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00:30Good afternoon, and welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:33Now, every year, there's some really big film releases at the cinema,
00:37particularly when the children are on their summer break,
00:40and this year has been no exception.
00:42For instance, Rachel, we've had Pete's Dragon,
00:45starring the Hollywood veteran actor, that wonderful Robert Redford,
00:49Roald Dahl's The BFG,
00:52directed by another Hollywood great, Steven Spielberg,
00:56Swallows and Amazons, those Swallows and Amazons books.
01:00I think Arthur Ransom, was it, who wrote them?
01:02As a child, I loved those, and as a film.
01:05And Finding Dory, one of those great animations,
01:08a sequel to the 2003 hit, Finding Nemo.
01:12And all these films are certainly great for the kids,
01:15but quite often, the parents really rather like them too,
01:18and in fact, sometimes it's the parents
01:20who drag the children off to see them.
01:23Is there a children's film that I like to watch time and time again?
01:28No.
01:30What about you? Are there any kids' films that you love?
01:32Oh, loads. I just saw there was a new one called The Secret Life of Pets.
01:36I'm not sure if it's one for you, cos it's got pets with personalities,
01:40and you... Budgie gets out of his cage
01:42and he puts the TV on a computer game or something.
01:45Oh, is that right? He puts the fan on and he kind of is like an action hero.
01:48Oh. You know, diving up and down onto things as the fight starts.
01:50This is all animated, I guess, yeah?
01:52Oh, yeah, yeah. It's what the pets get up to when the owners go out.
01:56Lovely. I remember when my son was a little chap,
02:00a little chap of about seven, whatever it was,
02:02and we had E.T.
02:05Oh, yeah. As a video.
02:08He used to love it. He knew every word in the script,
02:11and he used to say, right, and he used to hunt around
02:13and then produce a box of Kleenex,
02:15sit down in front of it, put the Kleenex down beside him,
02:18cos he knew he would be crying at the end.
02:20It was so sweet.
02:22Now, then, Rachel, we've got Jamie Washington back with us.
02:25We know all about Jamie. He's a student from Huddersfield,
02:28trained to be an English teacher.
02:30But the big thing is that he's got six wins under his belt.
02:34And here we are, Monday afternoon, and we'll see whether, by Wednesday,
02:38you'll have become an OctoChamp.
02:39Well, good luck to you, but also great luck to Philip Hannon,
02:43a housing assistant from Edinburgh, loves his live music.
02:47Went to see Bruce Springsteen and Beverly Knight.
02:49That was during the summer, was it?
02:51That's right, yeah.
02:53And Bruce Springsteen, I once met him.
02:55What a lovely, straightforward, down-to-earth guy.
02:58You saw him, where was he playing?
03:00Hamden Park, the National Stadium in Glasgow.
03:03He works hard, doesn't he?
03:05I played for three hours at a time,
03:08and it didn't seem to be toiling at all.
03:09Fantastic. Now, your proudest moment, apparently, to this day,
03:13is winning Best Anchor Boy when you were seven.
03:16What is it, Best Anchor Boy? Is it naval?
03:19Kind of equivalent to the Cobb Scouts,
03:21but maybe with a slightly more religious emphasis.
03:25All those years ago?
03:26Yeah.
03:27But you're still very proud of it, and why not?
03:29A big round of applause, then, for Philip and Jamie Washington.
03:32Good luck to you.
03:33APPLAUSE
03:36Good luck, Philip.
03:37And over in the corner, of course, Susie,
03:40joined once again by Helen Fosbero, TV and radio reporter,
03:44presenter and a regular on this show, almost.
03:47I'm, well, becoming a regular. I hope you have me back again.
03:51I love coming in. Beats working for a living.
03:53You are certainly coming back again, young lady.
03:57Now, then, Jamie, let's have a letters game from you, shall we?
04:00Hi, Rachel. Hi, Jamie.
04:01Start with a consonant, please.
04:02Thank you. Start the week with R.
04:05And another?
04:07S.
04:08And another?
04:11D.
04:12And a farth?
04:15B.
04:16And a vowel?
04:18E.
04:19And another?
04:20O.
04:21And another?
04:23E.
04:24And a consonant?
04:26T.
04:28And a final vowel, please?
04:30And a final A.
04:32And here's the Countdown Clock.
04:46CLOCK TICKS
05:04Yes, Jamie?
05:05Eight.
05:06Eight. How about Philip?
05:08Eight as well.
05:10Broadest.
05:11Broadest. Philip?
05:12Same word.
05:14Well done.
05:15APPLAUSE
05:19Pretty good start. Eight apiece.
05:21And what have we got there? Helen, Susie?
05:22We have Broadest too.
05:24That's it. Anything else? Susie?
05:26Lovely set of letters, actually. Lots and lots of sevens there.
05:29Broadest the eight. May even be a nine.
05:31But it was a nice round. Very well done to get eight.
05:33All right. Very good.
05:35Eight apiece. And, Philip, off you go.
05:38Can I start with a vowel, please?
05:40Thank you, Philip.
05:42I.
05:43Another vowel.
05:45E.
05:46A third.
05:47O.
05:48A consonant, please.
05:50G.
05:51Consonant.
05:53S.
05:54Consonant.
05:56H.
05:57A vowel, please.
05:59I.
06:00Consonant.
06:02M.
06:03And a consonant to finish.
06:04And the last one, L.
06:07Stand by.
06:13ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
06:38Philip?
06:39Er, six, yeah.
06:41A six and...?
06:42Six.
06:43Thank you, Philip.
06:44Homies.
06:45Homies.
06:46Same one.
06:47Look at these two. Countdown players, old man.
06:50What about Helen?
06:51There was an eight in there that we spotted. Homilies.
06:54Homilies. Very good.
06:56Susie, anything else?
06:58Discourses. No, that was our best for eight, Nick.
07:01Delivering a homily.
07:02Homily, yes.
07:03Well, either a tedious, moralising lecture
07:06or simply a religious discourse intended for spiritual edification.
07:11That's the one.
07:12Yeah.
07:1340 in a piece and it's Jamie's numbers game. Jamie?
07:16One large and five small, please, Rachel.
07:18Thank you, Jamie. One from the top row and five littlens.
07:21And the first numbers game of the week is five, six, two,
07:26nine, ten and the large one, 25.
07:30And the target?
07:31197.
07:33197.
07:34ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
07:40ELECTRONIC MUSIC CONTINUES
08:05Yes, Jamie?
08:06197.
08:07197. Philip?
08:09So, 197 as well.
08:11Jamie?
08:1225 minus six, 19...
08:14Yep.
08:15..times ten.
08:17190.
08:18And add the five and the two.
08:20197, lovely.
08:21There we go.
08:22I assume we...
08:23Yes.
08:24Happy? All right.
08:25APPLAUSE
08:26So, 24 apiece.
08:2824 apiece as we go into our first tea time teaser,
08:32which is Nail Malt.
08:34And the clue.
08:35You might wear this garment if you have dandruff.
08:38You might wear this garment if you have dandruff.
08:49APPLAUSE
08:57Welcome back. I left you with the clue.
08:59You might wear this garment if you have dandruff.
09:02And the answer is mantilla.
09:05Or mantilla, I would have thought.
09:07Are those things that girls wear on their heads when they go to church?
09:10Yes, lace or silk scarf that covers the head and shoulders.
09:13And how do you pronounce it?
09:14I think it can be either.
09:15I think it would be like tortilla, mantilla or mantilla,
09:18once it's naturalised in English.
09:20OK. Thank you very much indeed.
09:23Now, if you'd like to become a Countdown contestant,
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09:34Countdown Leeds LS31JS.
09:38Now, then, the score stands to Jamie on 24 and Philip.
09:43Bravo, Philip, on 24 also.
09:45It's your letters game now, Philip.
09:47Constant, please, Rachel.
09:48Thank you, Philip.
09:50L
09:51Constant.
09:53B
09:54Another one, please.
09:57S
09:58Vowel, please.
10:00A
10:01Vowel.
10:02O
10:03Another vowel.
10:05A
10:06Constant, please.
10:07L
10:08Constant.
10:10G
10:11And a vowel.
10:12And the last one.
10:13E
10:14And the clock starts now.
10:34CLOCK TICKS
10:46Yes, Philip?
10:48I'll go for a seven.
10:49How about Jamie?
10:50I'll go for a seven as well.
10:52All right. Philip?
10:53Globals.
10:55And?
10:56Same idea.
10:58There we go.
10:59Any improvements?
11:00Helen, Susie?
11:02Global, fine in the singular, but not in the plural, I'm afraid.
11:05You can't stick an S on.
11:07So I have to disallow that.
11:09Sorry, boys.
11:10What can we have?
11:12I was working on saleable, but I'm not 100% sure how to spell it,
11:15so I don't know whether that's a seven or an eight.
11:17Yes, unfortunately, you need the double E,
11:19so sale and then able.
11:21Spanish, English.
11:22It's the US spelling, which we're not allowed,
11:25that would have S-A-L-A-B-L-E,
11:27which leaves us with sable for five,
11:29because we went off down a slight rabbit hole with that one.
11:33Or even a sable hole.
11:35Yeah.
11:36All right, 24 points apiece.
11:38And now, Jamie, it's your letters game.
11:41Step a consonant, please.
11:42Thank you, Jamie.
11:43T
11:44And another?
11:46C
11:48And another?
11:50Q
11:52And a farth?
11:54D
11:55And a vowel?
11:57I
11:58And another?
12:00A
12:02And another?
12:04E
12:05And a consonant?
12:07W
12:09And a final consonant, please.
12:11And a final S.
12:13Countdown.
12:28MUSIC PLAYS
12:44Well, Jamie?
12:45Seven.
12:46And Philip?
12:47Seven again.
12:48Right.
12:49Yes, Jamie?
12:50Wasted.
12:51With an A.
12:53Yeah.
12:54Well done.
12:55Now, what's the corner got for us?
12:57Wasted.
12:59With an I.
13:00Anything else?
13:01No, exactly that, for seven. Cadets, otherwise for six.
13:05All right, 31 apiece.
13:06And numbers for you, Philip.
13:08Can I have six small numbers, please?
13:10You can indeed. Thank you, Philip. Six little ones.
13:12And we'll see if this can break the deadlock.
13:14Right, these six smalls are...
13:1610, 5, 2, 9,
13:20another 2, and 4,
13:22and the target...
13:24254.
13:26254.
13:27MUSIC PLAYS
13:57Philip?
13:58255, not written down.
14:00One away. How about Jamie?
14:02254.
14:04254.
14:05This might be the break. Go.
14:079 minus 2 minus 2, 5.
14:09It is 5, yep.
14:10Times 10, 50.
14:1250.
14:13Times 5.
14:14Times the actual 5, 250.
14:16And that's 4.
14:17Lovely. 254, well done.
14:18Well done, well done.
14:23Well done indeed.
14:24So that's a break then.
14:2641 to Philip's 31.
14:28Jamie in the lead as we turn to Helen.
14:32Helen, Rachel and I were chatting earlier about films,
14:35and I believe that you've got a little film-related story to tell us.
14:38I have got a little film-related story,
14:40and it's not really my story,
14:42but it's my great friend Aaron's story,
14:44who's godfather to my little boy.
14:46And he's the director on ITV's Breakfast Show
14:49and has been for many, many years.
14:51He was quite shocked to come in one morning in the early hours,
14:54as he does every day,
14:55and to find a Hollywood actress waiting for him in the gallery.
14:58It was Renée Zellweger,
15:00and she came in four or five mornings with him to shadow,
15:04because she's playing a TV producer in her new Bridget Jones,
15:08Bridget Jones's baby.
15:09And I think Aaron got quite a kick out of the fact
15:12that he was with an actress,
15:14and she sat next to him and watched him direct the show
15:17and was trying to sort of make her role as a TV producer
15:20authentic as part of her research.
15:22And so one morning he joked and said,
15:25you know, perhaps I could play myself in the film.
15:27And she said, well, that's a fantastic idea.
15:30And so Aaron disappeared off for a couple of weeks
15:33to some film studios in London,
15:35and he plays himself in Bridget Jones's baby.
15:38He's never done any acting before.
15:40And it was really wonderful arriving on set in the morning,
15:42and I think the other actors were quite surprised
15:44that Renée was sort of, you know, mourning Aaron
15:46and saying hello and checking how he was.
15:48And then when he went in his trailer or whatever they call them on set,
15:51he sort of opened his film wardrobe,
15:53and it was full of Aaron clothes because he was playing himself.
15:57And then went to the premiere and met all of the cast.
16:01And I just thought it was a really lovely story.
16:03Good story.
16:04She was really, really smashing,
16:05and I think it's nice when you watch these big Hollywood movie stars
16:09and you wonder what they're like in real life.
16:11And she was smashing, really down to earth.
16:13Worked the early morning hours
16:15and gave Aaron an opportunity of a lifetime, really.
16:19Good for him.
16:20So I thought it was a lovely story.
16:22Thank you, Helen. Very good.
16:28All right, so 41 plays 31.
16:30Philip on 31.
16:31And now, Jamie, it's letters time for you.
16:34A set of a consonant, please, Rachel.
16:36Thank you, Jamie.
16:37P
16:38And a vowel.
16:39I
16:40And another.
16:41A
16:42And a consonant.
16:44R
16:45And another consonant.
16:46N
16:47And a vowel.
16:49O
16:51And a consonant.
16:53D
16:54And a vowel.
16:56E
16:57And a final consonant, please.
16:59And a final K.
17:01Stand by.
17:14MUSIC PLAYS
17:32Yes, Jamie?
17:33Seven.
17:34A seven. Philip?
17:35Seven.
17:37Jamie?
17:38A pranked.
17:39Pranked and?
17:40Petroni.
17:41Petroni.
17:42Nice.
17:43Petroni.
17:44Yeah, Petroni. Very good.
17:45Petroni, yeah.
17:46Yes, Matthew Both, for example.
17:48Very good. Helen?
17:49Had pranked for a seven.
17:51I was an A away from paranoid.
17:53I thought that was quite a good one.
17:55We're always about that far away.
17:57There's one letter away from.
17:59Yes.
18:00Pranked.
18:01Pronked is there as well.
18:03If you pronk, it's more, I have to say, an animal thing
18:06rather than a human thing, but it's of a springbok
18:08or other antelope to leap in the air with an arched back.
18:11Oh, that's a pronk.
18:13And prinked is there as well, so prinked, pronked and pranked.
18:16Perfect. Thank you so much.
18:1748, please. 38, still that ten-point difference.
18:20Philip, what will we do?
18:22Coin sound, please.
18:23Thank you, Philip.
18:24W.
18:25Another one.
18:27R.
18:28A third.
18:31J.
18:32A vowel.
18:33I.
18:34Another vowel.
18:36U.
18:37Another vowel.
18:39O.
18:40Coin sound, please.
18:41F.
18:42Coin sound.
18:44N.
18:45And a vowel, please.
18:47And the last one.
18:49E.
18:50Countdown.
19:11MUSIC PLAYS
19:24Yes, Philip?
19:25A six.
19:26A six. And Jamie?
19:27A six.
19:28Philip?
19:29Junior.
19:30And?
19:31Injure.
19:32And injure.
19:33Yes.
19:34Helen and Susie?
19:35We had junior two for six and also joiner, which was another good six.
19:39A joiner, yeah.
19:40Susie?
19:41Rejoined all on that sixth theme, couldn't get to a seven.
19:44All right, thank you.
19:46Still ten points in it.
19:47And now, Jamie, it's numbers time.
19:49One large and five small, please.
19:50Thank you, Jamie.
19:51One large one and five little ones.
19:54And these small numbers are...
19:573, 8, 5, 2 and 9 and the big one, 50.
20:03And your target...
20:05273.
20:06273.
20:08MUSIC PLAYS
20:11BUZZER
20:38Jamie?
20:39273.
20:40273.
20:41Philip?
20:42273.
20:43Jamie?
20:4450 plus 3.
20:4653.
20:47Times the 5.
20:48Times the 5 is 506... Sorry, 265.
20:53And add the 8.
20:54And add the 8, lovely.
20:55Thank you, Philip.
20:5750 times 5 is...
20:5850 times 5, 250.
21:009 plus 8 is 17.
21:02Yeah.
21:03And two threes are six.
21:06And add them all together.
21:07Perfect. Well done. 273 again.
21:09Well done indeed.
21:14Still only ten points in it as we turn to our second Tea Time teaser,
21:18which is Nora Grey.
21:19And the clue...
21:20It's very hot in here, you might start peeling.
21:23It's very hot in here, you might start peeling.
21:26MUSIC PLAYS
21:34APPLAUSE
21:38MUSIC STOPS
21:41Welcome back. I left with the clue,
21:43it's very hot in here, you might start peeling.
21:47Because it's an orangery.
21:49Orangery.
21:51There we go. 64 to 54.
21:53Jamie, ten points in the lead.
21:55Philip.
21:56What are we going to do?
21:57Coincident, please.
21:59Thank you, Philip.
22:00H.
22:01Coincident.
22:03F.
22:04Coincident.
22:06M.
22:08Coincident.
22:10F.
22:12Vowel, please.
22:14A.
22:15Vowel.
22:17A.
22:18Another vowel.
22:20O.
22:21Coincident.
22:23T.
22:25And a vowel, please.
22:26And the last one.
22:27I.
22:29And here's the Countdown Clock.
22:31MUSIC PLAYS
22:37MUSIC STOPS
23:03Philip.
23:04Six.
23:05Six.
23:06Jamie?
23:07Six.
23:08Philip.
23:09Warfish.
23:10And?
23:11Same word.
23:12There we go, well done.
23:13All right, now then.
23:15What have we got in the corner?
23:17There's a cheeky little seven hiding in there, fashion,
23:19but we couldn't...
23:20Very good.
23:21We couldn't do any better than that, I don't think, could we?
23:23No.
23:24Down to six is for us, otherwise.
23:25That's it, oafish.
23:26Yes, good word.
23:27Oafish behaviour, an oaf.
23:2970 to 60.
23:31Jamie, letters for you.
23:33Consonant, please.
23:34Thank you, Jamie.
23:35S.
23:36And a consonant.
23:38R.
23:39And a vowel.
23:41O.
23:42And another.
23:43E.
23:44And a consonant.
23:47N.
23:48And another.
23:50L.
23:51And a vowel.
23:53U.
23:55And a consonant.
23:57N.
23:58And a final vowel, please.
24:00And a final A.
24:02Stand by.
24:31MUSIC STOPS
24:34Jamie?
24:35Seven.
24:36Seven, Philip?
24:37Seven.
24:39Jamie?
24:40Learners.
24:41Now, then.
24:42Neurals.
24:44How are you spelling that?
24:46N-E-U-R-A-L-S.
24:49Neurals. Oh, Philip, you might kick yourself.
24:52A neural is there, but that's an adjective,
24:55so you can't put an S on it.
24:58You could have stretched this a little bit further.
25:01It's a neuronal, which is similar.
25:04It means relating to the neurons,
25:06to those transmitters in your brain, for example.
25:09That's a shame we couldn't have put the S on that.
25:11We can't put the S on that to make it nine, can we?
25:14Bad luck. Very bad luck.
25:16But we're covered with you now.
25:18Yes, well, that was our eight, neuronals.
25:20Well done, well done indeed.
25:22All right, so, 77 now to 60
25:25as we turn to Susie and her wonderful origins of words.
25:29Susie?
25:30We're going to look back to the historical state of Prussia,
25:34which was once an abundant source of imported goods here in Britain.
25:40And in those days, talking about two centuries ago,
25:43it was known as Prus, or spruce, particularly spruce.
25:47We had spruce iron and spruce leather,
25:51and they were thought of as being incredibly superior goods,
25:54of the highest quality, unlike sleazy goods,
25:57which might possibly be related to Silesia
26:00and fabrics that first came over from there.
26:03But most desirable of all from Prussia was the spruce tree,
26:07Prussia, again, being known as spruce,
26:09and the spruce tree, a tall, straight conifer,
26:11and it was used particularly for ships' masts at sea.
26:15But come the mid-1600s,
26:17prus and spruce became Prussia in English,
26:20but the spruce tree kept its name,
26:23and it was cultivated in lots of other countries as well,
26:26and so we had the Norway spruce, for example,
26:29which, if you go back to the origins, is slightly strange,
26:31because it means Norway, Prussia.
26:33So, etymologically speaking, that's a little bit odd.
26:36But there's another meaning of spruce, of course,
26:38and that one is neat and trim,
26:41and this is probably all connected to those superior Prussian goods.
26:45The spruce leather, for example,
26:47was used particularly for fine jerkins and waistcoats,
26:50and so somebody who was wearing spruce leather
26:53and looking spruce was said to be looking incredibly fine indeed.
26:57But there are lots and lots of fabrics
26:59that we owe countries to for their names,
27:02so damask, taffeta, denim from Nîmes, of course,
27:06jeans from Genoa,
27:08and the French were once very, very fond of gloves from Scandinavia,
27:12and in French they called these gants-gloves de suede of Sweden.
27:17Of course, we tended to like them too.
27:19We often copied the French,
27:21and we didn't quite realise the geographical connections,
27:24so suede, which was French for Sweden, of course, came over to us as suede,
27:28and we lost all sense of Sweden when we took it over.
27:31But, yes, Prussia and Sweden and lots and lots of other countries
27:34have given us lots of names for our fabrics,
27:36ones we often use every day.
27:38Very good. Very good.
27:40APPLAUSE
27:43Because you still use spruce, spruce up.
27:46Yes.
27:47Clever. So clever, Susie.
27:5177 plays 60, Jamie in the lead,
27:53and it's Philip's penultimate letters game, Philip.
27:56Start with a vowel, please. Thank you, Philip.
27:58U. Another one.
28:00I. And a third.
28:02E.
28:04A consonant, please.
28:06R. A consonant.
28:08V.
28:10And another one.
28:12R.
28:14A vowel, please.
28:16I.
28:18A consonant.
28:20P.
28:22And another consonant, please.
28:24And, to finish, C.
28:26Stand by.
28:46CLOCK TICKS
28:57Philip. Seven.
28:59A seven. Seven.
29:01And Philip. A curvier.
29:03And... Same word.
29:05Any curvies in the corner?
29:07Well, we were curvier, but we were also pricier,
29:10which is another seven.
29:12That was our best combination, yes.
29:14Well done, well done.
29:1684-67, final letters game, Jamie.
29:18Can you have a consonant, please, Rachel?
29:20Thank you, Jamie. Z.
29:22And another.
29:24T.
29:26And another.
29:28M.
29:30And a fourth.
29:32S.
29:34And a vowel. E.
29:36And another vowel.
29:38A.
29:40And another.
29:42And a consonant.
29:44G.
29:46And a final vowel, please.
29:48And a final.
29:50A.
29:52Stand by.
29:54CLOCK TICKS
30:12CLOCK TICKS
30:23Jamie? Seven.
30:25A seven. Philip? I'll try seven as well, then.
30:28Jamie? Damages.
30:30And?
30:32Seamage.
30:34I think you're feeling a little bit...
30:36Oh! ..uncomfortable. What do you think?
30:38Yes. No, I have to let Philip down again.
30:40No, it's not in, I'm afraid. Sorry.
30:42Bad luck, bad luck. What is in?
30:44Seamed was there for six.
30:46Yes.
30:48And if you're looking for a seven, we also had damages as well.
30:50Damages, well done.
30:52All right, so 91-67,
30:54final numbers game for you.
30:56Philip?
30:58I'll go with six small again.
31:00Thank you. Why not? Six little ones to finish the day.
31:02Thank you, Philip. And this time around, they are
31:04ten, eight,
31:06nine, another nine,
31:08two, three and five.
31:12And the target, 577.
31:14577.
31:38MUSIC PLAYS
31:46Philip?
31:48Nothing, sorry.
31:50Jamie? 577.
31:52Well done.
31:54Eight times five for 40.
31:56Eight times five is 40.
31:58Add both nines.
32:00Add the two nines for 58.
32:02Times by ten. Times by ten, 580.
32:04Nicely done. 577.
32:06Well done. Well done indeed.
32:08APPLAUSE
32:12All right, Jamie, you've gone through the 100 mark.
32:14101-2.
32:16Philip's 67
32:18started really well, Philip,
32:20but Jamie came through in the end.
32:22As we go into the final round,
32:24which, of course, is conundrum time,
32:26so fingers on buzzers, please.
32:28Let's roll today's countdown conundrum.
32:31BUZZER
32:34Philip?
32:36Appliance.
32:38Let's see whether you're right. I do hope you are.
32:40Here it comes.
32:42Well done.
32:44APPLAUSE
32:46Well done.
32:48Well done, Philip. 77 points.
32:50You played it blind, actually.
32:52It only went slightly wrong at the end, didn't it?
32:54But you had him against... Well, not against the ropes,
32:56but you certainly were meeting him
32:58point by point, all the way through.
33:00So, Philip Harman, thank you very much indeed for coming.
33:02Take this goodie bag back to Edinburgh with you
33:04and take our best wishes,
33:06our good wishes with you as well.
33:10He's a good player. Thank you for coming.
33:12We shall see you, young man, tomorrow.
33:14Now, seven wins.
33:16Tomorrow could be a big day.
33:18Yeah, last one.
33:20Well done. You played incredibly well.
33:22And Helen will join us again tomorrow.
33:24I will indeed, if you'll have me back.
33:26And Susie too.
33:28Tell me this, because you left school, I think,
33:30up in Grimsby
33:32and went straight into newspaper reporting
33:34and somebody told me that your first interview
33:36was actually with your dad.
33:38What was that all about?
33:40Well, I was actually still at school,
33:42but I knew I wanted to be a journalist,
33:44so I was about, I don't know, perhaps 15 at the time.
33:46And I did a bit of ice skating locally.
33:48We have an ice rink in Grimsby.
33:50And my heroes in those days were Torval and Dean.
33:52And they visited the ice rink
33:54and won Olympic gold for Bolero.
33:56And Dad said to me, look, I've got an interview with them
33:58and you can come along, but you have to promise to be quiet.
34:00You can just watch.
34:02And, you know, I was only a teenager.
34:04So, of course, I went along, notebook in hand
34:06and interviewed them.
34:08So that was the first interview
34:10in a great career of interviewing and reporting.
34:12Thank you. That's very kind.
34:14She's so surprised.
34:16We shall see you tomorrow.
34:18See you tomorrow. And Susie too, of course.
34:20See you tomorrow.
34:22So he has a rest after that. Indeed.
34:24Last sprint. Exactly.
34:26All right, see you tomorrow. See you tomorrow.
34:28Same time, you'll be sure of it,
34:30a very good afternoon.
34:32APPLAUSE
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