- 3 hours ago
Category
📺
TVTranscript
00:00Hello, I'm Jeremy Vine and welcome to what promises to be another exciting instalment of Celebrity Puzzling.
00:05As ever, tonight features two teams of celebrities tackling tricky puzzles to take home a jackpot of zero pounds.
00:13Should we have mentioned that bit to them before tonight? Probably. Oh well, this is Celebrity Puzzling.
00:36Hello, welcome to Celebrity Puzzling and first let's meet our wonderful team captains, shall we?
00:41Here to do some intellectual heavy lifting and I can already hear those cogs turning, it's the cracking Carol Vorderman.
00:49And her track record speaks for itself, but that certainly won't stop her talking, it is the superb Sally Lindsay.
00:57Our captains, everyone. Now, who will be sharing the blame with them this evening?
01:02Team captain Carol is a journalist who's obsessed with the movie Jaws just when you thought it was safe to
01:07turn on ITV News.
01:08It's Lucrezia Millerini.
01:12And joining Sally, he's the dingle who makes us tingle.
01:16All the way from the wool pack on Emmerdale, it's Mark Charnock. Welcome!
01:22Love it. Lucrezia, let me ask you first of all.
01:25Yeah. The news. Yes.
01:26Serious face for that, right? Okay.
01:28Can you just do that? Oh, I say!
01:30She keeps making me laugh.
01:32Plashes on the studio with me all the time.
01:35The puzzling is serious, isn't it?
01:37Puzzling? Incredibly serious.
01:39I think we'll find that out when we come.
01:41I think we'll find out that we're very competitive.
01:44Yeah, a little bit competitive.
01:46Okay, Mark, everyone must always think, is he the same or slightly the same as dear old Marlon?
01:51We're as neurotic as each other, let's put it that way.
01:54Yeah, and he's a better chef than me.
01:56And Marlon's had how many wives now?
01:59I'm on to my fifth wife.
02:01Which, saying it out loud, I mean, he's punched well above his waist.
02:05I don't know what's going on.
02:06It's amazing.
02:07Okay, let me tell you how this works.
02:09It'll be worth it in the long run.
02:10Vorderman, Lindsay, Millerini, Charnock may sound like an expensive legal firm.
02:15They are a part of our celebrity puzzlers.
02:18They will face six rounds and a final.
02:20Their mission is to score as many points as possible.
02:23Really?
02:23Yes.
02:24I know that will come as a shock.
02:25You do want a big league going into our final round.
02:28Seriously, Answer Bank, because, as we know, it can all shift around in the final.
02:32Yep.
02:33The winning celebrity will get the celebrity puzzling, puzzling cube.
02:37It is a thing of money.
02:38There it is.
02:39It's a dream, isn't it?
02:40That's the dream.
02:41That is the dream.
02:42And it's very well lit.
02:43Look at that.
02:43So, a lot of fun with this cube.
02:45A lot to play for.
02:48Sorry there.
02:49Round one, here we come.
02:51Let's get puzzling.
02:51The first puzzle should be as easy as one, two, three.
02:53We've actually called it.
02:55Three, two, one.
02:55Yay!
02:56It's the final round.
02:57So, let's see, teams, if you can master this one.
03:00Oh, look at this.
03:00I think Lucrezia immediately goes into her game face mode.
03:03Look at that.
03:04Oh, yeah.
03:05I'm serious now.
03:06Let's do this.
03:07On the screen, you'll see a grid of answers.
03:10Three of those answers will be connected, and two of those answers will be connected.
03:13Leaving an odd one out, can you find all the right connections to solve the puzzle?
03:18So, this is just an example.
03:19What do you think, guests?
03:21Buffalo and Bison.
03:22Yeah, yeah, definitely.
03:23Or it could be Buffalo, Yonkers and Albany, actually.
03:24Oh, thank you.
03:25Three American...
03:26Go on, Lucrezia, what do you think?
03:27I would agree.
03:28Buffalo, Yonkers, Albany.
03:29All right, so we think, OK, maybe the trio is places in New York State.
03:32I'll tell you what it is.
03:33The group of three were Ithaca, Yonkers, Albany, which are cities in the state of New York.
03:38And then you've got Bison, Buffalo, which is the pair, different names for the same animal.
03:44The odd one out was Teak, type of wood.
03:46That's how you do it.
03:48So, how was that for you?
03:49Were you New York State or an absolute state?
03:52So, it's worth knowing when forming your connections, they can't go diagonally.
03:56The sides need to touch.
03:58OK.
03:59All right?
03:59So, Carol and Lucrezia, you start first.
04:03Here's your first 3-2-1 puzzle.
04:04Here we go.
04:08Well, that's...
04:09Look, that's obvious to me.
04:10The three is going to be horror movies.
04:12So, Jaws, Halloween, The Thing, they are touching, they are three, they are definitely horror movies.
04:18But then what's Human Torch?
04:20Yeah.
04:21Oh, gosh.
04:22I can't see Mount Rushmore add up to anything else, really, can you?
04:26Oh, my gosh.
04:28But Human Torch, Invisible Woman...
04:30What's thrown me a little bit is that The Thing and Halloween are both directed by John Carpenter, right?
04:36And Jaws is Spielberg.
04:37Yes.
04:38So, then I'm thinking, are we actually looking at three Spielberg movies, two John Carpenter movies, and then an odd
04:44one out?
04:44But the three have to be touching, don't they?
04:46Do you have to be touching?
04:48Yes.
04:48Let's try.
04:49The Thing, Halloween...
04:51Oh, please be right.
04:52And Jaws.
04:53So, The Thing, Halloween and Jaws is your trio.
04:56Yeah.
04:56Because they're undoubtedly scary movies.
04:58Yeah, yeah.
04:59The pair must be...
05:00Human Torch and Mount Rushmore.
05:02OK.
05:02And we've no idea...
05:03Not sure why.
05:04OK, well, there could be some connection there.
05:06Yeah.
05:06And then the odd one out would be Invisible Woman.
05:08Let's see if that's right.
05:09One sec.
05:10No.
05:11Ah, it's wrong.
05:12No chance to steal in this game.
05:15So, Human Torch, The Thing, Invisible Woman, but why?
05:19Mark?
05:20Are they comics?
05:22They are members of...
05:23Oh, it's the Fantastic Four, isn't it?
05:25Yes, they're members of the Fantastic Four.
05:28Halloween, Jaws is the pair, scary movies.
05:32Mount Rushmore, the odd one out.
05:34Sally and Mark, your first three, two, one question.
05:38Aged, or aged, aerial, italic, old, bold, underline.
05:44Bold, underline, italic are all...
05:47Yeah, bold, aerial and italic is fonts, aren't they?
05:49Does bold count as a font, though?
05:51Probably not.
05:52So, it's aerial, italic and underline.
05:56Aged and old means the same.
05:58Yeah.
05:59And bold's the one that's trying to throw.
06:01So, is underline definitely a font?
06:02Well, it's not that it's a font.
06:03It's just, you know, there's that drop-down menu on format.
06:06I'm such a nerd.
06:08There's that drop-down menu on format where they're all on the same bit of the format.
06:13I would have thought underline, italic and bold are the three, but you might...
06:17Because I'm not sure...
06:19Aerial's definitely a font.
06:20Yeah, but is aged a font or old?
06:23No, I'm sorry.
06:24I think it's italic, aerial and bold, because they're fonts.
06:28Aged and old is the same.
06:29And underline is something that you tell it to do.
06:31I'm going to go to your wisdom, because your wisdom is great.
06:35Well, if I've got it wrong, I'm really sorry, mate.
06:37All right, what's your answer?
06:37I'm going to go for italic, aerial and bold, because they're fonts.
06:41I'm going to go for ages and old, because they mean the same.
06:45And underline, I think, is an instruction as opposed to a font.
06:49But if I've got that horribly wrong, I apologise now.
06:51No, no, no, I see your logic completely.
06:52All right.
06:54Is that correct?
06:56Flip.
06:57Sorry, you got it right.
06:59When you write something in a font like aerial,
07:01and by the way, that's not how you spell aerial, the font,
07:04then you decide, do I want to put it into italic,
07:07do I want to underline it, do I want to put it in bold?
07:09Right, so it's an instruction.
07:10That's what groups them.
07:11So we'll see the correct answer.
07:14Italic, bold, underline.
07:15So you were right.
07:15Aged and old, obviously the same thing.
07:17Aerial, different.
07:18This is good.
07:19You both put a bit of sweat into it.
07:21Yes.
07:21You misfired.
07:22This is what's at stake here.
07:24Oh, man.
07:24OK.
07:24OK.
07:25Heads up, all four, raise your games.
07:27I've never wanted anything more, and I'm kind of not joking.
07:30We have a sarcasm meter here, and it's just gone off.
07:34Get ready, Carol and Lucrezia.
07:35Here's the next one.
07:36OK.
07:38This is such a great round.
07:40Moolah, pool, cart, bread, dough, plough.
07:44Right.
07:45Trio and a pair, and an odd one out, please.
07:47This is where I'm going.
07:49Moolah, bread, dough are different slang words for money.
07:53And then the two?
07:55Cart and plough?
07:56Yes, I would say.
07:57And pool is the odd one out?
07:58I would say so.
07:59Yeah?
08:00Well, Moolah, bread, dough, all other words for money.
08:04That's your trio.
08:05OK.
08:05Yeah.
08:06Yeah.
08:07Cart and a plough, similar things, do the same job, right?
08:10Yeah.
08:10And then pool inevitably has to be on its own.
08:13Yeah.
08:14That's what we're going to go with.
08:16OK, that's your answer.
08:17Let's see if it's right.
08:18Come on.
08:19Yay!
08:20Yes, well done.
08:22And right and for the right reasons.
08:23OK, Sally and Mark, let's see if you can get this one right.
08:26Here's your next three, two, one.
08:29Boater, calculator, ABBA.
08:31Highlighter, eraser, erasure.
08:35OK.
08:36Well, ABBA and erasure.
08:39Didn't erasure do one of ABBA's songs?
08:41I can't remember.
08:42But anyway, the calculator, eraser, highlighter thing suggests stationary,
08:46doesn't it?
08:46I do.
08:46Oh, and I love a bit of stationary.
08:47Who doesn't?
08:48And a boater is a hat.
08:50Yes, it is.
08:51So, I think you're right there.
08:53I'm not saying a word because I majorly messed up last time.
08:56No, you didn't mess up.
08:57You discussed it and you chose.
08:59I did, Jeremy.
09:00We're not missing anything on you.
09:01All right, mate.
09:02Yeah, no.
09:02Calculator, eraser and highlighter are stationary.
09:07ABBA, erasure, obviously, are bands.
09:09And a boater is a hat.
09:12Is it correct?
09:15Well done.
09:16The trio's right.
09:17They're all kind of things you have in school, basically, really.
09:20Yeah.
09:20And your pencil case.
09:21Yeah, pencil case items, exactly.
09:25ABBA and erasure are bands.
09:26The odd one out was boater.
09:28OK.
09:29Carol and Lucrezia, here's the next one.
09:31All right, next one.
09:33Double denim tequila, quadruple saxophone marathon.
09:37Oh, fine.
09:39Double denim.
09:40Do you ever wear double denim?
09:42I do.
09:42I love a bit of double denim.
09:43Yeah, love it.
09:44But this is...
09:44Right, to this.
09:46Oh, gosh.
09:46OK, double and quadruple, obviously, they're times tables, effectively.
09:50Oh, OK.
09:51I was going to say, marathon is the old name for a...
09:53I was going to say that.
09:55Do you remember it, Sal?
09:57Yeah, the old name for...
09:58It's peanuts in it.
09:59Double tequila, obviously, which is great.
10:02I'm not touching.
10:04So that won't work, right?
10:06I'm a bit puzzled.
10:06The obvious thing is double and quadruple.
10:09Mm-hm.
10:11I don't know.
10:11This is tricky, actually.
10:13Where does saxophone fit in all of this?
10:16If...
10:17Go on.
10:19Or...
10:19If...
10:20Have a guess at your three.
10:22Shall we go denim, tequila and marathon?
10:24All right, go on.
10:25OK.
10:25Let's do it.
10:26Let's have it.
10:26Uh, denim, tequila and marathon.
10:28Trio, right.
10:29Yeah.
10:30And then the times tables, the double and the quadruple.
10:33Uh-huh, OK, yeah, right.
10:35And then saxophone, obviously, our odd one.
10:37All right.
10:38But we don't really know.
10:39No, I can see that.
10:41Let's see if it's right.
10:42Oh!
10:43Oh, God.
10:43Oh, God.
10:44So, double and quadruple, of course, together.
10:48Denim is called that because it comes from a place called Nîmes.
10:52In French, de Nîmes, from Nîmes.
10:55Tequila is a place and marathon, I think, is in Greece.
10:58All right, final puzzle.
10:59It's time for Sally and Mark.
11:01Here we go.
11:01Three, two, one.
11:03Glow, Coco.
11:05Encanto.
11:05Slow, glow, Rango.
11:08Oh, no.
11:10Blimey.
11:11Is Rango on with Johnny Depp?
11:12Coco is that Mexican thing?
11:13Is Rang, I've never heard of Rang, I've heard of Coco and Encanto.
11:17Is blow, slow and glow because they've got L-O in them?
11:21Glowworm, slow worm?
11:23Oh, that could be it, yeah.
11:24Glowworm, slow worm.
11:27I'm pretty sure...
11:28Is Rango a character?
11:28Rango is like a lizardy character.
11:30I think it's voiced by Johnny Depp.
11:32Right, OK, so let's do that then.
11:33So we're going to go for Coco and Encanto Rango.
11:36Mm-hmm.
11:37And then slow and glow as in Worms.
11:39Worms.
11:40And then blow as in nothing.
11:42Mm-hmm.
11:44Is it right?
11:45Yes, and for the right reasons.
11:48So winners of the three were winners of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
11:54The second one is, and well done, Mark, on this, slow worm, glow worm.
11:57Absolutely right.
11:58And the odd one out, there's no such thing as a blow worm.
12:00OK, at the end of that round, Carol and Lucrezia have four points.
12:05Sally and Mark also have four.
12:07Oh, yes.
12:10In a moment, our teams will head over to the letterbox to try to build up their points total.
12:15Both teams will get a chance.
12:17Going first, it's Carol and Lucrezia, so no heckling.
12:19You two, OK?
12:21The game you're playing tonight is thirdle.
12:26I'll give you an example now.
12:27You're going to see three words, each with the third letter missing.
12:29You need to fill in those missing letters using the tiles provided
12:32and spell a new word vertically.
12:34You're against the clock.
12:35You score three points if you solve the puzzle.
12:38You've got a full alphabet to play with.
12:40So, shout it out.
12:42What's that, incur?
12:43I would say.
12:44Incur.
12:45Agony and fence.
12:46Fence, OK.
12:47Con.
12:48Con, yeah.
12:49That's perfect.
12:50Yeah.
12:50So, Carol and Lucrezia, please head on over to the letterbox now to play thirdle.
12:57Carol and Lucrezia pick that button when you've completed it.
12:59Here's your first thirdle.
13:01Your time starts now.
13:05Jiffy?
13:05Yeah.
13:06OK.
13:06Well, jiffy.
13:07Could be.
13:08In a jiffy.
13:08OK.
13:09Yes.
13:10Celeb.
13:10It's a word.
13:11Celeb.
13:11Celeb.
13:12What does that mean?
13:12I tell you what, they do this all the time.
13:16Fly.
13:17Fly.
13:17Go on.
13:18Yes.
13:18Good.
13:19That was very quick.
13:20Your second puzzle will have four words with the third letter missing.
13:23You will have to spell a new four-letter word vertically.
13:26It's worth four points if you're ready.
13:27Your time starts now.
13:29Let's have a little look.
13:31Oh.
13:32Do you think?
13:33Yeah, it could be basil, yes.
13:34Basil.
13:34Because I'm looking at that as brush already.
13:36And brush.
13:36Right.
13:36So I stick in there.
13:39Go on.
13:39You can do that.
13:39Oh, brush.
13:40OK.
13:41Nice.
13:41OK.
13:41Uh, syrup?
13:43Oh, brush or brush?
13:44Oh, I don't know.
13:44It might be.
13:45Oh, I know what it is.
13:46Syrup.
13:47Can you put the R in?
13:48Yeah.
13:48R in.
13:49That's the brush.
13:50That's the Dread.
13:51Put that in.
13:52Oh, Dread.
13:53And then sure, isn't it?
13:55Brush.
13:56Sure.
13:57Yeah.
13:57There we go.
13:58Well done.
14:00All right.
14:00Well done.
14:01Your final puzzle has five words to solve.
14:02You need to spell a new five-letter word vertically.
14:05It's worth a bumper five points.
14:06And your time starts now.
14:09Ooh.
14:10Hives.
14:11Hives.
14:11Hmm.
14:14Preen.
14:15Preen.
14:16Preen.
14:16Maybe.
14:17OK.
14:18Solar.
14:18Go with that.
14:19Solar, yes.
14:20Yes, yes.
14:20I've got the owl.
14:21You've got the owl.
14:22Flower.
14:24Oh, oh, oh.
14:25Got it.
14:26Women.
14:27Oh.
14:29Something's gone wrong.
14:31Sonar.
14:32Sonar.
14:32Sonar.
14:33Ooh, OK.
14:35Venom.
14:37Clever.
14:38There we are.
14:39Well played.
14:40You did not go straight.
14:40Their trip to the letterbox has scored the maximum 12.
14:44Oh.
14:44Yeah.
14:44So, Sally and Mark, are you feeling confident you can improve on that?
14:47Confidence is a strong word.
14:49Yeah, confidence is a strong word.
14:50They will get their chance in a moment before that next heady dose of knockabout, fun time,
14:54puzzle along action.
14:55We've got to take a break because we're exhausted.
14:57We'll see you after this.
14:58We are.
14:59We are.
15:01If you want to keep puzzling, see if you can complete the vertical word to solve this third-le.
15:08Best of luck.
15:15Puzzlers, did you manage to complete the third-le?
15:20If you did, great puzzling.
15:25Welcome back to Celebrity Puzzling.
15:26I'm Jeremy Vine.
15:27I refuse to apologise for that.
15:28I'm still here occupying the studio, overseeing this gaggle of willing puzzlers, led as they
15:35are by Miss Vorderman and Miss Lindsay.
15:37So, it's now Sally and Mark's turn at the letterbox to play third-le.
15:41Remember, you've got to see three words, each with the third letter missing.
15:43You've got to fill in those missing letters to spell a new word vertically.
15:47When you're ready to lock in your answer, hit the button.
15:50You'll score three points if you solve this first puzzle.
15:52Sally and Mark, here's your first.
15:53Your time starts now.
15:56Lasso.
15:56Lasso.
15:57Yes.
15:58OK.
15:58Koala.
15:59Koala.
16:00Koala.
16:01No, hanging about here.
16:02I'm going.
16:03Argue.
16:03No, because it can't mark.
16:05Sag.
16:05Oh, sag.
16:06Oh, sag.
16:06I don't know what do you think.
16:07Sag, sag, you're like my face, yeah.
16:08So, the speedy, off the mark so fast, sag is right.
16:13Sagging, whatever, yeah.
16:15Yes, sag.
16:16Anything that's like that.
16:16Yes, all that.
16:18Your second puzzle will have four words with the third letter missing,
16:20and you'll need to spell a new four-letter word vertically.
16:22It's worth four, though.
16:23If you're ready, your time starts now.
16:27Taken.
16:28Yeah.
16:29Taken.
16:30Is it, erm...
16:32Genie?
16:32Genie, but that would be...
16:34OK, let's do cloth, let's do this.
16:37Orbit.
16:38Yeah.
16:38Orbit.
16:39So, what's that?
16:40Well, I know where you're going with this, but I don't think that's the answer.
16:42Can we have knob?
16:43Can we have knob?
16:43Yeah, we can have knob.
16:45Doorknobs?
16:45What about...
16:46Doorknobs.
16:46What about...
16:47Knob.
16:48You happy?
16:49Yeah.
16:50Yes.
16:52Door knob.
16:52That's a great word.
16:53Knob handle.
16:54Bed knobs and broomsticks.
16:56Exactly.
16:57It's perfectly normal words.
16:59Your final puzzle has five words to solve.
17:01You've got to spell a new five-letter word.
17:02It's worth a bump of five points.
17:03Let's go.
17:04Your time starts now.
17:06Wrist.
17:07Oh.
17:08Finch.
17:09Finch.
17:10Sh...
17:10Ugh.
17:11Right, you do the other one.
17:13Bible.
17:13Yeah.
17:15Moody?
17:15Moody.
17:16Is it going to be inbox?
17:18It's got to be an X.
17:19Inbox, X, 60.
17:2060?
17:20Oh, my God.
17:21Inbox.
17:21Thinking?
17:22Yeah.
17:22Inbox, yeah.
17:23Oh, that's a modern word.
17:25You can allow that.
17:26It's in the Oxford English Dictionary.
17:28Inbox is there.
17:29Yeah.
17:30Wrist.
17:30Finch.
17:31Bible.
17:32Moody, 60.
17:33OK.
17:34Please head back to your seats.
17:35We'll see the scores.
17:36APPLAUSE
17:40How many points did you rack up at home?
17:42Well done, Sally and Mark.
17:43Your visit to the letterbox scored you the maximum 12.
17:46CHEERING
17:47This is a very tight contest here.
17:49You know, they're pretending to be like, oh, it's just fun.
17:51It's not.
17:52They're serious.
17:53Let's see what that's done to the overall scores.
17:55Here we go.
17:56Carol and Lucrezia on 16.
17:58Yes.
17:59Yes.
17:59Sally and Mark on 16.
18:02All said, yeah.
18:05Our celebs are about to get hot under the collar
18:07as we stride onwards to our next round.
18:09This is Heat Map.
18:10Oh, my God.
18:11This is pretty weird.
18:12Here's how it works.
18:13So, for each puzzle in this round,
18:15the players are shown an image of a QWERTY keyboard
18:17and above the keyboard is a category.
18:19The letters in the answer are highlighted on the keyboard.
18:22All the others are greyed out.
18:24And what's more, the letters are colour-coded as follows.
18:26If it features in the answer just once, it's green.
18:29Twice, it's orange.
18:30Three or more times, it's red.
18:32Hobbyist.
18:33This is just an example.
18:34Give us a shout.
18:35At least three Ts.
18:37It could be someone like Robert.
18:38Say it out loud.
18:39Train spotter.
18:40Oh, OK.
18:41Let's see if that's right.
18:42Train spotter.
18:43Great idea.
18:44Well done.
18:45There he is.
18:46That's how you do it.
18:49Train spotter.
18:50Although, I'd say that's less a hobby, more a way of life.
18:53Sally and Mark, you're up first.
18:55Here is your first puzzle.
18:56We're playing team by team.
18:58Give it a go.
18:59Sally and Mark.
19:00Chitty, chitty, bang, bang.
19:02And we've got at least three Ts, Cs and As.
19:06It's not the child couch.
19:08That was literally my first thought as well.
19:10It's not the child couch.
19:10So what else is it?
19:11What's the professor?
19:12No, it's the lead woman.
19:14It's something like, it's called Sweetie Pie or something.
19:17Oh, gosh.
19:18I don't know her name, but it's her.
19:21I know it is.
19:22It's the...
19:23Three Cs.
19:25It's something like...
19:26Cracticus Potts.
19:27Is it Cracticus Potts?
19:28OK, go for it.
19:29Cracticus Potts.
19:32Cracticus Potts is your answer.
19:33Is that really the answer?
19:35Cracticus Potts?
19:37Oh!
19:39Wow.
19:41Who was Cracticus Potts?
19:43He was the inventor, wasn't it, in the shed?
19:44Yes.
19:45Who wrote Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang, the book?
19:48No idea.
19:48Is it someone like Fleming?
19:49Ian Fleming.
19:50Ian Fleming.
19:50Really?
19:51Yeah.
19:51Yeah, you can't have any points there.
19:53Carol and Lucrezia, here's your first one.
19:57Oh, OK.
19:58This is my worst one.
19:59Talies.
20:00Oh, dear.
20:01Carol doesn't like tennis.
20:02At least three A's.
20:05OK.
20:06Open.
20:07So, I was told the other day that there was someone called Pete Sampras.
20:12OK.
20:12It's not him.
20:13Gosh, it could be a tournament, it could be a person.
20:16Oh.
20:17Are we going to think it's a person?
20:19We're going to put an open, something open.
20:22Yeah, we could be like...
20:23Australian Open.
20:24Australian Open, no.
20:25Yeah, Australian Open...
20:27Yeah, that works.
20:28That works.
20:28What, what, what, yeah?
20:29A-U-S-T-R-A-L...
20:32Between us.
20:33I think we might have the answer.
20:35The Australian Open.
20:37Australian Open, is it?
20:40Yes!
20:40Well done.
20:43This is a very, very good contest.
20:45There's some big brains here.
20:46Clever, clever, clever.
20:47Clever, clever, clever.
20:48Sally and Mark, here's yours.
20:51Thanksgiving dessert, please.
20:54Something pie.
20:55Oh, it's, um...
20:58Oh.
20:58Oh.
20:59Yeah, it's...
21:00Pumpkin pie.
21:01No.
21:02Pumpkin pie, yeah, you're right.
21:03Is it?
21:03Yeah, yeah, yeah.
21:04Two peas.
21:04Two peas.
21:05Three peas, that's right.
21:06Yeah, pumpkin pie.
21:08Hold on.
21:08Brilliant.
21:10Pumpkin pie...
21:11..is right.
21:13APPLAUSE
21:16Carol and Lucrezia, here's your next one.
21:20So, insect, please.
21:23It's got three E's at least.
21:27Um...
21:28B4, um...
21:30Oh, W, W.
21:31Crock, right.
21:32Oh, what's that?
21:32Whoa.
21:33Beetle.
21:34It's got to have a W in it.
21:35It's got a T.
21:37Um...
21:38Ooh.
21:39Heck.
21:40Come on.
21:41Insects, famous insects.
21:42Yeah, so...
21:43Ladybug.
21:45Ladybird.
21:46We need a W in there.
21:48Beetle, cockroach, earthworm.
21:53Earth?
21:54No, because we've got a B.
21:56Er...
21:57Dragonfly.
21:58Oh.
21:59Um...
21:59Oh, my gosh.
22:00Bluebottle.
22:01Um, a witchery grub.
22:03No, it's got a K.
22:04Oh, hang on.
22:06No, it's got the I, has it?
22:07No, no, no.
22:08Oh, my gosh.
22:10Um...
22:11This is going to be really obvious, isn't it?
22:12Yeah, it will be really obvious, yeah.
22:14Could we have their last question, please?
22:16We need to...
22:18We've got them.
22:18Yeah.
22:20Hmm.
22:20We're going to go, uh, at the end, aren't we?
22:22Earthworm.
22:23Earthworm.
22:24It's going to be, it's going to be...
22:25No, it's not that.
22:26No.
22:26It's not that.
22:27Is it earthworm?
22:28No.
22:28We know it is.
22:29Sorry.
22:30You can steal for one point, but you must answer quickly.
22:33I don't know what it is.
22:35No, it's beyond us, I think.
22:37So, no answer from you.
22:38Actually, Lucrezia was right.
22:39The W...
22:40Yeah.
22:41...is the place to start.
22:42So, what we wanted was this.
22:45Oh!
22:45Worker B!
22:47Oh!
22:47This is a contest, isn't it?
22:49It's like one mistake and you're just game over.
22:52Sally and Mark, here's your next one.
22:56Aesop's Fables.
22:58So, there's the frog and the...
23:01..where he carries it on his back across the river.
23:03There's something...
23:04It's the tortoise.
23:05The tortoise and the hare.
23:06That's the one.
23:06The hare and the tortoise.
23:09The...
23:09Yeah.
23:09It's got to be on it.
23:10The tortoise and the hare.
23:12You're saying the tortoise and the hare.
23:14Yes.
23:14Let's have a look.
23:16Well done.
23:17The tortoise and the hare, well done.
23:19Marilyn McCretsy, your next puzzle.
23:23Depeche Mode hit.
23:26It's got a J in it.
23:27Oh!
23:28Oh, my gosh.
23:31Just something?
23:33Yeah.
23:35Oh, my God.
23:36I'm rubbish on it.
23:37I'm going to actually kick myself if I do not get this,
23:39because I have seen Depeche Mode in concert,
23:43and they were fantastic.
23:45And I think this is probably a very, very famous song.
23:47It will be.
23:48And I'm experiencing a major mind blank.
23:50And I don't know any of them.
23:53If they are 70s, I'd know.
23:56I think I know it.
23:57Go on.
23:58I think.
23:58I think I'm going to guess.
24:00OK.
24:01Just can't get enough.
24:02I think you might be right.
24:03Is it just can't get enough?
24:05Well done.
24:07Really good puzzling there.
24:10Well done, you.
24:10At the end of that round of heat map,
24:13it's Carol and Lucrezia who are cooling down a little bit with 20.
24:16Sally and Mark are on 22.
24:18Oh, nothing in it.
24:21Still nothing in it.
24:22In this game, you can catch up in the last round.
24:25To say the least, viewers, it is with great sadness.
24:28I must reveal we've reached the end of part two of Celebrity Puzzle.
24:31Please respect my privacy at this difficult time.
24:34And stay tuned for part three.
24:39Have a go at this up or down puzzle.
24:41Shift one letter, one space up or down in the alphabet
24:44to solve the clue and reveal the answer.
24:46Best of luck.
24:53Here's the solution to your up or down puzzle.
24:57If you've got it right, well done.
25:02Welcome back to Celebrity Puzzling.
25:04Your commitment has not gone unnoticed.
25:06Thus far, our team captains, Carol and Sally,
25:08have been joined by Lucrezia Millerini and Mark Charnock
25:12to try to solve some puzzles.
25:13Results mixed so far, it's fair to say,
25:16from the magnificent to the meh.
25:18Now we'll see what our guests are made of, OK, both?
25:21Lucrezia and Mark are about to take on
25:24a Celebrity Puzzle Guest head-to-head
25:26as they play up or down.
25:30This is tricky now.
25:32This is how it works.
25:33You see a clue plus a series of letters on the screen.
25:36Each letter has been moved either up or down by one step.
25:38For example, if the letter B appears,
25:40it means it's actually an A or a C.
25:42So here we have the clue Mexican food.
25:44We know A must be either a Z or a B.
25:48Correct, you can't go back.
25:49Oh, OK.
25:50And by the way, both cues in this example
25:53will either be P's or R's.
25:56So they will go the same way.
25:58Yeah, OK.
25:59Anyone?
26:00Burrito.
26:01Burrito.
26:02Oh, very sick.
26:05Oh, Lucrezia's got it straight away.
26:07Oh, this is immediately terrifying.
26:08No, that'll be it for me now, Mark.
26:09Don't worry.
26:10That's how you do it.
26:11Well done.
26:12OK, that example has been wrapped up.
26:14We can get on with the round proper.
26:15It's on the buzzer between you,
26:17so it couldn't be more high stakes.
26:20Well done, Lucrezia.
26:21That's a good posture.
26:22It is.
26:23I'm ready.
26:23You see how it works.
26:24I don't like doing this.
26:25Five to solve, guests only.
26:27I feel incredibly exposed.
26:28We've had to put several microphones on Carol
26:29because she's been known to whisper,
26:31but she stopped.
26:32I'm not cheating.
26:33Lucrezia and Marcus, your first one.
26:35Here it comes.
26:37Category is nationality.
26:41Lucrezia, straight in.
26:42French.
26:44Is it French?
26:45No.
26:46I know what it is.
26:47No.
26:48Oh, OK, for a steal, Mark.
26:50So, yes, I think it's G or I.
26:53Quickly, please.
26:55Within seconds or you get buzzed out.
26:58Let's have a look at the answer.
27:00German.
27:01I was close with France, French.
27:03I was worried for a moment it was going to be Italian.
27:05I thought that as well.
27:07I know.
27:07As soon as I said French and I got it wrong,
27:09I said, oh, it's going to be Italian, isn't it?
27:11Fingers on buzzers.
27:12Here's the next one.
27:13Very competitive.
27:15Category is gentle sport.
27:18So, the C can be a B or a D.
27:29We've got C and V.
27:33Lucrezia?
27:34Bowling.
27:35Is it bowling?
27:37Ah.
27:38Oh, she's good.
27:41She's good.
27:42That's really impressive.
27:43Get ready.
27:44Here's the next one.
27:48Seven letters.
27:49U.S. sitcom.
27:57The G can be...
28:00F.
28:00Oh, yeah.
28:01Friends?
28:01Is it friends?
28:03Oh.
28:04No.
28:05No.
28:05Oh, no, no.
28:05Over to Lucrezia, but quickly, to Steele.
28:08Frasier?
28:10Frasier.
28:10Oh, well done.
28:11Oh, yeah.
28:14That's a good answer.
28:15Well done.
28:16Action station's time for another.
28:19Oh, eight letters.
28:21Nightclub.
28:22The I can be an H or J.
28:25Oh.
28:27Nightclub?
28:29Nightclub.
28:30Oh.
28:31I, B, D, it starts.
28:35OK.
28:36Lucrezia?
28:37Hacienda.
28:38Hacienda.
28:39Oh, my goodness.
28:40Yes, well done.
28:42Bowling's favorite thing.
28:42Is that Manchester?
28:43I was in there from the age of 15 to 18.
28:46Mick Huttnall stood on me foot once.
28:49Oh, wow.
28:50What a place.
28:51Here's the final one for you.
28:53It was amazing.
28:54Only at one club, that's the reason I knew it.
28:55So, nine letters, European city.
28:58Oh.
28:59C, T, D, it starts.
29:02The C can be a B or a D.
29:04Yeah.
29:05Ends F, R, U.
29:07Oh.
29:08Nine letters.
29:09Come on.
29:11Um...
29:13Oh, dear.
29:14Oh.
29:17Oh, it's going for us.
29:19Mark.
29:19Bucharest?
29:20Yeah.
29:20I think you might be right.
29:21Is it Bucharest?
29:23Oh, he's pulling back.
29:24No, he's going back.
29:26Bucharest, the capital of...
29:28Romania.
29:28Romania.
29:29Well done, Lucrezia and Mark.
29:31That's that.
29:32That was like a sort of game of squash.
29:34Good on that one.
29:35Rapid.
29:36Lucrezia scored five.
29:38Mark scored two.
29:39Let's put them into the scoreboards.
29:41It's a hard, hard round.
29:42Sally and Mark now have 24.
29:45Carol and Lucrezia have pulled past them on 25.
29:48Oh, my God.
29:49He's so close.
29:51It's that.
29:52It's...
29:52It really is.
29:53Six, seven.
29:54Six.
29:55I hope you managed to get a few of those at home if you did well played.
29:57They are not easy.
29:59And once you go astray, you go up and you should be down.
30:02You're just sunk.
30:03Mark, our next puzzle tonight tests not only our brain power but our vocabulary too.
30:08This is called In Other Words.
30:12So, I'll explain.
30:13I'll show you the initials to the answer and written inside each initial, you'll see synonyms
30:17for that word.
30:18From the synonyms, you've got to work out what the letters stand for.
30:20So, here we have HB.
30:22Awful, terrible, horrifying.
30:23That's the H.
30:24The B is four men, rulers, managers.
30:27So, take it.
30:28This is just the example.
30:29Mark.
30:30Horrible bosses.
30:31Is it horrible bosses?
30:32Yeah.
30:34Sally and Mark, I'll let you start.
30:35OK.
30:36OK, here's your first In Other Words for one point.
30:39Two letters, H-P.
30:41The words spicy, blazing, sizzling, spud, tatty, mash.
30:52Hot.
30:53Hot.
30:54And spud is potato, hot potato.
30:58Hot potato.
31:00Yeah.
31:01One point.
31:01Well done.
31:02Carolyn McQuessie, here's your first.
31:05So, stay ahead.
31:06LB.
31:07Lawfully, legitimately, admissibly, fair, yellow, light.
31:19I think it's Legally Blonde.
31:21Blonde.
31:22Yeah.
31:23Legally Blonde.
31:24Legally Blonde?
31:26Yes.
31:27So, so, we're doing so.
31:29Very good.
31:30Very good.
31:30OK, Sally and Mark, you'll get fewer synonyms this time, but it's worth two points.
31:34Here we go.
31:35Only a couple of words each.
31:37AG.
31:38Wonderful, stunning, elegance, poise.
31:49Amazing Grace?
31:50Amazing Grace?
31:51Amazing Grace.
31:52Amazing Grace, they say.
31:55Well done.
31:56Again, yes.
31:57Well done.
31:58Carolyn McQuessie for two points.
32:00To toe-to-toe you two teams today.
32:04FC, packed, comprehensive, clique, ring.
32:12Oh, it could be full circle, clique and a ring.
32:18Very good.
32:19Full circle?
32:20Yes, full circle.
32:21Full circle.
32:22Full circle.
32:23Yes.
32:26Now we have just one per word, but so far, top marks for both teams, but this is the trickiest
32:33yet.
32:33Here we go, Sally and Mark.
32:35AI, synthetic data.
32:42Something information.
32:43Artificial intelligence.
32:46Artificial intelligence.
32:48Artificial intelligence.
32:50Correct.
32:53Carol McQuessie, your turn, worth three points.
32:57CD.
32:59Condensed circle.
33:01Combat disc.
33:03Very good.
33:04It's all the techie questions.
33:06It's just right there.
33:07Yeah.
33:07What is it?
33:08Compact disc.
33:09Compact disc, says Lucrezia.
33:11Is that right?
33:11It's on fire.
33:12OK, you're whipping through this.
33:14Oh, my Lord.
33:15This is fast.
33:16You teams.
33:17We need to test you more, I think.
33:18How did you get on at home?
33:20Are you giving our celebrities a run for their money?
33:22At the end of that round, Sally and Mark have got 30 now.
33:25Carol and Lucrezia have got 31.
33:27Oh!
33:30This gap is weirdly tight.
33:32It's not like this every game.
33:34No, it's not.
33:34It's a strange one.
33:35Really, really.
33:35We're not catching you out at all.
33:37Only the very first questions for both of you.
33:40Exactly.
33:40Time for up an ultimate round.
33:41In this interaction, both teams will be tackling the letterbox one at a time.
33:45The fastest team to solve their puzzle in this round will trouser two bonus points.
33:50Once trousered, they may be vital to secure victory, particularly in this game.
33:54So, it's all to play for in Letterbox Ladder.
33:58Let's see how it works.
34:00You will see three key words appear on the screen.
34:02There they are.
34:03Doggy, pipe, team.
34:05In between, there are a series of spaces.
34:07You've got to find words that connect them.
34:09So, using the letters at the top, you want doggy something, but the something's got to go with pipe.
34:13So, doggy bag.
34:15Doggy bag, okay, bagpipe, yes.
34:17Pipe dream.
34:18Pipe dream, dream team.
34:19Dream team.
34:20And then look at the other letters available.
34:21Team game.
34:22Team game.
34:23Yeah, well done.
34:24Doggy bag, bagpipe, pipe dream, dream team, team game.
34:27Yeah, bagpipe.
34:28That's how it works.
34:28As always, you'll be against the clock, so there's a winner in this round.
34:31The ladder can be solved in any order, and as soon as you've solved the entire puzzle,
34:36you must hit the button to stop the clock.
34:38You scored two points per solved word.
34:40If you complete all three words faster than your opponents,
34:42you'll receive two bonus points.
34:44Carol and Lucrezia, you're leading.
34:46Please head over to the letterbox to face your ladder.
34:52As soon as you solve the ladder, hit the button to stop the clock.
34:55Your time starts now.
34:57So, snow over slot.
34:59Snow.
35:00Snow.
35:01Um, snow, comb, comb, comb over.
35:05Um, snow, snow, um, snow drop, drop over?
35:11No.
35:11No, I don't think that's how it is.
35:14Oh, gosh.
35:15Got the letters there.
35:16Over.
35:17Oh, come on, snow.
35:19Coin, coin slot.
35:21Oh, money slot.
35:22Oh, slot machine.
35:23Slot machine, let me put that in.
35:24Come on.
35:25When you think about the other.
35:26Slot machine.
35:26Here we go, we're going from the bottom.
35:28Yeah, we are.
35:28Go green if it's right.
35:29You can go in any order.
35:30Yeah, and then have a look at the letters there.
35:33Slot machine.
35:33That helps you, because you've got for your letters now.
35:35Slot machine, look at this.
35:36Okay, snow, these up here.
35:40Snow, fall, fall, fall, fall.
35:45And then what's this?
35:47M-E-I-N-T, might, over might, over time.
35:52Whoa, well done.
35:54Well done, because we were very close to the final ten seconds.
35:59That was more stressful than any breaking news I've ever done.
36:02It wasn't.
36:03Snowfall, fall over, over time, time slot, slot machine.
36:07Mostly done.
36:08Well done, Carol and Lucrezia.
36:10You did not time out, which saves us all the bother of Carol getting cross with me.
36:13So you scored six points.
36:15We'll see if it's good enough for the bonus points after Sally and Mark have played.
36:19We are going to take a short break.
36:21In our final part, we'll discover the identity of tonight's celebrity puzzling winners.
36:25Oh, yeah.
36:25And everyone go, ooh.
36:27Ooh.
36:30Can you figure out the missing word that links the two clues in this letterbox ladder puzzle?
36:35All will be revealed after the break.
36:43Did you successfully solve this letterbox ladder puzzle?
36:48If you cracked it, well done.
36:53Welcome back to Celebrity Puzzling.
36:55I'm currently being pestered by four puzzle-hungry celebrities.
36:58They are insatiable, so we best get on with it.
37:00Sally and Mark, your turn to face the letterbox ladder.
37:04You'll have three new connecting words to solve.
37:06You've got to beat the time set by Carol and Lucrezia in order to earn the crucial bonus points.
37:11Remember, once you solve all three, do hit the button.
37:13All the best.
37:14Your time starts now.
37:17Big, space, child.
37:19Big time.
37:20Big time.
37:21Big time.
37:22Big time.
37:23Was it?
37:24No, it's not there.
37:26Spaceman.
37:26Let's do that.
37:28Spaceman.
37:29OK.
37:29That's right.
37:30Well done.
37:30Spaceman.
37:31OK.
37:32Big, um, big, uh, OK.
37:37Child.
37:40Let's get them on.
37:42Child.
37:43Big brother.
37:44No, big, um...
37:47I can't look at this.
37:48Um, big...
37:50Child.
37:51Man child.
37:52Man.
37:54Uh, oh, flipping heck.
37:56Man.
37:57Man child.
37:59Child.
37:59What is it?
38:01Oh, this is awful.
38:03My brain's gone completely...
38:06Big...
38:07Big...
38:09Big...
38:10Big...
38:10I'll just put them all together now.
38:12Big, uh...
38:14Er...
38:16That's mad, I can't, isn't it?
38:18Child.
38:19Child.
38:19What is that?
38:20What goes into space?
38:21Space.
38:22Big, big.
38:23Time is ticking.
38:24Big area.
38:25Big, big...
38:25Oh, safe space.
38:29Oh, safe space.
38:29Safe space.
38:30Safe space.
38:30Uh, big.
38:32Oh, safe.
38:33Child care.
38:34Child care.
38:35Child care.
38:35No, it doesn't just do me like this.
38:37Child.
38:37Ten seconds.
38:39No care.
38:39That's not that.
38:40Can you find one more word here?
38:42I can't see it.
38:42No, I can't see it.
38:43No.
38:44Oh.
38:47You're going to be so close.
38:49So, think about space here.
38:50What goes before space?
38:51There's not many words go before space.
38:53Like, getting out of the office because I just need to get a bit of...
38:56Head space.
38:56Head space.
38:57So, it's big head.
38:58Head space.
39:00Oh.
39:01So, then, go on, Carol.
39:02Actor.
39:02Child actors.
39:03Oh, my God.
39:04Yes.
39:05Oh, they have been so beastly.
39:07They give the actor the word actor.
39:10And the actor doesn't see it.
39:12I don't know what to say, Mark.
39:13But the teams remain close.
39:15Head back to your seats.
39:17We'll see what the scores are.
39:23So, Sally and Mark, you managed to add two points to your score.
39:26Carol and Lucrezia won the bonus, though, with two points extra.
39:30So, going into the final, let's have a look at the overall scores.
39:33Sally and Mark on 32.
39:36Carol and Lucrezia on 39.
39:39Thank you, Paulie.
39:42Come on.
39:43All right, it comes down to this.
39:45It's time for our final round.
39:46The round.
39:47It is Answer Bank.
39:51Sally and Mark, you've got some catching up to do.
39:53It's for all four of you to play on the buzzers.
39:56In a moment, I'll show you a grid of 12 words.
39:57I'll then ask questions against the clock.
39:59Buzz in and give me the correct answer,
40:01which may be lateral, like a crossword clue.
40:04If an answer has more than one word,
40:05you must give all the corresponding words in the correct order.
40:07You'll score a point per word,
40:09so it could add up to winning or losing the whole show.
40:11I'm sure it will.
40:12Let's reveal all the words on the Answer Bank now.
40:15OK.
40:15Turn.
40:17Turn.
40:18Me.
40:20On.
40:22Inside.
40:24Parallel.
40:26Oh, no.
40:27Carry.
40:28Take.
40:30Cast.
40:33Despicable.
40:34Out.
40:36That.
40:38Away.
40:40All right, take a good look.
40:42If you're ready, let's play tonight's final.
40:44Your time starts now.
40:46Where professional badminton games take place.
40:50Carol.
40:51Uh, sorry, no, no.
40:54I want it inside.
40:56Travis, hit.
40:59Sally.
41:00Turn me on.
41:00I want it turn.
41:02Oh, yeah.
41:03British comedy film series.
41:04Sally.
41:05Carry on.
41:06Your favourite, carry on.
41:08Sounds like a water bird.
41:14I want it turn.
41:16When you don't play at home, you play here.
41:20Lucrezia.
41:21Away.
41:22Correct.
41:23Band formed in 1990.
41:25Mark.
41:27Cast.
41:28I want it, take that.
41:29Part of the UK's capital city, twice.
41:34Sally.
41:35On.
41:36Very good.
41:37A group of actors.
41:39Carol.
41:40Cast.
41:41Correct.
41:42Disney Pixar film.
41:44Lucrezia.
41:45Despicable Me.
41:46Oh.
41:47I want it inside out.
41:48Oh.
41:492019 Taylor Swift hit.
41:53Carol.
41:54Parallel.
41:55I wanted me.
41:56Oh.
41:56Two-word name for a skiing manoeuvre.
41:59Carol.
42:00Parallel turn.
42:01Correct.
42:02Not outdoors.
42:05Lucrezia.
42:05Inside.
42:06Correct.
42:08Aha, hit.
42:09Sally.
42:10Take on me.
42:11Lovely.
42:13Side by side or a similarity.
42:15Carol.
42:16Parallel.
42:17Correct.
42:18Steve Carell film.
42:20Mark.
42:20Despicable Me.
42:21Despicable Me.
42:23An anagram of an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical.
42:28Sally.
42:29Cast.
42:30Correct.
42:32A good fact to remember from a meeting.
42:36Carol.
42:37Take away.
42:38Correct.
42:39Take away a T and you have headwear.
42:42Carol.
42:43That.
42:44Correct, Carol.
42:46Franz Ferdinand hits.
42:47Oh, we're out of time.
42:51Franz Ferdinand hit.
42:53I was asking for was take me out.
42:55OK, the opportunity to score more points is over.
42:57Don't say you weren't warned.
42:59The scores have been added up on the back of a soggy beer mat.
43:02At the back of the studio.
43:04All that remains for me to announce is this.
43:07Sally and Mark, you've got 41.
43:10Oh, yeah.
43:11Carol and Lucrezia have 48.
43:13Oh, wow.
43:14That's great.
43:15Oh, you played so well.
43:18I mean, you're honestly both teamed.
43:20But, Mark, have you enjoyed this?
43:21I've loved every minute of it.
43:23There are times when it seems almost too easy
43:26and then suddenly, bang, the brain explodes.
43:28Is it amazing?
43:29It's because you're snow blind.
43:30You cannot see it.
43:31That's it?
43:31Yeah.
43:31That's it?
43:32Well, Lucrezia, what can I say?
43:34This is yours.
43:37That's going on the news desk.
43:39Brilliant.
43:40I tell you.
43:41And when you announce, like, breaking news,
43:43you could just slide it in.
43:46There are no rules or regulations I'll be breaching.
43:48I would do that every single time.
43:51Great.
43:51Will both of you please come back?
43:53We would love you to be part of the family.
43:54What a journey we've had.
43:56Before we run out of the amount of television
43:58allotted to us tonight,
43:59please allow me to thank our teams,
44:01Carol, Sally, Captains,
44:02and also Lucrezia and Mark.
44:04Great to see you.
44:05I'd also like to thank myself
44:06for being a great listener.
44:08Join us next time for more celebrity puzzling.
44:10Good night and puzzle on!
44:14APPLAUSE
44:42We'll see you next time for more information to your fans.
Comments