Episode 2 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.

-How are you feeling, Eggs?

-Brilliant.

-Brilliant, they say.

And hoping to topple the Eggheads today are Provenonsense.

Now, everyone on this team will be familiar to you

for the expert antiques knowledge they regularly display on TV -

and at this point my producer wants me to say something

about dusty old relics,

while the director gets a shot of Chris and Kevin,

but I have refused to say something as rude as that

about two of our more senior Eggheads.

Did you get the shot? OK.

Move on. Let's meet the team.

Hi there. I'm David Harper.

I'm an antiques dealer and a presenter on BBC shows like Flog It,

Bargain Hunt, the Antiques Road Trip

and Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.

I'm also an artist.

I paint very big, bright and bold pictures.

Hello, my name is Raj Bisram.

I'm an antiques expert on television.

I'm passionate about antiques,

and I think, looking at this team,

I'm probably the nearest thing to an antique there is.

Hello. I'm Caroline Hawley.

I've had a shop since the age of 20.

I'm now an auctioneer and BBC TV expert working on Bargain Hunt,

Flog It and Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.

And I love it all.

Hello. Gary Pe is my name and antiques my game.

I'm one of the newest experts on Bargain Hunt,

although by no means the youngest.

In fact, I'm almost an antique myself.

Or, as my friends like to call me, a little bit of old tat.

Hiya, I'm Danny Sebastian.

I'm an antique dealer and I'm also an antique expert.

You may well have seen me on programmes like BBC Bargain Hunt

or Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.

-So David and team, hello.

-Hello.

-How wonderful to see you all.

And we will get onto antiques - but, David, I'm just thinking,

have you got some sort of quiz strategy here?

No. Were we supposed to put together some sort of plan?!

Nobody mentioned that to me at all!

We've decided we are rubbish.

What we do is blag it on our shows.

Whatever we think, we say,

and I think that's possibly a really bad idea.

You've got knowledge, David.

I always think antiques are, in a way,

they're material history, object history, aren't they?

Yes. Well, history is probably the big one for all of us,

but that's about it.

Antiques and history, they are our two trick ponies.

Raj, what about you - have you got any quiz strengths?

I'm an expert quizzer.

-In everything?

-No, I'm not, Jeremy.

I've never done a quiz before in my life,

and I'm really looking forward to it.

Facing this lot, Raj, does this give you the collywobbles?

Absolutely. If you could see me under the table now,

you'd know that was the case!

Caroline, where are we?

Outside antiques, what have we got to offer here?

I go to the odd pub quiz.

-Yes, OK.

-So, we'll see.

Good stuff. Pub quizzing takes you off the starting blocks, for sure.

She doesn't actually get involved in the pub quiz -

she just goes there for a drink, that's it!

OK. Gary, any particular things you are going to unleash today?

I'm just terrified.

I know nothing really.

That's my excuse.

And Danny, what about you?

What's it like to be here facing this amazing team?

They don't faze me at all.

I mean, I am an absolute wealth of knowledge, so...

-Really, Danny?

-Oh, didn't you know?

-No, I didn't know that.

-I weren't so sure myself,

but I thought I'd say it anyway!

You normally... I'm thinking, cos of the way Bargain Hunt works,

you may not see each other for quite a little while.

You might find you run into each other on a programme,

-then you're not back together for two months?

-Exactly.

-OK.

So you are having a nice little reunion here, are you?

-We are! It's great.

-This is the staff party.

-It is, yes.

-OK, I hope it ends well.

Good luck, team. Every day there is £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs

for our Challengers' chosen charity.

However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,

the prize money rolls over to the next show.

So, Provenonsense,

I can tell you the Eggheads won the last celebrity game.

So there is £2,000 for you to play for now.

Would you like to try?

-Absolutely.

-I can't wait for this.

The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Sport.

So, we're going to see what you're made of.

You can take either Beth, Kevin, Chris, Dave or Lisa on.

-I'm out on the Sport thing.

-I know nothing!

-I'm good at Sport.

You're good at Sport.

-Happy?

-Yeah.

-OK.

-We're going to go with Danny.

-Danny, which Egghead would you like?

Danny, who looks non-sporting?

Well, it's not by the fact that he looks non-sporting,

but I think I'll go with Chris.

Oh, that's going to make him so cross.

Some things can't be mentioned.

Sport and Chris can't be mentioned in the same breath.

Well done, Danny. You are going on Sport for Provenonsense.

Chris is being dragged into the Question Room.

Please, both of you go there now.

Well, Danny, I know you said that from a young age

-you have been a wheeler dealer?

-That's right, I have been. Still am.

And what was it that got you into the whole thing of just buying stuff

-and selling it on?

-I'm not really sure.

I think, you know,

I sort of got presents that I didn't really like

and somebody else has got something that I wanted,

and it just came to a head

where, if I can crack a deal with this person

and give him what I don't want and get what I do want,

then it made a lot of sense to me.

It must be amazing working on Bargain Hunt?

I don't think I've ever met anybody who hasn't seen it.

Oh, no. It's absolutely fantastic.

I mean, I'm quite a newcomer to Bargain Hunt, to be honest -

but the whole team is great.

Really, just doing what I love doing, which is going out there,

finding bargains, and then taking it to auction and making a profit,

or trying to make a profit.

It's just absolutely fantastic.

I feel so at home in that field, to be honest.

Brilliant. I hope you make a profit in this round -

you are up against Chris on Sport.

Danny, you can go first or second.

I'll go first, please.

And here we go. Good luck, Danny.

Which of these sportswomen was born first?

Cor, that seems quite difficult.

They seem to all be born round about the same sort of time, really.

Denise Lewis has...

Has she retired?

That puts her at a fair age.

Jessica Ennis-Hill?

For some reason I'm getting steered towards Katarina Johnson-Thompson.

Not that I can really be sure what sport she's into.

Right, I am going to go with...

..Katarina Johnson-Thompson.

OK. Katarina is still competing.

Jessica Ennis-Hill retired. Denise Lewis is in the commentary box.

Denise Lewis is the answer.

She was born first.

1972 for Denise.

'86 for Jessica and '93 for Katarina.

-Cor, I got that totally wrong.

-Don't you worry.

Very first question in the last game,

I think it was actually Chris who got it wrong, didn't you?

-Yes.

-And the Eggheads managed to win.

So that might be a good omen for your side, actually, Danny.

Let's hope!

Here we go. Chris's question.

Who won the Formula One Drivers' World Championship in 2016?

I think it was a major upset

that Lewis Hamilton didn't win it.

I don't think it was Jenson Button either. So I'll say Nico Rosberg.

Nico Rosberg is correct.

Well done. So he has got one.

See if you can pull back now, Danny.

At the Sydney Olympics,

Audley Harrison won a gold medal in which weight division?

Audley Harrison would have been super-heavyweight.

Super-heavyweight is the right answer.

Well done. He's a big guy, isn't he?

He's a big chap, him.

I walked into a bar once and he was in it.

I couldn't believe... I think he was six foot seven or eight.

Well, Dave would know. Any stats on him?

He looks about six foot six to me, or something.

Around that. But I couldn't be sure.

-Big guy?

-That is big, it is big.

He danced with Natalie Lowe that time on Strictly,

and he was taller than her even wearing heels.

I dare say that means more to you than most, Jeremy.

He did dance, and she is very, very Amazonian.

-She's very tall.

-I also did Celebrity MasterChef with him.

-Did you?

-I did.

And he was handing out the hand cream.

Genuinely. He's the only guy who could really get away with it.

He's so big and imposing.

He said, "You must always keep your hands nice and soft."

He was handing it out. It was wonderful.

Just in case you're going to hit someone!

Moisturise those fists.

Obviously we didn't ridicule him in any way whatsoever.

It's called softening the blow.

I've racked my brains, as I often do, he's six foot five and a half.

-Oh, right. OK.

-So there we go. I was thinking six eight.

Perhaps last time I saw him he was wearing heels.

-Well, he was when I saw him!

-Was he?

-Yeah!

If he tunes in to watch this programme he's going to be really

thrown, isn't he? A whole section about Audley Harrison!

OK, perhaps we'll release this as an extra at Christmas.

OK. Chris, it's your question.

You're level. Which of these is a popular scoring system

used in amateur golf?

Texas hold 'em is a form of poker.

I think it is the Stableford system, Jeremy.

-Stableford.

-Let's see.

-Eggheads? ALL:

-Yes.

Stableford is right.

I'm afraid he is getting them right at the moment, Danny.

It's a bit annoying with these Eggheads.

It does mean you need to get this one to stay in.

The wicket keeper batsman Jos Buttler

joined which county cricket team in 2014?

Cricket is not really my forte, unless it's the West Indies.

I think I'm going to have to take a wild guess at this one.

I'm just not sure, to be honest.

I think they are all quite good cricket teams.

I think it's either Yorkshire...

For some reason I'm being steered towards Yorkshire or Lancashire.

I actually live in Lancashire,

so if I say Yorkshire I don't think I'm ever going to live it down.

So I'm going to go with Lancashire.

I'm glad you did. It's right.

Two out of three for you.

Chris can take the round with this.

The rugby union player Gavin Hastings

typically played in which position for Scotland and the British

and Irish Lions?

I never know these rugby positions.

Gavin Hastings, he was a bit of a big lad, wasn't he?

He would have been a full-back, surely.

-Let's see. Beth, do you know?

-Yeah, he is a full-back.

Full-back is right, Chris. Oh, Danny, that is so annoying!

I thought he was going to struggle with that.

So you have been knocked out, I'm afraid.

It can be quite swift, can't it?

Chris, Sport, you are through to the final.

-Look at that! Fighting talk.

-He can't hear us.

The stakes have just gone up a little bit here.

Please come back, gentlemen. Rejoin your teams, we'll play on.

OK, so, a difficult start for Provenonsense.

What is the antiques equivalent of what has happened?

-The door has fallen off?

-Rubbish!

-Just a loose hinge?

-Yeah, yeah. Something like that.

Needing a little restoration work, shall we say?

Little bit of French polishing and it will be fine.

It always works wonders.

So you have lost a brain on this side.

The Eggheads all still there.

They're looking a bit too smug, so let's take one of them down.

The next subject is Film & TV.

Who would like this?

Caroline, how are you on Film & TV?

Not brilliant, I don't think. Is anybody...?

Danny?!

-Danny can't play every round.

-Yeah, but Danny is doing so well.

He has done better than any of us so far.

I think any of us really will be...

-I'm not good or bad.

-I'm not good on film, really.

Raj? I think it's down to you, mate!

-What do you think, Film & TV? Any good?

-Not really.

-What are you good at?

-Geography.

I'll do it! To save you boys arguing, I'll do it!

-No, I'll do it! I'll do it!

-Sure?

-Yes.

-Caroline.

-Choose an Egghead.

That's the key thing, that's the first big decision.

It can't be Chris.

Film & TV. Who looks like they haven't been inside a cinema?

Oh, Film & TV.

I would like to choose Dave, please.

All right. Known as Tremendous Knowledge.

Tremendous Knowledge!

So, Caroline from Provenonsense versus Dave from the Eggheads,

Film & TV.

Please take your positions.

Leaving aside any of the Eggheads, Caroline,

what was your greatest antiques find?

I have had a few over the years, Jeremy.

My favourite thing, I have to say,

is a wonderful 1950s Christian Dior new look gown

that I bought from a car-boot sale in York.

And I love it.

And I wear it, periodically - not down the pub or anything,

but it's gorgeous.

Really? And it was a gown, as in a proper dress?

Yes. Wonderful.

-How much?

-£4.

-Really?

-And the guy said, "It's got to be four quid, love, it is Dior!"

I've heard you talk about a tea caddy in the past?

Yeah. I bought many, many years ago,

a fabulous, early, pear-shaped tea caddy,

and I think I got that for less than £5, possibly £2,

and sold it for a four-figure sum.

Yeah, so it was quite good.

So, in your average flea market,

car-boot sale, antique shop, or whatever,

is there normally stuff there?

You have to look very hard and you have to be up early -

but, yeah, there are still things about to buy, yeah.

I know this is where you all started, actually making a living

from working out the difference

between the sale price and the resale price?

Yes, and you learn very fast

when you're spending your own money, believe me.

And you run your own auction business as well, don't you?

Yes. No day is the same, and fashions change.

Clothing, you know, furniture comes in and out of fashion.

It's a constant cycle and you have to be ahead of the game -

but, yeah, it's a great business to be in.

We have one down our road and I always say to my wife,

I beg her to let me buy the suit of armour, every time,

whenever one comes in.

And she'll never let me do it.

Is that a common situation,

-where the bloke wants to buy the suit of armour?

-Yes.

Or the woman wants to buy something else.

Yeah, very often we get all sorts of shenanigans, people leaving bids,

"Don't tell the wife, don't tell the husband."

We have all sorts going on.

I want you to call my wife and tell her why she should let me buy it.

She just thinks it would look ridiculous

standing in the middle of our bedroom.

It's great! Why not? Why not?!

I can tell your team-mates think the same.

No, no. Sounds good to me.

Dave, you would own a suit of armour if you saw one going, wouldn't you?

-Excuse me?!

-If you saw a suit of armour in an antique shop.

I'd probably walk past it, Jeremy.

If it was a Manchester United football kit,

that is a different matter.

Film & TV, Caroline.

Would you like to go first or second?

I would like to go first, please.

So here we go. I know it's not quite the subject you might have chosen,

but let's see how you do. Your first question.

Davina McCall was the presenter of which TV series from 2000 to 2010?

Right. I don't watch lots of TV, I have to say.

But I know it's not Top Gear.

My boys watch that and I've seen that.

And it's not Pop Idol.

-It's Big Brother.

-It is indeed Big Brother.

Yes. How Davina made her name, really.

Dave, on to you. Who plays the title role in the zombie comedy film

Shaun of the Dead?

I think that's Simon Pegg.

It is indeed Simon Pegg, yeah.

OK, back to you Caroline.

Mrs Pumphrey and her spoiled dog Tricki Woo

were recurring characters in which TV drama series?

Mrs Pumphrey and Tricki Woo.

Oh, gosh. I don't think it is Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.

Mrs Pumphrey and Tricki Woo.

I'm going to go with All Creatures Great And Small.

-Let me check with your team-mates. Team?

-No doubt about it.

No doubt about it, they like that.

All Creatures Great And Small is right.

Two out of two, well done.

Dave, which TV game show of the 1970s, '80s and '90s

featured two teams of celebrities playing a game of charades?

It is not a Game For a Laugh or Call My Bluff.

The charades one was Give Us a Clue.

Give Us a Clue is right. Imagine someone pitching that now!

Would that...?

No. I don't think so.

It's not going to threaten Bargain Hunt!

OK. Caroline, might be a crucial moment.

Get this right and then you get some pressure on Dave,

and maybe his door falls off.

That is the only antique analogy I've got, guys.

-It's a good one.

-Thank you. The cupboard falls over.

Caroline, who plays the role of the wizard Grindelwald

in the 2016 film Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them?

They are all possibles, I think.

I'm sure you're all shouting, knowing which one it is.

And I think...

..maybe not Johnny Depp.

I'm going to go with...

-..George Clooney.

-Do your team know?

-Let's see.

-I would have guessed Johnny Depp.

-Yeah.

-Oh!

-It is Johnny Depp.

So, two out of three, just like Danny.

Let's see if it's enough to get you into Sudden Death.

Dave, you can take the round with this third question.

In which TV drama series did David Morrissey play the role

of a soldier named Sam Webster?

It's not Line Of Duty.

It could be The Missing and it could be The Fall.

I might have to take this one, take the fall myself.

I'll go for The Fall, please.

Oh. OK.

It's about a serial killer.

-Right, so it's The Missing.

-Yeah, I think that's all I need to say,

-really.

-Yes, it is. Yeah.

The answer is The Missing, Dave.

You go to Sudden Death with him, Caroline.

A little bit of progress for your team here.

So here it gets a bit harder - I don't give you options.

Old Ned was the theme tune to which long-running TV sitcom

of the 1960s and '70s?

Oh, golly. Golly, golly. Oh.

Do you know, I really don't know. Nothing's leaping out at me.

Rising Damp.

No, it's Steptoe And Son.

-Oh, no!

-It's kind of right up your street.

-No, that is so bad. No.

-Because, in a funny way,...

-Of course it is.

-And Steptoe and Son were not antiques dealers,

-but they were...

-Rag and bone men.

-Rag and bone men. Right.

So they were a few steps down.

-Yeah, thanks.

-Oh, I thought you'd go straight there.

Steptoe And Son. Never mind.

OK, Dave, for the round, the celebrity agent Ari Gold,

played by Jeremy Piven, is a character in which TV comedy series?

I'm just having a think about what it's called.

I know the programme.

Entourage.

Yes, it is Entourage, Dave, well done.

Sorry, Caroline, beaten by our Egghead, there.

He's pretty good, old Dave.

And he's won the round and you've been knocked out.

But, don't worry, team, one of our most recent winning teams,

exactly this happened.

The first two rounds they lost and came back and won.

So, Caroline, Dave, please return and we will play on.

OK, Provenonsense have now lost a second brain from the final round.

The Eggheads are all there, intact, shells on.

The next subject for you is History.

Now this should be good, right?

-So...

-Oh, now, you see, there's the pressure.

-The pressure's there.

-You wanted History.

Yeah, thanks, Raj. You wanted History, as well.

-I don't mind.

-There are three historians left.

-I don't mind doing it.

-OK.

David. It's like when we had the doctors in.

They sort of wanted Science, but also...

-Yeah, I know.

-It was the most terrifying one.

-Yeah.

-So, David, who would you like to take on?

Kevin, Beth and Lisa - who looks unhistorical?

-Very good question.

-Lacking in history knowledge.

One of them's going to be deeply offended

by this choice, aren't they?

I think... I know Lisa's done Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

and, I think, Beth, you need to do a Celebrity Antiques Road Trip,

so I'm going to choose you.

-Oh.

-OK. That sounds like an invitation.

-Yeah.

-David from Provenonsense

versus Beth from the Eggheads on History.

Please go to our Question Room now.

So, your first screen test was more than a decade ago, David.

It was, it certainly was, yeah.

Quite an experience that was, as well.

-Cos it didn't quite go to plan?

-Not quite, no.

They were quite ruthless with me, Jeremy.

So, roughly what did they tell you to do?

Well, they sent somebody up with a camera, because I'd been doing

some off-screen valuing for another TV show,

and I kept putting myself forward and knocking on doors

and sending letters, in those days,

saying, "Look, I really want to be on TV."

Nothing was happening - but, anyway, I got this chance.

They sent a director up from London, with a camera,

to do the screen test thing.

He put the camera in my face and told me to deliver something,

tell the world about myself, which I did.

The following day, the producer rang me and he said,

"David, I really like you."

This is marvellous! It was a bit luvvie, you know.

I'm in the TV world now.

He almost called me darling.

And he said to me, "I want to do another screen test.

"Before we put you into the broadcast I want to do one more,

"but I want to make just a few alterations,

"a few changes, do you mind?"

I said, "No, not at all." He said, "OK, here's the list.

"Shave your hair off, shave your beard off,

"pluck your eyebrows,

"put some false tan on and smarten yourself up."

Good grief! That's almost everything.

Pretty much everything, really.

I should have just brought in a twin brother,

that would have been much easier.

But in the antiques business you've got to be thick-skinned,

and I think the TV business is exactly the same,

so I had a good grounding.

It serves you well, because it's not just Bargain Hunt,

it's Cash In The Attic and Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

and Flog It and, of course, Antiques Road Trip.

-Of course.

-Probably the most fun of all.

Which, Beth will be joining me very soon.

-Would you do that, Beth?

-Oh, yes, certainly.

Any chance to drive a vintage car and go buy some antiques.

-Fantastic.

-Did we have Barry Simmons on it once, David, I think?

-Yeah.

-Lisa, you were on it, as well.

Barry and I went together. It was great.

And who won of those two?

I thrashed Barry.

Yeah, because Barry would just buy the first ten things.

Well, I'm very good at shopping, anyway.

I was concentrating on the quality

and Barry was just looking for the most weird things he could find

and coming out with them.

He had this bizarre little copper fridge thing.

I mean, I'm not even sure that poor old Christina Trevanion,

who was saddled with Barry, knew exactly what it was for -

and, believe me, these guys know everything about everything,

it's quite intimidating.

And Beth should do it, right?

-Absolutely.

-Good stuff.

And, David, I must mention your art, as well,

because as well as buying and selling, you also paint.

It's a big passion for me.

You know, there's an old Chinese saying, I think it was Confucius,

that said that everybody should meditate every day for 20 minutes,

and if you feel you don't have enough time

to meditate for 20 minutes, then you need to meditate for one hour -

and it's a really good saying, and I find painting a great meditation.

I've done it for many years,

and now I'm lucky enough to be able to sell it,

and it's part of what I do.

-Fantastic.

-Yeah.

-So, History.

I think History's good for an antiques expert, I really do.

It should be.

It should be. That's part of the problem, I know.

David, do you want to go first or second against Beth?

I want to get it out of the way.

Jeremy, I want to go first, please.

Here we go, then.

In his 1775 speech to the Virginia Convention,

Patrick Henry famously said "give me liberty or give me" what?

OK, 1775, so this is George III

and we're talking about the American colonial civil war...

Not civil war, the War of Independence here,

aren't we, obviously?

So, any one of those would suit, but we know what he's talking about.

He's talking about breaking free from Britain,

he's talking about building this new country of America.

Death, imprisonment, or war.

Give me liberty or give me...

..war...

-is my answer.

-War is your answer.

Let's see. Do you know, Challengers?

-Death, I think it's death.

-It is death.

-Oh!

-Give me liberty or give me death.

And, Beth, your question.

Which of these historical figures was born first?

I hope that was Napoleon.

Napoleon is the right answer.

David, in 44 BC, which man adopted Octavian,

the future Roman emperor Augustus?

I think I'm better in the Georgian period, to be honest.

I think we're going back too far here.

Surely one of the emperors, so Nero or Julius Caesar.

I think Julius Caesar is later, isn't he?

I'm going to go Nero.

Let's see from our Eggheads. Is he right?

-It's Julius Caesar.

-Julius Caesar.

Julius Caesar is the answer.

-Sorry, guys.

-The 50-50 is...

-Yeah.

-..getting to you.

All right, Beth, your question.

You can take the round with this.

The American criminal Charles Floyd, born in 1904,

was best known by what nickname?

They could all fit.

This isn't one I'm aware of or know.

They all sound like very Chicago-esque, mobster-type names.

I bet Chris is sitting there on his hands, rocking, going,

"It's such and such."

Charles Floyd.

My first thought from those is Pretty Boy,

so I'll go with that.

-Pretty Boy.

-Let's see if Chris does know.

Is it right?

Yeah, see, you mugs, it is Pretty Boy Floyd, yeah.

-Pretty Boy Floyd is the right answer.

-Yay!

Well done, Beth.

You've won the round.

David, sorry, beaten by our Eggheads on History

and therefore not in the final. Please return to us.

One more round to play before the final.

-OK, bad luck there, David.

-Oh, well.

-It happens.

I know that Roman emperors are not covered in the world of antiques.

Provenonsense have lost three brains from the final round.

The Eggheads have not lost any.

Still a tight contest in these individual head-to-heads.

The next subject is Geography.

-Not me.

-Raj, it's got to be you.

He's been talking about geography all day.

Shires and counties.

You're going to have to do it, aren't you?

Yeah. I'm going to have to do it.

And it's Kevin or Lisa.

-Lisa, please.

-Okey dokey.

So, Raj from Provenonsense is going to play Lisa from the Eggheads.

OK, please go to the Question Room for the last round.

Well, I would never have guessed, Raj,

that in your youth you were in an aerial ski stunt team.

Well, I was very lucky, Jeremy.

I learned to ski in the Army and...

I got spotted very early on in my Army career and I was taken away

and I managed to get to a pretty high level -

and after leaving the Army,

I was asked to become the road manager to the world stunt team,

which was... We travelled around the world.

Great skiers. I learnt a hell of a lot.

It's one of my major passions.

I love skiing almost as much as I love antiques.

Aerial ski stunts are going off ramps and into the air

-and somersaulting and all sorts?

-That's right.

In fact, in those days,

we actually built a ramp on the side of the Thames

and skied into the Thames with four of the top ten world champions.

Aerialists. It was a great time.

Yeah, but you can do it anywhere.

These days, if you've got...

..an air bed to land on, you can literally do it anywhere.

All round the country I can now hear mums saying, "No, you can't."

You need a pretty big air bed.

Yeah, yeah. And a big garden, yeah.

So, also magic, you love magic, too.

Yeah, it's been a passion from an early age.

We were very lucky. My dad used to drink occasionally

with Tommy Cooper, one of our greats,

and my dad was into card tricks and taught me a few

and I used it when I travelled - and I still do, a little bit.

In fact, I did a couple of tricks on one of the Road Trips recently.

Yeah, it's just one of those things I just got into.

I always find, with magic tricks,

it's not just about knowing how they're done,

but it's like playing the guitar -

you have to practise them for the sleight of hand.

You do, you do. You have to keep practising,

especially if it's card manipulation,

or whatever manipulation it is, your hands have to be very dextrous,

so you do need to practise a lot.

And these days, I don't practise as much.

All right. And geography is clearly yet another interest of yours

because you kept mentioning geography over here.

Or maybe you were just hoping it wouldn't come up.

Jeremy, I think you got it right at the end.

I was just hoping it wouldn't come up.

Then you can say, "Well, it hasn't come up, I'm not playing."

It could have been any subject!

All right, so, Raj, would you like to go first or second against Lisa?

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

All right, good luck, Raj, against Lisa on Geography, and here we go.

Which of these oceans is the smallest by surface area?

Well, I'm pretty certain it's not the Pacific.

I'm going to go down the middle. I'm going to say Indian, Jeremy.

-Do we like that, team?

-We do, we do.

We like it. Indian's right.

Lisa, your question.

The Tay is the longest river in which country of the UK?

The Tay? T-A-Y?

-T-A-Y.

-Just checking.

I think you'll find that in Scotland.

Scotland is right.

Raj, in which part of the UK is the town of Harrogate?

Harrogate. Well, it's definitely not Scottish Borders

and I've been to the West Country quite a lot

just recently on Road Trips, so it's not the West Country.

It's in North Yorkshire, Jeremy.

North Yorkshire's correct.

All right, so far a perfect round. Let's see, Lisa.

Adelaide is the capital of which Australian state?

It's the smirk on your face when you say the word Australia

when you look at me, Jeremy.

I notice you did not even bat an eyelid when I raised

your most problematic country.

Not even giving you the satisfaction any more.

It's South Australia.

Oh, right, you've been brushing up, have you?

Little bit.

South Australia is quite right.

A year ago that might have floored Lisa, that question,

but she's been, obviously, spending time with maps.

All right, Raj, this is where a couple of your colleagues

have come unstuck, on this beastly third question.

Get this right, put Lisa under some pressure.

Which of these countries has the largest population?

Well, Australia's certainly the largest of them...

..but probably not for population.

I'm not sure about this one at all.

I'm going to say...

Spain, Jeremy.

Don't say that. Japan!

But I'm not sure about that.

-We've got a slight paroxysm of agony going on in the team-mates.

-Yeah.

Tell us why, team-mates.

It's Japan.

Yeah, Gary confirms Japan is the answer.

OK, Lisa, here's your question, for the round.

Which country is often referred to as the Giant of Africa?

OK, well, if we are assuming it's on size, it ain't Rwanda.

If it is on size, I'd guess it would be Nigeria.

I don't know, I would have thought there are all sorts of things

you could call Kenya before you got to that as a name.

Unless I'm barking up the wrong tree

and it has nothing to do with size at all.

No, I don't know. I think that's the only reasoning I can go on.

-We'll try Nigeria.

-Nigeria.

Well the reason is to do with population, but also economy.

The Giant of Africa is Nigeria,

so, well done, Lisa, you've won that round.

Raj, sorry. Ah, what can I say?

-Close.

-Close!

Close, indeed. Beaten by our Eggheads and, if you come back,

we're ready to play the final round.

Excellent. I think we're all in, aren't we(?)

LAUGHTER

So, all very exciting, 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, David, Raj, Caroline and Danny from Provenonsense,

would you please now leave the studio?

Don't leave me!

Well, Gary, tell us where you were brought up,

because I know it's fascinating.

Well, I was born and raised in the Philippines,

and my two parents come from a very small island

south of Manila called Marinduque -

and, actually, most of my ancestors come from that place

apart from, on my father's side,

a Chinese trader who came from Amoy,

and on my mother's side a Spanish priest

who was sent to the islands to spread the faith

and took it literally.

OK, also a very good combination, in a way -

but I know on this...

I've read about you talking previously, that on this island,

the objects you have in your house were very important to you.

Absolutely. That's where all the stories came from,

that's how you got to learn about your ancestors and what they did,

where they came from.

My grandmother was probably the greatest storyteller of the island.

Almost a hoarder, borderline hoarder.

She never threw anything out.

But she knew about every object that was in that house.

Which gave you your interest?

I was the oldest grandchild, so she doted on me, basically,

and told me everything I wanted to know

about these objects, my ancestors.

I mean, for a child with wide eyes,

I mean, the stories she told were just incredible.

And she could go on and on and on.

And, you know, I'm grateful for her.

It gave you your passion.

-Well, basically, I think that's why I'm here.

-Yeah.

Well, Gary, you are playing to win Provenonsense £2,000.

I know this was not quite the plan,

for them all to end up in the sin bin.

No, this is not what I wanted.

You can do it, you can do it.

Beth, Kevin, Chris, Dave, Lisa,

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

the Eggheads' reputation

to withstand this celebrity onslaught you've been under today.

As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn -

and this time they're all General Knowledge.

Usually I say, Gary, you can confer,

but I know this doesn't really help here.

The question is, can your one brain take down these five?

And then we can run the clip again and again on Bargain Hunt

when it happens. Would you like to go first or second?

I'll be a rebel and go second, please.

OK, so, the first question goes to the Eggheads.

Cryptozoology is the study of what?

-Legendary creatures.

-Legendary creatures?

-Yeah.

Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them.

It's legendary creatures.

Yes, indeed, an example of that being the Eggheads.

Legendary creatures is correct.

-GARY:

-Should have gone first!

-Oh, yeah.

It's OK. Look, don't worry. Here we are.

We're still early days here in the final round.

Playing for £2,000.

Gary, in Greek mythology, who slayed the dragon Ladon?

L-A-D-O-N.

Achilles. Achilles heel.

No, there's nothing to do with that. I don't think so.

Paris I don't think has anything to do with that.

I think it's Heracles.

I think it's Heracles, too.

Well done. Is that one of your grandmother's stories?

You said it was such conviction.

OK, Eggheads.

Which member of the Royal Family had a famous romantic association

with Group Captain Peter Townsend?

-Margaret. Margaret.

-Princess Margaret.

-Yeah.

-Yeah, caused a bit of kerfuffle at the time.

It was Princess Margaret.

It was Princess Margaret, and I remember it as a schoolboy.

Why was it a kerfuffle? Was it because she was married?

It was because he was divorced.

-He was divorced.

-That was it, was it, no more than that?

She was involved with him

and, yes, she knew it couldn't really come of anything

because he was divorced.

Then he got married again and not so long after that

she married Antony Armstrong-Jones.

Right, interesting. Didn't know that.

OK, Gary, your question.

Which comedian, who passed away in 1995,

is often referred to as the father of modern satire?

I would say it's Peter Cook.

You're playing confidently. You're quite right again.

Peter Cook is right.

I think you've rattled them here with your decisiveness.

Eggheads, third question.

Which of these famous archaeological finds is located in Suffolk?

Sutton Hoo.

Yeah. Actually been there. Very interesting site.

It's Sutton Hoo.

Sutton Hoo is right.

It's terrible when they know it, isn't it?

I should have gone first.

Listen, it's going well. Not a hair out of place, so far.

Just get this right, Gary, and then they could fall into total shambles.

That's what we've got to hope for.

Here's your question.

Operation Eagle Claw was a failed mission by the US military

in April 1980 to rescue hostages being held in which country?

It's not Russia...

and I don't think it's North Korea, either.

My instincts tell me that...

..it's Iran. 1980?

1980, yeah. Let me read it again, because it's important.

Operation Eagle Claw was a failed mission by the US military

in April 1980 to rescue hostages being held in which country?

Who was President then, was that...?

I think it was Jimmy Carter.

In which case, I do believe that that would be Iran.

The answer's Iran.

It was just before Reagan took over, and it was a real humiliation,

and it was Jimmy Carter, and it was Iran.

Well done, Gary, three out of three.

Oh, I'm feeling the tension now.

You've pulled it back here.

Scores are level, we go to Sudden Death.

It gets a bit harder, as you know, Eggheads,

you've been here so many times. I do not give you different choices.

Here is your question.

The arctic explorer, diplomat and scientist

Fridtjof Nansen was born in which country?

-Norwegian.

-Norwegian, yeah.

He was born in Norway. Norwegian.

Norway's right.

Gary...

Sussudio was a 1985 hit single for which UK singer?

Oh, no.

I wasn't even in this country.

What was the name again?

Sussudio. It's one word, strange word -

S-U-S-S-U-D-I-O.

Sussudio.

Nothing comes to mind.

-Sussudio.

-Sussudio was a 1985 hit single for which UK singer?

Sudden Death.

Phil Collins?

You're right!

JEREMY LAUGHS

How brilliant.

-No!

-Yes!

Yes, that's like buying the tea caddy for £1

and it's worth a million.

Well done, you.

All right, maybe this is going to happen. I'm feeling it now.

Something in the air tonight!

Here we go. Watch the Eggheads crumble now.

In the early 20th century, Daisy Greville, the Countess of Warwick,

threatened to publish intimate letters revealing an affair

between herself and which king when he was Prince of Wales?

It's got to be Edward VII.

THEY TALK OVER ONE ANOTHER

Yes, basically, yes.

-So, yeah.

-OK?

-I can't think of any others.

The then-king in the early 20th century was Edward VII,

who'd been Prince of Wales for a very long time indeed,

so it would have been tricky for it to have been anybody else.

So, Edward VII.

Edward VII is quite right.

Apparently their affair took place when he was Prince of Wales.

OK, I'm afraid... I was hoping they'd stumble there,

-but they didn't.

-Obviously I got that question.

When there's all five of them, it's very hard.

The brains are all working in sync.

Just keep going, keep plugging away with your brilliant answers.

Here's your question. Sudden Death - you've got to get this right.

The 2012 novel A Week In Winter was the last to be written

by which Irish author?

I don't even know any contemporary Irish authors, unfortunately, so...

..I think it begins with an H. Erm...

No. I'll need to pass. Nothing.

Any name out of the air, anything.

No, I can't.

-Sorry.

-OK.

A Week In Winter.

You've passed. Do you know, Eggheads?

-Maeve Binchy.

-I'd have gone Binchy, yeah.

-Maeve Binchy.

-Yes.

-Oh.

-Not even close.

-Not even... OK.

Well, there's some consolation in that.

The answer is Maeve Binchy

and we say congratulations, Eggheads, you have won.

Well, there we are. Along with all the other stuff,

I know you're a jazz singer and antiques expert.

You also a quizzer, Gary, there's no question.

Definitely a quizzer.

That Phil Collins answer was miraculous.

Oh, dear. It was the only one from the 1980s that I could think of.

Yeah, but really well done. I'm sorry.

Maeve Binchy, if it's not there, it's not there.

It's a bit obscure for me.

But thank you so much for playing. Thanks, team, at the back.

Great to see you.

-What fun. I hope you enjoyed it.

-Oh, absolutely. It was great.

I'm relieved.

-Well, you've now got to value these five.

-I did them proud, at least.

Yeah, you've definitely done them proud, you really, really have.

Commiserations to our Challengers, our celebrities.

The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them.

You still reign supreme over even celebrity quiz land.

I'm afraid it means you haven't won the £2,000

so the money rolls over to our next show.

Someone's going to win it, surely, at some point -

but I wonder, Eggheads, you are in very good form.

Join us next time to see if a new team of celebrity Challengers

have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.

£3,000 says they don't.

Until then, goodbye.