Countdown | Monday 27th January 2014 | Episode 5855
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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:03CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
00:31Good afternoon and a warm welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:34Now, a couple of articles recently caught my eye to do with foreign languages
00:38and apparently, I'll read this, that only 9% of 15-year-olds in the UK
00:43are at ease speaking a foreign language.
00:46Whereas, right across the EU, in 14 countries surveyed,
00:51the figure was 42%, and in Malta, strangely,
00:55and Sweden, I can understand this, 82% learn a foreign language.
01:01I was in Malmo, not that long ago, in a restaurant,
01:04sitting there quietly, minding my own business,
01:06a family was sitting there, speaking the most accentless English.
01:10And that's what they do in Sweden.
01:12It was a Swedish family and they were perfect.
01:15Do I speak a foreign language?
01:17Well, sort of, but not very elegantly.
01:19My French is passable, but not elegant.
01:22What about your languages? How skilled are you?
01:25I'm about the same as you at French, a tiny bit of Italian.
01:28I went to Prague recently and met some Estonians
01:30and one of them spoke 13 languages fluently.
01:33It's amazing, isn't it?
01:34But in a sense, well, they've got to, because nobody speaks Estonian.
01:38We go over there, we speak the language and everyone speaks back in English.
01:41They take pity on us. We're a bit lazy.
01:43That's the point, isn't it?
01:45Apparently, English and Spanish, you've got those two,
01:48you can more or less conquer the world, really, if you have a mind to do so.
01:51No conquering for me.
01:52All right, then. Now then, who's here today, Priscilla?
01:55Monday's back on this Monday afternoon.
01:58You've now, I think, won four in a row, 62, 74, 94.
02:03And then on Friday, you broke through the 100.
02:06Well done. Have a good day today.
02:08You're joined by Josephine Hollis,
02:11known as Josie, primary school teacher from West Bridgeford in Nottinghamshire,
02:15who apparently was burgled not that long ago.
02:17And there was an amusing anecdote. Come on, Josie, share it with us.
02:20What happened?
02:21Well, it's actually when I lived in London.
02:23Yes.
02:24And went out for the day in the morning,
02:26came back early evening to find the police already in my house.
02:30So I obviously felt a bit worried.
02:32Went in, they told me that the house had been burgled.
02:35I was a bit shocked.
02:37And they said, as you're here, can you show us around and tell us what's gone missing?
02:41Yes.
02:42But I've got to warn you that the room at the back of the house at the top
02:45has been completely ransacked.
02:47So I was a bit upset because that was my room.
02:50And as we went up to the room and I opened the door,
02:54I had to explain to them that actually that was how I left my room in the morning.
02:59LAUGHTER
03:00It's always like that, isn't it?
03:02Brilliant.
03:03Let's have a big round of applause for Josie and Priscilla.
03:06APPLAUSE
03:07Well done.
03:10Well done, Josie.
03:12Lovely story. And over in the corner, of course,
03:14Susie, after a restful weekend, I trust.
03:17Joined once again by the wonderful Nicky Chapman,
03:20TV presenter, radio presenter, but one of the original rock chicks
03:24because you were in the rock business for so long.
03:27Yes, loved it. 20 years in the music industry.
03:30You must have started as a child.
03:32Bless you for that. I'll accept the compliment.
03:34All right. Stories from you later on.
03:36But right now it's Priscilla Monday on this Monday to kick off Countdown.
03:40Take it away, Priscilla.
03:42Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:43Afternoon, Priscilla. May I have a consonant, please?
03:45Start the week with R.
03:47And another one.
03:49N.
03:50And a vowel.
03:51A.
03:52And another vowel.
03:54O.
03:55And a consonant.
03:57S.
03:59And a consonant.
04:01G.
04:02And a vowel.
04:04E.
04:06And a consonant.
04:09T.
04:10And another vowel, please.
04:12And the last one.
04:13U.
04:14And here's the Countdown clock.
04:45Now, then, Priscilla.
04:47Eight.
04:48An eight for Priscilla. Josephine?
04:50A seven.
04:51Seven for Josie. Josie?
04:53Strange.
04:54And Priscilla?
04:55Orangist.
04:57Right.
04:58Orangist.
05:00What does the corner think about that?
05:02It's going to have to be specified, Priscilla.
05:05Um...
05:07No, it's got orangy as the adjective.
05:10Um, orangish, another one.
05:12But orangist, or oranger and orangist, not specified, I'm afraid.
05:16Sorry.
05:17Bad luck.
05:18Bad luck.
05:19But in the corner, now, then, Nicky.
05:21We've gone for nine.
05:23Outranges.
05:24Ooh!
05:26APPLAUSE
05:28What else have we got?
05:29I'll just tell you what that means.
05:31It's when a gun has a greater range than another.
05:33That's to outrange it.
05:34Thank you so much.
05:35All right, then.
05:36So there we are, Josie, off to a flying start.
05:39And it's your letters game, Josie.
05:42Hi, Rachel.
05:43Hi, Josie.
05:44Can I have a consonant, please?
05:45You can, thank you.
05:46Start with P.
05:47And another.
05:49L.
05:51And another.
05:53D.
05:54And a vowel.
05:56E.
05:58And another.
06:00I.
06:02And a consonant.
06:04V.
06:06And another.
06:08T.
06:10And a vowel.
06:12A.
06:14And a final consonant, please.
06:16And a final R.
06:18Countdown.
06:41MUSIC
06:52Yes, Josie?
06:53Just a five.
06:54A five. Priscilla?
06:56Seven.
06:57Josie?
06:58Plead.
06:59Plead.
07:00Platted.
07:01Happy enough?
07:02Very happy.
07:03And in the corner, Nicky?
07:04Well, we've actually got one better, with deprival, at eight.
07:07APPLAUSE
07:09So, Priscilla, first numbers game for you.
07:11Rachel, may I please have one large and five small?
07:13Your usual, thank you, Priscilla.
07:15One from the top row and five little ones.
07:17And for the first time this week, the numbers are eight, five,
07:21another five, three, four,
07:24and the large one, 75.
07:26And the target to get to, 231.
07:29231.
07:31MUSIC
07:40MUSIC
08:03Priscilla?
08:04231.
08:05Josie?
08:06231.
08:07Priscilla?
08:10Eight over four is two.
08:12Yep.
08:13Add that to the 75.
08:1477.
08:15And multiply by three.
08:17Perfect. 231.
08:19Thank you. Josie?
08:20I did it differently, I did three times 75 is 225.
08:23Yep.
08:24Add a five.
08:26230.
08:27And then add five, take away four is one.
08:30Well done. 231.
08:32Well done.
08:33APPLAUSE
08:37The next 17 points are all as we go into a teatime teaser,
08:40which is any crest.
08:42And the clue.
08:43Any crest or historic emblem is usually associated with this.
08:47Any crest or historic emblem is usually associated with this.
08:53MUSIC
08:59APPLAUSE
09:03MUSIC
09:06Welcome back. I left with the clue.
09:08Any crest or historic emblem is usually associated with this.
09:12It's associated with ancestry.
09:15Ancestry. 17 points all.
09:17Josie, letters game.
09:19Thank you. A consonant, please, Rachel.
09:22Thank you, Josie. S.
09:24And another?
09:26L.
09:28And another?
09:30W.
09:31And a vowel?
09:33O.
09:35And another?
09:37I.
09:38And another?
09:40E.
09:42And a consonant?
09:44N.
09:45And another?
09:47R.
09:49And a final consonant, please.
09:51And a final D.
09:53Stand by.
09:55MUSIC
10:00MUSIC
10:25Yes, Josie?
10:27A six.
10:29A seven.
10:30Seven.
10:31Josie?
10:32Slower.
10:33Slower. And?
10:34Snowier.
10:35Snowier.
10:36Lovely. Yes.
10:37OK.
10:38Very good.
10:39And in the corner. Nicky? Susie?
10:41With eight.
10:42Yes?
10:43Swindler.
10:44A swindler.
10:45Yeah.
10:46Such a swindler.
10:47Swindle, yeah.
10:48That went down well as well.
10:50LAUGHTER
10:5124 points to 17. Priscilla.
10:53You're back again with the letters game.
10:55May I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
10:57Thank you, Priscilla.
10:58And another one?
11:00H.
11:02And a vowel?
11:04U.
11:05And another one?
11:07O.
11:09And a consonant?
11:11R.
11:12And another one?
11:14S.
11:16And a vowel?
11:18A.
11:20And another vowel, please?
11:22E.
11:24And a consonant?
11:25And lastly?
11:27Countdown.
11:58Priscilla?
11:59Six.
12:00A six. Josie?
12:02I'll try a seven.
12:03All right. Priscilla?
12:05Phrase.
12:06Phrase. Josie?
12:07Pouters.
12:08A pouter?
12:09Pouters, yes, they're pigeons.
12:11In fact, rather than people that pout,
12:13they sort of... their neck swells up.
12:15Oh, is that what it's called?
12:16Yes, a pouter pigeon.
12:17Very good.
12:18Very nice.
12:19Anything else? Well done.
12:20Anything else in the corner there, Nicky?
12:22We did, didn't we, we think?
12:24With eight.
12:25With eight?
12:26Yeah, there's a nice eight there and a nice seven.
12:28The eight is apterous,
12:30which means of an insect having no wings.
12:32That's a wingless insect, an apterous.
12:36And the seven...
12:37Hotspur.
12:39A hotspur, yeah, a rash and impectuous person.
12:41There we are.
12:4224 points all. Well done.
12:44Josie, numbers game.
12:46Thanks. Can I have one from the top and five little ones?
12:49Thank you, Josie.
12:50One large, five little coming up for you.
12:53This round, the little numbers are two, three, one,
12:58another three and four,
13:00and the large one's 75.
13:03And the target...
13:04Oh, large, 977.
13:06977.
13:23MUSIC PLAYS
13:39Now then, Josie.
13:41977.
13:42Yep, Priscilla.
13:43977.
13:44Thank you, Josie.
13:45Four times three.
13:47Four threes are 12.
13:48Yep, add the one, 13.
13:50Times 75.
13:51975.
13:52Add the two.
13:53Perfect, 977.
13:54And Priscilla.
13:55Same way.
13:56Yep.
13:57Same way, happy? All right.
13:59APPLAUSE
14:01Well done.
14:02But now we turn to Nicky.
14:04Nicky Chapman, now, we talked at the top of the show
14:06about foreign languages and so forth.
14:08You're ploughing to and fro across Europe with your programme.
14:11Yeah, last year.
14:12You must run into however many languages.
14:15Well, I don't speak very many languages,
14:17but I certainly do a lot of travel.
14:19I do try, but I'm not gifted in that department,
14:21but last year I think I did something like 20 flights in nine weeks.
14:25Oh, really?
14:26Yeah, all over Europe, which was fantastic.
14:29I was filming a new show called Escape to the Continent.
14:32So it's finding people property,
14:34but also helping them with a new way of life abroad
14:36and sort of trying to be quite realistic, what it's like.
14:39I mean, if you have property abroad, if you're lucky enough,
14:41it is very different.
14:42People often want to move just for the sun.
14:44There's a lot more to it than that.
14:46Absolutely.
14:47But wonderful.
14:48And you get to see these remarkable places and cities,
14:50and I don't know if you've been, ladies,
14:52but I went to Dubrovnik for the first time ever.
14:55Medieval walled city in Croatia.
14:57Just beautiful.
14:58And literally, as soon as I arrived, I was working,
15:01and I was like, I'm coming back.
15:03As soon as I can, I have to come back as a tourist
15:05and really see it properly.
15:07It is extraordinary.
15:08That big square, it's almost like polished marble.
15:12Wonderful.
15:13It's extraordinary.
15:14And it was bombed, bombed and bombed to bits.
15:16You wouldn't think so, though, to walk around.
15:18I mean, the way it's been repaired, it is beautiful.
15:20And the couple that I was showing in Dubrovnik,
15:22they wanted to move there.
15:24Her parents were Croatian,
15:25and we actually showed them a flat just off that square.
15:28Really?
15:29Yes.
15:30Yeah, they were really taken with it.
15:31They didn't buy it, but beautiful.
15:33And a great coastline, that Croatian coastline down to Dubrovnik.
15:35Yes, the Dalmatian coastline.
15:36Beautiful.
15:37Wonderful.
15:38We sound like we're from the tourist board, don't we?
15:40We're sold.
15:41No, I was there just before the last pope died,
15:43and he was about to visit it.
15:45And the place was decked out in the papal flags and so forth.
15:47It was a fantastic place.
15:49And, of course, the Roman emperors had their villas up the coast.
15:52It's split, I think.
15:53Yeah.
15:54Yeah, extraordinary.
15:55Lovely place.
15:56Gorgeous.
15:57As you're right, that Dalmatian coastline is well worth a visit.
15:59Extraordinary.
16:00A great programme, too.
16:01I enjoy it very much.
16:03Very good.
16:04Well done.
16:05Now then, Priscilla, you're back on with a letters game.
16:08May I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
16:10Thank you, Priscilla.
16:11G.
16:12And another one.
16:14J.
16:16And a vowel.
16:18I.
16:19And another one.
16:21O.
16:22And a consonant.
16:24D.
16:26And another consonant.
16:29N.
16:30And a vowel.
16:33I.
16:35And another vowel.
16:38E.
16:39And another consonant, please.
16:40And the last one.
16:41C.
16:42Stand by.
16:43Stand by.
17:14Priscilla?
17:15Six.
17:16Josie?
17:17Six as well.
17:18So, Priscilla?
17:19Joined.
17:20Joined.
17:21Both of you?
17:22Same word, yeah.
17:23Joined at the hip here.
17:24And in the corner?
17:25We seem to be doing well with sixes, actually.
17:27We agree with you girls.
17:28Indigo with six.
17:29And also coined with six.
17:31Coined, yeah.
17:32Very good.
17:33He coined it.
17:3440 points all.
17:35Close one thing here.
17:36We turn to you, Josie.
17:37See if you can break away with a letters game.
17:40I'll start with a consonant, please.
17:42Josie?
17:43R.
17:44And another.
17:47T.
17:48And another.
17:50B.
17:52And a vowel, please.
17:54U.
17:55And another.
17:57A.
17:59And another.
18:01I.
18:03And a consonant, please.
18:05D.
18:07And another.
18:10F.
18:11And a final vowel, please.
18:13And a final E.
18:15Stand by.
18:42Josie?
18:43Say a six.
18:44Priscilla?
18:45Seven.
18:46Seven.
18:47So, Josie?
18:49Farted.
18:52Now, then.
18:53Fruited.
18:54Fruited.
18:55Bit more fragrant, that one, yes.
18:57Yeah, fine.
18:58And, Nicky?
19:01Tribate and brooted.
19:03Seven.
19:04Tribate?
19:05Tribate is...
19:07Fruited.
19:09Fruited.
19:10Fruited.
19:11Tribate is a lesbian.
19:13And brooted, so that's B-R-U-I-T-E-D,
19:17means to spread a report or rumour widely.
19:20Yeah, brooted about.
19:21Yes.
19:22Yeah, very good.
19:2447 to Josephine.
19:2640.
19:27Priscilla, blinders for the numbers game.
19:29One large and five small, please.
19:31Thank you, Priscilla.
19:32The usual one, large one.
19:33Five little ones.
19:35And for this round, they are ten, four, five...
19:40three, seven and 75 again.
19:44And the target this time, 211.
19:46211.
20:10MUSIC
20:18Priscilla?
20:19211.
20:20211. And Josie?
20:21Yes, 211.
20:22Well done. Now then, Priscilla.
20:24Three times 75.
20:26Three 75s are 225.
20:28225.
20:29Ten plus four is 14.
20:30Yeah.
20:31Take it away.
20:32Well done. 211.
20:33And Josie?
20:34Same way.
20:35Same way.
20:37Very good.
20:41Very good.
20:42So, Priscilla, still seven points ahead
20:44as we go into a teatime teaser,
20:46which is kebab con.
20:49And the clue.
20:50Might it give a bit of courage to the skeleton?
20:53Might it give a bit of courage to the skeleton?
20:56Might it give a bit of courage to the skeleton?
21:14Welcome back.
21:15I left you with a clue.
21:16Might it give a bit of courage to the skeleton?
21:19And the answer is backbone.
21:21Needs more backbone, that skeleton.
21:23Priscilla, Lee, Josie, your letters go.
21:26Thank you. I'll start with a consonant, please.
21:28Thank you, Josie. S.
21:30And another?
21:32R.
21:33And another?
21:35T.
21:37And a vowel?
21:39O.
21:41And another vowel?
21:42E.
21:44And a consonant?
21:46M.
21:49And a consonant?
21:51P.
21:53And a vowel?
21:55A.
21:57And a final consonant, please?
21:59And a final R.
22:01Stand by.
22:22MUSIC
22:34Now then, Josie.
22:36A seven.
22:37A seven. Priscilla?
22:38A seven.
22:39Two sevens, Josie.
22:40Stomper.
22:41Stomper.
22:42Parrots.
22:43Yes.
22:44We happy, love?
22:45Very happy, yes.
22:46We're liking sevens as well in this corner, aren't we?
22:48We've got tampers and porters as well.
22:50Very good. Very good. Nothing too confusing there.
22:5364 plays 57. Priscilla, letters game.
22:57May I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
22:59You may. Thank you, Priscilla.
23:00Q.
23:02And another one?
23:04S.
23:05And a vowel?
23:07I.
23:08And another vowel?
23:10O.
23:11And a consonant?
23:13T.
23:14And another consonant?
23:17M.
23:18And a vowel?
23:20A.
23:21And another vowel?
23:24E.
23:25And a consonant?
23:26And the last one?
23:28Y.
23:29And here's the clock.
23:31MUSIC
23:49MUSIC
24:02Priscilla.
24:03Six.
24:04Six, Josie?
24:05A five.
24:06And that would be?
24:07Teams.
24:08Teams.
24:09Steamy.
24:10Steamy.
24:11Steamy from Priscilla.
24:12Very good.
24:13What have we got in the corner, Nicky?
24:15I love moiety for six,
24:17Atman.
24:18At seven.
24:19Ooh, very good.
24:20Excellent.
24:22You've got some sort of relationship with the audience here.
24:25I know, but I thought pantomime was over,
24:27but obviously it's still going strong.
24:29Absolutely.
24:31Well done.
24:32Now then, 70 plays 57,
24:34but now,
24:36ah, lo, a hush falls over the land,
24:39for it is time for Susie's origins of words.
24:42Susie?
24:43I'm going to talk a little bit about the language of the sexes
24:46in English,
24:47because, as you would expect, over the last millennium and a half,
24:50the different words for men and women
24:52are quite revealing of the way that we have viewed the sexes.
24:55And you'll find, for example,
24:57that almost all of the words associated with the Latin word vir,
25:00vir meaning man,
25:02are flattering.
25:03So virtus was the word used by the Romans
25:06for strength, courage, excellence, everything,
25:09that was considered manly,
25:11or the characteristics of virility.
25:13And to be virtuous was to have all the traits of a man.
25:17And then if you apply all of these manly qualities to define arts,
25:20you would be a virtuoso.
25:22So again, they've got that vir at the beginning,
25:24and that always means something manly and therefore good.
25:27But if you're a woman, in Old English,
25:29you'd be described merely as a whiff-man or a wife-man,
25:32so W-I-F-M-A-N-N,
25:34and a whiff or a wife meant a woman,
25:36but she needed the man bit added on at the end
25:38to be considered a proper human being.
25:41And many of the more neutral words for a woman had become downgraded.
25:45So if you take the word hussy,
25:47hussy used to actually mean just a housewife.
25:49It comes from huswif, the wife of the house, or the woman of the house.
25:53And of course that took on soon all the associations of immoral behaviour.
25:58And even dame and madam have sort of lost their slightly positive associations.
26:02You can call somebody a right madam,
26:04or you can refer to them being madam of a house of ill repute, if you like.
26:09Dame actually comes from the Latin domina, or mistress,
26:12and there's another word with quite devious connotations.
26:14So lots and lots of examples throughout history
26:17of how very, very neutral words for women have suddenly become not so nice.
26:21Whereas the ones all to do with men, the V-I-R words,
26:24the virility and virtuous and all of those, have stayed fairly positive.
26:28And children were once affectionately referred to as wenches and tarts,
26:32so they were both very neutral affectionate terms as well.
26:35And a courtesan was once a highly favoured female at court.
26:38So you can see how these words have changed over time,
26:40and I'll touch on some more tomorrow.
26:42Strongly. How unfair.
26:44It's very unfair.
26:45Brilliant stuff. Lovely.
26:47APPLAUSE
26:48How unfair.
26:50So let's turn to Josie.
26:53Josie, let us know.
26:55A consonant, please. Thank you, Josie.
26:57S.
26:59And another?
27:01G.
27:02And another?
27:04H.
27:06And a vowel?
27:08O.
27:09And another vowel?
27:11I.
27:12And another?
27:13A.
27:15And a consonant?
27:17R.
27:19And another?
27:21F.
27:22And one more consonant, please.
27:24And to finish, T.
27:26Stand by.
27:36MUSIC PLAYS
27:59Josie.
28:00Just a six.
28:01A six.
28:02And six.
28:03Two sixes, Josie.
28:04Right.
28:05Priscilla.
28:06Garish.
28:07Garish.
28:08Happy enough?
28:09Very happy.
28:10Corner happy.
28:11Now then, Nicky.
28:12Well, we're doing quite well with fishes in this corner.
28:14Yes.
28:15We've got oarfish, ragfish, garfish all at seven,
28:18but we can beat that with, guess what, goatfish at eight.
28:21A goatfish?
28:23Yes.
28:24Really?
28:25It's an American term for the red mullet.
28:27I prefer red mullet.
28:29APPLAUSE
28:31The red mullet sounds much more appetising.
28:33Very good.
28:34So then, Priscilla, last letters game.
28:36Off you go.
28:38May I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
28:40Thank you, Priscilla.
28:41N.
28:42And another one?
28:44Z.
28:45And a vowel?
28:47O.
28:48And another one?
28:50E.
28:51And a consonant?
28:53S.
28:54And A.
28:55Another consonant?
28:57M.
28:58And a vowel?
29:00A.
29:02And another vowel?
29:04E.
29:05And a consonant, please?
29:07And the last one?
29:08D.
29:10Countdown.
29:32MUSIC PLAYS
29:42Yes, Priscilla?
29:43Seven.
29:44A seven, Josie?
29:45I'll try a seven.
29:46So, Priscilla?
29:48Demons with an A.
29:49Demons with an A. Josie?
29:51D-zones.
29:53D-zones.
29:55How do you feel about being D-zoned?
29:58Not too hopeful, Josie.
30:02It's not there, I'm afraid, sorry.
30:04And in the corner?
30:06We were the same as Priscilla, demons with an A-E.
30:09Anything else?
30:10No, it's actually a competing term as well
30:12for a background process that is dormant when not required.
30:15But that was the traditional spelling of demons until the 19th century.
30:18Thank you very much.
30:20Now, last numbers game, one for Josie.
30:23Off you go.
30:25I have three from the top, Rachel.
30:27Three from the top, gambling time.
30:2920 points left, 20 points in it.
30:31Thank you, Josie. Good luck.
30:33The last numbers game today is nine, seven and eight.
30:37And the large three, 50, 100 and 25.
30:42And the target, 590.
30:44590.
30:59MUSIC PLAYS
31:17Josie?
31:18No, sorry, I lost it.
31:20Too far? Now then, Priscilla.
31:22600.
31:24600. So, explain yourself, Priscilla.
31:28100 minus 25 is 75.
31:30Times eight.
31:31Times by eight, yes. 605 points.
31:34Going quite a long way away. Now then, Rachel, 590.
31:37It was possible, if you say 50 plus 25 is 75,
31:43multiplied by nine is 675,
31:46eight add seven is 15,
31:49add that on for 690 and take away the 100 with 590.
31:53Well done. 590.
31:55Well done.
31:5788 plays 63 as we enter the final round, conundrum time.
32:01Ladies, Priscilla, Josie, fingers on buzzers.
32:04Let's reveal today's countdown conundrum.
32:07MUSIC PLAYS
32:22Josie?
32:23Is it spaghetti?
32:25It is spaghetti.
32:27Let's have a look.
32:29Well done.
32:31APPLAUSE
32:33Well done, Josie.
32:35Very good. Good performance there.
32:3773. You held her back.
32:39And that's the measure of your success, really.
32:4173 to Priscilla's 88.
32:43You hauled her back from her big win on Friday.
32:47So it's back to teaching in Nottingham
32:50with your goodie bag and our very best wishes.
32:53Our research department has unearthed the fact
32:56that at the age of seven your mother propelled you
32:59into the ring at the circus where you were sawn in half.
33:02Now, what was all that about? A cruel mummy or what?
33:05I think I was keen to go, to be honest.
33:07But, yes, just they were asking for a volunteer,
33:10so I eagerly put my hand up
33:12and actually they came and selected me from the audience
33:15and my mum, you know, shooed me off.
33:18As a seven-year-old, you must have thought
33:20as you sort of walked towards the point of execution
33:23that this was actually quite frightening, no?
33:25I thought that was it. But no, I lived to tell the tale.
33:28Well, you did indeed. You lived long enough to be burgled.
33:31And apparently, we won't go into it too deeply,
33:34but they did catch what the Americans call the perp,
33:37the perpetrator of this foul deed.
33:39They did, yes.
33:40Because he nicked some of your underwear and wore it.
33:43Yep, he was caught wearing a pair of my pants.
33:48Which I then had to identify.
33:52And then burn.
33:54Very well done. Excellent stuff.
33:56Well, good luck. Pleasure having you.
33:58And you did a good job against Priscilla Munday,
34:00who's... This is how many wins?
34:03This is win number five.
34:05Yes.
34:06You're heading towards the arena of octo-champdom.
34:10I wish.
34:11Ah, you may well be. Brilliant stuff.
34:14So, see you tomorrow, Susie and Nicky.
34:16More great stories from you tomorrow. Excellent stuff.
34:19Quiet day for Rachel until the last numbers game. Well done.
34:23Perfectly done, as ever.
34:25See you tomorrow, same time, same place.
34:27You'll be sure of it. Good afternoon.
34:39Off to the land of chocolates and sprouts later this afternoon.
34:42The coach trip is back and it's heading to Belgium.
34:44That's at half-past five.
34:46Next to a banker spanking. Deal or no deal.