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Where does the saying 'saved by the bell' come from?

[hits his buzzer, then grimaces] Oh no, I know what's gonna happen now. It's gonna be, I'm gonna get the klaxon for this. Is it boxing? Is it a boxing reference?

Stephen Fry

Yes!

Jack Dee

Oh.

Alan Davies

Is it - is this where the bells gonna go off…

Sue Perkins

[whispering] Don't do it!

Alan Davies

...Is it going back to being buried alive?

[The forfeit klaxon goes off - BURIED ALIVE]

Jimmy Carr

How can you get it wrong after he's got it right?

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