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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:03CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
00:30CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
00:33Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:36For all those who love food, what a week you've got in store for you,
00:39because it's a real foodies week.
00:42To begin with, it's National Curry Week,
00:45so all those people who love a good curry, a madras or whatever else,
00:49are in for a real treat.
00:51But, and this is the amusing thing, Rachel,
00:54there's obviously been a bit of a mix-up in the marketing community
00:58because it's also Chocolate Week.
01:00And I want you to half-close your eyes and envisage the scene
01:03when the curry brigade ring up the chocolate brigade and said,
01:06how dare you? This is our week.
01:09And the chocolate brigade said, well, we want it too.
01:12And, you know, and then there's a row.
01:14It's always been our week. Can't you see it?
01:16Chocolate and the curry people.
01:18Well, they're separate stomachs, aren't they?
01:20They might well be, but they're all vying for the same pair of eyes.
01:24Well, I have seen curry-flavoured chocolate before.
01:27Curry-flavoured chocolate?
01:29Curry-flavoured chocolate. OK.
01:31And also, if you ever find yourself in Buckingham Gate,
01:34there's a wonderful Indian restaurant there called Quillan.
01:37And with each dish, you have a different beer,
01:41and one of those beers is chocolate-flavoured.
01:44So that's where the curry brigade and the chocolate brigade meet,
01:47as well as in your curry-flavoured chocolate.
01:50I think you can keep both of those, actually.
01:52Yeah?
01:53Yeah, I'll stick to them separately.
01:55All right. Now then, who's bagged Dan's bag after a restful weekend, I hope?
01:59From Kyneton in Warwickshire,
02:01who had three wins last week, breaking the 100-point barrier,
02:04on two occasions. Well done, and it's very good to see you.
02:07Thank you, Nick.
02:08Had a peaceful weekend, I trust?
02:09Um, no.
02:10No? Well, let's see. I'm sure you'll make the best of it.
02:13And you're joined by John Vivian from Sheffield,
02:15a researcher for the Church Army.
02:17Welcome, John. Thank you.
02:18And you've got a cocker spaniel called Oscar.
02:21Nice little chaps, cocker spaniels, aren't they?
02:23Yeah. Yeah, he's nice, yeah. He's 11 months old and...
02:26Lively.
02:27Yeah. Yeah, he gained a bit of fame during the World Cup
02:29because he predicted the outcome of quite a few matches,
02:32and, yeah, he predicted six out of nine results correctly.
02:36How did he manage that, then?
02:37Well, I gave him his dinner in two bowls and just sort of laid them down
02:40and saw which one he went to first.
02:42Really? Did you then rush off to the bookie?
02:45No, but some people did.
02:46Yeah, I always, yeah, asked for...
02:48That's a very valuable dog.
02:50Yeah.
02:51I'd like a word with your dog.
02:52Yeah.
02:53All right, let's have a big round of applause
02:55for John Vivian, his cocker spaniel, Oscar, and Dan McComb.
03:05And over in the corner, are you a chocolate lover or a curry lover?
03:08Both. Both.
03:10I was doing a radio thing the other day
03:12and someone hid a whole chilli inside of truffle.
03:15I haven't cried so much in a very long time.
03:18It was nice to begin with.
03:20All right, well done.
03:21And you're joined by the wonderful Richard Arnold,
03:23journalist, TV and radio presenter.
03:25Good morning, Britain.
03:27We all love to wake up to Richard Arnold.
03:30Turn him on in the morning and there he is.
03:32It's been said many times, Nick.
03:34I'll snatch a compliment for that. Thank you very much indeed.
03:36I did change my number, but I'm thrilled to be back.
03:38Susie is relentless. She'll track you down anywhere.
03:40Indeed.
03:41All right, good to see you.
03:42But now let's get Dan to business.
03:44Dan McComb, take us away.
03:46Hi, I'm Rachel.
03:47Hi, Dan.
03:48Can I have a consonant, please?
03:49Thank you. Start the week with R.
03:52Another one.
03:54T.
03:55One more.
03:57P.
03:58Vowel.
04:00A.
04:01Another vowel.
04:02U.
04:03Vowel.
04:05E.
04:06Consonant.
04:07R.
04:09A vowel.
04:11O.
04:13And a final vowel, please.
04:16And a final E.
04:19And here's the Countdown Clock.
04:47Well done.
04:49Eight.
04:50And eight. And John?
04:52Just a seven.
04:53And that seven?
04:54Rapture.
04:55Rapture. Yes.
04:57Perorate.
04:59Perorate. Absolutely brilliant.
05:02I can tell you that that is there and it means to speak at length.
05:06A peroration.
05:08Yeah.
05:10Yes, well done, Dan.
05:12And the corner now, then.
05:13Richard.
05:14Susie.
05:15It was rapture, wasn't it?
05:16It was rapture.
05:17Quick off the mark.
05:18Yes.
05:19I did quite well there, didn't I?
05:20You did. That was yours within seconds.
05:22That was brilliant. And there's one more, eight. Aperture.
05:24Aperture.
05:25Yes.
05:26Very good. Eight points to Dan. Well done, John.
05:29Letters game.
05:31Hi, Rachel.
05:32Hi, John.
05:33Can I have a consonant, please?
05:34Thank you. Start with J.
05:36And another one.
05:38N.
05:40And another.
05:42F.
05:44And one more.
05:46W.
05:48And a vowel.
05:50A.
05:52And another.
05:53U.
05:55And one more.
05:57E.
05:59And a consonant.
06:01S.
06:03And a final consonant, please.
06:06And a final H.
06:08Countdown.
06:14MUSIC PLAYS
06:41John?
06:42Six.
06:43Yes, Dan?
06:44Six.
06:45John?
06:46Unsafe.
06:47Both unsafe?
06:48Somewhere, yeah.
06:49Are you unsafe, Richard?
06:51Never, Nick. No.
06:54Jeans. We've got jeans.
06:55Yes.
06:56Wings.
06:57Yes.
06:58That was a tough one, wasn't it, Susie?
06:59It was very tough. Lots and lots of fives. You're very good to get six.
07:01There we go. 14 points to John. Six.
07:04So, Dan, how about a numbers game?
07:06Can I have four big, please, Rachel?
07:08You can, Dan. Thank you. Four from the top row
07:10and two little ones to start us off this week.
07:13And these small numbers are ten and eight.
07:16And the large four, as we know, 75, 50, 100 and 25.
07:22And the target, 679.
07:24679.
07:26MUSIC PLAYS
07:40MUSIC CONTINUES
07:58Yes, Dan?
07:59Just 680.
08:01680. John?
08:03Yes. 680.
08:04Both of you. Dan?
08:0675 plus ten times eight.
08:0875 plus ten, 85 times eight.
08:11681 away.
08:13Yes, John?
08:14Yeah, same way.
08:16Just slide it across to Dan.
08:19So, we must turn to Rachel.
08:21Rachel.
08:22I think that's the best possible.
08:24Is that it? Yep.
08:25Oh, so they did well.
08:26They did very well.
08:27All right. 21 plays John's 13.
08:29Now let's go into a tea time teaser, which is Soft Poet.
08:33And the clue, A Thousand Mile Journey, starts with this.
08:37A Thousand Mile Journey starts with this.
08:56Welcome back. I left you with the clue,
08:58A Thousand Mile Journey starts with this.
09:01Starts with a footstep. A footstep.
09:04Now then, 21 to John's 13.
09:06Left again.
09:07Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
09:09Thank you, John.
09:10B
09:11And another, please.
09:14D
09:15And another.
09:18D
09:19And one more.
09:22M
09:24And a vowel.
09:26A
09:27And another.
09:29E
09:30And one more.
09:32I
09:34And a consonant.
09:36L
09:40And a final vowel, please.
09:44And a final O.
09:47Stand by.
10:05Yes, John?
10:07Er, just a six.
10:09Dan?
10:10Seven.
10:11So, John?
10:12Motile.
10:14Dan?
10:15Appropriate for how I'm feeling. Vomited.
10:18Poor Dan. Vomited?
10:21Well, give us a little bit of warning.
10:24Vomited.
10:26Vomited.
10:28Vomited.
10:30Vomited.
10:32Well, give us a little bit of warning.
10:34What about the corner?
10:36As I'm feeling, violated, generally, when I come here.
10:40Um, and, um, the kind of exit I always make, a dovetail.
10:45What sort of exit is that, then?
10:47Well, you dovetail out of a room, don't you?
10:49Do you?
10:50Trying to avoid everyone, Nick, not when you're in your company, of course, sir.
10:52That goes without saying.
10:53A dovetail, it's also a joint, isn't it?
10:55I mean, not the sort of joint with which you may once have been familiar,
10:57but it's a sort of a carpentry joint, isn't it?
11:00It could explain why I was dovetailing.
11:02It could.
11:03Very good.
11:0428 plays 13.
11:06Dan, letters game.
11:08Um, consonant, please.
11:09Thank you, Dan.
11:11B
11:12Consonant.
11:14P
11:16Consonant.
11:18N
11:20Vowel.
11:21I
11:22Another vowel.
11:23A
11:24Another vowel.
11:26U
11:27Consonant, please.
11:29X
11:31Um, vowel.
11:34E
11:36And a...
11:38final consonant, please.
11:40And a final S.
11:42And the clock starts now.
11:59CLOCK TICKS
12:15Yes, Dan?
12:16Just A6, I'm afraid, Nick.
12:18Don't worry.
12:19And John Vivian?
12:20Um, a dodgy seven.
12:22Dodgy seven.
12:23So, Dan?
12:24Unisex.
12:25Unisex.
12:26John?
12:27E-X-P-I-A-N-S.
12:29X-P-I-A-N-S.
12:31Not there, I'm afraid.
12:33Sorry, John.
12:35Bad luck, but good shot.
12:37And Richard?
12:38Susie?
12:40Supine.
12:41Supine.
12:42How we often find ourselves prone after five days in Dictionary Corner together.
12:45Yes.
12:46Horizontal and face upwards, Nick.
12:47Exhausted.
12:48Spent.
12:49And prone is face down.
12:50Prone is face down, yes.
12:51Right, OK.
12:52Supine works better, Nick, at our age.
12:54LAUGHTER
12:55Indeed.
12:5634-13.
12:5734-13.
12:58John on 13.
12:59And John's numbers game.
13:01Can I get two large and four small, please, Rachel?
13:03You can indeed, thank you, John.
13:05Two large ones, four little ones this time.
13:07And these small numbers are seven, five, one and eight.
13:12And the large, to 125.
13:15And the target, 143.
13:18One, four, three.
13:26MUSIC PLAYS
13:50Yes, John?
13:51Er, 143.
13:52Diane?
13:53Also 143.
13:55Yes, John?
13:56Er, 100 plus 25.
13:58100 plus 25, 125.
14:00Er, 8 plus 1 is 9.
14:02Yep.
14:03And 7 minus 5 is 2.
14:05It is.
14:06Multiply them for 18 and add it on.
14:08Lovely, 143.
14:09And Dan?
14:10Er, 7 times 5.
14:127 times 5, 35.
14:15Plus 8, plus 100.
14:17Lovely.
14:18APPLAUSE
14:19Thank you very much.
14:20Well done.
14:2144 plays 23.
14:24John on 23.
14:26But now we turn to the wonderful Richard Arnold.
14:29Great to see you again.
14:30What have you been up to?
14:31Treading the old tapir rouge again?
14:33Down the old tinsel mines, yeah.
14:35The red carpet capers.
14:37Nick, it's been quite a few months, actually.
14:39And a memorable one for anyone who's tuned in to Countdown.
14:42Monuments Men, the film was directed by George Clooney.
14:46I was on the red carpet for that, so got to meet the man himself
14:49and ask George Clooney what it's like to keep a firm hand
14:52on his own tiller, which was an interesting response.
14:55Matt Damon was also on the red carpet, too.
14:57And, er, going grey, ill-fitting suit.
15:00And I thought, if I let myself go, and it's not often you can say this,
15:03I will eventually end up looking like Matt Damon, even at my age.
15:06But it was Bill Murray, who's also in the film,
15:09who I interviewed very briefly, and then he went down the red carpet
15:12and out of the corner of my eye I could see him coming back,
15:15which doesn't happen at all in my case.
15:17They usually like to make a sharp exit.
15:19And he said, you're the guy from Countdown.
15:21And I went, yeah, and obviously my shows have been going out that week.
15:25And he said, I love that show.
15:27And genuinely, he missed out on a couple of interviews
15:29that he was supposed to have that day to lay in his hotel room
15:32and watch the show.
15:34So I'm there thinking, this is Bill Murray, comedy legend,
15:37and, you know, he thinks I'm great.
15:39He said, usually guys in your profession aren't that intelligent.
15:42LAUGHTER
15:44So I snatched a compliment from that and he moved on.
15:46But, yeah, he's a massive fan, apparently.
15:48Excellent stuff. Well, that's some compliment, isn't it?
15:51Because he's a lovely bloke, isn't he?
15:53A smashing bloke, indeed.
15:55I've been a fan of his ever since Saturday Night Live
15:57and all those American shows and stuff.
15:59I could have learnt so much at his knee, Susie,
16:01had he lingered on the red carpet.
16:03Yeah, great. I loved him in that Lost in Translation
16:05with, what's her name, that beautiful young woman.
16:07What was her name? Scarlett Johansson.
16:09Fantastic. I'd like to have been Bill Murray in that film, actually.
16:13I think we'll leave it there, Nick. Let's move on.
16:16She was adorable.
16:18Now then, 44 to 23, Dan on 44.
16:22Dan, letters game.
16:24Thanks, Nick. Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
16:27Thank you, Dan. C
16:29Consonant.
16:31R
16:33Another consonant.
16:35P
16:37Vowel.
16:39A
16:41Vowel.
16:43U
16:45P
16:47Consonant.
16:49D
16:51A vowel.
16:53U
16:55And I'll finish with a vowel, please.
16:57And finish with A.
16:59Countdown.
17:16Yes, Dan?
17:18Six.
17:20Six, John?
17:22Six.
17:24Dan?
17:26Aparsu.
17:28And?
17:30Parade.
17:32Parade.
17:34Aparsu.
17:36I love that, aparsu.
17:38Yeah, that's a comment or brief reference.
17:41Now, Richard's piece of magic, yes?
17:43Carped.
17:45Carped.
17:47Yes.
17:49As in to mither on about something, yes.
17:51Exactly. Nothing to do with a fish.
17:53Stop carping.
17:55It comes from a Viking word meaning to brag.
17:57Very good.
17:59So, 50 to John, 29.
18:01John's still well in touch, and it's John's letters game.
18:04Thanks, Nick. Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
18:08Thank you, John.
18:10S
18:12And another?
18:14K
18:16And another?
18:18S
18:20And one more?
18:22T
18:24And a vowel?
18:26E
18:28And another?
18:30A
18:32And another?
18:34I
18:37And a final consonant?
18:40And a final Q.
18:42Stand by.
19:06MUSIC PLAYS
19:16John?
19:17I'll try an eight.
19:18Yes, Dan?
19:19Eight.
19:20John?
19:21Sarkiest?
19:22Sarkiest, yes.
19:24Asterisk.
19:25Asterisk, well done.
19:27Excellent, both. Very, very good.
19:29APPLAUSE
19:31Very good.
19:33And what of the corner?
19:35It possibly has something to do with the fact
19:37that you've got a dating website up there, Susie,
19:39rather than the actual dictionary.
19:41Yes.
19:42There's a time and a place for it, love.
19:44And what else have we got?
19:46No, we were streaking all the way.
19:4858 to 37 now. We're back with the numbers.
19:51Dan, what would you like?
19:53Can I just have one letter, please, Rachel?
19:55Thank you, Dan. One from the top row
19:57and five of my finest little ones.
20:00And for this round, the small numbers are
20:02five, six,
20:04ten and three,
20:06and the large one, 25.
20:08And the target, 942.
20:10942.
20:34MUSIC PLAYS
20:43Yes, Dan?
20:45I think I have 942.
20:47How about John?
20:48No, just 944.
20:49944. So, Dan?
20:5125 x 5.
20:5325 x 5. 1, 2, 5.
20:55Plus 10.
20:57Plus 10, 1, 3, 5.
20:596 plus 1 is 7.
21:016 plus 1 is 7.
21:03945.
21:05945. You're right.
21:06And take away the 3.
21:07And you haven't used the 3 yet. Well done.
21:10Well done.
21:12Well done, Dan.
21:14That uphelds you to 68 points now
21:17against John's 37.
21:19So, let's have a tea time teaser.
21:21More of us. And the clue,
21:23there's definitely more than three of us playing golf.
21:26There's definitely more than three of us playing golf.
21:30MUSIC PLAYS
21:34APPLAUSE
21:44Welcome back. I left you with the clue,
21:46there's definitely more than three of us playing golf.
21:49And the answer is...
21:51foursome.
21:52Foursome. There's the foursome.
21:5468 plays John's 37.
21:56John, letters game.
21:58Thanks, Nick. Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
22:00Thank you, John. R.
22:02And another?
22:04D.
22:06And another?
22:08S.
22:10And one more?
22:12C.
22:13And a vowel?
22:15A.
22:16And another?
22:18I.
22:19And another?
22:21A.
22:23And another vowel, please?
22:26I.
22:29And...
22:31a final vowel.
22:33And a final E.
22:35Clock starts now.
22:37MUSIC PLAYS
23:01MUSIC STOPS
23:09Mm. Yes, John?
23:11Just a six.
23:12A six. Dan?
23:13Seven.
23:14Yes, John?
23:15Raised.
23:16And Dan?
23:17Sidecar.
23:19Sidecar.
23:20Yes, very good.
23:21Not bad.
23:22Not bad and not hyphenated, either.
23:24It's not hyphenated, no.
23:25What else have we got?
23:26Richard?
23:27Diaries.
23:29Arcades and, um...
23:31You've got one, haven't you, Suze?
23:33I have.
23:34You definitely don't want to come near one of these.
23:36It's an ascarid, A-S-C-A-R-I-D,
23:39and it's a parasitic worm
23:41whose members typically live in the intestines of vertebrates.
23:45Really?
23:46Yes.
23:47No, we'll keep away from that.
23:49But arcades, very good.
23:51Good selection from Richard.
23:53Excellent. Well done. All right.
23:5475 plays 37.
23:56We're back with Dan for a letters game.
23:58Thank you, Dan.
24:00Have a consonant, please.
24:01Thank you, Dan.
24:02N.
24:03Another one.
24:05V.
24:06One more.
24:08T.
24:10Vowel.
24:12O.
24:13Vowel.
24:14I.
24:15Another vowel, please.
24:17A.
24:18Consonant.
24:20C.
24:22Um...
24:24Vowel.
24:27And I'll finish with a vowel, please.
24:31And finish with O.
24:33Goodbye.
24:57Yes, Dan?
24:58Eight.
24:59An edge on?
25:00Just a six.
25:01And that six?
25:02Noveight?
25:03Noveight.
25:04Dan?
25:05A conative.
25:06Can you spell that for me?
25:08C-O-N-A-T-I-V-E.
25:10Yeah, fantastic.
25:11It's a term from philosophy, psychology and from grammar.
25:15And in grammar, which is my favourite bit,
25:17it's denoted by the letter C-O-N-A-T-I-V-E.
25:21It's a term from philosophy, psychology and from grammar.
25:25And in grammar, which is my favourite bit,
25:27it's denoting a word that expresses attempted action
25:30as opposed to action itself.
25:32As in, he was kicking at the bicycle.
25:35Well done. But anything else? What have you got, Richard?
25:38For nine...
25:40Evocation.
25:42Brilliant.
25:43Yeah.
25:44Well done.
25:46Anything else, Richard?
25:48Because now it's time for Susie
25:50and her wonderful origins of words slot.
25:55Susie?
25:56Well, this week I'm going to look at some words
25:59which have undergone completely dramatic changes in English.
26:03And I'm always talking about how words twist and turn
26:06as they move on through the centuries.
26:08But these are ones that really have come quite a long way
26:11from their beginnings.
26:12I'll start with hackneyed.
26:14Hackney in London is north-east of the city.
26:17If you take a long, long step back to about 1300,
26:20Hackney was a very small village
26:22surrounded by lots of marshland and beautiful countryside.
26:26And it became very famous for the horses
26:28that were bred and pastured there.
26:30And they were riding horses as opposed to war horses,
26:33which were called destriers.
26:34And Hackney became the usual name for a horse of this type
26:37that was taken out for hacks or for rides.
26:40And because, as I say, these horses, Hackney horses,
26:44were most often made available for hire,
26:47it came to refer to any horse that was brought out
26:51and taken for a nice ride,
26:52as well as for any passenger that was carried in a vehicle
26:56that was led by Hackneys,
26:57which is why we have Hackney Coach, Hackney Carriage,
27:00which, of course, all London black calves
27:02are still called Hackney Carriages.
27:03That's their official term.
27:05And because these riding horses were widely available,
27:08taken out very often on these hacks,
27:10the sense of hackneyed evolved to mean something
27:12that was commonplace and pretty unremarkable.
27:15And, of course, today we have the journalists who are hacks,
27:17and I'm not looking at you.
27:19They wear that title as a badge of honour, don't they?
27:21Most journalists. It's just slightly self-deprecating.
27:24But it's something that's lost its freshness and interest.
27:26It goes all the way back to those Hackney horses.
27:28Brilliant. Lovely. Very good.
27:32Brilliant. And I live in Hackney.
27:34There you go.
27:35This tired old act lives in Hackney.
27:37But you know that, Susie,
27:38because you're often found outside my bedroom window
27:40and there's a lot of thoughts under your face.
27:42It's a bit awkward, but that's why I'm here.
27:44Very good.
27:45So we had the racehorses, the riding horses...
27:48And the warhorses.
27:50..which were called the Destriero.
27:52That's an Italian...
27:54Yeah, Italian, French.
27:56It went a long way, all the way from Latin, destris.
27:58Destriero. Yeah, very good.
28:0083 plays, 37 down on 83.
28:03Jon. Letters game.
28:05That's Nick. Consonant, please, Rachel.
28:07Thank you, Jon. G.
28:09And another.
28:11L.
28:12And another.
28:14P.
28:15And one more.
28:18L.
28:19And a vowel.
28:21E.
28:22And another.
28:24I.
28:25And another.
28:27O.
28:29And a consonant, please.
28:32R.
28:35And a final vowel, please.
28:37And a final I.
28:40Countdown.
29:08Well, Jon?
29:09Erm, a dodgy seven.
29:12Dan?
29:13Just a six.
29:14And your six?
29:15Girly.
29:16Girly?
29:17Jon?
29:18Er, gollier.
29:20Hmm.
29:21Gollier?
29:22No.
29:24Not there, I'm afraid.
29:26Sorry, Jon.
29:27Girly.
29:28Hmm.
29:29You can't use that word these days, can you?
29:31No, you have to be careful with girly.
29:33Very.
29:34I get it all the time.
29:36Now then, Richard, what have you got tucked up your sleeve?
29:39I get this too sometimes as well. Oillier.
29:41Oillier, never.
29:43Religionist.
29:44Susie?
29:45Erm, otherwise, just grill with an E at the end,
29:48so the grating or screen of metal.
29:50OK, keep the burgers out.
29:52Keep Susie out.
29:53Susie out of Richard Arnold's bedroom.
29:56Now then, 89 to Jon's 37.
29:58Dan?
29:59Letters game.
30:00Have a consonant, please.
30:01G.
30:03Consonant.
30:05Y.
30:07Vowel.
30:09E.
30:10R.
30:11Consonant.
30:13R.
30:14Vowel.
30:16O.
30:17Consonant, please.
30:19L.
30:20Vowel.
30:22I.
30:24Consonant.
30:26T.
30:27Vowel.
30:28Consonant.
30:30T.
30:32And a...
30:36Final consonant, please.
30:38And a final F.
30:40Countdown.
30:58MUSIC PLAYS
31:12Yes, Dan?
31:13Seven.
31:14Jon?
31:15Just a six.
31:16And that six?
31:17Goiter.
31:18A goiter.
31:19Dan?
31:20Glorify.
31:21Glorify.
31:22Very nice.
31:23Very, very good.
31:24Very nice.
31:25Neatly done.
31:26And Richard Arnold?
31:28Loftier.
31:29Loftier.
31:30Well done.
31:31Any more?
31:32There's trefoil as well, just an addergram of that.
31:34That's a small European plant of the pea family.
31:39Glorify.
31:4096, nudging 100 there for Dan
31:42as we turn to the final numbers game
31:45on this Monday's countdown.
31:47Jon?
31:48Thanks, Nick.
31:49Two large and four small, please, Rachel.
31:51Thank you, Jon.
31:52Two from the top row and four little ones for the last time today.
31:55And this selection is 1, 7, 9, 8,
32:00and the large to 150.
32:03And the target, 717.
32:06717.
32:26Well, Jon?
32:40717.
32:41Thank you, Dan.
32:42717 as well.
32:43So, Jon?
32:44100 x 7.
32:46100 x 7, 700.
32:48Plus 8 plus 9.
32:49And that's the 17.
32:51Lovely.
32:52Dan?
32:53Exactly the same.
32:54All right.
32:55So, over the 100 for Dan.
32:57Well done.
32:58106 points.
32:59106 to Jon's 47, down in flying form.
33:03And it's conundrum time, gentlemen.
33:06So, Dan, Jon, fingers on buzzers, let's reveal today's countdown conundrum.
33:15Yes, Dan?
33:16Diverting.
33:17Let's see whether you're right.
33:19I have little doubt that you are.
33:21Well done.
33:22Diverting.
33:23116 points.
33:25Well done, indeed.
33:27Well done, Jon.
33:28Beaten by a very good player, 116 to 47.
33:31So, it's back to Oscar.
33:34And, by the way, if he's got any good tips, can you give me a ring?
33:37I will do.
33:38Take this goodie bag with you, give it to him, all right?
33:41And I look forward to hearing from you.
33:43I look forward to seeing you tomorrow.
33:45Good win.
33:46Well done, indeed.
33:47All right, see you tomorrow, Susie and Richard.
33:49I look forward to it.
33:50You were in flying form, too.
33:52Tomorrow I'll be wearing my hair up.
33:54Could be a whole different act.
33:56I can't wait.
33:57See you tomorrow, Richard.
33:58I was just wondering how Jon Spaniel thinks the United are going to do this season.
34:03Er, seventh again.
34:06Oh, dear.
34:07Wrong thing to say.
34:08Probably take that, this session.
34:10See you tomorrow.
34:11See you tomorrow.
34:12Tomorrow, same time, let's see how Dan gets on tomorrow.
34:15You'll be sure of it.
34:16A very good afternoon.
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