Episode 1 Mastermind

Over the next 31 weeks,

96 contenders put themselves through television's ultimate

test of nerve and knowledge in this chair,

but only one of them can be crowned the nation's mastermind.

First in the spotlight tonight is Beth Webster, a health

and safety advisor from Watford.

Her subject is the Muppet films.

Next, John Berridge,

a medical consultant from York on Alexander the Great.

Ricky Kendal, a supply teacher from Lincolnshire.

His subject is the writings of St John.

And Cliff Challenger, a charity director from Bradford.

His subject, Benjamin Britten.

APPLAUSE

Hello and welcome to Mastermind, with me, John Humphrys.

So, four contenders put themselves to the test tonight

in the hope they might take that first step towards the grand final.

But to clear the hurdle, they must be tested tonight over two rounds.

Two minutes on their specialist subject,

followed by two-and-a-half minutes on general knowledge.

Let's have our first contender, please.

-And your name is?

-Beth Webster.

-Your occupation?

-Health and safety advisor.

-And your chosen subject?

-The Muppet films.

The Muppet films in two minutes.

Who provided the voice of Miss Piggy

in the first six Muppet films before being replaced by Eric Jackobson

in the 2011 film The Muppets?

-Frank Oz.

-Which Oscar-winning actor plays the part of Ebenezer Scrooge

in The Muppets Christmas Carol?

-Michael Cane.

-What's the name of the restaurant franchise

Doc Hopper wants Kermit to be the face of The Muppet Movie?

Doc Hopper's French Fried Frogs' Legs.

In The Muppets Take Manhattan,

what is the name of the musical

that the muppets take to Broadway

and pitch to the producer, Mr Price,

who wants 300 from each of them to put it on?

Manhattan Melodies.

In The Great Muppet Caper, Kermit says that he

and Fozzie are crack investigative reporters for which newspaper?

The Daily Chronicle.

Who directed Muppets from Space?

He took over from Jim Henson's son, Brian,

who had directed the previous two Muppet films.

Tim Hill.

In The Muppets Take Manhattan, what does Miss Piggy borrow

from a man in the park to help her

catch up with the thief who stole her purse?

-Roller-skates.

-In The Muppet Movie, Kermit meets Fozzie Bear in a cafe

and invites him to join him on his trip to Hollywood.

They travel in a 1951 Studebaker belonging to Fozzie's

hibernating uncle.

What is the name of the cafe where they meet?

El Sleezo.

Gonzo believes an alien race is trying to send him messages

through his alphabet cereal in Muppets From Space.

What does the first message say, spelled out by the cereal?

-Watch the sky.

-In The Muppet Movie,

when Kermit goes into Dr Bunsen Honeydew's laboratory,

he sees a piece of fruit that is four feet tall.

What type of fruit is it?

Prune.

In The Muppets, Miss Piggy tells Kermit that a celebrity has

graciously agreed to do the telethon when, in fact,

the muppets have kidnapped him. Who is the celebrity?

-Jack Black.

-In The Muppets Christmas Carol,

how many brothers and sisters

does Rizzo the Rat tell Gonzo the Great that he has?

-1,274.

-In The Great Muppet Caper,

what is the name of the hotel that the

Muppets stay in when they arrive in London?

-Happiness Hotel.

-What is the name of the woman Scrooge falls in love with

and promises to marry as soon as he has enough money to provide for her?

-Belle.

-In the Great Muppet Caper, Lady Holiday's most famous

piece of jewellery, the fabulous baseball diamond,

is on permanent display at which gallery?

-The Mallory Gallery.

-What drink does...?

BEEPS

..Long John Silver bring out in order to raise a toast to

a prosperous voyage?

He describes it as having been "laid down by the brothers

"of Buckfast Abbey, vintage 1737."

-Brandy.

-Is correct,

as was every other answer.

You have scored a total of 16 points.

APPLAUSE

And our next contender, please.

-And your name is?

-John Berridge.

-Your occupation?

-Medical consultant.

-And your specialist subject?

-Alexander the Great.

Alexander the Great. Two minutes.

Alexander the Great was a fourth century king of Macedonia.

What was the name of the 300-strong unit of the Theban army that was

virtually wiped out by Alexander's men at the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC?

The Sacred Band.

Alexander defeated Darius at a battle fought in November

333 BC near the mouth of the Pinarus River.

Darius fled, leaving his wife

and family behind to be taken into Alexander's care.

What was the name of the battle?

-Issus.

-In which village was the Sanctuary of Nymphs where Aristotle

tutored the young Alexander and his friends?

-Mieza.

-Which was Alexander's officers were said to have

saved his life at the Battle of Granicus

but was later killed by Alexander during the quarrel in Samarkand?

-Cleitus the Black.

-Alexander organised a mass wedding between more than 90 of his

Macedonian officers and high-born

Persian women to symbolically unite the two cultures.

Where did the wedding take place?

-Susa.

-Which tribe had previously wounded Alexander's father

but was forced to surrender to Alexander on an island

in the Danube after his father was murdered?

The Triballi.

Alexander's mother, Olympias, was from which kingdom where

she was a member of the Molossian Dynasty?

-Epirus.

-At which oasis in Egypt did an oracle apparently confirm

Alexander as both a divinity and a legitimate Pharaoh?

-Siwah.

-Alexander always kept a copy of a work by Homer under his pillow

together with his dagger.

What was the work, which was said to have been annotated by Aristotle?

-Iliad.

-What was the name of the Athenian courtesan who is claimed to

have persuaded Alexander to burn down the royal

palace at Persepolis after a drunken party?

-Thais.

-Which rocky fortress near the Indus did Alexander take after

building a mound of earth and wood across a ravine?

He was said to have been determined to capture it

because Heracles had failed to do so.

Sogdian Rock.

Aornus. In which city in Cilicia did Alexander fall seriously ill

after swimming in the very cold waters of the River Cydnus in 333 BC?

Pass.

Alexander's horse Bucephalus is said to have died either during or

shortly after a battle fought between the Macedonians

and the Indian King Porus in 326 BC. What was the battle?

-Hydaspes.

-According to tradition,

the house of which poet to gather with the city's temples was...?

BEEPS

..the only building left standing after Alexander

destroyed Thebes for rebelling against him?

-Pindar.

-Is correct. You had one pass.

That city in Cilicia where he fell seriously ill was Tarsus.

John, you scored 12 points.

APPLAUSE

And our next contender, please.

-And your name is?

-Ricky Kendall.

-Your occupation?

-Supply teacher.

-And your specialist subject?

-The Biblical writings of St John.

St John in two minutes.

John's considered to have written a gospel, three epistles

and the Book of Revelation. To which island does he say he was banished

when he heard a voice instructing him to write the Book of Revelation?

-Patmos.

-What number that symbolically stands for completeness repeatedly

occurs in the Book of Revelation? It's mentioned over 50 times.

-Seven.

-The earliest manuscripts of John's Gospel do not include

the 12 verses beginning with Chapter Seven of Verse 53.

What story is told in this passage?

It's the woman accused of adultery.

How does Jesus describe himself in Chapter Eight,

Verse 12 of John's Gospel?

The phrase forms the title of a celebrated painting by Holman Hunt.

-The Light of the World.

-Although some scholars date the Book of Revelations to the

reign of Nero, it's generally thought to have been written in about 95 AD during

a period of Christian persecution under which Roman emperor?

-Nero.

-Domitian

John has a vision of the harlot Babylon the Great,

who's thought to represent Pagan Rome.

When she appears to him, her clothing is of scarlet and which other colour?

-Purple.

-According to John's Gospel, before the Crucifixion,

Jesus received a drink of wine vinegar then spoke his final words.

What does John say those final words were?

-It is finished.

-John describes the garden where Jesus was arrested

not as Gethsemane but as being on the side of which valley?

The Kidron Valley.

According to John's Gospel, what item of food does Jesus give

to Judas that identifies him as the one who will betray him?

-A piece of bread.

-Revelation Chapter 13 states "no-one could buy or sell

"unless he had the mark of the beast."

This number, 666, is placed on the forehead or which other part of the body?

The right hand.

John's Gospel records seven signs or miracles performed by Jesus.

The first is the turning of water into wine at the wedding

feast of Cana. What is the last?

It's the healing of Malchus, the centurions.

The raising of Lazarus.

What is the Aramaic name of the place where Pilate

sat on the judge's seat and condemned Jesus to be crucified?

It's English name is stone pavement.

-Gabbatha.

-For how long is their said to be silence in heaven after

the opening of the seventh seal? Before the seven angels blow seven trumpets,

with each trumpet heralding an apocalyptic event.

-Half-an-hour.

-What does John encourage his readers to do in the final

verse of his First Epistle?

Pass. BEEPS

I've just started, so I'll finish.

The early chapters of Revelation are addressed to the seven

churches of Asia. The church Ephesus is the first one addressed.

What is the last one?

Laodicea.

You had one pass.

John encourages readers in the final verse of his first epistle to

"keep yourselves from idols."

That one pass but you, Ricky, have also scored 12 points.

APPLAUSE

And our final contender, please.

-And your name is?

-Cliff Challenger.

-Your occupation?

-I'm a charity manager.

-And your specialist subject?

-The life and work of Benjamin Britten.

Benjamin Britten in two minutes.

Which of Britten's works composed for a 1946 Ministry of Education

film is subtitled Variations and Fugue a Theme of Henry Purcell?

The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra.

What was the name of the tenor Britten first met in '37?

Their partnership lasted until Britten's death in '76.

-Peter Pears.

-The action of Britten's opera Billy Budd takes place on a warship.

What's the ship called?

-The Indomitable.

-What was the name of Britten's

composition teacher whom he met in 1927?

Britten composed variations on a theme by him ten years later.

Frank Bridge.

What's the title of Britten's work to a text devised by WH Auden

that premiered in Norwich in 1936?

The section called Rats Away! brought shrieks of laughter

from the orchestra when it was rehearsed.

-Our Hunting Fathers.

-Britten composed his Alpine Suite

while on a skiing holiday with friends.

For which musical instruments was it written?

-Recorders.

-Three of them.

Which was the first of Britten's operas

for which Eric Crozier wrote the libretto?

-Albert Herring.

-What is the title

of the poem by the Suffolk writer and clergymen

George Crabbe that provided Britten with the plot for Peter Grimes?

-The Borough.

-Britten composed his War Requiem partly

to poems by Wilfred Owen for the consecration of a cathedral

in 1962. Which cathedral?

Coventry.

In the early 1940s, Britten and Pears spent some

months in a house in New York run as a kind of artists' commune.

Residents included Auden, Salvador Dali and Gypsy Rose Lee.

On which street was that house?

-Middagh Street.

-Gloriana, the opera the Earl of Harewood suggested Britten

should compose to mark the Queen's Coronation tells

of Elizabeth I's relationship with one of her favourites, which one?

The Earl of Essex.

In which German prisoner of war camp did The Ballad

of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard have its world premiere in 1994?

It was sent out secretly on microfilm to one of the prisoners, Richard Wood.

-Pass.

-Britten's last opera was based on a story

by Thomas Mann. What's its title?

-Death In Venice.

-In the opera Owen Wingrave, which had its premiere on BBC television

in 1971, what is the name of the Wingrave's ancestral home?

-Paramore.

-What is the title of the choral work that Britten completed

while he was sailing back from America?

The piece was his final collaboration with WH Auden.

The Hymn to St Cecilia.

Which Lancashire-born contralto shared the title role...?

BEEPS

..of Britten's The Rape of Lecretia with Nancy Evans in the opera's opening

season at Glyndebourne in 1946?

-Kathleen Ferrier.

-Is correct.

One pass.

It was in Oflag Seven B that the Ballad of Little Musgrave

and Lady Barnard had its world premier.

One pass and, Cliff, you have 15 points.

APPLAUSE

Well, that... That really was a high-scoring round.

Let's have a look at all the scores.

In joint third place, 12 points-a-piece,

that's a high score in itself, John Berridge and Ricky Kendall.

But, in second place, 15 points, Cliff Challenger.

In the lead, a remarkable 16 points, Beth Webster.

So, let's see if they can keep it up with the general knowledge round.

And if there is a tie at the end of the round, then the number of passes

gets taken into account and whoever has the fewer passes is the winner.

And if their tied on passes as well, there has to be a tie breaker.

The six highest scoring runners up will also be able to claim

a place in the semifinal.

So, lots to play for.

So, let's got on with it, and ask John to join us again, please.

And...

12 points with your knowledge of Alexander the Great.

Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.

Two-and-a-half minutes, now, for this section. Here we go.

Who made a personal statement to the House of Commons in March,

1963, stating,

"There was no impropriety whatsoever in my aquaintanceship with Miss Keeler"?

-Pass.

-In which London venue have the Promenade concerts

traditionally been held since the bombing of the Queen's Hall in 1941?

-Albert Hall.

-Which form of rugby will make its debut as an Olympic

sport at the 2016 games?

-Rugby sevens.

-In physics, what name is given to the study of the propulsion,

flight and impact of projectiles such as bullets?

Ballistics.

In which country are the Black Sea ports of Burgas and Varna?

-Bulgaria.

-Which Russian-born novelist, the author of Pnin, Pale Fire

and Lolita, was also a renowned expert on butterflies?

-Nabokov.

-Whose home was described in a 1938 edition of Homes

and Gardens magazine as a

"handsome Bavarian chalet 2,000 feet up on the Obersalzberg amidst pine

"woods and cherry orchards"?

-Adolf Hitler.

-What term for the weather conditions prevailing over a long period,

or in a particular area,

is derived from the Greek word for a slope?

-Prevailing.

-Climate.

Which lake lies at the northern end of Borrowdale in the Lake District?

-Bassenthwaite

-Derwentwater.

Whose single Release Me kept the double A side of Penny Lane

and Strawberry Fields by The Beatles from the number one spot in 1967?

Engelbert Humperdinck.

In which Italian city is the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie,

where Leonardo Da Vinci's painting the Last Supper covers an end

wall of the dining hall?

-Bologna.

-Milan.

Which outlaw of the old west has been played in films

by Robert Duvall, Rob Lowe, Colin Farrell and Brad Pitt?

-Jesse James.

-What did Thomas Carlyle refer to as the "dismal science"

in his Latter-Day Pamphlets of 1850?

-Pass.

-Dreamtime is the sacred period

when the earth and patterns of life took

shape according to the mythology of which country's indigenous people?

-Australia.

-Which exceptionally long-lived tree, whose bark

and foliage is poisonous, is often found growing in church yards?

-Yew.

-What term is used for the insertion of strips of pork fat or

bacon into meat or fish to keep it succulent during roasting?

-Basting.

-Larding.

Which barrister and author created The Old Bailey hack Horace Rumpole?

-John Mortimer.

-Which group of Greek islands are so named

because they form a rough circle around the sacred island of Delos?

-Cyclades.

-Who beat Roy Hattersley, Eric Heffer and Peter Shore

in a ballot to become leader of the Labour Party in October, 1983?

Erm...

-Michael Foot.

-Neil Kinnock.

The Saffir-Simpson Scale classifies the potential damage

from which meteorological phenomenon on a scale of one-to-five?

Pass. BEEPS

Well, I can tell you because your time is up - it's hurricanes.

Your other passes...

Carlyle described as the miserable science - economics.

And John Profumo said there was nothing...

Amazing, isn't it? How something like that slips away.

Anyway, there we are. You knew it, obviously.

You've now a total score, John, of 24 points.

APPLAUSE

And Ricky Kendall again now, please.

And you also start this round with 12 points with your knowledge

of the writings of St John. And 24 is the score to beat as we speak -

let's see if you can do it.

Two-and-a-half minutes of general knowledge starting now.

In which games are the terms eagle and albatross used to denote

a particularly good performance during play?

-Golf.

-In which city is the Harland and Wolff Shipyard where the ocean

liner Titanic was built?

-Belfast.

-What make of car, famous for its gull-wing doors,

was used to travel through time in the Back to the Future films?

-The Delorean.

-Survival was the official song of the 2012 London Olympics -

which British rock band wrote and performed it?

-M People.

-Muse. St Louis is the largest

and most populous metropolitan area in which American state?

-Missouri.

-The Spy Who Came In From The Cold is a Cold War thriller featuring

the mild-mannered secret agent George Smiley. Who is the author?

-John le Carre.

-Which insect order, with over 350,000 species,

is the last largest in the animal kingdom?

-Beetle.

-What term for a set of letters arranged in a conventional

order and used in a particular writing system

comes from the first two Greek letters?

-Alphabet.

-In Formula One motor racing, a competitor is awarded just

one point if they finish in what position in a Grand Prix?

-Eighth.

-Tenth.

Which former Liberal Democrat Cabinet Minister

resigned as an MP after pleading guilty to

a charge of perverting the course of justice in February, 2013?

-Chris Huhne.

-The amphibian Baron Greenback and his sidekick Stiletto

the Crow were the arch enemies of which television cartoon super hero?

Danger Mouse.

Jeanne-Antionette Poisson became Louis XV's official mistress in 1745,

by what name is she better known?

Madame de Pompadour.

Which common mathematical symbol was first

proposed by the 16th century Welsh mathematician Robert Recorde?

-Infinity.

-Equals sign.

Which work by Dante is divided into three major sections -

Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso?

-La Divina Comedia.

-What type of very hot red pepper shares its name with

the capital of French Guiana?

-Pass.

-The passionate love of Paolo Malatesta and Francesca Da Rimini

was the inspiration for which 1886 sculpture by a Auguste Rodin?

The Kiss.

The white stallion Kanthaka, who died of grief but was reincarnated

as a god, is said to have been the favourite horse

of which religious figure?

Pass.

Who is the musician, television presenter

and host of an annual New Year Hootenanny who played

keyboards for the group Squeeze earlier in his career?

-Jools Holland.

-What word for miscellaneous articles or equipment comes

ultimately from the Greek for property apart from a dowry?

-Pass.

-Which range of hills reaches its highest

point at Cross Fell in Cumbria?

The Peak District. BEEPS

The Pennines.

Three passes.

Paraphernalia is that word that comes from the Greek for property

apart from a dowry.

It was the Buddha that reincarnated as a god and all that.

And that very hot red pepper is Cayenne.

So, three passes, Ricky. You've gone into the lead just - 25 points.

APPLAUSE

And now Cliff again, please.

And you start this round with 15 points -

your knowledge of Benjamin Britten.

And, as you just heard, 25 is now the score to beat.

Two and a half minutes of general knowledge starting now.

The breed of dog famous for aiding travellers in the Alps is

named after which saint?

-Bernard.

-In Shakespeare's Macbeth,

whose ghost terrifies Macbeth at a banquet?

-Duncan.

-No. Banquo's ghost.

Which British city has suburbs called Bearsden, Milngavie

and Bishopbriggs?

-Glasgow.

-Which Swedish-American actress's

first spoken words onscreen were

"Give me a visky" in the 1930 film Anna Christie?

Greta Garbo.

Which building did Boris Johnson describe as the tip of a cocktail

stick emerging through the skin of a super colossal pickled onion

when he officially opened its observation deck in February, 2013?

-The Shard.

-In 2011, which country cricket team won their first outright

championship since 1934 but were relegated to the Second

Division in the following season?

-Nottinghamshire.

-Lancashire.

The dried female flower clusters of the climbing plant

Humulus lupulus are very important for giving beer its bitter flavour.

How are they better known?

-Hops.

-Which classic radio show, hosted by Kenneth Horne,

introduced the characters Julian and Sandy,

played by Hugh Paddick and Kenneth Williams?

-Round the Horne.

-The giant and colossal species of what sea

creature are the largest known living invertebrates?

-Squid.

-Which singer's home at 56 Hope Street, Kingston, Jamaica,

is now a museum dedicated to him?

-Bob Marley.

-Which astronaut, who served four terms as a senator for Ohio,

returned to space in 1988 at the age of 77?

-John Glenn.

-In which European country was the playwright and screen writer

Tom Stoppard born?

-Czechoslovakia.

-In Greek legend, the master carpenter Epeius was responsible

for the construction of what famous object used for subterfuge?

-The wooden horse.

-The Trojan horse, yes.

Which country extends from the island of Sumatra in the west

to the island of New Guinea in the east?

Indonesia.

In February, 2013, Benedict XVI became the first pope to resign

since which pope in 1415?

-Oban IV?

-Gregory XII.

What term, widely known after its use by Rudyard Kipling in Kim

has been given to the rivalry between Great Britain

and Russia in Central Asia in the late 19th century?

-The Great Game.

-Created in about 1704, which dark shade of blue

gets its name from the German kingdom where it was first produced?

-Prussian blue.

-In which Gilbert and Sullivan operetta does the hero

Strephon have a fairy for a mother?

-Ruddigore.

-Iolanthe.

Where do Professor Lidenbrock and his nephew journey to

according to the title of Jules Verne's 1863 novel?

The Centre of the Earth.

Which Russian word, originally used for an official of the Communist Party

administration, is now used for any bureaucrat of a large organisation?

-Apparatchik.

-Which motorway originally ran from London to Basingstoke but has

since been extended to Southampton?

M3. BEEPS

What was introduced throughout the United States of America

by the 19th Amendment to the Constitution,

ratified by Congress in August, 1920?

-Prohibition.

-No. Women's suffrage -

bit of a difference.

But you've got a total, Cliff, of 32 points.

APPLAUSE

And, finally, Beth again, please.

And you start the round with 16 points

with your knowledge of the Muppets.

-Bye golly, you'll need them.

-Yep.

The score to beat is 32.

-So, are you ready?

-Just about.

Let's go for it. Here we go.

Which 1997 film is about a group of unemployed Sheffield steel

workers who become strippers for a night at their local club?

-The Full Monty.

-Which American state

shares its name with a desert of sponge cake

topped with ice-cream,

sealed with meringue, then baked in a very hot oven?

-Alaska.

-Who became the first female British tennis to win a WTA singles

title in 24 when she won the HP Japan Open in October, 2012?

-Heather Watson.

-The name of which common wild plant comes from the French

for Lion's tooth, a reference to the shape of its leaves?

-Dandelion.

-Richard II, Richard III, Henry VIII

and James I all had wives with which Christian name?

-Catherine.

-Anne.

Which Jane Austin novel begins, "It's truth universally acknowledged

"that a single man in possession a good fortune

"must be in want of a wife"?

-Pride and Prejudice.

-What name of Hindi origin, originally applied to calicoes

imported from India, is given to a glazed colourfully printed

cotton fabric used for upholstery and curtains?

-Damask.

-Chintz. Which American sitcom starring Zach Braff as the intern

John 'JD' Dorian is set in the Sacred Heart Hospital?

-Green Wing.

-Scrubs.

Which North Yorkshire fishing port

and tourist resort lies at the mouth of the River Esk?

-Tenby.

-Whitby.

In 2013, who succeeded Hillary Clinton

as the American Secretary of State?

-Bob Dole.

-John Kerry.

In the novels by Sue Townsend,

what is the name of Adrian Mole's first girlfriend?

-Pandora.

-Which DJ and musician was once listed in the Guinness Book

of Records for releasing hit records under more names

than any other artist? His aliases included Beats International and Fatboy Slim.

-Norman Cook.

-In Norse mythology, what name is given to the epic

battle between the gods and the powers of evil?

It's also known as Gotterdammerung or the Twilight of the Gods.

-Pass.

-Which sea, an arm of the Mediterranean,

lies between the eastern coast of Italy

and the western coast of the Balkan Peninsula?

-Adriatic.

-Glossitis is the inflammation of which part of the body?

-Vocal chords.

-The tongue.

What term is give to the self-contained

sections of a large musical composition such as a symphony?

They're normally separated from each other by brief pauses.

Movements.

Which city in Northern Ireland was chosen as the UK City

of Culture for 2013?

Londonderry.

The juice and peel of which fruit form the basis of bigarade

sauce served with duck?

-Plums.

-Orange. Who stars as Georgiana,

the Duchess of Devonshire, in the 2008 film The Duchess?

-Keira Knightly.

-The Mariinsky Ballet company

formerly known as the Kirov Ballet, is based in which Russian city?

-St Petersburg.

-Which English nurse was executed by the Germans in 1915 for helping

allied soldiers escape from occupied Belgium?

-Pass.

-Which three-letter word for an evil spell or a curse is derived...

BEEPS

..Pennsylvania Dutch dialect word meaning "to practice witchcraft"?

Curse.

Might have been, hex. You weren't far off.

You have two passes.

Edith Cavell was the nurse who helped those allied soldiers escape,

and Ragnarok in Greek mythology was the name given to that epic battle.

You have, Beth, a very creditable 28 points.

APPLAUSE

Well, that really was a very high-scoring contest.

Let's have a look at all the scores.

Fourth place, 24, John Berridge.

Often a winner in itself, that score.

Third place, 25 points, Ricky Kendall.

Second place, 28 points, Beth Webster.

First place, a stonking 32 points, Cliff Challenger.

APPLAUSE

Which means that Cliff is tonight's winner and he, of course,

goes through to the semifinal, so congratulations to him.

But Beth Webster, with that score of 28,

it's entirely possible that we will see her again in the semifinal.

If you would like to be a contender yourself in the next series,

do go to our website...

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Thanks for watching. Goodbye.

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