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00:30And welcome to the Carradine studio.
00:31Now, nowadays, there seem to be hundreds of awards evenings, but tonight there's something really rather special.
00:37It's a tongue-in-cheek award. It's the Oldie of the Year's award.
00:40The Oldie of the Year, founded by Richard Ingham, who, of course, previously founded the great private eye.
00:46And then when he got too old for that, he founded Oldie, the Oldie magazine.
00:50And prizes are handed out to senior figures for achievements over the previous year with titles changing.
00:56Of course, all tongue-in-cheek.
00:57For instance, Prince Philip was given Consort of the Year and a previous Countdown guest, actually, Michael Burke, was awarded Jungle Survivor of the Year.
01:07And I can't think of any award, however tongue-in-cheek, that I would be deserving of.
01:12Now, Rachel, if you were able to put yourself an award, tongue-in-cheek, what would you go for?
01:19I guess my best hidden talent is bruising or getting bizarre injuries, so I'll put myself forward to that award, yeah.
01:25Bizarre injury award.
01:26Oh, yeah. Once I've got my make-up on, the make-up girls are brilliant. They have to colour in my scars.
01:31You poor girl.
01:32Yeah, I find new and interesting ways to injure myself when there's any slight possibility.
01:36Is this just bumping into things or cycling?
01:38I'm just clumsy. My friends have got stories and stories and stories since I was that big.
01:42I never go out of it. Most people do.
01:44Make-up people to colour in your shins now, isn't it brilliant?
01:47You don't look clumsy to me at all. But there we are. What do I know?
01:51Now, who's here? Tim Down. Welcome back, Tim.
01:55Welcome back. Let's see whether Colin Chute, an English teacher from County Median Ireland,
02:01is going to wrestle that crown away from you before you actually get it.
02:04Colin, you're teaching English to foreign students in Dublin now, is that right?
02:08Yeah, so I'm kept very busy.
02:10Yeah? Excellent. And these are young people floating into Ireland from around the world?
02:14Basically, of all ages, so from 16 to 80.
02:17Ireland, and particularly Dublin, I think, is incredibly attractive to young people, isn't it?
02:21It's actually packed solid with young people.
02:23It's a beautiful city. It's, you know, if you need a good pint, come to Dublin.
02:28Oh, I know all about that. I know all about that.
02:30But also, it's a very friendly city, and it's a lively city, too, isn't it?
02:35Yeah, but we try to be happy and have a smile.
02:36Well, indeed. Well, good luck to you, Colin, and let's see how you get on.
02:41Who's over in the corner? None other, of course, than the wonderful Susie and Helen Fospero again, joining us again.
02:49How are you feeling today?
02:50You're getting that pronunciation beautiful.
02:51But actually, I mean, technically that's wrong, because it's Italian, and I think it's Fospero.
02:56Don't confuse me now.
02:57But we always say Fospero, so you're doing beautifully well with it.
03:02Thank you. All right. Now then, let's get down to business here.
03:05Tim, good luck to you. Off you go. Letters game.
03:09Hi, Rachel.
03:09Hi, Tim.
03:10Start with the consonant, please.
03:11Thank you. Start today with F.
03:14And another.
03:16T.
03:17And a third.
03:18V.
03:20V.
03:21Vowel, please.
03:23U.
03:24And another.
03:26E.
03:27And a third.
03:29A.
03:31Consonant.
03:33G.
03:34Consonant.
03:36D.
03:38And a vowel, please.
03:40And the last one.
03:41E.
03:42And here's the countdown clock.
04:14Well, Tim.
04:15Six.
04:16A six, Colin.
04:17A six, but not written down.
04:19All right.
04:20Tell us about that, Colin.
04:21Feeces.
04:22And defeat.
04:24And defeat.
04:26Are we happy, Susie?
04:27Um, no, feated, unfortunately, Colin.
04:30I can see where you were coming from with that, but not in the dictionary.
04:33Alas, sorry.
04:34Bad luck.
04:35And Helen?
04:36Fated, gated, and defeat.
04:39Well done.
04:39All right.
04:40Now then, another letter's game.
04:43And Colin, this one for you.
04:45Hi, Rachel.
04:45Hi, Colin.
04:46Um, may I get a consonant, please?
04:47You may, thank you.
04:48Start with R.
04:50And another.
04:53L.
04:54One more.
04:55Q.
04:57And a vowel.
05:00A.
05:01And again, please.
05:02I.
05:03And one more.
05:05O.
05:07And a consonant.
05:10N.
05:12One more, please.
05:15S.
05:17And a vowel.
05:19And the last one.
05:21E.
05:23Countdown.
05:23Or.
05:25Supercell.
05:25You may.
05:26More.
05:26Come on.
05:27You may.
05:29You may.
05:30Be.
05:31Ooh.
05:32I.
05:32You may.
05:34Be.
05:36I.
05:37Go.
05:38You may.
05:44No.
05:45You may.
05:46Be.
05:47Be.
05:47Colin.
05:55A seven.
05:56A seven, Tim.
05:57Eight.
05:59And Colin.
06:00Nailers.
06:01Thank you, nailers.
06:02And?
06:03Ailerons.
06:04Ailerons.
06:05Excellent, yeah.
06:06That's a good old countdown.
06:07It certainly is, yeah.
06:09Now, Helen.
06:10I had loners, which is a seven, and we had ailerons, which I don't even know what it means.
06:15It's a flap on the wing of an aircraft, if you see it.
06:18It's used to control its sort of rolling movement.
06:21There you go.
06:21All right, 14 to Tim.
06:23Colin, you had to go, but bags of time.
06:25And now it's Tim's numbers game.
06:27Jim.
06:28I'll have four large, please.
06:29I thought you might.
06:30I don't need to ask any more.
06:31Thank you, Tim.
06:32Four from the top row, and two little ones.
06:34And these little ones are ten and four.
06:38And then the big ones, 50, 100, 75, 25.
06:43And the target, 100.
06:45Oh, dear.
06:46One hundred and seventy-five.
06:48One, seven, five.
06:49One, seven, five.
06:49One, seven, five.
06:50Five.
06:51Two, three.
06:52MUSIC PLAYS
07:22This one?
07:23175.
07:24Yes, and Colin?
07:26Yes, okay, let's deal with this very quickly.
07:29100 plus 75.
07:32Colin?
07:33I got the same.
07:34You're going to go the same, Ray.
07:35Oh, you have to check.
07:36I'm joking.
07:3824 plays Colin's 10 as we turn to our first two-time teaser,
07:43which is Rude's slob and the clue,
07:45big rocks that sound like they go with brass.
07:48Big rocks that sound like they go with brass.
07:52APPLAUSE
07:53Welcome back.
08:08A warm welcome back.
08:09I left you with a clue.
08:10Big rocks that sound like they go with brass.
08:13And the answer is boulders.
08:16Boulders.
08:17Boulders brass.
08:1924 plays Colin's 10.
08:21Colin, you're back in with the letters, Ken.
08:24May I start with a constant, please?
08:26Thank you, Colin.
08:26D.
08:28And one more.
08:30R.
08:31And again.
08:33L.
08:34And a fourth.
08:35Countdown.
08:37J.
08:38A vowel.
08:40A.
08:41One more, please.
08:43O.
08:44And again.
08:46E.
08:47A consonant, please.
08:50D.
08:52And a vowel, please.
08:55And the last one.
08:56I.
08:57Countdown.
08:58E以上 orang ama.
09:11E calcium.
09:13Epoly,
09:14and someẫn
09:14E STAR
09:15EF
09:19E怎樣?
09:20E
09:23L.
09:23E
09:24E
09:25E
09:25E
09:25E
09:26Colin.
09:30A six.
09:31A six, yes, Tim?
09:33Six.
09:34Colin.
09:35Very Lord.
09:36And, Tim?
09:37Loader.
09:38And Loader.
09:39Yes, absolutely fine.
09:40Very good.
09:41All right, any more loading over there?
09:43I found jailed, which is six.
09:46Yes.
09:46But there's also a seven, dariole, which is a cooking pot.
09:50A dariole, that pops up from time to time.
09:53It's always simmering in the background.
09:55What have we got there, Susie?
09:57No, same, exactly the same.
09:59It's used in French cooking, and it's shaped like a flower pot.
10:03Really?
10:03Dariole.
10:04I'm a stranger to the kitchen.
10:05I know nothing.
10:07Actually, I've just heard, we've had a new sort of thing in the kitchen that you heat pots on,
10:13but it's induction.
10:14You've got to have special saucepans, apparently, I've just heard.
10:16Oh, we've got induction.
10:17It's not great.
10:18Is it?
10:18No.
10:19There's no gas in our building, sadly, but no.
10:21Gosh, things aren't looking very good when I get home.
10:24Thirdie plays 16, and Tim, let us go.
10:28Consonant, please.
10:29Thank you, Tim.
10:30P.
10:31Vowel.
10:33O.
10:34Consonant.
10:37K.
10:39Vowel.
10:40A.
10:41Consonant.
10:43T.
10:45Vowel.
10:45I.
10:47E.
10:48Consonant.
10:50R.
10:52Vowel.
10:55I.
10:56And a consonant, please.
10:57And the last one.
10:59M.
11:00Stand by.
11:00Vowel.
11:01With us.
11:12I.
11:13I.
11:13I.
11:16I.
11:16I.
11:17I.
11:18I.
11:18I.
11:19I.
11:19Yes, Tim?
11:32Six.
11:33A six. Colin?
11:35I've lost the one, unfortunately.
11:38Let's concentrate on Tim for the minute.
11:40Import.
11:41What have you characters over in the corner got there?
11:45Helen?
11:45Oh, I'm quite proud. I found this myself.
11:47Primate for seven.
11:49Not bad at all.
11:50Not bad at all, wasn't it?
11:50Very good. Prime eight.
11:52And, Susie, your seven?
11:53That was about the best, I think, that Helen got there.
11:55And there's a five there, Pokey, which is a fruit machine.
11:58Okay, a Pokey.
12:0036 plays 16, and it's numbers for you, Colin.
12:04May I get one large and five for choosing, please?
12:07Thank you, Colin.
12:07One from the top and five random little ones for this round.
12:12Your small numbers are three, eight, five.
12:15Another eight and one.
12:18And the big one, 100.
12:19Hopefully something trickier.
12:21Three hundred and eighty.
12:22Three, eight, zero.
12:23All right.
12:25All right.
12:26Yeah.
12:37Yeah.
12:38All right.
12:48All right.
12:50Colin and three seven nine but not written down three seven nine and Tim three eight one three
13:02eight one so Colin okay three plus one three plus one is four times one hundred times one hundred
13:11four hundred and then minus minus eight minus eight yet and then and the five three seven nine
13:22which is what you did now there's three eight one Tim down five minus one is four five minus one
13:28four multiplied by a hundred four hundred again and subtract eight and eight and three eight eight
13:34and the three yep for one the other way well done now then Rachel can you squeeze between them
13:39um yes if you say 100 minus five is 95 and then three plus one is four and times them together
13:47there we go well done thank you Rachel well done so 43 plays 23 as we turn now to uh Helen and Helen
13:56last time you were here you spoke very moving actually um about the collapse of the twin towers
14:04you were there you watched it happen and in fact you rushed out and grabbed a crew and you
14:07you reported from that terrible place but uh you worked then in the states for some time you had
14:14fun I hope I had a lot of fun I mean I worked for morning television and the title was US correspondent
14:20so obviously we covered lots of news stories September the 11th Timothy McVeigh's execution the
14:25bush gore election you know lots of heavy news stories but the morning show were very good about when we
14:30had a bit of downtime about doing color features it was all a bit quiet and the office said stick a pin in
14:36the map disappear for a week and come back with five good color stories and you know it's up to you
14:43where you go all we ask is that the end of the week you have five good pieces to put out on television
14:47so we decided that because we'd ended at the Grand Canyon on our political trip and we'd had no time
14:54to explore it we'd start there this time and so rather sort of madly me and my producer and my
15:00cameraman decided that we'd go on horseback to the bottom of the canyon but they're slipping their
15:07hooves are slipping on the edge so it's quite terrifying to begin with and then you just have
15:11to relax and enjoy it but the whole desert was in bloom and when we got down to the bottom we
15:16camped with the Havasupai Indians an ancient Indian tribe and then the next day having filmed again with
15:22the Indians we helicoptered out with a little bit of classical music in our earphones and I think it
15:28took three minutes to helicopter out and six hours to ride in so we did lots of things like that we
15:33had a we had an awful lot of fun and a lot of freedom and got some smashing pieces and you were
15:38there for the for the Gore Bush election I went there for the election and I was only supposed to be
15:42there six months and then I didn't really intend to stay three years but stories kept happening and
15:47they kept ringing saying can you stay for another couple of months and I love New York City great
15:52days what a wonderful fantastic fantastic job thank you Helen wonderful stuff
15:56well done right what shall we do Tim will you take us on now with the letters game consonant please
16:06thank you Tim R and another G and a third T vowel please
16:15a and another I and another a consonant W consonant S and a vowel please and the last one O stand by
16:36We'll see you in this
17:06yes Tim six a sick Colin just a five and that five beautiful words beautiful
17:14words sports yes and groats groats yes happy enough very happy and groats
17:23being medieval European coin worth four old pence oh really when did they go out
17:29of circulation well they wish you between 1351 and 1662 the 17th century a
17:34while ago now then Helen I've got warts too so to speak and wait I didn't do
17:42very well this time it was a hard one wasn't it there's a few sixes gators as
17:47in alligators and Tawais t-o-w-a-i-s which are large New Zealand trees thank you
17:55very much all right well done 49 plays 23 Colin your letters game may I start with
18:02the constant please thank you Colin why one more ah and again T a vowel please I and
18:16and again you and another oh and the fourth E consonant please M and one more and the last one P
18:33stand by
18:35so
18:37so
18:42so
18:45Yeah, Colin.
19:09I'll try a seven.
19:10A seven, Tim?
19:12I'll try a seven as well.
19:13So, Colin, how's your...
19:15Are you both pouting?
19:17The same word.
19:18It's poutier.
19:20Yeah.
19:20I wonder.
19:21Any more pouting over there?
19:22Well, we didn't have it, but you were in luck.
19:24It's in the dictionary.
19:25Yes.
19:26Poutier, poutiest.
19:27All right.
19:27And Helen?
19:28And also proteum for seven.
19:31Yes?
19:32Yeah.
19:32Susie, what else have you got?
19:34Well, proteum is an isotope of hydrogen.
19:37So there's deuterium, tritium and proteum.
19:42Well done, Helen.
19:4356 plays 30, and it's numbers game.
19:47Tim?
19:48I'll go for four from the top, please.
19:50For old time's sake.
19:50Thank you, Tim.
19:51Four from the top and two little ones.
19:53And for the final time from you for a while, they are six and three.
19:57And the big one's 50, 25, 75 and 100.
20:01And this time, your target, 654.
20:05Six, five, four.
20:06Cool.
20:07The big one's 50, 75 and 100.
20:08The big one's 50 is beautiful.
20:12And this time, your target, 69 and 100.
20:14And this time, your target, 60 square.
20:16Go for the final time.
20:16Mohammad and 100.
20:19Mmm.
20:20Bah instead, 60 and 100.
20:21Let's get back.
20:22Moore.
20:23destacably.
20:24Think to him once in two.
20:25لف.
20:25My target, 70 and 100.
20:27It's everything.
20:27Matt.
20:28Do you know how much?
20:28Back?
20:29Have a neatnej professional.
20:31đã look like Shiv走.
20:31The normal time.
20:32Let's get to go.
20:33Mm-hmm.
20:34Yeah.
20:35No.
20:35Yes, Tim.
20:396, 5, 4.
20:40And Colin.
20:416, 5, 3.
20:426, 5, 3.
20:44So let's start with Tim.
20:4575 divided by 25 is 3.
20:48Yep.
20:49Multiply that by 3.
20:509.
20:51Add the 100.
20:52109.
20:53And multiply by 6.
20:54Well done.
20:546, 5, 4.
20:56Well done.
20:57Very good.
20:59A good mathematician.
21:01So 56, 66 even plays 30 as we go into our second T time teaser.
21:05Which is eat fresh.
21:06And the clue.
21:07You'll see lots of these if you count down.
21:10You'll see lots of these if you count down.
21:29Welcome back.
21:30I left you with the clue.
21:31You'll see lots of these if you count down.
21:33And the answer is feathers.
21:38Feathers.
21:3966 to 30.
21:40And Colin, your letters game.
21:43May I start with a constant, please?
21:44Thank you, Colin.
21:45Z.
21:47Better one, please.
21:49L.
21:50And again.
21:52G.
21:53A fourth.
21:54P.
21:56A vowel.
21:58A.
21:59One more, please.
22:01U.
22:02And again.
22:05O.
22:06And a fourth.
22:09E.
22:10And finally a consonant.
22:12And finally R.
22:15Here's the countdown clock.
22:16We're going to miss out.
22:34Better one.
22:35You're going to miss out.
22:35Here's the accompaniment.
22:36Yes, Colin?
22:49A six.
22:50A six, Tim?
22:51Six.
22:52Colin?
22:53Plague.
22:54Plague and?
22:55Plague as well.
22:56Two plagues.
22:58Two plagues.
23:00And in the corner, Helen and Susie?
23:02Well, two sevens, but I can't really claim them as my own.
23:05That would be really wrong.
23:06Earplug and pergola.
23:09Pergola and earplug.
23:09I wish they were mine.
23:11Very good.
23:12You can put the R on play, if you were wondering.
23:15You could have a plaguer, so somebody who harasses somebody else.
23:19And a rather ugly word for a beautiful thing,
23:22grauple, G-R-A-U-P-E-L,
23:24which are small particles of snow,
23:26almost like soft hail,
23:28so they've got slight hardness to them.
23:31Really?
23:31Yeah.
23:32It's a very useful word.
23:33So it could be graupling outside?
23:34It's not, it's actually a noun.
23:35Oh, it's a noun.
23:36For the sort of very fragile crust of ice,
23:39but it's still quite soft.
23:41All right, 72 to 36,
23:42and it's Tim's letters game.
23:46Tim, consonant, please.
23:47Thank you, Tim.
23:49N.
23:50Vowel.
23:52O.
23:53Consonant.
23:55S.
23:57Consonant.
23:59N.
24:00Vowel.
24:01I.
24:02I.
24:03Consonant.
24:05G.
24:06Consonant.
24:08C.
24:10Fowel.
24:12A.
24:15And a consonant, please.
24:17And finally, T.
24:19Countdown.
24:19C.
24:20E.
24:21C.
24:21Fowel.
24:32C.
24:33C.
24:35C.
24:35C.
24:36C.
24:36C.
24:37C.
24:37E.
24:38C.
24:38C.
24:38C.
24:39C.
24:40C.
24:40C.
24:42C.
24:42Jim.
24:51Eight.
24:52An eight.
24:53Colin.
24:53An eight.
24:54Thank you, Jim.
24:55Coasting.
24:56Coasting and Colin.
24:58Coatings.
24:59Coatings.
25:00Yep.
25:00Very good.
25:01Excellent.
25:02Two, two, eight.
25:03Well done.
25:07And what have you got in the corner, Helen and Susie?
25:10I managed a seven, stoning.
25:12Yes.
25:13Not an eight.
25:14One more eight to add, Nick, and that's agnostic.
25:17Agnostic.
25:18Yes.
25:1980 plays a 44.
25:21As we turn back to you, Susie, and your wonderful origins of words.
25:27What have you got for us today?
25:29I have an unexpected connection.
25:33And this one is between a verge, side of the road, and a man of the church.
25:39I'll start with the boundary sense first.
25:41A verge comes from Old French, or via Old French, I should say, from the Latin virga, which meant a rod.
25:48And it referred particularly to a rod or scepter that was carried as a symbol of office, if you like.
25:56Why that has anything to do with a boundary or a margin or, as I say, the edge of the road, probably goes back to the Norman kings.
26:03And they had the Lord High Steward in 1500.
26:09They instated this office.
26:12He was probably at one time the most important person in the kingdom.
26:14In fact, Henry IV gave his son, Thomas of Lancaster, the title of Lord High Steward.
26:21Today it's very much a ceremonial role, but as I say, once very, very important.
26:25And he, again, his authority was symbolized by the rod of office.
26:31And there was a rule decreed that nobody could come within a 12-mile radius of the king's court without permission.
26:40And the radius itself was called the verga, or the verge, and it was in French.
26:45And so this idea of coming within the boundary probably gave us the modern sense of the boundary or the edge that you will now find on every highway and every road in England.
26:56So that's the verge that is the side.
26:58But the church person, the verger, took his name from that rod of office.
27:03So he carried a rod or a similar symbol of office in front of a bishop or another official.
27:08So it is strange that the verger, that's the church caretaker, if you like, and attendant, is linked to the grassy bit at the edge of the motorway.
27:19Very good.
27:22Complicated.
27:2480 plays, 44.
27:26Colin, letters game.
27:29May I start with a vowel, please?
27:30Thank you, Colin.
27:31You.
27:33And again.
27:35I.
27:36One more, please.
27:38E.
27:39A consonant.
27:42S.
27:43And again.
27:45N.
27:47And a third.
27:49T.
27:51And a fourth.
27:53H.
27:55A vowel.
27:57A.
27:59And a consonant, please.
28:02And lastly, R.
28:04Countdown.
28:08G.
28:09So.
28:09There't.
28:09To.
28:10And a fourth.
28:11And a third.
28:16H.
28:17Loved.
28:20A vowel.
28:20Colin.
28:37A seven.
28:38A seven, Tim.
28:39Eight.
28:40Colin.
28:41Hunters.
28:42Hunters and?
28:43Haunters.
28:45Well done.
28:46Very good.
28:47And the corner.
28:48What news from the corner, Helen and Susie?
28:51Well, we had haunters as well.
28:53Yes.
28:53And also unearths, which is another really good eight.
28:56Very good.
28:57Susie, that's it?
28:58There's a term from heraldry, hoorient, H-A-U-R-I-E-N-T.
29:03We'll give you another eight.
29:04And it's when a fish or marine creature in heraldry is depicted as swimming vertically with a head upwards.
29:10That's right, yeah.
29:11Like a seahorse, you'd be thinking.
29:15Very interesting.
29:16OK, 84 to 44, and it's Tim's letters game.
29:22Last one of the day.
29:23Last one of the day.
29:26A consonant, please.
29:27Thank you, Tim.
29:28B.
29:29And another.
29:32L.
29:33And a third.
29:35D.
29:36Vowel, please.
29:37And a last one.
29:55O.
29:57Countdown.
29:58Take care.
30:07Take care.
30:12Take care.
30:14Bye.
30:20Bye.
30:21Bye.
30:24Bye.
30:24Bye.
30:25Bye.
30:27Tim?
30:30Seven.
30:30A seven, Colin?
30:32Seven.
30:33Yes, Tim?
30:34Boarded.
30:35Boarded and Colin Tute?
30:37Bladder.
30:38Bladder.
30:40Very nice.
30:42Depends what state it's in, really.
30:45What have we got there, Helen?
30:46We had boarded and also bridled, which I think is in there.
30:51That was the last minute one.
30:52Bridled, it's in there, isn't it?
30:53Yes, absolutely fine, yeah.
30:54The horse bridled.
30:56Susie, anything else?
30:57Radioed is another seven.
30:58He radioed in.
30:59Radioed in.
31:00All right.
31:0195, look at that.
31:02Just short of the 100 to 51, and it's Colin's numbers game.
31:06Good luck, Colin.
31:08Rachel, I'll let you take your pick.
31:10Why, thank you.
31:10Well, let's have two large.
31:11We've not had two large for a while and four little ones.
31:13Thank you very much, Colin.
31:15And the final numbers game of the day is 1, 4, 7, 9.
31:21And the big two, 25 and 100, in nicely ascending order.
31:25And the target, 358.
31:27Three, five, eight.
31:28Good luck.
31:29Thank you, sir.
31:31We're gonna take it.
31:32MUSIC CONTINUES
32:02And Tim? 360. 360? Interesting. Colin?
32:09OK, 100 times 4. 100 times 4 is 400.
32:13Minus 25. 375. Minus 9 minus 7.
32:179 minus 7 for 359.
32:22Oh, I've... Oh, the 1.
32:23The 1. Perfect. 358.
32:25Well done. Well done.
32:29Tim, I hope you weren't cruising there, were you?
32:31No, I just missed it.
32:33I haven't got to 100 yet.
32:35Well done there, Colin.
32:36Let's go into the final round with the score standing at 95 to 61.
32:40Fingers on buzzers, gentlemen.
32:43Let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:46MUSIC CONTINUES
32:47Yes, Tim?
32:56IN DIGNITY.
32:58IN DIGNITY.
32:59Let's see whether you're right.
33:01There she rolls. IN DIGNITY. Well done.
33:04105 points.
33:08105 points.
33:09But that's not the end of it, because you're now an octochamp.
33:13Well done.
33:15No, very well done.
33:16But I'll come back to you in a second.
33:17Colin, you did very well indeed against an octochamp, because that's a formidable sort of performance from Tim.
33:22But 61 to his 105.
33:24That's okay.
33:25So back to Dublin and back to your teaching role.
33:29And good luck to you.
33:30Take this goodie bag back to Dublin and great good fortune to you.
33:33And my best regards to Trim in County Meath.
33:36Thank you very much.
33:37When you go home.
33:37Getting the name out there.
33:38Brilliant.
33:39We shall see you later in the year.
33:42Octochamp, well done, Tim Down.
33:44You've been a great performer.
33:45Tremendous.
33:46Good luck to you anyway.
33:47We shall see you tomorrow, Helen and Susie.
33:51See you tomorrow.
33:52See you tomorrow.
33:53I was very surprised, actually, Rachel, to see Tim slipping down on that last numbers game.
33:58He's such a good mathematician.
33:59He's won eight games in a row.
34:01I think that deserves less criticism.
34:03No, no.
34:04I was just, I was worrying about him.
34:06For the most mean congratulations ever.
34:09Meanest spirited.
34:10There we go.
34:11There we go.
34:11I'll take that one.
34:12Worst motivational speaker.
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