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00:00Hello, I'm Jeremy Vine, and this is the show where two celebrity teams face a series of fiendish puzzles designed
00:07to wipe the beautiful smiles off their telegenic faces.
00:11This is Celebrity Puzzling!
00:30Hello, welcome to Celebrity Puzzling, great to have you. Let's meet our two incredible team captains, shall we? Ready to
00:36go at it, hammer and curling tong. It's Carol Vorderman!
00:42And she's the actor and writer who's always worth tuning in for, the marvellous Sally Lindsay!
00:49So, if they need some help, we've got them covered. Tonight they've been joined by some celebrity guests. Joining Carol
00:55is a man with a body-off crime watch and a face-off crime watch.
00:58What I'm trying to tell you is, he hosts the programme, Rav Wilding!
01:04Captain Sally is a comedian who has a degree in biochemistry. Finally, somebody who can explain that smell coming from
01:10the green room.
01:11It's Shazia Mercer! He's been there all week. All week. So, welcome everyone.
01:17Well, I must say, Rav, it's great to see you, and you're looking so fit.
01:22You know, you do. Blokes always notice other blokes.
01:26You're toned. And I read a few years ago you'd had an accident somewhere.
01:30Yeah, I did. I had a nasty accident where I injured my leg quite badly, and after that, it felt
01:36terrible.
01:36I put on a lot of weight. I felt dreadful in myself.
01:38So, I actually enrolled in a personal training course, and I did the full qualification, the full course,
01:44and it was really to learn about my body and how to make it fitter and stronger, but also to
01:49help some other people as well.
01:50I have got a trainer myself.
01:52Yes.
01:53This lady, three times a week, I turn my phone on, she's there, and she tells me to lift these
01:57dumbbells.
01:58It's a Brazilian trainer, Shazia. Have you ever had a personal trainer?
02:02I've had a Brazilian wax.
02:04Have you ever had a trainer?
02:06Two for the price of one.
02:08I mentioned, Shazia, your biochemistry degree.
02:11Correct.
02:12What do you learn in a biochemistry degree?
02:14Well, I became a science teacher for a while, and then it's very useful when you go into comedy, obviously.
02:20Always helps, knowing the periodic table, by the way.
02:25It is a life skill in a way, in that you know about the human body, and I know about
02:30chemicals, and I know about the environment.
02:32Can a biochemistry degree help you understand what makes people laugh as a comedian?
02:35Absolutely not.
02:37OK.
02:37Do you know, there's a lot of scientists and doctors in comedy.
02:40Harry Hill, yeah.
02:41Harry Hill, Adam Kaye.
02:42Paul Sinner, there used to be GPs, there's a lot of people that have been in the science background that
02:46then go into comedy.
02:47Yes, really interesting, yeah.
02:49It really forces you to find your sense of humour.
02:53OK, in each episode, our teams face a random procession of puzzles, all meant to intrigue and infuriate, and not
02:59always in equal measure.
03:01To keep their agile minds busy, no two contests are ever the same.
03:04All they need to do is get as many questions right as possible.
03:08Really?
03:09Yes.
03:10Beautiful.
03:10That's our catchphrase right there.
03:12And they've got to accrue as many points as they can.
03:14That is crucial, because they'll want a big lead going into our final round, which is Answer Bank, when everything
03:18can change.
03:19Just to remind you, this is what's at stake, the Celebrity Puzzling Puzzling Cube.
03:28Let's head off to round one.
03:29In this game, you need to keep your eyes peeled, because it's word flash.
03:34In this round, you're going to be given a category, followed by some of the answer.
03:38Your job is to fill in the full answer.
03:39So, for example, you might be given the category TV series, followed by a series of boxes that appear one
03:45by one.
03:45Some have letters, some don't.
03:47Here are TV series, and one, two, three, four, it's not Crimewatch, four words.
03:55Now, guests, do you want to have a stab at this?
03:57Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
04:00I know you got that, Shazia, as well.
04:01Well done.
04:02That's how you do it.
04:03It's time to play.
04:04Carol, Rav, Sally, Shazia.
04:06It's a finger on buzzers one.
04:07Here's your first one.
04:10Dessert.
04:14Six letters.
04:17Another six.
04:18Rav.
04:19Sticky toffee pudding.
04:20Is it sticky toffee pudding?
04:22Wow.
04:23Yes!
04:24Oh!
04:24Oh, oh, oh.
04:26OK, sticky toffee pudding.
04:28What a very, very early buzz there from Rav.
04:30Very good.
04:30Fingers on buzzers.
04:31Here's your next.
04:33Boy band.
04:42Rav.
04:43New Kids on the Block.
04:44New Kids on the Block.
04:47Is this?
04:48Oh!
04:49That's good.
04:50This is amazing.
04:53Another one for you.
04:55Come on, opponents.
04:57Novel.
04:59Two letters.
05:01Four.
05:02Sally.
05:03Is it To Kill a Mockingbird?
05:04Is it To Kill a Mockingbird?
05:06Two words.
05:07Yay!
05:09Brilliant.
05:10To Kill a Mockingbird is like,
05:11this is a cracking old round.
05:14Right, next question.
05:15Fingers on buzzers.
05:16Sporting great.
05:22Seven letters.
05:26Eleven letters.
05:28Right, two words.
05:30Looks like a person.
05:33Rav.
05:33Martina Navratilova.
05:35Oh, serious.
05:36Is it Martina Navratilova?
05:39Oh!
05:40Yes!
05:41What the hell?
05:42This is your game.
05:43Oh, my God.
05:44That was Martina Navratilova.
05:46Here is your next one.
05:48Music group.
05:53Three letters, five letters.
05:55Another three.
05:56Then another three.
05:58Then five.
06:00Music group.
06:01Letters appearing.
06:02H-E.
06:05H-E.
06:05Is it The?
06:12It's not come clear yet.
06:15Music group.
06:16Carol.
06:17The mamas and the papas.
06:19The mamas and the papas.
06:24The mamas and the papas.
06:26So, fingers on buzzers.
06:27Final one.
06:29Famous landmark.
06:31These can be tricky.
06:33Five letters.
06:35Six letters.
06:37Of.
06:38Hmm.
06:40Four letters.
06:41Oh, man.
06:49Well, we see the letters arriving, but it's still not clear.
06:54Oh.
06:55That's got to be great.
06:57Oh!
06:58Carol.
06:59Great Sphinx of Cairo.
07:03Is it Great Sphinx of Cairo?
07:06No.
07:07So, Great Sphinx of what?
07:09Sally and Shazia, you can steal for a point.
07:11Egypt.
07:12Is it Great Sphinx of Egypt?
07:14No.
07:15Let's have a look.
07:16So, Great Sphinx of...
07:18Great Sphinx of Giza.
07:19Well, well, not well done.
07:21Didn't get it right.
07:23Hashtag awkward.
07:24At the end of that round, Sally and Shazia have scored two.
07:28Oh, great.
07:29Carol and Raph have scored eight.
07:31Oh!
07:32All right, good start.
07:33Don't worry.
07:34Don't worry, we're still in the game.
07:35Oh, yeah.
07:36Oof!
07:36In a moment, our teams will head over to the letterbox.
07:39In this round, they get the chance to move lots of letter tiles around in the slim hope of getting
07:44something in the right order.
07:46The game you're playing tonight is called Flipside.
07:49So, you're going to see a word.
07:51All you've got to do is give us an opposite meaning of that word using the letters provided.
07:54It really is straightforward.
07:56That couldn't be easier, could it?
07:58Really?
07:58Open?
07:59Do we want to pretend not to know it?
08:00I wonder what it is.
08:02OK, let's see.
08:03Oh, no!
08:04Carol and Raph, this is a big moment.
08:07See if you can put more distance.
08:08Let's see what Raph does on this.
08:09I'm fascinated.
08:10Head on over to the letterbox now to play Flipside.
08:15Carol and Raph, remember to hit the button when you have your answer.
08:18Don't forget you're looking for something that has the opposite meaning, OK?
08:21Here's your first Flipside.
08:22Your time starts now.
08:24Oh, what's this?
08:26Calm.
08:27Busy.
08:28Busy.
08:29Stressed, excited.
08:30What could it be?
08:30It's not busy.
08:32What could it be?
08:35The opposite of calm is stressed.
08:38Yeah, no S.
08:39Can't do that.
08:40Can't do that.
08:40What about...
08:41Got an X in there.
08:42Something there.
08:43Excited?
08:44Excited?
08:44I say, I say, I say...
08:46Yes.
08:47I'm very excited about that.
08:50Well done.
08:51Yes, good.
08:52Excellent.
08:52Excited is the answer.
08:54The second puzzle will have one extra letter available that you don't need,
08:57a red herring if you will.
08:58It's worth four points if you're ready.
09:00Your time starts now.
09:03What's this?
09:04Captivity.
09:06So, um...
09:07Free...
09:08So, if you're free...
09:09Well, we've got free here, haven't we?
09:11We've got...
09:12Free...
09:12Free...
09:13One extra letter, remember.
09:15What's that?
09:16Freedom?
09:17Free...
09:17No.
09:18Free MOT.
09:18Free MOT.
09:19That'd be nice, wouldn't it?
09:20I don't think it's going to be a scam.
09:22Sounds like a scam.
09:23Free...
09:23Shall we try?
09:24Yeah, freedom.
09:25Shall we try it?
09:26Yeah.
09:27Freedom's right, of course.
09:28Yes, well done, you.
09:29Your final puzzle has two red herring letters just to confuse you further.
09:33If you solve it, it's worth five points.
09:35Your time starts now.
09:39Encourage is the words.
09:41OK.
09:42OK, so it's...
09:42You've got two extra letters there, remember.
09:44I've got to think of the reverse of that.
09:45So we've got discourage, obviously.
09:47Yeah, to discourage, too.
09:49Put someone down.
09:51Dissuade.
09:51No, we've got no S's.
09:52Ignore that.
09:53Sometimes I find it's easier if you put them together like that.
09:57What would that be?
09:59Um...
10:00I can't see it.
10:01So two of them are wrong.
10:02Negative.
10:03It's going to be a negative word, we'll see.
10:14Do something deep to D...
10:18Running out of time.
10:22D...
10:23I think out of time.
10:25No.
10:25Well, yeah, the I and K looks so tempting.
10:28No.
10:29Actually, it's not I and K.
10:30So we're going to put the H there.
10:32Yeah.
10:32And I'm going to go like that.
10:34Hinder.
10:34And, like, that is a rather lovely use of the opposite there, isn't it?
10:39Yeah.
10:39Because it is a genuine hard one.
10:41Hinder was the answer.
10:43Good effort by Carol and Rav.
10:44Their trip to the letterbox has scored seven points.
10:47It's about time to take a break before you all get puzzled beyond recognition.
10:50Trust me, it pays to pause from time to time.
10:52We'll see you on the other side of this ad break.
10:54Bye for now.
10:58If you want to keep puzzling,
11:00see if you can complete the vertical word to solve this third order.
11:04Get puzzling.
11:12Have you completed the missing word and solved this third order?
11:16If you did, great puzzling.
11:21So how are we feeling?
11:22Because you've got a little bit of an in here, haven't you?
11:24Yeah, I know, but that last one was really, really hard.
11:27Yeah.
11:27Welcome back to Celebrity Puzzling.
11:28We're just chatting here, actually.
11:30The only show on telly that gives celebrities resting puzzle face.
11:33It's now Sally and Shazia's turn at the letterbox to play.
11:37Flip side, so you're going to see a word.
11:39You're looking for the opposite meaning to find the correct answer.
11:42Sally, Shazia, here's your first.
11:43Your time starts now.
11:46So straight.
11:47Now.
11:49Ben.
11:49Red.
11:50Dead.
11:51Um, straight.
11:53Straight.
11:54Oh, I'm going to bend.
11:55I'm going to bend.
11:56It's curved.
11:56It's curved.
11:57Curved.
11:59Oh, C-U-V-E-R-E-D.
12:02Curved.
12:03C-U-V-E-R-E-D.
12:04Press it quick.
12:05So what, you have time.
12:06You did really, really well.
12:08Curved.
12:09Have we got a bit of resting puzzle face going on there?
12:11The second puzzle.
12:13One extra letter available that you don't need just to make it tougher.
12:16It is worth four points.
12:18Your time starts now.
12:20What?
12:22Massive.
12:22Massive.
12:23Minute.
12:25Miniature.
12:25Miniature.
12:26What?
12:26Did you get it?
12:27Yeah, miniature.
12:28Oh, my God.
12:29Min, min, a, t, or, t, u, r, e.
12:36Miniatures.
12:37Miniatures.
12:38T-I-R.
12:39Miniatures.
12:40Miniatures.
12:40It's too.
12:42Miniatures.
12:43Is it miniatures?
12:44Miniatures.
12:45Yeah?
12:46Yeah?
12:46Press it.
12:47Oh!
12:48Oh!
12:49It is miniature.
12:51That's your genius.
12:52It's miniature.
12:53It's miniature.
12:54So we just knocked the S-
12:56Oh, it's a spelling mistake.
12:58Massive spelling mistake.
13:00That wasn't even the hardest one.
13:02But it was so long.
13:03We need to take our time.
13:05That's what we need to do.
13:06That's good.
13:06That's a catchphrase of the show.
13:08We need to take our time, viewers.
13:09Take your time.
13:10Your final puzzle is a shorter word.
13:13It's got two red herring letters, though, just to confuse you further.
13:15If you solve it, it's going to be worth five points and it's a bit of a comeback.
13:18So let's do it.
13:19Your time starts now.
13:22Spendthrift.
13:24Spendthrift.
13:25Okay.
13:26Spendthrift.
13:28Okay.
13:29Spendthrift.
13:29Spendthrift.
13:30I think I knew it.
13:31Okay.
13:31Spendthrift.
13:33I think it's...
13:34I don't know how to spell it.
13:35Okay.
13:35What is it?
13:36Spendthrift.
13:38Miser.
13:39But is that...
13:40That's obviously how you spell Miser.
13:41That is Miser because O and L are just no place in that.
13:46Well done!
13:47We took our time.
13:48See what we did?
13:50Yeah, you did.
13:50You were very deliberate.
13:52Well done.
13:52Back on track in a big way.
13:53Well done, Sally.
13:54Well done, Shazia.
13:55Really well played.
13:55And you were careful there.
13:57We didn't get any eyes in the wrong position.
14:00Please head back to your seats.
14:06How many points did you rack up at home?
14:08Well done, Sally and Shazia.
14:09Your visit to the Letterboxd scored you eight points.
14:12So let's see what that's done to the overall scores.
14:15Here we go.
14:15Sally, Shazia on ten.
14:18Carol, Rav on fifteen.
14:23It's not yet an emergency.
14:25No, it's not.
14:25But it could become one.
14:26No, it's not.
14:27The next round will make you feel like a hacker from a 90s movie.
14:30It's Cypher.
14:33Let's have a look at an example for you, just to give you a sense of it.
14:36I'll give you a category clue.
14:37So here it is sci-fi movie.
14:40I'll show you the puzzle you have to solve.
14:42You've got six letters here.
14:44Oh.
14:44Look at that.
14:44Well, that's interesting because three are rocking horses.
14:47So immediately you think three letters are the same.
14:50The actual pictures in the letters are not anything to do with it.
14:53Can we have a letter, please, Jeremy?
14:55Yes.
14:55Now, there's a classic example of gameplay.
14:58Sally had started to struggle.
14:59Yes.
14:59So she says, I think I need a letter.
15:01So I say, yes, I can give you this one.
15:03At this point, it's worth two points, not three.
15:06Yes.
15:06And that's helpful, isn't it?
15:08And now we sort of...
15:08It's very helpful.
15:09But we're still struggling.
15:11But we're still struggling.
15:13So, Carol...
15:13Can we have another letter, please?
15:14Carol says, can I have another letter?
15:16At this point, it goes down from two points to one.
15:19I give you a V.
15:20And now, if you haven't got this, you need to give your head a wobble.
15:24Avatar.
15:25Avatar.
15:26Sally and Shazia, if you're ready to play, here's your first cipher.
15:30Yes, Sally goes like that.
15:31Right, come on, Sal.
15:33Come on.
15:33It's six letters.
15:35It's a puzzle.
15:37Right, and they're all not...
15:40Sudoku.
15:41Oh, no, Hans.
15:42Right, OK.
15:43Well, that's interesting.
15:45You've got two letters the same.
15:46Yeah, you are.
15:46You're absolutely right.
15:47So let's just double-check before.
15:49She's out of the traps, this one.
15:50I've got to keep her back.
15:51Yeah, hold her back, because we'll get the repeat of the miniatures.
15:54She's such an energy.
15:56Sudoku.
15:57It's not ooh, is it Sudoku, isn't it?
15:59I don't play it, so I don't know.
16:01Let's get a letter.
16:02OK.
16:02Let's have a letter.
16:05Oh.
16:05Yes.
16:06So it is.
16:07Yes.
16:09Sudoku, yes.
16:10Is it Sudoku?
16:12Oh, Sudoku.
16:14Yeah.
16:15Because it is quite a confusing thing, because I say Sudoku.
16:18So it's Sudoku.
16:20Sorry, Hans.
16:20Sudoku.
16:21No, that was good to check, because it could have been Cluedo.
16:23Here's the first one for Carol and Rav.
16:25Here we go.
16:26You two now.
16:27Carol and Rav.
16:28Cool.
16:29Two words.
16:30Outdoor ornament.
16:31Six letters, then five letters.
16:34What have we got outdoors?
16:36OK, so we have a statue, a topiary thing, a window box, gazebo, a pagode.
16:43It's an ornament.
16:44What would it be?
16:45I don't know.
16:45I don't know.
16:46I don't know.
16:46Two the same there.
16:47A bust, a fountain.
16:50Water fountain.
16:50Water fountain.
16:51No, no, no.
16:52Can't be.
16:53I really don't know.
16:55We can always have a letter.
16:57Shall we?
16:58Shall we?
16:58I think so.
16:59Yeah.
17:00Jeremy, could we have a letter?
17:01This is me doing your voice.
17:03Oh.
17:04Jeremy, could we have a letter, please?
17:07Thank you so much, Carol.
17:09Let's have a letter.
17:11Oh.
17:12OK.
17:13So, the square bracket, is that an S?
17:16What could come there?
17:17It could be an A?
17:18It could be an O, or it could be on something.
17:21Yeah.
17:22I think we might need another letter after you.
17:24Yeah, I think so.
17:25Jeremiah.
17:26Darling.
17:27Could we have another letter, please?
17:28OK, my darling.
17:29We'll have another letter.
17:30Let's see if we can do a nice letter here.
17:32OK.
17:33R.
17:33Oh.
17:34Oh.
17:35There we go.
17:35R.
17:36Garden gnome, yeah.
17:36Yeah.
17:37Go on.
17:38Garden gnome.
17:39Garden gnome for one point.
17:40So, it's until you get those Gs, it doesn't make any sense.
17:46No.
17:47No.
17:47For Garden gnome, these next ones might be a little tougher to crack.
17:51Sally and Shazia, here's yours.
17:55Oh.
17:55We've got a seven-letter word and a five-letter word,
17:58and she's an Irish actress.
18:00Irish actress.
18:02OK, let me think.
18:03We just need to think of some, sir, to see if they fit.
18:06OK.
18:06So, those two, the same letter, that's the same.
18:08At the end, that's the same.
18:10That will help us.
18:11And those two are the same.
18:12Yeah.
18:13So, there's lots of similar...
18:15So, if we get the first name, potentially.
18:16Yeah.
18:17Now, it might be one that's spelt like something that you wouldn't...
18:21That there's absolutely nothing like it's pronounced.
18:23Roisin, or something like that.
18:25So, let's think of Irish actresses.
18:27We're thinking of...
18:28Irish actress.
18:31Can we have a letter?
18:32Shall we get a letter?
18:32Yeah.
18:32Let's give a letter, please.
18:33All right, let me see if I can give you a letter.
18:35It goes down to two points if you get it now.
18:38So, the first letter of the second word is R.
18:42And there's an R in the first word, too.
18:44Surname begins with R.
18:46I'm just trying to think of...
18:49Irish character.
18:51Oh, we're going to have to get another letter, I think.
18:53Can we get another letter, please?
18:54Indeed.
18:55Let's give you another one, going down to one point now.
18:57So, the starting letter is S.
18:59Oh, I think...
19:00No, I think it's that.
19:02I know, I think it...
19:02But I don't know how you say it.
19:04I can see her face.
19:05And I know she's got a very almost unpronounceable first name,
19:09which is wonderful, because everybody knows it,
19:11apart from clearly me at this point.
19:12So, I think it's Sorosi...
19:14Oh, you say it like that, and then it's Ryans or something.
19:17Give us a stab at it.
19:20Sorosi Ryans.
19:20Sorosi Ryans.
19:22No.
19:23We pass it over to Steele, Carol and Rav.
19:26I think it said, and apologies, Saoirse.
19:30Saoirse.
19:31I think it said Ronan, is it?
19:33Yeah.
19:33Is it Saoirse or Saoirse Ronan?
19:36Yeah.
19:37Oh, my God.
19:38So, I'm saying it phonetically and...
19:40No, listen, totally understood.
19:42Yeah, it's the pronunciation.
19:43It's a hard one, because you don't have a necessarily an English equivalent.
19:46Saoirse is the right way of pronouncing it.
19:48You're bang on.
19:49Saoirse.
19:49Saoirse Ronan.
19:50Over to Carol and Rav for your next cipher.
19:53OK, Rav.
19:53OK, here we go.
19:54It's a very tense game.
19:55That looks like ten letters.
19:57It's D-I-Y.
19:59OK.
20:00Oh, dear.
20:02Something hammer?
20:04Something hammer?
20:05R.
20:06Just looking at the Swiss flags.
20:09It's all one word?
20:10Yeah, yeah.
20:12Potentially.
20:15Jack hammer?
20:16Could that work?
20:17Oh, it could be.
20:18The green, yellow with the ball in the middle flag.
20:21All those two the same.
20:21Brazil.
20:22Yeah.
20:23So if that's an E...
20:24It cannot be Jack hammer.
20:26Do we have a letter?
20:27Oh, annoyingly, yes.
20:27I think they're going to give us M, aren't they?
20:29Here's a letter for you.
20:32There's a letter for you.
20:34So now it goes down.
20:35Oh, actually, that's very useful.
20:36So two points, if you get it.
20:37Yeah.
20:38Ladder.
20:38That is useful.
20:39Oh.
20:44Step ladder.
20:46Yeah.
20:46Yes!
20:47Well done.
20:48Well done.
20:48Step ladder.
20:50Is it step ladder?
20:52Of course.
20:53It is.
20:53Go for it.
20:54Very good.
20:55Good.
20:55The level might get a bit harder now for the last one.
20:58So we do like to throw in some googlys.
21:01Sally, Shazia, here we go.
21:03Cipher.
21:05Shoes.
21:06Shoes with 13 letters.
21:09There's too teary-eyed there, quite rightly.
21:12Oh, I think...
21:14You know it.
21:15I think it's Louboutins.
21:16Oh, my.
21:17Right, OK, let's do it.
21:18L-O-U-B-A-I-T-A-I-N-S.
21:27The smiley faces have got to be the same.
21:30You know, obviously, you've worked out that I can't spell.
21:32Can I help you?
21:34Shall we get a letter?
21:35So it's three points if you get it from this.
21:37Let's have a letter.
21:37All right, shall we give you a letter?
21:38Now it's worth two points.
21:39And the opening one is W, so it's not Louboutins.
21:43Wedge heels.
21:44Wedge heels?
21:44Oh, no.
21:45No, there'd be a double.
21:50Another letter goes down to one point.
21:52OK, let's have another.
21:54Yeah, I was hoping you'd get that.
21:57Wellington!
21:58No, it's not.
21:59That's Willington.
21:59Oh, Willing...
22:00Oh, Willing...
22:02Sorry, I'm thinking of...
22:03Willingtons.
22:05Oh, I've got it.
22:06Oh, have you really?
22:07Is it Winkle Pickers?
22:09Is it Winkle Pickers?
22:11Oh, yeah.
22:13You're so good.
22:15The final sign for the Solve goes to Carol and Rav.
22:19Here it is.
22:20Gird yourselves.
22:21Five letters, then six letters.
22:24Formula One.
22:26OK, so this could be the name of a team, obviously.
22:29Or it could be the name of a...
22:32driver.
22:34Of a driver.
22:35Or a...
22:36Or a track, perhaps.
22:38Or a track.
22:40Yeah.
22:41I'm trying to think of what short-named drivers are there.
22:45And obviously, as you can see, there's a double.
22:48There's a couple of doubles, yeah.
22:50Yeah.
22:50The weights.
22:51There's three doubles.
22:52Oh, yeah.
22:53One...
22:55So, the double-doubles, you know, the red one kicking football.
22:58Oh.
22:59What would that be?
23:01Would you like a letter?
23:02I think so.
23:04Do you?
23:04Yeah, OK.
23:05So, it was worth three, now it's worth two, if you get it.
23:07And the letter is O.
23:09And that is...
23:11I know!
23:12Oh, go on.
23:13Lando Norris.
23:16Let's have a look.
23:16Is it Lando Norris?
23:19Oh, boy, oh, boy.
23:20What is that?
23:21He's the new world champion, and he was born in...
23:24Bristol.
23:25Oh, OK.
23:26OK.
23:27Well, that was such a round.
23:29Sally and Shazia got three points during that round, so they're now up to 13.
23:35Carol and Rav got six.
23:36They are on 21.
23:38Ooh!
23:40Cool.
23:41Did you, if you're playing at home, outscore our celebrities?
23:45Well done if you did.
23:46Time for an ad break.
23:47I'll be counting down the seconds until we meet again.
23:50See you soon for evermore celebrity puzzling.
23:56If you want to keep puzzling, see if you can use the clue to solve this around-the-block
24:00teaser.
24:01All will be revealed after the break.
24:09Have you discovered the answer and solved this around-the-block puzzle?
24:14If you figured it out, well done.
24:18Welcome back to Celebrity Puzzling.
24:20I'm Jeremy Vine, established 1965.
24:22Right now, Carol and Sally have declared both psychological and puzzling warfare on one
24:28another with the somewhat reluctant help of Rav Wilding and Shazia Mirza.
24:33It's time to see if Rav and Shazia have got the minerals for some serious puzzling as
24:37we pit them head-to-head, you against you, in a game which sounds like child's play but
24:43is anything but.
24:44It's Join the Dots.
24:47So this is the part of the show where Carol and Sally can kick back, relax and try not
24:51to whisper.
24:53Rav and Shazia, on the screen you'll be shown a puzzle consisting of a category and a series
24:58of dots.
24:59I'll give one a spin for you now.
25:00Reading.
25:01So it looks like one word.
25:02What can you see?
25:03Can you see book in there?
25:05Or a bee?
25:06Or can you see a word forming?
25:08Either of you?
25:10I'm a vegan.
25:10Oh, it looks like it might be, go on.
25:12Biography.
25:13Yes, so that's an example of how you would play.
25:16I'm partial to an autobiography and as soon as I move on from colouring books, that's
25:19the first kind of book I'm going to get.
25:23The first player to buzz in and give the correct answer will score two points.
25:26If a player buzzes incorrectly, we freeze it and the other person can then have a go.
25:30Here we go, first one coming on the buzzers, please.
25:34Flower is the category.
25:39Wow.
25:48Rev.
25:50Snowdrop.
25:54Snowdrop.
25:55The right answer.
25:57I worked it out by myself.
26:01Snowdrop is the right answer.
26:02Well done.
26:02It was, let's say, at an advanced stage when you got it.
26:05I know you're going to get your eye in and it's not easy the first time.
26:08Fingers on buzzers, here's the next one.
26:11This is a great round already.
26:13Fish.
26:14One word.
26:25Shazia.
26:26Piranha.
26:27Is it Piranha?
26:29Yes, it is.
26:31It just takes so long.
26:32It's really hard because the letters sort of bleed into each other.
26:36It's going in slow motion.
26:37I know, it is like that thing of being, I know, sort of moving through fog at night with a
26:42mask on.
26:43Get ready, here's the next one.
26:45It's a good round, though.
26:47See if you can get it at home quicker than them.
26:48Star group.
26:49Looks like two words.
26:52The lines start to form.
26:54Rav.
26:55Big Dipper.
26:56Big Dipper, he says.
26:57Is it right?
27:00He's got his eye in.
27:02He's got his eye in.
27:03Action stations, time for another.
27:08Entertainers.
27:09Oh, we love them.
27:10It looks like three words.
27:13Look carefully.
27:15Rav.
27:16Morcom and Wise.
27:18Oh, I say.
27:19Is it Morcom and Wise?
27:21Oh, no way.
27:24You are doing something extraordinary there.
27:27I don't know what it is.
27:28Some people just see it, don't they?
27:30It's a funny thing.
27:31So, last one.
27:33We're looking at voting.
27:36Looks like four words.
27:39Lines forming.
27:41Red dots being joined.
27:44Hmm.
27:46Getting closer.
27:49Shazia.
27:49First past the post.
27:51I think it is, you know.
27:52I don't know how I got that, but I just...
27:55I think it is.
27:56I just got it, you know.
27:57I just saw it.
27:58You saw it.
27:59I just saw it.
28:00It's incredible.
28:02Well done.
28:02Rav, Shazia, that was a brilliant round
28:05in the sense of moments of genius
28:07and moments of entertainment.
28:10And that describes this whole show.
28:12Rav scored six.
28:13Shazia scored four.
28:14So, you're close on that.
28:16The scores at the moment, therefore, are...
28:18Sally and Shazia, 17.
28:21Carol and Rav, 10 points ahead on 27.
28:27So, if you're playing at home,
28:28did you manage to join the dots before our celebrities?
28:30Well done if you did.
28:31The next round is bound to get our puzzlers hot under the collar.
28:35It is heat map.
28:37So, here's how it works.
28:39For each puzzle in this round,
28:40the players are shown an image of a classic QWERTY keyboard.
28:43Above the keyboard is a category.
28:45So, here it's 80s pop group.
28:47And the letters in the answer are highlighted on the keyboard.
28:50All the others are greyed out.
28:51And the crucial thing is this.
28:53If the letter's in there once, it's green.
28:55If it's twice, it's orange.
28:56Three or more times, it's red.
28:58So, in this, you can see we've got the A in it
29:01at least three times.
29:03Yeah, lots of times.
29:0480s pop group.
29:06What are we looking at there?
29:07Bananarama.
29:08Is it Bananarama?
29:10Bananarama, yeah.
29:11How do we fancy that?
29:12Yes, well done.
29:12Ooh.
29:13Very small number of actual letters in a very long word.
29:16Yes.
29:16A great band and one of your five a day.
29:19Sally and Shazia, you're up first.
29:21Here's your first puzzle for two points.
29:24Come on, guys.
29:26The comeback starts here.
29:27Superhero and at least three A's.
29:30OK.
29:32Superhero.
29:33Let's go through them.
29:34Batman, Superman, Spike.
29:36The Incredible Hulk.
29:37Spider-Man.
29:39What's the P?
29:40Spider-Man.
29:41Spider-Man.
29:42No.
29:43Iron Man.
29:44And Wonder Woman.
29:45Wonder Woman.
29:47Wonder Woman.
29:51Superhero.
29:52Superhero.
29:53So, what do we think?
29:54Superhero.
29:56Superhero.
29:57The Hulk.
29:57The Superhero.
29:58Wonder Woman.
29:59Spider-Man.
30:00Superman.
30:00Oh, gosh.
30:03Superhero.
30:05OK.
30:05No, sorry.
30:06Sorry.
30:07Nothing?
30:08OK.
30:09Carol and Rav, you can steal for a point.
30:11Captain America.
30:12Is it Captain America?
30:13Yes, it is.
30:15We've got to steal America.
30:16We stole it to one point.
30:17Carol and Rav, here's your first.
30:19OK.
30:19Heatmap, and the clue is actress.
30:22Oh, it could be anyone.
30:24Lots of them.
30:25Lots of R's and A's.
30:27Lots of A's.
30:28OK.
30:31And a W.
30:32There's a W.
30:33How many W's?
30:34Only one.
30:34Is that Barbara?
30:36Windsor?
30:37Windsor.
30:38Very good.
30:39Would it, though?
30:40That works.
30:41He's got it.
30:42That works.
30:43Yeah?
30:44Are they all there?
30:45Yeah, that works.
30:45All right.
30:46Our babs.
30:48Is he right?
30:50Barbara Windsor.
30:51Well done.
30:54OK.
30:54Sally, Shazia, here's yours.
30:57So, minimal staff.
30:59OK.
31:00Minimal staff.
31:01Heck.
31:02Minimal staff.
31:03And there's at least three E's in there.
31:05Minimal staff.
31:07Minimal staff.
31:09Minimal staff.
31:11Oh, I'm done.
31:12Is it skeleton crew?
31:15Minimal staff.
31:16Skeleton crew?
31:17Is it skeleton crew?
31:19It is skeleton crew.
31:22Carolyn Raff, here's your next one.
31:25Whodunit.
31:26Heck.
31:27Love this.
31:28At least three E's.
31:30The.
31:31I've got the.
31:33Yeah.
31:34Yay.
31:34The word crime's not in there,
31:36so we're not talking a crime scene.
31:37It's not like a game.
31:39Cluedo's not in there.
31:39An Agatha Christie thing.
31:41Oh, no.
31:42No, gee.
31:42No.
31:43Are there names of famous ones that she's done?
31:46Is it Hercule, but no.
31:50Some of the mysteries.
31:51Three.
31:52The three.
31:52Is that any help to us whatsoever?
31:53You've got the in there,
31:55which I think could well be there.
31:56Yeah.
31:57Have you done it?
31:58Oh.
31:59Have you done it?
32:00The night manager.
32:01No.
32:02It's not there.
32:02It's not there.
32:03OK, OK.
32:04Not Madame Blanc, either.
32:06No.
32:07OK.
32:07I'm not...
32:08We're not anywhere near, Joe.
32:09Go on, give us...
32:09Throw anything.
32:11The Loaded Gun.
32:13The Loaded Gun.
32:16We pass it over for a steal.
32:17I don't know.
32:19Well, it's got to be quick.
32:20No, OK, you're buzzed out.
32:21What if we went for Agatha Christie titles here?
32:23So we leave out and then there were none,
32:26the most famous one,
32:27and we go towards the other really famous ones,
32:29not Murder on the Orient Express.
32:32No, it's not the Vicarage.
32:34Which one?
32:34Something on the Nile.
32:35Death on the Nile.
32:37That was the answer, yeah.
32:39Wow.
32:39Sally and Shazia, here's your next one.
32:41Tried.
32:42London landmark.
32:43OK.
32:45So at least three A's, E's and T's.
32:50Right, so it's not the post office tower.
32:53London landmark.
32:54London Bridge, is it?
32:56Is it Lambeth Walk, no?
32:58It's not the London anything,
32:59because there's no L, so that's out.
33:01So it's not London Bridge
33:02or the Tower of London or anything like that.
33:04No, no.
33:04So it's got to be,
33:06it can't be Big Ben,
33:07because it's too big.
33:09So we've got to look at bridges.
33:12Is it something bridge?
33:13Is it Buckingham Palace?
33:16Buckingham Palace.
33:16And there's no C.
33:18Buckingham Palace.
33:20It's not Waterloo,
33:21Bridge, it's W-A-T...
33:24Anything?
33:26London landmark.
33:27The post office tower.
33:29Post office tower.
33:31It's not.
33:32No, we'd throw it over to Rav and Carol.
33:35Oh, you know it.
33:35Yes.
33:36Battersea Power Station.
33:38Battersea Power Station.
33:41How did you do that?
33:44I think, no, I saw on the top row,
33:46power,
33:47and that's the only thing with power.
33:49Oh, I see.
33:51Next one is the last one.
33:53Carol and Rav.
33:54Oh.
33:55This is it.
33:56Dutch footballer.
33:57So you've got three I's at least.
34:00Dutch footballer.
34:01Do you know any footballers?
34:02Yeah, but they're not Dutch.
34:04You've got to be a famous one.
34:05Back in the day.
34:05Okay, go on.
34:06Rude Hullet, that won't work.
34:08Van Niestel Roy.
34:09Won't work.
34:10Just Niestel.
34:10Because there's no S.
34:12So, yeah, that was the other one I was thinking of.
34:15There was one back in the 70s or 80s, wasn't there?
34:18Dennis Burkham won't work,
34:19because there's no letters for that.
34:22Oh, it's going to kill me this one.
34:23This is going to be horrible.
34:25I don't watch football.
34:27No.
34:28J.
34:28He's got a J in there.
34:29John Van...
34:31Can't do O.
34:32Jan Van...
34:34Jan.
34:35I like your reasoning here.
34:37No, Tom, no.
34:39No.
34:40Van...
34:41Rip Van Winkle.
34:43Oh.
34:44You know what?
34:45You're not...
34:45Rip Van Winkle.
34:46Rick with a C.
34:49Sally and Shazia, your turn.
34:51Rip Van Winkle.
34:53It's not Rip Van Winkle.
34:55Pelé di Holland.
34:56He is a defender with Liverpool,
34:57so it's Virgil van Dijk.
35:00Oh.
35:01At the end of that round of heat map,
35:02it's Sally and Shazia who are cooling down with 19 points.
35:05Carol and Rav are on fire with 31.
35:09Did you manage to solve any of those at home?
35:11Well done, they're not easy.
35:13Time for our penultimate round.
35:14Here, both teams will step up to the letterbox in turn.
35:17And the fastest team to solve their puzzle
35:19will receive two bonus points,
35:20which could be crucial come the end of the show.
35:22So it's all to play for in Letterbox Ladder.
35:27Let's see how this works.
35:28I'm sure you know by now.
35:29You'll see three key words appearing on the screen
35:31in between a series of spaces
35:33where you need to find the connections that link the words.
35:35So here we have break something, something under.
35:37Down.
35:38OK, break down.
35:39All right, so down goes in there.
35:41You're using the letters from the top of the screen.
35:44So bottleneck is the bottom one.
35:46Break down, down under, bottleneck.
35:47So now you've just got those ones.
35:50Underwater.
35:50Water bottle.
35:51Break down, down under, underwater, water bottle, bottleneck.
35:57As always, you'll be against the clock.
35:58You can solve the ladder in any order.
36:00And as soon as you've completed the entire puzzle,
36:02just hit the button and stop the clock, OK?
36:04So, this can be a fast and frantic round sometimes.
36:07It can be very stressful.
36:09You'll score two points per solved word.
36:11If you complete all three words faster than your opponents,
36:14I'll give you a further two points.
36:16Carol and Rav, you're leading,
36:17so please head over first to the Letterboxd to face your ladder.
36:23As soon as you solve the ladder,
36:25hit the button to stop the clock.
36:26Your time starts now.
36:28Scarlet Pitch Eye.
36:29I was going to say Scarlet Woman.
36:31Fever, would that work?
36:32Fever, Scarlet Fever, yes.
36:34There we go.
36:35I've got N.
36:35That's a word, isn't it?
36:36That's a term.
36:37That looks good.
36:38Scarlet Fever, Fever Pitch.
36:40Well done, that's gone green.
36:42Then pitch, pitch, pitch.
36:45Pitch Black.
36:47Pitch Black, Black Eye.
36:49OK.
36:50Black.
36:51Pitch Black.
36:53Pitch Black is right, you're playing really well.
36:55Candy, eye candy, eye candy.
36:57Well done.
36:58Yes.
36:59Oh, that was done really well.
37:01Honestly, methodical, tidy, straightforward, honest, diligent.
37:07Those were none of the words on the table.
37:09Fever, Black and Candy it was.
37:11Scarlet Fever, Fever Pitch, Pitch Black, Black Eye, eye candy.
37:14Well done both.
37:15Carol and Rav, you scored six.
37:17We'll see if it's good enough for the bonus points
37:19after Sally and Shazia have played.
37:21Before they take on the Letterboxd,
37:23I'm sure they'd like a little moment of going,
37:25um, so we're going to take a break
37:27and I'm going to use that to remind
37:29this excited gaggle of celebs
37:31to use their so-called inside voices.
37:33Please join us back here after this.
37:39Can you figure out the missing word
37:41that links the two clues in this Letterboxd ladder puzzle?
37:44All will be revealed after the break.
37:52Did you successfully solve this Letterboxd ladder puzzle?
37:57If you cracked it, well done.
38:01Welcome back to Celebrity Puzzling.
38:03For those of you obsessed with the competitive element of the show,
38:06you're in luck, because we're about to find out who wins.
38:08Sally and Shazia, now your turn to face the Letterboxd ladder
38:11with quite a lot at stake.
38:12You saw what they did just then.
38:14You'll have three new connecting words to solve.
38:16You've got to beat the time set by Carol and Rav
38:18to earn the crucial bonus points.
38:20Once you solve all three, hit that button.
38:23Good luck.
38:23Your time starts now.
38:26So, stunt, quick, escape.
38:29Stunt double.
38:30Stunt double?
38:31Well done.
38:32D...
38:33Stunt double.
38:34Double.
38:34Double D-O-U-B.
38:36B-O-U...
38:38Double.
38:39Think of this one.
38:39L-E-D-O-U-B.
38:43Double, double, well done, double, well done.
38:44So, double...
38:46Quick, quick, escape.
38:48Quick step, quick step, quick step.
38:50It's not stop.
38:51We've got to be these letters.
38:53Quick...
38:54Quick fire, quick fire.
38:56Oh, OK.
38:58Yep, that sounds good.
38:59Quick fire.
39:00See if it goes green.
39:01Escape, route, R-O-U-T...
39:03R-O-U-T...
39:06I think you must...
39:07I don't know.
39:08I want to see who got the fastest time.
39:10I've got no idea.
39:11That was rapid.
39:13It's fantastic to watch.
39:14The Lindsay shuffle.
39:15Sorry, it's gone.
39:16It's like a hurricane hitting that table.
39:18It was absolutely amazing to watch.
39:20Stunt double, double quick, quick fire, fire escape, escape room.
39:24Well done.
39:24I have no idea who won on time.
39:26We'll find out in just a moment.
39:28Head back to your seats.
39:29APPLAUSE
39:33That was tight.
39:36So, one of you did it in 29.
39:39And one of you did it in 36.
39:42Who do you think was faster?
39:45You both think the other.
39:47Yeah.
39:47It's actually Carol and Rav were faster.
39:48Oh!
39:49Were we?
39:4929 seconds, 36 seconds.
39:51Wow.
39:51That means that Carol and Rav take the bonus.
39:53So, going into the final, the overall scores are
39:56Sally and Shazia, 25.
39:58Carol and Rav, 39.
40:01Oh!
40:03Now, it looks as if Carol's team are way ahead,
40:06but actually you're catchable, as you well know.
40:08I do know.
40:09Because everything can change in the final round,
40:11which is Answer Bank.
40:14So, Sally, Shazia, you will have to get your skates on,
40:17but you can do it.
40:18This is for all four of you to play.
40:19In a moment, I'll show you a grid of 12 words.
40:21I'll then ask questions against the clock.
40:24Buzz in and give me the correct answer,
40:26which could be lateral, like a crossword clue.
40:29If an answer has more than one word,
40:30you must give all the corresponding words
40:32in the correct order.
40:33You'll score a point per word,
40:34so it could add up to winning or losing
40:36the whole show on this.
40:37Let's reveal all the words now on the Answer Bank.
40:41Mount.
40:43Bar.
40:45Pitch.
40:47Handle.
40:49Gloom.
40:51Scare.
40:51Pot.
40:54And.
40:56Fork.
40:58Doom.
41:00Crow.
41:02Code.
41:04If you're ready, if you've taken in those words,
41:06let's play tonight's final.
41:07Your time starts now.
41:10A black bird.
41:11Carol.
41:12Crow.
41:12Correct.
41:13The last word of an Indiana Jones film title.
41:18Shazia.
41:18Doom.
41:18Correct.
41:20Take away the first letter to make a toy bear.
41:24Sally.
41:25Scare.
41:26Correct.
41:27Cutlery item.
41:28Shazia.
41:31Pitching fork.
41:32I wanted fork.
41:33Oh, fork.
41:34Tolkien location.
41:39Carol.
41:40Mount gloom.
41:41I wanted Mount doom.
41:43Ah!
41:43A large tool for prizing things open.
41:46Carol.
41:47Pitch fork.
41:48I wanted crowbar.
41:50This should hopefully get the ball in the hole.
41:53Sally.
41:54Put.
41:55Correct.
41:56To boast.
42:00Carol.
42:01Crow.
42:02Scarecrow.
42:03Pessimistic phrase.
42:05Doom and gloom.
42:07Correct.
42:09Jilly Cooper horse racing novel.
42:11Sally.
42:12Mount.
42:13Of course.
42:15Wurzel Gummidge.
42:17Carol.
42:17Scarecrow.
42:18Correct.
42:19Good answer.
42:20Type of moustache.
42:22Sally.
42:23Hand...
42:24Oh, got it wrong.
42:25Handlebar.
42:26Sorry.
42:26Out of time.
42:27I wanted handlebar.
42:28A programming verb.
42:31Barcode.
42:32No code.
42:34If you took away the G, you could weave yarns...
42:37Sally.
42:38Loom.
42:39Correct.
42:40A scanning symbol.
42:42Shazia.
42:43Barcode.
42:43Correct, Shazia.
42:45Sounds like a German-born English composer.
42:50Shazia.
42:51Handle.
42:51Correct.
42:52A ball thrown in an American sport.
42:55Carol.
42:56Pitch.
42:57Correct.
42:59A gory 1993 computer game.
43:03Carol.
43:03I was going to say gloom and doom.
43:05No, it was doom.
43:07Oh, we've run out of time.
43:10That's it.
43:11Boy, oh, boy, oh, boy.
43:12Well, in the final round, Shazia and Sally came through very powerfully
43:18and got many more points, 11 to their five.
43:22But is it enough?
43:23Let's see.
43:24The final scores.
43:26Sally and Shazia, 36.
43:28But Carol and Rav are head still on 44.
43:32Yay!
43:32Oh, my God.
43:34I tell you what, that was almost a very good comeback.
43:37A couple of extra answers, you could have caught them.
43:39Not bad.
43:40And that would have been one of the greatest turnarounds we've ever seen.
43:43But he wasn't.
43:44So, Rav, as the winning guest celebrity, you get this.
43:47Oh, that's going to go on the mantelpiece.
43:49Absolutely.
43:53Very proud to have it.
43:55So, they've won and nobody loses.
43:57Isn't that great?
43:58Amazing.
43:59That's celebrity puzzling.
44:00My thanks to our captains, my thanks to Rav and Shazia,
44:03and thank me as well for being with me every step of the way.
44:09See you next time for more celebrity puzzling.
44:11Thank you for being with us.
44:12Puzzle on.
44:29Thank you for being with us.
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