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00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34Social media.
00:35I suppose we've all scrolled through the various types of social media
00:38and seen people we know who are making some rather unjustified claims.
00:43I've got a couple of examples for you, not people that I know,
00:47but they've been sort of selected for their outrageous fibs.
00:52One, apparently, one chap thought he'd show off about his new home recording studio,
00:57so he had a picture of it.
00:59And then somebody pointed out that actually they'd just Googled home recording studios
01:04and the very picture that this chap they knew, who claimed it was his,
01:08it was number 20 on a great list of things, you know, for sales, it were.
01:13So they said, hello, fibber.
01:16And the second one was a chap who was trying to sell on, I guess,
01:19one of the internet sites, a pair of sunglasses that had never, ever been worn.
01:25Box fresh, never worn.
01:27Except that his sort of profile picture had him wearing them, which is slightly awkward.
01:34But then we think, actually, Rachel, we live in an era where the fib and the fake is every day.
01:41It's quite worrying.
01:42It is, because the truth is the bedrock of our civilisation.
01:47If you can't trust people, the whole thing falls apart.
01:50It's awful.
01:51If you just say anything and just say if you believe it, then that's OK.
01:53Whereas, you know, we have laws about libel and slander and that kind of thing,
01:57which seem to have gone out the window.
01:58I think we live in dangerous times on that very basis, that, you know, people just lie.
02:05I agree.
02:06John Cole doesn't lie.
02:08And neither do the stats, John Cole, retired yachting instructor from Gosport.
02:13Three good wins.
02:15Three good wins.
02:16You've done very well indeed.
02:17You're joined, John, by George Armstrong.
02:20Welcome, George.
02:21Absolutely.
02:21From Bingley.
02:22Yep.
02:22And you're a butcher's assistant and a big fan of Sparks.
02:28Yeah, brilliant band.
02:29I love them to pieces.
02:30They've been going since the 1970s, actually.
02:32Yeah.
02:33Just album after album, rolling them out.
02:35Brilliant.
02:35Pop, rock.
02:36They're just really great.
02:37Went to see them live last year, actually.
02:39And that was a big event for you.
02:40Loved it.
02:40Yeah.
02:41My dad surprised me with the tickets for my birthday.
02:43Good for him.
02:44Mm.
02:44Lovely.
02:45Well, look, good luck to you.
02:46Thank you, Nick.
02:46George and to John, of course.
02:48Let's have a big round of applause for these two brave contestants.
02:50Two brave contestants.
02:57Over in the corner, Susie, of course.
02:59Welcome back, Susie.
03:00And Jay, someone who can tell us the best places to eat this weekend, food critic and
03:05journalist, the wonderful Jay Rayner.
03:08Wonderful Jay Rayner.
03:12Now then, John, off we go.
03:14Thank you, Nick.
03:15Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:16Afternoon, John.
03:17May I have a consonant, please?
03:18You may.
03:19Start today with G.
03:21Consonant.
03:23R.
03:24Vowel.
03:26A.
03:27Vowel.
03:29E.
03:30Consonant.
03:32D.
03:33Consonant.
03:35S.
03:36Vowel.
03:38I.
03:40Vowel.
03:42A.
03:43And a final consonant, please.
03:45And a final W.
03:48And here's the countdown clock.
03:50Vowel.
03:52So.
03:56Well, John?
04:21Six.
04:22Six.
04:23And George?
04:23Six.
04:24John?
04:25Uh, wagers.
04:27And George?
04:28Awards.
04:29Yes.
04:31Can we match or beat it, Jane?
04:33I can absolutely match them, because I also have got awards.
04:38Six apiece.
04:38Now then, George, your letters go.
04:40Thank you, Nick.
04:41Afternoon, Rachel.
04:42Afternoon, George.
04:43Just start with a consonant, please.
04:44Start with R.
04:46And a vowel.
04:48O.
04:49And a consonant.
04:50F.
04:51Another consonant.
04:53T.
04:54Vowel.
04:56E.
04:57Consonant.
04:59H.
05:00A vowel, please.
05:02A.
05:04Consonant.
05:05T.
05:06And a final vowel, please.
05:08And a final O.
05:11Stand by.
05:12BISO pestle.
05:26Do it.
05:27And a meow.
05:31Bye.
05:32The blue.
05:32The thing.
05:34Bye.
05:36Bye.
05:37Well, George?
05:43Six.
05:44A six.
05:45John?
05:45Six also.
05:46George, hotter.
05:48And father.
05:50Um, no, it's not there, I'm afraid, John.
05:53Father, not father.
05:54Sorry.
05:56Jane, Susie?
05:58Lots of sixes.
06:00Hatter, hooter.
06:02Father, as you said.
06:03Yes, footer.
06:05Quite a few, but we couldn't get to a seven.
06:07Can't get beyond.
06:08No.
06:09George on 12, John on six, and it's John's numbers game.
06:13Yes, John.
06:14Thank you, Dick.
06:16One large, five small, please, Rachel.
06:18Thank you, John.
06:19One from the top five little ones.
06:21And the first time today, the selection is eight, one, eight, four, five, and one hundred.
06:30And the target, 275.
06:33Two, seven, five.
06:34Two, seven, eight, five.
07:03Yes, John?
07:082, 7, 9, not completely written down.
07:102, 7, 9. How about George?
07:12I've got the same 2, 7, 9.
07:132, 7, 9. John?
07:154 minus 1 is 3.
07:17Yep.
07:18Times 100.
07:19300.
07:208 plus 8 plus 5 is 21.
07:24Yep.
07:24Take it away.
07:26Yep, 4 away.
07:27Very good.
07:28George?
07:29Exactly the same.
07:32Yep.
07:34There we are.
07:35Now, Rachel, can you untangle it for us?
07:38Yes.
07:39As soon as you say 100 divided by 4 is 25,
07:43then it's easy.
07:448 plus 8 minus 5, rather, is 11 and times them together.
07:49Terrific.
07:54Well done.
07:55Well done.
07:56So, George on 19, John on 13,
07:58as we turn to our first tea time teaser,
08:01which is giant mice and the clue.
08:03There's something rather mysterious about this.
08:05There's something rather mysterious about this.
08:09Welcome back.
08:25I left you with the clue.
08:26There's something rather mysterious about this.
08:29And the answer to that one is enigmatic.
08:34Enigmatic.
08:35So, George on 19, John 13.
08:38And, George, your letters came.
08:42Thank you, Nick.
08:42Can I start with the consonant, please, Rachel?
08:45Thank you, George.
08:46M.
08:46And a vowel.
08:48I.
08:49And a consonant.
08:51N.
08:52Another consonant.
08:54T.
08:55Vowel.
08:57U.
08:58Another vowel, please.
09:00E.
09:02Consonant.
09:03D.
09:05Consonant, please.
09:06T.
09:07And a final vowel.
09:09And a final U.
09:12And the clock starts now.
09:13T.
09:14T.
09:15T.
09:15T.
09:15T.
09:16T.
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09:43George. I'll try a seven, Nick. A seven, John. Seven. George, minuted. And John. Same word.
09:52Yeah, very good. Minuted. Jay? Another seven, which is what I've been, which is unmuted.
10:02Unmuted, very good. Susie, anything else? No, both of those we had. Minuted and unmuted.
10:09Twenty-six to twenty, still that six. John, try and narrow the gap now. It's a letters game.
10:15Thank you, Nick. Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, John. M. Consonant. F. Consonant. B. Vowel. E. Vowel. E.
10:32Another vowel. A. Consonant. Y. Consonant. R. The final consonant, please. And a final R. Stand by.
10:49C.V. Vowel. E. Vowel. E. Vowel. E. Vowel. E. Vowel. E. Vowel. E. Vowel. E. Vowel. E. Vowel. E. Vowel. E. Vowel. E. Vowel. E. Vowel. E. Vowel. E. Vowel. E. Vowel. E. Vowel. E. Vowel. E. Vowel. E. Vowel. E. Vowel. E. Vowel. E. Vowel. E. Vowel. E. Vowel. E. Vowel. E. Vowel. E. Vowel. E. Vowel. E. Vowel. E. Vowel. E. Vowel. E. Vowel. E. Vowel. E. Vowel. E. Vowel. E. Vowel
11:19Well, John. Try a seven. A seven. George? Say six. And your six? Farmer. Farmer. Now then. Reframe. Yes. Excellent, John. Well done. Yeah. No risks there. Jay? Beamer. Yep. Somebody who smiles quite broadly or fleshes lights at you. I'm sure it happens often. And Susie? Yes. Reframe was our top, actually, for seven. But otherwise, lots of fires. Barmy, Mary, Beery, that kind of thing.
11:48Thank you. So, only a point now. 26 to 27. John, a point in the lead. And it's George's numbers game. Good luck, George. Thank you. Can I have four large and two small, please, Rachel? You can indeed. Thank you, George. Four from the top and two little ones. And these two small ones are nine and ten. And then the big ones, 50, 75, 25 and 100. And the targets, 332. 332.
12:48George? 334. 334, John? 330.
12:54OK. George? 25 times 10 is 250. 250.
13:00At the 75 and the 9.
13:02And 334.
13:04Yes.
13:07And John?
13:089 times 25.
13:10225.
13:12At the 100.
13:13325.
13:1450 divided by 10 is 5.
13:17Yeah.
13:18Add it on.
13:20They're straddling again.
13:22332, Rachel?
13:23Well, I think there's a guy over here who's not just a food critic. He fancies himself as a mathematician.
13:28Should we give Jay a go?
13:29I can get one better than 334 and get to 331.
13:35For seven points.
13:36Go on then.
13:3775 divided by 25 is 3.
13:393.
13:40Times 100.
13:41300.
13:41300 plus 50.
13:43Minus the 9 minus the 10 takes you to 331.
13:46331.
13:47Seven points to Jay.
13:48Well done.
13:49I'll take him.
13:49Can you?
13:50I can.
13:51Can you beat him?
13:51I can get one closer again by getting it spot on.
13:55If you say.
13:55Go on.
13:58100 plus 75 is 175.
14:02Minus 9.
14:031, 6, 6.
14:05And then 50 divided by 25 is 2.
14:08And times it together.
14:09There we are.
14:10Well done.
14:11Nicely put.
14:1634 to 33.
14:17Still about one point in it.
14:19And we turn to Jay.
14:21Jay.
14:22Food.
14:23Yes.
14:25There's a sensuality about food?
14:27Oh, absolutely.
14:28Well, there's literally a sensuality about food.
14:30Because when we eat with cutlery, we use sense of sight and smell and taste.
14:35Smell and taste being sort of two sides of the same coin.
14:39But I'm a big believer that we don't use another sense, which is touch, enough.
14:43I mean, for two thirds of the world, three quarters of the world even, eating with your hands is what you do.
14:48But we are people who tend to eat with cutlery.
14:51And I think you can tell an awful lot about people by what they decide to eat with cutlery and what they decide to eat with their hands.
14:58If you ever see, you know, if I ever see someone trying to eat a spare rib with a knife and fork, I know we're never going to be friends.
15:05Yeah.
15:05And that eating with your hands is, you know, it's a sensual experience.
15:10And most things can be eaten with hands.
15:13And it puts you in touch.
15:14And interestingly, I was looking at the research into this.
15:18Cutlery is very, very efficient.
15:20There's a lot of studies that show that if you use a fork, you will eat more than when you use your hands.
15:24Okay.
15:24Because you're slightly more involved in the whole process, whereas that is automatic.
15:30So my lesson to most people is throw away the cutlery and use your hands wherever possible.
15:35We think about cutlery as a very ancient thing.
15:38And yes, there have been spoons for thousands of years.
15:41But the fork, that didn't turn up in Europe until the Byzantine era with a Venetian princess called Maria Aragal in the 11th century.
15:50And she was dismissed as being decadent by the priesthood because she wouldn't use the hands that the Lord had given her.
15:56Nice touch.
15:56They're a relatively modern thing.
15:59Louis XIV wouldn't let his kids use them because he thought they were just wrong.
16:03I'm not necessarily saying we should all follow Louis XIV or the priesthood.
16:07But we shouldn't assume that just because the fork is there, it's something we always need to use.
16:12Thank you, Jay.
16:13Brilliant.
16:16Well done, Jay.
16:17And have a lively conversation with Jay there.
16:20And it's John's letters game.
16:21Thank you, Nick.
16:23Consonant, please, Rachel.
16:24Thank you, John.
16:25L.
16:26Consonant.
16:28H.
16:30Vowel.
16:32I.
16:33Vowel.
16:34E.
16:35Consonant.
16:37J.
16:39Consonant.
16:40T.
16:43Vowel.
16:45U.
16:46Vowel.
16:48E.
16:49And a final consonant, please.
16:52And a final R.
16:53Stand by.
16:56Well, John, try a six.
17:27A six.
17:28George, a safe five.
17:29And that five?
17:30Litre.
17:32Yes.
17:33John.
17:33Hilter.
17:35Hilter.
17:37Hmm.
17:38Don't think it's there, John.
17:40Um, it's not, I'm afraid.
17:44Sorry.
17:45Hmm.
17:47What can we have?
17:48Jay?
17:48So the maker of stringed instruments like guitars, lutes and things like that is a luthier.
17:55Yes.
17:55And that's a seven letter word.
17:57Excellent.
17:58Excellent.
18:00Uh, Susie, anything else?
18:01No, we like that one.
18:02Straight from French.
18:03Superb.
18:04A luthier.
18:05So 38 now.
18:06George is there, all right.
18:08Four points ahead of John, who's on 34.
18:10And it's George's Letters game.
18:12Cracking stuff, George.
18:14Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
18:16Thank you, George.
18:17D.
18:17And a vowel?
18:19I.
18:21Consonant?
18:22Z.
18:23Another one.
18:26N.
18:27A vowel?
18:28A.
18:30Consonant?
18:31R.
18:32A vowel?
18:34O.
18:36And a final vowel, please.
18:39E.
18:40Oh, and a consonant.
18:42And a bonus.
18:43N.
18:45Stand by.
18:46And a vowel, please.
19:16George?
19:19Six.
19:20John?
19:21Seven.
19:22Now then, George.
19:23Ordain.
19:24Ordain, John?
19:25Anodise.
19:27Anodise, yes.
19:28Cover a metal with protective oxide layer.
19:31Very good.
19:32Yep.
19:32Does your world of good too now.
19:3441 to 38, but over in the corner.
19:36What is Jay thinking about?
19:39Dinner.
19:40Always thinking about dinner.
19:41Dinner, yes.
19:42It's there.
19:42I mean, I can't miss it.
19:43Six letters.
19:44Well done.
19:44There is also anodine.
19:46Yes.
19:47For seven.
19:48So 38 to John's 41, and it's John's numbers game.
19:53Thank you, Nick.
19:54Two large and four small, please, Rachel.
19:56Thank you, John.
19:57Two from the top row, four not from the top row.
20:00And they are eight, ten, ten, and four, and the large one's 25 and 75.
20:08And this target, 231.
20:11Two, three, one.
20:14Two, three, one.
20:44Three, two.
20:45And George?
20:46Two, three, two.
20:47Not properly written down, I think.
20:49George, let's hear from you first.
20:5225 plus 10 is 35.
20:5535.
20:55Times by four is 240.
20:59Erm, 140.
21:00Oh, I've gone wrong, I'm afraid.
21:02Sorry.
21:03John?
21:0425 times 10.
21:08250.
21:10Minus 10, minus 8.
21:12And the other 10 and 8, yes.
21:14That'll do.
21:14Well done.
21:15One away.
21:16One away.
21:17Rachel?
21:17How tricky is that.
21:19Erm, it was possible.
21:20If you say 25 plus 4 is 29.
21:25Times by 8 is 232.
21:28And then 10 over 10 is your 1 to take off.
21:31Two, three, one.
21:36So there's 10 in it now, 38 to 48.
21:39John on 48 is we turn to our second tea time teaser, which is inserts me and the clue.
21:45An attractive woman walks in, and as a result, he hits the wrong key.
21:50An attractive woman walks in, and as a result, he hits the wrong key.
22:10Welcome back.
22:11I left with the clue.
22:12The attractive woman walks in, and as a result, he hits the wrong key.
22:18Erm, and the answer to that one is he mis-enters.
22:21Mis-enters.
22:23So, 48 to 38.
22:25George, letters again.
22:28Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
22:29Thank you, George.
22:30S.
22:31And a vowel?
22:33A.
22:34And a consonant?
22:37C.
22:38Consonant?
22:40B.
22:41Vowel?
22:43U.
22:44Consonant?
22:46L.
22:47A vowel?
22:49A.
22:50And a final vowel, please.
22:53I.
22:54And another vowel, please.
22:57And...
22:57A.
23:00Stand by.
23:01B.
23:13By God.
23:13And another vowel.
23:17B.
23:19C.
23:20Is.
23:21Well, George?
23:34Six.
23:35A six, John?
23:35Only five.
23:37You're five?
23:37Clubs.
23:38Now, George?
23:39Casual.
23:41Casual?
23:41Very nice.
23:42Yeah, excellent.
23:43Not bad at all.
23:44Not bad.
23:45Only four behind now.
23:47Jay, can we beat six?
23:49No, but something useful for the numbers game.
23:51Abacus.
23:52Quite right.
23:54Abacus.
23:55Susie, anything else?
23:56Cabals as well.
23:58Cliques or factions.
23:59Yeah.
23:59Cabals.
24:00Indeed.
24:0148 to 44.
24:02John in the lead.
24:03And it's John's letters game.
24:05Yes, John.
24:06Thank you, Nick.
24:07Consonant, please, Rachel.
24:09Thank you, John.
24:10P.
24:11Consonant.
24:13S.
24:15Consonant.
24:16D.
24:18Vowel.
24:19E.
24:20Another vowel.
24:22O.
24:23Another vowel.
24:25E.
24:27Consonant.
24:28N.
24:30Consonant.
24:31L.
24:33And a final consonant, please.
24:36And a final R.
24:38And the clock starts now.
24:40utilizing the caseignee or the almost espress.
24:41The word of ONJ.
24:43One, like.
24:45And the day-to-pieces.
24:46We'll see you next time.
24:47Bye.
24:48Bye.
24:49Bye.
24:49Bye.
24:51Bye.
24:52Bye.
24:52Bye.
24:52Bye.
24:53Bye.
24:53Well, John?
25:13Seven.
25:14Seven, George?
25:15Seven.
25:16John?
25:17Ponders.
25:19George?
25:19Same word.
25:21Ponders.
25:22Yep.
25:23And the corner.
25:25What is the corner concocted?
25:28Well, one word that obviously applies to me.
25:29Slender.
25:30Yes.
25:33And?
25:35And respond for seven as well.
25:37Respond.
25:38Well done.
25:39Susie?
25:39No more than that.
25:42Slender indeed.
25:45Slender.
25:4555 to 51.
25:47Susie.
25:49Your wonderful origin of words.
25:53Well, we had an email in from Gemma Goody who said, Susie, my boyfriend isn't English
25:58and he was reading something online about a suspect being at large and asked me what it
26:03meant.
26:04And it got Gemma wondering where at large actually came from.
26:07And the answer is quite simple, really.
26:10It came from French.
26:11It came over with the Norman Conquerosist after 1066.
26:14And they had a phrase, au large, which meant at liberty.
26:19That was just simply out in the open air, in other words, which was why it was basically
26:24applied to criminals who had liberty, perhaps when they shouldn't have done.
26:28And we had to talk about reporters at large as well, people who are roaming around in
26:33an open space.
26:34So criminals at large, simply criminals out in the open air.
26:38Fantastic.
26:39Very good.
26:40A joy to listen to Susie sitting at her knee.
26:4955 to 51.
26:50John in the lead.
26:52Now, George.
26:54Good luck with this letters game.
26:56Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
26:57Thank you, George.
26:58D.
26:59And a vowel.
27:01A.
27:02A consonant.
27:05V.
27:06Another.
27:08L.
27:09And a vowel.
27:11I.
27:12Another vowel.
27:14U.
27:15A consonant.
27:16N.
27:18A vowel.
27:20I.
27:22And a final consonant, please.
27:24And a final P.
27:26Stand by.
27:58Yes, George.
27:59Seven.
28:01A seven, John?
28:02Seven as well.
28:03Thank you, George.
28:05Invalid.
28:05And?
28:06Same word.
28:07They're both invalid.
28:10Jay?
28:12I've got a six, which is what I try never to be, which is unpaid.
28:17Quite right.
28:18Unpaid.
28:19Susie?
28:20Yeah, there's a lovely zoological term here.
28:23Very useful for any word game, in fact.
28:25It's nauplii, N-A-U-P-L-I-I.
28:29It's the plural of nauplius, which is the first larval stage of many crustaceans, when their
28:35body is unsegmented and they have a single eye.
28:39How helpful.
28:43Nauplii.
28:45Fantastic.
28:45Now, final letters game.
28:49John, what can you do?
28:51Thank you, Nick.
28:52Consonant, please, Rachel.
28:54Thank you, John.
28:55N.
28:56Consonant.
28:58T.
29:00Vowel.
29:01E.
29:02Vowel.
29:04I.
29:05Consonant.
29:07S.
29:08Consonant.
29:09P.
29:11Vowel.
29:13E.
29:14Vowel.
29:16A.
29:17And a final consonant, please.
29:20And a final S.
29:22Stand by.
29:23Vowel.
29:24Vowel.
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29:36Vowel.
29:37Vowel.
29:53Well, John? Seven.
29:56A seven, George? Seven.
29:58Now then, panties.
30:01Two panties? Two panties, yeah.
30:03Well done, guys.
30:04All right. I dare hardly ask.
30:07Jay?
30:08Are you a fan of whiskey?
30:10Up to a point.
30:12Do you like a peaty whiskey? Yes.
30:14Would you talk about its peatiness for nine?
30:17Wow.
30:17That's a cracker.
30:24That's brilliant, actually.
30:25Peatiness. Well done.
30:27So, as we go into the final numbers game,
30:3169 plays 65.
30:33We're heading into a crucial conundrum, perhaps.
30:37George, try this.
30:39Let's try three large and three small, please, Rachel.
30:41Thank you, George. Three large, three small.
30:43And a possible crucial. Let's see who has the advantage.
30:46Final numbers game of the day is two, three, five, twenty-five, one hundred and seventy-five.
30:56And the target, six hundred and three.
30:58Six oh three.
30:59Six oh three.
31:01Six oh five.
31:01In another half.
31:02Six oh three.
31:02Next, three.
31:03Four oh three.
31:04One thousand and ninety-five.
31:04One hundred and fifty-five.
31:05Eight.
31:06Die鎌.
31:06Eight.
31:18Three.
31:18odct.
31:19Four the.
31:19Nine thousand and eighty-five.
31:21It's five per day.
31:22Three so many.
31:23Three so many two times in a quiz.
31:24Four or two.
31:26Five looses.
31:26Two.
31:28Four.
31:28Four.
31:29Four.
31:29Well, George?
31:316.03.
31:33John?
31:336.04.
31:35Right.
31:37George?
31:393 times 2 is 6.
31:413, 2 is 6.
31:42Times 100.
31:43600.
31:4475 over 25 is 3.
31:46Yep.
31:47And add it on.
31:48Well done, you've taken the advantage.
31:50Wow, well done, George.
31:52APPLAUSE
31:5375 to 69.
31:57Mmm.
32:00Over our three-time winner.
32:03Gentlemen, we're going into a crucial countdown conundrum.
32:09Good luck to you both.
32:10Fingers on buzzers.
32:11Let's roll today's crucial countdown conundrum.
32:14MUSIC PLAYS
32:27The deed is done.
32:48We're foxed up here.
32:51But George takes the day.
32:52I'll come back to you in a minute.
32:54Who in the audience can give me a signal?
32:58Do I see?
33:00Nope.
33:02Got to be tricky.
33:03Let's roll it and see.
33:04Let's hear the gasps.
33:06Off we go.
33:08Prudently.
33:09Prudently.
33:11Gasp in the audience.
33:14SIGHS
33:14George Armstrong.
33:17You stole up behind and nicked it.
33:19Well done indeed.
33:21I'll come back to you in a minute.
33:22Oh, John, you had a great run.
33:24It's been great fun, Dick.
33:25Well, I think you've been great fun, actually.
33:27It's been a pleasure having you here.
33:28But you've got three great wins.
33:29You've got a teapot to take home to Gosport.
33:33It's a real pleasure having you here.
33:35It was a pleasure for me to have been here as well.
33:37You've passed the bat on to George Armstrong,
33:40young butch's assistant from Bingley.
33:42And you played a blinder.
33:43How old are you, George?
33:44I'm 20.
33:45Fantastic.
33:46Long way to go.
33:47You have a rest and we'll see you next time.
33:50Well done.
33:51I thought that was a great contest, actually, Jay.
33:54I agree.
33:54The closer, the better.
33:55See you next time.
33:56If the seat's empty, I'll be in it.
33:59And Susie too, of course.
34:00Yes.
34:00All right.
34:01Wow.
34:02What about young George?
34:03Well, we do work our contestants hard.
34:05Day after day after day, John had to come back
34:07and I think it gets to you.
34:08That was a very close one.
34:09Good contest for the neutral.
34:11I think it was great.
34:12Absolutely.
34:13Two good guys.
34:13See you next time.
34:14See you then.
34:15Join us then.
34:16Same time, same place.
34:17You be sure of it.
34:18A very good afternoon.
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