0:00:04 > 0:00:07These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:10 > 0:00:11Together they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:11 > 0:00:14arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19The question is - can they be beaten?
0:00:23 > 0:00:27Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz Challengers
0:00:27 > 0:00:31pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:31 > 0:00:32They are the Eggheads.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Taking on our quiz champions today are Alla Famiglia.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39This family team originally are from Hampshire,
0:00:39 > 0:00:42and they feature Mum and Dad, Sara and Richard, and their three sons.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Let's meet them.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47Hi, I'm George. I'm a financial risk manager.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Hi, I'm Ben, and I'm a film-maker.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52Hi, I'm Richard. I'm a volunteer with the Citizens Advice Bureau.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Hello, I'm Sara, and I'm a retired teacher.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58Hi, I'm Sam, and I'm a fraud and risk consultant.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01- So, George, team, welcome. Good to see you.- Hi.- Hello.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04And it's a proper family unit, this, George.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08Yes, we've got my parents and myself and my two brothers.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11We've been doing quizzing individually for a while,
0:01:11 > 0:01:15and occasionally as a team together, and my father, Richard,
0:01:15 > 0:01:17thought this would be a fun opportunity for us
0:01:17 > 0:01:19to get together and do it again.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22So you are the brains at the centre there, Richard, are you?
0:01:22 > 0:01:24No, I'm just at the centre.
0:01:24 > 0:01:25LAUGHTER Well, good luck.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Every day there is £1,000-worth of cash
0:01:27 > 0:01:29up for grabs for our Challengers.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:01:31 > 0:01:33the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35So, Alla Famiglia, I can tell you
0:01:35 > 0:01:38the Eggheads have got a spring in their step at the moment, I think.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40They've won the last seven games.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43So £8,000 says you can't beat them today.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45So worth playing for?
0:01:45 > 0:01:47- Mm, yes.- Certainly. - Right, shall we go for it?
0:01:47 > 0:01:50The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Geography.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Now, who would like Geography?
0:01:52 > 0:01:55- Oh, geography...- George. - Me?- Yeah.
0:01:55 > 0:01:56Me, OK.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00- Me.- You?- Yeah.- OK, George. Right, against which Egghead?
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Any one. Who looks lost?
0:02:02 > 0:02:04- It's up to you.- Who do you think?
0:02:04 > 0:02:09- Judith or CJ?- CJ?- CJ.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Yeah, fine. CJ?
0:02:11 > 0:02:14- No, thanks!- I think they've watched Eggheads before.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18George from Alla Famiglia versus CJ from the Eggheads on Geography.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Please take your positions in our Question Room.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23George, geography, you can choose
0:02:23 > 0:02:26whether you go first or second against CJ.
0:02:26 > 0:02:27I'll go second, please.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Seems to be a fad for going second at the moment among our Challengers.
0:02:34 > 0:02:40OK, CJ. From 1922 to 1991, Armenia was part of which country?
0:02:44 > 0:02:48I think from where it is geographically,
0:02:48 > 0:02:50Armenia should have been part of the Soviet Union.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54Indeed, yes, you're right. It is. And is it next to Azerbaijan?
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Is it round that...?
0:02:56 > 0:02:58It is in that area, yes. Next to Georgia.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Next to Georgia, right. One of those.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02OK, George.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06The Manzanares River runs through which European capital city?
0:03:10 > 0:03:13I know it's not Budapest, because it's on the Danube.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15I'm pretty sure it's Madrid.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18Yes, well done, it is Madrid. It is Madrid.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Names of rivers, CJ - do you study those?
0:03:20 > 0:03:23Yeah, I mean, the Manzanares is actually quite interesting,
0:03:23 > 0:03:26cos it's the only river in a European capital city
0:03:26 > 0:03:29that's not navigable when it gets to the capital.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Oh, I see. I must admit, I wouldn't have known the answer to that.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36OK, CJ, in 2009, the government of which island nation
0:03:36 > 0:03:39held an underwater cabinet meeting
0:03:39 > 0:03:43to highlight the threat posed by rising sea levels?
0:03:46 > 0:03:49I do remember this. I think...
0:03:49 > 0:03:53I mean, certainly, one of those is very much at risk
0:03:53 > 0:03:56from rising water levels, and I think it was in the Maldives.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58And it is the Maldives. Well done.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00You've got two now.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Back to George. Which body of water, George,
0:04:03 > 0:04:06is known in Cornish as Mor Bretannek?
0:04:11 > 0:04:14Oh, I don't speak Cornish. Um...
0:04:14 > 0:04:16I'm guessing because of where Cornwall is,
0:04:16 > 0:04:18it's the English Channel.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21Yes, it is the English Channel. Well done.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23OK, CJ, back to you.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26On the east coast of Scotland, which historic county
0:04:26 > 0:04:29lay between Aberdeenshire and Angus?
0:04:34 > 0:04:38Historic counties as in ones that don't exist any more.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40OK, I'm going to rule out Kincardineshire,
0:04:40 > 0:04:44but for absolutely no reason apart from it's difficult to say.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46So...
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Do I go for Kintyre or Kyle?
0:04:50 > 0:04:53Absolutely no idea. I'll try Kintyre.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57Yeah. Kincardineshire is the right answer, CJ.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Kyle, anyone help us with Kyle?
0:04:59 > 0:05:01It's just a geographical term for straits.
0:05:01 > 0:05:02Oh, so it's not...
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Kincardineshire there is the only one that was a historic...
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Oh, the only one that was a historic county, says Kevin,
0:05:08 > 0:05:10is Kincardineshire, CJ.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13OK, so George, you've got a little bit of daylight here.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17CJ stumbled, as he is wont to do, on the matter of UK geography.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20And here's your third question for the round.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24Which European country is known to its inhabitants as Hrvatska?
0:05:27 > 0:05:29It's not Denmark.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31It's certainly not Greece, so it must be Croatia.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34Croatia is correct, George, well done. You are in the final round.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36- Yes!- First blood to our Challengers.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38CJ has been knocked out on Geography.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41CJ, George, please return to us and we'll play on.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Well, what a promising start with £8,000 on the table.
0:05:46 > 0:05:51Alla Famiglia have not lost a brain. Well done, George, and CJ, gone.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54- Gone with a map folded around your head.- I'm sorry.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57It does happen in that round for you.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59The next subject is Music. Who would like this?
0:05:59 > 0:06:02- Ooh, Music.- Who's going to take music?- Tricky one, isn't it?
0:06:02 > 0:06:05- Yeah, it is a tricky one. - Who's going to take Music?
0:06:05 > 0:06:07- We didn't decide, did we? - No.- Sam or Mum?
0:06:07 > 0:06:10- I don't know any contemporary stuff. - That's the trouble.- You can have it.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12- Yeah, OK, send Sam. - And then if we get science...
0:06:12 > 0:06:14- Sam.- OK? Good luck.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16OK, Sam, before you go, just choose an Egghead for us.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19- Again, we looked at you two for that.- Who's bad at Music?
0:06:19 > 0:06:22- You'll beat Chris.- There's a chance there might be contemporary ones.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Pop music, he won't know a thing about pop music.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27- Without being ageist. Let's go for it.- Yes, take Chris, yeah.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30- Chris.- Yeah, lot of people settle on Chris for Music.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32It's interesting. Sam from Alla Famiglia,
0:06:32 > 0:06:33that was a nice little taste of
0:06:33 > 0:06:35the family around the Christmas tree there.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38I thought it was going to get out of hand for a second there!
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Versus Chris from the Eggheads on Music.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Please go to our Question Room now.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44So you're up against Chris on Music.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48That will have delighted Chris, who loves to answer questions about rap.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Oh, wonderful, isn't it? Absolutely wonderful.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54The greatest art form of the 20th century, without a doubt.
0:06:54 > 0:06:55LAUGHTER Right, so,
0:06:55 > 0:06:58would you like to go first or second, Sam?
0:06:58 > 0:07:00I'd like to go first, please.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06Funny thing is, I think Chris actually means it.
0:07:06 > 0:07:07So here's your question.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10Which of these is a famous piece of music by Tchaikovsky?
0:07:14 > 0:07:17OK, I know it's not Adagio. That was Barber.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20And that is where my classical knowledge ends.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24So I'm going to have to go for...
0:07:24 > 0:07:261812 Overture.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Excellent. Your parents are delighted. 1812 Overture.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31You thought he was wrong! Well done, Mum.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33- Oh, you got it wrong, Sara, did you?- I did.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36You've actually outwitted your mum on that.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39Chris, Why Can't I Wake Up With You
0:07:39 > 0:07:43was a UK top 10 hit in 1993 for which group?
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Er, never heard of Charles & Eddie.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54It's not Take That. So it's got to be 2 Unlimited.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58- It is Take That, actually. - Is it?- Yes, it is.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00- Well.- All right, so this is good, Sam.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03You're in the lead on a question about classical music.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06It doesn't get any better than this, does it? OK, your second question.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10Bill Haley, the singer famous for the song Rock Around The Clock,
0:08:10 > 0:08:12started his career in which musical genre?
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Wow, another oldie. Erm...
0:08:18 > 0:08:22The fact that the song's got saxophones in it leads me to think
0:08:22 > 0:08:24maybe it could be jazz.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Yeah, I'll go with that logic. Jazz.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30- No, it's country.- Oh.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Chris, you have a way back in.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35What is the title of Madonna's 2015 studio album?
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Rebel Rebel, surely, was David Bowie.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45Wouldn't be Rebel Yell. She's not a Confederate.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47So it's Rebel Heart.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Rebel Yell was Billy Idol.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52Rebel Heart is Madonna, you're quite right. Well done.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54So you're level.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56He sneaked back up, Sam.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58See if you can get this right.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Put the frighteners on him.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03Kashmir is a famous track by which of these groups?
0:09:06 > 0:09:09I've got a few friends that wouldn't talk to me again
0:09:09 > 0:09:12if I got this wrong. So going to go straight in - it's Led Zeppelin.
0:09:12 > 0:09:17It is indeed. Get out the Led, as they say. Led Zeppelin.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20All right, so, Chris, to stay in, your question.
0:09:20 > 0:09:25Which Russian composer died on the 5th of March 1953,
0:09:25 > 0:09:27the same day as Joseph Stalin?
0:09:31 > 0:09:33This to stay in.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36We had a question about Rachmaninov the other day,
0:09:36 > 0:09:38but it's not him.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41Neither is it Igor Stravinsky. It's Prokofiev.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Prokofiev is the right answer.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46The interesting facts about that is that there weren't any flowers
0:09:46 > 0:09:49at Prokofiev's funeral, because Stalin had taken them all.
0:09:49 > 0:09:50LAUGHTER
0:09:50 > 0:09:52So we go to Sudden Death.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56Sam, it gets a bit harder, because I don't give you alternatives.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00Should I Stay Or Should I Go was a 1991 UK number one for which band?
0:10:01 > 0:10:04So it's a cover of The Clash.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08I'm just going to have to go with The Clash.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Yeah, it's not a cover. It's their song. The Clash is the answer.
0:10:11 > 0:10:12- Yes!- Brilliant.- Well done, Sam.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16OK, Chris, to stay in now.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20Which member of One Direction was born in County Westmeath
0:10:20 > 0:10:23in the Republic of Ireland?
0:10:23 > 0:10:27I only know one member of One Direction, and that's Harry Styles.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29You want to try any others, or it's that one, is it?
0:10:29 > 0:10:31- Yeah. I don't know any others. - LAUGHTER
0:10:31 > 0:10:33It's not Harry Styles.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36It's Neil Horan. Or Niall Horan.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39- None the wiser. - OK, not heard of him?- No.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Chris, you've been knocked out. Well done, Sam.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Good work.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46OK, Chris, come back to us. Sam, come back. We'll play on.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Alla Famiglia have lost no brains.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53The Eggheads are down two already, and they've barely got out of bed.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55The next subject is History.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00- Who's the historian?- Dad. - Yeah, Dad.- Richard.- Richard.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03I keep wanting to call you Dad here. LAUGHTER
0:11:03 > 0:11:05Against which Egghead?
0:11:05 > 0:11:06What do you think?
0:11:06 > 0:11:10- I think probably Judith.- Judith. - Is that OK with you?- Yes.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13- Well, it doesn't matter whether it's OK with her or not.- Exactly.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17- But of course, your patron saint will be with you, Judith.- I hope so.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21- Eleanor of Aquitaine.- Yes. - OK, so Richard from Alla Famiglia
0:11:21 > 0:11:24versus Judith from the Eggheads, our Millionaire.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28To ensure there's no conferring, please take your position.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Are you a historian on the quiet, Richard?
0:11:32 > 0:11:35I taught it for some years, but that itself is history.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38- That was about 45 years ago. - Oh, right. But Judith then gasped
0:11:38 > 0:11:41at that point. You didn't realise that, Judith?
0:11:41 > 0:11:44I didn't realise he was a history teacher, no. Oh, dear.
0:11:44 > 0:11:45As was pointed out, it's not as if
0:11:45 > 0:11:48- you've got a choice here, Judith, is it?- No, exactly.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52- It's fate.- It is fate. So Richard, would you like to go first or second?
0:11:52 > 0:11:54I'll go first, please, Jeremy.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59And all the best to you, Richard. Here we go.
0:11:59 > 0:12:04Charles I was executed by which method in 1649?
0:12:07 > 0:12:10That's a very interesting question. Erm...
0:12:10 > 0:12:13I'll go for beheading.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Yes, beheading is the right answer.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19Judith, which of these battles was a major engagement
0:12:19 > 0:12:20in the Hundred Years' War?
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Well, Hastings, 1066 and all that.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31And Sedan was a French and German battle, I think.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33I think it's Crecy.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35Crecy is quite right.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37One each. Back to you, Richard.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40Before coming dictator of Cuba, Fulgencio Batista
0:12:40 > 0:12:44was first formally elected the country's president in what year?
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Well, 1960 is too late.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54I don't remember which of the other two it is.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00But let's assume that politics there were relatively turbulent
0:13:00 > 0:13:05before the Castro regime, and that he was president for ten years.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08So let's go for 1950.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10- It's the wrong answer.- Ah.- Ah.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12It's 1940, actually.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14OK, Judith, your question. Second question.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17In which decade did Prince Rainier of Monaco
0:13:17 > 0:13:20marry the film actress Grace Kelly?
0:13:25 > 0:13:29Well, '30s too early, '70s too late, so '50s.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32'50s is right. Indeed, indeed.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Judith is in the lead, Richard.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36That means you need to get this one right.
0:13:36 > 0:13:40The Krypteia was a military tradition
0:13:40 > 0:13:42in which city state of ancient Greece?
0:13:42 > 0:13:47And it's spelt, Richard, K-R-Y-P-T-E-I-A. Krypteia.
0:13:50 > 0:13:56I don't know, and I can't think what I've got to go on there,
0:13:56 > 0:13:59other than knowing that certainly Athens
0:13:59 > 0:14:00and Sparta were both city states.
0:14:00 > 0:14:05The word crypt, krypton, leads me to Athens.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08So I'll say Athens, Jeremy.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11OK, I've got your logic. Let's check this with Kevin. Kevin?
0:14:11 > 0:14:13The one with the great military. I mean, actually,
0:14:13 > 0:14:17Thebes had some military traditions as well, but probably not.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19I would go for Sparta.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22- Because of what? - It was a very military society.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26I mean, there were certain classes who were brought up as warriors,
0:14:26 > 0:14:28as soldiers, from birth, effectively.
0:14:28 > 0:14:33And I'm assuming that's probably what this system is.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Kevin is right. It is Sparta, Richard.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37I'm sorry, not Athens.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39So no way back in this round,
0:14:39 > 0:14:42and Judith has taken the round on History. And Richard,
0:14:42 > 0:14:45you've been knocked out, but not over for your team, not by any means,
0:14:45 > 0:14:48cos you're playing very, very well. Come back to us,
0:14:48 > 0:14:49and we'll see what happens next.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54So, Alla Famiglia have lost a brain now from the final round,
0:14:54 > 0:14:56but the Eggheads have lost two, so they are lagging.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59And the last subject before the final is Film & TV.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01So it can be Ben or Sara.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05We were arguing in the toss that sacrificing Mum
0:15:05 > 0:15:08to keep me in for the last round, cos I know more,
0:15:08 > 0:15:10I've got a broader knowledge for the end.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12I would say Ben, to be honest. I think you've got a chance.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15- Is my argument not sound?- No, your argument is sound, but...
0:15:15 > 0:15:17I'm not going to knock one of those two out.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20- You might do.- Film & Television was one of your specialities.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23- We're playing for the end. We're not playing for this round.- All right.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25- OK, good logic. - Do you want to do it, Mum?
0:15:25 > 0:15:27- If not, we can save you for the end.- No, fine.
0:15:27 > 0:15:28I think Sara wants to do it.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31- I think secretly wants to do it. - No, I don't!
0:15:31 > 0:15:33- You want to go in the booth. - I think she does.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36- OK, Sara from Alla Famiglia. Are we agreed here?- Yeah.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38We're keeping the film-maker off the Film And TV round.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41- We're sure about this, right? - Yeah, we're playing for the end.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43I know, I understand that. OK, I've got it.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46- Before you go, just choose an Egghead for us.- Barry.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48- Barry.- Please. - Straight off, no discussion.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51Those are his TV viewing glasses he's got on.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55Sara from Alla Famiglia versus Barry from the Eggheads.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58Film & TV. Whoa, what a discussion on that side!
0:15:58 > 0:16:02To ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05Film & TV. And would you like to go first or second, Sara?
0:16:05 > 0:16:07I'd like to go first, please, Jeremy.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Here's your question, then.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16Which film director famously made two versions of the 10 Commandments,
0:16:16 > 0:16:20one released in 1923 and one in 1956?
0:16:25 > 0:16:28I think I'm going to plump for Cecil B DeMille.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31Yes, you're absolutely right. Well done.
0:16:31 > 0:16:32Not Hitchcock, who was more thrillers.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34I think if it had been made by Sam Peckinpah
0:16:34 > 0:16:37everyone would have been machine-gunned. Is that right?
0:16:37 > 0:16:39- That's basically... - A plague of bullets
0:16:39 > 0:16:41- instead of a plague of locusts. - Exactly, yeah.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43Well done, Sara. Barry, your question.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46The former model Amanda Lamb is best known
0:16:46 > 0:16:50for presenting TV programmes about which subject?
0:16:53 > 0:16:55Oh.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58I'm afraid to say I've not come across this.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00But I watch a lot of history and science,
0:17:00 > 0:17:03and I don't recall the name, so I shall go for property.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06Yes, she is. I think probably half the country at the moment
0:17:06 > 0:17:10- presents programmes on property. - True!- But she is one of them.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Property is the right answer, well done.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14Sara. Which of these is the title
0:17:14 > 0:17:19of a 1957 film starring the person in the title as themselves
0:17:19 > 0:17:22and charting their rise to fame?
0:17:29 > 0:17:32It's too early for David Essex, I think.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Billy Fury and Tommy Steele...
0:17:36 > 0:17:39I really don't know, but I'm going to guess The Billy Fury Story.
0:17:39 > 0:17:43- Team-mates on this side? Richard? - I've got no idea.- Tommy Steele?
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Tommy Steele, yeah. Tommy Steele is the answer.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48OK, Tommy Steele Story is the answer there.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Barry, your chance to take the lead.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54Risky Business, one of the first films starring Tom Cruise,
0:17:54 > 0:17:57was released in which year?
0:18:02 > 0:18:05Oh, my goodness me. Tom Cruise was about 19,
0:18:05 > 0:18:07I think, in this film.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09How old is Tom Cruise now?
0:18:09 > 0:18:1230s, early 40s, maybe?
0:18:12 > 0:18:15So 19, knock 20 years off,
0:18:15 > 0:18:18which would put it about...
0:18:20 > 0:18:221993. I'll go for 1993.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25I do hope Tom Cruise is watching.
0:18:25 > 0:18:26He's older than that, is he?
0:18:26 > 0:18:29- Well, he must be 50, isn't he? - He's in his early 50s.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Yeah, he's in his... LAUGHTER
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Late 30s! He'll love that, Barry.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36He's got good hair, that's for sure.
0:18:36 > 0:18:381983 is the answer.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40How about that, Sara?
0:18:40 > 0:18:42- Quite good, isn't it?- Yes.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46OK, your question. Get this right, put some pressure on Barry the brain.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Which actress plays Olivia Pope,
0:18:48 > 0:18:52the lead character in the American TV drama series Scandal?
0:18:56 > 0:19:00I have no idea. I've never heard of the programme.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02I'm just going to have to guess.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04I'm going to do what one of the famous Eggheads usually does
0:19:04 > 0:19:07and go straight down the middle. Can't remember who it was.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11- Edie Falco.- Well, it's Judith who goes down the right, isn't it?- Yes.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14- Yes, magic right.- Although you haven't done that recently.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16No, cos I've perhaps known the answers.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19You've known the answer, yeah.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21Kerry Washington is the answer, Sara.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23So a chance for Barry to take the round.
0:19:23 > 0:19:29Barry, which TV series is based on a series of books by Charlaine Harris?
0:19:33 > 0:19:34Oh, goodness.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36A series of books.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39I don't think it's Six Feet Under.
0:19:39 > 0:19:40I don't know.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42I'm going to go for Homeland.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46No, you've got that wrong as well. It's True Blood.
0:19:46 > 0:19:47HE LAUGHS
0:19:47 > 0:19:49So a point each after three.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51Well, this is handy, Sara, I must say.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53So we go to Sudden Death now.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Gets a bit more tricky cos I don't give you alternatives.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00Rudge Park Comprehensive is the setting for which British sitcom
0:20:00 > 0:20:04about a group of friends trying to get through the sixth form?
0:20:06 > 0:20:09- No, I really can't think of anything.- Come on, Mum!
0:20:09 > 0:20:13- Inbetweeners. You would have heard them talking about it.- Can't think of the name of the school.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15I ought to be able to, I know, but I can't. Sorry, pass.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18- All right, team-mates? - The Inbetweeners.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21- The Inbetweeners, yeah. The Inbetweeners.- Oh.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Barry, for the round - in which 2009 film,
0:20:24 > 0:20:26directed by Neill Blomkamp,
0:20:26 > 0:20:31were members of an alien race referred to as prawns?
0:20:31 > 0:20:34Ah, I remember watching this one.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36I think it was set in South Africa.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39And I believe it was District 9.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42Yeah, it was not, as you might have thought, Eggheads.
0:20:42 > 0:20:43HE LAUGHS
0:20:43 > 0:20:45- No, we're known as lobsters. - No, exactly.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48We don't refer to you as prawns, but you are aliens.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50District 9 is the right answer. Well done, Barry.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52You slugged it out there with Sara.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Sorry, Sara, you've been knocked out by Barry.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58- Hope you enjoyed the experience, though.- Yes, thank you.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01All right, come back to us and we'll play the final round.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06So it's evened up, and this is what we have been playing towards.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09It's time for the final round, which as always is General Knowledge.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:21:11 > 0:21:14won't be allowed to take part in this round,
0:21:14 > 0:21:16so Richard and Sara from Alla Famiglia
0:21:16 > 0:21:18and Chris and CJ from the Eggheads,
0:21:18 > 0:21:20would you please now leave the studio.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26George, Ben and Sam, you're playing to win Alla Famiglia £8,000.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Kevin, Judith and Barry, you're playing for something
0:21:29 > 0:21:32that money can't really buy, which is the Eggheads' reputation.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37This time they're all General Knowledge,
0:21:37 > 0:21:39and you can confer. Guys, OK?
0:21:39 > 0:21:42So the question is, can you, with your three brains,
0:21:42 > 0:21:45take down these three here? Give them a proper mugging?
0:21:45 > 0:21:46- Maybe. - LAUGHTER
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Yes, a slightly doubtful noise.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51- We'll give it a go.- We've lost our fearless leader in Dad.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53You've lost the matriarch and the patriarch, that's true.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56But you can still win. Would you like to go first or second?
0:21:56 > 0:21:58Second, please, Jeremy.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Second. Here we go, Eggs.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06In which year was the athlete Mo Farah born?
0:22:11 > 0:22:13Certainly not around 40.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17- So 83?- He can't be... Is he 32?
0:22:17 > 0:22:20If it was 91, that would make him only 24, and he's not that young.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22So he's 32.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24- Yeah, I think so. - Must be in the middle.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26- I think it's 1983.- I know I get confused over dates, but this one's
0:22:26 > 0:22:30- relatively straightforward. - Yeah, 1983, I think.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32We think that's 1983.
0:22:32 > 0:22:341983 is correct.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Your question, brothers.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39Watford is a town in which county?
0:22:42 > 0:22:44- Hertfordshire?- Hertfordshire, it's near London.- Yeah.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47- Yeah, Hertfordshire.- Hertfordshire is the right answer, well done.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51They may get harder. OK, Eggheads. In which area does the organisation
0:22:51 > 0:22:54known by the acronym Ucas operate?
0:22:59 > 0:23:01University admissions.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04- Can we just get the spelling on that to make sure?- U-C-A-S.- Yeah.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07Ucas, it's university. It's the clearing body, isn't it?
0:23:07 > 0:23:11- Yeah, clearing body.- University clearing.- Universities, yeah.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13- Right, OK?- Yeah.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15They deal with university admissions.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17University admissions is correct.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19OK. Alla Famiglia,
0:23:19 > 0:23:21your second question.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25Which of these is another name for the bird of prey known as the osprey?
0:23:28 > 0:23:30- Fish hawk?- It must be fish hawk, cos they eat fish.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33So if it was one of the other two, that'd be quite ridiculous, right?
0:23:33 > 0:23:36I'll hand it to you. My ornithology isn't good.
0:23:36 > 0:23:37It has got to be fish hawk.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40Fish hawk is correct. Straight there, well done. OK, good start.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42Two out of two, well done.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45Eggheads, who resigned as US Secretary of Defense
0:23:45 > 0:23:47in November 2014?
0:23:52 > 0:23:55- It's Chuck Hagel.- It's the name that rings a bell with me.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58- Carter is the one who has taken over.- Yeah.- Oh, has he?
0:23:58 > 0:23:59And Hillary Clinton never has been.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02- Hillary Clinton has never been Secretary of Defense.- No.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05We think this is - although there is an Ashton Carter connection,
0:24:05 > 0:24:08because we think he replaced Chuck Hagel -
0:24:08 > 0:24:10but the one who resigned was Chuck Hagel.
0:24:10 > 0:24:11Chuck Hagel is correct.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14All right, they've got three out of three, which is a bit annoying.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18So you need to get this one right, because you went second.
0:24:18 > 0:24:19Pressure on.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22The ancient Sumerian city of Ur,
0:24:22 > 0:24:27U-R, is located on an old channel of which major river?
0:24:30 > 0:24:33Certainly not the Yangtze.
0:24:33 > 0:24:34Do you think it would be the Tigris?
0:24:34 > 0:24:38- Mm, I actually don't...- You don't know?- I think it's Euphrates,
0:24:38 > 0:24:41- but I'm guessing. - It's an educated guess, isn't it?
0:24:41 > 0:24:43They're both in Iraq. They both go through Iraq.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46- I honestly don't know.- Go Euphrates.
0:24:46 > 0:24:47- Handing it to you.- Yeah.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50- Nothing else?- 50-50.- 50-50? You're not sure,
0:24:50 > 0:24:53- it could be either of them?- Yeah. I wouldn't change it now.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57- Final answer?- Yeah.- You sure? Euphrates?- Go for it.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00We'll go with George. He's the geographer. Euphrates.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03OK, Euphrates is your answer, then. George, were you...?
0:25:03 > 0:25:06- It's not Yangtze.- It's not the Yangtze, that's in China.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08And I must admit, I'm not really sure.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11- The Tigris and Euphrates are both... - They both go through Iraq.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14- Iraq, and Ur is in Iraq, that was your logic?- Yeah.- OK.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16- Eggheads, are they right?- Think so.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19- Euphrates is the right answer. Well done!- Well done, George.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23Excellent, George. OK, so three out of three for both of you.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25We go to Sudden Death. Your question, Eggheads.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28The historic town of Sintra, known for its national palace,
0:25:28 > 0:25:31is a World Heritage Site in which European country?
0:25:31 > 0:25:33- Portugal?- Portugal, yeah.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35That's Portugal.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38It's a few miles north of Lisbon. It is indeed Portugal.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42OK, I'm sorry they're not giving you any space here.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45You have to keep running to catch up. Don't get one wrong.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49In 2014, a recording was released of a telephone apology
0:25:49 > 0:25:52by Ronald Reagan to Margaret Thatcher
0:25:52 > 0:25:56over the 1983 invasion of which Commonwealth state?
0:25:56 > 0:25:57Grenada.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59- Wow.- It's Grenada, yeah?- OK.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Clearly, it's Grenada - from both sides.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04It is. It is Grenada.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Back to you, Eggheads.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08Writings by Lord Gnome
0:26:08 > 0:26:11and EJ Thribb appear regularly in which publication?
0:26:12 > 0:26:13- Private Eye.- Yup.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15That's Private Eye.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Private Eye is quite right.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20Back to you.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23The only medieval cathedral in England with three spires
0:26:23 > 0:26:25is situated in which city?
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Salisbury?
0:26:28 > 0:26:30Salisbury's massive, I've been in it.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32Is Salisbury a city?
0:26:32 > 0:26:35There's Ely, but that's got one big tower, I've driven past it.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38I can see it from miles away, cos it's flat.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Winchester, I think, has two at one end.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43And it's the old capital, wasn't it?
0:26:43 > 0:26:45- Yeah. Yeah.- When it was Wessex.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49- Try Winchester. - Two big ones at each end?
0:26:49 > 0:26:51- There will be another one at the other end?- Try that.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53- I don't think so. - You don't think so?- No.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56You don't think it's Winchester? We are from Hampshire.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59- Exactly. We would know that. - Do you think we would?
0:26:59 > 0:27:00HE WHISPERS
0:27:00 > 0:27:03- It's not York Minster, is it? - Medieval.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07We haven't even thought about when... When is medieval time?
0:27:07 > 0:27:08- Is it that old?- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10Why have you suddenly gone back from Winchester to York?
0:27:10 > 0:27:13I'm thinking in my head it might have one at one end
0:27:13 > 0:27:16- and two at the other. - Didn't Blue Peter do that...?
0:27:16 > 0:27:17There was a fire, and they rebuilt
0:27:17 > 0:27:20- all those wooden things... - Yeah.- The roof...
0:27:20 > 0:27:22- It's a punt.- Yeah.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25It is a guess, sadly, Jeremy. Are you sure you want to go with York?
0:27:25 > 0:27:27- Why not?- Why not.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29We've got to say something.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31It's only worth £8,000, isn't it? So...
0:27:31 > 0:27:32LAUGHTER
0:27:32 > 0:27:35- What's your answer?- York.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37York Minster, York Cathedral.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40I wonder if your parents know this?
0:27:40 > 0:27:42Er...no...
0:27:42 > 0:27:44Lichfield comes to mind, but...
0:27:44 > 0:27:46Richard, you're right, it is Lichfield.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48THEY GROAN Lichfield is the answer.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50And because you've gone second...
0:27:50 > 0:27:51- That's it.- That's it!
0:27:51 > 0:27:55So, we have to say congratulations, Eggheads, you have won.
0:27:59 > 0:28:03Well, I guess there's consolation with your dad's Lichfield...
0:28:03 > 0:28:05If he'd been here, might have...
0:28:05 > 0:28:08- It might have got into the mix. - Yeah.- Commiserations to
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Alla Famiglia, the Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them,
0:28:11 > 0:28:13their winning streak continues. You did play very, very well
0:28:13 > 0:28:15and stuck at it, as well.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18I'm afraid you won't be going home with the £8,000.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20So, the money rolls over to our next show.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23Eggheads, very well done, only three of you left today,
0:28:23 > 0:28:25but still playing powerfully. Who will beat you, I wonder?
0:28:25 > 0:28:28Join us next time to see if a new team of challengers
0:28:28 > 0:28:31can do it - defeat the Eggheads and walk off with £9,000.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33Till then, goodbye.