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Celebrity Puzzling - Season 2 - Episode 05
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00:00Hello, I'm Jeremy Vine. Are you ready for an hour of puzzle-packed action
00:04where teams of celebrities toil with tricky brain teasers for your entertainment?
00:10Well, you're in luck, because this is Celebrity Puzzling.
00:29Hello, welcome to Celebrity Puzzling.
00:31First, let's meet our two incredible team captains,
00:33as fresh-faced and full of beans as when she wandered onto our tellies back in 1982.
00:39Let's give her a little countdown, shall we?
00:40Three, two, one, it's the effervescent Miss Carol Vorderman.
00:45Wow.
00:46And hoping to out-puzzle and out-muscle her this evening,
00:49it's her fellow team captain, the Siren of Stockport,
00:53the always wonderful Sally Lindsay.
00:56There we are, blue team captains.
01:00So, they can't play alone, although it would be easier and cheaper.
01:04Tonight, as always, we've teamed them up with two celebrity guests,
01:07ready to help hinder them or do both in equal measure,
01:10so joining Captain Carol is a comedian who once hosted a show all about takeaways.
01:15It was the only show on TV that, if you watched it, you got a free bag of prawn crackers.
01:20It's Darren Harriot.
01:22Welcome, Darren.
01:24And with Sally is a comedian who once had a stand-up show called No Regrets,
01:28or as it'll be known after this evening, Some Regrets.
01:31Lucy Porter, welcome to you.
01:35So, here we are.
01:36Darren, I saw you on stage recently talking about a battle with weight loss.
01:40Yeah.
01:40My problem is I go up and down with my weight,
01:43and it's a nightmare on my memory foam mattress.
01:47LAUGHTER
01:48Lucy, you are a quizzer, there's no doubt.
01:51I love a quizzer.
01:52And you do a podcast on it, don't you?
01:53I do a podcast called Fingers on Buzzers with Jenny Ryan.
01:56The Vixen.
01:57Love her.
01:58From the chase.
01:59The Vixen of Bob, like the Siren of Stockport, we've got the Vixen of Bob.
02:02Oh, my goodness.
02:03Great.
02:04But, Darren, you're unashamedly not a quizzer.
02:06Yeah, I'm pretty terrible.
02:08This is not really quizzing here, this is puzzling.
02:10This is puzzling, yeah, I'm not a puzzler.
02:12Quizzing.
02:13I'm enthusiastic, Carol, I don't want to let you down.
02:15I reckon you're fooling us.
02:17I reckon you're fooling us.
02:18Oh, no, I'm not.
02:19He's hiding something, for sure.
02:21I can sense it.
02:22Carol, are you confident?
02:24Not now.
02:26So, well, we've got some great games.
02:28As you know, every episode, our teams face a random selection of puzzles,
02:31meaning no two contests are ever the same.
02:34As the faces change, so, too, to the games.
02:37So, players, you'll face six rounds of fun and, full disclosure,
02:40frequently frustrating puzzles in order to score as many points as possible.
02:44That's important, because you'll want a lead going into our final round,
02:48which is called Answer Bank.
02:49And for the winning celebrity guests, there is added excitement,
02:52because they will take home our not-quite-patented puzzling cube.
02:59This has been, I think it's fair to say,
03:01caused a sensation in the world of TV.
03:04No-one previously has offered a prize that big.
03:08OK?
03:10Without further ado, time to find out the identity of round one.
03:12Let us get puzzling.
03:13It is time to throw some serious shapes in our first round.
03:16Yes, it's shape-shifters.
03:21So, we'll just show you an example of how this works.
03:23You will see a grid of answers, a question and a corresponding shape.
03:28So, in this example, we're looking for any chef who's been awarded a Michelin star.
03:33And the answers need to be in the shape you see there,
03:36so alongside each other.
03:37And the key thing about this round, Sally, is you can't...
03:41Rotate the shape, Jeremy.
03:43There we are.
03:43We all have a...
03:45So, any ideas if they've got to be adjacent?
03:47Mary Berry hasn't, but she was robbed, as far as I'm concerned.
03:51Yeah, yeah.
03:51I think she's brilliant.
03:52So, it's Gordon Ramsay and Heston.
03:54Is it right?
03:56And there we are.
03:57Yes!
03:58This is not difficult.
03:59But there are some others in there who did get stars.
04:02Who did that?
04:03Tom Kerridge.
04:03Angela and Tom.
04:04Tom Kerridge.
04:05Tom Kerridge both got stars, but they didn't fit the shape.
04:08Right, Carol and Darren up first.
04:10Here's your puzzle for two points.
04:13Carol and Darren.
04:14TV shows King Charles has appeared on.
04:17And look at the blocks.
04:18One on top of the other, please.
04:20Right.
04:21I think Repair Shop.
04:22And Corrie, do you think?
04:24I don't...
04:25I never saw him in it.
04:26Repair Shop, I think they did a Royal...
04:29The Royals.
04:30I'm pretty confident of that.
04:31You know what, Carol...
04:32I think between us, you're going Repair Shop and I'm going Corrie.
04:36Let's do it.
04:37Let's do it.
04:37Team!
04:38All right, so you said the Repair Shop because they brought in the Royal...
04:41What, the Royal Family?
04:42They had some Royal Connection.
04:44Oh, I see.
04:45OK.
04:45Coronation Street and the Repair Shop.
04:48Is it right?
04:50No!
04:51Come on!
04:53That's all I needed.
04:54So just for clarity, Repair Shop, he brought in a clock and a vase.
05:00Not as you suggested, Darren, the Royal Family itself.
05:05No repair needed.
05:07No repair needed.
05:08Coronation Street appeared, and of course we've got the Queen of Corrie over here,
05:11appeared as himself in 2000 for the Soap's 40th.
05:14You could have had Jack and Ori and EastEnders, but they didn't fit the shape.
05:18OK, so look, that was a very good start.
05:20Sally and Lucy, here is your first shapeshifters puzzle.
05:25People who've been to space.
05:26Got nine there to choose from.
05:28We want two next to each other, please.
05:32Alongside...
05:32OK, so obviously...
05:33Been to space.
05:34Katy Perry famously been for eight minutes.
05:36Yeah.
05:38Has Shatner actually been to space?
05:39Well, Shatner, I think, just has been.
05:42I don't think Beyonce's got the time.
05:44Yeah.
05:47I would...
05:48Lauren Sanchez, she has, hasn't she?
05:49Cos she was in with Katy Perry.
05:51And a hairdresser, it looked like.
05:53Cos...
05:54Anyway...
05:55So it's either Beckham and Sanchez or Perry and Shatner.
05:58I think it's Perry and Shatner.
06:00Yeah, I'd be happy to go with Shatner.
06:01Are you going for it?
06:01I'm going with you, you're the quizzer.
06:04OK, you say Shatner and Perry.
06:06Yeah.
06:06Is it the right answer?
06:09Yes!
06:10Well done.
06:12Cos it sounds almost like something you dreamt of,
06:14that William Shatner went to space,
06:15cos he played Captain Kirk.
06:17But, yeah, he did.
06:17He became the oldest person in space at 90, actually, in 2021.
06:22Katy Perry went to space in 2025.
06:25The other two...
06:26Richard Branson went to space
06:28and has his own space travel company.
06:30Lauren Sanchez, you're right, went with Katy Perry.
06:33Well done, Sally.
06:33Yeah, that's in there, dresser.
06:34Carol and Darren, here's your second puzzle.
06:37The shape increases now,
06:38so you've got to find three answers in the grid,
06:41and the category is sports at the 2024 Olympics,
06:44and it's on a kind of corner.
06:46So up, down and sideways.
06:49Three points for this one.
06:51OK, so breakdancing was, cos legendary,
06:53remember the Australian woman?
06:54She became a joke.
06:55So that's a definite.
06:57Abseiling handball.
06:59I think taekwondo was,
07:01but it doesn't fit the shape, does it?
07:04Definitely judo.
07:05Absolutely.
07:06Judo, breakdancing, BMX, then.
07:08Cos breakdancing 100%, judo 100%.
07:10BMX is the only one I...
07:11I'm pretty sure that was in.
07:13That's what we're doing.
07:14Yeah, OK, Carol, let's go.
07:18Come on, come on.
07:19Let's see if you're right.
07:21Yes!
07:22Come on, Carol!
07:24What was it?
07:26Mr. I'm not anything.
07:27We haven't got some spelling yet.
07:29We noticed.
07:30So taekwondo, you're right, is in there,
07:33but not in the right format with the others.
07:35Handball was in 1936, weirdly,
07:39and then every game since 1972.
07:42Surfing since 2020,
07:43so you can have that as well.
07:45Cliff jumping, weight conditions have to jump over Cliff Richard.
07:47That is not in the Olympics.
07:50That's not for a long time.
07:53OK, well, no one's got an answer wrong yet.
07:56I'm sorry, he's got it at some point.
07:58Nice start.
07:59Good start.
08:00And also, Darren is clearly good.
08:02Let's be clear about that.
08:03Sally and Lucy, here we go.
08:04Three points for this one.
08:07Category, people who have played Dracula.
08:09Definitely Danny Henry.
08:10Yeah.
08:11OK.
08:12OK, so.
08:14Right, Christopher Lee.
08:15Definitely.
08:16Bela Lugosi.
08:17Gary...
08:18Yeah, there is.
08:19That's it.
08:19Christopher Lee, Gary Oldman and Bela Lugosi.
08:22Let's see if it's right.
08:24Yeah.
08:24Well done.
08:27Christopher Lee, Gary Oldman and Bela Lugosi all played Dracula.
08:32Other correct answers were Adam Sandler, George Hamilton, Nicolas Cage.
08:35You guys are playing so well.
08:37This is, like, scary.
08:38Actually, Dracula's scary.
08:40Carol and Darren, here's your final one.
08:43Slightly larger grids.
08:45People born in the USA, please.
08:48And look at that.
08:48It's one up, two, and then across for the third one.
08:51Where was Stephen Fry?
08:53Stephen Fry would be the...
08:53Boris Johnson was born in America.
08:56I know that, because I would like them to have kept him, but...
09:00LAUGHTER
09:02I don't think Nicole Kidman was Australian, but was she born in America?
09:04She was Australian, but it's where they were born.
09:06Where they were born.
09:07I'll tell you what I'm going for.
09:09Andrew Garfield, Boris Johnson.
09:11No, I'm going...
09:12Oh, and Nicole Kidman.
09:15Either you're right with Andrew Garfield, Boris Johnson, Nicole.
09:17I think the Boris Johnson is what's there to trick us.
09:21That's a great game.
09:22We've got Andrew Garfield, Boris Johnson, Nicole Kidman.
09:26Now, like you, I'm thinking, I know Boris Johnson was,
09:28but what about the other two?
09:29Let's see if it's right.
09:31Oh!
09:33Come on!
09:36That was Carol's Boris Johnson.
09:38That just made me go.
09:39I thought they called Kidman was Australian.
09:41I thought they called Kidman was Australian.
09:42Do you know why she was born in the USA?
09:45Hawaii.
09:46Ah, nice.
09:47Shall I run through?
09:49Yeah.
09:50Elvis Presley, born in Tupelo, Mississippi.
09:52Uh-huh.
09:53Garfield, LA.
09:54Boris, New York.
09:55Oprah, born in Mississippi.
09:57Taylor Swift, Pennsylvania.
09:59And Whoopi, New York.
10:00There we go.
10:01OK, Sally and Lucy, to catch up, here is yours.
10:03Flags that feature an animal.
10:05Ooh.
10:06And it's...
10:07Look at that.
10:08It's square, then up for a square,
10:10and then down for the third square.
10:11So it's got to be in that pattern,
10:12and you cannot rotate a shape.
10:14OK, Sri Lanka's got a lion.
10:16And Bhutan, I think, is a dragon.
10:19Right, so Mexico.
10:20So if we're counting fictional animals.
10:22OK, yeah.
10:24Which I presume we are.
10:26So Sri Lanka, Mexico, Bhutan.
10:28I reckon, hang on, let's have a think.
10:30Hang on.
10:30Malta's got a George cross on it.
10:33Yeah, Malta's not.
10:33Uganda has got a chicken or something on it.
10:38Some sort of...
10:39Other creature.
10:40A fowl.
10:40A fowl or a poultry.
10:42Right, obviously can't be whales, because of them.
10:44So I think you're right.
10:45I think it's Sri Lanka...
10:47Mexico.
10:50Yeah.
10:50Sri Lanka, Mexico, Bhutan.
10:52Let's see if you're right.
10:54Yes.
10:56Great work, wasn't it?
10:57So, yes, she's the Bhutan.
10:59To know the flag of Bhutan, as Lucy does,
11:02what's that, an orange and white one with a dragon, isn't it?
11:04It's a gorgeous...
11:05I mean, I love a flag.
11:06You love a flag, don't you?
11:07I do love a flag,
11:08but I also think there's a rule of flags,
11:10which is that your flag shouldn't be a flag
11:12that can't be painted by a child.
11:15But Bhutan is about the hardest flag to draw, I think.
11:18I'm completely opposed to your view.
11:21Are you?
11:21I think a good flag is one with an animal on it.
11:25Oh!
11:26Especially a fictional animal.
11:27So whales, Bhutan.
11:29Extremely complicated, if you like.
11:32Mexico, eagle.
11:33Eagle and snake.
11:34Bhutan has a dragon.
11:36Sri Lanka, lion.
11:38Uganda is a crane, not a chicken.
11:40Whales, dragon.
11:41Belize, people.
11:44Albania, two-headed eagle.
11:46Malta, a knight on horseback in the Maltese cross.
11:49So there we go.
11:49Well played.
11:51I think you must be on the same score
11:52because none of you have got anything wrong.
11:55Wow.
11:56Carol and Darren have got eight points.
11:58Lucy and Sally.
12:00Wouldn't it be funny if that said 19?
12:01No.
12:02Let's see.
12:03Eight.
12:03OK.
12:04It would be wrong.
12:06So, at home, are you beating our celebrities so far?
12:09That last one, the podium shape, it was tricky.
12:12OK, now we're going to send our teams up to the letterbox for a chance to bag points
12:16without the interference of their pesky rivals.
12:18Going first is Carol and Darren.
12:20The game you're playing tonight is thirdle.
12:25So I'll explain this.
12:26You're going to see three words, each with the letter, the third letter missing,
12:29and you've got to fill in those missing letters.
12:31So there is an example.
12:33Using the tiles provided to spell a new word vertically.
12:36I'm not showing you any tiles there, but do you want to go at that?
12:39Hum.
12:40Hum.
12:41Oh, you've gone straight there.
12:43OK, Carol, are you happy with that, Darren?
12:45Yeah.
12:47Yahoo, brute, and nomad, and then you have hum.
12:50That's how it works.
12:51It's that simple.
12:52But as the words get longer, the test gets harder.
12:55So just think of this like a crossword,
12:57because there's a good chance that one of you will be really cross at the end of it.
12:59Whee!
13:00You're against the clock.
13:02So when you're ready to lock in your answer, you're going to hit the red button.
13:05You've got one full alphabet to play with.
13:07You'll score three points if you solve the puzzle.
13:09Carol and Darren, please head over to the letterbox now to play thirdle.
13:16Carol and Darren, here we are.
13:18Hit the red button there when you've completed it.
13:20Here is your first thirdle.
13:22Your time starts now.
13:23Come on, Darren.
13:23Here we go.
13:24OK.
13:25Oh, what could that be?
13:27So that could be crane, birdie.
13:31So let's put the R in and an A.
13:34A, crane.
13:39That's interesting.
13:40Yeah.
13:41I don't know.
13:42I'm stumped as well.
13:43Talon.
13:44Talon.
13:45Talon.
13:46Talon.
13:47Yeah.
13:47There we go.
13:48Yeah, so that's not right there, is it?
13:50Talon.
13:51Um.
13:53La.
13:54What else could that be?
13:56Uh, running out of time, guys.
13:58Crone.
13:58What?
13:59Running out of time.
14:00Uh, OK.
14:01Crone.
14:02Crone.
14:02Crone.
14:03Oh!
14:06That's tough.
14:06I'm sorry, guys.
14:07I thought you were exactly on the right track.
14:10Talon has got to be, surely.
14:11Yeah.
14:12But then crane and then...
14:14What's that?
14:14Well, let's take it hard.
14:16Let's try this.
14:16Give me a D.
14:18Give me a D, Carol Vorderman.
14:20What about that, eh?
14:22Biddy?
14:22Oh, I would never have got it.
14:23Yeah, old Biddy.
14:24I would never have got that.
14:25Yeah, old Biddy.
14:25There we go.
14:25You would not have got it.
14:26I mean, I am a lad, but I would never have got it.
14:28And I am not an old Biddy.
14:31Clearly.
14:32But listen, that's the game.
14:34Don't argue.
14:35All right.
14:36That's the game.
14:36That's the game that just ran out of time.
14:38That's OK.
14:39OK.
14:40It's just early days.
14:41Don't worry.
14:41Your second puzzle will have four words with the third letter missing.
14:46You'll need to spell a new four-letter word vertically.
14:48It is worth four points if you're ready, and even if you're not.
14:52Your time starts now.
14:54OK.
14:56Would that be breed?
14:57Or bre...
14:58No, breed.
14:59Breed.
15:00Breed.
15:01Grind.
15:02That might be different.
15:04Yeah, yeah, yeah.
15:05Pinot?
15:06Fared?
15:07What?
15:08Yeah.
15:10Fared?
15:10Fared?
15:11Fared?
15:12That has to be.
15:13Breed, bret, bret, bret.
15:15Earn.
15:15Grand, grand, grand, earn.
15:18Hit the buzzer.
15:19Hit the buzzer.
15:20Let's see it.
15:22You've got a green.
15:23Oh, I did.
15:24Yeah, Pinot.
15:26Yes.
15:26Well, well, well.
15:27It's a title of great.
15:28Classy answer that, Darren.
15:29Well done.
15:30Squad.
15:31Classy team.
15:33Your final puzzle has five words to solve,
15:36and you'll need to spell a new five-letter word vertically.
15:38It's worth a bumper.
15:39Five points.
15:40OK, so, ready?
15:42Here we go.
15:45Filth.
15:46Yeah, yeah, yeah.
15:47Filth?
15:47Yeah.
15:50Potentially patty-poultry?
15:52Oh, I've got that.
15:53Ah, OK.
15:56Spur...
15:57Er, where's it?
15:58Oh, dirty?
15:59No, I'd spell that like Sean Paul.
16:01That can't beat it.
16:01That must be hard.
16:02Where's the T?
16:03Ratio?
16:04There.
16:05There.
16:06Er...
16:06This is a tricky one.
16:08Spur or spare.
16:08That's spurt or spare, isn't it?
16:12Part, party.
16:13Party!
16:14Oh, no, we've got...
16:15Oh, oh, oh, oh.
16:16It's not filthy.
16:17No, it's not.
16:18What could that be?
16:19Er...
16:21Not much time.
16:22Ah!
16:24Er, fit, not, not, not, not, not.
16:29Ah!
16:29This is a...
16:30Oh!
16:31Is there another word with not an L, I wonder?
16:35So I think it fifths, and then, yes, the R goes,
16:38because that's party, and then you're right about spore,
16:41and that can only be...
16:42I guess it has to be an S for dusty,
16:44and then you'd have frost.
16:46So sorry.
16:48The thing is, I don't like, because we were so rubbish.
16:51You were not rubbish.
16:53Come on, Carol.
16:53We were rubbish.
16:56Carol and Darren, well done.
16:58You played the full 90 minutes.
17:00How did you get on at home?
17:02So, Carol and Darren, your trip to the letterbox
17:04has scored you only four, I'm afraid.
17:07Sally and Lucy, are you feeling confident?
17:09That was hard.
17:10That was really hard.
17:11It was.
17:12The answers will be different for yours.
17:14Third will come in next for them.
17:16But hold your horses, Sally and Lucy,
17:18because it's time for us to take a quick pause.
17:19If you're watching at home, why not take this opportunity
17:21to do some quick revision?
17:23You have roughly four minutes.
17:24We'll see you again after this short break.
17:27It was hard, Dan.
17:28What can I say?
17:31If you want to keep puzzling,
17:33see if you can complete the vertical word
17:34to solve this hurdle.
17:38Get puzzling.
17:45Have you completed the missing word
17:46and solved this hurdle?
17:49If you did, great puzzling.
17:54Welcome back to Celebrity Puzzling.
17:56We've missed you.
17:57We're still looking for answers
17:58with the help of team captains Carol and Sally
18:00and their celebrity brains for hire,
18:02Darren Harriot and Lucy Porter.
18:04So you join us at crunch time.
18:06It's now Sally and Lucy's turn
18:07at the letterbox to play third.
18:10And you're going to see three words each
18:12with the third letter missing.
18:13You need to fill in those missing letters.
18:15That's it.
18:15Limber up.
18:16It's very good.
18:17Fill in the missing letters to spell a new word vertically.
18:20And when you're ready to lock in your answer,
18:22don't forget the red button.
18:24OK?
18:24Three points if you solve the first puzzle.
18:27Sally and Lucy, ready or not, here we come.
18:30OK, could be bacon, could be bacon,
18:32could be chime, could be robot.
18:36But Cib is not a word.
18:37Cob, cob, cob, yep, robot.
18:39Oh, hang on, is it?
18:40Oh, no, chome, isn't it?
18:41Chome.
18:41I had a chome last night.
18:44Baron, baron, chime, chime, or chime, baron, chime.
18:51Rib, you've got, and rib is right.
18:55It's bacon, it's bacon.
18:56It's starting from bacon.
18:57Bacon was nearly through us.
18:59It's the problem in this game.
18:59You get stuck on a word, and then you can't,
19:01your mind can't think any other way, can't it?
19:03Once you start thinking about bacon,
19:04it's very hard to stop thinking about bacon.
19:07All right, so rib, you've got there.
19:08Well done.
19:09Well within time as well.
19:10Your second puzzle will have four words
19:12with the third letter missing.
19:13You'll need to spell a new four-letter word vertically.
19:16This is worth four points, so if you're ready,
19:19your time starts now.
19:20OK.
19:20You can do it.
19:21Right.
19:23Otter.
19:24Otter, arena, genie could be.
19:28I'm going, I'm going, I'm going.
19:30Arena, genie.
19:31Yeah, but what's that?
19:33Boat, what?
19:34Bowel.
19:35Bowel, so that would be other, W-H.
19:40OK.
19:41W-H.
19:43You guys.
19:44Other, and then genie.
19:45Oh, yeah, yeah, and, and.
19:46Genie, there, there.
19:47Yep, you got it.
19:47Bang it, good.
19:49Yes!
19:49Well done!
19:51I did nothing.
19:53So, look, you did well.
19:54When, when, when, when are you going to overtake Carol and Darren?
19:58The answer is I think you've just done it.
20:00Your final puzzle has five words to solve
20:02and you'll need to spell a new five-letter word.
20:04It is worth a bump of five points.
20:06Woo-hoo!
20:07Yes, so your time starts now.
20:09Right, right.
20:11OK, so it could be regal.
20:14Regal.
20:14Right, OK.
20:15What's this?
20:16Awful.
20:16That's got to be af.
20:18Af.
20:18Af.
20:19Af.
20:19Afoul.
20:20Falling afoul of something.
20:21A foul, yes, afoul.
20:22Right, OK.
20:22So that we're confident with.
20:23That could be fling or flung.
20:25So should we put an I there just for the sheer love of it?
20:28Boo.
20:29Boo.
20:30Botch.
20:31Botch.
20:31Botch.
20:31I'm going botch.
20:33Groit.
20:34No, that's not a word.
20:35Flung.
20:35Grout.
20:36Grout.
20:36Grout.
20:45You've got everything right in the game so far.
20:47Oh, my Lord.
20:48And I guarantee I haven't looked round yet, but Kara will be absolutely steaming.
20:55Please head back to your seats.
21:00How many points did you rack up at home there?
21:03Well done, Sally and Lucy.
21:04Your visit to the letterbox has scored you 12 points and your performance so far has been
21:09what they call immaculate.
21:11Not a single point.
21:13Let's see the scores.
21:16Carol and Darren on 12.
21:18Lucy and Sally on 20.
21:21We'll take that.
21:22That was a big old victory at the letterbox, Lucy.
21:26Oh, never mind.
21:26We'll make you a nice glass of Pinot later.
21:29How are you finding it, Lucy, as a non-quiz quiz?
21:32Well, I mean, since we're in the lead, I'm enjoying it very much.
21:36But I'd rather go back to flags if we could just do that.
21:39That'd be great.
21:40But you're afoul is not so...
21:42I haven't got that word in my mind.
21:44If Lucy hadn't got that, we'd have been there till next Tuesday.
21:47Afoul is astray.
21:48What's afoul?
21:48You would have struggled with afoul.
21:49Well, you run afoul of something.
21:51I've fallen afoul of a lot of people.
21:53That's it.
21:53That's why.
21:54But you never see it in print.
21:56Yeah, I was just going to say, I've just seen it written down.
21:58Yeah, it's a weirder word.
21:59Could afoul be the only word that is never written down.
22:02Oh.
22:05Seriously?
22:06Something weird going on here.
22:08Our players are about to get hot under the collar
22:10with their next perplexing puzzle.
22:12It is the heat map.
22:15OK, this is how this one works.
22:17For each puzzle in this round,
22:18the players are shown an image of what we call a QWERTY keyboard,
22:21traditional keyboard.
22:22Above the keyboard is a category,
22:24so there the category is a hobbit,
22:26and the letters in the answer are highlighted on the keyboard.
22:29All the others stay grey.
22:31What's more, the letters are colour-coded as follows.
22:34If the letter is in the word just once,
22:36it's green.
22:37If it's twice, it's orange.
22:39If it's three or more, it's red.
22:41There we are.
22:42You've just got to work out the answer from that
22:44that fits within the category.
22:46We've got this one.
22:47We've got this one.
22:47You've got it.
22:48Go on, Darren.
22:49Bilbo Baggins.
22:50Bilbo Baggins is right.
22:52That would have been right.
22:53So now we're talking.
22:54Hey, come on.
22:57That gag has a certain ring to it.
22:59Sally, yes.
23:01So, Sally and Lucy, you're up first.
23:03Here's your first puzzle for two points.
23:05Oh, my God, OK.
23:06Let's see if you can keep this going.
23:08Continent, please.
23:09And we colour the letters in.
23:11So three or more A's.
23:13Yes.
23:13So it's one of the continents.
23:14One of the continents.
23:15It's one of the seven, so Antarctica.
23:16Antarctica is the one, I think, isn't it?
23:18Yeah, because it's not Australia, it's not Asia,
23:20it's not Europe, it's not Africa.
23:22It's got to be.
23:23Have I missed one out?
23:23Antarctica, it's got to be.
23:25Antarctica is their answer.
23:26Let us see.
23:28Yes, very good.
23:31OK, Carol and Darren, here we are.
23:33We can turn this around.
23:34Can't, Darren.
23:34Here's your first one.
23:35Right.
23:36Scientist, please.
23:38You'll love this, Carol.
23:39Three E's, at least three E's.
23:40Is it Albert Einstein?
23:42Mm-hmm.
23:42Albert Einstein.
23:44No, I don't...
23:45Einstein.
23:46Albert Einstein, yeah.
23:48Yeah, full name.
23:50Albert Einstein?
23:51Albert Einstein is your answer.
23:53Three E's.
23:55It's right.
23:57Well done, Albert Einstein.
24:00Yeah.
24:01Sally and Lucy, let's see yours.
24:03Again, you haven't got an answer wrong yet.
24:05So the clue is film franchise.
24:08That's the clue.
24:09And we've got three or more I's and S's.
24:12Yeah.
24:13So it's Tom Cruise.
24:15It is Mission Impossible.
24:17Is it?
24:18I'm gone.
24:18Because there's three S's.
24:22Two S's in Mission, one in Impossible.
24:25Mission.
24:27OK.
24:28Yeah?
24:28We happy?
24:28Yeah.
24:29Mission Impossible.
24:30What do we think?
24:32Well done.
24:34Four S's.
24:36I do like the Mission Impossible films.
24:38I do like them.
24:38I mean, they're exactly the same, but I do like them.
24:40I've never seen one.
24:41Have you not?
24:41I'll watch one now.
24:42They're all right.
24:43They're quite complicated.
24:44They're OK.
24:45Yeah, they're OK.
24:46I mean, you've got to be taller, right?
24:48Yeah.
24:50Are you just jealous of Tom Cruise?
24:51Darren and I are on the same page on this.
24:53You won't shake it.
24:54We should have got that part.
24:56Yeah.
24:57Was it just up against you and Tom Cruise?
24:59I can't remember.
24:59It was, yeah.
25:00And the Jack don't even talk to me about Jack Reacher.
25:02Oh.
25:03LAUGHTER
25:05Carol and Darren, here's your next one.
25:08So the clue is Kitchen Appliance.
25:10OK.
25:11And we've got at least three R's.
25:14Refrigerator.
25:14Yep.
25:15That was...
25:16Let's just check it.
25:19Refrigerator.
25:19Yes.
25:21Yeah, Refrigerator.
25:22Refrigerator, no D.
25:23Is it Refrigerator?
25:26Yeah.
25:26With no D.
25:28This is a funny old round, this,
25:30because you're both getting everything right
25:32without even breaking a sweat.
25:34So let's see where we go now.
25:36Time to sweat.
25:37Sally and Lucy, your clue.
25:40US landmark.
25:42At least three E's and G's.
25:46It could be a bridge, couldn't it,
25:46because there's B-R-I-D-G-E.
25:49It's Golden Gate Bridge,
25:50because there's a lot of G's.
25:52Yeah, and then Golden Gate Bridge.
25:54Yeah, two D's.
25:55Two D's in...
25:56Golden Gate Bridge.
25:57Golden Gate Bridge.
25:59Yes.
26:00Very good.
26:00That was good.
26:01Because we were hoping to throw you
26:02with the D in bridge there.
26:04No.
26:05See?
26:05Like, you know, refrigerator.
26:07Fridge and bridge.
26:08See how this works?
26:09So subtle.
26:10That worked out for you all.
26:11Yeah, it didn't work well.
26:12You're playing so well, it's really scary.
26:14Carol and Darren, your next puzzle.
26:16You've got to keep up with these two.
26:19Game is the clue.
26:21Game.
26:21A game?
26:22Could be anything there.
26:24At least three E's.
26:25No, it's not Tetris.
26:27No.
26:29Oh!
26:31No.
26:32It's not that.
26:34It's not that.
26:35Lauren Craft.
26:36No.
26:36I mean, I don't know if it's a board game.
26:38I'm going to struggle.
26:39Just trying to think of something.
26:40Time is running out.
26:43Got to push you for an answer.
26:44Yep.
26:45I've got nothing.
26:46I don't have anything.
26:47Uh, Tetris.
26:48OK, Tetris is your answer.
26:49Let's see.
26:51No.
26:52You can steal for a point.
26:53It's one of my favourite games.
26:56It is Trivial Pursuit.
26:58Never have got that.
26:59Trivial Pursuit is the answer.
27:01Let's see.
27:02Of course it is.
27:03I've never have got that.
27:04Oh!
27:04I'm so good.
27:06Clearly, I know quizzers love Trivial Pursuit.
27:09Well, you know, it's my very favourite thing.
27:11It's the reason my family argues every year.
27:15Darren, at this point, I should ask you how you're feeling.
27:17I feel, I still feel good.
27:19I just don't want to lose any game show where Carol is my partner.
27:24No.
27:24That's, I'm pretty terrible, but this is going to go down not well.
27:28Who else am I going to lose to next?
27:29Stephen Fry?
27:30Like, I'm going to do my best to up my game.
27:34But Lucy is on fire.
27:35Well done, everyone.
27:37At the end of that round of heat map,
27:38Carol and Darren have cooled down with 16
27:41and Sally and Lucy are on fire with 27.
27:45And I wonder if you're beating our celebrities at home.
27:48Hope so.
27:49OK, we will take a break.
27:50However, I'm going to try and use my little grey cells
27:53by solving the puzzling cube
27:55so it can be handed out, completed
27:57and in the correct format at the end of the show,
28:01which is not promising at this present time.
28:03So, wish me luck and I'll see you after these ads.
28:09Why don't you have a go at home?
28:11Find the starting point to solve the clue
28:13and complete this around-the-block puzzle.
28:15Get puzzling.
28:23Have you solved this around-the-block brain teaser?
28:27If you did, great job.
28:32Welcome back to Celebrity Puzzling.
28:34Carol and Sally are still battling it out
28:35with the help of their trusted celebrity friends,
28:37Darren, Harriet and Lucy Porter.
28:39They all want to be winners.
28:40But unfortunately, as we well know, life is not like that.
28:44So, better pull your fingers out here, challenges.
28:47Is that harsh?
28:47Right.
28:48No, no, it's not.
28:50We're winners.
28:51Lucy, tell us about your quizzing podcast.
28:52Tell us about how long it's been going.
28:54So, we have been going for ages.
28:56Fingers on buzzes, it's called.
28:58And me and Jenny Ryan have interviewed
28:59all the great quiz show hosts.
29:01We've had Richard Osman.
29:03We've had Les Dennis.
29:04And guess who hasn't been asked?
29:05Come on, come on.
29:06That's right.
29:07That's what the answer is.
29:09Literally sliding tackle right there.
29:12We'd love to have you on, Jeremy.
29:14It would be our dream come true.
29:15All right, here we go.
29:16This is where we test the guests
29:17and they can't rely on the help of their team captains.
29:20So, it's time for Darren and Lucy to go head-to-head
29:22in a game we call Around the Block.
29:27Come on, Darren.
29:28This is the part of the show
29:29where Carol and Sally slip on
29:31their reassuringly expensive slippers.
29:34Put your feet up, get out the pipe
29:36and rely solely on their playing partner for points.
29:39Lucy and Darren, you're about to go head-to-head
29:42in a battle on the buzzers
29:44as you take on Around the Block.
29:45So, I'll give you an example.
29:47And on the screen, you're going to be shown a puzzle
29:49consisting of a clue in the middle of the block.
29:51So, the clue here is TV
29:53and a series of letters around the outside.
29:55And the answer is there for you to see.
29:57Can you see it, yes?
29:58Celebrity puzzling.
29:59Celebrity puzzling, that's right.
30:01If we just scored this on getting the example right,
30:04you'd be storming it.
30:06So, that's how it works.
30:07The words may start and end anywhere,
30:09but they're Around the Block.
30:11That's why it's called Around the Block.
30:12It's like a competitive spelling test,
30:14but luckily more entertaining than that.
30:16There will be five puzzles to solve.
30:19Fingers on buzzers.
30:20So, here's your first one.
30:22Clue, regional food.
30:26Lucy.
30:26Yorkshire pudding.
30:27Let's see if that's right.
30:30Straight in.
30:31Oh, my Lord.
30:33I didn't even acknowledge they were letters.
30:35That is not fair.
30:37OK, so here's the next one.
30:39The clue is...
30:40Science.
30:43Lucy.
30:44Carbon dioxide.
30:46Let's see if that's there.
30:48Yes, I see that.
30:51So competitive.
30:52OK, here is the next one.
30:54I'm trying.
30:55The clue is politics.
30:57Oh, right.
31:02Lucy.
31:04House of Commons.
31:05House of Commons.
31:06Well done, Lucy.
31:08Well done.
31:09We're still in it.
31:10Get that buzzer.
31:11Puddin's on the brain.
31:13Next one, please.
31:16Pirates.
31:23Darren.
31:24Scotland crossbones.
31:25Yay!
31:27Yes!
31:28You can do the victory, sir.
31:31Woo!
31:32OK.
31:33So, well done, Darren.
31:34That's great.
31:35Next one.
31:36The clue is cocktail.
31:38Last one.
31:40Lucy.
31:40Long Island iced tea.
31:42Really?
31:43After one second?
31:44Wow.
31:44Who got that?
31:46Listen, I know you're buzzing
31:47literally a millisecond after Lucy.
31:49I see that.
31:50Too good.
31:51Too good.
31:51She's got the edge here.
31:52I did well.
31:54Hey, second place is good.
31:56Yeah.
31:56Oh, yes!
31:57Second place.
31:58Absolutely.
31:58Silver.
31:59Silver, eh?
32:00Thank you for that round.
32:01Darren scored two.
32:02Lucy scored eight.
32:04Let's look at the totals.
32:06Carol and Darren have 18 points.
32:09Sally and Lucy have 35.
32:11Oh!
32:15It's so good-humoured.
32:17Yeah.
32:17Yeah.
32:18There's a long pause there, Darren,
32:20to be honest.
32:21Yeah.
32:21It is good-humoured.
32:22I can't look Carol in the face.
32:24He's playing the long game.
32:26This is the best hustle of all time.
32:27Yes, he is.
32:28He's just about to come back.
32:29I've got a bit of double or nothing like a sleeper.
32:31Yeah.
32:32OK, time for our next puzzle.
32:33We've got all the right letters,
32:34just not necessarily in the right order.
32:36This is form an orderly queue.
32:40Ah, yes!
32:42You're going to enjoy this one.
32:43Let's see how it works.
32:44A question appears on the screen,
32:46but somehow our supercomputer hasn't been that super
32:49and it's reordered each word.
32:51So the letters in the word are alphabetical.
32:54And you can see from the capital letter in some of them
32:55what the starting letter would be.
32:58Anyone want to go at that?
32:59Yeah.
32:59Claudia Winkleman.
33:00Who is the host?
33:01Yeah.
33:02OK, straight to the answer.
33:03So Claudia Winkleman is right
33:05and we can actually unscramble that question
33:07and you can see...
33:07You've got it.
33:08There we are.
33:08Who is the host of the TV reality show The Tracers?
33:11It's Claudia.
33:12So that's the example.
33:13The question is,
33:13can you form an orderly queue?
33:15We're on the buzzers here, everyone.
33:17Right, OK.
33:18Right.
33:18And let's go with puzzle one.
33:24Oh, Darren.
33:26Great Dane.
33:27Let's see if the answer is Great Dane.
33:29Yeah.
33:30Yeah.
33:31Let's unscramble.
33:33What breed of dog is Scooby-Doo?
33:35Oh, wow.
33:36It's the answer of the contest.
33:39That's amazing.
33:40There we go.
33:42Darren and Carol.
33:43Well done, Darren.
33:44Next one.
33:49Lucy.
33:50The boot.
33:52Oh.
33:53Let's see if it's the boot.
33:55Oh, yeah.
33:57All right, unscramble this one, please.
33:59I don't know how you're doing this.
34:00That is...
34:01Something sinister.
34:02Which part of the car is referred to as the trunk in the USA?
34:05Very good.
34:06What are you doing?
34:07You're both doing something.
34:09Next one, please.
34:12There it is.
34:13What's the question?
34:15Oh.
34:16Oh, dear.
34:23Darren.
34:24Saturdays?
34:26Hey!
34:27Yeah, the Saturday.
34:28Top of teamwork that was.
34:29That was so good.
34:30Molly King was a member of which successful girl?
34:33The Saturdays is the answer.
34:35Well done.
34:35Darren.
34:36The comeback begins.
34:37It's happening.
34:38It's happening.
34:38It's happening.
34:39These are ten points.
34:40These questions, I have to, at this point, say, might get more difficult as we go along.
34:45Fingers back on buzzers.
34:46Next one, please.
34:47Here's your question.
34:48Scrambled.
34:53Lucy.
34:53A thousand.
34:56She says a thousand is the right answer.
35:01I saw this because I went to the end and I saw it's millennium, isn't it?
35:05Let's unscramble it.
35:06How many years are there in a millennium?
35:08Next question.
35:09We are enjoying this round, aren't we?
35:11Here it is.
35:12Last question now.
35:19Oh, Carol.
35:20I think it's John.
35:23That's not the right answer.
35:25Can you steal it?
35:27Julian.
35:28Julian.
35:29James.
35:30James is the right answer.
35:32Now, let's see the question.
35:35Yeah, J.D. Vance was the politician.
35:37James was the right answer.
35:39Well done.
35:39At the end of that round, Carol and Darren have got 22 points.
35:43Yes!
35:44Sally and Lucy have still got a big distance ahead of you.
35:4840.
35:50Well done.
35:52Hopefully you managed to reorder those questions at home.
35:54If not, that was probably a confusing few minutes for you
35:56and I can only apologise.
35:57It's time for our penultimate round
35:59where both teams will be tackling the letterbox
36:01and the fastest team to solve their puzzle
36:03will receive two bonus points,
36:04which could be crucial come the end of the show.
36:06So it's all to play for in Letterbox Ladder.
36:11So let us see how it works.
36:13You will see these three key words
36:14and in between a series of spaces
36:16where you need to find the connection that link the word.
36:19So in this instance, search goes after it.
36:22Anyone want to give me a word
36:23that might come after party and before machine?
36:25Time.
36:25Party time.
36:26Time machine.
36:28Machine.
36:28Wash.
36:28And look, yeah.
36:30Now you see you're using the letters at the top of the screen.
36:34As always, you'll be against the clock.
36:35You can solve the ladder in any order
36:37and as soon as you've completed the entire puzzle,
36:40hit the button to stop the clock.
36:41You'll score two points per sold word.
36:44However, if you complete all three words
36:46faster than your opponents,
36:48you get two extra bonus points
36:49and then you're starting to think, Darren,
36:51you might be going home with a special cube.
36:53Oh!
36:54Excited!
36:55Cube is in reach.
36:56Come on, Carol.
36:57Sally and Lucy, you are leading.
36:59Please head over to the Letterboxd to face your ladder.
37:02Come on.
37:05OK, as soon as you solve the ladder,
37:07hit the button to stop the clock.
37:08Your time.
37:09Are you ready?
37:10Yes.
37:10Starts now!
37:12Midnight glass.
37:13Midnight mass.
37:14Midnight.
37:15Midnight oil.
37:16Midnight.
37:17Fan.
37:18Wine glass.
37:19Midnight wine.
37:19Midnight something glass.
37:21Midnight.
37:22La, la, la, la, la.
37:24Glass.
37:25A looking glass.
37:26Window fan.
37:27What's a fan?
37:28Say fan.
37:29Something fan.
37:31Ceiling fan.
37:32Ceiling fan.
37:33Glass ceiling, that's it.
37:34Glass ceiling and ceiling fan.
37:35Right.
37:35Perfect, right.
37:36Glass ceiling.
37:37C-E-I.
37:38Is it the one that doesn't go off the thing?
37:41That's the...
37:42There's another eye.
37:43Glass ceiling.
37:44OK.
37:44OK, well done.
37:45They like that.
37:46Ceiling gum.
37:46OK, so...
37:48Look at the letters you've got here.
37:50Well, should we just put club on there and see what...
37:51Yeah.
37:52Fan club.
37:53Fan club.
37:55Yeah, midnight hour, hourglass.
37:56Yep, yep, yep.
37:57OK, well done.
37:57You've got that.
37:58Amazing.
37:58Oh, well done.
37:59Amazing.
38:00Let's see.
38:00There you go.
38:01Is it going to go?
38:01Yes, well done.
38:03That was really good.
38:04Oh, wow.
38:06You pulled that one out the fire.
38:08I thought midnight wine might be...
38:09Is that a thing?
38:10I don't know.
38:11Maybe in your house, Jeremy.
38:13Yeah.
38:14OK, well done, Sally and Lucy.
38:15You scored six points.
38:16We'll see if it's good enough for those bonus points
38:18after Carol and Darren have played.
38:20Now, before they face their letterbox ladder,
38:22we're going to take our final break,
38:24which gives them a little bit of time to prepare,
38:26and you can maybe just run a quick 5K
38:28to expend all the nervous energy.
38:30We'll see you after this.
38:35Here's a letterbox ladder for you to tackle.
38:38Can you figure out the missing word that links the two clues?
38:41Best of luck.
38:49Did you successfully solve this letterbox ladder?
38:53If you did, great puzzling.
38:59Welcome back to Celebrity Puzzling.
39:01We've been keeping your seat warm.
39:02We're about to find out which of Carol and Darren,
39:05or Sally and Lucy, are going to be crowned our winners.
39:07So let's get on with it.
39:09And for you two now, you can face letterbox ladder here.
39:11You'll have three new connecting words to solve.
39:14You need to beat the time set by Sally and Lucy
39:17in order to earn the crucial bonus points.
39:19Remember, once you solve all three, hit that button.
39:21Good luck.
39:22Your time starts now.
39:24So we've got arrow.
39:25Arrow.
39:25Count wind.
39:27I mean, that's got me down.
39:29Oh, no!
39:30Count down!
39:31Count down!
39:32There we go.
39:33Right, that's in.
39:34That's in.
39:35Wind tunnel.
39:37Oh, that's right.
39:38Arrowhead.
39:39Arrowhead.
39:39There we go.
39:40Head count.
39:42There we go.
39:43Arrowhead.
39:43Right, oh, come on!
39:44Well done, that's right, as well.
39:46This is chance.
39:47I can see the chance.
39:48Come on, Carol!
39:49Ah!
39:50It's all right, perfect!
39:50Let's press it!
39:51Let's press it!
39:52Come on, now!
39:53You can't breathe!
39:54Come on, now!
39:55Suddenly, things are going in your favour.
39:59Well done, you too.
40:01Arrowhead.
40:01Having countdown in there is rather nice, isn't it?
40:03Oh, he got it!
40:04Yeah, you weren't going to get it.
40:07Down wind, wind chimes.
40:08Great efforts.
40:09Let's head back to our seats.
40:14So, Carol and Darren, you've managed to add six points to your score.
40:18We do some fist bumping there.
40:20You also solved the puzzle the quickest, so you get the two bonus points as well.
40:24I think it's nice to see that smile, Darren, now.
40:27It's really good.
40:27The confidence is building.
40:28So, going into the final, the overall scores are Carol and Darren, 30.
40:34And let's see Lucy and Sally.
40:36They're not as far ahead.
40:3846.
40:39This is doable.
40:41It's doable.
40:42It really is.
40:44It's doable.
40:45And Carol loves this next round.
40:47So, it comes down to our final round, Answer Bank.
40:51Come on.
40:53So, a bit of catching up for Carol and Darren to do, but this is for all four of you
40:57to play.
40:57In a moment, I'm going to show you a grid of 12 words, and I'll ask questions against the clock.
41:03You buzz in and give me the correct answer, please.
41:06If an answer has more than one word, you've got to give all the corresponding words in the correct answer.
41:10You'll score a point per word, so it could add up to winning or losing the whole show.
41:15And going away, Darren, with the cube of pictures of us.
41:20Let's reveal the crucial words here on the Answer Bank.
41:47OK, if you're all ready, let's play tonight's final.
41:51Your time starts now.
41:53Worth ten in pontoon.
42:01King.
42:03Correct.
42:04Ah, yes!
42:05One of the Fantastic Four.
42:08Darren.
42:09Correct.
42:10A reality show.
42:12Lucy.
42:13Big Brother.
42:14Correct.
42:15Attractive, but not a supermodel.
42:20Darren.
42:24Uh...
42:24Girl?
42:26I've got it.
42:27Ah!
42:28The answer was Girl Next Door.
42:29It goes with organ to make music.
42:32Lucy.
42:33Mouth.
42:34Correct.
42:35Ah!
42:36A skilled maker of things.
42:40Lucy.
42:42Smith.
42:43Correct.
42:43Wind farms.
42:45Wind farms, yes, fossil...
42:46Carol.
42:48At clean energy.
42:49Correct.
42:51An American holiday with angst give removed.
42:56Carol.
42:57Thing.
42:58Correct.
42:59Opened with a handle or knob.
43:01Lucy.
43:02Door.
43:03Correct.
43:04An upcoming success story.
43:06Lucy.
43:08Next big thing.
43:09Correct.
43:10Half, step, foster or twin.
43:13Darren.
43:14Uh, uh, brother?
43:17Brilliant Darren, well done.
43:18A science fiction horror film from 1982 called The...
43:21Darren.
43:23Correct.
43:24A children's author famous for pigs.
43:26Lucy.
43:27Dick Kingsmith.
43:28Brilliant.
43:30Oh, we're out of time.
43:32We've got one, then.
43:33Very good.
43:34We've got one.
43:35So, the scores, let us see, on the board.
43:39Carol and Darren, 36.
43:41Lucy and Sally, 58.
43:44Oh!
43:45Thanks.
43:46In the final.
43:47Oh, no way.
43:48Hey!
43:49That was a really, really good game.
43:51Commiserations, Carol and Darren.
43:53I sadly can't give you the cube.
43:55I am very sorry about this.
43:57Lucy is our winning, very brilliant guest celebrity.
44:00We've all booked into your podcast now, of course.
44:02Totally.
44:02You get the coveted prize, the puzzling cube to take home with you.
44:09So, congrats.
44:10We're going to unscramble it in the next four hours.
44:12But don't go home yet.
44:14That's it for this instalment of Celebrity Puzzling.
44:17Our thanks, of course, to Carol and Sally,
44:19particularly to our guests, Darren and Lucy.
44:21Yes.
44:21We hope you've learnt something at home.
44:23At the very least, you haven't forgotten anything you did know when we started.
44:27Join us next time for more Celebrity Puzzling.
44:29Good night and puzzle on.
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