-2.
20:23Podrig?
20:24No one here.
20:25No one here?
20:25No.
20:26So we're with Andrew.
20:28I hope.
20:287 minus 1 is 6.
20:307 minus 1 is 6.
20:32Times 75 is 450.
20:33Yeah.
20:34Minus 100 is 350.
20:36Yeah.
20:37Minus the 10.
20:38Minus the 8.
20:403-3-2.
20:413-3-2.
20:423-3-2 indeed, but quite a long way off.
20:45Rachel, what do you reckon?
20:48Yeah, there were quite a few ways for this one.
20:50One of them you could have said 10 minus 8 is 2.
20:54Times 7, 14.
20:56Minus 1 for 13.
20:58And then 100 minus 75, 25.
21:02And times them together.
21:03That's the way.
21:04That's the way.
21:04Thank you, Rachel.
21:06Perfect.
21:07As usual.
21:09Now, 47 then.
21:11Five-point lead for you.
21:1242 for Podrig as we turn to our second tea time teaser,
21:15which is taste sin.
21:17He developed a taste for sin.
21:20He was a thoroughly unpleasant chap.
21:22He developed a taste for sin.
21:24He was a thoroughly unpleasant chap.
21:41Welcome back.
21:42I left you with the clue.
21:43He developed a taste for sin.
21:45He was a thoroughly unpleasant chap.
21:47In fact, he was the nastiest, nastiest of them all.
21:51Nastiest.
21:5247 to 42.
21:55Andrew in the lead.
21:56Podrig.
21:57Don't let him run away.
21:59Try.
22:00Rachel, can I get a constant, please?
22:01Thank you, Podrig.
22:16And the last one.
22:26Gee.
22:28Stand by.
22:59podry five five andrew five also yes podry glows now then glows there we are okay
23:11can we beat five please just we can yes allison uh it's a bit of a strange one wigless
23:22yes you might have a um a wigless chief justice might you a wigless judge for example are you
23:29serious yes or you might go wigless one day if you're feeling liberated 52 plays 47 andrew in
23:38the lead is andrew's letters game a consonant please thank you andrew m and a vowel e
23:46consonant k vowel a consonant s consonant r consonant s vowel o and a consonant and lastly d
24:10stand by
24:14so
24:27so
24:43Andrew?
24:45Risky seven.
24:47What about Podrick?
24:48Seven.
24:49Seven? Firm seven?
24:50Andrew?
24:51D-marks.
24:53D-masks.
24:54And D-masks.
24:56OK.
24:57How's Andrew faring on this one?
25:00Start with D-mask is not in there, I'm afraid.
25:05And D-mark.
25:07D-marks, you know, demarcation.
25:09Yes.
25:10It's actually another term for demarcate.
25:12It's an older one, but it is in there.
25:15The corner.
25:16What have we got in the corner?
25:17Well, we've got darksome.
25:20Darksome?
25:21Mm, very poetic.
25:23Her raven hair fell about her shoulders like a darksome veil.
25:27But, yeah, darksome, I like that.
25:29Yes, so do I now.
25:3159 plays 47.
25:33And, um, Susie, what have you got for us today?
25:37I have an email from Anita Sheridan.
25:40Thank you, Anita.
25:41She asks, where does the American phrase, now much used in England, hitting pay dirt, come
25:46from?
25:47And it's a good question.
25:48I have to say it's not really one that I had considered before.
25:50So I did a bit of delving, and as it turns out, that expression is appropriate, because
25:55it is all about mining for gold.
25:59And the very first example given in the Oxford English Dictionary is from the New York Daily
26:04Times, where it says, tunneling companies are numerous in and around Sonora.
26:08The pay dirt yields $3 in the pan.
26:12So pay dirt was ground that contained ore in sufficient quantity to be extracted profitably.
26:19And it's just one of many phrases, words and expressions that come from mining.
26:26Of course, gold mania, the Californian gold rush, et cetera, was such, it was a phenomenon
26:32that really caught the popular imagination.
26:33So it's perhaps no surprise that a lot of words crept into currency from it.
26:38I've talked before about panning out.
26:40If something pans out, it refers to the shallow pan that was used to separate the gold from
26:45the gravel and the mud from which it came.
26:48And nickel, in German, kupfer nickel was the copper-coloured ore from which nickel was obtained.
26:55But the ore very often failed to yield copper, which is what they were really after.
27:01And the nickel part actually meant demon.
27:04So it was a devil, because it masqueraded as something that it wasn't really.
27:08And when we talk about pumpernickel bread, I hate to tell you this, but the pumpern probably
27:13comes from the German to break wind.
27:14And the nickel bit is the demon.
27:17So it's kind of breaking wind demon.
27:19I'll leave you to make your own guesses as to why pumpernickel bread is called that.
27:23So like old Nick, as in nickel.
27:26Exactly.
27:26I'm afraid that your name is fundamentally related to nickel and the demon.
27:30No, I come from Santa.
27:32It's all right.
27:32Oh, OK.
27:33You come from nickel.
27:34Brilliant.
27:35But yes, so lots and lots of terms have sprung up from the world and the ground, indeed,
27:40of mining and mines.
27:42Very good.
27:46Thank you, as ever.
27:48Super stuff.
27:49Podrick, would you take us on a letters game?
27:51Yeah.
27:52Can I get a consonant piece of each other?
27:53Thank you, Podrick.
27:54R.
27:55And a vowel.
27:57A.
27:58And another vowel.
27:59U.
28:00And a consonant.
28:02Z.
28:03And a vowel.
28:05E.
28:06And a consonant.
28:08L.
28:09And another consonant.
28:11C.
28:11And another consonant.
28:13T.
28:14And a vowel, please.
28:15And lastly, A.
28:18Countdown.
28:19T.
28:20And a vowel.
28:38And a vowel.
28:39And a vowel.
28:39And a vowel.
28:39And a vowel.
28:39And a vowel.
28:40and a vowel.
28:51Mmm, Podrick.
28:52Six.
28:54Andrew?
28:54And six.
28:55What have you dredged out of that lot?
28:57Podrick?
28:58Claret.
28:59Not bad, then.
29:01Andrew?
29:02Actual.
29:02Actual.
29:03How did we do?
29:04Just debating things here.
29:06We had last minute seven.
29:07So we've got curate, cartel, and this word I've never heard of, lazarette.
29:14Lazarette, yes.
29:15You can spell it with one T or with two T's and an E.
29:19It's the rear part of a ship's hold used for stores,
29:22but it can also be an isolation hospital for people with infectious diseases.
29:28Well, well, thank you for that.
29:3065, please.
29:3153.
29:31Andrew, last letters game for today.
29:34A continent, please.
29:35Thank you, Andrew.
29:36S.
29:37And a vowel.
29:39E.
29:40Consonant.
29:42M.
29:44A consonant.
29:46P.
29:47Consonant.
29:49R.
29:50Vowel.
29:52U.
29:53Vowel.
29:55I.
29:57Consonant.
29:59C.
30:01And consonant, please.
30:03And the last one.
30:04B.
30:05Countdown.
30:07And the last one.
30:24And the last one.
30:25And the last one.
30:26And the last one.
30:26And the last one.
30:27And the last one.
30:27And the last one.
30:28And the last one.
30:28And the last one.
30:37Well, Andrew?
30:38Seven.
30:39Podrick?
30:39Six.
30:40You're six?
30:41Scrump.
30:43Scrump, Andrew?
30:44Bumbia.
30:45What do you think about scrump, Susie?
30:48Yes, when you go scrumping, don't you, for apples.
30:52Alison, what have you got there?
30:54Imbues.
30:55Yes.
30:57And umpires.
30:58And umpires.
31:00Yeah.
31:01And scrump.
31:03All right, 72.
31:04Look at this, Andrew.
31:06You pretty much rather the wood here against Podrick's 53.
31:10As Podrick goes into final numbers game for you, Podrick.
31:14Right, let's go for four large.
31:15Four large.
31:16You can still do it.
31:1719 points in it.
31:1820 to get.
31:19Four large, two little.
31:21And the two little ones are 10 and 4.
31:23And the four large ones, 75, 100, 50 and 25.
31:29And the target, 534.
31:32Five, three, four.
31:33Four large, three, four.
31:37Four large, three, four.
31:49Four large, three, four.
31:51Four large, three, four.
31:51Four large, three, four.
31:51Four large, three, four.
31:51Four large, three, four.
31:56Four large, four, three, four.
32:04Podrick?
32:055, 3, 4, not written down.
32:07Andrew?
32:085, 3, 4, written down.
32:10Podrick?
32:1250 plus 4.
32:1450 plus 4, 54.
32:16Multiply by 10.
32:18540.
32:19100 divided by 25.
32:23100 divided by 25.
32:25No, I've gone wrong.
32:275, 3, 6.
32:28Andrew?
32:2975 over 25 is 3.
32:31Is 3, yes.
32:3250.
32:33For the 53.
32:34Times 10.
32:35530.
32:36Plus 4.
32:37Yes, well done, you've got it.
32:39Yep.
32:42Well done, guys.
32:44So, 82 plays 53 as we go into the final round.
32:47Fingers on buzzers.
32:48Let's roll today's Countdown conundrum.
33:19Well done, you've got it.
33:23No, we're stumped here. Even the octochamp is stumped. Who in the audience? Nobody? Hello?
33:28A waving to my right. Yes, Rachel, what have you done?
33:30Is it binocular?
33:31Binocular. How brilliant it is. There it is.
33:37Amazing. Amazing. Now then, Podrick, bad luck. You came up against an octochamp and that's what happens.
33:46It's difficult. But really great to have you here.
33:48Yeah, thanks for having me.
33:49Here's a goodie bag. You take it back to Claudine Collins at Omnicom with my best wishes.
33:55All right. Well done.
33:56Thank you very much.
33:57Fantastic.
33:58Pushed me all the way.
33:58Well done. A great performance. And we shall see you later in the year at the finals.
34:04Well done indeed.
34:05Thank you very much.
34:05Fantastic stuff. Well done. And we shall see you two. You will come back on Monday.
34:09We're going to Newmarket Racing for the rest of the week. But you'll come back on Monday, I hope, Alison.
34:15I might.
34:15Please do. Please do. And Susie too.
34:19I will.
34:19All right. Excellent stuff. And Rachel, have the rest of the week off. And we shall see
34:25you on Monday.
34:25See you on Monday.
34:26You join us then. You'll be sure of it. Good afternoon.
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