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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:03CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:34Welcome to Bank Holiday Monday, the last of the summer.
00:37And, just to cheer you all up, there won't be another one
00:40for four months until Christmas.
00:42Doesn't time fly when you're having fun? Doesn't it just?
00:46So, as a nation, you know, bank holiday weekends seem to be
00:49something that they either cherish or love or hate.
00:52You know, some like to get out, some stay at home and do DIY.
00:56What do you like to do, get out and about?
00:58Well, I think I'm going to go brave the crowds this year,
01:00cos the Notting Hill Carnival's on and I've never been.
01:03So I'm going to go check it out. Have you been?
01:05Er, 1,000 years ago, but it was great, great fun.
01:09You'll have a ball, actually, I'm sure you will.
01:11It's much bigger nowadays, I guess, than it used to be.
01:14Me, I don't know what I'm going to be doing.
01:16Sort of, one of my great tragedies, really,
01:19is that I don't have on my watch a sort of little thing
01:23saying what day of the week it is or what the date is.
01:26So I'm in a constant state of confusion.
01:28So I've no idea. Is that what it is?
01:30Yeah. So what do we need to do to get you out of this?
01:33Get me a new watch. Or a PA.
01:35Or a PA. We need to get you a PA.
01:37Or a PA, indeed. But there we are.
01:39Some kind of assistant.
01:41I need assistants at almost every stage of my life.
01:44Now, then, who have we got? We've got two new contestants, Rachel.
01:47We've got Russ Thornton, comes from Liverpool.
01:50Liverpool fan, works as a team leader for a printing firm,
01:53enjoys table tennis, and you're a big Morrissey fan, Russ.
01:56Yes, that's right.
01:57Even to the extent of flying out to the States to see him perform.
02:00Yes, recently, three months ago,
02:03I saw him five times in eight days
02:06on a road trip around America, 2,000 miles,
02:09from Salt Lake City through to Dallas.
02:11That's quite something.
02:12And it was the same set he did every day, every time?
02:15No, it does vary slightly from show to show. Yeah.
02:19Great talent. Great talent.
02:21Now, then, good luck to you today,
02:23because, as you know, you're a new contestant.
02:25You're joined by another new contestant, Douglas Legge,
02:28who lives in West Yorkshire, retired, once had a job counting sheep.
02:33Indeed.
02:34To go to sleep? What was the problem?
02:36It was a very sleepy job.
02:38I bet. I bet. Well, good to have you with us.
02:40So let's have a big round of applause for Russ and Douglas Legge.
02:44APPLAUSE
02:47And, of course, over the corner, Susie.
02:49And welcome back, welcome back to Angelica Bell.
02:53Great to see you. Good to see you too.
02:55And we've only got you for a couple more days, sadly.
02:57So let's make the most of it today and tomorrow.
02:59We'll do. Brilliant stuff.
03:00But now, Russ, will you do us the honour
03:03of taking us away on a letters game?
03:06Hi, Rachel. Hi, Russ.
03:08Can I have a consonant, please?
03:10Thank you. Start the week with R.
03:14Can I have another consonant, please?
03:19Can I have a vowel, please?
03:24Vowel.
03:27Consonant.
03:31Consonant.
03:34Vowel.
03:39Consonant.
03:44Vowel.
03:45And the last one?
03:47E.
03:48And here's the Countdown Clock.
04:13CLOCK TICKS
04:21Now then, Russ.
04:22Six.
04:23A six. How about Douglas?
04:24Just a six.
04:26Russ.
04:27Hires.
04:29And Douglas?
04:30Fisher.
04:31Fisher.
04:32Fisher. Very good.
04:33Are we happy about that? In the corner.
04:35Fisher is a large...
04:37There are two definitions, actually.
04:39One is a large brown marten, valued for its fur.
04:42It preys on porcupines.
04:45Really? Not what you would expect.
04:47Very good. And Angelica?
04:49Harry's. Harry's. Got that as well.
04:51Very good. Anything else, Susie?
04:53Just Fury's for six.
04:54All right.
04:55Six apiece, Douglas.
04:57Your first letters game on Countdown.
05:00Can we have a consonant, a vowel, a consonant, a vowel?
05:03See, I'm blonde, you have to do it one by one on the ear,
05:06otherwise I forget.
05:07Consonant. Vowel.
05:09Consonant.
05:10Thank you, Douglas.
05:12Vowel.
05:13I.
05:14Consonant.
05:15S.
05:16Vowel.
05:17E.
05:18Consonant.
05:19T.
05:20Vowel.
05:21O.
05:22I can't see.
05:25All right. Thank you. Carry on.
05:28Consonant.
05:30T.
05:36Right, another consonant. Vowel, please.
05:39A.
05:40A.
05:42And a consonant, please.
05:44And the last one.
05:45G.
05:47Stand by.
06:10WHISTLE BLOWS
06:19Now then, Douglas.
06:20Only a seven, all right?
06:22A seven. And, Russ?
06:24Only a seven, also.
06:25Douglas?
06:26Toadies.
06:27Yes. And, Russ?
06:29Targets.
06:30Targets.
06:31Now I realise there's no R.
06:33There is no R.
06:34Oh, bad luck.
06:35Sorry.
06:36OK.
06:37A toadie is absolutely fine.
06:39To toadie up to somebody is to act in an obsequious way.
06:42Yeah. A toadie.
06:43Yes.
06:44A fauna.
06:45A fauna, exactly.
06:46All right.
06:47And what else from the corner?
06:49Angelica?
06:51I'm not going to take any credit for this.
06:53Oh, you should do.
06:54It's a very regular countdown word, this one.
06:56Gedishes.
06:57Gedishes.
06:58Pops up now and again.
06:59Yeah.
07:00Very good. All right.
07:01So, Douglas, look, 13 points.
07:03Well done to Russ's six.
07:05So, Russ, your numbers game.
07:07I'll go for the inverted T, please.
07:09Inverted T. Thank you, Russ.
07:10So, one from the top row and five little ones
07:13for the first numbers game this week.
07:15And this selection is 1, 9, 8, 10,
07:21another 8 and a large 175.
07:24And the target, 610.
07:266-1-0.
07:35MUSIC PLAYS
07:59Yes, Russ?
08:00610.
08:01610. How about Douglas?
08:03610.
08:04Yep, Russ?
08:05OK, 75 x 8.
08:0775 x 8, 600.
08:09And plus 10.
08:10610, easy.
08:11Thank you, Douglas.
08:12Well, similar. 75 x 8, plus 1, plus 9.
08:16Yep, lovely.
08:17Very good.
08:20So, Douglas still in the lead, 23 to Russ's 16
08:23as we go into a tea time teaser, which is rug herbs.
08:27And the clue, do these people relish living where they do?
08:30Do these people relish living where they do?
08:34MUSIC PLAYS
08:49Welcome back.
08:50I left with the clue, do these people relish living where they do?
08:53And the answer is burgers, as in the sort of burgers of Hamburg.
08:58So, where does burgers actually come from? Is it German?
09:01Well, the burger that you eat without the H comes from hamburger,
09:05comes from Hamburg, so nothing to do with a burger made of ham.
09:08This kind of burger, with the H, comes from the Dutch and a word,
09:13borg, which meant a castle.
09:15It's related to borough.
09:17Right.
09:18And it's related to bourgeois as well.
09:20Bourgeois and bourgeois.
09:21Yes.
09:22Excellent stuff. Thank you, Susie.
09:24Never fails to delight. 16 points to Russ.
09:27Douglas on 23.
09:28Douglas, your letters game.
09:30A vowel.
09:31Thank you, Douglas.
09:32I.
09:33A consonant.
09:35T.
09:36A vowel.
09:38E.
09:39A consonant.
09:41D.
09:42A vowel.
09:43A.
09:44A consonant.
09:45W.
09:47A vowel.
09:50E.
09:52O.
09:53A consonant.
09:55N.
09:56N.
09:58Oh, and another one, please.
10:00And the last one.
10:01M.
10:03Countdown.
10:26MUSIC PLAYS
10:36Yes, Douglas?
10:37Six.
10:38A six. And Russ?
10:39Seven.
10:40Douglas?
10:41Twined.
10:42Thank you, Russ.
10:43Mediate.
10:44Mediate. Good word.
10:45Well spotted, yes. Excellent.
10:47Very good.
10:48Any advances on mediate? Susie, Angelica?
10:51There's mediant as well, which is the third note in a musical scale.
10:55Mediant.
10:56The diatonic scale.
10:57Well done. Well done. So, 23 apiece.
11:00Neck and neck here. Russ.
11:02Letters game.
11:03Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
11:05Thank you, Russ.
11:06T.
11:07Now a vowel.
11:09I.
11:11Another vowel.
11:13E.
11:15A consonant.
11:17M.
11:19A consonant.
11:21S.
11:23A vowel.
11:25I.
11:27A consonant.
11:29R.
11:32A consonant, please.
11:34Y.
11:36And a consonant.
11:39And lastly, G.
11:41Time starts now.
11:43MUSIC PLAYS
11:55MUSIC CONTINUES
12:14Yes, Russ?
12:15Seven.
12:16A seven. And Douglas?
12:17Likewise, seven.
12:19Two sevens. Russ?
12:20Grimmest.
12:21Grimmest. Douglas?
12:23Mystere.
12:24Mystere.
12:26Erm, mystere, fine.
12:28Grimmest, unfortunately, needs two Ms.
12:30Right.
12:31OK. What does that do for us?
12:33Douglas back in the lead by seven points.
12:3532. Russ is 23.
12:37But the corner, anything interesting over there?
12:40From this selection?
12:41You always look at each other, don't you?
12:43You go, you go.
12:44We got an eight.
12:45Yes?
12:46Grimmest.
12:47Well done. Good one.
12:49Well done, Angelica.
12:50So, 30 to 23, and we're in with the numbers.
12:53Douglas, your shout.
12:56Three small ones, please.
12:59Sorry, four small ones.
13:01And two large ones.
13:03And two from the top row.
13:05Thank you, Douglas.
13:07You're welcome.
13:08Right, for this round, your little ones are one, six,
13:11another one, and eight.
13:13And the large ones, 100 and 50.
13:16And the target, 174.
13:19One, seven, four.
13:21Here we go.
13:22How was it, Douglas?
13:51How was it, Douglas?
13:52170 is all I can get.
13:53170. And Russ?
13:55172.
13:57172.
13:58Yeah.
13:59Right, off you go, Russ.
14:00OK.
14:02Eight times two is 16...
14:04Eight times one and one is 16.
14:06Eight times one and one is 16.
14:08Add the six.
14:0922.
14:10Add it to the 100 and the 50.
14:13172. Two away.
14:15Two away. Two away.
14:17Not far, but far enough.
14:20174?
14:22Yes, if you say eight times six is 48.
14:26One and one, two again.
14:2848 over two is the 24.
14:30And then again, add the 50 and the 100.
14:32Well done. Fabulous.
14:34APPLAUSE
14:36Well done.
14:37So what does that do to the scoreboard?
14:3930 apiece as we turn to Angelica.
14:42Angelica, I think your dad's a politician,
14:45Labour leader of Ealing.
14:47Yes.
14:48And you went off and did a politics degree.
14:50Yeah, I did.
14:52My dad that I'm talking about is my stepdad.
14:55And he joined our family when I was a little girl.
14:58And it was really quite a positive experience
15:00because you know sometimes when you have step-parents
15:02it can be quite disheartening
15:04when it was just me and my mama and my sister.
15:06And we did have a bit of a struggle,
15:08but it was really a positive thing
15:10because he sort of opened our eyes to university and learning
15:13and he studied politics and economics at Bath.
15:15He was at Bath University.
15:17And so he's really encouraged us to find out
15:19about the world we live in and read.
15:22And I remember at school we had the election.
15:26It was a time of general election
15:28and they always like you to have a mock one in school
15:30and to get politically activated and stuff.
15:32And I stood as the Conservative candidate
15:36and I dressed up as Margaret Thatcher
15:38and I had this massive bag and I put on her voice.
15:40I thought it was quite ironic actually.
15:42But yeah, so then I went on to study politics.
15:45And so yeah, he's doing really well
15:47and it's nice to see that he's involved in the community
15:50and really cares and he's passionate about it.
15:52And do you see any chance that you might sort of move
15:56into the sort of political arena?
15:58Have you ever taken...?
16:00I don't know.
16:02When I lived in East London I did go to my local labour group
16:06and sort of got involved that way.
16:08But I wouldn't mind.
16:10You know they were talking about Hillary Clinton
16:12being the next maybe female president.
16:15Maybe I could be the next female prime minister in this country.
16:19Yes, why not?
16:21Well, you've got a little bit of time before next May.
16:23I know. I could do something in, maybe.
16:26Or maybe the next time.
16:28You'd have to help me with some fundraising.
16:30Yeah, I'll do that for you.
16:31Perfect.
16:32All right, well done. Good for you, Angelica.
16:34But now with a score of 30 apiece,
16:36let's have a little chat with Russ about the next letters game.
16:39Russ.
16:40Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
16:42Thank you, Russ. V.
16:43Another consonant.
16:45R.
16:47A vowel.
16:49E.
16:51A consonant.
16:53L.
16:54Another vowel.
16:56U.
16:58A consonant.
17:00N.
17:03A vowel.
17:05I.
17:07A consonant.
17:09T.
17:10And a vowel.
17:11And the last one.
17:13U.
17:14And the time starts now.
17:37MUSIC PLAYS
17:47Well, Russ?
17:49Just a five.
17:50A five. How about Douglas?
17:52Six.
17:53So, Russ?
17:54Liver.
17:55Liver and...
17:56Uniter.
17:58A uniter.
18:00How does that ring with you, Susie?
18:02It doesn't, I'm afraid.
18:04Oh!
18:05It's not specified in the dictionary,
18:07which it would need to be, so I'm sorry.
18:10Bad luck.
18:11Susie, what have we got over there?
18:13Susie and Angelica.
18:15I thought I had a word, but I've seen double with venture,
18:18so we crossed that out.
18:19But we did get vulture.
18:21Vulture's good.
18:22Yes.
18:23Well done.
18:24Bad luck there, Douglas, but five-point lead to Russ.
18:27But now you're back on again, Douglas.
18:29See what you can do. Your letters game.
18:31Can I have a consonant, please?
18:33Thank you, Douglas. G.
18:34Followed by another consonant.
18:36B.
18:37Followed by a vowel.
18:39A.
18:40And a vowel.
18:41O.
18:42Oh, dear.
18:43And a vowel.
18:45E.
18:46And a consonant.
18:48L.
18:49And a consonant.
18:52J.
18:53And a vowel.
18:56A.
18:58And...
18:59I don't need more vowels, can I?
19:01Yeah, you can have one more.
19:03You sure?
19:04Consonant, yeah.
19:06M.
19:07Stand by.
19:33Now then, Douglas.
19:34Six.
19:35A six, Russ.
19:36Six also.
19:37Douglas.
19:38Gamble.
19:40Russ.
19:41Bangle.
19:42And bangle.
19:43There's no M, unfortunately, Douglas.
19:45There we are.
19:46But let's see what the corner has to offer.
19:49There's a slightly unusual seven,
19:51and forgive me if I'm mispronouncing this,
19:54but it's a seven.
19:56It's a seven.
19:57It's a seven.
19:58It's a seven.
19:59It's a seven.
20:00It's a seven.
20:01And forgive me if I'm mispronouncing this,
20:03it is halion, which is G-A-L-J-O-E-N,
20:08and it's a deep-bodied marine fish with a spiny dorsal fin.
20:11Well undashed.
20:13Very unusual.
20:14Well done.
20:15So, 41 points now to Russ.
20:17Douglas has slid back a little bit to 30 points,
20:20but never mind, plenty of time there, Douglas,
20:22as we turn to Russ for a numbers game.
20:24Russ.
20:25Can I have an inverted T, please, Rachel?
20:27Thank you, Russ.
20:28T will go from this side this time.
20:30Five little ones, one big one,
20:32and this time they are 6, 9, 4, 1, 2,
20:38and the large one, 25,
20:40and the target, 226.
20:43226.
21:00MUSIC PLAYS
21:16Well, Russ?
21:17226.
21:18226. And Douglas?
21:19Yes, 226.
21:20All right. Russ?
21:2225 x 9.
21:2325 x 9, 225.
21:25Plus 1.
21:26Nice and straightforward, 226.
21:28And Douglas?
21:29Very good, well done.
21:3151 plays a 40,
21:34but now it's time for a tea time teaser,
21:36which is gin tonic, and the clue,
21:38putting their powers of observation to good use.
21:41Putting their powers of observation to good use.
21:46MUSIC PLAYS
21:53APPLAUSE
21:59A warm welcome back, after the clue,
22:01putting their powers of observation to good use,
22:04and the answer is noticing.
22:06Noticing.
22:08Now, Russ on 51, Douglas on 40, not far behind.
22:11Douglas, letters game for you.
22:13A vowel, please.
22:14Thank you, Douglas.
22:15I.
22:16A consonant, please.
22:18D.
22:20And a vowel, please.
22:21A.
22:23And a consonant, please.
22:25S.
22:27And a vowel, please.
22:29O.
22:31And a consonant, please.
22:35L.
22:37And a vowel, please.
22:40A.
22:42And a consonant, please.
22:44F.
22:46And a consonant, please.
22:48And lastly, W.
22:50Stand by.
22:52MUSIC PLAYS
22:58WHISTLE BLOWS
23:22Douglas?
23:24Five.
23:26Five from Douglas. Russ?
23:28Six.
23:29So, Douglas?
23:30Idols.
23:31Idols, indeed.
23:33Solids.
23:36Yes.
23:37Happy enough?
23:38Any improvements in the corner? Any advances on that?
23:41Wassail?
23:43Wassail.
23:44Yes.
23:45Indeed, yeah.
23:46Great words.
23:47Anything else?
23:48Drink plentiful amounts of alcohol and enjoy oneself in a noisy, lively way.
23:51There's a way back to the Anglo-Saxons and back to the Vikings.
23:54So, 57 plays 40. We're back with Russ. Russ, letters game.
23:58Consonant, please, Rachel.
24:00Thank you, Russ. S.
24:02Another consonant.
24:04H.
24:06Can I have a vowel, please?
24:08O.
24:10A consonant.
24:12T.
24:14A consonant.
24:16S.
24:19A vowel.
24:21E.
24:23Another vowel.
24:26A.
24:28A consonant.
24:30N.
24:32And a vowel, please.
24:33And the last one.
24:35O.
24:36And it's Countdown.
24:54HE SIGHS
25:09Yes, Russ?
25:11Just a six.
25:12A six. How about Douglas?
25:13Just a six.
25:14And Russ's word?
25:15Sanest.
25:16Thank you. Douglas?
25:17Honest.
25:18Honest.
25:20Good...
25:21Happy enough?
25:22Yes, very good.
25:23Anything else over there in the corner? Angelica?
25:26Soothes. Soothes.
25:28Soothes.
25:29Soothes.
25:30All right, well done.
25:3163 plays 46.
25:33But now it's time to concentrate
25:37because Susie's going to deliver one of her wonderful essays
25:41on her origins of words.
25:43What have you got for us today, Susie?
25:45Well, I'm often asked about this one.
25:47I think I first talked about it years ago.
25:50And that's the origin of sixes and sevens.
25:54It goes all the way back, at least before Chaucer's time,
25:58and it was originally to set on six and seven,
26:00and we think it derived from the game of dice.
26:03In fact, more specifically, it was the game of hazard.
26:06And in this, there was probably two dice,
26:09and it simply meant to risk your entire fortune
26:12on a throw of a six and a throw of a seven.
26:14If one dice was involved, then obviously a seven is impossible anyway,
26:17so it was a sort of foolhardy enterprise, as I say,
26:20risking absolutely everything and achieving the impossible.
26:24So far, so good, but that doesn't really explain
26:27why now a six and seven means to be in complete confusion
26:30or in complete disorder.
26:32And there's a lovely story as to why we think it shifted in meaning.
26:37And that goes back to two medieval livery companies
26:40that were established in London.
26:42One was the worshipful company of merchant tailors,
26:45and the other was the worshipful company of skinners,
26:47who were fur traders.
26:49And each received their royal charter within days of each other, apparently.
26:53And because of this, a very heated argument,
26:55a very heated debate broke out
26:57as to who would go before the other in the order of processions
27:00in the city of London, which was an incredibly prestigious event.
27:03And each of them wanted to be ahead of the other one.
27:06And eventually a compromise was agreed
27:08by which they exchanged sixth and seventh place every year,
27:12and that was the only way that they could be satisfied.
27:14So we know that's not the origin of the phrase,
27:16but we're pretty sure that's why,
27:18because of this heated argument and this fracker,
27:20that sixes and sevens means what it does today,
27:22to be all over the place in a complete jumble.
27:24Brilliant. X is done. Well done.
27:28Very interesting. 63 plays, Douglas is 46.
27:32Let's go to Douglas. Letters game.
27:34Consonant.
27:35Thank you, Douglas.
27:37P.
27:39A vowel.
27:41E.
27:42A consonant.
27:45P.
27:46A consonant.
27:48N.
27:50A vowel, please.
27:52I.
27:54Oh.
27:56A vowel.
27:59E.
28:01A consonant, please.
28:03B.
28:05And a vowel, please.
28:09U.
28:11All right. And a consonant.
28:13And the last one.
28:15X.
28:17Stand by.
28:41MUSIC PLAYS
28:49Well, Douglas?
28:50I've only got a four on, Fred.
28:52Only a four. How about Russ?
28:53Only a four, also.
28:54Two fours, there we go. Russ?
28:56Mine's pine.
28:58And Douglas?
28:59Ibex.
29:00Ibex. Good word.
29:02Good animal, actually.
29:04Now, what about the corner? Can we do better than four?
29:07We could get to a five.
29:09Yes.
29:11It's not as pretty. It's exine.
29:14Or exine, either way.
29:16It's a decay-resistant outer coating of a pollen grain.
29:19Thank heavens for that.
29:21Yes.
29:22Very good.
29:23Very good. And exine.
29:25All right, so 67 plays, 50, Douglas on 50,
29:29Russ to go next. Final letters game, Russ.
29:32Consonant, please, Rachel.
29:34Thank you, Russ.
29:35L.
29:36A vowel.
29:38A.
29:39A consonant.
29:42C.
29:44Another consonant.
29:46R.
29:48Another consonant.
29:50P.
29:53A vowel.
29:55O.
29:57A consonant.
30:00F.
30:02A vowel.
30:05I.
30:06I.
30:08And another vowel, please.
30:11And the last one, O.
30:15Countdown.
30:36BUZZER
30:47Well, Russ?
30:48Five, not written down.
30:50And Douglas?
30:51Five.
30:52So, Russ?
30:53Frail.
30:54Frail.
30:56Polar.
30:57Polar.
30:58Very good.
30:59Very good.
31:00Two fives.
31:01What else have we got over in the corner?
31:03Anything else, any improvements?
31:05It's a pretty recent addition, it's carpool.
31:08I would have thought carpool's been there for years, no?
31:11Well, I suppose I'm thinking of the fact
31:13that it's just become incredibly popular recently.
31:15OK.
31:16It doesn't actually say when it came into being.
31:18To carpool.
31:19Into the dictionary.
31:20OK.
31:21There we go, carpool, 72 to 55.
31:24Douglas, you have the honour of the last numbers game.
31:27What will you do?
31:28An uninverted T.
31:30An uninverted T, so just a T.
31:33Or an inverted inverted T.
31:35Three large, three small.
31:36And for the last time today, the numbers are 2, 8 and 10.
31:41And the large three, 50, 75 and 25.
31:45And the target, 924.
31:48924.
32:03BUZZER
32:21Well, Douglas?
32:22925.
32:23925. Russ?
32:25925 also.
32:26Sir Douglas?
32:2810 plus 2.
32:3010 plus 2 is 12.
32:33Times 75.
32:34Times 75 is 900.
32:36Plus the 25.
32:37And you are one away.
32:39Indeed.
32:40And, Russ, how did you get there?
32:4210 plus 2 again times 75.
32:45And add the 25.
32:48So it's the same way.
32:49Same way.
32:50All right.
32:51But we're still after 924.
32:54Is that a trickster, a tricky one?
32:56It's hidden in there.
32:58If you say 50 over 25 is 2,
33:02add that to the 75 for 77.
33:05And then 10 plus 2 again for the 12
33:07and times those two together for 924.
33:09Tremendous. Thank you, Rachel.
33:12There you go, chaps, that's the way it's done.
33:14That is indeed the way it's done.
33:1679 plays Douglas' 62.
33:18As we plunge into the final round, conundrum time.
33:21So, Russ, Douglas, fingers on buzzers, please.
33:23Let's reveal today's countdown conundrum.
33:29BUZZER
33:40On looking.
33:41On looking.
33:43Let's see whether you're right.
33:45Well done.
33:47Well done.
33:51Well done, Douglas Legg, brilliant stuff.
33:54A little bit too late, really, because Russ has beaten you
33:57by a thin margin of seven points.
33:59So, good show, that was, a very good show.
34:02Well done.
34:03Will you return now to West Yorkshire with your goody bag
34:06and our very best wishes.
34:08So, Russ, Russ Thornton, we shall see you tomorrow.
34:11Good win, well done.
34:14See you tomorrow.
34:15See you tomorrow, Nick.
34:16And we shall see Angelica tomorrow too for the final day, sadly.
34:19Yes.
34:20Until she comes back.
34:21And we'll see you tomorrow again.
34:22Fun day, wasn't it?
34:23It was indeed.
34:24Fun day.
34:25At the same time, same place, you'll be sure of it,
34:27a very good afternoon.
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