0:00:02 > 0:00:05I would rather go and stand in front of a 2,000-people audience
0:00:05 > 0:00:07and do stand-up for two hours
0:00:07 > 0:00:09than do what I'm about to do for four minutes.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12I can't do any more than I have, so I'm proud of what I've done
0:00:12 > 0:00:14and let's have it, let's do it.
0:00:14 > 0:00:15That's the scariest thing.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18It's not not knowing the answer, it's knowing the answer
0:00:18 > 0:00:20and not being able to get it out of your mouth.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23I'm looking forward to it. Que sera, sera.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Four celebrities who hope they know everything there is to know
0:00:27 > 0:00:29about their specialist subject.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33Who will be crowned tonight's Celebrity Mastermind?
0:00:50 > 0:00:53First in the spotlight tonight is the comedian Fred MacAulay.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55He's answering questions on Porridge,
0:00:55 > 0:00:57the telly version, that is.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Next, the novelist Mark Billingham.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01His specialist subject - Elvis Costello.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04The actress Georgia Henshaw will be answering questions
0:01:04 > 0:01:06on the television series Sherlock
0:01:06 > 0:01:09and Brian Aldridge, otherwise known as Charles Collingwood,
0:01:09 > 0:01:12and his subject - Hampshire County Cricket Club.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16APPLAUSE
0:01:25 > 0:01:30Hello, I'm John Humphrys and welcome to Celebrity Mastermind.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33This is ultimate test of what they think they know,
0:01:33 > 0:01:37what they should know and what they actually do know.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41It's not always the same by any means, but the rules are unchanging.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43One round of questions on their specialist subject
0:01:43 > 0:01:45and one on general knowledge.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47The prize - a rather nice trophy
0:01:47 > 0:01:52and the huge honour of holding the title Celebrity Mastermind Champion,
0:01:52 > 0:01:55so let's ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05And your name is...
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Your chosen charity?
0:02:09 > 0:02:11And your chosen subject.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Porridge, in 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Porridge was a BBC sitcom set in Slade Prison
0:02:16 > 0:02:19that ran for three series between '74 and '77.
0:02:19 > 0:02:20Which duo wrote the series?
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Ian La Frenais and Dick Clement.
0:02:22 > 0:02:23Correct. Which actor,
0:02:23 > 0:02:25who also appeared with Ronnie Barker in Open All Hours,
0:02:25 > 0:02:26plays Blanco in the series?
0:02:26 > 0:02:28David Jason. Yep.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30During his medical examination in New Faces, Old Hands,
0:02:30 > 0:02:32the doctor points to a glass on the table
0:02:32 > 0:02:34and tells Fletcher to "fill one for me."
0:02:34 > 0:02:36What does Fletcher reply?
0:02:36 > 0:02:37"From here"? Quite.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39In the episode Heartbreak Hotel,
0:02:39 > 0:02:40Godber asks Fletcher
0:02:40 > 0:02:42for a share of his soft toilet paper
0:02:42 > 0:02:44as a reward for darning his socks.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46How much does Fletcher give him?
0:02:46 > 0:02:47One sheet. Yes, he's all heart.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Which Paisley-born actor had the same surname
0:02:49 > 0:02:51as the character he played in the series?
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Erm, oh, gosh. McLaren?
0:02:53 > 0:02:54Mackay.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57When Fletcher sneaks off to the pub in the episode A Day Out,
0:02:57 > 0:02:59what flavour crisps does he bring back
0:02:59 > 0:03:00for the rest of the work party?
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Cheese and onion. Yes.
0:03:02 > 0:03:03In Heartbreak Hotel, Mr Mackay says
0:03:03 > 0:03:06that Fletcher's wife has probably told his friends
0:03:06 > 0:03:07that he's away on a five-year safari.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10What does Fletcher say she tells them he's doing?
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Missionary work in Scotland. That's it.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14At the start of the episode Pardon Me,
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Fletcher and Blanco have been playing a game for four days
0:03:16 > 0:03:19and Mr Barrowclough says they're cheating each other
0:03:19 > 0:03:20into a stalemate. Which game?
0:03:20 > 0:03:21Monopoly. Yep.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25Mr Wainwright is assigned to Slade Prison as a replacement
0:03:25 > 0:03:27for Mr Mackay in the episode Disturbing The Peace.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31He says he had previously met Fletcher in which other prison?
0:03:31 > 0:03:32Um, Brixton?
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Yep, what does Harris steal from Justice Rawley
0:03:34 > 0:03:36that results in him being tried by
0:03:36 > 0:03:38a kangaroo court in the episode Rough Justice?
0:03:38 > 0:03:39His watch. Yes.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41What subject is Godber studying at O level
0:03:41 > 0:03:43in the episode A Test Of Character?
0:03:43 > 0:03:44History. Yes. BEEP
0:03:44 > 0:03:46In the episode No Peace For The Wicked,
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Blanco brings a wooden toy
0:03:48 > 0:03:50to Fletcher's cell that he says has taken him
0:03:50 > 0:03:51almost 15 years to make.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54It's a model of which television character?
0:03:54 > 0:03:55It's Muffin the Mule.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57It is absolutely Muffin the Mule.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59No passes, Fred. You've got 11 points.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01APPLAUSE
0:04:09 > 0:04:11And our next contender, please.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19And your name is...
0:04:19 > 0:04:20Your chosen charity?
0:04:22 > 0:04:23And your chosen subject.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Elvis Costello in 90 seconds.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28What was the name of Costello's backing band
0:04:28 > 0:04:30consisting of Bruce Thomas, Steve Nieve and Pete Thomas?
0:04:30 > 0:04:31The Attractions. Yep.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Costello signed with the UK record label
0:04:33 > 0:04:35which released his first hit single
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Watching The Detectives in 1977.
0:04:37 > 0:04:38What's the name of the label?
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Stiff Records. Yes.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42In '93, Costello released an album with Brodsky Quartet.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44What was its title?
0:04:44 > 0:04:45The Juliet Letters. Yes.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Costello went to Nashville in '81 to record
0:04:47 > 0:04:49the country and western covers album Almost Blue
0:04:49 > 0:04:51with which producer?
0:04:51 > 0:04:52Billy Sherrill. Yes.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Which single taken from the Armed Forces album
0:04:54 > 0:04:56reached number two in the UK charts in 1979?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Oliver's Army. Yes.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01The song Shipbuilding from his 1983 album Punch The Clock
0:05:01 > 0:05:02featured a trumpet solo.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Which jazz musician performed it?
0:05:04 > 0:05:05Chet Baker. He did.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Veronica from the album Spike reached the top 20
0:05:08 > 0:05:10of the American singles charts in 1989.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Who was the co-writer?
0:05:12 > 0:05:13Paul McCartney. Is correct.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16What is the title of the first single released
0:05:16 > 0:05:18under the name Elvis Costello in '77?
0:05:18 > 0:05:20It was about the fascist Oswald Mosley.
0:05:20 > 0:05:21Less Than Zero. Correct.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Costello collaborated with a legendary songwriter
0:05:24 > 0:05:26on the '98 album Painted From Memory.
0:05:26 > 0:05:27Who was he?
0:05:27 > 0:05:28Burt Bacharach. Yes.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31In 1999, Costello had his first UK top 20 hit single
0:05:31 > 0:05:32for over a decade with a song
0:05:32 > 0:05:34from the soundtrack of the film Notting Hill.
0:05:34 > 0:05:35What was its title?
0:05:35 > 0:05:36She. Yes.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39In '95, Costello was the artistic director
0:05:39 > 0:05:41of a festival at the South Bank Centre.
0:05:41 > 0:05:42What was the name..?
0:05:42 > 0:05:43Meltdown. It was.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46In '92, Costello and Richard Harvey won a BAFTA
0:05:46 > 0:05:49for original television music for which series
0:05:49 > 0:05:50written by Alan Bleasdale?
0:05:50 > 0:05:51GBH. Yes.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54What was the name of the backing band with whom Costello
0:05:54 > 0:05:57released the 2004 album The Delivery Man?
0:05:57 > 0:06:00BEEP Er...
0:06:03 > 0:06:04Quick guess.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07The Confederates. It was The Imposters.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11Otherwise you'd have had a full house, but you have a modest,
0:06:11 > 0:06:12he joked, 12 points.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14APPLAUSE
0:06:21 > 0:06:24And our next contender, please.
0:06:29 > 0:06:30And your name is...
0:06:31 > 0:06:32Your chosen charity.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36And your chosen subject.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Sherlock, in 90 seconds.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41The actor who plays Sherlock's older brother, Mycroft,
0:06:41 > 0:06:43co-created the series with the writer, Steven Moffat.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45What's his name?
0:06:46 > 0:06:47Mark Gatiss. Yes.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49What musical instrument does Sherlock play
0:06:49 > 0:06:50to help him think?
0:06:50 > 0:06:51The violin. Yes.
0:06:51 > 0:06:52In The Blind Banker, what is the name
0:06:52 > 0:06:55of the Chinese criminal organisation whose members
0:06:55 > 0:06:57have a tattoo on the sole of one of their feet?
0:06:57 > 0:06:58The Black Lotus. Yes.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01What false name and identity does Moriarty invent
0:07:01 > 0:07:03to convince the public he's an actor paid by Sherlock
0:07:03 > 0:07:05to set up false crimes for him to solve?
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Richard Brook. Correct.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10In A Scandal In Belgravia, Flight 007 never takes off
0:07:10 > 0:07:11because the project is cancelled.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Which American city is supposed to have been its destination?
0:07:16 > 0:07:17Pass.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19What is the name of the actress who plays Mrs Hudson,
0:07:19 > 0:07:21the housekeeper at 221B Baker Street?
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Una Stubbs. Yes. In The Hounds Of Baskerville,
0:07:23 > 0:07:25what local landmark is said to be the lair
0:07:25 > 0:07:27of the fearsome giant dog?
0:07:27 > 0:07:28Dewer's Hollow. Correct.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32In The Blind Banker, Sherlock finds the antique smugglers
0:07:32 > 0:07:34after unlocking the cipher using what common book?
0:07:34 > 0:07:36The London A-Z. Yes.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Sherlock is given the nickname "Hero of Reichenbach"
0:07:38 > 0:07:41because he helped to recover a stolen painting of the falls
0:07:41 > 0:07:43by which artist?
0:07:43 > 0:07:44Pass.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47In A Scandal In Belgravia, Sherlock is taken
0:07:47 > 0:07:49to Buckingham Palace wearing only what item?
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Mycroft eventually persuades him to put on his clothes.
0:07:52 > 0:07:53A sheet. Yeah, a bed sheet.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56The climactic struggle between Sherlock and Moriarty
0:07:56 > 0:07:58takes place on a rooftop of a London building
0:07:58 > 0:08:00from which Sherlock apparently falls to his death.
0:08:00 > 0:08:01Which building?
0:08:01 > 0:08:02St Bartholomew's Hospital.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04It was. A genetically modified rabbit
0:08:04 > 0:08:07owned by the daughter of the Baskerville scientist, Dr Stapleton,
0:08:07 > 0:08:10had begun to glow in the dark before it disappeared.
0:08:10 > 0:08:11What was its name? BEEP
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Bluebell. Bluebell is exactly right.
0:08:13 > 0:08:14You had two passes.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17The artist was JMW Turner.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21And the town to which Flight 007 would have gone
0:08:21 > 0:08:24but never did was Baltimore.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26You've got, Georgia, ten points.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29APPLAUSE
0:08:35 > 0:08:37And our final contender, please.
0:08:43 > 0:08:44And your name is...
0:08:45 > 0:08:46Your chosen charity.
0:08:48 > 0:08:49And your chosen subject.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Hampshire Cricket Club, here we go.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58In September 2013, Hampshire celebrated
0:08:58 > 0:09:00which anniversary of the club's foundation?
0:09:00 > 0:09:01The 150th. Yes.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04The final county championship match at Northlands Road
0:09:04 > 0:09:07before Hampshire moved to the Rose Bowl was in what year?
0:09:07 > 0:09:082000. Yep.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Mark Nicholas missed the 2001 Natwest Trophy final
0:09:10 > 0:09:13against Surrey because his finger had been broken
0:09:13 > 0:09:14in a county championship match
0:09:14 > 0:09:16against the same opponent two days earlier.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20Who captained Hampshire to victory at Lord's in his absence?
0:09:20 > 0:09:21David Gower. Yes.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Which great Australian test cricketer joined Hampshire
0:09:23 > 0:09:25at the start of the 2000 season?
0:09:25 > 0:09:26Shane Warne. Correct.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30After Kevin Pietersen made his England test debut in July 2005,
0:09:30 > 0:09:33how many county championship matches did he appear in
0:09:33 > 0:09:35for Hampshire before joining Surrey in 2010?
0:09:35 > 0:09:36Two. One.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39Who replaced Brian Ford as chairman of the club in 2000?
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Rod Bransgrove. Correct.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44In 2011, the county hosted its first test match
0:09:44 > 0:09:46when England played which country at the Rose Bowl?
0:09:46 > 0:09:47Sri Lanka. Yes.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50In 2005, who became the club's first Hampshire-born player
0:09:50 > 0:09:53to appear in a test match for England for more than 100 years?
0:09:54 > 0:09:56Shaun Udal. Yes.
0:09:56 > 0:09:57In their first Lord's final,
0:09:57 > 0:10:00Hampshire won the 1988 B Cup final.
0:10:00 > 0:10:01Who was batting with captain Mark Nicholas
0:10:01 > 0:10:03when the winning run was scored?
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Robin Smith. It was David Turner.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09Who succeeded Bobby Parks as Hampshire's first choice
0:10:09 > 0:10:12wicket keeper in 1990, and held the position
0:10:12 > 0:10:15until he retired in 2002 and Nic Pothas took over?
0:10:15 > 0:10:16Er, pass.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20In 1991, who retired after topping Hampshire's first class batting averages?
0:10:20 > 0:10:23His brother also played for Hampshire and England.
0:10:23 > 0:10:24Chris Smith.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27In 2005, Hampshire were runners up in the County Championship.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29Which team finished ahead of them? BEEP
0:10:30 > 0:10:32Er, Yorkshire.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Nottinghamshire.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37You had just the one pass, the chap who succeeded Bobby Parks
0:10:37 > 0:10:42as Hampshire's first choice wicket keeper was Adrian Aymes.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Charles, you got eight points.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46APPLAUSE
0:10:52 > 0:10:54Well, some very high scores there,
0:10:54 > 0:10:56let's have a look at all of the scores.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59In fourth place, 8 points, Charles Collingwood.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02In third place, 10 points, Georgia Henshaw.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Second place, 11 points, Fred Macaulay.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08In the lead, 12 points, Mark Billingham.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10APPLAUSE
0:11:13 > 0:11:16And now it is the General Knowledge round,
0:11:16 > 0:11:18and if the scores are level at the end of the round
0:11:18 > 0:11:20then the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:11:20 > 0:11:25So, let us get on with it and ask Charles to join us again please.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29And there is no way that we can get through this little chat
0:11:29 > 0:11:34without my referring to your 40 years as Brian Aldridge.
0:11:34 > 0:11:35No, I mean, it's just...
0:11:35 > 0:11:39it has been wonderful being the JR of Ambridge.
0:11:39 > 0:11:40I've never seen you in that light!
0:11:40 > 0:11:44Yeah, that's the sort of quick phrase I get for that.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46But you occasionally go a bit soft, don't you?
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Yeah. I mean, you did with the little boy.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51Yes, well, I've had, I mean, to be serious as an actor,
0:11:51 > 0:11:55it's a strange thing to do, to be in a soap opera like The Archers
0:11:55 > 0:11:58for as long as I have, but I've been given some fantastic storylines.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01Yeah. Well, you'd clear off if you didn't, wouldn't you? I might.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05There's always the cheque, of course, John, you know, we do quite like it.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08Yeah, I know. But, you know, I love it. My wife's in The Archers as well.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12She plays Shula, so we're a double act, you see, so it couldn't be better.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14Is that a bit tricky, having your wife there as well?
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Well, she's the only woman in Ambridge
0:12:16 > 0:12:18that I've not had an affair with, but...
0:12:18 > 0:12:20LAUGHTER
0:12:20 > 0:12:21But apart from that,
0:12:21 > 0:12:24I don't hold any bitterness towards the programme whatsoever.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Right, um, well, here's to the next 40 years,
0:12:27 > 0:12:29but, more importantly, the next two minutes
0:12:29 > 0:12:31because you've got eight points
0:12:31 > 0:12:33and you get two minutes on general knowledge. Here we go.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36What is the shape of the steel and glass structure
0:12:36 > 0:12:38designed by the Chinese-American artist I.M. Pei
0:12:38 > 0:12:41that stands in front of the Louvre in Paris?
0:12:41 > 0:12:42Er, sphere.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45Pyramid. The word "equine" usually refers to what animal?
0:12:45 > 0:12:48Horse. Which city, the birthplace of the Prophet Mohammed,
0:12:48 > 0:12:50is the holiest of the Muslim cities?
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Er, Mecca.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54Who became the first father-daughter duo
0:12:54 > 0:12:55to top the UK singles chart
0:12:55 > 0:12:58when they sang Something Stupid in 1967?
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Well, Frank Sinatra and his daughter.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Yes, Nancy. In a novel by James Fenimore Cooper,
0:13:03 > 0:13:07Native American Uncas, son of the chief Chingachgook,
0:13:07 > 0:13:09is the last true-born member of what tribe?
0:13:09 > 0:13:10Sioux. The Mohicans.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14Hoylake, the home of the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, is on which peninsula?
0:13:14 > 0:13:18No idea. What is the name of the American Oscar-winning writer, director and actor
0:13:18 > 0:13:21who has directed at least one film a year since 1982?
0:13:21 > 0:13:22His latest film, Blue Jasmine,
0:13:22 > 0:13:26was released in Britain in September 2013.
0:13:26 > 0:13:27Don't know, pass.
0:13:27 > 0:13:28Which brightly-coloured bird,
0:13:28 > 0:13:30known poetically as the halcyon,
0:13:30 > 0:13:32hunts for small fish from a perch on the riverbank
0:13:32 > 0:13:33and stuns its prey by beating it?
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Kingfisher. In Chinese cuisine, which dish,
0:13:36 > 0:13:39consisting of fried noodles served with shredded meat and vegetables,
0:13:39 > 0:13:42has a name meaning "fried flour" or "fried noodles?"
0:13:42 > 0:13:46Chow mein? Who succeeded Patrick Troughton in Doctor Who,
0:13:46 > 0:13:47becoming the Third Doctor?
0:13:47 > 0:13:50He later starred in another series as the scarecrow Worzel Gummidge.
0:13:50 > 0:13:51Jon Pertwee.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53In 1972, which American swimmer
0:13:53 > 0:13:54became the first person to win
0:13:54 > 0:13:57seven Olympic Gold medals at a single Games?
0:13:57 > 0:13:58Mark Spitz.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01In which sea are the islands of St Lucia and St Vincent?
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Er, pass.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Who claimed the English throne after defeating
0:14:05 > 0:14:08the army of Harold II at the Battle of Hastings in 1066?
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Stephen. William the Conqueror.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Oh, sorry! In what game, invented by AA Milne
0:14:12 > 0:14:14and played by the animals on a bridge
0:14:14 > 0:14:17by the Hundred Acre Wood are the world championships
0:14:17 > 0:14:19held at Little Wittenham on the River Thames?
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Er, Poohsticks.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25The alloy brass consists of copper and which other metal?
0:14:25 > 0:14:26Tin? Zinc.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29In Russia in August 1918, whom did Fanni Kaplan try to murder
0:14:29 > 0:14:32because she believed he had betrayed the Revolution?
0:14:32 > 0:14:34Er, Solzhenitsyn? No, no...
0:14:34 > 0:14:35It was Lenin, actually. Lenin. BEEP
0:14:35 > 0:14:38Yeah, Lenin, and you had three passes.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40St Lucia and St Vincent are in the Caribbean,
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Woody Allen was the director,
0:14:42 > 0:14:46and the home of the Royal Liverpool Golf Club is on the Wirral,
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Hoylake on the Wirral.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Charles, you've now got 16 points.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52APPLAUSE
0:14:59 > 0:15:02And now Georgia again, please.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08And, um, for some reason, I can't quite put my finger on it,
0:15:08 > 0:15:14but you play young teenagers who get up to all sorts of naughty things.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17Er, Waterloo Road? Yes. Yes. Waterloo Road.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19I look no older than 12, yeah.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21Well, 13 maybe.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24But is it a huge advantage to be able to look much younger
0:15:24 > 0:15:27than you are? I imagine so. Or is it sometimes a bit of a pain?
0:15:27 > 0:15:30Um, no, I think it's an advantage to look younger than I am,
0:15:30 > 0:15:32because there's stiff competition.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35If I was to look my age, there are some real great actresses out there.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39I really did enjoy Waterloo Road, it was like being back in school
0:15:39 > 0:15:42but without the boring education.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46Wrong show to say this on, weren't it? On the contrary.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Was it really? Did it feel realistic when you were...?
0:15:49 > 0:15:52Totally. You had all the kids, you had all the adults,
0:15:52 > 0:15:55you've got the pupils and you've got the teachers.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57But, yeah, it was good. It was really good.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Right, look, you've got 10 points, Georgia.
0:15:59 > 0:16:00The score to beat is 16 at the moment.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04Let's see how you do with your two minutes of general knowledge. OK.
0:16:04 > 0:16:05The name Brangelina is used by the press
0:16:05 > 0:16:07to refer to Angelina Jolie and...?
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Brad Pitt. Which famous Parisian boulevard
0:16:09 > 0:16:12links the Arc de Triomphe with the Place de la Concorde?
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Marble Arch. Champs Elysees.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19What part of their body do elephants use
0:16:19 > 0:16:21to regulate body heat?
0:16:21 > 0:16:23They're largest on the African elephant.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Their ears. What are the two ingredients
0:16:25 > 0:16:27that give a banoffee pie its name?
0:16:27 > 0:16:28Banoffee and toffee.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Banana and toffee. Ohhhh!
0:16:30 > 0:16:33Which offbeat BBC television comedy series
0:16:33 > 0:16:34set in the village of Royston Vasey
0:16:34 > 0:16:37has a burger bar called Burger Me,
0:16:37 > 0:16:38Steve's Tattoo Studio
0:16:38 > 0:16:41and a shop owned by the dubious butcher Hilary Briss?
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Coronation Street. League of Gentlemen.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Which Queen of England was born at Greenwich Palace
0:16:48 > 0:16:50on the 7th of September 1533
0:16:50 > 0:16:54and died at Richmond Palace on the 24th of March 1603?
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Anne Boleyn? Elizabeth I.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59What term for a piece of information that is deliberately misleading
0:16:59 > 0:17:01comes from a highly smoked fish that was used
0:17:01 > 0:17:04in the training of hunting dogs to try and throw them off the scent?
0:17:04 > 0:17:06A kipper. A red herring.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08What is the name of the ghost who haunts the girls' washroom
0:17:08 > 0:17:11at Hogwarts School in the Harry Potter stories?
0:17:11 > 0:17:12Moaning Myrtle.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16Which band had their first chart-topping single for ten years
0:17:16 > 0:17:18with Patience after they reformed in 2006?
0:17:18 > 0:17:19Take That.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21What was written on the eco-friendly cotton bags
0:17:21 > 0:17:23designed by Anya Hindmarch
0:17:23 > 0:17:25that became a popular fashion accessory after
0:17:25 > 0:17:29they went on sale for ?5 at a supermarket chain in 2007?
0:17:31 > 0:17:33Bag for life.
0:17:33 > 0:17:34"I am not a plastic bag." Oh.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Which Lloyd Webber musical, first staged in 1971,
0:17:37 > 0:17:39is narrated by Judas Iscariot?
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Ooh, Phantom of the Opera?
0:17:43 > 0:17:44Jesus Christ Superstar.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46What is the name of the Olympic heptathlete
0:17:46 > 0:17:49who married her long-time partner, Andy Hill,
0:17:49 > 0:17:52at a church service in Hathersage near Sheffield in May 2013?
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Pass. Which disease-carrying insect
0:17:54 > 0:17:57takes its name from the Spanish word for "little fly?"
0:17:57 > 0:18:00Mosquito. Who is the longstanding co-presenter, with Phil Spencer,
0:18:00 > 0:18:03on the property programme Location Location Location?
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Kirsty Aldridge? BEEP
0:18:05 > 0:18:08Ah, you nearly got it. Nearly.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11Allsopp. Yes, just a teeny weeny bit too late.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14One pass, the name of that Olympic heptathlete who got married,
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Jessica Ennis.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18You have 15 points. Thank you so much.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21APPLAUSE
0:18:26 > 0:18:28And now Fred.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Fred Macaulay. Yes, sir.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37Comedian. Yes, indeed. And other things.
0:18:37 > 0:18:38Radio broadcaster.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42Radio broadcaster, well, that'll never catch on, will it?
0:18:42 > 0:18:46Which do you prefer? Comedian, definitely, first and foremost.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49You must occasionally, all comedians must occasionally
0:18:49 > 0:18:53look at themselves and ask themselves, "What have I got?"
0:18:53 > 0:18:55What have I got? The thing that, if you bottled it,
0:18:55 > 0:18:57we could all be comedians.
0:18:57 > 0:18:58Yeah, it is an unknown factor.
0:18:58 > 0:19:03I mean, it's down to material, stage presence, a likeability.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05People have said that, if people like you on stage,
0:19:05 > 0:19:07not that all comedians have to be liked.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10I mean, some of them, you know, are saying things on stage
0:19:10 > 0:19:13that are the things that other people daren't say.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16Somebody like Billy Connolly was like that in the early days.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19I mean, he's still pretty cutting edge or whatever the right word is.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22He is, I mean, Connolly's been a huge influence,
0:19:22 > 0:19:26certainly on my career, but on an awful lot of other people as well
0:19:26 > 0:19:28cos he kind of blazed the trail.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32He was doing stuff, thinking just off the top of his head long before...
0:19:32 > 0:19:35That was in the day when you had a lot of joke tellers, and then you
0:19:35 > 0:19:39had Connolly came along and was doing something different in our country.
0:19:39 > 0:19:44That is the thing, isn't it, because Ken Dodd, brilliant, told jokes.
0:19:44 > 0:19:45That's what he did.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47He did, and he also sang songs.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50And sang all that stuff, yeah. Singalong stuff for the audience.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53I went to see Ken Dodd once and had to leave halfway through.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56I could only stay two and a half hours.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58LAUGHTER
0:19:58 > 0:20:00He's amazing. Yes, indeed.
0:20:00 > 0:20:05Right, you've got 11 points and 16 is the score to beat.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08Let's see how you do with your general knowledge. Two minutes.
0:20:08 > 0:20:09In which Welsh city does
0:20:09 > 0:20:12the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency have its headquarters?
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Swansea. Paul Simon had a number of successful albums
0:20:15 > 0:20:18with a singer he met while he was at school in New York.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20What was that singer's name?
0:20:20 > 0:20:21It's be Art Garfunkel. Indeed.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23Jack Hodgson, played by David Caves,
0:20:23 > 0:20:26replaced Tom Ward's character Harry Cunningham
0:20:26 > 0:20:28as a forensic pathologist in the 16th season of
0:20:28 > 0:20:30which BBC television series? Pass.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33The batsmen Clyde Walcott, Everton Weekes and Frank Worrell,
0:20:33 > 0:20:35known collectively as the Three Ws,
0:20:35 > 0:20:38played cricket for which international test team?
0:20:38 > 0:20:39England? West Indies.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Which American painter, famous for pouring
0:20:41 > 0:20:43or dripping paint onto a flat canvas,
0:20:43 > 0:20:46was nicknamed Jack the Dripper by Time Magazine in '56?
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Pollock.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Who won a seventh term in office in Zimbabwe in August 2013?
0:20:51 > 0:20:53He was accused of rigging the election.
0:20:53 > 0:20:54Robert Mugabe.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56What's the name of the apple brandy matured in oak casks
0:20:56 > 0:20:59that is a speciality of the Normandy region of France?
0:21:00 > 0:21:01Pass.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03In the 1972 film The Godfather,
0:21:03 > 0:21:05the murdered Mafia enforcer Luca Brasi is said to be
0:21:05 > 0:21:07"sleeping with...?"
0:21:07 > 0:21:09The fishes. The holder of which Government post
0:21:09 > 0:21:11has the official address 11 Downing Street?
0:21:11 > 0:21:12Chancellor of the Exchequer.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14What is the largest penguin species?
0:21:14 > 0:21:17The males incubate the eggs by placing them on top of their feet
0:21:17 > 0:21:19and covering them with a fold of skin to protect them.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22Emperor. What celebrated ancient temple in Athens
0:21:22 > 0:21:25has a name that translates into English as "maiden's chamber?"
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Acropolis. Parthenon.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29The silver fern leaf is an emblem of
0:21:29 > 0:21:32a Commonwealth country where it's worn on the shirts of
0:21:32 > 0:21:34the national rugby team. Which country?
0:21:34 > 0:21:35New Zealand.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37Jane Porter, the daughter of Professor Archimedes Q Porter,
0:21:37 > 0:21:40is the girlfriend and eventual wife of a fictional hero
0:21:40 > 0:21:41created by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Who was the hero?
0:21:43 > 0:21:46Oh, crikey. Um...
0:21:47 > 0:21:49That's shocking, pass.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51Which gas with the chemical formula HCHO
0:21:51 > 0:21:52may be dissolved in water
0:21:52 > 0:21:56and used to preserve biological specimens?
0:21:56 > 0:21:58Hydrogen peroxide? Formaldehyde. Oh!
0:21:58 > 0:22:00What name of Latin origin is given to
0:22:00 > 0:22:02the small, flat piece of metal or plastic
0:22:02 > 0:22:04used to pluck a stringed instrument?
0:22:04 > 0:22:07Plectrum. Which filmmaker and restaurant critic
0:22:07 > 0:22:08who died in January 2013
0:22:08 > 0:22:12was best known for his Death Wish films? BEEP
0:22:12 > 0:22:13That was, er, Winner.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16It was indeed Michael Winner.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20Three passes, Tarzan was the hero you were desperately trying
0:22:20 > 0:22:23to recover from your memory. Calvados is the apple brandy.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27And Silent Witness was what Jack Hodgson played in,
0:22:27 > 0:22:30it's in its 16th season.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33There you go, Fred, you've got 21 points. Thank you.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35APPLAUSE
0:22:42 > 0:22:45And finally, Mark again, please.
0:22:47 > 0:22:53And, um, you've written a lot of crime novels in the same genre,
0:22:53 > 0:22:57I mean, the same DI, same detective inspector. Yes.
0:22:57 > 0:22:58Do you not run out of plotlines,
0:22:58 > 0:23:01cos you've got the same character, the same location?
0:23:01 > 0:23:04Do you not just kind of think, "God, they've all been done now,"
0:23:04 > 0:23:08not necessarily just by you but all the other crime writers out there?
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Oh, yeah, by the ones that came centuries before me.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Something tends to always turn up.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14It's the question you get asked most is,
0:23:14 > 0:23:17"Where do you get your ideas from?" Sure. Sorry to be predictable.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20No, but it's, you know, I wish there was a website, you know,
0:23:20 > 0:23:24that you could go to. But something, some little story in a newspaper
0:23:24 > 0:23:25or something somebody tells you.
0:23:25 > 0:23:29They always want to tell you stuff if they know you write crime novels.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32They go, "D'you hear what happened to old Mrs Johnson up at number 46?"
0:23:32 > 0:23:35And you hear these terrible stories, and half of you is going,
0:23:35 > 0:23:39"That's awful," but a part of your brain's going "I'm having that."
0:23:39 > 0:23:41Something tends to crop up, yeah.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43When you've got the plot, as you write your first sentence,
0:23:43 > 0:23:45do you know how it's going to end?
0:23:45 > 0:23:49Um, not immediately, but that first sentence is absolutely crucial.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51You can spend as long on that first sentence
0:23:51 > 0:23:54as you can on the middle 12 chapters. You've got to. Really?
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Well, you've got to engage the reader very quickly.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59I mean, it's about character. Of course.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02It's really about, people ask you how you create suspense, and it's
0:24:02 > 0:24:06all about, you know, cliff-hangers and timing and reveals, but at the
0:24:06 > 0:24:09end of the day it's about giving the reader characters they care about.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Then you've got suspense from the first page.
0:24:11 > 0:24:15Right, well, you've got 12 points to start this round with,
0:24:15 > 0:24:16the final round,
0:24:16 > 0:24:20because whether you become Celebrity Mastermind champion depends on the
0:24:20 > 0:24:24next two minutes, and you've got to beat Old Macaulay there,
0:24:24 > 0:24:26that's what you've got to do. Right. Let's see if you can do it.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28Here we go. Who described his boxing style as
0:24:28 > 0:24:30"float like a butterfly, sting like a bee?"
0:24:30 > 0:24:33Muhammad Ali. Which famous Italian opera singer,
0:24:33 > 0:24:34one of the Three Tenors,
0:24:34 > 0:24:38died aged 71 at his home in Modena in September 2007?
0:24:38 > 0:24:39Pavarotti.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41The large African antelope, the wildebeest,
0:24:41 > 0:24:45has what three-letter alternative name? Er, pass.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48The 2013 film The Fifth Estate
0:24:48 > 0:24:49is about Julian Assange,
0:24:49 > 0:24:52the founder of a controversial website.
0:24:52 > 0:24:53What's the name of that website?
0:24:53 > 0:24:56WikiLeaks. Whose third novel for adults, The Red House,
0:24:56 > 0:24:58was first published in 2012?
0:24:58 > 0:25:00Er, Mark Haddon.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03The British Colonel T.E. Lawrence was known by what name
0:25:03 > 0:25:06because of his victories in the Middle East during the First World War?
0:25:06 > 0:25:07Lawrence of Arabia.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11Which American rock band that takes its name from its lead singer
0:25:11 > 0:25:14first topped the UK album charts in 1988 with New Jersey?
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Bon Jovi. In painting, what natural substance
0:25:16 > 0:25:18is most commonly used instead of oil
0:25:18 > 0:25:21to mix powdered pigment in the medium known as "tempera?"
0:25:21 > 0:25:23Er, egg. Yes, egg yolk.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27The town of La Linea lies at the crossing point from Spain
0:25:27 > 0:25:29to which territory? Italy? Gibraltar.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Which tennis player was warned by the umpire during his 1992
0:25:32 > 0:25:35Wimbledon final after a television viewer phoned in to complain
0:25:35 > 0:25:38that he had been swearing in Serbo-Croat?
0:25:38 > 0:25:39Er, Djokovic.
0:25:39 > 0:25:40No, Ivanisevic.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43Which English poet and novelist who was born in 1840
0:25:43 > 0:25:45created the characters Eustacia Vye,
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Tess Durbeyfield and Sue Bridehead?
0:25:47 > 0:25:48Pass.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51What is the surname of Peter and his son, Dan, who have co-presented a number
0:25:51 > 0:25:54of television programmes on history, in particular on battlefields?
0:25:54 > 0:25:56Snow. The dog known as a "puggle"
0:25:56 > 0:25:59is a cross between a pug and what other dog? Beagle.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03In which country is the town of Gouda, where Gouda cheese was first made?
0:26:03 > 0:26:04Er, Holland.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07What collective name that comes from the Old English for "good tidings"
0:26:07 > 0:26:10is used for the four books of the New Testament that
0:26:10 > 0:26:12tell of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ?
0:26:12 > 0:26:13Er, pass.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16Which Atlantic island gives its name to knee-length shorts
0:26:16 > 0:26:20originally worn by British soldiers who were stationed there?
0:26:20 > 0:26:22Er, pass. In music, what is the name of the sign that
0:26:22 > 0:26:26when it's placed next to a note raises its pitch by a semitone?
0:26:26 > 0:26:27Erm, quaver? Sharp.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30Which aviator, born in Hull in 1903... BEEP
0:26:30 > 0:26:32..became the first woman to fly solo
0:26:32 > 0:26:34from England to Australia?
0:26:34 > 0:26:37Amy Johnson. Correct. Four passes.
0:26:37 > 0:26:41Bermuda is where the shorts come from, as it were.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43You'll hate yourself for this one, Gospels.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48Yeah, I know. I'm going to get struck down now. Yes, probably.
0:26:48 > 0:26:53Thomas Hardy was the writer, and again you knew that.
0:26:53 > 0:26:59And the wildebeest is also known as a "gnu." Oh, God(!)
0:26:59 > 0:27:02Mark, you have a total of 23 points.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04APPLAUSE
0:27:10 > 0:27:13Well, quite a round, quite a competition.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15Let's have a look at the scores.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17In fourth place with 15 points, Georgia Henshaw.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20Third place with 16 points, Charles Collingwood.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23Second place, 21 points, Fred Macaulay.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26First place, 23 points, Mark Billingham.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28APPLAUSE
0:27:39 > 0:27:42Mark, come and join me.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48Congratulations, and there it is. Thank you. Wow.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51I was just thinking, murder weapon? It is a murder weapon.
0:27:51 > 0:27:52That's what you were thinking.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Look at that. You could do some damage with that.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56So we can expect that to appear in the next novel.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59There's every chance. Excellent, good, fame at last.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02We've broken through. Congratulations, well done. Thank you.
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0:28:24 > 0:28:26APPLAUSE