The Cast Plays "Would You Rather?" Game

- All right, come on, then.

- Do you wanna go first?

- Yeah.

- It's like a lucky dip.

- "Would you rather reside in "Buckingham Palace or Brocket Hall?"

- Oh, Brocket Hall, without a doubt.

You kind of lose the sense of time in Buckingham Palace.

And also Brocket Hall is actually a house, not an airport.

- And its got a really, really lovely garden.

- Yeah, and Rufus is there.

- And that's where I am!

- He lives there.

- In front of the fire with a brandy.

- Rufus Sewell.

- Yes.

- "Would you rather," this is very apt for you, "Receive a telescope or a mechanical bird as a gift?"

- I would rather have a telescope, actually.

- That's interesting, - Mm.

- because obviously that's what you gave to Victoria.

- Yeah.

- Yeah, thanks.

The mechanical bird, obviously when you watch it on screen it's singing Mozart, in real life it didn't play that tune so there was quite... - It was ABBA.

(Jenna laughing) "Would you rather be subjected "to leeches or mercury vapors?"

That's that famous old choice.

- What happens if you have mercury vapors?

- It's great, it's just great.

So that's the one I'd recommend, it's fun.

- I'll go for mercury, I vote for mercury.

- I think I might've just tricked you into poisoning yourself.

- I mean, you know, leeches can't be much better.

You actually, what did you have?

- I had little stunt mechanical leeches with a guy hiding behind my arm going (squeaking) through a little metal pipe.

It was an odd moment.

- Apparently, leeches are coming back in fashion, apparently it has many... - What are you reading?

(Jenna laughing) - Oh, my turn.

- Yeah.

- Rufus.

- Yes?

- "Would you rather be in an historical drama "or a sci-fi time-bending drama?"

- Well, I am currently in both.

- There you go.

- Of those things.

- Who says you can't have it all?

- Who says exactly.

- "Would you rather hang out with the Duchess of Buccleuch "or Cumberland?"

- Oh, oh sorry, Peter Firth, but I mean, Diana Rigg.

She has so many amazing stories and, you know, she says what she thinks.

She doesn't try to murder you.

- All right, yours is the last one.

- All right.

"Would you rather watch rooks or tend orchids?"

- I don't know, it's such a tough choice because they're both such enormous fun.

(Jenna chuckling) I actually rather like my little tree under the rooks.

- We had that, what was the plant, the catching?

- Venus Flytrap.

- The Venus Flytrap, yeah, that was quite tedious, actually.

It didn't really work.

- Yes, one was amazed that it would manage to catch anything, the speed that it worked at.

They souped it up slightly for the shot.

But you dropped the fly, and I was really looking forward to this thing, you have these flies you drop and then this thing would just go, (gurgling) you know.

- It also made me laugh because throughout that whole scene in all the rehearsals, you were doing it as David Attenborough.

(Jenna chuckling) - I know, I couldn't help it.

The Venus, the fly lands in the, because it was written like that, it was written like I was doing my own show.

- Cool.

- All right.

- Is that all?