Episode 1 The Code

Hello, and welcome to a brand-new show called The Code.

Locked inside this safe is £3,000.

To open the safe and win the money,

contestants just need to crack a three-digit code.

Each time someone fails,

more money goes into the safe, and the jackpot gets higher and higher.

So, let's meet our first team hoping to crack The Code.

DRAMATIC MUSICAL STING

-Darren, Gary, how are you? Good to see you.

-And you.

What do we know about you? You're both dads.

Combined age of 100.

DARREN AND GARY LAUGH

We'll leave people at home to work out how that's divided between you.

Is that right? How do you know each other?

Basically, our wives joined the nursing profession together,

so we've known each other for about 25 years now, through our wives,

who are both nurses, and been good friends ever since then.

And hobbies, interests? Do you do the same sort of things?

-Both like sport.

-Yeah, yeah.

I also coach cricket. I'm also a qualified umpire, so...

-Right.

-Cricket's my main passion.

-You're the man in the hat and jumpers.

-Something like that.

Right. If you won the £3,000 that's in that safe today,

-what would you do with it?

-Well, I'm off to New York at the end of March,

with the whole family,

so I'd probably put some money towards that.

OK. You ready to play?

-Let's do it.

-Yeah.

-This is how it works.

To open the safe and win that £3,000,

you need to enter a three-digit code.

All you have to do is pick the correct answer.

When you do that, you can select a number from zero to nine,

and the computer will reveal whether or not it's in The Code.

But be warned. If you pick an incorrect answer,

you'll be out of the game. It's instant elimination.

-Is that clear?

-That's very clear.

OK. It's an easy game to play,

substantially harder game to win.

THEY CHUCKLE

Let's set The Code.

Shedding the light on some of the questions and answers

throughout the show is Lesley Brewis.

Darren and Gary, I hope the questions fall in your favour.

If you've got enough knowledge and luck, this should all be over

-in just three questions.

-Just three questions, that's all it takes...

-One can only hope.

-..if you do it right.

MATT CHUCKLES

-Shall we have a look at our first three answers?

-Let's go for it.

Here we go.

Remember, only one of these is correct.

That's when you're trying to find. At this point of the game,

you can open all three answers to reveal the question,

so where would you like to start? Darren, Gary?

-From the top, Gaz?

-Probably Barbie.

-Barbie.

-Let's go for Barbie.

-Yeah.

We're going to start with Barbie.

Let's have a look at that question.

Dollywood in Tennessee is a theme park named after what famous blonde?

-That's, er... Dolly Parton.

-Dolly Parton.

-Yeah.

-It is Dolly Parton.

-Yeah. Yeah.

-OK.

So, you're feeling like that is not the correct answer?

-That's right.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-Good. Confident start.

We like that. Where would you like to go next?

-Go for 5 times.

-5 times. 5 times.

Let's have a look at question for 5 times.

-So, you've got 1.

-1.

-10, 11.

-12.

-12.

-So, it's four times.

Just count them. So, it's 1...

-1...

-10. 11.

-11. 12.

-Four.

-So, it's four.

-So, it's four, yes. So, it's four.

-Four.

-You're saying four times.

Again, you're thinking not the correct answer there.

-We are the moment, yes, Matt.

-Yeah.

OK, let's have a look at the last one.

Part of Britain?

I'm thinking United Kingdom at the moment.

Well, but we've already said...

-Great Britain and Northern Ireland, isn't it?

-Yeah.

But it's not Barbie, is it? I mean, Dollywood? In Tennessee,

-is a theme park.

-That's right.

-It's Dolly Parton.

-So, that's wrong.

-Yeah.

How many times does the digit 1 appear on a standard,

-a standard 12 hour...

-12 hours. It's definitely 1...

-1...

-10, 11, 12. It's only four.

The correct answer's got to be 'part of Britain'.

-It's got to be the middle one. Part of Britain.

-It's got to be.

OK. "Should Scotland be part of Britain?"

You're saying that's the correct answer.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Let's lock it in.

Gents, if that's wrong,

it's a very early exit...

..not for Scotland...

THEY LAUGH

..but you'll be going back to East Yorkshire.

Is that the correct answer?

You want this one to turn green.

It's wrong.

Gentlemen, I'm so sorry.

That is the wrong answer.

Lesley, what's the right answer there?

The correct answer was the clock question,

which you dismissed despite considering it twice.

I really hoped you'd work out that there weren't four ones, but five.

-11. 11 is two.

-11, two ones.

Oh, my God!

Let's look at the other answers on the board.

Dollywood in Tennessee is a theme park named after not Barbie,

but someone a little less plastic, Dolly Parton,

in the Great Smoky Mountains.

The question in the Scottish referendum was about Scotland being

an independent country rather than part of Britain,

which Darren quickly and correctly identified as being the incorrect

wording, cos it would be the United Kingdom.

Scotland's always going to be part of Britain,

because that's the island rather than the political entity.

Right, so let's look at The Code numbers you were trying to find.

-Any idea what's up there?

-A five.

-A three.

-A seven.

A five, a three, and a seven. Let's see what there was.

Oh, you would have had two out of three, so not bad.

If you'd just answered some questions correctly,

it would have all been plain sailing after that.

-Absolutely.

-Darren, Gary, on this occasion,

you failed to break The Code, so we have to say goodbye.

-Cheers, Matt.

-Goodbye.

-Bad luck.

-Bye.

-Thank you.

Let's meet the next contestants hoping to crack The Code.

DRAMATIC MUSICAL STING

-Welcome, welcome. Come and join me.

-Thank you!

Our first trio - Emma, Chris and Steve.

-That's it.

-From London?

-Yes.

-All from London.

-Tell me how you know each other.

-I'm mum of Steve,

and we all live in the same house. This is Emma, his girlfriend.

-Oh, OK.

-And we're one big happy family!

That's how it works? No arguments?

Sometimes a little bit of silence, little bit of moodiness.

OK. As long as you've got a big enough place

-that one of you can go off.

-That's the way.

-Then that's the way to do it.

-That's the way to do it.

-That's what works for us.

-It's wonderful to have you here.

Hopefully no arguments today, either.

The previous team before you failed.

-OK.

-Yeah? That means another £500 goes into the safe,

making a total of £3,500 there. for you to win.

-Mm!

-You reckon you can do it?

-Yes!

-Definitely.

-Definitely.

I like that positivity!

Let's reset The Code.

OK, let's have a look at your first three answers.

Remember, only one of them is correct,

and that's one you're trying to find. At this point, you can open

all three answers to reveal those questions.

So, it really doesn't matter which order you go in.

-Which one are you going to go for first?

-Chicken.

-You're going to go for Chicken first.

-Let's go Chicken.

Let's have a look at the question.

-Right.

-Well, this is one of your strengths, isn't it?

Not chicken. It's definitely not chicken.

-Who's the cook in the family?

-We're cooks, aren't we?

-Both?

-Right.

-Everyone apart from me.

-And I think it's lamb.

-You think it's lamb in moussaka.

-I think it's lamb and aubergine

and, like, a bechamel sauce.

Yeah. So, it's definitely not chicken.

Sounds delicious.

OK! Let's have a look at another one. Which one next?

Mir? Mer? Mir?

Well, that's a good start(!) We think Mer or Mir?

-Mer or Mir.

-OK.

Let's have a look at the question.

Ring any bells?

-No!

-No.

-No, it doesn't. Does it ring to you?

-It's...

-I mean, it could be Mir,

could be a Russian word, couldn't it?

One we're certain of, and one we're not certain of.

Not a clue?

We'll have to go for the parrot!

Let's have a look at the parrot. Maybe that'll help us.

-Does it mean the little penguin?

-The icon?

The actual icon of the penguin?

I've never heard of it being a parrot.

We know... Well, you know chicken doesn't go into a moussaka.

No, definitely not. We can hoik that out.

Space stations and children's books?

-Not clear about.

-Not clear, no.

Just looking for one correct answer from there.

-What one...

-What are you leaning towards?

I'm leaning towards...

-Mir.

-Mir? Yeah.

Cos why would a parrot be on a Penguin book?

-That's my logic.

-Yeah.

-Mir.

-Mir?

-Yeah?

-You're going to go for Mir.

-Lock in Mir.

We're going to lock in Mir.

Let's do it.

Now remember, if that is the correct answer, you get to choose a digit.

If it's the wrong answer,

-I'm afraid...

-Going home.

..you are leaving the orbit...

-Oh, dear.

-..of The Code.

-Yes, we'll be out with the Russians.

-Let's hope it is.

Let's hope it's the correct answer.

Is Mir a Russian space station

in orbit from '86 to 2001? Let's find out.

CHRIS LAUGHS

It is correct!

ALL LAUGH

Good bit of guesswork there! Well done, well done!

-Steve, you were leading that.

-Yeah.

You were on top of that. The bells were ringing for some reason.

Lesley! Talk us through the answers there.

The correct answer, the Mir Space Station.

Yes, "mir" translating as "peace" in English.

A space station that was sent up in modules over a long period,

and stayed up for a lot longer than it was originally intended.

It was planned that it would last five years, but ended up nearly

three times that long in space.

The wrong answers. I think you very quickly decided

that chicken was not going anywhere near any moussaka

you'd ever made. The correct answer is lamb.

It's a dish with lamb and onion and aubergines and a white sauce.

And then, Penguin books has a children's imprint called Puffin.

There's no parrot imprint, but there are pelican imprints.

Oh, yes. OK.

-Right.

-Just when you think you know them all.

That means that it is now time to pick a number from The Code.

CHRIS LAUGHS

-Er... Going to go number six.

-Number six.

-Any reasons for that?

-I had a dream last night.

A dream?!

That's as good a reason as any, to be honest, Steve.

Let's find out. Is six in The Code?

Let's have a look at the first box.

It's not in the first box.

Is six in the second box?

-No, it's not.

-Sorry, guys.

-Go on.

-Is it in the third?

No!

CHRIS CHUCKLES

Hard luck. Six is not part of The Code.

-So, we won't be going with your dream, OK?

-No.

That's the good thing about dreams.

They don't mean anything at all.

So you're eliminating the numbers.

You're getting rid of them, and you're also playing the game

at the easy stage, where you get to see all of the questions

at the same time. Shall we look at your next answers?

-Yes.

-Go for it.

-OK.

Next three answers.

-Let's go top down again.

-Top down again?

-Yeah.

-OK.

-We'll start with Yosemite. CHRIS:

-(Yosemite!)

-We don't know.

-Yeah.

-Not sure about that one?

-We don't know.

-Where shall we go next?

-Giraffe.

-Giraffe.

-Giraffe next.

-Oh!

-Anyone know what an okapi is?

Is it the one with stripes?

You know, that's like a sort of zebra-looking thing?

I think we can rule that one out.

-Yeah.

-We've got to make...

-I think we have a look at the next question.

-Have a look at the next question.

-Cool. Yeah.

-Yeah.

OK. Let's have a look at chloroform.

Chloroform is definitely the pigment, isn't it?

-Is it? No, its chlorophyll.

-Yeah, chlorophyll.

-Chlorophyll.

-Colour.

-It's the colour.

It's the pigment.

Chloroform's the thing that puts you to sleep, isn't it?!

CHRIS LAUGHS

-Oh, dear!

-So, I'm thinking the top one, then, if we're going to...

If you're thinking okapi's a zebra-like creature...

A zebra's more like a horse, isn't it, rather than...

-Yeah.

-..a giraffe, if that is correct?

-Fancy Yosemite?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-OK. We're going to go for...

-You're saying that Yosemite is the home

to the geyser known as the Old Faithful?

OK. I'm going to lock it in.

CHRIS LAUGHS

If it's the correct answer, you get to choose another digit.

If it's incorrect, I'm afraid you'll be going home.

CHRIS CHUCKLES

Is the Old Faithful geyser

in the Yosemite National Park?

-No!

-No!

I'm so sorry! That's the wrong answer.

Lesley!

Yes, the correct answer is the one that you dismissed

as being related to a zebra rather than a giraffe.

The okapi is giraffe related.

It does, as you said, have stripes on its hind legs,

but it is closest in its DNA to a giraffe.

The park in which you'd find the geyser known as Old Faithful,

not Yosemite as you said, which is in California,

but Yellowstone in Wyoming.

Not to be confused with Jellystone Park, where Yogi Bear lives.

The name of the pigment that give plants their green colour is exactly

as Chris said chlorophyll, not chloroform.

And chloroform, famous in crime novels and films

for knocking people out instantly, but in reality, you'd have to inhale

chloroform for about five minutes to be knocked unconscious.

Takes that long?

Doesn't have quite the same dramatic impact.

Films are rubbish, aren't they? OK.

Emma, Chris and Steve, it's been lovely having you here,

but I'm afraid you failed to break The Code,

so we have to wish you on your way.

All right, thank you for having us. Good fun.

CHRIS LAUGHS

Thank you!

They're falling thick and fast.

Let's meet the next contestants hoping to crack The Code.

DRAMATIC MUSICAL STING

Come and join me right here.

-So, Jane and Steve.

-Yes.

-That's right.

-And you're from Nottingham.

-Nottingham, yes.

-Fantastic.

-How do you know each other?

-Well, we've been married for 30 years.

-Oh!

-So, that's a long time.

-How on earth did you do that?

We don't know.

ALL LAUGH

-We don't know!

-Well, listen, you're here now.

That's the great news. Slightly more worrying is that the last two sets

of contestants have - shwoo! - gone through without their feet

-touching the floor, almost.

-Really?

-"Hello", "goodbye".

-Oh, dear!

-So, we're hoping you can do a bit better than that.

-So do we.

-Yeah. Well, the good news is that that means

another £500 goes into the safe...

..now making a total of £4,000 there for you to win.

-Ooh!

-That's good, we like that.

Let's reset The Code.

And we're going to have a look at your first three answers.

-OK.

-See if there's something there that you fancy.

There are your first three answers.

Remember, only one of those is correct.

That's the one that you're looking for,

and at this point, you can open

all three answers to reveal the questions.

Which one would you like to go for first?

-Take it from the top?

-Brush.

-OK, we're going to go with Brush.

Let's have a look at the question.

What do you think?

-LAUGHING:

-Bob!

A brush? A fox.

-Brush?

-Take that?

-Or is it a badger?

-What name is given to the short, erect tail

-of a rabbit?

-It's not really a brush on the back of a rabbit, is it?

Badger or a fox, I think. I think that answer's wrong,

-but we'll leave it for now.

-Right.

-Yeah?

Shall we have a look at the others?

-OK. In the same order, mashed potato.

-Mashed potato.

Mashed potato.

Carbohydrate?

Kedgeree is eggs and rice.

-Seem very certain there.

-No potato. No potato in it, then?

Not that I know of.

-No potato in?

-I think it's rice.

-OK.

-Well, let's... Let's look at the next one.

-Can we see the next one?

Let's have a look at 11.

-11.

-Neil Armstrong.

-Yeah.

-Buzz Aldrin.

-I'm with you. 11 on that.

-Yeah.

-You seem...

-Are you sure?

-Yeah. Positive.

-Pretty confident this about this.

-Absolutely.

-We're going for 11 as the correct answer.

-Yeah.

-Are you sure?

-I sat up to watch that, the moon landing,

-in 1969 with my parents.

-Well, you should know then!

-So did I!

-Experience speaking right there!

-Same age!

-OK. It was Apollo 11

that landed the first man on the moon in 1969.

Let's lock it in.

If that's the correct answer you get to choose your first number

for The Code. If it's wrong,

you will be going home.

Is it the correct answer?

(Yes!)

-It is the correct answer!

-Correct answer!

Apollo 11, Lesley.

You managed to sift through everything very well there and, yes,

the Apollo space mission was number 11,

the 20th July 1969, Eagle being the name of the lunar module,

hence "the Eagle has landed".

The answer to the Brush question was wrong, because the fox's tail is

called a brush. The short, erect tail of a rabbit is a scut.

-No!

-Is it?

-Is it?!

I didn't know that.

-A scut.

-Oh, I didn't know that!

-Yes.

-And kedgeree.

Steve was saying that it was rice in kedgeree.

It is, it's curried rice. So, not only did you pick the right pair,

but you knew the correct answers to the wrong ones, as well.

Do they get a bonus point for that?

They get some respect and admiration.

Here's respect and admiration from us.

Well done, Steve. Well done, Jane.

What it does mean, of course, is that you get to pick a number

in The Code.

There are all ten numbers there, from zero through to nine.

Which one are you going to go for?

-One.

-Luca's birthday.

-Number one, then.

-Number one it is.

It's our grandson's birthday.

You've been right about everything so far,

so let's hope that's right. Is number one in The Code?

Let's have a look at the first box.

-It's there!

-Ah-h!

-Good choice! Good choice, Steve!

-Well done, Steve!

You have the first number in your code. Only two more to find,

and the jackpot is yours. Yeah.

Only. But at this next level,

-we are going to take something a way from you.

-OK.

-Make it a little bit

difficult, because, quite frankly, you're doing too well.

As before, you will see three answers, but now you will only see

the questions behind two of them before you have to commit.

Identify one as incorrect.

-OK.

-You won't quite have the full picture.

-Right, yes.

-OK. Let's have a look at those answers.

Now, it does become important which one you choose first.

Mm. What do you want to go for?

-Hm?

-I think the peso.

-Peso?

-Mm.

-Sure?

-I know what it is.

Peso, then.

Let's have a look at Peso.

Before the Euro, what was the currency of Spain?

It wasn't the peso, it was the peseta.

-Peseta?

-Yes. So that one is wrong.

OK, well, you don't have to commit to that just yet.

You can look at one other question. Which one would you like to look at?

What do you think?

-Robin Williams.

-Do you know lots of films he's been in?

-A few.

-Robin Williams.

-Let's have a look at the question behind Robin Williams.

Who won his only Oscar for his performance in Good Will Hunting?

Now, he was in that with Matt Damon.

And I think that is his only Oscar, but I know that that...

Number two is definitely wrong.

-Yes.

-So, I think we should discard number two.

-Discard number two.

OK, so to see the question behind the third answer there, January,

you need to get rid of one of those two.

-Yeah.

-Yes.

-As a wrong answer.

Get rid of the peso question.

So we're going to discard that question - Peso.

-100%.

-OK, we want to reject that,

so we can have a look at the others and carry on.

We're going to call that an incorrect answer.

Peso is incorrect.

Then we get to see what's behind January.

Unfortunately, if it is a correct answer, you will be going home.

-I understand that.

-Before the Euro,

was the currency of Spain peseta or peso?

-Positive?

-Positive. It's locked in now.

Let's hope it's an incorrect answer.

We want this to go red.

-It is incorrect!

-Yes!

-Good news.

Lesley, the peseta, is that right?

It is! And they switched to the Euro in 2002.

OK. Well done.

You've binned an incorrect answer.

That means we can get rid of that answer completely

and somewhere there is a correct answer.

We get to see behind the final answer, January.

In which month does the US presidential election

always take place?

Is it January?

-Is it June?

-No.

No. The primaries are in November.

I think the election takes place in February.

-Are you positive?

-You're looking for one correct answer

-from those two now.

-What do you want to go for?

Robin Williams?

What are your instincts saying?

My first instinct was Robin Williams won the Oscar for Good Will Hunting.

But now I've seen the January answer, I'm not 100% certain.

The elections, I thought that were in February.

I'm not 100% now.

But you're more sure of the first question?

-The Robin Williams...

-He did win an Oscar.

Shall we go for it? I think the first one is correct.

-You do?

-I think so.

-OK.

-I think... I think... I'm...

Probably about 80% certain the elections are in February.

OK. So, we're going to say that Robin Williams

won his only Oscar...

-Are you sure?

-..for a performance in Good Will Hunting.

-Not 100%, but...

-You're not 100%.

-I'm more sure of that than the January.

-Shall we lock it in?

I think we'll have to, yeah.

To get to choose another number,

we need Robin Williams to have won his only Oscar in Good Will Hunting.

Otherwise, I'm afraid, Jane and Steve,

you'll be following the other contestants on your way home.

Is it right?

It is right!

It's correct.

You selected the correct answer.

Robin Williams got the Oscar for Good Will Hunting.

I was saying Dead Poets Society.

I don't know why. Is that right, Lesley?

He gave a good performance in Dead Poets Society,

but he won the Oscar for Good Will Hunting.

He was Will Hunting's court-mandated therapist.

There was also an Oscar for that film

to Matt Damon and Ben Affleck for the writing.

The original screenplay. For the presidential election,

it's not in February, though, but November.

OK. The important thing is

now you get to choose another number from The Code

to go alongside the 1 that's sitting up there.

-9.

-You're going to go with number 9.

-9.

-Our grandson's month of birth, so stick with the same theme.

OK, so you're going with your grandson's month of birth.

Number 9. Is it up there?

Is it in box number two?

It's not in box number two.

How about box number three?

9, 9, 9!

Oh, it's not there. But don't worry, because that's one less number

that you have to worry about

and you're playing the game at an easier level.

If you get another number, it gets harder as you go through.

-Yeah.

-OK.

-Yeah.

-OK, are you ready for your next three answers?

-You're doing brilliantly.

-Go for it.

-This is great.

-Next three, yes.

Remember, once again, you only get to see two at a time

before you have to commit. Here they are.

-Mars, Montague, Stamps.

-Oh, dear.

What are your specialist subjects? What are you good at, you guys?

-I like science.

-Science.

-Geography. Maths.

-OK.

Human biology.

-Biology!

-HUMAN biology.

Human biology.

Quite specific there. Which one of those is jumping out at you?

-Oh, dear.

-Mars, a few things spring to mind.

-Mm.

-Mars the planet.

Mars the chocolate bar. Mars the Roman God.

-Right.

-So, you've got a few options on that one.

Montague, not a clue.

-Shall we go for Mars?

-Yeah.

-Mars.

Going for Mars. OK, let's have a look at the question.

Ganymede is the largest moon in the solar system.

Which planet does it orbit?

-It's not Mars.

-What is it, then?

No, two... Mars has got two moons

and neither of them are Ganymede.

-Are they not?

-No.

Phobos and Deimos.

Ooh!

-I'll take your word for that.

-Are you sure?

-I'm pretty sure.

You're pretty confident that Ganymede is not a moon of Mars.

-I think Ganymede is one of the moons of Jupiter.

-OK.

-OK.

-Let's move on. Let's have a look at one of the other two.

-Stamps?

-Montague.

-Montague?

-Mm.

-Montague.

In Romeo and Juliet, what is Romeo's surname?

Well, Juliet's Capulet.

-Yes.

-It's Montagues and Capulets.

-Yes.

-It is, isn't it?

It is. When that came up, that's what I thought.

-Yeah. You're right.

-Yeah.

Yeah. So, we can eliminate the Mars one to see the third one.

-Yes?

-Are you sure it's...?

-100%.

-I know it's...

-100%.

-OK.

You're totally confident.

Totally confident on the Mars.

That Mars is incorrect.

-Discount it, yes.

-You want to discount that one.

We want Mars to be an incorrect answer.

If it is, we get to play on.

If it's a correct answer, I'm afraid you'll be going home at this stage.

OK. Is Mars an incorrect answer?

We want this to go red.

-Yes!

-Incorrect.

-Incorrect.

Brilliant. We get to play on.

-Lesley.

-Yes, Steve, the moons of Mars are indeed Phobos and Deimos.

Ganymede is a moon of Jupiter.

Ganymede is actually bigger than Mercury.

-Do you know what the hottest planet is?

-I'd have said Mercury.

You'd think, because it's closest to the sun.

It's Venus because of the atmosphere.

-Venus.

-Venus.

-You would not want to go there on your holidays.

We've binned an incorrect answer.

That just leaves us two, and we can see what's behind the answer Stamps.

Let's have a look at that question.

Numismatics is the study and collection of what?

No. Numismatics is the study of coins.

Philately is stamps. So that's wrong.

That's wrong.

-Absolutely certain.

-Absolutely.

-It's another quickfire Steve answer.

Collected stamps as a kid, so I know.

-Brilliant.

-Genius.

So, you must be saying by definition there, Romeo's surname is Montague.

-Yes.

-Yes.

-Let's lock it in.

-Yep.

OK, if Romeo's surname is Montague,

you get to choose another number from The Code.

If it's not the correct answer, you'll be going home.

Let's find out.

Correct.

-Yes!

-Well done.

Great stuff. Lesley, Romeo Montague.

Yes, and Juliet Capulet.

Exactly as you said.

And numismatics is the study and collection of coins, medals,

anything like that. And philately the collection of stamps.

So, Steve's misspent youth...

You were a wild child, weren't you?

-I was a trainspotter as well.

-Collecting stamps...

-Really?

-Not really.

-What a catch.

-Did you?!

-Hey, look, it's got you here.

That's the important bit.

OK. That means you get to choose another number from The Code.

You've got eight to choose from now.

Oh.

-Number 4.

-Number 4.

-Reasoning?

-It's our daughter's birthday.

It's as good as any - let's hope it's there.

We've got 1 already.

Is 4 in the second box?

It's not in the second box.

Is it in the third box?

Please.

-It's not there.

-We're getting rid of numbers, though.

-Mm.

-Getting rid of numbers.

-But one number down.

Again. Yeah. You know, we're down now to seven numbers to choose from

and the simple truth is if you answer ten questions correctly

you will open the safe. It's that simple.

We just have to keep going for correct answers

the way you are at the moment. You're blitzing it.

-Doing brilliantly.

-Blitzing it.

-Come on, we can do this.

Right. Let's go again.

Let's have the next three answers, please.

Nice, Two and either Cu or C-U.

And once again, you only get to see two at a time

before you have to commit.

C-U?

Nice could be Nice, as in the South of France.

-Cu is the chemical symbol for copper.

-You're good at...

-chemicals.

-I was a chemical engineer, wasn't I?

-Mm.

-You were a chemical engineer?

-Yeah.

So, which do you want to go for?

So, that's looking like a good shout for you, possibly?

Go for copper, go for C-U.

-C-U ?

-Yeah.

-OK, C-U.

-OK. C-U, Jimmy.

-C-U!

Let's have a look at the question behind C-U.

What is the chemical symbol of the element curium,

named after Marie and Pierre Curie?

-Cu is the chemical symbol for copper.

-OK.

-So that answer's wrong.

That's another nailed-on Steve answer. Absolutely 100% sure.

-Yeah.

-OK, we get to look at another one before we have to commit.

Let's go for nice or Nice, shall we?

-Nice or Nice.

-Let's have a look at it.

The Palm d'Or is the most prestigious prize

at the annual film festival in which French town?

-Cannes Film Festival.

-Yeah, I've been to Cannes.

So we can eliminate either of those

-and know that two is probably going to be right.

-OK.

Steve, you feel like you're looking at two incorrect answers there.

-Two incorrect answers, yeah.

-OK.

We'll definitely get rid of number three.

-C-U.

-Yeah. Definitely.

So we're going to discard C-U.

-Let's find out.

-Are you sure?

-It's not C-U.

-We want this to go red.

You're absolutely right, it's an incorrect answer.

-Steve, you were saying C-U is copper.

-Copper. Yeah.

Lesley. Yes, Cm is the symbol for Curium.

And Cu is the symbol for copper.

Curium named, as the question says, after the Curies.

Polonium also named after Marie Curie.

She came from Poland, which at the time wasn't an independent country.

-So we can get rid of that one completely. Bin it.

-Yep.

Because we know it's incorrect

and we know that there must be a correct answer there.

It allows us to see what's behind the answer Two.

Let's have a look at that question now.

How many full terms did Ken Livingstone serve

-as Mayor Of London?

-Two.

-Two.

-Sure?

-Yeah. Well, we know that Palm d'Or is the Cannes festival.

-Yes.

-I don't think there is one in Nice, is there? A film festival?

-Never heard of a Nice film festival.

-No, we haven't, have we?

We're looking for the correct answer here.

-The correct answer's Ken Livingstone did two terms.

-OK.

-Absolutely sure?

-Yeah.

-Steve, your certainty is impressive.

To be honest. It's impressive.

We're going to lock that in.

We're saying that Ken Livingstone served two terms as Mayor of London.

If it's correct, you get to choose another number from The Code,

if it's incorrect you're going back to Nottingham.

Let's find out.

-Yay!

-Indeed. It's the correct answer.

-Jane and Steve.

-Yes,

he was replaced by Boris Johnson, of course, as Mayor of London.

And then we have Nice and Cannes.

Steve, once again you were really confident, saying it was Cannes.

-Yeah.

-Is there a Nice Film Festival?

There is, it takes place a few days before the Cannes festival.

Do you know, that's what went through my mind.

Right. So, Nice first, it's like...

Yes, I think they sneak in there but Cannes gets all the attention.

Right. Fantastic stuff. It means that we get to choose another number

to go into The Code. And you're whittling them away.

If you carry on like this you will be cracking The Code

-and getting into that safe. Choose another number.

-Number 6, please.

OK. Number 6, are you in box number two?

6!

It's not in the second box.

6, are you in the third box?

It's not there either.

You're getting rid of the numbers. Good.

-You're shedding numbers quickly.

-Only six numbers left now.

You're whittling it down.

Now you've only got six numbers left to choose from.

And you're still playing the game

where you get to see more of those questions. It's a good thing.

Let's see the next three answers.

The Third Man.

Orange.

And Ostrich.

-Shall we go for Ostrich? Ostrich.

-Go for Ostrich.

Is that your choice, Jane?

Do you think there might be one there for you?

-Oh! There might be!

-OK.

Let's see what the question is behind Ostrich.

Which large flightless bird is the national bird of Australia?

-Australia. We've been to Australia.

-It's the emu.

Ostrich is an African bird.

But they have them around the world in different parts.

-I know they do.

-But its national bird is the emu.

-Emu.

Rod Hull. Emu.

Yeah. OK. Let's pick another one.

You can see two at a time here before you have to commit to one.

-Which one is it going to be next?

-Orange.

-Orange, yeah.

In Sweden, what fruit is "apelsin"?

-Apelsin.

-The obvious thing it's going to be is an apple.

-I wouldn't have thought it was an orange.

-Too obvious, isn't it?

I think we go eliminate the ostrich question.

Because we are 99.9% certain it's the emu.

-Emu.

-Yeah?

-Are you sure?

-Yeah.

-As certain as I can be.

-OK, we have to commit to one of these.

-Commit to Ostrich.

-OK.

We're saying that Ostrich is wrong.

It's an incorrect answer. We're going to discard it.

OK. If it's a correct answer, you're going home.

Let's hope it's incorrect.

-Yay!

-It is incorrect.

The ostrich.

So, emus for Australia, ostriches for Africa.

-Is that right?

-Ostriches are African

and the national bird of Australia is indeed the emu.

Right. Well done, Steve, Jane.

You've binned an incorrect answer and question.

That means we get to see what's behind The Third Man.

Let's have a look at that question.

Alden Pyle is the title character in which Graham Greene book?

I think the title character of The Third Man is...

-His name is John.

-You do?

-I think so.

-We're looking for a correct answer.

-When did you read it?

Donkey's years ago.

30 or 40 years ago.

So, the incorrect answer is The Third Man.

And you're saying the orange answer is correct?

Yeah, I think the apelsin is to try and lead you down a false path.

-With apple.

-So, you're saying apelsin is orange in Swedish?

-Yes.

-That's your correct answer?

-That's our correct answer.

-Lock it in?

-Mm.

-Should we?

Well, you've read the book.

A long time ago.

Let's lock it in.

OK. Let's hope that's the correct answer.

If it is, you get to choose another number from The Code.

If it's the wrong answer, I'm afraid you're going home to Nottingham.

Orange.

Is that the correct answer?

Got it right. It's the correct answer.

-Orange, apelsin in Swedish, Lesley.

-Oh, I didn't think it was!

Yes, it is. And in Estonian, as well.

Alden Pyle, you were saying that doesn't sound right?

No, think it was... I think it was John. Or John Hammond.

-Something like that.

-Are you thinking of Richard Hannay

-from 39 Steps, maybe?

-Richard Hannay. Oh, yeah, I might be.

-Yeah.

-So you were wrong!

-I was wrong anyway.

Right in the wrong way.

You were wrong, but you decided the correct pair nonetheless.

Alden Pyle is the title character in a different Graham Greene book.

The Third Man being Harry Lime, as played by Orson Welles.

-Alden Pyle is The Quiet American.

-There you go.

A novel about Vietnam which was surprisingly prescient.

OK. That means you get to choose another number from The Code.

There are only six left.

There are two boxes to fill in The Code.

Fill them and you'll get a crack at that money.

-What's it going to be next?

-You go for it.

-Number 7, please.

Number 7.

Let's have a look at the second box. Is it there?

-Yes...

-Come on.

It's not in the second box.

Number 7. Are you in the third box?

-It's not there.

-Another number gone.

Great with the questions, not lucky with the numbers...

so far, but you're whittling them down.

There are only five left.

Eventually, if you keep answering the questions correctly,

you will get that safe open. OK.

Let's have a look at your next three answers.

The Nutcracker.

-Oh, Laughing!

-Laughing.

-I'm good at laughing.

-And Pool.

Which one are you going to go for first?

What about Pool? It could be the game, it could be swimming pool.

-It could be...

-Well, you'd know about pool...

-Betting pool.

-wouldn't you?

-Yeah.

-Shall we go...

-Pool.

-Pool.

-Yes.

Let's have a look at the question for Pool.

-Can we go to the next one?

-Was that the question you were expecting?

No. Not at all.

The great thing is of course you can have a look at another question

before you make your minds up about it.

-Right, OK.

-Let's go with The Nutcracker.

-Yeah.

-Nutcracker, please.

-Nutcracker next.

Let's have a look at the question.

It's The Nutcracker.

-Certainly the Sugar Plum Fairy...

-Sugar Plum Fairies are.

How about the other two? Do you know?

You have to discard one of those.

Commit to one of those being wrong to see what's behind

-Laughing.

-We know

the Sugar Plum Fairy is in The Nutcracker.

But are the other two characters in there as well? I don't know.

Just want to get rid of a wrong answer at this stage.

-What's...

-I don't know. What do you want to do?

For me, it's a 50-50, haven't a clue.

That's the first time, Steve,

you haven't had a clue about two questions together.

It's your turn, Jane.

This is your moment.

We'll get rid of Pool.

OK. We're going to discard Pool.

OK. Let's find out.

Is that correct? Is that incorrect?

We're hoping it's incorrect.

Oh!

-Well done.

-Well done.

-It's an incorrect answer.

-Well done.

-Lesley.

-Yes, they're not master pool players,

but high-ranking chess players.

-Chess players.

-Oh, right.

-And Kramnik is Russian,

Viswanathan Anand is Indian and Magnus Carlsen is Norwegian.

Well done. You've binned an incorrect answer.

That allows you to see what's behind the answer Laughing.

I think it's Laughing.

Craniofacial's set in the skull, isn't it?

Controlled twitching, facial twitching?

-Blinking?

-Oh, it could be.

-One of those is correct.

It would refer to the eye if that were the case.

There's nothing there to do with the eye. It probably is Laughing.

Well, that means The Nutcracker's wrong, then.

Yeah, but I don't know about the other two characters, do you?

Idiopathic.

I think I've got that anyway.

Well, you laugh a lot.

This is a perfect question for you.

For me. It's human biology

and it's Laughing, of which you do a lot, Jane.

-So, this should be...

-Sounds like my question.

You should be in the zone here.

-I think it's Laughing.

-Laughing, then.

As a correct answer, to be clear.

Is there anything else that you think it could be?

Nutcracker, I haven't a clue who the top two characters are.

-Idiopathic craniofacial...

-It could take us down the route

that you recognise Sugar Plum Fairy straightaway and go,

"Oh, that's the right answer."

They could be characters in other ballets.

You don't think it's twitching?

-No.

-Oh, I don't know.

You did say when Sugar Plum Fairy came up,

instinctively you thought that was...

-Mm.

-..that was a fit.

-No, they seem both right to me.

You choose.

-Do you think Laughing?

-I think so.

We'll go for Laughing, then.

OK. The right answer.

We're going to lock in Laughing as our correct answer.

If it's right, you get to choose another number in The Code.

-Bet we're wrong.

-You haven't many left.

-Bet we're wrong.

-Very close now.

Please. Let's make Laughing the correct answer.

Have we got it now?

Oh.

I'm so sorry, it was a 50-50 call.

-Oh!

-It was the wrong answer, I'm sorry.

I wasn't sure.

You were there, you were 50-50.

Your instinct was right in the first place.

Nutcracker, Sugar Plum Fairy.

That was your gut reaction, wasn't it?

-Yeah. Oh!

-And you changed your mind.

Lesley, talk us through it.

Idiopathic craniofacial erythema.

Idiopathic just means there's no known cause for it.

-Oh, course it is.

-It is blushing.

-Oh, right.

-Oh!

-Erythema.

Oh, I know it now.

Jane, I'm so sorry.

I'm really sorry that you managed to talk yourself out of The Nutcracker.

The correct answer there.

Those characters all being in that ballet.

-Oh, no!

-Well, you know what?

You did so brilliantly up to then.

You did fantastically with the questions.

You were a little bit unlucky with the numbers possibly,

but you've played absolutely brilliantly.

Let's have a look at The Code.

150 was your code.

-Oh, so disappointed.

-Listen, you've done brilliantly.

And you've played brilliantly. I hope you've had a nice time.

-Have you enjoyed yourselves?

-We have, yes.

-OK.

-I'll remember that now.

Today, unfortunately, you didn't manage to break The Code.

We have to say goodbye.

-Jane, Steve, thank you.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

It's an easy game to play, but not an easy game to win,

as Jane and Steve have just demonstrated.

And for the next contestants the jackpot goes up to £4,500.

That's next time. Thanks to Lesley for this time,

-for making us all a bit brighter.

-You're welcome.

And it's cheerio from me, as thick as I was when I started.

Thanks for watching. See you next time.