Episode 17 The Code

Hello, and welcome to The Code.

The money in the safe currently stands at £4,500.

All our players have to do to open it is crack this three-digit code.

And every time someone fails, more money is added.

So, the jackpot gets higher and higher.

Last time, Denise, Mary and Craig,

Team Awesome, had picked four numbers,

none of which were in the code.

Then we ran out of time.

So, let's welcome them back.

Here they are. Denise, Mary and Craig.

-Nice to see you.

-Good to see you again. Team Awesome...

-Hi, Matt.

-..in the hot seat.

-Yep.

Ready to go. Let's remind ourselves about you guys.

You all work as bank clerks, administrators, in the same office,

-is that right?

-We do, yes.

-Yes.

-We all work in the same office.

And what's the best thing about the place you work?

-Let's be positive.

-Bingo on a Friday.

-Oh, yeah.

We play bingo on a Friday.

Which relies on you choosing the correct numbers.

THEY LAUGH That's right, isn't it?

-Yep.

-Yes.

-Team Awesome has been less than awesome so far

at choosing the numbers.

That's something we need to really, really work on.

Before we get cracking, let's say hello to Lesley.

-Hi, Lesley.

-Hi, Lesley.

- Hi. - Welcome back.

I hope you do better on the numbers this time.

-Thank you.

-Yeah, little bit of work to do there.

Are you ready for your next three answers?

-Yeah, I think so.

-LAUGHTER

-Yeah.

-Yes.

-Yes, Matt.

-Listen,

we've had no trouble with the questions and answers so far.

That's not been the issue. Let's see if we can carry that on

with these three.

Dagger, Myanmar, West Indies.

Only one of those is correct.

That's the one you're trying to find.

At this point, you can open all three answers

to reveal the questions.

-Start from the top again?

-Yeah.

-Stick to our tactics.

-Yeah. Dagger.

-Yeah.

Right, we're going to start top down.

With the question behind Dagger, please.

In the original version of Cluedo,

which murder weapon is the first in alphabetical order?

-Iron bar, rope...

-Got a candlestick.

-Candlestick.

-So it's...

Was that in the original, though?

-Well, yeah.

-The original version?

-Yes? Candlestick, yes.

-Candlestick.

-Yeah.

-OK?

-OK.

-Right, we think we have an idea on that one.

Let's have a look at the question behind Myanmar.

Which country is home to the River Kwai,

as in the famous Bridge On The River Kwai?

-Have you seen that film?

-I think that may be correct,

cos I'm sure it used to be known as Burma.

-And I'm pretty sure it is...

-I was just going to say,

-I thought it was Burma.

-So, I think that might...

Might be the one? Yeah, yeah.

OK, let's have a look at West Indies.

After England and Australia,

which cricket team has played the most test matches?

Could be Pakistan. Or India, couldn't it?

-They play a load of cricket.

-I love sports,

but cricket is not one of my...

-No, nor mine.

-But I'm pretty confident on the Myanmar question.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-And you thought... You know, the fact that it was Burma.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-So, are we...?

Shall we lock in two?

-Yeah, definitely?

-Yeah.

-OK.

Happy to lock in Myanmar as your correct answer?

-Please.

-Yeah.

-Let's lock it in.

OK, if it is the correct, we get another chance

to choose the wrong number... LAUGHTER

..for the code.

-That's not going to happen.

-Please.

-No.

-We're going to get it this time.

Let Myanmar be a correct answer.

-Oh!

-No!

-No!

-No!

-Oh, the bottom one.

-Oh, my goodness.

Let's find out which was the correct answer.

-It's going to be the cricket.

-I think, yeah.

It is the cricket.

It is the West Indies.

Lesley, how did that happen?

-Oh!

-It happened because the West Indies

have played just over 500 matches.

India is the fourth in that list.

And in the original version of Cluedo,

you knew not only that Dagger was wrong,

but that candlestick was the right answer.

And the country which is home to the River Kwai -

Craig, you remembered that Myanmar used to be known as Burma.

That didn't help you here because the answer is Thailand.

-Oh.

-Well, guys.

I don't know what to say.

I had this feeling that you were going the whole way.

I really did. Team Awesome was absolutely awesome.

-THEY LAUGH You were!

-No!

It was a really brave effort.

All I can say is when you're dealing with people's bank accounts,

please try and choose the correct numbers.

-LAUGHTER

-Yeah.

-All right?

Give us a bit of faith, there.

Listen, you've been such a joy to have with us.

-Oh, it's been lovely.

-You have failed to break the code.

Therefore, sadly, we have no option but to ask you to leave the game.

-Thank you so much.

-Oh, it's been lovely.

-It's been really, really nice.

-Thank you.

-Nice to meet you.

-Thank you.

-Bye-bye.

-Bye.

Wow, there you go.

Team Awesome. What a lot of fun.

But, unfortunately, not functional

when it came to choosing the right numbers in the code.

Their loss, however, is our next contestant's game,

because, as always, that means the money goes up.

Let's meet the next player hoping to crack the code.

-Hello, Dave. How are you?

-Pleased to meet you.

-Good to see you.

-Dave, all the way from Dundee.

-Mm-hm.

On the banks of the silvery Tay.

Correct, that's absolutely right.

And tell me about yourself, what do you do?

I'm a part-time pharmacist.

A community pharmacist, I do locums. I'm a part-time hypnotherapist.

-Really?

-And I'm a part-time chair of my local YMCA,

so I'm not really a part-time at all.

No, no, you're full-time...

Full-time between the three of them.

-Full-time, a bit of everything. Hypnotherapist?

-Yep.

So, how do you help people with that?

What sort of things do they come to you with?

Can be phobias, stopping smoking,

fear of flying is quite a common one at holiday times.

It tends to vary throughout the year a bit,

-depending on what's happening.

-Now, money. Let's talk brass tacks.

If we did win today,

and we're talking about a big sum of money now,

-what would you do?

-Right, this year is a really big celebration year me.

My wife's 50, my sister is 60, one of my sons is 21.

The YMCA in which I'm chair is 150.

I am 40 years qualified as a pharmacist.

-Wow.

-And it's our 25th wedding anniversary.

-All of this is coming...?

-In the space of four months.

-Yes.

-Anything that I can gain today

would be a bigger celebration, I suppose.

I love the fact that you're talking about spending money on your family,

aren't you? On the people around you.

Again, we'll still celebrate anyway, whatever happens today.

If we can help you along with that,

-it'd be a great thing to be able to do.

-Great, yeah.

Now, before you, Denise, Mary and Craig failed, unfortunately.

The result of that is that £500 goes into the safe,

making a nice, round total for you of £5,000.

-Worth celebrating.

-That would be.

-It would be worth celebrating, yes.

Spread that around a little bit.

OK. David, we are going to reset the code.

There we go, three blanks.

We want to make those into three unique numbers.

If you're ready, Dave...

-I'm ready.

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

George V, the Sahara, Cyan.

Remember, only one of those is correct.

That's the one that we're looking for.

Where would you like to start?

-George V.

-We'll start with the question behind George V.

Who was the British monarch

the second time London hosted the Summer Olympics?

George V would be, I think, earlier than that.

It might be more likely to be George VI, I would have thought.

OK. We can move on and open one of the other questions.

-Where would you like to go next?

-Um...Cyan?

OK, let's open the question behind cyan.

If you take the red light out of a white light,

you're left with a bluey-green colour called...?

I think it's... Cyan is a light blue.

So, I think that's... That feels possible.

-Possible.

-Possible, yes.

OK, let's open the Sahara.

Maybe that will give us a better clue.

Where would you find the Sea of Tranquillity?

Sea of Tranquillity? I'm pretty sure it's on the moon.

That's where one of the moon landings actually took place.

So, I don't think the Sea of Tranquillity is in the Sahara.

OK, we've got three there.

We're trying to find the correct answer.

Where do you want to go with this, Dave?

I think I'm going to go with the bluey-green being cyan.

OK. Let's lock it in.

If Cyan is the correct answer,

we get to choose a digit for the code.

If it isn't, it's a very short trip, and a long way back to Dundee.

-We don't want that.

-Nope.

Is Cyan the correct answer?

Well done, Dave.

-Good start.

-Well done indeed, Dave.

Cyan standing out to you straight away as the correct answer.

The British monarch the second time London hosted the Summer Olympics,

that was in 1948.

Not George V, but exactly as you said, George VI.

London also hosted the Olympics in 1908 and 2012.

And the Sea of Tranquillity,

you knew that the Apollo mission landed there

and that it was not in the Sahara, but on the moon.

Thank you, Lesley. Fantastic stuff, Dave.

Really strong start, good knowledge.

-Fine, yep.

-Good intuition to back it up, as well.

It buys you the chance to choose one digit from the keypad

to enter into the code.

Is there a strategy behind this?

-None at all.

-OK.

-Four?

-Number four.

Let's see if four is in Dave's code.

Is it in the first box?

No number four there. Is it in the second box?

Not there either.

Is it in the final box?

No number four. But that's fine.

It does mean we've eliminated number four,

we get to carry on playing the game at this level

where we can see all three questions behind the answers.

-Are you ready to take the next three answers?

-Ready.

Jabberwocks, Madonna, Three times.

I think Jabberwocks first, I think.

OK, let's have a look at the question behind Jabberwocks.

What name does AA Milne give to the elephant-like creatures he describes

in Winnie the Pooh?

No, I don't think that's right.

I'm not quite sure what the elephant-like creatures are

in Winnie the Pooh.

Jabberwocks - I don't think it was AA Milne.

Lewis Carroll, perhaps.

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

I would be inclined to put that to one side at the moment,

-but I don't think it's right.

-OK, where do you want to go next, Dave?

-Three times.

-Let's have a look at the question behind Three times.

A basketball hoop is how many times higher off the ground

than the centre of a badminton net?

Not overly confident about that either, to be honest.

OK, OK. Shall we have a look at the last one?

Indeed. Yeah.

Who has won the most Golden Raspberries, or Razzies,

for worst actress?

I can't think that there's that much that Madonna has acted in,

but she could be a poor actress in very few films.

I think I'm going to go with Madonna as the lock-in here,

cos I'm trying to visualise a basketball hoop,

but I don't think it's three times higher, but that's just a...

Do you think that's too high or too low?

I think that's too high -

a badminton net would be above my head,

and I don't think a basketball hoop is three times taller than I am.

-Shall we lock in Madonna?

-Lock in Madonna. I'm not...

I'm not at all confident to be honest, but...

It's a bit of a flyer...

-It's a flyer.

-..but we are going to lock it in all the same.

Is Madonna our correct answer out of the three?

We want it to turn green.

We want it to be right,

giving Dave the chance to put a second digit into the code.

-It's right.

-Yes.

-Good stuff, Dave.

-Yes.

-Yes!

-That's right, she's been nominated six times,

has won the award five times.

They also named her the worst actress of the 20th century

for films such as Shanghai Surprise and Who's That Girl.

The name that AA Milne gives to the elephant-like creatures.

You thought that Jabberwocky came from Lewis Carroll - that was right.

The correct answer here is the Heffalump.

And a basketball hoop is how many times higher off the ground

than the centre of a badminton net?

You figured out the relative heights.

A basketball hoop is ten feet off the ground.

A badminton net is five feet.

The answer is two times.

Great stuff. Thank you, Lesley.

And well worked out, Dave.

It means you get to enter another figure into the keypad.

Let's see if it's there in the code for you.

-Where are we going?

-I'll go for eight.

Number eight. Is that in Dave's code?

Is it in the first box?

It's not there. Is it in the second box?

It's not there.

Is it in the third and final box of the code?

It's not there. No number four, no number eight.

Two numbers out of commission.

We are still playing at the early stages of the game.

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

John Travolta, Roman villas, I Am Leonard.

No idea what I Am Leonard could be referring to.

Well, at this stage you can open it and find out.

-Well, let's open that one and find out.

-Shall we?

OK. Let's have a look at the question behind I Am Leonard.

The actor Leonard Nimoy wrote two biographies,

the first called I Am Not Spock.

What was the second one called?

I think the second one...

I think I remember reading this when Leonard Nimoy passed away.

Is it not I Am Spock?

I think. So, I don't think it's I Am Leonard.

I'll put that to one side at the moment, I think...

We can put it to one side and have a look at the others.

-Where do you want to go next?

-John Travolta?

Which Hollywood star was Mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea in California

from 1986 to 1988?

Not sure it was John Travolta.

There was...

Can I see the Roman villas?

Of course you can.

Ruins of what type of building can be seen at Lullingstone,

Chedworth and Woodchester?

I don't know any of the places at all, I'm afraid.

But I think I'm going to go for the Roman villas

as being the correct one, I think that...

And what are you basing that on, then?

Well, I'm reasonably sure that I Am Leonard wasn't...

Reasonably sure, obviously - I'm not by any means certain.

And I don't think John Travolta was Mayor of Carmel.

Was it Clint Eastwood?

I think. So I'm going to go on Roman villas.

I'm not absolutely anywhere near sure on this one.

OK, we're not sure about that,

but you're a lot more sure that the others could be wrong.

On the balance of probability, I'm going for Roman villas, yes.

We're going to lock in Roman villas as a correct answer.

We want it to turn green.

We want, Dave, to get a correct answer,

giving him another stab at the keypad

to see if we can find a number in his code.

Is Roman villas the correct answer?

This is working for you, Dave.

Whatever you're doing, it's working very well.

-Luck!

-Well, it's a bit more than luck. Lesley.

Yes, you landed on that one

by having information about the other two.

Ruins of Roman villas found in those locations.

Lots of Roman villas had hypocaust systems - underfloor heating -

making them arguably more advanced than most modern houses.

The Hollywood star who was Mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea.

Not John Travolta.

John Travolta - not well known for being involved in politics,

though he is a highly qualified pilot.

The correct answer, exactly as you said - Clint Eastwood.

And the actor, Leonard Nimoy.

You said the right answer here.

It was I Am Spock which followed up I Am Not Spock.

He was surprised at the reaction to the first book.

He didn't realise that it would alienate some of the fans.

-I like what you did there, Lesley. ALIENate.

-Alienate.

Very good. Very good.

Well, Dave, you are the most logical captain at this stage.

HE LAUGHS It gives you the chance to choose

another number to try out in the code.

Four and eight already gone.

Eight others remain.

-One, please.

-The number one.

OK, is the number one in Dave's code?

Is it in the first box?

It's not there.

Is it in the second box?

Still not there.

Is it in the third box?

-No number one.

-Ooh, no one either.

Are you ready for your next three answers?

-Ready for the next one, yeah.

-OK, Dave. Here we go.

South Korea, I think I'll take first on that one.

Let's reveal the question behind South Korea.

I'm not sure if they've actually made it that far.

-Can I take The Rescuers?

-Of course.

I knew it was a Disney film,

but I don't know anything about the characters.

It's not one I've watched, with any kids or...

Not much help from either of these.

-Not much help, either way, here. No.

-OK.

Shall we have a look at the cup of coffee?

I would have thought it

was with cream, myself,

just looking at it logically, but...

That's your first instinct, though.

My first instinct would be to get rid of that one.

We're looking for the correct answer, here.

I think I could guess this all day, and it would still be a guess.

I think I'm going to go with The Rescuers

as being the one I want to lock in.

OK, without a great sense of conviction, that's duly noted...

-Yep.

-..we want to lock in The Rescuers

as your correct answer, Dave.

OK, there it is.

It's locked in.

Is The Rescuers our correct answer?

We want it to turn green.

Oh...

I'm so sorry, Dave. I'm so sorry.

Let's find out which one was the correct answer.

-It was South Korea.

-It was South Korea, was it?

Bad luck, Dave. It was South Korea.

In 2002, they came fourth.

Moving on to the apple pie a la mode,

you had some good instincts about this.

You said cream.

-It is ice cream.

-Yeah.

And for the third set, Tod is a fox, Copper is a hound -

The Fox And The Hound, rather than The Rescuers,

who are mice who rescue a girl called Penny.

-Thank you, Lesley. Well, Dave...

-Well...

Do you know what? It had worked so well up to then,

but, on that one, I think you were just plain stumped, weren't you?

I was. It was a 50-50 shot, I think,

and sometimes they turn out, and sometimes they don't.

Yeah, unfortunately, they didn't on that occasion.

I'm so sorry, Dave. This is the end of our journey together,

-and you have to go back up to Dundee.

-Yup.

I'll still celebrate just the same, though.

Well, this is the main thing.

I do wish you all the best with your fantastic year of celebrations.

-Thanks.

-I'm sure it's going to be very exciting.

We wish all the best to you and your family,

-and your colleagues, over the next year.

-OK.

But on this occasion, Dave, you have failed to break the code,

so, sadly, we have to say goodbye to you.

-OK.

-Lovely to meet you. Take care.

-Thanks very much. Good to meet you.

Brave Dave from Dundee, trying to take on the code all by himself,

but unfortunately just failing there.

Well, Dave's loss is our next contestant's gain

because, as always, the money goes up by another £500,

so, let's bring on the next team trying to crack The Code.

Here they come. Nice to see you, Paul.

-Pleased to meet you.

-And Kirk.

-Hello.

-How are you, all right?

-Yeah, good thanks.

-We're looking forward to it.

-Good, good stuff.

-Well, you're both from York. Is that right?

-Yep.

The city of York - a marvellous place to come from.

And you're here how? As friends, or how do you know each other?

Basically, I DJ in York.

I work on the radio as well.

But whilst Kirk was in his student days,

he used to be on the dance floor dancing to a bit of Vengaboys...

-I love it.

-S Club 7, Five, Backstreet Boys...

Well, the list goes on.

We're going back a little bit with some of those names, Kirk.

Yeah, but it's in recent times. I'm still quite young.

You can still throw a couple of shapes?

-Well, yeah, sometimes.

-Oh, right, OK.

So, what do you do now, Kirk?

I'm a darts referee.

Does that mean you've got

-lightning-quick maths skills, as well?

-Sometimes.

Yeah, in theory.

Right, what's bed and breakfast?

-26.

-There we go. There we go.

So I'll just shout that, "Bed and breakfast."

Yeah, that's good. That sounds really convincing.

You've got to have lightning skills,

-you've got to be able to shout "180" at the top of your voice.

-Yep.

# 180. #

Really? Like that?

-Like that.

-That would...

-We're all different but that's mine.

Yeah, that would put me off a little bit, I'll be honest.

Well, gentlemen, it's time to take part in

a potentially very lucrative quiz.

Dave who preceded you failed,

even though he was flying solo - very confident.

But that's good for you guys,

because it means another £500 goes into the safe,

making a total of £5,500.

Let's reset the code.

Three blanks that we want to turn into three numbers.

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

Only one of those is correct.

That's the one you're trying to find.

At this point, you can open all three answers

to reveal the questions.

Which one do you want to go for?

-Shall we go for the top one?

-Yeah, might as well.

-The top one.

OK, let's reveal the question

behind yellow balls.

Well, would they be classed as green rather than yellow?

I'm not sure, really. Maybe, was there...

Was there a night match? Did they have to do it under floodlights,

-or something, perhaps?

-Or the...

The line thing that's changed if it goes over the line.

-Yeah, the Hawk-Eye.

-Hawk-Eye.

-Possibly.

We can open one of the others to give you a bit of something

-to compare with.

-Yup. Tuna?

-We'll go for tuna.

I'm sure I've had a Nicoise salad, and tuna might ring a bell,

so that's a possible.

OK, let's open the question behind 45.

55, so that's wrong.

Right. He's the maths man.

The last thing you do is argue with

a darts referee about maths.

Which one do you want to lock in?

Well, if we discount the,

obviously, the bottom one.

-Yup.

-And do you think yellow balls is too...

They've been yellow for a while, then or...?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Nicoise, I'm really trying to picture it,

what actually it was. Does it mean tuna?

-Does it sound French or does it sound...?

-It does,

but doesn't necessarily...

-It could be any fish thing, couldn't it?

-Yeah.

Anchovy fillets - I wouldn't have said that was in a Nicoise,

but I like the middle one.

-OK, I'm happy to go with it.

-Shall we go with that?

-Sure?

-Yeah. No, I'm happy to lock in the middle.

-Lock in tuna, please.

Paul and Kirk say, "Lock in tuna as our correct answer."

We want that to be the missing component of a Salade Nicoise,

and we want this to turn green

to give them a great start

and a chance to choose a number

to go in the code.

Is tuna our correct answer?

-Yes!

-Yes!

-Good work. Great start.

-Top start.

Yes, Kirk, you remembered having eaten a Salade Nicoise,

and you thought there might be tuna in that

and you were absolutely right, and a very nice salad it is, too.

Used for the first time on centre court at Wimbledon...

This one gave you a little bit of pause.

You were considering a couple of other options,

thinking about floodlights.

The correct answer is a retractable roof,

first used in a match between Amelie Mauresmo and Dinara Safina.

And the numbers -

Kirk's maths skills -

55 the correct answer.

That was the right question for you, wasn't it?

Thank you, Lesley.

And, Paul and Kirk, that puts you in a position where

you can now choose your first number from the keypad

to enter into your code.

You're the numbers man, Kirk.

Is there anything... any ideas behind this?

-I like three.

-Three?

Just because when I was a kid everything came in threes.

-It is the magic number.

-Yeah.

-Let's see if it's magic for you.

The number three, is it there in your code?

Is it in the first box?

No number three. How about the second box?

There is no number three.

How about the third box?

-No number three.

-Not here.

Not the magic number, it turns out.

However, the good news is that's eliminated from our enquiries, now -

no longer in the game.

It increases your chances of picking a correct number next time.

It also means we're playing the game at the easiest level.

Are you ready for your next three answers?

-Yes, please.

-Here we go.

Shall we go for the bottom one?

-Can do.

-Let's work our way up

from the bottom, shall we?

-Yeah, why not?

-OK.

Let's see the question behind B.

I've played a lot of musical... songs, obviously, but...

Do you play instruments?

-I don't play any instruments, unfortunately.

-OK, all right.

I played the keyboard when I was ten.

It's been a while, but B flat rings a bell.

-OK, yeah. No, well, that's...

-No sharps and no flats,

so that's incorrect as far as I can remember.

Yeah, I can rule it out for now.

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

-G?

-We'll go for G, yeah.

There's Q and M, isn't there?

Yeah, they're the main ones, aren't they? Q and M.

-I don't know about G, though.

-Did he take over from Q?

I don't know. I've not got that far.

We've just bought the James Bonds

-and we've got about four in.

-Possibly.

That's... That's your inkling.

-Maybe K can help us out.

-Yeah.

Let's have a look at the question behind K.

Yep. "Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?" is Philip K Dick,

and three men in a boat is Jerome K Jerome.

You seem very confident about that.

-Yes, I am. Yeah.

-OK.

So, tell me, which one of these do you want to lock in

-as your correct answer?

-K, please.

-Right.

Let's lock in K as your correct answer,

which will buy Paul and Kirk the chance to

put another digit into the code to see if it sticks.

Is K our correct answer?

-It is. Great stuff.

-Well done, Kirk.

Kirk, you had no doubts here, at all.

"Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?" by Philip Kindred Dick,

and Three Men In A Boat by Jerome Klapka Jerome.

Blade Runner is based on "Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?"

In the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough,

John Cleese's character is given what letter?

Not G. You were talking about M. You were talking about Q.

He was R.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-He became Q in his own right in Die Another Day.

And, in music, the major scale which has no sharps and flats,

played all on white keys - it's C.

C major. There.

-Maybe you didn't get that far, Kirk, in your keyboard studies.

-Yeah.

-No.

-Well, you won't forget it now.

Brilliant. Anyway, it doesn't matter whether that was right or wrong

because you absolutely nailed it.

It buys you the chance to choose one more digit from the keypad

to see if it sticks in the code.

Three is gone. There are nine more remaining.

-Which one next?

-I was thinking, obviously, famous for the 180,

why don't we try the one?

Let's go for the one.

Let's see if one is in our code.

Is it in the first box?

No. Is it in the second box?

Not there. Is it in the final box?

-Oh...

-It's not there, either.

I was so hoping it was going to be 180.

It would have been incredible - just imagine.

But, unfortunately, it's not there. However, two digits now counted out.

You're still playing the game where you get to look at

all three questions at the same time. Happy, boys?

-Absolutely.

-Yeah.

-Let's move on.

Our next three answers, please.

-Start at the top?

-Start from the top, yeah.

-Yeah.

Let's look at the question behind Desert Orchid.

It won a race.

Yeah, it was a very, very famous

racehorse, obviously, but...

Was it that race?

Was it that sort of era?

Well, we could have a look at one of the others.

That might help us out a bit. Where next?

-Nottingham?

-Yeah, let's go for Nottingham.

-OK.

-It's Leicester.

-Leicester, yeah,

because there was a battle

between York and Leicester of who

would get the remains of the body.

-Right.

-So, I'm pretty sure it's not Nottingham.

It's Leicester, yeah, so that's...

-Richard III, Leicester.

-Yeah.

Let's have a look at the final question, behind five to ten.

-Ooh.

-This has got to be your one, Paul.

-Is it quarter to ten?

-No, well, I think it's half past ten.

-I don't want to sing, but...

-Please do.

You could just... You can talk us through it.

"Cos tonight, for the first time, at just about half past ten."

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-I agree with you.

-All right, yeah.

-I'm happy with that, actually.

-OK.

We have three questions, three answers there.

We want to lock in the correct answer.

Which one do you think it is?

We'll have to go with the top one - Desert Orchid, please.

Is Desert Orchid the correct answer?

-It is correct.

-Well done, yes. Desert Orchid.

Very famous horse. Died in 2006.

In 2012, the body of King Richard III was discovered -

you knew this - in Leicester, not in Nottingham.

And Richard of York, yes, York were keen to have him interred there,

but there was eventually a funeral at Leicester Cathedral.

And, according to the song by the Weather Girls,

"at just about half past ten, for the first time in history",

that's when it's going to start "raining men".

-Half past ten.

-Thank you, Lesley.

You've got another chance to put a digit into your code.

Still nothing up there.

One and three counted out. Where are you going to go next?

I'm going to try zero.

Zero.

They're working through, possibly, 180 in a funny order.

THEY LAUGH Is zero there in our code?

Is it there in the first box?

No zero.

How about the second one?

No zero.

How about the final box?

No zero.

One, three and zero all dismissed.

We don't have to worry about them any more,

and we're still playing the game at the easiest level.

Shall we see your next three answers?

-Yes, please.

-Yes, please.

-Let's have a look.

I'd rather start with one I hopefully would know the answer to,

-so shall we start with eagle?

-OK, yeah.

-OK.

Let's open the question behind eagle.

-I think it is an eagle.

-Yeah.

-Is it holding a snake in its mouth?

It's a snake, yeah, and it's got two...

-olive branches or...?

-Hmm.

-Yeah, Mexico's an eagle.

-I'm pretty sure of that, yeah.

-OK.

-Which one do we want to try next?

-Twitter.

-Twitter, yeah.

-OK.

Let's have a look at the question behind Twitter.

-Google.

-Google, yeah.

-Yeah, so...

-So that's wrong.

-OK.

Let's have a look at the question behind Box Hill.

Yeah, definitely on Box Hill(!)

Runnymede, it was in Runnymede.

I don't know if that's, what, how specific they want it,

but, yeah, we're happy with eagle, I think.

-Yeah, I'm happy with eagle.

-We'll go with eagle, shall we? Yeah?

We're going to lock in, as the correct answer, eagle.

We want eagle to go green.

We want it to be

on the national flag of Mexico.

-Wow.

-Yes.

-Good stuff.

-Good stuff.

-Not much doubt there at all, was there, Lesley?

-No doubt.

You knew, not only that there was an eagle,

but also that it has a serpent in its beak.

And the Magna Carta was signed, exactly as you said, Kirk,

at Runnymede by King John on 15 June, 1215.

And the technology company founded in 1998, as you said, Google.

Google - been around a long time, hasn't it?

-Yeah.

-I didn't realise. OK.

That means we get another chance to choose a digit.

One, three, zero, all gone.

What strategy are we going to use now?

-We'll go in the middle.

-Five.

-Number five, please.

We're going to look for number five in your code.

Is it there in the first box?

No number five.

Is it in the second box?

No number five.

Is it there in the last box?

-Ooh.

-Oh.

-Still no number five.

Four numbers are out, leaving only six,

so, you'll know, statistically, six left, three spots.

-50-50?

-Thank you.

Good stuff.

The darts ref doing his thing again.

Are you ready, Paul and Kirk,

to have a look at your next three answers?

-We're ready.

-Yes, please.

-Bring them on.

-Oh.

-Erm...

-Start at the top, or...?

-Yeah, let's start at the top.

-Yeah, please.

-OK. Let's see the question behind "Was she worth it?"

Yeah, I've... I've read this, this week.

It was two and six, because it's half a crown,

and that's the price that they paid

for some woman, or something,

and then they say, "Was she worth it?"

-All right, OK.

-Two and six. I think it's two and six.

-That's wrong.

-Where do you want to go next?

Shall we go down to Ed Balls?

-Erm, yes.

-Yeah.

Let's see the question behind Ed Balls.

Ooh.

I've got a feeling Ed Balls could

have been to do with education.

He was.

I'd say no. I'd say that's wrong.

What do you...?

I would err more to the side

of it being wrong but, obviously,

we've got the last option, so...

-Shall we find out?

-Please.

Let's have a look at the question behind "a horse".

-Well, if it's in the desert, would it be a...?

-Ouch.

Would it be a camel, perhaps?

I don't know. I've not seen the film.

That would be the obvious guess,

but it could be a trick.

It still could be a horse.

It could be.

I mean, I'm thinking, if you...

-If we're definitely going to rule out the top one...

-Yes.

-..which would you prefer?

-Don't do this to me.

I would say horse, but I would...

If I had to choose, I would say horse.

-I think we should go for horse.

-We should go for horse. Yeah.

Happy to lock that in as your correct answer?

-Not 100% happy, but we're happy to have a go at it.

-Not happy but, yes.

-Happy as we can be.

-Yeah.

We're going to lock in a horse as the correct answer from those three.

If it is the correct answer,

it means we get to play on.

We want it to go green.

Is "a horse" the correct answer?

Aargh!

Oh...

Guys, I am so sorry. It's wrong.

Let's see the correct answer.

-No!

-Oh.

-"Was she worth it?"

The one that you were absolutely certain was wrong.

-Lesley.

-No.

You mentioned two and six -

I've heard that called as "half a crown".

Seven and six - "Was she worth it?"

Relating to the old price of the marriage licence.

The crowd is meant to shout back, "Every penny."

When Gordon Brown became Prime Minister,

the Chancellor of the Exchequer was not Ed Balls,

-but Alistair Darling.

-Yeah.

-Yeah. Ed Balls has been Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer.

-Oh.

And, in the 1994 film

"The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert",

what's Priscilla?

Not an animal at all, but a bus...

-Oh, right, OK.

-Oh.

-..travelling from Sydney to Alice Springs.

I don't think you would have guessed that.

-No, I wouldn't have, no.

-I'm so sorry.

Seven and six, you were done for seven and six.

I've read that recently, as well -

if I'd just remembered it was seven and not two...

Well, listen, you're a darts ref, not a bingo caller,

and that's just as well.

Listen, Paul and Kirk, it's so lovely to meet you.

-You're great chaps.

-Thank you very much.

And the very best of luck because, sadly,

it hasn't happened for you today.

You have failed to break the code.

That means you have to leave the game.

Thank you so much for coming.

-Goodbye.

-Thank you.

-Thanks for having us.

-Cheers.

Well, Paul and Kirk, there they go.

They're falling thick and fast today,

and being particularly unlucky with the numbers,

but their loss is our next contestant's gain

because, as always, that means the money goes up by another £500.

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

Esther, how are you? Good to see you.

Hello. Nice to meet you, too.

Esther, not from Chester or Leicester.

-Nope.

-Worcester.

-Yes.

Good. OK.

And what do you do in Worcester?

Well, I took voluntary redundancy at the end of last year,

so I've had a bit of time out,

and then, I'm looking at setting up in my own business.

OK. Fantastic. What else have you been doing during the time?

I do a lot of DIY. I'm trying to get my house finished.

I've got a dog, so I enjoy walking her. She's called Amber.

Watching quiz shows... in preparation for this.

-It's all homework, basically, leading up to this moment.

-Yes.

Do you feel that you're stronger in some areas than in others?

-Well, I quite like travel...

-Yeah.

..and holidays, so geography, not bad,

but I've kind of got a bit of an all-round knowledge of

a little bit of everything.

-A little bit of everything.

-Yeah.

Actually, that's not bad. That really helps you out in this

because, if you don't know one area, you might know another,

and it helps you identify right ones.

That's what I'm hoping.

Well, if you did win today -

cos we've got quite a sizeable jackpot, here, stacking up -

-what would you do with it?

-OK.

-I'd probably actually take the dog on a road trip to Europe.

-Excellent.

-Yeah.

-Split the driving.

-Yeah, she can do a little bit of it.

-Brilliant, brilliant.

-I might take the parents along as well.

-OK.

-Yeah.

-Fantastic. Esther, it's lovely to have you here on the show.

-Thank you.

-Paul and Kirk have just been and gone.

They failed, unfortunately,

which means another £500 goes into the safe,

and the jackpot now stands at a grand total of £6,000.

-Hey.

-That would be a pretty good holiday.

-That would be an amazing holiday.

-Yeah.

-Yeah, absolutely.

-Yeah.

Esther, the first thing we're going to do is reset the code.

Round it spins.

Gives us three blanks.

We want to replace those with three numbers.

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

At this point,

you can open all three answers to reveal the questions.

The order doesn't matter too much.

Where you want to go first?

-Erm, I'll start with Bon Mottys, please.

-Bon Mottys.

OK. Yup.

You're not jumping out with the answer, there, Esther.

-No.

-No?

-I'm not sure at this stage.

-OK.

-Yeah.

-Well, we can open both of the other two,

but which one do you want to see first?

-Jerusalem.

-Let's see the question behind Jerusalem.

Hmm...

I'm not sure it is Jerusalem, although Jerusalem is a city.

I think that might be referring to Bethlehem.

-That's your instinct.

-Yeah, which would mean that's wrong.

-OK.

-Obviously, yeah.

-OK.

Shall we have a look at the question behind cartilage?

Yes, please.

Erm...

I suppose it's possible. I don't know.

None of those are jumping out at you straight away?

I think I can rule out Jerusalem.

Well, that makes life a lot easier.

-Yup. Yup.

-If that's what you think,

you're looking at a 50-50 between

cartilage and Bon Mottys.

Yeah.

-I think the name "Mot" rings a bell, as a sports commentator.

-OK.

-A bit of a link, there.

-So, there might be a link to that one.

Erm...

Skeleton's normally bone, isn't it?

So, I'm...

Unless I'm wrong, I'm going to rule that one out, as well.

OK. You want to take, as your correct answer, Bon Mottys.

Yep, lock Bon Mottys in.

OK.

This is to get you on the road, with Amber, to Austria.

This is our first step of the journey.

We want Bon Mottys to turn green.

Is Bon Mottys the correct answer?

Oh, no...

Esther, it's the first hurdle.

-Oh, no.

-I'm sorry. You've fallen.

Let's find the correct answer.

It's cartilage.

Esther, yes, a shark's skeleton is made of cartilage.

You're absolutely right to say that most skeletons are made of bone,

but a shark has evolved to be

very efficient, fast, and flexible.

The city being referred to in the carol Once In Royal David's City -

you had this bang on - it is Bethlehem.

And based on a popular broadcaster's name - this one caught you out.

I suppose Bon Mottys must refer to John Motson,

and you remembered a commentator called "Mot something".

The correct answer is Colemanballs, from David Coleman,

the legendary athletics commentator prone to gaffes, such as,

"That's the fastest time ever run

"but it's not as fast as the world record."

I'm very sorry that that one caught you out.

Esther, so am I.

-It's going to be a short visit.

-Yeah.

I'm going to pick out a positive, all the same.

No, we can't give you the money to go on your trip to Austria,

but we have given you a lot more time to plan that trip. That's...

-HE LAUGHS

-Yeah.

-That's the best we can do.

-I'm trying to find something - a good spin for it.

-Yeah.

I'm afraid, at the first hurdle, you've failed to break the code,

and sadly, Esther,

very quickly, we have to ask you to leave the game.

Thank you very much. Thanks for having me.

-And thank you for playing, but goodbye.

-Bye-bye.

Ah, there goes Esther off to have a consolatory hug

with Amber, her doggy.

Unfortunately, that's all we've got time for.

I mean, four sets of contestants have come and gone, today,

but, on the plus side, that means the money in the safe has gone up.

It now stands at £6,500.

Lesley, magnificent as always.

-You're very welcome.

-Thank you to you.

And please be sure to join us tomorrow,

when we find out if our next team have what it takes

to crack The Code and win the cash.

Thanks for watching. Goodbye.