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00:00Hello, I'm Jeremy Vine, and this is the show that pits two celebrity teams against a plethora of punishing puzzles.
00:07You can play along at home, too, or just watch them struggle. It's totally up to you.
00:12This is Celebrity Puzzling.
00:30Hello, welcome to Celebrity Puzzling. First, let's meet our two wonderful team captains.
00:34She is the thinking boffin's boffin. It is the brilliant Carol Vorderman.
00:38Oh, thank you.
00:40Facing her is the apple of my eye. She is as cool as a cucumber and really knows her onions,
00:46which reminds me I must finish my online grocery shop.
00:49It's Sally Lindsay, everyone.
00:53So, let's see who we have roped into helping them this evening.
00:56With Carol is a sports broadcaster who's covered several Olympic Games
01:00but has yet to come back with so much as a bronze.
01:03It's Jason Mohamed.
01:05Welcome, Jason.
01:07Good line. I like that.
01:08And joining skipper Sally Lindsay is a comedian who's obsessed with hiking.
01:11He's here to reach the peak of Mount Cleverest.
01:14Hey!
01:15It's Ed Byrne. Welcome.
01:17I've still got it.
01:19Hopefully my mind won't go complete Mount Blanc.
01:22Hey!
01:24Your funny thing is, I saw Ed at the Edinburgh Fringe, I think, probably 25 years ago.
01:31Is that possible?
01:31I certainly was there 25 years ago.
01:32And you look the same age now.
01:35No.
01:35He looks so young.
01:37You do.
01:38That's a tribute to the makeup people here.
01:40No, honestly.
01:41And I said to you, are you gigging?
01:43And you said, next year.
01:44I said, no, we're already in next year.
01:45And you said, no, no, proper next year.
01:47The actual next tour starts, yeah, in January 2027.
01:52Wow!
01:53But I am working, but I need to write the next tour.
01:55Okay, so you're appearing a bit, but sporadically.
01:58Yeah, well, I have to do gigs in order to write the next show.
02:00Oh, is that how it works?
02:00I just assume you write it in your study and then you come out and do your tour.
02:03So can I get to see you in a little pub or something?
02:05I'll be doing a week at the Edinburgh Fringe this year doing a work in progress show.
02:09But it's billed as a work in progress and you don't pay a great deal, like a couple of quid
02:14to get in.
02:15We don't have to do that as broadcasters, Jason, do we?
02:17No, but feel free to come and watch Final Score go out.
02:20I'll get you free tickets for that.
02:21Absolutely.
02:22And it's free.
02:23So how is the football season going, do you think?
02:26I mean, in terms of your enjoyment of it, because that's your life in a way.
02:29Oh, yeah.
02:30I mean, I love it.
02:30It's the dream job, right, as a big football fan, to be there on a Saturday afternoon doing the scores
02:35that I watched as a child.
02:36I'm amazed they've got this new thing where people will watch, you know, a channel on YouTube where you don't
02:41see the game.
02:42You just see a bloke watching the game.
02:44Watching the game.
02:45And shouting.
02:46Yeah.
02:46And it's gone massive, hasn't it?
02:48Absolutely.
02:48Yeah.
02:48Well, some of them are making vast amounts of money as well with sponsorship.
02:52Yeah.
02:52Thankfully, there's still an audience of people who still want to watch me reading the scores and going to my
02:58reporters around the ground.
02:59Yeah.
02:59Well, good luck to you both tonight.
03:01Now, tonight, these intrepid celebrities will be facing six bespoke rounds of puzzles.
03:06Players, you've seen the show.
03:07Your job is to score points.
03:09Points help you to win.
03:11Really?
03:12Seriously.
03:13I have to point it out every day.
03:14Let me just break that down.
03:16Don't forget that.
03:18Or you at least mustn't embarrass yourself too badly while failing to score any points at all.
03:22People have taken both approaches.
03:24Ideally, you'll want a big lead going into our final round, Answer Bank, when everything could turn around.
03:29For our winning celebrity guest, there's more.
03:31It's our prize.
03:32It's been spoken about in places all over the studio.
03:36So, it's the celebrity puzzling, puzzling cube.
03:39Carol's on it.
03:40Just watch it turn.
03:41Oh, I'm selling into it.
03:42What's on the top and the bottom, then?
03:44Well, that's a good question.
03:44Of course, strictly speaking, there isn't a top and a bottom, is there?
03:48Because that's the way these things work, but it's all, I've messed it up now.
03:52Can we short that out, please?
03:54So, without further ado, time to find out the identity of round one.
03:57Let's get puzzling.
03:59Our first puzzle tonight will test your synonym skills.
04:02It's called In Other Words.
04:07Let me explain.
04:08I'll show you the initials to the answer and written inside each initial.
04:11You'll see synonyms for that word and from those synonyms, you've got to work out what the letters stand for.
04:15So, here we go.
04:16This is just the example.
04:18BB and then slope, deposit, rely, fairness, stability, equilibrium.
04:22Sounds like we've got balance in there of some sort.
04:24I don't know.
04:24What do you think?
04:25Bank balance.
04:26Bank balance.
04:27So, bank could be slope, could be deposit.
04:29Yes.
04:30Bank balance.
04:31Bank balance.
04:31Is it right?
04:33Yes.
04:34So, I'm going to let Carol and Jason start.
04:36Here is your first In Other Words puzzle.
04:39This is worth just one point, but it's important.
04:42CB.
04:43Mouser, moggy, kit, hamper, bassinet, box.
04:46Is there a basket?
04:50Basket.
04:52Cat basket?
04:53I don't know.
04:54Is there a cat basket?
04:55Mouser, obviously, moggy, kit.
04:57Yeah.
04:57Cat.
04:59Cat was a hamper.
05:02Cat basket.
05:03Cat bin.
05:04Because if you went out with a hamper, it could be a basket.
05:09That's the only thing I can think of, to be honest, Jason.
05:12I've never heard it.
05:13No, no, me neither.
05:14Cat.
05:16That's all I have.
05:18Yeah, that's all I've got.
05:18What's your answer?
05:19Yeah.
05:20You say it, Jason.
05:20Cat basket.
05:21Cat basket, is that right?
05:24Yes.
05:24What?
05:25Well, cat basket.
05:27That was the right cat basket of a day I had.
05:29Was it?
05:30Oh.
05:31Sally and Ed, here's your first.
05:33Yeah.
05:46Ghost, yeah, it's ghost train, yeah.
05:50Ghost train.
05:51Ghost train, is that right?
05:54Yes!
05:56Well, it was just one point.
05:57It might get harder.
05:59Carol and Jason, you'll get fewer synonyms this time.
06:01This is worth two now.
06:03So, TF, and the words compact, narrow, healthy, attractive.
06:12Oh.
06:14Something fit.
06:15Tight.
06:15Tight fit.
06:17Tight fit.
06:18Compact and narrow.
06:19Yes.
06:19Bit like my chinos.
06:22Tight fit, you say.
06:24Let's see if that's right.
06:26Yay!
06:28This is a problem in the modern world,
06:29that we use the word fit, meaning he or she is fit.
06:33Fit just meant he did or she did exercise.
06:36It did not mean that.
06:37It means attractivables now.
06:39That's exactly right.
06:42Sally and Ed, here are your letters.
06:45Sally and Ed, your letters.
06:46GS.
06:48Large, impressive, bang, crash.
06:50Uh, well, grand.
06:53Grand.
06:55Smash.
06:56Bang.
06:57Or great.
06:59Great smash.
07:01Ground.
07:06So, what's that?
07:07We need to know what that is.
07:09Smash.
07:09Slam.
07:10Slam.
07:10Grand slam.
07:11Well done.
07:12Grand slam.
07:15Sporting term.
07:16Is it grand slam?
07:17Yeah.
07:19And grand slam, so sports,
07:21I never know where that grand slam is,
07:22you win all of them,
07:23but then they say he's won a grand slam,
07:25meaning won events.
07:26Yeah.
07:26All six nations.
07:27Six nations.
07:28If you win all the games.
07:30And we were there in 2019,
07:32when Wales won the grand slam.
07:34Oh, I see.
07:35But we haven't won one,
07:36and we don't think we're going to win one for another 20 years.
07:39Just talk about that.
07:40The grand slam is the biggest thing in sport, pretty much.
07:43Yeah.
07:43Yes.
07:43The thing is, I'm from Ireland,
07:45and grand just means sort of okay.
07:47Yeah.
07:47Yeah.
07:48Grand.
07:49If you're not feeling very well,
07:51maybe you're hungover and someone says,
07:52how are you, you'll still say grand.
07:54That's a good point.
07:56Underplaying it.
07:57I was actually very impressed by the grand canyon,
07:59because it was actually turned out,
07:59I thought it was going to be a bit crap.
08:03The underwhelming canyon, yeah.
08:05OK, Carol and Jason,
08:06just one synonym per word,
08:08the trickiest yet, worth three points.
08:09Here we go.
08:10CB.
08:11Mm.
08:15Outlaw, I was going to say clean break.
08:17I was going to say clothes.
08:20Clothes.
08:27Oh, yeah.
08:27Clean.
08:28Oh, clean.
08:28Clean bandit.
08:29Clean.
08:30Clean bandit.
08:31Bandit.
08:31Outlaw, bandit.
08:32Yeah, clean bandit.
08:34Clean bandit, says Jason.
08:35Let's see.
08:37Yes, very good.
08:39And that's the band.
08:40That's the band.
08:41Clean bandit.
08:41That's it.
08:42Sally and Ed, your turn.
08:43It's worth three points.
08:45Done.
08:53Can you see what this might be?
08:57What?
08:58Uh, image.
08:59Spitting.
09:00Spitting image.
09:00Oh, spitting image.
09:01Of course it is.
09:03Spitting image.
09:04Oh, wow.
09:04You're not making light work of this round, I must say.
09:07Not even breaking a sweat.
09:08Is it spitting image?
09:11It is.
09:12Very good.
09:13I think we had a perfect round there.
09:15How did you get on at home?
09:16Are you giving our celebrities a run for their money?
09:18Very good.
09:19Maybe solving them quicker.
09:20At the end of that round, Carol and Jason have got the maximum six.
09:23Sally and Ed have got the maximum six.
09:28Time for our first letterbox game now.
09:30This one is easy to get lost in.
09:32It's path words.
09:35So this is how it looks.
09:36You're going to see three rows of five jumbled letters,
09:38which must be rearranged to complete three words.
09:41Letters highlighted locked in place,
09:42so you can see the darker ones will be movable.
09:45So where do we go at the top there?
09:47I go like a spice girl.
09:49Oh, well, OK, let's see if we can put spice in.
09:51Yeah.
09:51Yeah, that's a word.
09:53So space, though.
09:54Remix.
09:55Spice or space.
09:56Although if you're really posh,
09:57spice and space sound the same.
09:58Oh, I see.
09:59I'm going to spice.
10:00Spice.
10:01Alarm.
10:02Remix.
10:03You're against the clock here to complete all three words,
10:05so Carol and Jason,
10:06let's head over to the letterbox to play Pathwords.
10:08It's us.
10:12Carol and Jason, in your first puzzle,
10:13the first letter of each word plus two extra letters
10:15will be locked once you're happy.
10:17Press the buzzer.
10:17So for three points, guys,
10:18here is your first Pathword.
10:20Your time starts now.
10:24OK, tacky.
10:25Right.
10:26I'll do it.
10:27Well played.
10:28How did you do that?
10:29Well, seeing the head don't even know.
10:31We've got...
10:32Shunt.
10:33Shunt.
10:34Shunt is a word.
10:35That's not right, is it?
10:36Spore.
10:38No.
10:40Spurt.
10:40Spurt.
10:41And phone.
10:42Spurt and phone.
10:42Oh, my goodness.
10:44That was rapid.
10:45You're amazing in this.
10:46That was good, actually, Carol.
10:48That was good.
10:48That was a good reorganisation.
10:51Nice of you to come along, Jason.
10:52Thank you very much.
10:55It's a guest appearance, Ed.
10:57Tacky, a spurt phone.
11:00And phone.
11:00Three great words and well done.
11:02It may get harder, though,
11:03because we're going to lock one letter fewer.
11:05For your trouble, this one is worth four points,
11:07and here it is.
11:08Your time starts now.
11:10What have we got here?
11:11I was thinking...
11:13What's this?
11:14I'm just doing a little shuffle.
11:17You're moving them round, right?
11:18OK.
11:19Aroma.
11:20Aroma.
11:21Mmm.
11:23Yeah.
11:23Strum.
11:24Oh, cool.
11:25Skulk.
11:26Skulk.
11:28Skulk.
11:29What have we got here?
11:31Otter.
11:31Otter.
11:32Otter.
11:32Oh-ho.
11:35Well...
11:35Should I just go on?
11:37No.
11:37No!
11:38You're very important.
11:40I've seen Carol try and play this on her own,
11:42and it's just hopeless.
11:43So, OK.
11:44We're cranking up the difficulty, though,
11:46for the third puzzle.
11:47We will only lock the first letter per word.
11:49The correct answer is a whopping five points.
11:51I think you're going to need Jason for this one.
11:53Here it is.
11:54Your time starts now.
11:56OK.
11:57E-C-L down the left.
11:58I would say that's an A and a Z-E.
12:00I'm just thinking.
12:03Well, Carol's on fire here, so I'm wondering whether it's not...
12:05Well, it's not necessarily...
12:06Er, plays, lays...
12:08Er, no, I think that's wrong.
12:10Er, come on, Jase.
12:12Shout some things out.
12:13What about the A?
12:13I was going to say, the A with the L.
12:15Er, tell me more than that.
12:17Yes, I know.
12:18Er...
12:18I don't know there's a word, late on.
12:20Er, latte.
12:21Er, latte.
12:21Latte.
12:21Oh, I satay.
12:22OK, right, we've got this.
12:24C.
12:24Come on.
12:25Coco, no.
12:27No.
12:28Move the...
12:29Er, what have we got here?
12:31Ten seconds.
12:31What about if we move the Z to the end?
12:33No, I can't.
12:34You've got to move vertically.
12:35Oh, yeah, of course, sorry.
12:36Sorry.
12:37You've got to move vertically.
12:38Er, come on, Jason, think.
12:41Oh!
12:43Well, let's have a look.
12:44Latte.
12:46So we...
12:47Of course you can't move that.
12:47So...
12:48No!
12:49I'm going to show you something that's going to blow your mind.
12:52Oh, here we go.
12:53You've got to move one letter, aren't you?
12:54That's it.
12:55That's it.
12:55Well, only two, actually, but...
12:57Oh, goodness me.
12:59Plaza, colon, latte.
13:01See what I mean?
13:02She needs her teammate.
13:03Yeah, but she needed a teammate.
13:05LAUGHTER
13:06That's very modest of you.
13:08How did you get on at home?
13:09Well done.
13:10Carol and Jason, your trip to the letterbox has scored you seven points,
13:13but it gives Sally and Ed over here a way in.
13:15And I think Ed's suddenly gone into that competitive comic phase.
13:20I think it has.
13:21We've seen it before.
13:22The comedians...
13:23So competitive.
13:24Yeah, absolutely.
13:26More than business people, it's the comedians who've got the cutting edge.
13:29So, before Sally and Ed step up to the letterbox,
13:32it might be prudent to take a break,
13:33and because I'm nominally in charge, that's exactly what we'll do.
13:37See you in a few minutes.
13:38APPLAUSE
13:41To solve this Path Words puzzle,
13:44swap the letters in just one column to reveal the answers.
13:48Get puzzling.
13:55Did you swap the correct letters and solve this Path Words puzzle?
13:59If you solved it, well done.
14:02APPLAUSE
14:04Welcome back to Celebrity Puzzling.
14:06Your punctuality has been noted and it is appreciated.
14:08It's time for Sally and Ed to try and bank some points
14:10with their turn at the letterbox after that little slip by Carol and Jason.
14:15Unusual slip from Carol.
14:16Remember, you're going to see three rows of letters
14:18which must be rearranged to complete three new words.
14:20You can only move tiles vertically.
14:22Jason's just worked that out now.
14:24Once you're happy with your words,
14:26hit the button.
14:28In your first puzzle, the first letter per word,
14:30plus two extra letters will be locked.
14:32For three points, here is your Path Words.
14:35OK, right.
14:37Well, the J's got to be with the E.
14:40Yeah.
14:41And I think it would say there.
14:42Jax.
14:44Eject is a word.
14:46OK, so...
14:47F-U.
14:48Fully.
14:49Fully.
14:50Look at that.
14:50Twine.
14:51Twine.
14:51Twine.
14:52OK, well done, Bosch, as he says.
14:54All right, twine.
14:55Bosch.
14:55Definitely.
14:56Eject is a good word.
14:58Twine, eject, fully are words.
15:01Yeah, they are.
15:03Absolutely.
15:03Here's my job to just confirm it's a word.
15:07As we saw earlier, the difficulty does increase, though,
15:09as we lock the first letters on only one extra letter.
15:11You've got to play here almost with one brain.
15:13For four points this time, here it is.
15:15Your time starts now.
15:17OK.
15:1715, double F.
15:19So that's got to be something truh.
15:23Let's do.
15:24Let's, what is it?
15:25Or it could be twer.
15:27Twer?
15:28Yeah, OK.
15:29Oh, OK.
15:30Tweed.
15:30There we go.
15:31Tweed.
15:31Right, we're on.
15:32OK, so that can't be E.
15:33So it's E, R, O.
15:35Erode.
15:36Erode.
15:36H.
15:37Look at that.
15:38Holy moly!
15:40That was all you.
15:41That was good.
15:42That was...
15:42Yeah, Sally on patrol.
15:44No, that was...
15:45Well, Ed as well saw twine.
15:48No, he said the TW and that was it.
15:49He unlocked the castle, the keys to the castle of this game.
15:54LAUGHTER
15:56We're happy with that analogy.
15:58OK, well done.
15:59It gets harder, though.
16:00And we saw what happened in the last game,
16:02the last one was a bit of a slip-up,
16:04so this time I lock only the first letter of each word.
16:06Solving the puzzle is now worth five.
16:08We know that's going to create a gap here if you can do it.
16:11So if you're ready, your time starts now.
16:13OK.
16:14Right.
16:15OK, so we need to do the...
16:16What's that word?
16:17Again, TW again, I would say.
16:19It's your...
16:19Oh, oh, oh, wait, no.
16:21No, no.
16:21Awoke.
16:22Awoke.
16:22No, no, the K's there.
16:24OK, there, OK.
16:25Tweak, tweak, tweak.
16:27Oh, God.
16:27Tweak is a word.
16:28Tweak, OK, right, OK.
16:30So what's this?
16:31It won't be AA, so that's got to be G-A.
16:34G-A-M...
16:36Gamut?
16:36Gamut?
16:36No.
16:37Well, it could be.
16:38No, it's not, cos that's...
16:39Aloof?
16:40Oh, wait.
16:41Gamut?
16:41Is that a word?
16:42Aloof?
16:42Gamut?
16:43No, aloof.
16:43It's like that and gamut.
16:45Oh, is that it?
16:46Then go.
16:47I think so.
16:47Yes, you've got it right.
16:49I mean a terrible spelling.
16:51OK, tweak, aloof, gamut.
16:54Wow, well played, and you've gone ahead in that round,
16:57so head back to your seats.
16:58Great.
16:58We'll find out what the score says.
17:04How many puzzles did you solve at home?
17:05Sally and Ed, your visit to the letterbox
17:07scored you the maximum 12.
17:10Well done.
17:12Let's see what that's done to the overall scores.
17:14Carol and Jason have 13 now.
17:17Sally and Ed on 18.
17:19Oh, I love it.
17:20I'm listening in.
17:21It's not bad, but on either side and this side in the lead,
17:25I don't even need to point that out, do I?
17:26Now, we must look at Ed on Blind Date.
17:30Come on, Ed.
17:30No way.
17:31And you'll probably look the same age as you are now.
17:33Oh!
17:35You're a beautiful boy.
17:36I love the way.
17:37What's going on?
17:38Is she touching your shoulder?
17:39You're just flicking my hair.
17:40Oh, she likes your hair.
17:42She did like my hair.
17:43They've chosen a good still there.
17:45That would have been 1993.
17:48I think people who want to be famous,
17:50the early sign is often them trying to get on Blind Date.
17:53Yes.
17:53Because we've had a few famous people emerge.
17:55Not that you want to be famous.
17:56No, no.
17:57No, I've managed to let it elude me.
18:01What happened?
18:02Did you get picked?
18:03No, I didn't.
18:04She picked Gavin from King's Lynn.
18:06Where's Gavin these days?
18:08We were from King's Lynn,
18:09and their date was a day out in Cambridge.
18:12I'm glad that you're over it.
18:14OK.
18:15It's a great, great memory and a great picture.
18:18Brilliant.
18:18So, Blink and you'll miss our next round.
18:20It's time to play Word Flash.
18:24In this round,
18:25you're going to be given a category
18:26followed by some of the answer.
18:27Your job is to fill in the full answer,
18:29and it comes at you fast this round.
18:31So, you might be given fashion designer,
18:34and look at the letters.
18:35I mean, maybe leave this to the guests
18:37just to start here as the example.
18:39So, when you can see the name of a fashion designer,
18:43you think it might be,
18:46give us a shout.
18:46Jean-Paul Gaultier.
18:48Ah, Jean-Paul Gaultier is the right answer.
18:50Of course, I knew that one.
18:51I mean, look at me.
18:526'2", chiseled jaw, sartorial style.
18:55What more do you want?
19:00That's how this works.
19:02It's on the buzzer.
19:03You've got to be quick,
19:04but you've got to be sure.
19:06Time to play Carol, Jason, Sally and Ed.
19:08Fingers on buzzers, please.
19:09Here's your first one.
19:11Classic Rock.
19:15Five letters.
19:17For... Ooh, Jason!
19:19Sweet Home Alabama.
19:20Oh!
19:20Oh, my goodness!
19:21Is it Sweet Home Alabama?
19:23Yes!
19:24Whoa!
19:27That's the Radio 2 thing.
19:30That's it.
19:30That is round.
19:31By which band?
19:33Leonard Skinnard.
19:34Leonard Skinnard.
19:35Absolutely brilliant.
19:37Fingers on buzzers.
19:38Here's the next one.
19:40Oscar-winning film.
19:42OK.
19:43OK, three-letter word.
19:46Then seven.
19:48Ooh, Ed!
19:49The Silence of the Lambs.
19:51Oh!
19:51What's going on?
19:53Very good.
19:54You usually need, like, ten seconds.
19:55OK, let's see.
19:57The Silence of the Lambs.
19:58Wow!
20:00Come on!
20:01Top work, Ed.
20:02Top work.
20:03There you go.
20:03Get ready.
20:04Here's the next one.
20:06Sci-fi TV series.
20:13Ten words.
20:14Jason!
20:15I think that's Battlestar Galactica.
20:17You're not serious.
20:19Is it Battlestar Galactica?
20:21Oh, my gosh!
20:23Look at this!
20:26Action stations.
20:27Here's another.
20:29Oh, hello.
20:29Biscuits.
20:30Come on.
20:31Here we go.
20:38Three words.
20:40Last word is seven letters long.
20:43Biscuits.
20:43Letters coming in and out.
20:45Biscuits.
20:48That's the...
20:49Look at the second word.
20:50Four letters.
20:53Carol.
20:55Chocolate thin cookies.
20:57Chocolate thin cookies.
20:59Is that the answer?
21:02No.
21:03We passed it over.
21:04You can steal it for a point.
21:05Is it chocolate chip cookies?
21:07Is it chocolate...
21:07Oh, no!
21:09Is it chocolate chip cookies?
21:13Very good.
21:14Well, good steal for one point.
21:16Excellent.
21:17Here's the next one.
21:19Amphibian.
21:21First there to P.
21:26Six, then four.
21:28Then four.
21:30Ooh.
21:33Ed!
21:34Poison dart frog.
21:35What?
21:36Choking.
21:37No way.
21:37Is it the poison dart frog?
21:41What?
21:41What?
21:42What?
21:43What?
21:43What's a poison dart frog?
21:44No, it's me.
21:45It's a tiny little frog.
21:47Fair play.
21:47It's that classic frog picture.
21:49Yeah.
21:50Tiny little frog with the massive eyes.
21:51Brilliant.
21:52Can we have more classic rock and let's have four amphibians?
21:55Let's have more minutes, Ginnett, please.
21:58Fingers on buzzers.
21:59This is a terrific round.
22:00Here's the final one.
22:03December events.
22:08Ed?
22:09Christmas Day.
22:11Christmas Day.
22:14No, you went too early.
22:16Took a gamble.
22:17Go on, you can steal, but you must give me an answer.
22:20Christmas party.
22:22Christmas party.
22:24Let's see if that's right.
22:26Oh.
22:28I'm just wondering if it's Christmas mass.
22:30I don't know.
22:30Let's have a look.
22:32Christmas jumper day.
22:33All right.
22:34But that's why we don't go in too early every time.
22:38Right.
22:38But I'm not telling you not to, because you've been played, but you know what I mean.
22:40That's the round over, isn't it?
22:42You could have just said Christmas.
22:44Let's have a look.
22:45At the end of that round, Carol and Jason have 17 points.
22:48Sally and Ed are ahead on 23.
22:50Oh.
22:51But not that far ahead.
22:53So, were you quicker than our celebrities on the buzzer?
22:56I hope you enjoyed playing that at home.
22:57We did here, I must say.
22:59That about does it for part two.
23:00Time for my guests to hide somewhere around the studio while I count to 100 and then don't
23:04try to find them.
23:05See you soon.
23:10Why don't you have a go at home?
23:12Find the starting point to solve the clue and complete this around-the-block puzzle.
23:17Get puzzling.
23:24Have you solved this around-the-block brain teaser?
23:28If you did, great job.
23:33We're having fun here today.
23:35Welcome back to Celebrity Puzzling, a kingdom I rule with an iron fist.
23:39In a velvet glove.
23:40In a velvet glove.
23:41And paired with a dazzling shirt.
23:44Carol and Sally are seated nearby and have been joined by broadcaster Jason Muhammad and comedian
23:49Ed Byrne.
23:50It is currently one big love-in, but the mood has shifted.
23:54OK.
23:55But suddenly, yeah, we've got a sports person and a comedian and, you know, the story.
24:01All right, so here we go.
24:02This is where Jason and Ed are made to sing for their supper.
24:05Not literally, of course, although that would make must-watch telly.
24:08Instead, our nascent celebrity puzzlers will go head-to-head in a game we call Around the Block.
24:16This is the part of the show where Carol and Sally take a back seat and rely solely on their
24:20playing partner for points.
24:21We've already seen how they've upped the level during this game.
24:24Jason and Ed, on the screen you'll be shown a puzzle consisting of a clue in the middle of a
24:29block
24:29and a series of letters around it.
24:31So here we have Joman Landmark.
24:32They're not scrambled, it's just that you don't know where it starts.
24:36So if anyone has an idea here, any of our guests, log something?
24:41Cologne Cathedral?
24:41Cologne Cathedral.
24:43Let's have a look.
24:44That's hard.
24:44Yeah, so starting at the top, that isn't easy.
24:47Cologne Cathedral, my favourite cologne, musky with a hint of lavender.
24:51So you've seen how it works.
24:53There'll be five puzzles to solve, only buzz in when you know the answer.
24:56Fingers on buzzers.
24:58Jason and Ed, here is your first one.
25:00British actor.
25:14Nicholas Lindhurst.
25:16Nicholas Lindhurst.
25:19Very good.
25:20Well, well, well.
25:22Yeah.
25:22Who was in Only Fools and Horses, correct?
25:24Yeah.
25:24So it starts at the top.
25:25Nicholas Lindhurst.
25:26Well done.
25:26Good answer.
25:27Fingers on buzzers.
25:28Here's your next one.
25:30Party food.
25:42Ed.
25:42Devils on horseback.
25:44Devils on horseback is the right answer.
25:48Yes, it is.
25:49I know.
25:50He is a player.
25:52Fingers on buzzers.
25:53Another for you.
25:54Now.
25:54Jason, come on.
25:55Here we go.
25:5580s hit.
25:56Go on, Jason.
25:58Yeah.
26:06Ed.
26:07Every breath you take.
26:09Ed, is it every breath you take?
26:11It starts on the left, I think.
26:12Yes, it is.
26:13Have a look.
26:13Yes, it is.
26:16Ed's delivery there was a bit like every breath you take.
26:19I feel like I'm back at school again.
26:23I'm annoying the sporty kids by being a nerd.
26:26You can put your hand up for every question.
26:28We don't mind that here.
26:29Okay.
26:30Next one for you.
26:32Video game characters.
26:43Jason.
26:43Super Mario Brothers.
26:44Yay!
26:45Yay!
26:46Come on, is that right?
26:47Super Mario Brothers.
26:48Yes, you've got it.
26:51Can I do a knee slide across the studio?
26:53Watch out for the hexagons if you do.
26:56Here's another.
26:58Final one.
27:00Actress.
27:14Helena Bonham Carter.
27:15You're joking.
27:16Wow.
27:17Is it Helena Bonham Carter and how did you do that if it is?
27:21Yes, it is.
27:21Yes, it is.
27:22Helena Bonham Carter.
27:23That is very impressive.
27:24He's good.
27:25He's been...
27:25Have you been practising in some sort of special secret room, like a, you know, flight simulator?
27:32That's very good, though.
28:01You can either see it or you can't, though.
28:03This is a bit like hide-and-seek, but with letters.
28:05It's hidden answer.
28:08So this is how it works.
28:10In this game, the answer will be there right in front of you, although sadly a little bit jumbled up.
28:14You'll see a puzzle word on the left followed by a clue on the right.
28:17So cheese is the clue, and you'll find a cheese using some or all of the letters of fibre.
28:23Yes.
28:24I think Ed knows.
28:25Jason?
28:25Jason?
28:26Yeah.
28:27Say what it is.
28:28Brie.
28:28Brie is the right answer.
28:29Well done.
28:30There we are.
28:30Simple as that.
28:31So that cheese course was merely an appetiser.
28:34No points on offer there.
28:35Let's do it for real.
28:36So we're going team by team here.
28:38Not on the buzzer.
28:39Sally and Ed first.
28:40Here's yours.
28:43Unhappy baby product.
28:44Baby product is the clue.
28:51Yeah.
28:52Yeah.
28:52It's a nappy.
28:53Oh my goodness.
28:54Is it a nappy?
28:57Yes.
28:58Yeah.
28:59That was well hidden.
29:01Oh!
29:03Goodness me.
29:04Couldn't find that one.
29:05Yeah.
29:06Carol and Jason, now it's your turn.
29:07Here we go.
29:09Simple ooze.
29:10And ooze is the clue.
29:13Two.
29:14Ooze.
29:15It's made to ooze.
29:19To gloat, lim, li, pu, pies, pile, mile.
29:29What would it be?
29:30Could you ooze confidence?
29:31Slime.
29:33Oh, yes.
29:33Slime.
29:35Good work.
29:36Oh, Carol.
29:37Is it slime?
29:39Yes.
29:40So it's a bit tangential.
29:43Slime tends to ooze if not controlled correctly.
29:47Get ready, Sally and Ed.
29:48Here is your next one.
29:50Good round.
29:51Catastrophic sandals.
29:53Oh, wow.
29:55Sandals is the clue and it's inside catastrophic somewhere.
30:05Oh, croc?
30:07Crocs?
30:08Oh.
30:09Crocs.
30:09Yeah, crocs.
30:10Yeah.
30:11Are we looking at crocs?
30:14Yes.
30:15Wow.
30:15I would love it.
30:16No, it's...
30:17I was going for Grecian strapping.
30:20Because straps, straps surely could have been an acceptable answer because you get straps on sandals.
30:25It'd be strappy sandals.
30:27We'd have to go through an appeal process on that.
30:28Oh, good.
30:29And it can take months.
30:30Are crocs technically sandals?
30:32I can't believe I even asked that question.
30:33I think they're sandal-like.
30:35Sandal-like.
30:36I think they're sandals you should never wear.
30:39Well, well, therein lies the debate.
30:41Yeah.
30:41Yeah.
30:41So, but you can now get them with high heels.
30:43What?
30:44I don't want to see that in my head.
30:45No.
30:46Well, they're basically Dutch clogs made of plastic, aren't they?
30:49Carol and Jason, here is your next puzzle.
30:52Come on, Carol.
30:53Wonderful puzzle.
30:53Wonderful puzzle.
30:54Puzzle is the clue.
30:57Wonderful puzzle.
30:59Puzzle.
31:00Word.
31:03Word.
31:08Wordle.
31:09Wordle.
31:10Wordle.
31:11Wordle.
31:11Wordle.
31:12I can't believe that.
31:13Wordle.
31:14Is it Wordle?
31:16Yes.
31:17Well done.
31:19It's the New York Times who picked it up and that and connections.
31:23Yeah.
31:24Myself and my mother send each other our scores every day.
31:28Yeah.
31:28Isn't that sweet?
31:29I wish so much.
31:29Sometimes it ruins the whole day when you get a word that you don't think is a word.
31:33Doozy.
31:35Sally and Ed, here's your final one.
31:38Miserable French film.
31:43Sybil.
31:44Is that a French film?
31:46Don't know.
31:47We could say it.
31:50What's a French film?
31:51What's the most famous French film?
31:53Can you see a French film in the word?
31:57Blaise.
31:58B-L-A-I-S-E.
31:59B-L-A-I-S-E.
32:02Blaise.
32:08I don't know that.
32:09I've got nothing.
32:10Nothing.
32:11I've got nothing.
32:12We're going to guess it's Sybil.
32:14All right, Sybil.
32:15Is Sybil the answer?
32:17No.
32:18Steele.
32:19Do you have anything?
32:20The only thing I was going to say, Brian...
32:22Is Miserable.
32:23Is Les Mis.
32:24Yeah.
32:24Les Mis?
32:25No.
32:26No.
32:27No.
32:28Let's have a look at the answer.
32:30Emily.
32:31Oh.
32:32Of course.
32:32Never have got that.
32:34It's a great film as well.
32:35Audrey Tattoo is the actress, yeah.
32:37It's all very well if you know it, Jeremy.
32:39You've got that, like, smug face.
32:40Someone's just saying, no, I didn't know it.
32:42I couldn't get it.
32:42You totally did.
32:43You're like, is Emily a French woman?
32:46You allegedly did.
32:47Yeah, they will?
32:48I did, yeah.
32:49I have seen it.
32:49Final hidden answer puzzle, this time for Carol and Jason.
32:53This is a cracking round.
32:54It's giving us all kinds of problems.
32:56Humanitarian pop star.
32:58The clue is pop star.
33:00Somewhere inside humanitarian.
33:04Do you believe that?
33:06Harry?
33:06Oh, no.
33:07Sabrina.
33:08And Daya.
33:10She's always just being frozen, too.
33:12Oh, um, that would be...
33:15Ariana.
33:16Ariana.
33:17She's Ariana Grande, isn't she?
33:19Ariana.
33:20There we go.
33:20Can we say Ariana?
33:21Ariana.
33:22Can we say Ariana?
33:22Well, I can't say anything else.
33:23You can say anything, yeah.
33:24Ariana.
33:25Go for it.
33:25Ariana.
33:27Oh.
33:27Now, we sort of need the complete name.
33:29Yeah.
33:29Go on, then, for a steal.
33:31It's not, I thought I had it, but it's not.
33:33There's a Tina in there.
33:33Tina Turner, I thought it was.
33:35Oh, OK.
33:36But it's not, there's no E.R.
33:38We sort of need the full show business.
33:39Tina Turner?
33:40Yeah, it's not.
33:41No.
33:41No.
33:41No.
33:42Well, let's have a look.
33:45Oh.
33:46Brilliant.
33:46She's certainly 100% a pop star.
33:48We cannot...
33:49Very much a pop star, yeah.
33:50Rihanna.
33:51Yeah, good answer.
33:52It's the H.
33:52I think that is the problem.
33:53Good answer, yeah.
33:55Rihanna is the answer.
33:56Rihanna is known as Rihanna.
33:58Ariana Grande is known as Ariana Grande.
34:00Is that unfair?
34:00No, it's not.
34:01It is very unfair.
34:02It's the rules.
34:03It's the rules.
34:04We were just happy to get something out.
34:06We were, weren't we?
34:08At the end of that round, Carol and Jason have got 23.
34:12Sally and Ed have got 35.
34:14She's not enough.
34:16What happened again last week?
34:17Did you solve any of those at home?
34:19Well done, as they aren't all easy.
34:20Time for our penultimate round.
34:22In this round, both teams will take on that most familiar of foes,
34:25the Letterboxx.
34:26However, this time, the fastest team to solve their puzzle
34:28will receive two bonus points, whether they need them or not.
34:31So, all to play for as we try to climb Letterboxx Ladder.
34:36Let's see how this works.
34:37You are going to see three key words appear on the screen
34:39and in between a series of spaces
34:41where you need to find the connections that link the words.
34:43For example, you need to find the word that comes after after,
34:47before flower, after flower, before friend, after friend.
34:51So, just give us a shout, anyone?
34:52Sunflower.
34:54After sun.
34:54After sun.
34:55Sunflower.
34:56Yeah, very good.
34:56It's gone green.
34:57Friendzone at the bottom.
34:59Friendzone, clever.
35:00So, now you've got...
35:02Flower girl.
35:02Flower girl.
35:04Girlfriend.
35:05After sun.
35:05Sunflower.
35:06Flower girl.
35:07Girlfriend.
35:07Friendzone.
35:08That's how it works.
35:09As always, you will be against the clock.
35:11This is a good round for you to catch up, Carol and Jason.
35:14You can solve the ladder in any order
35:16and as soon as you've completed the entire puzzle,
35:19hit the button to stop the clock.
35:21You'll score two points per solved words.
35:24However, if you complete all three words faster than your opponents,
35:27you'll receive two bonus points.
35:28OK.
35:28Now, Sally and Ed are leading,
35:30so please head over to the letterbox to face your ladder.
35:33Come on, Ed.
35:37As soon as you solve the ladder,
35:38hit the button to stop the clock.
35:40Your time starts now.
35:40OK.
35:42So, jumbo, black, pot.
35:44Jets.
35:44Jet.
35:45Right.
35:45OK.
35:46Black jet.
35:48Black...
35:49OK.
35:50Pot.
35:50Jack.
35:51Black Jack.
35:52Oh, OK.
35:52Yeah, brilliant.
35:53Oh, I say.
35:54Black Jack.
35:55Well done.
35:56Oh, that's not right.
35:57Jack.
35:58OK.
35:58Pot.
35:59Belly.
35:59Oh, my Lord.
36:02There you go.
36:02Buzzer.
36:03Yes!
36:04Well done.
36:05That was really fast as well.
36:06I don't think it was a moment's hesitation, though.
36:09It was almost as, you know,
36:10the only delay was you putting the actual letters out.
36:12Which, might I say, you did very neatly.
36:14Well done, you two.
36:16That's good.
36:16It's a roaring old game here for Miss Lindsay and her team.
36:20You've scored six.
36:21We'll see if it's good enough for those bonus points
36:23after Carol and Jason have played.
36:25Yes.
36:25You can do it, I know.
36:26I'm not normally one for hyperbole,
36:28but this next part of the show is absolutely,
36:30definitely going to happen after a short break.
36:32We'll see you then.
36:37Here's a letterbox ladder for you to tackle.
36:40Can you figure out the missing word that links the two clues?
36:43Best of luck.
36:50Did you successfully solve this letterbox ladder?
36:55If you did, great puzzling.
37:00Oh, do that sound again, Carol.
37:02Oh!
37:03Yeah, it's one of those.
37:04Under the cosh.
37:05No, but you can reverse it in the answer bank,
37:08but you need to get close to them.
37:09We really do.
37:10Bonus points will really, really be handy.
37:11So, welcome back.
37:12Here we are.
37:13Just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in.
37:16Not my words, but Al Pacino.
37:18All right, Carol, Jason, your turn to face letterbox ladder.
37:21You'll have three new connecting words to solve.
37:24You need to beat the time set by Sally and Ed
37:26in order to earn the crucial bonus points.
37:28Remember, once you solve all three, hit the button.
37:31Good luck.
37:32Your time starts now.
37:34The words fancy, code, tag.
37:38Fancy...
37:38Oh, no.
37:39Fancy.
37:40Dan, fancy.
37:41Code name.
37:42I'll put it in.
37:42Code name, code name.
37:43Name tag.
37:44Name tag.
37:45Fancy.
37:46Code name.
37:47Name.
37:47Well done.
37:49Right.
37:50Fancy.
37:51Fancy dress.
37:52Fancy dress code.
37:53I'll put it in.
37:54I'll put it in.
37:54Nice one, dress code.
37:56You go for it.
37:56Name, name tag.
37:57Name tag.
37:59Tagline.
38:00Tagline.
38:00Oh, my goodness me.
38:02Oh, my goodness me.
38:04Now, I never thought you'd get close to their time,
38:06but you might have even beaten it.
38:07I do not know.
38:08I don't think so.
38:09Fancy dress, dress code, code name, name tag, tagline.
38:13What do you think?
38:13Do you think they're beating you?
38:14I'm not sure.
38:15I don't.
38:16I think this is the competition level in this.
38:20We must do this again.
38:21Sports person.
38:22Comedian.
38:23Absolutely.
38:24That's the combination.
38:25It really is.
38:26They're all playing.
38:26Maybe they're just showing us.
38:28This is it.
38:29So, okay.
38:30Head back to your seats and I'll tell you who won that.
38:38I can tell you who did that fastest.
38:40In fact, by 12 seconds, it was Sally and Ed.
38:43Yeah.
38:4412 seconds.
38:44Yeah.
38:45And I thought they had gone so far.
38:47Isn't that amazing?
38:47Yeah.
38:48You were 12 seconds faster.
38:49I'm really freaked out by that.
38:50Yeah.
38:50I mean, it's...
38:51It feels like ages when you're doing it, I think.
38:55I honestly thought once you got dressed, you're like...
38:58Uncannily fast.
38:59Yeah.
38:59But then time flies when you're enjoying yourself, sir.
39:02So, Carol and Jason, you added six points to your score.
39:05The two bonus points go to Sally and Ed.
39:07Yeah.
39:08So, going into our all-important final, the overall scores are...
39:13Carol and Jason, 29.
39:15That's good.
39:15Sally and Ed, 43.
39:17Whoa!
39:19You can definitely make up a 14-point gap.
39:22Some of these answers that are coming are worth three points,
39:24because they've got three words in them.
39:25It all comes down to this.
39:26It's time for our final round.
39:28Answer Bank!
39:31Carol and Jason, you've got some catching up to do, but you can do it.
39:34It's for all four of you to play on the buzzer.
39:36In a moment, I'll show you a grid of 12 words.
39:38I'll then ask questions against the clock.
39:40Buzz in and give me the correct answer.
39:42Yeah.
39:42If an answer has more than one word,
39:44you must give all the corresponding words in the correct order.
39:46You'll score a point per word,
39:48so it could add up to winning or losing the whole contest.
39:51We've seen people come from behind from Carol's position before.
39:54Let's now reveal all the words on the Answer Bank.
40:22There we are. Take those words in. If you're all ready, we'll play tonight's final. The time starts now.
40:27A type of North American eagle.
40:30Ed.
40:31Bald.
40:32Correct.
40:33A speedy palindrome.
40:36Carol.
40:37Race car.
40:38Well done, race car. Good.
40:40A greater Manchester town.
40:42Carol.
40:42Eccles.
40:43Correct.
40:44A plant that grows near water.
40:47Carol.
40:48Rush.
40:49Correct.
40:50Love Island game.
40:54Carol.
40:56Marry race or snog?
40:58No, snog marry pie.
40:59Ah!
41:00Black and white.
41:06I wanted pie ball.
41:09Can hold food or drink.
41:13Carol.
41:14No, sorry, I was going to take a bite.
41:16I wanted carton.
41:17Sorry.
41:17Doctor Who actor.
41:19Sally.
41:19Christopher Eccles.
41:21I wanted Christopher Eccleston.
41:23Oh, sorry.
41:23A TV period drama.
41:26Ed.
41:27Bridgerton.
41:27Correct.
41:29Oh.
41:30A messed up song.
41:36I wanted snog.
41:38Snog.
41:38Contains an ending in the middle.
41:46I wanted Christopher.
41:47A Coronation Street dog.
41:50Carol.
41:51Eccles.
41:52Correct.
41:53The two-word name of a character from the Italian job.
41:59Sally.
42:00Mr Bridger.
42:01Very good.
42:02Correct.
42:03100.
42:05Ed.
42:06Ton.
42:06Correct.
42:07A French kiss.
42:09Carol.
42:10Snog.
42:11Correct.
42:12A different spelling of a Roger Hargreaves character.
42:20I wanted Mr Rush.
42:22Rush.
42:22An anagram of hot chirpers.
42:26Sally.
42:27Reacher.
42:28No, Christopher I wanted.
42:30A comic named Willie.
42:34Ed.
42:35I was going to say Carson.
42:37No, I wanted Rushton as in Willie Rushton.
42:41Apple, Steak and Kidney.
42:43Ed.
42:44Hot.
42:47Time is up.
42:49There was one we puzzled over there which was contains an ending in the middle.
42:53Yeah.
42:54Christopher.
42:55Yes.
42:55Christopher because it has the word stop in the middle of it.
42:58Ah, right.
42:59Christopher.
43:00There we are.
43:01Yeah.
43:01It can be a little bit cross-wordy.
43:03Yeah.
43:04So, what happened there?
43:06The moment has arrived.
43:07Time to reveal our winners.
43:09Jason.
43:09The final scores are Carol and Jason on 35.
43:14Sally and Ed on 50.
43:1750 up.
43:19What about that?
43:21Seriously, your reaction, Ed?
43:23I was told.
43:24I was sent out.
43:25We need another trophy in this house.
43:28They're going to be so disappointed with the size of this thing.
43:35Hey, here it is, Ed.
43:37And if you do this, you need practice this, but you can do it with a thumb and two fingers.
43:40You can mount it.
43:42Like that.
43:43And then you can take it on public transport.
43:45Very good.
43:45Yes?
43:47I will bear that in mind.
43:49Although, mounting things is why I got banned from public transport.
43:56So, thanks a lot for joining us.
43:58We do appreciate it, both of you.
44:00Really, really good fun.
44:01Thanks go to our puzzlers, our captains, Carol, Sally, our guests, Jason and Ed.
44:05This has been Celebrity Puzzling.
44:07You've been the audience and I've been my authentic self, I think.
44:11Until next time, good night.
44:12Puzzle on.
44:34Transcription by CastingWords
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