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00:11Hi everyone and welcome to do you know your place now we all know the UK it really is a
00:17spectacular
00:17and surprising country it's bursting with character full of history and adventure but
00:23how well do we truly know it well that's what we're here to uncover with a little assistance
00:28from Paul our ever eager tour guide who's been zipping around the UK dishing out facts like
00:33they're going out of fashion so let's separate the believable from the truly bonkers as we play
00:38do you know your place well playing today and back again on Friday because he's contractually
00:47obliged to from Holmes under the hammer and radio 2 there's nothing this talented presenter can't do
00:52it's a wine with heavens everyone thank you also signed on the dotted line is the champion who's
00:58launched himself into sporting greatness the incredible Greg Rutherford and she's bold she's
01:06brilliant and she's ready for anything pretty much as we found out this week it's blue peter
01:10presenter Abbey Cutt let's take a look at the weekly leaderboard Owen Greg and Abbey each have nine
01:21points which means whoever wins today will walk away with the coveted weekly champion title wow yes
01:29now today we're sorting fact from fiction in Bangor yes we're hoping to have a lovely time let's kick
01:37things off by putting your geography skills to the test earlier each of you placed a pin on the map
01:42as to where you think Bangor is located we're gonna show you where Bangor actually is it's in
01:50North Wales let's find out where you think Bangor was located pretty good no Greg for the third time
02:00this week you are farthest aware you are in North Wales you're 50 miles away from Bangor you hit the
02:05tone of Ruthen Abbey you landed in the village of Lisvyn 27 miles out it's pretty respectable well done
02:12but Owen how close did you get well you ended up in the village of Klan Leklid say it again
02:19Klan
02:19Leklid gorgeous thank you like a local thank you I appreciate that just five miles away from Bangor
02:26itself so once again kicking us off Owen you are the nearest you get the first point very good and
02:34I'm allowed back into Wales right now we're going to go over to Paul he's getting a pound for every
02:41time he says Bangor today with places called Bangor Cathedral Bangor University and Bangor Town Hall you
02:52won't have any problem working out where we are today Croiso y Van Gore or welcome to Bangor here in
03:01beautiful North Wales this is Bangor Cathedral back in the sixth century Saint Daniel founded a monastic
03:11community here and its church obtained cathedral status around 546 AD but would you believe in the
03:19cathedral grounds there is a biblical zoo which aims to house every small animal mentioned in the
03:26Bible I can't be true or can it would you believe it though Owen in the cathedral grounds there is
03:37a
03:37biblical zoo which aims to hose every small animal mentioned in the Bible the fact that it's called a
03:43biblical zoo makes me think that obviously it's not a literal zoo and also every small animal mentioned
03:50in the Bible that would be animals that are not native to Wales or to Gwynedd so it's not a
03:55literal
03:55zoo is it a list is it some kind of stone tablet I'm going to say that there is a
04:01biblical zoo I believe
04:02it you believe there is a biblical zoo let's find out you were wrong to believe it however there is
04:11a
04:12Bible garden besides the cathedral which was established in the 60s to feature plants mentioned
04:18in the Bible there you go yeah we'll move on to you Greg Paul he's taking a lovely stroll along
04:24Garth
04:25Pier stretching almost half a kilometre Garth Pier is easily one of the prettiest Victorian piers in
04:34Britain it first opened in 1896 and ever since it's been a great tourist attraction
04:41in 2022 Garth Pier was crowned Pier of the Year
04:48but would you believe Garth Pier was originally built to transport sewage into the sea well would you
05:00what a spot you can just imagine there's summertime that pier that's sunbathing ice cream dribbling down
05:06your chin oh yeah fabulous what do you think though Greg would you believe Garth Pier was originally
05:11built to transport sewage into the sea I mean it could be one of those Victorian quirks that they had
05:18but it just looks too beautiful to have been used for something like that doesn't it
05:22uh I'm going to say no because it seems like a massive shame but probably is right as we know
05:26generally if I follow my gut I get it wrong so but I'm going to go with no not true
05:30you don't believe
05:30it no no I don't believe it all right you don't believe it let's have a look you were right
05:36there we are you were right finally not to believe it well done Garth Pier was actually built for
05:42steamships to dock before it became a tourist attraction but Santa Monica Pier in Los Angeles was built
05:48to transport sewage into the sea right your turn Abby and Paul is exploring Wales's longest high street next
05:57where wartime entertainers once wandered
06:02Bangor officially has the longest high street in Wales it measures a whopping 1265 metres from end to end
06:10that's a lot of shopfronts absolute nightmare if you leave your wallet halfway down but um still plenty of variety
06:19from shopping variety to variety shows as during world war two the BBC moved its entire light
06:26entertainment department here to Bangor to escape the blitz during the period it wasn't unusual to see
06:32famous entertainers like Vera Lynn and Arthur Askey strolling along this super long high street but would
06:40you believe King George the sixth asked the BBC's light entertainment department to change its
06:45schedules to work around the palace's dinner time well would you
06:52great question Abby would you believe that King George the sixth asked the BBC's light entertainment
06:59department to change its schedule to work around the palace's dinner time do you think he had the
07:06power to do that he's the king I mean that would be so funny if it is true that he
07:12wants like a
07:12specific show on I just really want it to be true I'm gonna believe it all right are you right
07:18to believe
07:20it yes they did yeah time magazine reported this in 1945 King George the sixth was a fan of
07:28it's that man again a BBC radio comedy program and he asked it to be moved in the schedule to
07:34a little
07:35bit later on brilliant in the day well done Abby you win a point so let's take a look at
07:39the scores
07:40after round one so far after one round it's one point each so let's move swiftly on to round two
07:48next up Paul is diving deeper into Bangor's past to royal visits that brought a touch of Windsor to
07:54Wales there's been no shortage of royal visits to this little gem of Wales in 2002 Queen Elizabeth
08:04the second and the Duke of Edinburgh visited Bangor as part of her Golden Jubilee tour and attended
08:11Thanksgiving service at Bangor Cathedral and lunch at Penring Castle fancy and in 1859 Queen Victoria and
08:20Prince Albert made their own visit to Bangor and to Penring Castle too but what was made for Queen
08:26Victoria's visit a one-ton slate bed a gold lined hot water bottle or a custom fit toilet seat
08:48for a custom fitted toilet seat it would require let's say a model which would be Queen Victoria how
09:01would she have reacted to that oh we need to take a you know pressing of your derriere exactly
09:07so I don't think it's that a gold lined water bottle that sounds quite salubrious love a hot water
09:15bottle one-ton slate bed not practical to transport imagine getting that thing up the stairs hard enough
09:21trying to get a divan pivot the stairs isn't it I'm gonna go for a gold lined hot water bottle
09:28it seems
09:29like the perfect gift to give the Queen I agree but is it the right answer is that the red
09:32herring
09:35oh no way it's said that she refused to sleep in the bed because it's headboard and tailboard reminded
09:41her of tombstones oh yeah the Penryn family owned significant slate quarries reasons for using their
09:48local slates are thought to be an expression of wealth pride and local industry Queenie was like
09:54no thanks yeah you're all right right Paul is heading into musical territory next let's have a look
10:02imagine walking through Bangor and bumping into Sir Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger well back
10:08in 1967 that's exactly what happened the Beatles along with Mick Jagger from the rolling stones Marianne
10:15faithful and Cilla Black came to Bangor to attend a conference on transcendental meditation one night
10:23the Beatles and a couple of their mates went out for Chinese food but didn't have the money to pay
10:28and they weren't recognized by the owner of the restaurant the Beatles eventually resolved the
10:34sticky situation but how did they do the washing up find 20 pounds in a shoe or do a runner
10:43well
10:44which one is it I like the idea of all of those well how did the Beatles eventually resolve this
10:52sticky
10:53situation did they do the washing up they found 20 pounds in a shoe or did they actually do a
10:59runner
10:59not for the business owner but I like the idea of of the Beatles just doing a runner also like
11:04the
11:04idea of just finding 20 quid in a shoe because I feel like it was in the 1960s I said
11:08wasn't it
11:09finding 20 quid in a shoe would be quite a quite a big deal yeah but then also wouldn't it
11:13be a nice
11:14thing if the band all came together and make kind guys just just do the washing up like so that
11:18all of
11:19them would be lovely um I'm gonna go with they did a runner why not it would just be quite
11:26funny in a way
11:27and again I would assume that then somebody would go back and and pay yeah let's see if it's the
11:33right answer did they do a runner no 20 quid in the shoe is a good they found 20 pounds
11:38in a shoe
11:38apparently George Harrison always kept some money underneath the insole of his shoes so he's like
11:45oh hang on a minute I've got a bit of cash and they used said 20 pound naught to pay
11:49so there you go
11:50Abbey your turn next up Paul is heading off to university again he's going to be very well
11:54electrocuted by the time he finishes this series founded in 1884 Bangor University has a long and
12:03respected history in the UK it started with just 58 students and a plan to bring higher education to
12:10the people of North Wales but Bangor's not just proud of its past it's building a better future too
12:18as the university's been consistently named as one of the UK's greenest campuses and earned high marks
12:25for sustainability in the people and planet university league brilliant
12:35but Bangor University is older than which of these the Aztec Empire the Welsh Terrier or crosswords use your folks
12:49so Bangor University was founded in 1884 so Bangor University is older than which of
12:56these the Aztec Empire the Welsh Terrier or crosswords the Aztec Empire that feels old it's either gonna be the
13:07Welsh Terrier or crosswords and then I'm gonna just say that the crosswords is younger all right we're locking in
13:17modern crosswords is it the right answer yes well done you get a point yes Bangor University was founded
13:25in 1884 modern crosswords were first published in New York in 1913 a Welsh Terrier was first documented in
13:341857 the Aztec Empire established later than you might think early 15th century so well done you get a point
13:41and that's the end of that round so let's take a quick look at the scores
13:46Abby's crept in front you've got two points Greg and Owen in second with a point each
13:53right this is round three where we like to mix it up a little bit and because it's Friday we
13:56thought we'd
13:57bring some music into the studio so let's welcome a very special guest she's come all the way from Bangor
14:03with her harp please welcome Alice Bailey Wood everyone welcome Alice welcome to the show now
14:13the harp is the national instrument of Wales right it is yes and also one thing that's fabulous about
14:17your good self Alice is you're a teacher I am yeah I'm a harp teacher in schools so I absolutely
14:21love
14:21doing that fab now you're gonna play some tracks for us all you've got to do guys is write down
14:28what
14:28you think the song is you get a point for the song you get an extra point if you can
14:33name the artists
14:34all the tracks are Welsh or Wales related lovely all right Alice your first track please
15:08that is tremendous now Alice I know this sounds really really weird but next time I have a bath
15:13I want you to play next to me it sounds fabulous that was beautiful thank you very much Alice all
15:20right gang Owen we will start with you I've gone for Duffy with Mercy Greg I'm gonna go with Mercy
15:27as
15:28well obviously couldn't think who sang it Abby you've gone for Duffy and Mercy let's hear it
15:33you got me begging you for mercy it is mercy by Duffy well done what a song yeah superb so
15:40it means
15:40that Owen you get two points Abby you get two points but one point to you Greg because you couldn't
15:44give us the artist which was of course Duffy right next up Alice what are you waiting for he's brilliant
15:49keep going
15:50keep going
15:52you get two points
16:23Yes. Very good.
16:26Love it. Thank you, Alice. Amazing.
16:28Owen, what did you put?
16:29It's the Manic Street Preachers, the design for life.
16:31Right, Greg?
16:32Yeah, I think... I didn't quite...
16:34I knew the song, I was humming it along, I was really enjoying it,
16:37but I couldn't think of any of terrible like that.
16:39You wrote down what was going on in your head.
16:41Yeah. Absolutely nothing.
16:43I was having a good old time.
16:45So, so... I've never heard of it.
16:47Oh!
16:48Soccer, I know.
16:49Let's have a listen.
16:55Yeah, well done, Owen.
16:57It was indeed a design for life by the Manic Street Preachers.
17:00Great song.
17:01Alright, final one, please, Alice.
17:32Yeah!
17:35Wonderful.
17:36Lovely score.
17:36Right, Owen, what do you think?
17:38Bonnie Taylor holding up for a hero.
17:40Greg, I just put hero, so I don't know if that's enough.
17:42I can't think of the name either, so I need a hero.
17:47Please!
17:48Alright, here we go.
17:51Yes, it is!
17:52Yeah, listen to that.
17:54Bonnie Taylor holding out for a hero.
17:56So, Owen, you get a full host.
17:58Again, you get two points.
17:59Greg and Abi will give you a point.
18:01Oh, thank you.
18:01You're so kind. Thank you, thank you.
18:03Alright, Alice, thank you very much.
18:05Greatly appreciated.
18:06Superb!
18:12Get on, though!
18:13Whilst he's gone!
18:14At the end of that round, round three, let's take a look at the scores.
18:19Greg has got three points, Abi's got five, but Owen, you've got seven.
18:25Excellent.
18:26Very good.
18:28Right, let's crack on.
18:30Paul is stepping onto a Victorian masterpiece that changed Wales forever.
18:37One of the true marvels of the 19th century, this is Menai Suspension Bridge.
18:43Designed by engineer Thomas Telford and opened in 1826,
18:47it is widely considered to be the world's first modern suspension bridge.
18:52Before the bridge, there was little to speak of.
18:55Then came along Telford's masterpiece.
18:58And suddenly, everyone wanted to be near it.
19:02Bangor University used the Menai Strait as a living laboratory
19:06to study tides, marine life and coastal change.
19:10It's one of the most geologically active areas in Wales
19:13that actually sits on a fault line that dates back 500 million years.
19:19But would you believe that the Menai Bridge had to be rebuilt
19:23after thieves stole 56 tonnes of metal from it?
19:27Or would you?
19:31Wow, it's a lot of metal.
19:32Yeah.
19:33But would you believe that the Menai Bridge had to be rebuilt
19:36after thieves stole 56 tonnes of metal from it?
19:40That's going to take some time.
19:42You can't check that in the back of an Austin Montego, can't you?
19:45And where do you start?
19:45And it's a bridge, so you'd think that that would be integral
19:49to its kind of structure.
19:51I'm going to say this is not true.
19:53I do not believe it.
19:55All right, is that the right answer?
19:57Yes!
19:57You were right not to believe it.
19:59Because if you look at the structure of the Menai Bridge,
20:01if you remove 56 tonnes worth of steel,
20:03there's not going to be much bridge left, you know?
20:06True.
20:06But well done, you get a point.
20:07In 2019, scrap metal thieves actually stole most of a rail bridge in Russia,
20:13taking 23 metres worth of steel weighing 56 tonnes.
20:18Wow.
20:19They stole the bridge.
20:21Right, Greg, your question.
20:23Let's see what Paul's off to next.
20:28Across the Menai Bridge lies the island of Anglesey,
20:30the largest in Wales and the seventh largest in the UK.
20:35But if you really want something big,
20:37and I mean big, really big,
20:40then Anglesey is also home to a village that lays claim
20:43to having the longest place name in Europe.
20:46Here we go.
20:49It's that one.
20:55Is not only the world's best password,
20:58but it's also one of the longest place names in the world.
21:01It roughly translates to St. Mary's Church in the Hollow of the White Hazel
21:06near the Rapid Whirlpool and the Church of St. Cecilio of the Red Cave.
21:11I think I'll just stick with this.
21:13Originating back in the 1860s,
21:14locals here decided to give their small railway stop a massive name
21:20to help attract tourists.
21:22And it worked as the name became famous worldwide.
21:26But would you believe that before its rebrand,
21:28the village was officially known as No Name?
21:33Well, would you?
21:37The locals call it Llamwair PG for short.
21:40Ah, OK.
21:41Yeah.
21:41Nice, good fact.
21:42It's a shame it's not your question, it's Greg's question.
21:44Out of interest, do you know the answer to this one?
21:47I don't know the answer to this one.
21:48OK, fine, fine, fine.
21:48No, I don't, Greg.
21:49The question is...
21:50I'm just going to slip you a tenner, that's all it would be.
21:52From your shoe.
21:53Yeah, exactly.
21:54Greg, what do you think?
21:54Would you believe that before its rebrand,
21:58the village was officially known as No Name?
22:01I'd sort of want to believe it.
22:02I just think it's brilliant to like,
22:03oh, it hasn't really, we haven't thought of a name yet.
22:05Oh, what should we do?
22:06Let's just give it an absurdly long name.
22:08Yeah, that's perfect.
22:09Do that.
22:09So yeah, I'm going to go with it.
22:10Why not?
22:11Be a bit of fun.
22:12We believe it.
22:14Oh, Craig!
22:16There is a No Name though.
22:17Oh?
22:17In Colorado, the majority of the inhabitants wrote No Name
22:21on a state questionnaire.
22:23The state took them for their word
22:24and called their town No Name.
22:26Love that.
22:27Right, Abi, it's your question.
22:28Paul, what are you up to?
22:33Yeah, I'm a bit of a thrill-seeker myself.
22:35Go outside on a rainy day without an umbrella.
22:37No problem, pal.
22:39Use a sat-nav.
22:40More like sat-nar.
22:41I'm a map guy,
22:42and I never cancel my one-week apps trials.
22:46That's costing me a fortune, actually.
22:48Danger and me, we go hand in hand.
22:50There's nothing you can put in front of me
22:52that'll scare me.
22:54Oh, my God, they want me to go ziplining.
22:57This is Zip World Penring Quarry,
22:59home to Velocity 2.
23:01They've told me it's the fastest zipline in the world
23:03and the longest in the UK.
23:05It stretches for over a mile, and, er...
23:09Riders just like me can reach speeds
23:11of up to 100 miles an hour.
23:14Hold on.
23:15Riders just like me.
23:16Guys, I've been really clear.
23:18I am not going on this.
23:21Holy mackerel.
23:23Oh, my gosh.
23:24Oh, I don't like it.
23:25Oh, no!
23:29Would you believe a human once travelled
23:31almost 25,000 miles per hour
23:34and lived to tell the tale?
23:36Oh, no!
23:42Yeah!
23:44I did it!
23:46Well, would you?
23:51Unreal.
23:52I think we've found his new perfect angle.
23:55Yeah.
23:56Yeah.
23:56So, Abi, what do you think?
23:58Would you believe a human once travelled
24:01at almost 25,000 miles per hour
24:04and lived to tell the tale?
24:07Right.
24:08If it's Sam's rocket, no chance.
24:10Absolutely no chance.
24:12Your whole face would be blown off.
24:13How fast does a rocket go?
24:15Hmm.
24:16I've met Tim Peake.
24:18I probably should have asked him then.
24:19But instead, I ruined my question asking with silly ones,
24:23like, what time do you go to bed?
24:25What's your favourite cheese?
24:27Yeah.
24:3025,000 miles per hour.
24:32I'm going to say, I do believe it.
24:35Should we believe it?
24:37Yeah!
24:38I wouldn't have believed that.
24:40No way.
24:40However, it wasn't going up that was the quickest,
24:44it was the coming down.
24:45Wow.
24:46Apollo 10 reached 24,791 miles per hour
24:52during its return to Earth.
24:54Wow.
24:54Stafford, Young and Cernan were the astronauts on board.
24:58One heck of a parachute to slow that bad boy down.
25:01Amazing.
25:02Great.
25:02Right, it's no time for a bonus question,
25:04so let's get on your whiteboards, gang.
25:05Here is your question.
25:07Which of these classic films does not feature a zipline scene?
25:13Is it The Dark Knight?
25:16Ghostbusters?
25:17Or Home Alone?
25:20Hmm.
25:24All right, what have you put?
25:25I've put Ghostbusters.
25:27All right, fair enough.
25:28Greg?
25:28I've also put Ghostbusters,
25:30obviously the famous Home Alone one.
25:32The Dark Knight's always got one.
25:33Abi?
25:34I'm going to put The Dark Knight.
25:35Right.
25:36Well, I can tell you that the answer was...
25:39Ghostbusters.
25:40Yes, The Dark Knight actually opens with two bank robbers in clone masks,
25:45ziplining from one link to another.
25:47And, Greg, you're right,
25:48Home Alone does have the famous Kevin Zipwire scene
25:50where he escapes from the burglars Harry and Marv
25:52to get to his treehouse.
25:55That's the end of that round,
25:56so let's take a look at the scores.
25:59Greg, you've got four.
26:00Abi, you've got six.
26:02Owen, you've got nine.
26:03And we've got one more round to go on.
26:06All you've got to do is fill in the blanks.
26:08As per usual, all the questions are about Bangor.
26:10Here we go.
26:11Good luck.
26:14Bangor-born footballer,
26:16Wayne Hennessy's position.
26:20Greg.
26:21Goalkeeper.
26:21Yes, it is.
26:22Well done.
26:24Actress and comedian born nearby in Anglesey.
26:29Yes, Abi.
26:30Dawn French.
26:31Yes, well done.
26:32Get a point.
26:33Good stuff.
26:34Right, next one.
26:35Bangor biology student went on to develop...
26:41Abi.
26:42In vitro fertilization.
26:43Yes!
26:45Come on, Abi.
26:46Right, one more.
26:47Come on, quick.
26:48We've got to beat the buzzer.
26:49TV police drama starring Bangor's Ben Roberts.
26:54Greg.
26:54The bill.
26:55Yes, the bill.
26:56Well done.
26:56It is the bill.
26:58Oh!
26:58The buzzer's gone.
26:59Oh!
27:00I am intrigued to find out who today's winner is.
27:05Oh!
27:08What an amazing contest.
27:10Oh, my God.
27:11Oh, shit.
27:12Greg, you finished on six points today.
27:15Abi, you finished on eight points, but just one point ahead.
27:20Owen, you are today's winner with nine points, which means the final scores for the week look like this.
27:27Greg, you've got ten.
27:28Abi, you've got eleven.
27:30Which means this week's champion is, of course, Owen.
27:32Evans, everyone.
27:34Oh, thank you.
27:37You've got a double whammy, actually, because not only did you win today, which means you've won the very sought
27:43-after postcard from Paul.
27:45Great.
27:45You've also won a necktie from...
27:51Yes.
27:53And because you're the weekly champion, you've bagged yourself the I Know My Place sweatshirt.
28:00Wow.
28:00Yay!
28:00Thank you, guys.
28:02Brilliant.
28:03Absolutely brilliant.
28:04Great fun.
28:04Well, that's all for today.
28:06We'll be back next week with three more famous faces who we'll be taking across the UK.
28:11Until then, goodbye.
28:12Have a cracking weekend.
28:14APPLAUSE
28:34Bye.
28:36Bye.
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