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154:'s 1-0 victory over the Turkish Champions FC Botty" (Terry Jones), who is hiding in a filing cabinet to protect himself from being seen, and therefore caught and killed. However, when the presenter explains that Grayson can still be heard, the latter is killed in the resulting explosion. The presenter then introduces "
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