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00:00Hello, I'm Jeremy Vine, and this is the show where two teams of celebrities attempt to impress each and every
00:05one of us with their puzzling prowess, and I for one applaud their efforts.
00:10This is Celebrity Puzzling!
00:28Hello, welcome to Celebrity Puzzling.
00:31Man as Dictator, I must introduce our team captains first.
00:33So, first up, so clever, she's like a walking, talking encyclopedia, it's the brilliant Carol Borderman!
00:40Herself!
00:41About to show off her puzzling powers once again, part actor, part human internet search engine, Sally Lindsay!
00:50And what does every captain need? Well, a co-pilot, of course, and for this episode of Celebrity Puzzling, we've
00:56got a couple of crackers for you.
00:57Put your seat backs and tray tables in their full upright position, fasten your seatbelts, we could be in for
01:03a bumpy ride.
01:04With Carol tonight, a news broadcaster who claims she still likes dancing and clubbing, and oh wow, it's making me
01:11tired just thinking about it.
01:12It's Charlene White!
01:16And with Sally, it's a comedian who's appeared in Panto for over 30 consecutive years.
01:21Oh no, he hasn't.
01:23It's Joe Pasquale!
01:25Yay!
01:26Welcome everyone.
01:27Every time I see you, Charlene, I want to talk royals, because you do a royals thing.
01:31Yes, yes, I do.
01:32We do a Talking Royals podcast and show on ITV at Sunday lunchtime.
01:36So I'm basically like an encyclopedia of royal knowledge.
01:39Oh, you know.
01:40And if you look at, say you've got the whole royal family on the balcony, who's the puzzler in there?
01:45That's what I want to know.
01:46Oh, who's the puzzler?
01:47Who's the one who can do the puzzles?
01:49I reckon King Charles.
01:51I reckon he's a big puzzler.
01:52Yeah.
01:53Do you think so?
01:53Yeah, yeah.
01:54I can imagine him sort of set as Sandringham with like a little notebook and stuff and working out puzzles
02:00and what have you.
02:01So, Joe, you do the panties, you do the acting, you do, you know, presenting.
02:05You were a swimming pool attendant as well.
02:07I have to say, the pool was only three foot six deep, so I only had to wade.
02:14I wasn't a great swimmer.
02:15So as long as I was taller than three foot six, you got the gig.
02:19It was fine.
02:19You didn't really have to swim.
02:21So every episode, our teams take on a selection of six random puzzles from our exhaustive roster.
02:26Therefore, no two contests are ever the same.
02:29Players, your aim here is, you'll be surprised at this, to score as many points as possible.
02:34Points are crucial as ideally, you'll want a big lead going into our final round.
02:38Without a big lead, the final round answer bank can be very stressful, as Sally well knows.
02:44Oh, all right.
02:45Well, as Sally and Carol well know.
02:48Just because I caught your eye, that's all.
02:51The winning celebrity will also take home this.
02:54I want you to watch this screen.
02:55You won't believe what's coming.
02:56What?
02:56It is the celebrity puzzling, puzzling cube.
03:01Carol, the mathematician, and I have got our heads together, and we have worked out.
03:05There are 43 quintillion different combinations on this one cube.
03:10That's 43 with 18 zeros.
03:12It's amazing.
03:14Charlie and I can see you can't have it yet.
03:15You better make sure we win that.
03:17Absolutely.
03:18Okay.
03:19Let's get puzzling.
03:20This first round will make you all feel Tom Hanks in the Da Vinci Code.
03:24At least that's what it does for me.
03:25It is cipher.
03:28Let's have a look at an example.
03:30I'm going to give you a category clue and then show you the puzzle you've got to solve, which is
03:33concealed by a code of symbols.
03:35Here we go.
03:36East Enders.
03:37Can we have a letter?
03:38Let's say, oh, now that's the thing.
03:39It's for three points.
03:40It's very hard from this position.
03:41I can see Charlene thinking, oh, my God.
03:44But if I give you a letter, it goes down to two points.
03:46Let's see.
03:47So that is A.
03:48So it starts with A.
03:49Oh, if you'd say, well, we're still struggling, then it goes down to one point as I give you another
03:54letter,
03:55and you know that's Q, and then you think, ah, Albert Square.
03:59And funny enough, I was thinking the black clouds would be an E, but they were an R.
04:03Okay, Carol and Charlene, here we go with your first cipher.
04:07Category is action film, five letters.
04:10So two exclamation marks are the same letter.
04:14Are you good on films?
04:15Er, sometimes.
04:17Okay.
04:18Action film, we've got, we've got, it can't be Die Hard or anything like that.
04:22So it's two letters.
04:23It could be double E, double O, double T, double M.
04:26Speed.
04:27Speed.
04:28Very good.
04:29Is it speed?
04:31Well done.
04:33Nicely done.
04:34So the double letter really helped.
04:36So that's three points.
04:37Here's the first verse, Sally and Joe.
04:40So it's a seven-letter word, but it's a police song.
04:43Oh, I think I know what it is.
04:44Go on, go on, is it two letters?
04:45Okay, because the two N's at the end.
04:47Yep.
04:48So let's say, I think it's Roxanne.
04:53Oh, I see.
04:54Well, it is one word, a one-word police song.
04:56Yeah.
04:57Okay, let's see.
04:58Roxanne.
05:00Yeah, we're good.
05:00Yeah.
05:01Good call.
05:02Okay.
05:02These next ones might be a little tougher to crack.
05:05Carol and Charlene, here's yours.
05:08Seven letters, Chinese Zodiac.
05:11Ah, so the year of the.
05:14So the first letter and the last letter are the same.
05:19And then there's a double.
05:20There's the year of the horse, the snake, the monkey.
05:24What else could it be?
05:25Like, genuinely.
05:27That's likely to be a double E, do you think?
05:30Yeah.
05:30And an R.
05:32Rooster.
05:33Oh, yes, that is one.
05:34Rooster.
05:35S-T-E, yeah.
05:37Yeah?
05:37Yeah.
05:37Should we go with that?
05:38Yeah, yeah.
05:38All right.
05:39Is it Rooster?
05:41Yeah.
05:42Well done, C-C-C-H-E-R.
05:44Over to Sally and Jo for your next cipher.
05:48So, eight letters now.
05:50Hot drink.
05:50Okay.
05:51We've got two, I've got three eight balls there.
05:54So we've got a hot drink.
05:58Cappuccino.
05:58Is that right?
06:00What's that double cap?
06:02No, it can't be, because that's a hot drink.
06:03No, no, it might be that.
06:04It might be that.
06:05Okay, let's think then.
06:06What's that double letter?
06:09Espresso.
06:09No, that's not right.
06:10I'm thinking hot drink.
06:11Chocolate.
06:12It could be espresso.
06:13Could it?
06:14No, it can't be.
06:14Yeah, it could be an S.
06:16X-O.
06:17Yeah.
06:17Oh, yeah.
06:18It's espresso.
06:18Espresso.
06:19Espresso.
06:20What are you saying?
06:20Espresso.
06:21Espresso.
06:22It is espresso.
06:23Was that a spelling thing?
06:25Were you going, yeah?
06:26It was me saying, I can't, I'm terrible at spelling anyway.
06:28So, good job that Joe was there.
06:30No, actually, that's right.
06:31I called it espresso for years, so.
06:33And I think that's where I was thinking.
06:36That's the confusion.
06:37Yeah.
06:37Okay, the level might get a bit harder again now for your final ones each.
06:41Carol and Charlene, it's a brilliant round so far.
06:43Keep it up.
06:45Two four-letter words, celebration.
06:49Yeah, so the two, what would that be?
06:53And then the two vowels are the same, obviously.
06:56Celebration.
06:57What would a celebration be?
06:59A birthday party.
07:01Yeah.
07:03A birthday.
07:04Baby shower.
07:08I'm trying to think.
07:09I can give you a letter.
07:11Yeah, give us a letter.
07:12It will take you down to two points.
07:14Okay, let me give you a letter.
07:16That's an I.
07:18The infinity symbol is an I.
07:22I'm trying to get that percentage letter.
07:26Celebration's up there.
07:29I can give you another letter.
07:32Okay, Jeremy, give us another letter.
07:34Okay, here we go.
07:35I'm sorry.
07:36Let's take it down to one point, if you get it right now.
07:38The other letter I can give you is the percentage sign is H.
07:43High, high five.
07:45Oh.
07:46Isn't it?
07:47Is it high five?
07:48Yeah.
07:50Yeah.
07:50Yeah.
07:51That was difficult.
07:52So, chance for Joe and Sally to get a bit ahead here.
07:56Here's yours.
07:58Six letters.
08:00Okay.
08:002020s film.
08:01Blimey.
08:03Oh, that's difficult from scratch.
08:05It could be anything, couldn't it?
08:072020s film.
08:08I think it might be a name, because it's just, you know.
08:11What person's name?
08:12Well, I'm just thinking it could, because it's just one word.
08:15Yeah.
08:15Um, I'm going to have to have a letter, love.
08:18Yeah, I think so.
08:18It's tough, isn't it?
08:19There's so many of them.
08:20Yeah.
08:20Okay, let's give you a letter.
08:22Goes down to two points now.
08:24And the carriage return symbol is the A.
08:31No.
08:32Let's get another letter.
08:33All right.
08:33I'm hoping you'll get that little share symbol.
08:37Let's see.
08:38Okay, that's a B, so that helps.
08:41Okay.
08:41Oh, Barbie.
08:42Barbie.
08:43Of course it is.
08:44Oh, yeah, high profile, but very hard from a standing star.
08:48Let's see if you're right.
08:49Barbie.
08:50Yes, well done.
08:52Ooh, I want to see the scoreboards now.
08:54At the end of that round, Carol and Charlene have got seven points.
08:58Yes.
08:59But matching them pound for pound, Joe and Sally.
09:01Seven.
09:01On seven.
09:02Oh!
09:03Well done.
09:04So, very good round.
09:06Just the last bit, they needed the letters, but most of the time it's amazing.
09:09Did those of you playing at home manage to outscore our celebrities?
09:12Well done if you did.
09:13In a moment, it'll be time for our teams to approach the letterbox for a chance to bag
09:18some crucial points.
09:19So, going first, Carol and Charlene, the game you'll be playing is thirdle.
09:25You'll see three words, each with the third letter missing.
09:28You need to fill in those missing letters using the tiles provided to spell a new word vertically.
09:32Here we go.
09:33So, let's have a little look here.
09:34So, are we on aloof at the top there?
09:36Yes.
09:37Anything else here?
09:38Peace.
09:39Peace, okay.
09:40Pence, I would say.
09:42Pence, all right.
09:43And steer one.
09:43Yeah.
09:44And steer.
09:44There we go.
09:45And then you've got one down the middle.
09:46Very good.
09:47Let's see.
09:47And then it goes green.
09:48If you've got it right, you'll score three points.
09:50If you solve the puzzle, you've got a full alphabet to play with.
09:54So, Carol and Charlene head on over to the letterbox to play the brilliant thirdle.
10:01Carol and Charlene, hit the button when you've completed it.
10:04Here is your first thirdle.
10:05Your time starts now.
10:08Ooh.
10:08Ooh.
10:10So, that's award.
10:12Award.
10:12Put the A in.
10:14And that's fence.
10:16F-E-N, maybe?
10:19What's that?
10:20Hypes.
10:21P.
10:22No, but that doesn't work.
10:24What's that?
10:25Feeds.
10:26Feeds.
10:28So, P.
10:29Well done.
10:31Well done.
10:32Brilliant.
10:33A lovely shade of green there.
10:35OK, 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.
10:44It is worth four points, though.
10:45OK?
10:46So, if you're ready, your time starts now.
10:48OK, what have we got?
10:50Eagle.
10:50Eagle.
10:51I'll put that in.
10:52Clogs.
10:53Yeah.
10:56Solve.
10:57Which 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.
11:09So, that's a whole beginning of a novel.
11:11Yes, it really is.
11:12Or a headline of a very strange story.
11:15OK, 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.
11:34Oh, one of my favourites.
11:35And local.
11:37So, what will that be?
11:39Oh.
11:40Local.
11:41Oh.
11:42No, that's not that.
11:43That's it.
11:43What?
11:44Loyal.
11:45There you go.
11:46Loyal.
11:47Spray.
11:49There we go.
11:49S.
11:50Spray.
11:51Lovely.
11:52You've made light work of X3.
11:55Really, 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 Letterboxd has scored you 12.
12:08Sally and Joe, can you score 12 here?
12:11That was good.
12:12Yeah, possibly.
12:12Possibly.
12:13All right, good.
12:13Well 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.
12:21So, we'll see you after that for more Puzzling.
12:27If you want to keep puzzling, see if you can complete the vertical word to solve this thirdle.
12:33Best of luck.
12:46Puzzlers, did you manage to complete the thirdle?
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 Letterboxd to play thirdle.
13:02Now, remember, you're going to see three words each with a 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 marks.
13:13Yep.
13:13So, keep up with them.
13:14Sally and Joe, here's your first one.
13:16Your time starts now.
13:1745 seconds.
13:18Okay, go.
13:19Joe, double, double, Joe.
13:21Okay, hang on a minute.
13:22Okay.
13:22So, what's this one?
13:23Slate.
13:23Slate.
13:24Slow, slow, slow.
13:25Slate.
13:26Slate.
13:26It's got to be a vowel.
13:28Okay, what's that?
13:28Use.
13:29What's that?
13:32Usha.
13:32Usha.
13:33Usha.
13:33Usha's good.
13:33Okay, why?
13:35Why is it slyly?
13:37Slyly.
13:37Good.
13:37Oh, well done.
13:40Y is the middle word.
13:41Well done.
13:42Your second puzzle will 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, so it could be an s again, passe.
13:54Passe or past?
13:55No, no, it's passe.
13:57Passe, let's try it.
13:58No, no, passe.
13:58Okay, um, what's that?
14:00Moved, a v.
14:01Moved, a v.
14:01Could put a v there.
14:02So, what's that?
14:03Uh, goose could be a nice.
14:05Goose, you know?
14:06No, it's v.
14:06No, it's not getting this v.
14:07Okay, move on.
14:08Let's go, what's this luna?
14:09Okay, luna putting in there.
14:11So, luna, n.
14:11End up there, luna.
14:12Okay, so that's a v.
14:14So, what's that?
14:15Let's get rid of, um, uh, move, so that wouldn't be a v.
14:19So, is that, are we saying that's goose?
14:21Yeah, it could be, uh, goose.
14:24Uh, moped.
14:26So, is that something else?
14:27Oh, that's not spun then.
14:28Okay.
14:29Is that something?
14:30Ten 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 an S there, then.
15:04Okay, what's this?
15:05Green?
15:06Sean, uh...
15:07Green.
15:07Okay, green.
15:08Sean.
15:09That could be salty, could be an S there.
15:11That could be an L there.
15:12Salty.
15:12What's this, then?
15:13Uh, salty.
15:15Uh...
15:15Wilt.
15:16Wilt.
15:17Um...
15:17Wilt.
15:18Wilt.
15:19Okay, so what's that, then?
15:20This is not right.
15:21No, something's in there.
15:22Sean, shine.
15:23Shield.
15:24Shine.
15:26Shine.
15:28Shield, it's not an S.
15:29Field, but an S.
15:30Laser, is that a word?
15:31Shield, no, that's not right.
15:33Field.
15:34Uh, sealed.
15:35Ten seconds.
15:36Laser, no.
15:37No, no, no, no.
15:38Oh, no, that's not right.
15:39Uh, Shane, shine, Shane, green.
15:42Oh, salty, that's not right.
15:44Oh!
15:45You see it?
15:46It's a wine, it's a wine.
15:47It's a wine.
15:47It's a wine.
15:48Yeah, I guess.
15:50Oh, wines do give us trouble.
15:53Go on, Joe.
15:53Get the wine.
15:54Yield.
15:55Yield.
15:56Let's do it again.
15:56You need two more seconds, sorry.
15:58OK, 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.
16:03It's, I would call it grave, but not yet in the emergency.
16:06Yeah, it's very bad.
16:06I would say it's bad, Jeremy.
16:07Let's head back to our seats.
16:12How 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.
16:24So, Carol and Charlene on 19.
16:28Yep.
16:28Sally and Joe lagging a bit on 10.
16:33Oh, that's not bad.
16:33No, you can catch.
16:34You've got the double feet.
16:35You just need a push.
16:37Really?
16:37It's got to 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.
16:42Three, 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?
17:02Well, an apple.
17:04Yeah, wine, beer and pips.
17:07Wine, beer, pips.
17:08Yeah?
17:08What do you think, Jokey?
17:09I think it's skin, pips, core with apple.
17:11Skin.
17:12Oh, I see.
17:12All parts of the apple.
17:14Oh, yeah, yeah.
17:14Of 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.
17:24So, 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 and leek.
17:36Water.
17:37Obviously, leek and potato you want to put together because that's C.
17:39Leek away, water away, water.
17:42Pink.
17:43Oh, gosh.
17:46Divining.
17:47Pink divine.
17:49Divining rod.
17:51Water divine.
17:51Can 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 is 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, it's done a well.
18:14I'll tell you why.
18:15So, hot rod, hot pink, hot water.
18:19And there was something in front but I didn't find that word.
18:23So, words that go after hot and then the second, the potato leek is obviously vegetables and then fridge is
18:28odd.
18:28The weird thing I have is as soon as I see pink, I go pink Floyd, so I can't get
18:32off pink Floyd.
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.
18:55Might be the two.
18:57Grand theft auto, grand national, grand stand.
19:01And median is 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.
19:15Well, 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 reason, so 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.
19:52Shoulder, knee and elbow are joints.
19:54Elbow together, joints, and carry on its own.
19:55And carry is on its own.
19:57Yep.
19:57So your trio is knee, elbow, shoulder.
20:00Shoulder, knee and elbow.
20:01Okay, and the pair.
20:03Smiths, oasis.
20:04Yep, the odd one out.
20:06Carry on its own.
20:07Okay, let's see if that's right.
20:09Yes.
20:10You've got to start around the Smiths.
20:12So the Smiths, one of the greatest bands of all time, oasis, are Mancunian bands.
20:17Knee, elbow, shoulder, the trio, carry the odd one out.
20:19Yeah.
20:20Exactly right.
20:20And the little foxy thing there was the elbow are a band as well.
20:24Yes.
20:25But knee.
20:25Of course, yeah.
20:26Carol and Charlene, here's your next puzzle.
20:29Email, answering.
20:30Cache, text, pinball, pigeon.
20:33So obviously email and text are forms of messaging.
20:36Yes.
20:37Communication.
20:39Um, text, message, answering, answering machine.
20:44No.
20:44Oh, yes.
20:45Answering 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.
20:56Email and text, pigeon is on its own.
20:59Okay.
20:59I'll go with you.
21:00Yeah.
21:00Go on, Charlene, say it again.
21:01So, cash machine, answering machine, pinball machine.
21:05That's the trio.
21:05And then the two is email and text, and pigeon is on its own.
21:10Okay.
21:11Are you right?
21:13Yay!
21:14Good question.
21:15Give a minute, 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.
21:20Pinball, answer and cash are the trio.
21:23Email and text are the pair, because they're messaging systems,
21:27and 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.
21:39So, emu, ostrich and hummingbird, obviously, are birds.
21:42Some flightless, though.
21:43Some flightless.
21:44Flightless birds.
21:45Could be, emu and ostrich could be flightless, well.
21:48Helicopter, hummingbird and drone.
21:50Um...
21:51Oh, hang on.
21:52That might be helicopter, hummingbird and drone, are...
21:55Yeah, they can hover.
21:56Hopper, yep, 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.
22:01Do it together?
22:02Do it together.
22:03And they're flightless birds, a whale's on his own,
22:05because he's in the water.
22:05And a whale's on his own, bless him.
22:07So, you've got helicopter, hummingbird, drone,
22:09because they hover.
22:09We did our answer through the power of visual dance.
22:14Emu and ostrich, you say, are...
22:16Do you say flightless birds?
22:17Flightless birds.
22:17Flightless birds.
22:18And whale, you say, is the odd one.
22:19Odd one, yeah.
22:20So, yes, you're absolutely right.
22:23Yes!
22:26Helicopter, hummingbird, drone, other trio,
22:29emu, ostrich, other pair.
22:32Three hover, two have wings but can't fly,
22:35and whales are in all kinds of trouble
22:37if you drop them from a plane.
22:39Yep.
22:40Final puzzle is for Carol and Charlene.
22:42Here we go.
22:45Steam coward, Gielgud, electronic grand, upright.
22:48So, 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, what's that giving us?
23:07Grand central, grand piano, electronic, upright piano.
23:13Piano, yes.
23:14Ah, yes.
23:16Yes.
23:17Piano, piano, piano.
23:18I've never seen a steam piano, have you?
23:20No, no.
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
23:33as theatricals, and steam is the odd one out.
23:37OK.
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, OK.
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, and well done.
23:59Well done.
23:59Immaculate Rounds for both teams.
24:02Did 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.
24:10That's good.
24:11Yep, Sally's been here, got the T-shirt.
24:14She knows she and Joe can come back,
24:16and they may even be deliberately hanging back at this point.
24:19Oh, yeah.
24:20Yeah, that's what we're doing.
24:21OK.
24:22We're going to take a breather while I apply some essential oils.
24:25Join us after the break,
24:27once we've all had a few moments to decompress.
24:30Here for you if you need it.
24:31We'll see you back here soon.
24:36If you want to keep puzzling,
24:37see if you can pick which letter to move one space up or down in the alphabet
24:41to 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.
25:17OK.
25:18So it is time for the Celebrity Guest Head-to-Head.
25:22And 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.
25:47Yeah.
25:47Yeah.
25:48OK.
25:48Here we go.
25:49Five puzzles to solve.
25:50Fingers on buzzers.
25:51Guests, here's your first one.
25:55Q, H, K, P, S.
25:56Category flying.
25:58Flying.
25:59They go up or down.
26:03Oh, God.
26:03H.
26:04Oh.
26:06Oh.
26:06Charlene.
26:07Pilot.
26:08Let's see.
26:09Let's see this.
26:10Yeah.
26:11Yeah.
26:14Fingers on buzzers.
26:15Here's the next five-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.
26:34She is.
26:35Good.
26:35Did you get that?
26:36OK.
26:39B, G, F, F, J, Z, and it's impudent, the clue.
26:44Yeah.
26:45So, B can be A or C.
26:49Yes.
26:50E, 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.
27:08Oh, I've got a bit of it.
27:08It's a double letter as the key.
27:10Double F could be E or G.
27:12G.
27:14G.
27:17Oh.
27:19It's one letter I can't get.
27:20Cheat.
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.
27:39Yeah, come on, Joe.
27:41So, 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.
28:10Because you naturally see the B at the end, you think, well, it must be 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.
28:26Wading Bird.
28:28D-Q-B-M-F.
28:33Oh, Joe.
28:34Crane.
28:35Crane.
28:36Yes.
28:38He's got one.
28:40He's got one.
28:42Good stuff.
28:43Joe scored two.
28:43Charlene 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.
29:15This 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, this.
29:26When 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.
29:35Oh, so you don't give that.
29:36Yeah, well done.
29:36And then we unscramble the question.
29:38Right, okay.
29:38You need to decipher the question, then buzz in when you know the answer.
29:42Here we go.
29:43First one.
29:45I need the answer.
29:47Carol.
29:4812.
29:5012.
29:52It's right, yeah.
29:53Let's unscramble that question.
29:56How many inches are there in a foot?
29:58Get ready on the buzzers.
29:59Here we go.
30:06Carol.
30:07Oh, I can see him.
30:08Sorry.
30:09I have no idea what the question is.
30:11What's the question?
30:11You can steal.
30:12William Shatner.
30:13Yes!
30:14William Shatner is the answer.
30:17Yes, it is.
30:18I just couldn't remember.
30:19I know, you buzzed when you worked the question out, not 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.
30:42You've got it right.
30:43Joe, well done.
30:45This is really good.
30:45Let's unscramble it.
30:47What 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, so they've got their eyes in, as
30:59it were.
30:59But the 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.
31:16Let's see if that's right.
31:18Yes.
31:18Yes.
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.
31:29This round is interesting, isn't it?
31:34Lots of capital letters.
31:36There's the question.
31:37All scrambled.
31:59Time's ticking.
32:02Oh, let's have a look.
32:06Dua Lipa.
32:07That's tough.
32:08And the albums.
32:09Let's see the question.
32:11Future nostalgia and 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.
32:30Useful capital letters.
32:33Kel.
32:34Dolphins.
32:35Dolphins.
32:36Bottlenose.
32:36Bottlenose.
32:36Of course it is.
32:38Yeah.
32:39Yeah.
32:39You're a terrible woman.
32:41Okay.
32:42So, unscramble the question yet.
32:44Yeah.
32:44So, Joe has seen bottlenose in there.
32:46Bottlenose and spinner are species of which marine mammal?
32:50And we do have a spinner dolphin and a bottlenose dolphin.
32:53Nicely worked there.
32:55Our medical scientist, Carol.
32:57At the end of that round, Sally and Joe have got 23.
33:00Carol and Charlene have got 35.
33:02You're still pacing it.
33:05They're on your shoulder, guys.
33:08Time for our penultimate round.
33:09Here we shake things up somewhat.
33:10Both teams will be tackling the letterbox.
33:12The fastest team to solve their puzzle this time receives two useful bonus points.
33:16It's all to play for in Letterbox Ladder.
33:21Let's see how Letterbox Ladder works.
33:23You will see three key words appear on the screen and in between a series of spaces where you need
33:28to 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 stand, 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.
33:42Stand still.
33:44Yep.
33:45And then still life.
33:46Okay.
33:46And then life.
33:47Life story.
33:48Story.
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, okay?
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 two bonus points.
34:03And we'll let Carol and Charlene do this first, because you're leading.
34:06Please head over to the Letterboxd 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.
34:19Control.
34:19Block.
34:21Uh, control.
34:23Lawyer.
34:23Does that work?
34:24Lawyer.
34:24Control.
34:25No.
34:25No, there's no L.
34:26Um, criminal court.
34:28No.
34:29Criminal.
34:30Control.
34:31Um.
34:32Hmm.
34:33Prison control.
34:34No.
34:35Prison control.
34:36Um.
34:36Party.
34:37Control.
34:38Party.
34:39Badge.
34:39Badge.
34:40Control.
34:41Badge.
34:42Control.
34:43Stair.
34:45Oh my gosh.
34:47Boast.
34:47Control.
34:48Badge.
34:49Block.
34:49Uh.
34:51Block letter.
34:51Block letter.
34:52No, there's no L.
34:54But control letter doesn't work.
34:55Block.
34:55What are you coming to block?
34:56No.
34:58Blah.
34:59Blah.
35:00Blah.
35:00Move some letters around.
35:01Have a go.
35:02That's what I mean.
35:03Literally, I have no idea.
35:05Block.
35:05Control.
35:07Bar.
35:07Bar.
35:08Bar.
35:08Bar.
35:10Criminal.
35:12Criminal.
35:12Criminal.
35:13Criminal.
35:14Action.
35:14Master.
35:15Criminal master.
35:16Is it master?
35:17Master control.
35:18Master 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.
35:22Ten seconds or less.
35:23Five seconds now.
35:25No.
35:25No, it's not.
35:26It's not gone green.
35:27Ah.
35:28Ah.
35:29The word we wanted was damage.
35:32As in criminal damage and damage control.
35:35Yeah.
35:36Control.
35:37What?
35:38Oh, I should have known that.
35:40Ah.
35:41Ah.
35:41And then.
35:42And then.
35:43Block.
35:44Blockbuster.
35:45Ah.
35:46That wasn't easy, Jeremy.
35:48Now, this makes it well.
35:49It's the first one.
35:50We never said it would be easy.
35:52I never promised you a rose garden.
35:55Criminal damage.
35:56Damage control.
35:57Control tower.
35:57Tower block tower.
35:58The first one was really hard.
35:59Blockbuster.
36:00Very, very interesting.
36:02Okay, loyal 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
37:08and you can now 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,
37:19you're guaranteed the two bonus 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.
37:37Right, OK.
37:38It's dance.
37:41Dance, come on.
37:43Dance.
37:43Video.
37:44What's that?
37:45Video player.
37:47Video star.
37:48Video, um, moves, moves.
37:52Is it zero V?
37:53No, no, no.
37:54There's no love.
37:55Dance, moves.
37:56No, it's what's this one.
37:57Video access.
37:59Screen.
37:59Work access.
38:00Screen.
38:01Screen.
38:01Screen.
38:01Video screen.
38:02Screen.
38:03Is one in?
38:04We've got an in.
38:05We've got an in.
38:05We've got an in.
38:06No, no in.
38:07Oh, it's not screen either.
38:09Dance.
38:10Time is ticking down.
38:13S is different.
38:15Dance.
38:16Dance.
38:17Video.
38:19Dance.
38:20Dance.
38:21Video shoot.
38:22No, no, no.
38:24No, no, no.
38:24No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
38:26Me.
38:28Is it double E?
38:28Double E?
38:29Something.
38:30Dance.
38:30Crade.
38:31Dance Crade.
38:32No, no, no, no.
38:33Dance.
38:33Five seconds.
38:34No, not going to get in.
38:35Five seconds.
38:36Oh, no.
38:37Horrible.
38:38So hard.
38:39I just was looking at dance music I wanted.
38:42Let's put music in.
38:43Okay, yeah.
38:43Make ourselves feel better.
38:45I think dance music's not crazily obscure, is it?
38:48No, it's totally not.
38:49It's just...
38:50Oh, music video.
38:52It will be, yeah, music video.
38:54Video camera, please.
38:56Video camera.
38:58Yep.
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.
39:07And 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.
39:25Oh.
39:27We were on the shoulder, and that was the overtake, but 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.
39:51It can switch around.
39:53Yeah.
39:53It is time for our final round.
39:55It's Answer Bank.
39:58Okay.
39:59Sally and Joe, bit of catching up to do, but 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.
40:12If 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.
40:26Head.
40:28Time.
40:30Button.
40:32The.
40:34Panic.
40:36Line.
40:38Day.
40:40Push.
40:42Hot.
40:44Up.
40:46Over.
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?
40:53Let'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.
41:08Sugar babes hit single.
41:11Charlene.
41:12Push the button.
41:14Correct.
41:16A type of mushroom.
41:18Sally.
41:19Button.
41:20Correct.
41:21Someone who's easily defeated.
41:24Sally.
41:25Push over.
41:27Correct.
41:28Pressed to summon help in an emergency.
41:31Sally.
41:32Panic button.
41:33Correct.
41:35School children have to do this outside a classroom before entering.
41:39Carol.
41:39Line up.
41:40Correct.
41:42Style of bra.
41:44Carol.
41:45Push up.
41:47Push up.
41:48TV turn for programmes that are on between 9am and 5pm.
41:53Charlie.
41:54Daytime.
41:55Correct, Charlie.
41:57Going too far and a World War I method of attack.
42:01Carol.
42:02Over the top.
42:03Correct.
42:05Emergency communication system.
42:08Carol.
42:09Hot line.
42:11Correct.
42:12The froth on a pint of beer.
42:15Sally.
42:16Head.
42:17Correct.
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.
42:30Charlie.
42:31Over the line.
42:32Correct.
42:34Correct.
42:35Refill someone's partly full glass.
42:37Sally.
42:38Top up.
42:39Correct.
42:40The worry has passed.
42:42Everything's back to normal.
42:44Carol.
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.
43:10Orderly 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's worth three points.
43:25That was a tough old question.
43:27You 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.
43:43Wow.
43:43No way!
43:44You also scored 28 points in that final.
43:47That's the highest we've ever had.
43:49It was all the three.
43:51Absolutely amazing.
43:52Wow.
43:53I'm sorry, Joe.
43:53It's like, you know, you've been told to turn up with the Fiesta and someone's arrived in a Lamborghini.
43:59Yes, well, 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.
44:09Yes, 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.
44:19To play with any time, when you're in between bulletins or documentaries or your royal podcast,
44:25all that remains is for me to give the world-famous Jeremy if I nod a recognition to.
44:28Carol, Sally, 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.
44:39APPLAUSE
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