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01:00How did you know, on the question of Christmas cards, Rachel, that the first commercial Christmas card, this is a
01:06note from our research department, was commissioned by civil servant Sir Henry Cole in London in 1843.
01:11And one was traced and sold quite recently for £8,469.
01:17So if you're going through the attic, keep an eye out for an early Christmas card, the commercial Christmas card.
01:25Wow.
01:25But there we are.
01:26Do I send Christmas cards?
01:27No, that's not my job.
01:30But, er...
01:31Is that when you get lovely Catherine sitting there...
01:33She is so...
01:35I have never met anybody who's so organised, fantastically organised, about everything.
01:40Mm.
01:40Brilliant.
01:42I sometimes say, oh, please let me do something.
01:44Really?
01:44And she says no.
01:45I don't believe you for one second.
01:47You don't even know all the stuff she's doing, I bet.
01:49What about your Christmas cards?
01:51Do you bother with Christmas cards?
01:53No.
01:53No, I just never have...
01:55You're always going to forget someone if you do.
01:56I never understand as well where some people just give you in.
01:59It says, do you, Rachel, from whatever.
02:02I guess it is a nice thing.
02:04But, no, that's my excuse in case I've forgotten anybody.
02:06I just don't send them.
02:07Well, we're the 21st of December, which is Christmas time.
02:10And I wonder whether our two contestants today will remember this in the future as being a highlight of a
02:16Christmas period.
02:17It's Martin Hurst, insurance document writer from Asheville in Surrey.
02:21Our number one seed sailed through his quarterfinal last week, scoring over 100.
02:25But Sterner, Tess, lie ahead, because you've got to overcome Andrew Fenton, property company sales director from Roos and the
02:33Vale of Glamorgan, number five seed.
02:36But he really overcame, in fairly brisk fashion, the four seed, John Shaw, in a fantastic competition.
02:42So, things do get turned upside down.
02:45But, anyway, good luck to you both, Andrew and Martin.
02:48Big round of applause from our audience.
02:51APPLAUSE
02:56And over in the corner for this semi, we have Susie, of course.
03:00And if you're dreaming of a white Christmas, here's the lady to talk to.
03:04It's weather forecaster, Carol Kirkwood.
03:08Welcome back, everyone.
03:09APPLAUSE
03:13Now then, important business to conduct.
03:16Martin, let us go.
03:18Hi, Rachel.
03:19Hi, Martin.
03:19Can I start with a vowel, please?
03:21Start this semi-final with E.
03:23And another.
03:25O.
03:26And a third.
03:27A.
03:28And a consonant.
03:30F.
03:31And another.
03:32T.
03:33And another.
03:35R.
03:37And another.
03:38N.
03:40And another.
03:42S.
03:44And a final consonant, please.
03:48And a final M.
03:49And here comes the countdown clock.
03:52R.
03:54And a final consonant, please.
03:55And a final consonant, please.
03:56And a final consonant, please.
04:01And a final consonant, please.
04:03And a final consonant, please.
04:05And a final consonant, please.
04:07And a final consonant, please.
04:09And a final consonant, please.
04:10And a final consonant, please.
04:11And a final consonant, please.
04:11And a final consonant, please.
04:12And a final consonant, please.
04:12And a final consonant, please.
04:13And a final consonant, please.
04:13And a final consonant, please.
04:13And a final consonant, please.
04:13And a final consonant, please.
04:13And a final consonant, please.
04:14And a final consonant, please.
04:22Martin?
04:23Eight.
04:25And Andrew?
04:26I'll try an eight.
04:28Yes, Martin.
04:29Four mates.
04:30Four mates, Andrew?
04:31Storeman.
04:33And storeman?
04:34Yes.
04:35Unless it's slipped out of the dictionary, which I don't think it has.
04:38No, it's absolutely fine, Andrew.
04:39Very good.
04:40Storeman.
04:44And in the corner now, Carol and Susie?
04:48Four mates.
04:49Yes.
04:49Yeah.
04:50Four mates, monstera is there for another eight.
04:52That's quite a popular house plant in this country, originally from tropical America.
04:58And four mast is another eight.
05:00Four mast.
05:02Eight apiece, Andrew.
05:04Good afternoon.
05:05Afternoon, Andrew.
05:05Have a consonant, please.
05:07Starts with G.
05:09And another, please.
05:11D.
05:12And one more.
05:14R.
05:15And a vowel.
05:16U.
05:17And a vowel.
05:18I.
05:19Vowel.
05:20E.
05:22Consonant.
05:23T.
05:24Consonant.
05:26H.
05:28And a consonant.
05:30And lastly, B.
05:32Stand by.
05:33No.
05:34No.
06:02No.
06:03No.
06:03Andrew I'll risk a seven it's not it's not written down all right and Martin
06:09seven so Andrew at Tadjia yes right it right it is absolutely fine did you say
06:19Tadjia t-u-d-g-i-e-r t-u-d-g-i-r not they're pudgy but not pudgy
06:27so pudgy
06:27but not Tadjia I'm afraid now Carolyn Susie buried yes buried for six righted with our only seven
06:36that's it yeah all right early start for Martin then 15 plays eight and it's Martin's numbers game
06:42Martin curve six small place you can indeed tough selections this week from our champions thank
06:48you Martin six little ones to start and they are four nine eight two another nine and five
06:57and the target seven hundred and twenty seven seven two seven
07:02so
07:08so
07:38MUSIC CONTINUES
07:39All right, let's hear from you about that, shall we?
07:429 times 9 is 81.
07:449 times 9, 81.
07:46Minus 8 is 73.
07:4873.
07:49I've misdeclared, sorry.
07:51Oh.
07:5176.
07:53And, Martin?
07:544 times 9.
07:56Sorry, 4 plus 9.
07:574 plus 9 is 13.
07:59Times 8.
08:00Times 8 is 104.
08:02Times 7.
08:02Times 7, yes, go one away.
08:04Well done.
08:05Well done, Martin.
08:0622 plays 8 now as we turn to Rachel.
08:09Rachel, Rachel, we rely on you.
08:11Too much, maybe.
08:127 to 7.
08:13If you say 5 plus 4 is 9.
08:17Times 9, 81.
08:19Times the other 9.
08:209 cubed is 729.
08:22And then take away the 2.
08:2477.
08:24Terrific.
08:25Well done, Rachel.
08:26Well done.
08:29So, with Martin on 22 and Andrew on 8, we'll have our first Tea Time Teaser, which is Enid
08:36Rests.
08:37And the clue?
08:37Enid rests her eyes for a while.
08:40She's overcome by this.
08:42Enid rests her eyes for a while.
08:44She's overcome by this.
09:02She's overcome by tiredness.
09:09Tiredness.
09:10Poor Enid.
09:11There we go.
09:1222 to 8.
09:13Martin in the lead.
09:14Andrew.
09:15Letters.
09:17Consonant, please.
09:18Thank you, Andrew.
09:19N.
09:20And a vowel.
09:22I.
09:23And consonant.
09:25D.
09:26Vowel.
09:28A.
09:29Vowel.
09:31O.
09:32Consonant.
09:33S.
09:35Consonant.
09:36T.
09:37Consonant.
09:39V.
09:40And a vowel, please.
09:42And my last one.
09:44U.
09:45Stand by.
09:46Vowel.
09:47Vowel.
09:48Vowel.
10:01Vowel.
10:03Vowel.
10:05Vowel.
10:06Vowel.
10:07Vowel.
10:07Vowel.
10:08Vowel.
10:09Vowel.
10:10Vowel.
10:11Vowel.
10:12Vowel.
10:13Vowel.
10:15Vowel.
10:17Andrew?
10:18Risky seven.
10:20Martin? Seven. Thank you.
10:22Andrew? Outsaid.
10:24Outsaid.
10:26Martin? Dations?
10:28Dations, absolutely fine.
10:30It's actually quite an unusual term from civil law
10:32and originally in Louisiana,
10:34so it's the legal act of giving or conferring something.
10:36Very, very specialist, I would say, that word,
10:40but it's in, so very well done.
10:41And it's out... Outsaid.
10:43Outsaid. I don't know if you can outsaid.
10:46I don't know if you can't say anybody.
10:47You're not having much luck, Andrew. You can't. Sorry.
10:49No, I'm with the risk.
10:50Bad luck. Bad luck.
10:51Now, Carol, Susie?
10:54We've come up with adustion.
10:57Yes, another very unusual word, adustion.
10:59A-D-U-S-T-I-O-N.
11:01It's a noun for medicine, but historical medicine,
11:03and it's the state of the humours being adust,
11:07in other words, in equilibrium.
11:09We talk about an excess of black bile made people melancholy.
11:12If blood predominated, they were sanguine, et cetera.
11:15I see.
11:16Well done.
11:20And now, Martin, let us go.
11:23Can I have a vowel, please?
11:24Thank you, Martin.
11:25I.
11:26And another.
11:27A.
11:28And a third.
11:30O.
11:31And consonant.
11:33G.
11:34And another.
11:35C.
11:36And another.
11:38N.
11:39And another.
11:41M.
11:43And another.
11:45R.
11:47And a final vowel, please.
11:51And a final I.
11:53Stand by.
11:55Stand by.
11:55Stand by.
12:24Martin?
12:25Seven.
12:26A seven.
12:28Also a seven.
12:29Two sevens.
12:29Martin?
12:30Roaming.
12:31Andrew?
12:31Roaming also.
12:32All right, there we go.
12:34Well done.
12:3536 plays, a 15.
12:37And in the corner, any more roaming?
12:40Carol?
12:40We've got caroming, so not quite roaming.
12:44No.
12:45Indeed.
12:46It's all to do with billiards, and if a ball caroms, it strikes and rebounds.
12:51So, caroming or caroming would be there for eight.
12:54Very good.
12:55Very good.
12:56Caroming.
13:0036 plays, 15, as I say, and we turn to Andrew now for his numbers game.
13:04Andrew?
13:05Two from the top, please.
13:06Thank you, Andrew.
13:07Four from the house.
13:07Two large for little ones.
13:10And this time, your little ones are seven, seven, ten, five, and the big ones, 25, and
13:1950.
13:20And the target, 802.
13:238-0-2.
13:24We're very curious.
13:28We're very curious.
13:31We'll be back.醫生.
13:33Thank you.
13:46Andrew. Thank you.
13:55Andrew?
13:56800.
13:59And, Martin?
14:00801, not written down.
14:01Let's go.
14:03OK, 50 plus 25 plus 5.
14:0650 plus 25 plus 5.
14:10800.
14:11Sorry, 80.
14:12Times 10.
14:13Times 10, there we go, for the 800.
14:15And then 7 over 7 is 1.
14:16Yeah, for one away.
14:188.01.
14:19Well done, well done indeed.
14:21But 8.02.
14:22Rachel, what do you reckon?
14:24One away was the best for this one.
14:25It was impossible.
14:26So, yeah, very good effort.
14:27Well done, Martin Hurst.
14:2943 plays 15.
14:30As we turn now to Carol.
14:32And, Carol, you've done some exciting things over the years
14:35to keep us informed about the weather.
14:38For instance?
14:40Well, I went hang gliding one time.
14:42This is the scariest thing I have ever done in my entire life.
14:46It was for the one show.
14:46And the idea was, to keep it weather-related, scoop up some of the cloud in a jar.
14:51So I thought, yeah, that sounds like fun.
14:54Not realising again what I was letting myself in for.
14:57And I had this lovely instructor with me.
14:59We did it in tandem.
15:01And you virtually have your legs in a sleeping bag.
15:04And I was on top of her.
15:06She was in her sleeping bag.
15:06I was in mine.
15:07And had my arms around her.
15:10And when we went up, first of all, we had to wait for the cloud to break
15:14so that we could get a clearer run.
15:16And when it did, because light was then going to be the next problem, we went up being tugged
15:20by a microlight.
15:21And as we went up on the tow rope, it snapped.
15:25And we came crashing back down.
15:27Now, this lady was a pro.
15:28And she managed to land us safely.
15:31But my heart was in my mouth.
15:33So the producer I was with said, right, straight back up.
15:36You're going again.
15:37Which was the right thing to do.
15:38Otherwise, I probably wouldn't have done it.
15:40So we went back up.
15:42The microlight went off.
15:44The tow rope fell.
15:45And it was just us.
15:46Again, clear skies.
15:47Looking down.
15:48Fantastic view.
15:49We're about five miles up.
15:51And all the cars look like tiny little ants when you're that high up.
15:55And then the instructor said, right, move to the side of me and we'll scoop a cloud.
16:00And I thought, move to the side of you?
16:01That means I've got to take my hands off this bar.
16:05And it's like, oh, I can't do it.
16:06And she said, no, you have to.
16:07You'll be fine.
16:08And you look down and literally, there's nothing between you and eternity.
16:11Or at least that's how it feels.
16:13So very surreptitiously, I moved my hands along her back and then grasped hold of the metal bar.
16:19And then reluctantly let go of my safety net, which was that lady, and clung on to the other side.
16:24I was paralysed with fear.
16:27But I tell you what, I have never in my life been so glad to get back down on Terra
16:32Firma again.
16:33And I'll never do it again, ever.
16:35Well, I think you're a gutsy girl.
16:36I really, really do.
16:38You're falling out of aircraft, you're dicing around with the red arrows, and now you're hanging on to a bar.
16:45Scooping up clouds.
16:46I guess amazing.
16:47Very good.
16:54Next time the one show comes to you with a bright idea, you be careful what you say.
17:00All right, 43, place 15, and it's Martin's letters came.
17:04Martin.
17:05Can I have a vowel, please?
17:06Thank you, Martin.
17:07A.
17:07And another.
17:09E.
17:10And a third.
17:11O.
17:12And consonant.
17:13F.
17:15And another.
17:16And another.
17:18And another.
17:20N.
17:21And another.
17:23R.
17:25And another.
17:27W.
17:29And a final consonant, place.
17:33And a final S.
17:35Tum-tum.
17:36R.
18:07Seven.
18:08A seven.
18:09Andrew?
18:10I'll stick with a seven.
18:12All right.
18:13Martin?
18:14Flowers.
18:15Now then, Andrew?
18:16Same word.
18:17There we go.
18:18Were you hoping for something else?
18:20I had four lawns written down as in front lawns.
18:24Oh, I see.
18:24I didn't hold my toe back.
18:26No.
18:27Perhaps wisely.
18:29Now, Carol and Susie, what have you conjured up?
18:32Well, spookily, flowers.
18:34All right.
18:35Susie?
18:36Carol was overjoyed because she got that within two seconds.
18:38Well done.
18:39Anything else?
18:40Excellent.
18:40And rolls for six, otherwise.
18:42All right.
18:42So, 50 to 22, we turn to Andrew.
18:46Andrew, let us go.
18:48Consonant, please.
18:49Thank you, Andrew.
18:50Y.
18:52Vowel.
18:53E.
18:54Consonant.
18:56L.
18:58Consonant.
18:59R.
19:00Vowel.
19:02I.
19:03Vowel.
19:04A.
19:06Consonant.
19:07S.
19:09Consonant.
19:11N.
19:12And a final consonant, please.
19:14And the last one.
19:15P.
19:17Countdown.
19:17You.
19:22I.
19:35I.
19:35You.
19:44I.
19:46I.
19:46I.
19:48Andrew?
19:49Eight.
19:50Martin?
19:51Eight.
19:52Andrew?
19:53No, pralines or pralines.
19:54Yep.
19:55And?
19:55The same.
19:56The same.
19:57All right.
19:58Very good.
20:01And what news in the corner?
20:03Well, I really wanted to say rain, of course,
20:07but we've got pralines as well.
20:09Yes.
20:10Yep.
20:10Yes, named after the French soldier whose cook invented it.
20:14Is that right?
20:14Sadly, the cook didn't get a mention, but the soldier whose cook it was did.
20:18All right.
20:19Anything else, Izzy?
20:20No, that was our bestie.
20:21We've called it there.
20:22All right.
20:2258 plays 30, and it's Martin's numbers game.
20:24Martin?
20:25One large, please.
20:26More tactical.
20:27One large this time.
20:29Thank you, Martin.
20:29Five little ones.
20:30And for this round, the small ones are seven, ten, eight, nine, five,
20:38and the large one, 75.
20:41And this target, 601.
20:43six-oh-one.
21:15Yes, Martin?
21:176-0-1.
21:18And Andrew, of course.
21:206-0-1.
21:21Thank you, Martin.
21:228 times 75.
21:23600.
21:2410 minus 9.
21:25Very easy, this one.
21:25There we go.
21:26Andrew?
21:26Same way.
21:27Well done.
21:28All right.
21:29And so, the score's standing at 68 to 40.
21:32Martin in the lead.
21:33We turn to our second tee-time teaser, which is hunt goals.
21:37And the clue?
21:37The team hunt for more goals.
21:39They can't stop attacking.
21:41The team hunt for more goals.
21:43They Can't Stop Attacking.
22:00Welcome back.
22:02Welcome back.
22:02I left with the clue, the team hunt for more goals.
22:05They Can't Stop Attacking.
22:07In fact, they're conducting an onslaught.
22:09So, it's onslaught.
22:11So, there we are.
22:1168 to 40.
22:12And it's Andrew's Letters Game.
22:15A consonant, please.
22:16Thank you, Andrew.
22:17N.
22:18And a vowel.
22:20U.
22:20A consonant.
22:22D.
22:24Consonant.
22:26R.
22:27Vowel.
22:29E.
22:30Vowel.
22:32I.
22:33A consonant.
22:35D.
22:36Consonant.
22:38R.
22:40And a final vowel, please.
22:42And a final A.
22:46Standby.
22:47A 존�ient.
22:52Ailot.
23:06AVAILAtenica.
23:08BATHOLète.
23:09A jonathan.
23:10água. BATHOLEN
23:17andrew seven martin uh stick with a seven andrew drained and unaired
23:27yes program for example can be unaired yep absolutely fine can we match that carol and
23:34susie rain is in there again let's hope it's not in the forecast uh drained as well all right
23:42and randia is also there we'll move on yeah 75 to 47 and it's martin's letters game martin
23:50i can have a vowel please thank you martin i and another o and a third u and a consonant
24:00c
24:01and another r and another g and another w and another s and a final vowel please and a final
24:20e
24:21tanto
24:25so
24:54martin
24:55uh just six a six andrew a seven i think thank you martin sauce
25:02andrew scourge excellent scourge yeah very good not a very nice thing a scourge no it's originally a
25:11whip yeah with bits of nail on the end metal wasn't that scourging not nice dreadful
25:17now carol and susie what have you got that's nicer perhaps i've i've got scourge
25:23you've got it all right you can have cowries that's a bit nicer c-o-w-r-i-e-s
25:29marine mollusks with glossy brightly patterned shells
25:32well done carries all right now susie with scores down in 75 to 54 now we turn to you for
25:41your origins of words
25:43susie well it's christmas so i'm going to talk a little bit about frankincense
25:47uh and uh where that comes from because we know about the incense bit that goes back to um
25:51the latin incendiary uh meaning to glow of course that gave us incendiary and it also gave us candle
25:58uh so it was quite a productive route as linguists might say and but where does the frank come in
26:03uh well frankincense was put together because the frank in that situation meant of high quality
26:09so superior incense that's the literal meaning of frankincense but if you take it back a little
26:15bit further you will see it's all to do with the conquering franks uh who were the only ones in
26:22frankish gore to have complete freedom so for a very long time uh to be frank meant to
26:28be free uh but superiority inevitably then creps in and so frankincense as i say means superior
26:35incense it was first used in ancient oman actually on the arabian peninsula
26:40incredibly important trade item and today they still use it in all sorts of ways including for
26:45medicinal purposes apparently for stress as well as easing congestion etc etc so it's still seen as
26:52something incredibly valuable uh but once upon a time uh frankincense might possibly have been
26:58sprinkled around in church and that leads me to casting aspersions uh because aspersions uh were
27:05originally uh liquids that were sprinkled in christian baptism for example aspersion was the act of
27:12sprinkling at the recipient with water but around the middle of the 17th century it began to take on a
27:17slightly more sinister overtone and refer to the figurative idea that somebody was sprinkling
27:22at his neighborhood with false accusations or at least damaging uh accusations against somebody and
27:28hence casting aspersions has come to acquire its modern meaning it's first used in stentine by henry
27:34fielding in his novel tom jones in that figurative sense so i think i'll stick with frankincense that's
27:39the nicer one very very long history ancient history and still much love today fascinating
27:46brilliant
27:51beautifully done susie as ever fascinating amazing andrew how about letters again a continent please thank you
28:00manju t and another s and a third b a vowel a vowel you vowel o consonant t consonant r
28:21uh and a vowel please and lastly a tantam
28:28this is
29:05MUSIC CONTINUES
29:06Another fish, turbots.
29:08Turbots, yes.
29:10Turbots, you're right.
29:11Yes, very good.
29:12It's a great fish.
29:13Yeah.
29:13Great fish.
29:15And what have we got in the corner there?
29:17Carol and Susie?
29:17Well, I've written down rats because the word I was going to use is incorrect.
29:22I've misread what I've written down.
29:23So, rats.
29:25Rats, indeed.
29:26And Susie?
29:27Yeah, it wasn't easy, this one.
29:28Aborts was there for six and Robusta is there for seven as well.
29:32It's a type of coffee bean, widely grown, in fact, used in much instant coffee, I think.
29:36Robusta.
29:3782 to 54.
29:39Martin, final letters game.
29:41Can I have a vowel, please?
29:42Thank you, Martin.
29:43U.
29:44And another.
29:46I.
29:47And a third.
29:48E.
29:49And a consonant.
29:51L.
29:52And another.
29:53M.
29:54And another.
29:56Z.
29:57And a vowel.
30:00A.
30:02And a consonant.
30:04S.
30:06And a final consonant, please.
30:08And a final P.
30:10Stand by.
30:11Now that I'm waiting for him, thank you, sir.
30:15And a consonant.
30:15And a consonant.
30:22A consonant.
30:22And a consonant.
30:30And aāp cent do better than the catalyst for a Beatrice.
30:42Martin?
30:43I will try an eight.
30:46Andrew?
30:47A seven.
30:48Your seven?
30:49Impulse.
30:50Now then, Martin.
30:51Misvalue?
30:52It's in, Martin.
30:53Very good.
30:54To value falsely or wrongly.
30:56Misvalue.
30:58Well done.
31:01Good strong score there.
31:02Ninety plays 54 as we move into the final numbers game.
31:06Andrew, good luck.
31:08Let's go six small to finish.
31:09Just for fun.
31:10Why not?
31:10Thank you, Andrew.
31:11Six little ones.
31:13And for the final numbers game of the day, they are four, ten, one, six, eight, and nine.
31:23And the target, 411.
31:25Four, one, one.
31:26One, two, one, two, one.
31:58Andrew.
31:59Yep, 411.
32:00Martin, 411.
32:02Andrew.
32:039 times 4 is 36.
32:05Yep.
32:06Plus 6 is 42.
32:08Times 10 is 420.
32:10420.
32:11Take the 8 and the 1 away.
32:12Haven't used either of those.
32:13Well done, 411.
32:15Thank you, Martin, Samuel.
32:17No, I did 8 times 4.
32:1932.
32:20Plus 9.
32:2041.
32:21Times 10.
32:23410.
32:24Plus the 1.
32:25411, lovely.
32:26Can't keep up.
32:27Well done.
32:28All right.
32:32So, Martin's breached 100 there.
32:34Andrew on 64.
32:35As we go into the final round of this semi.
32:39Now then, fingers on buzzers.
32:42Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:46John O'Bellet.
32:47John O'Bellet.
33:08Let's roll.
33:16Well, I'm amazed.
33:17Two great players have missed it.
33:19This must be difficult.
33:20Let's see.
33:21Will anybody take a chance?
33:23Nobody?
33:24All right.
33:25It must be a stickler.
33:27Let's see what it is.
33:28Packhorse.
33:30Packhorse.
33:31Rome there.
33:32So there we are.
33:33100 to 64 is the way it finishes.
33:36Two great players.
33:37But on the day, our number one seed came through strongly.
33:41Andrew, you did a great job.
33:43You beat the fourth seed, but you were thwarted when you came to meet the number one seed.
33:47Always a tough challenge.
33:48Yeah, very tough.
33:49So there's your piece of priceless clip tonight to take home.
33:52Back to the Vale of Glamorgan with our very best wishes.
33:55Great competitor.
33:56Well done.
33:57But this gentleman, Martin Hurst, will be in the grand final on Friday.
34:03Can't believe it.
34:04Well, you played to win and you've gone steaming through.
34:08Let's see how you get on on Friday.
34:12Good player.
34:12Well done.
34:13Amazing stuff.
34:14See you both tomorrow for another semi-final, our second semi-final.
34:18Lovely.
34:18Caroline and Susie too.
34:19See you then.
34:20What do you think?
34:21Yep.
34:21It's gearing up to a good final.
34:23I think so.
34:23Very well earned.
34:24Well done, Martin.
34:25All right.
34:26See you tomorrow.
34:26See you tomorrow.
34:27Another semi-final tomorrow.
34:29Same time, same place.
34:30You be sure of it.
34:31Join us then.
34:32Good afternoon.
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34:51When you take your eye off the ball, that's when mistakes will happen.
34:55Some very unwanted objects in unwanted places.
34:5824 hours in A&E at nine tonight.
35:00And Friday at eight, nothing worse than a dried out turkey.
35:04None of that around here though.
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