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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:05APPLAUSE
00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34Now, we've only just got over the pleasure and excitement and delight
00:38of seeing Andy Murray win his second Wimbledon,
00:41and what a pleasure, what a great thing that was.
00:43Then we're off again.
00:45This time we're off to Flushing Meadows in New York for the US Open,
00:49and good luck to Andy and all the other Brits that'll be playing there.
00:53Travelling abroad for sport.
00:55That's exciting if you really love the sport.
00:58Do you travel abroad because you're a sporty woman?
01:01I like sport. I've seen the basketball a couple of times in the States,
01:04and you're looking at this guy that's only, you know, 6'4".
01:08You're thinking, how did he make the team
01:10when everyone else has had a 7', 6'10"?
01:12Amazing. It's incredible. Amazing. Amazing.
01:15The thing is, in fact, just the other week there was a piece in the paper
01:19about how the Europeans have grown,
01:22and the Brits, on average, because of diet and health and all the rest of it,
01:27the Latvians and the Dutch.
01:29Well, I went to Holland, and you do notice that everyone's much taller.
01:32Big guys, yeah.
01:33Yeah, we've got the stats to prove it now.
01:35All right. Now, who have we got? Martin Hurst is back, Rachel.
01:38Insurance document arrived from Ashvale in Surrey,
01:41two good wins under his belt,
01:43and you've got a great Ollie Anders on Friday. Fantastic.
01:48My new favourite plant, yeah.
01:50Yeah, brilliant.
01:51And you're joined today by Arnold Solomon,
01:54a retired pharmacist from Bury, member of the University of the Third Age,
01:58and his favourite film is Singing In The Rain.
02:02Go on, then, why is it your favourite film?
02:04Well, it's got an amazing cast, and it's very funny,
02:09and also it tells you a lot about the history of the cinema.
02:12Cinematic history, yes.
02:14And lots of lovely music.
02:16Well, good luck to you. Big round of applause for Arnold and Martin.
02:19APPLAUSE
02:22And over in the corner, of course, Susie, had a peaceful weekend, I trust.
02:26Joined by the wonderful Gloria Harniford.
02:29I find this very difficult to believe,
02:31but a broadcaster for more than 40 years, look at you.
02:34Well, there we go, we'll have to celebrate it.
02:36Actually, the last time I saw you, we were at Chelsea.
02:38We were, we bumped into each other at the Flower Show.
02:41And I said to the man who you were buying something off,
02:44I said, don't trust him.
02:45LAUGHTER
02:46The check will bounce, definitely, but you bought something for your garden.
02:49And I bought a table and chairs, which has been a great success.
02:52And did we ever get invited for lunch or dinner? No.
02:54You can come any time.
02:56In fact, there's a standing invitation for you.
03:00All of you.
03:01That's the best thing anybody's said to me today.
03:03All right. Now then, let's get down to business.
03:05Martin, let us go.
03:07Hi, Rachel. Hi, Martin.
03:08Can I have a vowel, please? Thank you. Start the week with A.
03:11And another vowel.
03:13U.
03:14And another vowel.
03:16I.
03:17And a consonant, please.
03:19S.
03:20And another.
03:21P.
03:22And another.
03:24T.
03:25And another.
03:27C.
03:29And another.
03:31R.
03:33And a final consonant, please.
03:37And a final L.
03:39And here's the Countdown Clock.
03:42♪♪♪
03:53♪♪♪
04:12Martin?
04:13Eight.
04:14An eight for Martin. Arnold?
04:16Only a four, I'm afraid.
04:18And that four?
04:19Spit.
04:21And?
04:22Curtails.
04:23Curtails. All right.
04:25APPLAUSE
04:27Actually, we also have curtails, which is a really lovely word,
04:31but then there's another very unusual word that you're going to deal with.
04:34Yeah. There's another eight there.
04:36Spicula. S-P-I-C-U-L-A-R, relating to a spicule,
04:40which is a small needle-like or sharp-pointed structure.
04:43So spicula means needle-like, very, very sharp.
04:46Never heard of that word? No.
04:48Spicula. Never heard of it.
04:49Well done, Martin. Eight points there.
04:51And Arnold, your letters game.
04:53Hi, Rachel. Hi, Arnold. Consonant, please.
04:55Thank you. Start with N.
04:57Consonant.
04:59F.
05:02Er, consonant.
05:04S.
05:06Vowel.
05:08E.
05:10Another vowel.
05:12I.
05:15Er, consonant.
05:17P.
05:19Vowel.
05:21U.
05:24And consonant.
05:26H.
05:31And, er, consonant.
05:33And lastly, R.
05:35Countdown.
05:47ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
06:07Arnold.
06:09Er, six. Six, Martin.
06:11Er, eight.
06:13Arnold.
06:15Martin.
06:17Punisher.
06:19Punisher. Absolutely.
06:21You're a copy.
06:26You'll have a look, won't you, Martin?
06:28I had Punisher written down as well, I know.
06:30Couldn't get anything else, could you?
06:32No, going down to seven. Otherwise, Furnish is there as well.
06:35Thank you. 16 good points to Martin.
06:37Arnold, plenty of time to go.
06:39Martin, numbers time.
06:41Er, one large, please.
06:43Five little ones.
06:45And the first numbers game of the week is two.
06:48Five.
06:50Five, six, ten.
06:52And the large ones, 50.
06:55And the target, 843.
06:57843.
06:59ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
07:13ELECTRONIC MUSIC CONTINUES
07:29Martin.
07:31Er, 843, not properly written down.
07:33Arnold.
07:35845.
07:37845. Let's hear from Martin.
07:39OK, 50 plus five minus two is 53.
07:4210 plus six is 16.
07:44Yeah, 16.
07:46Multiply them together.
07:48Is 848.
07:50No, yeah.
07:52And then take the five. And you've got the other five.
07:54Well done. 843. Well done indeed.
07:56APPLAUSE
07:58Well done. Good start there, Martin.
08:00So, 26 points as we turn to our first Tea Time teaser,
08:03which is Ask Choir.
08:05And the clue.
08:07You ask the choir if they'd like some tasty Indian snacks.
08:11You ask the choir if they'd like some tasty Indian snacks.
08:15BELL RINGS
08:31Welcome back. I left you with the clue.
08:33You ask the choir if they'd like some tasty Indian snacks.
08:37And the answer, Susie, is catchers.
08:40Catchers.
08:42Now, what are, when they're at home, catchers?
08:45I like the sound of these.
08:47In Indian cookery, they're puri,
08:49which are sort of small round pieces of bread,
08:51stuffed with spiced lentils, potato or beans.
08:54Sounds good.
08:56Sounds nice.
08:57Sounds good. Thank you very much indeed.
08:59Now, 26 points to Martin.
09:01And it's Arnold's letters game now. Arnold.
09:03Consonants, please.
09:05Thank you, Arnold. G.
09:08Consonant.
09:10T.
09:12Consonant.
09:14S.
09:16Consonant.
09:18T.
09:20Vowel.
09:22E.
09:24Consonant.
09:26R.
09:28R.
09:30Consonant.
09:32S.
09:34Vowel.
09:36I.
09:39And a consonant.
09:41I actually need three vowels. I'm going to have a third.
09:44Oh, sorry, Arnold.
09:46And here's the countdown clock.
10:07CLOCK TICKS
10:19Arnold.
10:21Seven.
10:22A seven, Martin.
10:23Seven.
10:24Arnold.
10:25Testers.
10:27Goiters.
10:28And goiters.
10:30Goiters.
10:31Goiters, yes. We had that one.
10:33What was your word? Sorry.
10:34Testers.
10:35There were two E's for testers.
10:37Two T's and two S's, but not two E's.
10:39Oh!
10:40Sorry.
10:41Easily done. Now then, Gloria, what else have we got?
10:43Martin, you were not copying this time, because we have egotists.
10:47There you go. Good word for it, though.
10:49Excellent.
10:50Suzy and Eales?
10:52No, that was our top sitters. Quite a few sevens there,
10:54but egotist was our best.
10:56Well done, well done.
10:5733 points, and it's Martin's letters game.
11:00Can I have a vowel, please?
11:01Thank you, Martin.
11:02A.
11:03And another vowel.
11:04O.
11:05And another vowel.
11:06I.
11:07And a consonant.
11:09M.
11:10And a consonant.
11:12G.
11:13And a consonant.
11:14D.
11:16And a consonant.
11:18W.
11:20And a consonant.
11:22S.
11:24And a final vowel, please.
11:25And a final E.
11:28Stand by.
11:34ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
12:01Yes, Martin?
12:02Seven.
12:03Arnold?
12:04Six.
12:05And that's six?
12:06Midges.
12:07Midges.
12:09Midges. The scourge of midges.
12:11Now, then, Martin?
12:12Meowed.
12:14Meowed?
12:15Excellent.
12:16Yeah, all the vowels, very regular.
12:18That's very good.
12:19Now, then?
12:20Meadows.
12:21Meadows, thank you.
12:23Seven.
12:24And, er... Suzy?
12:25Seven was tops, Nick. Yep, meowed.
12:27Thank you. All right.
12:2940 points, very good. Arnold, numbers time.
12:32Too large, please.
12:33Thank you, Arnold.
12:34Too large for little.
12:37And this time, your numbers are 5, 3, 7, 8, 75 and 50.
12:46And the target to reach, 805.
12:48805.
12:50ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
13:02ELECTRONIC MUSIC CONTINUES
13:20Arnold?
13:22800.
13:24800 dead. And Martin?
13:26805.
13:27805. Let's hear it.
13:29OK, 3 plus 7 is 10.
13:313 plus 7 is 10.
13:33Times 75.
13:34750.
13:35Add the 50 and the 5.
13:36Yep, well done. 805.
13:38APPLAUSE
13:39Well done.
13:42Well done indeed. And now we turn to Gloria.
13:45Gloria, you love Ireland.
13:47I love it.
13:48And you're getting back there occasionally.
13:50I do. I love going back.
13:51And I also love sort of just collecting sort of silly stories
13:54that happen in Ireland.
13:55And as a family, we went back not all that long ago
13:58for a memorial for a dear old friend of ours.
14:00And we were staying with our neighbour,
14:02who lived across the road from us in a place called Hillsborough
14:05in Northern Ireland.
14:06And they had a rather beautiful house,
14:08but the bed that we were sleeping in, our host said,
14:11I'm so sorry, it's just a four-foot-six bed.
14:13So, fine, that's really fine.
14:15Now, my husband's a bit of a snorer.
14:17So, in the middle of the night,
14:19I gave him a bit of a dig in the ribs to sort of move him over.
14:22And he fell right out of bed altogether,
14:24taking the duvet with him and cracking his head on the side table.
14:29And so we had this bizarre set-up
14:32of remaking the bed in the middle of the night,
14:34getting back in the bed anyway.
14:36Cut a long story short, in the morning, did my make-up.
14:40We were up quite early.
14:41And all of a sudden, we said,
14:42what are all those marks on this white, beautiful carpet?
14:45And it turned out that somehow
14:47I had dropped a bit of lipstick or something,
14:49and it was on his shoe.
14:51And we tramped the lipstick in.
14:52It must have been about 30 marks all over the carpet.
14:55Now, he said, give me the hairspray.
14:58And I'm going, what's the hairspray going to do?
15:00I'm thinking, I've got to buy a new carpet.
15:02And the alcohol and the hairspray,
15:04painstakingly, down on the floor with buds,
15:07taking out the lipstick off the carpet,
15:09got everything removed, sauntered down for breakfast,
15:12and they went, oh, you must have slept well.
15:14Gosh, you slept in really a long time.
15:16Wink, wink.
15:17If they only knew.
15:18I tell you, we were absolutely exhausted.
15:21Exhausted.
15:22For half a night, removing the things.
15:24So, anyway, it was a great return.
15:26We had a great time, despite all of that.
15:28And I never told them about the lipsticks.
15:30I hope they're not watching.
15:32Very good.
15:37It's the realisation, when something like that happens,
15:40the dread you suddenly realise.
15:42My heart just sank.
15:43I thought, I'm going to just have to replace the carpet,
15:45no other way.
15:46Oh, it was funny.
15:47Lovely.
15:4850 points, well done.
15:49And, Martin, let's have a letters game.
15:51Vowel, please.
15:52Thank you, Martin.
15:54I
15:55Another vowel.
15:56O
15:57And another vowel.
15:58A
15:59And a consonant.
16:01D
16:02And a consonant.
16:04T
16:06And a consonant.
16:08N
16:09And a consonant.
16:11G
16:13And a consonant.
16:16R
16:18And a final consonant, please.
16:20And a final T.
16:22Countdown.
16:25MUSIC PLAYS
16:28MUSIC CONTINUES
16:54Martin.
16:55Seven.
16:56Seven.
16:57Martin.
16:58Ratting.
16:59Ratting.
17:00Arnold.
17:01Trading.
17:02Trading, absolutely fine, yes, both.
17:04What's ratting?
17:05Ratting, well, you can rat on somebody, can't you?
17:08Oh, ratting.
17:09Yes, if you could trade them.
17:10We got an eight as well.
17:12We got rotating.
17:13Very good.
17:14Which is a good eight.
17:15Yes.
17:16Well done.
17:17Anything else, Susie?
17:18No, that was our top.
17:19Rotating.
17:2057-7, well done, Arnold.
17:21And it's Arnold's letters game.
17:23A consonant.
17:25Thank you, Arnold.
17:26Consonant.
17:28Y
17:30S
17:32Consonant.
17:35N
17:37Vowel.
17:39I
17:41Vowel.
17:43E
17:45Consonant.
17:47L
17:49Consonant.
17:51M
17:54A consonant.
17:56R
17:58And a vowel.
17:59And the last one, A.
18:01Stand by.
18:24MUSIC
18:33Yes, Arnold.
18:35A seven.
18:36A seven, Martin.
18:37Eight.
18:38Arnold.
18:39Marines.
18:40Marines and minerals.
18:42And minerals.
18:44Excellent.
18:45Yes, Martin.
18:46Well done.
18:47We couldn't do any better than that.
18:49We were awesome minerals.
18:50There weren't any others, were there?
18:52No.
18:53The seminar, I was looking at railsmen and also marlines,
18:56the rope, nautical rope made of two strands,
18:58but it's a maths noun, so can't put the S on that one.
19:02All right.
19:03So, Martin, it's numbers time again.
19:06One large, please.
19:08Thank you, Martin.
19:09One large, five little coming up,
19:11and for this round, the little ones are nine,
19:14five, four, one,
19:17and another nine, and the large one, 50.
19:20And this target, 974.
19:22974.
19:24MUSIC
19:51MUSIC STOPS
19:54Martin.
19:55977.
19:57977. Arnold.
19:59970. Not written down fully.
20:02Right. Let's hear from Martin.
20:05OK, 50 times 4 is 200.
20:08Yep.
20:09Minus 1.
20:11199.
20:12Times by 5.
20:13Is 995.
20:15And then take away the two nines.
20:17So two nines for 18 and 977,
20:21which is what you said. Yep. Lovely.
20:23Very good.
20:24But three away.
20:26974?
20:28It was there.
20:29If you say 50 times 5 is 250,
20:33minus 9 for 241,
20:36times that by 4 for 964,
20:40and then the other 9 plus 1 is 10,
20:43and add it all to 974.
20:45Perfect. Well done, Rhys.
20:47APPLAUSE
20:49Perfect.
20:50Perfect, as always.
20:52So, 72 plays 7 as we turn to our second tea time teaser,
20:55which is Tuna Band and the clue,
20:58you can buy tuna at all the supermarkets, there's plenty of it.
21:01You can buy tuna at all of the supermarkets,
21:04there's plenty of it.
21:06MUSIC
21:10APPLAUSE
21:20Welcome back.
21:21I left you with the clue, you can buy tuna at all the supermarkets,
21:24there's plenty of it.
21:25In fact, it's abundant.
21:27Abundant.
21:28So, Arnold, your letters game.
21:31Consonant.
21:33Thank you, Arnold.
21:34The.
21:36Consonant.
21:38R.
21:40Consonant.
21:42B.
21:44Vowel.
21:46O.
21:48Consonant.
21:50T.
21:52Vowel.
21:54E.
21:57Consonant.
21:59S.
22:03Vowel.
22:05O.
22:08Two, three, and a vowel.
22:10And the last one.
22:12U.
22:14Countdown.
22:16MUSIC
22:37Arnold.
22:39A five.
22:41A five.
22:42Martin?
22:43Seven.
22:44And a seven.
22:45Arnold.
22:46A boost.
22:47Boost. And?
22:48Booster.
22:49And a booster.
22:51A booster.
22:52Actually, I had reboots for a seven.
22:55That's good.
22:56It's a strange mix, actually, but you've got a rather clever word, haven't you?
22:59Yes, well, it's a seven.
23:01Subvert. Subvert the course of justice.
23:03Yes.
23:05All right.
23:06So, 79 to seven, and it's Martin's letters game.
23:10Martin?
23:11Vowel, please.
23:12Thank you, Martin.
23:13E.
23:14And another?
23:16U.
23:17And another?
23:18A.
23:19And a consonant?
23:21L.
23:22And another?
23:24D.
23:25And another?
23:26A.
23:27And a consonant?
23:29L.
23:30D.
23:31And another?
23:33T.
23:35And a consonant?
23:37K.
23:39And a consonant?
23:42S.
23:44And a final consonant, please?
23:48And a final D.
23:50Countdown.
24:00CLOCK TICKS
24:21Martin?
24:22Seven.
24:23A seven from Martin Arnold.
24:25Risky seven.
24:26All right.
24:27Martin?
24:28Saluted.
24:30Arnold.
24:31Laddest.
24:33Laddest.
24:34How are you spelling it?
24:35L-A-D-D-E-S-T.
24:37Er...
24:38It's funny, cos I started looking for Ladette,
24:41but it's not there, Laddest, I'm afraid.
24:43Gladdest, maddest, baddest and saddest.
24:45They're all there, but not Laddest.
24:47Bad luck, bad luck. No!
24:49There is a rather clever seven, actually, with Susie's help.
24:53Stalked.
24:55Well done. Anything else, Susie?
24:57I liked slaked, as in he slaked his thirst on a hot summer's day.
25:01All right, well done.
25:03My word, Martin, 86 points.
25:05Arnold, you've come on the wrong day, I think.
25:07That's what happens, I guess.
25:09Susie, what have you got for us today in your wonderful Origins of Words?
25:13Well, last week, if you remember, Nick,
25:15I was talking about the origins of writing, ancient forms of writing,
25:18whether it was text or paper, which comes from papyrus,
25:21which is one of the first implements, if you like,
25:25that was used for communicating.
25:28But I haven't actually mentioned to write itself, the act of writing.
25:32In the ancient Germanic languages,
25:34to write, or the earliest forms of writing,
25:36were, of course, carving or scoring on runes, inscriptions, etc.
25:41So people would use wood, for example,
25:44or anything that they could find that they could mark, literally,
25:48with either a chisel or a sharp piece of stone in the earliest days.
25:52And some of the wood that was used was beech.
25:55And the old English for beech was boch, B-O-C.
25:58And that, of course, is the root of our modern book.
26:01It all goes back to beech wood.
26:03And in German, in fact, a letter, a letter of the alphabet,
26:06is still called a Buchstabe,
26:09which is a beech star, so it still refers to the tree
26:13that gave us that earliest form of writing,
26:15and indeed something that you could read.
26:18But continuing that idea of scoring, of course,
26:21we talk about football scores all the time today.
26:23That looks back to the tally sticks
26:26on which scores or the progress in a competition
26:31would be literally marked on a piece of wood,
26:33again, using something sharp.
26:35So amazing to think that when we're talking about scoring,
26:37whatever sport today, we're looking back again
26:39to that very early form of communicating.
26:41And just to finish off, a pen.
26:43Of course, we write with a pen.
26:45It comes from the Latin penna, meaning a feather,
26:47referring, of course, to quill pens.
26:49And pencil is from the Romans penicillum, a little tail.
26:53Penicillin has the same root,
26:55because to scientists, looking at these little microbes
26:58under the magnifying glass,
27:00they look like little tails swimming around.
27:02And finally, the stylus, again, an ancient writing implement.
27:06It was a small rod with a pointed end
27:08used for scratching and communicating on stone or wood.
27:12Fantastic idea.
27:14APPLAUSE
27:17I mean, something that's basically a book, you know,
27:20so it was boch, originally.
27:22Yeah, a tree. Fantastic, I love that.
27:24It's brilliant.
27:26And the number of facts that Susie can squeeze into a couple of minutes...
27:30I just throw them at you. ..defies belief.
27:32I mean, brilliant. Thank you so much, Susie.
27:34Wonderful stuff. Now, Arnold, penultimate letters game.
27:38Er, consonant.
27:40Thank you, Arnold.
27:41N.
27:43Er, consonant.
27:45Z.
27:47Consonant.
27:49H.
27:51Consonant.
27:53S.
27:55Vowel.
27:57O.
27:59A vowel.
28:01I.
28:03Consonant.
28:05R.
28:07Vowel.
28:09E.
28:11And, er...
28:13Vowel.
28:15And the last one?
28:17O.
28:19Time's up.
28:43BUZZER
28:51Yes, Arnold?
28:53Five.
28:55Five. Martin?
28:56Eight.
28:57And an eight. My word. Arnold?
28:59Er, zones.
29:01Martin?
29:02Horizons.
29:03Oh, brilliant. Well done.
29:05APPLAUSE
29:09Well, this is something, Martin, you're not.
29:12By eight.
29:13Very good. Very good score.
29:16Susie, anything else?
29:17No, we like Snoozy and Snoozier.
29:19Not that we're feeling it particularly yet.
29:22All right, 94, Martin. Tremendous performance today, my word.
29:26Martin, letters for you.
29:28Er, can I have a vowel, please?
29:29Thank you, Martin. E.
29:31And another?
29:33I.
29:34And another?
29:35A.
29:36And a consonant?
29:38M.
29:39And another?
29:40F.
29:41And another?
29:43M.
29:45And another?
29:46N.
29:48And another?
29:50L.
29:52And a final consonant, please?
29:57And a final T.
29:59Stand by.
30:11CLOCK TICKS
30:32Martin?
30:33I'll stick with a seven.
30:35Arnold?
30:36Six.
30:38And your six?
30:39Famine.
30:40Martin?
30:41Inflame.
30:42Yep.
30:43Excellent.
30:44And inflame.
30:45Yes, we have an eight.
30:47Carry on.
30:48Filament.
30:49Aw, very good.
30:50Very short of stemming.
30:52APPLAUSE
30:55Susie, anything else?
30:57No, filament, obviously the very narrow wire that you will find
31:00in an electric light bulb, for example,
31:02often found in plants and stamens as well.
31:04Ailment, we had for seven.
31:06Very good.
31:07Thank you. Thank you, Gloria.
31:09It's 101. 101 to seven, and it's Arnold's numbers game.
31:13Arnold?
31:14Two large and four small, please.
31:16Thank you, Arnold.
31:17Try and find a friendly one for the last one of the day.
31:20And this selection is two, eight, ten, five,
31:25and the large one's 125.
31:28And this target, 176.
31:31176.
31:40BUZZER
32:03Arnold.
32:05177.
32:07177.
32:09One away.
32:10Martin.
32:11176.
32:12176.
32:14Firmly spoken. Now.
32:1625 minus five plus two.
32:1825 minus five plus two, 22.
32:21Times by eight.
32:22Times by eight.
32:24Yeah, you're straight there. Well done.
32:26Well done.
32:27APPLAUSE
32:30And so we go into the final round.
32:32Martin, Arnold, fingers on buzzers.
32:35Here's today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:38MUSIC
33:06BUZZER
33:09Well, we're foxed here. Even Martin Hurst is foxed.
33:12Who in the audience will have a shot at this?
33:16Nobody? This must be tricky.
33:19Let's roll it and see what the answer is.
33:22Triathlon.
33:23Well done. All right.
33:25APPLAUSE
33:28So, Arnold, as I've said before,
33:32because young Martin Hurst is a tremendous player.
33:35That's three tremendous wins. 111.
33:38So it's back to Barry with our very best wishes to you
33:42with your goodie bag.
33:43And, Martin, congratulations.
33:45That's a great performance. Fantastic.
33:47And we look forward to seeing you tomorrow. Well done.
33:49And we look forward to seeing you tomorrow, Gloria and Susie.
33:52And I look forward to that as well.
33:54We're going to have some... No, you're not, but I am.
33:56I'm going to have some brain food tonight or brain pills or something
33:59so that I can admire Martin even more.
34:01Exactly. Will you save some for me?
34:03Always. All right. Well done.
34:05Now, he's good. He's very good.
34:07Yep. Something's telling me I'm going to have an easy week ahead.
34:10I think so. See you tomorrow. Same time, same place.
34:12See how Martin does tomorrow.
34:14There's always somebody creeping up on the inside.
34:17You'll be sure of it. Good afternoon.
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34:37Teaching us a bit of self-confidence this evening,
34:39Joe Wicks is the body coach at ten past seven.
34:43And turning 16 after that, parties, exams,
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