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00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34Did you read Rachel the story about the bloke that gave his wife an ultimatum?
00:38Hysterical. She said, it's me or the dogs.
00:42And she said, I'll take the dogs.
00:46Push off. She had 25, I think it was.
00:49Oh no, they'd been married for 25 years, but she had 30 rescue dogs.
00:53They were all bull terriers. Wow. So she kept the house.
00:56She kept the 30 bull terriers. Amazing.
01:0030 bull terriers knocking around the house.
01:02Are they rescue dogs? They are.
01:04Yeah, that's lovely. They must be her babies.
01:08I get an ultimatum every single day at home. I'm sick of it.
01:12Dinner is always at eight and I'm busy ensconced in my little office,
01:17you know, trying to work out what on earth to do next.
01:20And it's almost as though she's trying to train me.
01:22You know, she said, dinner is at eight and if you're not done, dinner will get cold.
01:27I said, take this bell and then ring it at eight o'clock
01:31and it'll, you know, alert me to the fact it's eight o'clock.
01:34Wouldn't do it. So every day, you know, I'm given an ultimatum.
01:39If you're not done here at eight o'clock, dinner gets cold.
01:41I'm sick of it, frankly.
01:42You're a wild Mustang that can't be tamed, Nick.
01:45What about you? Have you ever had an ultimatum dished out by that pasha of yours?
01:50He doesn't, he's never bought me a bell.
01:52And I think he probably knows where I'd put it if he did buy me a bell.
01:56Now then, Rach, we've got Mike Daisley.
01:59Welcome back, Mike.
02:00Count's assistant from Hull. Great wins. Well done.
02:04Scoring high too.
02:05You're joined today by Lee Bettinson,
02:09the senior customer relations officer from Stockton Tees.
02:12Big on pop music.
02:14I think you've been following the Top 40 charts since you were a nipper.
02:19Is that right?
02:20Yeah, sort of.
02:21I remember just being at my Nana's house,
02:24being round there for Sunday tea,
02:25and then I'd ask to leave the table, run into the kitchen and listen to the radio.
02:28Well, I hope that you're as keen on countdown over the years as you are on this Top 40.
02:33Something like that, yeah.
02:34I hope so.
02:34Well, good luck to you both. Have fun.
02:36Big round of applause now for Mike and Lee.
02:38Have fun.
02:43And Susie's over in the corner.
02:44And for the first time, we're so pleased to have him on the show.
02:48It's TV and radio presenter, a great wit and a comedy writer,
02:52and a good bloke.
02:53That'll be Clive Anderson.
02:54Welcome, Clive.
02:59We'll be hearing some great stories from Clive a little later,
03:02but now...
03:04Yes, Mike.
03:05Letters game.
03:05Off you go.
03:06Afternoon, Rachel.
03:07Afternoon, Mike.
03:07Can I have a consonant, please?
03:08Thank you. Start today with W.
03:11And another one.
03:13F.
03:15Vowel.
03:16E.
03:17And another vowel.
03:19A.
03:21A consonant.
03:23N.
03:24Another one.
03:27P.
03:28A vowel.
03:31E.
03:33A consonant.
03:36Y.
03:37And a vowel, please.
03:38And the last one.
03:40I.
03:41And here's the Countdown Clock.
03:47So...
04:14Now, Mike.
04:15M to five.
04:16Five Lee.
04:18Yeah, risky five, I think.
04:19Risky five.
04:20Mike?
04:22Weenie.
04:23Weenie.
04:24Lee?
04:25Wifey.
04:26Wifey.
04:29Now then, Susie.
04:31Weenie is in.
04:32Be very careful with wifey, especially you, Nick.
04:34But, yeah, it's in the dictionary.
04:35Anything else, Susie?
04:36That's it?
04:37We were with wifey as well, unfortunately.
04:39Wifey.
04:39Yeah, horrible word.
04:40You'd get a big smack if you thought they were already my wifey.
04:42It's not a good word to use?
04:43Wifey's...
04:44Definitely not.
04:46Anyway, five apiece.
04:48Lee.
04:49Hi, Rachel.
04:50Can I have a consonant, please?
04:52Thank you, Lee.
04:53Start with D.
04:56Vowel.
04:57O.
04:59Consonant.
05:01L.
05:02Vowel, please.
05:04E.
05:06Vowel.
05:08O.
05:10Consonant.
05:11X.
05:13Consonant.
05:15L.
05:17Another consonant, please.
05:19M.
05:21And a vowel.
05:24And the last one.
05:25A.
05:26Stand by.
05:46So...
05:58Now, Lee.
06:00Er, six.
06:01A six.
06:02Mike.
06:03Six.
06:04Lee?
06:05Loomed.
06:06Yeah.
06:08Same one.
06:08You both loomed.
06:10What about the corner there?
06:11Yeah, we loomed as well, but that's, er, that seems to be what everyone's getting.
06:15Er, yeah, there is a seven there.
06:16A modello.
06:18Er, which is a sketch for a larger painting.
06:20Um, so art, a term from art.
06:22Executed in detail and prepared for a patron's approval.
06:26Okay.
06:27The composition and so forth.
06:28Yeah.
06:29Got it.
06:30All right.
06:31Mike.
06:32Your numbers game.
06:34One large, five small, please.
06:36Thank you, Mike.
06:36One from the top row.
06:37Five little.
06:38Start the day.
06:39And these five small ones are nine.
06:42Seven.
06:43Four.
06:44One.
06:45And another one.
06:46And the large one, 100.
06:48And the target, 738.
06:50Seven, three, eight.
07:15Yes, Mike?
07:16Er, 738.
07:17And Lee?
07:18738.
07:19I think so.
07:20Mike?
07:20Er, nine times four.
07:23Nine times four, 36.
07:24Er, plus the two ones.
07:2638.
07:27And seven times 100.
07:28Is 700, yeah.
07:29And Lee?
07:30Yeah, same way.
07:31Same way.
07:33Just for good measure.
07:34Yep.
07:35All right.
07:35APPLAUSE
07:46So, 21 apiece as we turn to our first teatime teaser,
07:49which is Local Tree.
07:51And the clue.
07:53If you're allowed to vote, you could be on a bit of a roll.
07:56If you're allowed to vote, you could be on a bit of a roll.
07:58MUSIC
08:00APPLAUSE
08:14Welcome back.
08:15I left you with the clue.
08:16If you're allowed to vote, you could be on a bit of a roll.
08:19You could be on an electoral roll, of course.
08:21Electoral is the answer to that one.
08:2321 apiece.
08:24Lee?
08:26I can have a consonant, please.
08:28Thank you, Lee.
08:29H.
08:30A vowel.
08:32O.
08:34Vowel.
08:36A.
08:37A consonant, please.
08:40S.
08:41Vowel.
08:43U.
08:45A consonant.
08:47G.
08:49Consonant.
08:51V.
08:53Vowel, please.
08:55O.
08:58Consonant.
08:59And the last one, S.
09:01Stand by.
09:29MUSIC
09:33Lee?
09:34Risky four.
09:35Oh, risky five, sorry.
09:37How about Mike?
09:38Yeah, five as well.
09:40Lee?
09:42Shugs.
09:43And Mike?
09:45Shags.
09:46Shagged.
09:49Yeah, Lee, I don't know if you're trying to avoid that.
09:51Shagged.
09:52Shag, unfortunately, is not in the dictionary, I'm afraid.
09:54Sorry.
09:55It's a reference to tobacco, isn't it?
09:57Don't you have shag?
09:59Shag is a bird, so if you've got more than one of them, more than one bird, shags.
10:03Yeah, carpets, all that kind of thing.
10:05Absolutely right.
10:06Or the vagus nerve.
10:07The vagus nerve, one of the cranial nerves.
10:09Very good, that's another five.
10:11Well done.
10:11Yep.
10:12Now, Clive and Susie.
10:13Clive, anything else?
10:15That's it?
10:15Vegas, yes.
10:16Moving on.
10:17All right, 26, there's 21.
10:19Mike, your letters again.
10:21Can you add a consonant, please?
10:22Thank you, Mike.
10:23D.
10:25Vowel.
10:27E.
10:28Another vowel.
10:30U.
10:32Consonant.
10:33W.
10:35Another one.
10:37N.
10:39Another one.
10:41P.
10:43A vowel.
10:45A.
10:48Another vowel.
10:50U.
10:52And a consonant, please.
10:54And the last one, F.
10:56Well done.
10:58So
11:07do
11:27Yes, Mike.
11:28Seven.
11:29A seven, Lee.
11:30I'll stick with the seven.
11:31Mike?
11:32Spawned.
11:34And?
11:35Spawned.
11:36There we go.
11:38Any advance on spawn, Clive?
11:40Well, um, unpaused.
11:42Unpaused.
11:44That's what I had.
11:45So you have that?
11:46Yeah.
11:47You weren't frightened of it, or?
11:48Yeah.
11:49You never know it's gonna be disallowed for some obscure reason.
11:52You're allowing unpaused, aren't you?
11:53Yes, because you might, if you were watching a video, for example,
11:56you might pause it and then unpause it, so.
11:58All the time.
11:59Yeah.
12:00Bad luck.
12:01Never mind.
12:01Anything else, Susie, Clive?
12:03No, that was definitely our best grades.
12:0533 plays 28.
12:07Nothing in it, really.
12:08Lee, try this numbers game.
12:10Mike, can I have, um, one large and five small, please?
12:13You can, indeed.
12:13Thank you, Lee.
12:14Number one large, five little.
12:16Let's see what we have this time.
12:17They are four, eight, eight, ten, three, and 100.
12:26And the target, 772.
12:28Seven, seven, two.
12:35So...
13:00Lee?
13:01Seven, seven, two.
13:02Yes, Mike.
13:03Seven, seven, two.
13:04And Lee?
13:05Um, eight times 100 is 800.
13:08It is.
13:09Um, and then minus the other eight times three.
13:12Eight times three, 24.
13:14And minus the other four.
13:16Yep, perfect.
13:17772.
13:18Mike?
13:19100 times eight.
13:20800 again.
13:22Three times ten.
13:2330.
13:24Take off, and then the other eight divided by four for two.
13:28Lovely.
13:30Perfect.
13:31There we go.
13:34Very good.
13:35So, 43 to 38.
13:38Mike in the lead.
13:41We turn now to Clive.
13:44Richard Branson.
13:45You had a little bit of a run in.
13:47Is that fair?
13:48I've interviewed lots of people on television and now radio.
13:51I'm much nicer nowadays.
13:52But I have had a few little contretemps with people.
13:55And Richard Branson was an odd one.
13:58I interviewed him when he had quite a busy day in a dispute with British Airways.
14:04And I think he was a bit sort of hyped up.
14:06And sometimes people on television, when they're confronted with cameras,
14:10their mouths dry up.
14:11The saliva disappears.
14:13So we did a fairly awkward interview.
14:14He didn't, he wasn't really in the mood for my teasing of him.
14:18And his mouth seemed to dry up.
14:19At the end of the interview, he said, oh, can I have a glass of water?
14:21We didn't have one handy for the guest.
14:23It had to be passed to him.
14:25So I said, oh, fair enough.
14:26Now this illustrates the problems of recorded television.
14:30So he took the glass and then he poured it all over my head.
14:33So it's got a good reaction, everyone.
14:34And I kind of come back with something.
14:37Oh, you know, I've flown the Atlantic before.
14:39I'm used to having drinks thrown at me.
14:40Ha ha ha.
14:41So then I carried on with it.
14:43He went off and the next guest came on.
14:45And I was chatting away to him.
14:48And then the producers and the directors sort of said, no, no, stop, stop.
14:51So we'll stop the recording.
14:52And I said, why?
14:52Why are we stopping?
14:53Well, you look a bit ridiculous.
14:55Well, of course I look ridiculous.
14:56It's a water stream around me.
14:57But we're not sure whether we're going to use that moment in the transmitted program.
15:03And I got into a bit of a strop.
15:04And I said, well, you know, that was the most interesting thing
15:07that happened in the entire interview.
15:08Otherwise, it was just a very ordinary interview.
15:10Obviously, we're going to use that.
15:11You can't not include that.
15:13And after a sort of toing and froing a few minutes, I got my way.
15:16And they said, OK, fair enough.
15:17We will use that.
15:18In which case, we'll just have to carry on with you with water streaming.
15:23But by then, under the lights, I had dried up.
15:27So they had to then go and get another glass of water
15:30in the interest of continuity to make me look all right.
15:33So I ended up with two glasses of water all over my head.
15:36So well done to Richard.
15:38Big round of applause.
15:42Thanks, guys.
15:44Two glasses of water.
15:45That really is too much.
15:4743 to 38.
15:48Mike in the lead.
15:49And it's Mike's letters game.
15:50Yes, sir.
15:52Consonant, please.
15:53Thank you, Mike.
15:54R.
15:55And a vowel.
15:57E.
15:58Consonant.
16:01B.
16:02Another one.
16:04T.
16:05A vowel.
16:07O.
16:08A consonant.
16:11S.
16:13Another one.
16:15R.
16:16A vowel.
16:19E.
16:21And a vowel, please.
16:22And lastly, I.
16:24Countdown.
16:30So
16:56Yes, Mike.
16:57I'll try seven.
16:59Lee?
17:00S7.
17:01Now then, Mike.
17:02Strober.
17:04Lee?
17:05Besties.
17:08What does Susie think?
17:09No, strober, I'm afraid, Mike.
17:11Besties in the dictionary, but you need two S's for besties.
17:14Sorry.
17:15Bad luck.
17:15Clive, what are you saying over there?
17:18Orbiters is a word.
17:20We love that.
17:21Absolutely.
17:21Yes.
17:24Lovely.
17:2443 to 38.
17:26Mike on 43.
17:27Lee, your letters game.
17:29I please have a consonant.
17:32Thank you, Lee.
17:33N.
17:34Vowel.
17:36E.
17:38Vowel, please.
17:39U.
17:41Consonant.
17:43G.
17:44Vowel.
17:46O.
17:48Consonant.
17:50R.
17:52Vowel.
17:54E.
17:56Consonant.
17:59T.
17:59And another consonant, please.
18:01And lastly, L.
18:03Standby.
18:29Yes, Lee?
18:31Six.
18:31Mike?
18:32N.
18:33Try seven.
18:34OK, Lee?
18:36Longer.
18:37And Mike?
18:38Tongue.
18:40Can't be a tongue.
18:41I did just check that one, actually.
18:43Not there, I'm afraid.
18:44Sorry, Mike.
18:46What can we have?
18:47Well, if you start with longer, you can add another U, and it's a lounger.
18:52Yeah.
18:52Lounger.
18:53Well done.
18:53Certain letter.
18:54So, 43 to Lee's 44.
18:57Well done there, Lee.
18:58And it's Mike we turn to.
19:00Yes, Mike?
19:01Numbers game?
19:01One large, five small, please.
19:03Sticking with the one large.
19:05Thank you, Mike.
19:06Let's see what we have this time.
19:08The five little ones are 9, 8, 6, 3, and 8.
19:14And the large one, 75.
19:16OK, Lee?
19:16I'm going to start with the one large.
19:18And the five little ones are 9, 8, 6, 3, and 8.
19:2475.
19:25And the target, 582.
19:27582.
19:54Mike?
19:56582.
19:57And Lee?
19:58582.
19:59Thank you, Mike.
20:0075 times 8.
20:02600.
20:03And then 8 times...
20:04I'm sorry, 6 times 3.
20:05Yeah, this one's not going to separate you two.
20:08There we go.
20:09And Lee?
20:10Yeah, the same way.
20:11Same way?
20:12There we go.
20:15All right.
20:17Still one point in it.
20:18One point in it.
20:19And Lee?
20:20I'm going to start with the one small.
20:21And the target, 582.
20:2453 to 54.
20:25Lee in the lead.
20:26And it's our second tea time teaser, which is I tuck fare.
20:30And the clue, I tuck into all the fare at the buffet, including a large slice of this.
20:35I tuck into all the fare at the buffet, including a large slice of this.
20:54Welcome back.
20:56I left with the clue, I tuck into all the fare at the buffet, including a large slice of this.
21:01A large slice of what?
21:02Why?
21:02It's fruitcake.
21:04Fruitcake.
21:06Lee?
21:07Hang on to your lead.
21:09Where are we?
21:09Letters game?
21:11Please shall I have a vowel first?
21:13Thank you, Lee.
21:14O.
21:16And a consonant?
21:18P.
21:20Vowel?
21:22E.
21:24Consonant?
21:26M.
21:28Consonant?
21:29N.
21:31Consonant?
21:34R.
21:34A vowel, please?
21:37E.
21:39Consonant?
21:41D.
21:43And a vowel, please?
21:46And lastly, U.
21:48Standby.
21:53So
22:20Lee?
22:21And a seven?
22:23Mike?
22:24Seven.
22:25Lee?
22:26Pounder.
22:27Pounder.
22:28And your seven, Mike?
22:29Seven.
22:32As opposed to a quarter pounder, I suppose.
22:34Now, Clive, anything there, Susie?
22:37We had pounder, but that's already gone, so...
22:40Endure for six, but pounder's certainly the best we could get.
22:44Thank you for that.
22:45All right.
22:46So, 61 plays 60.
22:49Mike, your letters game.
22:50And a consonant, please?
22:52Thank you, Mike.
22:54M.
22:55Vowel?
22:57I.
22:59Consonant?
23:00H.
23:02Consonant?
23:04S.
23:05A vowel?
23:07E.
23:09Consonant?
23:10D.
23:12Consonant?
23:15B.
23:16A vowel?
23:19I.
23:20And a vowel, please?
23:22And the last one?
23:23A.
23:25And the clock starts now.
23:49Well, Mike?
23:59Seven.
24:00And Lee?
24:01Six.
24:02And your six is?
24:04Mashed.
24:05Mashed?
24:05Yeah.
24:06Mike Daisley?
24:08Beamish.
24:08Very good.
24:09Oh, our Beamish boy again.
24:11Happy, optimistic, beaming smile.
24:14Very good.
24:15So, 61 to Mike, 67 now.
24:18As we turn to Susie.
24:22Clive, you'll enjoy this.
24:24This studio is touched by genius about this time every day.
24:28For Susie's origins of words.
24:30Yes, Susie?
24:31Not sure at all about that.
24:33But I've been talking recently about those words which are
24:37quite opaque, really, in the way they look and sound.
24:41To modern speakers, certainly, because we've lost the history of them.
24:44Even at one point, it was staring at us in the face.
24:47I mentioned secretary who kept secrets, the boatswain, the heathen,
24:52people who lived on the heath, etc.
24:54And those are actually known to linguists as cranberry morphs.
24:59Morph being a linguistic form or a linguistic item.
25:02And cranberry, because that too is a word that has lost sight of its history.
25:06Because it began as a craneberry, because the stems of the plant crane over there.
25:11So look as if they're craning their necks, like indeed the bird, the crane.
25:15It lost the E and so we lost the history along the way.
25:19But I thought I'd look at berries today and where they come from.
25:21Because maybe in 100 years' time, a strawberry will no longer be spelt that way.
25:27Because we talk about strawberries and we miss out
25:30the berry part somehow in our pronunciation.
25:32So perhaps over time, the history of this will be lost as well.
25:35A strawberry, perhaps because it was grown on beds of straw in olden days.
25:42That's how strawberries were cultivated.
25:44Or perhaps, and I prefer this explanation,
25:46of the tiny sort of chaff-like external seeds that cover the berry.
25:51Which look a little bit like a straw.
25:54So the strawberry is quite simple, I suppose.
25:56Blackberry and blueberry, obviously very simple as well.
25:59But what about the raspberry?
26:01That one is a little bit mysterious.
26:03Rasp maybe because, again, the surface looks a little bit rough.
26:06It's not particularly smooth.
26:08But actually, raspice in Old English also meant a raspberry.
26:11So we're not sure about this one.
26:14It's a bit of a mystery.
26:15But certainly, raspberries have been around since Anglo-Saxon days.
26:18And the gooseberry, another very strange one.
26:22Again, a little bit elusive.
26:23But we think it goes back to an ancient word, krus, K-R-U-S.
26:28Which meant curled or crisped because of the sight of the leaves.
26:32But it might also have some ancient connection with the bird.
26:36Because plants, and we know that birds themselves,
26:40were often given sort of pet names.
26:42And perhaps we decided to name a berry after a goose.
26:45Who knows?
26:46It sounds a little bit implausible.
26:48But it may be related to the gooseberry.
26:50Just as gossamer was once goose summer.
26:53Gossamer, those beautiful cobwebs that you'll find in autumn time.
26:57The tiny little veil-like cobwebs that you'll find on dewy grass.
27:01Those go back to goose summer,
27:02which in turn goes back to St. Martin's summer, early November.
27:06That was its nickname.
27:07And that was a time when goose was eaten.
27:09We've lost the connection.
27:10Gossamer has lost the connection with geese.
27:12But gooseberries, yep, they still have the bird at their heart.
27:15But we're not completely sure why.
27:17Oh, wonderful.
27:18Very good.
27:2167 to 61.
27:22Mike in the lead.
27:23And it's Lee's letters game.
27:25Good luck, Lee.
27:26Consonant, please.
27:27Thank you, Lee.
27:28T.
27:30Vowel.
27:32O.
27:34Consonant.
27:37D.
27:38Vowel.
27:40E.
27:42Consonant, please.
27:43R.
27:45Consonant.
27:47L.
27:48Vowel.
27:51A.
27:52Consonant, please.
27:54D.
27:56Erm, a vowel.
27:58And lastly, I.
28:00Countdown.
28:08So
28:31Thank you, Lee.
28:33Seven.
28:33And Mike?
28:34Seven.
28:35Lee?
28:36Trailed.
28:37And toadyer.
28:41I think you can be toady-ish, Mike, but not toady.
28:45You can toady up to someone as a verb and be a toady.
28:48But it's toady-ish to be adjective rather than toady, I'm afraid.
28:51Sorry.
28:53And, erm, idolater.
28:56Oh, that's for eight letters.
28:57Yeah.
28:57Idolater.
28:58Excellent.
28:58Anything else, Susie?
28:59Toddler is there for a seven.
29:00And toddler.
29:01Yeah.
29:02And idolater.
29:04This contest is going to go to a penalty shootout, isn't it?
29:06It is, yeah.
29:06Ridiculously close.
29:07Yeah, very good.
29:09That's the way it should be.
29:10Look at that.
29:10One point in it.
29:11Lee's back in the lead.
29:1268 to Mike.
29:1467.
29:15Mike, last letters game.
29:16And consonant, please.
29:18Thank you, Mike.
29:19T.
29:20Vowel.
29:22O.
29:23Consonant.
29:25F.
29:26Another one.
29:28R.
29:30Vowel.
29:32O.
29:34Consonant.
29:35R.
29:37Another one.
29:39Z.
29:40And a vowel.
29:43U.
29:45And, er, consonant, please.
29:47And the last one.
29:48C.
29:49Stand by.
30:06MUSIC
30:21Mike?
30:22Five.
30:23Lee?
30:24Five.
30:25You too.
30:26Mike?
30:26Rotor.
30:28And?
30:29Court.
30:31There we go.
30:32Susie, you happy with that?
30:34Yes, happy with both.
30:35Yep, court and rotor.
30:36And what about the corner?
30:37Five.
30:37There's croft as well, but, er, that's only a five-letter word, but, er...
30:41All right.
30:42Moving on to the final numbers game.
30:45Lee, good luck.
30:47Numbers.
30:48Can I have one large and five small, please?
30:51You can. That means you're banking on the conundrum, I guess.
30:54Pick the possibly easiest combination we shall see.
30:56Good luck.
30:57Final numbers are two, six, one, eight, another one, and 100 again.
31:06And the target, 834.
31:08Eight, three, four.
31:09MUSIC
31:35MUSIC
31:40Lee?
31:41Er, 824.
31:44Just in.
31:45Mike?
31:46Erm, 832.
31:48Right.
31:50Let's try it.
31:51Erm, 100 plus 2 plus the 1 and the 1.
31:56Yes.
31:57104.
31:58Times 8.
31:59832.
32:00Yep.
32:01Well done.
32:02Well done.
32:03Not quite perfect.
32:05For that, we turn to Rachel.
32:06Possible?
32:07I think the pressure might have got to them here, because if you say 6 minus 2 is 4,
32:12plus 100, you get 104.
32:15Times that by 8.
32:16Again, 832.
32:17And you have the two ones left over.
32:19You're terrific.
32:20Marvellous.
32:21Well done.
32:25Nonetheless, it's 73 to 79, which means only one thing,
32:29which means we're going into the final round.
32:31Calm down, guys.
32:33It's a conundrum, but it's a crucial conundrum,
32:35and we're now going to roll that crucial countdown conundrum.
33:01No.
33:12Well, two great players are stumped, so this is going to be tricky.
33:15Let's see if anybody in the audience...
33:18Anybody in the audience...
33:19No.
33:21Let's see what it is.
33:22Let's roll it.
33:23Stimulant.
33:23There we are.
33:24Stimulant.
33:25Well done.
33:28Ah, Lee.
33:29You were there and thereabouts all the time.
33:31Swapping the lead and falling back again.
33:34But on the day, Mike takes it just by 6.79 to 73.
33:38I'll come to you in a second.
33:39You played really well.
33:42Congratulations.
33:42You take this goodie bag proudly back to Stocks and Ontis.
33:46Well done.
33:47Indeed.
33:48You were beaten by a guy who's now got seven wins.
33:52That'll be Mike Daisley.
33:53See you tomorrow.
33:54Well done.
33:55Big day tomorrow.
33:56Yes, big day.
33:57All right, see you tomorrow.
33:59Clive, you'll come back tomorrow.
34:00I hope so.
34:01How was day one?
34:02You enjoy it?
34:02Nice having a stimulant right at the end to keep me going.
34:05All right, see you tomorrow.
34:06And Susie too, of course.
34:07Yes, see you then.
34:09Wow, he's a good player, isn't he?
34:10Yep, I think that was Mike's first crucial conundrum.
34:13Yeah.
34:13So he's getting tired now.
34:14So whoever's up against him tomorrow has some hope.
34:16We'll see you then.
34:17We'll see you then.
34:18Join us then.
34:19Same time, same place.
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