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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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# 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 That will mess with your mind

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# Hair-raising, trailblazing Totally wild!

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# Jedward's Big Adventure! #

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Welcome to another very special edition of Jedward's Big Adventure!

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Today's location is so jam-packed full of facts,

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we've decided to do not one but two episodes from here.

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Yes, it's going to be a twin-load of trouble

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from the wondrous city of Oxford.

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This is it, Edward! We are here in the incredible Oxford!

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John, look at our outfits!

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We look like we graduated from Oxford University.

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I told you, Edward, these outfits were a good idea.

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We look like Jed experts!

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John, we look so smart right now.

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One plus one equals two.

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-Huh! The mission!

-Let's see what it says, Edward!

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"Dear Jedward - in the next episode, you will each

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"have to give a group of tourists a guided tour of Oxford.

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"You'll be telling them all about the history of this incredible city."

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Amazing city! "Whoever wins will get to take a boat punting

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"along the beautiful River Cherwell."

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-Interesting!

-Cherwell!

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Wow! "But whoever loses

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"will be locked in the dingy cells of Oxford Prison!"

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Huh!

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John, we're going to need some help with this,

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-but who?

-Edward,

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where there's a mission, there's always awesome cool celebrities

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on standby to help us on our big adventure.

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Hey, celebrities, we need your help! Please show yourself!

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I didn't do history in school.

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I was telling everyone that I was going to make history.

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And joining Jade on this bumper Big Adventure

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is a guy with MASSES of charm!

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I'm good at history. I don't like to go too far back.

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Last Thursday - I'm brilliant at that.

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-Good to see you.

-Hey, Jedward!

-Welcome to Jedward's Big Adventure!

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So, can you guys help us on our mission?

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Absolutely. But you guys don't need any help -

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you've just graduated from Oxford University.

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Yeah, you look like you know all the facts already.

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John, I think they think that we know everything,

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but we know nothing!

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You guys better relax, while we go get the facts!

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John and Edward will need all the help they can get,

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because in our next episode,

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the boys will be guiding a group of tourists around beautiful Oxford,

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a place they know nothing about!

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Edward will be helped by Matt,

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while John will be with Jade.

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Each team will be given

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three stories which the tourists

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will be tested on to find out who the best tour guides are.

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In fact, there's so much history in Oxford,

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the boys will be facing some extra

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surprise bonus challenges along the way.

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Stay tuned for those!

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Today, I'm wearing a dicky bow

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and I'm wearing a camel jacket

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and I'm wearing a tuxedo,

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just in case someone's having a nice Oxford partee.

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We're making history, John, the first time we've ever worn shoes

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-on Jedward's Big Adventure.

-Do I look as cool as you?

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Yes, John, you're wearing the exact same outfit as me.

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Oh, dear! We're only a few minutes into the show,

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and the boys are already talking nonsense!

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Concentrate, boys, as it's time to meet the first expert.

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Meet Leigh. Hi, Leigh. She's going to tell the boys

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all about the history of Oxford and its prestigious university.

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When it comes to knowledge, she gets an A-star.

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-Hey, what's up? I'm John.

-I'm Edward.

-Together, we are...Jedward!

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-I'm Leigh.

-Leigh! How amazing is it?!

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We're all wearing the same cool jacket!

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-It's not that amazing.

-Telepathy!

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That, or an awkward coincidence.

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-So, Leigh, what's the name of this tower?

-This is called Carfax Tower,

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and it stands in the middle of the city of Oxford.

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-Wow!

-We're overlooking the city and of course, Oxford University.

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-Amazing!

-Did you know, it's the oldest university

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-in the English-speaking world?

-John, that's totally old school!

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-Yeah!

-Exactly. Some form of teaching

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has been here for nearly 1,000 years.

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Oxford University began to take shape in 1167,

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when King Henry II banned English students from attending

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the University of Paris.

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As Oxford was already a place of religious learning,

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many came here instead.

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The townspeople didn't like the rowdy students,

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so halls of residence were built to keep them in check.

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Then, the first colleges were formed -

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University College, Merton

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and Balliol are the oldest,

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founded between 1249 and 1264.

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Oxford University is now made up of 38 colleges,

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each with their own name, history and traditions.

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Perhaps one of the most bizarre traditions is the Time Ceremony,

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undertaken by Merton College students, who,

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on the last Sunday in October,

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walk backwards around the Fellows' Quad,

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drinking port as the clocks change.

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That tradition's really, really silly.

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Come on, what are they thinking?!

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-They could fall and hurt themselves!

-Yeah, and another college,

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Queen's College, summons the students to dinner by trumpet.

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-Do-do-do, do-doooh!

-A real trumpet, yeah.

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Yes, yes, exactly.

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And wait for this one.

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All Souls - once a century, the fellows of the college

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process around the quadrangle

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by torchlight, looking for a mallard duck...

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A duck? Are they still looking for this duck?

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-Yes...

-It must be like Bigfoot. People know it's there,

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-but can't find it.

-Like the Loch Ness monster.

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Leigh, there is a lot of colleges here,

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but they're missing one college, a Jedward College,

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because I think a lot of these colleges are getting old

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and they need something new, hip, awesome, something rock star.

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ROCK MUSIC RIFF

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-What do you think, Leigh?

-Good idea, good idea.

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There's so much history to Oxford, let's go find out more,

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let's go see it, Leigh. Lead the way.

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Hello, welcome to Oxford.

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I'm Edward and I'm here to teach some facts.

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In fact, I'm walking down a spiral stairs.

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If you keep walking, you'll eventually make it.

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Wow, stairs!

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Let's hope those facts improve. Speaking of which,

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let's have some more. Leigh is back to teach Jedward a second lesson.

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Wow, Leigh, where are we? This place is amazing.

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This is Christ Church.

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It's probably the grandest of all the Oxford colleges.

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It feels like super special. The architecture is unbelievable.

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-It's very fancy.

-Lots of people have passed through the doors of Oxford.

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13 prime ministers have come to Christ Church alone

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and lots of other famous people.

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Many of the world's brightest minds have taught or studied at Oxford,

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including Einstein and Tim Berners-Lee,

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founder of the World Wide Web.

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The University also brought together many famous writers.

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JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis were friends at Oxford.

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They were in a group called The Inklings who would meet up

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to discuss ideas and stories.

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Tolkien went on to write Lord Of The Rings

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and Lewis penned The Chronicles Of Narnia.

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Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first female Prime Minister,

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was also a student here.

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John, pay attention.

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Wow, Oxford University is so inspiring

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I feel I could write a book right now.

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-Or be the next prime minister.

-Or listen to what Leigh has to say.

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Leigh, what else can you tell us about Oxford college?

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The university started in the 1200s as we know it today,

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but women weren't allowed to study here until the middle of the 1800s.

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So, years back, only men could come and go,

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"Oh, look at us, we're all men, no women can come here."

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-It was like, "Yo-yo-yo-yo, let the women in.

-That's right.

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They were allowed to attend lectures and actually sit exams,

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but they weren't allowed to graduate.

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So in the 1920s they were finally admitted to full membership.

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It was a gradual process.

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-Do you think every college would accept us?

-I expect so, yes.

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And we can't go wrong with dicky bows.

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-Yeah, well, you'd need those.

-What are we going to do right now? Dance?

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-Going to break it down.

-If you like, if you like.

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-What moves have you got for us?

-Well, I like the pogo personally.

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BOING, BOING!

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-What dance moves have you got?

-Let's just all walk and look cool.

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Yes, off you pogo,

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and Jedward seem to have found some students to hang out with.

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-What do you study?

-I study theology.

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-Psychology.

-Spanish and linguistics.

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-History of art.

-Music.

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John, do you want to try on a pair of their glasses?

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Those ones are quite cool.

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John, that's you rocking that look.

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Amazing. What do you study, John?

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Um, I study biotechnotics.

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Oh, so close, that's not a subject, but you're good at cartwheels.

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Moving on and I wonder what the celebrities are up to?

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-It's so beautiful.

-Oh, thank you very much.

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-I was actually talking about the architecture.

-Yeah, me too.

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Changing the subject, how are Jedward getting on

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with their fact-finding mission, do you think?

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I'm sure that they're working really hard.

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John, do the catwalk.

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Will you get down off that table, John? It's antique.

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John! John!

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Oh!

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As this is a special two-part episode in Oxford,

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they are given the chance to win some extra points for the team.

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Get ready for your first bonus challenge.

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Look, Edward, it's our mission. Let's see what it says.

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Dear Jedward, it's time for a sporting challenge.

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As part of your mission at Oxford...

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..you must run a mile round the Iffley Road track

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made famous by Roger Bannister.

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The winner of the race will receive five bonus points for the team.

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POSH: Are you excited? Hold on a second. Who is Roger Bannister?

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-Did he invent the banister?

-No!

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I think you're going to need an expert and here's one.

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Tell us about Roger, Madeleine.

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Roger Bannister was actually a student at Oxford University -

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he broke a very famous record.

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Famous record?

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In 1954, Roger Bannister, a 25-year-old British medical student

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became the first man to run a mile in less than four minutes.

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His time was 3.59.4 seconds and was watched about 3,000

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spectators at Iffley Road track in Oxford.

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His record was broken only a month later by an Australian,

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but Bannister is always remembered as the man who ran the miracle mile.

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He was the first person to run a mile under four minutes.

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-That's crazy.

-That's mind-boggling.

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That's MILE-boggling.

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We've got something really cool to show you boys today.

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This is the actual bell that was used in Roger Bannister's race.

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We're going to use it in your race today.

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This is the actual finishing post that was used.

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Are you boys ready to race?

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-We're ready to race.

-Yes!

-Let's do this, let's race this track.

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Welcome to the Iffley Road track for the running battle of the century -

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a race of pride...

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Any more you want to say to me, Edward?

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You're going to be looking at the sky because you've collapsed.

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..a race of stamina.

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On your marks...

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..oh, and of course a race for five vital bonus points.

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..get set, go!

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And they're off.

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Both at a blistering pace.

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They need to do four laps, so let's hope they can maintain it.

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You can do it.

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John is running high as he pulls ahead.

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CHEERING

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Edward looks like he's running on empty.

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This is looking like a one-horse race now.

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Keep going.

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-I can't run no more.

-You can do it!

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-Come on.

-Maybe you should have cartwheeled.

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Do it for Roger Bannister.

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Cartwheels aren't going to help you now, Edward.

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Final lap.

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It's the final lap.

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-You can do it.

-Final lap.

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I wonder who'll win.

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The race is so close!

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-NARRATOR COUGHS

-But where's Edward?

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Oh, dear.

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He's done it in a time of five minutes 32 seconds.

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That's really impressive.

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I'm so tired.

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Whoa.

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Where's your energy? Come on, Edward.

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Yes.

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Edward comes in at six minutes 28 seconds.

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Superb effort.

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We're the winners. We get the five points.

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Yes!

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-Whatever. But I did cartwheels. Beat that!

-He did do a cartwheel.

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Well, that's it. John's off to a racing start.

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There are three more challenges to come, but at present,

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those vital five points go to Team John,

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who have taken a precious lead, for now.

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Well, that was exciting.

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They weren't as quick as Roger Bannister,

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but it was a good effort, boys.

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Now, let's get back to fact finding.

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Meet Tony. Here he is, hello, Tony.

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He's mad as a hatter about Alice In Wonderland.

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Tell us a story, Tony.

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Hey, what's up? We're here to find out all about this place.

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What is this place?

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You're in Christ Church in the cathedral garden,

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which inspired the books of Alice In Wonderland.

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-Wow!

-Have you heard of it?

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-Yeah!

-Have we heard of Alice In Wonderland?

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It's like one of the most famous books of all time.

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You might think it's fiction, but she was a real, live, little girl..

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this is her story...

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HARP PLAYS

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Alice Liddell was the daughter of the dean in charge of Christ Church.

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The family lived there from 1856 to 1891.

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Charles Dodgson came to Christ Church to study mathematics.

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It was while he wrote for a student paper that his editor gave him

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the pen name Lewis Carroll,

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the name we associate with Alice In Wonderland.

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The little children loved Dodgson to tell them stories.

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He'd turn their everyday surroundings into places

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and characters in Wonderland.

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Wow! It actually has everything that inspired

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the Alice In Wonderland story.

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And now that we're here, it can inspire Jedward in Wonderland.

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That's going to be a sequel, John.

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Disclaimer - not coming to any good bookshops ever.

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So, Tony, this is it.

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This is where it all happened for Alice In Wonderland.

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That's the famous door where she looked through the keyhole.

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-Can I look through it?

-Course you may.

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-Come on, Tony. Let's see it. Look.

-Wow!

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Amazing. Tony, this is where it all happened.

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Curiouser and curiouser.

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This is a horse chestnut tree behind you where Alice's cat Dinah

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used to sit all day long, smiling.

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That was the inspiration for the Cheshire Cat in the story.

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-Wow!

-Why was the cat sitting in the tree?

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I thought when cats went up a tree they had to get a fire brigade

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to come and get them out the tree.

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-Not this one.

-So it's all come to life.

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So back in the day here, Alice was a real girl and this was where

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he was awe-inspired to write the story for Alice In Wonderland.

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Also Alice's father, the dean, he was always late for dinner.

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He was the White Rabbit in the books.

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It was a famous saying,

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"You're late, you're late for a very important date."

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We're late, we're late.

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BOTH: For a very important date.

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Come on, let's get out of here.

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Come on, Tony.

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In fact, Jedward are just in time for another chance to win

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some tasty bonus points for their team.

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That's right, it's another...

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Look, it's our mission. Let's see what it says, Edward.

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"Dear Jedward, it's time for a bonus challenge.

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"You must play a game of flamingo croquet,

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"just like in Alice In Wonderland.

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"The winner of the game will receive five bonus points for their team."

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Flamingo croquet, that sounds FLAMING-amazing.

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To tell the boys about flamingo croquet,

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we have just the man to reveal all about this bonkers game.

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Meet Mark.

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Hi, boys. Let me explain.

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The croquet pitch here at Christ Church may very well have been

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the inspiration for a famous scene in Alice In Wonderland.

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HARP PLAYS

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Alice thought she had never seen such a curious croquet ground

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in her life. It was all ridges and furrows.

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The balls were live hedgehogs, the mallets live flamingos.

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The soldiers had to double themselves up

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and stand on their hands and feet to make the arches.

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Alice's game had been a little different to regular croquet.

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The game of croquet is a race around a circuit of hoops.

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Blue and black balls play against red and yellow balls.

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The first side to get both of their balls through the hoops in order

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and hit the peg is the winner.

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Well, here they come.

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Tweedledee and Tweedledum.

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Nice outfits. Anyone would think they're identical twins.

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NARRATOR LAUGHS

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right, you know the rules.

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You look like fools.

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Get to your places, boys, and let's play croquet.

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Are you ready, Edward? I'm going to be the flamingo croquet champion.

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Watch this.

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Oh.

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Hard luck, John.

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Flaming flamingos! That's not a flying start.

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Let's hope one of the boys can score soon.

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Oh, not as good, Edward.

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There's only one can fly away with the bonus points.

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Yes! Yes!

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Oh, and John's pulled a rabbit out of his hat.

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Oh, Edward, I'm ready for the next hoop already. Yes!

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And another.

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Yes!

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He's flying high!

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Whereas Edward is more like a sitting dodo.

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I have a feeling I can get it this time.

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Oh, Edward.

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Yes!

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Don't worry, I'm going to get this. Win this game.

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I'm nearly at the end of it and you're still at the start.

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Yes.

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Oh, so close to the end, Edward. You'd better hurry up.

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No, Edward, not as good.

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Yes!

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Perfect. I'm the winner!

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Yes!

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Five points goes to me! I'm the winner.

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-John, congratulations.

-Yes.

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Heavyweight champion of flamingo champions!

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I tried my best, you know. I really did.

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Edward, I'm really proud of you.

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Maybe one day you'll be as good as me.

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But until then, I'm the winner, I've got five points. I'm a champion.

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Well done, Team John.

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Those points will go towards your total score.

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With John now on ten points and Edward on zero, it's

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looking like John is already on his way to be crowned the Oxford Don.

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Edward's got a lot of work to do.

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I just don't know what happened. It's all the flamingo's fault.

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Not mine.

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This flamingo has problems.

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Clearly.

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Flamingo, give me a break, OK? I tried my best.

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Back to the tour,

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and the boys are halfway through finding out all about Oxford.

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So far, they've found out about some humorous university traditions,

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Oxford's famous ex-residents, and the curious tale of Alice.

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In the next episode, they'll be going head-to-head

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and each giving a tour of their own, with the loser facing

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the dingy cells of Oxford prison, so they'd better listen carefully.

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It's time for another story.

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Here to have more than a few words with the boys is Fiona.

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Word up, Fiona. Sorry, I couldn't resist.

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Wow, Edward, check it out. Look at all these books. What is this place?

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Well, this is Oxford University Press,

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and this is the home of the Oxford English Dictionary.

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-Amazing.

-Wow. What do you do?

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I put new words into the dictionary.

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-EDWARD GASPS

-John, she has that power!

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-You're like a total VIP.

-Definition - very important person.

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When somebody looks up a word that they don't know what it means

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in the dictionary, they have to trust the information

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they get there, so that means at some point,

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someone has to have written down every single word

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in the English language.

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HARP PLAYS

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In 1879, a teacher called James Murray began work on a dictionary

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designed to give a description of every word in the English language.

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It was thought the project would take ten years,

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but it actually took 70.

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James recorded words and their descriptions

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on little pieces of paper

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filed in pigeonholes in a shed he called

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the scriptorium at the bottom of his garden.

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Others helped in the task.

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The writer JRR Tolkien wrote the description of the word walrus.

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Words are being added all the time.

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One of the most recent words to be considered has been selfie.

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Did you know that

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famous people including

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Beyonce are quoted in the dictionary?

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Wow! The dictionary is so cool, Edward.

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So, Fiona, we're talking a lot about words. What's your favourite word?

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Mondegreen. Do you know what that means?

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No, what does that mean?

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Mondegreen is when you mishear a song lyric

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and you sing something else, but it's not actually what the person...

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-That always happens.

-That always happens when you're growing up

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-and you're listening to songs on the radio.

-My favourite word is happy.

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My favourite word's jepic.

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Really, really strong feeling that jepic needs to

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-be in the Oxford University Dictionary.

-OK.

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Well, before any word goes into the dictionary,

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we've got to have lots of examples of it being used.

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Jepic. Jepic.

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No, that's not what... That's not what Fiona means.

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HIGH PITCHED: Jepic! Jepic!

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Boys.

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Boys!

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Is that enough?

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OK. It's got to be lots of examples of different people using...

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HIGH-PITCHED VOICE: Hello there, my name is the Queen...

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..written down in newspapers or novels,

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so it's not quite as simple as that.

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-LOW-PITCHED VOICE:

-Jepic.

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Stop saying it!

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Oh...oh, no. They're not, are they?

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John, I don't think Fiona was too keen on putting

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-jepic in the dictionary.

-Edward, don't get your hopes too down.

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You know what?

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I wrote jepic out and I'm going to put it in the Oxford dictionary.

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-Wow! It's in there.

-It's physically in there.

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Physically put it in the dictionary.

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-Mission complete.

-Yeah.

-Let's get out of here.

-Come on, Edward.

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Job done?

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Now, let's see if Jedward can release the facts

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from our next location. It's Oxford Castle and Prison.

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Meet the man who can unlock the stories.

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It's Duncan.

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Cheer up, Duncan. There you go.

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What's up, Duncan? Yo!

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We're here to learn. Intrigue our minds.

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Oxford's not all about learning, there's also a castle and a prison.

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Right now, you are standing on top of the old Norman castle.

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It was built in 1071 by a man called the Baron D'Oyly.

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So, Oxford Castle, this is where it's at.

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-You can see that it's got incredibly thick walls.

-Yeah.

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Even though it's so well made,

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this once was the site of a very famous escape.

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HARP PLAYS

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In the 12th century,

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a struggle between two royal cousins

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for the crown of England came to

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a dramatic climax at Oxford Castle.

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Stephen, grandson of William the Conqueror,

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and his cousin Empress Matilda had been battling it out to be monarch.

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In 1142, Stephen laid siege to Matilda's headquarters

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at Oxford Castle for three months, trying to starve her out.

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Matilda finally escaped one freezing night in December.

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According to legend,

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she wrapped herself in a white cape as camouflage

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against the snow and skated across the frozen river to safety.

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Whoa, that was an icy escape. Pretty slick.

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How did she make ice skates at the time?

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She got old horse bone, carved and shaped them,

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and then stuck them to her shoes.

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-Wow.

-Duncan, tell us more interesting facts

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we can tell the tourists tomorrow.

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What else do we need to know?

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Well, you may have seen that there's an enormous mound over on the side.

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That's called the motte - this is a motte and bailey castle.

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The motte was made when they arrived in Oxford - they dug deep

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ditches and trenches and put all the earth onto that mound.

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Then it would have had a bailey, a big tower,

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on top of that mound so everyone could look

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out into the countryside and see any armies attacking.

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There are a huge number of other grizzly tales,

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so if you want to follow me, I'll tell you more.

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Lead the way.

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JEDWARD: # Follow the leader, leader, leader

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# Follow the leader, ooh-ooh! #

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Quite. The day's nearly Over.

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Time for our last story, as Duncan has a tale of a highwayman.

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He's not talking about road safety.

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Duncan, what are you going to tell us?

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Well, it wasn't just a castle, it was also a prison.

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It would have been home to not just royals but also reprobates.

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What's a reprobate?

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A reprobate is basically a criminal.

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EDWARD GASPS Hey, you reprobate!

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Some of the people held captive here were more flamboyant than others.

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HARP PLAYS

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Isaac Darkin was a highwayman who had won admirers for his good looks,

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charm and debonair dress.

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On the day of his execution in 1761,

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he arrived dressed in a morning suit and a ruffled shirt - how dashing!

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On approaching the gallows, he pulled off his neck cloth with

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a flourish and threw it into a crowd of screaming fans.

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By the 18th century, executions had become hugely popular public events,

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much to the dismay of the authorities.

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However, by the 19th century,

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imprisonment itself became the main form of punishment.

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John, wake up!

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He had fans just like us, Edward.

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-How cool is that?!

-Yeah, absolutely. Old fans, young fans.

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Talking of young people,

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there were some very young prisoners here as well.

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We once had a seven-year-old girl.

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Julia, who came to prison for one week,

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because she stole a pram to put her dolls in.

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What?! That's crazy. A seven-year-old in prison.

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If you were a Victorian prisoner,

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they would give you a box in your room with a handle.

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It would be called the crank handle.

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You'd have to turn that constantly for hours, every single day.

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That's unbelievable.

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What was this crank handle? Was it cranking it up with the music?

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It was something called hard labour.

0:25:250:25:27

Hard labour was anything that they could come up with to keep

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you too tired to fight back or to come up with ways to escape.

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That's insane! So back then, you would have been like...just for ages!

0:25:340:25:37

just for ages, turning this handle for no reason.

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That's like asking someone to hoover the whole house

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and the hoover not even being on.

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That's a good point, actually.

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If you were too energetic or too angry, they would punish

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you by tightening the handle so it would be harder to turn it.

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Me and Edward back then, they would have had to give us everything

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to do because we would have had so much energy, wouldn't we, Edward?

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I don't know, John, maybe we'd just act like we're tired.

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Really weak, like...

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JOHN GROANS

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I'm so tired!

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Secretly we're like, "Oh, let's do this.

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"Let's get the heck out of here!"

0:26:060:26:08

Well, let's hope they're as passionate about their tours

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in the next show. OK, that was the last story,

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but we've just got time to squeeze in a little surprise.

0:26:130:26:16

It's another....

0:26:160:26:17

I have a feeling in my head that a mission

0:26:200:26:23

is going to pop out of nowhere.

0:26:230:26:25

-Any second.

-Really?

0:26:250:26:26

JOHN GASPS

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It's our mission!

0:26:280:26:30

"Dear Jedward, you and your team-mates..." That's you guys.

0:26:300:26:33

Yeah, go team. "..must face off in a rowing race challenge.

0:26:330:26:37

"Each team will join a boat of rowers

0:26:370:26:39

"and attempt to pull their weight to victory.

0:26:390:26:41

"The winning team will receive five bonus points."

0:26:410:26:44

"Good luck."

0:26:440:26:45

-You're going to need it!

-Yeah, you are.

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Guys, don't be all talk, we're going to walk the walk

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and talk the talk, because you're going down.

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Yeah, yeah, you can't walk on a rowing boat.

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You've got to row.

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-She can't even swim.

-I'm scared of water.

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JOHN: Guys, look what I've found.

0:26:580:27:00

Let me hear you say row!

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OTHERS: Row!

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-Say row, row.

-Row, row.

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Row it out, row it out, row it out row it out

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Let me hear you say row!

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-Row!

-NARRATOR CLEARS THROAT

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Sorry about that.

0:27:100:27:11

Oxford and rival university Cambridge are famous for rowing,

0:27:110:27:13

and they compete in a boat race every year.

0:27:130:27:16

But Jedward...on the water?!

0:27:160:27:18

Oh, I've got a sinking feeling about this.

0:27:180:27:21

Luckily, the teams have some real Oxford students

0:27:210:27:23

to help them in this task.

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The winning crew will be the first to cross the finishing line.

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You think you're so cool having John of Jedward.

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Let me tell you, we've got Edward.

0:27:300:27:33

Attention...go.

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And they're off. Let's rock and row.

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SHE SCREAMS

0:27:390:27:40

And as they row, row, row their boats in the race of their lives

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to win those vital five points,

0:27:420:27:44

alas that's all we've got time for in this episode.

0:27:440:27:47

Come on, kids!

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Next time in the concluding part of our bumper double

0:27:480:27:51

extravaganza on Jedward's Big Adventure...

0:27:510:27:54

SHE SCREAMS Sorry!

0:27:540:27:55

..find out which team will be victorious.

0:27:550:27:57

Don't miss it!

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