Episode 19 Mastermind

First in the spotlight is Andy Bowman, a teacher from St Ives.

His specialist subject, the classic sitcom Porridge.

Next, Mary Bucknall from Kent.

She'll be answering questions on Queen Victoria's family.

David Buckle, a college vice-principal from Nuneaton,

on the golfing stories of PG Wodehouse.

And Rebecca Ridolfo, a writer and editor from Brighton.

Her subject, the Irish-born woman who became a Paraguayan legend,

Eliza Lynch.

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Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.

Four more contenders are about to take television's ultimate test

of nerve and knowledge.

Sat in the famous black chair, they will answer two minutes of questions

on their specialist subject and two and a half minutes

on general knowledge. The winner will go through to the semi-final

and take a step closer to owning the great glass bowl.

And far more importantly, to becoming the nation's Mastermind.

So, let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.

And your name is...?

Your occupation?

And your specialist subject.

Porridge in two minutes, starting now.

What is the title of the pilot episode,

first broadcast on 1st April 1973

as part of the series Seven of One?

Prisoner And Escort.

The judge who sentenced Fletcher

to his five-year stretch becomes an inmate

of Slade himself. What's his name?

-Rawlings.

-No, Rawley.

In Happy Release, one of the items

Norris steals from Blanco is a music box that plays what tune?

Waltzing Matilda.

Mr MacKay reveals that he was a drill sergeant

in which Scottish regiment?

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.

What does Fletcher give Godber in exchange

for a pink Liquorice Allsort in A Night In?

A squeeze of toothpaste.

In Prisoner And Escort, with which warder

does Fletcher share a small bottle of Scotch

after the van breaks down on their way to Slade?

-Barrowclough.

-What song do the inmates begin singing

after their first meeting with Mr Wainwright

in Disturbing The Peace?

-Happy Days Are Here Again?

-In A Night In, Fletcher confesses

that his daughter, Ingrid, was conceived in which London cemetery?

-Highgate.

-What's the name of the character who gives Fletcher a passport

while he's at the hospital for a knee x-ray?

Sandra.

Which character was found as a baby in an alley in Greenock

wrapped in a copy of the Glasgow Herald?

-McLaren.

-In A Storm In A Teacup, Harry Grout tells Fletcher

he must return the stolen pills to the Infirmary

while the medical officer is doing what to Mrs Barrowclough?

-Lancing her boils.

-Who is the last person to disturb Fletcher's Saturday

in No Peace For The Wicked?

-The vicar.

-The chaplain, yes. In Men Without Women,

Fletcher helps inmates write to their loved ones.

What is the name of Lukewarm's partner,

to whom he sends a letter?

-Trevor.

-In The Desperate Hours, Fletcher reports

that Mr Barrowclough had been standing in a bucket singing what song,

after sampling the inmates' Christmas food parcels?

Pass.

In Final Stretch, a fight between Jarvis and Crusher

keeps Godber out of trouble and safeguards his parole.

What does Fletcher shout to the heavens

as he walks away from the brawl?

I owe you one?

When Mr MacKay interrupts a group of inmates

gathered in a cell in Just Desserts...

Fletcher says it is a meeting of which club?

-The Cowboy Club.

-The Cowboy Club is correct.

You had one pass.

In The Desperate Hours, the song was The Desert Song.

You had that one pass. Andy Bowman, you have 14 points.

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Our next contender was born profoundly deaf,

so she will be reading the questions from the monitor beside me

as I read the questions from the card.

So, if I can ask her to join us, please.

And your name is...?

Your occupation?

And your specialist subject.

Queen Victoria's family in two minutes, starting now.

Queen Victoria's father, Edward, Duke of Kent, was the fourth son

of which British monarch?

King George III.

Victoria and Albert's first child was born in 1840,

the first of how many children born to the couple?

Nine.

In which British overseas territory did the military career

of Victoria's father, the Duke of Kent, come to an end

in 1803 after the mutiny of his men

because of his strict behaviour?

Gibraltar.

What was the name of her daughter, after whose birth

the queen commented, "Never mind, the next will be a prince?"

Victoria.

Albert Edward, the Prince of Wales

had a brief affair with a young woman

whilst at the Curragh in Ireland. Who was she?

Nelly Clifton.

Which hereditary disorder did Victoria's daughters

Alice and Beatrice carry,

and her younger son Prince Leopold suffer from?

Haemophilia.

Victoria's son Arthur was named

in honour of which military leader,

on whose 81st birthday he had been born?

The Duke of Wellington.

In 1896, Victoria's son-in-law,

Prince Henry of Battenberg, died of malaria

after taking part in an expeditionary force

to which African kingdom?

Ashanti.

Which of Victoria's daughters is said

to have threatened to enter a nunnery

unless she were allowed to marry

the husband of her choice,

John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne?

Princess Louise.

In March 1868, the Irishman Henry James O'Farrell

tried to assassinate Prince Alfred

while he was visiting which country?

Australia.

In 1878, Princess Alice embraced her sick son Ernest

to comfort him, which led to her death

from diptheria shortly afterwards.

What phrase was used by Prime Minister Disraeli

to describe this embrace?

-The kiss of death.

-Which of Victoria's daughters,

known by the name Lenchen, in family circles,

was the first president of the Royal British Nurses' Association?

Princess Helena.

After the forced abdication of its monarch, King Otto,

which country offered its throne

to Victoria's second son, Alfred?

It was eventually given to Prince William of Denmark

after the British declined the offer.

-The throne of Greece.

-That is correct.

You have no passes, Mary Bucknall. You got them all right. 13 points.

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And our third contender, please.

And your name is...?

Your occupation?

And your specialist subject.

PG Wodehouse. Starting now.

By what title does Wodehouse refer to the white-whiskered gentleman

who narrates most of his golfing short stories?

The Oldest Member.

In High Stakes, Bradbury Fisher loses his butler

in a golf game. What's the name of the butler?

-Blizzard.

-In which story do John Gooch

and Frederick Pilcher find themselves playing

for Agnes Flack, despite the fact

that neither of them wants to marry her?

Those in Peril on the Tee.

What does Legs Mortimer give to Evangeline Brackett

when she asks for the new ball on the 18th tee?

A soap ball.

The mother of which character believes her son

to be a fine golfer, because he regularly scores 128,

whereas the best golfer at the club

rarely manages to score 80?

Rollo Podmarsh.

In There's Always Golf, what is the occupation

of Ernest Plinlimmon, who wins the heart of Clarice Fitch

through his demonstration of manliness?

Average adjuster.

What disturbance from adjoining meadows

was known to cause Mitchell Holmes

to miss his short putts?

It was munching an apple, by a caddy.

No, it was the uproar of the butterflies.

Which retired golfer had children named Sandwich, Hoylake,

St Andrew, Troon and Prestwick?

-John Rocket.

-What collective name is given to the golfers

whose nicknames are First Gravedigger, the Man With The Hoe,

Old Father Time and Consul, the Almost Human?

-The Wrecking Crew.

-In Tangled Hearts,

Smallwood Bessemer tries to give Agnes Flack advice,

causing her to top her shot.

With which club does she then prepare to attack him?

Niblick.

What is the name of Bradbury Fisher's new butler,

who persuades Mrs Fisher to give up playing golf?

Vosper.

Rollo Podmarsh thinks that his niece, Lettice,

has tried to poison him. What food does he think the poison was in?

-Arrowroot.

-In Scratch Man,

whom does Harold Pickering push into the water

to avoid being torn limb from limb

because he has stolen the man's fiancee?

Sidney McMurdo.

What's the occupation of Rodney Spelvin,

whom Jane Packard falls for?

-Poet.

-The publisher, Cyril Grooly,

is under instructions not to offer

Professor Pepperidge Farmer, I'll finish the question,

a book advance of more than 200.

What happens that makes him offer 5,000 instead?

-He gets hypnotised.

-He does. The Professor hypnotises him.

No passes. Only one wrong. 14 points.

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And our final contender, please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your specialist subject.

Eliza Lynch. Starting now.

Eliza Lynch first met Francisco Solano Lopez,

the future President of Paraguay, in 1854.

He was to become her lover.

In which European city did they meet?

-Paris.

-The War of the Triple Alliance

played a major part in Lynch's life.

The conflict broke out in the mid-1860s

when Brazil, Uruguay and which other country

went to war with Paraguay?

-Argentina.

-Many details of Lynch's childhood

are not known, but it's accepted that she was born

in which Irish county in about 1833?

-County Cork.

-What was the name

of the French officer whom the teenage Lynch married

in Folkestone in June 1850?

-Xavier Quatrefages.

-What was the name of the sixth child

that she bore to Lopez?

He died in London at the age of eight.

-Leopoldo.

-As which figure did she appear dressed

at the masked ball in 1862

to mark the inauguration of Lopez as president?

-Marie Antoinette?

-Queen Elizabeth I.

By what pet name did she call Lopez

and their first son, Juan Francisco?

-Panchito.

-To whom did Lopez write

about the possibility of marriage to his daughter,

even though Lynch was by then living in Paraguay?

Don Pedro II of Brazil.

There are opposing views about Lynch's role

during the War of the Triple Alliance.

Which 1869 book by George Masterman

was one of the first to portray Lynch

as actively urging Lopez towards war?

-Pass.

-What lively European dance

is Eliza said to have popularized in Paraguay?

-The London carape.

-Yes, or the polka.

In February 1868, she led a pilgrimage of women

in an expedition by train to pray at a cave

where which Apostle was believed to have lived?

-Pass.

-Which Paraguayan town rose to prominence

as the temporary national capital during the war?

-Luque.

-In March 1870, Lynch dug out a grave

for Lopez and their eldest son with her bare hands.

At which decisive battle had they been killed?

-Cerro Cora.

-After Lopez was killed

and Paraguay had lost the war,

Lynch took her children

and returned to Europe in July 1870,

on board which Royal Mail packet ship?

-City of Limerick.

-What is the title,

I'll finish the question,

of the pamphlet Lynch wrote

vindicating her life and actions?

It was published in Buenos Aires in 1875.

Exposition y protesta.

Indeed, or Declaration and Protest. Two passes.

The Apostle who lived in that cave was St Thomas, reputedly.

And Seven Eventful Years In Paraguay

was the book written by George Masterman in 1869.

Those two passes, you have a total, Rebecca of 12 points.

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Well, what a good round that was. Very close.

Let's have a look at the scores.

In fourth place, with 12 points, Rebecca Ridolfo.

Third place, 13 points, Mary Bucknall.

Joint first place, 14 points apiece, Andy Bowman and David Buckle.

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Which means it's the general knowledge round now, of course,

and if there is a tie at the end of it, then the number of passes

is taken into account, and the person

with the fewer passes is the winner.

And if they're tied on passes as well, then there is a tie break.

The six highest scoring runners-up

will also claim a place in the semi-finals.

So, let's get on with it and ask Rebecca Ridolfo

to join us again, please.

And you begin this round, 12 points with your knowledge of Eliza Lynch.

Let's see how you do. Two and a half minutes, starting now.

The Marseillaise is the national anthem of which country?

-France.

-Eve's pudding consists of which fruit

baked with a sponge topping?

-Strawberries.

-Apple. Who plays Hagrid,

keeper of keys and grounds in the Harry Potter films?

-Pass.

-Which terrier breed that originated in Scotland

gets its name from the pile of stones from which it

-originally chased vermin and other animals?

-Cairn.

Which fictional town in Charles Dickens' novel Hard Times

is said to have been based on his impressions of Preston?

Pass.

What term for the training centres for American marine

and naval recruits has also been applied to young offenders' institutions

run on strict military lines?

-Boot camp.

-Yes.

Which tick-borne bacterial disease is named after

the town in Connecticut where it was first identified in 1975?

Pass.

Cerys Matthews was the lead singer with which band

from its formation in the early '90s until they broke up in 2001?

Pass.

In Greek mythology, what type of bush was the nymph Daphne

turned into to allow her to escape the attentions of Apollo?

-Laurel.

-Yes.

Above which Dorset village is there a carving of a naked giant,

cut into the chalk hillside,

traditionally believed to be about 1,500 years old?

-Piltdown.

-No, Cerne Abbas.

Which Verdi opera features the characters Zaccaria,

the high priest of the Hebrews, and the King of Babylon?

-Tosca.

-Nabucco.

Who presented the television programme Time Team

and the series The Worst Jobs In History?

-Tony Robinson.

-Yes.

Which government department was formed in June 2001 from parts of

the former Department of Social Security,

the Department of Education and Employment and the Employment Service?

-The Department for Work and Pensions.

-Yes.

Which racecourse lies about three miles north-east of Chichester?

-Epsom.

-Goodwood.

The Anglo-French agreement of April 1904, aimed ultimately at curbing

growing German power, is known by what name?

-Entente Cordiale.

-Yes.

The male of which game bird, common in Britain, has a distinctive

glossy dark-green head and neck, a long-pointed tail and a red face?

-Pheasant.

-Yes.

Which European First Lady has a cameo role as a museum guide

in Woody Allen's 2011 film Midnight In Paris?

Pass.

What type of resin, hardened to give a glossy finish,

is derived from the so-called varnish tree, indigenous to China?

-Lacquer.

-Yes.

In the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett,

the Hogfather is the equivalent of which seasonal figure?

-Santa Claus.

-Yes.

The American anthem, My Country, 'Tis Of Thee,

is usually sung to which well-known equally patriotic tune?

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Star-Spangled Banner.

No, God Save The Queen.

Very patriotic. Don't get more patriotic than that.

Right, I'll give you your passes.

Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, the wife of the President,

played that little role in Woody Allen's film.

Cerys Matthews was the lead singer of Catatonia.

Lyme disease is what you can get from ticks.

Coketown, the fictional town in Charles Dickens's novel Hard Times.

And Robbie Coltrane plays Hagrid.

You have a total now, Rebecca Ridolfo, of 22 points.

Thank you.

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And now, would Mary Bucknall join us again, please?

And you begin with 13 points for this round.

Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.

Two and a half minutes starting now.

What is the title of Anna Sewell's book about a horse which

she claimed was translated from the original equine?

-Black Beauty.

-Yes.

What name of French origin is given to a large enclosed space

typically used for storing aircraft?

-Hangar.

-Yes.

What is the sole diet of the vampire bat?

-Blood.

-Yes.

Which mountain-dwelling people, culturally related to Tibetans,

are renowned for their skills as mountaineers and guides?

-Sherpas.

-Yes.

In January 1937, which Russian revolutionary

arrived in Mexico in secret aboard the Norwegian oil tanker Ruth?

Pass.

Who was appointed as the Secretary of State for Health

when the coalition government took office in May 2010?

-Alan Johnson.

-Andrew Lansley.

Which former Borough Treasurer of Kendal is

best remembered for his Pictorial Guides To The Lakeland Fells?

-Alfred Wainwright.

-Correct.

The name of which popular rockery plant,

grown for its pleasantly scented white or yellow flowers,

comes from the Greek for "without madness",

cos it was supposedly a cure for insanity?

Pass.

In the human body, what is the name

of the long bone of the upper arm?

-Humerus.

-Yes.

In the Bible, which book tells the story of the beautiful Jewish wife

of the Persian king who risked her life in persuading him not to

massacre the Jews in his empire?

-Esther.

-Yes.

The greater part of the Peak District National Park

lies in which county?

-Derbyshire.

-Correct.

Reticule is an old name for what item?

They were originally made of soft knitted fabric with a drawstring?

-A kind of handbag.

-Yes.

In female mammals,

the fallopian tubes join the ovaries to which organ of the body?

-The womb.

-Yes.

Who wrote the novel Brave New World?

He took the title from Shakespeare's The Tempest?

-H. G. Wells.

-No, Aldous Huxley.

Which multi-purpose tool was designed at the end

of the 19th century by the Swiss cutler Karl Elsener?

-The penknife.

-No, the Swiss Army knife.

Dishes containing or garnished with which member of the cabbage family

are sometimes known as du Barry, after Louis XV's mistress?

Pass.

What title was held by Thomas Bruce,

who shipped a collection of ancient Greek sculptures

to the British Museum in the early 19th century?

-The Earl of Elgin.

-Yes.

Which crime writer's holiday home, Greenway House, appears

thinly disguised in her novels Dead Man's Folly and Five Little Pigs?

-Daphne du Maurier.

-Agatha Christie.

Which city was governed...

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..by papal legates

until 1791 when the French National Assembly annexed it?

The Papal State.

Avignon is the correct answer.

You had three passes.

The dish sometimes known as du Barry is garnished with cauliflower.

The plant, the popular rockery plant is the sweet alyssum.

And the revolutionary who arrived in secret in 1937

aboard the Norwegian oil tanker was Leon Trotsky.

You have, Mary Bucknall, a total of 24 points.

Thank you.

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And now, Andy Bowman again, please.

And you begin with 14 points with your knowledge of Porridge.

Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.

Two and a half minutes starting now.

On 20th July 1969, who said,

"That's one small step for man,

"one giant leap for mankind?"

-Neil Armstrong.

-Yes.

Bashed neeps are a traditional accompaniment to which Scottish dish?

-Haggis.

-Yes.

Which country joined the Rugby Union Five Nations

championships in 2000 to make it into the Six Nations?

-Italy.

-Yes.

In the early 1920s, what was classified into A and B categories

followed in the late 1950s by the M category?

Pass.

Blackfish is an alternative name for which small whales of the genus Globicephala

that because of their cohesive, gregarious nature are prone to mass strandings?

-Sperm whale.

-Pilot whale.

The name of which Berkshire town is given to a wooden chair with

a hooped back, upright rods as support and often with arms?

Pass.

What title did J. S. Bach give to his set of 24 preludes and fugues

for keyboard in each of the major and minor keys

and also to a second set composed later in Leipzig?

Pass.

In which country did the Second World War battles of El Alamein take place?

-Tunisia.

-Egypt.

Which legendary European national hero is first mentioned in a folk song

and the White Book of Sarnen, both written in about 1470,

more than 150 years after his exploits are said to have taken place?

-Robin Hood.

-William Tell.

What common name is given to glass to which lead oxide has been

added to give it a high degree of brilliance and clarity?

Pass.

Which river flows for around 70 miles in an approximately

northern direction before reaching the Thames at Sheerness?

-Severn.

-Medway.

Which author's last novel, The Girl In The Polka Dot Dress,

was based on her diary notes about a journey she took across America?

The book was unfinished when she died in 2010.

-Beryl Bainbridge.

-Yes.

What alternative name from a blacksmith

comes from the Latin meaning iron or horseshoe?

-Farrier.

-Yes.

The fat that runs out from meat during roasting, and which can be

spread on bread when it's cold, is known by what name in Britain?

-Dripping.

-Yes.

Which Radio Four news programme presented by Eddie Mair

goes out at five o'clock in the afternoon?

-This Evening.

-PM.

In 1781, where did the British force,

commanded by General Cornwallis, surrender?

This virtually secured American victory in the War of Independence?

-Philadelphia.

-Yorktown.

Which novel by Tolstoy takes its title from a treatise

by the French anarchist Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?

Pass.

Which groundbreaking film that mixes live action with cartoon characters

stars Bob Hoskins as a detective hired to spy

on the wife of a cartoon superstar suspected of infidelity?

-Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

-Yes.

Which Cyndi Lauper...

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I've started so I'll finish.

Which Cyndi Lauper hit did the jazz trumpeter Miles Davis

feature on his album You're Under Arrest?

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.

No, it was Time After Time.

And the passes.

You'll really kick yourself with this one.

That Tolstoy book, War And Peace.

If you add lead oxide to glass,

you get crystal glass or flint glass, you can call it.

Those pieces by Bach became known as the Well-Tempered Clavier.

That wooden chair with the hooped back and all the rest of it is a Windsor chair.

And, you'll kick yourself with this too,

A and B and then M - roads.

Oh!

Ha-ha-ha! I know. I know.

That's what happens in that chair.

-Andy, you have a total now of 21 points.

-Thank you.

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And finally, David Buckle again, please.

And you start out with 14 points as well.

And you have 24 as the score to beat,

if you're to get through to the next round, to the semifinals.

Let's see if you can do it in two and a half minutes, starting now.

In the UK, what name is given to a strip of countryside

around a town or city intended to limit urban sprawl?

-Green belt.

-Yes.

In May 2011, the Queen became the first British reigning monarch

to visit which country in almost a hundred years?

-India.

-Ireland.

The cor anglais or English horn is a close relative

of which musical instrument?

-French horn.

-The oboe.

What name was given to the question originally posed by the MP Tam Dalyell

that asked whether Scottish MPs at Westminster could justifiably vote

on purely English matters after devolution?

Pass.

Which filmmaker came to attention with Mean Streets in 1973,

his first film with Robert De Niro?

-Martin Scorsese.

-Yes.

What name for the tool in the shape of an L-shaped hexagonal rod that

fits into a socket or the head of a special screw or bolt

comes from an American company that manufactured them?

-Ratchet.

-The Allen key.

Which band leader and maestro of strict tempo ballroom dancing

became associated with the expression, "Slow, slow, quick, quick, slow?"

-Benny Goodman.

-Victor Silvester.

Which London club did the Argentinian footballers

Javier Mascherano and Carlos Tevez joined

when they first arrived in England in August 2006?

-West Ham.

-Yes.

Unless otherwise stated, what's the speed limit outside built-up areas

for cars and motorbikes on ordinary single-carriageway roads in Britain?

-70.

-60.

In which village to the north of Perth is the site where

Scottish kings were traditionally crowned?

-Scone.

-Yes.

Flowers In The Rain by The Move was the first song played on which

radio station when it began broadcasting on the 30th of September 1967?

-Radio One.

-Correct.

What painting medium was neglected for about 400 years in favour

of oil paint but was revived in the 20th century by Andrew Wyeth and others?

-Watercolours.

-Tempera.

Which Hungarian composer and pianist has been portrayed on film

by Dirk Bogarde in 1960 and Roger Daltrey in 1975?

-Liszt.

-Yes.

In which country do the rivers Tigris and Euphrates both rise?

-Iraq.

-Turkey.

Until 1871, what name was given to the lowest commissioned rank

in the British infantry whose duties included carrying the regimental colours?

-Bombardier.

-No, ensign.

The classic white wine Chablis is produced from

the Chardonnay grape in which region of France?

-Bourgogne.

-Yes, or Burgundy.

In the 1930s, the American electrical engineer Edwin H. Armstrong

invented what form of radio wave transmission which reduced interference

by varying the number of cycles per second?

-FM.

-Yes.

In the television series New Tricks,

who plays Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman,

who heads the team of three ageing detectives?

-Amanda Redman.

-Correct.

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Which first...I've started so I'll finish.

Which first-century soldier took part in the Jewish revolt

before retiring to Rome, where he wrote The Antiquities Of Jews?

David.

Josephus.

You had one pass.

It was the West Lothian question that Tam Dalyell asked.

It became known as that anyway.

You have, David, 23 points.

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Well, it couldn't have been much closer, could it?

Let's have a look at the scores.

In fourth place with 21 points,

Andy Bowman.

Third place, 22 points,

Rebecca Ridolfo.

Second place, 23 points,

David Buckle.

In first place, with 24 points,

Mary Bucknall.

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Which means, of course, that Mary Bucknall is tonight's winner

and goes through to the semifinals.

Congratulations to her.

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