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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:05APPLAUSE
00:31Good afternoon, and welcome to the Countdown studio
00:34on the last day of London Fashion Week,
00:36which, of course, is held twice a year, in February and in September.
00:39And it's an opportunity, it's such a huge and important industry,
00:42for something like 250 fashion designers
00:45to show off their creations to a global audience.
00:48Very, very important.
00:50And you think about fashion, men and fashion,
00:52very, very dangerous, Rachel, very dangerous.
00:54Really? Why's that?
00:56When I was a kid, when I was in my, let's say, in the 60s, of course,
00:59there were some very unfortunate fashions.
01:02So, if you'd like to look at this elderly wreck,
01:05this husk that sits before you,
01:08he had big hair and he had flared jeans.
01:11The embarrassment.
01:13What about fashion? Now, come on, you must have come unstuck sometimes.
01:16You're always gloriously in vogue.
01:18But is there a fashion that perhaps you regret?
01:21Oh, absolutely, plenty, and the problem now
01:23is that all the pictures stay on the internet
01:25and you get sent them every now and again.
01:27I think the 90s for me was the worst.
01:29Things like wedged platform, crushed velvet trainers.
01:33Yeah, and just wedges.
01:35If you imagine Spice Girls.
01:37Yeah, OK. Yeah, I'm that generation.
01:39All right, well done.
01:41Now, somebody who's been staying with us for quite a long time
01:43already is Jamie Washington, a student from Huddersfield.
01:46Three good wins.
01:48And he scored his highest points total of 113 yesterday.
01:51Well done. Playing very strongly there.
01:54You're joined by Paul King.
01:56Paul was a mechanical engineer from...
01:58Or is, indeed, from Newark in Nottinghamshire.
02:00Spent 30 years in the RAF, travelling all over the world with the RAF.
02:03That must have been... That's a great career.
02:05It was, yeah, very enjoyable, yeah.
02:07I miss it now, but life moves on, doesn't it?
02:09Of course it does.
02:11But you came home once and let yourself in
02:13to find that actually your parents had pushed off without telling you.
02:16What was all that about?
02:18Well, yeah, I came home early from being abroad
02:21and I thought I'd surprise them.
02:23They were telling me they were selling the house, but I didn't...
02:26And when I used my key and opened it up, I saw the packing cases,
02:29I thought, ooh, they've sold.
02:31Then some burly bloke come through and started threatening me and...
02:35Oh, then he realised who I was.
02:37It was all calmed down. And then it was all right?
02:39It was all right then, yeah.
02:41He had a broom handle.
02:43Welcome, Paul.
02:45Let's have a big round of applause then for Paul King and Jamie Washington.
02:49APPLAUSE
02:53And Susan's back, of course she is.
02:55And talking of London Fashion Week,
02:57here's a man who is always immaculately dressed,
03:01former producer and talent agent,
03:03now writer and TV personality, Michael.
03:05Michael, you represented some people and, in fact,
03:09who's that extraordinarily tall and very nice man, actually,
03:12who was into the manor-born?
03:14I've seen him in a...
03:16Yeah, Peter, yeah.
03:18Peter, I've seen him in a white suit and a white bowler somewhere.
03:21The problem with Paul's was,
03:23and I don't think he'd mind me telling you this,
03:26is that he's colourblind.
03:28And also, although he doesn't like being recognised in the street,
03:33he does tend to wear white suits
03:36with white trilby hats and pink scarves,
03:41and he couldn't understand why people recognised him all the time.
03:45He's a lovely man, yeah. Super actor.
03:47Jolly good. Now then, let's get down to business.
03:50You're wrong.
03:51Let's start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
03:53Thank you, Jamie. S
03:55And another?
03:57L
03:58And a third?
04:00T
04:01And a vowel?
04:03I
04:04And another?
04:06O
04:07And another?
04:09E
04:10And a consonant, please?
04:11R
04:12And another?
04:14N
04:15And a final vowel, please?
04:17And a final U.
04:20And here's the countdown clock.
04:48MUSIC STOPS
04:51Jamie?
04:52Seven.
04:54Now, Paul?
04:55Seven.
04:56Well done. Yes?
04:57Toilers.
04:58Toilers, Paul?
04:59Loiters.
05:00Loiters and toilers.
05:02Now, Michael and Susie?
05:04What have you conjured up there?
05:06Outliners.
05:08Yes?
05:09Yes, that will give you a nine.
05:11It's a computer programme that allows you
05:14to create the skeleton of your document, essentially.
05:17Right.
05:18That is an outliner.
05:19A niner?
05:20Yes, a niner.
05:21A niner. Brilliant. Well done, Michael.
05:23APPLAUSE
05:25Very good.
05:26Now we turn to Paul for a letters game.
05:29A vowel, please, Rachel?
05:31Thank you, Paul. O
05:33Another?
05:34A
05:35Another?
05:37I
05:38And a fourth, please?
05:40O
05:42A consonant?
05:43T
05:44A consonant?
05:46D
05:47A consonant?
05:49R
05:50Another consonant?
05:52T
05:53And a final vowel, please?
05:55And a final E.
05:57Stand by.
06:13O
06:29Yes, Paul?
06:31A safe six.
06:33A six?
06:34A seven.
06:35And a seven, Paul?
06:37Loiter.
06:38Loiter and?
06:39Rotated.
06:41Rotated.
06:42Yes, there's no alpha at loiter, though, Paul, I'm afraid.
06:46Bad luck.
06:47What can we have? Sissy, Michael?
06:50Fashion wig.
06:51Attired.
06:53Perfect.
06:54Nice.
06:55Well done.
06:56As Peter Bowles always appears to be, well attired.
06:59Anything else?
07:00Rotated for seven again and a droid is there for six.
07:03A droid. Very good.
07:0514 plays seven.
07:06And now, Jamie, it's a numbers game.
07:08One large and five small, please, Rachel?
07:10Thank you, Jamie.
07:11One from the top and five from not the top.
07:14And for the first time today, the little ones are eight, eight, six, two,
07:20another six and a large one, 25.
07:23And the target?
07:25623.
07:26623.
07:40MUSIC PLAYS
07:58Yes, Jamie?
07:59614.
08:01Not written down.
08:02All right, Paul?
08:03616.
08:04616.
08:06So, Paul?
08:07Six minus two is four.
08:09Six minus two is four.
08:11Times six.
08:12Times 624.
08:14Times 25.
08:15Is 600.
08:17Add on the two eights.
08:19And then the two eights you haven't used.
08:21616.
08:22Yeah, you win.
08:24But it's a bit away, Rachel, I think, isn't it?
08:26How close can you get?
08:28A little bit closer, but leave it with me.
08:3114 plays 12.
08:32Paul on 12.
08:33And it's our first tea time teaser, which is Hens, Clan,
08:36puts all his energy into TV stations.
08:39Puts all his energy into TV stations.
08:42MUSIC PLAYS
08:57Welcome back. I left you with the clue.
08:59Puts all his energy into TV stations.
09:02And the answer is channels.
09:06Channels.
09:08Rachel?
09:09Well, I channelled all my energy into this.
09:11And if you say eight plus eight plus two is 18,
09:16six times six is 36.
09:19Times them together for 648 and take away the 25.
09:23Smashing.
09:24Thank you, Rachel.
09:25APPLAUSE
09:26Perfect.
09:27Always perfect.
09:2814 plays 12.
09:30Jamie, two points in the lead.
09:31And now, Paul, it's your letters game.
09:33Good luck.
09:34A consonant, please, Rachel.
09:35Thank you, Paul.
09:36R
09:38Another consonant.
09:40S
09:41And a third.
09:43C
09:44And a vowel.
09:46A
09:48Another vowel.
09:49U
09:51Another vowel.
09:53E
09:55And a consonant, please.
09:57M
09:59And another consonant.
10:01V
10:03And a final vowel, please.
10:04And a final...
10:06O
10:08Stand by.
10:33Yes, Paul?
10:34Just a six.
10:35A six and...?
10:36A six, yes.
10:37Paul?
10:38Creams.
10:39And...?
10:40Covers.
10:42Can we get beyond six?
10:43Michael, Susie?
10:45One seven there.
10:47We can find corrals to corrals.
10:50Yeah.
10:51Great word.
10:52Our corralsing days are over, Michael.
10:54I would say.
10:55Well...
10:56You were a tremendous corralsurer.
10:57I was.
10:58You were a tremendous corralsurer.
11:00You were a tremendous corralsurer.
11:02I'm absolutely sure about that.
11:04I think for you, probably.
11:06All right, 20 plays, 18.
11:08Jamie in the lead. Jamie?
11:10Start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
11:12Thank you, Jamie.
11:13D
11:14And another.
11:16T
11:17And another.
11:19B
11:20And a farth.
11:22N
11:23And a vowel.
11:25I
11:26And another.
11:27E
11:28And another.
11:30A
11:31And a consonant, please.
11:33S
11:34And a final consonant.
11:36And a final W.
11:38Countdown.
12:00MUSIC PLAYS
12:09Jamie?
12:10A seven.
12:11A seven, Paul?
12:12A seven.
12:13Jamie?
12:14A stand.
12:15Stand. Paul King?
12:17Basted.
12:18Basted.
12:19Are we spelling that for a six or a seven?
12:21Seven.
12:22Oh, it's not with the I, it's just B-A-S-T-E-D, I'm afraid, Paul.
12:25Oh.
12:26Sorry.
12:27No.
12:28Now, what can we have?
12:30Well, I don't think this is a real word,
12:32but if you had a group of people who all had bandy legs...
12:37Yes.
12:38..but you had to give an award to the person with the bandiest legs...
12:42Yeah.
12:43..that would be... That's probably not a word, is it?
12:46It is, yes.
12:47It is a word.
12:48Bandy, bandier, bandiest, all in the dictionary.
12:50Step forward, the person with the bandiest legs.
12:52You are.
12:53And boardiest, also, there. The boardiest party.
12:56Thank you. 27 plays to 18.
12:58And it's a numbers game for Paul. Paul.
13:01One from the top, please, Rachel, and any five from the bottom row.
13:05Any five. Thank you very much for these five.
13:08And for this round, your five small ones are 5, 8, another 8,
13:131, 2, and the large one, 100.
13:17And this target, 332.
13:19332.
13:28MUSIC PLAYS
13:52Paul.
13:53332.
13:54332. And Jamie.
13:56332.
13:57So, Paul.
13:58100 plus 8.
14:00108.
14:022 plus 1.
14:032 plus 1 is 3.
14:04Times the 108.
14:06324.
14:07And add the second 8.
14:09332. Lovely.
14:11Thank you. Jamie.
14:12I've done the same, except I've got 5 minus 2 for the 3.
14:15Lovely.
14:16Oh, there we go. Well done.
14:18APPLAUSE
14:21Very good. 37 plays to 28. Paul on 28.
14:25We turn to Michael. Michael, we talked about carousing,
14:28and you said you'd never carouse. No.
14:30But I imagine that working as an agent for, you know, big stars
14:33must have included some glamorous nights out.
14:36If you can cast your mind back to 1969... Mm-hm.
14:40..was the year I became an agent.
14:43My father was very worried about me going to work in a theatrical agency.
14:47He said, you get a very odd crowd in that line of business
14:52and I wouldn't want you getting too involved
14:55in the sort of flamboyance of...
14:58I said, no, no, I won't.
15:00And also, I'd just got married. I'd been married for a couple of months.
15:04Anyway, this is my first, maybe second week working at this agency.
15:10One of the bosses there asked me if I would go and pick up
15:14somebody called Lee, who had an event.
15:18I arrived at this house, beautiful house in Belgrave Square,
15:22rang the doorbell, opened the door, and there is Lee,
15:27or better known to you probably as Liberace.
15:31And he's standing there in a lot of fur, white fur,
15:36and I've gone there in my little new car,
15:40a little Mini Cooper with the black windows.
15:44I came out, his Rolls-Royce is out there, and he sees my car.
15:49He said, is that your little car?
15:51And I said, yes, it is actually.
15:53Let's go in that.
15:55And he gets into the Mini Cooper with me.
15:58Well, I mean, you know, he's wearing...
16:00He's got the fur, the hat and everything.
16:02So it's quite a squash in this little Mini Cooper.
16:05And then we head off to this event up Kensington High Street
16:09and every time we stop at the lights, people are looking in there
16:12and he's sort of waving at people.
16:14So we get to the event and I wait outside and then he comes out after.
16:19And he says, why don't we go to Danny LaRue's club?
16:23Danny LaRue had a club in Barclays Square in those days.
16:28So I said, yeah, OK, fine.
16:30We'll still go in your lovely little car.
16:33So then we're back in the car again and he's waving at people
16:36and we arrive outside Danny LaRue's.
16:38Danny LaRue's on the stage.
16:41Danny LaRue then says, hey, Lee's in the club!
16:45And the lights and the spotlight all comes on to me.
16:49And then he stops his show and sort of starts introducing other people,
16:54you know, friends of his and this is Lee and this is...
16:57What is your name? And this is Michael.
16:59And then Liberace is saying, oh, have you met Michael?
17:02And I'm in here with this grey arm all round me.
17:07And that wasn't a good moment for me.
17:11That wasn't a good moment.
17:13And I was just pleased my father wasn't there.
17:15Indeed, and your young wife's at home.
17:17Indeed.
17:18Brilliant stuff.
17:19APPLAUSE
17:22Great stuff. 37 plays 28.
17:24And now, Jamie, letters time.
17:26Can I start with a consonant before you do it?
17:28Thank you, Jamie. R
17:30And another?
17:32P
17:33And a vowel?
17:34U
17:36And another?
17:38I
17:39And a consonant?
17:41F
17:42And another?
17:44Y
17:45And a third?
17:47V
17:48And a vowel?
17:51E
17:53And a consonant, please?
17:55And lastly, H.
17:57Stand by.
18:07MUSIC
18:29Jamie?
18:30A six.
18:31A six. Paul?
18:32Six.
18:33Jamie?
18:34Purify.
18:35Verify.
18:36Verify. Thank you. Purify and verify.
18:39Yes.
18:40Where can we go now?
18:43Purvey was our one.
18:46Very similar for six.
18:48We couldn't get beyond a six.
18:50That'll do. Six will do.
18:5243 plays 34.
18:54And now, Paul, it's your letters game.
18:56A consonant, please, Rachel.
18:58Thank you, Paul. C
19:00A vowel, please?
19:02A
19:03A consonant?
19:05P
19:06A vowel?
19:08E
19:09A consonant?
19:11N
19:12A vowel?
19:14A
19:16A consonant?
19:18R
19:19A consonant?
19:21Q
19:24And a vowel, please?
19:26And lastly, I.
19:28Countdown.
19:30MUSIC
19:34A
19:36A
19:38A
19:40A
19:42A
19:44A
19:46A
19:48A
19:50A
19:52A
19:54A
19:56A
19:58A
20:00A
20:02A
20:04A
20:06A
20:08A
20:10A
20:12A
20:14A
20:16A
20:18A
20:20A
20:22A
20:24A
20:26A
20:28A
20:30A
20:32A
20:34A
20:36A
20:38A
20:40A
20:42A
20:44A
20:46A
20:48A
20:50A
20:52A
20:54A
20:56A
20:58And this target, 107.
21:01107.
21:03MUSIC
21:28MUSIC
21:33Yes, Jamie?
21:34107.
21:35And Paul?
21:36107, not written down.
21:38Mm-hm. So, Paul?
21:405 minus 3 is 2.
21:425 minus 3, 2.
21:44Times the 50.
21:46100.
21:47Plus the 7.
21:48Did it take you too long to think of it to write it down?
21:51And Jamie?
21:5310 times 5, 50.
21:5510 times 5 is 50.
21:5610 times 5 is 11, and that'd be the 50.
21:58Yeah, not the trickiest one we've ever had on this show.
22:00There we go.
22:02APPLAUSE
22:04There you go, 59 plays 50.
22:06Only nine in it as we go into our second Tea Time teaser,
22:09which is Sad Water.
22:11And the clue, Clint was unhappy,
22:13so he set off to Great Yarmouth to be by the water.
22:17Clint was unhappy,
22:19so he set off to Great Yarmouth to be by the water.
22:23APPLAUSE
22:37Welcome back. I left you with the clue.
22:39Clint was unhappy,
22:41so he set off to Great Yarmouth to be by the water.
22:45He set off eastwards,
22:47so it's eastward, eastward.
22:5059-50, and it's Paul's letters game.
22:54Consonant, please, Rachel.
22:56Thank you, Paul. H.
22:58Another.
23:00L.
23:01Another.
23:03G.
23:05And a fourth.
23:07L.
23:09A vowel.
23:11U.
23:12A vowel.
23:14A.
23:16A vowel.
23:18O.
23:19A consonant.
23:21N.
23:23And a final vowel, please.
23:25And a final I.
23:27Go.
23:49MUSIC PLAYS
24:00Paul.
24:01The risky seven.
24:02Thank you. Jamie?
24:03Yes, seven.
24:05Another. Paul.
24:06Haloing.
24:08Haloing and... Jamie?
24:10No, hauling.
24:11Hauling.
24:13Um...
24:15Haloing is absolutely fine for seven, yes.
24:18To halo is to surround with or if with a halo.
24:22Gas lamps haloed in mist, for example.
24:24Very good.
24:26And hauling, well, that's fine.
24:28Mike and Susie?
24:30Hulling.
24:32Hulling the strawberries.
24:35Yes.
24:37But there is actually...
24:39You gave us an idea with haloing, Paul,
24:41cos you can add the other L and have hallowing.
24:43I don't know if you've thought about that.
24:45I do, yeah.
24:46To greet somebody with a halo is to halo them,
24:48so haloing is there for eight.
24:50Very good. Thank you.
24:5266-57, and it's Jamie's letters game. Jamie?
24:57A consonant, please, Rachel.
24:59Thank you, Jamie. D.
25:01And another.
25:03W.
25:04And another.
25:05P.
25:06And a farth.
25:08S.
25:10And a vowel.
25:11E.
25:12And another.
25:13U.
25:14And a third.
25:16A.
25:17And a consonant.
25:19T.
25:20And a final vowel, please.
25:22And a final I.
25:24Stand by.
25:43CLOCK TICKS
25:56Jamie?
25:57Seven.
25:58Paul?
25:59Seven.
26:00Jamie?
26:01Wasted.
26:02Now then, Paul.
26:03Same word, wasted.
26:04There we go.
26:05Good contest, you guys. Very good.
26:07Now, what has the corner got?
26:09Just another seven. Updates.
26:11Updates are there.
26:12Updates, indeed. All right.
26:14So there we are, 73-64, as we turn to Susie
26:17and her wonderful origins of words.
26:19And today, Susie, what have you got for us?
26:22Three kings I have for you.
26:24Not the normal three kings,
26:26but just ones that have somehow crept into the English language.
26:32Midas is the first one.
26:34We always talk about people who are as rich as Midas
26:37or have the Midas touch.
26:39And as we know, he was granted with the ability
26:42to turn anything he touched into gold.
26:45Croesus is the next one.
26:47I always grew up thinking that people were saying
26:50that somebody was rich as Croesus.
26:52I could never quite understand what that was.
26:54But actually, it's Croesus who was king of Lydia in Asia Minor.
26:58This is back in the 6th century BC.
27:01And he was reputed to be the richest man in the world
27:04until he lost everything to the king of Persia.
27:08The last king I'm going to turn to is actually hidden away
27:11behind a very common everyday saying in English,
27:14which is to take something with a pinch of salt.
27:18And this king was King Mithridates.
27:22Now, he was a great enemy of Rome
27:25and he lived on the shores of the Black Sea
27:27in a place called Pontus.
27:29And Pliny the Elder, the great historian,
27:31wrote an account of how the Roman general Pompey
27:35who went to Pontus to conquer it, succeeded,
27:39raided the king, King Mithridates' apartment.
27:42And there he found evidence
27:44that the king had been systematically fasting
27:47and then taking little, little doses of poison
27:49to try and make himself immune
27:51to the poisoning of any enemy should they try it.
27:54Now, Pliny wrote completely literally
27:57that he took this poison cum granul salis,
27:59which is with a pinch of salt.
28:02And the people who read Pliny's account of this
28:06didn't quite understand what he was saying
28:08and took this to mean that actually
28:10Pliny didn't really believe the story at all,
28:12that it was too fantastical,
28:14and so treated it with scepticism.
28:16And that was how, to this day,
28:18people think with a grain of salt
28:20actually means something that is completely unreliable
28:22and you can just forget about it.
28:24But it started out very literally as an account of a king
28:27who would try to make himself immune, as I say,
28:30to treachery by enemies
28:32by taking a tiny pinch of salt with poison every day.
28:35Oh, fascinating.
28:37So lovely. Very good.
28:41Brilliant. 73 to play, 64.
28:43And it's Paul's letters game. Paul.
28:45A vowel, please, Rachel.
28:47Thank you, Paul. A.
28:49A consonant.
28:51G.
28:53A consonant.
28:55M.
28:57A consonant.
28:59T.
29:01A vowel.
29:03E.
29:05A vowel.
29:07O.
29:09A consonant.
29:11T.
29:13A consonant.
29:15N.
29:17And a vowel, please.
29:19And the last one.
29:21E.
29:23Stand by.
29:29ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
29:49Yes, Paul?
29:51Just a six. A six. And Jamie?
29:53Still a six. Paul?
29:55Magnet. Magnet. And?
29:57Donates. Donates.
29:59Very good.
30:01What can we do in the corner? Michael, Susie?
30:04Quite a few sevens there.
30:06In fact, there was endgame
30:08and megaton as well
30:11and nematode is there for eight.
30:14It's a worm, a family nematode,
30:16such as a roundworm or a threadworm.
30:18APPLAUSE
30:23So, Jamie, final letters game for you.
30:26And a consonant, please, Rachel.
30:28Thank you, Jamie. K.
30:30And a vowel.
30:32I.
30:33And another.
30:35U.
30:36And a third.
30:38O.
30:39And a consonant.
30:41T.
30:42And another.
30:43N.
30:44And another.
30:46S.
30:47And a vowel.
30:49I.
30:51And a final consonant, please.
30:53And a final T.
30:55Stand by.
31:26Jamie?
31:27Just a five.
31:28A five. Paul?
31:30Just a four.
31:31A four. Your four.
31:33Suit.
31:34Thank you. Jamie?
31:35And tints.
31:37Now, then.
31:39What are we going to do in the corner? Anything there?
31:42Well, tuition is there.
31:44In American sense, tuition can also be a sum of money
31:47charged by a university for teaching
31:50and you can pluralise that,
31:52so it's money charged by American universities, etc.
31:55So that would give you an eight.
31:57Thank you. Well done.
32:01So we move now into the final numbers game.
32:04Paul King.
32:05Two from the top, please, Rachel, and I'll do the four.
32:08Thank you, Paul.
32:09And you are still in this contest with this last numbers game.
32:12Two large, four little, and the final one of the day is
32:15ten, seven, six, nine,
32:18and the large two, 125.
32:21This target, 597.
32:23597.
32:52MUSIC STOPS
32:55Yes, Paul?
32:57600.
32:58And Jamie?
33:00597.
33:01597. All right. Jamie?
33:04100 x 6, 600.
33:07100 x 6, 600.
33:09And 10 x 7 for 3.
33:1110 x 7 for the 3.
33:13Yep.
33:15One of those things for you, isn't it?
33:17Oh, bad luck. All right.
33:19We are 94 plays, Paul's 17. He's kicking himself.
33:22But we go into the final round.
33:24Gentlemen, fingers on buzzers,
33:26let's reveal today's countdown conundrum.
33:32Jamie Washington.
33:33Enviously.
33:35Enviously. Let's see whether you're right.
33:39Very well done.
33:45Well done, Jamie, you're good at this.
33:47I just thought it slid away, cos it was going to be crucial.
33:50Yeah, yeah. And then suddenly it wasn't.
33:52Well, no, I had a great time, though, thank you very much.
33:55I'm very pleased of you, all right?
33:57You take this goodie bag back to Newark with our very best wishes.
34:00Thank you very much. Excellent stuff.
34:02Jamie, what a good guy.
34:04How many wins is that? Four.
34:06Four, yeah. Well done, well done.
34:08We'll see you tomorrow. Well done.
34:10Susie, we shall see you tomorrow,
34:12but one of the great tragedies of life
34:14is that we will not be seeing Michael Whitehall.
34:16Bereft. It's been such a pleasure.
34:18Bereft. We'll see you soon, Michael.
34:20Thank you. Brilliant stuff.
34:22Rachel. Nick.
34:24So we'll see you tomorrow, and who's with us?
34:26Helen Forsberring. Exactly.
34:28See you then, see you tomorrow.
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