Episode 19 Impossible

I'm Rick Edwards, and this is Impossible.

APPLAUSE

Welcome to Impossible, the quiz where the questions

aren't impossible, but some of the answers are.

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

Our 24 players are raring to go.

Hello, players.

ALL: Hello, Rick.

I'm going to miss this lot.

Every day one of them will have the chance to unlock this.

AUDIENCE: Ooh!

Our exclamation mark filled with 10,000 perfect pound coins.

At the end of each show, one of our players will face

the £10,000 question.

Here it is.

AUDIENCE: Ooh!

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

So we have just two days left together.

Time is running out for the chance to win that £10,000.

We need to concentrate. Are you going to concentrate?

-ALL:

-Yes.

-Good.

Yesterday, Laura left us, and today's new player is Alison.

-Hello, Alison.

-Hello.

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Welcome to the show. What do you do, Alison?

At the moment I'm probably what you could consider

resting between engagements.

Resting between engagements.

What a very nice way of putting it, Alison.

And what do you do with your spare time, when you're not busy resting?

When I'm not busy resting...

What do I like to do?

I like doing puzzles and quizzes,

and socialising, and meeting lovely, new, happy, shiny people.

Good. And you like quizzes, which is good,

given that you're on a quiz show.

-Yes.

-Lovely having you here, Alison. Best of luck.

-Thank you.

Kurtis.

-Hello.

-How are you, mate?

-Pretty good.

-Still just sort of, you know, going along.

Yeah, I'm row supervisor.

Oh, right, OK. OK, good.

I'm making sure the row are winning all the money, so that's

-what I'm doing.

-Do you feel well supervised, row?

-Oh, yeah.

-Yes, definitely.

-Yeah!

-OK, so you're doing a great job.

Now, Sam.

Very, very, very close to making the final yesterday.

-I was, yeah.

-How did it feel?

I was absolutely gutted but, you know, I'm just giving Terry a chance for now.

Are you quite enjoying watching Terry losing all those finals, Sam?

It's just the highlight of my day, every day.

LAUGHTER

And just a reminder, this is Ian, our British Sign Language interpreter,

who's working with Ciaran.

-Are we all ready? ALL:

-Yes.

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

The right answer scores you a point, the wrong answer gets you

nothing, the impossible answer...

It's a disaster that will immediately knock you out of today's show.

And you only have one more go tomorrow.

At the end of the round, the highest scorer gets the first chance to bag

a place in today's final.

Good luck. Here's your first question.

23 of you have gone for C - Peppa Pig.

Just quickly over to our children's television correspondent, Eve.

-What's the answer, Eve?

-Definitely Peppa Pig.

Let's see.

It is Peppa Pig, so a point to all of you.

Sam.

Have you avoided the impossible answer?

Yeah. I have, haven't I?

Well, let's see. The impossible answer...

..is A - Bradley Bird.

Better known as Brad Bird, he directed The Incredibles,

amongst other animated features.

Question number two.

Just As and Bs.

The right answer...

..is B - Sandringham.

So, a point to all of you who went for B.

Have all those As avoided the impossible answer?

They have. That was Chatsworth, not one of the Queen's residences.

It's the home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire.

Balmoral is where the Queen traditionally spends part of her summer holidays.

Question number three.

As, Bs and Cs out there.

Kurtis, definitely right with Uruguay?

Yeah, think so. I hope so.

Not 100% but I'm about 75%.

75's not bad.

The row supervision hasn't gone especially well.

Got a few Bs and Cs in there, Kurtis.

-You want to stamp that out.

-I'm on it, taken note.

OK. Good. Let's see if Kurtis's 75% confidence is well placed.

The right answer...

..is A - Uruguay.

Point to all of you, including Kurtis.

And the impossible answer...

It's C, Portugal.

Portugal has never hosted the Fifa World Cup.

-Vicky, Evonne, Linda and Franklyn, we'll see you all tomorrow.

-Bye-bye!

20 of you left in play.

Question number four.

Just As and Cs.

The right answer...

..is C - gall bladder.

So a point to all the Cs.

Sam, have you avoided the impossible answer?

Yeah, A is definitely in the human body.

The impossible answer...

..is swim bladder.

Swim bladder not an organ in the human body, it's in a fish.

Going into our final question of this first round, we have one player

on a maximum of four points, and that is Ciaran.

APPLAUSE

Yes, you, Ciaran.

"Wow!"

Question number five.

All answers represented.

The impossible answer...

..is B. Dr Emmett Brown is not a character from Ghostbusters.

He's The Doc from Back To The Future.

-Sean and Angela, we'll see you both tomorrow.

-Bye!

So if Ciaran's got this one right,

he's definitely coming down to play a grid.

The right answer...

..is A - Dr Peter Venkman.

APPLAUSE

A point to everyone who went for A.

Ciaran finishes out on his own on five points -

the maximum five points.

And you're coming down to play a grid.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Hello, Ciaran. Back again.

"Hello, it's nice to be back here again."

And, I guess, not only a victory for you,

but also a victory for Kurtis's excellent row supervision.

LAUGHTER

"Oh, yes, thank you. I love you, Kurtis.

"You're the best!"

This is cute!

So, Ciaran, what kind of subject would you like to come up

on the grid?

"I'm hoping...sports, football, TV, films."

All right. Well, you're going to have a choice of four.

And this will be, as you know,

your chance to put up to £500 into the daily prize pot,

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

Here are your four topics.

Pop Music, Politics, Books & Literature, and Film.

"Films, mmm... I think that might be the best option for me, to be honest.

"I'd like to pick that one, please."

OK. Going to go for Film.

So I'm going to show you nine answers related to film.

Here they come.

"I do recognise some of the famous people on there, and there's some of

"them that I don't think that have acted in films, maybe."

Shall we have a look at the first part of the question?

-"Yes, please."

-All right.

Five of those answers are impossible.

Your first task is to get rid of those impossible answers.

Each one you successfully get rid of will put £100 in the daily prize pot.

Where would you like to start, Ciaran?

"I'll start with Harry Styles, please."

Cos he's a singer from One Direction, I believe.

OK.

So, is Harry Styles an impossible answer?

It's not.

He was in the film Dunkirk.

"I'll go for Jack Whitehall, then, please."

-"He's a comedian, definitely. I'm aware of that."

-OK.

Is Jack Whitehall an impossible answer?

Yes, not in Dunkirk.

He's a comedian. Where next?

"Colin Firth next."

Is Colin Firth an impossible answer?

Yes.

£200 added to the prize pot.

Going along nicely now.

Two more goes.

"I'll try Kenneth Branagh.

"The one in the corner."

Kenneth Branagh.

Is Kenneth Branagh an impossible answer?

Ah. Kenneth Branagh IS in Dunkirk.

One more go. Let's get rid of one more impossible answer.

"This is hard, because I haven't seen the film yet, so, um...

"I don't think that Jude Law was involved in any films recently.

"I may be wrong, but we'll wait and see."

Is Jude Law an impossible answer?

Yes.

So three impossible answers eliminated, £300 added to the prize pot.

Now we need to see if you're going to be playing for that money and for

a shot at the £10,000 question in today's final.

So I'm going to reveal the second half of the question, and I'll be

looking for the right answer.

If you find it, you're in the final.

But if you give me a wrong answer, the next-best player will have the

chance to steal your place.

And that next best player...

-..was Tracey.

-Again?!

Go, Ciaran!

Now, we know that there are still two impossible answers up there.

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

Shall we look at the full question?

-"Yes, please."

-Which actor in the 2017 film Dunkirk...

..plays a Spitfire pilot?

"I'll have to play it safe.

"I could imagine Kenneth Branagh being a pilot.

"But I haven't seen the film!

"Yeah, I'll stick with Kenneth Branagh, please."

OK. So, playing it safe.

Is Kenneth Branagh the right answer?

It's not, I'm afraid, Ciaran.

It's a wrong answer, meaning I'm going to throw over to Tracey.

Get this right, Tracey, and you will nab Ciaran's place in the final.

I have absolutely no clue whatsoever, Rick.

So the only thing I can do, really,

is try and play safe and say Harry Styles.

So, again, playing it safe cos you know it's not impossible.

You know he was in the film.

Harry Styles.

If Harry Styles played a Spitfire pilot in Dunkirk,

Tracey's through to the final.

If it's a wrong answer, Ciaran's through.

Is Harry Styles the right answer?

No. That's wrong.

Harry Styles just played a private.

That's good news for you, Ciaran.

You've dodged a bullet.

"Phew! Yay!"

The right answer, the actor who played a Spitfire pilot in Dunkirk,

was Tom Hardy.

The two impossible answers, the actors who weren't in the film,

were Tom Wilkinson

and Hugh Bonneville.

Ciaran, lucky escape, and we'll see you in the final!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

"Thank you very much. Thank you, thank you."

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

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

17 of you left.

-Are you all ready? ALL:

-Yes.

Good luck, everyone. Here's your first question.

Only got As and Bs.

The right answer...

..is A - white.

A point to all of you.

Everyone remaining in your row,

Kurtis, went for A - white, except you.

-Have you avoided the impossible answer?

-Yeah.

-As soon as I seen the question I thought pink, so...

-OK.

Like, I know there's pink balls.

The impossible answer...

..is orange. You were right about the pink balls, Kurtis.

There are no orange balls in the main Lotto draw.

Question number two.

Full house of answers.

-Abigail.

-I don't know all the streets in London, Rick, sorry.

-Haven't done the Knowledge?

-No.

You really must, Abigail.

-Tracey?

-Yeah, I think Deansgate's in Manchester.

I'm not sure if there is one in London,

but I knew that Pall Mall definitely was in London, so...

Well, the impossible answer...

..is A - Deansgate.

Deansgate is in Manchester.

There's not a street called Deansgate in London.

So Sue, Abigail, Jordan and Andrew, see you all tomorrow.

Let's see where the points are going.

C - Pall Mall.

Everyone who went for C gets a point.

Pall Mall, or "pell-mell", is a similar game to croquet in that

you're whacking a ball through hoops with a mallet.

13 of you left in play.

Question three.

Everyone's gone B - Windermere...

..except you, Kurtis.

I've never been to the Lake District.

I thought Windermere sounded like a character from The Lord Of The

-Rings.

-Good point. Good point.

LAUGHTER

The right answer...

..is A - Grasmere.

So either you're going out, Kurtis...

..or you're coming down to play a grid.

It would be a strong miracle.

The impossible answer...

..is C - Ellesmere.

Ellesmere, not in the Lake District.

It's in North Shropshire.

But this does mean that you can now get rid of the distraction...

-I can supervise them, can't I?

-..of trying to answer questions and carry on supervising,

-which is your key role.

-Yeah, thanks, mate.

-See you tomorrow.

-See you tomorrow.

Half the pack down.

Question number four.

As, Bs and Cs out there.

The right answer...

..is C - Faye Dunaway

and Warren Beatty.

So, a point to everyone who went for C.

Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty starred together

in Bonnie And Clyde.

Sam, what do you reckon?

Well, I didn't want to slip up on another James Bond question, so I

was hoping that Helen Mirren and Sean Connery were never co-stars.

-Mmm-hmm.

-So I went with A.

Your old enemy, Terry, has gone with B.

Ah.

Any thoughts, Terry?

I think, on this occasion,

just maybe, Sam has got one over on me.

LAUGHTER

Well, I can tell you the impossible answer...

..is B. Helen Mirren and Sean Connery have not starred together in

a film, certainly not at the time of the 2017 Oscars.

-Terry, we'll see you tomorrow.

-Bye.

You've buried him there, Sam.

TV gold.

Just remind me again, Sam -

what did Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman star together in?

HE SCOFFS

I ain't got a clue, sorry.

Oh! Kramer Versus Kramer.

11 of you left in play.

Four of you on three points.

They are Andy, Wendy, Tracey and Steve.

Question five.

All answers represented.

Tracey. Keen chess player?

As you can tell, Rick, yeah.

I've definitely gone for the impossible answer.

-Have you? Why do you think that?

-As soon as I pressed it and read it

in my mind, "Sytton Defence," I were

like, "Oh, for heaven's sake."

So, yeah, I'm gone.

Interestingly, you are not the only one of our leaders who is sat on

defence, Tracey. Wendy and Andy are also there.

So if it is the impossible answer very, very good news, potentially,

for Steve.

The impossible answer...

..is C, Sytton Defence.

There is no chess opening called Sytton Defence.

Joe, Tracey, Wendy and Andy, we'll see you tomorrow.

Let's see where the points are going.

B - Sicilian Defence.

So a point to Steve, Sam, Matthew, Alison and Eddie.

But that means at the end of the round, finishing on four points, our winner is Steve.

CHEERING

Congratulations, Steve.

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

-Hello, Steve.

-Hiya, Rick.

-How you feeling?

-I'm feeling good, thank you.

Bit surprised to be here.

That's the first bit of excellent "mediuming" I've seen you do.

-Absolutely.

-I like it.

-Yeah, thank you.

You've been a medium for quite a long time, haven't you?

Over 25 years now, so quite a while.

What were you doing before that?

I've done some graphic design and some oil painting.

What sort of pictures did you used to do?

I did do celebrity oil painting, so...

-Oh, did you now?

-Yeah, going back in the day.

-Best ones?

-Probably Anita Dobson, Barbara Windsor.

-For them, or...?

-For them, yeah.

-Oh, great.

-Yeah, yeah. So...

-And which was your favourite person to paint?

Probably Anita Dobson.

I enjoyed doing her painting.

Oh, very good. Shall we have a look at the grid,

-and the three options you've got remaining?

-Absolutely, yep.

Which do you fancy? Probably Pop Music.

-Pop Music, reckon that's your best bet?

-Yeah.

-OK.

-Yeah.

-So you're going to see nine answers relating to pop music.

Got any of them?

Yes, I think so.

I think it's probably something to do with Oasis.

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

-Yeah.

Which song by the band Oasis...

-Good.

-OK.

-So five of those are impossible.

-Yeah.

Your first job is to get rid of those from the board.

Each one you successfully get rid of puts £100 into the daily prize pot.

-OK.

-It currently stands at £300.

Where would you like to start?

Common People is an impossible.

It's gone who it is, but I know it's not...

..Common People's not Oasis.

-OK.

-Yeah.

-So, pretty sure that

Common People's not an Oasis song.

Yes.

-It's by Pulp.

-Pulp.

-That was it.

-Where next?

I don't seem to recall Irish Blood, English Heart.

Yeah, I don't think that is, Irish Blood, English Heart.

-Irish Blood, English Heart?

-Yeah, it's an impossible.

Is Irish Blood, English Heart an impossible answer?

Yes.

-That is by Morrissey.

-Morrissey.

-OK.

-£200 added, so the prize pot now stands at £500.

Going along well. Three more impossibles lurking on the board.

-Probably "What's Up?".

-"What's Up?"?

Yeah, as an impossible.

OK. Is "What's Up?" an impossible answer?

"What's Up?" is by 4 Non Blondes.

-Is it, 4 Non Blondes?

-It is.

-OK, thank you.

-Two more impossible answers.

Let's remove them.

-Alright.

-Is Alright an impossible answer?

APPLAUSE

-We're thinking of the Alright by Supergrass.

-Right, OK.

One more impossible answer remaining.

Four from four so far.

Girls And Boys as the impossible.

Is Girls And Boys an impossible answer?

Yes, Steve! Girls And Boys is by Blur.

Blur.

Perfect grid so far.

-Thank you.

-£500 added, so the prize pot now stands at £800.

-Right.

But are you going to be playing for that money and a shot at the

£10,000 question in today's final?

-OK.

-I'm going to reveal the second half of the question and then I'll

need the right answer. Give me the right answer,

you're in the final with Ciaran.

If you give me a wrong answer,

the next best player will have the chance to steal your place in the final.

Right, OK.

And that player is Alison.

-Ooh!

-Ooh...

..is right, Alison.

We know there are no impossible answers left...

-Yeah.

-..cos you got rid of them all.

-Uh-huh.

-Shall we have a look at the full question?

-Yeah.

Which song by the band Oasis was used as the theme for the sitcom

The Royle Family?

OK, Half The World Away.

-Half The World Away?

-Yeah.

-Do you watch The Royle Family?

-Yeah.

-So, pretty...?

-I'm just trying to play it back in my head, but I'm

-pretty sure it's Half The World Away.

-Yes?

-Yeah.

-OK.

Is Half The World Away the right answer?

-It is!

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

-Well done, Steve.

-Thank you.

-You're in the final!

-Thank you very much.

Just one place up for grabs in the final.

Who's it going to be? Only six of you surviving now, including Sam.

OTHER CONTESTANTS CHEER

-Are you ready? ALL:

-Yes.

Good luck. Here's your first question.

Just Bs and Cs.

The right answer...

..is B - Captain.

So, a point to all the Bs.

Let's see what the impossible answer is.

There is no horse called Tottenham in Black Beauty.

Although there is one called Hotspur.

Question number two.

All answers represented.

Sam, The Singing Butler.

I've been hanging on by the skin of my teeth just trying to stay in.

And surely my time's up now.

That's a bit defeatist, Sam.

LAUGHTER

I think I'll see you tomorrow.

The impossible answer...

..is B - The Singing Butler.

That's a painting by Jack Vettriano.

We'll see you tomorrow.

The points are going to...

..Eve and Alison.

Five of you left in play as we go on to question number three.

All answers out there.

Ever tucked into a fruktsoppa, Alison?

Ah, I'm now thinking what it sounds like.

What do you think it sounds like?

A fruit soup.

A fruit soup, Alison?!

Fruktsoppa.

Soppa's soup.

-Mmm.

-Oh...!

I'll get me coat.

Not yet, Alison. Not yet.

LAUGHTER

Eddie, happy with strudel?

Yeah, baklava is Greek and a pastry.

Strudel's German and a pastry.

Well, the impossible answer...

..is B - fruktsoppa.

And your translation was spot on, Alison.

It's a Swedish fruit soup.

Treat yourself to one tonight.

-See you tomorrow.

-And seconds! Bye.

Let's see where the points are going.

To the strudels -

Alyssa, Matthew and Eddie.

Just four of you left in play now.

On to question number four.

Just As and Bs.

The right answer...

..is C - Coypu.

Alyssa, is a vole a rodent?

I don't really know. I'm hoping so.

-Eve?

-It was a guess between shrew and vole.

Yeah, so, fingers crossed!

OK.

The impossible answer...

-Aw!

-..is A.

A shrew is not a rodent, I'm afraid.

Shrews are more closely related to moles.

-You've finally been tamed, I'm afraid, Eve.

-Ah!

-We'll see you tomorrow.

-Bye.

Three of you remaining as we go into the final question.

Not the most high-scoring round.

Matthew and Eddie, tied on two points.

Alyssa, you have one, but you could still catch them. Question five.

You've given the crowd what they wanted, all different answers.

-Eddie, what do you reckon?

-I think a fife is a wind instrument.

It's like a flutey type thing.

The impossible answer...

..is C, fife.

It is a wind instrument.

Alyssa, we'll see you tomorrow.

So, whoever's got this right will be coming down to play the grid.

It's B - Dulcimer,

meaning Eddie gets the point,

finishes the round on three points and wins it.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Congratulations, Eddie.

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

Eddie, good to have you down for another grid.

You had a nice tight round there between you, Matthew and Alyssa.

-Yeah.

-Tell me a few of the secrets of the front row.

What is it that Kurtis is doing that's managing it so well?

It's hard to say. It's just a collection of everything.

Sight, smell, everything, just wafting down.

I am doing a good job, Rick.

-I'm doing a really good job.

-Fantastic, fantastic.

-It's inspirational stuff is what it is.

-It really is, yeah.

-Shall we have a look at the topics?

-Yes, please.

The remaining topics are Politics and Books & Literature.

Well, I do read a fair bit, so we'll go with Books & Literature, please.

Books & Literature.

Here are your nine answers.

-Read any of those, Eddie?

-Nope, not a single one of them.

There is a horse theme, but that's as far as I've gotten.

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

-Yeah.

-In which Jilly Cooper novel...

-Oh, good.

So, five of those answers are impossible -

they're not Jilly Cooper novels.

Your first job is to get rid of them.

Each one that you get rid of successfully adds £100 to the daily

prize pot, which is currently at £800.

So we'll go with Score first, please.

-Score?

-Mmm-hmm.

-Is Score an impossible answer?

Sadly, that is by Jilly Cooper.

Never mind. Four goes remaining.

-Where next?

-I'll go for Friends And Rivals next.

Friends And Rivals.

Is Friends And Rivals an impossible answer?

Yes.

APPLAUSE

Friends And Rivals is a novel by Tillie Bagshaw.

£100 added to the prize pot.

-Where next?

-Um...

We'll go with Different Class next.

Just a guess.

Is Different Class an impossible answer?

APPLAUSE

Different Class is a novel by Joanne Harris.

£200 added to the prize pot.

Now up to a grand.

Two more guesses.

I'm going to go for The Stud...

..I think, cos even though it could be a horse thing, it could be...

..well, a handsome devil as well.

It could be.

So I'll go for that.

Is The Stud an impossible answer?

APPLAUSE

The Stud is a novel about handsome devils by Jackie Collins.

-Oh, I definitely haven't read that.

-One more go.

Let's eliminate another impossible answer.

-Two still up there.

-I'll go for Whip Hand, the last one.

Whip Hand. Is Whip Hand an impossible answer?

APPLAUSE

It is. Whip Hand is actually a

thriller by Dick Francis.

-Right, OK.

-So, four out of five on a grid that you weren't overly happy with.

-I hadn't heard of a single one of them.

-Pretty good, Eddie.

-Mmm.

The prize pot now stands at £1,200.

For the second half of the question I'll be looking for the right answer.

If you can find it, you're in the final with Steve and Ciaran.

Give me a wrong answer and the next best player has the chance to steal,

-and that player is your old enemy, Matthew.

-Mmm-hmm!

Is there a Jilly Cooper book that you haven't read, Matthew?

-Neigh!

-Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho!

There is still an impossible answer up there, Eddie.

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

Shall we have a look at the full question? Yes, please.

In which Jilly Cooper novel does the character

Rupert Campbell-Black first appear?

I have absolutely no idea, so I think I'm going to go with the

boring way and go with the one I know isn't impossible, and go for Score, please.

OK.

Is Score the right answer?

-It's not, unfortunately.

-Mmm-hmm.

That's a wrong answer.

Matthew, we throw it over to you.

I'm going to have to just pick The Stallion.

OK. If The Stallion...

..is right,

you've stolen Eddie's place in the final, Matthew.

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

..Eddie's in the final.

Is The Stallion the right answer?

No.

The Stallion is not a Jilly Cooper novel.

The Stallion is about the car industry by Harold Robbins.

It's an impossible answer which means, sadly, you're out of the show.

The right answer, now you've had a bit more time to think, Eddie?

-Is he The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous?

-Wasn't the first one.

-Riders, then?

-Riders!

Riders is the right answer.

-You're in the final.

-Thank you.

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

You will have one last chance tomorrow.

-See you then. Bye. ALL:

-Bye.

But for Ciaran, Steve and Eddie, it's time for the final.

APPLAUSE

Ciaran, Steve and Eddie, there's £1,200 in today's prize pot.

But only one of you can win that money and the right to face the

£10,000 question. Now, with the money,

I know, Ciaran, you'll be doing a tour around the world, watching

all the major tennis tournaments, Eddie,

maybe a holiday and a wood-burning stove.

Steve, what would you spend the money on?

Probably take my mum away somewhere.

-Where do you reckon?

-Anywhere she likes.

She's just been suffering with a bad hip for quite some time, so...

-Let her choose.

-Absolutely.

-So, Mum's holiday of choice.

-Yeah.

That's what's on the line here.

You're each going to start with ten lives.

There they are. Questions are on the buzzer.

A right answer knocks a life off both of your opponents.

A wrong answer, and you lose a life of your own.

But do look out for those impossible questions.

You can knock two lives from your opponents, but if you mess up, you

will lose two lives of your own.

The last player standing will take the £1,200.

The players will also be reading the questions off a screen, in order

that everyone can play along fairly.

-We ready?

-Yeah.

-Yes, Rick.

Good luck to you all.

-Eddie.

-Greece.

It was Greece. Steve and Ciaran, you lose a life.

-Eddie.

-Chihuahua.

It is Chihuahua.

-Steve.

-Simon Cowell.

It was Simon Cowell.

-Steve.

-Jersey.

It was Jersey.

-Eddie.

-Impossible.

It is impossible.

It was Queen Elizabeth I.

Steve.

Er, The News At Ten.

It's impossible. Eddie Edwards and Huw Edwards are not related.

Right, sorry.

So you lose two lives, Steve.

-Eddie.

-Quiver.

It is quiver. Ciaran and Steve, you're tied on three lives.

Eddie has eight.

Arsenal.

It is Arsenal.

Ciaran and Steve, now down to two.

Ciaran and Steve, you need to gang up on Eddie.

-Eddie.

-Aries.

-It wasn't Aries.

It was Aphrodite.

-Eddie.

-Car Pool.

It was Peter Kay's Car Share.

Eddie, you lose another life.

Eddie now down to six, Steve and Ciaran on two.

-Steve.

-Orient Express?

It's not the Orient Express.

It's the Trans-Siberian Railway.

Steve, you lose a life.

You now have just one life remaining.

-Ciaran.

-"Impossible."

It is impossible - she's in Bleak House, which is by Charles Dickens.

Eddie, you lose two lives.

Steve, unfortunately you lose your last remaining life and you are out.

Eddie, you have four lives. Ciaran, you have two.

This is now quite tight.

-Eddie.

-Miley Cyrus.

It was Miley Cyrus.

Ciaran, you're now down to one remaining life.

"Clockwork Orange?"

It's not the Clockwork Orange.

It's impossible. It's the tag line from Schindler's List,

which is Stephen Spielberg, not Kubrick.

You lose your last remaining life.

Ciaran and Steve, commiserations.

We'll see you back in the pack for another chance, your last chance,

tomorrow. But, Eddie, it's time to face the £10,000 question.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Very well done, Eddie. You are today's winner with £1,200.

£1,200 is a decent sum of money.

But you could be leaving with a whole lot more if you can answer the £10,000 question.

This is how it 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 within ten seconds, you can win that £10,000.

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

If you pick any of those you won't win the ten grand.

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

Give me any of those and you will lose the daily prize pot.

Hopefully, you'll be going home with a suitcase full of cash.

Any subjects that you'd particularly like to see?

-I'm guessing Jilly Cooper wouldn't be ideal.

-No!

Well, no, I think I'm an expert now after that grid, so yeah, I could probably have a good crack at it.

-Shall we have a look at the topic?

-Yes, please.

It's on sport.

-OK.

-Feeling ready?

If it's football I might have a chance.

-Anything else...

-Best of luck.

Here come your nine answers.

You have ten seconds to lock in your answers, and you're looking for...

Ascot, Epsom...

..Newmarket.

HE EXHALES

Big exhale of breath there, Eddie.

Yeah, not ideal.

I do...

..do the odd bet on a horse, but not that often.

-Confident in Epsom?

-I know there's the Epsom Derby so it's...horsey.

Is Epsom an English racecourse...

..that has flat racing Classics?

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

It is.

Epsom stages the Derby and the Oaks.

One down, two to go.

Is Newmarket an English racecourse that stages flat racing Classics?

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

It stages the Thousand Guineas and the 2,000 Guineas.

You're now very, very close to £10,000.

-Any others...

-No.

-..that you might have gone for, other than Ascot?

Well, I know Fairyhouse is Ireland, somewhere.

I think.

Beyond that, it was... I knew Epsom and Ascot.

-Newmarket was a complete guess.

-So, happy with Ascot as an answer?

I know there's horses there. I know there's racing there.

Whether or not... I mean, it's always a big day, Ascot,

so I'm assuming it's a Classic.

What we're very keen to avoid here...

-..is the exclamation mark.

-Mmm-hmm.

But if Ascot is an English racecourse that stages flat racing

Classics, you've just won £10,000, Eddie.

Is Ascot a right answer?

ALL GROAN

It's not, unfortunately, Eddie.

It doesn't stage flat racing Classics.

The third answer you were looking for was Doncaster.

Doncaster stages the Saint Leger.

The impossible answers, you were right, Fairyhouse is in Ireland...

..Chepstow is in Wales...

..and Hamilton Park is in Scotland.

Eddie, you're walking away with £1,200.

-Thank you.

-That could get you a very nice wood-burning stove, I think.

-Thank you.

-Thank you very much for playing.

Eddie leaves us with £1,200.

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

This has been Impossible, the quiz where, actually, anything is possible.

Goodbye.