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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:05APPLAUSE
00:31Well, good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:34Did you know that tomorrow is recognised as World Chocolate Day?
00:38All around the world, presumably,
00:40something instigated by those who make chocolate, I imagine.
00:43It coincides, allegedly, with the introduction of chocolate to Europe,
00:47although the exact date of that is actually debatable.
00:50It was consumed as a drink for many, many years
00:53after Hernán Cortés, the conquistador,
00:56came back from his visit to the Aztecs.
00:59And when I say visit to the Aztecs,
01:01actually, he blew in with an army and a lot of horses.
01:04They didn't have horses in South America in those days.
01:06Together with lots of diseases,
01:08beat the Aztecs up and brought the chocolate back.
01:11So it was hardly a visit to the Aztecs, was it?
01:13No, it was more of a sort of a conquest of the Aztecs.
01:16And it wasn't until 1847 that the first chocolate bar appeared
01:22and was snaffled by the first bit.
01:24You like it? You a chocoholic?
01:26I don't think I know a woman who doesn't.
01:29Yeah, have you had the Spanish hot chocolate? It's the best.
01:32Have you had that? No.
01:34Oh, it's just like liquid chocolate. It's really thick.
01:38Tell me this, is that because it's real, proper chocolate
01:42rather than some of the substitutes that were offered?
01:45I don't know what their secret is, but Spanish hot chocolate,
01:48especially Barcelona, and they dip the churros,
01:51the kind of donutty things, I don't tend to have those,
01:54but the hot chocolate can't beat proper cocoa chocolate.
01:57You're right. I love it, actually. I love it.
01:59And good chocolate beats, you know, run-of-the-mill chocolate hands down.
02:04Yeah, it beats all the sugary stuff. Proper stuff, absolutely.
02:07Brilliant. Now, we have with us Andrew.
02:11Afternoon.
02:13Good afternoon to you. You've put on a special shirt
02:15because today you're going for the OctoChamp.
02:19We'll give it a go.
02:20And your dad's in the audience. He is.
02:22I'm hearing you on. Brilliant. Well done. Well done, indeed.
02:25And you're joined today by Podrick. Podrick Ryan, an advertising planner,
02:29originally from Ireland, from County Meath.
02:31Meath of the Pastures, great grass in Meath.
02:34Cattle country. Cattle country.
02:36Yeah, very green.
02:38And now you live in London, and for some strange reason,
02:41which you're now going to explain to the nation,
02:43you have a phobia of sponges. Why?
02:46Well, not a phobia. I'm not scared of sponges.
02:48It says phobia here, mate.
02:50It's more, I just can't touch sponges.
02:52The thing is, it's not a big problem,
02:54because you don't sort of run into them in the street.
02:56No, but now people know that, they kind of throw sponges at me.
03:01All right. Let's have a big round of applause for Podrick and Andrew.
03:05APPLAUSE
03:07Wonderful. Over the corner, Susie, with, of course, the wonderful actress,
03:11great, great actress, Alison Stedman.
03:13So pleased to have you with us.
03:15Lovely to be here.
03:17And great stories so far. More this week, I'm sure. More today.
03:21Now, Andrew, come on.
03:23Good afternoon. Afternoon, Andrew.
03:25Start, as usual, with a consonant, please.
03:27Thank you. Start today with G.
03:29And another, please.
03:31J
03:33And a vowel.
03:35A
03:36And a consonant.
03:38S
03:40And a consonant.
03:42P
03:43Vowel.
03:45I
03:46Vowel.
03:48E
03:49Consonant.
03:51T
03:52And a final consonant, please.
03:54And a final D.
03:56And here's the Countdown Clock.
04:16MUSIC
04:29Andrew?
04:30Safe six.
04:31Safe six. Podrick?
04:33Yeah, six as well.
04:34Thank you. Andrew?
04:36Padgets.
04:37And Podrick?
04:39Spited.
04:40Spited?
04:41Yes. Absolutely fine.
04:44Padgett's disease is in there, but not Padgett on its own, I'm afraid.
04:47Sorry.
04:48Bad luck.
04:49Alison, have you got something for us?
04:52Agisted.
04:54Yes. Agisted.
04:56Agisted. A bit of a countdown word, this one.
04:58It's to take in and feed livestock in return for payment.
05:02So the dairy farmer agists lambs after the cows are housed for the winter.
05:06Oh, yeah, they could be grassland farmers, really.
05:09Yes.
05:10You put your horses with a bloke with grass.
05:12Exactly. That's exactly what you do.
05:14Very good. Well done, Podrick.
05:16And it's now your letters game.
05:18Hi, Rachel.
05:19Hi, Podrick.
05:20It's very exciting. Can I get a consonant, please?
05:22You can, indeed. You can have a Y.
05:24And a vowel, please.
05:26O.
05:27And another.
05:28I.
05:29And a consonant.
05:31G.
05:32And another consonant.
05:33V.
05:34And another consonant.
05:36T.
05:38And a vowel.
05:40A.
05:42And a consonant.
05:44N.
05:46Another consonant, please.
05:47And the last one.
05:48D.
05:49Countdown.
06:10Yes, Podrick?
06:22A risky seven.
06:23Seven. Andrew?
06:25I'll stick with a six.
06:27A six?
06:28Yeah.
06:30Voting.
06:31Now, Podrick.
06:32Ovating.
06:33Ovating.
06:35I think ovate might just be there as an adjective
06:39and not a verb.
06:40Yeah, having an oval outline or ovoid shape like an egg,
06:43but no verb, I'm afraid. Sorry.
06:45No problem.
06:46Bad luck, bad luck.
06:47So it's six all and over in the corner, what have we got?
06:51Well, we've got vanity.
06:53Yes.
06:54And toadying.
06:57Toadying? That's a good word, isn't it?
07:00It's very nice to act in a very obsequious way.
07:02Yeah, toady, yeah.
07:04Yeah.
07:05Six all and Andrew's numbers game.
07:08Andrew?
07:09Same old, please.
07:10For old times' sake, two large.
07:11Yeah, thank you very much.
07:12And four little, thank you, Andrew.
07:14And the first numbers game today is 9, 6, 8, 9 and 75 and 100.
07:22And the target, 471.
07:24471.
07:38MUSIC PLAYS
07:57Andrew?
07:58476.
08:00Five away. Podrick?
08:02468, not written down.
08:04468. Let's go with you.
08:07Divide by 6.
08:08450.
08:109 plus 9 is 18.
08:12Yep.
08:13Add them together.
08:14468, three away.
08:15Three away. Now then, Rachel, help us.
08:19I did find it. If you say 75 times 6 is 450
08:25and then 100 plus 8, 108, divided by 9 is 12.
08:30Add that one and add the other nine.
08:32Well done. Thank you, Rachel.
08:35As ever, spot on, Podrick.
08:3813, Andrew, on 6 as we turn to our first Tea Time teaser,
08:43which is Halo Ring.
08:45And the clue, was this cat a lover from Liverpool?
08:48Was this cat a lover from Liverpool?
08:51MUSIC PLAYS
09:05Welcome back. I left you with the clue.
09:07Was this cat a lover from Liverpool?
09:10And the answer is long hair.
09:13Long hair.
09:15You remember the song, of course, by the Osmonds.
09:18Now then, Podrick on 13, Andrew on 6, and it's Podrick's letters game.
09:23Can I have a vowel, please, Rachel?
09:25Thank you, Podrick. X.
09:27And a vowel?
09:29O.
09:30And a consonant?
09:32N.
09:34And another consonant?
09:36W.
09:38And a vowel, please?
09:40E.
09:41And a consonant?
09:43P.
09:44And a consonant?
09:46S.
09:48A vowel, please?
09:50A.
09:51And a consonant?
09:53And the last one, R.
09:55Well done.
09:57MUSIC PLAYS
10:05MUSIC CONTINUES
10:27Well, Podrick?
10:29Seven.
10:30Andrew?
10:31Seven.
10:32Podrick?
10:33Seven.
10:34There we go.
10:36Any weapons in the corner?
10:38Well, we had weapons, but we've also got persona.
10:42Very good. Persona.
10:45Anything else, Rosie?
10:46No, that was our best for seven.
10:48That'll do. 13 plays Podrick's 20, Andrew.
10:51This is a little bit daunting. Letters game.
10:54Consonant, please.
10:55Thank you, Andrew. R.
10:57And a vowel?
10:59I.
11:00Consonant?
11:02N.
11:03Consonant?
11:05F.
11:07Vowel?
11:09A.
11:10Consonant?
11:12D.
11:14Vowel?
11:17U.
11:19Consonant?
11:21S.
11:23And a final consonant, please?
11:26And a final B.
11:28And here's the Countdown clock.
11:30CLOCK TICKS
12:01Andrew?
12:02Just a five.
12:03A five.
12:04Five as well.
12:05Two fives. Andrew?
12:06Farms.
12:07Podrick?
12:08Brims.
12:09And brims.
12:10Alison, what have you been writing down there?
12:12Atriums.
12:15Ooh!
12:16Can you have the ums as opposed to the ahs?
12:19Yes.
12:20Purists would probably go for atrial,
12:22but you can now have atriums as well.
12:24OK. Anything else?
12:26No, just that single seven.
12:28We'll stick with that, then. Thank you very much.
12:3025 plays 18 and it's numbers.
12:32Now, Podrick, what do you like with numbers?
12:35Can I get four large, please, Victor?
12:37You can indeed. Four from the top and two little ones.
12:41And these two small ones are nine and three,
12:44and the four large, 25, 100, 75 and 50.
12:49And the target... Oh, no!
12:5230 seconds. 200.
12:54200. 2-0-0.
12:56MUSIC PLAYS
13:27Yes, Podrick?
13:28Yeah, 200.
13:29Andrew?
13:30Yes, 200.
13:31Let's not waste too much time. Thank you.
13:33100 plus 75 plus 25?
13:35I do.
13:36Oh, sorry, Andrew. Sorry.
13:38100 plus 75 plus 25 is 200.
13:42Well done. All right. OK.
13:4428 plays Podrick's 35, which is the important part here at the moment,
13:48as we turn to Alison.
13:50Alison, haven't touched a shopping bag,
13:53a plastic shopping bag, for five years?
13:56Yeah. Tell us.
13:58Well, about five years ago,
14:00I read about a turtle was washed up in Mexico,
14:05and it was dead and they couldn't understand why it had died,
14:08and they did an autopsy and found 287 carrier bags in its stomach.
14:14And this poor creature had starved and choked to death.
14:18When I read that, I thought, enough is enough.
14:22I'm not going to use plastic bags any more,
14:25and I campaign as much as I can to stop people using any kind of plastic.
14:31It's very hard.
14:33We're drowning in a sea of plastic as a society, as a world.
14:37I've just written down a fact here.
14:39Approximately 300 million tonnes of plastic are produced every year,
14:44and nearly half of this is used once and then thrown away.
14:51Our seas are full of plastic.
14:55Landfill is full of plastic.
14:57How long can this go on?
15:00We can't keep living the way we're living.
15:04Tests are being done on children in America now,
15:07and they're finding that children now are absorbing plastic into their bodies.
15:12We're all eating plastic, although we don't know it.
15:15Fish are full of plastic in their stomachs.
15:19And I discovered about six months ago that a lot of toothpastes now
15:25have microplastic beads in them.
15:29Toothpaste. We don't need this.
15:32And Greenpeace are campaigning to try and get the government
15:36to actually ban this, to say to companies, you cannot do this.
15:41It's totally unnecessary.
15:43Shower gels, face washes, a lot of them are full of microplastic beads
15:49that end up in our rivers, end up in the seas, being ingested by fish,
15:54and in turn being ingested by us.
15:57And I just think we cannot go on. It's got to stop.
16:02Quite right. Well, a brave campaign.
16:05You keep going. You keep going.
16:07APPLAUSE
16:11Thank you, Alison.
16:1335 plays Andrew's 28.
16:15And now, Andrew, it's your letters game.
16:17Thank you. Consonant, please.
16:19Thank you, Andrew. T
16:21And another.
16:23D
16:25And a third.
16:27T
16:29Vowel.
16:31E
16:33Vowel. O
16:35E
16:37Consonant.
16:39P
16:41Consonant.
16:43L
16:45And a final consonant, please.
16:47And a final M.
16:49Stand by.
17:05MUSIC PLAYS
17:19Andrew?
17:21Seven.
17:23A seven. And Podrick?
17:25And a seven. Andrew?
17:27Plotted. Plotted. And Mr Ryan?
17:29Same word. There we go.
17:31And Nigel, Susie?
17:33It's another seven there, Nick.
17:35Mottled. 42 plays 35.
17:37And we turn to Podrick.
17:39Podrick, letters game.
17:41A. Consonant, please, Rachel.
17:43Thank you. R
17:45And a vowel. A
17:47And another vowel. O
17:49And a vowel.
17:51E
17:53And a consonant. L
17:55And another consonant. V
17:57And another consonant.
17:59D
18:01And a vowel.
18:03A
18:05And a final consonant, please.
18:07And a final T.
18:09Stand by.
18:11MUSIC PLAYS
18:31MUSIC STOPS
18:41Podrick?
18:43A six. A six.
18:45Andrew? Seven.
18:47Podrick? Trouble.
18:49Now then.
18:51A leotard.
18:53Not the leotard again.
18:55Always the leotard.
18:57Whenever you're in trouble, reach for the leotard.
18:59It comes popping up.
19:01Now, Alison?
19:03Well,
19:05dilator.
19:07No, I've never heard of this word.
19:09No, you're forgiven. It's another bit of a countdown word.
19:11A dilator in the olden days,
19:13quite a long time ago,
19:15was somebody who reported an offence or crime.
19:17So somebody who denounced another person.
19:19Dilator. OK, thank you.
19:2142 apiece.
19:23Andrew's clambered back.
19:25And they're side by side.
19:27It's your numbers game.
19:29Yep, same old, please.
19:31Two large.
19:33Absolute, don't fix it.
19:35Four little. Thank you, Andrew.
19:37And for the final time from you for a while,
19:39the four small ones are eight, seven, ten and one.
19:41And the large two, 75 and 100.
19:45And this target, 325.
19:47325.
19:49MUSIC PLAYS
19:57MUSIC STOPS
20:19Andrew?
20:21332.
20:23332.
20:25No idea? No.
20:27So, with Andrew?
20:29I hope. Seven minus one is six.
20:31Seven minus one is six.
20:33Times 75 is 450. Yeah.
20:35Minus 100 is 350.
20:37Yeah.
20:39Minus the ten, minus the eight.
20:41340. 332.
20:43332.
20:45332 indeed, but quite a long way off.
20:47Rachel, what do you reckon?
20:49Yeah, there were quite a few ways for this one.
20:51One of them you could have said,
20:53seven minus eight is two,
20:55times seven, 14,
20:57minus one for 13,
20:59and then 100,
21:01minus 75, 25,
21:03and times them together.
21:05That's the way. Thank you, Rachel.
21:07APPLAUSE
21:09Perfect, as usual.
21:11Now, 47, then. Five-point lead for you.
21:1342 for Pordrig as we turn to our second tea-time teaser,
21:17which is taste sin.
21:19He developed a taste for sin.
21:21He was a thoroughly unpleasant chap.
21:23He developed a taste for sin.
21:25He was a thoroughly unpleasant chap.
21:35APPLAUSE
21:41Welcome back. I left you with the clue.
21:43He developed a taste for sin.
21:45He was a thoroughly unpleasant chap.
21:47In fact, he was the nastiest,
21:49nastiest of them all.
21:51Nastiest.
21:5347 to 42.
21:55Andrew in the lead.
21:57Pordrig, don't let him run away.
21:59Try.
22:01Rachel, can I get a consonant, please? Thank you, Pordrig.
22:03S. And a vowel.
22:05E. And another vowel.
22:07I.
22:09And a consonant.
22:11W. And another consonant.
22:13S.
22:15And a vowel.
22:17O.
22:19And a consonant.
22:21L. And a vowel.
22:23E.
22:25And a consonant, please.
22:27And the last one, G.
22:29Stand by.
22:47MUSIC PLAYS
23:01Pordrig? Five.
23:03A five. Andrew?
23:05Five also.
23:07Yes, Pordrig? Gloves.
23:09Now, then. Gloves.
23:11There we are.
23:13OK.
23:15Rachel, please.
23:17Just, if you can, yes. Alison?
23:19It's a bit of a strange one. Wigless.
23:21Wigless.
23:23Yes.
23:25You might have a...
23:27a wigless chief justice, mightn't you?
23:29A wigless judge, for example.
23:31Are you serious? Yes, or you might go wigless one day,
23:33if you're feeling...
23:35liberated.
23:3752 plays 47.
23:39Andrew in the lead, and it's Andrew's letters game.
23:41A consonant, please. Thank you, Andrew.
23:43M. And a vowel.
23:45E.
23:47Consonant.
23:49K. Vowel.
23:51A.
23:53Consonant.
23:55S. Consonant.
23:57R.
23:59Consonant.
24:01S.
24:03Vowel.
24:05O.
24:07And a consonant.
24:09And lastly, D.
24:11Stand by.
24:41MUSIC STOPS
24:43Andrew?
24:45Risky seven.
24:47What about Podrick?
24:49Seven. Firm seven. Andrew?
24:51D. Marks.
24:53D. Masks.
24:55And D. Masks.
24:57OK. How's Andrew faring on this one?
24:59Start with...
25:01D. Mask is not in there,
25:03I'm afraid.
25:05And...
25:07D. Marks.
25:09Um, yes.
25:11It's actually another term for D. Markate.
25:13It's an older one, but it is in there.
25:15The Corner.
25:17What have we got in The Corner?
25:19Well, we've got Darksum.
25:21Darksum.
25:23Very poetic.
25:25Her raven hair fell about her shoulders like a darksum veil.
25:27But, yeah, Darksum.
25:29I like that.
25:31Yes, so do I now.
25:3359 plays 47, and, um,
25:35Susie, what have you got for us today?
25:37I have an email from Anita Sheridan.
25:39Thank you, Anita.
25:41She asks, where does the American phrase,
25:43now much used in England,
25:45hitting pay dirt, come from?
25:47And it's a good question.
25:49I have to say it's not really one that I had considered before,
25:51so I did a bit of delving,
25:53and as it turns out, that expression is appropriate,
25:55because it is all about
25:57mining for gold.
25:59And the very first example given
26:01in the Oxford English Dictionary
26:03is from the New York Daily Times,
26:05where it says,
26:07tunnelling companies are numerous in and around Sonora.
26:09The pay dirt yields
26:11three dollars in the pan.
26:13So pay dirt was ground that contained
26:15ore in sufficient quantity
26:17to be extracted
26:19profitably.
26:21And it's just one of many phrases,
26:23words and expressions that come from
26:25mining.
26:27Of course, gold mania, the California gold rush,
26:29et cetera, was such,
26:31it was a phenomenon that really caught
26:33the popular imagination.
26:35So it's perhaps no surprise that a lot of words
26:37crept into currency from it.
26:39I've talked before about panning out.
26:41If something pans out, it refers to
26:43the shallow pan that was used to separate
26:45the gold from the gravel and the mud
26:47from which it came.
26:49And nickel, in German,
26:51Kupfernickel, was the copper-coloured
26:53ore from which nickel
26:55was obtained.
26:57But the ore very often
26:59failed to yield copper, which is what they
27:01were after. And the nickel part
27:03actually meant demon.
27:05So it was a devil, because it masqueraded
27:07as something that it wasn't, really.
27:09And when we talk about pumpernickel bread,
27:11I hate to tell you this, but the pumpern
27:13probably comes from the German to break wind.
27:15And the nickel bit is the demon.
27:17So it's kind of breaking wind demon.
27:19I'll leave you
27:21to make your own guesses as to why pumpernickel bread...
27:23So like old Nick, as in nickel.
27:25Exactly.
27:27I'm afraid that your name is fundamentally
27:29related to nickel and the demon.
27:31No, I come from Santa. It's all right.
27:33Oh, OK. You come from Nick.
27:35Brilliant. But, yes.
27:37So lots and lots of terms have sprung up
27:39from the world and the ground, indeed,
27:41of mining and mines.
27:43Very good.
27:47Thanks, Susie.
27:49Super stuff. Podrick, would you take us
27:51on a letters game?
27:53Can I get a consonant, please, Rachel? Thank you, Podrick.
27:55R. And a vowel.
27:57A. And another vowel.
27:59U. And a consonant.
28:03Z. And a vowel.
28:05E.
28:07And a consonant.
28:09L. And another consonant.
28:11C. And another consonant.
28:13T.
28:15And a vowel, please.
28:17And lastly, A.
28:19Countdown.
28:27CLOCK TICKS
28:51Mm, Podrick.
28:53Six.
28:55And six.
28:57What have you dredged out of that lot? Podrick?
28:59Claret.
29:01Not bad, then. Andrew?
29:03Actual. Actual.
29:05How did we do? Just debating things here.
29:07We had last minute seven.
29:09So we've got curate, cartel...
29:11Yes.
29:13..and this word I've never heard of, lazarette.
29:15Lazarette, yes.
29:17You can spell it with one T or with two Ts and an E.
29:19It's the rear part of a ship's hold
29:21used for stores,
29:23but it can also be an isolation hospital
29:25for people with infectious diseases.
29:27Well, well, thank you for that.
29:2965 plays 53.
29:31Andrew, last letters game for today.
29:33A consonant, please.
29:35Thank you, Andrew.
29:37S. And a vowel.
29:39E.
29:41Consonant.
29:43M.
29:45Consonant.
29:47P. Consonant.
29:49R. Vowel.
29:51U.
29:53Vowel.
29:55I.
29:57Consonant.
29:59C.
30:01And consonant, please.
30:03And the last one, B.
30:05Time's up.
30:21MUSIC PLAYS
30:37Well, Andrew?
30:39Seven.
30:41Podrick?
30:43Six.
30:45Your six?
30:47Scrump.
30:49It's when you go scrumping, don't you, for apples?
30:53Alison, what have you got there?
30:55Imbues.
30:57Yes.
30:59And umpires.
31:01And umpires, yeah.
31:03And scrump.
31:05All right, 72. Look at this, Andrew.
31:07You're pretty much out of the wood here
31:09against Podrick's 53
31:11as Podrick goes into final numbers game for you, Podrick.
31:15Right, let's go for fallout.
31:17We'll do it. 19 points in it.
31:1920 to get.
31:21Four large, two little.
31:23And the two little ones are ten and four.
31:25And the four large ones, 75, 100, 50 and 25.
31:30And the target, 534.
31:33Five, three, four.
31:35MUSIC PLAYS
31:47MUSIC STOPS
32:05Podrick?
32:07Five, three, four, not written down.
32:09Andrew?
32:11Five, three, four, written down.
32:13Podrick?
32:15Plus four, 54.
32:17Multiply by ten.
32:19540.
32:21And then 100 divided by 25.
32:23100 divided by 25.
32:25Ah, yeah, no, I've gone wrong.
32:27Five, three, six.
32:29Andrew?
32:3175 over 25 is three.
32:33Plus 50.
32:35Times ten.
32:37Plus four.
32:39Well done, you've got there.
32:41APPLAUSE
32:43Well done, guys. So, 82 plays 53 as we go into the final round.
32:47Fingers on buzzers.
32:49Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:52MUSIC PLAYS
33:13MUSIC STOPS
33:23No, we're stumped here. Even the Octochamp is stumped.
33:26Who in the audience? Nobody?
33:28Hello? A waving to my right. Yes, Rachel, what have you done?
33:30Is it binocular?
33:32Binocular. How brilliant it is.
33:34There it is.
33:36APPLAUSE
33:38Amazing.
33:40Amazing.
33:42Well, then, Padraig, bad luck.
33:44You came up against an Octochamp, and that's what happens.
33:47It's difficult. But really great to have you here.
33:49Yeah, thanks for having me.
33:51Here's a goodie bag. You take it back to Claudine Collins at Omnicom.
33:54With my best wishes. All right.
33:56Well done. Thank you very much.
33:58Fantastic. Pushed me all the way.
34:00Well done. A great performance.
34:02And we shall see you later in the year at the finals.
34:04Well done, indeed. Thank you very much.
34:06Fantastic stuff. Well done.
34:08And we shall see you two... You will come back on Monday.
34:10I'm going to Newmarket racing for the rest of the week.
34:12But you'll come back on Monday, I hope, Alison.
34:14I might.
34:16Please do. Please do.
34:18And Susie, too. I will.
34:20All right. Excellent stuff.
34:22And, Rachel, have the rest of the week off,
34:24and we shall see you on Monday.
34:26See you on Monday.
34:28You join us then, you'll be sure of it. Good afternoon.
34:30APPLAUSE
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34:41You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
34:45APPLAUSE
34:48Well, a brand-new series next week.
34:50Seven strangers locked away and ten grand on the table.
34:53The Question Jury starts Monday at four.
34:56Now, this afternoon, spouses seeking success,
34:58aiming for perfection in Couples Come Dine With Me.
35:01That's at five.
35:03Before that, though, there's three in a bed next.
35:05APPLAUSE