0:00:24 > 0:00:27First in the spotlight tonight is the vlogger Louise Pentland.
0:00:27 > 0:00:31Her specialist subject - the Harry Potter books.
0:00:31 > 0:00:35Next, the writer and comedian Jason Cook on the great Billy Connolly.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39The presenter Alistair Appleton answers questions
0:00:39 > 0:00:41on modern classical music.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46And CBBC's Ben Shires on Leeds United.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Hello and welcome to Celebrity Mastermind with me,
0:01:04 > 0:01:07John Humphrys, and sitting there, possibly sweating a little,
0:01:07 > 0:01:09four people who just might be wondering
0:01:09 > 0:01:11what they have let themselves in for.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13They will not leave here tonight any richer,
0:01:13 > 0:01:16their fee goes to charity, but one of them will carry away
0:01:16 > 0:01:19a glass trophy and the honour of being a Celebrity Mastermind.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22The rules don't really change, they get a minute-and-a-half
0:01:22 > 0:01:26on their specialist subject and two minutes on their general knowledge.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29So, let's ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:33 > 0:01:34Ooh, squeaky.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37And your name is?
0:01:38 > 0:01:40Your chosen charity?
0:01:41 > 0:01:43And your chosen subject?
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Harry Potter in 90 seconds, starting now.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49On what street in Little Whinging does Harry Potter live
0:01:49 > 0:01:51with his Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon and their son Dudley
0:01:51 > 0:01:53before he finds out he's a wizard
0:01:53 > 0:01:54and goes to Hogwarts School?
0:01:54 > 0:01:55Privet Drive.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58At the start of The Chamber of Secrets, who visits
0:01:58 > 0:01:59Harry at his uncle's house to warn him
0:01:59 > 0:02:01not to return to Hogwarts for his second year?
0:02:01 > 0:02:02Dobby the House Elf.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Harry travels with the Weasley family
0:02:04 > 0:02:06by floo powder to Diagon Alley,
0:02:06 > 0:02:09but ends up coming out of which shop's fireplace?
0:02:09 > 0:02:10Borgin and Burke's.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12In The Prisoner of Azkaban,
0:02:12 > 0:02:15when Harry receives a Firebolt broom as an anonymous gift,
0:02:15 > 0:02:17it is taken from him to be checked for jinxes
0:02:17 > 0:02:20after its arrival is reported to Professor McGonagall.
0:02:20 > 0:02:21Who reported it?
0:02:23 > 0:02:24Pass.
0:02:24 > 0:02:25In Harry's first year at Hogwarts,
0:02:25 > 0:02:26he's given a reading list
0:02:26 > 0:02:29that includes Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling
0:02:29 > 0:02:32and A History of Magic by which magical historian?
0:02:32 > 0:02:33Pass!
0:02:33 > 0:02:35Which international quidditch player is
0:02:35 > 0:02:38chosen by the Goblet of Fire as the most worthy candidate
0:02:38 > 0:02:41to represent Durmstrang School in the Triwizard Cup?
0:02:41 > 0:02:42Viktor Krum.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44What is the name of George and Fred Weasley's
0:02:44 > 0:02:47newly-opened joke shop that Harry, Hermione
0:02:47 > 0:02:50and Ron Weasley visit in The Half-Blood Prince?
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Weasley Whizzers Whizzkid Weasles Weasleys...
0:02:53 > 0:02:55LAUGHTER Something like that.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59What device does Hermione use to travel three hours
0:02:59 > 0:03:02into the past with Harry to save the hippogriff Buckbeak?
0:03:02 > 0:03:04A time-turner.
0:03:04 > 0:03:05It's revealed in Albus Dumbledore's
0:03:05 > 0:03:07obituary in The Daily Prophet
0:03:07 > 0:03:09that his father Percival died in Azkaban Prison after
0:03:09 > 0:03:12he was sentenced for attacking muggles.
0:03:12 > 0:03:13Who wrote the obituary?
0:03:13 > 0:03:14Rita Skeeter.
0:03:14 > 0:03:15No, Elphias Doge.
0:03:15 > 0:03:16In the Half-Blood Prince,
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Harry sees Professor Dumbledore's...
0:03:18 > 0:03:19BEEP
0:03:19 > 0:03:21..memory of his first encounter with Voldemort.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24By what name was Voldemort then known, which he disliked
0:03:24 > 0:03:25because he felt too many other people
0:03:25 > 0:03:26have the same first name?
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Tom Marvolo Riddle.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Yes, exactly that. Tom Riddle. Two passes.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35Harry was given that reading list by Bathilda Bagshot.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38And it was Hermione Granger who reported the broomstick
0:03:38 > 0:03:40because she thought it might be cursed.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43Anyway, you have, Louise, six points.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45- Good effort.- Yeah.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56And our next contender, please.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04And your name is?
0:04:04 > 0:04:05Your chosen charity?
0:04:07 > 0:04:08And your chosen subject?
0:04:10 > 0:04:11In 90 seconds, starting now.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14The comedian, singer and actor Billy Connolly was born in November
0:04:14 > 0:04:16of 1942 on the kitchen floor of
0:04:16 > 0:04:18the family home in which area of Glasgow?
0:04:18 > 0:04:20An..derton.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22In his stage show of the 1970s,
0:04:22 > 0:04:24including his tours of the US and Australia,
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Connolly often wore a pair of oversized boots
0:04:26 > 0:04:28that resembled what fruit?
0:04:28 > 0:04:29Bananas.
0:04:29 > 0:04:30In Not the Nine O'Clock News,
0:04:30 > 0:04:33when Pamela Stephenson, impersonating Janet Street Porter,
0:04:33 > 0:04:35asked Connolly whether people have trouble
0:04:35 > 0:04:37understanding his accent, what does he reply?
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Er...pass.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Judi Dench starred as Queen Victoria
0:04:41 > 0:04:44with Connolly as her servant in which 1997 film?
0:04:45 > 0:04:46Mrs Brown.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48What is the name of the shipyard on the Clyde
0:04:48 > 0:04:50where Connolly started working in 1958
0:04:50 > 0:04:53- as an apprentice welder? - Stephens Shipyard.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55Connolly made his television breakthrough in America
0:04:55 > 0:04:57when he appeared in the stand-up comedy special
0:04:57 > 0:05:00in Brooklyn hosted by which actress and comedienne?
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Whoopi Goldberg.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04The theme tune to a radio series was played
0:05:04 > 0:05:06at Connolly's wedding in '89
0:05:06 > 0:05:08and he has suggested it might be used as a new national anthem.
0:05:08 > 0:05:09Which series?
0:05:09 > 0:05:10The Archers.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12When he appeared on Desert Island Discs
0:05:12 > 0:05:13for the second time in 2001,
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Connolly picked the Oxford English Dictionary
0:05:16 > 0:05:18as his chosen book. What was his luxury item?
0:05:19 > 0:05:21- Hair gel.- Banjo.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Connolly formed the folk group The Humblebums
0:05:24 > 0:05:26in 1965 with Tam Harvie and which other musician?
0:05:26 > 0:05:27Gerry Rafferty.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Connolly once joked the desire to become a member
0:05:29 > 0:05:31of a particular profession
0:05:31 > 0:05:33should bar you for life from ever being one.
0:05:33 > 0:05:34What profession?
0:05:34 > 0:05:35Eh, a politician?
0:05:35 > 0:05:38What honour was bestowed on Connolly in August 2010
0:05:38 > 0:05:40that allows him to fish in the Clyde
0:05:40 > 0:05:42and graze his cows on the common land?
0:05:42 > 0:05:43BEEP
0:05:43 > 0:05:44King of Scotland?
0:05:44 > 0:05:45LAUGHTER Not quite, no.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48The Freedom of the City of Glasgow,
0:05:48 > 0:05:50but you were...very close.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Anyway, one pass.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54When Connolly was asked whether people had trouble
0:05:54 > 0:05:57understanding his accent, he replied, "Sorry?"
0:05:59 > 0:06:01It was a joke, you see. LAUGHTER
0:06:01 > 0:06:05Anyway, you have, Jason, eight points.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17And our next contender, please.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22And your name is?
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Your chosen charity?
0:06:26 > 0:06:28And your chosen subject?
0:06:31 > 0:06:33In 90 seconds, starting now.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Whose Symphony No 1 in D,
0:06:35 > 0:06:37first performed in Petrograd in 1918,
0:06:37 > 0:06:38is known as the Classical Symphony?
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Prokofiev.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Who, in the early '20s, unveiled his method of composing
0:06:42 > 0:06:45with 12 tones which are related only with one another?
0:06:45 > 0:06:46Schoenburg.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Which German composer's work for four choirs
0:06:48 > 0:06:50and four orchestras entitled Carre
0:06:50 > 0:06:52was inspired by his aeroplane journeys
0:06:52 > 0:06:54during his '58 tour of North America?
0:06:54 > 0:06:55Pass.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Which sombre work, also known as Opus 85
0:06:58 > 0:06:59and completed in 1919,
0:06:59 > 0:07:02is regarded as Edward Elgar's final major composition?
0:07:02 > 0:07:04He produced little original music after 1920.
0:07:04 > 0:07:05Cello Concerto.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08What's the title of Richard Strauss' tone poem
0:07:08 > 0:07:09that was first performed in 1915
0:07:09 > 0:07:11and depicts a day in the mountains?
0:07:11 > 0:07:13It was scored for a very large orchestra
0:07:13 > 0:07:15and features wind and thunder machines.
0:07:15 > 0:07:16The Alpine Symphony.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19The Invasion Theme of which Shostakovich symphony
0:07:19 > 0:07:21is partly based on an aria from Lehar's The Merry Widow,
0:07:21 > 0:07:23said to be one of Hitler's favourites?
0:07:23 > 0:07:24Leningrad.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Which work by Michael Tippett written during
0:07:26 > 0:07:28the Second World War features spirituals, including
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Nobody Knows the Trouble I See and Deep River?
0:07:30 > 0:07:32A Child For Our Time.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34What term meaning "a song of lamentation"
0:07:34 > 0:07:35is the first word of the title
0:07:35 > 0:07:37of Penderecki's 1960 tribute
0:07:37 > 0:07:39to the victims of Hiroshima?
0:07:39 > 0:07:40Threnody.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Which Russian composer and pianist
0:07:42 > 0:07:45employed a so-called "mystic chord" of six notes
0:07:45 > 0:07:47in his later work such as the tone poem Prometheus?
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Scriabin.
0:07:49 > 0:07:50The work of which Austrian composer,
0:07:50 > 0:07:54accidentally killed by an American soldier in 1945,
0:07:54 > 0:07:55was a key influence on the generation
0:07:55 > 0:07:57of composers who followed him?
0:07:57 > 0:07:58Anton Webern.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00The first part of which of Mahler's symphonies
0:08:00 > 0:08:03is based on the hymn Veni Creator Spiritus,
0:08:03 > 0:08:05while the second part is a setting...
0:08:05 > 0:08:07BEEP ..of Goethe's Faust Part II?
0:08:07 > 0:08:08The Eighth.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11Is correct, you had just one pass,
0:08:11 > 0:08:14it was Stockhausen who composed
0:08:14 > 0:08:18that work for four choirs and four orchestras etc etc.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20However, Alistair, you have scored ten points.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32And our final contender, please.
0:08:37 > 0:08:38And your name is?
0:08:38 > 0:08:41Your chosen charity?
0:08:41 > 0:08:43And your chosen subject?
0:08:46 > 0:08:47Right, Leeds United.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50Who made his first team debut for Leeds United in November '98
0:08:50 > 0:08:52when he came off the bench to score with almost
0:08:52 > 0:08:55his first touch in a 3-1 win over Liverpool at Anfield?
0:08:55 > 0:08:56Alan Smith.
0:08:56 > 0:09:01Who was Leeds' top scorer in the 97-98 and 98-99 seasons
0:09:01 > 0:09:04with 22 and 20 goals respectively in all competitions?
0:09:06 > 0:09:07Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09The sculptress Frances Segelman created
0:09:09 > 0:09:12a bronze statue unveiled at Elland Road in August '99
0:09:12 > 0:09:14of which of the club's former captains?
0:09:14 > 0:09:15Billy Bremner.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17From which club did Leeds United sign Rio Ferdinand
0:09:17 > 0:09:19in November 2000 for a reported
0:09:19 > 0:09:21club record fee of £18 million?
0:09:21 > 0:09:22West Ham.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Which outfield player took over goalkeeping duties twice
0:09:24 > 0:09:26near the end of the 1995-96 season?
0:09:26 > 0:09:28The first time was against Middlesbrough
0:09:28 > 0:09:30when John Lukic was injured,
0:09:30 > 0:09:31and the second at Old Trafford
0:09:31 > 0:09:33when Mark Beeney was sent off.
0:09:33 > 0:09:34Lucas Radebe.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36In what league position did Leeds finish
0:09:36 > 0:09:38in David O'Leary's first full season in charge?
0:09:38 > 0:09:40It was their highest finish
0:09:40 > 0:09:41in the top flight since '92.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Third.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Which local rivals knocked Leeds out of both
0:09:45 > 0:09:47the League Cup in the third round and the FA Cup
0:09:47 > 0:09:49in the sixth round in the 2002-03 season?
0:09:49 > 0:09:50Sheffield United.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53Which team did Leeds beat by three goals to two
0:09:53 > 0:09:55in the penultimate game of the 2002-03 season
0:09:55 > 0:09:58to virtually ensure their Premiership survival?
0:09:58 > 0:09:59They were relegated the following season.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Arsenal.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03Leeds played their last game in Europe,
0:10:03 > 0:10:05to date, in December 2002 in the UEFA Cup.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07Which team beat them 2-1 at Elland Road?
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Malaga.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12In August 2003, who became the youngest player
0:10:12 > 0:10:14at the time to appear in The Premiership
0:10:14 > 0:10:16when he came on as a substitute
0:10:16 > 0:10:18for Leeds in a game against Spurs?
0:10:18 > 0:10:20- Aaron Lennon?- Yes. BEEP
0:10:21 > 0:10:25Well, "phew" indeed, no passes, you got them all right,
0:10:25 > 0:10:26you have ten points!
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Well, some high scoring there. Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41In fourth place with six points, Louise.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44Third place, eight points, Jason.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47In joint first place, ten points apiece, Alistair and Ben.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50APPLAUSE
0:10:57 > 0:10:59So, it is the general knowledge round now.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02And if there is a tie at the end of it, then the number of passes
0:11:02 > 0:11:05is taken into account, and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09Let's get on with it and ask Louise to join us again, please?
0:11:09 > 0:11:11And the first thing you've got to do,
0:11:11 > 0:11:15for those who aren't quite sure what vlogging is,
0:11:15 > 0:11:18is give us ten seconds on what it is.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21I make my own videos and I upload them to YouTube.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23I do two a week and I talk about beauty, fashion,
0:11:23 > 0:11:27- lifestyle, self-motivation or self-confidence.- Right.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30And the idea is, what, from your perspective?
0:11:30 > 0:11:32What do you hope to achieve as a result?
0:11:32 > 0:11:33I hope that when people watch them,
0:11:33 > 0:11:37they feel warm and fuzzy and they go away having learned something
0:11:37 > 0:11:40or feeling better about themselves or having been entertained.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44- And you have, what, two million people...?- Subscribers, yes.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48Which is an awful lot of people. So the advertisers must love you?
0:11:48 > 0:11:51And there must be this conflict, really,
0:11:51 > 0:11:52between what you would like to do
0:11:52 > 0:11:54to help people feel all warm and fuzzy,
0:11:54 > 0:11:56and the commercial pressure?
0:11:56 > 0:11:58I don't really have a conflict, because it's my own channel,
0:11:58 > 0:12:00so I get to make all the choices.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02I can just say no to whatever I want to say no to,
0:12:02 > 0:12:04and keep it however I like it.
0:12:04 > 0:12:05So I get to keep it warm and fuzzy
0:12:05 > 0:12:08and exactly how I want it, which is great.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10But not everybody can do that, or does do that?
0:12:10 > 0:12:12Because some people do have a problem, don't they?
0:12:12 > 0:12:15Oftentimes, brands want to work with us
0:12:15 > 0:12:18because they know we have people that listen to what we say.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21So if their product or service fits with what I'm talking about,
0:12:21 > 0:12:25and I think has good ethics and goes well with my general tone of things,
0:12:25 > 0:12:27I'm happy to work with them.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30But I have to have full creative control over it.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33But of course, there are brands that think you're like TV,
0:12:33 > 0:12:34and can just advertise things for them,
0:12:34 > 0:12:38and that's when you have to say, that's not really how we work.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40Perhaps we can help you understand
0:12:40 > 0:12:43and educate you how to work a little more in tune to how we do it.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46Just a very quick word, like everyone else, you've got to make a living.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48- Of course. - Where do you get your income from?
0:12:48 > 0:12:51You know the ads that pop up that Google generate? Those.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54So we don't have any control over those.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56- But that produces an income for you?- It does, yes.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58Would you like to tell me how much?
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Would you like to tell me how much you earn?
0:13:00 > 0:13:02- No. - Well, we'll leave it at that then.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04APPLAUSE Quite right!
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Absolutely.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Right, Louise, you have six points,
0:13:08 > 0:13:11but now you've got two minutes of general knowledge.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14- I'll get no more points in this, I assure you!- We shall see.
0:13:14 > 0:13:15Here we go.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17- Oh, God!- Two minutes, starting now.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20A cygnet is the young of which bird?
0:13:20 > 0:13:21- A swan!- Yes!
0:13:21 > 0:13:23The son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
0:13:23 > 0:13:26was born on the 22nd of July 2013, what's his first name?
0:13:26 > 0:13:27- George.- Yes.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30In which play by Oscar Wilde does Lady Bracknell,
0:13:30 > 0:13:33on hearing where her prospective son-in-law was found,
0:13:33 > 0:13:34say, "A handbag?!"
0:13:34 > 0:13:36- The Importance Of Being Earnest.- Yes.
0:13:36 > 0:13:40The Seychelles and the island of Mauritius
0:13:40 > 0:13:41are in which ocean?
0:13:41 > 0:13:44The... That one, that's called the Pacific?
0:13:44 > 0:13:46No, it's called the Indian.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49In geometry, what is the common name
0:13:49 > 0:13:53for the solid figure whose sides are six equal squares?
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Oh, I don't... Pass.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58What name is used for the large, long-handled spoon
0:13:58 > 0:14:01with a cup-shaped bowl used for serving soup or sauce?
0:14:01 > 0:14:02- A ladle.- Yes.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05In which sport did England's women win the bronze medal
0:14:05 > 0:14:08in the 2015 World Cup, held in Australia,
0:14:08 > 0:14:11behind the runners-up New Zealand and the winners Australia?
0:14:11 > 0:14:12- Football.- Netball.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Who stars as US Marshal Sam Gerard
0:14:14 > 0:14:16alongside the title character played by
0:14:16 > 0:14:19Harrison Ford in the '93 film, The Fugitive,
0:14:19 > 0:14:22a role for which he won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar?
0:14:22 > 0:14:24I didn't even understand what you said. Sorry!
0:14:24 > 0:14:25We'll move onto the next one then.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29Which 1961 anti-war novel by Joseph Heller begins,
0:14:29 > 0:14:31"It was love at first sight, the first time Yossarian saw
0:14:31 > 0:14:35"the chaplain, he fell madly in love with him." Which novel?
0:14:35 > 0:14:37- I don't know. - I'll take that as a pass.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40Which television duo, both born in 1975,
0:14:40 > 0:14:43say that they always stand in the same relative position
0:14:43 > 0:14:46when they're on telly so viewers can remember who is who?
0:14:48 > 0:14:50- Don't know this either! - All right.
0:14:50 > 0:14:55A bad-tempered person is often likened to an animal with a sore head.
0:14:55 > 0:14:56- What animal? - A dragon?- A bear.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00In which city was President John F Kennedy assassinated?
0:15:00 > 0:15:02- New York?- Dallas.- Oh, God!
0:15:02 > 0:15:05What is the name of the large sheets of ice of limited width
0:15:05 > 0:15:08originating above the snowline in mountainous regions which
0:15:08 > 0:15:11creep slowly downhill under their own weight?
0:15:11 > 0:15:12- Glaciers.- Yes.
0:15:12 > 0:15:17Which coin, weighing 3.25 grams and with a diameter of 80mm
0:15:17 > 0:15:22is the smallest and lightest coin in circulation in the UK? BEEP
0:15:22 > 0:15:23- 5p!- Yes!
0:15:23 > 0:15:27Well, there you are, look! You did much better than you thought.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29- I didn't! - Let's give you your passes.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31- That television duo, Ant and Dec. - Oh, yeah.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34- They always stand in the same... - Oh, yeah.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36Catch-22 was the name of the Joseph Heller novel.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40Tommy Lee Jones starred as the US Marshal Sam Gerard.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43It's a cube that has six equal sides.
0:15:43 > 0:15:44God, that is so obvious!
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Well, but you're sitting in the black chair, and, you know, all that.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51Anyway, look, you now have a very respectable total of 12 points.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53APPLAUSE
0:16:01 > 0:16:04And now, Jason, again, please.
0:16:06 > 0:16:12- And you wrote the Hebburn sitcom on BBC Two.- Yes.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15What do we want, do you think, from sitcoms?
0:16:15 > 0:16:17I think we want to see family and want to see laughs,
0:16:17 > 0:16:20we perhaps want to see people making the same mistakes that
0:16:20 > 0:16:23we've made in our own lives, but to much worse degrees,
0:16:23 > 0:16:24so you can forgive yourself.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28When you sit down with that, I imagine, the blank sheet of paper
0:16:28 > 0:16:30at the beginning, what are you going through?
0:16:30 > 0:16:32What's the process?
0:16:32 > 0:16:34You want to tell a story, really, that's the whole thing.
0:16:34 > 0:16:35You want to tell a story,
0:16:35 > 0:16:38and it's a world that you create that you want to see.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41You want to change all the rights and wrongs that are in your own life.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43You make... The nerd gets the girl,
0:16:43 > 0:16:46the bully gets his comeuppance, the couple who're long-serving,
0:16:46 > 0:16:48who are looking for the family, they've got to be happy at the end.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51And you create this world that you can dive into
0:16:51 > 0:16:53and disappear for an afternoon.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57If it's that sort of straightforward, why haven't we got bored with them?
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Because we love sitcoms, we still love sitcoms.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02Yeah, well, it changes with our cultural reference.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05We also want see different set-ups and different views on different families.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09Attitudes have changed to things, like what we would call profanity,
0:17:09 > 0:17:12and the things we can talk about. But in the '50s. it was...
0:17:12 > 0:17:16- "I'm afraid Marjorie's looked at a tuppence!" - LAUGHTER
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Which is... "I can't believe they said that on the BBC!"
0:17:19 > 0:17:21They're not getting too crude, are they?
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Not for me.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26Right. Mind you, I don't know where your limits are.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29- Pretty far, Mr Humphrys. - LAUGHTER
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Right, you have eight points.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34So, let's see how you do with your general knowledge. Here we go.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38In the UK, which flower has been the symbol of Remembrance Day since 1921?
0:17:38 > 0:17:39- The poppy.- Yep.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Who took over from Jonathan Ross as the host of BBC One's
0:17:42 > 0:17:44Friday night chat show in 2010?
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Erm... Claudia Winkleman.
0:17:46 > 0:17:47Graham Norton.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50What name of American origin is given to grated, cooked potatoes,
0:17:50 > 0:17:53formed into a small cake and then fried on both sides?
0:17:56 > 0:17:57Erm... Erm...
0:17:57 > 0:17:59- Hash browns.- Yes.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Which 1953 Disney animation features the characters
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Tinkerbell, Captain Hook and the Lost Boys?
0:18:04 > 0:18:05- Peter Pan.- Yep.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08In the UK, which nocturnal birds of prey are proverbially
0:18:08 > 0:18:09considered to be wise?
0:18:09 > 0:18:10- Owls.- Yes.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12What is the title of Coldplay's first UK top-ten single,
0:18:12 > 0:18:15the song begins, "Look at the stars, look how they shine for you?"
0:18:15 > 0:18:16- Yellow.- Yep.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Bobby Charlton's England goal-scoring record was
0:18:19 > 0:18:21broken in September 2015 when a player
0:18:21 > 0:18:24scored his 50th international goal in a game against Switzerland.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Which player?
0:18:26 > 0:18:27- Rooney.- Yep.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29Which city in north-west England stands at the head
0:18:29 > 0:18:32of the estuary of the River Lune?
0:18:32 > 0:18:33- Preston.- Lancaster.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36What term is used for a film or book narrating events
0:18:36 > 0:18:38that precede an existing work?
0:18:38 > 0:18:39- Prequel.- Yes.
0:18:39 > 0:18:40In many British theatres,
0:18:40 > 0:18:42what level of seating above the main auditorium
0:18:42 > 0:18:46but below the gallery shares its name with a two-dimensional shape?
0:18:46 > 0:18:47- Circle.- Yeah.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49Which television soap is set in the fictitious
0:18:49 > 0:18:52borough of Walford, which is in the postcode district E20?
0:18:52 > 0:18:53- EastEnders.- Yes.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55What type of vessel was the Kursk, that sank to the
0:18:55 > 0:18:59bottom of the Barents Sea in August 2000 with the loss of all the crew?
0:18:59 > 0:19:00- A submarine.- Yeah.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03Jennifer Hudson won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her part in a
0:19:03 > 0:19:072006 film, inspired by the career of the Motown group the Supremes.
0:19:07 > 0:19:08- Which film?- Dreamgirls.- Yep.
0:19:08 > 0:19:14The Gila monster is one of only two venomous species of which reptile?
0:19:14 > 0:19:15- Lizard.- Yep.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17What name, derived from a Greek word meaning alone,
0:19:17 > 0:19:20is given particularly in Christianity and Buddhism to a man who lives
0:19:20 > 0:19:24in a monastery and adheres to vows of poverty and chastity?
0:19:24 > 0:19:25- Monk.- Yes.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27In which American state is the city of Memphis?
0:19:27 > 0:19:30It's the location of the mansion Graceland,
0:19:30 > 0:19:32that's now a museum dedicated to Elvis Presley?
0:19:32 > 0:19:33- Tennessee.- Yes.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Type I and type II are the two forms of a disease... BEEP
0:19:36 > 0:19:39..caused by an insufficient supply of insulin for the body's needs.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42- Which disease? - Diabetes.- Is correct.
0:19:42 > 0:19:47- No passes, you have rocketed up to 23 points.- Yes!
0:19:47 > 0:19:49APPLAUSE
0:19:57 > 0:20:00And now, Alistair, again, please.
0:20:01 > 0:20:06And your programmes, Escape To The Country and Escape To The Continent,
0:20:06 > 0:20:10we are, in this country, we are obsessed with houses, aren't we?
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Obsessed. Thankfully, yes.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Well, it gives you a living. But why is that, do you think?
0:20:15 > 0:20:19Is it just that we think the glass is greener on the other side, or what?
0:20:19 > 0:20:21It's interesting, we're obsessed with owning them,
0:20:21 > 0:20:24not just renting them. That's a particularly British thing.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Not so true on the Continent.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29I think it may be to do with just we're a bit tighter
0:20:29 > 0:20:32here on the island, there's not as much space to spread out.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36And also, I don't know if an Englishman's home is his castle,
0:20:36 > 0:20:39maybe it's a sense of, like, we've kind of wedded our identity
0:20:39 > 0:20:40with our homes.
0:20:40 > 0:20:46And are you able over the decades to track how our tastes change?
0:20:46 > 0:20:47Oh, for sure.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50It used to be that the King lived with all his people,
0:20:50 > 0:20:53like, sleeping in the same room as him.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55So it was like he was there and everyone was around him.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58And now it's gone the other way where we want privacy,
0:20:58 > 0:21:00big walls and high hedges.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03So it's quite interesting, you can almost see the social
0:21:03 > 0:21:07twirling of people as they kind of change the houses they live in.
0:21:07 > 0:21:08What's your perfect house?
0:21:08 > 0:21:13A big one full of people with lots of space and a garden.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16That's it, isn't it? With you on that.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19Right, now you have 10 points. The score to beat is 23,
0:21:19 > 0:21:23which is quite a target. Here we go. Two minutes.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27In football, who is the only player allowed to handle
0:21:27 > 0:21:30the ball during open play, though only in the penalty area?
0:21:30 > 0:21:31- Referee.- The goalkeeper.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33What is the surname of the brothers Jake and Elwood,
0:21:33 > 0:21:36played on film by John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd?
0:21:36 > 0:21:37Blues Brothers.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39A slice of bread dipped in beaten egg, then fried
0:21:39 > 0:21:41is sometimes known as what kind of toast?
0:21:41 > 0:21:43- French. - In what European language
0:21:43 > 0:21:45do ja and nein mean yes and no?
0:21:45 > 0:21:48- German.- What name that comes from the Greek for medicine
0:21:48 > 0:21:50is given to a person qualified
0:21:50 > 0:21:53to prepare and dispense medicinal drugs?
0:21:53 > 0:21:55Um...pharmacist.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57The triangular pointer called a gnomon
0:21:57 > 0:22:01is part of which ancient type of timepiece?
0:22:01 > 0:22:02A sundial.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06What is the common name for the smaller striped ground squirrel
0:22:06 > 0:22:08of the genus Tamias found mainly in North America
0:22:08 > 0:22:12and has large internal cheek pouches used for transporting food?
0:22:12 > 0:22:13Chipmunk.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16What did the writer Cyril Connolly say
0:22:16 > 0:22:20was imprisoned in every fat man wildly signalling to be let out?
0:22:20 > 0:22:21A thin man.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25Which country beat Scotland 34-20 in their first game
0:22:25 > 0:22:28in rugby union's Six Nations Championship in February 2000?
0:22:28 > 0:22:30- England.- Italy.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32By what name is Queen Mary I sometimes known
0:22:32 > 0:22:34because of her violent persecution of Protestants
0:22:34 > 0:22:37in her attempt to restore England to Roman Catholicism?
0:22:37 > 0:22:40- Bloody Mary.- In which city in north-east England
0:22:40 > 0:22:41is the two-tiered high-level bridge
0:22:41 > 0:22:44carrying railway lines on its upper deck
0:22:44 > 0:22:45and a roadway on the lower?
0:22:47 > 0:22:49- Sunderland.- Newcastle.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51The American climbing plant of the cashew family
0:22:51 > 0:22:54that can produce severe inflammation of the skin when touched
0:22:54 > 0:22:55is called poison what?
0:22:55 > 0:22:58- Ivy.- In the pantomime Ali Baba And The 40 Thieves,
0:22:58 > 0:23:01what is the traditional password to open the cave?
0:23:01 > 0:23:03- Abracadabra.- No, Open Sesame.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06David Gower and Gary Lineker were the original team captains
0:23:06 > 0:23:09of the TV comedy sports quiz first shown in 1995?
0:23:09 > 0:23:10What was it called?
0:23:10 > 0:23:12- A Question Of Sport. - They Think It's All Over.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16Which deep-voiced American singer's only chart-topping UK single was
0:23:16 > 0:23:19You're The First, The Last, My Everything in 1974?
0:23:19 > 0:23:22Oh...yes, Barry White.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25Which author created the slightly dim man about town
0:23:25 > 0:23:28Bertie Wooster and his resourceful valet Jeeves?
0:23:28 > 0:23:30- PG Wodehouse.- Is correct.
0:23:30 > 0:23:35No passes, Alistair. 21 points.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38APPLAUSE
0:23:44 > 0:23:47And now, Ben, again, please.
0:23:49 > 0:23:54And, um...your programme is Officially Amazing.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58And that is because people break records all the time.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00That's right, yes. It's world records,
0:24:00 > 0:24:02so it's a bit like Record Breakers from back in the day.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05Lots of people obviously grew up with Roy Castle
0:24:05 > 0:24:08or maybe you were a Cheryl Baker and Kriss Akabusi kind of era,
0:24:08 > 0:24:10but, yeah, it's a similar sort of thing really.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13- What kind of records do they break? - Any records.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16I mean, basically anything can be made a record of.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19If you're tenacious enough, you can do anything you like.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22So it's a weird and wonderful world out there, John.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24I'll take your word for it. What's the daftest?
0:24:24 > 0:24:28Oh, they're all pretty daft. I always like the ones with animals.
0:24:28 > 0:24:33In our first series we went to LA and saw a dog surfing competition.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36I think that says a lot about Americans really.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40And, yeah, they had to get 30 dogs riding a wave at the same time,
0:24:40 > 0:24:41all on their individual surfboards.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45Sadly, they didn't get it, but there was a lot of waggy tails
0:24:45 > 0:24:47so I think it was a success anyway.
0:24:47 > 0:24:52Right, you've got 10 points and 23 is the score to beat.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Let's see if you can do it. Here we go.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57Traditionally, how many wonders of the ancient world were there?
0:24:57 > 0:24:59- Seven. - Which low-fat soft cheese
0:24:59 > 0:25:01with a mild flavour and a granular texture
0:25:01 > 0:25:04is often sold with flavourings such as pineapple of chives?
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Its name suggests a rural dwelling.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08- Wensleydale? - Cottage cheese.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10Which band topped the UK singles chart
0:25:10 > 0:25:14for the first time in 1979 with Message In A Bottle?
0:25:14 > 0:25:16- Sting and Police? - Yes, Police.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Which planet was assumed to be the centre of the universe
0:25:19 > 0:25:22in a theory that was generally accepted until the 16th century?
0:25:22 > 0:25:23Earth.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26Who played the irascible hotel owner Basil Fawlty
0:25:26 > 0:25:28in the television series Fawlty Towers?
0:25:28 > 0:25:31- John Cleese.- Which building, also known as the Justice Hall
0:25:31 > 0:25:34and the Sessions House, was built on the site
0:25:34 > 0:25:38of the old Newgate Prison and opened by King Edward VII in 1907?
0:25:38 > 0:25:39The Old Bailey.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42Which Beethoven symphony is also known as the Choral Symphony?
0:25:42 > 0:25:44- Seventh?- The Ninth.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Which dinosaur has a name meaning three-horned face?
0:25:47 > 0:25:50- Triceratops.- What name was given to the synthetic fibre
0:25:50 > 0:25:52used as a sports playing surface
0:25:52 > 0:25:55that was invented in about 1965 by James M Faria
0:25:55 > 0:25:58and Robert T Wright of Monsanto Industries?
0:25:58 > 0:26:02- Astroturf.- What do the Scots normally call New Year's Eve?
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Oh, pass.
0:26:04 > 0:26:09Which ferry port lies on Holy Island on the north-west tip of Wales?
0:26:09 > 0:26:10- Barry?- Holyhead.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13What word for an apartment occupying two or more floors
0:26:13 > 0:26:16and often having its own entrance from outside
0:26:16 > 0:26:19is a diminutive of the French for house?
0:26:19 > 0:26:20Maisonette.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22In which city was the green cloth
0:26:22 > 0:26:25traditionally worn by Robin Hood manufactured?
0:26:25 > 0:26:26- Nottingham.- Lincoln.
0:26:26 > 0:26:30Which Soviet leader died in 1953 and had a name meaning man of steel?
0:26:30 > 0:26:31Stalin.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34In what event did Greg Rutherford become the fifth Briton
0:26:34 > 0:26:37to hold the grand slam of four titles when he won the gold medal
0:26:37 > 0:26:40in the World Athletics Championships in Beijing in August 2015?
0:26:40 > 0:26:42- Triple jump.- Long jump.
0:26:42 > 0:26:43In which novel by Richard Adams
0:26:43 > 0:26:46do Hazel and Fiver lead a band of rabbits in search of a safer home,
0:26:46 > 0:26:48it was later made into an animated film?
0:26:48 > 0:26:49Watership Down.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53Who made up the pop duo Wham! with George Michael?
0:26:53 > 0:26:54Er, Andrew Ridgeley.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Which London Theatre, just south of Waterloo Bridge,
0:26:57 > 0:27:01was known as the Royal Coburg when it opened in 1818?
0:27:01 > 0:27:04Er, just south of Waterloo Bridge.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06I don't know, the Lyceum?
0:27:06 > 0:27:09No, it was the Old Vic.
0:27:09 > 0:27:15And you had one pass. The Scots call New Year's Eve Hogmanay.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17And you've got 21 points.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20APPLAUSE
0:27:26 > 0:27:29Well, he held on to that lead. Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31In fourth place, 12 points, Louise.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35Joint second place, 21 points apiece, Alistair and Ben.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38First place, 23 points, Jason.
0:27:49 > 0:27:50Jason.
0:27:55 > 0:27:59Well done. There's the...there's the plotline for your next sitcom.
0:27:59 > 0:28:04- A quiz show.- Thank you, Mr Humphrys. A starring role? Are you busy?
0:28:04 > 0:28:07- We'll get you in. - You're on.- No problem.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09You don't have to be a celebrity
0:28:09 > 0:28:12to take part in the regular Mastermind programme.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15If you'd like to appear in the next series of Mastermind on BBC2,
0:28:15 > 0:28:19visit us online at...
0:28:19 > 0:28:22You can follow us on Twitter at ...
0:28:22 > 0:28:25Either way, join us again next time for more Mastermind.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27Thanks for watching, goodbye.
0:28:27 > 0:28:28Well done, Jason.