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Celebrity Puzzling - Season 2 - Episode 03
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00:00Hello, I'm Jeremy Vine, and welcome to the show in which two teams of celebrities face a series of puzzles
00:05so head-scratchingly difficult, it's sure to leave you screaming at your telly-slash-laptop-slash-phone-slash-device.
00:12This is Celebrity Puzzling.
00:30Hello, welcome to Celebrity Puzzling. We've got another great show in the offing tonight.
00:34First up, let's meet our wonderful team captains. She's a real favourite of mine and everyone's.
00:39Let's give her an appropriate intro. So we welcome Consonant Val, Consonant Val, Consonant Borderman.
00:44There she is. OK. And up against her, equally favoured, an accomplished actor who's had a number one single.
00:52Is there anything she can't do? It's Sally Lindsay.
00:56They won't be playing on their own this evening. That simply would not do.
01:00I mean, who would they be able to blame when it goes pear-shaped?
01:03Joining them are two increasingly nervous celebrity teammates.
01:06Joining R. Carroll is one of our nation's finest sports broadcasters,
01:10a man who can even make a nil-nil draw in Grimsby sound exciting.
01:14It's Mark Pugach.
01:16And with Sally is a brilliant comedian who's also an international cheese master.
01:21I already knew that because I actually saw him live.
01:23It's Marcus Brigstock.
01:25Welcome, welcome.
01:27Hey, number one single?
01:29Yeah.
01:29She was only young.
01:30And I know.
01:31Very young.
01:31Yes, so we were in the 90...
01:33Probably 1980, right?
01:351980, yeah.
01:36Yeah.
01:36Well, I should know that.
01:37Do you remember...
01:38That's right in my zone.
01:39There's no one quite like Grandma.
01:41Yeah.
01:41Is that before your time?
01:42No, you remember...
01:42OK, right, yeah, because I've got a vivid...
01:44It's burned into me.
01:44Number one for four weeks at Christmas,
01:46and we knocked John Lennon off the top spot.
01:48Oh, ouch.
01:50I was only seven.
01:51Grandma would have been thrilled, though.
01:52Everybody's grandma was thrilled.
01:53So, all right, every episode our teams take on a selection of random games from our exhaustive
01:59roster.
01:59Ipso facto, no two contests are ever the same.
02:02That's the first time I've ever said Ipso facto on.
02:04Ideally, you want to lead going into our final round, Answer Bank, and for the winning celebrity
02:09guest, be still your beating heart.
02:11And you will win yourself this amazing puzzling cube.
02:17Daddy.
02:18So we can show you this.
02:19Hey, Daddy.
02:20Yeah.
02:20All right.
02:21I've got it here.
02:22He wants that.
02:23And just have a look at this.
02:24He loves it.
02:25I can mix my face with Carol's.
02:29And literally, we've spent hours...
02:31Who needs AI?
02:32You don't need AI when you've got the special puzzling cube.
02:37All right, time to get puzzling as we begin rather logically with round one.
02:41The first puzzle is one we can all count on.
02:43Time to play.
02:44Three, two, one.
02:48You're going to enjoy this, guests, I promise.
02:50So see if you can master this one.
02:52Example first for you.
02:53On the screen, you will see a grid of answers.
02:56Three of those answers will be connected, and also two of those answers will be connected,
03:00so there'll be an odd one out.
03:01So we just want you to find all the right connections to solve the puzzle.
03:05Well, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia are all in South America.
03:09Mm-hmm.
03:10A Yale lock is a type of lock.
03:14Well, so there's Yale University and Columbia University in New York,
03:18but I'm not sure if it's with a U or...
03:21Which one would you plump for?
03:22I'd go left-hand side.
03:23You'd go left.
03:24I'd go Yale, Columbia.
03:26I think, you know, I think I would, only because I don't, I think Yale is a type of lock,
03:29but lock is not a type of lock.
03:31But lock is not a lock, is it?
03:32Lock is not a lock, yeah.
03:33Let's see if that's right.
03:34Yes.
03:35Yeah.
03:35And, clever old you, I always get confused with Columbia and Columbia.
03:39And Columbia.
03:41So that's District of Columbia, that's a different thing.
03:43Yeah.
03:43OK.
03:44Anyway, that's it.
03:44It's a trio and a pair and an odd one out.
03:47Carol and Mark, you start.
03:48Right, we'll start.
03:49And here is your first 3-2-1 puzzle.
03:51Ooh.
03:53Ice, dog, gimme, sauce, chocolate, money.
03:56A trio and a pair and an odd one out.
03:59Hot dog, hot ice, hot chocolate.
04:03Right.
04:04Oh, do ice, sauce and chocolate go with ice?
04:05Oh, no.
04:06So there's hot dog, hot chocolate, hot money, would it be?
04:11No.
04:12Hot sauce.
04:13Hot sauce.
04:14Hot sauce.
04:14So those are the three.
04:15Yeah, OK.
04:16Gimme.
04:17Is it Abba?
04:18Midnight.
04:19And money, money, money.
04:20Yeah, we'll go with that.
04:21So dog, chocolate and sauce.
04:24OK.
04:24Because they have the word hot in front of them.
04:26Hot dog, hot chocolate, hot sauce.
04:28And gimme a money, something to do with Abba.
04:29And the odd one out is ice.
04:31Let's see if you're right.
04:33Oh.
04:35Yes!
04:36And I suppose it's even more wily than that,
04:40because it's gimme, gimme, gimme.
04:42Yeah.
04:42And it's money, money, money.
04:43No, it's a three.
04:44It's a three repeaters.
04:45Yeah, yeah.
04:45Yeah, yeah.
04:46So well done, you got it completely right.
04:47Hot dog, hot sauce,
04:48hot chocolate,
04:49and it's definitely not hot ice.
04:51Right.
04:51Sally and Marcus, your turn.
04:53Here we go.
04:55Dash, blink, footprint, colon, smile, yawn.
04:59OK.
05:00Yawn, smile, blink.
05:03So they're all...
05:03Yawn, smile and blink.
05:05Dash, colon.
05:05It's obviously dash, colon.
05:08Yes.
05:08Is a blink, smile, yawn, are...
05:11Dash and colon, both forms of punctuation.
05:13Formation, footprint, other one out.
05:15And footprints on its own.
05:16So we think blink, smile, yawn, obviously facial expressions,
05:21and dash and colon being punctuations,
05:25and footprint being the odd one out.
05:26Is it correct?
05:28Yes.
05:30Yes.
05:30We're in.
05:31Well done, sir.
05:32All right, the odd one out is footprint.
05:33Well done.
05:34So you're level.
05:34Carol and Mark, your next one is coming now.
05:38Lock, temperature, level, kind, civic, rota.
05:42A trio and a pair, please, and an odd one out.
05:46What would the trio be?
05:49Lock, obviously, is...
05:51Hmm?
05:52Lock.
05:53Lock.
05:54Lock, Ness, kindness.
05:56So now we need the three.
05:58Is that the two?
05:59That's the two, I think.
06:00Yeah, lock, Ness, kindness.
06:02Temperature.
06:04Um...
06:05Oh, they are...
06:08What are they called?
06:08That whether it's the same palindromes,
06:13level, rota, civic, same backwards as forwards.
06:16Oh, yes.
06:17Yes.
06:18Brilliant.
06:18Brilliant.
06:19Go on, then.
06:20Level, rota, civic.
06:23OK.
06:23Then the two is lock, Ness, kindness.
06:26Yeah.
06:27And the one is temperature.
06:28Well done, Mark.
06:29Oh, you've used some brilliant logic you both have there.
06:31Let's just have a look.
06:32Is that right?
06:34Yay!
06:35It is back on.
06:36Whatever.
06:37OK, right.
06:38So, you two.
06:39Sally, Marcus, your question.
06:44Swallow, crane, lead or lead, duck, digger, tin?
06:48Well, duck, swallow and crane are...
06:50All birds.
06:52Lead and tin is a metal.
06:54Yeah.
06:55But can it be that easy?
06:57And digger is separate.
06:58Yeah, I'm sure that's right.
07:00Yeah.
07:01I can't see another way.
07:02I can't.
07:02Crane, swallow, duck being all birds.
07:07OK, that's your trio.
07:08Lead and tin being metals.
07:10Your pair.
07:11And digger being the other one out.
07:13Yeah.
07:13Let's see if that's right.
07:15Yeah.
07:16Yeah, very good.
07:17They just had a dead hard one.
07:18I think it.
07:19No, but crane and digger would have foxed me.
07:21But I suppose the pair could never be the two in the middle.
07:24No.
07:24Because of the way the game works.
07:25Yes, no, it is.
07:25Yeah.
07:26OK, Carol and Mark, here's the next one for you.
07:30Straight, Spock, Mork, Sound, Lagoon, Spork.
07:33And Mork obviously are made up sci-fi characters.
07:37Menai Straits, the sound of, I can't think of one,
07:40but they're all bodies of water.
07:42Oh, Straight, Sound and Lagoon and Water.
07:44Straight, Sound and Lagoon are bodies of water.
07:46Spock and Mork are sci-fi.
07:48Yeah.
07:49Yeah.
07:49OK, so I'll do the three, which is Straight, Sound and Lagoon,
07:54which are all bodies of water.
07:56And Spock and Mork are sci-fi characters.
08:00OK.
08:00And Spork, which you can get, you know, the plastic ones.
08:04Yes.
08:04It's a takeaway.
08:05Yes, I mean, that comes up in quizzes quite a lot,
08:07what a Spork is.
08:08Spoon and a fork.
08:09It's a spoon and a fork.
08:10Let's see if they're right.
08:14Help me there.
08:15Where's the sound?
08:16Spockers do that.
08:17I don't know.
08:17I can't think of one more.
08:19There's lots in the Canadian lakes.
08:21In the Great Lakes, there's loads of sounds up there.
08:24Are they somewhere, it's not a pond, but it's not a lake,
08:27it's somewhere between the two?
08:28I think it's part, I may be dead wrong here,
08:31but I think it's part of a lake or something.
08:33They call it, you know, a corner of it.
08:35It's not quite a bay.
08:36Right.
08:36It's a sound.
08:37They're not going to Oxbow Lake territory, are we?
08:39No, I wish.
08:40I wish.
08:41The one thing we all remember from geography.
08:43That's the only one we remember.
08:45That and Longshore Drift.
08:47Final puzzle, this time for Sally and Marcus.
08:51Bear, slip, banana, harm, slide, roundabout.
08:55A trio, please.
08:57OK, well, roundabout and slide, you both find in playgrounds,
09:01but they might not be the pair.
09:05Arm, bear, banana.
09:07Bear, harm.
09:07Slip, banana.
09:13Slip, slide, harm, is it?
09:15Slip, slide, harm, maybe?
09:16Yes.
09:17I don't know what banana and roundabout is.
09:20Oh, hang on.
09:22What about the magic roundabout?
09:24Oh, yeah, and the banana splits.
09:25The banana splits.
09:26Oh, so children's TV programmes of the 70s.
09:28Yeah.
09:29And then slip, slide, harm.
09:32No, that's not right, is it?
09:33I don't know about harm there.
09:36Hmm.
09:37Bear, slip and slide.
09:39What are they?
09:40May need an answer.
09:42Bear, uh...
09:42OK, we're going to have to guess it, aren't we?
09:44I think let's go...
09:46Definitely banana and roundabout is the two,
09:49and the three, slip, slide and harm, I think.
09:54OK.
09:55OK, banana roundabout, two, and the bear, the odd one else.
09:58I love it.
09:59I'm not loving it, but...
10:01It doesn't feel right, but let's see.
10:02Is it right?
10:04No.
10:05Oh, no.
10:06This is going to be painful, guys,
10:08because I love your banana splits and magic roundabout,
10:10but that was not the connection.
10:11Oh.
10:11Oh.
10:12So, do you know what it is?
10:15Well, I was going to do the three, four-letter words
10:17for some reason or other.
10:19Slip, bear, harm.
10:21Well, you'd be right, but why would it be those two?
10:24Erm...
10:25I don't know.
10:27Bananas, the odd one out.
10:28Slide and roundabout are...
10:30Yeah, that's what I would have done.
10:32All right, so if the other three words remove the first letter,
10:36you get a part of the body.
10:37Oh, that's...
10:39Oh, yeah.
10:41That's the way it rolls here, guys.
10:43Yes.
10:44I'm sorry.
10:45OK, at the end of that round,
10:46Sally and Marcus have four,
10:49Carol and Mark have six.
10:50That's very much Nick and Tuck here.
10:53Right, hopefully you've got some connections at home
10:55and you managed to solve some of those puzzles.
10:56Great work if you did.
10:57The next round is for both teams.
10:59However, they will get to take turns,
11:00meaning the chance to rack up some points
11:02without the opposition breathing down their neck.
11:05This puzzle is flip side.
11:09You're going to see a word,
11:10and all you have to do is give us an opposite meaning
11:13of that word using the letters provided.
11:15The technical term for this is, Carol tells us, an...
11:18Opposite.
11:19Antonym, yes.
11:20Oh, yeah.
11:21Oh, yeah.
11:23So if you found that explanation, Dahl,
11:25you would say, wow, Jeremy, that was fascinating.
11:28Solve the puzzle, you will get three points for your team.
11:31Let's just have a look, then.
11:32OK.
11:32So it's just an example here, right?
11:34Yeah.
11:34And it's approval.
11:37Oh, so it's the opposite of approval.
11:39The opposite of approval.
11:41Can you shout it out?
11:42Rejection.
11:42Rejection.
11:43Was that...
11:43Well, yes, it would.
11:44There we are.
11:45We were looking for rejection.
11:47Ah, yes, that all-too-familiar feeling.
11:48A young Jeremy Vine chatting up a girl in a pub in Serveton.
11:52She's already got a fella.
11:54Jeremy stares forlornly into his pint of bitter, defeated.
11:58But little do they know that just 40 years later,
12:01I'll be hosting my own puzzle for you.
12:07That's so bad.
12:08That's so good.
12:09OK, Carol and Mark, you're first.
12:11Head on over to the letterbox to play Flip Sides.
12:17Carol and Mark, remember to hit the button when you have your answer.
12:19Don't forget you are looking for something that has the opposite meaning.
12:22And here is your first Flip Sides.
12:23Your time starts now.
12:26Sadness.
12:27Sadness.
12:27Yes, come on.
12:28Oh, we put it.
12:29Yeah, we have to.
12:29Well done, you were there within a second time.
12:33We got...
12:33Yeah.
12:34That's good.
12:34You shout it out as she does the letters.
12:36There we go.
12:37Hit the button.
12:39No, that's good.
12:40You did that in record time.
12:42Might get harder.
12:43Yeah.
12:44Because your second puzzle will have one extra letter available.
12:46You don't need a red herring, if you will.
12:48It's worth four points if you're ready.
12:50Your time starts now.
12:53The word is abstain.
12:55Stain.
12:55Something in.
12:56Stain.
12:57Stain.
13:01So, if you abstain something, you don't do it.
13:05Yeah, you don't do it.
13:06You engage.
13:09You vote.
13:11You...
13:15Um...
13:18If you engage, you take part, you...
13:22Remember, one of these might not work.
13:24Yeah, yeah, yeah, abstain, yeah, abstain.
13:26Um, I...
13:27I don't know.
13:32Running out of time.
13:33Yeah, I know.
13:35Um, United?
13:40Oh!
13:40Oh!
13:41Okay.
13:42Sorry, I...
13:42So, I'll give that, but I think...
13:46Oh, of course, when I do this.
13:48I'm not sure I will.
13:49Um, we don't need the T.
13:52We need the G.
13:52Yeah, indulging.
13:54It's a lovely old word, that's.
13:56I would not have got that.
13:57No.
13:57Indulging.
13:58No.
13:58Yes.
13:59Oh, sorry, Mark.
14:00That's your first incorrect answer, you two.
14:03You've been storming it so far.
14:04I don't mind when they're this hard,
14:06and I just would not have got it.
14:08The final puzzle has two red herring letters
14:10just to confuse us further.
14:12If you solve it, it's worth five points.
14:14Let's go, your time starts now.
14:16Two extra letters.
14:18Two extra letters and establish.
14:20To demolish.
14:23Demolish.
14:23You can have your extra letters, Jeremy.
14:28Well done, you guys.
14:31Oh, look at that, me straightening them up.
14:33So, well done.
14:34Demolish, you've demolished that round.
14:36How did you get on at home?
14:37Very good effort by Carol and Mark here.
14:39They're clearly good puzzlers.
14:41And your trip to the letterbox has scored you eight points.
14:44Woo!
14:44Eight points.
14:46Sally and Marcus, I think you got indulged.
14:49We did.
14:50Yeah, I could hear...
14:51Sally got it straight away.
14:52I didn't get that in three seconds, orders.
14:54Blimey neck, that's amazing.
14:55So, all right, we're time for a quick break now
14:57so we can all quietly contemplate our life choices.
14:59Maybe you'd like to do the same.
15:00We'll see you right here in just a couple of minutes.
15:07Have a go at this path words puzzle.
15:09Swap the letters in just one column to reveal the answers.
15:13Choose wisely.
15:20Did you swap the correct letters and solve this path words puzzle?
15:25If you solved it, well done.
15:30Welcome back to Celebrity Puzzling,
15:32the only show currently airing where Mark Pugach
15:34or Marcus Brickstock will win the novelty puzzle cube.
15:39It's so precious it has to be carried in a strengthened van.
15:45Mark and Marcus have joined team captains Carol Vorderman
15:48and Sally Lindsay.
15:50And as I often tell myself in the mirror,
15:52I must say it's all going very well so far.
15:53So, now we're going to see how Sally and Marcus do
15:56in the letterbox round of flip sides.
15:59So, you're going to see a word,
16:00you're looking for the opposite meaning
16:01to find the correct answer.
16:02When you're ready to lock in your answer,
16:04you'll hit the crucial button there, the red button,
16:06and you score three points if you solve the first one.
16:09Sally and Marcus, here's your first one.
16:10Your time starts now.
16:13Ancient is the word.
16:14Modern.
16:15Yeah, modern.
16:19Very fast.
16:20Nicely done.
16:21Some of the speed in play.
16:23Martin is right.
16:24I tell you what, once you've got it,
16:25your arms are like windmills.
16:27I know, I know.
16:28That was magnificent.
16:29It was magnificent.
16:30So, modern is quite right.
16:31Your second puzzle will have one extra letter available
16:34that you don't need.
16:34That's what threw them in the last round.
16:36It's worth four points.
16:37Here it is.
16:38Your time starts now.
16:41It says, I am a flirt.
16:43Familiar.
16:44Unknown is the clue.
16:46Oh, Sally Lindsay.
16:49Familiar.
16:50Familiar.
16:51Well done.
16:54They're really on form today, Sally Lindsay.
16:58So, familiar is the opposite of unknown.
17:01OK, your final puzzle has two red herring letters
17:03just to confuse you further,
17:04but if you solve it, it's worth five points.
17:06Let's do it.
17:06Your time starts now.
17:08Now, the word is flimsy, robust.
17:12Oh, cool.
17:12No, no, no.
17:14OK.
17:15Flimsy.
17:16So, it's strong.
17:18It's...
17:18It's...
17:20OK.
17:21Sturdy.
17:22No.
17:22What is it?
17:24Yes.
17:25Sturdy.
17:25Sturdy.
17:26It is.
17:27Marcus, you don't...
17:28Sturdy.
17:30Oh, guys.
17:31Yes.
17:32You may have pulled ahead of you two in the contest.
17:34You may have done it.
17:35I don't know.
17:36We're going to see in a minute.
17:37Wow.
17:37Please head back to your seats.
17:39Oh, brilliant.
17:40Very good.
17:43So, how many points did you rack up at home?
17:46Well done, Sally and Marcus.
17:47Your visit to the letterbox scored you 12 points, the maximum.
17:52Let's see what that's done to the overall scores.
17:54So, Carol and Mark have got 14.
17:57Sally and Marcus have got 16.
18:00Woo!
18:00Yeah.
18:02He's this one.
18:03Now, I know...
18:04So, all right.
18:04Now, Mark.
18:05Oh, actually, before we get on to your goat that you keep,
18:08what's Roy Keane actually like?
18:10He's phenomenal, isn't he?
18:11He's exceptionally...
18:12He has got the...
18:13You've got a goat?
18:14Me?
18:14Yeah.
18:17We've got off Roy Keane.
18:18Forget Roy Keane.
18:20Tell me about the goats.
18:21Sorry.
18:22I've got...
18:22I used to have three.
18:23And I'm now down to one.
18:25It's a boa goat, as in South African goat.
18:28Wow.
18:29And called sweet pea.
18:30But I have my own compost,
18:31cos I'm like your man on the radio, Terry.
18:34Yeah, tell me what you do.
18:35I have my own vegetable patch, so, you know,
18:36it all goes round the circle.
18:38That's good.
18:38Marcus, where are you on all that stuff?
18:40Allotments and growing things?
18:41Got a goat?
18:42No.
18:43No.
18:43Cheese, though?
18:44No.
18:44Cheese, absolutely.
18:46My first thought was, do you milk sweet pea?
18:49No, no, I don't.
18:50You could be.
18:51Yes, maybe that would make her a...
18:53Well, there is cos Goat's cheese, right?
18:55But no, the thing about Marcus nobody knows is you're an absolute master of cheese.
18:58You know everything about cheese.
19:00Yeah, I didn't know that.
19:00I am a qualified cheese master.
19:02I mean, I have to be honest and say I'm only qualified up to the level that makes me a
19:08judge at the World Cheese Awards,
19:09which is, like, that's why I got qualified, cos I wanted to be a judge at the World Cheese.
19:14What?
19:14Fascinating situation here.
19:15We've got a fascinating fact from Mark Goat.
19:17Yours is cheese.
19:18Yours is this incredible number one single.
19:21Carol, it's your turn.
19:23I fly a plane.
19:25What?
19:25There we are.
19:26There we go.
19:27That's all you need.
19:28There we go, sorted.
19:29That's the Trump card.
19:30We're all sorted.
19:30Is that your plane outside the studio?
19:32No, just, no, mine's bigger than that.
19:35OK.
19:36Now, if you can feel the temperature slowly rising, that's because it's time for another round.
19:39It is time to play Heat Map.
19:44Here's the upshot.
19:45For each puzzle in this round, the players are shown an image of classic QWERTY keyboard, you can see here.
19:51And above the keyboard is a category.
19:53The letters in the answer are highlighted on the keyboard.
19:55All the others are dulled out.
19:57What's more, the letters are colour-coded as follows.
20:00If the letter is in the word just once, it's green.
20:03If it's twice, it's orange.
20:04If it's three or more, it's red.
20:07And the clue is Lunar Citizen.
20:09There we go.
20:10So you want to go at that?
20:12Yep.
20:12What do you think?
20:13I think it's...
20:15Go on.
20:16Man in the Moon.
20:17Let's have a look.
20:19Yeah.
20:19Man in the Moon.
20:21Sally and Marcus, you're up first.
20:22Here is your first puzzle for two points.
20:25Category is Parking Requirements.
20:27Oh.
20:27And there are at least three A's.
20:30OK.
20:31Parking Requirement.
20:35Erm...
20:35Parking Requirement.
20:36It's nothing to do with a ticket.
20:37No, it's nothing to do with a ticket.
20:38Is it, er...
20:41Revert?
20:41Pay and display.
20:42Oh, that's it.
20:43Yeah, well done.
20:44Pay and display.
20:46Pay and display.
20:46Let's see if that's right.
20:47Very good.
20:48Well done, mate.
20:49Yes.
20:51He's on fire.
20:52Well done.
20:53Carol and Mark, here's your first one to catch up with them.
20:57Hard to say.
20:59Ooh.
21:00We've got at least three T's.
21:02It's tongue twister, is it?
21:06Tongue twister.
21:07Yeah, you're right, yeah.
21:08Yeah.
21:09Tongue twister.
21:10Yeah.
21:11Is it tongue twister?
21:13Let's see.
21:14Yes, it is.
21:15Well done, guys.
21:18Sally and Marcus, this is yours.
21:21Pizza.
21:23So many choices.
21:24Oh.
21:25At least three S's.
21:27Er, pizza.
21:31Mmm, margarita.
21:32Not a margarita.
21:33There's no M.
21:34Er, pizza.
21:37Florentina.
21:38That's not what one.
21:39I'm just going through all the pit.
21:40I'm just going through me, don't you?
21:41Yeah, pizza.
21:42Two O's as well.
21:44Mmm.
21:45I don't know.
21:46Pizza.
21:48Oh.
21:49Oh, is it not?
21:50Oh, hang on.
21:51It's not the tower, is it?
21:52No, it's not.
21:53That's pizza.
21:53Shut up, Sally.
21:54Erm.
21:57Time is running out.
21:59Oh.
22:01Two O's in it.
22:02I'm thinking, is it delivery?
22:03Have to push you.
22:05Oh, I don't know, darling.
22:07I don't know.
22:08Nothing.
22:09OK, time out.
22:11You can steal for a point.
22:12I've no idea.
22:13No.
22:14No.
22:14No.
22:15OK, gosh.
22:16No.
22:16You're going to be so cross because it's not even an Italian word.
22:18It is...
22:20Four Seasons.
22:22Four Seasons pizza.
22:23I went round everywhere, but...
22:24You did, too.
22:25Who has been known?
22:27Do you know, stupidly, I went Quattro Stagioni.
22:30Can we accept Quattro Stagioni?
22:32No, no, no, no.
22:33Absolutely not.
22:34Absolutely not.
22:35Here's your next one.
22:36Oh, mate.
22:37So, the keyboard comes out.
22:38Pop Diva.
22:39Here we go.
22:40At least three As.
22:42Two As.
22:43That's not Jewish.
22:44But my daughter's only got two.
22:47Mariah Carey?
22:48Mariah...
22:49Oh.
22:49Yes.
22:50Yeah, hang on.
22:51Is it?
22:51Yeah, she's got an H at the end.
22:53M-A-R-I-H.
22:54Yes, she's got three As.
22:56Yeah.
22:56Mariah Carey.
22:58Yes, very good.
22:59It might be Mariah Carey.
23:00It might be Mariah Carey.
23:00Let's see.
23:01Yes.
23:04Very tight round, isn't it?
23:06Very tight contest as well.
23:07Sally and Marcus, are you ready for your next one?
23:09Yes.
23:10Here it is.
23:10There's the keyboard.
23:11Social media star.
23:14Oh, Lordy.
23:15Oh, Lordy.
23:26No, two...
23:27Yes, two N's.
23:28Yeah, Angry Ginge.
23:29Is it?
23:30Angry Ginge?
23:30Come on.
23:30Angry Ginge.
23:31Come on.
23:32Let's see.
23:33Angry Ginge.
23:34Yes.
23:36So good.
23:37That is brilliant.
23:37I mean, 15-year-old twin boys does for you.
23:40So Angry Ginge, one I'm a celeb, and he is a social media star.
23:43There's no question.
23:44So, all right, we're careening along here.
23:46Carol and Mark, your next puzzle.
23:48Oh.
23:48Oh, God.
23:49A break from tech.
23:51This is the last one.
23:54Digital detox.
23:55Two T's, I's, and D's.
23:57Yeah.
23:58Digital detox.
23:59Digital detox, you say?
24:01Yeah.
24:02Here's a well-known phrase.
24:03Let's see if it's right.
24:05Wow.
24:05Yes.
24:06Yes, of course.
24:08Very good thing.
24:09OK.
24:10How did you find that, Marcus?
24:11We'll never get over four seasons.
24:12I mean, apart from four seasons, I'm pretty sad about that.
24:15I have had quite a lot of pizza in my life.
24:18That was unforgivable.
24:20Four seasons have got, let's just, is it four different quarters?
24:24Yeah.
24:25Each one, what, lettuce and then cheese and then...
24:27I don't know.
24:27There are loads with lettuce on, Jeremy, if I'm honest.
24:31On account of the heat of a pizza oven.
24:33No, but I think there's a section on a...
24:36I think there's a mushroomy bit.
24:38There's definitely a ham and olive bit.
24:40You might be able to take a bit of rocket.
24:41I'm suddenly really hungry.
24:43Yeah, of course.
24:44At the end of that round of heat map, it's Carol and Mark with 20 points.
24:49Sally and Marcus are also on 20.
24:53What a game.
24:54What a contest.
24:56Are you beating our celebrities so far?
24:58All right, we've reached the end of another part, so we're going to take a quick comfort
25:01break here.
25:02Not one to beg, but please, whatever you do, make sure you join us after this short intermission.
25:06We will see you in a few moments.
25:11Have a go at this up or down puzzle.
25:13Shift one letter, one space up or down in the alphabet to solve the clue and reveal the answer.
25:18Best of luck.
25:25Here's the solution to your up or down puzzle.
25:29If you've got it right, well done.
25:35We're still on the post-mortem here, aren't we, from the last round?
25:38I'm loving listening to it.
25:39Welcome back to Celebrity Puzzling.
25:41We just had a great answer from Sally and Marcus.
25:43Angry ginge.
25:44Did you see that?
25:45So we're hurtling out of control through another episode.
25:48So the whole thing is truly terrifying.
25:50Keeping their cool better than me are my teams, Carol and Mark and Sally and Marcus.
25:54They all want to win tonight, admittedly, to varying degrees.
25:57And we're about to take another step closer to finding out who will come on top.
26:02By the way, it's absolutely level-pegging at this point.
26:05So, Carol, we haven't been at this tight before, have we?
26:08No, we absolutely haven't, have we?
26:09No.
26:10No, it's brilliant.
26:10How does it feel?
26:12Where is this time?
26:12I'm a bit squeaky bum.
26:17And she's won Rear of the Year.
26:18Yeah, I know, twice.
26:19That's a famous squeaky bum.
26:21I was given a briefing that contained that information.
26:24Did it?
26:24I thought, I don't think it's appropriate.
26:25Oh, sorry.
26:27I'm very proud of it.
26:29I haven't even been nominated.
26:30No.
26:30So may.
26:31We need to get to work on that.
26:33OK, it's now time for the celebrity guest puzzlers to go head-to-head.
26:37It's Mark versus Marcus in a game we call Around the Block.
26:44Carol and Sally can take five for now.
26:46Give your throbbing brains a rest,
26:48as this one is all about Mark and Marcus answering on the buzzer,
26:51just the two of them.
26:52And we're going to take a little meander now around the block.
26:54So, on the screen, you'll be shown a puzzle
26:57consisting of a clue in the middle of the block
27:00and a series of letters around the outside.
27:01And the answer is there for you to see.
27:03It's in the right order, but it's where it starts.
27:05That's the key thing.
27:06You've got to work out where it starts, where it ends.
27:08There could be one or more words in the answer.
27:10How about this, X-Files?
27:12Yeah, the truth is out there.
27:13The truth is out there.
27:15Very good.
27:17So, you've seen how it works.
27:18There are going to be five puzzles.
27:19The soul fingers on buzzers.
27:21Mark and Marcus, there they are next to you.
27:23And here is your first one.
27:26Phrase.
27:30Mark.
27:31Practice makes perfect.
27:32Yes.
27:33I believe that's there.
27:34Practice makes perfect.
27:36I saw that.
27:37Got it.
27:38OK, another one for you.
27:39Fingers on buzzers.
27:40Here we go.
27:42Seasonal treat.
27:45Mark.
27:45Christmas cake.
27:47Christmas cake, you say.
27:49Let's see.
27:51Yes.
27:53He's fast.
27:54He's so fast.
27:55Some people can just see it.
27:58OK, here's the third one.
28:00Circus is the clue.
28:07Marcus.
28:08High wire act.
28:08High wire act is...
28:11Correct.
28:14Action stations.
28:16Time for another.
28:18Saying.
28:23Mark.
28:24Mind over matter.
28:25Mind over matter is certainly there.
28:27Is it right?
28:29Yes, it is.
28:31Good old game is.
28:32We're cracking through.
28:34Here is your final one.
28:36Dame is the clue.
28:44Marcus.
28:45Tanny Gray Thompson.
28:47Tanny Gray Thompson.
28:48Is that there?
28:50Yes, it's there.
28:51Yes, it is.
28:54That round was the quickest round we've ever played.
28:56You were lightning fast.
28:58No, but you suddenly then caught on to it.
29:00You had solved them.
29:01I was like, wait.
29:01Yeah, yeah.
29:02No.
29:03No.
29:03Yeah, yeah.
29:04Well done.
29:05I don't think we've had two guests who've been as quick on the buttons as that before.
29:11Mark scored six.
29:12Mark scored six.
29:12Yes, guys.
29:13You're making history here on Celebrity Puzzling.
29:15Mark scored six.
29:16Mark has scored four.
29:18Because this is tight.
29:19That might be an important result.
29:20Let's just have a look.
29:21So, Sally and Marcus on 24.
29:23Carol and Mark on 26.
29:29How did you get all at home?
29:30Better than a sports commentator and a stand-up?
29:31They are a ferocious combination, these two.
29:34Now, Marcus, you're a massive fan of Pink Floyd.
29:36I am.
29:36I love them, but I won't know as much as you.
29:38Why the obsession with Floyd?
29:40Oh, they're brilliant.
29:41I was just the right age.
29:43I think Another Brick in the Wall came out when I had no understanding of what We Don't
29:49Need No Education actually meant, but it hit for me at a moment.
29:52I was like, yeah, we don't actually.
29:55Let's be as thick as we can.
29:58But then that was the way in, into the wall, and then from there, then it all expands out
30:04and becomes glorious.
30:05Where are you?
30:05I love Floyd.
30:06Where are you on Floyd, Mark?
30:07I don't know enough about it, but it's one of those bands that I think as I get a bit
30:12older, because I'm such a broad church musically, that I think, I remember that very clearly,
30:17as you say, because...
30:18Amazing.
30:19Yeah, I was 15 when that, 1980, wasn't it?
30:22I was 15 when it all came out.
30:23You were all younger than me.
30:25I had a number one.
30:27You had a number one in 1980, yeah.
30:29Sorry, did you imagine?
30:31Have we mentioned that yet?
30:32Our next puzzle tonight celebrates everything synonym, so it's called In Other Words.
30:40Here goes nothing.
30:41I'm about to show you the initials of an answer, and written inside each initial, you'll see
30:46synonyms for the word.
30:48From these synonyms, you must work out what the letters stand for.
30:51So here we go.
30:52So D, E, and then you've got late, expired, numb, conclusion, stop, finish.
30:56Go on.
30:57Yeah, so the first one would be dead, because that's a bit like late, expired, numb, and
31:01end would be conclusion, stop, finish, and dead end is a phrase in and of itself.
31:05OK, Sally and Marcus, why don't you start on this, in this tightly fought contest.
31:10What are you, two points behind?
31:11Yeah.
31:11So here's your first In Other Words puzzle.
31:15This is worth one point.
31:17HS, nut, skull, chief, begin, flinch, jolt.
31:22Sally and Marcus.
31:23Head.
31:24Head.
31:25And start.
31:26Start.
31:26Head start.
31:27Yep.
31:28Let's see if head start is right.
31:30It is right.
31:31Well done.
31:33Carol and Mark, here's your first.
31:37AC.
31:39Frighten, siren, panic, notice, timepiece, behold.
31:44Alarm.
31:45Alarm.
31:46Frighten, siren, panic.
31:46Alarm, definitely.
31:47Notice.
31:49Is that clock or call?
31:51Call, a notice, a call.
31:52A timepiece, clock.
31:55Clock.
31:56Alarm, clock.
31:57Alarm, clock.
31:58Let's see if that's right.
31:59Yes.
32:01Well done.
32:01Good stuff.
32:02Sally and Marcus, you'll get fewer synonyms this time.
32:05It's worth two points.
32:06Here's yours.
32:08SS, and the words are sugary, delightful, smudge place.
32:13Oh.
32:14Sweet, probably.
32:15Sugary and delightful.
32:16Sweet spot.
32:17Yeah, the sweet spot.
32:19Sweet spot, is that right?
32:22Yay.
32:25Carol and Mark, for two points.
32:27Here's yours.
32:28C.S.
32:30It's bitter, distant, shove, bear.
32:33Bitter.
32:35Oh, dear.
32:36If you're bitter, you're curt, you're...
32:38No.
32:40Distant.
32:41Distant.
32:42Oh.
32:43Cold.
32:44Distant, cold, bitter, cold.
32:46Yes, yes, cold.
32:47Bitter, cold.
32:48Well, am I bitterly cold?
32:50Bitter, cold.
32:51Distant, shove.
32:53Yeah, yeah, cold.
32:55Shoulder.
32:56Would it be?
32:57Yes, to bear, you bear arms, shoulder arms, and shove.
32:59Yes, cold, yes.
32:59We're going for cold shoulder.
33:01Yeah.
33:02Cold shoulder.
33:09Marcus and Sal, here we go.
33:13Two words only.
33:15MG, vile, damsels.
33:17Worth more points, though.
33:19Three points, this one.
33:22Mean girls.
33:23Mean girls.
33:24Of course it is.
33:25So, vile is mean, damsels is girls, so mean girls.
33:30Mean girls.
33:31Mean girls, you say.
33:34Mean girls is right.
33:35Well done, and that's the three-pointer.
33:37So, Carol and Mark, you have a chance to win three points yourselves now.
33:41Only two words giving you clues here.
33:44The letters are DV, and the words are look-alike sight.
33:49Vision, something vision.
33:51Look-alike.
33:52Double vision.
33:53Double vision.
33:55Double vision is your answer.
33:58It's right.
34:01Well done.
34:03Oh, very good round there.
34:04How did you get on at home?
34:05Are you giving our celebrities a run for their money?
34:08At the end of that round, Sally and Marcus have 30.
34:11Carol and Mark have 32.
34:14Oh!
34:16Well, I guess it was bound to happen, because you were just level-pegging in that round,
34:20and you went into it very slightly behind, but only just a hair's breadth, Sally.
34:23Yeah.
34:24Yeah?
34:24Come on, come on.
34:25It's all right.
34:26We're all right.
34:26We are time for the penultimate round of celebrity puzzling.
34:29I know time flies when you're deciphering clues.
34:31This one takes place up at the sacred altar of the letterbox.
34:35Both teams will be playing.
34:36I should probably let you know something.
34:38It is better if you hear it from me.
34:39Here goes.
34:39The fastest team to solve their puzzle will receive two bonus points.
34:43Everyone go, ooh.
34:45Points which, in a larger sense, are meaningless,
34:47but they could be crucial in this actual show.
34:50So I hope you're warmed up,
34:51because it's time for you to take on the letterbox ladder.
34:56Let's see how this works, then.
34:58You'll see three key words appear on the screen
34:59in between a series of spaces
35:01where you need to find the connections that link the words.
35:03So here, for example, you've got soft, base, fire.
35:06You've got to use the letters at the top.
35:09So there's a word that goes with soft and base.
35:12What do you think?
35:14Soft touch.
35:15Soft touch.
35:16Ah, very good.
35:16Base.
35:17Any base idea before we put it up?
35:19Base.
35:21Camp?
35:22Oh, yeah.
35:23Yeah, base camp.
35:24Oh, very good.
35:25Yeah, but then the last letters go...
35:28Engine.
35:28Engine.
35:29Fire engine.
35:31And you've used all the letters up, and that's how it works.
35:33All the letters and spaces you need to complete it
35:35have been laid out in front of you.
35:36So here, the correct solution would be
35:38soft touch, touch base, base camp, campfire, fire engine.
35:42OK, as always, you'll be against the clock.
35:44You can solve the ladder in any order.
35:45And as soon as you've completed the entire puzzle,
35:47hit the button to stop the clock.
35:49You'll score two points per solved word.
35:51If you complete all three words faster than your opponents,
35:54you get two bonus points.
35:55That's the exciting thing about this round.
35:57Yeah, well, it's big, Marcus.
36:00It's big.
36:00Carol and Mark, you're leading.
36:02Please head over to the letterbox to face your ladder.
36:08As soon as you solve the ladder,
36:10hit the button to stop the clock.
36:11Your time starts now.
36:13Right.
36:14Crystal, mind, master.
36:17Crystal.
36:18Crystal ball's not enough.
36:19Crystal.
36:20Mind games.
36:22Mind games, would it be?
36:25Mind games.
36:26Games master.
36:27Mind games.
36:28Oh, well done, you've got that, right?
36:30Is that crystal?
36:31Crystal clear.
36:31Crystal clear.
36:32Oh, you're on fire here.
36:35And what's this?
36:36Master plan.
36:37Master plan.
36:38Stick it in, stick it in, stick it in.
36:39Oh, that was fast.
36:41Well done.
36:42Crystal clear, clear mind, mind games, games master, master plan.
36:48And that was done rapidly.
36:49Well done both.
36:49That's good.
36:50So, scored six points there.
36:52We'll see if it's good enough for the bonus points,
36:54depending on whether Sally and Marcus play faster.
36:56Please join us right back here in a few minutes
36:58where the winners of this year's Celebrity Puzzle and Episode
37:01will be revealed.
37:03Farewell for now.
37:08Can you figure out the missing word
37:10that links the two clues in this Letterboxd Ladder puzzle?
37:13All will be revealed after the break.
37:21Did you successfully solve this Letterboxd Ladder puzzle?
37:26If you cracked it, well done.
37:31Welcome back to Celebrity Puzzling.
37:33Sad news, this episode is nearly over.
37:35Good news, though.
37:35We're about to find out who will win our current puzzle tussle.
37:39Carol and Mark or Sally and Marcus.
37:41This game is tight, isn't it?
37:43We haven't had as tight a game as this for...
37:44No, for a long time.
37:46We need to...
37:46For eons, my lover.
37:48I don't know how that Somerset accent came into it.
37:51It came out of nowhere, didn't it?
37:52Could I act if I had to, you know...
37:53I totally could, Jeremy.
37:55Could I?
37:55Do like acting.
37:56A few lessons, like.
37:57All right.
37:57We'll get you on.
37:58Sally and Marcus, your turn now to face the Letterboxd Ladder.
38:01You'll have three new connecting words to solve.
38:03You've got to beat the time set by Carol and Mark
38:05in order to earn the crucial bonus points.
38:07Remember, once you solve all three,
38:09hit the button.
38:10Good luck.
38:10Your time starts now.
38:13Peer message.
38:15Peer group.
38:16Oh, pre-group, yeah.
38:18Of course it is.
38:20Peer group.
38:24There's no you.
38:25There's no you.
38:25Oh, no.
38:26Oh, yeah, no, there is.
38:26There is.
38:27Peer group.
38:27Group message.
38:28Message.
38:30Group message, that's right, isn't it?
38:32Message, um, room.
38:36Message.
38:37Oh, God.
38:37Right.
38:38Group message.
38:39Message.
38:40Which room?
38:42Think of any word to do.
38:43Message.
38:43Message, uh, um, message in a bottle.
38:48Message, uh, just making words up now.
38:53Team, is it, um...
38:54Party, party?
38:56Message.
38:57No, message.
38:58What about room?
38:59Let's see if we can get room.
39:00Message board.
39:01Message board.
39:03Board.
39:04Board room.
39:05Yes, nice.
39:06Yes, team.
39:07Team.
39:07Room team.
39:09Team?
39:09Room team.
39:10Oh!
39:11Oh!
39:13Room meat?
39:15Oh, flip.
39:15Room mate.
39:16Have you had room mates?
39:17Room mate.
39:17Sorry, mate.
39:18I did it too...
39:19Oh.
39:19Sorry, I did it too quickly.
39:21I'm so sorry.
39:21The agony.
39:22I'm so sorry.
39:23I did it too fast.
39:24Sorry.
39:24Look, it's sometimes...
39:25I should have been taking some more time over that.
39:26I'm sorry.
39:27The four-letter one that does the damage.
39:28Great effort.
39:29Head back to your seats, please.
39:31I shouldn't have done that.
39:31No, don't worry.
39:32I should have checked the video before I crossed it.
39:37So, Sally and Marcus, you managed to add four points to your score.
39:40Carol and Mark get two bonus points there, because you solved them all.
39:44So, going into the final, the overall scores are Sally and Marcus, 34, Carol and Mark on 40.
39:56But there's enough of a gap.
39:58You can do this.
39:59Yeah, challengers can do this.
40:00So, it comes down to this.
40:02It's our final round.
40:03It's Answer Bank.
40:07So, Sally and Marcus can catch up, that's for sure.
40:09It's for all four of you to play.
40:11In a moment, I'll show you a grid of 12 words.
40:14You can see the empty grid up there.
40:16Then I'm going to ask questions against the clock.
40:18Buzz in.
40:19Give me the correct answer.
40:20If an answer has more than one word, you must give all the corresponding words in the correct order.
40:25They'll all be on the board.
40:26You'll score a point per word, so it could end up to winning or losing the whole show just on
40:30this.
40:31So, let's reveal all the words in our famous Answer Bank.
40:36Office.
40:38Burn.
40:40Magic.
40:42Out.
40:44Carpet.
40:46Rune.
40:48Home.
40:50Ride.
40:52Christmas.
40:54Party.
40:56Run.
40:58Honey.
40:59Hmm.
41:00All right.
41:00So, the clues can be a little bit cross-wordy, a little bit cryptic.
41:04Not always obvious, which makes it more fun.
41:06If you're ready to play, your time starts now.
41:10Mental and physical exhaustion.
41:13Marcus.
41:14Burnout.
41:15Correct.
41:16William and Kate in the Seychelles.
41:20Carol.
41:21Oh, I was going to say moon.
41:24No.
41:25Honey.
41:25Honeymoon we were looking for.
41:27Where chickens might exercise.
41:30Mark.
41:31Run.
41:32Run is right.
41:33Journey on a mythological flying run.
41:36Magic carpet ride.
41:38Magic carpet ride is right.
41:39To have no more of something.
41:42Sally.
41:43Run out.
41:44Correct.
41:46December social with colleagues.
41:47Marcus.
41:48Office Christmas party.
41:50Correct.
41:52A red one for VIPs.
41:54Marcus.
41:55Carpet.
41:56Yes.
41:57The nickname of a basketball legend.
41:59Marcus.
42:01Oh, basketball.
42:03I misheard you.
42:04I was going to say home run.
42:05I thought you said baseball.
42:06No, no, no.
42:06Magic.
42:08Floor-based friction injury.
42:10Carol.
42:10Carpet burn.
42:11Well done.
42:13To Marsham Street, London.
42:16Mark.
42:17Home office.
42:18Very good.
42:19To reprimand or a covering.
42:22Carol.
42:23Oh, I'm sorry.
42:24I haven't got it.
42:25No.
42:26No, carpet was the answer.
42:27Yeah.
42:28A word that features in a Queen and a Springsteen album title.
42:35Sally.
42:36Magic.
42:37Very good.
42:38To flash a private part of the anatomy.
42:41Marcus.
42:42Moon.
42:44Moon is right.
42:46Proceeded Bunny in Pulp Fiction.
42:53Sally.
42:54Honey.
42:55Correct.
42:56Bookies odds of three to one.
42:59Mark.
43:00Carpet.
43:00You're right.
43:02You're right.
43:02Race in which.
43:03Oh, we're out of time.
43:09Ladies and gentlemen, your patience is about to be rewarded.
43:11For those of you who haven't really been keeping an eye on the scores, it is time to find out
43:15who's won tonight's show.
43:17And we're going to tell you, Carol and Mark score first.
43:21It's 46.
43:22Yeah.
43:23They've won that.
43:23Let's see.
43:25Marcus and Sally are on.
43:3048.
43:32You've just nicked it there.
43:34Oh, my God.
43:36I can't believe that.
43:38So.
43:40Oh, my God.
43:41The cube.
43:42The incredible moment, Marcus, where I can present you with an unused celebrity puzzling, puzzling cube to take home with
43:52you.
43:55Good.
43:55Yeah, welcome.
43:56Yeah, get in.
43:58Get in.
43:59Mark Pugach, it's so lovely to see you in the studio.
44:01You played very well.
44:02You played brilliantly, actually.
44:04But to have to not give you one of these.
44:05I don't want to see that on eBay tomorrow.
44:07I chance.
44:08We can sign it.
44:09But there we are, Marcus.
44:10It's here for you.
44:12Join us next time to see who wins one of these and to enjoy our celebrity puzzling.
44:17Good night and puzzle on.
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