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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:04Some scenes may not be suitable for all ages.
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00:31Well, good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:35Who in their right mind would want to be scared out of their skin?
00:39Well, apparently, Rachel, lots of people do.
00:42The fright industry is booming.
00:45In the old days, if you went to a horror movie,
00:48Hammer Films, of course, churned them out, you know, five a week sort of thing,
00:52but now it's moved out of the cinema into experiences.
00:55And, for instance, something like zombie apocalypse reenactments
00:59and interactive ghost stories.
01:01People pay hundreds of pounds to go and be terrified,
01:05to have sort of zombies popping up in front of them, I suppose.
01:08Now, I suppose basically it's a thing for the young, isn't it?
01:13I'd be afraid of having a heart attack.
01:16I'd have a heart attack coming into this studio,
01:19let alone being terrified by zombies.
01:21But what about you? Do you go for it?
01:23I went last Halloween, I went to an interactive theatre experience,
01:27one of those immersive theatre experiences with vampires.
01:29So it was in Hoxton Hall in London,
01:31in this really kind of creepy Victorian old building,
01:34and it was layers and layers of different vampires,
01:36and they have this storyline, and then you follow them,
01:39whichever one around you want to follow,
01:41and everyone else is in, like, dark cloaks and masks
01:43so that you can tell who's in the...
01:45Well, so you think you can tell, and sometimes they whip them off
01:47and they're vampire hunters or whatever, but it's really good fun.
01:50One of the best things I did, not that many years ago, actually,
01:55we played sardines in a huge empty house.
02:00So what's sardines?
02:01What you do is you turn all the lights out...
02:04Yeah.
02:05..and then somebody's voted to go, and you count to ten,
02:09and they've got to hide, and then the others have got to find them
02:13and hide with them, but not make any noise.
02:15Ah, OK.
02:16And we called it sardines. Gosh, it was great fun.
02:18Makes sense.
02:19Kids' life.
02:20Who have we got? George Armstrong is back, Rachel.
02:23Butcher's assistant from Bing League, two good wins.
02:26Two very close wins, yeah.
02:28They were good wins, George.
02:29And now you're up against Michael Stephenson,
02:32an offshore wind project manager from London.
02:34Indeed, yeah.
02:35Tell us a little bit about the wind industry offshore.
02:39Yeah.
02:40How big is it? How is it growing? Is it terrific?
02:43Are we going to be saved?
02:45Absolutely. Yeah, it's terrific.
02:47Yeah, so probably bigger than ever.
02:49The costs are coming down, which is obviously one of the biggest
02:52issues with energy prices these days.
02:54Yeah, and it's clean and green and renewable.
02:57And out in the sea?
02:58Out in the sea, yeah, so out of sight in some cases.
03:01Are the Brits making the turbines yet?
03:03They aren't. They're making some of the pieces, so the towers...
03:06We should be making these. We should, yeah.
03:08Good luck to you. Big round of applause now for Michael and George.
03:11APPLAUSE
03:16And Susie is over there in the corner.
03:18Clearly you have to come in from a run.
03:20And she's joined by sports broadcaster
03:23and Countdown favourite Colin Murray.
03:26Welcome back.
03:27APPLAUSE
03:32Susie, I'm being unfair, it's a very smart outfit.
03:35We think I look like a badger or a skunk, so, yeah, lots of options.
03:38I'll have nothing said against you, you know that very well indeed.
03:41Now, George, off we go. Good luck.
03:43Thank you, Nick. Good afternoon again, Rachel.
03:45Good afternoon, George.
03:46Shall I start with a consonant, please?
03:48We'll start today with D.
03:50And a vowel.
03:52E.
03:53A consonant.
03:56T.
03:57A consonant.
03:59R.
04:00A vowel, please.
04:02U.
04:03Consonant.
04:05T.
04:06Vowel.
04:08O.
04:09A consonant.
04:12N.
04:13And a final vowel, please.
04:15And a final A.
04:17Here's the Countdown clock.
04:48Yes, George?
04:49Seven.
04:50A seven.
04:51Michael?
04:52A seven as well.
04:53George?
04:54Taunted.
04:55Michael?
04:56Cheated.
04:58Very nice. Yeah.
04:59That's good.
05:00That's a good start, isn't it? Two sevens?
05:02Yeah.
05:03Now, Colin, what do you reckon?
05:04Well, got nodder straight away, obviously.
05:06A word close to my heart.
05:08I could throw another seven in with natured,
05:10but Pepe Le Pew here...
05:12LAUGHTER
05:13..has an eight.
05:15S.
05:16Outrated.
05:17Not very exciting, but to outrate is to surpass or outdo.
05:20Outrated.
05:21Very good. Well done.
05:25Thank you, Susie. Michael?
05:27Letters game.
05:28Good afternoon, Rachel.
05:29Afternoon, Michael.
05:30I'll have a consonant to start, please.
05:32Thank you. Start with N.
05:35And another.
05:37T.
05:39And another.
05:41M.
05:42And a vowel, please.
05:44E.
05:45And another vowel.
05:47I.
05:48And a consonant.
05:50X.
05:52And a vowel, please.
05:54E.
05:56And a consonant.
05:58D.
06:00And a final vowel, please.
06:02And a final U.
06:04Stand by.
06:15CLOCK TICKS
06:35Michael?
06:36Just a six on that one.
06:38Six as well.
06:39Two sixes, Michael?
06:40Exiteds.
06:41And George?
06:42Minted.
06:43Yep.
06:44Yep.
06:45Colin and Susie?
06:46Well, I bettered them two this time,
06:48but you never get the better of this.
06:50Unmixed for me, which is a good radio word,
06:52so a nice easy one for me to find in there,
06:54but you've gone eight again.
06:56Yeah, we can have minted,
06:57but actually you can put the extra E in
06:59and have minuetted, to dance the minuet.
07:02I'm minuetted all night?
07:04A minuet is all night, yes.
07:05You think it might have a double T, but it doesn't.
07:07Just one.
07:08Well done.
07:09APPLAUSE
07:10She's minuetted.
07:1313 apiece.
07:14George, first numbers game.
07:16Off we go.
07:18Can I have three large and three small, please, Rachel?
07:20You can indeed, thank you, George.
07:21Three from the top and three little.
07:23And the first numbers game of the day is
07:25seven, two, nine, 25, 50 and 75.
07:33And the target, 139.
07:35139.
07:37MUSIC PLAYS
08:07Well, George?
08:08139.
08:09Yes, Michael?
08:10139.
08:11George?
08:1275 plus 50.
08:13125.
08:14Plus 25.
08:15150.
08:16Minus nine.
08:17Minus nine.
08:18Minus two.
08:19Minus the two.
08:20Perfect. 139.
08:21Michael?
08:22Slightly different.
08:2375 plus 50.
08:24125.
08:25And then seven times two is 14.
08:26Can I have that?
08:27Yeah, well done.
08:28APPLAUSE
08:29Well done.
08:33So, 23 apiece, two good players.
08:36Let's have a tea-time teaser, shall we?
08:38It's type ruled, and the clue?
08:40He was the type who ruled with an iron fist,
08:43or at least that's what they say.
08:45He was the type who ruled with an iron fist,
08:47or at least that's what they say.
08:50MUSIC PLAYS
08:58APPLAUSE
09:07Welcome back. I left you with a clue.
09:09He was the type who ruled with an iron fist,
09:11or at least that's what they say.
09:13And the answer to that one is reputedly.
09:16Reputedly.
09:1823 apiece now, Michael.
09:20Letters game.
09:22May I start with a consonant, please?
09:24Thank you, Michael. H.
09:26And another?
09:28Y.
09:30And another?
09:32R.
09:34And a vowel, please?
09:36A.
09:38And another vowel?
09:40O.
09:42And another vowel?
09:44E.
09:46And a consonant?
09:49S.
09:51And a vowel?
09:53I.
09:55And a final consonant, please?
09:57And a final R.
09:59The clock starts now.
10:01MUSIC PLAYS
10:06MUSIC CONTINUES
10:30Yes, Michael?
10:32Just a six.
10:34Seven, Michael?
10:36Shares.
10:38Now, Harry's?
10:40Yes, excellent.
10:42Harry's persistently carrying out attacks on an enemy
10:44or an enemy's territory.
10:46That is to Harry them.
10:48There's only one S for share, but you just realised that, sorry.
10:50That's OK.
10:52Now, Colin. Colin and Susie.
10:54I had Harry's, but I had it more in football,
10:56when you Harry somebody in football.
10:58And it's in my mind, because this young man
11:00shares his name with an Arsenal legend, George Armstrong.
11:03He played in the FA Cup back in the 60s, early 70s,
11:05so I was looking for a football one.
11:07Excellent. Harry's.
11:09Nice. Thank you.
11:11Now, 30 plays 23.
11:13George, you're off again.
11:15Thank you. Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
11:17Thank you, George. V.
11:19And a vowel?
11:21O.
11:23And a consonant?
11:25S.
11:27A consonant?
11:29R.
11:31Consonant?
11:33G.
11:35Vowel?
11:37E.
11:39A consonant?
11:41T.
11:43And a final vowel, please.
11:45And a final O.
11:47Stand by.
12:01CLOCK TICKS
12:17Yes, George? Seven.
12:19Seven, Michael? I'll try seven.
12:21Niall and George? Storage.
12:23Michael? Gravest.
12:25Yes, absolutely fine, Michael. No problem with that.
12:27The most grave.
12:29I had a nightmare in that one.
12:31Voters for six was the most that I got,
12:33but I was looking for a scurry movie theme,
12:37so I'll give you goers, just for you.
12:40Goers. Thank you.
12:42Thank you. Susie?
12:44There is an eight there.
12:46Rootages.
12:48And I think it would be used in the sense of different plants
12:50have different rootages, in other words,
12:52they have different depths at which they take root in the soil.
12:54You can put the S on, and that will give you an eight.
12:57APPLAUSE
13:02I believe you, Susie.
13:04I grudgingly believe you.
13:0637 to 30. George on 37.
13:08Now, Michael, your numbers game.
13:10OK. I'll have one large and five small, please.
13:13Thank you, Michael. One from the top row.
13:15Five little ones in this time around.
13:17You have ten, eight, another eight,
13:21ten, seven and 100.
13:25And the target, 551.
13:27551.
13:54Michael?
13:56550.
13:58George?
14:00552.
14:02And 552.
14:04Michael?
14:06OK, so I've gone eight plus seven equals 15.
14:09Eight plus seven, 15.
14:11Minus one of the tens is five.
14:13Yep.
14:15And then 100 plus the other ten is 110.
14:17It is.
14:19And then multiply those together.
14:21551 below.
14:23George?
14:25100 minus ten minus ten is 80.
14:27Yep.
14:29Times by seven is 560.
14:31It is.
14:33And then take away one of the eights is 552.
14:35Well done.
14:37Well done. We've got a straddler here.
14:39551 is what we're after. Rachel, can you do it?
14:41Leave it with me, Nick.
14:43I certainly will. I certainly will.
14:45So, George on 44, Michael on 37,
14:47as we turn to Colin Murray.
14:49What have you got for us today, Colin?
14:51Well, when I'm on the Countdown,
14:53I tell stories rather than anecdotes.
14:55So it's mainly because most personal stories I have
14:57aren't suitable for family television.
14:59But I'm going to try this time to tell a few personal stories.
15:01And a lot of them relate back to Belfast and where I grew up.
15:05It's something I'm intensely proud of.
15:07And I'd like to concentrate today on the pros and cons
15:10of having a Northern Irish accent.
15:12Now, there's a lot of pitfalls with it.
15:14One thing is we use different words for things.
15:16So when I moved to England, I would say things
15:18and people wouldn't have a clue.
15:20For example, if I said to you, Susie,
15:22let's go for some fish and chips and then we'll go for a poke.
15:25You might think, what is he talking about?
15:27You might think what I meant was, we'll have fish and chips
15:30and then I'll poke you.
15:32But what it actually means is an ice cream.
15:34We'll go for an ice cream.
15:36So you've got to be careful with that.
15:38But I've held onto my accent at a cost.
15:40In this business, doing voiceover work in advertisements is huge.
15:43It's absolutely unbelievable.
15:45And my accent has cost me on this front.
15:47I'm going to give you just a couple of examples.
15:50I was asked to go along to do a voiceover for an advert for...
15:53I won't give the company away,
15:55but it was one of the leading bathroom specialists in Great Britain.
16:00And I ran adrift when I read this line.
16:04Buy a bathroom unit now and we will give you for free a Parshar.
16:08LAUGHTER
16:10But the big money one that I missed out on, unfortunately,
16:14was a voiceover for a certain national newspaper
16:17which went along the lines of,
16:19news, sport, entertainment, find it all, every day, in the Daily Mir.
16:25LAUGHTER
16:27But I'll hang on to it no matter what, Nick.
16:29Very good. Well done.
16:31APPLAUSE
16:33Very good.
16:35Now we turn to Rachel.
16:37She solved the straddler.
16:39Um, eventually, yes.
16:41If you say 7 x 8 is 56,
16:45times by 100 for 5,600,
16:49take away 10 for 5,590,
16:52divide that by the other 10 for 559,
16:55and you have an 8 left over.
16:57Fabulous. Well done.
16:59APPLAUSE
17:03Well done, Rachel.
17:05Perfect. 551, that's the way to do it.
17:08Now, George, let us go.
17:10Off we go.
17:12Have a consonant, please, Rachel.
17:14Thank you, George. N.
17:16And a vowel.
17:18A.
17:20A consonant.
17:22L.
17:24Consonant.
17:26P.
17:28Vowel.
17:30I.
17:32Vowel.
17:34U.
17:36A.
17:38And a final consonant, please.
17:40And a final K.
17:42Countdown.
18:06MUSIC
18:12Well, George?
18:14Just a 5 that time.
18:16And Michael?
18:18I'll risk a 6.
18:20Now then, plank.
18:22Michael, punial?
18:24Punial.
18:26Punitive and penial, but not punial.
18:28Sorry.
18:30We have the shot, I guess.
18:32Colin?
18:34You're a plank. Not you, you're not a plank.
18:36I am.
18:38But we have a 6 here, we've got lacuna.
18:40Lacuna, thank you. That's it, Susie?
18:42Yes, a gap. There is also unpack.
18:44Thank you. 49 plays 37.
18:46George in the lead for now.
18:48Michael, your letters game.
18:50I'll start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
18:52Thank you, Michael. L.
18:54And another one.
18:56N.
18:58And another.
19:00F.
19:02E.
19:04And another vowel.
19:06E.
19:08And another vowel.
19:10O.
19:12And a consonant.
19:14T.
19:16Another vowel, please.
19:18A.
19:20And a consonant.
19:22And the last one. R.
19:24The clock starts now.
19:26MUSIC
19:32MUSIC CONTINUES
19:54Michael?
19:56Seven. A seven. George?
19:58Just a five.
20:00A seven. Now, Michael?
20:02Floater. Very good.
20:04Well, well, well. Five in it now.
20:06But over in the corner, what have we got?
20:08You had a couple of sevens there as well.
20:10You could have eternal and add floater as well.
20:12I'll hand us one, Susie. Add something that floats.
20:16Thank you. 49 to 44.
20:18George just in the lead. George, numbers for you now.
20:22Could I have three large and three small again, please, Rachel?
20:24Same again. Thank you, George. Three from the top, three little.
20:26And this time the three little ones
20:28are 2, 9 and 8.
20:30And the three big ones, 75, 25 and 50.
20:34And this target, 270.
20:36270.
20:40MUSIC
20:58MUSIC
21:10Well, George?
21:12Just 274.
21:14274. Michael?
21:16273.
21:18Michael?
21:20Eight times 25. 200.
21:22Add to the 75. 275.
21:24And then subtract the two.
21:26Well done. But, Rachel?
21:28270.
21:30This was possible. If you say 75 times 2 is 150.
21:34Divide that by the 50 for 3.
21:36And then 8 minus 3 is 5.
21:38Plus 25 is 30.
21:40And times it by the 9 for 270.
21:42There we go.
21:44Perfect.
21:48Well done, as ever, Rachel.
21:5049 plays 51. Michael on 51.
21:52He's been closing up.
21:54He's taken a two-point lead.
21:56Let's have a tea-time teaser, shall we?
21:58It's wrist load, and the clue...
22:00It sounds like the fish has a story about a dangerous weapon.
22:04It sounds like the fish has a story about a dangerous weapon.
22:08MUSIC
22:16APPLAUSE
22:24I left with the clue,
22:26it sounds like the fish has a story about a dangerous weapon.
22:29It's rather good.
22:31The answer is sword tail.
22:33Sword tail.
22:35Now, 49 to 51. Michael in the lead.
22:37Michael, the letters game for you.
22:39Thank you. I'll have a consonant to start, please.
22:42Thank you, Michael. S.
22:44And another?
22:46R.
22:48And a vowel?
22:50O. And another vowel?
22:52E. And a consonant, please?
22:55T. And another one?
22:58H. And a vowel?
23:02I. And another vowel?
23:06E. And a final consonant, please?
23:09And a final L.
23:11Countdown.
23:13MUSIC
23:22MUSIC
23:42Well, Michael?
23:44I'll risk a nine.
23:46George?
23:48I'll risk a nine as well.
23:50All right, guys. Michael?
23:52Hoteliers.
23:54And? Same word, yeah.
23:56Well done, guys. Well done.
23:58APPLAUSE
24:02That's what we like to see.
24:04And, Colin, your nine is?
24:06I'm going to risk hoteliers.
24:08LAUGHTER
24:10All right. Are we all done, Susie?
24:12We are. Yeah, very well done.
24:14All right. So still two points in at 69 to 67.
24:16George, your letters game.
24:18Have a consonant, please, Rachel.
24:20Thank you, George. W.
24:22And a vowel?
24:24E.
24:26A consonant?
24:28D.
24:30Consonant?
24:32T.
24:34Vowel?
24:36U.
24:38Consonant?
24:40G.
24:42A vowel?
24:44I.
24:46And a final vowel, please.
24:48And a final O.
24:50Stand by.
25:16MUSIC PLAYS
25:22Well, George? Six.
25:24Michael? Six as well.
25:26George is six. Gutted.
25:28And Michael? The same word. Very good.
25:30Yeah.
25:32And Colin? Yeah, we're completely synced up,
25:34round after round at the moment, so gutted,
25:36but you've a word and I haven't a baldy what it is.
25:39Godwit is large, long-legged wader
25:42with a long, slightly upturned bill.
25:47So, 75 to 73 still left.
25:49Two points in it as we turn back to Susie
25:52and her wonderful origins of words.
25:54And today, Susie?
25:56Today I have to thank Paul Seeley,
25:58who emailed in to say,
26:00my wife Fiona had a question for me today.
26:02With memories of steptoe and son,
26:04can you tell her something about the etymology of rag and bone men?
26:08Particularly the word bone in this contest.
26:10She says, my own guess is that it may have something to do
26:13with stiffening garments.
26:15And I don't know if...
26:17I think many of our viewers will probably remember steptoe and son.
26:20Albert Steptoe, the hip-hop artist,
26:22actually said that Albert Steptoe was his inspiration,
26:25the hip-hop artist rag and bone man.
26:27But, yes, why rag and bone? It is slightly strange.
26:30Essentially, they would travel the countryside and towns
26:33and they would pick up, as we know, collected scrap materials,
26:37so metals, rabbit skins even, any reusable item,
26:42anything that the bone collectors, when they eventually came along,
26:45wouldn't take.
26:47And, yes, rags and bones,
26:49which does seem an odd kind of treasure,
26:51certainly in today's context.
26:53But if the rag and bone man could collect and dry
26:57decent white rags in good condition,
26:59he could sell them on to local cloth traders
27:01for about two to three pence a pound,
27:03which is a lot of money in those days.
27:05Coloured cloth would fetch even more.
27:08And bones, old bones, would also fetch a pretty good price.
27:12And they were sold on to make soap and glue particularly.
27:16I think a lot of us know about horses that were...
27:19The collagen from horses was used to make glue.
27:21In fact, the word collagen goes back to colla, Latin meaning glue.
27:25They could also be used to make ornate handles for cutlery,
27:28toys and ornaments.
27:30So bones, whether they were discarded from your Sunday roast
27:34or even from a bonfire, bonfires actually used to be bone-fired,
27:37so there were fires on which bones were actually burned.
27:40They would all be given to the rag and bone man
27:42and he could make some money out of them.
27:44Incidentally, the slang term for rag and bone men were totters.
27:48And a tot was once a dust heap picker's name for a bone.
27:52It comes from tat, in fact.
27:54And so, by extension, anything that was worth picking from a refuse heap.
27:58Dust mounds in Dickensian Britain
28:00being incredibly valuable sources of wealth.
28:03So that was a very, very quick portrait history of rag and bone men.
28:06But I hope that answers Paul's question about the bone element,
28:10which were once incredibly valuable.
28:12Well, well, well.
28:19Amazing. Amazing, Susie. Thank you.
28:2275-73, Michael in the lead.
28:25Michael, your letters game now.
28:27Thank you. I'll have a consonant to start, please.
28:29Thank you, Michael.
28:31L
28:32And another?
28:35C
28:36And a vowel, please?
28:39E
28:40And another vowel?
28:42A
28:43And a consonant?
28:45B
28:47And a vowel, please?
28:49I
28:50And another vowel?
28:52O
28:54A consonant?
28:57D
28:58And a final consonant, please?
29:01And a final R.
29:03Stand by.
29:34Michael.
29:35A seven.
29:36A seven and?
29:37Seven.
29:38Yes, Michael.
29:39Broiled.
29:40George.
29:41Same word.
29:42Mm.
29:43Now, then.
29:44Colin.
29:45Yeah, a slightly more modern barcode.
29:47Everything these days, you need a barcode.
29:49Don't need to get in anywhere.
29:51And you can go a little bit better. You go for an eight?
29:54Yes.
29:55You will know this dance move, Colin, I'm sure.
29:57It's a cabriole.
29:58Is it that one?
29:59In which one leg is extended into the air, forwards or backwards,
30:02and the other is brought up to meet it?
30:04I'll not try that, no.
30:06And you land on the second foot.
30:08Anyway, that will give you an eight, cabriole.
30:10APPLAUSE
30:15Thanks, Susie.
30:16Two points, 82 to 80, sees Michael.
30:19In the lead, George.
30:21Make the most of this one, last letters game.
30:23Consonant, please, Rachel.
30:25Thank you, George. S
30:27And a vowel?
30:30E
30:31A consonant?
30:34M
30:35Consonant?
30:37V
30:38A vowel?
30:40A
30:41Consonant?
30:43P
30:45A vowel?
30:47I
30:48A consonant?
30:50M
30:52A final consonant, please.
30:53And a final S.
30:55Stand by.
31:01WHISTLE BLOWS
31:27Well, George?
31:28Seven.
31:29A seven and...?
31:30A seven as well.
31:31George?
31:32Passive.
31:33Michael?
31:34Impasse.
31:35Yep.
31:36Very nice.
31:37No way through.
31:38Colin?
31:39That's it, impasse, we had that as well.
31:41A massive impasse, so you can have massive as well for seven.
31:44Well done.
31:45Anything else, Susie?
31:46No.
31:47It'll do.
31:48Two points, 89 to 87,
31:50as we glide towards a possible crucial conundrum.
31:54Let's try a numbers game with Michael first.
31:56Thank you. I'll have one large and five small.
31:59Thank you, Michael.
32:00And your last chance to avoid that possible crucial conundrum.
32:03The last numbers game of the day is 2, 1, 8,
32:07another 8, 9 and 25.
32:11And the target should reach 998.
32:13998.
32:29MUSIC PLAYS
32:45Well, Michael?
32:46No, nothing, sorry.
32:48George?
32:491,000.
32:50It'll do.
32:5125 x 8 is 200.
32:5325 x 8, 200.
32:569 x 1 is 10.
32:57Yep.
32:589 x 5 is 2.
33:00Oh, divided by 2 is 5.
33:01Divided by 2 is 5.
33:02And times them together.
33:03Yep, 1,000, 2 away. Well done.
33:05Where's that missing 2 got to, Rachel?
33:07Well, you can get to 1 away with this one,
33:09but that's impossible, so very well done.
33:11Well done indeed.
33:12What it does give us, actually, is 94 to 89,
33:16final round conundrum,
33:18final round crucial conundrum.
33:21Yeah. Fingers on buzzers, guys.
33:23Good luck to you both.
33:24Let's roll today's crucial countdown conundrum.
33:29BELL RINGS
33:31George?
33:32Is it deceptive?
33:33Let's see whether you're right.
33:35Well done.
33:40Wow.
33:43Well done, George.
33:44Well done, Michael, actually, because he led you,
33:47and then you crept up and up and up and you overtook him,
33:50and then George sort of put himself together again.
33:52And won.
33:53104 to 89, well done.
33:55I'll come back to you in a minute.
33:57Well played, Nick.
33:59Well played indeed.
34:00So back to London, take your goody bag with you,
34:02and good luck with all this offshore stuff.
34:04Thank you very much.
34:05We shall see you next time.
34:07Well done indeed.
34:09All right.
34:10Colin, see you soon.
34:12And Susie too, of course.
34:14Yep, Nick Coulter.
34:15Well done indeed.
34:16He's a good player, isn't he?
34:17Very good, especially at those crucials, yeah.
34:19Nerves of steel.
34:20So quick, so fast.
34:21All right, we'll see you next time.
34:23See you then.
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