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00:00Hello, I'm Jeremy Vine, and this is the show where two teams of celebrities attempt to
00:04impress each and every one of us with their puzzling prowess, and I for one applaud their
00:10efforts. This is Celebrity Puzzling!
00:28Hello, welcome to Celebrity Puzzling. Man as Dictator, I must introduce our team captains first.
00:33So, first up, so clever, she's like a walking, talking encyclopaedia, it's the brilliant
00:38Carol Vorderman, herself, out to show off her puzzling powers once again, part actor, part
00:45human internet search engine, Sally Lindsay. And what does every captain need? Well, a
00:52co-pilot, of course, and for this episode of Celebrity Puzzling, we've got a couple of
00:56crackers for you. Put your seat backs and tray tables in their full upright position, fasten
01:02your seat belts, we could be in for a bumpy ride. With Carol tonight, a news broadcaster
01:06who claims she still likes dancing and clubbing, and oh, wow, it's making me tired just thinking
01:12about it. It's Charlene White. And with Sally, it's a comedian who's appeared in Panto for
01:19over 30 consecutive years. Oh, no, he hasn't. It's Joe Pasquale. Welcome, everyone. Every time
01:28I see you, Charlene, I want to talk Royals, because you do a Royals thing.
01:30Yes, yes, I do. We do a Talking Royals podcast and show on ITV at Sunday lunchtime. So I'm
01:37basically like an encyclopedia of royal knowledge. Oh, you know. And if you look at, say you've
01:41got the whole royal family on the balcony, who's the puzzler in there? That's what I want
01:46to know. Who's the one who can do the puzzles?
01:48I reckon King Charles. I reckon he's a big puzzler. Do you think so? Yeah, yeah. I can
01:54imagine him sort of set as Sandringham with, like, a little notebook and stuff and working
02:00out puzzles and what have you. So, Joe, you do the panties, you do the acting, you do,
02:04you know, presenting. You were a swimming pool attendant as well. I have to say, the pool was
02:10only three foot six deep, so I only had to wade. I wasn't a great swimmer. So as long
02:16as I was taller than three foot six, you got the gig. It was fine. You didn't really have
02:20to swim. So every episode, our teams take on a selection of six random puzzles from our
02:25exhaustive roster. Therefore, no two contests are ever the same. Players, your aim here is,
02:30you'll be surprised at this, to score as many points as possible. Points are crucial, as
02:35ideally, you'll want a big lead going into our final round. Without a big lead,
02:40the final round answer bank can be very stressful, as Sally well knows.
02:44Oh, all right. Well, as Sally and Carol well know. Just because I caught your eye, that's
02:49all. The winning celebrity will also take home this. I want you to watch this screen. You
02:55won't believe what's coming. What? It is the celebrity puzzling, puzzling cube.
03:01Carol, the mathematician, and I have got our heads together, and we have worked out there
03:05are 43 quintillion different combinations on this one cube. That's
03:1043 with 18 zeros. It's amazing. Charlie and I can see you can't have it yet.
03:15You better make sure we win that.
03:17Absolutely. Okay.
03:19Let's get puzzling. This first round will make you all feel Tom Hanks in the Da Vinci
03:23Code. At least that's what it does for me. It is cipher.
03:28Let's have a look at an example. I'm going to give you a category clue and then show you
03:32the puzzle you've got to solve, which is concealed by a code of symbols. Here we go. EastEnders.
03:36Can we have a letter? Let's sit on. Now, that's the thing. It's for three points. It's very
03:40hard from this position. I can see Charlene thinking, oh my God. But if I give you a letter,
03:45it goes down to two points. Let's see. So that is A. So it starts with A. Ooh. If you'd
03:50say, well, we're still struggling, then it goes down to one point as I give you another letter
03:54and you know that's Q and then you think, ah, Albert Square. And funny, if I was thinking
04:00the Black Clouds would be an E, but they were an R. Okay. Carol and Charlene, here we go
04:05with your first cipher. Category is action film, five letters.
04:11So the two exclamation marks are the same letter. Are you good on films?
04:15Uh, sometimes. Okay. Um, action film, we've got, we've got, it can't be Die Hard or anything
04:21like that. So it's two letters. It could be double E, double O, double T, double M. Speed.
04:27Speed. Very good. Is it speed? Well done. Nicely done. So the double letter really helped.
04:36So that's three points. Here's the first verse. Sally and Jo. So it's a seven letter word
04:41but it's a police song. Oh, I think I know what it is. Go on, go on. Is it two
04:45letters?
04:45Okay, because the two N's at the end. Yep. Uh, so let's say, um, I think it's Roxanne.
04:53Oh, I see. Well, it is one word, a one-word police song. Yeah. Okay, let's see. Roxanne.
05:00Yeah, we're done. Yeah. Okay. These next ones might be a little tougher to crack. Carol and
05:05Charlene, here's yours. Seven letters, Chinese Zodiac. Ah.
05:11So the year of the, so, so the first letter and the last letter are the same. And then
05:19there's a double. There's the year of the horse, the snake, the monkey. What else could
05:25it be? Like, genuinely. That's likely to be a double E, do you think?
05:30Yeah. And an R, rooster. Oh, yes, that is one. Rooster.
05:35S-T-E, yeah. Yeah? Yeah. Should we go with that? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
05:38All right. Is it rooster? Yeah. Well done, cappuccino.
05:44Over to Sally and Joe for your next cipher.
05:48So, eight letters now. Hot drink. Okay. Uh, we've got two, I've got three eyeballs there.
05:54So, we've got, uh, hot drink. Cappuccino. Is that right? What's that double cap? No, it
06:02can't be, because that's okay. No, no, it might be there. Um, okay. Let's think then.
06:06What's that, what's that double letter? Espresso. No, that's not right. I'm thinking hot drink.
06:11Chocolate. It could be espresso. Could it? No, it can't. Yeah, it could be an S.
06:16X-O. Yeah. Oh, yeah. It's espresso. Espresso. Espresso. Espresso.
06:20What are you saying? Espresso. Espresso. It is espresso. Yeah. Was it, was that a spelling
06:24thing? Were you going, yeah. It was me, I can't, I'm terrible at spelling anyway. Yeah.
06:29So, good job that Joe was there. Well, brilliant. No, actually, that's right. I called it
06:32espresso for years, so. And I think that's, that's where I was thinking. That's the confusion.
06:37Yeah. Yeah. Okay, the level might get a bit harder again now for your final ones each.
06:40Carolyn and Charlene, it's a brilliant round so far. Keep it up. Two four-letter words,
06:47celebration. Yeah, so the two, what would that be? And then the two vowels are the same.
06:57What would a celebration be? A birthday party. Yeah, a birthday, a baby shower. I'm trying
07:08to think. I can give you a letter. Yeah, give us a letter. It will take you down to two
07:13points. Okay, let me give you a letter. That's an I. The infinity symbol is an I.
07:22I'm trying to get that percentage letter. Yeah. Yeah. Celebration's all there.
07:29I can give you another letter. Okay, Jeremy, there's another letter. Here we go. I'm sorry.
07:36Let's take it down to one point, if you get it right now. The other letter I can give you
07:39is the percentage sign is H. High five. Oh, isn't it? Is it a high five? Yeah. Yeah.
07:50Yeah. Nice. Yeah. That was difficult. So, chance for Joe and Sally to get a bit ahead here.
07:56Here's yours. Yeah. Six letters. Okay. 2020s film. Blimey. Um. Oh, that's difficult from scratch.
08:05Is he saying? It could be anything, couldn't it? 2020s film. I think it might be a name,
08:09because it's just, you know. What person's name? Well, I'm just thinking it could,
08:14because it's just one word. Yeah. Um. I'm going to have to have a letter, love. Yeah,
08:18I think so. It's tough, isn't it? There's so many. Yeah. Okay, let's give you a letter.
08:22Goes down to two points now. And the carriage return symbol is the A.
08:31Um. No. Let's get another letter. All right. I'm hoping you'll get that little,
08:35share symbol. Let's see. Okay, that's a B. So, that helps. Okay. Oh. Oh, Barbie.
08:42Barbie. Of course it is. Oh. Yeah. High profile, but very hard from a standing star. Let's see
08:49if you're right. Barbie. Yes. Well done. Yeah. Oh, I want to see the scoreboards now. At the
08:54end of that round, Carol and Charlene have got seven points. Yes. But matching them pound
09:00for pound, Joe and Sally. Seven. On seven. Seven. Eight. Well done.
09:04So, very good round. Just the last bit, they needed the letters, but most of the time it's
09:09amazing. Did those of you playing at home manage to outscore our celebrities? Well done
09:13if you did. In a moment, it'll be time for our teams to approach the letterbox for a chance
09:17to bag some crucial points. So, going first, Carol and Charlene, the game you'll be playing
09:22is thirdle. You'll see three words, each with the third letter missing. You need to fill
09:29in those missing letters using the tiles provided to spell a new word vertically. Here we go.
09:33Let's have a little look here. So, are we on aloof at the top there? Yes. Anything else
09:37here? Peace. Peace. Okay. Pence, I would say. Pence. Pence, all right. Yeah. There we go.
09:45And then you've got one down the middle. Very good. Let's see. And then it goes green.
09:48If you've got it right, you'll score three points. If you solve the puzzle, you've got
09:52a full alphabet to play with. So, Carol and Charlene, head on over to the letterbox to
09:56play the brilliant thirdle.
10:01Carol and Charlene, hit the button when you've completed it. Here is your first thirdle.
10:05Your time starts now.
10:08Ooh.
10:10That's award.
10:12Award. Put the A in.
10:14And that's fend. F-E-N, maybe?
10:19What's that? Hypes. P.
10:23So, what's that?
10:25Feeds. Feeds.
10:28So, P.
10:29Well done.
10:31Well done, brilliant.
10:33A lovely shade of green there.
10:35Okay, and P is the middle word, the key word that went green.
10:38Your second puzzle will have four words with the third letter missing.
10:42You'll need to spell a new four-letter word vertically. It is worth four points, though.
10:45Okay? So, if you're ready, your time starts now.
10:48Okay, what have we got?
10:50Eagle.
10:50I'll put that in.
10:52Clogs.
10:53Yeah.
10:56Solve.
10:57It should be ironic.
10:59Offer.
10:59Gold.
11:00Yes.
11:01Offer.
11:02Golf.
11:02Yeah.
11:03Go-offer.
11:04Well done.
11:05Eagle, clogs, solve, offer.
11:08Yes.
11:09That's a whole beginning of a novel, I think, or a headline of a very strange story.
11:15Okay, another one for you.
11:16Final puzzle has five words, so you're going to need to spell a new five-letter word vertically,
11:20and it's worth a bump of five points.
11:22Let's go.
11:23Your time starts now.
11:25Five words.
11:27Hippo.
11:27Hippo.
11:28Yes, you've got the P.
11:30Shrug.
11:31R.
11:33Graph, oh, one of my favourites, and local, so what will that be?
11:38Oh.
11:40Local.
11:41Oh.
11:42No, that's not that.
11:43What?
11:44Loyal.
11:45There you go.
11:46Loyal.
11:47Spray.
11:48Spray, S.
11:49There we go.
11:49S.
11:50Spray.
11:53S.
11:54Really, really good.
11:56Really fast and efficient, if I may say so.
11:59You're welcome.
12:00And calm, I think.
12:01You're working well together and calm at this stage, yeah.
12:04Good effort, Carol and Charlene.
12:05Your trip to the letterbox has scored you 12.
12:08Sally and Joe, can you score 12 here?
12:11That was good.
12:11Yeah, possibly.
12:12Possibly.
12:13All right, good, well done.
12:14No sooner have you got your feet under the table than I'm pulling the rug from under you.
12:17What I'm trying to say is that it's already time for a short ad break, so we'll see you
12:22after that for more puzzling.
12:27If you want to keep puzzling, see if you can complete the vertical word to solve this third
12:32all.
12:33Best of luck.
12:46Puzzlers, did you manage to complete the third all?
12:50If you did, great puzzling.
12:55Welcome back to Celebrity Puzzling.
12:57You're my kind of people.
12:58It's now Sally and Joe's turn at the letterbox to play third all.
13:02Now, remember, you're going to see three words each with the third letter missing.
13:04You've got to fill in the missing letters to spell a new word vertically.
13:08You score three if you solve this first puzzle, and that lot over there are scoring very high
13:12marks, so keep up with them.
13:14Sally and Joe, here's your first one.
13:16Your time starts now.
13:1745 seconds.
13:18Okay, go.
13:19Jewel, W, Jewel, hang on a minute.
13:22So what's this one?
13:23Slyly?
13:24Slow.
13:24What is it?
13:25Sly?
13:25Sly?
13:26It's got to be a vowel.
13:28Okay, what's that?
13:29What's that?
13:32Usher?
13:32Usher?
13:33Usher's good.
13:33Oh, okay.
13:35Why is it?
13:36Slyly?
13:36Slyly, good.
13:37Oh, well done.
13:40Why is the middle word?
13:41Well done.
13:42Your second puzzle.
13:42We'll have four words with the third letter missing.
13:44You've got to spell a new four-letter word vertically, but now it goes up to four points.
13:49Okay.
13:49Your time starts now.
13:51Okay.
13:52It could be an S again, passe.
13:54Passe or past?
13:56No, no, it's passe.
13:57Passe, let's try it.
13:58Passe.
13:58Okay.
13:59What's that?
14:00Moved, V.
14:01Moved, V.
14:01V, yeah.
14:02So what's that?
14:04Goose, could be an O.
14:05Goose, you know?
14:05S, V, no, it's V.
14:06No, don't get this V.
14:07Okay, hold on.
14:08Let's go, what's this?
14:09Luna.
14:09Okay, Luna, put it in there.
14:11So Luna, N.
14:11N up there.
14:12There we are now.
14:12Okay, so that's something.
14:14So what's that?
14:15Let's get rid of, um, Moved, so that wouldn't be a V.
14:19So, is that, are we saying that's Goose?
14:21Yeah, it could be, oh, the Goose.
14:24Uh, moped.
14:26So is that something else?
14:27Oh, that's not Spun then.
14:28Okay.
14:29Is that something?
14:29Ten seconds.
14:31But, uh, it's Moped, what is it?
14:34Um, past?
14:36Time running out.
14:37Oh, no, no, no.
14:37Oh, now look, Passé would work.
14:41Could it be Pause?
14:43Oh, give me a you, give me a you.
14:46Then we've got it, but well done.
14:48Not well done, because you...
14:49No, we lost.
14:50But well done on a moped.
14:51Your final puzzle has five words to solve,
14:53and you'll need to spell a new five-letter word.
14:55It's worth a bumper.
14:56Five points, let's go.
14:57Your time starts now.
15:01Laser, maybe?
15:02Could be, uh, there'd be a nice there then.
15:04Okay, what's this?
15:05Green.
15:06Sean, uh...
15:07Green.
15:08Okay, green.
15:09That could be salty, could be a nice there.
15:11Salty.
15:12What's this then?
15:13Uh, salty.
15:15Uh...
15:16Wilt.
15:17Um...
15:17Wilt.
15:18Wilt.
15:19Okay, so what's that then?
15:20This is not right.
15:21No, so much green there.
15:22Sean, shine.
15:23Shield.
15:24Shine.
15:26Shine.
15:27Oh, no, shield is not right.
15:29Field, but an F.
15:30Laser, is that a word?
15:32Shield, no, that's not it.
15:33Wilt.
15:33Wilt.
15:34Uh, sealed.
15:35Ten seconds.
15:36Wilt.
15:37Laser, no.
15:37No, that's not right.
15:39Shane, shine, shine, green.
15:42Salty, that's not right.
15:43Oh!
15:45Okay, you see it.
15:46It's a Y, it's a Y.
15:47It's a Y, yeah.
15:48Wilt, yeah, yield.
15:49Oh, Ys do give us trouble.
15:53Go on, Joe, get the Y.
15:54Put it in there.
15:54Yield.
15:55Yield.
15:56Let's do it.
15:56We need two more seconds, sorry.
15:58Okay, let's see what's happened to the scoreboard now.
16:00Head back to your seats.
16:01It's bad.
16:01It's very bad.
16:02It's not bad, it's, I would call it grave, but not yet in the emergency.
16:06Yeah, it's very bad now, I'd say it's bad, Jeremy.
16:07Let's head back to our seats.
16:13How many points did you back up at home?
16:14Well done, Sally and Joe.
16:15Your visit to the letterbox scored you three.
16:18Yeah, it's not good.
16:19It may not be good enough because these two are doing so well.
16:22Let's have a look at the overall scores on the board.
16:25So, Carol and Charlene on 19.
16:28Yep.
16:29Sally and Joe lagging a bit on 10.
16:33Oh, that's not bad.
16:33No, you can catch, you've got the double feet.
16:35You just need a push.
16:37Really?
16:37I thought it'd be less than that.
16:38That's not bad.
16:39The next puzzle is one we can count on.
16:41It is time to play three, two, one.
16:45So, let's see how this works and see if you can master it.
16:48On the screen, you'll see a grid of answers.
16:50Three of those answers will be connected.
16:52Two of the answers will also be connected.
16:54And the key tip here is that they have to be adjoining.
16:57That leaves an odd one out.
16:58So, wine, pips, core, beer, skin, rugby.
17:01Charlene, what do you think?
17:03Well, I...
17:03Apple?
17:04Yeah, wine, beer and pips.
17:07Wine, beer, pips, yeah.
17:08What do you think, Joachie?
17:09I think it's skin, pips, core, with apple.
17:11Skin.
17:12Oh, I see all parts of it.
17:13Oh, yeah, yeah, of course it is.
17:14Yeah, well done.
17:15And wine and beer is bones.
17:17Yeah.
17:17And rugby isn't.
17:18Yeah, well done.
17:19Let's see if that's right.
17:21There we go.
17:22So, it goes green if it's right.
17:23Let's go for it and see how you get on.
17:25So, Sally and Jo, you're going first.
17:26Here's your first three, two, one puzzle.
17:28Good luck.
17:30Pink water fridge.
17:31Rod, potato, leek.
17:33Oh, okay.
17:34Potato, leek.
17:37Obviously, leek and potato you want to put together
17:39because that's C.
17:40Leek way, water way.
17:41Pink water.
17:42Pink.
17:44Oh, gosh.
17:46Divining, pink, divine, uh, divining rod.
17:51Oh, water diviner.
17:52Can you find me the trio?
17:53I don't know any of this.
17:55So, I'm going to go for, what pink and water,
17:59is it for whatever reason, is it?
18:02Okay.
18:03And then.
18:04Potato and leek.
18:04Yeah.
18:05Okay, vegetables, yeah.
18:06Yeah, vegetables.
18:07And then the odd one out.
18:08Fridge.
18:09Fridge, okay.
18:10Are you right?
18:12Yes, okay.
18:14I'll tell you why.
18:15So, hot rod, hot pink, hot water.
18:18Right, okay.
18:19And it was something, it was something in front,
18:22but I didn't, I didn't find that word.
18:23So, words that go after hot.
18:25And then the second, the potato leek is obviously vegetables,
18:27and then fridge is all.
18:28Oh, right.
18:28The weird thing I have is as soon as I see pink,
18:30I go pink Floyd.
18:31So, I can't get off pink Floyd.
18:33Oh, right, I know.
18:33So, I'm looking for Rod Floyd, water Floyd, you know.
18:36Carol and Charlene, your turn.
18:38Here we go.
18:40Finger theft auto, stand, bow peep, national, median.
18:45Okay, median, obviously, is a kind of average.
18:50Little bow peep, little finger.
18:53Little finger, little bow peep.
18:54Peep.
18:55Right, for the two.
18:56Yeah.
18:57Grand theft auto, grand national, grand stand.
19:01And median is the one and it's three.
19:03Is the odd one out.
19:04So, stand, theft auto, national is the three.
19:08The trio, right.
19:10Little finger, little bow peep is the two.
19:13Okay.
19:13And median is the odd one out.
19:16Oh, you got straight there.
19:17You're playing well.
19:17Let's see if you're right.
19:19Yeah.
19:20Yeah, and right, and for the right reasons,
19:22so grand theft auto, grand stand, grand national,
19:25and then little finger, little bow peep, you're right,
19:28and then median, the odd one out.
19:29Well done.
19:30Well played.
19:31All right, the next one for Sal and Joe.
19:34Okay.
19:36The Smiths, knee, elbow, oasis, shoulder, carry.
19:41Okay, so the Smiths, oasis, and elbow are obviously bands.
19:44Yeah, but they're not together.
19:46They're not together, so it can't be that.
19:47So, okay, I've got it.
19:48So the Smiths and oasis are Mancunian bands.
19:51Yep.
19:52Shoulder, knee, and elbow are joints.
19:54Elbow together, joints, and carry on its own.
19:56Yep.
19:57So your trio is knee, elbow, shoulder.
20:00Shoulder, knee, and elbow.
20:01Okay.
20:02And the pair?
20:03Smiths, oasis.
20:05Yep.
20:05The odd one out.
20:06Carry on its own.
20:07Okay.
20:07Let's see if that's right.
20:09Yes.
20:10Well done.
20:10You've got to start around the Smiths.
20:12Yes.
20:12So the Smiths, one of the greatest bands of all time,
20:14oasis, are Mancunian bands.
20:17Knee, elbow, shoulder, the trio, carry the odd one out.
20:19Yeah.
20:19Exactly right.
20:20And the little foxy thing there was that elbow are a band as well.
20:24Yes.
20:25Oh, yes, of course, yeah.
20:26Carol and Charlene, here's your next puzzle.
20:29Email, answering, cash, text, pinball, pigeon.
20:32So obviously email and text are forms of messaging.
20:36Yes.
20:37Communication.
20:39Text, message, answering, answering machine.
20:44No.
20:44Oh, yes, answering machine and pinball machine.
20:48That could be the two, but then we haven't got a three.
20:50No.
20:51Text machine, email machine.
20:52Pigeon, hold.
20:52Yes, got it.
20:53Go on.
20:54Answering machine, pinball machine, cash machine, email and text, pigeon is on its own.
20:59Okay, I'll go with you.
21:00Yeah.
21:00Go on, Charlene, say it again.
21:02Go, cash machine, answering machine, pinball machine.
21:05That's the trio.
21:06And then the two is email and text, and pigeon is on its own.
21:10Okay, are you right?
21:13Yay!
21:15You've heard it, it's Charlene's first time.
21:17It's a very, very good question.
21:18You've really got the hang of it.
21:19Very old school answering machine.
21:21Pinball, answering, cash are the trio.
21:23Email and text are the pair, because they're messaging systems, and the odd one out is pigeon.
21:28Sally and Joe, here's the next one for you.
21:31So, emu, ostrich, helicopter, whale, drone, hummingbird.
21:35Oh, this is interesting.
21:37Yep.
21:38Okay, so emu, ostrich and hummingbird, obviously, are birds.
21:42Some flightless, though.
21:43Some flightless birds.
21:45Could be, emu and ostrich could be flightless, well.
21:48Helicopter, hummingbird and drone.
21:51Oh, hang on.
21:52That might be helicopter, hummingbird and drone are they can hover.
21:56Yeah, hover, yeah, that's right.
21:57Look, I'm doing it, I'm doing it.
21:58Yeah, you're doing it.
21:59That's very good.
22:00Ostrich, emu, above emu.
22:01Should we do it together?
22:02Do it together.
22:03And they're flightless birds, a whale's on his own, because he's in the water.
22:05And a whale's on his own, bless him.
22:07So you've got helicopter, hummingbird, drone, because they hover.
22:09We did our answer through the power of visual dance.
22:14Emu and ostrich, you say, are flightless birds.
22:17Flightless birds.
22:17Flightless birds.
22:18And whale, you say, is the odd one.
22:20Odd one, yeah.
22:20So, yes, you're absolutely right.
22:23Yes.
22:27Helicopter, hummingbird, drone are the trio.
22:30Emu, ostrich are the pair.
22:32Three hover, two have wings but can't fly.
22:35And whales are in all kinds of trouble if you drop them from a plane.
22:39Yep.
22:40Final puzzle is for Carol and Charlene.
22:43Here we go.
22:44Steam Coward, Gielgud, electronic grand upright.
22:49So, Noel Coward and John Gielgud were obviously theatrical.
22:57Steam engine.
22:59Steam iron, electric iron, electronic, no, that doesn't work.
23:03No.
23:04Start with grand.
23:05What's that giving us?
23:07Grand central.
23:08Grand piano.
23:10Electronic.
23:11Piano.
23:12Upright piano.
23:13Yes.
23:14Ah, yes.
23:16Yes.
23:16Piano, piano, piano.
23:18I've never seen a steam piano.
23:19Have you?
23:20No.
23:21Give us your three.
23:23We're going with the word piano after each of these.
23:26Electronic, grand and upright.
23:29And then the twosome, hopefully, are Noel Coward and John Gielgud as theatricals.
23:35And steam is the odd one out.
23:37Okay.
23:39Let's see if you're right.
23:41Yay.
23:43So, the three are actually our types of piano.
23:46Then Coward and Gielgud, a little bit more specific, actually.
23:48The theatre's named after them.
23:50Ah, okay.
23:51The Noel Coward Theatre and the Gielgud Theatre.
23:54Both in London.
23:55There may be a steam theatre somewhere, but we haven't heard of it.
23:57So, steam is the odd one out.
23:58And well done.
23:59Well done.
24:00Immaculate rounds for both teams.
24:01Did you get them at home?
24:03At the end of that round, Sally and Joe have 16.
24:07Carol and Charlene have got 25.
24:09Oh.
24:10Okay.
24:11Yep.
24:12Sally's been here, done it, got the T-shirt.
24:14She knows she and Joe can come back, and they may even be deliberately hanging back at this
24:19Oh, yeah.
24:19Oh.
24:20Yeah, that's what we're doing.
24:21Okay.
24:22We're going to take a breather while I apply some essential oils.
24:25Join us after the break once we've all had a few moments to decompress.
24:30It's here for you if you need it.
24:31We'll see you back here soon.
24:36If you want to keep puzzling, see if you can pick which letter to move one space up or down
24:40in the alphabet to solve this up or down puzzle.
24:43Best of luck.
24:54Have you figured out which letter to move to solve this up or down puzzle?
24:59If you did, well done.
25:04Welcome back to Celebrity Puzzling.
25:05Tonight, two more celebrities have backed themselves to best art array of extremely tricky trivia.
25:10In this next bit, we single out Joe and Charlene.
25:13We'll celebrate them from the comfort of their team captains.
25:15We'll subject them to a solo puzzling test now.
25:17Okay.
25:18So it is time for the celebrity guest head-to-head, and the game is up or down.
25:25Here's how it works.
25:26You will see a clue plus a series of letters on the screen.
25:29Now, each letter you see has been moved either up or down by one step.
25:32So the clue is timepiece.
25:34So if there's a B there, it could be an A or a C.
25:36If there's an N there, it could be an L or an N.
25:40That'd be clock, yeah.
25:41Timepiece.
25:41C, L.
25:42Charlene, yeah?
25:43He's got it.
25:44Timepiece.
25:44Joe's got it.
25:45Just an example.
25:46Clock.
25:46Yeah.
25:47Yeah.
25:47Okay.
25:48Here we go.
25:49Five puzzles to solve.
25:50Fingers on buzzers.
25:51Guests, here's your first one.
25:54Okay.
25:55Q, H, K, P, S.
25:56Category flying.
25:58Flying.
25:59They go up or down.
26:02Oh, God.
26:03H.
26:04Oh.
26:05Oh.
26:06Charlene.
26:07Pilot.
26:08Let's see.
26:09Cool cities.
26:10Yeah.
26:11Yeah.
26:14Fingers on buzzers.
26:15Here's the next.
26:17Five-letter word.
26:19The category is snack.
26:21U, P, B, R, U.
26:26You could be...
26:28Oh.
26:29Charlene.
26:29Toast.
26:30Oh.
26:32Is it toast?
26:33Yep.
26:34Cheers.
26:35Good.
26:35Did you get that?
26:36Okay.
26:37Here's the answer.
26:39B, G, F, F, J, Z, and it's impudent, the clue.
26:44Yeah.
26:45So, B can be A or C.
26:49Yeah.
26:50C, E, F, G.
26:52Ooh.
26:53Where do we go here?
26:55Double letter in the middle-ish.
26:57Oh.
26:58Oh.
26:59Hang on.
27:06Time counting down.
27:08Got a bit of it.
27:08So, double letter's the key.
27:10Double F could be E or G.
27:13G, G, G, G.
27:18Oh.
27:19It's one letter.
27:20I can't get G.
27:21And can you get it before it times out?
27:25Oh.
27:26Let's see the answer.
27:29Impudent.
27:30Cheeky.
27:31Cheeky.
27:31The double E.
27:32No, I wouldn't have got that.
27:33And the Z was a Y at the end there.
27:35Action stations.
27:36Time for another.
27:37Not another one.
27:38I hate this.
27:39Joe and Charlene, yeah?
27:40Come on, Joe.
27:42So, six letters.
27:44Decoration.
27:47No doubles in there.
27:51L could be K or M.
27:57Oh, it's hard.
27:58M-O-I-S-I.
28:02Charlene.
28:02Mosaic.
28:03I think you might be right, you know.
28:05Is it mosaic?
28:07Yeah.
28:07What a good play.
28:08Yeah.
28:09Because that's a straight, because you naturally see the B at the end, you think, well, it must
28:12be an A.
28:13Yeah.
28:14Because there's so few words that end in C.
28:16Yeah.
28:16So, that was good play, Charlene.
28:17Here's the final one.
28:19Not one more, no.
28:20See if you can do this, Joe.
28:21Come on.
28:22No, I can't do this one.
28:24It's all above me.
28:26Five letters.
28:27Wading Bird.
28:28D-Q-B-M-F.
28:33Oh, Joe.
28:34Crane.
28:35Crane?
28:37Yes.
28:38There he goes.
28:40Good one.
28:42Good stuff.
28:43Joe scored two.
28:44Charlene scored six.
28:45Let's look at the scores for each team.
28:48Sally and Joe, 18.
28:50Moving up.
28:51Carol and Charlene, 31.
28:53Oh.
28:55Skyrocketing.
28:56So, did you get a few of those at home?
28:57If you did, very well played.
28:59They're not easy and it would sort of make your eyes go fuzzy after a while.
29:02It's time for our next puzzle.
29:04We've got all the right letters, just not necessarily in the right order.
29:07This is form an orderly cue.
29:13So, here's form an orderly cue.
29:14This is how it works.
29:16A question will appear.
29:17Somehow, our supercomputer has reordered each word alphabetically rather than how it should be written.
29:23Maybe guests have a go because it's good practice.
29:25When did London last host the Olympic Games?
29:29Well, let's see.
29:29So, what's the answer?
29:30I don't know.
29:31I don't know when that is.
29:3212.
29:33Was it 2012?
29:34There you go.
29:34Let's see.
29:35Don't give that.
29:36Yeah, well done.
29:36And then we unscramble the question.
29:38Right, okay.
29:39You need to decipher the question and then buzz in when you know the answer.
29:42Here we go.
29:43First one.
29:46I need the answer.
29:47Carol.
29:4812.
29:5012.
29:52It's right, yeah.
29:53Let's unscramble that question.
29:55How many inches are there in a foot?
29:57Get ready on the buzzers.
29:59Here we go.
30:06Carol.
30:07Oh, I can see him.
30:08Sorry.
30:09No.
30:10You steal.
30:11What's the question?
30:11You can steal.
30:12William Shatner.
30:14William Shatner is the answer.
30:17Yes, it is.
30:18I just couldn't remember the other way it was.
30:20You buzzed when you worked the question out.
30:22Not when you got the answer.
30:23Here is the question.
30:24Let's unscramble.
30:25Who played Captain Kirk in the original Star Trek TV series?
30:29Here's the next one.
30:33Capital D in there.
30:37Joe.
30:37Dumbo.
30:38Yes.
30:39Dumbo.
30:40Yeah.
30:41You've got it right.
30:43Joe, well done.
30:45This is really good.
30:45Let's unscramble it.
30:46What is the title of the Disney film about a flying elephant?
30:50Dumbo is the answer.
30:51I didn't know that.
30:52So good.
30:53So, yeah, capitals help here.
30:55Yeah.
30:55But, you know, our two captains have done a few of these,
30:58so they've got their eyes in, as it were.
30:59The questions might get a little bit more difficult here as well.
31:01Fingers back on buzzers, please.
31:04Here's number four for you.
31:12Sally.
31:13Fat boy slim.
31:14Yeah.
31:14Fat boy slim.
31:15Let's see if that's right.
31:18Yes.
31:19Yes.
31:19I think we've got Norman Cook in there, haven't we?
31:22The capitals help us.
31:23Let's have a look.
31:24By what name is the musician and DJ Norman Cook better known?
31:27So here's another question.
31:30This round is interesting, isn't it?
31:34Lots of capital letters.
31:36There's the question.
31:37All scrambled.
31:42Oh.
31:44Which one was that second one?
31:49Okay, go.
31:50Just do it.
31:51I'm trying to think about the answer.
31:54Just go.
31:55Which one was that second one?
31:57Which one was that second one?
32:12And radical optimism are albums by which pop star?
32:16Final form and orderly cue puzzle.
32:18Get ready, please.
32:19Here we go.
32:20Everybody.
32:26Two words in inverted commas there.
32:29Useful capital letters.
32:33Kel.
32:34Dolphins.
32:35Dolphins.
32:36Oh, bottlenose.
32:36Of course it is.
32:38Yeah.
32:39Yeah.
32:39Yeah, you care.
32:40I care.
32:40The woman.
32:41Okay.
32:42So, unscramble the question yet.
32:44Yeah, so Joe has seen bottlenose in there.
32:46Yeah.
32:46Bottlenose and spinner are species of which marine mammal and we do have a spinner dolphin and a bottlenose dolphin.
32:53Nicely worked there, um, medical scientist Carol.
32:57At the end of that round, Sally and Joe have got 23.
33:00Carol and Charlene have got 35.
33:02Yeah.
33:03You're still, still pacing.
33:05Yeah, they're on your shoulder, guys.
33:07Yeah.
33:08Time for up an ultimate round.
33:09Here we shake things up somewhat.
33:10Both teams will be tackling the Letterboxx.
33:12The fastest team to solve their puzzle this time receives two useful bonus points.
33:16It's all to play for in Letterboxx Ladder.
33:21Let's see how Letterboxx Ladder works.
33:23You will see three key words appear on the screen and in between a series of spaces where
33:28you need to find the connections that link the words.
33:30So, for example, you've got to find a word that comes after birthday, before stand, after
33:34stand, before life.
33:35Cake.
33:35Cake.
33:36Okay, yes, good.
33:37Notice how the letters are taken from the top there, the top row.
33:39And cake stand.
33:41And then stand something.
33:42Yeah.
33:42Stand still.
33:44Yep.
33:45And then still life.
33:46Okay.
33:46And then life.
33:47Story.
33:48Story, yes.
33:49And then you'd have it, you see?
33:50Yeah.
33:51But you're against the clock.
33:52You can solve it in any order.
33:54Okay?
33:55And you press the button to stop the clock.
33:56You'll score two points per solved word.
33:59However, if you complete all three words faster than your opponents, you'll receive
34:03two bonus points.
34:03And we'll let Carol and Charlene do this first, because you're leading.
34:06Please head over to the Letterboxx to face your ladder.
34:12As soon as you solve the ladder, hit the button to stop the clock.
34:16Your time starts now.
34:18Criminal, control, block.
34:20Control.
34:22Control.
34:23Criminal, lawyer.
34:23Does that work?
34:24Lawyer control?
34:25No.
34:25No, there's no L.
34:26Um.
34:27Criminal court?
34:28No.
34:29Criminal.
34:30Um.
34:32Hmm.
34:33Prison control?
34:34No.
34:35Prison control, block.
34:37Party, control, party.
34:38No.
34:39Badge, badge.
34:40Control, badge.
34:42Control.
34:43Stair.
34:44Control.
34:45Control.
34:46Oh my gosh.
34:47Boast.
34:47Control.
34:48Badge.
34:49Block.
34:49Uh.
34:51Block letter.
34:51Block letter.
34:52No, there's no L.
34:55Block.
34:55Block.
34:55What are you coming in blocked?
34:57No.
35:00Move some letters around, have a go.
35:02Well, I mean, literally, I have no idea.
35:05Block.
35:05Control.
35:07Bar.
35:07Bar.
35:08Bar.
35:08Bar.
35:09Bar.
35:09Control.
35:10Criminal.
35:12Criminal.
35:13Action.
35:14Master.
35:15Criminal master.
35:16Master control.
35:18I'll put it in.
35:20Let's see where that goes green.
35:21That would be a help.
35:22Yeah, it would.
35:2210 seconds less.
35:24Oh, God.
35:25No.
35:25No, it's not.
35:26It's not gone green.
35:27Oh.
35:28Oh.
35:29The word we wanted was damage, as in criminal damage and damage control.
35:35Yeah.
35:36Control.
35:37What?
35:37Tower.
35:38Oh, I should have known that.
35:40Tower block.
35:41Oh.
35:41And then.
35:42And then.
35:44Blockbuster.
35:45Oh.
35:46That wasn't easy, Jeremy.
35:48Now, this makes it, well, we never said it would be easy.
35:52I never promised you a rose garden.
35:55Criminal damage.
35:56Damage control.
35:57No.
35:57Control tower.
35:57That was not.
35:59Blockbuster.
36:01Very, very interesting.
36:02Okay.
36:02Loyal viewers, you've made it this far.
36:04Before Sally and Joe face their crucial letterbox ladder to catch up, we're duty bound to take
36:09a short break.
36:10So join us for the climax of celebrity puzzling in a matter of seconds.
36:17Here's a letterbox ladder for you to solve during the break.
36:20The two clues are linked by what missing word?
36:23Good luck figuring it out.
36:35Did you successfully conquer the letterbox ladder?
36:40If you solved it, well done.
36:44Welcome back to Celebrity Puzzling.
36:46What a contest today.
36:47I'm Jeremy Vine.
36:49I am charged with anticipation.
36:51You join me at a pivotal moment.
36:53We aren't about to find out if Mrs. Vine will let me buy another bicycle.
36:57We are going to find out which of Carol and Charlene or Sally and Joe are going to be in
37:03the leading position going into the final.
37:05And what's so interesting is these two have played a blinder and now they've had a setback and you can
37:09now catch up.
37:10So Sally and Joe, your turn to face letterbox ladder.
37:13Three new connecting words to solve.
37:15Carol and Charlene failed to complete the ladder, which means that if you complete all three, you're guaranteed the two
37:20bonus points.
37:21Remember, once you solve all three, hit the button.
37:24Good luck.
37:25Your time starts now.
37:27Now.
37:27OK.
37:28Dance, video, work.
37:30Dance, move.
37:32No.
37:33Dance, video.
37:34So dance.
37:36It's not video.
37:37It's dance.
37:37Right, OK.
37:37Dance.
37:40Dance.
37:42Dance.
37:42Dance.
37:43Video.
37:44What's that?
37:45Video player.
37:47Video star.
37:48Video, um, moves, moves.
37:52Is it a V?
37:53No, no, no, no.
37:55Dance moves.
37:56What's this one?
37:57Video access.
37:59Screen.
37:59Workout.
38:00Screen.
38:01Screen.
38:01Screen.
38:01Screen.
38:02Screen.
38:02We've got an N. We've got an N.
38:06Oh, it's not screen either.
38:09Dance time is ticking down.
38:16Dance, video, shoot, video shoot.
38:25Dance, me, is it double E, double E something?
38:29Dance craze, dance craze, no, no, no, dance craze.
38:33Five seconds.
38:34No, not here again in five seconds.
38:36Oh, no.
38:37Horrible.
38:39I just was looking at dance music I wanted.
38:42Let's put music in and make ourselves feel better.
38:45I think dance music is not crazily obscure, is it?
38:48No, it's totally not.
38:49It's just, oh, music video.
38:52It will be, yeah, music video.
38:54Video camera, please.
38:56Video camera.
38:57Camera.
38:57Yep.
38:59Camera work.
39:01Camera work.
39:01Yep, that work.
39:02Camera work.
39:03Oh, camera work.
39:04He's been good on the camera work today.
39:07No.
39:07And work.
39:08Work ethic.
39:09Dance, music, music video, video camera, camera work, work ethic.
39:13I always try to clutch at straws here and we're no worse off than we were before.
39:17None.
39:17That's the key thing here.
39:19Great effort.
39:19Please head back to your seats.
39:27We were on the shoulder and that was the overtake.
39:29Yeah.
39:29But it's not the end.
39:31It was the final bend in the race.
39:33We now come to the final itself.
39:35Sally and Joe didn't manage to add any points to their score in that round.
39:38So, going into the final, we've got the same gap here.
39:41Sally and Joe, 23.
39:44Yep.
39:44Carol and Charlene, 35.
39:48Those who've played the game before know that it all comes down to this.
39:52It can switch around.
39:53Yeah.
39:53It is time for our final round.
39:55It's Answer Bank.
39:58Okay.
39:59Sally, Joe, bit of catching up to do.
40:01But this is for all four of you to play.
40:03In a moment, I'll show you a grid of 12 words.
40:04I'll then ask questions against the clock, buzz in and give me the correct answer,
40:08which could be a little bit lateral, like a crossword clue.
40:11If an answer has more than one word, you must give all the corresponding words in the correct order.
40:17You will score a point per word, so it could add up to winning or losing the whole show on
40:22this.
40:22Let's reveal all the words on the Answer Bank now.
40:25Top.
40:27Head.
40:29Time.
40:31Button.
40:32The.
40:35Panic.
40:37Line.
40:38Day.
40:41Push.
40:42Hot.
40:44Up.
40:47Over.
40:48There we are.
40:49Okay.
40:50I know you're wondering what we're going to ask.
40:52Are you going to find out?
40:53Yeah.
40:53Let's play tonight's final.
40:54Your time starts now.
40:56Prominent on the front page of a newspaper.
40:58Joe.
40:59Headline.
41:00Correct.
41:01Working extra.
41:04Carol.
41:05Overtime.
41:06Correct.
41:07Sugar babes hit single.
41:10Sholly.
41:12Push.
41:12The.
41:13Button.
41:14Correct.
41:17A type of mushroom.
41:18Sally.
41:19Button.
41:20Correct.
41:21Someone who's easily defeated.
41:24Sally.
41:25Push over.
41:26Push over.
41:28Pressed to summon help in an emergency.
41:31Sally.
41:32Panic button.
41:33Correct.
41:34School children have to do this outside a classroom before entering.
41:39Carol.
41:39Line up.
41:40Correct.
41:42Style of bra.
41:44Carol.
41:46Push up.
41:46Correct.
41:48TV turn for programmes that are on between 9am and 5pm.
41:53Sholly.
41:54Daytime.
41:55Correct, Sholly.
41:57Going too far and a World War One method of attack.
42:01Carol.
42:02Over the top.
42:03Correct.
42:05Emergency communication system.
42:08Carol.
42:09Hot line.
42:11Correct.
42:13The froth on a pint of beer.
42:14Sally.
42:16Head.
42:16Correct.
42:18The surname of a Formula One world champion.
42:21Carol.
42:22Button.
42:23Correct.
42:25This is where a project needs to be in order to be completed.
42:30Sholly.
42:31Over the line.
42:32Correct.
42:34Refill someone's partly full glass.
42:37Sally.
42:38Top up.
42:39Correct.
42:41The worry has passed, everything's back to normal.
42:44Carol.
42:45Carol.
42:45Panic over.
42:46Very good, Carol.
42:48What an invigilator shouts at the end of an exam.
42:52Carol.
42:53Time up.
42:54Correct.
42:56Chronology of events.
42:59Carol.
43:00Timeline.
43:01Correct.
43:03Undo this for a more relaxed look.
43:05Carol.
43:06Top button.
43:07Correct.
43:08Yes.
43:10Orderly Americans.
43:11The time is up.
43:15So, well, well done on that.
43:17That was a good high scoring final round.
43:20What's the end?
43:20Yeah.
43:22Charlie, well done on your sugar babes answer.
43:24Yeah.
43:24Because that was worth three points.
43:25That was a tough old question you came through on that.
43:28So, we'll have a look at the scores.
43:30Okay, the results from the Luxembourg jury are in.
43:33Sally and Joe are on 33.
43:37Very good.
43:38Carol and Charlene are on 63.
43:42Wow.
43:42Wow.
43:43No way.
43:44You also scored 28 points in that final.
43:47No.
43:47That's the highest we've ever had.
43:49It was all the three.
43:51Absolutely amazing.
43:52Wow.
43:52I'm sorry, Joe.
43:53It's like, you know, you've been told to turn up with the Fiesta and someone's arrived
43:58in a Lamborghini.
43:59Yeah.
43:59That's exactly what happened.
44:00I am a Fiesta boy.
44:01Well, Sally will tell you, you played very, very well.
44:04And you got a good score and on other days it would have won.
44:07But you were up against some hot rods here.
44:09Wow.
44:09Yes, indeed.
44:10For sure.
44:10So, Charlene, as the winning guest celebrity, you know what I've got for you.
44:14Yeah.
44:14We have got the Celebrity Puzzling Puzzling Cube.
44:18And it's yours to play with any time when you're in between bulletins or documentaries
44:23or your royal podcast.
44:25All that remains is for me to give the world famous Jeremy if I nod a recognition to Carol,
44:29Sally, Charlie, Joe, and to you.
44:32Thank you so much for being with us and if you have enjoyed it, for enjoying the show.
44:36We'll see you next time.
44:37Puzzle on.
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