Good Evening and welcome to Babushka! The game in which our ten Babushka Dolls could earn our contestants a fortune. Will tonight's player have what it takes to go for our Jackpot Babushka and take home tens of thousands.. If not HUNDRED'S OF THOUSANDS!? I do hope so.

Please welcome, David Watts!

David, thanks for coming on and playing Babushka! You're 29 and from Chelmsford, Essex and apparently one of your hobbies is collecting clocks and watches. Tell me why you enjoy that pastime so much.

I just love getting my fingers oily

I do hope that in your 30th year that tonight you can change it for the better with the help of our Babushka dolls. Now, this evening you have the chance to win a substantial sum of money. If you took home £25,000, what would you do with it?

I would buy a Bristol VR double-decker and convert it into a campervan

Ah a love for buses! Let's hope for a double decker game tonight

David, before I explain the rules, let's meet the ten Babushka's which will hopefully become your friends this evening..

THEY ARE!

Babushka Nigel!
Babushka Hugh!
Babushka Joanna!
Babushka Cameron!
Babushka Noel!
Babushka Philip!
Babushka Holly!
Babushka Yvette!
Babushka Fern!
and..
Babushka Cilla!

So, those are the Babushka dolls which hide the money.. How much money, well let's see.

Two of the Babushka's contain £500.

A further two hide £5,000.

The 5th and 6th have inside them as much as £10,000.

Dolls 7 and 8 are hiding £25,000.

Somewhere out there is a £50,000 Babushka!

And.. We have the tenth Babushka which is our JACKPOT Babushka. Now, this is a random, whole thousand amount between £100,000 and £500,000. It's decided at random thanks to our friends at random.org, so.. Time for the BIG reveal.

How much is our JACKPOT Babushka worth tonight?

Oh wow!

You can't get MUCH better than that!
This could be one heck of a payout if your luck and judgement is on point!
The aim of the game is to BANK as much money as possible by playing through 8 Babushka's. Whatever money you have in your bank after the 8 will go through to the final round where you could win up-to 1000% of your accumilated total.

Yes. 1000%...

I will ask you to select a Bubushka to play with and then you'll be asked a question. The question is a poll which was asked to 100 people. All our polls are genuine and were carried out by a team of verifiers. You will have to predict whether the answer is HIGHER or LOWER than 50. So 50 is your base. If you answer HIGHER or LOWER correctly, you get to play that Babushka to try and BANK as much cash as you can. Get it WRONG and we waste whatever was inside the Babushka AND whatever accummulated cash will instantly be halved.

If when playing a Babushka in live play (After answering correctly) and you hit a blank (An empty Babushka by playing too far), you'll gain NOTHING from that babushka and whatever accummilated cash will be halved.

Something else to keep in mind are the three lifelines available to you.
These are..

-SWITCH- Meaning we'll switch the Question and ask you a new one.

-80/20- We'll change the starting number to your question to 80, hopefully making it easier to get correct

-PEEK- You can have a peek at the next level of a Babushka, hoping to see more cash inside with NO downside if it's empty. This cannot be used on the 8th babushka.

You can use each of these only once.

If you understand, shall we play Babushka?

Yes!

So, please select your first babushka you'd like to play with

Cilla please!

Cilla has been locked in and you'll get to play with her if you answer this question correctly.. That question will come in part two, right after the break!

Welcome back to the second part of this week's Babushka, let's crack on with the game with David's first question..

David, We asked 100 Nuns..
"If someone told you a really rude joke, would you be embarrassed?"
Haw many Nuns said YES?

Remember, you're answering HIGHER or LOWER than 50

HIGHER

Straight in with Higher, I hope you're right...

We know she contains at least £500...
**£500**
And there it is. The question is, does she contain any more?
**£5,000**
At least £5,000.
**£10,000**
Oh no.. Cilla clearly contains a lot of money, did she have MORE than £10,000!?
**£25,000**
Yes! This really isn't a great first Babushka
Did Cilla contain our second highest value?
**£0**
Thankfully not!

BANK: £0

JACKPOT
£50,000
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£25,000
£10,000
£10,000
£5,000
£5,000
£500
£500

Now your second Babushka please

Babushka Nigel

Nigel has been locked in and here's your question.

We asked 100 married women..
"Would your husband look good in ballet tights?"
How many women said YES?

HIGHER

You've gone HIGHER again! I hope you're right



**33**

Wrong again.. Which means we lose another Babushka and the money inside
**£500**
There's the £500
Did Nigel contain £5,000?
**£5,000**
He sure did!
**£10,000**
And there's £10k!
Cilla had £25,000. Did Nigel?

Just imagine if you answered your question correct..

So, after two Babushka's this is where we stand..


BANK: £0

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£50,000
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£25,000
£10,000
£10,000
£5,000
£5,000
£500
£500

As you can see, it's not great but there is a long way to go. And talking of going, which Babushka next?

Hugh

Hugh has been activated
Hopefully you'll get to play with your first Babushka. Remember the three lifelines you have.

We asked 100 secretaries..
"Does your boss fiddle his expenses?"
How many secretaries said YES?

HIGHER

For the third time, you've gone Higher.. Is it third time lucky?

**£500**

There's the £500 minimum, but does Babushka Hugh have £5,000?

BANK: £0

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£50,000
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£25,000
£10,000
£10,000
£5,000
£5,000
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£500

This next Babushka will take you to the half way stage, now bear in mind you have nothing in your bank yet..
Who will you choose for your next Babushka?

Yvette

Good luck!

We asked 100 men who own a dog..
"When you come home from work, who usually greets you first, your dog or your wife?"
How many men said their DOG?

HIGHER again!

HIGHER again. This time, I really hope you're right this time around.

Hoping Yvette contains £5,000.. Does she?

BANK: £5,000

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£50,000
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£10,000
£10,000
£5,000
£5,000
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£500

Four down, four to go
Next Babushka please.

Joanna

Joanna is ready to be played with
Hopefully you'll get to play with her

We asked 100 single women..
"Can you turn on most men any time you want?"
How many women said YES?

Remember, get the question wrong and you lose half of your bank..

I'd like to switch the question!

SWITCH you say? Switch we'll have. The answer to that question was..

**46**

David, you still have TWO lifelines in play. 80/20 and the all important PEEK.. Will this next question be more favourable for you ad will you keep on adding to your BANK to take through as much money as possible to the big money end game? I do hope so! Find out in the third part of Babushka!

We're back with our Babushka's and David, who, before the break decided that he'd SWITCH his question. When there's money in the bank, a wrong answer halves whatever you have amassed so far..

This is your switch question..

We asked 100 single men..
"Have you ever worn the same socks for a week without washing them?"
How many men said YES?

LOWER

Changing tack and heading LOWER...

Joanna is ready to show you 500..

**£500**

But does she have more? Stay or Play?

PLAY

Playing on! Joanna, please show us £5,000..

BANK: £2,500

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£50,000
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£10,000
£10,000
£5,000
£5,000
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-

You've still got 3 Babushka's to go and a lot of money there to collect. Your 6th babushka will be who?

Fern!

Hopefully you can see what Fern contains in live play

We asked 100 men in their 20's..
"If a women offered you her seat on a public transport, would you take it?"
How many men said YES?

I'll use the 80/20
LOWER than 80

Alright, that leaves your PEEK as the only remaining lifeline, which cannot be used on your 8th Babushka. Going LOWER than 80..

And we know Fern has £500

**£500**

We also know she contains £5k! Show us..

**£5,000**

There it is...
Now we don't know if there's anymore..
Do you think there is? Would you like to ST-

I shall PEEK

Before I could even finish my sentence, you've decided that you're Peeking
That means, if we peek and see £10,000, we advance to the next level. If not, £5,000 is automatically BANKED..

Fern, we're peeking. Please contain £10,000...

BANK: £12,500

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£50,000
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£10,000
£5,000
£5,000
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