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00:02 - Hello and welcome to Kentonite live on KMTV.
00:28 I'm Sophia Akin and here are your top stories
00:31 on Thursday the 30th of May.
00:33 Too precious to lose.
00:35 Whitstable campaigners still fighting
00:37 to save 1,400 homes being built on farmland.
00:41 - I just don't feel that Whitstable has the infrastructure
00:44 to be able to sustain additional housing.
00:47 - Crunch meeting.
00:48 Medway council to make Chatham Docks development decision.
00:52 - An RV here outside the St. George's Centre
00:55 where protesters are gathered.
00:57 - Open for all.
00:59 Gravesend Wheelchair Rugby Club
01:01 urges more to try out the sport.
01:03 - Club where men and women can play together,
01:05 children and adults, people with physical disabilities,
01:09 people with no disabilities,
01:11 people with hidden disabilities.
01:13 - But first tonight, Whitstable residents fear
01:25 1,400 new homes will overwhelm their facilities
01:28 and destroy an ancient woodland.
01:30 The proposals form part of Canterbury Council's
01:34 draft local plan, a commitment all authorities
01:37 have to follow to meet housing targets.
01:40 But years on from the proposals first coming to light,
01:42 campaigners say the council must look elsewhere.
01:45 A tranquil countryside.
01:48 A spot in Whitstable locals are keen to preserve.
01:52 But fear soon this could be lost.
01:55 Plans to build 1,400 homes on Brooklands Farm
01:58 are currently up for public consultation
02:01 as part of Canterbury Council's draft local plan.
02:04 But campaigners say there aren't enough schools
02:07 or doctor surgeries to accommodate thousands
02:10 of extra people.
02:11 - I just don't feel that Whitstable has the infrastructure
02:14 to be able to sustain additional housing
02:17 and the people it brings and the traffic it brings
02:19 and the sewage it brings.
02:21 - It's the sheer size, the number of houses
02:23 going into this space which introduces a vast amount
02:28 of people into the town which changes the character
02:31 of the town and puts the strain on all
02:34 the already struggling infrastructure.
02:37 - Another fear is its location.
02:39 It's on an area of ancient woodland.
02:41 With locals fearful this will disrupt wildlife.
02:45 If approved, it's said to be the largest development
02:48 the coastal town's ever seen.
02:50 Canterbury City Council has a requirement
02:52 to build more than 9,000 homes for its local plan.
02:56 But the potential of building here is a particular concern
02:59 for another woman in particular.
03:01 Emily's dad is a co-creator of Bagpuss
03:04 and some of his creations and ideas came to life
03:07 in the Kent countryside.
03:09 - He was a lover of nature and he taught all my family
03:14 about the knowledge of different things, rarities,
03:18 how to look after things.
03:19 He was an early rewilder so he let one of our fields
03:24 go back to nature and now we have nightingales there.
03:27 They used this area, the surrounding area,
03:31 for filming and photographs.
03:34 You know, it was really important to him
03:37 and if he was alive today, he would be behind this campaign.
03:41 - The city council's response to all this
03:43 is that they have a requirement to build
03:45 a certain number of homes as part of their local plan.
03:48 Now, no one from the council was available for an interview
03:50 but they did issue us with this statement.
03:53 They said the proposal for a new development
03:55 at Brooklyn's Farm is in the draft local plan
03:57 that's currently out to public consultation.
04:00 They say they welcome any views on the proposal
04:02 and on everything else contained within the draft plan.
04:05 Four public meetings have been held over recent weeks
04:07 where people could come and talk to our officers
04:09 about the draft local plan in person.
04:12 They say all the information can be found on their website.
04:15 Residents wanting to have their say on these plans
04:18 have until the 3rd of June.
04:20 Sophia Akin for KMTV in Whitstable.
04:24 Now a Border Force officer from Ashford
04:26 has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty
04:29 to supplying Class A drugs.
04:31 44-year-old Gareth Davis was caught trying to sell
04:34 5,000 MDMA pills before being arrested in January 2020.
04:39 It comes after he was put under surveillance
04:41 by the National Crime Agency
04:43 at his Border Force job in Folkestone.
04:45 He was later charged with two counts of the offence
04:47 and dismissed from his role.
04:49 Today at Maidstone Crown Court,
04:50 Mr. Davis was handed a sentence of five years
04:53 and 11 months in prison.
04:55 Now council bosses in Medway are asking the public
04:57 if it should introduce 17 new number plate
05:00 recognising cameras to catch out drivers
05:02 not sticking to traffic rules.
05:05 If introduced, it will be Medway Council's latest step
05:07 in their recent series of road measures,
05:10 including red routes and school streets.
05:12 Any drivers caught breaking rules
05:14 such as making an illegal turn
05:15 or entering pedestrianised areas
05:17 could be met with a fine of up to £70.
05:20 The local authority says the increased enforcement
05:22 will help improve safety and reduce traffic congestion.
05:25 Now a woman who killed a pub landlord in Maidstone
05:29 has been sentenced to life in prison.
05:31 Stephanie Langley stabbed Matthew Bryant three times
05:34 outside the Hare and Hound in the town centre.
05:37 She denied murder but was found guilty earlier this month
05:40 at Maidstone Crown Court.
05:41 Well, Abbey Hook joins me now with more details.
05:44 Abbey, what more can you tell us about this?
05:46 - Well, 54 year old Stephanie Langley from East Farley
05:49 has been sentenced to life
05:51 with a minimum term of 24 years in prison.
05:54 That's for the revenge murder of her former brother-in-law.
05:57 During what's been called a premeditated
06:00 and unprovoked assault,
06:02 she stabbed Matthew Bryant with a kitchen knife
06:04 outside the pub he ran the Hare and Hounds
06:06 in the centre of Maidstone back on the 11th of September, 2023.
06:11 She'd actually driven to the pub earlier
06:13 and argued with Mr. Bryant
06:14 just 20 minutes before she attacked him.
06:17 And moments before that attack,
06:19 he was actually phoning police
06:21 to report her threats to kill him.
06:22 And we can see and hear that phone call now
06:25 and Langley in the back of a police car shortly afterwards.
06:29 - Yeah, I'd just like to report something, please.
06:31 Got a female coming to my venue.
06:35 I've known her for, well, more than a minute.
06:41 She's just threatened to kill me.
06:42 - Right, and is she there at the moment?
06:46 - No, she's walked out, but she's coming back, apparently.
06:49 - Do you normally see her or did she just show up today?
06:52 - I've not seen her for 21 years.
06:54 - Okay.
06:56 - She came in here a few months back
06:59 and I was harried out by her son,
07:04 saying, "Get away now, 'cause she's gunning for you."
07:08 - Okay, and that was a few months ago.
07:10 - She just threatened to have me killed.
07:12 Oh, hang on a tick.
07:13 Would you like to talk to her?
07:15 - Is she there now?
07:16 - Hang on, I've got the police on the phone.
07:18 - Hello?
07:25 - Just remind yourself, obviously,
07:25 you can say what you want, but you are under caution, okay?
07:27 - I don't care.
07:28 - Okay.
07:29 - I will tell you exactly as it happened.
07:30 I took a knife, I killed him, I don't care.
07:34 - Well, the mum of two stabbed Mr. Bryan in the back twice,
07:37 but the fatal wound was a third to his chest.
07:40 The former dental nursing carer was also caught on camera
07:43 raising her fists in what's believed
07:45 to be a celebratory manner,
07:47 as Mr. Bryan was on the floor dying.
07:49 It's reported that as pub customers passers-by,
07:52 including actually an off-duty firefighter,
07:54 and then later medical professionals were trying to save him,
07:58 she was saying things like she was glad she stabbed him,
08:01 he deserved to die, and that she was happy to go to jail.
08:04 In court, Langley denied murder,
08:06 but was found unanimously guilty earlier this month.
08:09 Although she accepted causing the injuries
08:11 and admitted an offence of possessing a bladed article,
08:14 she also denied manslaughter,
08:16 saying she had acted in self-defence
08:18 after Mr. Bryan threatened to find her teenage daughter.
08:22 It's reported she had a burning belief
08:24 that her former brother-in-law
08:26 had once raped someone she knew,
08:28 but the court had heard that no such complaint
08:30 had ever been made to the police against him.
08:32 Today, Langley was told she would serve
08:34 a minimum of 24 years in prison
08:37 before she could even be considered for parole.
08:39 Well, Abby, thank you for joining us with those details.
08:42 Now, a special Medway Council Planning Committee
08:45 is set to debate a controversial plan
08:48 to turn Chatham Dockside into a business campus.
08:51 The proposals from owners Peel Water
08:53 have already been met with fierce opposition,
08:55 with legal challenges and government intervention
08:58 delaying the final decision.
08:59 But Peel Water says it will create
09:01 hundreds of jobs and apprenticeships.
09:03 Oliver Leeder-Dessax joins us outside
09:05 the St. George's Centre in Medway now.
09:08 Oliver, lots of people there behind you.
09:11 What is it they're protesting about?
09:12 - So as you see, Sophia, there are dozens of people
09:17 gathered outside the St. George's Centre,
09:19 mainly dockside workers,
09:20 people who worked for decades, actually,
09:23 at the docks in Chatham.
09:25 They're protesting outside what is going to be
09:27 a very special Medway Council Planning Committee
09:30 later today that will decide the future
09:32 of Chatham Docks and its usage.
09:34 Do remember, Chatham Docks is the last working dock
09:38 in Medway, and this meeting was supposed to happen
09:40 early this month on the 8th of May,
09:42 but was delayed due to legal challenges
09:45 from one of the companies on the docks.
09:48 And these protesters don't want to see proposals go ahead
09:51 that could see the docks closed and turned
09:53 into a business campus by the owners, Peel Water.
09:57 They say this will create hundreds of jobs
09:59 and apprenticeships and might even lead to new housing
10:02 in the area.
10:03 But these protesters fear for job losses
10:05 and fear for a blow to industries across Medway
10:09 that supply a range of businesses across the UK.
10:13 Businesses say that they may have to relocate
10:15 and existing warehouses would have to be demolished,
10:18 though the owners do say that these businesses
10:22 may not have to relocate at all.
10:24 And it has been a highly controversial application.
10:28 There's been 172 letters of objection since January
10:32 and campaigners say the dock is currently worth
10:34 around 258 million pounds economically.
10:38 But Peel Water say the universities of both Kent
10:40 and Greenwich are just around the corner
10:42 from the proposed development,
10:44 and this will lead to long-term growth.
10:46 And the site would also create a new waterfront pedestrian
10:49 and cycle link connecting St. Mary's Island
10:52 and Chatham Waters.
10:53 So lots of fierce debates around the proposals.
10:57 - And Oliver, this isn't the first time
10:59 we've seen these proposals, is it?
11:01 (people chattering)
11:03 - No, you're right, Sophia.
11:04 The controversial plan, as I said before,
11:05 was due to be considered by Medway Council earlier in May,
11:09 but was deferred following a legal challenge by Kent Wire,
11:12 who are actually out here protesting today.
11:15 They're a steel company based at the Chatham Docks,
11:17 and they said they have a right to automatically renew
11:19 its lease at their premises next year,
11:22 which would be denied if the use of the premises was changed.
11:25 That is what's being debated tonight
11:27 by Medway Council Planning Committee.
11:30 They even wrote to the government
11:31 saying they've had to cease operations of their company.
11:34 And as you can hear, a lot of loud noise,
11:36 lots of people very passionate and vocal
11:40 about saving the docks.
11:42 But obviously, they're debating the future
11:44 of the docks tonight,
11:46 and we'll find out the decision later this evening.
11:48 We'll bring you a full report on it tomorrow.
11:51 - Well, Oli, thank you for joining us.
11:54 It's time for us to take a quick break now.
11:57 We'll see you in just a few minutes.
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15:06 - Hello, and welcome back to Kent Tonight, live on KMTV.
15:17 Now following a national boom in the popularity
15:20 of wheelchair rugby,
15:21 Gravesend Dynamite are expanding their club.
15:24 The North Kent Club has won four trophies
15:26 in the last five years,
15:27 and they're now urging people of all backgrounds
15:30 to pick up the sport,
15:31 even if they don't use a wheelchair in everyday life.
15:34 We sent our reporter, Tony Mazzanachita,
15:36 down to the club to give the game a try.
15:38 - I'm here in Gravesend with wheelchair rugby club,
15:42 Gravesend Dynamite.
15:43 I'm here to take a look at what wheelchair rugby is all about
15:46 and give it a go myself.
15:48 So let's take a look and see what it's all about.
15:50 The wheelchair rugby league is very similar
15:52 to regular rugby,
15:53 as it replicates a lot of the game,
15:54 making it a rough and tough sport.
15:56 The club here in Gravesend was found by Jason Owen,
15:59 offers both those that are able-bodied
16:00 and disabled a chance to play together in a sport
16:03 and can be in a league
16:04 and bring the community here in Gravesend together.
16:07 - 11 years ago, we started,
16:09 I founded the club because I felt that
16:12 there needed to be an inclusive sports club in Gravesend,
16:15 a club where men and women can play together,
16:18 children and adults,
16:20 people with physical disabilities,
16:21 people with no disabilities,
16:24 people with hidden disabilities,
16:25 like epilepsy, ADHD, hearing impairments.
16:29 I just felt there needed to be a club where
16:32 all these people were able to come together and enjoy rugby.
16:36 - The club has found a lot of success in the league,
16:38 winning the National Challenge Trophy four times
16:40 in the last five years,
16:42 and is still looking to build and grow
16:43 as they've been supported by the governing body of the league,
16:46 of the RFL,
16:47 bringing in more chairs and opportunities for the club,
16:49 as the club now has two teams,
16:51 the Gravesend Dynamite team and the Detonators.
16:54 And with the league being its biggest ever,
16:55 expanding with more teams being added into Kent and Essex,
16:59 the sport continues to grow.
17:01 And the players here are embracing the sense of community
17:03 and enjoying the atmosphere here at the club.
17:05 - I wanted something for the winter months to keep me busy,
17:08 and I thought I'd have a go at Wheelchair Rugby League.
17:11 Absolutely loved it.
17:12 And the club here is fantastic.
17:14 They're so inclusive.
17:15 Yeah, no, it's a great place.
17:17 - So Gravesend Dynamite is a great club.
17:19 It's really friendly.
17:20 Everyone gets along.
17:22 Great experience when you come along on a Tuesday night and train.
17:26 It's even better on a game.
17:27 Everyone's together, kind of a sporting team, yeah?
17:30 - Post-lockdown, I just wanted to get some social skills back.
17:33 You know, you miss everybody.
17:35 And yeah, I thought I'd give it a go.
17:37 I'm not, wasn't ever one for sport,
17:39 but I thought I'd give this one a go.
17:41 And yeah, I've just loved it ever since.
17:42 I've been here for about a year.
17:43 - I also got in one of the chairs and participated in training.
17:46 And although I had no prior experience,
17:48 I was able to pick up the sport with the help of the Gravesend team.
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17:54 Now, I may not be playing in any championships anytime soon,
18:08 but the Gravesend team is open to all
18:10 and are waiting for more people to join the club
18:12 and compete in the league.
18:13 Tony Muzanichita, rolling out for KMTV.
18:16 - Looks like Tony was having a lot of fun there.
18:21 It's time now for us to take a look at the weather.
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18:26 It's evening, staying dry.
18:31 Highs of 13 in Chatham,
18:34 lows of 11 down in Tunbridge Wells.
18:35 Cloudy skies tomorrow morning, slightly warmer.
18:38 Temperatures rising to 13 and 14 degrees.
18:40 Showers on the East Coast.
18:42 Through to the afternoon, overcast with rain.
18:44 Temperatures continuing to rise.
18:46 Highs of 15 and 14 in Canterbury.
18:49 And here's the outlook for the rest of the week.
18:51 Rain continuing into Saturday,
18:53 but sunshine on Sunday and Monday.
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18:58 Now, when you think of animals in need in Kent,
19:07 foxes probably aren't what would come to mind.
19:09 But as they coexist with us in our towns and cities,
19:12 should we be better at protecting them?
19:14 Bradley Waters visited animal welfare charity,
19:17 The Fox Project in Tunbridge Wells to find out more.
19:20 - Foxes are one of the most recognisable creatures
19:23 in the country,
19:24 but you may not have heard of The Fox Project
19:26 and its volunteers who do their best
19:28 to protect the foxes in Kent and the South East.
19:32 I visited Paddock Wood, where The Fox Project is based,
19:35 to speak with Nicky Townsend,
19:36 to find out what The Fox Project do
19:38 and how they look after the local foxes.
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19:47 - We're looking to educate the public
19:52 on what foxes are like, what foxes need,
19:55 the support they need and the support they don't need.
19:58 It's all about, because we're coexisting with them,
20:03 it's all about educating
20:04 and keeping the environment safe for them.
20:06 We are also all about rescuing and releasing these foxes,
20:12 whether they be adults that rehabilitate with us
20:14 for a couple of weeks,
20:15 or the cubs that will stay through our foster system
20:17 and we release them come August,
20:20 the natural dispersal time.
20:22 - After chatting with Nicky in the adult fox unit,
20:25 we moved on to the cub unit,
20:26 where we joined Nicky in bringing a family of cubs
20:29 to a new home.
20:30 - Hello, babies, you got your new home.
20:33 You got a new home.
20:35 We've just introduced the Ringos
20:40 to their new foster pen.
20:42 They are a group of five siblings
20:44 that were rescued a few weeks back
20:47 when their den was disrupted
20:49 and we were unable to reunite them with their mother.
20:52 They've been through our cub unit,
20:54 they've been assessed,
20:55 they've been out in a outdoor pen,
20:57 a small outdoor pen at the cub unit until today,
21:01 when they've got a fantastic area now to explore and play.
21:05 So this is in one of our volunteer fosterers gardens.
21:09 She will take on overseeing the feeding,
21:12 the cleaning of them.
21:13 It will still be a really hands-off process
21:16 to keep them wild.
21:18 - The cubs will be looked after
21:19 in this volunteer's back garden until August,
21:22 where, once old enough, they will be slowly released
21:25 and that will be their future in the wild.
21:28 This has been Bradley Waters for KMTV.
21:31 - How adorable are those foxes
21:34 and so nice to see that they've been rescued.
21:37 Now, straight after Kent tonight,
21:38 we've got a brand new episode of Kent Film Club,
21:40 where we look at the impact
21:41 certain films have had on our guests' lives.
21:44 Now, joining me now is the show's presenter, Chris Deesey.
21:46 Well, thank you for joining us.
21:48 First of all, I wanted to start by talking to you
21:50 about a new film that's come out.
21:52 There's been some backlash from Disney fans
21:54 because of an appropriate scene in a 1994 film.
21:58 The movie's called "Blank Check."
21:59 It's about an 11-year-old boy.
22:01 He's given a blank check by a criminal,
22:03 which he then uses to buy houses and limousine services.
22:07 The plot's been slammed, though.
22:08 It follows this 11-year-old boy
22:11 pursuing a romantic relationship with a much older woman.
22:14 You must have seen some of this backlash
22:16 that's been happening this week.
22:17 - Yeah, and also when you consider
22:19 the original "Aladdin" film,
22:21 you know, the animated version from 1993.
22:23 And, you know, I teach religious studies.
22:24 Well, I'm not here on this sofa.
22:26 And sometimes, you know, there are films we look back on
22:29 and at the time, we may have seen them as great,
22:32 you know, comedic value, great dramas,
22:34 great thrillers, et cetera.
22:35 But you look back over a few decades
22:37 and see, in terms of representation,
22:39 that maybe they wouldn't be made now.
22:42 And so, of course, when, in 2019,
22:44 Disney remade "Aladdin," the live-action version
22:46 starring Will Smith,
22:47 there were more attempts, greater attempts at inclusivity.
22:51 And you see that across a whole range of films,
22:54 you know, including when the Golda Meir film
22:57 where Helen Mirren played the role
22:58 of the Israeli prime minister from the 1970s.
23:01 There was an issue then about whether it's okay
23:03 for a non-Jewish actress to play a Jewish role.
23:06 So these sort of issues are much more on the agenda
23:09 and often in a very good way.
23:10 And you saw it with the Oompa Loompa, you know,
23:12 the Hugh Grant representation.
23:13 Yeah, I was just thinking about the one with Hugh Grant.
23:14 Yeah, and issues around dwarfism
23:16 and whether the right actor is in the right role.
23:20 And, you know, it made me think,
23:22 when "Nomadland" won the Oscar for Best Picture
23:25 just three, four years ago,
23:27 then suddenly, I think that changed
23:29 the way we looked at films
23:31 because there was a new sort of representation.
23:33 You had a Chinese director, Chloé Zhao,
23:35 and also a sense that at the time, you know,
23:38 no longer the sort of films that I grew up with.
23:40 You know, there were lots of films in the '90s
23:42 with often very white, male, middle-class protagonists,
23:45 the Harrison Fords, the Bill Murrays,
23:47 the Michael Douglases,
23:48 all brilliant actors in their roles.
23:50 But those sort of films which were very much part and parcel
23:53 of the sort of film going that I was used to
23:55 in "The Line of Fire," "The Fugitive,"
23:56 "Falling Down," "Groundhog Day" in the '90s,
23:58 and not the sort of films that would or should be made now.
24:01 So there is a sense that, you know,
24:02 what was right in one decade for one generation
24:05 isn't necessarily applicable to another.
24:07 Well, as times change,
24:08 things seem in society to become more or less acceptable,
24:12 don't they?
24:13 So do you think in, say, 10, 20 years' time from now,
24:16 things that we're doing now, things that are happening now in films
24:19 will be shunned in years to come?
24:20 I was thinking about this
24:22 because when Cate Blanchett was Oscar-nominated just a year ago,
24:26 you know, she's an Australian actress playing an American role.
24:29 And often there's that whole thing about, you know,
24:31 if you're a really good actor,
24:32 then of course you need to immerse yourself in the role.
24:34 You need to be able to have an accent.
24:36 You know, you might be Australian,
24:37 like Rachel Griffiths has played a Welsh character and so on.
24:40 But I think that there is increasingly a sense of representation.
24:43 So who knows in the future whether there will be a kind of response
24:46 to those sort of films, you know, sort of saying,
24:48 "Well, why not have a Welsh person playing a Welsh role?"
24:50 If anybody made a film about me, not that that's very unlikely.
24:53 Maybe one day.
24:54 Who would they get to play the role?
24:55 So there are all these sort of questions
24:56 which we were not thinking about decades ago.
24:59 So when I've got my religious studies lecturing hat on,
25:01 films like "Aladdin," of course,
25:03 you look at it through a very different sort of lens.
25:04 And you sort of see in the course of time
25:06 that what was once a case of, you know,
25:09 this was right for that sort of audience.
25:11 That sort of time isn't okay 20 or 30 years later.
25:14 Okay, so now let's talk about some films now,
25:17 perhaps less controversial films.
25:19 What should we be watching at the moment?
25:21 Well, with a Kent connection, I'm really looking forward,
25:23 it's opening tomorrow and showing at a number of cinemas around Kent,
25:26 "The Woman and the Water."
25:28 So you've got Daisy Ridley,
25:30 who's playing the first woman to swim the Channel.
25:33 Yeah, I remember we spoke about this when it was being made.
25:35 So it's the second film.
25:36 Oh, wow.
25:37 Now, I had to look this up because of the Mercedes Gleitz film
25:40 that we were talking about just a few weeks ago on this programme.
25:43 Now, she was the second, but the first British woman to swim.
25:46 So, of course, it's a contemporary story, mid-1920s.
25:49 And that comes out tomorrow.
25:51 And also, interestingly, it's a Disney film.
25:54 There you go, something to do over the weekend.
25:56 Will you be going to watch that, do you think?
25:57 I will be watching that, probably on Sunday.
25:59 Probably Sunday, brilliant.
26:00 Well, Chris, very quickly as well, in a line,
26:02 what's coming up in the show?
26:03 So we have Chelsea Little, who presents The Breakfast Show on KMFM.
26:08 And she's got some wonderful choices, including beaches.
26:10 And as we were talking about that, I felt really teary-eyed.
26:13 I will.
26:14 You get emotional watching a film,
26:15 but even talking about a film sometimes.
26:17 So I'm looking forward to that.
26:18 I'm also looking at Shrek.
26:20 And one of her other films is a film,
26:22 there's a really wonderful story about her grandmother
26:25 and what happened in the audience,
26:26 which forever changed the way that she watched that film.
26:30 Oh, good.
26:31 Well, it'll be good to see Chelsea from our sister station
26:33 on Film Club straight after the break.
26:35 Chris, thank you for joining us.
26:36 Thank you, Sophia.
26:37 Well, as you heard, you can stick around,
26:39 because straight after the break,
26:40 there's a brand new episode of Kent Film Club.
26:42 But I'll see you very soon.
26:43 Have a lovely evening and good night from me.
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