Hello, everybody.
Hello. Thank you. Thank you so much.
Hello, and welcome to Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
You know how this works by now
unless you've been in the Siberian tundra
for the last 30 years,
in which case, I have bad news about your Blockbuster Video membership.
Anyway...
Tonight, we have six fresh contestants.
Let's meet them. They are...
Gary Grant from Warton,
Zara Choudhery from Solihull,
Jamie Hardesty from Newcastle,
Nicola de Little from Horsham,
Cory Rennards from Camden
and Andrea Brookes from Sheffield.
OK, to see who gets to sit in the chair,
we're going to play Fastest Finger First.
Nice and quiet in the audience, please.
Here comes the question.
OK, time's up, so let's see the correct order,
first of all, shall we?
At the beginning, we have Mercury, then Gemini,
then Apollo, and then, of course, the Space Shuttle.
So, let's see how many people got that right.
Only two. And which was the fastest?
It was Gary Grant in 3.96 seconds.
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Come on down.
That was a very cool reaction.
I try to be cool. Very cool.
Have a seat. Have a seat.
So, you are Gary Grant, a GP. I am.
From, uh, Warton, in Lancashire, but originally, I gather,
from Aberdeen? That's right.
And joined in the audience by your sister, Pamela.
Welcome, Pamela.
OK, shall we get cracking? Let's do that.
Let's do that straight away.
Let's play Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
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OK, this is your £100 question, Gary.
Um, I've been to some strange nightclubs,
but, yeah, disco ball. Final answer.
Okey doke, there you go - that's £100.
And this is for £200.
That's actor, final answer.
And the right answer. That's £200.
OK, this for £300.
I've got two young children, so, unfortunately,
I know it's, uh, Peppa, final answer.
And the right answer. Well done, that's £300.
And this is for £500.
My French accent's not great, but "bon appetit". Final answer.
Pretty good. Better than mine, and the right answer.
So, this is it, your last chance to go away empty-handed.
This is your £1,000 safety-net question.
Here it comes.
Ah, see, this is the motoring question, isn't it?
It's come too early. Erm, speed bump. Final answer.
And the right answer. There you are - £1,000.
Now you're on. You're on the way now.
Are you a car fan? I am, yes.
So, I like cars, I like geography.
I don't like shouting,
so maybe that could be the thing you could be useful for, Ask The Host.
No, you are quietly spoken. I am, yes.
So, I mean, I gather you've been to 75 countries.
Yes.
How on Earth do you find time to be a doctor?
Um, well, we just put on this answering machine message
that says, "You are number 23 in the queue."
And then, you know, we just go travelling.
Then you're back from Patagonia... In no time. Exactly, yeah.
None the wiser.
OK, that explains everything, doesn't it?
Right, let's plough on, shall we?
Would you like to set your safety net at £2,000?
Er, no, thank you. Okey doke. Here comes your question.
See, I should know what that stands for, erm...
It's... Ah, I did know at one time, but...
It's-It's a text message, anyway, so, um, text message. Final answer.
I couldn't hear any of that, don't worry.
Except for "Text message. Final answer." Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And that's right. So, there you go - £2,000.
SMS stands for "short message service". OK.
Um, right, safety net at 4,000?
No, thank you, no. All right, this is the question.
Um, well...
I like to think I'm down with the kids, but I'm not.
Um...
Ed Sheeran. Final answer.
And the right answer, well done.
Well done.
Right, would you like to set your safety net at £8,000?
No, thank you, no.
This is the question.
There's nothing eats a polar bear.
No.
I think I'm pretty sure it's polar bear
cos nothing eats polar bears.
So I'm gonna go B, polar bear. Final answer.
And the right answer, well done.
Well done.
So, safety net at £16,000?
Erm, not with all the lifelines left, no.
You've got all of them left,
and you're only seven questions away now from a million pounds.
This is your question.
Hmm. Gotta say, I do not know this at all.
Er...
That's what your lifelines are for. I know.
Is it an audience question, I wonder?
Yeah, let's ask the audience on this one, please, Jeremy.
Okey doke. Audience, on your keypads, please.
Here's your question: READS QUESTION
And if you'd all vote now, please.
Yeah. Mm-hm.
Nearly half have gone for Australia.
Er... and about a quarter have gone for Bastille.
And, um, 8% for US Independence Day, 18 for Germans.
OK. Um...
I was leaning towards Australia Day, but I didn't want to prejudice them.
So, they've gone for the same as me.
So let's go with the audience and say Australia Day. Final answer.
Well done, audience, and well done, you, Gary.
That is the right answer.
Had to be, really, cos it's their summer, isn't it,
so it would make sense? Yeah, I suppose, yeah.
Uh, anyway, it's time now to take a short break.
We'll be back in a few moments. See you then.
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(TV) She's done it!
Welcome back to Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
We're here with Gary, a mumbly Scottish man,
as he describes himself.
Uh... He's on £16,000 and has three lifelines remaining.
You haven't set your safety net yet, so 32,000?
No, thanks.
OK, I like your confidence.
Let's plough on, shall we? This is the question.
My big weak subject is film.
That is why I have a Phone A Friend who is good at this sort of thing
so, if we can...
We're gonna phone... Phone Dave.
Phone whatever he just said. LAUGHTER
Dave. That's...
Dave. OK, let's give him a ring. PHONE RINGS
Is he Scottish as well? No, he's from Yorkshire.
YORKSHIRE ACCENT: Oh, very nice too. 'Hello.'
Hi. Dave? 'Hello there.'
Hi. Jeremy Clarkson here from Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
'Hello, Mr Clarkson.'
How are you? 'Not bad.
'Were you mocking my Yorkshire accent there?'
YORKSHIRE ACCENT: No! Well, I were a bit,
but that's before you answered it. Anyway. Listen. Listen here, you.
IN OWN ACCENT: We've got Gary here, and I THINK he said -
it's hard to be sure -
that he wanted to call you and ask you a question.
Now, here's how it works, Gary.
I'm gonna hand it over to you in a second.
You'll have 30 seconds, which is not long,
to read out that question and the four possible answers,
leaving Dave enough time to have a think, OK?
You ready? Yeah.
Your time starts now.
Dave... READS QUESTION
'Um, I think Tenet is.
'I think Interstellar is.' Mm.
'Uh...' Dunkirk and Dune.
'Not sure on the...
'My guess would be Dunkirk.
'Uh, I think that was Sam Mendes.' OK.
'I'm not sure, though.
'I-I mean, if you're got a 50/50, take it, mate.'
OK. 'Yeah.'
Quite useful. Yeah, it was, yeah.
But not completely useful.
No, and there's something in the back of mind
that Dunkirk wasn't Christopher Nolan either
but I'm not certain on that.
Um...
Yeah, OK. Let's take the 50/50, then.
We obviously know what you're hoping for. Hmm.
So, computer, could you take away two wrong answers, please?
Hmm. OK.
Vindictive computer today.
It's... It's a horrible computer. Um...
Go on, then.
Dunkirk. Final answer.
You've just lost 15,000. Oh, dear. OK.
Oh, you knew it!
Oh, no. Oh, no.
When your mate said Dunkirk,
I was going, "No! It's such a Nolan film."
Oh, I'm so sorry.
Um, I'm gonna try and make this sound good. Yeah.
It isn't, but I'm gonna try.
Gary Grant, you're leaving here with £1,000.
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Oh, dear. That's... That's awful.
Um... yeah.
Yeah, Dune was directed... It's just come out.
I didn't know who directed it. I knew it wasn't Nolan.
It's Denis Villeneuve. OK, fair enough.
Anyway, look, it's been fun having you here...
Yes. ..I think.
Ladies and gentlemen, Gary Grant. Thank you.
Sorry about that, mate. Oh, it's all right. It happens.
Such a nuisance. There we are.
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OK, five contestants left,
and once again, they're going to play Fastest Finger First.
Nice and quiet, please, in the audience.
Here comes the question.
JEREMY READS
OK, time's up. Let's see the correct order.
You've got acute, that's less than 90 degrees.
Right - that obviously is 90 degrees.
Obtuse is more than 90 degrees
but less than 180
and reflex is more than 180.
Now, how many people got that right?
Only two. And who was the quickest?
It was Nicola de Little in 3.33 seconds..
All the threes, well done.
Come and have a seat.
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Congratulations. Thank you.
Congratulations.
Your chairs awaits over there. Thank you.
And the applause nearly sustained for you to get there.
Poor work there, audience, poor work.
So, you're Nicola de Little. Yep.
Retired pharmaceutical sales rep.
Yeah. From Horsham. Yeah.
Joined in the audience by Steve, your partner.
Hello, Steve. Hi there.
Welcome. You know the rules, of course.
I do. So, let's get going, shall we?
Let's play Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.
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OK, this is your £100 question.
That's a nightcap, final answer.
The right answer, £100.
This is for £200.
My daughters loved playing this when they were little.
It's Operation, final answer.
And that's the right answer as well, so that's £200.
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This is for £300.
If I get this wrong, Steve will kill me
because he's a very keen cyclist.
Get out. LAUGHTER
Oh, sorry!
It's a tandem, final answer.
And that is the right answer.
That's £300. APPLAUSE
This is for £500.
I'm really not sure about this.
You don't think?
It's memory. Final answer.
It is indeed, and that's £500.
So, now it all starts to get serious
because this, of course, is your £1,000 question,
your first safety net question.
Here it comes.
Yeah, I've seen the film.
I haven't seen the stage production, but it's Mamma Mia.
Final answer.
The right answer. There you are, £1,000.
Well done.
Now, I'm interested, because you were a pharmaceutical rep.
Yeah. Sales.
For Pfizer. Yeah.
I can't imagine that was very difficult the last few years. Ah.
"Would you like to buy some?" "Yes, please."
I took early retirement before COVID.
No. Yes.
So you had 17 years of hard work and just when... Yeah.
..it became the easiest job in the world... Yeah,
But I did also sell some other products
which, erm, did very, very well.
Oh, the blue ones? The blues ones.
You were selling those? I was.
No, I was promoting them.
Promoting them? Yeah, there's a difference.
First commercial break, you can tell me how you did that.
LAUGHTER
But for now, let's get cracking.
Would you like to set your safety net at £2,000?
No, thank you. OK, here comes your question.
OK, so I didn't get one of these when I took early retirement.
Would've been nice if I had.
But it's golden handshake, final answer.
And the right answer.
Right answer.
APPLAUSE
Right, it's time now to take a short break.
We'll be back in a few moments. See you then.
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(TV) Which toys have been marketed...
Welcome back to Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.
We're here with Nicola. She's on £2,000.
All the lifelines still intact. No safety net yet set.
Do you wanna set it at £4,000?
No, thank you.
Okey doke, this is your question.
JEREMY READS
OK, so I've used all of these
and Martin Lewis founded Money Saving Expert, final answer.
Right answer, correct. APPLAUSE
So you now have £4,000.
Do you want to set your safety net at £8,000?
No, I've still got the lifelines in place,
so I'd like to carry on, please.
Okey doke, this is the question.
Right, so East Germany was Berlin.
And USSR is Moscow.
I think I'd like to ask the audience, please.
The audience? OK, audience.
Again, on your keypads.
Here's your question.
JEREMY READS QUESTION
And if you'd all vote now, please.
Well, that's a fairly significant majority have gone for Yugoslavia.
That help?
Yeah, I mean, I knew it was between Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia.
I'm just trying to...
I've got a degree in Geography, would you believe.
It's crazy.
I think I'm going to trust the audience.
And I'm going to say Yugoslavia, final answer.
Well done, audience, and well done, you.
It is absolutely right. APPLAUSE
Yeah, it's now the capital of Serbia.
Yeah. But anyway, we got there in end.
And I'm glad the capital question is out of the way.
Excellent.
Would you like to set your safety net at £16,000?
I think I'll carry on, thank you.
OK. This is your question.
OK, I have never read Lady Chatterley's Lover
and I don't think I've ever seen a film of it either.
I know it's not Rochester, he's in Jane Eyre,
I don't know who Jonathan Harker is.
Tom Jones, there was a film
that was Tom Jones, and that was a bit of a... a romp.
And I'm... I'm sure...
Well, I'm sure I might look foolish, but I think it's Oliver Mellors.
Final answer.
Correct. And there you go.
I didn't think you were going there.
You were going off and... APPLAUSE
Yeah, Jones was The History Of Tom Jones, A Foundling,
Harker is Dracula
and Rochester, as you say, is Jane Eyre.
Right, now, safety net at £32,000?
I think I'll carry on, please.
I like this bravery.
OK, here is your question.
I don't think it's... Oh, gosh.
I don't think it's United Nations.
Do you know what, Jeremy? I'm gonna ask you, please.
OK, here's what I think.
It's the World Economic Forum.
I'll just make sure I'm right.
It's not the UN cos they've got their own building in New York.
Yeah. It's not NATO, they're in Belgium.
And G20 floats... No I-I know it is. What am I talking about?
I know it is. Yeah, it's the World Economic Forum.
And that is my final answer.
OK, well, then, I will take your recommendation, please.
World Economic Forum, final answer.
Oh, wait, no I've... LAUGHTER
OK, computer, could you reveal the correct answer, please?
There we are, World Economic Forum.
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You were spared. I got one right.
Now, two lifelines are gone,
so do you wanna set your safety net at 64,000?
I think it would be sensible to do so. Yes, please.
Right, let's do that.
Let's set the second safety net, computer, please, at £64,000.
And now let's see if we can get you there.
Here comes your question.
I don't know this.
Do you know someone who might know this?
I feel like...
I think I'd like to take 50/50 to start with
because if I do then have to use my Phone A Friend,
it'll shorten the odds.
Good thinking. OK, computer,
can we take away two randomly selected wrong answers, please?
Don't really matter which. Well, there you are.
So you're now left with Rigel or Bellatrix.
I could make an educated guess.
But I'm not going to.
What are you thinking?
I would say Bellatrix cos "Bella" implies female.
"Trix", warrior.
But I rea... You know, it would be an educated guess.
It's a £31,000 punt, is what it is. It is, exactly.
I bet you don't put that much on the National every year.
No. OK, so you wanna call someone?
Yeah, please.
I think I would like to call Jamie.
OK, could we call Jamie, please?
Who is Jamie?
Jamie is my prospective son in law, actually, yes.
No pressure. LINE RINGS
LAUGHTER That's a very good point.
'Hello.' Hi, Jamie?
'Hello!'
It's Jeremy Clarkson here from Who Wants To Be A Millionaire,
and we've got your... 'Hello, Jeremy Clarkson.'
..future mother-in-law sitting here.
'Hello.' Hi.
So no pressure on you, mate (!)
'I know, I know.'
OK, your time starts now.
In the constellation Orion,
which of these stars means "female warrior"?
Is it Rigel or Bellatrix?
'I don't know.
'Sorry, I could have a flying guess, but I don't know.'
I'm thinking Bellatrix, Jamie
on the basis that a "trix", Asterix is a warrior.
'Yeah, that makes sense.
'As good a plan as any, but I don't know the answer, I'm afraid.'
You don't know? 'Yeah, sorry.'
OK, thank you. 'Bye.'
No, you can't have her daughter's hand in marriage.
No, you can't marry Elle. LAUGHTER
Yeah. OK.
So, now you're in a tricky spot aren't you?
I am in a tricky spot.
If I guess, and it is a guess,
and it's wrong, I don't think my daughters will forgive me.
Erm.
Oh, my word.
I've had a lovely time,
and I've met some fab people,
and if I just go away with £1,000, so be it.
Bellatrix.
Oh, my God.
LAUGHTER
God, I love this show. SHE LAUGHS
I can't do it.
Oh, dear.
I'm gonna take the money.
I can't risk £31,000.
When you make a decision, you then need to follow it up with...
Yeah, if I ever make a decision.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry. That's my final answer
I'm gonna take the money. OK.
You are leaving here, Nicola de Little, with £32,000.
APPLAUSE Well done, well done.
But...
..everybody wants to know. Yeah.
You got very, very close to going with Bellatrix.
I think it just... I know I kind of reasoned it out.
You know, female warrior, "trix", Asterix. Yeah.
It just seemed a bit too corny for me in the end.
OK, well, if you'd have said Bellatrix...
Yeah.
..you'd now have £64,000. AUDIENCE: Ooh!
It's been a hoot having you here.
You know, I'm hundreds of years older now.
But still going on. LAUGHTER
No, it's been an absolute riot.
Ladies and gentlemen, Nicola de Little.
Thanks ever so much, Nicola. It's been fun.
Thank you. Thank you. Thanks very much.
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OK, it's time to take a short break.
Join us in a few moments
for the final part of tonight's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.
(TV) I think I'd like to ask you, please.
Welcome back to Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.
We've got four contestants remaining, and once again,
they're gonna do Fastest Finger First,
so nice and quiet in the audience.
Here comes the question.
JEREMY READS
OK, let's see the correct order first of all.
We've got solitaire with one, and draughts is two.
Scrabble is four
and then Monopoly is eight.
Right, now let's see how many of the four got that right?
Nearly everybody,
so who was the quickest?
It was Zara Choudhery
in three and a half seconds.
Well done. Come and take a seat. APPLAUSE
Well done. Thank you so much. Thank you.
Good luck. Have a seat. Marvellous.
Right, so, you are Zara Choudhery,
junior doctor from Solihull,
joined in the audience by your mum Saiqa.
Hi. Hi there. Welcome, Saiqa.
Shall we get cracking? Yeah.
OK, good. Let's play Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.
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This is for £100.
That's hand, final answer.
And that's the right answer. That's £100.
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OK, this is for £200.
That's treading the boards, final answer.
That's £200. APPLAUSE
This is for £300.
I'm pretty sure that's cash, final answer.
I'm pretty sure you're right.
That's £300. Thank you.
APPLAUSE
Right, £500 question coming up.
So, a quick shout out to my brother and sister
who love lemon meringue pie,
but the answer's shepherd's pie, final answer.
Weirdest shout out in all of human history.
LAUGHTER
But there we go. You're absolutely right.
That's £500.
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And this is your £1,000 safety net question.
This is the first of the important ones. Here we go.
Tie, final answer.
You're there, £1,000.
That's the minimum you're going away with now.
Well done.
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So, if you won a lot of money, what would you like to do with it?
I'd like to treat my mum and dad to something nice.
They've done a lot for me so, really,
I'd like to do something nice for them.
What would you treat them to?
My dad has always been a big Motown fan,
so it'd be cool to take him to Detroit... Oh, yeah.
..and see the sights,
and I know for my mum,
one of her dreams has always been to donate a fully-funded ambulance
to the Edhi Foundation who do work in Pakistan,
and it's a free ambulance service for those who need it.
So it'd be nice to put some money towards that
and make that happen for my mum.
So your mum's a much nicer person than your dad.
LAUGHTER This is what we've established here.
Well, I wish you well
and that both of them get to realise their dreams.
OK, would you like to set your safety net at £2,000?
I'll keep going, thank you.
Right, this is your question.
I'm not 100% sure,
so I'd like to ask the audience, please, if that's OK.
OK, audience, on your keypads, please.
This is the question.
JEREMY READS QUESTION
And if you'd all vote now, please.
OK, so big chunk have gone for Paddy McGuinness,
whoever he is.
LAUGHTER So, up to you now.
Up to you, Zara.
Yeah, I'll go with the audience. Paddy McGuinness, final answer.
Is that what you were thinking anyway or...?
Just as the voting was happening it clicked, "no lighty, no lifey."
No, li... Whatever it is, but yeah.
It's the right answer!
Thank you. There we go.
APPLAUSE
Right, good.
Now, would you like to set your safety net at £4,000?
I'd like to keep going, thank you. Righty-ho, this is your question.
I'm not too sure about the other options
and what they're used for,
but I'm pretty sure the answer is D - aloe vera, final answer.
And I'm pretty sure you've just won £4,000.
Well done. Thank you, thank you.
APPLAUSE
Right, so you're now on £4,000.
Would you like to set your safety net at £8,000?
I'll keep going, thank you.
Okey doke, here's your question.
So, to be honest,
starts in literature isn't my strong point at all.
I think...
I'd like to ask you, please, Jeremy.
If that's OK. OK, here's what I think.
I haven't got a clue. OK.
I honestly haven't. Yeah.
I can't think of anyone in any of those books.
Well, there's nobody in Moby Dick called Ishmael
so that might help you with a 50/50. Mm.
Or is there someone in...?
No, there isn't. He's... He's what's his...
Ahab, isn't he?
I just don't think it's Moby Dick, which might help you
if you do a 50/50, but that, I'm afraid is my final answer.
Ah, thank you, anyway.
Can I call my dad, please? Riaz.
OK, let's... let's give Riaz a call.
LINE RINGS
'Hello.'
Hi, Riaz. 'Hi, Jeremy.'
It is Jeremy from Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.
And I've been useless,
and let's hope you're less useless to your daughter.
'Well, we'll have a look.'
Perfect. Right, so here's how it works, Zara.
I'm gonna hand it over to you in a sec,
and you'll have just 30 seconds
to read that question and the four possible answers
leaving your dad enough time to have a think.
OK, you ready? Yeah.
Good. Your time starts now.
The first sentence of which classic novel is, "Call me Ishmael,"
A, Moby Dick,
B, The Swiss Family Robinson,
C, Robinson Crusoe
or, D, Don Quixote? Nineteen seconds.
'Right.
'It's, "Call me Ishmael"?'
"Call me Ishmael" is the first sentence of which novel?
Nine seconds.
'I'm not sure, but I'm inclined to say Moby Dick, OK?'
OK, thanks, Dad. 'OK, OK.
'Yeah, just go for it, Zara.'
How does he know it's not a million quid you're...
LAUGHTER
It's literally the worst piece of advice
ever given by a father there. "Just go for it."
Well, there we are. That's... yeah.
So, he had a feeling it was Moby Dick,
but I think maybe if I use 50/50 and see what happens.
OK.
Computer, could we take away two wrong answers, please?
Yeah, I'll go for it. Moby Dick, final answer.
OK, computer. I can't watch.
Could you reveal the correct answer, please?
It was! Good job you didn't listen to me.
I thought he was called Ahab.
Well done. Well done, Dad.
Oh, I've just been told, sorry, I should read this out, really.
Ishmael is the narrator who works on the whaling ship.
That's why it's not Ahab. Right, good.
Well, that's... that's an expensive question, wasn't it.
Yeah. Yeah.
So, would you like to set your safety net now at 16,000?
Yes. Yes, please. "Yes, please."
Okey doke, computer, could you do that, please?
Right, we've gotta get you there, and this is the question.
So, the only one I've heard of out of all of them
is Hyde Park.
Normally, I'm quite cautious, so I'm quite...
Normally, I'd just take the money,
but then I came here with nothing,
so it's suddenly quite tempting to gamble.
Erm...
I think I might actually stick to being cautious
and take the 8,000 and enjoy it so...
Anyone else getting deja vu?
Yeah, I know. I was just thinking that.
Yeah, I think I would like to say thank you very much
and I'd like to take the money, final answer.
Deja vu again. Yeah.
OK, well, well done.
You are leaving here, Zara Choudhery, with £8,000.
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It's good for a junior doctor. Sorry?
That's good for a junior doctor.
Yeah, I'm happy. I'm happy.
But before you go, I have to ask,
if you'd have decided to not be cautious,
what would you have said?
Hyde park. You'd have said Hyde Park. Yeah.
You see, if you'd have said Hyde Park,
you'd now be leaving here
with £1,000.
Oh, I'm glad then.
It's Knebworth. Oh.
I wouldn't say most famously Oasis,
I'd say Led Zep, they were much better there.
Doesn't matter, though.
You have got £8,000, and I hope you enjoy it.
Thank you so much, thank you.
Ladies and gentlemen, Zara Choudhery.
Thank you. APPLAUSE
Well done. Thank you so much. Thank you.
Well done, lovely to meet you. Thank you.
APPLAUSE
And I'm afraid that's all we've got time for tonight.
We will be back, though, next time with a brand new set of contestants
all hoping to become millionaires. See you then. Good night.
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