Episode 6 Impossible

I'm Rick Edwards, and this is Impossible.

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Welcome to Impossible, the quiz with the third dimension.

Most quiz shows just have right answers and wrong answers,

but here we also have impossible answers.

They're 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!

These guys had a good weekend, I think.

They've been with us for a week, they're here for another week,

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

-ALL:

-Ooh!

Our golden exclamation mark

filled with 10,000 £1 coins.

At the end of each show one of our troupe of 24

will face the final question.

Here it is.

-ALL:

-Ooh...

Today's £10,000 question.

Get this right, and all of that money comes flooding out.

So, week two, five more chances to win some cash.

We have a new player today, Matt.

-Hello, Matt. How are you doing?

-Hello, Rick.

-Pleased to be here?

-Excited.

-What do you do, Matt?

I'm a postman.

OK, and when you're not posting letters, what do you do?

Currently chasing my one-year-old daughter around the living room.

Oh, that's got to keep you fit, Matt. What's your daughter called?

-She's called Isla.

-Will she be watching?

-She will, yeah.

-Good stuff.

-Cheering me on, hopefully.

Hello, Isla. Everyone, say hello to Isla.

-ALL:

-Hello, Isla.

-Nice to have you here, Matt.

-Thank you.

Elizabeth - what's the furthest you've got so far, Elizabeth?

I think, like, third round.

Third round's not bad.

Yeah, it was the oesophagus question.

I was asleep in science. I'm so sorry, Miss Kesteven. I'm sorry.

Oh, your science teacher's fuming if she's watching!

But nice to apologise.

All right, well, best of luck to everyone.

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

each with three answers.

The right answers scores you a point,

the wrong answer scores you nothing.

But if you choose the impossible answer...

Disaster. You will immediately be knocked out of today's show and

you'll have to try again tomorrow.

After five questions,

the highest scorer gets the first chance to bag a place

in today's final. Are we ready?

-ALL:

-Yes!

Here's your first question.

22 Ottomans, and a couple of Romans.

The right answer...

..is Ottoman, so a point to all of you.

Let's see what the impossible answer was.

C, the Hackney Empire -

not a historical empire, a theatre in East London.

So, Colin and Elizabeth, you escape.

Question number two.

All answers out there, mainly Bs.

The right answer...

was B, so a point to all of you.

The impossible answer...

..is A, Taunton, which is in Somerset,

which means, Callum, Lisa, Heemy,

Elizabeth...

I'm only coming to you to say goodbye again, Elizabeth.

-Bye!

-See you tomorrow.

20 left in, question number three.

The right answer...

..is commander, A. A point to all of you.

-Alice.

-Hello.

Admiral.

Yeah, an admiral's in the Navy, right?

You tell me, Alice.

I think so, I'm fairly sure!

Ben.

Is an admiral in the Navy?

I fluffed my lines here, Rick. An admiral is in the Navy,

and a commander obviously is, too,

so I'm obviously sitting the next one out.

Oh, Ben.

The impossible answer...

..is group captain, which is a rank

in the RAF, not in the Navy.

Ben, Tracey, Ahmed and Robert,

see you all tomorrow.

Question number four.

A full house of answers, As, Bs, and Cs.

The answer you should have gone for, the right answer, is...

..A, hydrogen.

Wasserstoff means water stuff, so a point to all of those As.

Wendy.

You saw the look on my face, didn't you?

I did see the look on your face.

I was like, "Wendy is not happy."

No, I'm not happy, because I've clearly got the impossible answer.

Scott, do you think you've avoided the impossible answer with nitrogen?

-I would agree with Wendy, I think I'm pretty confidently still in.

-OK.

The impossible answer...

..is C, oestrogen.

Oestrogen is a female hormone.

-Of course it is.

-Not a chemical element.

Wendy, Susan and Karen,

we have to say goodbye.

-Bye.

-See you tomorrow.

And the German for nitrogen is stickstoff!

Good people, the Germans. Going into the final question,

we have seven of you on a maximum of four points, so all to play for.

Question five.

So, almost everyone has gone Looby Loo,

apart from Colin, who's gone with Scooby-Doo.

Well, Andy Pandy was before my time,

so I just assumed

Scooby-Doo features in cartoons, so that's a children's TV character.

Tried to play it safe.

Ah, so you think you have played it safe

and avoided the impossible answer?

-I'm not too sure, now!

-Because I'm talking to you.

-Yes!

I'll put you out of your misery.

The impossible answer is...

Betty Boo was a pop singer,

whose most famous song was Doin' The Do

in 1990. Not to be confused with Betty Boop,

who was a cartoon character.

Colin, you play on. Now let's see where the points are going.

The right answer was Looby Loo.

So everyone who went for C gets a point.

Which means at the end of that round,

seven people on a maximum five points. Strong round.

But the fastest to lock in their answers across that round...

..was Anna!

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Congratulations, Anna,

you have the first chance to grab a place in today's final!

Hello, Anna. How does it feel to be down here?

I'm in complete shock.

I've gone, basically after the third question almost every time.

If you were to win the £10,000, what would you spend it on, Anna?

Do something really nice for my mum. She's...

like, my best friend and she does so much for me and my brother.

It would be really nice to do something nice for her.

Go away on, like a girls' holiday?

Yeah, somewhere like Greece, do spas, stuff like that.

And what do you do in your spare time, Anna? I know you're a student.

In Manchester, I'm on the lacrosse team.

Quite violent, lacrosse, isn't it?

Yeah, that's probably why... probably why I like it.

OK. Let's focus.

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

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

I'm going to give you a choice of four topics...

Classical Music, Science, Radio or Film.

Any that grab you?

There's been a couple of film questions that I've thought,

"Oh, my God, I just know that 100%", so...

-I'll go for Film.

-OK, so Film?

-Mm-hmm.

-Happy with that choice?

-Yep.

-Here's how it works.

I'm going to reveal nine answers.

How many of those out of the nine have you seen?

I know that Matt Damon is in two of them.

So... Maybe it's got something to do with that.

Maybe it has! Shall we have a look at the first half of the question?

Yeah.

In which film starring Sean Bean...

I love Game Of Thrones, so I know who he is.

-OK, good.

-And he dies in everything.

So Love Actually is quite a nice happy film

and I'm pretty sure he's not in it, so I'm going to go Love Actually.

If this is right, you put £100 into the prize pot.

Is Love Actually an impossible answer?

It is.

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Sean Bean is not in that film,

as you rightly say. One down, four to go.

I'm going to go Sexy Beast.

Is Sexy Beast an impossible answer?

It is.

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Two from two, £200 in the daily prize pot.

GoldenEye.

GoldenEye. Seen GoldenEye?

No.

-Any idea what it is?

-Is...

Is it the James Bond film?

I don't know.

Is GoldenEye an impossible answer?

Unfortunately not. Sean Bean is in GoldenEye.

Let's eliminate two more impossible answers.

All of these are complete guesses,

but I'm going to go...

Patriot Games.

Is Patriot Games an impossible answer?

It's not, I'm afraid.

Sean Bean is in Patriot Games.

One more go.

Equilibrium.

Total guess?

100%.

Is Equilibrium an impossible answer?

Oh, it's not.

-Oh, no.

-He is in Equilibrium.

Nevertheless, put £200 into the prize pot,

Let's hope you're going to be playing for that money and for

a shot at the £10,000 question.

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

and I'll be looking for the right answer.

Give me the right answer and you'll be in the final.

Give me a wrong answer

and the next-best player will have a chance to steal your place,

and I can tell you that that person

was Craig.

-Ooh.

-Quite often waiting in the wings, actually, Craig.

-Quietly.

-Yeah. He's a bit of a sneaky one!

He is a little bit sneaky!

If you give me an impossible answer, Anna,

and we do know that there are three still up there,

you will be eliminated from today's show.

-OK.

-Shall we have a look at the full question?

Yes.

In which film starring Sean Bean...

..is his character still alive at the end?

LAUGHTER

-Now, you did know that he always dies.

-Yeah.

I'm going to say GoldenEye.

-GoldenEye?

-Yeah.

If Sean Bean's character is still alive at the end of GoldenEye,

you're in the final.

If his character is dead at the end of GoldenEye,

then Craig has the chance to steal your place in the final.

Is GoldenEye the right answer?

Unfortunately not. He gets killed by Bond. He plays the villain.

Now, Craig... Sneaky Craig!

Which is your favourite film?

GoldenEye. I'm a big Bond fan

so I knew he died in that.

I am going to play it safe as well

because I really don't know but I will go for an answer

I know is not impossible.

I'll go for Equilibrium.

So, if Equilibrium is the right answer,

you steal Anna's place in the final.

If it's a wrong answer, Anna's in the final.

Is Sean Bean's character at the end

of Equilibrium still alive?

Oh...

I'm afraid not, Craig.

In Equilibrium, he's killed by Christian Bale's character.

Anna, now, with the pressure off, what are you going for?

The Martian.

You'd be absolutely right.

-Oh, really?!

-Yes, you would, Anna.

That was the answer you were looking for.

The other impossible answers...

Braveheart, not a Sean Bean film,

Layer Cake, not a Sean Bean film,

and Saving Private Ryan, not a Sean Bean film.

-OK.

-So, lucky escape, Anna. We'll see you in the final.

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

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

Good luck. Here's your first question.

The right answer...

..is B, Ghost Protocol.

Point to all of you.

The impossible answer...

..is C, Project Almanac - not a Mission: Impossible film.

That was a sci-fi released in 2015,

nothing to do with Mission: Impossible.

Question number two.

The right answer...

..is C, caveat emptor.

So, a point to all of you.

Martyn, you have previously said

that foreign languages are not your forte.

No, I think "cart blank" sounds a bit French, so...

I'm happy I'm safe, anyway.

OK, let's see if you are. The impossible answer...

..is carte blanche, which is a French phrase meaning "blank paper".

Pro bono is a Latin phrase.

So you're safe. Question number three.

So we've got mainly As, and a couple of Bs.

The right answer...

is A, Tony Hadley.

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

You've gone with B, Gary Kemp.

Are you safe?

Yes. I think Andrew Ridgeley's part of Wham!

And I remember Gary Kemp is the brother of Martin Kemp,

who used to be in EastEnders, so I think I'm all right.

You think you're all right. Let's see if you are.

The impossible answer...

..is C, Andrew Ridgeley.

And exactly right, Colin, he was in Wham!

Question number four.

So, we've got all answers out there.

Craig, how often have you tucked into a delicious masgouf?

I thought...

..osso buco was a meat dish.

Scott, Craig thinks osso buco is a meat dish.

He could be right. I am allergic to all fish and seafood.

It appears I'm allergic to all fish and seafood questions as well.

Oh, dear, Scott! What a terrible way to find out!

OK, the impossible answer is...

..A.

Osso buco. Craig, you were right.

It is a meat dish. It's made with delicious veal shins,

so you might actually quite like it, Scott.

-I might like it, yeah.

-Yeah, weirdly.

But unfortunately, we have to say goodbye.

-We'll see you tomorrow.

-Thank you.

And the right answer...

..is C, gravadlax.

So, a point to everyone who went for C.

So, going into the last question of this round,

we have two people on a maximum four points, and they are Ted and Jo.

Question five.

Ted and Jo have both gone with B, Nepal.

Let's see if you've avoided the impossible answer.

C, Bangladesh. Sorry, Craig.

Bangladesh is not landlocked.

It has a coastline, it borders the Bay of Bengal.

We'll see you tomorrow, Craig.

Let's see if our leaders both gave the right answer, which was...

..B, Nepal, so yes, they did,

meaning that both Ted and Jo both finish on the maximum five points.

And it comes down to speed - pure speed.

Very, very close

but it was Ted who locked his answers in the fastest.

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Congratulations, Ted, you have the second chance

to grab a place in today's final.

-Hello, Ted.

-Hello, Rick.

-How are you doing?

-I'm doing well. It's nice to be down here.

So what do you do, Ted? Remind me.

Well, I'm retired but I also run a little smallholding

-and breed Dexter cattle.

-And how's that?

-Well, they do it, I don't.

-LAUGHTER

Sure. But sometimes you have to give them a bit of assistance, don't you?

-We have to put them together.

-Exactly. You're like a matchmaker for cows.

-Precisely, yeah.

How much does a decent bull cost?

-Oh, a couple of thousand.

-Does it, now?

Yeah. If you want the best.

I'm hoping to get that and then I can buy a new one.

If you were to win this £10,000...

-Yeah?

-Get yourself a lovely new bull, what are you going to call it?

Richard sounds a good name, doesn't it?

You might even want to abbreviate that.

-Rick?

-Yes, thank you, Ted!

-Wasn't hard, was it?

-Sorry, go on!

So we'll have a lovely bull called Rick.

-Yeah.

-That's what we're aiming for.

-Right.

-Shall we have a look at these three topics?

-Yes, please.

-All right.

The remaining ones are classical music, science and radio.

Not the greatest of choice

but I'll go for radio because I'm intrigued to know what that is.

Let's have a little look, shall we?

We're going to show you nine answers related to radio.

Got anything on those for me?

Well, let's see what happens with the question.

It is...

Which Radio 4 comedy show...

-Ah, right.

-Ah.

-That's all right, then.

-So, five

of those answers are impossible.

-OK.

-Couldn't possibly be the answer

because they're not

-Radio 4 comedy shows.

-Right.

I want you to eliminate those five

and put some money in the daily prize pot, £100 for each.

-Let's go for it, then.

-Where shall we start?

Would I Lie To You?

Is Would I Lie To You? an impossible answer?

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-Spot on, Ted.

-Good start, good start.

It's a BBC TV panel show.

Yes. Then we'll go for...

..Play to the Whistle, which, once again, I think is on television.

Is Play to the Whistle an impossible answer?

It is.

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Play to the Whistle is an ITV comedy sports panel show

presented by Holly Willoughby.

So, £200 added to the prize pot, now stands at £400.

Going along very nicely, Ted.

Now we'll take out The Moral Maze.

The Moral Maze, is that an impossible answer?

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Absolutely right, it is a Radio 4 show,

but it's a serious ethical discussion show.

Right, I'll take out now Fighting Talk, which I believe is 5 Live.

Fighting Talk.

You think it's on 5 Live.

-Yeah.

-Is Fighting Talk an impossible answer?

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Very accurate stuff, here, as well, targeted like a laser, Ted!

-Absolutely!

-That is on 5 Live.

-This is my sort of question.

-Four from four.

Let's go for the fifth, which I think is More or Less.

More or Less.

But I can't tell you what it is,

it's just I know the other four are the comedy shows.

Is More or Less an impossible answer?

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Wonderful stuff, Ted.

-Thank you very much.

-You may or may not be interested to know that is my favourite show on Radio 4.

-No, I am interested.

-It's all about numbers

-and the numbers around us.

-Oh, right!

So, £500 added to the prize pot,

which now stands at £700,

but are you going to 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 what I want from you, Ted, is the right answer.

-Right.

-Give me that, you're in the final, alongside Anna.

Give me a wrong answer

and the next-best player will have the chance to

steal your place in the final.

As we know, that player is Jo.

Now, Ted, you are in a strong position because there are no

impossible answers left up there, you've got rid of all of them.

-Yeah.

-Shall we have a look at the full question?

-Yes, please.

Which Radio 4 comedy show...

..describes itself as the antidote to panel games?

I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.

Seems an odd answer, doesn't it? I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.

I'm going to have to push you, Ted.

OK... I'm still sorry, I haven't got a clue.

Just, I am going to...

I am going to need an answer, Ted.

OK, what about...

top right?

Top right. I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, yes. OK.

-Fan of the show?

-Love it.

-Yeah.

-Doesn't feel like you're going to get a look-in here, Jo.

Sorry, Jo.

Does I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue describe itself

as the antidote to panel games?

Yes, it does.

Exemplary grid work, Ted.

-Thank you very much.

-Congratulations, you're in the final.

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Just the one place left up for grabs in the final.

Who's it going to be? Only nine of you surviving.

OK, good luck. Here's your first question.

So, we have seven Cs, and a couple of As.

The right answer...

..is C, Fleabag.

Point to all of you. The impossible answer...

..is B, Parks and Recreation,

which is an American sitcom.

Matt, you and Annie both survive.

Question number two.

All answers out there.

Shirley, you've done for venturi.

-I haven't tried C for a while.

-LAUGHTER

Nice to give C a little run-out.

-See what it's saying.

-Yeah, why not?

Martyn. You went for Eustachian.

I thought that were the answer before it gradually come up.

-Oh, I love that, Martyn!

-So...

-No need for the answers.

No need to be right, but that's what I've got in my head, at least.

The right answer...

..is A, Eustachian.

You were spot on, Martyn.

A point to all of you who went for that.

The impossible answer...

..is C. Venturi tubes are not found in the human body.

They're used to measure liquid flow in physics.

Shirley, Alice, see you tomorrow.

Question number three, seven of you left in play.

Everybody bar one has gone for B.

The right answer...

..is B. NME.

A point to all of you.

Matt, have he ever delivered any magazines on the round?

-It's mainly junk mail.

-LAUGHTER

And we all thank you for it, Matt.

Have you avoided the impossible answer, though?

Yes, the impossible answer is wired,

not a music magazine, more of a tech magazine.

Question number four.

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Matt, you were clinging on a bit here.

-I was.

-Unfortunately, you didn't lock your answer in in time.

Which means we have to say goodbye.

-We'll see you tomorrow.

-Cheers, thank you.

Martyn, you went with zucchetto.

-You're the only person who did.

-It's another foreign language question.

-Sorry, Martyn.

-It sounds Italian

but it's probably a pasta.

The impossible answer...

..is A, Masaccio, who was an Italian painter.

We lose three of you - Mark, Colin and Jo.

See you tomorrow.

Let's see where the points are going.

The right answer...

..is C, zucchetto.

Italian is my second language, you see. I kept it quiet!

You're lulling me into a sense of security, Martyn!

All this nonsense about not being good on foreign languages.

Sitting there smugly thinking, "Oh, zucchetto."

You get a point.

Which means that going into the final question,

with three players remaining,

you are the only one on a maximum of four points, Martyn.

All thanks to your excellent grasp of Italian.

-Grazie.

-LAUGHTER

Stop showing off, Martyn! HE LAUGHS

Question number five.

So, Martyn, if you've got this right, you've won the round.

The right answer...

..is C. A Tribe Called Quest.

So no points to anyone.

Seri, have you and Martyn avoided the impossible answer?

I'm not sure. I took a bit of a punt at this one,

just because I know that Twenty One Pilots had released quite a few

things this year. But I don't know whether they're American or not.

If you've both given the impossible answer,

Annie will win this round.

The impossible answer is...

..B, Wolfmother, who are an Australian band.

Annie, we have to say goodbye to you.

We'll see you tomorrow.

That also means, Martyn, you've won the round.

Congratulations, you have the last chance to grab a place in today's final.

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Martyn, how does it feel down in the grid area?

It took a long time coming, but...

Worth the wait, isn't it? Well worth the wait.

And you were saying if you won the money you'd like to go to Vegas

and renew your wedding vows?

Yeah. We've been married... Oh, now there's a question.

We've been married... 33 years this year. So...

-Did I sound confident?

-Do that again, Martyn.

We'll edit it in so you absolutely know it.

Here we go. How many years have you been married, Martyn?

Oh, we've been married 33 years this year.

Very good, Martyn. LAUGHTER

We definitely won't keep the other bit, don't worry.

Thank you very much.

So, are you excited, are you nervous?

-Are you feeling confident?

-A little nervous.

I know the categories, so I'm far from confident.

But hey-ho, see what it chucks at me.

Let's just refresh our memory.

Classical Music or Science.

It's got to be Science.

Classical Music, you might as well teach me to speak Zambezi.

I've no idea.

I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out that you spoke Zambezi!

So we're going to go with science?

-Yes.

-The best of a bad bunch.

-The best of two bad choices.

All right. Science it is.

Here come your nine answers.

-Do you want to see the first half of the question?

-Let's see the first half of the question.

So which piece of medical apparatus...?

-Oh, dear.

-Five of those are impossible

because they are not pieces of medical apparatus.

I want you to get rid of all five,

thus putting £500 into the daily prize pot,

which currently stands at £700.

Where would you like to start, Martyn?

Well, let's start with what I am actually confident of.

I play a bit of golf myself.

I think a mashie niblick is a golf club.

Is mashie niblick an impossible answer?

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Yes. And you're spot on.

It's kind of an obsolete golf club but it is a golf club.

-Yeah.

-Where next?

£100 added to the prize pot.

It now stands at £800. Good start.

Right, we'll try one that sounds...

It sounds a bit Italian, this.

I'm on spot on Italian. I'll try with spinet.

No idea what it is, to be truthful,

but it sounds like a musical instrument

or something like that, maybe.

I don't know. Spinet, anyway.

Spinet. Going for it because of your Italian connection.

Correct.

Is spinet an impossible answer?

APPLAUSE

You're right. And get this, Martyn, it's a keyboard instrument.

-Well, there you go.

-You keep pretending you don't know stuff,

-but you know everything, Martyn!

-I do.

Two from two.

Yeah, let's say Deschamps needle.

Maybe it's a French lighthouse or something like that.

Well... It must be French.

French is not my strong topic.

I'm better at Italian.

We'll go for Deschamps needle.

Deschamps needle.

Is Deschamps needle an impossible answer?

Sadly not.

It is not a French lighthouse.

Two more goes left. Let's eliminate two more impossible answers.

OK, let's try winnower.

Is winnower an impossible answer?

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It's actually a piece of farming apparatus used to separate

the wheat from the chaff.

So effectively on this show, I'm the winnower.

Three from four. One go remaining.

Let's get rid of one more impossible answer.

It's between two. I am going to go for otoscope.

-Otoscope.

-It sounds like it should be, but I'm hoping it's not.

-So you're hoping it's...

-A red herring.

-..a tricksy one.

Yes. Let's hope so.

OK. Is otoscope an impossible answer?

It's a normal-coloured herring, I'm afraid.

It's a piece of medical apparatus.

Nevertheless, you put £300 into the daily prize pot,

which now stands at £1,000.

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

I'll be looking for the right answer.

Give me the right answer,

you're in the final.

Give me a wrong answer and the next-best player has

the chance to steal that place.

That is Seri.

Stand by, Seri.

Yes, stood by.

Good luck, Martyn.

-Thank you very much.

-She says, cackling!

Now, if you give me an impossible answer,

and we do know there are still two up there,

you will be eliminated from today's show.

-OK.

-Shall we have a look at the full question?

-Let's have a look.

Which piece of medical apparatus is used to examine a patient's ear?

HE CHUCKLES

OK, the one I thought was a red herring,

I'm going to go for this time.

I'm going to say otoscope.

It sounds like you should examine something with a scope,

so let's go for otoscope.

And I know it's not a wrong answer anyway, so...

-Let's go for otoscope.

-Feels safe.

-Sounds about right.

-Yeah.

Going to go otoscope. OK.

If otoscope is the right answer,

you're in the final, Martyn.

If it's a wrong answer,

Seri has a chance to steal.

Is an otoscope used to examine a patient's ear?

It is!

Well done, Martyn.

Dodged a bullet.

The other impossible answers, any idea?

Yeah, I do now. Barometer is staring me in the face.

Oh, what an idiot. Anyway, barometer.

Absolutely. Used to measure atmospheric pressure.

And the one you couldn't pronounce,

-but I can, but I'll leave you to say it.

-Go on, give it a go.

Give it a go.

-Sphygmomanometer.

-Yeah, one more time.

-Yeah.

And it's sphygmomanometer.

The - wait - sphygmomanometer...

Thank you.

..is the technical term for the machine that is used to measure blood pressure.

Yours was good enough for me. I'll take that. So...

On the process of elimination, Halligan bar must be wrong.

-Halligan bar, you think?

-Yes.

-It is.

-What's that?

-That is used by emergency services to access

properties. Well done, Martyn.

-You're through to the final.

-Lovely.

APPLAUSE

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

-We'll see you all tomorrow. Goodbye! ALL:

-Goodbye.

For Anna, Ted and Martyn, it's time for the final.

So, Anna, Ted and Martyn, there's £1,000 in today's prize pot.

Only one of you can win that money

and the right to face the £10,000 question.

Now, all of the ambitions with the money are quite sweet.

Anna would go on

a girls' holiday with her mum.

Martyn would go and renew his vows in Vegas with his wife.

And sweetest of all, Ted would name a bullock after me.

LAUGHTER

You're each going to start with ten lives.

There they are. The questions are on the buzzer.

Most of them are normal, straightforward questions,

with normal, straightforward answers.

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

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

However, some of the questions are impossible.

They make no sense.

They're illogical. If you think you've spotted one of those,

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

The really bad news for your opponents -

they will both lose two lives.

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

or give any other answer to an impossible question,

it is you who will lose two lives.

So tread very carefully, please.

The last player standing will take the £1,000.

-Ready?

-Yeah.

-Yes.

-Good luck.

Elastigirl and Frozone are superheroes...

Mr Incredibles?

..in which 2004 animated film?

THE Incredibles.

I'm afraid we have to take your first answer, Mr Incredibles,

which is wrong.

As you know, it's The Incredibles.

-You lose a life, Anna.

-My favourite film, when I was a kid.

What name is given to the art of clipping shrubs or trees

into ornamental...?

-Martyn.

-Topiary.

..into ornamental shapes? It is topiary.

Ted and Anna, you lose a life.

A cricket bat is traditionally made from the wood of which...

-Martyn.

-Willow.

-..wood of which tree?

It is willow.

Ted and Anna, you lose another life.

In 1981, which keyboard player teamed up with David Tennant to form the Pet Shop Boys?

-Anna.

-Impossible.

-It is impossible.

It was Neil, not David Tennant.

And the Pet Shop Boys with keyboard player Chris Lowe.

Ted and Martyn, you both lose two lives.

In the 1950 Disney film Cinderella,

what type of animal is turned into a coach?

-Anna.

-A horse?

It's not. It's impossible.

It's a pumpkin that gets turned into a coach.

Anna, you lose two lives.

So, Anna, you have five, Ted, you have six,

and Martyn, you have eight lives.

In 2017, which world leader tweeted the word "covfefe", causing...

-Anna.

-Donald Trump.

..causing it to trend worldwide?

It was Donald Trump.

The tweet read, "Despite the constant negative press, covfefe."

Ted and Martyn, you both lose a life.

In which English city are the districts of Fazakerley and Toxteth?

-Martyn?

-Liverpool.

They are in Liverpool.

Anna and Ted, you both lose a life.

Anna and Ted, you have four lives remaining.

Martyn, you have seven.

Which letter comes immediately before the G

in the conventional spelling of the word paradigm,

meaning an example?

-Anna?

-Y?

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

Anna, you lose a life.

Which famous fictional bear lives in Nutwood Village?

-Martyn?

-Rupert.

It is Rupert the Bear.

Ted and Anna, you lose a life.

Anna, you're down to two. Ted, you're on three.

Martyn, you're flying high on seven.

In which year of the 1980s

did Virginia Wade win the Wimbledon Ladies...

-Martyn.

-Impossible, she won it in 1977.

..win the Wimbledon Ladies Singles Championship?

It is impossible. She did win it in 1977.

Ted, you lose two lives.

Anna, you lose your last two lives,

meaning you are out.

Ted, you are clinging on.

The Cyclades and Dodecanese island groups are part of

which European country?

-Martyn?

-Greece.

It is Greece. Ted, you lose your last life.

Anna and Ted, commiserations.

We'll see you both tomorrow.

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

APPLAUSE

Very well done, Martyn.

You are today's winner after a storming final round.

You've got £1,000. That's great.

But you could be leaving with a whole lot more if you can answer

the £10,000 question.

Here's how it works. I'm going to show you nine answers

and then ask a question. Three of the nine answers are correct.

If you can find them all within ten seconds, you win that £10,000.

That's your good news. The less good news is that three of those answers

are wrong. Pick any of those and you won't win the ten grand.

The bad news - there's always bad news -

three of the nine answers are impossible.

Give me any of those and you lose the £1,000.

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

So be very careful. If you fail to give me three answers

before the ten seconds are up, you also lose the daily prize pot.

You do only get one go at the £10,000 question.

So whatever happens, you'll be leaving the show today.

Let's hope it's trying to work out how you get all that home.

Any subject that you're particularly hoping for?

I want something really lowbrow, really lowbrow!

Lowbrow, or just all in Italian?

Oh!

Mamma mia!

LAUGHTER

The subject...

..is America.

Not...not, not good. I'm guessing it's going to be state capitals.

-Feel ready?

-I've no choice. I'm ready.

-You have actually got no choice. We've got to do it.

-Yeah.

-Best of luck, Martyn.

-Bring it on.

Here are your nine answers.

You'll have ten seconds to lock in your answers

and you're looking for...

US airports that serve New York City,

and your time starts now.

John F Kennedy, O'Hare...

and...

..Norman Manley.

You took your time.

You got the answers in, though.

John F Kennedy, O'Hare, and Norman Manley.

-Been to New York?

-Never.

Don't fancy New York.

I'll fancy it even less in a minute.

So which are you feeling most confident in?

-JFK.

-John F Kennedy. JFK.

We need this to be right

to keep you in with a chance of that £10,000, Martyn.

Is John F Kennedy a US airport that serves New York City?

It is.

APPLAUSE

It is.

-The next one you said was O'Hare.

-Yeah.

-Less confident in this one?

-Less confident in this one.

I think it's an airport, but less confident if it's New York City.

Is O'Hare a US airport that serves New York City?

Oh, it's not.

But it is a US airport.

It serves Chicago.

-OK.

-So still in with a shout of the daily prize pot of £1,000.

So what we need here

-is Norman Manley not to be replaced by the exclamation mark...

-Yeah.

So you can hold on to that money.

Is Norman Manley a US airport that serves New York City?

GROANING

Martyn, I'm sorry.

It's an airport in Jamaica.

Really, really sorry. That does mean you're going to leave empty-handed,

I'm afraid, Martyn. The answers you were looking for

were Newark Liberty and LaGuardia.

The other impossible answers...

John Paul II, I'd imagine.

John Paul II...

..which is in Poland,

and Kirkwall...

..which is in Orkney in Scotland.

-Oh!

-Martyn, you have been an excellent player.

Thank you very much for coming on the show.

-I hope you've enjoyed it.

-I have enjoyed it. Thank you very much.

APPLAUSE

Sadly that does mean that Martyn leaves us with nothing.

The rest of us will be back tomorrow

when someone else will have the chance to win £10,000.

This has been Impossible,

the quiz where, actually, anything is possible. Goodbye.