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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:03If you're not comfortable with the show,
00:05please, don't watch it.
00:07APPLAUSE
00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:34Now, I've got a theory that whenever you get stuck in an elevator,
00:38the first thing you want to do is to go to the toilet.
00:42It's a long-held belief of mine.
00:44But also, how often do you find yourself wandering around a city,
00:47shopping or something, and you suddenly think,
00:50right, I've got to go.
00:53And therefore you've got to sort of ask nicely in a restaurant
00:56or a cafe or a bar or whatever.
00:58Well, the Germans have come up with a very efficient solution.
01:01Trust them.
01:03Kicked off in Bremen, and it's called the Netter Toiletter Scheme.
01:07Now, this is how it works, and I think it's very clever indeed.
01:11What they do is that...
01:15..if you have a little sign on your restaurant or bar window
01:19that says, we are members of the Netter Toiletter Scheme,
01:22they get 100 euros from the local authority, right?
01:27And the chances are, of course, on the way out,
01:29you might stop for a coffee in the same place.
01:31But it's such a good idea,
01:33because otherwise it can be very worrying for people
01:36if they can't find anywhere.
01:38I personally just breeze in and ask, and most people are nice,
01:41but other people give you a bit of a frown and say,
01:44well, it's only for the patrons, you know?
01:46What do you think? I think it's a great idea.
01:48Well, in Southend, there's actually a couple of old public toilets
01:51along the seafront that they've given to people that have started businesses.
01:55So there's a couple of restaurants now,
01:57and they're allowed to have these buildings as restaurants
01:59as long as they keep the public toilets open.
02:01That's a good scheme. Yeah, it's a great idea.
02:03So Bremen and Southend leading the world. World leaders.
02:06Brilliant stuff. All right.
02:08Now, who's back? Rachel, none other than Phil Davies,
02:11looking for his sixth win, having won his fifth on Friday.
02:14Well done. How are you feeling? I'm OK, thank you very much.
02:16You weren't out clubbing all weekend, were you? No.
02:19Did you try any of Alexis's tricks?
02:21I tried but failed, I'm afraid.
02:23Oh, dear. Extra lessons later. More practice.
02:26More practice. Well, you're joined, Phil, by Ben Jenkins,
02:29an MSc Statistics student at the University of Lancaster,
02:32originally from Midbrook in Gloucestershire, who's a sportsman.
02:36You play tennis and you pool regularly?
02:38I try to, the best I can now, fitting it in, you know.
02:41Well done. How are you on corfball?
02:44Corfball, it's a very new thing for me.
02:47It's not something you really do until you get to university.
02:51It's essentially a mix between basketball and netball.
02:54You have mixed teams, mixed-sex teams,
02:57and rather than a basketball hoop, which is about ten feet high,
03:01it's a bigger basket that's 11.5 feet high.
03:05So it's much harder to score and it's very fast-paced.
03:09Excellent. All right, well, good luck to you both, Phil and Ben.
03:12Big round of applause for our competitors.
03:16And Susie's over the corner.
03:18Welcome back, Susie, and welcome back also, Alexis Conron,
03:22TV and radio presenter, and the real hustler, trickster,
03:26and a good sport. Welcome back.
03:28Thank you very much.
03:32Now then, Phil, you're off to your sixth.
03:34Take it steadily. Good luck.
03:36Thank you. Afternoon, Rachel.
03:38Afternoon, Phil. Start with a consonant, please.
03:40Thank you. Start the week with T.
03:43Start the week with T.
03:45A consonant.
03:47N.
03:49A consonant.
03:51G.
03:53A vowel.
03:55O.
03:57A vowel.
03:59E.
04:01A vowel.
04:03I.
04:05A vowel.
04:07A.
04:09A consonant.
04:11And the final consonant, please.
04:13And a final P.
04:15And here's the Countdown Clock.
04:17CLOCK TICKS
04:41CLOCK TICKS
04:47Yes, Phil?
04:49Seven. A seven, Ben?
04:51Yes, seven. Phil?
04:53I've got peaking.
04:55Now then. Same word.
04:57And in the corner, Alexis?
05:00Apparently there's an eight, which is...
05:03pinotage.
05:05Susie, what sort of surprise?
05:07You'll like this one.
05:09Pinotage means hermitage.
05:11Names of types of grape.
05:13And it's a variety of red wine,
05:15of the grapes grown in South Africa.
05:17Oh, right, OK.
05:19Pinotage.
05:21OK.
05:23Seven apiece, Ben.
05:25Your letters game.
05:27Afternoon, Rachel. Afternoon, Ben.
05:29Can I start with a consonant, please?
05:31Thank you. Start with T.
05:33And another...
05:35S.
05:37P.
05:39A vowel.
05:41U.
05:43A consonant.
05:45T.
05:47A vowel.
05:49E.
05:51A vowel.
05:53O.
05:55A vowel.
05:57A.
05:59A final consonant, please.
06:01And a final D.
06:03Stand by.
06:07CLOCK TICKS
06:31Ben. Seven.
06:33A seven and...?
06:35Ben. Spotted.
06:37Spotted and...?
06:39Spouted. Yes.
06:41Spouted.
06:43Alexis?
06:45One better, which is an eight.
06:47With outdates.
06:49That's pretty good.
06:51APPLAUSE
06:53So, 14 apiece
06:55and it's numbers time.
06:57Come round, Phil. Off you go.
06:59Can I have two from the top, please?
07:01And four little ones.
07:03Two large, four little for the first one of the week.
07:05And they are...
07:09Another seven, and the large one's 50.
07:11And 25.
07:13And the target.
07:15567.
07:17567.
07:33CLOCK TICKS
07:47Phil?
07:49Yeah, I've got 567, but I haven't written it down fully.
07:51Ben?
07:53No, I lost it.
07:55Right. Let's concentrate on Phil, then. Yes, Phil.
07:57OK, so 50 plus 25 is 75.
07:5975.
08:01Plus seven, minus one.
08:03Plus seven, minus one.
08:0581.
08:07Times seven.
08:09The other seven. Perfect. Well done.
08:11Good man. Well done.
08:13APPLAUSE
08:17It's propelled you to a lead of 24 to 14.
08:19Well done. Well done, Phil.
08:21Let's have a tea-time teaser.
08:23It's large nose and the clue.
08:25Pinocchio would be proud
08:27of some of the things this person writes.
08:29Pinocchio would be proud
08:31of some of the things this person writes.
08:33CLOCK TICKS
08:41APPLAUSE
08:49Welcome back. I left you with the clue.
08:51Pinocchio would be proud of some of the things
08:53this person writes.
08:55This person being a sloganeer.
08:57A sloganeer?
08:59A pamphleteer, a sloganeer?
09:01Somebody who writes slogans?
09:03Yes. That comes from the Scottish slughorn.
09:05It used to be a battle cry. Is that right?
09:07Yes, slogans have gone downhill since then, I think.
09:09It's said to be found in advertising agencies,
09:11aren't they, mainly? Yes.
09:13And political party headquarters.
09:1524, paying 14. Phil on 24.
09:17Ben, your letters again.
09:19Can I have a consonant, please?
09:21Thank you, Ben. R.
09:23A consonant.
09:25S.
09:27And another.
09:29L.
09:31And another.
09:33V.
09:35And a vowel.
09:37A. And another.
09:39E.
09:41And another.
09:43A.
09:45A consonant.
09:47L.
09:49And a final vowel, please.
09:51And a final O.
09:53MUSIC
10:23Yes, Ben?
10:25A seven. A seven. And?
10:27Yeah, I've got seven. Ben?
10:29Ballers.
10:31And? Ballers.
10:33Two ballers.
10:35And in the corner, Alexis?
10:37Yeah, ballers.
10:39But there's another seven as well.
10:41What would that be?
10:43Solbar. Solbar is a structural piece
10:45that forms part of the underframe
10:47of railway vehicles, so part of the undercarriage.
10:49Oh, I see.
10:51Thank you very much.
10:5331-21, still ten points in it,
10:55and it's Phil's letters game. Phil?
10:57Can I start with a consonant, please?
10:59Thank you, Phil. Y.
11:01A vowel.
11:03O.
11:05A vowel.
11:07I. A consonant.
11:09R.
11:11A consonant.
11:13M.
11:15A vowel.
11:17A. A consonant.
11:19L.
11:21A consonant.
11:23B.
11:25And a vowel, please.
11:27And lastly, I.
11:29Stand by.
11:31MUSIC
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11:53MUSIC
11:55MUSIC
11:57MUSIC
11:59MUSIC
12:01MUSIC
12:03Yes, Ben?
12:05Five.
12:07Five, and?
12:09A risky six.
12:11Ben?
12:13A broil.
12:15And?
12:17A seven.
12:19Barmerly.
12:21Very nice.
12:23Barmerly.
12:25Any S, Suzie?
12:27No, that was our best.
12:2937-21, and now it's a numbers game for you, Ben.
12:31I'll have one large and five small, please, Rachel.
12:33Thank you, Ben.
12:35One large, one five, little ones coming up.
12:37And for the second time, they are
12:39six, five,
12:41three, another five,
12:43two, and a large one, 25.
12:45And the target, 512.
12:47512.
12:49MUSIC
12:51MUSIC
12:53MUSIC
12:55MUSIC
12:57MUSIC
12:59MUSIC
13:01MUSIC
13:03MUSIC
13:05MUSIC
13:07MUSIC
13:09MUSIC
13:11MUSIC
13:13MUSIC
13:15MUSIC
13:17MUSIC
13:19Yes, Ben?
13:21510.
13:23510, Phil?
13:25I've got 509.
13:27Well, let's turn to Ben, first of all.
13:29OK, so six times three is 18.
13:31Yep.
13:33Plus two is 20.
13:35It is.
13:37Times 25.
13:39500.
13:41Where is that two got to, I wonder?
13:43Well, if you say
13:4525 times 5
13:47is 125,
13:49plus 3 for 128,
13:51and then 6 minus 2
13:53is 4, and times them together, 512.
13:55Perfect.
13:57Thank you, Rachel.
13:59So,
14:0137-28, Ben, you're well in touch
14:03as we link to
14:05Alexis Conlon.
14:07Alexis, what are you up to now?
14:09I've got one more
14:11proposition bet for you.
14:13Yes.
14:15Which should win you a round of drinks in the pub,
14:17and all you need is something that you can find very easily,
14:19which is a necktie or a piece of rope.
14:21Yes.
14:23And this is very, very simple.
14:25Rachel's got one as well, so she's going to try it.
14:27And Nick, I think you've got one as well, haven't you?
14:29I'm sorry.
14:31There we go. See, everyone gets one.
14:33This is the bet.
14:35You have to tie a knot in the middle of this tie
14:37without letting go of the ends.
14:39Oh.
14:41So you've got to tie a knot in the middle here,
14:43but you can't let go of the ends.
14:45OK.
14:47Do you want to have a go?
14:49Yes.
14:51Go on.
14:53You can't let go of the ends.
14:55No, you can't be swapping hands again.
14:57Am I allowed to do this?
14:59You could perhaps that, but if you can't...
15:01Oh, no, that's not a proper knot.
15:03What's not a proper knot?
15:05Rachel, how are you doing?
15:07You can tie yourself into a knot.
15:11OK, so this is how this is done.
15:13I do love this one.
15:15It's one of the first ones I ever learned.
15:17So you put the tie down on the table,
15:19or you get somebody else to hold it for you.
15:21And then you cross your arms.
15:23You pick one side with one hand,
15:25the other side with another hand.
15:27You're not letting go,
15:29but when you uncross your arms,
15:31you've tied a knot.
15:33Very neat.
15:35I like that.
15:37It's a nice, simple one.
15:39Hang on.
15:41You put it down.
15:43Cross your arms.
15:45One has to go over, the other one has to go under.
15:47So cross your arms like you would normally.
15:49Pick one up from there,
15:51one up from there.
15:53Uncross your arms.
15:55Ta-da.
15:57I've got a knot.
15:59Different trick, Nick.
16:01OK.
16:03Very good. Well done.
16:05All right.
16:0737 to 28. Phil on 37.
16:09And Phil, your letters go.
16:11Start with a consonant, please.
16:13Thank you, Phil. N.
16:15A consonant.
16:17R.
16:19A vowel, please.
16:21V.
16:23A consonant.
16:25P.
16:27A consonant.
16:29A vowel.
16:31A.
16:33A vowel.
16:35E.
16:37A consonant.
16:39N.
16:41And a final consonant, please.
16:43And a final T.
16:45Stand by.
16:59CLOCK TICKS
17:15Yes, Phil?
17:17I've got a six.
17:19A six and? Six.
17:21Phil? I've got parent.
17:23And? Porner.
17:25And porner.
17:27Alexis?
17:29For seven, panic.
17:31Yes.
17:33It's a botanical adjective
17:35and it means symmetrical.
17:37Bilaterally symmetrical.
17:39Used for leaves and that kind of thing.
17:41And six, we had trepan,
17:43which was a saw that surgeons
17:45used to use for perforating the skull.
17:47Yes.
17:49To be trepanned.
17:51Yeah. Terrifying thought.
17:5343 to 34.
17:55Ben, your letter's game.
17:57A vowel, please, Rachel. Thank you, Ben.
17:59E.
18:01A consonant.
18:03N.
18:05And another.
18:07D.
18:09And another.
18:11F.
18:13And a vowel.
18:15I.
18:17And a vowel.
18:19U.
18:21And a consonant.
18:23And a final vowel, please.
18:25And a final I.
18:27Stand by.
18:53STAND BY
18:55STAND BY
18:57STAND BY
18:59STAND BY
19:01Ben? Seven.
19:03And Phil? Yeah, I've got seven as well.
19:05Ben? Infused.
19:07And? Infused.
19:09Phil, two.
19:11Any more infusions?
19:13Couldn't really better that.
19:15Unified is another seven.
19:17Susie, anything else? No, I was looking for fuddies,
19:19but you can only have fuddy-duddies.
19:21Let's go for our two seveners.
19:23We'll leave it there, shall we? 50 plays 41.
19:25Nine points in it, and it's Phil's numbers game.
19:27Yes, Phil?
19:29Two from the top and four small, please.
19:31Thank you, Phil. Two large, four little.
19:33And the third numbers game of the day is...
19:35Two.
19:37Two.
19:39Five.
19:41Six. And then the big ones, 25 and 100.
19:43And the target...
19:45775.
19:47775.
19:49MUSIC PLAYS
19:51MUSIC CONTINUES
20:17Yes, Phil?
20:19775.
20:21And Ben?
20:23775.
20:25Now then, Phil.
20:27OK, so five times six is 30.
20:29Yep.
20:31Two divided by two is one.
20:33Add it on.
20:3531.
20:37Times 25.
20:39Well done.
20:41And Ben?
20:43Exactly the same way.
20:45Two good players.
20:47If the man's too big, he'll never get inside this hole.
20:51If the man's too big, he'll never get inside this hole.
20:55MUSIC PLAYS
21:03APPLAUSE
21:11Welcome back. I left you with the clue,
21:13if the man's too big, he'll never get inside this hole,
21:16and that is mineshaft.
21:18Mineshaft.
21:20Now, 60 plays 51.
21:22Phil on 60.
21:24And it's Ben's letters game.
21:26Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
21:28Thank you, Ben. H.
21:30And another?
21:32T.
21:34And a third?
21:36D.
21:38And a vowel?
21:40A.
21:42Vowel? O.
21:44Consonant?
21:46W.
21:48Consonant?
21:50D.
21:52Vowel?
21:54I.
21:56And a final vowel, please?
21:58And a final E.
22:00Stand by.
22:02MUSIC PLAYS
22:14MUSIC CONTINUES
22:32Well, then, I'll stick with a six.
22:34Phil? Yeah, I've got a six.
22:36Ben?
22:38Thord.
22:40And? Thord.
22:42And in the corner, Alexis?
22:44We got a seven for toadied.
22:47Toadied. Yes.
22:49Terrible, isn't it?
22:51Suck up to someone, toadying up to them.
22:53Yeah. Toadying.
22:5566 to 57, Phil.
22:57Now, then, letters game.
22:59OK. Start with a vowel, please.
23:01Thank you, Phil. I.
23:03A vowel?
23:05E.
23:07And a vowel, please?
23:09U.
23:11A consonant?
23:13G.
23:15A consonant?
23:17M.
23:19A consonant?
23:21T.
23:23A vowel?
23:25O.
23:27A consonant?
23:29J.
23:31And a final consonant, please?
23:33And a final M.
23:35Stand by.
23:37MUSIC PLAYS
23:41MUSIC STOPS
24:03Yes, Phil?
24:05Er, just a four.
24:07Unlike you. Ben?
24:09No, Phil. I've got gout.
24:11And mute.
24:13Mute? Yes.
24:15Alexis, what have you got?
24:17Well, there's, er, two.
24:19One is, er, ouchie.
24:21Yes.
24:23South African word.
24:25You can pronounce it ouchie,
24:27and it's a young boy
24:29in Afrikaans, South African English.
24:31Yes.
24:33And there's a five there as well, emoji.
24:35Thank you. Thank you.
24:3731.
24:39Still that nine point in it.
24:41Susie, let's give them a rest.
24:43Your origins of words.
24:45Er, just a few acronyms for you today.
24:47Such a boring word, acronym.
24:49It's got ake in there,
24:51which is the Greek for height,
24:53behind lots of words,
24:55acropolis, acrobat, et cetera.
24:57But an acronym is a word
24:59that's formed from the initial letters
25:01of other words, and although it's a boring term,
25:03it has produced lots of nice words in English.
25:05Not all of them are obviously acronyms.
25:07We're going to start with quango.
25:09We don't often talk nicely about quangos.
25:11Administrative bodies,
25:13connected to the government, outside the civil service,
25:15usually used in association
25:17with red tape and administrative
25:19boringness, really.
25:21But it sounds like it ought to be
25:23a tropical fruit drink. It sounds quite nice,
25:25but it's not. It is, in fact,
25:27a quasi-autonomous,
25:29non-governmental organisation.
25:31So boring is as boring does, I suppose.
25:33Pog.
25:35Did anyone used to play with pogs?
25:37Yeah, around the 80s, 90s.
25:39Little cardboard discs.
25:41I'm not sure anyone knew the rule for the game of pogs.
25:43But this one does come
25:45from a tropical fruit drink, in fact,
25:47a Hawaiian juice drink,
25:49with the lids of which provided the first
25:51discs that were used, and pog is an acronym
25:53for passion fruit orange guava,
25:55in case anyone was wondering.
25:57Laser, perhaps,
25:59people know this one.
26:01It's a good illustration of why
26:03we use acronyms, because they are such
26:05a mouthful when you spell them all out.
26:07Laser, you might imagine a James Bond
26:09film. You would never imagine James Bond
26:11saying light amplification by stimulated
26:13emission of radiation.
26:15That's what laser is.
26:17Sim card, you probably might guess that a sim
26:19is an acronym, but maybe not for it.
26:21Subscriber identification module,
26:23so it's all about the user's network
26:25details.
26:27Care package, it's perhaps the most surprising
26:29of all the acronyms
26:31that I've come across anyway.
26:33Widespread use, especially
26:35in the military, care packages sent
26:37to soldiers at war, but also students at university
26:39might send a care package too.
26:41But the care originally stood for the
26:43Co-operative for American Remittances to
26:45Europe, which sent out aid
26:47in the aftermath of World War II.
26:49Finally,
26:51the Pelican Crossing. You can't get more
26:53British than the Pelican Crossing. That's
26:55actually a re-spelling of an acronym,
26:57Austrian Light Controlled Crossing.
26:59Again, pretty boring
27:01on its own, but once you make it into an animal
27:03it sounds so much better.
27:05We used to call it the Belisha Crossing in the old days
27:07after Hor Belisha, who is
27:09Minister of Transport, presumably.
27:11Exactly. But Pelican, there's
27:13Puffins and there's Pegasus and Zebra,
27:15obviously, whole menagerie there.
27:17Exactly. Thank you.
27:19APPLAUSE
27:21Thank you.
27:2370 plays 61.
27:25Now, what are we going to do about this?
27:27Let's escape.
27:29Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Ben.
27:31R
27:33And a consonant.
27:35S
27:37And another.
27:39S
27:41And a fourth.
27:43N
27:45And a vowel.
27:47I And a vowel.
27:49E
27:51And a vowel.
27:53A
27:55And a consonant.
27:57C
27:59And a final
28:01consonant, please. And a final
28:03R.
28:05Stand by.
28:07MUSIC PLAYS
28:23MUSIC STOPS
28:25MUSIC CONTINUES
28:27MUSIC CONTINUES
28:29MUSIC CONTINUES
28:31MUSIC CONTINUES
28:33MUSIC STOPS
28:35Yes, Ben?
28:37Seven. A seven.
28:39Phil? Eight.
28:41Ben? Carnies.
28:43Now, then. Raciness.
28:45Very nice. Excellent, yeah.
28:47Well done. Well done.
28:49APPLAUSE
28:51Just in time.
28:53It's put a bit of air between you.
28:55Now, Alexis and Susie?
28:57Couldn't better that, really. That was the eight.
28:59That was it? Some arsenic for you, if you'd like some.
29:01The seven.
29:03I wouldn't mind some, actually.
29:0578-61. Phil, your letters game.
29:07Consonant, please. Thank you, Phil.
29:09L
29:11And a consonant.
29:13V
29:15A vowel.
29:17O
29:19A consonant.
29:21L
29:23A vowel.
29:25E
29:27A consonant.
29:29S
29:31A vowel.
29:33A
29:35And a final...
29:37consonant, please.
29:39And a final R.
29:41And here's the Countdown Clock.
29:43MUSIC PLAYS
29:45MUSIC CONTINUES
29:47MUSIC CONTINUES
30:13MUSIC STOPS
30:15I've got a six. A six, Ben?
30:17Six. Phil?
30:19Lovers.
30:21Nothing, Ben. Same word.
30:23Lovely. Any more lovers over there?
30:25We could go to eight with overalls.
30:27Very good.
30:29APPLAUSE
30:3584-67, and into the final numbers game.
30:39Ben Jenkins.
30:41I'll have six more, please, Rachel.
30:43Well done. Thank you, Ben.
30:45Six little ones, and hopefully a tricky one to challenge you.
30:48The final numbers of the day are seven.
30:50Seven. One.
30:52Eight. Two.
30:54And another eight.
30:56And the target, 295.
30:58295.
31:00MUSIC PLAYS
31:14MUSIC STOPS
31:30Yes, Ben? 295.
31:32295. Phil?
31:34295. Ben?
31:36I did seven times seven.
31:38Seven times seven is 49.
31:40Eight minus two is six.
31:42Let's add them together for 294 and add the one.
31:45Well done. 295.
31:47And Phil? And I did exactly the same way.
31:49There we go.
31:51APPLAUSE
31:55So, 94 plays Ben 77 as we go into the final round.
31:59Gentlemen, fingers on buzzers.
32:01Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:07Phil?
32:09Compelled.
32:12Get quicker and quicker.
32:14Compelled.
32:16Well done.
32:21That's really becoming your speciality.
32:24My word, you've done some remarkable things.
32:26104. Top score so far?
32:28Best one so far, yes, thank you.
32:30Well done. I'll come back to you, Ben.
32:32You played like a champ there.
32:34You held him off pretty much to the end.
32:36So, 77, a very good score
32:38against somebody who's now got six games under his belt.
32:40Thank you so much for coming.
32:42Take this goodie bag back to the University of Lancaster
32:45and good luck with your statistics studies.
32:47Thank you very much.
32:49Now, look at you.
32:52Six under your belt.
32:54Yes.
32:56I was a bit worried about you, because it's very tough coming in
32:58day after day after day after day.
33:00It is, it is.
33:02But here you are.
33:04You'll have to buy drinks in the round, because the tricks don't work.
33:06We'll see you tomorrow. Congratulations again.
33:08No.
33:10It's been a lot of fun.
33:12Thank you.
33:14You've taught us some good money-making and drink-providing tricks,
33:16which we shall put to good use.
33:18I like to bring value to where I go to.
33:20You do.
33:22You come back soon.
33:24Good luck with the next series of the Durrells,
33:26which I think is a lovely, lovely show.
33:28Yeah.
33:30And all the other things.
33:32You work with Marcus Brigstocke, too, I think.
33:34Yes, yeah.
33:36He's a lovely guy, Marcus.
33:38He is lovely.
33:40We've been friends for a long time,
33:42so we can really wind each other up without falling out,
33:44which is a bonus.
33:46That's the way.
33:48We'll see you soon again, I hope.
33:50Thank you.
33:52Well done.
33:54See you tomorrow, Susie.
33:56Yes.
33:58And Rachel, of course.
34:00See you tomorrow.
34:02See you tomorrow with Alastair McGowan.
34:04See you tomorrow.
34:06See you tomorrow.
34:08Join us then, same time, same place.
34:10You be sure of it.
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34:28APPLAUSE
34:30Tonight at eight o'clock,
34:32we'll be back with more matches,
34:34quite literally goes undercover
34:36in Premiere Inn.
34:38Then, back for a new series at half eight,
34:40why airplane food tastes different
34:42at 20,000 feet,
34:44and why the price of some olive oil is rising.
34:46That's in Food Unwrapped.
34:48Next this afternoon, it's a place in the sun.