Episode 10 The Code

Hello, and welcome to The Code.

Locked in this safe is £5,500. To open the safe and win the money

contestants just need to crack a three-digit code.

Every time someone fails though, more money goes into the safe

and the jackpot gets higher and higher.

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

-Welcome, gentlemen. Tolly...

-Nice to meet you.

-..how are you? George.

-Hiya.

-And Chris.

-Hi, there.

Lovely to have you on the show. From Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire,

home of the great bard, of course. How do you guys know each other?

We all met at school, so pretty young. We've known each other

since we were 11, and now we're all at university but still keep

-in contact.

-So you've known each other since the playground?

But now off at universities, but you stay in touch.

What do you think your weaknesses are when it comes to quiz questions?

-Soaps.

-Yeah, we were all born in '94/'95, so any sort of TV,

-music before then we might struggle on a little bit.

-You do realise

that most things happened before...

-The odds are stacked against us, aren't they?

-..1994/'95?

Well, listen, we wish you the very best, the three of you together.

-Do you have a team name?

-One of our good friends

-suggested Bard Boys.

-Bard Boys?

-Yeah.

-Because of the Stratford-upon-Avon thing?

-Yeah.

Right, that's it. You are the Bard Boys from now on.

This is how it works, gentlemen. To open the safe and win £5,500,

you need to enter a code that's made up of three unique numbers.

Every time you pick the right answer you can then select a number,

see if it fits the computer.

We'll reveal whether it's part of your code or not.

If you pick a wrong answer at any time

I'm sorry to say the Bard Boys are going home.

We don't want that. It's a very easy game to play,

it's a very hard game to win, as we are discovering.

We'll reset the code.

Blip, blip, blip. Three blanks that you want to turn into three numbers

if you're going to succeed. But before we go any further,

let me introduce our quiz boffin. Do you like being called that,

-Lesley Brewis?

-That's what they called me at school.

-OK.

-Yes,

welcome to The Code. Remember on this programme it's not just about

homing in on the correct answer, it's also about

applying what you know to steer you away from the wrong answers.

Thank you, Lesley. Here we go. Let's have a look, Tolly, George and Chris

at your first three answers.

Remember, only one of those is correct. That's the one you're

trying to find. At this stage you can open all the questions

behind them, so we won't mess about. We'll start at the very top.

The question behind six, please.

-I'd say four.

-I'm pretty sure it's four, yeah.

-That would make more

-sense, wouldn't it?

-A strong feeling about that. The question behind T.

I don't know. I feel like it might be, but I don't... Yeah.

James T Kirk...

-We'll see the last one.

-Let's have a look

at the question behind Cornwall.

Selsey Bill...

Mmm.

It's not a place I've heard of. Is Land's End the most southern point

-of Cornwall?

-What county's that?

Yeah, is that Cornwall?

Well, it is in Cornwall, but I don't know whether it's necessarily...

-That's the most southern point in the UK.

-Yeah. If it's in Cornwall...

-I think it's on the Lizard in Cornwall.

-It's got to be Land's End.

I'm sure that's Cornwall, I think that would be wrong.

-You think James T?

-I think James T Kirk. It rings a bell.

-Which one do you want to lock in?

-We'll go for the middle one, T.

Let's lock in T as our correct answer.

There it is. It did happen possibly before 1995.

But we want this to be right. If it is, you get the first chance

to enter a number into the code, see if it sticks.

Yes!

-Well done.

-Good one, Chris.

-A bit of guesswork there, Lesley.

Yes, very well done. T stands for...

Anyone like to get a Lesley point?

Oh...

It's... Tiberius.

It is Tiberius. Very good.

James Tiberius Kirk, played by William Shatner. The number

of legs of the Eiffel Tower. When this came up you not only

dismissed it as incorrect, but also gave us the correct answer too,

which is four. It has four legs. Finished in 1889 and named after

Gustave Eiffel. And Cornwall, not the correct answer.

You talked about Land's End here. Land's End is a very famous point

in Cornwall. It's not the southernmost point in Cornwall

though, it's the westernmost point. The southernmost point

is Lizard Point, and, George, you were on the money with that one.

The correct answer is West Sussex.

Thank you very much, Lesley.

Well done, gentlemen. First correct answer, always nice

to get over that one, isn't it? Bard Boys, here we go. Your chance

to stick one on the board. Where do you want to go?

-Go on, George. You deserve that one.

-I'll think I'll go with

-number 4, please.

-The number 4. Is the number 4 there

in our code? Is it in the first box?

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

No number 4. How about the third and final box?

-No number 4.

-It's all right.

-That's OK though.

-Yep.

As you're nodding sagely there, George. You've realised

that dismissing numbers early on in the game means

later on, if you make it that far,

it makes life a lot easier.

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

Let's start at the top and see the question behind Greg Dyke.

-I think he's the FA.

-I think that's the one.

OK. Let's move on, see the question behind Japan.

-I would think more South America.

-Given where Portugal is.

That direction.

Maybe, like, Brazil or something,

cos they speak Portuguese.

But I don't know.

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

Chris? You have Scottish heritage.

I think that's right, yeah.

-Yeah, I'm with you.

-Greg Dyke's wrong. Japan, wrong.

-I reckon we're good with thistle.

-Thistle, OK. Let's lock in thistle

as our correct answer. If it is the correct answer, Bard Boys,

you will get another chance to try a digit in the keypad.

Is it the correct answer?

-Well done.

-Yes, that's right. Legend has it that a Norse raider

stood on a thistle when sneaking up on a Scottish army, thereby

alerting them to the impending attack. Greg Dyke the wrong answer

up there. You dismissed this as the wrong answer. That was

the right choice, but you did it for the wrong reason. You discussed

Greg Dyke's role as FA chairman, but he had also been

-BBC director-general from 2000-2004.

-That was close!

That was close.

It was close, phew. So the correct answer is George Entwistle,

resigned after 54 days following controversy in a Newsnight report.

And Japan, the wrong answer there.

The Portuguese explorer. You talked about going from Portugal and

not really bumping into Japan, but South America, and

South America is indeed the place where you would find Brazil.

-Brazil the correct answer to this question.

-Good stuff, guys.

Good knowledge of geography there. And it gets you the chance

to put another number into the keypad, see if it's there in

the code. We know 4 is not part of the code. Which one would

-you like next?

-Go for number 6.

-Number 6?

Is 6 there in your code?

Is it there in the first box?

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

It's not. Is it there in the third and final box?

-This is good.

-No. You're happy with this?

-Yeah.

-Happy to be dismissing

the numbers? You do realise in the end you will have to find some

if we're going to get to that jackpot.

If you're ready, Bard Boys, we will have our next three answers.

We'll start at the very top again.

The question behind Australia.

-Ireland.

-That's Ireland, yeah.

-OK, so you're happy with that question.

Let's have a look at the one behind greengage.

Kiwi do you reckon? Is that a Chinese gooseberry?

-Oh, maybe.

-Cos it was in New Zealand, kiwi would make sense.

Let's move on to the last one.

The question behind trailer voice-overs, please.

I reckon it could be... When

it's like, "In a world where..."

-blah-blah-blah.

-Yes! Trailer

voice-overs is pretty specific

-and film related, so...

-So we

know the top one's definitely wrong.

-I've never heard of greengage as a fruit.

-No.

-I think the

New Zealand thing swings it towards

-kiwi as well.

-Yeah.

-So we're

-happy with trailer voice-overs?

-Yeah.

Happy with trailer voice-overs.

We'll lock that in as our correct answer then.

If it goes red, I'm afraid you're on

your way back to Warwickshire.

So we want this to go green.

It's got to be the correct answer.

-Well done.

-Nice one.

-Yes, trailer voice-overs - the correct answer.

"In a world where..." coming from the cheesy opening lines of many

film trailers. The wrong answers on the board there, Australia,

greengage, you dealt with these extremely quickly. Australia not the

correct answer, but Ireland. Eoin Morgan was the first player to score

a one-day international century for two different nations.

And greengage there, not the correct answer. Tolly, you came in

cleverly here, saying not only that that was the wrong answer,

but also giving kiwi as the correct answer. It was probably

changed from Chinese gooseberry to kiwi to make it more appealing

to the American market. Very, very effective, and efficient

despatching of those wrong answers. Well done, you're doing brilliantly.

Well done, Bard Boys. Here we are.

Another correct answer means that we can choose a digit

from the keypad. 4 and 6 have gone,

-what will it be next?

-Tom?

-2. The number 2. Is 2 there

in your code? Is it in the first box?

No, it's not. Is it there in the second box?

-Yes.

-We're ready. We're ready to progress.

-2 is there,

right in the middle of your code. Blank, 2, blank. We're making

progress. That's good. However, now the quiz becomes a little bit

trickier, as before you get to see all three answers but you only

get to see the questions behind two before you have to commit

and identify what you think is the right one. So if you're ready,

your next three answers.

At this stage, it's more important the order in which you choose

to open these. All right. Libya, like Gaddafi.

Part of the Italian empire.

Shall we start with Libya, perhaps?

-Yeah.

-OK?

OK, let's open the question behind Libya.

I'm tempted to go false.

When was the Iran...the Iranian...?

-I think it was more the Gulf.

-Yes.

-It could be Iran.

-Do you know about the Iranian hostage crisis?

-That was later.

-Later?

We can open another one before we have to make a decision.

Oh, that's tough. OK, what do you reckon?

Thorpe Park, or...?

-Yeah, should we go Thorpe Park?

-Yeah, Thorpe Park.

Let's see the question behind Thorpe Park.

-Alton Towers is in Windsor, so...

-Or is it Legoland?

Legoland's in Windsor.

Legoland is definitely in Windsor.

This is tough. So what would we say, both wrong?

-Well...

-What do you think about...?

-Why do you think not Libya?

-I just don't...

You're thinking maybe Iran.

I think maybe Lebanon or something.

Yeah. Are we leaning towards Ceramics next, then?

-I guess...

-Both of these ones are plausible,

but neither scream to me that they're right.

-OK.

-OK.

-Let's go for it.

-Yes?

-Ceramics, I think we are going to go for.

Let's lock in Ceramics as our correct answer.

Obviously, Libya, 1991,

in that difficult period before 1994.

But!

Let's have a look now

at the question behind Ceramics,

see if it makes you feel great or really dreadful.

I have no idea, so...

No feeling either way about it?

This hasn't helped us in any way, so that's fine.

All three questions there,

-a bit wobbly.

-Yeah.

All we have to do is just hope

that you've picked the right one.

Is Ceramics the correct answer?

-Yes!

-It is.

-Oh, my God!

Good work. Good work, boys.

-Lesley.

-Yes, very well done.

I wondered whether you might pick

the wrong option, though,

for a second, but you went with Ceramics.

Grayson Perry, famous for wearing dresses,

and he presented some documentaries on masculinity and identity.

The wrong answers on the board...

Libya, you had a long discussion about this.

You mentioned the Iran hostage crisis.

You thought that might be a little bit later than 1991.

It was actually a long time before you were born.

It was in 1979 to 1981.

The answer there, not Libya, but as Tolly said, Lebanon.

Terry Waite and John McCarthy held hostage.

John McCarthy was a journalist and Terry Waite was an envoy

from the Archbishop of Canterbury who was sent to try to

negotiate John McCarthy's release and was captured then himself.

And Thorpe Park, again, not the right answer here.

Chris, you discussed Legoland, Legoland being in Windsor,

in Berkshire, and that is the correct answer.

Nearly 40 million bricks were used in the building of Legoland

and it took three years to complete.

Good work, gentlemen.

And once again, the chance now to pick a number, to see if it is there

in the code. Three numbers taken - 2, 4 and 6.

Which one next?

-Go on, George.

-Can I go with number 8, please?

-Number 8.

Is it there, in the first box?

No number 8.

Is it there, in the third and final box?

No number 8 there either.

So - 2, 4, 6, 8.

I'm not going to finish that. THEY LAUGH

Are you ready for your next three answers?

Of course, you have to pick them in the correct order now,

to help yourselves.

-Helen Keller.

-Also, it could be

the footballer - Danny Blind, Daley Blind.

-Could be.

-It's spelled the same.

-Quite niche.

-That would be good.

-Three or Mice?

-Maybe not Mice.

-Yeah, maybe Three would give us the best chance, it's quite broad.

-Yeah.

-Start with Three.

-Here we go, let's find out the question behind Three.

-Texas...

-Texas, California,

-New Mexico.

-It's Arizona. I think Arizona.

-Nevada, Arizona.

-Well, you get to open another one here.

Yeah, we'll go... What do you reckon?

-Blind?

-BOTH:

-Blind.

-Blind.

-Let's open

the question behind Blind, please.

You're kidding!

"Not going to be that, no(!)"

-That's definitely correct.

-Yeah.

I think Danny is maybe currently the manager and Daley...

-Oh, yeah, he is, isn't he?

-And Daley plays at Man United.

OK, do you have a feeling which to lock in?

Surname of father and son.

Yeah, it's definitely Daley Blind, Danny Blind.

OK, let's lock that in as our correct answer, please.

And that means we can open Mice

and see the question behind that.

Hopefully, that'll make you feel even more confident.

-Rabbit?

-Yeah, rabbit.

-I think rabbits.

OK, so we are happy with that one as well.

In that case, is blind or Blind a correct answer?

-Yes, absolutely.

-Yay!

All the way, didn't they, Lesley?

Nicely done, yes. I think this

was a good set of questions for you.

George, you said that Danny

is the manager of Netherlands.

That is absolutely right,

so you had all the information you needed to get that question

before it even appeared on the screen.

And three, the wrong answer there. It's not three,

it's four, because it's California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.

Exactly as you said.

You listed them all.

And mice, not correct.

Simpkin is the cat of the Tailor of Gloucester

and Tabitha Twitchit is the mother of Tom Kitten.

Cats.

And the right answer there gets you the chance for another

digit on the keypad.

2, 4, 6, 8,

what do you appreciate next?

5.

Number 5, is it there, in the first box?

No number 5 there. How about in the third and final box?

No number 5 there either.

So five numbers down.

We are into your sixth set of questions.

And here they are.

-Oval - cricket.

-That's what I thought as well.

Shall we just go for that one first?

Could be a shape. Yeah, I guess that's the only one we really have

-an inkling on.

-Yeah, go ahead.

-We think cricket, a strong point, yes?

-Yes.

Let's find out if it is. The question behind oval, please.

The Oval is the Surrey cricket ground.

-Does the Marble Arch...? Is that in Hyde Park?

-That would make sense.

It is going to be... Somewhere in South London that is named after

-a structure.

-Crystal Palace?

-Oh, maybe.

-Yes! That would make sense.

The Crystal Palace would be an area of South London.

-I think that's wrong, then.

-Yeah, we think probably that's wrong.

-OK. Which one do you want to go for next?

-I say maybe go for Holocene.

-Yeah, I'm tempted.

-We won't know "bish bash bosh," whatever it is.

OK. We'll go for Holocene, then, please.

The question behind the Holocene, please.

-I mean...

-It could be...

-I'm tempted to say that could be right.

-Yeah.

-Really?

-Hologram.

I don't know what... I'm conjuring up...

-trying to think what "holo" means.

-Yeah.

We can't see "bish bash bosh", can we? So, what do you reckon?

Yeah on Holocene?

-Yeah.

-I think, yeah, our best guess.

-All right.

-It's our best guess,

but you want to lock in Holocene as the correct answer?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Let's do it.

They could have seen a picture of bit more.

We can now open "bish bash bosh"

and see how that makes us feel.

Where is Matthew McConaughey from?

Is he American or British?

I think he's American.

Cos I'd imagine "bish bash bosh"

-being more of a British thing.

-I thought so too.

We would've gone for that either way, I reckon.

OK, we don't need to worry about that one,

we just need to worry about the one that we've highlit there

as our correct answer.

Is Holocene the epoch in which we are currently living?

-Yes!

-Good work.

Well done. I think that was a case

of you being slightly more comfortable with the wrong answers

there than with the right one.

Holocene literally meaning entirely recent, coming from the Greek.

And the Holocene Epoch began about 11,700 years ago,

still the geological epoch.

"Bish bash bosh" -

you dismissed this pretty quickly as a more English expression.

It is much, much older than Matthew McConaughey.

It is associated with Harry Enfield,

particularly in his character Loadsamoney.

The correct answer is...

Words that he first spoke in Dazed And Confused in 1993,

which have become his catchphrase.

It's also my catchphrase.

-Times three.

-Matt Allwright, Matt Allwright, Matt Allwright.

-Bit of a mouthful.

-Not quite the same ring to it.

And the last question on the board there.

I heard you before the question came up, George,

saying that the Oval was a cricket ground.

In fact, it is, exactly as you said, the home of Surrey Cricket Club.

The correct answer, you said this as well, George. It's Crystal Palace.

Built in 1851, it was the home to the Great Exhibition,

designed by Joseph Paxton.

Six million people came to see the Great Exhibition.

Bard Boys,

your sixth number from the keypad to enter into the code to

see if it sticks, which one will it be?

I reckon we go 7.

Is lucky number 7 lucky for our Bard Boys?

Is it there, in the first box of the code?

Oh, my gosh.

Indeed. Oh, my gosh. OMG.

Seven, two, blank.

One of those - one, three, nine,

zero - must be in that final box of the code.

It means you are getting closer

and closer to a £5,500 jackpot

between the three of you,

but now the game gets really tricky.

As always, three answers, one of them correct,

but this time you will have to open the questions one by one and decide,

on the basis of what you see there,

whether they are the right answer or not.

-Understood?

-Yeah.

-It's tricky.

Let's find out your next three answers.

All right.

-So... Eric Pickles.

-Who's Eric Pickles again? Do you know?

-Labour.

-Was he Education?

-Yeah, he was really unpopular.

When "ate a steak" came up,

my first thought was - Usain Bolt,

when he won the race, he ate chicken nuggets or something.

He went home and ate chicken nuggets.

And so that's what popped into my head.

And today could be anything, really.

-I think "ate a steak."

-We can try.

-I think it would be something

more likely in the news that we might've picked up on.

All right then. On you again.

-"Ate a steak"?

-It's all on George.

Poor old George.

Just to be clear, the question we want to open - "ate a steak"?

-ALL:

-Yeah.

-Let's have a look.

Someone, like, changed their...

-Changed their dress?

-Changed their skirt or something.

Was that Wimbledon?

Is it "ate a steak"? Have you heard that?

-I think... Yeah...

-What else would it be?

What else would it be that would be notable?

-My instinct was to say that was not correct.

-Yeah, I think so.

So we think it's wrong?

-Yeah.

-Yeah. We'll go with that, I guess.

-We are going to discard this as an incorrect answer.

-Yeah.

Let's do that.

That is out of the game.

Which question would you like to see next?

I think maybe go with today.

We'll go with today. Shall we?

-Collective knowledge on that one, I guess.

-Tolly says today.

He's taken the pressure off George.

-For now.

-For now.

The question behind today.

-Long-running...

-The Archers.

-The Archers.

That's what came to mind straightaway.

-What is the BBC Home Service?

-BBC Home Service, yeah.

-What is that?

-Is that more news-based? I know that...

I don't know if it's different from the World Service, but...

What channel is The Archers on now? Do you know? Is it Radio 4...?

-Yeah.

-2?

-I think Radio 4.

-Radio 4?

-Yeah, it is.

Yeah, there wouldn't have been other radio stations,

maybe that is what it was called. What shall we say?

You reckon...? We think it is Archers and go different or...?

Yeah, I think...

Do we think whatever about Eric Pickles is correct?

-It is a guess, but...

-Yeah, it is a guess.

Thank Eric Pickles when we...

-OK.

-Gosh.

We want to lock in Eric Pickles as the correct answer?

Yeah. Regrettably so.

OK, locked in, we can't change it now.

But we can have a look at the question behind it.

HE SIGHS

You thought it was Labour, didn't you?

-HE SIGHS

-I'm... Maybe he is Conservative.

Maybe I just totally missed out on that.

There is really only one way to find out definitively,

and that's what we have to do now.

Bard Boys, we don't want to lose you.

We want to keep you here so you can have a go at that final box.

Step up to the safe. We want to see that happen for you guys.

Is Eric Pickles our correct answer?

Oh!

It's not the correct answer.

Let's find out which one it was.

It was the Today programme.

Wow, that threw me as well. Lesley.

Yes, it was Today,

or the Today programme as it is

commonly known on the Home Service,

which became Radio 4 later on.

You mentioned The Archers when you were discussing this.

The Archers started its main run in 1951.

-Not too bad.

-And let's have a look

at the wrong answers there.

Eric Pickles threw you, but even before the question came up,

when you were debating which ones to open, Tolly,

you said you thought he was a Labour politician.

He's actually Conservative and had been chairman

of the Conservative Party earlier than the correct answer,

which is Patrick McLoughlin.

Eric Pickles was chairman of the Conservative Party

from 2009 to 2010.

And the last answer there - "ate a steak."

No, she didn't eat a steak.

You were discussing other possible things people could do

during sporting matches.

In this case, in the WTA finals in Singapore,

she cut some of her hair off

because it was getting in her eyes.

Well, there you go. Thank you very much, Lesley.

And what can I say, boys?

That last stage of the game is incredibly difficult,

really, seeing them one at a time. But look what you did.

You got so close - 7, 2, blank.

What would have been your next pick, do you think?

-What do you reckon?

-You would have... Choose, Tolly.

-Your lucky streak.

-1.

-The 1.

In some ways, I hope it is not 1.

But let's find out.

The last number in your code, what was it?

-Oh, it was a 0. So you still had a bit of work left to do.

-Yeah.

-Unfortunately.

-That's fine.

-But you should be very proud of yourselves.

But on this occasion, I have to say, Tolly, George, Chris,

you have failed to crack the code

and so we have to wish you farewell and good luck.

-Thank you.

-Thanks so much.

-Thanks.

-Cheers, George.

-Thank you.

-Bye-bye, Chris.

Yes, brave souls and bright lads, but their loss is our next

team's gain because the jackpot now goes higher.

So let's meet the next person hoping to crack the code.

-Here we go, step on down. Lovely to see you, Paul.

-You too.

-How are you?

-I'm very well, thank you.

-Good to have you on the show.

Tell me a little bit about yourself, where do you come from?

I live, at the moment, just south of Guildford,

between Farnham and Godalming if you know Surrey very well.

-Yeah, nice part of the world.

-Beautiful part of the world.

-What do you do for a living?

-I'm an airline pilot.

-OK. OK.

It's the one thing I've always wondered about flying a plane,

what's it like?

Well, I think my standard response to anybody that say that

-would be, "It's better than working for a living."

-Really?

Something I think which,

if you're a pilot, it's something you have always wanted to do,

so to actually do something you want to do and get paid for it...

And is it sort of slightly dramatic at the beginning and slightly

dramatic at the end and then long stretches during the journey

when you can, relatively speaking, relax and wait for meals to come?

I think that's a fairly good assessment.

-I think you're absolutely right.

-OK.

-Well, you're flying solo today.

-Yeah, Billy No-mates, yeah.

When you're not flying, what do you like to do?

I've got a lot of interests, really. I know we're filming here, in Manchester.

Manchester United is an absolute passion of mine.

I'm so sorry for you. THEY CHUCKLE

-Well, Paul, the very best of luck.

-Thank you.

The jackpot has not been won for a little while.

Our last team didn't do it

and that's good news for you, because it means we add another £500

to the safe,

and that takes us to a total of...

-That would be nice.

-We'll reset the code.

Three blips, you want to turn those into three numbers.

-Do that and you win the money. That simple.

-That simple, yeah(!)

That simple. That is all there is to it. OK, if you're ready, Paul,

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

-Thank you.

At this point in the game,

you get to see all three questions

together, so we'll start at the top.

The question behind the fork.

I think I know that one,

-and it's definitely not a fork.

-OK.

-A spoon on that one.

-OK, let's move

straight on to the second one,

the question behind cheese.

You might be able to tell by the way I look that I do like my food

and I definitely know that dauphinoise is potato,

so I definitely would say

it's not a cheesy type of scenario.

-OK.

-My guess, it's going to be

a Star Wars question, but let's have a look.

Well, let's have a look, certainly. The question behind Star Wars.

I do remember that happening.

I'm old enough to remember that, so, yes,

-I do remember that was in fact Star Wars.

-OK.

We've got to lock in one of those

as the correct answer, which one?

Definitely the last one - Star Wars.

OK. We're going to lock in Star Wars as our correct answer.

If it's wrong, it'll turn red

and I'm afraid you will be flying home, Paul.

So let's find out, is Star Wars our correct answer?

Yes, all the way, Star Wars.

Yes, very well done there.

Star Wars, the Strategic Defence Initiative,

designed to destroy intercontinental ballistic missiles.

The fork - you quickly dismissed this one as the incorrect answer.

You knew that it wasn't the fork but the spoon.

And with the cheese question, potato is the correct answer.

My favourites are the dauphinoise.

-Yep.

-Very nice, too.

Thank you, Lesley.

A question, I wonder,

do you always get the food from first class if you're the pilot?

-I'm afraid not. Those days, I think, are long in the past.

-Really?!

Well, listen, regardless, a first class start to the show.

Thank you.

It means you get to choose a number from the keypad to try

in the code. Which one is it going to be, Paul?

I'm here on my own, solitary number 1,

so why don't we go for number 1?

Top of the shop, number 1, there it is.

Is it there, in our first box of the code?

It's not. Is the number 1 in the central box of the code?

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

-There is no number 1.

-I'm happy with that.

But it's out of the picture.

-Ready for your next three answers?

-I am indeed.

-Here they are.

Let's start at the top again.

The question behind Russ Abbott, please.

OK, well, I think that rules Russ Abbott out

cos I think Knotty Ash is Ken Dodd,

so I think that is incorrect.

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

Once again, I think I know that one,

and that was Utah Beach.

-So I think, once again, that is incorrect.

-OK.

And the final question...

Yep.

I am fairly confident on that. I definitely know he led

the Labour Party to a defeat in a general election.

'92, seems about right.

One of those to lock in, please, as a correct answer.

I will go with Neil Kinnock, please.

OK, let's lock it in.

If it's wrong, I'm afraid, you are on your way home.

So, is Neil Kinnock our correct answer?

Yep, absolutely,

going green. Lesley.

I think that's either the quickest or certainly one of the quickest

-dispatching of the answers.

-Really?

Neil Kinnock, very confident,

-very decisive.

-Great.

Neil Kinnock, yes,

the longest serving opposition leader in UK politics.

Well done for picking that as the correct answer,

having known that Russ Abbott

was the wrong place, wrong time,

and you knew that Ken Dodd is the correct answer there.

Ken Dodd, famous for his very, very long performances

to which people take packed lunches.

Ohio - wrong. And, again, not only

did you know that was the wrong

answer but you also said the correct answer, which is Utah.

-OK, thank you.

-Great stuff.

And now you get the chance, as a result, to pick

a number to see if it is there in the code.

Where are you going to go next?

Well, I've got nobody with me, so how about 0?

This is all sounding rather lonely now.

You've got me and you've got Lesley.

There's at least three of us here together.

Well, maybe that's the next one.

OK. 0, is it there in our code?

Let's have a look in the first box.

No, it's not there.

How about in the second box?

No 0. Do we have a 0 at the end?

No.

-OK.

-1 and 0 gone.

Getting rid of them at this stage means we don't have to worry

-about them later on...

-Sure.

..when the game becomes more difficult.

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

We'll start at the top.

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

Well, you've actually uncovered one of my weaknesses,

which is a bit like popular culture.

And it doesn't really mean much to me.

I've heard of Shaggy,

but I don't really think I can name any of his songs,

so I'm hoping that the other two might be

a little bit more obvious for me.

Let's hope so. Let's have a look

at the question behind Traffic Lights.

It's a possibility, but I think that might be a little bit too early.

But...

-OK, let's go and see the last one.

-OK.

-Bearing in mind I told you I'm a Manchester United fan...

-Yes.

I do remember, we beat Bayern Munich

in the 1999 Champions League final.

But we lost to Barcelona.

So... I say WE lost it, THEY lost it.

I can't say I am part of Man United.

I know how it feels. I know how it feels. It's personal.

So I am dismissing that last one.

Now, it is down to Shaggy or traffic lights,

which is a bit annoying.

The British Houses of Parliament, 1868.

It's feasible, but I think it's too early for cars,

unless there's traffic lights for horse-drawn...vehicles.

That's a difficult call.

Shaggy, I believe, if I am correct,

I think he's some kind of rap star.

They don't really sound like rap songs to me.

I'm just thinking about the traffic lights,

1868.

That seems to ring some kind of bell with me.

Even though I think it is too early for cars,

it might very well have been for traffic, horse-drawn traffic.

And it's an example of which, not saying the first traffic lights,

but an example of...

So I might live to regret this,

but I think I'm going to go for traffic lights.

-Lock that in as our correct answer?

-Yeah.

Let's lock it in.

There we are. We can't go back now.

Your lack of knowledge about popular culture, is that the one that's

going to do for you here, Paul, at what is a pretty early stage?

Yes.

Is traffic lights the correct answer?

HE LAUGHS

We are green for go,

well done. Lesley.

Very well done, Paul.

It was a gas-powered traffic light,

looked a bit like a railway signal with moving arms.

Unfortunately, it exploded, either killing or injuring

-a police man depending on what source you read.

-Wow.

Shaggy, this one, you didn't really have any clue about this one.

Shaggy had a hit with Boombastic rather than Boom Boom Boom.

I do remember that, yes.

-You remember that one now?

-Yes.

The correct answer is The Outhere Brothers,

one of several acts that have had hits with "boom" in the title.

There was Boom by Snoop Dogg,

-Boom Boom by John Lee Hooker...

-Yeah.

..and Boom Boom Boom Boom by the Vengaboys.

-It seems to be a popular trope in music.

-Fair enough.

And the last answer, you didn't doubt this one for a moment,

you remembered that Bayern Munich lost to Manchester United

in 1999, so that couldn't have been the correct answer.

And the answer is Barcelona. In 2009 and 2011.

I'd have hung my head in shame

if I'd got that one wrong.

You would've been in trouble.

You sort of nailed your flag to the mast very early there.

I'm afraid so, yes.

What you've done there, Paul, is bought yourself the chance to try

another number into the code, see if it sticks.

Which one is it going to be?

I think we mentioned it earlier, didn't we?

There's three of us out here, let's go for number 3.

It's as good a reason as any. Number 3,

are you there in our code? Are you there, in the first box?

No. Are you there, in the second box?

No number 3. Are you there, in the third and final box?

-Well, you are getting rid of the numbers.

-That's true.

Listen, this is the simple truth.

Answer ten questions correctly and you will take home the money

that is in the safe there.

-OK.

-£6,000 will be yours.

Next three answers, please.

-Boney M, very good.

-Well, yes.

THEY LAUGH

I resisted the temptation.

You could tell.

Let's have a look at the question at the top, behind Bone.

I'm not sure, but Bone doesn't ring a bell with me.

I'd have to look at the other two, I think.

OK, let's have a look at the question behind N-I, or Ni.

Well, my wife is a science teacher,

and if I got this one wrong...

-It would be worse than the Man United thing.

-Probably.

I wouldn't be allowed back home.

So that one I know is N, for nitrogen,

-so I know that one is false.

-OK.

And now, the question behind M, please.

I've got a feeling that Max Denbigh may be another name for Q.

I might not be right on that.

Andrew Scott, I don't recognise the actor's name.

But it was a fairly new guy who seems to have taken over the role

of Q in the James Bond films.

That is a difficult one.

I can only think of the Tory MP's wife who's often mentioned

in Parliament... Or is she?

..as the Speaker.

-Whose name is not Bone.

-HE LAUGHS

Oh, this is another tough one.

You feel like you've counted one out completely?

Definitely the middle one is out, it's out of a choice of two.

But I don't remember M being in Spectre.

The guy who came in to replace -

I'm not even sure

it was in Spectre -

but who came in to replace Judi Dench's character

was Ray Fiennes,

so that wouldn't be him either, so I think...

I can't imagine they're going to have another M.

I might be completely barking up the wrong tree,

but I've got a feeling that could be Q, anyway.

So I think I'm going to go for the top one,

although I've never heard of somebody called Bone.

HE LAUGHS

I think, by a process of deduction,

I'm going to have to go for it. I'm going to plump for the top one.

We are going to go for Bone as our correct answer.

Happy to lock that in?

Well, I can't say I'm 100% happy.

-But as comfortable as we are going to get.

-51% happy.

51%!

We've just gone over the cusp.

Right. We are going to lock in Bone as our correct answer.

Paul's doing brilliantly dismissing these numbers.

At some point, we need one

to stick in the code.

Is this going to give us our chance to try that?

Is Bone our correct answer?

It is. HE LAUGHS

-You have to laugh, don't you? When it works out like that.

-Absolutely.

-Lesley.

-Yes, very well done.

Knowing more about the wrong answers than the right one,

but still fixing on that as the correct option.

Yes, Peter Bone, the Tory MP,

often mentions his wife in the House of Commons.

And Theresa May referred to her recently and had everyone

falling about laughing.

And then there's Ken Bone, the American with a red jumper and

a distinctive moustache who asked a question

and became an internet meme.

-OK, missed that one.

-For the next one,

Ni, I think you knew this was nickel rather than nitrogen.

N is the correct symbol for nitrogen.

And M...

You had a lot of good information about this.

You remembered that Ray Fiennes is the current M,

having replaced Judi Dench.

You thought about Q.

Q's played currently by Ben Wishaw,

so that is not the right answer, but that's not important.

What's important is that you knew that wasn't correct.

The correct answer is C.

-C - the head of the Joint Intelligence Committee.

-OK.

-There's a C now?

-Didn't know that.

-I missed that as well.

Thank you, Lesley. Paul, great stuff.

You get the chance to choose another number to see if it is there,

in your code. 1, 3, 0 - all gone.

Seven left, which one?

OK, there is no rhyme or reason for it, but I'll take number 6.

Number 6. Is number 6 there, in our code,

in the first box?

No number 6. How about the second box?

There is a number 6!

Blank, six, blank. We are making progress.

HORN BLARES

But that sound means that we won't be making any more progress

today, because we have run out of time, Paul.

We have to cut you off just when you are doing absolutely brilliantly.

-Really good work.

-Thank you.

-Really good work.

Thank you, Paul. And, Lesley, thank you so much

for all of your knowledge and wisdom and expertise today.

You're very welcome. And well done, Paul, excellent play.

If you carry on like this, you will be our second

solo winner this series. Well done.

Thank you, Lesley. Please join us next time.

Find out if Paul can steer his way

to unlocking that safe and taking home £6,000.

Thank you so much for watching. And goodbye.