Episode 7 The Edge

APPLAUSE

Hello! I'm Mark Benton,

and welcome to the quiz show that's about brains and balls.

Now, in life, there's often a thin line

between glorious success and total failure,

and here, that line is known as...

..The Edge.

Yes, it's down these lanes that today's game will be won and lost

as players roll their balls down either the green, the blue,

the yellow, or the intimidating red lane.

The nearer they get to The Edge...

..the more money they earn.

But go over The Edge...

..they get nothing.

Let's meet the players who, today,

are going to push themselves to The Edge!

APPLAUSE

Hi, I'm Denise.

I'm a medical secretary from Bradford,

and I love travelling.

Hi, I'm Max.

I'm a recruitment consultant from London,

and I play in a miniature golfing league.

Hi, I'm Kriss. I'm from Featherstone in West Yorkshire,

and I'm a team leader at a waste incineration plant.

Hi, I'm Tracy.

I'm 40, I'm a nurse, and I'm from Lanarkshire in Scotland.

APPLAUSE

Welcome to you all, and the very best of luck.

Now, only one of you can make it through to today's final.

In a moment, you are going to take to the lanes to roll for big money.

Which lane you roll down

will be determined in a battle of general knowledge.

I'm going to ask a series of questions.

Buzz in with a correct answer and your ball moves up towards you.

Buzz in with an incorrect answer

and you'll be frozen out.

The first player to release their ball gets first choice of lane.

So, the best brains get the best lanes.

Fingers on buzzers.

Name the food with the varieties Red Savina, ghost and cayenne.

-Tracy.

-Pepper?

That's correct.

Name the American presenter who, in 2012, surpassed Johnny Carson

to become the longest-running late-night talk-show host...

-Denise?

-Jay Leno?

It wasn't, it was David Letterman, I'm afraid,

who is the longest-running...

-This is a really long question!

-LAUGHTER

I'm sorry, it was the longest-running

late-night talk-show host in TV history, it was David Letterman.

Denise, you're frozen out for the next question.

Name the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.

-Max.

-Amelia Earnhart.

Yes, Max. We'll give you that. It was Amelia Earhart.

Denise, you're back in play.

Name the MP who was the first person to be elected leader

of the newly formed Social and Liberal Democrats in 1988.

Tracy.

-Nope, sorry, it's gone.

-Oh, it's gone!

-Sorry.

It was Paddy Ashdown. You're frozen out for the next question.

Name the zoo that is home to the only pair of giant pandas in the UK.

-Kriss.

-Edinburgh?

-That's correct.

Tracy, you're back in play.

Name the mythological Greek goddess of love.

Denise.

-Aphrodite.

-Correct.

Name the famous gallery owner and ex-husband of Nigella Lawson.

-Tracy.

-Charles Saatchi.

That's right, it was Charles Saatchi.

Name the number of steps in the title

of the classic adventure novel by John Buchan.

-Denise.

-39.

Correct.

Name the Nobel prize-winning physicist

whose name is an anagram of "ten elite brains".

-Max.

-Albert Einstein?

-That's right!

-THEY LAUGH

-Well done!

Name the country you would arrive in

if you travelled due east from Auckland, New Zealand.

-Kriss.

-Australia?

I'm sorry, no, it was Chile.

Kriss, you're frozen out for the next question.

Give the common boys' name that is a term for a male cat.

-Tracy.

-Tom.

Tom is correct, Tracy.

One more correct answer, you get first choice of lane.

Kriss, you're back in play.

Name the film in which Bette Midler stars as CC Bloom.

-Tracy.

-Beaches.

-That's correct! Well done, Tracy!

APPLAUSE

You released your ball first, that means you get first choice of lane.

Now, the shortest lane rolls first. So it'll be green,

then blue, yellow, then red.

You've all tried the lanes before the show,

so the question is

which one's for you, Tracy?

I think I might try yellow.

Why yellow?

I think I was bowling a bit better in that one than the other ones,

and it's not quite as long as the red, so... I'll try that one.

Well, Tracy, you'll be rolling third on the yellow lane.

APPLAUSE

Three lanes still up for grabs. We've reset the podiums.

Fingers on buzzers.

Give the number of days in six weeks.

-Denise.

-42.

That's correct.

Name the century in which Venetian explorer Marco Polo was born.

-Denise.

-17th?

-It was the 13th.

-Oh...

You're frozen out for the next question.

Name the Australian supermodel nicknamed The Body.

-Kriss.

-Ellen Macpherson?

We'll give you that, Kriss. It was Elle Macpherson.

Denise, you're back in play.

Name the celebrity who became TOWIE star Mark Wright's fiancee in 2013.

-Max.

-Michelle Keegan?

Correct.

Name the Russian author of the novel Anna Karenina.

-Denise.

-Tolstoy?

-We can accept that, it was Leo Tolstoy.

-OK.

Well done, Denise.

Name the holy book of Islam.

-Kriss.

-The Koran.

-That's correct.

Name the branch of medical science that studies the nervous system.

-Denise.

-Neurology.

That's correct.

Denise,

one more correct answer, you get next choice of lane.

Name the day on which it is customary to trick others

into believing a lie.

-Max.

-April Fools'.

That's correct.

Name the famous classical composer

with the first names Johann Sebastian.

-Kriss.

-Bach.

That's correct.

So, Kriss, you too now need one more correct answer

to get next choice of lane.

Name the word that comes before art

which describes the style of Andy Warhol's work.

-Max.

-Pop.

That's correct.

-So...

-THEY LAUGH

..all three of you need one more correct answer!

Name the only man to have

permanently managed Chelsea Football Club twice.

-Kriss.

-Jose Mourinho.

That's correct. Well done, Kriss!

APPLAUSE

You get next choice of lane.

So, you can have green, blue or red.

-Er, I'm going to go blue, I think, Mark.

-Why blue?

It's not quite as long as the red.

Erm... I were a bit heavy-handed in practice,

so the green one's a bit too dangerous, I think, so...

Safe option, blue, I think.

Kriss, you'll be rolling second on the blue lane.

APPLAUSE

Only two lanes left. We've reset the podiums. Fingers on buzzers!

Give the number that is half of 1,650.

-Max.

-5,325?

-No, I wanted half!

-LAUGHTER

It was 825. You're frozen out for the next question, Max.

Denise, you don't have to answer this.

Name the background colour of motorway road signs.

Blue.

Denise.

-Blue.

-Correct.

-LAUGHTER

-Sorry!

-Max, you're back in play.

DENISE SIGHS

Name the author of The Importance Of Being Earnest.

-Max.

-Oscar Wilde.

That's correct.

Name the country where you'd find

the historical and archaeological city of Petra.

Denise.

Egypt.

-I'm sorry, it was Jordan.

-Oh!

-You're frozen out for the next question.

Max, you don't have to answer this.

Name the playing card that is also a song title for the band Motorhead.

-Max.

-Ace of spades.

# The ace of spades! #

-Yes! That's correct.

-LAUGHTER

Denise, you're back in play.

Give the word that the letter C represents in the royal honour...

Denise.

-I was going to say Charlie, but it's not that, is it?

-It's not.

SHE LAUGHS

-It was commander.

-Commander!

-It was CBE.

-Sorry.

-Ha!

-That means you're frozen out for the next question, Denise.

Name the common business term beginning with P

that grants legal ownership of a new idea or invention.

-Max.

-Patent.

That's correct. Denise, you're back in play.

Max, one more correct answer, you get next choice of lane.

Name the nationality of the fashion designer Christian Dior.

-Max.

-French?

-That's correct, well done, Max!

APPLAUSE

-Don't look so scared!

-MAX CHUCKLES

You got it right!

So you get final choice of lane.

Two remain, so you've got a choice of the green or the red.

I'll leave the scary red and go green, definitely.

-DENISE SIGHS

-Oh, come on! Be brave.

No, it's too, too long. It's massive.

So, Max, you will be rolling first...

-..on the green lane!

-APPLAUSE

Denise...that means you've been left with the red lane.

-How do you feel about that?

-Oh, dear!

-SHE LAUGHS

-Not very happy?

Oh, you know what, I'm game for anything, so...

Well, I wish you luck. You roll fourth, down the red lane.

APPLAUSE

But who's staying and who's going home?

Let's find out.

It's time to take to the lanes!

APPLAUSE

Welcome to the lanes. This is where you start to earn your money.

The cash zones are now activated.

Starting with £1 at the very beginning of the lane,

right up to The Edge which, in Round One, is worth...

..£1,000!

CHEERING, APPLAUSE

Stop your ball on The Edge to win that money.

But go over The Edge...

..and you get nothing.

For three of you, whatever you earn will be added to your personal bank,

which you'll play for, should you reach the final.

But whoever earns the least in this round...

is leaving us.

Now, the shortest lane rolls first and will set the score to beat.

So, Max, any idea what target you're going to go for?

Erm... Hopefully above kind of 700, get something in the prize pot.

Maybe The Edge, for £1,000?

It would be nice, but I don't think I'm that risky, yet.

-I just want to get through.

-HE LAUGHS

Well, Max...

it's time to take on The Edge.

Let's roll.

This will be the score to beat.

I don't think you're going to go over The Edge.

Wa-hey, this is good! £700, Max!

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Let's get that on the board.

-That is exactly what you said you wanted.

-That's what I wanted, yeah.

-Kriss, you are next up on the blue lane.

-Pressure on, I think.

If you want to guarantee yourself a place in the next round,

you have to get at least 750.

-Yep.

-Kriss...

..it's time to take on The Edge.

Let's roll.

Ooh, it's quite fast.

Is it too fast? No...

It's slowing down.

This is good.

-This is...

-Ooh!

-Well done, Kriss!

-APPLAUSE

£750. That guarantees your place in the next round.

-Let's put that on your board!

-APPLAUSE

Tracy, you're next on the yellow lane.

So, again...

to guarantee your place in the next round, you need 750 or more.

TRACY SIGHS

Think you can do it?

Oh, I'll give it a go. SHE CHUCKLES

Tracy...

it's time to take on The Edge.

Let's roll.

Oh, no messing.

She wasn't waiting, there.

Oh, slow down, slow down!

Slow, slow, please!

-No!

-Ohhh!

AUDIENCE GROANS

Unlucky, Tracy.

-I thought it would slow down and stop on The Edge there.

-Oh, dear.

That means that roll scored you nothing.

So, all you can hope now, Tracy,

is that Denise goes over The Edge.

Denise, if you keep the ball on the lane,

you're through to the next round.

Denise...

it's time to take on The Edge.

Let's roll.

DENISE BREATHES DEEPLY

Oh, it's quite fast.

You're not playing it safe, Denise.

O-o-o-oh!

Going for a big score, going for a big one!

And...

-you got a big one!

-APPLAUSE

Denise, look what you've scored. £800!

-CHEERING

-Let's get it on the board!

-Woo-hoo!

SHE LAUGHS

-Ah, you're smiling now.

-I'm smiling, oh, yes.

-LAUGHTER

-So, at the end of the rolls...

Max, you have £700,

Kriss, £750,

Denise, £800,

-and Tracy, you didn't score anything.

-Ohh.

So Max, Kriss, Denise... you are through to the next round,

please return to the podiums.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Oh, Tracy.

Unfortunately, you earned the least money in that round

-so it means you're leaving here with nothing.

-Oh, that's a shame.

-I tried.

-It was such a high-scoring round, wasn't it?

-I tried.

-Well, you've been a great contestant.

-Tracy, everybody!

-APPLAUSE

Denise, Max, Kriss,

congratulations, you're through to the next round!

Denise. So, you like to travel?

I LOVE to travel, Mark.

Have you had any adventures while you've been away?

My husband and I usually try and combine wildlife with holidays.

Is that something we should talk about?

LAUGHTER

So, I've ridden an elephant,

and had a close encounter with an orang-utan.

-Really?

-Mm-hm.

-What happened with the orang-utan?

Oh, it was like a Benny Hill sketch, it was hilarious.

He came down onto the parapet of this feeding platform,

and we were all going... SHE SINGS THE BENNY HILL THEME

LAUGHTER

He was literally chasing us around.

-It was quite scary!

-Well, if you don't do well,

-I'll chase you off the stage.

-LAUGHTER

OK, that's fine. I feel at home again.

Max. Golfer?

Yeah, mini golf. Slightly different.

So, you're like the Tiger Woods of the mini golf world?

-LAUGHTER

-Erm, not quite. Not yet.

It's this year I've joined the British Mini Golf Association.

I've been to a few events.

Is there a particular one that everyone fears?

-Is there a particular course?

-Yeah.

I think we played the hardest one, which was in Worthing, I think.

It's basically all just bumpy, so it's very difficult, yeah.

That's it, I'm off to Worthing! I'm going to take on that course.

LAUGHTER

Kriss.

-You're a team leader?

-I am.

So, does that mean that, like,

you're in competition with other teams in the waste disposal place?

No, it's... There's four team leaders,

it's just overseeing a team of three operators,

making sure they do as they're told.

-You don't stand in a line and race?

-We should!

-We should do that!

-That's a good idea.

Yeah, it would make the day go quicker, a little bit, I think.

LAUGHTER

Well, the money you earned is added to your personal bank.

Denise, you have £800, Max, you have £700, Kriss, you have £750.

But only one of you can reach today's final

and play for that money.

Round Two.

And we're shutting down the shortest lane.

And now we're introducing Danger Zones...

..meaning any of the cash zones from £10 all the way to £950

could become a Danger Zone.

If that happens, its value drops to just £1.

How many Danger Zones you face

depends on how well you do in the questions.

If you're first to release the ball,

you get first choice of lane and you get no Danger Zones.

Whoever gets second choice, gets one Danger Zone

and the final player gets no choice of lane and two Danger Zones.

So, the best brains really do get the best lanes.

The questions now require not one, but two correct answers.

Fingers on buzzers.

Give the first two letters of the word pterodactyl.

-Kriss.

-P, T?

That's correct.

Name the two managers of the England football team

that were not born in the UK.

-Max.

-Sven Goran Eriksson and Fabio Capello.

That's right, it was.

Name the two number-one singles by '80s pop group Adam And The Ants.

-Kriss.

-Prince Charming and Stand And Deliver.

That's correct. Are you a fan of Adam?

-Lucky guess, I think.

-THEY LAUGH

-Not going to admit it?

-No!

-LAUGHTER

Name the two most-populated continents.

-Max.

-Asia and Africa.

That's correct.

Name the illusionist duo who won

the 2013 Las Vegas Magicians Of The Year award.

-Denise.

-Penn and Teller?

That's correct.

Name the famous father and son actors with the surname Sutherland.

-Denise.

-Donald and Kiefer.

That's correct.

All level pegging!

Name the two male singers that formed '80s chart toppers Wham!.

-Kriss.

-George Michael and Andy...

-No, it's gone.

-Oh!

Time up, I'm sorry. It was George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley.

You're frozen out for the next question.

Name the two star signs beginning with S.

-Max.

-Sagittarius and Scorpio.

That's correct.

Max, one more correct answer, first choice of lane.

Kriss, you're back in play.

Name the colours of the leather seats

in the Chambers of the House of Commons and the House of Lords.

-Denise.

-Red and green.

That's correct.

You too need one more correct answer to get first choice of lane.

Ahh, come on!

Name the two-word title of the Jewish Day of Atonement.

-Denise.

-Yom Kippur?

-That's correct, well done, Denise!

-APPLAUSE

You released your ball first, so you get first choice of lane

and you'll face no Danger Zones.

So...you've got blue, yellow or red.

Which one are you going to go for?

I might go for the yellow, this time.

Why yellow?

Because red is a very long lane,

and it's quite hard to judge how hard you need to bowl.

-Well, you did do well on it.

-I did, but I think it was a fluke.

MARK LAUGHS

Denise, you will be rolling second on the yellow lane.

APPLAUSE

Two lanes left. We've reset the podiums. Fingers on buzzers!

Name the famous sibling actors with the surname Gyllenhaal.

-Max.

-Jake and Maggie.

That's correct.

Name the two essential ingredients that are toasted

between slices of bread in a croque monsieur.

-Max.

-Cheese and ham.

-That's correct.

Or, if you're from where I'm from, croc-mon-sewer.

LAUGHTER

Name the two most common drinks you would use to make a typical shandy.

-Max.

-Lager and lemonade.

Yep, we can accept that.

Lager or beer and lemonade.

Max, one more correct answer, you get next choice of lane.

Name the two groups of which Danny and Sandy are members

in the musical Grease.

-Kriss.

-Pink Ladies and the T...

-Birds.

-That's correct!

Hoo-hoo!

Name the two street gangs from the musical West Side Story.

-Max.

-The Sharks and the Jets.

That's correct, well done, Max!

APPLAUSE

You've released your ball second,

which means you get second choice of lane and one Danger Zone.

-Which one do you fancy? (Red, red!)

-Again, I'm scared of the red.

I'm going to take the easy option and go blue.

-Hopefully the easy option, anyway.

-HE CHUCKLES

You went for the shortest lane last time. Doing that again?

-Yeah, I'll do it again.

-Why not? That's what I say.

So, Max, you'll roll first...

-on the blue lane.

-APPLAUSE

Kriss,

you've been left with the red lane and you'll have two Danger Zones.

How do you feel about having the red lane?

Well, I think Denise proved, in Round One, that it can be done.

So...if I take that on board and hopefully don't be too heavy-handed!

Well, Kriss, you'll roll third on the red lane.

APPLAUSE

Who's staying and who's going home? Let's find out.

It's time to take to the lanes!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

We're back at the lanes

and the cash zones are activated.

Stop your ball on The Edge in this round and you'll win...

£2,000!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

But go over The Edge

and you get nothing.

You each have two rolls to earn as much as you can.

The rolls will be combined and, for two of you,

whatever you earn will be added to your personal bank.

But, irrespective of that bank,

whoever earns the least in this round

will be going home.

Max, you're rolling first on the blue lane

and you'll face one Danger Zone.

Hmm.

Before you roll, let's find out where the Danger Zone will be.

It's running up and down the lane.

It'll stop when you press that button.

-Ooh.

-That's stopped on £100, so £100 gone from your lane.

That's replaced with £1. How do you feel about that?

-That's... That's good.

-That's good?

Yeah, I was aiming for the higher end, anyway, so...

Hopefully, I'll see what I can do.

Max...

it's time to take on The Edge.

Let's roll.

Let's get past that Danger Zone.

-Keep going!

-Keep going, keep going. Keep going.

-Keep going.

-A bit more!

-MAX CHUCKLES

-£600, Max.

-I'll take that.

-Not bad.

Let's get that on the board.

-You happy with that?

-Yeah, it's OK. Good start, definitely.

And remember, one more roll left.

Denise, you're rolling second down the yellow lane and you'll face...

no Danger Zones!

BOTH: Yay! LAUGHTER

Any tactics?

Not to go over The Edge? SHE LAUGHS

-Well, remember, if you land on The Edge, you get that £2,000.

-Mmm.

That's worth thinking about.

It's time to take on The Edge.

Let's roll.

We are off.

Ooh, is it going to get out of the £1 zone?

-That was very gentle.

-Oh, it was. Ohh.

-So that roll scores you...£1!

-Oh, well.

APPLAUSE, SHE CHUCKLES

-Was the fear of going over The Edge getting to you, there?

-I think so.

-Well, remember, all is not lost. You've got another roll.

-OK.

Kriss, you have the red lane and you'll face two Danger Zones.

They're racing up and down the lane.

They'll stop when you press that button.

-Ooh.

-So that means £50 and £250 are gone from your lane

and are replaced by £1.

That's not too bad. At least they're towards the lower end of the money,

although it is a long way, I can't...

Kriss...

it's time to take on The Edge.

Let's roll!

We're off.

Good speed, it's quite fast.

Oh, it's slowing down.

Past those Danger Zones!

Keep going!

Looking good.

-£600, Kriss!

-APPLAUSE

Level pegging with Max.

-That's a good start.

-Yeah! Ha!

Well, after the first roll...

Max, you have £600, Kriss, you have £600,

and Denise, you have just £1.

The Danger Zones remain where they are.

Max, bearing in mind what Denise has just done,

what are you thinking for this roll?

I think I'm going to aim for kind of the same area.

Around 600 again, see what I can do.

HE CHUCKLES

OK, Max...

it's time to take on The Edge.

Let's roll.

We're off.

This is looking good.

Yes.

-£650!

-APPLAUSE

Let's put that on your board!

That makes a total of £1,250 after two rolls.

APPLAUSE

-Oh, you've got to be happy with that?

-Yeah, definitely.

-A bit further than I thought, but, yeah, that's good.

-So, Denise,

to stand any chance at all of going through to the next round,

you have to score at least £600.

No pressure.

SHE LAUGHS

It's time to take on The Edge.

Let's roll.

-Denise, we want 600 or more. Is this too fast?

-No, it's too hard.

-It's too hard!

-Think it is.

ALL: Ohh!

AUDIENCE GROANS

As soon as it left your hand,

-you knew it was too fast, didn't you?

-I knew.

Oh, that means that roll scores you nothing.

-So that means you're going to be leaving us.

-I know.

-Sorry.

But Kriss...

..that means you're through to the next round

and you have a chance to put some more money in that bank.

Remember, avoid those two Danger Zones.

Kriss... it's time to take on The Edge.

Let's roll.

We're off.

Ohh, get past those Danger Zones. That's all I ask.

Ohhh...

This is looking good, yes.

Yes!

Oh!

-Oh, it just kept going, didn't it?

-APPLAUSE

Let's put that 850 onto the board...

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

..giving you a grand total of 1,450.

-That's not bad.

-That's all right. I'll settle for that!

-Excellent.

So with the two rolls added together,

Max, you have 1,250, Kriss, you have 1,450.

-And Denise...you have

-£1. Ohh!

Which means, Max, Kriss,

you're through to the next round, please return to the podiums!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Denise, unfortunately, you scored the least in that round,

which means you'll be leaving here empty-handed.

SHE SIGHS

-Oh. You see, you were too soft, then too hard.

-I know. Too hard.

-You wanted somewhere in the middle.

-No happy medium.

-Denise, everybody!

-APPLAUSE

Max, Kriss...

..you're through to the next round.

So, Max, who's watching you at home?

Becky, my girlfriend, and our pet rabbit as well, Dolly.

-Dolly the rabbit?

-Dolly the rabbit. Wasn't my name.

-I didn't choose it, anyway.

-Excellent, I love it!

So, Kriss, what do you do in your spare time?

I play guitar.

I'm in a rock band called Scarlet Angel.

-GRUFFLY:

-Ladies and gentlemen, Scarlett Angel!

-That's the one.

-Like it!

-LAUGHTER

Now, the money you've earned is added to your personal bank.

Max, you now have £1,950

and Kriss, you have £2,200.

That money is safely banked for the final...

should you get there.

Round Three.

We're shutting down another lane.

In this round, there's only one Danger Zone.

The first player to release their ball

will have control of that Danger Zone

and can place it anywhere on their opponent's lane.

So, as ever, the best brains get the best lanes.

The questions now require not two, but three correct answers.

Fingers on buzzers.

Name Ian Beale's three children, in the soap EastEnders.

-Max.

-Simon, Peter, Lucy.

-Oh, no. It was Bobby, Peter, Lucy.

-Ohh!

Max, you're frozen out for the next question.

Kriss, you don't have to answer this.

Name the three lines that follow "something old"

to create a well-known wedding rhyme.

-Kriss.

-Something new, something borrowed, something blue.

That's right. Well done.

Max, you're back in play.

Name the three words that make up the abbreviation for the sleep state known as REM.

-Kriss.

-Rapid Eye Movement.

That's correct, well done.

Give the three names of the nephews of Donald Duck.

-Kriss.

-Huey, Dewey and Louie.

-It is!

Kriss, one more correct answer, you get first choice of lane.

Name the three letters in the title of the 1970 hit by The Jackson 5.

-Kriss.

-ABC.

-That's right, it was! Well done, Kriss.

APPLAUSE

You released your ball first and you get first choice of lane.

And in this round, you'll roll first whichever lane you choose,

because, after you roll,

you get a chance to place a Danger Zone on Max's lane,

just to make it as difficult as possible for him.

So...yellow or red?

I think I'm going stick with red,

cos that served me quite well in the last round,

-so...stick with red.

-You did well on it.

-Yeah.

So Kriss, you will roll first on the red lane.

APPLAUSE

Max, you've been left with the yellow lane and the Danger Zone. How do you feel about that?

The shortest one again. Hopefully, it will serve me well again.

-HE CHUCKLES

-Absolutely.

Max, you'll roll second down the yellow lane.

APPLAUSE

OK, guys...

it's time to take to the lanes!

APPLAUSE

Well, we're back at the lanes and the cash zones are activated.

Stop your ball on The Edge in this round and you'll win...

£3,000.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

But go over The Edge and, of course, you get nothing.

You now have three rolls to earn as much as you can.

The rolls will be added together,

and one of you will be taking the money earned through to the final.

But whoever earns the least from this round

will be going home.

Kriss, you'll roll first.

You happy?

-Er...yeah.

-HE LAUGHS

-Well, it's a bit easier than last time. No Danger Zones this time.

-Yeah, that's right.

-Come on, Kriss!

-LAUGHTER

-It's time...

to take on The Edge.

Let's roll.

We're off.

It's the first roll. Keep going.

Is it going to get out the pound?

Just.

Bit more!

Ahh.

That's £100, Kriss. Let's get that on the board!

APPLAUSE

-Hmm, not the best of starts.

-Not the worst!

Kriss, you now control a Danger Zone,

and you can put it anywhere on Max's lane from £10 up to £950.

Where would you like to put it?

I think round about the 450 mark.

So that's £450 that's gone from your lane, Max,

to be replaced by just £1.

-Ohh, he's mean, isn't he?

-Smack bang in the middle, yeah.

-Oh, yes.

MAX LAUGHS

So, I guess the question is

are you going for before the Danger Zone, or try and get near The Edge,

which is worth £3,000, remember?

I've got to try and go past it. Hopefully, The Edge. But we'll see.

Not too far.

Max...

it's time to take on The Edge.

Let's roll.

Oh, it's slow.

Let's get out of the £1 zone. Out of the £1 zone!

-Keep going.

-Keep going. Oh.

-MAX LAUGHS

-Max...that roll scores you £50!

APPLAUSE

There we are. It's a high-scoring round, this one(!)

ALL LAUGH

After the first roll...

Max, you have £50, Kriss, you have £100.

APPLAUSE

So, Kriss,

it's time for your second roll.

Let's put some money in the bank!

It's time to take on The Edge.

Let's roll.

Oh, this is going to be further than 100!

Is it too fast?

Oh, it's looking good.

Let's get to The Edge, let's get to The Edge!

Not quite.

-£800, Kriss!

-APPLAUSE

-That's the Kriss we know.

-KRISS LAUGHS

Let's get that on the board!

Oh, £900 after two rolls. You happy with that?

-Yeah, yeah. Bit better with that one.

-Excellent.

Kriss, you now have a choice.

Do you want to keep the Danger Zone where it is

or, based on what you've just rolled, do you want to move it?

I think we'll move it up to 700.

Up to 700. Let's move that Danger Zone up to 700.

Replaced by just £1.

I wanted to aim for about 700, so he's done well with the Danger Zone.

KRISS LAUGHS

To go past it is going to be tricky.

-But I've got to.

-Let's get past it.

-Yeah.

It's time to take on The Edge.

Let's roll.

The pressure's on for Max.

Got good speed on it.

Past 200.

Oh, is it going to go past the Danger Zone? Not quite.

£550, Max. Let's get that on the board.

APPLAUSE

That gives a total of 600.

Crucially, you're not out of it yet.

So after the second roll...

Max, you have £600, Kriss, £900.

Kriss,

it's time for your third and final roll.

If you score 700 or more,

you'll force Max to The Edge.

It's time to take on The Edge.

Let's roll.

Is this going to be another good roll, Kriss?

I hope so.

Oh, it's slowing down, it's slowing down a bit, here.

Keep going. And... I think, yes.

That scores...£250. Let's get that on the board!

APPLAUSE

That gives you a total, after three rolls, of £1,150.

So, Max, you're still in the game.

Still there.

Kriss, you now have a choice.

Do you want to keep that Danger Zone where it is,

or, based on what you've just rolled, do you want to move it?

We'll move it down to the 600.

Let's move that Danger Zone down to £600.

What's your thinking there, Kriss?

Just, er, try and force him over it, and maybe...

get his angles a little bit wrong. Bit heavy-handed, maybe. Hopefully.

So, Max, how are you feeling?

It's a challenge. I wish I had more brains,

so there wasn't a Danger Zone. Erm...

But it's doable.

-It's doable.

-Certainly is.

It's time to take on The Edge.

Let's roll.

So we're off.

This is looking fast.

Is it too fast?

Slow down!

AUDIENCE GROANS

MAX GROANS

AUDIENCE GROANS

Do you know what, Max?

-You went for it. You really did.

-Yeah, I had to.

And I applaud you for that.

That roll scores you nothing.

So, with the three rolls added together,

Kriss, you have a total of £1,150.

And Max, you scored £600.

That means, Kriss,

you're through to today's final. Please return to the podium!

APPLAUSE

Max, you earned the least money in that round

so you're going home with nothing. You know what?

I think Dolly the rabbit would have been proud.

-Yeah!

-LAUGHTER

-Max, everybody!

-APPLAUSE

-Kriss, congratulations.

-Thank you.

You're through to the final,

where you'll be playing for all the money you've earned. That's £3,350.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Not a bad total, is it?

-Not bad!

-So, if you were to win, what would you spend the money on?

-Er...

I think, a nice holiday, with all the kids. I think that'd be nice.

-Somewhere... Somewhere sunny.

-Kriss, I wish you the very best of luck.

-Thank you.

-It's the final...

and we're shutting down one more lane...

..which leaves only the red lane.

We've removed the cash values from that lane,

leaving only The Edge,

which is now worth all the money you've earned today.

Stop your ball on The Edge in the final

and you'll win £3,350!

APPLAUSE

But go over The Edge and you get nothing.

But you have a chance to make it easier for yourself,

by answering some more questions.

Each correct answer increases the size of your Edge.

The more questions you get right,

the bigger The Edge

and the easier your final roll.

Each question now requires not three, but four correct answers.

You have got 75 seconds to answer as many correctly as you can.

Let's put 75 seconds on the clock, please.

Your time will start when I've asked the first question.

Name the four vowels in the word question.

U, I, E, O.

Correct.

Give the first names of the four Pevensie children

in The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe.

Pass.

Name the first four words of the Rolling Stones song Satisfaction.

-"I can't get no..."

-Correct.

Name four European countries that have won the Fifa World Cup.

-Uruguay, Brazil...

-Incorrect.

Name the four words for each of letters

in the education abbreviation GCSE.

Pass.

Name the four colours on the national flag of Brazil.

Yellow, green, black...

I'm sorry, it's wrong.

Name four lions from the 1994 film the Lion King.

Simba, Mufasa,

Scar, Nala.

Correct.

Name the four notes the strings of a violin are typically tuned to.

-E, A, D, G.

-Correct.

Name four Scottish cities.

Glasgow, Edinburgh,

Aberdeen...Fife.

-Ohh... Incorrect.

-Oh!

Name four rooms in the original UK version of the board game Cluedo.

The bedroom...

Incorrect.

Name four of the seven deadly sins.

Oh... Just out of time!

Kriss, you answered four questions correctly.

APPLAUSE

Here are the ones you missed.

Well, the Pevensie children. Peter, Susan, Edmund, Lucy.

-European World Cup winners. You said Uruguay.

-I did, yeah.

-Oh...

-GCSE stands for General Certificate of Secondary Education.

-Yeah.

Brazilian flag... Green, yellow, blue, white.

Fife isn't a Scottish city, I'm afraid.

-You could've had Dundee, maybe.

-Yeah.

Cluedo rooms. You could have had kitchen, library, lounge, study...

Seven deadly sins. Greed, envy, gluttony, lust, pride, sloth, wrath.

-All of which I'm guilty of.

-LAUGHTER

So, Kriss, you got four correct.

To see what that's done to The Edge,

let's take to the lanes for the final time!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Now, Kriss,

every one of your correct answers increases the size of your Edge.

So, let's put your four correct answers onto your lane.

That's one.

Two.

Three.

Four.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

So, that's your final Edge, Kriss.

How confident are you of hitting it?

Er, fairly confident. I have hit

-that area during the game.

-You have.

-But not with this much pressure.

-MARK LAUGHS

Well, you now have a choice to make.

You can roll for the full £3,350 with only one ball,

and one attempt to hit The Edge.

Or, you can take two balls, but that means you roll for half the money,

£1,675.

Or, you can take three balls, that's three attempts to hit The Edge,

but you'll be playing for a third of the money,

which we've rounded up to £1,117.

So, what are you thinking, Kriss?

How many balls would you like?

I'm thinking...

One is pushing it a little bit.

I'm going to go for two.

Going to go for two.

So you're giving yourself two chances to win £1,675.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Now, Kriss, you ready?

It's time to take on The Edge.

For £1,675...

..let's roll.

Come on, Kriss. You can do it. Let's have it with the first ball.

Has it got enough pace?

Has it enough pace?

It's slowing down.

-Just short, Kriss.

-Uh-huh.

-So, Kriss...

..you made the right choice taking two balls.

You know what you've got to do.

It's time to take on The Edge.

For £1675...

..for the final time...

let's roll.

HE EXHALES

(Come on, come on, come on!)

I really hope you do it, Kriss.

Slow down! Slow down!

It's fast.

ALL: Ohhh!

KRISS GROANS

ALL: Ohhh!

APPLAUSE

-Hard lines, Kriss.

-I tried.

-Oh, you went for it, though.

-Yeah.

They were just too soft, just too hard. And the nerves really get you,

-when you're standing there.

-They do.

-Enjoyed yourself?

-Loved it, absolutely loved it.

Well, you weren't able to hit your final Edge so, sadly,

you're going home empty-handed.

Well, we'll be back next time

with more new contestants pushing themselves to The Edge.

Why?

Because that's how we roll!

Bye-bye now!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE