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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:04APPLAUSE
00:31Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown,
00:33a contest that takes place always over 15 bruising 30-second rounds.
00:39It's always decided on points
00:41and we always declare a champion at the final bell.
00:46It is Champion of Champions quarter-final stage.
00:48It's our fourth quarter-final.
00:50Rachel, in the first one, we wrestled with alligators.
00:53In the second one, we tussled with a whale.
00:55In the third one, we handcuffed lightning.
00:58And in this one, we're going to try and throw thunder in jail.
01:02Are you thinking if I'm a celebrity?
01:05No, it's the most famous quote from, you know,
01:09the most important boxer of all time.
01:12Some would say not the best.
01:14Certainly one of the greatest, Muhammad Ali.
01:16Not George Foreman. Not George Foreman.
01:18He spoke a lot about him.
01:20And, you know, you're not a boxing fan.
01:22But Muhammad Ali, of course, was as much about his words,
01:25but I think he's a perfect launch for any countdown.
01:28He was born on this day in 1942.
01:31So I've got some Ali quotes for you
01:33that I think are applicable for a countdown.
01:36So one that's perfect for you and I, which is this.
01:41It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out,
01:45it's the pebble in your shoe.
01:47I'm very much the pebble in your shoe.
01:49I was going to get the clarification on that.
01:52So I would disagree, Colin.
01:54We'll do it that way.
01:55Well, over in Dictionary Corner,
01:57I've got a quote for each of them as well.
01:59Susie Dent, our guardian of the dictionary,
02:01every afternoon at two o'clock she says it into the mirror,
02:04it's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am.
02:09I actually heard her doing it five minutes ago.
02:12I was like, wow, that's Susie.
02:14The walls are thin.
02:16And she shouts, so...
02:18I'm going to paraphrase Ali for you,
02:21because I know you'll take it in a good way.
02:23I've seen Rick Edwards shadow box and the shadow won.
02:27Susie and Rick.
02:32And so too are contestants.
02:34And the boxing analogy continues,
02:36because both James Houghton and Adam Latchford
02:39are undefeated, undisputed.
02:41They've never sat here and lost a game.
02:43So today, the all-must-go James.
02:45That's a little bit of pressure on yous?
02:47Yeah, yeah.
02:49So, no, it's been a good run.
02:51If I lose, same for Adam, I imagine.
02:54The other thing that connects you as well is,
02:57in what has been a really difficult champion of champions
03:00with the Countdown Conundrums,
03:02you nailed a crucial one.
03:04Yeah, I'm glad.
03:06I wish it hadn't gone to a crucial.
03:08It aged me by about ten years.
03:10Good in the championship rounds.
03:12I think it might come down to that today.
03:14Adam as well, you managed a crucial Countdown Conundrum.
03:18You've got a really bizarre, unwanted record.
03:22But perversely, I think you'd quite like to achieve it.
03:25So, you've never had a nine-letter word?
03:28No, never had a nine.
03:30Right, in a regular round?
03:32In a regular round, I've had a few conundrums.
03:34He knows this, brilliant.
03:36He's such a student of Countdown.
03:38What's the record for the longest run without having a nine?
03:41So the record was someone in this championship, Steve Hyde,
03:44with 134, and I'm sat on 120.
03:47So I've got a little bit of the way to go.
03:49I need to get through to the next round,
03:51and that's not a given against James.
03:53Well, I said it, just to finish our boxing analogies,
03:56I said it when you sat there in the quarterfinal,
03:58you were the Rocky.
04:00So here we go, it's Rocky 2.
04:02So good luck to you, it's James and Adam.
04:08Round one, James first blows.
04:10Hi, Rachel. Hello, James.
04:12Could I start with a consonant, please?
04:14You could indeed. Start today with G.
04:16And another.
04:18T.
04:20And another.
04:22D.
04:24And another.
04:26S.
04:28A vowel, please.
04:30A.
04:32And another.
04:34E.
04:36And another.
04:38U.
04:40Another vowel, please.
04:42E.
04:44And finish with a final vowel, please.
04:48Finish with O.
04:50At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
05:12CLOCK TICKS
05:23Time's up, James.
05:25Eight. Adam? Eight.
05:27Right, what have you got? A doji eight.
05:29Yes, and Adam? I'm glad I didn't have to pronounce it.
05:32Right. Yeah.
05:34Rick Edwards, I'm glad I don't have to spell it.
05:36Yeah, never heard of it before.
05:38Well, we've heard of a doj,
05:41and a doji eight is the office or the period of office of a doj.
05:46Wonderful. Anything else in and around it?
05:48Outages. Yes.
05:50Guested. Yeah. Yes.
05:52Very good in a normal week, but this is...
05:55Terrible in this week. Not a normal week.
05:57Adam Latchford, your first letters.
05:59Afternoon, Rachel. Afternoon, Adam.
06:01Start with a consonant, please.
06:03Start with L.
06:05And a vowel?
06:07E. And a consonant?
06:09T. And a consonant?
06:12K. And a consonant?
06:15G. A vowel, please?
06:18O. And a vowel?
06:21E. And a consonant?
06:25M.
06:27And we will finish with a consonant, please.
06:32Finish with R.
06:3430 seconds.
06:39MUSIC PLAYS
06:41MUSIC STOPS
07:06How do you fare, Adam?
07:08Six. And James?
07:10Three. OK, the sixes, Adam.
07:12Remote. And James?
07:14Er, yeah, remote as well.
07:16There you go. Properly going toe-to-toe in the first two rounds.
07:19Two words only we've had. What have you got in Dictionary Corner?
07:22Match them. Delighted.
07:24Meteor? Yes. Yes.
07:26Thank you very much, Dictionary Corner.
07:28Picking up six as well, 14 points each.
07:30Let's start with the numbers, and James will have four rounds today.
07:33You're up first.
07:35One large, please, Rachel.
07:37What's your thinking behind this?
07:39I'm going to mix it up for Adam.
07:41He did well with the four large in Round Three against Tom, so...
07:44Fair enough. We'll see if the tactics change.
07:46Cautious start. Four, seven, two, five, one, and 100.
07:53And the target? 674.
07:56674. Numbers up.
07:58MUSIC PLAYS
08:09MUSIC CONTINUES
08:28James? Yeah, 674.
08:30Yeah, and Adam? 674.
08:32There you go. Nice and relaxed. James, take it away.
08:34100 minus four? 96.
08:37Multiply by seven for 672.
08:39And add the two.
08:41674. Easy.
08:43Adam?
08:45Identical for three rounds.
08:47Yeah, spot on.
08:51We cannot separate them in any way,
08:53so let me give you one of the cleverest teatime teasers
08:56you'll ever have to tackle.
08:58Ray Bites. Ray Bites.
09:00George and Henri with the animals, perhaps.
09:05APPLAUSE
09:13Welcome back. Needs a little bit of explaining.
09:16Ray Bites becomes Bestiary,
09:18George Best for those people that aren't football fans,
09:21and Thierry Henri. That's what's going to get us there.
09:24Right, here we go.
09:25Ray Bites. Ray Bites.
09:27George Best for those people that aren't football fans,
09:30and Thierry Henri.
09:32That's what's going to get us there.
09:34Right, here we go. More letters now.
09:36And, Adam Latchford, you're picking the first round of part two.
09:39Start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
09:41Thank you, Adam. N.
09:43And another.
09:45F.
09:46A third.
09:48R.
09:49A fourth.
09:50S.
09:52A fifth.
09:54X.
09:56A vowel, please.
09:58I.
09:59Another.
10:01E.
10:04And we will finish with a consonant, please.
10:07Finish with L.
10:09Thank you, Rachel.
10:31Let's see if it's the same word again. Adam?
10:45I'll stick with a seven.
10:46And James?
10:47Seven.
10:48OK. What is it, Adam?
10:49Finales.
10:50Believe it or not.
10:52There we go.
10:54We're heading towards a finale with you having exactly the same score
10:57at this rate. Dictionary Corner.
10:59Yeah, I have finales. I think relaxin...
11:02Yes. ..is a chemical in the body, isn't it?
11:04It is, yeah. It's a hormone and it's secreted during childbirth.
11:08It causes the cervix to dilate.
11:10Brilliant. James, let's get more letters.
11:12Consonant, please, Rachel.
11:14Thank you, James. N.
11:15And another.
11:17M.
11:18And another.
11:20B.
11:21And another.
11:23W.
11:25Vowel, please.
11:26I.
11:27And another.
11:28A.
11:30And another.
11:32E.
11:35Consonant, please.
11:37G.
11:39And a final vowel, please.
11:43Final A.
11:44Here we go.
11:58MUSIC PLAYS
12:15How many times, James?
12:17Seven.
12:18And Adam?
12:19Seven.
12:20Surely not. James?
12:21Beaming.
12:22Adam?
12:23Do you want us to sit together?
12:24It's ridiculous!
12:26Yes?
12:27Anything else in Dexterity Corner?
12:29I think we're beaming over here as well, aren't we?
12:31I think we are. Yeah, we have beaming too.
12:33And nice six there, gamine.
12:35OK, so there you go. Cannot split them,
12:37so let's go to numbers again and see if that makes a difference.
12:39Adam?
12:40We're going to start with too large for now.
12:42And what's your thinking behind this?
12:44I'm enjoying matching every round
12:46and I want to do it for 16 rounds if I can,
12:48but that's not possible, so...
12:50Well, we'll see if this can separate you two.
12:52Four littles.
12:53One, six, eight and seven.
12:56And the big one, 75 and 25.
12:59And the target, 673.
13:01673. Numbers up.
13:27Adam?
13:28Yes, 673.
13:29And James?
13:30Yeah, 673.
13:31OK, off you go, Adam.
13:32OK, so 75 x 8.
13:3475 x 8, 600.
13:377 plus 1 is 8.
13:39So get yourself another 8.
13:41Times it by 6.
13:42Times it by 6, 48.
13:43And then add that on and add 25.
13:45Yep, there was a lot of play-acting between you two for that round.
13:48James, how did you do it?
13:49I did it...
13:51I did it...
13:54James, how did you do it?
13:55I did it slightly differently.
13:57I did 75 plus 6 is 81.
14:00Then multiply by 8.
14:02More economical with the numbers.
14:04648 and then added the 25.
14:06673 again.
14:07Well done.
14:1148 points each already.
14:14Superhuman efforts from James and Adam.
14:16And that's probably applicable
14:18as we climb back inside the dark recesses of Rick Edwards' mind.
14:23I wanted to talk about, did you see a sort of docudrama
14:28on the BBC quite recently called...
14:30I think it was called First Contact,
14:32about what it would be like if we contacted aliens?
14:35Yeah.
14:36And it's one of my favourite subjects
14:38because I'm sort of fascinated by the Fermi paradox.
14:41You probably know the Fermi paradox.
14:43So Enrico Fermi came up with it, a very famous physicist.
14:47And it's essentially, if you run the numbers on the universe,
14:52the universe is massive, it's really old,
14:55there's loads of potentially habitable planets,
14:58loads of sun-like stars,
15:00so the universe should be absolutely teeming
15:03with technological civilisations.
15:05So where is everyone?
15:07Because we've never spotted anyone.
15:09And there's all sorts of explanations.
15:11And so I thought I'd just run through my favourites.
15:14So the first explanation is just that we're incredibly rare,
15:17so life doesn't evolve very often at all.
15:20We have no idea because we've only got one data point,
15:23which is life evolving on Earth at the moment,
15:25which is why people are interested to see if there's anything on Mars,
15:28for example.
15:29Another explanation is we're just the first to get there,
15:32so we're just ahead of the game.
15:34So there's lots of other sort of life evolving all around the universe
15:37but they haven't quite got to where we are.
15:39That's sort of unlikely because the Earth is quite young.
15:42There's the idea that we might have been visited before
15:44and we just have no way of knowing it.
15:46There's one which I like called the zoo hypothesis,
15:49which is that aliens are here but they're just watching us
15:52and we've got no way of detecting them
15:54and we're just looking for the wrong things.
15:56There's an idea that we're just in, like, a really rubbish backwater
15:59of the universe, so aliens are like,
16:01well, yeah, we're not going there. It's terrible there.
16:04Or my favourite explanation,
16:06which comes from this physicist called Michio Kaku,
16:10who says it might be that we just aren't sophisticated.
16:14They might be here and we just aren't sophisticated enough
16:17to understand where they are.
16:19He gives it as if you've got an ant hill,
16:21so the ants are going about their business
16:23with quite a complicated social system, really,
16:26right next to a ten-lane superhighway.
16:29The ants have no idea that the ten-lane superhighway is there
16:32or any understanding of what that highway is.
16:34And in that analogy, we're the ants.
16:36Yeah. I read that. And you've got to come up with solutions.
16:39So I read that because one of the...
16:42The theory is that we wouldn't be able to communicate
16:45with another planet because we wouldn't be intelligent enough.
16:49Yeah. But I've worked that out.
16:51Send Ahmed Mohamed. We'll be absolutely fine.
16:54They'll be like, what a fantastic race this is.
16:57The human race is so intelligent.
16:59And then they can meet us later. It'll soften the blow.
17:02Oh, this is not what we were expecting.
17:05Start at the top, work your way down.
17:07Happy days. Thank you, mate.
17:11We've got two matching brains here.
17:14All the words have been the same so far as well.
17:17Surely it won't continue. James?
17:19Consonant, please, Rachel.
17:21Thank you, James.
17:23N. And another.
17:25T. And another.
17:28R. And another.
17:30S.
17:32Vowel, please.
17:34O. And another.
17:36E. And another.
17:38I. And another.
17:42A.
17:44And finish with a final vowel, please.
17:48This could break Adam's record if it's a good one.
17:51O.
17:53Here we go.
18:11MUSIC
18:24James?
18:26Eight. Adam?
18:28Eight. OK, the notarise.
18:30Do I need to show him?
18:32That's crazy.
18:34Yeah, it's there. Next to any corner, anything else?
18:37There were quite a few eights, actually.
18:39Notarises there, notaries, obviously.
18:41Notaries.
18:43Orations, so a few there.
18:45Well, it was a little bit of a novel day now.
18:47I really hope it happens all the way through to the end.
18:50And I hope there are nines as well. Adam, more letters.
18:53Start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
18:55Thank you, Adam. Q.
18:57A consonant.
18:59R. A third.
19:01G. A vowel, please.
19:04E. And another.
19:06Q. And another.
19:08E.
19:10A consonant, please.
19:12G.
19:14Consonant.
19:16L.
19:19And a final consonant.
19:21And a final T.
19:23OK, Countdown.
19:25MUSIC
19:36MUSIC CONTINUES
19:54Mr Latchford. Six.
19:56Mr Houghton. Six.
19:58Adam. Lugger.
20:00Yeah, I'll go with Lugger, then.
20:02James Lugger.
20:04Er, Gurgle.
20:06Is that a posh gargle? Oh, good to gurgle.
20:08That's quite a nice one.
20:10And just to say, a Lugger is a small sailing ship with a lug sail.
20:13Excellent stuff. Right, 62 points each.
20:15Let's get back to the numbers.
20:17James, you're going to pick these six.
20:19One large again, please.
20:21Not gambling? No.
20:23Are you banking on the conundrum?
20:25Or are you going to take this all the way?
20:27Yeah, take it all the way, hopefully.
20:29Right, well, we'll see.
20:31Got to get through the numbers first.
20:339, 7, 6 and 100.
20:37And the target, 834.
20:40834. Numbers up.
20:42MUSIC CONTINUES
21:04MUSIC CONTINUES
21:12That's 834. James Halton.
21:14Er, 834. Adam Latchford.
21:16834. James.
21:18OK, so, 7 x 7 is 49.
21:217 x 7, 49.
21:23Take away the 10. 39.
21:25Add that to the 100 for 139. Yep.
21:28And then multiply by 6. Perfect.
21:30Adam? That's lovely.
21:32100 minus 7. 100 minus 7, 93.
21:35Times by 9.
21:37Times by 9 is 830...
21:40Sorry, er, 7, 3... 7, there we go.
21:4310 minus 7 for 3.
21:45There we go, the other 7.
21:47Same result.
21:52We cannot pick a winner. 72 points each.
21:55Let's get our second tea time teaser.
21:57Duet Bath.
21:59Duet Bath, top and bottom.
22:01Come together to form an attack.
22:03Top and bottom. Come together to form an attack.
22:14APPLAUSE
22:22Welcome back. Really good tea time teasers today.
22:24Duet Bath, top and bottom.
22:26Come together to form an attack.
22:28That would be a headbutt, of course.
22:30That would be a headbutt.
22:32Our Series 81 winner, James Houghton, is on 72.
22:35Our Series 83 winner, Adam Latchford, is on 72 points as well.
22:39Adam, more letters.
22:41We will start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
22:43Thank you, Adam. S.
22:45And a second. D.
22:47A vowel, please.
22:49I. And another.
22:51E. And another.
22:53I.
22:55A consonant, please.
22:57N.
22:59A consonant.
23:01B.
23:03A consonant.
23:05R.
23:08And we will finish with a consonant.
23:10And another consonant. Finish with M.
23:12Ooh, half a minute.
23:27BUZZER
23:45Here we go again. Adam.
23:47Seven. James.
23:49Seven. Right. What is it, Adam?
23:51Remind.
23:53And James? Binders.
23:55Yes, at last.
23:57Some form of separation from them.
23:59But the story's still the same.
24:0179 points each over the dictionary corner.
24:03Insider.
24:05Yes. No, we were on seven as well.
24:07Nice sevens all round. OK.
24:09James, more letters from you, my friend.
24:11Consonant, please, Rachel.
24:13Thank you, James. Y.
24:15And another, please.
24:17F. And another.
24:19R.
24:21And another.
24:23N.
24:25Vowel, please.
24:27A. And another.
24:29E.
24:31And another.
24:33U.
24:37Consonant, please.
24:39T.
24:41And finish with a final vowel, please.
24:45Finish with A.
24:47Start the clock.
24:53ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
25:19Any letters, James?
25:21Any letters, Adam?
25:23I'll have to go with a seven.
25:25OK. James, your word?
25:27Urinate. U-R-A-N-A-T-E.
25:29And Adam?
25:31From featurey.
25:33Featurey. It's all a little bit featurey. Susie?
25:35Oh, featurey is not there, I'm afraid.
25:37Oh, wow.
25:39I disallow Adam. Apologies.
25:41And urinate is absolutely fine.
25:43And it is basically a salt-containing uranium.
25:47Anything else in Dictionary Corner?
25:49Well, let's stay in Dictionary Corner
25:51and get more origins of words.
25:53We're going to talk about uncles today,
25:55because not all uncles are particularly likeable.
25:59We only have to think of Hamlet
26:01and Uncle Claudius, for example.
26:03But for the most part,
26:05I think we do like to see our uncles
26:07as being quite sort of genial people,
26:10which is really the inspiration behind avuncular.
26:13So if somebody is avuncular, they are exactly that.
26:16They are kind, they are gentle and quite friendly.
26:19And avuncular comes from the Latin avunculus,
26:23which means maternal uncle, literally.
26:26But since the 19th century,
26:28it's been used to describe uncles from either side of the family
26:31or people who are uncle-like in their behaviour.
26:34And as I say, the predicted behaviour then
26:36is that they are quite friendly.
26:38Avunculus is also the ancestor of uncle itself.
26:42So, so far, so good.
26:44I should mention that not all are particularly likeable,
26:46and certainly when it comes to nepotism,
26:49you might think that there's a little bit of conspiracy going on there,
26:53because nepotism, if you go back again to the Latin original,
26:56involves nepos, or nephew.
26:58So it was originally all about uncles
27:01giving favourable treatment to their nephews,
27:05which is why, as I've often talked about on here,
27:08we talk about Bob's your uncle.
27:10I think we should go back to Arthur, nicknamed Bob,
27:13and Balfour, a Prime Minister who gave his nephew
27:16lots of juicy, fruity jobs.
27:19But avuncular, I really like, because, you know,
27:21it's kind of wearing its heart on its sleeve
27:23that there is uncle within it.
27:25But we might not guess it's because most of our uncles
27:27are actually pretty nice. Nice.
27:33Just the seven points between James and Adam,
27:37and we can only separate them in the last round.
27:39So go to go, and Adam, it's your letters.
27:41Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Adam.
27:43S. And the second.
27:45P.
27:47And a third. T.
27:49And a fourth.
27:51C.
27:53And a vowel. O.
27:55And another vowel. A.
27:57And a vowel.
27:59E.
28:01And another vowel.
28:03O.
28:05And we'll finish with a vowel, please.
28:07Finish with E.
28:09Let's play Kind Time.
28:37MUSIC PLAYS
28:41That'll do it then, Adam.
28:43Seven. And James?
28:45Seven. OK. Adam?
28:47Pectose. And James?
28:49Capote. C-A-P-O-T-E-S.
28:51Yes.
28:53Capote is a hooded cloak,
28:55and pectose, a biochemical term
28:57for a water-insoluble substance, shall we say.
29:01You got your space there for your aliens. Anything else?
29:04No. No.
29:08If you get paid per word hosting this week,
29:10you'll be doing all right. Yeah.
29:12Right, James, you're picking the last letters.
29:14Consonant, please, Rachel.
29:16Thank you, James.
29:18S. And another.
29:20C. And another.
29:22Z.
29:24And another, please.
29:26N.
29:28Vowel, please.
29:30A. And another.
29:32U.
29:34And another. O.
29:38And another, please.
29:40A.
29:42And finish with a final consonant, please.
29:46Finish with S.
29:48Last letters.
29:50MUSIC PLAYS
30:02MUSIC CONTINUES
30:20Um, James?
30:22Just six. And Adam?
30:24Six. Yep. What have we got, James?
30:26Saunas. Yeah. And Adam?
30:28Saunas for me. Yep.
30:30Anything else? No improvement on that at all.
30:32Well, listen, we're not at the crucial Countdown Conundrum yet.
30:35We'll see what happens in our final numbers round.
30:37And, Adam, you're going to be speaking.
30:39I'm still not sure. Mm-hm.
30:41So I'm going to say too large now
30:43and just hope I've somehow heard of this word in the final,
30:46if I can get the numbers.
30:48Is that your final answer, Adam?
30:50I don't know. Just pick it before I change my mind.
30:52Too large and for little.
30:54You're wimping out on the numbers and you're going for the conundrum.
30:57Right, let's have a look.
30:59The numbers are 2, 9, 10, 3, 50 and 75.
31:06And the target...
31:08143.
31:10Numbers up.
31:30MUSIC CONTINUES
31:42All right, Adam.
31:44143. And James?
31:46143. Let's do it, though. We have to do it, Adam.
31:4975 x 2?
31:51150. 10-3?
31:53Yeah. A squillion ways for this one.
31:56I did it differently this time.
31:5875 plus 50 is 125.
32:00Yep.
32:029 x 2 is 18.
32:05And add it on.
32:06And you've both earned yourself a crucial Countdown conundrum.
32:09APPLAUSE
32:14Fingers on buzzers.
32:17The 15th round, as we reveal today's crucial Countdown conundrum.
32:28MUSIC CONTINUES
32:33BUZZER
32:35It's James.
32:36Polyambic?
32:38Polyambic. Let's have a look.
32:40It's not, Adam. This is it. Go.
32:43MUSIC CONTINUES
32:59BUZZER
33:01Have a go, Adam.
33:02Biosympathetic?
33:04Biosympathetic.
33:06And the sympathetic fact is it's not,
33:09and that means, James, you can breathe.
33:11You're through to the semi-final.
33:13APPLAUSE
33:18Just for those at home, let's have a look and see what it is.
33:21Right.
33:22I looked at that.
33:23Susie?
33:24Having impaired vision.
33:26There you go, which is absolutely applicable,
33:29because James spent 18 seconds of that not being able to see
33:32after he made an incorrect guess.
33:34And, Adam, you've held your head there.
33:36I think you're kicking yourself you missed it.
33:38Yeah, I was looking at a few possibilities
33:41and it's one that I looked at and discounted.
33:44Yeah.
33:45So I can only blame myself.
33:47James, into the semi-final.
33:50Florence awaits, cannot wait.
33:52No, I cannot wait for that. It's going to be great fun.
33:55She's a brilliant, brilliant player,
33:57so it'll be good to test my wits against her.
33:59Bring it on. What a game today.
34:01It went from just very relaxed,
34:03maybe your most relaxed quarter-final,
34:05then all of a sudden so tense.
34:07So, Susie and Rick, ready for semi-finals?
34:09Phew!
34:10I'm glad we've got 23 hours and 15 minutes off, Rachel,
34:14but bring it on.
34:16Yep, bring it on tomorrow, it's going to be a good one.
34:18Yeah, do not miss it.
34:19What are three shows we have ahead for a champion of champions,
34:22first in five years in Countdown.
34:24First semi-finals tomorrow.
34:25Susie, Rachel and I will be here.
34:27You can count on us.
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34:52CHEERING AND APPLAUSE