Episode 3 The Boss

APPLAUSE

Hello. I'm Susan Calman 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.

Hi. I'm Rhys. I'm a law student and I'm from Bucks.

I'm Narinder, a purchasing manager from Norfolk.

I'm Patrick, a property developer from Sunderland.

I'm Jane. I'm a supermarket assistant from Bristol.

And I'm Clint, a DJ from Lancashire.

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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 game of Cluedo, so watch out for getting hit

over the head with lead piping in the library.

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.

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Fingers on buzzers.

Start the clock.

Narinder.

Staffordshire.

Patrick.

Celebrity Big Brother.

Rhys.

Lamb.

Patrick.

Steven Spielberg.

Narinder.

Liverpool.

Jane.

Fish.

Rhys.

SpongeBob Squarepants.

Patrick.

Green.

Patrick.

Wings.

Patrick.

Outkast.

Rhys.

Barcelona.

Narinder.

Muhammad Ali.

BUZZER

The answer to that one was, of course, the snake.

Well, let's take a look at the scores.

That was quite a round.

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

Patrick. Well done.

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Excellent quizzing down there, Patrick.

It means that you have 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?

Patrick, what do you want to do?

Susan, I'm going to bide my time for the first one...

-Ooh!

-Oh, I know.

Probably a bad choice. And I'm going to promote Jane.

Patrick, tell me why you've chosen Jane to promote.

I think she knew a lot of the answers but she wasn't quick enough

and I just want to see what her leadership skills are like.

Oh. A tactical decision by Patrick early on in the show.

Jane, you're today's first boss.

Come and join me in the boss's office.

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Welcome to the boss's office, Jane. This is your workforce.

Patrick promoted you.

What do you think of his decision, Jane?

-Very cunning.

-Do you think?

-Very cunning, yes.

-Do you think it's tactical?

-I think it is tactical.

You're today's first boss, Jane,

and have the chance to take away the money.

All you need to do is be right here at the end of the show.

You will now face your boss's questions.

The better you do, the more money you can earn.

You'll have five to answer. For every one you get right,

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

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

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

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

Let's see how much of a boss you are with your boss's questions.

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Here's your first question.

McBusted.

-You're saying McBusted. Is that your answer?

-Yes.

Is it McBusted?

It is!

Now, did you know that or did you work that out?

I just suddenly remembered it.

There you go, there you go. You're up to £30 on the money ladder.

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

Get it wrong, though, and you're back down to £10.

Let's see the next question.

-I think the answer's system.

-System?

Is the answer system? Is that right?

Service. Short messaging service.

It's OK. We've got lots of time.

Let's get you up to £30 on the money ladder. Next question.

-The Ashes.

-The Ashes?

-You seem quite certain about that.

-Yeah.

Is it the Ashes?

It is. Well done, Jane. Great.

You're at £30 on the money ladder.

Get this right and we'll move up to £50.

Let's get you there, because if you get it wrong, it is back down to 10.

Next question.

Breaking Bad comes to mind.

-Is your answer Breaking Bad?

-Breaking Bad.

Is Breaking Bad the correct answer?

It is, Jane. Well done.

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-Have you seen that show?

-Breaking Bad, I have.

-It's good.

-A good show, isn't it?

-It is.

OK, this is your last question.

Get this right and you'll be playing for £70 a question.

Get it wrong, though, and you're playing for only £30.

Let's see the last question.

Ian Fleming.

Ian Fleming? Is that the answer, Ian Fleming?

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

-Thank you.

CHEERING

Just a slight slip-up there with one of the questions. Just SMS.

You've done your bit by setting the value of the questions at £70 each.

Now can they do theirs? Let's play your team questions.

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Two minutes on the clock. Let's play.

Rhys.

Daffodil.

Clint.

Dizzee Rascal.

No, it was Jay-Z.

Patrick.

Smoking.

Patrick.

BBC Three.

Narinder.

Brown.

Rhys.

George IV.

No, Queen Victoria.

Patrick.

Emma Watson.

Narinder.

Birmingham.

Patrick.

The Bible.

No, it's a sword.

Patrick.

21 Jump Street.

Let's see if we can get another question...

BUZZER

24 is the answer.

Jane, I can tell you in that round you went most of all to Patrick,

but was that the right thing to do?

Who was the best player in that round?

Let's have a look at the scores.

Narinder.

You only went to Narinder twice and he was the best player.

You were playing for £70 a question, so if we'd had a perfect round,

you would have added £700 to the prize fund.

-In fact, you actually added £490 to the prize fund.

-That's good.

-That's good.

-Yeah.

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

somebody is going to be leaving the show.

It's over to you down there on the shop floor.

Do you think Jane is good enough to be the boss,

or 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, Jane is going to pick

two of you to come up to the boss's office to fight for survival.

If you dare to defy,

challenge now.

OK, Jane. Everyone's had a chance to challenge you.

Do you think anyone is going to have the courage to do that, Jane?

-Patrick.

-Patrick.

I think so.

Anyone else, do you think, is going to challenge you?

Narinder might be feeling a little bit peeved

that I didn't go with him. But only a little.

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

It's both of them!

There you go. I knew it.

Patrick, just one round ago, you put Jane in this boss's office.

-I did.

-Narinder, why have you challenged at this point?

We need to make up. Best way I can make up is to be up there.

Well, Narinder and Patrick have both challenged you,

which means, Jane, you now get the chance to choose who you want

to come up here and play to defend your position.

Would you like Patrick or Narinder to come up here?

-Narinder.

-Straight away.

-No thinking about that.

-Narinder.

Narinder, you have been chosen.

Come and join me up in the boss's office. Come on up, Narinder.

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-Narinder, welcome to the boss's office.

-Thank you.

Jane and Narinder, 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 get a point.

Buzz in with an incorrect answer and I pass it over to your opponent.

Best of three wins. Loser goes home.

Your challenge game today is...

I'm going to show you two pictures that will give you two clues to

a famous person or character.

Just buzz in when you think you know who it is. Here's an example for you.

The answer to that would be...

-Horatio Nelson.

-Thank you, Narinder.

Horatio Nelson because we have there Trafalgar,

obviously the Battle of Trafalgar, and that's his boat, the HMS victory.

To save your place on the show, here is your first question.

Who is this person?

-Jane.

-King Arthur.

King Arthur. Is that right?

It is right. Well done, Jane.

There is, of course, a round table and that is Excalibur,

the Sword in the Stone.

Jane, you have a point. If you get

this next one right you remain the boss.

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

Next puzzle. Who is this person?

-Narinder.

-Robin hood.

Is that the right answer?

It is the right answer. Well done.

He was from Nottingham, and of course he used a bow and arrow.

Right, it's sudden death now.

Whoever gets the next puzzle right stays on the show.

Whoever doesn't goes home.

Who is this person?

-Narinder.

-David Hasselhoff.

Is that the right answer?

It is the right answer, Narinder. Well done.

Of course, he was in Knight Rider and Baywatch. David Hasselhoff.

Narinder, you have beaten the boss. Jane, you're going home.

It's time for you to clock off.

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Narinder...

you beat Jane. How do you feel? Are you OK?

Sad, but absolutely delighted. I said I'm here to win.

Sad for Jane.

I'm very sad, but essentially I'm delighted about the whole thing.

I'm here.

But now we need to see how high you can set the bar as the boss,

Narinder. You will 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 back down one place.

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

That would make a massive difference to the prize fund.

A shocker 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.

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Here's your first question.

I'm thinking quite a few, Chicago, Cats, various others,

but I'm going to say Cats.

Cats. Is the answer Cats?

No. "Lez Miserable's."

That's the correct French pronunciation.

It's just people in Britain Anglicise it to "Les Miserables".

It's actually "Lez Miserable's".

Narinder, let's move up that money ladder to £30. Next question.

-I'd say Manhattan.

-Manhattan.

Is it Manhattan?

It is Manhattan, Narinder. Well done.

-I worked in America for eight years.

-Oh, did you? Oh, handy.

-Handy!

-Yes.

Right, get the next one right and you're up to £50, Narinder.

Get it wrong and you're back down to £10. Let's see the next question.

I'm thinking the Advent calendar.

Is that your answer? Advent?

Is it Advent?

Lent.

-Lent.

-It's OK. Let's get you back up to £30 again, Narinder.

Let's see the next question.

I have to say, I haven't got a clue, but if I'm going to guess

anything from Birmingham it's likely something like

Ashes To Ashes.

-I'll take that.

-Ashes To Ashes.

Is that the right answer?

-No, it's Peaky Blinders.

-Never heard of it.

Last question, Narinder.

Get this right and you'll move up to £30. Let's get you up there.

Last question.

Onion.

-Onion?

-That's my answer.

Is it onion?

No, it's potato.

-Oh, Narinder.

-Yes.

Was it the emotion of the farewell with Jane?

OK. Let's hope your team don't let you down in your 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.

They've got quite a job to do. Let's see if you can do it.

Let's play your team questions.

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

I'll take Patrick.

Asked.

Rhys.

Smith.

Patrick.

May the 4th.

Clint.

Packed salt.

Patrick.

Boston.

Patrick.

Nicole Kidman.

Rhys.

Gross.

Clint.

Femur.

Clint.

Konnect FM.

Patrick.

One pound coin.

Patrick.

-Ruby Murray.

-BUZZER

Yes! Got it in right at the end.

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Well, Narinder.

What do you think?

Average.

Average.

Damned by faint praise down there.

Well, I can tell you now, Narinder, you went to Patrick most of

all in that round, but was that the right thing to do?

Who were the best players?

-Wasn't that bad.

-It wasn't that bad.

And Clint actually did just as well as Patrick.

You were playing for £10 a correct answer, Narinder.

If you'd played a perfect round you would have added £110 to the

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

And that means the total prize fund now stands at £560.

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Which is OK.

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 Narinder is a worthy boss?

Is it time for you to take control?

If so, you can now lock in a leadership challenge,

but remember, if none of you do that,

if you don't have the guts to do it, Narinder's going to choose two

of you to come up here and fight for survival and he will stay the boss.

If you dare to defy,

challenge now.

OK, Narinder. Everyone's had a chance to challenge you.

Do you think anyone's going to turn round?

I think it's at the stage now where all three should challenge.

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

It's just Rhys.

Just Rhys.

So it's game on. Rhys wants to challenge you, Narinder.

Come up to the boss's office, Rhys. Come on up, fella.

Well, Narinder and Rhys,

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 it gets passed over to your opponent.

Best of three wins. Loser goes home.

Your challenge game is...

You're going to see three sums.

You just need to tell me which sum gives the highest answer.

Here's an example.

In this puzzle, the highest answer would be...

To save your place on the show, let's play Number Crunch.

Find the highest.

Narinder.

35 - 9

No. Rhys, answer?

24 + 4

Correct answer. Well done, Rhys.

Well done. You have a point.

Get this next one right, you've beaten the boss.

Narinder, you need this to stay on the show.

Find the highest.

Rhys.

60 + 15

Is that right? It is right, Rhys. Well done.

CHEERING

You played really, really well.

It was just at the end there, slightly quicker on the buzzer.

Rhys, you have beaten the boss. Thanks for coming, Narinder.

It's time for you to clock off.

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Rhys, welcome to the boss's office. You are the youngest so far.

So right now we need to see how high you can set the bar as the boss.

You're going to face five boss's questions.

For every one you get right,

you move up one place on the money ladder.

Get one wrong and you move back down again.

It's your chance to prove yourself.

A good round, Rhys, will see you playing for £300 a question.

That can make all the difference to the prize fund.

But a shocker means just £10 per correct answer to the prize fund.

Let's see how much of a boss you are with your boss's questions.

Here's your first question.

-I'm going to be honest, I've never heard of either of them.

-Okey-dokey.

I think if it was tennis I would have heard of them,

so I'm going to go for badminton.

Badminton.

Is it badminton?

-Squash. It was the other one.

-The other one.

-It was the other one.

OK. We can still get you up to £50 on the money ladder.

Let's see the next question.

As bad as it might say, he's actually a role model of mine.

-Really?

-Yeah. I don't quite want to meet the same end he did.

-But I do believe that's Julius Caesar.

-Julius Caesar.

Is it Julius Caesar?

It is. Well done.

You're up to £50 on the money ladder.

Get the next one right and you're up to £100,

but get it wrong and you're back down to £10.

Let's see the next question.

I did used to work in travel, so I...

I think it's Cape Town.

-Cape Town.

-Yeah.

-Is it Cape Town?

It is Cape Town. Well done, Rhys. Great answer.

Get the next one right and you're up to £150 on the money ladder.

Could make a huge difference to the prize fund.

Get it wrong, you're back down to 50. Next question.

I am dating a film student, so I hear about these things.

This is the first time I've heard of this, Rhys.

I'm so sorry, I didn't want to let you down.

-I'm so sorry.

-I mean...

-Rocky Balboa.

Rocky Balboa. Is that the correct answer? Is it Rocky?

It is Rocky Balboa. Brilliant.

This is your last question, Rhys,

a really important one, because if you get it right, £300 a question.

If you get it wrong, £100. A huge difference.

Let's see the last question.

I used to read this every single time I went to bed.

And I used to pretend they lived in my room, the Flanimals.

So you have read these books?

I have, and that is why I know that this is Ricky Gervais.

Ricky Gervais.

For £300 per question, is it Ricky Gervais?

It is Ricky Gervais, Rhys. Well done, mate.

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-That's youth.

-Shaky at the start, but you got there at the end,

right to the top of the money ladder.

Let's hope your team don't let you down in your 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 £300 each.

Now, can they do theirs?

-It's an important game, Rhys.

-Yeah.

Let's play your team questions.

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

Patrick.

Gino.

No, it's Giovanni.

Patrick.

Pharmacology.

Clint.

Portugal.

Patrick.

Rouge.

No, it's Tinto.

Clint.

G4.

No, it's JLS.

They're up to date.

Patrick.

Dungeons & Dragons.

Clint.

Baseball.

It's ice hockey.

Patrick.

Asia.

Patrick.

Shetland Islands.

No, it's the Outer Hebrides.

Patrick.

Sean Penn.

Patrick.

Severn.

-Patrick.

-No, we don't have time.

The answer to that question was...

John Dryden.

Well, Rhys, you did your job, you were playing for £300 a question.

How did they do there for you?

I was a bit disappointed, to be honest.

I specifically chucked the music question at Clint and was

upset that he got it wrong.

-Right.

-So then I just kept with Patrick.

Was that the right decision?

Who was the best player?

Oh...

Oh, my word.

You were playing for £300 a question, so if you'd played

a perfect round, you would have added £3,300 to the prize fund.

In fact, you actually added...

1,800 to the prize fund.

The total prize fund now stands at £2,360.

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 him out of the game.

Remember, if neither of you challenge,

you two will fight it out for

survival and Rhys goes straight through to the final.

If you dare to defy,

challenge now.

Do you think anyone is going to challenge you, Rhys?

Well, I just proved that I'm good at this,

-because I brought all that money in.

-You did, you did, that's true.

So I think it's only fair that I should get

-a free ticket straight to the final.

-Yeah.

So I would hope that they think that too.

-Right.

-But money changes people.

Do you know what? I know that.

I know that.

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

No!

Neither of them.

That's what we wanted. That's what we wanted.

Patrick, why didn't you challenge?

To be honest with you, I don't know. I mean, he's got a right gob on him.

So really I should have challenged, you know, to shut him up, but...

We'll see him in the final.

Clint?

I was quite happy to challenge or not challenge.

Either way, I've got to take them both out.

This is a delight of a game.

Yeah, so listen.

I've set aside a small area beside the photocopier for you.

There's a water fountain there. Just enjoy the vending machine there.

It's slightly broken, but you can still get crisps.

So, Rhys, you go and relax and I'm going to see you in the final.

Patrick and Clint, please come up to the boss's office.

-Patrick, welcome.

-Welcome, yeah.

I wish I pressed it now.

I had a game plan from the start and I'm hoping it's going to work.

Clint, the silent assassin down there.

-I'm just here to prove to Patrick his game plan didn't work.

-My goodness.

It's all got very tense up here in the boss's office.

Rhys has played a great game and has guaranteed himself

a place in the final, but who will join him?

Patrick and Clint, you need to win this challenge to keep your

place on the show and take your spot in the final.

You're both going to play some puzzles.

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

Buzz in with an incorrect answer and it gets passed over to your opponent.

Best of three wins. Loser goes home.

Your challenge game is...

We've taken a word and moved each letter up one place in the alphabet.

You need to roll each letter back and tell me what the word is.

There's also a category to help you. Here's an example.

The category would be flower.

This would be the puzzle. And the answer would be...

Because we've moved each letter up one place in the alphabet.

To save your place on the show, let's play One Up.

Here's your category.

Here's your puzzle.

-Patrick.

-Get Carter.

Is it Get Carter?

It is Get Carter. Well done, Patrick.

Well worked out.

Point to you, Patrick. If you get the next one right, you're in the final.

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

Next category...

Here's your puzzle.

-Clint.

-Bicycle.

Bicycle. Is that right?

It is right. Well done.

Sudden death now.

Whoever gets the next puzzle right is through to the final.

Loser goes home.

Next category...

Here's your puzzle.

-Clint.

-France.

Is it France?

It is France, Clint. Well done.

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Patrick, Clint was just too quick for you on the buzzer there.

-You knew that one, didn't you?

-I did, yeah, unfortunately.

-Just too quick.

-Silent assassin.

-Silent assassin is here.

That means, Clint, you win that round and are going through to the final.

Patrick, you've played a great game, but I'm afraid you're going home.

It's time for you to clock off. Thanks very much, Patrick.

Thanks very much.

APPLAUSE

Congratulations, Rhys, Clint.

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...

-Not bad.

-Not bad.

Well, best of luck to both of you as we play the final.

This round is all about teamwork.

You'll face a final five puzzles and have 90 seconds to complete

the board.

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

so that's £472 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 to give me one of

the answers, and then the second player gives me the next one.

But careful, though, as a wrong answer or

a pass from either of you means the category is lost forever.

Rhys, as you're the boss, you have the decision of where to start.

We'll go for nature.

Nature first of all. Start the clock.

Fill in the blanks to name the two types of spider.

Rhys.

-Tarantula.

-Correct.

Pass.

Next category, Rhys. What do you want to play for?

Geography.

Name the country and its capital.

Rhys.

Cairo.

Israel.

No, incorrect answer.

-Next category.

-People.

Give me the names of these One Show presenters.

Rhys.

-Alex Jones.

-Correct.

Pass, I don't know.

-Passing it. Next category.

-Television.

Unscramble the letters to find the first names of two characters

from Friends.

Rhys.

Chandler.

Don't watch Friends. Pass.

Final category, music.

Name the studio albums by Adele before and after 21.

Rhys.

-25.

-Correct.

19.

It's the correct answer!

-It was music.

-Oh, my goodness gracious!

Well done, Clint and Rhys. You've won £472.

CHEERING

You only completed one of the puzzles.

So you take home the £472.

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

First of all, we have...

Nature, types of spider, tarantula, correct. And the other...

Huntsman.

Next category, geography.

Cairo you gave as the capital,

which means the country is Egypt.

Then we're on people.

You were right with Alex Jones and it is the lovely, gorgeous

Matt Baker.

And then television, Chandler was right, and then it is,

of course, Rachel.

My daughter will kill me.

Well, it's not over yet. You now both have one final decision to make.

You can decide to split the money,

which means you both take away £236, 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 whole prize fund

of £472.

The loser leaves with nothing.

You both now have five seconds to decide.

If you want to make one final leadership challenge,

press your buzzers now.

BUZZER

Rhys, straight away after one second.

Rhys, you're making a play for the prize fund. Why's that?

-He let me down.

-Very much so.

I'm going to let him down again now.

Well, it all hangs on this. It's sudden death. Winner takes all.

Your final challenge game today is One Up.

It's exactly as we played before.

We've taken a word and moved each letter up one place in the alphabet.

You need to roll each letter back and tell me what the word is.

There's a category to help you out as well.

You need to buzz in as soon as you

think you know what we're looking for.

First to buzz in and give me the

correct answer walks away with that prize fund of £472.

-Ready?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

Here we go.

Here's your category.

Here's your puzzle.

Rhys pressed first.

JK Rowling.

It is JK Rowling! Well done.

You both pressed.

Rhys, you were fractionally quicker than Clint,

but you knew that one as well, didn't you, Clint?

But I tell you something, Rhys, you challenged right at the end

there and you have won and, my goodness, Clint, you played a great

game and came so far but I'm afraid you've been beaten by the boss.

Rhys, you're today's winner.

You take away that prize fund of £472, Rhys. Well done.

CHEERING

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

Join us again next time as we find

out what it takes to really be the boss. See you then.