Episode 8

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0:00:26 > 0:00:29APPLAUSE

0:00:29 > 0:00:32This programme contains some strong language.

0:00:37 > 0:00:40Good evening and welcome to Have I Got News For You.

0:00:40 > 0:00:43I'm Alexander Armstrong. In the news this week, following on from

0:00:43 > 0:00:45Sainsbury's and John Lewis, Poundland unveiled

0:00:45 > 0:00:47their new Christmas advert.

0:00:54 > 0:00:56In Padstow, as a restaurant owner is spotted on the beach,

0:00:56 > 0:00:59diners begin to suspect that their expensive fizzy water

0:00:59 > 0:01:01may not be San Pellegrino.

0:01:04 > 0:01:05And just off the A54,

0:01:05 > 0:01:09it's a memorable first day for the AA's new trainee.

0:01:21 > 0:01:23APPLAUSE

0:01:23 > 0:01:25On Ian's team tonight is a comedian and one of three

0:01:25 > 0:01:29co-hosts on The Last Leg, which celebrated the Paralympics.

0:01:29 > 0:01:31According to the Scottish Herald, the three men clicked.

0:01:31 > 0:01:35Well, that's prosthetic limbs for you. Please welcome Josh Widdicombe.

0:01:35 > 0:01:37APPLAUSE

0:01:40 > 0:01:43And with Paul tonight is a feminist academic who once said

0:01:43 > 0:01:45bras are a ludicrous invention.

0:01:45 > 0:01:48And, out of respect to her, I'm not wearing mine this evening.

0:01:48 > 0:01:50So, please welcome Germaine Greer.

0:01:50 > 0:01:52APPLAUSE

0:01:56 > 0:01:58And we start with the biggest stories of the week.

0:01:58 > 0:02:01Paul and Germaine, have a look at this.

0:02:01 > 0:02:03Oh, yes, this is Andrew Mitchell. And there's David Mellor.

0:02:03 > 0:02:06The man who'll be using a lot of public transport in the future,

0:02:06 > 0:02:10I imagine. He can get a taxi disguising himself as two children.

0:02:10 > 0:02:12First of all, Andrew Mitchell was found guilty of calling

0:02:12 > 0:02:15a policeman "an effing pleb" because he wouldn't let him

0:02:15 > 0:02:17go through the main gate at 10 Downing Street.

0:02:17 > 0:02:20And David Mellor was recorded by a taxi driver saying things like,

0:02:20 > 0:02:22"Don't you know who I am?"

0:02:22 > 0:02:24Yes, they were very upset last week that the Labour Party had

0:02:24 > 0:02:27shown it was capable of being rude about working-class people,

0:02:27 > 0:02:30and it thought, "This week, we're going to trump them."

0:02:30 > 0:02:33The great thing about the Andrew Mitchell case is that

0:02:33 > 0:02:36the judge ruled the policeman was too thick to make it up.

0:02:40 > 0:02:42"Thank you, your honour.

0:02:43 > 0:02:47"I shall leave these premises without a stain on my character."

0:02:47 > 0:02:48What did the judge actually say?

0:02:48 > 0:02:50He didn't have the wit or the imagination.

0:02:50 > 0:02:54Or the invention to come up with it, the policeman, so it had to be true.

0:02:55 > 0:02:58The trial has been beset by unreliable witness accounts.

0:02:58 > 0:03:02What did the copper, Ian Richardson, give as his excuse for not

0:03:02 > 0:03:05recording an official account of the incident in 2012?

0:03:05 > 0:03:08- He said he was too busy. - That's right. He told the court...

0:03:13 > 0:03:15Mitchell, his defence was, "Yes, I lost my temper.

0:03:15 > 0:03:17"I used a whole load of four letter words,

0:03:17 > 0:03:20"but I didn't say 'You are a pleb.'"

0:03:20 > 0:03:22Which is an odd defence.

0:03:24 > 0:03:27And the policeman said, "Actually, you did say that one word."

0:03:27 > 0:03:28And that's what it was all about.

0:03:28 > 0:03:31It was, essentially... It turned into a political

0:03:31 > 0:03:34thing about what the Tory party think of ordinary people.

0:03:34 > 0:03:37And now we know what the judge thinks about...plebs.

0:03:37 > 0:03:39Because there was no jury.

0:03:39 > 0:03:41Is it cos you have to be tried by your peers,

0:03:41 > 0:03:43and they couldn't find 12 plebs?

0:03:45 > 0:03:47But the judge said...

0:03:52 > 0:03:54What did Andrew Mitchell say about the ruling?

0:03:54 > 0:03:55He called the judge a pleb.

0:03:57 > 0:03:59No, he said he was...

0:03:59 > 0:04:02GERMAINE: The problem is the Latin word, the word "plebs."

0:04:02 > 0:04:06I mean, it's like one of Boris' funny little asides.

0:04:06 > 0:04:09One of those little ancient...

0:04:09 > 0:04:12rubbery things he remembers from school.

0:04:15 > 0:04:18- JOSH:- Is a pleb not what I thought it was?

0:04:18 > 0:04:21Plebs is just the Latin word for the common people.

0:04:21 > 0:04:25I think I'm too much of a pleb to know what a pleb is.

0:04:25 > 0:04:28Exactly, but that's probably the judge's point.

0:04:28 > 0:04:29What, that I'm a pleb?

0:04:31 > 0:04:34That seems very unnecessary. I wasn't even involved in the case.

0:04:34 > 0:04:38- But you shouldn't be ashamed to be a pleb.- I'm not a pleb!

0:04:40 > 0:04:43Which other toff had a tiff with some riffraff this week?

0:04:43 > 0:04:48David Mellor, as we saw there, was recorded ranting at a taxi driver.

0:04:48 > 0:04:51He accused the taxi driver of ruining their day

0:04:51 > 0:04:54because his wife, I think, had just been awarded...

0:04:54 > 0:04:57an OBE, or whatever, to services to tourism,

0:04:57 > 0:05:00"Come to the land where David Mellor lives."

0:05:00 > 0:05:03Yes, Lady Penelope. And here she is.

0:05:05 > 0:05:08So, when papers described her as a model,

0:05:08 > 0:05:09they really are talking about her.

0:05:09 > 0:05:12Yes, they were on their way back from Buckingham Palace.

0:05:12 > 0:05:15- It was awards day.- The brilliant thing about it, all the papers said,

0:05:15 > 0:05:18you know, there was Mellor shouting, "You've ruined her day!"

0:05:18 > 0:05:21But, actually, I went and read the transcript.

0:05:21 > 0:05:25And he says, "She just says 'You've ruined my day.'"

0:05:25 > 0:05:28So, actually, his wife had said to him, "You've ruined my day."

0:05:30 > 0:05:34So he turned to the cabbie and said, "No, you've ruined her day!"

0:05:34 > 0:05:38- Yes, David Mellor was accused of being foul-mouthed.- Well, he was.

0:05:38 > 0:05:41Fair enough. Here he is back when he was a Cabinet Minister.

0:05:41 > 0:05:42AUDIENCE GROAN

0:05:42 > 0:05:44Here he is as a student.

0:05:44 > 0:05:45AUDIENCE LAUGH

0:05:45 > 0:05:47He hasn't changed at all, has he?

0:05:47 > 0:05:50JOSH: It's like the worst Benjamin Button we're going through there.

0:05:52 > 0:05:55Anyway, according to the Sun, Mellor called the taxi driver a...

0:05:57 > 0:05:58He added...

0:06:07 > 0:06:10And David Mellor helpfully reminded the cabbie

0:06:10 > 0:06:12of his credentials as a human being.

0:06:12 > 0:06:15"Successful broadcaster. I used to be a Cabinet Minister."

0:06:29 > 0:06:32See, that would do it. All cabbies are Spurs fans.

0:06:35 > 0:06:38Am I wrong in thinking he was involved -

0:06:38 > 0:06:42- this seems most unlikely - in some sex scandal?- Back in 1992?

0:06:42 > 0:06:47- Let's have a look. Here is Antonia de Sancha.- With Max Clifford!

0:06:47 > 0:06:50JOSH: Is that what mobile phones used to look like?

0:06:52 > 0:06:55But that's not why Mellor left the Cabinet. He stayed on after that.

0:06:55 > 0:06:57The Tories were very forgiving in those days.

0:06:57 > 0:06:59It's a very different atmosphere now.

0:06:59 > 0:07:02He eventually was sacked for taking a free holiday

0:07:02 > 0:07:05from the daughter of the PLO's finance director.

0:07:07 > 0:07:11- But, you know, times change.- And nobody remembers that any more.- No.

0:07:12 > 0:07:14I just hope no-one brings it up.

0:07:17 > 0:07:19Well, here's a rare photograph

0:07:19 > 0:07:21of Mellor and Antonia de Sancha together,

0:07:21 > 0:07:23courtesy of Spitting Image.

0:07:25 > 0:07:28Nice they found a use for that old Andrew Ridgeley doll.

0:07:29 > 0:07:32The story was about toe sucking in a Chelsea shirt.

0:07:32 > 0:07:34I mean, I don't know if any of that was true.

0:07:34 > 0:07:35I mean, Clifford fed all this,

0:07:35 > 0:07:38but he did run off with this actress and desert his poor wife, Judith.

0:07:38 > 0:07:41- Is that the wife that was in the cab? - No, this was a new wife.

0:07:41 > 0:07:44Oh, he's ruined someone else's fucking day, yeah!

0:07:47 > 0:07:48APPLAUSE

0:07:50 > 0:07:53Ian, you were involved with Spitting Image back then, weren't you?

0:07:53 > 0:07:55- I was, yeah. - JOSH: Is that your leg?

0:07:55 > 0:07:56Look at this.

0:07:56 > 0:07:59There's the young blade of satire.

0:07:59 > 0:08:00- AUDIENCE:- Aw!

0:08:00 > 0:08:03LAUGHTER

0:08:03 > 0:08:05That was pity!

0:08:05 > 0:08:07So, yes, what are the cabbies planning now then?

0:08:07 > 0:08:10One of them actually said, "We're going to probably

0:08:10 > 0:08:14"boycott him because he's broken the cabbies' code."

0:08:14 > 0:08:18- He's actually revealed the secret of the taxis.- Yeah.

0:08:18 > 0:08:24- By taping Mellor, this taxi driver is out of order?- Yes, he'd...

0:08:24 > 0:08:27Except I seem to remember we've had some interesting films

0:08:27 > 0:08:30made in the backs of cabs, involving celebrities.

0:08:30 > 0:08:31Lawrence of Arabia.

0:08:35 > 0:08:38Meanwhile, why might the Labour Party have reason to be

0:08:38 > 0:08:40very, very grateful to Mellor this week?

0:08:40 > 0:08:45Because it now makes their indiscretion last week

0:08:45 > 0:08:48- look rather less heinous.- Yes.

0:08:48 > 0:08:51For distracting the tabloids from the row over Emily Thornberry's

0:08:51 > 0:08:53tweet about the house with the England flags

0:08:53 > 0:08:54in Rochester last week.

0:08:54 > 0:08:57Anyway, how is Ed Miliband said to have reacted to the whole

0:08:57 > 0:08:59white van man incident?

0:08:59 > 0:09:00- He was incandescent.- He was.

0:09:00 > 0:09:03According to the Telegraph, Ed Miliband was...

0:09:06 > 0:09:08Still not as angry as his brother was

0:09:08 > 0:09:10when he heard that Ed was standing for the leadership.

0:09:10 > 0:09:13Who spoke out against the mansion tax this week?

0:09:13 > 0:09:16Angelina Jolie,

0:09:16 > 0:09:18who speaks out about everything.

0:09:18 > 0:09:21She's decided she doesn't really want a house in England

0:09:21 > 0:09:23cos of the mansion tax. Is she serious?

0:09:23 > 0:09:27Yeah, and then complain about paying possibly top whack

0:09:27 > 0:09:30£30,000 mansion tax.

0:09:30 > 0:09:31That's it.

0:09:31 > 0:09:36The average house in London makes that much money in increasing value

0:09:36 > 0:09:38every year anyway.

0:09:38 > 0:09:40She wouldn't even notice it!

0:09:40 > 0:09:43- It's an extraordinary thing... - And she's unbelievably rich!

0:09:43 > 0:09:45And it does make you think, well,

0:09:45 > 0:09:48everything else you say must be rubbish.

0:09:50 > 0:09:54APPLAUSE

0:09:54 > 0:09:57Just a whole load of people who can quite blatantly afford to pay

0:09:57 > 0:10:01£30,000 saying, "This is an outrage."

0:10:01 > 0:10:03It's a tax on the very rich. It is what it is.

0:10:03 > 0:10:05And if very rich people say "I don't want to pay it,"

0:10:05 > 0:10:08why do they have to dress it up as though it's a moral issue?

0:10:08 > 0:10:11- It wasn't Angelina Jolie I was after, actually...- Really?

0:10:11 > 0:10:13LAUGHTER

0:10:14 > 0:10:15Who else?

0:10:15 > 0:10:19- Bill Oddie.- No.- Yeah, Bill Oddie. - Oh, I like Bill Oddie.

0:10:19 > 0:10:22You mixed up Bill Oddie and Angelina Jolie?

0:10:22 > 0:10:24Anyway, to try and move the news agenda on,

0:10:24 > 0:10:27to prove they're still the party of the working class,

0:10:27 > 0:10:31- what other fronts did Labour open up this week?- Private schools,

0:10:31 > 0:10:32out of their enormous wealth,

0:10:32 > 0:10:37are going to have to actually combine with poorer schools

0:10:37 > 0:10:40and make a positive contribution to the community.

0:10:40 > 0:10:44The basic principle is that the public schools have had

0:10:44 > 0:10:47a charitable status which saves them tax.

0:10:47 > 0:10:50Hunt's saying, "Why should they now?"

0:10:50 > 0:10:51Which seems to me quite reasonable.

0:10:51 > 0:10:54I mean, even the headmasters are saying the only people who

0:10:54 > 0:10:57can afford these fees are Russian oligarchs.

0:10:57 > 0:10:59Is that a charity?

0:10:59 > 0:11:02Educating the sons of Russian criminals?

0:11:02 > 0:11:04And it's unfair to say it's just oligarchs' children.

0:11:04 > 0:11:08There are Chinese Communist Party members as well.

0:11:08 > 0:11:11Originally, the schools were set up to, you know, educate poor

0:11:11 > 0:11:13children and provide excellence,

0:11:13 > 0:11:16and all the things they do that I'm all absolutely for.

0:11:16 > 0:11:18But we don't have to give them a tax break for it.

0:11:18 > 0:11:20- I think he's probably right. - GERMAINE: So, tax them.

0:11:20 > 0:11:23APPLAUSE

0:11:23 > 0:11:25So, how are they going to do it?

0:11:25 > 0:11:27GERMAINE: They're going to share their teachers.

0:11:27 > 0:11:30And their specialist classes and so forth.

0:11:30 > 0:11:33Specifically, they've been told they need to play more sporting

0:11:33 > 0:11:36fixtures against state schools, not just against other private schools.

0:11:36 > 0:11:39Turns out, there's not a school in Peckham that has a polo team.

0:11:40 > 0:11:42"Awfully sorry. Did our best."

0:11:45 > 0:11:47What's Tony Blair done to upset everyone?

0:11:47 > 0:11:50- Wasn't he given an award by Save The Children?- That's exactly right.

0:11:50 > 0:11:52Do you know what the award was?

0:11:52 > 0:11:54Man Who Failed To Save The Children.

0:11:55 > 0:11:57It was a star-studded ceremony in New York.

0:11:57 > 0:12:00Do you want to name any of the people who were there?

0:12:00 > 0:12:02Star-studded event in New York?

0:12:02 > 0:12:03Bill Oddie.

0:12:03 > 0:12:05Couldn't get him.

0:12:05 > 0:12:09- Was Angelina there?- No, she was here.- Was Johnny Depp there?

0:12:09 > 0:12:11- No, Lassie was there. - Lassie was there?

0:12:11 > 0:12:13Not the original, though.

0:12:13 > 0:12:18- Not the original, no. Dakota Fanning.- Was Rudd Weatherwax there?

0:12:18 > 0:12:22He used to be Lassie's trainer. Rudd Weatherwax.

0:12:22 > 0:12:24He used to be at the end of the films.

0:12:24 > 0:12:26Lassie trained by Rudd Weatherwax.

0:12:26 > 0:12:29You'd have to be really interested in films to notice that.

0:12:29 > 0:12:32Rudd Weatherwax, R-U-D-D.

0:12:32 > 0:12:34- Um...- Sorry...?

0:12:34 > 0:12:37Look it up in one of your magic machines. Rudd Weatherwax.

0:12:37 > 0:12:41- Rudd with two Ds. - And Lassie was a male.

0:12:41 > 0:12:43- It was a lad.- You're kidding!- No.

0:12:43 > 0:12:45No. Ask Rudd Weatherwax.

0:12:47 > 0:12:49So, we've got a picture of Rudd Weatherwax.

0:12:49 > 0:12:51Here he is with Lassie.

0:12:52 > 0:12:54Showing her a script.

0:12:54 > 0:12:56He's rewritten some of her lines.

0:12:57 > 0:12:59Um, Save The Children.

0:12:59 > 0:13:01What's happened in the wake of this?

0:13:01 > 0:13:02People have complained.

0:13:02 > 0:13:05People have complained. Staff at Save The Children, they said...

0:13:09 > 0:13:11Adding...

0:13:14 > 0:13:16That's Tony!

0:13:17 > 0:13:20Yes, this is the news that Andrew Mitchell has lost his libel

0:13:20 > 0:13:23case against the Sun over the plebgate incident.

0:13:23 > 0:13:25Bob Geldof gave evidence about Mr Mitchell's character.

0:13:25 > 0:13:28Though, on reflection, it was probably a mistake

0:13:28 > 0:13:29to ask him to swear on the Bible.

0:13:29 > 0:13:33This week, the mansion tax has come in for more criticism.

0:13:33 > 0:13:34According to the Daily Mail...

0:13:38 > 0:13:40Angelina told Channel 4 News...

0:13:43 > 0:13:44That and George Osborne

0:13:44 > 0:13:47cutting child benefit for higher rate taxpayers.

0:13:47 > 0:13:50David Mellor was also caught up in a scandal this week.

0:13:50 > 0:13:52He accused a cabbie of ruining his wife's day.

0:13:52 > 0:13:54Mellor ended the journey telling the cabbie...

0:13:56 > 0:13:58Before adding, "Oh, no, hang on, the missus is with me."

0:14:00 > 0:14:02APPLAUSE

0:14:02 > 0:14:03What a cheap hit that was!

0:14:05 > 0:14:08So, Ian and Josh, take a look at this.

0:14:08 > 0:14:09Theresa May.

0:14:11 > 0:14:14And this is her fight against terror. We're just going to leaflet people.

0:14:14 > 0:14:18- And say, "Don't be a terrorist." - Is that what the leaflet say?

0:14:18 > 0:14:21That's what the leaflet says. "Terrorism, not for all."

0:14:22 > 0:14:25Do you know what the leaflets actually say?

0:14:25 > 0:14:30It's advice to the public, and it says, "Run, hide, tell."

0:14:30 > 0:14:31"Theresa May is coming."

0:14:33 > 0:14:36That's right. In the event of terrorism, you should...

0:14:37 > 0:14:41It's not the boldest statement of British values, is it?

0:14:41 > 0:14:44It's not sort of, "Once more unto the breach."

0:14:44 > 0:14:47What is Theresa May proposing? She has new anti-terror laws.

0:14:47 > 0:14:49What sort of things is she proposing?

0:14:49 > 0:14:52In schools, they're going to ban terrorism.

0:14:54 > 0:14:56It's off the curriculum completely.

0:14:56 > 0:14:58It's off the curriculum cos it's a big step forward

0:14:58 > 0:15:00cos, at my school, they banned conkers.

0:15:02 > 0:15:05They're going to educate against radicalism. Is that right?

0:15:05 > 0:15:08Yes. They're also looking at taking away

0:15:08 > 0:15:11- citizenship of jihadists.- Yes.

0:15:11 > 0:15:14Two returning jihadists were sent to prison this week.

0:15:14 > 0:15:17Did anyone see what they've been getting up to while in Syria?

0:15:17 > 0:15:20- They've been on a course. - They have, yes.- What was it?

0:15:20 > 0:15:22A sort of death awareness course?

0:15:22 > 0:15:25It's all measures that Theresa has announced this week.

0:15:25 > 0:15:26She's announced a lot of things this week,

0:15:26 > 0:15:28and she was on Desert Island Discs.

0:15:28 > 0:15:31She went on Desert Island Discs, people say, to kind of help this

0:15:31 > 0:15:34idea that she's going to be the next leader of the Conservative Party.

0:15:34 > 0:15:36And she chose Walk Like A Man

0:15:36 > 0:15:41because she said she didn't need to walk like a man.

0:15:41 > 0:15:42She could do that with any song.

0:15:42 > 0:15:45"I've chosen Turning Japanese cos I'm not turning Japanese."

0:15:47 > 0:15:52- So, Germaine, purposeful woman? Or pain in the arse?- Or...?

0:15:52 > 0:15:54JOSH: Are we talking about Theresa May?

0:16:00 > 0:16:02What's your take on Theresa May?

0:16:02 > 0:16:03APPLAUSE

0:16:03 > 0:16:06Well, I would hope that I was both a purposeful woman

0:16:06 > 0:16:07and a pain in the arse.

0:16:09 > 0:16:11What are the inevitable comparisons between Theresa May

0:16:11 > 0:16:13and Margaret Thatcher?

0:16:13 > 0:16:14Women.

0:16:15 > 0:16:18Point for our team. Thank you very much.

0:16:18 > 0:16:20Researchers at the University of North Carolina were

0:16:20 > 0:16:23inspired by Margaret Thatcher to do what?

0:16:25 > 0:16:28They ran a study into the way people's voices change

0:16:28 > 0:16:31from low to high in high-pressure situations,

0:16:31 > 0:16:34where their status needs to be asserted. Should we play a game?

0:16:34 > 0:16:37- Yes, let's play a game.- It's a fun game. OK, now, which of these

0:16:37 > 0:16:40three voices is the most authoritative? We're going to hear

0:16:40 > 0:16:43- the three voices and here they come, Josh. Here's voice A.- OK.

0:16:43 > 0:16:46HIGH PITCHED MALE VOICE SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE

0:16:46 > 0:16:49That's the Turkish Prime Minister.

0:16:49 > 0:16:50No!

0:16:50 > 0:16:52LAUGHTER

0:16:52 > 0:16:53Here's voice B.

0:16:53 > 0:16:56- LOWER PITCHED MALE VOICE: - Mr Grimsdale! Oh, Mr Grimsdale!

0:16:56 > 0:16:58Mr Grimsdale!

0:16:58 > 0:16:59That's the Albanian Prime Minister.

0:17:01 > 0:17:06- No!- And here is voice C.

0:17:06 > 0:17:12FEMALE VOICE SINGING, ENDING ON VERY HIGH NOTE

0:17:12 > 0:17:14- It's our very own Germaine Greer. - JOSH: No!- Yes!

0:17:14 > 0:17:17APPLAUSE

0:17:17 > 0:17:19You've got a beautiful voice, Germaine.

0:17:20 > 0:17:22So, which was the most authoritative?

0:17:22 > 0:17:25Of the two prime ministers, are we saying now?

0:17:25 > 0:17:28That was actually Norman Wisdom, the second one.

0:17:28 > 0:17:32- It wasn't really the Albanian Prime Minister.- Oh, you are naughty.

0:17:32 > 0:17:35On regional issues, what have Scotland been given this week?

0:17:35 > 0:17:37Is it England?

0:17:37 > 0:17:40- The power to set their own income tax levels.- Exactly right, yes.

0:17:40 > 0:17:42And how has this been made possible?

0:17:42 > 0:17:46I don't know, really, but I think it was a deal done with Gordon Brown?

0:17:46 > 0:17:48Yes. Labour has made a U-turn.

0:17:48 > 0:17:51And, according to the Guardian, this meant that the three main

0:17:51 > 0:17:54parties edged closer to a deal with the SNP, and Scottish Greens.

0:17:54 > 0:17:58That's something you don't often see in the menu north of the border.

0:17:58 > 0:18:03Finally, who has had enough of Westminster, and is getting "oot"?

0:18:03 > 0:18:04Clue.

0:18:04 > 0:18:07- Mr Brown. Was that your Scottish accent?- Yes, it was.

0:18:07 > 0:18:10- That's very good. - Could you do a bit more?

0:18:12 > 0:18:13- BAD SCOTTISH ACCENT:- Aye.

0:18:16 > 0:18:19Why's he standing down now, just after his successful

0:18:19 > 0:18:21involvement in the referendum debate?

0:18:21 > 0:18:24- Quit while you're ahead? - Exactly right.

0:18:24 > 0:18:25According to the Times...

0:18:27 > 0:18:30Which is why it's taken him so long to resign.

0:18:31 > 0:18:34Yes, this is the government's plans to combat terrorism.

0:18:34 > 0:18:37According to the Sun, one of the terror plots foiled by the police

0:18:37 > 0:18:41involved a bomb disguised as a printer ink cartridge.

0:18:41 > 0:18:43Just how well funded are these terrorists?

0:18:46 > 0:18:47The government advice for what to do

0:18:47 > 0:18:50if a Muslim with a beard sits next to you on the Tube remains the same.

0:18:50 > 0:18:52Just shift uncomfortably,

0:18:52 > 0:18:55and have a liberal crisis of conscience about changing carriage.

0:18:55 > 0:18:58And if the threat of terror isn't enough to put you off using

0:18:58 > 0:18:59the underground, let me remind you,

0:18:59 > 0:19:02David Mellor's going to be using it a lot more from now on.

0:19:04 > 0:19:06APPLAUSE

0:19:10 > 0:19:13And, so, onto round two, The One-Armed Bandit Of News.

0:19:13 > 0:19:17So, fingers on buzzers, teams. Here comes the first piece.

0:19:19 > 0:19:21BUZZER

0:19:21 > 0:19:23Yes, Paul and Germaine.

0:19:23 > 0:19:25People have discovered that Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen

0:19:25 > 0:19:26isn't a real character.

0:19:28 > 0:19:30Children have been very upset

0:19:30 > 0:19:33because he's been their favourite interior designer for many years.

0:19:33 > 0:19:35No, this is one of the stories that comes up every year.

0:19:35 > 0:19:38The magic kingdom of Santa opened up somewhere

0:19:38 > 0:19:40in Nottingham or somewhere like that.

0:19:40 > 0:19:44It opened up early so when people got there, it didn't look like

0:19:44 > 0:19:47a grotto, it didn't look like fairyland, there was Santa Claus,

0:19:47 > 0:19:49"Have what you want for Christmas."

0:19:49 > 0:19:50So it all went completely wrong.

0:19:50 > 0:19:53But they're reopening, and it might be better.

0:19:53 > 0:19:55- I think they opened too soon. - Yes, that's correct.

0:19:55 > 0:19:56Do you know how much it costs to get in?

0:19:56 > 0:19:58- 25 quid.- £22.50.

0:19:58 > 0:20:00- Oh, it's gone down.- It's gone down.

0:20:00 > 0:20:03This is the magical wonderland billed as,

0:20:03 > 0:20:06"The most amazing Christmas experience that planet Earth

0:20:06 > 0:20:08- "has ever seen."- Oh, that's harsh.

0:20:08 > 0:20:09Well, I think the baby Jesus

0:20:09 > 0:20:11would have a thing or two to say about that.

0:20:11 > 0:20:13- Not if he was a baby, he wouldn't. - No.

0:20:15 > 0:20:17How bad actually was it?

0:20:17 > 0:20:20The artificial snow wasn't there, it was all muddy...

0:20:20 > 0:20:22There'd been very bad weather.

0:20:22 > 0:20:26The elves were all smoking, Santa was drunk.

0:20:26 > 0:20:30- Visibly.- That's quite Christmassy. That's normal.

0:20:30 > 0:20:35Yeah. One of the reindeers bit one of the children.

0:20:35 > 0:20:37- Now, that was made up apparently. - Oh, was that bit made up?

0:20:37 > 0:20:40- Of course it was made up. - Is Max Clifford out?

0:20:42 > 0:20:45Here's a picture of Laurence promoting the event on the website.

0:20:45 > 0:20:46There it is.

0:20:46 > 0:20:50And here's what visitors faced when the gates opened last week.

0:20:50 > 0:20:52JOSH: Oh, my God, it looks like one of those...

0:20:52 > 0:20:55It looks like a murder scene, doesn't it?

0:20:55 > 0:20:58What was Llewelyn-Bowen hoping to achieve?

0:20:58 > 0:21:00- Money.- Yes.

0:21:00 > 0:21:03He told the Telegraph before the park opened...

0:21:07 > 0:21:09How did he deal with the complaints?

0:21:09 > 0:21:11He said he wasn't...

0:21:11 > 0:21:15He only came up with the idea, but they'd executed it.

0:21:15 > 0:21:17Probably the wrong word... I think that was...

0:21:17 > 0:21:20- He sort of ignored the first round of complaints.- Oh, did he?

0:21:20 > 0:21:24Apparently so. Yes. Then a statement was issued on his behalf, saying...

0:21:32 > 0:21:36Llewelyn-Bowen told Judith Woods, a journalist at the Telegraph...

0:21:44 > 0:21:46What was wrong with the presents they were given?

0:21:46 > 0:21:49- They weren't even wrapped. - That's true.

0:21:49 > 0:21:50According to The Star,

0:21:50 > 0:21:53one present given away to the children was a roll of toilet paper.

0:21:56 > 0:21:58I think the same thing happens every year, doesn't it?

0:21:58 > 0:22:00Every blessed year, you're quite right.

0:22:00 > 0:22:03Is it always Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen?

0:22:03 > 0:22:04You can't mention his name in the grotto trade

0:22:04 > 0:22:06without people getting angry.

0:22:08 > 0:22:09Other Christmas news.

0:22:09 > 0:22:11What has been designed to ensure that all faiths

0:22:11 > 0:22:13can now enjoy Christmas together?

0:22:13 > 0:22:15- A jumper.- Yes.

0:22:15 > 0:22:17Got some crosses on...

0:22:17 > 0:22:20- You've got the Proctor And Gamble Ariel washing machine.- You have.

0:22:20 > 0:22:22Yes, for the humanists.

0:22:22 > 0:22:26On the back, it says, "This is what an ecumenist looks like."

0:22:26 > 0:22:28Yes, this is that familiar Christmas tradition -

0:22:28 > 0:22:31the botched, overpriced winter wonderland.

0:22:31 > 0:22:33In Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Magical Journey wonderland,

0:22:33 > 0:22:35Father Christmas tried to come down the chimney,

0:22:35 > 0:22:38but unfortunately the fireplace had been taken out,

0:22:38 > 0:22:39the wall knocked through

0:22:39 > 0:22:42to make a velvet-lined, rococo-style brunch bar.

0:22:43 > 0:22:46Fingers on buzzers, teams, here is the next one.

0:22:50 > 0:22:53- BUZZ - Oh, yes, Ian and Josh.

0:22:53 > 0:22:55- Lamb chop in space.- Yes.

0:22:55 > 0:22:57- Yeah?- That's it. Thank you. Fingers on buzzers!

0:22:57 > 0:23:00No, lamb chop, but what's the story behind the lamb chop in space?

0:23:00 > 0:23:03There was an author who's launched his book by...

0:23:03 > 0:23:06- Do you know what the book's called? - Lamb Chop In Space?

0:23:06 > 0:23:08- Meatspace. Meatspace.- And he's...

0:23:08 > 0:23:11- He launched a lamb chop into space. - How?

0:23:11 > 0:23:13He removed its gravitational pull

0:23:13 > 0:23:15by really overcooking it.

0:23:16 > 0:23:18Did he pump a sheep full of helium?

0:23:18 > 0:23:22Balloon full of helium, put the chop on a fork and here it is.

0:23:24 > 0:23:26Look, it stayed on the fork all the way.

0:23:26 > 0:23:30- Tell you what, you couldn't fake that kind of footage, could you?- No.

0:23:30 > 0:23:34So it went up there with a GPS tracker and then it just collapsed.

0:23:34 > 0:23:36It comes to something when a lamb chop's

0:23:36 > 0:23:38had a better, more exciting life than you.

0:23:41 > 0:23:42According to The Mail...

0:23:50 > 0:23:54No! It would have burnt up in the Earth's atmosphere.

0:23:54 > 0:23:57- Apparently not. - No, no, apparently yes.

0:23:58 > 0:24:01It's called science. We know about this.

0:24:01 > 0:24:03It landed in a field.

0:24:03 > 0:24:05- ATTEMPTS WEST COUNTRY ACCENT: - "Look at this.

0:24:05 > 0:24:09"That must have been the lamb chop that was up there five months ago!"

0:24:11 > 0:24:15You just read this stuff out without even thinking about it, don't you?

0:24:15 > 0:24:18You're like a member of UKIP, what's going on?

0:24:18 > 0:24:20You've got no idea what you're talking about.

0:24:20 > 0:24:23Well, I'm guessing it came down with the GoPro camera and the fork...

0:24:23 > 0:24:24You're guessing?

0:24:24 > 0:24:27Supposing the scientists who landed the probe on the comet,

0:24:27 > 0:24:28suppose they were guessing.

0:24:28 > 0:24:31Suppose they thought it was enough to chuck it out the window.

0:24:31 > 0:24:33Where would we be then?

0:24:35 > 0:24:40- I... I...- You don't know, cos it's not written on your cue cards!

0:24:40 > 0:24:42It doesn't happen on Pointless.

0:24:44 > 0:24:47Why don't you get Richard Osman to answer it for you?

0:24:47 > 0:24:49Yeah, well, exactly, I'll give him a ring.

0:24:49 > 0:24:52Well, you can imagine, headline writers of course sharpened

0:24:52 > 0:24:55their pencils and came up with a great number

0:24:55 > 0:24:57of spicy food puns in space. Songs.

0:24:57 > 0:24:59Dark Side Of The Lamb Chop.

0:24:59 > 0:25:00Mm-hm.

0:25:00 > 0:25:02- It's a good one. - No, it wasn't as good as that.

0:25:02 > 0:25:05Is that the standard we're trying to aspire to?

0:25:05 > 0:25:09Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Chop.

0:25:09 > 0:25:10LAUGHTER

0:25:10 > 0:25:14- Good, I pitched it low. - JOSH LAUGHS

0:25:14 > 0:25:15The Sun came up with...

0:25:18 > 0:25:21LAUGHTER Whoa!

0:25:21 > 0:25:22Oh, it's spicy.

0:25:22 > 0:25:24- Of course.- Ah.- Very good.

0:25:24 > 0:25:26Lost In Spice.

0:25:26 > 0:25:28That's good. Already better.

0:25:28 > 0:25:30There we are.

0:25:30 > 0:25:32APPLAUSE

0:25:32 > 0:25:35What else has been up into space this week?

0:25:35 > 0:25:36A sausage.

0:25:36 > 0:25:39- The first Italian woman in space... - Oh, yes, coffee machine.

0:25:39 > 0:25:42- That's right. Samantha Cristoforetti.- First coffee machine.

0:25:42 > 0:25:44She's taken the first-ever espresso-maker

0:25:44 > 0:25:45to the International Space Station.

0:25:45 > 0:25:48Two Italian companies have been working on the design

0:25:48 > 0:25:50of a space-friendly espresso-maker for years,

0:25:50 > 0:25:53after one astronaut, Luca Parmitano, complained that the...

0:25:56 > 0:25:58Poor Mrs Parmitano.

0:25:58 > 0:26:00LAUGHTER

0:26:00 > 0:26:02Is he married? You don't know.

0:26:02 > 0:26:04You don't know, do you?

0:26:04 > 0:26:06I have no idea. It's not on the card, Paul!

0:26:07 > 0:26:10We're traducing this poor woman who doesn't even exist!

0:26:10 > 0:26:13- What... - LAUGHTER

0:26:13 > 0:26:16What was the difficulty about making espressos in space?

0:26:16 > 0:26:17Lack of gravity.

0:26:17 > 0:26:19Exactly that, yes.

0:26:19 > 0:26:21- But then doesn't George Clooney come in...- Yep, yep.

0:26:22 > 0:26:25..from the outside of the space module

0:26:25 > 0:26:26and then just make it for you?

0:26:26 > 0:26:29Or am I confusing a number of things?

0:26:29 > 0:26:31JOSH LAUGHS

0:26:32 > 0:26:36Ah, yes. This is the lamb chop that was filmed flying at 82,000 feet.

0:26:36 > 0:26:40It's the first meat to fly in space since that cow jumped over the moon.

0:26:40 > 0:26:42Also this week,

0:26:42 > 0:26:45an espresso machine was taken up to the International Space Station.

0:26:45 > 0:26:48It's claimed that this is the first coffee machine in space,

0:26:48 > 0:26:50although Starbucks are now officially based on the moon

0:26:50 > 0:26:52for tax purposes.

0:26:52 > 0:26:54So, fingers on buzzers, teams.

0:26:54 > 0:26:55Here's the next one.

0:27:01 > 0:27:02BELL

0:27:02 > 0:27:05- Yes, Ian and Josh. - It's a new version of Barbie.

0:27:05 > 0:27:09- Barbie as a computer programmer... - Yes.- Hacker.

0:27:09 > 0:27:11It's to do with a book.

0:27:11 > 0:27:13The Book Of Barbie.

0:27:13 > 0:27:14Is that one of the Apocrypha?

0:27:14 > 0:27:17JOSH LAUGHS

0:27:17 > 0:27:19It's a book of Barbie and the series called I Can.

0:27:22 > 0:27:24But it has been pulled and pulped

0:27:24 > 0:27:27because it is allegedly sexist.

0:27:27 > 0:27:30Here is one of the offending passages...

0:27:43 > 0:27:46AUDIENCE GROANS

0:27:46 > 0:27:48What happened to Ken?!

0:27:48 > 0:27:50Oh, I'm asking the wrong person, sorry.

0:27:50 > 0:27:53You've no idea. You've no idea. Don't know what I'm talking about.

0:27:53 > 0:27:56- Erm...- You're the opposite of Wikipedia.

0:27:59 > 0:28:03Why has the newly released Lammily doll been causing a stir this week?

0:28:03 > 0:28:05This is the doll that has cellulitis.

0:28:05 > 0:28:08- It has...- Cellu-leet. - Exactly that, yes.

0:28:08 > 0:28:11Unlike Barbie or Ken, supposed to be the first affordable doll

0:28:11 > 0:28:14on the market made according to realistic body proportions.

0:28:14 > 0:28:17The doll also includes cellulite and acne, and according to the

0:28:17 > 0:28:19makers, the doll can come with...

0:28:23 > 0:28:26Here she is. It's quite localised acne, isn't it?

0:28:26 > 0:28:30She looks like she's been the victim of an overambitious sniper.

0:28:32 > 0:28:36What are the optional extra physical flaws that Lammily could come with?

0:28:36 > 0:28:39- Flatulence.- Yeah, yeah.

0:28:39 > 0:28:42For an extra 6, Lammily comes with stickers which allow children to

0:28:42 > 0:28:43give the dolls...

0:28:46 > 0:28:48All the flaws.

0:28:51 > 0:28:55And every doll needs a slogan, of course. What is Lammily's slogan?

0:28:55 > 0:28:57- Oh, "I'm average".- Almost exactly.

0:28:57 > 0:29:00- "Average is beautiful." - Exactly right.

0:29:00 > 0:29:02Speak for yourself, Ian. But, yes.

0:29:03 > 0:29:06- According to the Guardian... - That would do.

0:29:12 > 0:29:15And may I say, how very lucky we are to have you here tonight, Josh?

0:29:17 > 0:29:20Yes, this is the Barbie book that has been slammed

0:29:20 > 0:29:23for portraying its protagonist needing IT support from men.

0:29:23 > 0:29:26The apparently sexist book was written by author...

0:29:26 > 0:29:29Wouldn't have happened if she got a bloke to help her.

0:29:32 > 0:29:35Meanwhile, this week, Tesco have apologised after a seven-year-old

0:29:35 > 0:29:38girl took exception to a sign by some superhero toys which said...

0:29:40 > 0:29:43Not as controversial as Tesco's big plastic calculators,

0:29:43 > 0:29:45which are labelled, "Fun gifts for dodgy accountants."

0:29:45 > 0:29:49Time now for the Odd One Out round. Just one between you this week.

0:29:49 > 0:29:50Fingers on buzzers, teams.

0:29:50 > 0:29:54Your four are, American ambassador to London, Matthew Barzun.

0:29:54 > 0:29:56Inmates at HMP Wakefield.

0:29:56 > 0:29:59Tony and Jan Jenkinson, and Michelle Obama.

0:29:59 > 0:30:00BUZZER

0:30:00 > 0:30:01Oh, yes. Paul and Germaine.

0:30:01 > 0:30:04I was just watching Ian go for it, so I pressed it before he got in.

0:30:08 > 0:30:09The couple, Tony and Gemma.

0:30:09 > 0:30:11Tony and Jay, was it?

0:30:11 > 0:30:13- Jan!- They're standing outside the Broadway Hotel in Blackpool.

0:30:13 > 0:30:15- Is exactly right.- Which is

0:30:15 > 0:30:17the hotel which fined them £100

0:30:17 > 0:30:19because they went on one of these

0:30:19 > 0:30:20TripAdvisor things,

0:30:20 > 0:30:21they didn't like their stay very much.

0:30:21 > 0:30:24And the manager, owner of the hotel, saw this

0:30:24 > 0:30:26and took £100 off their credit card.

0:30:26 > 0:30:28- Yeah.- He said it was policy.

0:30:31 > 0:30:34- He'd written it in the small print. - There's a "no bad review policy".

0:30:34 > 0:30:35Apparently it read...

0:30:44 > 0:30:45JOSH: Astonishing!

0:30:45 > 0:30:48I bet Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's wishing he came up with that one.

0:30:50 > 0:30:52OK, so that's why they're there. The prisoner from Wakefield.

0:30:52 > 0:30:54No, I think they complained

0:30:54 > 0:30:56- about the food.- Oh, yes, Ian. Ian.

0:30:56 > 0:30:58- That's it.- OK.

0:30:58 > 0:31:03Has the American ambassador complained about something?

0:31:03 > 0:31:06Yes, he's been complained about English cuisine, hasn't he?

0:31:06 > 0:31:09- Oh, so it's food.- Food. - JOSH: Have they all complained about the food,

0:31:09 > 0:31:12apart from the couple who've just complained about the general hotel?

0:31:12 > 0:31:14Michelle Obama must be the odd one out.

0:31:14 > 0:31:17- JOSH: Has someone complained about Michelle Obama's food?- Yes.

0:31:17 > 0:31:19APPLAUSE

0:31:19 > 0:31:21Very good.

0:31:21 > 0:31:22APPLAUSE

0:31:22 > 0:31:25Almost exactly right, yeah.

0:31:27 > 0:31:29They've all complained about food,

0:31:29 > 0:31:32except for Michelle Obama, who's been the subject of complaints

0:31:32 > 0:31:34from American students about their school meals.

0:31:34 > 0:31:36American children have been posting

0:31:36 > 0:31:39pictures of their school meals on Twitter, along with the hashtag...

0:31:40 > 0:31:43This is after she campaigned to make the school meals healthier

0:31:43 > 0:31:44and smaller.

0:31:44 > 0:31:48Josh, you look like someone who's had their fair share of low

0:31:48 > 0:31:49nutritional food.

0:31:53 > 0:31:55You're such a sweet talker.

0:31:55 > 0:31:58- Yeah, I...- You have a look at these, Josh.- OK.

0:31:58 > 0:32:02- OK, exhibit A.- Oh. So what's that? A bap?

0:32:02 > 0:32:04And...

0:32:04 > 0:32:06..a thrown-up bap.

0:32:07 > 0:32:09Here's exhibit B.

0:32:11 > 0:32:13That looks like an innuendo that I...

0:32:16 > 0:32:20Tony and Jan Jenkinson who went to the Broadway, in Blackpool,

0:32:20 > 0:32:22on TripAdvisor they made their little review.

0:32:22 > 0:32:24What actually was wrong with the hotel? I mean...

0:32:24 > 0:32:28It was a full David Mellor. They said it was...

0:32:28 > 0:32:30ghastly and smelly and...

0:32:30 > 0:32:31They said...

0:32:40 > 0:32:42Oh, have you got their number?

0:32:42 > 0:32:46Not an actual plastic sausage?

0:32:46 > 0:32:49- I'm guessing not.- No. - So the prisoners at Wakefield jail.

0:32:49 > 0:32:53Do you know what complaints one convict had regarding fishcakes?

0:32:54 > 0:32:57Fishcakes. There's no file in it.

0:32:57 > 0:32:58They said...

0:33:09 > 0:33:11And Matthew Barzun. His complaint.

0:33:11 > 0:33:13Do you know what it was?

0:33:13 > 0:33:15Yorkshire pudding or something. What was...

0:33:15 > 0:33:18He was talking to Tatler magazine. He said, "At official engagements...

0:33:22 > 0:33:24What else does the American ambassador always

0:33:24 > 0:33:28serve at ambassador events? "Ambassador events". What's that?

0:33:28 > 0:33:31- You know what I mean. At his functions.- Ferrero Rocher.

0:33:31 > 0:33:35- Absolutely right. Yes.- Really? - He generally does.

0:33:35 > 0:33:37Here's a photograph to prove it.

0:33:37 > 0:33:39There you go.

0:33:39 > 0:33:41Served on silver salvers.

0:33:41 > 0:33:44Lastly, what did one woman in Glasgow do so her dad could

0:33:44 > 0:33:45enjoy free meals for one year?

0:33:45 > 0:33:47I mean, that is a broad question.

0:33:49 > 0:33:52- It involved her midriff.- Tattoos. - Tattoos, exactly.

0:33:52 > 0:33:56She got a tattoo of the local curry house. There we go. Shish Mahal.

0:33:56 > 0:34:00- Wow.- What did Beth have to say about the tattoo?

0:34:00 > 0:34:02Beth being her name, of course.

0:34:02 > 0:34:05That she's ruined her life.

0:34:05 > 0:34:06No, she said...

0:34:19 > 0:34:22So, yes, there we are. They have all complained about their food,

0:34:22 > 0:34:24except for Michelle Obama, who's been subject of complaints

0:34:24 > 0:34:27from American students about their school meals.

0:34:27 > 0:34:29So, some American high schools students are pissed off.

0:34:29 > 0:34:31Come on, what's the worst thing they're going to do?

0:34:33 > 0:34:36A Prisoner at HMP Wakefield complained of finding a snail in his peas.

0:34:36 > 0:34:38Meanwhile, the exact opposite complaint was registered

0:34:38 > 0:34:40at HMP Perpignan.

0:34:45 > 0:34:47Time now for the Missing Words round,

0:34:47 > 0:34:50which this week features, as its guest publication, Keeper Notes,

0:34:50 > 0:34:53the newsletter of the International Congress of Zookeepers.

0:34:53 > 0:34:55Keeper Notes is not a News International publication,

0:34:55 > 0:34:58although the editor does spend a lot of time behind bars.

0:35:01 > 0:35:03And we start with...

0:35:07 > 0:35:09JOSH: Looking like Alex Salmond.

0:35:09 > 0:35:11You're getting quite close, actually.

0:35:11 > 0:35:13Is it haggis?

0:35:15 > 0:35:18- No.- Oh, is that he doesn't get any more bookings any more

0:35:18 > 0:35:20- because he's... - Yes, it's exactly right.

0:35:20 > 0:35:24- I imagine it was exactly in the words I said.- Lack of work. Lack of work.

0:35:24 > 0:35:27- Here is John MacLeod...- Wow!

0:35:27 > 0:35:29..who, according to BBC News...

0:35:31 > 0:35:34He doesn't look anything like Susan Scott.

0:35:34 > 0:35:36Anyway, next.

0:35:38 > 0:35:40GERMAINE: Beats himself.

0:35:48 > 0:35:51Is that one of the traditional openings?

0:35:52 > 0:35:55You can win any game in two moves,

0:35:55 > 0:35:57to try and move the subject on a bit.

0:36:02 > 0:36:04- What?- Yes.

0:36:04 > 0:36:06World number one Magnus Carlsen slept through half of a recent

0:36:06 > 0:36:08world chess championship match,

0:36:08 > 0:36:11unlike the spectators, who slept through all of it.

0:36:11 > 0:36:12Next...

0:36:15 > 0:36:18- JOSH: Ageing. - Getting married early, young.

0:36:18 > 0:36:21- It's going to be like the one that got away.- Having a family young.

0:36:21 > 0:36:23Not having a family young.

0:36:23 > 0:36:25- No.- Not having a family, having a family.- No, it's

0:36:25 > 0:36:28- not the family so much. - JOSH: The partner.

0:36:28 > 0:36:31- Being in a relationship.- No. Um...

0:36:31 > 0:36:32Being in an on-off relationship.

0:36:35 > 0:36:39- Marrying...- Marrying beneath yourself. Whatever that means.

0:36:39 > 0:36:42Marrying...above yourself.

0:36:42 > 0:36:44As you know the answer, why don't you tell us?

0:36:48 > 0:36:50- There we are.- Didn't I say that?- No. - All right.

0:36:50 > 0:36:51Next...

0:36:54 > 0:36:57Gets absolutely pissed out of his head.

0:36:57 > 0:36:59Every zookeeper goes to a birthday party

0:36:59 > 0:37:02and looks around at the other human beings and thinks to himself,

0:37:02 > 0:37:05"You know, I suppose in the end I do prefer animals."

0:37:07 > 0:37:11- Goes to a birthday party and... - Dances like a gorilla.

0:37:16 > 0:37:17Next...

0:37:20 > 0:37:22To be growing UK's hottest chillies.

0:37:25 > 0:37:28Here is Matt Simpson, who puts the success of his award-winning

0:37:28 > 0:37:31chillies down to treating them with disdain. Here he is...

0:37:31 > 0:37:32shouting at them.

0:37:32 > 0:37:35Is it true that you've been shouting at Katie and the other chillies to

0:37:35 > 0:37:38make them that bit more defensive, that much hotter?

0:37:38 > 0:37:39Yes, I hold my hands up.

0:37:39 > 0:37:43I shout it, I've done my sergeant major impression at them.

0:37:43 > 0:37:45I've picked up the plants, I've dropped the pots,

0:37:45 > 0:37:47I've smacked them around.

0:37:47 > 0:37:49Yes, I could get into a lot of trouble

0:37:49 > 0:37:51if plants have the same rights that cats have.

0:37:51 > 0:37:55Will you show us how you shouted at Katie in the past?

0:37:55 > 0:37:57You horrible little chilli plant!! Pull yourself together!

0:37:57 > 0:37:59Get hotter, hotter, hotter, hotter!!

0:38:02 > 0:38:04Was it a slow news day?

0:38:06 > 0:38:07Next...

0:38:09 > 0:38:11Liver disease.

0:38:13 > 0:38:16- Rabies.- Smelling of bear.

0:38:16 > 0:38:18Look how long it is.

0:38:18 > 0:38:20Yeah, it's smelling of bear, bear, bear, bear.

0:38:26 > 0:38:28Zookeeping can be a rough career.

0:38:28 > 0:38:31Female zookeepers, in particular, can find it hard to break

0:38:31 > 0:38:35through the glass ceiling, which is just as well, otherwise the gorillas would climb out.

0:38:35 > 0:38:36Next...

0:38:40 > 0:38:44GERMAINE: Pin the tail on the donkey.

0:38:44 > 0:38:45JOSH: Spin the botanist.

0:38:50 > 0:38:54Unfortunately the game had to be abandoned because of a cheater.

0:38:54 > 0:38:56- Oh!- Oh, dear.

0:38:57 > 0:39:01- That's my favourite joke of the show. - And, lastly...

0:39:03 > 0:39:05Free teenagers.

0:39:05 > 0:39:08GROANS

0:39:10 > 0:39:12Official policy.

0:39:12 > 0:39:15According to BBC News, Berlusconi's currently in hospital

0:39:15 > 0:39:16for an eye operation.

0:39:16 > 0:39:19Very sorry to hear that. He should be in prison.

0:39:20 > 0:39:23APPLAUSE

0:39:24 > 0:39:27There we are. The final scores are Paul and Germaine on six,

0:39:27 > 0:39:29but Ian and Josh on seven.

0:39:29 > 0:39:34APPLAUSE

0:39:35 > 0:39:38But before we go, there's just time for the Caption Competition.

0:39:38 > 0:39:40Ian and Josh have this.

0:39:40 > 0:39:43Is it "cow disappointed with multi-faith jumper"?

0:39:45 > 0:39:47"That's a lovely jersey!"

0:39:49 > 0:39:52- APPLAUSE - Thank you very much.

0:39:52 > 0:39:54Paul and Germaine, get that.

0:39:54 > 0:39:57Why have they got electronic things on their heads?

0:39:57 > 0:40:00- Well, it's because seals have been behaving very badly.- Have they?

0:40:00 > 0:40:04- What have they been doing?- They have been mating with penguins.- What?

0:40:04 > 0:40:07It said it in the newspaper. There was a picture of it happening.

0:40:07 > 0:40:12As far as I can see, it was just a seal lying on top of a penguin.

0:40:12 > 0:40:14Which newspapers are you reading?

0:40:15 > 0:40:18Are you sure this isn't just the new John Lewis ad?

0:40:20 > 0:40:25APPLAUSE

0:40:26 > 0:40:27I mean, you can't blame the seal.

0:40:27 > 0:40:30The penguin is the most attractive of all birds.

0:40:31 > 0:40:33It's the way they walk.

0:40:36 > 0:40:39- On which note...- On which note, me having sex with a penguin, you're going to

0:40:39 > 0:40:41- finish the programme.- Yeah. - All right, then.

0:40:41 > 0:40:43On which note we say thank you to our panellists Ian Hislop

0:40:43 > 0:40:46and Josh Widdicombe, Paul Merton and Germaine Greer.

0:40:46 > 0:40:48And I leave you with the news that in central London

0:40:48 > 0:40:51a desperate David Mellor has to resort to extreme measures

0:40:51 > 0:40:53to make sure he gets home in time for dinner.

0:40:56 > 0:40:59In Cardiff there's a Freudian slip as Prince William references

0:40:59 > 0:41:01the Crown Jewels three times in one minute.

0:41:07 > 0:41:09That could be an advantage in a close race.

0:41:13 > 0:41:14And on a visit to a care home,

0:41:14 > 0:41:17George Osborne is suddenly struck by the thought that even if they don't

0:41:17 > 0:41:21play bingo for money, he can still charge them for the gaming licence.

0:41:24 > 0:41:26Good night.