:00:10. > :00:18.Welcome to Lottery HQ for the mid- week Lottery draws and here's your
:00:18. > :00:20.host Mr OJ Borg. Thank you Alan. Good evening. In the next few
:00:20. > :00:27.minutes we'll be bringing you, Thunderball, Lotto, and we'll be
:00:27. > :00:30.joined by Esther Rantzen! There she is. But first a quick reminder that
:00:30. > :00:33.this Saturday the Lotto draw will be coming live from The National
:00:33. > :00:36.Lottery Awards and what's more Alan, it's a Lotto Superdraw! Great news.
:00:36. > :00:40.And perhaps best of all - the jackpot will be an estimated �10
:00:40. > :00:50.million! It just gets better and better. And I've another piece of
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:00:52. > :01:02.good news. It's time for Thunderball. Alan, are you ready?
:01:02. > :01:10.
:01:10. > :01:14.am. Then take it away. OK, get Excalibur were chosen for us
:01:14. > :01:16.earlier. Our draw team tonight is independent adjudicator Sian Fleet-
:01:17. > :01:25.Milne and draw master Julie Morrissey. On Saturday over 274,000
:01:25. > :01:35.tickets won a prize. Congratulations if you were a
:01:35. > :01:48.
:01:48. > :01:58.You can play this game on Wednesday, There is even a prize for matching
:01:58. > :02:00.
:02:00. > :02:10.with just the Thunderball itself, Time to see if you're in line for
:02:10. > :02:29.
:02:29. > :02:32.half a million Great British Pounds. Thanks Alan, we'll need your expert
:02:32. > :02:35.ball talking skills shortly, but for now, you can get back to your
:02:35. > :02:42.mug of cocoa. No slurping though. Now, our guest tonight has been on
:02:42. > :02:44.our screens for nearly five decades. Not content with being one of the
:02:44. > :02:47.country's best loved television presenters, she's been a tireless
:02:47. > :02:50.charity campaigner and has even turned her hand to politics. Please
:02:50. > :02:53.welcome Esther Rantzen. Thanks for joining us Esther. So you're here
:02:53. > :02:59.to celebrate 25 years of Childline. A wonderful achievement, you helped
:02:59. > :03:06.set it all up, tell us how it all began. We did one edition of the
:03:06. > :03:09.programme, that's life. Remember? loved it! The helplines were jammed
:03:09. > :03:15.for 48 hours with children talking about abuse, but they had not told
:03:15. > :03:18.anyone. I then realised if we had been able to keep the helpline open
:03:18. > :03:26.we could have helped support and protect maybe millions more
:03:26. > :03:29.children. And now it's been copied in 150 different countries. What do
:03:29. > :03:35.you see as Childline's greatest achievement over the last 25 years?
:03:35. > :03:40.I have been writing a book to meet young adults who ran the Childline
:03:40. > :03:47.-- rang Childline when they were children, they told me stories
:03:47. > :03:57.about how would help them. That was amazing. Are you ready? You have to
:03:57. > :04:07.push the button. It's very skill? They ASH is there a skill? There is.
:04:07. > :04:08.
:04:08. > :04:11.But first, time for Lotto. How about this for some exciting news?
:04:11. > :04:18.Last Saturday's �3.9 million jackpot prize was won by... Wait
:04:18. > :04:25.for it... Eight winning tickets! each ticket scooped a cool �499,000
:04:25. > :04:27.each. Not bad! Not bad at all Alan, and well done on the mental
:04:28. > :04:32.arithmetic too. What's in the pot for tonight though? Tonight's
:04:32. > :04:35.estimated Lotto jackpot is... Alan, let's get the balls rolling.
:04:35. > :04:38.Release those big money balls. in addition to the eight jackpot
:04:38. > :04:40.winners, there were nine further tickets that matched five plus the
:04:40. > :04:50.bonus ball and each scooped over �136,000! So, many congratulations
:04:50. > :04:51.
:04:51. > :05:57.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds
:05:57. > :06:01.if you were a winner. OK Esther, That's nearly all from us here at
:06:01. > :06:10.the vaults, thank you for joining us Esther. Remember that Saturday's
:06:10. > :06:14.lotto is a Superdraw with an estimated jackpot of �10 million.