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00:30Well, good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34Here we are, almost into May, and those outdoor events are sort of piling up,
00:38and here's one that won't be happening this year.
00:41For the first time in more than 50 years, I'm talking about the annual cheese rolling event in Stilton.
00:46Stilton, the home of Stilton Cheese. Just wonderful.
00:49Wonderful. But they've packed it in, apparently on the grounds of cost, insurance and all the rest of it.
00:56The event actually started way back in 1959.
01:00And ever since, until this year, apparently teams used to race around the streets rolling enormous cheeses.
01:08But when we were kids, we used to roll eggs down a hill at Easter time.
01:13My mum used to paint little faces on these hard-boiled eggs, and we'd roll them down.
01:19And it was some sort of, you know, ancient ritual, apparently.
01:23We stopped that, actually, when we got a bit older.
01:25But all this really was, was a promotional gambit, wasn't it?
01:29It's like, you know, pancake, throwing pancake races, you know?
01:34I do miss cheese, because I can't have dairy now.
01:37And vegan cheese doesn't quite cut it yet.
01:39Yeah.
01:40Yeah.
01:40Cheese is the only thing I can't replace.
01:42But people are beginning to address these problems now, aren't they, and coming up with new foods and actually altering foods to, you know, to make them more palatable for you, for instance.
01:52They make cheese out of all different kind of nuts.
01:55Name a nut, and you can find the cheese made out of it.
01:57But it doesn't have the texture and the meltiness and the thing that cheese has.
02:01Give it time.
02:02They'll come.
02:03They'll come.
02:04Now, Jason Palmer's back, Rachel.
02:06Three good wins.
02:08Well done.
02:08How are you feeling?
02:09Yeah.
02:10You came in at 95 last time.
02:12Yep.
02:12Yeah?
02:13Have an exceptional golfer from Nottingham, edging closer to that century.
02:18Well done.
02:19But first of all, you've got to get past Toby MacDonald.
02:22Welcome, Toby.
02:23A sixth-form student from Chard in Somerset, and a keen video gamer.
02:29Yeah?
02:29What's your favourite game?
02:30Um, I like playing Splatoon 2.
02:32Good.
02:33Well, listen, have a lot of fun today, both of you.
02:35Let's have a big round of applause for Toby and Jason.
02:44And over in the corner, Susie, of course, and next to her, wildlife expert and author,
02:48the great Chris Packham.
02:50Welcome back, Chris.
02:55And now, let's turn to Jason, shall we?
02:58Jason.
02:59Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:00Afternoon, Jason.
03:01Can I start with a consonant, please?
03:03Start today with G.
03:05And another one.
03:08T.
03:09And another.
03:10P.
03:12And another.
03:14K.
03:15And a vowel.
03:17O.
03:18Another vowel.
03:20A.
03:21A vowel, please.
03:24U.
03:25And one more vowel.
03:28O.
03:29And a consonant.
03:32And lastly, O.
03:35And here's the countdown clock.
03:37A vowel.
03:38A vowel.
03:40A vowel.
03:42A vowel.
03:55A vowel.
03:55A vowel.
03:56A vowel.
03:57A vowel.
03:59A retality.
03:59A vowel.
04:00A vowel.
04:00A vowels.
04:01Chun.
04:01được 앓en car.
04:02Lo ket.
04:04Unrex.
04:05A vowel.
04:06Well, Jason, six.
04:10A six, and Toby?
04:11A seven, not written down.
04:13And a seven, all right.
04:15Yes, Jason?
04:16Uproot.
04:17Uproot, and Toby?
04:19Partook.
04:20Partook.
04:22Excellent, haven't seen that one, well done.
04:24Very well done.
04:26Well done, Toby.
04:28Well done.
04:29Now, Chris and Susie?
04:31Chris?
04:32Uproot, we had the same.
04:34Yeah.
04:34And also, ragu?
04:36Ragu, yeah.
04:38And that'll do?
04:39Yes.
04:40That'll do with ragu.
04:41Toby on seven.
04:42Now, Toby, your letters came.
04:45Good afternoon, Rachel.
04:45Good afternoon, Toby.
04:46Can I have a consonant, please?
04:48Start with M.
04:50And another.
04:52T.
04:54And another.
04:56C.
04:57And a vowel.
04:59A.
05:00And another.
05:01E.
05:03And another.
05:05A.
05:06And a consonant.
05:08L.
05:10And a vowel.
05:13E.
05:15And a final consonant, please.
05:17And a final V.
05:20Stand by.
05:21And a vowel.
05:22And a vowel.
05:22And a vowel.
05:23And a vowel.
05:24And a vowel.
05:24And a vowel.
05:24And a vowel.
05:24And a vowel.
05:25And a vowel.
05:25And a vowel.
05:26And a vowel.
05:26And a vowel.
05:26And a vowel.
05:26And a vowel.
05:26And a vowel.
05:27And a vowel.
05:27And a vowel.
05:27And a vowel.
05:27And a vowel.
05:28And a vowel.
05:28And a vowel.
05:28And a vowel.
05:28And a vowel.
05:30And a vowel.
05:30Well, Toby?
05:53A six.
05:55A six, Jason.
05:56A six.
05:57Toby?
05:58A caveat.
05:59A caveat.
06:00Caveat and cleave.
06:03Yes, caveats, I think, wasn't it?
06:06And Chris?
06:07Yeah, absolutely fine.
06:08Yeah, caveat, cleave and malite.
06:11Yes, salt of malic acid, which you'll find in unripe apples.
06:15Oh, yeah.
06:16All sixes for us two.
06:19Thirteen plays Jason's six, and it's Jason's numbers game.
06:23I'll go for an inverted T, please, Rachel.
06:25Same as usual.
06:26Thank you, Jason.
06:26One from the top, and five little ones.
06:28And the first numbers of the day are three, two, five, another two, ten, and one hundred.
06:37And the target, 929.
06:40Nine to nine.
06:41We'll see you next time.
07:02Well, Jason.
07:14Yep, 929.
07:15And Toby?
07:16929.
07:17Jason?
07:19OK, so I did 5 plus 2 is 7.
07:23Yep.
07:24And take that 7 away from the 100.
07:2793.
07:28Times it by 10.
07:30930.
07:31And 3 minus 2 is 1.
07:33And take that away.
07:34Lovely.
07:35929.
07:36And Toby?
07:37Same way.
07:39There we go.
07:41Very good.
07:45Mmm.
07:4623 plays 16.
07:48Toby in the lead as we turn to our first tea time teaser, which is instances.
07:52And the clue.
07:54It wasn't just a few instances where he witted on and on.
07:57It was all the time.
07:58It wasn't just a few instances where he witted on.
08:03It was all the time.
08:04Welcome back.
08:20I left with the clue.
08:21It wasn't just a few instances where he witted on and on.
08:25It was all the time.
08:26In fact, it was incessant.
08:30Incessant.
08:31That's the word we were after.
08:3323 plays 16.
08:35Toby on 23.
08:36And it's Toby's letters game.
08:38Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
08:39Thank you, Toby.
08:40S.
08:42And another.
08:44R.
08:45And another.
08:48D.
08:48And a vowel.
08:50O.
08:52And another.
08:53U.
08:54And another.
08:57O.
08:58A consonant.
09:00R.
09:02Vowel.
09:04E.
09:07And a consonant, please.
09:09And lastly, D.
09:10Stand by.
09:11Nice.
09:12And another.
09:31Here we are.
09:35Okay.
09:36Bye.
09:37Bye.
09:37Bye.
09:38Bye.
09:39Bye.
09:40Bye.
09:41Well, Toby?
09:43I'll risk a six.
09:45And Jason?
09:46A seven.
09:47And a seven.
09:48Toby?
09:48Soured.
09:50Soured and rudders?
09:52Yeah.
09:53Rudders on a merring back, for example.
09:55Very good.
09:56Well done.
09:57Yeah.
09:57Takes you back to even Stephen, as it were, 23 apiece.
10:00Chris and Susie?
10:02Can't top that.
10:03Ordure we had.
10:05Ordure.
10:05Yeah.
10:0723 apiece.
10:08Jason, off we go.
10:10Can I start with a consonant, please?
10:11Thank you, Rachel.
10:11Thank you, Jason.
10:12G.
10:13And another one.
10:15P.
10:17And another.
10:19G.
10:21And another.
10:23T.
10:24And a vowel.
10:26I.
10:27Another vowel.
10:29E.
10:30Another vowel.
10:32O.
10:33A consonant.
10:36N.
10:37And a final vowel.
10:40And a final E.
10:41And the clock starts from now.
10:44And the clock starts from now.
10:44N Lieutenant.
10:47If I.
10:49And a vowel.
10:54I.
10:54May.
10:55I.
10:56And a vowel.
10:57I.
10:57And unit one.
10:58I.
11:02And it will be.
11:03And in this.
11:04Muncie noise.
11:05And they can.
11:06It will still be your.
11:07I'll be.
11:07And a letter.
11:07Try this out.
11:08And a vowel.
11:09Yes.
11:10Two.
11:11And a vowel.
11:12In cá Clear.
11:12Yes, Jason.
11:19Six.
11:20A six, Toby?
11:20Seven.
11:21And a seven.
11:22Jason.
11:23Pigeon.
11:25Now, Toby.
11:26A epigone.
11:27Excellent.
11:28Yeah, we were just looking at that.
11:30A less distinguished follower or imitator of someone,
11:33especially an artist or philosopher.
11:35Epigone.
11:35Yeah.
11:36Oh, yes.
11:40Good one, Toby.
11:41Good one.
11:42Now, 30 plays, 23.
11:44Toby back in the lead, and it's Toby's numbers game.
11:47Yes, Toby.
11:48Can I have an inverted T, please?
11:50You can, indeed.
11:50Thank you, Toby.
11:51Another same selection, and these five small ones are one,
11:56ten, two, seven, six, and this time 25, the big one.
12:03And the target, 910.
12:04Nine, one, zero.
12:06Thanks, Toby.
12:12Thanks, Toby.
12:13Thanks, Toby.
12:13Toby.
12:399-10.
12:409-10.
12:41And Jason?
12:429-10, but written like a little bit of a schoolboy.
12:45But is it written down?
12:47Let's hear from you.
12:48Come on.
12:49So I did 25 times 2 is 50.
12:52Yep.
12:537 times 6 is 42.
12:56Add that on.
12:5792.
12:58Take away the 1.
12:5991.
13:00And times it by 10.
13:01Yep.
13:02Lovely.
13:03And Toby?
13:047 minus 1 is 6.
13:06Yep.
13:07Times the other 6 is 36.
13:09Yep.
13:10Times 25 is 900.
13:11It is.
13:12And add the 10.
13:13Yep.
13:14Lots of ways for this one.
13:14Well done.
13:16There you go.
13:19So Toby maintains his 7-point lead.
13:2140 to Jason's 33.
13:23As we turn to Chris.
13:24Chris Packham, what have you got for us today?
13:26I've got birds with brain damage.
13:29Pick a group of birds that you think might have brain damage, Nick.
13:32I know what you're going to say, but I don't want to look cocky.
13:38You're talking about the woodpecker.
13:40I am talking about the woodpecker.
13:41Quite a successful group of birds.
13:42About 240 different species across the world.
13:45We have three in the UK.
13:46The largest green woodpecker.
13:48The smallest, lesser spotted woodpecker.
13:50And the one that we'll be probably most familiar with coming to our feeders, the great spotted woodpecker.
13:55And they peck wood for three reasons.
13:57One, to excavate the grubs that they eat.
14:00Two, to excavate their nest holes in which they breed.
14:03And the third, to drum.
14:05Where they beat their bill against a resonant piece of wood to advertise their territory.
14:10So it's principally the males that do this, but females will do it as well.
14:14And they'll do that at about 20, 18 to 20 beats per second.
14:18And throughout the course of the day, if they're busy drumming, they'll beat their beak on that wood thousands of times.
14:25So how don't they give themselves brain damage?
14:28Well, it comes down to a range of adaptations, principally around the skull.
14:32They do have strengthened neck muscles.
14:35But the bill itself is made of three different layers, which help absorb the shock.
14:39At the base of the bill, they have a pad, which further absorbs that.
14:43They have an adapted tongue, a thing called the hyoid bone, which forms the tongue in birds.
14:50Which wraps right the way around the back of the skull and comes up over onto the crown, which acts as a shock absorber.
14:57The skull itself is a spongy type of bone, which again helps absorb all of these hits against the wood.
15:06But most critically of all, the brain is packed very tightly into the skull.
15:12Now, we have quite a lot of fluid.
15:14So if we shake our heads, our brain moves inside our skull.
15:19The woodpeckers, on the other hand, have a skull which fits very, very tightly.
15:23And through all of these adaptations, they are able to pass on 99.7 of all of the energy that they receive when they bash the tree to the rest of their body.
15:34So they minimize the impact on that skull.
15:36Having said that, they're still beating their head against hard wood quite a lot of the time.
15:41And they do so with tremendous force.
15:43So researchers decided that they'd check out whether woodpeckers actually give themselves brain damage.
15:49So in Boston, they took a sample of skulls from woodpeckers and another non-woodpecking bird, a blackbird.
15:57And they took very thin cross sections of the skull.
15:59And they looked for a particular type of protein called tau, T-A-U.
16:03And we typically see this protein formed in human victims of brain damage.
16:10What was interesting is that when they looked at the woodpeckers, they found an excessive amount of tau in their brains,
16:17suggesting that the woodpeckers had given themselves brain damage by bashing the wood.
16:22But, of course, this doesn't really add up.
16:25These creatures have been around for at least 25 million years.
16:28They're a highly successful group of birds.
16:30They live long and prosperous lives.
16:32And they continue to function throughout their lives.
16:35So scientists are now reappraising what they think the purpose of tau protein is.
16:41And further investigations suggest they may be able to learn something from the woodpeckers,
16:46which will aid humans with neurodegenerative diseases.
16:49Oh, wow.
16:51Wonderful.
16:52Yes.
16:55Extraordinary.
16:57Who says research isn't worth every penny?
17:00We love research.
17:01We love data and new science.
17:02It's amazing.
17:02It's amazing.
17:04Extraordinary.
17:0540 plays, 33.
17:06Toby still in the lead.
17:07Jason, your letters game.
17:09I'll start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
17:11Thank you, Jason.
17:12Q.
17:13And another one.
17:15S.
17:17And another one.
17:17G.
17:20And another.
17:23N.
17:24And a vowel.
17:26A.
17:28Another vowel.
17:29E.
17:30And another.
17:32O.
17:34A consonant, please.
17:37S.
17:39A final consonant.
17:42And a final R.
17:44Stand by.
17:45нрав comentarios.
17:55I'm joined.
17:58I'm joined.
18:04I'm joined.
18:06Well, Jason?
18:17Seven.
18:18Seven, Toby?
18:19Seven.
18:20Jason?
18:21Reasons.
18:22And Toby?
18:23Oranges.
18:24Oranges.
18:27Happy enough?
18:28Very happy.
18:28Nothing to squabble about there.
18:30Chris?
18:30No, that's what we had.
18:31Reasons and oranges.
18:33Nothing more?
18:34No improvements.
18:34On we go.
18:35So, 47 to 40, still that's seven points in it.
18:38Toby, your letters go.
18:41A consonant, please, Rachel.
18:42Thank you, Toby.
18:44N.
18:45And another.
18:47P.
18:49And another.
18:51W.
18:53And a vowel.
18:55E.
18:56And another.
18:57O.
18:58And another.
19:00A.
19:02And a consonant.
19:03T.
19:05And a vowel.
19:07E.
19:09And a consonant, please.
19:11And lastly, S.
19:13Stand by.
19:14And a vowel.
19:15And a vowel.
19:16And a vowel.
19:16And a vowel.
19:17And a vowel.
19:17And a vowel.
19:17And a vowel.
19:18And a vowel.
19:18And a vowel.
19:19And a vowel.
19:19And a vowel.
19:19And a vowel.
19:20And a vowel.
19:20And a vowel.
19:20And a vowel.
19:20And a vowel.
19:21And a vowel.
19:21And a vowel.
19:21And a vowel.
19:21And a vowel.
19:21And a vowel.
19:22And a vowel.
19:23And a vowel.
19:23And a vowel.
19:24And a vowel.
19:24And a vowel.
19:25And a vowel.
19:25And a vowel.
19:25And a vowel.
19:26And a vowel.
19:26And a vowel.
19:27And a vowel.
19:28And a vowel.
19:28And a vowel.
19:29And a vowel.
19:29And a vowel.
19:30And a vowel.
19:45Toby.
19:46Seven.
19:47A seven and a seven.
19:49Toby.
19:50Weapons.
19:52Yes?
19:53More weapons?
19:53Same word.
19:55Any more weapons, Chris?
19:56We have weapons.
19:58Anything else?
19:59Pea stone.
20:00Yes.
20:00Pea stone.
20:02Yep, simple as it sounds.
20:03Pea stone gravel is gravel weatherstones with size of peas.
20:08But it will give you an eight.
20:09That's amazing.
20:1147 to 54, and we turn to a numbers game for Jason.
20:16Jason Palmer.
20:17The usual inverted T, please, Rachel.
20:19Thank you, Jason.
20:20The usual.
20:21One from the top, five little ones.
20:23And this time, they are 10, 4, 3, 6, 2.
20:31And the big one, 25.
20:33And the target, 597.
20:35597.
20:40Cheers.
21:09Yep, 597.
21:10Toby.
21:11597.
21:13Jason.
21:14OK, so six times four is 24.
21:16Six times four, 24.
21:18Times the 25.
21:19600.
21:20And take away the three.
21:22Nice and simple.
21:23And Toby.
21:24Same way.
21:26Yep.
21:27Well done.
21:27So that seven-point gap remains.
21:34Toby's still in the lead as we turn to our second tea-time teaser, which is evict a mob.
21:40And the clue, the bailiffs try to evict a mob of squatters who are ready for a fight.
21:45The bailiffs try to evict a mob of squatters who are ready for a fight.
21:50The bailiffs try to evict a mob of squatters who are ready for a fight.
22:09Or squatters who are ready for a fight.
22:12They were very combative.
22:14Combative.
22:17Oh, well.
22:1764 plays 57.
22:19Toby in the lead.
22:20Now then, Toby, your letters game.
22:21A consonant, please, Rachel.
22:23Thank you, Toby.
22:24M.
22:25And another.
22:28H.
22:29And another.
22:31R.
22:33And a vowel.
22:34I.
22:35And another.
22:37E.
22:38And another.
22:40I.
22:41And a consonant.
22:44F.
22:45And a vowel.
22:48A.
22:49A consonant, please.
22:52And lastly, B.
22:55Stand by.
22:58MUSIC PLAYS
22:59MUSIC PLAYS
23:29A five. How did Jason get on? Same, just a five.
23:33Toby? Frame.
23:35And? Same word, frame.
23:37Frame.
23:38Did the corner do any better, I wonder, Chris?
23:41No, it can't beat five.
23:43It had barfy and harem, fibre, but all fives.
23:49Yeah, barfy.
23:50Barfy, not what you think. It's an Indian sweet, flavoured with cardamom or nuts.
23:55OK, sounds good.
23:5869 to 62, Jason. Jason, letters game.
24:03Start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
24:04Thank you, Jason. M.
24:06Another consonant.
24:08S.
24:10And another.
24:12T.
24:13And another.
24:16N.
24:17And a vowel.
24:18O.
24:19Another vowel.
24:21A.
24:21And a final consonant.
24:33And a final R.
24:35Stand by.
24:36The answer.
24:37The other.
24:39MUSIC
25:09Jace
25:11Toby
25:12Nine
25:13Good guys
25:16Jason
25:17Romanites
25:18Now then, Toby
25:19Matronise
25:21And your nine in the corner
25:24Matronise, yeah
25:25Yeah
25:25It's a humorous version of patronising
25:29So it's when a woman patronising
25:31Matronises
25:31Well done
25:33APPLAUSE
25:34Excellent
25:38But still seven points in it
25:40In Toby's favour
25:41Let's have a chat with Susie
25:44Susie, what have you for us today?
25:49I have the curious phrase
25:51A frog in one's throat
25:53So we know that it's an American phrase
25:55And it first came into English
25:58Towards the end of the 19th century
25:59Now, lots of theories about this
26:02Which I will go into
26:03But it has a fairly simple origin
26:05And that's simply the fact
26:06That a horse person
26:07Sounds croaky
26:07Like a frog
26:08It's as simple as that
26:10But there is a little bit more to it
26:12If you delve into it
26:14And it is quite a colourful one
26:15So I thought I would share it with you
26:16The earliest reference
26:18That we can find
26:19And I should say
26:20The linguist Gary Martin
26:21Has done quite a lot of research into this
26:23And he always comes up with the goods
26:24It's from a book called
26:27How to be man
26:28Which is an improving book for boys
26:31Written by an American clergyman
26:32Called Harvey Newcombe
26:34So this is in 1847
26:35And he encourages boys
26:38To resist the temptation
26:40Of improper diversions
26:42Which we probably won't go into
26:43But he says
26:44Now let me beg of you to learn
26:45To say no
26:46If you find a frog in your throat
26:48Which obstructs your utterance
26:49Go by yourself
26:51And practice saying no, no, no
26:53So that's the first record
26:56That Gary Martin could find
26:58But we do know that
26:59By the end of the 19th century
27:00As I say it was in really popular use
27:01Particularly in the USA
27:03Now I say if you delve into it
27:04It gets a little bit more interesting
27:05Because there is a claim
27:06That in medieval time
27:08Physicians thought that
27:09The secretions of a frog
27:11Were you to put one in your mouth
27:12Would actually heal a sore throat
27:14And there is truth to that
27:16Because they did have that belief
27:18That frogs could magically cure
27:20Ailments of the mouth and throat
27:21So if you had a fungal infection
27:23In your mouth
27:23Or another bacterial infection
27:25Especially if you were a child
27:26You were very likely
27:27To have a frog put into your mouth
27:30What happened to the poor frog
27:31History doesn't really say
27:32But there is a little grain of truth
27:34To that story
27:35As I say
27:35That frogs and throats
27:37Do unfortunately
27:38In history go together
27:39Very good
27:4187 plays 80
27:47Toby on 87
27:48And it's Toby's letters game
27:50A consonant please Rachel
27:51Thank you Toby
27:52S
27:54And another
27:55N
27:57And another
27:59R
28:01And a vowel
28:03U
28:04And another
28:06E
28:07And another
28:08A
28:10A consonant
28:11T
28:13A vowel
28:15I
28:18And a consonant please
28:21And lastly
28:22W
28:23Stand by
28:25T
28:52well to be eight and eight Jason eight as well Toby urinates thank you and yep urinates more
29:06piddles over there urinates anymore for anymore on the amphibian theme there were newts in there
29:12only for five we had waiters and urinates as well waiters Susie yeah urinate seems to be the best
29:20thank you yeah 95 to 88 now Jason final letters game you make the most of it here okay I'll start
29:28with a consonant please thank you Jason T and another one n and another l and another y and a vowel a a vowel
29:45I another one O another vowel U and a final consonant and a final X stand by
30:01so
30:09yes Jason a six a six Toby I'll try a seven Jason outlay
30:38now Toby how and outlain um I don't think you will find outlay as a verb um and outlay not as
30:49it's past participle not there I'm afraid I'm sorry Toby bad luck Toby bad luck what can we have unity
30:56and laxity and laxity for six thank you Jason's climb back 94 to 95 we go into the final numbers game
31:05sounds a bit crucial to me Toby's numbers game Toby
31:10uh uh inverted T please Rachel thank you Toby it's your last chance to avoid that crucial conundrum
31:16you're playing it safe let's see how safe last numbers are five seven eight two six and the big one
31:25one hundred and your target four hundred and seventy two four seven two
31:30so
31:35so
31:37MUSIC CONTINUES
32:07Off we go, Toby.
32:09100 minus 6.
32:11100 minus 6, 94.
32:13Times 5 is...
32:14470.
32:15And then add 2.
32:17Lovely. Well done.
32:19And Jason.
32:20Exactly the same.
32:22There we go.
32:24Gentlemen.
32:32One point in it.
32:33Both over 100.
32:34Two great players.
32:36My word.
32:37So, fingers on buzzers.
32:39We've got a crucial conundrum.
32:41Fingers on buzzers, chaps.
32:42Let's roll today's crucial countdown conundrum.
32:53Toby MacDonald.
32:55Untenable.
32:56Untenable.
32:57Let's see whether you're right.
32:58Well done.
33:00Whoa!
33:01Well done.
33:11Toby, that's a great performance.
33:13Great performance.
33:14Thanks.
33:14I'll come back to you in a second.
33:15It's fantastic.
33:16Jason, wow.
33:19You've had a great run.
33:21Yeah.
33:21It was a great player.
33:22Fantastic player, Toby.
33:24Amazing.
33:25But listen, you're no slouch.
33:28And a goodie bag and a teapot to take back to Nottingham.
33:33I'm delighted with the teapot, Nick.
33:34I really am.
33:35I know you are.
33:36And we're delighted to have had you here.
33:38Thanks very much.
33:38Great player, great player.
33:39Thank you so much.
33:40You travel safely.
33:42And you leave young Toby MacDonald here to terrify some incoming contestants, I guess.
33:50Brilliant stuff.
33:51Well done.
33:51We'll see you soon.
33:52See you again next time.
33:53See you next time.
33:54Stay safe.
33:55See you next time.
33:57Wow, that was breathtaking.
33:58Susie, see you next time.
33:59Amazing.
33:59Yep, see you then.
34:00Rachel.
34:01Oh, so few people would lose with a score like 104.
34:05Yeah.
34:05Breaks the century and still Toby gets even more.
34:09It's fantastic.
34:09We've got some exciting days ahead of us, I think.
34:12I'm sure we do.
34:13All right.
34:13See you then.
34:14See you then.
34:14Join us next time.
34:16Same time, same place.
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