Countdown | Monday 27th February 2017 | Episode 6528
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00:00MUSIC
00:07APPLAUSE
00:19Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:22On the day 125 years ago, the great businessman
00:25and, of course, luggage designer Louis Vuitton passed away
00:29and Louis Vuitton's luggage, my word,
00:31that's an expensive sort of little collection.
00:33But what always surprised me, Rachel,
00:36is that it took so long for somebody to think up the idea
00:39of sticking some wheels underneath so you could walk them along.
00:42But there we are.
00:43But the greater place to avoid, of course, is lost luggage.
00:47Yes. Lost luggage.
00:49And I once spent two days in Dakar, Senegal,
00:52waiting for my luggage to turn up.
00:54I don't know where it was.
00:55Probably gone round the world twice, but it turned up.
00:58Uninterrupted, yeah. That's good.
01:00How about you?
01:01Has your luggage always shown up when you expected it to?
01:04Well, mine has, but my brother came...
01:06We went skiing in America last year and...
01:08Well, two years ago, actually, and he had a, what's it called,
01:11a snowboarding bag and then a suitcase.
01:14The snowboarding bag turned up fine and the other one didn't
01:17and the airline promised him some money,
01:19which they then didn't give him,
01:21and they wouldn't even refund the extra baggage allowance
01:24for the extra snowboarding bag, so I think it cost about £1,000
01:27plus all the stuff he had to buy when he was there.
01:29God, unlucky.
01:31Yeah, terrible. Won't go with them again.
01:33Quite right, too.
01:34Who's back? Sam Holden's back, Rachel.
01:37Photographer from London, won his first game on Friday
01:40and I hope you had a quiet weekend
01:42and you're all ready for battle today.
01:44Ready for battle against Jonathan Bullock.
01:47Welcome, Jonathan. Insurance broker from Worcester,
01:50big fan of Gloucester rugby,
01:52plays for the Old Partisans in Cheltenham,
01:54where you're captain of the third team.
01:56Yes.
01:57You're a big, beefy bloke. What position do you play in?
02:00By choice, I play second row,
02:02but I often have to step in at tight end
02:04because no-one else is willing to do it.
02:06How are the ears coming on?
02:08I'm smart enough to wear a scrum cap,
02:10so I manage to keep away from the cauliflower ears.
02:12Great game, though, isn't it?
02:14Fantastic. I love to watch it.
02:16So, a big round of applause for Jonathan and Sam.
02:19APPLAUSE
02:23And over in the corner is Susie
02:25and for the last time before we drag him back,
02:28it's the wonderful Richard Arnold.
02:31Rugby fan, Richard?
02:33I used to play a little bit of rugby at school, actually.
02:35Yes? Did you like the scrum?
02:37Well, do you know, I maybe played it twice.
02:40I like to throw myself behind the lads when they're playing,
02:43especially for Queen and Country.
02:45I can imagine that.
02:47Anyway, have a great day today.
02:50And then we'll try and get you back.
02:53Not immediately, not immediately, but soon.
02:57All right. Now, then, Sam, come along.
02:59This is important stuff here.
03:01Let's have a letters game, Sam.
03:03Afternoon, Rachel. Afternoon, Sam.
03:05I'll start with a consonant, please.
03:07Thank you. Start the week with Z.
03:11Hmm. And another one, please.
03:13It can only get better. P.
03:16And another?
03:18V.
03:21And one more, please.
03:23C.
03:25And a vowel, if I may?
03:27E.
03:29And another?
03:31O.
03:33And another?
03:35A.
03:38And another?
03:40E.
03:42And I'll finish with a consonant, please.
03:44And finish with S.
03:47And here comes the Countdown Clock.
04:18Sam?
04:20Six.
04:22Jonathan?
04:24Just five.
04:26Your five? Space.
04:28Hmm. Now, then, Sam. Escape.
04:30Escape? Yeah.
04:32Yeah. Very good. Nice.
04:34Can we match that? Richard?
04:36I've written escape down.
04:38Well, Sam's matching it, but that's about it.
04:40Yeah, no, same for me. Escape for six.
04:42Escape, indeed. Six points for Sam.
04:46Hi, Rachel. Hi, Jonathan.
04:48Can I have a consonant, please?
04:50Thank you. Start with R.
04:52A consonant.
04:54W.
04:56Vowel. O.
04:58Vowel.
05:00A.
05:02Consonant. P.
05:04Consonant.
05:06N.
05:08Vowel.
05:10E.
05:12Vowel.
05:14And finish with a consonant, please.
05:16And finish with T.
05:18Stand by.
05:44Yes, Jonathan?
05:46Er, seven.
05:48A seven, Sam?
05:50Er, seven not written down.
05:52What would that be, Sam?
05:54Painter.
05:56Painter and? Er, painter.
05:58Well done.
06:00Well done, Sam. Now...
06:02Richard?
06:04Atropine.
06:06Wow.
06:08That's excellent. How many is that?
06:10That's an eight.
06:12Brilliant.
06:14Poisonous compound found in deadly nightshade
06:16and used as a muscle relaxant as well.
06:18Brilliant. Well done. Well done, Richard.
06:2013 points.
06:22APPLAUSE
06:2413 points plays seven as we turn to the numbers.
06:28And we turn to Sam. Sam?
06:30I'll go for two from the top.
06:33And any other four, please, Rachel?
06:35Thank you, Sam. Two large, four little.
06:37And the first numbers game of the week is...
06:401, 8, 5, 3, 50 and 75.
06:48And the target, 264.
06:50264.
07:10MUSIC PLAYS
07:24Yes, Sam?
07:26266.
07:28And Jonathan?
07:30266 as well.
07:32Both two away. Yes, Sam?
07:343 x 75...
07:363 x 75, 225.
07:383 x 75. Yep.
07:40And take away the 8 and the 1.
07:42And the 8 and the 1. 266 to all.
07:44And Jonathan?
07:46No, I went completely wrong in the end, actually.
07:48Really? All right, let's leave it there.
07:50So we turn to Rachel. 264, can you help us?
07:52There were a few ways for this.
07:54You could have said 50 divided by 5 is 10,
07:58add 1 is 11,
08:00and then 3 x 8 is 24,
08:03and times them together.
08:05That's the way it's done.
08:07So Sam on 20 and Jonathan 7,
08:09as we turn to our first Tea Time teaser,
08:11which is Donna Lime.
08:14And the clue, Donna sliced up some lime using this.
08:17Donna sliced up some lime using this.
08:21MUSIC PLAYS
08:29APPLAUSE
08:36Welcome back. Warm welcome back.
08:38I left you with a clue.
08:40Donna sliced up some lime using this.
08:42She used a mandolin.
08:44Mandolin. What's that?
08:46Yes, not the musical instrument resembling a lute,
08:49but a kitchen utensil consisting of a flat frame
08:52with blades that you slice vegetables on.
08:55So you sort of hold it and then you slice vegetables down it.
08:59Really? I don't think we've got one of those.
09:01No? Well, I wouldn't know.
09:04Thank you very much. That's the mandolin.
09:0720 plays 7. Sam on 20 and it's Jonathan's letters game.
09:11Start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
09:13Thank you, Jonathan.
09:15D
09:17And another consonant.
09:19T
09:21And a vowel.
09:23O
09:25And another vowel.
09:27A
09:29And a consonant.
09:31R
09:33Another consonant.
09:35K
09:37Another consonant.
09:39Z
09:41A vowel.
09:43U
09:45And another vowel.
09:47And the last one.
09:49A
09:51Stand by.
09:53MUSIC PLAYS
10:01MUSIC STOPS
10:23Yes, Jonathan?
10:25Just a four.
10:27A four, Sam?
10:29And dark.
10:31Two darks.
10:33Can you have a dork as well?
10:35A dork? You can certainly have a dork.
10:37Anything else?
10:39There's also a dotard.
10:41D-O-T-A-R-D
10:43Be careful with this one. It's an old person
10:45but especially one who's become weak or senile.
10:47In their dotage, perhaps.
10:49In their dotage, exactly.
10:51Thank you. A dotard.
10:5324 plays 11. Sam, your letters game.
10:56I'll start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
10:58L
11:00And another.
11:02D
11:04And a third.
11:06M
11:08And a vowel, please.
11:10B
11:12And another.
11:14I
11:16And one more.
11:18A
11:20And a consonant, please.
11:22R
11:24And another.
11:26And a final consonant, please.
11:28Add a final G.
11:30Countdown.
11:56Yes, Sam?
11:58Seven.
12:00A seven. Jonathan?
12:02I'll risk seven as well.
12:04All right. Sam?
12:06Glimmer.
12:08Glimmer. And a miraged?
12:10Miraged.
12:12OK.
12:14I think it's just there as a noun.
12:16Oh, no, it is. It is there.
12:18Taken by surprise. Happily.
12:20Seen in a mirage or having the nature of one.
12:22Very good.
12:24Well done, indeed. And Richard?
12:26Glammed.
12:28You can have that? You certainly can.
12:30Yep. And to go with Glimmer, we had mermaid
12:32as well for another seven. Indeed.
12:34Mermaid and glammed. All right.
12:3631 plays 18.
12:38And it's numbers for Jonathan.
12:40Can I have
12:42one large and any other five, please?
12:44Thank you, Jonathan. One large one.
12:46Go for this end with the five little ones.
12:48And for this round, they are
12:50eight. Another eight.
12:52Two. Three.
12:54Five. Seven.
12:56And a large one, 25.
12:58And the target...
13:00998.
13:02998.
13:22DRAMATIC MUSIC
13:32Yes, Jonathan?
13:34I think I've got it not written down.
13:36All right. Sam?
13:38Yeah. 998.
13:40So, Jonathan? No, I thought I'd lost it again.
13:42Sorry. Oh, bad luck.
13:44Bad luck. Sam?
13:46Eight times five is 40.
13:48Yep. Times 25...
13:501,000.
13:52..is 1,000. Then eight minus the seven is one.
13:54Yep.
13:56Take the one from the three.
13:5842. Gives you the two and take it off.
14:00Perfect. 998. Well done.
14:02APPLAUSE
14:04Well done, Sam.
14:06All right.
14:08Going a bit of a lead there. 41 plays 18.
14:10We turn to Richard.
14:12And, Richard, 20 years of clambering out of bed
14:14at 4.30 in the morning,
14:16fighting your way to the studio
14:18and watching television, which is nerve-wracking enough.
14:20And look at you! You look like a kid.
14:22How do you do it?
14:24Oh, you flirt, Nick.
14:26Um, I'd like to say I live a holistic life,
14:28but, um...
14:30No, I've had a bit of help, Nick.
14:32I go to this place in Mayfair
14:34and there's a woman called The Preener there.
14:36I'm not going to give you her full name,
14:38cos you'll all be rushing to her,
14:40obviously looking at the vision that I am here today.
14:42Um, and I went to see her recently
14:44and she just gives you a little bit of a glycopeal,
14:46you know, procedures have moved on,
14:48and, you know, a little bit of laser treatment,
14:50you know, gets rid of the odd blemish and stimulates the collagen.
14:52You know what I'm saying, girls, don't you, right?
14:54Well, you're too young.
14:56That's all you, Susie. Awkward.
14:58Um, so...
15:00LAUGHTER
15:02Help dig me out of this, Nick.
15:04So, I've been seeing her for about nine years
15:06and there are three flaws in her clinic, right?
15:08So, I went in the first one
15:10and I remember bumping into a very famous footballer's wife there,
15:12or a footballer's wife there,
15:14and I thought, well, I'm in the right place, you know,
15:16cos she looks really fresh and very fragrant.
15:18So, I thought, it's well worth spending a few bob
15:20if we're going to, as you say, hold back the years.
15:22Anyway, the other day, she took me up to the third floor,
15:24and I've never been to the third floor,
15:26and walks into the third floor
15:28and it's like state-of-the-art machines,
15:30like things are glowing in pods and all that sort of thing.
15:32And I said, well, what happens after the third floor?
15:34You know, cos I'm only a loose 47.
15:36She said, well, you just go up to the top of the roof
15:38and you jump off because there's nothing more we can do.
15:40LAUGHTER
15:43I can't believe I'm in the third floor already.
15:46You know, I've only got another two years in this business
15:48as long as my hair holds out.
15:50And that is just about my own. Nothing else is.
15:52APPLAUSE
15:58Fantastic. Thank you, Richard.
16:00Now, 41 plays 18.
16:02What shall we do now?
16:04Shall we go to you, Sam, for a letters game?
16:06I'll start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
16:08Thank you, Sam. R
16:10And another.
16:12L
16:14And a third.
16:16D
16:18And a vowel, please.
16:20E
16:22And a consonant.
16:24S
16:26And a vowel.
16:28U
16:30And another vowel.
16:32A
16:34And a consonant.
16:36F
16:38And a final consonant, please.
16:40And a final N.
16:42Stand by.
17:08MUSIC PLAYS
17:14Yes, Sam? Seven.
17:16A seven. Jonathan? Eight.
17:18And an eight. Yes, Sam?
17:20Slander.
17:22Jonathan? Launders?
17:24Launders. Excellent. Well done.
17:26Very, very good. Very good.
17:28APPLAUSE
17:32Balances you up to 26 to Sam's 41.
17:34As we turn to the corner, Richard?
17:36Ah, funerals, yes. Anything else, Susie?
17:38No, we left it at that for eight.
17:40I think that's probably best.
17:4226 to 41, and it's Jonathan's letters game. Jonathan?
17:46Can I start with a consonant, please?
17:48Thank you, Jonathan. D
17:50Another consonant.
17:52Y
17:54Another consonant.
17:56H
17:58Another consonant.
18:00L
18:02Vowel.
18:04A vowel.
18:06E
18:08Another vowel.
18:10E
18:12Another vowel.
18:14U
18:16And a final consonant.
18:18And a final S.
18:20And the clock starts now.
18:22MUSIC PLAYS
18:34MUSIC STOPS
18:50Jonathan?
18:52Six.
18:54Sam? Six also.
18:56Yes, Jonathan?
18:58Delish.
19:00Sam?
19:02Now, then, Richard?
19:04Delish. Delish is absolutely fine.
19:06What have you got there?
19:08Richard?
19:10Eyelids, a seven.
19:12Thank you. Susie, we done? Yeah.
19:14All right. 32 to 47, and it's numbers for Sam.
19:18I'll go for one from the top, and any other five, please, Rachel?
19:22Thank you, Sam. One from the top again.
19:24And five small ones.
19:26And this time the small ones are nine,
19:28two,
19:30three,
19:32one,
19:34seven, and a large one, 50.
19:36And the target, 913.
19:399-1-3.
19:41MUSIC PLAYS
20:00MUSIC STOPS
20:12Yes, Sam?
20:149-1-4, Nick.
20:169-1-4, Jonathan?
20:189-1-4.
20:209-1-4. So?
20:22Sam?
20:24Two times nine is 18.
20:26Yep. Times 50 is 900.
20:289-3-1 is two.
20:30It is indeed.
20:32Times the seven and add them on.
20:34Put one away. 914.
20:36There we go. And Jonathan?
20:38Nine times 50 is 450.
20:41Yep.
20:43Plus a seven, 457.
20:45Yeah.
20:47Times two.
20:49Times... All of that times two gets you to 914.
20:53And for the open goal, you've got a one left over,
20:56so you could have just gone like that.
20:58A few more seconds.
21:00Oh! That's painful.
21:02I feel your pain, Jonathan.
21:04And now, the score's down to 54-39.
21:07It's time for our second Tea Time teaser,
21:09which is Unresting and the clue.
21:11Unresting?
21:13You bet he is. He's a tireless rebel.
21:16Unresting? You bet he is.
21:18He's a tireless rebel.
21:20MUSIC PLAYS
21:27APPLAUSE
21:35Welcome back. I left you with the clue, Unresting.
21:37You bet he is. He's a tireless rebel.
21:39Why is that, then?
21:41Because he's, er...
21:43..an insurgent. Insurgent.
21:45So there we are.
21:4754-39. Sam's in the lead.
21:49Jonathan, letters.
21:51Can I have a consonant, please?
21:53Thank you, Jonathan. R.
21:55A consonant.
21:57T.
21:59A vowel. I.
22:01Another vowel. E.
22:03A consonant.
22:05H.
22:07Another consonant.
22:09S.
22:11A vowel.
22:13U.
22:15Another vowel.
22:17E.
22:19And a finish with a consonant, please.
22:21And a finish with T.
22:23Stand by.
22:25MUSIC PLAYS
22:54Yes, Jonathan?
22:56Er, seven.
22:58Seven. Sam?
23:00Yeah, safe seven.
23:02Jonathan?
23:04Shutter.
23:06And Sam?
23:08Hitters.
23:10Hitters? Yeah. Yep, absolutely fine.
23:12All right. Now, what's Richard up to over there?
23:15Richard?
23:17Tethers. Tethers, indeed.
23:19You've got a lovely one, haven't you, Rosie Sue?
23:21It's her suit for seven.
23:23But there is the other historical term.
23:25Aetherist.
23:27And an aetherist was somebody who advocated the use of ether
23:31rather than chloroform for anaesthesia.
23:34APPLAUSE
23:40Neither is used these days, I'm sure. No.
23:43All right. 61 plays 46.
23:45Sam, your letters game.
23:47Start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
23:50Thank you, Sam. R.
23:52And another.
23:54P.
23:56And another.
23:58N.
24:00And a vowel, please.
24:02O. And another.
24:04E.
24:06And one more.
24:08O.
24:10And a consonant, please.
24:12G.
24:14And a consonant.
24:16R.
24:18And a vowel, please.
24:20And a final E.
24:22Stand by.
24:48Yes, Sam?
24:50Just a six.
24:52A six and Jonathan?
24:54Just a six as well.
24:56Sam?
24:58Opener.
25:00And Jonathan?
25:02Pourer.
25:04Absolutely fine. Yeah.
25:06Now, what are we doing?
25:08Rich is busy again.
25:10Groper.
25:12A groper, yes.
25:14Anything else, Susie?
25:16Opener, reopener, that kind of thing.
25:18And groper.
25:20All right. 67 to 52.
25:22Sam's in the lead.
25:24There's still time for Jonathan,
25:26but let's have a little chat to Susie
25:28and bask in the brilliance
25:30of her origins of words.
25:32What have you got for us today?
25:34Two stories of two drinks, actually, today.
25:36One is very ancient in its origin.
25:40And you have to look to the Hebrew verb
25:42shikar, which meant to be drunk.
25:44And it also meant strong drink of any kind.
25:46And it appears several times
25:48in the Old Testament.
25:50In Judges 13, for example,
25:52an angel appears to Manoah's wife
25:54and tells her to refrain from shikar
25:56because she's to give birth to Samson.
25:58Now, when shikar was eventually
26:00through Bible translations, et cetera,
26:02when it finally made its way into Old French,
26:04it became...
26:06shikara became sidres,
26:08S-I-D-R-E.
26:10When it finally ended up in English,
26:12it was to become cider.
26:14And this began to mean
26:16not just any strong drink,
26:18but one specifically made from apples,
26:20as we know today.
26:22And cider-making was well established in Europe
26:24by the time of the Norman Conquest.
26:26And during the Middle Ages,
26:28it was sold frequently in monasteries.
26:30It was quite a big business in monasteries.
26:32Now, another drink that was frequently
26:34imbibed in monasteries,
26:36and in great quantities, in fact,
26:38by men, women, and children everywhere,
26:40and that was because it was considered
26:42a lot safer than water.
26:44Water was generally contaminated,
26:46and the fermentation processes used to make ale
26:48actually killed off
26:50all the harmful bacteria.
26:52In the Middle Ages, right through to
26:54the 17th century and beyond,
26:56ale was not only a drink,
26:58but it was also a massive
27:00festivity, really.
27:02So an ale existed as a noun,
27:04meaning a very big party.
27:06You might have a dirge ale, which would be a party
27:08in general, or a bride ale,
27:10which is the root of our bridal, in fact, today,
27:12which was a feast at a wedding.
27:14Whatever the excuse for the ale,
27:16and indeed the cider, revelry and drunkenness
27:18were always guaranteed.
27:20Fantastic.
27:22APPLAUSE
27:26Brilliant.
27:2852 plays 67.
27:30Sam on 67. It's Jonathan's letters game.
27:32Consonant, please.
27:34Thank you, Jonathan. N.
27:36Another consonant.
27:38T.
27:40Another consonant.
27:42S.
27:44Another consonant.
27:46V.
27:48Vowel.
27:50A.
27:52Another vowel.
27:54E.
27:56Another vowel.
27:58I.
28:00A consonant.
28:02M.
28:04Another vowel.
28:06I.
28:34Yes, Jonathan?
28:36Seven.
28:38Seven, Sam?
28:40I'll try a risky eight.
28:42So, Jonathan?
28:44Stamina.
28:46Stamina and Sam?
28:48Manatees.
28:50How are you spelling that, Sam?
28:52I think incorrectly.
28:54M-A-N-A-T-O-E-S.
28:56You need the double E, I'm afraid, sorry.
28:58Tropical sea cows.
29:00There we are.
29:02As we turn to Richard,
29:04who's working away there.
29:06Richard?
29:08Animate.
29:10That's for eight.
29:12Animates with the S.
29:14Anything else?
29:16There's a seven there.
29:18Bazinet.
29:20A light, close-fitting steel helmet.
29:22Thank you very much.
29:24And it's Sam's letters game.
29:26Last one of the day.
29:28Sam?
29:30And another?
29:32S.
29:34And a third?
29:36L.
29:38And a vowel, please?
29:40I.
29:42And another?
29:44E.
29:46And a third?
29:48A.
29:50And a consonant, please?
29:52R.
29:54And another?
29:56Q.
29:58Countdown.
30:28Yes, Sam?
30:30Eight.
30:32An eight and...?
30:34Just a seven.
30:36And a seven. Jonathan?
30:38Ballers.
30:40Sam?
30:42Ballsier.
30:44Excellent, yes.
30:46Ballsy is there, meaning determined and courageous.
30:48Informal English, obviously.
30:50I imagine so.
30:52Anything else?
30:54Liberals.
30:56Liberals for eight.
30:58There we go. 75 to 59 now.
31:00And Jonathan?
31:02Numbers?
31:04One large and any other five, please?
31:06Are you sure? You're 16 points behind.
31:08You don't want to gamble?
31:10No.
31:12Right, we're just going for the one large.
31:14Don't say I didn't try.
31:16Five little ones. Thank you, Jonathan.
31:18Final numbers game is...
31:2010, 4, 5,
31:222, 7 and 75.
31:24And the target, 723.
31:26723.
31:28CLOCK TICKS
31:54CLOCK TICKS
31:58Jonathan?
32:00723.
32:02Sam?
32:04723.
32:06There we go. Jonathan?
32:0875 minus 2 is 73. Yep.
32:10Times 10. 730.
32:12Minus 7.
32:14723.
32:16And Sam? Yep, same way.
32:18There we go. All right.
32:20So, 85.
32:22OK, 69. Jonathan on 69.
32:24We come to the final round.
32:26Conundrum time. Sam, Jonathan.
32:28Things on buzzers.
32:30We're about to roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:48BUZZER
32:50Sam? Pestering?
32:52Pestering. Let's see whether you're right.
32:54Pestering.
32:56Pestering. Well done.
32:58APPLAUSE
33:02Well done, Sam.
33:04I'll come back to you in a second.
33:06Bad luck, Jonathan. You were there or thereabouts all the time.
33:08But 69 against 95,
33:10Sam takes the day.
33:12But thanks for coming. Well played, too.
33:14And take this back to Worcester.
33:16And good luck with your, um...
33:18rugby, yeah? Thank you very much.
33:20Excellent stuff. Well done, Sam.
33:22Good win. 95, just short of 100.
33:24Your second win.
33:26Well done. See you tomorrow.
33:28Well done, indeed.
33:30Sadly, we will not be seeing
33:32Richard Arnold tomorrow.
33:34Or again.
33:36Yes, we will be seeing you again.
33:38Because we have a rule here.
33:40You're not allowed out of the studio until you've signed a contract
33:42to come back and see us soon again
33:44with more great stories from the red carpet.
33:46I will make sure I've had considerably more work
33:48than I've had recently.
33:50I shall come back looking like Liberace.
33:52It won't be a leap of faith.
33:54Listen, as long as you come back with some of your great stories
33:56and your great, fun character,
33:58that's good enough for us.
34:00Thanks very much, indeed. Thank you all.
34:02It's been a pleasure. Suzy, see you tomorrow.
34:04See you tomorrow.
34:06And Rachel, who have we got with us tomorrow?
34:08We've got Len Goodman. We have, indeed.
34:10So, best behaviour. Absolutely.
34:12Or being judged. He can get crossed, too.
34:14See you tomorrow.
34:16Join us then. Len Goodman will be here.
34:18Same time, same place, you'll be sure of it.
34:20A very good afternoon to you all.
34:22APPLAUSE
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