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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:03CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio
00:35for the second semi-final match.
00:37Who will make it to the final tomorrow?
00:42Time will tell.
00:44Have you told, Rachel, a DJ that their music was sending you to sleep?
00:48Most of them would say, how dare you?
00:50And would turn the volume up, I guess they would.
00:52But not DJ Tom Middleton.
00:54Now, this Tom Middleton has got some sort of obsession about sleep
00:57because he's produced an album that is specifically designed
01:00to send you to sleep.
01:01And what he's done is to scientifically create or source music
01:06that slows the heart rate and the respiratory rate too.
01:12Right.
01:13For me, a hefty brandy helps things go along.
01:17What about you? Do you think music would do the trick?
01:19I never try it.
01:20I don't normally fall asleep to that kind of thing,
01:22but often I love watching things like snooker and tennis.
01:26But on a nice, warm day, I'm always just...
01:29I sleep after an hour on the sofa.
01:31I don't know what it is about the sport.
01:33It's just gentle and you don't have to pay attention, and then I'm gone.
01:36Particularly when we're working here in Media City and, you know,
01:40the old...
01:41Well, what's left of the brain actually spinning around
01:43at the end of two days?
01:45Getting to sleep's a real problem,
01:47so I might go and invest in Tom Middleton's album.
01:49Give that a shot. Good luck.
01:51Cheaper than brandy, I think.
01:53Better for you, probably, as well. As well.
01:55All right.
01:56Now, as you know, Rich, we've got two great players.
01:58We've got Philip Aston, a student from Biddeford,
02:01who edged Toby McDonald a number two seed out,
02:05and that's why he's here in this semifinal.
02:07Well done. Well done, Philip. How are you feeling?
02:09Very good.
02:10Yeah, and you're a great player too.
02:12You're joined by Dougie Mackay, who's come all the way from Guernsey,
02:16number six seed,
02:18who edged out the number three seed, Chris Thorne, in the quarterfinals.
02:22So we've got two giant killers here.
02:24Philip Aston, good luck to you both.
02:26Good luck to you both.
02:27Big round of applause for Philip and Dougie.
02:35Two good guys.
02:36And over in the corner, Susie's there.
02:38And a big welcome back to one of our favourites,
02:41magician and comedian, none other than Paul Zenon.
02:44Welcome back, Paul.
02:45Thank you very much.
02:46Good to be back.
02:48APPLAUSE
02:50And now, Philip.
02:51Philip Aston, off we go.
02:53Thank you. Good afternoon, Rachel.
02:55Afternoon, Philip.
02:56Consonant, please.
02:57Start the last semifinal with D.
03:00And another.
03:03S.
03:04And a third.
03:06W.
03:07Vowel.
03:09A.
03:10Another vowel.
03:11O.
03:12And another, please.
03:14E.
03:15Consonant.
03:18M.
03:19Another consonant.
03:21X.
03:22And one more consonant, please.
03:24And lastly, C.
03:26And here's the Countdown Clock.
03:48CLOCK TICKS
03:59Philip?
04:00Six, maybe.
04:02And Dougie?
04:03Six.
04:04Now, Philip.
04:05Cameos?
04:08And cameos.
04:09Lovely.
04:10We're happy with that choice.
04:11Very happy, yes. Absolutely fine.
04:13And over in the corner there, Paul and Susie.
04:16Yeah, it was a difficult one.
04:17There wasn't a lot there, but there was a seven with meadows.
04:21Meadows.
04:22Oh, lovely.
04:23Six apiece.
04:24And Dougie.
04:25Your yes, again.
04:26Afternoon, Rachel.
04:27Afternoon, Dougie.
04:28Could I have a consonant, please?
04:29Thank you. Start with M.
04:31And a second.
04:33T.
04:34And a third.
04:37N.
04:38Vowel.
04:40E.
04:41Vowel.
04:43A.
04:44Vowel.
04:45A vowel.
04:46I.
04:48Consonant.
04:50D.
04:51A consonant.
04:53R.
04:54And a final vowel, please.
04:56And a final O.
04:59Stand by.
05:15MUSIC PLAYS
05:31Yes, Dougie?
05:32Er, eight.
05:34Philip?
05:35Nine.
05:37Dougie?
05:38Er, Russian.
05:39Now then, Philip Aston.
05:41Monradite.
05:42Monradite.
05:43Monradite is a mineral,
05:45a massive granular yellowish silicate magnesium in iron.
05:48Very, very good.
05:49APPLAUSE
05:54And anything else in the corner there?
05:56Paul, Susie?
05:58Er, I think the only others we got were Russian or de-Russian,
06:02for that matter.
06:04Thank you.
06:05I tell you what, 24 plays six now.
06:07That's such a killer blow.
06:09Now, Philip, your numbers game.
06:11Thank you.
06:12Capital T, please.
06:13Capital T. You know what you want.
06:15Three from the top, three little...
06:17Thank you, Philip.
06:18First numbers round of this semi-final
06:20is 3, 6, 6,
06:23then 25, 100,
06:25and 75.
06:27And the target, 690.
06:29690.
06:31MUSIC PLAYS
06:41MUSIC CONTINUES
07:02Well, Philip?
07:03Unfortunately, I've only got 691.
07:05691, Dougie?
07:07Er, 690.
07:08690. So, Dougie?
07:10So, 100 over 25 is 4.
07:12It is.
07:13Plus 6 is 10.
07:1510.
07:16And multiply that by 75 minus 6.
07:18Always strong with the numbers. Well done.
07:20APPLAUSE
07:25So, 16 plays 24 as we turn to our first tea time teaser,
07:29which is Dan asleep.
07:31And the clue, Dan fell asleep by the seafront,
07:33having had a long walk here.
07:36Dan fell asleep by the seafront,
07:38having had a long walk here.
07:41MUSIC PLAYS
07:49APPLAUSE
07:55Welcome back.
07:56I left with the clue, Dan fell asleep by the seafront,
07:59having had a long walk here,
08:01having had a long walk along the esplanade.
08:05Where does that come from?
08:07It comes from the Latin meaning flattened or levels,
08:11so it means the esplanade or esplanade is linked to explain
08:14when you flatten something out in order to make it clearer.
08:19Thank you.
08:20Interesting.
08:21The esplanade.
08:2224 plays 16 and Dougie, your letters go, Dougie.
08:25Thank you.
08:26Consonant, please, Rachel.
08:28Thank you, Dougie.
08:29N.
08:30And the second?
08:32S.
08:33Third?
08:35V.
08:36Vowel?
08:38E.
08:39Vowel?
08:40A.
08:41Vowel?
08:42U.
08:44Consonant?
08:45Y.
08:47Consonant?
08:48F.
08:50And a final...
08:52Consonant, please.
08:53And a final G.
08:55Stand by.
08:57MUSIC PLAYS
09:07MUSIC CONTINUES
09:28Dougie?
09:30Just six.
09:31Six. And Philip?
09:33Seven.
09:34Dougie?
09:35Er, usages.
09:36Now, then.
09:38Gayness.
09:39Er, is in lots of different senses.
09:42Erm, homosexuality or the state of being light-hearted and carefree.
09:47Gayness, yeah.
09:48Yeah.
09:49And over there, Paul and Susie?
09:51Couldn't do any better than that, really.
09:53That was about it.
09:54Finish?
09:55Yeah.
09:56Thank you.
09:5731 plays 16.
09:58Philip?
09:59Back you come. Letters again.
10:01Consonant, please, Rachel.
10:02Thank you, Philip.
10:03R.
10:04And a second.
10:06T.
10:07And a third.
10:09D.
10:10And a vowel.
10:12E.
10:13Another vowel.
10:14A.
10:15And a third.
10:16E.
10:17Consonant.
10:19R.
10:20Another consonant.
10:22L.
10:23And one more consonant, please.
10:25And finish.
10:26G.
10:28Countdown.
10:30MUSIC PLAYS
10:34MUSIC CONTINUES
11:00Philip?
11:01Seven.
11:02A seven.
11:03A seven, Dougie?
11:04Just seven as well.
11:05Philip?
11:06Related.
11:07And Dougie?
11:08Yeah, same.
11:09Good.
11:10Any more sevens, Paul?
11:12Yeah, there was treadle.
11:15Yes.
11:16There.
11:17But there is an eight, I think, we got in the 11th hour there.
11:20Yeah.
11:21Which is...?
11:22Re-grated.
11:23It's a historical financial term,
11:25meaning to buy up commodities in order to resell them at a profit.
11:29APPLAUSE
11:32Re-grated. Well done, guys.
11:34Thank you. 38 plays 23.
11:37And, Dougie, it's your numbers game now.
11:39Thank you.
11:40One from the top and five little ones, please, Rachel.
11:43Playing it safe-ish. Interesting tactics, Dougie.
11:45Thank you. One large, five little.
11:47And for this round, five, six, nine, two, eight and 75.
11:55And the target, 451.
11:58451.
11:59MUSIC
12:30Dougie?
12:31451.
12:32451, Philip?
12:33451.
12:35Yes, Dougie?
12:36So I did six times 75?
12:37450.
12:38Plus nine, minus eight.
12:40Not much brainpower needed there.
12:42And Philip?
12:43Exactly the same way.
12:44OK.
12:45APPLAUSE
12:49So, as we turn to Paul Zenon,
12:52we leave the score standing 48 to 33 in Philip's favour.
12:56Paul Zenon, mischief maker.
12:59What have you got for us today?
13:01Well, I've got my own little kind of numbers round, really.
13:04A question I get asked a lot as a magician is,
13:07can you predict the lottery results?
13:09And obviously the answer is yes,
13:11but I choose to be here rather than on my tropical island.
13:14And I can't actually obviously predict the lottery results,
13:17but what I might be able to predict is what numbers you might choose.
13:21And the reason I say that is I found this little thing.
13:24And what it is, it's a way of choosing random lottery numbers.
13:27If you have a look inside there, it's got all these different numbers,
13:30a different picture of a ball on each one and a different number.
13:33So what I'm going to get you to do here, to choose one,
13:36is just do like I'm doing and put it flat on your hand
13:38and then just open it any way you like and just choose a random number.
13:41So we'll start with Rachel.
13:43Can you come and grab that?
13:44And if you've done that, then pass it to Susie.
13:46But just keep it to yourself, just have a quick number.
13:49Remember that's the number you're looking at.
13:51Pass it to Susie.
13:54You've got one there.
13:55Okay, we'll pass it along to Philip.
13:57If you do the same.
14:00Just grab a quick one there.
14:01And on to Dougie there.
14:06He's making sure there's no cameras behind him,
14:08no cheating going on here.
14:10Thank you.
14:11And finally to Nick.
14:12Okay.
14:13And if you could just pass that back.
14:15And as you're doing that,
14:16can I get everybody to just stand up for a moment?
14:18Okay, just where you are.
14:19Thank you.
14:21Now, what will you do?
14:22Nick as well, just stand up where you are.
14:24And everybody, close your eyes.
14:26Right, now, audience, go and hide.
14:29This is going to be great.
14:33Now, what I'm going to do here,
14:34I'm going to try and give out what numbers you thought of.
14:36I'm going to shout out five numbers,
14:38but I want you, even if I mention...
14:40Whether I mention your number or not,
14:41just keep a straight poker face and don't react whatever I do.
14:44Okay.
14:45With our eyes closed.
14:46With your eyes closed.
14:47So I'm going to...
14:48As I say, you've got a random choice of 49 numbers here,
14:52but I'm going to go for...
14:56..7, 19, 26...
15:03..37 and 44.
15:08Now, everybody open your eyes.
15:11And if I just named the number you chose, sit down.
15:16LAUGHTER
15:19APPLAUSE
15:25I tell you what, sir,
15:27it was well worth giving each of them a tenner for that, wasn't it?
15:30That's very good, Paul.
15:32Thank you.
15:33Brilliant, well done. Thanks so much, Paul.
15:35Well done.
15:36Now, 48 plays 33, Philip on 48.
15:38And now, Philip, it's your letters game. Good luck.
15:41Consonant, please, Rachel.
15:42Thank you, Philip.
15:43F.
15:44And a second.
15:46P.
15:47And a third.
15:49R.
15:50And a vowel.
15:52O.
15:53And another.
15:54A.
15:55And a third.
15:57I.
15:58A consonant.
16:00D.
16:02Another consonant.
16:04J.
16:05And a final vowel, please.
16:07And a final E.
16:10Stand by.
16:14ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
16:17ELECTRONIC MUSIC CONTINUES
16:43Philip?
16:44Six.
16:45And Dougie?
16:47Just five.
16:48And that five, Dougie, is...?
16:50Fired.
16:52Philip?
16:53Period.
16:54Any advances?
16:56Not really advances, just sixes, paired, diaper.
16:59And what was that other one you got there?
17:01FIJOA is there.
17:02F-E-I-J-O-A.
17:03It's an evergreen shrub that you will find in New Zealand.
17:07Well done.
17:08So, Philip on 54, Dougie on 33, and it's Dougie we turn to.
17:12Your letters game, Dougie.
17:13Consonant, please, Rachel.
17:14Thank you, Dougie.
17:15L.
17:16And a second.
17:18T.
17:19And a third.
17:21Q.
17:22A vowel.
17:24A.
17:25A vowel.
17:26O.
17:27A vowel.
17:29A.
17:30A consonant.
17:32S.
17:33A consonant.
17:35T.
17:36And a final...
17:39..consonant, please.
17:40And a final N.
17:42And the clock starts now.
18:13Dougie?
18:14Er, six, not written down.
18:17Philip?
18:18Six, written down.
18:19Dougie?
18:20Er, talons.
18:21Talons and...?
18:23Totals.
18:25Yes.
18:26How did we do in the corner there? Not so easy.
18:28Er, no, there's nothing to beat that, really.
18:31There's atonal was another one, but that was it, all sixes, really.
18:34All sixes, yes.
18:35Thank you.
18:3660 to 39.
18:38Philip, here we go.
18:40Your numbers game.
18:41I'll do a 2-1-2-1, please.
18:442-1-2-1.
18:47Thank you, Philip.
18:48Third time today, they are 10-8-2-1-75-50.
18:55And the target, 438.
18:584-3-8.
19:11MUSIC PLAYS
19:32Well, Philip?
19:334-3-8.
19:34And Dougie?
19:35Er, 4-3-8.
19:36Now then, Philip.
19:3750 plus 2?
19:3952.
19:40Times 10?
19:42520.
19:43Minus 75?
19:454-4-5.
19:46Minus 8?
19:474-3-7.
19:48Add 1.
19:49Lovely, well done.
19:504-3-8.
19:51And Dougie?
19:52Er, I did it a different way.
19:548 plus 1 is 9?
19:55Yep, more straightforward, you might argue.
19:57Times 50?
19:58450.
19:59Minus the 10 and the 2.
20:00Well done.
20:01Both work.
20:02Well done.
20:03APPLAUSE
20:0770-49 as we turn to our second tea time teaser,
20:11which is Green Fist.
20:14And the clue...
20:15Uncle's fist had turned green.
20:17It was very septic.
20:19Uncle's fist had turned green.
20:21It was very septic.
20:24MUSIC PLAYS
20:30APPLAUSE
20:34MUSIC STOPS
20:37Welcome back.
20:38I left with the clue, Uncle's fist had turned green.
20:41It was very septic.
20:43And the answer to that one is that, sadly, it was festering.
20:48Poor chap. Festering.
20:5170-49, Philip in the lead, Dougie.
20:54Try this letters game.
20:56Consonant, please, Rachel.
20:57Thank you, Dougie. H.
20:59And a second.
21:01W.
21:02And a third.
21:04S.
21:05A vowel.
21:06E.
21:08Vowel.
21:09U.
21:10A vowel.
21:11E.
21:13Consonant.
21:15P.
21:16A consonant.
21:17G.
21:20And a final consonant, please.
21:23And a final R.
21:25Stand by.
21:26MUSIC PLAYS
21:31MUSIC STOPS
21:33Dougie?
21:34Er, just to say hi.
21:36Hiya.
21:38Hiya.
21:40Hiya.
21:42Hiya.
21:44Hiya.
21:45Hiya.
21:47Hiya.
21:48Hiya.
21:49Hiya.
21:51Hiya.
21:53Hiya.
21:55Hiya.
21:56Hiya.
21:58Hiya.
21:59Just six.
22:01And Philip?
22:02I think a six.
22:03Dougie?
22:04Rupees.
22:05And...
22:06Oh, dear.
22:07Peruse. P-E-R-U-S-E.
22:09Yes, absolutely fine.
22:11To peruse.
22:12Yeah, to peruse something very carefully.
22:15Exactly.
22:16And, yes, nothing more than that.
22:18There's purges there.
22:20And also, it sounds vaguely familiar somehow, this one,
22:24but hewers.
22:26Yep, woodcutters or stonecutters.
22:28Yeah, anyhow, 76 to 55, Philip on 76,
22:32and it's Philip's letters game.
22:34Consonant, please, Rachel.
22:35Thank you, Philip. K.
22:37And another.
22:39L.
22:40And a third, please.
22:42M.
22:43A vowel.
22:45I.
22:46Another.
22:47O.
22:48And another.
22:49U.
22:51Consonant.
22:52R.
22:54A vowel.
22:56E.
22:58And a final vowel, please.
23:01And a final O.
23:03Stand by.
23:26MUSIC PLAYS
23:36Well, Philip?
23:37I could be wrong, but I think I have seven.
23:39And Dougie?
23:41Just six.
23:42And that six is...?
23:43Looker.
23:44Now, then.
23:45Lumiere.
23:46Lumiere.
23:48Oh, dear.
23:50L-O-O-M-I-E-R is not in, I'm afraid, Philip.
23:54Brave attempt.
23:56Paul and Susie?
23:58Nothing more than a six there.
24:00There was milker.
24:02Yeah.
24:03And moiler.
24:04What's a moiler?
24:05Yes, a toiler, in other words.
24:06Somebody who works hard.
24:07Oh, OK.
24:08Thank you.
24:09And a milker is a cow that's producing milk, presumably.
24:11Exactly.
24:12Yeah.
24:13A milker.
24:1476 plays 6-D-1.
24:15Susie, it's already time for your origins of words.
24:18Oh, lucky us.
24:20Well, I thought I'd take a break from tension
24:22and talk about some words that have come into English from comedy.
24:25And there are many, as I often talk about,
24:28that came over from Italian comedy, the Commedia dell'arte,
24:31which gave us pants, from the character Pantalone,
24:34who would wear brightly coloured trousers.
24:36The word zany, I love the word zany, that comes from Gianni,
24:40an actor who always played the fool on stage.
24:43So I'm going to look now at the professional comedian of ancient Rome,
24:47who always wanted to make it very, very obvious that he,
24:50and it was normally a he, was the comedian.
24:52So the moment he stepped onto the stage,
24:54he wanted people to recognise that he was going to play for laughs.
24:58And he would wear a grinning mask.
25:00All Roman actors wore a mask.
25:02In fact, many Roman actors acted out many different characters.
25:05They put on different masks to show different personae.
25:08And the comedian would have a hair or a beard,
25:11a funny complexion or wrinkles,
25:13something that was quite almost grotesque,
25:15again, to signify that he was a comedian.
25:18I mentioned those masks.
25:20They were called personae or persona.
25:22That's where we actually get the word person from.
25:24It was somebody who wore a mask in ancient Roman comedy.
25:28But in addition, the comedian would wear upon his feet
25:32a pair of loose leather slippers.
25:34They were a type that were usually only worn by women
25:38or by men who were considered to be effeminate.
25:41So these were in sharp distinction to the Cathernas.
25:44They were the ancient Greek and then they went to Rome boots almost
25:48that were worn by actors in tragedy.
25:50They were very high boots, again, that people would recognise
25:53this was a tragedy they were going to be seeing.
25:55So this soft, low slipper that the Roman comedian wore
25:59was known as a soccus.
26:01And it looks a little bit like a modern pump,
26:03so it covered very little, no more really than the toes and the heel.
26:07But these light shoes that you would see on the stage of the Roman comedy
26:11were the forerunners of our socks.
26:13So the everyday items that we took away in our drawers at the end of the day
26:17were actually from very, very important Roman comedy.
26:21And you can still find some of those wonderful pumps in museums, actually,
26:25but little do we know that the soccus developed into something
26:28so prosaic today.
26:30Oh, brilliant.
26:32Very good.
26:36Excellent.
26:38You learn a lot here, I can tell you.
26:4076 to 61.
26:42Philip in the lead.
26:44Duggee. Letters game.
26:46A vowel, please, Rachel.
26:48Thank you, Duggee. A.
26:50And a second.
26:52U.
26:53And a consonant.
26:55N.
26:56A consonant.
26:58R.
26:59A vowel.
27:01I.
27:02A consonant.
27:04F.
27:06A consonant.
27:08T.
27:10A vowel.
27:12A.
27:14And a final consonant, please.
27:17And a final P.
27:19Stand by.
27:39BUZZER
27:51Duggee.
27:52A seven.
27:54A seven, Philip.
27:55Seven.
27:56Duggee.
27:57A Puritan.
27:58Yes, two Puritans, apparently.
28:00Well done, Philip.
28:02Any more Puritans? I doubt it, looking at the corner.
28:05Nothing better than that.
28:07Now, the only thing we got was turnip, which I mentioned for the sake.
28:10It's just a nice word, turnip, isn't it?
28:12Turnip.
28:13It's a good, solid English word.
28:15Thank you.
28:1683 to 68.
28:17Into the final letters game.
28:20Philip Aston.
28:22Consonant, please, Rachel.
28:23Thank you, Philip. N.
28:25And a vowel.
28:27I.
28:28Consonant.
28:30T.
28:31Vowel.
28:32O.
28:33Consonant.
28:34G.
28:35A vowel.
28:37E.
28:38Consonant.
28:40R.
28:41A vowel.
28:43E.
28:45And a final consonant, please.
28:47And lastly, S.
28:49Stand by.
29:04MUSIC PLAYS
29:21Philip.
29:22Eight.
29:23And, Dougie?
29:24Also eight, yeah.
29:26Philip.
29:27Genitals.
29:28And?
29:29Steering.
29:30Steering.
29:31Yes.
29:32Good eights.
29:33APPLAUSE
29:36Well done.
29:38And, Paul and Susie?
29:40Surprisingly, not. That was it, really.
29:42That's it?
29:43Integers is another eight, if you want one.
29:45Thank you.
29:4691 to 76.
29:47Into the final numbers game.
29:48Dougie?
29:49Six more, please, Rachel.
29:50Six more. Good decision.
29:52Gambling time to try and get that crucial conundrum.
29:54Thank you, Dougie. Good luck.
29:56Last numbers game of the day is seven, ten, two, eight,
30:01six and six.
30:04And the target, 673.
30:06673.
30:31MUSIC PLAYS
30:40Dougie?
30:41No, just 666.
30:43666. And Philip?
30:46670, but it's not written down.
30:49Well, don't worry about that.
30:51It's here. 670.
30:53Six plus six is 12.
30:56Six plus six is 12.
30:58Times seven.
30:59Times seven, 84.
31:0284 times eight.
31:04Is 672.
31:06672. And then minus the two, which I haven't used.
31:10Yep.
31:12Sorry, minus the two puts 670. Is that what you did again?
31:15OK.
31:16It's not quite perfect, and Rachel's the one we turned to for that sort of thing.
31:20673, Rachel?
31:21Well, if instead you say ten plus two is 12,
31:25and then again you can say times seven is 84,
31:28times eight is 672,
31:30and you have six over six left over to add on for 673.
31:34Oh, well done. Well done, Rachel.
31:36APPLAUSE
31:40With the score standing Philip on 98,
31:43Dougie on 76, we turn to the last round.
31:46It's fingers on buzzers, chaps.
31:48Good luck to you both.
31:50Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
31:52MUSIC PLAYS
31:59MUSIC CONTINUES
32:23No. Not today.
32:25Let's roll it and see what it is.
32:28Gradients.
32:30Philip, well done. Well done.
32:32That nine letter did it for poor Dougie.
32:36Tough to come back from that.
32:37Very tough indeed.
32:39But beat number three seed, got to the finals.
32:42You're now the proud possessor of this beautifully carved piece of kryptonite,
32:45which you can take back to Guernsey with our congratulations
32:48and the applause of the nation ringing in your ears.
32:51Well done. Thanks very much for coming.
32:53Wonderful time. Thank you.
32:54We've very much enjoyed having you here.
32:56Travel safely.
32:58Now, Philip... I'm in shock.
33:00Well, don't be in shock for too long,
33:02cos we want to see you tomorrow in Fighting Fort.
33:04Well done. Well played. Brilliant stuff.
33:06We see you guys tomorrow for the final.
33:08Yeah? Isn't that wonderful? Looking forward to it.
33:10Tell me this, where was the most unusual place that you amazed people?
33:14Probably the supermarket, though that was technically shoplifted,
33:17if I'm honest. That was...
33:19I can't talk about it. The case comes up next week.
33:23I think, well, I did a show in the Arctic Circle once,
33:26which was interesting.
33:28I did a show in...
33:30a little performance in the middle of Stonehenge, actually,
33:33back in the 80s, on the solstice,
33:36as the sun was coming up, doing a trick there.
33:39And I've done...
33:41I did a card trick underwater in Florida, the Florida Keys.
33:44That's not good. It started off as a card trick,
33:46it ended up as a papier-mâché trick, to be honest.
33:48But, yeah, that's probably the most unusual.
33:50That's brilliant. Anyway, we'll see you tomorrow.
33:52It's great to have you with us. Right.
33:54See you both tomorrow? Yeah. And Rachel too, of course.
33:56Wow! I know, we have the rematch.
33:58We have the rematch. They've got history.
34:00Exactly. I think Zate stopped Philip from being an OctoChamp,
34:03so I think he's out for some revenge tomorrow.
34:05It's gloves off, isn't it, tomorrow? Absolutely. Gloves off.
34:08So, see you tomorrow.
34:10So, join us tomorrow, it's the grand final.
34:12Same time, same place, you'll be sure of it.
34:14It's a big day tomorrow. A very good afternoon.
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34:39Rachel Riley, she joins Judy Murray and Wayne Bridge
34:43in a celebrity crystal maze.
34:45That's tomorrow night at 9 o'clock on Channel 4.
34:48Next up, A Place in the Sun.
34:50A property maze?