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The United Kingdom, land of hope and glory.

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And who better to entrust with the nation's heritage than...

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Jedward?!

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Today the boys will compete to give some unsuspecting tourists

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the best tour of the River Thames.

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# London Bridge is falling down My fair lady! #

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Will they rise to the occasion...

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Opening the bridge in three, two, one...

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..or will they burn their bridges?

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You know what it is, I told you!

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-You didn't!

-You're meant to be helping me!

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It's Jedward's Big Adventure!

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My legs are SO sore!

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# Come with us There's so much to discover

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# Crazy adventures with me and my brother

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# We'll take on things that will freak you out

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# Cos this is Jedward's Big Adventure

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# Be your tour guides There's so much to do

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# There's a whole planet out there and it's just for you

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# Never know what you'll find and we'll mess with your mind

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# Hair-raising, trail-blazing Totally wild

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# Jedward's Big Adventure. #

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The River Thames. The heart of London.

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With its boats, bridges, historical buildings,

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and high-rise...hair?!

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Edward, where are we?

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I don't know.

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-HE GASPS

-It's our mission!

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In just 24 hours' time, you will each have to give

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a guided tour of the River Thames.

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Awesome!

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Whoever gives the best tour will get to ride along the Thames

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in a super-fast speeding river boat.

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Whoever loses will have to do the fish-slapping dance.

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DRAMATIC SOUND EFFECT

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-What's that?

-What is a fish-slapping dance?

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I don't know. Let's get out of here. The bell's ringing!

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BIG BEN CHIMES

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But the boys are going to need some help.

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Look who it is, Edward!

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It's Ed Petrie from All Over the Place.

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And Richard Wisker from Friday Download.

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So, Ed and Richard, what do you know about the River Th-ames?

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-It's not Th-ames, it's Thames.

-And what do you know?

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Well, I live in London, so I've crossed the River Thames a lot,

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I've travelled on it a lot, but I don't know very much about it.

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You guys don't seem to know anything.

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But, anyway, you guys relax while we get the facts.

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Come on, Ed, let's go ask the experts.

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On a boat with Jedward!

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SAD TROMBONE NOISE

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Tomorrow, John and Edward

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will be leading a group of tourists on a tour of the Th-ames,

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a place they can't pronounce and know nothing about.

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I can see a clock!

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John will be helped by Ed Petrie

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while Edward will be with Richard Wisker.

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Each team will be given three stories

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which the tourists will be tested on

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to find out which team make the best tour guides.

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John, put your life jacket on. Let's do this.

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It's time for the boys to meet their first expert, Amy.

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She's going to kick things off to a speedy start

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with a boat ride, to find out all about the river itself.

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Time for the boys to concentrate and start cramming those facts.

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-Welcome to the Thames!

-How long is the river Th-ames?

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215 miles.

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DREAMY SOUND EFFECT

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Starting as a small stream in the Cotswolds,

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the River Thames flows 215 miles

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right through the centre of London out to the North Sea.

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But 25,000 years ago,

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the Thames was just a tributary of the River Rhine,

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which runs all the way through Europe,

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because Britain was not then an island.

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Contrary to what people think,

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the Thames is now a very clean river.

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From having been biologically dead in the 1950s,

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it now holds over 120 different species of fish,

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thanks to conservation work.

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Amazing!

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In fact, in 1974, they actually caught a salmon here,

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so that was a sign that we were on the way up.

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You can catch salmon? So you mean we can make sushi?

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You certainly could.

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Want to go for lunch later, Amy?

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Steady on, boys, you've just met her!

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Keep focusing on these River Thames facts.

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And there's no time to linger,

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as here's their second location

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and their new guide, Peter.

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There he is.

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He'll be giving them a monumental tour of a place called...

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er, The Monument.

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Right, Jedward, welcome to The Monument.

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We're here to find out all we can about THIS.

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What IS this?

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DREAMY SOUND EFFECT

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The Monument was designed

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by the famous architect, Sir Christopher Wren,

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and completed in 1677.

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It was built to commemorate the Great Fire of London,

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which started in nearby Pudding Lane.

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The fire lasted three days

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and destroyed 13,000 houses and 89 churches.

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But miraculously though, there were only six deaths.

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-Only six people died?

-That's absolutely correct.

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It was quite slow burning. People had time to escape.

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-Why not put it out?

-They didn't have a fire brigade.

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That was set up after the Great Fire.

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Where did the people run to? Did they run to the beach?

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They ran to the river, took boats and went into the river.

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-What river?

-The Thames, of course!

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Sorry, did he actually just ask what river?! Can I get a playback?

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-What river?

-The Thames, of course!

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Yes! Yes, he did! Oh...

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Me and Edward want to go to the top. Can we go to the top?

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Of course you can.

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All right, Peter, let's go. You lead the way!

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SLAPSTICK MUSIC

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Careful!

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HE PANTS

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-That was crazy!

-What a workout!

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My legs are so sore!

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We now have an amazing view of London.

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Peter, how many steps did we just walk up?

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-311.

-It felt like 3 million!

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PETER LAUGHS It's getting really cold up here.

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Let's get out of here.

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Brrr! Let's hope they don't have brain freeze

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and forget all those key facts,

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because tomorrow, it's John and Edward's turn.

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They'll go head-to-head

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as they each take a group of tourists along the River Thames

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with the loser facing a fishy forfeit.

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I TROUT their team-mates fancy that!

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Do you see what I did there?

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On a serious note, I am scared of fish.

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ED LAUGHS No, I am! I'm terrified!

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-I can't lose!

-Do you want me to make sure that our team loses,

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so you don't get...

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If you do that for me, you'll be a brother.

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-It's never going to happen!

-Oh, I see how it is!

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Bet he's not scared of fish!

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This is James, a London Bridge expert with the next story.

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Hi, James!

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Hello?

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Come back!

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# London Bridge is falling down falling down, falling down

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# London Bridge is falling down My fair lady. #

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James, how old is this bridge?

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The bridge you see there today goes back to about the 1960s,

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but the history of London Bridge is far, far greater than that, though.

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It was the Romans who founded London,

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or Londinium, as they called it.

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They built a fort where the Tower of London now stands

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and the first river crossing where London Bridge sits today.

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In mediaeval times, London Bridge used to be covered in houses,

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whose tenants paid rent to the kings of England.

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Scotland's Braveheart, William Wallace,

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had the unfortunate honour

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of being the first of many heads to be displayed on the bridge,

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along with others like Sir Thomas More and Guy Fawkes.

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SCREAMING JEDWARD SCREAM

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I've got a present to show you,

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to show you what they used to do to the heads up on spikes.

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THEY SQUEAL

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That guy looks pretty happy.

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I'll be honest with you, I don't think he is.

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Back in the olden days, London Bridge had houses on it.

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People used to throw their sewage out the window,

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straight into the river.

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No wonder the River Thames got so dirty!

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Not only that, though, there was a death tax,

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so if your gran died, you had to pay to bury her body.

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Forget that! What people used to do is come up to the river,

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goodbye Gran, throw her over the edge, straight in the river.

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So right now, there's a lot of skeletons in the river

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of people who threw people in the River?

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-Absolutely!

-That's really disturbing!

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-That's really so scary!

-Seriously, I'm freaked out.

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So am I! The boys are halfway through their tour of the Thames.

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So far, they've found out how long the Thames is,

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how tall The Monument is,

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and some rather gruesome facts about London Bridge... There it is again!

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Tomorrow they'll be going head-to-head.

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Who will sink and who will swim?

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Next, off to check out another bridge. Tower Bridge.

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And here's Peter again.

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-This is amazing!

-Right, guys. Welcome to Tower Bridge.

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What can you tell us about Tower Bridge?

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Right, initially built because London expanded so much,

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London Bridge couldn't cope with traffic.

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They had to build somewhere else to allow people to cross.

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-DREAMY SOUND EFFECT

-In the late 19th century,

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London became so overcrowded that a new bridge was desperately needed.

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So in 1886, work began on a pioneering design

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which took eight years to complete.

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Divers prepared the riverbed for massive piers

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and construction workers worked at 46m above the water

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without safety nets.

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These days, over 40,000 vehicles

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successfully cross the bridge every day.

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But in 1952, there was a near miss,

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when it started to open with the number 78 bus still on it.

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-This bridge is amazing. Who built it?

-Two architects were there.

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Horace Jones, unfortunately, died in harness,

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which meant he died before he completed construction.

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John Wolfe-Barry took over.

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It's almost like two castles on a bridge.

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It is. It's totally unique.

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-Is there any ghosts?

-No.

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-Are you sure?

-No, I haven't seen any.

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What do you do if you see a ghost?

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-Talk to it.

-HE LAUGHS

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That's the spirit! Get it? Spirit?

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Ha-ha! Oh, I don't know...

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Anyway, let's see how the boys are doing, remembering all those facts.

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There's loads of dates to remember

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so I've got to get my head around the different dates,

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cos I'm always thinking about my birthday.

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I'm just hoping the Queen watches the show

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and she asks us to bring her on a tour of London.

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Yes, I heard she watches with the Corgis all the time(!)

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Meet Glen. Hi, Glen!

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He's one of the bridge controllers.

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He's going to take us inside Tower Bridge

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and tell us another story.

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I hope it's uplifting!

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So, Glen, where are we right now?

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Well, you're in the old bridge-driving cabin,

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where the bridge used to be controlled from.

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The bascules, French for see-saws, are the arms of the bridge.

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They raise and lower to let ships pass through.

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On average, the bascules are raised

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three times a day or 1,000 times a year.

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They used to be powered by enormous steam engines,

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but today the bascules are driven by oil and electricity.

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And rather than heavy levers,

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they can be opened by the simple press of a button.

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BOTH: Whoa!

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-Where are we?

-You're actually in the bascule chamber.

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The bascule comes down when the bridge raises.

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When we do a bridge lift,

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that will swing right down towards us.

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And when a boat calls you guys and goes, "Yo, what's happening?"

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then the whole white thing comes all the way down.

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You can't be in here when it's moving

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or you'll be squished like a sandwich.

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What are those noises?

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It's the cars, lorries, buses, going across the bridge.

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Do you think me and John are going to do a good job tomorrow

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-being tour guides?

-You'll be brilliant tour guides,

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but now we've got to get out of here,

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because the bridge is going to open.

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-Well, let's go!

-Quick, run!

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There's still one more story, and Amy's back.

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This time, she'll be showing the boys

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one of the most famous landmarks on the Thames.

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Cleopatra's Needle.

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What is this?

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It was a present for us from Egypt.

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DREAMY SOUND EFFECT

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Cleopatra's Needle is 3,500 years old,

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making it the oldest structure in London.

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It was given to England by the Egyptians in 1819,

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to commemorate the victories of the Battle of the Nile

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and the Battle of Alexandria,

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and eventually transported to London.

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But not all is how it should be.

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Early in the 20th century,

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the bronze sphinxes were taken away to be cleaned,

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and put back facing the wrong way round.

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Some say it's how Queen Victoria preferred them, but this way round,

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they're useless as the ferocious protectors they were meant to be.

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It came all the way from Egypt. It's amazing!

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The reason its name is Cleopatra's Needle, they think,

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is because the boat that brought it over was called Cleopatra.

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I thought it was something to do with...

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Remember the Egyptians used to put the needle in the nose

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and pull out the brain?

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No, you wouldn't want that up your nose!

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They reckon the needle's actually cursed.

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-This is cursed?

-That's what they believe.

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-Is there a mummy inside?

-No, there's no mummies inside.

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It's a solid piece of stone.

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Something that you guys might find interesting

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is this needle's actually a twin.

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The other twin is in New York.

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John, sometimes I wish you were in New York.

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-No, sometimes I wish YOU were in New York.

-Eating hot dogs!

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Sometimes I wish you were in London and I was in New York,

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having a great time eating hotdogs. AMY GIGGLES

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Boys, boys! It's been a nice day, don't spoil it!

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It's time to say goodbye.

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Tomorrow John and Edward will be the experts,

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with Ed and Richard helping to BRIDGE the gaps in their knowledge.

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Ha-ha-ha...oh...

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Moving swiftly on to Jedward HQ,

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where the teams are busy preparing all of their props

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and desperately trying to remember everything they've been told today

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for the big tour tomorrow.

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But things don't seem to be going that smoothly,

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as Edward still can't get his head around the most important fact.

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The name of the river.

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I've got to tell you about the geography of the Th-ames.

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No, it's the THAMES.

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-Th-ames?

-The river Thames.

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-That's the only thing I know.

-OK.

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If you can't get that right, we're going to lose.

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-So it's the Thames?

-Yeah.

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The Monument, OK, it's really cool,

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you go up there, all the tourists,

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and by the time you go from the bottom to the top,

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your legs really, really hurt.

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-Is that a fact?

-It's a fact.

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Do we get points for that, though?

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-Your legs really hurt if you get to the top?

-Yeah, I think so.

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-I think so.

-I don't think you do.

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They used to punish people and get their heads

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and put them on spikes to punish them.

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Guy Fawkes is a really famous one.

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He had a beard exactly like this. Check it out.

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I want to win. I want this boat trip.

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Hello?! We've got a papier mache head!

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Hmm, time to get your heads down.

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Lights out, nighty-night!

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COCKEREL CROWS

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Morning! Are the boys ready?

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They'd better be, because there's a group of tourists on their way

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to the banks of the river,

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and they have no idea where they're going, or with whom.

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Hopefully, the tour guide will be funny and happy,

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not old and boring and grumpy.

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I don't know where we're going,

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and sometimes surprises make me get all weird inside.

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Well, you're in for a shock!

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Time for the tour guides to introduce themselves.

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What's up, guys? I'm John!

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-THEY GASP AND SQUEAL

-I'm Edward!

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Do you think tour guides can do this?!

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THEY GIGGLE Yeah, that's what I'm talking about!

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All right, guys, we have celebrity guests.

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Do you want to know who they are?

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ALL: Yes!

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So my celebrity guest is Ed Petrie from hit series, All Over The Place!

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And I've got Richard Wisker from Friday Download!

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-Get over here, guys!

-What's up, Ed?

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Are you excited about being with me?

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-Are you guys excited?

-ALL: Yeah!

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I said, are you guys excited?

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THEY SHOUT Yeah!

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Well, let's run this way, being excited!

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THEY SQUEAL

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It's time for the tour to begin, and Team Edward are up to start.

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Will they be able to make a big enough splash

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to get the facts about the River Thames

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across to the tourists?

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Go, Edward! Go, Emily! Go, Olivia!

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Go, Ella! Go, Cy!

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Hit it! Let's get out of here!

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Remember, whichever team delivers the facts the best

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wins a speedy boat ride,

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with the losers being slapped with a big, wet fish. Yuck!

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We are now on the Thames river.

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-Do you guys think there's any fish here?

-ALL: Yeah.

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-Tell them about fish.

-I don't like fish. I'm scared of fish.

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How many species do you think are in this Thames river?

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-Do you know, I know. 120 different species.

-How much species are there?

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-ALL: 120.

-Guess what, guys?

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In 1952, the Thames was declared biologically dead.

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That meant that no fish could live here or anything.

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-You know, it used to be dirty, but now it's clean.

-It's clean now!

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-I want a drink!

-No, no, no, you can't drink it!

-Really?

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No, it's that clean.

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-And did you know, there's 215 miles of water? How many, Ed?

-215 miles.

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But anyway, we're now going under a bridge. It makes really cool echoes.

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Everybody scream!

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THEY SCREAM

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Echo! Echo!

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Echo! Echo! Sorry, carry on.

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So that's your tour of the history and geography of the river Thames.

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Over and out.

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It's a strong start from Team Edward.

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Next stop, the monument.

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Will Ed be the tower of strength John needs to get the facts across?

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What's the first fact about the Monument, Ed?

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What's it a monument for? I'll give you a clue.

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Aargh! Aargh! Aargh!

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-Aargh! Aargh!

-Fire of London.

-Yes.

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This was built to commemorate the Great Fire of London,

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and it was finished in 19...

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No, 1677.

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No, 1666.

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No, it was...

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Oh, finished. Sorry.

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It was finished in 1977.

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No, 1677!

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No, it's...

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-No, not 1977...

-Oh, come on!

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If you two are confused, how must the tourists be feeling?

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-All right, moving on, OK.

-It was a really big fire.

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It destroyed over 13,000 houses.

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89 churches were destroyed in the Great Fire of London.

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-And when was the Great Fire of London?

-1666.

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-Really easy to remember. Loads of sixes.

-1666!

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At the very, very top, there's this crazy, gold,

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gold, sparkly thing on the top.

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-What's that to represent?

-Fire?

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No, it's used to represent Jedward hair.

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It's actually not. It's actually to represent the fire.

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We now have this awesome, crazy quiz. This...

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-Oh, sorry.

-Oh, no.

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-That's given the game away.

-How many people died?

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-6,000?

-Take off three zeroes.

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Are you ready for this? It's six!

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Is that all? Six people?

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-What?

-Yeah.

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Does anybody know how tall it is?

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61 metres tall.

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Whoa.

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OK. Last question before we go to the top of the monument is

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how many steps are there to the top?

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-Dunno. Maybe we should count them.

-Are you sure?

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-Yeah, we should count them on the way up.

-All right. Let's go.

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-Come on, you know the way, let's go.

-Follow me!

-Come on, guys.

-One...

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two... three, four, five...

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10, 11, 12...

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I'm already regretting this a lot.

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310... 311!

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Yes, we did it, guys. Come on, guys, go here. Yes!

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We did it, guys. We made the top of the monument.

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How are you guys all feeling after getting to the top of the monument?

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-ALL:

-Tired.

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Tired. Isn't it an amazing view?

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-Who wants to bungee jump down the monument?

-Me! Me!

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Well, you know what, you can't, because that's totally unsafe,

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so we've got to walk all the way back down.

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Well, on that health and safety note,

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what did the tourists think?

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It was really interesting and funny at the same time, so it was great.

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I think Team John were really funny

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and they got the facts across very well,

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and I think it's going to be hard competition for Team Edward.

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Nice work, boys.

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Back on the river, and it's Team Edward's turn.

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Can they remember the story of London Bridge?

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Guys, welcome to London Bridge.

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This bridge was first made by the Romans, and they named London.

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But they said it in Roman. They said "Londinium". What's it called?

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ALL: Londinium.

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So much history to this bridge.

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Real gory, like crazy, like sick things happened here.

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They used to put heads on spikes!

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ALL: Ewww!

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The first person whose head was put on a spike was William...

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NARRATOR GASPS ..Wallace?

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-William Wallace.

-Phew!

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-And who's this guy?

-That's Guy Fawkes.

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The main point was to scare the general public

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so they wouldn't do any bad things, so that means that you couldn't

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take sweets from a shop or your head would end up on a stick.

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So catch, catch!

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Gross!

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Eurgh!

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Doesn't my helmet look cool?

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I think you could have passed for a Roman.

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I'm thinking of changing my hair to a red mohawk. What do you think?

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I think it makes you look like a chicken.

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Anyhoo, will the tourists remember the facts about London Bridge

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or did it all just go over their heads?

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Team John's turn now to take over at Tower Bridge.

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-But how are they feeling about their chances of success?

-We're doomed.

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We're actually doomed.

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When it comes to doing a tour, I will rock it.

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The facts will be coming out of me like spaghetti.

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What? Spaghetti? Oh, dear. Poor Ed.

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They're doomed, they're actually doomed.

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All right, guys. We are here at Tower Bridge.

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It took 400 people in total to build Tower Bridge.

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But the most important person you've got to remember

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who designed the bridge, his name is...erm...

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Yes?

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-What is it?

-I don't know, you haven't told me anything.

-I don't know.

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-Oh, come on, boys.

-It's Horace...

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Horace...

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-Horace Jones.

-Oh, phew.

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Horace Jones designed the Tower Bridge.

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-Brilliant.

-You know this! I told you!

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-You didn't!

-You're meant to be helping me.

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Yeah, I would help if you told me anything.

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-I can't remember everything!

-I know nothing!

-Awkward.

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That tower and that tower there, that's the north tower,

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that's the south tower.

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-No, that's south.

-Ohhh.

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-Are you sure?

-Yeah.

-I don't think so.

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No, that's definitely the south tower.

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That's north London.

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-OK. Sure?

-It's not a great start, boys, if I'm honest.

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Ooh! But what's this?

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A bit of undercover spying from the other team. Sneaky.

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Let's see if they can do better at Cleopatra's Needle.

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-Isn't it awesome?

-ALL: Yes!

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-Do you guys know where it's from?

-Egypt?

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-Yes.

-Ahhh!

-It's from Egypt.

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We've got to get into our outfits. Put outfits on.

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To help get the facts across, Team Edward have decided to dress up

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as a rather fetching Queen Victoria and a glamorous Cleopatra.

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Looks more like Jessie J!

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In the Victorian times,

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you decided to get those two Sphinxes cleaned, didn't you?

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Yep. And I decided to change it because I was paranoid.

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And she faced them around the wrong way.

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So, guys, the Sphinxes are actually lions and they go...

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HE ROARS

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Everyone do their best lion impression.

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THEY ROAR

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Anyway, it's like 3,500 years old.

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It's like the oldest thing in London. How crazy is that?

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It's older than all your grannies!

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And it wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you.

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Cleopatra. Ooh ooh.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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Why are you guys all sitting?

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-Everybody get up and let's do the Egyptian dance!

-Teach me.

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It goes this way, this way, that way...

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Nice dance, boys. But did your moves do enough to impress?

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Or did they distract from the facts?

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I thought the boat trip was really fun.

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The tour guides did really well.

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I think Richard and Edward did really well.

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They got their facts across right,

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but we just have to wait and see for the results.

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It's the final stop of the tour at Tower Bridge,

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and Team John's last attempt to get the facts across to the tourists.

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Will the boys remember enough to win a thrill ride down the river,

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or will they be slapped with a stinky fish?

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Eurgh!

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Welcome to this amazing, cool place!

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Everybody say, "Whoa!"

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ALL: Whoa!

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Just so you guys know, this is called the bascular chamber.

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Er, yeah, I think that's called the bascule chamber, John.

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We're right now inside Tower Bridge.

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So if the bridge opened right now,

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we'd get squashed by that massive bit of metal coming down.

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Crazy!

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But instead of scaring their tourists half to death,

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the boys have a humongous treat in store

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-for one of their tour party.

-Me and Ed, OK,

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because we're like the coolest tour guides in the whole entire world,

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we have got permission later to press the buttons to open the bridge.

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Who wants to do it?

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-ALL:

-Me!

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Oh, everyone wants to press the button.

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This calls for a classic pull-a-name-out-of-the-hat scenario.

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Jedward-style.

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Oh. Who's that going to be? Whose name is this?

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Who's going to be the chooser? Press the button? Edward!

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-Are you excited?

-Yes!

-You get to open Tower Bridge.

-That's so cool.

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We actually need to get out of here.

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The bridge will open very soon because a boat's coming through.

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Let's get out before we get squashed!

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Come on, guys! Get out of here!

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What an honour. The boys are going to open Tower Bridge.

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But could all of this excitement

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prove a huge distraction to the tourists?

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And to top it off, here come Edward and Richard on a boat

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to try and put them off even more.

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# Come with us There's so much to discover

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# A crazy adventure with me and my brother

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# We'll dig up things that'll freak you out

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# Cos this is Jedward's Big Adventure! #

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Yeah! Ahem. Back to the bridge opening.

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-Hello, Glen.

-Hello there.

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So we're going to open Tower Bridge, are we?

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-We certainly are.

-This is Edward.

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He is so excited about opening Tower Bridge.

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-Are you ready to do this?

-Yeah.

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'Staff announcement -'

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bridge controls are now switched on.

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Is that John talking?

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J to the E to the D to the ward. Planet Jedward.

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Oh, it's John!

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'Planet Jedward.

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'Planet Jedward.

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'Planet Jedward.'

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This is so cool!

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'If you do not clear the bridge, you will be...'

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Exterminated.

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'..exterminated.'

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THEY LAUGH

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There's some really confused people

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walking across that bridge right now.

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Opening the bridge in 3...2...1...

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THEY LAUGH

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Edward, you take over now. You're about to raise Tower Bridge.

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London, open the bridge!

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-Grab the handle and gently pull it back.

-There we go!

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Oh, my God!

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Whoa!

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It's the coolest thing ever!

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That's so cool! It's so cool.

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It's definitely opening.

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I just opened Tower Bridge.

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Oh, so cool!

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That is so awesome.

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This is so Jepic!

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Whoop whoop!

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THEY CHEER

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Yes! Awesome! We opened Tower Bridge!

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THEY CHEER

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London, this is the man who just raised Tower Bridge, right here!

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It's an impressive climax from Team John.

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They raised the bridge, but will it be enough to raise them to victory?

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It's the moment of truth.

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Have the tourists remembered those all-important vital facts

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on the River Thames?

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Or was all of the dancing, bridge-opening and bickering

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too much of a distraction?

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It's time to find out, as the tourists take the big test.

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Will the tourists remember how tall the Monument is?

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61 metres tall.

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Who was the first person to have their head put on a stick?

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-William...

-Wallace?

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Catch, catch!

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Or how many species of fish are there in the River Thames?

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How much species are there?

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ALL: 120.

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They're being asked two questions on each of the stories.

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For each correct answer, there's a point in it for the team

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that told that story, and the team with the most points will win,

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whilst the losers will face a humiliating fish-slapping dance

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with loads of smelly old fish. Yuck!

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The test is now over. It's time to reveal the score.

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Right, the moment you've all been waiting for.

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Edward and Richard, 12 points.

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Oh, my Jedward! That's really bad.

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John and Ed...

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27!

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JOHN AND ED CHEER

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No, no, no...

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I asked...

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-12 points.

-Richard, what am I, what am I?

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-Yeah, yeah, all right.

-What are you?

-I'm a fish!

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Here, fishy, fishy! Here, fishy!

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I taught you all the facts!

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You said we had this in the bag.

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John, I think we've got a boat to catch.

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Yeah, come on, let's get out of here.

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Congratulations, Team John,

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kicking off the series with his first win.

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John and Ed are now off to ride the waves of victory

0:27:090:27:12

on an exhilarating, adrenaline-pumping,

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super-fast speedboat, while the losers, Edward and Richard,

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will now have to partake in a gruesome fish-slappnig dance

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where they'll get disgustingly slapped

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by a load of rotten old fish.

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How will Richard cope, seeing as he's terrified of fish?

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Or will the sheer pleasure of slapping Edward with one

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cure his fishy phobia?

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It's not good. I just don't like fish.

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I can't get my head around that we've lost.

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Not good. I feel really sick.

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Here we go.

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JAUNTY MUSIC PLAYS

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Yeah, looks like he's cured.

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Whooo!

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This is what winners do!

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Driving speedboats really fast down the River Thames!

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