Shadowing Practice: Gogglebox (UK) 2026 Season 28 - Episode 9 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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So boys, I've got a little festive surprise for us.
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Festive?
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A little something something.
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What could that be?
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Ah.
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Oh no. What, pumpkin carving?
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Yeah, so we got big bro pumpkin.
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Yeah.
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Middle bro pumpkin.
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Nah, stop.
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Don't you...
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You're taking a bit.
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LAUGHTER Feel a little spin coming on, Shil?
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This is like Dallas only in Sulfurs.
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She's a serious pickler, Simon.
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LAUGHTER What a gal!
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No!
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Crikey.
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Oh, what a way to ruin your old garden suit.
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Oh!
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LAUGHTER Ooh!
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How exciting!
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This is wrong, man.
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This is so wrong.
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We listen and we don't judge.
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Oh!
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What is that?
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I like a bargain bucket.
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I want something I can dip chips in.
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Yeah.
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No!
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I'm going to have to start watching this.
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What does that mean?
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I'm not good with riddles.
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Ha -ha -ha!
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Is she irritating you already?
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Yes.
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What's this?
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Why are they all right talking like that?
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It's making me feel very, very bitter and twisted.
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Yeah, same.
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Look, the halibut's coming out in a minute.
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Sit down!
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We've got monkfish.
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In the week we bid a fond farewell to acting legend
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Sir Patrick Stewart, we enjoyed lots of great telly.
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It was ready, steady, go for a new set of celebs on BBC One.
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How do we get across this road?
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Already there, focusing on their exit plan.
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We've got the first five minutes till that boat leaves.
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Geoff and Matt.
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This is already a lot harder than I thought it was going to be.
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I don't know that I'd be great at this.
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Why?
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Whenever I go to London, the first day that I'm in London, I'm always a bit overwhelmed by it just because of the amount of people.
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Yeah.
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It's just people everywhere.
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Everywhere.
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Like, 11 o 'clock at night, there's people walking around all over.
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Aye.
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In Gateshead, if there's one bloke out at 11 o 'clock at night, you know to stay away from him.
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Yes, he's the wrong one.
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Yeah, there's something not right there.
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Temptations were proving too much on ITV.
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Forget it, man, he's only got 252 followers.
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And look at all that Strava result.
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Oh, God.
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Who would have an affair with someone who's posting all their Strava cycles?
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Jesus Christ.
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And Graham Norton treated us to a right royal surprise.
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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE I have seen Prince Will's.
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I passed him on York Road when he went and opened that MND thing at Seacroft Hospital.
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Oh, yeah!
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I passed him!
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Yeah?
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You've been on the same dual carriageway as him?
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Yeah. In Hall...
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Hey, I say, it's getting dark now.
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Well, it's since the clocks went back, innit?
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I think I'd best be going.
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Best friends Jenny and Lee.
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Yeah, I think I'll get off cos it's getting really dark.
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A bit too dark for me.
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Well, yeah, true, yeah.
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Where's my keys?
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I know.
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Yeah, don't forget that, will you?
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Where's my car keys?
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Don't forget that, you don't need your car keys.
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Go with that.
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On Wednesday night, it was backpacks at the ready for a brand new series of this.
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Ooh, new Celebrity Race across the world!
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I love race across the world.
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The nearest you get to racing is if the ice cream van goes to drive off.
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Do you think they're going somewhere that we haven't been?
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It'd be difficult.
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LAUGHTER Borneo.
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Ooh!
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Borneo!
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Now, I'd love to go there.
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That's where the orangutans live.
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Voyaging up the Cerroac River, recording artist Junior Andre and his sister, influencer Princess.
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Ah!
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The Andre kids!
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Recording artist, yeah.
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Yep.
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Following his dad's footsteps.
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But what's her name?
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Katie Price?
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That's Katie Price's daughter.
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Why did she go like that, Nadia, when you said Katie Price?
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Because she's always having her breasts extended.
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We're now with Malaysia.
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Malaysia.
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I'm getting confused between Malaysia and Malicia.
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She means Mauritius.
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They're going to get lost in their hotel room.
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Jesus Christ.
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Oh, it's Sam Raide.
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Oh, hang on, he's got a message.
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Your final destination is...
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No way.
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No way.
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The final destination is no way.
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No, she said, she looked at it and she went, no way.
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Not Norway.
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Your final doesn't happen.
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It's Melbourne, Australia.
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Melbourne, Australia?
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How are they going to get there?
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I'd love to move to Australia, Nutty, but I don't think they'd have me.
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The race starts now.
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What?
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Start moving then.
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Go, go, go!
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Seriously, you're doing so well, right?
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Oh, look at them.
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See, look at how nice he's been to his sister there, helping her along.
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You'd leave me for dust.
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Yeah, but she's nice to him.
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You're horrible to me.
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With the first challenge underway...
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Find Harmony Arch.
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Harmony Arch!
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..most of the teams were quick off the mark.
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Oh, my goodness, Sam Raider!
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We're literally seconds in front of you, man.
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No way!
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Well done, Sam.
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Right, Sam Ryder's on it, mate.
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Oh, my God!
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Geoff's made it.
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The view up here is unbelievable, Geoff.
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So, not last, that's something.
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Where is the Andres?
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Where are they?
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This must be the vantage point.
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Yes!
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Yeah, come on, you, yeah!
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Oh, they finally got there.
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Well done.
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This is not good, man.
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This is not good at all.
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We can do it.
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Don't stress.
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Don't stress?
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You should say that to me, Mary.
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Don't stress.
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But you're always stressed because you're on the wrong medication.
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Oh, OK.
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Princess and Junior are aiming north -west to the coastal town of Semetan.
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We need to get to Semetan.
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Is there a bus?
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No bus.
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What do you mean, no bus?
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No bus?
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No bus.
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How do we get to Semetan?
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We take a taxi.
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No!
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Don't take a taxi.
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Oh, now, a taxi, that's expensive.
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Is there nowhere else to Semetan from here?
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I love this.
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Princess has just gone to take a seat in the shade.
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Yeah, this is you, sat down.
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Yeah, I'd be sat waiting, cos I've no idea, I'll be honest.
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Exactly.
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Are you all right there?
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Waiting for time to pass by?
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I just don't know what else we're meant to do.
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Well, we need to get a move on.
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Come along, Princess.
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Yeah, come on, Jenny, get her up.
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Come on, Jenny.
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So she just pressed the stop button when she needed to stop.
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So is that what we need to do?
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Oh, God.
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Yes, Princess, that's how you take a bus, love.
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You've never been on a bus?
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I have been one of us once.
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Huh?
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I'm enchanted by Princess and Junior.
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Never have dreamt that I would think they were so sweet.
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I pressed the button, thought I'd press the button in here, and I've come sailing back.
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Jenny, you've gone home on the bus and your car's in town.
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The pack and ride! In Caffilly...
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No shopping tomorrow, innit, in Cardiff?
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You want pyjamas, don't you?
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Yeah, and debating what sort they get.
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Dave and his wife, Shirley.
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What do you think you were going for?
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The full augers, like slippers?
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I was thinking about something in silk, Shirley.
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Silk?
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Yeah.
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What for?
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Well, you know, stand out -ish, like.
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But who are you going to stand out to?
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Well, you, for a start.
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Which don't make no difference.
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What are you wearing?
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Ah, but can you imagine when I'm in bed, like, aren't you feeling silk?
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I don't look like I think, oh my God.
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Look, I won't be feeling silk because have I...
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Do I touch you much in bed?
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No, I bloody don't.
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So I won't be touching no silk.
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On Friday night, there was an air of excitement on the BBC.
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Bring the bottle over, it cuts out the middleman.
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That's true, yeah.
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Good idea.
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Ooh, here we go.
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A little bit of Graham.
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I know.
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Graham's got the big red chair.
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I've got the big yellow one.
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Yeah, that was supposed to be my chair.
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Yeah, at least it doesn't have the lever to flip back, thank God.
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I wish it did.
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Have you heard about tonight's Graham Norton? Have I?
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Cate Blanchett, brilliant.
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We've got a great line -up for you tonight, plus a very special surprise.
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Ooh!
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Ooh!
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Is it Madonna?
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Just you, wit.
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One of the other things that links all three of you is you're all involved in the Earthshot prize.
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Earthshot?
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Oh, that's Prince William's thing. Is it?
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Yeah.
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Which is the big environmental prize.
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Moonshot is, could we do something amazing, Earthshot about the Earth.
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Nice.
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Founded by His Royal Highness Prince William.
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Yeah.
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So I could ask you about that. But?
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But we just thought, why not ask the man himself?
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Hey, all.
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What man?
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So ladies and gentlemen, compose yourselves, this is not a drill.
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You can hear the crowd going...
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No, I'm not going to be Prince William!
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Surely not!
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Audible gasps.
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Please give a warm first -time welcome to...
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Is he actually going to come on?
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It looks like it.
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His Royal Highness Prince William!
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No!
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Look at this thing!
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Oh my God!
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My mother would be horrified.
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She'd be horrified.
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If I was there, I'd have rushed the stage by now.
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Yeah!
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Oh, stop.
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Look at him.
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Look at him.
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Oh, yeah, Hannah.
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Good girl, good girl, Hannah.
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Did she do it?
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Curtsy, Mary.
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Yes.
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Got a little crush on him.
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You know that, don't you?
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Really?
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Yes.
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And he's a Villa fan, Neaty.
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I know he's a Villa fan, Trish.
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You tell me that every time.
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He's a big Villa fan.
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Wow.
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You're very welcome.
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Loved you to see you.
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He's beginning to look more and more like a coin.
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I was going to be seeing the WI tonight, so I'm right.
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It's a bit loud.
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It's making me laugh.
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And for the purposes of chat show land, How do I refer to you?
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Your...
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Whatever suits.
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Whatever suits?
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That's free reign to call the future king whatever he wants.
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Yeah.
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Okay.
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I'm going... Will?
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Yeah.
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William?
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That's good.
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Go William.
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William.
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William.
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Not your majesty then.
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Oh no. No, because you are a big football fan aren't you?
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I love football.
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Yeah.
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Now there you've lost me.
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Now I'm sorry.
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The drop points.
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Sorry.
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Aston Villa is your team.
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Absolutely.
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Yes.
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Apparently you secretly post in the fan forums.
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I am on some of the fan forums, yeah.
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Oh, what a proper fan rub!
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I heard this, I heard this.
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There he is, he got a pseudo -name!
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Do you give it away by saying one didn't think that was very good?
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Look at his good teeth.
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I wonder who deals with them.
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But obviously, you know, you've been born into your job.
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As a child, did you fantasise about doing other things?
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Good question.
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What did he want to be?
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Did you kind of think, when I grow up, I might not be king, I'll do this?
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No, I left that to Harry.
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I did want to be a policeman
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when I was younger I thought I could make a good policeman he's got the height for it
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and he's got the head for the helmet
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and then I went through a phase where I want to be a DJ
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which didn't go very well put Ponzans up in there enjoying the show
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With an X Did you DJ at school parties?
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No, I didn't I'd never got that good
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But the thing about him is that he's a good egg I mean,
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it's not as though he's trying to open gambling dens all over the country.
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Harry and Andrew will be watching this going, why has it gone so fucking well for him?
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LAUGHTER In
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Blackpool...
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Are the kids still calling you
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Peter instead of Daddy?
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Oh, honestly, we were playing outside the other day and Jimmy bumped his face and Eva went, I will go and get Paige.
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Pete and his little sister Sophie.
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I mean, Jimmy's like learning to spell, isn't he?
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Yeah.
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So he was going to me, oh, you know, what's your name?
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And I'm like, Daddy.
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He's like, no, I think it's Peter.
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I think it's Peter.
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So him and Eva were doing it and he was sounding it out.
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He was going, so, P -T -er.
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And then they were, like, doing it.
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He was going, Err!
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Pete!
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Err!
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Then he was going, Err!
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I'm getting trolled by my own kid.
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On Thursday night, time was running out for the traitors on BBC One.
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No!
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Elliot, it's episode nine!
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There's only one more left after this.
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What am I going to do with my life?
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What are you actually going to do?
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What am I actually going to do?
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Not long till I'm a celebrity.
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It's the only spark of joy in our lives.
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As a parent, traitors is my personality at the moment.
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There's nothing there.
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All of the faithfuls trust the three traitors more than anyone else.
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Oh, it's amazing.
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It's just so...
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They're so Machiavellian.
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They've just perfected this whole thing.
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I think they're going to get all the way through at the end.
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Yep.
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The murder in plain sight, what do you think?
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The peacock perfume leads us to think that it might well have happened in the library.
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Right.
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Oh, hang on.
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Are they talking about the murder in plain sight?
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Of Ross Kemp.
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To the murderer?
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Yes.
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Yes, they are.
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Amazing.
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Tell me why it's not you.
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Oh, my happy!
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I don't know how you prove innocence when you've literally not done anything suspicious.
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I've not been around anything super, super weird.
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And I've gone with whoever I thought was a traitor at any point.
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This is the first time we've seen any heat on Maya, you know?
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Yeah.
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Is she protesting too much?
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She's just gone a bit protesty.
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Someone in this traitor group, maybe all of you, are really good at staying under the radar, and you're one of the best people here.
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Sheen's got her!
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If that was me, I'd have a rash that would creep up my neck, up to my chin, and I'd be Cerise Pink.
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I think you could be a brilliant traitor, and if you and Kenny paired up, amazing.
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He's on to her.
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He's on to her.
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Come on!
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He's right on the money!
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It could be James A too.
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You really don't think James A.
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I mean, my gut says no, but I keep thinking, what am I going on with that?
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Yeah.
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Why am I giving him a sort of a free pass?
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Oh, God.
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Hang on a minute.
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Michael Sheen's just clocked them all.
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Bish, bash, bosh.
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Bang, bang, ba -bong, bing, bang, bong.
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He could polish them off, Mary.
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Do you get?
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Yeah, but I wouldn't...
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Mr Sheen could polish them off.
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I wouldn't dignify that joke by acknowledging you'd even said it.
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Mr Sheen could polish them off, Nuttie.
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Stop it.
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Oh, I've got that top.
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Oh, that's the outfit I've got that I can't walk in.
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It's the weather.
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Oh, yeah, it is.
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Players, the floor is yours.
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Oh, my God.
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Start with me.
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Throw everything you can at me.
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Strong opening.
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That's game play, isn't it?
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You have been guiding us in many ways and we have been guided in the wrong direction.
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They're not turning.
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Oh, they're turning on Michael!
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Rather than looking at the noisy ones, we should be looking at the quiet ones.
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Ooh!
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Good point.
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Who are the quiet ones, in your opinion?
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I think James A.
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He spun!
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I think, Maya, I would say you fall into the same bracket.
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Oh, Maya!
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Are they all going to get sussed now?
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Oh, please.
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Romesh said something early on.
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It's being a passenger.
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It's being like someone who just is, you know, going along and tucking in and speaking up now and again and just keeping your head down,
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not raising too much suspicion.
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That is my utility.
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I thought, who are the people who have done that brilliantly?
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Name them.
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Name them.
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Oh!
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Right, go on.
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And I would say the two best people of that are you. And? And James.
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I love when they start pointing fingers at you.
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Oh, yes.
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Put on, Mr Sheen.
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Yes.
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Keep polishing.
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Can you tell me again who was in the library with Ross towards the end of the evening?
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No, I can't.
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He's definitely got his detective hat on.
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Me, James, Kenny, Sharon, Joanne came in quickly, in and out, and Gerry.
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Yeah, but we know Sharon, Joanne, Gerry...
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Faithfuls.
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So you three?
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Yeah.
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Oh!
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Given that we think the murder weapon was that perfume bottle in the library...
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It was, it was, it really, really was.
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So the one person who didn't leave the library and go into the atrium that's still here is you.
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Oh!
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So he's flipped reversed it off -mire onto James now.
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OK.
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OK.
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OK.
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That's not a rebuttal.
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I just want to explain my situation.
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What?
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Uh -oh.
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Hang on a minute.
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I was made a traitor.
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What?
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He just fessed up.
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What?
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What?
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He told him.
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Oh, my gosh.
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Without wanting to be.
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Sorry?
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I don't think that you should be doing this.
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No one's ever done this before.
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I've had a unique experience on this that no one's had before.
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He's not taking down the team.
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He's just going to sacrifice himself.
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Yeah.
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Who would have fought him?
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Well played, Kenny!
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Go on, Kenny!
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Kenny Seekiel, that's taking the heat off of it, actually.
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Thank you, James.
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My weight has been lifted.
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I'm glad that I was so faithful that I couldn't make it to the end as a traitor.
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Oh, God.
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Absolutely not.
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I think I would have tried to fight a little bit more.
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I might have even been really bad and gone, hang on, why have you suddenly gone for me? you've sort of shown
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it was Maya I might have just tried to deflect
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it a little bit more save your bacon yeah yeah yeah save your own bacon
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and I say is it because I'm short Michael oh my
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days I start using them I've never used in my life Michael
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I didn't know you were against short people don't stop picking on me because I'm short Claudia In Bristol...
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What are those?
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Are those prescriptive?
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Yeah!
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Then you need glasses.
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I did need them before, but it wasn't as bad. But now...
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Let me see these glasses.
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Brothers Tremaine, Twain and Tristan.
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Oh, wow.
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No, no, no. Don't do that.
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You've got to put them on.
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No, no, no. But I'm just seeing.
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Oh yeah, wow.
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That does zoom in, innit?
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That's crazy.
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Jeez.
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You're gonna need them double -fick lenses and that soon, innit?
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I ain't got two milk bottles there.
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Oh man, you look like Norbit.
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You look like Norbit with them glasses, you know?
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Oh man.
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Hey, Retribution.
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LAUGHTER On Tuesday, Weatherfield had us getting in the mood for spooky season on ITV1.
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Don't touch my hand.
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Pig.
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I mean, it's on nearly every night, this.
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How would you find the time?
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I'm annoyed cos that Carribo or Haribo Cup, my Corrie and Emma, they'll keep getting moved off.
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What, for football? For football!
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I'll have to catch up with Aunty Jane and running clubs too after I've watched this, we always have to have a Corrie debrief.
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Oh, poor little Shanice.
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You know, that cold has completely knocked her out.
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She's like the living dead.
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She doesn't age, Sally, does she?
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No, and her acting's not got much better, either.
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She barely touched her teeth.
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She wanted to go straight to bed.
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Sally and Tim have got three foster children, two of them to one lot of parents.
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Dad's in prison for murder.
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Another one to another lot of parents.
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Dad's in prison for murder.
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Bloody hell.
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I know.
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Oh, haven't we set the oven?
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I thought it was later than that.
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But them flaming power cuts.
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Power's been on and off all day.
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Oh, Max, have we experienced power cuts?
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Oh, dear.
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Halloween and a load of power cuts.
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That's enough to put the willies up your intake.
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I'll stay.
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You go to the Halloween thing.
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Oh, no. I fancy staying in.
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You can go.
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Don't stay home alone, Sally, on Halloween.
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Halloween on Corrie.
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Summer Dodgy is going to go on here, Ellie.
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I'm telling you.
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Everybody goes mad for Halloween round here.
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Oh, Jack, we don't have anything to wear.
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What are some of Sally's clothes?
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THEY LAUGH They're frightening.
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Have you seen this?
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Is a riot going on at Stoneway Prison?
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Oh, riots!
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Riots at the prison!
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Oh, it's just like Strangeways all over again.
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Things like this happen in prisons sometimes, all right?
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If Mick had escaped, we'd have heard about it.
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Oh, don't tell me her dad's broken out.
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Oh, he's the right piece of work, is Mick.
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He killed bloody PC Tinker.
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Are you sure you'll be all right on your own?
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Yeah, of course I will.
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I mean, there's nothing going to happen, is there?
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Oh, don't they?
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That was famous last words.
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Why would you say that?
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She might get murdered.
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Do you think she'll get murdered?
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Um, yeah.
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Gosh, that's a bit bleak.
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Crikey.
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Because this is a Halloween episode.
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Oh, I see.
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OK, fair enough.
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Oh, fuck.
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Here we go.
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Oh, I'd be terrified.
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So would I.
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Hello?
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I'd be off.
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I'd get me caught.
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I'd be out there.
617
They don't always shout out the window, they'll only be across the road.
618
The rovers is on the opposite.
619
Ah!
620
Ha -ha!
621
Ha -ha!
622
Got you!
623
Natty, that gave you a fright, didn't it?
624
Yes.
625
Now you've frightened the dog.
626
Ah!
627
Ah!
628
I wonder if she's regretting staying in.
629
Ha -ha -ha!
630
Oh, God.
631
Now the bloody phone.
632
Don't answer it, Sally.
633
The scariest thing is that they still use a landline.
634
Jesus Christ.
635
Hello? Is there someone there?
636
Is there someone there?
637
I know where you live, Sally.
638
Oh, stop, stop!
639
I'm a grown woman and I've done various self -defence courses and Tai Chi.
640
What's she giving it to me next minute?
641
Ah, Tai Chi, don't worry.
642
I can kill a man in 40 yards. And...
643
I have a weapon.
644
If Drew Barrymore had picked up the phone like this, she would still be alive today, wouldn't she?
645
No, I fancy you in green, actually.
646
Green is my phone.
647
Oh!
648
Oh, the power's gone off!
649
Oh, the power's gone in the street!
650
PHONE RINGS Is that the phone ringing again?
651
Is it Tim this time, though?
652
Tim, look, I...
653
I can't find the torch thing, it's dark.
654
Did I see a shadow there?
655
Somebody's walking by the window, I saw him!
656
I haven't got my glasses on, hang on.
657
Oh, for God's sake!
658
Oh!
659
She's whacked him!
660
Ooh, she smashed her vase over the head.
661
What the hell's happened?
662
She hit me!
663
Ah, she's hit Lucy!
664
Lucy Raskin! asking for it there.
665
She snuck up on her.
666
Exactly.
667
I'm not living the way that she could have killed me!
668
No, you're just like her!
669
You're just like my mum!
670
I don't think your mum would confuse you for a ghost and hit you over the head with a vase.
671
That's a very specific thing that Sally did.
672
Oh, Sally.
673
Typical Sally, this.
674
You've dropped her bollock there.
675
Listen, you little witch, I've smashed my good vase from home bargains because of you, dicking about in a bed sheet.
676
That's in the bloody range.
677
LAUGHTER This continues.
678
MUSIC In Leeds...
679
So, you know, we went to the arena yesterday for a kids' show.
680
Yeah.
681
Well, on the way in, I'd copped for the pick and mix and I thought, I'm getting some of that in Interville.
682
Sisters Ellie and Izzy.
683
Guess how much it was.
684
How much?
685
£27.
686
27 quid?!
687
And that caught up just in time when it was time to pay.
688
No!
689
So he coughed up for it and all.
690
On Wednesday night, Cheeky Chappies Rob and Romech were in for a fright on Sky One.
691
They make me laugh and very few things do.
692
Because I'm such a miserable old kid.
693
You see, the kids are dressing up this year.
694
Evie's going to be a witch and Jimmy's going to be a werewolf.
695
But we're just cautious with the padding because they've put a lot of padding in.
696
So it looks like the werewolf's got tits, not just muscle.
697
It's not even a joke.
698
Paige is going, I'm going to have to cut this out.
699
I'm going to have to cut this padding out.
700
It looks like tit.
701
New Orleans!
702
New Orleans, that's where they go jump the broom and all them teams.
703
They got love juju in New Orleans.
704
It's like Voodoo Central, isn't it?
705
Yeah.
706
New Orleans is so spooky, even the houses for sale declare if they're haunted.
707
What?
708
I'd love to buy that.
709
First up, we were going after one of the big hitters of the supernatural world. Who?
710
Who's the big hitter? Who?
711
Vampires.
712
Vampires?
713
Do you think they exist?
714
No. Oh.
715
Next question.
716
And today, the city is now home to a real -life vampire subculture.
717
The Vampire Cafe, they're all cashing in on it.
718
Utter bonkers.
719
I think it's true. Do you?
720
I think it's true.
721
We'd come to the shop of Sean Wilder to talk vampires.
722
Right.
723
This makes sense.
724
It's always that same hairdo, isn't it?
725
It's a sleek back.
726
Yeah.
727
Do you think you have to have a ponytail to be a vampire?
728
I think so.
729
Might be handy, mightn't it?
730
So, we want to find out about vampires. Do we?
731
Am I right in saying that you both are?
732
That's correct.
733
Very much so.
734
These two are vampires?
735
Like you said, he looks like a drugger.
736
He does, they both do.
737
How does it work?
738
What do you do?
739
The stereotypical idea?
740
I am a sanguine vampire, which means I drink blood.
741
He drinks blood?
742
Is that legal?
743
There's some weird people out there.
744
Is that the same for you, Sean?
745
Are you blunt?
746
No, no, I don't drink blood.
747
No, I drink energy, if you will.
748
Take in energy.
749
Oh, energy vampire, yeah.
750
We have something set up on the third floor, if you guys are interested, where I can actually show you guys how to take in energy,
751
but I can also demonstrate feeding, if you're interested.
752
OK.
753
This is where you say no. Yeah.
754
No!
755
No!
756
Goodbye!
757
It was nice meeting you.
758
I'm not even going to shake your hand.
759
Are you all ready?
760
Yeah.
761
I think so, yeah.
762
They're now looking a bit nervous.
763
I'd be a bit bloody nervous.
764
You guys can lie down on your backs.
765
OK.
766
OK.
767
Oh, God.
768
If you just take your clothes off, eh?
769
I'm going to start with Rob.
770
Yeah?
771
Jesus Christ.
772
He's doing it now.
773
He's going in.
774
I was touching them.
775
He's got his hands on Rob's heart.
776
Are you feeding now, Sean?
777
I am.
778
And how does it taste?
779
It tastes good.
780
Yeah?
781
Yeah.
782
Yep.
783
Oh, it tastes good.
784
Tastes good.
785
They like the British cuisine, you know?
786
Yeah.
787
Are you guys willing to do some deep feeding?
788
Yeah, got a date, man.
789
What's the deep feeding?
790
Do you think the deep feeding involves getting teabagged?
791
I'm worried these two are just going to get teabagged.
792
Do you want to kind of show the difference by taking off your tops or do you want to leave them on?
793
Rob looks scared.
794
Leave them on, please.
795
I don't want to see
796
Rob Beckett's bug in it.
797
I couldn't do it like that.
798
Jesus.
799
It tops off?
800
This is very interesting.
801
If at any point you feel uncomfortable, let me know and I'll stop.
802
I'm out.
803
I'm out.
804
Stop.
805
I feel uncomfortable.
806
All right, so I'm just going to...
807
There we go.
808
OK.
809
And he's in.
810
Ooh!
811
Oh, whoa!
812
Uncomfortable, uncomfortable, uncomfortable, uncomfortable.
813
MUSIC PLAYS Oh, dear.
814
Oh, dear.
815
His chain's touching his nipple as well.
816
Oh, my God.
817
Honestly, this would send me on there.
818
He's sucking the energy out of his body.
819
He gets f*ing...
820
Well, it'll be fucked with you. In Leeds...
821
My muscle hurts.
822
My gluteus maximus hurts.
823
I've been using this booty builder at the gym.
824
Is it actually called a booty builder?
825
Yeah.
826
Booty builder.
827
Best friends Danielle and Daniella.
828
And you sit in it, put a seatbelt on, strap in, we're going up, and you just...
829
Oh!
830
LAUGHTER I think you need to slow down on the old Booty Builder.
831
I need...
832
No. No, you need to take time.
833
No, cos when we go to Malta, my booties...
834
That's how I want rock.
835
It's pretty solid now.
836
You've always had a pretty solid one, to be fair.
837
No, it jiggles now.
838
Oh, does it?
839
Yeah.
840
Don't you like a bit of jiggle?
841
I like a little bit of jiggle, but it's jiggling too much, so the Booty Builder's my new best friend.
842
OK, so you want a controlled jiggle.
843
I want...
844
Yeah, controlled your jiggle.
845
Yeah.
846
On Friday, it was new government guidance that was making the headlines on ITV.
847
Oh, look at this.
848
You've had a fresh haircut for the weekend, buddy.
849
He doesn't know who he is, darling.
850
He thinks he's a whippet.
851
As the first storms of the season hit the UK, the Prime Minister has warned that we could face a winter of greater flooding.
852
Winter's kicked off with a bang now, hasn't it?
853
Yeah.
854
Oh, you've got to be prepared.
855
A winter of discontent.
856
I know.
857
It came as he repeated the government's calls for Britain to be better prepared for a world of unexpected events.
858
Jeez.
859
One thing I would say
860
Britain is bad at is being prepared for unexpected events.
861
We're just the worst in the world.
862
Leaf on track.
863
Train stop.
864
People are being urged to stock emergency supplies in case of power cuts, natural disasters.
865
Oh, I've heard about this.
866
I know somebody who's stocked already.
867
Oh, I do.
868
Friends of mine have been doing that for weeks.
869
Emergency supply.
870
Stop pining tins of beans, throw bentos pies.
871
I'm up for this.
872
Always up for this.
873
I like stockpiling. Do you?
874
No, not really.
875
This is some of the kit that, alongside food and water, the government thinks we should all have stashed away in case of emergencies.
876
Are you listening?
877
Are you listening?
878
Are you taking...
879
I'll get my phone.
880
Pen and paper.
881
I've got to make a list.
882
Well, people need a great first aid kit.
883
I think we've both got first aid kits.
884
Yes, we have.
885
They need lighting.
886
Touch.
887
Touch.
888
I've got loads of touches for my ghost, Tom.
889
I've got a touch.
890
The trouble is when the lights go out, I can't find it.
891
So we have an emergency hub here.
892
It's a wind -up radio.
893
A wind -up radio? Who thought?
894
I said that to Ray about getting a radio.
895
He says we don't need one.
896
He says we'll just go sit in the car.
897
The government says its advice is not because of a specific threat.
898
It's not because of, say, a specific threat, it's just there is that many threats.
899
Yeah, we can't nail it to one specific one.
900
The government's Be Ready checklist includes three litres of drinking water per person per day.
901
Who's necking three litres of water every day, like?
902
Yeah, that's mental, that.
903
You're only meant to neck two, aren't you?
904
And that's a struggle.
905
Bottles of water.
906
Right.
907
Wine.
908
Bottles of wine.
909
Bottles of wine.
910
Non -perishable food that doesn't need refrigeration or cooking.
911
Well, you'd be laughed.
912
Well as long as I got a biscuit I'll be alright.
913
We'd be alright darling with all the nuts that you've got in this fucking drawer.
914
Nuts and baked beans.
915
We'll be living off nuts for the next 10 years.
916
A key part of the new advice is to be prepared to share with your neighbours.
917
Oh you're not good at that.
918
You're not good at sharing you.
919
Ah you've got no food enough.
920
Come round here then and fucking have all night.
921
In a scenario like this would you be sharing?
922
No they can look after themselves.
923
Oh look at her.
924
And we all love.
925
Yes exactly.
926
And we all love.
927
She's my spirit animal.
928
I wish I turned and walked off as well.
929
Fuck off.
930
Disgusted at the question.
931
It brings out the best in people, this situation.
932
Yeah, we're all different, aren't we?
933
You've got to remember, we're all different.
934
But whatever people feel they need, the advice is to gradually add it to your normal shopping rather than stockpiling everything all at once.
935
You don't bear thinking about, does it?
936
No, let's not think about it.
937
Let's not...
938
Ask me a drink.
939
Here we go, cheers.
940
There we are.
941
Bottom's up.
942
I'll go out with my hunting rifle.
943
Cheryl, I'm off to get the provisions.
944
Well, how can you cook it?
945
There's no gas or electric.
946
You can get the little gas canisters, can't you?
947
Where are you getting the chicken from?
948
What chicken?
949
Well, I only eat chicken.
950
in Edinburgh made a bit of a boo -boo
951
this week oh what have you done? well I'll tell you please do I saw an online deal
952
and I thought oh I can't let that go sisters Susie
953
and Rosie so I got it at an excellent price for what?
954
48 of my preferred quilted toilet rolls.
955
28?
956
48. 48.
957
48. So they got delivered and I'd completely forgotten that we had two 16s already.
958
No, no. So that's 32 and 48.
959
What does that take us to?
960
80. And I had four extra ones, so I've got 84 toilet rolls.
961
Come the revolution, I am ready.
962
On Sunday night, ITV had something scandalous in mind.
963
Adultery!
964
Ooh, Jake!
965
I've seen the trailers for this, it looks so good.
966
Who could be arsed having an affair?
967
Who can be...
968
Having one man in your life is taxing enough.
969
Exactly.
970
Never mind two.
971
I think you have to have a different level of energy to commit adultery.
972
Don't knock it.
973
Oh, God!
974
Mum, could you give me and Jess a lift to her house?
975
Holly, you remember where I'm going today, don't you?
976
Oh, where is she going?
977
Oh, I don't know.
978
It's like a Minnowie way.
979
Fine.
980
Thanks, Mum.
981
Jess, we're going.
982
It's Mum's taxi, isn't it?
983
Yeah.
984
That's how it is when you've got kids.
985
Kids and a husband that's needy, yeah.
986
Where you are?
987
Jess is.
988
Hiya, Neil.
989
You all right?
990
There's someone in his girlfriend.
991
There's Ollie mentioned about Mum's birthday party.
992
Oh, yeah, sorry.
993
Erm...
994
There's another thing on the list.
995
You've got all these different things, being a mum going on in your age, you've got work, you've got kids,
996
you've got a husband, you've got the house, you've got...
997
Oh.
998
Is that our place?
999
No big deal, but Mum and Dad would love to meet you.
1000
I'd definitely try and come.
1001
Oh, we're meeting the in -laws!
1002
Say, come on now, look!
1003
Hiya.
1004
Mum, I've left my footy boots in the car, you need to come back.
1005
Oh, mate, no, that's happened to me with myself.
1006
Oh, for God's sake!
1007
Can you just swing back?
1008
Fine.
1009
Oh!
1010
Oh, I nearly dropped my fucking tea all over then.
1011
Oh, you wet my...
1012
Oh, shit!
1013
Oh, someone's going to have a bit of rumpy bumpiness.
1014
Oh, I am so sorry.
1015
What were you doing?
1016
Oh, sexy bike rider.
1017
I think that's broken.
1018
Well, it could not be.
1019
It could just be bruising.
1020
I'm a doctor.
1021
Oh.
1022
A doctor, you say?
1023
Well.
1024
OK, I can take you to the hospital.
1025
Yeah, take him, for Christ's sake.
1026
Yeah, Ollie, I've had an accident.
1027
I've knocked a man off his bike just up the road.
1028
And it's all your fault, you little bastard, cos you want me to bring them boots back.
1029
Yeah, I've got to take him to hospital.
1030
Can you and Jess come and pick up his bike?
1031
She needs to use what three words and then they'll know where it is.
1032
Ollie and Jess?
1033
Yeah?
1034
Ollie Brooks?
1035
Yeah.
1036
Yeah?
1037
Yeah.
1038
Oh!
1039
I'm Tom, Jess's dad.
1040
Oh, my gosh!
1041
What an introduction!
1042
No ways, if she's ran Jessie's dad over.
1043
Bloody hell.
1044
Oh, right.
1045
Nice to meet you.
1046
Oh, don't shake my hand.
1047
Yeah, it's going to be hours for the x -ray, but...
1048
Oh, shit, sorry.
1049
Oh, is she going to stay with him now?
1050
I'll get me triage in a minute to get some drugs for the pain.
1051
Are you doing pain well?
1052
Yes, great, thanks.
1053
Oh, was that a bit of flirty behaviour there?
1054
I think a little bit of flirty -flirty there, love.
1055
If he came up to me in a pub and said, can I get you a drink, I'd be like, you absolutely can.
1056
No, you wouldn't.
1057
You've got...
1058
They're cute together, aren't they, Ollie and Jess?
1059
Oh!
1060
Do you think that they've, um...
1061
Huh?
1062
Huh?
1063
What?
1064
You know.
1065
Eh?
1066
What?
1067
Oh, is she saying...
1068
Nookie.
1069
Jess and Ollie had a bit of how's your father?
1070
Yeah, nookie bear.
1071
You mean...
1072
Yeah.
1073
Er, yeah, probably.
1074
Really? Of course.
1075
What do you think?
1076
Yes.
1077
Oh, what a weird question!
1078
What, they've gone straight to discussing whether their children are having sex?
1079
Slightly weird line of flirting.
1080
We're going to be grandma and grandda.
1081
Stop it.
1082
No, but we are.
1083
Stop it.
1084
Stop it.
1085
Stop it.
1086
Literally, they're...
1087
Stop it.
1088
He is undressing her with his eyes.
1089
It's that lingering look, like...
1090
Stop that.
1091
Yeah, exactly.
1092
Weird.
1093
A bit later, Beth was at Tom's house for a birthday party.
1094
Oh, they've obviously had a few bevvies.
1095
Oh, yes, the Lambrusco's been pouring.
1096
They're loosening up now.
1097
Yep.
1098
And he couldn't wait to shore his telescope.
1099
Jess was obsessed with stars of space when she was little.
1100
Men are so weird with the telescopes.
1101
That's not a particularly good one.
1102
It's a small refractory.
1103
All right, George.
1104
All right.
1105
I'm sorry about your friend...
1106
Ali.
1107
Ali mentioned.
1108
Oh, I was talking about a friend that passed away.
1109
You're going to have to comfort her now, aren't you, Tom?
1110
It's awful losing a friend.
1111
Tom's actually been a nice guy, but there's also a tactic going on here, Jane.
1112
I know.
1113
Oh!
1114
That's me good hand.
1115
Can you feel the electricity?
1116
She felt something then.
1117
That's scary.
1118
Hello, Tom!
1119
Your wife's shouting you, Tom.
1120
I think that's the start of something brewing there.
1121
That was literally chemical.
1122
A chemical reaction started there.
1123
Endorphins and pulsating vibrations.
1124
Wowzers.
1125
Later, we saw
1126
Beth at her best friend's funeral.
1127
She's there needing emotional support and she's all on her own.
1128
But there was only one place she wanted to be.
1129
Why is she going to the doctor's surgery?
1130
Is that where
1131
Tom's surgery is?
1132
Oh, yeah.
1133
Go.
1134
You think I'm crazy coming here?
1135
Yeah, yeah, we do.
1136
Could you lock the door, please?
1137
Maybe I am, but I...
1138
I've got this pain here.
1139
Oh, I've got a pain in my heart!
1140
Oh, hello.
1141
Do you get that on prescription?
1142
I don't know, but if you do, I'll have one.
1143
Yeah!
1144
HE LAUGHS Oh, not even from the...
1145
HE LAUGHS This might explain some of the waiting list cues.
1146
HE LAUGHS No more appointments, please.
1147
It's quite interesting, you know, seeing how the other half live.
1148
It does, isn't it?
1149
Does it tempt you to having an affair?
1150
No, not really.
1151
I can't be bothered.
1152
HE LAUGHS I don't know.
1153
HE LAUGHS In Newcastle...
1154
Lindsay's mum and dad have this awful habit of accidentally sending voice notes, right?
1155
Oh, yes.
1156
Most of the time, absolute gibberish, right?
1157
You can't make it out.
1158
Brothers Mark and Steve.
1159
But anyway, Lindsay's dad's had a fall and he's in hospital cos he's hurt his knee.
1160
So anyway, this morning, I'm lying in bed this morning, there's no kids in the house, nobody else in the house,
1161
just me and Lindsay in bed this morning, so I'm like, oh.
1162
Have a little smooch over, get a little bit close, and then I get interrupted by an accidental voice note from her dad,
1163
who was in hospital, telling the nurse that he's woken up
1164
and he's filled his pot with piddle and can they empty it?
1165
So I immediately had to shuffle that way and think, I'm just going to go out for a coffee.
1166
On Sunday night, we were back in the labour ward on E4.
1167
Always makes me cry.
1168
Oh, does it?
1169
Oh, well, everything makes you cry, literally.
1170
I'll be honest.
1171
You've been at the birth of Jimmy and Eva, haven't you?
1172
Correct, yeah, yeah, an honour.
1173
Well, you were my...
1174
Emotional support animal.
1175
One born every minute does not make me broody.
1176
Why would it?
1177
Why would it make anybody broody?
1178
Yeah.
1179
Why on earth?
1180
If anything, it reminds you how horrendous and what an endurance task childbirth is.
1181
I mean, it's not that bad.
1182
It's not good.
1183
Erin and her boyfriend, Calum, are expecting their second baby.
1184
Oh, number two, they know what to expect.
1185
Over 40 weeks pregnant, Erin's come in to be induced.
1186
Bad luck being induced, OK?
1187
But we're inducing you this time because...
1188
Of my previous C -section.
1189
Previous C -section and we're over term now, aren't we?
1190
Yes.
1191
This is her first vaginal birth.
1192
Vaginal passage birth, is that what you say? and drop the passage.
1193
You had a section the second time.
1194
I had a section the second time because he was due on my birthday.
1195
I don't think so.
1196
I don't think I'm having a baby on my birthday.
1197
I don't think so.
1198
I'm not doing a kid's party every year instead of my own.
1199
Right, so I'm just going to break the water.
1200
OK, Erin, this will be all right.
1201
Just deep breaths.
1202
It doesn't hurt.
1203
It just feels weird.
1204
Big deep breaths and then just some jelly.
1205
Oh.
1206
Oh, wow.
1207
Jeez.
1208
I feel like it's getting more intense.
1209
This does not make me want to do it again.
1210
It makes me feel sick.
1211
Did you cry when Harry was born?
1212
Me?
1213
No. Don't lie! Did you?
1214
No. Definitely cried.
1215
We all shed a tear on the firstborn.
1216
I didn't cry when my little ones were born, but if I knew how much they were going to cost me, I would have cried.
1217
Before she can give birth vaginally...
1218
Vaginally.
1219
..a woman's cervix needs to widen or dilate to 10 centimetres.
1220
Yes, we know that.
1221
I know.
1222
Well, they say it's like that.
1223
That's ten centimetres.
1224
You're like eight centimetres.
1225
No way!
1226
Yeah.
1227
Eight, so she's probably at that.
1228
So she's only two off.
1229
Come on, girl!
1230
Come on!
1231
Let's get pushing, cos baby's telling her she's ready to come.
1232
All right, let's get pushing!
1233
Come on, Erin!
1234
Oh!
1235
They're getting her ready now.
1236
So do some pie then.
1237
That's the type of Vegas.
1238
Try sucking him.
1239
Try stringing getting a bit closer then, Cal.
1240
I wouldn't want Oran Sundry looking up the thief like that.
1241
No. You can just push right first.
1242
She's trying to make her way out.
1243
You're helpless now as a bloke, innit?
1244
Yeah, go on, push, yeah.
1245
Come on, don't stop.
1246
Oh, my God, come on.
1247
Oh, look!
1248
Come on!
1249
Oh, my God, thank God, that's blurred out.
1250
That's it, you can do it.
1251
Keep going, keep going, keep going.
1252
Oh, God.
1253
You did it!
1254
Push!
1255
I put your hands on!
1256
That's it.
1257
Yo!
1258
Yeah!
1259
Happy birthday.
1260
That's literally happy birthday.
1261
Yeah, it is, yeah.
1262
You did so well.
1263
What's the blazers on my head?
1264
Just to keep her warm.
1265
Came out with a hat on?
1266
That's it.
1267
That's so cute.
1268
Oh, I'm off.
1269
That's his girl.
1270
That's it.
1271
Oh, see, I don't cry.
1272
Hey, look.
1273
He's going to make me cry.
1274
That's how he's at, isn't he?
1275
Oh, look how beautiful you are.
1276
I know.
1277
Oh, that's lovely.
1278
Oh!
1279
Look at her little smushy face.
1280
That's what life's all about.
1281
Family.
1282
I think I'm going to cry again.
1283
I don't know what's up with me today.
1284
Oh, Jenny.
1285
We all deserve a second chance, even disgruntled doctors.
1286
New medical drama, The F Ward, starts tomorrow at nine.
1287
And starting on Sunday, a brand -new game show with a huge secret twist that will only be revealed on the night.
1288
Bradley Walsh's million pound shot is at nine.
1289
The last leg is next.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Gogglebox (UK) 2026 Season 28 - Episode 9”. This video has 1286 sentences and 7449 words to shadow. The speech runs for 47:21. The speaker talks at a natural 157 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 241 of its 1286 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| laughter noun | /ˈlæftɚ/ | The sound of laughing, produced by air so expelled; any similar sound. |
| traitor noun | /ˈtɹeɪtɚ/ | Someone who violates an allegiance and betrays their country; someone guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers their country to an enemy, or… |
| uncomfortable adjective | /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/ | Not comfortable; causing discomfort. |
| silk noun | /sɪlk/ | A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider). |
| bang noun | /ˈbæŋ/ | A sudden percussive noise. |
| taxi noun | /ˈtæksi/ | A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, particularly one with an automated meter to calculate the fare. |
| builder noun | /ˈbɪl.dəɹ/ | One who builds or constructs things. |
| sake noun | /ˈseɪ̯k/ | Cause, interest or account. |
| knock verb | /nɑk/ | To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood. |
| affair noun | /əˈfɛɹ/ | Something which is done or is to be done; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public. |
| polish verb | /ˈpɑ.lɪʃ/ | To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding. |
| faithful adjective | /ˈfeɪθ.fl̩/ | Loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause. |
| riot noun | /ˈɹaɪ.ət/ | A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property. |
| pad noun | /pæd/ | A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on. |
| gosh | /ɡɑːʃ/ | A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| wind up verb | /waɪnd ˈʌp/ | To wind (rope, string, mainsprings, etc.) completely. |
| break out verb | To escape, especially forcefully or defiantly. | |
| bring out verb | To elicit, evoke, or emphasize (a particular quality). | |
| caught up verb | Involuntarily involved in a situation. | |
| come along verb | To accompany. | |
| come back verb | To return to a place. | |
| come out in verb | to be afflicted by (a visible disruption of the body) | |
| come out with verb | To say (something) unexpectedly. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- You've been on the same dual carriageway as him?
- You've never been on a bus?
- You want pyjamas, don't you?
- You know that, don't you?
- I mean, there's nothing going to happen, is there?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | have been guiding · I've been using · have been doing |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have seen · You've been · haven't been |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | be sat · would be horrified · be horrified |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | someone who just · people who have · person who didn |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 307 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: polish /ˈpɑ.lɪʃ/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/, destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, smash /smæʃ/
- Long words — get the stress right: uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, celebrity /səˈlɛb.ɹɪ.ɾi/, destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, unexpected /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd/, electricity /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪsɪti/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like laughter, traitor, uncomfortable.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.