Episode 1 The National Lottery: Break the Safe

Tonight, just one second stands between winning or losing up to

�100,000. Get the timing right and the money is won. Get it wrong and

it's gone forever. So, who will have the perfect combination to

Hello, good evening and welcome to The National Lottery: Break The

Safe. Break the safe is a new Lottery series where three pairs

will battle it out to take up to �100,000 from this safe. But

winning the cash will require teamwork and precision timing. In a

few moments, the safe will lock, activating a countdown. Only when

the countdown hits zero will the cash be available for the taking.

Let's meet the players. First up, Doreen and Sam, mother

and daughter from Warrington. Mum Doreen is retired and loves writing

poetry. Sam describes the two of them as utterly fabulous book ends.

Will this mum and daughter story have a happy ending tonight. Next,

Basil and Dominic, brothers from Bristol.

Will these brothers be sharing the prize money tonight?

Finally, sisters Ellen and Rian from North Wales.

They send a warning to the other pairs that they will give as good

Mother and daughter, one of Sue a poet. Me.Fire away. I have friends

who would kill to be me. For they are green with envy, you see. Not

to open the safe... It was all right.

APPLAUSE Not for a crack at the safe, but to

come face-to-face with its host, the amazing Nick Knowles. Lovely,

thank you very much. APPLAUSE

Why are you going to be the ideal pairing to beat everyone else this

evening? We know each other very well. We do. We have different

areas of strengths and weaknesses. You are confident you are going to

do well and beat, a pair of brothers, Basil and Dominic. What

is the eldest? I am.You have this trove if I thing going on. --

trophy thing going on. That's right, I have more. Why are brothers going

to do better than mum and daughter? We are a perfect combination. My

strengths are that I have no weaknesses, his weakness is that he

Let's see how that plays out. Again, sisters, lovely to see you. Who is

the bright one? Ellen.Who is best on timing? Me, she is always late

for everything. Are you going to win through this evening? We are

going to try our best. Smashing. That is our three teams.

This safe contains �100,000. How much of that money our pairs can

break from it is completely down to how well they play the game. Lock

the safe please. Safe locked. Six locks are now in

place. I will release the first four locks but the last two can

only be unlocked by our contestants. OK, with 35 minutes on the clock,

activate the countdown. Countdown activated. When that

countdown hits zero will the cash banked be available to break from

the safe. But the window of opportunity to win that money will

be very, very small. Literally just one second. But which of our pairs

will make it to that moment? In this first round we begin to put

the relationships to the test. Each question has a two-part answer. You

both need to give a correct answer to earn �1,000. Only one of you

will have control of the buzzer. Doreen, Basil and Rian, you are in

control first. Let's get you into position and

play Break The Safe. Fingers on buzzers. Here is your

first question. A heavy downpour can be described

as raining which domestic animals? Basil Cats. Dogs.Correct.

In a BLT sandwich B stands for? Tomato. Correct for �1,000. Moving

Doreen? Frank Sinatra.Sam? Nancy Sinatra. I can offer it. Basil

Basil? Red.Dominic Amber.Basil? Doreen? Switzerland.Incorrect. I

can throw it open. Austria.We were Rhin? Greg Wallace. John Torode.

Basil? Tango.Dominic? Out of time, I can throw it open.

Doreen? Waltz. Tango and foxtrot we were looking

Basil? Captain Jack.Incorrect, key throw it open.

Nobody want this? We were looking Basil?En Round heads.Dominic?

Don't know. I can offer it. Rhia? Basil? Virgo.Dominic? Taurus.

John. Frank. John.Franklin. were Luking for Fitzgerald.

That sound means it is the end of the round. With 30 minutes and 45

seconds left to zor row, re-- zero, release the first lock.

Let's bring our pairs back together Were you frustrated you weren't

getting a few more buzzers? We were just just warming up slowly. Boys,

you were on fire? We were tryinging our best. John Frank Kennedy?That

has a much better ring. Ladies, how was that for you? OK.Would you

have liked a few more buzzes. were a couple of times. Happy

houses at the moment. Let's look at how much you have earned so far. In

last place it is Doreen and Sam with �1,000. In second place, it is

Rhian and Ellen with �3,000 and in the lead it is Basil and Dominic

with �4,000. APPLAUSE

We are going to turn the tables and hand control to the other halves as

Sam, Dominic and Ellen take control of the buzzers. Let's get you into

position. Questions are worth �2,000 each. At

the end of the round the pair with the least amount will be out of the

game and out of the money. At the moment that's Doreen and Sam. So

this has to be a better round for Dominic? 19Incorrect, throw it

open. Ellen? One. 20?Incorrect. We were looking for one and five.

Dominic? Vin diesel.I can throw it open. Ellen? Paul Walker.

diesel. Dominic? Angola.Incorrect. Looking

Sam? Robert.Incorrect, throw it open.

Dominic? Robert.Incorrect. We might come back to that one. We

were looking for for Orville and Sam? Kerry Katona.Doreen? Ellen.

Liz mac Larneon. Dominic? Oxygen.Basil? Helium.

Ellen? Hyacinth. Richard.Correct Dominic? Whale.We were looking for

Ellen? Fred Flintstone.Incorrect We were looking for Mark Ramprakash

and Darren Gough. What are the UK's two longest rivers? Ellen? Severn.

That sound means it is the end of the round. With 25 minutes and 36

seconds to zero, release the second Let's reunite them and find out

That famous famous cricketer Fred Flintstone! What were you thinking?

I couldn't remember Freddie Flintoff's name. I get it now. The

other thing is Dominic, as a tip for you, if somebody gives an

answer and I say incorrect, that's probably not the best idea to go

with that answer again. Just to see if I change my mind. I was in the

zone. Absolutely extraordinary round. Best to have a look at the

scores. First into the semi-final Joining them in second place with

�8,000 it is Basil and Dominic. But that does mean that mother and

daughter Doreen and Sam, it's bad news. We have a fantastic Limerick.

I have one for you, there once was a woman called Doreen, who had

terrible trouble with her scoring, but with her in your life it's not

boring. You have been a joy. We have to lose you and the �1,000 you

have earned, there it goes, but, weren't they fantastic. Goodbye to

Doreen and Sam. APPLAUSE

Congratulations to Basil and Dominic and Rhian and Ellen. You

are closer to breaking the safe. Let's add together the �8,000 and

11,000 you have earned so far to see how much is available to take

�19,000. APPLAUSE

Here we are, brothers versus sisters.

It is time to find out who between brothers and sisters will make it

through to the final. We have reset your scores back to zero, let's

Each pair will face three questions and one of you will have to decide

whether you answer the question or whether you trust your partner

knows the answer for double the money. Who is taking control of the

decision-making first? I will. Because? He knows more. He's 12-

years-older than me, he is bound to know more. I will. She knows more.

With 21 minutes and 43 seconds left, let's get into position and play

the semi-final. Basil and Dominic, you will play

first. Basil for your first question, you must decide whether

you want to answer or count on Dominic to answer for double the

money, �4,000. Here is that first Do you want to answer or pass it

on? Dominic this becomes your Cheltenham cup. Basil, you don't

look happy. Devastated.You think it is what? I think it is the Grand

National. Basil, Dominic, I have to tell you, you you they are features

of the Grand National. You have earned yourself no money

there and you may have handed the advantage to Rhian and Ellen if

they can answer this question correctly. Here is your question

for �2,000, or for �4,000. Would you like to answer or pass it

on? Pass to Ellen.This is a �4,000 Australia.

I can tell you ladies shs the correct answer is Australia. Very

You earned yourself �4,000 and you have gone into a strong lead. Time

to switch you over and put pressure on your other halves. We are

raising the stakes as your second question is is worth either �4,000

Would you like to answer yourself or �4,000 or pass it on to your

brother for �8,000? I am going to pass it on to my brother for �8,000.

That would be caviar. Is he right? Spot on. Key I can tell you, you

are spot on, it is caviar, you have earned yourself �8,000.

Ellen, this is your question for either �4,000 or �8,000. The boys

Would you like to answer for �4,000 or pass it on to Rhian for �8,000.

I believe. Ellen what do you think the answer is? Unchained melody.I

can tell you the correct answer is unchained melody.

Oh no. You haven't answered the question correctly and you have

earned yourself no more money. After two questions the scores are

Basil and Dominic are ahead with �8,000 and Rhian and Ellen are

trailing with �4,000. This last question could be the difference

between leaving the game with nothing or breaking the safe. It is

worth either �6,000 or �12,000. Do you want to stay as you are or

switch positions? Stay as I am.You don't want to consult Basil here?

No we have our tactics. Ellen?Swap. Because? Because she's cleverer

With 16 minutes and 36 seconds to zero, here is your final question.

Ellen and Rhian, you will play first.

Would you like to play this yourself or pass it over to your

sister? Pass.This is coming your If you are right you put the

pressure back on the boys. If not, you are out and the boys are going

through to the final. I can tell you are incorrect, we were looking

for for Little Women. Basil and Dominic you are through

to the final no matter what, but your final question is all about

the cash. Dominic, you could answer for

�6,000 but if you take a chance on Basil answering, it could be worth

�12,000 and here is that question. Do you want to answer that yourself

or pass it on to your Big Brother? Definitely pass that back. Only

because he is right into his fashion. Really? Basil, this is

yours for �12,000. Bias cut. I can tell you the answer

we were looking for is... Ready-to- wear. Which means that you haven't

earned any more money but nonetheless, start to celebrate

boys, you are through to the final. That is the end of the round.

With 13 minutes and 53 seconds release the third lock.

There it goes. Let's bring you back together.

That was really interesting, you must have felt under pressure at

the beginning guys. Yes. We knew that they would put Ellen back.

Ellen what happened, you seemed to be going strong early on? I can't

believe she didn't get Unchained Melody. Is this going to affect the

relationship, ladies. I am going to play unchained melody every time

she comes round to my house. I am afraid, I hope you enjoyed playing

the game, you are out of the game and so is the �4,000 you have

earned. There it goes, but you were great contestants and pushed the

guys and gave them a scare early on. You must be pleased with how you

played as sisters. Yes. Congratulations, you have seen off

the competition and managed to earn �8,000 in that last round. Let's

see how much is now available to take from the safe if you win

�27,000! APPLAUSE

How does that money get split? came here together, we leave

together, we share together. 50-50. That money is only available to win

when the countdown hits zero, for just one second, that is all the

time Basil and Dominic will have to prove they are the perfect pairing.

For now let's head over for the We are live at Lottery HQ with

generally Falconer. - Jeni Falconer. We have a roll overjackpot to play

for and a little bit later we will be catching up with Euan Thomas at

the anniversary games, one year since London 2012.

Here is the moment two weeks ago when we surprised them with tickets

to the event. In a couple of weeks' time it is the anniversary games, I

have some nice news for you, you lot are going as well. We have you

tickets to go and watch. Even better than that, one of you on the

day is going to be part of the action. One of you is going to take

the relay baton and hand it over to the start, so you are going to be

in front of 60,000 people on the Olympic track! Make sure you keep

training hard because one of you will have an important role on that

day. Which one? More from them later, but now it is time for

Let's start up those machines. Drawmaster tonight is Matt

There have been 467,000 winning tickets on Thunderball in the past

week, congratulations if one of them was yours. Here we go again,

good luck for tonight. We are off Every ticket is still in play, so

good luck. Will this be the perfect weekend

We have still got the Lotto rollover jackpot to play for but

now back over to Nick to see if Basil and Dominic can Break The

Welcome back, Basil and Dominic are just eight minutes and 57 seconds

away from attempting to break the safe. Let's remind ourselves how

much money they are playing for. �27,000!

APPLAUSE What would you spend it on? The last time we went away as

an extended family was my wedding which was a number of years ago, so

I would like to go away with the family if I could. Do you fancy

that? I do fancy that, but I would use my half to help my wife, she

was born with deformed feet, I would put some money towards some

surgery to help her out. That is a lovely thing to put the money

towards. Remember the money is only

available for one second, so in this round I am going to give you

the opportunity to increase the time the cash is available. Could

The bigger the window of opportunity you can create the

better the chance you have of taking the money home tonight. This

final round is all about earning more money, or more time. You will

now face four questions. Each worth either more cash to take from the

safe, or another second of time in which to break the safe. Both of

you must answer two questions. There is only seven minutes and six

seconds left, let's play the final of Break The Safe.

This is the first category: Who wants to take that one? I will

take that one. Basil, it is coming at you.

50m. Is he right, Dominic? Spot on. Basil, Dominic, I can tell you, an

Olympic swimming pool is 50m long APPLAUSE This is where we find out

about game play, would you like to take another second to help you

break the safe or �10,000 to add to it, what is more important to you

at the moment, time or money? Time is important. We will take the

time on this occasion. Yes. You are taking an extra second.

I will try. Dominic, this question Maid Marion. Basil, you screwed

your eyes up. I am thinking what I might have just heard, which is

Guinevere. I have to accept the first answer and the first answer

was Maid Marion, and as you both figured out already, the correct

answer was Guinevere. On this occasion, I can't offer you an

extra second or an extra �10,000. Not to worry, put that aside. Let's

What wants to take this one and why? I think you should take this

one, I have a feeling. I will take this one. Because your Big Brother

said so. He's got a feeling. Let's Paris. What do you think Basil?

don't think it is Paris. I'm not sure to be honest with you.

little mermaid is a statue in the harbour of Copenhagen. Once again,

you haven't earned an extra second or an extra �10,000. Your fourth

and final question is your last chance to add more time in which to

break the safe or bank more money into it. The final category is:

Edinburgh. You are saying Edinburgh. Dominic, what do you think? I don't

think that's right. Let me tell you, they attended St Andrews University.

Once again, I am afraid you you missed the opportunity for an extra

second or an extra �10,000. That is the end of the final round.

With only three minutes until zero, release the fourth lock. There are

now just two locks left and only Basil and Dominic can release them.

You have two seconds to break the safe and claim that �27,000. It

wasn't the best round for you but you have earned some extra time and

the �27,000 is going to make a big difference to you either way. Are

you feeling confident at this stage? Yes, the main thing we

wanted to, we wanted to bank more money, but we only would have paid

for one additional second any way. That would have been our tactic.

You are feeling confident about the timing? Yes. Quietly.You have to

get yourself into a position where you can d that. What does your

brother bring to this? I trust him. He deals well under pressure. He is

my Big Brother. He is the man to do this. He is cool under pressure, an

English schools champion, run for his country, he knows how to deal

with pressure, no problems. Here is what you have to do, to break the

safe you both need precision timing because when that countdown hits 30

seconds, it will disappear from view and Basil and Dominic it is up

to you to take over the counting to zero. When you think it's hit zero.

You have a further two zero to break the safe. If one of you gets

it right, you take home half the money, but if both of you get the

right, the �37,000 is yours. In front of you are your deactivation

buttons, they are now live. The wall coming down will ensure you

cannot communicate. Can we have complete silence in the studio.

Press too early or too late, it's game over. The countdown is only

going to be there for a few more seconds.

Get the time nothing your heads All time pieces have been taken

Basil and Dominic have pressed their buttons. Come and join me,

What do you think, have you done What method were you using. I was

singing a nursery rhyme, wind the bobbin up. Why were you doing that?

If you get the timing right, you should hit it between 30 and 31

seconds. Is it something that was sung to you? We both have children,

so we have gone through that sort We are verifying your timings, it's

being done by an independent adjudicator. Will you take home the

�27,000 in the safe? You don't know, I don't know, but we soon will,

after the second of tonight's Very tense, I love it when that

door came down between them. Have they done t we will find out soon.

First it's within one year since the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic

Games and to celebrate that, Team GB athletes have been taking to the

track once again for the anniversary games. Euan Thomas has

been watching it all and catching up with the kids from Gloucester's

black bridge Jubilee athletics track. Let's take a look.

Welcome to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park for the anniversary

games. Behind me are lucky individuals, you are going tonight,

are you excited? Yes.You know you are going to see the likes of Mo

Farah, Jessica Ennis, Mr Bolt, did nif you watch last night? I don't

know if you know how lucky you are, the atmosphere is amazing. One of

you has a special role, not just watching, taking the baton to the

four X 1. Yes I am so exiteed. It's Relax, have a look around. Have a

fantastic evening. You are going to The stadium is the biggest, best

stadium I have been to in my entire entire life. With the support from

the Lottery, gives you the funding to help you buy equipment, things

you need to get you to the top is really important. The energy is

great. I'm loving it. It's absolutely incredible, the best

experience of my life. I can't believe I was picked to do this. I

am very privileged to come and and They look like they have had a real

great day. There was one more treat in store when Euan met up with one

of the Lottery funded athletes. I am only here with our Olympic

Bronze Medalist Robbie, you were here for the anniversary games,

competing there, what was it right? It was incredibly, reminded me of

last summer, the atmosphere was something else. You came away with

that historic Bronze Medal. It's been so businessy since then.

the players, the National Lottery help you with funding. They help me

with facilities and my coach and physio. Keep competing for Britain.

It is time now for that big Lotto It is a rollover. Tonight's

rollover jackpot has been estimated as at �6 million. Let's release

those rollover balls. We are using Merlin and set of balls one.

There have been 710,000 winners on Here we go then, good luck.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds

Let's see if we can do it for you Thank you, if you played Lotto plus

five this week, Alan has the results at the end of the show. Now

it is time to go back over to Nick to see if the boys have done it.

Welcome back to Break The Safe. We are all keen to find out whether

Basil and Dominic are about to break �27,000 out of the safe. Key

tell you their timings have been verified by an independent

adjudicator to ensure accuracy. There are two locks left to open,

one for you Basil and one for Dominic. These lights represent a

second in which the �27,000 was available to you. If you pressed in

one of the seconds when you could have broken the safe, the light

will turn green, like that and your lock will release. If not it will

turn red, and your lock will remain firmly shut. If one of you gets a

green light, you will get half the �27,000 in the safe. If you both

get a green light, all the �27,000 will be yours. If it is red lights

all the way, you go home with Dom lick let's do your first, in

the first available second, did you press your button, did you manage

Can you help him out Basil? In your first available second, did you

manage to press your button, did Congratulations.

Basil, you have accessed half of that �27,000, we can get it out of

the safe, because that is what you are taking home tonight, guaranteed.

�13,500. I am so pleased for you. That's a big deal. It is a big deal.

I love him, I am happy to share whatever. I am not going to step

between you, I want you to be together for this. The question is

now Dominic, how close were you? Dominic did you in the last second

second available in which to press your button, did you manage to

break the safe for the �13km 500 that is still in there?, did you

Access was denied so you didn't break the safe for the �13,500. You

were 0.22 of a second too early. That's nothing. But I am afraid,

it's just enough that you didn't break the safe. However, boys, you

have managed to take home �13,500! APPLAUSE

It's been a great night here. Join me next time when three more