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1542:2008–09
1537:2007–08
1532:2006–07
1527:2005–06
1522:2004–05
1517:2003–04
1512:2002–03
1507:2001–02
1502:2000–01
1492:1998–99
1487:1997–98
1482:1996–97
1477:1995–96
1472:1994–95
177:italics
153:Results
65:Change
59:Matches
37:BBC Two
1722:(film)
1465:Series
1321:Team 2
1315:Team 1
1239:Team 2
1233:Team 1
941:Team 2
935:Team 1
691:Team 2
685:Team 1
609:Team 2
603:Team 1
197:Team 2
191:Team 1
140:Format
82:28→16
76:14 + 2
1631:Hosts
1397:. BBC
1324:Total
1318:Score
1308:Final
1242:Total
1236:Score
944:Total
938:Score
694:Total
688:Score
612:Total
606:Score
200:Total
194:Score
110:8 + 2
99:16→8
62:Teams
56:Dates
53:Round
1403:2009
1352:415
1342:315
1298:435
1285:315
1270:430
1257:260
1216:300
1206:200
1188:335
1175:170
1160:380
1130:435
1120:275
1117:160
1104:255
1091:140
1076:290
1068:140
1048:405
1038:280
1035:125
1022:350
1014:110
1011:240
996:245
986:195
970:335
959:280
918:300
905:210
890:320
877:170
862:370
849:200
834:360
821:280
806:445
796:260
778:410
765:220
750:295
740:185
722:330
709:170
668:385
658:280
640:365
627:220
586:370
576:205
573:165
560:405
547:255
532:255
522:200
504:270
474:360
461:270
446:310
433:175
418:380
405:260
390:295
377:155
362:325
349:170
334:325
324:180
306:380
296:215
293:165
280:380
272:175
269:205
254:295
244:235
226:370
216:200
213:170
160:bold
133:4→2
116:8→4
1338:100
1289:120
1261:170
1202:100
1179:165
1151:185
1146:195
1095:115
1064:150
983:50
962:55
881:150
853:170
792:185
769:190
736:110
713:160
654:105
631:145
551:150
493:145
488:135
437:135
409:120
381:140
353:155
320:145
1748::
1386:^
909:90
825:80
518:55
465:90
240:60
96:16
79:28
1731:)
1448:e
1441:t
1434:v
1405:.
1373:.
162:.
130:4
127:2
113:8
93:8
20:)
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