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Worlds Apart
Worlds Apart (2025) S01E01
Worlds Apart (2025) Season 1 Episode 1
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00:01This is mad.
00:03At a time where young and old have never been further apart...
00:06I'm going the wrong way.
00:08..six young Brits who have never travelled alone before...
00:11It's nothing like Wales.
00:13..are being paired up with six pensioners
00:15who thought they would never travel again.
00:17You're my team mate!
00:18..to embark on an epic treasure hunt across Japan.
00:21Oh, yes!
00:23Bloody hell, this is going to be hard.
00:25..in a social experiment to challenge assumptions...
00:28..and prove that age is just a number.
00:31She's a bit too old.
00:32I beg your pardon.
00:33..they will need to work together as one.
00:36Colin, you're amazing!
00:38..following clues across the country, they'll take on challenges...
00:41Oh, my God.
00:43Jesus Christ.
00:44..minging.
00:45..combining their experience and strengths...
00:48You're right, it's just like riding a bike.
00:50..to win coins.
00:51Goodbye!
00:52I'm baking like a baked potato.
00:54..collect the most coins and they will walk away
00:56with a life-changing cash prize.
00:5950 grand, guys!
01:0050 grand!
01:01I've never seen that amount in my life.
01:03..come two generations...
01:06I love you so much, Tony.
01:07..worlds apart...
01:09Why do you know that?
01:10TikTok.
01:11..but with so much to offer each other...
01:13I've never taken a selfie in my life.
01:15Really?
01:16..bridge the gap...
01:17What?
01:18She's like the older version of me.
01:19..and work as one.
01:21I can't do that.
01:22Give me up, give me up.
01:23What is this game?
01:25Money isn't everything,
01:26but winning could change her life for the better.
01:30And I really want that for her.
01:36Tokyo, the capital of Japan.
01:39The world's most populated city
01:42and home to over 37 million people.
01:49Making their first steps in this swarming metropolis
01:52are six young Brits.
01:54Never eat shredded wheat.
01:57I've only lived in my little area for 25 years.
02:00I haven't seen outside of Swansea.
02:02Nothing like this is completely different.
02:05Well, I'm left, so I'm going with the left vibes.
02:07Let's go.
02:08Sorry.
02:09Sorry.
02:10How many countries have you been to?
02:12One.
02:14Spain.
02:15Went with my mum.
02:19Head west to Yogi Park.
02:21Look for a place to go if you're caught short.
02:24They're all following clues on an electronic guide.
02:28There's signs.
02:29They're in Japanese.
02:30That will lead them to a pin
02:32identifying the location of their challenges.
02:35I have no idea where I'm going.
02:38Every task they face will test them on their general knowledge.
02:41Half of everything I've never seen in my life before.
02:44As well as their skills of observation.
02:46There's a temple!
02:48So they'll need to take in their surroundings.
02:50I've never seen this many people.
02:52To look out for clues to help them win coins.
02:56But the first treasure they'll have to find is their new team mates.
03:03Six pensioners who are all patiently waiting to be picked up.
03:08And unaware of who they're about to be paired with.
03:11Well, I can't believe that I'm going to be 70.
03:13I don't know what 70 is supposed to feel like.
03:15But I don't feel like it.
03:17Now, is this shot here?
03:20Or down here as well?
03:21Here?
03:22It's from, like, here.
03:23Up.
03:24Yes, so I've propped these up as though I've got them.
03:27As though I've got me a bra on and I haven't.
03:31If I see an opportunity, I'll grab it.
03:34Every time I get a chance to do something,
03:36a new experience, go for it.
03:40Looking forward to meeting my partner.
03:42I hope we're going to have a lot of fun together.
03:44But it's a strange situation not knowing who you're going to meet.
03:53Closest to hunting down his senior team mate is Lawrence,
03:56a 24-year-old HR apprentice.
04:00Hi, sorry.
04:01Do you know Yogi Park?
04:03Oh.
04:05Thank you, thank you.
04:06I'm going the wrong way.
04:07I need to head back this way,
04:09the way I've just come.
04:10It's so different to anything I've been doing, you know?
04:12I've been stuck in an office on a nine-to-five for the last three years
04:15and prior to that, it's like little trips here and there.
04:18I have no idea where to go.
04:19The notification said,
04:21look for a place to go if you're caught short.
04:25Well...
04:28Maybe it's like fishing?
04:30Waiting for Lawrence is 68-year-old widow Rosie.
04:34Push.
04:35Push.
04:36That's not too difficult.
04:37We can do that.
04:39What do we do now?
04:42Oh.
04:43That's clever.
04:45I need my partner to be super intelligent.
04:48Because I'm not.
04:49Super fit.
04:51Because I'm not.
04:52I see tennis court.
04:55So maybe if I'm caught short,
04:57I think I may have got here, guys, possibly,
04:59but I can't see a question mark anywhere.
05:02Travelling, for me,
05:04it means that I can get to speak to people.
05:08Because I sit at home in my bungalow
05:11and don't actually physically talk to somebody for a week,
05:14maybe two weeks at a time.
05:17Are you my teammate, maybe?
05:19I'm Rosie.
05:20Nice to meet you, Lawrence.
05:21Hi, what's your name?
05:22Can I give you a hug?
05:23Yes, I am.
05:25Lawrence.
05:26Yeah, nice to meet you.
05:27Oh, how lovely.
05:28Sit down, Lawrence.
05:29Oh, it's lovely to finally meet you.
05:31I was actually looking for somebody my age.
05:33Oh, no way.
05:34So I thought you was here with maybe, like,
05:35a child or a grandchild, perhaps.
05:37I'm completely unsure.
05:39But I got a clue to tell me to go to Yoyogi Park
05:42and a place to go if I'm caught short.
05:45I had no idea.
05:46I was thinking, like, tennis courts or football, maybe, but...
05:48Caught short.
05:49Toilet.
05:50Oh, wow.
05:51See?
05:52It's clicked.
05:53They're, like, see-through.
05:54I wasn't very academic in school.
05:56Yeah, go ahead.
05:57Let's go see.
05:58Do you want to try...
05:59Hold on to this and I'll run in.
06:00My mum would be, like, dropping me to school
06:02and I wouldn't be going to school.
06:04I would be at the skate park all afternoon.
06:06What do I do?
06:07Use the lock.
06:09Whoa!
06:10That's crazy!
06:11I'm definitely, like, playing catch-up or, like,
06:13trying to get on top of what I'm missing out on so much
06:15as a kid, in a way.
06:16Oh, it's just pinged off again.
06:17Oh, OK.
06:18Go to Chuo.
06:19Chuo?
06:20You were looking for a temple to technology.
06:21Technology?
06:22No idea what that could be.
06:23OK.
06:24I've got confidence in you, Lawrence.
06:25Likewise.
06:26So, let's go.
06:27It's not what I expected.
06:28I expected somebody of a similar age to me.
06:29Shall we go?
06:30But he's a lovely man and I'm really happy that we've been paired together.
06:46I've learnt something today, for sure.
06:48Caught yourself short means you need to go to the toilet, which, to be honest, to me,
06:51I never knew that.
06:52So, you know, every day is a learning day.
06:55Fingers crossed we find it.
06:58Searching for her senior team-mate is 18-year-old Emma.
07:03If I had the opportunity, I definitely would have travelled more.
07:06But being in care has definitely helped me back for travelling
07:10because you've got to go through so many people just to go anywhere.
07:12Like, if I went missing even for a day, they would call the police, like, straight away.
07:17Waiting to be found is 69-year-old Tony, a retired doctor.
07:23My life has changed in the last few years.
07:25Sadly, my marriage came to an end, so I am now making a new life and meeting new people.
07:32And travelling is part of that.
07:34And having this opportunity says to me, life is to be lived.
07:38Hello.
07:39Hello.
07:40We meet at last.
07:41We meet at last.
07:42How are you?
07:43Yes, absolutely.
07:44Lovely to meet you.
07:45Lovely to meet you.
07:46And Emma.
07:47And I'm Tony.
07:48Hi, Tony.
07:49From Manchester.
07:50Manchester.
07:51Blackpool.
07:52Keep the Northerners together.
07:53Northerners together for life.
07:54First impression is that he's a very lovely person.
07:57He's not what I expected, so I'm hoping that he knows the stuff that I don't know.
08:01Oh!
08:02Shall we see what we've got?
08:03Yeah, go on.
08:04Welcome to Japan.
08:05Here are some rules to live by.
08:07Like all of the teams, they've been given a device to help them navigate their journey
08:12in Japan.
08:13Be prepared to bow out a lot.
08:16She's a great personality and she's very enthusiastic, so I hope that she can bring us the success
08:22that we're looking for.
08:24Find the Hagiwara building in Ebizu.
08:28Get ready for a meal to remember.
08:30To remember.
08:31Wow.
08:32Oh, okay, so we're eating.
08:33So, is it that way or is it that way?
08:35I'm going to say left.
08:36Go on, let's go.
08:37Let's go for left.
08:40Excuse me.
08:41Hi.
08:42Excuse me.
08:43Excuse me.
08:44Let's try and find someone who isn't off to work.
08:51Whenever I've got my mind of something, I'll definitely push for it and do every single
08:56route that I possibly can to get to it.
08:59Excuse me.
09:00Excuse me.
09:01Excuse me.
09:02Harupu.
09:04But I've never been here before and I can't speak Japanese either.
09:08Konnichiwa.
09:09Probably that's it.
09:10I'm pretty sure that means hello.
09:11Don't quote me on that, but I'm pretty sure it does.
09:13We have to find this place.
09:15We don't know how to pronounce it.
09:16Chua?
09:17Maybe.
09:18Chua?
09:19Chua?
09:20It's not the name of the city.
09:21Okay.
09:22Genuinely, as soon as I step out the door, I'm lost really, you know?
09:25I think no matter where I am, I'm going to be lost.
09:28You speak English?
09:29Yeah.
09:30Go straight and turn...
09:31Yeah, left.
09:32Lift.
09:33Thank you so much.
09:34Arigato.
09:36You are here.
09:37Yeah.
09:38And I guess we have to find a temple.
09:41Don't know about what you think, but to me, a temple to technology says an apple store.
09:48Ah.
09:49Now that is a good idea.
09:50I was thinking an actual temple.
09:54I think it's round to the left.
09:56Oh, yeah.
09:57On the other side of town, first to find their challenge destination, are Tony and Emma.
10:02So, look.
10:03Well.
10:04It's right there.
10:05The key to success for this pair will be found in a nine-course tasting menu, served up
10:10in traditional Japanese crockery.
10:12Oh, that's so cool.
10:13Minazuki tofu, served in a kabachi bowl.
10:16So, they'll need to pay close attention to everything they're presented with...
10:20Japanese sake.
10:22...throughout the meal.
10:23I'm guessing that's the cup you're going to drink at all.
10:25Cheers.
10:26So, how are you feeling about being so far away from home?
10:30You know what?
10:31I haven't really had a home, if that makes sense, like a place to call mine.
10:36So, I don't know how I feel about missing home.
10:38And I grew up in foster care.
10:40So, when I was eight, I went into care for the first time.
10:43I don't really know why I went into care, because it kind of all just happened.
10:48Like, the police were there, got put in a car, and then I was in a random stranger's
10:52house for Christmas.
10:53It was...it was all a lot.
10:55My mum was a single mum, it was just her and us.
10:58So, if, like, she didn't really know how to handle it all, like, trying to get a job,
11:04but also having to be with us all the time.
11:06I had to look after my siblings when she was at work.
11:09So, it was...it was a lot in that sense.
11:11But I would say that was probably a little bit of the reason why we went into care.
11:15Were you well looked after?
11:16I actually had a male carer called Tony.
11:18Oh, right.
11:19And then I had a carer called Mark, who you remind me quite a lot of, actually.
11:24I moved around quite a lot.
11:26And how did that affect you?
11:29I feel like they didn't get to know me enough.
11:32I needed that family moment of just getting to grow up and being looked after for a little while.
11:38I'm sure that whole experience must have been extremely difficult, tough for you.
11:47Talk about us coming from completely different worlds,
11:50meeting somebody who's come up through foster care and the break-up of her family and everything.
11:59And I think she's amazingly resilient as a result of it.
12:02And I feel deeply for her that, you know, she's got that to contend with.
12:06So, I'm feeling much more motivated now towards wanting to do well.
12:11Oh!
12:12Can you find...
12:13Can you find the fine following swamic dishes in the flea market?
12:16So, wait a minute, these are things we've just eaten.
12:18All right, so we need to move on.
12:20We need to find the flea market.
12:24With most of the young Brits still struggling to hunt down their teammates,
12:28Where the bloody hell is this place?
12:31Like a technology store?
12:33Rosie and Lawrence have tracked down their pin at a super-sized electronics store.
12:38Now, this looks like a technology store.
12:41In a city renowned for its electronic innovation.
12:44That's good.
12:45That's good.
12:46It's giving my legs a little bit of a cuddle.
12:49The pair will need to combine their knowledge of technology in their first task.
12:56Yeah, honestly.
12:57And more.
12:58Let's see.
12:59Ah!
13:00Ah!
13:01Oh!
13:02So many of them!
13:03Can you match the device to the year it was first released?
13:06For each correct match, you will receive a coin.
13:09Rosie and Lawrence will need to use their years of experience to match five different
13:14Japanese electronic devices to the year they were released.
13:17That's actually quite difficult.
13:20There's the pioneering Game Boy, Canon's first 35mm compact camera, the Tamagotchi Virtual Pet, Sony's first portable CD player and the Nintendo Wii.
13:34Age might come into play here possibly. What do you think?
13:38I can't say that my age would help in this game because I have no idea.
13:44I wouldn't know the years for sure.
13:46I wouldn't want my partner to be indecisive because I'm like really indecisive myself.
13:50So I think if like they didn't know and I didn't know, we would just be stood there lost like completely.
13:54So, yeah.
13:55Hopefully someone is good at making decisions.
13:57Erm...
13:58Game Boy.
13:59So it could be one of them two maybe?
14:07I think this might be where we're supposed to be.
14:09Yeah, you think? Oh my God.
14:11Six miles away at the Shibuya Market, Tony and Emma are hunting out ceramic dishes from their nine course tasting menu.
14:20This is so hard, isn't it?
14:22Yeah.
14:23We didn't pay enough attention, did we?
14:25Each item they correctly identify will help them secure their stay in Japan and their chance of winning a life-changing prize.
14:34Wait.
14:35This is the bowl that we had the chicken soup in?
14:37Yes.
14:38I think we're happy with that, aren't we?
14:39100% happy with that.
14:40It was deep.
14:41It was thick.
14:43I am very competitive.
14:45If I lose, I hate life.
14:47I wanna...
14:48I always wanna be the winner of everything.
14:51I at least don't wanna be the first person eliminated.
14:53That's it.
14:54That's all I'm asking for.
14:55I'm stressed.
14:56Like, it's actually making me itch.
14:59I think the sake came in something like that.
15:02I would say if they wanted the sake, it would be this one.
15:05I honestly don't know.
15:08I wish I'd paid more attention to the menu because I'm realising that what we're being asked to look for is the crockery that was used.
15:17But I don't want to go home.
15:20You wasn't even born in these years, were you?
15:23No.
15:24Not even 2006?
15:252006 I was.
15:26Oh, you were born in 2000?
15:27I was born in 2000.
15:28So that's the only one that's in your lifetime?
15:30I can definitely say, yeah.
15:31Back in the tech store, Rosie and Lawrence are still trying to work out which year each electronic item was released.
15:37Yeah.
15:38Cameras have been around longer than all of this.
15:40Oh, that's it.
15:41So camera here.
15:42Just like Tony and Emma, every successful answer will help extend their journey in Japan and bring them closer to the £50,000 prize.
15:53If I was to win the money, it would be life changing, you know?
15:57That's, like, most people's yearly salary.
16:00And this Tamawachi thing, my daughter was born in 1975, 85, so she'd be 14.
16:09Right, so I think most are the other way around.
16:12For every item they've correctly paired with its year of release, they will earn a coin.
16:17I mean, I'm happy with this, if you're happy with this.
16:19I'm happy with this.
16:20The team with the least amount of coins at the end of each city challenge will be eliminated from the competition.
16:30Correct.
16:31That was clever.
16:36Oh, that's all.
16:37OK.
16:40This is here.
16:41Ah.
16:42And this is here.
16:44And this is here.
16:45Oh.
16:46OK.
16:47I think it was the Tamawachi thing that I couldn't see my daughter being 21 and having one of those.
16:56I still can't see that.
16:57We could have had three coins, you know?
16:59And we slipped up on the last one with, like, the Tamawachi.
17:02The fact we got two, like, it is quite saddening in a way, you know?
17:05Like, we could be going home tomorrow effectively, but I guess what can we do, you know?
17:10The next one we will smash it for sure.
17:11Yes.
17:12Yes.
17:13100%.
17:14Definitely.
17:15100%.
17:16Ah.
17:17This wasn't the...
17:18This is what we had.
17:19I know, but it doesn't usually rest inside.
17:21It's usually a tight seal and that's kind of just...
17:23No, it didn't.
17:24It did.
17:25Right.
17:26Yeah, but that could be an option.
17:27Back at the flea market, Tony and Emma are trying to remember the dishes they were served lunch in at the local restaurant.
17:34I'm excited but I'm also very nervous.
17:36But I can't tell if that's my stomach because of the eating or if I'm actually nervous.
17:40I'm baking like a baked potato.
17:42Do you want to lock in the sake?
17:44Do you?
17:45I think so.
17:46OK.
17:47Can we get this, please?
17:48OK.
17:51Right.
17:52I'm feeling supremely confident that if we've scored maybe three out of the five that I think we'll stand a chance of staying in.
18:02Well, that's one.
18:03We did it.
18:04This is so nerve-wracking.
18:06Oh, my God.
18:11No.
18:12No.
18:13No.
18:14No.
18:15Oh, no.
18:17I'm panicking now.
18:19We scored two out of five and I know that we both feel disappointed.
18:23I think on the positive side, we made the decisions jointly, but we're still here and we hope that we're not in the bottom one.
18:30No.
18:39In the bustling metropolis of Tokyo, Japan.
18:42This district.
18:43A treasure hunt to win a £50,000 cash prize has already begun.
18:50Stop!
18:51To win challenges, teammates who have never met before and are from vastly different generations will have to work together as one and share their knowledge to complete each task.
19:01My ideal partner would be...
19:04Someone who has a sense of humour.
19:08Intelligent.
19:09They have to have a good work ethic.
19:14A fit gay man.
19:15Do you know where your Yogi Park is?
19:20No English.
19:21Searching for her senior teammate is Katie, a 21-year-old from Warrington.
19:27The main reason I haven't travelled is because of money.
19:30I think because I grew up with not a lot of money, I like to know that I've got enough to keep me going.
19:36A question mark.
19:38That is what I'm looking for.
19:39I am a community support worker.
19:42I'm working with older people.
19:44I absolutely love my job.
19:46They're so lovely as well.
19:48I'm very honest.
19:50Obviously, there's people passing away, but you get to experience a piece of them before it happens.
19:59Waiting to be found in the centre of the city is 80-year-old widow, Barbara.
20:05This is the first time I've travelled alone.
20:10I love getting out and about.
20:13But the thing that I miss is when I come back, there's no one there at home to tell, you know, where I've been, what I've done.
20:22I was married for 47 years and Colin and I loved travel.
20:32Since Colin has passed, my children have said to me, why don't you try travelling solo?
20:39But, erm, I just hadn't got the confidence.
20:47Oh!
20:51Hello.
20:52Hi, are you all right?
20:53Hello.
20:54I'm Kate, can I give you a hug?
20:55Of course.
20:56Sit down, cos I'll end up flashing somewhere.
20:59Yes, thank you.
21:00Have you had a long trip?
21:02Well, it's been fine.
21:04I love your eyelashes.
21:06That'll be good, aren't they?
21:07Good.
21:08Amazing.
21:09I love this top, this is amazing.
21:11Shall we have a little sit down?
21:12I think so, yes.
21:14I can't believe I'm here.
21:15I really can't believe it.
21:16I know, it's surreal.
21:17I've never been on holiday before, so I had no clothes.
21:20This is my mum's.
21:21Oh, you look amazing.
21:24Well, not as nice as you.
21:25Oh.
21:26She's absolutely great, isn't she?
21:27I couldn't have asked for anyone else.
21:30She is amazing.
21:32I mean that now.
21:33She's amazing.
21:34And she's my type of gal.
21:37Oh, we have a message.
21:39Head to Sumida and look the path to enlightenment.
21:45Come on then.
21:49While Barbara and Katie's treasure hunt begins...
21:52Whoa.
21:53I feel like I'm in, like, Kung Fu Panda.
21:57Another young Brit is still hunting for his teammate.
22:00My name's Aaron, I'm 18, I'm from Blackpool.
22:03Konnichiwa.
22:04I'd love to be matched up with, like, a team player.
22:07Konnichiwa.
22:08Who is resilient and who wouldn't want to back down.
22:13But hopefully they don't talk too much.
22:16I don't like yappers.
22:18This is one clean place.
22:22Quietly waiting for her new teammate is 71-year-old Val.
22:27This trip, for me, it's a godsend.
22:30I've always loved the idea of coming to Japan.
22:33But to be honest, I'm not sure whether or not I would have made it.
22:36Because I have been down emotionally.
22:42And I felt that this would be a way to begin to help me,
22:46to uplift me a little bit.
22:52Hello.
22:53Oh, my God!
22:54I knew he was going to be a young person.
22:55I did!
22:57Nice to meet you.
22:58Nice to meet you.
22:59I had little ideas it was going to be someone a bit older.
23:02Yeah, yeah.
23:03I thought he would be a younger person.
23:04Old?
23:05Me?
23:06I'm 71.
23:0771?
23:08Yeah.
23:09Looking good for your age.
23:11You're saying the right things already.
23:12How old do you think I am?
23:14I'd say you're in your 20s.
23:1620?
23:17Yeah.
23:18You're 18?
23:1918.
23:20He's much younger than me.
23:22I mean, that was the first thing, actually, you know, that struck me.
23:26So hopefully we'll get on well, we'll compliment each other
23:29and we'll do good together.
23:30I can't even remember what I did when I was 18.
23:33Good laugh.
23:34It's making me smile, so I feel like I've known her ages.
23:37Well, you're young and I'm old and so hopefully we're going to have
23:40some fun time.
23:41We're going to be a good team.
23:42We're going to win.
23:43I'm glad you said that.
23:44We're going to win.
23:45We're going to win.
23:46Head to Shibua.
23:50Look out for the fastest fast food in town.
23:54Should we go find it?
23:55Yeah, let's go find it.
23:59Both teams need to navigate the streets of Tokyo
24:02and follow their clues to find their first challenge.
24:06We're not having much luck.
24:07Do you know where Kasha...
24:11How close to me the park?
24:12Don't close.
24:13Arigato.
24:14Arigato.
24:15Arigato.
24:16The team who collect the least amount of coins in each city challenge
24:19will face the risk of going home.
24:21Arigato.
24:22Oh!
24:23Sumida Kwen.
24:24Arigato.
24:25Arigato.
24:26Arigato.
24:27Arigato.
24:28Arigato.
24:29Arigato.
24:30Arigato.
24:31Arigato.
24:32Arigato.
24:33Arigato.
24:34Arigato.
24:35Arigato.
24:36Arigato.
24:37Arigato.
24:38Arigato.
24:39Arigato.
24:40Arigato.
24:41Arigato.
24:42Arigato.
24:43Arigato.
24:44Arigato.
24:45Arigato.
24:46Arigato.
24:47Arigato.
24:48OK, so that's how we order the food, then?
24:51And obviously it'll come on the conveyor belt.
24:52I've not seen that before. How'd you know that?
24:54TikTok.
24:56Oh, I'm not a TikTok generation.
24:59For their first challenge,
25:01they'll need to keep an eye on what the sushi looks like
25:04rather than what it tastes like.
25:07Me and my mates, we're big foodies like we love food.
25:11What is this?
25:13What did we order?
25:15Massive big smash burgers and...
25:17..sometimes pizza, KFC.
25:21That's... Interesting.
25:30Is it light?
25:33Disgusting.
25:36Never oven that again.
25:37What did that taste like?
25:39That's nice.
25:40I enjoyed that.
25:45LAUGHTER
25:46I did like it. I thought it was quite nice.
25:50Urgh.
25:52Most of the food I did like.
25:55Eh?
25:55Yeah.
25:56And you said that was nice?
25:57LAUGHTER
25:58It's horrible.
26:00Well, I think you experienced it worse than I did, though.
26:04It was minging.
26:0413 miles away, Barbara and Katie have finally found their path to enlightenment
26:11and the location for their first challenge.
26:14It was obvious.
26:17They'll need to immerse themselves in the ancient teachings of Buddha...
26:20Do we have to bow?
26:22Oh, yeah.
26:23Just do a little bow.
26:24..to win coins and stay in the treasure hunt.
26:26What are the birds?
26:27It's...
26:28Phoenix.
26:29Phoenix?
26:30Phoenix, yeah.
26:31Like of Harry Potter?
26:32Yes.
26:33LAUGHTER
26:33Based on their learnings...
26:35Are you ready?
26:36Yeah.
26:37..they'll need to try and identify which of the ten hanging statements
26:40are Buddhist proverbs and which are Hollywood movie quotes.
26:44Get busy living or get busy dying.
26:55With great power comes great responsibility.
26:59I don't know.
27:01I really thought I'd remember a lot of phrases and this, that and the other,
27:06but when you're placed in this position, it's not how you imagined.
27:11You know, I do tend to forget.
27:14What's what?
27:16In terms of a Buddhist mind, though, would power be admired?
27:24I don't know.
27:24I don't know.
27:26Back at the sushi restaurant...
27:28Oh!
27:29Val and Aaron are about to compete in their first challenge.
27:33Can you tell real sushi from fake sushi?
27:36For every real dish you correctly identify, you will win one coin.
27:44In restaurant windows across Tokyo,
27:47ultra-realistic plastic models of their dishes
27:49are displayed to tempting hungry diners.
27:53There we go.
27:55To bring the pair closer to the £50,000 prize,
27:58they must identify which sushi dish is real
28:01and which is a display version.
28:03They can look at each plate, but they aren't allowed to touch them.
28:07What do you think?
28:08Yellow plate?
28:09Yellow plate?
28:10Yeah.
28:11Oh, well, yeah.
28:12Oh, see you later.
28:13Yeah.
28:14Are we going to decide what it was?
28:16See you later.
28:17What do you think?
28:18I think it's the yellow plate.
28:19Really?
28:20Yeah, the one that was here.
28:21What's that, that colour?
28:23It's all new to me, but I am a quick thinker, or I used to be.
28:27I'm able to kind of see things and decide quickly
28:32whether it's the right decision.
28:34Who knows?
28:36I thought it was yellow.
28:41No coin.
28:42Damn it.
28:43I'm lucky.
28:44OK.
28:45We've got to lock the colour in this time, OK?
28:47Yeah.
28:47Here we go.
28:50For every plate they guess correctly, they earn a coin.
28:54Yellow plate meal sushi.
28:57Yes!
28:58And further their chance of winning £50,000.
29:03If I do win that much money, it'd be a shock.
29:06Red plate meal sushi.
29:08Oh, you got it.
29:10You don't really see an 18-year-old from Blackpool.
29:14I think it's red.
29:15Mm.
29:15The rice on that one is still perfect.
29:18On the areas I've grown up from, having that much money.
29:21Red plate, real sushi.
29:24Yes!
29:25We got it.
29:27Would mean a lot to me.
29:32Ooh.
29:33What do you think?
29:34Yellow plate.
29:34Yeah, me too.
29:35Let's go with it.
29:36Yeah, we'll just go yellow.
29:37Yellow plate, real sushi.
29:38Ooh.
29:40Ooh.
29:40Ooh.
29:41We've got it.
29:42We've got it.
29:43We've got it.
29:44Four coins.
29:45It would be perfect if we had a five out of five.
29:48I'm hoping that four will be good.
29:50Yeah.
29:50Will be good and will get us through.
29:51Well done.
29:52Yeah.
29:52Yeah, well done, well done, well done, well done, well done.
29:54Well done.
29:55The miracle is not to walk on water.
29:59The miracle is to walk on earth.
30:02Back at the ancient temple, Barbara and Katie are still trying to work out which of the quotes
30:07are Buddhist proverbs.
30:09I reckon this is Buddhism, you know why?
30:13The miracle.
30:14Yeah.
30:14Not to walk on water.
30:16That's Christianity.
30:18Hmm.
30:18Every correct answer will earn them a coin and further their chance of remaining in the competition.
30:23My brain is just racing.
30:26The miracle is to walk on earth.
30:29That's Buddhism.
30:30I reckon Barbara would do it.
30:31She must know something.
30:33Definitely knows something.
30:35Something more than me anyways.
30:36Get busy living or get busy dying.
30:38I don't think they would purposely bring up dying.
30:43Final answer.
30:43Fingers crossed, my darling.
30:45No, we've got this.
30:46Oh, it's five.
30:58Is this how many we got?
31:01We got all of them right?
31:05Oh, I'm in the venture league now.
31:08We got them all right.
31:11We got five coins.
31:13I definitely trust Barbara.
31:14She's a very intelligent woman.
31:16Oh, they're winning.
31:18Oh, I feel like crying.
31:19I'm so proud of us.
31:21I hope it's not a false start.
31:24I hope, you know, the winning, if you like, will continue.
31:27But we can only do it at this.
31:40I think I'm looking for a question mark, I think.
31:44In the heart of Tokyo City.
31:46Do you speak English?
31:49No.
31:49No English.
31:49The final two young Brits are still looking for their neat teammates to begin a treasure hunt together across Japan.
31:56Tokyo is crazy.
31:58Like, I've never seen anything like it in my entire life.
32:00It's so different to Swansea.
32:02To win challenges and a £50,000 cash prize, they'll have to work together and share their knowledge.
32:09I don't know where.
32:10North, south, east, and west.
32:12On the verge of tracking down her new companion is 25-year-old Charlotte.
32:17I work in Asda on the check-out, which is not the best job in the world, but it does pay the bills.
32:23So pretty.
32:24Oh, my goodness.
32:25I always get told off because I chat too long and my scan speeds go drastically low.
32:30And I've always got the cue.
32:31It's like the back of the aisles.
32:33Find a way to cross the tracks.
32:36Busy, busy train station.
32:37A lot of my money is to take care of my parents, take care of my parents' disability, do everything for them.
32:45Please be obvious.
32:47I can only do obvious.
32:49I'm supposed to win this.
32:50I would buy my mother an electric wheelchair because I don't want to push her around forever.
32:54Do you know what I mean?
32:54It's knackering.
33:00Waiting to be picked up by his junior teammate is 73-year-old Colin.
33:04I think a lot of the younger people think we're useless.
33:35We've had our time.
33:36We've passed it.
33:38What are we still doing here?
33:39So is that your suitcase?
33:40It is.
33:41No, that's mine.
33:42What is it?
33:43It's an antique.
33:44Oh, wow.
33:45A bit like me, but, you know.
33:46Oh, no.
33:47How old would you, if you don't mind me asking?
33:4873.
33:49You don't look 73.
33:51You look very young.
33:52Oh, my goodness.
33:52He's the cutest guy ever.
33:54He's got a giant suitcase with him.
33:56He gave me, like, a giant hug when I met him, which instantly, good vibes.
34:00Head to Takashita.
34:03Take a shit.
34:05Okay.
34:06Takashita Street.
34:07Look for someone dressed to impress.
34:10I think we're the dream team.
34:11I think we're going to smash this competition.
34:14Takashita Street.
34:14I've done really well getting her as a team-mate.
34:19We're so friendly and bubbly.
34:21We'll be really good together.
34:26Last to find his new partner is 19-year-old Tende.
34:31I feel like I've seen this face, like, on TikTok or something.
34:34I have never been travelling without my dad or without my mum.
34:38Um, I thought, like, this could be an amazing opportunity to get the chance to try and do things by myself and for myself.
34:48Uh, excuse me, do any of you speak English?
34:52Oh, no?
34:54Is there any, like, river or, like, water near here?
34:58Water? Water?
35:02Waiting patiently is 73-year-old karaoke host, Julie.
35:07I hope whoever I'm partnered with has got the energy to keep up with me.
35:11The adrenaline junkie in me, doesn't matter how old I am, wants to do something exciting.
35:16I'm full of joie de vivre, which means the joy of life, in French.
35:22Hi!
35:23Hi!
35:25How are you?
35:26I'm good.
35:28I'm Julie.
35:29I'm Tende.
35:31How old do you think I am?
35:33Got to be 19, 20, yeah?
35:36Yeah, I'm 19.
35:37I'm 73 in a 20-year-old's body.
35:40Yeah!
35:42She said she was 73.
35:43She seemed, like, a lot younger.
35:45I feel like she has more energy than me.
35:47And it's quite small.
35:48Oh.
35:48Go to Chofu.
35:51Look for a place where you can go nowhere fast.
35:54Nowhere fast, I'm thinking transport.
35:57Hmm.
35:57Okay.
35:58I think we'll work well as a team.
36:01We're going to have a good sense of humour, and that always helps when you're doing anything to laugh.
36:07On the other side of the city, Colin and Charlotte are heading towards the location for their first challenge.
36:17Have you been anywhere like this before?
36:18Never.
36:19This is, like, completely out of my culture zone.
36:22Yeah.
36:22Oh, I think Charlotte's amazing.
36:27She's not what I thought young people were.
36:29Young person these days is someone who walks around with a hand like that.
36:34And the phone is there.
36:36And when they're not doing that, they're sat at home on the computers doing this social media stuff.
36:43Everyone's all smart, are you?
36:45You're going to keep your eyes open, haven't you?
36:47Yeah.
36:48Oh, I got the question mark.
36:50Hi.
36:51Hello.
36:52Nice to meet you.
36:53Nice to meet you.
36:54Nico.
36:55Nico.
36:56Nice to meet you.
36:57Nico.
36:58Let's go.
36:59Having found someone who's dressed to impress, the duo are about to get their first taste of kawaii culture.
37:06Oh, my goodness.
37:07Oh, wow.
37:08A famous Japanese trend centred around embracing cuteness that influenced the design of emojis.
37:14Oh, my goodness.
37:16The new teammates will be tested on their collective knowledge of these digital icons in their first challenge.
37:22Can you figure out which idiom the emojis represent?
37:30What's an idiom?
37:31First question.
37:33I hated school.
37:34It's the worst ever.
37:35I had four GCSEs, though, and one of them was drama, so I'm proud of that.
37:40In idioms, a group of words put together that can give something a meaning.
37:44Oh, so a bit like a catchphrase?
37:46It's like a catchphrase sort of thing, yeah.
37:48Oh, OK.
37:49Oh, thanks, Cole.
37:50I get it now.
37:51I hope.
37:53For every emoji idiom the pair correctly identify, they will win a coin and be a step closer to the £50,000 prize.
38:07Oh.
38:08Back up the wrong tree.
38:12Yeah!
38:13Yay!
38:14We did it!
38:15One coin.
38:17Thank you so much.
38:19It's beautiful.
38:21Oh, I think we're all right with this one.
38:25Do you think?
38:26I am got it.
38:28Yeah.
38:28Storming a teacup.
38:29Unlock that one in.
38:30Yeah.
38:31Love it!
38:34God for you.
38:38Arigato!
38:38Is there a, like, biking stadium?
38:43On the outskirts of the city.
38:46And then turn right.
38:47And turn right.
38:48Julie and Tende are hoping to close in on their challenge location, a place to go nowhere fast.
38:55Tokyo Oval.
38:56One of a few velodromes located in the city, the Tokyo Oval Keokaku is home to the Japanese national cycling obsession, Kirin.
39:08Do we look for reviews?
39:12Yes.
39:15In every race, to help gamblers identify riders, their shirt colour and number are always the same.
39:22Unbeknownst to Julie and Tende, this is the key to winning coins in their challenge.
39:27Go for it.
39:29Go for it.
39:30Away from the track, they'll need to put their combined memories to the test to pair the riders' numbers with the correct colours.
39:39We both have got different strengths, I'm sure.
39:42He's got youth on his side and I've got experience on mine, so hopefully that'll gel well.
39:47For each number and colour they match, they'll win a coin and a better chance of continuing their journey together in Japan.
39:55Black was three.
39:57Black was two.
39:58At the end of every city challenge, the pair with the least amount of coins will be sent packing.
40:04Green came third and it was seven through six, so it has to be six.
40:10So six.
40:12Which leaves five for yellow.
40:15I'm happy with that.
40:17Are you happy with that?
40:19Yeah.
40:20We've got this.
40:21I hope so.
40:24Oh my gosh.
40:26It's your turn, I got the last one.
40:27Yeah.
40:29Despite a strong start.
40:31Clap in a mask.
40:32Colin and Charlotte are struggling to work out the meaning of their third emoji idiom.
40:37That signal could be praying.
40:38That's what I'm thinking.
40:39That's a disguise at the end.
40:41Yeah.
40:41I think that's to do with praying, so it could be a prayer in disguise.
40:46Well, that actually sounds good.
40:49Oh no!
40:50Good answer, blessing in disguise.
40:54Blessing in disguise, of course it is called.
40:56Yeah.
40:57Oh, that's it.
40:59Never mind, we'll get the next one.
41:00We'll get the next one.
41:00100%.
41:01In my day, there was no technology.
41:04We didn't have mobile phones, computers didn't exist.
41:08I'm out of my depth with a lot of technology, as most people my age are.
41:14Doctor something is cast, maybe?
41:18I'm not up to date with emojis.
41:20I've seen them, but I don't know what they are.
41:23Afterwards, you look at the answer and you think, I should have got that.
41:27But at the time, your brain just doesn't take it in.
41:29That's what I'm saying.
41:30Catch a break.
41:30A break, yeah.
41:31I wish we were catch a break.
41:33After an epic treasure hunt across Tokyo, two of the six teams have only won two coins
41:49and are under threat of leaving Japan.
41:53Add insult to injury.
41:55Never would have got that.
41:57Bunch of coins.
41:58That's not even a catcher's call, do you know what I mean?
42:00So, the outcome of Colin and Charlotte's emoji game
42:03and Julie and Tende's Kieran challenge is crucial to their fate.
42:09I'm happy with that.
42:10Are you happy with that?
42:11Yeah.
42:13We've got this.
42:14I hope so.
42:17Yay!
42:22Yay!
42:24When it comes to challenges, I'm very competitive.
42:27I always want to win, I have to say.
42:30Yay!
42:30Yay!
42:31Yay!
42:31Yay!
42:33To me, there's no point in going in for something if you don't want to win it.
42:37Yay!
42:38Yay!
42:39Nice.
42:40All okay.
42:41Very good.
42:42I'm very excited to have won five out of five.
42:45My biggest fear was being the first ones to leave, so hopefully it doesn't happen.
42:51I can't do that.
42:52Money, muscle, leg.
42:53Money, muscle, leg.
42:57Back in the Harajuku district, Colin and Charlotte have got one more chance to increase their coin total from the current lowest score of two.
43:13Lowest score of two.
43:18Cash, muscle, leg.
43:19Cough, an arm and a leg.
43:21Colin, you're amazing!
43:25Nice!
43:26Yay!
43:27Thank you!
43:27You're so nice.
43:28Hi!
43:29Thank you!
43:30Colin is amazing!
43:32Oh, my goodness!
43:33He's hooked the rope on this one and I kind of sat back and watched.
43:36He'll carry us through, I think.
43:38Thanks!
43:39Yay!
43:40Thank you, Nico!
43:41You're amazing!
43:42I'm hoping three coins are enough to keep us in the game because we're not ready to go home yet.
43:46We're enjoying ourselves too much.
43:52Here we go.
43:53Oh, my goodness.
43:54Having done all they can in Tokyo, all six teams must now meet to discover which intergenerational duo has won the least amount of coins and will be out of the running for £50,000.
44:07Hooray.
44:08We worked hard for those.
44:09You did, honestly.
44:11I think we've done so well when we got this.
44:14Yeah.
44:15I think we're doing all right.
44:16None of the teams yet know how many coins their rivals have won.
44:21Going into the coin count today, I'm feeling very nervous because we have no idea what everyone else has got and we really, really want to stay.
44:28We don't want to go home.
44:30We know somebody's got to go, but we don't want it to be us.
44:34Hello.
44:35Are you OK?
44:36Look, you have been free.
44:37Do you want to see how many we've got?
44:39Yeah, ready.
44:39Yeah, ready.
44:40The grand reveal.
44:40Yeah, ready.
44:41Yeah, ready.
44:42One.
44:43One.
44:44Two.
44:45Oh.
44:46Oh.
44:47Oh, wow.
44:49Val and Aaron are next to show their hand of four.
44:53Four?
44:54That's amazing.
44:55I'm feeling a bit nervous now.
44:57Followed by Julie and Tende.
44:59No way.
45:00No way.
45:00You've got five.
45:02And Barbara and Katie with a full five coins.
45:05Oh, boy.
45:06Well done.
45:10As things stand at the moment, two fives, a four, a three and a two.
45:14So obviously we are in the danger zone at the moment.
45:18Last to reveal their coins are Rosie and Lawrence.
45:27If we went home, I would actually be gutted.
45:31Oh, wow.
45:32We want to stay.
45:33We do want to stay.
45:34So hopefully it's going to...
45:35100%.
45:36Yeah.
45:42One, right.
45:45Two.
45:49And that's us.
45:52OK, so you got the same.
45:55So there's a chance that you might be going home.
45:58When I saw all the coins on the table, I was literally gobsmacked.
46:07Oh.
46:09Uh-oh.
46:13Rosie and Lawrence, Tony and Emma, you are the teams with the fewest coins.
46:24Those with the fewest coins are at risk of having their adventure
46:27cut short.
46:29Savage.
46:33The first team to leave Japan...
46:36I do not want to go home.
46:40..will not be judged on one game alone.
46:42What?
46:46Your coins will roll over to the next destination.
46:50Nobody will be going home today.
46:52Yay!
46:56Amazing.
46:58Now, all of you, pack your bags, because Kyoto is calling.
47:03Yay!
47:04Kyoto!
47:06What is that?
47:08Oh, my goodness!
47:10All of a sudden, I just felt elated that we weren't going to be going home
47:14after the first challenge.
47:16We'll be there for each other, obviously, and, yeah, we're off to Kyoto,
47:19so we can just make the most of that.
47:21I love him, I just love how positive he is.
47:24It's absolutely wonderful.
47:26With the competition well underway...
47:29Let's go.
47:31..the treasure hunt continues.
47:32Aaron, come on.
47:34Hang on, hang on.
47:36..spanning the far reaches of Japan.
47:38Never quite seen anything like it.
47:40..but as the challenges get tougher...
47:43If they don't know, then we're done for.
47:45..generational cracks begin to appear.
47:48I'm so used to just having my phone out.
47:50Tenday hasn't got experience with the outside world.
47:52Don't panic.
47:53..as the threat...
47:54Oh, no!
47:56..of elimination...
47:57This is serious now.
47:59..looms large.
48:01I don't want to be here right now.
48:03It's mad. It's mad, to be honest.
48:23..and you're absolutely right.
48:24It's the one.
48:25Sometimes you're wet...
48:26..cease it is a place for history.
48:27You're...
48:28..like you're done.
48:30I don't know...
48:32I don't know.
48:33But I'm sorry.
48:35I don't know.
48:36I don't know...
48:38Do you find it?
48:39The future of a city...
48:41..like you have a world...
48:42It's more than most people.
48:44Why are we?
48:46You see?
48:48You know, you see,
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