Episode 6 The National Lottery: Break the Safe

Tonight, just one second stands between

Get the timing right and the money is won.

So who will have the perfect combination to break the safe?

Hello and welcome to the National Lottery Break the Safe,

This evening, three pairs will battle it out to

But winning the cash will require teamwork and precision timing.

In a few moments, the safe will lock, activating a countdown.

Only when that countdown hits zero will the cash banked be

But it is tougher than you think, as tonight's players are

First up, it's mother and son Ros and Daniel from London.

Ros is a retired medical secretary and son,

They are both very competitive, but will they be getting their hands on

Next up is married couple Ben and Jessica from the Isle of Wight.

By day, Jessica is a teacher and at the

Ben is a police officer, but will this charming couple have a fairy

Finally, it is work colleagues and friends

They work together, running a seaside amusement arcade,

but will they be hitting the jackpot in Break the Safe tonight?

Nice to see you, Daniel and Ros, son and mum.

So in the relationship with mum, who is in charge, Officer?

No, that is not strictly true, but I still keep him in his place.

But, of course, you have always been there as

She has never embarrassed you at all?

Once it was the badminton night at school

and we had to invite our parents along and Mum turned up in the

tightest, smallest pair of shorts you have ever seen in your life!

I told her, I am going to tell everyone you are not my mother.

And why are son and mother going to be the relationship that works?

I think we just know what each everyone is thinking.

So, I think we're kind of there for each other.

Better, maybe, than a husband and wife, like Jessica and Ben?

Well, we were in a bar and I decided to lob an ice cube at her head.

Is that a standard mating ritual on the Isle of Wight?

Luckily, my aim is quite good or otherwise it might be

So why is husband-and-wife going to be the winning relationship?

We know each other inside out, don't we?

We have only been married for nine months.

We have gone over this with him as well!

I'm beginning to think the last thing he did was throw

So are you going to do better than work colleagues Gayle and Julie?

So who is good on timekeeping?

Because if you have been working and you are the boss, on time?

Yes, it is me that can sometimes be late.

We don't actually work in the arcade,

Oh, no, I thought I was going to be able to pay you in two pence pieces!

All right, best of luck to all of you.

That is tonight's teams, ladies and gentlemen, let's hear it

Some lovely teams, I think you'll agree.

How much of that money our pairs can break from it is dependant on how

I will release the first four but the last two can only be

OK, with 36 minutes on the clock, activate the countdown.

Only when that countdown hits zero will the cash banked be

The window of opportunity to win the cash will be very small.

But which of our three pairs will make it to that moment?

In this first round, we begin to test teamwork

because each question has a two-part answer and you both need to give

But only one of the pair will have control of the buzzer.

So, Daniel, Jessica and Gayle, you are in control first.

With 35 minutes and 21 seconds until zero, let's get into position

Incorrect, I can throw it open. Jessica?

Is correct for ?1000. Well played.

Is correct and you have earned ?1000.

OK, I can throw it open to anybody else. Jessica?

Is incorrect. I can throw it open. Jessica?

Jessica and Ben sailing into quite a lead at the moment.

Daniel and Ros, you need to get off the mark.

Is incorrect. I can throw it open. Daniel?

Incorrect, the two we were looking for were Porthos and Aramis.

I know you are trying, but you need to get into the game at some stage.

Very well played and you are on the board.

And that sound is the end of the round.

With 31 minutes and 57 seconds on the countdown clock,

What is going on over there, Daniel and Ros?

I don't know anything about football.

It was on very Daniel to put you in that position, wasn't it?

The lowest at the moment are Daniel and Ros with ?1000.

And in the lead are Jessica and Ben with ?7,000, ladies and gentlemen!

Time to switch control, so Ros, Ben and Julie, your turn on the buzzer.

So, can the other halves be better halves?

In this round questions are worth ?2000 each.

Double the money but double the pressure because

at the end of this round the pair with the least amount of money will

So, with 30 minutes and 35 seconds until

zero, fingers on buzzers and let's continue to play Break the Safe.

Incorrect. I can throw it open. Ben?

What is served with tea is jam and bread. No? OK!

Incorrect, I can throw it open. Nobody?

We were looking for Walt and Jesse. First names.

Incorrect, I can throw it open. Julie?

Incorrect, we were looking for flyweight and lightweight.

Is incorrect. I can throw it open.

Is correct for ?2000, very well played.

Incorrect, I can throw it open. Julie?

Incorrect, I can throw it open. Julie?

Incorrect, we were looking for Chile.

Incorrect, we were looking for knight and castle, or rook.

Can I just say, when there is a correct guess being

given, you might as well say the correct one because your partner

OK, it was C-3PO and R2-D2 we were looking for.

Oh, and with that, thank goodness, it's the end of the round!

And with 26 minutes and four seconds on the clock,

Right, let's reunite them and find out who will be leaving us.

To be honest, once somebody has said the right answer,

you should have just said the right answer and he might have known?

Not as competitive that time, and, in fact, you got a couple wrong

But we have just finished watching Breaking Bad.

I thought you said both names of Walter White, not his first name.

I thought I'd say the hardest one, so you might have the easiest one.

First into the next round with a fantastic score of ?11,000 is

Joining them in second place with ?9,000, it is

But I am afraid it is another tight shorts moment for you, Daniel.

You're going to let the ?1,000 go, let's get rid of that.

It is lovely to see a mother and son relationship

like this that is continuing to flower even as you get older.

Fantastic, let's hear it for the wonderful Daniel and Ros.

It is congratulations to Jessica and Ben and Gayle and Julie, you are one

The next round will decide which of you will make it into the final.

Before we play, let's add together the cash that you

have earned and see what is available if you win tonight.

That on its own would be a great prize, but you can add

a whole lot more to that total before the countdown hits zero.

Time to test your relationships once again and find out who between the

married couple and work colleagues will make it through to the final.

Each pair will face three questions and here is the twist, one of you

will have to decide whether you want to answer the question or whether

you trust your partner to know the answer for double the money.

Who wants control of the decision-making first?

For a moment, Ben, I thought you had made that decision.

With 23 minutes and 11 seconds until the countdown,

Jessica and Ben, you have earned the least so far, so you play first.

Ben, you must decide whether you will answer

for ?2,000 or have faith in your wife, Jessica, of how many months?

Do not worry, it was not one of the questions for money.

Whether you can trust Jessica for double the money, ?4,000?

Do you want to answer for ?2,000 or do you want to hand it

Jessica, this comes to you for ?4,000.

Prince William and Kate Middleton were married in

It is a bit of a guess, but is it Westminster Abbey?

I am not sure but I would have said that or St Paul's.

Westminster Abbey, you're absolutely right.

You have just earned yourself ?4,000.

That has put a little bit of pressure on Gayle and Julie. We

Julie, here is your question for ?2,000 or ?4,000 if you want to

Do you want to play for 2,000 or pass to Gayle for 4,000.

Which fashion magazine has been edited by Anna Wintour since 1988?

I am not sure, but I would say Vogue.

The next question is worth either ?4,000 or ?8,000 depending

Let's switch the controls and put the pressure on your other halves.

Do you want to answer yourself, Jessica, for 4,000,

You have a chance to put pressure on Gayle and Julie

I can tell you, the answer is Shetland.

That gives Gayle and Julie a chance to take the lead.

Do you want to play for 4,000 or would you like to pass

I am pretty confident Julie will know that, so I will pass it back.

You are absolutely right, grenadine is the correct answer.

OK, after two questions, the scores are, Jessica and Ben

on 4,000 and Gayle and Julie on ?12,000 in a comfortable lead.

This last question could be the difference

between going home with nothing or going on to break the safe.

It is worth either ?6,000 or ?12,000 depending on who answers.

Do you want to stay as you are or switch positions

knowing that the person at the back will be answering for ?12,000?

Jessica, Ben, you need to make a decision.

Gayle, Julie...? We will stay as we are.

OK, so with 17 minutes and 45 seconds until zero,

I will start with the pair with the lowest score, which means I am

Would you like to answer for ?6,000, which will not be enough,

you're not really in a position to do that, you have to go with Ben.

You have to try and get ?12,000 and put the pressure on Gayle

and Julie. Yes, I will have to, so Ben, you will have to answer.

Forgive me for saying, but the tone suggested "correctly".

Frozen, 2014, it has only just come out, I do not know.

I can tell you, Jessica, Ben, the correct answer is...

If you had not got that right, you would have been out of the game.

As it is, the pressure goes back to Gayle and

Julie. They are in the position to take either the 6,000 or the 12,000,

Get this wrong and Jessica and Ben are going through to the final.

You can take this yourself for ?6,000 or pass it to Julie. This

is the point, you do need to score to go through to the final.

Having said that, the more money you take through to the final, if you do

go through, the more money you will be playing for in that final.

It is up to you to make that decision.

Do you want to take the lower amount or pass it onto

I will have to pass it, I do not know.

If you get this right, you are through to the final.

Get it wrong and it is Jessica and Ben going through.

I have to tell you, it is not JK Rowling.

It means, unfortunately, you have failed to add any money.

Who wrote the trilogy of novels called His Dark Materials?

Unfortunately you have handed the game to Jessica and Ben.

Congratulations, you are in the final.

That means it is also the end of the round and with 30 minutes

and 28 seconds until zero, release the third lock.

Let's bring you back together, shall we?

Gayle, Julie, that last question did not fall for you.

It would not have mattered which way around it was,

Ladies and gentlemen, let's hear it for Gayle and Julie. Congratulations

You have seen off the competition, and as a married couple,

you have survived all the others, and now we can take your ?16,000

and add it to what is already in the safe to see what you will win

It is, but remember, that money is only available when the countdown

That is all the time that Jessica and Ben will have to break the safe.

We are 11 minutes and 21 seconds away from that moment.

Will they do it, for now, let's head over for the first

Welcome to The National Lottery Live.

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The Lotto draw is still to come and I?ll be joined by boy band

Union J, but right now it?s time to find out what happens

Welcome back to the National Lottery Break the Safe, where Jessica

and Ben, a married couple from the Isle of Wight, are just

seven minutes and 42 seconds away from attempting to break the safe.

I cannot believe that we have made it this far.

They really were, they were fantastic.

OK, let's remind ourselves how much cash is available

Now, that ?36,000 can only be taken when the countdown hits zero and it

That is not long, just one second, so

in the next round there is a chance to increase the time or the cash.

Let's take our positions and play Break the Safe.

The bigger the window of opportunity you can create,

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

Four more questions, every one you get right, you choose

either an extra ?10,000 to take home.

Or a further second in which you can break the safe.

There is only six minutes and 31 seconds until zero.

Jessica and Ben, both of you must answer two questions each.

I don't know anything about snowboarding.

We were looking for Legally Blonde, I am afraid,

Which means you have missed an opportunity, I cannot offer you an

However, let's give you another subject category.

I'll tell you what, she is absolutely right, very well played!

Alright, I can give you an extra second.

You will now have two seconds to break the safe.

An extra second, you don't want to talk about the money.

We now have three seconds from zero in which to break the safe.

You get one more question and one more chance.

Jessica, you have only answerd one so this means it is coming to you.

I have only got petit pois in my head and I know that is

It does, the answer we were looking for was mange tout.

So I cannot offer you an extra second or ?10,000.

You have managed two extra seconds, so when the clock hits

zero, you will have two extra seconds

the safe. And at the end of the round, with two minutes

and 51 seconds until zero, please release the fourth lock.

There are now just two crucial locks left to open.

Only Jessica and Ben can release them.

Do that and the ?36,000 is theirs.

That would change our lives so it means quite a lot.

I have my own plans but I don't know if she would agree.

No, we will be going to pay off the house and we can start a family!

To break the safe you both need precision timing because

when that countdown reaches 30 seconds, it will disappear from view

and, Jessica and Ben, it is up to you to take over the counting until

In front of you are your deactivation

When you both think the countdown

has hit zero, you'll have a further three seconds in which to break the

If just one of you presses at the right time, you will take

But if both of you time to perfection,

So that you cannot influence each other in any way,

the wall that is appearing will ensure you cannot communicate.

The countdown in the studio is only going to be there for a few

more seconds but if you are playing along at home, you will see on

your screen the 30 seconds ticking away and the time Jessica

Jessica and Ben, get the timing in your head.

It is important that you pick up that rhythm.

It is going to disappear any second now.

There are no watches or mobiles in the studio.

Only Jessica and Ben are keeping the time.

Can they keep the beat and win the cash?

Under the pressure of millions of people watching.

Would you be able to keep perfect time?

That sound means both Jessica and Ben have pressed

You are playing for ?36,000, it is a big deal.

I was doing "one thousand and one, one thousand and two".

And how do you think you have done?

I think the adrenaline was just mixing it up.

OK, we are now verifying your timings, it is being done by an

Has one of you managed to break the safe to claim half

the cash or have both of you played the perfect game and managed to win

You don't know, I don't know, but we will do right after

the second of tonight's Lottery draws.

More from Break the Safe coming up shortly.

But first, I?m joined by JJ, George, Josh and Jaymi, AKA Union J.

Welcome to The National Lottery Live!

Delightful! JJ, you have that beautiful boy. He is 8.5 months old,

he has two front teeth and I spent all of my time chasing him because

he has started crawling. How do you ever get a chance to see him? We

work around London so I get to time it -- spend a lot of time with him.

You have that brand-new single coming out? Yes, midnight tonight.

It is called Tonight (We Live Forever). We are very proud of it.

It goes into the charts next Sunday. That is our two-year anniversary. We

are very nervous. Are you really nervous? You will be up all night

just watching and making sure? I am the worst, I literally refresh

iTunes every single day. Let us have a look. # We can't be sure... That

looks like a very good party. Where was my invitation? It got lost in

the post! You were just having a party! It was good fun. That was not

work, just having a party and we recorded it and put the music video

together and it came out very well. Two years! Everybody goes on about

this but One Direction were together, were put together, do you

have moments when you cannot believe that has happened? Absolutely, they

are like my brothers. At the Boot Camp they were the only boys that I

exchanged numbers with. It was meant to be! With X Factor, will you be

watching? Still of a live? We love X Factor, it was a massive part of our

lives. Especially that Simon Cowell is back, it will be really good. I

would be so nervous in front of him! He is like the Lord! We were talking

about going back next year! Hello, Simon! In a moment you shall press

the button. I hope you are nervous for that! In a few moments they will

push that autumn. It is time for the Lotto!

Tonight?s jackpot is worth an estimated ?4.1 million!

Saturday's troll. -- well done to the winner of last Saturday's draw.

Thank you, Alan, and thank you to Union J.

You can catch up on all the results of this week?s draws by watching BBC

One on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 10.35pm, straight after the news.

And don't forget, you can see this week's Lotto,

Thunderball and EuroMillions draws online by visiting the website

I'll be back next Saturday night, but now back to Nick for

Welcome back to the National Lottery Break The Safe.

We are all keen to find out whether Jessica and Ben

from the Isle of Wight are about to break ?36,000 from the safe.

I can tell you that their timings have now been verified

by an independent adjudicator to ensure absolute accuracy.

Just blown away by it all, to be honest.

Things like this do not happen to us.

One is for you, Jessica, and one is for you, Ben.

But with a three second window of opportunity, did you break the safe?

If you pressed in one of the seconds the money was available, your lock

If not, it will turn red, and remain locked.

If one of you manages to open your lock, you will win half that

That is ?18,000, a huge chunk in itself.

But if both of you have been successful and released both locks,

But if it is red lights all-round, the locks remain closed,

you will have failed and you will go home with nothing.

Did you press on the first second the ?36,000 was available?

Jessica, did you manage to press on that first available second?

You knew when you got those questions right

Straightaway, you said you needed more time and

In the next available second, did either

Jessica, did you leave it to the last second to press your button?

Is that lock about to open and release ?18,000?

Let's take the 18,000 out of there, leaving ?18,000 less

18,000 in there, did you, Ben, break the safe?

I am afraid it is a nightmare scenario.

It means that the money is not going to come out of the safe tonight.

I am afraid you did not manage to make it.

Jessica, first of all, you were just over nine seconds too late.

Go on, give each other a hug, make it up to each other.

Let's hear it for this lovely couple who have tried really hard.

Sadly, Jessica and Ben missed out on the 36,000.

The money is lost but join me next time where more relationships will

be put to the test as they attempt to break the safe.

Remember you can find out the results of tonight?s Lotto Raffle

and following the links, or pressing the red button.