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00:30Hello everybody, welcome to Countdown this afternoon on Channel 4. It's Thursday the 15th of June. Rachel Riley's here, how are you?
00:39Very well, how are you?
00:40Yeah, good. We have obviously a chaser, amongst many other things, and dictionary corner is fifth of five days, Paul Sinner. Let me ask you this. If you could host or assist on any quiz show that's no longer on TV, because they love resurrecting a quiz show, don't they, and rebooting them, which one would you bring back?
01:00Well, on the spot, I'd go for Funhouse.
01:03It's a real crazy show where anything will go.
01:05Yeah, Pat Sharp and the twins.
01:07Yes.
01:08That was loads of fun. I mean, I was a kid, so it was brilliant then. I'm not sure if I re-watched it, if I'd say the same thing.
01:13Mine would be Going for Gold.
01:15Oh, I just about remember that.
01:16Yeah, Henry Kelly hosted it, so it's got an Irish connection. But what I loved about Going for Gold is, because to represent your country, you need to either be like an Olympian, you know, a great sports person, or maybe a master chess player.
01:30It's very, very difficult to represent your country at anything and actually have the flag. All you had to do was apply to go on Going for Gold. Like, when you went on it, you were no longer James, you were England, Iceland, so you could represent your country.
01:43I'd love to bring that back.
01:45Yeah, Going for Going for Gold, that's the one.
01:48Great theme tune.
01:49I just about remember it.
01:50I remember every single word, but I won't embarrass myself. I'll simply introduce the man who's caused that conversation alongside RG of the D, Susie Dent, the one and only Paul Sinner.
02:03What about you, Paul, if you weren't a chaser?
02:05If I wasn't a chaser, I think Big Break.
02:08Not just because I like snooker, but because the last host of Big Break was Jim Davison, and switching hosts from Jim Davison to me would send a certain section of the internet into absolute meltdowns, so I think Big Break.
02:20Brilliant.
02:20Well, listen, on a break of six at the moment is our champion, Graeme Mooney Dalton. Haven't had it all your own way. You're a scrapper, that's what I like about you. Getting the job done, eh?
02:30Well, I'll do my best to.
02:32You like your snooker as well. We found out so much about you, but you're a keen reader. What is your ideal?
02:38You're on a beach, you're taking your favourite book, what would it be?
02:42Like a kilogram of epic fantasy, probably.
02:45Yeah.
02:46Just total escapism.
02:48Yeah, get lost in it. Get lost in it.
02:50All right, well, listen, you're nearly there fantasy-wise, and becoming an octochamp, you'll need to win today and tomorrow to do that.
02:56And, of course, next Thursday is the start of our series final, so it'll be just in time.
03:01You're up against Mark Parsons today, who lives in Lancashire, originally from Bury. Nice to have you, mate.
03:08Thank you, Colin.
03:08Good, good. Loads of things to talk to you about, but you're a keen music fan. How many bits of vinyl have you got in the collection? This is sensational.
03:17Somewhere between 800 and 1,000 albums.
03:20Yes.
03:21And about 857-inch singles.
03:24That's a bit really interesting. What's your pride and joy when it comes to the seven inches? Because they can be worth a few quid, those.
03:29It's difficult to pick the best one out of them, to be honest.
03:33Yeah.
03:34I'll give you 70 quid if you've got Radio Gaga by Queen.
03:37Yes.
03:38You have it?
03:39I've got every single Queen seven inch single, and every single Queen studio album.
03:47Wow.
03:47Plus some live albums.
03:49And what's your address?
03:49That's the best of luck to you today. Mark going against Graeme.
03:59All right. Don't stop them now. Graeme, letters.
04:03Hiya.
04:04Hi. Consonant, please.
04:05Thank you, Graeme. Start today with T.
04:08Annabelle.
04:10U.
04:11And a consonant.
04:13H.
04:13And a consonant.
04:17N.
04:18Annabelle.
04:19A.
04:21And a consonant.
04:22D.
04:24Annabelle.
04:26O.
04:27And a consonant.
04:29T.
04:31And another consonant, please.
04:34Lastly, L.
04:35At the whole man in the studio, let's play Kainta.
05:08Time's up.
05:08Graeme.
05:09Seven.
05:10And Mark.
05:10Just a five.
05:11What's the five, mate?
05:13Hound.
05:13It's a strong start with a seven.
05:15Outland.
05:16Outland.
05:16Susie.
05:17Yes, if you think of outlandish and it could be outlands, plural, but you can have it in
05:21the singular as well, remote territory.
05:23OK.
05:24Outland.
05:25An outlandish start.
05:26Seven points for you.
05:27Could you do any better, Paul?
05:28Not better, but you've just handed out the points and handout is there.
05:32Handout.
05:32Handout and outland would have got you a seven in round one.
05:36Mark, you're in charge of the letters.
05:38Hi, Rachel.
05:39Hi, Mark.
05:39A consonant, please.
05:41Start with S.
05:43Another consonant.
05:45B.
05:46Vowel.
05:48I.
05:48Another vowel.
05:51E.
05:52And a consonant.
05:54R.
05:56And a vowel.
05:58A.
05:59Another vowel.
06:01E.
06:02A consonant.
06:04G.
06:05And a final consonant, please.
06:07A final C.
06:0830 seconds.
06:09T forty seconds.
06:10T forty seconds.
06:11And a aquell second.
06:13Oh, please.
06:14And a vowel.
06:15So, folks.
06:20And a vowel.
06:26Okay.
06:31And a vowel.
06:33How many, Mark?
06:42Six.
06:43And Graeme?
06:44I'll try an eight.
06:46The six is?
06:47Beiges.
06:48OK.
06:49Hold that page, because he likes to throw caution to the wind.
06:53He's a poker player, don't you know?
06:54Graeme?
06:55Acreages.
06:56Susie, words to check for me?
06:59Yes, acreages in the dictionary, but you need two A's, unfortunately.
07:02I'm sorry about that, Graeme.
07:04And I'd love to be able to allow beiges, but it's a mass noun in the dictionary,
07:07so we can't put the S on it.
07:08Can't have that.
07:09Party pooper.
07:10Well, that round has just faded the grey.
07:12What have you got for me, Paul?
07:13Well, I'm not claiming any of these myself, but they're very good words.
07:17A scribe for seven.
07:18Yeah.
07:20And, um, icebergs.
07:23Yeah.
07:23Great.
07:23Very good.
07:24Icebergs for eight.
07:26Let's get to the numbers for the first time today, G.
07:28I'll stick with two large, please.
07:30Thank you, Graeme.
07:30Your favourite pick.
07:31Two from the top and four little ones.
07:34And the first numbers of the day are 10, 5, 1, 7, 75 and 25.
07:41And the target to reach 416.
07:44416.
07:45Numbers up.
07:46416.
08:00516.
08:00516.
08:00617.
08:014-1-6 the target, Graeme.
08:184-1-6.
08:20And Mark.
08:21No.
08:21Missed it.
08:22Graeme, for the 10 points.
08:245-75s.
08:265-75s, 3-7-5.
08:28Add 25.
08:29400.
08:30Add the 10.
08:31And the 7 and take one.
08:32Perfect.
08:334-16.
08:33Well done.
08:34There you go.
08:38There you go.
08:39Good start from Graeme.
08:40Long way to go.
08:41First Tea Time teaser of the day is tidy pairs.
08:45Tidy pairs.
08:46Both pairs were very tidy, but one was much bigger than the other.
08:51Both pairs were very tidy, but one was much bigger than the other.
08:55Disparity.
08:56Disparity.
08:57Disparity.
08:58We've got that in the score at the moment, Mark, but you can change that now with these letters.
09:07Consonant, please.
09:08Thank you, Mark.
09:10V.
09:11Another consonant.
09:12V.
09:13Another consonant.
09:14V.
09:15V.
09:16N.
09:17Vowel.
09:18I.
09:19Another vowel.
09:20E.
09:21Consonant, please.
09:22Consonant, please.
09:23Thank you, Mark.
09:24V.
09:25Another consonant.
09:26N.
09:27Vowel.
09:28I.
09:29Another vowel.
09:30E.
09:31Consonant, please.
09:32F.
09:33Consonant.
09:34T.
09:35Vowel.
09:36A.
09:37Another vowel.
09:38U.
09:39And a final consonant, please.
09:40A final.
09:41G.
09:42Thanks, Rich.
09:43G.
09:44T.
09:45T.
09:46G.
09:47And a final consonant, please.
09:50A final G.
09:52Thanks, Rich.
10:23That'll do, Mark.
10:25Six.
10:25And, Graeme.
10:26Seven.
10:27The six is, Mark.
10:28Ignite.
10:29And the seven, what have you spotted?
10:31Vintage.
10:32Vintage.
10:33Vintage, great.
10:34Yes, there's only one I for Ignite.
10:37Unfortunately.
10:39But, yeah, vintage gives seven.
10:40That's as much as we could do as well.
10:41There you go.
10:42That'll do.
10:4324 zip at the moment.
10:46Let's get more letters, Graeme.
10:48Continent, please.
10:49Thank you, Graeme.
10:50H.
10:51Annabelle.
10:52O.
10:54And a consonant.
10:56S.
10:57And a consonant.
10:59M.
11:01And a vowel.
11:02E.
11:04A consonant.
11:05R.
11:07A vowel.
11:09E.
11:11Consonant.
11:13N.
11:15And another consonant, please.
11:18And a final W.
11:20Half a minute.
11:21And a final W.
11:22Half a minute.
11:2330 seconds passes.
11:43At anyone.
11:44I don't suspect, I can't make you pay.
11:45No.
11:46I can't.
11:47There you go.
11:47All given.
11:49Talk about it.
11:49Until next time.
11:5030 seconds passes yet again.
11:54Graeme?
11:54Eight.
11:56Mark?
11:57Seven.
11:58A good seven as well.
11:59You're doing full of hope there.
12:00What's the word?
12:01Nowhere.
12:02What have you found, Graeme?
12:03Horseman.
12:04A horseman.
12:05Yeah.
12:06Both excellent words, I have to say.
12:08Well done.
12:12Things like the apocalypse right now, Mark.
12:15Don't worry, don't worry.
12:16Many rounds ahead of you.
12:18Anything else in Dictionary Corner?
12:19I can't imagine, after horseman.
12:21Just got horseman.
12:22Horseman, yeah, but this is really going to be extremely mean of me.
12:25But Mark could have put the S at the end of nowhere and had nowhere.
12:28This boat was going nowhere.
12:30OK.
12:30Let's not dwell in the past.
12:32Let's just move forward.
12:33Numbers now.
12:34And for the first time, Mark, you get the shoes.
12:36One large and five small, please.
12:38One large, five little.
12:39Let's get you on the scoreboard with this selection.
12:43Eight.
12:45Nine.
12:46One.
12:47Nine.
12:48Three.
12:49And the final large one, 50.
12:52And your target, 360.
12:55Three, six, zero.
12:56Numbers up.
12:56Nine.
13:03Two.
13:04Two.
13:04One.
13:05One.
13:17One.
13:17Two.
13:18Two.
13:18One.
13:19One.
13:19Two.
13:20time's up 360 mark 360 well done and graeme yep 360 off you go mark nine plus eight minus three
13:36is 14 14 50 minus the 14 is 36 yeah nine plus one is 10 and that's the second one which you
13:46haven't used together 360 how did you go graeme i did 50 minus nine minus one it's 40 times nine times
13:55the second nine 360 again on the board happy days in a perfect time to just wallow in the glory of
14:05that because we're gonna have a final chat with paulson in the five days have gone so fast my
14:09friend and june the 15th today i love all the on this day stuff thank you well sometimes you look
14:15at a list and you just go forget about the facts just make this dinner party happen i would like to
14:21personally organize a dinner party for the following birthday people number one mo salah yes liverpool
14:29and egypt football legend number two noddy holder yes i can't imagine they wouldn't get on number
14:36three courtney cox who first came to fame before friends bruce springsteen springsteen video for
14:44dancing in the dark fourthly xi jinping the premier of china but four people such different tastes
14:53what drinks would you serve would they be too chilled would they be too warm why not bring in birthday boy
14:58ice cube as well to make sure that the drinks are properly chilled i mean there'll be a dinner party
15:04from heaven as far as i'm concerned but that's not my main point about today because on a similar subject
15:09when it comes to drinks and being chilled it's national beer day today but not many people have
15:15heard of it it was introduced in 2015 and not many people have heard of it which is probably the main
15:20the main reason is probably that this is britain and every day is a national beer day in this country
15:25but you know why it's june the 15th um something happened on june the 15th in the year 1215
15:34and that was that king john sealed the magna carta national beer day is on the day that uh celebrates
15:41the magna carta day the reason being one of the uh one of the things in the magna carta is that there
15:46should be one measure of beer used in this country and one measure of wine used in this country and we
15:53all know that should be a pint and a double glass yeah but that's the re that's the reason but incidentally
16:00in case you overindulge on national beer day uh it's also global wind day so we're kind of covered
16:07for side effects as well magic thank you paul thank you
16:15what a party that would be right 42 plays 10 and it's green with letters
16:20a consonant please thank you graham t a vowel o a consonant p a consonant n and a vowel a and a
16:35consonant c and a vowel o and a consonant b and another vowel please the final i and here we go
17:00so
17:22graham seven how'd you get on mark seven yeah the sevens are botanic and mark caption caption
17:30and botanic yeah nice little round this over to susie and yes i i got captions susie got botanic and
17:37also paction as well yeah the action of making a bargain or a pact nice uh there you go scoring
17:43properly now and mark you're choosing these letters uh consonant please richel thank you mark l
17:49another consonant another consonant r a vowel please a another vowel o a consonant y
18:00vowel e another vowel i consonant g and a final consonant please and a final t
18:12okay start the clock
18:22so
18:24Give me a number, Mark.
18:46Six.
18:47And Graeme?
18:48Seven.
18:49Oof.
18:49The six?
18:51Goiter.
18:52And the seven?
18:53Greatly.
18:53And greatly.
18:55All good with those words, Susie?
18:56Very good indeed.
18:58Excellent.
18:58Unless you could have had a lager poll on National Bear Day,
19:01but I'm sure we can toast a better word than that.
19:03Well, I've got this by mistake, I think,
19:06because I had royalty without realising there aren't two whys in it.
19:09And that led me to an almost synonym, regality.
19:12Yes.
19:13Very good.
19:16Very good.
19:17And actually, Graeme just whispered a question to me,
19:19and I said, no, no, that's not in.
19:20Look it up.
19:21And it is legatory.
19:22Somebody to whom a bequest is left.
19:24Another eight.
19:25No good, Graeme, after the clock runs out.
19:28Off we go with the numbers.
19:29Let's have three large today, please.
19:31Why not?
19:32Three big ones, three little ones,
19:36and potentially more of a challenge than usual.
19:38Let's see.
19:39The numbers are four, five, six,
19:4025, 75, and 100.
19:44And the target to reach?
19:47347.
19:48347.
19:49Numbers up.
19:50The numbers are four, five, six,
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20:49and then six minus four is a two.
20:51Six minus four, four, one the other way.
20:55Can you fill in the gap?
20:57You will have to leave it with me for a second.
21:00Very tricky indeed.
21:01Three, four, seven, still a mystery here
21:04as we get our second Tea Time teaser of the day.
21:06It's Alan drug, two Ls in the Alan.
21:10Alan was given a drug to help with his fever.
21:12Alan was given a drug to help with his fever.
21:19APPLAUSE
21:23APPLAUSE
21:25Welcome back. Alan drug was the Tea Time teaser.
21:34Alan, given a drug to help with his fever,
21:36that fever was glandular.
21:38Not pretty at all.
21:40Right, six rounds to go.
21:42Mark, let's grab the bull by the horns.
21:44More letters.
21:45Consonant, please, Rachel.
21:46Thank you, Mark.
21:47L.
21:48Another consonant.
21:49M.
21:50Vowel.
21:52E.
21:53Another vowel.
21:54U.
21:55Consonant.
21:57Z.
21:59Vowel.
22:01E.
22:02Vowel, please.
22:05I.
22:06Consonant.
22:08T.
22:09And a final consonant.
22:11Final N.
22:12Let's play.
22:23Time's up, Mark.
22:44Six.
22:45And Graeme.
22:46Risky seven.
22:48The six is?
22:49Lutein.
22:50What's the gambler got?
22:52Lutein.
22:52Lutein.
22:53The L-E-U-T-I-N-E.
22:56OK, well, the lutein bell at Lloyd's in London,
22:59that's got a capital L,
23:00so we can't have that, I'm afraid.
23:02And lutein is a term from biochemistry.
23:05It's a deep yellow pigment,
23:07but that is L-U-T-E-I-N.
23:09So I have to disallow both, I'm afraid.
23:11That's your job to be a party pooper when the need arises.
23:14So 0-0 for you.
23:16Open goal for Paul Sinna.
23:18What have you got?
23:18Have you got any sevens?
23:20No.
23:21There seems to be a minute chance of getting a seven there.
23:23Graeme, more letters, please.
23:26A consonant, please.
23:28Thank you, Graeme.
23:29F.
23:30And a consonant.
23:32L.
23:33Vowel.
23:34E.
23:36Vowel.
23:37A.
23:38Consonant.
23:40M.
23:41Consonant.
23:43S.
23:44Vowel.
23:45Vowel.
23:46O.
23:47A consonant.
23:49R.
23:52And another consonant.
23:54And lastly, T.
23:56Clientine.
23:57L.
23:59Vowel.
24:03C.
24:08Vowel.
24:09E.
24:09Vowel.
24:11Vowel.
24:11.
24:12Vowel.
24:12Ich.
24:12Vowel.
24:13In.
24:14Z.
24:14Graeme?
24:28Seven.
24:28And Mark?
24:29Risky seven.
24:30OK. Graeme?
24:31Four, mate.
24:32Four, mate.
24:33And what have you got for me, mate?
24:35Malters.
24:36And Malters.
24:37Two words to think about.
24:38You're working hard for your money today.
24:40Yes.
24:40I'm sure Malter used to be in, somebody who brews.
24:42It's not there now.
24:43So I'm being very mean to Mark today.
24:46Four mate, excellent derivative of formic acid.
24:48You could have put the S on it, if you were wondering about that, Graeme.
24:52But we also had a four mast, didn't we?
24:54Four mast, right?
24:55And maybe floaters as well?
24:57Floaters.
24:57Very good.
24:58As in your eyes.
24:59Good stuff.
25:00Right.
25:01Oh, we'll stay with you, Susie.
25:03As if you're not busy enough, you've got to do Origins of Words now.
25:07Well, quite often we kind of capture in language what we think about other
25:13people.
25:14And some are very obvious.
25:16So there are a lot of Dutch expressions that are very mean to the Dutch, going back to the
25:20Anglo-Dutch wars, when we were arch enemies.
25:23And so Dutch uncle, going Dutch, et cetera, et cetera.
25:27French, always associated with a bit of naughtiness as well as a bit of flair.
25:33But sometimes there are words in English where we don't actually recognise any more the culture
25:37that we're referring to.
25:39So I thought I'd give you some examples.
25:41And they all go back to the ancient world.
25:42So a solecism is a kind of deviation from correct grammar.
25:49Or, in fact, sometimes it can be a breach of good manners.
25:51But quite often you will find a lot of people grumbling about grammatical solecisms because
25:56they're not happy with the mistakes that have been made.
25:58That actually goes back to the Greek soloi.
26:02And this was a town in Sicilia.
26:04And they were said to speak a really inferior form of Greek.
26:08So it was pretty classist right from the start, people knocking others for not doing the
26:15correct thing.
26:16Another one is Spartan.
26:18Obviously, we talk about a place of Spartan if it's very bare and optically comfortable.
26:24That, of course, looks back to ancient Sparta, whose residents were known to kind of resist
26:31any comfort and any luxury.
26:33Much more than that, they were fairly draconian.
26:35And Draco, actually, was a very fierce ruler of the time that issued very harsh punishments.
26:40But Sparta was actually the capital of Laconia.
26:44And Laconia has given us, of course, laconic.
26:48But there's a lovely story attached to it, which we think is true and is worth repeating,
26:53really.
26:53And it's a famous interchange between Philip II of Macedonia, who had invaded southern Greece
27:00and quite a lot of other key city states fell under his rule.
27:05And he said to a centre messenger saying, if I should enter Laconia, I will destroy your
27:10farms, slay your people and raise your city.
27:14So he was a real hector.
27:16And the Spartan reply, or the Laconian reply, consisted of one word, if.
27:23And he never did invade.
27:25And it's said to be from that story and that reputation that we get the word laconic, meaning
27:29of very few words.
27:30A great tale.
27:34Right.
27:35Four more rounds this Thursday afternoon.
27:39Mark Parsons, you're picking these letters.
27:41Consonant, please, Rachel.
27:42Thank you, Mark.
27:43D.
27:44Another consonant.
27:46W.
27:48Vowel, please.
27:50A.
27:51Another vowel.
27:51Vowel, O, consonant, G, Vowel, E, Vowel, I, consonant, S, and a final consonant, please.
28:07A final K.
28:09And good luck, everybody.
28:40Mark, how many?
28:42Six.
28:43And Graeme?
28:44Six.
28:45Oof.
28:46Mark, what's six?
28:47Er, wedgies.
28:49Wedgies.
28:51Er, jields.
28:52And jields.
28:53And jields.
28:54Well, you'll kick yourself, Mark, because you're one letter away.
28:58And as a Scotsman, a company who didn't get this either, surely the wedgie is in the dictionary.
29:03Good wedgie.
29:04They may kill themselves, but they just had happier childhoods than me.
29:07Er, wedgies is there for seven, yes.
29:09Er, right.
29:12That's what I love about countdown, just the whole spectrum of words we get throughout any
29:15afternoon is just a delight.
29:17Er, one more letters round to go.
29:19Let's see what it throws up, and it's you, Graeme.
29:21A consonant, please.
29:22Thank you, Graeme.
29:23R.
29:24And a vowel.
29:26A.
29:27Consonant.
29:28S.
29:29And a vowel.
29:31I.
29:32And a consonant.
29:33N.
29:34And a consonant.
29:37P.
29:37And a vowel, please.
29:41A.
29:43And vowel.
29:46O.
29:47And a consonant.
29:48And a final, D.
29:50Last letters.
29:51A Notice.
30:03A.
30:04A.
30:04And a vowel.
30:05A.
30:05And a vowel.
30:10A.
30:13A.
30:13And a vowel.
30:14A.
30:15A.
30:16Time's up. Graeme?
30:24Eight. Mark?
30:25Six. The six is?
30:27Spraying. And this eight?
30:29Diaspora. Yeah, well spotted.
30:31Very nice.
30:32Yeah.
30:36For anyone that doesn't know diaspora, Susie.
30:40Yes. Well, diaspora is the dispersion of a group of people beyond their homeland.
30:45You can actually put the N at the end and have diaspora.
30:49And so that describes somebody who's living in a diaspora.
30:52Wow, very good. What a nine that is.
30:55Wow.
30:56Good.
30:57And talking of words that can have a letter put at the end,
31:00paranoid for eight is one such word, and you can get paranoids for nine.
31:05Fantastic. Two nines.
31:06APPLAUSE
31:11The last numbers round, Mark, please do the honours.
31:14One large, please, Rachel.
31:16Thank you, Mark. One from the top five little ones.
31:20And the final numbers of the day are nine, three, five, seven, ten and 75.
31:28And the final target, 119.
31:31119, last numbers.
32:021-1-9. Low target. How do you get on, Mark?
32:061-1-9. And Graeme?
32:081-1-9. Off you go, Mark. Give it to me.
32:1110 times 5 is 50.
32:14Yeah.
32:159 minus 3 is 6.
32:17It is.
32:18Take the 6 off the 50 for 44.
32:20Uh-huh.
32:21And add the 75.
32:221-1-9.
32:23Good. And Graeme?
32:24Yeah, same.
32:25Same way.
32:25APPLAUSE
32:27Nice stuff, Graeme. You had a real battle yesterday.
32:32You had to dig deep.
32:33You could be back in the Century Club today
32:35if you can manage to pick up these final 10 points.
32:38And, Mark, from nowhere, after such a slow start,
32:41you could knock up a half-century.
32:43So let's play right to the end of this Thursday afternoon's
32:46Countdown.
32:47Fingers on the buzzers,
32:48as we reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:51What have you saw, Graeme?
32:56Whichever.
32:57Whichever is...
32:59Correct!
33:00APPLAUSE
33:00Look at that smile on his face,
33:05like he hasn't won before.
33:06Uh, 104 gives you your seventh win.
33:09You will not sleep tonight.
33:11Did you think when you first appeared on set here
33:13you could become an octo-champ?
33:15Not when you told me I was up against someone
33:16on their seventh show, I have to say.
33:18Oh, that's it.
33:19Brilliant.
33:20Tickle pink for you.
33:21Tomorrow is a big, big day.
33:23And coming in,
33:24just on the rails,
33:26right at the end of Series 87.
33:28Mark, wasn't it a big slow start?
33:30Hard to recover from that, as you know?
33:31Yeah, it was a very slow start.
33:33Did you enjoy yourself?
33:34Oh, yeah.
33:35Totally enjoyed it, thank you.
33:36Good.
33:36In the words of Queen,
33:37the show must go on,
33:38but thanks for being here.
33:40Paul, what a pleasure.
33:41I know you've been here before,
33:42but my first time having someone
33:43I consider a friend here,
33:45it's been brilliant.
33:46Enjoyed every second of it
33:47and good luck tomorrow.
33:48You'll have your third Dictionary Corner guest.
33:51I'll keep that a secret.
33:52Susie, see you tomorrow.
33:53Yes, see you then.
33:54Rachel, pleasure as always.
33:55Well, I've thought of another show
33:56to bring back.
33:57Let's do it.
33:57If I said to you,
33:59women dressed as brides
34:00in a swimming pool,
34:02jumping over floats,
34:03what would you say?
34:04A dream I had last night.
34:07No idea.
34:08Have I made it up
34:09or was that Bob's your uncle?
34:10Are you sure?
34:11I'm pretty sure
34:13Child of the 90s
34:14that that might have been
34:15an ITV programme
34:16with Bob Monkhouse.
34:17It's something to look up
34:18when we get off air.
34:19Quick internet search,
34:21maybe we will strike it lucky.
34:23We're back with
34:23the one and only Countdown tomorrow.
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