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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:05APPLAUSE
00:31Good afternoon, and welcome to the Countdown Studios.
00:34Friday, we're heading into the weekend, and like many other people,
00:37I'm going out to dinner tonight.
00:39And I've booked a restaurant, but interestingly,
00:41on the morning of the evening when I'm turning up,
00:45they ring me, saying, just confirming your booking.
00:48I said, well, of course.
00:50The truth of the matter is that people just don't turn up.
00:54And apparently, on Mother's Day,
00:56something like a third of people who have reserved a table just don't show.
01:00It's amazing.
01:02And a lot of people, I can't believe the manners of some people,
01:05they will book three or four restaurants,
01:07and then on the evening decide which one they'll go to,
01:09thereby discomforting all the other restaurants they've booked,
01:13who now have to rely on people just pitching up.
01:16It's extraordinarily bad manners, isn't it?
01:19I wouldn't expect it. You know, the Brits were known for queuing,
01:22and that's kind of, you know, the restaurant version of queuing, isn't it?
01:25You book your slot and then you turn up when you're supposed to.
01:28Exactly.
01:29And, yeah, I always wondered why they're so insistent on calling you
01:31and confirming. Of course they're going to come.
01:33It's terrible. People should have better manners.
01:35These guys are running a business.
01:36They can't afford this sort of tomfoolery and bad manners.
01:39You tell her, Nick.
01:40Well, I have. I just have.
01:42Who's here hoping for an eighth?
01:44Who wants to be an OctoChamp?
01:46It's Mike.
01:47Welcome, Mike. Fantastic.
01:49You've played so well, and today's the big day.
01:52Yes. Calm.
01:54Yeah, it was an intense one yesterday, but I feel OK now.
01:57It was, wasn't it?
01:58Because you kept swapping leads with Lee all the time,
02:01but you came through. Well done.
02:03So good luck to you. Good luck to you.
02:05They're all watching back in Hull.
02:07I'm sure the family are glued to the television set.
02:09Now, you're up against Sarah Merrifield, Dr Sarah Merrifield,
02:13who's currently training to be a GP from Manchester,
02:16and you've found time to visit all seven wonders of the world, apparently.
02:21It's amazing.
02:23Hanging Gardens of Babylon, you've been there.
02:25The Colossus at Rhodes, those are the ones I can remember.
02:28Have you been to see them?
02:29It's actually the new wonders of the world I'm going for, Nick.
02:33Oh, they don't count anymore?
02:34No, unfortunately not.
02:35What are they, then?
02:36Well, you've got Petra.
02:37You've got to go and see Petra, in Jordan, I think, isn't it?
02:39Yeah, yeah.
02:40So that's my last one to see.
02:42So I've seen Christ the Redeemer, Machu Picchu,
02:44the Great Wall of China, the Colosseum, Chichen Itza,
02:49and I've forgotten the other one.
02:51It can't have been that exciting.
02:53Brilliant.
02:54Well, Petra apparently is absolutely beautiful, yeah.
02:56Well, good luck today.
02:58Good luck today.
02:59Have fun, both of you.
03:00Let's have a big round of applause for Mike and Sarah.
03:03APPLAUSE
03:06And Susie's in the corner, once again joined by TV and radio presenter,
03:10comedy writer, the wonderful Clive Anderson.
03:12Welcome back, Clive.
03:13APPLAUSE
03:19Yes!
03:21Mike, away you go. Big day.
03:24Afternoon, Rachel.
03:25Afternoon, Mike.
03:26Consonant, please.
03:27Thank you. Start today with L.
03:29And a vowel.
03:31U
03:32A consonant.
03:34P
03:35Another one.
03:37H
03:39Vowel.
03:41I
03:42Consonant.
03:44D
03:45And another one.
03:47T
03:48A vowel.
03:50O
03:52And a vowel, please.
03:54And the last one.
03:56E
03:57And here's the Countdown Clock.
04:18CLOCK TICKS
04:31Well, Mike?
04:32Seven.
04:33A seven. Sarah?
04:35Just a six.
04:36And your six is?
04:38Uptide.
04:39And Mike?
04:40Piloted.
04:41Um, yes.
04:43Uptide is not there, Sarah.
04:45I would try that one, but it's not in the dictionary, I'm afraid.
04:48Sorry.
04:49And over in the corner there, Clive?
04:51Piloted was good. Uploid? Uploid?
04:53Yes. Good term from genetics.
04:55Uploid is an adjective meaning having an equal number
04:58of all the chromosomes of the haploid set.
05:02Haploid being unpaired chromosomes.
05:04It's an everyday word, so we're using it the whole time.
05:07Thank you. Seven points to Mike.
05:09And, Sarah, your letters go.
05:11Hi, Rachel.
05:12Hi, Sarah.
05:13Can I have a consonant, please?
05:14Let's start with F.
05:16And another?
05:18L.
05:19And another?
05:21M.
05:22And a vowel, please?
05:24A.
05:25And another?
05:27O.
05:28And another?
05:30U.
05:31And a consonant?
05:33D.
05:34And another?
05:36G.
05:37And a final vowel, please?
05:39And a final E.
05:42Stand by.
06:13Yes, Sarah?
06:15It's just six.
06:17And?
06:18Six. Sarah?
06:20Foamed.
06:21Thank you. Mike?
06:23Module.
06:24And module.
06:25Yes.
06:26Not that easy, was it?
06:27No, it wasn't.
06:28What does the corner say?
06:30Is gainful there?
06:32Gainful, yes.
06:34Gainful means playful, sportive, jesting, humorous.
06:37Well done.
06:38Full of sport. That will give you a seven.
06:4113 plays six.
06:42And, Mike, off we go.
06:44First numbers game.
06:46I'll stick with one large, five small, please.
06:48Thought you might say that. Thank you, Mike.
06:50Your favourite one from the top.
06:52And these five smalls to start are...
06:541, 9, 3, 9 and 7.
06:59And the big one, 25.
07:01And the target, 408.
07:04408.
07:11THEY CONTINUE TO PLAY
07:36Mike, 408.
07:38And Sarah?
07:394-8.
07:40Thank you, Mike.
07:417 plus 9.
07:4316.
07:44Times 25.
07:45400.
07:46And the other 9 minus the 1.
07:48Perfect. 408.
07:50And Sarah?
07:51Same way.
07:52There we go.
07:53APPLAUSE
07:59So, 23 plays 16.
08:01Mike on 23 as we turn to our first teatime teaser,
08:04which is Inept Liar, and the clue.
08:06She was inept and a liar,
08:08and she was despised by everyone.
08:11She was inept and a liar, and she was despised by everyone.
08:23APPLAUSE
08:30Welcome back. I left you with the clue.
08:32She was inept and a liar,
08:34and she was despised by everyone.
08:36In fact, sorry to say, she was reptilian.
08:39Reptilian is what we're after.
08:42Now, if you'd like to become a Countdown contestant,
08:45you can email countdown at channel4.com
08:48to request an application form,
08:50or write to us at contestantsapplications,
08:53countdownleads, ls31js.
08:5823 plays 16,
09:01and it's Sarah we turn to.
09:04Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
09:06Thank you, Sarah. R.
09:08And another?
09:10B.
09:11And a vowel?
09:13O.
09:14And another?
09:16E.
09:17And a consonant?
09:19D.
09:20And another?
09:22S.
09:24And a vowel?
09:26O.
09:28And another vowel?
09:30U.
09:31And a final consonant, please?
09:33And a final N.
09:35Stand by.
10:02MUSIC STOPS
10:08Sarah?
10:10I think I've got an eight.
10:12An eight and...?
10:14Eighths.
10:15And a firm A, Sarah?
10:17Rebounds.
10:19And...?
10:20Bounders.
10:21Bounders.
10:22Both excellent.
10:24APPLAUSE
10:26And the last five?
10:28We've got saborned as well.
10:30Yes.
10:31Bounders might do a bit of saborning.
10:34They might well. Witnesses, for example.
10:36Indeed.
10:37Thank you. Thanks for that, Clive.
10:3931 plays 24. Mike, your letters again.
10:41Can I have a consonant, please?
10:43Thank you, Mike. R.
10:45And a vowel?
10:47I.
10:48A consonant?
10:50W.
10:51Another one?
10:53R.
10:55A vowel?
10:57E.
10:59A consonant?
11:01Y.
11:02Another one?
11:04D.
11:06A vowel?
11:08E.
11:10And a consonant, please?
11:12And lastly, R.
11:14Stand by.
11:16MUSIC PLAYS
11:27MUSIC STOPS
11:45Well, Mike?
11:46Just six.
11:47A six. Sarah?
11:49Risky six.
11:50Mike?
11:51Raider.
11:52And Sarah?
11:54Ward?
11:55Yep. Not risky at all.
11:57Now, Clive. Well, they could have had warder, I think,
12:00as an anagram of that, but...
12:02Rideway is even longer. Rideway?
12:04Yes, a bridal path. That's surface seven.
12:07Very good. Rideway.
12:0937-30. Mike still in the lead.
12:11Sarah, how are you with numbers?
12:14Can I have two large and four small, please, Rachel?
12:16You can indeed. Thank you, Sarah.
12:18Two from the top, four little. See if we have something interesting.
12:21The four small ones are ten, six,
12:24four, and the large one, 75,
12:26and 100.
12:28And the target, 119.
12:30119.
12:32MUSIC PLAYS
12:54MUSIC STOPS
13:03Well, Sarah?
13:04120.
13:06One away. Mike?
13:07119.
13:08Yes, sir.
13:10Four times ten.
13:1240.
13:1375.
13:15115.
13:16And the other ten minus six.
13:18Yep.
13:19Four.
13:20Well done. 119.
13:22Well done.
13:24Well done, indeed.
13:26So, let's turn to Clive.
13:28Clive, you were called to the bar back in, I think, 76,
13:31practised at the bar, where language,
13:34the use of language, is so important. Accurate language.
13:38Well, use of language I was going to talk about,
13:40and I had it in mind.
13:42You know the comedian Jimmy Carr.
13:44He's got a good joke where an American is saying to him,
13:48if it weren't for us, you'd be speaking German in this country.
13:51And his response to that is,
13:53I think you're underestimating our difficulty with learning
13:55other people's languages, so it's highly unlikely.
13:58But that actually represents the truth.
14:00If you go back far enough, in 1066,
14:02England was invaded by one William and lots of Normans,
14:06and French was used in the sort of upper echelons of society,
14:10in courtrooms, and...
14:12But the English people just declined to start speaking French
14:16and carried on speaking English,
14:18until eventually everybody was speaking English, yet.
14:21And this is where the sort of courtroom connection comes in.
14:23Lawyers were particularly resistant to changing the use of law French,
14:28Norman French, in courtrooms.
14:30But there was a statute passed in 1362,
14:34so it's already 300 years virtually after the conquest,
14:36saying lawyers must stop talking French in court.
14:39They must use English.
14:41But the lawyers weren't to be put off by that
14:43and just carried on anyway.
14:45There's a famous report in 1688 or thereabouts,
14:48where there's a whole mixture of French and English
14:50about a guy jetting a brick bat at the judge
14:53and having to have his hand cut off before he was hanged.
14:56And they were still using a mixture of French and English, even in 1688.
14:59In 1731, Parliament finally said you must stop pleading in French,
15:04you must use English in court,
15:06and so that's, what, virtually 700 years after the conquest
15:10to force the lawyers to talk in a language
15:13the man in the street would understand,
15:15or Daniel Roux, as they'd probably call it.
15:17But even then, in 1731, they didn't get it quite right
15:20and they had to pass it again in 1733
15:23because they'd forgotten to include Wales the first time round.
15:26So that's how long it took to stop lawyers using the conqueror's French.
15:31Excellent. Thank you very much. Very interesting.
15:33APPLAUSE
15:38Now then, Mike, how about a letters game?
15:42A consonant, please.
15:44Thank you, Mike. S
15:46A vowel.
15:48A
15:49A consonant.
15:51H
15:52Another one.
15:54Z
15:56A vowel.
15:57U
15:59A consonant.
16:01N
16:03Another one.
16:05B
16:07A vowel.
16:09E
16:11And another vowel, please.
16:13And lastly, I.
16:16And it's Countdown.
16:42MUSIC STOPS
16:49Mike?
16:50Six.
16:51Six. Sarah?
16:53I'll try a six.
16:54Thank you. Mike?
16:56Polish.
16:57Now then, Sarah.
16:58A shapen.
17:00Oh, Sarah, I hope you're not going to be unlucky again here.
17:03A well-shapen is there.
17:06But it doesn't look like shapen is there on its own.
17:11I'm sorry. Not there.
17:13It's interesting, isn't it? You thought it would be.
17:15Would you shapen this...?
17:17Yeah, not there as an adjective.
17:19I would think it would have been there as an adjective,
17:21but it's a combination.
17:23There we are. There we are.
17:25Sarah, try this letters game.
17:27Can I have a consonant, please?
17:29Thank you, Sarah. M
17:31And another.
17:33S
17:34And another.
17:36T
17:37And a vowel.
17:39E
17:40And another.
17:42O
17:43And another.
17:45A
17:46And a consonant.
17:48L
17:49And another.
17:51S
17:53And a final vowel, please.
17:55And a final E.
17:57Stand by.
18:09MUSIC PLAYS
18:30Well, Sarah?
18:32A six.
18:34Thank you. Mike?
18:36I'll try an eight.
18:38Mike?
18:40Meatless.
18:42Yes, you can go meatless.
18:44Very good.
18:46Meatless.
18:48APPLAUSE
18:50A meatless supper, I suppose.
18:52Yeah.
18:54Pretty inelegant, isn't it?
18:56Clive and Susie?
18:58We came up with that.
19:00There's lots of smaller words.
19:02Stoma, leased.
19:04Nothing bigger than meatless.
19:0661 to 30, Mike on 61.
19:08Mike, your numbers game.
19:10I've got one large, five small, please.
19:12Why break with tradition now?
19:14Thank you, Mike. Last time from you for a while.
19:17These five small ones are four, eight, seven, one,
19:22nine and the large one, 50.
19:25And the target, 226.
19:27226.
19:29MUSIC PLAYS
19:37MUSIC CONTINUES
20:01Mike?
20:03Just 225.
20:05226.
20:07Well done. How did you get there?
20:09I did 50 plus seven.
20:1150 plus seven, 57.
20:13Times by the four.
20:15Is 228.
20:17And then nine minus eight is one.
20:19Yep.
20:21Add to the other one.
20:23Perfect.
20:25226, well done.
20:27APPLAUSE
20:2961 to 40.
20:31Mike's still in the lead as we go into our second tea time teaser,
20:34the London Tunnel, and the clue.
20:36Their marriage was invalidated after the church issued this.
20:40Their marriage was invalidated after the church issued this.
20:45MUSIC PLAYS
20:52APPLAUSE
21:00Welcome back. I left with the clue,
21:02their marriage was invalidated after the church issued this,
21:05after the church issued an annulment.
21:10Annulment. 61 plays 40.
21:13Mike in the lead. Sarah, your letters again.
21:15Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
21:17Thank you, Sarah. D.
21:19And another?
21:21R. And another?
21:25T. And a vowel?
21:28O. And another?
21:30E. And another?
21:33E. And a consonant?
21:36X. And another?
21:40S. And a final vowel, please.
21:42And a final?
21:44I.
21:46Tum-tum.
21:48MUSIC PLAYS
22:00MUSIC STOPS
22:17Sarah?
22:19Seven.
22:21Thank you, Mike. I'll try seven.
22:23Sarah?
22:25Existed.
22:27And Mike?
22:29Ah, OK. You are spelling it without the H,
22:32which I don't think we can do, unfortunately.
22:34Yeah, it's X... Oh, sorry.
22:36Bad luck.
22:38Bad luck.
22:40Clive. Clive and Susie?
22:42Dextrose, is there?
22:44Naturally occurring form of glucose, yeah, in the blood.
22:46And that was our best. It exerts otherwise for six.
22:48Thank you. Thank you very much indeed.
22:5061 now to 47. Sarah creeping up there.
22:52Mike?
22:54It's your letters game. Have a consonant, please.
22:56Thank you, Mike.
22:58B.
23:00And a vowel.
23:02A.
23:04A consonant.
23:06P.
23:08Another one.
23:10R.
23:12A vowel.
23:14E.
23:16A consonant.
23:18G.
23:20A consonant.
23:22M.
23:24A vowel.
23:26Consonant, please.
23:28And the last one, V.
23:30Stand by.
23:56MUSIC STOPS
24:02Mike?
24:04I'll try seven. How about Sarah?
24:06Just a five.
24:08And your five is? Probe.
24:10Now, then. Mike?
24:12Over-amp.
24:14Yes. Over-amp, yeah. It's in the dictionary.
24:16Something to be avoided. It's to overdose on amphetamine.
24:19So it's North American slang.
24:21Over-amp. Over-amp.
24:23Dangerous game. Clive?
24:25You could put an embargo on the word over-amp,
24:27and then you'd lose, but...
24:29Yes. That was our... Yeah.
24:31That was it? Yes. Well done. Thanks, Clive.
24:3368 plays 47.
24:35Susie, what have you prepared for us today?
24:38What dainty dish?
24:40I have an acorn on my dish today, Nick.
24:43I'm going to talk a little bit about folk etymology,
24:46which I mention sometimes.
24:48That's when a word is very unfamiliar to the English tongue,
24:51much as many of the Norman words would have been after 1066.
24:54And so we changed them a little bit to make them more palatable to us
24:58and to trip more easily off the tongue.
25:01An acorn is one of them,
25:03because acorn actually comes from a Latin word, acer,
25:06which meant a field,
25:08ultimately the same root as agriculture, etc.
25:11And so an acorn is related to acre.
25:14Originally, an acorn was the fruit of any tree
25:17that you would find in open fields or even in woodlands.
25:20And it was only later that it became attached to the oak tree,
25:24and that's because people thought an acorn was actually an oak corn,
25:27the fruit of the oak,
25:29which is why it became permanently attached to that particular tree.
25:33Many, many more examples in English.
25:35I've spoken before about avocado.
25:37That started off as an almost unpronounceable name
25:40from an Algonquian language
25:42that actually meant testicle because of the fruit's shape.
25:45But because in Spanish, equally unpronounceable for the Spaniards,
25:49they called it an avocado because they knew the word slister,
25:53and it sounded a little bit like that, like an advocate,
25:56and we took it into English.
25:58Avocado bears no resemblance whatsoever to the original word,
26:01which is to say it's very difficult to say.
26:04Crayfish, nothing to do with fish.
26:07It came from a French word crevice, which meant the crustacean,
26:11but we couldn't say that, so we stuck a fish in.
26:14Likewise, a woodchuck of the famous tongue twister.
26:17How much wood could a woodchuck chuck?
26:19Woodchuck slang is the groundhog in North American.
26:23A woodchuck actually goes back to another Algonquian,
26:26North American, Indian language, ochic,
26:29which meant a fisher, which is quite beautiful.
26:31And finally, a cockroach.
26:33That, again, bears no relation to the original Spanish, cuaracha,
26:37which meant a butterfly caterpillar
26:39because that's what they thought the insect looked like.
26:42We knew we had cock, we had the word cock, we had the word roach,
26:45and so that was our closest equivalent,
26:47and we ended up with the horrible cockroach.
26:51Well, well, well. Amazing.
26:56Amazing. Thank you, Susie.
26:5868-47.
27:00Now, then, Sarah. Penultimate letters game.
27:03Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
27:05Thank you, Sarah. N
27:07And another?
27:09T
27:10And another?
27:12N
27:14And a vowel?
27:16A
27:17And another?
27:19E
27:20And a consonant?
27:22R
27:23And another consonant?
27:25D
27:26And a vowel?
27:28O
27:30And a final consonant, please.
27:33And a final L.
27:35Stand by.
27:44CLOCK TICKS
28:09Sarah.
28:10Just a six.
28:11A six. And Mike?
28:13Sarah.
28:14A tanner? Yes.
28:16Mike?
28:17Talond.
28:19Talond, yes, very good as well.
28:21Bearing fierce claws, talond.
28:23Excellent. Very nice.
28:25Now, what else have we got in the corner there, Clive?
28:28Well, there's lantern.
28:30Lantern, yeah, that was our best. I'll give you a seven.
28:32That'll do. Thank you very much.
28:3475-47.
28:36Mike, final letters game to you.
28:38Wow. You're nearly there.
28:40Have a consonant, please.
28:42Q
28:43And a vowel?
28:45E
28:47A consonant?
28:49F
28:50Another one?
28:52C
28:54A vowel?
28:56I
28:57A consonant?
28:59G
29:01Another consonant?
29:03S
29:05A vowel?
29:07U
29:09And a consonant, please.
29:11And the last one, T.
29:13Stand by.
29:42Mike?
29:44A six.
29:46A six. And Sarah?
29:48Just a five.
29:50Your five is? Swift.
29:52Now then, Mike. Cuties?
29:54Cuties. Little cuties. Yes.
29:57Now... Attractive, endearing people.
29:59What do you think, Clive?
30:01That's the best we had, was cuties.
30:03Cuties. Anything else that suits you?
30:05No, best for six, yeah.
30:07Moving on. Moving on to Sarah, then. Final numbers game.
30:10Can I have one large and five little ones, please, Rachel?
30:13You can indeed, thank you, Sarah.
30:15One big five that'll finish the day.
30:17And this last selection is for...
30:191, 1, 8, 9 and 50.
30:25And the target... 846.
30:28846.
30:40CLOCK TICKS
31:00Now, Sarah.
31:02846.
31:04846, thank you, Mike. 846.
31:06Sarah?
31:089 plus 8 is 17. Yep.
31:10Times by the 50.
31:12850. And minus the 4.
31:14Yep, good target for those numbers.
31:16There we go. And Mike.
31:18Same way? Yep.
31:20That's it. All right, well done.
31:22APPLAUSE
31:24So, well played, both of you.
31:26Well played, Sarah, well played, Mike.
31:28As we go into the final round, fingers on buzzers.
31:31Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
31:33BELL RINGS
31:37Yes, Mike?
31:39Palatable. Palatable?
31:41Pretty quick. Let's see.
31:43Here we go. Palatable. Well done.
31:45APPLAUSE
31:47Well done.
31:49Well done, our latest Octo Champ.
31:51I'll come back to you in a second.
31:53Sarah.
31:55Well played, but you came up against a...
31:57You came up against... He doesn't know this yet, actually.
31:59But don't tell him.
32:01No, number one seed.
32:03So that's no bad score you've got there.
32:05Thank you so much for coming.
32:07You take this goodie bag back.
32:09Good luck with the little time left for your training,
32:11and, you know, next A campaign I've got,
32:13I'll be right round to see you.
32:15Good.
32:17Where will you be in practice, do you think?
32:19Somewhere between Manchester and Yorkshire.
32:21OK. Lovely.
32:23Well, travel safely, wherever it is you end up.
32:25Wonderful stuff.
32:27Now, number one seed, how are you feeling?
32:29Great, great. Shocked to hear that, but, yeah, very happy.
32:31No, you played really well,
32:33and we look forward to seeing you in the finals.
32:35Have a restful time, and we'll see you then.
32:37See you then. Thank you. Well done.
32:39Now then, Clive,
32:41you told us about
32:43having water poured over you
32:45by Richard Branson,
32:47because you were quite a...
32:49You know, you didn't let them off lightly.
32:51Were there any other instances when...
32:53I think I... I come from being a barrister
32:55in a criminal court.
32:57I think my friends in television terms
32:59were a bit more aggressive than I meant them to be,
33:01so I have accidentally annoyed
33:03a number of people over the years.
33:05I think the first one I got into real trouble with
33:07was Geoffrey Archer came on,
33:09and Geoffrey Archer has quite an interesting history to him,
33:11but I think he remembers the world
33:13as he likes to remember it.
33:15He's like a Walter Mitty character,
33:17so when you raise things that you say,
33:19well, that's not quite right, he thinks you're the mad one.
33:21So I got into a bit of a tangle with him
33:23early on in my TV career,
33:25and I was sort of listing the things that he was,
33:27you know, he was being rude to me,
33:29he was a writer, a humorist,
33:31and I was sort of listing them.
33:33I said, hmm, Geoffrey, there's no beginning to your talents.
33:35And it got a big laugh, and he didn't really like it.
33:37And when I... After I'd said that,
33:39I thought, that can't be an original remark.
33:41That must... Somebody must have said...
33:43But apparently it was an original remark,
33:45so I was rather pleased that I had...
33:47That's a good one.
33:49..taken him off with that.
33:51But it wasn't meant too unkindly,
33:53I think fiction writing...
33:55Suits him perfectly.
33:57He's found his metier.
33:59He's perfect at making up stuff.
34:01Indeed he is.
34:03He's also very good, actually,
34:05at getting money out of people at charity auctions.
34:07Oh, he's great at that.
34:09Yes, he's very forceful.
34:11I've seen him in action.
34:13Indeed. So we'll see you on Monday, Clive.
34:15And Susie, too, of course. See you then.
34:17Rachel, there we are.
34:19Two new people on Monday, then.
34:21I think it will be.
34:23We'll see you then. See you then. Have a good weekend.
34:25Join us then on Monday, same time, same place.
34:27You'll be sure of it. A very good afternoon to you.
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