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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:05APPLAUSE
00:31Hello, welcome to Wednesday's edition of Countdown.
00:34Now, did you know that in America, Wednesday is often called Hump Day?
00:39As you've made it to the middle of the working week and over the proverbial hump.
00:44And then it's freewheeling all the way down to the weekend.
00:47Thankfully, no-one's got the hump here at Countdown. Have we, Rachel?
00:51No, I haven't got the hump. Are you sure that's why they call it Hump Day?
00:53Yes. Yes, fair enough. I'm sure.
00:55I've never heard of that. I'm not going to be using it.
00:57No.
00:58Yes. Leave that to me.
00:59Two people who've got a proverbial hill to climb today are our contestants.
01:02Let's meet them both, shall we?
01:03First of all, our defending champion, Bob Decoe.
01:06This is his sixth appearance. Five scores, all in the 80s.
01:11So far have been good enough for Bob, who is a former investment banker from London.
01:15Bob says that he enjoys pub quizzes.
01:18So, what sort of questions? Have you got any sort of pet categories that you like?
01:22Capital cities.
01:23Capital cities?
01:24Personal favourite, yes.
01:25So, if we were to ask you, you know, the capital city of Bolivia, you'd know it straight away.
01:28La Paz.
01:29Very impressive. Very impressive.
01:31You can see why he's a five-time winner, can't you?
01:33Up against him today is Geoffrey Virgin.
01:36He loves playing all sports, follows Speedway,
01:39and is notorious amongst his friends for his love of cheesy one-hit wonders, such as?
01:45Macarena, fast food song, anything you can dance to.
01:49Great.
01:51Geoffrey was a national debating champion
01:54and dreams of playing football for the Philippines, where his family are from.
01:58His favourite place is out on the balcony of his London flat at night,
02:02where he says he has a great view of the city lit up against the night sky.
02:06So, our champion is Bob Decoe, and the challenger today, Geoffrey Virgin.
02:14And in Dictionary Corner, to verify, define and impress in equal measure,
02:19it's the wordy Susie Dent and the wonderful Jo Brand.
02:29Geoffrey, being a national debating champion,
02:31were you involved in a TV show, The Speaker, which was about debating?
02:36That's right. They rather foolishly employed me as a judge on that.
02:40Not really sure why, but I was kept in check by my very able other judges,
02:46who were proper professionals.
02:48You ever do any public speaking, Susie?
02:50I had to chair a debate earlier this year, first debate I've ever chaired,
02:53and one of the people on the panel was Jeremy Paxman.
02:56It was a baptism of fire, I have to say, but it was fun.
02:58I like chairing much more than speaking, as you've probably guessed.
03:03We'll hear Susie speaking a lot more during the course of the day,
03:06but I'm chairing events for this afternoon, so let's get on with it.
03:09First round is, of course, the letters round, and as defending champion, Bob, it's your pick.
03:14Consonant, please, Rachel.
03:15Thank you, Bob.
03:16S.
03:17And another.
03:19T.
03:20And another.
03:21R.
03:22And another.
03:24S.
03:25And a vowel, please.
03:27O.
03:28And another.
03:30A.
03:31And another.
03:32I.
03:34And another.
03:36Another A.
03:38And a consonant, please.
03:41And D.
03:42And for the first time today, here's the Countdown Clock.
03:47CLOCK TICKS
03:48CLOCK TICKS
03:50CLOCK TICKS
04:16So, Geoffrey, how many?
04:17Eight, I think.
04:18Eight. And Bob?
04:19Just seven.
04:20OK, what's the seven, Bob?
04:21Asteroid.
04:22Asteroid.
04:23And Geoffrey?
04:25Asteroids.
04:27Yes, you absolutely can put the S on, it's fine.
04:30Mathematical term, and an asteroid is a bit like a square with concave sides,
04:34it's something which has four cusps, and you can pluralise it, so well done.
04:39APPLAUSE
04:40Fantastic. Here's our second round.
04:42Geoffrey, your pick of the letters.
04:44Hi, Rachel.
04:45Hi, Geoffrey.
04:46Can I have a consonant, please?
04:47You can, thank you. Start with V.
04:49And another.
04:51T.
04:52And a third.
04:54S.
04:55A vowel, please.
04:57E.
04:58And another.
05:00I.
05:01And another.
05:03Another E.
05:04And another.
05:05And another.
05:06And another.
05:07And another.
05:08And another.
05:09Another E.
05:11A consonant.
05:13H.
05:15Another consonant.
05:18Y.
05:20And a last consonant, please.
05:22And a last C.
05:25And your 30 seconds starts now.
05:39CLOCK TICKS
05:57Bob, how many this time?
05:58Six.
05:59And Geoffrey?
06:00Six as well.
06:01OK, what's your six, Geoffrey?
06:02Cheesy.
06:03Cheesy. And Bob?
06:04Chesty.
06:05Cheesy and chesty. Very good.
06:08A couple of good sixes. What have you got over there?
06:11A couple of sevens there. Thieves.
06:13And also techies, technical people, computer techies, for example.
06:16Also there for seven. T-E-C-H-I-E-S.
06:19OK, very good.
06:20Both on the scoreboard now. Bob has six and Geoffrey has 14.
06:24Here's our next letters round, and Bob, it's your pick.
06:27A consonant, please.
06:28Thank you, Bob. N.
06:30And another one.
06:33P.
06:34And another.
06:35And another.
06:37T.
06:38And another.
06:40M.
06:41And a vowel.
06:43O.
06:44And another one.
06:46I.
06:48And another one.
06:50A.
06:52And another.
06:54I.
06:56And a consonant, please.
06:57And lastly, H.
06:59And time starts now.
07:01CLOCK TICKS
07:06CLOCK TICKS
07:32How many this time, Geoffrey?
07:33Seven.
07:34And Bob?
07:35Seven as well.
07:36OK, what's your seven, Bob?
07:37Tomane.
07:38Tomane.
07:40And what's your seven, Geoffrey?
07:41Phantom.
07:42Phantom.
07:43Phantom, absolutely fine.
07:44Tomane in the dictionary is a chemical, but you need the E on the end,
07:47which I haven't got here, I'm afraid.
07:49So I can't spell it that way. Sorry.
07:51OK.
07:52So seven phantom for Geoffrey, which is very good.
07:56What have you got over in Dictionary Corner?
07:58Well, I think middle-aged men do quite strange things.
08:02My husband started doing a weird thing recently.
08:04He started sitting down to have a wee,
08:06and not necessarily on the toilet either, apparently.
08:12So for his birthday, I've purchased him a hymn potty,
08:15which is seven words and letters.
08:18A hymn potty, it's very nice.
08:20Very good, very good.
08:21Any other sevens or eights at all, Susie?
08:23No, phantom and six there, a nice one, is a dated term for a barman.
08:27It's pot man. Pot man is there for six.
08:29Yeah, very good.
08:30On to our next round, then, with Bob on six and Geoffrey on 21.
08:34Geoffrey, it's your pick of the letters.
08:36Consonant, please, Rachel.
08:37Thank you, Geoffrey. N.
08:39And another.
08:42W.
08:43And one more.
08:45R.
08:46Vowel, please.
08:48E.
08:49And another.
08:51A.
08:52And another.
08:54I.
08:56Consonant, please.
08:58S.
09:00A consonant.
09:02D.
09:04And a vowel, please.
09:07And a final A.
09:09And here's the countdown clock.
09:31CLOCK TICKS
09:42Bob, how many this time?
09:43Seven.
09:44And Geoffrey?
09:45And seven.
09:46OK, what's yours, Geoffrey?
09:47Rewinds.
09:48Rewinds. Bob?
09:49Sandia.
09:50Sandia.
09:51Rewinds and Sandia, a couple of sevens.
09:55Susie, Joe, Joe, you've probably got more than seven, haven't you?
09:58I've got an eight.
09:59I don't know how many people keep pigs, but if you lose them,
10:04you need radar in order to pick up their position.
10:09And so you need to get yourself swine rad.
10:15I'm sorry, I know this is getting increasingly surreal
10:18and I will try and calm down.
10:23Aside from that eight, Susie, who had a couple of sevens?
10:26Much more boring. Lots of sevens there.
10:28Wardens, radians, geometrical term, inwards.
10:31Couldn't get to the eight apart from Joe's.
10:33Brilliant.
10:34It's our first numbers round of this contest and, Bob, it's your selection.
10:38Just one big and the other five, please.
10:40One big and five small.
10:42Thank you, Bob.
10:44So they are three, ten, one, four, nine and the big one, 100.
10:52And the target, 997.
10:5530 seconds to reach that target.
10:58MUSIC
11:02CLOCK TICKS
11:06MUSIC CONTINUES
11:28The pens went down very swiftly indeed.
11:31997 then, Geoffrey?
11:33Yeah, 997.
11:34Bob?
11:35Yeah, 997.
11:36OK, Geoffrey, let's hear your version.
11:38Ten times 100 equals 1,000.
11:40Ten times 100 is 1,000.
11:42And take the three.
11:43And take away three, 997, very easy.
11:45Same method by any chance, Bob?
11:47Yeah, surprisingly.
11:55So Bob's on 23, Geoffrey on 38.
11:58They can relax for a moment or two.
12:00We're off to Dictionary Corner. Joe Brand's our guest all week.
12:03Joe, what are you going to be talking about today?
12:05Well, coincidentally, I'm going to be talking about public speaking today,
12:09or oratory, to give it its posh name.
12:12It comes from the Latin oratorius, which means of speaking and pleading.
12:18The please, usually a variation of the time as mummy, mummy, look at me,
12:22when they're hanging upside down by one ankle off a very high slide.
12:27Great speeches tend to depend on the use of memorable phrases.
12:31So, for example, I have a dream is probably a bit more impressive than I've got an idea.
12:37You know, that wouldn't really work for him, would it?
12:40Great oratory tends to linger on.
12:42We all know bits of speeches that have kind of gone down in history.
12:47So, for example, Winston Churchill made his name during the Second World War
12:51on the historic rallying cry, we will fight on the beaches,
12:55which then became the motto of Club 1830, rather handily.
13:01Most great orators, it has to be said, are men,
13:04because, of course, we women just spend our time wittering on.
13:07That's what we do.
13:09And I think also timing's pretty important.
13:11I mean, for example, I may have peaked too soon today, I don't know.
13:15I was very funny on the way here, but it's all gone wrong since.
13:20I thought I'd actually have a go at some oratory myself.
13:23It didn't work out. I tried the ladies not for turning
13:27and failed my driving test, sadly.
13:31But I have to say, actually, I am the driver in our family.
13:35My husband never learnt to drive, in my opinion.
13:42Now, what politicians tend to do is kind of seize on one big idea
13:47that they then endlessly kind of push at you.
13:50For example, David Cameron's big idea was change.
13:54In other words, let me be prime minister for a change,
13:57I think he was trying to say.
13:59And if you're going to be a good speaker, you need a platform.
14:02Obviously, in Nicolas Sarkozy's case,
14:04he needs one that makes him as tall as his wife.
14:08Would be very handy.
14:10And, of course, rhetoric is very common in show business.
14:13Many people engage in flights of fancy, making very extravagant claims,
14:17like Paul McKenna's book and rallying cry,
14:21I Can Make You Thin, or Michael Winner's I Can Make You Thick.
14:27And if the rhetoric doesn't work out,
14:29you can always whip out a banjo and finish with a song.
14:32An option for Gordon Brown, possibly. Who knows?
14:43Here's your first teaser today. The words are late visa, late visa.
14:47And the clue, you might do this just before tucking in.
14:50You might do this just before tucking in.
15:07Yes, you might do this just before tucking in.
15:09Salivate is the answer to our teaser.
15:12What was our defending champion?
15:14He's back for a sixth appearance. He has 23 at the moment.
15:17But the challenger today, Geoffrey, is on 38. It's a good contest.
15:21Here's our next letters round. Geoffrey, it's your pick.
15:24A consonant, please.
15:26Thank you, Geoffrey. L.
15:28And second.
15:30K.
15:31And a third.
15:33Another L.
15:34A vowel, please.
15:36E.
15:37And another.
15:39I.
15:40And another.
15:42O.
15:44A consonant, please.
15:46B.
15:48Another consonant.
15:50M.
15:52And another consonant, please.
15:55And a final R.
15:57Here's the countdown clock.
16:17CLOCK TICKS
16:29Bob, how many this time?
16:31Seven.
16:32And Geoffrey?
16:33And seven as well.
16:34OK, what's yours, Geoffrey?
16:35Embroil.
16:36Embroil. And Bob?
16:38Same way.
16:40Yeah, embroil for seven.
16:42APPLAUSE
16:46Very good. What have we got in Dictionary Corner?
16:48Apart from embroil, just libero, another term for a sweeper in football,
16:52is there for six, but brilliant seven.
16:54Yeah, absolutely.
16:56So Bob moves on to 30, Geoffrey moves on to 45.
17:00Bob, it's your pick.
17:02I have a consonant, please.
17:03Thank you, Bob. D.
17:05And another.
17:07M.
17:08And another.
17:10S.
17:11And another.
17:13Z.
17:14And a vowel.
17:16E.
17:17And another.
17:19A.
17:21Another.
17:23Another E.
17:25And another.
17:28O.
17:30And a consonant.
17:33And finally, F.
17:35And your 30 seconds starts now.
17:37CLOCK TICKS
17:45CLOCK TICKS
18:07Geoffrey?
18:09I'll try a seven.
18:11And Bob?
18:12A six, no written down.
18:13OK, what's yours then, Bob?
18:14Foamed.
18:15Foamed, yeah. And Geoffrey?
18:16D. Fames.
18:18D. Fames, brilliant, well done.
18:19There, Geoffrey, fantastic.
18:26Very good indeed, as in defamation of character, that sort of thing, yeah.
18:30On to our next round, then.
18:31Again, it is a letters round, and this time, Geoffrey, it's your pick.
18:35A consonant, please.
18:37Thank you, Geoffrey. D.
18:39And another.
18:41X.
18:42And another.
18:44L.
18:46A vowel, please.
18:48U.
18:49And a second.
18:51E.
18:52And another.
18:54A.
18:56A consonant, please.
18:58N.
19:00A vowel.
19:02E.
19:04And a consonant, please.
19:06And a final D.
19:08And here's the Countdown Clock.
19:10CLOCK TICKS
19:40Bob, what have you found?
19:41Six.
19:42Six. And Geoffrey?
19:43Six as well.
19:44OK, what's yours, Geoffrey?
19:45D. Lux.
19:46D. Lux. And Bob?
19:47L.
19:48And L.
19:50I hate to say this, but D. Lux you would think would be one word there for six,
19:54but actually it's there as two, D. Lux.
19:57It's kept the sort of French separation of luxury,
20:00so it's not allowable as one word, I'm afraid.
20:02OK.
20:03Sorry.
20:04OK, but L. Absolutely fine.
20:05Yeah.
20:06For six for Bob.
20:07What have we got over there?
20:09Six is, again, landed, delude.
20:11The seven was elusive, I'm afraid.
20:13Where were you, sixes and sevens?
20:15I'm looking over there at the board.
20:17Rachel?
20:18Unleaded.
20:19Oh, fantastic.
20:20That is correct.
20:21Well done.
20:28Bob has 36.
20:30Geoffrey has 52.
20:32Bob, it's your pick of the letters this time.
20:35A consonant, please.
20:36Thank you, Bob.
20:37S.
20:38And another.
20:40D.
20:41And another.
20:43B.
20:44And another.
20:46R.
20:47And a vowel.
20:49A.
20:50Another.
20:52E.
20:53And another.
20:55I.
20:57And another.
21:00U.
21:02And a consonant, please.
21:03And the last one, N.
21:06Time starts now.
21:07BELL
21:38Geoffrey, how many?
21:39I'll go with a nine.
21:41Go with a nine, OK.
21:42Bob?
21:43I'd better go with a nine as well, then.
21:45Oh, good.
21:47It's like gunfight at the OK Corral, isn't it?
21:49Bob, let's hear yours first.
21:51Unbraised.
21:53Unbraised.
21:54And Geoffrey's?
21:55Yeah, same one.
21:58It wasn't the one I thought you were going to say, I have to say.
22:01No unbraised.
22:02You have to be so careful with N words, and it's not in.
22:05Bit unlikely.
22:06Anyway, but, yeah, bad luck.
22:08Is there a nine-letter word, though, Susie?
22:10There is, there is.
22:11Anagram, obviously, of it is urbanised.
22:14Urbanised.
22:15To make something or a town into...
22:17Make a place into something urban is to urbanise it.
22:26Bob's got 36 at the moment.
22:28Geoffrey just edging this.
22:30He has 52.
22:33Let's cross the dictionary corner, shall we,
22:35and delve into the origins of some words.
22:37Susie, what's it to be today?
22:39We've been talking about puzzles in English after all this time.
22:42It's been around for 1,500 years.
22:44Why do some sort of puzzling things still exist?
22:47Why haven't we corrected them almost, or how did they come about?
22:50And I'm grateful.
22:51There's a wonderful book out called Words Fail Me
22:53by a man called Teresa Mochino,
22:55and so I'm grateful to her for some of these.
22:58Why do noses run but feet smell?
23:01If quite a lot means a large amount,
23:03why does quite a few mean the same thing?
23:06Oversee means to supervise,
23:08but overlook means to neglect.
23:11And why is it that a man with hair on his head
23:13has more hair than the man with hairs on his head?
23:17Which is very true.
23:18To say someone has great vision is to pay them a great compliment,
23:21or to say they look a sight is the very opposite.
23:24And being blunt can result in making a cutting remark.
23:28Again, a sort of oxymoron there.
23:30Blunt there obviously means rude, unpolished, unrefined, and so outspoken.
23:34And the one that's always really puzzled me
23:36is why is palindrome not the same when it's read backwards?
23:40Believe it or not, there is a word.
23:43If you put palindrome back, you get semordinalap,
23:47and it has become a word in its own right
23:49for a phrase that makes sense when read backwards,
23:51but crucially it's not the same as the original.
23:54So desserts, stressed, diaper, repaid, deliver, reviled
23:57are all semordinalap pairs.
23:59So it has some use, palindrome, but it's curious, that one.
24:08Bob's got 36 at the moment, he's our defending champion.
24:12And Geoffrey, the challenger, has 52.
24:15On to our next round, this is a numbers round.
24:17Geoffrey, it's your selection this time.
24:19Can I have one from the top and any five small and good tries, please?
24:22You can, thank you.
24:24And five little ones as so.
24:26So for this round we've got 10 and 1,
24:295, 6, another 10 and 100.
24:36And the target is 714.
24:38And 30 seconds to reach that target.
24:57CLOCK TICKS
25:11So, Bob?
25:13714.
25:14714. Geoffrey?
25:15714.
25:16Bob, let's hear yours this time, please.
25:1810 over 5.
25:1910 over 5 is 2.
25:21Add it on to the 100.
25:22Add 100, 102.
25:246 plus 1 is 7.
25:26And times together.
25:27And times them for 714.
25:29Geoffrey, same way?
25:30Yes, exactly the same.
25:39Here's another teaser for you.
25:41The words this time are BRING LAW.
25:43BRING LAW.
25:44And the clue, BATTLE JEWELLERY FOR THE NOISY BIRD, PERHAPS.
25:48BATTLE JEWELLERY FOR THE NOISY BIRD, PERHAPS.
25:52CLOCK TICKS
26:07BATTLE JEWELLERY FOR THE NOISY BIRD, PERHAPS.
26:10WARBLING.
26:11WARBLING is the answer to the teaser.
26:14Bob is our defending champion.
26:16He's here for the sixth time, but he's trailing at the moment to Geoffrey.
26:21Geoffrey has 62, Bob has 46.
26:24Still time for it to change, though.
26:26Here's our next round. Back to letters again, and Bob, it's your pick.
26:29Consonant, please.
26:30Thank you, Bob. Start with J.
26:32And another.
26:34N.
26:35And another.
26:37T.
26:38And another.
26:40S.
26:41And a vowel.
26:43A.
26:44And another.
26:46E.
26:48And another.
26:50O.
26:51And one more.
26:53Another E.
26:54And a consonant.
26:56And a final R.
26:58And your time starts now.
27:00CLOCK TICKS
27:19CLOCK TICKS
27:30Geoffrey?
27:31Eight.
27:32Eight. And Bob?
27:33Eight as well.
27:34OK, what's yours, Bob?
27:35Resonate.
27:36Resonate. Geoffrey?
27:37Yeah, resonate as well.
27:40APPLAUSE
27:41Very good indeed. On to our next round, then.
27:43And, Geoffrey, your choice of the letters.
27:45Consonant, please.
27:46Thank you. F.
27:48And another.
27:50N.
27:51And another.
27:53Q.
27:54A vowel, please.
27:56O.
27:57And another.
27:59U.
28:01And a third.
28:03E.
28:04And a final letter.
28:05A.
28:06And another.
28:08F.
28:09And another.
28:10E.
28:11A consonant.
28:13C.
28:15A consonant.
28:18T.
28:20And a final consonant, please.
28:23And a final N.
28:26And your 30 seconds starts now.
28:28CLOCK TICKS
28:40MUSIC PLAYS
28:58Er, Bob, what did you make of that?
29:00Just a five.
29:01Just a five. And Geoffrey?
29:02Just five as well.
29:03OK, what's yours, Geoffrey?
29:04Er, count.
29:05And yours, Bob?
29:06Same words.
29:07OK.
29:09Very good.
29:10Five apiece.
29:12Dictionary Corner, what have we got over there?
29:15Three.
29:17Quo.
29:18I've got the quo in.
29:19Do you like the quo?
29:21Oh, I love the quo.
29:22Bit of headbanging. Nothing quite like it.
29:25I just like headbanging.
29:26Don't like to have any music.
29:30Anything else?
29:31Er, fives, yes.
29:32Ounce.
29:33Nonce is there.
29:34But there is a seven.
29:35And to confute is to prove somebody wrong.
29:38Er, and it's a fairly old term, but it is there for seven. Confute.
29:47We're down to our final letters round now.
29:49Er, Bob, it's your pick.
29:51A consonant, please.
29:52Thank you, Bob.
29:53P.
29:54And another.
29:56T.
29:57And another.
29:59S.
30:00And another.
30:02N.
30:03And a vowel.
30:04I.
30:05And another.
30:07O.
30:08And another.
30:10E.
30:13And another.
30:15U.
30:17And a consonant, please.
30:20And the last one, P.
30:22And here's the countdown clock.
30:34THE CLOCK TICKS
30:55Geoffrey, what have you found?
30:56Just a six.
30:57A six. Bob?
30:59I'll try a very risky seven.
31:01OK. Let's have the six first, Geoffrey.
31:03Er, point.
31:04OK.
31:05Er, Bob, the seven.
31:07Er, uppiest.
31:11Yeah, well, you talk about people being a bit uppy sometimes, don't you?
31:15I'm not sure. Uppity would certainly be in.
31:17I'm not sure about uppy.
31:20No, not there, I'm afraid.
31:22Oh, that's bad luck.
31:24And actually, Geoffrey, I think you could put an E on point
31:27to make point, P-O-I-N-T-E-S.
31:31I'll just double-check that, I'm pretty sure.
31:33I think it might be a ballet term. Yes, it is.
31:35The tips of the toes is point.
31:37So you could have had that.
31:39Just to give it the extra letter.
31:42Jo, what have you found?
31:43I've found an eight.
31:45You know when you have one of those really terrible streaming colds
31:49that tissues just aren't enough for?
31:52You need a nose potty for those.
31:56I know, potty's been a bit of a feature, hasn't it?
31:58But it works.
32:02Bob has 59.
32:05Geoffrey has 81.
32:07Here's our final numbers round of the contest.
32:09Geoffrey, it's your selection.
32:12Same as last time, please.
32:13One big and five small. Thank you.
32:15You two clearly don't suffer from hump day
32:17with the scores you've got today.
32:19So for this last game, we have 2, 1, 7, 9, 5 and 75.
32:28And the target, 195.
32:30And there's over 30 seconds to reach that target.
32:58195, then. Bob?
33:00Yeah, 195.
33:01And Geoffrey?
33:02Yeah, 195 as well.
33:03Bob, we'll hear your version this time.
33:052 times 75.
33:062 times 75 is 150.
33:099 times 5.
33:109 times 5 is 45.
33:13And add them together.
33:14And add them together for 195.
33:16Geoffrey, same method?
33:17Yeah, exactly, exactly.
33:28Well, we are going to have a new champion.
33:30Bob has 69.
33:32Geoffrey has 91.
33:34It's that stage of the show,
33:35we ask you to put your fingers on the buzzers
33:37as we reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:52Geoffrey?
33:54Stimpying?
33:56No, so we'll give the rest of the time to you, Bob.
34:18Oh, inspiration came in the dying seconds.
34:21Perhaps, anyway. Bob?
34:23Mistyping.
34:25Mistyping.
34:26Let's take a look.
34:37Well done, Bob.
34:38But it's Geoffrey who takes the honours.
34:40Our champion is dethroned.
34:42He's finished on 79 points
34:44and Geoffrey has finished on 91.
34:47Congratulations, Geoffrey. Commiserations, Bob.
34:50Bob, you've had an absolutely fantastic run now, haven't you?
34:52Yeah, it's been fantastic.
34:53Brilliant.
34:54And you could, with five wins, be back for the finals yet.
34:57We'll have to wait and see how the other results go.
34:59And Geoffrey, likewise, fantastic performance.
35:01Thanks.
35:03Of course, you've got to make sure you're not a one-hit wonder.
35:05Yeah. Keep trying.
35:07Best of luck. We shall see you tomorrow.
35:09I'd like to just say, can Geoffrey join my gang now?
35:11He's come up with stimpying,
35:13because that's more sort of my word, isn't it, than yours?
35:16It's a great word.
35:17Brilliant, absolutely brilliant.
35:18Joe, we'll see you again tomorrow, likewise, Susie.
35:20Rachel, we're over the hump.
35:22We are over the hump.
35:23It's downhill all the way to the weekend now.
35:25Join us again tomorrow, 3.25. Bye-bye.
35:52APPLAUSE