Episode 3 The Code

Hello and welcome to The Code.

Locked in this safe is £12,000, the biggest jackpot we've ever had.

To open the safe and win the money,

contestants just need to crack a three-digit code.

Every time someone fails, though,

more money goes into the safe and the jackpot gets higher and higher.

Yesterday, three teams came and went, failing to win the cash.

Let's see if our next contestants can do better and crack the code.

Come on in. Lovely to see you, Gillian.

Hi, nice to meet you. And Che Wai.

-Nice to meet you.

-How are you?

-Good.

-I'm OK.

-Good, thanks.

-It's lovely to have you here.

-You're both from Glasgow.

-Yes.

Tell me a bit about yourself. How did you guys meet?

We met school when we

were 14 and started going out when we were 15 years old,

so we've known each other for nearly 30 years now.

-Wow!

-So, yes!

Obviously Glasgow is Britain's city of romance!

You laugh - I had my honeymoon in Glasgow.

-Really?

-Yes.

-I'm so sorry.

No, it was wonderful, it was absolutely wonderful.

But tell me about your first date together, how did that go?

I decided to ask Gillian to go to the cemetery in Glasgow.

There's a big necropolis.

It was a December evening so it was pitch-black,

not another soul in the place, as you can imagine.

You might have been there on your honeymoon.

No, I've got to say, no, we never went to the necropolis in Glasgow.

-Probably a good idea.

-So, what happened, did anything going bump?

It was windy, so every time there was a noise,

it was looking over your shoulder.

-That was good, all the closeness.

-That's why he did it.

-Gillian grabbed on to you.

He was more scared than I was.

It sounds terribly, terribly romantic.

-But listen, doesn't matter because...

-It worked.

-It worked,

it was the acid test and here you are all this time later, still together.

-Yes, still together.

-Who is going to be leading this?

We kind of complement each other in our knowledge so I think as long as

we discuss it and we give our reasonings to each other,

if we can convince the other one, then we'll be sorted.

We'll be fine.

Now, the team before you, they came, they tried to crack the code.

Unfortunately, they didn't manage to do it, but bad news for them,

good news for you, because it means

another £500 goes into the safe and that makes a total of £12,000.

-Wow. OK.

-Wow! Very handy sum.

-Yes.

-Could be very, very useful indeed.

-It would.

-Now, to get that money, to win that £12,000,

what you need to do is enter a code made up of three unique numbers into

the board up there.

Every time you pick the correct answer, you can select a number.

The computer will then reveal whether it is in the code but be warned,

if you pick the wrong answer that's it, it's the end of the game,

instant elimination.

It's an easy game to play, a very hard game to win - as we're finding out,

otherwise the jackpot wouldn't be as big as it is.

If you're ready, we'll reset the code.

Three blanks that you want to turn into three numbers,

the three numbers in your code.

Before we start, we cannot forget, we mustn't ignore the wonderful person

who will be shedding light on our questions and answers today,

Lesley Brewis.

Welcome to the show.

-Hi.

-If you win today, I hope you do,

you'll be our first married couple to do so.

-Oh, OK.

-Yes, thank you, Lesley.

Our first married couple.

-No pressure there!

-No pressure there!

No pressure there at all but you can do it.

You made it through the necropolis of Glasgow,

I'm sure you can make it through this.

-Let's have a look at your first three answers.

-OK.

Remember, only one of those is the correct answer,

that's the one that you're trying to find.

At this point in the game you get to open all three questions

before you have to commit.

So we'll start at the very top

and let's have a look at the question behind Andre Rieu.

OK, any ideas?

No.

-OK.

-Right, OK.

Let's have a look at the question behind Stars and Stripes.

It's known as tic-tac-toe, isn't it?

-Yeah, I think so.

-So I think that's wrong.

-Stars and Stripes is the flag.

-The flag.

-Yeah. Yeah.

OK, let's have a look at the question behind Buckingham Palace.

It's the Tower of London, isn't it?

-Is it?

-I think so, yes.

It was on Sherlock, remember?

No, I'll take your word for it.

Moriarty stole it from the Tower of London.

-I think it's the top one.

-Happy to lock it in?

-Yes.

OK, we're going to lock in Andre Rieu as the correct answer.

We want him to have founded the Johann Strauss Orchestra in 1987.

Let's find out. Is Andre Rieu the correct answer?

-Well done.

-One down, one down, one down.

One down. That's the hardest one of all.

-A good start. Lesley.

-You were helped by knowing the other two.

-Yes.

-Despite not really being comfortable with Andre Rieu.

So excellent gameplay there.

-Thank you.

-Andre Rieu, the Dutch violinist and conductor,

one of the highest-grossing touring acts in the world.

Stars and Stripes not the right answer.

Gillian, you knew immediately that this was tic-tac-toe.

Noughts and crosses, usually a good player will either win or draw.

Very rare for a good player to lose.

Buckingham Palace, again Gillian straight in there with not only

dismissing that as the wrong answer

but also remembering, having watched Sherlock,

that they're kept in the Tower of London behind bombproof glass.

Well, you haven't quite run away with the jewels yet

but it means you get the chance to enter a number into the keypad

to see if it's there in your code.

Which one do you want to pick?

Have you got any preference?

Yeah, I was going to pick number 8.

Any reason why, Gillian?

Because it's a lucky number in Chinese.

Excellent idea. OK, the number 8.

Is it in your code?

Let's have a look.

Is it in the first box?

It's not. Is it there in the second box?

Is it there in the third box?

-OK.

-No, it's not there. But that doesn't mean it's not lucky.

-Yes.

-Because 8 is not part of your code,

it means you're getting rid of the numbers

and still playing the game at the easiest level.

It's helping us settle in, so that's fine.

That's it. OK, are you ready for your next three answers?

-Yes, please.

-Yes. Let's see them.

We will start with the first one.

The question behind John Rambo, please.

It...no. I don't think it's that.

I think he's done Rocky more times, hasn't he?

Yeah, I think he's done, well he's done...

There's been about six, hasn't there? How many Rambo films?

-Is there six?

-Yeah.

-There's only three I can think of, Rambo.

Right. OK.

OK, let's have a look at the question behind avocado.

-Oh...

-That might be.

-It's the shape of a pear, isn't it,

it's got kind of wrinkly skin, so,

alligator pear would kind of make sense.

What about mango? That's the same kind of shape.

It's not got wrinkly skin like an alligator.

Well, we'll see what the next one is.

All right, OK. Not sure about that one.

No, I'm not sure, we're not sure about that.

OK, let's have a look at the question behind Marconi.

Who's the scientist here?

I do have a science degree but he watches these kind of space

programmes more than me and we watched the thing about the lander.

I don't think it was called Marconi, honey.

It crashed, it was when it crashed.

But did it not start with a P or something?

Right, are we ruling out...?

What do we know? Do we know Sylvester Stallone,

-are we sure about that one?

-I'm pretty sure, yes.

-I'm pretty sure as well.

-That's wrong.

The avocado or Marconi.

I think it's the avocado that's right.

I think you might be right as well because it's green, isn't it?

-Yes.

-Tell me an avocado's green.

Yes!

At this point, I'm not sure about anything.

-Avocado's green, isn't it?

-I can't help you at all, Che Wai.

I'd love to either confirm or deny the colour of an avocado, I can't.

I'm sure we'll be told in a minute.

What am I thinking of, it must be an avocado. OK,

-shall we go with avocado as being the right answer?

-Yes.

-All right.

-Lock it in?

-Yes.

We want it to be known as an alligator pear.

Is avocado our correct answer?

-Yes!

-Well done.

-Well done, well done.

Green, like an avocado.

I'm so glad you talked yourself into choosing that one.

-Thank you.

-Well done, you recognise that it's wrinkly, it's pear-shaped,

all the elements there that led you to the correct answer of avocado.

The name alligator probably comes from exactly those elements.

John Rambo, not the right answer here.

He played John Rambo four times.

You could think of six Rocky films.

-There are actually seven and that was the correct answer.

-Ah, OK.

In 2014,

Rocky Balboa was the inaugural inductee

into the fictional athlete Hall of Fame.

-Wow!

-Wow!

That's a very random fact.

And no bell ringing for you for Marconi because that was, again,

the wrong answer.

The correct answer, nothing beginning with P but S,

it's Schiaparelli.

-Right.

-An astronomer who was the first person to notice what are now

called the canals on Mars.

-OK.

-Schiaparelli.

Well, I'll remember it from now on, it does have a P in it.

Yes, it does, there is a P in there, you're absolutely right!

Fantastic stuff. Two correct questions answered so far.

-Thank you.

-That means you get the chance to pick another digit.

Try it in the code and see if it's up there.

Where are you going to go next?

For no reason at all other than gut instinct, I'm going to go for 3.

The number 3.

OK, for no reason at all.

Is the number 3 up there in the code?

In the first box?

-Oh!

-It is.

Look at that.

-Well done.

-I'll pick the numbers from now on.

-Yeah, OK.

3 blank blank.

That's your code.

That's what we're looking at but it does mean things now become a little bit trickier.

Whereas before, you see all the answers at the same time,

and you get to see all the questions at the same time before you make a decision.

Now you only get to see two of those questions before you have to commit.

Let's see your next three answers.

Lunatic, Sporting, A false beard.

It can be read as a sentence.

But it is not intended to be.

Of course, at this stage, it makes a difference which one you open first.

-So it could be anything.

-A false beard?

That's the one I'm thinking. Surely there can't be that many questions

where the answer is going to be "a false beard".

Shall we go for that one then?

Yeah... Shall we? Yeah.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-We're drawn to A False Beard.

-OK.

-You don't see that many questions.

Let's have a look at the question behind A false beard.

What, according to the author William Boyd,

did David Bowie use while walking through New York

to avoid being approached?

It's reasonable that it was a false beard.

I have no idea, though.

It could be anything. I don't know, I don't know.

-Anything.

-It's going to depend on the next one, which one do you want?

You have the chance to open one other before you have to commit.

What do you know about lunatics?

-Do you want to go for that one?

-No.

I don't know.

-Do you want to go for it? It's too random. Sporting is more...

-Wide.

That's what I'm thinking, surely there are loads of questions you can

ask that the answer is sporting.

But then again, it could be the name of a football club.

-But it might not be.

-Let's go for Lunatic then.

-All right.

-The question behind Lunatic, please.

Lunar is relating to moons, so that's half of it would be correct.

So "tic" would mean "struck".

Oh, I don't know!

Do you know anything about the false beard?

-No.

-Are we going to have to go for our gut feeling here?

We are. I think we have to go on what knowledge we have.

We know luna means moon.

So we'll go lunatic.

I think... Yeah. I think we have to do.

-Happy to commit?

-Right, yes.

OK. That now means we can have a look at the question behind Sporting.

Let's have a look.

-I have no clue.

-It's not Sporting Bilbao.

-It's Athletic Bilbao.

-So it is!

We're happy with that.

You're happy with that? OK.

We want Lunatic to turn green.

If it goes red, I'm afraid that's the end of our journey together.

Is Lunatic our correct answer?

Yes!

You're good.

I know, what can I say?

That's why I married her.

Yeah, absolutely, I don't blame you.

-Congratulations.

-BOTH: Thank you.

You used the knowledge you have

to work out which the correct answer was.

Yes, Luna, meaning moon.

Lunatic from a similar source,

meaning, roughly, "moonstruck" in English.

Let's have a look at the other answers.

Che Wai, when you saw this middle question,

you were already locked into Lunatic,

but I saw the relief on your face

when he realised it was definitely not Sporting Bilbao.

There's Sporting Lisbon,

and you knew the correct answer was Athletic.

A false beard. Does sound plausible.

However, he carried a Greek newspaper around,

so people would spot him and think, "Oh, that's David...

"No, it can't be, because he's not Greek."

There you go. If more proof of his genius was required...

Fantastic work, you guys.

You've already got one number in your code.

The number 8 has been counted out.

There's eight others to choose from now.

-What do you want to pick?

-Let's go to for one of the kids' birthdays.

-OK.

-Seven? Lucky seven.

-The number seven.

-Yeah.

-OK.

Let's have a look. Is the number seven there in your code?

It's not there. Is it in the third and final box?

-It is.

-Well done.

-Oh, no, we're in the last round.

Good choice. Don't say "oh, no" - this is a good thing.

-Oh, yeah, I know, I know, I know.

-There's £12,000 in there,

-it's a really good thing.

-Remember why we're here?

You've now found two numbers in the code.

Oh, I'm too excited.

You've done it in just three questions.

-Only one team has ever cracked the code in four questions.

-OK.

-It's not all good news.

-No...

Because things are now going to get even more difficult.

Yes, you get to see all three answers as before,

but this time you can open only one question at a time

-before you have to commit.

-OK.

It's really tricky.

Are you ready for your next three answers?

-Yes.

-Here we go.

It's now crucial the order in which you pick

these questions.

OK, so.

I know nothing about Puerto Rico, I'll tell you that right now.

I know very little about Puerto Rico.

-M.

-It could be the letter?

Which could be anything.

-Or James Bond.

-It could be James Bond.

-Hoffman.

-Could be Dustin.

-Yup.

-Could be Philip Seymour.

-Is he not Hoffman?

-Yep.

So, basically we know more about M or Hoffman

than we do about Puerto Rico.

-So we should go for one of them first.

-Yeah.

-M?

-Let's go for M.

-OK.

-Wow.

-The question behind M, please?

-What does that even mean?

-The names of the books of the Bible,

like Genesis, Exodus and all that kind of stuff.

Can you think of any books in the Bible beginning with M?

-Matthew.

-Right.

That's the New Testament.

That's two in the New Testament.

What is your gut feeling, yes or no?

No.

Right. Shall we lock it in them, or get rid of it?

Hmm.

OK.

I wish I was more religious.

-We need to commit one way.

-We need to commit, we're wasting time.

Sorry.

-Get rid of it.

-Let's get rid of it.

-Get rid of it.

You want to discard that as an incorrect answer.

-I think so, yeah.

-OK.

-Nervous.

-That is now out of the game.

You have to look at the next question.

Do you want to see Puerto Rico or Hoffman?

-Hoffman.

-Got to be Hoffman.

-Yeah, Hoffman.

The question behind Hoffman, please.

Well, it could be 1989 would be Dustin Hoffman, timeline.

-What film?

-2006 would be...

What did he get an Oscar for?

Playing Capote, wasn't it?

Yeah, something like that.

I know he got one in 2006.

It makes sense, that fits, that's possible.

It fits, but what else could it be?

I think that's probably correct.

It sounds right. Shall we go for that?

-It sounds feasible.

-You want to lock that in as a correct answer?

-Yes.

-Let's do it.

OK. It is locked in.

We want Hoffman to be the correct answer but before we find out,

let's have a look at the question behind Puerto Rico.

-The one you were desperate to avoid.

-Yes!

What does it say?

-What's the other one?

-Dominican Republic?

Yeah, it might be that one.

OK, no, that's fine.

-Yeah.

-I'm not feeling any better or worse.

Well, listen, you've committed to it.

If it's right, you get to pick a number.

The last number, possibly, for your code.

Is Hoffman our correct answer?

-Oh! Oh, my God!

-Well done, well done.

-Yes!

Well done. Well done indeed.

-Wow, yeah.

-Go with your gut. Stick with your gut.

Brilliant work. Lesley?

You had all the right pieces of information here.

I'm really excited.

No pressure, if you get the code right after this,

you'll be our joint fastest winners.

So fingers, toes, everything crossed.

Very well done on the Hoffman question, you had the right names,

you knew there was Dustin Hoffman, Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Dustin Hoffman won the Oscar for 1989's Rain Man and Philip Seymour

Hoffman won it for Capote in 2006.

Let's look at the wrong answers on there.

Puerto Rico, that's a US territory.

The correct answer - Gillian, you knew it -

was the Dominican Republic.

-Yes.

-M, not the most common letter.

J is the most common letter.

There's Joshua, Judges, Job, Jeremiah,

Joel, Jonah, John, James, Jude.

Lots and lots of Js in the Bible, so very well worked out,

you're doing really, really well.

Yes, indeed Gillian, Che Wai, absolutely brilliant work there.

A lot of instinct, I think, but don't discount that.

It's obviously working for us.

It's absolutely working for you.

It's very exciting now because as you can see up there,

you've only got one more number to find in your code.

If you can do that,

the safe opens, £12,000.

You'll have cracked the code.

-Wow!

-You go home with a really useful sum of money and

you'll have done something no-one's done for quite a while now,

-that's why the jackpot's where it is.

-Yeah.

There are seven numbers left - which one are you going to go with?

-I'm going to go with zero.

-You're going to go with zero.

-Gut instinct.

-OK.

We're going to put zero into the keypad and that means one of you

has to join me at the safe.

Who's it going to be?

I don't think I could walk there, my legs are wobbling!

I don't think I could, either!

-On you go.

-Che Wai?

-Yeah, yeah.

-You're going to join me at the safe?

-Yes.

-Let's go.

So Che Wai, tell me what would you do with £12,000?

How useful would that be for you, Gillian and your family?

It would be...

it would be amazing, just, it's just we'd be able

to look at a deposit for a bigger place so the kids can get

their own room so it would be a...it would make a huge difference to us.

-You're looking for a bigger place?

-Yeah. It's not ideal, so yes,

a bigger place is something we definitely need.

OK.

Well, listen, we've all got everything crossed for you.

You've chosen the number zero, Che Wai.

If that number is the final number in your code

then you will go home with £12,000.

It's that simple. Are you ready?

Yes. Yes.

Punch in the number.

We're looking for a zero. We want 307 to complete your code.

Is it there? Is it the final number in your code?

I'm so sorry, not on this occasion.

It was long odds, but we get another chance, we can have another go.

-OK.

-OK.

-OK?

-Yes.

-Right, let's go back.

Let's see Gillian.

It's fine. Deep breaths.

-Yes.

-Deep breaths.

We could have a long journey here.

-Yeah.

-You've been very successful very early on.

-OK.

-And the price of that is that you now have to play the game

at this very difficult level but you keep doing it

-the way you're doing it, we will get there.

-OK.

-OK. Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Yes.

Let's have your next three answers.

We get to look at them one at a time

so the order that you choose them in is crucial.

Well, I used to know a lot about Madonna when I was younger.

-Right.

-But earlier stuff I'm not quite sure about.

-OK.

-But I know about her personal life.

-OK.

-Well, you know what I mean, it's a celebrity life.

Chelsea, might be a football question.

I know the Medicis... Italian, something to do with Italian.

-Italian family.

-The ones who

established very big names historically.

-In something. Art...

-They might have actually started the Renaissance and stuff like that.

Right, so what one are we going to choose? Will we go for Madonna?

Yeah, because you know. You're a big fan of her.

I know little bits and pieces. We got married on her birthday.

-OK, that's more than I knew.

-There you go.

If that's the question, then you are in!

Yes! Oh, wouldn't that be great, yes!

-When did you two get married?

-We need to pick one to see the question.

-Which one?

-OK, Madonna, yes, we'll go with Madonna.

OK, let's see the question behind Madonna.

Yes, she did.

-Did she?

-I'm pretty sure she did, she started off drumming and dancing

before she ever sang.

The Breakfast Club, that rings a bell as well.

-Early '80s.

-Is it a possible, then?

That's a very possible, we need to decide now.

Well, you knew the fact that she played drums in the '80s, which is...

I think that's right.

Future superstar, which she is.

-She played drums in a band. Right?

-In a band.

-And it was in the '80s.

-It's just who else could it be,

if it's not her?

That's good enough for me.

Oh, my goodness, OK.

-Do it.

-Yeah, we're going to say that's the correct answer.

That's good enough for me, says Che Wai.

We're going to lock it in. Wow, OK.

This could short-cut a lot of agony if this is right.

You don't have to worry about others.

But we are going to check out the other two questions.

Hopefully, you're going to look at them and you're going to go

absolutely wrong, couldn't be correct, we made the right choice.

-Let's have a look at the question behind Medici.

-OK.

Do you know anything about that?

Does that feel right?

I thought Medici, I associate it with Italy, not Spain.

But they could have originally come from Spain.

Oh, yeah. Well, I don't know, well, we don't anything about that.

Not sure, not sure? OK,

let's have a look at the question behind Chelsea.

-No idea.

-No idea, oh good.

-No idea, so.

-Right, OK, so we're just as ignorant as we were before.

OK, so those wouldn't have helped to.

-No, no.

-But you're glad you didn't choose them?

-Yes.

-Brilliant.

Come on!

-Now, this...

-Oh, I hope...

-..is for another chance to choose a number.

-OK.

-To enter into the code.

If it's there, £12,000 is going back to Glasgow with you guys,

a deposit for a bigger house, the kids having their own rooms.

Yeah.

Is Madonna

the correct answer?

-Yes!

-Yes!

Fantastic!

-Wow!

-Fantastic!

He'll want to marry me all over again now!

You don't have to go to the graveyard this time,

don't bother with the cemetery!

-Lesley.

-Gillian, Che Wai, that is a masterclass, that is exactly

how you play the game at this stage.

You had information about Madonna,

you weren't sure if it was The Breakfast Club,

but you asked yourself a really important question,

who else could it be if it's not Madonna?

And that is what led you to the right answer.

She left The Breakfast Club before they became successful

and on her way to megastardom.

Medici not the right answer to the middle one, either.

You associate the Medici family with Italy correctly

because they were from Florence.

There were Medici popes but it's not the right answer.

The correct answer is the Borgia family.

Callixtus III and Alexander VI were uncle and nephew.

Last question and answer pair on the board, Chelsea not right here.

-Matt, do you know the answer?

-Is it Man United?

It is Manchester United.

Michael Knighton went on to buy Carlisle.

-Bit of a step down.

-Yes, slightly.

-Not his first choice.

-Well, I mean that was a masterclass there.

The bits of knowledge that you had about Madonna were enough to swing it.

It meant the other questions and answers didn't matter at all.

You have bought yourself, with your knowledge about Madonna, the chance

to enter another digit into the code.

Three blank seven. We're trying to find the blank there.

Eight and zero have gone as well.

You've now got six to choose from.

Get the right one, you've cracked the code,

you're going home with £12,000.

I think we should pick Sam's number, I mean he'll be upset if we don't,

so Jessica was born on the seventh, Sam was born on the fourth,

so I'm going to choose number four.

-The number four.

-Yes, please.

OK. And who is going to join me at the safe?

-Do you want to do it?

-No, honestly, my legs are wobbling too much,

-on you go.

-You're just happy standing where you are.

Yes, I'm doing my job here.

-OK, Che Wai.

-Yes.

-Join me at the safe.

OK.

Here we are again.

Che Wai, they don't say "second time lucky".

That's not an established phrase.

If 4 is the final number in your code, you're going home with £12,000.

We know the difference that that can make to you as a family.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

Punch in the number.

Round and round it goes.

What we're looking for is 347.

If that's what we get, the safe opens.

£12,000 is going back to Glasgow.

It's not a four. It's not a four.

-OK.

-I'm so sorry.

-It's all right.

-But we're going to have to go again.

OK, Che Wai, let's go back.

-Right. I mean, on the plus side, it's another number.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

You're doing it the painful way,

you're doing it at the hardest level of the game.

-OK, I don't know if I can cope with that!

-I don't!

-OK.

-Pep talk over.

-Right. Yes. We're ready. Bring it on.

Yeah. Here we go. Let's do it.

There's no link between them at all.

So we're looking for one correct answer

that's in there amongst the three.

You've got to find that one.

Beautiful could be a song title, it could be a perfume or something, or....

-Yeah.

-Chimpanzee.

There can't be too many questions where the answer is chimpanzee.

I certainly know about babies, but specific babies.

Yeah.

-Why babies?

-I know.

Maybe it's what follows the word jelly?

-Oh, yeah!

-That would be good.

-I don't think so.

-What do you think?

-What do you think?

-I'm thinking chimpanzee.

-Are you?

-I don't know why.

It could be something to do with, it might be an animal,

what was this animal?

-What, like what's...

-No, like eight famous like,

you know there used to be Guy the Gorilla in London Zoo.

Oh wait, Bubbles. Famous chimpanzee.

I want to go for babies.

My gut feeling is chimpanzee. All right.

I know you want to go for babies.

-It's just because it's unusual, BABIES, not baby.

-All right, OK.

-It's interesting, so.

-Right, we'll try babies.

-Right.

-You've done well so far.

Sure? OK, right. He's going to trust me and we'll go for babies.

Let's have a look at the question behind babies.

Babies?!

-It could be, it's satirical.

-Satirical.

-I think that could be true.

-You do?

Yeah, because it's satire.

Obviously commenting on...

Jonathan Swift, is he...? He's not Irish, I take it? Or is he Irish?

I think he is Irish.

Maybe that's what passed for humour in 1729?

We've got this far and now it's just really hard, so...

-A Modest Proposal.

-It is hard.

-I think we should look it in.

-I wish we'd gone for chimpanzee.

Yeah. Are you happy to lock it in?

-Yeah.

-Yeah, why not, we don't know either way, it's a 50-50.

OK, let's lock it in.

Wow. Brave.

-Yes.

-You don't feel as though you know anything about that at all but

you just are going on your hunch

and a little bit of informed guesswork...

-Yeah, yeah.

-Yeah.

-..that that could be the correct answer?

Well, Irish families having lots of babies could add to the economic

problems, so eating them would solve the economic problems.

-Yeah...

-I can't believe I'm talking about eating babies!

-It's 1729.

Well, listen, we can now look at the other questions, which will either,

you know, be sickening for you

or is going to make you feel much better.

-OK.

-Let's look first at the question

-behind Beautiful at the top there.

-OK.

-Wasn't it Genie In A Bottle?

-That was her first hit

but whether it was number one, I don't know.

OK, let's have a look at the question behind chimpanzee.

OK.

A tiger? Why am I thinking tiger?

Why are we not thinking it's a baby?

No, it definitely, is it, Oh, I think that might be right,

I think that might be the right one.

Well, it's academic, I'm afraid, right now.

You've made your choice.

-Oh, no.

-You're committed to Babies as being your correct answer.

We want that for you to be right.

I don't think, I don't know, I think the middle one's right.

-This is horrible.

-Crucially, we want to go down to that safe,

enter another number and walk back with £12,000.

-OK.

-But before we can do that,

we have to find out if Babies is the correct answer.

-Yes!

-Oh, my God!

Oh, my goodness.

-Yes!

-Absolutely fantastic.

-I thought it was the middle one.

I love the way you're playing this game.

Lesley.

Once again, you've managed to open

the correct pair of question and answer,

which I think helped in this case, as it has before with Madonna.

It was a satirical essay.

He wasn't seriously suggesting anyone would eat their babies.

It was a commentary on heartless attitudes towards the poor.

There was an awful economic situation in Ireland

and he was mocking the British attitude,

in particular, towards their plight.

-Wow!

-I can't believe!

-With Beautiful,

Che Wai, you said the correct answer to this, that's Genie In A Bottle.

Beautiful was from her fourth album.

Chimpanzee, I think if you'd opened this first,

you may have come unstuck.

-Yes.

-It's not a chimpanzee, it's a leopard, a leopard called Baby.

Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant.

-Exactly.

-Yeah.

-Why did I think of Ronald Reagan?

Was he in a film? Bringing...

-Yes.

-He was, wasn't he?

-Bedtime For Bonzo or something like that?

Bedtime For Bonzo, there we go.

Yeah, and that was a chimpanzee, wasn't it?

-That's what I was thinking.

-I always get them mixed.

Thank goodness I am not on your team!

It would be strange but thank goodness I'm not with you because you don't

need me anyway - that's the crucial thing.

You do not need me at all.

You are making perfect progress by yourself,

wading through the most difficult part of the quiz.

Which figure is it going to be next?

What do you think?

-Two.

-Two.

-Two.

-Two.

-OK.

Who's going to join me at the safe?

-That'll be me, I suppose.

-Yes.

-It's looking that way, isn't it?

Che Wai, OK, here we go.

You did say third time lucky. It is a phrase.

I did!

There is no fourth time lucky. No-one says fourth time lucky.

This is the third time.

This has got to be it.

If the number two is that final number, if it's there in your code,

you're going to go home today with £12,000, that's what we all want.

Che Wai, are you ready?

Yes, yes.

In that case, punch in the number 2.

We're looking for 327 for Gillian and Che Wai

to go home £12,000 richer.

Is the missing digit in the code the number 2?

That's what we want to see.

Fourth time lucky. That's what people say, fourth time lucky.

I'm so sorry. I thought that was it.

But have a look, only four numbers left.

-Yeah.

-Right, let's go back to Gillian and take the blame for

pushing the wrong numbers.

-This is agony.

-It's hard going, this.

-Six down, four to go.

-Yeah.

But listen, the plus side is you are doing it,

you're answering the questions.

And you're using brilliant intuition, brilliant judgment to do it.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Yes.

-Thank you.

-Let's have your next three answers.

OK, one correct answer. Where do you want to start?

Do you know about The Furies?

-The Furies...

-That's Greek, isn't it?

Greek mythology, three of them, or something.

Carry On might... Probably Carry On films, but I only know a few.

I know some of the actors in them, but...

Carry On could be the end of a phrase,

you know, like what did some famous person say?

-What, "keep calm and carry on"?

-Yeah, something like that.

-Well,

The Chase is more likely to be, because it's THE Chase,

-it's going to be the programme.

-The programme.

-And we watch that.

-Right.

-Shall we go for that?

-Let's...

-The Chase, yeah.

-Yes, let's hope it's that.

Yeah, let's go with The Chase.

Let's see the question behind The Chase, please.

It wasn't that one, was it?

Quite possible. What's obvious about The Chase, though?

-It doesn't make sense.

-No, it doesn't make sense to me, either.

-Obviously.

-It doesn't make sense.

-It doesn't sound right, does it?

Because the whole point of that game is that you're being chased by

-someone.

-And you've got the Chaser,

-you don't have the obvious person up there.

-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

-So we get rid of that.

-We want to discard that one.

OK, we're going to say that's an incorrect answer. Let's discard it.

That is now out of the game.

Which question do you want to see next?

Carry On.

All right. OK.

-Carry On, please.

-Let's see the question behind Carry On.

It is a long-running British film franchise, but what else could it

-be?

-I don't know, I've never heard of John Glen.

I can't think of any other British film franchises.

-Well, there's the Hammer Horrors thing.

-James Bond.

-Oh, James Bond!

Oh, I wish you hadn't said James Bond.

Single director, though.

-Yeah, they're always directed by different people.

-Different people.

-I think that might be right.

-I think it might be right.

We've got a little less to go on, but we're going to lock in Carry On

-as the right answer.

-Chance it again. You want to lock that in?

-Yes, please.

-Yeah.

OK, that's locked in, we can't change that now.

We hope for you both, Gillian and Che Wai, that's the correct answer.

It means we can now have a look at the question behind The Furies, and

-I hope that feels then like an incorrect answer.

-Yeah.

Are they The Furies? Does that feel right to you?

I've never heard the word Erinyes and it could just as easily

-be the Fates or some other group of things, so...

-OK.

It's academic, but you're still happy with your choice?

-Yes, I am, actually.

-Che Wai and Gillian,

we want this to be the correct answer.

We want it to turn green so you get another chance to enter a digit into

the code to get you closer to opening the safe

and taking home £12,000.

If it's wrong...

everything that's happened so far,

right back to the age of 15...

-..means nothing!

-Nothing at all!

-Nothing at all!

-Absolutely nothing.

No. All of your hard work will be for nothing. We don't want that.

We want this to be the correct answer.

Is Carry On the correct answer?

Oh, no!

-Oh, never mind.

-I'm so sorry.

That's OK, we had fun trying to get there.

Let's find out the correct answer. Which one was it?

-It was The Furies.

-I'm really sorry.

-That's OK.

-I was crossing my fingers, toes,

everything in the hope that you'd pick the right one.

The Furies lived in the underworld and ascended to Earth to pursue the

wicked, also known as Eumenides.

Let's look at Carry On, where you came unstuck.

You even said the right answer and I was hoping that it might sway you in

your discussion. It's the James Bond franchise.

There are a couple of directors who directed more than one James Bond

film. John Glen directed five there.

For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, A View To A Kill,

Living Daylights and Licence To Kill.

Guy Hamilton's done four, as well.

The Chase, excellent reasoning with this one.

Why would it be called Obviously when it's got nothing to do with

pursuing someone along the game board?

The correct answer, Pointless,

conceived as an opposite to Family Fortunes.

Thank you so much, Lesley,

but, quite frankly, it doesn't help us or make us...

it doesn't make us feel any better at all.

We want everyone to win the money.

Oh, we do, we do, and the fact you came so close with James Bond, as well.

It's a sickener, it really is.

-We wanted you to go home with £12,000.

-Not to worry, we had a great time.

Oh, well, that's really nice to know.

-And you've not left with anything less than you came with.

-Absolutely.

-And we didn't shame ourselves, did we?

-You certainly didn't do that.

Far from it, you gave it a really good crack.

You were fantastic contestants, and clearly the way you communicate, you

know, the bond is as strong as it was back in the cemetery all of those

years ago. Let's just find out what would have been the next number you

-would have chosen if you'd got that one right.

-9 I was going to go for.

Oh, 9? Right.

-Shall we try 9?

-Yeah.

-Let's say 9.

-It had better not be.

I'm going to cry if it is.

-Oh, that's fine.

-1. It was 1, so you would have still had to do it again,

go back there. Maybe that would have been your last number,

I don't know. But listen, it was such a joy having you with us.

It was great being here. Thank you.

-Thank you so much.

-Thanks for having us.

-But unfortunately, on this occasion, Gillian and Che Wai,

you have failed to crack the code despite all of your hard work, so we have

to say farewell and good luck. Thank you so much for coming on.

-Thank you very much, thank you.

-Thank you, Che Wai.

-Thank you.

-Bye. Thank you.

-Thanks, bye.

Cor, flipping heck, it doesn't get much harder than that.

As we always say, it's an easy game to play but, particularly if you do it

like that, a very hard game to win.

Poor old Gillian and Che Wai.

It's good news for our next contestants, though,

as the jackpot goes up by another £500,

making a total of £12,500.

That's all we have time for, though, today. Lesley, how about that?

I really thought they were going to crack the code then.

I was hopeful that they would manage it. I'm really disappointed.

They were just unlucky with the numbers at the end of the day.

-Exactly.

-Thank you so much for all your knowledge, your wisdom today,

Lesley. And thank you.

Be sure to join us next time, when a new team will discover if they have

what it takes to crack the code and win a large sum of cash.

Thanks for watching. Goodbye.