Episode 1 Beat the Pack

Eight contestants, all with a chance to win thousands of pounds.

Only one will start in control. Can APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Hello there, I am Jake Humphreys and this is Beat The Pack, if you

can stay ahead of your opponents you can win up to �12,000. We have

randomly selected one player to start in control and today that

player is Rhianne. Come and join us. APPLAUSE

Hello. How are you. Excellent. Thank you. What a lovely smile.

Thank you. Where are you from? Newcastle. What do do you do for a

living? I am a student nurse. from the nursing side of things

what would and good game for you today, what topics? Food and drink,

soap operas. That kind of thing. Quiz shows. OK. Basic telly and

eating. Fine. If we get that we are flying. Cow win up to �12,000, what

would do you with the money? graduate in July. I have a little

holiday for myself somewhere beautiful and I really want a

tortoise. How much would that cost? �50. As �11,950 on a holiday.

Please, thank you. We will try and make that happen for you. Best of

luck. I hope the game works out well for you because you are in

control. I am. You start down here with me, but standing in your way

are seven people. Shall we meet them. Gareth, a police officer from

Devon. Jean, retired accounts administrator from Henley-on-Thames.

A software sales rep, S, khi. from swan Swansea. Tom, senior

infrastructure analyst, Liverpool. APPLAUSE

Seven very different jobs from all corners of the UK. Some really

differing ages, that looks kwaoeubg a tough pack to take on. It does.

Are you ready for the battle? Good. Who, when you look at that

pack, first impressions can tell you so much about people, who do

you think you are worrying me already? Gareth. Really, why?

sure if he reminds me a bit of Heston Blumenthal. He locks like he

knows something and he is not telling us. Hopefully you will go

out early, and you can make snail porridge and we will have a lovely

afternoon. Do you think that's fair to say that you are an early threat,

Gareth? I am more Harry Hill than Heston Blumenthal. I bet you get

both a lot. Oh, yes. Shall we look at your categories today. Yes,

please. Here they are. Six categories stand between you and a

Each category is worth up to �2,000. All you have to do is answer one

question correctly from each category for the chance to win up

to �12,000. If she gets a question wrong at any

time, she's out of the game. There are no second chances. However, if

she doesn't like a question she doesn't have to answer it. I will

replace it with an easier one but that will cost her because the

money Halfsins every time she passes. The pack will be answering

every question. If she passes and they get it right, she loses

control and it going home with nothing. That's not all, one of the

pack will then take your place. We have seen the categories. We have

heard the rules. We have met the pack. Are you still feeling as

confident and as bubbly as when you arrived? Yeah... Not sure I believe

you! But you have no choice. We are about to get under way. Let's play

Beat The Pack! APPLAUSE

OK, I think there's a lot of love in the room for tu I had. Everyone

would love to see you win the game. Lots of categories, what's your

first impression? Not what I would have wished for. There's no food

questions really. There's no soap questions.

I stopped watching children's TV a You have a choice, sometimes it's a

good opportunity play one of your tough categories because chances of

them knowing the right answer is slim, so you can pass more freely

or go for a category that you think you will do well at and get early

money in and we will start to motor. It's your call. I think I will go

with British landmarks, please. Because we are nice here we have

one more thing to tell you and that's at any time during the show

you can give me two answers to any of the questions. A double answer.

Make sure you use it wisely, because do you only get to use it

once. OK. Let's look at the �2,000 Those are the four options. Pack,

for the first time today, get answering. The pack have all

answered. It's a difficult question. It should be, it's a �2,000

question. This is as hard as they get for you, what are you thinking?

want to go home yet. I am going to pass. You know the risk with

passing? I don't think they're all going to get it right. If all the

pack know the right answer then you are out of the game already. The

chances are slim, but it's possible. You have chosen to pass on our

first question on today's Beat The Pack. The �2,000 on landmarks.

Let's reveal the correct answer. It's a good job you didn't play. I

can tell you John Nast Nah Na -- Nash also designed the Royal

pavilion in Brighton. Let's see who right answer and that is Jean. Well

done. A perfect start to the show for you. How did you know the

answer? Well, I have been to the Brighton Pa Sreulian -- Pavilion. I

thought there's a fair bet he didn't, I think Wren was materially.

The only bad news for you by getting an important question right,

Rian may be thinking you are a good player and maybe you are dangerous

to her. We will see how that opinions out for you later. For now,

well done. You are through the next category. Make your way to the safe

Jean Jean knew what she was talking about. Sneaky. The next question is

worth half as much because you you. OK. Six members of the pack

are up there now. Have you visited any of those four places? None of

them. Oh, dear! That's not good news. No. The furtherest north, I

might have been all right. Are you going to play or pass? I don't have

any choice. I am going to have to pass. Again? I don't know the

answer. I wish I did. It's early in the game and I would like to have

banked some money. You would like some money. Yes. If you keep on

passing, you won't get any. I will get my �50 for the tortoise. I will

be all right. We will see. Right, let's look at the correct answer to

the �1,000 question on British landmarks. Still rings no bells?

Not what I would have said. It's in Cornwall Tintagel Castle. If the

correct answer this time. Rose Anne and Gareth. Well done. The correct

answer from you, how did you know? I got a feeling it's about

something to do with King Arthur. OK. Congratulations. Gareth, well

done, as well. You are both in the safe area and through to the next

category. Off tkpwu. How are you feeling now? I want to get one

right. One wrong answer and you are out of the game. Look now, the pack

has been whittled down to just four. Now the chances of all four knowing

the right answer has increased. The pressure is on to start playing.

The next question is worth �500. Let's look at the �500 question on

It's time for you to try and do the same, if you can. This is now the

�500 question. Yeah. The stakes are starting to get raised here. It's

easier for you, hopefully, it's also easier for the pack. Play or

pass? When the question first came up Humber came into my head but I

have a feeling the Forth Bridge is somewhere around Scotland but I

don't know the answer. Do you feel you need to pass or do you think

it's imperative to play with four members of the pack? Can I play my

double answer, please? Yes, you can. You are going to play your double

answer. Let's lock that in. What two answers would you like to

give? Humber Bridge and Forth Bridge. OK. Let's lock that in. OK,

this is the deal. If it's neither of those and you don't look

particularly confident having given those answers, then you are out.

Yeah. Is the correct answer Humber Bridge?

No. It isn't. Your entire game rests now on Forth Bridge. Ready to

see if it's right? Yes, please. It's come down to this. Let's see.

Is Rian's game going to continue? It is the right answer! APPLAUSE

And breathe a sigh of relief! What's it like standing there

waiting for the answer? It's horrible. Tpwu went green, so I

went care. I am happy to have got a question right. Shall we move on?

Yes. And put �500 into the bank. Please. Well done.

It was really reaching a stage where the pack were putting

pressure on you. I can tell you of the four remaining pack members

three of them knew the right answer to that question. If you would have

passed you would have been in a nasty head-to-head situation. You

have avoided that. You have completed the first category.

Before we go further, you have to choose one member of the remaining

pack to leave the show. Who is most likely to take any money that you

bank? I am thinking Arwel. Why? looks quite confident. It might

have to be him. Let's find out whether your intuition was correct.

Did you know the right answer? used the process of elimination to

get it right. How frustrated do you feel to be the first to leave the

show? Yes. Sadly, though, you were vulnerable just at the wrong time.

You caught Rian's eye, so I am afraid to say, you must leave the

trying to work out what the right and wrong answer is, aren't they?

Yeah. They're vital to your game. You need to get rid of strong

players. You have to go with whatever feels correct. Your game

continues. Let's bring back the Six members of the pack are left.

It's important for to you make those big decisions. Yeah. You have

got another one to make now. What would you like the next category to

be? My original thinking was that I would get rid of the ones that I

thought I wouldn't know. That was really hard! So, I think I am going

to go weddings. You might be better at weddings? It might be a bit more

something I might know. More fun. All right. You have got five

categories left to play, worth up to �10,000. Let's hope that

weddings is the first category to deliver that juicy �2,000. Yes,

Rian, have a think. Pack, give us Do you read gossip magazines and

celebrity columns? Lies in an LA, I think, has been married quite a few

times. I think they all have. For me, it is between Barbara Windsor

and share. If I had to answer, I would probably go with share. But

to do not have to answer and they do not think they all know it, so

do not think they all know it, so will? Not answer. If you give us

You will win �2,000. There is a great result -- great reward for

giving us the right answer at the right time. Rian has chosen to pass.

She will be kicking herself if the correct answer is share. Let us

reveal the correct answer. Rian, Rian, Rian. You have got to trust

yourself. Barbara Windsor has been married three times, lies and the

Na Li four times. John Collins, five times. Let us turn our

attention to the pack. Rian knew the right answer that she was not

brave enough to play. Did the pack know the right answer? Before 60p,

Gareth and Roseanne with the correct answer. Roseanne, well done.

You're into the next category. Gareth, once again, so wide you.

Please go to the safe area. -- so are you. The next question is worth

I might be one of the only people that didn't watch the wedding.

life, Rian, what we're doing? in Australia. I'm pretty sure it's

not be a wine and I have not heard of Sarah Burton. I have a feeling I

remember a picture of Stella McCartney at the wedding. Think it

is her. Would you like to play or pass two I will play, Stella

McCartney. This is a brave move. You would like to play, Stella

McCartney. Let us loch that in. If the answer is Stella McCartney, you

will win �1,000. And you will then be on to the third category, and be

be on to the third category, and be be on to the third category, and be

closer to the final. It is the wrong answer, it has cost to

replace in the game. Did Stella McCartney design the wedding dress

for the Duchess of Cambridge? No, she didn't. Rian, so frustrating,

isn't it? Who was it? What was your second choice? I would have said

Caroline Hull rough. Let's reveal the right answer. Sarah Burton was

a designer that you had not even heard of. Actually, the creative

director of Alexander McQueen. You have been a great contestant but

sadly, the wrong answer at the wrong time has cost you your place.

You failed to beat the pack. Thank you for being here. Goodbye. Take

What a shame for Rian but that is the way the game works. One wrong

answer, no matter how well you play up until that point, it is over.

But the show carries on so let's bring back the pack. OK. Rian is

gone and the money she bank has gone but it means that I need

someone to come down here and play the game with me. The bad news for

Rian means good news for somebody else because the person who has

played the best game until now it is about to join me down here and

take control of the game. And the best player until this point is...

Gareth. Don't you come. Nice to meet you. Let me look at you. I

think you are more Heston Blumenthal and Harry Hill. You have

played really well until now. How has it been, being in the pack?

is quite nervous. Rian is lovely but I wanted her to lose. That is

the way the game works. By being ruthless, you can be successful and

you need to keep that were ruthless streak. It is not just about Antrim

the right questions at the right time. -- keep that ruthless streak.

It is your job to whittle down the pack and make it to the final

against the weakest possible player. Remind us why you are from. I am

from Devon and I am a police officer. What would you do with the

money you could win today? There are still �8,000 up for grabs. As

you have demonstrated, �2,000 questions are your speciality.

hope so. �8,000, I think I would do an expedition across the Arctic for.

So you have not got grand plans(!) That is fine. Shall we do it?

do it. He wants to track across the Arctic with the money he makes

today. Let's hope it's more than �500 otherwise he will not be able

to afford a jacket. Gareth, you are in control, with four category is

to play. You could win �8,000. Let's play Beat The Pack. You have

made some good decisions up until this point. What can we expect from

your game? Bold, brave answers? will play safe because I want

something in my pocket. So the aim is to make the final? Absolutely.

These are the remaining categories. It is you call. Where do you want

to go? I will start on a high, hopefully, with Stephen King.

Stephen King is Gareth's first category. Let's look at the first

Right, so the five remaining pack members have locked in their

answers. I see a shake of the head and a wobble for the first time.

thought this would be a lot easier. I have read probably everything he

has written, and I think I know the answer. What do you think it is?

think it is carried. -- Carrie. Remember, if you pass and the pack

get it right, you lose the money. Play or pass? Pass. Gareth has

chosen to pass. Let's see if it was the right call. Is the answer

Carrie? I should have more faith in myself. That has just cost you

�1,000. If all the pack knew the correct answer, that the book was

published in 1974, in the game is over. Who got the correct answer? -

By the game continues. But only just. All the ladies with the right

answer. Well done, Jean. Are you a big fan of Stephen King? I had

never read any of them. Well done for giving us that answer. Jean,

Roseanne, Luisa, correct answers from all three of you. Please go to

You're so annoyed with yourself. am so annoyed! This moment will

hurt because the next question is worth half as much because you past.

�1,000. The priority now has to be staying in the game. Particularly

because you're now up against two members. Let's play. Here is the

Sukhi and Tom have answered. I know the answer. Rita Hayworth. I am

absolutely certain. Gareth has decided to play and he has given us

the answer. It is locked in. Let's see. Is the answer Rita Hayworth?

Now we're cooking. Now we're going. It is the right answer. �1,000 for

Gareth. Let's put that in the bank. So it is a good start and you are

through to the next category. There are three categories standing

between you and a place in the final. Who will not make the final?

Sukhi and Tom are in danger. You can choose to eliminate whichever

one you think is the biggest risk to your game. It is going to be Tom.

Why? I think he is hiding something. I think he has a brain on him.

Sorry, Sukhi, I am not saying you haven't got a brain! Sukhi, don't

worry, you're still in the game. Be glad that Gareth is not sure

whether you have a brain. It worked out well for you. Poor Tom. You

just looked a bit clever. That you very much for playing. Tom, please

lead the pack. -- leave the pack. Striving towards the final?

Absolutely. Let's bring back the pack. Gareth, we're down to four

members of the pack and just three categories. Let us keep things

moving. The Olympic Games, insects and children's TV. I'm going to go

with insects. Let's look at the �2,000 question. In the 1940s,

which insects became the first living creatures to be launched

Gareth, have a think. Do pack, give us an answer. -- pack. Take into

account what they know. Take into account what you know and work out

whether you want to play or pass. know all about the dogs and the

monkeys but I have never heard about any insects. I would say I am

confident enough to use a double answer. I'm going to go with silk

moths and fruit flies. Be you are going to use the double answer to?

Yes please. Gareth is using his double answer. Let's lock that in.

Which answers would you like to give us? As soon as I said silk

moths and fruit flies, I thought, ladybirds! I will stick with silk

moths and fruit flies. Let us lock them in. And hope, for Gareth sake,

that one of those is the correct answer. I cannot look! How worried

are you? Who would know the right answer? I think she knows the

answer to everything. Jean, you can look at us. I thought I might give

something away! If I get it right, I know who is going! Jean, you have

been warned. I thought he was going to do that! First of all, to keep

Gareth in the game, his silk moths the correct answer? Fine with that.

Thought it was fruit flies. fruit flies the correct answer? It

is! It is! We won and another �2,000 to your bank. What a great

player. -- we will Manor at another �2,000. He won two categories from

the final. You can still put another �4,000 into the bank. We

turn our attention to the remaining members of the pack. Looking at all

four, who would you like to say goodbye to. I'm going to stick with

Jean. Sorry, Jean. OK. Jean, what a shame. Did you know the correct

answer to the last question to my guests. Again. Again. I know you

are disappointed but even you, surely, can understand why Gareth

has decided to remove you? I do not quite a lot about children's

television, but Gareth will not know. Nice for her to reveal that

information and make you feel even better(!) I would like you to know

something, Jean, you have been the strongest player in the pack up

until this point. Around of a pause for being such a great player.

Thank you very much. -- a round of applause. And I can tell you

something, Gareth, on the last question, all four members of the

right answer. If you had passed, you would be out. You stay in the

game but sadly, Jean does not. Gareth, the a two category is

standing between you and a place in the final. They are both worth up

to �2,000. You could walk away from here with �7,000. Where could we

go? My girlfriend has a little boy and he is four. I have sat and

watched some television with them so as long as it is a question on

Peppa Pig, I'm going to go with children's TV. He is hoping for

Peppa Pig. Gareth's category is children's TV. And here is that

OK. The pack have locked in their answer. I have never ever seen

Shaun The Sheep. This is a tricky one. I really like the look of

Bitzer. Worth the risk? I am going to go with a pass. Gareth has

chosen to pass on the �2,000 question on children's TV. He

thought the answer was Bitzer. If that turns green, not for the first

time today, Gareth is going to be seriously kicking himself. If it's

not the right answer, then it was the right decision. Can I change?!

You want to change your mind? time you talk in that voice you

make me doubt myself. Gareth, it's your decision. It's only money.

Let's go with Bitzer. Wow! OK. Gareth has chosen to play. APPLAUSE

Right. Let's make it more exciting. This is remarkable from being ready

to pass, you have decided to play, despite having not seen an episode

of Shaun The Sheep. Let's lock in Bitzer. If it's wrong, we will all

feel for you. Is the correct answer I have had enough! I am leaving. I

cannot take this any more. I knew it! Where did that come from?

idea. I am over the moon now. Gareth, you should be over the the

moon, because that was the correct answer, you are into the last

category before the final with �2,000 added to the bank. What a

player. What a player. Now you have another decision to

make. The three remaining members of the pack, which one would you

like to send packing? Roseanne. Why? It's all a bit of a blur, I

seem to remember her sitting on that sofa more times than the

others. You have been in the safe area a few times. You have played a

good game until this point. Did you know the correct answer? I did.

did. Perhaps Gareth it was another right answer for you, but very much

the wrong answer for you, roseanne. Thank you very much for being here.

Please leave the pack. It's now Gareth up against Luisa

and Sukhi. You are now one category away from the final. Once again,

this category is worth up to �2,000. Shall we play the game? Let's do it.

This is it. The last category before the final is Olympic Games.

Will Gareth be in the final with with �7,000? Let's see the �2,000

Gareth, have a think. Sukhi and Luisa, please give us an answer.

The answer from the pack is locked in. The pack both know the right

answer and you have to work out if they do and you pass and you are

out. �5,000 and a place in the final. I have to pass, sorry.

Gareth is going to pass. Women's javelin, but I got to pass. Would

you have said women's javelin but choose to pass on the �2,000

question on the Olympic Games. Let's reveal the right answer. Was

it women's javelin? Another good decision. That's a big

surprise. And a big, big decision by you. You have kept yourself in

the game until now. However, let's see did our remaining two members

of the pack know the answer to this question? If they did, Gareth is

out and with him goes �5,000. The APPLAUSE

There you go. That was a good move. The next question is now worth

Have a think. Sukhi and Luisa, over to you.

The pack have locked in their answer. A big sigh from you. Not a

clue. For a place in the final and another �1,000, play or pass?

going to pass. Gareth has chosen to pass again. First of all, let's

reveal the correct answer. What would you have said, Gareth? Laura

Trott. Let's look at the correct answer.

Another good time to pass. Bradley Wiggins won tkwoeld, --

gold, of course in the time trial and went for gold in the road race,

didn't get it. Whereas the three others picked up melt pel medals in

-- medals in the Velodrome. I feel better now. Did the pack get the

APPLAUSE You lucky man. Well, perhaps

revealing a lot about their Olympic knowledge which at the moment is

keeping new the game, however, it's also costing you money. You choose

to pass and the next skwe worth half as much, just �500. This is

now the question that stands between Gareth and a place in the

Gareth, have a think. Pack, your OK. If you say pass, we will keep

the excitement going and look at how the pack got on. What do you

think? I am fairly confident it's Barcelona and I think I will stick

with that. Happy to play? Happen tkwroeu play. --. Happen tkwroeu

play. -- happy to play. That answer is Barcelona.

If it's right, he's made it through. Time to put you out of your misery,

Gareth. Time to see if Gareth is indeed in today's final.

He is in the final! He's done it. Well done. Thank you.

Well played, Gareth. Let's add to that final �500 to the

bank. There you go, Gareth. You go into the final to play for that

money. As you are still in control you choose who you go up against.

There are two remaining members of the pack. Your job is to work out

who you think you stand a better chance of beating in that final.

Who would you like to eliminate? am going to eliminate Luisa. Why?

just got a vibe she's just a little bit stronger than Sukhi. How do you

feel about that, Luisa? Gutted, I thought that was my chance to swoop

in and take the money. Thank you very much for playing, Luisa.

APPLAUSE Sukhi,

Sukhi, you

Sukhi, you have

Sukhi, you have done

Sukhi, you have done it. I don't know how, but somehow, yes. Are you

ready to nick �5,500 from Gareth? am going to give it a shot. Gareth,

are you ready? I am. Let's do it. Let's play The Beat The Pack final.

It's been some show, hasn't it? Now this is the biggest moment. We are

here in the final and Gareth congratulations, you have played an

amazing game. �5,500 is in your bank. All that stands in the way of

you taking that money home is Sukhi. Gareth, you will now face 75

seconds of quick-fire questions, keep getting them right and you

will leave here as a really worthy winner. Answer incorrectly or take

too long to answer, I will stop the clock and Sukhi will be given a

chance to answer that same question. If you can give me three correct

answers, Sukhi, in the 75 seconds, you will steal every penny of

Gareth's �5,500. We know Gareth would like to go to the Arctic and

have a trek. What would you do now that you know the potential winings

are here? That's a great sum. It will go towards a wedding that we

are planning for next year. Well, if you take that money from Garth I

imagine your wedding will go with a bang. That's right. Good luck to

you and good luck to you, Gareth. Are you ready to play? Ready.

time starts now. The coffee shop shop central Perk

was in which US sitcom? Friends. What nationality was the composer

Beethoven? Austrian. Stop the clock. What nationality was the composer

Beethoven, Sukhi? German. Is the correct answer, you have your first

steal. Gareth, 12 seconds in, Sukhi has

one correct answer. Two more and the sphupb his -- the money is his.

In July 2011 which long-established British newspaper closed amid the

phone hacking scandal? News of the World. Krebg. -- correct the name

of aoeu pasta translates as little tongues? Penne. Stop the clock.

Sukhi the name of which Italian pasta translates as little tongues?

I am going to say fusilli. S ukhi, that was the wrong answer. The

correct answer was linguini. You still need two steals. Gareth,

there's now 46 seconds left on the clock. Your time starts now. Which

DH Lawrence novel was the subject of a famous obscenity trial in

1960? Lady Chatterley's Lover. Which fashion designers are known

by the initials D and G? Dolce and Gabanna. Which animal is referred

to as the King of the jungle? In a 2005 charity single Tony

Christie sang about which Texan city? Amarilo. Which artist painted

The Persistence of Memory? Dali. What is the chemical formula for

laughing gas? N O2. Stop the clock. What is the chemical formula for

laughing gas, Sukhi? H. You are out of time. The correct answer was N20.

Gareth, you are now five seconds away from �5,500.

Your time starts now. Jonathan, and granny Smith are

varieties of which fruit? Apple. The corrects answer! And Gareth has

�5,500. What a player. What a wonderful

player. Congratulations. Sukhi, you know what, you had your chances.

But Gareth, having played a fantastic game, you have won the

final, as well. You, my friend, are going to the Arctic. You managed to

beat the pack. You walk away from here with �5,500. Gareth everybody!

APPLAUSE Wow. What a player. That's Gareth

setting the benchmark for what it takes to impress on this show. Join