Episode 26 Impossible

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Welcome to !mpossible, the quiz with the third dimension.

Most quiz shows have just right answers and wrong answers.

But here we also have impossible answers.

They are not just wrong, they couldn't possibly be right.

Hoping to get lots of right answers whilst dodging those pesky impossible answers

are 24 players.

Hello, players.

-ALL:

-Hello.

-They are in fine fettle and they are with us for two weeks.

This is the beginning of week two, and every day one of them will have

the chance to unlock this.

-ALL:

-Whoo!

Our excellent exclamation mark filled with £10,000 coins.

At the end of each show one of this mob will face the final question.

And here...

..it is. Today's £10,000 question.

Get this right and all of that cash will come cascading out.

Week two, and five more chances for you to win big.

We have a new player today.

Jake, how are you doing?

-Are you all right?

-Very well, thank you.

-What do you do, Jake?

-I'm a painter/decorator.

And what do you do in your spare time?

I look after my daughter.

-Aha.

-14 weeks old.

Oh, congratulations.

-Thank you very much.

-I guess that's sort of a full-time job.

Yes, well, my wife is on maternity leave at the moment but I will be

taking over the duties when she goes back to work.

And what would you do with the ten grand if you were to...?

Oh, well, I have a very knackered,

old car that needs a lot of work doing to it, so it would probably

get swallowed up by that but if there was any left over then I would go on holiday.

Anything on the wife or the baby?

Nah.

It's car, holiday for Jake and if there is anything left over, then...

She will get some flowers.

Lucky old her!

-Nice to have you with us, Jake, good luck on the show.

-Cheers.

-Leon.

-Hi, Rick.

What do you do, Leon?

I'm currently a youth worker for a Welsh youth organisation.

-OK.

-It's just working with the youth of South Wales and just doing

different activities with them and just promoting the Welsh language

and getting the youth involved and using their Welsh outside of the classroom, really.

OK. What do you do outside of the classroom when you are not doing that?

I spend most of my time just reading Harry Potter, watching Harry Potter,

just living my life as if I was Harry Potter.

LAUGHTER OK, Leon.

And what would you do with the ten grand?

I'd like to build my own Hogwarts and use it as a shed in my garden.

Have you drawn up any plans for the mini Hogwarts shed?

Not yet, no.

It would kind of look like a castle.

Yeah, OK.

It's a bit different, isn't it?

It is a lot different, Leon.

It's unique and individual.

Totally unique, totally individual, a little bit barmy,

all things we like.

Best of luck today, everyone.

Jackie is with us, our British Sign Language interpreter,

who works with Asif.

Let's crack on. You will face five multiple-choice questions,

each with three answers.

The right answer gets you a point, the wrong answer gets you nothing,

but if you choose the impossible answer...

..nightmare.

That will immediately knock you out of today's show and you

will have to try again tomorrow.

After five questions the highest score gets the first chance to bag

a place in today's final.

-Are we ready? ALL:

-Yes.

Here is your first question.

I can say that the right answer is A, Thundercats.

A point to all of you went A.

-Annelies.

-Hello.

-Hello. How are you?

-Struggling.

I think I might have put the wrong answer.

What makes you think that?

LAUGHTER

Well, looking behind me no-one else has put B, so...

No, there are a couple of Bs. Sue and Harvey have got your back.

-OK.

-Hugh, you went for Danger Mouse.

I had it in the back of my mind that was a children's television show.

Well, let's see.

Some of you have given an impossible answer.

Which was...

B, Airwolf.

Not an animated children's television show.

It's a live action TV show with a helicopter.

Annalies, Sue and Harvey, we'll see you tomorrow.

Question two.

Most of you have gone with A. 18 of you, in fact.

Let's see if that is right.

It is. A point to everyone who went for A.

Sonia, tell me something about vitamin K and its benefits.

I couldn't tell you an awful lot.

I just knew that vitamin N doesn't exist

so that must be the impossible answer.

Oh! William, Sonia is saying that vitamin N doesn't exist.

-What do you say to that?

-Was a guess.

So, it doesn't surprise you!

"Yeah, it could be, mate. No idea."

One of you has given the impossible answer.

Which was C. Vitamin N doesn't exist.

As you said, Sonia. William, we'll see you tomorrow.

Question number three.

Most of you have gone with B, Michelle Mone.

Let's see if that's right.

It is, point to all of you.

Clair...

LAUGHTER

Seem to be enjoying yourself up there.

You've gone with Ada Lovelace.

It SOUNDS about right, doesn't it?

I know! It was just kind of, oh, my God!

That's where my brain went and I'm really embarrassed.

It's just the whole lingerie lace thing, I think.

-Yeah, yeah.

-Yeah.

Do you know who is Ada Lovelace is?

No. But I'm pretty sure she's not

a lingerie designer born in Glasgow and a baroness!

-I'm convinced of that!

-LAUGHTER

All right. And the impossible answer was...

-..C, Ada Lovelace.

-You're welcome.

-CLAIR LAUGHS

Ada Lovelace is a famous mathematician.

Jake, Clair and Hugh, see you tomorrow.

Question number four.

LAUGHTER

We've got 12 As, and five Bs.

All I'm interested in is what Leon's done.

LAUGHTER

I'm pretty sure it's not Steven

cos I don't think there is a Steven Weasley.

In all honesty, it was a toss-up between Charlie and Bill.

But I went...

LAUGHTER

Are you kidding me?!

You're going to have a shed that looks like Hogwarts.

You should know this like the back of your hand, Leon!

Well, hopefully I'm right. We don't know yet, do we?

Don't say it's a toss-up, just tell me what the answer is!

OK. Confidently, it's Bill.

OK. Let's see if that's right.

-Yes, it is.

-I knew it!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

I just didn't want you to blow your big moment, Leon.

Just own it!

Everyone who went for A gets a point,

and you are telling me, Leon, that there isn't a Steven?

No.

Let's just check that that was the impossible answer.

Yeah. Good.

Question five.

The right answer...

A point to anyone who went for B.

And the impossible answer...

He is not a US golfer, he's British.

At the end of that round, five players are on five points,

and the quickest to lock in their answers across the round...

..was Leon.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Congratulations, Leon.

You have the first chance of facing today's final.

Leon, welcome.

-Thank you very much.

-Surprised to be here?

-Very surprised.

-But you got the Harry Potter question, finally.

I'm so glad that I got that right. I never would have lived that down.

So am I, I would have been disgusted if you hadn't!

So, Leon, I've been having a think about your Hogwarts shed.

-Yeah.

-You are going to have some money left over.

You can't spend ten grand on a Hogwarts shed.

-OK.

-I think the most you can spend is five grand.

What are you going to do with the rest of the money?

-I'll probably go to the Harry Potter studios and just waste it in the shop.

-Sure, sure.

Again, I don't know. What are you buying in there?

Well, it's my money and I'm going to spoil myself.

OK, you don't have to justify to me, mate. Do whatever you like.

Once you are out of the studio your life is yours.

-Thanks!

-This is your chance to put up to £500 into the daily prize pot

and take a big step towards playing that £10,000 question.

I'm going to give you a chance of four topics, here they come.

Science, Books and Literature, Pop Music and Sport.

I mean, the only one I would ever go for in that is pop music.

Are you a pop music fan, have you got good pop knowledge?

Cheesy pop, yeah.

So hopefully it's proper pop and not like a side genre of pop.

I'm going to reveal nine answers,

all relating to pop music.

Hopefully cheesy pop.

It's coming across like very Britpop instead of cheesy pop.

There's a couple of names that stand out to me that I could probably recognise,

and then there's others I just wouldn't have a clue.

Let's look at the first half of the question.

Which member of Blur...

Five of those answers are impossible because they're not members of Blur.

You'll have five goes and each impossible answer you successfully eliminate

will add £100 to the daily prize pot.

-Where do you want to start?

-I'm going to go for...

-Shaun Ryder.

-Tell me anything about Shaun Ryder.

I just don't believe he was in Blur.

-That'll do me!

-Yeah.

LAUGHTER

Is Shaun Ryder an impossible answer?

Yes. Shaun Ryder was in the Happy Mondays.

Gaz Coombes.

Again, the only reason I give as to why I'm choosing these people

is because the names just don't ring any type of bell, so...

..I'm just hoping that the ones I do recognise are in Blur because

I recognise them because they are in Blur.

-LAUGHTER Yes.

-Yeah.

Yeah. That's why they are standing out to me, is cos they were in Blur.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

Is Gaz Coombes an impossible answer?

Yes!

APPLAUSE

Gaz Coombes is in Supergrass.

I'm going to go for...

..Brett Anderson.

Is Brett Anderson an impossible answer?

Yes. APPLAUSE

The lead singer of Suede.

I'm going to go Dave Rowntree

because I think that's more of a Fruit Pastel.

-Maybe he invented Fruit Pastels.

-Yeah.

Is Dave Rowntree an impossible answer?

Sadly not.

I guess what we didn't think of is it's possible to be in Blur and invent sweets.

Oh, true, yeah.

-One more guess.

-I'm going to go for the Bobby one.

I can't pronounce the last name, sorry.

Giuseppe? Jay-seppe? Gius...?

-Gillespie.

-That one.

I'll go for Bobby Gillesp.

LAUGHTER

-I'll go for Bobby.

-We'll go for Bobby.

Is the Bobby one...

LAUGHTER

..an impossible answer?

Yes.

APPLAUSE

A member of Primal Scream.

You put £400 into the daily prize pot,

but will you be playing for that money and a shot at the £10,000 question in today's final?

In a moment I'm going to reveal the second half of the question,

and I'll be looking for the right answer.

Give me the right answer and you are in the final.

Give me a wrong answer and the next best player will have the chance to

steal your place in the final.

I can reveal that that player was Laurence.

Laurence.

I really hope he gets it right cos I don't think I could bring myself to steal it off Leon.

But would you, though? If push came to shove, would you?

We'll see what the question is.

I'll probably get barred from Hogwarts, so Hogwarts or 10K...

"I want to get into that shed!"

OK. Shall we have a look at the second half of the question?

Yeah.

Which member of Blur...

..has won awards as a cheese maker?

The only two members of Blur that I know of

is Jarvis Cocker and Alex James.

I'm going to go for Jarvis Cocker.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

If Jarvis Cocker

is a member of Blur and has won awards as a cheese maker,

you are through to the final.

If it's a wrong answer or an impossible answer,

I will be throwing to Laurence.

Is Jarvis Cocker the right answer?

No!

-He's a member of Pulp, Leon.

-Arggh!

So that was an impossible answer,

which sadly means you are eliminated from today's show.

-You got so far, Leon.

-I know.

-I'm sorry.

Now I'm going to throw to Laurence.

If Laurence doesn't get the right answer,

it would then pass to the next best player and so on until someone

does get the right answer and take Leon's place in the final.

I do actually know the answer to this one.

I saw him as the host on Nevermind The Buzzcocks

and he was talking about this.

I believe it is Alex James.

OK. If Alex James is the right answer

you will be in the final, Laurence.

Is Alex James a member of Blur who has won awards as a cheese maker?

He is.

APPLAUSE

Leon, that was a very, very enjoyable grid.

I'm sorry it didn't have a happier ending,

but we will see you back in the pack tomorrow.

Laurence, you are in the final.

APPLAUSE

Still two places left in today's final alongside Laurence.

Let's find out who is going to be claiming the next one.

-15 of you left. Are you all ready? ALL:

-Yes.

Good luck. Here's your first question.

Sonia, you went for A, Daffodils.

No particular reason other than you associate daffodils with Wales.

Haris, what was your thinking on Tintern Abbey?

I was pretty confident on Tintern Abbey.

I thought it was like a poem, a reflection on the banks

of the River Wye or something.

Unless the Wye is not in Wales. Then I'm scunnered.

OK. Let's see if your poetry confidence is well-placed, Haris.

Yes. The answer is C, Tintern Abbey.

So Haris, Kim and Linda get a point.

Have our 12 As avoided the impossible answer?

Yes. The impossible answer was B, Ozymandias,

which is a poem by Shelley.

Question number two.

The right answer...

So, Izan, Sonia, Simon, Pam and Dorothy and Hazel get a point.

And the impossible answer...

Arthur Tressler is a character played by Michael Caine

in the Now You See Me movies.

So, Linda, Asif and Haris, see you all tomorrow.

Question number three.

Everyone has gone for Pavlova.

Let's see if you are all right.

Yes, you are, points all around.

The impossible answer...

..which is a desert in Peru.

Question number four.

-Lucille.

-I did it again.

Excitement of getting into round two.

-You did do it again, but you are in round two.

-I am in round two.

I'm going to be in round three when I do it next time.

Round three. Don't let there be a next time necessarily, Lucille!

LAUGHTER

We have to say goodbye to you, though,

and maybe do some finger exercises tonight.

Ndaba, you went with C, Elizabeth II.

I didn't think she was the first cos she didn't do a great deal

earlier on, but she lived a while, so maybe more recently.

Simon, you went with A, Mother Theresa.

I thought Wallis Simpson was a possibility,

being back further in time. Being American, as far as I'm aware.

Time Magazine's American, but plumped for Mother Teresa.

She's done a bit more, to be fair.

-Hazel?

-I'm not entirely sure, but because Wallis Simpson is American,

and I got this thing in the back of my mind.

I've seen lots of royal programmes lately,

and I just think it might be her.

Well, let's find out. One of you has given the impossible answer,

which was...

Mother Teresa has never won that accolade,

which means we have to say goodbye to a lot of you.

-Wow.

-We'll see you tomorrow.

So we've got two Bs and two Cs.

Let's see where the points are going.

To the Bs.

Wallis Simpson won it in 1936,

which was the year that Edward VIII abdicated to marry her.

A point to Hazel and a point to Bernie.

So, after that bloodbath, Hazel is in the lead on three points,

as we go on to our final question.

The impossible answer...

Is B, Gourde.

Sorry, Ndaba.

-Curses!

-Yeah, it is curses, I'm afraid.

Curse the people of Haiti and their currency.

-OK.

-There's never been an English coin called the Gourde.

We'll see you tomorrow, Ndaba.

Hazel, you've put Groat.

If that's right, then you'll be coming down to play the grid.

Let's find out.

Yes. It was the Groat.

Bernie and Hazel get a point.

Hazel, you finish on four, which means congratulations.

You have the chance to grab the next place in today's final.

APPLAUSE

-Hello, again, Hazel.

-Hello, Rick.

-How are you?

-OK.

Have you ever won anything before, Hazel?

I've never been on any show before.

But any, like anything at all, entered any competitions?

When I was 15 years, 15 or 16, I won a cookery competition.

-Oh.

-I think I won £50 and a bag full of frozen food.

What did you cook to win the competition?

-Fishcakes.

-Fishcakes.

Served up with...?

-Just fishcakes.

-Just fishcakes.

-Just the fishcakes, yeah.

Well, let's see if we can win you something else here, Hazel.

-Thank you.

-You've got a choice of three topics.

-Yeah.

Let's remind ourselves.

Science, Books and Literature, and Sport.

It's got to be between Science and Books and Literature, and...

I'll go for Books and Literature.

OK. So I'm going to show you nine answers.

OK. Cats.

-Shall we have a look at the first half of the question?

-OK.

Which of TS Eliot's Practical Cats...

-OK.

-So it is cats.

We are looking for five names that do not appear in TS Eliot's Old Possum's Book Of Practical Cats.

Each impossible answer will add £100 to the daily prize pot.

-Where would you like to start?

-I'll start with Bilbo Baggins, please.

Bilbo Baggins.

-Not a cat.

-I don't think so, he just had hairy feet.

-He's a hobbit.

-Is Bilbo Baggins an impossible answer?

Yes. The main Hobbit from Tolkien.

-Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.

-Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.

I believe he's a mongoose.

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Is that an impossible answer?

Yes, he is a mongoose, from The Jungle Book.

Mungojerrie.

Mungojerrie.

Is Mungojerrie an impossible answer?

Oh. Oh.

I apologise to Mungojerrie.

-OK. Rum Tum Tugger.

-Yeah?

Is Rum Tum Tugger an impossible answer?

-Oh.

-No.

I'm not doing well here, am I?

One more to go, though, Hazel.

Jubjub.

Is Jubjub an impossible answer?

APPLAUSE

Yes. Jubjub is a fictional bird.

From Jabberwocky, Lewis Carroll.

So you've put £300 into the day's prize pot.

It now stands at £700.

But will be you be playing for that money and a shot at the

£10,000 question in today's final?

In a moment I'm going to reveal the second half of the question

and I'll be looking for the right answer.

-Find it, and you're in the final.

-OK.

Give me a wrong answer and the next best player will have the chance

to steal your place in the final.

I can reveal that that was Bernie.

-Hold tight, Bernie.

-I think you're safe, Hazel.

Cats not your speciality, Bernie?

-No, not at all.

-All right.

Now, we also know there are two impossible answers up there.

If you give me either of those you will sadly be eliminated from today's show.

Shall we look at the full question? All right?

Which of TS Eliot's Practical Cats is nicknamed The Railway Cat?

It's either Skimbleshanks, or Macavity.

Um...

I'm going to go for Skimbleshanks.

OK.

If Skimbleshanks is one of TS Eliot's Practical Cats

and is nicknamed the Railway Cat, you're in the final, Hazel.

If it's a wrong answer or an impossible answer,

I'll be throwing over to Bernie.

Is Skimbleshanks the right answer?

Yes. APPLAUSE

-That was luck.

-Well done on going with your inkling.

It doesn't matter that it was luck, Hazel.

To clear up the board, the other impossible answers were...

Montmorency.

He's the dog from Three Men In A Boat.

Mr Bojangles is the title of a song.

-Hazel, you're through to the final.

-Thank you.

-Well done.

APPLAUSE

Just one place left up for grabs in the final.

It's either going to be Bernie or Dorothy,

because you are the only two surviving.

If at any point you are the last woman standing,

you'll come straight down for the grid.

-Both ready? BOTH:

-Yes.

Good luck. Here's your first question.

You've given different answers.

Bernie, you've gone for Diamonds Are Forever.

Dorothy, you've gone for Thunderball.

Let's see if either of you has given the impossible answer.

No. You both avoided it.

That was Moonraker, which is a Roger Moore Bond film.

Well, the point is going...

..to you, Bernie. Right.

Diamonds Are Forever.

Question number two.

Once again, different answers.

Bernie, are you into Spandau Ballet?

No, not really, but I know Nick Rhodes I think is from Duran Duran,

and I think, I didn't think Martin Kemp played the drums,

-but I don't know.

-OK.

Dorothy, you've gone for Nick Rhodes.

I know, I thought Martin Kemp and Nick Rhodes were in Spandau Ballet.

Well, so you both think the other one has given the impossible answer.

Let's see if either of you have given the right answer.

Yes. C, John Keeble.

A point to Bernie.

If you've given the impossible answer, Dorothy,

then Bernie will be coming down to play a grid.

If it's just wrong...

..you fight on.

The impossible answer...

..was B, Nick Rhodes.

As Bernie said, he's in Duran Duran.

We'll see you tomorrow, Dorothy.

-OK.

-And Bernie, congratulations.

You have the chance to grab the last place in today's final.

APPLAUSE

-Hi, Bernie.

-Hello, Rick.

So, you've been in the final twice before.

-Yes.

-You haven't won.

-No.

-Could this be third time lucky?

I'm not sure, cos I don't like the subjects that are up there...

-Will be up there.

-Oh, do you not? No, no.

As I recall, the last grid you played, Bernie... LAUGHTER

you knew nothing about, and you absolutely aced it.

So I don't think that's necessarily a problem for you.

The topics remaining, as you said, you're not keen on them.

-But let's have a look.

-OK.

Science and Sport.

So I guess we're going to go lesser of two evils.

We are indeed, which I think will be Sport.

OK. So I'm going to show you nine answers relating to sport.

Rugby. That's all I can say.

Well, let's have a look at the first half of the question.

Which Welsh Rugby Union international...

So it is rugby. Five of those answers are impossible,

because they're not Welsh Rugby Union internationals.

You get five goes.

Each impossible answer will add £100 to the daily prize pot.

Where shall we kick off?

Well, I think Phil Taylor is a darts player.

-So...

-So, let's start with him.

OK. Is Phil Taylor an impossible answer?

Yes, multiple world darts champion, Phil Taylor.

Then I then I'd go... I think Brian O'Driscoll is Irish.

OK. Is Brian O'Driscoll an impossible answer?

Yes. An Irish rugby union player.

Two from two.

I'm going to go Finn Russell, on the grounds that Finn is Irish as a name, generally.

Is Finn Russell an impossible answer?

Yes. He is a Scottish Rugby Union player.

I'll go Sam Warburton.

-Any reason?

-I reckon he makes bread, doesn't he?

Could do. Could do.

Is Sam Warburton an impossible answer?

No, he is a Welsh Rugby Union international.

One guess to go, two impossible answers up there.

Let's get rid of one of them.

Yeah, let's get rid of one, let's go for Sam Burgess.

Is Sam Burgess an impossible answer?

Sam Burgess is the England Rugby League captain.

-Oh, OK.

-So £400 added to the prize pot.

Four from five. In a moment,

I'm going to reveal the second half of the question,

and I'll be looking for the right answer.

-OK.

-If you find it, you're in the final for the third time.

If you give me a wrong answer,

the last player to be eliminated will have the chance to steal your place in the final.

And that is Dorothy.

-What do you reckon, Dorothy? Your kind of board?

-Yeah.

-Scary.

-Doesn't need to say more than that. Just "yes".

-Shall we have a look at the full question?

-Yes, yeah.

Which Welsh Rugby Union international...

..captained the British and Irish Lions to a series victory

against Australia in 2013?

There is still one impossible answer up there.

If you give me that, sadly, you will be eliminated from today's show,

but I'm looking for the right answer.

Well, I think that would be Sam Warburton.

-Yeah?

-Yeah, because, yeah, I think the other two,

Mervyn Hughes and JPR Williams are way back.

And I'm not sure Gareth Thomas ever captained them.

-I might be wrong.

-So we're going to go with Sam Warburton.

If Sam Warburton is the right answer, you're in the final.

If it's a wrong answer, I'll be throwing to Dorothy.

Is Sam Warburton the right answer?

-Yes.

-Oh, my goodness!

-APPLAUSE

It is.

Well reasoned, Bernie.

The only remaining impossible answer was Mervyn Hughes.

He's an Australian cricketer, with the 'tache.

-Yes.

-You must remember the 'tache!

Yes, I do remember him. Sorry, I thought he played rugby for Wales.

No, no, no, no. He sledged professionally for Australia.

-Well done, Bernie.

-OK.

-You're through to the final.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

For the rest of you, I'm afraid that victory today proved impossible,

but we'll see you all again tomorrow.

-Bye for now. ALL:

-Bye.

But for Laurence, Hazel and Bernie, it's time for the final.

APPLAUSE

Laurence, Hazel and Bernie, there's £1,100 in today's prize pot,

but only one of you can win that money and the right to face the £10,000 question.

Now, Bernie, this is your third final.

Hazel, this is your second.

Laurence, this is your second,

but you take quite an unconventional route to it.

Never played a grid in your life.

To be honest, Rick, it's not the way that I wanted to be coming down here.

Firstly, because I'd like...

-Well, stop doing it!

-Firstly, I'd like to have a go at the grid.

And secondly, I've missed out on a good bit of chitchat with you.

Well, this is the thing, we're going to have a bit of chitchat because

I'm, like, "I don't feel like I know Laurence, cos he just comes down!"

-What do you do, Laurence?

-So, this year, I've been working as a tutor.

-Ah, I used to do that!

-Really?

-It's good fun, isn't it?

-What did you, what did you teach?

-Maths and science.

OK, so I do maths and economics.

There we go. I've enjoyed this chitchat, I'm glad we did it.

-Thank you, Rick.

-You're all going to start with ten lives.

There they are.

Questions are on the buzzer.

Most of them normal, straightforward questions with normal, straightforward answers.

Buzz and get one right, and you knock a life off both of your opponents.

Buzz and get one wrong, and you lose one of your own lives.

However, some of the questions are impossible.

If you think you've spotted one of these,

all you have to do is buzz in, and say, "Impossible".

Doubly bad news for your opponents, cos they will both lose two lives.

But if you say that a question's impossible when it isn't,

or give any other answer to an impossible question,

it is you that will lose the two lives.

-Everyone ready? ALL:

-Yeah.

Good luck. Let's start.

Which English Premier League football team in the 2016-17 season

plays home games at the Valley?

Laurence.

-Impossible.

-It is impossible.

That's the home of Charlton Athletic,

who are currently languishing in League 1.

Hazel and Bernie, you lose two lives.

What is the capital of the Isle of Man?

-Laurence.

-Douglas?

It is Douglas. Hazel and Bernie, you lose a life.

In which world war was the Battle of Midway a decisive...

-Laurence.

-Impossible.

..a decisive naval victory for the USA?

It's World War II. Laurence, you lose two lives.

The hill known as Arthur's Seat overlooks which British...

-Hazel.

-Edinburgh.

-..Overlooks which British city?

It is Edinburgh. Bernie and Laurence lose a life.

What name is given to an angle that is more than 90 degrees but less than 180? Laurence.

-Obtuse.

-You'd better hope you get that right, Laurence.

My students would kill me!

It is obtuse. Hazel and Bernie, you lose a life.

Which UK TV sitcom is set in the fictional seaside town

of Warmington on Sea? Hazel.

-Dad's Army.

-It is Dad's Army. Bernie and Laurence lose a life.

Of which southern hemisphere country did Justin Trudeau become the president in 20...

-Laurence.

-Impossible.

..in 2015? It is impossible.

He became Prime Minister of Canada, which is in the northern hemisphere.

Hazel and Bernie, you both lose two lives.

In which film does Colin Firth star as King George VI?

-Laurence.

-The King's Speech.

It is The King's Speech. Hazel and Bernie, you lose a life.

-Bernie, clinging on with one life.

-Not being very quick.

-You're not being very quick.

-No, not quick enough. No.

-Hazel, you're three.

Laurence, you're on six.

Which type of alcoholic spirit is Armagnac?

-Hazel.

-Brandy.

-It is brandy. Laurence, you lose a life.

Bernie, you lose your last remaining life, and you're out of the game, I'm afraid.

Who was the artistic director of the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony?

-Laurence.

-Danny Boyle?

It was Danny Boyle.

Hazel, you lose a life. Just two lives remaining now.

Which character in the sitcom Peep Show was played by Mackenzie Crook?

-Laurence.

-Impossible.

It is impossible. He was never in Peep Show.

He played Gareth in The Office.

Hazel, you lose your last two remaining lives.

Hazel and Bernie, commiserations.

You will be back in the pack for tomorrow.

Laurence, it's time to face the £10,000 question.

APPLAUSE

-Well played.

-Well done.

-Thank you. I'm so sorry.

Very well done, Laurence. You are today's winner, with £1,100.

That's great, but you could be leaving with a whole lot more

if you can answer the £10,000 question.

You know how this works.

I'm going to show you nine answers, and then ask you a question.

Three of the nine answers are correct.

If you can find them all within ten seconds, you win that ten grand.

That's your good news. The less good news is that three of the answers are wrong.

Pick any of those, and you won't win the £10,000.

The bad news is that three of the nine answers are impossible.

Give me any of those, and you lose the £1,100.

I can only accept the first three answers you give me.

If you fail to give me three answers before the ten seconds are up,

you will also lose the £1,100.

Whatever happens, you're going to be leaving the show today.

We're hoping it's going to be absolutely weighed down with money.

All right? Any subject you're particularly hoping for?

To be honest, Rick, I've just got to kind of take what comes,

so I'm just going to have to play with what I've got.

What would be your absolute strength, though?

What would you smile at if you saw it came up?

-Probably geography.

-OK.

Let's have a look.

The subject is television.

-Got a telly?

-Got one, yeah.

Good start. Feeling ready?

-Yeah, yes.

-OK.

Best of luck. Everyone's rooting for you.

Here are your nine answers.

And you're looking for actors who played The Doctor in Doctor Who,

who began playing the role in the 1980s.

And your time starts now.

Tom Baker.

Sylvester McCoy.

Ian Ogilvy.

OK. How do you feel that went?

-Not great.

-No?

-No.

-Not a Doctor Who fan?

I started watching it when I was a kid with Christopher Ecclestone.

So...

Disappointed not to see him up there?

Yeah, disappointed to see 1980s, I guess, really.

And none of the new ones.

Let's start in the middle with Sylvester McCoy.

Let's see if Sylvester McCoy played The Doctor,

and started playing the role in the 1980s.

Yes.

APPLAUSE

-Good guess.

-Yeah.

Started in 1987.

The next one that you seemed fairly sure about,

-or at least that he played The Doctor...

-Yeah.

-..Was Tom Baker.

Is Tom Baker a right answer?

He started in 1974.

But did play The Doctor,

so now the position we're in is you're not going to win the ten grand,

but we're trying to hold on to the £1,100.

We need Ian Ogilvy to have played the Doctor in Doctor Who.

So what we don't want to see here is the impossible exclamation mark.

He played the Saint.

Sorry, Laurence. That does mean you leave with nothing.

Just to clear up the board.

The answers you were looking for were Colin Baker and Peter Davison.

They were your three.

The remaining impossibles up there are Bill Nighy...

..and Richard Baker.

Who is a newsreader.

Laurence, I'm sorry it didn't fall on the right era for you.

Thank you so much for playing !mpossible.

I hope you enjoyed yourself, you've been a great player.

Yeah, it's been brilliant. Thanks. Wonderful people.

APPLAUSE Sadly, Laurence leaves empty-handed.

The rest of us will be back tomorrow when someone else will have the chance to win ten grand.

This has been !mpossible, the quiz where, actually, anything is possible. Goodbye.

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