Episode 16 The Boss

APPLAUSE

Hello, and welcome to The Boss,

the show where being in charge is the name of the game.

Our players will all be trying to become The Boss,

and get their hands on the prize fund.

Let's meet today's players.

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I'm Grace. I'm a programmes manager from Leighton Buzzard.

I'm Neil. I'm an IT contractor from Sunderland.

I'm Anna, an accountant from Chiswick.

I'm Dom, a medical student from London.

And I'm Dennis, a health club manager from Manchester.

APPLAUSE

OK, the way the game works is simple.

Each of you has an equal chance to become The Boss

and being The Boss means you get to manage the workforce as best you can

to increase the prize fund.

But if anyone feels that they can do better

and wants to knock The Boss out of the game,

they can launch a leadership challenge.

Only by surviving until the end of the show

can you walk away with the cash.

It's a bit like a Russian spy novel that's all subterfuge and tactics,

just without the furry hats.

This is just my hair. LAUGHTER

So we need our first Boss of the show.

To decide who that is, we're going to see what you're made of.

You'll face 90 seconds of quickfire questions.

The person who answers the most correctly

will have a very important decision to make.

Let's find out who's first to rise to the top.

Let's find out who's Boss.

APPLAUSE

Fingers on buzzers, start the clock.

-Dom?

-Thursday.

Incorrect. It's Wednesday.

-Anna?

-Five.

Correct.

-Grace?

-Hadid.

Correct.

-Dennis.

-Miley Cyrus.

Correct.

-Neil?

-Copper.

..metal? Copper, correct.

-Neil?

-Pep Guardiola.

Correct.

-Anna.

-PG.

No, it's universal.

-Dennis?

-Dennis the Menace.

Correct! LAUGHTER

-Dennis?

-Ireland.

Correct.

-Dennis.

-Red Dwarf.

Correct.

-Anna?

-Cow.

..and Jersey? Cow. Correct.

-Dennis.

-Gianni Versace?

No, it was Coco Chanel.

HOOTER Oh, out of time there.

Let's take a look at the scores.

And I can tell you the winner of that round was...

Dennis. Well done, Dennis.

APPLAUSE

You even got the question Dennis the Menace, Dennis.

LAUGHTER Who knew that was going to happen?

It means, Dennis, you've proven yourself early on

and you have a decision to make.

Do you want to be the first Boss today,

or are you going to bide your time and promote someone else?

Dennis, what do you want to do?

I'll be the first Boss.

Dennis, you are the first Boss today.

Come and join me in the Boss's Office.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Welcome to the Boss's Office.

A bit empty just now, but you can furnish it how you like,

with some beanbags, a chaise longue, maybe a large television.

-Quite a good view though, isn't it, of your workforce?

-Yeah, delightful.

Anyone down there a particular threat to you?

Dom's going to be a quiet little one.

And I'm not too sure about Neil.

Well, they're a threat, but they might also be quite helpful.

Just remind me, what do you do in your job, Dennis?

I manage a health and fitness club.

It's a community run baths in Manchester.

Wow. So you're in charge of people?

-You are a boss?

-Yes, I manage 12 people.

12 people. This should be easy for you.

There's just four of them down there.

What kind of boss are you, Dennis? Are you firm? Fair?

Genial? Harsh?

I think I'm... I can tell people off when I need to.

I think I'm good at managing people.

I can usually figure out strengths and weaknesses, I think.

OK. Well, you've taken the decision to be the first Boss today,

and to have the chance to take away the cash at the end of the show,

all you need to do is still be right here in the Boss's Office.

You'll now face your Boss's Questions.

The better YOU do, the more you could win.

You'll have five to answer,

and for every one you get right,

you'll move up one place on the money ladder.

Get one wrong, though, and you move back down one place.

Play well, and you could all be playing for £100 a question.

A tough round, though, will see you playing for just £10.

Let's see how much of a Boss you are with your Boss's Questions.

Here's your first question.

I went to a conference on motivation

and this was the song that was playing constantly.

A conference on motivation?

Now I'm struggling with the name.

I'm going to have to guess, I think.

Yep, give me a guess, then.

John Legend.

John Legend, is that the right answer?

Pharrell Williams.

Yeah, rings a bell but I would never have got that.

Let's see the next question.

If I'm not mistaken, it is seaweed.

Seaweed?

Is seaweed the right answer?

It is the right answer. APPLAUSE

Well done, Dennis.

Brilliant, brilliant.

£30.

Get the next one right, and you're up to £50.

Get it wrong, and it's back down to the bottom of the money ladder.

Let's see the next question.

My wife's going to kill me.

LAUGHTER

I used to watch this religiously and I do not watch it any more.

I know some of the...actors that are in it at the moment.

And I know obviously one famous one in there,

I think he runs the Queen Vic now,

so I'm going to go Danny Dyer.

Danny Dyer.

Is Danny Dyer the right answer?

-It is the right answer, Dennis. Well done.

-Get in! Get in!

-APPLAUSE

-It's the only one I knew.

"COCKNEY" ACCENT: All right, I'm Danny Dyer. Danny Dyer.

That's my Danny Dyer impersonation. You're very welcome there.

-It's very good.

-£50 on the money ladder.

Get the next one right, and it's up to £70.

Get it wrong, though, and you're back down to 30. Next question.

Yes, I think I'm OK with that one.

-OK.

-I think it's got to be Spain.

-Spain.

-Spanish Armada.

-Is Spain the right answer?

Bang on the money there. Well done, Dennis.

APPLAUSE

You're up to £70.

This is your last question.

Get this right and you'll be right at the top,

playing for £100 a question.

Get it wrong, though, and it's back down to £50.

Let's see the last question.

I know this. And I watched it when it was on at the Olympics.

It's cycling.

Cycling. Is cycling the right answer?

It is the correct answer.

Well done, Dennis. APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

-Really well done.

-Thank you.

You've done your bit by setting the value of the questions

at £100 each. Now, can they do theirs?

Let's play your team questions.

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Two minutes on the clock. Let's play.

I'll go with Grace.

Mary Poppins.

Correct.

Neil.

Southpaw.

Correct.

Grace?

Bank of England.

Correct.

Grace.

The Good Wife.

It's Veep.

Grace.

Mr Tickle?

Correct.

Grace.

Noah.

No, it was Oliver.

Anna.

Tulip?

Correct.

Grace.

Little Monsters.

Correct.

-Neil.

-Julius Caesar.

Correct.

Grace.

Rice.

Correct answer.

HOOTER

Oh, there's no time for another one.

Well done, Dennis.

Tell me,

how do you think your team performed there?

Yeah, I think they did very well.

I didn't get a lot of chance to ask Dom too many

but...I didn't think there were too many up his street.

-Right.

-Yeah, no, I think they did very well.

I can tell you now you went most of all to Grace in that round.

At some point, it felt like a dialogue between the two of you,

I'll be very honest with you. LAUGHTER

But was that the right thing to do?

Who were the best players in that round? Let's have a look.

Oof.

Anna and Neil on eight, Dom on six, Grace on seven.

And you went to Anna only once.

Feeling slightly neglected by your Boss?

Slightly.

I think I got most of the questions right there

so I don't know why...he kept going along to Grace.

But, you know, next round.

Next round. Something to prove.

Dom?

Mm.

LAUGHTER

Not much to say there.

-Room for improvement, I think.

-Room for improvement.

Well, you were playing for £100 a question,

so if we'd had a perfect round,

you would have added £1,000 to the prize fund.

In fact, you actually added £800 to the prize fund, Dennis.

That's not bad at all!

APPLAUSE

But now we come to the hard part,

as right now somebody is going to be leaving the show.

It's over to you down there.

Do you think Dennis is good enough to be The Boss,

or is it now time for you to take control?

Have you got the courage?

If so, you can now lock in a Leadership Challenge but remember,

if no-one is brave enough,

Dennis, as The Boss, is going to choose two of you

to come up to the Boss's Office to fight it out for survival.

If you dare to defy, challenge now.

AUDIENCE SHOUTING

OK, Dennis. Do you think anyone's going to take you on?

I reckon Neil might.

LAUGHTER

-I'm sure one of them might.

-One of them's going to turn round.

If I was going to put money on it,

-it would probably be on Neil, I think.

-Neil? OK.

Well, let's see if anyone has dared to take you on.

No-one! No-one, Dennis!

LOUD BOOING No-one has taken...

Oh, the audience not happy about that decision in the slightest.

LAUGHTER

No-one has challenged you, Dennis.

Let me just check something.

Dom, did you not think you might have a wee pop at Dennis up here

in the Boss's Office?

No, not just yet. I thought he had quite a good first round

so I thought I'd leave him be for the time being.

Oh, they're all very nice to you.

Grace?

I think I probably should have done, seeing as he asked me

pretty much all the questions, but I'll let him go for another one.

Dennis, no-one has challenged,

and that leaves you in a very powerful position.

You now get to choose two people to come up here

and fight it out for survival.

The winner stays on, loser goes home.

Who are you going to call up to the Boss's Office, and why, Dennis?

I'm going to call up Dom.

He got the fewest answers correct in the previous round.

-OK.

-And then it's a tough one,

but I'm going to be fair and I'm going to go with the person

who got the least right as well, which is Grace.

Grace and Dom, please come up to the Boss's Office.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

I feel like I'm in a youth club, I'll be honest with you.

You're so young and hopeful and lovely, the two of you.

But, Grace, you said there

you thought you maybe should have challenged?

Yeah, I feel like I should have but...

-here I am.

-Cos you're up here anyway now, you're up here anyway.

-I know, I know.

-And, Dom, you were chosen

because you had the lowest score.

Do you think people are just underestimating you a little bit,

-Dom?

-I reckon so. A slow starter but...

I think there's a lot more to come.

You're such a wee sausage sandwich. Such a wee darling.

LAUGHTER

Grace, Dom, to stay in the show,

you need to win this challenge.

You're going to see a series of puzzles.

Buzz in with the correct answer, and you win a point.

Buzz in with an incorrect answer

and I have to pass it over to your opponent.

Best of three wins, loser goes home.

Your challenge today is...

I'm going to show you two pictures.

You just need to tell me what word connects the two.

Here's an example for you.

The answer would be flush,

because you've got there a royal flush,

and you flush the toilet.

If you have manners!

LAUGHTER

To save your place on the show,

here is your first question.

What word connects these two pictures?

-Dom?

-Strike.

Strike. Is that the right answer?

It is the right answer, Dom.

APPLAUSE Well done.

You can get a strike in bowling, and you can also strike a match.

A point to you, Dom. Get this right and you stay on the show.

Grace, you need to get this right to have a chance

of staying on the show. What connects these two?

-Grace?

-The A Team.

The A Team. Is that right?

It is right! It IS right. APPLAUSE

BA Barakas was on The A-Team,

and Ed Sheeran had a song called The A Team.

OK, it's sudden death, now.

One point each. Whoever wins the next puzzle stays on the show.

Loser goes home. What connects these two?

-Grace?

-Wax.

-You're saying it's wax.

Is wax the right answer?

It IS the right answer, Grace. Well done.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well done. She was just slightly quicker on that last question

than you, Dom. Grace, well done.

You're off to join the workers again. Dom, you're going home.

It's time to clock off. Thanks for being on the show, Dom. Well done.

APPLAUSE

Dennis, that was quite a tough round.

You chose Grace. Do you think you've riled her slightly?

I probably have,

but hopefully she's still in my good books from the first round,

-I'm hoping.

-We can't see her face but I doubt it.

-Yeah...

LAUGHTER

Once again, we need to see how high you can set the bar as The Boss.

Again, you're going to face five Boss's Questions.

This time, a good round could see you playing for £200 a question.

That's a massive amount of money.

A weak round means just £10 into the prize fund per correct answer.

Let's see how much of a Boss you are with your Boss's Questions.

APPLAUSE

Here's your first question.

Oh, my little stepdaughter used to sing to this all the time.

Was it played at the same motivational conference?

-LAUGHTER

-It wasn't, no.

This was sung randomly around my house.

-Bass.

-Is it All About That Bass?

It IS All About That Bass.

APPLAUSE

No treble.

£30 on the money ladder.

Get the next one right and you're up to £50.

Get it wrong and it's back down to ten. Let's see the next question.

-I like my sports.

-Yes.

-But it's not something I've ever played.

I know it's not that many. I know it's either two, three or four.

It's one of those. One of those. I am thinking that it is...

-three.

-Is it three?

It is three. Well done, Dennis.

APPLAUSE

Well done. £50 on the money ladder.

Get the next one right and it's up to £100.

Next question.

I think that's a relatively easy one, isn't it? I think.

I think it's called a Bar Mitzvah.

Bar Mitzvah.

Is that the correct answer?

It is the right answer, Dennis. Well done.

APPLAUSE You're at £100 on the money ladder.

Get the next one right and it's right to the top,

and £200 per question. Get it wrong and we drop down to £50.

Let's see the next question.

-I think I know this.

-Yes?

-I'm sure it's Ceefax.

-Ceefax.

-I think it's Ceefax.

Is it Ceefax?

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE It is Ceefax. Well done, Dennis.

This is your last question, Dennis.

Get this right, and you stay at the top of the money ladder.

Get it wrong and you drop back down to 100.

Last question.

I know a few Roald Dahl books,

but I can't remember any that have...been remade lately.

I'm going to rule out Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.

I don't know about Matilda,

but I can't see how it would be Matilda,

and that's only been done recently, I think.

I think that it is...

I'll go with The BFG.

The BFG.

Is that the right answer?

It's only the right answer, Dennis! Well done.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

You are a prime example of someone who knows a lot,

and then is able to guess quite a lot of answers very well, Dennis.

It's a lovely combination.

You've done your bit,

by setting the value of the questions at £200 each.

Perfect, perfect round.

Now, can they do theirs?

Let's play your team questions.

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OK, another two minutes on the clock. Let's play.

Anna?

Grape.

Correct.

Anna.

X-Files.

Correct.

Anna.

Ready to wear.

Correct.

Anna.

Annie Lennox?

No, it's Maggie Smith.

-Neil.

-Sauna.

Correct.

-Grace.

-Kelly Clarkson.

Correct.

-Neil.

-Grange Hill.

Correct.

Grace.

The Terminator?

No, Total Recall.

-Neil.

-Deep sea diver.

Correct.

-Anna.

-Arc de Triomphe.

That's the correct answer. HOOTER

Well done. Oh, no more time for another question.

How did you do this time, Dennis?

I think we shared the wealth on that round.

I think they all did really well.

Only a couple of wrong answers there.

You have quite an interesting tactic, Dennis, if I may be so bold.

You ask lots of questions to one person

until they get it wrong and then you move on.

LAUGHTER

I can tell you in that round you went to Anna the most,

but was that the right thing to do?

Who were the best players?

Oh!

Neil!

And you only went to Neil three times in that round,

and he got the most right.

Hey, Neil, how are you doing down there?

I'm doing all right, I got all those correct.

Do you think maybe Dennis should be coming to you more often?

Er, possibly.

He's being very, very circumspect down there. He really is.

-Yeah, he's done well.

-Well, you were playing for £200 a question,

so if we'd played a perfect round, you would've added £2,000

to the prize fund.

In fact, you actually added...

£1,600 to the prize fund,

which means the total prize fund currently stands at...

£2,400!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That's really good!

But now we come to the hard part,

as right now, somebody is going to be leaving the show.

It is over to you, down there, on the dusty shop floor.

Do you think Dennis is a worthy Boss?

Do you think he's neglecting you a little bit,

now he's tasted the high life?

Is it now time for you to take control?

If so, you can now lock in a Leadership Challenge.

But remember, if no-one is brave enough,

The Boss is going to choose two of you to fight it out for survival.

Do you remember what happened to Dom?

LAUGHTER

If you dare to defy, challenge now.

AUDIENCE SHOUTING

OK, Dennis, everyone has had a chance to challenge you.

Anyone you fear turning round, Dennis?

Anyone you'd think, "Oh, no, I don't want to play them"?

I think they're all strong in different areas.

Obviously Neil got all right in the last round so...

-Yeah.

-Yeah, he'd obviously be a tough opponent.

Well, let's see, Dennis, if anyone wants to take you on.

LAUGHTER

Oh-ho-ho-ho!

APPLAUSE

It was like the Supremes turning around, there.

This could actually be the Eurovision Song contest entry

next year. All three of you have turned round.

Grace, why have you challenged?

I think I am perceived as the weakest one, so I'm going for it.

Neil, why have you challenged?

I'm getting a bit of cramp in my right leg standing.

LAUGHTER

-It's a comfort thing!

-I could do with a walk up them steps.

-Oh, OK.

Anna, why have you challenged?

Cos I think that Dennis kept picking on me in that last round,

and I thought, well, I should be up there, picking on someone else.

Well, Dennis, all three of your workforce have challenged you,

and you now get a chance to choose who you want to come up here

to play to defend your position.

I am going to choose...

-Anna.

-AUDIENCE GASPS

Tell me why you're choosing Anna.

Because I think out of all three of them that turned round,

I was most miffed at Anna turning round.

LAUGHTER

Anna, Dennis has chosen you.

Please come up and join me in the Boss's Office. Come on up, Anna.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Anna, how do you feel about Dennis choosing you?

Well...he picked me every question in the last round, didn't he?

-I'm not surprised, to be honest, I'm not surprised at all.

-OK.

Are you intimidated by Anna?

Do you think you can beat her in this round?

I don't know, I'm not sure.

I'm certainly going to give it a go, though.

He turns all nice now you're up here, he's like, "I don't know,

"we'll see what happens." Well, Dennis and Anna,

you need to win this challenge to keep your place on the show.

You're both going to play some puzzles.

Buzz in with the correct answer and you get a point.

Buzz in with an incorrect answer,

and I have to pass it over to your opponent straight away.

Best of three wins, loser goes home.

Your challenge game is...

You'll see a keyword,

and each letter has a different coloured box associated with it.

You'll then see some new coloured boxes,

and you need to match the colours to the letters of the keyword,

to give me the answer.

If the keyword was Goblins,

and the coloured boxes appeared like this,

the answer would be...

Oils.

To save your place on the show, let's play Colour Coded.

Here is your keyword,

match the letters to the coloured boxes.

-Anna.

-Seal.

Seal, is that the right answer?

It is the right answer. APPLAUSE

Well done, Anna. Well done. You have a point, Anna.

If you get the next one right, you are The Boss.

Dennis, you need to get this right to stay on the show.

Here is your next keyword.

Garment.

Match the letters to the coloured boxes.

-Dennis.

-Term.

Is it term?

It is term, well done. APPLAUSE

One point each, it is now sudden death.

Whoever gets the next puzzle right becomes The Boss, stays on the show.

Let's see the keyword.

Fidgety.

Match the letters to the boxes.

-Anna.

-Diet.

-Diet, is that the right answer?

It is the right answer!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Anna, oh-ho-ho-ho!

Dennis, she was just marginally quicker on the buzzer there, Dennis.

Did you know that was the right answer?

-No, I was miles away.

-Oh, Anna, my goodness, you challenged,

you were chosen, you came up here.

Dennis, it's been lovely, but Anna has officially beaten The Boss.

-Time for you to clock off, Dennis. Lovely to see you.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

Anna, Dennis has been here for two rounds, now you're here.

-You happy?

-Dennis was very good at the Boss's Questions

so I've got a lot to live up to here, but I will do my best.

You're left with two minions on your floor.

-How are you going to manage them, Anna?

-Going to work them very hard.

-Are you?

-Oh, yes.

Well, Anna, you are now The Boss,

and we need to see how high you can set the bar as The Boss.

You'll face five Boss's Questions.

For every one you get right,

you move up one place on the money ladder.

Get it wrong and you move down one place.

A good round could see you all playing for £300 a question.

But a shocker of a round will see you playing for just £10

per correct answer into the prize fund.

Let's see how much of a Boss you are, with your Boss's Questions.

APPLAUSE

OK, Anna, here is your first question.

I'm guessing it's a World War II plane, but I don't even know.

The Spruce...

..Rocket.

The Spruce Rocket. Is Rocket the right answer?

No, it was the Spruce Goose.

It was Howard Hughes, notorious, he was notoriously private.

-That was his plane, called The Spruce Goose.

-Oh.

OK, next question, we can get you up to £50 on the money ladder,

let's see the next question.

I do know the answer to this.

-Yes.

-I know the formula,

-it's NACL...

-SHE CHUCKLES

LAUGHTER

..and it is called salt.

-Salt.

-Yes.

Is the answer salt?

It is the right answer, well done, Anna.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Typical accountant, trying to blind me with numbers, there.

Next question.

-I'm a member of the National Trust.

-So am I.

-Oh!

I'm fairly sure it's an oak tree.

Is the answer oak?

It is the right answer, Anna, well done.

APPLAUSE Well done.

You're at £100 on the money ladder.

Get the next one right and we're right up to £150.

Let's see the next question.

-You can probably tell...

-That is a face full of pain, Anna.

-You can tell by my face...

-A face full of pain.

-I really don't know.

-I really can't.

-I'm going to have to pass, I'm sorry, guys.

-Passing on that one. Tell me what the answer is.

-Oh...

This is your last question,

you need to get this right to be playing for £100 a question, Anna,

OK? Get it wrong, and it's down to £10.

No!

Er... Michael, Marlon, Jackie, Jermaine and somebody else Jackson.

-No?

-Denzel.

-Denzel.

LAUGHTER

Is the missing Jackson Denzel Jackson?

LAUGHTER

It was Tito Jackson.

-OK.

-None of us will ever know...

LAUGHTER ..what happened to Denzel Jackson,

the missing Jackson brother.

Anna, I am going to be quite honest with you here.

That was not the best round for you.

But let's hope your team don't let you down in the team game.

The better you manage them, the more you can earn.

You've done your bit by setting the value of the questions at £10 each.

SHE LAUGHS Can they do theirs?

Let's play your team questions.

APPLAUSE

OK, another two minutes on the clock, let's play.

Grace.

Oasis.

No, it was Beady Eye.

-Neil.

-Wakeboarding.

No, it was skateboarding.

-Neil.

-Johnson.

Correct.

-Neil.

-Call The Midwife.

Correct.

-Grace.

-Duffy.

Correct.

Neil.

I've put '90s, but I think it's wrong.

Yeah, it was 1970s.

-Neil.

-Hector.

No, it was Odysseus.

-Neil.

-Roquefort.

Correct.

-Grace.

-Bon Iver.

Correct.

Grace.

Spam?

Correct.

-Neil.

-Winston Churchill.

It's the correct answer, well done. HOOTER

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

OK, Anna, it was your first time in charge of your workforce,

-how do you think they did for you?

-Well, mostly they...did OK.

I think Neil wasn't on as good a form as he normally is.

Oh, I think maybe his shoulders went down a little bit there.

LAUGHTER HE CHUCKLES

We need to buck you up, Neil.

We need to do some motivational conferences.

LAUGHTER I can tell you now, in that round,

Anna, you went to Neil the most,

but was that the right thing to do?

Who was actually the best player?

It was Neil.

You were playing for £10 a question

so if we'd played a perfect round,

you would've added £110 to the prize fund.

In fact you actually added £70 to the prize fund,

so the total prize fund now stands at £2,470!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Not bad!

But now we come to the hard part as, right now,

somebody is going to be leaving the show.

It's over to you, down there.

It's your last chance to challenge The Boss,

and knock her out of the game.

Remember, if neither of you challenge,

the two of you are coming up here anyway,

to fight it out for survival,

and Anna'll go straight through to The Final.

If you dare to defy, challenge now.

AUDIENCE SHOUTING

OK, Anna, they both had the chance to challenge you.

Do you think anyone's going to turn around?

Well, I don't think I performed brilliantly in the last round,

-so I think they'll... Probably both.

-Both of them?

-Mmm...

Let's see if either of them wants to take on you.

Oh!

There he is!

APPLAUSE

Neil, you've challenged.

Tell me why.

Because on the Boss's Questions, I got all of her questions right.

Neil, come on and join me up in the Boss's Office.

Come on up, Neil.

APPLAUSE

Neil, welcome to the Boss's Office.

Do you think you can take Anna on, though, in these puzzles?

-Yeah, why not?

-Why not?

-Why not?

-Anna, you feeling OK about this?

-Well, I was all right on the puzzle round, so you never know.

-Oh, yes.

Do you know? She was, you're right. LAUGHTER

Well, Anna and Neil,

you need to win this challenge to keep your place on the show,

and take your spot in The Final with Grace.

You're both going to play some puzzles.

Buzz in with the correct answer and you get a point,

buzz in with an incorrect answer,

and I have to pass over to your opponent.

Best of three wins, loser goes home.

Your challenge game is...

I'm going to show you a sequence,

you just need to tell me what's missing.

Here's an example for you.

The missing link is 195,

cos it's going up by increments of 15 every time.

To save your place on the show, let's play Missing Link.

Tell me what is missing.

-Neil.

-682.

682, is that right?

It is right. Well done. APPLAUSE

It's going down by seven each time.

You've got a point, Neil.

If you get the next one right, you take your position as Boss,

and, Anna, you're leaving the show.

Next puzzle, tell me what is missing?

-Anna.

-C.

Is it C?

It is C.

APPLAUSE

Going up by four and down by three each time.

It's now a sudden death situation.

Whoever gets the next puzzle right is through to The Final with Grace.

What is missing?

-Neil.

-264.

-264, is that right?

It is right.

HE WHISTLES APPLAUSE

It's going up by 12 every time. Oh, heavens!

Anna! I thought, as the accountant,

Neil was dead in the water there, I'll be honest with you.

LAUGHTER But he was just quicker than you

-at that point.

-Yes.

-Neil, you get to take the Boss's Office.

Anna, it's been a pleasure having you on the show.

It's time for you to clock off, though. Thank you very much, Anna.

-Thank you.

-Well done.

APPLAUSE

Well, congratulations, Neil and Grace.

You two have fought off the competition

and made it through to The Final.

This is where you get to play for the prize fund,

which currently stands at...

APPLAUSE

At various times in the show, you've been up in the Boss's Office.

Do you both feel like you've worked pretty hard to earn your place

-in The Final? Grace?

-Yeah, definitely.

-Yeah?

I know I haven't been The Boss, but I feel like I was put under

-a lot of...

-A lot of pressure.

-Yeah.

-And, Neil?

-Yeah, I think I contributed a lot down the bottom there.

-Yeah.

Best of luck to both of you as we play The Final.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

This round is all about teamwork.

You're going to face a final five puzzles,

and you'll have 90 seconds to complete the board.

Each puzzle is going to be worth an equal share of the prize fund today,

so that means it's £494 for each game.

Every puzzle you play requires two answers,

one from each of you. When each game starts,

one of you must buzz in with one of the answers,

leaving one of you to give me the rest of the answer.

Be careful, a wrong answer or a pass from either of you

means the category is lost forever.

Neil, as you're The Boss, you have the decision of where to start.

Let's go for geography.

So you're starting with geography. Both ready? Yeah?

-OK.

-Yeah.

-OK, start the clock.

Name the two countries that border Uruguay.

-Neil.

-Brazil.

Correct.

Paraguay.

No, incorrect.

Next category, please, Neil.

-Television.

-Television.

Name the two major characters from Sex And The City.

-Grace.

-Samantha.

Samantha.

-Carrie.

-Correct.

Well done. Next category.

-Sport.

-Sport.

Name the tennis Grand Slams immediately before

and after Wimbledon in the calendar year.

-Grace.

-US Open.

-Correct.

-Australian.

No, incorrect.

Next category.

Numbers.

Numbers.

Find the missing numbers to solve the sums that equal 96.

-Grace.

-192.

Correct.

-24.

-Correct.

Last category, science.

Unscramble the letters to find the surnames of two scientists.

HOOTER Oh!

Oh, I was willing you on,

but well done, you've won £988!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING Well done to the two of you!

Well done!

You completed two puzzles.

Let's have a look at what tripped you up, though.

Geography first of all.

Brazil and...

Argentina border Uruguay.

Then it's sport next,

and it's the US Open, Wimbledon

and it is the French Open is the one before Wimbledon.

Then in science, the scientists are...

..Einstein and at the bottom...

Hawking.

But it is not over yet. You both have one final decision to make.

You can decide to split the money that you've won,

so that's £494 each,

or you can decide to play one final game,

to find out who the ultimate Boss really is.

The winner of that game will walk away with

the total prize fund of £988.

The loser leaves with absolutely nothing.

You both now have five seconds to decide.

If you want to make one final Leadership Challenge,

press your buzzers now.

BUZZER

APPLAUSE

Neil, straight away.

Hadn't even left the five seconds, Grace.

Why did you decide to challenge, Neil?

Because £988 isn't really life-changing money, is it?

Would that be life-changing for you, Grace?

It wouldn't be life-changing but some money is better than no money.

That is the motto with which I live my life, Grace.

LAUGHTER Well, it all hangs on this.

It's sudden death,

winner takes all.

Your final challenge game today is Missing Link.

It's exactly as we played before, I'm going to show you a sequence,

you just need to tell me what is missing.

First to buzz in and give me the correct answer

walks away with that prize fund of £988.

A wrong guess, and the puzzle gets passed over to your opponent.

Ready? Here we go.

What is missing?

-Neil.

-M.

Is it M?

It is M. Well done, Neil.

Well done! APPLAUSE

You were nearly there, Grace. Oh, my word.

Grace, you have played a fantastic game and you came so far,

but I'm afraid you have been beaten by The Boss.

Neil, you are today's winner,

and you take away that prize fund of £988, everyone! Well done.

-Thank you very much, thank you.

-Well done.

-Thank you.

All that's left is for me to say thanks for watching. Join us again

next time, as we find out what it takes to really be The Boss.

I'll see you then.