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Contains some strong language.

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APPLAUSE

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Good evening! Welcome to Have I Got News For You. I'm Jeremy Clarkson.

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In the news this week, in Aleppo,

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the Syrian remake of Fawlty Towers gets off to a difficult start.

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LAUGHTER

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In a last-ditch attempt to patch things up with his brother,

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Ed Miliband asked David round for a dip in the pool.

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GROANS

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And there's an embarrassing moment at a London soup kitchen

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when staff are told to feed anyone who looks like a tramp.

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LAUGHTER

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With Ian tonight is the Arts Editor of the BBC,

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who recently described Strictly Come Dancing as the gold standard

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of television art, as it reintroduced

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a massive audience to the idea of self-expression through movement.

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I think he and I are going to get along really well.

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Please welcome Will Gompertz.

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APPLAUSE

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And with Paul is a Canadian whose surreal comedy

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was recently described as making Salvador Dali

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look about as abstract as Constable.

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If only we had some poncy art critic on

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who could explain what that meant. Please welcome Tony Law.

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APPLAUSE

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And we start with the bigger stories of the week.

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Paul and Tony, take a look at this.

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Yes. Clearly America, clearly New York.

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This huge storm, Hurricane Sandy, has hit.

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There's President Obama looking presidential.

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-There's Mitt Romney looking made of tin!

-Yes.

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There's Donald Trump,

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who probably caused the storm in some way due to his evilness.

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The storm has blown so hard it's altered that man's genetic make-up.

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-He is now partly horse.

-Yes, pretty much.

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Yes, this is obviously the disruption of New York

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by apparently some of the worst weather ever seen.

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-You called it a hurricane.

-Yes. It's not a hurricane, is it?

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-Technically, though, what was it?

-Wasn't it a cyclone?

-No, cyclones,

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I think, are Pacific-based. Hurricanes are Atlantic-based. As soon as the winds

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drop below a certain speed... I'm starting to sound like a weatherman.

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-LAUGHTER

-I just wondered if you knew what you were talking about.

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Obviously the storm had a number of consequences -

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I mean, many deaths, but apart from that.

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Glossing over that, as indeed the news has done,

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what else has it done?

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It got me chucked off the news, which is really boring.

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I'd made this fantastic package and then the guy comes in and says,

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"I'm afraid we have to take you off because of Hurricane Sandy,"

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and I said, "Fair enough. Obviously it's going to be epic."

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This is so shocking

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I expect your report will go out on ITV in three weeks time.

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-It was very good, Ian.

-You could have tailored it.

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That's what the Express did. They brought arts into it.

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They said the storm had:

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LAUGHTER

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-Would you like to see some of the damage it did?

-Yes.

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Now, I don't want to be boring, but that in the back,

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that's a Dodge Durango, I think, Dodge Challenger in the middle,

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Jeep Grand Cherokee on the right.

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So total there is about three and a half dollars.

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Do you think that the news channels

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were upset that the storm was as bad as it was predicted?

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It was very odd listening to the news, because the news was,

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"There's this terrific storm, whatever it is,

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"about to hit America. What will it do to the election?"

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And you thought, well, what will it do to the people?

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The first thing they kept saying was, "Obama's got to look presidential.

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"He's got to appear presidential." But what does that mean?

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Like, I mean, if you go, "Aaaah! There's a storm coming!

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"We're all going to die!" That would be unpresidential. Just not do that.

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-That, and holding people's head under the water.

-Yeah.

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Don't do that. It's funny, yes, but...

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President Obama, right?

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-Why has he been arriving everywhere with pizza?

-Has he?

-Yeah, he has.

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Hello, everybody, hello, hello! I brought some food!

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INDISTINCT

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Why does he think they need pizza?

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-He's practising for two weeks' time.

-If he loses his job.

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LAUGHTER

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It does give, does it not, the news channels the opportunity

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to run their annual competition to see which reporter can stand in the stupidest place in bad weather.

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This is always my favourite thing in bad weather.

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I think in third place, up to his knees in water.

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Second place, man, bit breezy there.

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But for me, the winner is this chap.

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Look at the water actually just pouring over the sea wall now.

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APPLAUSE

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Obviously, any American story like this has to come to Britain.

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The Daily Mail online, OK, yesterday, said:

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And here comes the photo they ran.

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LAUGHTER

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Actually, Will, while you're here. You're BBC News team.

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Is there are an edict that goes out to reporters when they go to America

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-they stop talking English?

-You've got to stop talking English,

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and wear North Face jackets. It's a rule.

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They don't talk about power cuts, but power outages.

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I mean, when you go to France, you don't go,

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-"Bonjour, et bienvenue en Paris," do you?

-I don't, no.

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It's a nonsense. That wasn't in my notes, I just made it up.

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It didn't sound that well researched.

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LAUGHTER

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Did you hear how occasional New York resident Joan Collins

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-reacted to the storm?

-She said, "Oh, isn't it annoying

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"because you can't shop at Bloomingdale's."

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-Something like that.

-Absolutely right.

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Joanie, you daft bat.

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-Alexa Chung, are you familiar with her?

-Alexa Chung?

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-She was in Charlie's Angels.

-LAUGHTER

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-It says here, helpfully, "the model off the telly."

-Oh, right.

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She revealed that all she had in her kitchen cupboard was:

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Or as models call it, Christmas dinner.

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She could have hunkered down for a month.

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-LAUGHTER

-Tony, you're Canadian, yes?

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Born there, but I've lived here my entire adult life.

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-You're still a Canadian.

-OK.

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You never lose it.

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Are you not jealous of countries where something actually happens?

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Cos I mean, one of the things you notice about Breeze Sandy...

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-When it got to Canada, it just laid off.

-We stopped covering it.

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Canadians just went, "It's all right, we'll get through.

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"Better than winter." LAUGHTER

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Obviously we were talking about

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the effect it had on the presidential election.

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What's been the big dairy-related boost for Obama this week?

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-Cows are voting for him?

-Who knows?

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Nobody knows what they think, do they?

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The mystery of the cow, you never know what's going on in their head.

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No. His head has been sculpted out of butter

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and has been carried around the streets of Chicago in a fridge.

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-Let's have a look.

-There he is.

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Yeah, well, it's better than I might have hoped for.

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The reason why this has been handed around Chicago in a fridge?

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-Absolutely no idea.

-Well, it would melt if you put it outside.

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-Yeah, or if you took it to Florida.

-Brilliant!

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It's not just arts you can do, it's science!

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Is it too early to see a Father Christmas made out of cheese?

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ALL: Never too early!

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Oh, God.

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This is Super Storm Sandy, which hit America's East Coast this week.

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According to the Daily Mail:

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Or to put it another way, not quite as fast as a Toyota Prius.

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-I always thought it was Pree-us.

-That's cos you're foreign.

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-As indeed is the car.

-It's actually Canadian,

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the batteries. Well, the nickel.

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Which is then shipped all the way on an oil-burning ship to Norway

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where it's turned into batteries and shipped all the way to Japan,

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where it's turned into the car, then it's shipped back to Britain

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where morons who think they're saving the planet buy it.

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LAUGHTER

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APPLAUSE

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So, Ian and Will, take a look at this.

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Trees. Not doing very well.

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Ash trees? End of an ash. Mark of death.

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-Windfarms.

-Heseltine.

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I think he was doing a joke about how the Labour Party

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goes "left left left left left."

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Do you think that's what John Major is laughing at?

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He's got secrets all of his own.

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-This is power, isn't it?

-It's power. Wind.

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-And how ugly it is.

-It was many things,

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but in amongst it all there was the news of yet another

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government U-turn, one which leaves anyone

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who installed one of those ridiculous windmilly things

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on their houses looking foolish. No names mentioned.

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Dave.

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-Cameron, in case you were wondering which Dave.

-Yeah.

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Well, we don't all live in the same village as him.

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APPLAUSE

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There has been a government U-turn.

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There's been a government U-turn... We're not sure, really.

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The Minister for Energy said, "We don't want any more

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"of these onshore turbines, we're going to stop,"

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and then the Prime Minister said there's been no change of policy.

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That's always a clue, it means there has been.

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Or there will be, but no-one's told him.

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So we're fairly unsure whether wind is good or bad. Boo.

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I think they should take an aesthetic approach to this.

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I think that power stations have a certain beauty to them, don't you?

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I think wind farms are pig ugly.

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And should be banned on that reason alone.

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You could make those wind turbines look good beautiful if you just

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imagine that they're giant invisible World War II fighter aircraft.

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Then they don't look so bad.

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So if you're going for, say, a Hurricane, it's...

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IMITATES ENGINE

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But if you're doing a Spitfire it's more...

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IMITATES HIGHER PITCH ENGINE

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-It revved at a much higher... You know that.

-That's bloody good!

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Maybe you could stand on top of the wind turbines to give more...

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Or we could pre-record it, that would be easier.

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-LAUGHTER

-Oooh!

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Can you remember the name of the man who made the announcement

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about the wind farms not coming when they are?

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-Is this Davey?

-No. He's called John Hayes. Picture of him here.

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SILENCE

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Doesn't really help, does it? Anyway.

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He looks nice, though. I trust him.

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But he's saying what you want to hear, no more windfarms.

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I couldn't give a damn.

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Well, that's cleared that policy up, then.

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What happened the day after

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he made his momentous and probably quite correct...?

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-Prime minister contradicted him.

-Wasn't it Ed Davey that contradicted him?

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His boss contradicted him. Never heard of him either.

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He's banned him from issuing any further statements and...

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Bye-bye, John.

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Right, let's move on to ash trees, if we may.

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What is the official name

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of the disease that's troubling them so much?

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-It's called dieback.

-No, that's what he's got on his head!

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No, no. The official name is not dieback. It is:

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Which is Latin for "a bunch of trees are dying".

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Actually, she sits next to my daughter at school.

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LAUGHTER

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Anyway, how did the Mail cover the story of this terrible...?

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I haven't read it, but I'm guessing it was something like, "Denmark!

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"Bloody Danes! Killing our trees! God, I hate Danes."

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Hey, Danes, do they make a car?

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They do, but I can't remember what. It's unpronounceable.

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It's probably made of bacon. Rubbish Danes.

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-We're talking about the Mail here. You need to spread it out more.

-OK.

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-It started in Poland, didn't it?

-I think it was Poland. But anyway.

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It's throughout Europe now.

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They didn't bother finding out, on the Mail. OK. They had:

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On the shoes of an asylum seeker.

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They didn't actually say that last bit, I was just...

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LAUGHTER

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Anyway, you saw Heseltine. Why's he back?

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Heseltine was asked by the government to produce a report.

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And they hoped he would produce a very long and boring report that

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they wouldn't have to implement, which is exactly what he's done.

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So it's a big success for the government.

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He's produced 89 proposals, you can guess how many of those

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will be used. None.

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He's called for enterprise, growth, more localism -

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a series of policies that the present government

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has already rejected.

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So Osborne said he welcomed Mr Heseltine's contribution,

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it's really kind of him to produce a report...

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And we'll see him another year. So it's called No Stone Unturned.

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Sounds like a new album by the popular beat combo...

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LAUGHTER

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-Rolling Stones?

-Rolling Stones, that's what they're called.

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-Yeah, yeah.

-You're absolutely right, of course.

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On the subject of George Osborne, OK, I'd like you to watch

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-a piece of film, if I may.

-Yes, OK.

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And what does the man say when Osborne enters the room, OK?

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Listen carefully.

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Tosser. LAUGHTER

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Is there an explanation for that?

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-Another half of that word that we didn't hear?

-No.

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We've been watching it all day long and he just says "tosser".

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Are you sure he doesn't say

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-"Chancellor?"

-Well he might say "Chancellor", but he doesn't.

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-Can we look again?

-Yes, sure.

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Tosser. LAUGHTER

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Let's get a policeman in and see if he said "pleb".

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Someone else has been using the T word this week. Who?

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The head of the UK Tosser Board, who's been trying

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to make their contribution to society better known to people?

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Absolutely. Let's have a look.

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-Tory scum!

-Scum!

-Scum! Boo!

-Lefty tossers.

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Tory BLEEP!

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You don't know anything about people in this country,

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-how dare you represent them?

-Just cos you're in a fancy suit.

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I like how she ran out of stuff to say and was like, "Boo!"

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I really do like the idea

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that she accuses Boris of wearing a fancy suit.

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Anyway, that was the news that in a few years

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windfarms may soon be rarer than ash trees. The Daily Mail...

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-Have they read any other papers this week?

-No, I'm here.

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-OK.

-Attack, attack, attack!

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The Daily Mail hit full panic mode, demanding:

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If the Daily Mail is that worried about the senseless destruction

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of trees, they could always close down their newspaper.

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The ash fungus is just one of many diseases

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affecting Britain's woodlands. According to The Times:

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That's even more of a threat to them than George Michael's driving!

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LAUGHTER

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So, at the end of that round, it is two points each.

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APPLAUSE

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-LAUGHTER

-And so, it's on to round two,

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and the Steering Wheel Of News.

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Here's the first spin.

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BUZZER

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That Berlusconi, I think, isn't it? Upside down.

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It is indeed Silvio Berlusconi.

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Yes. He's been found guilty of various things,

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but the way the Italian legal system works, he'll never go to prison

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because he'll just appeal and the appeals will go on for ever.

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But they haven't got him on sex. They've got him on tax.

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And also if you run for government, you're immune.

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No, he was immune as long as he was in power.

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As long as you're called Berlusconi,

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you're technically innocent of all crimes.

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Particularly involving belly dancers called Divine Ruby.

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Divine Ruby? You dragged that up from somewhere.

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-What does that mean to you?

-It's Ruby the Heart Stealer.

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That's who was at the bunga-bunga party.

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Look, I was there, for God's sake!

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He invited a lot of people over, I went over.

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Tessa Jowell's husband, me, we were all there.

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They were very good parties.

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I don't know why everyone makes such a big deal.

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You've basically covered it all.

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Well, Ian's covered more than I have.

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And people say why don't we have a ridiculous politician

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with a funny sex life called Boris? I mean...

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The Mirror report said:

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Much like one of the former editors, really.

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-Is that libellous?

-Nah.

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It's true, isn't it? So it's not.

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Anyway.

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Berlusconi said he would not stand as the centre-right candidate

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in next year's general election:

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Which differ slightly from his remarks when he left office:

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So if he doesn't come back, who is stepping up to the mark,

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and likely to take over the centre-right party?

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-Lady Mussolini.

-Alexandra, or something.

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-A young lady fascist Mussolini.

-Would you like to see a photo?

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-I would.

-Yes.

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There's Italian politics for you.

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It is Alessandra Mussolini.

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Her grandfather, he was hung from a lamppost.

0:18:550:18:59

She looks like she's standing underneath one.

0:18:590:19:01

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

0:19:010:19:04

She's certainly got Berlusconi's knack for diplomatic language.

0:19:040:19:08

She's known to argue:

0:19:080:19:10

Wasn't that a Simon and Garfunkel song?

0:19:140:19:17

What good news has happened in Greece this week?

0:19:190:19:22

The Greek editor who revealed

0:19:220:19:24

the name of the top tax evaders... It was given

0:19:240:19:26

by the IMF to the Greek government, they said

0:19:260:19:29

"Those are the people avoiding tax in your country, do something."

0:19:290:19:32

And the government said, "yeah, of course we will."

0:19:320:19:34

And then just hid the list. This editor printed the list.

0:19:340:19:37

And they were going to prosecute him

0:19:370:19:39

for invading privacy of these people,

0:19:390:19:41

cos it is a private matter if you don't want to pay tax.

0:19:410:19:43

Why should you?

0:19:430:19:44

Anyway, they were going to bang him up, and they haven't.

0:19:440:19:48

He's got off! And hats off to Greek journalism.

0:19:480:19:51

And Greek law, actually, now.

0:19:510:19:53

And Greek law. And boo to Starbucks.

0:19:530:19:55

APPLAUSE

0:19:550:19:57

-Yeah.

-It's like being on Question Time. Only I've got this here.

0:19:570:20:01

This is the news that Silvio Berlusconi

0:20:010:20:04

has been found guilty of fraud and sentenced to be banga-bangad up.

0:20:040:20:09

Berlusconi is a once-powerful media magnate

0:20:090:20:12

sentenced to prison for fraud,

0:20:120:20:15

who insists on his innocence despite all evidence to the contrary.

0:20:150:20:19

So the big question is, next week, will he be on Ian's team or Paul's?

0:20:190:20:23

If he does go to prison, Berlusconi may well find the walls

0:20:250:20:28

of his cell decorated with salacious pictures of topless models.

0:20:280:20:32

Or as he knows them, cabinet ministers.

0:20:320:20:34

Right, here is the next spin.

0:20:360:20:38

BELL

0:20:400:20:42

That's a waxwork.

0:20:420:20:44

-Is it? Of?

-Somebody.

0:20:440:20:46

-Is it somebody from Thunderbirds?

-It's Mussolini, isn't it?

0:20:460:20:49

-The point is, it's so bad you don't know who it's of.

-Ah!

0:20:490:20:52

And it's a visitor attraction somewhere in England,

0:20:520:20:55

and it's not doing very well. Which is extraordinary, because

0:20:550:20:58

if you go to Madame Tussaud's,

0:20:580:21:00

you have no idea who the waxworks are of there.

0:21:000:21:03

-It's absolute rubbish!

-Yes?

0:21:030:21:04

You walk in and someone says, "It's the Queen!"

0:21:040:21:06

You think it's Margaret Thatcher. Someone says, "No, it's my mother!"

0:21:060:21:10

They're not very likely to put your mother in Tussaud's, are they?

0:21:100:21:13

-I would not be surprised, actually.

-It is Mussolini, though, isn't it?

0:21:130:21:16

It is the world's worst wax museum,

0:21:160:21:19

The Louis Tussaud House Of Wax in Great Yarmouth.

0:21:190:21:22

It's facing closure. Shall we have a look at some of their other work?

0:21:220:21:25

-First of all, who is this?

-Michael Jackson, obviously.

0:21:250:21:29

No, it isn't. That's Edwina Currie!

0:21:290:21:31

Paul, you are right. Next one.

0:21:310:21:33

LAUGHTER

0:21:330:21:35

-Is that Ian Botham?

-Oh, you are on fire!

0:21:350:21:39

-I am startled by your ability to do this.

-I'm startled myself, actually.

0:21:390:21:43

-Next.

-TONY: It is a hybrid.

0:21:430:21:46

It is Fergie and Margaret Thatcher.

0:21:460:21:49

WILL: It's actually my mother.

0:21:490:21:51

Actually, you are right. That's Sarah Ferguson.

0:21:510:21:54

Right, next one.

0:21:540:21:55

-Prince Charles.

-No, that's Saddam Hussein.

0:21:550:21:58

Who is that?

0:21:580:21:59

TONY: That is just the dude at reception...

0:21:590:22:04

or Daley Thompson.

0:22:040:22:06

It is, actually, Daley Thompson.

0:22:060:22:07

I resent the premise of this. They clearly know who these people are!

0:22:070:22:11

You might get William Pitt the Younger in a minute. Just wait.

0:22:110:22:16

-There is actually one of you, Will.

-Neil Kinnock!

0:22:160:22:19

They have one more politician, actually. They have Ed Balls.

0:22:190:22:22

Here he is.

0:22:220:22:24

LAUGHTER

0:22:240:22:26

-Except that isn't Ed Balls, is it?

-TONY: It's Hitler.

0:22:260:22:29

No, it isn't. It's Ed Balls during Movember.

0:22:290:22:32

I do want to make it absolutely plain,

0:22:320:22:35

Ed Balls would never dress up in a Nazi costume.

0:22:350:22:38

I want to clear that up.

0:22:380:22:40

Oh, no, wait, there he is dressed up in a Nazi costume.

0:22:400:22:44

So, with so many great exhibits,

0:22:440:22:45

why is this remarkable place facing closure?

0:22:450:22:49

I bet it isn't after this show!

0:22:490:22:51

Much better than going to the National Portrait Gallery,

0:22:510:22:53

all that competence on display.

0:22:530:22:56

What excuse does the proprietor offer

0:22:580:23:00

to those who struggle to recognise the faces?

0:23:000:23:03

-We do not know.

-He says:

0:23:030:23:05

It is the same reason James May and Richard Hammond present Top Gear.

0:23:110:23:14

I'm making it up!

0:23:150:23:17

According to BBC News...

0:23:170:23:18

..to explain to baffled visitors

0:23:220:23:24

who the hell all the exhibits are meant to be.

0:23:240:23:26

One review of the waxwork museum in Great Yarmouth said:

0:23:260:23:30

Which, coincidentally,

0:23:320:23:34

is the motto of the Great Yarmouth Tourist Authority.

0:23:340:23:37

Which means, at the end of this round,

0:23:370:23:39

it is Ian and Will with three

0:23:390:23:41

and Paul and Tony with three as well.

0:23:410:23:44

APPLAUSE

0:23:440:23:46

So got no points for our magnificent knowledge of waxworks!

0:23:460:23:51

Time now for the Odd One Out Round. Paul and Tony.

0:23:530:23:57

Tony Blair's interns, Adele's knickers,

0:23:570:23:59

Paul McCartney and six seconds of Richard Herman's time.

0:23:590:24:04

Right, I don't know who Richard Herman is.

0:24:040:24:07

He's the man who all those people who ring you up cold calling saying,

0:24:070:24:11

"Can we help you with your claim for Payment Protection Insurance?"

0:24:110:24:16

He rang them back, said, "Stop ringing me up."

0:24:160:24:18

and he billed them for wasting his time.

0:24:180:24:21

And they paid up.

0:24:210:24:22

Do you know how he managed to prove they had been talking to him?

0:24:220:24:26

He recorded the conversations.

0:24:260:24:27

Yes, because he works for a telephone recording company

0:24:270:24:30

which changed their minds.

0:24:300:24:32

Doesn't Adele buy her knickers from Primark for a quid each?

0:24:320:24:36

I don't know, I haven't asked her, but looking at them...

0:24:360:24:40

-Is it charging per minute?

-No.

0:24:400:24:42

So are you saying Adele charges per minute?

0:24:420:24:45

You're on the right lines with cost.

0:24:450:24:48

To get Paul McCartney to sing Hey Jude at a Christmas party...

0:24:480:24:52

-£1.

-Is £1.

-It isn't.

0:24:520:24:54

-£1!

-It SO isn't!

-He won't do it for less than a crate of Guinness, I tell you that much.

0:24:540:24:59

WILL: McCartney charged £1

0:24:590:25:00

for singing at the Opening Ceremony, didn't he?

0:25:000:25:04

Oh, well done!

0:25:040:25:06

-Tony Blair's intern is the odd one out. They're paid nothing.

-Yes.

0:25:060:25:09

They all cost £1 except Tony Blair's interns, who work for free.

0:25:090:25:13

A politics graduate was offered

0:25:130:25:16

an internship in Tony's office, but he was rejected when he said

0:25:160:25:20

he could only afford to work for free four days a week.

0:25:200:25:23

-He wanted a fifth day to be paid.

-Oh, to earn money.

-Tony said no.

0:25:230:25:26

Just to go back to Adele's knickers for a minute,

0:25:260:25:30

I bet she just says that to seem more earthy and down.

0:25:300:25:34

"Oh, I only pay £1 for my knickers." There is no way.

0:25:340:25:36

She is the highest-grossing musician in the world.

0:25:360:25:38

WILL: Look at them. They are clearly £1-worth of pants. No more.

0:25:380:25:42

Will, that is the third time you have asked for that picture back.

0:25:420:25:45

TONY: Those are probably made out of some sort of pink gold.

0:25:450:25:49

"Oh, I just bought them.

0:25:510:25:53

"No, they're just normal."

0:25:530:25:55

Bullshit!

0:25:550:25:57

Paul McCartney was, as you correctly said, paid £1

0:25:590:26:02

to perform for the Opening Ceremony of the London Olympics.

0:26:020:26:06

Which other rock star did officials

0:26:060:26:07

embarrassingly try to book for the Closing Ceremony?

0:26:070:26:10

Keith Moon.

0:26:100:26:11

Hmm. Why was that, specifically, embarrassing?

0:26:110:26:15

-He died in 1977.

-'78.

0:26:150:26:17

-'78, was it?

-Didn't you find the Opening Ceremony was wonderful,

0:26:170:26:21

showing the world what amazing music this country has produced

0:26:210:26:26

and everyone felt, rightfully, very proud.

0:26:260:26:29

But then the Closing Ceremony,

0:26:290:26:32

that seemed a bit more like, say, Legends Nightclub.

0:26:320:26:35

-Is Legends still going?

-Probably.

0:26:350:26:39

-Yeah.

-Legends, yah?

-Or Secrets!

0:26:390:26:42

I went there with Berlusconi.

0:26:420:26:43

Adele's knickers cost just £1. Even better value in women's fashion

0:26:450:26:49

was announced this week.

0:26:490:26:51

You can now buy a 99p Christmas dress.

0:26:510:26:54

-Here it is.

-Is that its actual size?

0:26:540:26:57

What does the success of the 99p dress tell us about Christmas,

0:26:580:27:02

according to the online suppliers.

0:27:020:27:05

It's nearly here. It's very exciting. Christmas!

0:27:050:27:08

-Is that a preview of your new Christmas single?!

-It is!

0:27:100:27:15

-You and Berlusconi walking through a winter wonderland!

-Yeah! We do!

0:27:150:27:18

I hope it's true!

0:27:190:27:21

According to the online suppliers, it tells us that...

0:27:210:27:24

-Peace and goodwill can go

-BLEEP

-themselves.

0:27:260:27:28

According to the Mail, Adele's James Bond theme for Skyfall

0:27:310:27:34

has rocketed to the top of the charts...

0:27:340:27:36

There's a Bond film out? No!

0:27:390:27:41

Paul McCartney was paid £1 to sing at the Olympics Opening Ceremony,

0:27:430:27:47

which works out at 50p for each note sung in tune.

0:27:470:27:50

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

0:27:520:27:55

Ian and Will. Ted Heath's house, Paul Davison,

0:27:550:27:57

candidate for the Hull police commissioner elections,

0:27:570:28:01

David Icke and Gordon Brown.

0:28:010:28:03

Can we have another four, please?

0:28:030:28:05

That's your lot, I'm afraid.

0:28:060:28:08

Edward Heath's house was going to be turned into a museum

0:28:080:28:11

but then it couldn't be because they didn't have enough money.

0:28:110:28:14

This commissioner is going as an opposition candidate

0:28:140:28:17

against Prescott.

0:28:170:28:19

As for David Icke, well, he's nuts.

0:28:190:28:21

Although he's doing very well.

0:28:220:28:24

Go to Wembley and he's talking there and you can't get in.

0:28:240:28:26

People are buying his DVDs and books, just like you, Jeremy.

0:28:260:28:30

You should get to go with him.

0:28:300:28:31

I performed in Sweden last week and in a 9,000-seater stadium

0:28:310:28:35

8,000 people came dressed as seats.

0:28:350:28:37

-Gordon Brown.

-What is he doing now?

0:28:390:28:41

-I think he's just cross.

-Still?

0:28:410:28:44

I'll have to put you out of my misery.

0:28:440:28:47

They've all suffered from a poor turnout...

0:28:470:28:49

-Not David Icke...

-..apart from David Icke.

0:28:490:28:52

He drew a 6,000 crowd to his recent conspiracies lecture at Wembley.

0:28:520:28:56

Does anyone know Icke's central theory on

0:28:560:29:00

how the world is run?

0:29:000:29:02

People like the Royal Family, for example,

0:29:020:29:06

are lizards, reptiles from another planet.

0:29:060:29:08

Basically, aliens have invaded and we don't know.

0:29:080:29:10

Isn't that Mormonism?

0:29:100:29:13

You're right. We're run and controlled by

0:29:140:29:18

a group of reptilian humanoids.

0:29:180:29:20

-They're called the...

-The they-don't-exist-atons.

0:29:200:29:24

Yes, the Babylonian Brotherhood. You're quite right.

0:29:240:29:27

Oh, this is terrific(!)

0:29:270:29:29

This brotherhood includes...

0:29:290:29:32

That would be a band I'd pay to go and see.

0:29:390:29:41

What did His Ickeness think of the Olympic Opening Ceremony?

0:29:410:29:46

This was a ritual. It was a secret ritual for

0:29:460:29:49

the reptiles to renew themselves into everlasting life.

0:29:490:29:51

It wasn't half an hour of stand-up, this was an 11-hour gig.

0:29:590:30:02

What's even more interesting than the 11 hours

0:30:020:30:05

you correctly say he spoke for, he did so without notes.

0:30:050:30:08

11 hours without notes.

0:30:080:30:11

He talked bollocks for 11 hours - we can all do that.

0:30:110:30:14

Paul Davison, who is standing for the upcoming

0:30:140:30:16

police commissioner election in Humberside,

0:30:160:30:19

was left embarrassed this week when only four people

0:30:190:30:22

turned up for a public meeting.

0:30:220:30:24

According to The Independent, out of the four people in attendance...

0:30:240:30:27

It gets worse, I'm afraid.

0:30:300:30:32

It's particularly embarrassing for Mr Davison because...

0:30:320:30:34

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

0:30:390:30:42

Let's move it on to Mr Davison's rival, John Prescott.

0:30:450:30:48

He attended the...

0:30:480:30:50

..at Hull Kung Fu.

0:30:520:30:53

What did the legendary swordsman do in the interval?

0:30:530:30:57

-Did he do kung fu?

-No, he did something even more embarrassing.

0:30:570:31:03

-Would you like to have a look?

-Yes.

0:31:030:31:04

(AS JOHN PRESCOTT) That were Darth Vader. I'm Darth Vader. Fucking hell.

0:31:180:31:22

Prescott began by saying, "I'm your father."

0:31:250:31:27

He'd never seen Star Wars but his opponent's mother

0:31:270:31:30

used to be his secretary or something.

0:31:300:31:32

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown

0:31:340:31:36

had to cancel a press conference at the United Nations last month

0:31:360:31:39

after a poor turnout. How many people

0:31:390:31:42

showed up to hear Gordon's thoughts on global education?

0:31:420:31:45

-17.

-No. According to the Telegraph...

0:31:450:31:47

HE LAUGHS

0:31:500:31:52

-I'm sorry...

-Do we know who that was?

0:31:520:31:56

It was the Telegraph reporter!

0:31:560:31:58

Some bloke saying, "You going to be much longer? I've got to lock up."

0:32:020:32:06

What excuse did Gordon Brown's office offer for the cancellation?

0:32:060:32:09

They put his name on the posters.

0:32:090:32:12

It clashed with a Wednesday.

0:32:130:32:15

They said he was...

0:32:160:32:17

What bad news did the Sunday Times have for Gordon Brown this week?

0:32:230:32:27

He's been melted down in Great Yarmouth?

0:32:270:32:29

A survey found him to be Britain's...

0:32:310:32:32

Gordon's alive?!

0:32:350:32:36

Just one person turned up to Gordon Brown's press conference

0:32:380:32:41

at the UN but that was just unfortunate timing,

0:32:410:32:44

as in another room, Angela Merkel was launching

0:32:440:32:46

her new range of swimwear.

0:32:460:32:49

Ted Heath's old house hasn't been getting enough visitors

0:32:490:32:52

so they're closing it down.

0:32:520:32:54

On the Mail Online, the comments on this story followed

0:32:540:32:57

a certain pattern, referring to Ted Heath and...

0:32:570:32:59

And saying...

0:33:080:33:09

At the bottom of the page is the disclaimer.

0:33:160:33:19

Though in this case, they do.

0:33:240:33:26

At the end of this round, Ian and Will have five,

0:33:280:33:31

Paul and Tony, you have four.

0:33:310:33:32

APPLAUSE DROWNS SPEECH

0:33:340:33:36

Come on then!

0:33:380:33:40

Time for the Missing Words Round,

0:33:400:33:42

which features as its guest publication...

0:33:420:33:45

Not so much unputdownable as unpickupable.

0:33:490:33:52

We start with...

0:33:520:33:54

WILL: Oh, God! I don't know!

0:33:580:34:00

No, I don't think that's it.

0:34:000:34:02

Goat with huge beer belly goes for cummerbund.

0:34:020:34:05

Will was right.

0:34:090:34:11

-There you go.

-What, he hasn't got a clue?

0:34:110:34:12

When he said, "Oh, God!"

0:34:120:34:14

Goat with superimposed image of Jesus on his back

0:34:140:34:17

goes for a fortune in Vatican auction.

0:34:170:34:20

Staggeringly close and yet miles away.

0:34:200:34:24

The answer is...

0:34:240:34:26

-Wrong religion.

-Would anybody like...

0:34:300:34:34

It could have just said Allan and they got that wrong.

0:34:340:34:36

No, it's Allah so would anybody like to make a joke about that?

0:34:370:34:40

Next...

0:34:430:34:44

Is it pissed horse?

0:34:510:34:53

"Alan Titchmarsh took advantage of free beer with two old ladies

0:34:530:34:56

"from a brewery." That's nice.

0:34:560:34:58

-That's wholesome.

-It's...

0:34:580:34:59

-Very good.

-Is it a beer named after a hedgehog?

0:35:010:35:04

This is from the British Hedgehog Preservation Society Newsletter.

0:35:040:35:07

Underneath a picture of Alan Titchmarsh

0:35:070:35:10

enjoying a glass of Old Prickly is a reminder that...

0:35:100:35:13

Or just reverse over it.

0:35:170:35:19

-GROANS

-Next...

0:35:190:35:21

Over Clarkson.

0:35:250:35:26

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

0:35:280:35:31

I've got a lot of hedgehog friends.

0:35:310:35:34

Strip club. That's right, isn't it?

0:35:350:35:38

That's extraordinary because it is strip club.

0:35:380:35:41

-I saw the story.

-Steven Hutchins, a JP in Maidstone,

0:35:410:35:45

wanted to open a strip club - there he is.

0:35:450:35:47

No touching. That's not a rule in the club just a bit of advice

0:35:470:35:50

if you meet Steven.

0:35:500:35:51

Next.

0:35:530:35:55

WILL: Wig.

0:35:580:35:59

Strip club again.

0:36:010:36:03

This is from issue 58 of the Hedgehog Newsletter.

0:36:060:36:10

Blender?

0:36:250:36:27

-Next.

-Every answer is strip club.

0:36:280:36:30

..caught in police raid at strip club.

0:36:360:36:38

Hedgehogs thrown at dartboard give a score of 4,000.

0:36:400:36:42

Next...

0:36:470:36:49

..to create hedgehog nirvana.

0:36:510:36:53

Pay more tax to use motorways.

0:36:530:36:56

-Yes, that's about it.

-Is that a good idea?

-Doesn't go far enough.

0:36:560:36:59

-You should have to pay more tax to drive at all?

-Outside lane,

0:37:000:37:03

higher rate taxpayers only.

0:37:030:37:06

And lastly...

0:37:080:37:09

What?

0:37:090:37:11

Hedgehog.

0:37:130:37:14

Is it rocket?

0:37:140:37:16

-It's a short word.

-Car.

0:37:180:37:20

-Longer than that.

-Cars.

-Man.

0:37:200:37:22

-That's the right length.

-The right length of word - sheep, ship.

0:37:240:37:27

Rose. Vase. Vase blasted into space.

0:37:270:37:31

Er... Bars. Three bars.

0:37:310:37:36

I'm just momentarily bored.

0:37:360:37:37

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

0:37:390:37:42

I noticed, Tony, that you've got the rest of my hair.

0:37:440:37:47

I'd like it back, please.

0:37:490:37:51

For the last 20 years I thought, "Where the hell has my hair gone?"

0:37:520:37:55

And there it is on his head!

0:37:550:37:56

Have you never thought of a comb-over?

0:37:560:37:58

Have you ever seen him do a piece to camera in the wind?

0:37:580:38:00

-No.

-You get one. It's a comb-over.

0:38:000:38:03

Didn't Elton John write a song about you

0:38:030:38:05

doing a piece to camera in the wind?

0:38:050:38:06

There it is. Will Gompertz in the wind with a comb-over.

0:38:080:38:10

Is that it?

0:38:100:38:12

With the magic of TV, you could put the hair on you quite easily.

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Let's do that now.

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Just sit still and we can do that, I'm sure.

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-Or maybe mine will go on Ian's head.

-They're trying it now.

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I'd start talking about cars.

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ALL TALK AT ONCE

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I bet you're not bored now.

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Fish...

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The final scores are:

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Ian and Will, 6 and Paul and Tony, you've also got 6.

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APPLAUSE

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Since the scores are level, let's have quick tie-break round.

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Buzz when you know who this is.

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BUZZER

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-Winston Churchill.

-That's Shirley Bassey.

0:39:030:39:06

That's Winston Churchill. And this one?

0:39:060:39:09

BUZZER

0:39:090:39:11

WILL: Rowan Atkinson.

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Next...

0:39:120:39:13

BELL

0:39:130:39:15

Ian Hislop.

0:39:150:39:16

-Michael Barrymore.

-I knew you knew.

0:39:170:39:19

-Next.

-I get the tasteless one.

0:39:190:39:21

BUZZER

0:39:210:39:23

-Cliff Richard.

-Cliff Richard.

0:39:230:39:25

Yes. Next.

0:39:250:39:27

BELL

0:39:270:39:28

Neanderthal man.

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-George Best.

-Correct.

-George Best?!

0:39:310:39:35

BELL

0:39:370:39:38

TONY: I can see who's behind. Is that Noel Edmonds?

0:39:380:39:42

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

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I'll give you a clue. I will give you a clue.

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The person in that picture looks absolutely

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nothing like the person whose name appears on my list.

0:39:520:39:56

Is it the Dalai Lama?

0:39:560:39:58

-It's more ridiculous.

-WILL: Is it politics?

0:39:590:40:01

-Cilla Black.

-Is he in politics?

0:40:020:40:04

It's Jim Davidson.

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BUZZER

0:40:080:40:09

-Sean Connery.

-It is but that's Cliff Richard again.

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This waxworks is gloriously terrible!

0:40:140:40:17

BUZZER

0:40:190:40:20

-TONY: Cherie Blair.

-No.

-Jackie Onassis.

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You've been there all night wanting it to be her.

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Shirley Bassey?

0:40:260:40:28

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

0:40:280:40:30

Ladies and gentlemen, we have our winner.

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Paul and Tony, you're on 14. Ian and Will, you're on 9.

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Robbed!

0:40:390:40:41

APPLAUSE

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I leave you with the news that in Rome

0:40:430:40:45

there are suspicions that pictures of Adam and Eve

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in the new illustrated edition of the Bible

0:40:480:40:50

might be a bit too detailed.

0:40:500:40:52

As Azerbaijan prepares for the Eurovision Song Contest,

0:40:560:41:00

they look favourites to win with a power-ballad duet.

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After escaping from a secret research laboratory in Norwich,

0:41:080:41:11

a giant hedgehog avenges the death of his father.

0:41:110:41:15

Good night.

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If you push it off a cliff.

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