A Week in the World

Welcome to the quiz show that takes you to the greatest

destinations on the globe and gives you the chance to go there.

And watching at home tonight,

you could win A Week In The World in New York.

This city is home to the Empire State Building, Times Square

and the Statue of Liberty.

Watch out for these six Big Apple locals -

they will be your quiz masters tonight.

So grab a pen and paper, write down the numbers of the right

answers and, at the end of the show, you could win a week in the world

in New York City. Details of how you can enter are coming up.

Ladies and gentlemen, you're listening to...

# WOR-FM New York... #

DJ: 'Oh, my God, I can't believe it's the last day of summer.

'Fall begins tomorrow.

'I'm walking around and, for the first time ever, I'm seeing sweaters

'and jackets and scarves everywhere. Welcome to the show.

'We got lots to talk about today.

'New York is the largest city in the United States,

'with a population of almost eight and a half million people,

'it's a melting pot for immigrants from all over the world, with

'as many as 800 languages spoken across the city.

'I'm heading off the beaten track and starting my trip in Harlem.'

Yeah! New York, baby!

CHEERING AND WHOOPING

'Harlem is in uptown Manhattan and it's been made famous over

'the years by Hollywood for all the wrong reasons,

'so I wanted to go and find out what life was really like

'on the famous 125th Street.

'The first thing I noticed was the village

'atmosphere in the heart of a big city.

'There was a real sense of community here - street vendors,

'families, just a really relaxed atmosphere.

'So who best to ask about Harlem than a stallholder?'

Tell me about the community. The Harlem community...

from Central Park on up,

it was a place where blacks began to migrate and focus on building up not

only a residential standpoint but also a business standpoint,

when a lot of segregation was going on back in the day.

And so, from there, you know, for the Harlem renaissance,

the cultural renaissance, a lot of poets, a lot of pastors,

from Malcolm X, Louis Farrakhan,

everybody always used to focus in here, in the Harlem community, to

try to turn it around and engage our people from a point of enrichment.

And I can see that the bean pot

was one of those things that was very popular.

Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X, right on 116th Street, used to love

this bean pot, eat it all the time. Really? Yes. Yes.

What's the book? Oh, this is the Holy Bible.

This is first in my life, the creator, God.

I'm a Hebrew, as you can see, I'm a Hebrew,

an Israelite Jew, chosen by the creator, God.

I hope you've made me look skinny.

Well, YOU gotta do that. I just record what I see. OK.

Hasaun, we've got one final task for you.

We need you to read a question for us.

Coming live from the Brother Soul original bean-pot stand,

we got a question for the viewers here at home.

The New York Public Library is the second-largest library in the US.

It was used in the film Ghostbusters.

What are the marble lions that recline outside

the New York Public Library?

Is it, one, Romulus and Remus,

two, Patience and Fortitude,

or three, Neyla and Rajan?

Remember, if you're playing along at home, to note down the number

that corresponds to what you think is the right answer.

You'll need these numbers in sequence to enter

the competition at the end of the show.

'Millions of New Yorkers use the transit system each weekday.

'I'm on my way to one of the most visited tourist sites in the city.

'Surprisingly, it's not the Empire State Building or

'the Statue of Liberty - it's a train station...

'Grand Central Terminal.

'Affectionately known as Grand Central Station, it is, in terms

'of the number of platforms, the largest train station in the world.'

So, you're the man with all the facts about this place. Well, yes.

I'm loaded up with facts, but, actually, it's

the place itself that has so many secrets and mysteries and oddities.

This 36,000-square-foot main concourse behind us. It's beautiful.

Well, you know, at one point it wasn't.

This place was once thick and black with dirt,

had 1,000 homeless people and was going to be torn down.

750,000 people coming through here,

the entire population of San Francisco.

750,000 a year?

A day. A day, coming through here.

And here's a little secret. All these people coming through here,

they don't realise that there is a jewel in plain view,

right here in the terminal, worth $10 to $20 million.

Clear off. Oh, it's true.

In fact, right down there at the information booth, every

face of that four-faced clock is made out of the precious jewel opal.

It has been valued at $10 to $20 million

and nobody has shoplifted that.

Shows you how honest New Yorkers are, right?

Few people know that within the 49 acres of this terminal

resides a secret train.

It was built at vast expense...

vast expense during the Great Depression.

They did this even though they knew no New York Central Railroad

customer was ever going to ride there.

Now, our president from 1933 to 1945 had polio. He couldn't walk.

And, believe it or not, most of the American

public had no idea their own president had polio.

It was kept from the public, kept from the press. No-one was to know.

So, when he would arrive in New York City,

on that train would be a train car that carried enclosed within it

the presidential limousine.

That train would come up to that secret platform,

a door would open up... Here? Yes.

The President would be driven off of that train car onto

the platform, directly onto an elevator that would lift him up,

directly up into the Waldorf Astoria,

where he'd be back out right into the grand ballroom sight unseen.

And his secret train car was left there, abandoned there,

and it still exists to this very day.

Dan, I will kiss you if you let me see that train. You know what?

I'll show it to you anyway, not to worry.

'Well, I didn't think the promise of a kiss would land me in one of the

'noisiest places in New York, but I have a feeling this'll be worth it.'

MACHINERY ROARS This train car on the top,

where there should be ridge vents, they're actually gun ports

so that they could fire out in case they were attacked.

The entire train car is armour-clad

and the suspension systems are unique.

Because of polio,

he couldn't take any rattling motion of that train.

He'd flop over.

It is incredible that we're looking at this now.

It's just kept exactly the way it was on the day it was left here.

Only in America! Yeah.

OK, everybody at home, here's your question.

Right, Grand Central Terminal covers 49 acres.

Within the 49 acres is a secret train especially built,

but for whom?

Was it, one, the Vanderbilt family,

two, special guests for the Waldorf Astoria,

or three, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, our president from 1933 to 1945?

Don't forget, if you're playing along at home tonight,

to write down the number of what you reckon is the correct answer.

You'll need this at the end of the show for your chance to win

a week in the world in New York.

'New York is one of the financial capitals of the world.

'At the charging bull, tourists take a rub of its bits for luck!

'And right next to it,

'I came across this guy with a little red carpet, and he was hoping

'his dreams can come true and he can make his fortune on Wall Street.'

Welcome to my not-so-red-carpet life,

where everyone is a celebrity because there's something to

be celebrated about each and every one of us.

Who was the last person you said "I love you" to? My daddy. Awww!

You don't look a day over...

59. Thank you! I like that!

What are you trying to achieve?

My dream is to become a red-carpet host

and host my own red-carpet specials.

And it's important to be famous to you, is it?

LAUGHS Yeah, why not?

Everyone wants to know that they matter.

Why do you think fame means you matter?

Cos that's dangerous. It is. That's why I worry about this place.

Everybody wants to be famous, everybody wants to be big,

everybody wants to be THE thing. I know. I got the bug.

I got it and I got it bad.

'Anything goes on the streets of this city,

'where it seems people are not afraid to express themselves.'

A special appearance by Rat Boy! Look at this! Oh, my God.

You're hardcore.

'This really is an eclectic mix of people from all walks of life.'

I've got to say, it's not too often I meet

people in the street that have got shoes like that...

..and dressed as elegantly as you! Is this typical New York?

Well, it's typical for me. I live fashion. I'm a shoe designer.

You know, it's how I express my creativity. And the thing,

of course, in New York, is that you can be yourself...

..where you're not going to be judged. Is that right, or not?

I mean, I think the perception is you could be totally out there

and people won't judge,

but I actually have to say that's not 100% true.

I do get a lot of looks, especially from women,

who are looking at me like, "How can you be walking in those shoes?"

It's like they're almost angry at me, like,

"How dare you wear a shoe that high!"

How much would a pair of shoes be?

Um, these, you know, they start,

like, opening price point is probably about $600.

And that's the bottom price? That's the bottom.

These are luxury positionings. Going up to what?

If you have Swarovski crystals, it could be upwards of, like,

1,200, 1,300. And people pay that? They do.

Performers, singers like Beyonce, Lady Gaga, you know,

Taylor Swift performing on stage wearing my shoes.

# Let's do it... #

'Next up, Times Square.

'Now, I'm bound to be able to find a sane quiz master here.'

I love your hair. Oh, thank you! That is large!

So, I'm still looking around here for ordinary New Yorkers to

be our hosts of our questions.

And remember, you'll have a chance, if you answer them,

to win a week in the world in this wonderful city.

'You never know who you'll run into in this place, like this guy.

'I know what you're thinking, my long-lost twin.'

Shout. In 1790...

Louder! 1790... 1796...

So, we're having difficulties

because we can't hear her read the question.

New York City was the capital...

Welcome to Times Square! YEAH!

That's what we need!

# Oh, say, can you see...? #

You're sacked, Liberty. OK, let me do it again.

Can you be as loud as her?

# By the dawn's early light...! #

'No shortage of entertainers,

'but I need to find someone to ask a question.

'Will we give it one more go?'

Good! Yes, good!

Yeah, it's a question. Will you read it out for us?

You speaking in Spanish?

Spanish?!

Here's your question.

The charging bull, here in the heart of Wall Street -

who was the guerrilla artist who designed it and placed it

in front of the New York stock exchange in the dead of night?

One, Saul Hernandez,

two, Arturo Di Modica,

three, Jason deCaires?

Don't forget what we need you to do tonight.

Write down the number of the right answer and keep it

until the end of the programme to be in with a chance of winning

a week in the world for two, here in New York.

'Away from the relentless pace of the city is

'Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn,

'the final resting place of some of America's most famous residents.'

Wow, what a special place.

Beautiful, away from the hustle and, you know,

the madness of the rest of New York.

It really is a very special place in New York City.

And we are surrounded by urban Brooklyn, but yet you come in here

and, just a few paces in, you're in a totally different environment.

We have over half a million people buried here. A lot of famous people.

New York, Jeff, it's all about status, isn't it,

who has the biggest, who's the richest?

Does that work in death, as well?

Yes, it definitely does, and so the size of the obelisk or

the size of the tomb, and the location.

John Matthews - tell us about him.

Yes, he was the soda-fountain king.

He introduced carbonated drinks

and particularly flavours for his carbonated drinks.

We have a number of Irish immigrants who made it big in America.

John Mackay discovered the Comstock lode out in Nevada, silver,

and made millions and millions of dollars.

They wanted people to know as they went by their tomb years and

years later, and generations later,

that they had made it big in America.

Mackay's, in fact, is heated

and has electricity in it. Why?!

My theory is that they wanted it heated

so that priests would be that much more encouraged to come in there

and pray over their mortal remains.

Is it still heated to this day?

They do pay a gas bill every month.

So it's...

So...

STEPHEN LAUGHS

So they're paying a heating bill after they're dead.

Well, I'm not sure that the heat is active at this point,

but they have that possibility, certainly.

STEPHEN LAUGHS Sorry. Well, each to their own.

And, obviously, as I've been looking around here,

we've got some very famous brand names, as well.

It doesn't get more famous than Colgate, does it? Mm-hm.

Yes, and so we have quite a few brand names here.

What about your death? Are you going to live here when you die?

In a gas-heated...

I don't know about gas-heated, but I will be interred here,

right next to the Tiffanys up on the hill here.

Spend my eternity...

If there's a tourist that doesn't come and have a look at this,

and stays in Times Square and the Empire State,

they're missing an awful lot. No, no, I agree with you completely.

It really is a very special landscape.

I'm standing at Green-Wood in front of the largest tomb here,

and it's the Steinway family, of piano fame.

And the question for you today is...

how many spaces are there in the Steinway tomb for caskets?

Is it one - 32,

two - 256,

or three - 128?

Remember, if you're playing along at home, to note down the number

that corresponds to what you think is the right answer.

You'll need these numbers in sequence to enter

the competition at the end of the show.

MARCHING BAND PLAYS

'The San Gennaro festival is held in September each year

'on the historic Mulberry Street of Little Italy.

'It served as a first home in America for hundreds of thousands

'of Italian immigrants who came to New York to improve their lives.'

Who was Gennaro? A saint. He's a saint.

Patron saint of something. I forget exactly.

STEPHEN LAUGHS

We love him here.

'This 11-day event celebrates the martyrdom of San Gennaro,

'the patron saint of Naples.

'Each year, the saint's blood, held in Naples, is checked to see

'if it has liquefied. If it has, it'll be a great year.

'And if not, it doesn't look so good.'

When his blood's liquefied,

we have a peaceful year, as we do this year,

because his blood liquefied today.

And that is attested to by many people who look at it.

The year that it didn't liquefy, the volcano erupted. What year was that?

Oh, I... Please! OK. I'll get you the pamphlet! OK!

Oh, the best, everything over here. The best!

What's your name? Louise.

Louise. Tell us why this is so special, Louise.

Well, because this is the Red Mike Festival Band and my husband,

Red Mike, started this feast in 1929 when he arrived from Italy.

Your husband? Well, he's now deceased, so I took over.

Oh-ho! Can I walk with you a little bit? Sure!

Right, don't let me keep you back from the cymbals, now.

Have you ever walked on the 12th of July?

'Well, this NYPD cop was going to do one of two things -

'either arrest me or ask a question.'

STEPHEN LAUGHS

OK, everybody at home, here's your question.

New York has five main boroughs - Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan,

Staten Island and the Bronx.

Which of them was known as Richmond up until 1975?

Was it, one, Queens,

or was it two, Staten Island,

or was it three, the Bronx?

Don't forget, if you're playing along at home, to

note down the number that you reckon corresponds to the right answer.

You'll need that, along with the others, to have a chance to

win a week in the world for two here in New York.

'Rising up from Ground Zero is Freedom Tower,

'standing proud on the New York skyline.

'66 floors up, Belfast artist and film-maker Marcus Robinson

'has dedicated his life documenting the rebuilding of the fallen towers.

'He invited me to chat to him in what has to be one of the most

'spectacular art studios on the planet.

'I've been here for the last ten years and I've been drawing,

'filming and painting the rebuilding of the World Trade Center.'

So, I came here with this dream of wanting to film

the whole of the rebuilding, all the way from beginning to

end, and at that time I hadn't realised it was going to take

more than 15 years.

And what inspired you, at that first moment, to come out here?

When the events of September 11th happened, I felt I had a sort of

calling because the events of 9/11 really became

part of the collective consciousness of the world.

Since that very first day when I came to film here,

so many people have helped and supported the project,

and I think it's because there's a genuine sense that making

a story that is a celebration of humanity

and a celebration of the diversity of New York City,

that that is an important story to be told.

It's a reminder of the tragedy, is it not?

Yeah, I mean, the tragedy, in a way, is always present, but what I wanted

to focus on was the incredible spirit of the people

who are here rebuilding the site.

'And I think one of the archetypal themes of New York City is

'the idea of the iron workers towering above the city, really up

'in the clouds, and I really wanted to be close to them

'and to try and capture something of that spirit.

'Every day, I take it as a blessing to be here.'

'New York is a city of extremes, a city where billionaires

'share the sidewalk with those down on their luck.

'Lahang dons his mask to become Life, a superhero dedicated

'to cycling the streets at night helping the less fortunate.'

This man is a good man. He comes down here, he helps out, you know,

gives us things like this, things that we need, and we appreciate it.

You know? And I'm not just saying that for some socks.

He comes down here from the heart and that's the beautiful thing.

Kind words, man. I appreciate the words.

We are live in New York City at Babycastles.

RAP MUSIC PLAYS

'I had no inclination whatsoever to meet this man, but Jamel is

'a local hip-hop artist and I was forced to go see him.

'He's actually a nice guy, and he's taken his life struggles

'and turned them into something positive.

'Tonight, he's invited us along to his album launch.'

The music embodies New York.

You can see me - I got the little B-boy character.

It's the voice of the voiceless, you know what I'm saying?

Like, coming from a place where, you know, no hope,

you know, poverty, you know what I'm saying?

Low education. Where you grew up, is that how people felt around you?

Yeah. No hope? Yeah.

And hip-hop was like a outlet for us to release that stress

and release that anger and release that pain, you know what I'm saying?

# We got that w-w-w... We got the dope-dope-dope... #

Where did you grow up? I grew up in Brooklyn, New York,

in a very rough time period in New York where, you know,

a lot of drugs plagued our neighbourhoods.

It was during the crack epidemic,

so a lot of things happened in those neighbourhoods

that ravaged all kinds of families,

and the thing that saved me was my music.

# We got that dope-dope-dope... What we got? What we got?

# Yeah!... #

'Right, so I still need to find my last quiz masters,

'so back to my favourite place - Harlem.'

We sell...

DVDs and CDs! Authentic!

Welcome to Hustle Man's. Hustle Man? They call you Hustle Man? Yes.

He's Hustle, I'm Flow. That's right. Yes.

People back home watching this, back home,

they've got a chance of winning a week here in New York.

So we need you to ask them a question. Sure!

But listen, if they come to New York for a week,

they have to come and spend some money here at the table.

STEPHEN LAUGHS

Open the envelope.

OK, here's the question.

He can't see it. He has cataracts.

Here comes the question.

The world-famous Apollo Theater in Harlem is noted for launching

the careers of many prominent African-American artists,

but who made their first debut at the age of 12?

Is it, one, Aretha Franklin...

..is it one... ..is it two, Stevie Wonder...

..is it three, Marvin Gaye? ..is it three, Marvin Gaye?

If you're playing along at home, you should now be noting

down the number that corresponds to what you reckon is your last answer,

and you should now have written down six numbers in total.

You get a hat, you get a hat, I get a hat, everybody get a hat.

'Now, I know you're looking at me on screen right now thinking,

' "How does he find those beautiful clothes?"

'But someone somewhere thought I needed a makeover.'

The Blues Brothers. Can you dance? Go ahead, get a pair of shades.

It's Sam, isn't it? Stephen. Stephen.

That's the Blues Brothers!

What about a dicky bow?

A colourful dicky bow.

A dicky bow. Do you not call these things dicky bows?

Dicky bow... That's what I call Terry sometimes! Dicky-Boo!

And I call you Action Momma. I bet you two do!

THEY LAUGH

I bet you didn't think you were doing this tonight, big boy.

You can call me Dicky. Dicky? Yeah. Or Daddy.

CHUCKLES I am not calling you Daddy.

That's what I'm talking about, right there.

That's hot.

Looks like you work on the meat stall of Tesco.

STEPHEN LAUGHS

It's the Penguin! Do you know how to tie a tie? I'm not the best at it.

I think I would like you to do it for me, Daddy.

See? They always end up calling me Daddy in the end.

I like the sweater with the tie with your shirt. It just becomes...born!

And you got your sexy back.

Throughout the show,

we've been asking you to note down the number that

corresponds to the correct answer of each question.

You should by now have six numbers.

Write those numbers down in the order they appeared on the show

and these will create the pass code

which you need to enter the competition.

123123 isn't the right answer, by the way!

BOTH: # I'm the naked cowboy Gotta do what you gotta do

# I'm the naked cowboy Keepin' it real for you

# I'm the naked cowboy Gotta do what you gotta do... #

On the back!

# I'm the naked cowboy Keepin' it real for you

# I'm the naked cowboy Gotta do what you gotta do

# I'm the naked cowboy Keepin' it real for you! #

Welcome to New York!

Hello, I'm Sima Kotecha, with your 90-second update.