Episode 18 Breakaway

Welcome to Breakaway, a race to this finish line.

There's £10,000 to be won,

but will today's players stick together and win together?

Or break away from the pack,

in an attempt to win the whole lot for themselves?

Today's six players are...

Hi, I'm Maria. I'm a tour guide from London.

I'm Ed. I'm a paralegal and I'm from Croydon.

I'm Shirley. I'm a nursery nurse from Milton Keynes.

I'm Ben. I'm a student social worker, and I'm from London.

I'm Sarah. I'm a teacher from Staffordshire.

Hi, I'm Barry. I'm a tennis umpire and I live in West Yorkshire.

Please take your place on the start line.

30 correct answers stand between you and the finish line,

and with every correct answer

you will win £100 for the communal prize pot,

waiting for you all to share at the end.

But any one of you can, if you choose, break away from the pack.

And if you cross that finish line,

the entire prize fund will be yours.

If you break away, every question is worth £300.

Three times as much.

But answer a single question wrong,

and you risk instant elimination.

There are seven subject categories of three questions each.

The final nine questions could be about anything at all.

But before I start asking you those questions,

you have an important decision to make.

You will be given the chance to break away now,

and after every three questions.

You can see the break points marked on the track.

You'll have five seconds to decide,

and only the person who buzzes in first will break away.

Now if you break away now, I will throw in £1,000 bonus.

Just for having the gumption and the will

and the confidence to go straight from the off.

You could win £10,000

if you go now.

I'm going to ask you the question.

Does anybody wish to break away?

Very sensible. Very cowardly. Right.

You're sticking together, and that is absolutely fine.

Today's seven subject categories are there on the screen.

Your first subject is...

20th Century Art.

You'll have 15 seconds to answer each question.

One, and only one of you, must step forward,

and give me the answer before the time runs out.

Question number one.

-Is it Cubism?

-I'll go.

-Go on.

-Ed.

-Cubism.

Is cubism right?

I would also have accepted hermetic and analytical cubism.

Well done, you got your first question right. You have £100.

Question two.

-Jackson Pollock?

-It is.

-Shall I take that?

-Go for it, Ben.

-Ben.

-Is that Jackson Pollock?

Is Jackson Pollock correct?

Well done. Two questions down, two questions correct. £200.

Question three.

-Tony Hart.

-Tony Hart.

-Can I take it?

-Go on, go.

-OK, Shirley's jumped forward. Shirley?

-Tony Hart?

If Tony Hart is correct, you'll have had a perfect start.

Is Tony Hart the correct answer?

-Well done.

-Lovely, well done.

That's a great way to start.

£300 to share on the board between you.

We've reached today's first break point.

You can see them all marked on the track.

Before I ask you if you'd like to break away,

there's something that might influence your decision.

This is your chance to win yourselves a life,

and a life will be very, very important,

because it will protect you from elimination,

should you break away and get a question wrong on the Breakaway track.

The first one to buzz in and answer correctly will win a life.

These questions are always the same.

Who, what, where is this?

This superhero was born as James Howlett, in Alberta. Canada.

He was first seen on the cover of Marvel Comic

The Incredible Hulk in 1974,

on a teaser panel, in his trademark yellow and blue costume.

-Barry.

-Wolverine.

Is the answer Wolverine?

Yes. Well done, Barry. Barry gets the first life.

That will protect him, should he choose to break away.

Now, because you have won the first life,

you also get to choose the next subject category.

Here are the ones that are left.

I'd like to choose the Olympics.

After we ask that other question.

Stick together, go through the line,

you have £3,000 to share between you.

Break away now, and make your way to that finish line.

You would go home with £8,400.

Does anybody want to break away?

Not yet. Only Barry has a life.

Maybe you feel that you need a life to protect you, if you were to break away.

I don't know what you're thinking of,

but what I do know is you have to answer three questions

on the Olympics to get to the next break point.

Question four.

-Ben.

-Usain Bolt.

Ben says Usain Bolt.

I am sure everybody agrees with him, but is it right?

-Yes, it is. Another £100.

-Well done.

Question five.

Lillehammer, I'll go.

-Sarah?

-Lillehammer.

Is that the correct answer?

Well done. Another correct answer.

Question six.

-15 seconds.

-Skeleton, wasn't it. What was the name?

Amy Williams?

-10 seconds.

-Shall I go?

-Ed.

-Amy Williams.

-Is that the right answer?

Well done. Perfect start.

-What did she win it in, do you know?

-Skeleton bob, wasn't it?

I thought that was her nickname!

Old Skeleton Bob.

Like somebody from Scooby Doo!

We have reached the next break point.

We have a chance to win a life.

So it's very important you get one if you possibly can.

Question as always, fingers on the buzzers, will be...

who, what or where is this?

This mountain straddles the frontier between Switzerland and Italy.

OK, Barry.

-Matterhorn.

-Is it the Matterhorn?

Yes, it is. Well done, Barry.

Two lives to Barry. Looking very strong now.

Because you've won that life,

you get to choose the next subject category.

I'd like to pick British foods, please.

You'd like to pick British foods.

What's your thinking there?

I only know about three of them.

-Is it beans on toast?

-That's pretty much it.

Maybe you're looking for your team-mates to help you out.

Maybe he's bluffing.

He's giving you the impression that he's not going to break away.

Maybe that's because he wants to get his buzzer in first.

These are all maybes, obviously.

In a moment we'll get three questions on British food,

but before that, I'm going to ask you that question again.

If you stay together you could win £3,000 split between you.

If you break away now, on your own,

you could win £7,800.

£500 each or £7,800 for yourself.

Does anybody want to break away?

Standing like statues, just in case you accidentally broke away.

There's a lot of that standing very, very still.

You've made your decision.

You stay together as a team for these next three questions on British foods.

The first question is question seven.

-Somerset, was it?

-Somerset.

-Gloucester.

-Go for that if you think.

-Are you sure?

-I don't know.

-I would say Gloucestershire.

The time is ticking away. OK, answer.

Somerset.

Is the answer Somerset?

Now, the first bits of hesitancy there. I heard somebody say Gloucestershire.

-That was me.

-That was Barry. You've done fine.

The money's secure, £700, but that's the thing,

when there's a panic bad things can happen.

Question eight.

-I'll go. It's Arbroath.

-Do you know it?

-Sarah?

-Arbroath.

-You're saying Arbroath.

Is the answer Arbroath?

Well done.

It is, yes.

Question nine.

-I've got it.

-Go on.

-Jenny?

-Eccles.

-Is it an Eccles cake?

Well done. Perfect round. Barry, did you know all those?

The last one's one of the three foods I know.

One of the three things that you eat!

We've reached the next break point.

The first thing we do is that we give you the chance to win

yourself an all-important life.

Fingers on the buzzers. Who, what or where is this?

This entertainer was born on 6 March, 1917,

and broke into showbiz at the end of the Second World War.

Making a name for himself on radio shows such as Variety Band Box,

before he was given his first TV Show in 1952.

In the early '60s, he enjoyed a successful appearance

on That Was the Week That Was.

On the London stage... Shirley?

-Bruce Forsyth?

-Is it Bruce Forsyth?

No, OK, for the rest of you. On the London stage, he starred in

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,

which led to a successful TV role...

-Ben?

-Frankie Howerd?

-Is it Frankie Howerd?

It IS Frankie Howerd. Well done, Ben, you've got a life.

Now, you can either bring a new life into the game,

so that you've got a life, and Barry's got two lives,

or you could take one of Barry's lives off him.

I play quite fair, so I'll just take a life.

You're going to bring a new life into the game.

Ben, because you've won that life,

you get to choose the next subject category.

I'd like to go for pop groups.

You'd like to go for pop groups. OK.

But before that...

£7,200, if you got to the end of the breakaway track on your own.

Lot more money to be won on the side.

The longer you wait, the more money is lost to you.

Would anybody like to break away?

Not ready yet. Or, maybe just never going to do it.

The next three questions are on pop groups. Question 10.

Hear'say. Take it, yeah, go for it.

-OK, Maria.

-Hear'say.

Was it Hear'say?

Well done. Another £100. You've broken the £1,000 barrier.

Question 11.

ALL: Bananarama.

OK, yeah, go for it.

-Sarah?

-Bananarama.

Bananarama. You seemed to shout it at the same time.

Let's hope it's right. Is it Bananarama?

Yes, it is. Another question gone. Another £100. Question 12.

-I don't know that.

-No.

What do we reckon, mate?

10 seconds. You lose all your money if you get this wrong. Five seconds.

You need to step forward. Ed is there.

-What do you think the answer is?

-JLS?

-Ed says JLS.

If it is not JLS, £1,100 is wiped away.

All that hard work goes for nothing.

Is the answer JLS?

Ah, no!

Ed, take a step back. The money goes down to zero.

The answer was Take That!

Ah, no!

This is the trouble. You stick together, you share the money.

You get a question wrong, all that goes down to nought, again.

So, again, question 12.

Ben?

-NSync.

-Ben says NSync. Is the answer NSync?

Yes, it is. Well done.

All that hard work, one mistake, and you've got £100 after 12 questions.

This... Is the penultimate chance you have to win a life.

There is only one more life after this.

So, you need to be thinking about the endgame.

The question, as always, who, what, where is this?

This fruit is of the genus musa, of the family Musaceae,

and is one of the most important food crops in the world.

There are hundreds of varieties,

but the most widely consumed is the Cavendish.

The plant is a gigantic... Sarah?

-Coconut?

-Is the answer coconut?

No, it isn't. The plant is a gigantic herb that

springs from an underground stem.

-Ben?

-Banana?

-Is the answer "banana"?

It is. Well done, Ben. Well done. OK?

The question is, do you want to bring a life into the game?

Do you want to take one off Barry?

Erm, I'll take a new life.

You'll bring a new life in. You've got two lives. The same as Barry.

Only one more life to come.

Before we go any further, Ben, choose the next category.

-Reality television.

-Reality television, for Ben.

-Strong subject for you, Ben?

-Reasonable, I hope.

It could be a subject Ben would break away on, with his two lives.

Who knows? I'll ask that question.

1,900 you have between you,

if you stay together on that side.

If you break away now, £5,500. What would you be happy with?

Does anybody want to break away?

All right. Nobody has broken away.

The next three questions are on reality television.

They'll be worth £100 each. Let's get some momentum going again.

You haven't got that much money between you.

You need to crack on.

Right, question 13.

THEY TALK OVER ONE ANOTHER

Yes, go for it.

-Maria?

-My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding.

Is it My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding?

Yes, it is. £200. That's horrible to look at, isn't it?

All right. Question 14.

-The Apprentice? The Apprentice.

-Go on.

OK. Ben steps forward.

-The Apprentice.

-Is it the Apprentice?

It is the apprentice. Well done.

Another £100. Getting the momentum back up.

You've only made one mistake. But one error costs you dearly.

Right. Question 15.

Halfway there.

Would that be Susan Boyle?

Yeah, Susan Boyle, Diversity won.

Yeah, yeah...

10 seconds, nine seconds. Come on, eight seconds, five seconds.

Got to sort yourselves out. You nearly got timed out there. Sarah?

-Susan Boyle.

-Sarah says Susan Boyle.

Is Susan Boyle correct?

Susan Boyle. After the hokey-cokey, we got there!

£400. Reality television out of the way.

Next break point. Last chance to win yourselves a life.

Who, what or where is this?

This is the world's largest inland body of water,

and has a surface area of over 140,000 square miles.

-Ben?

-The Black Sea.

Is it the Black Sea?

It isn't. Ed?

-Caspian Sea.

-Is it the Caspian Sea?

-Yes!

-OK, Ed, I get the impression you're pleased with that.

Now, Ed, do you want to bring a life in so you've got one,

Ben's got two and Barry's got two?

Or, do you want to take your life from Ben or Barry?

I think I want to bring a new life into the world.

You've got that life. You get to choose the next subject category.

Human Body or Myths and Legends.

Bit of a toss-up, this one. Human body.

Human body, says Ed.

After we ask that other question.

£4,900.

Do you break away, and get all the way down? We are halfway through.

15 questions to go.

Whichever side you are on, the questions are the same.

Does any of you want to break away?

Sarah! Has chosen to break away.

Sarah, come and join me on the breakaway track.

Sarah, you have broken out on question 15.

There are 15 questions between you and that finish line.

If you cross the line, the entire prize fund of £4,900 could be yours.

All right? But, the big question you have to ask yourself is,

can you get there on your own? All right?

You can, if you want, ask one other player to come and join you.

You've got to share their knowledge, they'll support you.

I'm going to ask Barry.

OK, Barry. Sarah wants to know if you'll join her. Would you?

Yeah, go on, why not?

OK, so, Barry, come and join Sarah on the breakaway track.

Everybody else, you are not out of the game. You know that.

There's a long way to go. They could earn lots of money for you.

Fail, and then the money comes back across to you. So.

The subject is The Human Body. Questions worth £300 each.

It's question 16.

THEY CONFER INAUDIBLY

-Will I go?

-Yeah, go on.

-So?

-Colon.

-Is it the colon?

£300. As simple as that. Well done. Good start.

It goes up nicely on this side, doesn't it? Question 17.

I think the liver.

-Oh, I thought, oh, internal?

-Internal organ.

Time's running out. 10 seconds. Nine, eight, well done.

-Barry, step forward.

-It's the liver.

Is the answer the liver?

Oh, nice one!

Well done. £1,000 is up there. Question 18.

-Eardrum.

-It is.

-Sarah?

-Eardrum.

Is the answer "eardrum"?

Well done.

Well done indeed! Easy, isn't it?

Are you thinking, "I wonder why I didn't break out earlier?"

No, I was waiting for someone to take the initiative.

The next subject is Myths and Legends.

Question 19.

-Seven.

-Step up?

-Yeah, go on.

-Sarah?

Seven.

Seven labours of Hercules, was it?

OK, let's see. Was it seven?

SARAH GASPS

Take a step back, Sarah. There were 12 labours of Hercules.

Now, Pack, I need to talk to you. They have got a question incorrect.

You have a choice.

You can take a life off Barry, or take Sarah out of the game.

Take Sarah out.

Because two brains are better than one. We're going to take Sarah out.

You're going to take Sarah out of the game. Sarah?

I'm afraid, for you, the game is over.

Thank you very much for playing.

So, Sarah's gone. Barry, you are on your own.

You said you'd make a great team. She's not here.

Do you feel a bit exposed?

Absolutely! She had the brains of this operation. And the looks!

Well, look, you've got two lives.

We're still on question 19.

-Barry?

-Jason.

Jason. Did Jason lead the Argonauts?

Absolutely. £300. All on your own. Did that all on your own!

Question 20.

-15 seconds. That's straightforward - what's your answer, Barry?

-Poseidon.

Is Poseidon the same as Neptune?

He is.

-£1,900. Do they feel too easy for you?

-They were quite easy.

If you'd bothered to break away, you'd have had those questions! That's the way it works.

Question 21.

13 seconds.

12, 11, 10 seconds.

Ticking down, Barry. You must answer.

Five seconds to go, four, three.

OK, you've stepped forward. What's your answer?

-Uh, St George.

-Is the answer St George?

Barry, take a step back. You've lost a life.

Pack, what was the answer?

Beowulf.

Beowulf is the correct answer.

Still, question 21.

15 seconds.

-OK, Barry, Anubis?

-Roman.

Roman. You're going for Roman. OK. Is the answer "Roman"?

Barry, take a step back. The answer was Egyptian.

Barry, you've lost another life.

Very, very vulnerable now. No lives. You can't afford a mistake.

They're waiting for you back there. Trust me.

Question 21.

-OK, Barry.

-Going to say an eagle.

-Going to say an eagle?

Twice, you've failed on this question. You need to get it right.

Is the answer, or you're out, "an eagle"?

Success!

Yes it is, yes it is, yes it is. Well done. £2,200.

You've limped your way to this break point. They can smell blood.

It's the final run-in next. It's the final nine questions. It's pot luck.

It could come from anywhere.

30 seconds for each question. Maybe you feel you need a bit of help.

Maybe they don't feel like giving you any.

Would you like anybody to come and join you?

I would like to pick Ben.

OK, Ben, he might go all the way. There's only nine questions left.

It would be lovely to be with him if he did do it.

It would be horrible to be left there, having said no,

if he did do it on his own.

Go on then, why not? I'll give it a go.

OK, come and join Barry on the breakaway track.

There are murmurs. They're not happy that you've come across.

Maybe you've broken some terrible code that you've agreed back there.

OK, if you sail through there together, you will share £4,900.

You can do that, come on, Barry.

You did well on your own. I never knew those two questions.

Question 22.

Was that Lon Chaney, possibly?

Yeah, or maybe Bela Lugosi.

Down to 20 seconds now.

Or...

15 seconds, halfway through.

Ten seconds. Starting to get a bit of pressure.

Towards five seconds.

Five seconds. Ben, step forward.

Ben. What's your answer?

Boris Karloff.

A lot of discussion. Is the answer "Boris Karloff"?

Well done. Come and join Barry. Another £300. Another step closer.

Question 23.

You've got 10 and 11 and 12. Try that. Three.

Barry?

-Three times.

-Three times?

Is three times the correct answer?

BEN MOUTHS

-Nine!

-It's four times.

10, 11, 12 and indeed, nine.

Yeah.

Ed is bouncing about. He's full of joy! He's so happy!

You have a chance now, Pack,

to either eliminate Barry or take a life off Ben.

-What are your thoughts?

-I think we need to get rid of Barry.

Get rid of Barry! This seems to be the way that you like to do it.

You want to get rid of Barry

then you can concentrate on ruining Ben's day.

-Barry, I'm afraid, for you, the game is over.

-OK, thank you.

OK, Ben, so you're all on your own.

I know that being on your own here feels terribly lonely, but

being all on your own over there and going through that line first

feels fantastic, because you would have £4,900.

Remember that, you've got two lives.

You've got eight questions to go.

Question 23.

I should know this. Being that I live round the corner from it.

OK, so you should know it. Tell me what you think the answer is.

-The answer is Regents Park.

-Is the answer. Regents Park.

Yes, well done. You're on your own, but you've just won another £300.

You've just done another question, still got your lives.

One more question until the next break point. Question 24.

There are two names in my head.

OK, we need one.

20 seconds.

Er, we'll go...

OK, give me the answer, Ben.

Darren Gough.

You're going to go for Darren Gough?

Is the answer "Darren Gough"?

Yes it is. Well done. OK.

Little breather for a second. We've reached another break point.

You can ask one of the Pack to come and follow you.

You have to share the money. That's the thing.

I do believe in sharing the wealth a little bit,

and two heads are better than one. Being that he's got a life,

I'd ask Ed.

Ed, you seem to be one of the leaders in this pack back here.

Will you let them down and go and join him

or will you stick with them and maybe regret it?

Ben, it's a no for now.

You won't get a second offer.

All right. Question 25.

30 seconds.

I'm not great on my Bible studies, but...

20 seconds you have left.

You're standing forward. Who do you think the answer is?

Noah.

You're going to go for Noah. Is "Noah" the correct answer?

One question closer. £300 more.

Well on the way to that 4,900.

Five questions to get there. Two lives in the bank. Question 26.

Got a pretty good idea.

Early response. What's the answer?

-The Times.

-You think it's The Times?

Is it the times?

Another £300, another question gone. Ed, you might not get that chance.

"Not for now", he said. Maybe not ever!

Question 27.

Trying to think where it is now.

20 seconds. What it is, that's kind of the way the quiz works.

Time's ticking away. 15 seconds. Halfway through.

Ten seconds. Got to give an answer.

Five seconds. Right, what do you think the answer is, Ben?

-M.

-You think it's M?

Is M immediately to the right of C on a QWERTY keyboard?

The answer do you know the answer back there?

Don't care!

Is it V?

Could be V.

V is the answer. Take one step back, Ben. You lose a life.

Again, question 27.

30 seconds.

Are we in the world of guessing, Ben?

Absolutely. We're in the world of guessing.

I'll have to go for the obvious, I think.

Right, what's the obvious to you, Ben?

A nightingale.

If you're going to guess, that's as good a guess as any.

Is the answer a nightingale?

The answer is an owl. She called it Athena after she rescued it in Athens.

Ben, another life goes.

If you fail, that money goes across, they move up

and they'll just have those few questions left.

-All right?

-Yeah.

Again... Question 27.

-Time is running out.

-I should know this.

-You hear lots about them.

You're halfway through.

-I don't know.

-Don't go out without answering, please.

Five seconds, Ben. Right, Ben.

I'd have to say Cologne.

You say Cologne. Ed looks like he thinks you've got it wrong.

If you have got it wrong, Ben, you'll be out of the game.

Is the answer Cologne?

-Ed, what's the answer?

-It's either Geneva or Zurich.

-It's Geneva.

-Zurich, OK.

-Oh, I don't care.

Ben, I'm really, really sorry. You are out of the game.

Thanks, Nick.

Bye Ben.

You are back in, I know you never doubted it. Please come and join me on question 27.

You knew this was going to happen. You willed it to happen.

£3,700 you now have to share between you -

all that hard work has been done for you.

You are four questions away from going through that finish line.

Ed, you didn't come and join him. It looked to be the right decision.

One question away from the next break point.

-The next question is question 27. Don't get it wrong.

-OK.

You've got 30 seconds as well.

-Does anyone know this?

-What's his name?

He played Frank Butcher.

-Oh, Mike Reid. Go for it.

-I'll just go for it.

-Mike Reid?

-You've been waiting for this moment for ages.

Is the answer Mike Reid?

The answer was Freddie Starr.

£3,700 becomes no pounds.

That's a little bit heartbreaking, isn't it?

It would have been worse if we'd have really worked for it.

Yes, but it's still money that could have been yours that now isn't.

What you can do is go away with over a grand

if one of you breaks away when you get a chance.

Or there's £400 if you stick together as a team.

OK, question 27.

Turkey.

Ed steps forward. Ed thinks the answer is...?

Turkey.

Is it Turkey?

Well done, £100. You've reached the next break point.

If somebody breaks away now, they could win £1,000.

Maybe you're going to stay together. This is the chance to see.

Does anybody want to break away?

Maria has chosen to break away. Come and join me on the breakaway track.

You've got three questions left.

If you get through there, there is £1,000 for you.

However, maybe you want to ask somebody to join you.

-I will, I'll ask Ed.

-Ed is the man who says no. We know that of old.

Ed, do you want to come and join Maria on the breakaway track?

Ask me in a couple of questions' time, it's a no for now.

-That's what he's said before.

-Ooh!

-He said he'd wait and see.

You're going to earn some money and then he'll step in.

For the moment, Maria, you're on your own. It's question 28.

3am.

You stepped forward quite quickly, Maria.

The Star.

Maria says The Star. Is The Star the correct answer?

You had one short, question with us. You asked Ed to join you, he said no. The answer is the Daily Mirror.

That answer means, Maria, for you the game is over.

Thanks, Nick.

Ed and Shirley, the last two standing.

The money comes back across. It's only £100,

but it's yours for now.

Let's not go home empty-handed.

Let's make the most of what we've got left - three questions.

The first question is question 28.

-Go for it.

-Shirley steps forward. The answer is?

-Vinegar.

Is vinegar sour wine?

Step forward, Ed, and join her. That's another £100.

-We've got to stick together.

-The question is question 29.

Sebastian Vettel.

-Ed steps forward. Ed says...

-Sebastian Vettel.

Is Sebastian Vettel the correct answer?

Shirley joins him. £300.

It would be quite nice.

We've reached the final break point.

You've come an awful long way, haven't you?

You've seen off an awful lot of people.

You seem off an awful lot of money for that matter!

It's either crossing the line together, sharing £400,

or breaking away for £600 for yourself.

Does anybody want to break away?

Ed has decided to break away. Come and join me on the breakaway track.

There's one question to go.

You've been very single-minded,

although you've worked well with your team to pick people off.

Unfortunately there isn't as much money there as you'd have liked,

but you could have £600 by getting this one question right.

Would you like Shirley to come and join you?

The thing about me, Nick, is I'm an unbelievably good bloke,

-so, Shirley come over.

-Thank you.

-I wasn't expecting that.

-Thank you, Ed.

Right, you still have to get the question right. Are you ready?

-Certainly.

-We are.

-Question 30.

-Grace.

-Shirley says Grace. Is grace the answer?

-Yes!

-Well done. You have £600. That generosity paid off.

-Shirley knew the answer which is wonderful.

-I was born on a Tuesday.

You're both smiling and that's wonderful.

Join us next time when six more players face that tantalising dilemma,

play it safe and share the money,

or risk everything with a breakaway.

Goodbye.

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