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00:31Hello, everybody. Time to unwrap another episode of Countdown as two smarties try and make their way towards a crunch conundrum at the end of it all. Enlighten the fuse all the way. She's always a delight. Hello. Not Turkish. It is. Rachel Riley, how are you?
00:47I'm very chocolatey. World chocolate day. Oh, wow. I'll get on board to that. Yeah. The reason why it's a bit strange on July the 7th, they've tried to work out why that day. And I think it's because that was when the first large shipment of cocoa arrived in Europe.
01:04And the rest is history. After that, what was the world like before chocolate? I would not want to have lived in that world. It would be awful. In moderation, but it's still a perfect treat. Do you have a favourite?
01:16Well, I'm a vegan chocolate woman, so you have to try them all. As long as you're not putting mint anywhere near chocolate, because that's just criminal.
01:23Well, you're absolutely wrong. We'll never talk again. Let's head over to Dictionary Corner. Bountiful, as always, when it comes to the words.
01:31That's our J of the D, Susie Dent, and she's joined by a man whose topic has always been music. It's Whispering Bob Harris.
01:38APPLAUSE
01:40Well, listen, it's been sweet for Adrian Clarke so far. I don't think Adrian expected one win, let alone five.
01:46But you've been really good value for it, three away from being the first octo champ of series 88.
01:52Really big music fan. What are your top records, your top bands?
01:58I don't know, recently I've just discovered Guided By Voices.
02:01Oh, beautiful. They're way back.
02:02Yeah, I hadn't heard for ages and then was kind of put onto them and I've got so many great records and songs.
02:09So I kind of work my way through some of that catalogue. But yeah, an indie boy by heart.
02:14If only we had a great radio DJ about to ask about that, but we don't. So we'll just go to our challenger now. David Edwards from Derbyshire.
02:20You're a big music fan, but I love this. It reminds me of that famous episode of Only Frozen Horses.
02:26You enter a lot of competitions and I'm intrigued by this because I've always thought that if you had the time and dedication, law of averages is.
02:34So shall you get it? Back of the Corn Flakes, Barks, you know, whatever it is. What have you won?
02:40Well, I've won a few holidays to New York. I think I've been five times and only actually paid once.
02:45Various gig tickets, that sort of thing. Those are the sorts of things that really make entering competitions worthwhile because the money can't buy prizes.
02:56But also, I've also won four lawnmowers.
02:59Right. Is it the same? That sounds more like a scam.
03:03So was it the same competition in the same magazine or is it just like complete luck?
03:08This is over many, many years. But unfortunately, the lawnmower has just broken down, so I do need another one.
03:14That's lucky. You've got three of them. You'll be absolutely right.
03:17I need number five.
03:18Oh, brilliant. Right, David, Adrian, good luck.
03:22There's only one way to win this competition. Adrian, let's do it.
03:26Hi, Rachel. Hi, Adrian.
03:28May I have a consonant, please?
03:29You may indeed start today with W.
03:31And a vowel?
03:32And a final consonant, please.
03:59And a final N.
04:01At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:34Adrian?
04:35A seven.
04:37And David?
04:37Eight.
04:38An eight.
04:38The seven?
04:39Answers.
04:40Answers.
04:41And what's this eight?
04:42Ensnares.
04:44Ensnares.
04:44Very good.
04:45We'll start.
04:46Yes.
04:48Any other eights floating about?
04:50Nearness.
04:51Nearness is a lovely one.
04:52Yes.
04:52That's there for eight as well.
04:54People swan around.
04:55You hear that all the time.
04:56So, someone who swans around.
04:58Are they a swanner?
04:59And if it was Rachel and Susie and Night on the Town, would they be swanners?
05:04Swanners.
05:05No.
05:06Oh, no, thanks.
05:07Sadly not.
05:07More letters then.
05:08Thank you very much.
05:10Sorry for having fun.
05:11David, more letters.
05:14Afternoon, Rachel.
05:15Can I start with a consonant, please?
05:17You can indeed.
05:18Start with R.
05:20Another, please.
05:22L.
05:23And another.
05:25S.
05:27Vowel.
05:29I.
05:30Another vowel.
05:31E.
05:32A consonant.
05:35F.
05:37Consonant.
05:39R.
05:41Another vowel.
05:44U.
05:45And a...
05:48Consonant, please.
05:50Lastly, B.
05:5230 seconds.
05:53B.
05:55As.
05:55D.
06:00B.
06:01쪽 papa.
06:05B.
06:07O.
06:08D.
06:09B.
06:09O.
06:09D.
06:10B.
06:10O.
06:10D.
06:11B.
06:12A.
06:13D.
06:22David? Eight.
06:25So you're nervous then. Adrian? Seven.
06:28What start this is? The seven?
06:31Burlier. David? Blurries.
06:33Flurries. That was our eight as well.
06:35Yeah, good. We had surlier, otherwise for seven.
06:38Nice. Numbers.
06:40Maybe you'll be terrible at those, Adrian. Let's find out.
06:43One large and five small, please.
06:44We're sticking with your one large. No gambling just yet.
06:48It's a long contest. The five little ones to start it.
06:51Four, one, one, ten, and nine, and the large one, 50.
06:58And the target? 565.
07:01565. Numbers up.
07:21The target? 565. Adrian Clarke?
07:36565. Not written down.
07:38And David Edwards? 565.
07:40Off you go, Adrian.
07:4210 plus one. 11.
07:45Times 50 plus one.
07:47Four.
07:48561.
07:50And I had the four.
07:51Perfect.
07:52Only way that I saw jumped out. 565.
07:54Well done. I think David might just be the same.
07:56Exactly the same.
07:57And with that, a tea-time teaser that makes the mind boggle.
08:05Laid aplomb.
08:07Laid aplomb.
08:08If you're into metal, there's a chance you'll see it here.
08:12If you're into metal, there's a chance you'll see it here.
08:16Very good. Palladium. Palladium.
08:29Adrian, our champion. Tough first part.
08:33Behind for a rare occasion. 26-10 to our challenger, David Edwards.
08:36And you'll get us underway again.
08:38Start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
08:39Thank you, David.
08:40D.
08:41Another consonant.
08:42T.
08:43Vowel.
08:44E.
08:45Another vowel.
08:46E.
08:47Another vowel.
08:48E.
08:49Another vowel.
08:51E.
08:52E.
08:53E.
08:54E.
08:55E.
08:56E.
08:57E.
08:58E.
08:59E.
09:00E.
09:01E.
09:02E.
09:03E.
09:04E.
09:05E.
09:06E.
09:07E.
09:08E.
09:09E.
09:10E.
09:11E.
09:12E.
09:13E.
09:14E.
09:15E.
09:16E.
09:17E.
09:18E.
09:19E.
09:20E.
09:21E.
09:22E.
09:23E.
09:24E.
09:25E.
09:26E.
09:27E.
09:28E.
09:29E.
09:30E.
09:31E.
09:32How many, David?
09:59Just six.
10:00Just the six.
10:01And Adrian?
10:01Six.
10:02The six as well, what have you got?
10:03Styled.
10:04Styled.
10:05And lusted.
10:06Lusted.
10:06Styled and lusted.
10:09Yes.
10:10Was just merited as a word to use, or was six as good as you could get?
10:14Well, no, we had a couple of sevens.
10:17We had dustily.
10:19Oh, nice.
10:20Things gathering dustily, dilutes, and there was a lot of whispering going on.
10:23I was trying to work out what Rachel was telling me.
10:25So, Rachel was trying for yuletides, which would have been amazing,
10:28but cattle was...
10:28Oh, no.
10:30I got it.
10:31It would have been a lovely nine.
10:33What a shame.
10:34Let's get another round in, and it's letters with Adrian.
10:38May I have a consonant, please?
10:39Thank you, Adrian.
10:40D.
10:41And a vowel.
10:42A.
10:44A consonant.
10:46N.
10:48And another.
10:49T.
10:51A vowel.
10:52E.
10:55And another.
10:56A.
10:58A consonant.
11:00S.
11:03And another.
11:04G.
11:06And a final vowel.
11:08And a final I.
11:11Here we go.
11:12A pairing.
11:14B.
11:32A.
11:33B.
11:35How do you fare, Adrian?
11:44I'll try an eight.
11:46And David?
11:46Just a seven.
11:47The seven is?
11:48Teething.
11:49Champion striking back?
11:50Steading.
11:52Steading.
11:52Steading, a farmstead in there.
11:54Very well done.
11:55What have we got, Bob?
11:56We've got sedating.
11:58Yes, another eight.
11:59Steading and sedating, and the eights have been the name of the game so far.
12:04This one goes to our champion as we switch back the numbers.
12:07And David?
12:08Two large, please.
12:09Thank you, David.
12:10Two from the top this time.
12:11Just a slim lead.
12:13Let's see how it changes after this one.
12:15The numbers are two, ten, four, three, 75 and 100.
12:22And this target for you both, 154.
12:26One, five, four, numbers up.
12:34And that's time, David?
13:01One, five, four.
13:01And Adrian?
13:02One, five, four.
13:03Off you go, David.
13:04Two times 75.
13:07150.
13:08Plus four.
13:08Yes, I think you guys are both a bit better than that level.
13:11In where, Adrian?
13:12No, I went three plus two.
13:15Five.
13:15Times ten.
13:1750.
13:17Add the hundred.
13:19And add the four.
13:21Very complex, one plus four.
13:23I was even worse.
13:24I used every number to get there and then was really pleased with myself
13:27until David opened his mouth.
13:28But it's ten points no matter what.
13:31Well done to both of you.
13:32As we head to Dictionary Corner again.
13:34Thing is, Bob, and I think it's amazing.
13:37I lost an admiration for this.
13:38You've never lost the passion for new music.
13:41So when you talk about Mark Boland or David Bowie or Led Zeppelin,
13:46you're talking about them before they were famous.
13:48You were into them.
13:49You loved it.
13:50What about now?
13:51What is it now and looking forward that keeps you wanting to work in music every day?
13:58I got asked a little while ago, you know, and this was the exact word they used,
14:02what is the most exciting music in your collection?
14:06And I said the music that's just dropped through the letterbox this morning
14:11or that I've just downloaded off the internet today.
14:15Because that's the future.
14:17This brand new music is the future.
14:20And I'm just constantly discovering artists that I absolutely love, you know.
14:25I was just recently on a great podcast with a fantastic producer from America
14:33called Dave Cobb.
14:35And he and I were both eulogising about this duo that we know called War and Treaty.
14:42I don't know whether you've heard of it, Colin.
14:43Not yet.
14:44But they're so soulful, husband and wife.
14:47They went through really, really bad times.
14:49And that, the kind of difficulties that they've had in their lives
14:53is kind of reflected through the grit of their, and the sincerity of their music.
15:00They're absolutely fantastic.
15:02So, you know, I come across a record by, you know, a group like War and Treaty
15:08or something new, and I still get, honestly, the same excitement from it
15:13as I got when, like, I was first discovering Mark or David in those really early days.
15:19And also, when you see a family group, you know, you've got, say, going right back,
15:24but let's say the Everly Brothers.
15:25Yeah.
15:25With those sibling harmonies.
15:28And more recently, I remember seeing the Del McCrory band, bluegrass band, one microphone.
15:35The choreography, as you watch them, is absolutely unbelievable
15:39because the singer will step back, the fiddle player will step in.
15:43It's just one microphone.
15:44The guitarist will come in when, you know.
15:46And you're watching this amazing ballet, as well as listening to great music.
15:52And it's so spontaneous and so natural.
15:55I just love that.
15:56Brilliant. Fantastic.
15:58APPLAUSE
15:58Well, we have to split this couple up, but I'm not sure what way it's going to go.
16:03Our champion, Adrian, is 34.
16:05David's still a slight lead on 42.
16:08And it'll be Mr Clark picking these letters.
16:11Consonant, please, Rachel.
16:12Thank you, Adrian.
16:14W.
16:15Annabelle.
16:16And lastly, N.
16:42Here we go.
17:13Adrian.
17:14A six.
17:15And David?
17:16Just a five.
17:16The five.
17:17Mind.
17:18Yes.
17:18And Adrian?
17:20Wind.
17:21Wind as in to moan.
17:23I won't moan at you if you've got nothing better, by the way.
17:25Just another six.
17:26Another six.
17:27Yeah.
17:28Yeah.
17:28Mendi.
17:29M-E-H-N-D-I.
17:32Which is a temporary henna tattoo.
17:34Very good, Adrian.
17:35Very good, Adrian, to get a six in that round.
17:37You're having to pull out all the stops to try and get the sixth win today.
17:42David, two-point lead now.
17:43Just a bit of pressure.
17:44Let's get more letters.
17:45Consonant, please.
17:48Thank you, David.
17:48D.
17:50Vowel.
17:51U.
17:53Consonant.
17:54S.
17:56Another consonant.
17:59V.
18:01Vowel.
18:02A.
18:04Um, consonant.
18:07P.
18:09Consonant.
18:10T.
18:13Vowel.
18:15I.
18:17And a consonant, please.
18:20Lastly, D.
18:21Start the clock.
18:22Vowel.
18:23Vowel.
18:24Vowel.
18:24Vowel.
18:25Vowel.
18:25Vowel.
18:26Vowel.
18:26Vowel.
18:27Vowel.
18:27Vowel.
18:28Vowel.
18:28Vowel.
18:29Vowel.
18:29Vowel.
18:30Vowel.
18:30Vowel.
18:31Vowel.
18:31Vowel.
18:32Vowel.
18:32Vowel.
18:33Vowel.
18:33Vowel.
18:34Vowel.
18:35Vowel.
18:35Vowel.
18:36Vowel.
18:36Vowel.
18:37Vowel.
18:37Vowel.
18:38Vowel.
18:38Vowel.
18:39Vowel.
18:39Vowel.
18:40Vowel.
18:40Vowel.
18:41Vowel.
18:41Vowel.
18:52David? Six. Adrian? Six. David? Audits.
18:57Adrian, same? Audits as well. OK.
19:01Tricky letters? Yeah. Bob and Susie, work your magic.
19:05So I went for vapid, but that's only five, so...
19:08Yeah, in other words, we just had one more six, which is davits,
19:12and a davit is a small crane on board a ship.
19:14Top count downing. Let's get the numbers third of four.
19:18Adrian? One large and five small b.
19:20Doesn't deviate. One large five little, but a teeny tiny gap,
19:24so this could make a difference.
19:26These numbers are four, two, five, three, seven,
19:33and the big one, 50, and this time I want you to reach 334.
19:38Three, three, four, numbers up.
19:40Those are the two, four, numbers up.
19:413-3-1.
20:113-4, the target. Adrian?
20:14Completely lost it.
20:15My goodness me. What a turn-up. David?
20:173-3-4.
20:18Rub it in.
20:2050 minus 2.
20:2150 minus 2, 48.
20:23Multiplied by the 7.
20:25Is 336.
20:27And then 5 minus 3 is the 2.
20:31It's a track.
20:31Could be very important that round.
20:33Yeah, well done.
20:36Making hard work of it today, Mr Clark.
20:38Right, we're back after this break.
20:40The Tea Time Teaser.
20:42I don't want to think about this, but neck odour.
20:45Neck odour.
20:46The sailor was ruled by Captain James,
20:48but terrible in the kitchen.
20:50The sailor was ruled by Captain James,
20:52but terrible in the kitchen.
20:54undercook, undercook.
21:07undercook, undercook.
21:0850, it plays 40, he's 6.
21:19After a little wobble in that last numbers round from Adrian Clark,
21:23but 6 chances to claw that back, starting with David's letters.
21:27Start with a consonant, please.
21:30Thank you, David.
21:30M.
21:32Another consonant.
21:33T.
21:35And another.
21:37L.
21:38And another.
21:40B.
21:42Vowel.
21:44O.
21:44O.
21:45Another vowel.
21:47A.
21:49Another vowel.
21:51O.
21:54Consonant.
21:55R.
21:57And a vowel, please.
22:01Lastly, U.
22:02Let's play.
22:16MUSIC PLAYS
22:34David? Six. And Adrian? Six.
22:37OK, what have we got, Mr Edwards? Labour. Mr Clark?
22:40Labour. There you go. Labour it is, to Dixonry Corner.
22:44Yeah, there's one more six. Mortal. Yeah, mortal.
22:48And, once again, a few whispers from my colleague to the right,
22:51who is doing this. Tombola for seven.
22:54Tombola for seven. Nice one.
22:57If we had a tombola, Dave Edwards would win it.
23:00Probably win a new lawnmower. Right.
23:03More letters, Adrian. May I have a consonant, please?
23:05You may. Thank you, Adrian. H.
23:08A vowel.
23:10A.
23:11A consonant.
23:13T.
23:14And another.
23:16F.
23:18A vowel.
23:20I.
23:21And another.
23:23O.
23:25A consonant.
23:26R.
23:28Another consonant.
23:30S.
23:32And a vowel, please.
23:33And the last one.
23:35E.
23:36Good luck.
23:37And another.
23:45Three, two, one, two.
23:51Okay.
23:51And now, let's do it.
23:57Three, two, two.
23:58American 1955.
23:58They'll never die.
24:00They'll never die, three.
24:01And another.
24:01Let's do it.
24:02And another night.
24:03And there was a vowel.
24:03Oh, I know.
24:04Ooh, loads of possibilities here, Adrian.
24:11Seven.
24:12And David?
24:13Try an eight.
24:14Going to try the eight, the seven.
24:16Fathers?
24:17Big moment, what have you got?
24:18Horiest.
24:19Horiest, yes, the horiest hair, for example.
24:22It means greyish-white, hoary, so very good indeed.
24:26The gap now, 20 points with four rounds left.
24:30Our champions cling it on at the moment.
24:32And we'll pause for now as we get more origins of words.
24:35Susie?
24:36Thanks, Colin.
24:37I'm going to talk about the tools of the trade when it comes to writing.
24:40I have a pen in front of me, I have paper.
24:43This is one of my favourite subjects,
24:44because I love the fact that these words so often hark back
24:48to the earlier civilisations when they were just, you know,
24:51making these things more sophisticated and perfecting them at the time.
24:54So pen looks back to the Latin penna, meaning a feather,
24:59because, of course, people would write with quills.
25:01They were feathers with a sort of sharpened nib.
25:04Ink itself is a lovely one, but I'm going to come to that after purple,
25:08because they are very, very much linked to the colour purple
25:11and the ink that we might use in a fountain pen,
25:14because purple is actually a colour named after a shellfish
25:18that yielded this colour.
25:19The Greek porphura would describe mollusks that basically would yield
25:24a very crimson dye, and that was used particularly for papal
25:28and for extremely important documents, this purple ink.
25:33It was the insignia of emperors and sort of important people.
25:36And ink itself goes back to the Greek,
25:39meaning to burn in, because they would take this crimson dye
25:42from the mollusks and they would use fire and heat
25:45to actually burn it into the paper, which is quite interesting.
25:49Paper, did I mention that?
25:50It goes back to papyrus, which was a sort of, you know,
25:54pithy plant upon which people would write.
25:57Album, famously, an album was a blank slate
26:00that you'd find in public places in ancient Rome,
26:02upon which would be written official notifications
26:06and notices of things that were about, you know,
26:08due to happen, et cetera,
26:10perhaps politicians who'd been appointed.
26:12And because they were blank,
26:14it got its name from the Latin albus, meaning white.
26:17And today's music albums were actually so named
26:20because if you take a photo album, for example,
26:22they are blank and you put your own thoughts in them.
26:25In a music album, songs are inscribed upon this sort of
26:28wonderful idea of a kind of blank sheet of paper, almost,
26:31except these albums were obviously marble to begin with.
26:35So I just, I think if you look back,
26:37you can see that things that we are still using today,
26:40you know, for all the wonderful, sophisticated technologies
26:42we have at our disposal,
26:44we are still essentially drawing on what the ancient Romans
26:47introduced to the world.
26:52All round left, 20 points in it.
26:56Let's go, David Edwards.
26:57You're close to that finish line.
26:59Start with a constant, please.
27:01Thank you, David.
27:02N.
27:03And another.
27:05And lastly, I.
27:33Kind time.
27:34We'll be right.
27:38MUSIC PLAYS
28:05How many, David? Six.
28:06And Adrian? Seven.
28:08The six.
28:09Camper.
28:10Camper and the seven.
28:12Paceman.
28:13Paceman in a race.
28:15Yes, very good, it's in the dictionary.
28:17Bob Harris.
28:18That's what I've got to.
28:19LAUGHTER
28:20Paceman is what I've written down, Colin.
28:23You're keeping pace, then. Anything else?
28:25You could expand camper and have campier.
28:27Campy is pretty much the same as camp as an adjective.
28:30Yeah, that would take you one further.
28:32Down to 13 now, with a lot of points still on this table.
28:36Adrian, letters.
28:37Consonant, please, Rachel.
28:39Thank you, Adrian.
28:40C.
28:41And a vowel.
28:42E.
28:43Consonant.
28:44N.
28:45And another.
28:46T.
28:47A vowel.
28:48O.
28:49And another.
28:50A.
28:51A.
28:52A consonant.
28:53G.
28:54A consonant.
28:55N.
28:56And a final vowel, please.
28:57And a final.
28:58E.
28:59Last letters.
29:00A.
29:01T.
29:02T.
29:03T.
29:04T.
29:05T.
29:06T.
29:07T.
29:08T.
29:09T.
29:10T.
29:11T.
29:12T.
29:13T.
29:14T.
29:15T.
29:16T.
29:17T.
29:18T.
29:19T.
29:20T.
29:21T.
29:22T.
29:23T.
29:24T.
29:25T.
29:26T.
29:27All right, deep breath. Adrian?
29:45Six. David? Six.
29:47What have we got? Nonage. What about yourself, David?
29:49Cogent. Nonage and cogent.
29:53Yes, both absolutely fine.
29:55Nonage, if you remember, it's the opposite of your dotage.
29:57It's in your youth or immaturity.
30:00There are a few sevens lurking there.
30:03We have cognate, which dictionary makers will know this word very well.
30:07It means linguistic relative, so words that come from the same root.
30:10That is a cognate.
30:12Scentage is a number that is so many hundreds parts of another.
30:18And you had one more, I think.
30:19Tonnage. Tonnage. Yes.
30:22Well done.
30:22That would have been a nice moment for David if he'd have found one of those sevens.
30:27As for Adrian, too, it's not crucial countdown conundrum territory,
30:32but we still have this numbers round to go.
30:34And David, your choosing.
30:35Let's go six more, please, Rachel.
30:37Why not?
30:39A lot of people play it safe here, but not you, David.
30:41Let's see if that means you will win.
30:44The little ones.
30:45Nine, nine, eight, five, two, another five.
30:51And the final target, 206.
30:54Two of six, last numbers.
30:55Two of six, last numbers.
31:25Two of six, the target.
31:28David.
31:28Two of five.
31:29One away.
31:31Chance, Adrian?
31:32One nine six.
31:33One nine six.
31:34So, David, if you're right, you're through.
31:36All right, what's that?
31:37Eight times five.
31:38Eight fives are 40.
31:40Then nine divided by the other nine is one.
31:42Yeah.
31:43Add them together.
31:4541.
31:46And multiply by the other five.
31:47And the second five gets you to one away, and the teapot is yours.
31:51Yeah, well done.
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31:53Three to two, six possible?
31:56It was, Colin.
31:58If you say five by five is 25, more familiar territory.
32:02And then nine divided by nine is one.
32:04Add those together for 26, times it by eight for 208,
32:08and take away the two, 206.
32:11Wow.
32:13Let's get your fingers on the buzzers.
32:15We are not done yet.
32:16A bit of business to conclude,
32:18and it is, of course, our countdown conundrum.
32:21David.
32:37Lowerness?
32:39Lowerness.
32:39Let's have a look.
32:41No.
32:42Rest of the time.
32:42And the time is up.
33:01No points handed out.
33:03The torture of my life has been two things.
33:05Being terrible at countdown conundrums,
33:07but also, and I mean this in the loveliest way,
33:09just having Rachel smiling at me after two seconds,
33:13it just makes it double.
33:15Yeah.
33:16Rachel?
33:16Well, those final ten points, I believe, are ownerless.
33:19Let's have a look.
33:20Brilliant.
33:22APPLAUSE
33:2320 points is the difference.
33:26David, you have won another competition,
33:28and it wasn't down to luck,
33:30so you'll change chairs tomorrow.
33:32Look forward to it.
33:32Adrian, five wins, I'm not sure,
33:35probably not going to make the end of series final,
33:37but you're probably all right with that, I think.
33:39I'm not sure the nerves could have handled it any much more.
33:41So, no, I just hope that I've shown the kind of my son
33:44and my daughter, but you can give things a go.
33:46Yeah, exactly.
33:47You never know what might happen.
33:48Thanks for being here.
33:49APPLAUSE
33:49Our first champion of series 88.
33:53And we say goodbye to Bob Harris,
33:56who I can't believe at the start of the show
33:58I didn't call whisper-ing Bob Harris.
34:00I know.
34:01Well, I'm going to share my whispers later, Colin,
34:04and set a good example.
34:06Susie, thank you so much.
34:08And may I just ask you to keep your caterpillar
34:10to yourself overnight, Colin?
34:13Colin, the caterpillar chocolate cake.
34:15Oh, yes, I got that.
34:17I thought...
34:17LAUGHTER
34:18For a second I was really, really worried.
34:22On that bombshell we'll say goodbye.
34:23We'll see you together with a new guest in Dictionary Corner
34:27and a challenger to try and unseat David Edwards.
34:30Susie, Rachel and I will be here.
34:32You can count on us.
34:35You can contact the programme by email
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34:39You can also find our web page
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