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00:11Hi and welcome to Do You Know Your Place? We live in a beautiful and diverse country bursting
00:16with iconic landmarks, stunning countryside and vibrant cities but how well do we actually know
00:22it? To answer that question we've recruited Paul, an unlikely and rather unreliable guide to escort
00:28us around. So let's pick out the truth from the tall Paul's tales on Do You Know Your Place?
00:38Playing this week, first up he's beaten the drums for charity, delivered forecasts with
00:42a smile and become a household favourite along the way. It's Owen Wynnevans! Hello!
00:48Next up we have a man who's made jumping into sand pits look seriously cool, Olympic gold
00:53medalist Greg Rutherford. And she's well used to sharing a studio with kids, which is just
00:59as well given the line up this week. It's Blue Peter presenter, Abi Cook!
01:05Right, let's take a look at the leaderboard shall we? This is how it stands before we
01:09play today. Greg you've got five points. Abi and Owen, you both have four. So now's your
01:16chance to really turn the screw and kick on for that gold medal. He doesn't need another one.
01:22Alright Dan? He's got too many. Today we're going to be sorting fact from fiction in Paisley, everyone.
01:30Beautiful Paisley. So to kick things off, as always we thought we would put your geography skills to the test.
01:36Earlier each of you placed a pin on the map as to where you think Paisley is located. First of
01:42all,
01:42let's find out where Paisley actually is on the map. We're going to Scotland. But where do you
01:48think Paisley is? Ooh, I am liking this week's contestants. Very, very good. Owen, today you're
01:58furthest away. Aww. Your pin is 60 miles south of Paisley in the royal borough of San Quar,
02:05northwest of Dumfries. Greg, you're next. Not much in it. 58 miles away from Paisley and your pin
02:12landed on the village of Erith. However, Abi, you absolutely nailed it. You landed on
02:19Hawk Head train station, a mere two miles from the centre of Paisley. Well done you Abi,
02:24that is excellent going. Which means, of course, you get the first point on the board today.
02:29Right, let's crack on. Our Paul is kicking things off in a family run chip shop.
02:34Delicious. Ooh, love a chip. Today I'm in Scotland's largest town, Paisley. Home to around 75,000 people
02:46and situated just west of Glasgow. And whilst it may not have city status, it still does punch above its
02:52weight by producing plenty of stars. I love this.
03:05Gosh. Musician Gerry Rafferty found international success with Steeler's Wheel and solo hits like
03:11Baker Street. And then there's Paolo Nettini, whose song New Shoes has become a family favourite in my
03:17house, sung every time someone gets, er, new shoes. Offs.
03:25I'm standing here in Castelvici's chip shop, which was run by Paolo Nettini's family, The Generations.
03:32But would you believe there are more fish and chip shops in the UK than outlets of McDonald's,
03:37Burger King, Burger King and KFC combined? Chip me. This tour feeds. Get them in you.
03:46So, Owen, would you believe there are more fish and chip shops in the UK than outlets of McDonald's,
03:55Burger King and KFC combined? There were loads. I wonder if a lot of them have closed
04:04over the years, whereas you don't really hear that happening with the big kind of franchise
04:09chain things. So, you know what? I'm going to say that I believe this. We've got lots of lovely
04:13seaside towns, haven't we? You're going to believe it. Let's see if it is fact or fiction.
04:18Yes! Well done. Good start.
04:21There are 10,500 chippies, 1,400 McDonald's, there are only 554 Burger Kings and around 1,000 KFCs.
04:30As a nation, we spend 1.2 billion pounds each year on fish and chips.
04:38Wow. Oh, yeah.
04:39Big economy. Cover me in batter and dip me in a fryer. I'm all for it.
04:43Ha! Yes!
04:45Stunning. Right, Greg, you ready? Let's go.
04:47Paul is diving into the world-famous Paisley pattern, where a single hidden thread once
04:53held an entire industry together.
04:59Paisley gave its name to one of the most famous patterns in fashion, the Paisley pattern.
05:07While the pattern itself originated in Persia and India on Kashmir shores,
05:12it became so popular and widely produced here in the 19th century that the world came to know
05:17it simply as Paisley. The secret was the small shot, an unseen cotton thread that bound the
05:25colorful weft of the shorts together. But would you believe that Paisley is the world's only fabric
05:31pattern to be protected by an act of parliament? Well, would you?
05:49I'm going to say yes, I'm going to agree with this straight off the bat. I'm going to say yes,
05:53I'm going to say, and if not, it should be. You're saying yes, I believe it. Let's find out,
05:57is that the right answer? No. Well, it should be. No. Harris Tweed is the only fabric protected
06:05this way. All right, Abi, you're up next, and Paul is taking a gentle stroll down Paisley High Street.
06:14Paisley has a rich history reflected in its architecture, with over 110 listed buildings
06:20in the town centre alone. Paisley also has a striking town hall, and its high street is full
06:28of heritage. But would you believe Paisley has the highest concentration of listed buildings
06:33in the whole of Scotland? I think that's believable. Or is it?
06:44Sometimes he gets really, really giddy. He really does. He goes above and beyond. Abi,
06:49would you believe Paisley has the highest concentration of listed buildings in the
06:53whole of Scotland? Whenever I hear listed building, I hear it in my head, probably inaccessible,
07:01so I'm probably unlikely to go. Like, I go to a lot of places and they go, oh, sorry,
07:04it's great to be listed. We can't make any improvements. Which I understand, because they want to keep the
07:09history, but often I can't visit them. Places I can't visit quite often are, I think, places in
07:13Edinburgh. Glasgow's also quite bad, but it is the concentration of it. Paisley's got a lot of
07:20history to it. Maybe it is correct. I'm going to go with I believe it. Go on. You believe it?
07:26I'll trust Paisley. Let's have a look. But you shouldn't have believed it. Wow. I put too much faith.
07:32Paisley is second only to Edinburgh. Edinburgh, yes. They love some stairs there. Yes. Well,
07:38Paisley's got over 110 listed buildings in its town centre alone. However, Edinburgh blows it out
07:44the water, a staggering 4,500 across all of the city. I mean, it is old. It's an old city.
07:52It's got
07:52three layers. You don't get a point, I'm afraid. So let's take a look how that may or may not
07:56affect
07:57the scores after round one. Abby and Owain have one point. Greg sat in the middle in a nothing sandwich.
08:07Come on, Greg. Shape it up. Time for round two. Now, let's get back on tour with Paul. He's
08:11celebrating Paisley's movie action heroes, proving that every superstar has got to start somewhere.
08:20The conveyor belt of Paisley's superstars continues with the action star of How to Train Your Dragon
08:25and Olympus Has Fallen, Gerard Butler, who was born and bred right here. He went on to give us one
08:32of
08:32the most quotable lines with his, this is Sparta, from the movie 300.
08:39A little bird told me that before Gerard Butler was beating up bad guys in movies, he was bagging up
08:44bananas on the shop floor. He worked in a local supermarket and was fondly known as Big Jerry from
08:51Fruit and Veg. Back in the day, there was another grocer working in Paisley who found fame for a
08:57different reason. In the 1800s, a Paisley grocer made a fortune with what food that went on to sell
09:02millions of jars each year? Was it marmalade, sandwich pickle or mustard?
09:11I know you're watching, Geri. Good evening to you. Oh, aye.
09:16In the 1800s, a Paisley grocer made a fortune with what food that went on to sell millions of jars
09:24each year? Is it marmalade, is it sandwich pickle or is it mustard?
09:29I'm thinking no to mustard. I haven't heard of the Paisley mustard, not saying it's not a thing,
09:35could be. Marmalade, I'm not so sure. Sandwich pickle, possibly the most random of all spreads,
09:42because what's even in it? Just everything. I'm going to go for sandwich pickle.
09:47All right, let's lock it in. Is sandwich pickle the right answer?
09:51No. It was marmalade. James Robertson was a Paisley grocer and in 1864 he and his wife took pity
09:59on a struggling salesman selling oranges. They bought them and crafted their own marmalade recipe
10:04and went on to sell 45 million jars of marmalade and jam a year. Good for them.
10:11All right, let's move on. Greg, your question is up next and Paul is stepping onto the sacred football ground.
10:20This is St Mirren's Football Stadium, named after Paisley's patron saint, Mirren.
10:27The football club has produced some Scottish greats, including Mr Paul Lambert,
10:33who was the first British player to win the Champions League with a non-British club,
10:39when German club Borussia Dortmund beat Juventus in the 1997 final. Well done, Paul.
10:45Lambert, not me. Okay, both.
10:49But which of these statements about St Mirren is true? Ryan Reynolds tried to buy them,
10:54they turned down George Best, or they sacked Alex Ferguson. Well, which one is it?
11:04Did you get that?
11:26I don't remember hearing Sir Alex ever being fired, but maybe that happened in the early part,
11:32before he went to Aberdeen and things like that. The George Best one's an interesting one,
11:35because, I mean, he even played for Dunstable Town at one point. So, I mean, he literally played
11:38in lots of random places, and Ryan Reynolds maybe was shopping about...
11:45Do you know what, though? I'm going to go with they turned down George Best. I think that'd be a
11:50really interesting claim to fame for a club at St Mirren. All right, well, is that the answer? Let's find
11:55out.
11:57Oh, they did. They sacked Sir Alex Ferguson, yes.
12:00In 1978, St Mirren did indeed sack a very young Sir Alex Ferguson.
12:05Didn't realise that. Yeah, there you go. Right, Paul is learning how Paisley helped
12:09invent some very important everyday tech.
12:15Paisley isn't just about patterns and music, as it's also a town of inventors and innovators.
12:21From John Galloway's early typewriter designs, to the radical engineering of the Coates thread mills,
12:27Paisley has always been an industrial powerhouse.
12:32Paisley's James Goodfellow is acknowledged as the father of chip and pin technology and the ATM,
12:38making him indirectly responsible for all of those sudden cases of amnesia when you're at the cash
12:42machine and you're trying to remember your partner's birthday. But when it comes to these
12:47numbers, what's our most popular pin? Is it 1212, 1234 or 7777?
12:55Ah, I know it.
12:58No!
13:04I think Paul's a 1234 guy.
13:07Yeah, for sure.
13:09Abi, it's your turn. According to one of the largest scale studies of its kind on data genetics,
13:16what's the UK's most popular pin? Is it 1212, 1234 or 7777?
13:25None of these are very secure.
13:28Well, let's just do a quick test. Oh, what's your pin?
13:32If anyone's got that pin in the studio, please change it.
13:36That's so interesting. You know what? I actually don't think it would be the simple 1234.
13:411212 feels nice to type in 7777. Imagine if you were just doing this at the ATM.
13:46Like, that's quite embarrassing.
13:48Yeah.
13:48If you were just going like that. You know what? I'm going to go with 1212.
13:51We've locked it in. Is that the right answer?
13:54No!
13:54It is!
13:55Why has anyone got that?
13:57It is.
13:58Change it.
13:58It's why, you know, it's the same as, what's your password? Password.
14:01Yeah.
14:02Yeah.
14:02So, the most unusual four-digit pin was 8068,
14:06surfacing merely 25 times in a data set of nearly three and a half million pins.
14:12Wow.
14:13So, that's it. That's the end of the round. Let's take a look at the scores after that.
14:16Not much has changed.
14:17Yeah, Abi and Owain are still the bread in a zero sandwich for Greg.
14:22All right, gang, this is round three where we take a break from the tour,
14:25and today we're going to take a detour into a souvenir shop.
14:29Each of you have got a selection of souvenirs that Paul has very kindly rustled up for us.
14:34All you've got to do is work out how much they cost.
14:38Whoever is the closest to the actual prize gets the point.
14:42First up, item one, is the St. Murren toilet roll holder.
14:48Oh, I love this.
14:50Oh, what a great idea.
14:51Oh.
14:52Oh, is that part of it?
14:53Yeah, it comes out. And look, the egg comes out.
14:55But how do you work it? You've just been looking at it.
14:58It's basically a toilet roll rest.
15:01We love that.
15:02It's very similar to the flamenco dancer that your nan used to have in the 70s or 80s.
15:07Oh, yeah.
15:08Yeah.
15:09Her dress would go over the toilet roll.
15:11OK.
15:12All written down in answer?
15:14Yes.
15:14All right, we'll start with you.
15:15How much do you think the St. Murren toilet roll holder is worth?
15:18I think it's going to cost a bit more than perhaps one would think.
15:22Is £6 a lot to pay for that?
15:23I think it is.
15:25That's what I'm saying.
15:25£5.99.
15:26Greg, we're in the same ballpark.
15:28I've gone for £7.
15:29£7.
15:30All right.
15:30Abi?
15:31I think I've gone, I may have gone way too high.
15:35Oof.
15:35But I thought, it's got a bit of tech going on, you know?
15:38It seems quite steep for what it is.
15:43Well, let's have a look.
15:44The actual price of the St. Murren toilet roll holder is...
15:46£14.99!
15:49Oh, no!
15:50You were a phone and a penny out.
15:52That's not bad.
15:53Unreal.
15:54Right, next up, we've got the hip flask.
15:58It's a wonderful Scottish flag hip flask.
16:02Anything in it?
16:03Not yet.
16:04It's a shame.
16:05It says on the back, the essence of Scottish heritage.
16:08Would you taste it?
16:09Is that what you drink out of it?
16:10Is this real leather, Vernon?
16:12Does it smell like real leather?
16:14No?
16:14Pleather?
16:15Pleather.
16:15Right.
16:16Vegan leather.
16:17It looks like it does the job, though.
16:19It is 100% stainless steel as well.
16:22Nice.
16:23So, it's more expensive than this one.
16:24Yeah, very good.
16:25Love that.
16:26So, how much do you think that hip flask is worth?
16:31This is really tough.
16:34All right, Owen, what do you think?
16:36Judging by how much money a hip flask has saved me over the years,
16:40I'm going to say 9.99, which I think is, you know, a decent price for that.
16:45Go on, Greg.
16:47I've thrown by the sheep that cost way more than it should have done, and I've gone with 19.99.
16:5219.99 for the hip flask.
16:54Abi?
16:55I've gone with pretty much down the middle of 13.99.
16:5813.99.
16:59No idea.
17:00This party.
17:01I can tell you that the actual price of the hip flask is...
17:0510.99.
17:07Oh, wow.
17:08Wow.
17:09Very good price.
17:10Yeah, well done.
17:11Love that.
17:12Well done, indeed.
17:13Next up is the wonderful Scottish Soul Tyre Pen.
17:18It's lovely.
17:18It's a twisty.
17:18A nice little twist, yes.
17:19It's a very ornate pen.
17:20I think it is a real gem, isn't it, in here?
17:22Mm-hmm.
17:23I would say.
17:24How much for the Scottish Soul Tyre Pen?
17:28How much would I pay for that in a gift shop?
17:31Right, Owen, what do you think?
17:323.99, I think.
17:333.99.
17:342.99.
17:352.99.
17:362.89.
17:372.89.
17:38Very specific.
17:39Well, I can tell you that the actual price of the wonderful Scottish Soul Tyre Pen is 5.99.
17:45Wow!
17:46And again!
17:47Oh, that's messy.
17:49That's so spenny.
17:50Well done, Owen.
17:51You get yet another point.
17:53I think the sandwich is going to be quite heavy at one side.
17:56Yeah.
17:57Yes, at the end of that round, round three, let's take a look at the scores.
18:02Abbey has two points.
18:04Owen has three points.
18:05Greg is still in the middle, with nothing.
18:08Let's see if you can pick up some points in the next round, because Paul is entering Paisley Abbey,
18:12next to where medieval stonework meets movie monsters and where no one can hear you scream.
18:21Paisley Abbey dates back to the 12th century with ties to the Royal Stuart dynasty and even William Wallace,
18:27who is said to have been educated here.
18:30But today, I'm less Braveheart and more Mulder and Scully.
18:35Because amongst the medieval gargoyles here at the Abbey, the eagle-eyed sci-fi fan might just spot a very
18:42familiar face.
18:43The xenomorph from the Alien movies.
18:46The space monster arrived on Earth thanks to a stonemason and superfan who, during the restoration work in the 1990s,
18:53carved it straight into the Abbey.
18:55But what percentage of UK citizens believe we have already been visited by aliens?
19:01Is it 12%, 32%, or 62%?
19:09Right then. Owen, according to a 2025 YouGov poll, what percentage of UK citizens believe we have already been visited
19:19by aliens?
19:21Is it 12%? Is it 32%? Or is it 62%? What do you think, Owen?
19:26Oh, tough one, this. I'm going to say 32%. I'm going to go down the middle because I think that,
19:35you know, we all love that fantasy, the what if,
19:37but then I think a lot of the people who maybe have seen that stuff think, yeah, it's fantasy, it's
19:42not real.
19:43We're going to sit in the middle. We are.
19:45We're going to say 32%. Is it the right answer?
19:47Yes!
19:49Oh, I've got another point.
19:50Well done. 75% of us believe there are aliens somewhere in the universe.
19:58Craig, it's your turn. Paul is checking out one of Paisley's finest birds.
20:02Mmm!
20:07Here in Paisley, this bright mural celebrates the big, beautiful Kingfisher.
20:12And rest assured, friends, I've been told it's not actual size.
20:17There are over 80 species of Kingfisher worldwide, but this common Kingfisher is the only native species to the UK.
20:25And its beak is so perfectly aerodynamic, it even inspired modern engineering.
20:30But which of these iconic vehicles based its design on the Kingfisher?
20:35The Aston Martin DB5, Concorde, or Japan's bullet train?
20:40Well, come on, mate. Which one was it?
20:46Greg.
20:48Which of these iconic vehicles based its design on the Kingfisher?
20:53Is it the Aston Martin DB5, the Concorde, or Japan's bullet train?
20:59Yes, I'm just thinking of the DB5 doesn't look much like a Kingfisher, so it's probably going to be that
21:05one even though I'm discarding it very quickly.
21:08The Concorde's nose obviously looks quite a lot like one.
21:12The bullet train is relatively similar as well.
21:16I'm going to go with Concorde.
21:17British design, the native British Kingfisher.
21:21And like I say every time I get it wrong, if it's not that, it should have been that.
21:24So, here we go.
21:26Is it Concorde?
21:29No!
21:30It's Japan's bullet train.
21:33Japan's bullet train travels at about 200 miles an hour.
21:36Early designs created pressure waves that caused a loud boom when exiting tunnels.
21:41Engineers turned to nature for a solution studying Kingfishers, which dive into the water with barely a splash.
21:48They reshape the train's nose to mimic the Kingfisher's beak, which solved the problem.
21:52There we are.
21:53Abi, it's your turn. Are you ready?
21:54Yeah, buddy.
21:55Good stuff. Here we go.
21:56Time for our final stop.
21:57And Paul, he's dipping into Paisley's darker side.
22:05From defying gravity with Elphaba to Hermione at Hogwarts correcting us all with…
22:10It's Leviosa!
22:12Not Leviosa!
22:14Witches today are pure entertainment.
22:16But a few centuries ago, the idea of witchcraft was taken seriously.
22:21Very seriously indeed.
22:24And here in Paisley, this well marks Scotland's last witch trials, where seven people were condemned.
22:30During the witch trials of the 17th and 19th centuries, people were suspected for all sorts of strange reasons.
22:38But which of these was not a reason that someone could be accused of witchcraft?
22:43Having green eyes, owning sour milk, or wearing a wig?
22:48Well, which one is it?
22:50Well, which one is it?
22:50Did you get it?
22:51Which?
22:52Can I go?
22:56Wow, there you go, Abi.
22:58According to History Collection…
23:01Which of these was not a reason that someone could be accused of witchcraft?
23:06Is it having green eyes, owning sower milk or wearing a wig?
23:11To be fair, owning sower milk, that's grim, anyway.
23:15Green eyes, I feel like that's associated with being a witch in fiction, but I guess
23:22this was like the 1600s, so it was a long, long time ago, but it's got to have come somewhere.
23:27Were wigs a big... Yeah, they were.
23:29People did wear wigs.
23:31I'm going to say owning sower milk, because it's grim, but surely you're not going to
23:37be accused of witchcraft.
23:38All right, well, let's find out the actual answer.
23:42Uh-oh.
23:42It's wearing a wig.
23:44Yes, wearing a wig was not a reason.
23:47Other genuine reasons were being left-handed, they had a birthmark, they were argumentative,
23:53they were not dressing smartly, they were a game show host.
23:59It's no time for a bonus question.
24:01And here it is.
24:03Who was on the throne the last time someone was imprisoned for witchcraft in Britain?
24:09Was it George III, Queen Victoria, or George VI?
24:21All right, Owen, what have you put?
24:22I think it's more recent than we would assume, so I'm going to go for Queen Victoria.
24:29You've gone Victoria, Greg.
24:30I'm going to go even more recent, just because I feel like, in and around that World War
24:34II period, there was a lot of weird stuff that was also going and things being, yeah, accountable
24:39for random things.
24:40So, yeah, I'm guessing, as you can tell.
24:42Abi?
24:43I'm kind of going along with, like, in a theory that it's more recent than we actually believe,
24:48so I've gone with George VI, but I could be very wrong.
24:51All right, let's take a look to score your first point of the show, Greg.
24:56It's George VI.
24:57Wow.
24:57I've got a point!
24:59Yes!
24:59I'm back!
25:00Greg has got a point.
25:01Greg has got a point.
25:03Well done, Greg.
25:04Well done.
25:05In 1944, so you were right, it was the war years, Greg.
25:09Helen Duncan became the last person to be imprisoned under the 1735 Witchcraft Act.
25:16She held séances and was said to have communicated with deceased military personnel.
25:22The government was concerned she'd somehow leak war secrets in the run-up to D-Day, and tensions
25:28were so high back then, they just thought, you know what, stick her in jail.
25:31No.
25:32Unbelievable.
25:32That is unbelievable.
25:34It's incredible, isn't it?
25:35It's crazy.
25:36So, well done.
25:36Greg gets a point.
25:38Let's take a look at the scores after that bonus round.
25:42Ooh, Greg's got a point.
25:43Abby's got three.
25:44Still in the lead.
25:44Oh, I'm with four.
25:49Right, the scores could change during this final quickfire round, so let's see.
25:53All you've got to do is fill in the blanks on these questions about Pairsley.
25:57Fingers by your mothers.
25:58Here we go.
26:01Pairsley-born Stephen Moffat ran this sci-fi show.
26:09Owen.
26:10Doctor Who.
26:10Yes, it is Doctor Who.
26:12Next question.
26:15Paisley's Mari Black was a...
26:19Abbey.
26:20Member of Parliament.
26:21Yes, well done.
26:21That is the right answer.
26:23Next up.
26:23Here we go.
26:25Scottish hero said to have been educated at Pairsley Abbey.
26:31Greg.
26:33William Wallace.
26:34Yes, well done it is.
26:35William Wallace.
26:36Next up.
26:37London landmark built by a Pairsley man.
26:41Greg.
26:42Tower Bridge.
26:43It is Tower Bridge.
26:44Well done.
26:45Greg's on the climb.
26:46Next question.
26:48Classic sitcom starring Pairsley-born actor.
26:52Greg.
26:52Porridge.
26:54It is Porridge.
26:56Oh!
26:58I finally woke up!
27:00Should have tried harder at the beginning.
27:03Time's up.
27:04Let's see how that quickfire round has affected the final scores for today.
27:09Oh!
27:13Abbey and Greg have four points.
27:15But the winner today with five is Owain, everyone.
27:20Amazing.
27:21Two in a row.
27:23Amazing.
27:24There you go.
27:24Chuffed.
27:25Absolutely brilliant.
27:26So, Owain, of course, you get three points for winning today.
27:29Greg and Abbey, you get two points each for joint second.
27:32So, let's take a look at the leaderboard so far this week.
27:37Ooh!
27:38Ooh!
27:38It's awesome!
27:39Nice!
27:41Abbey has six points.
27:43Owain and Greg joint top with seven each.
27:46This is going to get good this week and very, very exciting.
27:49And not only that, Owain, not only are you joint top but you also get the very coveted postcard from
27:54Paul.
27:55Gorgeous.
27:56Congratulations.
27:56There he is at the chippy.
27:58And this little, cute paisley teddy bear, which plays the bagpipes.
28:05I'm a big fan.
28:07Well, that's it for today.
28:08Join us on our travels next time when we might just be heading down your way.
28:11Bye for now.
28:41Bye.
28:42Bye.
28:42Bye.