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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:05APPLAUSE
00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:34I don't know if you're wondering what to do for the weekend.
00:36Just imagine you're an American.
00:38What would an American be doing in October?
00:41Why? He'd be roller-skating.
00:43Why? Because it's National Roller-Skating Month in America.
00:47Imagine that, a whole month on wheels. Extraordinary thing.
00:50But what surprised me was that roller-skates have been around
00:53for a very long time, in fact, since 1760,
00:56when a Belgian, rejoicing in the name of John Joseph Merlin,
01:01had ice-skates and he took the blade off and put wheels on
01:05and the roller-skate was born.
01:07Of course, in the States, it's had a very exciting time.
01:10Back in the 50s, of course, we had drive-in, you know, movies,
01:15and people on roller-skates used to whistle round,
01:18offering you Coca-Cola and French fries or perhaps Liberty chips
01:21through the window of your car, and so it went on and on and on.
01:24And then roller discos came.
01:26But, of course, when I was a kid, we had to make do with strap-ons,
01:30as we called them, because only very rich people
01:35could afford the actual boot, and we had sort of straps
01:38that went over the toe and round the ankle.
01:40But nowadays, of course, everybody's got the proper, you know,
01:43roller blades with boots, as they are.
01:45But there we are, and that's what happened in the 50s.
01:48Do you like skating?
01:50I used to roller-skate when I was younger.
01:52There was a place called Roller City when I was growing up,
01:54so there's loads of 90s tunes now.
01:56Whenever they come on, they remind me of Roller City,
01:58just going round and round and round, which was brilliant when you were ten.
02:01But it was good, because you see them.
02:03I think American cops actually travel around on roller blades, don't they?
02:06Really? Yeah, yeah.
02:08What are those things with two wheels, segways?
02:11Yeah. You get cops in Miami.
02:13You've been there, you've seen them on the segways,
02:15but in some cities, they're on roller blades.
02:18I've not seen that. You've not seen it?
02:20I'll have to Google that one.
02:22No, they can move very quickly through the pedestrians and people like that.
02:25Now then, George Ford is back.
02:28Sixth-form student from Whittlesea, near Peterborough,
02:31who beat Johnny yesterday.
02:33Johnny Rye was a good contender,
02:35but you saw him off, actually.
02:37102 in your first game, so well done.
02:40You're joined today by John Payne, a bartender from Aldershot,
02:44who describes himself as a musicals geek.
02:47What are your favourite musicals?
02:49I love, love musicals, and...
02:52Your favourite?
02:54Oh, do you know what?
02:56Probably the best one I've seen in the theatre
02:58was one called Urinetown, recently.
03:00Urinetown? Urinetown.
03:02Well, let's look out for that, really.
03:04And you once spent ten days cycling with friends around the Netherlands
03:07without a route planned.
03:09We sort of made it up as we went along,
03:12and when we got to Rotterdam, my bike was stolen.
03:16It was great for a cycling holiday.
03:19And then, well, a couple of us did,
03:21and we had to get the train for the rest of it,
03:23so it was a bit simpler.
03:25There we are. But a good place to cycle, because no hills.
03:28Oh, it was really easy.
03:30Yeah. Let's have a big round of applause for the cyclist
03:33and George Ford from Whittlesea.
03:37And in the corner, Susie, you're a rower.
03:39Are you a cyclist too?
03:41Yeah, if you live in Oxford, you cycle pretty much everywhere all the time.
03:44And, of course, you've got a biker here, but he's got an engine on his.
03:47I've got a pushbike as well. Have you?
03:49Yeah, and I enjoy it, yeah.
03:51Brilliant. But now, let's not delay, let's go on with Countdown.
03:54Come on, George, let us go in.
03:56Hi, Rachel. Can I have a consonant, please?
03:58Thank you, George. Start today with L.
04:01And another?
04:03R.
04:05And a third?
04:07T.
04:08And a vowel, please?
04:10A.
04:12And a second?
04:14E.
04:15And a consonant, please?
04:17W.
04:19And a vowel?
04:21A.
04:23And another vowel?
04:25U.
04:27And a final consonant, please?
04:29And a final L.
04:31And here's the Countdown clock.
04:42CLOCK TICKS
05:03Well, George?
05:04A six.
05:05A six. How about you, John?
05:06Yeah, six for me as well.
05:07So, George?
05:08Wallet.
05:09And, John?
05:10Wallet.
05:11Yeah.
05:12Very good. And in the corner, Dave and Susie?
05:15We've got a seven, lateral.
05:17Yeah, very good. Anything else?
05:19Yes, lateral thinking. We have taller and laurel for a couple of sixes.
05:24All right, thank you very much. Six apiece.
05:26So, John, letters game.
05:28Hi, Rachel.
05:29Hi, John.
05:30Can I have a consonant, please?
05:31Thank you. Start with N.
05:34And another one?
05:37T.
05:38And a third?
05:40D.
05:41Can I have a vowel, please?
05:43O.
05:45And another?
05:46E.
05:48And again?
05:50O.
05:52Can I have a consonant, please?
05:54Z.
05:56Can I have another consonant?
05:58M.
06:00And can I have another consonant, please?
06:03And a last one? D.
06:05Stand by.
06:10WHISTLE BLOWS
06:37Well done.
06:38Six.
06:39A six. And George?
06:40Six.
06:41John?
06:42Mooted.
06:43Mooted. And George?
06:44Mooned.
06:45Mooned.
06:46Mooned.
06:47Yes.
06:48Mooned.
06:49Yes.
06:50What else have we got in the corner there?
06:51There's a seven. Oddment.
06:54An oddment?
06:55Yeah.
06:56Mm-hm.
06:57Yes.
06:58A piece of spare cloth.
06:59Oddment's a fabric, exactly.
07:00Anything else?
07:01Zoomed, for another alternative six.
07:03Zoomed and mooned.
07:05Zoomed.
07:06Try and keep those apart, I would have thought.
07:08Yes.
07:09Now, then, numbers for George.
07:11Hi, Rachel, can we have four from the top, please?
07:13You can, George, thank you.
07:14Four large ones and two little ones to kick us off.
07:17And this first numbers game of the day is ten and five.
07:21This could be tricky.
07:22The large ones, 75, 100, 50 and 25.
07:27And the target, 434.
07:29434.
07:38TENSE MUSIC
08:01Now, then, George.
08:02Yeah, 434.
08:03And John.
08:05435.
08:06435.
08:08Let's see how George got on first.
08:10So, 50 x 10 is 500.
08:1250 x 10, 500.
08:14Take the 75 for 425.
08:16425.
08:17100 over 25 is 4.
08:19Yes.
08:20To the 5 is 9.
08:21Well done.
08:22And then add it on.
08:23Perfect, 434.
08:24APPLAUSE
08:25Well done. Well done, George.
08:30Well done. Early lead, but plenty of time.
08:3222 plays 12.
08:33Let's move into a teatime teaser, which is tonic, sir.
08:36And the clue...
08:37The youth is angry about pieces of fried bread.
08:40The youth is angry about pieces of fried bread.
08:44BELL
08:52APPLAUSE
08:58Welcome back.
08:59I left with the clue,
09:00the youth is angry about pieces of fried bread.
09:03Angry about crostini.
09:05Crostini.
09:07Susie Dent.
09:08Well, they are little pieces of fried bread and served...
09:11I'm sure Dave will know more about this,
09:13but with quite delicious toppings,
09:15so sometimes you have them as starters.
09:17Am I right?
09:18Yeah.
09:19Just rubbed with garlic, drizzle of olive oil,
09:21with some chopped tomatoes.
09:22Like a bruschetta, but a bit more delicate.
09:24OK.
09:25Little mouthfuls.
09:26Very nice.
09:27Little crostini.
09:28Must be more than one.
09:29The plural of crostino would be just one little piece.
09:31Yes, it comes from...
09:32Exactly, it's the plural of crostino,
09:34which in Italian means little crust.
09:36There you go.
09:37Crostino.
09:3822 plays 12.
09:39George in the lead.
09:40John's on with the letters game.
09:42John.
09:43Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
09:45Thank you, John.
09:46B
09:47And another one, please.
09:49T
09:50And a third, please.
09:52S
09:53Can I have a vowel?
09:55I
09:58Can I have a vowel, please?
10:00A
10:02Can I have another vowel, please?
10:04I
10:06Can I have a consonant, please?
10:08K
10:12Can I have a vowel, please?
10:14U
10:16And can I have a consonant, please?
10:18And lastly, D.
10:21And here's the Countdown Clock.
10:28CLOCK TICKS
10:54Yes, John?
10:57Five. Not written down.
10:59What about George?
11:00Six.
11:01Six.
11:02John?
11:03Bates.
11:04No, George.
11:05Audits.
11:07Over the mathematician there.
11:09Audits.
11:10And...
11:11Dave?
11:12We had audits. We've got another six.
11:14Tibias.
11:15Oh, yes.
11:16Between the knee and the ankle.
11:18One of the two.
11:19Very good. Anything else?
11:21No, six is our best.
11:22Tibias.
11:2328 plays 12.
11:24George.
11:25Back you come. Letters.
11:27Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
11:29Thank you, George. R.
11:31And a second?
11:33L.
11:34And a third?
11:36R.
11:38And a fourth?
11:40B.
11:42And a vowel, please?
11:44A.
11:45And a second?
11:47B.
11:49And a third?
11:51O.
11:52And a consonant, please?
11:54C.
11:56And a final consonant?
11:58And a final R.
12:00Countdown.
12:24MUSIC PLAYS
12:32George?
12:33A six.
12:34A six.
12:35John?
12:36Six as well.
12:37So, George?
12:38Aurora.
12:39Aurora.
12:40And, John?
12:41Barrel.
12:42A barrel.
12:43Yes.
12:44Are you happy, Susie?
12:45Yes, happy. Sorry, I'm madly trying to find something
12:47that will take us a little bit further, but failing.
12:50Dave?
12:51Growl.
12:52Is it growl?
12:53Yeah, growl.
12:54Oh, well done.
12:55Growl.
12:56Good enough?
12:57Good enough.
12:58The aurora.
12:59Very good.
13:0034, please.
13:0118.
13:02So, numbers, John.
13:03There's Rachel waiting for you.
13:05Erm...
13:06Can I have six more, please?
13:08You can. The other end of the spectrum.
13:10We've had four large, now we are going for no large.
13:12Thank you, John.
13:13Right, these little ones are nine, another nine.
13:16Four, two, seven and one.
13:20And the target...
13:22343.
13:24343.
13:51Well, John?
13:53I think I've got 343.
13:55What about George?
13:56Yeah, 343.
13:57John?
13:58Nine times four is 36.
14:01Nine times four is 36.
14:02Plus two is 38.
14:0438.
14:05Times the other nine.
14:07Times by the other nine...
14:09342.
14:10342, yes, you're right.
14:12And plus one.
14:13And you've got the one left over, well done, 343.
14:15Well done.
14:16George?
14:17Same way.
14:18Yeah.
14:19Happy there?
14:20There you go, John.
14:21APPLAUSE
14:22Well done.
14:23Well done.
14:24APPLAUSE
14:25So let's now turn to Dave.
14:27Dave...
14:28You've done some extraordinary things.
14:30You started out as an art student,
14:32then you took your Masters,
14:34then you went into the make-up business.
14:36Mm-hm.
14:37Here you are being creative.
14:39Were you always creative, as a little nipper?
14:41Oh, yes.
14:42When I was a kid, one of the worst things I ever did...
14:46We lived in a back-to-back,
14:48and the backyard walls were about six feet high,
14:51two metres high.
14:52And there was one day, I must have been about seven years old,
14:55I built myself an aeroplane.
14:57And I was sure this would fly.
14:59It was a wooden box, I built the wings,
15:01I put a joystick on, I hoisted it up onto the backyard wall,
15:05and I sat in it.
15:06And I rocked backwards and forwards,
15:08and I had it all planned out.
15:10I knew that when I pulled back on the stick,
15:12this was going to fly now.
15:14This was going to fly, Nick.
15:16Anyway, it was one of those moments where my mum just went,
15:20stop, as I just went like that,
15:23fell off the backyard wall and broke my thumbs.
15:26And it was about six months later
15:29when I got my thumbs out of plaster.
15:31My dad saw me going down the backyard
15:33with some wood and a hammer and some nails.
15:35He said, what are you doing?
15:37I'm building a boat.
15:38He said, you're not getting...
15:40It's been like that ever since, really.
15:42Lovely. How old were you, this sort of juvenile aviator?
15:4538.
15:49I'd have put me strap-on roller skates on,
15:51I'd have had an undercarriage.
15:55A lovely story.
15:57But now it's time for George to show us what he's going to do.
16:00Letters game.
16:01Rachel, can I have a consonant, please?
16:03Thank you, George.
16:04Q
16:05And a second?
16:07H
16:08And a vowel, please?
16:10E
16:11And a second?
16:13A
16:14And a third?
16:16I
16:18And a fourth?
16:20E
16:21And a consonant?
16:23R
16:24And a second?
16:26F
16:28And a final consonant, please?
16:30And a final H.
16:31Stand by.
16:41MUSIC PLAYS
17:03George?
17:04Just a four.
17:05A four? What about John?
17:07I think I've got a six.
17:08Right. So, George?
17:09Just here.
17:10John?
17:11Heifer?
17:12Heifer. Well done.
17:14Well done.
17:15What else have you got in the corner there?
17:17George's sixes.
17:18Sixes. Well done with the heifer, anyway.
17:20Very good.
17:2134 plays. George is 44.
17:23And...
17:25John's back with the letters game.
17:27Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
17:29Thank you, John.
17:30G
17:31And another one, please?
17:34T
17:35And a third one, please?
17:37S
17:39And a vowel, please?
17:41A
17:42And another one?
17:44E
17:45And another one?
17:47O
17:48And a consonant, please?
17:51D
17:53And another one?
17:55R
17:57And a vowel, please?
17:58And the last one?
18:00I
18:01Stand by.
18:03MUSIC PLAYS
18:09MUSIC STOPS
18:33Well, John?
18:34Eight.
18:35An eight, George?
18:36Yes, eight as well.
18:37So, John?
18:38Asteroid.
18:39Asteroid and...?
18:40Tedesha's.
18:42Yes, Tedesha's, the plants.
18:43They're back again.
18:44The Countdown plants.
18:45Indeed.
18:46We might have to ban that one day.
18:48Now, Dave?
18:50Well, there is one. It's a bit naughty, though.
18:52Careful.
18:55Todger's.
18:56Todger's?
18:57It's more of a sausage, isn't it?
18:59It's a Snodger.
19:00Huh?
19:01Snodger is a sausage.
19:02Sorry, my mistake.
19:04Todger.
19:05Is that suitable?
19:07Well, I...
19:08I wrote it down in very small print and said to Dave,
19:10don't say that one.
19:13I couldn't make such a mistake.
19:14But there's also Stodgier, for eight.
19:16Stodgy Todge.
19:18There we go.
19:19They come in all shapes and sizes.
19:23What else have we got?
19:24That's it.
19:25I think that's it, yeah.
19:27OK.
19:28All right.
19:2952 plays John's 42.
19:31Let's have a numbers game.
19:33George?
19:34A fourth from the top, please, Rachel.
19:36Well, I'm back to...
19:37Oh, the large ones.
19:38Four large, two little.
19:39Thank you, George.
19:40And this time the little ones are four and seven.
19:44And the large ones, 75, 50, 100 and 25.
19:49And the target, 427.
19:52427.
20:06MUSIC PLAYS
20:24Well, George?
20:25Yeah, 427.
20:26427, John?
20:27I think I might have it, but I haven't written it down.
20:29Let's hear from you, then.
20:31Seven times 75...
20:35525.
20:37Minus 100.
20:38Yep, 425.
20:40And 50 over 25.
20:41You do have it.
20:42Well done.
20:44427.
20:45Very good.
20:46And George?
20:47Yeah, same way.
20:48Same way, just have a little glance.
20:50Yeah.
20:51Are we happy?
20:52All right.
20:57Well done, John.
20:58It's all that ten-point difference
21:00as we go into a teatime teaser, which is Camp Leaf.
21:03And the clue,
21:04the two body parts come together to show their dismay.
21:08The two body parts come together to show their dismay.
21:12BELL
21:19APPLAUSE
21:26Welcome back.
21:27I left you with the clue,
21:28the two body parts come together to show their dismay.
21:32And the answer is facepalm.
21:34Facepalm? What's this facepalm?
21:37It's a gesture, Nick,
21:38in which the palm of your hand is brought to your face
21:40as an expression of dismay, exasperation, embarrassment, etc.
21:43It's a gesture we've been doing...
21:44It's called facepalm.
21:45Facepalm, yeah.
21:46It's quite a recent name,
21:47but we've been doing the gesture for ages.
21:50Lovely.
21:51Now, then, George on 62, John, 52.
21:54Let's turn now to John.
21:56Back with you, John. Letters game.
21:58Can I have a consonant, please?
22:00Thank you, John.
22:02C
22:04And a vowel?
22:06E
22:08And a consonant?
22:10R
22:12And a vowel?
22:14I
22:15And a consonant?
22:17S
22:19And a vowel?
22:21A
22:23And a consonant?
22:25P
22:27And a vowel?
22:30O
22:33And a consonant, please?
22:36And lastly, N.
22:38Stand by.
23:03Yes, John?
23:05Eight.
23:06George?
23:07Nine.
23:08Well done. So then, John?
23:11Canopies.
23:12George?
23:13Caponias.
23:15OK, how are you spelling that, George?
23:16C-A-P-O-N-I-E-R-S.
23:21Absolutely brilliant.
23:22They're covered passages across a ditch, around a fort.
23:25Brilliant.
23:26APPLAUSE
23:27That's excellent.
23:29Well done, George.
23:30Was that an inspired guess, or had you some sort of inkling?
23:33No, I've seen it on here before, I think.
23:35Well remembered, George. Excellent stuff.
23:37Now then, Dave, you're looking pleased.
23:39Yeah, we've got a belter for nine.
23:41Yes.
23:42Proscenia.
23:43The plural of proscenium.
23:45As in a stage?
23:46Yes.
23:47Part of the theatre, in front of the curtain.
23:49Very good. Well done, Dave.
23:56Part of the theatre, in front of the curtain.
23:58Very good. Well done, Dave.
24:00APPLAUSE
24:02Very good.
24:04Proscenia.
24:05Now, George, you're back. Letters.
24:09Hi, Rachel, can I have a consonant, please?
24:10Thank you, George.
24:11Y.
24:12And a second?
24:15S.
24:16And a third?
24:18N.
24:19And a vowel?
24:21A.
24:22And a second?
24:24O.
24:25A.
24:26And a consonant?
24:28G.
24:30And another consonant?
24:32S.
24:33And a final vowel, please?
24:35And a final E.
24:38Countdown.
24:55MUSIC PLAYS
25:09Well, George?
25:10A six.
25:11A six. And John?
25:12Eight.
25:13Eight, George.
25:14Season.
25:15John?
25:16Nosegays.
25:17Brilliant, John.
25:18Nosegays. Well spotted. Well done.
25:20APPLAUSE
25:23Very good.
25:24Nosegays, indeed.
25:25Now, the corner?
25:26Just nosegays.
25:27Yes, they were ours.
25:28A bunch of flowers worn as an ornament, usually.
25:31Very good.
25:3280 plays 60.
25:33But now, Susie, we're back with you and your nosegay.
25:36What have you got for us today,
25:38and your wonderful origins of words?
25:40Well, I'm going to talk about
25:42the origin of two versions of the printed word.
25:45One is a round robin,
25:48and the second one is a rigmarole,
25:50which also goes back to a document I'll explain.
25:53But first of all, round robins.
25:55Most of us get round robins at Christmastime
25:57from a member of our family.
25:59It's certainly a bit of tradition,
26:01often give us a bit of a giggle,
26:03but they began as anything but,
26:05because a round robin in the British Navy
26:07was once a letter where the responsibility for sending it
26:11was shared amongst everybody who signed it,
26:13so all the signatories had equal responsibility.
26:16And in France, the same tradition would call
26:19for all petitioners to sign their name on a ribbon.
26:22And the whole idea is that the top of the ribbon
26:24would be joined to the bottom,
26:26so it literally was round, it formed a circle.
26:28And there was a very good reason for doing this.
26:30It was to prevent a situation
26:32where the very first signatory in the list
26:34would be singled out for punishment,
26:36and obviously sometimes the punishment was very, very harsh.
26:39So the term has nothing to do with a robin bird,
26:41and everything to do with the French ruban,
26:43which was French for a ribbon.
26:45That's how that started.
26:47And a similar idea, in fact, lies behind rigmarole,
26:49and a rigmarole is a right fuss or palaver.
26:51And at the Public Record Office in London,
26:53you'll still find the ragman roll,
26:56and that was a sequence of documents
26:58which were joined together to form a sheet
27:00that was some 40 feet, or 12 metres, long.
27:03It dates from 1296,
27:05and each document was a pledge of loyalty
27:07by a Scottish nobleman to King Edward I.
27:10As you can imagine, there were so many seals hanging from them,
27:13they had an incredibly ragged appearance.
27:15But not just that, as you can imagine,
27:17reading 100 or so rolls would have been long
27:20and very difficult reading,
27:21which is why ragmarole became rigmarole over time,
27:24because of the way that we say it.
27:26It means something that's very laborious and long.
27:29Fantastic.
27:34Wonderful.
27:35Actually, I forgot about it by the time I leave the studio,
27:37but I enjoyed it whilst I remember it.
27:40No, it's brilliant.
27:42A round robin, a round ribbon.
27:4480 plays 60.
27:46Now, John, letters for you.
27:48Can I have a consonant, please?
27:50Thank you, John.
27:51N
27:52And another one, please.
27:54T
27:55And a third, please.
27:57L
27:59Can I have a vowel, please?
28:01O
28:02And another one, please.
28:04I
28:05And another vowel, please.
28:07E
28:09Can I have a consonant?
28:11N
28:15Another consonant, please.
28:17F
28:18Can I have a vowel, please?
28:20And the last one.
28:22O
28:23And the clock starts now.
28:47CLOCK TICKS
28:56Well, John?
28:57Eight.
28:58An eight. George?
29:00Risk an eight.
29:02John?
29:03Oil stone.
29:04George?
29:05The looniest.
29:07You can certainly be the looniest.
29:09And oil stone is also great.
29:11It's fine-grained flat stone used with oil for sharpening chisels or planes.
29:15Well done, both of you.
29:20Well done.
29:22What else have we got in the corner?
29:24We've got another eight.
29:26We've got insulin.
29:27Yes.
29:28And there's a seven.
29:30Lotions.
29:31A lotion.
29:3288 plays 6-8.
29:33Now, then, final letters game.
29:35It's got George's name on it.
29:37Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
29:39Thank you, George.
29:40G
29:41And a second.
29:43L
29:44And a third.
29:47R
29:48And a fourth.
29:50P
29:51And a vowel.
29:53U
29:54And a second.
29:56I
29:57And a third.
29:59O
30:01And a consonant, please.
30:04X
30:05And a final vowel, please.
30:09And a final A.
30:12Stand by.
30:43Well, George?
30:44A six.
30:45A six.
30:46John?
30:47Er...
30:48I think a six.
30:50Yes, George?
30:51A gyor.
30:53And John?
30:54I really can't remember how it's spelled.
30:56Pala?
30:57Erm...
30:59Pala is got double L and it's O-R, so it's P-A-double-L-O-R.
31:03Righty.
31:04And George, what is yours, sorry?
31:05Erm, gyor.
31:06G-I-A-O-U-R.
31:08Yeah.
31:09Yeah, it is a non-Muslim, especially a Christian.
31:13Gyor, I think we pronounce it, but, yeah, very good word.
31:16Very good. Most unusual.
31:18What else have we got there?
31:20Now then, Dave?
31:21There's a seven.
31:22Yes.
31:23Which is auxorial.
31:24Oh, wifely.
31:25Wifely, exactly.
31:26Wifely, yeah.
31:27Anything else?
31:28No, that's our seven.
31:3094, please.
31:31John, 68.
31:32Into the final numbers game, John.
31:36Can I have a Motown selection, please?
31:38Four tops.
31:39Four tops.
31:40LAUGHTER
31:41That's a new one.
31:42Four tops, and they're just turning too small.
31:45So take it back a bit.
31:47Here we go, they are three and one,
31:49and the four large, 50, 75, 125.
31:54And the target, 974.
31:57974.
31:58DRAMATIC MUSIC
32:09DRAMATIC MUSIC
32:28Well, John?
32:30Possibly 975, not written down.
32:32Right. And what about George?
32:35974.
32:36974.
32:38Go, George.
32:39OK, so 75 add three is 78.
32:4275 add three, 78.
32:44And then times that by the 25 for 1,950.
32:481,950.
32:50And then if you times that by 50, you should get 97,500.
32:5497,500.
32:56And then if you divide that by 100,
32:58then you've got the one left over to take away.
33:01975 and one take away, perfect.
33:04Brilliant.
33:05APPLAUSE
33:12George, you make us breathless here.
33:14Brilliant.
33:15And you've cruised quietly past 100, 104 points.
33:19Well done, well done indeed.
33:21So here we are, final round, conundrum time.
33:24Chaps, George, John, fingers on buzzers, please.
33:27Let's reveal today's countdown conundrum.
33:29BELL RINGS
33:32Yes, George.
33:33Yes, George.
33:34Gravelled.
33:35Let's see whether you're right.
33:37Stunning.
33:38APPLAUSE
33:40Very good.
33:47Well done, George.
33:49What a cracking score, 114 points to John.
33:52John, you did very well.
33:55But he suddenly sort of caught fire, as it were.
33:57He's really good.
33:58Not literally, obviously, but he certainly took off there.
34:01114 points to 68. Fantastic.
34:03So, George, we'll see you on Monday.
34:05OK.
34:06Well done, a great score. Have a quiet weekend.
34:08John Payne, back to Aldershot.
34:10And take this back with you.
34:12I will do, yeah.
34:13All right, well done. Excellent stuff.
34:15See you on Monday, George, well done.
34:17See you guys on Monday.
34:18Have a restful time.
34:20Rachel, peaceful weekend. See you Monday.
34:22See you Monday.
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