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[gentle, cinematic music playing]

[cocktail shaking]

[both] Cheers.

[glasses clink]

Ooh, that's nice.

I feel really nervous right now.

We've got no room for failure at this point.

In the start of the process,

-Ricky and Noddy beat us so many times. -Mm-hmm.

But all the other challenges the Controller put us through…

-He's set us up. -…has set us up for this.

It's down to just us or them, and I choose us.

We've obviously got a connection with Cat and Maiya.

We've essentially helped each other get this far.

-We definitely did. -Yeah, I won't relish beating them.

You're a big softie sometimes.

I just need you to follow my lead.

Half a million quid, mate.

It's there. It's, like, literally at the tip of our fingers.

-Yeah. -We've just gotta take it.

The mission is to win.

[gentle, cinematic music playing]

Cat and Maiya, would you like to follow me?

[Maiya] Let's go.

-Take a seat at the far end of the table. -Thank you.

Ricky and Noddy?

It's time. Follow me, please.

Good evening. You scrub up well.

[Controller] We're gonna play a few rounds of cards.

And the stakes are high.

The winners will walk away with half a million pounds

and return to London for the final mission.

The losers will be eliminated.

On your turn, you'll be dealt two cards.

[Sofia] One will be an ace.

Your opponent must determine which card is the ace.

If they fail to pick the ace, you win the hand.

Best of three hands wins the money.

Now, time to cut the cards.

The pair with the lowest card will be dealt the first hand.

Those with the highest card will need to find the ace.

You have a short time to strategise.

I think it's gonna be really difficult, but I think that we're both pretty good at

reading people.

-I think we got this. -Yeah.

-Noddy told me they did this before… -Yeah.

…In an elimination round.

They thought they were really good at reading people.

True.

-So maybe we need to make sure... -So I think what we do is…

-Yeah. -…we tell the truth verbally.

-Mm-hmm. -But with our bodies, we do the opposite.

-Okay. -So, for example,

say it's on the right, but look left.

Okay. I think it's easier to be truthful as well.

-Be truthful, but look nervous. -That is a good tactic.

-I did a lot of acting in school. -You did.

I think I can be quite a good actress when I need to be.

[gentle, tense music playing]

Got it?

[exhales]

Which one's the ace? Maiya.

The card on the right.

-Now, you wouldn't lie to us, would you? -I haven't lied to you.

What ace is it?

I think it was black spade.

-And what's the other card? -It was a queen.

-[Noddy] Which one's the queen? -What was…

-This was the queen. -That one.

-What kind of ace was it again, Maiya? -Ace of spades.

And it's this one?

-Yeah, that. -Yeah, that one.

[Noddy] I think it's a bluff.

Maiya, she's looking at the other card more.

The card she's looking at is actually the ace.

Alright. No, good. Alright. Come on then.

[tense music playing]

The card to our right is the ace.

[sighs with relief]

Cat and Maiya have won the first hand.

Ricky and Noddy are on the ropes.

We'll see what they're made of now.

[gentle, cinematic music playing]

-[Maiya] I think we've rattled them. -[Cat] I think we have thrown them off.

Ricky, he does go to the casino a lot, so he will be good at bluffing.

I think they're gonna think that I would be the one bluffing

and you'd be the one telling the truth.

Your card that we put in front of you will be the one that's…

-Yeah. -…not the ace.

-Yeah. -And you'll say, "This is the ace."

-Alright? -Cool.

-Yeah? -That's a good strategy.

And then I think they're just gonna go with you. That's what I hope.

We just gotta stay really focused.

The pressure's on.

[tense music playing]

What cards have you got?

I've got the two of spades.

-And what card have you got? -I've got the ace of clubs.

-Which way round were they again? -Two of spades. Don't know what he's got.

-I didn't see. -Ace of clubs.

You guys lying to us?

No.

I would never lie.

I think they would.

Yeah. I think they'd lie as well.

[Maiya] Mm.

-So, are you telling the truth, Ricky? -Always. I'm always telling the truth.

And are you lying to me, Noddy?

-No. -No?

-I'm not. -I'm not.

-Got serious game face, haven't they? -Mm, yeah.

-Are you good at bluffing, Noddy? -I'm not sure.

I've never tired to bluff anyone, to be honest. I'll find out in a minute.

What do you think?

-I think it's this one. Do you not? -I think it's the other one.

[sigh]

-I think they're telling the truth. -Okay, we'll go with yours.

-You sure? -Yeah.

Noddy's got it.

I think you were telling the truth and you have the ace.

-Can you turn your card over, please? -So do you want me to turn my card over?

It's not going so well now, is it? [chuckles nervously]

[tense music playing]

-Mate, what a performance from you. -It was both of us, mate.

-It weren't just me. -Nah, mate, you smashed that out the park.

-I feel more confident at reading Maiya. -We need to direct questions at her.

A hundred percent.

She's the one that's more likely to drop her guard a little bit there

and get frustrated or emotional with...

Emotion is the thing, mate. Emotion is the thing.

I'm feeling quietly confident 'cause we've got a plan.

So far, I'm banking on the fact that they think that I'm not very good at lying.

-Yeah. -I think, now, you keep telling the truth.

-Yeah. -I lie.

Okay. Yeah.

[Sofia] One apiece, sir. This is the decider.

Sudden death.

-I don't want you to have a look. -Okay.

-[slow heartbeat] -Which card is it, Maiya?

Which card's which one?

[Noddy] Both of 'em.

The one on my left is an ace.

The one on my right is a two.

[Ricky] Ace of what?

I think it was ace of diamonds.

-What colour was it? -Blue.

-Now you're definitely lying to us. -I could say what I want.

[Noddy] You can.

Which card was the ace again, sorry?

-Could you point to it for me? -No, I don't want to point. I'm happy.

Thank you, though.

Stressful at this stage, right?

Maybe for you. Got a lot riding on this one.

-[Noddy] We have. -It's not shaking.

So that's the ace, right?

[tense music playing]

-The blue ace of diamonds? -This is the blue ace over here

on your right-hand side, is it?

Um, dunno. Whichever one you think it is.

[Maiya] Please go for it. Entirely in your hands.

Yeah.

She takes a sharp intake of breath and that smile

whenever I mention the actual ace.

It's the one closest to Maiya.

-Turn the one closest to you, please. -This one?

That's right, yeah.

It was a tiny one, man. So small.

[Ricky laughs] I love you.

-[Noddy] Alright. -[Ricky] Yes!

-[Cat] Congratulations. -Well done.

-[Maiya] That was really good. Well done. -[Cat sniffling]

It's okay.

I'm really happy for you guys. [whimpers]

Genuinely.

[Controller] Ricky and Noddy, well played.

You now have £500,000.

Good luck.

[Controller] I'll see you on the final mission.

-Bye, girls. -[Maiya] Well done.

Bye.

It's all built up to this, innit? This is where it's all built up to, mate.

[Ricky chuckling] Half a million quid.

[Cat crying, sniffling]

[Controller] Cat and Maiya,

your journey is over.

Time to cash in your chips.

-You leave with £250,000. -[chuckling]

Oh, my God.

[cinematic instrumental music playing]

To be honest, we couldn't have asked to do any better.

-[Cat] No. -Apart from win.

-When we started, we were nervous wrecks… -Yeah.

…most the time.

I really do think that we've come such a long way.

We are basically, like, Bond girls now.

I'm really proud of us.

[buzzes]

[sirens wailing, horns honking in distance]

[tense string music playing]

[dog barking in distance]

[Controller] Ricky and Noddy… welcome back to London.

Head to Mission HQ.

Find the control room.

I'll be waiting.

[Ricky] We don't know what's coming, but it don't matter.

Whatever the Controller throws at me and you…

The Controller has not been able to break us yet,

and I don't think he will.

For 42 years, I've had your back, and for 42 years, you've had my back.

And because of the bond that we've got, it's unbreakable, mate.

Yeah. If any two people are gonna be able to do this, it'll be us.

[Noddy] Let's do this.

[Controller] So, this is where it ends.

Eight pairs started this journey,

and one by one, they fell.

[cinematic instrumental music playing]

-Go that way. Go that way. More. -I am going that way.

[Controller] Sid and Shabina.

-I think you should do it. -Okay, so what are you gonna do, then?

[buzzes]

[Luke] Well, mate, who'd have thought it? Mean streets of Bangkok.

-Go on, lad! -[Controller] Sam and Luke.

-Oh, God! -Good game play that, man. Really good.

[buzzes]

Shelley!

-[Shelley] I'm coming! -[Controller] Steven and Shelley.

[Shelley] Whoa.

[buzzes]

-How's your view? -[Asaad] Mad.

[Controller] Jamilah and Asaad.

Number of sharks. Eight.

[Asaad] Eight.

-Ah, it was 11! -Where were they? [sighs]

[buzzes]

-[Dan] Whey! Go on, Dylan! -[Controller] Dan and Dylan.

I was so close.

So close.

[buzzes]

[Rob] Sniper. Sniper. -[Alex speaks in French] Go!

[Controller] Rob and Alex.

[Rob] And it's totally empty.

Oh, I'm feeling sick.

-[buzzes] -[grunting]

[Maiya] My God.

Thank you for helping me.

[Controller] Cat and Maiya.

-[buzzes] -[Controller] Just one pair remains.

Ricky and Noddy.

Back where it all began.

-Control room. It says, "Control room". -This has gotta be it.

-[Noddy] Ready? -I'm ready. Let's do it.

Look. "Team active".

Everyone else is inactive. It's just us left.

[Ricky] What's this monitor here?

[Noddy] That looks like an interrogation room or an interview room.

[Ricky] Mate, he's gotta have left us a message somewhere,

The Controller, surely.

[Ricky] I mean, what's... what's this?

[door thuds]

[footsteps]

Here we are.

Just you, me,

and a one-million-pound question.

Your journey so far has got you a half a million pounds,

but can you double it?

Be nice, wouldn't it?

It would be.

I've spent a long time watching your journey.

The reason you've made it here is your unbreakable bond.

And that is what I'm going to test.

So, for this final million-pound question…

You two will be separated.

[sighs]

[Ricky sighs]

Listen. Even if we're separated, we ain't apart, yeah?

Yeah, yeah, we got this.

[clock ticking]

[Controller] You are now in soundproofed rooms.

[over speaker] You cannot see or communicate with each other.

Take a seat.

[Controller] Ricky, Noddy,

I'm gonna ask both of you the same question.

To win the million pounds, both of you have to give me the same answer.

Open the case.

[tense string music with ticking]

[Noddy sighs]

[Controller] These five items represent your journey

to this moment.

[exhales]

[Controller] The scorpion, your mission in Thailand.

The Ferris wheel in Vienna.

The pistol, the showdown in Mexico.

The Aston Martin,

Austria.

The pair of aces from the Bahamas.

The question is,

which of these five things represents the single most significant moment

of your journey for both of you?

[exhales]

Here's the catch.

Ricky, Noddy,

you must choose the same thing.

If you do, you'll take home the million.

Simple as that.

[over speaker] You have ten minutes to make your choice.

[exhales]

[tense music playing]

I'm wishing I had my mate sat here next to me, I'll be honest with you. [exhales]

[Noddy] I wish he was in here now, not for the fact that it would make

the answer a lot easier, but more for the fact that we work better together.

[inhales]

I mean, that was a difficult time for us, Thailand.

[Noddy] Alright, let's go.

[Noddy] The first time that I had to face my fear of being in the open water.

-He pulled through. -Keep coming, Rick, you've got it.

Come up, come up! Alright, come on. Go, go, go!

He got these scorpions, and he moved them across.

[Noddy] Alright, Alright, Alright. Alright, mate. Oh, ouch!

We was in high spirits, very confident at that point.

-[laughs] -Come here. Love you.

[Ricky] The scorpion was a big, big moment.

But I don't think that he'll pick that one.

It took us to the next stage, but I wouldn't consider that

as our most significant moment.

It'd be too strong to say that.

And then, the old snow globe.

The Ferris wheel in Vienna.

We got to see, up close,

Sam and Luke, that really, really wanted this.

Nod will say that this is a moment that solidified

the trust that we have between each other.

[Ricky] Put his hand over his mouth every time he spoke about it.

We was both in sync with our… our instincts.

[latches click]

[Ricky] Oh, my God!

It's not the Ferris wheel.

That's not the... not the one.

Then the gun. Mexico.

The shooting challenge.

-[Ricky chuckling] -Duelling pistols.

-[Ricky] Cor, mate. -It's old hammer locks.

My nan used to have one of these hanging on her wall.

We actually thought we would do well at this challenge.

We thought it was gonna be so easy, and it wasn't.

[gun fires]

-[gun fires] -[Cat and Maiya laughing excitedly]

-[gun fires] -Ahh!

The pressure really started to pile on.

[gun fires]

-It's not just the losing at the Hacienda. -So do you reckon we should've done more?

Maybe we should've had a bit more communication.

It was the lessons that we learned

and then we then took into the challenge against Asaad and Jamilah.

[revving]

-What platform? -[Asaad] Go four.

Two. I saw two, definitely.

-[both] Yes! -[Ricky] We're in front.

Like a phoenix from the flames, we had to come back stronger. I think it was left.

-Go left. -[both] Yes!

[tyres screeching, engines revving]

[Noddy] Yes!

-[both chuckle happily] -[Ricky] Yes!

We dug deep and we pulled ourselves through it.

And it did feel, to me, very, very significant.

I feel like I can discount the gun.

I don't think the pistol represents the most significant thing for me.

Was a big, big moment.

[Ricky] This one is massive for both of us, I think.

One, two, three.

-[Noddy laughs] Look at this. -[Ricky] Mate!

[Ricky] The Aston Martin DB5, with all its gadgets and gizmos.

-[button clicks] -Oh, it's there, Rick! It's there!

[Ricky laughs]

[Noddy] Took us back to being kids again. Rick actually had this toy.

[Ricky] Both of us had difficult childhoods in different ways,

and that DB5 does evoke memories

of just being taken away for a couple of hours

when you're just in the moment, watching…

Watching James Bond drive around in such a cool car.

[rapid gunfire effects]

[Ricky] The DB5 will be a story that we tell forever.

But I don't think it was significant to us getting to this point here.

[Noddy] It was a reward… and a lifelong memory,

so it's still… That's the reason it's still in play at the moment.

[Ricky] And then lastly, the cards.

[tense music playing]

The aces.

I mean, it's probably me and Nod, innit? You know?

It's what me and Rick have been up until this point.

[Ricky] The same but different.

One's a club, one's a heart.

But they're both aces.

[Ricky exclaims]

[Noddy] I think Rick's the club and I'd be the heart.

[chuckles] 'Cause I'm probably overly emotional.

And Rick's, uh… Can be a bit of a blunt instrument when he needs to be.

[Ricky] For me and Nod, this is what got us

to the final, to here, to now,

to this moment that I'm sitting in right now.

This one?

[Ricky laughs]

-I love you! -Alright.

Yes!

This is what basically left it between us and you.

[Ricky] I'm torn between the pistol and the cards.

These two, for me, really stand out as significant moments.

I'm really torn between the car, the DB5, and the cards.

[Ricky] It's hugely difficult to choose between these two.

The two aces. This is us.

We're the last two standing.

We was the last men standing.

[Ricky] That's what it says about our bond. [exhales]

[tapping tongue pensively]

What do I do?

[Ricky] There's a lot riding on it. A million pound.

I've made my decision.

I've made my decision.

[sighs]

[sighs]

[tense music playing]

[exhales]

-[quietly] You Alright? -Looked like you found that tough, boys.

-Yeah. -Yeah.

You've both chosen.

But did you both choose the same thing?

[Controller] The time has come to see whether you've done it.

To win the million pounds,

Noddy, you wanna tell Ricky what you've chosen?

My decision…

Is the cards.

I chose the pair of aces, mate.

[Ricky sighs]

I choose the gun.

[Noddy sighs]

[sighs] I chose the gun, mate.

[both sigh]

It was between the gun and the aces. They was my last two.

-[quietly] It's Alright. -Ahh, mate.

-[Noddy] Still got here, yeah? -Yeah, I know, I know.

I just… Ahh, mate.

[exhales] It was just that close.

As you said, we was both looking at 'em.

I'm gutted for us, yeah? But you've also gotta remember, mate,

we've got a quarter of a million pound each out of this,

and we haven't lost through failing

other than not being able to read each other's minds. [chuckles]

Ahh, I know, I know, I know.

[exhales]

[Controller] Bad luck, boys.

You knew I wouldn't make it easy for you.

No.

There you go.

-Take one last spin in the Aston. -[cinematic instrumental music playing]

-[The Controller] Get outta here. -Thank you.

Been a pleasure.

Oh, and boys?

You might wanna check the boot.

[Ricky laughs softly]

[Noddy] Come on.

[sirens wailing in distance]

-You gonna let me drive this time? -You've got no hope, mate.

[Noddy laughs]

-Ahh, mate, look at that. -It's beautiful, innit?

Ooh. You think that's it there?

[Noddy chuckles] Yeah.

-[Ricky laughs excitedly] -[Noddy] Mate.

-[Ricky] Have you seen that? -Yeah.

[Ricky] Seen the readies? Cor, look how much is in there.

[Noddy] Do we need to count it, or can we trust him?

-I think we can trust him. Don't you? -[chuckles]

[Ricky] I trust him.

-["James Bond Theme" playing] -[revving]

[Noddy] Ahh!

-[engine revving powerfully] -[Ricky] Ah! How good does that sound?

-[laughs] Ah, mate! -Absolutely stunning.

[Ricky] It's been the most amazing experience of my life. It really has.

-[Noddy] Love you. -Yeah, I love you too, bruv.

Is anyone ever gonna take the million off me?

["Escape from Piz Gloria" playing]