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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:05APPLAUSE
00:31Good afternoon. Welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:343rd February, start of February.
00:36Indeed, it's the start of National Heart Month.
00:39Now, we've all got one.
00:41This is the month when awareness is to be raised
00:45as to how we should best look after it.
00:472.6 million people, apparently, in the UK
00:50suffer from coronary heart disease.
00:52What we've got to do is to keep fit, manage our diet
00:55and watch the old blood pressure,
00:57something that I do on a daily and, indeed, nightly basis.
01:00So, apparently, also, just to cheer us up,
01:03a glass of red wine is good, in moderation,
01:06although one man's moderation, of course,
01:09is another man's bottle and a half.
01:12Anyway, there we are.
01:14I don't take too much exercise and, in fact, I'm careless with my health.
01:18How about you? You're a cyclist. Now, that's a good thing to do.
01:21Well, when it's warm, I'm a fair-weather cyclist.
01:23I like to do a little bit of exercise.
01:25But you keep fit, yeah?
01:27Well, talking about Heart Month, I think it's really important.
01:30There's a charity called Cry, cardiac risk in the young,
01:32and even really fit people can have trouble with their heart,
01:34and especially really fit people, because it hides heart problems.
01:37So you can go and get a free heart check, which I've done.
01:39What a good thing to do.
01:41With Cry, you just go online and register and you can go and get that done.
01:44Brilliant. Good advice. Well done.
01:46Now, who have we got with us today?
01:48We've got Andy Gardner, training accountant from Reading.
01:50Three good wins under your belt there, Andy.
01:52Andy, you were one of those of 83, 74,
01:54and the highest on Friday being 97, I think it was, from memory.
01:57And you're joined today by Dave Barker,
01:59a police civilian employee from Wakefield.
02:02A writer, published a short story collection,
02:05The Hidden Colours of the Dawn.
02:07How did it go?
02:09It went very well, thank you, Nick.
02:11It was more of an enjoyment for me, really, as writing it.
02:15It didn't sell an awful lot of copies,
02:17but it seemed to go down quite well with the people that read it.
02:21I enjoyed just really having it published and getting it out there.
02:24Good for you.
02:26So let's have a big round of applause for Dave and Andy Gardner.
02:29APPLAUSE
02:32And over in the corner this Monday, of course, Susie,
02:36and the great John Culshaw.
02:38Great John Culshaw.
02:40Comedian, impressionist and all-round good guy.
02:42And I'm sure that you've got lots to amuse us with a little bit later on.
02:46Yes, it's lovely to be back with a February frame of mind.
02:49We think that the harshness of the winter has passed by
02:51and we're thinking of the spring days yet to come.
02:54Yes, some way away, we'll see.
02:57All right, Andy, how about a letters game?
03:00Hi, Rachel. Hi, Andy.
03:02Start with a consonant, please. Thank you.
03:04Start the week with T.
03:07And another?
03:09P.
03:11And another?
03:13S.
03:15And a vowel?
03:17And another?
03:19A.
03:21And a consonant?
03:23Z.
03:25And another?
03:27R.
03:29And a vowel?
03:31E.
03:33And a consonant, please.
03:35And the last one, N.
03:37And here's the Countdown Clock.
03:47CLOCK TICKS
04:07So, Andy, it's seven.
04:09Seven, how about you, Dave?
04:11Six, I'm afraid, Nick.
04:13And that would be?
04:15It may be slang, but I'm going to try stoner.
04:17Andy?
04:19Parents.
04:21Thank you. Parents sounds reasonable enough. What about stoner?
04:23I'm pretty sure it's going to be in...
04:25Yes, it is.
04:27It's a person who regularly takes drugs, especially cannabis.
04:29Dictionary's full of slang.
04:31And in the corner, what have we got there? John?
04:33I always think it's lovely when slang words kind of graduate
04:35and become proper words, ending up in the dictionary.
04:37I always find those very charming.
04:39Topaz's was there for seven.
04:42So, pronate.
04:44A rather wonderful eight-letter word.
04:46Yes, good old Countdown word.
04:48That's to when you walk with most of the weight on the inside of your foot,
04:50so your foot is turned slightly inwards.
04:52That's to pronate.
04:54Seven points to Andy. Well done.
04:56Now then, Dave, what are you going to do for us? Letters game.
04:58Yes, can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
05:00Thank you, Dave. Start with M.
05:02And a vowel.
05:04U.
05:06A consonant.
05:08G.
05:10And another, please.
05:12R.
05:14A vowel.
05:16O.
05:18Another vowel.
05:20E.
05:22Consonant.
05:24S.
05:26Another consonant.
05:28N.
05:30And another consonant, please.
05:32And lastly, T.
05:34Stand by.
05:40CLOCK TICKS
06:06Yes, Dave?
06:08Six, I'm afraid.
06:10Six. Yes, Andy? Seven.
06:12So, Dave?
06:14Grunts. Grunts. Thank you.
06:16Andy?
06:18Gourmet. Gourmet.
06:20Yes, gourmet, but you could have put the S on it for gourmet,
06:22because it's a noun, so that would have given you eight.
06:24A gourmet. Nonetheless...
06:26It's a very good word. Not bad.
06:28What else have we got over there, John?
06:30A nice seven emerged over here.
06:32Mungers.
06:34Fish mungers, iron mungers.
06:36Mungers, people. Yes.
06:38Very good. 14 points to Andy.
06:40Dave yet to kick off.
06:42Andy, numbers game.
06:44Please can I have two from the top and four small ones, Rachel?
06:46Oh, of course. Thank you, Andy.
06:48Two large, four small.
06:50And the first numbers game of the week is...
06:52four, seven,
06:54eight, ten,
06:56and the large ones, 25 and 100.
07:00And the target, 360.
07:02360.
07:04MUSIC
07:06MUSIC
07:32So, Andy.
07:34Three, six, four, not written down.
07:36And Dave?
07:38Three, five, four.
07:40Let's hear from Andy.
07:42So, I did eight add seven
07:44minus ten.
07:46Eight add seven minus ten is five.
07:48And 100 minus 25
07:50is 75.
07:52100 minus 25, 75.
07:54And multiply them together.
07:56375.
07:58And then, yeah, I've used a seven twice.
08:00Oh.
08:02Sorry about that.
08:04Come on, Dave. What have you got?
08:06OK, I've got 100 times four is 400.
08:08100 times four, 400.
08:10Eight times seven,
08:1256.
08:14Take that from the 400
08:16to get three, four, four.
08:18And add the ten.
08:20Three, five, four.
08:22Yeah, six away.
08:24A fair old distance away. What does 360 sound like to you?
08:26You could have said
08:28100 minus ten
08:30minus ten is 90
08:32and times it by four.
08:34360.
08:36Thank you very much.
08:38Well done, Rachel. Well done.
08:40But now it's time for Tea Time Teaser,
08:42which is Cat Rivet.
08:44And the clue,
08:46it sounds very good-looking.
08:48Well, it is about pulling power.
08:50It sounds very good-looking.
08:52Well, it is about pulling power.
08:54BELL
08:56MUSIC
08:58APPLAUSE
09:06Warm welcome back. I left you with the clue.
09:08It sounds very good-looking.
09:10Well, it is about pulling power.
09:12And the answer is tractive.
09:14Traction, tractors, tractive.
09:16Susie?
09:18Your favourite vehicles.
09:20Relating to or denoting the power exerted in pulling,
09:22especially by a vehicle or other machine.
09:24Very good. Well done. 14 points to Dave.
09:26Letters game.
09:28Vowel, please, Rachel. Thank you, Dave.
09:30A.
09:32A continent.
09:34C.
09:36Another continent.
09:38D.
09:40A vowel.
09:42I.
09:44A continent.
09:46M.
09:48Another vowel.
09:50A.
09:52Continent.
09:54M.
09:56One more continent.
09:58G.
10:00And a final vowel, please.
10:02And a final E.
10:04Countdown.
10:06MUSIC
10:24MUSIC
10:34Yes, Dave?
10:36Six, Nick. Thank you. Andy?
10:38Six. Two sixes, so, Dave.
10:40Adages.
10:42Adages. And?
10:44Imaged. Imaged.
10:46Yes, that's a nice word. An adage is a saying.
10:48The old adage. The old adage, yeah.
10:50An old adage. What have we got over there, John?
10:52It's an infinitive. Images was there for six,
10:54but rather a nice seven.
10:56In the form of damages.
10:58Damages, indeed.
11:00In court, the bigger the better.
11:0220 points to Dave's 11.
11:04Andy, your letters game.
11:06Consonant, please, Rachel.
11:08Thank you, Andy. F.
11:10And another.
11:12C.
11:14And another.
11:16D.
11:18And a vowel.
11:20O.
11:22And another.
11:24I.
11:26And another.
11:28E.
11:30And a consonant.
11:32S.
11:34And another.
11:36Q.
11:38And a consonant, please.
11:40And the last one. R.
11:42Stand by.
11:44MUSIC
11:50MUSIC CONTINUES
12:12Andy.
12:14Six. Dave.
12:16Five.
12:18Doric. Yes, thank you, Andy.
12:20Forced. Forced.
12:22Yeah, we talk about Doric
12:24to do with architecture.
12:26It's a classical order of architecture,
12:28but it has got a capital D, I'm afraid.
12:30That's bad luck. Doric columns.
12:32Exactly, yeah.
12:34So there we are. Now then, John Cudwell.
12:36Fjords is there for six.
12:38Yes, you can start with the I as well as the J.
12:40Good. But just six is for us, too.
12:42All right.
12:4426 points to Dave's 11.
12:46And it's now Dave's numbers. Dave. Dave.
12:48Thanks, Rachel.
12:50Can I have two from the top and four from anywhere else that you'd like?
12:52You can indeed, thank you, Dave.
12:54Another two large, four little ones combo.
12:56And this time the selection is
12:58four, eight, two,
13:00four, and the large two,
13:0225 and 50.
13:04And the target to reach...
13:06981.
13:08981.
13:10MUSIC CONTINUES
13:16MUSIC CONTINUES
13:40Dave.
13:42982.
13:44988.
13:46So, Dave.
13:48I've got the four
13:50plus the two plus the 25.
13:52Four plus the two
13:54is six, plus the 25
13:56is 31. Multiply by the 50.
13:58What do you think that is?
14:00Erm...
14:04I think I've made a mistake.
14:06LAUGHTER
14:08I think it's going awfully well.
14:10But, no, I've gone wrong there, Rachel.
14:12Sorry, Dave.
14:14All right, so let's turn to Andy. Andy.
14:16So, 25 minus
14:18the four and the two.
14:2025 minus the four minus the two
14:22for 19.
14:24And eight divided by the other four
14:26is two.
14:28Add that to the 50.
14:3050 add to 52.
14:32And then multiply them together.
14:34For 988,
14:36which is what you declared.
14:38Well done, but still adrift.
14:40981. How tricky is that?
14:42Erm, I think it's another impossible one.
14:44We had a few last week and we've got another one today.
14:46All right.
14:48Andy on 31, Dave on 11.
14:50But now, joy of joys,
14:52we turn to John. John, what are you going to talk to us about?
14:54Well, of course, last November
14:56it was the momentous 50th
14:58anniversary of Doctor Who.
15:00Longest running sci-fi programme
15:02in the world. And, er,
15:04quite appropriate this week at the start of
15:06National Heart Week, as you were saying.
15:08It has two hearts.
15:10So what we've got here, a little potted history,
15:12a verse that encapsulates
15:14the first 50 years
15:16of Doctor Who.
15:18William Hartnell, the original,
15:20back in 1963,
15:22defeating Daleks and the Sensorites.
15:24And all done in time for tea.
15:26Three years later, when the Doctor said his strength
15:28was wearing thin. Regeneration.
15:30Patrick Troughton. A new era ushered in.
15:32The clowning cosmic hobo
15:34of whom we felt so fond.
15:36Passed the mantle to John Pertwee,
15:38the Doctor like James Bond.
15:40He faced a radioactive spider.
15:42Had John Pertwee met his
15:44maker? With hat and scarf and
15:46teeth and curls, he morphed into
15:48Tom Baker. That booming
15:50voice and crazy eyes
15:52fell down off a telescope.
15:54But Peter Davison's dashing Doctor ensured
15:56that we would cope. The cricketing
15:58Doctor's exploits found the caves
16:00of Androzani. He should have
16:02stopped inside the TARDIS that day and just had a
16:04bacon sarnie.
16:06Colin Baker's technicolour Time Lord.
16:08A brash and vibrant mix.
16:10Strident and ebullient
16:12through till 1986.
16:14When an enigmatic wizard
16:16appeared in the shape of Sylvester McCoy,
16:18the Doctor is a Time Lord
16:20and he's a very naughty boy.
16:22A San Francisco
16:24bullet sparks a change
16:26to Paul McGann.
16:28Can he keep the Doctor in our hearts?
16:30Emphatically, he can.
16:32The next part is mysterious
16:34through the Time War on high alert.
16:36The warrior Doctor's destiny
16:38personified by John Hurt.
16:40Saturday nights, back once again,
16:42Chris Eccleston, striving
16:44forth and speaking broad
16:46Mancunian. Lots of planets
16:48other north. David Tennant
16:50powers here and there, defeating every
16:52foe. We empathised with his final
16:54words, I don't want to go.
16:56Matt Smith will shout
16:58Geronimo for the Doctor's 50 years.
17:00Just go forward in all
17:02your beliefs, no anxiety,
17:04no tears. Will Peter
17:06Capaldi trip through time
17:08with Malcolm Tucker's fire and
17:10flair? The Doctor in the
17:12thick of it, travel safely
17:14and don't swear.
17:16Very good.
17:18Very good.
17:24You're right about Capaldi, I mean
17:26that's going to be a difficult thing to do to get away
17:28from Malcolm Tucker, where he is so
17:30brilliant. Stephen Moffat said that casting
17:32Peter Capaldi as the Doctor was incendiary
17:34because, you know, a great
17:36great actor and the best part
17:38on television, so
17:40it should be wonderful.
17:42Very good, look forward to that. Now then, 31 to Dave's
17:4411. So Andy, you're back on, letters
17:46game. Consonant please,
17:48Rachel. Thank you, Andy. N.
17:50And another one.
17:52M.
17:54And another.
17:56L.
17:58And a vowel.
18:00U. And another.
18:02A.
18:04And a consonant.
18:06T.
18:08And a vowel.
18:12I.
18:14And a consonant.
18:16G.
18:18And another consonant please.
18:20And the last one, N.
18:22Countdown.
18:26MUSIC
18:52Andy.
18:54Andy.
18:56Seven. A seven, Dave. Five.
18:58And your five? Giant.
19:00Giant. Now then, Andy.
19:02Malting.
19:04Malting? Yes.
19:06To convert grain into malt
19:08is malting, but that was about
19:10the only one really that
19:12was possible in that one, it was horrible. There we are,
19:1438 to 11, Andy in the lead.
19:16Now where shall we go? Dave, letters game.
19:18Vowel please, Rachel.
19:20Thank you, Dave. E.
19:22Consonant.
19:24L.
19:26Another consonant.
19:28S.
19:30Vowel.
19:32A.
19:34Consonant.
19:36R.
19:38Another consonant.
19:40P. A vowel.
19:42O.
19:46Consonant.
19:48F.
19:50And a vowel please.
19:52And the last one, A.
19:54Countdown.
19:56MUSIC
20:20MUSIC
20:26Dave.
20:28It's another five, I'm afraid.
20:30Five, Andy. Seven.
20:32My word. Dave.
20:34Poser. Poser, yes.
20:36Parasol.
20:38Parasol.
20:40Very nice, very nice.
20:42Very good indeed.
20:44What else have we got in the corner there?
20:46John, anything interesting?
20:48I'm going to have that for six, not seven.
20:50A couple of sixes. Polar was there for six.
20:52And areola.
20:54That word again.
20:56It came up last time I was on this programme.
20:58You bring it with you, yes.
21:00You can't put the S on, unfortunately.
21:02But I have just spotted a seven,
21:04very last minute, which is loafers.
21:06Loafers.
21:08Very good.
21:1045 to 11. Now then, Andy,
21:12your numbers game. Off you go.
21:14Same again, two from the top please.
21:16Thank you. Two large,
21:18four little ones coming up.
21:20And this time, the little numbers are
21:22ten, four, eight
21:24and another eight.
21:26And the large two, 150.
21:28All the evens.
21:30And the target, 632.
21:32632.
21:46MUSIC PLAYS
22:04Andy?
22:06624. Dave?
22:08632.
22:10632. Come on then, Dave.
22:12Well, hopefully.
22:1450 by 10, 500.
22:16Add the other 100.
22:18600.
22:20And eight multiplied by four, being 32.
22:22Lovely. 632. Well done.
22:24Good man. Well done, Dave.
22:26APPLAUSE
22:28Very good indeed.
22:3045 plays at 21
22:32as we turn to a teatime teaser,
22:34which is hold, spin.
22:36And the clue, you can hold onto these creatures
22:38and they'll take you for a spin.
22:40You can hold onto these creatures
22:42and they'll take you for a spin.
22:44MUSIC PLAYS
22:58Welcome back. I left you with the clue,
23:00you can hold onto these creatures
23:02and they'll take you for a spin.
23:04What creatures? Dolphins.
23:06Dolphins. Very good.
23:08Andy on 45, Dave 21.
23:10Letters game.
23:12Vowel, please, Rachel.
23:14Thank you, Dave. I.
23:16Continent.
23:18T.
23:20And another continent.
23:22H.
23:24Vowel. E.
23:26Continent.
23:28J.
23:30Vowel.
23:32O.
23:34Continent.
23:36R.
23:38Continent.
23:40H.
23:42Oof.
23:44And another continent, please.
23:46And lastly, D.
23:48And here's the Countdown Clock.
23:50MUSIC PLAYS
24:08MUSIC CONTINUES
24:20Dave.
24:22Six. Six. Andy? Six as well.
24:24Dave.
24:26What I'm doing all day at the moment, dither.
24:28Dither. How about you, Andy?
24:30Dithering as well. You're both dithering.
24:32All right. Any more dithering?
24:34Well, first looking at the letters,
24:36dither was there, but it wasn't, but hither was.
24:38Hither. Exactly. Hither and dither.
24:40Hither and dither for sixes.
24:42Well done. Anything else, Susie?
24:44Nothing else quite unusual to get two Hs together.
24:46Very good. All right.
24:4851 to 27 now, then, Andy.
24:50Your letters game.
24:52Consonant, please, Rachel.
24:54Thank you, Andy. V.
24:56And another.
24:58S.
25:00And a vowel.
25:02E.
25:04I.
25:06And a consonant.
25:08N.
25:10And another.
25:12B.
25:14And a vowel.
25:16A.
25:18And a consonant.
25:20S.
25:22And another consonant, please.
25:24And the last one. R.
25:26Stand by.
25:28MUSIC PLAYS
25:34MUSIC CONTINUES
25:56Andy? Seven.
25:58Seven, Dave? Seven.
26:00Andy? Ravines.
26:02Ravines. Well done.
26:04Now, then, John.
26:06Another seven out there.
26:08Maybe something you could have in some ravines.
26:10You could take your sarnies.
26:12You might need your sarnies
26:14if you get stuck in a ravine.
26:1658 to 34.
26:18Now, then, Susie.
26:20We focus on you
26:22for your origins of words.
26:24Speak to us.
26:26We're going to talk about words for silliness in English
26:28because we all have our silly moments.
26:30Silliness originally meant happy or blessed.
26:32It had a very different meaning to the one today.
26:34And it went on to mean
26:36happy in a way that simpletons can be.
26:38In other words, a sort of innocent happiness.
26:40And hence the shift eventually to foolishness.
26:42A fool, meanwhile,
26:44was a tongue-wagger or a windbag.
26:46And that comes from the Latin follis,
26:48meaning talking too much.
26:50And fond and fun
26:52actually have the same root.
26:54To be nice also had a very different meaning
26:56a long time ago.
26:58To be ignorant, it comes from the Latin meaning
27:00not knowing.
27:02And naughty meant worth naught.
27:04In other words, it was someone so foolish
27:06that they were good for nothing.
27:08And someone only slightly silly,
27:10usually through love, was once said to be spooning
27:12because tradition once held that
27:14sweethearts would exchange spoons
27:16with each other with pretty engravings
27:18of lovers' hands.
27:20So if you were spooning, you were a little bit dotty,
27:22but for all the right reasons.
27:24And silliness is sometimes seen as a bit eccentric.
27:26And that's a word that means not in the centre.
27:28In other words, offbeat.
27:30Or zany.
27:32And in its early days, zany,
27:34Z-A-N-I, was a nickname in Venice
27:36for a man called Gianni or Giovanni.
27:38And it became a nickname applied to porters
27:40or servants, much as Biddy
27:42used to be a nickname for female servants
27:44called Bridget.
27:46And the move to wackiness came when,
27:48in Italian comedy, zany was applied to the character
27:50of a servant who was always clowning around on stage.
27:52And wacky
27:54means acting as if you've had a whack to the head,
27:56also known as your nut, hence our calling
27:58someone silly or crazy a bit nutty, or a nutcase.
28:00And finally, silliness
28:02and madness have often been viewed together.
28:04And to say something is round the bend
28:06may go back to Victorian hospitals
28:08when the mental asylum was hidden
28:10away from view, so round the bend
28:12at the end of a very long drive.
28:14So clever!
28:16Lovely.
28:22So clever. It's brilliant stuff.
28:24Thank you, Susie.
28:26Thank you. 58 to Dave's 34.
28:28Dave, your letters game.
28:30Consonant, please, Rachel.
28:32Thank you, Dave. Y.
28:34Vowel.
28:36E.
28:38Consonant.
28:40T.
28:42Vowel.
28:44Consonant.
28:46V.
28:48Another consonant.
28:50N.
28:52Vowel.
28:54I.
28:56Consonant.
28:58T.
29:00And a
29:02vowel, please.
29:04And the last one, A.
29:06Here's the clock.
29:14CLOCK TICKS
29:38Now then, Dave.
29:40Six. A six. Andy?
29:42And that five?
29:44Taint. Taint. Dave?
29:46Vanity. Mmm.
29:48Not bad. Vanity.
29:50John, any extensions to that?
29:52Yeah, Susie got another
29:54six across here. Native.
29:56Yep. For another six.
29:58But that's about all for that round.
30:00Good for Dave. Vanity.
30:0258 plays 40. Andy's still in the lead
30:04as we come into the final
30:06letters game. Andy?
30:08Consonant, please, Rachel.
30:10Thank you, Andy. K.
30:12And another.
30:14G.
30:16And another.
30:18H.
30:20And a vowel. O.
30:22And another.
30:24I.
30:26And another.
30:28E.
30:30And a consonant. B.
30:32And another.
30:34S.
30:36And a consonant, please.
30:38D.
30:40Time's up.
31:08Yes.
31:10Six.
31:12A six. Andy?
31:14Er, six. Dave?
31:16Side. And?
31:18Not sure about that. Boshed?
31:20Boshed! Boshed from Andy.
31:22I have a feeling this came up quite recently
31:24and bosh is there as nonsense but I'm not sure
31:26it's there as a verb. Yeah, a load of bosh,
31:28loads of rubbish, but it's not there
31:30as a verb, I'm afraid. Bad luck.
31:32But, John, anything there?
31:34Er, kibosh is there for six.
31:36Kibosh. How about that one, Andy?
31:38Kibosh. Very good.
31:40So, Andy, 58, Dave, er, 46.
31:42Last numbers game. Dave?
31:44I think, er,
31:46just to be, er, conforming,
31:48I'll have two from the top and four from
31:50anywhere else, please, Rach.
31:52Two from the top and four,
31:54a little for the fourth time today.
31:56And this round is
31:58nine, ten,
32:00eight, another ten,
32:02and the large one's 125,
32:04and the target,
32:06498.
32:08498.
32:34Dave?
32:36Lost it, I'm afraid.
32:38Too far? Now then, Andy.
32:40499.
32:42499, not bad.
32:44Let's hear from you.
32:46Er, so I did 25
32:48minus both the tens.
32:5025 minus
32:52both the tens for five.
32:54Er, and then multiply that by 100.
32:56Multiply by 100 for 500.
32:58And then you've got nine and eight
33:00to make one, and take...
33:02And then you've got nine and eight to make one,
33:04and take away.
33:06Well done. 499.
33:08But what about 498, Rachel?
33:10How easy is that, or how impossible?
33:12Er, a tricky one, so I will have another look.
33:14Shall we leave it with you? All right, well done.
33:16As we move,
33:18the score standing at 65 to Dave's 46
33:20into the final round, conundrum time.
33:22Gentlemen, Andy, Dave, fingers on buzzers,
33:24please, let's reveal today's countdown
33:26conundrum.
33:28BELL RINGS
33:30Quick as a flash, Andy.
33:32Is it eloquence?
33:34Almost certainly it is.
33:36Look at this. Brilliant.
33:38APPLAUSE
33:42They don't come any quicker than that.
33:44Well done, Andy. Brilliant stuff.
33:46Dave, bad luck. You're up against a pretty formidable character
33:48in Andy Gardner, but it was great having you here.
33:50Back to Wakefield with your goodie bag.
33:52And, er,
33:54another chapter of Hidden Colours of the Door
33:56in your book.
33:58And what's all this about being accident-prone?
34:00Oh, just slightly, Nick, yeah.
34:02If there's an accident to be had, I'll have it.
34:04And most recently?
34:06I've slipped on banana skins recently.
34:08I've been hit by a car park barrier.
34:10I've even injured myself
34:12writing a previous accident
34:14in an accident book at work.
34:16Really?
34:18Yes. You name it, I can do it.
34:20Well, you travel safely home, for heaven's sake.
34:22I'm not driving.
34:24Andy, well done. We'll see you tomorrow.
34:26Susie, tomorrow? Tomorrow, Nick.
34:28And John, more witticisms tomorrow.
34:30Rachel, we'll see you tomorrow.
34:32And tomorrow, same time,
34:34same place.
34:36You'll be sure of it. Good afternoon.
34:38APPLAUSE
34:48Water prices continue to spiral,
34:50but investment in pipe work hasn't materialised.
34:52This floods your money down the drain.
34:54The dispatcher's investigation turns at eight.
34:56Next today, know when to hold them
34:58and when to fold them.
35:00It's deal or no deal.
35:02APPLAUSE