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00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio on the day that 30 years ago, way back in 1986,
00:37we lost one of our greatest artists, the great sculptor Henry Moore, passed away.
00:43And his semi-abstract sculptures, of course, those huge bronzes,
00:48look so tremendous outside in the parks and so forth.
00:51A real giant in sculpture. Do I have a favourite sculptor?
00:56Well, her name, a very talented young woman, is Domenica de Ferranti.
01:01And I'll tell you a little story.
01:03And that is, I'm away from home so much, as you know, Rich, I'm hardly ever there,
01:07that her indoors decided that she wanted some sort of three-dimensional depiction of my head
01:15so that she could shout at it when I wasn't there, or even throw things at it.
01:20Because she didn't want your body.
01:22And so it was that Domenica de Ferranti was called upon to do a bust.
01:28And I think we can see that bust.
01:31There's Domenica, the most wonderful, wonderful young sculptor.
01:35And the old bloke in the background is me, in sort of clay.
01:39Let's see what the finished article looks like. This is in bronze.
01:42Oh, you can barely see it. There's the profile. See that big nose? That's mine.
01:46But when you're away, does your wife do that home alone trick
01:49where she puts your head on one of the toy trains or something
01:52and gets it going round to scare the neighbours, scare the burglars off?
01:55The last time I came back, it had a hat on it and a pair of specs.
01:59She dresses him up.
02:01Does she take him to bed with her?
02:03No, she couldn't lift it.
02:05I'll tell you who's got a bit of artistic skill.
02:07That's Martin Hurst, who's back again, with four wins to his name,
02:11an insurance document writer from Ashvale in Surrey.
02:14My word, you're on a roll here, young man.
02:17Four wins. Four wins.
02:19And the highest score of 130,
02:22which I think is the highest score in the series so far.
02:25So, tremendous. That's sort of look-out Simon Cookson, really.
02:29But welcome to you, Simon.
02:31A maths teacher from Chorley in Lancashire, big sports fan,
02:34a golfer, snooker player and a pool player,
02:37as well as supporting Blackburn Rovers.
02:39And you love your thrillers, I think.
02:41That's right. The novels. Yes, that's right, yeah.
02:44I've read most of the work from Iain Rankin,
02:47particularly his Reba series of novels,
02:50and I've recently started reading Peter James's work,
02:53and that's very, very good as well.
02:55Excellent. Well, let's see if you can have a thriller of a ride today.
02:59I hope you both do.
03:01Big round of applause for Martin and Simon.
03:05And there is Susie, of course,
03:07joined once again by the wonderful Gloria Hunniford.
03:10For 40 years, you have graced our radio stations and our TV stations.
03:15I have to tell you, if I don't keep moving, I'll rust.
03:18Now then, Martin, off you go. Letters game.
03:21Hi, Rachel. Hi, Martin.
03:23Can I start with a vowel, please? Thank you. Start the day with O.
03:26And another? E.
03:28And another? A.
03:31And a consonant, please? S.
03:33And another? L.
03:36And another? F.
03:39And another? D.
03:42And another, please? M.
03:47And a final consonant, please?
03:51And a final B.
03:53And here's the Countdown Clock.
04:09CLOCK TICKS
04:25Martin?
04:27Oh, risk a seven.
04:29Simon?
04:31Er, six. And that's six?
04:33Er, models.
04:35Now then. Flombade?
04:37Well, you got flombade as in the past tense of the verb, haven't you?
04:42You need two Es. Is that what you were thinking, Martin?
04:45I'm so sorry. You could have had flombase as the present tense,
04:51which would have been less controversial, but you need two Es.
04:55So how are you spelling your flombase?
04:57Flombase is F-L-A-M-B-E, acute accent, S.
05:02But if he flombade his flan last night, it's E-E-D.
05:07So, well done, Simon. Six points.
05:10And Simon, your letters again.
05:13Good afternoon, Rachel. Good afternoon, Simon.
05:15Can I have a consonant, please? Thank you. Start with R.
05:18And another consonant, please?
05:20W.
05:22And a third? N.
05:24And a vowel? U.
05:27And another vowel? E.
05:30And another vowel? I.
05:33A consonant, please? R.
05:37A consonant, please? F.
05:42And a vowel? And the last one? O.
05:47Countdown.
06:00CLOCK TICKS
06:19Yes, Simon? Just a five.
06:21A five. Martin? Eight.
06:24And an A. Simon?
06:26Frown.
06:28Frownier.
06:30Oh, I'm sorry, Martin.
06:32I did check. I have frowner, thinking that was fine.
06:34That's not in. Nor is frowny or frownier.
06:37So I have to disallow that, I'm afraid.
06:40Sixes only.
06:42And? For us, ruiner or furrow.
06:44And that was our top.
06:46And I got nothing. I didn't get any of those.
06:48So I think that's zero for me.
06:50Plenty of time, though. 11 points in the lead.
06:52Simon's 11 points in the lead, and it's Martin's numbers game.
06:55This may be a bit risky against the maths teacher,
06:57but I'll go six smalls.
06:59Thank you, Martin. Gambling early days.
07:02Let's see. Six little ones against the maths teacher.
07:05And these six smalls are six, six, ten, seven, one and two.
07:12And the target? 303.
07:15303.
07:25MUSIC PLAYS
07:48Martin. 302, not written down.
07:51302. How about Simon?
07:53301.
07:55So, Martin.
07:57OK, 66 is a 36.
07:5966 is 36.
08:01Then 7 minus 1 is 6.
08:037 minus 1, 6.
08:05Take that away. 30.
08:07Times by ten. Times by ten, 300.
08:09And you are one away. 302.
08:12Close, but not perfect.
08:14For that, we turn to Rachel.
08:16303, or is that really tricky?
08:19Leave it with me.
08:21I'll leave that, certainly, with you.
08:23And we turn now, with the score standing at seven,
08:26to Simon's 11.
08:28We turn to a teaser.
08:30A tea-time teaser. Both came is the teaser.
08:32And the clue, they both came to offer up a sacrifice to their God.
08:36They both came to offer up a sacrifice to their God.
08:40MUSIC PLAYS
08:48APPLAUSE
08:52Welcome back. I left with the clue.
08:55They both came to offer up a sacrifice to their God.
08:59And the answer to that is Hecatomb.
09:01Hecatomb.
09:03Yeah, nothing to do with tombs, actually.
09:05In ancient Greece or Rome, it was a huge public display of sacrifice,
09:10often killing many, many animals.
09:13And from there, it's come to mean an extensive loss of life
09:16in pursuit of a particular cause.
09:19It actually goes back to the Greek, meaning 100 oxen.
09:22Oh.
09:23Because originally it was 100 oxen that were involved in the sacrifice.
09:27There we go. Now, 303.
09:30It was there, Nick, if you say,
09:3210 plus 7, 17,
09:35times 6, 102,
09:37take away 1, 101,
09:39and then the other 6 divided by 2 is 3 times.
09:42Fantastic. Thank you, Rachel.
09:44APPLAUSE
09:46Perfect. Perfect, perfect.
09:48So, Martin on 7, Simon on 11.
09:51Well done, Simon. Your letters again.
09:53A consonant, please, Rachel.
09:55Thank you, Simon. N.
09:57And another.
09:59G.
10:00And a third.
10:02N.
10:04And a vowel, please.
10:06E.
10:08And another.
10:10U.
10:12And a third.
10:14A.
10:15A consonant.
10:17And a consonant.
10:19T.
10:21And a vowel to finish, please.
10:23And to finish. E.
10:25Stand by.
10:47MUSIC PLAYS
10:58Yes. Simon?
11:00Er, 6.
11:016. Martin?
11:026.
11:03Simon?
11:04Er, gannet.
11:05A gannet, yeah.
11:07Uncaged.
11:08Uncaged gannet.
11:10There we go. Gloria?
11:11Got a 7. I'm very excited.
11:13It is uneaten.
11:15And Susie?
11:17I was just checking uncaged.
11:19Because the new uncaged would be in,
11:21but uncaged to release from a cage is there as well.
11:23That's for sure, yeah.
11:25And uneaten. Of course, nothing is uneaten if there's a gannet around.
11:28No.
11:29Evil-eye gannets, yeah.
11:3117 plays 13.
11:32Simon now still in the lead.
11:34It's Martin's letters game.
11:36Can I have a vowel, please?
11:37Thank you, Martin.
11:38I.
11:39And another.
11:41O.
11:42And another.
11:44E.
11:45And a consonant, please.
11:47R.
11:48And another.
11:50D.
11:51And another.
11:53T.
11:54And another.
11:57M.
11:58And another.
12:01T.
12:03And a final vowel, please.
12:06And a final I.
12:09Stand by.
12:15MUSIC CONTINUES
12:40Martin?
12:41Seven.
12:42And Simon?
12:43Martin?
12:44Dot here.
12:45And Simon?
12:46Same word, both of you.
12:48Oh, we're all copying each other because we were dot here as well in this corner.
12:52Yes.
12:53You're all dot here?
12:54Yes.
12:55Dot here. 24, please.
12:5620.
12:57And it's Simon's numbers game.
12:59Simon?
13:00As Martin likes a challenge, we'll try four large, please.
13:03Thank you. We've had the six small.
13:05We're going for the other hard selection, potentially.
13:07Four large, two little.
13:09And they are six and three.
13:12And the big ones, 25, 100, 75 and 50.
13:17And your target?
13:19346.
13:20Three, four, six.
13:22MUSIC PLAYS
13:43MUSIC STOPS
13:53Well, Simon?
13:54344.
13:56Two away. Martin?
13:58346.
13:59Now's your chance.
14:00OK, 100 plus 75.
14:02100, yeah, plus 75.
14:04175.
14:05And 50 divided by 25.
14:07Is two.
14:08Take that away.
14:09173.
14:10Is two.
14:11Is another two.
14:12Perfect. Well done.
14:14That is good.
14:15APPLAUSE
14:16Well done.
14:19That's amazing.
14:20So, Martin sprung into the lead, his usual position.
14:24But let's wait and see.
14:2530 plays 24.
14:26There's nothing in it as we turn to Gloria.
14:29Now then, Gloria.
14:31I believe that you're not a frequent train traveller,
14:34but you did take a train trip recently.
14:37I did.
14:38I have to say that I love travelling by train,
14:40but it's just impractical because I'm always carrying stuff,
14:43clothes, research, bits for work, and it's just too complicated.
14:46But recently I was going to meet a friend in from Australia,
14:49and one of my sons was coming with me.
14:51And he said, why don't you go by train?
14:53So my husband left me down in Sevenoaks,
14:55train came within seconds almost,
14:57got into London to Charing Cross.
15:00It only took 24 minutes.
15:02I thought, this could just change my life.
15:04So we met our friend, had a meeting.
15:06We were going back through the tube.
15:08So Michael and I said, oh, there's a train to Sevenoaks,
15:10Platform 4, whatever it was.
15:12So I got on the train, ran.
15:13I thought, this is easy.
15:15And the next thing I knew, somebody was to,
15:18excuse me, Susie, I haven't touched it,
15:19was going like, waking up, love, you've got to get up,
15:22you've got to get up.
15:23It's the end of the line.
15:24So I'd gone to Sidcup, and I was kind of lying against the window.
15:28And she just said, it's Sidcup, you've got to get up, love,
15:30got to get up.
15:31And as I turned around, she said, oh, my God, it's you.
15:33So now she said, I'll take you to the platform.
15:36Now I've got to go three stops back, apparently.
15:38Anyway, by the time I went back three stops,
15:41I suddenly saw a sign for Orpington.
15:43I thought, I know where Orpington is, not too far.
15:45So I rang my husband.
15:46I said, don't even ask me, but come and get me.
15:48Anyway, he came and picked me up.
15:50And this journey that took me 24 minutes going in,
15:53took me two and a half hours to get home.
15:55However, here's the punchline.
15:57So Stephen had to go to town the next day to London.
15:59It was lashing with rain, and he got into a cab.
16:02Now, in London, thousands of cabs,
16:04so he could have picked anyone.
16:05And so he said, where are you going to, mate?
16:07And he said, I'm going to Sevenoaks.
16:08He said, oh, do you live in Sevenoaks?
16:09He said, I do.
16:10He said, Gloria Honeyford lives there.
16:12So my husband went, does she?
16:14He said, you'll never guess.
16:15He said, she overslept and got on the wrong train,
16:18and my wife had to wake her up and take her
16:20and put her on the right train.
16:22So Stephen said, and what was she like?
16:24Fortunately, fortunately, he said,
16:26oh, apparently she was very nice.
16:28She was very well-dressed and very polite.
16:31APPLAUSE
16:33How funny.
16:3430, please, 24.
16:36Martin's back where he normally finds himself,
16:39but let's see what happens now.
16:41Martin, letters game.
16:43Vowel, please, Rachel.
16:44Thank you, Martin.
16:46I
16:47And another.
16:49O
16:50And another.
16:51A
16:52And consonant, please.
16:54R
16:55And another.
16:57N
16:58And another.
16:59V
17:00And another.
17:02R
17:04And another consonant, please.
17:06G
17:08And a final consonant, please.
17:12And a final D.
17:14Stand by.
17:29CLOCK TICKS
17:47Martin.
17:48Seven.
17:49A seven.
17:50And Simon.
17:51A six.
17:52That's six.
17:53Roving.
17:54Roving, Martin.
17:56Roving, with an A.
17:57R-O-A-V-I-N-G.
17:59I don't think that's going to be there, Martin.
18:03It's not, I'm afraid.
18:05No A, sorry.
18:07Yeah, that was a chance.
18:08What do you think it was, then, Martin?
18:10Well, I'd misspelt it.
18:12Oh, I see.
18:1430 apiece.
18:15All right.
18:16Gloria, what have you been up to?
18:18There was a good eight there.
18:19Roaring.
18:20Seven.
18:21Oh, I'm seven.
18:22I can't even count, never mind spell.
18:24The Roaring Forties.
18:25Yes, and a Dooring, another ing for seven.
18:28Thank you very much.
18:2930 apiece, and it's Simon's letters game.
18:32Simon.
18:33I'll have a consonant, please, Rachel.
18:35Thank you, Simon.
18:36C.
18:37And another, please.
18:40R.
18:41And a third.
18:43S.
18:44And a vowel.
18:46I.
18:47And a consonant, please.
18:49H.
18:51And a vowel.
18:53E.
18:54And a vowel.
18:56A.
18:58And another consonant.
19:01T.
19:02And one more vowel, please.
19:04And lastly, U.
19:06Here's the Countdown Clock.
19:23CLOCK TICKS
19:40Simon.
19:41A seven.
19:42A seven, and...?
19:43Seven.
19:44Two sevens, Simon.
19:45Racist.
19:46Racist, and...?
19:47Curates.
19:48Curates.
19:49Very nice.
19:51Can we match with another seven?
19:53Susie?
19:54Yeah, a few sevens.
19:55Kashir has shoot, but you can push it to an eight with chariest.
19:59If you're cherry, you're reluctant to do something,
20:02you're a little bit cautious.
20:03Yeah, a little bit cherry.
20:05So it's 37 apiece, and it's Martin's numbers game.
20:08Martin.
20:09Six more, please.
20:10Another six more for Martin.
20:11See if this can separate the two of you.
20:13We'll find out with...
20:15Six, five, seven, four, nine and eight.
20:22And a target...
20:24457.
20:25457.
20:46CLOCK TICKS
20:58Yes, Martin?
20:59457.
21:01And Simon?
21:02457.
21:03Martin.
21:04OK, nine times five is 45.
21:06Yep.
21:07Six plus four is ten.
21:09Ten it is indeed.
21:10Multiply them.
21:11450.
21:12And add the seven.
21:13457.
21:15Neatly done.
21:20So they're clinging together, 47 apiece.
21:22My word, Martin.
21:24This hasn't happened for a while.
21:26Let's have our second Tea Time teaser.
21:28It's Sam Proxy.
21:30And the clue...
21:31It was nice and calm, then out of nowhere, all hell broke loose.
21:35It was nice and calm, then out of nowhere, all hell broke loose.
21:40CLOCK TICKS
21:45APPLAUSE
21:55Welcome back. I left you with a clue.
21:57It was all nice and calm, then out of nowhere, all hell let loose.
22:01And the answer to that is a paroxysm.
22:04What's the definition of a paroxysm, Owen?
22:07It's a sudden attack or outburst of a particular emotion or activity.
22:11I see. Paroxysm. Thank you.
22:1347 apiece. Simon, let us go.
22:15A consonant, please, Rachel.
22:17Thank you, Simon. N.
22:19And another.
22:21S.
22:22And a third.
22:24Y.
22:25And a vowel, please.
22:27O.
22:28And another.
22:30I.
22:31And a consonant.
22:33L.
22:35And another consonant.
22:38N.
22:40And a vowel.
22:43A.
22:45And another vowel, please.
22:47And lastly, O.
22:49Countdown clock.
23:13CLOCK TICKS
23:22Simon?
23:23A six.
23:24A six. Martin?
23:25Six.
23:26Simon?
23:27Nylons.
23:29And...
23:30A noise.
23:32A noise.
23:34A noise.
23:35And...
23:36Not that we're getting it from you, but the word oniony.
23:40Can you really have oniony?
23:42Yeah, I'm surprised by that. What's that?
23:44Oniony smell.
23:45Yeah, you're smelling very oniony.
23:47Susie?
23:49Yeah, no, it's in. But sixes otherwise,
23:51yep, there's two good ones, nylons and a noise as well.
23:53Thank you. All right.
23:5453 apiece.
23:56And Martin, let us go.
23:58Have a vowel, please.
23:59Thank you, Martin.
24:01V.
24:02And another.
24:03U.
24:04And a third.
24:06A.
24:07And a consonant.
24:09P.
24:10And another.
24:11D.
24:12And another.
24:13G.
24:15And another.
24:16L.
24:18And another.
24:20P.
24:22And a final vowel, please.
24:24And a final...
24:26I.
24:28Here's the Countdown Clock.
24:42CLOCK TICKS
25:01And Martin?
25:03Seven.
25:04A seven. Simon?
25:05A seven.
25:07Martin?
25:08Plagued.
25:09Applied.
25:11Applied.
25:12Very good.
25:13Tremendous contest we've got here.
25:15Yes.
25:16Now, Gloria?
25:17We are full of the plagued as well, weren't we?
25:19Yeah.
25:20I didn't need anything else, did you?
25:21Well, there is an eight, actually.
25:23Pupilage, which you would think would have a double L,
25:26and it does usually, but you can't spell it with just one.
25:29The state of being a pupil, or in law,
25:31it's got a very specific sense of somebody being in apprenticeship
25:35to a member of the bar,
25:37and then you then go on to become a barrister.
25:39Indeed. Indeed.
25:41APPLAUSE
25:43So, 60 apiece, Susie.
25:45It's that time, your origins of words.
25:47What will you tell us about today?
25:49We had a really nice email from Johnny Howarth,
25:52who said, why do we call a ladybird a ladybird?
25:56And it's a great question.
25:57This is something that we don't necessarily think about,
26:00but first of all, why the lazy, and secondly, why a bird?
26:03If you look in the Oxford English Dictionary,
26:06the Historical Dictionary,
26:08its first record of the word ladybird,
26:11you'll find a 1674 glossary of southern English dialects.
26:16And the author describes how the dialect word bishop
26:20is the southern English term for the little spotted beetle
26:23commonly called the lady cow or the lady bird.
26:27And then ladybug followed and eventually ladybird settled.
26:31And that was preceded by this cow lady and lady cow,
26:34which is even stranger than a ladybird.
26:37That is a complete mystery for us.
26:40But there is a parallel, going back even further, of God's cow,
26:44which may have been the same insect,
26:46but quite where the cow comes from, we're not quite sure.
26:50The ladybird, we can, however, pinpoint a little bit more exactly.
26:54Obviously, as I say, neither a bird nor a lady.
26:56If you start with the bird,
26:58there is actually some idea that it might be an alteration of bud,
27:02B-U-D-D-E, which was, in Middle English,
27:05it was applied to quite a few different forms of insects.
27:08But it's generally considered that bird was simply a reference,
27:12if you like, to the bug's winged nature and its flying abilities.
27:17Lady, to come to that bit, apparently refers to the seven spots of,
27:22I'll have to read this out, the Cochinella septempunctata.
27:25Chris Packham would know this one.
27:27It's a Roman native ladybird
27:29that obviously is being threatened these days by the harlequin ladybird,
27:32but that's our native one, which has seven spots, typically.
27:36And these are said to symbolise the seven pains of the Virgin Mary
27:40in the Roman Catholic faith,
27:43which involved the flight to Egypt and, of course, the crucifixion of Christ.
27:47So, ladybird probably was simply our lady's bird.
27:51Brilliant. Clever.
27:53APPLAUSE
27:58Trouble is, when you hear that explanation,
28:00never look at it the same way ever again.
28:02No. It's true, they are beautiful. I love ladybirds. Indeed.
28:0560 apiece, and Simon, your letters again.
28:08Of a consonant, please, Rachel.
28:10Thank you, Simon. T
28:12And another consonant.
28:15J
28:16And another consonant.
28:19T
28:21And a vowel.
28:23E
28:25And a vowel.
28:27O
28:29And a third vowel.
28:31I
28:33A consonant, please.
28:35P
28:37And a consonant.
28:39L
28:41And another consonant, please.
28:43And the last one, K.
28:45Stand by.
28:55MUSIC PLAYS
29:16Simon? Six.
29:18And Martin? Six.
29:20Simon? Polite.
29:22Polite and...? Tiptoe.
29:24Tiptoe through the tulips.
29:26Gloria? Yep.
29:28Tiptoe as well. Yep. Yes.
29:30Yes. I'm going down a rabbit hole with my one,
29:33so that has to be the best for six.
29:35Thank you. All right.
29:3766 apiece. Martin, final letters game.
29:40Can I have a vowel, please? Thank you, Martin.
29:42A
29:43And another.
29:45O
29:46And another.
29:47E
29:48And a consonant.
29:50D
29:51And another.
29:53T
29:54And another.
29:56T
29:58And another.
30:00S
30:02And another.
30:04M
30:06And a final consonant, please.
30:09And a final T.
30:11Stand by.
30:13MUSIC PLAYS
30:23MUSIC CONTINUES
30:42Martin? Seven.
30:44Simon? Seven.
30:46Martin? Spotted.
30:49Now then, Simon. Stomped.
30:51Stomped. Very good word. Good word.
30:53Yes, very good word. Stomping, good word.
30:56Gloria? I'm afraid we were on spotted.
30:59That's it? That's it.
31:01I was hoping for post-date, but it's got a hyphen in it.
31:04All right. So, with the score standing at 73 apiece,
31:07we turn to Simon, the maths teacher, for the final numbers game.
31:11We'll try six more again, please, Rachel.
31:13Thank you, Simon. Trying six more to try to separate you two
31:16for the final time. Crucial conundrum whatever happens.
31:19This final numbers game is three.
31:21One.
31:23Three.
31:24Two. Oh, dear.
31:25Six. Please be a big one.
31:27Six. Hmm. Could be interesting.
31:30908.
31:32908.
31:34MUSIC PLAYS
31:50MUSIC STOPS
32:04Simon? 900.
32:06908 away. And Martin?
32:09I'll try 900.
32:11OK. Not written down.
32:14So, Martin?
32:16OK.
32:183 plus 1 is 4.
32:203 plus 1 is 4.
32:22Times 2.
32:24Times 2 is 8.
32:26Yeah, it's not going to happen, is it? No.
32:28LAUGHTER
32:30Sorry, Martin.
32:31How about Simon?
32:33OK. 3 times 6 is 18.
32:35OK.
32:373 plus 2 is 5.
32:393 plus 2 is 5.
32:41Should I have left a 6, a 3 and a 1, add together to make 10?
32:44You've already used your 3. It's 2-3.
32:46You've already used two 3s, yeah.
32:48Sorry, boys.
32:50Bad luck. Bad luck.
32:52Even more exciting.
32:54Rachel, can we do it? Can we get anywhere near?
32:57Nah.
32:59I'll goose-chase this one.
33:00All right, well done.
33:0273 apiece it is as we go into the final round.
33:06This is a crucial conundrum.
33:08We're going to roll this crucial countdown conundrum.
33:12BELL RINGS
33:14Martin Hurst.
33:16Lavishing.
33:18You amaze me. Let's see whether you're right.
33:21Oh, look at that!
33:23APPLAUSE
33:32Simon, I think you deserve a prize anyway.
33:36You had him on the rails. It was a fantastic performance.
33:39Good game. You enjoyed it? Yes, very much so.
33:41We enjoyed having you here. Thank you.
33:43Well done. You go back to Chorley with this goodie bag
33:47and our admiration to actually, you know,
33:50giving Martin a run for his money. Well done.
33:52Martin, terrific stuff.
33:54Wow, saved by the last thing. Scary stuff.
33:57It was scary. We were all scared, yeah.
33:59Absolutely brilliant. We shall see you tomorrow.
34:02You've got five wins. Well done. Thank you.
34:04Well done indeed.
34:06Wow. That was a great game, wasn't it? I love watching that.
34:09Great game. Anyway, we'll see you both tomorrow.
34:12Look forward to it. Brilliant stuff.
34:14We'll see Martin tomorrow, see how he gets on. We will indeed.
34:17All right. Join us then.
34:19Young Martin Hurst, what a player.
34:21Same time, same place, you'll be sure of it.
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