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00:11Hi, everyone, and welcome to your midweek episode of Do You Know Your Place?
00:15Now, we like to think we know every corner of our glorious country,
00:19but do we really?
00:20Well, that's what we're about to find out
00:22with the help of our tour guide in training, Paul.
00:25It's Wednesday, so let's sort the believable from the bizarre
00:28on Do You Know Your Place?
00:33Playing this week, he's an actor, you know,
00:36and an absolute legend that walks amongst us.
00:39It's the multi-talented Nithing Gnatra.
00:43Next up, she's used to lighting up churches,
00:46and she's lighting up our leaderboard at the moment.
00:48It's the one and only fabulous Reverend Kate Botley.
00:51Next up, he's gone from rugby firm to gladiator dominance,
00:55but can he eliminate the competition?
00:57It's Alex Gray, everyone.
01:00Now, before we get started today,
01:02let's take a look at the weekly leaderboard.
01:04Kate, you've had two victories, giving you six points.
01:07Alex, you've got three, and Nithing, you've got three as well.
01:10Now, fellas, come on, you've got to catch up.
01:11I know she's got a little bit of advantage.
01:13You know, it's got the big fella on her side.
01:15Yeah, it goes a long way, actually.
01:16You need an intervention, Paul.
01:17I'm asking about 200,000 of my gods.
01:22Yeah, exactly.
01:23One of you.
01:24Yeah, Alex is just going to call on his rugby pals.
01:26That's it.
01:27Right, today, get ready, everyone.
01:28We are sorting fact from fiction in...
01:32Falkirk!
01:33Falkirk!
01:35Lovely Falkirk is a town in the central lawlands of Scotland.
01:40As always, we're going to test your geography knowledge.
01:43Earlier, each of you placed a pin on the map
01:45as to where you think Falkirk is located.
01:48First of all, we're going to find out
01:51exactly where Falkirk is on the map.
01:55That's where it actually is.
01:58But where do you think it is?
02:01Oh!
02:03Wow!
02:04So, Nitin, you're furthest away today.
02:06Your pin is 232 miles away from Falkirk
02:09in the village of Elfin in the Highlands.
02:12Alex, you're pretty far away.
02:14You hit Strathglass, also in the Highlands,
02:17184 miles away.
02:19But, Kate, your pin was the closest today.
02:22You're in the West Carse area,
02:2553 miles away from Falkirk.
02:27Point to you.
02:27Well done.
02:28We're kicking off with one point to the botley.
02:31Bravo.
02:31Like a homing pigeon.
02:33Right, Nitin, as always, first question is for you.
02:36And Paul is now kicking things off in Falkirk
02:38with Scotland's hardest soft drink.
02:44Nestled between Glasgow and Edinburgh,
02:46Falkirk is a town famous for shape-shifting horses,
02:50an elevator for boats,
02:52and a certain hard-as-nails soft drink.
02:55What are they putting in the water here?
02:58Falkirk is the birthplace of Iron Brew,
03:01which outsells all of the soft drinks in Scotland.
03:04Coke, Pepsi, Fanta, your granny's lemonade.
03:08You name it, they outsell it.
03:0920 cans of Iron Brew are sold in Scotland
03:12every single second.
03:15That's lots.
03:18It's been the beverage of choice for many a Scots
03:20since 1901.
03:21But would you believe Iron Brew was once delivered
03:24around Falkirk by the world's largest horse?
03:28Say yay, or...
03:31Nay.
03:35What do you think, Nitin?
03:36Would you believe Iron Brew was once delivered
03:38around Falkirk by the world's largest horse?
03:43I have no recording in my memory
03:45of a record-breaking horse.
03:48And the sign he was stood in front of it
03:49said the horse was 19 hands,
03:51if you read that little sign.
03:51Yeah, and it was one of those boxer...
03:53It was a boxer horse.
03:54That's big for a horse.
03:55So I was trying to read the sign really quickly.
03:56I was like, stay still.
03:58So I might give it a shot, yeah.
04:01Right, so was the answer underneath your nose
04:02as they say?
04:03Let's find out.
04:06Yes!
04:07You were right to believe it.
04:08Excellent stuff.
04:09I was doing it.
04:10Yes.
04:11The horse was called Clydesdale Carnera
04:13and was 6 foot 6 inches high at the shoulder.
04:16Wow, no horsing around.
04:18Kate, are you ready?
04:19As ready as I'll ever be, my friend.
04:20As ready as we'll ever be.
04:22From one horse to another,
04:23Paul is on the hunt
04:24for a couple of massive stallions.
04:30These towering beauties are the Kelpies.
04:34At 30 metres high and 300 tonnes each,
04:36they're unmissable.
04:38Unveiled in 2014
04:40as the centrepiece of a 350 hectare park
04:43named the Helix.
04:45These Kelpies were inspired
04:47by mythical shape-shifting water horses
04:49and by the heavy horses
04:51that once worked the canals.
04:54But would you believe
04:55the Kelpies have their teeth checked
04:56as part of routine inspections?
04:59Ow!
05:00I'll stop horsing around now.
05:05All right, Kate.
05:06Would you believe the Kelpies
05:07have their teeth checked
05:08as part of routine inspections?
05:11Pretty big thoughts.
05:12Huge.
05:13Absolutely massive.
05:14I'm guessing they check the sculptures a lot,
05:18don't they,
05:18to make sure that they're all safe
05:20and the integrity's OK.
05:23I don't believe it.
05:24You don't believe it?
05:26Oh!
05:28You should believe it.
05:29She got one wrong.
05:29Yes.
05:30High-wire teams inspect
05:32the giant horse statues,
05:33grooming them
05:34and checking for necessary maintenance,
05:36which includes looking at their teeth.
05:38OK.
05:39I didn't see any teeth on the sculpture.
05:40No, I didn't see any teeth.
05:40That was my logic.
05:41Yeah.
05:42All right, next up, Alex,
05:43are you ready?
05:44Born ready.
05:44Brush yourself.
05:45Paul is showing us his treacherous route.
05:47Here we go, Paul.
05:51Falkirk's central spot in Scotland
05:53has made it a crossroad
05:54for battles over the centuries,
05:56like here at Falkirk Muir,
05:58where Bonnie Prince Charlie
05:59fought the English in 1746.
06:04Real name Charles Edward Stuart.
06:06The Bonnie Prince
06:07was from the Royal Stuart family
06:08and his beef with the English
06:10began with the Jacobite Rising of 1745
06:13when he tried to reclaim the throne
06:15for his father.
06:16And that led to some hijinks
06:18over the years,
06:19including Bonnie Prince Charlie
06:21escaping capture
06:21by disguising himself
06:23as an Irish woman
06:24called Betty Burke,
06:25who wore a long cape
06:27and a hood.
06:29Sounds familiar.
06:33But would you believe
06:35singer Rod Stuart
06:36is proven to be
06:37a direct descendant
06:38of Bonnie Prince Charlie?
06:41Well, would you?
06:43Alex,
06:44would you believe
06:45that singer Rod Stuart
06:47is proven to be
06:48a direct descendant
06:49of Bonnie Prince Charlie?
06:51He's been proven
06:53to be a descendant.
06:54That's got to be
06:55super hard to do,
06:56isn't it?
06:58I think my gut is saying
06:59I don't believe it.
07:01Are we right
07:01not to believe it?
07:03Yeah.
07:04Well done.
07:05Not related to
07:06Bonnie Prince Charlie,
07:07but Rod Stuart did record
07:08a famous version
07:09of the Sky Boat Song,
07:11which tells the story
07:11of Bonnie Prince Charlie's
07:12escape to Sky
07:13in disguise.
07:15There you go.
07:16Let's take a look
07:17at the scores
07:17after round one.
07:20One,
07:20one,
07:21one.
07:22You've all got a point.
07:23Let's go back to Paul now,
07:24who is off to see something
07:25there is only one of
07:27in the entire world.
07:31The Falkirk Wheel,
07:33an engineering triumph
07:34and the world's
07:35only rotating boat lift.
07:37It links the Union Canal
07:38with the 4th and Clyde Canal,
07:40replacing 11 old locks
07:42with one ride.
07:43It works on Archimedes'
07:45principle,
07:46which tells us that
07:47water displaces
07:48its own weight
07:49so the gondolas
07:50always stay
07:51in perfect balance.
07:53Clever.
07:54That means when the wheel
07:55turns,
07:56one gondola rises
07:57while the other lowers,
07:58carrying
07:59the boat smoothly
08:00from one canal
08:00to the next.
08:01Part transport link,
08:03part fairground ride.
08:04But one rotation
08:05of the Falkirk Wheel
08:07uses the same energy
08:08as which of these?
08:09One electric car charge,
08:11eight boiled kettles
08:13or ten vented
08:14tumble dryer cycles?
08:16Come on,
08:17this one's wheelie easy.
08:22Wow.
08:23What do you think?
08:25Listen,
08:25one rotation
08:26of the Falkirk Wheel
08:27uses the same energy
08:28as which of these?
08:31One electric car charge,
08:33eight boiled kettles,
08:36ten vented tumble dryer cycles.
08:39Yeah.
08:40Um, like,
08:41I don't know.
08:42I think everyone says
08:44the kettle thing
08:46is really,
08:46never fill up a kettle
08:48to the top
08:49because it uses up
08:50a lot of electricity.
08:51So that's probably
08:52the highest one.
08:54And to lift,
08:55I guess,
08:56I'd go for the
08:57eight boiled kettles.
08:59Let's see if it is
09:00the right answer.
09:01You've locked it in.
09:01Eight boiled kettles?
09:03It is!
09:05Yeah!
09:07Welcome to TV.
09:09It is the right answer,
09:10but the wrong reason.
09:11It uses
09:11the least electricity
09:13of the three.
09:14The Falkirk Wheel
09:15requires
09:151.5 kilowatt hours
09:17of energy
09:18to rotate,
09:19about the same
09:20as boiling
09:20eight electric kettles.
09:22The others
09:23use way,
09:24way,
09:24way,
09:24way more energy
09:26than eight boiled kettles.
09:28Right, Kate,
09:28it's your question.
09:29Let's catch up with Paul,
09:30who's got more
09:31fascinating facts
09:32of the Falkirk Wheel.
09:38Built on a
09:39contaminated site
09:40of a former
09:40tar works,
09:42the Falkirk Wheel
09:43opened back
09:43in 2002.
09:45One minute, mate.
09:46The original design
09:47looked a bit like
09:48a Ferris wheel
09:49with four cabins,
09:50but just like
09:50my homemade
09:51nut-free,
09:51gluten-free,
09:52sugar-free
09:52banana bread,
09:53people agreed
09:54it just wasn't
09:54special enough.
09:56There you go, buddy.
09:58So,
09:58a team of architects
09:59and engineers
10:00from British waterways
10:02got together
10:02and took inspiration
10:03from plenty
10:04of unique items,
10:06including a double-headed
10:08Celtic axe,
10:09a ship's propeller,
10:10and even the ribcage
10:11of a whale.
10:13But what material
10:14did lead architect
10:15Tony Kettle
10:16used to build
10:16the prototype?
10:18This is cereal boxes,
10:19drinking straws,
10:20or Lego.
10:22Speaking of kettles,
10:23it's tour guide
10:24tea time.
10:31Kate,
10:32what material
10:33did lead architect
10:35Tony Kettle
10:36use to build
10:37the prototype
10:38of the Falkirk
10:39wheel?
10:40Was it
10:41cereal boxes,
10:43drinking straws,
10:44or Lego?
10:46Wow,
10:47was he on Blue Peter?
10:50OK,
10:51so,
10:52they do like
10:53to make little models
10:54out of things,
10:55don't they?
10:55And I remember
10:56at school,
10:56we were always
10:57trying to build
10:57stuff out of cereal boxes
10:59and drinking straws.
11:01But,
11:02Lego.
11:04I'm going Lego,
11:05lock it in.
11:06You're going Lego?
11:07Yeah.
11:07All right,
11:08we've locked in Lego,
11:08is it the right answer?
11:10Yes.
11:11Well done,
11:12it is Lego.
11:12He was making a Lego
11:14helicopter,
11:14leave it on out,
11:15for his eight-year-old daughter.
11:16Let's go back to Paul now.
11:17He's drinking in more
11:18of Falkirk's heritage.
11:19He's always in a boozer.
11:25Something created in the 80s,
11:26but aged so well
11:27that today,
11:28it's in huge demand.
11:30I know what you're all thinking.
11:31This describes me perfectly.
11:34We'll think again.
11:35Falkirk is home
11:36to another fine
11:3730-something,
11:38with the Rosebank
11:3932-year-old whiskey.
11:44Distilled here
11:45since the early 1800s,
11:46this Scotch whiskey
11:47is known for its
11:48light,
11:49floral,
11:50triple-distilled
11:51style.
11:53Scotland famously
11:54produces more whiskey
11:55than any other country,
11:57but which country
11:58consumes the most?
11:59Is it India,
12:00Japan,
12:01or the USA?
12:03Are you still here?
12:06Are you still
12:07paying attention?
12:10We are indeed,
12:11Paul,
12:12still paying attention.
12:13Alex?
12:14Scotland famously
12:15produces more whiskey
12:16than any other country,
12:18but
12:19which country
12:20consumes the most whiskey?
12:22Is it
12:23India,
12:25Japan,
12:25or the United States
12:27of America?
12:28I've been to Japan
12:29a couple of times.
12:30I feel like they love
12:31an exquisite drink
12:33themselves.
12:34They obviously have
12:34sake over there.
12:35But I think Japan
12:36might be the one.
12:37I'm going to stick with Japan.
12:38Are you going to stick with Japan?
12:39Yeah, I'm going to go for it.
12:40Japan's locked in.
12:41Is it the right answer?
12:43No!
12:44You said India.
12:46Yeah,
12:46they love whiskey.
12:47It's a big thing.
12:48It's in all the Bollywood movies.
12:50India accounts for nearly,
12:51get this,
12:5350%
12:54of global consumption
12:56of whiskey.
12:58Wow.
12:58It's time for the bonus question,
12:59everyone.
13:00So grab your whiteboards.
13:01We're going to show you
13:01some pictures
13:02and we will ask you
13:03a question
13:04which relates
13:05to these three photographs.
13:06Which of these facts
13:08about whiskey
13:09is not true?
13:12John Jameson,
13:14the founder of Jameson's
13:15Irish whiskey,
13:16was actually Scottish.
13:17Whiskey is credited
13:18with keeping
13:19Titanic survivor
13:20Charles Jockin
13:22alive for hours
13:23in the cold sea.
13:25Or,
13:26a bottle of bourbon whiskey
13:27appears on the state flag
13:29of Kentucky.
13:30Two are actually true,
13:32one actually isn't true.
13:35Is it John Jameson,
13:37Titanic survivor
13:38or a bottle of bourbon
13:39on the Kentucky flag?
13:41Have you all locked in
13:41your answers?
13:42Mm.
13:42Nothing.
13:43C.
13:44The flag is not true.
13:46You've gone for
13:47the Kentucky flag
13:48is not true.
13:49Great minds think alike.
13:51All right.
13:51Thank you, Reverend Kate.
13:52I've gone for the same one.
13:52Alex?
13:53Three from three.
13:54If anything, it should be...
13:54Oh, we've all gone
13:55for the Kentucky flag.
13:56Should be chicken on there,
13:56shouldn't it?
13:57No, it was...
13:58Yes, it did cross my mind.
14:00Chicken leg.
14:01Right, let's find out
14:02which one of these
14:02is not true.
14:05Yes, you're right.
14:06Good on, guys.
14:07You all got a point.
14:08Well done.
14:08Well done.
14:10Although Kentucky
14:10is renowned for the
14:11production of bourbon,
14:12the state flag instead
14:14depicts two men
14:15hugging each other
14:16where we
14:17put the bottle of bourbon.
14:19There you go.
14:19That's the actual flag.
14:21So at the end
14:21of that round,
14:22let's have a look
14:23at the scores.
14:26Alex is behind
14:27by just one point.
14:28Kate and Nithin,
14:29you've got three each.
14:30It's going to be good today.
14:31Right, everyone,
14:32it's round three.
14:33This is where
14:34you get to try
14:35some delicacies
14:36from Falkirk.
14:37Or are they delicacies
14:38from Falkirk?
14:40Well, we're about to find out.
14:41In your lunchbox,
14:42there are three separate
14:43individual meals
14:44or snacks.
14:45All you've got to do
14:46is try them
14:47and tell me
14:47whether you do believe
14:49or whether you don't believe
14:50that these are actual
14:51delicacies from Falkirk.
14:54So, if you want to dive
14:55into your lunchboxes,
14:56the first one we're going to try
14:57is the turnip cake.
14:59It's a savoury,
15:00pan-fried block
15:01of dense cake
15:02made from local produce,
15:03which is set
15:04into a soft,
15:05starchy shape.
15:06It's quite chewy,
15:07lightly browned.
15:08It's a hearty snack
15:09that pairs best
15:10with basically
15:11a regular cup of tea.
15:13That's the turnip cake.
15:14It's a bit moist.
15:15Turnip cake.
15:16Yeah.
15:16Oh, that doesn't smell good at all.
15:17Yeah.
15:18I've got my lunchbox
15:20here.
15:20Think carrot cake,
15:22but with more.
15:23No.
15:24There it is.
15:24Ready?
15:25Are we going in?
15:26That's the turnip cake.
15:28Oh.
15:29Oh, no.
15:29Oh, that's a fun texture.
15:31Oh, my God.
15:32Mmm.
15:32I'm regretting
15:34the size of the bite
15:34I've taken.
15:35It tastes almost,
15:36it's got a whisper
15:37of bovril or gravy
15:39about it.
15:39Okay.
15:40Oh, no.
15:42You look repulsed.
15:43Mmm.
15:45Slightly fishy.
15:47And that's from
15:47a vegetarian.
15:49All right,
15:49it's time for you
15:50to tell me
15:50whether you believe
15:51that the turnip cake
15:53is or isn't
15:54a delicacy of folkirk.
15:55Nithin?
15:56You know,
15:57it's got that
15:57wintry texture to it.
15:59Cold weather,
16:01the whole
16:01really solid food,
16:03so I
16:03do believe it.
16:05Reverend Kate?
16:06The good people of Folkirk,
16:07if this is your idea
16:07of a treat,
16:09you need to come
16:10Sheffield way.
16:11I don't believe it.
16:12Don't believe it.
16:13Alex?
16:14The Scottish are a hardy lot,
16:15so I think
16:17they could stomach it,
16:18I think.
16:18You do believe it.
16:20Well, you were right
16:21not to believe it.
16:22Oh!
16:23Yeah.
16:24Turnips are going
16:25around the Folkirk region
16:26at local farms,
16:27but this isn't
16:28a local cake.
16:29Turnip cake
16:29is a traditional
16:30dim sum dish
16:31often served
16:32at Chinese New Year.
16:34Wow.
16:35Next up,
16:36we have
16:36Haggis Pecora.
16:38Now, yours is veggie,
16:40Nithin.
16:40Right.
16:40All diets catered for here.
16:43It's a fusion bite
16:44combining traditional
16:44Haggis
16:45with a spiced
16:46Pecora batter.
16:47It is delicious.
16:48It's an extravagant
16:49twist on a local classic
16:50served with a hint
16:51of mango.
16:52Go on.
16:53Yeah, I mean,
16:53it tastes like a Pecora
16:54with a different
16:55kind of filling,
16:55but I don't know
16:56what traditional
16:58Haggis tastes like.
17:00I've never had
17:01Haggis before.
17:01It's my first time.
17:02Oh!
17:03Haggis is amazing.
17:04Just don't think
17:04what's in it.
17:05All right, well,
17:06Nithin, what do you think?
17:07Well, I know
17:08there's a big
17:09Asian community
17:10in Scotland
17:11and they've
17:12embraced the culture,
17:13the Scottish culture,
17:15and they would have
17:16gone,
17:16okay, we're here,
17:17what have they got?
17:18Oh, right,
17:18well, let's turn that
17:19into Pecora.
17:20Right, okay.
17:21So, I believe,
17:22yes.
17:23Yes, you do believe it.
17:24Reverend Kate?
17:25If it's not a thing
17:26in Falkirk,
17:27it should be.
17:28Right.
17:28So, I'm going for,
17:29I do believe it.
17:30You do believe it.
17:30Alex?
17:31I'm saying I don't
17:32believe it.
17:33Ooh!
17:34Right, going against
17:34the ground, why?
17:35I think someone
17:36has come to Scotland,
17:37had a little bit
17:38of a Haggis
17:38and thought,
17:38I like the bare bones
17:39of this,
17:40this on its own
17:41is not going
17:42to cut it for me
17:42and I've added
17:43a little bit
17:43of cultural spice,
17:44as you will,
17:45to it,
17:46but I don't think
17:46it's done in Falkirk.
17:47I believe it's
17:47from somewhere
17:48further afield.
17:49Alex,
17:50you should have
17:51believed it.
17:53Alex.
17:54Alex.
17:55Hey, thank you.
17:55So, yes,
17:56it is actually
17:57a real Falkirk
17:59delicacy.
18:00Excellent stuff.
18:00Right, next up,
18:01dive into your lunchbox
18:03and you will see
18:04the deep-fried banana.
18:06Now, we do know
18:08that the Scots
18:08love to deep-fry
18:10basically everything
18:11and anything.
18:12What you've got here
18:13is a somewhat
18:14healthier option.
18:15Is it a real
18:16Falkirk delicacy?
18:17It's a thick,
18:18fresh,
18:19hearty slice
18:19of organic banana
18:20dipped
18:21in a delicate
18:22crisp,
18:23golden batter,
18:25fried until
18:25the exterior
18:26just sucked.
18:26It's all gone.
18:27And it's got
18:28some fruity
18:28sweet centre
18:29which turns
18:30ultra soft.
18:31Every mouthful
18:32is a delight.
18:33All three
18:33of you
18:34woofed it down.
18:35That was a treat,
18:36actually.
18:37That is delicious.
18:38Nathan,
18:38what do you think?
18:39First time I had
18:41deep-fried banana
18:43was in a Malaysian
18:44restaurant.
18:45So,
18:45I don't think
18:46it's a Falkirk
18:47thing.
18:48Right.
18:48No,
18:49because my...
18:50No,
18:50I don't believe it.
18:51Kate?
18:52I think they deep-fry
18:53things that are
18:54more unhealthy
18:54than bananas.
18:55It's Easter eggs,
18:56it's chocolate bars.
18:58So,
18:58despite it being
18:59delicious,
19:00I don't believe it
19:01either.
19:01Alex?
19:02Yeah,
19:02same,
19:03I don't think
19:03it's outrageous
19:04enough.
19:04A deep-fried
19:04Mars bar is
19:05pretty outrageous
19:05but a deep-fried
19:06banana is just
19:07quite pleasant,
19:07isn't it?
19:08So,
19:08I'm going to go,
19:09I don't believe it.
19:10Right,
19:10okay.
19:11So,
19:11none of you
19:12believe it
19:12and you're
19:12all right!
19:13Yes!
19:15No one get a point.
19:17Yes,
19:18Nithin,
19:18once again,
19:19you were spot on.
19:20Banana fritters
19:20are a popular
19:21dessert throughout
19:21South Asia.
19:23Deep-fried bananas
19:23are not on the
19:24menu at the
19:25Falkirk Chippies.
19:26There you go.
19:27Well done,
19:28gang,
19:28you all get a point.
19:29So,
19:30let's take a look
19:30at the scores
19:31after road three.
19:33Oh,
19:33it's still so close.
19:35Yes,
19:35Alex's got
19:36Nithin's got
19:36five.
19:37Kate,
19:37you're still
19:38in the lead
19:38by just one
19:38point.
19:39You've got
19:39six.
19:40That's playful.
19:41All right,
19:41whilst we clear
19:42our pallets,
19:42we're going to
19:43go back to
19:43Falkirk with
19:44Paul.
19:44Where are you
19:44now,
19:45Paul?
19:48These days,
19:49£1,660
19:51might get you
19:52the latest
19:53smartphone,
19:54a holiday
19:54or a reality
19:55TV star
19:56to co-host
19:57a game show.
19:58But back in the day,
19:59you could have put
19:59that money to good use
20:00and built yourself
20:01a steeple.
20:02And that's exactly
20:03what the good people
20:04of Falkirk did.
20:06The Falkirk steeple
20:07has been a landmark
20:08on the high street
20:09since the 16th century,
20:11with a bell that's
20:12even older than
20:13Philadelphia's Liberty Bell.
20:15It's been rebuilt
20:16a few times,
20:17most notably in 1927,
20:19when lightning
20:20destroyed the top
20:2040 feet.
20:23But would you believe
20:24bells were often
20:25inscribed with the phrase
20:26I repel lightning
20:28because people believed
20:29their chiming could
20:30ward off strikes?
20:32Well, would you?
20:37Interesting stuff.
20:38Nithid,
20:38would you believe
20:39bells were often
20:40inscribed with the phrase
20:41I repel lightning
20:43because people believed
20:44their chiming could
20:45ward off strikes?
20:48I don't think so.
20:50I think bells
20:51served a different purpose,
20:53whether it was
20:54on a Sunday morning
20:56to wake up
20:57people's spirituality.
20:59I've never heard
21:00of repelling lightning.
21:02You don't believe it?
21:03I don't think so.
21:05I don't believe it.
21:07Oh, you've got to believe it.
21:09Come on.
21:10Many bells have
21:11that very inscription
21:12written in Latin
21:14on the side of them.
21:15Fulgora Frango.
21:17That's why.
21:18Because I've seen
21:19a lot of bells.
21:20Between 1753
21:20and 1786
21:22in France,
21:23103 bell ringers
21:25were struck by lightning
21:26and killed,
21:27which resulted in
21:28bell ringing
21:29being banned.
21:30Oh.
21:32Next up,
21:33Paul needs a brew.
21:34It's a hard life
21:35for the big fella.
21:39In terms of
21:40Falkirk history,
21:41Calendar House
21:42has seen it all unfold
21:43since the 14th century.
21:45From a 17th century siege
21:47to industrial bigwigs
21:48passing through,
21:49it's witnessed
21:50plenty of drama.
21:52And sometimes
21:52you need to say,
21:53guys, guys, guys,
21:55just have a cup of tea
21:57and calm down.
21:58Pfff.
22:01Which is perfect
22:02because today
22:02it has a popular tea room.
22:04Delicious.
22:05As well as being
22:06the perfect place
22:07for a cuppa,
22:07it now boasts
22:08a museum and library,
22:10an arboretum,
22:11ornamental gardens,
22:12and even a nine-hole
22:14golf course.
22:15How very grand.
22:17Oh, that's hot.
22:19And here's a story
22:21to match that grandeur.
22:22As in 1783,
22:24William Forbes
22:25shocked everyone
22:25by paying
22:26£100,000
22:27for the estate.
22:29He even whipped out
22:30and especially printed
22:31£100,000
22:33banknote
22:34to do it.
22:35Now that's just
22:35showing off.
22:38Would you believe
22:39that today
22:40the Bank of England
22:41produces a
22:41£100,000,000
22:43banknote
22:44that is legal tender?
22:46What are they buying
22:47with that?
22:48If it's true,
22:50which it is.
22:51Or is it?
22:58Well, Reverend Kate,
22:59would you believe
23:00that the Bank of England
23:01produces a
23:02£100,000,000
23:04banknote
23:05that is actual
23:06legal tender?
23:08£100,000,000
23:08banknote.
23:10I guess they might
23:11make it as like
23:12a gimmick
23:13or a souvenir,
23:14but then to make it
23:15legal tender
23:15sounds just ridiculous.
23:17I don't believe it,
23:18Vernon.
23:19You don't believe that.
23:19Absolutely don't believe it.
23:20£100,000,000
23:21banknote
23:21doesn't exist.
23:23Go on.
23:23Tell us.
23:25Oh!
23:27Yes.
23:28You should have
23:29believed it.
23:29The £100,000,000
23:32banknote,
23:32it's called
23:33the Titan.
23:34I'd love to find that
23:35in the collection plate.
23:37It's actually used
23:38to stabilise currency
23:40on the markets.
23:41A £1,000,000
23:42banknote
23:43is called
23:43the Giant.
23:44Ah!
23:45Time now
23:46for a final stop
23:47with Paul.
23:48Sad times,
23:48but let's hope
23:49it's a good one.
23:50Oh, apparently
23:50it's quite spooky.
23:56Bonnie Bridge
23:56may look like
23:57a quiet little village
23:58in Falkirk,
23:59but it used to be
24:00an industrial hub
24:01with several iron foundries
24:03at its heart.
24:04But dig a little deeper
24:06and you'll find
24:07something far more unusual
24:09about this part of Falkirk.
24:11Something out of this world.
24:15Because we're standing
24:17in the middle
24:18of Scotland's UFO capital,
24:20the Falkirk Triangle.
24:22Since the early 1990s,
24:24there's been
24:24hundreds of sightings here,
24:26including strange lights,
24:28flying shapes
24:28and even claims
24:30of alien encounters.
24:31So, guys,
24:32can we just wrap this up
24:33and get back to the van,
24:34please?
24:34Because I don't like it.
24:36I don't like it!
24:45But would you believe
24:46it's been reported
24:46that the Falkirk Triangle
24:48has more UFO sightings
24:50each year
24:50than anywhere else
24:52in the world?
24:53Well, would you?
24:54Oh!
24:55Has anyone got a tissue?
24:57Oh!
24:58Oh!
24:59Fake!
25:03Wow.
25:03Spooky stuff.
25:04Would you believe
25:05it's been reported
25:06that the Falkirk Triangle
25:08has more UFO sightings
25:10each year
25:11than anywhere else
25:13in the whole wide world?
25:16So, I imagine
25:17there's clear skies up there.
25:18A little light pollution.
25:19Oh.
25:20That's what I'm thinking.
25:20Maybe there's kind of
25:21shooting stars
25:22that they might see.
25:23But just watch what gets
25:24confirmed as a UFO sighting.
25:26I'm going to say
25:26I don't believe it.
25:28You don't believe it?
25:28I don't believe it.
25:29Sure it is.
25:29Alex doesn't believe it.
25:32Oh!
25:33Yeah!
25:34Yes.
25:34At its busiest,
25:35around 300 UFO sightings
25:38were reported
25:39each year
25:40in the Falkirk Triangle.
25:41Bonnie Bridge
25:42has been dubbed
25:43Scotland's UFO capital.
25:45There you go.
25:46Yes.
25:47That's the end of the round, though.
25:48Let's take a look at the scores.
25:51Alex, you've got three points.
25:53Nithian, you've got five.
25:54Kate, you've got six.
25:55And you know what's next.
25:56Remember,
25:57all you've got to do
25:57is fill in the blanks.
25:58Are you ready, gang?
25:59Yeah.
25:59Here we go.
26:00Good luck.
26:03Scottish leader
26:05defeated
26:05at the Battle of Falkirk.
26:09Alex.
26:10William Wallace.
26:11It is William Wallace.
26:12Freedom!
26:13Yes, well done.
26:15Next up.
26:17An ornate building in Falkirk
26:19resembles this fruit.
26:24Kate.
26:25Pineapple.
26:26Yes, it is the pineapple.
26:28Next question.
26:29Falkirk's Steve Frew
26:31is a Commonwealth champion
26:32in this sport.
26:37Nithian.
26:38Gymnastics.
26:39It is gymnastics.
26:39Well done.
26:40Yes.
26:41Next question.
26:43Prize founder
26:44who spent time
26:45working in Falkirk.
26:47Nithian.
26:52No.
26:53Kate.
26:54Nobel.
26:55Yes.
26:56Nobel.
26:57The Nobel Peace Prize.
26:58Here's one more.
27:01Falkirk Fury
27:02have been Scottish champions
27:03in this sport.
27:07Basketball.
27:08It is basketball.
27:09Yes, well done.
27:12Oh!
27:12That's it!
27:13That's it!
27:14That's the end
27:15of the round.
27:16Let's take a look
27:16at today's final scores.
27:22Oh!
27:22Alex has got four.
27:24Nithian's got six.
27:25There she is again.
27:26Top of the pile
27:27with nine points.
27:28Well done, Kate.
27:30You're the winner.
27:31Third gain in a row.
27:33Well done.
27:35Back-to-back-to-back victories.
27:37Bravo, you.
27:38Well, Kate,
27:39for that,
27:40you get three points.
27:42Nithian,
27:42you get two points.
27:43Alex,
27:44you get one point.
27:45So let's take a look
27:46at the leaderboard
27:47halfway through the competition.
27:49Kate,
27:49you've got nine.
27:50Nithian,
27:50and you've got five.
27:52Alex,
27:52you've got
27:53four points.
27:56It's not how you start,
27:56it's how you've finished,
27:57Vernon.
27:57Exactly.
27:58Kate,
27:59because you've won today,
28:00it means,
28:00obviously,
28:01you get the much-sought-after
28:03postcard from Paul.
28:04And you get a little bit
28:05of a prize as well.
28:06You've won
28:07a horse, man.
28:10Fantastic.
28:11Well, I'm afraid
28:12that's all we've got
28:13time for today.
28:14But who knows,
28:14next time we go
28:15on our travels,
28:16we might be around
28:16your way.
28:18Have a good one.
28:20Yay!
28:21Yay!
28:23Yay!
28:25Yay!
28:25Yay!
28:26Yay!
28:26Yay!
28:27Yay!
28:28Yay!
28:29Yay!
28:30Yay!
28:32Yay!
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28:40Yay!
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