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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:04APPLAUSE
00:31Well, good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio
00:34on what would have been the 90th birthday
00:37of one of the most influential artists, they say,
00:40of his generation, none other than Andy Warhol.
00:43Of course, he was a leading figure of the pop art movement
00:46and came into prominence in the 50s and 60s
00:49and he ran something called The Factory
00:51and everybody piled into The Factory.
00:53It was the hip place to be in New York.
00:55And I often wonder, hold on a minute,
00:57is this truly such a momentous movement, this pop art movement?
01:02Is it a triumph of marketing and imagination over pure talent?
01:08That's what I wonder and I wonder whether you have a view.
01:11I think maybe you've seen it too much over the years
01:13because so many people have repeated Andy Warhol
01:15but when it was original and fresh and new, it's iconic, isn't it?
01:18You can instantly see a picture and know it's a Warhol.
01:21But I don't know, people in glass houses, you say,
01:23oh, it's so easy to do these things.
01:25The only creative thing I've seen you do, Nick, was on The Bake Off.
01:28That was awful. I've only just come out of therapy after that.
01:32But truthfully, you see, the thing is that where's pop art now?
01:36And then you get something like Damien Hirst, you know?
01:40And I've seen some of his stuff, which is just magical,
01:43his butterfly wings, which is extraordinary.
01:45And then you see the cow and it's half cut in half
01:48and you say, hello, I could have done that.
01:50Yeah. I'm a philistine.
01:52Who have we got? We've got the old giant killer back, Rachel.
01:55Matthew Bass. How dare you?
01:57You came in on poor old Bob Lunt,
02:00who had spent his life doing good as a missionary in Northern Argentina.
02:05He'd come in here and he won seven
02:07and you come in and knock him off his perch.
02:10At least he's in the final.
02:12But having said that, bravura performance,
02:15you scored 104, isn't it?
02:17104. Thank you.
02:19We're joined by Eddie Glass,
02:21retired caretaker from Maybole in Ayrshire.
02:24You're very welcome, Eddie. Thank you very much, sir.
02:26And you and your pals, back in 1982,
02:29bought an old bus, an old double-decker,
02:33stuck it on a ferry
02:35and rumbled off down to Spain for the World Cup.
02:38To Southern Spain, yes.
02:40And amongst your little group, you had somebody called Gordon Brown.
02:44What's all this about?
02:46Well, Gordon Brown worked for Scottish television at the time.
02:49Yeah.
02:50And Scottish television were doing a documentary about us.
02:53And then, that's before he became an MP and before he became PM.
02:56He was there as a reporter.
02:58That's correct. Well, well, well.
03:00Listen, you're very welcome here, both of you.
03:02Big round of applause for Eddie and Matthew.
03:08And over in the corner is Susie, of course she is,
03:10and making his return after a few years away, regrettably,
03:13a warm welcome back to comedian, actor, writer and humorist,
03:18none other than Griff Rees-Jones.
03:20Welcome back, Griff.
03:26Now, young Mr Bass, off you go.
03:29Good afternoon, Rachel. Afternoon, Matthew.
03:31Please may I start with a consonant? Thank you.
03:33Start today with R.
03:35And another.
03:37M.
03:39And another.
03:41S.
03:42And a vowel.
03:44O.
03:45And another.
03:46U.
03:48And a consonant.
03:50R.
03:51And a vowel.
03:53A.
03:55And a vowel.
03:58O.
03:59And a final consonant, please.
04:01And a final M.
04:03And here's the Countdown Clock.
04:11CLOCK TICKS
04:35Well, Matthew?
04:36I'll stick with a safe six.
04:38Eddie?
04:39I'll go with seven.
04:40Seven?
04:41Yes, sir.
04:42Now, Matthew?
04:43Armour.
04:44Eddie?
04:45Armourous.
04:46Armourous.
04:47Yes.
04:48Excellent. Well done, Eddie. Very good start.
04:50Very nice.
04:51Well done.
04:55Armourous indeed. Griff?
04:57No, I did hopelessly.
04:59I only got moors or rooms, so I only got five.
05:02What's Susie been up to there, Griff?
05:04Well, Matthew, you could put the S on armour, yes.
05:07So armourous would give you a seven.
05:09Otherwise, down to six is moros, M-O-R-R-O-S,
05:12which in Spanish and Portuguese-speaking parts of the Americas
05:15are hills or mountains.
05:17Thank you very much. Seven to Eddie.
05:19And it's Eddie's letters game.
05:22Yes, sir.
05:23Good afternoon, Rachel.
05:24Afternoon, Eddie.
05:25Could we start with a consonant, please?
05:27Thank you. Start with D.
05:29And a vowel.
05:31U.
05:32Consonant, please.
05:34R.
05:36Consonant, please.
05:38V.
05:40Vowel, please.
05:42I.
05:44Another vowel.
05:46E.
05:47Consonant, please.
05:49T.
05:51And a consonant.
05:54S.
05:56And a consonant, please.
05:58And the last one, R.
06:00Stand by.
06:06CLOCK TICKS
06:31Eddie.
06:32Oh, it's seven, sorry.
06:33A seven and...?
06:34Seven.
06:35Eddie, seven?
06:36Notches.
06:37No. Matthew?
06:38Diverts.
06:39Diverts.
06:40Very good.
06:41You happy?
06:42Yes, very happy.
06:43Sevens. Can we match seven?
06:44Well, I can match seven with strived.
06:46Yes.
06:47Is that a word?
06:48Yes, strived or stroves, absolutely fine.
06:50Yeah.
06:51Dustier, another seven.
06:53Durries, you can spell without the H,
06:55which are heavy cotton rugs of Indian origin.
06:58Right.
06:59So quite a few sevens.
07:00All right.
07:01So, Eddie still in the lead by seven points.
07:0314 plays seven.
07:04Matthew, here comes the first numbers game.
07:07Please may I have three large, three small?
07:09You can indeed.
07:10Three big, three little.
07:12Thank you, Matthew.
07:13And the first one of the week is four, five, seven,
07:1850, 75 and 25.
07:22And the target, 657.
07:25Six, five, seven.
07:33MUSIC PLAYS
07:59Matthew?
08:00Six, five, four.
08:01And Eddie?
08:02Five.
08:03And six, five, five.
08:04Eddie?
08:0525 plus 75 multiplied by seven.
08:09700.
08:10Minus 50.
08:12Six, 50.
08:13And plus five.
08:14Yep, two away.
08:15Two away there, Rachel.
08:17Can you track them down?
08:18Yeah, there were some ways for this.
08:20If you say 50 divided by 25 is two.
08:2475 minus two, 73.
08:27And five plus four is nine and times them together.
08:31That's the way.
08:32Well done.
08:37Excellent.
08:38Time for our first teatime teaser, I think.
08:40It's Alice Sang and the clue.
08:43Whenever Alice sang, it was so bad I needed pain relief.
08:48Whenever Alice sang, it was so bad I needed pain relief.
08:52MUSIC PLAYS
08:54APPLAUSE
09:08Welcome back.
09:09I left with the clue, whenever Alice sang, it was so bad
09:12I needed pain relief.
09:14I needed an analgesic, in fact.
09:18Analgesic.
09:19Where does that come from, Susie? Analgesic?
09:22Analgesic is without, and then the gesic is from aljos,
09:27which meant pain.
09:29So the aljos you also find in nostalgia,
09:32the pain of being away, being distant.
09:34So analgesic is without pain.
09:36All right, 21 plays seven.
09:38Eddie on 21.
09:39It's Eddie's letters game.
09:41I'd like to start with a consonant, please.
09:43Thank you, Eddie.
09:44B.
09:45A vowel, please.
09:47O.
09:48Consonant.
09:50T.
09:51Consonant.
09:53D.
09:55Another consonant.
09:57L.
10:00Vowel, please.
10:02E.
10:05One more vowel, please.
10:07I.
10:09Consonant.
10:11R.
10:13And a consonant.
10:15And lastly, another D.
10:18Stand by him.
10:20MUSIC
10:50Eddie.
10:51Seven.
10:52Matthew.
10:53Just a six.
10:54And your six, Matthew?
10:55Boiled.
10:56No, Eddie.
10:57Toddler.
10:58Nice, very nice.
10:59Very good.
11:00Yeah, well done.
11:01And in the corner there.
11:02Well, I was busy putting down troubled
11:05and only to realise that I didn't have a U there.
11:07It was a bit pathetic, wasn't it?
11:09But Susie came up with orbited, which is perfection.
11:12Just the idea of starting with an O,
11:14which, of course, wouldn't occur to us lesser mortals.
11:17Orbited.
11:18Isn't that brilliant?
11:19All right, then.
11:2028-7.
11:21Matthew will serve.
11:22Matthew, your letters again.
11:24Consonant, please.
11:25Thank you, Matthew.
11:26Z.
11:27And another.
11:29S.
11:30And another.
11:32R.
11:33And a fourth.
11:36P.
11:37A vowel.
11:38A.
11:39And another.
11:41E.
11:42And another.
11:44U.
11:46And a consonant.
11:49T.
11:51And a final consonant, please.
11:54And a final.
11:55W.
11:56Stand by.
12:17Matthew?
12:18Just a six.
12:19Now, Eddie.
12:20Seven, sir.
12:21Look at you and your sevens.
12:23Sorry.
12:24Matthew?
12:25Waster.
12:26And, Eddie?
12:27Pasture.
12:28Yes.
12:29Excellent.
12:30Very good.
12:31Building a bit of a score there, too, Eddie.
12:3335-7.
12:34But what is...
12:35Griff is looking excited.
12:37What is it?
12:38It's a...
12:39It's a...
12:40It's a...
12:41It's a...
12:42It's a...
12:43It's a...
12:44It's a...
12:45It's a...
12:46Oh, I'm looking excited.
12:47No, I'm only...
12:48I had waster and waters, but no further than that.
12:51Susie, got anything?
12:52Um, it's a rather ugly word.
12:54Uprate as a verb.
12:55So you can have uprates for seven to increase the value of something.
12:58OK.
12:5935-7.
13:00Eddie in the lead.
13:01Eddie, your numbers game.
13:03Could one small and five large, please?
13:05We've only got four large, I'm afraid, Eddie.
13:07Sorry.
13:08Start again?
13:09LAUGHTER
13:10Would you like one large and five small?
13:12Yeah, that's a good thing.
13:13One large and five small, please.
13:16That I can do you.
13:18Right. And they are...
13:205, 7, 4, 3, 8 and the big one, 50.
13:27And the target, 692.
13:29692.
13:43MUSIC PLAYS
14:02Well, Eddie? 692.
14:04692. Matthew?
14:06692. Thank you.
14:08Eddie? 5 minus 3 is 2.
14:10Yep. Times 7.
14:12Times 50.
14:14Is 700. Minus the 8.
14:16Perfect. 692.
14:18And Matthew?
14:20Similar method. 3 multiplied by 4 is 12.
14:22Yep. 7 minus 5 for the 2.
14:24Yep. Add it together.
14:26For the 14. Multiplied by 50.
14:28Again, 700. And take away the 8.
14:30Well done. 692.
14:32APPLAUSE
14:34Well done, guys. 45 to 17 as we turn to Griff.
14:37And Griff, you were at the Slapstick Comedy Festival.
14:40And you turned up something interesting.
14:42Well, I'll tell you what happened.
14:44This is why I'm doing what I'm doing now, which is touring around a bit.
14:47Because I've been invited years ago to do this marvellous thing
14:50that happens in Bristol.
14:53And they revive forgotten comedians.
14:57Not really me, but sort of Laurel and Hardy films.
15:01Lost comedians and things from early films.
15:05And I introduced Laurel and Hardy.
15:07And then the next year, they came round
15:09and they wanted to revive the lost Mel Smith.
15:11So I dug out an old pilot that we made that never got shown.
15:17And it went down very well.
15:20And it proved once again that the BBC doesn't know what it's doing.
15:24And so, showing this to an audience,
15:27I decided that I'd take it on tour.
15:30So I did. But I started to talk about...
15:33I told stories about Mel and started to talk about the shock
15:36of losing your lifetime partner at the age of 60
15:39and finding yourself adrift, slightly.
15:41And that turned into a sort of show, a one-man show,
15:44which was partly what I do now.
15:47Which is called your show?
15:49Well, that show was called Jones and Smith.
15:51Because in those days, as you can imagine, for some reason,
15:54it had always been Mel and Griff.
15:56And then it had been Smith and Jones.
15:58And so I sort of thought it was time to reassert myself.
16:01And I did that for about a year.
16:04And now I'm doing a show called Where Was I?
16:07Because as I did this, I'd look out every night on my audience.
16:11Very sweet. And I'd have the house lights turned up
16:14and realise there was a significant proportion of the audience
16:17who had no idea who I was or who Mel was.
16:19And so I thought, well, they've seen me in touring,
16:22you know, doing my travel programme,
16:24so I've started another tour, which I'm doing at the moment,
16:27which is called Where Was I?
16:29Can I ask you a legal question? A legal question? Yes.
16:32Have I slandered the BBC now?
16:34No, I was thinking more about the copyright.
16:36Yes. Is it your copyright, then?
16:38Well, it's sort of... It is, yeah, because I wrote it.
16:40So it didn't become a problem,
16:42because I went to all the writers who had helped me write it
16:45and said, if you make a fuss, I'll hit you.
16:48So, er...
16:50That was how we got it.
16:52Good man. Good man.
16:54We'll talk a little bit more about the tour a little bit later on.
16:57In the meantime, thank you.
17:02Well done.
17:04So, 45-17, Matthew. Now, a bit of catching up to be done here.
17:07Letters game.
17:08Please may I start with a consonant?
17:10Thank you, Matthew. S
17:12And another.
17:14C
17:15And a third.
17:17L
17:18And a vowel.
17:20A
17:21And another.
17:22O
17:23And a third.
17:24I
17:25And a consonant.
17:27S
17:28And another vowel.
17:32A
17:33And a final consonant, please.
17:35And a final.
17:36H
17:37Coca.
18:03Matthew?
18:04Just a five.
18:06A five. Eddie?
18:07I'll go for six, I think.
18:09OK. Matthew?
18:10Clash.
18:11Eddie?
18:12Social.
18:13Happy enough?
18:14Yep. Good six.
18:15Any more sixes there, Griff and Susie?
18:18Well, I added an S to...
18:20Cos there are two Ss in there, aren't there?
18:22Yes.
18:23To social, so I ended up with socials.
18:25And you can also put an A on social and have A on social.
18:29And you can also put an A on social and have A social
18:32for another seven if you wanted to.
18:34I'll leave it there. I'm bored with that.
18:3651 plays 17.
18:38Eddie on 51.
18:39And, Eddie, it's your letters game.
18:41Coincident, please.
18:43Thank you, Eddie.
18:44M
18:45Vowel.
18:46E
18:47Vowel.
18:49I
18:50Coincident.
18:52K
18:54Coincident.
18:55R
18:56Coincident.
18:59N
19:01Vowel, please.
19:03O
19:05One more vowel.
19:07I
19:08And a consonant.
19:09And the last one.
19:11R
19:12Countdown.
19:28WHISTLE BLOWS
19:42FANFARE PLAYS
19:44Eddie.
19:45Seven.
19:46A seven. And Matthew?
19:47A seven as well.
19:49Thank you. Eddie?
19:50Moniker.
19:52And?
19:53Same word.
19:54There we go.
19:55Suzie and Griff?
19:57Well, I've didn't, I think, I can't even count mine up, but I kept getting some words which I don't think you'll allow.
20:02To be honest, truth. Croner, which is sort of like, you know, the word for coins or whatever in foreign, but...
20:09And then I ended up with Mekon, which is obviously, as we know, it takes us back to Dan Dare, but only...
20:16Only the two of us will remember the Mekon for me.
20:18And Merkin, which we won't go into what it is, but it is, it might be a word.
20:24It is a word. It is a word, OK, yes. It's a form of wink.
20:28It's a nice little collection you've got there. Yes, but they don't score better than the experts.
20:33It's fun. 58 to 24, Eddie's still in the lead. And it's Matthew we turn to now.
20:39Please may I have two large and four small? You can indeed, thank you, Matthew.
20:42Two from the top, four little coming up. And this time around, the four small ones are 10, 7, 2 and 5.
20:51And the large ones, 50 and 75. And this target, 113.
20:561, 1, 3.
21:21MUSIC
21:28Matthew. 1, 1, 3.
21:30And Eddie. Yes, 113. OK, Matthew.
21:3375 add 50. 1, 2, 5.
21:36Take away the 10, take away the 2. Yeah, that's as simple as that.
21:40Eddie, the same way in there. Yeah, same way, show that to Matthew.
21:44And we're all clear.
21:46APPLAUSE
21:4968, 34, as we turn to our second Tea Time teaser, which is Get Second.
21:55And the clue, it sounds like the prisoner joked about how crowded the place was.
22:00It sounds like the prisoner joked about how crowded the place was.
22:05MUSIC
22:14CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
22:19APPLAUSE
22:22Welcome back, welcome back. I left you with a clue.
22:25It sounds like the prisoner joked about how crowded the place was.
22:29Hmm. It was, in fact, congested.
22:32Con-gested.
22:34So, 68, 34, Eddie in the lead. Eddie, your letters game now.
22:39Of course, Luke, please. Thank you, Eddie.
22:42T. No.
22:44E. No.
22:46A.
22:49Consonant.
22:51Q.
22:53Consonant.
22:55N.
22:57Consonant.
22:59V.
23:01Vowel.
23:03O. Vowel, please.
23:05E.
23:07Consonant, please. And the last one.
23:09L.
23:11Stand by.
23:13MUSIC
23:19MUSIC
23:41Eddie.
23:43Sorry, who are your five?
23:45A five from Eddie Matthews.
23:48Two fives, Eddie.
23:50Event.
23:52Matthew.
23:54Novel.
23:56Can we beat five there, I wonder?
23:58Not me. I doubt there's time there.
24:00I kept thinking there might be some really interesting long word
24:02like levanate or something, but there isn't.
24:04Quite close, though.
24:06There's levan for six.
24:08Levant for six, which is to run away.
24:11Escape debts, et cetera.
24:13You can have a novelette, actually.
24:15You can spell it E-T at the end.
24:18I thought we'd give you the seven if you wanted it,
24:20but, yeah, it was a tricky one.
24:22So, 73 plays 39. Eddie on 73.
24:24Matthew, it's your letters game.
24:26Here's a go.
24:28Start with a consonant, please.
24:30P.
24:32And another.
24:34S.
24:36And a third.
24:38W.
24:40And a fourth.
24:42T.
24:44And a vowel.
24:46And another.
24:48E.
24:50And a consonant.
24:52G.
24:54And a final consonant, please.
24:56And a final N.
24:58Stand by.
25:16MUSIC CONTINUES
25:28Matthew?
25:30A seven.
25:32A seven. Eddie?
25:34A seven. Matthew?
25:36Tongues.
25:38Tongues and?
25:40Tongues.
25:42Any tongues in the corner?
25:45All right, so 80-46.
25:47Susie?
25:49It's that time of the day again
25:51when you entertain us and educate us
25:53with your origins of words.
25:55I had a letter in from Jay Davidson
25:57who asked about the red
25:59in court red-handed.
26:01And it's probably,
26:03as you might guess,
26:05it's one of those few phrases with a definition
26:07that is actually essentially the same today
26:09as it was centuries ago.
26:11And it probably goes back to 15th century Scotland
26:14where you will find
26:16it appearing in lots of court papers
26:18so very much to do with law enforcement
26:20when the authorities were able
26:22to identify violent criminals
26:24because, literally, of the victim's blood
26:26on their hands.
26:28So if you look at one excerpt from George McKenzie's
26:30A Discourse Upon the Laws
26:32and Customs of Matters Criminal
26:34in Scotland,
26:36this is 1674,
26:38demands that the sheriff cannot proceed
26:40against a criminal unless
26:42the criminal had been taken red-hand.
26:44So that blood on the hands
26:46was all important.
26:48So probably fairly easy
26:50to infer from that
26:52but it was a very, very literal thing.
26:54But it got me thinking about red and how it appears
26:56in so many idioms and expressions in English.
26:58You have reds under the bed,
27:00you go back to the fears of communism
27:02during the Cold War,
27:04you have red letter day.
27:06Red letter day, the early 18th century,
27:08that's one of the few occasions where red actually
27:10is used in English.
27:12And that's a pleasantly, fortunate or happy day.
27:14That goes back to church calendars
27:16when saints day or churches festivals
27:18were written in red.
27:20Red tape, excessive bureaucracy,
27:22that goes back to the 1730s because
27:24pink-red, reddish-pink tape
27:26was used to bind together legal and official documents.
27:28So many reds,
27:30and as I say,
27:32not always favourable in English,
27:34in fact quite rarely favourable,
27:36but red-handed is one of the few
27:38that has a literal tainting of blood
27:40on a criminal's hands.
27:44APPLAUSE
27:46Perfect, thank you.
27:48Thank you, Susie.
27:5080 plays 46, Eddie on 80.
27:52Eddie, it's your letters game again.
27:54Can you start with a consonant, please?
27:56Thank you, Eddie. D
27:58Vowel
28:00I
28:02Consonant
28:04P
28:06N
28:08Another consonant.
28:10S
28:12Vowel
28:14E
28:16Vowel
28:18O
28:20Consonant
28:22G
28:24Consonant
28:26And lastly, R.
28:28And it's can-can.
28:30MUSIC
28:36MUSIC
29:00Eddie.
29:02Eight.
29:04Deposing.
29:06And? Spongier.
29:08Yes. Spongier, well done.
29:10APPLAUSE
29:12Two good eights. What about the corner?
29:14What about Griff and Susie?
29:16Podgier for seven, but we were Spongier and Deposing as well.
29:18Well done.
29:20Thank you for that.
29:22So, Matthew, final letters game for you. Good luck.
29:24I'm going to start with a consonant, please.
29:26Thank you, Matthew.
29:28F
29:30And another.
29:32And a third.
29:34L
29:36And a vowel.
29:38U
29:40And a second.
29:42A
29:44And another.
29:46E
29:48A consonant.
29:50B
29:52Another consonant.
29:54G
29:56A final consonant, please.
29:58And a final X.
30:00MUSIC
30:26Matthew.
30:28What about Eddie?
30:30Six. Your six is?
30:32Bulged. No.
30:34Matthew. Not sure about pronunciation, but flayed.
30:36F
30:38L A G U E D
30:40Oh.
30:42Um, no.
30:44It's not there, I'm afraid, I'm sorry.
30:46What can we have?
30:48Well, apparently we can have blayed.
30:50What's a...?
30:52We can't put the D on, sadly.
30:54Blag. Oh, blag is spelt like that?
30:56This is a joke or a piece of nonsense.
30:58Oh, right.
31:00That's French for joke, isn't it?
31:02And bagful, another six.
31:04But we couldn't get to the seven.
31:06I couldn't get to the seven.
31:08No, I could only get to five with glued.
31:10All right, so 94. Look at you, Eddie.
31:1294 to 54,
31:14and it's your numbers game.
31:16Eddie.
31:18Can I have one large and five small, please?
31:20You can indeed. Thank you, Eddie.
31:22Final one of the day, one from the top, five little.
31:24So, the final question is five,
31:26nine, six,
31:28one, seven,
31:30and the big one, 25 this time.
31:32And the final target, 139.
31:34139.
31:54ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
32:08Eddie. I can't see it, sorry.
32:10Nothing. No?
32:12Matthew? 139.
32:14139, well done.
32:16And?
32:18Six multiplied by 25 is 150. Yep.
32:20Take away the seven and the five,
32:22and add on the one. Perfect. 139.
32:24Well done. Well done. APPLAUSE
32:28Well done. So, Eddie on 94, Matthew 64
32:30as we go into the final round.
32:32Fingers on buzzers.
32:34Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:36ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
32:52ELECTRONIC MUSIC CONTINUES
33:06BUZZER
33:08Matthew? I guess recall thing?
33:10Let's see whether you're right.
33:12No.
33:14All the rest of the time, down to you, Eddie.
33:16BELL RINGS
33:18Oh, come on, Eddie.
33:20Anybody in the audience? Anybody?
33:22No. I see a movement.
33:24Rachel?
33:26Is it lecturing? Lecturing.
33:28Let's see whether you're right.
33:30Lecturing. Well done. Well done. APPLAUSE
33:34Wonderful. So...
33:36Eddie Glass takes the day.
33:38Oh, Matthew.
33:40You came like a bolt from the blue.
33:42Blazing, short-lived blaze of brilliance.
33:44You came in, knocked out poor Bob Blunt,
33:46who had seven wins in a row.
33:48You came in at 104,
33:50grabbed a teapot and your goodie bag,
33:52and now you're off.
33:54But it was a short but brilliant career.
33:56Thank you very much for coming.
33:58So you get back to Chorley with our very best wishes.
34:00Thank you very much.
34:02I'm sure there'll be a big round of applause
34:04when you get back in the Bass household.
34:06Eddie, not bad for a start, is it, 94?
34:08Not too bad at all.
34:10Excellent. We'll see you tomorrow.
34:12Thank you very much, sir.
34:14Well done. Well done indeed.
34:16All right. And Rachel too, of course.
34:18See you tomorrow. Join us then.
34:20Same time, same place. You be sure of it.
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