Countdown | Wednesday 21st September 2016 | Episode 6431
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00:30APPLAUSE
00:32Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:35I recently read about a film that's to be made
00:38that may interest some people in the audience
00:41and will certainly really interest some people here in the studio.
00:46It's called The Professor and the Madman.
00:49It's a real-life drama and it's about the creation, wait for it,
00:52of the Oxford English Dictionary.
00:55Big stars are in it, Mel Gibson and Sean Penner are in it.
00:58It's based, apparently, on a book, The Surgeon of Crowthorne,
01:01a tale of murder and madness and the love of words,
01:04published back in 1998.
01:06So we'll wait with bated breath, you and I, Rachel.
01:09But I then thought, hmm, books that I'd love to see made into a film.
01:14And I remember about 50 years ago, Rachel, I read four books, a quartet,
01:19called The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell,
01:22and I was absolutely entranced by it, a wartime spy story in many ways.
01:26I'm not sure that a film was ever made.
01:28Now, what book do you fancy that might make a great movie?
01:31I'm the other way round.
01:33I always see the movie and then think maybe I'll read the book.
01:36I'm terrible, I don't read very much, but I love watching Game of Thrones
01:39and I think people that read the book really get a lot more out of that
01:42because there's a lot in it and a lot of houses and clans
01:45and people doing this to each other that you don't know if you watch the programme.
01:49But it's interesting because they started with the books
01:51and then they made the programme and now the programme's caught up
01:54with the books.
01:55Yeah, it's gone beyond.
01:57Yeah, they're making the programme quicker than the author's writing the book,
02:00so it'll be interesting to see how that kind of fits together.
02:03Brilliant. Excellent stuff.
02:05Now then, who have we got with us, Rachel?
02:07We've got Jamie Washington back, student from Huddersfield Training School,
02:10an English teacher, four good wins under his belt.
02:12Well done, well done. Halfway there?
02:14Yeah, halfway, yeah.
02:15Well, good luck to you.
02:17But first, before you can progress, you've got to clamber over
02:20Steve Griffin, an IT consultant from Barnsley.
02:23King golfer, his favourite place for playing golf, your local golf course,
02:26is that right?
02:27It is.
02:28It's Waterton Park?
02:29Yep, near Wakefield.
02:31Lovely.
02:32But you told me, Steve, before we came on set,
02:35that you went on holiday in Ibiza with your friends a while ago
02:39and you ran into somebody who entertained you.
02:41What was all that about?
02:42It's a long time ago, 1983 to be exact,
02:45and a young George Michael bumped into us in the hotel.
02:50He was there on his own.
02:52He told us that he was there to get suntan for the Club Tropicana video
02:56and he asked if he could tag along with us.
02:58So we had a great time.
02:59Excellent. And did he sing for you?
03:01He did, yeah.
03:02I listened to a few of his demo tapes on his Walkman at the time, yeah.
03:06And he was good company?
03:08Lovely guy, yeah.
03:09Fantastic.
03:10Good for him. All right.
03:11Let's have a big round of applause then for Steve and Jamie.
03:14APPLAUSE
03:18And over in the corner, Susie, of course,
03:21joined once again by the wonderful Helen Fospero,
03:24TV and radio reporter and presenter.
03:26Welcome back. Good to see you back.
03:28Thank you. It's good to be back. Thank you.
03:30All right. Now then, Jamie, let us go.
03:32Hi, Rachel. Hi, Jamie.
03:33Start over a consonant, please.
03:35Thank you. Start today with G.
03:38And another?
03:40R.
03:41And a third?
03:43L.
03:44And a vowel?
03:46U.
03:47And another?
03:49I.
03:50And a consonant?
03:52F.
03:54And another?
03:56D.
03:58And a vowel?
04:00A.
04:01And a final vowel, please?
04:03And a final?
04:04E.
04:05And here is the Countdown Clock.
04:14CLOCK TICKS
04:39Yes, Jamie?
04:40A seven.
04:41A seven. Steve?
04:42A seven.
04:43Yep.
04:44Figured.
04:45And Steve?
04:46Fudgier.
04:47Fudgier.
04:48What a great word.
04:49That's a good one, isn't it?
04:51Oh, unfortunately, it's not in, Steve.
04:53It should be, shouldn't it? Fudgier.
04:55Fudgier.
04:56Yes. Fudgier cake, you will not find.
04:58Sorry.
04:59What can we have? Helen? Susie?
05:01I failed a six.
05:03Failed was there, wasn't it?
05:04Very good. Yes.
05:05It's good to say you haven't failed at all, but yes, you have there.
05:07That was the best I could do.
05:08And there is actually a nine there.
05:10What?
05:11Yes, not immediately obvious, but lifeguard is there for nine.
05:13Oh, well done. Well done.
05:15APPLAUSE
05:19Excellent. Seven points to Jamie.
05:21Now then, Steve, what shall we have?
05:24Hi, Rachel.
05:25Hi, Steve.
05:26Could I have a vowel, please?
05:27Thank you. Start with I.
05:30A vowel.
05:32E.
05:33A vowel.
05:34A.
05:35A consonant.
05:38F.
05:39A consonant.
05:41S.
05:42Another consonant.
05:44L.
05:45Another consonant.
05:47T.
05:49A consonant.
05:51L.
05:52And a vowel.
05:54And the last one, O.
05:57Stand by.
06:11MUSIC PLAYS
06:28Steve?
06:29A dodgy seven.
06:30Dodgy sevens. Jamie?
06:32A seven.
06:33And a firm seven. Steve?
06:35Falsetto.
06:36Falsetto. And?
06:37Fillets.
06:39Fillets.
06:41Erm, just checking falsetto.
06:43It's not there with a single T, I'm afraid, Steve.
06:46It's not a good start.
06:47Yeah, I have to go with a double T from Italian, sorry.
06:50Bad luck?
06:51Fillets, absolutely fine.
06:53And Susie? Helen?
06:55I don't think I'm doing very well.
06:57Five, stale.
06:59I need to warm up a bit, don't I?
07:00Plenty of time, don't you worry about it.
07:02Plenty of time, good, good, exactly. I need a second one in.
07:04Stifle is there for six.
07:06And there is an eight there, a slightly risque one.
07:08Fellatio is there for eight.
07:10So, Jamie on 14, Steve very yet to score,
07:12plenty of time for that.
07:14And it's numbers for Jamie.
07:16Could I have one large and five small, please, Richard?
07:18You can indeed, thank you, Jamie.
07:19One from the top row and five little ones.
07:22And for the first time today, your numbers are
07:24three, nine, three, eight, ten,
07:28and the big one, 100.
07:31And the target, 136.
07:33One, three, six.
07:40MUSIC PLAYS
08:05Jamie?
08:06136.
08:07136, Steve?
08:08136.
08:10Thank you, Jamie.
08:11Ten times three for 30.
08:13Ten times three, 30.
08:14Nine minus the other three, six.
08:16Yep.
08:17Add those two together and add the 100.
08:19Yeah, one, three, six, lovely.
08:21Thank you, Steve.
08:22Exactly the same way.
08:24There we go.
08:25Yeah.
08:26Well done.
08:29So, Steve's off the blocks,
08:31ten to Jamie's 24,
08:33as we turn to our first teatime teaser,
08:35which is Bert's loss.
08:37And the clue, Bert was at a loss to understand
08:39how these creatures mate for life.
08:41Bert was at a loss to understand
08:43how these creatures mate for life.
08:46MUSIC PLAYS
09:02Welcome back. I left with the clue,
09:04Bert was at a loss to understand
09:06how these creatures mate for life.
09:08And, er, it's lobsters.
09:10Lobsters.
09:11So, 24 plays at Steve's ten.
09:13Jamie in charge and it's Steve's letters game.
09:16Steve.
09:17Could I have a vowel, please, Rachel?
09:19Thank you, Steve. E.
09:20Another vowel.
09:22A.
09:23A vowel.
09:24O.
09:25A consonant.
09:27X.
09:28A consonant.
09:30S.
09:31A consonant.
09:33J.
09:34A consonant.
09:36R.
09:38A consonant.
09:40L.
09:43And another consonant.
09:45And lastly, S.
09:47Stand by.
09:49MUSIC PLAYS
10:08MUSIC STOPS
10:19Yes, Steve?
10:20I've only got five.
10:22A five and, Jamie?
10:23A six.
10:25Steve?
10:26Rules.
10:27Jamie?
10:28Er, losers.
10:29Can we beat six?
10:31Can't beat six. We had lasers...
10:33Yes.
10:34..for six and also we had losers, too,
10:36but we couldn't see a seven in there.
10:38Couldn't find a seven.
10:39All right, 30 plays ten and, Jamie, letters game.
10:42Start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
10:44Thank you, Jamie.
10:45T.
10:46And another.
10:48B.
10:49And a vowel.
10:51U.
10:52And another.
10:54I.
10:55And a consonant.
10:57S.
10:58And a consonant.
11:00P.
11:02And a third.
11:04W.
11:05And a vowel.
11:07O.
11:09And a final vowel, please.
11:11And a last one.
11:12U.
11:14Time's up.
11:15MUSIC PLAYS
11:35MUSIC STOPS
11:46Jamie?
11:47Just a five.
11:48And Steve?
11:49Just a five from me as well.
11:51Jamie?
11:52Pouts.
11:53And?
11:54Spout.
11:55And spout?
11:56Hmm.
11:57Pouts and spout. What can we do? Helen?
11:59Pouts and bouts.
12:01Both five.
12:02Bouts. All right.
12:03Now then, Susie?
12:04I'm sure there's something else there, but I haven't found it yet.
12:07And time's up.
12:08And time's up, so I've failed.
12:1035 pence. 15. All right.
12:13Numbers for Steve.
12:14Could have two from the top and any others.
12:17You can indeed, thank you, Steve. Two large, four little.
12:20And this time, the little ones are 6, 3, 1 and 9.
12:26And the big ones, 25 and 50.
12:29And your target, 613.
12:32613.
12:33All right.
13:03Yes, Steve?
13:04609.
13:05609. Jamie?
13:07612.
13:09And 612, one away. Let's try it, Jamie.
13:1250 plus 1 for 51.
13:1550 plus 1, 51.
13:179 plus the 3 for 12.
13:19Yep.
13:20Times those two together.
13:21Yep. 612, one away.
13:23Not bad. Well done, well done.
13:25But 613. Rachel?
13:27Well, if you say 50 minus 1, 49,
13:31and then again, 9 plus 3 is 12.
13:34Times those together for 588, and then add the 25.
13:38Fabulous. Well done. 613.
13:42That's the way to do it.
13:44Now, 42 plays 15, and we turn to Helen.
13:47And, Helen, abseiling for Barnardo's?
13:52What's this all about?
13:53Well, you know me, I'm always up for a bit of a challenge,
13:56but this one came about in quite an unusual fashion,
13:59because I've been an ambassador for many years for Barnardo's,
14:02and this year we're celebrating our 150th birthday.
14:06And I got a lovely invite through the Post
14:08and taken to Buckingham Palace for a garden party.
14:12So I'd never been there before,
14:14and this was a thank you to all our supporters
14:16and some of the youngsters that the charity helps.
14:19Lovely afternoon, sunny, blue skies,
14:21sipping tea, cucumber sandwiches.
14:23And then one of the organisers came along and she said,
14:26we've got a charity abseil to mark the birthday,
14:29and do you fancy doing it?
14:30And I thought, well, that sounds like a good idea.
14:32Yeah, put me down for it, it'll be fine.
14:34And now I've got the details, and it's a freefall abseil,
14:38which I'm still not 100% sure what it is.
14:41They assure me it's not a bungee jump.
14:43But I was told it would be down a London iconic building,
14:46so I sort of had visions of coming down Big Ben
14:49and having the brickwork to push my feet against,
14:52and I thought that sounded quite good.
14:54I'm actually abseiling down the London Olympic structure,
14:57which is sort of like a big helter-skelter, really.
15:01I mean, there's nowhere really to put your feet.
15:04It's 262 feet high, the tallest sculpture in Britain,
15:09and I'm doing it in a few weeks' time
15:12and still feeling slightly nervous about the freefall element of it.
15:16But actually, I'm really, really looking forward to it.
15:18It'll be a massive challenge,
15:20and I'm assured we'll get proper instruction on the day,
15:23so hopefully I'll be back again to tell you all about it.
15:25But Barnardo is a great, great charity.
15:27It's an amazing charity, an incredible history,
15:29and it was started 150 years ago,
15:31and it continues to do extraordinary work for children and young people,
15:35so it's a charity I'm very proud to be associated with.
15:38And if that helps, if dangling me off a building that high
15:42makes a difference, then it's worthwhile.
15:45Good for you. Good luck.
15:47APPLAUSE
15:51Brilliant.
15:53And don't look down. No.
15:55All right, well done.
15:57So, 42 plays, that's these 15. Jamie, letters game.
16:00Start with a consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Jamie.
16:03S
16:04And another.
16:06P
16:07And a third.
16:09H
16:10And another.
16:12T
16:13And a vowel.
16:15I
16:16And another.
16:18O
16:19And a consonant.
16:21S
16:23And a vowel.
16:25A
16:26And a final vowel, please.
16:28And a final...
16:30U
16:31Countdown.
16:49MUSIC
17:04Jamie? Seven.
17:06Seven. Steve? Six.
17:08You've got six?
17:10Outish.
17:11Outish. Now then, Jamie?
17:13Utopias.
17:15Um...
17:17No outish, I'm afraid, Steve. Not having much luck today.
17:21And utopia, you can pluralise and have it with the small u.
17:25It's absolutely fine. Well done.
17:27Thank you. All right. What else can we have there?
17:30You can also have sophist,
17:32which I'm not 100% sure what that means, actually.
17:35Is it sophistry? Yes, exactly.
17:38It looks back to Greece, classical Greece,
17:41and it was then a paid teacher of philosophy and rhetoric.
17:45And today it means somebody who reasons with clever
17:48but often quite specious arguments, not always ones to be believed.
17:52Yeah. Pure sophistry. Yes.
17:55All right, thank you. 49 pays 15.
17:58And it's Steve's letters game now. Steve?
18:01I'll start with a vowel, please.
18:03Thank you, Steve.
18:05E
18:06Another vowel.
18:08A
18:09Vowel.
18:10O
18:11Consonant.
18:13P
18:14Consonant.
18:16S
18:17Consonant.
18:19T
18:20A consonant.
18:22W
18:24Another consonant.
18:26T
18:28And another consonant.
18:30And lastly, D.
18:32Stand by.
18:44MUSIC PLAYS
19:05Steve?
19:06Seven.
19:08Yes, Jamie? Seven.
19:10Right. Steve?
19:11Spotted.
19:12Spotted and spotted.
19:14Well spotted. Any more spotteds?
19:18Spotted and swatted.
19:20Swatted? Yes. That's more fun.
19:22Yeah, we like swatted.
19:24And teapots are there as well.
19:26Indeed. Good old friend, the teapot.
19:28Well done. And it's 56-22.
19:31Jamie in the lead and it's Jamie's numbers game now. Jamie?
19:34Yeah, one from the top and any five of us, please, Rachel.
19:37Thank you, Jamie. One large, five little coming up.
19:40And this time around the selection is five, ten, six, nine, four and 100.
19:48And the target, 380.
19:513-8-0.
19:53MUSIC PLAYS
20:11MUSIC STOPS
20:25Jamie?
20:263-8-0.
20:283-8-0. Steve?
20:293-8-0.
20:31100 minus 5 for 95.
20:34100 minus 5, 95.
20:35Times the 4.
20:36Perfect. 380.
20:38Steve?
20:39I'll do the 100 times 4.
20:41400.
20:426 times 5 is 30.
20:44Yep.
20:45Take that off.
20:46370.
20:47And I'll have the 10 back on.
20:48380, lovely.
20:49Well done. Well done, indeed.
20:51APPLAUSE
20:53So, 66-32 as we turn to our second tea time teaser,
20:58which is Don, begin.
21:00And the clue, Don begins to fillet all the fish.
21:03Don begins to fillet all the fish.
21:06APPLAUSE
21:21Welcome back. I left with a clue.
21:23Don begins to fillet all the fish.
21:25And the answer is deboning.
21:28He's deboning them.
21:30Deboning, 66-32.
21:32Jamie in the lead, and it's Steve's chance to catch up now.
21:35Steve, it's letters again.
21:36I'll start with a vowel, please.
21:38Thank you, Steve. E.
21:40Another vowel.
21:42I.
21:43Another vowel.
21:45E.
21:46A consonant.
21:48N.
21:49A consonant.
21:50Q.
21:52A consonant.
21:54N.
21:56A consonant.
21:58C.
22:00Another consonant.
22:02K.
22:05And another consonant.
22:07And lastly, R.
22:09Countdown.
22:36MUSIC STOPS
22:42Steve.
22:43Another dodgy seven.
22:45Right. What about Jamie?
22:47A dodgy six.
22:48And a dodgy six. Yes?
22:50Nicker.
22:51Nicker? Yeah.
22:53Thank you. Steve.
22:54Neckier.
22:56LAUGHTER
22:58I think you're on thin ground there. You're nice.
23:00I'll start with nicker.
23:03It's to give a soft, breathy whinny.
23:05That's how it's defined in the dictionary.
23:07Which is a beautiful description.
23:10Necker is there, but not neckier, Steve, I'm afraid.
23:13Oh, no.
23:14It'd be long-necked, but not necky.
23:1672-32, and it's Jamie's letters game.
23:19Jamie.
23:21Start with a consonant, please.
23:23Thank you, Jamie. M.
23:25And a vowel.
23:27A.
23:28And a consonant.
23:30R.
23:31And another.
23:33G.
23:34And a vowel.
23:36I.
23:37And another vowel.
23:39E.
23:40And a consonant.
23:42T.
23:43Another consonant.
23:45N.
23:47And a final consonant, please.
23:49And a final R.
23:51Stand by.
24:01MUSIC PLAYS
24:23Jamie.
24:24Er, seven.
24:25Steve.
24:26Seven.
24:27Yes, Jamie.
24:28Er, granite.
24:29And...
24:30Garment.
24:31And garment.
24:32Very nice, both.
24:34Can we advance at all?
24:36Er, we can do emigrant, which is eight.
24:40Very good.
24:41Er...
24:42Yeah, emigrant.
24:43Yeah, very good for eight.
24:45And there's also teaming, as in team up rather than teaming with people.
24:49So T-E-A-M-I-N-G, that would give you a seven as well.
24:52Thank you. Thank you.
24:54Well done, Helen. And it's 79-39,
24:57and next we turn to Susie and her origins of words.
25:02Now, then, what have you got for us today, Susie?
25:05Not so much an origin today, but you mentioned at the top of the programme, Nick,
25:09the film rights that have been bought by Mel Gibson's company
25:13for a new thriller, really, about the Oxford English Dictionary,
25:17and those two words don't normally go together in people's minds.
25:20And it's all about... It's called The Surgeon of Crowthorne.
25:23And it's a very unlikely story.
25:26There was a surgeon called William Chester Minor.
25:30He was American. He was a specialist in anatomy.
25:34And he went into the Union Army in 1864 as a surgeon,
25:39and there he witnessed horrible, horrible bloodshed.
25:42And he was also charged with inflicting some rather terrible punishments
25:46on deserters or people who had somehow sort of disobeyed army rules.
25:52It affected him quite badly, and he became very paranoid.
25:57He got real episodes of delusions and paranoia,
26:00and it got to the point where the army actually recognised
26:03that his behaviour was becoming more and more strange,
26:06and so he was dismissed.
26:08And for a while, he went into an asylum in America.
26:11Before coming over to Britain, he lived in a slum in Lambeth.
26:16Eventually, he shot and murdered a man
26:19who he thought was coming to break into his apartment.
26:22In fact, the man was completely innocent.
26:24But for that murder, he was imprisoned in, or taken, I should say,
26:28to Broadmoor in Crowthorne,
26:30as, again, it was called a lunatic asylum in those days.
26:34What's this got to do with the OED?
26:36Well, the OED in those times was under the helm, really,
26:39of James Murray, who was the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.
26:43And this was the first major venture in lexicography
26:46since Samuel Johnson's dictionary.
26:48And he was, in fact, the first person to publish a book
26:51that he had sourced, if you like, in those days,
26:54by asking people to send in their printed records of words
26:57and how they were being used.
26:59It turned out that his biggest contributor,
27:01because William Miner was considered not dangerous within Broadmoor
27:05and was so given access to books,
27:07his biggest contributor was this murderer,
27:10and he wrote copious amounts of letters.
27:12In fact, James Murray was later to say
27:14that he could have produced four centuries' worth of words
27:17and it's extraordinary that a man with that past
27:19was such a brilliant contributor to what we now use
27:22and one of my favourite reference works of all time.
27:25Extraordinary story.
27:31That is fascinating.
27:33And he was researching whilst in prison
27:35or he was just dredging his own mind?
27:37No, he was given access to lots of books.
27:39In fact, the widow of the victim,
27:41the man that he had murdered, brought books into him.
27:44She recognised that he wasn't well.
27:46Thank you so much, Susie. Fascinating.
27:48Now, Steve, letters game.
27:51I'll try again with a vowel, please.
27:53Thank you, Steve. A.
27:55Another vowel.
27:57E.
27:58A vowel.
28:00U.
28:01Consonant.
28:03N.
28:04Consonant.
28:06S.
28:08Consonant.
28:09Y.
28:11Consonant.
28:13V.
28:15Another consonant.
28:17M.
28:19And another consonant.
28:22And the last one, V.
28:24Here's the Countdown Clock.
28:45CLOCK TICKS
28:56Yes, Steve?
28:58Just a six.
28:59A six.
29:00And a six.
29:01And a six for Jamie. Steve?
29:03I've got Sunday with an E on the end.
29:05Very nice.
29:06And Jamie?
29:07Unmade.
29:08Unmade?
29:09Yes, unmade bed. Very good.
29:11Why not?
29:12Now, Helen, Susie, what have we got?
29:14We had the ice cream sundae, too, with the E on the end,
29:17and also meduson, which is seven letters.
29:20Meduson.
29:21It's the adjective which is referring to the medusa,
29:24which is a bit like a jellyfish,
29:26or it's the sort of family to which the jellyfish belongs.
29:30Umbrella-shaped body with stinging tentacles.
29:32Not something you'd like to meet.
29:34Absolutely not.
29:35Absolutely not.
29:3685, 45, and it's Jamie's letters game.
29:39Jamie, last one of the day.
29:41Consonant, please, Rachel.
29:42Thank you, Jamie.
29:43D
29:44And another.
29:47R
29:48And another.
29:50C
29:51And a vowel.
29:53E
29:54And another.
29:55I
29:56And a third.
29:58E
29:59And a consonant.
30:01N
30:02A consonant.
30:04V
30:06And a final consonant, please.
30:09And a final G.
30:10And the clock starts now.
30:41MUSIC STOPS
30:43Jamie?
30:44Eight.
30:45And Steve?
30:46I've just got a six.
30:47And that six?
30:48Gender.
30:49Gender and?
30:50Receding.
30:52And receding.
30:54Very nice. I haven't seen that one. Excellent.
30:56Very good.
30:57Well done.
30:59Now, what have you seen?
31:01Susie? Helen?
31:02I had a couple of sixes, driven and cringe,
31:04but I think you've got sevens, have you?
31:06Yes, veering, generic cringe are all there,
31:09but receding is excellent. Well done.
31:11Very good.
31:12All right.
31:1393, look at this.
31:1493 points to Steve.
31:1645 as we go into the final numbers game.
31:19Steve?
31:20I'll try two from the top, if any of them.
31:23Thank you, Steve.
31:24Two large, four little again.
31:26And the final one of the day is
31:28three,
31:29two,
31:30one,
31:31and nine.
31:32And the big one's 25 and 50 again.
31:34And this target, 938.
31:37938.
32:05MUSIC STOPS
32:10Steve?
32:11Sorry, I missed that one.
32:12No. How about Jamie?
32:13Yeah, I'm nowhere near, no.
32:15Neither of you?
32:16We must hurl ourselves at Rachel's feet.
32:19Rachel, 938.
32:21Can you crack it for us?
32:23I'm not quite there, so leave it with me.
32:25All right, come back to you.
32:27So, 93 plays, 45 as we come to the final round,
32:30which, of course, is conundrum time.
32:33Fingers on buzzers, gentlemen.
32:35Let's reveal today's countdown conundrum.
32:37MUSIC
33:04MUSIC STOPS
33:07No?
33:09We're stumped up here.
33:11Who in the audience will show us what you're made of?
33:14Do I see a hand there?
33:16No.
33:17Do I not see a hand there?
33:19Oh, dear, this must be tricky.
33:21Let's roll it and see.
33:22Let's all groan, because we all should have got it.
33:26Well done.
33:27Thank you for that groan.
33:29Well done indeed. All right, Jamie.
33:31There we go. Look, five wins under your belt.
33:33So I turn now to Steve.
33:34Bad luck, because you've come up against a cracking player.
33:37So you came on the wrong day, as we say here.
33:39I did. I did.
33:40But good luck to you.
33:42Good luck to you on your journey back to Barnsley with your goodie bag
33:46and our very best wishes.
33:47Thanks for coming and well played.
33:49Well played.
33:50And particularly well played to you, Jamie.
33:52Cheers.
33:53Five down, only three to go.
33:54We shall see you tomorrow. Well done.
33:56And we shall see you both tomorrow, Suzie and Helen.
33:59See you both tomorrow.
34:00See you then, Nick.
34:01But Rachel's been busy.
34:02Yep.
34:03Rachel, 938?
34:04Yep, don't have to take this one home.
34:06As homework, if you say 50 plus 3, 53,
34:10times by 2 is 106,
34:13add 1 for 107,
34:15times it by 9 for 963,
34:17and then take away the 25.
34:19Oh, well done. Well done, Rachel.
34:21Excellent job.
34:23As ever.
34:26Well done, Rachel. See you tomorrow.
34:29See you tomorrow.
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