0:00:04 > 0:00:08These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Together, they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:12 > 0:00:15arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Welcome to a special celebrity edition of Eggheads,
0:00:27 > 0:00:29the show where a team of five quiz challengers
0:00:29 > 0:00:33pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35They are the Eggheads.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39Tackling our awesome quiz geniuses today are...
0:00:41 > 0:00:44It's great to have some of the country's best-loved comedians on the show.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48True comedic legends who have dedicated their lives to making people laugh.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52Just being in their presence has brought smiles to the Eggheads' faces.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Come on, Chris, you can do it! It's working!
0:00:56 > 0:00:59Well, we tried! Let's meet the team.
0:00:59 > 0:01:04Hello. My name's Tom O'Connor. I made my name on TV with the show Name That Tune.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07My name is Mick Miller. My grandson knocked on the door today.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10He said, "Granddad, there's a man at the door with a bald head." I said, "Tell him I've got one."
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Hi. My name's Roy Walker.
0:01:12 > 0:01:17I hosted a show for 14 years on TV called Catchphrase.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19Hi. I'm Johnnie Casson.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21I love that eBay on the internet.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24I sold my homing pigeon 12 times!
0:01:24 > 0:01:29Hi. I'm Syd Little and I was in a double act called Little and Large for over 40 years.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32Welcome, Comedy Capers. First, you know a bit about quizzing.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35Name That Tune, Catchphrase.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37Good memories of that, Tom?
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Name That Tune was a wonderful show.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43A good show, nice contestants and a good span of music.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46A good span of music that you had to know. It was great.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50Roy, Catchphrase. You must have had a few answers there
0:01:50 > 0:01:52that stick in your memory?
0:01:52 > 0:01:56In those days, you weren't allowed to tell people they were wrong on television.
0:01:56 > 0:02:01So I invented this phrase, "It's a good answer, but not quite what we're looking for."
0:02:01 > 0:02:04So we shortened it down to "It's good, but it's not right."
0:02:04 > 0:02:07Even though you were dying to say, "Are you thick or what?!"
0:02:07 > 0:02:12Do you know what, Roy, the thought has crossed my mind now and again on Eggheads!
0:02:12 > 0:02:15It's going to cross your mind again tonight!
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Not at all. Not at all.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Let's see what has been happening and what's going to happen.
0:02:20 > 0:02:25Every day there's ?1,000-worth of cash up for grabs for our challengers' chosen charity.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads, the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32Comedy Capers, the Eggheads have won the last seven games
0:02:32 > 0:02:36which means ?8,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads today.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Let's see what's come up first. It's Film Television.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43Well, I'm sure you're all qualified to play this
0:02:43 > 0:02:45but who'd like to take it on?
0:02:45 > 0:02:49I'll have a go at it. Anybody else want to have a go?
0:02:49 > 0:02:52No, you'd be good on it. Yeah, go on.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54I'll have a go. Roy stepping up to the plate.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58Who would you like to play from the Eggheads? You can choose any one of them. It's the opening round.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01Let's see. Barry.
0:03:01 > 0:03:06OK. Barry. Let's have Roy and Barry into the question room, please, to make sure you can't confer.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12Roy, earlier I asked our researchers for a few random facts about you.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14I'm not sure I believe them, given what you do.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17You were a champion hammer thrower?
0:03:17 > 0:03:21Yes, I was. I was Northern Ireland hammer-throwing champion for two years.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25Which is a great honour, but unfortunately, once people find out,
0:03:25 > 0:03:28they never, ever ask you to walk their dog!
0:03:30 > 0:03:37That answers the next question. I was going to say, "Give us a quick gag." That'll do nicely!
0:03:37 > 0:03:39And a boy soprano as well?
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Yes. One day, I forgot to let go of the hammer!
0:03:47 > 0:03:49I love this. OK.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53Let's start. Film Television. Do you want to go first or second?
0:03:53 > 0:03:54May I go first?
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Course you can, Roy. Here's your first question, on film.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04The 2006 film Dream Girls
0:04:04 > 0:04:06is loosely based on the story of which group?
0:04:10 > 0:04:13I think it's The Supremes.
0:04:13 > 0:04:18It is. That's the right answer. Off to a great start. Barry,
0:04:18 > 0:04:21what were the first names of Cagney and Lacey in the US TV drama?
0:04:25 > 0:04:28I used to enjoy very much watching Cagney and Lacey.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30They were Mary Beth and Christine.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33OK. You got the right answer as well.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Back to you, Roy.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38In the TV drama series Shameless,
0:04:38 > 0:04:41the character Frank Gallagher is played by which actor?
0:04:44 > 0:04:46This is just a guess, this one.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49David Threlfall.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52Yes, David Threlfall is the right answer.
0:04:52 > 0:04:57Good going, Roy. Two already. Second question to Barry.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01In the 1990s, Jeremy Spake embarked on a media career
0:05:01 > 0:05:04after appearing regularly on which reality TV series?
0:05:07 > 0:05:09This was another series I enjoyed watching.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12I believe he was in Airport.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16You seem to watch a lot of TV. Is that why your glasses are square?
0:05:16 > 0:05:20Airport is correct. Didn't have much money in those days! All right.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22It's all square at the moment.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Roy's doing really well here.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26If you get this, it might get you to the final round, Roy.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Here it comes. In which series of films
0:05:28 > 0:05:34is a nuclear war initiated by a computer system known as Skynet?
0:05:36 > 0:05:40Another guess. Mad Max.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44Mad Max for Skynet. No, it's your first incorrect one.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47Just out of interest. Not passing them over. Any idea, Barry?
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Skynet was in The Terminator.
0:05:49 > 0:05:54Terminator is the answer we were looking for. It doesn't count, though, for Barry.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56But Barry will win if he gets this.
0:05:56 > 0:06:01In which Oscar-winning animation did Ed Asner provide the voice of the principal character,
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Carl Fredricksen?
0:06:05 > 0:06:08I've only seen Ratatouille of that. He wasn't in there.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10But I believe he was the voice in Up.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14The old guy in Up. It's the right answer.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Sorry, Roy. You get promoted to the final round.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Bad luck, Roy.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22That means you won't be there. Please come back and join your teams.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28Roy, as you would say, that Mad Max answer was very good
0:06:28 > 0:06:30but not quite what we were looking for!
0:06:30 > 0:06:31Good, but not right!
0:06:31 > 0:06:35OK. Bad luck. It means the Eggheads are unscathed at this point.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Only one round gone. Comedy Capers are missing one brain.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Our next subject today is Music.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44Who'd like to play this from the Comedy Capers?
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Shall I go for it? I think so, yeah.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49You know all the classics, don't you? Do I?
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Sinatra, you know. He sings them.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54I'll go for it. He's a better singer than Elvis. Is he?
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Well, he is now!
0:06:58 > 0:07:01Yeah, Syd? Yeah. Yeah? Yeah.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05Syd and choose an Egghead. Can't be Barry. Any of the other four.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08I'll go for Dave.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12All right. Syd and Dave head into the question room, please.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16OK, Syd. It's Music. He said you're quite a singer.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19Did music ever feature much in your act?
0:07:19 > 0:07:23Yeah, we started off as singers, me and Eddie.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25We did all the Beatles songs and all that.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28Comedy only came in because of our physiques, of course.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Eddie Large and that's it.
0:07:30 > 0:07:35Did you keep it going? Did you have the odd song when you moved more into comedy?
0:07:35 > 0:07:38I've been on my own now for the last ten years. Don't feel sorry for me!
0:07:38 > 0:07:41It's great cos I get to sing a song all the way through
0:07:41 > 0:07:43without him butting in!
0:07:43 > 0:07:46And a bit of panto, as well. There's always singing in those.
0:07:46 > 0:07:47Oh, yes, there is! Yes.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53Oh, no, there isn't! OK. Syd, would you like to go first or second?
0:07:53 > 0:07:56Ooh, yes. I'll go first, yes.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02Best of luck, Syd. First question.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06Which musical features the song "If I Only Had a Brain"?
0:08:11 > 0:08:14# If I only had a brain, the nerve... #
0:08:14 > 0:08:17The Wizard of Oz. The Wizard of Oz is the right answer.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Good start. Dave.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23"The silicon chip inside her head gets switched to overload"
0:08:23 > 0:08:24is the opening to which song?
0:08:27 > 0:08:29All 1979 Number Ones.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33Thanks for that. Boom Town Rats - I Don't Like Mondays.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35OK. All '79 Number Ones, are they?
0:08:35 > 0:08:38It's the right answer, yes. I Don't Like Mondays.
0:08:38 > 0:08:39Syd, second question.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43According to the full title of the Theme from MASH,
0:08:43 > 0:08:46a 1980 UK Number One single, "suicide is..." what?
0:08:48 > 0:08:51Hmm. Yeah. Well, it's not thankless.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54I loved the tune. It was a great tune.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57# Suicide is painless
0:08:57 > 0:08:59# Diddle-dee da-da-da #
0:08:59 > 0:09:01That's painless. Is the right answer.
0:09:01 > 0:09:02Hooray!
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Singing along with both his answers. That's two out of two.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09Dave, which of these operatic title characters
0:09:09 > 0:09:11is a Chinese princess?
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Turandot.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Yep, OK. Not messing around there!
0:09:17 > 0:09:19It's two-all.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21This is the point at which it gets serious.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25Either player can lose out here. Let's hope it's not you, Syd.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Which band was given the Lifetime Achievement award
0:09:28 > 0:09:32at the first Progressive Music Awards ceremony held in 2012?
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Well, out of those three,
0:09:37 > 0:09:40my favourite band would be Genesis.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42So I'll go with Genesis.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46Lifetime Achievement. Yes. You've picked the one a lot of people would choose.
0:09:46 > 0:09:47It's the right answer. Genesis.
0:09:47 > 0:09:52You've got three. A good achievement. Puts pressure on Dave.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56If he doesn't get this, he won't play any more part in this game.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00Dave, whose debut solo album was The Chronic,
0:10:00 > 0:10:02released in 1992?
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Hmm. I don't know.
0:10:10 > 0:10:16I'm going to go with Tupac or Dr Dre. I'll go Dr Dre.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19Take a beating. Dr Dre for The Chronic.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22You're not taking a beating. You're taking us into sudden death.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26It's the right answer. Dr Dre with The Chronic.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30Syd, that means we go to sudden death here to sort out a winner
0:10:30 > 0:10:33and make it harder for you by not giving you any options.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35We just need the answer from you.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37This is your question.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40Who topped the UK charts in 1962
0:10:40 > 0:10:43with the million-selling single I Remember You?
0:10:43 > 0:10:47# I remember you # Frank Ifield.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Very good. And the right answer, of course.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51Frank Ifield.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53OK. Right up your street.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56You're in the lead again. Dave, which American singer
0:10:56 > 0:11:01had a UK chart hit in 1959 with the song Lipstick On Your Collar?
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Connie Francis.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05You two are good. It's correct.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08Neither one of you flinching yet.
0:11:08 > 0:11:09Syd, another question.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12Which planet is the first movement
0:11:12 > 0:11:17in Holst's famous seven-movement orchestral suite, The Planets?
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Oh, dear.
0:11:19 > 0:11:20Um...
0:11:23 > 0:11:25Saturn.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27OK. Saturn.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31It's not Saturn, no. It's incorrect.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33First one we've had wrong in this great round so far.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35Dave, out of interest, do you know?
0:11:35 > 0:11:38I don't know, but I would go Venus, personally.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40But no, I don't know.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42No. I'll put it to the other Eggheads. Mars.
0:11:42 > 0:11:43Mars.
0:11:43 > 0:11:48OK. We'll see if Dave can get this and clinch it.
0:11:48 > 0:11:53Dave, Alban Berg, composer of the operas Wozzeck and Lulu, was born in which country?
0:11:53 > 0:11:56Austria. OK.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59You know that, then, clearly. It's the right answer.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02Austria takes you through to the final round.
0:12:02 > 0:12:03Which means we bid farewell to Syd.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06His considerable knowledge of music was on display there.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10Bad luck, Syd. Would you both please come back and join your teams.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14Syd, we should have let you through after that Frank Ifield song.
0:12:14 > 0:12:15Fantastic.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19But as it stands, Comedy Capers have lost two brains from the final round.
0:12:19 > 0:12:20The Eggheads haven't lost any.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23A third one coming up now. This one is History.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26We've got Tom, Mick or Johnnie.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30Do you want me to do it? Yeah, cos it all happened before I were born!
0:12:32 > 0:12:35I think I may take this.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37I only taught Maths, by the way, before we start.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Yeah. I'm History.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Only a little, though. Don't change the subject! Shall I do it?
0:12:42 > 0:12:45I'm the oldest, so I probably know the most! OK.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Barry and Dave have played over here.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49So you can play Chris, Daphne or Kevin.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53I'm going to take Chris, if I may. Of course. Do you mind, Chris?
0:12:53 > 0:12:58Why would I mind? Tom and I, we've known each other for, what, ten minutes?
0:12:59 > 0:13:03OK. Let's have Tom and Chris into the question room, please.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Tom, good to have you in there.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09Chris said you've met. Where did you two meet?
0:13:09 > 0:13:12We met on a cruise ship. Both entertaining the folks.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Chris got more laughs than me!
0:13:14 > 0:13:16Were you doing your Meat Loaf?
0:13:16 > 0:13:19No, Tom was actually booked to entertain the passengers
0:13:19 > 0:13:21and I was just being myself around the ship.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23OK. Right. Well, the mind boggles!
0:13:23 > 0:13:25Say no more. Exactly. Say no more!
0:13:25 > 0:13:29OK. Tom, do you want to go first or second? I'll go first, please.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Best of luck. History. First question.
0:13:34 > 0:13:39In 1961, the Russian Gherman Titov became the first person
0:13:39 > 0:13:42to spend more than a day where?
0:13:45 > 0:13:48It's got to be outer space, I'm sure.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51It is, yes. Outer space, of course.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Yes. OK. Chris,
0:13:53 > 0:14:00whose army threatened to mutiny shortly after reaching India around 326 BC,
0:14:00 > 0:14:01forcing him to turn back?
0:14:04 > 0:14:07They got as far as what's now the Punjab
0:14:07 > 0:14:10and they were homesick for Greece. So it's Alexander the Great.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13OK. It's the right answer, yes. Well done.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Tom,
0:14:15 > 0:14:19in 1575, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester,
0:14:19 > 0:14:23held a lavish series of entertainments at Kenilworth Castle
0:14:23 > 0:14:25in an attempt to impress whom?
0:14:30 > 0:14:34Lavish entertainment. Were you booked for that, Tom?
0:14:34 > 0:14:36I was booked, but I couldn't sing. I'd lost my voice!
0:14:36 > 0:14:42Only on dates. I remember Henry VII was 1485 to 1509.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45Which would give me Henry VIII shortly after that.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49So Elizabeth would fall in after that. I think it's Elizabeth I.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51It's the right answer. Hooray!
0:14:53 > 0:14:55That historical knowledge didn't leave you.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59That's great on the dates. You've got two out of two.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02Chris, King John, who was crowned in 1199
0:15:02 > 0:15:05was the successor to which English monarch?
0:15:08 > 0:15:09Hmm.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14Yeah, well he usurped Richard I.
0:15:14 > 0:15:15So it's Richard I.
0:15:15 > 0:15:20It is Richard I. So both knowing your kings and queens there.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Another good round.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25Tom, third question. In the French Republican calendar,
0:15:25 > 0:15:28that was introduced in 1793,
0:15:28 > 0:15:33what name was given to the month that began on or about 18 August?
0:15:36 > 0:15:39I haven't got a clue. I'll have to guess on this one.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45I'm going to try Ventose.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48OK. Ventose. No, it's not. It's incorrect.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51Chris? Well apples ripen and so forth,
0:15:51 > 0:15:53so it's Fructidor. Yes.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Fructidor is the one we were looking for. Well,
0:15:55 > 0:16:00let's hope Chris misses out on this. It's sudden death if he does.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Chris, in 1970,
0:16:02 > 0:16:07which British organisation filed for a patent for a nuclear-powered flying saucer?
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Well, it wouldn't be my old firm, would it?
0:16:13 > 0:16:16And I doubt British Steel would be up for that sort of thing.
0:16:16 > 0:16:17So it's got to be British Leyland.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Believe it or not, Chris,
0:16:19 > 0:16:23this is something you didn't know about your old organisation.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Because it is British Rail.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28It is British Rail. Wa-hey!
0:16:28 > 0:16:33The things that Chris does not know about British Rail you could write on a postage stamp,
0:16:33 > 0:16:34with a whitewash brush.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37How that passed you by, Chris, I don't know.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39But it's great news for Tom. Yes.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43You've survived. I've weakened him, as well! Sudden death.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46That's right. You've chipped away at the facade.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Here you go.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51The "Dear Boss" and "From Hell" letters,
0:16:51 > 0:16:53widely contested as hoaxes,
0:16:53 > 0:16:57were reportedly sent by which notorious 19th-century murderer?
0:16:57 > 0:16:5919th century.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03It's got to be Jack the Ripper.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06It has. It's the right answer. Jack the Ripper.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Right, you're back in the lead.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10Chris, which former first lady
0:17:10 > 0:17:14became a US delegate to the United Nations in 1945?
0:17:14 > 0:17:15That's got to be Eleanor Roosevelt.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19Eleanor Roosevelt. It's correct.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21Ah.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Right, Tom. Get another one on the board
0:17:23 > 0:17:26and see if you can knock Chris out.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28What is the name of the Devon village
0:17:28 > 0:17:33which collapsed into the sea following a storm in January 1917?
0:17:33 > 0:17:35I'll have to guess on this one.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Linton.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43It's not. It's incorrect.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Hallsands. Ring a bell?
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Hallsands.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50Disappeared into the sea following a huge storm in 1917.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Right. Another chance for Chris.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54What was the name of the Greek woman
0:17:54 > 0:17:57who was mistress to the Athenian statesman Pericles
0:17:57 > 0:18:00and mother to his son, Pericles the Younger?
0:18:00 > 0:18:05Was that Lysistrata? Lysistrata is incorrect.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07No. Other Eggheads?
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Aspasia. Aspasia, yes.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Aspasia we wanted We didn't get it from Chris.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14You survive, Tom. Another question.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18They're getting harder! Yes, they do ratchet up the pressure.
0:18:18 > 0:18:23Boabdil was the last ruler of which Spanish kingdom
0:18:23 > 0:18:27surrendered to Ferdinand and Isabella in 1492?
0:18:27 > 0:18:29I'll just have to pick one because I've no idea at all.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34So I'll say...Granada.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37Who you used to work for! Yes!
0:18:37 > 0:18:41A lot of you did. It's the right answer, yes! Wow! What a guess!
0:18:41 > 0:18:44Obviously didn't work in Spain. It was Granada television.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47We know what I was talking about! Granada. A great guess, Tom.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50I've no idea where that came from. It's brilliant.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52I think it's the telly we have.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54Chris, then, to save yourself this time.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56From 1567 to 1568,
0:18:56 > 0:19:01Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned in a castle in the middle of which loch,
0:19:01 > 0:19:03where she abdicated in favour of her son?
0:19:03 > 0:19:05That is...
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Loch Linnhe. L-I-N-N-H-E.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13No. It's incorrect. Other Eggheads?
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Loch Leven. Loch Leven. Leven?
0:19:15 > 0:19:17L-E-V-E-N. Tom,
0:19:17 > 0:19:19you're through! Hooray!
0:19:19 > 0:19:22That was a fantastic performance.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Great quizzing and great history knowledge.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27So, not just a gag-meister. He knows his history.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30Would you both please come back and join your teams.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34Roy and Syd got so close, but Tom's gone over the line.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38Knocked an Egghead out. So in terms of the balance of the teams,
0:19:38 > 0:19:41the Comedy Capers have lost those two brains, the Eggheads have lost one.
0:19:41 > 0:19:46And it could be all square in the final round. We've got another subject to play before we get there.
0:19:46 > 0:19:47This one is Arts Books.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50So, Johnnie or Mick, who'd like to take it on from you two?
0:19:50 > 0:19:53I bought a book the other day. How To Be Happy Without Money.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55?87.95!
0:20:00 > 0:20:02What was that question?
0:20:04 > 0:20:07What was that question? Are we going to let Johnnie have a go?
0:20:07 > 0:20:11Yep. We all agree with that? Yes.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Johnnie. OK, Johnnie.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15The short ones are the best, aren't they?
0:20:15 > 0:20:18Johnnie, who would you like to play? Kevin or Daphne?
0:20:18 > 0:20:20The lovely Daphne. OK.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23Let's have Johnnie and Daphne into the question room, please.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28Johnnie, like Syd, you started out in the music end of the business?
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Yeah, I was a drummer in a group in the '60s.
0:20:30 > 0:20:35We did comedy like Syd and Eddie
0:20:35 > 0:20:40and eventually I turned it into a career in the early '80s. I've been in debt ever since!
0:20:40 > 0:20:45During that time with the band, is it true you toured with the Beatles?
0:20:45 > 0:20:47A little-known band called the Beatles?
0:20:47 > 0:20:49We did. Just at beginning of Beatlemania.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53We did four days in Scotland and it was phenomenal.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56Never seen anything like it before or since. Yeah.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58What were they like? Did you hang out with them?
0:20:58 > 0:21:02Yeah, I've got a programme signed by all four of them, which I've still got.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05They were just ordinary boys. They were lovely. Yeah.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Didn't know what was about to hit them. Now,
0:21:07 > 0:21:10do you know what's going to hit you? Arts Books.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Do you want to go first or second? I'll go first, please.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18Best of luck, Johnnie. Here's your first question.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20In the famous portrait by Leonardo da Vinci,
0:21:20 > 0:21:24which of these parts of Mona Lisa's body are clearly visible?
0:21:27 > 0:21:28Ooh, 'eck.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Certainly not her knees.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35I'll have to say...
0:21:36 > 0:21:38..her ears.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Ah. It's not. Oh.
0:21:41 > 0:21:48Her hands are clearly visible in the portrait. Hair over her ears.
0:21:48 > 0:21:53That's why you can't see them. Daphne, a chance for you to take an early lead.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57In a line spoken by Mark Anthony in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar,
0:21:57 > 0:22:01which phrase precedes "..and let slip the dogs of war"?
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Cry Havoc.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08..and let slip the dogs of war. Right answer.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11OK. We'll get you moving, I'm sure, on this one, Johnnie.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14Who wrote the 2011 novel The Litigators
0:22:14 > 0:22:16about a Chicago lawyer?
0:22:20 > 0:22:22It wasn't Dan Brown, I don't think.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26I'll say... Let me think.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29I know I should have rehearsed, now!
0:22:30 > 0:22:32John Grisham. It's the right answer. Well done.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35You are off the mark. Daphne,
0:22:35 > 0:22:39which comedian and author whose house in Kent was once owned by Noel Coward
0:22:39 > 0:22:44gave his 2012 novel the title Briefs Encountered?
0:22:46 > 0:22:51Ah. I haven't heard of the novel.
0:22:51 > 0:22:58But I seem to remember Julian Clary lives in Noel Coward's old pad,
0:22:58 > 0:22:59so that's my answer.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01OK. No need to know the novel.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04You knew about the new ownership
0:23:04 > 0:23:06and I'm sure a few owners in-between.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09It is Julian Clary. Got it right. So you need this, Johnnie.
0:23:09 > 0:23:13Who wrote the 2010 book The Dark Tourist
0:23:13 > 0:23:18about visits to places such as Chernobyl, Beirut and North Korea?
0:23:21 > 0:23:24It'll have to be a guess, I'm afraid.
0:23:24 > 0:23:25Tony Hawks.
0:23:25 > 0:23:31OK. Tony Hawks. Written a lot of books about his travels.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34And it's not the right answer.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Do you know, Daphne? No. OK.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39Danny Wallace? No, it's Dom Joly. Really?
0:23:39 > 0:23:42So between the two of you, you picked him third.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44It is Dom Joly who travelled to those delightful places.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48Which means you're through to the final round, Daphne. No place for Johnnie.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Both please come back and join your teams.
0:23:52 > 0:23:53This is what we've been playing towards.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57The final round, which, as always, is general knowledge.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01But those of you who lost the head-to-heads won't take part in this round.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04So Roy, Johnnie and Syd from Comedy Capers,
0:24:04 > 0:24:06and Chris from the Eggheads,
0:24:06 > 0:24:08would you leave the studio, please?
0:24:10 > 0:24:14Tom and Mick, you're playing to win the Comedy Capers ?8,000.
0:24:14 > 0:24:15Kevin, Dave, Daphne and Barry,
0:24:15 > 0:24:17you are playing for something which money can't buy,
0:24:17 > 0:24:20the Eggheads' reputation.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22I'll ask each team three questions in turn.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24They're all general knowledge.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26Anything can come up. You are allowed to confer.
0:24:26 > 0:24:31So, Comedy Capers, the question is, are your two brains better than the Eggheads' four?
0:24:31 > 0:24:35Tom and Mick, one last thing to sort out before we start.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37Would you like to go first or second?
0:24:37 > 0:24:39First? First, yes. First, please.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46Kicking off, hoping to put the Eggheads under the cosh early on.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49First question then to the Comedy Capers.
0:24:49 > 0:24:54The shed in which cows are milked is named after which room in a house?
0:24:56 > 0:25:00We both agree. We both agree it's the parlour.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03OK. The parlour, not the boudoir.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06It's the right answer, yes.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08Parlour is correct.
0:25:08 > 0:25:12Eggheads, after it was bought by Rupert Murdoch in 1969,
0:25:12 > 0:25:17which newspaper changed from a broadsheet to a tabloid format?
0:25:21 > 0:25:24The one he bought in 1969 was The Sun.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27The Sun. Hard to believe it was ever a broadsheet.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29It's the right answer, yes. The Sun.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33OK. All square. Opening exchanges.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36Back to Tom and Mick after a solid start. Second question.
0:25:36 > 0:25:42Charles Watson Wentworth who served two terms as British prime minister in the 18th century
0:25:42 > 0:25:44was better known by what title?
0:25:49 > 0:25:51It's not the middle one, for sure.
0:25:53 > 0:25:58I'm tempted to go for the middle one because there was a band called Lord Rockingham's Eleven.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02But it wasn't them. I think it's the 1st Earl of Chatham.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Yep. Yep. Shall we go with that one? Shall we?
0:26:06 > 0:26:09The 1st Earl of Chatham.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12OK. The 1st Earl of Chatham. What was his title, Eggheads?
0:26:12 > 0:26:14It's the Marquess of Rockingham.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17It is the Marquess of Rockingham. No! It is, yeah.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Bad luck there. Let's see how the Eggheads do with their second one.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24Which food has the Latin name Eruca Sativa?
0:26:27 > 0:26:31It's rocket, isn't it? I think it's rocket. Nothing else comes to mind.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36We think that is rocket.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39Rocket is the right answer, Eggheads. Right.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42Alarm bells ringing. You need this, Tom and Mick.
0:26:42 > 0:26:47The frilled coquette native to Brazil is what type of creature?
0:26:50 > 0:26:52I think it's a lizard.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54And it runs around. It might be, yes.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56You know, like the... Yes.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58Mind you, it could be... It could be any of them.
0:26:58 > 0:27:03A bird. They have beautiful birds out there with all the things.
0:27:03 > 0:27:08What do you reckon? We're thinking of a lizard with a frill round its neck.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10Shall we go for lizard? Go for it. Try lizard.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13Is it, Eggheads? A frilled coquette? Do you agree?
0:27:13 > 0:27:15No. What would you go for?
0:27:15 > 0:27:19A bird, probably. Yeah, it is a bird. A type of humming bird.
0:27:19 > 0:27:20Which means, Eggheads, you've won.
0:27:26 > 0:27:31Bad luck there. But thank you so much for coming along and entertaining us so royally
0:27:31 > 0:27:33here on Eggheads.
0:27:33 > 0:27:37We haven't had so many genuine belly laughs on Eggheads ever.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39It's been fantastic seeing you, Comedy Capers.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42Some very, very good quizzing as well.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44You all came close in the head-to-heads.
0:27:44 > 0:27:45Tom, you got through.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49It's my theory that your brains aren't that dissimilar.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52Between you, you must carry tens of thousands of gags in your heads.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55Instead, they've filled their heads with trivia!
0:27:56 > 0:27:58Give us a topic and we'll tell you a joke.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01Exactly, as you were doing throughout the show.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03And also, you don't get heckled!
0:28:03 > 0:28:06You'd be surprised, actually!
0:28:06 > 0:28:07You'd be surprised!
0:28:07 > 0:28:09I try my best. But there's only me here.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12Thank you very much again for taking on the Eggheads today.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14It's been a genuine pleasure having you here.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them.
0:28:17 > 0:28:18Their winning streak continues.
0:28:18 > 0:28:23You haven't won the ?8,000 so that means the money rolls over to our next show.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27Eggheads, congratulations. Who will beat you?
0:28:27 > 0:28:30Join us next time when it's the turn of a team of weather presenters
0:28:30 > 0:28:32to see if they have the brains to defeat our Eggheads.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35?9,000 says they don't.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37Until then, goodbye.