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00:00Thank you very much.
00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34Well, before the action starts here, I'd like to talk to you about the high-velocity action that will be taking place this weekend at the Ali Pali, the Alexandra Palestine in London, because it's the World Championships of Ping-Pong.
00:47Now, this is all new to me, Rachel, and I've been around for a few years, but apparently there's a difference between ping-pong and table turns.
00:55I just thought ping-pong was an irreverent term for table tennis.
01:00How wrong was I?
01:02Ping-pong is played with bats with sort of sandpaper faces, and they play up to 15, apparently.
01:08Table tennis, they play up to 11.
01:10I want to have an argument about that with you in a minute.
01:13OK.
01:13But they employ super spin-inducing sort of rubber, rubber bats.
01:18OK.
01:19We used to play up to 21.
01:21Maybe, you know, we just couldn't count, possibly, that's the answer.
01:24But there we are.
01:25It's in its seventh year, the ping-pong.
01:28Now, did you play ping-pong or table tennis or both?
01:31I'm with you, Nick.
01:32I didn't know they were different.
01:33No.
01:33And how about whiff-waff?
01:34What's that?
01:34Wasn't that the Boris term for one of them?
01:36I wonder which one that refers to.
01:38No idea.
01:39I'm terrible, but it is fun.
01:41And there's a bar in London where there's just tables and tables and tables and music and food and cocktails and happy hours.
01:49Yeah, it's really good fun.
01:50We used to, as kids, we used to have a table tennis table, or was it a ping-pong table?
01:55I'm sure they're the same thing.
01:57And then we'd use you, three or four of you, run round.
02:00Oh, yeah.
02:01So it's a great crowd.
02:01Yeah, and there are some amazing videos of, you know, the Asian athletes who are known for being amazing at table tennis, doing all kinds of amazing tricks.
02:09I always had it in my mind that essentially it came from the far.
02:12It came from China.
02:13Do you know what I'm doing?
02:14But I bought the kids, the grandchildren, a table tennis table, or was it a ping-pong table, for the summer.
02:19And they absolutely loved it.
02:21Loved it.
02:22The number of balls we went through.
02:25Bear believing.
02:26Good, clean fun, though.
02:28Great fun.
02:28Oh, great fun.
02:29Great fun.
02:30Who have you got with us?
02:31Well, this Brendan Whitehurst is back.
02:34I think she's got a season ticket, a season ticket here.
02:38Supermarket worker from Derby who's doing so well.
02:41Six great wins.
02:42Well done.
02:43107, I think, yesterday?
02:44Yes.
02:45Oh, well done.
02:45You're joined now by Charlotte Aldworth, who's a GP, a general practitioner from Derby.
02:52Recently a mum to little Dora, who's four months old.
02:55Is that right?
02:55Yes, that's right, yeah.
02:56Lovely.
02:57And you love your gardening, and you compete.
03:00What do you do?
03:01I do.
03:02I compete in horticultural shows a couple of times a year.
03:05Yeah.
03:06So you grow your own flowers and either arrange them or exhibit them as themselves, essentially,
03:12and sometimes do vegetables and things like that.
03:14Do you sort of wheel in the giant marrow sort of thing, or...?
03:17I do more of the flowers side of things.
03:20So the Derby one, you have to arrange it on the spot, and then there's a small village one
03:24where my parents live, where you can prepare it in advance and bring it in in a big, big
03:27crate, so I had the baby on the front and the crate in front of the baby.
03:31It's lovely.
03:32Yeah.
03:32Thanks for coming.
03:33Good luck to you both.
03:34Big round of applause now for Brendan and Charlotte.
03:41Wonderful.
03:42And over in the corner, Susie's there.
03:44And, once again, historian, writer, and presenter, the wonderful Susanna Lipscomb.
03:49Welcome back, Susanna.
03:50Now, Brendan, six wins, and you're chasing your seventh.
03:58Off you go.
03:59Good afternoon, Rachel.
04:00Good afternoon, Brendan.
04:01Can I start with a consonant, please?
04:02Start today with D.
04:04And a vowel.
04:06I.
04:07And a consonant.
04:09R.
04:10And a vowel.
04:11A.
04:12And a consonant.
04:14K.
04:15And a vowel.
04:17E.
04:18And a consonant.
04:20P.
04:21And a vowel.
04:23A.
04:24And a final consonant, please.
04:25And a final N.
04:28And here's the countdown clock.
04:29P.
04:30P.
04:30And a vowel.
05:00I've got seven.
05:02Charlotte?
05:03Also seven.
05:04Thank you, Brendan.
05:05Pranked.
05:06Pranked and Charlotte?
05:08I'll have the same.
05:10Pranked.
05:11Absolutely fine.
05:12Play a prank on someone.
05:13And over in the corner there, Susanna?
05:15We had the same with seven as well.
05:17Well done.
05:18Anything else, Susie?
05:19Prinked is there as well.
05:21Make adjustments to your appearance.
05:22Prink yourself.
05:23Prink.
05:24Prinked.
05:25So seven apiece and Charlotte, it's letters for you.
05:28Good afternoon, Rachel.
05:29Good afternoon, Charlotte.
05:30Can I have a consonant, please?
05:32Start with S.
05:34And another, please.
05:36R.
05:37And another.
05:39P.
05:40And another.
05:43Z.
05:44And a vowel.
05:45O.
05:47And another.
05:48U.
05:50And another.
05:51A.
05:52And consonant.
05:54And one more vowel, please.
05:58And lastly, I.
06:01Stand by.
06:15I've got a risky six.
06:36Brendan?
06:36I've got seven.
06:38Now, what's this risk you're talking about?
06:40Unrips.
06:41Brendan?
06:42Vapours.
06:43Vapours is great.
06:45And unrips is also in the dictionary.
06:47To unrips is to open by ripping.
06:48You might unrips your Christmas presents.
06:51Thank you for that.
06:52Susanna?
06:53Anything else, though?
06:54We've got another seven.
06:55A saviour.
06:57Yes.
06:58And you can better that, can't you?
06:59Yeah, there is an eight there.
07:00Pave yours.
07:01P-A-V-I-O-U-R-S.
07:03Which are either paving stones or the people who lay them.
07:06That's right.
07:07There's a guild of paviers.
07:08Yeah.
07:09Oh.
07:10Yeah, a livery company of paviers.
07:1514 plays seven, Brendan, on 14.
07:18Brendan, your numbers game.
07:20Lovely.
07:20Can I have two large and four small, please, Rachel?
07:22You can indeed.
07:23Thank you, Brendan.
07:24First numbers game of this contest is...
07:27Two, three, seven, five, one hundred and twenty-five.
07:34And the target, three hundred and thirty-one.
07:36Three, three, one.
07:37Two, three, one.
08:08Well, Brendan.
08:09Three, three, one.
08:10Charlotte.
08:10Three, three, two.
08:12Let's stick with Brendan for the second.
08:15Yes, sir.
08:15Right.
08:16So I did a hundred plus seven.
08:17One hundred and seven.
08:19Times by three.
08:20Times three, three hundred and twenty-one.
08:22And then five times two is ten.
08:24And add it on.
08:24Perfect.
08:25Three, three, one.
08:26Lovely.
08:26Well done.
08:27APPLAUSE
08:28Well done there, Brendan.
08:33Time for our first Tea Time teaser.
08:35It's bloke cash.
08:36And the clue?
08:37In days of old, this bloke would earn cash with a polished performance.
08:41In days of old, this bloke would earn cash with a polished performance.
08:45Welcome back.
09:00Welcome back.
09:02I left you with the clue.
09:04In days of old, this bloke would earn cash with a polished performance.
09:08He was a shoe black.
09:12Shoe black.
09:13Anything to say about shoe blacks?
09:14Where does it come from?
09:15It comes from a long way back, actually, from the 15th century.
09:21Blacking was a preparation that was used to give a shining surface to boots and shoes.
09:26And in fact, one of the earliest references to it is in relation to the clothes or the shoes, maybe, of Mary, Queen of Scots.
09:34How interesting.
09:35So, yes, somebody who applied blacking and polished shoes.
09:38Blacking would have been made out of?
09:40Um, it says, I think, carbon, um, a carbonaceous material such as graphite or powdered coal.
09:46Interesting.
09:47Mm.
09:47Interesting.
09:48Should I?
09:49There we are.
09:4924, please.
09:507, Charlotte.
09:517, Charlotte's Letters game.
09:53Yes, ma'am.
09:55Uh, consonant, please.
09:56Thank you, Charlotte.
09:57J.
09:58And another.
10:00N.
10:02And another.
10:04T.
10:06And one more.
10:08P.
10:08And a vowel, please.
10:11E.
10:12And another.
10:13A.
10:15And another one.
10:17I.
10:19And consonant.
10:21S.
10:22And one more consonant, please.
10:24And lastly, T.
10:26Stand by.
10:27The.
10:27The.
10:29Who?
10:30Tier territory,
10:30the.
10:31And one more.
10:34And another.
10:36Airlines.
10:37And another.
10:37I.
10:38And another.
10:41I.
10:43And another.
10:44And another.
10:44If you hold.
10:45The.
10:46And another.
10:47Charlotte?
10:59Seven.
11:00Brendan?
11:01Seven.
11:02Charlotte?
11:03Patents.
11:04And?
11:04And panties.
11:06Yeah, both five.
11:08Panties and patent, patent or patent?
11:10Could be either, I suppose.
11:11Could be either, depending on whether it's leather or...
11:13Either or either.
11:14Now, Susanna?
11:15Well, you can just add another letter to that and make it patience.
11:21Patience.
11:22Anything else, Susie?
11:23I've only had an eight, indeed.
11:25Sapient is another seven.
11:27Wise.
11:28All right.
11:2931 plays 14.
11:31Brendan?
11:32Here we go.
11:33Letters game for Brendan.
11:34Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
11:36Thank you, Brendan.
11:37R.
11:37And a vowel.
11:39E.
11:40And a consonant.
11:42T.
11:43And a vowel.
11:45O.
11:46And a consonant.
11:47Q.
11:48And a vowel.
11:50I.
11:51And a consonant.
11:53G.
11:54And a vowel.
11:56A.
11:56And a final consonant, please.
11:58And a final N.
12:00Stand by.
12:01Stand by.
12:01And a vowel.
12:02And a vowel.
12:02And a vowel.
12:03And a vowel.
12:03And a vowel.
12:04And a vowel.
12:04And a vowel.
12:04And a vowel.
12:05And a vowel.
12:05And a vowel.
12:06And a vowel.
12:06And a vowel.
12:07And a vowel.
12:07And a vowel.
12:07And a vowel.
12:08And a vowel.
12:08And a vowel.
12:08And a vowel.
12:08And a vowel.
12:09And a vowel.
12:09And a vowel.
12:10And a vowel.
12:10And a vowel.
12:11And a vowel.
12:11And a vowel.
12:12And a vowel.
12:12And a vowel.
12:12And a vowel.
12:13And a vowel.
12:14And a vowel.
12:14And a vowel.
12:15And a vowel.
12:15And a vowel.
12:16And a vowel.
12:16And a vowel.
12:17and a vowel.
12:18And a vowel.
12:31Brandon.
12:33I've got seven.
12:34Charlotte?
12:35Seven.
12:36Thank you, Brandon.
12:36A bit tearing.
12:38I've got seven.
12:39There we go.
12:40And over in the corner there.
12:43Well, we've got an eight with orangeite.
12:46Orangeite is an orange-yellow variety of thorite,
12:50which is a derivative of thorium,
12:53and that's a radioactive material, atomic number 90.
12:57Well, wow.
12:58Thanks for that.
13:00Orangeite.
13:02Amazing.
13:0338 plays 21.
13:05Charlotte, it's your numbers game now.
13:07Good luck.
13:08Two big, four small, please.
13:10Thank you, Charlotte.
13:11Same again.
13:12Two large, four little.
13:13And this time around, the small ones are four, two,
13:16two and three, and the big two, 100 and 75,
13:22and the target, 876.
13:25876.
13:26And this time around, the small ones are four, three, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two, and the big two
13:56Charlotte.
13:58876.
13:59Thank you, Brendan.
14:00And 876.
14:01Off we go.
14:034 times 2 is 8.
14:044 times 2 is 8.
14:068 times 100 is 800.
14:08It is.
14:09Plus 75.
14:10875.
14:113 minus 2 is 1.
14:12And the other two.
14:14Perfect.
14:14876.
14:15Brendan.
14:16I'm the same.
14:16Same way.
14:18There we go.
14:19No change there, then.
14:2648, place 31.
14:28As we sweep across and look at Susanna.
14:31Susanna, what have you for us today?
14:33Well, we've got two more of Henry VIII's wives.
14:35So, Jane Seymour, who was Henry's rebound relationship,
14:39he started courting her when Anne Boleyn was in the Tower
14:41and then married her a callous 11 days after Anne's execution.
14:45And she was nothing like his previous wives.
14:47She wasn't very well educated.
14:49She wasn't particularly bright or particularly good-looking.
14:51The imperial ambassador, Eustace Chapuis,
14:53said that she was of middle stature and no great beauty
14:56and that she was not a woman of great wit
14:59and inclined to be proud and haughty.
15:01But some other people were nicer.
15:02They said she was kind and sweet-natured and meek.
15:05And that's probably why Henry chose her.
15:07He wanted a wife who, unlike Catherine and Anne,
15:10wouldn't challenge him, would do what she was told,
15:12would be compassionate and loyal, and would give him a son,
15:15which is precisely what she did.
15:16She had a difficult labour of two days and three nights,
15:20but then delivered Prince Edward and then died shortly afterwards.
15:24And Henry was buried with her, I think because she had done just what he wanted,
15:28given him a son and then didn't have a chance to blot her copy book.
15:32Unlike Anne of Cleves, poor old Anne of Cleves has a bad reputation through history
15:37as the so-called Flanders mayor, but I want to tell you the real story.
15:41Henry turned up early to meet her and he turned up in disguise with a group of identically dressed men
15:48and he burst into her room, grabbed her, kissed her and she recoiled in embarrassment
15:54and probably disgust because he was obese, he was more than 20 years older than her
15:58and he had a foul-smelling, pus-filled, open wound on his leg.
16:02And in that moment she flunked her audition because I think that for once in his life
16:07he saw himself truthfully reflected in someone else's eyes
16:10and it was sufficiently bitter to turn him against her.
16:14Afterwards he'd say, said that he liked her nothing as well as she has been reported.
16:18Everybody else said she looked just fine.
16:20And then he would say after their wedding night that she was fat-smelly and not a virgin.
16:25And I think there was somebody in that room who was fat-smelly and not a virgin
16:28and it wasn't Anne.
16:31Oh dear.
16:37Oh dear.
16:39What is it do?
16:39It all was.
16:41Gosh, thank goodness we live when we do.
16:4348 plays 31.
16:45Brandon on 48.
16:46Brandon, off we go.
16:47Letters game.
16:48Can I have a consonant please, Rachel?
16:50Thank you, Brendan.
16:51L.
16:52And a vowel.
16:53U.
16:54And a consonant.
16:56S.
16:57And a vowel.
16:58E.
17:00And a consonant.
17:02L.
17:03And a vowel.
17:05O.
17:05And a consonant.
17:07V.
17:08And a vowel.
17:10U.
17:11And final consonant please.
17:13And a final T.
17:15Stand by.
17:16T.
17:17T.
17:19T.
17:20T.
17:20BIRDS CHIRP
17:50BIRDS CHIRP
18:20BIRDS CHIRP
18:22BIRDS CHIRP
18:24BIRDS CHIRP
18:27Yep, and outsell for seven as well, so a couple of sevens.
18:30Thanks for that. 54 to 31.
18:32Charlotte, you're back. Your letters game?
18:35A consonant, please.
18:36Thank you, Charlotte.
18:37N.
18:38And another?
18:40S.
18:42And another?
18:44M.
18:45And another one?
18:47Y.
18:49And a vowel?
18:50E.
18:52And another vowel?
18:54I.
18:55And another vowel?
18:57A.
18:59And a consonant?
19:01G.
19:02And another consonant, please.
19:04And lastly, R.
19:07Standby.
19:07R.
19:12R.
19:16R.
19:21Yes, Charlotte?
19:39Eight.
19:40An eight and?
19:41An eight.
19:42There he is.
19:43Charlotte?
19:44Smearing.
19:45And the same.
19:47There we are.
19:48All right.
19:48And over in the corner, Susie and Susanna.
19:52No, that's our best eight.
19:53We don't have any more.
19:54We've got margins for seven.
19:57Yeah, that was a single eight.
19:59Thanks, Susie.
19:59All right.
20:00So, 62 to 39, and it's Brendan's numbers game.
20:05Yes, sir?
20:06Can I have an inverted T, please, Rachel?
20:08You can indeed.
20:09Just the one large this time.
20:11And five littles.
20:12And these little ones are 10, 4, 9, 2, and 1.
20:19And a large one, 75.
20:21And this target, 953.
20:239, 5, 3.
20:54Brenton. I've got 954. One away. Charlotte. 954. Let's start with Brendan. So I did 10 times 2 is 20. Yeah. Add the 75. 95. 9 plus 1 is 10. There it is. Times them together and add the 4. 950. 954. One away. Same. Charlotte. Same way. Yep. Same. Charlie good. Now. One away. Is it tricky?
21:23If you know your 75 times table, you can say 9 plus 4 is 13. Times 75 is 975. And then 10 plus 1 is 11. Times 2 is 22 to take away from 953. Well done. Perfect.
21:43Thanks, Rachel. Wonderful. Time for a tea time teaser. It's oi, darling. And the clue? Oi.
21:53Darling. She shouted to her husband with great affection.
21:57Oi, darling. She shouted to her husband with great affection.
22:12Welcome back. Welcome back. I left with the clue.
22:19Oi, darling. She shouted to her husband with great affection. The answer to that one is, adoringly. Adoringly.
22:29Let's try that one day. 69 plays 46. Brendan on 69. Charlotte, your letters go.
22:35Consonant, please. Thank you, Charlotte.
22:37N. And another. M. And another one. D. And another. T. And a vowel. U. And another. I. And another. O. And a consonant. R.
22:59R. And another vowel, please. And lastly, A. Stand by.
23:06A consonant. R. And a consonant. R. And a consonant. R. And a consonant. R. And a consonant. R. And a consonant. R. And a consonant. R. And a consonant. R. And a consonant. R. And a consonant. R. And a consonant. R. And a consonant. R. And a consonant. R. And a consonant. R. And a consonant. R. And a consonant. R. And a consonant. R. And a consonant. R. And a consonant. R. And a consonant. R. And a consonant. R. And a consonant. R. And a consonant. R. And a consonant. R. And a consonant. R. And a consonant. R. And a consonant. R. And a consonant. R. And a consonant. R. And a consonant. R. And a consonant. R. And a consonant. R. And a consonant. R. And a consonant. R. And a consonant. R.
23:36Yes, Charlotte.
23:37Only a five.
23:38A five and...
23:40An eight.
23:41And an eight.
23:42So, Charlotte.
23:42Mount.
23:44Yes, Brendan.
23:44Duration.
23:46Well done, yeah.
23:47Excellent.
23:53Sounds as though you had already spotted that one, Susie.
23:56Yeah.
23:56Anything else?
23:57Probably not as quickly.
23:58Susanna?
23:59Well, I couldn't help spot in Tudor in there, but that's only five.
24:03We had duration, of course, for eight, and that's it, isn't it, really?
24:06Otherwise, a droid amount with the A in front of the amount, but, yeah, well done.
24:10Very good.
24:1177 to 46.
24:13Brendan, step forward.
24:15Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
24:17Thank you, Brendan.
24:18X.
24:19And a vowel.
24:21U.
24:22And a consonant.
24:23W.
24:25And a vowel.
24:26E.
24:27And a consonant.
24:29S.
24:30And a vowel.
24:32U.
24:33And a consonant.
24:35L.
24:36And a vowel.
24:38O.
24:39And a final consonant, please.
24:41And a final R.
24:43Stand by.
24:44A vowel.
24:48And a vowel.
25:03A vowel.
25:03And a vowel.
25:04Brendan?
25:15Just five.
25:17Charlotte?
25:17Six.
25:20Brendan?
25:20Rowell's.
25:21Charlotte?
25:22Slower.
25:23Well done.
25:24Yes, nice one.
25:26And Susanna?
25:27We can't better it.
25:29Slower?
25:30Yep, lowers if you put the S on the other end, but six is for us two.
25:3577 plays 52.
25:37Give them a rest.
25:38Susie, let's hear your origins of words.
25:42Well, Nick, I've been talking recently about how women are represented in language and have been through history.
25:49And I thought I'd finish off today with a comment that my friend Mark made the other day.
25:54And he just said he's noticed that there's no real term between girl and woman for a man to sort of refer to a female.
26:01It's kind of only those two that you're stuck with.
26:03Whereas men can be, you know, guys, fellas, blokes, etc.
26:09There's much more of a lexicon, too.
26:12And so I looked in Oxford's historical thesaurus, which is a fantastic repository.
26:16So you can look up, I don't know, you can look up beautiful and you can find all the synonyms for beauty throughout history.
26:22So I looked for woman and this is what I found.
26:27At least this is just, I mean, there were many, many, many, but this is just to give you a flavour.
26:31Virago, which is a bad-tempered, impudent female.
26:34Mare.
26:34Bride.
26:35Peace.
26:37Placket.
26:37And the placket was an apron.
26:39Jug.
26:40Skirt.
26:40Pig.
26:41And rib of man.
26:43So that is pretty much, as I say, the sort of tone of most of the synonyms that you'll find.
26:47So the answer to Mark was, no, we really don't have anything that would be of use now.
26:51Perhaps we need something.
26:53And so I thought, obviously, that's terrible.
26:55I thought I would try and balance things.
26:57So I thought I can't be so totally one-sided.
26:58And I thought there are words that do enshrine women in our vocabulary, except they're sort of usually hidden away.
27:04But they're usually linked with our ability to reproduce.
27:07So mother features large.
27:09So matrix and matter, both of those.
27:12Matter is a substance from which things are born.
27:14They go back to the Latin mater, meaning mother.
27:17You have mother tongue, which is quite nice, actually, because the mother tongue was originally a very ancient language
27:23that then gave us all the different languages that we speak in the world today.
27:26But then I thought about fathers, and you have patriot, you have patriarch, obviously, all coming from pater, meaning father.
27:33You have patron, but you also have pattern, because men have been the model for others to follow.
27:39So pattern actually goes back to that Latin, the Roman's word for father.
27:43And there's one more in there, which is a bit of a surprise, and that's genuine.
27:47Genuine probably goes back to the Roman times when a Roman father would have to put a newborn on his knee.
27:56The knee being genu in French and then in Latin, in order to claim paternity.
28:01So he would put the child on his knee, and that was the declaration that he was the father.
28:06And the reason that was so important is that as a father, he had total control over his child until they were either emancipated or until the father died.
28:14So he had total control.
28:15He could arrange marriages.
28:16He could force divorces.
28:18He could absolutely dictate that child's life, that poor child's life, throughout.
28:24So the power of men is hidden behind so many different words.
28:27And as I say, it's a slightly different story for women.
28:30It's not, hope is not lost.
28:31Obviously, we're aware of it now.
28:33But I think we have a very long way to go.
28:34Amazing.
28:42So Brendan on 77, Charlotte on 52, and Charlotte, it's your letters game.
28:48A consonant, please.
28:49Thanks, Charlotte.
28:50M.
28:51And another.
28:53D.
28:55And another one.
28:57S.
28:58And another.
29:01T.
29:02And a vowel, please.
29:04E.
29:05And another one.
29:07O.
29:08And another.
29:10E.
29:12And a consonant.
29:14R.
29:16And another consonant, please.
29:18And lastly, L.
29:20And here's the countdown clock.
29:28Yes, Charlotte.
29:53Six.
29:54A six and?
29:55An eight.
29:56And an eight.
29:57Charlotte.
29:58Rested.
29:59Now then.
30:00Molested.
30:01Yeah.
30:02Definitely.
30:03Anything else there, Susanna?
30:04There's another eight as well.
30:05Remodels.
30:06Remodels.
30:08So 85 to 52.
30:10Brendan, it's the last letters game for you.
30:13Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
30:15Thank you, Brendan.
30:16C.
30:17And a vowel.
30:18I.
30:19And a consonant.
30:21F.
30:22And a vowel.
30:23O.
30:24And a consonant.
30:26T.
30:27And a vowel.
30:28E.
30:29And a consonant.
30:31S.
30:32And a vowel.
30:34A.
30:35And a final consonant, please.
30:36And a final G.
30:39Stand by.
30:40And a vowel.
30:52And a vowel.
31:00And a vowel.
31:01Brendan.
31:12Seven.
31:13Seven and?
31:14Five.
31:15And you're five, Charlotte.
31:16Feats.
31:18Brendan.
31:18Cagiest.
31:19Yes.
31:20Well done.
31:21What else have we discovered there?
31:23Susanna?
31:24Susie?
31:25That was our highest one.
31:26We had fogies for six.
31:28All right.
31:30So, 92.
31:3252.
31:33Brendan, look at this.
31:35Final numbers game.
31:36Charlotte?
31:37Two big, four small, please.
31:39Thank you, Charlotte.
31:40Final one of the week.
31:41Two from the top.
31:42And these four little ones are eight, one, four and six.
31:47And the large two, 100 and 50.
31:50And the target, 589.
31:53Five, eight, nine.
31:59Five, eight, nine.
32:24Well, Charlotte?
32:25Five, eight, nine.
32:26Five, eight, nine.
32:28Brendan. I've got 589 not written down. Well we'll better hear from you then Brendan. So 100 times 6. 600. Minus 8 minus 4 and add 1. Perfect well done 589. Charlotte. I've got the same. There we are. Well done. Brendan's over the line again 102. Look at that. It's amazing as we go into the final round. Fingers on buzzers. Good luck to you both. Here's today's countdown conundrum.
32:58Brendan. Is it pillaging? Pillaging. Here we go. Let's have a little look. Pillaging. Well done. Well done.
33:16Give you 7 on the trot. Well done. Excellent. Excellent score. 112. Oh Charlotte. You came on the wrong day. I did. He's a great player but you played very well. 62 and I know the little Dora is glued to watching Mummy on television wondering what on earth is going on.
33:40So you get back to Dora with this goodie bag and our very best wishes. Thank you very much. Thank you very much for coming. Thank you. And we shall see you on Monday. Now no carousing over the weekend. It's a big day on Monday.
33:52I'll try not. I'll get plenty of rest. I think so. Alright. Well done again. Well done. And we'll see Suzanne on Monday I hope and pray. Yes?
34:00That would be lovely. See you then. And Susie too of course. Yeah. Well done. Well done Rachel. He's a player.
34:05We could have our first Octo Champ of the year. I think you're right. Good player. Yep. See you on Monday. See you then. See you on Monday. Same time. Same place. You be sure of it. A very good afternoon.
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