- Good morning, good afternoon,
and good evening, depending on where you are today.
I'm taking these American teens on a journey
as I show them some of the most epic British game shows.
- Wow! - Yeah!
- This is a fake mic.
Do you know any British game shows?
- No.
(dramatic music)
- Welcome to "The Weakest Link".
- Whoa she's strange.
- I thought she was a judge.
- She Looks like a librarian who's mad.
(Carolina laughs)
Welcome!
- I like her glasses.
- To reach your 1000 pound target within the time limit.
The fastest way is to create a chain
of nine correct answers.
Get your question wrong...
- There's a lot of like contestants.
- And lose all the money
- There is. - [Anne] In that chain.
- I think I saw this like clip before.
- Is this all adults, old people?
- Oh my gosh.
- You start a new chain
from scratch. - Do we get money?
- [Anne] The animal kingdom,
the largest mammal in existence is the blue what?
- Whale. - Correct.
Sue, which English novelist wrote-
- This looks like "Harry Potter".
- Dickens. - Hogwarts.
- Correct, John, what name is given
to the pimply condition...
- I'd be so mad at the person
who got it wrong. - [Anne] Of the skin caused
by hair standing on end in reaction to fear or cold?
- Goosebumps.
- [Anne] Correct.
- [Contestant] Bank.
- So, the idea is that every round
they keep on going round and around and around,
and they then vote off who they think
is the weakest link. - Is the weakest link.
- [Abhi] I'm gonna ask you a question at a time.
Every time you get a question right,
you will go up in the money.
If you get a question wrong,
then you've lost all of the money.
However, if you say bank before I ask the question,
then you get to save the money that you've
gone up to so far.
- I see, so you wanna postpone bank
'cause you're gonna make way more in each-
- [Abhi] Exactly, you want to try and postpone bank
to make a lot more.
Are we ready?
- Yes. - Yeah.
- [Abhi] In video games, Vice City and San Andreas
are part of the long running series called Grand Theft?
- Auto. - [Abhi] Correct.
In film soundtracks,
the title song from which 1984 movie has,
"if there's something strange in your neighborhood"?
- "Who you gonna call?"
- Ghostbusters.
- [Abhi] Correct. - Bank.
(cash register sounds)
- [Abhi] In music, what U is a small
4-stringed Hawaiian guitar that is derived
from a Portuguese instrument?
- Violin.
- [Abhi] No, sorry.
It was a ukulele.
In math, what is 36 divided by nine?
(upbeat music)
36 divided by nine. - Three?
- [Abhi] Incorrect, it was four.
And time.
Are you ready?
- Yes. - Yes.
- [Abhi] Ryker, in video games, Vice City and San Andreas
are part of the long running series called Grand Theft?
- Auto.
- [Abhi] Correct.
Jules, in film soundtracks,
the title song for the 1984 supernatural comedy
includes the lyric, "if there's something strange
in your neighborhood," what movie is that?
- Ghostbusters.
- [Abhi] Correct.
In music, what U is a small 4-stringed Hawaiian guitar
that is derived from a Portuguese instrument?
- What?
- Geez. - Ukulele.
- [Abhi] Correct.
- Oh my gosh. - [Abhi] Jules?
In math, what is 36 divided by 9?
- 36 divided by nine is four.
- [Abhi] Ryker. - Bank.
(Ryker and Juliana laugh)
- [Abhi] In chemistry, which element can be used
to make poisonous compounds that has
the chemical symbol AS?
- AS.
It's not an...
It doesn't even start with an A.
It doesn't start with an A does it?
- [Abhi] It does start with an A.
- Ah frick.
- [Abhi] And time. - I don't know it then.
- [Abhi] Starting with Sofia.
In video games, Vice City and San Andreas
are part of the long running series called Grand Theft?
- Auto. - [Abhi] Correct.
In film soundtracks, the title song
from which 1984 supernatural comedy includes the lyric,
"if there's something strange in your neighborhood"?
- Ghostbusters?
- [Abhi] Correct.
In music what U is a small 4-stringed
Hawaiian guitar that- - Oh, ukulele.
- [Abhi] Correct.
Zion, in math, what is 36 divided by nine?
- Four. - [Abhi] Correct.
Sofia, in chemistry, which element can be used
to make a poisonous compound
that has the chemical symbol AS?
(upbeat music)
- Do you know?
- Mm, I think so.
- I have no idea.
- [Abhi] And time.
- No.
- [Abhi] You guys made no money that round.
- We lost all of our money.
- [Abhi] Yeah.
- Do you know what it was?
- [Abhi] And none of you said bank, either.
Let's move on to a game called "The Cube".
(audience applauds)
- She doesn't looked very happy going up there.
- It's called "The Cube".
Oh it's very cube-like.
- What, is this fighting game? - What is this?
- [Abhi] No. - No.
(audience applauds)
- I think I've seen this before or heard it before.
- [Abhi] So she's got four lives and eight seconds
to pull out all of the cards in order to win.
- Oh, that's not bad. - That's easy.
- Yes, it's just quickness with this one,
- What is this? - All the way.
- I would love to do this. - Don't forget to press
the button at the other end. - I've seen this all over.
- That's really scary. - [Philip] Good luck.
- She forgets, huh?
Yeah, ah, poor her.
- Damn, she going fast.
- Go go go go go go go, girl.
- Come on, come on, come on, come on.
- Oh she got it, she got it, she got it.
- No she got that one.
- Press the button. - Press!
- [Angel] Click it!
(Angel screams)
- She could've...
- She almost didn't hit the button.
- What we are gonna do in here is cup stacking.
These are 16 cups.
- I don't think I'm too good at stacking cups.
- You can only use one hand.
- Okay.
- And you have three seconds.
- What? - To stack all of them.
- One person has to do this?
- Yeah, one at a time with only one hand.
What's the strategy, Angel?
- A diagonal, so I can follow my arm.
- [Abhi] Yeah.
Three, two, one, go.
- [Viewer] Time.
- Oh God.
Oh God, nope, nope.
- [Abhi] Time.
Go.
(Angel shouts)
- Oh yeah, that's horrible. - [Abhi] Time.
- I got it, I got it. - Okay, you got this.
- [Abhi] Are you ready? - Yeah.
- Come on, Ryker!
- Ready.
- Three, two, one, go.
- Shoot!
(Sofia chuckles)
- [Abhi] Time.
- See how hard that is? - God.
- [Abhi] Time.
- Frick. - Ryker!
- [Abhi] Time. - No, frick, I suck.
(Angel laughs)
- It's harder than it looks.
- [Abhi] It's a mental game. - Okay.
- [Abhi] You've got this, Jules.
- I got this.
- You got this, 'cause it's $10,000
depending on you.
- I'm nervous for you.
- Three, two, one, go.
Time.
(playful music)
Time.
- Go.
Oh, shoot.
Shoot, shoot.
- Nice. - [Abhi] Time.
- Ah. - [Abhi] Three, two, one, go.
(upbeat music)
(Angel laughs)
- Oh my god, this sucks.
- [Abhi] Time.
- Three, four, five, six, seven...
- You got this.
- [Abhi] Time.
Well done!
Well done, Ryker!
(crowd cheering sounds)
- It didn't go in until you said time.
- [Abhi] Headphones on, as I present to you
the one and only "Countdown".
- Very good luck.
The first letter, M.
- [Contestant] And another.
- Oh, I have seen this.
- Oh, no, not these. - Reminds me of...
What's it called?
- I'm not good at these.
- So trying to figure how long it...
- [Contestant] And another.
- Trying to figure out the word in time.
- [Contestant] And another.
- I'm thinking of words.
- You have to make a word out of it?
- [Abhi] Yeah.
- So are they trying to make as many words as they can?
- [Abhi] Just one word. - One word.
- [Contestant] Another consonant please.
- But...
- What word did the the word spell?
- No, I think it's like "Scramble".
- [Abhi] The way this game works is you have 30 seconds
to come up with the longest word you can
using these letters.
You cannot use a letter more than once.
Are you ready? - If there's an I.
- How much time do we have?
- [Abhi] You are about to hear the clock.
It's 30 seconds, and go.
(clock ticking music)
Longest word.
- Can we write multiple words?
- [Abhi] You can write multiple words,
and then tell me what the longest word
you came up with.
You can only use one letter once.
- Oh my God.
- [Abhi] You are halfway through.
- Oh my gosh, okay.
- Uh...
- [Abhi] Five seconds left.
- No.
No.
- [Abhi] And time.
- No, it's not a word.
- [Abhi] Okay, how many letters did you use?
Reveal your answers
in three, two, one.
Tram and rate.
I can accept both of them.
Stare. - Stare.
- [Abhi] And?
- Moats. - [Abhi] Moats.
I'll give you a point each.
Tax.
The winner is, of course, Sofia.
Congratulations.
Let's see what you could have done.
- [TV Host] Okay, what's your six Nikki?
- Master. - [Abhi] Master.
- [TV Host] And your seven, Oliver?
- Maestro.
- Yeah, excellent, well done.
- [Abhi] So "Countdown" has three types of games
within the game.
So this is the next game.
- Well done, champs.
Slight lead as we get our first numbers.
Ronan, you're choosing.
- Oh my god, I do like a "Wordle" like
game of this every single day at school.
It's called Number Roll.
- We have a challenge.
Let's find out, they are eight...
- I'm not good at numbers.
- My confidence is shot.
So it's good, I don't think I'm good.
- [Abhi] Okay, so this is how it works.
Using these numbers, only once you can use them,
you have to get as close as you can to 507.
Okay, ready?
Go.
(suspenseful music)
The target is 507.
- Okay.
- [Abhi] If you get 507, then that's the best.
- Is that possible with these numbers?
- It is possible with these numbers.
- Oh shoot.
(suspenseful music)
- I did it.
- [Abhi] Sofia's trying hard.
- What is this?
No, it doesn't work.
- [Abhi] And time.
Okay, what number did you get Angel?
- 508.
- [Abhi] What number did you get?
- Same, 508. - 508.
- [Abhi] What did you- - Yeah, I got 508.
- [Abhi] 533?
So you got to 533? - Yeah.
- [Abhi] What did you get, Jules?
- I got 508 by doing a hundred
times five plus eight.
- [Abhi] Point goes to Julie!
And then the final game of "Countdown" is called
the Countdown Conundrum.
There'll be nine letters that are presented on screen.
You have to figure out what word they're trying to spell.
- Today's crucial Countdown Conundrum.
- Snowflake. - Snowflakes.
- [Abhi] Well done.
- Are you getting anything?
- [Abhi] Sofia got it in under three seconds.
- A snowflake.
- [Abhi] Correct.
- Throw a teabag into a mug from the furthest distance.
- You have exactly one hour, your time starts now.
- I reckon I'll be pretty good at this.
- I don't know if I'd be good at this.
- We're recreating the same thing?
- We're recreating the exact same thing.
Whoever out of the two of you can get the teabag
into the mug from the furthest distance away from it
will be the winner.
You'll get three go's each to figure out how to do it.
- I need a cut like right there, don't I?
My funnel doesn't work when I do it like that.
Oh, that was stupid.
Okay, I hope my funnel holds up.
- [Abhi] Right, go off camera.
- [Ryker] That was terrible.
- What is that?
Why is the paper even there?
Like what does a paper do?
- [Abhi] That counts.
(upbeat music)
- Yeah, hold the tape, hold the tape.
- [Ryker] Hold it there.
- You stay right there.
- It's too...
- No, we're good, we're good.
- No, it's locked at the top.
There we go, there we go.
- [Ryker] Okay, here we go.
(group cheers and shouts)
- Right here, right here.
(Ryker laughs)
- [Abhi] Neither of you get the point, well done.
- Well she got it out on the first one.
She just went like.
- [Abhi] No points.
- There we go.
I won.
- Look at here. - No.
- Look at here? - You threw it
from right there.
- No I did not. - Yes you did, girl.
You do that.
You let go.
- [Abhi] One more. - One more shot.
- [Abhi] I'll give it to (indistinct)
Well done, well done, well done.
- I was further back.
- This is the same distance.
(Angle screams)
- [Abhi] Let's see how this wonderful comedian did it.
- I'll make a catapult.
But the other thing I want is one of those things
that um you throw balls with if you're a dog owner.
And also, sorry, can I get a tennis ball?
So I worry I'm not gonna be accurate
over like the 50 meters.
- Do you need the phone?
- What I need to do in addition is build-
- He looks very athletic, I trust him.
- Which is like a um, you know, like a cup funnel.
- Huh, smart.
- The ball hits to hit the sheet and it will...
- Got my idea, but just had more fricking...
I should have used all the paper.
(TV audience laughs)
(playful music)
- What is this guy doing? - In his backyard?
- [Abhi] Yeah yeah.
So they could do it wherever they want.
- Real smart. - This is great.
- This is crazy. - This is awesome.
- This is insane.
- This is amazing.
- I still like my contraption.
- Have you got the tennis ball?
- Yeah, it's tennis ball here, man.
- Thank you.
(TV audience laughs)
- Oh? - Yes.
- [Abhi] He put the tea bag inside.
- That's so smart.
- That's smart.
(group cheers)
- That's pretty smart.
(Angel screams)
- [Abhi] Okay, next one is a show
called "Would I Lie To You?"
(buzzer sounds)
- [Rob] It's Lee.
- I can always remember all my ex-girlfriend's
names and the order in which I went out with them
because their initials happened to make the acronym Bermuda.
(audience laughs)
- Oh if it's true or?
- Okay, off we go.
(audience laughs)
Bermuda.
- B?
- What? - B.
- B?
- Will you please give me the names
of all your ex girlfriends that make the acronym Bermuda
as quickly as possible, please.
- Okay.
Brenda.
- Brenda, super.
Brenda is still as popular a name as ever.
(upbeat music)
- [Contestant] Good, that's very good.
- D is good, D is good.
- Dave, experimentally, yeah.
(audience laughs)
If you've forgotten it, I'll never forgive you.
(Angel laughs)
- [Abhi] The way this game works is one contestant tells
either a truth or a lie and you have to determine
whether it's the truth or a lie.
On your whiteboards, write down if you think
this guy is telling the truth about his ex-girlfriends
being acronymed Bermuda, or a lie.
- I can see through people.
- I almost want to just say this for fun.
- [Abhi] Could be a lie, could be true.
- So if it's a yes, I won't understand how.
- [Abhi] Reveal in three, two, one.
Ah, you both said true.
- It was obvious.
- [Abhi] Okay, why do you think it was true?
- I just feel like, I want to believe it was true.
Like for the fun of it.
- [Abhi] Let's see. - It's a lie.
I think it's a lie.
- You're saying it's a lie?
Okay.
Lee, were you telling the truth or were you telling a lie?
- He was telling the truth.
- I was telling a lie.
- Oh yes. - I knew it was a lie.
- I had lie on my board.
- Yeah, he was telling a lie.
The next game I should present to you is "The Chase".
The way this game show works is that there is a contestant
and then there is a smarty called the chaser.
- Okay. - All it is is the contestant
has to be smarter than the chaser and they'll win.
- Which of these is a real tit?
(audience laughs)
- What?
- [Abhi] So what is a tit guys?
- A boob. - A boob.
- [Abhi] No.
- Those are birds.
- [Abhi] Correct.
- A bird? - [Abhi] A tit is a bird.
- Is that what they call them
in the UK? - [Abhi] Yeah, a tit
is a type of bird.
- I'm a bird lover, I already knew that.
- I've never heard that term.
- Adriatic tit.
B, a Baltic tit.
(Angel giggles)
Or C, Caspian tit.
- [Abhi] Is it A, Adriatic tit?
B, Baltic tit?
Or C, Caspian tit?
One of these is a real bird.
Did you know that, guys?
- I've heard of this one.
- [Abhi] Reveal in three, two, one.
Ooh okay.
Caspian versus Baltic.
(Juliana giggles)
Correct answer is...
- Caspian tit.
- [TV Host] Caspian tit.
- [Abhi] So he's put Caspian tit.
- I can't change my answer now, can I?
- You can't. - You sure about that?
- 100%. - Okay.
- The correct answer is...
- [Abhi] Caspian tit. - Wow, good job.
- You got it.
- Never second guess yourself.
- [Abhi] Well done Sofia, you get the point.
You get the point. - I knew it was familiar.
And I almost went with Baltic.
- Okay, the next game we're moving on to
is a game called "Pointless."
The way this game works is a hundred people
are asked a question.
You have to try and find the answers
that those hundred people would not have got.
- Okay, let's find out what the question is.
Here it comes.
We gave 100 people 100 seconds.
- Okay, 100 seconds.
- To name as many countries that end with
two consonants as they could.
- Paris? - Um.
- Honey, Paris is not a country.
- I don't know, I can't think of anything.
I'm having a blank-
- Look, even her partner's like,
are you serious right now?
- She's like, oh my gosh.
- A, I wouldn't be at all surprised
if there aren't several 100 scorers in this round.
Um and B, it's always tough going on that first podium.
So I'm sorry.
- [Abhi] Her friend's camera shy.
- Hmm.
- Paris, let's see.
Let's see what happens when we say Paris.
- Of course it's wrong.
So now you have a hundred seconds to write down
as many countries as you can that end in two consonants.
Three, two, one, go.
- Oh, I'm really bad at countries.
- [Abhi] So the last two letters cannot be A, E
I, O or U.
(upbeat music)
- I don't know, I'm gonna have to guess.
- I'm really bad at these.
- [Abhi] You're good, you're good.
- So am I, wow, holy crap.
- Yeah, I don't know.
- [Abhi] 10 seconds.
- I literally take a geography class
and I'm not good at this right now.
- Countries.
- No, why are you writing so much?
Stop it! - I'm terrible at this.
- Stop it!
(Ryker shouts)
- [Abhi] Three, two, one, reveal.
- What'd you put?
- [Abhi] How many countries do you have?
- I don't know if I wrote with consonants or not.
- [Abhi] Go on, read them out.
Italy?
- Australia? - New York's a state.
- Okay, but what is that?
Austria-Hungary?
- Austria-Hungary, that's a country.
- Austria-Hungary is not a country.
- Germany, Iceland, Greenland,
Finland, England, Scotland, New Zealand.
- Poland, Germany, Ireland.
Egypt, Thailand, Iceland, Greenland.
Greenland, Iceland.
- [Abhi] Greenland is not a country, it's a territory.
- Thank you. - Oh.
- The next game is called "Catchphrase."
There is going to be a visual image,
which will be a popular saying.
- That'll be fun.
- [Abhi] So for example, you might see someone
breaking a leg and the phrase is break a leg.
- That's crazy. - Simple.
I hope.
- [Abhi] Yeah, are you ready?
- Story line.
Storyline.
(buzzer sounds)
- Long story short.
- Cut the...
Cutting the story short.
(buzzer sounds)
- Short story.
(buzzer sounds)
- Cut the long story short.
- Cutting the long story short.
- Cut a long story short.
- [Abhi] Correct, cut a long story short.
What is this, what are you seeing?
- Hat's off to you.
- [Abhi] Nope.
It's two words.
It's snake?
- Snake bite.
- [Abhi] It begins with a C.
- Snake capture?
- Snake connoisseur.
- Snake cap.
- [Abhi] Nope, what's the person that takes care of snakes?
- Snake charmer.
- Snake charmer. - Snake charmer?
- [Abhi] Snake charmer, well done.
- What's that? - [Abhi] We're done.
That's the end of the episode.
Well done, guys.
- Woo! - Wow.
- [Abhi] The winner is Carolina.
(Angel cheers)
The winner is Sofia, well done.
The winner, Jules.
Well done.
- You did freaking well.
- [Abhi] So, what was your favorite game show
out of all of these?
- "Countdown".
- "TaskMaster".
- I liked "Would I Lie To You".
- The one where you had to scramble words.
- Thanks for watching this episode.
- Which of these was your favorite?
Let us know in the comments.
- Goodbye. - Bye.
- Bye. - Bye.
- Goodbye.