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00:00Thank you very much.
00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34Now, what did you do when you were a school child by way of earning an extra few quid a week or a month even?
00:41Perhaps it was a paper round working in a cafe?
00:44But apparently over the last five years, the number of school children having a paper round or whatever has fallen by about 20%.
00:51Not so good.
00:53And I remember when I was a nipper, I always, every Christmas, helped the post office and each grand in a huge lorry delivering pastures.
01:02That was a great sport.
01:03What did you do as a youngster?
01:05I hope you had a little job.
01:07I had loads of jobs.
01:08Yeah, I've had a job since I was 15, I think.
01:11I worked in a sandwich shop.
01:12I handed out leaflets somewhere else.
01:14I worked in a jewellers and then I worked in a call centre.
01:17Yes.
01:17So every time I could upgrade job, I got a little bit older or my schedule changed.
01:21I did a little bit more money and have a few more hours.
01:23I think it's really good.
01:24It teaches you responsibility.
01:26Absolutely.
01:26And when you've worked, you know, eight hours for your 25 quid, then you're less likely to go out and, you know, waste it.
01:33That's how I was anyway.
01:34But it instils that work ethic and actually a discipline to, because you've got to get up at eight in the morning rather than floundering around until midday as one would wish to do.
01:44Well.
01:44That's a good thing.
01:45Didn't train me very well for this job.
01:47There we are.
01:49It was good.
01:50So we agreed.
01:52Yes.
01:52Nippers should go out and do some work.
01:54All right.
01:55Now, George Armstrong, I mean, George, you had that wonderful win and is now the brand owner of a teapot.
02:03He's only 20.
02:04And now you're working as a butcher's assistant in Bingley.
02:08And when you were a school child, did you have a job?
02:11No.
02:12Why?
02:14School took...
02:15The start of the rot.
02:17No.
02:18School was quite far away from me.
02:19By the time I got back, it was quite late in the day.
02:21Okay.
02:22Then you didn't have much time.
02:23All right.
02:24Well, listen, George, you played an absolute blinder against John.
02:27You really did.
02:27You came through at the end and won.
02:29Tremendous.
02:30Well done.
02:30Now, you're up against Noel Chongwe, a senior staff nurse from Birmingham.
02:35But his heart lies in Manchester, particularly at Old Trafford, I think.
02:40Oh, yes.
02:41Huge Reds fan.
02:44Yeah?
02:44Devoted childhood team.
02:46Is that right?
02:47Did you get up to watch them much?
02:48Yes, I've got a season ticket.
02:50Oh, well done.
02:50Well, you've got a big pal here in the studio over by the board there.
02:55Rachel, of course, is devoted and a famous fan.
02:58Oh, yes.
02:59Excellent.
03:00Well, listen.
03:01Have a good day today, both of you.
03:04Have fun.
03:05May the best man win.
03:06Let's have a big round of applause for George and Noel.
03:14And Susie's over there.
03:16And for the final time, restaurant critic, journalist and jazz musician, the great Jay Rayner.
03:21Welcome back.
03:22Welcome back.
03:22You've been a great guest, actually.
03:28And I know you're off with your jazz quartet.
03:32But when you've got a spare minute, you come back and see us again soon.
03:35Any time.
03:36This seat is very comfortable.
03:38Excellent.
03:39All right.
03:39Now then, George, let's have a letters game from you, shall we?
03:43Thank you, Nick.
03:44Afternoon, Rachel.
03:45Afternoon, George.
03:45Can I start with a consonant, please?
03:47Start today with N.
03:50And another?
03:50R.
03:53And a vowel?
03:55A.
03:56And a consonant?
03:58T.
03:59And a vowel?
04:01O.
04:02Another, please?
04:04U.
04:06A consonant?
04:08N.
04:09A vowel?
04:11A.
04:13And a final vowel, please?
04:15And a final E.
04:17And here's the countdown clock.
04:20And a vowel, please.
04:21And a vowel, please.
04:22And a vowel, please.
04:22And a vowel, please.
04:23And a vowel, please.
04:24And a vowel, please.
04:24And a vowel, please.
04:25And a vowel, please.
04:26And a vowel, please.
04:26And a vowel, please.
04:27And a vowel, please.
04:28And a vowel, please.
04:28And a vowel, please.
04:29And a vowel, please.
04:30And a vowel, please.
04:31And a vowel, please.
04:32And a vowel, please.
04:33And a vowel, please.
04:34And a vowel, please.
04:35And a vowel, please.
04:36And a vowel, please.
04:37And a vowel, please.
04:38And a vowel, please.
04:39And a vowel, please.
04:40And a vowel, please.
04:41And a vowel, please.
04:42And a vowel, please.
04:43Well, George, just a six, Nick.
04:52A six, and Noel?
04:54Six, Joe.
04:54Thank you, George.
04:56On eight.
04:57And Noel?
04:58A tanner.
05:00Yes, both absolutely fine.
05:02Tanner of leather.
05:03Of course.
05:04Now, Jay, Jay and Susie?
05:06There is an eight, which is aeronaut.
05:09Oh, well done, yeah.
05:11Aeronaut.
05:11Not used very often these days, is it, an aeronaut?
05:17No, travelling in a hot air balloon, a ship or other flying craft that does say dated.
05:20Right.
05:21A pilot would be an aeronaut, wouldn't it?
05:22Yes.
05:23Aircraft pilot, yeah.
05:23Yes.
05:24All right, thanks, Jay.
05:26Noel, your letters came.
05:28Good afternoon, Rachel.
05:29Can I start with a consonant, please?
05:31Starts with R.
05:33Consonant.
05:35L.
05:36And another.
05:38C.
05:40Consonant, please.
05:41R.
05:43Consonant.
05:45T.
05:47Vowel.
05:48I.
05:49Another vowel.
05:51U.
05:52Vowel.
05:55A.
05:56And finish with the vowel, please.
05:57And finish with E.
05:59Stand by.
06:01Stand by.
06:01I.
06:07I.
06:08I.
06:08I.
06:08I.
06:09I.
06:09I.
06:09I.
06:10Yes, no.
06:34I've got a seven.
06:35Risky seven.
06:36A risky seven, George?
06:38A safe seven.
06:38A safe seven.
06:40Now they're null.
06:41A curator.
06:44George?
06:44Clutter.
06:46Clutter.
06:47Curator, unfortunately, is OR rather than ER, I'm afraid, null.
06:50Sorry.
06:51That was the risk, I guess.
06:52Yeah.
06:53And actually, yes, I'm going to say clutter is fine.
06:55There's only one T, so I have to disallow that too.
06:58Sorry.
07:00And over in the corner, Jay?
07:03Certain ruminants have a number of stomachs,
07:05and they have a kind of net-like structure to them,
07:07and that net-like structure is described as reticular.
07:11Nine letters.
07:12Excellent.
07:12All right, well done.
07:17Terrific.
07:18Six apiece.
07:19Now, George, numbers game.
07:22Can I have three large and three small, please, Rachel?
07:24You can.
07:24Thank you, George.
07:25Don't worry.
07:25No favouritism for Noel.
07:26I know you're a United fan as well.
07:28That makes three of us.
07:29And these three smalls are two, three, and four,
07:33and the three large, 50, 100, and 25.
07:38And the target to reach, 208.
07:41Two-oh-eight.
07:42And the target to reach, 208.
07:43I want to.
07:44See you soon.
07:44There we go.
07:45Bye-bye.
07:46Bye-bye.
07:46Bye-bye.
07:46Bye-bye.
07:51Bye-bye.
07:58Bye-bye.
08:00Bye-bye.
08:00Yes, George, 208.
08:16No, 208, thank you.
08:18George, 100 plus 4.
08:20104.
08:21Times 2.
08:21Very simple, 208.
08:23And no, similar way.
08:30Thank you very much.
08:33So 16 apiece as we go into our first teatime teaser,
08:37which is speed, rims and the clue.
08:40Plenty of speed and lovely rims.
08:42I'm quite taken with this new car.
08:44Plenty of speed and lovely rims.
08:47I'm quite taken with this new car.
09:00Welcome back.
09:05I lived with the clue.
09:07Plenty of speed and lovely rims.
09:08I'm quite taken with this new car.
09:10And the answer to that one is impressed.
09:14Impressed.
09:15All right, 16 apiece.
09:16And it is Noel's letters game.
09:20Noel.
09:21Hi, Rachel.
09:22Can I start with a vowel, please?
09:23Thank you, Noel.
09:25Aye.
09:26And another.
09:27O.
09:29Another vowel.
09:31U.
09:32Vowel, please.
09:34I.
09:36Consonant.
09:37L.
09:39Consonant.
09:40T.
09:41Another consonant.
09:43N.
09:44And finish off with a consonant, please.
09:46G.
09:47And another consonant.
09:48And the last one.
09:49Sorry.
09:50M.
09:51Turn by.
09:52Bye.
09:52Bye.
09:52Bye.
09:52Bye.
09:52Bye.
09:54Bye.
09:54Bye.
09:56Bye.
09:56Bye.
09:57Bye.
09:58Bye.
09:59Bye.
10:00Bye.
10:00Well, Noel.
10:25I think I've got an eight.
10:29A safe six.
10:30Your six?
10:31Muting.
10:32Now then, no.
10:34I don't have a word called malting.
10:36Yes.
10:37There definitely is.
10:38Jeff's there for eight.
10:39Very, very well done.
10:40Good man.
10:43Now then, Jay, what have we got?
10:45Malting.
10:46That's all we've got.
10:47All right.
10:48Anything else, Susie?
10:48Shedding of fur.
10:49Very good for eight.
10:51All right.
10:52All right.
10:52George.
10:52George.
10:52George.
10:53George.
10:54What are you going to do?
10:56Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
10:57Thank you, George.
10:58R.
10:59And a vowel.
11:02U.
11:03A consonant.
11:03S.
11:05A consonant.
11:08F.
11:10Vowel.
11:11E.
11:13Consonant.
11:15T.
11:16A vowel.
11:18U.
11:20Another vowel.
11:21A.
11:24A final consonant, please.
11:25And a final B.
11:28Stand by.
11:29BELL RINGS
11:31BELL RINGS
11:59George six no seven George brutes now then no futures futures didn't see that one excellent
12:13well done really good very good and Jay I have to first of all point out the presence of that
12:20great Greek cheese better yeah only four but I like to reference cheese when I can yep and
12:25buster for six buster okay very good 31 for no 16 for George and his nose numbers game making quite
12:35an impression here no numbers for you can have two large and four small please you can indeed thank
12:40you no two from the top and four little ones and for the second time today the numbers are 10 2 2 4 25
12:50and 75 and the target 952 952
12:56so
13:06no no totally look I totally went blank how about George 950 that'll do
13:35oh off we go 75 plus 25 100 minus the 4 96 2 over 2 is 1 yep take that off 95 times 10 and that gets
13:47you to 2 away well done very good but 952 Rachel can you get us there um yes with this one you could
13:56have said 4 times have said 4 times 10 is 40 minus 2 4 38 times that by 25 for 950 and you have a spare 2 for 952
14:08oh well done
14:08it's perfect as ever all right so Noel on 31 George now up to 23 as we turn and look at Jay and Jay
14:20we are how is that for you it's great what are you going to talk to us about today
14:25well one of the things that's happened a lot over recent years is restaurants and chefs i love restaurants
14:31i love chefs but there are certain of them who have clearly got bored of plates they think plates are
14:37dull i love a plate i think a plate's a great thing um but instead there are a lot of these people who are
14:42now serving food on things that aren't plates oh and i have one message which is stop it
14:47stop it now stop it with the slates with the bread boards with the mini chip pan fryers
14:53i've had spare ribs served to me in a mini galvanized dustbin
14:57silly business i've i've had bread served to me in a flat cap in a yorkshire restaurant nick
15:03there's no excuse for that kind of way when you get bread in a flat cap you look at the flat cap and
15:07you say is this a new flat cap or is this a secondhand flat cap in which case whose head has been in my
15:12bread basket it's wrong nick and it shouldn't go on personally i you know i think it's the fall of the
15:17western empire and there are no more pressing pressing issues in the world than this i think
15:21you're right it's it's the whole thing's going to the dogs well if it is a dog they can have a dog
15:27bowl but i want a plate there you go i've said it thank you very much
15:31and the rapturous applause with which that was uh met proves that the audience is with you yes
15:40there's nothing like sheer populism to get you through well done 31 plays 23 noel on 31 george
15:48let us go thank you nick can i have a consonant please rachel thank you george r and a vowel
15:54e a consonant l a consonant t vowel u consonant n consonant m vowel a and a final consonant please
16:17and a final g and the clock starts now
16:22and a consonant means that the
16:50Well, George, seven.
16:55No?
16:56Risky seven.
16:58Yes, George, granule.
17:00And?
17:02Montage?
17:03Montage?
17:04How are you spelling it? Montage?
17:06Yeah, um, M-U-N-T-A-G-E.
17:10Um, no, montage or mintage, but no montage, I'm afraid.
17:15Sorry.
17:16Bad luck.
17:18Well, you might want to disagree with me.
17:20But argument is there for eight.
17:22No, it isn't. Yes, it is.
17:23Do you remember that sketch?
17:24Yeah.
17:25Brilliant.
17:26I'd like an argument, please.
17:27I'd love it.
17:27Um, there's also gunmetal for eight.
17:30That's good.
17:31Gunmetal.
17:31Susie, anything else?
17:32Uh, gaunt otherwise for seven.
17:35More gaunt.
17:37Only a point in it.
17:3831 to George's 30.
17:40No.
17:41Off we go.
17:42All right, Rachel, can I start with a vowel, please?
17:44Thank you, Noel.
17:45E.
17:46And another?
17:48A.
17:48Vowel.
17:51O.
17:52Vowel.
17:54E.
17:56Vowel.
17:58A.
17:59Consonant.
18:00P.
18:02And another?
18:03X.
18:05Consonant.
18:06R.
18:08Consonant.
18:09And the last one, H.
18:12Stand by.
18:13S.
18:14nie.
18:33S.
18:35Get out.
18:36Amen.
18:37No.
18:46Six.
18:47George.
18:48I'll try a sex.
18:49No.
18:50A hoaxer.
18:52Good man.
18:53Heeper.
18:54It can't be a heeper, George.
18:56I looked for that one too, but it's not there, I'm afraid.
18:59A hoaxer certain years, that's very good.
19:02But, yeah, sorry, I was with you.
19:04Excellent.
19:05Jay?
19:05Apart from P for three, I like to bring in the food references where I can.
19:10Opera for five.
19:11Yes.
19:12But a hoaxer wins the day.
19:14Absolutely.
19:15Good word.
19:16Well done.
19:1737 to 30.
19:18And, George, your numbers game.
19:22Three large and three small, please, Rachel.
19:24Thank you, George.
19:25Three from the top row and three little ones coming up again.
19:28And for this round, they are seven, ten, three, 75, 25 and 100.
19:37And this target, one five seven.
19:40One five seven.
19:41You're listening to the right.
19:54You're listening to the right.
19:55Yes, George.
20:14157.
20:16And no.
20:17157.
20:18Thank you, George.
20:19100 plus 25.
20:20100.
20:21Oh, sorry, plus 75.
20:23Oh, there we go.
20:24Plus 75.
20:25Minus 25.
20:26He is 150.
20:27Plus 7.
20:28Yep, straightforward.
20:29Thanks, Noel.
20:31Same?
20:31Same way.
20:33Yeah.
20:34OK, very good.
20:39So 47 plays 40.
20:41George on 40s return to our second tea time teaser,
20:44which is under flow.
20:46And the clue, according to James and Donna,
20:48it's definitely this sort of life.
20:51According to James and Donna,
20:52it's definitely this sort of life.
20:55Welcome back.
21:12I left you the clue.
21:13According to James and Donna,
21:14it's definitely this sort of life.
21:17And the answer to that is that it's a wonderful life.
21:20Wonderful.
21:21Now, 47 to George is 40 and Noel's off again.
21:27Yes, Noel.
21:28Good afternoon, Rachel.
21:29Can I start with a consonant, please?
21:31Thank you, Noel.
21:32D.
21:33And another.
21:35Y.
21:37And a consonant.
21:39S.
21:41Consonant.
21:42L.
21:45Consonant.
21:45P.
21:47Vowel.
21:49I.
21:51Vowel.
21:53O.
21:55Vowel.
21:57E.
21:58And a final vowel, please.
22:00And a final A.
22:03Countdown.
22:04Vowel.
22:05Vowel.
22:08Forabons.
22:10Vowel.
22:17MUSIC PLAYS
22:35No?
22:36Seven.
22:37A seven?
22:38Seven.
22:39And a seven from George. No.
22:42Deploys.
22:43And, George?
22:44Spoiled.
22:46Yes.
22:47Both nice.
22:48Jay?
22:50What I try to do from time to time, which is display.
22:53Yes.
22:55And what many of us are at the end of a long week, splayed.
22:59Splayed, yes.
23:00Or maybe it's just me.
23:01Splayed out.
23:02No, I think we're all a little bit like that.
23:04What do you think?
23:05Can you have dips, though?
23:06I know it's only a few, but is that an abbreviation there?
23:08Yeah, dipsomania, yes.
23:09Yeah.
23:10Yeah.
23:11Heaven forbid.
23:1354 to 47.
23:14Null's in the lead, and it's George's.
23:17Letters game.
23:18Yes, George?
23:19Can you have a consonant, please, Rachel?
23:20Thank you, George.
23:21V.
23:22And a vowel.
23:24O.
23:25A consonant.
23:27S.
23:28Consonant.
23:30R.
23:31Vowel.
23:32E.
23:34Consonant.
23:36T.
23:38Consonant.
23:40L.
23:41Vowel.
23:43O.
23:44And a final vowel, please.
23:47And a final A.
23:50Stand by.
23:50Vowel.
23:51Vowel.
23:52Vowel.
23:52Vowel.
23:52Vowel.
23:52Vowel.
23:53Vowel.
23:53Vowel.
23:54Vowel.
23:54Vowel.
23:55Vowel.
23:55Vowel.
23:55Vowel.
23:56Vowel.
23:56Vowel.
23:56Vowel.
23:56Vowel.
23:56Vowel.
23:56Vowel.
23:57Vowel.
23:57Vowel.
23:58Vowel.
23:58Vowel.
23:58Vowel.
23:59Vowel.
24:00Vowel.
24:00Vowel.
24:00Vowel.
24:00Vowel.
24:01Vowel.
24:01Vowel.
24:02Vowel.
24:02Vowel.
24:03Vowel.
24:03Vowel.
24:04Vowel.
24:04Vowel.
24:20George?
24:22Seven.
24:23A seven, no.
24:24Seven.
24:26Yes, George?
24:27Looters.
24:28And no.
24:29Looters.
24:30It's looting over here.
24:32Jay?
24:33We've got revolts, which is a seven.
24:36I think troves would work, wouldn't it?
24:37Yes.
24:37You can have treasure troves.
24:38You can have troves of it.
24:40That's only a six.
24:41Lovers is a six.
24:42Lots of sixes and sevens knocking around here.
24:45Anytime.
24:46Anything else, Susie, that's it?
24:47Aerosol would give you another seven.
24:49Aerosol.
24:49Yes, a dreaded aerosol.
24:5261 to 54.
24:54And it's Susie we turn back to now, with Noel in the lead, for Susie's Origins of Words.
25:00Now then, Susie.
25:02Well, we had an email in from Paul Wooler.
25:05So thank you to Paul.
25:06He says, the other day my mother said she was having a whale of a time and asked me if I knew the origin of the expression.
25:11I told her that although I didn't, I knew someone who would, which was very nice of him.
25:16It's quite simple when you dig into it.
25:18And the idea is simply that whales are big beasts.
25:23So far, so good.
25:24It actually began as a whaler in the 1800s.
25:27So you might tell a whaler of a fib, for example.
25:30So a very, very large fib.
25:31And then over time it morphed.
25:34You could have a whale on something.
25:35So, for example, if you had a big appetite for something, you could say, I have a whale on cheesecake for breakfast in the morning, if you were speaking personally.
25:44And then from there on it went simply to mean something physically or intellectually superior or somebody strong or skillful.
25:53You could be a whale at the piano, which could be a whale at maths.
25:55You could be a whale at driving tractors, etc.
25:57And so it went to whale of a time, which is pretty much the only expression that it survives in.
26:02Very good.
26:05Wonderful stuff.
26:08Thanks, Susie.
26:1061 to 54.
26:12Noel in the lead.
26:13Noel, you're back on again with a letters game.
26:15Can I start with a vowel, please?
26:17Thank you, Noel.
26:18O.
26:18And another.
26:20I.
26:21Vowel.
26:23E.
26:24And another.
26:25I.
26:27Consonant, please.
26:29W.
26:30And another.
26:31T.
26:33Consonant.
26:34F.
26:37Consonant.
26:38D.
26:39And a final consonant, please.
26:41And a final N.
26:44And the clock starts now.
26:48No.
26:49No.
27:17Six.
27:19George.
27:20Just a four.
27:20And that four?
27:21Font.
27:22Font and?
27:24Fonted.
27:26Fonted.
27:27Yes.
27:28Erm.
27:30Not sure about that one, actually, Noel.
27:31No, it's not there, I'm afraid.
27:33Sorry.
27:34Good try, though.
27:35Bad luck.
27:36Jane?
27:37So, if I was to tell you there was an eight-letter word, I would have notified you of that.
27:43You would.
27:44But, it's better than that.
27:45Yeah.
27:46When an area becomes built up, townified, nine letters.
27:51Whoa.
27:53You could have townified.
27:56Really?
27:57Townified.
27:58But everything.
27:59Amazing.
28:00Yes.
28:00A nine.
28:01You're on form, that's for sure.
28:04Excellent stuff.
28:05All right.
28:05So, 61 to 58.
28:07There's nothing in it, guys.
28:09George, you keep ploughing on.
28:12And Noel, too.
28:13George, it's your letters game.
28:14Final one of the day.
28:16Could I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
28:17Thank you, George.
28:18J.
28:20And a vowel.
28:21E.
28:22A consonant.
28:24D.
28:25A consonant.
28:27S.
28:28Vowel.
28:30O.
28:31Consonant.
28:32P.
28:33Vowel.
28:35I.
28:37Consonant.
28:38V.
28:39And a final consonant, please.
28:41And a final L.
28:43Stand by.
28:44Vowel.
29:05Vowel.
29:06Vy, outs.
29:07Vowel.
29:08Vowel.
29:08Subscriber.
29:08Vowel.
29:08Vowel.
29:08Vowel.
29:08Vowel.
29:09Vowel.
29:11Vowel.
29:13Vowel.
29:13George, I'll risk a seven.
29:18Noel?
29:19Save seven.
29:21Right, George.
29:22Lopside.
29:25And Noel?
29:26Spoiled.
29:29Spoiled, absolutely fine, George.
29:31So unlucky.
29:32Lopsided, but not lopsided.
29:34I'm sorry.
29:35That is bad luck.
29:36Yeah.
29:37Jay?
29:38Food reference, always have to give it to you.
29:40Olives is in there.
29:41Yeah.
29:41Um, whenever you're doing a sound check through a microphone, they like you to use a plosive
29:47P.
29:49So if you're asked what you had for breakfast, you'd say I had porridge, because they want
29:52to hear if your voice is going to pop on the microphone.
29:55It's called a plosive P.
29:56P-L-O-S-I-P-E.
29:57I've never heard that.
29:58Plosive?
29:59Yeah.
29:59That's brilliant.
30:00Good word.
30:01Well done.
30:02And now, Noel, your numbers game.
30:05Ten points ahead.
30:07Oh, Rachel, can I have four large and two small, please?
30:09You can indeed.
30:10This is to free yourself of the burden of a crucial conundrum.
30:12Good luck, Noel.
30:13Last number's game of the day is ten and nine.
30:17And then the big four.
30:18Fifty, seventy-five, twenty-five and one hundred.
30:22And the target to reach, seven hundred and eighty-two.
30:25Seven, eight, two.
30:26We'll see you next time.
30:30We'll see you next time.
30:52No, 784, 784, George, 782, and 782, oh, George, come on, 75 times 10, 75 times 10, 750, plus 25 plus 9,
31:13784, 100 over 50 equals 2, 100 over 50, is 2, and take it away, very well done.
31:29George, what have you done? You've only drawn level in the final knockings to such an extent that we're now going into another crucial conundrum.
31:40Fantastic, well done. Well done, both of you. Let's have our fingers on our buzzers there, and let's roll today's crucial countdown conundrum.
32:10My word, the tension mounts. We're going to have another one. We're going to have another one.
32:27But first, let's see what you missed out on. Nebuliser. There we go. There we go. Pretty tricky. Let's run another one, shall we?
32:36Things on buzzers? Noel? Here's our second crucial countdown conundrum.
32:46George. Requested? Requested. Let's see whether you're right. Pretty fast.
32:50Requested. Whoa. Oh. No.
33:01You were now in a second after him, I think. Oh, yes. I was about to press it.
33:05Listen, that was great. That was a great game. Two good players, and George, that's your second win.
33:10But I tell you what, you had to really make a run for it, didn't you?
33:13Yeah, he's a really good contestant.
33:14Yeah, you were both tremendous, and you ended up with that 68 points apiece. So, fantastic.
33:21You, we will see again, and I hope, Noel, we'll see you again sometime, too, because you're an excellent player.
33:27So, you take this goodie bag back to Birmingham with our very best wishes. Thank you very much for coming.
33:33Well done again.
33:34Thank you, Nick.
33:35See you soon.
33:36Jay?
33:37This is it.
33:38This is it.
33:39Parting in such sweet sorrow.
33:41Indeed.
33:41But it's been such a pleasure.
33:43You come back and see us very, very soon.
33:44I'd be delighted to.
33:45You know, when you've finished your jazz, I'm going to take this, if I may.
33:51You may, with my pleasure.
33:52The Jay Rayner Quartet.
33:54I'm going to play it on the car on the way home.
33:57Thank you very much, indeed.
33:58Big pleasure.
34:01See you soon.
34:02See you very soon.
34:02See you next time.
34:03And Rachel, too.
34:04Weren't they good?
34:05They were very good.
34:06It's very sad always to lose a Man United supporter.
34:10But at least we've still got George.
34:14Well done, Rachel.
34:15We'll see you soon.
34:16See you then.
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