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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:20APPLAUSE
00:32Hello, welcome to Countdown.
00:34On this day in 1949, the first laundrette opened in Britain,
00:39and by the 80s there were about 12,500 laundrettes,
00:44and now probably 2,000.
00:48Before your time, Rachel, they were a real hub for mothers
00:52and babies to get out and meet somebody else.
00:55I know that very first one you're talking about is still there
00:58along Queensway.
00:59It's proudly displayed on their header,
01:01the first coin laundrette in England.
01:04Wow!
01:05Still going, not like some of the ones in New York
01:07where they're all trendy, where they look like a laundrette
01:09and then you get to go in and have a little speakeasy cocktail
01:12bar around the back.
01:13That's true.
01:14Proper London laundrette.
01:15Let's meet our contestants.
01:17Aaron, who works in Salford, but is from where?
01:21From Doncaster, originally.
01:23Are you? And what do you do?
01:25I'm a HR shed service team leader.
01:28You know I don't know what that is.
01:31So, basically, we look after the HR admin for a big company.
01:36We look after everything from processing the starters
01:39and the levers, all the way through the process,
01:41and most importantly, making sure that they're paid correctly.
01:44And are you qualified for HR?
01:46Yeah, I got a 2-2 at uni in Lincoln.
01:49So you did a lot of drinking, did you?
01:51Yeah, plenty.
01:54And Jane, hello.
01:55Hello, Anne.
01:56Where are you from?
01:57I'm from Swindon.
01:58Oh, I live near Swindon.
02:00Do you like being in Swindon?
02:01Yes, yeah, I've been there, what now, 34 years.
02:05Have you? And what do you do?
02:06Yes, I work in the reprographics department
02:08of the local college.
02:09Are you married?
02:10Yes, married to Steve.
02:12How long have you been married to Steve?
02:1442 years this year.
02:17That's very good going.
02:19Have you always watched Countdown?
02:20Yes, we saw the first episode in 1982.
02:24Who, you and Steve?
02:25Yeah.
02:26And how long have you been married then?
02:27Two years.
02:28You probably watched it holding hands then, didn't you?
02:31Don't actually remember that.
02:32You need a pencil and paper to write everything down.
02:34Oh, OK.
02:35Round of applause for our contestants.
02:38Hi, Susie.
02:39Hi, Anne.
02:40And hello to Michael Crick, ace television political reporter.
02:45We always remember you doorstepping at by-elections.
02:49Author of a very new biography of Nigel Farage
02:53and, of course, a completely devoted Manchester United fan.
02:57Absolutely.
02:58Yeah, we'll be talking in a minute.
03:00Let's get on with the first game.
03:02Aaron, your letters.
03:04Hi, Rachel.
03:05Hi, Aaron.
03:06I'll have a vowel, please.
03:07Thank you.
03:08Start the week with I.
03:10And another one.
03:12A.
03:13And a third.
03:15A.
03:16And a consonant, please.
03:18R.
03:19One more.
03:21W.
03:22Third consonant.
03:24P.
03:26One more consonant.
03:28C.
03:29Vowel, please.
03:31U.
03:33And a final consonant.
03:36A final N.
03:38Let's play Countdown.
04:03MUSIC PLAYS
04:11Aaron?
04:12Five.
04:13Jane?
04:14Six.
04:15What's your five, Aaron?
04:16Panic.
04:17Jane?
04:18Unwrap.
04:19Yes, well spotted.
04:20Tough selection to begin with.
04:22What have you done, Michael?
04:24I'm afraid I only got five. Prawn.
04:26Just one other six to be had, I think.
04:28Unpair.
04:29Ah, OK. Thank you.
04:31Jane, your letters.
04:32Hi. Could I have a consonant, please?
04:34You can indeed. Thank you, Jane.
04:36H.
04:38Consonant, please.
04:40L.
04:41And another one.
04:43F.
04:45Vowel, please.
04:47A.
04:48And another one.
04:50E.
04:51And another.
04:53U.
04:54And a consonant.
04:56S.
04:58And another one.
05:00R.
05:02And a vowel, please.
05:05And the last one.
05:06I.
05:07Time starts now.
05:09MUSIC PLAYS
05:31MUSIC STOPS
05:39Jane?
05:40Eight.
05:41Aaron?
05:42Eight as well.
05:43Jane?
05:44Flashier.
05:45Yeah, same.
05:47Very good indeed.
05:49APPLAUSE
05:51Over in the corner.
05:53Well, I only got lifers.
05:55Yeah.
05:56That's only six.
05:57Yes, they are definitely there.
05:59Failures is another eight.
06:01Oh!
06:02And hauliers, too.
06:04Thanks, Susie.
06:05Aaron, your numbers.
06:06Can I have one big and the rest small, please?
06:08You can indeed.
06:09One large, five little, the popular choice.
06:13And for the first time this week, they are six, seven, five, three,
06:19ten and the large one, 100.
06:21And your target.
06:23562.
06:25562.
06:56Aaron?
06:58563.
06:59OK.
07:00Jane?
07:01563 as well.
07:02Aaron?
07:03So 100 x 5 is 500.
07:05Yeah.
07:066 x 10 is 60.
07:09And then just add on the three.
07:11Yeah.
07:12One away.
07:13Well done.
07:14Jane?
07:15Exactly the same.
07:16Yeah.
07:17Rachel?
07:18Lots of dead ends, but with this one,
07:20we said 100 minus 3, 97.
07:23Times that by 6 for 582.
07:27And then 7 minus 5 is 2.
07:29Times that by 10 for 20 to take off 562.
07:33APPLAUSE
07:37First teaser.
07:39Real bits, real bits and the clue.
07:42The cat isn't happy, look at its fur.
07:45The cat isn't happy, look at its fur.
07:48See you in a minute.
07:57APPLAUSE
08:04I left you with the clue.
08:06The cat isn't happy, look at its fur.
08:08And the answer is a bristle.
08:11Susie?
08:12Yeah, it's a really pithy adjective, this one.
08:14It simply means having your hair standing on end.
08:17Or a cat. A cat's fur is a bristle.
08:20Thank you.
08:21The scores are 15-21.
08:24And, Jane, it's your letters.
08:27Consonant, please.
08:28Thank you, Jane.
08:30G.
08:31And another one.
08:33B.
08:34And a third.
08:36N.
08:37And a vowel, please.
08:39E.
08:40And another one.
08:42A.
08:43And another one.
08:45O.
08:47And a consonant.
08:49S.
08:51And another one.
08:53M.
08:55And a vowel, please.
08:57And, lastly, E.
08:5930 seconds.
09:15MUSIC
09:31Jane?
09:32Only five.
09:33Aaron?
09:34Seven.
09:35What's your five, Jane?
09:36Bangs.
09:37Aaron?
09:38Be-moans.
09:39Very nice. Yes, well done.
09:41Well spotted.
09:42In the corner.
09:43Nose bag.
09:45Very good.
09:46Yeah, that's a great seven.
09:48A couple more sevens.
09:49Menages and mangos.
09:51Thank you.
09:52Aaron, how old are you?
09:54I'm 31.
09:55Are you?
09:56You're sort of baby 31.
09:58I've always had the baby face.
10:00And you can't have been watching Countdown as long as Jane.
10:03How long have you been watching it?
10:05Well, my grandparents used to look after me when I was at school.
10:08I used to always go round there and watch it every afternoon
10:11with my grandma.
10:12Oh, so quite a long time, then.
10:14Yes, since about six.
10:15Good.
10:16Your letters.
10:17I'll have a consonant, please, Rachel.
10:19Thank you, Aaron.
10:20T.
10:21And another one.
10:23R.
10:25And a vowel.
10:27E.
10:28And another vowel.
10:30A.
10:32And a consonant.
10:34H.
10:35And another one.
10:37N.
10:38And a vowel, please.
10:42O.
10:43And a consonant.
10:45D.
10:47And a final consonant.
10:50Final...
10:51W.
10:52Off you go.
11:13BUZZER
11:24Aaron?
11:25Seven.
11:26Jane?
11:27Six.
11:28What's your six?
11:29Reef.
11:30Aaron?
11:31Donator.
11:33It is a donator, I'm afraid.
11:36You need two Os there, Aaron. I'm sorry about that.
11:39In the corner.
11:40Wanted, either with an A or an O, I think.
11:44Yes, absolutely fine.
11:45What's your six?
11:46Wanted with the O is nice. It means habitual or usual.
11:49That's a nice one.
11:50Throned is there for seven, Anne.
11:52And there is an eight with Danewort.
11:54And Danewort is an elder with a strong smell
11:58and berries yielding a blue dye,
12:00but named after the legend that the plant sprang up
12:03where Danish blood was spilt in battle.
12:05Thank you.
12:07Jane, your numbers.
12:09One from the top and any other five, please.
12:11Another one big five little combo coming up for you.
12:14Thank you, Jane.
12:15And this time they are seven, ten, six, three, nine,
12:21and the big one, 100 again.
12:23Your target... Oh, no.
12:25115.
12:281-1-5.
12:39MUSIC PLAYS
13:02Jane.
13:03115.
13:04Good. Aaron.
13:05Yeah, 1-1-5.
13:06Jane.
13:07100 plus nine plus six.
13:09Yes.
13:10Rachel's not even getting up.
13:12Aaron.
13:13Yeah, exactly the same way.
13:15I believe you.
13:18Michael Crick, ace political reporter on television.
13:22He's just written a biography of Nigel Farage.
13:26But I wanted to talk to you first about all those years
13:30you were doorstepping at by-elections.
13:32I remember you.
13:33Actually, it's the first time I've seen you without a tie
13:36because you always wore a suit,
13:38and you were chasing with a film crew down a street
13:43to ask an awkward question of a candidate, weren't you?
13:47Yeah, I loved doing it.
13:49It was a sort of sport, really.
13:51Those by-elections are interesting, aren't they?
13:54Because often the by-election is not the same
13:59as a general election in someone can get voted in
14:02and then lose the seat.
14:05Oh, yes, and they're full of shocks.
14:07Of course, traditionally, it's where the Liberal Democrats
14:10or the Liberals before them always used to make progress,
14:13and they'd always think,
14:14we're on our way now, we're on our way to government.
14:16And, of course, UKIP, six or seven years ago,
14:19they won a couple of by-elections as well,
14:21and they gained momentum through that.
14:24They're regular tests of public opinion,
14:26and the parties put a huge amount of efforts into them,
14:29and then they have to work the seat really, really hard.
14:33But it is very easy to lose it again
14:35at the subsequent general election, yeah.
14:37Of all your doorstepping,
14:39what do you think most memorable to you of that time?
14:42Well, the favourite, my favourite, actually,
14:44is when William Hague got the better of me.
14:46I was doing a by-election in West Bromwich, I think.
14:49It was about 20 years ago.
14:50And there I was, chasing him down the street,
14:52Mr Hague, Mr Hague, Mr Hague, Mr Hague,
14:54and he wouldn't turn to me, he wouldn't engage at all.
14:57Mr Hague, Mr Hague.
14:58And then suddenly he stopped and he said,
15:00Hang on a moment, everybody.
15:02Everybody stop. Michael here.
15:04Michael's got a very important question he wants to ask me.
15:07Hang on a moment.
15:08Just stop talking amongst yourselves, will you?
15:10Just listen to Michael's question.
15:12He's got an incredibly important question.
15:14He's been putting a lot of thought into this question,
15:16haven't you, Michael?
15:17And then he said, Now, Michael, what is your question?
15:20And, of course, given that kind of build-up,
15:23I was totally deflated,
15:26and I can't remember what my pathetic question was,
15:29but he got the better of me.
15:31And, you know, well done him.
15:33I mean, he was an extraordinary politician in his day,
15:35but he came ahead of his time.
15:37You know, he was leader far too young and retired far too early.
15:41But very, very clever man.
15:44I'm going to talk to you tomorrow
15:46about your new biography on Nital Farage,
15:50but thank you to Michael Crick.
15:52APPLAUSE
15:57Scores 32-37.
15:59Aaron, your letters.
16:01Consonant, please, Rachel.
16:03Thank you, Aaron. V.
16:05And another one.
16:07R.
16:08And a vowel.
16:11U.
16:12And one more.
16:14E.
16:15And a consonant, please.
16:17M.
16:18And one more.
16:20C.
16:21And a vowel.
16:23A.
16:25And a consonant.
16:27T.
16:29And a final...
16:32..consonant.
16:34A final...
16:35G.
16:36Start the clock.
16:56CLOCK TICKS
17:08Aaron?
17:09Six.
17:10Jane?
17:11Just five.
17:12What's your five?
17:13Grave.
17:14Aaron?
17:15Acuter.
17:16Um, it would have to be specified because it's more than one syllable
17:19and it's not Aaron, I'm afraid.
17:21Sorry, dictionary's not being friendly today.
17:23But we like you taking a risk.
17:25It's not benefiting me.
17:27Sorry.
17:28In the corner.
17:29Caver.
17:31Yes.
17:32Yes, um, curate is there.
17:34And actually, you can put the V in there and have curvate,
17:36which means curved, simply.
17:38Ah, OK.
17:39Jane, I know you're looking fine and well,
17:42but you've had quite an experience, haven't you?
17:44I did, yes.
17:45Yeah, back in March 2018,
17:47I was diagnosed with a thankfully benign brain tumour,
17:51which ended up with me having to have emergency surgery, basically.
17:55How long did you have between the scan?
17:57So you knew you had a brain tumour in the actual operation?
18:00Two days.
18:01Yeah.
18:02So you might have thought there wasn't much time left for you.
18:06Indeed, yes.
18:07What did you do in that two days?
18:09Not a lot.
18:11But what did you think?
18:13I can't remember actually thinking very much, really, to be honest.
18:16Have you gone on having to have treatment?
18:19Um, so what was left, they zapped for six weeks
18:22and that's hopefully contained it
18:24and I now have to have yearly scans to make sure
18:26that everything's as it should be.
18:28Well, you look very well today.
18:29Thank you, Anne.
18:30Your letters.
18:31Could I have a consonant, please?
18:33Thank you, Jane.
18:34R.
18:36And another one, please.
18:38S.
18:39And another one.
18:41T.
18:42And a vowel.
18:44E.
18:46And another vowel.
18:48E.
18:49And another one.
18:51I.
18:53And a consonant.
18:55X.
18:57And another consonant.
18:59T.
19:02And a final vowel, please.
19:04A final...
19:06Another E.
19:07Good luck.
19:18MUSIC PLAYS
19:39Jane.
19:40Hopefully a seven.
19:41Aaron.
19:42Hopefully a seven as well.
19:44Jane.
19:45Textas.
19:46Aaron.
19:47Exista.
19:48Yes, Exista is in, I did check that
19:50and glad to say Texta is in too.
19:52Yeah, both very good.
19:54In the corner.
19:55Well, I had Exista as well, so I'm glad it's allowed.
19:58It is, excellent.
19:59And one more seven to add to the mix is testia.
20:02More cantankerous.
20:03Aaron, your numbers.
20:05One large and brusque more, please, Rachel.
20:07Thank you, Aaron.
20:08One from the top and five little for third time today.
20:13And this round is six, three, five, ten, eight,
20:19and the large one, 25.
20:21And your target, 189.
20:24189.
20:26MUSIC PLAYS
20:44MUSIC STOPS
20:56Aaron.
20:57189.
20:58Good.
20:59Jane.
21:00189.
21:01Aaron.
21:0225 times by eight is 200.
21:04200.
21:05Minus a six, minus a five.
21:07Straightforward, that one.
21:08Jane.
21:09Yeah, basically the same, yeah.
21:12Yeah.
21:13APPLAUSE
21:16Second teaser.
21:17Dice, golf.
21:19Dice, golf, and the clue.
21:21If you're eating this, you'll get a bit of stick.
21:24If you're eating this, you'll get a bit of stick.
21:26See you in a minute.
21:27MUSIC PLAYS
21:35APPLAUSE
21:42I left you with the clue.
21:44If you're eating this, you'll get a bit of stick.
21:47And the answer is fudgicle.
21:50Mm, sounds delicious.
21:52I knew about popsicle, but not fudgicle.
21:54It's a type of chocolate-flavoured ice lolly in the US.
21:57Well, every day's a day at school.
21:59I certainly didn't know that.
22:01The scores are 49-59.
22:04And it's your letters, Jane.
22:06Consonant, please.
22:08Thank you, Jane.
22:09D.
22:10And another one.
22:12S.
22:13And another one.
22:15V.
22:16And a vowel.
22:18O.
22:19And another one.
22:20A.
22:21And another one.
22:23A.
22:24And a consonant.
22:26P.
22:27And another one.
22:29N.
22:32And another vowel, please.
22:35And lastly, E.
22:37Start the clock.
22:39♪
23:09Jane.
23:10Six.
23:11Aaron.
23:12I'll stick with six.
23:13Jane.
23:14Soaked.
23:15Aaron.
23:16Exactly the same.
23:18In the corner.
23:20Well, I only got ponds five, but I'm sure Susie's got something better.
23:24I don't know if this is the one that you were toying with, Aaron,
23:27but it's a good old countdown word, this one.
23:29Dapsone.
23:31And dapsone is a sulphur compound used in the treatment of leprosy.
23:35OK.
23:36Aaron, now, you're a team leader.
23:38Yes.
23:39And if I was in your team and it's Monday morning,
23:43what would you be saying to me?
23:47I think it's all about keeping that atmosphere going in the team
23:50and making sure everybody's getting on.
23:52Well, I'm not getting on with anyone, so what would you be saying to me?
23:56Well, we might have to take another path in that case.
23:58Do I get a yellow card?
24:01Depends on what you've done, how you've acted, Anne.
24:05OK, your letters.
24:07We'll have a consonant, please, Rachel.
24:09Thank you, Aaron.
24:10F.
24:11And another one.
24:14L.
24:15And a vowel.
24:17E.
24:18And a vowel.
24:20O.
24:21And a consonant.
24:23M.
24:24And a vowel.
24:27A.
24:28And a consonant.
24:30B.
24:32And a vowel.
24:34E.
24:36And a final consonant, please.
24:38Final...
24:39D.
24:40Time starts now.
25:02MUSIC PLAYS
25:12Aaron.
25:13Er, six.
25:14Jane.
25:15A risky seven.
25:16Aaron.
25:17Er, flamed.
25:18Jane.
25:19I'm hoping you can put a B in it for flambéed.
25:22Aw!
25:23And you said seven, didn't you?
25:26If you'd put another E in for the H, you could have flambéed,
25:30because that's how you spell it, with a double E,
25:32and one of them's got the acute accent.
25:34I'm so sorry.
25:35Oh, dear, I made that mistake as well.
25:37So, it's a double E?
25:39It's a double E, yes.
25:40So, to cover food with spirits, set them alight, is to flambé it,
25:44and flambéed with a double E is the past tense.
25:46Oh!
25:47But, yeah, I'm really sorry.
25:48You both got it right, but we didn't know how to spell it!
25:51Yeah, and that's all I can offer.
25:53Bad luck.
25:54Sorry.
25:55And over to Suzy.
25:57I had an email from Annette Christie in Hellensburgh,
26:00who has often wondered about the word articulated
26:03and its use in our language.
26:04Firstly, says Annette,
26:06we see articulated lorries on our roads every day,
26:09but we can also say he articulated his thoughts on the matter.
26:12What is the root of the word articulate
26:14and why is it used in so many different ways?
26:17And it's a really good question.
26:19And articulate, to begin with, was borrowed from the Romans,
26:22as so much was, and the Latin articulatus.
26:25And that meant uttered distinctly or expressed very clearly.
26:29So articulare really was to make very distinct sounds.
26:33So if you hold that in your mind
26:35about the kind of distinct parts of a sentence, for example,
26:38if you're articulating a sentence,
26:40that will give you a clue, the idea about dividing into parts
26:43and then uttering sounds very clearly.
26:45So that gives you being articulate
26:47because you are being very clear and expressive
26:50and, you know, articulating your argument.
26:52What about the articulated lorry?
26:54Well, the key here, again, is distinct parts
26:56because an articulated lorry has two or more sections, doesn't it,
26:59which are connected by a flexible joint,
27:01but the idea, again, is that there are many parts to it.
27:04So that's to articulate and it does make sense, as I say,
27:07if you go back to its etymology.
27:09And I thought I'd just very quickly tell you about lorry and truck
27:12because truck in particular I really like.
27:14Lorry was first recorded in 1838
27:17and it was all about the railroads in those days
27:19and not about the vehicles we see on our motorways today.
27:22And it probably comes from a dialect word, lorry,
27:25which simply means to pull or tug.
27:28And the first use of the sense that we know today is 1911.
27:32But truck is much, much older.
27:35The trucks we use on the roads today,
27:37they take their name from ancient Greece
27:39and a trucker, T-R-O-C-H-U-S,
27:41was a wheel or a hoop that was used in athletic games.
27:45So if you imagine something like a hula hoop, really,
27:48being used in quite competitive games and sports.
27:51And when it first entered English as truck,
27:53it meant a small wooden wheel or a pulley.
27:56So, again, there's something that's sort of pulled or revolved.
27:59And it was especially a pulley that was attached to a vehicle
28:02used for hauling heavy items.
28:04And eventually truck was transferred from that pulley,
28:07from the wheel, to the vehicles themselves.
28:09Thank you, Susie. You're very welcome.
28:11APPLAUSE
28:15Jane, your letters.
28:17Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Jane.
28:20L.
28:22And another one.
28:24T.
28:25And a third one.
28:27G.
28:28And a vowel.
28:31I.
28:32And another one.
28:34O.
28:35And a third.
28:38E.
28:39A consonant, please.
28:41M.
28:43And another one.
28:45R.
28:49And a vowel, please.
28:52Lastly, E.
28:5430 seconds.
29:19MUSIC
29:26Jane.
29:27Only a five.
29:29Aaron.
29:30Six.
29:31Good, you're five, Jane.
29:32Timer.
29:33Aaron.
29:34Loiter.
29:35Yes. Yep, very good.
29:37In the corner.
29:39Yes, just six is for me. Regime, for example.
29:42But my colleague to the right has motley-er, which is brilliant.
29:46And actually, if you put an E in that, you can have a motely-er,
29:49which is a motel owner.
29:51I didn't know that. Well done, you two.
29:54This is very close game.
29:56Aaron, you've managed to get two points ahead and it's your letters.
30:00Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Aaron.
30:03N. And a vowel.
30:05I.
30:07And a consonant.
30:09L.
30:10A consonant.
30:12T.
30:13And a vowel.
30:15E.
30:16Another vowel.
30:18O.
30:20A consonant, please.
30:22K.
30:24A consonant.
30:26G.
30:28And a final consonant.
30:30A final S.
30:32Time starts now.
30:34MUSIC
30:45MUSIC CONTINUES
31:03Aaron.
31:04Seven.
31:05Jane.
31:06Seven.
31:07Aaron, your seven.
31:08Stoking.
31:09Jane.
31:10Same word.
31:12Yeah. In the corner.
31:14Oh, I'm pathetic. Kings. I should have done better than that.
31:17You can have kings, but actually you can extend that
31:19to get an eight with kinglets.
31:21Kinglets are minor kings.
31:23I wasn't aware of that word! No.
31:25Quite handy, that one.
31:27Thanks, Susie.
31:28Penultimate round.
31:30There is only two points between you, all to play for.
31:34Jane, your numbers.
31:36One large and only five small, please.
31:39Playing it safe-ish, going for that crucial conundrum.
31:42Yes.
31:43That's anyone's game.
31:45Last numbers today are four, three, nine, five,
31:49eight and a big one, 50.
31:51And your target.
31:53Oh, 931.
31:55931.
31:57MUSIC
32:12MUSIC
32:28Jane. No, I've lost it.
32:30Aaron. I've lost it as well.
32:32Oh, dear.
32:34Rachel.
32:35Oh, we've definitely got a crucial conundrum coming up,
32:38but in the meanwhile, you could have said 50 plus five.
32:4155.
32:42Eight plus nine, 17,
32:44times those two together for 935,
32:47and take away the four,
32:49but this one was clearly just for my own amusement.
32:52Well done.
32:56The scores remain 74-72.
33:00Either of you could win.
33:03Fingers on buzzers.
33:05Please reveal today's crucial countdown conundrum.
33:11MUSIC
33:20Aaron.
33:21Incumbent.
33:22Let's have a look.
33:24APPLAUSE
33:30Well done.
33:31Jane.
33:32Jane, I'm so sorry. It was so close.
33:35It was.
33:36It's very nerve-wracking when it's so close.
33:38Thank you for being here.
33:39Thank you.
33:40Aaron.
33:41Yeah?
33:42Is your nan still with us?
33:44She is, she is.
33:45Well, she'll be very proud, won't she?
33:47Oh, she'll be loving watching this.
33:49We'll see you again tomorrow.
33:50Thank you. Cheers.
33:52Susie, thank you.
33:54And, Michael, I'll be talking to you tomorrow
33:56about your biography of Nigel Farage.
33:59Excellent.
34:00You can tell you support the wrong red team.
34:02You've got a man who's written Sir Alex Ferguson's biography
34:05and you're asking about Farage.
34:07Come on, then. Back up your ideas.
34:10Who's Alex Ferguson?
34:12He's this little Scottish guy.
34:14He'll be watching, he'll be angry now.
34:16Don't make him angry.
34:17Thank you for watching. See you again tomorrow. Bye.
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