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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:03CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:34Let me ask you, is there a community spirit where you live?
00:38Where you live.
00:39Because in a report I recently read,
00:41only just over half, well, 58%,
00:44of Britons feel connected to people in their area.
00:47But having said that, it seems remarkably small, actually.
00:51The UK did come 11th out of 28 countries
00:54when asked about life satisfaction.
00:57Who came top of the polls? Who loved living there most of all?
01:00The Danes. Must be all about bacon.
01:03What is it about Denmark?
01:05Maybe a contented people. There we are.
01:07Do I feel connected to the people where I live?
01:10I'm not quite sure where I do live, actually.
01:12I always seem to be on the move.
01:14It's a funny thing. I lived in London for years and years and years
01:17in a big apartment block.
01:19And this is true, and in a sense I'm rather ashamed about it.
01:23I didn't know people that lived five metres away.
01:27Yeah. Our friends in Italy,
01:29their neighbours come and go with huge watermelons
01:31and they're swapping lasagnas for fruit salads
01:33and they've got a great community spirit over there.
01:35But we don't tend to do that in Britain, do we?
01:37A bit more reserved, I think, yeah.
01:39Jolly good. Let's see whether we've got any reserved people here.
01:42We've got Michael McDowell back after a big win yesterday.
01:45A big win. You beat Paul Worsley, who had already won six times.
01:49And you won on a crucial conundrum. Well done. Extraordinary.
01:52You're joined today, Michael, by Elizabeth Jardine,
01:55a retired teacher and seaside landlady from Bournemouth
01:58who's a big mind sports and a great Scrabble enthusiast
02:03who once upon a time, a little while ago,
02:06appeared on Family Fortunes. Who's hosting that in those days?
02:09That was Bob Monkhouse right back in the beginning.
02:12I saw him once when... I never met him, I never had that privilege,
02:15but I watched him on stage and he rattled off 500 jokes,
02:19even more than our blessed Dudley Doolittle, our warm-up artist.
02:24And here, over there, Bob Monkhouse could just about outshine Dudley.
02:30But there we are. Anyway, who have we got with us?
02:32We have, of course, the wonderful Susie Dent.
02:35And for the last time on her visit to us, the wonderful Deborah Meaden.
02:40Deborah, it's been a great pleasure having you here.
02:43Great stories. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you.
02:45Come again soon. Now then, Michael McDowell,
02:48what will you do today? You're going to start with a letters game.
02:52Hello again, Richard. Hello, Michael.
02:54I'll start with a consonant. Thank you. Start today with N.
02:58And a second? R.
03:01And a third? T.
03:05Vowel? E.
03:08Second vowel? U.
03:12Consonant? D.
03:16Vowel? I.
03:20Another vowel? O.
03:24And a final consonant?
03:27And the last one? J.
03:29And here's the countdown clock.
03:46CLOCK TICKS
04:02Michael? Seven.
04:04And Elizabeth? Seven.
04:06Two sevens, Michael? Jointed.
04:08Jointed and? And jointed.
04:10Two jointed. I think you've got to share your bits of paper there.
04:14There we go. Well done.
04:16And in the corner? Disjointed.
04:19What have we got there?
04:21We manage an eight with routined.
04:23Ah, pretty good.
04:25Yeah, there's one other eight, which is a jointure.
04:28It's a legal term for an estate settled on a wife
04:30for the period during which she survives her husband.
04:33Very good. Seven points apiece.
04:35And Elizabeth, it'll be down to you. Letters game.
04:38Consonant, please. Thank you, Elizabeth.
04:41N.
04:43Consonant.
04:45C.
04:47Consonant.
04:49Q.
04:51Consonant.
04:53T.
04:55Consonant.
04:57P.
04:59Vowel.
05:01E.
05:03Vowel.
05:05A.
05:07Vowel.
05:09E.
05:11G.
05:13And here's the Countdown Clock.
05:42MUSIC STOPS
05:45Elizabeth?
05:47Seven, I hope. A doubtful seven.
05:49All right, a seven. What about Michael?
05:51Risky seven.
05:53A risky seven. Well, we're all on tenterhooks here.
05:55Elizabeth?
05:57Pentace.
05:59And Michael?
06:01Sentage.
06:03Don't look at me, look at Susie.
06:05OK, pentacle and pentane, but no pentace, Elizabeth, I'm afraid.
06:10Michael, what was yours, sorry?
06:12Sentage, C-E-N-T-A-G-E.
06:14I know you can put it on a lot of things,
06:16but that's not one of them, at least in the dictionary.
06:19Sorry, no sentage either.
06:21So, dead heat there.
06:23But what has the corner got to offer us?
06:26Ah.
06:28Susie has a six. I only have a five, so negate.
06:31Negate. OK, seven apiece.
06:33And Michael, first numbers game for today.
06:36I'll have one large, five small, please, Rachel.
06:38Thank you, Michael, one large one, five little ones to start us off today.
06:43And these numbers are three, seven, five, four, eight,
06:49and the large one, 100.
06:52And the target, 711.
06:547-1-1.
07:08MUSIC PLAYS
07:27Now then, Michael.
07:29711.
07:31711, and Elizabeth.
07:33711. Well done.
07:35So, Michael.
07:37100 x 7, 700.
07:39The three and the eight.
07:41And the 11, lovely.
07:42Indeed. Elizabeth.
07:44Yes, the same.
07:46There we go. Not too demanding.
07:48APPLAUSE
07:49First numbers game of the day.
07:5117 points apiece as we go into a tea time teaser,
07:54which is Ian's glum.
07:56Ian's glum because his favourite team have suffered a few of these lately.
08:01Ian's glum because his favourite team have suffered a few of these lately.
08:06MUSIC PLAYS
08:20Warm welcome back.
08:22I list with a clue, Ian's glum because his favourite team
08:25have suffered a few of these lately.
08:27What have they suffered?
08:29Maulings. They've been mauled.
08:31Maulings. 17 points apiece.
08:34Michael, Elizabeth, dead heat.
08:36Elizabeth, letters.
08:38Consonant, please. Thank you, Elizabeth.
08:40B
08:41Consonant.
08:43T
08:45Consonant.
08:46D
08:48Consonant.
08:50C
08:51Consonant.
08:53L
08:54Vowel.
08:56A
08:57Vowel.
08:59E
09:00Vowel.
09:02U
09:04And a consonant, please.
09:06And the last one.
09:08N
09:09Stand by.
09:11MUSIC PLAYS
09:33MUSIC STOPS
09:42Elizabeth.
09:44I'm going to risk another seven.
09:46I'll probably hate myself for it, but I'm going to anyway.
09:49And what about Michael?
09:50Just a five.
09:51A five. Let's have your five.
09:53Bleat.
09:54Bleat.
09:56Elizabeth.
09:57Unbated.
09:59Um...
10:02And with bated breath, as you know.
10:04But not unbated.
10:06Sorry, Elizabeth.
10:07Bad luck.
10:08But a brave try. And the corner?
10:10A seven with unlaced.
10:13Unlace your shoes, for instance.
10:15Yes.
10:16All right.
10:1722 points to Elizabeth. 17.
10:19Michael.
10:20Letters.
10:22I'll start with a vowel this time.
10:23Thank you, Michael.
10:25E
10:26And another.
10:28O
10:29And a consonant.
10:31S
10:32And another.
10:34L
10:36And a third.
10:38G
10:40And a fourth.
10:42S
10:44A vowel.
10:46I
10:48Consonant.
10:50C
10:52And a final consonant.
10:54And a final Y.
10:56Countdown.
10:58MUSIC
11:02MUSIC
11:28Michael.
11:29Six.
11:30Elizabeth.
11:31Six.
11:32Michael.
11:33Glossy.
11:34Glossy and...?
11:35Glossy.
11:36Both glossy.
11:37Yep.
11:38There we are.
11:39Who else is glossy?
11:41Yes, we were glossy.
11:42Yep.
11:43Um, tough one, this one.
11:45There was one more six.
11:46Uh, slices.
11:48Slices.
11:50Very good.
11:5128 pays 23.
11:52Elizabeth on 23.
11:54And she's back with her numbers game.
11:57Elizabeth.
11:58Could I have an inverted T, please?
11:59Of course. Thank you, Elizabeth.
12:00Inverted T.
12:01One from the top row and five little ones.
12:04And this time, the five small numbers are
12:06one, four, two, four, and ten.
12:11And the large one, 25.
12:13And the target, 727.
12:16727.
12:18MUSIC
12:30MUSIC
12:49Well, Elizabeth.
12:51Um, 725.
12:54Two away. How about you, Michael?
12:56No, I lost it somewhere.
12:57You lost it?
12:58Let's go down to Elizabeth, then.
13:00Right.
13:01Um, I'm looking for 29.
13:04And I said, um, ten times four minus one...
13:09Ten times four minus one is three.
13:12Ten times three is 30.
13:15Ten times four minus...
13:16Oh, no, I've lost it now as well.
13:18Oh, sorry.
13:19Yeah.
13:20Bad luck, both of you.
13:21So, we're at the mercy of Rachel.
13:24727.
13:26Is it so hard?
13:27Lots of ways to get one away, but I think this one's impossible.
13:29All right. Very good.
13:3128 plays 23.
13:32It stands still there as we turn to Debra.
13:35And, Debra, earlier in the week, you told us about being in Rwanda,
13:39up in the mists of the mountains where the gorillas live,
13:42and some great male hurtling towards you.
13:45And you travel really widely for your wildlife charities.
13:49Have you ever actually been scared?
13:52Oh, actually, yes.
13:53I mean, I'm a patron of a charity called Tusk,
13:55which looks after communities in Africa,
13:59helping them to value the animals and trying to keep them,
14:02stop the poaching.
14:04And we were right up on the northern border of Somalia,
14:08and travelling the only way you can, really, is in a helicopter.
14:12And we got a call saying that there was an elephant,
14:15a very famous elephant called Mountain Bull,
14:17which was a very famous and very important elephant in the region.
14:21Great big male, massive, great big tusks.
14:23And he'd been shot.
14:25And they don't know how bad it was.
14:28Could we please, would they mind if we lent them the helicopter
14:31to actually track him and see how he was?
14:33There was no problem at all.
14:34So, you know, we were on board, and we went to track Mountain Bull.
14:38And we found him and darted him.
14:41You have a very short window.
14:43Once they're darted, you've got to get to them really, really quickly.
14:46So they darted, we landed, and we jumped into the back of this Land Rover
14:50and sped as fast as we could through the bush,
14:53driving alongside a ravine.
14:56And unknown to us, there was a rock hidden in some of the grasses.
15:01And we're going literally a ravine here,
15:04and this Land Rover hits this rock.
15:08There's myself and the driver in the front,
15:10and my husband and three others in the back.
15:12And it was on its side.
15:15And, you know, when you feel tipping point, I just thought,
15:17oh, it's going to go.
15:18And the driver said to me, we're going.
15:20And fortunately, my husband and the guys in the back had the sense of mind
15:25to almost like a boat, lean out on the side of the Land Rover
15:29and put all of their weight out
15:31and just manage to just pull it back from tipping point.
15:35And then we slowly but surely edged forward.
15:39Anyway, our primary objective was to get to Mountain Bull.
15:42So, you know, we carried on.
15:44We got to Mountain Bull.
15:45The good news is we pumped him full of antibiotics.
15:48And, you know, 20 minutes later, he was a stood-up, very angry elephant.
15:52And it wasn't till then.
15:53I wasn't at all scared at the time.
15:55But after I looked down, I thought, oh, gosh, my hands are shaking.
15:57And I thought, you know, that's probably the closest I've ever been to death
16:01because we were that far from rolling into that ravine.
16:05There was no chance we would have survived.
16:08What an extraordinary story.
16:10Amazing.
16:11Told in electrifying fashion.
16:14I was living it.
16:15Brilliant. It was brilliant.
16:1828 points to Elizabeth, 23.
16:20Michael, how about a letters game?
16:23Consonant, please.
16:24Thank you, Michael.
16:26B
16:27And another.
16:30M
16:31Vial.
16:33A
16:34Consonant.
16:36P
16:37Consonant.
16:40T
16:41Vial.
16:44E
16:46Another vial.
16:48I
16:49Consonant.
16:52N
16:54And a final consonant.
16:56And a final D.
16:58Going by.
17:15Well, Michael.
17:16Seven.
17:17A seven.
17:18Elizabeth.
17:19Possibly the same seven.
17:21All right.
17:22Michael.
17:23Painted.
17:25Yes.
17:26Painted.
17:27There we go.
17:28And in the corner.
17:29Deborah.
17:30A
17:31Consonant.
17:32P
17:33Consonant.
17:34P
17:35Consonant.
17:36P
17:37Consonant.
17:38P
17:39Consonant.
17:40P
17:41Consonant.
17:42P
17:43Deborah.
17:44Painted but ambient.
17:46Ambient.
17:47Very good.
17:48Ambient temperature.
17:49So, 35 plays 30.
17:50Only five in it.
17:51And we turn now to Elizabeth.
17:53Letters.
17:55Consonant, please.
17:56Thank you, Elizabeth.
17:57R
17:58Consonant.
18:01H
18:02Consonant.
18:04S
18:05Consonant.
18:07T
18:08Consonant.
18:10D
18:11Vial.
18:14U
18:15Vowel.
18:17I
18:18Vowel.
18:21O
18:24And a consonant.
18:26And the last one.
18:27R
18:29Countdown.
18:43CLOCK TICKS
19:01Elizabeth.
19:02Six.
19:03Six, Michael. Six.
19:05Elizabeth.
19:06Studio.
19:07Studio and...
19:09Torrid.
19:10Torrid.
19:11Very good.
19:12Torrid.
19:13Good word, torrid.
19:14It is nice, yes.
19:15Torrid affair.
19:16What have we got in the corner there?
19:18Um, also horrid and thirds.
19:22Um, trio of sixes.
19:24Nothing better.
19:25Nothing too exciting.
19:26All right.
19:2741 plays 36.
19:29And numbers for Michael.
19:32Yet again, one large and five small, please.
19:34Thank you, Michael.
19:36The usual lately, one large one and five small ones.
19:39And this time the selection is nine, eight, six,
19:44another eight, seven and 25.
19:47Could be interesting.
19:49And the target, 465.
19:51465.
20:10CLOCK TICKS
20:23Well, Michael?
20:25I think I have 466.
20:27466. What about Elizabeth?
20:29I have 467.
20:31467. So we start with Michael.
20:33Yep, plus nine.
20:35Eight plus nine is 17.
20:37Times 25.
20:38Times 25 is 425.
20:40Then six times eight.
20:42Six times eight, the other eight is 48.
20:45Add it on.
20:46Add it on for 473.
20:48Subtract the seven.
20:49And take away the seven for 466.
20:51Yep, one away.
20:52Well done, but nonetheless, not perfect.
20:54Is that a tricky one, Rachel, 465?
20:57Um, you could have said seven plus eight is 15.
21:01And then 25 plus six is 31, and times the two together, 465.
21:06Very good.
21:07Well done, Rachel. Thank you.
21:09Thank you indeed.
21:11So, 48 to Elizabeth's 36.
21:14But let's have a teatime teaser, which is Chip P's.
21:18And the clue...
21:19Are these men of the cheeky variety?
21:22Are these men of the cheeky variety?
21:25BELL RINGS
21:34APPLAUSE
21:38Welcome back.
21:39I left with the clue, are these men of the cheeky variety?
21:42And the answer is Chappies.
21:44Cheeky Chappies.
21:46Cheeky Chappies.
21:4748 to 36. Michael in the lead at the moment.
21:50But it's time for Elizabeth, whose turn it is for a letters game.
21:53Consonant, please.
21:55Thank you, Elizabeth.
21:56V
21:57Consonant.
21:59W
22:01Consonant.
22:03T
22:05T
22:07Consonant.
22:08K
22:11A nicer consonant.
22:13These aren't great.
22:14M
22:16Vowel.
22:18U
22:20Vowel.
22:22O
22:23Vowel.
22:26E
22:28And consonant, please.
22:29And the last one.
22:31Oh, good luck with E's.
22:32W
22:34And the clock starts now.
23:05BUZZER
23:08Tricky.
23:09Elizabeth.
23:10Four.
23:11Four, thank you, Michael.
23:13And four.
23:14And those fours are Elizabeth.
23:16Wove.
23:17Michael.
23:18Move.
23:22Now, then.
23:23So far, fours.
23:25Yes.
23:26Tome.
23:27Mute.
23:28Yes, mute.
23:29Meow.
23:30Veto.
23:31Horrible, horrible.
23:32All right.
23:33Well done.
23:3452 to 40, Michael.
23:36Now, then.
23:37See whether you can get some easier letter selections.
23:40Consonant, please.
23:42Thank you, Michael.
23:43T
23:45Consonant.
23:47P
23:49Vowel.
23:51A
23:52Vowel.
23:54A
23:56Consonant.
23:59R
24:01Consonant.
24:04F
24:06Vowel.
24:09O
24:12Consonant.
24:15L
24:17Vowel.
24:18And the last one.
24:20A
24:21Countdown.
24:23Countdown.
24:25Countdown.
24:27Countdown.
24:29Countdown.
24:32MUSIC
24:53Michael.
24:54Six.
24:55A six.
24:56Elizabeth.
24:57Six.
24:58Thank you, Michael.
24:59A float.
25:00And Elizabeth.
25:01Portal.
25:02Portal.
25:03Very good.
25:04Any advances?
25:05Again, just sixes for us this time.
25:08Um...
25:09Patrol?
25:10Yes.
25:11Patrol.
25:12Patrol.
25:13And I like Deborah's one.
25:14She had prat.
25:15I'd cross that out.
25:16She had what?
25:17Prat.
25:18Prat?
25:19Yes.
25:20She could have had fart.
25:21LAUGHTER
25:22But she chose not to very wisely.
25:24Very good.
25:2558 to 46.
25:27Let's turn back to Susie for Susie's origins of words.
25:31Susie.
25:32Well, back by popular demand,
25:34which means our director has asked for some more,
25:37are some of the words from older dictionaries
25:39that you won't find in a current English dictionary.
25:41And I've been looking at these over the last few weeks.
25:44And this time it's the turn for words with pleasing sounds.
25:49I found most of these, I have to credit the Chambers Dictionary this time.
25:53Crampfrey is a great Scottish word for rubbish or nonsense.
25:58Crinkum crankum is something that is full of intricate twists and turns.
26:03A Dumbledore, we know from Harry Potter,
26:05but actually used to mean the bumblebee.
26:07That's where JK Rowling took it from.
26:09A fern tickle, I love, is a freckle.
26:12A fern tickle.
26:13A glimmer gawk was an owl.
26:15Galuptuous meant delicious or voluptuous.
26:19To hornswoggle somebody is to trick or deceive them.
26:22Pumdudgeon is low spirits.
26:24Idiumpty used to be military slang for the Moors Code.
26:28Kinnikinnik is something smoked by Native Americans.
26:32It's a substitute for tobacco.
26:34Mulligrubs is when you have a real sulk, you go into the mulligrubs.
26:39Nippity tippity, I like this one.
26:42It means mincing.
26:44Pillywinks sounds very lovely,
26:46but actually it was an instrument of torture for crushing the fingers.
26:49And popjoy, I like as well, that's to amuse oneself.
26:52It's a popjoy.
26:53In any sort of way.
27:00Great fun, thank you, Susie.
27:0258 plays Elizabeth, 46, and we're back with you, Elizabeth.
27:06Good luck with this letters game.
27:08Consonant, please.
27:10Thank you, Elizabeth.
27:11R
27:12Consonant.
27:14D
27:16Consonant.
27:17R
27:19Consonant.
27:21Z
27:23Consonant.
27:25R, another one.
27:27I'm not doing very well at this, am I?
27:30Vowel, please.
27:32U
27:34Vowel.
27:36I
27:38Vowel.
27:40A, oh dear.
27:43And...
27:45Consonant.
27:47The last one.
27:48N
27:50Stand by.
28:12THEY PLAY
28:23Elizabeth.
28:24Six.
28:25Yes, Michael.
28:26Five.
28:27And your five?
28:28Drain.
28:29Drain and...
28:30Durian.
28:31Durian.
28:33Pretty good stuff.
28:34Yeah, very good.
28:35Durian.
28:36Yes, it's... Drain is quite appropriate, actually,
28:38cos it smells apparently absolutely disgusting, but tastes delicious.
28:41Mm.
28:42Very good. Fruit.
28:43All right.
28:44And what news in the corner?
28:46Deborah?
28:47Susie?
28:48Just one more five to go with drain.
28:51There's a dura, which is D-U-R-R-A,
28:53and it's a type of grain that's grown in North Africa, India,
28:57that sort of place.
28:58All right.
28:5958-52.
29:01Close one thing here.
29:02Only six points in it, Michael.
29:04Letters game, last one.
29:06I'll start with a consonant.
29:08Thank you, Michael.
29:09R
29:11A consonant.
29:13P
29:14And a third.
29:16S
29:18A vowel.
29:20O
29:22Another vowel.
29:23E
29:25Consonant.
29:28N
29:30Another consonant.
29:32S
29:35A vowel.
29:37O
29:40Another consonant.
29:41And, lastly, N.
29:43Stand by.
29:44ELECTRONIC MUSIC
30:10Michael?
30:11It.
30:12An eight.
30:13Elizabeth?
30:14Seven.
30:15And that seven?
30:16Persons.
30:17Persons.
30:18Now, then, Michael.
30:19Snoopers.
30:20Snoopers.
30:21I think it can be a snooper as well as a snoop.
30:24Um...
30:25Uh, you certainly can.
30:26Yes.
30:27Well done.
30:28Snooper.
30:29APPLAUSE
30:32That's a good score, then.
30:34Now, Deborah,
30:35you've got three points.
30:37That's a good score, then.
30:39Now, Deborah, anything else?
30:41Um, eights.
30:42Two eights.
30:43Spooners.
30:44Yes.
30:45And Pornas.
30:46Pornas.
30:47Pornas.
30:48OK.
30:4966 to 52,
30:50Michael in the lead.
30:51Last numbers game for Elizabeth.
30:53Could I have an inverted T again, please?
30:55You can, indeed.
30:56Thank you, Elizabeth.
30:57An inverted T.
30:58One from the top and five little ones,
31:00and still all to play for.
31:01Right, the final numbers game is six,
31:03three,
31:04two,
31:05four,
31:06six,
31:07and the large on 75.
31:09And the target, 646.
31:11646.
31:36MUSIC
31:44Elizabeth.
31:45649.
31:476493 away.
31:48How about Michael?
31:49645.
31:50645, then.
31:52Let's start with you, Michael.
31:5475 plus 6.
31:5675 plus 6 is 81.
31:596 plus 2.
32:006 plus... The other 6 plus 2 is 8.
32:02Multiply.
32:03648.
32:05Subtract 3.
32:06And take away the 3.
32:07Yep, one away.
32:09One away. Very good.
32:10But 646.
32:12How shockingly difficult is that?
32:15Well, in a similar method to Michael,
32:17if you say 75 plus 6 is 81,
32:21but then 4 times 2 is 8,
32:23times them again for 648,
32:26and then you have 6 over 3 left over for the 2 to take away,
32:29and 646.
32:30Very good. Thank you, Rachel.
32:32Thank you, Deborah.
32:35Perfect.
32:3673 plays Elizabeth's 52 as we go into the final round.
32:41So, Michael, Elizabeth, fingers on buzzers, please.
32:44Let's reveal today's Countdown conundrum.
32:57Elizabeth.
32:58Coercing.
33:00Coercing.
33:03Nope.
33:04Down to you, Michael.
33:28Nope.
33:29My word.
33:30We are truly stumped here,
33:32but I want to see a forest of hands in the audience.
33:35Do I see any hands up?
33:37No.
33:38So let's have a look.
33:39My word, it must be difficult.
33:41Concierge. There we go.
33:44Concierge.
33:48Very good.
33:49So we end the day, then, with Michael on 73,
33:52Elizabeth on 52,
33:53so we will see Michael here on Monday
33:57when Margaret Mountford will be over in that dictionary corner,
34:01and we're sending Elizabeth back to Bournemouth
34:04with a goodie bag and our very best wishes.
34:07Until Monday, Michael.
34:09Until Monday.
34:10Until Monday.
34:11Have a lovely weekend and a bit of a rest there, Susie.
34:14I will, you too.
34:15Come again soon, Deborah, because it's a pleasure to have you.
34:18Great stories.
34:19And come and see us again, please do.
34:22So, have a pleasant weekend and an extra day.
34:25A couple of days, indeed.
34:26And we'll see you on Monday.
34:27See you Monday.
34:28Margaret's back.
34:29Trouble.
34:30Join us then, same time, same place, you'll be sure of it.
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34:53Tonight on 4, what to do when problems from home get brought into school.
34:57Educating the East End is at 9 o'clock.
35:00Next this afternoon, though, it's deal or no deal.