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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:20APPLAUSE
00:32Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:35On the very day that a stage adaptation of Ian Forster's
00:39A Room With A View sets off on its UK tour,
00:42published way back in 1908,
00:44the novel was made into a successful film,
00:47published way back in 1985,
00:49set in Italy and here in England, of course.
00:52I guess A Room With A View is something that we all crave
00:55when we're travelling on holiday,
00:57and I always think it's best if you actually arrive in a city
01:00late at night, you've been travelling,
01:02and in the morning you fling open the window
01:04and you're met with an extraordinary view.
01:06This happened to me twice, I must tell you.
01:08First of all, a little hotel in the Piazza della Rotonda in Rome.
01:13Open the window, bang.
01:15And then, of course, was the Pantheon,
01:18this wonderful, wonderful building with a dome.
01:21It was a wonder of its time.
01:23And the other one, I remember we were on a dreadful holiday
01:27with the children.
01:29I invented, actually, a meeting in Athens to get away from it.
01:33It was awful.
01:34Anyway, I got there and when I opened the window in the morning,
01:38I was confronted with the Parthenon.
01:41Just there. It was amazing.
01:43It'll be wonderful when they finish it.
01:45You say it's like a surprise, that you're just booking these hotels.
01:48I did, literally.
01:49So there we are. Those are two rooms with a view.
01:52What about you?
01:53I'll go for something similar, actually.
01:55If you go up to the Vatican in St Peter's Basilica,
01:59the view you get...
02:00Did you go up and you went up in the dome at the top?
02:02Claustrophobia.
02:03The view you get up there, you get the whole of Rome.
02:05It's absolutely gorgeous.
02:07Very good.
02:08Let's turn to today's business in hand with two new contestants.
02:12Timothy Barnaby, Trading Standards Officer from Barnsley,
02:16a big ELO fan after his dad brought him out listening to them.
02:19You recently went to see them live in Leeds, I think.
02:22I did, yeah.
02:23What do you reckon?
02:24Brilliant. Fantastic.
02:25And then you went off to Hong Kong last year with your wife.
02:28I did, yeah.
02:29Fancy it?
02:30Yeah, brilliant.
02:31I mean, Hong Kong.
02:32Fantastic. I'll echo your views about scenery.
02:34The scenery and the views in Hong Kong, amazing.
02:36And the culture, the people and the food just topped it off.
02:39It's like a wave of people, isn't it?
02:41Yeah.
02:42The population density of such.
02:43Yeah.
02:44Exciting place.
02:45Yeah, fantastic.
02:46All right.
02:47Well, this is an exciting place, particularly for you,
02:49because you're up against Chris Sinclair,
02:51a self-employed builder from Hafsandersted in South Croydon.
02:54Loves squash, scuba diving and adventuring.
02:56You're a big traveller, used to be.
02:58Used to be, yeah, before family came along, yeah.
03:00You once found yourself in India playing cricket on television.
03:04Yes.
03:05It was at a place called Beneshwar,
03:07which is in southern Rajasthan, in the north-west of India,
03:11and it's a huge fair they have every year.
03:14And we were just asked if we would play a game of Tourists Against Locals
03:18and the TV cameras were there and it was just this massive event
03:21and there was just thousands of people watching us.
03:23We were bowled out for, I think, about 15.
03:26So it wasn't much to see on TV and it was on the local news
03:28and, yeah, it was quite an experience.
03:30Brilliant stuff.
03:31Big round of applause then for Chris, the cricketer and Andy Barnaby.
03:35APPLAUSE
03:38Wonderful.
03:39And over the corner, Susie, joined once again by Helen Fospero,
03:42TV and radio reporter and presenter.
03:44Great to have you back on this.
03:45Nice to be back.
03:46Lovely.
03:47Now then, let's get down to business here.
03:50Mr Barnaby, Andy, let us go.
03:53Hi, Rachel.
03:54Hi, Andy.
03:55Can I have a consonant, please?
03:56Thank you. Start the day with J.
03:59And a vowel.
04:01O
04:02And a consonant.
04:04V
04:05And a vowel.
04:07U
04:08And a consonant.
04:10P
04:11And a consonant.
04:13D
04:14And a vowel.
04:17E
04:18And a consonant.
04:20N
04:21And a final vowel, please.
04:23And a final O.
04:26And here's the Countdown Clock.
04:35CLOCK TICKS
04:58Now, Andy.
04:59Just a five.
05:00A five.
05:01Chris?
05:02Yep, five also.
05:03Andy?
05:04Pound.
05:05And?
05:06Upend.
05:07Upend.
05:08Yes, very nice.
05:09Now, what have we got in the corner?
05:11Can we improve on five?
05:12I don't think so.
05:13We had pound as well, which was five.
05:15I don't think we got anything better than that, do we?
05:17Nothing less than five, I'm afraid.
05:18Sorry.
05:19Slim pickings.
05:20Five apiece.
05:21And it's Chris's letters game.
05:23Chris?
05:24Hi, Rachel.
05:25Hi, Chris.
05:26Can I start with a consonant, please?
05:27Thank you. Start with H.
05:29And another?
05:31R
05:33And another?
05:35D
05:37Vowel, please.
05:39A
05:40Another?
05:42E
05:44And another?
05:46I
05:48Consonant, please.
05:50P
05:51Another consonant?
05:53T
05:55And final vowel, please.
05:58And the last one.
06:00E
06:01Stand by.
06:32Chris?
06:33Seven.
06:35And Andy?
06:36Six.
06:38And your six?
06:39Thread.
06:40Chris?
06:41Pirated.
06:43Very good, yes.
06:44Very good.
06:45Very nice.
06:46And in the corner?
06:47I think there were quite a few sevens in there.
06:49Preheat and parted are two that we found in there.
06:52Yeah, yeah.
06:53Susie?
06:54Um, hearted as well, as in I hearted Nick.
06:58Can't stand that.
06:59I mean, I like the idea, but...
07:02And a nice six there, petard, as in hoisted by your own.
07:05Oh, yeah. What is a petard again?
07:07It's a small bomb, or it was a kind of firework.
07:10But it was a small bit of ammunition,
07:12so I think Shakespeare first used hoisted by your own petard.
07:15In other words, you'd been hit by your own bomb.
07:17Yeah, exactly.
07:18Thank you. 12 points to Chris.
07:20Andy on five, and it's Andy's numbers game.
07:23Can I have one large and five small, please, Rachel?
07:25Thank you, Andy. One big, one five.
07:27And for the first time today, your numbers are...
07:38And the target, 950.
07:409-5-0.
07:57MUSIC PLAYS
08:13Andy?
08:14No, I've lost it. Sorry, Nick.
08:16Chris?
08:179-5-0.
08:18950. Well done.
08:20Er, seven times six...
08:2242.
08:23Er, less the three and the one...
08:2738.
08:28Miles to fly by, 25.
08:29Perfect. 950. Well done.
08:31Good man. Well done.
08:32APPLAUSE
08:34Well done.
08:36Well done indeed. 22 points now to Andy's five
08:39as we turn to our first Tea Time teaser, which is fill a lot.
08:43And the clue, you can fill a lot of boats with a lot of cargo.
08:47You can fill a lot of boats with a lot of cargo.
08:51MUSIC PLAYS
08:57APPLAUSE
09:06Welcome back. Welcome back. I left you with a clue.
09:09You can fill a lot of boats with a lot of cargo.
09:12The answer is a flotilla.
09:14A flotilla. Which language does that spring from?
09:17Spanish. And it comes from flota, meaning a fleet,
09:21so a flotilla is a little fleet.
09:23And a tortilla is a little tart or a little cake.
09:26Indeed. Thank you very much. 22 plays five
09:29and it's Chris's letters game now, Chris.
09:32Er, can I start with a vowel, please, Rachel?
09:35Thank you, Chris. I.
09:37And a consonant, please.
09:39M.
09:40And another.
09:42R.
09:44And another.
09:46Z.
09:47And a vowel.
09:49O.
09:51And another.
09:53E.
09:55And a consonant, please.
09:57T.
09:59Er, another consonant.
10:01Y.
10:03And a final vowel.
10:05And a final A.
10:08Stand by.
10:10MUSIC PLAYS
10:21MUSIC CONTINUES
10:39Chris.
10:40Er, six.
10:42A six, Andy? Six.
10:44Chris.
10:45Matia.
10:47And Masia.
10:49Yes, pretty sure you can be Masia as well as Matia,
10:52so you're just a bit dreamy.
10:54Erm, yeah, or confused or dizzy.
10:57Oh, really? What have we got in the corner, then?
11:00I'm feeling dizzy cos we've got an eight letter.
11:02Yes. We found atomiser.
11:04Oh, very good.
11:06Well done. Atomiser.
11:10Anything else, Susie?
11:12Er, you can just rearrange that slightly and have amortise,
11:15amortise as in a debt, to write it off, so that's another eight.
11:18Yeah, well done.
11:2028, please. 11.
11:22And it's Andy's letters game now. Andy.
11:24Consonant, please, Rachel.
11:26Thank you, Andy. R.
11:28And a vowel.
11:29E.
11:30And a consonant.
11:32S.
11:33And a vowel.
11:35A.
11:36And a consonant.
11:38R.
11:39And another consonant.
11:41S.
11:42And a vowel.
11:44I.
11:45And a consonant.
11:47T.
11:48And a final consonant, please.
11:50And the last one, D.
11:52Downtown.
12:18MUSIC STOPS
12:24Andy.
12:25Seven.
12:26A seven, Chris?
12:27A seven.
12:28Andy?
12:29Starred.
12:30Nothing. Chris?
12:31Satired.
12:32Thank you.
12:34Are we happy about it?
12:36Not satired, I'm afraid. Just satire is a noun.
12:39Sorry about that.
12:41Now, Helen.
12:42Now, there's a little eight hiding in there that we found.
12:45Very good.
12:47Susie?
12:48Yes, misalignment of the stars is what it originally meant.
12:51But, yeah, that was our eight.
12:53Is that what it came from? How interesting.
12:55It's linked to asteroid because they believed that the stars
12:58were the bestowers of luck or misfortune.
13:00So you had an ill-starred...
13:02Yes.
13:03..Romeo and Capulet.
13:05That's how Shakespeare used it again.
13:07Very good. Now, what's this, Tarsius?
13:09Isn't it a little cute little nocturnal mammal thing
13:12that's in Borneo, somewhere like that?
13:14Yeah. Small insectivorous tree-dwelling nocturnal primate.
13:17Very good.
13:18They've got really huge eyes.
13:20I like them.
13:21Tarsius.
13:23Very good.
13:24Thank you.
13:2528, please.
13:2618.
13:27And, Chris?
13:28Numbers.
13:29Can I have one large and five small, please?
13:31Thank you, Chris. One for the top row and five little ones coming up.
13:34And this time your numbers are seven,
13:37three,
13:38eight,
13:39six,
13:40ten and big one,
13:4125.
13:42And this target?
13:44927.
13:45927.
14:12Yes, Chris?
14:13927.
14:14927. Andy?
14:16927.
14:17Chris?
14:18Er, ten times three.
14:20Ten times three, 30.
14:22Plus the seven.
14:2337.
14:24Multiply by 25.
14:25925.
14:27And then add the eight and take the six.
14:29Well done. Add eight and six for the two.
14:31Andy?
14:32Sorry, I've lost it again.
14:34I've gone wrong again, sorry.
14:36Oh, that's OK.
14:37Er, sorry, I've lost it again.
14:39I've gone wrong again, sorry.
14:41Oh, bad luck. Bad luck.
14:43All right, so 38 plays 18.
14:45As we turn now to Helen.
14:47And, Helen, I find this very difficult to believe, actually,
14:50but I understand that you've just celebrated a special birthday.
14:55No, I think you must have got your numbers wrong, Nick.
14:57I don't think it can be the birthday you're thinking.
15:00Yes, it's been a huge birthday.
15:02I still feel 37.
15:04I'm a lot older than that now.
15:07I was really, really dreading this year
15:09and turning that special age, that number that can't be mentioned,
15:12but I decided to sort of make the whole year a special year
15:16and to do some challenges and have some fun
15:19and do some different things to sort of try and forget the fact
15:23that I'm so old.
15:25So my friends and family, I think, call it my midlife crisis,
15:28but I decided to take myself off to Glastonbury this year.
15:31I've never been to a festival.
15:33I love music.
15:35And I took my 12-year-old daughter and off we went,
15:38headed off into the mud and had a fantastic time.
15:41And I think it was the muddiest year ever,
15:43but that just in a way sort of made it more of an experience
15:46and more fun.
15:48And we were quite near the front for Adele,
15:50and Francesca's not that tall, and she turned round at the beginning
15:53and I think she was a bit disappointed she couldn't see the stage.
15:56And the man standing next to us was wearing a Pirates of the Caribbean
15:59hat and wig, and he just looked down at Francesca
16:02and he said, do you want to go on my shoulders?
16:04Do you want to watch from my shoulders?
16:06And she sort of looked up to him and said,
16:08you know, I'm absolutely caked in mud.
16:10And she was.
16:12And I said, it doesn't matter.
16:14He said, I brought my 12-year-old last year to watch The Who
16:16and she watched it on my shoulders.
16:18He said, get on.
16:20And so she watched Adele from his shoulders.
16:22And when she came down, I think she was quite overwhelmed,
16:25not only because she'd just seen her idol at such close quarters,
16:28but she'd looked out behind us,
16:30and I think she realised, she got a sense of the scale of the festival
16:34and how many thousands of people were there,
16:36and I think she was a bit overwhelmed.
16:38But everybody was quite amused.
16:40I think they all think I like fancy hotels
16:42and I can't do a bit of festival going,
16:44but no, it was a good thing to do in my special year.
16:47Brilliant. Lovely story. Thank you.
16:54And to that pirate, whoever he was, good man.
16:57Good man. All right.
16:59Chris on 38, Andy on 18, and we turn now to Andy.
17:03Andy, letters game.
17:05Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Andy.
17:07Q And a vowel.
17:10O And another vowel.
17:12E And a consonant.
17:15M And a consonant.
17:17G And another consonant.
17:20T And a vowel.
17:23U And a consonant.
17:26N And a final consonant, please.
17:28And a final K.
17:30Tan-tan.
17:56TAN-TAN
18:02Andy, six.
18:04Yes, Chris? Six.
18:06Andy? Tongue.
18:08And? Nutmeg.
18:10And nutmeg. Excellent.
18:12Very good. Very nice. Anything else?
18:14I had a quote which was only five,
18:16but they were our two sixes, weren't they? Tongue and nutmeg.
18:19Yeah, they absolutely were. Thank you.
18:21All right. 44, please. 24, Chris. Letters game.
18:25Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Chris.
18:27G And another.
18:31S And another.
18:34G And a vowel, please.
18:37O And another.
18:39E And another.
18:42I And a consonant, please.
18:45X Another consonant.
18:48P And a vowel, please.
18:54And the last one, O.
18:56Stand by.
19:23Chris? Six.
19:30Andy? Just a five.
19:32Your five? Poxes.
19:34Now then, Chris.
19:36Expose.
19:38Oh, it's only one E, isn't there?
19:40Yeah, it's one.
19:41Bad luck. Sorry.
19:43Bad luck. Now then. Helen?
19:46Googies is in there, which is a seven-letter Australian word.
19:51Australian words for an egg.
19:53It's more like a child's name for an egg, really.
19:55A googie. Googies.
19:57And together the googies are poggies,
20:00and they are small Arctic whales.
20:03Well, that's a strange word, but poggy, yes.
20:06So two sevens there. Thank you. Poggies and googies.
20:09All right. 44, please. 29.
20:12And it's Andy's numbers game.
20:14One large and five small again, please, Rachel.
20:16Thank you, Andy. One large, five little coming up.
20:19And this time your small numbers are ten, seven, eight,
20:24another eight and another seven, and the big one, 50.
20:28And the target to reach, 873.
20:31873.
20:49MUSIC PLAYS
21:03Andy? 873.
21:05873, Chris? 878.
21:07878. Andy?
21:10Ten plus seven is 17.
21:12Ten plus seven, 17.
21:14Times 50. Times 50, 850.
21:16And then I've just added the other numbers that are left.
21:19And you've got another seven, eight and an eight.
21:22Lovely.
21:24Well done.
21:26Well done.
21:28So, 44 plays 39. Close run thing now.
21:31Let's have our second Tea Time teaser, which is some nine.
21:35And the clue, some nine different people
21:37were in the running for the award.
21:39Some nine different people were in the running for the award.
21:43MUSIC PLAYS
21:46APPLAUSE
22:00Welcome back. I left with the clue,
22:02some nine different people were in the running for the award.
22:05They were, of course, nominees.
22:09The answer is nominees.
22:11So, 44 to 39, Chris just in the lead.
22:14Make sure there's a game.
22:16Consonant, please, Rachel.
22:18Thank you, Chris. B.
22:20And another.
22:22S.
22:24And another.
22:26N.
22:28And a vowel, please.
22:30I.
22:32And another.
22:34E.
22:36And another.
22:38U.
22:40And a consonant.
22:42T.
22:44And a final vowel, please.
22:46And a final A.
22:48Here's the Countdown Clock.
22:50MUSIC PLAYS
23:12MUSIC STOPS
23:22Yes, Chris?
23:23Seven.
23:24A seven, Andy?
23:25Just a six.
23:26Your six?
23:27Tribes.
23:28Now then, Chris.
23:29Banters.
23:31Banters.
23:32Yes.
23:33Can we beat banters?
23:35Yes.
23:36It was rich in big words, actually.
23:38We've got turbines for eight.
23:40Yes.
23:41And urbanites for eight.
23:43And urbanites was hiding in there for nine.
23:47Wow! Urbanites.
23:49Well done.
23:54An urbanite.
23:56Yes.
23:57A person who lives in a town or city.
23:59Quite, yeah.
24:00An urbanite.
24:0151 plays 39.
24:02Andy, your letters game.
24:04Consonant, please, Rachel.
24:05Thank you, Andy.
24:06S.
24:07And a vowel.
24:09And a consonant.
24:11P.
24:12And a vowel.
24:14I.
24:15And a consonant.
24:17R.
24:18And another consonant.
24:20W.
24:21And a vowel.
24:23O.
24:24And a consonant.
24:26S.
24:27And a final vowel, please.
24:29And a final A.
24:31Countdown.
24:33MUSIC PLAYS
24:39MUSIC CONTINUES
25:02Andy?
25:03Just a five.
25:04Five, Chris?
25:05Yeah, five as well.
25:06Andy?
25:07Spurs.
25:08And Chris?
25:09Pious.
25:10Pious.
25:11Yeah.
25:12Good word. Helen?
25:13Ripsaws for seven.
25:15A ripsaw?
25:16Ripsaw, with the W.
25:18That's very good, yeah.
25:19A coarse saw for cutting wood along the grain.
25:21You've probably got one of those.
25:23Possibly.
25:24Not that you know of.
25:26I don't think I've ever used one.
25:28A ripsaw?
25:29Ripsaw.
25:30Yeah, I get it. Thank you.
25:3256 to 44, Susie.
25:34Step forward.
25:36It's your origins of words,
25:38much-loved origins of words.
25:40Well, I think I might have told you
25:43about the wonderful historical thesaurus,
25:45which is an adjunct to the Oxford English Dictionary,
25:48and it's basically taking all the concepts and all the words
25:51from right across the centuries
25:53and giving us synonyms not just from the present day
25:56but also from historical times.
25:58And Oxford dictionaries have collected lots of words
26:01gathered together in one particular theme,
26:04and chatterbox was one of the most productive ones.
26:07So we've been talking about gossipy people
26:09for a very, very long time.
26:11Gossip itself coming from god Sib.
26:14It was originally a godmother or a godparent
26:17who stood at the birth,
26:19literally attended the birth of a woman,
26:22quite a long time ago,
26:24and was then clearly thought to enjoy a good natter afterwards,
26:28and so god Sib became gossip and has the meaning we have today.
26:31But just to sample, there's blatteroon, chattermag, clatterfart,
26:35earbasher, flibbertigibber,
26:37which was one of the first meanings of that,
26:40palaverer, bagpipe, blabberer, etc.
26:43A whole host of synonyms for chatterbox.
26:45But actually the idea of talking
26:47is also behind quite a few everyday words in English too.
26:51So if you take a parlour,
26:53that looks back to medieval monasteries
26:55where silence was strictly enforced
26:57but where one room was set aside
26:59for visits from the outside
27:01where monks could go and chat to their relatives or their friends.
27:06This room was called parlour,
27:08coming from the French parler,
27:10meaning to speak or to talk.
27:12And by Chaucer's time parlours had left not just monasteries
27:16but also came to describe rooms in private dwellings
27:19where families would gather.
27:21They were particularly important for funerals and weddings
27:23and feast days and that sort of thing.
27:25But that French parler goes back to the Greek parabole,
27:30which also gave us parable, of course,
27:33and that actually meant in Greek thrown together
27:35because it was an allegorical tale
27:38that was, if you like, thrown alongside the truth
27:42so that the truth would emerge through this sort of series of symbols.
27:45It's behind palaver as well, sort of idle chatter,
27:49and parliament, of course.
27:50Parliament, the literal meaning of that is a talking shop.
27:53And finally, parole.
27:55That was a promise by a prisoner of war originally
27:59to stand by his word,
28:01which was to honour the codes of conduct that had been prescribed to him.
28:06But words and chattering and talking
28:08are behind an awful lot of English words.
28:10We are a very chattery lot.
28:12Fantastic.
28:19Well done, Susie, as ever. Perfect.
28:22Let's play, it's 44, and you're on 44,
28:25and it's Chris's letters game now.
28:27Consonant, please, Rachel.
28:28Thank you, Chris.
28:30F
28:31And a vowel.
28:33E
28:34And a consonant.
28:36R
28:37And a vowel.
28:39O
28:40And a consonant.
28:42N
28:44And a consonant.
28:46L
28:47Vowel, please.
28:50A
28:52A consonant.
28:54T
28:56And finish with a vowel, please.
28:58And finish with E.
29:00Stand by.
29:20MUSIC
29:33Yes, Chris?
29:35Just a six.
29:36A six. Andy?
29:37Seven.
29:38Chris?
29:39Or an eight.
29:40Andy?
29:41Floater.
29:42And floater.
29:44Yes, very good.
29:46What else have we got now? Helen?
29:49Reflate.
29:51That's seven, isn't it?
29:52Yes.
29:53It's a term from economics, it's all about expanding the economy.
29:56Frontal is also there. Lots of sevens.
29:59Thank you. All right.
30:00So, 56 to 51.
30:02My word, we're heading in the direction of something
30:04that could be crucial here.
30:06Chris on 56, Andy 51,
30:09and it's Andy's last letters game.
30:12Consonant, please, Rachel.
30:13Thank you, Andy.
30:14D
30:15And a vowel.
30:16U
30:17And a consonant.
30:19L
30:20And another consonant.
30:22M
30:23And a vowel.
30:25A
30:26And a consonant.
30:28H
30:29And a vowel.
30:31O
30:32And a consonant.
30:34T
30:35And a final vowel, please.
30:36And a final I.
30:39Countdown.
30:41MUSIC
30:48MUSIC CONTINUES
31:10Andy?
31:11Just a five.
31:12A five, Chris?
31:13Five.
31:14Andy?
31:15Mould.
31:16Both of you?
31:17Same.
31:18Mould.
31:20Now, then, Helen?
31:22We found mould, but also, at the last minute, diatom,
31:25which is six.
31:27Diatom.
31:28Yes, diatom.
31:29A term from biology, all about algae,
31:32planktonic algae particularly.
31:35Diatom.
31:36And also, for six letters, mahout.
31:38A ride of an elephant.
31:40Oh, yeah.
31:41A mahout.
31:42A mahout. All right.
31:43So, Andy on 56, Chris on 61,
31:45it's your last numbers game.
31:47One from the top and five small, please.
31:49Thank you, Chris.
31:50Last chance to avoid a crucial conundrum.
31:52These five little ones are...
31:5410,
31:553,
31:564,
31:572,
31:589,
31:59and the big one, 100.
32:01And the target...
32:02791.
32:03791.
32:05MUSIC
32:16MUSIC
32:35Yes, Chris?
32:36791.
32:37Andy?
32:38791.
32:39Thank you, Chris.
32:412 x 4 x 100?
32:43800.
32:44And take the 9.
32:45Yeah, nice and straightforward, 791.
32:47Andy?
32:48Slightly different way, I did 10 minus 2 is 8,
32:51times the 100, and then minus the 9.
32:53Yeah, perfect.
32:54There we go, well done.
32:56APPLAUSE
32:59So, 71 plays 66,
33:01which means only one thing, that we're now moving into the final round,
33:05and it's a crucial conundrum round.
33:07So, things on buzzers, let's roll that crucial countdown conundrum.
33:12BUZZER
33:17Chris?
33:18Soldering?
33:20Let's see whether you're right.
33:22Soldering.
33:24Soldering, well done.
33:26APPLAUSE
33:33Good competition.
33:34It was.
33:35Well done. Well done, Chris Sinclair.
33:37Andy, bad luck. You gave him a run for his money.
33:41You know, chasing him all the way.
33:43So, back to Barnsley in your great job as a trading standards officer,
33:47keeping people in line and not making false and exaggerated
33:51and cheating claims.
33:52That's correct, yeah.
33:53Good job, yeah.
33:54You take this goody bag with you.
33:56Thank you.
33:57Well done.
33:58Chris, we shall see you tomorrow.
33:59Well done, good win.
34:00Thank you.
34:01Good win indeed.
34:02And we have to say goodbye to you now.
34:04Well, it's been...
34:05You come back and see us again soon, it's always a pleasure.
34:08I will.
34:09And great game as well.
34:10Well...
34:11And great stories too.
34:12Thank you very much.
34:13I'll have to think of some more stories for you for next time.
34:15Indeed.
34:16But it's always really good fun, thank you for having me.
34:18All right.
34:19We shall see you tomorrow, Susie.
34:20See you tomorrow, Nick.
34:21Of course we shall.
34:22All right.
34:23Excellent stuff, two good players.
34:24Two very good players.
34:25But we shall be seeing Chris Sinclair tomorrow.
34:27Indeed.
34:28Indeed.
34:29And I'll be seeing you and you all at home, same time,
34:31same place, you'll be sure of it, a very good afternoon.
34:34APPLAUSE
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34:50We head for the hills tonight.
34:52Argyle and Bute is where it's at.
34:54Penelope Keith's Hidden Villages continues at eight.
34:57And you may think those morph suits are pretty wild,
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35:03The world of Weir is at ten on four.