Episode 21 The Code

Hello, and welcome to The Code.

Locked in this safe is £3,500.

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 next team hoping to crack the code.

Here they come. Good to see you, gentlemen. Hello.

Chris, how are you? John. And Steve.

-Hello, there.

-Good to have you here.

From Birmingham, Birmingham and Staffordshire.

-Am I right?

-Originally from York.

Oh, OK. Right. OK. Exotic.

How do you guys know each other?

I moved to the area, started playing golf with them,

and they've known each other for a lot longer than that.

We met in 1973.

Wow. OK. And golf, the link? Has that always been the link?

-No, no, no. It's teacher training college.

-Oh, really?

I'm retired now, but, yes, that's what I did for X amount of years.

Lots of time.

OK, we wish you the very, very best of luck.

-Thank you very much.

-Last week, our last team, Beth and Adam,

failed to break the code, which is not such great news for them,

but terrific news for you because it means we add another £500

to the jackpot.

And that takes us to a total of £3,500.

-Lovely jubbly.

-That'll do.

There is a way to split that between three, but don't ask me how.

-We've worked that out already.

-1,500 for us and 500 for Steve!

-You've worked it out already!

-We teach maths at secondary school.

To open the safe and win £3,500, it's really very simple -

all you need to do is enter a code of three unique numbers up there.

Every time you pick the correct answer,

you get to choose another number.

The computer will reveal whether that's there or not in the code.

It's a very easy game to play, it's a very hard game to win,

as we have discovered before.

Gentlemen, if you're ready, let's reset the code.

There we go, he knows it.

Three blanks that you want to turn into the three numbers of your code.

Before we start, let me introduce you to the person shedding light

on questions and answers for us, as always, the scholarly Lesley Brewis.

-Welcome, John, Chris and Steve.

-ALL: Hello.

Now, I often give this advice, but it bears repeating.

If you're unsure about a question, read it carefully,

and look for clues that could help you to determine

whether the answer is right or wrong.

-Good luck.

-ALL: Thank you.

Keep them under control, Lesley. Right, here we go.

I think we're going to have to today.

If you're ready, John, Chris, Steve, here are your first three answers.

Now, only one of those answers is correct,

that's the one we're trying to find.

At this point in the game, you can open all three questions

to have a look, so, we'll start at the top,

the question behind Seinfeld, please.

-Yeah, Cheers. Cheers.

-That's Cheers.

Chris already shaking his head, there.

Let's have a look at the next one.

-Hmm. It's possible.

-That's about right.... Ish.

Yeah, it's possible, that one.

Possible, we'll keep that one up our sleeves,

as we look at the question behind Port.

I was going to say, if it's down to Port, John knows all about it.

-I know all about it.

-Yes?

We know it's not that.

Pass to the left.

Two wrong answers, and the right answer's the middle one.

-The middle one has got to be, the priests.

-The 1990s.

-Female priests.

OK. There we are, it's locked in.

If it's the correct answer, it's going to turn green.

It gives you guys the first swing at the digital keypad there

to see if there is a number in the code.

Is 1990s the correct answer?

Yes. Absolutely.

Good start. Well done, guys. Lesley?

Yes, very well done.

You were happy with all of those questions.

The 1990s, the correct answer there.

First female deacons, 1987, first female priests, 1994.

And the first woman bishop, 2015.

Seinfeld, you knew that was the wrong answer

and you gave us the correct answer, which is Cheers.

Sam Malone had been a former player for the Boston Red Sox.

And "Port", John, you came in with the correct answer with this one,

it's Fort.

As in Fort Worth in Texas, Fort Knox in Kentucky,

and Fort Lauderdale in Florida.

A good start, well done.

Thank you, Lesley. Yes, not time to pass the port just yet.

-But time to have a go at the keypad there.

-Come on, boys.

What are we going to do? What's the method here?

-Have we got an idea, a plan?

-Have we got a method?

-Not at all!

-Shall we have a method?

-Tactics. Do you want to go seven?

-Only my lucky number.

-It's your lucky number?

-Seven?

Go on, then, go with that one.

Seven, we'll go for seven.

Is the number seven in our code? Let's have a look.

Is it there in the first box?

-Cor!

-Oh, my word.

Look at that, hole in one.

LAUGHTER

-Impressed!

-Oh, I'm impressed.

-I will be if you do it with the others.

-I'll be very impressed.

-Goodness me.

-There we go. Your handicap, Chris.

-Seven.

-Oh, I wish!

Not far from his, I'll tell you that.

1 for 1.

-Which is a reason for celebration, in the short-term.

-Yes.

However... However, it does have repercussions,

because it means the quiz now gets substantially harder.

Once again we get three answers,

but this time, we only get to see the questions behind two of them

before we have to commit and make a decision.

And you saw from that first question the importance of being able

to compare and contrast.

That is reduced substantially now.

If you're ready, John, Chris and Steve,

have a look at your next three answers.

Make sense of that.

The order in which you choose them now very important.

-OK.

-What do we think?

-Erm...

What do you know about underfloor heating?

Not a lot. Portugal first?

-Yeah.

-I think Portugal with sporting connotations, perhaps.

-OK.

-Holiday.

-We'll have a look at the question behind Portugal.

France.

-France.

-Yep.

-We think France? We think France.

-Unanimous on that.

Where are we going to go next? Which question do you want to open?

-British Steel?

-It's got to be British Steel.

British Steel. The question behind British Steel, please.

Rings a bell.

Consignia? British Steel?

I don't know, I really don't know.

No, not sure on that one.

Well, we know...

-That Portugal...

-That Portugal is incorrect.

That's a certainty.

But I'm not certain about British Steel.

-So I don't know. What about you?

-Steve, what do you think?

I'm not sure about British Steel.

Like I say, rings a bell,

but I'm not sure.

Oh, goodness. Um...

-Well, it rang a bell, that's the only positive thing.

-Yeah.

OK, boys, shall we go for British Steel?

-We know the top one's false, don't we?

-Yeah.

-So we're going to have to go for...

-One out of two isn't bad.

We don't know the question for the third one, it could be anything.

-Does it keep your feet warm?

-Yeah.

We going for British Steel?

-Yeah, we'll go for that.

-Yeah.

-We'll lock in British Steel as our correct answer.

-Yes, please.

I'll tell you what we can do,

is look at the question behind Underfloor Heating.

That's cruel!

Which I can tell, Chris, you're looking forward to immensely.

-Oh, no!

-Let's have a look.

-Underfloor heating would have had to have been water, wouldn't it?

-Yes.

Would it have been hydro?

Perhaps?

It's academic, we have locked in British Steel,

but does it make you feel better, worse?

Or is the question, "What have the Romans ever done for us?"

LAUGHTER

-We're just going to fingers crossed here.

-We are.

-I'm afraid we are.

Well, they might have saved you from an early exit,

-that's what the Romans could have done for us.

-Hopefully!

We don't want that, we want you to keep on rolling.

Is British Steel the correct answer?

HE GROANS It's not right.

-Oh, damn.

-It's not right. I'm so sorry, guys.

-Oh, well.

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

-Underfloor heating.

-Yeah, definitely going to be the bottom one.

Sorry, chaps.

Yeah, it was underfloor heating.

If you opened that one first, you'd think you would have stood a chance.

-I think we may have.

-Not sure on that one, but.

Let's find out exactly what's going on with Lesley.

Yes, underfloor heating, the correct answer.

You wondered whether it might be something to do with water,

it's not. There were furnaces that helped to circulate hot air

under the floors of Roman houses.

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

Portugal, not the correct answer.

You knew this one straightaway when it came up.

You knew that the answer was France, each of you agreed that.

Steve having first said the answer

and John and Chris chiming in to concur.

The Algerian War of Independence, 1954 to 1962.

And then British Steel, the one that caught you out,

you said that a bell was ringing their somewhere,

you remembered a story about Consignia,

the short-lived name for Royal Mail.

It had been the Post Office, changed to Consignia, then Royal Mail.

That's why it rang a bell!

-That's why it was familiar to you.

-Very, very prominent story.

Really bad luck, I'm so sorry for you.

Yeah, it rang a bell but the wrong bell, unfortunately.

It wasn't the bell you were looking for.

What can I say, John, Chris and Steve,

I was looking forward to a long round of golf with you all.

You can still do that, mate.

We broke our clubs at the first tee.

-We did, we did. Into the lake.

-The second tee, anyway.

Listen, it's been absolutely lovely having you here in the studio.

-You brightened the place up. Thank you so much.

-Thank you.

Unfortunately, despite your brilliant first question,

I have to say you have failed to break the code,

and on this occasion, we have to say goodbye to you.

-John, lovely meeting you, you take care.

-Thanks, man.

All the best. Thanks a lot, Matt.

-And Steve.

-Cheers, bye-bye.

-Thank you so much.

Straight off the tee, and into a bunker.

However, their loss is our next team's gain,

because another £500 is added to the jackpot.

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

-Lovely to see you, Bez, how are you?

-Hello, Matt, nice to see you.

-Yeah, you too. Mark.

-Hiya, mate.

-How are you, mate?

-Very well, very well.

-So, you're from Gillingham, in Kent.

-That's correct.

-The Medway Riviera.

Yeah, OK(!)

Well, it's beautiful. How do you know each other?

Well, we met on a night out with friends, really,

about 13, 14 years ago,

became friends, and then went out, and became more.

And then... Are you guys married now?

-We are married, yes.

-We are married.

What a lovely ending. What do you like to do together?

We like fishing, carp fishing.

Going to France twice a year.

-Is that where the big carp are, in France?

-Yeah!

Really? You have to go, you cannot get them in the Medway?

-I think you start...

-LAUGHTER

You get the bigger shopping trollies in the Medway!

I think you stand more chance of catching them in France,

there are big fish in Great Britain,

but you stand a better chance of catching a big one.

What a lovely thing for you guys to be able to do together, though.

-That's great.

-We enjoy it.

Now, the team before you, John, Chris and Steve,

a lovely trio of golfers we had in from the West Midlands,

didn't do so well, unfortunately.

Which is bad news for them, but terrific news for you,

because it means that we add another £500 to the safe -

that makes a total of £4,000.

-Very nice.

-You could buy a lot of whatever carp eat with £4,000.

-You could.

-A new rod each.

-But probably won't.

LAUGHTER

OK, £4,000, that's what's up for grabs.

Now let's reset the code.

Three blanks, we need to turn those into three numbers,

three unique numbers of your code,

-if we're going to get our hands on that jackpot today.

-OK.

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

We can start at the very top with the question behind Square.

-Hmm.

-I've no idea.

-Well, I've seen... I have seen square sausage.

When they fry it and that.

But whether it's lorne sausage...

-Yes.

-..I don't know.

OK, well, maybe the next one will help you out a bit more.

That's you, Mark. Any idea?

I think Bulgaria borders the Mediterranean. So...

But then they would all border it, because...

That's right.

It's not the Black Sea, is it?

-No, Bulgaria, I'm sure, borders the Mediterranean.

-OK.

I'm sure it does.

OK, well, we have one more question to have a look at.

The question behind Car Wheel.

Good grief!

To me that sounds more like perhaps a Roman arch or something like that.

Personally. But...I have no idea.

I mean, I have seen square sausages.

I know Golden Sands in Bulgaria, I'm sure it's on the Mediterranean.

But the Ukraine....

..and Georgia. I thought were more sort of right in the middle of...

Well, they'll all border it, if one borders it, they'll all border it.

I know, I know.

Oh, dear.

For me, I'd go for the sausage, but you would go for the Mediterranean.

Have you got a coin we can toss?

Do you know, I haven't!

You could play Rock, Paper, Scissors.

There's three, so a coin's not going to help you, unfortunately.

Just between two.

What do you want to go for, Mediterranean?

We're going to have to go for one of those.

-You choose, I'll let you choose.

-Oh! No, that's not fair.

You said sausage. You've seen a square sausage.

OK, square sausage.

You want to lock in Square as our correct answer.

-Yeah.

-OK. Sorry if it's wrong.

That's fine.

You don't need to apologise.

You can't know everything.

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

This is a bit of a fishing expedition!

LAUGHTER

Is Square our correct answer?

-Well done!

-Thank goodness for that.

-Well done.

-Well done, Bez.

It did feel it was your instinct took us there, didn't it?

-Lesley.

-Good decision, Bez.

-Thank you.

-Phew.

I'm glad you picked the correct answer there. Square.

It's a staple of Scottish breakfast - textured,

flat square sausage.

Mediterranean, not the right answer.

Mark, you were discussing Bulgaria.

You mentioned Golden Sands, which is a resort in Bulgaria,

but it's not on the Mediterranean.

Bulgaria is separated from the Mediterranean by Greece.

The correct answer is the Black Sea.

-Oh, did I say that?

-You did, yes.

Car wheel, not the correct answer, a proscenium arch -

anyone like to tell me, for a Lesley point,

where you would find a proscenium arch?

Is it in a church or something? Is it a...

-I'm going to say the theatre, Lesley.

-It is the theatre.

-Oh!

It's the arch around the stage.

It forms a window through which you can view the actors.

OK, what does that mean?

It means that we haven't fallen at the first hurdle.

We can have a look at the keypad there,

and try to find a number from our code. Which one will you pick first?

The number 22 is sort of very important around my family,

-so I'll go for 2.

-OK.

Let's see if the number two is up there in the code.

Let's have a look at the first box.

No, is it there in the second box?

No. Is it there in the third box?

Oh! Well done.

Just makes the questions harder.

Well, there is that as well, you are right, absolutely, Bez.

Two's come up there, that means we move to the next stage,

it's slightly trickier.

As before, we get all three answers up there,

but this time we only see two of the questions before we have to commit

and say which one we think is right.

-Are you ready, Bez and Mark?

-Yes.

Excellent. Let's have a look at the next three questions.

The order in which you choose them now becomes very important.

-Erm...

-What do you think?

QI is intelligence, that sort of thing.

Groupon?

The only thing I know about Groupon is it's something to do

with vouchers and you get things cheaper through Groupon.

So if we had a look at that, that could be the...

Prefect is school?

I wasn't one.

So if we looked at Groupon and prefect.

We'll look at Groupon first.

-OK.

-Can we look at Groupon, please?

The question behind Groupon, please.

-No, that's pel...

-Peloton.

Which one would you like to look at next?

-Shall we go for...

-Shall we go for prefect?

-..prefect.

The question behind prefect, please.

Oh, my goodness.

Large lizards, any idea, Mark?

Genus Varanus, what does that mean?

It's the type of lizards, the genus Varanus.

To me, that doesn't look right.

Nor to me.

I would think, large lizards, reptiles...?

Reptiles is just the general name, isn't it?

Although, prefect, that's the head, isn't it?

Like the head boy, girl, prefect is the top.

Sort of thing. So, that could be.

Not trying to talk myself into it.

What is the common name for large lizards?

Wouldn't that be plural?

Shall we go for QI as...?

-Well, the top one's definitely peloton. We know that.

-Yeah.

We're not 100% sure on...

-No.

-Prefect...

-Common name for large lizards, I would say,

is probably a plural, maybe, anyway.

So shall we...

I need to lock in one correct answer, which one is it going to be?

QI.

OK, now it's locked in and we can't change it,

let's have a look at the question.

That could be right.

You're feeling good about that, Liz.

-It's academic anyway, it's the one we've chosen.

-That's right.

So we've got to hope that it's the correct answer.

It will give Bez and Mark a second chance to have a go at the keypad.

They are one for one so far.

So, is QI the correct answer?

-Yay!

-Yes. Well done. Well done, well worked through.

-Lesley.

-Yes, well done, good reasoning, QI the correct answer,

it's a podcast in which the QI elves

discuss quite interesting things that they've recently come across.

The idea behind the title is that there are lots of things called fish

that aren't actually all that closely related.

Groupon, the wrong answer, not only did you know about Groupon,

the discount and voucher site,

you also gave the correct answer, peloton.

Prefect, not the correct answer there, that is monitor.

-Oh, yes.

-The genus also includes the Komodo dragon.

-Yes.

Prefect, monitor,

closely related in schooling, but there's no prefect lizard.

Thank you, Lesley.

OK, good work, worked through that really well, you guys.

Where are you going to go next?

-Two's important in your family.

-Yes.

Three's in mine.

Why's that?

-Birthdays, March...

-OK.

-..time of the year.

-Right.

OK, Mark, let's have a look here.

Is the number three there in your code?

We'll find out if it's in the first box.

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

No number three.

But we're discounting it, getting it out of the way.

It might be a bit too much for us if we had two numbers straight on

to the hardest part of the quiz at this stage,

leaving all of that keypad to go through.

-Yes.

-But we're not ready for that just yet.

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

Don't really know much about betting.

-We don't know much about betting shop.

-No.

So, if... I know it sounds silly,

but if we were to look at that, it might take it out...

But then, if we were to look at that and get rid of it

and then not know the answer to either...

Well, I might know more about betting shops than Birmingham.

-OK, we'll go Betting Shop, then.

-Mm.

-Yeah. OK.

-Happy with that?

-Betting Shop.

We're going to open the question behind Betting Shop.

You know. It's a launderette.

-So that's not right.

-You're happy that's wrong?

-Yes.

-OK, we'll have a look at another one. Where next?

-Well done...

-You choose.

-Well, let's look at Birmingham,

I think, cos we might know something

about Birmingham where we can say yes or no.

-Pulling ropes, you'll maybe have an idea.

-OK.

-Yeah?

-OK.

-We'll look at Birmingham, please.

The question behind Birmingham, please.

Ooh.

I don't think it is.

I couldn't say for sure which...

What makes you say it isn't?

I just don't think it is.

It might be Manchester.

-OK.

-So we'll say pulling ropes is the right answer.

-Pulling ropes.

-Pulling ropes.

-Pulling ropes.

OK, it's locked in.

Now let's have a look at the question.

Hopefully this will feel like a right answer.

Yes...

-It is. Pulling ropes.

-Yes.

We happy with that answer?

-Very happy.

-Very happy.

-Fantastic.

Let's find out if it's right.

Is pulling ropes the correct answer?

It is. As soon as you saw that, you knew, didn't you?

Yeah, definitely.

-Lesley.

-Yes, you liked the question about the capstan,

you knew the answer was pulling ropes.

A cylinder on a vertical access, used for winding ropes or cables.

Birmingham, not the right answer here.

Something in the back of your mind told you it definitely wasn't

Birmingham, you thought it might be Manchester -

and Manchester is the correct answer.

The Halle Orchestra, founded in 1858 by Sir Charles Halle.

I think you're surprised by your own knowledge.

That's all you need, a little bit of information can help you towards

the correct answer. Betting shop, not the right answer.

Again, you knew this one, you knew that it was a launderette.

In 2016,

Dot found out that the launderette was going to be refurbished

and turned into a dry cleaners,

so gentrification of Walford, causing her to lose her job.

-Mm.

-Mm.

-Very sad.

-It is very sad.

-And fictional.

-Long history.

THEY LAUGH

-No!

-It's real.

-Is it real?

-Yes, it is.

-OK, that's me told.

I have a suspicion that you are one of these teams,

Bez and Mark, that actually know more than you know you know.

-Maybe.

-At the moment, anyway.

Well, look, Halle, Manchester, you nailed that,

you didn't know why, but you certainly knew it.

Them little things, isn't it?

It's little things, hanging around in the back of your mind.

Well, you're dragging them to the fore.

That's what we like, where we can use them.

And as a result, we have another chance to choose a number

from the code. Which one would you like next?

I'm going to go for number nine.

Number nine.

Is nine up there?

Is it there in the first box?

-Oh...

-Ooh.

-Whoa!

I had a feeling, I don't know why,

I had a feeling that that was going to show up there.

Wow. Nine, blank, two.

Bez and Mark, all you have to do is get one question correct,

get the right number, walk away with the money, thank you very much.

-Yes.

-Everybody's happy.

-However...

-Yes...

BEZ LAUGHS

It means the quiz now gets substantially harder.

Once again, we get three answers, but this time we only get to see one

question at a time before you have to commit and decide,

-is that right or is that wrong? No more fishing expeditions...

-No.

..we have to be on the money with this one.

-Understood.

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

Inuit is an Eskimo.

-Mm-hm. I know that.

-MARK LAUGHS

The Queen, I quite like the Royal family,

whether I know everything about the Queen, I don't know.

Three. That could be anything.

-Shall we go with the Queen?

-Yes.

-We'll go the Queen, please.

-The question behind the Queen, please.

-She did play the Queen.

-Yeah, that was on the film,

she played the Queen. That could be...a different Queen.

But it does say play...

-Yeah, I know.

-She was a film...

-Yeah.

-The Queen. Would it be about 2013?

I'm going to say no for that.

-I think so, too.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-I think so...

-We don't like that one, Matt.

We want to discard that as an incorrect answer?

-Yes.

-OK, let's do that.

That's gone, out of play, we can't use that any more.

Inuit and Three remain.

Er, let's go for Inuit.

-Is that all right, Mark?

-Yes...

-Yeah, we'll go for Inuit, please.

Inuit.

-Cagoule.

-Er, yeah...

It's what they... Yeah. I think that might be right.

Something in my mind is saying to me that's right.

Well, you've done very well so far.

You've done excellently so far.

Let's hope it continues, and I think we want to lock that one in?

-Mm.

-As being correct.

We'd like to lock in Inuit as our correct answer for Bez and Mark.

OK. That's it, it's locked in.

Now we can have a look at the question behind three.

See how that makes us feel.

Could be.

I don't know.

Let's think. Andy Murray, that's all I can think of at the moment.

You're glad you didn't pick that one earlier, then?

-Yes.

-Yeah.

-Yes.

-Inuit, you've got a strong feeling about.

-Yeah.

-OK.

-Hope it's the right sort of one.

Well, let's hope it is the right kind of... That's what we want.

We want this to be the correct answer,

because if it is, then Bez and Mark

will be stepping up to the keypad

to put a number in to try and complete the code.

Is Inuit...

our correct answer?

-Oh.

-Aw, I'm so sorry.

-Never mind.

-I'm so sorry.

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

-It was the Queen.

-It was the Queen.

-Well, I'd never have known.

-The first one you rejected.

That was your first look at it, wasn't it?

-Yeah.

-But you've played incredibly well.

-Thank you.

Let's talk our way through these answers. Lesley.

I think part of what threw you on the Queen question

was thinking about the 2006 film, The Queen.

-Yes.

-This was from a play called The Audience,

in which she played the same Queen, Queen Elizabeth II.

Went out into the street, because the drummers were so loud,

-it was disrupting what she was doing on stage...

-Oh, right.

..followed by an actor dressed as David Cameron,

told the drummers to beat it,

which they then did, and returned to the stage to continue the play.

-Good for her.

-She said she used some thespian words

and gave them a stern, royal ticking off.

-Those sort of thespian words.

-THEY LAUGH

Looking at the wrong answers on the board, Inuit,

what threw you here was remembering that there are coats

whose names come from inuit, like parka, for example, an anorak.

-Yes.

-The correct answer here is French.

-Cagoule coming from the French.

-Mm.

And Three, you can only think of one person who's been BBC

Sports Personality three times,

you were right in that and you said the right person too, Andy Murray.

He's been the personality in 2013, 2015 and 2016.

I'm really sorry. Bad luck.

-Thank you.

-But very well played.

Yeah, it was terrifically well played.

-You were lucky with the numbers...

-Yes...

-..made rapid progress there,

-but unfortunately the Queen tripped you up...

-Yes, she did.

I'm sure you can think of a few thespian words yourself...

-I'm sure I can!

-..right now.

What was going to be your next number?

-Five.

-Just to rub salt in the wounds, just in case it is there?

Was five the last number in the code?

Is it 952?

-Ooh.

-Ah, bit more work to do.

-Yeah.

Sadly, on this occasion, I have to say,

you have failed to crack the code, so, Bez and Mark,

-we have to send you home with our best wishes, but not much more.

-No.

It's been lovely getting to know you.

Thank you, Matt. Thank you, bye-bye.

-Thank you, Lesley.

-Take care. Bye-bye.

Thank you, Lesley. Bye-bye.

Well, sadly Bez and Mark have to move on

and we have bigger fish to fry,

because their loss is our next contestant's gain -

and the jackpot goes even higher.

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

Good to see you, Lauren. How are you?

-Really well, thanks. You?

-Yeah, great.

Thanks for coming on the show.

-No problem.

-And you are from Nottingham, is that right?

-Indeed, yes. God city.

-Is that what it's called?

-Did you not know that?

-I've never heard...

I've learned something now already.

Let's hope that comes up as a question, that would be fantastic.

Imagine. Jackpot, here we come.

So have you always been in Nottingham?

Yeah, born there and then went away to Hull University

-and back to Nottingham...

-And what's the situation for you there?

-Have you got family?

-Yeah, I've got my wife, Fiona,

married for three years now, probably looking to start a family.

-Congratulations.

-That's the next thing on the agenda.

The best of luck with that. What do you do with yourself?

Sports, really. I'm a Forest fan.

How's that going for you at the moment?

-MATT LAUGHS

-Dreadfully. Atrocious.

We had a couple of questions on here about the European Cup

when Nottingham Forest has come up.

-Yes.

-Feels like we're a long way from that at the moment.

Can see... That's so far in the past, really.

We need some new stories,

something else to talk about. We're in danger of going down.

Well, I hope you have some more glory days.

-Thank you.

-Our last team,

Bez and Mark, unfortunately, they failed to crack the code,

but that's great news for you,

because it means we add another £500 to the pot -

and that makes a total of £4,500.

-Very good.

-With no need to split it with anybody else.

Exactly, all mine.

All yours.

Let's reset the code, Lauren.

OK. If you're ready, Lauren,

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

We'll start at the very top

and have a look at the question behind Fly-trap.

Hm. OK. Erm...

Could be a possibility.

I thought they'd be more winged rather than fly,

but, yeah, let's keep going.

OK, we'll have a look at the question behind Camel.

Yeah. I would've thought back in those times,

maybe more of a donkey rather than a camel, but...

-OK, again...

-Still doesn't feel right?

Well, let's have a look at the last question.

Right. Well, I'm pretty sure Carlsberg is Danish,

that name sounds Danish, as well.

Erm... I suppose, having drank a few over the years,

I'd hope to get this one.

-OK.

-I'm going to lock in Carlsberg as the correct answer.

OK.

If it turns red,

as red as a Nottingham Forest shirt,

then I'm afraid that's where you're going, back to Nottingham.

-We're not quite ready for that just yet.

-No, nowhere near.

Let's find out. Is Carlsberg our correct answer?

-Of course it is.

-Yes!

-Good start, good start, Lauren.

-Thank you.

-We're on the board. Lesley.

Yes, probably the best question in the world, at least for you.

Carlsberg, you remember that it's Danish, that rang all bells for you.

-Yes.

-Let's take a look at the wrong answers on the board.

Fly-trap, not correct,

you said "winged" when you are discussing possibilities for this.

Yes, that's correct, it's gull-wing, the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL,

the first car with gull-wing doors.

Camel, the wrong answer, you said the correct answer to this one,

a donkey.

There's no mention in the Bible of Jesus having ridden a camel.

Lots of people associate Mary with a donkey, that she rode a donkey

into Bethlehem, but there's no biblical substantiation

for that either.

Not to put any pressure on you,

-but the last three solo male players this series...

-Mm-hm?

..have all taken away the jackpot. You could be the fourth.

-Thank you.

-Yes, as we say, no pressure, Lauren.

-None at all.

-But listen,

it doesn't matter, where we are is where we are,

and the first question's out of the way

and it's bought you the right to try out the keypad

and put in one number, see if it sticks there in the code.

Where do you want to start?

I live at number ten at the moment, so I'll go with a zero.

We're going to start with a zero.

Is it there in our code? Let's have a look.

Is it in the first box?

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

No. Any zero in the third and final box?

No zero.

-OK.

-Not a bad thing to discount numbers early on.

-Mm.

-When we're at the easy stage of the game...

-Mm-hm.

..keep rolling before it gets too tricky,

leaving yourselves lots of numbers, still.

So, our next three answers...

We'll start at the top, the question behind Joy To The World.

I would've thought that's Jingle Bells, really.

Something around that.

Erm, those lyrics are in there, so let's, let's move on.

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

Could be true. Not entirely sure on the Fabian Society,

-so hopefully the Fox Hunt will be completely inaccurate...

-OK.

..go for that one.

We're hoping this looks like a wrong answer, then.

I wouldn't have thought

that would be in the children's book with Fox Hunt, really.

Erm...

Yeah, I'd have thought that would be a bit controversial

back in the day, so we will go with the Fabian Society...

-OK, we want to lock in Labour as our correct answer.

-Yeah.

OK, let's do that, Lauren.

There it is, locked in now.

This is to give Lauren his second chance

of finding a number in the code.

So is Labour our correct answer?

-Bang on.

-Yes!

-Indeed.

-Two down.

-Air punch, two down.

Lesley.

That's it, two down, eight to go, if you're going the long route.

Labour, the correct answer, named after Fabius Maximus,

a politician from the Roman Republic.

Let's look at the wrong answers.

Joy To The World, not only did you dismiss this as incorrect,

you gave us the correct answer too, saves me a job,

that's Jingle Bells, as in "dashing through the snow

"in a one-horse open sleigh" by James Pierpont.

Fox Hunt, you rightly said that you didn't think a children's book

would be called "We're Going On A Fox Hunt",

particularly since fox hunts don't happen any more.

The correct answer is a Bear Hunt.

"We're going on a bear hunt, we're going to catch a big one,

"we're not scared."

And you're not scared either, cos you're doing really well.

Nothing to be scared of, nothing to be scared of at all here, Lauren.

Second question down, time to pick another number from the keypad.

-Which one do you want?

-Well, I said ten earlier,

so we'll go with the one, please.

OK, the one to match the zero, is it there in the code?

Let's have a look, is it in the first box?

Is it in the second box?

No. Is one there in the third and final box?

It's not.

No number one there. How is that making you feel?

Well, look, if we strike them out, like you said earlier,

then when we get to the latter stages,

hopefully there'll be less to choose from,

making it a bit easier for myself.

You're here for the long term? It's not smash and grab?

No, no. And the fact I've answered a few doesn't embarrass me

when people are watching it back at home.

-You feel you're already passed that bit...

-Yes.

-..where it could've been worse?

-Yes!

We'll carry on at this easier stage of the game

and have a look at your next three answers.

OK, the question behind Hello.

Er, Fiona's a big Adele fan.

I think this may well be true.

This song was everywhere.

-OK.

-Are you going to sing it?

You know what? I don't think anyone has done anything sufficiently bad

-to deserve that.

-No?

-No, not yet.

No, definitely not. Definitely not. OK, but you've got

-a positive feeling about that, Lauren?

-Yeah...

Let's have a look at the next one.

Ooh, well, I know Goodbye, Mr Chips there is education involved,

so that looks like a possibility, as well.

-So we've got two possibilities there.

-Mm.

OK. Let's finally look at the question behind Goodluck Jonathan.

I... We're in guess land territory now.

-Nothing about that one?

-Yeah, nothing there either.

-OK.

-Er...

It's a strange name, but it could be true.

OK, so I'm thinking back to Adele, other famous songs she's had.

Erm...

Goodbye, Mr Chips, that might have been later, rather than 1939.

And Gabon, unfortunately I don't know many presidents from Gabon.

So I'll go with my gut,

and I'll go with Adele.

-Are you happy to lock in Adele as your correct answer?

-Yeah.

We want Hello to be the title of the song for which Adele won an Oscar,

a Grammy and a Golden Globe.

Is Hello our correct answer?

Oh!

Ooh...

-Lauren.

-Aw!

-I thought we were steam-rollering our way here.

So did I. Dear me.

Whoa.

-What a shocker. What a shocker.

-That is.

-Rock-bottom.

-Let's find the correct answer.

-Aw...

-It was Goodbye, Mr Chips.

-You thought that was too early.

-Yeah.

-Mm.

-Let's find out what's going on, Lesley.

You seem to know quite a lot about Goodbye, Mr Chips and I thought

you'd settle on that as the correct answer,

knowing that it was set in a school.

The full name of Mr Chips being Charles Edward Chipping.

-It was the Hello question that caught you out.

-Yes.

Adele won an Oscar,

a Grammy and a Golden Globe for a song that featured in a film.

Hello, 2015 song, was Grammy-nominated,

got to number one in the UK singles charts,

but didn't feature on the soundtrack of a film.

The correct answer is Skyfall.

-Skyfall from 2015.

-OK, right.

Which had all of those accolades, but still didn't get to number one,

because Swedish House Mafia beat it to number one

with Don't You Worry Child.

Goodluck Jonathan was President of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015.

The correct answer here is Ali Bongo Ondimba.

Who was born Alain.

Thank you, Lesley.

And I think the crucial word there, I suppose, was "Oscar" wasn't it?

-Yeah.

-What can I say? A bit like Nottingham Forest,

two legendary early victories and unfortunately not much since then!

But you know what, Lauren? It's been fantastic having you on the show.

You fought very hard for those first two,

unfortunately came unstuck on the third question,

which means I have to say, Lauren, you failed to crack the code

and so we have to say goodbye to you.

-So nice to meet you.

-Yeah.

-Have a safe journey home.

-Cheers.

-Thank you, Lauren.

-Thanks for your help.

-Bye, Lauren.

-See you later.

Well, I did not see that coming,

I thought Lauren was here for a long time.

As we always say, an easy game to play, but a very hard game to win,

as Lauren's just demonstrated.

Good news for our next contestants, though -

as the jackpot goes up by another £500,

making a total of £5,000.

That's all we have time for today.

-Lesley, what a shocker that was.

-That was a shocker.

I think if he'd picked up on the word "Oscar",

we may be in a different position and seeing him again next time.

Yeah. Thank you, Lesley.

Be sure to join us tomorrow, when a new team will discover

if they have what it takes to crack the code and win the cash.

Thank you for watching. Bye-bye.