Episode 20 Breakaway

Hello and welcome to the Breakaway champions' show.

Our six highest winners have returned to go head-to-head

and see which of them will cross this finish line

and take home the spoils.

Let's meet them.

Hi, I'm Carolyn, I'm a retired farmer's wife from Bakewell.

Carolyn was the highest single winner.

Invited to break away at question 15, she outlasted her partner,

crossing the line with £5,500.

Henry IV.

Well done! There you go! Fantastic!

Hi, I'm James, I'm a company director from Bromsgrove.

James timed his move to perfection,

breaking away on the very last question,

-giving just one right answer...

-Hair.

-..pocketing £5,300.

-Well done!

-Oh!

Hello, my name's Alan.

I'm from Buckhurst Hill in Essex and I work in a bank.

Alan found himself alone on the breakaway

after his partner was eliminated.

He braved the last question solo.

The Messiah.

And took home £5,200.

Hi, I'm Stuart. I'm a travel advisor from Surrey.

Stuart played the long game, turning down offers to join the breakaway...

-Stuart, please.

-Sorry, Gaynor, but it's a little bit too early.

..before making his move at question 21.

Malaysia.

And crossing with £4,700.

Hi, I'm Melanie, I'm a Spanish interpreter and I'm from Edinburgh.

Melanie was happy to watch her rivals crash out

before breaking away on the final question.

So I'll say Nefertiti.

She scooped £4,000.

Oh, yes! Thank God.

Hi, I'm Barry. I'm an IT consultant from Rochdale.

Barry broke away at question nine, taking Mike with him.

The pack targeted Barry

but they crossed the line together, sharing £6,900.

William I.

And as he was the first to break away,

Barry pipped Mike to the last place in our final.

Please take your places once again on the start line.

So it's grandmothers and eggs, you've all been here before

but there are 25 correct answers between you and the finish line.

Every correct answer, £100 for the communal pot,

waiting for you at the end.

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

I'm sure you know very comfortably that over here you can win the whole prize fund for yourself

by going through that line.

Every question over here, £400 - four times as much.

Answer a single question wrong, you risk instant elimination.

You've all been over here before.

You know that this is where the money can be earned, with good reason.

Today's categories are on the screen.

The first questions will be on European food.

But before we start those questions, you have an important decision to make.

Pumped up by your successes, you may even be thinking that you could break away now.

You'll get other options after every three questions.

There are the Break Points marked on the track.

You have five seconds to decide.

Only the person who buzzes in first will break away.

You've already got some money under your belt.

If you want £10,000 you could break away now.

I'll ask the question. Does anybody want to break away?

Well, it is true that you all won money before

and none of you won it by breaking away on the first question.

So probably, if you're going to stick to your strategy,

that was a good decision.

You have 15 seconds to answer each question.

One and only one of you must step forward -

I imagine it will be a fight, as you're all so strong -

before the time runs out.

The subject is European food. Question one.

-Foie gras.

-Foie gras.

-Go on, Carolyn.

-There you go.

-Carolyn?

-Foie gras.

-Is the answer foie gras?

RIGHTANSWER TONE

OK. We expect you to get these very, very quickly.

I think we're going to finish this game so soon,

there's going to have to be 20 minutes of the test card at the end.

Question two.

-Raymond Blanc.

-Raymond Blanc.

-Do you want to go?

-Go on.

-Melanie?

-Raymond Blanc.

Melanie says Raymond Blanc is the answer. Raymond Blanc.

-RIGHT-ANSWER TONE

-OK. We have two ladies. They've answered the questions so far.

I'm sure that you all knew the answers anyway.

Question three is the final question on European food,

as long as you get it right, of course. Question three.

-Who wants it? Go on, Carolyn.

-I've done it once.

-You go.

-Go on, then.

-Oh, after you! Barry?

-I think we all think it's saffron.

-Is the answer saffron?

-RIGHT-ANSWER TONE

-Well done.

As we would expect, a perfect start.

Three questions, three correct answers, £300,

and we've reached today's second Break Point.

But first, you have a chance to win a life.

You all know how important lives are.

You've seen the way that lives can shape the way that people go.

You can see how they can protect people.

You can see how they can embolden people

and you also know that there are four lives to be won during the game,

one now and one at each of the next three break points.

This is more of a head-to-head than any game we've had before.

You all fancy your chances. You all know that the others are strong, strong players

and you'll know the importance of buzzing in first

and answering correctly.

The question, as you know, is who, where or what is this?

This chemical element has the atomic number 78

and has a boiling point of 3,827 degrees centigrade.

BUZZER

-Melanie.

-Is it gold?

-Is the answer gold?

Melanie is out for the rest of the question.

It can absorb large volumes of hydrogen

and its name is derived from the Spanish term meaning "little silver".

-It is one of the rarest...

-BUZZER

Barry?

-No. Platinum.

-Is the answer platinum?

-RIGHTANSWER TONE

-Well done, Barry.

Barry gets the first life. Barry puts down that very first marker.

Barry answered more questions correctly than anybody else here

in his game.

He answered 13 correct answers out of 25.

What gave you platinum?

Er, I've no idea.

-I absolutely haven't the faintest.

-He's a natural! It just happens.

So Barry has the first life.

Three more lives to go. Barry gets to choose the next subject category.

Let's take Politics, please.

The next three questions will be on politics

but before we ask them...

Now, normally I would say it's very early in the game to be thinking about going

but we have a very particular group of people here today

and you'll know that if you don't go before somebody else

there's a good chance that they could go all the way.

So I know it's going to be more competitive.

I also know that all of you are more than capable

of going from an early part in the game.

If you are all to stick together -

and heaven knows, that would be disappointing,

you could win £2,500 to share between you.

If you were to break away now and go the whole way -

remember, Barry has a life -

£9,100.

Don't forget, you could take somebody with you.

Does anybody want to break away?

Not yet. That's fine. Sticking together for now.

The next three questions will be on politics.

Maybe that's what has inhibited you.

Question four.

-It's the Queen, isn't it?

-Black Rod?

-Isn't it Black Rod?

-Oh, is it Black Rod?

-Black Rod.

-You're probably right.

-They wouldn't dare slam it on the Queen.

-You go.

-Yes.

-Stuart?

-I think it's Black Rod.

-Is the answer Black Rod?

-RIGHTANSWER TONE

-It's to show the Commons' independence from the Crown.

Well done. Four questions down, £400.

Question five.

It's got to be Private Eye, hasn't it?

-Yeah. You go if you like.

-Shall I?

-Yeah, yeah.

-Alan?

-Private Eye.

-Is the answer Private Eye?

-RIGHTANSWER TONE

-Founded in 1961 by Peter Cook and friends

and now edited by Ian Hislop.

Everybody seems to be chipping in so far.

James perhaps the quietest but that doesn't matter.

James snuck in right at the end of his game

but then again, so did Melanie, as well. Don't underestimate them.

Question six.

-Department of fisheries...

-Environment.

-Regional affairs.

-No, rural affairs.

-Rural affairs.

Right, who's got it most?

-Department of...

-Five seconds. Somebody's got to go.

Two seconds, one second!

Your wife's a personal trainer, Alan.

She's obviously got you to move quickly at the last second.

Alan, what's the answer?

I think it's the Department of the Environment, Fisheries and Rural Affairs.

-OK.

-Food and rural affairs?

-Is the answer the Department of Environment, Fisheries and Rural Affairs.

-Is it food?

WRONGANSWER JINGLE

It's not. Take a step back.

The actual answer is the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

OK. Unlucky.

You have £500 from your five correct answers.

It can be saved in the game by Barry, who could give up his life.

Has anybody here not been asked to give up a life at some stage in their game?

-Er, me.

-So you know what it's like to be in that situation,

except for Barry, who IS in the situation.

There we go. So, Barry, you have five seconds to decide

to press your buzzer to keep the £500 in

or you may want to keep your life.

I don't think anybody will criticise you

if you do keep it but they might be happy if you give it up.

Time starts now.

OK, Barry keeps his life. I don't think anybody's going to criticise him for that at this early stage.

Unfortunately it does mean that the £500 goes down to zero.

And we still have another question on politics to get to the next Break Point.

Question six.

-Margaret Thatcher.

-Must be.

-It's not Tony Blair?

-No, no.

-She was '79-'90.

-But he's in the 21st century.

-Oh, 20th century.

-It's Margaret Thatcher.

Stuart steps forward. Stuart?

It's Margaret Thatcher.

Carolyn was having a word about Tony Blair,

then Barry said, "Hold on a minute, it's the 20th century, not the 21st."

Is the answer Margaret Thatcher?

-RIGHT-ANSWER TONE

-Yes, it is.

Carolyn knew Margaret Thatcher's dates. '79 to '90 she was in power.

You've got to keep your eye out for Carolyn because she not only won a great deal of money,

she also went through that line with how many lives, Carolyn?

-Three.

-Three lives.

It's a shame, really, you couldn't carry them over to this game.

-It is, isn't it?

-£5,500 Carolyn won.

She'll be after more than that this time.

So we've reached the next Break Point and the next chance to win a life.

Barry has one and Barry is guarding it closely.

Who, where or what is this?

This film was released in 1937.

It was the first full-length animated feature film...

BUZZER

-Carolyn?

-Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs.

Is the answer Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs?

-RIGHTANSWER TONE Yes!

-The first full-length animated - did that give it away?

-Yes.

Good answer. Good knowledge, Carolyn.

Carolyn gets a life.

Carolyn gets to choose the next subject category.

-Definitely myths and legends.

-Myths and legends Carolyn's going for.

Could be a very strong subject for Carolyn.

Maybe she is thinking of breaking away.

If she is, it's a good time to be thinking about it

because we've reached that point.

If we were to stick together, given our embarrassing hiccup,

£2,000 you could share between you.

Break away now, go all the way on your own,

£7,700.

You know the situation. You can take somebody with you.

The lives, as you know, can still be won once you break away.

Just because you're on the breakaway track, where the questions are worth four times as much, remember,

doesn't mean that you can't add to your lives if you have one

or get one if you haven't.

Does anybody want to break away?

Too much respect for each other, I think, here.

So we're playing safe for now.

Myths and legends. Question seven.

-Devon?

-It's Devon.

-No, it's Cornwall.

-Is it?

-I don't know.

-I think it's Cornwall.

-Ten seconds.

-I think that sounds...

-Go for it.

-Stuart.

-Cornwall.

Is the answer Cornwall?

-RIGHTANSWER TONE

-Yes, it is.

£100. We're up to £200.

Chicken feed for you lot, isn't it, really?

-Don't get out of bed for £200, do you?

-Never!

-Question eight.

-Dido.

-Dido.

-Go on.

-Alan.

-Dido.

Is the answer Dido?

-RIGHTANSWER TONE

-Dido's lover was...? Alan, do we know?

-Er, no.

-Carolyn?

-Aeneas.

-Aeneas.

-Aeneas.

Last question on myths and legends, if you get it right. Question nine.

-I think I should do that.

-Melanie, our Spanish speaker, the answer is?

-El Cid.

-Is the answer El Cid?

RIGHTANSWER TONE

El Cid Campeador. You say it for me properly.

-El Cid Campeador.

-Ah. I think mine was better.

I'm joking, of course.

Melanie, you need to know, is very good on Spanish.

She's lived in lots of different places in the world

but then you all have particular areas of expertise

that perhaps the others haven't got.

Anyway, we have now reached the next Break Point.

The next life, the penultimate life.

You know how important they are.

Who, where or what is this?

This sportsman was born on the 29th September 1956.

Aged 12, he began running and his father became his trainer.

-BUZZER

-Barry?

-Lord Coe.

-Is the answer Lord Coe?

-RIGHTANSWER TONE

-Yes, it is.

You really get the sense we're playing with the big boys now, don't you?

Very quick. Barry gets another life.

Was it the father that gave it away or the date of birth?

About ten years older than me, yeah.

Do you make a log of people who are ten years older than you?

-Yeah, cos there aren't many of them.

-Well done.

Two lives Barry has. Looking very, very strong now, Barry,

maybe looking towards breaking away

but the first thing he has to do is decide which of the next subject categories to have.

-Er, classical music, please.

-Classical music comes in.

If it had been Eurovision, Stuart would have been happy. He's an expert on Eurovision.

Right, three questions are coming up

but also this is the chance for you to break away again.

Barry was the earliest to break away in his game.

He broke away at this point, after nine questions.

He had one life and he made it.

He took somebody with him and of course you have that option, too.

Somebody will go soon.

If you stick together, £2,000 between you.

If you break away on your own now, £6,800 could be yours.

Does anybody want to break away?

He's changed his strategy!

Last time you had one life and you broke away.

You've got two lives and you haven't broken away.

I think none of you wants to be the first one out.

All of you want to be the last one in

and the first one across the line.

So, question ten.

-It was Strauss.

-Strauss.

-Johann Strauss.

-Go on.

-Do you want to go?

-Carolyn?

-Johann Strauss.

There's more than one Strauss, isn't there?

Is it Johann Strauss?

-RIGHTANSWER TONE

-Well done. Johann Strauss II,

Strauss the younger.

£500 we have. Question 11.

Yeah, you take that.

-Melanie?

-Beethoven.

-Is the answer Beethoven?

-RIGHT-ANSWER TONE

-Yes, he wasn't a fan of Napoleon's decision to make himself Emperor.

Another £100. £600.

Final question on classical music if you get it right.

Question 12.

Oh, erm...

-Puccini?

-Rigoletto...

-Verdi? Is it Verdi?

-Yes, I would think so.

-Yes, go on.

-Stuart?

-Verdi.

-Is the answer Verdi?

-RIGHT-ANSWER TONE

-Giuseppe Verdi passed away in Milan in 1901.

Well done. We've reached the next Break Point.

We've reached the final chance to win a life.

Barry has two lives, Carolyn has a life.

The rest of you, it would be nice, would it not?

It not only makes you valuable to yourself because it protects you,

it makes you valuable in case somebody's looking to bring somebody across.

You'll all be assessing each other

but the life is a little shiny reminder.

Who, where or what is this?

This ancient city was built some time around 6th century BC

by the Nabataean Arabs.

-It was unknown to the Western world...

-BUZZER

-Alan.

-Is it Petra?

Very quick to be going for an answer.

Is the answer Petra?

-RIGHTANSWER TONE

-Very good. Very good answer.

One of the few cities to also have been a Blue Peter dog.

Well done. Alan gets his life. The final life has gone.

They're all at this end. We're a bit life-heavy over here.

But you're all still in the game. That's the most important bit.

Alan, the next subject category, please.

The penultimate one. World sport or comedy?

-World sport, please.

-World sport.

Alan's a bit of a runner. He could be strong on sport.

but for some of you it's a slightly weaker subject,

so maybe for those people, there's less likelihood that they will break away

but that's the question that we're going to have to ask.

Stick together, £2,000 to share between you.

Go now on your own and make it all the way there,

£5,900 could be yours.

The questions are the same here as they are over there.

The only difference is over there you get a quarter of the money that you get over here.

By this stage, Barry had already broken out in his game.

Did anybody else break out by question 12?

Carolyn broke out by this stage.

Melanie and James, they stood and waited and waited and waited.

The next three questions will be on world sport

but before that, does anybody want to break away?

-Barry's gone!

-Oh!

-He's fed up of slumming it with you lot.

Barry, come and join me on the breakaway track.

Three questions later than he went in the first game that he played.

-Why did you wait?

-I wanted to get... What was the last one? Classical music out of the way.

Classical music out of the way.

Now, Barry you've broken away on question 12.

There are 13 questions left.

Go through the line on your own, £5,900.

-Now, Barry, you went through with somebody else last time.

-I did.

-You might have felt a bit cheated to have to share that money.

-No.

-No.

-No.

Maybe this time, maybe this time, you fancy having a little go on your own.

Maybe not. Maybe you think that you're more comfortable with somebody with you.

-That certainly helped you before.

-It did.

You both had lives and the lives were taken away

and you managed to stay in the game.

You know the situation. You share the money, you share the knowledge -

you work as a team.

So, Barry, would you, without mentioning any names, like somebody to come and join you?

-Er, yes, I would.

-OK.

Any of you would be an asset to him.

It's obvious that Carolyn and Alan have lives

but other people have different knowledge.

So, Barry - and they may well say no -

who would you like to come and join you?

Erm, I'll ask once and I won't ask again.

-Alan.

-OK. Barry's asking Alan to come and join him.

I was little bit surprised. I thought it might have been Carolyn.

Carolyn's a very strong player. You're all strong players.

Alan, would you like to come and join Barry on the breakaway track at this point?

-Yes, I would.

-Thank you.

-All right, then. Alan moves across.

Now, you've got to feel a little bit threatened because they're both very strong players

but equally, you've seen these games - they ebb and they flow and they change

and suddenly people can get stuck on one question.

I've seen people with more lives than that

lose them all on one question.

Just something mad goes on in their brains. Panic sets in.

So you're definitely not out of the game.

The next three questions are going to be on world sport.

Question 13.

-Got to be Florence Griffith-Joyner, surely.

-Yes, it is, yeah.

Barry steps forward. Barry?

-Florence Griffith-Joyner.

-Is it Florence Griffith-Joyner?

-RIGHT-ANSWER TONE

-Yes, well done.

The 100m in Indianapolis, the 200m in Seoul.

Those were her records.

£400 is added on. Question 14.

-Erm, is it South Africa?

-Yeah, I think it might be.

-I like the sound of that. Or India.

-Ten seconds.

-Erm, I don't know.

-Erm, go with it.

-Five seconds.

-Go with it.

-Alan?

-South Africa.

OK, there were two nations mentioned, South Africa and India.

You're fairly confident it's South Africa. Is the answer South Africa?

WRONG ANSWER JINGLE

Take a step back. The answer's India.

LAUGHTER

Eden Gardens is in Calcutta, Green Park in Kanpur.

-You did say India, didn't you, Barry?

-Yeah.

That's the way it goes. So you have to decide, guys over there, what are you doing to do,

take a life from Barry or the life from Alan?

Alan has one, Barry has two.

We'll take a life from Barry.

They're going to take a life from Barry. That's interesting.

Generally, in the games before, people like to whittle down the weakest person and get them out.

You are the champions, you're the ones with the great strategies,

and you've chosen to do something different,

-presumably because you think Barry is a strong player.

-Yes.

That's entirely fair.

Barry, if you brought Alan along as your shield, it hasn't worked there.

Barry loses a life. You're still in a strong position.

You've got two lives between you. Question 14.

Is it yokozuna?

Er, it sounds right. I'm not sure.

It's all I've got. I don't think it's right.

-Barry?

-Yokozuna.

-It came into your mind but you don't even think that it's right.

-No.

Is the answer yokozuna?

-RIGHTANSWER TONE

-Well done.

-Get in there.

Well done. Another £400.

£1,500. One more question on world sport.

Question 15.

It's going to be hurling. It's got to be hurling, surely,

rather than Gaelic football?

-Erm...

-What do you think?

-Five seconds.

Go for hurling, yeah.

-Barry steps forward. Barry?

-We'll go for hurling.

Barry said it was hurling.

Alan said "Erm, erm."

Is the answer hurling?

-RIGHTANSWER TONE

-It is. Well done.

Well done. Another £400.

£1,900. World sport is out of the way.

You've reached the next Break Point.

That's kind of irrelevant because you're still together

and the final category comes in and that's comedy.

Quizzers always think they're good on comedy.

-Do you think you're good on comedy, Barry?

-No.

-I like a good laugh.

You like a good laugh. Let's hope you don't give a good laugh to those waiting behind you.

Question 16.

-Alan Carr.

-Yeah, go.

-Alan?

-Alan Carr.

-Is the answer Alan Carr?

-RIGHTANSWER TONE

-Alan Carr, whose father is a scout for Newcastle United.

Tooth Fairy in 2007, Spexy Beast in 2011.

£2,300 you have. Another question down.

Question 17.

-Maplins.

-Maplins, yeah.

-Barry?

-Maplins.

-Is the answer Maplins?

-RIGHT-ANSWER TONE

-Best comedy BAFTA, 1984.

Another £400. £2,700. One more question on comedy.

Question 18.

-Alan?

-Er, Steve Carell.

-Steve Carell. Is it Steve Carell?

-RIGHT-ANSWER TONE

-It is. Well done.

Beautifully done. Another £400. £3,100. Comedy is out of the way.

We've reached the final run-in. Seven questions remain.

From this point on the questions are pot luck.

They could be about anything whatsoever.

You've both been here before.

Getting a little bit closer. You get 30 seconds to discuss it.

-What do we feel? Carolyn?

-I think we're going home with nothing.

You think you're going home with nothing.

-James, do you feel the same?

-No, I'm confident.

James and Melanie waited and waited and waited

and then bushwhacked their team-mates

by taking the money at the end.

There still are quite a few questions to go

and those questions are pot luck.

They could be about anything at all.

You've both got a life, you're both very strong players.

Every chance of doing it.

Last time you went through with somebody.

-You had a lovely team-mate. What was his name?

-Er, Mike.

-Mike, he was like...

-With the chops.

-He was a ginger Lee Van Cleef.

-That's right.

Because he was going to put the band back together

-and you were going to have a new kitchen.

-That's right.

-And Alan, you're going to help your wife out, are you?

-Yeah.

-With her business.

-And you're going to have an even bigger kitchen?

-A bigger kitchen.

-You can never have enough units.

Right, let's get on with it. Question 19.

-Werewolf.

-Werewolf.

-Yeah.

-Yes, Alan?

-A werewolf.

-Is the answer a werewolf?

RIGHT-ANSWER TONE

Good. From the Greek, of course.

The Latin would be "lupus" for wolf, would it not?

Another £400 goes up there. £3,500. Six questions to go.

You both have a life.

Question 20.

-Erm...

-English actor's.

I would have said Richard Burton but he was Welsh.

Er, no, not Richard Burton. Erm, what's the guy? Laurence Olivier.

-You've got 20 seconds to go.

-Would it be Laurence Olivier?

Well, it's better than Richard Burton. Go for it.

-Yeah?

-Yeah, absolutely.

-15 seconds.

-What about John Gielgud?

-Plenty of time.

-I prefer that one, I think.

-OK.

Alan steps forward. Alan?

Is it John Gielgud?

-You were about to say Sir Laurence Olivier.

-I was.

If it's Olivier you'll be very upset.

You changed your mind as your foot was in the air

to Sir John Gielgud.

Is the answer Sir John Gielgud?

-RIGHT-ANSWER TONE

-Well done.

THEY LAUGH

Well done. First of all Barry's thinking it's Richard Burton

-but he's Welsh.

-He's got a lovely voice.

Then you went for Laurence Olivier, then at the eleventh hour,

-John Gielgud popped into the brain, didn't it?

-Yeah.

I think Carolyn knew the answer back there

-but knowing the answer back there is no good to you, is it?

-No, no.

It isn't, it isn't.

-Are you disappointed he didn't ask you to come over?

-I am, actually.

I was a little surprised, I have to say.

But they're doing very well, you can't argue with that, can you?

Alan came up with that inspirational moment and you immediately knew.

-"I prefer that," you said, didn't you?

-Yeah.

It was a lovely answer.

He'll be replaying that at home night after night after night.

Unless you get knocked out, of course.

-LAUGHTER

-Question 21.

-Five.

-It's five, isn't it?

-Yeah, five.

-Mike Teavee, Veruca Salt, Augustus Gloop...

-Charlie.

-Charlie and...

-that horrible one.

-The other one, yeah.

-Five.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Alan goes forward.

-Five.

-Five says Alan.

Barry's trying to name them all

but let's see first and foremost if the answer is five.

-RIGHT-ANSWER TONE

-Come on, then, Barry. Tell me who they are.

-Talk me through them.

-Mike Teavee,

Augustus Gloop, Veruca Salt, Charlie Bucket and the one, the really...

-Violet.

-Violet Beauregarde.

-Violet Beauregarde.

-Well done.

Excellent. No more money for that but it was enjoyable to see you do it.

We've reached the next Break Point.

That's irrelevant because the two of you are here on the breakaway track as it is.

Barry says, by the way, that he feels like he's got a target on his back.

-Yes!

-You know what? I'm thinking he might be flattering himself.

-We both have, I think.

-You're both playing very well.

It would be difficult to know which one to choose if an error comes along.

Let's see if an error does come along.

Now, four questions. I'm sure you've seen people trip up before.

But you've both got a life, you've every chance.

Question 22.

-It's got to be Dante.

-It's Dante, yeah.

-It's got to be Dante.

-Shall I go?

-Yeah, go for it.

-Yeah.

-Yeah, don't talk ourselves out of it.

-No, it's got to be.

-There's 22 seconds. He steps forward.

Er, we think it's Dante.

-Barry thinks it's Dante.

-Yeah.

-Alan tends to agree.

-Maybe you said that because it's the only one you could think of.

-Yeah.

Is the answer Dante?

RIGHTANSWER TONE

OK, well done.

Another £400. £4,700. Three questions to go.

Question 23.

-I'm pretty certain... I'm pretty certain it's herring.

-Yeah?

-I know they eat it in Sweden in that way and it's vile.

-Yeah?

-Erm...

-That sounds right to me. I don't know the answer.

-20 seconds.

Barry, quite confident, quite quickly, the answer is?

Er, herring.

Is the answer herring?

Or it could be shark.

Shark. Shark.

WRONG ANSWER JINGLE

-You were shaking your head quite a lot there.

-Mm.

You suddenly decided you were wrong. Do you think you know what it is?

-I think it's shark.

-You think it's shark?

-Yeah.

You think it's shark. Mm.

-It's not, is it?

-Yes, it is.

-Oh!

The answer is shark.

-Basking shark which has been cured and hung to dry for four to five months.

-I had no idea.

So you've got two questions wrong the time you've been together

and both times, Barry, you knew them.

India instead of South Africa for Eden Gardens and Green Park

and this one, shark popped into your head but it popped into your head after herring.

-You'd already gone for herring.

-Yeah.

-You think you've got a target on your back...

-We'll find out.

Let's see if that's paranoia or if it's justified.

What do we want to do to them? They both have a life. Somebody's got to lose one.

-We'll go for the target.

-Absolutely.

-You're going for the target.

-Barry.

-There's only three questions to go. We can still do it.

So... It's quite a long walk, that.

So, Barry, they have decided that that life is going to go,

which as you know makes you very vulnerable.

If you thought you had a target on your back before,

you've certainly got one there now.

You've just got to go through the next three questions

without making an error.

I wonder how much Alan's thinking, "It wouldn't be the end of the world if Barry went out now."

-Or are you still friends?

-I've felt like a passenger for quite a bit of this,

so, you know, I'm sticking with him.

All right, then. Question 23.

It's got to be Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King.

-Is it definitely The Return Of The King?

-Definitely.

-I'll buy that, buy that.

-OK.

-Alan?

-It's The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King.

Is it The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King?

-RIGHTANSWER TONE

-Well done.

-Well done.

-Well done.

I know film is a strong subject for you, isn't it, Alan?

I knew that you'd get it right because you didn't say, "Oh, no, it wasn't that!" afterwards,

which is what usually happens when you get one wrong.

-Two questions to go. Is that it?

-Yes.

-Ooh! Don't know yet.

-No!

-Don't know yet.

-Do you think they deserve to go through together?

-Oh, yes.

-Stuart?

-Erm, yeah, yeah.

-Melanie?

-Well, deserving has nothing to do with it.

-Well, we've seen the way you play.

-LAUGHTER

Melanie and James don't even get involved in the game

until question 25.

They just hang around and step in at the last minute.

Gentlemen, question 24.

You can't go, "Oooh..." straightaway! You don't know what the question is.

-Tupelo, Mississippi.

-Go for it.

-Barry?

-That's Mississippi.

Is the answer Mississippi?

RIGHTANSWER TONE Yes!

Yes, you knew. Tupelo, Mississippi.

-People often go for Tennessee.

-From a Proclaimers lyric, actually.

-Is it really?

-Yeah.

-Is it really?

"Someone says the best ones come from Tupelo, Mississippi."

-There you go.

-There you go.

-Slightly different accent, I'm sure.

One question to go. We've reached the next Break Point. That is irrelevant to these two

because they're both on the breakaway track as it is.

We've got a very stark situation.

Get the next question right, you will have won £5,900

for you to share between you.

Get it wrong and Barry could be going home to his lovely refurbished kitchen.

Gentlemen, you have done very, very well.

It would be something of a tragedy for you to get this question wrong,

especially if Barry had to go home.

But there's no point in thinking about that.

All you can do is answer the question correctly,

step through the line and take the money.

Question 25.

Oh! It's not... It's not Hurghada because that's obviously in Egypt.

It's something like that or Mesalan...

Oh!

-It's called...

-15 seconds.

-I'm going to have to go.

-OK. I don't know.

-Barry?

This is a guess. Is it Masada?

-It's an answer you've been stretching for, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-If it isn't Masada, Barry...

-Yeah.

..there's quite a good chance that they'll send you home.

Yeah.

If it is Masada, you can both step through there

-and you've won the money.

-Yeah.

The worry is whether it is or it isn't.

Is the answer Masada?

No.

RIGHTANSWER TONE

Barry's exceptional knowledge clawed back. Look at the amount of money.

£5,900. Up come the others. Well done.

If ever there was a question that deserved to win money, Masada is a very difficult one.

-Carolyn, did you know it?

-Yes.

-Carolyn's a very strong player.

You're all strong players and it's good that you're all still here.

-Nobody got sent home.

-No!

-That's a good thing to see.

-What were the tactics, Barry?

-Well, from there, answer some questions.

Brilliant. Superb team-mate, as well.

You could so easily have brought Carolyn across.

What was the thinking there?

-World sport and comedy.

-World sport and comedy.

Carolyn, unlucky not to be brought across.

Alan, it's great news for your wife. You can help her in her business.

You've all done wonderfully well. Great, great knowledge.

That was a really enjoyable show to ask the questions in.

So that's it for this series.

We've seen so many different winning strategies -

happy families crossing the line, last-minute breakaways,

heroic solo runs

and in the end a perfect pairing.

Goodbye.

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