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00:30APPLAUSE
00:32Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:35Now, I read a fascinating article recently
00:37about the residents of a town in Poland,
00:40and there were sick, sore and tired of motorists
00:42roaring through their town,
00:44causing mayhem and putting people in danger.
00:46So what they did was to create a paper mache dollery,
00:51a life-sized doll holding a hairdryer
00:53that was meant to look like a speed gun and all the rest of it,
00:56and that was really to slow people down.
00:58They were very unhappy about this.
01:00They said it was a terrible distraction
01:02and they asked the residents to remove it.
01:04They may well have removed it themselves.
01:06But talking about roadside distractions,
01:08for a period, a few years, ten years ago,
01:11the French embarked on a programme
01:15of installing life-size metal cut-outs
01:19of the number of people that had been killed
01:21on that particular corner, say.
01:23Sometimes you'd get sort of 15 of these metal,
01:26black-painted cut-outs on a corner.
01:28Clearly it didn't work, or there was a lot of objection to it
01:31because they've been taken away now.
01:33But for a while, it really was quite distressing, actually.
01:36Yes, they do that with white bikes, don't they, around London?
01:39Yeah.
01:40What distractions have you occurred on the roadside?
01:43Any that you're prepared to talk about?
01:45What did you see in America last year in the summer
01:47and over the lead-up to the election?
01:49They had all these naked, life-size Donald Trump statues.
01:54The less we see of Donald Trump...
01:56Unclothed.
01:57Now, who have we got? We've got the giant killer,
01:59Ian Cockrell, back with us.
02:01Marketing manager, working in the market research industry, I think.
02:04And you beat Susie Turner, who was a three-times winner,
02:07so congratulations on that.
02:09Thank you.
02:10She was a tremendous player.
02:11Well done, well done, Ian.
02:13And you're joined by Louise Wilson,
02:15a volunteer radio presenter and singer from Cambridge.
02:19It says here that you once attempted a ski jump.
02:22Where was that and how did it go?
02:24That was in Andorra and we were all going down a bit of a line
02:27and there was a friend of mine who was in front of me
02:29and I flew up into the air and did a bit of a somersault,
02:32came down and landed.
02:34He just said, all I heard was,
02:36WHOO!
02:38Silence.
02:39And then, AHH!
02:41I laughed because my skis had flown off everywhere.
02:44But anyway, it was good fun.
02:45Good for you. But anyway, you didn't hurt yourself?
02:47No. To be honest with you,
02:48I think one of my favourite parts of skiing is the wipe-out.
02:51Well, good for you.
02:52Let's hope there's not too many wipe-outs today.
02:54Big round of applause then for Louise and Ian.
03:01And Susie, the mistress of the Dictionary Corner is over there,
03:04joined once again, of course, by Giles Brandreth,
03:07who's the master of that corner too.
03:10For over 34 years you've been sitting there entertaining us.
03:14Well, so it seems. It's amazing, isn't it?
03:16But more alarmingly for me, I did a little survey today
03:19and realised that more than half of the crew working on Countdown now
03:24were not alive when I first appeared here,
03:27wearing this jumper, 34, 35 years ago.
03:30You've got the old black cat on there too.
03:32I have. That's because I'm a bit of an allurophile, which means...
03:35Cat lover.
03:36Good for you. A lot of cat lovers here.
03:38Well, you're very welcome. You're very, very welcome.
03:40Now let's get down to business with Ian Cockrell. Letters came in.
03:44Hi there, Rachel. Hi, Ian.
03:45Please, can I start with a consonant?
03:47Thank you. Start with N.
03:49And a vowel, please.
03:53And another vowel.
03:57And a consonant.
04:02Another consonant.
04:06A vowel, please.
04:10A consonant.
04:14A vowel.
04:17And a final consonant.
04:19And a final M.
04:21And here's the Countdown clock.
04:48CLOCK TICKS
04:53Ian?
04:54Sigma 7.
04:56Louise?
04:57I'm going to risk an 8.
04:58Thank you. Ian?
04:59Meanest.
05:01Louise?
05:02Beamiest.
05:03Beamiest.
05:05As in a beaming smile, it's beamier, it's beamiest.
05:08It's in the dictionary. Well done.
05:10Amazing. Well done.
05:14And does it apply to boats also?
05:16The boat with the broadest beam is the beamiest.
05:18Absolutely right, yeah.
05:20There's an obvious 8 in basement.
05:22An 8-letter word there.
05:24I'm going to risk matinees.
05:27The reason I think it's a risk is that it should have
05:30an acute accent on the first of the Es in matinee.
05:33It's absolutely fine, and in the dictionary now,
05:36it's lost its accent, but we do allow French accents anyway.
05:39I love accents, yeah.
05:41We love accents now. All right.
05:43Now, 8 points to Louise, and it's Louise's letters game now.
05:47OK, can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
05:49Thank you, Louise.
05:51H
05:52And a vowel?
05:54I
05:55And a consonant, please?
05:57T
05:59And a vowel?
06:01A
06:02A consonant?
06:04Z
06:06Another consonant?
06:08M
06:09A vowel?
06:11E
06:13A consonant?
06:15T
06:17And I'll finish with another consonant, please.
06:20And the last one?
06:21N
06:22Stand by.
06:42MUSIC
06:54Louise?
06:55Oh, gosh, only a five.
06:57A five. Ian?
06:59A six.
07:00And a six. Louise?
07:01Titan.
07:02Ian?
07:03Hitmen.
07:05Yes.
07:06I came up with one six-letter possibility, which was anthem.
07:08Yes.
07:09Singing the anthem.
07:10Thank you, Giles, and it's eight playing Ian's six
07:13as we turn to Ian for the first numbers game.
07:15Ian?
07:16Two large and four small, please.
07:18Thank you, Ian. Two from the top row and four little ones.
07:21And for this round, the small ones are six, eight, one and ten,
07:27and a big two, 50 and 25.
07:30And your target, 230.
07:33Two, three, zero.
07:35MUSIC
07:41MUSIC
08:06Yes, Ian?
08:07Two, two, six.
08:09Louise?
08:10230.
08:11230.
08:12Yep.
08:13Louise?
08:14OK, eight minus six is two.
08:15Yep.
08:16Take that away from the 25.
08:17For 23.
08:18And times it by ten.
08:19Lovely.
08:20230.
08:21Well done.
08:22Well done indeed.
08:23APPLAUSE
08:24Well done, Louise, leading Ian 18-6
08:27as we turn to our first Tea Time teaser, which is...
08:31..their same.
08:32And the clue...
08:33They have their same holiday in the same month at the same place
08:36every single year.
08:38They have their same holiday in the same month at the same place
08:41every single year.
08:45MUSIC
08:52APPLAUSE
08:59A warm welcome back.
09:00I left you the clue.
09:01They have their same holiday in the same month at the same place
09:04every single year.
09:05And the answer to that one is that they have a timeshare holiday home.
09:10Timeshare.
09:12So, Louise on 18, Ian on six, and Louise, well done.
09:16You're back again.
09:17Letters game.
09:18OK, so I'll start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
09:20Thank you, Louise.
09:21G.
09:22And a vowel.
09:24A.
09:26And another consonant.
09:28T.
09:30And a vowel.
09:32O.
09:33A consonant.
09:35W.
09:37Another consonant.
09:39S.
09:40A vowel.
09:42E.
09:44A consonant, please.
09:46G.
09:48And I'll finish with a consonant.
09:52And finish with R.
09:54Standby.
09:56MUSIC
10:04MUSIC
10:27Louise?
10:28A seven.
10:29A seven.
10:30Ian?
10:31I think I've got a seven as well.
10:32And...
10:33Goaters.
10:34Goaters.
10:35Goaters.
10:36As in a hat made out of goatskin is not a boater, it's a goater.
10:42Or it's a German playwright in transliteration,
10:46the great Dr Faustus, written by Goater.
10:49I'm trying to help you while she looks up in the dictionary
10:52and says it isn't there, which I'm sure it isn't.
10:54It's not, I'm afraid.
10:55Oh, what a shame.
10:56Sorry.
10:57Swagger is a wonderful seven-letter word.
10:59I spy stowage.
11:00Oh, yeah.
11:01What you stow on board is the stowage.
11:03And there's stagger as well.
11:04Well done.
11:05All right, 25 plays six.
11:07Ian, letters game.
11:08A consonant, please.
11:10Thank you, Ian.
11:11L.
11:12And another.
11:14P.
11:16And one more.
11:18M.
11:20And a vowel, please.
11:22A.
11:23And another vowel.
11:24U.
11:26A consonant.
11:28S.
11:30Another consonant.
11:32N.
11:34A vowel.
11:36O.
11:38And a final vowel.
11:41And a final I.
11:43Stand by.
12:00MUSIC PLAYS
12:16Ian?
12:17Just a six.
12:18A six, Louise.
12:19I've only got a five, actually.
12:20Mm-hm.
12:21Your five?
12:22Limps.
12:23Now then, Ian?
12:24Pianos.
12:26Very good.
12:27Yeah, very nice.
12:28Anything else?
12:29There is one word.
12:30Very good.
12:31For seven letters, isn't it?
12:32Yeah.
12:33And there's also a lovely old French word,
12:35malaison.
12:36M-A-L-I-S-O-N, meaning a curse.
12:38Try to avoid that.
12:40Yes, nice sounding word.
12:41Malaison.
12:42OK, 25 plays 12.
12:44And now, Louise, it's numbers for you.
12:46OK, can I have two from the top and four...
12:49Thank you, Louise.
12:50Two large ones and four smaller ones.
12:53And the smaller ones this time are
12:55one, two, seven and six.
12:58And the large ones, 25 and 50.
13:01And this target...
13:03507.
13:04507.
13:29MUSIC STOPS
13:36Louise?
13:37506.
13:39One away. Ian?
13:40I've also got 506, but it's not written down.
13:43Let's hear from you, then.
13:44Seven plus two plus one.
13:47Seven plus two plus one, ten.
13:49Times 50.
13:50Is 500.
13:52Add to six.
13:53Yep, for one away, 506.
13:55And Louise?
13:56We happy?
13:57Yes.
13:58All right, so we turn to Rachel. 507?
14:00If you get your ten, if you say six minus one is five,
14:04and then times two is the ten,
14:06times 50 for the 500 and you've got a seven left over
14:09for that extra one.
14:10Well done. Excellent.
14:14Well done, Rachel.
14:15As ever, spot on.
14:1732 for Louise, in on 19 as we turn to Giles.
14:21I've cast my mind back to the early days, 35 years or so ago,
14:25and the people in Dictionary Corner were people like Ted Moult,
14:28Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Russell Harty,
14:31all of blessed memory.
14:33And the producer said,
14:34you've got to be a little bit different,
14:36which is how I came to adopt the Jumpers,
14:38in order to be different from these distinguished men.
14:41And then they said, well, you can't compete with them verbally,
14:44so you've got to do other things.
14:46So I would come along with glove puppets, I did some juggling,
14:49I did card tricks, it was a simple...
14:51These were more innocent days.
14:53In the winter, the trick that I performed
14:56that caused the biggest countdown sensation in the 1980s was this.
15:01I turned a banana into a pig.
15:05And so now, after 34 years, I'm going to have another go at doing it.
15:09I turn this banana into a pig
15:12with four short cuts from this sharp knife.
15:15Don't try this at home,
15:17unless supervised by a sufficiently responsible adult.
15:21OK, the first cut will give you an ear.
15:27The second cut will give you a second ear.
15:32The third cut will give you a mouth.
15:36And the fourth cut will enable you to move the mouth.
15:40OK.
15:42There is your pig.
15:44And here is its mouth moving.
15:46Oink, oink, oink, oink.
15:48I think that's brilliant.
15:50I love it.
15:52I think that's brilliant.
15:59Now, my grandchildren won't have seen that, and I'm going to pinch it.
16:03Now, come on, tell me this.
16:05You mentioned Nimmo, Kenneth Williams,
16:08and which of those was the funniest, then?
16:10Williams?
16:12Kenneth was outrageously funny.
16:14The cleverest was probably Russell Harty.
16:16And it was interesting, the programme was then presented by Richard Whiteley.
16:20And Richard Whiteley had been a pupil of Russell Harty's
16:23when Russell Harty taught at Giggleswick School.
16:25So whenever Russell Harty appeared,
16:27you saw Richard Whiteley, the host, shrink somewhat,
16:30cos he was in the presence of his old master.
16:32Brilliant. Lovely stuff. Thank you so much, Charles. Well done.
16:35And thank you for the pig.
16:40Thank you. 32 plays 19, and it's Ian's letters game now.
16:44Ian. Thank you. Can I have a consonant, please?
16:47Thank you, Ian.
16:49F And another one?
16:51D
16:53And a vowel?
16:55E
16:57Another vowel?
16:59U
17:01A consonant?
17:03D
17:05Another consonant?
17:07I
17:09A vowel?
17:11Another U
17:13X
17:15And a final consonant?
17:17And a final N.
17:19Stand by.
17:43MUSIC PLAYS
17:51Ian?
17:53A six. Louise?
17:55Yeah, I'll stick with a six. OK. Ian?
17:57Steined?
17:59Steined. Louise?
18:01Duties. And duties?
18:03No. Steined, I'm afraid.
18:05No, satined, but no steined. Sorry.
18:07I've got an old Countdown favourite here,
18:09and it's a bit of a tongue twister as well.
18:12From the Indies to the Andes in his undies.
18:14His undies is there, isn't it?
18:16Undies certainly are there. Very good.
18:18Louise has built a reasonable lead there,
18:20and she's back with the letters game.
18:22OK, can I start with a consonant, please, Rachel?
18:24Thank you, Louise. R
18:26And a vowel?
18:28I
18:30A consonant?
18:32P
18:34And a vowel? E
18:36A consonant?
18:38W
18:40Another consonant?
18:42H
18:44A vowel?
18:46O
18:48A consonant?
18:50F
18:52And a final vowel, please?
18:56And a final?
18:58E
19:00Stand by.
19:02MUSIC PLAYS
19:10MUSIC STOPS
19:30Yes, Louise?
19:32I have to stick with a five.
19:34A five in? Just a five as well.
19:36Louise? Wiper.
19:38And?
19:40Two wipers. Now, Giles, Susie?
19:42Well, they're brilliant,
19:44but I'm quite surprised that neither of them came up
19:46with the ultimate complement to your name.
19:48A hewer is there.
19:50Oh!
19:52As in Nick Hewer. Yes.
19:54Your family originally must have been hewers of wood,
19:56and that's how your family got its surname.
19:58Well done.
20:00Louise, 43, Ian on 24, and it's Ian's numbers game.
20:02Good luck, Ian.
20:04Thank you. I'm going to go for two large and four small, please.
20:06Thank you, Ian. Two from top four,
20:08and I'll try and claw some points back in this round.
20:10These four small ones are...
20:12eight,
20:14five,
20:16three and two, and then the big ones,
20:18100 and 75.
20:20And the target, 975.
20:22975.
20:24MUSIC PLAYS
20:36MUSIC STOPS
20:54Yes, Ian?
20:56975. Louise?
20:58I think 975, but I haven't written it down completely.
21:00Let's hear from you, then. Louise?
21:02OK, I think it's eight plus five is 13 times 75.
21:04It is indeed, yeah.
21:06Don't doubt yourself. 975.
21:08Thank you.
21:10And... Same way.
21:12There we go. Lovely.
21:14Well done. APPLAUSE
21:16So, Louise still in the lead,
21:1853 to Ian's 34,
21:20as we turn to our second tea time teaser,
21:22which is loved more.
21:24And the clue, she loved nothing more
21:26than going for a bike ride here.
21:28She loved nothing more
21:30than going for a bike ride here.
21:32MUSIC PLAYS
21:40APPLAUSE
21:46Welcome back.
21:48I left with the clue,
21:50she loved nothing more than going for a bike ride here.
21:52Where did she go?
21:54Why, she went to the velodrome.
21:56The velodrome.
21:58Now, Louise, it's your letters game.
22:00OK. I'll start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
22:02Thank you, Louise.
22:04R
22:06And a vowel.
22:08O
22:10And another consonant.
22:12L
22:14A vowel.
22:16I
22:18A consonant.
22:20S
22:22A consonant.
22:24G
22:26A vowel.
22:28R
22:30And...
22:32a final consonant, please.
22:34And a final D.
22:36Stand by.
22:38MUSIC PLAYS
22:58MUSIC STOPS
23:06Louise?
23:08I'll stick with a seven.
23:10Ian?
23:12Just a six.
23:14And that six?
23:16Slider.
23:18Now then, Louise Wilson.
23:20Girdles.
23:22Girdles.
23:24Very good.
23:26I mean, it would give you an eight.
23:28Make a girdle.
23:30Oh, my goodness. Somebody who made girdles is a girdler.
23:32So you could have got girdler.
23:34We got stuck on a seven-letter word, which was soldier.
23:36Soldier.
23:38Well done. 60 plays 34.
23:40Now then, Ian, letters game.
23:42Can I start with a consonant, please?
23:44Thank you, Ian.
23:46R
23:48And another one.
23:50C
23:52And a vowel.
23:54And another vowel.
23:56E
23:58And a consonant.
24:00D
24:02Another consonant.
24:04L
24:06A vowel.
24:08A
24:10A consonant.
24:12V
24:14And a final consonant.
24:16And a final T.
24:18And the clock starts now.
24:20MUSIC PLAYS
24:24MUSIC CONTINUES
24:50Yes, Ian?
24:52And Louise?
24:54I think I've only got a six.
24:56Your six? Yeah.
24:58Craved.
25:00Craved. Now then, Ian, how much of a risk is this?
25:02A cravat.
25:04Cravat. As in a tie that you would wear.
25:06The French word...
25:08How were you spelling it?
25:10C-R-E-V-A-T-E.
25:12Oh. It's C-R-A-V-A-T.
25:14Oh.
25:16So it would just give you a six.
25:18So the risk... Disallowed.
25:20What's interesting is that a word like cravat comes over,
25:24in a sense, with... That's a later invention,
25:26but a lot of these French words came over with the Norman Conquest.
25:29Until then, Anglo-Saxon was a really good, stout English,
25:32simpler words, like a dead body was a dead body.
25:36But after the Norman Conquest, a dead body became a cadaver,
25:40from the French word cadavre.
25:42And cadaver is there as an acceptable seven-letter French origin word.
25:48So, cadaver. Very good.
25:50All right. 66, 34.
25:52And, Susie, what have you got for us today,
25:55in your wonderful origins of words?
25:57I thought I would talk in the next few programmes
26:00about the language of romance.
26:02We have a little while to go before Valentine's Day,
26:05but it's always good to get prepared.
26:07And I'll start with the word romance itself.
26:09It's battered about quite lightly these days.
26:11It can apply to romantic restaurants, gifts, cards, etc.
26:15But it once meant something very different,
26:17and it wasn't always connected with love.
26:19Romance came to evolve in the way that we know it today,
26:22in the 14th century, when it meant French, curiously.
26:26And it referred to stories or poems or epics
26:29that were written in the French language.
26:32At that time, Latin was considered too serious a language
26:35for stories and narratives.
26:37It was reserved for religious, political matters, etc.
26:41French was used for stories that entertained the common people.
26:45And very often, they were tales of courtly love
26:49and high chivalry of dragons and epics and damsels and quests.
26:54And that's why romance became eventually associated
26:57with these stories in particular,
26:59particularly those of knightly pursuits and the damsel in distress.
27:03But how did Roman, or romance, hop forward to French?
27:08Well, that goes back to the Romance languages.
27:10And the Romance languages are those that are descended
27:13from the Roman tongue, i.e. Latin.
27:16So that is Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese, etc.
27:19Not English, which is a Germanic language.
27:22But because they were written in French, they were in the Roman style.
27:25In other words, they were descended from Latin.
27:27And, as I say, they entertained the common people
27:30and gave us the lovely meaning that we have today.
27:32Excellent stuff. Well done. Very good.
27:35APPLAUSE
27:38So, 66-34 says it all.
27:41Louise is in the lead and it's her letters game now.
27:44Could I start with a consonant, please, Rachel?
27:46Thank you, Louise.
27:47N
27:49And a vowel, please.
27:51O
27:52And a consonant.
27:54S
27:56And a vowel.
27:58A
27:59A consonant.
28:01V
28:03A consonant.
28:05Z
28:07A vowel.
28:09I
28:11A consonant.
28:13R
28:15And a final vowel, please.
28:19And the last one.
28:21O
28:22Stand by.
28:33O
28:35O
28:37O
28:39O
28:41O
28:43O
28:45O
28:47O
28:49O
28:51O
28:53O
28:55Louise?
28:57I'm going to risk a seven, I think.
29:00Ian?
29:01Saviour.
29:02Saviour and...?
29:03Radians?
29:05Radians? Radions, yeah.
29:07R-A-D-I-O-N-S.
29:09Yeah. Radons would be there, but not radions, I'm afraid.
29:13And saviour has to be spelt with a U for the British spelling.
29:16Oh, really? So, I have to disallow both. Apologies.
29:19Bad luck. It's a standstill.
29:21And Giles and Susie?
29:23Well, we've got a couple of seven-letter words.
29:25Ordains, yes, which is not controversial.
29:29Advisor could be controversial.
29:31It depends how the dictionary spells it.
29:33A-D-V-I-S-E-R or O-R?
29:36I'm offering it with O-R. Are both acceptable?
29:38Both are absolutely fine.
29:39Advisor, advisor.
29:41So, Ian, last letters game.
29:43Consonant, please.
29:45Thank you, Ian.
29:46T
29:47And another one.
29:49L
29:50And a vowel.
29:52U
29:53And another vowel.
29:55I
29:56A consonant.
29:58B
30:00Another consonant.
30:02T
30:04A vowel.
30:06E
30:08And another vowel.
30:10I
30:12And a final consonant, please.
30:14And a final D.
30:16And here's the Countdown Clock.
30:28CLOCK TICKS
30:48Well, Ian?
30:50Very risky seven.
30:51Louise?
30:52I'll stick with a six.
30:53Your six?
30:54Butted.
30:55Butted and?
30:56Er, de-built.
30:58Something that was built...
30:59And then de-built.
31:00And then de-built.
31:01Oh, you can rebuild but not de-build, I'm afraid.
31:04Sorry, Ian.
31:05What can we have now, Giles?
31:06Well, I have two possibilities I'd like to offer you.
31:09I was very excited by my first, which was blue tit.
31:12It's two words.
31:13So, blue tit is not allowed.
31:15But what about this?
31:16You came up with butted, Louise.
31:18And there's an L there.
31:20So, buttled is a possibility.
31:22That was our top two seven.
31:23Well done.
31:24All right, 72 to 34.
31:26And now, Louise, it's the final numbers game.
31:28OK.
31:29Could I have two from the top and four from anywhere else?
31:32You can indeed, thank you.
31:33Two large, four little.
31:34For the final numbers game of the day.
31:36And this selection is...
31:376, 3, 7, 4, 25 and 100.
31:43And this target...
31:44897.
31:468-9-7.
31:54MUSIC PLAYS
32:18Yes, Louise?
32:19Yeah, 8-9-7.
32:20Now then, Ian.
32:218-9-7.
32:22Louise?
32:238-9-7.
32:24Plus three is nine.
32:26Times by the hundred?
32:27900.
32:287-4 gives you another three and take that away.
32:30Perfect, well done.
32:318-9-7.
32:32Ian?
32:33Exactly the same way.
32:34There we go.
32:35Well done.
32:36APPLAUSE
32:41And so here we are, the final round.
32:43It's conundrum time.
32:44Fingers on buzzers.
32:45Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:48MUSIC PLAYS
33:18Nope.
33:19Well, we're stumped here.
33:21But who in the audience will...?
33:23Oh, many hands.
33:24Yes, sir?
33:25Is it practical, Mr Huwer?
33:27Practical. Let's see whether you're right.
33:30Practical.
33:31Well done.
33:32APPLAUSE
33:35Well done.
33:37Excellent stuff.
33:38So, Louise, you came storming in.
33:4182 playing Ian's 44.
33:43Bad luck.
33:44But you go back with a goodie bag and a teapot.
33:47Thanks for coming.
33:48Always remember, you beat Susie, a great player, three-time winner.
33:51So, congratulations.
33:52Louise Wilson?
33:53I'm shocked, but I'm pleased I got the teapot.
33:56Well, you did very well indeed.
33:58But listen, we haven't finished with you yet.
34:00You're on next time. Well done. Congratulations.
34:02Thank you.
34:03And Susie and Giles, two good players.
34:05Yes.
34:06Excellent.
34:07And a happy trip down memory lane.
34:09You come back with another sweater, maybe?
34:11Oh, no, I think I'm going to come into the 21st century tomorrow.
34:14I'll be wearing a cool, slim tie.
34:16We'll see you next time.
34:17And Rachel, too. Thank you so much.
34:19And well done to Neil in the audience.
34:21He's often here and we love him.
34:22So that was a fantastic conundrum. Well done.
34:24It was. Excellent stuff. See you soon.
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34:53Location is tonight at 8 and at 9,
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34:58Cop drama, no offence, continues.
35:01But next this afternoon, a new life in the sun is calling.
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