Episode 4 The Edge

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Hello, and welcome to The Edge,

the show where you need brains and balls.

Today our players will compete to roll down the big-money cash lanes.

The nearer they roll to the edge, the more money they earn.

Stop their ball on the edge and they'll get thousands.

But go over and they get nothing.

Let's meet the players who today are going to push themselves to The Edge.

APPLAUSE

I'm Paul. I live in the West Midlands,

I'm a telecoms services manager and a James Bond fanatic.

I'm Laura, I'm a warehouse operative from West Lothian

and I've been to over 30 countries.

I'm Sam from London, I'm an engineer and I used to run for Surrey.

I'm Kath from Castle Donington.

I'm a retired maths teacher and I quiz at least once a month.

APPLAUSE

Welcome to you all and very best of luck.

In a moment you'll each take to the lanes to roll for big money.

The ball you need is trapped in your podium.

I'm going to ask some questions, buzz in with the correct answer

and you'll bring up your ball towards you.

Once you've freed your ball,

you'll roll down the shortest lane available.

The shorter the lane, the bigger the edge

and the better the odds of banking big money.

So, do well on these questions

to give yourself the best advantage on the lanes.

Three correct answers will release your ball.

If everyone is ready, fingers on buzzers.

In which section of an orchestra would you expect to hear

the marimba, the triangle and the tambourine?

Paul.

Er... The, er... Oh.

OUT-OF-TIME BUZZER Time's out, Paul.

-Percussion was the word...

-Yes, the word I was looking for.

You're frozen out of the next question.

The ancient Athena Acropolis is found in which country?

-Laura.

-Greece.

-Correct.

-How many countries have you been to again?

-Oh, too many.

-Been there?

-Yes, I have.

Which American inventor filed over 1,000 patents

by the time of his death in 1931?

-Kath.

-Thomas Edison.

-Correct.

Which comedian wrote the story for Viva Forever,

the stage musical about the Spice Girls?

-Kath.

-Jennifer Saunders.

-Correct.

One more correct answer, Kath, and you'll be rolling on the green lane.

In what year was the English Premier League established?

-Sam.

-1992.

-Correct.

Of which plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament was Guy Fawkes...?

-Kath.

-The Gunpowder Plot.

It was the Gunpowder Plot, it's a correct answer

and it's released your ball, Kath.

You're rolling first on the green lane.

APPLAUSE

-So, quick onto the lanes, Kath, was that the plan?

-Yes.

-Yeah.

It was the best lane I did in the practice round, so...

-You had to get the green lane.

-Yes.

Well, hit the edge on Round One and it's worth...

£1,500.

APPLAUSE

You'll each have one roll to earn as much as you can,

whoever earns the least is leaving us.

So, where did you get up to on the green lane?

Well, actually I had two edges and two over the tops.

-OK, so you know you can hit the edge.

-Yeah, I do, yes.

-Are you ready?

-Yes, thank you.

-Let's roll.

-COMMENTATOR:

-'Hello, and good afternoon.

'First on the green lane, Kath from Castle Donington

'who's looking very focused, crouching into position.'

Much more steady.

'And the roll looks good.'

And it scores you £900.

APPLAUSE

Happy enough with that?

Yes, it's something for the others to aim at.

I would've liked a little bit further on

but I'm happy to get there, not go off the edge.

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

Fingers on buzzers.

The characters Martin Chuzzlewit, Little Dorrit

and Edwin Drood were all created by which author?

-Laura.

-Charles Dickens.

-Correct.

In which mountain range is Ben Nevis located?

-Laura.

-Scotland.

-In which mountain range.

-Oh!

-So it is.

-It's the Grampian Mountains.

-Laura, you're frozen out...

-Listen to the question!

You're frozen out of the next question.

If I worked in the Federal Space Agency Roscosmos,

which modern day country's space programme would be I working for?

-Paul.

-Russia.

-Correct.

You're back in the game, Laura.

Which rock star was born Farrokh Bulsara?

-Laura.

-Freddie Mercury.

-Correct, you're a fan I take it?

Er, yeah.

One more correct answer, Laura, and you'll roll next on the blue lane.

What name for junk e-mail is also a type of canned meat?

-Laura.

-Spam.

Correct. You've released your ball, you're rolling next on the blue lane.

APPLAUSE

So, Laura, to guarantee your place in the next round,

you need to roll £950 or more.

-How did it go in the blue lane in practice?

-It didn't.

That was the worst lane.

-OK.

-But I wanted to get some questions right

so I'm quite happy. You never know.

-Well, it's one of the shorter lanes...

-Yep.

..it's got a reasonable sized edge there, worth £1,500.

-Are you ready, Laura?

-I am.

-Let's roll.

'Warehouse operative Laura isn't bursting with confidence,

'can this roll settle her nerves?'

-She's given it a good nudge.

-Oh, it's too much.

-Is it too much?

-Stop, stop, stop!

-Is it going to stop?

Oh!

Oh, Laura, it looked like you'd given it just about

the right amount of weight there but it went over the edge.

Told you. Gutted.

Well, that roll scores you nothing.

But it's not all over yet and if the lane was an inch longer, Laura...

Story of my life!

..you would've got £1,500. It's a fine line, isn't it?

An inch in that case between £1,500 and zero but it does mean that,

Kath, you are definitely going through to the next round.

So, only two lanes left,

whichever one of you releases your ball next

will be rolling on the yellow lane,

the other will be left with the red lane. Fingers on buzzers.

The Lake Mead reservoir is formed by which famous dam?

-Paul.

-Hoover.

-Correct.

-Dragged from the recesses of your mind...

-Somewhere.

-..somewhere.

-Yeah.

Who was the original host of Big Brother UK?

-Paul.

-Davina McCall.

Correct. You need one more correct answer to release your ball.

In 1770, Captain James Cook first landed at Botany Bay

in which modern day country?

Sam.

-United States.

-Incorrect. It's Australia.

You're frozen out of the next question,

so the floor is yours, Paul.

You do not have to answer this if you don't know it.

If you do and you're correct, you'll be rolling next in the yellow lane.

Who composed the ballet The Nutcracker?

-Paul.

-Tchaikovsky.

-Correct.

You've released your ball, you'll be rolling on the yellow lane.

Sam, you've been left with the red lane.

APPLAUSE

So, Paul, all the general knowledge came flooding back to you there.

-All of a sudden it came to me, yes.

-Yes.

-Yeah.

It's left you with the yellow lane

and to guarantee your place in the next round, you need £100 or more.

-You've just got to hit a cash zone.

-OK.

And Laura will have to sweat a little bit longer.

LAUGHTER

So, how did it go in the yellow lane in practice?

It was one of my favourite lanes, actually.

Kath's got the green lane, which I was also fairly consistent on.

-This is good for me.

-OK.

-I'm happy with this one, yeah.

Hit a cash zone and you're through. What are you going to aim for?

-Erm, I'm going to go middle for diddle basically.

-Middle for diddle.

-Just nice and safe in the middle.

-OK.

-Yep.

-Are you ready, Paul?

-Yep.

Let's roll.

'A chance for Paul to ease into the game.

'All he has to do is hit a cash zone.

'Sounds easy, doesn't it?

'A deep breath to compose himself and he's off.'

-It's going to reach the cash zones.

-Go on!

It is reaching the cash zones.

And it scores you £350.

APPLAUSE

So, you're joining Kath in the next round, Paul.

-You did just about enough there.

-Just about enough, yeah.

Not a particularly huge amount to bank but you're safe.

-You're not, Laura.

-Surprise!

Your only hope now is if Sam fails...

Come on, Sam!

Fails to register anything on the cash zones.

If he's short, which is possible on the red lane,

or if he goes a little bit too long and he goes over the edge.

How did it go for you, Sam, in practice?

The red lane was OK but it could've been a lot better.

Anything from £100 up to the edge will do.

-Are you ready, Sam?

-I'm ready.

-Let's roll.

'Has the heckling from Laura put Sam off?

'He's looking calm.

'Laura's only hope is if this goes wrong for him.'

No...

-It's got a bit of weight.

-Stop it. Keep going.

It's tipping over the cash zones.

And it scores you £450.

APPLAUSE

-Yeah. Enough, you did enough.

-Enough, enough.

OK, well, I can tell you after those rolls, Kath, you have £900.

Paul, you have £350.

Sam, you have £450.

Laura, you have nothing.

So, Kath, Paul and Sam, you're through to the next round.

Please return to your podiums.

APPLAUSE

Unfortunately, Laura,

you earned the least amount of money in that round

so I'm afraid you're leaving here with nothing

and we didn't get to find out any of these countries that you visited

-and perhaps where you could've gone...

-I know.

..if you got yourself to the final.

But alas it wasn't meant to be, I'm afraid. Thanks for playing.

-Thank you.

-Bye-bye.

-Bye.

APPLAUSE

So, congratulations, Sam, Kath and Paul.

You've made it through to the next round.

And, Paul, I need to know about a little bit more

-about your James Bond obsession.

-As a kid, yeah, I loved it.

Yeah, grew up with it. Coming from Southend, of course,

if you didn't know, Goldfinger was shot at Southend Airport,

or a very small portion of the film was filmed at Southend Airport

for a couple of days, which is the bit where Goldfinger's car's

-loaded into the aircraft...

-Oh, that bit. Yeah.

-That bit, of course.

-You knew that.

-I knew that.

-Yeah.

-I was always wondering,

"Which airport? Which real airport..." I thought to myself,

-"..was that filmed in?"

-And if you're really geeky like me,

there is a scene where James Bond flicks the centre console up

of the Aston Martin and the map actually says Southend Airport.

And what else do you do in your spare time?

Play a bit of pinball when I get the chance as well.

There is a UK pinball league that I have been known to play with.

There is a UK... Sorry, say those words,

-there is a UK pinball league.

-Yes.

-Wow.

So there's a bunch of guys that will get together at people's houses,

locations, to actually play competitions.

Sam, tell us about the kind of engineering that you work in.

So I work in the pharmaceutical industry

and we make different various types of antibiotics

so my job effectively is to find ways to make the process

more efficient and more cost-effective, really.

What else do you get up to, Sam?

In my spare time I like to play a few sports, I play rugby,

athletics, do a bit of jogging

and then spend quite a lot of time with the family as well.

Kath, it's no surprise really you got yourself on the green lane

-because you are a quiz mistress.

-Well, I wouldn't say that.

Local pub quizzes sort of couple of times a month.

But there are, you know, a few sort of local ones I do with my daughter.

I like doing it with my daughter because she knows and likes

-all the modern things.

-So you segue together your knowledge very well.

-Absolutely. Yes, yes.

-Does everyone want to have Kath on their team?

Erm, yes. Am I allowed to say that?

What kinds of things would you win in these pub quizzes?

Sunday lunch for two, a round of drinks.

Nothing major really, no.

-And you win occasionally?

-Yeah, we have done, yes.

Not on a regular basis but we have, yeah.

Good stuff. The money you earned is added to your personal bank.

So, Paul, you have £350.

Sam, you have £450.

And, Kath, you have £900.

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 £100 all the way up to £1,300 could become a danger zone.

If that happens, its value drops to zero.

How many danger zones you face depends on how well you do

on the questions.

Release your ball first and not only will you take the shortest lane

with the biggest edge but no danger zones.

This time you'll need to answer four questions correctly

to release your ball, so fingers on buzzers.

Which universal force of attraction keeps the planets in orbit

around the Sun?

-Paul.

-Gravity.

-Correct.

What is the more common name of the Italian artist born Tiziano Vecellio?

-Kath.

-Titian.

-Correct.

Which island prison turned tourist attraction

is located in San Francisco Bay?

-Kath.

-Alcatraz.

-Correct.

-Come on, Sam.

-I'm trying.

Which Tom Jones song starts with the lyrics,

"I saw the light on the night that I passed..."

-Kath.

-Delilah.

-"..by her window"? Delilah is correct and, Kath,

you need one more correct answer to release your ball.

If I were a character attending a party in the novel The Great Gatsby,

what decade of the 20th century would it be?

Sam.

The '30s.

Close. '20s.

I'm afraid you're frozen out of the next question.

Which TV show starred Richard Ayoade as geeky genius Maurice Moss?

-Paul.

-The IT Crowd.

Correct, Paul. Said that with great pride.

Oh, yeah, I'm a geek with a personality.

Sam, you're back in the game.

What Spanish dish made from rice, saffron...?

-Paul.

-Paella.

..and either shellfish or meat is cooked in a large flat frying pan

of the same name? It's paella, correct.

Whichever of you answers a question correctly next

will release your ball, Kath and Paul.

The vertebrae make up which major part of the human...?

-Kath.

-The spine.

Human skeleton, it is the spine, correct.

You've released your ball and you're rolling first on the blue lane.

APPLAUSE

So, Kath, you've done it again.

-Got here first.

-No pressure.

Your general knowledge coming to the fore once more,

earning you the biggest edge and the shortest lane and no danger zones.

It's the nicest thing.

Get your ball on the edge in this round and it's worth...

£2,000. APPLAUSE

You'll each have two rolls which will be added together.

Whoever earns the least is leaving us.

-£900 on the green lane, Kath.

-Mm-hm.

-A good roll to get you going.

-Mm-hm.

A little bit further to go this time

and an edge that's worth quite a bit more.

Where are you going to go for?

I'm going to try and put a little bit more in

and hope to get towards the edge even if...

As long as I don't go off the end.

OK, Kath, if you're ready?

Let's roll.

-COMMENTATOR:

-'First on the lanes again,

'can retired maths teacher Kath make the right calculations

'to hit the edge?'

-KATH:

-Very tentative.

It's very, very tentative

but it goes a bit higher and it stops at £650.

APPLAUSE

-Of course you still have another roll.

-Mm-hm.

So, you can add to that

but how are you feeling after your first roll?

I would've liked a little bit more

but at least I know they've got danger zones

so it may put a little bit more pressure on them.

-We shall see.

-Yeah.

-There are two lanes left. We've reset the podiums.

Whichever of you releases your ball next will roll on the yellow lane,

the other will be left with the red lane

and you'll both be facing danger zones.

Fingers on buzzers.

Which Irvine Welsh novel shares its title with a hobby

involving documenting the numbers of locomotives?

-Sam.

-Trainspotting.

-Correct.

In which 2003 romcom does Hugh Grant play a Prime Minister?

Sam.

-Is it Love Actually?

-Correct!

Just in the nick of time.

Before being succeeded by Mary Tudor,

who was nominally the Queen of England for nine days in 1553?

-Paul.

-Mary.

-Incorrect. Lady Jane Grey.

-Grey.

-You're frozen out of the next question.

-Yep.

What fruit is chiefly used to make a traditional Eve's Pudding?

-Sam.

-An apple.

-Correct, Sam.

You need one more correct answer to release your ball.

What is the first two digit prime number?

Sam.

Three.

-Two digit.

-Oh.

Sorry, Sam, it's 11. You're frozen out of the next question.

Renzo Piano and Norman Foster are famous names in which creative field?

-Paul.

-Musicals.

-Architecture.

You're frozen out of the next question. Sam, you're back in

and you still need one more correct answer to release your ball.

-Can't get going in his game, Paul.

-Nope.

If I wore a ring made purely from the precious metal

with the chemical symbol PT...?

-Sam.

-Platinum.

-Correct.

The ring would be made from platinum.

Congratulations, you're rolling next on the yellow lane.

Paul, you've been left with the red lane.

APPLAUSE

So, a change of fortune for you, Sam.

Yeah, that round was a lot better than the first for me, yeah.

Those math questions causing you problems.

Yeah, schoolboy error that was.

-See Kath for extra lessons.

-Yeah.

Well, Sam, you're going to face one danger zone

here on the yellow lane. So, before you roll

we need to find out where that danger zone will be

and it's moving up and down your lane,

it will only stop when you press that button there.

Good luck.

Ooh, £200 has gone from your lane, it's replaced with zero.

-Yeah, it's good that it's one of the low numbers. I'm happy.

-Yeah.

You're going to go big on this one?

-Going to. Definitely, that's the plan.

-OK.

Where are you going for - four figures?

Ideally, yeah. As close as possible to four figures, yeah.

Let's see how you do, then. Let's roll.

'The danger zone is in the perfect place with Sam

'aiming for four figures. He's getting down low.'

Not sure that's going to get to four figures

but it is over your danger zone

and it's crept up to...

£400.

APPLAUSE

Did the danger zone put you off there, Sam, a bit?

Yeah, I don't think it did. I think I just didn't gauge it right.

-Mm.

-Mm.

-OK.

Paul, you have two danger zones to contend with in the red lane.

So, before you roll we need to find out where those danger zones will be.

There they are moving up and down, same deal, press the button

and they'll stop.

And they've stopped on £900 and £350.

How does that look from where you're standing?

Not too bad, it's in the middle so it's as good as it's going to get.

Does that mean you're going to go in the middle section?

In the middle section, I mean, yeah. Got to go for it.

You look a bit defeated there because you're in the red lane.

I did really bad that round, just couldn't believe it,

-just brain emptied.

-But, Paul, you've done nothing yet,

you're still in the game,

so the red lane is ultimately where you want to end up, isn't it?

Er, yeah.

-So this is practice for the final.

-It is, it features in every round

so if nothing else it's good practice, yeah.

Paul, where are you going for?

Kath's on £650 so I need to get...

Anything above that is great for me.

-OK.

-Do my best.

-Licence to roll, Paul.

-Uh-huh.

-LAUGHTER

Let's roll.

'Paul needs to forget about the questions now

'and focus on the red lane.

'Deep breath...'

-PAUL WHISPERS

-'Little pep talk.

'If he rolls right here, he could take the lead.'

Good weight.

It's gone over the first danger zone,

creeping up towards the second and it stops on...

£650.

APPLAUSE

-You're thanking somebody up there.

-Yeah. Yes, definitely.

Yeah? M...

Daniel Craig. Roger Moore.

Yeah, Roger Moore definitely looking over my shoulder there.

-Yeah, definitely.

-Before everyone rolls again,

let's have a look at what you've earned so far.

Kath, you have £650.

Sam, you have £400 and, Paul, you have £650.

APPLAUSE

-So, Kath, have you done the maths?

-I have, yes.

What do you need?

As much as I can, really. The pressure's on, isn't it?

One's equal to me, one's not that far behind, so...

So, you're going to push it up to the edge?

Got to try and go for a bit more here, yes, I think so.

OK, if you're ready, Kath, let's roll.

-COMMENTATOR:

-'Kath has worked out what she needs.

'With the competition heating up,

'it's her last chance to make her roll count.'

Ooh, it's got a lot of weight on it but it looks like it's slowing down.

It is slowing down. Where's it going to stop?

It scores you £1,300,

we'll add that to your previous total, giving you £1,950, Kath.

-APPLAUSE

-Happy with that!

-Wow, that was a good time to pull out a big roll, Kath.

-It was.

Now you're doing the maths and working out

what the others need to do.

And, Sam, you need £250 to stay in the game.

To go above Kath, you need to hit the edge.

Your danger zones stays where it is on £200.

Where are you going to aim your ball for?

I've got no choice but to get as high as I can.

-If you're ready, Sam.

-I'm ready.

-Let's roll.

'It's simple for Sam,

'he has to land on a big cash amount for a chance to stay in the game.

'A very good, solid stance but will the roll match?'

It's gone over a danger zone

and it's stopping on £600,

add it to your first roll gives you a total of £1,000.

APPLAUSE

Is that going to be enough to get you through?

Let's wait and see.

Well, we know Kath is definitely through to the next round.

Congratulations to you. Sam...

small margin there, just ahead of Paul.

There are two danger zones on your lane, of course - £900 and £350.

£400 would see you through, Paul.

Yeah.

-So, right in the middle again.

-Are you ready?

-Yeah.

Let's roll.

'£400 puts Paul through, looks like he's in the zone.

'Anxious look from Sam, though.

'He knows Paul can do this.

'He pulls the trigger.'

Smooth roll. It's a big roll.

Is it going to slow down in time?

-Is it going to end up in the right area of the board?

-Go on, go on!

-Oh, yes!

-Gets £1,100, we'll add that to your previous roll,

giving you a total of £1,750.

APPLAUSE

-You look quite chuffed with that, Paul.

-Absolutely.

Pulled it out the bag. Absolutely. Way to go.

With those two rolls added together, Kath, you have £1,950.

Paul, you have £1,750.

Sam, you have £1,000, which means, Kath and Paul,

you're through to the next round. Please return to your podiums.

APPLAUSE

And unfortunately, Sam, you've earned the least amount of money

in that round so I'm afraid you're leaving here with nothing

but hopefully some good memories.

-Thank you.

-Thanks for playing. Goodbye.

-Goodbye.

APPLAUSE

Congratulations, Paul and Kath, you are through to the next round

and, Paul, a real lesson learned for you out there

because your shoulders were down, you looked despondent on the red lane.

I managed to pull it out of the bag, though,

but Kath's so good on those questions, just...

Well, she is but it shows you when you get down to the lanes,

-things can change.

-Yeah.

-And it's not over until it's over.

No, it isn't.

Who's watching you at home today?

There'll be my wife, Dawn, and my daughter, Ava.

How old's Ava?

Ava is 11, so she's going to big school now.

And is she the absolute apple of your eye?

Yeah, she's going to hate me for saying this

but she's a miracle of science to me. She's an IVF baby.

Has she given you any advice about today?

"Just win, Dad, cos otherwise you're not coming back in the house."

LAUGHTER

Kath, what else do you get up to in your spare time?

-Ooh, er, well, I love anything to do with animals or sport so...

-Right.

..put the two together and my passion is horse racing really.

My grandad used to take me in my summer holidays

when I was younger, somehow he always seemed to know people,

he was always disappearing around the stable block and getting tips...

So perhaps that's where your mathematical mind started.

-Maybe, probabilities and the odds, yeah, could be.

-Yeah? Good stuff.

The money you earned is added to your personal bank.

So, Paul, you now have £2,100.

Kath, you have £2,850.

That money is safely banked for the final,

should you manage to get there.

Round Three.

And we're shutting down another lane.

In this round, there's only one danger zone

and the first player to release their ball will control it

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

You'll need five correct answers to release your ball,

fingers on buzzers.

Who was Kirsty Young's predecessor

as presenter of Radio 4's Desert Island Discs?

(Sue...)

-Kath.

-Is it Sue Lawley?

-Correct.

Which city's airport has the international code LAX?

-Kath.

-Los Angeles.

-Correct.

Traditionally, cricket bats are made from which wood?

-Paul.

-Willow.

-Correct.

What do you get if you add together the number of days in July

and August?

-Kath.

-62.

-Correct.

Took you about half a millisecond. LAUGHTER

If I had a part in the play subtitled The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street,

in which play...? Kath.

-Sweeney Todd.

-..in which play would I be?

Sweeney Todd is correct.

Out of the traps quickly,

-you need one more correct answer to release your ball.

-It's good.

Which letter proceeds the word "day" in the name given to

the 6th June, 1944 when Allied Forces landed in Normandy?

-Kath.

-D-Day.

Correct, you've released your ball,

you'll be rolling first on the yellow lane.

Paul, you've been left with the red lane.

APPLAUSE

Kath, you barely gave Paul time to lift his hand towards the buzzer.

-So quick there.

-I was lucky with the questions.

Well, every time you have had the shortest lane

with the biggest edge, and get your ball on the edge in this round, Kath,

and it's worth...

£3,000. APPLAUSE

You've got three rolls which will be added together.

Whoever earns the most money in this round will be through to the final.

Kath, you're going to roll first.

You've had some big rolls, you've had £1,300.

You know how to get your ball up there towards the edge.

-Is it time to start banking some really big sums here, Kath?

-Be nice.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Let's roll.

'Kath's a strong contender

'as she takes control of the lanes first yet again.

'Can she keep hitting those four figures?'

Got a good weight, is it too much or is it going to stop?

Is it going to stop? Is it going to stop?

No, it's over the edge

and it scores you nothing.

Excellent!

Do you think this is the problem with moving lanes all the time?

Yeah, definitely. This is where I think Paul will have the advantage

because he's been on the longer lanes all the time, yeah.

Well, you control a danger zone now

and you can put it anywhere on Paul's lane from £100 to £1,300.

Where are you going to choose?

I think I'll go 1,000.

£1,000, why?

Well, hopefully that'll keep him shorter, in the shorter money,

because it's making that top end a little bit more smaller

-for him to aim at.

-Less attractive.

OK, let's strike out £1,000 from the red lane.

That is now worth zero.

To be avoided at all costs, Paul, as is going over the edge

-and failing to reach the cash zones.

-Yep.

-But you did very well on the red lane last time.

-Getting used to this.

Yeah. Is the danger zone going to be a problem for you?

No, consistently... I'm trying to find my consistency

and I'm going to stay just well away from that,

I'm going to be edge-averse as well.

-Not even going to go that far up the table.

-OK.

You're just looking for lower figures to kind of keep ticking over.

-Consistency through the three bowls.

-OK.

-Are you ready?

-Yeah.

Let's roll.

'Full of confidence from his last roll,

'claiming he wants to play it safe again.'

(Skip.)

'Big deep breath, getting composed

'and even a small pep talk there as well.'

Oh, it's heading up towards the higher numbers,

is it going to stop...?

On £900.

APPLAUSE

A little bit of panic there, Paul? It was going towards the danger zone.

No, none at all. That's exactly where I wanted it to be.

-OK. Who's Skip by the way, Paul?

-Skip? That's my nickname.

-That's YOUR nickname?

-Yeah, Skippy, that's my nickname.

Oh, I thought you'd named the ball Skippy.

-No, that's me.

-So you were giving yourself a pep talk.

Well, we've seen you talk out loud quite a lot.

Yeah, I talk to myself, yeah, I do. A lot.

All right, Skip,

after that first roll I can tell you Kath has nothing

and Paul has £900.

APPLAUSE

So, time for your second roll, Kath.

Have you worked out the maths?

Yes, not difficult to see, is it?

No, he's definitely put the pressure on there

getting higher up in the lane,

I have to say that's a difficult one, really.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Let's roll.

'The pressure is on Kath,

'Paul is urging for her to go over the edge.

'Can she stay in the game with a big roll?'

It's got a good weight, it's heading towards four figures

and it stops on...

£1,300!

We'll add that to your first roll, gives you £1,300!

APPLAUSE

-Second time you've rolled that, Kath...

-Push it a little...

..and you've pulled the game back round.

-And you've got a choice.

-Mm-hm.

Based on what you've just rolled there, do you want to keep

that danger zone where it is in Paul's lane

or would you like to move it?

Think I'll move it a little bit forward because he got 900,

didn't he? I think I'll put it on 900.

OK, so we're going to take 900 out of your lane,

it is now worth zero, Paul.

You can't land there again.

So, has that caused you any problems?

Is it a mental block for you, that one?

It's... It's OK. I'm OK with it, I'm OK.

400 means you hang on there with Kath

and go into your third and final roll level.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Let's roll.

'Pressure's back on Paul and the tension is immense,

'there's nothing between these two.'

(Come on, Skip.)

Let's see what Skip's got in him this time.

It's slowing down as it hits the cash zones, where's it going to stop?

Well, it's gone over the 400.

It's stopped on £500, giving you a total of £1,400.

APPLAUSE

OK, after that second roll, Kath, you have £1,300

and, Paul, you have £1,400.

APPLAUSE

But it's time for the third and final roll this round

and there is so little in it, Kath,

that nothing you can do will guarantee you're through

to the next round right now, so what are you going to do?

Well, I would be happy with what I got on the last roll

-so hopefully nearer that than what I did on the first one.

-OK, you ready?

-Yes.

-Let's roll.

'Can Kath get that muscle memory working yet again?

'This is her chance to knock Paul out of the game.'

-Oh!

-Oh.

That was terrible.

It's not big.

Oh, dear.

It stops on 550, giving you a total of £1,850.

APPLAUSE

So...

it's not guaranteeing you anything at this stage of the game

and it shows you, doesn't it, that missing out on a score

-with your first roll...

-Yep.

-..has put you in a precarious position?

-Absolutely, yeah.

-So, do you want to keep the danger zone

where it is on 900

or are you going to move it for Paul's final roll?

I think I might just bring it to 800.

You're going to move it down a couple of cash zones,

let's do that, then, and put it on £800.

What's your thinking?

Well, if he tries to keep this side of it in order to get enough,

maybe, or maybe he'll go on the nought

or maybe he'll go for past it and roll off.

Well, £500 or more, Paul, would do it for you.

Yeah, but it's quite tight up to where the danger zone is.

-Is that bothering you?

-Yeah, this is not James Bond,

this is Mission: Impossible now.

LAUGHTER

OK, are you ready?

-As I'm ever going to be, yes.

-Let's roll.

'This is the decider and nothing's impossible.

'It's in Paul's hands now.

'Deep in thought, a composed breath to calm adrenaline.

'And here comes the roll, will it be good enough?'

Oh, no. Short.

-No, it's big, it's big.

-Yes!

-It's big enough.

It's £600, we add that to your previous total, gives you £2,000.

APPLAUSE

With three rolls added together, Kath has £1,850,

Paul has £2,000, which means, Paul,

you take what you've earned through to today's final.

Please return to the podium.

APPLAUSE

Kath, in spite of your great general knowledge,

-in the end the numbers didn't stack up for you.

-They didn't.

Too tentative.

I'm afraid you earned the least amount of money in that round

so you're leaving here with nothing but hopefully the experience

-will stand you in good stead in your pub quizzes.

-Yes, I'm sure it will.

-Thanks so much for playing, Kath.

-Thank you.

-Goodbye.

APPLAUSE

-Congratulations, Paul.

-Thank you.

-You've made it through to the final

where you're playing for all the money you've earned today,

a total of £4,100. APPLAUSE

First things first, what's Skip all about?

Skip, Skippy.

-It's my nickname and has been for about 30-odd years.

-Why?

It's to do with an old, beat-up company car that got handed down

to me and I was so proud of it but it had a very weird fault.

It would only go round right-hand bends.

If you put it round a left-hand bend, it would just cut out -

skip, skip, skip, like that,

and the name of the car stuck with me.

My friends, my family all know me as Skip or Skippy.

I hardly ever get called Paul.

So, what are you going to spend the money on, then?

Looking to get a pinball table.

-A pinball table?

-Yep.

One of my very own, rather than playing somebody else's.

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 and you'll win £4,100.

Go over the edge and you get nothing.

But you have a chance to make it easier for yourself

by answering more questions.

Each correct answer increases the size of the edge.

The more questions you get right,

the bigger the edge will be and the easier your final roll.

You'll have 75 seconds to get as many right as you can.

-Is everything clear?

-Yes.

Let's put 75 seconds on the clock.

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

Which author wrote the classic

19th century novel Middlemarch?

-Pass.

-George Eliot.

What is the name of the largest public park

in Manhattan?

-Central Park.

-Correct.

In the title of the music magazine NME,

what does the E stand for?

-N... Express.

-Correct.

If I was speaking Manx

on the island where it originated...?

-Isle of Man.

-Correct.

Which team of heroes fight against the villains

Rita Repulsa and Lord Zedd?

-Pass.

-Power Rangers.

What football club did Harry Kane join in 2004?

-West Ham.

-Tottenham Hotspur.

How many faces does a dodecahedron have?

-Ten.

-12.

Which natural phenomenon which begins with W

is a swirling body of water?

-Whirlpool.

-Correct.

Released in 2008, what was the name of

-Coldplay's first UK number one?

-Pass.

Viva La Vida.

From what suit of playing cards

is the Queen in Alice In Wonderland?

-Queen of Hearts.

-Correct.

What G is a clarified,

unsalted butter used in Indian cooking?

-Ghee.

-Correct.

If I was posing for Annie Leibovitz,

what would she be using to capture my image?

Er, paintbrush.

Camera.

Often orange or brown,

what A is used to describe fossilised...?

We are out of time.

Fossilized tree resin is amber

but, Paul, I can tell you, you answered six questions correctly.

To see what that score has done to the edge,

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

APPLAUSE

You look like you were physically spent there, Paul.

I am absolutely drained.

LAUGHTER

There's 11.5 metres of red lane before you

but it will look very different in a moment

because every one of your correct answers

increases the size of your edge

so let's put them onto your lane.

One,

two,

three,

four,

five,

six.

APPLAUSE

Is it the kind of edge that's making you feel confident, Paul?

It's making me feel very scared.

Erm...

It's good, I'd have liked to have got a few more actually,

two or three more I would've been a lot, lot happier.

This is...

-tough for me.

-Well, you have a choice to make.

You can roll for the full £4,100 with only one ball

and one attempt to hit the edge,

or you could take two balls but that means you'll say goodbye

to half the money, you'll roll for £2,050.

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're calling £1,367.

-Does that help...

-No.

-..seeing those figures there?

-Not at all.

Well, you have been inside that edge two times.

Yeah, I've been there or thereabouts pretty much every time

I've played this lane.

As much experience as anyone I can remember in that red lane,

actually, turning up for the final.

What are you thinking?

I want to walk away with something so I'm going to go for two.

-Two balls, definitely?

-Yeah.

-Yeah. Is that what James Bond would do?

No, he would go for the 4,000 and live dangerously...

-Miss Moneypenny, but...

-LAUGHTER

I'm going to go and give myself a second chance at the 2,000.

So you're taking two balls and you'll rolling for £2,050.

APPLAUSE

Which, of course, means, Paul, means you will only roll twice.

LAUGHTER

Oh, I see what you did there.

LAUGHTER

It's time to take on The Edge.

For £2,050, Paul, let's roll.

(Skip.)

HE MUTTERS

-Looks big, it looks like it might be too heavy.

-Too fast.

It's heavy, Paul, it's gone over the edge.

-But that, Skip, is the reason you took two balls.

-Yep.

You've not got to get yourself into a state of despair here

because the reason you took two balls was to allow yourself

-that kind of roll, you've got it out of your system.

-Yeah.

You've rolled six times now, Paul, on the red lane

and four times you've been within that edge.

You can do this.

Don't let your shoulders drop too much.

-Shoulders back so it's nice and smooth.

-OK, head up.

-Yep.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

It's time to take on The Edge for the final time for £2,050.

Let's roll.

-It's got a good weight, is it going to be...?

-Stop, stop.

-Is it going to be too big?

-Please stop, stop, stop.

It's going to stay, it's not!

Oh, Paul.

APPLAUSE Oh!

So many times, you've rode your luck today, haven't you, Paul?

You've had some great rolls but it wasn't to be.

You weren't able to hit the edge there

so, sadly, Paul, you're going home empty-handed.

-But you've been a fantastic contestant.

-Thank you.

Take any positives from this?

HE LAUGHS

-Yeah, more practice.

-LAUGHTER

-Thank you so much, Paul.

-Thank you.

We'll be back next time with more new contestants

pushing themselves to the edge. Why?

Because that's how we roll. Bye-bye.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING