Episode 15 Celebrity Eggheads

These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.

Together they make up the Eggheads,

arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.

The question is, can they be beaten?

Welcome to a special celebrity edition of Eggheads,

the show where a team of five quiz challengers pit their wits against

possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.

Here they are, the Eggheads - all present and correct today?

-Yes.

-Yes, you are.

Five of you, for sure.

Taking on our quiz geniuses today are Lost For Words.

Now, what better preparation for facing the Eggheads than years of

presenting on far-ranging topics,

and interviewing some of the world's most famous faces?

Thankfully, that applies very much to today's team of challengers.

So, let's meet them.

Hello, I'm Fern Britton,

and I'm probably best known for This Morning and Ready Steady Cook,

hundreds of years ago, and now I do a bit of writing,

and a bit of this and that.

Hi, I'm Ortis Deley, TV presenter,

CBBC escapee,

and I can currently be seen on

Channel 5's The Gadget Show and Police Interceptors.

Hello, I'm Lucie Green, a space scientist at UCL,

but you might recognise me

from presenting in a dark field for Stargazing Live.

Hello, I'm Ben Thompson,

I'm a presenter for BBC Breakfast and BBC News.

Before that, I was a correspondent

based out in the Middle East and New York.

Hello, I'm Fiona Armstrong, a broadcaster and writer.

I've been a newscaster and a reporter, I now live in Scotland,

where I present ITV's Border Life.

So, Fern and team, hello.

-Hello!

-Good to see you.

Are we quizzers here, Fern, what do we think?

Only from the sofa.

I like to sit and watch the television and quiz from the sofa,

-me and the cat.

-But that's all of us, I think.

-Yeah, yeah.

And do you find, Fern,

that you've got certain strengths and weaknesses?

Or would that be giving too much away?

It depends on the day and the question, I think, to be honest.

But the team are fantastic today, we've warmed up,

we've run round the block, we're on it.

Ortis, I heard rumours of a crossword earlier?

Yeah, yeah. We warmed up using a crossword.

We filled it in successfully.

-It took a while.

-But we filled it in.

Yes. Not all the letters were correct, but we filled it in!

Lucie, you know all about brainboxes,

because you're astrophysics, so...

You understand this kind of brain that we've got over here.

Well, I think there's a difference

between a deep and narrow subject knowledge,

and a deep and broad subject knowledge,

which is what the Eggheads have.

So, I'm feeling pretty intimidated by them.

Ben, what does it feel like, as a fellow BBC guy,

to see these creatures in the flesh?

Pretty intimidating, actually.

And also, you'll know this, Jeremy,

as a journalist you know a little bit about a lot of things.

So it depends whether those little bits I know

are in the questions today.

But I wonder if that might be good, Ben, for quizzing.

I think that's a quizzer's mind, in a way.

-We'll find out.

-We will find out.

-Fiona?

-Well, I'm terrified,

but we've all had to come in here with a PMA,

Positive Mental Attitude.

I think they say that in the Army, I'm not sure where that comes from.

-Yeah.

-PMA is what we've got.

So, we're going to win, aren't we?

You don't need to give it away, but have you got any sense, Fiona,

of the captain's battle plan here? Has she communicated that with you?

She's talked to us all in depth about what our strengths and our

weaknesses are, and, as we said earlier, we did that crossword!

-Yes!

-We're on a winning streak here!

Yes, because you're sitting there, you're captain!

I didn't realise that, hello, yeah!

If I'd known, I'd have done a PowerPoint and everything!

But as it is, I know that they've all had lunch, and we're fine.

Well, they could just be bluffing about not having a plan,

we've seen that before, and the Eggheads

have been taken down before as well, quite dramatically.

So, good luck, challengers.

Every day there is £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs

for their chosen charity.

However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,

the prize money rolls over to the next show.

So, Lost For Words,

I can tell you that you are the 15th of the celebrity challengers,

and they've lost, the celebrities have lost all the others.

So, the Eggheads, can you sense that, I don't know, that roll,

-that shoulder roll?

-Yeah, that swagger.

The swagger. You need to take them down.

-Yeah.

-And the great thing is

that because nobody's taken the money yet,

there's £15,000 to play for for your charities.

-That's good.

-So, would you like to begin?

-Why not?

-Yeah, let's do it.

I was worried Fern, that you're silent...

I'm just bowled over by the money! Yes, sorry.

-Yes, we are absolutely ready.

-Good, I thought so.

The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Film And Television.

So it's any one of you

against either Judith, Chris, Pat, Barry or Steve.

-You can decide who goes in.

-Yes, Ben, go.

-You go, Ben, yes. Be brave.

-OK. Love it.

Ben steps straight up, that's good.

Now, choose an Egghead.

They're already rattled by the speed of the decision.

-Judith?

-Let's go for Judith.

Yes.

-We'll go with Judith.

-Right.

-Good choice.

-You're not supposed to say that!

Been a long day, has it?

So far, no, not at all!

I've only just got out of bed!

Very interesting day, obviously!

I won't ask any more. Ben from Lost For Words is going to play Judith,

who won £1 million on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, from the Eggheads.

And just to ensure there's no conferring,

would you please take your positions in our legendary question room.

Ben, they're rooting for you here,

there's a lot of excitement in the studio.

-Come on, Ben!

-Come on!

Here we go, I'll do this one. Take the first one for the team.

So, Ben, your choice, would you like to go first or second?

I'd like to go first, please, Jeremy.

OK. Game on, challengers, here we go.

Who is the narrator of the TV documentary series

Planet Earth and Planet Earth 2?

It is the one, the only, the wonderful David Attenborough,

of course.

It is indeed David Attenborough, well done.

First point to you. Judith,

which fictional characters star in the animated drama A Close Shave?

A Close Shave?

A Close Shave.

I don't really know, but it sounds like Wallace and Gromit.

Wallace and Gromit is correct, yeah.

All right, Ben, you can see what you're up against here.

What is the name of the character, Ben,

played by Leslie Nielsen in the Naked Gun films?

-I've seen this film.

-Um...

There's one that immediately springs to mind,

and I'm probably going to go with my first instinct,

which is Peter Venkman.

But that is absolutely a guess, I do not know.

Peter Venkman. Now, they're all film characters.

I saw Fern react to this.

Fern, is Peter Venkman not the answer?

Not according to Ortis.

Challengers, what is the answer here?

-It's Frank.

-Frank Drebin is the answer.

Peter Venkman, where's he from?

-Ghostbusters.

-Ghostbusters, yeah.

And David St Hubbins? Is that Spinal Tap?

-I don't know.

-I'm thinking, is David St Hubbins Spinal Tap?

-I think so.

-Yeah, the answer is Frank Drebin, Ben.

It's the one where, I think there's a missile on the back of a lorry,

and it goes out of control and plunges into a fireworks factory.

It causes a massive explosion and huge fireworks in the sky,

and Frank Drebin says, "Move on, nothing to see here!"

That was him.

OK, Judith, you could take the lead now.

Which of these is a tag line for the 1986 film The Fly?

-For The Fly?

-Yeah.

Well, it can't be, "In space, no-one can hear you scream,"

because that must be about space.

I think it's "Be afraid. Be very afraid."

"Be afraid. Be very afraid" is the correct answer.

"Whoever wins...we lose", let's just think.

Space is Alien, of course.

Is that Alien vs Predator?

Ah, yes, it is Steve, well done.

Alien vs Predator is the middle one.

But, you're right, Judith, "Be afraid. Be very afraid."

OK, she has got two out of two,

and you need to get this one right to stay in, Ben.

What is the name of the character played by Nigel Hawthorne

in the TV comedies Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister?

I recognise two names here, Humphrey Appleby and Jim Hacker.

Now, which one was played by Nigel Hawthorne?

My parents will be screaming at the television, they love this series.

I can hear it as well.

I'm going to go down the middle...

..because it's the one that I know is in it.

Whether it's played by Nigel Hawthorne, I don't know,

but I'm going to say Humphrey Appleby.

Humphrey Appleby is your answer, let's check with the Eggheads.

First of all, Bernard Woolley, who was he?

Derek Fowlds.

What part was he? The civil servant? Or the...?

-He was sort of like private secretary.

-Private secretary.

Jim Hacker? He was Minister for Administrative Affairs.

He's the minister.

So you're quite right, Humphrey Appleby is correct, Ben, well done.

Well done, Ben.

Ooh!

Still there. Now you've just got to politely hope

that Judith makes a mess of this one.

Miss Keppel, if you get this right,

you're in the final round.

In which 2016 film does Chris Pine play a bank robber

pursued by a policeman played by Jeff Bridges?

Judith, is it...?

I don't know.

Nocturnal Animals is...

I mean, I've heard of Nocturnal Animals a lot,

but I haven't heard of either of the other two.

And I think something put me off going to see Nocturnal Animals.

Possibly that description.

But I don't think it's...

I think it's Hell or High Water.

Er, I think Fiona knows this.

-Fiona?

-I think it is Hell or High Water.

It's Hell or High Water.

-Is it?

-I don't know how you did that.

Well, that's... Well, a process of elimination.

Really? OK.

When you don't know anything.

Sorry, Ben. She's won that.

Sometimes they're instinctive here

without necessarily having all the facts at their fingertips.

Judith has won. Judith will be in the final.

Ben, you've been knocked out. Come back, we'll play Round Two.

So, as it stands, Lost For Words have lost Ben from the final round,

they've lost a brain. The Eggheads are still sitting there, and Judith,

-what about that?

-What about that?

Well, long day in bed and then, bang.

Yes, I know! Lucky, wasn't it?

Sounds like a perfect sort of day!

The next subject for you is Science.

ALL: Oh!

Who would like this? Oh, I know who wants this!

Well...

If I don't, I'm going to be in big trouble.

So, Lucie, who do you want to play?

Well, team, what do we think?

Are we going to try and take out the strongest player on the other team?

I'd say... Oh, I don't know. Maybe Pat or Steve?

What are you thinking?

Pat or Steve.

-How about Pat?

-OK.

Well, Pat has a phenomenal quiz record.

He's a Who Wants To Be A Millionaire winner of £1 million,

Mastermind champion, Brain of Britain 2006,

four times World Quiz Champion, Mastermind Champion of Champions.

You've chosen a very good player to try and knock out.

Can I change my mind?!

Let's do it, let's do this.

OK? So, it's Lucie from Lost For Words versus Pat from the Eggheads.

To ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions.

Lucie, as presenter of The Sky At Night -

first female presenter, actually -

and also Stargazing Live,

I'm assuming you would like some questions on the stars

and preferably even the sun in this round.

You are absolutely right.

I would love some astronomy questions.

If it's biology or chemistry,

I'm going to be far outside of my comfort zone.

Totally understand it. And I was watching something on TV

where you were showing people round your workshop.

And you're actually building stuff in there

that is going to go into space.

I suppose I should have imagined that is what you were doing,

but it was, it was bits of metal and bolts and all sorts of things.

That's right. It's really interesting -

in the UK we have a really strong and vibrant space science programme.

And that's not only doing research.

So for me, like you say, looking at the sun,

looking at planets in the solar system and far beyond...

We also build the instruments that go into space, as well.

And where I work is actually a building

that used to be a building owned by the Guinness family,

this Victorian mansion in the Surrey Hills,

and so the place where we build our instruments that go into space is

actually the old potting shed from the Victorian mansion.

So things that end up on Mars start off in our potting sheds.

Absolutely incredible.

Now, we had a question the other day

that got us talking about the temperature of the sun,

which is probably a bit of a silly thing, really.

And we thought it was 2,000 degrees Centigrade and then I was

watching something you did and you said it was 13 million.

That's right. It depends where you look,

so in the core of the sun you're getting up to 15,

around 15 million degrees, a million Kelvin,

then when you get to the surface it's cooled down to around 6,000,

but then in the atmosphere it heats up again into millions of Kelvins,

so it depends where you look.

Sure. So my layman's question is,

how does something that you make in your potting shed

go anywhere near the sun without melting?

It's a really good question. Actually, at the moment

we're building a mission called Solar Orbiter,

and it's a mission that is going to get really close to the sun,

so around the orbit of Mercury,

which is the closest planet to the sun.

And the sun-facing side of our spacecraft

will heat up to around 600 Celsius.

So, you know, that's much hotter than your oven.

So we have to build a big heat shield

and then radiate heat into the coldness of space,

because the instruments that we build

have to operate at room temperature.

So we have to protect them.

But it's all, it's all down to excellent UK engineering.

OK. Isn't that fascinating, Pat? We could hear so much more of this.

-It is.

-It is fascinating.

-Marvellous.

All right, well, Lucie, good luck here.

You're next to Pat - let's hope you don't melt,

cos you're close to the sun here.

Would you like to go first or second on Science?

I think I'd like to go first.

Your first question, Lucie, and good luck to you.

Here we go...

What do sea lions have that true seals typically lack?

Wow.

I hope my team-mates are sending me telepathic messages.

A sea lion has that a seal doesn't.

Well... I'm leaning towards external ears.

I'm trying to think of images I've seen of sea lions.

I don't see them very often.

Normally seals, the seals have very streamlined heads.

I don't think they have any external ears.

They're always lying on their bellies,

so I don't know about bellies.

I think external ears.

External ears is your answer.

-And you're right.

-Hurray!

-Yes.

-Well done, well done.

Well done. It's not... I know that wasn't astrophysics!

OK, here's your question, Pat.

Which of these objects is the largest?

Erm... I'm only going on what I've been told.

I think it's the Earth.

Well, Lucie will know this.

Is the Earth bigger than the Moon and Mercury, Lucie?

Should I help? I don't know, maybe I'll get it wrong!

He's answered. Don't worry, he's answered already.

-Yes.

-The Earth is correct.

All right, one each.

I'm just hoping for a solar question here.

I know you're going to be so cross with me.

Here's your question on Science...

The word "gastrectomy" refers to

the surgical removal of which part of the body?

So, I think when it comes to gastro,

that refers to things to do with the stomach,

so I'm going to say stomach.

And stomach is correct.

Pat, your question...

Which of these bodily functions can be defined as

a sudden spasm of the diaphragm,

followed immediately by closure of the glottis?

Is it...?

Well, I can dismiss urination immediately.

That's a different matter entirely.

I think a sneeze wouldn't involve closure.

You expel material from your lungs that needs to be expelled.

I think that's a hiccup.

Hiccup is the right answer.

OK. Lucie, just keep batting away there.

Here's your third question.

Which of these marine creatures typically have three hearts?

OK, these are not the kind of questions that I was hoping to get.

Now...

I don't know anything about giant clams.

And very little about whales.

But the octopus is a really interesting creature.

And so I think I'm going to say octopus.

Octopus is right.

Well done. You're playing really well.

So, three out of three there for Lost For Words in this round.

Pat needs to get this right to stay in.

Pat, which of these is an alternative term

for the North American wolverine?

I think it's a ferocious creature

and it's famous for its feeding frenzy -

it can eat enormous meals, and some sizeable fraction

of its own bodyweight. It's the Glutton.

It is the Glutton, well done.

Three out of three. It's just the way they do that.

-How do they know this?

-I don't know how they know this stuff.

-Excellent.

-I don't know.

But he is, you know, he's a fearsome quizzer.

OK, so, you're hanging on in there. More than hanging on.

-Lucie, come on.

-We go to...

They're all supporting you here. We go to Sudden Death.

It gets a bit harder, I don't give you alternative options here.

Lucie, which non-venomous snake, native to Britain,

has the scientific name natrix natrix?

Ooh. Well, most of our snakes are non-venomous.

Just the adder that's venomous.

Erm, I don't know.

-The grass snake?

-Yes, the grass snake is right.

That's great. Can be nearly six feet long.

-Wow.

-Well done, natrix natrix.

Who knew? OK, Pat.

To stay in, which gland in the human body

takes its name from its resemblance to a pine cone?

I think that's the pineal gland.

Pineal, or pine-eal gland, correct.

Lucie... The names of the alkali metals that occupy group 1A

of the periodic table all end with what letter?

Oh, my goodness.

I used to know the periodic table so well.

Alkali metals?

I think I'm going to say M.

You're absolutely right, well done.

So you had things like potassium and sodium and francium and lithium

-in your mind there, well done.

-Mm.

-Well done. OK, so pressure on Pat.

Well, he's trying to look relaxed by folding his arms.

That's a sign that, that's a sign he's worried.

You've got him rattled.

You need this to stay in, Pat.

The American name for the butterfly

known in the UK as the Camberwell Beauty is mourning what?

And Pat, mourning is spelt M-O-U-R-N-I-N-G.

-M-O-U-R-N-I-N-G.

-Yes.

-Mourning.

-Mourning.

-I think I'll say cloak.

Cloak is the right answer.

-Oh, what?!

-Mourning Cloak.

This is...

-Come on, Lucie!

-For anyone who hasn't seen the show before,

this is what we deal with every day.

Every day, these baffling levels of knowledge.

-You haven't seen Lucie, though. Come on, Lucie!

-Yeah, yeah. Lucie...

But also, hopefully, we're going to

get you on your absolute subject area, Lucie, soon.

It's got to happen, surely.

Here we go. The sheep known as Debbie, Diana, Denise and Daisy

are all siblings of which cloned sheep born in 1996?

Well, there's the most famous sheep, it has to be Dolly?

Dolly's right. Yes.

Pat, here we go. To stay in.

The scientific abbreviation GMO

stands for genetically modified what?

-Organism.

-Organism is correct.

Sudden Death we're on, you're playing really well, Lucie.

Oberon, Titania and Miranda

are moons of which planet in our solar system?

Astronomy.

I think that is the gas giant planet, Saturn.

Gasp from the Eggheads.

-Pat, do you know this?

-I think it's Uranus.

Ooh, you're right!

It is, yes.

Oh, my Lord. Of all the questions, that was the one.

-I was too confident.

-OK. This has taken a turn.

Pat, you can take it now.

Wylam in Northumberland is home to a National Trust property

celebrating the birthplace of which engineer in 1781?

I think you link Wylam with the early days of steam trains.

So who do we have? I'm not sure if it's the Rocket,

but things like the Rocket, the Puffing Billy,

I think they were up in that area.

There's quite a few guys who were

involved in the early days of steam locomotives.

I think I'll have to go for George Stephenson.

If you've got it right, you've taken the round on Science.

The answer is George Stephenson.

-Whoa!

-You're right. Sorry, Lucie! Knocked out.

-Unlucky, Lucie.

Pat has taken it.

-What about that?

-Well done, Pat. Well done.

-Well played.

So, both of you, please come back to us. Two more rounds to play.

Lost For Words have lost two brains from the final round,

while the Eggheads haven't lost any.

So this is now the moment, Fern, to unleash the tactic.

-Yes.

-Whatever it is.

-The Tic Tac.

-The Tic Tac. Yeah. The next subject is Geography.

Oh! Oh, a cry of pain.

-Yeah.

-Who's been around?

Well, Geography was going to be Ben, but who fancies Geography?

You're sitting back, Ortis.

Fiona, you're sitting back.

OK, well, the big tactic is

the person who knows nothing about Geography

-is going to take it on.

-The captain goes on.

All right, Fern, this will be great.

We're excited about getting you in the booth.

Fern from Lost For Words.

Who do you want to take on?

I'll you who's left - Chris, Barry, Steve.

Barry's too good, he's gone around the world.

-Several times.

-He has.

-Er...

But sitting next to him is Steve,

and I would like very much to take on Steve.

OK, our newest Egghead.

So it's going to be Fern from Lost For Words

taking on Steve on Geography from the Eggheads.

Well-travelled, Steve, yourself?

I've been here and there, but not as... Nothing like Barry's calibre.

Barry's nickname is "he's been to every answer".

That may have been a good swerve. Please go to our Question Room now.

All right, Fern, how about this?

You're in the Eggheads booth now.

Terrifying. Terrifying.

I'm not suggesting this will be your top TV experience,

because you've done so many other things,

but is it somewhere near the top?

-Tell us it is.

-Yes, it is.

It absolutely is, this is what I watch every evening at six o'clock,

and now I'm here it's like a bad dream.

No, it's going to be a good dream.

You are a member of Mensa, aren't you?

And the Eggheads always respect Mensa members.

They get quite excited when they meet people...

Did you join it a while back, or...?

Yes, it was when I was young and had brains.

Consequently, you know,

nowadays I really have to work hard to retrieve words and information,

but at the time it was wonderful to do.

I pretended that I hadn't done it,

I did it and didn't tell anybody and then I got the results in the post

and when I said, hey, I've got this, they went, no, you haven't.

-And I have!

-OK, well, let's see how we do here on Geography, Fern.

Would you like to go first or second?

I'm going to go second.

So, first question to our newest Egghead, Steve.

Which of these places has the largest population?

Hopefully that will be Paris, Jeremy.

It is Paris. Well done. Fern,

the historic county of Warwickshire is in which part of England?

Well, it's not the north-east and it's not East Anglia,

which is always in the east, also, so it's the Midlands.

-Yes, Warwickshire is in the Midlands.

-Go on, Fern!

-Yay!

It's good.

OK, Steve, what is the official currency of Albania?

Steve, is it...?

That's the lek, Jeremy.

Oh, you didn't even need to think about it?

If I think about it, it's fatal, so I'm going with my gut.

-So you just blurt it out?

-Pretty much.

It's the lek. So, dollar is the USA, peso is where?

Well, there's a lot of places - Mexico, Argentina, you know,

-quite a few to choose from.

-OK.

Lek is the answer. Good.

Well, that's annoying, Fern.

I thought he might come a cropper on that.

The currency of Albania should be a bit obscure, but...

Should be Albanian.

-Yes.

-The Albanian dollar.

The Albane. Here is your question.

After New South Wales,

which Australian state has the highest population?

Interesting. I'd say no to Tasmania.

Because I think that's sort of deserty, isn't it?

Western Australia...

That's a huge area,

and there's lots of good stuff down there on the coast.

So maybe that's lots of people.

See, Judith is my hero.

I think she's amazing.

She either says, oh, go down the middle,

or go down the right or the left...

What would she say here?

What would Judith say if she were here?

What is she saying now?

I want to say Western Australia, but...

-No, I'm going to say Western Australia. Western Australia.

-OK.

Judith might well have done that,

because she does go down the right when in doubt.

Would you have done that in this question, Judith?

I don't think I would, because I think it's huge but empty of people.

What would you have gone for, Judith?

I think I would've gone Victoria.

Oh, dear. Victoria is the right answer, Fern.

Steve, what has Victoria got in it?

-Melbourne.

-Melbourne.

Is that why it's got the most people?

Well, I know Western Australia's the biggest state,

but it's notoriously empty.

There's not... I think it's mainly desert.

-Sorry, Fern.

-Not as sorry as me.

Here's your question, Steve.

The capital of which country in south-east Africa

was known as Lourenco Marques until 1976?

Is this...?

I think it changed to Maputo. It's Mozambique, Jeremy.

Can you not just show a bit of uncertainty?

Hmm...

I think it could be Mozambique.

-Yeah, that wasn't very convincing.

-No, I know it weren't.

Lourenco Marques was the capital of Mozambique, until it became Maputo,

so you've won there, Steve. Sorry, Fern, beaten by our Egghead.

Victoria it was I didn't know, because I've never been.

No, no shame in that.

I've never been either. OK, come back to us, both of you.

We've got one more round to play.

So, as it stands, Lost For Words

have lost three brains from the final round.

The Eggheads have not lost any. The next subject is Music.

Ooh! So, it's Ortis or Fiona.

Oh, well... I'll do Music.

I don't want to be in the final.

I don't know anything about music.

-If you get through, we have two people...

-It'll be both of us.

Yeah. I would say...

Yeah, you've got to do Music.

Having gone over the top myself...

I'm going to tell you, you're the music man.

-OK.

-Yes? Ortis, please.

OK, Ortis on Music.

-No classic...

-Against which Egghead?

You've only got two left now. So, yes.

Barry, known as the brain, or Chris?

I'm going to take on Chris.

All right. So, Ortis from Lost For Words

takes on Chris from the Eggheads.

Can he get an Egghead out on Music?

Let's see. Please, for the last time, go to the Question Room.

Well, I was thinking, as a presenter of The Gadget Show,

there must be a gadget that you could use here, Ortis,

that would help you against Chris.

Yeah - Google.

-The obvious thing.

-Yeah.

-How do you enjoy that show?

Very much. I've been a part of it for eight years now.

I've been to some fantastic places

and I've seen some pretty amazing things.

And give us an example of something that makes you think,

"Oh, my goodness, I can't believe they're making these"?

I think one of the first ones

that really jumped out at me was year one,

so this was back in about 2008,

and I was speaking to some scientists who were working on

a project for America's version of the Ministry of Defence,

and this was a camera that could fix on a random face in a crowd,

zoom into the iris, with that much detail

it was able to discern who that person was from an iris database.

-Wow.

-And this is what we were allowed to see.

We're normally told what we get to see

is ten years behind what's actually possible.

Yeah. Which is like Minority Report, or something like that.

It's... The future is here already.

-Yeah.

-And I watched one with you learning to fly a plane,

and you actually then flew one and landed one,

all from having done flight simulation.

Yeah, erm... I had six weeks to use

popular and regularly available flight simulators,

and then I had to taxi, take off, fly a circuit and land.

Incredible. Now, you've done a lot of children's programmes,

you've done Xchange, Live And Kicking...

I'm thinking that's probably where we got you on the Music round,

cos that's a very musical environment to be in.

Yeah, children's television I met a number of celebrities,

from Will Smith to Beyonce,

Kylie Minogue, lots of different artists.

If the music is '80s and '90s, my man Chris is in trouble.

You'd probably echo that, Chris, wouldn't you?

I will echo that and redouble it, yeah.

You know my parameters. I'm not going to reiterate them.

No, we know you're not keen on any music after George Formby.

Turned out nice again.

Ortis, would you like to go first or second?

-And let's try and turn this around now.

-First, please.

All right, here we go with your first question, Ortis. Good luck.

Rather Be was a UK number one hit single for Clean Bandit

and which singer?

Er, OK, so all very popular singers.

Erm... I think Lady Gaga

has only collaborated with...

Beyonce and Tony...

Like an old singer guy, Tony something or other.

Erm... Florence Welch...

..is the lead singer of a band whose name escapes me right now!

This is going really well.

Jess Glynne,

erm, she's been around for a couple of years.

I'm pretty sure she has sung with everybody,

so I'm going to go with Jess Glynne.

I'm glad you did, you're absolutely right, well done.

So, I think we're talking Florence and the Machine here.

-That's it, yeah.

-And Lady Gaga was Tony Bennett?

-Bennett!

-Was it Tony Bennett?

-Yes. Yes.

-OK, Chris.

Your question... "I met her in a club down in old Soho"

is the opening line to which song?

This is my era, that's Lola by the Kinks.

Lola is correct, Chris.

OK, Ortis.

Which of these is a song from The Sound Of Music?

Oh, no.

OK. Erm... I Dreamed a Dream,

that was Susan Boyle, so I'm pretty sure it wasn't in that movie!

A Spoonful of Sugar, no, A Spoonful of Sugar is from Mary Poppins.

I Dreamed A Dream is from Susan Boyle's first album and...

Not really sure about that one.

Edelweiss, I believe is The Sound Of Music and that was sung by...

..the guy in it, but I don't know his name!

Edelweiss, I'm going with Edelweiss.

Edelweiss is right.

Doesn't matter how you get there.

-What's his name?

-Let's work this out.

-Go on, Fern.

-Yes, so A Spoonful of Sugar

is Mary Poppins and that was...

It's happened to me now! Julie Andrews.

I Dreamed A Dream is Les Mis.

Les Mis is I Dreamed a Dream.

Yes, and Edelweiss is Sound Of Music, sung by...

-..Christopher Plummer.

-Christopher Plummer, OK.

Christopher Plummer, yeah.

That's... I Dreamed A Dream didn't start with Susan Boyle,

-that's the only...

-Yeah.

-..issue there.

So, here we go.

Chris, which of these is a work by the composer Handel?

Four Seasons, Vivaldi. Magic Flute, Mozart.

But by Handel is Messiah.

Messiah's right.

Two each. Back to you, Ortis.

Exile On Main Street is a 1972 album by which band?

I've absolutely no idea.

Erm... None at all.

I'm aware of big songs by the Rolling Stones and The Who...

Everybody I know who takes guitar seriously is into Pink Floyd.

Erm... It's between the Stones and Pink Floyd for me.

I think I'm going to...

I'm going to do a Judith, go down the middle, with Pink Floyd.

If you don't know this one,

I'm trying to think how you would get to it.

The only way I can think, if you ruled out The Who,

is that Pink Floyd's albums were a bit vaguer,

so the titles are things like

Atom Heart Mother and Ummagumma and all of that.

But Exile on Main Street is the Rolling Stones.

-OK.

-OK, Chris, you can take the round with this.

What is the name of the Def Leppard drummer who lost his arm

in a car accident in the mid-1980s, but went on to resume his career?

Is this person...

That's... Well, it's not Ginger Baker.

Ginger Baker's Air Force.

Erm...

Rick Allen or Tommy Lee?

One-armed drummer, I think, is...

..Rick Allen.

The Def Leppard drummer who lost his arm in a car accident

is Rick Allen. You've won the round, Chris. Ortis, sorry.

Knocked out by the Rolling Stones,

and it's going to be five Eggheads in the final round against Fiona.

Return to us and we'll see what the final round brings.

So, this is what we have been playing towards,

it is time for our final round,

which as always is General Knowledge.

But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads won't be allowed

to take part in this round.

So, Fern, Ortis, Lucie and Ben from Lost For Words,

would you please now leave the studio?

Well, Fiona, here we are. I know you were

keeping a low profile at moments in the early rounds,

-and now...

-This is what has happened.

It is not possible, yeah!

I'm getting payback now, it's payback time, isn't it?

But you'll now watch Eggheads every day...

-Absolutely.

-..after this experience.

You're reading the news on ITV Border at the moment.

I do a programme called Border Life,

which is a current affairs programme,

so we go across Scotland finding stories to report on.

It could be endangered butterflies in forests,

or it might be prison reform or something like that.

You know, it could be anything and everything.

Tell us about being appointed Lord Lieutenant of Dumfries by the Queen,

which is sort of a quizzy fact that these five will harness onto.

Right, the Lord Lieutenant is the Queen's personal representative

in the area that he or she lives.

And there are around 100 Lord Lieutenants in the whole of Britain.

I am the Lord Lieutenant for Dumfries,

and what I do is if there is a royal visit to the area

I'll help organise that. I do citizenship ceremonies,

presenting awards on behalf of the Queen for voluntary service.

I take cards to old ladies who are 100, which is absolutely wonderful.

And also, cards to couples who celebrate 60 years of marriage.

Brilliant. And or did you have to apply for it, or what?

I was a Deputy Lieutenant before that.

The Lord Lieutenant has about...

Well, I've got 12 people to help me in my Lieutenancy.

If you're in London, you might have 200,

because London has millions of people

and I only have 100,000 people to look after.

So I was a deputy and then suddenly I got promoted to Lord Lieutenant,

so I have to behave myself now.

Well, a very varied life.

We haven't even mentioned your fishing and your books on that.

My goodness. I hope this range is wide enough to help you in the quiz.

That's the key thing now. So, good luck against these Eggheads, Fiona.

You're playing to win Lost For Words and your charities £15,000.

Steve, Barry, Pat, Chris, Judith,

you're playing for something that really money can't buy,

which is the precious reputation of the Eggheads.

And I know it means a lot to you

to keep winning against these celebrities.

As usual, I'm going to ask each team three questions in turn.

This time, they're all General Knowledge.

You may confer. I'm sorry that doesn't help you, Fiona,

with your team-mates all gone.

The question is, can your one brain defeat these five?

-In a famous victory?

-Definitely.

-I know it can be done.

-Definitely.

-We've seen it before.

Good luck. Would you like to go first or second?

I'll go first, please.

OK. And here is your first question...

General Knowledge, Fiona.

The image of which American president

is depicted on the front of the US 1 bill?

Is it...

I don't think it would be Richard Nixon,

because he didn't cover himself in glory.

Andrew Johnson, I have heard of,

but I don't think he is famous enough to appear on a 1 bill.

So I would have to say that it's George Washington.

George Washington is the right answer.

Good start. OK, you're ahead in the final round.

Here we go, Eggheads.

Which word derived from the Hindi for "pounded meat"

refers to an Indian dish of seasoned minced meat,

shaped into small balls and fried?

Is this...?

-Kofta.

-Kofta.

-Paneer is a type of cheese, isn't it?

-Isn't it?

-Kofta.

Paneer's cheese. Paneer is cheese.

-Bhaji...

-Paneer is cheese, bhajis...

-Onion bhajis.

-Yeah.

All agreed? Well, I'm in serious trouble if I get this wrong,

because I have an Indian daughter-in-law.

And her and her mother cook beautiful meals for me,

but I'm pretty certain that if it's minced meat, it's kofta.

So that's our answer.

OK. You can return home, Barry.

Kofta is correct. You're fine!

One each. Fiona, in which country

was the model David Gandy born in 1980?

So Gandy is G-A-N-D-Y.

OK? David Gandy.

David Gandy...

I don't think it was the UK.

Golly, it's either America or Australia. David Gandy.

I'm going to go for America.

Eggheads, where is he from?

I think he's from Essex.

-Essex?

-Essex.

-Which would be the UK.

-The answer is UK.

Oh...

Eggheads, to take the lead.

The word flocculent refers to items that resemble what?

F-L-O-C-C-U-L-E-NT.

-Wool. It's wool.

-Yeah.

-Are we all agreed on wool?

Yeah... Football paper.

Yeah. OK. OK.

It's definitely wool. Well, we're all of the same opinion here,

we think flocculent probably derives in some way from sheep,

but it refers to wool.

Wool is the answer.

-Drat.

-I know.

-That's inconvenient.

-I've got to get this one to stay in.

That's exactly right.

They've got fingers crossed, they've got everything crossed back there.

Here we go, here's your question.

In 1998, Fiona,

Gerhard Schroeder succeeded which politician as Chancellor of Germany?

OK...

It wasn't Angela Merkel, cos she's there now.

Ooh... It's either Willy Brandt or Helmut Kohl.

But which one is it? I bet they know.

Oh, heavens. I should know this.

I think I'm going to have to guess...

I just slightly think Helmut Kohl was slightly later.

I'm going to go with Willy Brandt.

Let's try the dates of Helmut Kohl.

Now, hang on, Helmut Kohl was in power during unification, wasn't it?

Because he had a big row with Mrs Thatcher, so that was '89.

Willy Brandt, anyone? When was he Chancellor from?

-I think he was late '60s.

-'69 to '74.

Willy Brandt is a lot earlier - the answer is Helmut Kohl.

We have to say congratulations, Eggheads, you have won.

It's so easy to slip up there, Fiona.

It's hard on your own.

-I'm sorry.

-I'm sorry!

You've got no counsel when you're on your own.

No. Don't worry at all.

Commiserations. This is what they do, as you know.

-Ruthless.

-They are.

With a smile on its face. That's the terrible thing.

Beguiling Eggheads.

They've done what comes naturally to them, this winning streak continues.

Many good teams have gone down like this.

And it does mean that this latest team of challengers

have not won the £15,000 for their charity,

so the money rolls over to our next celebrity show.

But is any celebrity team going to beat you, Eggheads?

Join us next time to see if a new team of challengers

have the brains to do it, at long last, come on!

It's got to happen, surely!

There'll be £16,000 to play for.

Until then, thanks again, Fiona, great to see you.

-Thank you.

-Bye-bye.