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00:20Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:22Now, the Danes, the great Danes, have been up to something very, very interesting.
00:26In Copenhagen, there is a supermarket that sells only donated food
00:31that it's past its sell-by date.
00:34What a wonderful idea.
00:36If you looked in our fridge at home,
00:38you'd be lucky to find anything that's actually in the sort of, you know,
00:43sell-by or best-before period,
00:45because we're notoriously about it, this sort of thing.
00:48How about you? Are you obsessive about always eating?
00:51I'm somewhere in the middle. Yeah?
00:53Dan's definitely down the other end of the spectrum.
00:55Maybe it's a generational thing.
00:57Yeah, I went round once and you know when potatoes kind of smell like the garden?
01:01Yeah. And they're soft and just...
01:03She pulled out something from the mirror or the sun that she'd kept
01:06that said you could eat gone-off food. Yes.
01:09Which I agree with on some things, but when there's stuff growing out
01:12and it's clearly going to poison you, that's when I'm happy to put it in the bin.
01:15I think shiny bacon is a no-no.
01:18When it gets that green shine on it, we say no.
01:22No, no. All right.
01:23But certainly, when you think, actually,
01:25that all of that sort of food is thrown away,
01:28when it's actually perfectly good...
01:30I think that's a happy medium. Yes, of course, you're right.
01:33You're right. Now, who's with us? Tom Marlow's back.
01:35Had a convincing win yesterday.
01:37Senior comms executive from Marketing Birmingham,
01:41promoting that great city.
01:43And you're joined, Tom, today by Geoff Clayton.
01:46Now, Geoff Clayton is a very interesting young man.
01:49He's a transport planner from Bournemouth.
01:51That's not the interesting part.
01:53The interesting part is that you're fluent in French, fine,
01:56you lived in Paris, fine,
01:58but actually you played on the French version of Countdown.
02:02In fact, we are the English version of the French,
02:05because they started something like 45 years ago?
02:07That's right, 1972.
02:08And it's Des Chiffres et des Lettres. It is, yes.
02:11How did you get on?
02:12Well, rather than having octochamps in a run of eight games,
02:15you play five best-of-threes, or at least that's the aim.
02:18So I lost my first game, I won my second and lost the third,
02:21so that was me. So I got three shown.
02:24So you won one, lost two. Let's see how you get on today.
02:27Big round of applause then for Geoff and Tom Marlow.
02:35Fantastic. Well, that's something else, really.
02:37That's a first for us, I think, Rachel. That's a first.
02:40Now, who's over in the dictionary corner?
02:42Well, Susie Tent is over there. Of course she is.
02:44And he's here with us in the studio.
02:46Just what the doctor ordered. He's a tonic.
02:48That's what it says on my bit of paper here.
02:50It's Dr Phil Hammond.
02:55We have a community farm in the Chew Valley
02:58that sells veg on the edge.
03:00So they actually sell veg that's just going a little bit spotty and purple.
03:03Hugely popular. I think it's absolutely spot on, yeah.
03:06Let's turn to Tom Marlow for the first letters game. Tom.
03:10Afternoon, Rachel. Afternoon, Tom.
03:12Consonant, please. Thank you.
03:14We start today with R.
03:16And another one, please.
03:18P.
03:20And a third.
03:22R.
03:24And a fourth.
03:26L.
03:28And a vowel, please.
03:30E.
03:32And another one.
03:34A.
03:36And a third one, please.
03:38E.
03:40And a consonant, please.
03:42V.
03:44And another consonant, please, Rachel.
03:47And lastly, D.
03:49And here's the Countdown Clock.
04:12CLOCK TICKS
04:22Yes, Tom? Only six.
04:24And Geoff? And six.
04:26Six is Tom. Repeal.
04:29Yes, Geoff? Repeal.
04:34Any more repealers? Lots of sevens. I like Perla.
04:37Perla's a good one. What have you got?
04:39Deprave. Oh, deprave. Not so good.
04:41And pervade.
04:43And pervade. You mean you take a perler?
04:45To pearl... Well, pearled is also in there.
04:47It's to form pearl-like drops that can be there as a verb as well.
04:50Thank you. All right.
04:52So, six apiece and it's Geoff's letters game. Geoff?
04:55Afternoon, Rachel. Afternoon, Geoff.
04:57And a consonant, please. Thank you. Start with S.
05:00And a second.
05:02T.
05:04And a vowel.
05:06I. And another vowel.
05:08O.
05:10Consonant.
05:12S.
05:14A vowel.
05:16E.
05:18Consonant.
05:20L.
05:22Consonant.
05:24G.
05:27And a consonant.
05:29And, lastly, Q.
05:31Stand by.
05:38CLOCK TICKS
06:02Geoff? Seven.
06:04A seven. Tom? Only five.
06:06Your fives? Soils.
06:08Geoff? Egoists.
06:10Yes. Very nice.
06:12Very good. And Dr Phil?
06:14The person who does the best John Logie Baird impersonation is the Logiest.
06:18Logiest is a verb. It doesn't mean that. What does it mean?
06:20No. To be Logie in North American English is to be dull and heavy in motion or thought.
06:25So to be feeling very sluggish.
06:27And the Logiest person is the most sluggish. Indeed.
06:30Anything else, Suzie? No, that was our best, actually.
06:34Trying to avoid being Logie.
06:3613 plays six. Geoff on 13.
06:38Now, Tom, your numbers game.
06:40Six small numbers, please, Rachel.
06:42Six little ones. I've been the ante already.
06:44Thank you, Tom. And they are...
06:46Two. Another two.
06:48Eight. Another eight.
06:50Oh, dear.
06:52One. And six.
06:54And the target.
06:56114.
06:58114.
07:03BELL RINGS
07:29Yes, Tom?
07:31114, not written down.
07:33Geoff? 114, written down.
07:35So, Tom?
07:37Eight eights are 64.
07:39Yep.
07:41Minus the six and minus the one...
07:4457.
07:46..multiplied by two.
07:48Yep, that'll do.
07:50And Geoff?
07:52A different method. Eight plus six is 14.
07:54Yep. Times eight is 112.
07:57It is indeed. And add the two.
07:59114.
08:01Very good.
08:03Well done.
08:05So, Geoff on 23, Tom on that 16,
08:07as we turn to our first Tea Time teaser,
08:09which is face blush.
08:11And the clue.
08:13In days of old, this would help put a bit of colour in your cheeks.
08:16In days of old, this would help put a bit of colour in your cheeks.
08:20BELL RINGS
08:22APPLAUSE
08:35Welcome back. I left with the clue.
08:37In days of old, this would help put a bit of colour in your cheeks.
08:40And the answer to that one is flash cube.
08:43Flash cube.
08:45So, Geoff on 23, Tom, 16, and it's Geoff's letters game.
08:49Consonant, please, Rachel.
08:51Thank you, Geoff. R.
08:53And another.
08:55M.
08:57And a vowel.
08:59A. And another.
09:01U.
09:03Consonant.
09:05R.
09:07Vowel.
09:09E.
09:11Consonant.
09:13D.
09:15Vowel.
09:17O.
09:19And a consonant.
09:21And lastly, T.
09:23Stand by.
09:49CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS
09:55Yes, Geoff? Seven.
09:57A seven, Tom? Eight.
09:59And an eight. Geoff?
10:01Matured.
10:03Now, then, Tom? Armoured.
10:05Excellent. Well done. Very, very good.
10:07APPLAUSE
10:09Very good.
10:11Puts you in the lead, too. 24 points to 23.
10:15Yes, Phil? I got armoured. What's that one?
10:17It's one from warfare.
10:19Mortared is also there.
10:21To tackle, bombard with a mortar.
10:23Yeah, try to avoid being mortared.
10:25All right. So...
10:27Tom, letters game.
10:29A vowel, please, Rachel.
10:31Thank you, Tom. I.
10:33And another one, please.
10:35O. And a third.
10:37E.
10:39And a fourth, please.
10:41O.
10:43And a consonant.
10:45And another one.
10:47R.
10:49And another one.
10:51N.
10:53And a fourth, please.
10:55P.
10:59And a...
11:01consonant, please.
11:03And lastly, J.
11:05And the clock starts now.
11:07CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS
11:15CLASSICAL MUSIC CONTINUES
11:39Tom? Seven.
11:41Yes, Geoff? Seven.
11:43Tom? Porcine.
11:45Yes, Geoff? Porcine.
11:47Again.
11:49Piggies. And Dr Phil?
11:51Yeah, we were porcine in the corner as well.
11:53Haven't got anything more than that, you got, mate?
11:55No. Porcine was our best.
11:57All right. Porkies all around.
11:59OK. 31 plays 30.
12:01Tom on 31. And now, Geoff, it's your numbers game.
12:04Rachel, could I have alternating small then large, please?
12:07You can. So you want three of each?
12:09Three of each. OK.
12:12There we go. Three little, three big coming up.
12:14And they are nine, five, six,
12:18and then the big ones, 25, 75, 50.
12:23And the target, 372.
12:25372.
12:27CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS
12:41CLASSICAL MUSIC CONTINUES
12:58Yes, Geoff? Yes, 372.
13:00And Tom? 372 as well.
13:02Geoff? 75 x 5 is 375.
13:05It is indeed.
13:07Nine minus six is three. Yep.
13:09That'll do. And Tom?
13:11And it's exactly the same. There we go.
13:13APPLAUSE
13:15So, one point difference, then.
13:1741 to Geoff's 40 as we turn to Dr Phil.
13:21Now, then...
13:23Now, before I get on to today's business,
13:25I just want to check that Geoff was telling the truth
13:27when he said he'd been on French Countdown.
13:29So, Geoff, I'd like to say, in French,
13:31Rachel, can I have alternating small then large, please?
13:33LAUGHTER
13:35Rachel, en alternance des petits et des grands plaques.
13:38Oh, very good. Very good.
13:40That took me out. I never doubted you.
13:42I never doubted you.
13:44Now, my tour, which is currently going round the UK,
13:46broadly looks at the themes of how to die,
13:48which I've talked about here,
13:50and then how not to die yet when you don't want to.
13:52So, if you don't want to die yet,
13:54I've come across some interesting research
13:56to look about ways to stay alive.
13:58Daily saunas. What do you think about daily saunas?
14:01Do you think daily sauna's good or bad in terms of keeping you alive?
14:04What do you reckon? I would have thought bad.
14:06Daily saunas, you're saying bad?
14:08A 20-year study of 2,315 Finnish men, aged 42 to 60,
14:13found that those who reported taking a sauna four to seven times a week
14:16were 66% less likely to be diagnosed with dementia...
14:20Really? ..and 65% less likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's
14:23than those who only had one sauna a week.
14:26What do you reckon to that, then?
14:28Yes. Very interesting.
14:30But what about the heart attack?
14:32That's really interesting as well.
14:34They did it with heart attacks as well,
14:36and they found that men who had saunas
14:38had much less heart disease and sudden death.
14:40So that's interesting too, isn't it?
14:42It's into the sauna, then.
14:44The trouble is, in the first trial, they didn't do a randomised control trial.
14:46So the ideal trial is randomised, and it's also blinded,
14:49which means if you're taking a tablet,
14:51you don't know whether you're taking the drug
14:53or whether you're taking the dummy tablet.
14:55The trouble with saunas, it's very hard to go into a placebo sauna.
14:57You generally know whether you're in a sauna
14:59or whether you're not into a sauna.
15:01It's retrospective, so it relied on people remembering
15:03how many saunas they had.
15:05Now, if you have dementia,
15:07A, you might forget to turn up to the sauna,
15:09B, you might forget you've had a sauna,
15:11or C, if you have any chronic disease,
15:13it makes it harder for you to access the sauna.
15:15Sweating is generally good for you.
15:17Sweating, when you're taking activity,
15:19is probably even better.
15:21And I say that because the other piece of research
15:23suggests that sitting a day,
15:25for most of the day,
15:27if you spend most of the day sitting,
15:29it's going to take eight years off your life.
15:31Isn't that interesting?
15:33Eight?
15:35Yes, get up quickly.
15:37So it's really important.
15:39And my friend Muir Gray, who's the king of evidence-based medicine,
15:41he says sitting is the new smoking.
15:43Most people suffer from WDD,
15:45which is a walking deficit disorder.
15:47And he says the single most powerful therapeutic intervention
15:49we have is walking outdoors with a dog.
15:51It's even better, because then you've got company in blue sky.
15:53But we don't do nearly as much as that.
15:55We spend far too much time sitting.
15:57That would probably negate the two.
15:59So lots of interesting research.
16:01Saunas are good, exercise is good.
16:03Try and do both of them every day.
16:07Brilliant.
16:09That's excellent.
16:11Sound advice.
16:1341 plays 40.
16:15And now, Tom, it's your letters game.
16:17Consonant, please, Rachel.
16:19D
16:21And another consonant, please.
16:23H
16:25C
16:27And a fourth.
16:29L
16:31And a fifth.
16:33F
16:35A vowel, please.
16:37E
16:39Second vowel.
16:41I
16:43The third vowel, please.
16:45O
16:47And finish with a consonant, please.
16:51Finish with T.
16:53Stand by.
17:23Yes, Tom?
17:25I'm going to...
17:27stick with a seven.
17:29What does Geoff think?
17:31Seven.
17:33From seven, yes, Tom?
17:35Holiest.
17:37And Geoff?
17:39Holiest.
17:41And Dr Phil?
17:43Hostile, thistle and toilets are all in there.
17:45Do I get 21 for that?
17:47You should do.
17:49No, it's only what Tom's going to get.
17:51I don't know if it's a verb.
17:53What does it mean?
17:55To put on the hot list.
17:57Do you want to know?
17:59Just there as a noun, not as a verb.
18:01So you've made the right decision, yeah.
18:0348 plays 47.
18:05Geoff, consonant, please.
18:07S
18:09And another.
18:11N
18:13And a vowel.
18:15A
18:17And another.
18:19Consonant.
18:21L
18:23Vowel.
18:25A
18:27Consonant.
18:29Y
18:31Consonant.
18:33T
18:35And a vowel, please.
18:37And lastly, U.
18:39Stand by.
18:49WHISTLE BLOWS
19:11Yes, Geoff?
19:13Seven.
19:15Tom?
19:17And saintly.
19:19Yes.
19:21And saintly.
19:23The saintly sultana.
19:25And Australians are known for their nasality.
19:27They generally speak out of their nose.
19:29And that would be an eight,
19:31which I think is worth a round of applause.
19:33It's very good, isn't it?
19:35APPLAUSE
19:37Very good.
19:39And Susie?
19:41I was being saintly as well.
19:4355 plays 54.
19:45Tom, it's numbers time.
19:47One big, five small, please.
19:49Changing tack, away from the six small.
19:51One big, five little, however you like.
19:53Thank you, Tom.
19:55And this time they are seven,
19:57two, three, five,
19:59another seven and a large one, 100.
20:03And the target, 914.
20:059-1-4.
20:15MUSIC PLAYS
20:37Yes, Tom?
20:399-1-5.
20:419-1-5, Geoff?
20:43So, Geoff?
20:45Seven plus two is nine.
20:47Yep.
20:49Multiplied by the 100 for 900.
20:51Then five minus three is two.
20:53Another two, yep.
20:55Multiply that by the other seven for 14 and add that on.
20:57Well done. 914. Lovely.
20:59Neatly done. Well done.
21:01APPLAUSE
21:03Well done, Geoff.
21:0564 points to Tom's 55.
21:07But now it's time for a tea time teaser,
21:09which is some great.
21:11You could get some great bargains here
21:13when the sails are on.
21:15You could get some great bargains here
21:17when the sails are on.
21:19MUSIC PLAYS
21:27APPLAUSE
21:35Welcome back. I left you with a clue.
21:37You could get some great bargains here
21:39when the sails are on.
21:41And the answer is,
21:43you could get them at the Megastore.
21:45You could get them at the Megastore.
21:47So, 64 to 55.
21:49Tom on 55.
21:51And it's Geoff's letters game. Geoff?
21:53Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Geoff.
21:55B.
21:57And another?
21:59N.
22:01And a vowel?
22:03E.
22:05And another vowel?
22:07T.
22:09A vowel?
22:11I.
22:13Consonant?
22:15P.
22:17A consonant?
22:19V.
22:21And a consonant, please?
22:25And lastly, W.
22:27Countdown.
22:29MUSIC PLAYS
22:37MUSIC CONTINUES
22:59Yes, Geoff?
23:01Five.
23:03Tom?
23:05And Tom, same word.
23:07There we are.
23:09And in the corner, Dr Phil, Susie?
23:11A little better. We've got native, which is six.
23:13Not much better. No.
23:15Native. It'll do.
23:17All right. 69 to 60.
23:19And it's Tom's letters game. Tom?
23:21A vowel, please, Rachel.
23:23Thank you, Tom. A.
23:25And another vowel, please?
23:27O.
23:29And a third?
23:31A.
23:33E.
23:35Consonant?
23:37N.
23:39And another consonant, please?
23:41G.
23:43And another consonant?
23:45T.
23:47And another consonant?
23:49Another N.
23:51And a...
23:53Another consonant, please?
23:55And to finish, M.
23:57Standby.
23:59MUSIC PLAYS
24:03MUSIC CONTINUES
24:27Well, Tom?
24:29Seven. And Geoff?
24:31Tom?
24:33Magnate. Magnate and?
24:35Magenta. And magenta.
24:37Lovely. My word.
24:39Very nice, aren't they? Very good.
24:41Now, Dr Phil, Susie?
24:43We've got a montage of sevens, as well as a montage.
24:45What have you got there?
24:47Megaton and gateman is also there.
24:49Montage, megaton and gateman.
24:53All right.
24:55So, 67 plays 76.
24:57Geoff in the lead.
24:59Who do we turn to now, Susie?
25:01Your wonderful origins of words.
25:03And today?
25:05Today I'm going to look to actors in Greek and Roman dramas,
25:09who centuries ago would traditionally play more than one part
25:12in any given performance.
25:14And for each character part that they played,
25:16they would wear a different mask.
25:18And masks had very practical uses.
25:20They were often painted with very, very distinct emotions,
25:24so that people, even at the back of the auditorium,
25:27could see exactly what the actor was portraying.
25:30And masks also made it far easier for actors to play more than one part each,
25:35because traditionally there were three actors
25:37and they would play lots of different parts.
25:39And they enabled the all-male cast also to play both men and women.
25:43And some experts also say that the masks helped to amplify the voices,
25:46so, again, people at the back of the audience
25:49could hear in these large open-air theatres.
25:52Emotions were key,
25:54and very often one side of the mask would be painted with sorrow, for example,
25:58and the other with cheer, so that they could swap emotions very, very quickly.
26:02They were quite sophisticated things.
26:04But the most significant role of the mask was transformation, obviously.
26:08So an ordinary man could become a god or a slave,
26:13a foolish old man, or even a lusty wench.
26:17And in this disguise they could say and do things
26:19that couldn't be said and done in everyday life.
26:22So it gave them political channels as well.
26:24So very, very key, these masks.
26:26No ancient Greek masks exist,
26:28but there are replicas of them in terracotta and stones.
26:31We know exactly what they looked like.
26:33And there are only a handful of Roman masks left.
26:35And there was one donated to the Warrington Museum, I think,
26:38and you can still see pictures and go and visit it, obviously,
26:40and still see pictures of it.
26:42They're amazingly intact, but very, very few and far between.
26:46So much for the mask, but they do live on in another way,
26:49namely words that we use every single day,
26:52because the Latin for mask was persona.
26:55And since in life we are all actors,
26:58persona came to mean the role or character
27:01that we each assume in real life,
27:03as well as an individual person with their own personality.
27:07So in some ways we are all wearing masks,
27:10we are all looking back to those ancient Greek and Roman dramas
27:13and the masks, because we are people,
27:15we are persons with our own personalities,
27:17which is something the ancient Greeks and Romans knew all along.
27:21APPLAUSE
27:23How extraordinary!
27:27So there could be a collection of 20 or 30 or 40 or 50 different masks.
27:32Yeah, they're amazing to look at. Strawberry!
27:34You can see pictures of them, very, very sophisticated,
27:36quite scary, quite a lot of them as well.
27:38So if you imagine sort of gargoyles with their grotesque faces,
27:41there were some of those as well. Sure.
27:43But, yeah, you can just find a few of the Roman ones left.
27:45How interesting. Brilliant. Thank you.
27:4876 plays 67, Jeff in the lead, and it's Jeff's letters game.
27:52Consonant, please. Thank you, Jeff.
27:55T And another.
27:58M And a vowel.
28:01U And another.
28:03A Consonant.
28:06X A vowel.
28:10I Consonant.
28:13R Consonant.
28:17N And a consonant, please.
28:20And the last one, D. Standby.
28:43MUSIC PLAYS
28:55Yes, Jeff? Six.
28:57And Tom? Just five.
28:59You're five. Fine.
29:01Now, then, Jeff, atrium.
29:03And in the corner?
29:04No, we're stuck in the atrium, couldn't get any more than that.
29:06No. No, we're stuck in the six.
29:08That's it? Yes. All right.
29:10You now to 67.
29:12And Tom, final letters game. Good luck.
29:15Consonant, please, Rachel.
29:17Thank you, Tom.
29:19R And another one, please.
29:22P And a third.
29:26B And a fourth.
29:29G Vowel, please.
29:33E And another.
29:36O And a third.
29:40I And a consonant, please.
29:44S And another consonant, please.
29:47And the last one, G.
29:50And here's the Countdown Clock.
29:52MUSIC PLAYS
30:11MUSIC STOPS
30:22Yes, Tom? Seven.
30:24A seven. Jeff? Seven.
30:26And Tomalu? Podgier.
30:28Podgier, yes. Jeff? Podgier.
30:31Look at that. Very good.
30:33Neither of them were slightly podgy.
30:35And Dr Phil?
30:37We got porgies.
30:39If only I knew what they were. Porgies.
30:41Porgy and Bess? Porgy? What is it?
30:43Yes, deep-bodied fish related to the sea bream.
30:46Those are our porgies.
30:48I had a fried porgy.
30:50Battered porgy?
30:52Never heard of a porgy?
30:54No, I hadn't. No.
30:56Do they taste nice? I've never had a porgy either.
30:58You've never had a porgy either? No.
31:00That's it. That's all we've got.
31:02We'll have to trust you there, Susie.
31:0489 to 74.
31:06And now, Jeff, it's the final numbers game.
31:08Take it away. One large, please, Rachel, and five small.
31:11Thank you, Jeff. Just one large.
31:13Keep it simple, possibly.
31:15The final numbers game of the day is...
31:172, 9, 7, 3, 10.
31:21And the large one, 75.
31:23And the target, 482.
31:26482.
31:36MUSIC PLAYS
31:58Yes, Jeff? 482.
32:00482. And Tom?
32:02No, not near enough.
32:04Let's start with Jeff.
32:06So, 75 plus 7 is 82.
32:10Yep.
32:113 times 2 is 6.
32:13It is indeed.
32:1482 times 6 is 492.
32:16Lovely.
32:17Take away 10.
32:18Perfect. 482. Well done.
32:20Yeah, well done.
32:22APPLAUSE
32:23Well done. Just on the top here, 99 plays 74.
32:27Well done, Jeff, as we go into the final round.
32:29So, fingers on buzzers.
32:31Today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:39Yes, Jeff?
32:40Customary.
32:41Customary. Let's see whether you're right.
32:43Roll it around, and here it comes.
32:45Customary. Well done.
32:47APPLAUSE
32:49Well done.
32:51Cracking score, 109.
32:53Well, bad luck, Tom. Bad luck.
32:55I've got my teapot.
32:57You got your teapot, you certainly did.
32:59And you came through with a very incredible 74 points.
33:02But today, it's Jeff Clayton's day.
33:05You take this goodie bag and your teapot
33:07back to Marketing Birmingham's office.
33:10They'll be very proud of you, too.
33:12Well done, well done.
33:13Jeff Clayton, look at this.
33:15A win, but then you won one in Paris, too.
33:17I know.
33:18Great win, 109.
33:19And a great player in Tom Afon-Mason.
33:21Yeah, two good players. Well done, well done indeed.
33:24So, we shall see you tomorrow.
33:26We shall see Susie tomorrow.
33:28And we shall see, of course, Dr Phil,
33:30who will presumably be running through his mind now
33:33his upcoming performance at the Forest Arts Theatre
33:35in New Milton on Saturday.
33:37Yes, very much. How's the tour going?
33:39Tour's going very well. I'm about to embark.
33:41I'm going on to Cornwall, doing the Cornish leg,
33:43then I'm doing the East Anglia leg.
33:45I don't know whether the person who books these tours
33:47have any knowledge of geography,
33:49but you tend to go from one part of the country to the other
33:51in the same day.
33:52Very lovely audience, and loads of Countdown people turn up.
33:54That's good.
33:55And they get a hug from Dr Phil if they do.
33:57They say Countdown and they get a hug.
33:59It's as simple as that, included in the price.
34:01Brilliant. We'll see you tomorrow.
34:03More from Dr Phil tomorrow, and Rachel too, of course.
34:05See you tomorrow. See you tomorrow.
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