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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:04APPLAUSE
00:31Well, good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studios.
00:34Secrets and being asked to keep secrets.
00:39Difficult.
00:40Psychologists have come up with a report recently, Rachel,
00:43saying that actually keeping secrets,
00:46thinking about the secrets that you've got to keep,
00:49can be damaging, make you less happy
00:51and actually impact on your health.
00:53What about you? Do you love a secret and keeping it?
00:56I'm good with other people's secrets.
00:59You can trust me, but I'm not very good with my own secrets.
01:02Tell us one, go on.
01:03No, you can't get me that easily, Nick.
01:05There must be something going on.
01:07Oh, I've never told anyone about that time we caught you
01:09naked sleepwalking around the Lowry Hotel.
01:11I've told everybody about that!
01:13What a sensation. That was a bad secret.
01:15Anyway, but secrets, I don't know, it's the sort of gossipy stuff.
01:18Did you hear about such and such?
01:20Don't mention it to anybody.
01:21That sort of thing we should just throw away, shouldn't we?
01:24If you say that to my nan,
01:25guaranteed the whole family will know within about five minutes.
01:28If you want something publicised, tell her it's a secret.
01:30She's the one.
01:31All right, Rachel, who have we got?
01:33We've got Martin May back again.
01:34He was here yesterday, scored an impressive 96 on his first day out.
01:39Your debut yesterday, 96.
01:41Very good.
01:42Restaurant deputy manager from Adlington in Lancashire.
01:44Well done. How are you feeling today? Confident?
01:47I'm feeling better than yesterday.
01:49Well done.
01:50Well, you've got something under your hat
01:52and also you've got a teapot under your arm, as it were.
01:55So you're joined by Chris Stapleford, a bridge teacher from Woking.
01:59And Chris is clearly a cracking bridge player
02:02because I think you've given up one career to pursue your passion.
02:05Tell us a little bit about this.
02:07That's right, yes.
02:08I've worked in IT as a project manager for 35 years
02:11and I'm now changing.
02:12I'm going to take up teaching bridge.
02:14Are you a competition player?
02:15Yes, yes, I've played at county level.
02:17What about the youngsters? Are they picking it up?
02:19Not so much these days.
02:20I think there's a lot of other things that distract young people's attention.
02:23But there's certainly still a growing bridge community at all sorts of ages.
02:26Well done. Well, good luck to you today.
02:29We expect a lot of you, actually,
02:30because we always think that bridge players are very smart.
02:33So a big round of applause now for Chris and Martin May.
02:36APPLAUSE
02:39And over in the corner, Susie, of course.
02:41Susie, welcome back.
02:42Susie joined once again, and it's always great to welcome her back,
02:46one of the nation's best-loved broadcasters,
02:49the glorious Gloria Hunter.
02:51I do love your intro.
02:53APPLAUSE
02:57It's good to have you back.
02:58It's so lovely to be back.
02:59Actually, I'm a whist player,
03:00and it's very hard to find a whist player these days
03:03because I would like to play a bridge but haven't got that far.
03:06However, I've taken my brain tablets overnight
03:08and I'm hoping to be as sharp as Susie here today.
03:11You're always sharp.
03:12Not a cat in chance.
03:14You're always sharp.
03:15Now then, Martin, take us away. Letters game.
03:19Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:20Good afternoon, Martin.
03:21Can I have a consonant, please?
03:22Thank you. Start today with R.
03:25And another.
03:27P.
03:29And a third.
03:31K.
03:32And a vowel.
03:34U.
03:35And another.
03:37I.
03:38And a consonant.
03:41N.
03:43And a vowel.
03:45E.
03:47And a consonant.
03:49S.
03:51And a final vowel, please.
03:53And a final O.
03:55And here's the Countdown Clock.
04:19CLOCK TICKS
04:29Martin?
04:30Eight.
04:31And eight, Chris?
04:32Just six.
04:33And your six is?
04:35Prunes.
04:36Thank you, Martin.
04:37Prunos.
04:38Excellent. Yes, great botanical term.
04:41It means frosted in appearance.
04:43If a plant is covered with white powdery granules, that is prunos.
04:47APPLAUSE
04:51Yes. That's a good way to start.
04:53Now, what about the corner? What have we got?
04:56Well, I've got an eight here. Spunkier.
04:59Yes. Good word.
05:01I quite like that word. Yes.
05:03Somebody with some vim and verve. Spunkier.
05:05Yeah. Courage, I suppose, in a way.
05:07Courage and determination, yes.
05:09Anything else, Susie? No, that's a brilliant eight.
05:11Well done. Spunkier, indeed. Eight points to Martin.
05:14Now, Chris, your letters game.
05:16Afternoon, Rachel. Let's begin with a consonant, please.
05:18Thank you. Start with G.
05:21And another.
05:23L.
05:25And a third.
05:28F.
05:30And a vowel.
05:32A.
05:33Another, please.
05:35U.
05:36And another.
05:38I.
05:40And a consonant.
05:42X.
05:43And a better consonant.
05:45S.
05:48And a final consonant.
05:50And a final T.
05:52Stand by.
06:16MUSIC STOPS
06:26Well, Chris, just five.
06:28A five plays... A six.
06:31..plays six. Chris? Flags.
06:34Now, then. A fault.
06:36Thank you. Yeah.
06:38Can we match a six? Beat a six?
06:40Actually, we have guilts for six.
06:43Guilt somebody into doing something. Make them feel guilty.
06:46Yes, and there is a seven as well, Nick.
06:48Fistula.
06:50A medical term for an abnormal or surgically made passage
06:53between a hollow or tubular organ and the body's surface.
06:56Fistula. I know about fistulas. Can be very dangerous.
06:59That was very nicely put, by the way.
07:03Fistula. Terrible thing. Or can be.
07:0614 plays, Chris. Yet to score. Plenty of time for that.
07:10Now, numbers, Martin.
07:12Two from the top and any other four, please.
07:14Two large and four little. Thank you, Martin.
07:17The first one of the day is six, seven, eight, ten,
07:22and the large one, 75, and 100.
07:25And the target, 946.
07:27946.
07:42MUSIC PLAYS
08:00Martin? Yeah, 946.
08:02And, Grace? 944.
08:04944. Let's stick with Martin, then. Martin.
08:07Right, so 100 times ten is 1,000. Yep.
08:10975.
08:11925.
08:12And then add on the eight, the seven and the six.
08:14Perfect. Very well done.
08:16APPLAUSE
08:18Well done.
08:20OK.
08:22Now, time for our first teatime teaser, which is a bee's nest.
08:26And the clue.
08:27A lot of our vowels simply haven't turned up today.
08:30A lot of our vowels simply haven't turned up today.
08:34MUSIC PLAYS
08:41APPLAUSE
08:48Welcome back. I left you with the clue.
08:50A lot of our vowels simply haven't turned up today.
08:53And the answer to that, rather neatly, is...
08:57absentees.
08:59Nice.
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09:16So, Chris, your letters game.
09:19Let's start with a vowel, please, Rachel.
09:21Thank you, Chris. E.
09:23And another.
09:25O.
09:26And another.
09:28I.
09:30And switch to a consonant.
09:32P.
09:34And another.
09:35D.
09:37And again.
09:38V.
09:40And another.
09:42C.
09:44And another.
09:46R.
09:48And a final vowel.
09:49And a final A.
09:52Countdown.
09:54MUSIC PLAYS
10:07MUSIC STOPS
10:25Yes, Chris. Try seven.
10:27A seven. Martin?
10:29A eight.
10:30And an eight. Chris?
10:31A voider.
10:32A voider. Yes, sir?
10:33A overpaid.
10:34Overpaid. Well done.
10:36Yes.
10:38Yes, we got that. We were applying that to you, actually.
10:41You'd be right. Overworked and overpaid.
10:44You'd be right.
10:46What else have you got?
10:48That's it? Yes.
10:50Thank you for that.
10:52Thank you, Gloria.
10:54Now, Martin, your letters game.
10:56Can I start with a consonant, please?
10:58Thank you, Martin. D.
11:00And another.
11:02M.
11:03And a vowel.
11:05O.
11:06And another.
11:08U.
11:09And a third.
11:11I.
11:12And a consonant.
11:14B.
11:16And another.
11:18S.
11:20And another.
11:22G.
11:24And a final vowel, please.
11:27And a final A.
11:29Stand by.
11:31MUSIC PLAYS
11:36MUSIC CONTINUES
12:02Martin?
12:04Just six. Chris?
12:06Just five.
12:07And your five is?
12:08Bogus.
12:09Bogus and?
12:10Dogmas.
12:11Yes. Very good.
12:13Good word.
12:14Now, then.
12:15Bigamous.
12:17Bigamous.
12:18I met a bigamist once, actually, in prison.
12:21I wasn't in... Well, I was in prison.
12:23But I was seeing him.
12:25It's very complicated. It's all in the book.
12:27And, um, yeah, bigamist. Thank you.
12:30So, Martin, 38.
12:32Don't worry, there's time now.
12:34Chris, your numbers game.
12:36Can I have one large and five small, please, Rachel?
12:38You can, indeed. Thank you, Chris. One from the top row.
12:41And these five little ones are seven, two, four, one,
12:47and two, and the large one, 25.
12:50And the target, 440.
12:52440.
12:54MUSIC PLAYS
13:03MUSIC CONTINUES
13:25Yes, Chris.
13:26436.
13:28And, Martin?
13:31Let's hear from you, Martin.
13:33Right, 25 plus one is 24.
13:36Sorry?
13:37Sorry, 25 minus one is 24.
13:39Right, yeah. Minus one, 24.
13:41Times two is 48.
13:42Yeah.
13:43Plus seven is 55.
13:4555.
13:46Times two times four.
13:47And times the other two, yeah.
13:49And you haven't used the four. Perfect.
13:51400.
13:52Well done. Well done.
13:56Well done. And now we turn to Gloria.
13:58Gloria, you're a caution. You never stop.
14:01Now, what have you been up to since we last saw you?
14:03Oh, we've been doing lots and lots of things.
14:05Last week, for example, we had our live Rip Off Britain,
14:08when people can phone in and have all the experts on hand,
14:11you know, to give advice. I love that.
14:13October's always a very busy month for us.
14:15But last October, I... I'm not boasting about this,
14:18but I'm very proud of it.
14:20I actually was lucky enough to get an OBE.
14:22But it's terrific, not just for yourself,
14:24but it's great for the family,
14:26because my two boys had never been to the palace.
14:28And they were just so excited.
14:31And I was very proud of it, because I got it,
14:33not for showbiz or anything,
14:35but for cancer charities all over the country.
14:37So I felt as if it really belonged to Karen as well,
14:40because we have a foundation for Karen.
14:42And my boys were just so excited.
14:44And you never know who's going to present it.
14:47So one of my sons is a bit nosy,
14:49so he took himself off and found out
14:51that it was going to be Her Majesty.
14:53So it just so happens I brought a little photograph to show you,
14:56to prove. So here it is.
14:58So the Queen handed over the award.
15:01But when I see the way I've got my hand over hers,
15:04apparently I broke protocol.
15:06Because when I shake hands, when I shake hands with Susie,
15:09I automatically do that.
15:11But I think the poor woman wanted to go,
15:13but I was still holding on to the hand, you know, like this.
15:16But the thing I wanted to ask her more than anything,
15:18I mean, she is amazing in spirit anyway,
15:21but her complexion is so good.
15:23I just wanted to say to her, what do you use?
15:25What's in your cosmetic bag?
15:27Honestly, she looks amazing at 90, whatever.
15:29That was a great thrill.
15:31Well-deserved, by the way.
15:33You never feel as if it's well-deserved,
15:35but because it was for cancer charities all over the country,
15:38I kind of felt that so many people had got you there, really.
15:42So I sort of owe it to many people who help us 12 months of the year.
15:46Well, a big round of applause for all that you do.
15:49Thank you very much. Thank you.
15:55Wonderful. Wonderful.
15:57Now, Martin, off we go. Letters game.
16:00Can I start with a vowel, please?
16:02Thank you, Martin. E
16:04And another vowel.
16:06U
16:07And a consonant.
16:09N
16:10And another.
16:12M
16:13And another.
16:15W
16:16And one more.
16:18D
16:19And a vowel.
16:22O
16:24And another vowel.
16:27A
16:29And a final consonant, please.
16:31And a final P.
16:34Stand by.
16:48CLOCK TICKS
17:06Martin.
17:07Just a six.
17:09A six. Chris. And six.
17:11So, Martin, six.
17:13Mopane.
17:14And Chris. Moaned.
17:16The mopane tree.
17:18Yep, absolutely right, that you'll find in southern Africa,
17:21with the curly leaves. That's very good for six.
17:23Both good for six.
17:25Can we beat it?
17:26It just so happens we can, actually, with, of course, Susie's help.
17:29It is un-mowed.
17:31So your grass...
17:32For sure. I know that word.
17:34Do you? Un-mowed, yeah.
17:35Is that familiar to you, Nick? Very.
17:37Would you kindly get out there and cut the grass?
17:40It's un-mowed.
17:41Thank you. 54, please.
17:43And it's Chris we turn to. Let us go, Chris.
17:46Start with a consonant, please.
17:49Thank you, Chris. L.
17:51And another.
17:53Y.
17:55And a third.
17:57V.
17:58And a vowel.
18:01I.
18:02Another.
18:04U.
18:05And a consonant.
18:07D.
18:08And another.
18:11N.
18:12And a vowel.
18:14E.
18:16And a final consonant.
18:18And a final S.
18:21Stand by.
18:42MUSIC
18:54Yes, Chris?
18:55Six.
18:56A six. And, Martin?
18:57Seven.
18:58And a seven. Yeah.
19:00Chris?
19:01Builds.
19:02Builds and...?
19:03Bundles.
19:04Bundles, yes.
19:06Yep, very good.
19:07And we had a seven.
19:09Oh, well done.
19:10It's good.
19:11By lines, indeed.
19:1261 to six, and it's Martin.
19:14Numbers for you, Martin.
19:16Can I have two from the top again, please?
19:18Can indeed. Thank you, Martin.
19:20Two large again, four little again.
19:22And these four little ones are three, seven, eight and one.
19:26And the big one's 175.
19:29And the target, 806.
19:32806?
19:34MUSIC
19:40BUZZER
20:04Martin?
20:05Yeah, 806.
20:06Thank you, Chris.
20:08806.
20:09And Martin?
20:11100 times eight.
20:12800.
20:13Plus seven, minus one.
20:14Nothing.
20:15There we go. Nonetheless, Chris?
20:17Exactly the same.
20:18There we go.
20:19All right, so, 71 to 16 as we go into our second tea time teaser,
20:24which is Lily Tibia.
20:26And the clue, Lily fractured her tibia when roller skating.
20:30She was always in the wars.
20:32Lily fractured her tibia when roller skating.
20:35She was always in the wars.
20:38MUSIC
20:53Welcome back. Warm welcome back.
20:55Left with the clue, Lily fractured her tibia when roller skating.
20:59She was always in the wars.
21:01She was, in fact, something of a liability, is the answer to that one.
21:05Liability.
21:07Of course, your letters came.
21:09We start with a vowel, please.
21:11Thank you, Chris.
21:13O.
21:14And another.
21:16A.
21:17And a third.
21:19I.
21:20And a consonant.
21:23T.
21:24And another.
21:26S.
21:27And a third.
21:29P.
21:30And a fourth one.
21:33R.
21:35And a vowel.
21:38O.
21:40And a consonant.
21:42And lastly, T.
21:45Stand by.
21:47MUSIC
22:06MUSIC
22:19Chris?
22:20Eight.
22:21And eight.
22:22Martin?
22:23Eight as well.
22:24Chris?
22:25Patriots.
22:26Patriots and?
22:27Taproots.
22:29Well done.
22:30Two good eights.
22:32APPLAUSE
22:34Gloria?
22:35No, the thing is that my brain pill is not working at all.
22:37I couldn't go beyond Patriots.
22:39But you had taproot.
22:40Yeah.
22:41What is taproot?
22:42You had them both.
22:43A taproot is a straight tapering root that grows vertically
22:45downwards from a plant and is the centre from which other little
22:48rootlets come out.
22:50Did you know that?
22:51LAUGHTER
22:53I went into a cave during the summer.
22:56Amazing cave.
23:00Deep in the south-west of France, where there are cave paintings
23:04and hands and all that sort of stuff.
23:06And from a tree right on the surface, the taproot came down
23:10through the cave.
23:11Imagine this is the cave.
23:13And the taproot came all the way down and disappeared into the
23:16ground.
23:17It was extraordinary.
23:18And to have cut that, you would have killed this massive tree
23:20upstairs.
23:21Amazing.
23:22I loved it.
23:23Yeah, it was.
23:24That's what I love about this programme.
23:26You learn something every single time.
23:28Martin, letters game.
23:30A consonant, please.
23:31Thank you, Martin.
23:32N.
23:33And another.
23:35D.
23:37And another.
23:39L.
23:40And a vowel.
23:42U.
23:43And another vowel.
23:45E.
23:46And a consonant.
23:48T.
23:49And another consonant.
23:51C.
23:53And a vowel.
23:56I.
23:58And a final consonant, please.
24:01And a final M.
24:04Countdown.
24:27MUSIC
24:36Martin?
24:37Seven.
24:38A seven, Chris?
24:39Seven.
24:40Thank you, Martin.
24:41Include.
24:42And?
24:43Same word.
24:44There we go.
24:45Just show that to Martin.
24:46And over in the corner, Gloria.
24:48A big, fat zero, but Susie got one.
24:50One more seven is there for us anyway.
24:54Thank you for that.
24:5786 to 31.
24:59Susie, we're back with you and your wonderful origins of words.
25:02What have you for us today?
25:04I have an email from Julie Holmes, who is a regular viewer
25:07and she asks two questions, so I'll try and whizz through both of them.
25:11The first one, she said she'd been watching when I'd been talking
25:14about egg corns, those linguistic slips of the tongue,
25:17it's a mishearing itself of acorn, that term.
25:20And I was talking about passing mustard,
25:24which is a regular acorn for passing muster.
25:27Absolutely nothing to do with mustard,
25:29but because of cutting the mustard and all sorts of things,
25:31it's got confused.
25:32But she's wondering where that saying comes from anyway.
25:35And so the word muster has always had a military swagger to it, really,
25:39so it always conjures up an idea of troops gathering for inspection
25:43in preparation for battle.
25:45And that's exactly what muster in this expression means.
25:49We talk about 17,000 men mustered on Holden Hill, for example,
25:53and in Australia and New Zealand, if you muster sheep,
25:56you gather them together.
25:58But muster, and we muster up courage as well,
26:01but mustering in this passing muster expression
26:04is definitely military in origin.
26:06And its first form was passing the musters,
26:09and that referred to soldiers undergoing inspection
26:11without getting into any trouble with senior officers
26:14for some kind of default.
26:16The word itself goes back to the Latin monstrare, meaning to show.
26:20That gave us monster, it gave us demonstrate,
26:22and also remonstrate as well,
26:24where you show your displeasure and make something plain.
26:27And the second question from Julie is completely different,
26:31and that's seeing a man about a dog.
26:33That famous euphemism, why a dog?
26:36And the answer is it wasn't always a dog.
26:38It was lots of different things,
26:40and it's been used variously as a euphemism for leaving,
26:43for keeping an undisclosed appointment,
26:45maybe a secret one, for going to buy a drink,
26:48and, of course, for going to the loo,
26:50which is pretty much as we use it today.
26:52But if you look through the OED, you will find just seeing a man,
26:55plain, I'm going to see a man.
26:57I'm going to see a man about a horse, that was quite a popular one.
27:00I'm going to see a man about a rose, which is quite a nice one.
27:03And then eventually we settled on the dog.
27:05But it was always a nonsensical phrase,
27:07and it goes back to 1865 at least.
27:10Thank you for that. Well done.
27:12APPLAUSE
27:16Thank you. Thank you.
27:18It's not a phrase a woman would ever use, is it, really?
27:21Going to see a man about a dog? Yeah.
27:23I think it's quite old-fashioned now anyway, isn't it?
27:25But, yeah, and you're right, it probably is.
27:27Men still use it. I don't think I'd expect a woman to use it.
27:30In Northern Ireland we say,
27:32that's for me to know and for you to find out.
27:35Thank you for that. When you want to escape.
27:3786 to 31, and it's Chris's letters again.
27:39Chris. Let's start with a vowel, please, Rachel.
27:42Thank you, Chris. A.
27:44And another.
27:46E.
27:47And a third.
27:49O.
27:50And a consonant.
27:52G.
27:54And another.
27:56H.
27:58And a third.
28:00T.
28:02And a fourth.
28:04J.
28:06And a further consonant.
28:08L.
28:10And a final vowel.
28:12U.
28:13And a final U.
28:15Countdown.
28:43MUSIC STOPS
28:47Chris. Six.
28:49A six. And, Martin? A six as well.
28:51Thank you. Hoglet.
28:53Thank you, Martin.
28:55Outage.
28:57Yep. There we go. Absolutely fine.
28:59Laura? All I have is I do loathe.
29:02Not a word I like to use a lot. No.
29:05I loathe, loathe. No.
29:07I think hoglet is the nicest of all of those, the sweet word.
29:09Anything else, Susie? No, nothing.
29:11Hoglet. Little pig. Yeah. Little piglet.
29:1492 plays 37.
29:16Martin, your letters game.
29:18Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
29:20Thank you, Martin. S.
29:22And another.
29:24M.
29:25And a third.
29:27D.
29:28And a vowel.
29:31I.
29:32And another.
29:34A.
29:35And another.
29:37O.
29:38And a consonant.
29:40R.
29:42And a vowel.
29:45E.
29:47And a final consonant, please.
29:49And a final S.
29:53And here's the Countdown Clock.
30:10CLOCK TICKS
30:26Martin?
30:28Eight.
30:29An eight. Chris?
30:31Also eight.
30:32No, then. It's got to be the same eight, I think.
30:34Yes, Martin?
30:35Sidearms.
30:37Chris?
30:38Misreads.
30:40Well done.
30:45Anything else, Susie?
30:46Sidearms also. Going down to seven, you've got radomes.
30:49Radomes. OK, well done.
30:51And that started with doors. Nice.
30:53Good scores. 100, Martin, look at you.
30:55100 playing 45. Well done, Martin. That's a tremendous score.
30:59Chris, final numbers game for you.
31:01Can I have three from the top and three small ones, please?
31:04You can indeed, thank you, Chris. Three large, three little.
31:06Nice and balanced.
31:07And for the final one of the day, the little ones are six, eight and eight.
31:11And the large three, 75, 100 and 50.
31:15And the target, 974.
31:18974.
31:37BELL RINGS
31:51Yes, Chris. 973, I believe.
31:53One away, Martin.
31:55Yeah, 973.
31:56Chris?
31:57I did eight times 100.
31:59Eight times 100, 800.
32:01I then added the 75.
32:03875.
32:04And added the 50 to make 925.
32:06And then eight times six is 48 to add on.
32:08The other eight, yep.
32:10Martin?
32:11A little bit different. 100 plus six...
32:13106.
32:14..times eight is 848, plus 75, plus 50.
32:18Same, yep, lovely.
32:20What do you think? Possible?
32:22It was possible, yes.
32:23If you start with 100 plus 50 is 150,
32:27times that by six and you get 900.
32:30And then conveniently you have 75 and eight over eight to take off.
32:34Perfect. Well done.
32:36APPLAUSE
32:39Thank you, Richard, thank you.
32:41So, 107 plays 52.
32:43We're into the final round.
32:45Gentlemen, fingers on buzzers.
32:47Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:56BELL RINGS
32:57Martin?
32:58Absconded.
32:59Absconded. Let's see whether you're right.
33:03Pretty good. Absconded. There it is. Well done.
33:06APPLAUSE
33:12Pretty hot stuff, I've got to tell you.
33:14117 to Chris's 52.
33:1652 is not a bad score, I've got to tell you.
33:18But this young chap came roaring in yesterday.
33:21You know, we were all minding our own business.
33:23He scored 96. Today, 117.
33:25Who knows where this is going to go to?
33:28But, Chris, well played.
33:30You've got a goody bag.
33:32Back to Woking.
33:33Great good fortune with your new venture, your bridge venture.
33:36And it's Three Counties Bridge, is it?
33:38That's right. Threecountiesbridge.com.
33:40Well done. Good luck. Thank you.
33:42You come and see us again. We shall see you, young man, tomorrow.
33:45Well done. Fantastic score.
33:47Will you come tomorrow, Gloria?
33:49I'm not absconding. I am not.
33:51Whether you like it or not, I'm going to be right here with Susie.
33:54We look forward to it. And Susie, too, of course.
33:56Yep. See you then. Well done.
33:58Claudia, what do you think?
34:00Well, that's the joint top score of the series.
34:02Yeah, Jodie got 117, so Martin just missed the chance to pitfall
34:05with that numbers there, but still, very good effort.
34:07Well done. Absolutely. We'll see you tomorrow. See you then.
34:10Join us then. Same time, same place.
34:12You'll be sure of it. A very good afternoon.
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