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00:27APPLAUSE
00:31Well, good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:34We're all told we spend far too much time on our mobile phones, you know.
00:39Every opportunity we're reaching for the phone,
00:42wherever we are, to check things out.
00:44Well, apparently there's a new app that's out, Rachel, to slow us down.
00:48It's been so successful in Scandinavia, apparently,
00:51that it's now being released to students in 170 British universities.
00:55Here's the deal.
00:56To earn points, that's the whole thing, earning points.
01:00So for every 20 minutes of inactivity on your phone,
01:04between 7am and 11, you earn 10 points, all right?
01:07And then you can use those to buy coffee and stuff.
01:10Now, I don't get it. I don't understand where the money's coming from.
01:13But do we care? It's our business, isn't it?
01:16I think it's a brilliant idea.
01:18Because I'm addicted to my phone.
01:20When I had a week without my phone on holiday, no signal, it was brilliant.
01:23And as soon as I've come back, it's kind of glued to my hand again.
01:26I keep it on silent now because it's better for you.
01:28But I think that's a great idea.
01:29Are we so lacking in, you know, in self-control that you become addicted?
01:36Yes.
01:37I can understand having not being with your phone is a traumatising experience.
01:44But only, particularly when I was working, because I was fearful of missing a call.
01:50Mm-hm.
01:51That's it. Social media? Nah, I'm not bothered.
01:54I think maybe it's more for the younger generations.
01:56Maybe.
01:57Sorry, Nick.
01:59All right, who's with us? Diane Corder is back.
02:01Second good win yesterday. Well done.
02:03Very good win, in fact.
02:04And you're joined today, Diane, by Jodine Lawrence,
02:07a reception supervisor from Birmingham, who's a singer and a pianist.
02:12Yeah.
02:13But not professionally. You used to do it at college a bit, I think.
02:16Yeah.
02:17Is that right?
02:19But now it's just more home stuff.
02:21What's your favourite sort of music?
02:23R&B rap.
02:25R&B rap.
02:26Yeah.
02:27Excuse my puzzled look. I'm a bit old to understand all this.
02:30But listen, Jodine, have a lot of fun here today, both of you.
02:34Have a lot of fun and a good contest.
02:37Big round of applause for Jodine Lawrence and Diane Corder.
02:40APPLAUSE
02:44Wonderful.
02:45And over in the corner there, Susie and magic man and comedian, Paul Zenon.
02:49Welcome back, Paul.
02:51Welcome back, Susie.
02:53APPLAUSE
02:54Now then, Diane.
02:56Your letters again.
02:58Good afternoon, Rachel.
02:59Afternoon, Diane.
03:00Could I have a consonant, please?
03:01Thank you. Start today with D.
03:04And another?
03:06N.
03:08And another?
03:10D.
03:12And a vowel?
03:14E.
03:15And another one?
03:17U.
03:19And another?
03:21E.
03:22Consonant?
03:24G.
03:26Consonant?
03:29N.
03:30And a vowel, please?
03:32And the last one?
03:34I.
03:35And here's the Countdown Clock.
03:37CLOCK TICKS
03:39MUSIC
04:06Yes, Diane?
04:07Seven.
04:08A seven. Jodine?
04:09Seven, not written down.
04:11And what would that be?
04:12Needing.
04:13Diane?
04:14Yes, needing.
04:15There we are, both of you.
04:17Paul?
04:18Yeah, we've got an eight there.
04:20It was a bit of a murky one, but denuding.
04:22Denuding.
04:23Yeah.
04:24Yep, to strip something of its covering, assets, et cetera,
04:28so we are denuding the Arctic of polar bears, that sort of thing.
04:33Very good. Seven points apiece. Well done.
04:35Jodine, letters again.
04:37Hello, Rachel.
04:38Hi, Jodine. Can I have a consonant, please?
04:40Thank you. Start with T.
04:42And another one?
04:44R.
04:46Another one?
04:48S.
04:49A vowel?
04:51A.
04:52Another vowel?
04:53O.
04:55A consonant?
04:57R.
05:00A consonant?
05:02T.
05:03A vowel?
05:06I.
05:08And a final consonant, please.
05:10And a final P.
05:12Stand by.
05:36MUSIC PLAYS
05:43Yes, Jodine?
05:44A nine.
05:45A nine. And Diane?
05:47Six.
05:48And what would that be?
05:49Rapist.
05:50And Jodine?
05:51Portraits.
05:52Well done.
05:54APPLAUSE
05:56Oh, well done.
05:57What have we got over in the corner there?
05:59Susie and Paul.
06:01There's just another eight there with airports as well.
06:04Yeah, very good.
06:05Portraits, very good.
06:06So, 25 plays seven.
06:08Diane, your numbers game.
06:10Could I have one large and five small, please?
06:12You can, Izzy. Thank you, Diane.
06:14One from the top, five little ones.
06:16And the first numbers of the day are
06:18seven, four, ten, eight, two,
06:23and the large one, 25.
06:25And the target, 702.
06:27702.
06:29MUSIC PLAYS
06:36MUSIC CONTINUES
07:00Diane?
07:01702.
07:02Jodine?
07:03Yeah, 702.
07:04Diane?
07:05Seven times four, 28.
07:07Times 25, 700.
07:09Plus the two, 702.
07:11Lovely, extremely.
07:13Yeah.
07:14APPLAUSE
07:17So, 35 to 17.
07:19Jodine in the lead as we take to our first Tea Time teaser,
07:22which is It's A Giant.
07:24And the clue.
07:25It's a giant portion and it's most definitely satisfying her.
07:29It's a giant portion and it's most definitely satisfying her.
07:42APPLAUSE
07:49Welcome back.
07:50It's a giant portion and it's most definitely satisfying her.
07:55In fact, it's satiating her.
07:58Satiating.
08:00Oh, to be satiated.
08:0217 to 35. Jodine on 35.
08:05Jodine, your letters go.
08:07Can I have a consonant, please?
08:09Thank you, Jodine. S.
08:11And another one?
08:13F.
08:15A vowel?
08:17A.
08:18Another vowel?
08:20E.
08:21A consonant?
08:23P.
08:25Consonant?
08:28Another vowel?
08:30A.
08:32A consonant?
08:34R.
08:36And the final consonant, please?
08:38And a final G.
08:40Stand by.
08:58MUSIC
09:12Jodine?
09:13Seven.
09:15A seven and...?
09:16Seven.
09:17Jodine?
09:18Passage.
09:19Passage and...?
09:20Passage.
09:21A few passages here.
09:22Yep.
09:23Paul and Susie?
09:24Just another couple of sevens, I think, with appears.
09:28Mm-hm.
09:29Magically.
09:30And grappas, which is some sort of alcohol, isn't it?
09:33Yeah, it's a sort of brandy distilled from fermented grapes,
09:36so you could definitely order two of those in a restaurant.
09:39But actually, if you take passage and add an R,
09:42you can have passenger for an H.
09:44It's an old term for a passage hawk, a type of hawk.
09:47Mm.
09:4842 to 24.
09:50And, Diane, it's your letters again now.
09:52Another consonant, please, Rachel.
09:54Thank you, Diane.
09:55L.
09:56And another?
09:58C.
09:59And another?
10:01M.
10:03And another?
10:05V.
10:06And a vowel, please?
10:08E.
10:09And another?
10:11I.
10:12And another one?
10:14O.
10:16Erm, another vowel?
10:19Another E.
10:21Another consonant, please.
10:22And the last one?
10:24T.
10:25Stand by.
10:52MUSIC STOPS
10:55Diane?
10:56Five, not written down.
10:58And Jodine?
10:59Seven.
11:00And a seven. So, Diane?
11:02Covert.
11:03Jodine?
11:04Emotive.
11:05Emotive.
11:06Excellent. Very, very good.
11:07Now, Paul and Susie?
11:09Yeah, there was a seven there with telecom.
11:13Yeah.
11:14But there was a last-minute eight there. What was that?
11:16Yeah, I was looking for movielet, a little movie, but that wasn't there.
11:19A voicelet is a small, quiet or light voice. It's a voicelet.
11:23Is it really?
11:24Mm.
11:25A voicelet. No.
11:2749 plays 24, and it's Jodine's numbers game.
11:31Now, Jodine?
11:32Can I have two large and four small, please?
11:34You can indeed. Thank you, Jodine.
11:36Two big, four little, and the four little ones are six, ten, four, seven,
11:43and the big two, 150.
11:47And the target, 422.
11:49422.
12:18Jodine?
12:19423.
12:20And one away, Diane?
12:22424.
12:23And 424. Jodine, let's try.
12:26100 times four is 400.
12:29400.
12:30And then I did six of seven is 13.
12:33Yeah.
12:34Add the ten is 23, and add it on for one away. Lovely.
12:38Where's that one, that missing one got to, Rachel?
12:41If you say 100 minus seven is 93,
12:45times by four is 400, sorry, 372,
12:50and then add on the 50 for 422.
12:53Well done. Well done.
12:55APPLAUSE
12:57So, 56 plays 24.
12:59Jodine, well in the lead there.
13:02As we turn to Paul, Paul Zenon,
13:04who's going to talk to us and roll the clock back
13:07and talk about some of the old-time magicians.
13:10Yeah, yesterday I mentioned a few kind of magicians
13:13from the golden era of magic in the sort of Victorian era, really.
13:16Today I want to talk about this guy,
13:19the inscrutable Chung Ling Su.
13:22Chung Ling Su I kind of got interested in as a kid
13:25because I grew up working in a magic shop in Blackpool,
13:28surrounded by his posters,
13:29and they're very kind of colourful, very elegant posters,
13:32and most of the time it's just got his name on it.
13:36You can see written there in smoke or whatever,
13:38so there's no details of venue or theatre,
13:40but he was famous enough at that point
13:42that people would just kind of know he'd be on at the biggest venue
13:45and turn up there.
13:46Occasionally, if he had any words at all,
13:48it'd be like this one with the Chinese willow pattern plate
13:51with the marvellous Chinese conjurer,
13:53or this quite a nice one with his ten assistants,
13:55the ten referring to his digits, his fingers and thumbs,
13:58although he did actually have about ten assistants on stage as well.
14:01Sometimes he'd have the name of an illusion,
14:04such as the birth of Pearl,
14:06where he'd produce his wife, Sui Xin,
14:08from an empty oyster shell that he'd pour water into.
14:11And he also popularised the Chinese linking rings,
14:14the famous linking ring trick you can see him doing there.
14:17But one very famous trick he did was this one here,
14:21which was Condemned to Death by the Boxers,
14:24which was a version of the bullet catch trick.
14:26And so he had a marked bullet fired from a rifle at him,
14:29and normally you'd see magicians catch it in the teeth,
14:32but he used to catch it on a willow pattern plate on his chest,
14:35and the lead shot would end up rolling around
14:37with someone's initials marked in it.
14:39And this is what he actually looked like.
14:42That was Chung Ling Su.
14:44And he was very, very famous from about the 1900s onwards.
14:47The big star of the musicals, in fact.
14:49He had a very lavish show with all kind of like big silk backdrops
14:53and lovely costumes, lots of assistants, big illusions.
14:56And then one fateful day,
14:58and the reason I'm talking about this today in particular
15:01is that 100 years ago this year, it's actually March 24th, 1918,
15:05he was on stage at the Wood Green Empire Theatre in North London,
15:08and he was finishing the show with the bullet catch trick.
15:11Now, bearing in mind that he'd done a show for many, many years
15:14where he didn't speak on stage, it was always done to music,
15:17and if he spoke at all to the press, he'd use a translator.
15:21So a very mysterious man of the East.
15:23However, this night, they fired the bullets,
15:27and he dropped to his knees and shouted out,
15:30''Something's gone wrong.''
15:32And they dropped the curtain, and five hours later he was dead,
15:35been shot in the lung, and the trick had actually gone horribly wrong.
15:39But the strange thing was, what people didn't quite notice at the time
15:42and couldn't make out, was that he shouted out,
15:44''Something's gone wrong,'' in a kind of Scottish-cum-American accent.
15:48Because it turns out that Chung Ling Su was actually this guy here
15:52without the moustache, a man called William Elmsworth Robinson.
15:56Yeah.
15:57And he was actually born in New York.
15:59His father and mother were Scottish.
16:01They ran a kind of placeable repute-stroke musical tavern.
16:05And he became a magician, but couldn't speak on stage very well,
16:08so he ended up doing an act, first of all as an Indian act,
16:12then as an Egyptian act called Ahmed Ben Ali,
16:14which he'd basically stolen the idea from an act called Ali Bey,
16:17who was actually German anyway.
16:19But then he'd seen a Chinese act, who generally was Chinese,
16:22called Ching Ling Fu.
16:24And Ching Ling Fu, he kind of changed the name of it to Chung Ling Su,
16:27used that name, and went to Paris from America and became famous,
16:31came over to England and worked.
16:33And I suppose the kind of great question is,
16:35even his wife, Sui Sin, for example, was actually called Dot,
16:39but that wasn't a real name either, she was called Olive.
16:42The guy who translated for him, while he was just talking gibberish,
16:45was actually Japanese.
16:47And so after all this, you have to think, well,
16:49the great mystery is what went wrong with the trick.
16:51Some people thought it was suicide,
16:53some people thought it was an assassination or whatever.
16:55It wasn't, it was just misadventure.
16:57But the big mystery to me is how he got away for, you know, 18 years,
17:01considering he looked like that.
17:03He was actually this guy here.
17:05That's the great mystery.
17:07And that's why he's become a sort of fascinating figure.
17:09And I say, 100 years ago this year is when he got shot.
17:12And so tomorrow on the show, I'm going to reproduce one of his tricks,
17:16but not the bullet catch.
17:18APPLAUSE
17:21So he died at work, poor old chap.
17:23He did. Tommy Cooper style, really.
17:26Can't be too careful. Mind you, this is a fairly dangerous place.
17:30So, Jodine on 56, Diane, 24.
17:33And, Diane, it's your letters game now.
17:35Right, can I have a consonant, please?
17:37Thank you, Diane. S.
17:39And another one?
17:41T. And another?
17:43H.
17:45A vowel?
17:47A.
17:49Another one?
17:51I.
17:52And another?
17:54E.
17:56A consonant?
17:58W.
18:00Another one?
18:02D.
18:03And a vowel, please?
18:05And lastly, O.
18:07And the clock starts now.
18:19CLOCK TICKS
18:40Diane.
18:41Six.
18:42A six, Jodine.
18:43Seven.
18:44Diane.
18:45Wasted.
18:46Now then, Jodine.
18:47With the I?
18:48With the I.
18:49Short-waisted. Short-waisted, very good.
18:51Now, Paul and Susie?
18:54There is an eight there, I think, with toe heads.
18:57T-O-W heads.
18:59Yes, simply means somebody with light-coloured or untidy hair.
19:03Toe heads, as opposed to mop heads, which is just long.
19:06Similar idea.
19:07OK, thank you. 63 to 24.
19:09Jodine, your letters game.
19:11Can I have a consonant, please?
19:12Thank you, Jodine.
19:13G.
19:14And another one?
19:16N.
19:18Another one?
19:20Y.
19:21A vowel?
19:23E.
19:24Another vowel?
19:26A.
19:28Another vowel?
19:30O.
19:31Consonant?
19:33K.
19:35Consonant?
19:37D.
19:39And a final vowel, please?
19:41And final U.
19:44Stand by.
20:15Jodine?
20:16Six.
20:17Yes, Diane?
20:18Six.
20:19Jodine?
20:20Donkey.
20:21And?
20:22Yanked.
20:23And yanked?
20:24Yes.
20:25That's two good words, actually.
20:26Paul and Susie?
20:28Yeah, just a seven beyond that, I think, with un-oaked.
20:31Un-oaked?
20:33Of a chardonnay, for example. It might be un-oaked.
20:3669 to 30.
20:38Good score there, Jodine.
20:39And it's Diane's numbers game.
20:41Yes, Diane?
20:42One large and five small, please.
20:44Same as usual. Thank you, Diane.
20:46One from the top, five little.
20:48And these five small ones are
20:50eight, five,
20:53eight, six,
20:56one and 25.
20:59And the target, 923.
21:01923.
21:12MUSIC PLAYS
21:33Diane?
21:34No, sorry, I lost it.
21:36Too far. How about Jodine?
21:38925.
21:39Tell us a little bit about that.
21:41Six multiplied by five is 30.
21:44Six by five is 30.
21:47Eight take away one is seven.
21:49Yeah.
21:50Add them together for 37 and tie them to 25.
21:53925, two away, well done.
21:56So 923, how tricky is that, Rachel?
21:59Eventually, if you say eight minus one is seven,
22:03times five is 35,
22:06times that by 25 is 875,
22:10and then with the other eight times six,
22:12you get 48 to add on for 923.
22:15Oh, well done. Very good.
22:17APPLAUSE
22:19Excellent.
22:20So 76 plays 30, Jodine in the lead,
22:23as we turn to our second tea time teaser,
22:25which is Dirty Talk and the clue.
22:27You may need to think like a sloth to get this.
22:31You may need to think like a sloth to get this.
22:35MUSIC PLAYS
22:41APPLAUSE
22:50Welcome back.
22:51I left with the clue.
22:52You may need to think like a sloth to get this,
22:56which is a tridactyl.
22:59Susie, tridactyl, three-something or others.
23:02Three fingers or, in the case of the sloth, three toes.
23:06Three toes. A three-toed sloth.
23:08Yeah.
23:09Thank you. 76 to 30, Jodine in the lead.
23:12Jodine, it's your letters again.
23:14Can I have a consonant, please?
23:16Thank you, Jodine.
23:17B.
23:18And the vowel?
23:20I.
23:22Another vowel?
23:24E.
23:25A consonant?
23:27R.
23:29Another one?
23:31N.
23:33A consonant?
23:35P.
23:36A vowel?
23:38U.
23:39Another vowel?
23:41I.
23:43And a final consonant, please.
23:45And a final H.
23:47Stand by.
23:49MUSIC PLAYS
24:08MUSIC CONTINUES
24:20Yes, Jodine?
24:21Seven.
24:22A seven. Diane?
24:23Seven.
24:24Jodine?
24:25Bumpier.
24:26Bumpier and...?
24:27Humpier.
24:28You can be both humpier and bumpier.
24:30Yes, humpy is humped in form.
24:32Paul and Susie?
24:34Exactly what we got. Bumpier and humpier.
24:36That's it?
24:37Thank you, 83-37.
24:39Diane, your letters go.
24:41A consonant, please.
24:43Thank you, Diane.
24:44J.
24:45And another?
24:47R.
24:48And another?
24:50L.
24:51A vowel?
24:52E.
24:53Another one?
24:54I.
24:55Another one?
24:57A.
24:58And a consonant?
25:00S.
25:01Consonant?
25:03Q.
25:04And another vowel, please.
25:06And the last one?
25:07O.
25:09Stand by.
25:10MUSIC PLAYS
25:37MUSIC STOPS
25:41Diane?
25:42Five.
25:43A five. And Jodine?
25:45Seven.
25:46Yes, Diane?
25:47Jails.
25:48Jodine?
25:49Jailers.
25:50Yep.
25:51And in the corner, Susie and Paul?
25:53Yep, nothing else there, really.
25:55Only a six with serial, as in killers, that go to jail.
26:01Thank you. 90-37.
26:03And it's Susie we turn to.
26:05Give our contestants a little bit of a rest.
26:07Susie's wonderful origins of words from today, Susie.
26:10I'm going to turn to Kai Wadsworth,
26:12who emailed in to ask about the origin of our surnames.
26:16Your surname, mine, and Rachel's.
26:18So, just to give a little bit of background,
26:21we all love choosing names for our children.
26:24We can't do very much about our surname,
26:26but it doesn't usually matter that much,
26:28unless we're saddled with a particularly difficult one,
26:31but it's a marker of family,
26:33so it's important from that point of view.
26:35But in the past, things were very different.
26:37They were much, much more significant.
26:39And in the 17th century, for example,
26:41the practice arose of baptising children with scriptural phrases,
26:45because it was thought that they would carry, then,
26:48virtue with them throughout their lives.
26:50So there are church records of thankful thought,
26:54repentance water, kill sin pimple,
26:58humiliation hind, that sort of thing.
27:01It wouldn't want to be called humiliation.
27:03But there were some that I'm sure the Puritans wished
27:06had never existed around as well.
27:08So there was black in the mouth, blubber, mad,
27:12measle, peck cheese, and sweat in bed.
27:16But as for our surnames, I'll start with Hugh.
27:19And for that, we need to go back further still.
27:21And this is a time when surnames were just making an entrance to English
27:25around the 12th century.
27:26And the majority of the population were country dwellers
27:29and were craftsmen and women, essentially.
27:32So we have the millers, of course, who were working in the mills,
27:36the tuckers who were fullers, particularly in the south-west.
27:39Those who worked in wood were the wrights.
27:41The makers of wheels were the wheelwrights.
27:44We had the plowwrights who made the plows,
27:47wainwrights who made the wagons or the wains,
27:49cartwrights, etc.
27:51And the hewers, the hewers, they worked, as you know, Nick,
27:54I know, in stone.
27:56They were cutters of wood and stone.
27:58And it's one of the oldest surnames recorded in English,
28:01so it goes back an extremely long way.
28:03As for Riley, that's quite a romantic one.
28:05It's a surname based on place.
28:06It was somebody who lived in a clearing near a field of rye, which I like.
28:10Mine is definitely not romantic.
28:12Either topographical, comes from dent in Yorkshire,
28:15or a nickname from the old French, dent meaning tooth.
28:18So my answer is this might have had very prominent teeth
28:21or were particularly greedy.
28:24Very good.
28:29How interesting.
28:3090 plays at 37.
28:32Jodine on 90.
28:34And Jodine's back.
28:36Letters, Jodine.
28:37Can I have a consonant, please?
28:39Thank you, Jodine.
28:40R
28:41And another consonant?
28:43N
28:45Another one?
28:47W
28:48A vowel?
28:50A
28:51Another vowel?
28:52I
28:53A vowel?
28:55E
28:57A consonant?
28:59S
29:01A vowel?
29:04O
29:05And a final consonant, please?
29:07And a final?
29:08V
29:09Stand by.
29:23CLOCK TICKS
29:41Jodine?
29:42Seven.
29:43A seven. And Diane?
29:45Six.
29:46And your six is?
29:47Wavier.
29:48Now, Jodine.
29:49Version?
29:50Yes. Version.
29:51Very good.
29:52And?
29:54Seven with ravines.
29:58Ovaries, also for seven.
30:00But there's an eight with aversion.
30:02Aversion.
30:03Very good.
30:05Aversion.
30:07I have an aversion to this, that and the other thing.
30:0997 to 37. Wow.
30:11Diane, final letters game for you.
30:15Can I have a consonant, please?
30:17Thank you, Diane.
30:18T
30:19And another one?
30:20B
30:21And another?
30:25L
30:26And another?
30:28T
30:29A vowel, please?
30:31O
30:32And another one?
30:33E
30:34And another?
30:36A
30:38And another?
30:40O
30:42And a consonant, please?
30:44And the last one, T.
30:46Stand by.
30:50ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
31:17Diane?
31:18Six.
31:19Jodine?
31:20I'll try a seven.
31:21And Diane?
31:22Tablet.
31:23Tablet, indeed. Jodine?
31:25Bootlet.
31:26It's not there, Jodine. I looked for that one as well,
31:28but it's not there.
31:29Bootlet.
31:30Anything else we can have? Paul?
31:32Just a couple of sixes there,
31:34with two that are inextricably linked,
31:37which are bottle and blotto.
31:40Well done.
31:4197 to 43.
31:43And, Jodine, final numbers game for you.
31:45Can I have one large and five small, please?
31:47You can, indeed. Thank you, Jodine.
31:49One from the top, five little...
31:51And the final one of the day is...
31:535, 10, 6, 10, 1 and 100.
32:00And the target, 161.
32:03161.
32:05ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
32:17ELECTRONIC MUSIC CONTINUES
32:36Yes, Jodine? 161.
32:38161 and...?
32:40161.
32:41And 161 from Diane. Jodine?
32:4310 times 6 plus 1 plus 100.
32:46Very straightforward.
32:47And, Diane?
32:48Yeah, I did it the same way.
32:50Yeah, that's fine.
32:51So, very good.
32:52What a debut here for Jodine.
32:54107, first time out.
32:57Now, fingers on buzzers.
32:58Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:02ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
33:11BUZZER
33:13Diane?
33:15Limitless.
33:16Limitless, let's see.
33:18Nope. Over to you, Jodine.
33:20ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
33:36BUZZER
33:38Jodine?
33:39Smelliest.
33:40Let's see whether you're right.
33:42Here we go.
33:43Smelliest. Well, well done.
33:45That's fantastic score.
33:47First time out. Amazing.
33:49So, Diane, after two great wins,
33:52we're sending you back with a teapot,
33:54with your goodie bag, back to Ascot with our very best wishes.
33:59And, Jodine Lawrence, we shall see you tomorrow.
34:03It's fantastic.
34:05We'll see you both tomorrow?
34:06Yeah.
34:07Paul and Susie, of course we will.
34:08Well, Rachel, what a debut for Jodine.
34:11A nine-letter word, the numbers round, and a conundrum.
34:14Bit of an all-rounder.
34:15More to come from Jodine, indeed. See you tomorrow.
34:18Join us then. Jodine Lawrence will be back.
34:20Wow, what a way to start.
34:22Same time, same place, you'll be sure of it.
34:24A very good afternoon.
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34:43Changing religion for the one you love,
34:45but neither family are on board, will love conquer.
34:48The penultimate bride and prejudice, tonight at nine on Channel 4.
34:51Britain's giving Barbados a run for its money with the heat this week.
34:54We're jetting there next.
35:07.

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