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00:00Hello, I'm Jeremy Vine and welcome to the show where two teams of celebrities try to solve a series of
00:05complex puzzles without bickering loudly enough that it's picked up on their mics.
00:10It's the show that features fame and brain strain. This is Celebrity Puzzling.
00:33Hello, welcome to Celebrity Puzzling. We do appreciate your attendance. First things first, let's meet our team captains. She's way
00:39more than the sum of her parts. It's Carol Vorderman.
00:43I see what you think there. Look at the outfit as well. And also we have a multi-talented actor,
00:48writer, presenter. What a person she is. It seems the only thing she can't do is avoid working with me.
00:54It's Sally Lindsay. So, two brilliant celebrities joining their brain trust tonight. Taking the leap, joining Carol. It's a man
01:03who I'm sure will go a very long way.
01:05Eight and a half metres, to be precise. Gold medal winning long jumper, Greg Rutherford.
01:12And joining our stalwart skipper, Sally Lindsay, is an actor who also narrates a show about luxury hotels.
01:18She's the chocolate on our pillow, the bathrobe in our wardrobe and the lock on our minibar.
01:23It's Faye Whitley.
01:26There we are. Greg, you do everything. You long jump, you dance, you talk, you compete, you contest, you quiz,
01:33you puzzle.
01:34I'm useless at most things. No, I do cook, yeah.
01:37And he cooks. Honestly, he's a total all-rounder.
01:39I like cooking. Cooking's actually my thing nowadays, I guess. Yeah.
01:42Yeah, I enjoy that. Well, Faye's a cook. And she's done three books.
01:46Yeah, yeah. What brought you into cooking books?
01:49Wanting to eat the food, basically.
01:52Basically. I think most people who write their own recipes, and I very much write my own recipes, you do
01:58it from a place of love. So what do you love?
02:00That's true. OK, here we go, everybody.
02:03Every episode, our teams face a random selection of puzzles, meaning no two contests are ever the same.
02:08In this show, our two teams face six random puzzles, each plucked from our extensive back catalogue.
02:14You need to accumulate as many points as possible. Yes, I do like to state the obvious.
02:19The last round is Answer Bank. It can all change in Answer Bank.
02:22And for the winning celebrity guests, there is an added layer of luster, because they will take home the amazing
02:27puzzling cube.
02:28Look at that. And there it is.
02:33Steady. I know you've won the odd medal, kid, but come on.
02:37Look at that. Oh, it's gorgeous.
02:39Let's see what the first game is going to be.
02:41You're going to have to have your thinking heads on here and be quick, because it is word flash.
02:47In this round, you're going to be given the category, followed by some of the answers.
02:50Your job is to fill in the full answer.
02:51So, for example, here we are.
02:53The category is Rom-Com.
02:55The letters come in in green, then they go out, then other letters come in.
02:59And you will buzz when you know it.
03:02What do we think here?
03:03First word is seven letters.
03:06I think you're right.
03:07Yeah.
03:08Bridget Jones and the Goblet of Doom.
03:10You see what you said, the Goblet of Doom.
03:14Bridget Jones has a about the boy.
03:20Mad about the boy.
03:22That's how you do it.
03:23Yeah, we sort of, sort of, that's really hard.
03:25That's just the example.
03:26And inspired by that, I'm sure a few of us are wearing our absolutely enormous Bridget Jones pants tonight.
03:32I know I am.
03:33It's on the buzzer.
03:35So, you've got to be quick and sure.
03:38Here's your first one.
03:40Category, clergy.
03:41Oh, I say.
03:43There we are.
03:46Buzz when you know.
03:47First word is three letters.
03:50Then it's ten.
03:52Oh.
03:53Sally.
03:54The Archbishop of Canterbury.
03:56Is it the Archbishop of Canterbury?
03:59Yes, it is.
04:00Very good.
04:02Fingers on buzzers.
04:03Here's the next one.
04:05In orbit.
04:07Oh.
04:09One, two, three, four, five, six.
04:12Ten.
04:12Oh, gosh, Sally.
04:14Satellite.
04:15Are you satelliting me?
04:17No.
04:18Sorry, it was a risk.
04:19Sorry, Faye.
04:19We passed it over.
04:21Buddy is frozen in that position.
04:23Oh, right, yeah.
04:23So, there may be other words.
04:26I'm going to say satellites.
04:28Is it satellites?
04:31Had you waited longer, you would have seen three words.
04:33And it would have been this.
04:35Oh, go on.
04:36Oh, my goodness.
04:37Go on.
04:37So, it's not satellites.
04:39It is the International Space Station.
04:41Space Station!
04:42Space Station!
04:44Sorry, mate.
04:45So, you jumped.
04:46I know I did.
04:47Look, we've got a long jumper here.
04:49I know.
04:49I know what's happened.
04:51You thought, I'm going to show him how fast I can jump.
04:53I can jump, mate.
04:54You've jumped very fast.
04:55It's been a very long time for me.
04:56Believe me, you could very much beat me nowadays.
04:58Very easily.
04:59A lot of journalists, the only exercise we get is jumping to conclusions.
05:03Get ready.
05:03Here's the next one.
05:06Sitcom.
05:07Oh, Sal's good at these.
05:10Four letters, two letters, three letters.
05:16Six letters, four letters.
05:20Oh, can you get it?
05:25Carol.
05:26Last of the summer wine.
05:27I think you might be right.
05:29Let's have a look.
05:29Well done.
05:30Oh!
05:31I got one!
05:34Very good.
05:35But that is last of the summer wine.
05:36OK, Action Stations, time for another.
05:39Come on.
05:41Play.
05:43I guess that's a play of some sort.
05:45I don't know.
05:47First word is one letter.
05:49Greg.
05:51A midsummer night's dream.
05:53This could be the jump of the day.
05:55Let's have a look.
05:56A midsummer night's dream.
05:58He's got it!
06:00Well done!
06:01He's got his eye in.
06:03Do you know the funny thing about that?
06:05Never seen it, know nothing about plays, but that just popped into the head.
06:08That's incredible.
06:10Wow.
06:10Two actors sat here and we're proper shown up.
06:13No idea.
06:14I had nothing.
06:14Not a clue.
06:15It's a great contest already.
06:17Here's the next one.
06:19Historic event.
06:20Oh.
06:25Seven letters, two letters.
06:28Three-letter words.
06:29And five.
06:31Then five.
06:33OK.
06:34Five words.
06:43Greg.
06:44Oh, sorry, I was about to say signing of the Magna Carta.
06:47Signing of the Magna Carta, says Greg.
06:49Let's see.
06:51Oh, my God!
06:54How did you come up with that?
06:57That's great.
06:58History's a little bit my thing, so that's...
07:00Is it?
07:00Yeah, a little bit.
07:00Is it your thing?
07:01Everything's your thing.
07:03Fingers on buzzers.
07:04Here's the final one.
07:0680s pop.
07:10Five.
07:12Five.
07:14Four letters.
07:16Three letters.
07:18Two letters.
07:19OK.
07:20Ah!
07:20Oh, Sally!
07:22Never going to give you up.
07:23Never going to give you up.
07:24Is it right?
07:26Never going to give you up is the right answer.
07:27Well done, Sally Lindsay.
07:29And that's completely your era.
07:31You love that.
07:31That's totally me, though.
07:33I'd have been gutted if you got that.
07:35We'd have had some words, Greg.
07:37At the end of that round, Sally and Faye have four.
07:41Carol and Greg have six.
07:42Oh!
07:45Just started, but that's it.
07:46Plenty of time.
07:47Were you quicker than our celebrities on the buzzer?
07:50Did you beat Greg?
07:51That's the only question.
07:52In a moment, it will be time for our teams to head over to the letterbox
07:56for their first game.
07:57This one is a bit mixed up.
07:58It's called Path Words.
08:02OK, this is how it looks.
08:03Yes, you are going to see three rows of five jumbled letters
08:05which must be rearranged to complete three words.
08:07Letters highlighted are locked in place
08:09while the letters on physical tiles are those to be rearranged.
08:12But the tiles can only be moved vertically within their column.
08:15See if you can work out the top word here.
08:17For example...
08:20Porch.
08:21Porch.
08:22Yeah.
08:22Yeah, that's a good one.
08:23OK, very nice.
08:24Porch, Hazel Chunk.
08:25There we go.
08:26You're against the clock to complete all three words,
08:28so Sally and Faye, let's head over to the letterbox now
08:31to play Path Words.
08:33APPLAUSE
08:35Sally and Faye, in your first puzzle,
08:37the first letter of each word plus two extra letters will be locked.
08:40Once you're happy, press the buzzer for three points.
08:41Here's your first Path Word.
08:43Your time starts now.
08:44OK, let's get this one.
08:46What's this one?
08:47Er...
08:49Er...
08:50Er...
08:50Er...
08:51Er...
08:51Tar...
08:51No.
08:52Oh, can I go that way?
08:53Target?
08:54No, no, no.
08:55What is it?
08:56So let's get this one.
08:57Tangy.
08:57Tangy.
08:58Oh, well done.
08:59Tangy.
09:00OK.
09:02Er...
09:02Er...
09:02Knee-ee.
09:04Ne...
09:04No.
09:05Nat.
09:05Nail.
09:06Er...
09:07Nailt.
09:08Nelt.
09:09Nelt.
09:11About?
09:12No.
09:12Oh, no, it is.
09:14Abate.
09:15Abate.
09:15Yes, you're right.
09:16Very good.
09:17Abate, what is that, quieting down?
09:19No idea.
09:20Tangy and Nelt, we know.
09:22He knelt down.
09:23The aspect here of these two, and I'm allowed to say it, I've checked, blonde bombshells.
09:28Oh!
09:29Definitely.
09:30Don't use them for the name.
09:31Say that.
09:32Yeah, playing together.
09:33Say that, yeah.
09:33An absolute riot here.
09:36All right.
09:36I thought that was hard.
09:37It's going to get harder as we lock one letter fewer for your trouble.
09:39This one is worth four points, and here it is.
09:41Your time starts now.
09:44OK, so something's got to end with Z.
09:46OK.
09:46May I?
09:47Yes, please.
09:48May I?
09:49Hang on.
09:49Go, go, go, go.
09:50Oh, no!
09:55OK.
09:56But we can go down.
09:57Yeah, we can.
09:57But we can go down.
09:58OK, got it.
10:00OK, so what's that?
10:00Oh, where did that go, then?
10:02Er, jumbo.
10:03Oh, no, that's not right.
10:04Jumbo.
10:05Yield.
10:06Yield.
10:08And it looks like that works and it does.
10:10They're all words.
10:11I thought that was a man.
10:13So, Yield, Blitz, Jumbo, Water.
10:14Cracking performance there by you two.
10:16We're cranking up the difficulty in the third puzzle.
10:19The correct answer is worth a whopping five points.
10:21Your time starts now.
10:23OK.
10:24OK.
10:25Per.
10:27OK, so.
10:28Per.
10:30Per.
10:31Oh, no.
10:32OK, right.
10:33E, A.
10:34E, L.
10:36E, A.
10:37Ed.
10:38No.
10:39Right, OK.
10:40E, L.
10:41E, L.
10:42What's E, L?
10:44E, L.
10:45We just need one, don't we?
10:47Allude.
10:48That's not right.
10:49OK, we need to get one.
10:50OK.
10:50Let's get one.
10:51So, let's just get one word.
10:52Pal.
10:56Palette.
10:57Palette.
10:58Palette?
10:58Is that a word?
10:59Or is it double L?
11:00I don't know about double T's and things, but let's see.
11:03Oh, no, it's probably not, actually.
11:04Can we go with the L?
11:05No, it's not a word.
11:06Um.
11:09Is it, um.
11:10Oh, let's just see here.
11:14Well, pilot is what we were looking for.
11:16Pilot.
11:16Pilot's a funny old word.
11:17Pilot, yeah.
11:19Elder is what we want next.
11:21Elder.
11:21And laugh.
11:22And then you've got laugh, and then it goes green.
11:24I'm sorry.
11:25Oh, never mind.
11:26Those were horrible words.
11:27They shouldn't be allowed to exist.
11:30Ah!
11:32I know.
11:33Well, you can't tip the board.
11:35You can't tip the board.
11:37Well done, Sally and Faye.
11:39Sorry, sorry.
11:39Your trip to the letterbox has only ended in a slight outburst at the end.
11:44Carol and Greg, are you feeling confident?
11:46Look at that.
11:46No.
11:46I'm not at all.
11:47No way confident.
11:48You had really hard ones there.
11:50You'll get your chance very soon, you eager beavers, but not until we take a short break.
11:54Join us as we grasp for even more answers after this.
12:01Have a go at this path words puzzle.
12:04Swap the letters in just one column to reveal the answers.
12:08Choose wisely.
12:15Did you manage to solve this path words puzzle?
12:19If you did, well done.
12:24Welcome back to Celebrity Puzzling.
12:25I remind unapologetically Jeremy Vine.
12:28Our captains Sally Lindsay and Carol Vorderman have been joined by two true overachievers,
12:33Olympian Greg Rutherford and BAFTA-nominated actor Faye Ripley.
12:37So far, so good.
12:38No punches have been thrown.
12:39It's now time for Carol and Greg to try to bank some bonus points with their turn at the letterbox.
12:44Remember, you're going to see three rows of five jumbled letters,
12:47which must be rearranged to complete three five-letter words.
12:50Carol and Greg, in your first puzzle, the first letter per word,
12:53plus two extra letters will be locked for three points.
12:56Here's your first path word.
12:57Your time starts now.
13:00OK.
13:01I'm going the middle one as Sean.
13:03Yeah, like that.
13:05Very good.
13:05You keep looking.
13:06I'll do the letters.
13:09Sean.
13:12It might not be right.
13:14Girlie.
13:15Oh, I like that.
13:16That was a good one.
13:17Well, that leaves us with that.
13:19So, shine.
13:21Yeah, that's not right, is it?
13:23Scone.
13:24And which.
13:26Well done.
13:27Oh, I like the way you did that.
13:29That's so impressive.
13:31OK, as we saw earlier, the difficulty increases as we lock the first letters and only one extra letter.
13:37So, this is now four points.
13:38And here it is.
13:39Your time starts now.
13:40Oh, so it can't be, obviously, we've got two O's to give us.
13:45OK, so, O, A, Oasis.
13:51O, A, Oasis.
13:54You carry on.
13:55Yeah, yeah, fine, yeah.
13:56Yeah, it is as well.
13:59But rouch is not a word.
14:01It is a covet.
14:02To covet.
14:03I'm just trying it out here.
14:05Rouch is still not there.
14:07Something's gone wrong.
14:08Yeah, something has gone wrong.
14:09Maybe it's not Oasis.
14:13Oh, God.
14:16OK, what could this be?
14:18Time running out.
14:20Oh, goodness me.
14:23Couch.
14:25Rivet.
14:26Yes.
14:27Oh, you know, I think you didn't press the button inside.
14:31The problem was civet.
14:34Civet?
14:35Civet Cat.
14:37Yeah.
14:37And that's the one they use, I think, for the coffee beans.
14:40What do you mean?
14:41Well, the civet cat eats beans, poos them out.
14:44The beans are then put into the most expensive coffee in Britain.
14:48A big, your part.
14:48It's called civet.
14:49And you pay more money.
14:51And how, well, no wonder they got distracted.
14:54The words were couch, oasis and rivet.
14:58And I'm sorry, it only gets harder.
15:00This time I will only lock one letter, the first letter of each word.
15:03Solving the puzzle is worth a huge five points.
15:06If you're ready, your time starts now.
15:10N, OK.
15:13Pine.
15:14U.
15:15No.
15:17U.
15:19Uh, usurp is a word.
15:21Ooh, usurp.
15:22That's a great one.
15:23Very good.
15:24OK, come on.
15:26Names.
15:27Yeah, there aren't names yet.
15:29Uh, oh, no.
15:30No.
15:31Uh, nakes.
15:33Nakes.
15:33H.
15:34It is usurp.
15:36Uh, nai...
15:38Nai...
15:39Well, let's just do this.
15:41No.
15:42Um...
15:43Come on, Greg.
15:44Oh, I've got that.
15:45I'm really...
15:46Er, right.
15:46Nearly just five seconds to ram around.
15:49Nearly just five seconds.
15:53What is it?
15:55I'm sorry, I'm usurp.
15:56Usurp is correct.
15:58What we wanted here was naked.
16:01That's a favourite.
16:02And then we've got hymns.
16:04We should have got that.
16:05These beastly words with no vowels.
16:09Hymns.
16:10Nobody said it was going to be easy,
16:12and that could be our catchphrase.
16:14Please head back to your seats.
16:15We'll check the scores.
16:20How many puzzles did you solve at home?
16:22Carol and Greg, I can tell you your visit to the letterbox
16:24scores you three points.
16:26Yeah.
16:26Let's see what that's done to the overall scores.
16:28Carol and Greg, you have nine points.
16:31Yeah.
16:32Sally and Faye, 11.
16:36And watch the tigers jump on the other side,
16:39because they are fierce, those two.
16:41Time to play our next puzzle.
16:43This one requires you to look very closely.
16:45OK, not that close.
16:45It's hidden answer.
16:49So, this is how this one works in this game.
16:51The answer will be there right in front of you,
16:53although, sadly, it is a bit jumbled up.
16:54You'll see a puzzle word on the left,
16:56followed by a clue on the right.
16:59Downtime booze.
17:00Somewhere in that word, you have the letters.
17:03Is it wine?
17:05Yeah.
17:05Wine.
17:06There we are.
17:07Yes, it's wine.
17:07So, crucially, you don't need to use all the letters.
17:10While our guests dream of that first crisp, cool glass
17:13of post-show Pinot Grigio, we must crack up.
17:17That was an example.
17:18No points on offer.
17:19Let's do it for real.
17:20Carol, Greg, you go first.
17:21Your first one now.
17:22Here we go.
17:23Menial fruit.
17:24The clue is fruit.
17:25Lime.
17:26Yeah, it could be lime.
17:28Yeah.
17:28Lime.
17:29Yeah, I think it might actually lime, yeah.
17:30Is it right?
17:33Very good start.
17:35OK, lime is correct.
17:36Next one.
17:37Faye, Sally, here's yours.
17:39Gherkin, jewellery.
17:40Jewellery is the clue.
17:44Ring, I guess.
17:45Ring, yeah.
17:46Ring.
17:47Is it ring?
17:48Ring is right.
17:51Go ready, Carol and Greg.
17:52Here's the next one.
17:54Open-hearted big cat.
17:57The clue is big cat.
17:58Leopard.
17:59Cheetah.
18:01Tiger.
18:02Tiger.
18:04Jaguar.
18:05Lion.
18:06What else is there?
18:07Panther.
18:08Um, panther.
18:09Is that on there?
18:10Panther.
18:10Is panther there?
18:11Yeah, it is, yeah.
18:12I think we're going to go with panther.
18:13Is it panther?
18:15Yes, it is.
18:17OK, now, Sally, Faye, here is your next puzzle.
18:20We're cracking through this round.
18:21Wobblers sport.
18:23The clue is in the word sport.
18:26There's row in there, but I don't think it would be that.
18:29Just row.
18:30Rows.
18:30No, that's not it, is it?
18:32Row.
18:32But unless it's...
18:35Hang on.
18:36How about...
18:39Oh, come on.
18:41Bowls.
18:41Bowls.
18:42Yes, of course it is.
18:44Bowls.
18:44Bowls.
18:45Bowls.
18:46We've said bowls five or six times.
18:48Bowls.
18:49Bowls.
18:49Bowls.
18:50Is it Bowls?
18:51It's Bowls.
18:52Carol and Greg, here's your final one.
18:56Sardonic African capital.
18:59Oh, these could be tricky.
19:01OK, so...
19:01So the capital is in the word sardonic.
19:04Sardonic?
19:04No.
19:07Nairobi.
19:08It's not there.
19:11Oh, Africa.
19:12That's really tough, isn't it?
19:14Yeah, it's the capital of Morocco.
19:17I don't think Johannesburg is in there.
19:21Just, you know...
19:22Just throwing it out there.
19:23Yeah, just throwing it out there.
19:25I'm trying to do well.
19:27The clock is counting down.
19:28Are you generally good with capitals?
19:30I'm normally quite good, but I'm just blank on this one.
19:34Anything?
19:34No.
19:37Draw the pass on it.
19:39I'm just making the word up.
19:41Is that all right?
19:42Go for it.
19:42Yeah, yeah, please.
19:44Cronia.
19:46Cronia.
19:47Love it, though.
19:48I like the idea.
19:50We came from Cronia with a thirst for knowledge.
19:53Go on, you can steal.
19:54No idea.
19:55No idea.
19:56Oh, the capital of Egypt.
19:59Cairo.
20:00Cairo.
20:00Cairo.
20:01Maybe we don't think of Egypt as being African because it's right at the top.
20:05But I think of it as the Middle East.
20:07Yeah, Middle East and Africa.
20:08You're right, it's sort of both.
20:09Final hidden answer puzzle this time for Sally and Faye.
20:12He's done us there.
20:14Scandalised panto.
20:18Oh, OK.
20:20It's got to be...
20:22Um, David, um...
20:25It's not Dandini.
20:27Um, what are the other...
20:28Aladdin.
20:29Aladdin.
20:30Is it Aladdin?
20:31Aladdin, well done.
20:33It is Aladdin.
20:34Yeah, nice.
20:36What a whip-cracking round that was.
20:39Lots going on at the end of that round.
20:41Carol and Greg have got 13 points.
20:43But Sally and Faye are ahead on 17.
20:46You've got to stop them.
20:49How can you do at home with those?
20:50We'll have another short break during which Greg will be filling the studio with sand
20:54and teaching us how to jump like him.
20:56Wish me luck.
20:57Ta-ta for now.
21:01Have a go at this up-or-down puzzle.
21:04Shift one letter, one space up or down in the alphabet to solve the clue and reveal the answer.
21:09Best of luck.
21:16Here's the solution to your up-or-down puzzle.
21:20If you got it right, well done.
21:25Welcome back to Celebrity Puzzling.
21:26During the break, Carol, Sally, Faye, Greg and I all attempted the long jump and I'll give you one guess
21:31who won.
21:32All I will say is I'm glad I'm now sat back down, although I'm not sure I'll be getting back
21:36up any time soon.
21:37Both teams are still batting it out to win this episode, which is good of them.
21:42The novelty clearly hasn't worn off yet.
21:44Sally and Carol, how do you think you're doing as team captains?
21:47It is so even, this.
21:49It's so mad.
21:50Because we keep coming up with things that you go, how do you know that?
21:54Yeah.
21:54It's one of them games.
21:55Really?
21:56I love those games.
21:58Our two guests are the jokers in the pack here.
22:00They totally are.
22:00They now face the ultimate puzzling test alone.
22:04So the celebrity guests go in a puzzling head-to-head.
22:08The game is Join the Dots.
22:12This is the part of the show.
22:13We love this round.
22:14Greg and Faye, you're about to go head-to-head in a battle on the buzzers.
22:18It's Join the Dots, as I say.
22:19On the screen, you'll see an example.
22:21So you see the category, Ocean Liner.
22:23Yeah.
22:24And then you'll see the words appear as the dots are joined.
22:28Yeah, yeah.
22:29So can you see any letters?
22:30Queen Mary.
22:31Queen...
22:31Ooh, I say.
22:33Oh, it's not going to go well for me.
22:43Look at that.
22:44We'll have the chance to steal for one bonus point instead.
22:47So be quick, but be right.
22:49OK, you've seen how this works.
22:50There are five puzzles to solve.
22:52Fingers on buzzers, Greg and Faye.
22:53And here's your first one.
22:56Against each other, it's entertainment.
22:59There are the dots.
23:01And they start to complete with letters.
23:05And it looks like three words.
23:07Ooh, Greg.
23:09Cirque du Soleil.
23:10Is it Cirque du Soleil?
23:13Very good.
23:14Oh, what?
23:17That's a good one as well.
23:19Fingers on buzzers.
23:20Here's the next one.
23:22Write a passage.
23:28Ooh.
23:35Faye.
23:36Midlife crisis.
23:37Midlife crisis.
23:39Is it right?
23:41Oh, Faye.
23:43I mean, it was nearly all out.
23:46Get ready, here's the next one.
23:49City.
23:51Looks like one word.
23:53Lines appearing.
23:55Joining the dots.
23:59Anyone got it?
24:02Ooh.
24:03Greg.
24:03I mean, well, I think of it now.
24:05Can you read that?
24:07Manila.
24:10Manila.
24:11Philippines capital.
24:13Yeah.
24:13Action stations.
24:14Time for another.
24:16Book.
24:18We've got three words, I think.
24:20They gradually join.
24:22Ooh, Faye.
24:23The Great Gatsby.
24:25She's gone early.
24:26Let's have a look.
24:27Is it The Great Gatsby?
24:28It is The Great Gatsby.
24:30Well done, Faye Ripley.
24:32Final one.
24:33Thrilling.
24:34Here we go.
24:36Food.
24:38It looks like two words.
24:40They're joining now.
24:43Gradually.
24:45It's not clear here.
24:47Greg.
24:48Caesar salad.
24:49Oh, I think it might be.
24:50Is it Caesar salad?
24:52Oh, that's a good one.
24:53Oh, we just want to go.
24:55I'm starting to realise the A's are the thing.
24:57When you look for the A's, they sort of come together early.
24:59I don't know.
25:00Well done, Greg and Faye.
25:01Greg, you scored six points.
25:03Faye scored four.
25:04OK.
25:05This is getting really interesting.
25:07Carol and Greg have 19.
25:10Sally and Faye have 21.
25:12Oh!
25:14The difference is even just one answer in the final round.
25:18In the next puzzle, things are looking a bit shifty.
25:22We take on shapeshifters.
25:24Woo!
25:26So let's see an example of how this works.
25:28You will see a grid of answers, a question and a corresponding shape.
25:31Simply give me the correct answers that fit exactly inside that shape.
25:34Here we've got two squares next to each other.
25:36So ranks in the Royal Navy, this is just the example.
25:39Oh, Royal Navy, is it petty officer and rear admiral?
25:43Yeah, that's correct.
25:44Let's see, is that the right answer?
25:47Yes, so it's right, it's gone green.
25:48And we have now an exciting thing where I can say,
25:51are there any answers that would have counted
25:52if they'd been in the right place?
25:54And midshipman and Commodore are.
25:56I was almost in the Navy,
25:57but then wardrobe decided to put me in charcoal instead.
26:02Sally and Faye, you're up first.
26:04Here's your puzzle.
26:06For two points.
26:07So, terms in snooker.
26:10Oh, these are funny.
26:11Touching ball, I like that.
26:13Oh, screw.
26:14Touching ball.
26:15Scrimmage shaft.
26:16OK.
26:17OK.
26:18Do you know anything about snooker at all?
26:19I feel like screw might be one.
26:23I think screw might be.
26:25I think, you know, touching ball, however funny it is,
26:29I think it might be one.
26:30And mid-off.
26:32Oh, a plant.
26:32So, look at the shapes, one above the other.
26:34And as we know in this round, you can't rotate the shape.
26:37I don't really know.
26:37So, you think plant and touching ball.
26:39I do, yeah, because I've heard plant being said.
26:42Definitely.
26:43Well, then go with that.
26:44Touching ball, plant.
26:45It might be horrible.
26:45I'm really sorry if it is.
26:47Plant touching ball.
26:48Is that correct?
26:50Yes.
26:51Very much so.
26:52Great.
26:53And I'll just show you other ones that would have counted
26:56if they'd been in the right place.
26:58Carol and Greg, here's your first shapeshifter's puzzle.
27:03Animals with humps.
27:04Animals with humps.
27:05I love it.
27:06Oh.
27:07OK.
27:10So, one above the other, look at the shape,
27:13and remember, you can't rotate the shape.
27:14Yeah.
27:15Yeah.
27:15So, a dromedary is a camel with, I don't know how many humps.
27:20We've definitely got a hump.
27:22OK, good.
27:23Yeah.
27:25Slow loris definitely doesn't have a hump.
27:27There is actually an animal called slow loris.
27:29Yeah, yeah.
27:30They are very, very cute.
27:31Sweet.
27:32Very cute.
27:33I don't think a moose has a hump.
27:36No, I don't think it's a flat break.
27:38Wallaby definitely doesn't.
27:39No.
27:41So, we're definitely saying...
27:43Dromedary.
27:44Yeah.
27:44Not everyone knows that that's a camel.
27:46We do need an answer.
27:47So, I'd go with the antelope as well, but I don't know.
27:50If you're happy to, yeah.
27:51I mean, I feel like the camel in the top left to throw us off slack.
27:54I think so, too.
27:55A zebu.
27:56I'd love it to be an aye-aye, but I don't think it is.
27:59No, I don't think they are, either.
28:00We're going towards the right here.
28:02OK.
28:03So, dromedary and the antelope, please.
28:05Dromedary and saiga antelope is your answer.
28:07Let's see if that's right.
28:09No, it's not.
28:10So, it's the right shape, one above the other.
28:11You can steal.
28:12Well, we don't know any other, so...
28:14Should we go for the two?
28:15Dromedary and zebu is your answer.
28:17Is that right?
28:19Oh, you're lucky.
28:20Carol and Greg did half the work here.
28:23What is a zebu?
28:24So, well, let's just have a look here.
28:26The zebu, I'll tell you, is a type of cattle with a hump.
28:30The dromedary is the type of camel, of course.
28:33Let's look at the ones in orange, which would have counted had they been in the right place.
28:37So, that's Bactrian, camel and moose.
28:41The moose hump is formed by the muscles required to support their heads and antlers.
28:46Oh, I wouldn't really think of them.
28:47The Bactrian camel is the one with two humps.
28:50Sally and Faye, here's your second puzzle.
28:52The shape increases, so you now need to find three answers in the grid that match the shape.
28:58So...
28:59Words in I Will Survive.
29:01Well, it isn't...
29:02No, it's not person, that's fine.
29:05Put it first.
29:06Right, OK.
29:07I think it is after the speed sing I just did in the head.
29:12Stupid door welcome.
29:14Hang on.
29:14Stupid door welcome.
29:15Fine, good.
29:16Excellent.
29:17I think it's stupid door welcome.
29:20Yeah.
29:20Is it right, though?
29:21Stupid door welcome.
29:22Yes!
29:23Well done!
29:25Person and bother and first are also in it.
29:29But we're not in the right place.
29:30Carol and Greg for three points.
29:32Here we go.
29:33This is fun, isn't it?
29:35Sports that use a net.
29:36It's definitely over to you.
29:38Go on, say long term.
29:40It's got to be in a sort of L shape there.
29:42One above the other, one across.
29:44So squash doesn't.
29:46No.
29:47No.
29:48Fistball I've never heard of.
29:49Dodgeball doesn't.
29:51Darts doesn't.
29:51Ten pin bowling doesn't.
29:53Pickleball does.
29:55Table tennis does.
29:56Just padel?
29:57Doesn't.
29:58Paddle does as well.
29:59I would go pickleball, table tennis, paddle.
30:02Yeah.
30:02Say padel or paddle?
30:04I would always say paddle.
30:05Oh, do you?
30:05That's what I always say.
30:07I play it, but I mean, I call it paddle.
30:09Pickleball, table tennis, paddle.
30:12Yeah, well done.
30:14Back in the game.
30:15And we'll have a look.
30:16In orange, the ones that also would have counted had they been in the right place.
30:20Fistball is there.
30:21Similar to volleyball, but with a much larger pitch and you can only strike the ball with your fist.
30:25Tech ball is a cross between football and table tennis.
30:29You play paddle, you were saying.
30:30You've played it with catastrophic results.
30:33I played it.
30:34I was 20 minutes in and I managed to twist my ankle so much so that I have paid over
30:402,000 English pounds to a gentleman to rub my ankle for the last year.
30:45I'm going to do it for half of it, too.
30:47I'll do it for free.
30:48I'll do it for free, yeah, yeah.
30:49I must say, there's still a little ache there.
30:51Yeah.
30:52I just want to jump on board.
30:54We've got plenty to do on the train home.
30:56Wow.
30:56Ow.
30:57Ow.
30:58So, Sally and Faye, here's your final one.
31:01It's a slightly larger grid this time, but you're still looking for three answers that match the shape.
31:06People born since 1600.
31:08OK, well...
31:09Oh.
31:09Right.
31:11OK, so let's see the ones that...
31:12The old ones.
31:13So, Jane Austen is...
31:15Er, sure.
31:16Shall we do yeses or noses?
31:17Yeah, let's see the ones that are.
31:20Jane Austen, Queen Anne...
31:21Oh, not that.
31:22Not Vlad.
31:24Not Vlad.
31:25I don't know.
31:25Queen Anne.
31:26George Washington, Vlad the Impaler, Joan...
31:29No, Joan of Arc was too old.
31:30I think that's a shout.
31:32It's not.
31:32Joan of Arc's...
31:33Jane Austen, Samuel Pepys, Leonardo da Vinci.
31:37Oh.
31:38How about that?
31:39OK.
31:39Yeah, go on then.
31:40What'd you say to them apples?
31:42Go for it, babe.
31:43Yeah, that.
31:44What I just said.
31:45OK, Leonardo, Samuel Pepys, Jane Austen were born since 1600.
31:50Let's see if that's the right answer.
31:52No.
31:53Oh, no.
31:54OK, Greg and Carol have a chance to steal.
31:57So, I would go down one.
31:59Yeah, same.
32:00Queen Anne, yeah.
32:01OK, you reached out.
32:02Well, no, you go for it.
32:02No, no, you've got...
32:03So, we've agreed to go down one.
32:05Samuel Pepys, Isaac Newton, sir, and Queen Anne.
32:10Samuel Pepys, Queen Anne, Isaac Newton.
32:13Ooh, that's a great question.
32:15Is it right?
32:17Yay!
32:19Well done.
32:20Let's see who else might have qualified had they been in the right position.
32:24So, Darwin, Jane Austen, George Washington.
32:27Carol and Greg, for three points.
32:29Here's yours.
32:29These are great, these questions.
32:31We're loving them.
32:32Older than Google.
32:34OK.
32:34Yeah, all of us.
32:36Right.
32:36Oh, very good.
32:37So, three of them.
32:38Look at the shape there.
32:39OK.
32:39You've got one, then a diagonal one down, and then another below it.
32:43Right.
32:43You can't rotate the shape.
32:44I was the first computer journalist to write about Google in this country.
32:49So, that would have been late 90s.
32:52Very, very, very late 90s.
32:56So, Microsoft is a lot older.
32:58Apple is older.
33:00Yeah.
33:00Amazon, I think, is older.
33:03I think it is.
33:03And I feel like Netflix was reborn to what it is now, and originally it was a rental service.
33:09Greg, you have a gold medal.
33:11Well, no, no, no, but then Microsoft, no, no, because of Tinder.
33:14Microsoft is older.
33:15Yeah.
33:16Let's go Apple, Netflix, Amazon.
33:19Apple, Netflix and Amazon, is that right?
33:22Yay!
33:23Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
33:25We have to be, we have to be.
33:27You know, there are more available answers, but obviously not in the right place.
33:31Let's see them as well.
33:32So, quite a few.
33:33This is older than Google.
33:34Google found that in 1998...
33:37Yeah.
33:38So, Apple, 76, Microsoft, 75, Nintendo, founded in the 1880s.
33:461880s?
33:47Yeah, it was a playing card company, isn't it great?
33:48Isn't that joyous?
33:49Very good.
33:50Such a great fact.
33:52Netflix, 1997.
33:54Ah.
33:54But they were sending DVDs through the post then.
33:57Isn't that incredible?
33:58eBay, 95, Amazon, 94, Dell, 1984.
34:02Yeah.
34:02AOL, 1983.
34:04Yeah.
34:05Right, at the end of that round, Carol and Greg have got 26 points.
34:09Sally and Faye have got 27.
34:13It's too stressful.
34:15It's literally...
34:16Look at that.
34:18Are you beating our celebrities so far?
34:20It's time for our penultimate round.
34:21I can't bear the tension here.
34:23We just...
34:23I've got no idea who's going to win this, Oli.
34:25In this one, both teams may approach the letterbox,
34:28but only with the respect it deserves.
34:30To put some more heat under our puzzlers,
34:32the fastest team to solve their puzzle this time
34:34will receive those crucial two bonus points,
34:36and my goodness, that could really count here.
34:38Yeah.
34:38So let's play Fernundrum.
34:42I will show you how it works.
34:43As always, you're going to see three anagrams,
34:45each a letter longer than the one before.
34:47You've got to rearrange the tiles to solve the anagrams.
34:49J-did.
34:50With the shortest word coming first, J-did, you say.
34:53Anyone with a second one?
34:58Deputy.
34:59Oh, very good.
35:00Oh, I was trying to go typed up.
35:02So was I.
35:04Oh, that's...
35:05Oh, is it capital?
35:07Oh, OK.
35:09Capital, deputy, J-did.
35:11As ever, you'll be against the clock,
35:13so as soon as you've solved the third anagram,
35:15hit the button to stop the clock.
35:16You'll score two points per solved word
35:18if you complete all three anagrams faster than your opponents.
35:21You'll get the two bonus points.
35:23Sally and Faye, you're leading,
35:24so please now head over to the letterbox
35:26to face your Fernundrum.
35:31As soon as you solve the third Fernundrum,
35:33hit the button to stop the clock.
35:34Your time starts now.
35:36OK.
35:37OK.
35:38Front.
35:39Front.
35:41Front is a word.
35:51Right, come on, think.
35:52Yes.
35:55Absurd?
35:56Absurd.
35:57Absurd, you're a genius.
35:58Oh, well done, sir.
36:00Right, what's this?
36:01Got a Z on it, so what is it?
36:02Absurd, come on, we know this.
36:05Bonanza.
36:06Bonanza.
36:07Oh, wow.
36:09Cooking on gas here.
36:13Bonanza.
36:15No, that's not right.
36:16Bonanza.
36:18Yes, well done.
36:19The red button is closed.
36:21Bonanza.
36:22Wasn't that a famous TV series of Western back?
36:24Yes, it was.
36:25Yes, it was for them, yeah.
36:26In the 70s.
36:26You've scored six.
36:28We will see.
36:29It might be enough,
36:30because this is so close,
36:31this is a crucial moment.
36:32Can Carol and Greg do it quicker?
36:35We will see.
36:36Before they face their fenundrum,
36:38we're going to take a short break
36:39to compose ourselves,
36:40because we're just a bag of nerves here.
36:43Join us again soon
36:44when we'll find out
36:45who wins this instalment
36:46of Celebrity Puzzling.
36:50Why don't you try unscrambling
36:52this fenundrum during the ads?
36:54Happy puzzling.
37:03Did you successfully solve this fenundrum?
37:07If you did, great job.
37:13Welcome back to Celebrity Puzzling.
37:14I think I just heard Greg saying
37:15I'm having a good time.
37:16So much fun.
37:17I'm so glad.
37:18We love seeing people enjoy our little puzzles.
37:20We've reached the business end of the episode.
37:22Carol and Greg,
37:23it's your turn to face
37:24the crucial fenundrum.
37:25You'll have three new anagrams to solve.
37:27Remember, you must solve them in order.
37:29You need to beat the time
37:30set by Sally and Faye
37:31with things so close,
37:33because that will get you bonus points.
37:34Once you solve all three anagrams,
37:36please hit the red button.
37:38Good luck.
37:39Your time starts now.
37:41Milky.
37:42Yeah.
37:45Table of eyeball to...
37:47Yes, well done.
37:48Milky is a word.
37:49Eatable.
37:50Eat edible?
37:51No, it's...
37:52What's that?
37:54It's only six letters.
37:56Oh, no, that's not right.
37:58Tablai, tabel, tabel, tab...
38:01Ah!
38:03Do you want me to change it like that?
38:05Do you want there?
38:05Yeah, keep doing that.
38:09What is it?
38:10Aisle or something?
38:11Aisle?
38:13Aisle?
38:14Aisle?
38:14Aisle?
38:15Aisle?
38:16No.
38:17Aisle?
38:18Aisle?
38:19No, balite?
38:21Aisle?
38:24Aisle?
38:25Aisle?
38:29Aisle?
38:31Aisle?
38:32Aisle?
38:32Aisle?
38:34Aisle?
38:34Aisle?
38:34Oh!
38:35Can you see it?
38:37Not a clue.
38:38No!
38:38I hate this word, but it is a word.
38:42Albeit...
38:43You played well in earlier rounds.
38:45Who says that?
38:47Albeit they did well earlier on.
38:50Oh, Jeremy does.
38:51Jeremy Vine does.
38:52Oh, well, it's a word.
38:53Look, it's a word.
38:55That's a tough word.
38:56This last part is bone.
38:59Jawbone.
39:00The last bit.
39:00Yes, thank you, Sally.
39:02It's jawbone.
39:03I got that.
39:04Oh!
39:05Feels bad doing that.
39:07If I do that, it should go green there.
39:09Oh!
39:09What?
39:10Jawbone, albeit milky, are the words.
39:13That defeated you and that's painful because things are so close.
39:16Please head back to your seats, we'll check the scores.
39:21So, Carol and Greg, you've managed to add two points to your score.
39:25Sally and Faye won the bonus two points,
39:27which means going into the final, the overall scores look like this.
39:30Carol and Greg have now got 28 points.
39:33Sally and Faye have 35.
39:35What is going on?
39:37Still.
39:37You're still out.
39:38You are still vulnerable, but you are favourite to win
39:42if you can just fend them off in the final round.
39:45Hey!
39:45Hey!
39:46You said you always support the team that's losing at that moment.
39:51OK.
39:51Yeah.
39:52That's true.
39:54We now see whether Greg becomes Angry Ginge.
39:57It comes down to this.
39:58It's time for our final round, Answer Bank.
40:02OK, Carol, Greg, you've got a bit of catching up to do,
40:04but it is doable.
40:05It's for all four of you to play.
40:06In a moment, I'll show you a grid of 12 words.
40:09I'll then ask questions against the clock, buzz in and give me the correct answer,
40:12which could be a little bit lateral, so almost like a crossword clue answer.
40:16If an answer has more than one word,
40:18you must give all the corresponding words in the correct answer.
40:21You'll score a point per word,
40:23so it could add up to winning or losing the whole show on this.
40:27Let's reveal all the words on the Answer Bank now.
40:29Wood.
40:31Ivy.
40:34Stock.
40:36Pen.
40:37Chocolate.
40:40Youth.
40:42Letter.
40:44Heart.
40:46Of.
40:48Fountain.
40:50Poison.
40:52Holly.
40:54Alright, take them in.
40:56If you're ready, we will play tonight's final.
40:58Lot resting on this, not least a puzzling cube.
41:01Your time starts now.
41:03A word often seen on a tap.
41:06Hot.
41:07Correct.
41:09An animal enclosure.
41:11Greg.
41:12Pen.
41:13Correct.
41:14Drop a coin in it for luck.
41:16Carol.
41:17Fountain.
41:18Correct.
41:19A prickly shrub.
41:21Carol.
41:22Holly.
41:23Correct.
41:24Pinocchio's original form.
41:26Sally.
41:27Wood.
41:28Correct.
41:29In the title of a Chapel Roan top five hit from 2024.
41:36Carol.
41:37Hot chocolate.
41:38I wanted hot.
41:40Ah!
41:40An enemy of Batman.
41:46Carol.
41:47Hoisin Ivy.
41:49Correct.
41:50Great answer.
41:51In Los Angeles.
41:54Sally.
41:55Hollywood.
41:56Correct, Sally.
41:58For fancy writing.
42:00Carol.
42:00Fountain Pen.
42:02Correct.
42:03A less common form of communication.
42:06Faye.
42:08Letter.
42:09That's it.
42:11That's it.
42:11Oh.
42:12Often used by killers in Agatha Christie.
42:15Sally.
42:15Hoisin.
42:17Correct.
42:18Two plants in a Christmas Carol.
42:21Sally.
42:22Holly Ivy.
42:23Correct, Sally.
42:24Sweet fondue structure.
42:26Sally.
42:27Chocolate fountain.
42:28Correct.
42:30A friend of Snoopy.
42:33Sally.
42:33Woodstock.
42:34Correct.
42:36Only two letters in this word.
42:38Sally.
42:39Of.
42:40Correct.
42:41A band and a drink.
42:43Carol.
42:44Hot chocolate.
42:45Brilliant.
42:46A young person.
42:48Carol.
42:49Youth.
42:50Correct.
42:51A major event of the 1960s.
42:53Sally.
42:54Woodstock.
42:55Correct.
42:56Sounds like a medical drip.
42:59Greg.
43:00Ivy.
43:01That's right.
43:03Time's up.
43:07Woof.
43:08Our players have shown skill, nous and incredible good manners in the circumstances.
43:13They now open an imaginary envelope to reveal our winning team.
43:17Let's see the scores.
43:18Carol and Greg.
43:1939.
43:20Not bad score at all.
43:21No.
43:21Sally and Faye have hit 50.
43:23Oh my God.
43:24That's a great score.
43:26Very few teams hit 50.
43:28You played so well in that final.
43:31You answered a lot.
43:32I didn't realize that.
43:32I didn't realize that.
43:32You played a very good game, Sally.
43:34What can I say, Carol?
43:36It doesn't always break for you.
43:38Well, we really tried.
43:38Oh, I know.
43:39I can hear the sweat coming out.
43:42You were rubbish.
43:42No, you were not.
43:43There was the word, albeit.
43:45It was.
43:46That I think, and I will never use that word again as a protest.
43:50Faye, you get the puzzling cube to take home with you.
43:52I am going to just make sure this is polished for you.
43:55Yes, please.
43:56And ready for use how you see fit.
43:59But I hope you give it a daily run out.
44:01I'm going to be on that 24-7.
44:05So, our thanks to Carol, Sally, Greg and Faye.
44:09Please tune in next time when me and my team captains
44:11will be joined by two brand new inquisitive celebs
44:14for yet more fun, puzzling action.
44:16Until then, thank you for being with us.
44:17Goodbye and puzzle on.
44:19APPLAUSE
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