Episode 5 Reflex

What you're about to see is the ultimate test of human reaction

and reflex.

Starring in tonight's battle of the reflexes is

the Chapman family from Kent, captained by 24-year-old Chris, with

his Auntie Alison and his cousin, 20-year-old internet shopper George.

They are up against the Walsh family from Hampshire.

Led by 31-year-old Liam. With his sister Natalie.

And their mum, holistic hypnotherapist Julie, all

looking very windy in the windy wind tunnel.

They'll compete in a series of split second, nerve-jangling

and sometimes borderline insane challenges,

all captured in super... VOICE SLOWS: slow motion.

This is the fastest game show in the northern hemisphere.

I'm Ken Bruce.

Ladies and gentlemen, your host - Shane Richie.

APPLAUSE

Thank you. Oh, hey, everybody. Welcome to Reflex,

the ultimate test of human reaction. Where two families will

compete in a series of super quick, extraordinary challenges.

At the end of the show the fastest family could go on

and potentially win £20,000.

APPLAUSE

Let's meet our Reflex families.

Tell us who you are and which family members you've got with us.

All right, my name's Chris, this is my Auntie Alison.

-Hello, Auntie Alison

-Hiya.

And this is my cousin George.

Cousin George. How old are you, George? If you don't mind me asking.

-Em, 20.

-20, you look about 11.

You do your paper round in the morning?

Auntie Alison, tell us a bit about yourself.

It's not a hobby but I have a slight phobia.

-Oh, really, about what?

-Buttons.

You have a phobia of buttons?

I have a phobia of buttons, yes.

-But you're all right with chocolate buttons?

-Definitely!

Yes, I thought you might be all right with that one.

So, tell us a bit about yourself, big man.

-Well, I'm a bit of a tart.

-Oh, really.

-Well, the thing is...

Look at the barnet, everybody, you know what I mean?

-Turn around, give us the whole look.

-Do I have to?

Yeah, go on, look. Who done that? The council?

Unbelievable, hey.

OK, well, listen, good luck, guys. Let's hear it for the Chapmans.

And let's welcome the Walshes. Tell us a bit about yourself, Mum.

I'm a part-time holistic therapist.

Oh, holistic, OK?

-And I do hypnotherapy.

-And back in the room.

And, Natalie, competition with your big brother here?

We've always been competitive and he always used to win because he's

the bigger, older, stronger brother but the thing is now, I've got

my eyes on the prize and he's just got his eyes on his biceps, flexing.

-So, Liam, you look like you do work out.

-Thanks.

-What do you do for a living?

-I've got my own personal training company.

Get away, why am I surprised?

Now, families, the rules are very, very simple, OK?

Be as fast as you can over five physical and mental games.

At the end of the night the fastest family will go on to Moneyball,

where you could potentially win £20,000, everybody.

APPLAUSE

Oh, yes. So this is what you face tonight in our very first challenge.

In tonight's first head-to-head, both players must

stand on a four-metre tower of five flimsy shelves.

On hearing the Reflex trigger they must launch

themselves off, breaking through them.

Inside each shelf are hundreds of micro balls.

On landing, the player who locates one of only five yellow micro balls

and places it into their target tube will score their family one point.

And that's all there is to it.

So get into your huddles, have a little chat

and decide who's going to play. Good luck, families.

-What do you reckon?

-I personally think you.

-Yeah.

Of course you pick me, but I'm thinking I'm quite light.

Mmm.

Well, I'm the heaviest, but do either of you fancy it?

'As always every member of each family will need to face one of the

'first three challenges so they need to choose who plays carefully.'

-Yeah, the thing is, I'm not great with heights, I dunno.

-OK.

-I don't mind jumping off.

-One, two, three.

-Damn it.

-So do I decide?

-What does that mean?

-What does that mean?

Right, families, if you'd like to turn round and face the front,

our first challenge, who's it going to be?

Please step forward.

And it's high-flying air hostess Natalie for the Walshes.

Against low-flying internet shopper George for the Chapmans.

And they've both been skydiving, so this is going to be good.

These two are about to take a free-fall plunge into oblivion.

George is looking nervous. Well, I'm not surprised

because that drop must look gigantic to him!

Hang on, he's not really that small, is he? Very funny!

Natalie is an air hostess

so she's a professional flyer. Will that give her the edge?

Erm, no, I can't see why that's relevant in any way.

So, challenge number one, are you ready?

-Yep.

-Yep.

Let's play!

They are both going to have to muster every ounce of bravery

when this scary music finishes

and the Reflex trigger fires.

The first player to grab the ball and place it in the container

will claim tonight's first points.

The trigger will fire at any moment, when this frightening music stops.

BANG

And off they go!

George is first to make contact with that top level.

And Natalie's just behind.

But look at George, this guy is fearless,

ripping through those sheets like a knife through butter.

And look, a proper grown-up skydiver's landing.

Natalie's enjoying the mid-flight entertainment.

Oh, look! She's uncovered three yellow balls.

Remember, the first person to get hold of one

and place it in the tube will win the game.

But this is looking good for the Chapmans.

Chris doing the old gorilla fist-pump thing to help George along.

Natalie's having some problems with her safety demonstration life vest.

She yanked the toggle too early.

And George is up on his feet and he's got four balls to choose from.

This is good.

No, it's not, he's dropped it. Come on, George.

Natalie hasn't even found a ball yet.

Maybe she's fumbling around for some in-flight headphones or something.

Meanwhile, George has got one.

No, he hasn't. He's dropped it again.

Natalie's rooting around for a ball.

There's one. Right behind you, Natalie.

This has got to be it, surely.

Is George about to score victory for the Chapmans?

No, he's not. What is going on?

But he's not giving up,

he's attempting to use an imaginary ball.

That's not going to win you a point, George.

That would never fit in the tube.

No grunty fist-pump celebrations from the Chapmans now.

But what's this?

Yeah, Natalie's finally spotted one.

Oh, but so has George.

Natalie's had a bumpy flight, but she can deliver,

because she's a...

# Air hostess... #

A lesser person would have given up, but not Natalie, because she's a...

# Air hostess... #

Come on, you can beat George and get that ball in the tube,

because you're a...

# Air hostess... #

OK, I think we get the message.

Oh, blimey, she missed.

And George has seized the moment.

He's done it!

And so has Natalie, but it's too late.

We have a win from George!

Wow.

Did I win?

Oh, yes, you did, George.

Oh, the humility is moving.

What started as a majestic free-fall tumble,

soon became a bit of a free-for-all fumble.

But George prevailed and just pipped Natalie to the post

to bag tonight's first point for the Chapmans.

-Did I win?

-Yes, George.

I don't think he can hear through that helmet.

Oh, welcome back.

Come on, Natalie, come on, George.

Aww, Natalie. Did you pick the right player?

I think...

SHANE LAUGHS

-What?

-I should have gone with my mum, I think.

-Ah, Mum should have had that.

-I'd go with experience.

George, come and give me a big hug.

Come on, look at you. Well done, buddy.

And you know what's more important,

you've not moved a hair out of place.

Well, you know, it's standard hair spray.

But let's see how that's affected our scores.

So, the shocking revelation after one game,

it's 1-0 to the Chapmans.

Well done, George.

Who's going to play the next challenge?

Oooh, have a look at this.

Standing opposite each other,

both players face a four-metre glass screen.

On hearing the Reflex trigger,

they must throw the contents of a standard paint tin towards that glass.

The first drop of paint to hit the glass will win that player a point.

Who's going to play?

Get in your huddles, have a little chat,

and I'll come and talk to you in a second.

Right, what do you reckon?

I think you.

-Mum's just putting it off until last...

-Yeah.

-Yeah, yeah, you. Oh, yeah, yeah, and you.

-And you next.

I'm sorry now if I let you down.

Don't think like that. At the end of the day, we're all here together.

You've just got to get a bit of power behind it.

Listen, with these, I get a lot of power behind it.

Those guns, man, I mean look at these guns.

Right, families, if you'd like to turn round and face the front.

Who's going to step up to the mark?

Let's find out.

-Please step forward.

-APPLAUSE

So, it's school secretary Auntie Alison

against fitness instructor and magic enthusiast Liam.

Could this be the greatest mismatch

in a paint-based, super-slow-motion televised throwing contest ever?

Alison and Liam are about to embark

on a cutting-edge modern art experiment.

The first player to chuck paint all over this beautiful blank

window canvas will win a point.

Right then, Natalie, Julie, we've got Liam up there.

Look at him, isn't he hunky up there with his tight shirt?

Listen, you could have played this.

I could have done, but Liam's muscles are slightly larger

-than mine. I mean he's got a bit more strength.

-Well, how about this?

-You've got to play the next game.

-I know.

-Ohhh.

-Ohhh.

-Listen, good luck in this one.

Right, then.

How do you feel about Alison up against Liam?

She's a bit of an underdog,

-that's why we think she's going to surprise you.

-Yeah?

Hopefully, she's got the old arms in her.

Look at the guns, the guns.

If you get this one in the bag, it's going to be 2-0, OK?

Right.

Liam, Alison...

let's play.

Ooh, look at Alison psyching him out.

Liam's not bothered about the Alison death-stare.

I would be, that's scary.

Oh, look, he appears to doing an arty performance dance routine

as a warm up.

Not sure that'll work, but, hey, let's run with it.

Alison's clearly saving her energy.

Remember, the Walshes are looking to pull a point back

after their first defeat.

Two families, two tins of paint,

one window.

This is the ultimate art-off.

It could begin at any moment.

BANG

Off they go!

Now, this is all about technique and sheer power.

I'm a bit worried about Auntie Alison's chances here.

Liam's fitness instructor background certainly gives him the edge.

Look at that.

Alison's paint is the first out of the tin.

But can Liam's extra muscle power make his fly faster?

This is art in the making.

A sublime work from Alison's late baroque purple period

juxtaposed with an emotive piece from Liam's early Renaissance

"angry" collection.

Never mind that nonsense - chuck it!

Looks like Liam may have a bit more weight behind that,

he's catching Alison up,

but don't rule her out, remember she does have the guns.

Both streams of paint seem to be on target

but whose will reach their canvas first?

Will it be Liam or Alison?

This is down to the last split-seconds.

Orange, racing to the glass, purple, slightly fading.

I can't take my eyes off this.

Here we go.

It's a win to orange.

And the Walshes are over the moon.

CHEERING SLOWED DOWN

Sounds like they're howling to the moon.

I promised them I'd do it.

Liam made a promise and he certainly delivered

and a masterpiece of paint-chuckery has pulled a point

back for the Walshes.

Slightly different mood in the Chapman camp.

At least, Alison's painting a picture with her face.

The Scream by Edvard Munch, maybe?

OK, let's not dwell on someone else's pain.

Well done, Liam.

Alison, don't apologise.

Come here.

So, I had a tenner on that.

Did you? Oh, sorry, you wasted your money, didn't you?!

I thought you had that one in the bag.

-Yeah, well, never mind.

-Well played.

APPLAUSE

Still in the game, Liam, and you did the dance at the end.

Well done, buddy.

Right, let's see how that's affected our scores.

So, unsurprisingly, it's one to the Walshes

and that brings the score to evens Stevens. Exciting.

The scores are even now. Starts to hot up now.

All right, let's have a look at challenge number three.

Inside this specially-constructed blast chamber

are five coloured plinths with everyday items on them.

Three of them will explode in very quick succession.

The players must remember the sequence

and hit the corresponding coloured buttons on the podium behind them.

First to enter the correct order will win one point for their family.

OK, right, we know who's going to play, so, Chris and Julie,

if you'd like to step forward.

So, can hypnotherapist Julie use her brain-training powers to win

a point for the Walshes?

Mobile phone salesman Chris is 19 years her junior

and a football player.

It's brain versus brawn.

So, Chris and Julie have a nervous wait because in a few moments,

three of these items will be blown into a million pieces.

And it's time to find out what's in our hi tech blast chamber tonight.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

On the yellow podium, hundreds of flying saucer sweets.

I like the sherbet in the middle.

On pink, hundreds of purple paint balls.

On red, laughing in the face of adversity,

it's that brave bear again.

On green, it's my grandparents' old cuckoo clock.

Nice to hear it's still working.

And finally on blue, it's a massive trifle.

Hang on, that's my pudding! I was saving that!

Julie and Chris don't know which three of these

are about to become history.

So, they'll need to keep their wits about them to stay focused

when these explosions go off.

And lightning reflexes to hit the coloured buttons

in the correct order.

Tense moments here.

And I think George needs the loo.

Right, keep your children and pets indoors,

there's going to be some fireworks!

BOOM! Off they go.

That made 'em jump.

They're racing to the buttons.

Hang on.

I'm lost.

GUNSHOTS

Oooh, we're going to need to watch this a little bit slower to

make some sense of it all.

Chris and Julie need to keep their eyes peeled

if they're going to spot the right order.

First to blow, the purple paintballs on pink.

Whoa, look at that.

That made them blink.

Hope they don't miss the next one, which is...

hundreds of unidentified flying sherbet-filled objects

on the yellow podium.

And finally, my pudding, which I'm extremely annoyed about, on the blue.

So will they have spotted the sequence of explosions?

First to blow were the paintballs on pink.

Then the UFOs on yellow.

And my pudding on blue.

So the sequence is pink, yellow then blue.

Sounds simple but Julie and Chris only had 0.8 seconds

to watch those explosions. That's the time it takes.

Here they go to the buttons.

And there's Chris straight in there with the pink.

Julie's close behind.

Right, next is yellow.

And look! Chris is ahead again, just blue to go.

But Julie's closing in.

Oh, this is going to be a photo-finish.

Chris is heading for the blue.

He's hit the red!

Come on, it's the blue and Julie's heading right for it.

It's victory for the Walshes!

JULIE CHEERS IN SLOW MOTION

Julie with some sort of hypnotherapist's victory cry there.

Chris has lost it.

Chris, you can stop, mate, Julie's won.

Oh, dear.

This is sad.

There's Alison's sad face again.

That's the look Chris gave when he saw his haircut for the first time.

After what looked like a multicoloured food fight,

the Walshes have taken the lead.

And I'm still upset about my pudding.

I'll see what I can scrape up later.

APPLAUSE

Aww, Chris, Chris, don't worry about it, buddy.

Oh, you were in the zone, weren't you? Well done.

-You were calm, you were collected.

-Yes.

How did you feel just before the game?

-I started to feel nervous...

-OK.

..but then I used my trusty hypnotherapy techniques.

What is that, what is this technique, then?

Breathing, because I knew if I panicked that I would get it wrong,

so I just tried to concentrate on my breathing and focused...

'Is she hypnotising Shane?

'I'm sure that's against the rules.'

'Shane? Come back.'

-And that's what helped me, I think.

-'Oh, good, he's OK.'

OK, let's check out our scores.

So, it's 2-1 to the Walshes.

Oh, fantastic news, I've just been bought a new pudding.

What are those orange things on the top?

Oh, apparently, they're called kumquats.

Now, it's time to pair up.

Not only two players

but we double up the points, this next challenge is worth two points.

Let's check out challenge number four.

Both pairs of players

will stand at the bottom of the Reflex avalanche slope.

At any given moment,

thousands of different coloured balls will be released.

Each player must catch five of their team's coloured balls

and place them in the holding container.

The first pair to collect ten balls will win two points for their family.

So, who's going to get left behind?

Who's going to pair up?

Get in to your huddles, have a little chat

and then we'll find out.

What you think? Who's confident in this one?

I personally think that me and Chris maybe should do it.

Yeah, I'm happy to go with you two, I think you'll work well as a team.

-How you doing, guys?

-Yep, we made a decision.

-Already?

-Yep.

-We got a decision already, yeah.

-That was quick, wasn't it?!

Put the hairstyles together, I think.

Do you remember the games we used to play when we were kids

in the garden, and we imagined we were going against another team?

-Yeah, yeah.

-Do you remember?

And back in the room.

So, what you guys thinking?

Well, Nat wants to redeem herself and I think, erm,

brother-sisterly love will do it.

-Any rivalry you've got to put to one side on this.

-That's it.

-Just for this one, yeah?

-Just for this one.

-That all right?

-Yeah, definitely.

-Yeah, cool.

OK, families, if you'd like to turn round and face the front.

Here we go, we've had a little chin wag about who's going to get left behind.

OK, let's find out.

Please step forward.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

All to play for, two points up for grabs.

Let's go play.

Well, Mum and Auntie have been left out of this duel.

It's little George with his cousin Chris

against Liam and his sister Natalie.

When that avalanche of multicoloured ping pong balls

cascades down the slopes, each player will have to grab five of the

correct colour and place them in the holding trays in front of them.

So, both families have favoured youth over experience.

Right, remember we are playing for two points,

that'll get you closer to the Moneyball game

for the potential win of £20,000.

Are you ready, families?

-Yep.

-Yep.

Let's play!

And here they come.

Whoa, it's raining balls.

And somehow, out of this chaos,

they have got to catch the correctly coloured balls.

And George is straight in there with his first purple.

He just needs to put it in that holding tray, and there it goes.

George has got the first ball for the Chapmans.

They need nine more between them.

But there goes Natalie with their first orange.

Straight in there!

This is looking so serene.

That isn't.

Just goes to show how mind-boggling this game is to play at full speed.

In all that chaos, the Walshes have scored another two.

But here comes George with another purple.

But there's Natalie and Liam storming ahead.

Looks like this brother-and-sister team

are working together in perfect sibling harmony.

They now have six, just four more to go.

Meanwhile, Chris has finally got one in.

Oh, but what's that?

He's put a wrong-coloured pink ball in the tray.

He'll have to lose that as it doesn't count.

Come on, guys, come on!

But with them moving so fast, it must be pretty easy to get ball-blindness.

But there goes George.

It's 6-4, but Chris still hasn't seen that pink one. Come on, Chris!

Oh, no, he's caught another illegal pink!

Synchronised catching from the siblings there.

They're really rather good at this, aren't they?

The Walshes on seven.

They just need three more to win the game.

But here come the Chapmans.

Chris has actually spotted those pink ones and replaced them

with a purple and there's George. Just two behind now.

This is feeling better. Come on, the Chapmans!

But there's Liam with number nine!

Oh, no, Chris has bagged another illegal pink, what's going on?

Can the Chapmans come back at the 11th hour?

No, they can't. There's Natalie.

The Walshes have won again!

I haven't seen scenes of jubilation like that since they won...

er, the last game.

Understated, isn't she?

And the Chapmans showing us their now-familiar dejected faces.

Hey, well done.

-Come on!

-Yes, yes.

You send them out to do a job and...

Oh, useless, boys, useless.

Your gaming, I thought you were going to be quick with your hands?

I was, I got mine in pretty good...

-Oh, you blaming him now, are you?

-Yeah.

Well, listen, give a big round of applause to the Chapmans.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Give it there, buddy.

Just to let you know, you filled your tray first.

-I did?

-Yes, you did.

-Yeah, there we go.

-Yes.

Well, I think I did fill mine first but then one jumped out.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Well, let's see how that's affected our scores!

The Walshes are on a serious roll here.

It's 4-1, but it's not too late for the Chapmans.

So, we've reached a climax in tonight's battle of the families,

but there is still everything to play for as the families

face each other in the ultimate reaction showdown.

Please welcome the families.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Come on.

OK, now, we've all done the individual challenges,

we've doubled up,

and now, you're going to be playing as a family, OK?

We've crashed, we've blown up stuff, now, this is the mental challenge.

In front of you is a screen.

You're going to see a series of questions,

you're going to answer those questions as quickly as you can.

This really is about quick reaction, this is reflex.

The first one to ten in this game

will go through to our endgame, which is the Moneyball,

where you could potentially win £20,000.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

So the families will be asked a question

and presented with a series of answers.

The instant they see the correct one, they must race to the button.

The player with the quickest reactions

will score a point for their family.

But if they react to an incorrect answer,

they'll hand a point over to the opposition.

First family to ten points

books themselves a place in tonight's final.

I'm going to ask you the first question.

Push your button when the wrong number appears

in the numerical sequence.

Good luck, families. Let's play!

So they are looking for the incorrect number in the sequence.

It sounds easy but it's all about getting to that button first.

Oh, no!

Alison went too early, she's given the first point to the Walshes.

It's five to the Walshes and one to the Chapmans.

It's OK, it's OK. It's still early in the day, all right?

Remember, you're looking for the number out of sequence.

Let's play on.

Still looking for that incorrect number.

Oh, George has seen it.

But so has Natalie.

Oh, first off the mark there was George!

Gets the point back!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Youngest player with the quickest reaction.

We're on question number two.

Push the button when it's 7 o'clock, let's play.

So, simply when it's 7 o'clock.

That's not 7 o'clock.

Julie has handed a point to the Chapmans.

It's now three to the Chapmans and five to the Walshes.

Is this the beginning of a comeback?

Remember, push the button when it's 7 o'clock.

Play on!

So, 7 o'clock. Please, no more flinching!

And there it is, and there goes Liam.

Here comes Alison.

Oh, she's done it.

But Liam's still hanging.

A brilliant leapfrog manoeuvre from Alison makes up for her

earlier flinch and gives the Chapmans another point.

Here we go, this is question number three.

Push the button when you see a cat in a hat.

Let's play.

A cat in a hat.

I put a request in for a pig in a wig. Maybe next time?

Oh, that's a cat but no hat, Alison's misfired again.

Sadly, you've passed a point over to the other team.

That's six to the Walshes.

APPLAUSE

OK, still looking for a cat in a hat.

Let's play.

First off the mark there was George!

Well done, George, good boy.

George, you're the backbone of this family right now, buddy.

So, that's five to the Chapmans and six to the Walshes.

Don't forget, it's the first one to ten will go through to

the Moneyball game and potentially win £20,000.

Question number four, push the button

when the word is spelt correctly.

So, it's when the word is spelt correctly.

Oh, I've worked it out.

I'll give you a clue, it goes really well with chips.

That's not a word.

Even little George is flinching now.

If they keep this up, they'll be handing victory to the Walshes.

So that means the Walshes are now with seven.

Trailing behind with five are the Chapmans.

We're still playing this, when the word is spelt correctly.

Right, play on.

First off the mark there, Chris!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

That's Chris, finally, they earn a point, not give it away.

Push the button when the dots on the domino add up to seven.

Let's play.

Looking for seven dots on the domino.

Oh, he's off the mark, Liam!

Come on.

Welcome to the game, buddy,

I thought you were falling asleep there, mate.

Playing it cool, Shane, playing it cool.

Right, it's eight to the Walshes and six to the Chapmans.

Question number six,

push the button when both playing cards are identical.

Let's play.

It's like an elaborate game of snap.

In fact, it is a game of snap,

and I've just been told it's not elaborate.

It's Liam again.

Two in a row, this guy's on fire!

This could be it. It's match point at 9-6.

If the Walshes get this right, they'll be going into tonight's final

and the Chapmans will be leaving with nothing.

Question number seven.

Push the button when the first and last letters of the word

are the same.

Good luck, families.

Let's play.

So, we're looking for when the first and last letter are the same.

Oh, dweeb.

Almost a trick question, easy to confuse D and B.

You've given a point away, it's now seven to the Chapmans.

Still trailing behind by two, though, and the Walshes still on nine.

This is tense.

Play on.

The Chapmans live to fight another day,

second match point to the Walshes.

And the Walshes have spotted it.

Oh, that's Alison. It's now 8-9.

The Walshes are in touching distance of tonight's final.

Question number eight.

Push your button when the coins add up to £3.60.

Let's play.

If the Walshes can add up to £3.60 first,

they'll be going through to the final.

It's now their third match point.

And the Walshes react quickest again.

Oh, that's Chris. This is amazing, it's 9-9.

Liam's still waiting for the penny to drop

but Natalie and Julie look devastated.

After three match points,

they're on the brink of squandering that massive lead.

What a fight-back.

Wow!

Right, this really is now the last question.

It's nine to the Chapmans and nine to the Walshes.

This is a real expensive question.

It all comes down to this.

In a few moments, one of these families

will be going into tonight's final,

and one will be leaving the competition.

Push the button when you see the wrong day of the week.

Let's play!

The first person to spot the wrong day of the week

will put their family into tonight's final, Moneyball.

George, he's done it.

What a comeback, what a team!

What a hairdo.

And little George has proven that he truly is the Lord of the Chapmans.

This is heart-breaking for the Walshes.

Natalie was only 0.03 seconds behind George!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Georgie! Come here, mate.

Well done.

Do you know a split second behind George on that question

-was you, Natalie?

-I knew it.

-A split-second.

Listen, thank you so much and my love to the rest of the family.

Ladies and gentlemen, the Walshes. Thank you, guys.

APPLAUSE

They put in a magical performance all night.

I thought they had it in the bag but it was all just an illusion.

Nevertheless, well done to the Walshes.

APPLAUSE

Well, you're here, you made it.

How close was that last game?

But this is going to be very different now.

This is the Moneyball game,

potentially the chance to go home with £20,000.

-Do you want to see what the game's like?

-Yeah.

This is Moneyball.

One player from tonight's fastest family

will stand on a three-metre-tall podium.

Facing them are three high-speed cannons.

In the green phase,

15 high-impact balls are randomly fired towards them.

The player must make contact with as many of them as possible,

scoring a point for each.

Next is the red phase.

This time, they need to avoid them as every one that makes contact

subtracts a point.

If at the end of both phases any green points remain,

the family wins £10,000

and the chance to double their money.

So, that's the Moneyball game.

One of you is going to step up to the mark.

That's a big decision, a decision only you can make as a family,

so what do you reckon?

Well, so far we've had one hero tonight, haven't we,

so, erm, are you happy to do it?

I'm happy to do it, but if you wanted to go up there

-and do it, then...

-Nah, I think you're all right, mate.

-You sure?

Really? So far, you've not messed your hair up tonight either.

No, every time you've touched it, it's not moved.

A decision has got to be made.

I'm in.

Let's hear it for George!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

-All right, mate?

-Yeah.

Listen, buddy, go and be a hero, OK?

We'll see you on the other side. Let's hear it for George!

He's been a giant for the Chapmans all night

but can he take one giant step when it really counts?

-Come on, Georgie boy!

-George!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

No pressure, no pressure.

George, you are now in the cross-hairs of three high-speed cannons, OK?

15 green balls are going to be fired in your direction.

It's up to you to try and touch as many as you can.

It doesn't matter what part of the body they hit,

that will count as a point, OK?

Now, should you fall off the podium,

then, sadly, we will have to deduct one of those points.

How you feeling?

Er, nervous, but I'm feeling good, I'm feeling confident.

Good luck, buddy. This is phase one.

Let's play Moneyball!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

So, being small might be a disadvantage

in this first phase of the game.

In a few moments, 15 green balls will be hurtling towards George

at 70kph from any direction.

Here goes and he punches that one with ease.

Where's the next one coming from?

Here it is.

And he doesn't even react.

Next shot.

A comfortable hand and chin stroke.

A strong start from the keen football player.

He just got a thumb to that one.

This is a great start from George, though.

Here come two, nerves of steel required now.

Amazing reactions.

George is known for his sheer speed on the football field.

Looks like he's deploying some of those skills now.

This one's travelling very straight and heading right for...

his head.

Ohhh!

He brings all the qualities of a defensive wall

at a Champions League final.

A very...small wall.

Ahh, oh!

That nearly knocked his head off.

Back to the game.

His helmet's on backwards and his chinstrap's nearly over his eyes,

but that doesn't stop George.

Hope he can focus, here comes another one.

Looks like he can't. Come on, George!

Oh, dear, I think that free kick in the face

has knocked the wind out of his sails.

He needs to put that behind him, though,

reaching the halfway point now.

Here come two!

What can he do here?

Slaps one down.

Oh, I don't know if he got anything on that second one.

Good recovery.

Whoa, he might have just got his elbow to that.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

They think it's all over? Is it?

No, there's the final surprise.

Not even that can sneak past him.

Well done, George.

I don't know how many he got but we're about to find out.

George, well played, mate.

Well, phase one of Moneyball...

..and you scored...

..ten points!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Oh, Auntie Alison with a winning fist-pump.

And there's George with a classic rework of the Peter Crouch robot.

So, confirmation of George's ten strikes there.

Apart from that nasty blow to the bonce,

George did pretty well with his hands

but how good will he be at avoiding these balls?

All right, buddy, that's a great score.

Now, this is phase two.

For every red ball that makes contact with you,

we deduct one of your green points.

If you are hit by ten or more, it's the end of the game

and you go home with nothing.

But if you've got at least one green point at the end of this game,

you have £10,000.

Same as before, if you fall off the podium,

we've got to deduct one of those green points.

Now, listen, they're really proud of you and I know in the studio,

everyone's rooting for you, is that right?

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

15 red balls, mate.

Just don't let them touch you.

Whoo, let's play!

This is it.

George just needs to avoid ten or more balls.

Oh, no, first strike, right on the shoulder.

And another. Oh, no, he's off.

That lost him a point.

George isn't having a good start. £20,000 hanging in the balance here.

Just caught him off guard.

He's back up and needs to keep his cool.

He can still do this, but he doesn't look very confident.

Oh, no. The red projectiles are getting the better of him.

Come on, George!

Here come two!

Oh, that got him.

But he's dodged the second one.

He's got to up his game now.

Oh, that's good.

Here goes. Being small is starting to pay dividends.

Come on, George. Yes, come on, George.

Chris and Alison right behind him.

Wow, could George be staging an incredible comeback?

And that is a joy to watch.

I don't know where he suddenly found this ball-dodging skill from

but who cares?

I've lost count,

but surely things must be looking pretty hopeful for the Chapmans.

Oh, that got him.

He's curling up into a defensive ball.

Haven't seen that technique before but it's working so far.

Oh, that's heading right for him.

What? How did he avoid that?

Not many to go now, almost at the finale.

And here's two.

Now, that just defies belief.

Maybe he was rubbish at the start to trick us. He had me fooled!

And he just rounds off the impeccable display of ball-dodgery

with that effort!

APPLAUSE

I don't know if he's done it

but Chris and Alison seem to think he has!

Is that it?

'Yes, it is, George.

'He still can't hear through that helmet.'

Well done, George, come here, mate.

Ah, mate, you played a blinder up there, by the way.

-Thank you.

-You were excellent, really good.

Right, phase one, you got ten points, OK?

Phase two...

..you got seven.

You got £10,000, yeah!

-Yes, get in there.

-Wow!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well done, mate.

And there it is, George was hit six times

and fell off the podium costing him one point.

He's just bagged the Chapmans £10,000.

£10,000!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

But is the night over right now or do we carry on?

You can go back up there and we will fire one golden ball

in your direction.

Should you make contact with that one ball,

that 10,000 will become £20,000.

Standing in the crosshairs one last time,

George will face one golden ball, but this time it's different -

he'll have to take a leap of faith to make contact.

In doing so, he could double his winnings,

but if he misses the golden ball, the Chapmans will leave with nothing.

You can walk away with 10,000

or do you want to gamble for 20?

What do you want to do?

It's up to you guys.

I personally am happy with what I've done.

-You happy with what you've done?

-I'm so proud with what you've done.

Some of the balls, I've missed.

If that's the same as the gold one...

Mate, seeing you up there was just phenomenal.

You've done fantastically.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

What you doing, George?

Erm, we're going to...

take the money.

Yes!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

We've got a winner!

So congratulations to the Chapmans,

they go back to the Shire £10,000 richer.

One family to rule them all.

We have got a real-life superhero here.

He took the challenge and it paid off.

£10,000 for him and his family.

What'll happen next time on Reflex, who knows?

But, hopefully, we'll see you then. Take care, everybody. Bye-bye!